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00:00My mom Lily is a homewrecker. Everyone knows she breaks families. She told bad lies to steal my dad away
00:05from the nice lady he was supposed to marry. She forced him to marry her. She's gross. And every time
00:12I look at her, I just want to throw up.
00:14Every word cuts deep into my heart.
00:17Leo lowered his cue cards. The entire ballroom fell dead silent. The head butler awkwardly ushered him off the stage.
00:23The socialites raised their champagne glasses. And the snide remarks came freely.
00:28Well, once a woman shoots adult films, no amount of money can wash the dirt off. Even her own son
00:35is disgusted by her.
00:36Please, Reed worships the ground she walks on. He's the wealthiest man in New York, but he even gave up
00:40his inheritance for her.
00:41Even after she took a $5 million buyout and abandoned her newborn baby, he still hunted her down and married
00:46her.
00:46Hearing those whispers, the agonizing knot in my chest loosened just a fraction.
00:50The whole world could despise me. As long as Oliver loved me unconditionally, that was enough.
00:58That night, passing his study, I heard voices through the half-open door. It shattered my fantasy into pieces.
01:04Mr. Reed, was it really necessary to let your son humiliate your wife like that? Is that healthy for the
01:10boy?
01:14Did Leo say anything wrong? Besides, he's Tiffany's son. You know that.
01:22Tiffany? The woman who married Oliver in an arranged union after I disappeared?
01:28The woman Leo had called mom for five years?
01:31But Oliver told me he'd only married Tiffany so Leo could have a home.
01:34He said he couldn't even stand the sight of her.
01:36And Leo. Leo was my son. How could he be Tiffany's?
01:41When I finally found Lily, she was a wreck.
01:45If I told her our baby had died years ago, it would have broken her completely.
01:49So I told her Leo was hers.
01:51My head seemed to explode. A deafening ring took over my ears.
01:55During my five years of living hell across the border,
01:58the only thing keeping me alive was the thought of Oliver and our baby.
02:02Turns out my baby was dead.
02:04And all this time I had been raising my rival's child.
02:09Did you send the video of Leo's speech to Tiffany?
02:13Yes, sir. All of it.
02:14I made sure to zoom in on Mrs. Reed's face.
02:17Miss Vance was absolutely thrilled.
02:19Tiffany's so easy to please.
02:21Humiliate Lily a little and she does whatever I want in bed.
02:23Not like Lily.
02:24She's already been passed around and used up,
02:26yet she still pulls that traumatized victim act on me.
02:29Won't even let me leave the lights on.
02:31Totally kills the mood.
02:32Then, who do you actually love, sir?
02:34I love Lily. I know she was forced to leave somehow and she'll always be Mrs. Reed.
02:40But she's tainted now.
02:41Tiffany loves me.
02:42She doesn't ask for a ring and she's a total freak in bed.
02:45Leo adores her.
02:47Having an extra body to warm the sheets changes absolutely nothing.
02:51I don't remember how I made it back to our bedroom.
02:53Humiliation and anguish tore at my insides,
02:56leaving me cold all over,
02:58yet unable to shed a single tear.
03:00Oliver's great love was alive from the very beginning.
03:07Lily.
03:08Leo is doing perfectly fine at school.
03:10There was a little mishap during his speech today,
03:12but he's just a child.
03:14Don't take it to heart.
03:15Clinging to one last hope,
03:16I reached back and rested my hand on his chest.
03:23I'm exhausted tonight, babe.
03:26The sound of running shower water woke me up.
03:28The sound came from the bathroom,
03:30mixed with his heavy panting.
03:37Oh, God.
03:39Phone sex is so much hotter.
03:41Aren't you afraid your wife will hear us?
03:43Let her.
03:44She's so damn clueless,
03:46she'd probably think I'm jerking off to her.
03:52The fake death plan.
03:54I'm in.
03:59I love Lily.
04:00I know she was forced to leave somehow
04:02and she'll always be Mrs. Reed.
04:04But she's tainted now.
04:06Tiffany loves me.
04:07She doesn't ask for a ring,
04:08and she's a total freak in bed.
04:10Leo adores her.
04:11Having an extra body to warm the sheets
04:13changes absolutely nothing.
04:15I don't remember how I made it back to our bedroom.
04:18Humiliation and anguish tore at my insides,
04:21leaving me cold all over,
04:22yet unable to shed a single tear.
04:25Oliver's great love was a lie from the very beginning.
04:31Lily.
04:32Leo is doing perfectly fine at school.
