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The lycan king's fated white wolf #ASM
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00:09Look who's here.
00:12The new alpha of the Vitarelli wolf pack.
00:15Spit it out.
00:16You've got three minutes.
00:18Your father's barely cold in his grave and you won't even see your own uncle.
00:23From now on, the Vitarelli wolf pack stays out of arms dealing.
00:26No more killing.
00:27We're legitimate businessmen only.
00:30I know you want to go legit, but without these rackets.
00:33What do our thousands of guys do?
00:35Starve?
00:36This is not a negotiation.
00:37This is an order.
00:38You're destroying the empire we built?
00:40Fine.
00:41Then don't expect me to hold back.
00:46Damon, go join your father in hell.
00:53If it weren't for you and your stupid arms deal, my dad would still be alive.
00:57Damon, you really think you're walking away from this today?
01:10Kill him!
01:11Kill him now!
01:11No one leaves here alive!
01:14Boss!
01:15Go!
01:15I got your back!
01:17Put him down!
01:21Chase him!
01:26Stop!
01:44This way! Go!
01:52Fall back! Now!
01:56I want a proper explanation, or I'm calling the cops!
02:02Hope I survive long enough to go with you.
02:07You're hurt? Don't move, wolf!
02:14You're a vampire, aren't you? Why save a wolf?
02:17I'm a vampire, but I'm a nurse first. I just stopped the bleeding. If you don't want to die, get
02:21to a hospital ASAP.
02:24I can explain this time. I'm in love with you. Is that reason enough?
02:28Never should have saved the wolf.
02:30Boss, you're hit! Let's get you to the hospital now!
02:33No.
02:35What? Your shoulder's bleeding out.
02:37She shot me. Not a bullet. An angel.
02:42Find her.
02:49Dad, Mom, I'm off to work.
02:53I'll drive you.
02:54It's not far away.
03:02Bye!
03:03How?
03:04She's burning inside.
03:07Well, it sounds así.
03:24I'm on aakra.
03:25Mrs. Hastings, we meet again.
03:27Who the hell are you guys?
03:28Watch your mouth talking to our boss?
03:30Ever heard of the Hong Gang?
03:32I'm just a regular businessman now.
03:34You're Damon?
03:35That's right.
03:36I'm here to tell you.
03:37I want your daughter.
03:39What does that mean?
03:40It means I'm going to marry her, father-in-law.
03:43I am not your father-in-law.
03:45How did their family get mixed up with a werewolf?
03:48That werewolf doesn't look like a good guy.
03:50Go away!
03:53You must be joking!
03:55My daughter will never marry a werewolf!
03:57I'm not joking.
03:59I'm marrying her no matter what.
04:01In your dreams!
04:03Are you going to invite me in for a chat?
04:07Father-in-law.
04:10Come in.
04:18I'm a cop!
04:19I will never marry my daughter off to a gangster!
04:22A cop?
04:24Then you should be even more eager to marry her to me.
04:31Look at this place.
04:32It's a dump.
04:33How much do you make a month as a cop?
04:35Can you even give her a decent life?
04:38But don't worry.
04:39Marry her to me, and I'll make your whole family rich overnight.
04:45Over my dead body!
04:47Marriage is not a game.
04:48You don't even know my daughter.
04:50Besides, you're different species.
04:52How can you even think about this?
04:54Mother-in-law, if I want to, everyone in Hansham is transparent to me.
04:58And there's no bad blood between werewolves and...
05:00And vampires anymore?
05:02Then you should know my family has been cops for three generations!
05:07My son died taking down a werewolf gang!
05:11How dare you make such an outrageous demand!
05:14You got it wrong.
05:16This isn't a demand.
05:18It's a notice.
05:20I'll come pick you up in a few days.
05:24Get ready.
05:27I'm already engaged.
05:32Oh yeah?
05:33That'll be cancelled soon.
05:36Serena!
05:37Caleb!
05:44This is your fiancé?
05:46Who the hell are you?
05:47As of today, you are single.
05:51That's what happened.
05:53I had no idea he was Damon.
05:58You two need to get married as soon as possible.
06:00I agree.
06:03Will that work?
06:04It's Damon we're talking about.
06:06So what?
06:07I don't believe he'd dare kidnap someone right under a cop's nose.
06:13Don't worry, Serena.
06:15I'll protect you.
06:28You look even more charming
06:30when you're working.
06:39What the hell do you want?
06:41I already know you very well.
06:43And I think it's time my fiancé got to know me too.
06:47Three years ago, you were at war with the Tiger Gang.
06:50My brother.
06:52Andrew died on the spot.
