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The Lycan King's Fated White Wolf EP Werewolf Romance, Fated Mate, ASM
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00:00Is it right now, got me looking so crazy, is it right now?
00:05Cupid, maybe.
00:09Look who's here.
00:12The new alpha of the Vitarelli wolf pack.
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 wolf pack 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!
01:17Put him down!
01:20Chase him!
01:25Stop!
01:42This way! Go!
01:52Fall back! Now!
01:56I want a proper explanation, or I'm calling the cops!
02:02Hope I survive long enough to go with you.
02:06You'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. I just stopped the bleeding. If you don't want to die, get
02:21to a hospital ASAP.
02:24I can explain this time. I'm in love with you. Is that reason enough?
02:28Never should have saved the wolf.
02:31Boss, you're hit! Let's get you to the hospital now!
02:33No! No!
02:35What? Your shoulder's bleeding out!
02:37She shot me. Not a bullet. An angel.
02:42Find her.
02:48Dad, Mom, I'm off to work.
02:53I'll drive you.
02:54Dad.
02:54Dad?
02:54Dad?
02:56Dad?
03:02Dad?
03:12Dad.
03:13Dad?
03:13Dad based on the phone.
03:13Dad?
03:17Dad?
03:19Dad.
03:25Mrs. Hastings, we meet again.
03:27Who the hell are you guys?
03:28Watch your mouth talking to our boss?
03:30Ever heard of the Hong Gang?
03:32I'm just a regular businessman now.
03:34You're Damon?
03:35That's right.
03:36I'm here to tell you.
03:37I want your daughter.
03:39What does that mean?
03:40It means I'm going to marry her, father-in-law.
03:43I am not your father-in-law!
03:45How did their family get mixed up with a werewolf?
03:48That werewolf doesn't look like a good guy.
03:50Go away!
03:53You must be joking!
03:55My daughter will never marry a werewolf!
03:57I'm not joking.
03:59I'm marrying her no matter what.
04:01In your dreams!
04:03Are you going to invite me in for a chat?
04:07Father-in-law.
04:10Come in.
04:18I'm a cop!
04:19I will never marry my daughter off to a gangster!
04:23A 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.
05:18It's a notice.
05:20I'll come pick you up in a few days.
05:24Get ready.
05:27I'm already engaged.
05:32Oh yeah?
05:33That'll be cancelled soon.
05:36Serena!
05:37Caleb!
05:44This is your fiancé?
05:46Who the hell are you?
05:47As of today, you are single.
05:51That's what happened.
05:53I had no idea he was Damon.
05:58You two need to get married as soon as possible.
06:01I agree.
06:03Will that work?
06:04It's Damon we're talking about.
06:06So what?
06:07I don't believe he'd dare kidnap someone right under a cop's nose.
06:13Don't worry, Serena.
06:15I'll protect you.
06:17Shh.
06:28You look even more charming
06:30when you're working.
06:39What the hell do you want?
06:41I already know you very well.
06:43And I think it's time my fiancé got to know me too.
06:47Three years ago, you were at war with the Tiger Gang.
06:50My brother.
06:52Andrew died on the spot.
06:54And my dad got shot in the leg.
06:56If you really knew me,
06:58how dare you even stand here?
07:03Andrew's death was an accident.
07:07Since I took over the family, we haven't done anything illegal.
07:10You think that will change the past?
07:12Mrs. Hastings,
07:13the largest real estate, telecom,
07:16and oil companies in this city are all mine.
07:19Do you know how many people count on me?
07:23Do you think that makes you a philanthropist?
07:29Mr. Vitarelli!
07:31Thank you so much for your generous donation to our medical fund.
07:35You are such a philanthropist.
07:37This was all...
07:39Mrs. Hastings' idea.
07:40She's deeply passionate about health care.
07:44You should give her a raise.
07:45Sure!
07:46A five-fold raise.
07:51Sir, may I borrow Ms. 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!
08:22Put me down!