04:35There was a little mishap during his speech today,
04:37but he's just a child.
04:38Don't take it to heart.
04:40Clinging to one last hope,
04:41I reached back and rested my hand on his chest.
04:47I'm exhausted tonight, babe.
04:50The sound of running shower water woke me up.
04:53The sound came from the bathroom,
04:55mixed with his heavy panting.
05:02Oh, God.
05:03Phone six is so much hotter.
05:06Aren't you afraid your wife will hear us?
05:08Let her.
05:09She's so damn clueless,
05:10she'd probably think I'm jerking off to her.
05:16The fake death plan.
05:18I'm in.
05:24Seven years ago,
05:25Oliver and I fell in love.
05:26But his family hated me.
05:28On the night I gave birth,
05:30we planned to run away together.
05:31Instead,
05:32his family kidnapped me.
05:33They sold me to a cartel in Mexico
05:35and told Oliver I took a payoff and abandoned him.
05:38For years, I lived through hell.
05:40When Oliver finally tracked me down and saved me,
05:43Leo was already five.
05:44But Leo was never my son.
05:48What's wrong, Lily?
05:50Nightmares again?
05:51Shh.
05:52It's okay.
05:53I'm here.
06:00Oliver, I need your signature on something tomorrow.
06:03Uh-huh.
06:04Sure.
06:04Bring it to me tomorrow.
06:05The next day was my late mother's birthday.
06:07He still got up early to make French toast for me.
06:10Anyone would think he's a devoted, loving husband.
06:13But this time,
06:14I noticed he made two portions of breakfast.
06:16Dad, Mom hasn't eaten yet.
06:19You know her stomach acts up if she doesn't eat.
06:22Lily,
06:23I'm dropping Leo off at school first.
06:25I'll take you to the cemetery to see Mom when I get back.
06:27Remember to let the toast cool down before you eat it.
06:29Don't burn yourself.
06:32Ma'am,
06:33why are you eating cold food?
06:35Mr. Reed will be heartbroken if he sees this.
06:39He won't feel heartache anymore.
06:45Maybe Mr. Reed is just too busy.
06:47Should I drive you to the office?
06:58We're not waiting for Oliver.
07:00Take me to see my mom.
07:05The attached photo showed Oliver and Tiffany
07:08both kissing Leo's cheeks.
07:09Only then did I realize Leo had a sports day today.
07:12The happy picture of their family of three
07:14made me look like a dark, unwanted intruder.
07:17I put the signed divorce agreement into my bag.
07:20We're not waiting for Oliver.
07:22Take me to see my mom.
07:23Before Lily arrived,
07:25Tiffany had already entered the cemetery with workers.
07:30But unexpectedly,
07:32right as I entered the private cemetery,
07:34my mother's tombstone was smashed,
07:36crashing down at my feet.
07:37And standing right in front of the grave was Tiffany.
07:40My brain froze for a second.
07:43I rushed forward.
07:44What are you doing?
07:47Lily,
07:48I'm digging up your mother's grave.
07:50This is my mother's resting place.
07:52This land belongs to Oliver.
07:54How dare you?
07:55Still playing Mrs. Reed, huh?
07:58Oliver's private property?
07:59I do whatever I want.
08:01What are you staring at?
08:03Dig.
08:03At her command,
08:05the workers were about to start the bulldozer.
08:07Driven by pure desperation,
08:09I scrambled into the cab of the excavator,
08:13grabbed the steering wheel,
08:15and jerked it hard.
08:18The massive metal bucket swung violently,
08:21heading straight for her head.
08:26Throw her under the bulldozer.
08:28Crush her into the dirt.
08:30Several bodyguards instantly lunged to drag me away.
08:33But just as they reached out,
08:35a Maybach drove into the cemetery.
08:37Oliver stepped out in a few strides,
08:40took down the guards,
08:43and pulled me tightly into his arms.
08:46Tiffany,
08:47how many times have I warned you?
08:49Don't touch Lily.
08:51He checked me over frantically.
08:53Seeing the bruises on my stomach,
08:55pure heartbreak spilled across his face.
08:57Lily,
08:58I'm sorry.
08:59I'm late.
09:02I've told you so many times.
09:04We're divorced.
09:05Stop pestering me.
09:06Otherwise,
09:08I swear I'll erase the Vance family by morning.
09:11Instead of being angry at the threat,
09:13Tiffany just raised her eyebrows with a smirk.
09:15That's when I saw it.
