New🔥🔥🔥Kick Me Out? I'm Back As The Genius Heiress

DramaCine

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00:00:00My name was Elena Reed. No, I should have said Elena Harper.

00:00:04But for 23 years, I believed I was a Reed.

00:00:09Today, they finally found the excuse to kick me out of the house.

00:00:13Elena, our family has given you everything for 23 years, and this is how you repay us?

00:00:17You ungrateful brat! Pack your things and go back to that run-down village to find your real parents!

00:00:23Just moments ago, Sylvia deliberately shattered a glass, cut her own hand with the shards.

00:00:32And ran downstairs, crying.

00:00:36Claiming that I had pushed her and tried to ruin her face.

00:00:42Mom, don't be mad. I'm sure Elena didn't mean any harm.

00:00:48She's just struggling to accept that your love and dad's belong to me now.

00:00:53Please don't hold it against her.

00:00:55Her words sounded like she was pleading for me,

00:00:57but every sentence only made me look guiltier.

00:01:00No one asked me the truth.

00:01:02To think you'd be capable of such cruelty, trying to scar Sylvia's face.

00:01:06With a heart as wicked as yours, you don't deserve to stay in Foykland.

00:01:09I've already sent for your real parents.

00:01:11Pack your things and prepare to return to Cloudtream Village.

00:01:15Elena, next month is Darren and my engagement party.

00:01:19Even though you'll be going back to that remote village, I still hope you'll come.

00:01:23Darren had been my fiancé, but he had abandoned me.

00:01:29It's shocking that you want a garbage like him.

00:01:31If you want him, he's yours.

00:01:34Sylvia was speechless with rage.

00:01:36I turned and went upstairs, without looking back.

00:01:40I had no attachment to that family.

00:01:43By the time I came downstairs, Sylvia's hand, the one she had cut with the glass shards,

00:01:49was already neatly wrapped in bandages.

00:01:51Elena, I'll miss you.

00:01:53Sylvia said it hypocritically, then deliberately bumped into me.

00:01:57A necklace fell to the floor.

00:02:05Isn't this the necklace my mom gave me?

00:02:07How did it end up in your bag?

00:02:09Sylvia picked up the necklace and began accusing me of being a thief.

00:02:12You filthy thief!

00:02:14Do you know what this is?

00:02:15This had been designed by the world-famous Helena Walsh.

00:02:18I paid five million for it.

00:02:19I'm calling the police.

00:02:21What do you have to say for yourself?

00:02:23Call the police if you like.

00:02:25But if I didn't steal the necklace, how do you plan to make it up to me?

00:02:29Elena, don't be so stubborn.

00:02:30We only have one of Walsh's designs in our family.

00:02:34Sylvia handed the necklace to Cicely.

00:02:37Cicely looked at the number on it and froze.

00:02:40This, how could this be?

00:02:42I clearly bought number nine, so why does this say number one?

00:02:46Number one?

00:02:47That can't be.

00:02:48It's one of a kind in this world.

00:02:52I snatched the necklace back from them and walked out the door.

00:02:55Outside, an old, dust-covered van was parked at the entrance.

00:03:01Miss Harper, I sincerely apologize for my tardiness.

00:03:06I hadn't anticipated that there wouldn't be a helipath here.

00:03:10The helicopter had to be stationed farther away.

00:03:13To avoid further delays, I arranged for this vehicle instead.

00:03:19It hadn't been used in some time, so it may appear a little worn.

00:03:23I hope you don't mind.

00:03:25Only then did I take a closer look.

00:03:27This wasn't just any old van.

00:03:29It was a Maybach.

00:03:31An extremely rare, limited edition.

00:03:38Did you drag this junk out of a scrapyard?

00:03:46Declan took a box from the van and handed it to Cecily as a thank you gift for taking care

00:03:50of me over the years.

00:03:53But she refused.

00:03:54That won't be necessary.

00:03:56You may leave.

00:03:57Mr. Reed, are you certain?

00:04:00What good stuff could a hick from the strips possibly have?

00:04:03Just get out of here.

00:04:08They didn't know that inside the box were deeds to 23 properties.

00:04:1323 high-end jewelry pieces.

00:04:1623 luxury car keys and a bank card with a balance of 230 million.

00:04:22The helicopter touched down.

00:04:24The sight of Hillside Manor before me made one thing instantly clear.

00:04:29My biological parents were never poor farmers.

00:04:35Elena, my daughter.

00:04:37I finally found you.

00:04:41Jolie Harper hugged me with tears in her eyes.

00:04:44Her embrace was warm, completely different from Cecily's coldness.

00:04:51Here's 10 million.

00:04:52A gift for you.

00:04:54I'm giving you 10 million too.

00:04:58And this emerald jewelry set.

00:05:01Also for you.

00:05:02Only then did I learn who my biological parents,

00:05:05Alexander and Jolie, really were.

00:05:08One was the head of the Harper group.

00:05:10The other a woman of refined upbringing.

00:05:17You also have three brothers.

00:05:20Jeffrey, Ellis, and Louis.

00:05:23They all want to meet you.

00:05:29I was led inside the manor.

00:05:33The dining table was filled with fine cuisine.

00:05:37Jolie kept adding food to my plate.

00:05:39Eat a little more.

00:05:41You're too thin.

00:05:42Her eyes were filled with 23 years of pent-up guilt.

00:05:46For the first time,

00:05:47I understood what a mother's love felt like.

00:05:57Cecily had never given me this kind of warmth.

00:06:04This family belonged to a world

00:06:06the Reeds could never dream of entering.

00:06:12To make it up to me,

00:06:14Jolie took me to the Helena Jewelry Flagship Store

00:06:17to pick out accessories.

00:06:21But what I didn't expect

00:06:23was that we ran into Cecily and Sylvia by chance.

00:06:28The cheapest piece here costs at least a million.

00:06:31Can you even afford that?

00:06:33If you two can be here,

00:06:35why can't I?

00:06:37Sylvia suddenly snatched the ruby pendant from my hand

00:06:39and dropped it onto the floor.

00:06:46Elena!

00:06:47How could you be so clumsy?

00:06:49You couldn't even hold on to something so valuable!

00:06:55This pendant is 50 million.

00:06:58What?

00:07:00Elena,

00:07:01looks like you'll be paying off this pendant

00:07:03for the rest of your life.

00:07:04I didn't rush to argue.

00:07:08Instead,

00:07:09I had the clerk pull the surveillance footage.

00:07:17Cecily was stunned.

00:07:18They had to buy that extraordinarily priced pendant.

00:07:24Insufficient funds.

00:07:25But they didn't have the money.

00:07:27Elena,

00:07:28you scheming bitch.

00:07:30You planned this to humiliate us!

00:07:34That's how you treat my daughter?

00:07:36The collaboration between the Harper family

00:07:38and the Reed family

00:07:39is hereby terminated.

00:07:42Who do you think you are?

00:07:43Are you paying or not?

00:07:45You can't afford it?

00:07:47Of course we can!

00:07:50She had to call Darren,

00:07:51Sylvia's fiancé,

00:07:52for help.

00:07:55And they left in embarrassment.

00:07:59The next day,

00:08:00Benjamin and Cecily showed up

00:08:02at the entrance of Hillside Manor.

00:08:04When Cecily saw me walking out,

00:08:07she thought I was working as a maid.

00:08:09So you're working as a maid

00:08:10for the Harper family now?

00:08:12Better drop your little habit of stealing.

00:08:14When Benjamin and Cecily

00:08:15saw my father Alexander,

00:08:17they immediately put on flattering smiles

00:08:19and approached him.

00:08:21Mr. Harper,

00:08:22our partnership can't be terminated!

00:08:24Elena's real father is just a driver

00:08:26and her mother is from some backwater town.

00:08:28She's nothing but a liar!

00:08:29Don't let her fool you

00:08:30into thinking badly of us!

00:08:31Alexander's and Jolie's faces

00:08:33changed at the same time.

00:08:35Cecily had just insulted them

00:08:36to their faces.

00:08:38As of today,

00:08:40the Harper family

00:08:41cuts all ties

00:08:42with the Reed family.

00:08:44Permanently.

00:08:45Benjamin and Cecily were stunned.

00:08:47They had no idea

00:08:48what they had done wrong.

00:08:49They were escorted out by security.

00:08:56You ungrateful little wretch!

00:08:58Cecily was still cursing.

00:09:00She still had no idea

00:09:02who she was dealing with.

00:09:03After they were driven away,

00:09:04my eldest brother Jeffrey

00:09:06came home by car

00:09:08and happened to see me

00:09:09still using an old phone.

00:09:11You must be my sister, right?

00:09:13I haven't brought a gift,

00:09:14so let me give you some pocket money.

00:09:16Is a million enough?

00:09:17Jeffrey thought I was so poor.

00:09:19I couldn't even afford a smartphone.

00:09:22Scan here.

00:09:25I pulled out the latest smartphone

00:09:27and showed him the QR code.

00:09:29A deep, quiet chuckle

00:09:31came from inside the car.

00:09:33You tricked me?

00:09:34Jeffrey realized

00:09:35he had been tricked,

00:09:36but instead of getting mad,

00:09:38he laughed.

00:09:39The man in the car,

00:09:40Wesley Spencer,

00:09:42saw me for the first time.

00:09:44I'll be leaving now.

00:09:44Until next time.

00:09:45Wesley said goodbye

00:09:46to Jeffrey and left.

00:09:54I never got a clear look

00:09:56at that man's face.

00:09:57That day,

00:09:58my grandma Bertha

00:09:59was discharged

00:10:00from the hospital.

00:10:03The whole family

00:10:04gathered together.

00:10:06My cousin, Javier,

00:10:08gave Bertha a painting.

00:10:15I leaned in

00:10:16to take a closer look.

00:10:19What do you know about art?

00:10:21You're just pretending.

00:10:23Elena,

00:10:24it's okay if you don't understand.

00:10:26No one will laugh at you.

00:10:27Elise was my parents'

00:10:29adopted daughter.

00:10:30She sounded like

00:10:30she was defending me,

00:10:32but her words were

00:10:33dripping with sarcasm.

00:10:38This painting

00:10:40is a forgery.

00:10:42Peyton's authentic works

00:10:44have a lotus pattern

00:10:45in the lower left corner.

00:10:46When exposed to fire,

00:10:48it appears.

00:10:50What makes you so sure?

00:10:55My daughter

00:10:56wouldn't speak carelessly.

00:10:58Just give it a try.

00:10:59If any damage occurs,

00:11:00I'll take full responsibility.

00:11:02No way!

00:11:04I went through so much trouble

00:11:05to find this painting.

00:11:07There's no way

00:11:08I'm letting you burn it!

00:11:09The authentic piece

00:11:10is at the Spencer family's home.

00:11:12Borrow it and compare.

00:11:14Then you'll know.

00:11:16She's just trying

00:11:17to save face, isn't she?

00:11:19Elise thought I would lose.

00:11:20She was wrong.

00:11:23Wesley, can we borrow

00:11:24that painting

00:11:25from your collection?

00:11:26Let Elena come

00:11:27and get it herself.

00:11:28Jeffrey called Wesley

00:11:29to borrow the painting,

00:11:30but Wesley made a condition.

00:11:31He wanted me

00:11:32to come get it myself.

00:11:34I went to the

00:11:35Spenceran estate.

00:11:43For the first time,

00:11:44I saw Wesley Spencer.

00:11:46Chiseled features,

00:11:47deep eyes,

00:11:48an undeniable

00:11:49commanding presence.

00:11:50Do you know Elle?

00:11:53Who is Elle?

00:11:54He suddenly asked

00:11:55if I knew Elle.

00:11:56I didn't change

00:11:56my expression,

00:11:57but I knew

00:11:58he was testing me.

00:12:00Why would Wesley

00:12:01suspect me?

00:12:04What connection

00:12:05between me and Elle

00:12:06had he discovered?

00:12:09The painting

00:12:09is on the first floor.

00:12:11You may leave now.

00:12:15I didn't ask

00:12:16any more questions.

00:12:18I took the painting

00:12:19and left.

00:12:29But I knew

00:12:30this was only

00:12:32the beginning.

00:12:40He would keep testing me.

00:12:43I brought back

00:12:44the authentic painting

00:12:45from the Spencer family.

00:12:47The two paintings

00:12:49were displayed

00:12:50side by side.

00:12:55The flame approached.

00:12:57A beautiful

00:12:58lotus pattern

00:12:59appeared on the

00:13:00authentic piece.

00:13:02Everyone stared

00:13:03in shock

00:13:04at the lotus pattern

00:13:05appearing on the painting.

00:13:10There really is a lotus pattern.

00:13:12How could the painting

00:13:13I found

00:13:14be a fake?

00:13:16You dared to

00:13:17fool me

00:13:17with a forgery?

00:13:20Bertha tore up

00:13:21the forgery

00:13:21and shouted

00:13:22at Javier.

00:13:24Javier's face

00:13:24was darkened.

00:13:25His eyes

00:13:26were fixed

00:13:27on me

00:13:27with malice.

00:13:28This is my fault

00:13:30but I didn't

00:13:30mean to.

00:13:31Javier gave me

00:13:32a vicious glare.

00:13:34Elena!

00:13:35You're not even

00:13:36a Harper!

00:13:37You're not part

00:13:37of the Harper

00:13:38family yet!

00:13:39You!

00:13:39Javier wanted to say

00:13:40more but Alexander

00:13:41cut him off.

00:13:46Who says

00:13:47she's not

00:13:47a Harper?

00:13:50In three days

00:13:51I will hold

00:13:52a banquet

00:13:52to officially

00:13:53welcome Elena

00:13:54back.

00:13:55From now on

00:13:56she will be

00:13:57Elena Harper.

00:14:08The day

00:14:09of the banquet

00:14:09arrived.

00:14:10I walked

00:14:11into the banquet

00:14:12hall

00:14:12in a white

00:14:13dress.

00:14:21Everyone's

00:14:21eyes were

00:14:22on me.

00:14:23I knew

00:14:23from that

00:14:24day on

00:14:25I was

00:14:26Elena Harper.

00:14:31Ladies

00:14:32and gentlemen

00:14:32I have

00:14:33transferred

00:14:345%

00:14:35of Harper

00:14:35group shares

00:14:36to Elena.

00:14:405%

00:14:41that's

00:14:42an

00:14:42astronomical

00:14:43amount.

00:14:49Alexander

00:14:49is truly

00:14:51generous

00:14:52to this

00:14:52daughter.

00:14:53Ailisa

00:14:53stood in

00:14:54the corner

00:14:54her nails

00:14:55digging

00:14:56into her

00:14:56palms.

00:14:58She couldn't

00:14:59understand

00:14:59why the

00:14:59shares went

00:15:00to me

00:15:00an outsider

00:15:01who just

00:15:02came back

00:15:02when the

00:15:03Harper

00:15:03family had

00:15:04raised her

00:15:05for over

00:15:0520 years.

00:15:11In the

00:15:12corner

00:15:12a lesson

00:15:13stored at

00:15:13Debbie Scott

00:15:14to splash

00:15:14red wine

00:15:15on me.

00:15:16Debbie had

00:15:16just raised

00:15:17her glass

00:15:17when a

00:15:18girl

00:15:18accidentally

00:15:19walked by

00:15:20and bumped

00:15:20into her

00:15:21arm.

00:15:21The wine

00:15:22splashed all

00:15:23over Debbie's

00:15:24own face.

00:15:25Her makeup

00:15:25was a mess.

00:15:26she looked

00:15:27utterly

00:15:27ridiculous.

00:15:29My face!

00:15:31My dress!

00:15:37That girl

00:15:38looked back

00:15:38at me,

00:15:39nodded

00:15:39slightly,

00:15:40and then

00:15:40disappeared

00:15:41into the

00:15:41crowd.

00:15:42Only later

00:15:43did I learn

00:15:44her name.

00:15:45Kira

00:15:45Johnson,

00:15:46the youngest

00:15:47daughter of

00:15:47the Johnson

00:15:48family.

00:15:49A girl

00:15:50who couldn't

00:15:51speak nor

00:15:51hear.

00:15:54In the

00:15:54crowd,

00:15:55my eyes

00:15:55met the

00:15:55eyes of

00:15:56a man

00:15:56on the

00:15:57second

00:15:57floor.

00:15:58It was

00:15:59Wesley.

00:16:00He was

00:16:00watching me

00:16:01too.

00:16:06At the

00:16:07peak of

00:16:07the banquet,

00:16:08Wesley made

00:16:09an unexpected

00:16:09appearance.

00:16:11Isn't that

00:16:12Wesley?

