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The lycan king's fated white wolf ASM
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00:00Is it right now, got me lucky so great, is it right now, can you try it?
00:05Cupid, maybe.
00:09Look who's here.
00:12The new alpha of the Vitarelli Wolfpack.
00:15Spit it out. You'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 Wolfpack stays out of arms dealing.
00:26No more killing. We're legitimate businessmen only.
00:30I know you want to go legit, but without these rackets.
00:33What do our thousands of guys do? Starve?
00:36This is not a negotiation. This is an order.
00:38You're destroying the empire we built? Fine. Then 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! Kill him now! No one leaves here alive!
01:14Boss, go! I got your back!
01:18Put him down!
01:21Chase him!
01:25Stop!
01:44This way! Go!
01:52Fool 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?
02:09Don'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.
02:19I just stopped the bleeding. If you don't want to die, get to 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.
02:31Boss, you're hit! Let's get you to the hospital now!
02:33No.
02:35What?
02:35Your shoulder's bleeding out.
02:37She shot me.
02:38Not a bullet.
02:40An angel.
02:42Find her.
02:49Dad, Mom, I'm off to work.
02:53I'll drive you.
02:54It's not far away.
02:55It's not far away.
02:55It's not far away.
03:03It's not far away.
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,
03:42father-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!
04:23A 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,
04:56everyone in Hansham is transparent to me.
04:58And there's no bad blood between werewolves and vampires anymore.
05:03Then 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.
05:17It'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!
05:38Caleb!
05:44This is your fianc茅?
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.
06:14Don't worry, Serena.
06:15I'll protect you.
06:27You 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 fianc茅 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, how dare you even stand here?
07:03Andrew's death was an accident.
07:07Since I took over the family, we haven't done anything illegal.
07:10You think that will change the past?
07:12Mrs. Hastings, the largest real estate, telecom, and oil companies in this city are all mine.
07:20Do 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 to our medical fund.
07:35You are such a philanthropist.
07:37This was all Mrs. Hastings' idea.
07:40She's deeply passionate about health care.
07:44You should give her a raise.
07:45Sure! A five-fold raise!
07:51Sir, may I borrow Mrs. Hastings for half a day?
07:54No problem at all.
07:57I'm busy.
08:02Serena, you're free to go.
08:06Sir!
08:07You'll be getting a new hospital ring.
08:09Oh, thank 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.
08:49I have a gift for you.
09:08Do you like it?
09:12You're invading my privacy.
09:20You'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, I'll give them all to you.
09:40But if you try to run,
09:42I swear, I'll scour the city to find you.
09:56You think you can buy everything.
09:58You think you can buy everything, including love.
10:00As long as I'm rich enough.
10:03Mr. Vitarelli, you are rich.
10:05But I pity you.
10:07Because in love, you'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 that 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, you're not getting any younger.
10:54Your father cared most about your marriage before he passed.
10:57Sophia comes from a good family and has a nice personality.
11:01If you two settle down soon, I can finally have an explanation.
11:05Mom, I already have someone I want to marry.
11:08What?
11:09What?
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, you'll find out.
11:30Mom!
11:31Damon isn't your biological son after all.
11:33If he doesn't marry Sophia, won't our family's property be taken advantage of by an outsider?
11:36Be quiet.
11:37Do you want everyone to hear you?
11:44First, go find out who the woman he's talking about is.
11:47I don't believe we can't ruin this marriage.
11:55Are you insane?
11:56Do you know who that is?
11:57Damon, the werewolf alpha who runs this entire city.
12:02I'm not kidding.
12:03I have to marry Serena.
12:04Do you want to get us killed?
12:07Once I'm married to Serena, what can he do?
12:10This is a law-based society.
12:12Why are you so stubborn?
12:16Mom, Serena and I grew up together.
12:18She needs me now.
12:20I have to marry her.
12:23Come back!
12:25This woman?
12:26She could be your plaything.
12:28How can you marry her?
12:30Are you insane?
12:32Since when do you have a say in my affairs?
12:36But she has no background.
12:38And she's a vampire.
12:41If you marry her, the entire Vitorecki family will be a laughingstock.
12:50I am her background.
12:52Who dares laugh at her?
13:00Who is bold enough
13:03to laugh at her?
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, keep 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 you suck at lying?
14:03What the hell do you want?
14:05I'm engaged.
14:07Stop harassing me.
14:08Your fianc茅?
14:09He's not even worth my time.
14:11At least he doesn't make me a neighborhood joke.