09:16Both she and Oliver were wearing the matching bracelets from Leo's school.
09:20What exactly are you trying to do?
09:22Lily,
09:22I sold this land to the Vance family.
09:25They're turning it into an amusement park.
09:28All the caskets have been moved.
09:30Don't worry.
09:31Your mom is fine.
09:32I've moved her to a better place
09:33and had a new tombstone made.
09:36I've just been too busy lately
09:37and forgot to tell you.
09:40The workers dug open the grave.
09:42Sure enough,
09:42it was completely empty inside.
09:44He was just talking about accompanying me
09:46to see my mom this morning,
09:47yet he forgot to tell me
09:48that her grave had been moved.
09:50Clutching my bruised stomach,
09:51I swatted away his outstretched hand.
09:53Take me to her.
09:54After that,
09:56I'll give you the papers we talked about last night.
09:59Oliver walked me to the car,
10:01but Tiffany got in first.
10:03Oliver,
10:04we still have some business matters to discuss.
10:06As she walked past Oliver,
10:08her fingers gently brushed against his arm.
10:13Lily,
10:14wait here for a moment.
10:15I need to talk to Tiffany first.
10:16The two of them climbed into the car,
10:18one after another.
10:20Rustling sounds immediately came from inside the car.
10:24Oliver trusted the Maybox soundproofing too much,
10:27but he forgot.
10:29I also had access to disable it.
10:32Like a masochist,
10:33I opened the app,
10:35turned the soundproofing all the way down.
10:37A muffled groan instantly leaked from the car.
10:43Tiffany,
10:43we're in the car!
10:45Lily's still outside!
10:46Tiffany's voice was breathy,
10:47heavy with lust.
10:48Isn't it more thrilling?
10:49Every time her PTSD flared up
10:51and she passed out,
10:53we'd do this right by her bed.
10:55You always last at least three hours,
10:58and she just thinks she's having another nightmare.
11:00Every time my PTSD flared up,
11:02I'd have sickening nightmares.
11:04When I woke up,
11:05Oliver would always be by my side,
11:07claiming he hadn't left me for a single second.
11:09I still remember on the way back from Mexico,
11:12Oliver was covered in scars,
11:13crying the entire way.
11:15He promised me in a hoarse voice.
11:17From now on,
11:19I'll never leave your side again.
11:22He wasn't lying.
11:23He really never left my side.
11:25But there he was,
11:26right beside my bed,
11:28screwing Tiffany next to my unconscious body.
11:30A wave of nausea surged from my throat.
11:33Leaning against the back of the car,
11:35I couldn't stop retching.
11:38Suddenly,
11:38the movements inside the car stopped.
11:42Ugh!
11:43Her bag is poking me.
11:46Just move it aside.
11:48Wait.
11:50What's this document in her bag?
11:54The next second,
11:55the car window rolled down.
11:56Tiffany threw my handbag straight out.
12:00God,
12:00this thing was taking up space.
12:02What important documents
12:03could a housewife possibly have?
12:05That's true.
12:06The sounds of their entanglement
12:08continued from the car.
12:09Every single noise pierced me,
12:11draining the color from my face
12:13with each one.
12:16I picked up the divorce agreement
12:18with trembling hands.
12:19It was already soaked in muddy water.
12:24I walked over to my mother's broken tombstone,
12:28finally making up my mind.
12:30I waited from dusk
12:31until the sky turned pitch black.
12:33Finally,
12:34Oliver pushed the car door open,
12:36acting as if nothing had happened.
12:38He smiled and gestured for me to get in.
12:41I glanced at Tiffany on the seat.
12:47No thanks.
12:49It's filthy.
12:50I got into the assistant's car instead.
12:56He frowned,
12:57followed me into the assistant's car,
12:58pulled out a wet wipe,
12:59and wiped the dirt off my face for me.
13:03The tenderness in his eyes
13:05was enough to ruin any woman.
13:06It's just a little dirt.
13:08My lily is always the prettiest.
13:10I looked into his eyes,
13:12wanting to pretend
13:13nothing had happened either.
13:14But my tears fell uncontrollably.
13:23Oliver,
13:24you forgot to sign the document.
13:26Oliver hated it most when I cried.
13:29Whenever I cried,
13:30panic flashed across his face
13:31without even glancing
13:32at the contents of the wet paper.
13:34He signed it
13:35and pulled me into his arms.
13:39I'll sign everything for you, Lily.
13:42Even if you asked
13:43for the entire Reed group.
