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00:00I was born with a curse.
00:02Whoever I doom dies exactly as I say.
00:05When I was five, the trafficker who kidnapped me beat me half to death because I wouldn't stop crying.
00:11You'll be crushed into meat paste by a truck.
00:14The words barely left my lips when a runaway assembly barreled through the gate and flattened it so thoroughly.
00:21Later at the orphanage, the director embezzled our food and locked me in the punishment closet for days.
00:27You will choke to death on your own greed.
00:30That very noon, he died at the dinner table, a chunk of expensive steak lodged in his throat.
00:36After that, I became the monster everyone feared.
00:40So I learned to shut my mouth and play mute until the day the Sterling family found me and brought
00:46me home.
00:47You're doing very well. The past studies in your six months, you're going to start learning how to do business.
00:51In the future, you'll become an outstanding giz.
00:53Your younger sister would learn from you.
00:55By the way, our family is engaged in a marriage with the Blackstone family, and your fiancée's name is Julian.
01:03But I'd only been there one day when I pushed open the front door and saw Lydia, the adopted sister,
01:09sobbing in my fiancée's arms.
01:11Julian, does Everly hate me now?
01:14She whimpered.
01:15She's been spreading rumors at the office, claiming I slept with Mr. Harrington to secure the Westside Development deal and
01:22that I caught syphilis from him.
01:24My mother stormed over and slapped me hard across the face.
01:28Your sister is innocent! How dare you spread such vile lies about her!
01:32I knew it.
01:33You grew up poor and bitter and now you're rotting from jealousy.
01:37Get to your room and don't come out until I say so.
01:40I covered my face, saw the smug look in Lydia's eyes, and sneered.
01:44You think I'm spreading rumors?
01:46Fine.
01:47Then you'd better be ready with the consequences when I open my mouth.
01:52Mom, Dad, look!
01:55Evelyn's laughing!
01:56My mother's chest heaved with fury, and she grabbed the teacup from the table and hurled the scalding liquid straight
02:02into my face.
02:03You cursed brat!
02:05I should never have brought you back!
02:07We gave you everything.
02:10Food, clothes, a home, and this is how you repay us?
02:14Slandering your own sister at the company?
02:16How can you be so vicious?
02:17I bit down hard on my tongue until I tasted iron.
02:21Evelyn, I told you from the start.
02:23You don't belong in the Sterling family, and you sure as hell don't deserve to be my fiancé.
02:27If Lydia hadn't begged me to give you a chance, I would have called off this engragement ages ago.
02:32Now get on your knees and apologize to her, or I'm ending this farce right now.
02:36I lowered my head, staring at the puddle of tea soaking into the marble floor, and said nothing.
02:41My curse has always been absolute.
02:43Once I speak, fate obeys without fail.
02:46In the six months since they brought me home, the Sterlings gave me something I'd never had before.
02:51Warmth.
02:52When I had a fever, my mother stayed up all night, changing cold compresses on my forehead.
02:56My father, who never cooked, clumsily made me pork chops and gave me the first piece.
03:01Even my brother, who swore he'd never accept me, started sneaking pastries into my bag.
03:06My mother would stroke my face with tears in her eyes, and whisper that she was sorry for the years
03:12I'd suffered alone.
03:13My father even drove me to the office himself, saying I needed to start building connections,
03:18because one day, the entire Sterling empire would be mine.
03:21To protect this fragile sliver of warmth I'd finally found, I sealed my lips shut.
03:27Seeing my silence, Lydia's sobs grew louder.
03:31Does Evelyn think she can just play dumb and get away with this?
03:35She's been spreading those disgusting lies it's about me all over the company.
03:39Everyone's looking at me like I'm dirty now.
03:41How am I supposed to show my face in this industry again?
03:43Julian's face twisted in rage, and he stormed over and grabbed the fine chain around my neck, yanking hard.
03:50Pain seared across my skin.
03:53Six months ago, my mother had recognized me because of this necklace.
03:56She said she'd put it on me the day I was born, a mark of my identity as the sole
04:01legitimate heir.
04:02I lunged forward, trying to grab me.
04:05Give it back!
04:05Julian sidestepped her step, letting me crash to the floor.
04:09Don't touch me!
04:10If you come near me again, I'll call the cops and tell them you assaulted me!
04:12Then, right in front of me, he placed the necklace around Lydia's neck.
04:19A treasure this priceless should only be worn by someone pure and kind like Lydia.
04:25A vicious, foul-mouthed nobody like you would only taint it.
04:29Before I could get back on my feet, my brother came charging down the stairs and grabbed me by the
04:35collar.