08:22Hope to see you again!
08:24Put me down right now!
08:27Put me down!
08:31What the hell are you doing?
08:32You're insane!
08:40Don't test my patience.
08:41You're insane!
08:47I have a gift for you.
09:08Do you like it?
09:12You're invading my privacy!
09:21Everything about you is mine.
09:27And everything I have is yours.
09:30See that?
09:31All those buildings belong to me.
09:34If you ask, I'll give them all to you.
09:40But if you try to run, I swear I'll scour the city to find you.
09:56You think you can buy everything, including love.
10:00As long as I'm rich enough.
10:02Mr. 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.
10:13Mr. Vitarelli, you repulse 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.
11:04Mom, I already have someone I want to marry.
11:08What?
11:10Oh?
11:11Really?
11:13Is...
11:13Which family is she from?
11:16When will you bring her back to meet us?
11:18On the wedding day, you'll find out.
11:30Mom, Damon 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.
11:54Are 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.
12:05Do 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?
12:29Are 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 fiancé?
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!
14:21I love my fiancé and I'll never love you.
14:40You 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.
15:13Boss, should I bring her back?
15:15No.
15:16Miss Hastings has a fiancé.
15:17What if they get married behind your back?
15:24Who ever 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.
15:48Take 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.
16:07All right.
16:25Freeze!
16:26Don't fucking move!
16:38Who the fuck gave you the balls to take my woman?
16:52No!
16:53Don't do it!
16:57Don't do it!
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21:48once in a while, that would be enough. Every day, Kyle went to the training yard with the other boys.
21:54Combat in the morning. Lessons in the afternoon. One day, I baked a batch of cookies and took them
22:02over. I spotted him right away. He was sitting alone under a big oak tree, reading. Across the
22:08yard, Logan kicked a ball with the other boys around him. Like planets around the sun, Logan
22:14had grown up at Luna Victoria's side. Best clothes. Best food. Best of everything. Every child in the
22:22pack knew which side to stand on. Last time, I dragged him away from all of it. Made him 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.
22:43still warm. Kyle started to speak, but a sharp voice cut him off. Why are you here again? Logan
22:50walked over, looking at the cookies like they were trash. The pack kitchen feeds strays better than
22:56that. Stop coming here and embarrassing yourself. Before I could speak, Kyle stood up. He stepped
23:02between us. Logan! She's your mother! You can't talk to her like that! Logan let out a mean little
23:09laugh. My mother is Luna Victoria. This woman is nothing. He flicked a hand at the cookie box.
23:16Take your garbage and go. Stop bothering me. I pulled Kyle behind me. You've got that wrong.
23:24I'm Kyle's mother. These cookies are for Kyle. I bent down, picked one up, and held it out to Kyle.
23:31Here. Try one. Logan's face froze. He'd never imagined I'd choose Kyle over him.
23:39Kyle took a bite. A small smile touched his mouth. It's good, Mom. Thank you. I smiled back.
23:47Good. I'll make more tomorrow. Then I looked at the boys behind Logan.
23:52You boys want one? They were six. At that age, a cookie is a cookie. Two of them were already
23:58reaching out. Don't touch it. Logan slapped their hands away. It's garbage. The kitchen throws out
24:05better food than this. Only losers with no taste would eat that. Then he glared at me. Good. You
24:12picked him. Don't come crawling back when you regret it. I looked at Logan, red-faced and furious,
24:19trying to act like he didn't care. I almost laughed. I promise. Kyle is my only son.
24:27Everything I have goes to him. Logan went pale. He stomped off and yelled at the others.
24:33What are you staring at? Move! He ran off. The other boys scrambled after him.
24:40That night, I tucked Kyle into bed. I thought he was asleep. Then he spoke.
24:45Mom, tomorrow, after training, can you bring cookies again?
24:50Something in me melted. I will. The day after. Every day.
24:57Kyle smiled for real, then went to sleep.