14:16Marry me.
14:17I'll make sure no one dares disrespect you.
14:20Never.
14:20Never.
14:21I love my fianc茅 and I'll never love you.
14:46You didn't like the gifts I sent you last time.
14:48I picked out some new ones.
15:00Boss, here.
15:09Not everyone can be bought with money.
15:14Boss, should I bring her back?
15:15No.
15:16Miss Hastings has a fianc茅.
15:17What if they get married behind your back?
15:24Whoever dares to marry my woman,
15:26his whole family will be run out of this city.
15:32I love you.
15:46I'm putting Serena in your hands.
15:49Take good care of her.
15:56Look at them.
15:57What a perfect match.
15:59This song you taught me?
16:01I've played it 2,000 times.
16:03I dreamed of playing it for you on our wedding day.
16:05Today, that dream has finally come true.
16:09Today, that dream has finally come true.
16:25Freeze!
16:25Don't fucking move!
16:38Who the fuck gave you the balls to take my woman?
16:50Who the fuck gave you the balls to take my woman?
16:52No!
16:53No!
16:53Don't do it!
17:15stood there and watched me choke to death
17:18everyone in the pack said i was the saddest woman alive
17:22i was alpha dominic's lowest ranking omega mate
17:25and the least wanted the day i gave birth
17:28luna victoria took my son from me before i'd even held him properly
17:32i didn't fight her victoria was the luna
17:36powerful respected my son would have a better life with her than he ever would
17:42with me years later a pack of rogues attacked our
17:46territory i threw myself in front of dominic the
17:50slash meant for his throat tore across my back instead
17:52he said i had earned a reward i could choose one of his sons
17:57raise him myself i chose logan my blood
18:01my child i raised him for 20 years
18:05and on the night he was named alpha air he walked into my room carrying a glass of
18:10wine laced with wolfsbane
18:11i 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
18:24his eyes were cold if you'd left me with luna victoria i'd already be air
18:29all you ever did was drag me down the last thing i saw was his face
18:34no guilt no hesitation just disgust then everything went black
18:41when i opened my eyes again i was standing in the great hall
18:45same stone walls same firelight same five boys lined up in front of the alpha's chair
18:52alpha dominic sat above them
18:54selene you saved my life you may choose one of my sons to raise
18:59my heart slammed i looked at the line logan stood first
19:05dressed in the fine clothes victoria had picked for him
19:08that look in his eyes impatience barely hidden last time i was so happy i missed
19:16the look in his eyes now it was impossible to miss
19:19my stomach turned i swallowed the nausea and forced myself to look past him
19:25past the second son past the third at the end of the line below the steps
19:31stood a boy no one looked at finn head down
19:35kyle the fourth son his mother lyra had been executed for breaking pack law
19:42after that no one wanted him the servant said he was cursed
19:46he was treated worse than the lowest omega in the manor
19:50thrown away hated just for being there i knew that feeling too well i took a breath
19:57raised my hand pointed straight at him i want him the hall went dead silent
20:03every head turned toward me like i'd lost my mind
20:07alpha dominic stared at me for a long moment then he let out a short breath
20:12almost a laugh kyle fine he's quiet you're steady that should work take good care of him
20:22right there in the hall he raised me to a beta ranking mate small promotion still more than i'd
20:29gotten in six years but i knew the truth he wasn't rewarding me he was relieved i picked the son
20:37no one
20:37wanted when the meeting ended i walked over to kyle he was still standing there with his head down
20:43like 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
20:58a tiny wooden cabin two rooms a fireplace that smoked every time the wind blew in
21:05not 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
22:14logan had grown up at luna victoria's side best clothes best food best of everything every child
22:22in the pack knew which side to stand on last time i dragged him away from all of it made
22:28him follow
22:28a nobody omega mother no wonder he hated me i sat down beside kyle and set the box on the
22:35stone bench
22:35he looked up a flicker of surprise crossed his face hungry i opened the lid they're fresh still warm
22:44kyle started to speak but a sharp voice cut him off why are you here again logan walked over looking
22:51at the cookies like they were trash the pack kitchen feeds strays better than that stop coming here and
22:57embarrassing yourself before i could speak kyle stood up he stepped between us logan she's your
23:05mother you can't talk to her like that logan let out a mean little laugh my mother is luna victoria
23:12this woman is nothing he flicked a hand at the cookie box take your garbage and go stop bothering me
23:20i pulled kyle behind me you've got that wrong i'm kyle's mother these cookies are for kyle i bent down
23:29picked one up and held it out to kyle here try one logan's face froze he'd never imagined i'd choose
23:37kyle
23:38over him kyle took a bite a small smile touched his mouth it's good mom thank you i smiled back
23:46good i'll
23:48make more tomorrow then i looked at the boys behind logan you boys want one they were six at that
23:55age a