00:16:13He never

00:16:13comes to

00:16:14these events.

00:16:14What is

00:16:15he doing

00:16:15here?

00:16:22This

00:16:23man,

00:16:23who never

00:16:24attended

00:16:24social

00:16:25events,

00:16:25walked

00:16:26straight

00:16:26towards

00:16:26me.

00:16:28This

00:16:29is for

00:16:29you.

00:16:33He

00:16:33handed

00:16:34me a

00:16:34velvet

00:16:34box.

00:16:36I

00:16:36opened it.

00:16:37Inside

00:16:38was an

00:16:38extremely

00:16:39rare

00:16:39pigeon

00:16:39blood

00:16:40ruby,

00:16:40a one-of-a-kind

00:16:41piece from

00:16:42the Spencer

00:16:42family's

00:16:43mine.

00:16:43Someone

00:16:44had offered

00:16:44billions

00:16:45for it,

00:16:45but he

00:16:46never sold

00:16:46it.

00:16:49Oh my

00:16:50god,

00:16:50is that

00:16:50the

00:16:51legendary

00:16:51pigeon

00:16:51blood

00:16:52ruby?

00:16:53Wesley gave

00:16:53it away?

00:16:54Is he

00:16:54insane?

00:16:55Elise was

00:16:56mad with

00:16:56jealousy.

00:17:01She

00:17:01deliberately

00:17:02went up to

00:17:02him and

00:17:03reached out

00:17:03to take

00:17:04his arm.

00:17:05Wesley,

00:17:06it's been

00:17:07so long.

00:17:08Do you

00:17:09remember me?

00:17:10I don't

00:17:11know you.

00:17:15Wesley

00:17:15took off

00:17:16the jacket

00:17:16that Ellis

00:17:17had touched

00:17:17and threw

00:17:18it away.

00:17:20Elise

00:17:21was

00:17:21humiliated.

00:17:26She

00:17:26ran away

00:17:27crying.

00:17:28Alexander

00:17:29watched the

00:17:29scene lost

00:17:30in thought.

00:17:34After

00:17:35the banquet,

00:17:36Elise

00:17:36went to

00:17:36Bertha,

00:17:37crying.

00:17:38Grandma,

00:17:39Elena

00:17:40bullied

00:17:40me.

00:17:41She

00:17:41deliberately

00:17:42humiliated

00:17:43me in

00:17:43front of

00:17:43everyone.

00:17:44Alexander

00:17:44gave 5%

00:17:45of the

00:17:46shares to

00:17:46Elena,

00:17:47but Elise

00:17:47got nothing.

00:17:48Is that

00:17:48fair?

00:17:49My

00:17:49aunt,

00:17:50Samira,

00:17:51took the

00:17:51chance to

00:17:52stir up

00:17:52trouble.

00:17:58Bertha

00:17:59was so

00:17:59angry that

00:18:00she had

00:18:00a heart

00:18:01attack and

00:18:02was rushed

00:18:02to the

00:18:03hospital.

00:18:04Alexander,

00:18:05I'm just

00:18:06saying,

00:18:06why not

00:18:07let Vince

00:18:07be the

00:18:08CEO?

00:18:09Vince was

00:18:10Samira's

00:18:10husband.

00:18:11Alexander

00:18:12looked coldly

00:18:13at Samira.

00:18:14He finally

00:18:15saw these

00:18:16people for

00:18:16who they

00:18:17really were.

00:18:18You'd

00:18:18better pray

00:18:19my mother

00:18:19is okay.

00:18:20If anything

00:18:21happens to

00:18:22her,

00:18:22I will

00:18:23hold you

00:18:23responsible.

00:18:25I was

00:18:26just...

00:18:26Samira's

00:18:27face turned

00:18:28ashen.

00:18:29She

00:18:30couldn't

00:18:30say a

00:18:30word.

00:18:31For the

00:18:31first time,

00:18:32she was

00:18:33truly afraid.

00:18:34The

00:18:35patient's

00:18:35blood

00:18:36worths

00:18:36have

00:18:36rupturedly.

00:18:37Her

00:18:37life is

00:18:38in danger.

00:18:39Unless

00:18:39the

00:18:39legendary

00:18:40doctor

00:18:40healer

00:18:40appears,

00:18:41there's

00:18:41nothing we

00:18:42can do.

00:18:42What do

00:18:42you mean

00:18:43nothing you

00:18:43can do?

00:18:44Aren't

00:18:44you

00:18:44doctors?

00:18:47Grandma

00:18:47is going

00:18:48to be

00:18:48okay,

00:18:49right?

00:18:52Everyone

00:18:53had given

00:18:53up hope.

00:18:55I stepped

00:18:55forward.

00:18:59I can

00:19:00save her.

00:19:01You?

00:19:02Don't

00:19:03be

00:19:03ridiculous.

00:19:05What do

00:19:05you know

00:19:06about

00:19:06medicine?

00:19:07Exactly.

00:19:08Don't

00:19:08make

00:19:08things

00:19:08worse.

00:19:10Miss,

00:19:11this is

00:19:12no joke.

00:19:14Elena,

00:19:15are you

00:19:16sure you

00:19:16can do

00:19:17this?

00:19:18Father,

00:19:19there's

00:19:20no other

00:19:20choice.

00:19:21Let me

00:19:21try.

00:19:23Let

00:19:24her

00:19:24try.

00:19:25If my

00:19:26mother

00:19:26doesn't

00:19:27wake up,

00:19:27I will

00:19:28resign as

00:19:28CEO.

00:19:32Alexander

00:19:33chose to

00:19:33believe in

00:19:34me.

00:19:37I took

00:19:38out the

00:19:38silver

00:19:38needles.

00:19:39The

00:19:40vice

00:19:40hospital

00:19:40director,

00:19:41Phil

00:19:41Benton,

00:19:42immediately

00:19:42recognized

00:19:43them.

00:19:44This is

00:19:44healer's

00:19:45silver

00:19:45needles.

00:19:46You are

00:19:47healer's

00:19:47apprentice.

00:20:0020

00:20:01minutes

00:20:01later,

00:20:02Bertha

00:20:02coughed up

00:20:03the pooled

00:20:03blood and

00:20:04was out

00:20:05of danger.

00:20:11Grandma

00:20:12is awake!

00:20:14The

00:20:15whole room

00:20:15fell

00:20:16silent.

00:20:17These

00:20:18silver

00:20:18needles

00:20:18are

00:20:19healer's

00:20:19trademark.

00:20:20You are

00:20:21healer's

00:20:21apprentice.

00:20:22My heart

00:20:22skipped

00:20:23a bait.

00:20:24My mentor

00:20:24only took

00:20:25me in

00:20:25six years

00:20:26ago,

00:20:26but

00:20:26healer

00:20:27had

00:20:27died

00:20:27ten

00:20:27years

00:20:28ago.

00:20:28They

00:20:28were

00:20:29not

00:20:29the

00:20:29same

00:20:29person.

00:20:30I

00:20:31don't

00:20:31know

00:20:31anything

00:20:31about

00:20:32any

00:20:32healer.

00:20:33Impossible!

00:20:34These

00:20:34silver

00:20:34needles

00:20:35belong

00:20:35only

00:20:35to

00:20:36healer!

00:20:36I

00:20:37denied

00:20:37it

00:20:37firmly.

00:20:38No

00:20:38one

00:20:38believed

00:20:39me,

00:20:39but

00:20:39no

00:20:40one

00:20:40asked

00:20:40further.

00:20:45Elena.

00:20:46Thank you

00:20:47for saving

00:20:48me.

00:20:49After Bertha

00:20:50woke up,

00:20:50her attitude

00:20:51toward me

00:20:52became noticeably

00:20:53warmer.

00:20:54Ellie stood

00:20:54at the

00:20:55hospital room

00:20:55door,

00:20:56watching this

00:20:57scene,

00:20:58grinding her

00:20:58teeth with

00:20:59hatred.

00:21:00Why does she

00:21:01get all the

00:21:01attention every

00:21:02time?

00:21:03After Bertha's

00:21:04condition

00:21:04stabilized,

00:21:06Alexander and

00:21:07Jolie reviewed

00:21:07the whole

00:21:08incident.

00:21:13It was

00:21:14Elise who

00:21:15went crying

00:21:15to Bertha

00:21:16and Samira

00:21:17who stirred

00:21:18up trouble.

00:21:20That's

00:21:20what caused

00:21:21Bertha's

00:21:21heart attack.

00:21:28I

00:21:28raised you

00:21:29for over

00:21:2920 years,

00:21:30but you

00:21:31nearly

00:21:31caused

00:21:32Bertha's

00:21:32death

00:21:33just for

00:21:33some

00:21:33shares.

00:21:35This

00:21:36time,

00:21:36I will

00:21:37not

00:21:37forgive

00:21:37you.

00:21:42Jolie,

00:21:43I didn't

00:21:44mean to.

00:21:46I was

00:21:47just so

00:21:48upset.

00:21:49Elise

00:21:50kept crying

00:21:50to Jolie,

00:21:52trying to

00:21:53win her

00:21:53forgiveness.

00:21:55Pack your

00:21:56things.

00:21:57Move

00:21:57out.

00:21:58And stay

00:21:59away from

00:21:59my mother.

00:22:02Elise was

00:22:03kicked out

00:22:03of Alexander's

00:22:04house and

00:22:05moved next

00:22:05door to

00:22:06Vince's.

00:22:14As she

00:22:14passed me,

00:22:15she glared

00:22:16at me

00:22:16fiercely.

00:22:17Don't

00:22:18get too

00:22:18cocky.

00:22:19Soon,

00:22:20you'll be

00:22:21the one

00:22:21getting kicked

00:22:22out.

00:22:25I'll be

00:22:26waiting.

00:22:32Samira's

00:22:32face was

00:22:33ashen.

00:22:33She had

00:22:34just been

00:22:34put in

00:22:34her place

00:22:35in front

00:22:35of Bertha

00:22:36and now

00:22:36Elise was

00:22:37kicked out

00:22:37too.

00:22:41That day,

00:22:43Bertha

00:22:43called everyone

00:22:44together and

00:22:45made a big

00:22:45announcement.

00:22:49I want to

00:22:50give the

00:22:50jewelry company

00:22:51Leopard X to

00:22:53Elena.

00:22:55Grandma, I

00:22:56studied jewelry

00:22:57design.

00:22:58Why should she

00:22:59get it?

00:23:00Exactly.

00:23:01Elise is

00:23:01a professional.

00:23:03Elena didn't

00:23:04even go to

00:23:05college, did

00:23:06she?

00:23:07When Elise and

00:23:08Samira heard

00:23:09this, they

00:23:10immediately became

00:23:11anxious.

00:23:12I earned my

00:23:13PhD from Imperial

00:23:14University when I

00:23:15was 23.

00:23:16What?

00:23:21they hadn't

00:23:22expected that

00:23:23not only had

00:23:24I gone to

00:23:24college, but

00:23:25I had also

00:23:26earned a

00:23:26doctorate.

00:23:27Fair

00:23:28competition.

00:23:29Whoever

00:23:30secures the

00:23:31Spencer group's

00:23:31partnership gets

00:23:33Leopard X.

00:23:35Elise smirked.

00:23:36She thought

00:23:37she had the

00:23:37upper hand.

00:23:41Fine.

00:23:42I'll make

00:23:42Wesley give me

00:23:43the partnership.

00:23:44I knew very

00:23:44well.

00:23:45Wesley hated

00:23:46being pestered

00:23:47by women.

00:23:47Elise's so-called

00:23:48knowing him was

00:23:49nothing but

00:23:49wishful thinking.

00:23:51Elise, Anne, and

00:23:51I started at

00:23:52Leopard X on the

00:23:53same day.

00:23:55The person in

00:23:56charge, Paige,

00:23:58received us.

00:24:00Miss Elise Harper,

00:24:02here is your

00:24:02private office.

00:24:11You?

00:24:13Sit on that

00:24:14bench in the

00:24:15corner.

00:24:16She settled

00:24:17Elise into a

00:24:18private office,

00:24:19then pointed to

00:24:20the bench in the

00:24:20corner that

00:24:21everyone looked

00:24:22down on.

00:24:23Why don't I

00:24:24have an office?

00:24:27Paige couldn't

00:24:28help but

00:24:29snigger.

00:24:30What do you

00:24:31have to compete

00:24:32with Elise?

00:24:33She's a daughter

00:24:34of the Harper

00:24:34family.

00:24:39I am also a

00:24:40daughter of the

00:24:41Harper family.

00:24:46you?

00:24:50Just then,

00:24:52Monica walked in

00:24:53from outside.

00:24:54The moment she

00:24:55saw me, she

00:24:56hurried over.

00:24:59Darling, what are

00:25:01you doing here?

00:25:06Mrs. Hayes?

00:25:07Seeing how

00:25:09familiar Monica

00:25:10was with me,

00:25:11Paige was

00:25:12stunned.

00:25:15Elise's

00:25:16expression shifted

00:25:17slightly.

00:25:18She couldn't

00:25:18understand how

00:25:19Monica knew me.

00:25:21No one knew

00:25:22that Monica was

00:25:2310th place in the

00:25:24international jewelry

00:25:25design competition

00:25:26seven years ago.

00:25:28And first place

00:25:30was Helena.

00:25:31That is,

00:25:32me.

00:25:33Monica had

00:25:34always admired

00:25:35me.

00:25:35Over the years,

00:25:36she had

00:25:37carefully maintained

00:25:37this friendship.

00:25:39Give this office

00:25:39to Elena,

00:25:40the one across

00:25:41from mine.

00:25:42But that was

00:25:43reserved for

00:25:44Miss Elise Harper.

00:25:45Elise can take

00:25:46a regular desk.

00:25:48Is there a

00:25:49problem?

00:25:53No.

00:25:54She gave me

00:25:54the private office

00:25:55that was originally

00:25:56reserved for Elise,

00:25:57the one across

00:25:58from hers.

00:25:59Bigger.

00:26:00With a better

00:26:00view.

00:26:02Why?

00:26:04Because I'm

00:26:05in charge here.

00:26:06Is that

00:26:07reason enough?

00:26:10Elise watched

00:26:11all this

00:26:11through gritted

00:26:12teeth,

00:26:13her hatred

00:26:13deepening.

00:26:15This office,

00:26:16once I secure

00:26:17the contract,

00:26:18I'll take it

00:26:18back sooner

00:26:19or later.

00:26:20And when I do,

00:26:21you'd better

00:26:22get the hell

00:26:23out.

00:26:27In response

00:26:28to her harsh

00:26:28words,

00:26:29I just smiled

00:26:30faintly.

00:26:31she finally

00:26:32realized Elena

00:26:33was not someone

00:26:34she could easily

00:26:35tremble.

00:26:39Design department

00:26:41manager Ruby Lopez

00:26:42couldn't stand me.

00:26:43She caused

00:26:44trouble for me

00:26:45at every turn.

00:26:50Move!

00:26:51You're blocking

00:26:52the elevator!

00:26:54You were the

00:26:55last one in.

00:26:56The elevator

00:26:57is overloaded.

00:26:58You should be

00:26:58the one to get

00:26:59off.

00:27:02You!

00:27:07I knew she

00:27:08was deliberately

00:27:08trying to make

00:27:09things difficult

00:27:10for me,

00:27:11but I wasn't

00:27:12going to give

00:27:12in.

00:27:14I heard you

00:27:15got in through

00:27:15connections.

00:27:16No wonder

00:27:17you don't know

00:27:18anything.

00:27:19How many years

00:27:19has Leopard X

00:27:20gone without a

00:27:20hit piece?

00:27:21If I start

00:27:22designing,

00:27:22you'll be

00:27:22completely outdone

00:27:23by me.

00:27:24If you can

00:27:25design a

00:27:26hit piece,

00:27:26I'll resign!

00:27:27If you lose,

00:27:28you'll apologize

00:27:29publicly and

00:27:30leave the company!

00:27:31Remember what

00:27:31you said?

00:27:34Ruby dismissed

00:27:36me with contempt.

00:27:37She was convinced

00:27:38that a woman who

00:27:38got in through

00:27:39connections had

00:27:40no design talent.

00:27:41She didn't know

00:27:42that the person

00:27:43she was facing

00:27:44was Helena

00:27:45herself.

00:27:45To take over

00:27:47the company,

00:27:48I needed to

00:27:48secure the

00:27:49Spencer Group

00:27:50partnership,

00:27:50but Wesley's

00:27:51whereabouts

00:27:52were a mystery.

