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00:00:00My name is Allison Fulton. My husband is the most powerful man in this country, President Nolan Reed.
00:00:06And today, I'm alone in a hospital bed in so much pain it feels like I'm dying.
00:00:13Ma'am, has your emergency contact arrived yet? We need a signature for the surgery consent form.
00:00:20He's busy.
00:00:21I clutch my phone and call my husband again and again.
00:00:24Sorry, the subscriber you dialed cannot be connected for the moment.
00:00:28But no one answers.
00:00:32Then I see it with my own eyes.
00:00:35He's gently accompanying another woman to a prenatal appointment.
00:00:39Don't be nervous, Holly. I'm here.
00:00:42That woman is Holly Pearson, Nolan's mistress.
00:00:45I felt the world crumble beneath me, the betrayal a physical blow.
00:00:49I dragged myself through surgery and returned to the presidential residence late that night.
00:00:53What waits for me is not an explanation, but divorce papers.
00:00:58Sign them.
00:01:00Holly is pregnant. Step aside for now, and after the baby is born, we'll talk.
00:01:04I look at him, and the last three years feel like a joke.
00:01:09I stand by you through your lowest years and help you get here.
00:01:13And now you ask me to step aside for your mistress?
00:01:17Allison, don't make this difficult for me.
00:01:19I stare at the pen for a long moment.
00:01:22I pick it up and sign, because I finally understand that holding on to a man who does not love
00:01:28me is stupid.
00:01:30He slides a bank card towards me as compensation, but I throw it straight into the trash.
00:01:36I signed. We're done.
00:01:39From this moment on, there is nothing left between us.
00:01:44The second the words leave my mouth, I hear high heels outside.
00:01:49Holly is here.
00:01:51I have barely signed the divorce papers.
00:01:55When Holly walks into the presidential residence like she already belongs there.
00:02:00Sorry to interrupt, but Nolan wouldn't let me stay alone.
00:02:03You're not welcome here.
00:02:06Very soon, I'll be the woman standing beside him.
00:02:10She looks at me with a smug smile, trying to provoke me.
00:02:14Three years by Nolan's side, and in the end, you still get pushed out.
00:02:20Her words were meant to break me, but they only fueled a fire I didn't know I had.
00:02:26I raise my hand and slap her hard across the face.
00:02:31Nolan!
00:02:32Nolan rushes over and shields Holly.
00:02:36Allison, have you lost your mind?
00:02:38Yes. You drove me here.
00:02:42I watch him shield Holly, and the last light in my eyes goes out.
00:02:47In that moment, the man I married was truly gone.
00:02:51I stop arguing. I stop crying.
00:02:54I straighten my back and walk away.
00:02:59Outside, rain crashes down.
00:03:02And I walk straight into it, alone, with a fever and a fresh wound.
00:03:10The rain comes down hard.
00:03:12My whole body is cold, and the road ahead starts to blur.
00:03:17But I keep walking, because I no longer have a home.
00:03:23Allison!
00:03:23I hear Derek Flynn call my name. He is Nolan's most trusted vice president.
00:03:28I think I'm about to hit the ground hard.
00:03:30But in the next second, someone catches me.
00:03:33Then a long black sedan screeches to a stop through the rain.
00:03:36A commanding man rushes out.
00:03:43Move!
00:03:47He gathers me into his arms, trembling like he's found something precious he lost a long time ago.
00:03:54I'm Simon Lawson, crown prince of Flessidia.
00:03:57She's my dear sister, missing for 20 years.
00:04:00I hear those words right before my consciousness slips away.
00:04:06For the first time in my life, someone is this furious because of me.
00:04:20When I open my eyes again, my life is about to be rewritten.
00:04:26When I wake up, I'm lying in a luxurious hospital room.
00:04:34You're awake?
00:04:36Simon places a DNA report beside my hand, then takes out a yellowed family photo.
00:04:42You're the princess of Flessidia, missing for 20 years.
00:04:49I'm your brother.
00:04:52That's impossible!
00:04:53We searched for you for years.
00:04:56Our father and mother never gave up.
00:04:58And you're still...
00:05:00And we still couldn't find you all these years.
00:05:02I'm sorry.
00:05:04I'm sorry you had to go through all of that alone.
00:05:07He holds his phone out to me.
00:05:09I just transfer a billion to you.
00:05:12Spend it however you like.
00:05:13If it's not enough, tell me.
00:05:17In three years at the presidential residence, I never even got a wedding.
00:05:21And now someone wants to hand me the world just because I'm his sister.
00:05:26Before I can process all of this,
00:05:28the hospital room door is shoved open.
00:05:31Nolan is here.
00:05:32I'm still trying to process the fact that I am a princess when Nolan storms into the room.
00:05:38Allison, come back with me.
00:05:40For what?
00:05:42To watch you and Holly play the doting couple?
00:05:46He walks toward me, reaching out to take me away.
00:05:49But this time, I don't give in.
00:05:52I lean against the headboard and press my foot against his chest.
00:05:55Mr. President, keep the hands that touched your mistress away from me.
00:06:00Nolan freezes.
00:06:01He never expected me to treat him like this.
00:06:03For the first time, I felt no pain looking at him.
00:06:06Only a cold, liberating disgust.
00:06:09Do you really have to speak to me like this?
00:06:12Then how should I speak to you?
00:06:14You want me to wait for you, trust your promise, only to be dumped by you again?
00:06:18I told you.
00:06:19It was temporary.
00:06:21I didn't mean to...
00:06:22I don't want you anymore.
00:06:24I look at the shock in his eyes and feel nothing but irony.
00:06:28Now he's finally panicking.
00:06:30Too late.
00:06:31Just then, the hospital room door opens again.
00:06:35Holly walks in.
00:06:36Allison, don't do this.
00:06:39Nolan came here himself.
00:06:41Just go back with him.
00:06:43She sounds like she's trying to make peace.
00:06:45But the triumph in her eyes is impossible to hide.
00:06:49It won't be easy for you to recover out there alone.
00:06:52And I don't want people saying I'm the reason you left.
00:06:57Don't flatter yourself.
00:07:01Holly's smile freezes on her face.
00:07:03Nolan still refuses to leave and even tries to take me by force.
00:07:07In the next second, I press the call button.
00:07:13Someone!
00:07:19What happened?
00:07:22Kindly escort this trespassing president and that pregnant mistress of his out of my room.
00:07:28Whoever handles it cleanly gets $100,000.
00:07:34Allison, how can you do this?
00:07:37Why can't I?
00:07:39This is my room.
00:07:41You wouldn't dare.
00:07:43Try me.
00:07:44The royal guard step forward and sees Nolan without hesitation.
00:07:49Two more guards move toward Holly.
00:07:51Her face turns pale and she instinctively tries to hide behind Nolan.
00:07:54Throw them out.
00:07:56Moments later, Nolan and Holly are both escorted out of the room.
00:08:00Outside, Derek leans against the wall, openly amused.
00:08:04Mr. President, how does it feel to be thrown out by your ex-wife?
00:08:08Beside him, Holly's face darkens from the humiliation I've dealt her.
00:08:12But just as when I need some peace for myself, Derek shows up with a revelation that rocks me to
00:08:18my core.
00:08:18He tells me my adoptive parents' deaths were never an accident.
00:08:25Derek places a file in front of me.
00:08:27This is a complete copy of your divorce filing.
00:08:31And a confidential file on Holly's father.
00:08:34Wilson Pearson.
00:08:36Wilson Pearson is Holly's father and a wily old fox in business to boot.
00:08:41That's right.
00:08:42He's a business tycoon, a philanthropist, the polished face of high society.
00:08:49And very possibly the man responsible for your adoptive parents' deaths.
00:08:53My fingers tighten instantly.
00:08:56Are you saying the plane crash that killed them wasn't an accident?
00:08:59Yes.
00:09:00And after that, the Pearson family took control of all their valuable assets.
00:09:06Where's the proof?
00:09:08I found a few things.
00:09:10The rest, you'll have to dig up yourself.
00:09:14I can tell Derek isn't helping me out of pity.
00:09:17He wants to use me to bring down the Pearsons and use their fall to claim Nolan's power.
00:09:24Allison, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
00:09:30Shall we work together?
00:09:32My broken marriage and the bitter truth behind my adoptive parents' deaths together stoke my rage.
00:09:40Fine.
00:09:42I want every debt they owe me repaid.
00:09:45One by one.
00:09:47Simon's people quickly bring me everything that happens inside the presidential residence.
00:09:52After I have her thrown out of my hospital room,
00:09:55Holly clearly has no intention of letting it end there.
00:09:58She knows that the moment she loses Nolan, she loses everything.
00:10:04So she stages her next act immediately.
00:10:10She grips the banister and deliberately takes each step slowly.
00:10:15In the next second, she tumbles all the way down.
00:10:18Nolan!
00:10:18Help me!
00:10:21Nolan rushes over and catches her.
00:10:26Allison had me thrown out of the hospital room earlier.
00:10:33I twisted my ankle back then, and that's why I fell down the stairs just now.
00:10:38It doesn't matter if I'm hurt.
00:10:40I'm only worried about the baby.