06:54And my dad got shot in the leg.
06:56If you really knew me,
06:58how dare you even stand here?
07:03Andrew's death was an accident.
07:07Since I took over the family,
07:08we haven't done anything illegal.
07:10You think that will change the past?
07:12Mrs. Hastings,
07:13the largest real estate,
07:15telecom,
07:16and oil companies in this city
07:17are all mine.
07:19Do you know how many people count on me?
07:23Do you think that makes you a philanthropist?
07:29Mr. Vitarelli!
07:31Thank you so much for your generous donation
07:33to our medical fund.
07:35You are such a philanthropist.
07:37This was all
07:39Mrs. Hastings' idea.
07:40She's deeply passionate about health care.
07:44You should give her a raise.
07:45Sure!
07:46A five-fold raise.
07:51Sir, may I borrow
07:52Mrs. Hastings for half a day?
07:54No problem at all.
07:57I'm busy.
08:02Serena,
08:03you're free to go.
08:06Sir!
08:07You'll be getting a new hospital ring.
08:09Oh,
08:10thank you so much.
08:16Put me down!
08:18Put me down!
08:19Put me down!
08:20Put me down!
08:22Hope to see you again!
08:24Put me down right now!
08:27Put me down!
08:31What the hell are you doing?
08:32You're insane!
08:40Don't test my patience.
08:41You're insane!
08:47I have a gift for you.
09:08Do you like it?
09:12You're invading my privacy!
09:21Everything about you is mine.
09:27And everything I have is yours.
09:30See that?
09:31All those buildings belong to me.
09:34If you ask,
09:35I'll give them all to you.
09:40But if you try to run,
09:42I swear,
09:43I'll scour the city to find you.
09:56You think you can buy everything,
09:58including love.
10:00As long as I'm rich enough.
10:02Mr. Vitarelli,
10:04you are rich.
10:05But I pity you.
10:07Because in love,
10:08you're actually quite poor.
10:10Do you know what you're saying?
10:12I'm aware.
10:14You repulsed me.
10:21Speak.
10:31What was so urgent
10:32that you had to call me back?
10:33Damon!
10:34Sophia is back in the country!
10:36Sophia?
10:37Who is that?
10:40You met her before, dear.
10:41She's my niece.
10:43Is that so?
10:44I don't really remember.
10:52Damon,
10:52you're not getting any younger.
10:54Your father cared most about your marriage
10:56before he passed.
10:57Sophia comes from a good family
10:59and has a nice personality.
11:01If you two settle down soon,
11:03I can finally have an explanation.
11:04Mom,
11:05I already have someone I want to marry.
11:08What?
11:10Oh?
11:11Really?
11:13Is...
11:13Which family is she from?
11:16When will you bring her back to meet us?
11:18On the wedding day,
11:19you'll find out.
11:30Mom!
11:31Damon isn't your biological son after all.
11:33If he doesn't marry Sophia,
11:34won't our family's property
11:35be taken advantage of by an outsider?
11:36Be quiet.
11:37Do you want everyone to hear you?
11:44First,
11:45go find out who the woman he's talking about is.
11:47I don't believe we can't ruin this marriage.
11:51I don't believe we can't ruin this marriage.
11:54Are you insane?
11:56Do you know who that is?
11:57Damon,
11:58the werewolf alpha
11:59who runs this entire city.
12:02I'm not kidding.
12:03I have to marry Serena.
12:05Do you want to get us killed?
12:07Once I'm married to Serena,
12:09what can he do?
12:10This is a law-based society.
12:12Why are you so stubborn?
12:15Mom,
12:16Serena and I grew up together.
12:18She needs me now.
12:20I have to marry her.
12:22Come back!
12:25This woman?
12:26She could be your plaything.
12:28How can you marry her?
12:29Are you insane?
12:32Since when
12:33do you have a say in my affairs?
12:36But she has no background
12:37and
12:38she's a vampire.
12:41If you marry her,
12:42the entire Vitorecki family
12:44will be a laughingstock.
12:50I am her background.
12:52Who dares laugh at her?
13:00Who is bold enough
13:02to laugh at her?
13:20Freaking lunatic.
13:26What the hell is wrong with you?
13:27It's the middle of the night.
13:28Some people are trying to sleep.
13:30Boss,
13:30keep going.
13:38What the hell do you want?
13:42Oh!
13:46Hold still.
13:54Why didn't you answer my call?
13:56I didn't hear it.
13:59Has anyone ever told you
14:00you suck at lying?
14:03What the hell do you want?
14:05I'm engaged!
14:07Stop harassing me!