25:02The next afternoon, I brought cookies to the yard again. But the place was too quiet.
25:08Then 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.
25:24The lake wasn't deep. But it was late fall. That water cut like ice. Kyle said nothing. He didn't move.
25:33Logan's smile vanished. Like a spoiled kid hearing no for the first time. He jumped off the rock and
25:40yards turned toward the trees at the exact same time. Like they'd seen nothing. I didn't think.
25:46I dropped the cookies and jumped in. The cold hit me like a wall. My muscles locked up. My legs
25:53went numb
25:54around Kyle's shaking body. You pushed him. He's your brother. What the hell is wrong with you?
26:20listening to the ambiguous moans and faint running water over the phone, I smiled bitterly. My husband
26:26Ethan was so cold-blooded. But he had no idea. The dead weren't my parents. They were his. A snake
26:32attack at the campsite left his entire family clinging for life. Only his company had the
26:37specific antivenom. I called him countless times. He hung up every single one. Delayed treatment killed
26:43them all. I stared at the five bodies behind me. Sighed. By the time I got to the hospital,
26:48Ethan's entire family was already on the verge of death. The doctor pulled me aside.
26:52This species of snake is extremely rare. The only facility with the specific antivenom is your
26:59husband's company. I called Ethan like crazy. He rejected every single call. On the hundredth try,
27:06he finally answered. It's Sophia's birthday tonight. I'm spending it with her. Stop being so paranoid.
27:12I kept thinking about his family in the ER. I swallowed every question burning in my throat and said
27:18quickly, your mom, your dad, your sister, they were all bitten. The hospital doesn't have this
27:22antivenom. Your company does. Please bring it now. One vial costs over a hundred grand.
27:26Have some self-respect, Sienna. Your whole family gets bitten and you come crying to me?
27:31What am I, your personal bank? Take a good hard look at yourself.
27:35He hung up without mercy, then blocked me. I sat frozen in a hospital chair. I couldn't make
27:40myself believe those words had just come out of my husband's mouth. He probably didn't even have
27:45the patience to listen to what I was saying. Then my phone buzzed suddenly.
27:48A 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.
27:58That bag was on Sophia's arm right now. Stealing my things to give to the woman he loved. He'd done
28:03it so many times. Every time I said something, he'd roll his eyes.
28:07You're married. Walking around with a bag like that just makes you look desperate. Let Sophia use it.
28:11She's closing a deal. Don't be petty. Sophia's basically my sister. If you love me, you'll
28:15support how I take care of her. If you love me, you'll support how I take care of her. He
28:19put Sophia
28:19on a pedestal. Designer bags on demand. Sports cars. A penthouse. And me, his actual wife. I couldn't
28:25even get a handful of life-saving vials. What a joke. I was still typing a message to the boutique
28:30when Ethan posted on Instagram. The most expensive bag for the most important person.
28:35Tonight 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,
28:57mask already down. I rushed over. Give me a little more time. I'll get the anti-venom here.
29:01I swear. There's no need. All five patients are gone. I'm so sorry for your loss. My nose burned.
29:09My chest caved in. Two hours ago, they'd been laughing. Now five bodies lay cold in the morgue
29:14while they're- I held back my tears and messaged the boutique. I never came in to pick anything up.
29:19Please contact the police. The doctor had mentioned this particular snake was nearly extinct in the
29:23country. Because of that, no hospital stalked the anti-venom. A little too convenient. A near-extinct
29:29snake in their tent. Five people dead. The police took it seriously and moved fast. They traced it
29:36quickly. Someone had bulk-ordered live snakes online and released them at the campsite. The suspects were
29:41Sophia's parents. I hoped Ethan wouldn't cry too ugly when he found out. Ma'am, we have a clear picture
29:46of what happened, but both suspects are currently hospitalized. We can't bring them in for questioning just yet.
29:52Now I knew why Sophia was holding the serum in that picture. I kept my face blank.