23:55cookie is a cookie two of them were already reaching out don't touch it logan slapped their
24:01hands away it's garbage the kitchen throws out better food than this only losers with no taste
24:08would eat that then he glared at me good you picked him don't come crawling back when you regret it
24:15i looked at logan red-faced and furious trying to act like he didn't care i almost laughed i promise
24:24kyle is my only son everything i have goes to him logan went pale he stomped off and yelled at
24:33the
24:33others what are you staring at move he ran off the other boys scrambled after him that night i tucked
24:41kyle
24:41into bed i thought he was asleep then he spoke mom tomorrow after training can you bring cookies again
24:50something in me melted i will the day after every day kyle smiled for real then went to sleep
25:01the next afternoon i brought cookies to the yard again but the place was too quiet
25:07then i saw it kyle stood by the lake four pack guards had him boxed in logan sat on a
25:15rock above
25:15them hey little brother he pointed at the cold gray water my ball fell in go get it the lake
25:25wasn't deep
25:26but it was late fall that water cut like ice kyle said nothing he didn't move logan's smile vanished like
25:36a
25:36spoiled kid hearing no for the first time he jumped off the rock and yards turned toward the trees at
25:41the
25:41exact same time like they'd seen nothing i didn't think i dropped the cookies and jumped in the cold hit
25:49me like a wall my muscles locked up my legs went numb around kyle's shaking body you pushed him
25:58he's your brother what the hell is wrong with you
26:21listening to the ambiguous moans and faint running water over the phone i smiled bitterly my
26:26husband ethan was so cold-blooded but he had no idea the dead weren't my parents they were his a
26:32snake attack at the campsite left his entire family clinging for life only his company had the specific
26:37anti-venom i called him countless times he hung up every single one the laid treatment killed them
26:44all i stared at the five bodies behind me sighed by the time i got to the hospital ethan's entire
26:49family was already on the verge of death the doctor pulled me aside this species of snake is extremely
26:55rare the 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 i swallowed
27:15every question burning in my throat and said quickly your mom your dad your sister they were
27:20all bitten the hospital doesn't have this antivenom your company does please bring it now one vial costs
27:25over a hundred grand have some self-respect sienna your whole family gets bitten and you come crying to
27:30me what am i your personal bank take a good hard look at yourself he hung up without mercy then
27:37blocked me
27:37i sat frozen in a hospital chair i couldn't make myself believe those words had just come out of my
27:43husband's mouth he probably didn't even have the patience to listen to what i was saying then my
27:47phone buzzed suddenly a chanel boutique alert popped up the limited birthday bag my parents had reserved
27:53nearly a million dollars in value just picked up by my husband i didn't even have to guess that bag
27:58was on sophia's arm right now stealing my things to give to the woman he loved he'd done it so
28:04many
28:04times every time i said something he'd roll his eyes you're married walking around with a bag like
28:09that just makes you look desperate let sophia use it she's closing a deal don't be petty sophia is
28:13basically my sister if you love me you'll support how i take care of her if you love me you'll
28:17support
28:18how i take care of her he put sophia on a pedestal designer bags on demand sports cars a penthouse
28:22and
28:22me his actual wife i couldn't even get a handful of life-saving vials what a joke i was still
28:28typing a
28:29message to the boutique when ethan posted on instagram the most expensive bag for the most important
28:34person tonight belongs to us sophia's post followed seconds later my night promised to always stay
28:40your medicine didn't just save my family it saved my heart the photo the two of them pressed close
28:46smiling a vial of anti-venom raised in her hand like a trophy while ethan was spending lavishly on
28:52sophia his own family was waiting to die the er doors slid open the doctor walked out mask already
28:58down i rushed over give me a little more time i'll get the anti-venom here i swear there's no
29:03need
29:04all five patients are gone i'm so sorry for your loss my nose burned my chest caved in two hours
29:11ago they'd been laughing now five bodies lake hold in the morgue while they're i held back my tears and
29:16messaged the boutique i never came in to pick anything up please contact the police the doctor
29:21had mentioned this particular snake was nearly extinct in the country because of that no hospital
29:26stalked the anti-venom a little too convenient a near extinct snake in their tent five people dead
29:32the police took it seriously and moved fast they traced it quickly someone had bulk ordered live
29:38snakes online and released them at the campsite the suspects were sophia's parents i hoped ethan
29:43wouldn't cry too ugly when he found out ma'am we have a clear picture of what happened but both
29:47suspects are currently hospitalized we can't bring them in for questioning just yet now i knew why sophia
29:53was holding the serum in that picture i kept my face blank but the venom's already been treated