14:08Your fiancé?
14:09He's not even worth my time.
14:11At least he doesn't make me
14:12a neighborhood joke!
14:16Marry me.
14:17I'll make sure no one
14:18dares disrespect you.
14:20Never!
14:21I love my fiancé
14:23and I'll never love you.
14:34Huh?
14:37It doesn't matter.
14:39I love you.
14:40That's enough.
14:45You didn't like the gifts
14:47I sent you last time.
14:48I picked out some new ones.
15:00Boss,
15:01here.
15:09Not everyone can be bought
15:11with money.
15:14Bought?
15:14Should I bring her back?
15:15No.
15:16Miss Hastings has a fiancé.
15:17What if they get married
15:18behind your back?
15:24Whoever dares to marry my woman,
15:26his whole family
15:27will be run out of this city.
15:32I love you.
15:46I'm putting Serena
15:47in your hands.
15:48Take good care of her.
15:56Look at them.
15:57What a perfect match.
15:59This song you taught me,
16:00I've played it
16:012,000 times.
16:03I dreamed of playing it
16:04for you on our wedding day.
16:05Today,
16:06that dream has finally come true.
16:25Freeze!
16:26Don't fucking move!
16:38Who the fuck gave you
16:39the balls
16:40to take my woman?
16:52No!
16:53Don't do it!
16:54Don't do it!
16:56Don't do it!
16:56Don't do it!
16:56Don't do it!
16:57Don't do it!
17:16Ted said I was the saddest woman alive.
17:21i was alpha dominic's lowest ranking omega mate and the least wanted the day i gave birth
17:28luna victoria took my son from me before i'd even held him properly i didn't fight her
17:34victoria was the luna powerful respected my son would have a better life with her than he ever
17:42would with me years later a pack of rogues attacked our territory i threw myself in front of dominic
17:49the slash meant for his throat tore across my back instead he said i had earned a reward i could
17:55choose one of his sons raise him myself i chose logan my blood my child i raised him for 20
18:04years
18:05and on the night he was named alpha air he walked into my room carrying a glass of wine laced
18:11with
18:11wolfsbane i couldn't move the poison paralyzed me my wolf hauled inside me fought like hell
18:19but it couldn't save me logan stood over me and watched foam spill from my mouth his eyes were
18:25cold if you'd left me with luna victoria i'd already be air all you ever did was drag me down
18:32the last
18:32thing i saw was his face no guilt no hesitation just disgust then everything went black when i
18:42opened my eyes again i was standing in the great hall same stone walls same firelight same five boys
18:50lined up in front of the alpha's chair alpha dominic sat above them selaine you saved my life
18:57you may choose one of my sons to raise my heart slammed i looked at the line logan stood first
19:05dressed in the fine clothes victoria had picked for him that look in his eyes impatience barely hidden
19:13last time i was so happy i missed the look in his eyes now it was impossible to miss my
19:20stomach turned
19:21i swallowed the nausea and forced myself to look past him past the second son past the third at the
19:29end
19:29of the line below the steps stood a boy no one looked at finn head down kyle the fourth son
19:38his mother
19:39lyra had been executed for breaking pack law after that no one wanted him the servant said he was cursed
19:46he was treated worse than the lowest omega in the manor thrown away hated just for being there
19:53i knew that feeling too well i took a breath raised my hand pointed straight at him i want him
20:01the hall
20:02went dead silent every head turned toward me like i'd lost my mind alpha dominic stared at me for a
20:09long
20:09moment then he let out a short breath almost a laugh kyle fine he's quiet you're steady that should work
20:21take good care of him right there in the hall he raised me to a beta ranking mate small promotion
20:27still more than i'd gotten in six years but i knew the truth he wasn't rewarding me he was relieved
20:35i picked the son no one wanted when the meeting ended i walked over to kyle he was still standing
20:42there with his head down like he still didn't believe i meant him
20:53i took him back to birch cabin my place on the far edge of the pack estate a tiny wooden
21:00cabin two rooms
21:01a fireplace that smoked every time the wind blew in not much but it was mine
21:11kyle this is your home now i'll take care of you he didn't answer but when i turned to leave
21:20his
21:20fingers caught my sleeve tight kyle wasn't dark and difficult like people said he was quiet so quiet
21:30sometimes i forgot he was even in the room i didn't mind in this life i didn't want power
21:37i didn't want the alpha's favor i just wanted to stay out of trouble raise this boy and die peacefully
21:45when i got old if he came to see me once in a while that would be enough every day
21:51kyle went to the
21:52training yard with the other boys combat in the morning lessons in the afternoon one day i baked a
22:00batch of cookies and took them over i spotted him right away he was sitting alone under a big oak
22:06tree
22:07reading across the yard logan kicked a ball with the other boys around him like planets around the sun
22:13logan had grown up at luna victoria's side best clothes best food best of everything
22:21every child in the pack knew which side to stand on last time i dragged him away from all of
22:27it
22:27made him follow a nobody omega mother no wonder he hated me i sat down beside kyle and set the