04:36I knew we shouldn't have brought you back, you filthy charity case!
04:42It was Lydia who begged to be kind to you.
04:44She even gave up her own bedroom to you!
04:48And for the past six months, she's handed you every good thing she's ever had!
04:53And this is how you repay her?
04:55You ungrateful snake!
04:58Butler, lock this trash in her room right now!
05:01No one gives her a single drop of water without my permission, understood?
05:05Two security guards rushed forward, dragged me upstairs.
05:09I was locked in that room for seven days straight.
05:13Every night, the maid would slide a single bowl under the door.
05:16Inside was nothing but cold leftovers and scraps.
05:19Outside, I could hear laughter echoing through the halls.
05:22Before, a perfect little family.
05:24Lydia made sure to parade Julian past my door every single day.
05:29Julian, this watch is too expensive.
05:31Why don't you give it to Evelyn instead?
05:34I know you love me, but Evelyn is their real daughter and she's the one you're technically engaged to.
05:38Maybe we should just end this.
05:40As long as I can see you happy from afar, I'd die a thousand deaths and it would still be
05:44worth it.
05:45Stop talking nonsense.
05:46That piece of trash they dragged back from the gullet isn't even worth carrying your shoes.
05:50Just looking at her pathetic face makes me sick.
05:52Why the hell would I give her something this expensive?
05:56Don't worry, Lydia.
05:57Even if I marry her, I'll never lay a fender on her.
06:00You're the only one I'll ever love.
06:02I leaned against the door.
06:04Wearing something that expensive to bed?
06:06Better be careful.
06:07You might wake up with a stiff neck.
06:10The next morning, Lydia's shrieks tore through the hallway.
06:13It hurts!
06:14My neck!
06:15I can't move it!
06:21Then came my sister's panicked voice,
06:23followed by the frantic footsteps of the household staff scrambling to help.
06:28I sat in the dark, eyes closed,
06:29a slow smile spreading across my face.
06:32On the eighth day, the lock finally clicked open.
06:35Lydia stood in the doorway, arms crossed.
06:38Oh my god, Evelyn.
06:40You look like death.
06:41Did you really starve yourself just to guilt trip us?
06:44Come on, get up.
06:46Mom and Dad want you at the company.
06:48All you have to do is stand in front of everyone and admit you lied,
06:51apologize to me, and we can all move on.
06:53I pushed myself to my feet and walked toward the door.
06:58The moment I reached the top of the stairs,
07:00Lydia leaned in close and whispered in my ear.
07:03You poor little bastard.
07:05Did you really think you could steal my parents and my man?
07:09I froze mid-step and turned to look at her.
07:12Lydia let out a blood-pourting scream.
07:15Evelyn, no!
07:16I swear I won't take the inheritance from you!
07:19Then she threw herself backward and tumbled down the stairs.
07:22Julian bolted toward the staircase.
07:24Lydia!
07:24And my parents and sister came running from every direction.
07:29Lydia lay crumpled at the bottom.
07:31Julian, don't blame Evelyn.
07:34I just lost my balance.
07:36You've lived in this house for over 20 years
07:39and never once fell down these stairs.
07:41There's no way this was an accident!
07:43My mother flew up the steps
07:44and landed two brutal slaps across my face.
07:47I was so weak from starvation
07:49that the force sent me crashing to the floor.
07:51How did we ever give birth to a monster like you?
07:54I pressed my hand to my burning cheek
07:56and stared back at them.
07:58I let out a cold, humorless laugh.
08:00If I really wanted to hurt her,
08:01I wouldn't need to lift a finger.
08:03My brother's entire body shook the door
08:05and he kicked over a decorative handstand.
08:07Mom!
08:08Do you hear this?
08:10Do you hear what she's saying?
08:12Lydia's lying there in pain
08:14and Evelyn has the audacity
08:16to double down on her threats!
08:18You're still refusing to admit what you've done?
08:20Stop pretending you have some kind of supernatural power,
08:23you delusional freak!
08:24My father turned his face away
08:26as if even looking at me disgusted him.
08:28Get her out of my sight.
08:29Lock her back in her room now.
08:31I struggled against the guard's grip
08:33and let out a sharp, bitter laugh.
08:36You're all playing your parts so well.
08:38Just make sure she doesn't actually break a bone
08:40and pass out from the pain.
08:41Lydia suddenly went rigid.
08:43Her head lolled forward
08:44and she slumped, unconscious.
08:47My mother screamed.
08:48Someone get her in the car!
08:50We need to get to the hospital now!