00:10:47She cries while clinging to Nolan desperately.
00:10:50But exhaustion appears on Nolan's face.
00:10:57He carries her to her room, and calls for a doctor.
00:11:03Not long after, he drifts into the study.
00:11:10He opens an old photo album, filled with photos of me.
00:11:15Just as Nolan begins to waver, he receives a message.
00:11:22But I never sent that message.
00:11:24This is Holly's doing.
00:11:26Allison, have you lost your mind?
00:11:29Burning with rage.
00:11:30He dials my number immediately.
00:11:38But I'm not the one who answers.
00:11:41Who is this?
00:11:42Now, put Allison on the phone.
00:11:46The moment you threw her away, you lost any right to interfere in her life.
00:11:52Bother her again, and I'll make sure you never reach her again.
00:11:57The line goes dead.
00:11:58Nolan's face turns livid.
00:12:02He immediately orders an investigation into where I am.
00:12:09But very soon, he realizes someone powerful is shielding me.
00:12:13He can't find out where I am.
00:12:17The next day, Simon takes me to a place I never expected.
00:12:23Simon takes me to a building that looks completely ordinary from the outside.
00:12:30But the moment the elevator doors open, I'm staring at a top-secret intelligence command center.
00:12:40This is...
00:12:43Your new toy.
00:12:45The screen suddenly lights up.
00:12:47Highly classified files from several countries appear.
00:12:49And every file is authorized under one single codename.
00:12:52Sajax.
00:12:55Welcome back, dear sister.
00:12:57Your kingdom is waiting for you to claim it.
00:13:00I stare at that codename, and something inside my chest slowly begins to burn.
00:13:05Nolan thinks he threw away a worthless wife.
00:13:09What he doesn't know is that the person he let go,
00:13:11is also the one who can place him on a throne.
00:13:14Or drag him down from it.
00:13:18After leaving the intelligence center,
00:13:20Simon leads me to another place.
00:13:23One that leaves me utterly stunned.
00:13:35It's an underground private security vault.
00:13:38There is an entire wall of weapons.
00:13:41Handguns, sniper rifles,
00:13:43and even the latest ballistic gear.
00:13:45Pick what suits you.
00:13:46I glance around and choose the least conspicuous items.
00:13:51A compact pistol,
00:13:53a steel hairpin,
00:13:54and a ballistic evening dress.
00:13:58That's it?
00:14:00It's enough.
00:14:03I'm not planning to bring down the west wing.
00:14:07Simon smiles and hands me a car key,
00:14:09trying to make up for my suffering.
00:14:14The pink sports car in the garage is yours.
00:14:16But before I can adjust to my new role,
00:14:19I receive news.
00:14:24Tomorrow is Nolan's grandfather Memorial Day.
00:14:27Nolan's grandfather is the only person in that family
00:14:30who ever treated me with kindness.
00:14:32So on the anniversary of his death,
00:14:34I have to go.
00:14:35You still want to go back there?
00:14:36Have you forgotten what they did to you?
00:14:40I'm going to settle the score with them.
00:14:42Simon stays silent for a few seconds,
00:14:44then finally nods.
00:14:49I'll send men with you.
00:14:50No.
00:14:51I can handle it by myself.
00:14:57The next day,
00:14:59I drive to the cemetery alone.
00:15:04The moment I pull up at the entrance,
00:15:06my pink sports car immediately draws attention.
00:15:12The security captain walks over,
00:15:15his eyes full of malice.
00:15:19Out of the car.
00:15:20You're being screened.
00:15:22I know Holly set this up.
00:15:25She wants me humiliated in front of everyone.
00:15:34The security captain deliberately escalates things
00:15:37and demands an invasive manual screening.
00:15:40It's protocol.
00:15:41No exceptions.
00:15:42Not even for people tied to the president.
00:15:44I have nothing to do with the president anymore.
00:15:47The second the words leave my mouth,
00:15:49a sharp laugh cuts in behind me.
00:15:51The woman walking toward me is Alita Reed,
00:15:54Nolan's spoiled and vicious younger sister.
00:15:57Isn't this my dear sister-in-law
00:15:59who got thrown out?
00:16:01Nice car.
00:16:02Who did you steal it from?
00:16:04Are you done?
00:16:06If you are, move.
00:16:10She reaches for me and I shift aside.
00:16:16She crashes onto the ground,
00:16:18scraping her knees.
00:16:20The security captain charges at me.
00:16:23I don't dodge.
00:16:26I wait for him to come closer.
00:16:29The baton swings down towards me.
00:16:31I turn my head aside,
00:16:32pull the steel pin from my hair
00:16:34and drive it straight through his palm.
00:16:36He screams.
00:16:37The baton slips from his hand
00:16:39and hits the ground.
00:16:40Blood drapes from his hand.
00:16:41You're insane!
00:16:43I raise the steel pin and point it at her,
00:16:46making sure she understands the warning.
00:16:49Want to try me?
00:16:51Aliyah stumbles back in panic.
00:16:53Just then,
00:16:54several cars pull up at the cemetery entrance.
00:17:02Nolan and Holly step out one after another.
00:17:06What is going on here?
00:17:08Allison!
00:17:09How can you hit people like this?
00:17:11I look at her indignant depression
00:17:13let out of a cold laugh.
00:17:14Bringing your mistress
00:17:16to your grandfather's grave, Nolan?
00:17:18Do you really think this is appropriate?
00:17:25Holly throws herself into Nolan's arms at once,
00:17:28sobbing dramatically.
00:17:30Nolan, I'm scared.
00:17:32She might kill me.
00:17:35Nolan shields her and looks up at me.
00:17:38Allison,
00:17:39today is my grandfather's memorial day.
00:17:41Do you really have to turn it into a scene?
00:17:43A scene?
00:17:45Am I the one making one or are you?
00:17:49You bring your pregnant mistress
00:17:51to your grandfather's grave.
00:17:57Don't you think it's ridiculous?
00:17:59I would use his own grandfather's memory
00:18:01to show him the depth of his disrespect.
00:18:03I walk toward him and confront him
00:18:05about what he has done.
00:18:07Your grandfather valued family honor above all else.
00:18:11What he hated most was betrayal.
00:18:14I watch Nolan fall silent
00:18:18and turn towards Alfred's headstone.
00:18:24I crouch before Alfred's headstone
00:18:27and place the flowers I brought on it.
00:18:29Hey, Alfred.
00:18:31I'm here to see you.
00:18:34I'm sorry I couldn't protect the dignity you gave me.
00:18:39I rise and turn to look at Nolan.
00:18:41But I won't let them walk over me without paying the price.
00:18:46This was a promise to Alfred.
00:18:49This was a promise to Alfred
00:18:49and to myself.
00:18:50I walk up to Holly
00:18:52and she instinctively shrinks behind Nolan.
00:18:58What are you doing?
00:18:59Stay away from me!
00:19:01I reach out and close my hand around her throat,
00:19:04making sure she remembers her lesson.
00:19:08What are you afraid of?
00:19:10I'm not going to kill you,
00:19:12but I can turn your life into a living hell.
00:19:17I let go and Holly collapses to the ground,
00:19:19gasping for air.
00:19:22Nolan reaches for me
00:19:24and I shake him off and leave the cemetery.
00:19:30After leaving the cemetery,
00:19:32I don't go straight back to the estate.
00:19:36I drive to the presidential residence instead.
00:19:44Nolan is in a closed-door policy session
00:19:47with senior advisors and several key lawmakers.
00:19:49He wanted to keep his private life
00:19:51and public duties separate.
00:19:54I raise my foot and kick the door open.
00:19:58Dead silence fills the room.
00:20:01Everyone turns to look at me.
00:20:03I ignore them.
00:20:04I drag Holly in by the throat.
00:20:11Mr. President,
00:20:13let me help you deal with your private mess.
00:20:16The meeting,
00:20:17trapped in a stalemate,
00:20:18is thrown completely off balance.
00:20:21Several attendants who are still wavering
00:20:24make their calls in a rush.
00:20:27Nolan's face turns dark.
00:20:34But my interruptions end up pushing
00:20:36his stalled bill over the line.
00:20:38News that the bill moves forward
00:20:40spreads quickly.
00:20:42Everyone says I accidentally helped Nolan.
00:20:47Actually,
00:20:48I did that on purpose.
00:20:50I wanted to show them that his greatest liability
00:20:52was the woman he chose over me.
00:20:54I want everyone to see that Nolan
00:20:56can't even handle his own private affairs.
00:20:59They shouldn't place any trust in his judgment.
00:21:03When I come out of the residence,
00:21:05Derek's car is waiting for me.
00:21:13Allison,
00:21:14that was quite a show.
00:21:21Spare me.
00:21:22I'm in on what you proposed.
00:21:24What proposal?
00:21:29The alliance.
00:21:30And he smiles.
00:21:32Derek's eyes light up.
00:21:37Well then,
00:21:38I have a gift for you.
00:21:41The next day,
00:21:42he sends me a package file.
00:21:51The title reads,
00:21:54Holly's prenatal records.
00:21:58I read the prenatal records
00:22:00Derek sends me three times.