00:27:56I had to

00:27:57call Jeffrey

00:27:58to ask for

00:27:58Wesley's address.

00:28:01What do you

00:28:02need him for?

00:28:03Work related.

00:28:04Grandma is

00:28:05having Elise

00:28:05and me compete

00:28:06for Leopard X.

00:28:08Whoever secures

00:28:09Spencer Group's

00:28:09partnership wins.

00:28:15Imperial Club.

00:28:16Just use

00:28:17my name.

00:28:23I arrived

00:28:24at Imperial Club.

00:28:27As soon

00:28:27as I entered

00:28:28the lobby,

00:28:28I saw that

00:28:29Elise had

00:28:30already gotten

00:28:30there ahead

00:28:31of me.

00:28:32I'm

00:28:32Jeffrey Harper's

00:28:33family.

00:28:34Of course,

00:28:34Miss Harper.

00:28:35This way,

00:28:36please.

00:28:36She claimed

00:28:36to be

00:28:37Jeffrey's family

00:28:38and got in

00:28:38effortlessly.

00:28:39Hey gorgeous,

00:28:40here alone,

00:28:41call me honey

00:28:42and I'll

00:28:43take you

00:28:43inside.

00:28:44This place

00:28:45isn't for

00:28:45just anyone.

00:28:47Unfazed,

00:28:47I walked

00:28:48to the

00:28:48front desk

00:28:49and slowly

00:28:49pulled out

00:28:50a black

00:28:50card from

00:28:51my bag.

00:28:53The receptionist

00:28:54took the

00:28:54black card

00:28:55and examined

00:28:56it carefully.

00:28:57Her face

00:28:57changed

00:28:57dramatically.

00:28:59You're

00:29:00a black

00:29:00card holder?

00:29:01Please,

00:29:02come with

00:29:02me.

00:29:02I'll show

00:29:03you the

00:29:03way.

00:29:03This was

00:29:04one of

00:29:04only a few

00:29:05black cards

00:29:06in the

00:29:06world at

00:29:07Imperial Club.

00:29:08In

00:29:08Clytay,

00:29:09only

00:29:10Wesley

00:29:10had

00:29:10one.

00:29:11Be

00:29:11black

00:29:11card?

00:29:12No way!

00:29:13Did I

00:29:14just say

00:29:14something

00:29:14stupid?

00:29:15You don't

00:29:16think she'll

00:29:16hold a

00:29:17grudge,

00:29:17do you?

00:29:18The rich

00:29:19guys who

00:29:19had mocked

00:29:20me shut

00:29:20up instantly.

00:29:21The one

00:29:22who said

00:29:22call me

00:29:22honey and

00:29:23I'll

00:29:23take you

00:29:23inside

00:29:24turned

00:29:24pale.

00:29:25I went

00:29:26up to

00:29:26the top

00:29:26floor

00:29:27billiards

00:29:27room.

00:29:28Wesley

00:29:29was

00:29:29lazily

00:29:30smoking

00:29:30a

00:29:30cigarette,

00:29:31his

00:29:31long

00:29:32legs

00:29:32casually

00:29:33crossed,

00:29:34radiating

00:29:34a

00:29:35do-not

00:29:35approach

00:29:35aura.

00:29:37Wesley,

00:29:38this is

00:29:38Leopard X's

00:29:39proposal.

00:29:40We're

00:29:40willing to

00:29:41give up

00:29:41all profits

00:29:42just to

00:29:42have a

00:29:42counter in

00:29:43the

00:29:43duty-free

00:29:43zone.

00:29:44Ellie's

00:29:44confidently

00:29:45handed over

00:29:45the proposal,

00:29:46believing she

00:29:47had offered

00:29:47an irresistible

00:29:48deal,

00:29:49but Wesley

00:29:50didn't even

00:29:50glance at

00:29:51her.

00:29:52His eyes

00:29:53were fixed

00:29:53on me.

00:30:00I picked

00:30:01up a

00:30:01cue

00:30:01stick

00:30:01and

00:30:02walked

00:30:02toward

00:30:02Wesley.

00:30:03Let's

00:30:04play a

00:30:04game.

00:30:05The

00:30:05loser

00:30:05grants

00:30:06the

00:30:06winner

00:30:06one

00:30:06request.

00:30:07Fine.

00:30:08Wesley

00:30:09put out

00:30:09his

00:30:09cigarette

00:30:10and

00:30:10stood

00:30:10up.

00:30:11Ellie

00:30:11smirked

00:30:12to

00:30:12herself.

00:30:13She

00:30:13probably

00:30:13thought

00:30:14I

00:30:14was

00:30:14asking

00:30:14for

00:30:15humiliation.

00:30:16Wesley

00:30:16has

00:30:16never

00:30:17lost.

00:30:17She's

00:30:18digging

00:30:18her

00:30:18own

00:30:18grave.

00:30:19If

00:30:20you

00:30:20lose,

00:30:21I

00:30:21want

00:30:21to

00:30:22see

00:30:22Elle.

00:30:22my

00:30:23heart

00:30:23tightened.

00:30:24was

00:30:24still

00:30:25suspicious

00:30:25of

00:30:25me.

00:30:26had

00:30:26never

00:30:26given

00:30:26up

00:30:27on

00:30:27finding

00:30:27Elle's

00:30:28true

00:30:28identity.

00:30:30If

00:30:31I

00:30:31win,

00:30:32Spencer

00:30:32group

00:30:33gives

00:30:33the

00:30:33duty-free

00:30:34counter

00:30:34to

00:30:34Leopard

00:30:34X.

00:30:36Deal.

00:30:39You

00:30:39break.

00:30:50I

00:30:50lean

00:30:50down,

00:30:51aimed,

00:30:52and

00:30:52struck.

00:30:55The

00:30:56balls

00:30:56scattered.

00:30:57Four

00:30:58dropped

00:30:58into

00:30:59pockets.

00:31:01Four

00:31:02on the

00:31:02break?

00:31:03How

00:31:03is

00:31:03that

00:31:03possible?

00:31:08Who

00:31:08is

00:31:09she?

00:31:11The

00:31:11whole

00:31:12room

00:31:12gasped.

00:31:13Ellie's

00:31:14smile

00:31:14frozen

00:31:15on

00:31:15her

00:31:15face.

00:31:18I

00:31:19calculated

00:31:19every

00:31:20angle

00:31:20with

00:31:20precision.

00:31:22The

00:31:22balls

00:31:22dropped

00:31:22into

00:31:23the

00:31:23pockets

00:31:23one

00:31:24by

00:31:24one.

00:31:25She

00:31:26sunk

00:31:26another

00:31:26one.

00:31:27That's

00:31:27five.

00:31:28Wesley

00:31:29hasn't

00:31:29even

00:31:29had a

00:31:30turn.

00:31:30I've

00:31:31never

00:31:31seen

00:31:31anyone

00:31:31dominate

00:31:32Wesley

00:31:32like

00:31:33this.

00:31:33Elise's

00:31:34hands

00:31:34were clenched

00:31:35white.

00:31:36She

00:31:36had

00:31:36expected

00:31:37Wesley

00:31:37to

00:31:37crush

00:31:38me.

00:31:39But

00:31:39now

00:31:39the

00:31:40tables

00:31:40had

00:31:40completely

00:31:41turned.

00:31:42The

00:31:43last ball

00:31:43dropped.

00:31:44Wesley

00:31:45never

00:31:45got a

00:31:45chance

00:31:45to

00:31:46play.

00:31:46He

00:31:47lost.

00:31:49I

00:31:50win.

00:31:51Yeah.

00:31:52He said

00:31:52only one

00:31:53word,

00:31:53flatly,

00:31:54but I

00:31:54could see

00:31:54something

00:31:55different

00:31:55in his

00:31:55eyes.

00:31:56Not

00:31:56anger,

00:31:57but

00:31:57appreciation.

00:31:58I'll

00:31:59bring the

00:31:59formal

00:31:59proposal

00:32:00tomorrow

00:32:00to

00:32:00sign

00:32:00the

00:32:01contract.

00:32:02Elise's

00:32:02face

00:32:03looked

00:32:03terrible.

00:32:04That

00:32:04give up

00:32:05all

00:32:05profits

00:32:05proposal

00:32:06she had

00:32:06just

00:32:06presented

00:32:07was

00:32:07now

00:32:07a

00:32:08complete

00:32:08joke.

00:32:09What

00:32:09made

00:32:09her

00:32:09even

00:32:10more

00:32:10miserable

00:32:11was

00:32:11that

00:32:11Wesley

00:32:12had

00:32:12never

00:32:12once

00:32:12looked

00:32:13at

00:32:13her

00:32:13properly.

00:32:14Early

00:32:14the

00:32:14next

00:32:14morning,

00:32:15before

00:32:15the

00:32:16sun

00:32:16was

00:32:16fully

00:32:16up,

00:32:17Elise

00:32:17took

00:32:18her

00:32:18employee

00:32:18Christy

00:32:19and

00:32:19rushed

00:32:20to

00:32:20Spencer

00:32:20Group.

00:32:26I'm

00:32:27here

00:32:27to

00:32:27sign

00:32:27the

00:32:27contract.

00:32:28Where

00:32:29is

00:32:29Wesley?

00:32:30Wesley's

00:32:31assistant,

00:32:31Felix,

00:32:32received

00:32:32her.

00:32:34Please

00:32:35follow

00:32:35me.

00:32:36Mr.

00:32:36Spencer

00:32:36is

00:32:36waiting

00:32:37in

00:32:37his

00:32:37office.

00:32:42Felix

00:32:43brought

00:32:43them

00:32:43into

00:32:43the

00:32:44office.

00:32:46Elise

00:32:46thought

00:32:46victory

00:32:47was

00:32:47in

00:32:47her

00:32:48wrath.

00:32:50Wesley,

00:32:51I'm

00:32:51here to

00:32:51sign

00:32:52the

00:32:52contract.

00:32:53Here

00:32:53are

00:32:53Leopard

00:32:53X's

00:32:53official

00:32:54documents.

00:32:58Who

00:32:58told

00:32:59you

00:32:59to

00:32:59come?

00:33:00I

00:33:01isn't

00:33:02about

00:33:02signing

00:33:02the

00:33:02contract?

00:33:03Didn't

00:33:03we

00:33:04agree

00:33:04yesterday?

00:33:05I'm

00:33:06waiting

00:33:06for

00:33:06Elena.

00:33:08Not

00:33:09you.

00:33:10Get

00:33:11out.

00:33:12Whether

00:33:12it's

00:33:13me

00:33:13or

00:33:13Elena,

00:33:14we

00:33:14both

00:33:15represent

00:33:15Leopard

00:33:15X.

00:33:16It's

00:33:16the

00:33:17same

00:33:17whoever

00:33:17you

00:33:17sign

00:33:18with.

00:33:25Felix,

00:33:26show

00:33:27them

00:33:27out.

00:33:32Elise

00:33:33was

00:33:33kicked

00:33:33out,

00:33:34completely

00:33:34humiliated.

00:33:35I

00:33:35signed

00:33:36the

00:33:36contract

00:33:36and

00:33:37returned

00:33:37to

00:33:37Leopard

00:33:37X.

00:33:38As I

00:33:38pushed

00:33:39open the

00:33:39office

00:33:39door,

00:33:40I

00:33:40saw

00:33:40Ruby

00:33:41heaving

00:33:41by her

00:33:41workstation.

00:33:45Arms

00:33:45crossed

00:33:46wearing an

00:33:46expression that

00:33:47said she

00:33:47was waiting

00:33:48to see me

00:33:48fail.

00:33:50You

00:33:50didn't get

00:33:51the contract,

00:33:52did you?

00:33:52I knew

00:33:53it.

00:33:54What

00:33:54could a

00:33:55woman

00:33:55like

00:33:55you

00:33:55who

00:33:56only

00:33:56got

00:33:56in

00:33:56through

00:33:56connections

00:33:57possibly

00:33:58accomplish?

00:34:03What

00:34:03do you

00:34:03think

00:34:04this

00:34:04is?

00:34:05Unfazed,

00:34:06I

00:34:06opened

00:34:06my

00:34:07phone

00:34:07and

00:34:07showed

00:34:07Ruby

00:34:08a

00:34:08photo.

00:34:09How

00:34:10do you

00:34:10have

00:34:10this

00:34:10photo?

00:34:11The

00:34:11photo

00:34:12showed

00:34:12Ruby

00:34:13with

00:34:13a

00:34:13middle-aged

00:34:14man,

00:34:14her

00:34:15sugar

00:34:15daddy.

00:34:19A

00:34:19married

00:34:20man

00:34:20who

00:34:21owned

00:34:21a

00:34:21glass

00:34:21flanctory.

00:34:24Give

00:34:25me

00:34:25that

00:34:25phone!

00:34:27Ruby

00:34:27turned

00:34:27pale and

00:34:28lunged to

00:34:28grab my

00:34:29phone.

00:34:29I

00:34:29sidestepped

00:34:30and she

00:34:31missed.

00:34:33Just

00:34:34then,

00:34:34the man's

00:34:35wife burst

00:34:35in.

00:34:36You

00:34:37homewrecker!

00:34:38How

00:34:38dare you

00:34:39seduce my

00:34:39husband!

00:34:40I'm

00:34:40gonna tear

00:34:40that

00:34:41face of

00:34:41yours

00:34:41apart!

00:34:42No!

00:34:43No!

00:34:44No!

00:34:46No!

00:34:47No!

00:34:48No!

00:34:51The

00:34:52wife

00:34:52from

00:34:52the

00:34:52photo

00:34:52burst

00:34:53into

00:34:53the

00:34:53office,

00:34:53fist,

00:34:54and

00:34:54publicly

00:34:54beat

00:34:54Ruby.

00:34:55The

00:34:55whole

00:34:56office

00:34:56was

00:34:56in

00:34:56chaos.

00:34:57I

00:34:57watched

00:34:58it

00:34:58all

00:34:58calmly.

00:34:58If

00:34:59you

00:34:59come

00:34:59after

00:34:59me,

00:35:00be

00:35:00prepared

00:35:00to

00:35:00face

00:35:01the

00:35:01consequences.

00:35:02The

00:35:03day

00:35:03of

00:35:03the

00:35:03jewelry

00:35:04exhibition,

00:35:05the

00:35:05entire

00:35:05hall

00:35:06was

00:35:06brightly

00:35:07lit.

00:35:08Klath

00:35:08is

00:35:08elite

00:35:09and

00:35:09dignitaries

00:35:10gathered

00:35:10together.

00:35:14My

00:35:15bracelet

00:35:15design

00:35:16debuted

00:35:16as

00:35:16the

00:35:16finale

00:35:17piece.

00:35:18The

00:35:18moment

00:35:18it

00:35:18appeared,

00:35:19it

00:35:20stunned

00:35:20the

00:35:20entire

00:35:21audience.

00:35:22Oh

00:35:23my

00:35:23god,

00:35:23who

00:35:23designed

00:35:23this?

00:35:24It's

00:35:24gorgeous!

00:35:25Leopardyx

00:35:25making a

00:35:25comeback

00:35:26this

00:35:26year.

00:35:26This

00:35:27design

00:35:27is

00:35:27incredible.

00:35:28I've

00:35:28never

00:35:28seen

00:35:28such

00:35:29an

00:35:29inspired

00:35:29piece.

00:35:32My

00:35:33piece

00:35:33was

00:35:34undoubtedly

00:35:34the

00:35:34center

00:35:35piece.

00:35:35Everyone

00:35:36was

00:35:36asking

00:35:36who

00:35:37the

00:35:37designer

00:35:37was.

00:35:40At

00:35:41the

00:35:41celebration

00:35:42banquet,

00:35:43just as

00:35:43everyone

00:35:44raised

00:35:44their

00:35:44glasses,

00:35:45Elise

00:35:46suddenly

00:35:46walked

00:35:46onto

00:35:47the

00:35:47stage

00:35:47crying.

00:35:52My

00:35:52design

00:35:53sketches

00:35:53are

00:35:53missing.

00:35:54The

00:35:54piece

00:35:55Alina

00:35:55showed

00:35:56is

00:35:56exactly

00:35:56the

00:35:57same

00:35:57as

00:35:57the

00:35:57one

00:35:57I

00:35:57lost.

00:35:58She

00:35:59stole

00:35:59my

00:35:59design!

00:36:00The

00:36:00whole

00:36:01room

00:36:01was

00:36:01in

00:36:01an

00:36:01uproar.

00:36:03Whispered

00:36:04accusations

00:36:04flooded

00:36:05in

00:36:05like

00:36:06a

00:36:06tidal

00:36:06wave

00:36:07all

00:36:07pointing

00:36:08at

00:36:08me.