08:52The guard scooped Lydia up
08:53and sprinted out the door
08:55with my parents and brother racing after them.
08:57The roar of engines filled the courtyard
08:59and within seconds, they were gone.
09:01I was thrown back into my room like garbage.
09:05A few days later,
09:06Lydia was discharged from the hospital.
09:08My parents shoved me into the car
09:10and dragged me straight
09:11to the Sterling Group headquarters.
09:12The normally spacious lobby
09:14was packed wall-to-wall with employees.
09:16My parents had summoned the entire company
09:19to publicly clear Lydia's name.
09:21On the massive LED screen
09:22in the center of the room,
09:23a video played on loop.
09:25Footage of Lydia handing out backpacks
09:26to underprivileged children in remote villages
09:28and late-night shots of her working tirelessly
09:31on the West Side Development Project.
09:34My father stepped onto the platform,
09:36microphone in hand,
09:37his voice booming across the lobby.
09:41Ladies and gentlemen,
09:42it is my great misfortune
09:44to announce that we brought home
09:46a daughter of such rotten character.
09:50Out of pure jealousy,
09:52she spread vicious, slanderous rumors
09:54about Lydia throughout this company.
09:56She has not only damaged
09:57our family's reputation,
09:59she has committed
10:00an unforgivable moral crime.
10:02The employees,
10:03not knowing the full story,
10:05began whispering amongst themselves.
10:07Once trash, always trash,
10:09doesn't matter if you put her in a mansion.
10:12I heard she grew up
10:13in some backwater foster home.
10:16People from places like that
10:17are all liars and thieves.
10:18If she's willing to slander her own sister,
10:20there's nothing she wouldn't do.
10:22Lydia, supported by Julian,
10:24walked up to me
10:25and held out a piece of paper.
10:26A printed confession titled
10:28Statement of Guilt and Apology.
10:31Evelyn, I know why you did this.
10:33All you have to do is sign this,
10:35admit you lied,
10:36and apologize to me in front of everyone.
10:37Then I'll forgive you.
10:39I stared at her smug face,
10:41my chest heaving
10:42with barely restrained rage.
10:44I never said those things.
10:46But if I had said
10:47you slept with Mr. Harrington...
10:49Before I could finish,
10:51Julian's polished oxford
10:52slammed into the back of my knee.
10:54I collapsed onto the marble floor
10:56with a sickening crack.
10:58The employees around me
10:59erupted in laughter.
11:01Some even pulled out their phones,
11:03snapping photos
11:03and recording videos
11:05of my humiliation.
11:06Karma's a bitch!
11:07Shane tore through me
11:09like the state of me.
11:11And then...
11:11Stop!
11:12Evelyn didn't lie!
11:13I can prove it!
11:14Everyone froze.
11:15A young woman
11:16shoved her way through the crowd.
11:17Stop!
11:17Evelyn didn't lie!
11:17I can prove it!
11:19She is the intern
11:20I'd comforted
11:20on my first day at the office,
11:22who'd been crying
11:23in the break room
11:24after getting chewed out
11:25by her supervisor.
11:26She planted herself
11:27in front of me,
11:28her voice shaking
11:29but firm
11:30as she pointed at Lydia.
11:31I saw it with my own eyes
11:33that night
11:33when we were working late!
11:35Lydia got into
11:36Mr. Harrington's car
11:37and they were
11:38in the back seat together.
11:39The entire lobby
11:40went dead silent.
11:42Lydia's face
11:43drained of color,
11:44but she recovered quickly,
11:46throwing herself
11:46into Julian's arms
11:48and wailing
11:48at the top of her lungs.
11:50Julian!
11:51How much did Evelyn
11:52pay this girl
11:53to lie for her?
11:54First she makes up
11:55disgusting rumors
11:56and now she's
11:57bribing people
11:58to back her up?
11:59What kind of
11:59want this anymore?
12:01I just want to die.
12:02The crowd's shock
12:03instantly morphed
12:04into contempt.
12:05Julian's expression
12:06darkened,
12:07glaring at the intern
12:08with pure hatred.
12:09He stepped forward
12:10and backhanded her
12:12across the face.
12:13The intern
12:14lost her balance
12:14and hit the floor hard,
12:16blood trickling
12:17from the corner
12:17of her mouth.
12:18You've gone too far!
12:21Throw this
12:21traitorous little bitch
12:23out of my building!
12:24Fire her immediately!
12:26Blacklist her
12:27from every company
12:27in the industry!
12:29I want her name ruined!
12:30Four security guards
12:31swarmed the intern,
12:33raining fists
12:34and kicks down
12:35on her fragile body.