00:22:03The gestational age
00:22:05doesn't match the timeline Nolan claimed.
00:22:08It's off by an entire month.
00:22:13So this child may not be Nolan's.
00:22:16Exactly.
00:22:21And I suspect
00:22:22she may not even be pregnant at all.
00:22:26Why?
00:22:29Someone saw her remove a fake belly at the hospital.
00:22:33My hand trembles slightly.
00:22:35Not from fear.
00:22:36From rage.
00:22:38The entire foundation of my divorce,
00:22:41of my pain,
00:22:42was built on a lie.
00:22:44She uses a fake pregnancy
00:22:46to steal my husband from me.
00:22:49Do you have proof?
00:22:50I already have someone looking into it.
00:22:54Don't strike yet.
00:22:56Wait until she reaches her peak.
00:22:59I know exactly what he means.
00:23:03The higher she climbs,
00:23:05the harder she falls.
00:23:08I hold back all the evidence for now.
00:23:11Not because I'm afraid,
00:23:12but because I'm biding my time.
00:23:17I'm waiting for the perfect moment.
00:23:19And on Nolan's side,
00:23:21things are beginning to shift.
00:23:22He sends people to investigate me in secret.
00:23:25Yet,
00:23:26he finds nothing.
00:23:27My information is under the highest level
00:23:29of protection Simon can place on it.
00:23:32Even the President can't access it.
00:23:40Who is she,
00:23:41really?
00:23:43Mr. President,
00:23:45everything tied to Allison,
00:23:46we can't access any of it.
00:23:48Her identity appears to be protected
00:23:50as a top-level state secret
00:23:52by a foreign government.
00:23:53Nolan snaps the pen in his hand.
00:23:58For the first time,
00:24:00he feels control slipping away from him.
00:24:03And then Holly announces the news.
00:24:05Her wedding of the century with Nolan
00:24:07will take place next month.
00:24:09High Society is already waiting
00:24:12to see her step into the role of First Lady.
00:24:15And I receive an invitation
00:24:17to the Presidentially Anniversary Gala.
00:24:20Tonight,
00:24:21Holly makes her grand entrance
00:24:23in front of everyone.
00:24:24And I'll step back into their world
00:24:26under a very different identity.
00:24:28After tonight,
00:24:29everyone will know
00:24:30exactly who belongs outside.
00:24:32She smiles like victory is already hers.
00:24:34Her Royal Highness,
00:24:37Princess Allison of Flesdia.
00:24:40Let her have her moment.
00:24:42Mine was about to begin.
00:24:45The ballroom doors slowly open.
00:24:48In an evening gown and heels,
00:24:49I step into the spotlight.
00:24:51The room falls silent for a second.
00:24:53Then every eye turns to me.
00:24:57Allison?
00:25:00Impossible!
00:25:02Holly thinks she is
00:25:04the most dazzling woman
00:25:05in the room tonight.
00:25:07Too bad.
00:25:08The second I appear,
00:25:09she loses.
00:25:12Holly is never truly afraid
00:25:14of someone stronger than she is.
00:25:16What she fears most
00:25:18is becoming the joke.
00:25:23Allison,
00:25:25I never expected your status
00:25:26to become so elevated.
00:25:28Too bad some women
00:25:30can wear a princess's title
00:25:31and still come off as cheap.
00:25:33She deliberately throws
00:25:34a cutting line at me in French.
00:25:36Certaines femmes
00:25:37montent les échelons sociales,
00:25:38mais n'apprennent jamais leur place.
00:25:40A few people nearby
00:25:42catch her meaning
00:25:43and respond with knowing smiles.
00:25:45She thought her cheap trick
00:25:46would work on the old Allison.
00:25:48She was about to be disappointed.
00:25:50I look at Holly and smile.
00:25:53Ma chère,
00:25:54drop the French.
00:25:55It's as stilted as a textbook.
00:25:59You!
00:26:00Would you rather
00:26:01I answer in English
00:26:03or in German
00:26:08or in Spanish?
00:26:10Or is that the only line
00:26:11you memorized?
00:26:12I turn smoothly
00:26:13and greet several ambassadors
00:26:15in their own languages.
00:26:16Guten Abend,
00:26:18Mr. Ambassador.
00:26:19Schön sie hier zu sein.
00:26:20Encantada de conocerte,
00:26:22Signora.
00:26:22Ha sido un placer.
00:26:23Holly stands frozen,
00:26:25her face darkening
00:26:26by the second.
00:26:28That slap lands beautifully.
00:26:31Holly never forgets a slight.
00:26:33She's very vindictive.
00:26:35And she always finds a way
00:26:37to settle score.
00:26:39Ah!
00:26:40She throws herself backward,
00:26:42tears already in place,
00:26:44trying to pin the blame on me.
00:26:47Allison,
00:26:47why did you push me?
00:26:49Her predictability
00:26:50was almost boring.
00:26:51I had been waiting for this.
00:26:52In an instant,
00:26:54Holly!
00:26:54every eye in the room
00:26:55turns back to me.
00:26:57Allison,
00:26:57what exactly are you trying to do?
00:26:59I stay exactly where I am.
00:27:01Then I raise a hand
00:27:02and remove my brooch,
00:27:03ready to present the proof.
00:27:05You want to know what I did?
00:27:06Then look at this first.
00:27:07I press the switch
00:27:09and replay the scene
00:27:10in front of everyone.
00:27:13In the footage,
00:27:14Holly deliberately
00:27:15threw herself backward.
00:27:16No, that's not true!
00:27:21Mr. President,
00:27:22your fiancé deserves an award
00:27:23for that performance.
00:27:27The terrace outside
00:27:29the ballroom is quiet.
00:27:31Only the wind
00:27:32and Nolan's uneven breathing
00:27:34could be heard.
00:27:35You
00:27:37really are a princess?
00:27:39That is the first thing
00:27:39he asks after following me out here.
00:27:42Not are you alright
00:27:43and not I'm sorry.
00:27:44He was mourning
00:27:45the status he'd lost,
00:27:46not the woman he'd discarded.
00:27:48Mr. President,
00:27:49what exactly does that
00:27:50have to do with you?
00:27:51Allison,
00:27:52I just...
00:27:53You just want to know
00:27:54what it was you threw away.
00:27:57Too bad.
00:27:59Knowing now
00:28:00changes nothing.
00:28:01I swirl the wine
00:28:02in my glass
00:28:03and let my gaze
00:28:04drift past him
00:28:05into the night.
00:28:09Instead of asking
00:28:10who I am,
00:28:11maybe dig into
00:28:12who baby Holly's
00:28:13got in there.
00:28:14He is only beginning
00:28:15to doubt now.
00:28:17I am already
00:28:18playing my game.
00:28:23Real revenge
00:28:24is taking away
00:28:25what they care most about.
00:28:27And what the Pearsons
00:28:28care about most
00:28:29is money.
00:28:34You're sure
00:28:35you want to hit
00:28:35this stock?
00:28:38Yes.
00:28:40This is one of
00:28:41the Pearson Group's
00:28:42core arteries.
00:28:43Cut here first
00:28:44and they'll
00:28:46finally panic.
00:28:51I would dismantle
00:28:52their empire
00:28:53piece by piece
00:28:54just as they
00:28:56had dismantled
00:28:57my life.
00:28:58I sit before
00:28:59the screen
00:28:59and tap enter.
00:29:01Officially making
00:29:02my move.
00:29:03Short order
00:29:04confirmed.
00:29:06First wave
00:29:07initiated.
00:29:0830 minutes later
00:29:10Pearson Group's
00:29:11stock starts
00:29:11falling hard.
00:29:14One hour later
00:29:15billions in value
00:29:17are gone.
00:29:19What the hell
00:29:20is going on?
00:29:21Someone is targeting
00:29:22us with precision
00:29:23strikes.
00:29:24I watch the live
00:29:25graph plunge
00:29:26and let myself
00:29:27smile.
00:29:31men like
00:29:32Wilson
00:29:32never think of
00:29:33surrender
00:29:33when they
00:29:34panic.
00:29:35The first
00:29:35thing they
00:29:35think of
00:29:36is destroying
00:29:37evidence.
00:29:38Do it
00:29:39tonight.
00:29:40Burn it
00:29:41all down.
00:29:42And in the
00:29:42old house
00:29:43my adoptive
00:29:44parents once
00:29:44lived in
00:29:45there are
00:29:45still things
00:29:46he fears
00:29:46I'll find.
00:29:48Yet
00:29:48he is already
00:29:49too late.
00:29:50I knew
00:29:51his cowardly
00:29:51mind better
00:29:52than he knew
00:29:53himself.
00:29:54You're that
00:29:54sure he'll
00:29:55burn the
00:29:55house?
00:29:57Men like
00:29:58him who
00:29:58have a
00:29:58guilty
00:29:59conscience
00:29:59always take
00:30:00care of
00:30:00loose ends.
00:30:02Hours ago
00:30:03I had
00:30:03Simon's people
00:30:04removed
00:30:05everything
00:30:05important.
00:30:11That night
00:30:12flames tear
00:30:13into the
00:30:13sky.