00:36:11Elena,

00:36:12admit

00:36:13your

00:36:13mistake.

00:36:14Don't

00:36:15make

00:36:15this

00:36:15ugly

00:36:15for

00:36:16everyone.

00:36:19I

00:36:20stood

00:36:20on

00:36:21the

00:36:21stage

00:36:23watching

00:36:24their

00:36:24annex

00:36:25without

00:36:25any

00:36:26expression.

00:36:32section.

00:36:33You

00:36:33say

00:36:33this

00:36:33is

00:36:33your

00:36:34design?

00:36:35Yes!

00:36:36It's

00:36:37mine!

00:36:37You

00:36:38stole

00:36:38my

00:36:38sketches!

00:36:42Then

00:36:42tell

00:36:42me,

00:36:43which

00:36:44section

00:36:44is

00:36:44the

00:36:44hidden

00:36:44clasp

00:36:45on?

00:36:53Section

00:36:54two.

00:36:56Are

00:36:57you

00:36:57sure?

00:36:58At

00:36:58my

00:36:59question,

00:37:00Elise

00:37:00was

00:37:00clearly

00:37:01panicking.

00:37:05Section

00:37:05three!

00:37:06It's

00:37:07section

00:37:07three!

00:37:08I

00:37:08was

00:37:08just

00:37:08too

00:37:09nervous

00:37:09and

00:37:09said

00:37:09it

00:37:09wrong!

00:37:10I

00:37:10raised

00:37:10the

00:37:11bracelet

00:37:11and

00:37:11showed

00:37:11it

00:37:12to

00:37:12everyone.

00:37:13Under

00:37:14the

00:37:14lights,

00:37:14every

00:37:15detail

00:37:15of

00:37:15the

00:37:15bracelet

00:37:16was

00:37:16clearly

00:37:17visible.

00:37:18This

00:37:18design

00:37:19has

00:37:19no

00:37:19hidden

00:37:20clasp

00:37:20at

00:37:20all.

00:37:21Would

00:37:22a

00:37:22real

00:37:22designer

00:37:23not

00:37:23know

00:37:23whether

00:37:23their

00:37:24own

00:37:24work

00:37:24has

00:37:24one?

00:37:27She's

00:37:28right!

00:37:28There's

00:37:28no

00:37:28hidden

00:37:29clasp

00:37:29on the

00:37:29bracelet

00:37:30at

00:37:30all!

00:37:30I

00:37:30just

00:37:30looked!

00:37:31Carefully!

00:37:33Then

00:37:33what's

00:37:34this

00:37:34about

00:37:34Ely

00:37:34losing

00:37:35her

00:37:35sketches?

00:37:36Is

00:37:36she

00:37:36trying

00:37:36to

00:37:37frame

00:37:37Elena?

00:37:39Elisee's

00:37:39face

00:37:40turned

00:37:40pale.

00:37:41She

00:37:41couldn't

00:37:42utter

00:37:42a

00:37:42single

00:37:42word.

00:37:43Tears

00:37:44still

00:37:44hung

00:37:44on

00:37:44her

00:37:44face,

00:37:45but

00:37:45no

00:37:46one

00:37:46felt

00:37:46sorry

00:37:47for

00:37:47her

00:37:47anymore.

00:37:50Elena

00:37:50is

00:37:50the

00:37:51real

00:37:51daughter

00:37:51of

00:37:51the

00:37:51Harper

00:37:51family!

00:37:52Didn't

00:37:52any

00:37:52of

00:37:52you

00:37:52know?

00:37:53In

00:37:53the

00:37:53heat

00:37:54of

00:37:54the

00:37:54argument,

00:37:54Monica

00:37:55blurted

00:37:55it

00:37:55out.

00:37:56The

00:37:56whole

00:37:56room

00:37:56fell

00:37:57into

00:37:57dead

00:37:57silence.

00:37:58What?

00:37:59Elena

00:37:59is

00:37:59the

00:37:59real

00:38:00daughter

00:38:00of

00:38:00the

00:38:00Harper

00:38:01family?

00:38:01Then

00:38:02what

00:38:02about

00:38:02Elise?

00:38:03She's

00:38:03always

00:38:03been

00:38:04saying

00:38:04she's

00:38:04a

00:38:04daughter

00:38:04of

00:38:05the

00:38:05Harper

00:38:05family.

00:38:06I've

00:38:07never

00:38:07heard

00:38:07Elena

00:38:07mention

00:38:08it,

00:38:08but

00:38:09Elise

00:38:09tells

00:38:10everyone

00:38:11she's

00:38:11a

00:38:11Harper.

00:38:12All

00:38:13the

00:38:13colleagues

00:38:14had

00:38:14thought

00:38:14Elise

00:38:14was

00:38:15the

00:38:15real

00:38:15Harper

00:38:15daughter

00:38:16and

00:38:16I

00:38:16was

00:38:16just

00:38:17a

00:38:17connection

00:38:17higher.

00:38:18Now

00:38:19the

00:38:19truth

00:38:19came

00:38:19out.

00:38:21Alice

00:38:21was

00:38:21only

00:38:22an

00:38:22adopted

00:38:22daughter.

00:38:23Even

00:38:23more

00:38:24awkward

00:38:24was

00:38:24that

00:38:24Elise

00:38:25had

00:38:25always

00:38:25hinted

00:38:26that

00:38:26she

00:38:26was

00:38:26the

00:38:26Harper

00:38:27family's

00:38:27daughter

00:38:27and

00:38:28had

00:38:28never

00:38:28corrected

00:38:29anyone's

00:38:29misunderstanding.

00:38:34Elise

00:38:34bit her

00:38:35lip and

00:38:35ran out of

00:38:36the banquet

00:38:36crying.

00:38:37Samira's

00:38:37face

00:38:38was

00:38:38livid.

00:38:39The

00:38:40next

00:38:40day,

00:38:41news

00:38:41exploded

00:38:42everywhere.

00:38:43Leopard

00:38:43Tech's

00:38:43rising

00:38:44designer

00:38:44Elena

00:38:45Harpent

00:38:45suspected

00:38:46of

00:38:46plagiaring

00:38:47Helena

00:38:47Walsh's

00:38:48classic

00:38:48work.

00:38:49Side-by-side

00:38:50comparison

00:38:50images

00:38:51showed

00:38:51that my

00:38:51bracelet

00:38:52looked

00:38:52strikingly

00:38:53similar

00:38:53to

00:38:53Helena's

00:38:54iconic

00:38:54piece.

00:38:55The

00:38:55angles,

00:38:56lines,

00:38:57even

00:38:57the

00:38:57curves

00:38:57of

00:38:57the

00:38:57details

00:38:58matched.

00:39:10The

00:39:11comments

00:39:11were

00:39:11all

00:39:11insults.

00:39:12My

00:39:13name

00:39:13became

00:39:13the

00:39:14target

00:39:14of

00:39:14an

00:39:14online

00:39:15backlash

00:39:15overnight.

00:39:17Let's

00:39:18see how

00:39:18you get

00:39:18out of

00:39:19this

00:39:19one.

00:39:20Once

00:39:20the

00:39:20plagiar

00:39:21of

00:39:21accusation

00:39:22sticks,

00:39:22you'll

00:39:23never

00:39:23work in

00:39:23the

00:39:23jewelry

00:39:24industry

00:39:24again.

00:39:26Samira

00:39:26was

00:39:27gloating.

00:39:34Just

00:39:35then,

00:39:35two

00:39:36vice

00:39:36presidents

00:39:36of the

00:39:37Jewelry

00:39:37Design

00:39:38Association

00:39:38arrived

00:39:39in

00:39:39person.

00:39:43You're

00:39:44here to

00:39:44hold

00:39:44Helena

00:39:44accountable,

00:39:45right?

00:39:47This

00:39:48has

00:39:48nothing

00:39:48to do

00:39:49with

00:39:49Leopard

00:39:49X.

00:39:50She's

00:39:50already

00:39:50been

00:39:51fired.

00:39:51If

00:39:52you

00:39:52want

00:39:52to

00:39:52blame

00:39:52someone,

00:39:53blame

00:39:53her

00:39:53alone.

00:39:58Firing

00:39:58Helena?

00:39:59Is

00:40:00Leopard X

00:40:00serious?

00:40:04Helena?

00:40:06What are

00:40:07you talking

00:40:07about?

00:40:11Ms.

00:40:12Walsh,

00:40:13the

00:40:13president

00:40:14position

00:40:14of the

00:40:14Design

00:40:15Association

00:40:16has been

00:40:16vacant

00:40:16for years,

00:40:17reserved

00:40:18only for

00:40:19you.

00:40:19When

00:40:20would it

00:40:20be convenient

00:40:21for you

00:40:21to take

00:40:22office?

00:40:23I'll

00:40:24consider it.

00:40:28Samira

00:40:29was

00:40:29completely

00:40:29stunned.

00:40:30Never

00:40:31had

00:40:31she

00:40:31expected

00:40:31that

00:40:32the

00:40:32country

00:40:32girl

00:40:32she

00:40:33had

00:40:33always

00:40:33looked

00:40:34down

00:40:34on

00:40:34was

00:40:34actually

00:40:35the

00:40:35world's

00:40:35top

00:40:36jewelry

00:40:36designer,

00:40:37Helena

00:40:37Walsh

00:40:38herself.

00:40:40Oh

00:40:40my

00:40:41God,

00:40:41Elena

00:40:42is

00:40:42Helena?

00:40:43That

00:40:43mysterious

00:40:43genius

00:40:44designer?

00:40:46We

00:40:46were

00:40:46gossiping

00:40:47behind her

00:40:47back about

00:40:48how she

00:40:48got in

00:40:49through

00:40:49connections.

00:40:50This

00:40:50is so

00:40:51embarrassing.

00:40:52The

00:40:53news

00:40:53spread.

00:40:54Within

00:40:54hours,

00:40:55the entire

00:40:56internet

00:40:56reversed

00:40:57its

00:40:57stance.

00:40:58Everyone

00:40:58who had

00:40:59called me

00:40:59a plagiarist

00:41:00was now

00:41:00apologizing.

00:41:03Elise

00:41:03saw the

00:41:03news and

00:41:04smashed

00:41:04the glass

00:41:05in her

00:41:05hand.

00:41:09Her

00:41:10face

00:41:10was even

00:41:11paler than

00:41:11the paper.

00:41:13Helena?

00:41:14How could

00:41:15she possibly

00:41:16be Helena?

00:41:17I didn't

00:41:17pay attention

00:41:18to the

00:41:18online news.

00:41:19At that

00:41:20moment,

00:41:20I was on

00:41:21my way

00:41:21to the

00:41:22Johnson

00:41:22family's

00:41:22home.

00:41:26The

00:41:26girl who

00:41:27had

00:41:27helped

00:41:27me at

00:41:27the

00:41:28recognition

00:41:28banquet

00:41:29was

00:41:29waiting

00:41:29for

00:41:29me.

00:41:31A

00:41:31week

00:41:32ago,

00:41:32her

00:41:32brother

00:41:33Malcolm

00:41:33had

00:41:33come

00:41:33to

00:41:34me

00:41:34after

00:41:34hearing

00:41:34that

00:41:34I

00:41:35had

00:41:35saved

00:41:35Bertha.

00:41:36He

00:41:37begged

00:41:37me

00:41:37to

00:41:37save

00:41:37his

00:41:37sister.

00:41:39Today

00:41:39was

00:41:39the

00:41:39follow-up

00:41:40visit.

00:41:41On

00:41:41my

00:41:41way

00:41:42to

00:41:42the

00:41:42Johnson's

00:41:42house,

00:41:43Kira

00:41:43suddenly

00:41:44rushed

00:41:44out

00:41:44and

00:41:45bumped

00:41:45into

00:41:45me.

00:41:47She

00:41:47was

00:41:48covered

00:41:48in

00:41:48bruises

00:41:49and

00:41:49wounds,

00:41:50frantically

00:41:50signing

00:41:51with her

00:41:51hands

00:41:52hiding

00:41:52behind

00:41:52me.

00:41:55Kira

00:41:56signed.

00:42:00Help

00:42:01me.

00:42:02They

00:42:02want

00:42:02to

00:42:02take

00:42:03my

00:42:03kidney.

00:42:04Kira,

00:42:04get

00:42:05back

00:42:05here.

00:42:06Rory

00:42:06is still

00:42:07waiting

00:42:07for

00:42:07your

00:42:08kidney.

00:42:08Don't

00:42:09you

00:42:09run

00:42:09away.

00:42:12She's

00:42:13not

00:42:13going

00:42:13with

00:42:14you.

00:42:17Who

00:42:18do

00:42:18you

00:42:18think

00:42:18you

00:42:18are?

00:42:19Mind

00:42:20your

00:42:20own

00:42:20business.

00:42:21This

00:42:21is

00:42:22a

00:42:22family

00:42:22matter.

00:42:23I

00:42:24stepped

00:42:24in

00:42:24front

00:42:24of

00:42:24Kira,

00:42:25protecting

00:42:25her.

00:42:27The

00:42:27girl

00:42:28had

00:42:28helped

00:42:28me

00:42:28at

00:42:29the

00:42:29recognition

00:42:29banquet.

00:42:30This

00:42:30time,

00:42:31it

00:42:31was

00:42:32my

00:42:32turn

00:42:32to

00:42:32help

00:42:32her.

00:42:35While

00:42:35Ethel

00:42:36wasn't

00:42:36looking,

00:42:36I

00:42:37secretly

00:42:37texted

00:42:38Malcolm.

00:42:44her

00:42:45aunt.

00:42:45It's

00:42:46only

00:42:46right

00:42:46that

00:42:46I

00:42:46take

00:42:47her

00:42:47home.

00:42:47Stay

00:42:48out

00:42:48of

00:42:48this

00:42:48outsider.

00:42:53Malcolm

00:42:54arrived

00:42:54quickly.

00:43:07We

00:43:07went

00:43:07to

00:43:07Ethel's

00:43:08house

00:43:08and

00:43:09found

00:43:09the

00:43:09hidden

00:43:09doctor.

00:43:13I

00:43:14was

00:43:14just

00:43:14doing

00:43:14a

00:43:15routine

00:43:15examination.

00:43:17A

00:43:18routine

00:43:18examination?

00:43:20Then

00:43:20tell me,

00:43:21which

00:43:21kidney

00:43:22were you

00:43:22planning

00:43:22to

00:43:22take

00:43:23from

00:43:23Kira?

00:43:25Ethel,

00:43:26have

00:43:26you

00:43:26lost

00:43:26your

00:43:27mind?

00:43:28Kira

00:43:28is

00:43:28my

00:43:29sister!

00:43:31How

00:43:32dare

00:43:32you!

00:43:36I

00:43:37raised

00:43:38her

00:43:38for so

00:43:38many

00:43:38years.

00:43:40What's

00:43:40wrong

00:43:40with

00:43:40her

00:43:40giving

00:43:41Rory

00:43:41one

00:43:41kidney?

00:43:42Isn't

00:43:42that

00:43:42only

00:43:42fair?

00:43:43Rory

00:43:44was

00:43:44Kira's

00:43:44cousin,

00:43:45suffering

00:43:46from

00:43:46severe

00:43:46kidney

00:43:47disease.

00:43:48Kira

00:43:49curled

00:43:49up next

00:43:49to me

00:43:50like a

00:43:50wounded

00:43:50puppy,

00:43:51trembling

00:43:52all

00:43:52over.

00:43:53She

00:43:54held

00:43:54my

00:43:54hand

00:43:55tightly,

00:43:55her

00:43:56nails

00:43:56almost

00:43:56digging

00:43:57into

00:43:57my

00:43:57skin.

00:43:59Malcolm

00:43:59called

00:44:00the

00:44:00police

00:44:00on the

00:44:01spot

00:44:01and

00:44:01cut

00:44:01off

00:44:02Ethel's

00:44:02financial

00:44:02support.

00:44:04Ethel's

00:44:05scheme

00:44:05was

00:44:05completely

00:44:06exposed.

00:44:08Kira

00:44:08was taken

00:44:09into the

00:44:09Johnson

00:44:09family

00:44:10home.

00:44:10Malcolm

00:44:10personally

00:44:11took care

00:44:11of her,

00:44:12but the

00:44:12trauma in

00:44:13her heart

00:44:13hurt much

00:44:13worse than

00:44:14those

00:44:14physical

00:44:14ones.