29:58nothing stopping you from questioning them now he gave me a long look clearly wondering how i knew
30:02but didn't push i must have looked too hollowed out we'll get to the truth after he left i filed
30:07a civil
30:08lawsuit on my phone right then ethan called what the hell is your problem i'm your husband i picked up
30:12a bag for you now you're reporting it stolen are you insane one accusation after another no pause no
30:18care for anything i was going through right now i cut through it cold and quiet i never got that
30:22bag ethan
30:23you said you picked it up where is it now it stretched out long enough to answer the question
30:28his voice softened that calculated shift i knew too well we're husband and wife and everything
30:34those shared you won't have to come out out of here sophia just wants this bag today her birthday
30:40and i just want to make her happy your husband's card don't be like this absolutely shameless the
30:46feeling of giving is wonderful so don't be so stingy if you want to buy her something why don't
30:51you use your own money oh right because you're completely useless how dare you say i'm good
30:56for nothing are you crazy before i always watched my words around him always protected his ego like
31:02it was something fragile looking back now his skin was thicker than a wall if you're a man go to
31:08the
31:08hospital morgue now and see the evil you've done they already dead and i can't save them don't spoil
31:14don't my kishin first bank cream at your parents don't up their bodies get my companies for the
31:21atop samuel sophia's parents had an accident and she is on the verge of collapse she needs someone to
31:26accompany her i laughed so he thought it was my family i'd been planning to give his parents a
31:31proper burial as soon as possible instead i ordered five industrial freezer units per ethan's request i sent
31:38his entire family to his company i'd been home barely 10 minutes when ethan burst in and slapped me
31:43across the face sophia's hysterical her parents just got out of surgery and you're already suing
31:48them do you even have a conscience at least they're alive the people their snakes killed are still lying
31:54in those freezers 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 sitting
32:08in 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
32:32sienna i know you're hurting but the dead are gone the living have to keep going
32:38sophia is willing to offer compensation i'll top it up a million dollars total that's enough isn't it
32:45he said it like he was talking about the weather five lives in their eyes worth a million dollars
32:50ethan was spoiled rotten by his parents his whole life thinking about the moment he'd open those
32:55freezers and see their faces i couldn't help but wear a sorrowful smile what's so funny stop playing
33:01games will you agree to my terms ethan didn't have the patience to let me finish after all i wiped
33:06the
33:06corner of my eye still smiling okay transfer it then payment received one million dollars ethan had
33:11covered the rest almost certainly every dollar of liquid cash his company had left he watched me
33:17accept it i should tell you this morning i signed a formal letter of non-prosecution on your
33:21behalf as your husband sophia's parents are already off the hook you should be thanking
33:26sophia for being so generous without her you wouldn't have seen a dime now go tell the police
33:31the theft report was a mistake i reached into the nightstand drawer and pulled out the divorce
33:35agreement i'd drawn up that morning sign it return my bag we're done or i come after you too
33:41you're divorcing me over this i could see the calculation behind the rage he needed my father's
33:46connections but he also thought my father was dead and no longer of any use to him
33:50called after him checked his signature carefully everything in order ethan there's a waiting
33:56period we're technically still married come with me to your company say goodbye to your family one
34:02last time we arrived at his company together i was certain ethan's mind was on sophia and he still
34:08hadn't heard a word i said the basement ran cold the chill hit me the moment i stepped in five
34:14bodies
34:14lay in a row covered in white sheet my company is not a dump mom dad i'm so sorry and
34:21ava marcus what
34:23the are you talking about say it again if i'm lying i said go look for yourself he stood there
34:30for a long
34:31moment then he moved toward the nearest stretcher slowly his hands were shaking so badly he could barely
34:37grip the sheet
34:58mafia's tradition whoever gives me an orchid marries me i stood in the hall with 11 other men waiting to
35:04be
35:04chosen no orchid tonight i'd be forced to marriage her in new york rumors said she burned through a
35:09new guy every single night one night one man then gone i had only one way out charlotte we grew
35:16up
35:17together she was the chase family heir and i was a casino mogul's illegitimate son in this city only
35:23she dared give me that flower last night i'd asked her for a fake marriage three years was enough to
35:28build
35:28something for myself after that she could love whoever she wanted she'd said yes now she smiled
35:33and walked toward me i 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 for
35:52you while i'm around i watched tyler take her arm they looked like a couple i stood alone she came