22:34box on
22:34the stone bench he looked up a flicker of surprise crossed his face hungry i opened the lid they're
22:42fresh still warm kyle started to speak but a sharp voice cut him off why are you here again logan
22:50walked
22:50over looking at the cookies like they were trash the pack kitchen feeds strays better than that
22:56stop coming here and embarrassing yourself before i could speak kyle stood up he stepped between us
23:03logan she's your mother you can't talk to her like that logan let out a mean little laugh my mother
23:11is
23:11luna victoria this woman is nothing he flipped a hand at the cookie box take your garbage and go
23:18stop bothering me i pulled kyle behind me you've got that wrong i'm kyle's mother these cookies are for
23:27kyle i bent down picked one up and held it out to kyle here try one logan's face froze he'd
23:36never
23:36imagined i'd choose kyle over him kyle took a bite a small smile touched his mouth it's good mom thank
23:44you
23:44i smiled back good i'll make more tomorrow then i looked at the boys behind logan you boys want one
23:53they were six at that age a cookie is a cookie two of them were already reaching out don't touch
24:00it
24:00logan slapped their hands away it's garbage the kitchen throws out better food than this only losers
24:07with no taste would eat that then he glared at me good you picked him don't come crawling back when
24:15you regret it i looked at logan red-faced and furious trying to act like he didn't care i almost
24:22laughed
24:22i promise kyle is my only son everything i have goes to him logan went pale he stomped off and
24:32yelled at
24:33the others what are you staring at move he ran off the other boys scrambled after him that night i
24:41tucked kyle into bed i thought he was asleep then he spoke mom tomorrow after training can you bring
24:49cookies again something in me melted i will the day after every day kyle smiled for real then went to
25:00sleep
25:01the next afternoon i brought cookies to the yard again but the place was too quiet then i saw it
25:09kyle stood by the lake four pack guards had him boxed in logan sat on a rock above them hey
25:16little
25:16brother he pointed at the cold gray water my ball fell in go get it the lake wasn't deep but
25:26it was late
25:27fall that water cut like ice kyle said nothing he didn't move logan's smile vanished like a spoiled
25:36kid hearing no for the first time he jumped off the rock and yards turned toward the trees at the
25:41exact
25:42same time like they'd seen nothing i didn't think i dropped the cookies and jumped in the cold hit me
25:50like
25:50a wall my muscles locked up my legs went numb around kyle's shaking body you pushed him he's your brother
25:59what the hell is wrong with you
26:21listening to the ambiguous moans and faint running water over the phone i smiled bitterly
26:25my husband ethan was so cold-blooded but he had no idea the dead weren't my parents they were his
26:31a snake attack at the campsite left his entire family clinging for life only his company had the
26:37specific anti-venom i called him countless times he hung up every single one the laid treatment killed
26:43them all i stared at the five bodies behind me sighed by the time i got to the hospital ethan's
26:49entire
26:49family was already on the verge of death the doctor pulled me aside this species of snake is extremely rare
26:56the only facility with the specific anti-venom is your husband's company i called ethan like crazy
27:02he rejected every single call on the hundredth try he finally answered it's sophia's birthday tonight
27:09i'm spending it with her stop being so paranoid i kept thinking about his family in the er
27:14i swallowed every question burning in my throat and said quickly your mom your dad your sister they
27:20were all bitten the hospital doesn't have this anna venom your company does please bring it now
27:24one vial costs over a hundred grand have some self-respect sienna your whole family gets bitten
27:29and you come crying to me what am i your personal bank take a good hard look at yourself he
27:35hung up
27:36without mercy then blocked me i sat frozen in a hospital chair i couldn't make myself believe those
27:41words had just come out of my husband's mouth he probably didn't even have the patience to listen
27:46to what i was saying then my phone buzzed suddenly a chanel boutique alert popped up the
27:51limited birthday bag my parents had reserved nearly a million dollars in value just picked
27:55up by my husband i didn't even have to guess that bag was on sophia's arm right now stealing my
28:01things to give to the woman he loved he'd done it so many times every time i said something he'd
28:06roll
28:06his eyes you're married walking around with a bag like that just makes you look desperate let
28:10sophia use it she's closing a deal don't be petty sophia is basically my sister if you love me you'll
28:15support how i take care of her if you love me you'll support how i take care of her he
28:19put sophia
28:19on a pedestal designer bags on demand sports cars a penthouse and me his actual wife i couldn't even
28:25get a handful of life-saving vials what a joke i was still typing a message to the boutique when
28:30ethan
28:31posted on instagram the most expensive bag for the most important person tonight belongs to us
28:36sophia's post followed seconds later my night promised to always stay your medicine didn't