13:44The new cemetery
13:45was indeed much better kept,
13:47neat and well-maintained.
13:49Oliver solemnly said to my mother,
13:51I'll take good care of Lily
13:53and make her happy forever.
13:54When the Reeds opposed us,
13:56he stayed devoted.
13:56Lily is the only woman
13:58I will ever marry.
13:59He didn't break that promise.
14:01I did become his wife.
14:03A phone call came.
14:04Oliver answered it
14:05and left in a hurry.
14:06Lily,
14:06I'm taking you
14:07to our family gathering first.
14:09Can you head back
14:10by yourself later?
14:11But I clearly heard
14:11Tiffany's voice on the phone.
14:13Tiffany had attended
14:14every single Reed family gathering,
14:16even after the divorce.
14:18As far as the Reeds were concerned,
14:20she was the only wife
14:20Oliver ever had in their eyes.
14:22No matter how cruel
14:23or painful reality was,
14:25I had to face it alone.
14:26I returned to our downtown penthouse.
14:29Even the maids
14:30had gone to help
14:30at the Reed estate.
14:31I scanned the divorce agreement
14:33and emailed it to my lawyer.
14:34Then I opened the closet
14:35to pack my bags.
14:39Suddenly,
14:40Tiffany's voice
14:40came from the bedroom door.
14:46Oliver carried Tiffany
14:48onto the bed,
14:48listening to the intimate sounds
14:50outside the closet.
14:51My stomach churned with nausea.
15:02The next second,
15:04their conversation
15:04made my mind
15:05go completely blank.
15:07Oliver,
15:08about letting your wife
15:10film that porno for me.
15:12Have you thought about it?
15:14What were you thinking,
15:16signing some deal
15:17with that director?
15:18If your investment flopped,
15:20you'd film a porn?
15:21And now look,
15:22you actually lost.
15:24What am I going to do with you?
15:25Tiffany whined,
15:27putting on a sickeningly
15:28sweet voice.
15:29I don't care.
15:30How could I possibly
15:31let him film me like that?
15:32Besides,
15:33I'm Leo's mother after all.
15:34You wouldn't want Leo
15:35to be humiliated,
15:36would you?
15:39Oliver's voice darkened.
15:40We can find a stand-in,
15:42but does it have to be Lily?
15:43The director was specific.
15:45He wants Oliver Reed's wife.
15:46Either me or Lily.
15:48Oliver,
15:49say yes,
15:50and I'll let you do
15:51whatever you want in bed.
15:52Any position.
15:54Besides,
15:54wasn't it you
15:55who said it yourself?
15:56Lily's already been used
15:57by everyone.
15:58What's one more time
15:59going to matter?
16:00The sounds of their bodies
16:01intertwining came from the bed.
16:03Curled up in the dark,
16:04I couldn't even gag anymore.
16:12Then I need to think this through.
16:14I can't just tell her outright.
16:15She'd never forgive me.
16:16That's easy.
16:17Just drug her
16:18and toss her over there.
16:20Then I received a text message.
16:24Dragging my stiff body,
16:25I slowly crept out of the closet.
16:27That evening,
16:28Oliver enthusiastically invited me
16:30to a dinner party
16:30with his friends.
16:31When I sat down,
16:32Tiffany was already at the table.
16:33For the first time,
16:34she spoke to me peacefully
16:35and even offered to pour my wine.
16:37Meanwhile,
16:37the director sat in the corner,
16:38his predatory gaze
16:40never leaving me.
16:41I made an excuse
16:41to go to the restroom.
16:44Peering through the crack in the door,
16:45I saw Tiffany smiling
16:46as she dropped a pill
16:47into my glass.
16:50Oliver's expression was dark,
16:51but he didn't do anything.
16:52Suppressing my nausea,
16:53I returned to the table.
16:55When everyone was distracted,
16:56I quietly swapped my glass
16:57with Tiffany's.
16:59Tiffany drank the wine
17:00without any suspicion,
17:01her eyes still gloating
17:03as she looked at me.
17:04I'm a little dizzy.
17:06Minutes later,
17:06I pretended the drug
17:07was taking effect.
17:08It's fine.
17:08Tiffany can take me.
17:10You should stay
17:11with your friends.
17:12Tiffany didn't suspect a thing.
17:14Wearing a fake smile,
17:16she wrapped her arm around me
17:17and walked me to the room.
17:18Just as she couldn't hold back
17:19from mocking me,
17:20she found her own head
17:21getting dizzier and dizzier.