00:44:15Tests

00:44:15showed that

00:44:16Kira's

00:44:16hearing and

00:44:17vocal organs

00:44:17were intact.

00:44:18Her

00:44:18inability to

00:44:19speak or

00:44:19hear was

00:44:20completely

00:44:20psychological,

00:44:21trauma caused

00:44:22by years of

00:44:22abuse and

00:44:23fear.

00:44:23Can she

00:44:24be cured?

00:44:25Yes,

00:44:25but it will

00:44:26take time.

00:44:27I'll prescribe

00:44:28medication for

00:44:28her.

00:44:30We should

00:44:31see improvement

00:44:31in a month.

00:44:33Okay.

00:44:34I'll have

00:44:35someone prepare

00:44:35the medicine

00:44:35immediately.

00:44:36Malcolm

00:44:37was

00:44:37skeptical,

00:44:38but willing

00:44:38to try.

00:44:39I didn't

00:44:40mention

00:44:40payment.

00:44:41The

00:44:41Cinnabar

00:44:41material the

00:44:42Johnsons had

00:44:43given me

00:44:43before was

00:44:44already more

00:44:45than enough.

00:44:46I have to

00:44:46go now.

00:44:47I'll come

00:44:48see you again

00:44:48next week.

00:44:49Kira held

00:44:50my hand and

00:44:50wouldn't let

00:44:51go.

00:44:51Her eyes

00:44:52were red,

00:44:53but she

00:44:53didn't cry.

00:44:54I said

00:44:54something softly

00:44:55and her

00:44:55eyes lit

00:44:56up.

00:44:57Don't be

00:44:57afraid.

00:44:58No one

00:44:59will ever

00:44:59bully you

00:45:00again.

00:45:03To find

00:45:04Cinnabar

00:45:04for Wesley,

00:45:05I returned

00:45:06to Folklanks

00:45:07again to

00:45:07see the

00:45:08old collector,

00:45:09Patrick Marquez.

00:45:14Elena!

00:45:15Long time

00:45:16no see.

00:45:17Here,

00:45:17try my

00:45:17new coffee

00:45:18beans.

00:45:21Patrick

00:45:21was an

00:45:22old collector.

00:45:23If anyone

00:45:24had what I

00:45:25needed,

00:45:26it would

00:45:26be him.

00:45:28Patrick,

00:45:29I need

00:45:29Cinnabar

00:45:30more than

00:45:31last time.

00:45:33Cinnabar

00:45:34isn't cheap.

00:45:34Why do

00:45:35you need

00:45:35so much?

00:45:36I'm

00:45:37buying it

00:45:37for a

00:45:37friend.

00:45:38Price

00:45:38isn't an

00:45:39issue.

00:45:40As we

00:45:41were drinking

00:45:41coffee and

00:45:42discussing the

00:45:43deal,

00:45:43Cecily and

00:45:44Sylvia suddenly

00:45:45barged in.

00:45:46Patrick,

00:45:46don't let

00:45:47her fool

00:45:48you.

00:45:48She

00:45:48doesn't

00:45:49even

00:45:49acknowledge

00:45:49her

00:45:50foster

00:45:50parents.

00:45:51She's

00:45:51got a

00:45:51black

00:45:52heart.

00:45:53What

00:45:53do you

00:45:53mean?

00:45:54Patrick

00:45:54hated

00:45:54ungrateful

00:45:54people more

00:45:55than anything.

00:45:56Cecily knew

00:45:56this and

00:45:57started exaggerating

00:45:58the story.

00:45:58We worked

00:45:58so hard to

00:45:59raise her,

00:45:59gave her the

00:46:00best of

00:46:00everything and

00:46:01how does

00:46:01she repays

00:46:02us?

00:46:02The moment

00:46:03she found

00:46:03a richer

00:46:03family,

00:46:04she turned

00:46:04her back

00:46:04on us.

00:46:05Now she

00:46:06won't even

00:46:06acknowledge

00:46:06us.

00:46:07Patrick's

00:46:08expression

00:46:08grew colder

00:46:09by the

00:46:09minute.

00:46:11I watched

00:46:12Cecily's

00:46:12performance in

00:46:13silence.

00:46:14Patrick,

00:46:15you have

00:46:15no idea.

00:46:16She's living

00:46:16the high

00:46:17life now in

00:46:17some grand

00:46:18manor,

00:46:19driving luxury

00:46:19cars and

00:46:20us, we

00:46:21can barely

00:46:21afford to

00:46:22eat.

00:46:23Mom,

00:46:23stop.

00:46:24Aline has

00:46:25found her

00:46:25place among

00:46:25the rich now.

00:46:26Of course she

00:46:27doesn't remember

00:46:27how good we

00:46:28were to her.

00:46:29Elena,

00:46:30I always

00:46:31thought you

00:46:31were a good

00:46:32kid.

00:46:32I didn't

00:46:33expect you

00:46:33to be this

00:46:34kind of

00:46:34person.

00:46:36I'm not

00:46:37selling you

00:46:37the Cinnabar.

00:46:39Take your

00:46:39things and

00:46:40get out!

00:46:41Patrick refused

00:46:42to sell me

00:46:42the Cinnabar

00:46:43on the spot

00:46:43and threw

00:46:44the scented

00:46:44candles I

00:46:45had brought

00:46:45out the

00:46:45door.

00:46:46Get out!

00:46:47Don't let

00:46:48me see you

00:46:49again!

00:46:59I picked

00:47:00up the

00:47:00candles and

00:47:01placed them

00:47:01back on

00:47:02the table.

00:47:06I don't

00:47:06take back

00:47:07gifts once

00:47:07they've been

00:47:08given.

00:47:09With that,

00:47:10I turned

00:47:10and left.

00:47:11The Cinnabar

00:47:12deal fell

00:47:13through.

00:47:14For the

00:47:14first time,

00:47:15I couldn't

00:47:16keep a

00:47:16promise I

00:47:17had made

00:47:17to Wesley.

00:47:25Now you

00:47:26know who's

00:47:26in charge,

00:47:27don't you,

00:47:27Elena?

00:47:29After failing

00:47:29to get the

00:47:30Cinnabar,

00:47:31I didn't

00:47:31go straight

00:47:31back to

00:47:32Claith.

00:47:33Instead,

00:47:34I detoured

00:47:34to the

00:47:35old town

00:47:36where Sheila

00:47:37lived.

00:47:39Sheila,

00:47:39my foster

00:47:40grandmother,

00:47:40was the

00:47:41only person

00:47:41in the

00:47:41Reed family

00:47:42who was

00:47:42good to

00:47:43me.

00:47:43When

00:47:43Cecile

00:47:44wouldn't

00:47:44let me

00:47:44eat as

00:47:45a child,

00:47:46Sheila

00:47:46secretly

00:47:46gave me

00:47:47money.

00:47:47When

00:47:48Benjamin

00:47:48wanted to

00:47:49kick me

00:47:49out,

00:47:49she was

00:47:50the one

00:47:50who spoke

00:47:50up for

00:47:51me.

00:47:51But

00:47:51today,

00:47:52Sheila's

00:47:52room was

00:47:53empty.

00:47:53Elena?

00:47:56You're

00:47:56here for

00:47:56Sheila?

00:47:58Cecily

00:47:58took her

00:47:59away a

00:47:59few days

00:48:00ago.

00:48:01Said

00:48:01she was

00:48:02taking her

00:48:02to a

00:48:02big mansion

00:48:03to enjoy

00:48:03the good

00:48:04life.

00:48:11Alarm

00:48:12bells went

00:48:12off in

00:48:13my head.

00:48:14Celie

00:48:14and Sheila

00:48:14had never

00:48:15gotten

00:48:15along.

00:48:16Her

00:48:16suddenly

00:48:16taking

00:48:17Sheila

00:48:17away

00:48:17meant

00:48:18nothing

00:48:18good.

00:48:19I

00:48:19called

00:48:20Cicely.

00:48:24Oh,

00:48:24missing

00:48:25your

00:48:25grandmother

00:48:25already?

00:48:26Want to

00:48:27see her?

00:48:28Fine.

00:48:29Give

00:48:30me

00:48:3050

00:48:31million.

00:48:32Sylvia

00:48:33and

00:48:33Darren's

00:48:33wedding

00:48:34needs

00:48:34money.

00:48:35As

00:48:35her

00:48:35sister,

00:48:36shouldn't

00:48:37you

00:48:37contribute?

00:48:38Where

00:48:38is

00:48:39Sheila?

00:48:39That's

00:48:40none

00:48:40of your

00:48:40business.

00:48:41Wire

00:48:41the

00:48:41money

00:48:41or

00:48:42you'll

00:48:42never

00:48:42see

00:48:43her

00:48:43again.

00:48:44I

00:48:45hung

00:48:45up

00:48:46coldly.

00:48:49That

00:48:50afternoon,

00:48:51Reid

00:48:51Group's

00:48:51five

00:48:51core

00:48:52partners

00:48:52all

00:48:53received

00:48:53the

00:48:53same

00:48:54email,

00:48:55Terminate

00:48:55cooperation

00:48:55with

00:48:56Reid

00:48:56Group.

00:49:01The Reid

00:49:02Group's

00:49:03crisis

00:49:03exploded

00:49:04overnight.

00:49:05Raw

00:49:06material

00:49:07supplies

00:49:07were

00:49:07cut

00:49:07off,

00:49:08projects

00:49:08halted,

00:49:09workers

00:49:09collectively

00:49:10demanded

00:49:10unpaid

00:49:11wages.

00:49:12Benjamin

00:49:12was in

00:49:13over his

00:49:13head.

00:49:14Osiris,

00:49:14we've been

00:49:15partners for

00:49:16so many

00:49:16years.

00:49:17How can

00:49:17you just

00:49:17terminate

00:49:18our

00:49:18agreement

00:49:18like

00:49:18this?

00:49:19You've

00:49:19offended

00:49:20someone

00:49:20you

00:49:20shouldn't

00:49:20have.

00:49:21Who?

00:49:21Who

00:49:22did I

00:49:22offend?

00:49:23You

00:49:24know

00:49:24perfectly

00:49:25well.

00:49:25Goodbye.

00:49:26Benjamin

00:49:26finally

00:49:27realized

00:49:27these

00:49:28partners'

00:49:29loyalty

00:49:29to me

00:49:29far

00:49:29exceeded

00:49:30any

00:49:30they

00:49:30had

00:49:31for

00:49:31him.

00:49:31For

00:49:31ten

00:49:32years,

00:49:32those

00:49:32contracts

00:49:33had never

00:49:33been

00:49:34signed

00:49:34because

00:49:34of his

00:49:35skills,

00:49:35but

00:49:36me.

00:49:37Even

00:49:37worse,

00:49:38news of

00:49:38Darren

00:49:38calling off

00:49:39the

00:49:39engagement

00:49:39spread

00:49:40throughout

00:49:40Foikland.

00:49:41The

00:49:41Reid

00:49:41family

00:49:42became

00:49:42a

00:49:42complete

00:49:42laughing

00:49:43stock.

00:49:43How

00:49:44did

00:49:44this

00:49:44happen?

00:49:45How

00:49:45did

00:49:45this

00:49:46happen?

00:49:46Cecily

00:49:47was

00:49:47finally

00:49:47starting

00:49:48to

00:49:48get

00:49:48scared,

00:49:48but

00:49:49she

00:49:49didn't

00:49:49know

00:49:49this

00:49:50was

00:49:51only

00:49:56and

00:49:56confessed

00:49:56to

00:49:57Wesley

00:49:57that

00:49:57I

00:49:57hadn't

00:49:58gotten

00:49:58the

00:49:58Cinnabar.

00:49:59Why?

00:50:00There

00:50:00was a

00:50:01complication.

00:50:02Someone

00:50:02sabotaged

00:50:03the

00:50:03deal.

00:50:04But

00:50:04I

00:50:04won't

00:50:05give

00:50:05up.

00:50:05I'll

00:50:05find

00:50:06another

00:50:06way.

00:50:06I

00:50:07thought

00:50:07Wesley

00:50:07would

00:50:08be

00:50:08angry.

00:50:08After

00:50:09all,

00:50:09I

00:50:10knew

00:50:10how

00:50:10much

00:50:10effort

00:50:10he

00:50:11had

00:50:11put

00:50:11in

00:50:11purchasing

00:50:11Cinnabar.

00:50:13There

00:50:13were a

00:50:13few

00:50:13seconds

00:50:14of

00:50:14silence

00:50:14on

00:50:15the

00:50:15other

00:50:15end

00:50:15of

00:50:15the

00:50:15line.

00:50:18It's

00:50:18fine.

00:50:19I'll

00:50:19wait

00:50:19for

00:50:20you.

00:50:26to

00:50:26trouble.

00:50:27He

00:50:27was

00:50:27there.

00:50:28I'll

00:50:29find

00:50:29another

00:50:29way.

00:50:30Give

00:50:30me

00:50:30a

00:50:30few

00:50:31days.

00:50:33Okay.

00:50:34Wesley

00:50:34hung up

00:50:34and said

00:50:35something

00:50:35to

00:50:35Felix.

00:50:36Look

00:50:37into

00:50:37what

00:50:37the

00:50:37Reed

00:50:37family

00:50:38has

00:50:38been

00:50:38up

00:50:38to

00:50:38lately.

00:50:39Yes,

00:50:40Mr.

00:50:40Spencer.

00:50:41I

00:50:41didn't

00:50:41know

00:50:42it

00:50:42yet,

00:50:42but

00:50:43he

00:50:43was

00:50:43already

00:50:43preparing

00:50:44to

00:50:44act.

00:50:44A

00:50:45week

00:50:45later,

00:50:46I

00:50:46returned

00:50:46to

00:50:46the

00:50:46Johnson's

00:50:47home

00:50:47to

00:50:47check

00:50:48on

00:50:48Kira

00:50:48again.

00:50:49Kira's

00:50:49treatment

00:50:50had

00:50:50made

00:50:50remarkable

00:50:51progress.

00:50:52She

00:50:52was

00:50:53starting

00:50:53to

00:50:53hear

00:50:53sounds.

00:50:55Knock,

00:50:55knock,

00:50:56knock.

00:50:57Kira's

00:50:57head

00:50:57snapped

00:50:58around,

00:50:58her

00:50:59eyes

00:50:59wide,

00:51:00staring

00:51:00my

00:51:00hand.

00:51:01She

00:51:01had

00:51:01heard

00:51:02it.

00:51:02She

00:51:02heard

00:51:02it?

00:51:03She

00:51:03actually

00:51:04heard

00:51:04it?

00:51:04Yes.

00:51:05Next,

00:51:06she

00:51:06needs

00:51:07to

00:51:07learn

00:51:07to

00:51:07speak,

00:51:08like

00:51:08a

00:51:08baby,

00:51:09starting

00:51:09from

00:51:10scratch.

00:51:12Elena,

00:51:13thank

00:51:13you.

00:51:13Thank

00:51:14you for

00:51:15healing

00:51:15my

00:51:15daughter.

00:51:16Mr.

00:51:17Johnson,

00:51:17I

00:51:17still

00:51:17need

00:51:18some

00:51:18Cinnabar.

00:51:18I'd

00:51:18like

00:51:19to

00:51:19buy

00:51:19some.

00:51:19Cinnabar

00:51:20is

00:51:20not

00:51:20for

00:51:20sale,

00:51:21but

00:51:21you

00:51:21saved

00:51:22Kira.

00:51:22I'm

00:51:22giving

00:51:23it

00:51:23to

00:51:23you.

00:51:23Just

00:51:23tell

00:51:24me

00:51:24how

00:51:24much

00:51:24you

00:51:24need.

00:51:25I

00:51:25hadn't

00:51:25expected

00:51:25to

00:51:26get

00:51:26the

00:51:26Cinnabar

00:51:26so

00:51:26easily,

00:51:27but

00:51:27I

00:51:27later

00:51:28came

00:51:28to

00:51:28understand.

00:51:29What

00:51:29Wesley

00:51:29wanted

00:51:30was

00:51:30never

00:51:30just

00:51:30Cinnabar.

00:51:31After

00:51:32getting

00:51:32the

00:51:32Cinnabar,

00:51:32I

00:51:33went

00:51:33to

00:51:33Spencer

00:51:33group

00:51:34to

00:51:34deliver

00:51:34it.

00:51:35After

00:51:35signing

00:51:35the

00:51:36documents,

00:51:36I

00:51:37went

00:51:37to

00:51:37the

00:51:37restroom.