29:56But the venom's already been treated. Nothing's stopping you from questioning them now.
30:00He gave me a long look, clearly wondering how I knew, but didn't push. I must have looked too
30:04hollowed out. We'll get to the truth. After he left, I filed a civil lawsuit on my phone.
30:09Right then, Ethan called. What the hell is your problem? I'm your husband. I picked up a bag for
30:13you. Now you're reporting it stolen? Are you insane? One accusation after another. No pause,
30:18no care for anything I was going through right now. I cut through it, cold and quiet.
30:21I never got that bag, Ethan. You said you picked it up. Where is it now?
30:26It stretched out long enough to answer the question. His voice softened. That calculated
30:30shift I knew too well. We're husband and wife, and everything though shared. You won't have to
30:35knock I'm out out of here. Sophia just wants this bag to nay her birthday, and I just want to
30:41make her
30:42happy. Your husband's card. Don't be like this. Absolutely shameless. The feeling of giving
30:47is wonderful, so don't be so stingy. If you want to buy her something, why don't you use your own
30:52money? Oh, right. Because you're completely useless. How dare you say I'm good for nothing?
30:57Are you crazy? Before, I always watched my words around him. Always protected his ego like it was
31:02something fragile. Looking back now, his skin was thicker than a wall. If you're a man, go to the
31:08hospital morgue now and see the evil you've done. They're already dead, and I can't save them.
31:13Don't spoil. Don't my kishin'd. First bent cream at your parents. Don't up their bodies,
31:20give my companies for the atop salmol. Sophia's parents had an accident, and she is on the verge
31:24of collapse. She needs someone to accompany her. I laughed, so he thought it was my family. I'd been
31:30planning to give his parents a proper burial as soon as possible. Instead, I ordered five industrial
31:35freezer units. Per Ethan's request, I sent his entire family to his company. I'd been home barely 10
31:41minute when Ethan burst in and slapped me across the face. Sophia's hysterical. Her parents just got
31:47out of surgery, and you're already suing them. Do you even have a conscience? At least they're
31:51alive. The people their snakes killed are still lying in those freezers. Something flickered in
31:56Ethan's eyes. That was my anti-venom. I give it to whoever I want. Your parents had no business going
32:02camping. They got bitten. That's on them. Sophia's parents are sitting in a hospital being questioned
32:09by detectives because of your lawsuit. Can't you show a little mercy to the living? Maybe your parents
32:16getting bitten was karma for you being so cold-hearted. Maybe this was just your parents' fate. If it wasn't
32:22a snake, something else would have taken them out. Your whole family is gone now. I'm all you have left.
32:28Don't be ungrateful. Sienna, I know you're hurting, but the dead are gone. The living have to keep
32:37going. Sophia is willing to offer compensation. I'll top it up. A million dollars total. That's
32:44enough, isn't it? He said it like he was talking about the weather. Five lives, in their eyes,
32:49worth a million dollars. Ethan was spoiled rotten by his parents his whole life, thinking about the
32:54moment he'd open those freezers and see their faces. I couldn't help but wear a sorrowful
32:58smile. What's so funny? Stop playing games. Will you agree to my terms? Ethan didn't have the
33:03patience to let me finish after all. I wiped the corner of my eye, still smiling. Okay. Transfer
33:08it then. Payment received. One million dollars. Ethan had covered the rest. Almost certainly every
33:14dollar of liquid cash his company had left. He watched me accept it. I should tell you this
33:18morning I signed a formal letter of non-prosecution on your behalf as your husband. Sophia's parents are
33:24already off the hook. You should be thanking Sophia for being so generous. Without her, you wouldn't
33:29have seen a dime. Now go tell the police the theft report was a mistake. I reached into the nightstand
33:33drawer and pulled out the divorce agreement I'd drawn up that morning. Sign it. Return my bag. We're
33:39done. Or I come after you too. You're divorcing me over this? I could see the calculation behind the
33:44rage. He needed my father's connections. But he also thought my father was dead and no longer of any
33:50use to him. Called after him. Checked his signature carefully. Everything in order. Ethan, there's a
33:56waiting period. We're technically still married. Come with me to your company. Say goodbye to your
34:02family one last time. We arrived at his company together. I was certain Ethan's mind was on Sophia
34:07and he still hadn't heard a word I said. The basement ran cold. The chill hit me the moment I
34:13stepped in. Five bodies lay in a row, covered in white sheep. My company is not a dump. Mom,
34:19Dad, I'm so sorry. And Ava, Marcus. What the fuck are you talking about? Say it again! If I'm lying,
34:26I said, go look for yourself. He stood there for a long moment. Then he moved toward the nearest
34:33stretcher slowly. His hands were shaking so badly he could barely grip the sheep.