28:41just save my family it saved my heart the photo the two of them pressed close smiling a vial of
28:47anti-venom raised in her hand like a trophy while ethan was spending lavishly on sophia his own family
28:53was waiting to die the er doors slid open the doctor walked out mask already down i rushed over give
28:59me a little more time i'll get the anti-venom here i swear there's no need all five patients are
29:05gone
29:06i'm so sorry for your loss my nose burned my chest caved in two hours ago they'd been laughing now
29:12five
29:12bodies lay cold in the morgue while they're i held back my tears and messaged the boutique i never came
29:17in to pick anything up please contact the police the doctor had mentioned this particular snake was nearly
29:23extinct in the country because of that no hospital stalked the anti-venom a little too convenient
29:28a near extinct snake in their tent five people dead the police took it seriously and moved fast
29:35they traced it quickly someone had bulk ordered live snakes online and released them at the campsite
29:40the suspects were sophia's parents i hoped ethan wouldn't cry too ugly when he found out ma'am we have
29:46a clear picture of what happened but both suspects are currently hospitalized we can't bring them in for
29:51questioning just yet now i knew why sophia was holding the serum in that picture i kept my face blank
29:56but the venom's already been treated nothing's stopping you from questioning them now he gave me
30:00a long look clearly wondering how i knew but didn't push i must have looked too hollowed out we'll get
30:05to the truth after he left i filed a civil lawsuit on my phone right then ethan called what the
30:11hell is
30:11your problem i'm your husband i picked up a bag for you now you're reporting it stolen are you insane
30:16one accusation after another no pause no care for anything i was going through right now i cut through it
30:20cold and quiet i never got that bag ethan you said you picked it up where is it now it
30:26stretched out
30:26long enough to answer the question his voice softened that calculated shift i knew too well
30:31we're husband and wife and everything though shared you won't have dinner come out out of here
30:37sophia just wants this bag today her birthday and i just want to make her happy your husband's card
30:43don't be like this absolutely shameless the feeling of giving is wonderful so don't be so stingy
30:49if you want to buy her something why don't you use your own money oh right because you're
30:54completely useless how dare you say i'm good for nothing are you crazy before i always watched my
31:00words around him always protected his ego like it was something fragile looking back now his skin was
31:05thicker than a wall if you're a man go to the hospital morgue now and see the evil you've done
31:10they already dead and i can't save them don't spoil don't my kishind
31:17first bent cream at your parents don't up their bodies get my companies for the atop salmo sophia's
31:22parents had an accident and she is on the verge of collapse she needs someone to accompany her i
31:27laughed so he thought it was my family i'd been planning to give his parents a proper burial as soon
31:32as possible instead i ordered five industrial freezer units per ethan's request i sent his entire
31:38family to his company i'd been home barely 10 minutes when ethan burst in and slapped me across
31:44the face sophia's hysterical her parents just got out of surgery and you're already suing them do you
31:48even have a conscience at least they're alive the people their snakes killed are still lying in those
31:55freezers something flickered in ethan's eyes that was my anti-venom i give it to whoever i want
32:00your parents had no business going camping they got bitten that's on them sophia's parents are
32:07sitting in a hospital being questioned by detectives because of your lawsuit can't you show a little
32:14mercy to the living maybe your parents getting bitten was karma for you being so cold-hearted
32:19maybe this was just your parents fate if it wasn't a snake something else would have taken them out
32:25your whole family is gone now i'm all you have left don't be ungrateful sienna i know you're
32:34hurting but the dead are gone the living have to keep going sophia is willing to offer compensation
32:40i'll top it up a million dollars total that's enough isn't it he said it like he was talking
32:46about the weather five lives in their eyes worth a million dollars ethan was spoiled rotten by his
32:52parents his whole life thinking about the moment he'd open those freezers and see their faces i
32:56couldn't help but wear a sorrowful smile what's so funny stop playing games will you agree to my
33:02terms ethan didn't have the patience to let me finish after all i wiped the corner of my eye still
33:07smiling okay transfer it then payment received one million dollars ethan had covered the rest almost
33:13certainly every dollar of liquid cash his company had left he watched me accept it i should tell you
33:18this morning i signed a formal letter of non-prosecution on your behalf as your husband
33:23sophia's parents are already off the hook you should be thanking sophia for being so generous
33:27without her you wouldn't have seen a dime now go tell the police the theft report was a mistake