17:23Finally,
17:23she collapsed straight
17:24onto the bed.
17:25I quickly changed my clothes
17:27and went into the room next door.
17:32Ooh, Oliver.
17:33Passing your own wife around,
17:35now that's what I call
17:36a real sport.
17:36What wife?
17:38She's just a broken toy.
17:40With one last glance back,
17:41I saw Oliver's deep,
17:43dark eyes.
17:44He watched the director
17:46with a camera
17:46and a group of actors,
17:48then pushed open the door.
17:50Oliver scoffed lightly.
17:52Yet his eyes
17:52were terrifyingly dark.
17:54Without a single regret.
17:55Yet his eyes
17:56were terrifyingly dark.
17:58Oliver, Tiffany,
17:59you planted the seeds of hell.
18:01Now, burn in it.
18:03Without a single regret,
18:05I swallowed the death-fainting drug.
18:08Oliver!
18:09I was set up!
18:11That bitch Lily did this!
18:16Lily, that dirty bitch!
18:17I'm going to kill her!
18:20Oliver,
18:21did you tell her my plan?
18:23Of course not.
18:24But Lily has always been smart.
18:27Maybe she sensed something wrong
18:29and ran away.
18:30If I had figured something out,
18:32wouldn't I know
18:32he was the one behind it?
18:33Right then,
18:34an unknown number
18:35started ringing.
18:36Oliver hung up impatiently.
18:38Tiffany was still in his arms,
18:39hysterically demanding
18:40that he take revenge.
18:41Her shrieks grated on Oliver
18:43and he shoved her away.
18:44You lost the bet
18:45and you made the plan.
18:47Now that it blew up in your face,
18:48you expect me to clean up your mess?
18:50Can you use your brain for once?
18:52The sheer coldness in his words
18:54made Tiffany recoil.
18:55Then,
18:56the unknown number called again.
18:58Dad!
18:59Lily is dead!
19:03Leo,
19:04don't talk nonsense.
19:05She really is.
19:07He didn't come home all night.
19:08I broke out in an allergic rash.
19:11I called and texted her,
19:12but she didn't answer.
19:13She must be dead.
19:15Otherwise,
19:15she would have texted back immediately.
19:23Mr. Reid?
19:24Do you know a woman
19:25named Lily Moore?
19:26She's my wife.
19:27What happened to her?
19:28Mr. Reid,
19:28we are sorry to inform you
19:30that your wife, Lily,
19:31suffered a sudden heart attack
19:32at 5.30 a.m.
19:33We did everything we could
19:34to resuscitate her,
19:35but she didn't make it.
19:37What kind of sick scam is this?
19:45Where is Lily?
19:46The hospital.
19:47In the morgue.
19:52The hospital called you many times.
19:54You kept declying the calls.
19:57Oliver,
19:58are these the doctors
20:00you called for me?
20:03It was you, wasn't it?
20:05Where did you hide her?
20:08What?
20:09That bitch Lily
20:10is finally dead?
20:12It wasn't me!
20:14You know exactly
20:15where I was last night?
20:16Was it your parents?
20:18Oliver,
20:19who in this world
20:20wants Lily gone
20:21more than anyone?
20:21Isn't it your parents?
20:27But when he kicked the doors open,
20:29his parents just looked
20:30genuinely confused.
20:32Oliver,
20:32are you out of your mind?
20:34We would never hurt Lily.
20:35Ever since you brought her back,
20:37we've never opposed you two again.
20:41Dad,
20:42Lissie's really dead,
20:43we can be a real family again.
20:48If you loved Lily so much,
20:50why didn't you come after us
20:51when you found her?
20:51You made her raise
20:52another woman's son.
20:53You married her on paper,
20:55but everyone out there
20:55knows you and Tiffany
20:56never truly ended.
20:57Oliver,
20:58your love is pathetic,
20:59a worthless joke.
21:00Every single word
21:01slammed into Oliver
21:02like a sledgehammer.
21:04He stumbled into
21:05the hospital morgue.
21:06As soon as he burst
21:07through the doors,
21:08he heard a morgue attendant say,
21:10Lily Moore
21:12died of a heart attack.
21:13Per her written wishes,
21:14there will be no autopsy.
21:16The body has been cleared
21:17for cremation.
21:22The next second,
21:23the red light above
21:24the cremation chamber
21:26flashed.
21:27A gurney,
21:28draped in a white sheet,
21:29was pushed toward
21:30the blazing furnace.