34:58Mafia's tradition. Whoever gives me an orchid marries me. I stood in the hall with 11 other men
35:03waiting to be chosen. No orchid tonight. I'd be forced to marriage her in New York. Rumors said
35:08she burned through a new guy every single night. One night, one man, then gone. I had only one way
35:13out. Charlotte. We grew up together. She was the Chase family heir and I was a casino mogul's
35:21illegitimate son. In this city, only she dared give me that flower. Last night, I'd asked her for a fake
35:26marriage. Three years was enough to build something for myself. After that, she could love whoever she
35:31wanted. She'd said yes. Now she smiled and walked toward me. I let out my hand. Then she pressed her
35:41orchid into Tyler's hands instead. I stood frozen. Let Tyler have his moment. He's never had one.
35:50Don't worry, no one's arranging anything for you while I'm around. I watched Tyler take her arm.
35:55They looked like a couple. I stood alone. She came back with champagne, laughing.
36:01These people, honestly. I told them to save you at least one flower.
36:05I looked at the girl I'd grown up beside. Do you understand what this gala actually is?
36:09She didn't answer. Charlotte was the only one who would have chosen me. She chose someone else.
36:15The room kept moving. I felt very still. It was over. Charlotte's expression shifted,
36:20a faint flicker of guilt crossing her face. She waved Tyler off.
36:24Look, you're used to these events, but Tyler's never had anything like this. I just wanted to give
36:29him one good night. Consider it a favor from me. You're not really upset, are you? It's one night.
36:34I said nothing. It's his graduation. After tonight, I can't sponsor him anymore. I promised him one
36:39memory worth keeping. Ethan, I'm sorry if I got in the way. Don't be angry at Charlotte. I begged her
36:43to- Charlotte caught Tyler's awkward expression and her eyes cooled slightly. Ethan, it's one flower.
36:47I'll give you another one. You're more of a rose anyway. Getting worked up over one orclet isn't like you.
36:52I suppose that tract. An orchid meant purity. It symbolized the acceptance of a family. A rose.
36:59Passionate. Showy. Like a clandestine lover. The laughter around me grew louder.
37:06A bastard son who follows Charlotte around like a lapdog, and he thought he'd actually marry into
37:12the Chase family? And that was the Sussis family? Even the scholarship kid outranks him.
37:18Charlotte silenced them with a glare, but it was already enough to humiliate me.
37:22Ethan, I'm sorry. You were born into wealth, while I just wanted a memorable night. Born into wealth?
37:29I'm a bastard son. Do you have any idea how this family actually treats me?
37:33Tyler froze, startled by me. My bad.
37:38But 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.
37:47Home.
37:48Where exactly 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.
38:01I told you stop chasing her and try me instead. But you never listened.
38:07How's it feel now? Embarrassing, right?
38:09Charlotte knew. This woman despised me. I just needed three years.
38:13I just needed three years.
38:14Enough leverage to break free from my family's control.
38:17But my stepmother couldn't stand the sight of me. She was already rushing to throw me out.
38:24Ethan Holt, if you weren't so pretty, you'd be nothing.
38:28You really think the Chase family is going to protect you forever?