33:32i reached into the nightstand drawer and pulled out the divorce agreement i'd drawn up that morning
33:37sign it return my bag we're done or i come after you too you're divorcing me over this i could
33:43see
33:43the calculation behind the rage he needed my father's connections but he also thought my father
33:48was dead and no longer of any use to him called after him checked his signature carefully everything
33:54in order ethan there's a waiting period we're technically still married come with me to your
34:00company say goodbye to your family one last time we arrived at his company together i was certain ethan's
34:06mind was on sophia and he still hadn't heard a word i said the basement ran cold the chill hit
34:12me the
34:12moment i stepped in five bodies lay in a row covered in white sheep my company is not a dump
34:19mom dad i'm so sorry and ava marcus what the are you talking about say it again if i'm lying
34:27i said go look for yourself he stood there for a long moment then he moved toward the nearest
34:33stretcher slowly his hands were shaking so badly he could barely grip the sheep
34:58mafia's tradition whoever gives me an orchid marries me i stood in the hall with eleven other men
35:03waiting to be chosen no orchid tonight i'd be forced to marriage her in new york rumors said she burned
35:09through a new guy every single night one night one man then gone i had only one way out charlotte
35:16we grew up together she was the chase family heir and i was a casino mogul's illegitimate son
35:22in this city only she dared give me that flower last night i'd asked her for a fake marriage three
35:27years was enough to build something for myself after that she could love whoever she wanted she'd said yes
35:32now she smiled and walked toward me
35:39i let out my hand then she pressed her orchid into tyler's hands instead
35:45i stood frozen let tyler have his moment he's never had one don't worry no one's arranging anything
35:52for you while i'm around i watched tyler take her arm they looked like a couple
35:57i stood alone she came back with champagne laughing these people honestly i told them
36:03to save you at least one flower i looked at the girl i'd grown up beside do you understand what
36:08this
36:08gala actually is she didn't answer charlotte was the only one who would have chosen me she chose
36:14someone else the room kept moving i felt very still was over charlotte's expression shifted a faint
36:21flicker of guilt crossing her face she waved tyler off look you're used to these events but tyler's
36:27never had anything like this i just wanted to give him one good night consider it a favor from me
36:31you're not really upset are you it's one night i said nothing it's his graduation after tonight i
36:37can't sponsor him anymore i promised him one memory worth keeping ethan i'm sorry if i got in the way
36:41don't be angry at charlotte i begged her to charlotte caught tyler's awkward expression and her eyes cooled
36:45slightly ethan it's one flower i'll give you another one you're more of a rose anyway getting
36:51worked up over one orchid isn't like you i suppose that tracked an orchid meant purity it symbolized
36:56the acceptance of a family a rose passionate showy like a clandestine lover the laughter around me grew
37:04louder a bastard son who follows charlotte around like a lap dog and he thought he'd actually marry
37:12into the chase family and that was a cessus family even the scholarship kid outranks him
37:18charlotte silenced them with a glare but it was already enough to humiliate me ethan i'm sorry
37:24you were born into wealth while i just wanted a memorable night born into wealth i'm a bastard son
37:31do you have any idea how this family actually treats me tyler froze startled by me
37:37my bad but i was the only one who caught the cunning flash in his eyes
37:43it's already done i'll take you to get changed and ethan you can head home if you want home where
37:48exactly was that supposed to be then they left vanessa lee appeared almost instantly you smell
37:55amazing mr holt charlotte told me to give you an orchid i didn't i told you stop chasing her and
38:03try me
38:03instead but you never listened how's it feel now embarrassing right you this woman despised me
38:11i just needed three years i just needed three years leverage to break free from my family's control but
38:17my stepmother couldn't stand the sight of me she was already rushing to throw me out
38:24ethan holt if you weren't so pretty you'd be nothing you really think the chase family is going
38:30to protect you forever vanessa don't touch what's mine i thought you picked the scholarship kid why
38:38are you still keeping ethan around my business not yours why didn't you do anything i felt nothing but
38:45deep tired disappointment wasn't this what you arranged i can look out for you and still talk
38:50to other people ethan i'm not required to stand next to you all night but you know what tonight's
38:54gala means can we get some drinks is that okay sure tonight's yours whatever you want whatever it
38:59is we'll talk tomorrow i'll come find you i almost laughed out loud tomorrow you'll have to find me
39:04in new york the shyness he wore earlier was gone replaced by something colder you have everything
39:11mr holt do you really need to take this too i should never have helped charlotte choose him for that