00:30:17The old
00:30:18house really
00:30:19is set on
00:30:20fire.
00:30:30We got
00:30:31them.
00:30:31Two
00:30:32arsonists
00:30:32are pinned
00:30:33to the
00:30:33ground.
00:30:34Get clear
00:30:35footage.
00:30:36I want
00:30:36every one
00:30:37of their
00:30:37faces on
00:30:38record.
00:30:38Arsonists
00:30:39rarely have
00:30:39much
00:30:40backbone.
00:30:41It's time
00:30:41for you to
00:30:42realize the
00:30:42man who
00:30:43hired you
00:30:43is never
00:30:44coming to
00:30:44save you.
00:30:45It wasn't
00:30:46my idea.
00:30:46I was
00:30:47paid to
00:30:47do it.
00:30:48Who
00:30:49paid you?
00:30:49Have
00:30:49you seen
00:30:50him?
00:30:50It's
00:30:51him.
00:30:52The
00:30:52Pearson
00:30:53family's
00:30:53people.
00:30:53The lead
00:30:55they gave
00:30:55me leads
00:30:56to another
00:30:56discovery.
00:30:59We found
00:31:00her.
00:31:02Who?
00:31:03The daughter
00:31:04of the
00:31:04mechanic who
00:31:04was ruled
00:31:05a suicide.
00:31:06The girl
00:31:06places a
00:31:06copied
00:31:07maintenance
00:31:07record left
00:31:08by her
00:31:08father into
00:31:08my hands.
00:31:09Before my
00:31:10father died
00:31:10he said
00:31:11that plane
00:31:12crash wasn't
00:31:12an accident.
00:31:13I lower
00:31:14my eyes to
00:31:15the file.
00:31:16It clearly
00:31:16states that
00:31:17a critical
00:31:17component is
00:31:18tampered
00:31:19with.
00:31:22I finally
00:31:23have all
00:31:24the evidence
00:31:24I need.
00:31:25On the
00:31:26day of
00:31:26the
00:31:26international
00:31:26perfume
00:31:27competition
00:31:28finals I
00:31:28don't appear
00:31:29in person
00:31:29because the
00:31:30name standing
00:31:30on that
00:31:31stage today
00:31:32isn't
00:31:32Allison.
00:31:33It's
00:31:33Phoenix.
00:31:34This
00:31:34year's
00:31:34winning
00:31:34fragrance
00:31:35Nirvana.
00:31:37The
00:31:37room erupts
00:31:37into applause.
00:31:41This
00:31:41isn't an
00:31:42ordinary
00:31:42fragrance.
00:31:43It
00:31:43feels like
00:31:44rebirth from
00:31:45ash.
00:31:45Like
00:31:45waking a
00:31:46soul.
00:31:46My
00:31:47parents'
00:31:47legacy would
00:31:48not be
00:31:48buried with
00:31:49them.
00:31:49I would
00:31:50make it
00:31:50immortal.
00:31:51I sit
00:31:52quietly
00:31:52before the
00:31:53screen,
00:31:53my fingers
00:31:54brushing over
00:31:55the bottle
00:31:55design.
00:31:56This
00:31:56perfume was
00:31:57my adoptive
00:31:58parents'
00:31:58formula.
00:31:59And it's
00:32:00the second
00:32:00attack I've
00:32:01launched against
00:32:01Wilson.
00:32:03What the
00:32:03hell?
00:32:04That's
00:32:04Frank's
00:32:05formula.
00:32:06He knocks
00:32:06over his
00:32:06glass, his
00:32:07face pale
00:32:08with fear.
00:32:10I came
00:32:11back to
00:32:12tobacco
00:32:12what was
00:32:13theirs.
00:32:14Winning
00:32:14the perfume
00:32:15competition is
00:32:16only the
00:32:16beginning.
00:32:19I want
00:32:20more than
00:32:20a trophy.
00:32:22I want
00:32:23to bring
00:32:23this brand
00:32:24back to
00:32:24life.
00:32:27Phoenix.
00:32:28On the
00:32:28day of
00:32:28the press
00:32:29conference,
00:32:30every camera
00:32:30in the room
00:32:31is pointed
00:32:32at me.
00:32:37Your
00:32:38highness,
00:32:38why did
00:32:39you create
00:32:39this brand?
00:32:40I stand
00:32:40on stage
00:32:41as the
00:32:41giant screen
00:32:42behind me
00:32:43slowly lights
00:32:44up.
00:32:44On it
00:32:45are photos
00:32:45of my
00:32:46adoptive
00:32:46parents.
00:32:49Because
00:32:50this is
00:32:51more than
00:32:51perfume.
00:32:52It's
00:32:53inheritance.
00:32:54And it's
00:32:55a declaration
00:32:56of war.
00:32:59I wanted
00:33:00the world
00:33:01to know
00:33:01the names
00:33:02of the
00:33:02people
00:33:02Wilson
00:33:03Pearson
00:33:03had tried
00:33:04to erase.
00:33:04Against
00:33:05whom?
00:33:05Against
00:33:06those thieves
00:33:06who believe
00:33:07they can
00:33:07steal
00:33:08everything
00:33:08from
00:33:09someone
00:33:09else
00:33:09and go
00:33:09on
00:33:10living
00:33:10as if
00:33:10nothing
00:33:11happened.
00:33:11I look
00:33:12ahead,
00:33:13my eyes
00:33:13sharp as
00:33:14blades.
00:33:15A phoenix
00:33:16will always
00:33:17rise from
00:33:18the ash.
00:33:19Nolan finally
00:33:20starts investigating
00:33:21Holly,
00:33:21not because he
00:33:22suddenly becomes
00:33:23smarter,
00:33:23but because
00:33:24something is
00:33:24seriously wrong
00:33:25and he can
00:33:26no longer
00:33:27pretend not
00:33:27to see it.
00:33:28Get me all
00:33:28of Holly's
00:33:29prenatal
00:33:29records.
00:33:30The moment
00:33:30he reads
00:33:31the file,
00:33:32his expression
00:33:32darkens
00:33:33by degrees.
00:33:34Gestational
00:33:35age.
00:33:37Timeline.
00:33:38Public
00:33:38statements.
00:33:39None of
00:33:40it matches.
00:33:43Impossible.
00:33:44I felt
00:33:45a grim
00:33:45satisfaction
00:33:46watching him
00:33:47unravel the
00:33:48lies he
00:33:48had so
00:33:49willingly
00:33:49believed.
00:33:50But what
00:33:51truly breaks
00:33:52him comes
00:33:52after that.
00:33:53As he
00:33:53digs deeper,
00:33:54he unexpectedly
00:33:55uncovers
00:33:55internal records
00:33:56from the
00:33:57residents over
00:33:57the last
00:33:58three years.
00:33:58His mother's
00:33:59cold treatment
00:34:00of me,
00:34:01his sister's
00:34:02humiliation
00:34:02of me,
00:34:03and the
00:34:04staff's
00:34:04arrogant
00:34:04disrespect.
00:34:06This,
00:34:07all of
00:34:08this is
00:34:09real?
00:34:10The logs,
00:34:12surveillance,
00:34:12and witness
00:34:13statements all
00:34:13line up.
00:34:14For the
00:34:14first time,
00:34:15Nolan starts
00:34:16questioning what
00:34:17exactly happened
00:34:18to me over
00:34:19the past
00:34:20three years.
00:34:22And just
00:34:23then,
00:34:23an invitation
00:34:24from the
00:34:25royal house
00:34:26of Flesadia
00:34:27lands in his
00:34:27hands.
00:34:29When the
00:34:29invitation from
00:34:30the royal house
00:34:31of Flesadia
00:34:32arrives at the
00:34:33presidential
00:34:33residence,
00:34:34even the air
00:34:35seems to go
00:34:36still for a
00:34:37moment.
00:34:37This isn't an
00:34:38ordinary dinner.
00:34:39It's a royal
00:34:40state banquet.
00:34:41Mr. President,
00:34:42an official
00:34:43invitation has
00:34:43arrived from
00:34:44the royal house
00:34:44of Flesadia.
00:34:46Additional
00:34:46note,
00:34:48Princess
00:34:48Allison of
00:34:48Flesadia
00:34:49may attend
00:34:49with a
00:34:49date.
00:34:51Nolan's
00:34:51hand pauses.
00:34:52He stares at
00:34:53that line,
00:34:53and his gaze
00:34:54darkens.
00:35:00Why would
00:35:01they specify
00:35:01her?
00:35:02Be quiet.
00:35:03For the
00:35:04first time,
00:35:05Nolan feels
00:35:05frustrated by
00:35:06everything that's
00:35:07happening,
00:35:08and Holly
00:35:08finally realizes
00:35:09the situation
00:35:10is no longer
00:35:11under her
00:35:12control.
00:35:14Holly excels
00:35:15at manipulation,
00:35:17most notably,
00:35:18exploiting
00:35:18Nolan's guilt
00:35:19and sense of
00:35:20obligation.
00:35:22Nolan,
00:35:23if you leave
00:35:24me,
00:35:24I'll die
00:35:25with this
00:35:25baby.