38:34Vanessa, don't touch what's mine.
38:36I thought you picked the scholarship kid. Why are you still keeping Ethan around?
38:39My business, not yours. Why didn't you do anything?
38:44I felt nothing but deep, tired disappointment. Wasn't this what you arranged?
38:49I can look out for you and still talk to other people, Ethan. I'm not required to stand next to
38:53you all night.
38:53But you know what tonight's gala means. Can we get some drinks? Is that okay?
38:56Sure, tonight's yours. Whatever you want. Whatever it is, we'll talk tomorrow. I'll come find you.
39:01I almost laughed out loud. Tomorrow, you'll have to find me in New York.
39:06The shyness he wore earlier was gone, replaced by something colder.
39:10You have everything, Mr. Holt. Do you really need to take this too?
39:14I 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.
39:27You think I had it better than you?
39:29My mother died young.
39:33I was brought back to the Holt house, just a child.
39:35My stepmother looked at me like I shouldn't exist, from the very first day.
39:39My father had too many wives, too many children, to care about one more.
39:43I learned early, how to read a room, how to make myself useful.
39:47I found Aunt Diana, in the margins.
39:49I convinced her to train me, to back me.
39:52I stood in front of her, forcing my hands to stay still.
39:54My father has over 20 children. Why would I believe a bastard son can beat all of them?
39:59Because I have no weakness.
40:03And I'm willing to fight dirty.
40:04But my time hadn't come yet.
40:07Diana wouldn't move for me, not now.
40:09Everyone said my fiancé from the Quinn family was a deadly, poisonous flower.
40:14My family wanted the alliance, but not the cost.
40:17They wouldn't sacrifice a true heir, so they offered me.
40:20Diana had already heard how the gala ended.
40:22A message arrived.
40:23Figure it out yourself.
40:25I needed a solution.
40:28Well, can you get the orchid back from Tyler?
40:30Just for one night.
40:31I'll return it in the morning.
40:32Charlotte Blink, clearly caught off guard.
40:34That's a bit awkward, isn't it?
40:35I already gave it.
40:37Stop trying to take things from Tyler.
40:39The orchid had a gold-trimmed edge.
40:41Custom-made.
40:42There was no replacing it.
40:43The restraint I'd held all night finally snapped.
40:46Charlotte, you promised.
40:47Why did you have to humiliate me tonight of all nights?
40:51Ethan, no one in this city will touch you.
40:54The only person who could ever want you is me.
40:56Everyone knows you're my little shadow.
40:58Her little shadow.
40:59Her lapdog.
41:00I had played that role for years, just to survive.
41:03But hearing her say it so casually, like it meant nothing,
41:06it hit harder than I expected.
41:08Don't be angry at Charlotte, Ethan.
41:09Ethan, one night.
41:10Stop being difficult.
41:11Tomorrow he goes back to his normal life.
41:13I gave Charlotte a long, lingering look,
41:15then turned and walked out of the gala.
41:18Aunt Diana's car was already waiting outside.
41:20You lost.
41:21Tomorrow you go to New York.
41:22What happens after that is your problem.
41:24I'll come back.
41:25We'll see.
41:45The tank burst.
41:47The wave slammed him across the floor.
41:49Yet my fiancé now held another woman in his arms.
41:52And all of this was because his younger sister Lila and I were caught in a rip current off Puget
41:57Sound.
41:58I was saved.
41:59Lila lost her life.
42:00The Blackwood family thinks it was me who had killed their biological daughter.
42:04Why are you still alive?
42:06You should have been the one who drowned.
42:08You killed my daughter!
42:10Killian tossed my ring, shredded my wedding gown, and agreed to marry Serena.
42:14The next day, coming home from the hospital, I saw Killian slicing our wedding portrait with a knife.
42:20Serena's moving in.
42:21Time to clear all this trash out.
42:23Serena Vanderbilt, his arranged marriage fiancé.
42:26After throwing all this away, are you gonna kick me out next?