39:16scholarship you grew up with everything you could want all i wanted was one night under charlotte's
39:25protection i let out a quiet sneer you think i had it better than you my mother died young
39:32i was brought back to the holt house just a child my stepmother looked at me like i shouldn't exist
39:38from the very first day my father had too many wives too many children to care about one more i
39:44learned early how to read a room how to make myself useful i found aunt diana in the margins i
39:50convinced her
39:50to train me to back me i stood in front of her forcing my hands to stay still father has
39:55over 20
39:55children why would i believe a bastard son can beat all of them because i have no weakness
40:03and i'm willing to fight dirty but my time hadn't come yet diana wouldn't move for me not now
40:09everyone said my fiancee from the quinn family was a deadly poisonous flower my family wanted the alliance
40:15but not the cost they wouldn't sacrifice a true heir so they offered me diana had already heard how the
40:21gala ended a message arrived figure it out yourself i needed a solution
40:28well can you get the orchid back from tyler just for one night i'll return it in the morning
40:32charlotte blink clearly caught off guard that's a bit awkward isn't it i already gave it stop trying
40:37to take things from tyler the orchid had a gold trimmed edge custom made there was no replacing it the
40:43restraint i'd held all night finally snapped charlotte you promised why did you have to
40:48humiliate me tonight of all nights ethan no one in the city will touch you the only person who could
40:55ever want you is me everyone knows you're my little shadow her little shadow her lap dog i had played
41:01that role for years just to survive but hearing her say it so casually like it meant nothing it hit
41:06harder than i expected don't be angry at charlotte ethan ethan one night stop being difficult tomorrow he
41:12goes back to his normal life i gave charlotte a long lingering look then turned and walked out
41:17of the gala aunt diana's car was already waiting outside you lost tomorrow you go to new york what
41:22happens after that is your problem i'll come back we'll see
41:45the tank burst the wave slammed across the floor yet my fiance now held another woman in his arms
41:52house and all of this was because his younger sister lila and i were caught in a rip current
41:56off puget sound i was saved lila lost her life the blackwood family thinks it was me who had killed
42:03their biological daughter why are you still alive you should have been the one who drowned you killed
42:08my daughter killia tossed my ring shredded my wedding gown and agreed to marry serena the next day
42:15coming home from the hospital i saw killian slicing our wedding portrait with a knife
42:20serena's moving in time to clear all this trash out serena vanderbilt his arranged marriage fiance
42:26after throwing all this away are you gonna kick me out next you said you were dying of your illness
42:32didn't you then it's only fitting you go to atone for lila in death my body turned rigid when i
42:37heard
42:37those words killian blackwood was the unloved blackwood's son raised outside the manor walls from
42:42childhood i had given this brooding boy next door a single piece of candy because of that one small
42:48sweetness after my parents died in an earthquake killian protected me for 15 years countless days
42:53of depending on each other i fell in love with the man who held me at 20 i had written
42:58a hundred love
42:58letters and confided my longing to my best friend chloe reed never did i expect chloe to tell killian
43:04everything that night he made me take out the letters and read them aloud to him i'm sorry i'll never
43:09dare to whiber any improper thoughts again from now on i'll treat you as my elder brother for 15 years
43:15it wasn't that you needed me to raise you was that i needed your company that same year the blackwoods
43:21came to bring him home but they wouldn't accept me because the blackwood house could not hold two
43:25daughters killian put the messenger on the floor and looked at his father arthur blackwood know her
43:30know me i knew how desperately killian longed to return home yet he chose to stand by my side
43:37even at the cost of breaking with his family we dated five years before marrying with approval
43:42his sister lila despised me to ease the tension killian brought lila with us on our coastal wedding
43:48photo shoot after the photo shoot i saw lila in the rip current i rushed to save her without hesitation
43:54i survived but lila perished the blackwoods blamed me saying the adopted daughter had doomed
44:00their own child do you think it was my fault too you both went into the water you survived she
44:06didn't
44:06to this family that's a crime i knelt for three days and nights begging for their forgiveness however
44:12all i got was a miscarriage that night i was diagnosed with cancer i called killian he thought
44:18i was faking sick to trick him to punish me he burned my 1999 love letters right in front of
44:24me
44:25then froze my bank card what burned to ashes was not only my true love but also my desire to
44:30survive
44:31that night killian stumbled home drunk demanding something to sober up when i passed him the
44:36hangover soup i spotted my favorite lemon tarts on the table he shoved me away