12:36She crawled
12:37into a wall
12:37on the floor.
12:38I knelt
12:39on the cold floor,
12:40watching the girl
12:41who'd been beaten
12:41half to death
12:42for telling the truth.
12:43I bit down
12:44on my lower lip
12:45so hard
12:46that blood streamed
12:47down my chin,
12:47but I didn't even feel it.
12:49My trust in them
12:50shattered completely.
12:53Mom, Dad,
12:55Evelyn must be doing this
12:56because she's terrified
12:57I'll steal her inheritance.
13:00I know she hates me.
13:01She's always hated me
13:03for taking away
13:03the life that should have
13:04been hers all these years.
13:05She clutched
13:06my father's pant leg.
13:07As long as you let me
13:08stay by your side,
13:09I'll be happy
13:10even if it kills me.
13:11Julian strode over,
13:13grabbed a fistful
13:14of my hair
13:14and yanked my head up.
13:16Everyone,
13:17take a good look
13:17at this vile excuse
13:19for a human being.
13:22Today,
13:23I, Julian Blackstone,
13:25am officially calling off
13:26my engagement to her.
13:27Next month,
13:29Lydia and I
13:29will be having
13:30the grandest wedding
13:31this city has ever seen.
13:34My father stood
13:34on the platform
13:35like a judge,
13:36passing sentence.
13:37If you don't confess
13:38and apologize right now,
13:40I will disown you
13:41in front of this
13:42entire company.
13:43You won't see
13:44a single share
13:45of Sterling Group stock.
13:47Not one.
13:48Julian's designer shoe
13:49pressed down
13:50on the back of my hand,
13:51grinding my bones
13:52into the marble.
13:53The sickening crunch
13:54was followed
13:55by a wave of agony
13:56that shot straight
13:57to my skull.
13:58Around me,
13:59the crowd roared
14:00with laughter,
14:00camera flashes
14:01exploding in my face.
14:03My parents' disgusted voices
14:04echoed in my ears.
14:06I closed my eyes.
14:07The last fragile threat
14:08of affection
14:08I'd held
14:09for the Sterling Group
14:10snapped.
14:11I opened my eyes
14:12slowly and spoke.
14:13I'm going to ask you
14:14one last time.
14:15Are you absolutely certain
14:17you want me to stand
14:17in front of all these people
14:19and confess that
14:20I spread those rumors?
14:21Of course,
14:22you did it.
14:23Now own up to it.
14:25My parents and Julian
14:26chimed in impatiently.
14:28Stop wasting our time.
14:30Apologize already.
14:31Fine.
14:33I confess.
14:34I looked at their eager,
14:36self-righteous faces.
14:37I said Lydia secured
14:38the West Side Development deal
14:39by sleeping with Mr. Harrington,
14:41and I said she contracted
14:42syphilis from him.
14:43Not only that,
14:44but Lydia is now pregnant,
14:46and the baby
14:47is Mr. Harrington's.
14:49The entire lobby
14:51fell deathly silent.
14:53Lydia froze
14:54for a split second.
14:55You all heard that, right?
14:56She finally admitted it!
14:58She made it all up!
15:00Julian let out
15:01a cold, mocking laugh.
15:03What are you waiting for?
15:04Get on your knees
15:04and apologize now!
15:06But just as she reached
15:07the peak of her victory,
15:09Lydia let out
15:09a blood-curdling scream
15:11and collapsed to the ground,
15:12clutching her groin.
15:14Blood began pouring
15:15down her legs.
15:16Lydia!
15:17Julian's face
15:18went white as a sheet,
15:19and he rushed to her side.
15:20The company's front doors
15:22exploded in them,
15:23glass and wood
15:24splintering everywhere.
15:26Mr. Harrington's wife,
15:27a massive and muscular woman
15:29with a crew of bodyguards,
15:31stormed into the lobby.
15:32Where the hell
15:33is that home-wrecking whore,
15:34Lydia Sterling?
15:36He charged forward,
15:37grabbed her by the collar,
15:38and ripped her
15:39out of Julian's arms.
15:40What did you do?
15:40Then he started
15:41throwing punches,
15:42one after another.
15:45You disgusting slut!
15:47You seduced my husband!
15:49He pulled a stack
15:50of medical reports
15:51from his jacket
15:51and slammed them
15:52onto the floor.
15:53Everyone,
15:54look at this!
15:55My husband caught
15:56syphids from this
15:57filthy parasite!