42:30You said you were dying of your illness, didn't you?
42:33Then it's only fitting you go to atone for Lila in death.
42:35My body turned rigid when I heard those words.
42:38Killian Blackwood was the unloved Blackwood's son, raised outside the manor walls from childhood.
42:43I had given this brooding boy next door a single piece of candy.
42:46Because of that one small sweetness, after my parents died in an earthquake, Killian protected me for 15 years.
42:53Countless days of depending on each other.
42:54I fell in love with the man who held me.
42:57At 20, I had written a hundred love letters and confided my longing to my best friend, Chloe Reed.
43:02Never did I expect Chloe to tell Killian everything.
43:05That night, he made me take out the letters and read them aloud to him.
43:08I'm sorry, I'll never dare to whiber any improper thoughts again.
43:11From now on, I'll treat you as my elder brother.
43:14For 15 years, it wasn't that you needed me to raise you, was that I needed your company.
43:19That same year, the Blackwoods came to bring him home, but they wouldn't accept me.
43:23Because the Blackwood house could not hold two daughters.
43:26Killian put the messenger on the floor and looked at his father, Arthur Blackwood.
43:30Know her, know me.
43:32I knew how desperately Killian longed to return home, yet he chose to stand by my side, even at the
43:38cost of breaking with his family.
43:40We dated five years before marrying with approval.
43:42His sister Lila despised me.
43:44To ease the tension, Killian brought Lila with us on our coastal wedding photo shoot.
43:49After the photo shoot, I saw Lila in the rip current.
43:52I rushed to save her without hesitation.
43:54I survived, but Lila perished.
43:56The Blackwoods blamed me, saying the adopted daughter had doomed their own child.
44:01Do you think it was my fault too?
44:03You both went into the water.
44:04You survived.
44:06She didn't.
44:06To this family, that's a crime.
44:08I knelt for three days and nights, begging for their forgiveness.
44:12However, all I got was a miscarriage.
44:14That night, I was diagnosed with cancer.
44:16I called Killian.
44:17He thought I was faking sick to trick him.
44:19To punish me, he burned my 1,999 love letters right in front of me, then froze my bank card.
44:26What burned to ashes was not only my true love, but also my desire to survive.
44:31That night, Killian stumbled home drunk, demanding something to sober up.
44:36When I passed him the hangover soup, I spotted my favorite lemon tarts on the table.
44:40He shoved me away.
44:42Put those down.
44:43They're for Serena.
44:45What are you doing so close?
44:46Still trying to lure me?
44:48You're drunk.
44:49I'm making you sobering soup.
44:52Sorry, I was too drunk.
44:53I mistook you for Serena.
44:55He got up and pushed me away.
44:56He'd never been so cold to me, nor so rough.
44:59Killian didn't spare me a glance.
45:01Walked upstairs and slammed the door.
45:03Everything changed the day Lila died.
45:05I knew he hated me for living, yet I could do nothing.
45:07The light was still on in Killian's room.
45:09I knocked softly.
45:11Coming to a man's room this late, do you have any sense at all?
45:13We're broken up.
45:14I want to move out.
45:15Stop you from spouting nonsense.
45:17You must stay here until I marry Serena.
45:20Can I at least move to the lower level?
45:22It's up to you.
45:24I turned and walked back to my room in silence.
45:27I didn't understand his anger.
45:30Lila was gone forever.
45:31How 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 Killian talking on the phone with Serena.
45:44Killian caught sight of me suddenly, then ended the call.
45:47Where are you going?
45:48I'll drive you.
45:49I froze.
45:50Before I could answer, he was already walking out to the garage.
45:53He leaned on the horn.
45:54Are you getting in or do you want me to carry you?
45:56I can't sit up front.
45:58What?
45:59Serena said that's her seat.
46:00Even siblings don't get it.
46:02That's not.
46:03Serena's voice broke through the phone in his hand.
46:05Kilton, where are you going?