21:31He lunged for the sheet,
21:33but he was one second
21:35too late.
21:36The flames roared to life.
21:38How could this happen?
21:40She was fine.
21:41She was perfectly fine
21:43just a few days ago.
21:47Oliver didn't wake up
21:48until three days later.
21:49He was entirely hollowed out,
21:51stripped of all emotion,
21:52a man completely destroyed
21:54from the inside.
21:57Oliver's hands shook
21:58so violently
21:59he couldn't even
21:59grasp the paper.
22:01He locked himself
22:01inside the hotel room
22:03where I spent my final night
22:04refusing to sleep.
22:05Clutching my urn
22:06against his chest,
22:07he whispered his apologies
22:09over and over.
22:11Dad, please!
22:12Open the door,
22:13you're scary!
22:14me!
22:18Oliver!
22:20What do you think
22:20you're doing?
22:21You haven't closed
22:22your eyes for three days
22:23and nights.
22:25Get out.
22:26Don't disturb Lily's rest.
22:29Have you lost
22:30your sanity?
22:31Your debt to Lily
22:32will haunt you
22:33into the next life!
22:34Leo has done
22:34nothing wrong!
22:36How can you turn
22:36your back on your own child?
22:39Oliver buried my ashes
22:41next to my mother's grave.
22:42He kept a small portion
22:44of the ashes,
22:45having them made
22:46into a custom pendant,
22:47wearing it tightly
22:48against his heart
22:49every single day.
22:51Oliver,
22:52since it's already happened,
22:54you have to move forward.
22:55Your mother and I
22:56have decided that you
22:57should get back together
22:58with Tiffany.
23:00Oliver,
23:01whatever you owe Lily
23:02in this life,
23:03you can repay in the next,
23:04but Leo is innocent.
23:08Suit yourselves.
23:10Oliver!
23:11Heard you're officially
23:12remarrying Tiffany?
23:13Gotta say,
23:13you've got a real talent
23:14for taking back trash.
23:15Say one more
23:15disrespectful word
23:16about Lily
23:16and I'll throw you
23:17off this 28th floor balcony.
23:18Wow.
23:19So Tiffany really lost.
23:20You hadn't made
23:21that sick,
23:21dirty bet with Tiffany.
23:22My Lily would never
23:22have given...
23:23Dirty bet!
23:24It was actually
23:24kind of romantic.
23:25I told Tiffany
23:26you loved Lily
23:27way more than her
23:28and she should just
23:29give up and come to my bed.
23:30She wouldn't accept that
23:31so she made a bet with me.
23:32She asked me to demand
23:34that your wife
23:34do a porn shoot for me
23:35like I'd ever dare
23:36to do that.
23:37But she swore it would be fine
23:39so I just played along
23:39with her little script.
23:41Oliver's face
23:41darkened with fury.
23:43So,
23:44you didn't threaten Tiffany?
23:46The director laughed.
23:47Oliver,
23:47I don't have a death wish.
23:49Tiffany was the one
23:50who came to my room
23:51that night.
23:52I really thought
23:53you loved Lily
23:53more than Tiffany.
23:54A chill ran down
23:56Oliver's spine.
23:57He called his assistant.
23:58I need you to look
23:59into something.
24:00When Tiffany said
24:01she was harassed
24:01at Lily's mother's grave
24:02that day,
24:03was that actually true?
24:05Mr. Reed,
24:07the only person
24:08Tiffany fought with
24:09at the cemetery
24:09that day
24:10was Mrs. Reed.
24:14Oliver couldn't
24:14say another word.
24:16He subconsciously
24:17touched the urn pendant
24:18against his chest,
24:19feeling an agonizing
24:20ache in his heart.
24:21Only now did he realize
24:22how many people
24:23had tried to destroy me.
24:24His parents,
24:25Tiffany,
24:26Leo,
24:26and worst of all,
24:27himself.
24:28Every single one of them
24:29was a demon
24:29who pushed me
24:30into the abyss.
24:32Oliver pulled up
24:33to City Hall.
24:34Tiffany took out
24:35her paperwork
24:35and rushed over
24:36excitedly.
24:37Oliver,
24:38just give me your papers.
24:39I'll go get us registered.
24:40Oliver pulled something
24:41from his jacket.
24:42He dropped it
24:43into her palm.
24:44When Tiffany saw
24:44what it was,
24:45her face drained
24:46of color.
24:47Oliver?
24:48What's this?
24:49It's a pendant
24:51made from Lily's ashes.
24:53His voice,
24:54terrifyingly soft.