00:35:26She stands
00:35:27at the edge
00:35:27of the terrace,
00:35:28trembling with
00:35:29tears,
00:35:30carefully staging
00:35:31herself as
00:35:31the victim.
00:35:33Holly,
00:35:33calm down.
00:35:36Are you
00:35:37regretting
00:35:38this?
00:35:40Nolan stays
00:35:41silent.
00:35:43The silence
00:35:44hurts more
00:35:44than any
00:35:45words could.
00:35:46Meanwhile,
00:35:47I've already
00:35:47received something
00:35:48important through
00:35:49Simon's intelligence
00:35:50network.
00:35:50We cross-checked
00:35:51Holly's recent
00:35:52footage,
00:35:53body profile,
00:35:54and medical
00:35:54records.
00:35:55There is a
00:35:56strong possibility
00:35:57that she isn't
00:35:59pregnant at all.
00:36:02keep digging.
00:36:03I want you to
00:36:04confirm her
00:36:04condition.
00:36:05I look at
00:36:06Holly's images
00:36:07on the screen,
00:36:08and my face
00:36:09darkens.
00:36:13Simon brings
00:36:14me into a
00:36:14tactical prep
00:36:15room reserved
00:36:16for the royal
00:36:16family.
00:36:18Soon,
00:36:19it is the day
00:36:19you settle the
00:36:20score with the
00:36:20piercings.
00:36:21On the table
00:36:22are the
00:36:22compact pistol,
00:36:23a comms
00:36:24earpiece,
00:36:24and ballistic
00:36:25formal wear.
00:36:26The gun has
00:36:27been recalibrated.
00:36:28I feel its
00:36:28cold weight
00:36:29in my mind,
00:36:30a promise
00:36:31of the
00:36:31justice I'm
00:36:32about to
00:36:32deliver.
00:36:33The formal
00:36:34wear is ready
00:36:35too.
00:36:36My hand
00:36:37brushes over
00:36:38the formal
00:36:38wear,
00:36:38and I know
00:36:39exactly what
00:36:40this means.
00:36:41This is no
00:36:41longer just
00:36:42protection.
00:36:43This is for
00:36:44the takedown.
00:36:46Nervous?
00:36:48No.
00:36:50I have
00:36:51waited too
00:36:51long for
00:36:52this day.
00:36:53I will
00:36:53make them
00:36:54pay dearly
00:36:54for what
00:36:55they've
00:36:55done.
00:36:56Some
00:36:57people are
00:36:58already
00:36:58halfway to
00:36:59collapse,
00:37:00and yet
00:37:00they still
00:37:01insist on
00:37:02putting on
00:37:02the biggest
00:37:03spectacle
00:37:03possible.
00:37:04The
00:37:04Pearsons are
00:37:05exactly like
00:37:06that.
00:37:06A wedding?
00:37:07Really?
00:37:08Your priority
00:37:09is to
00:37:09marry Nolan
00:37:10and make
00:37:11your relationship
00:37:12official.
00:37:13Once you
00:37:14two hold
00:37:14a wedding,
00:37:15the world
00:37:16will accept
00:37:17both you
00:37:17and the
00:37:18child as
00:37:19part of
00:37:19Nolan's
00:37:20future.
00:37:20I almost
00:37:21have to
00:37:22laugh at
00:37:22their
00:37:22desperation.
00:37:25They are
00:37:26digging their
00:37:26own graves
00:37:27with this
00:37:27spectacle.
00:37:29Invitations
00:37:29go out
00:37:30quickly.
00:37:35Global
00:37:36elites,
00:37:37media,
00:37:37political
00:37:38figure,
00:37:38and business
00:37:39tycoons are
00:37:40all drawn into
00:37:40the spectacle.
00:37:41They want to
00:37:42use this wedding
00:37:43ceremony to
00:37:44push Holly as
00:37:44high as
00:37:45possible.
00:37:45This aligns
00:37:46perfectly with
00:37:47what I want.
00:37:52the higher
00:37:53she stands,
00:37:54the harder
00:37:55she falls.
00:37:58Sending a
00:37:58gift before
00:37:59a wedding is
00:37:59proper etiquette.
00:38:00It's just that
00:38:01the one I send
00:38:01may not be to
00:38:02Holly's taste.
00:38:03It looks
00:38:03perfectly
00:38:04tasteful.
00:38:04They say
00:38:04revenge is a
00:38:05dish best served
00:38:06cold, but I'm
00:38:06not sure that's
00:38:07true.
00:38:07But inside the
00:38:08box is a
00:38:09strip of
00:38:09microfilm.
00:38:10On it are
00:38:11intimate
00:38:11photographs of
00:38:12Holly with
00:38:13several different
00:38:13men.
00:38:14Send it to
00:38:15the president.
00:38:19I wish them
00:38:20a long and
00:38:21happy future.
00:38:23By the time
00:38:24the gift reaches
00:38:25the presidential
00:38:25residence,
00:38:26Nolan is in
00:38:27his study.
00:38:29In the next
00:38:30second, Nolan
00:38:31has already
00:38:32pulled the
00:38:32microfilm out
00:38:33of the box.
00:38:37What is
00:38:38this?
00:38:40No, that's
00:38:41not me!
00:38:42How much
00:38:43more have you
00:38:44lied to me
00:38:44about?
00:38:45Holly's face
00:38:46goes pale.
00:38:50On the
00:38:50night before
00:38:51the wedding,
00:38:52the whole
00:38:52city glows
00:38:53with light.
00:39:00But Nolan
00:39:01looks awful,
00:39:02like he
00:39:02hasn't slept
00:39:03in days.
00:39:06He finally
00:39:07corners me.
00:39:09Tell me,
00:39:10what exactly
00:39:11am I supposed
00:39:12to do?
00:39:13What do I
00:39:14do to get
00:39:14back to
00:39:15what we
00:39:15had?
00:39:15I look
00:39:17at the
00:39:17hand gripping
00:39:17my wrist.
00:39:18I slowly
00:39:19pull my
00:39:20hand back.
00:39:21Mr. President,
00:39:22the only thing
00:39:23you can do
00:39:23now is
00:39:24prepare yourself.
00:39:25Prepare for
00:39:26what?
00:39:26Prepare to
00:39:27receive the
00:39:28surprise I've
00:39:28prepared for
00:39:29you.
00:39:29I step
00:39:30around him
00:39:31and walk
00:39:31away.
00:39:34He can
00:39:34already feel
00:39:35it.
00:39:37Tomorrow
00:39:38won't be a
00:39:38wedding.
00:39:40It will be
00:39:41a trial.
00:39:43on the
00:39:44wedding day,
00:39:45the world
00:39:45watches live.
00:39:51Everyone
00:39:52thinks this
00:39:53is the
00:39:53crowning
00:39:53moment for
00:39:54Nolan and
00:39:54Holly,
00:39:55but only a
00:39:56few know
00:39:56that what's
00:39:57truly beginning
00:39:57is a different
00:39:58game.
00:39:59Proceed as
00:40:00planned.
00:40:00Create chaos.
00:40:04The target,
00:40:05Nolan.
00:40:07Then pin all
00:40:07of it on
00:40:08Flacidia,
00:40:08or Derek's
00:40:09people.
00:40:10He wants
00:40:11Nolan permanently
00:40:12tied to the
00:40:12Pearson family's
00:40:13fate, and I
00:40:14sit in another
00:40:15car, calmly
00:40:16straightening my
00:40:17cuffs.
00:40:18Nervous?
00:40:21No.
00:40:22I've waited too
00:40:24long for this
00:40:24day.
00:40:25The wedding
00:40:25hasn't even
00:40:26begun, but
00:40:27every player is
00:40:28already inside
00:40:29the trap.
00:40:30The carpet is
00:40:31lit up by a
00:40:32thousand flashes.
00:40:34Holly stands
00:40:35at the altar
00:40:36in couture
00:40:37bridal silk.
00:40:38Her face
00:40:39full of
00:40:40certainty and
00:40:41triumph.
00:40:43She thinks
00:40:43she'll be the
00:40:44most dazzling
00:40:45woman in the
00:40:45world today.
00:40:46Too bad, she
00:40:47won't be.
00:40:49Her Royal
00:40:50Highness, Princess
00:40:51Alison of
00:40:52Flacidia, arrives.
00:40:54I'm the last to
00:40:55step onto the
00:40:55carpet.
00:40:55I'm not wearing
00:40:56a gown.
00:40:57I'm wearing a
00:40:58tailored beige
00:40:59pinstreet suit.
00:41:00The cameras pivot
00:41:01toward me almost
00:41:02at once.
00:41:04How dare she
00:41:06come here?
00:41:06The moment I
00:41:07walk past them,
00:41:08they know the
00:41:10most unforgettable
00:41:10person here today
00:41:11is not Holly.
00:41:13It is me.
00:41:16The officiant
00:41:18begins the
00:41:18vows.
00:41:21Holly still
00:41:22believes everything
00:41:23is moving according
00:41:24to her plan.
00:41:28I slowly
00:41:29rise to my
00:41:29feet.
00:41:32Every eye in
00:41:33the room turns
00:41:33towards me again.