15:58The lab results
15:59scattered across the marble,
16:00the words,
16:01Stage 2 Syphilis,
16:03glaring up at the crowd
16:04in red ink.
16:05Julian's face
16:05turned ashen,
16:06and he staggered backward,
16:07staring at the papers
16:08in disbelief.
16:09Lydia was already
16:10barely conscious
16:11from the beating,
16:11blood streaming
16:12from her mouth.
16:15Julian!
16:15It's not true!
16:17I don't have any disease!
16:18This is all
16:19Evelyn's doing!
16:20She hired actors
16:22to destroy me!
16:23She even faked
16:24these medical records!
16:25She's a monster!
16:26She'll do anything
16:27to frame me!
16:28She sobbed hysterically.
16:30He looked at
16:30the medical reports,
16:32melted into pure rage,
16:33then at Lydia's
16:34tear-streaked face,
16:35and his doubt
16:36vanished entirely.
16:37Get the hell off her!
16:38Julian kicked
16:39Mr. Harrington's wife
16:40in the chest,
16:41and a swarm
16:41of security guards
16:42surrounded him.
16:44If you touch
16:45my fiancé again,
16:46you're a dead man!
16:48Then Julian spun around,
16:50his eyes blazing
16:51with fury
16:51as he glared at me.
16:53Evelyn.
16:54Do you ever stop?
16:56You went so far
16:57as to hire actors
16:58and forge medical documents
17:00just to prove
17:01your disgusting lives?
17:03Lydia is clean.
17:05There's no way
17:06she'd ever catch
17:06something that vile.
17:08My father's voice
17:09shook with rage.
17:10This is unforgivable!
17:12How did we ever
17:14raise such a
17:15venomous snake?
17:17You thought of
17:18something this
17:18despicable,
17:20something this evil!
17:21My mother was
17:22on her knees
17:23beside Lydia,
17:24stroking her
17:25bloodied face.
17:26My little baby!
17:27How did you end up
17:28with such a cool sister?
17:29This is all my fault!
17:33It hurts so much!
17:35Suddenly,
17:36Lydia let out
17:37another agonized scream
17:38and went low,
17:39collapsing in a pool
17:40of her own blood.
17:42The puddle beneath her
17:42was growing larger
17:43by the second.
17:45Julian's face
17:45went white.
17:46Lydia!
17:47And he barked orders
17:48at the guards.
17:49Get the car!
17:50We're going to the hospital!
17:51Now!
17:52My parents stumbled
17:53after them,
17:54their faces twisted
17:55in panic.
17:56The lobby descended
17:57into chaos.
17:58My brother appeared
17:59out of nowhere,
18:00grabbed me by the collar,
18:01and started dragging me
18:03toward the exit.
18:04You're coming with us!
18:05If anything happens
18:07to Lydia,
18:08you're going to pay
18:09for it with your life.
18:10He shoved me
18:11into the back seat
18:12of the car,
18:12and my head slammed
18:13against the window.
18:14Through the glass,
18:16I watched Julian's car
18:17speed away,
18:18running red lights
18:19and swerving through traffic
18:21like a scene
18:21from a disaster relief.
18:23A cold smile
18:24tugged at the corner
18:25of my lips.
18:26The hospital emergency
18:27room hallway
18:28was silent.
18:28The only sound
18:29was my mother's
18:30muffled sobbing.
18:31Finally,
18:32the red light
18:32above the door
18:33went dark,
18:33and the doctor
18:34stepped out,
18:35his expression grim.
18:36Julian and my family
18:37immediately swarmed him.
18:39Doctor,
18:40how is she?
18:41The doctor sighed.
18:45The patient experienced
18:46severe rectal bleeding
18:47due to acute
18:48ternal hemorrhahalride rupture.
18:50Additionally,
18:51there are visible signs
18:52of blunt force trauma
18:53to the genital area.
18:54She'll need to remain
18:55on bed rest.
18:56What?
18:57Hemorrhahalride bleeding?
18:58And trauma?
19:00Julian's face went
19:00slack with shock,
19:01and my parents
19:03and brother
19:03looked equally stunned.
19:05A nurse wheeled Lydia
19:06into a VIP room,
19:07and we followed.
19:08Lydia's eyes fluttered open,
19:10and when she heard
19:10the nurse repeating
19:11the doctor's instructions,
19:12even she looked
19:13genuinely shocked.
19:14But within a second,
19:16her brain recalibrated.
19:17She grabbed Julian's hand,
19:19tears welling up
19:20in her eyes.
19:21Julian,
19:23you're not gonna think
19:24less of me
19:25because I have hemorrhings,
19:26are you?