00:51:49All

00:51:50those

00:51:50women

00:51:50who

00:51:50tried

00:51:50to

00:51:50seduce

00:51:51Wesley

00:51:51before,

00:51:52she

00:51:52took

00:51:52care

00:51:52of

00:51:52every

00:51:53single

00:51:53one

00:51:53of

00:51:53them.

00:51:54What

00:51:54about

00:51:54Elena?

00:51:55She's

00:51:55with

00:51:55Wesley

00:51:55every

00:51:55day.

00:51:56Shh.

00:51:56Keep

00:51:56your

00:51:57voice

00:51:57down.

00:51:57I

00:51:57think

00:51:57she's

00:51:58in

00:51:58the

00:51:58building

00:51:58today.

00:51:59I

00:51:59washed

00:52:00my

00:52:00hands,

00:52:01dried

00:52:01them,

00:52:02and

00:52:03left

00:52:03without

00:52:03changing

00:52:04my

00:52:04expression.

00:52:05The

00:52:06moment

00:52:06the

00:52:06door

00:52:06closed,

00:52:07I

00:52:08heard

00:52:08gasps

00:52:08behind

00:52:09me.

00:52:10Was

00:52:10that

00:52:10Elena

00:52:11just

00:52:11now?

00:52:12We're

00:52:13doomed.

00:52:14She

00:52:19Wesley

00:52:20had

00:52:20never

00:52:21mentioned

00:52:21her

00:52:21to

00:52:21me.

00:52:23But

00:52:23what

00:52:24did

00:52:24that

00:52:24have

00:52:24to

00:52:24do

00:52:24with

00:52:24me?

00:52:25I

00:52:26came

00:52:26out

00:52:26of

00:52:26the

00:52:26restroom

00:52:27and

00:52:27turned

00:52:27the

00:52:27corner

00:52:28when

00:52:28a

00:52:28man

00:52:28almost

00:52:29bumped

00:52:29into

00:52:29me.

00:52:31Whoa

00:52:31there,

00:52:32beautiful.

00:52:32Theo

00:52:33Spencer,

00:52:34Wesley's

00:52:34half-brother.

00:52:35His

00:52:36whole

00:52:36demeanor

00:52:37reeked

00:52:37of

00:52:37frivolity.

00:52:38I

00:52:38haven't

00:52:38seen

00:52:38you

00:52:39around

00:52:39before.

00:52:40Are

00:52:40you

00:52:40new

00:52:40here?

00:52:41Let's

00:52:41exchange

00:52:42numbers.

00:52:43Move.

00:52:44Don't

00:52:44be so

00:52:44cold.

00:52:45You're

00:52:46from

00:52:49too,

00:52:49you

00:52:49know?

00:52:50I

00:52:50said,

00:52:51move.

00:52:52Theo

00:52:52blocked

00:52:52my

00:52:53way,

00:52:53wearing

00:52:54a

00:52:54flirtatition

00:52:54smirk.

00:52:55I

00:52:55couldn't

00:52:56be

00:52:56bothered

00:52:56to

00:52:56waste

00:52:56words

00:52:57on

00:52:57him.

00:52:57I

00:52:57walked

00:52:58straight

00:52:58around

00:52:58him.

00:52:59I

00:52:59looked

00:52:59up

00:53:00and

00:53:00saw

00:53:00someone

00:53:01standing

00:53:01at

00:53:01the

00:53:01end

00:53:01of

00:53:01the

00:53:02hallway.

00:53:02It

00:53:03was

00:53:03Wesley.

00:53:03He

00:53:04was

00:53:04watching

00:53:04us,

00:53:05his

00:53:05eyes

00:53:05dark.

00:53:06Felix

00:53:07stood

00:53:07behind

00:53:07Wesley

00:53:08and

00:53:08quietly

00:53:09stepped

00:53:09back.

00:53:10His

00:53:10boss's

00:53:11gaze

00:53:11was

00:53:11terrifying.

00:53:13Wesley?

00:53:15Wesley

00:53:16ignored

00:53:16him.

00:53:17His

00:53:17eyes

00:53:18stayed

00:53:18fixed

00:53:19on

00:53:19me.

00:53:19I

00:53:20kept

00:53:20walking.

00:53:21As I

00:53:22passed

00:53:22Wesley,

00:53:23I

00:53:23noticed

00:53:23he

00:53:23was

00:53:23leaning

00:53:24against

00:53:24the

00:53:24wall,

00:53:25his

00:53:25face

00:53:25pale.

00:53:30You

00:53:31don't

00:53:31look

00:53:31well.

00:53:32I

00:53:33smelled

00:53:33alcohol

00:53:34on

00:53:34him.

00:53:34He

00:53:34had

00:53:35just

00:53:35been

00:53:35drinking.

00:53:36His

00:53:36stomach

00:53:36condition

00:53:37wasn't

00:53:37healed

00:53:38yet and

00:53:38he

00:53:38was

00:53:38already

00:53:39drinking

00:53:39again.

00:53:40Did

00:53:40he

00:53:40have

00:53:41a

00:53:41death

00:53:41wish?

00:53:42You

00:53:42have

00:53:42a

00:53:42stomach

00:53:43condition

00:53:43and

00:53:43you're

00:53:43still

00:53:44drinking?

00:53:44Do

00:53:44you want

00:53:45yourself

00:53:46I'm

00:53:47fine.

00:53:47He

00:53:48said

00:53:48he

00:53:48was

00:53:48fine

00:53:49but

00:53:49there

00:53:49was

00:53:49sweat

00:53:50on

00:53:50his

00:53:50forehead.

00:53:51I

00:53:51sighed

00:53:52and

00:53:53pressed

00:53:53my

00:53:53hand

00:53:53against

00:53:54his

00:53:54abdomen.

00:53:58What

00:53:59are

00:53:59you

00:53:59doing?

00:54:00Relieving

00:54:01your

00:54:01pain.

00:54:01Don't

00:54:02move.

00:54:03I

00:54:03massaged

00:54:04his

00:54:04abdomen

00:54:04precisely.

00:54:07His

00:54:08breathing

00:54:08gradually

00:54:09stead-eyed.

00:54:12His

00:54:13deep

00:54:13eyes

00:54:13never

00:54:14left

00:54:14my

00:54:14face.

00:54:19Why

00:54:19are

00:54:19you

00:54:19helping

00:54:20me?

00:54:21You

00:54:21helped

00:54:21me

00:54:21before.

00:54:22Just

00:54:22repaying

00:54:23the

00:54:23favor.

00:54:24Wesley's

00:54:25eyes

00:54:25dimmed.

00:54:28He

00:54:28didn't

00:54:28speak.

00:54:29But I

00:54:30could tell

00:54:30he wasn't

00:54:31satisfied

00:54:31with that

00:54:31answer.

00:54:32My

00:54:33hand

00:54:33continued

00:54:34massaging

00:54:34his

00:54:34abdomen.

00:54:35Casually,

00:54:36my

00:54:36eyes fell

00:54:36on the

00:54:36ring on

00:54:37his

00:54:37finger.

00:54:37My

00:54:38heart

00:54:38skipped

00:54:38a

00:54:38beat.

00:54:39That

00:54:39ring,

00:54:40it

00:54:40was

00:54:40identical

00:54:40to

00:54:41the

00:54:41one

00:54:41my

00:54:41mentor

00:54:41left

00:54:42behind.

00:54:42The

00:54:43pattern,

00:54:43the

00:54:43material,

00:54:44the

00:54:44patia,

00:54:44every

00:54:45detail matched.

00:54:46I

00:54:46suppressed

00:54:46the

00:54:47surge

00:54:47of

00:54:47emotion

00:54:47and

00:54:48asked,

00:54:48fending

00:54:49calm.

00:54:50Mr.

00:54:50Spencer,

00:54:51your

00:54:52ring is

00:54:52very

00:54:52unique.

00:54:53Where

00:54:54did it

00:54:54come

00:54:54from?

00:54:55It's

00:54:55a

00:54:55family

00:54:56heirloom,

00:54:57the

00:54:57symbol

00:54:57of the

00:54:58Spencer

00:54:58family

00:54:58head.

00:54:59A

00:54:59family

00:54:59heirloom?

00:55:00That

00:55:01meant

00:55:01this

00:55:01ring had

00:55:01been

00:55:02passed

00:55:02down

00:55:02through

00:55:02the

00:55:03Spencer

00:55:03family

00:55:03for

00:55:03generations.

00:55:04Then

00:55:05where

00:55:05did

00:55:05my

00:55:05mentor's

00:55:06ring

00:55:06come

00:55:06from?

00:55:07It's

00:55:08beautiful.

00:55:09You

00:55:10like

00:55:10it?

00:55:10I've

00:55:11just

00:55:11never

00:55:11seen

00:55:12this

00:55:12design

00:55:12before.

00:55:13Wesley

00:55:13didn't

00:55:13press

00:55:14further,

00:55:14but

00:55:14his

00:55:14eyes

00:55:15told

00:55:15me

00:55:15he

00:55:16didn't

00:55:16buy

00:55:16that.

00:55:17How

00:55:17are

00:55:17you

00:55:17feeling

00:55:17now?

00:55:18My

00:55:18palm

00:55:19continued

00:55:19massaging

00:55:20Wesley's

00:55:20stomach.

00:55:21Much

00:55:22better.

00:55:22Thank

00:55:23you.

00:55:23If

00:55:24you

00:55:24really

00:55:24want

00:55:24to

00:55:24thank

00:55:25me,

00:55:25can

00:55:25you

00:55:25promise

00:55:26me

00:55:26one

00:55:26thing?

00:55:27Wesley's

00:55:27brow

00:55:27fronted

00:55:28slightly.

00:55:29Few

00:55:29people

00:55:30dared

00:55:30to make

00:55:30demands

00:55:31of him

00:55:31so

00:55:31openly.

00:55:32What

00:55:32is

00:55:33it?

00:55:33It's

00:55:34nothing

00:55:34too

00:55:34difficult.

00:55:35I

00:55:35just

00:55:36want

00:55:36to

00:55:36ask

00:55:36you

00:55:36a

00:55:36question.

00:55:39What

00:55:40question?

00:55:41Just

00:55:41as I

00:55:41was

00:55:41about

00:55:42to

00:55:42speak,

00:55:42Wesley's

00:55:43phone

00:55:43rang.

00:55:48He

00:55:48had

00:55:48to

00:55:48answer

00:55:49it.

00:55:50Okay,

00:55:50I

00:55:50know.

00:55:51Wait

00:55:51for me

00:55:51in the

00:55:51conference

00:55:52room.

00:55:52I'll

00:55:52be

00:55:52right

00:55:52there.

00:55:54Wesley

00:55:54hung

00:55:55up.

00:55:56I

00:55:57have

00:55:57something

00:55:57to

00:55:57take

00:55:58care

00:55:58of

00:55:58now.

00:55:58I'll

00:55:58answer

00:55:59your

00:55:59question

00:55:59when

00:55:59I'm

00:55:59done.

00:56:00I

00:56:01nodded.

00:56:02Work

00:56:02was

00:56:02important,

00:56:03after

00:56:04all.

00:56:04After

00:56:05Wesley's

00:56:05meeting,

00:56:05he

00:56:06opened

00:56:06a

00:56:06bottle

00:56:06of

00:56:07wine.

00:56:07Have

00:56:07a

00:56:08drink

00:56:08to

00:56:08celebrate.

00:56:09I

00:56:09took

00:56:09a

00:56:09sip,

00:56:10fruity

00:56:10and

00:56:10sweet,

00:56:11not

00:56:11like

00:56:11hard

00:56:11liquor.

00:56:12I

00:56:12had

00:56:12one

00:56:12glass,

00:56:13then

00:56:13another.

00:56:13When

00:56:13my

00:56:14vision

00:56:14started

00:56:14to

00:56:14blur,

00:56:15I

00:56:15realized

00:56:15this

00:56:16wine

00:56:16had

00:56:17a

00:56:17strong

00:56:17kick.

00:56:18Mr.

00:56:18Spencer,

00:56:19stop

00:56:20spinning.

00:56:22Before

00:56:22I

00:56:22could

00:56:22finish

00:56:23my

00:56:23sentence,

00:56:24I

00:56:24fell

00:56:24straight

00:56:25into

00:56:25his

00:56:25arms.

00:56:26Wesley

00:56:27looked

00:56:27down

00:56:27at

00:56:27my

00:56:28flushed

00:56:28cheeks.

00:56:29His

00:56:30Adam

00:56:30apple

00:56:30bawd.

00:56:31His

00:56:31breathing

00:56:31became

00:56:32headier.

00:56:32The

00:56:33phone

00:56:33suddenly

00:56:33rang.

00:56:34Jeffrey's

00:56:35voice

00:56:35came

00:56:35through.

00:56:37I'm

00:56:37coming to

00:56:38pick up

00:56:38Elena.

00:56:38Where

00:56:39is she?

00:56:39Come

00:56:40in.

00:56:40The

00:56:41door

00:56:41opened.

00:56:42Jeffrey

00:56:42walked

00:56:42in and

00:56:43saw me

00:56:43leaning

00:56:43on

00:56:44Wesley.

00:56:44His

00:56:45face

00:56:45turned

00:56:45ash.

00:56:46What

00:56:46did

00:56:46you

00:56:46do

00:56:46to

00:56:47her?

00:56:48Can't

00:56:49you

00:56:49see?

00:56:49She's

00:56:50the

00:56:50one

00:56:50leaning

00:56:50on

00:56:50me.

00:56:51Jeffrey

00:56:52helped

00:56:52me

00:56:52out

00:56:52with

00:56:52a

00:56:52dark

00:56:52expression.

00:56:53The

00:56:54car

00:56:54door

00:56:54closed

00:56:55and

00:56:55we

00:56:55drove

00:56:56out

00:56:56of

00:56:56the

00:56:56parking

00:56:56lot.

00:56:57I

00:56:58opened

00:56:58my

00:56:58eyes.

00:56:59My

00:56:59gaze

00:56:59was

00:57:00clear.

00:57:00There

00:57:01was

00:57:01no

00:57:01trace

00:57:01of

00:57:01drunkenness.

00:57:02I

00:57:03smiled

00:57:03slightly.

00:57:04Faking

00:57:05it?

00:57:06Yes.

00:57:09You

00:57:10did that

00:57:10on

00:57:10purpose?

00:57:11He's

00:57:12been

00:57:12testing me

00:57:13all

00:57:13along.

00:57:14I

00:57:14needed

00:57:14to

00:57:14test

00:57:15him

00:57:15too.

00:57:15I

00:57:16wanted

00:57:16to

00:57:16know

00:57:16where

00:57:16this

00:57:17man's

00:57:17limits

00:57:17were

00:57:17with

00:57:18me.

00:57:18Don't

00:57:18play

00:57:18with

00:57:19fire.

00:57:20Wesley

00:57:20is

00:57:20not

00:57:20someone

00:57:20to

00:57:21be

00:57:21trifled

00:57:21with.

00:57:22I

00:57:23know.

00:57:25I

00:57:26were

00:57:28all

00:57:29telling

00:57:29me

00:57:29one

00:57:30thing.

00:57:30He

00:57:30was

00:57:31falling

00:57:31for

00:57:31me.

00:57:33But

00:57:33I

00:57:33still

00:57:33didn't

00:57:34know

00:57:34how

00:57:34I

00:57:34should

00:57:34respond.

00:57:35A

00:57:35few

00:57:36days

00:57:36later,

00:57:36Jeffrey

00:57:37took

00:57:37me

00:57:37to

00:57:37a

00:57:37gathering

00:57:37at

00:57:38the

00:57:38Spencer

00:57:38family

00:57:38home.

00:57:39Gerald

00:57:39Spencer

00:57:40was

00:57:40there

00:57:40too.

00:57:41Wesley's

00:57:41sister

00:57:41Karen

00:57:42came

00:57:42up

00:57:42to

00:57:42me.

00:57:43Elena,

00:57:44do

00:57:44you

00:57:44dare

00:57:44to

00:57:45race

00:57:45me?

00:57:45The

00:57:46loser

00:57:46is

00:57:46never

00:57:46allowed

00:57:47to

00:57:47set

00:57:47foot

00:57:47in

00:57:47the

00:57:47Spencer

00:57:48house

00:57:48again.

00:57:48I

00:57:49knew

00:57:49she

00:57:56you

00:57:56again.

00:57:57Gerald

00:57:58watched

00:57:58us

00:57:58bicker

00:57:59with

00:57:59interest.

00:58:00He

00:58:00didn't

00:58:01stop

00:58:01us.

00:58:02Fine.

00:58:03You

00:58:03pick

00:58:04the

00:58:04time

00:58:04and

00:58:04place.