44:42put those down they're for serena what are you doing so close still trying to lure me you're drunk
44:49i'm making you sobering soup sorry i was too drunk i mistook you for serena he got up and pushed
44:56me
44:56away he'd never been so cold to me nor so rough killian didn't spare me a glance walked upstairs and
45:02slammed the door everything changed the day lila died i knew he hated me for living yet i could do
45:07nothing the light was still on in killian's room i knocked softly coming to a man's room this late do
45:12you have any sense at all we're broken up i want to move out stop you from spouting nonsense you
45:17must
45:18stay here until i marry serena can i at least move to the lower level it's up to you i
45:25turned
45:25and walked back to my room in silence i didn't understand his anger lila was gone forever how
45:32could i possibly live here in peace this forced stay gave me time to ease myself into preparing to leave
45:38the next morning passing through the living room i heard killian talking on the phone with serena
45:43killian caught sight of me suddenly then ended the call where are you going i'll drive you i froze
45:50before i could answer he was already walking out to the garage he leaned on the horn are you getting
45:55in or do you want me to carry you i i can't sit up front what serena said that's her
45:59seat even
46:01siblings don't get it that's not serena's voice broke through the phone in his hand kilton where are
46:06you going don't let any other girl take the passenger seat that's mine even your sister killian
46:12switched to a different car thank you something unnamed moved through him what are you gonna do
46:16i didn't answer killian didn't push when serena called he laughed and softened turning into someone
46:22i barely recognized i just bought us matching pajamas i'll model them tonight as their words
46:28grew bolder and more explicit killian pulled into the emergency lane get out serena's waiting me
46:55a destitute stripper who suffers from bills
47:02three months ago i'd been planning to audition for the new york ballet company now i was applying
47:06glitter to my skin for men who would tuck dollar bills into my g-string three months ago the wedding
47:11day of me and a man i had never met ethan pacheco a marriage i wanted no part of i
47:16had slipped away
47:17while the guests were arriving needing a moment to breathe to think i had wandered aimlessly until i
47:22heard sounds coming from one of the guest bedrooms although the man had his back to me i knew he
47:27must be my fiancee who i had never met without twice thought i drived away from the estate away from
47:32ethan pacheco and the future that had been decided for me i ended up at a bar downtown in the
47:37late
47:37night drowning my sorrows in tequila shots that's when he appeared beside me
47:50bad day
47:54the worst
48:00i'm ethan
48:03of course you are
48:05i uh
48:07i'm running away from one ethan tonight i don't need another
48:11i had laughed then a bitter hollow sound the funny thing was with all the drama going on
48:16i still didn't know what my fiancee looked like but this guy had been charming attentive and i'd
48:22been vulnerable hurt and increasingly drunk when he suggested we get a room at the hotel next door
48:27i hadn't said no
48:43with nothing but a lingering hangover and the crushing realization that i couldn't go home again
48:48not to face my father's disappointment i disappeared cutting off contact with everyone from my old life
48:54my savings hadn't lasted long now i had to dance in a bar to earn money the bar had been
48:58booked out
48:59by the owner tonight he was going to hold an important party in the vip room
49:06those eyes almond shaped hazel with flecks of gold exactly like no oh god no this can't be happening
49:13that night at the bar my one night stand as my boss and ex-fiance his eyes met mine and
49:18the world
49:19stopped spinning stop staring at the boss are you crazy
49:28i immediately dropped my gaze the tiny sequined outfit left little to the imagination but it was
49:34better than being completely naked i needed this job rent wasn't going to pay itself did he recognize
49:39me shouldn't your older brother be running this meeting i can't imagine your father henry's crazy
49:46enough to let a 23 year old handle business this magnitude
49:52everyone turned to gauge ethan's reaction the tension thick enough to cut with a knife
49:58care to guess why i'm the heir while my big brother works under me
50:02you're not in any position to question my capabilities the man's face reddened he wisely
50:07kept his mouth shut the meeting dragged on numbers and threats mixing with the heavy beat of the music
50:13i felt increasingly lightheaded the room started to spin or was i the one spinning
50:21i landed hard on the floor right in front of the gathered crime family bosses is this how you dance
50:27you worthless slit ruining our evening with your amateur bullshit i looked up to see an ugly older
50:33man in the corner he pulled out a thick wad of cash throwing it on the ground bills scattered
50:38across the floor like fallen leaves if you don't want to lose those pretty legs of yours crawl over
50:44here and give me a proper lap dance and don't stop until every piece of that costume is on the
50:51floor
51:11we're going to go
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