35:59back with champagne laughing these people honestly i told them to save you at least one flower i looked
36:06at the girl i'd grown up beside do you understand what this gala actually is she didn't answer charlotte
36:11was the only one who would have chosen me she chose someone else the room kept moving i felt very
36:17still
36:18it was over charlotte's expression shifted a faint flicker of guilt crossing her face
36:23she waved tyler off look you're used to these events but tyler's never had anything like this
36:28i just wanted to give him one good night consider it a favor from me you're not really upset are
36:33you
36:33it's one night i said nothing it's his graduation after tonight i can't sponsor him anymore i promised
36:38him one memory worth keeping ethan i'm sorry if i got in the way don't be angry at charlotte i
36:42begged
36:43her to charlotte caught tyler's awkward expression and her eyes cooled slightly ethan
36:46it's one flower i'll give you another one you're more of a rose anyway getting worked up over one
36:52orchid isn't like you i suppose that tracked an orchid meant purity it symbolized the acceptance
36:57of a family a rose passionate showy like a clandestine lover the laughter around me grew louder
37:06a bastard son who follows charlotte around like a lap dog and he thought he'd actually marry into the
37:12chase family and that was assess his family even the scholarship kid out ranks him charlotte silenced
37:19them with a glare but it was already enough to humiliate me ethan i'm sorry you were born into
37:25wealth while i just wanted a memorable night born into wealth i'm a bastard son do you have any idea
37:32how 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
37:55you smell amazing mr holt charlotte told me to give you an orchid i didn't i told you stop chasing
38:03her and try me instead but you never listened how's it feel now embarrassing right you this woman
38:10despised me i just needed three years i just needed three years enough leverage to break free from my
38:16family's control but my stepmother couldn't stand the sight of me she was already rushing to throw me out
38:25ethan 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 to
38:50other people ethan i'm not required to stand next to you all night but you know what tonight's gala
38:54means can we get some drinks is that okay sure tonight's yours whatever you want whatever it is
38:59we'll talk tomorrow i'll come find you i almost laughed out loud tomorrow you'll have to find me in
39:04new york the shyness he wore earlier was gone replaced by something colder you have everything mr holt
39:12do you really need to take this too i should never have helped charlotte choose him for that scholarship
39:18you grew up with everything you could want all i wanted was one night under charlotte's protection
39:26i 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
39:44early how to read a room how to make myself useful i found aunt diana in the margins i convinced
39:50her to
39:50train me to back me i stood in front of her forcing my hands to stay still father has over
39:5520 children
39:56why 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
40:15alliance but not the cost they wouldn't sacrifice a true heir so they offered me diana had already
40:21heard how the gala 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 charlotte
40:32blink clearly caught off guard that's a bit awkward isn't it i already gave it stop trying to take things
40:38from tyler the orchid had a gold trimmed edge custom made there was no replacing it the restraint
40:44i'd held all night finally snapped charlotte you promised why did you have to humiliate me tonight
40:49of all nights ethan no one in the city will touch you the only person who could ever want you
40:55is me
40:56everyone knows you're my little shadow her little shadow her lap dog i had played that role for years
41:02just to survive but hearing her say it so casually like it meant nothing it hit harder than i expected
41:07don't be angry at charlotte ethan ethan one night stop being difficult tomorrow he goes back to his
41:12normal life i gave charlotte a long lingering look then turned and walked out of the gala aunt diana's
41:18car was already waiting outside you lost tomorrow you go to new york what happens after that is your
41:23problem i'll come back we'll see
41:45the tank burst the wave slammed me across the floor yet my fiancee now held another woman in his
41:52arms 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
42:09my daughter kilia tossed my ring shredded my wedding gown and agreed to marry serena the next day coming
42:16home from the hospital i saw kilian slicing our wedding portrait with a knife serena's moving in
42:21time to clear all this trash out serena vanderbilt his arranged marriage fiancee after throwing all this
42:28away are you gonna kick me out next you said you were dying of your illness didn't you then it's
42:33only fitting you go to atone for lila in death my body turned rigid when i heard those words
42:38kilian blackwood was the unloved blackwood's son raised outside the manor walls from childhood i had
42:43given this brooding boy next door a single piece of candy because of that one small sweetness after my
42:49parents died in an earthquake kilian protected me for 15 years countless days of depending on each
42:54other i fell in love with the man who held me at 20 i had written a hundred love letters