19:27But I swear,
19:28I'm innocent.
19:30The injuries down there
19:31are because I fought back
19:32when Mr. Harrington
19:33tried to force himself on me
19:35and his people beat me up.
19:37This is proof
19:38that I stayed loyal to you,
19:40that I resisted
19:41with everything I had.
19:42Julian's entire body
19:43went rigid.
19:44Lydia,
19:44you really went through
19:45all that for me?
19:47Lydia nodded pitifully.
19:48Of course it was for you.
19:51I didn't want to use this
19:52to guilt you
19:53into marrying me.
19:53I was going to wait
19:55until you'd completely
19:56ended things with Evelyn.
19:57Julian was utterly convinced.
19:59He grabbed her hand tightly,
20:00his earlier doubts
20:01completely erased.
20:02He turned to look at me,
20:03his expression twisted
20:05with disgust.
20:07Evelyn,
20:07what do you have to say
20:08for yourself now?
20:11Lydia fought them off
20:12to stay faithful to me.
20:13She's devoted
20:14her entire heart to me.
20:15How could she possibly
20:16be sleeping with Mr. Harrington?
20:19Those people
20:20who barged in here
20:21were obviously
20:22hired by you.
20:23My father let out
20:24a long sigh of relief.
20:26He called his assistant.
20:28Send out an internal memo
20:29immediately.
20:30Announce that Lydia
20:31and the Blackstone family
20:32will be moving forward
20:33with the engagement.
20:34As for that ridiculous
20:35slander my daughter spread,
20:36it's been completely debunked.
20:37And send those thugs
20:38who stormed the building
20:39to the police.
20:39My mother clutched
20:40her chest dramatically,
20:42tears of joy
20:42streaming down her face.
20:44Do you hear that?
20:45Lydia is devoted to Julian.
20:47You tried to curse
20:49your own sister with lies?
20:51You're not even human!
20:52Julian helped Lydia
20:53settle into the hospital bed,
20:55then strode over to me,
20:57his gaze ice cold.
20:59Evelyn,
21:01I gave you a chance
21:02and you threw it away.
21:04Once Lydia recovers
21:06and is discharged,
21:08I'm personally
21:09escorting you to prison.
21:10Faced with their accusations,
21:12I started laughing,
21:13unsettling them.
21:14I shook off the guard's grip
21:16and locked eyes with Lydia,
21:17my voice sharp and cold.
21:19Whether or not
21:20she stayed faithful to you,
21:22the syphilis rash on her body
21:24will tell you the truth
21:25soon enough.
21:26A flicker of panic
21:27flashed across Lydia's face,
21:28but she quickly now...
21:29You're lying!
21:30You psychopath!
21:32You're just jealous
21:33that I won Julian's heart!
21:35You couldn't get mom and dad
21:36to love you!
21:37You couldn't get Julian
21:38to want you,
21:39so now you're cursing me
21:40with some disgusting disease!
21:41Julian was about to
21:42slap me again
21:43when the hospital room door
21:45swung open.
21:46The attending physician
21:47walked in,
21:47holding a stack of blood work results,
21:49his face grave.
21:50His eyes swept over
21:51everyone in the room
21:52and he took a deep breath.
21:53Who here is
21:54the patient's family?
21:56Julian stepped forward
21:57immediately.
21:58I'm her fiancé.
22:00Doctor, she's gonna be okay, right?
22:01The doctor glanced at him,
22:03his expression complicated.
22:05During the routine blood draw,
22:07we ran a full
22:09infectious disease palette
22:10as per protocol.
22:12He handed the lab results
22:14to Julian.
22:18The patient, Lydia Sterling,
22:20has tested positive
22:21for stage 2 syphilis.
22:23The titer levels
22:24are extremely high,
22:25indicating she's
22:26in a highly contagious stage.
22:28The room plunged
22:29into complete silence.
22:31Julian staggered backward,
22:32his legs giving out
22:33beneath him
22:34as he collapsed
22:35onto the floor.
22:36He stared at Lydia,
22:38who just moments ago
22:39had seemed so pure
22:40and innocent,
22:41with a look
22:41of absolute horror.
22:44No!
22:45That's impossible!
22:46You're laughing!
22:47I'm a snake!
22:48I know what happened!
22:50The needle you used
22:51to draw my blood
22:52must have been contaminated!
22:53You infected me!
22:56Julian,
22:57you have to believe me!
22:58Miss Sterling,
22:59that's medically impossible.
23:00The infection didn't occur
23:02from the blood draw.
23:03He glanced down
23:03at his clipboard
23:04and continued.