00:41:35I pick up the
00:41:35microphone beside me,
00:41:37ready to expose her
00:41:38in front of
00:41:38everyone.
00:41:39The silence is a
00:41:41blank canvas, and
00:41:42I am about to paint
00:41:43it with the ugly
00:41:44truth.
00:41:45Before every
00:41:46witness in this
00:41:47room, Mr.
00:41:49President, can you
00:41:50tell us if the
00:41:51child carried by the
00:41:52woman beside you
00:41:53is truly yours?
00:41:55Dead silence
00:41:56fills the room.
00:41:57Allison, are you
00:41:59insane?
00:41:59I'm not the one
00:42:01who's lost her
00:42:01mind.
00:42:02The insane ones
00:42:03are the people
00:42:04building a future
00:42:05on lies.
00:42:09Holly's face
00:42:10turned pale, and
00:42:11her hands clutch
00:42:12the bridal silk.
00:42:14In that exact
00:42:15second, the live
00:42:16broadcast cuts out.
00:42:18The 30 seconds
00:42:19after the feed
00:42:19cuts out are the
00:42:20most valuable 30
00:42:21seconds of the
00:42:22night.
00:42:22the screens go
00:42:23dark, but inside
00:42:25the room, no one
00:42:26can escape.
00:42:27Restore the feed
00:42:28right now!
00:42:32The system is
00:42:33rebooting.
00:42:34Holly's voice is
00:42:35shaking.
00:42:36She is finally
00:42:37afraid.
00:42:38Allison, what
00:42:38exactly do you
00:42:39have?
00:42:40He still doesn't
00:42:41understand.
00:42:41I have everything
00:42:42I need to burn
00:42:43his world down.
00:42:44You're about to
00:42:45find out.
00:42:45The giant screen
00:42:46in the venue
00:42:47suddenly lights
00:42:48up.
00:42:50But before the
00:42:51footage fully rolls
00:42:52inside the room,
00:42:53the public
00:42:54livestream comes
00:42:55back.
00:42:55Millions of viewers
00:42:56around the world
00:42:57catch only the
00:42:58final image.
00:43:00Holly pale as a
00:43:01ghost.
00:43:02Nolan stunned.
00:43:03And the hall in
00:43:05chaos.
00:43:06Holly knows the
00:43:07thing that can
00:43:08destroy her has
00:43:09already been
00:43:10released.
00:43:10Yet I know the
00:43:11full evidence hasn't
00:43:13even been laid out
00:43:13yet.
00:43:14After the
00:43:15livestream returns,
00:43:16no one in the
00:43:17room has recovered
00:43:18from those 30
00:43:18seconds of chaos.
00:43:20But I know the
00:43:21real show is only
00:43:22just beginning.
00:43:24Allison, what
00:43:25exactly do you
00:43:25think you're
00:43:26doing?
00:43:27Simple.
00:43:28I want the
00:43:29truth out in the
00:43:30open.
00:43:30I raise my hand
00:43:31and signal for the
00:43:32footage to continue,
00:43:33ready to expose her
00:43:34lies for all to
00:43:35see.
00:43:37In the footage,
00:43:38Holly is alone in
00:43:39a dressing room,
00:43:40slowly unfassing the
00:43:41support band around
00:43:42her waist.
00:43:45Then she removed
00:43:46the fake bump with
00:43:47her own hands.
00:43:52No!
00:43:53That's not true!
00:43:56Bring them in.
00:43:57The doors open
00:43:59again.
00:43:59Four men are
00:44:00escorted in by
00:44:01on-site security.
00:44:05Holly, how did
00:44:06things go this
00:44:07far?
00:44:08You know better
00:44:08than anyone whose
00:44:09child it is.
00:44:10Or perhaps you're
00:44:11not even pregnant.
00:44:13Checkmate.
00:44:14There is no escape
00:44:15for her now.
00:44:17Holly's legs give
00:44:18out and she
00:44:19collapses to the
00:44:20floor.
00:44:21Her true colors
00:44:22are laid bare in
00:44:23front of everyone.
00:44:25Holly's fake
00:44:26pregnancy turns
00:44:27this ceremony
00:44:27into a laughing
00:44:28stoke.
00:44:29But for me,
00:44:30this is not
00:44:31enough.
00:44:32She's not the
00:44:33only one going
00:44:34down.
00:44:34The Persons will
00:44:35fall with her.
00:44:38The Royal House
00:44:39of Flesia has an
00:44:40evidence package to
00:44:41transfer.
00:44:42Simon rises,
00:44:43walks to the
00:44:43front, and hands
00:44:44an encrypted data
00:44:45case to the
00:44:45senior federal
00:44:46security officer
00:44:47on-site.
00:44:48It contains
00:44:48evidence of
00:44:49years of
00:44:50financial fraud,
00:44:51illicit
00:44:51transactions, and
00:44:53leads tied to
00:44:53multiple serious
00:44:54violent crimes
00:44:55committed by the
00:44:56Pearson family,
00:44:57including the
00:44:57plane crash that
00:44:58killed Allison's
00:44:59adoptive parents.
00:45:00The plane crash?
00:45:03Nonsense!
00:45:04This is a
00:45:04political frame-up!
00:45:09Then verify it
00:45:10here and now.
00:45:11Let everyone in
00:45:12this room bear
00:45:12witness.
00:45:13Federal technical
00:45:14staff connect the
00:45:15device on the
00:45:15spot.
00:45:15Transaction routes
00:45:16and shell company
00:45:17records begin
00:45:17appearing one
00:45:18after another.
00:45:19Wilson, can you
00:45:20still deny it
00:45:21now?
00:45:21When people are
00:45:22driven into a
00:45:23corner, that's
00:45:23when they reveal
00:45:24their true colors.
00:45:25Wilson is exactly
00:45:26that kind of man.
00:45:28Rather than admit
00:45:28his wrongdoings when
00:45:29the tide turns against
00:45:30him, he resorts to
00:45:31violence.
00:45:32In the next
00:45:33second, a hidden
00:45:34shooter in the crowd
00:45:35suddenly draws a
00:45:36weapon.
00:45:37The barrel points
00:45:37straight at Nolan.
00:45:39In that split
00:45:40second, my body
00:45:42moves before thought
00:45:42catches up.
00:45:43I step into the
00:45:44line of fire, taking
00:45:45the shot for Nolan.
00:45:46Even I cannot explain
00:45:47why I move in that
00:45:48moment.
00:45:49Maybe it is not that
00:45:50I've forgiven him at
00:45:50all, because this
00:45:51game isn't over.
00:45:52Nolan can't die yet.
00:45:54The bullet tears
00:45:55across the outside of
00:45:56my arm, but I'm
00:45:57wearing ballistic
00:45:57form-aware.
00:45:59I draw my pistol in
00:46:00one motion and shoot
00:46:01the attacker through
00:46:02the wrist.
00:46:07Nolan stares at me,
00:46:08rooted to the spot.
00:46:09He probably never
00:46:10imagines that even
00:46:11now, at a moment
00:46:12like this, I'm still
00:46:14the one standing in
00:46:15front of him.
00:46:16A real takedown is
00:46:17never carried out by
00:46:18one person alone.
00:46:22The moment I fire
00:46:23the shot, Simon's
00:46:24Royal Protection Unit
00:46:25moves in.
00:46:27Lock it down.
00:46:28At the same time,
00:46:30Derek's people seal
00:46:31every exit.
00:46:31No assassin gets to
00:46:32leave.
00:46:36How dare you!
00:46:38Several planted
00:46:38operatives hidden in
00:46:39the crowd try to move
00:46:41and are immediately
00:46:41forced to the floor.
00:46:43Derek steps forward
00:46:44and produces an
00:46:45emergency investigative
00:46:47order abearing the
00:46:48president's signature.
00:46:50Wilson Pearson, you
00:46:51are under arrest.
00:46:54Nolan stands where he is,
00:46:56silent.
00:46:57By this point,
00:46:58everyone understands.
00:46:59Tonight, I'm not the
00:47:00only one turning the
00:47:01table over.
00:47:02It's me, Simon,
00:47:03Derek, and even Nolan
00:47:05who turned this event
00:47:06into a trial for the
00:47:07Pearsons.
00:47:07Take him.
00:47:08Security officers place
00:47:10Wilson in handcuffs on
00:47:11the spot.
00:47:12He tries to resist,
00:47:14but it's to no avail.
00:47:17Holly cries when Wilson
00:47:19is LED away in
00:47:20handcuffs.
00:47:21Her whole body
00:47:21shakes.
00:47:22When I look at her,
00:47:24all I feel is calm.
00:47:26She wants to steal
00:47:27my husband and my
00:47:28place with a fake
00:47:29pregnancy.
00:47:30Now she finally gets
00:47:32exactly what she
00:47:33deserves.
00:47:35Allison,
00:47:37please.
00:47:41Beg me.
00:47:43Do you think you
00:47:44deserve my forgiveness?
00:47:46Nolan walks toward me.
00:47:48His eyes fall on the
00:47:50greys along my arm,
00:47:51and his breathing
00:47:52turns uneasily.