00:58:05Tomorrow

00:58:05at

00:58:054pm,

00:58:06Thundertrack.

00:58:07Don't

00:58:08be

00:58:08late.

00:58:10Karen

00:58:11smirked

00:58:11and walked

00:58:11away.

00:58:12She

00:58:12was

00:58:13looking

00:58:13forward

00:58:13to

00:58:13watching

00:58:14me

00:58:14embarrass

00:58:14myself

00:58:15on

00:58:15the

00:58:15track.

00:58:16She

00:58:16didn't

00:58:16know

00:58:16that

00:58:17I

00:58:17had

00:58:17won

00:58:17the

00:58:17championship

00:58:18on

00:58:18that

00:58:18same

00:58:18track

00:58:19three

00:58:19years

00:58:19ago.

00:58:21Elena,

00:58:23aren't

00:58:24you

00:58:24afraid

00:58:24of

00:58:24losing?

00:58:25I

00:58:25won't

00:58:25lose.

00:58:26The

00:58:26next

00:58:26afternoon,

00:58:27Thundertrack,

00:58:28Karen

00:58:28brought

00:58:28me

00:58:29here.

00:58:29A

00:58:29group

00:58:29of

00:58:29rich

00:58:30kids

00:58:30gathered

00:58:30around

00:58:31to

00:58:31watch

00:58:31and

00:58:31plate

00:58:31bets.

00:58:32I'm

00:58:33betting

00:58:33on

00:58:33Karen!

00:58:345

00:58:34million!

00:58:35Me

00:58:35too!

00:58:35She's

00:58:36the

00:58:36champion

00:58:36every

00:58:37year!

00:58:37Almost

00:58:38everyone

00:58:38was

00:58:39betting

00:58:39on

00:58:39Karen

00:58:39to

00:58:40win.

00:58:40Elise

00:58:40was

00:58:41there

00:58:41too,

00:58:41watching

00:58:42with

00:58:42a

00:58:42cold

00:58:43smirk.

00:58:45Elena,

00:58:46you're

00:58:46just

00:58:47asking

00:58:47for

00:58:47humiliation.

00:58:49Karen

00:58:49is

00:58:49the

00:58:49racing

00:58:50god

00:58:50of

00:58:50Claffe's

00:58:51elite

00:58:51circle.

00:58:54We'll

00:58:54see.

00:58:555

00:58:55million

00:58:55on

00:58:56Elena

00:58:56to

00:58:56win.

00:58:57Everyone

00:58:57fell

00:58:58silent.

00:58:58Everyone

00:58:59looked at

00:58:59Wesley.

00:59:00This

00:59:00man

00:59:00who

00:59:00never

00:59:00attended

00:59:01social

00:59:01events

00:59:02had

00:59:02actually

00:59:02come

00:59:02to

00:59:02place

00:59:03about

00:59:03himself.

00:59:04Karen's

00:59:04face

00:59:04turned

00:59:04Asian,

00:59:05but under

00:59:06Wesley's

00:59:06icy gaze,

00:59:07she didn't

00:59:07dare

00:59:08cause

00:59:08trouble.

00:59:09The

00:59:09race

00:59:09began.

00:59:10In

00:59:10the

00:59:10first

00:59:10round

00:59:11of

00:59:11heaps,

00:59:12I

00:59:12stayed

00:59:12in

00:59:12the

00:59:12middle,

00:59:13taking

00:59:13it

00:59:13easy.

00:59:14Karen

00:59:14advanced

00:59:15easily.

00:59:16In

00:59:16the

00:59:16final

00:59:16round,

00:59:17Karen

00:59:27thought

00:59:28smugly,

00:59:29she's

00:59:29not

00:59:29that

00:59:30impressive

00:59:30after

00:59:30all.

00:59:33Karen

00:59:33is

00:59:34going

00:59:35to

00:59:35win!

00:59:36I

00:59:37told

00:59:37you,

00:59:38how

00:59:38could

00:59:38Elena

00:59:39possibly

00:59:39beat

00:59:40Karen?

00:59:40The

00:59:41final

00:59:41lap.

00:59:46My

00:59:47car

00:59:47suddenly

00:59:48shot

00:59:48forward

00:59:48like

00:59:49an

00:59:49arrow.

00:59:49My

00:59:50earlier

00:59:50low

00:59:51profile,

00:59:52all

00:59:52of

00:59:52it

00:59:52was

00:59:52a

00:59:52disguise.

01:00:01I

01:00:02overtook

01:00:02at a

01:00:03bewildering

01:00:03angle

01:00:04on

01:00:04the

01:00:04curve.

01:00:05The

01:00:06tires

01:00:06screamed

01:00:07against

01:00:07the

01:00:07track.

01:00:12The

01:00:13silver

01:00:13shadow

01:00:14of

01:00:14my

01:00:14car

01:00:14crossed

01:00:15the

01:00:15finish

01:00:15line

01:00:15first

01:00:16like

01:00:16a

01:00:16shooting

01:00:16star.

01:00:22Karen

01:00:22was

01:00:23still

01:00:23lost

01:00:23in

01:00:24her

01:00:24illusion

01:00:24of

01:00:24victory.

01:00:26The

01:00:27referee

01:00:27walked

01:00:27over

01:00:28and

01:00:28cleared

01:00:28his

01:00:29throat

01:00:29awkwardly.

01:00:31Miss

01:00:31Spencer,

01:00:32you

01:00:33were

01:00:33lapped.

01:00:34What?

01:00:38she

01:00:38was

01:00:39left

01:00:39left.

01:00:40How is

01:00:40that

01:00:40possible?

01:00:41Elena

01:00:42is the

01:00:42real

01:00:43real

01:00:43racing

01:00:43expert.

01:00:44She

01:00:44was

01:00:45just

01:00:45acting

01:00:45before.

01:00:47I

01:00:48took

01:00:48off

01:00:48my

01:00:48gloves

01:00:49and

01:00:49got

01:00:49out

01:00:49of

01:00:49the

01:00:50car.

01:00:55The

01:00:55whole

01:00:56place

01:00:56was

01:00:56quiet.

01:00:58Everyone

01:00:58was

01:00:59still

01:00:59in

01:00:59shock

01:00:59from

01:00:59what

01:01:00they

01:01:00had

01:01:00just

01:01:00witnessed.

01:01:01Elise's

01:01:02face

01:01:02turned

01:01:02pale.

01:01:03She

01:01:04thought

01:01:04she'd

01:01:04see

01:01:05me

01:01:05humiliated,

01:01:06but

01:01:06Karen

01:01:07ended

01:01:07up

01:01:07losing

01:01:07spectacularly.

01:01:09How

01:01:09is

01:01:10this

01:01:10possible?

01:01:10How

01:01:11could

01:01:11she

01:01:11win?

01:01:16impossible.

01:01:17This

01:01:18can't

01:01:18be.

01:01:21You

01:01:22lost.

01:01:23Don't

01:01:23forget

01:01:23to keep

01:01:24your

01:01:24promise.

01:01:27Karen

01:01:28gritted

01:01:28her teeth

01:01:28and

01:01:29nodded.

01:01:30I

01:01:31looked

01:01:31at her

01:01:31calmly,

01:01:32then

01:01:32turned

01:01:33and

01:01:33walked

01:01:33away.

01:01:36Behind

01:01:37me,

01:01:37Elise

01:01:38was

01:01:38trembling

01:01:38with

01:01:39rage.

01:01:40What

01:01:41made

01:01:41her

01:01:41even

01:01:41angrier

01:01:42was

01:01:42that

01:01:42Wesley

01:01:43had

01:01:43come

01:01:43in

01:01:43person

01:01:43to

01:01:44bet

01:01:44on

01:01:44me.

01:01:48Why?

01:01:49Why

01:01:50does

01:01:50everyone

01:01:50take

01:01:51her

01:01:51side?

01:01:56I

01:01:56didn't

01:01:57know

01:01:57what

01:01:57Elise

01:01:57was

01:01:58thinking.

01:01:59I

01:01:59only

01:01:59knew

01:02:00that

01:02:00this

01:02:00victory

01:02:00was

01:02:01mine.

01:02:03After

01:02:03the

01:02:03race,

01:02:04the

01:02:04crowd

01:02:04slowly

01:02:05dispersed.

01:02:06Karen

01:02:07was

01:02:07helped

01:02:07away,

01:02:08her

01:02:08face

01:02:08full

01:02:09of

01:02:09resentment.

01:02:11Elise

01:02:12stood

01:02:12in

01:02:12the

01:02:12distance

01:02:12staring

01:02:13at

01:02:13me

01:02:13intently

01:02:15like

01:02:15a

01:02:15baleful

01:02:16snake.

01:02:17At

01:02:17that

01:02:17moment,

01:02:18Wesley

01:02:19was

01:02:19walking

01:02:19toward

01:02:19me.

01:02:21The

01:02:21crowd

01:02:22parted

01:02:22automatically

01:02:23to make

01:02:23way for

01:02:24him.

01:02:28You

01:02:28won.

01:02:29You

01:02:29saw

01:02:30it.

01:02:30I

01:02:31knew

01:02:31you

01:02:31would

01:02:31win

01:02:31from

01:02:32the

01:02:32start.

01:02:32His

01:02:33tone

01:02:33was

01:02:33calm,

01:02:34as

01:02:34if

01:02:34he

01:02:34was

01:02:34just

01:02:34stating

01:02:35a

01:02:35fact.

01:02:35But

01:02:36I

01:02:36could

01:02:36hear

01:02:36something

01:02:37in

01:02:37it.

01:02:37Not

01:02:38surprise,

01:02:38but

01:02:38certainty.

01:02:39Wesley

01:02:40didn't

01:02:40say

01:02:40much

01:02:41more.

01:02:41He

01:02:42turned

01:02:42and

01:02:42left.

01:02:43Felix,

01:02:44following

01:02:44behind,

01:02:45whispered

01:02:46something

01:02:46as he

01:02:46passed

01:02:47me.

01:02:47Mr.

01:02:48Spencer

01:02:48has

01:02:48never

01:02:49bet on

01:02:49anyone

01:02:49else

01:02:49to

01:02:50win.

01:02:51You're

01:02:51the

01:02:51first.

01:02:52I

01:02:52paused

01:02:53for a

01:02:53moment,

01:02:54watching

01:02:54Wesley's

01:02:55figure

01:02:55disappear

01:02:55into

01:02:56the

01:02:56night.

01:02:56That

01:02:57five

01:02:57million,

01:02:58he

01:02:58had

01:02:58bet

01:02:59on

01:02:59me.

01:02:59I

01:03:00knew

01:03:00that

01:03:00winning

01:03:00this

01:03:01race

01:03:01against

01:03:01Karen

01:03:02was

01:03:02just

01:03:02the

01:03:02beginning.

01:03:03What

01:03:04lay

01:03:04ahead

01:03:04was

01:03:04far

01:03:05more

01:03:05complicated

01:03:05than

01:03:06a

01:03:06simple

01:03:06competition.

01:03:07After

01:03:08the

01:03:08race,

01:03:09Karen's

01:03:09attitude

01:03:09toward

01:03:09me

01:03:10had

01:03:10clearly

01:03:10changed.

01:03:12She

01:03:12was

01:03:12still

01:03:13unhappy

01:03:13about

01:03:13it,

01:03:14but

01:03:14at

01:03:14least

01:03:15she

01:03:15no

01:03:15longer

01:03:15dared

01:03:15to

01:03:16provoke

01:03:16me

01:03:16openly.

01:03:17But

01:03:18Elise

01:03:18was

01:03:18different.

01:03:19The

01:03:19way

01:03:20she

01:03:20looked

01:03:20at

01:03:20me

01:03:20was

01:03:20even

01:03:21more

01:03:21vicious

01:03:21than

01:03:21before.

01:03:23I

01:03:23knew

01:03:23she

01:03:24wouldn't

01:03:24let

01:03:24it

01:03:24go.

01:03:27Elena,

01:03:28don't

01:03:28get

01:03:28too

01:03:29cocky.

01:03:29Karen

01:03:30just

01:03:30had

01:03:30bad

01:03:30luck.

01:03:31Next

01:03:32time

01:03:32you

01:03:32won't

01:03:33be

01:03:33so

01:03:33lucky.

01:03:38Is

01:03:39that

01:03:39so?

01:03:39I'll

01:03:40be

01:03:40waiting.

01:03:46I

01:03:47didn't

01:03:47take

01:03:47Elise's

01:03:47words

01:03:48to

01:03:48heart.

01:03:51When

01:03:52I

01:03:52got

01:03:52home,

01:03:53I

01:03:53found

01:03:53Julie

01:03:53sitting

01:03:54in

01:03:54the

01:03:54living

01:03:54room,

01:03:55holding

01:03:55an

01:03:55invitation

01:03:56in

01:03:56her

01:03:56hand.

01:03:58Elena,

01:03:59you're

01:03:59back.

01:04:00Come

01:04:00take

01:04:00a

01:04:01look

01:04:01at

01:04:01this.

01:04:06What

01:04:06is

01:04:07it?

01:04:07An

01:04:07invitation

01:04:08to

01:04:08the

01:04:08Garrett

01:04:08family's

01:04:09charity

01:04:09gala.

01:04:10Miss

01:04:10Kathy

01:04:10Garrett

01:04:11has

01:04:11returned

01:04:11to

01:04:11the

01:04:12country

01:04:12and

01:04:12this

01:04:12is

01:04:12her

01:04:13welcome

01:04:13banquet.

01:04:14All

01:04:14of

01:04:14Clay's

01:04:15elite

01:04:15will

01:04:15be

01:04:15there.

01:04:16Kathy

01:04:16Garrett,

01:04:17I

01:04:17had

01:04:17heard

01:04:17that

01:04:17name

01:04:18before.

01:04:18The

01:04:18daughter

01:04:19of

01:04:19the

01:04:19Garrett

01:04:19family,

01:04:20regarded

01:04:20as

01:04:20Wesley's

01:04:21fiancé

01:04:21since

01:04:22childhood.

01:04:22I

01:04:22want

01:04:23to

01:04:23take

01:04:23you

01:04:23with

01:04:23me.

01:04:24You've

01:04:29formal

01:04:29appearance

01:04:29in

01:04:30high

01:04:30society.

01:04:32All

01:04:32right,

01:04:33I knew

01:04:33this

01:04:33banquet

01:04:34would

01:04:34not

01:04:34be

01:04:34peaceful,

01:04:35but I

01:04:35had

01:04:35never

01:04:35been

01:04:35afraid

01:04:36of

01:04:36trouble.

01:04:36On

01:04:37the

01:04:37day

01:04:37of

01:04:37the

01:04:37charity

01:04:38gala,

01:04:38Jolie

01:04:39had

01:04:39prepared

01:04:39a

01:04:39silver

01:04:40white

01:04:40gown

01:04:40for

01:04:40me.

01:04:41When

01:04:42I

01:04:42walked

01:04:42down

01:04:42the

01:04:43stairs

01:04:43in

01:04:43it,

01:04:44the

01:04:44whole

01:04:44family

01:04:44was

01:04:45stunned.

01:04:48Elena,

01:04:49you look

01:04:50beautiful

01:04:50today.

01:04:51Of

01:04:52course

01:04:52my

01:04:52little

01:04:52sister

01:04:53is

01:04:53beautiful.

01:04:54Thank

01:04:55you.

01:04:55When

01:04:56we

01:04:56arrived

01:04:56at the

01:04:57banquet

01:04:59crowded,

01:05:00almost

01:05:00all

01:05:00of

01:05:01Claythia's

01:05:01elite

01:05:01and

01:05:02dignitaries

01:05:02were

01:05:02there.

01:05:04I

01:05:05saw

01:05:05Karen

01:05:06standing

01:05:06in

01:05:06the

01:05:06crowd.

01:05:08When

01:05:08she

01:05:09saw

01:05:09me,

01:05:09she

01:05:10gave

01:05:10me

01:05:10an

01:05:10awkward

01:05:10nod.

01:05:12Then

01:05:12I

01:05:12saw

01:05:13Kathy

01:05:13Garrett.

01:05:14She

01:05:14was

01:05:14standing

01:05:14in

01:05:15the

01:05:15center

01:05:15of

01:05:15the

01:05:15banquet

01:05:16hall,

01:05:16surrounded

01:05:17by a

01:05:17group

01:05:17of

01:05:17people.

01:05:18Golden

01:05:19curls,

01:05:20a

01:05:20red

01:05:20gown.

01:05:21She

01:05:22was

01:05:22like

01:05:22a

01:05:22blazing

01:05:23flame.