42:59and confided
43:00my longing to my best friend chloe reed never did i expect chloe to tell kilian everything that night
43:05he made me take out the letters and read them aloud to him i'm sorry i'll never dare to whiber
43:10any
43:10improper thoughts again from now on i'll treat you as my elder brother for 15 years it wasn't that you
43:16needed me to raise you was that i needed your company that same year the blackwoods came to bring him
43:22home but they wouldn't accept me because the blackwood house could not hold two daughters
43:26kilian put the messenger on the floor and looked at his father arthur blackwood know her know me
43:32i knew how desperately kilian longed to return home yet he chose to stand by my side even at
43:38the cost of breaking with his family we dated five years before marrying with approval his sister lila
43:43despised me to ease the tension kilian brought lila with us on our coastal wedding photo shoot
43:49after 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 their own
44:00child do you think it was my fault too you both went into the water you survived she didn't to
44:07this
44:07family that's a crime i knelt for three days and nights begging for their forgiveness however all i got
44:13was a miscarriage that night i was diagnosed with cancer i called kilian he thought i was faking sick
44:19to trick him to punish me he burned my 1999 love letters right in front of me then froze my
44:25bank card
44:26what burned to ashes was not only my true love but also my desire to survive that night kilian stumbled
44:33home drunk demanding something to sober up when i passed him the hangover soup i spotted my favorite
44:38lemon tarts on the table he shoved me away put those down they're for serena what are you doing
44:45so close still trying to lure me you're drunk i'm making you sobering soup sorry i was too drunk i
44:53mistook you for serena he got up and pushed me away he'd never been so cold to me nor so
44:58rough
44:59kilian didn't spare me a glance walked upstairs and slammed the door everything changed the day lila died
45:05i knew he hated me for living yet i could do nothing the light was still on in kilian's room
45:09i knocked softly coming to a man's room this late do you have any sense at all we're broken up
45:14i want to move out stop you from spouting nonsense you must stay here until i marry serena
45:19can i at least move to the lower level it's up to you i turned and walked back to my
45:26room in silence
45:27i didn't understand his anger lila was gone forever how could i possibly live here in peace
45:34this forced stay gave me time to ease myself into preparing to leave
45:38the next morning passing through the living room i heard kilian talking on the phone with serena
45:43kilian 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
46:00seat even
46:01siblings don't get it that's not serena's voice broke through the phone in his hand kilton where
46:06are you going don't let any other girl take the passenger seat that's mine even your sister kilian
46:12switched to a different car thank you something unnamed moved through him what are you gonna do
46:16i didn't answer kilian 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 kilian 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
47:27be my fiancee who i had never met without twice thought i drived away from the estate away from ethan
47:33pacheco and the future that had been decided for me i ended up at a bar downtown in the late
47:37night
47:38drowning 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 i uh i'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 i still
48:17didn't
48:17know what my fiancee looked like but this guy had been charming attentive and i'd been vulnerable hurt
48:23and increasingly drunk when he suggested we get a room at the hotel next door i hadn't said no
48:43i had a room at the hotel next door
48:44with 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 by the
48:59owner 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 is my boss and ex-fiance his eyes met mine and
49:18the world stopped
49:23spinning stop staring at the boss are you crazy i immediately dropped my gaze the tiny sequined outfit
49:32left little to the imagination but it was better than being completely naked i needed this job rent
49:37wasn't going to pay itself did he recognize me shouldn't your older brother be running this meeting
49:44i can't imagine your father henry's crazy enough 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 you're not in any position to
50:04question
50:04my capabilities the man's face reddened he wisely kept his mouth shut the meeting dragged on numbers
50:11and threats mixing with the heavy beat of the music i felt increasingly light-headed the room
50:15started to spin or was i the one spinning i landed hard on the floor right in front of the
50:24gathered
50:24crime family bosses is this how you dance you worthless slit ruining our evening with your amateur
50:30bullshit i looked up to see an ugly older man in the corner he pulled out a thick wad of
50:36cash throwing
50:37it on the ground bills scattered across the floor like fallen leaves if you don't want to lose those
50:41pretty legs of yours crawl over here and give me a proper lap dance and don't stop until every piece
50:50of that costume is on the floor
50:53so
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