24:55Haven't you seen me
24:56wearing it every day?
24:57Before Tiffany
24:58could even react,
24:59a harsh slap
25:00struck across her face.
25:01Her mind went
25:02completely blank
25:03from the impact.
25:04You hit me?
25:05Oliver just stared
25:06at her coldly.
25:07Do you remember
25:08how you beat Lily?
25:10The bodyguard
25:10dragged her into the car,
25:12followed by Oliver's
25:13ruthless command.
25:14To the cemetery.
25:16Beneath the sprawling
25:17elm tree,
25:17the headstone
25:18stood cold
25:19and silent.
25:20Oliver stared
25:21at my black and white
25:21portrait.
25:22An endless agony
25:23twisted his heart
25:24until he couldn't breathe.
25:25He took all of that pain
25:26and weaponized it
25:27into pure rage,
25:28aiming it straight
25:29at Tiffany.
25:30Neil.
25:30Tiffany let out
25:31a miserable laugh.
25:33Fine.
25:34I lost the game.
25:36But Neil,
25:36to a homewrecker?
25:37I'd rather die.
25:39Those words
25:40completely set
25:41Oliver off.
25:43Tiffany!
25:44How dare you say that
25:45in front of Lily's grave?
25:49If you hadn't
25:49drugged me
25:50and gotten pregnant
25:51with Leo,
25:52what made you think
25:53I would ever marry you?
25:54But Tiffany just laughed.
25:56Oliver,
25:57if we're talking about
25:58who hurt Lily most,
25:59do I even rank first?
26:01Every ounce of pain
26:03in Lily's life
26:04came from you!
26:06You couldn't accept
26:07Lily's past,
26:08yet you refused
26:09to let her go.
26:11You wanted a perfect wife,
26:13so you kept
26:14stringing me along.
26:16But didn't you ever
26:17realize
26:18how much
26:19all of this
26:20was destroying her?
26:21If anyone
26:22is the real murderer
26:23here,
26:23it's you!
26:25You're the one
26:26who should be
26:26begging for forgiveness!
26:28Tiffany's words
26:29slammed into Oliver,
26:30one after another.
26:31It forced him
26:32to face
26:32the undeniable truth.
26:33It was his inaction
26:34and his hypocrisy
26:36that destroyed me.
26:37Oliver dropped
26:37to his knees
26:38in front of my grave.
26:40Trembling,
26:40he pressed his forehead
26:41against the freezing
26:42marble headstone,
26:43then driven
26:44by utter despair,
26:45he slammed
26:46his head forward.
26:49Then a second time,
26:50a third,
26:51countless times.
26:54Tiffany watched
26:55in frozen horror
26:56as Oliver smashed
26:57his head
26:57against the stone,
26:58blood pouring
26:59down his face.
27:00She stared blankly
27:02for a long time
27:03before letting out
27:04a tragic laugh.
27:06Oliver,
27:07you've finally
27:08gone insane.
27:09Soon,
27:09the news spread
27:10through the entire city.
27:12Oliver Reed,
27:13the New York billionaire,
27:15had knelt in front
27:15of his late wife's grave
27:17for three days
27:18and three nights
27:18in a torrential downpour.
27:20He was rushed
27:21to the hospital
27:21with severe blood loss
27:23and a massive infection.
27:24He slipped into a coma
27:25and never woke up.
27:27Everyone said Oliver
27:28was the most devoted man
27:30in the world.
27:31Even his precious son,
27:33sobbing by his bedside
27:34every day,
27:34couldn't ever wake him up.
27:36Three years later,
27:38Leo was talking to Oliver
27:39by his hospital bed
27:40as usual.
27:41Dad,
27:41I sneaked out
27:42to visit mom today.
27:43You're not mad, right?
27:46Also,
27:47I went to an art seminar
27:48in France a few days ago.
27:50The teacher there,
27:51she looked exactly like Lily.
27:53Maybe Lily isn't dead?
27:54What if she was just
27:55so heartbroken
27:56so she faked her death?
28:02Where,
28:02where did you see her?
28:04Her name's Lillian
28:05in the French study program.
28:07She looks about 80%
28:08like Lily,
28:09but she's far more confident.
28:10Word has it
28:11she comes from
28:11an extremely wealthy family.
28:14On the glamorous streets
28:15of Paris,
28:16a luxury vehicle
28:17comes to a stop
28:17in front of a famous
28:18contemporary art gallery.