46:07Don't let any other girl take the passenger seat.
46:09That's mine.
46:10Even your sister.
46:11Killian switched to a different car.
46:13Something unnamed moved through him.
46:15What are you going to do?
46:16I didn't answer.
46:17Killian didn't push.
46:19When Serena called, he laughed and softened, turning into someone I barely recognized.
46:23I just bought us matching pajamas.
46:25I'll model them tonight.
46:27As their words grew bolder and more explicit, Killian pulled into the emergency lane.
46:31Get out.
46:32Serena'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.
47:06Now I was applying glitter to my skin for men who would tuck dollar bills into my G-string.
47:10Three months ago, the wedding day of me and a man I had never met.
47:13Ethan Pacheco.
47:14A marriage I wanted no part of.
47:16I had slipped away while the guests were arriving, needing a moment to breathe, to think.
47:21I had wandered aimlessly until I heard sounds coming from one of the guest bedrooms.
47:25Although the man had his back to me, I knew he must be my fiancé who I had never met.
47:29Without twice thought, I drived away from the estate.
47:32Away from Ethan Pacheco and the future that had been decided for me.
47:35I ended up at a bar downtown in the late night, drowning my sorrows in tequila shots.
47:40That's when he appeared beside me.
47:50Bad day?
47:54The worst.
48:00I'm Ethan.
48:03Of course you are.
48:05I, uh, I'm running away from one Ethan tonight.
48:09I don't need another.
48:11I had laughed then, a bitter, hollow sound.
48:14The funny thing was, with all the drama going on, I still didn't know what my fucking fiancé
48:18looked like.
48:19But this guy had been charming, attentive, and I'd been vulnerable, hurt, and increasingly
48:24drunk.
48:24When he suggested we get a room at the hotel next door, I hadn't said no.
48:44With nothing but a lingering hangover, and the crushing realization that I couldn't go home
48:48again, not to face my father's disappointment.
48:50I disappeared, cutting off contact with everyone from my old life.
48:54My savings hadn't lasted long.
48:55Now I had to dance in a bar to earn money.
48:58The bar had been booked out by the owner tonight.
49:00He was going to hold an important party in the VIP room.
49:06Those eyes.
49:07Almond-shaped, hazel with flecks of gold.
49:09Exactly like, no.
49:11Oh god, no.
49:12This can't be happening.
49:13That night at the bar.
49:14My one-night stand as my boss and ex-fiancé?
49:17His eyes met mine, and the world stopped spinning.
49:23Stop staring at the boss.
49:25Are you crazy?
49:28I immediately dropped my gaze.
49:31The tiny sequined outfit left little to the imagination, but it was better than being
49:35completely naked.
49:36I needed this job.
49:37Rent wasn't going to pay itself.
49:39Did he recognize me?
49:40Shouldn'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
49:49this magnitude.
49:52Everyone turned to gauge Ethan's reaction, the tension thick enough to cut with a knife.
49:58Care to guess why I'm the heir while my big brother works under me?
50:02You're not in any position to question my capabilities.
50:05The man's face reddened.
50:07He wisely kept his mouth shut.
50:08The meeting dragged on, numbers and threats mixing with the heavy beat of the music.
50:13I felt increasingly lightheaded.
50:15The room started to spin.
50:16Or was I the one spinning?
50:21I landed hard on the floor, right in front of the gathered crime family bosses.
50:25Is this how you dance, you worthless slit?
50:28Ruining our evening with your amateur bullshit?
50:31I looked up to see an ugly older man in the corner.
50:34He pulled out a thick wad of cash, throwing it on the ground.
50:37Bills scattered across the floor like fallen leaves.
50:40If you don't want to lose those pretty legs of yours,
50:43crawl over here and give me a proper lap dance.
50:47And don't stop until every piece of that costume is on the floor.
50:54How will you play?
50:54I'm sorry.
51:07I'm sorry.
51:12You're not wanting to play.
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