00:47:54Dresen moans
00:47:55along Grenation.
00:47:56He tries to reach for
00:47:57me.
00:47:58I turn and avoid him
00:47:59completely.
00:48:00Don't touch me.
00:48:05I look at Holly
00:48:07under restraint.
00:48:08Then toward the
00:48:09direction Wilson
00:48:10has taken.
00:48:11And only then
00:48:12let my gaze
00:48:13settle back on
00:48:13Nolan.
00:48:15Do you see it now?
00:48:17This is the woman
00:48:18you choose?
00:48:24And the family
00:48:25standing behind her.
00:48:27Are you satisfied
00:48:28with the surprise
00:48:28I prepare for you,
00:48:29Mr. President?
00:48:30It takes only one
00:48:32night for a wedding
00:48:33of the century
00:48:34to become a scandal
00:48:36of the century.
00:48:37By the next morning,
00:48:38global headlines
00:48:39are exploding.
00:48:40The president's wedding
00:48:41crumbles as the
00:48:42Pearson family is linked
00:48:43to multiple major
00:48:45criminal investigations.
00:48:46Representatives of
00:48:48the Royal House
00:48:48of Flessia
00:48:50and Federal
00:48:50Investigative Forces
00:48:51move in together.
00:48:53Pearson-controlled
00:48:54companies,
00:48:55their market value
00:48:56plumbers more than
00:48:56half in a single night.
00:48:59Meanwhile,
00:49:00Nolan's approval numbers
00:49:01are also collapsing.
00:49:09Mr. President,
00:49:11the public is now
00:49:12questioning your judgment.
00:49:14The opposition
00:49:15is demanding
00:49:15a wider investigation.
00:49:17Derek becomes
00:49:18the biggest winner.
00:49:22He smoothly
00:49:23takes control
00:49:24of the Special
00:49:25Investigative Committee.
00:49:34Tell the press,
00:49:36I'll oversee this
00:49:37to the end.
00:49:37The wound on my arm
00:49:39isn't severe,
00:49:40but the hospital
00:49:41still insists on
00:49:42keeping me under observation.
00:49:43I only want some quiet,
00:49:46but some people
00:49:47never learn
00:49:48when to stay away.
00:49:52He stands
00:49:53in the doorway,
00:49:55stubble dark
00:49:55along his jaw,
00:49:56his eyes bloodshot.
00:50:00How did you get in?
00:50:03I want to see you.
00:50:05But I don't want
00:50:05to see you.
00:50:10He doesn't leave.
00:50:11He simply stands there,
00:50:13his voice rough
00:50:14and low.
00:50:17I'm sorry.
00:50:19His apology
00:50:20is a hollow sound
00:50:21in the sterile room.
00:50:23Years too late
00:50:24to mean anything.
00:50:25Save your apologies.
00:50:27They don't bring back
00:50:28my adoptive parents.
00:50:30Or,
00:50:31or the three years
00:50:32I wasted on you.
00:50:35Nolan swallows hard
00:50:36and says nothing.
00:50:39If there's anyone
00:50:40in this world
00:50:41who hates me
00:50:42more than Holly,
00:50:43it has to be Alita.
00:50:44She looks down on me,
00:50:46humiliates me,
00:50:47and once falsely accused
00:50:48me of stealing
00:50:49her car in public.
00:50:51And now,
00:50:52she's the one
00:50:53kneeling in front of me.
00:50:56Alison,
00:50:57no,
00:50:57your highness.
00:51:00Please spare me.
00:51:01She pushes
00:51:02a stack of documents
00:51:03towards me,
00:51:04trying to buy
00:51:05herself a way out.
00:51:09these are the ledgers
00:51:11showing my mother's
00:51:12dealings with the
00:51:12Pearsons
00:51:13and the transfer records.
00:51:22I turn two pages
00:51:24and can already tell
00:51:25how useful
00:51:26this material is.
00:51:28As for forgiveness,
00:51:30you don't deserve it.
00:51:36So you're not here
00:51:37to apologize.
00:51:39I really don't want
00:51:41to go to prison.
00:51:42I look at her
00:51:43without the slightest
00:51:44shift in my expression.
00:51:45I'll take the documents.
00:51:48You're here to save
00:51:49yourself.
00:51:52The ledgers
00:51:53Alita brings me
00:51:54are even more
00:51:55valuable than I think.
00:51:57They help connect
00:51:59the dots
00:51:59on things
00:52:00I've been investigating.
00:52:02The arson,
00:52:03the plane crash,
00:52:05and how the
00:52:06Pearsons steal
00:52:07everything from
00:52:07my adoptive
00:52:08parents' company.
00:52:12Simon places
00:52:13a technology
00:52:13transfer agreement
00:52:14beside the ledgers
00:52:15in front of me.
00:52:17Three weeks
00:52:18after the crash,
00:52:19the core patents
00:52:20are transferred.
00:52:21Two months
00:52:22after the crash,
00:52:23the main comers
00:52:24are stripped away.
00:52:26After that
00:52:27comes the fire
00:52:28at the old house.
00:52:29I flip to the
00:52:30last page.
00:52:32On it are records
00:52:33for the tampered
00:52:34aircraft component.
00:52:38I found it.
00:52:42Now the evidence
00:52:43chain is complete.
00:52:45Your adoptive parents
00:52:46can finally rest
00:52:46in peace.
00:52:47Not yet.
00:52:49I want to see them
00:52:50sentenced with my
00:52:51own eyes.
00:52:54I've never met
00:52:55my biological parents.
00:52:57Not until now.
00:52:58When the video call
00:52:59connects,
00:53:00my palms are sweating.
00:53:03On the screen,
00:53:05an aging king
00:53:06with white hair
00:53:07and a queen
00:53:08with red-rimmed eyes
00:53:09are looking at me.
00:53:12Allison.
00:53:13She says my name
00:53:14comes home once
00:53:15and tears fall
00:53:16immediately.
00:53:17A name I've carried
00:53:18my whole life
00:53:19suddenly feels foreign.
00:53:20I'm sorry you spent
00:53:21so many years
00:53:22out there alone.
00:53:24My throat tightens
00:53:25at once.
00:53:26Come home.
00:53:28Come back
00:53:29to Flessia.
00:53:31Come back
00:53:32to us.
00:53:34You're our daughter
00:53:35and the princess
00:53:37of this nation.
00:53:38If you're willing,
00:53:40we hope you'll take on
00:53:41part of the crown's
00:53:42diplomatic and commercial
00:53:43responsibilities.
00:53:45This isn't just
00:53:47an invitation.
00:53:48It's the royal family
00:53:50formally taking me back.
00:53:51I'll return.
00:53:55But not yet.
00:53:58Things here
00:53:59aren't finished.
00:54:02Derek
00:54:02is a very smart man.
00:54:05He knows
00:54:06how to play
00:54:06the game.
00:54:08But his flaw?
00:54:10He always wants
00:54:11to pull everyone
00:54:12into it.
00:54:16Congratulations.
00:54:20You are not here
00:54:21just to congratulate
00:54:22me, are you?
00:54:23He sits down
00:54:24and slides a cup
00:54:25of coffee towards me,
00:54:26trying to soften
00:54:27the tone.
00:54:27The Pearsons
00:54:28are finished.
00:54:29Nolan's numbers
00:54:30are falling too.
00:54:31If I want to move up
00:54:32in the next election cycle,
00:54:34I need you.
00:54:35Mr. Vice President,
00:54:37our cooperation
00:54:39ends the moment
00:54:40the Pearsons fall.
00:54:44You have no interest
00:54:45in power?
00:54:46Of course I do.
00:54:49But politics
00:54:50is not my battlefield.
00:54:52I will not step off
00:54:53one man's chessboard
00:54:54just to land
00:54:55on another's.
00:54:56My future is my own.
00:54:58I will be a queen
00:54:59in my own right.
00:55:01Not a pawn
00:55:01in someone else's game.
00:55:03I do not hate Derek.
00:55:04But I will never
00:55:05become one of his pawns.
00:55:13Meanwhile,
00:55:14Nolan is in a
00:55:15precarious position.
00:55:19His chief of staff
00:55:21places a resignation
00:55:22speech on his desk.
00:55:24Nolan is finally learning
00:55:25what it feels like
00:55:26when everyone
00:55:27turns away from him.
00:55:29After Wilson's scandal,
00:55:31every ounce of pressure
00:55:32lands on him.
00:55:38Mr. President,
00:55:39this is your resignation speech.
00:55:41The moment that speech
00:55:42lands on his desk,
00:55:43dead silence
00:55:44fills the study.
00:55:45It is the best choice.
00:55:47If this drags on,
00:55:48impeachment will only
00:55:50make things worse.
00:55:51Nolan looks down
00:55:51at the speech,
00:55:52its pages dense
00:55:53with the usual rod
00:55:54of crisis management.
00:55:56But those words
00:55:57do not stay in his head.
00:55:58He thinks of me instead.
00:56:00He crashes the document
00:56:01into a ball.
00:56:06I am not resigning.
00:56:09I will pay for the mistakes
00:56:11I made myself.