28:24After stepping into
28:25the gallery,
28:26his attention was drawn
28:27to a poster.
28:34Lily,
28:35I finally found you
28:37at last.
28:38At the first light of dawn,
28:39he walked into the gallery,
28:41clutching a massive bouquet
28:42of my favorite roses.
28:44Every painting carried
28:45that familiar style
28:46he knew was mine,
28:47yet they were also
28:48strikingly different.
28:49The oil painting
28:50on the poster,
28:51two lovers holding hands
28:53under a crescent moon,
28:54was my work.
28:55It was a piece
28:55I had started
28:56before we were
28:57forced apart.
28:58Oliver stood in front
28:59of each canvas,
29:00tears silently streaming
29:01down his face.
29:02He was absolutely
29:03certain now.
29:04This artist,
29:05Lillian,
29:05was his beloved wife.
29:07But he waited
29:07in that gallery
29:08for three days straight,
29:09and I never showed up.
29:13Lillian is definitely
29:14a captivating artist,
29:15but I've never seen
29:16a super fan
29:16quite like you before.
29:18Do you know
29:19when she'll be here?
29:20Well, word is
29:21she's pretty busy
29:22right now.
29:23She's prepping
29:24for her wedding
29:25down at the seaside chapel.
29:32Lillian's extraordinary.
29:34Her work is brilliant,
29:35and she built
29:35all of it herself.
29:36I know, right?
29:37Didn't Arthur Anderson
29:38once swear he'd rather
29:39donate his entire fortune
29:40than ever get married?
29:41But when he met Lillian,
29:42he fell head over wheels
29:43for her.
29:44My Lily,
29:45the wife I've searched
29:46for three whole years.
29:47How dare you smile
29:48at another man?
29:49You belong only to me.
29:51No one can lay
29:51a finger on you.
29:53This is a private
29:54exclusive venue.
29:55Please show your
29:55wedding invitation,
29:56or you are not
29:56allowed to approach.
29:57Get out of my way!
29:58I'm here for my wife!
29:59All of you, back off!
30:10Lily, it's me!
30:12Oliver, I finally found you!
30:21Lily, it's me!
30:24Oliver, I finally found you!
30:33Lily, turn around and look at me!
30:38Please just take a glance at me!
30:46Lily, my Lily,
30:49you're truly still alive.
30:54Lily, Lily...
30:56Excuse me, sir.
30:57Who are you?
30:59Lily, it's me!
31:00I'm Oliver!
31:02Who is this?
31:03Some obsessed fan?
31:04I'm sorry, sir.
31:05If you're my fan,
31:06you are welcome to stay
31:06for the ceremony.
31:07But if you're gonna be
31:08this emotional,
31:09I suggest you step outside
31:10and cool off first.
31:12Lily, it's me!
31:13Oliver, your husband!
31:14How could she be your wife?
31:15Look, she's my wife!
31:17So you're the man
31:17who killed Lily and sister?
31:22You're the one
31:23who killed Lily?
31:26Impossible!
31:27Lily didn't have any family!
31:29Oliver, Lily is dead.
31:31I'm her cousin.
31:32We looked alike growing up
31:33and stopped using
31:34that wedding photo
31:35to play the devoted husband.
31:36Before Lily died,
31:37she was already done with you.
31:43Oliver,
31:44Lily gave up on you
31:45long before she died.
31:47If you truly understand
31:49how deeply you hurt her,
31:52then leave her family in peace.
31:53As the wedding march
31:54began to play,
31:55Arthur leaned in
31:57and whispered in my ear,
32:01Why didn't you just tell him
32:02that you're Lily?
32:04Letting him know
32:05I'm still alive
32:06but just won't forgive him.
32:07Or letting him believe
32:09he actually killed me.
32:10Between the two,
32:11I choose the latter.
32:13A life lost
32:14carries far more weight
32:15than a living person's resentment.
32:16I want him to spend
32:17the rest of his miserable days
32:19choking on the guilt
32:20of having killed me.
32:21Arthur and I shared a kiss
32:22amidst the flowers
32:23and applause.
32:27Outside the chapel gates,
32:28a broken man
32:29passed out in the dirt,
32:30tears still leaking
32:31from his closed eyes.
32:33He was rushed to the hospital.
32:34The doctor said
32:35he had completely
32:36lost his will to live.
32:38Leo rubbed the allergic rash
32:39flaring up on his arm,
32:41standing by Oliver's bed.
32:44suddenly he missed me so much,
32:45but he knew
32:46I was never coming back.
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