01:05:26So

01:05:27you're

01:05:27the

01:05:27Harper

01:05:27family's

01:05:28newly

01:05:29daughter.

01:05:29You

01:05:30certainly

01:05:30live up

01:05:30to

01:05:30your

01:05:31reputation.

01:05:34I'm

01:05:34flattered,

01:05:35Miss

01:05:35Garrett.

01:05:36I'm not

01:05:37complimenting

01:05:38you.

01:05:39I'm

01:05:40just

01:05:40saying,

01:05:41you do

01:05:42have a

01:05:42face that

01:05:43would make

01:05:43men's

01:05:44hearts

01:05:44flutter.

01:05:46Unfortunately,

01:05:47a pretty

01:05:48face alone

01:05:48isn't

01:05:49enough.

01:05:50Her

01:05:51smile was

01:05:52elegant,

01:05:52but every

01:05:53word she

01:05:54said was

01:05:54a provocation.

01:05:58she

01:05:59was

01:05:59telling

01:05:59me,

01:06:00don't

01:06:00think

01:06:01that

01:06:01just

01:06:01because

01:06:01Wesley

01:06:02gave

01:06:02you

01:06:02a

01:06:03ruby

01:06:03you're

01:06:03special.

01:06:05You're

01:06:05right.

01:06:06A

01:06:07pretty

01:06:07face

01:06:07alone

01:06:08isn't

01:06:08enough.

01:06:11That's

01:06:12why I

01:06:12have

01:06:12other

01:06:12advantages

01:06:13as

01:06:13well.

01:06:14Oh?

01:06:15Like

01:06:16what?

01:06:16For

01:06:17example,

01:06:18I can

01:06:18make

01:06:18Wesley

01:06:19come in

01:06:19person

01:06:19just to

01:06:20give me

01:06:20a gift,

01:06:21but some

01:06:21people can

01:06:22stand right

01:06:22in front

01:06:22of him

01:06:23and he

01:06:23won't

01:06:23even

01:06:23glance

01:06:24their

01:06:24way.

01:06:25Kathy's

01:06:25expression

01:06:26changed.

01:06:27She knew

01:06:28who I

01:06:28was

01:06:28talking

01:06:28about.

01:06:30Who in

01:06:31Clay's

01:06:32high

01:06:32society

01:06:33didn't

01:06:33know

01:06:33that

01:06:33Wesley

01:06:34had

01:06:34gave

01:06:34me

01:06:35a

01:06:35pigeon

01:06:35blood

01:06:35ruby?

01:06:38You!

01:06:41Fine.

01:06:42We'll

01:06:43see about

01:06:43that.

01:06:45Kathy

01:06:46turned

01:06:46and walked

01:06:46away,

01:06:47but I

01:06:47could see

01:06:48her fists

01:06:49clenching.

01:06:49I knew

01:06:50that from

01:06:50today on

01:06:51I had

01:06:51gained

01:06:51another

01:06:52enemy.

01:06:52But I

01:06:53didn't

01:06:53regret

01:06:54it.

01:06:55If

01:06:55you

01:06:55take

01:06:55one

01:06:56step

01:06:56back,

01:06:56they'll

01:06:57take

01:06:57a

01:06:57mile.

01:06:58Better

01:06:58to

01:06:59show

01:06:59them

01:06:59from

01:06:59the

01:06:59start.

01:07:00I'm

01:07:01not

01:07:01someone

01:07:01to be

01:07:01messed

01:07:01with.

01:07:02Halfway

01:07:03through

01:07:03the

01:07:03banquet,

01:07:04Wesley

01:07:04appeared.

01:07:05He

01:07:06was

01:07:06still

01:07:06the

01:07:06same

01:07:07black

01:07:07suit,

01:07:07cold

01:07:08expression,

01:07:08and

01:07:09unapproachable

01:07:09aura.

01:07:10But

01:07:11tonight,

01:07:11he walked

01:07:12straight toward

01:07:13me.

01:07:14Everyone's

01:07:15eyes

01:07:15followed

01:07:15him.

01:07:17You

01:07:17look

01:07:18beautiful

01:07:18today.

01:07:19Thank

01:07:20you.

01:07:20Kathy

01:07:20stood

01:07:21not far

01:07:21away,

01:07:21watching

01:07:22this

01:07:22scene,

01:07:23her

01:07:24face

01:07:24ashen.

01:07:25She

01:07:25was

01:07:25the

01:07:25hostess

01:07:26of

01:07:26this

01:07:26banquet,

01:07:27but

01:07:27Wesley's

01:07:27gaze

01:07:28never

01:07:28fell

01:07:28on

01:07:28her

01:07:28once.

01:07:30Miss

01:07:31Garrett,

01:07:31you

01:07:32see?

01:07:32This

01:07:33is how

01:07:33she

01:07:33seduces

01:07:34Wesley.

01:07:35Shut

01:07:35up.

01:07:38I

01:07:39know

01:07:39what

01:07:39to

01:07:40do.

01:07:41Wesley

01:07:41stood

01:07:41beside

01:07:42me

01:07:42for

01:07:42a

01:07:42while,

01:07:43without

01:07:44saying

01:07:44much.

01:07:45But

01:07:46the

01:07:46fact

01:07:46that

01:07:46he

01:07:46stood

01:07:47beside

01:07:47me

01:07:47was

01:07:47himself

01:07:48a

01:07:48statement.

01:07:49Be

01:07:49careful

01:07:50with

01:07:50Kathy.

01:07:51She's

01:07:52not

01:07:52like

01:07:52Elise.

01:07:53She's

01:07:53not

01:07:53just

01:07:53some

01:07:53woman

01:07:54who

01:07:54plays

01:07:54petty

01:07:54tricks.

01:07:57Are

01:07:58you

01:07:58worried

01:07:58about

01:07:58me?

01:08:00What

01:08:00do

01:08:00you

01:08:00think?

01:08:04He

01:08:04didn't

01:08:05answer,

01:08:07but his

01:08:07eyes told me

01:08:08the answer.

01:08:09after

01:08:10after the

01:08:10banquet

01:08:10ended,

01:08:11I

01:08:11thought

01:08:11that

01:08:11was

01:08:12it

01:08:12for

01:08:12the

01:08:12night.

01:08:12But

01:08:13just

01:08:13as

01:08:13I

01:08:13was

01:08:13about

01:08:14to

01:08:14leave,

01:08:14Kathy

01:08:15called

01:08:15out

01:08:15to

01:08:15me,

01:08:15Elena,

01:08:16wait

01:08:16a

01:08:16moment.

01:08:18Is

01:08:19there

01:08:19something

01:08:19you

01:08:19need?

01:08:20I

01:08:21want

01:08:21to

01:08:21talk

01:08:21to

01:08:21you

01:08:22about

01:08:23Wesley.

01:08:24There's

01:08:24nothing

01:08:24to

01:08:24talk

01:08:25about.

01:08:25Don't

01:08:26leave

01:08:26so

01:08:26soon.

01:08:27I

01:08:28just

01:08:28want

01:08:28to

01:08:28tell

01:08:28you

01:08:28one

01:08:29thing.

01:08:30My

01:08:30engagement

01:08:31to

01:08:31Wesley

01:08:31was

01:08:32arranged

01:08:32by

01:08:32our

01:08:32families

01:08:33since

01:08:33we

01:08:33were

01:08:33children.

01:08:35I

01:08:36know

01:08:36he

01:08:36has

01:08:36no

01:08:36feelings

01:08:37for

01:08:37me,

01:08:37but

01:08:37that

01:08:37doesn't

01:08:38matter.

01:08:38What

01:08:38matters

01:08:39is

01:08:39that

01:08:39the

01:08:39marriage

01:08:39between

01:08:40the

01:08:40Garrett

01:08:40and

01:08:40Spencer

01:08:41families

01:08:41affects

01:08:41the fate

01:08:42of both

01:08:42clans.

01:08:43So?

01:08:45So,

01:08:45I

01:08:46hope

01:08:46you'll

01:08:46stay

01:08:46away

01:08:47from

01:08:47him.

01:08:47Not

01:08:48for

01:08:48me.

01:08:49For

01:08:49him.

01:08:50If

01:08:51you

01:08:51truly

01:08:51care

01:08:51about

01:08:52him,

01:08:52you

01:08:52won't

01:08:53make

01:08:53things

01:08:53difficult

01:08:53for

01:08:54him.

01:08:55Kathy's

01:08:55words

01:08:55were

01:08:56flawless.

01:08:57She

01:08:57wasn't

01:08:57threatening

01:08:58me.

01:08:58She

01:09:03Elise.

01:09:04Miss

01:09:05Garrett,

01:09:05Wesley

01:09:06is not

01:09:06a piece

01:09:07of

01:09:07merchandise.

01:09:08Who

01:09:08he

01:09:08chooses

01:09:09is

01:09:09his

01:09:09freedom.

01:09:10If

01:09:11he

01:09:11chooses

01:09:11you,

01:09:12I

01:09:12won't

01:09:12bother

01:09:12him.

01:09:13But

01:09:14if

01:09:14he

01:09:14chooses

01:09:14someone

01:09:14else,

01:09:15you

01:09:15can't

01:09:16stop

01:09:16him

01:09:16either.

01:09:21With

01:09:22that,

01:09:22I

01:09:22turned

01:09:23and

01:09:23left,

01:09:23without

01:09:24looking

01:09:24back

01:09:24at

01:09:24her.

01:09:27A

01:09:28few

01:09:28days

01:09:28later,

01:09:29as I

01:09:29was

01:09:29handling

01:09:30documents

01:09:30at

01:09:30the

01:09:31company,

01:09:31my

01:09:31assistant

01:09:32Charlotte

01:09:32walked

01:09:33in

01:09:33hurriedly.

01:09:34Elena,

01:09:35something's

01:09:36wrong.

01:09:36What

01:09:37happened?

01:09:39Someone

01:09:40reported to

01:09:40the company

01:09:41that you

01:09:41tampered

01:09:42with the

01:09:42project

01:09:42and

01:09:43leakered

01:09:43confidential

01:09:44data.

01:09:44The

01:09:44audit

01:09:45department

01:09:45is

01:09:45already

01:09:46investigating.

01:09:47Who

01:09:47reported

01:09:48it?

01:09:49Anonymous.

01:09:50But

01:09:51I have

01:09:51a feeling

01:09:52this isn't

01:09:52simple.

01:09:54I

01:09:54didn't

01:09:55panic.

01:09:55Instead,

01:09:56I opened

01:09:57my computer

01:09:57and started

01:09:58tracing the

01:09:58source of

01:09:59the

01:09:59complaint.

01:10:00Ten

01:10:00minutes

01:10:00later,

01:10:01I

01:10:01found the

01:10:02IP

01:10:02address

01:10:02traced back

01:10:03to the

01:10:03Garrett

01:10:04group.

01:10:06Kathy.

01:10:08She

01:10:08finally

01:10:09made her

01:10:09move,

01:10:10and her

01:10:10first move

01:10:11was aimed

01:10:11at destroying

01:10:12me.

01:10:13Did you

01:10:14find out

01:10:14who it

01:10:15was?

01:10:16I

01:10:16found it.

01:10:18But I'll

01:10:19handle this

01:10:19myself.

01:10:20I wouldn't

01:10:21let Kathy

01:10:21win.

01:10:22She could

01:10:23use the

01:10:23Garrett

01:10:24family's

01:10:24power to

01:10:25suppress

01:10:25me.

01:10:26But what

01:10:27she didn't

01:10:27know was,

01:10:28I had never

01:10:29been someone

01:10:29who relied

01:10:30on others

01:10:30to survive.

01:10:32When the

01:10:32audit department

01:10:33came to

01:10:33investigate,

01:10:34I had

01:10:35already

01:10:36prepared all

01:10:36the evidence.

01:10:37Every line

01:10:38of code,

01:10:39every document,

01:10:41every operation

01:10:41log,

01:10:42all crystal

01:10:44clear.

01:10:45Miss Harper,

01:10:47someone has

01:10:48reported that

01:10:48you tampered

01:10:49with the

01:10:49project.

01:10:50Please

01:10:50cooperate with

01:10:51our investigation.

01:10:53No problem.

01:10:54These are all

01:10:55my work records

01:10:56since I joined.

01:10:57You can examine

01:10:58them carefully.

01:11:01Kathy also

01:11:02came to the

01:11:03scene.

01:11:03She stood

01:11:04aside,

01:11:05arms crossed,

01:11:06waiting to

01:11:06see me

01:11:06humiliated.

01:11:12Elena,

01:11:12if you

01:11:13confess,

01:11:14I can put

01:11:14in a good

01:11:15word for

01:11:15you with

01:11:16Wesley.

01:11:16After all,

01:11:17you've had

01:11:17a hard

01:11:18life.

01:11:18Why would

01:11:19I confess

01:11:20to something

01:11:20I didn't

01:11:21do?

01:11:26Two hours

01:11:27later,

01:11:28the audit

01:11:28results

01:11:29came out.

01:11:33All records

01:11:34are clean.

01:11:35The report

01:11:36is false.

01:11:37Miss Harper

01:11:38is innocent.

01:11:40Kathy's

01:11:41expression

01:11:41changed.

01:11:42She hadn't

01:11:43expected me

01:11:44to keep

01:11:44such complete

01:11:45work records.

01:11:46Miss Garrett,

01:11:48sorry to

01:11:49disappoint you.

01:11:52Kathy gritted

01:11:53her teeth

01:11:54and turned

01:11:54to leave.

01:11:57But I

01:11:57knew she

01:11:58wouldn't

01:11:58stop there.

01:11:59After the

01:12:00false report

01:12:00incident,

01:12:02Wesley came

01:12:03to me.

01:12:04Kathy

01:12:04was behind

01:12:06this.

01:12:07I know.

01:12:09Aren't you

01:12:09angry?

01:12:11What good

01:12:12would being

01:12:13angry do?

01:12:14She wanted

01:12:15to see me

01:12:15lose control.

01:12:17The angrier

01:12:18I get,

01:12:18the more

01:12:19satisfied she

01:12:20becomes.

01:12:21You're

01:12:22always like

01:12:22this.

01:12:23No matter

01:12:24what happens,

01:12:24you stay

01:12:24so calm.

01:12:26Being calm

01:12:27is how you

01:12:27solve problems.

01:12:30Impulsiveness

01:12:30only makes

01:12:31things worse.

01:12:33I'll handle

01:12:34this.

01:12:35Kathy won't

01:12:35bother you

01:12:36again.

01:12:37No need.

01:12:38I can handle

01:12:39it myself.

01:12:40I know you

01:12:41can.

01:12:41But I

01:12:42want to

01:12:42help you.

01:12:43I looked

01:12:44at him,

01:12:45feeling

01:12:45something I

01:12:46couldn't

01:12:46quite name.

01:12:47This man,

01:12:48from testing

01:12:48me,

01:12:49suspecting

01:12:49me,

01:12:50to now

01:12:50wanting to

01:12:50help me.

01:12:51I didn't

01:12:52know what

01:12:52this was,

01:12:52but I

01:12:53knew I

01:12:53didn't

01:12:53hate it.

01:12:54Thank

01:12:55you.

01:12:56But if

01:12:56possible,

01:12:57I hope

01:12:57you won't

01:12:57get involved

01:12:58for now.

01:12:58This is

01:12:59between

01:12:59her and

01:12:59me.

01:13:03All

01:13:03right.

01:13:04I

01:13:04respect

01:13:05your

01:13:05decision.

01:13:06He

01:13:06turned

01:13:06and

01:13:07left,

01:13:07leaving

01:13:08me

01:13:08alone

01:13:08by

01:13:09the

01:13:09window.

01:13:09In

01:13:09the

01:13:09night,

01:13:10the

01:13:10city

01:13:10lights

01:13:11flickered

01:13:11in

01:13:11the

01:13:12distance.

01:13:13Kathy

01:13:13Garrett,

01:13:13Elise

01:13:14Harper,

01:13:17one

01:13:17used

01:13:18family

01:13:18power

01:13:19against

01:13:19me.

01:13:20The

01:13:20other

01:13:20plotted

01:13:21against

01:13:21me

01:13:21from

01:13:22the

01:13:22shadows.

01:13:24They

01:13:25thought

01:13:25this

01:13:25would

01:13:25bring

01:13:25me

01:13:26down,

01:13:26but

01:13:27they

01:13:27didn't

01:13:27know.

01:13:29I'd

01:13:30never

01:13:30relied on

01:13:31anyone

01:13:31to get

01:13:31where I

01:13:32was.

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