00:56:12When I hear this,
00:56:13I set down the perfume
00:56:15bottle in my hand.
00:56:19That does not mean
00:56:20he is better now.
00:56:22It only means
00:56:23he is finally starting
00:56:24to pay for what he did.
00:56:27And on my side,
00:56:28the thing that truly
00:56:30belongs to me
00:56:31is finally taking shape.
00:56:34Phoenix is no longer
00:56:35just one perfume.
00:56:37What my adoptive parents
00:56:39left behind
00:56:40is never just one formula.
00:56:43It is the blueprint
00:56:44of a business empire.
00:56:46And now,
00:56:47I am going to make it happen.
00:56:50Sales doubled again.
00:56:52How many markets now?
00:56:5432.
00:56:55And orders keep coming.
00:56:59The brand Phoenix
00:57:00is becoming one of
00:57:01the hottest names
00:57:02in the world.
00:57:04But what matters most to me
00:57:06is never the revenue.
00:57:08It is sharing
00:57:09my adoptive parents'
00:57:11legacy with the world.
00:57:12Move most of the profits
00:57:14into the foundation.
00:57:15In the name of
00:57:16my adoptive parent,
00:57:18we will support
00:57:19Fragrance Arts
00:57:19and fund Orphan Relief.
00:57:22I just want the people
00:57:23who love me
00:57:24to leave behind
00:57:24something that can
00:57:25never be stolen again.
00:57:28But the real hammer
00:57:29still waiting to fall
00:57:31is the trial
00:57:32of the Pearson family.
00:57:33The trial of the Pearson family
00:57:35begins.
00:57:36Every media outlet
00:57:37is watching
00:57:37and I have waited
00:57:38far too long
00:57:39for this day.
00:57:40All rise.
00:57:44Sitting at the witness stand,
00:57:45I feel nothing but calm.
00:57:49This court is now
00:57:50in session
00:57:51in the matter of
00:57:53Wilson Pearson
00:57:53and Holly Pearson.
00:57:56Please state your testimony.
00:58:00My name is Allison.
00:58:02I am surviving family
00:58:03of the victims.
00:58:06And I am also
00:58:08a direct victim
00:58:13of multiple crimes
00:58:14tied to the Pearson family.
00:58:16One document after another
00:58:18is submitted.
00:58:19Financial fraud evidence,
00:58:21technology transfer agreement,
00:58:23post-crash maintenance records,
00:58:24testimony of the arsonists,
00:58:26fake pregnancy footage.
00:58:31Every single one
00:58:33implicates the Pearsons
00:58:34in their crimes.
00:58:36All rise.
00:58:37The court is adjourned.
00:58:43When the court breaks
00:58:44for recess,
00:58:45Nolan stops me.
00:58:47This time,
00:58:48he does not even try
00:58:49to keep up the dignity
00:58:49of a president.
00:58:51The hallway outside
00:58:52the courtroom is long.
00:58:54Allison!
00:58:55By the time
00:58:55he catches up to me,
00:58:57even his breathing
00:58:58is uneven.
00:58:59I know I've let you down,
00:59:00but I still want
00:59:01to ask you,
00:59:03give me one chance
00:59:04to make amends.
00:59:05I stop and turn
00:59:07to look at him.
00:59:08Nolan,
00:59:08it is too late.
00:59:10Your love means
00:59:10nothing to me now.
00:59:12There is no anger left.
00:59:14Only a vast,
00:59:15cold emptiness
00:59:16where my love for you
00:59:17used to be.
00:59:18I don't want you anymore.
00:59:20Do not stand in my way.
00:59:22I step around him
00:59:23and keep walking.
00:59:24And very soon,
00:59:26the court will bring down
00:59:27the final hammer.
00:59:28Nolan finally understands
00:59:30one thing.
00:59:31Some people are impossible
00:59:33to get back
00:59:34once you lose them.
00:59:36I have waited
00:59:37a long time
00:59:38for the sound,
00:59:38the sound of the judge's
00:59:39gavel coming down.
00:59:43Defendant Wilson Pearson
00:59:44is found guilty
00:59:45on multiple counts,
00:59:46sentenced to life
00:59:47imprisonment without parole.
00:59:49The last trace of color
00:59:50leaves Wilson's face
00:59:51in that instant.
00:59:53Defendant Holly Pearson
00:59:54is found guilty
00:59:55of conspiracy
00:59:55and perjury
00:59:56and related charges,
00:59:57sentenced to 15 years
00:59:58in prison.
00:59:59No!
00:59:59No!
01:00:00I am not going to prison!
01:00:01She completely falls apart,
01:00:03screaming so sharply
01:00:04it cuts through the room.
01:00:05I sit in the gallery
01:00:06and slowly close my eyes.
01:00:08Dad,
01:00:09Mom,
01:00:10you can finally rest in peace.
01:00:13After the trial,
01:00:14Simon asks me one question.
01:00:16Do I return to Flesdia
01:00:18or stay here
01:00:19and keep building my empire?
01:00:22After the trial,
01:00:23all is settled.
01:00:24But I know my life
01:00:25does not stop there.
01:00:32So,
01:00:33have you decided?
01:00:35Decided what?
01:00:37Whether you are coming back
01:00:38to Flesdia
01:00:39or stay here
01:00:40and keep building your empire.
01:00:42I stand by the window
01:00:44and look at the distant skyline.
01:00:46Once,
01:00:47my world was very small.
01:00:49It revolved around Nolan,
01:00:52trapped in that presidential residence
01:00:53and it suffocated me.
01:00:56Things here are not truly over.
01:00:59I am taking over the company
01:01:01my adoptive parents left behind.
01:01:05I am turning the Phoenix brand
01:01:07into a real business empire.
01:01:10Revenge was the mission.
01:01:13Now,
01:01:14building my own world
01:01:15is the purpose.
01:01:16And very soon,
01:01:18at a diplomatic reception,
01:01:20I will see Nolan again.
01:01:22But this time,
01:01:23all that remains between us
01:01:24is the title we use
01:01:25for one another.
01:01:26Some reunions
01:01:27are not for turning back.
01:01:29They exist to confirm
01:01:30that two people
01:01:31have gone their separate ways.
01:01:33The diplomatic reception
01:01:35glows with light.
01:01:36I stand beside
01:01:37the royal delegation
01:01:38in a sleek evening gown
01:01:40and Nolan stands
01:01:42not far away.
01:01:47Allison.
01:01:49He says my name.
01:01:51His voice is quiet.
01:01:53Mr. President,
01:01:55the title is
01:01:56A Wall Between Us.
01:02:02Distant and restrained,
01:02:03the way I would address
01:02:04any other statesman.
01:02:06Have you
01:02:07been well?
01:02:09Very well.
01:02:12Then there is nothing
01:02:13left to say between us.
01:02:16Once,
01:02:16we were that close.
01:02:21Now even small talk
01:02:22feels unnecessary.
01:02:29Before long,
01:02:30Derek comes to me
01:02:31with a new proposal.
01:02:36Derek is not the kind of man
01:02:38who ever comes
01:02:38without a plan.
01:02:45This time is no different.
01:02:47I thought you might
01:02:48choose to play politics
01:02:49with me after all.
01:02:52Was that disappointing?
01:02:55A little.
01:02:57But now,
01:02:58I am changing the game.
01:03:03I want to invest
01:03:04in the Phoenix brand.
01:03:05He places a business proposal
01:03:06in front of me.
01:03:07I open the proposal
01:03:09and skim the first
01:03:10few pages.
01:03:16The terms are generous.
01:03:18More importantly,
01:03:19this is no longer
01:03:20about dragging me
01:03:21onto his world.
01:03:22He is trying
01:03:23to step onto mine.
01:03:28I will think about it.
01:03:34It is not just Derek.
01:03:38More and more
01:03:39major families
01:03:40and powerhouses
01:03:41around the world
01:03:42begin reaching out
01:03:44to me.
01:03:53And on the final night
01:03:54of this season,
01:03:56I will decide
01:03:57where the next game
01:03:59begins.
01:04:00Late at night,
01:04:01I stand before
01:04:02the floor-to-ceiling window
01:04:03of my penthouse.
01:04:06The whole city
01:04:07lies beneath my feet.
01:04:08There was a time
01:04:10when I believed
01:04:10I had nothing.
01:04:11No family,
01:04:13no power,
01:04:14no way back.
01:04:14But now,
01:04:15I hold two things
01:04:17in my hands.
01:04:18One is the royal signet ring
01:04:20of a princess of Flessidia.
01:04:23The other
01:04:24is a small flash drive.
01:04:26It contains
01:04:27not just intelligence
01:04:28on the Pearson family's allies.
01:04:31Dear sister,
01:04:33which family do you want
01:04:34to ruin first
01:04:35in the next game?
01:04:35I lower my eyes
01:04:37to the message
01:04:38and slowly smile.
01:04:40This is not
01:04:41a gentle smile.
01:04:42It is cold,
01:04:43the kind that rises
01:04:44from icy resolve.
01:04:45Very soon,
01:04:46you will find out.
01:04:47You will find out.
01:04:49You will find out.
01:04:51You will find out.
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