23:05Your Tyler levels
23:06indicate you've been
23:07infected for at least
23:08two months.
23:09Additionally,
23:10regarding the fetus,
23:11my stomach!
23:13Doctor,
23:13it hurts so much!
23:14Please help me!
23:15Something's wrong!
23:17The doctor was interrupted
23:18and was not able
23:19to mention Lydia's pregnancy.
23:21I leaned against
23:22the doorframe,
23:23arms crossed,
23:24watching the whole scene
23:25unfold with detached
23:26amusement.
23:27Mr. Blackstone,
23:29if you want to know
23:30the truth,
23:30why don't you call
23:31your ojring?
23:33How'd him look into
23:34whether Mr. Harrington
23:35has also been diagnosed
23:36of syphilis?
23:37Julian's hands shook
23:38as he pulled out his phone
23:39and dialed his assistant.
23:40The moment the call connected,
23:42Mr. Blackstone,
23:43it's confirmed!
23:44Mr. Harrington has been diagnosed
23:45with stage 2 syphilis!
23:46And sir,
23:47there's more!
23:48Miss Sterling is pregnant!
23:49The whole industry
23:50is saying the child
23:50is Mr. Harrington's.
23:51The entire Westside
23:52development project
23:53has been shut down.
23:54The phone slipped
23:55from Julian's hand
23:56Westside development project
23:57has been shut down!
23:58Julian's face went from
24:00shock to confusion
24:01to realization
24:02and finally
24:03to pure,
24:04murderous rage.
24:06You're pregnant?
24:08Lydia's face
24:09turned deathly pale.
24:10Yes.
24:11The patient is approximately
24:128 weeks pregnant,
24:14as I was trying
24:14to mention earlier.
24:15You lying piece of shit!
24:18Julian died
24:19in a bloodshot
24:20and he lunged
24:21at the hospital bed.
24:22He grabbed Lydia
24:23by the shoulders,
24:24shaking her violently.
24:26We haven't even
24:26slept together!
24:27You said you wanted
24:28to wait until
24:29the wedding night!
24:29Whose child is it?
24:31How many men
24:31have you been with?
24:32Lydia gasped for air,
24:34tears streaming
24:35down her face.
24:36But she had nowhere
24:37left to run.
24:39Realizing there was
24:39no way out,
24:40she gave up the act
24:42entirely and started
24:43playing the victim card.
24:45Julian, please!
24:46I was forced!
24:47I only did it
24:48to help you secure
24:49the Westside investment!
24:50Mr. Harrington
24:51got me drunk
24:52and took advantage of me!
24:53For the baby!
24:55The baby is yours!
24:56I swear it's yours!
24:58I know you never
24:59wanted the burden
25:00of fatherhood.
25:02So?
25:03I made arrangements
25:04to carry your child
25:05myself,
25:06using your frozen
25:07samples!
25:08Julian's hand
25:09flew across her face,
25:10slapping her so hard
25:12she slammed back
25:13into the pillows.
25:14Then he climbed
25:15onto the bed
25:15and started beating her,
25:17slap after slap,
25:18over and over,
25:20until her face
25:21was unrecognizable.
25:23My parents and brother
25:24stood frozen in place.
25:26They looked at Lydia,
25:27bruised,
25:28bloodied,
25:28pregnant,
25:29carrying of the
25:30nereal disease,
25:31and then turned
25:32to look at me,
25:33leaning calmly
25:34against the doorway.
25:35In that moment,
25:36they finally understood
25:38one thing.
25:39I hadn't lied.
25:40Every single word
25:42I'd said was true.
25:43My brother stared down
25:44at his own trembling hands.
25:46He remembered how
25:47he'd used those
25:48same hands to beat me,
25:50to call me ungrateful.
25:52All for this
25:53disease-ridden liar.
25:54The weight of his guilt
25:55nearly crushed him.
25:56His legs buckled,
25:58and he had to grab the wall
25:59to keep from collapsing.
26:01Julian finally stopped
26:02his assault on Lydia.
26:04You said the bastard
26:05in your belly is mine?
26:06Fine.
26:07Since she claims
26:08she's carrying my child,
26:10we'd better make sure
26:10the baby gets proper
26:11prenatal care.
26:12Watch them both.
26:13I don't care how much
26:14it costs.
26:14Make sure that thing
26:16gets born alive
26:17so we can run
26:17a paternity test.
26:18Both Lydia and Mr. Harrington
26:20were placed under house arrest.
26:22Julian stationed bodyguards
26:23and private nurses
26:24in the hospital room
26:25on rotating 24-hour shifts.
26:28During her confinement,
26:29Lydia tried multiple times
26:30to push herself down the stairs
26:32to induce a miscarriage,
26:33but every single time,
26:35the nurses caught her
26:36before she could succeed.
26:37Meanwhile,
26:38my father and brother
26:39finally started digging
26:40into Lydia's past.
26:41She hadn't just slept
26:42with Mr. Harrington.
26:43Her private life
26:45was a disaster
26:46of entanglements
26:47and scandals.
26:48The truth slapped them
26:49across the face,
26:50one revelation after another,
26:52until they were dizzy
26:53with shame.
26:55Three days after I moved
26:56out of the Sterling Mansion,
26:57my brother cornered me
26:58outside my new apartment.
27:00He was holding a bakery box
27:01from an upscale patisserie.
27:03The moment he saw me,
27:04his eyes turned red
27:05and he rushed forward.
27:06Evelyn,
27:08I brought you those
27:09French macamaroons
27:10from that place
27:11you used to love.
27:12I waited in line
27:13for two hours.
27:14They're still fresh.
27:15Please,
27:16just have one.
27:17Please?
27:17I took the box
27:18from his hands
27:19and for a split second,
27:20hope flared in his eyes.
27:22Then I flipped my wrist.
27:23The delicate macarons
27:24tumbled out
27:25onto the dirty pavement,
27:26their pastel shells
27:27cracking against the concrete.
27:29I don't like macaroons.
27:31I like pancakes.
27:33But no one in the Sterling
27:34family ever bothered
27:35to make me a single stack.
27:37My brother stood frozen in place
27:39as tears streamed down
27:40his haggard face.
27:42My father,
27:42desperate to make amends,
27:44reinstated me at the company.
27:45The employees
27:46who had once mocked me
27:47now fell silent
27:48whenever I passed,
27:49heads bowed,
27:50eyes averted.
27:51Everyone assumed I,
27:53a girl dragged back
27:54from poverty,
27:55would crumble
27:56under the pressure
27:57of salvaging
27:57the disastrous
27:58Westside development project.
28:00But it only took me
28:01one week.
28:02I scheduled meetings
28:03with every single landowner
28:05involved in the Westside zone
28:07and sat across from them
28:08at the negotiation table.
28:09Gone was the silent,
28:11cowering girl
28:12they thought they knew.
28:13I was sharp,
28:14ruthless,
28:15and surgically precise
28:16in dismantling
28:17their objections.
28:18When I walked back
28:19into Sterling Group headquarters
28:21with signed contracts in hand,
28:23my father's hands trembled
28:24as he took them from me.
28:26Tears rolled down
28:27his weathered face.
28:28Evelyn,
28:30your father was blind.
28:31I was so,
28:33so blind.
28:34The company is yours now.
28:36All of it.
28:37Please,
28:38forgive me
28:39just this once.
28:40I didn't even look at him
28:42as I walked past
28:43toward my new office.
28:44That's when Julian appeared.
28:46The once arrogant heir
28:48of the Blackstone Empire
28:49now looked hollowed out,
28:51his eyes red-rimmed
28:52and exhausted.
28:53He stared at me
28:54and his expression
28:55twisted with regret.
28:56Evelyn,
28:58I broke off
28:59the engagement
29:00with Lydia.
29:01I was an idiot.
29:02I was blind.
29:04She manipulated me
29:05and I fell for it.
29:06His voice cracked.
29:07Give me one more chance.
29:08A marriage between
29:09Sterling Group
29:10and Blackstone Holdings.
29:11I'll have my family
29:12transfer 30%
29:13of Blackstone's shares
29:14as a wedding gift.
29:15Just say yes.
29:16I sank into the chair
29:17that had once belonged
29:18to my father,
29:19casually twirling a pen
29:20between my fingers.
29:21I looked up
29:22and met his desperate gaze.
29:25Wait for the baby.
29:28Julian's face
29:29turned ashen.
29:30In the days that followed,
29:31my mother appeared
29:32at the office,
29:33carrying a container
29:34of homemade beef stew.
29:36Evelyn, please.
29:38I failed you.
29:40I'm your mother
29:41and I failed you.
29:43I think about it
29:44every single day.
29:45Save the stew
29:46for your beloved Lydia.
29:48After all,
29:49with her condition,
29:49she's the one
29:50who needs the nutrition.
29:52My mother's sobs
29:53cut off abruptly.
29:54She crumpled to the floor,
29:56staring at my
29:57retreating figure.
29:58The day Lydia
29:59went into labor,
30:00the hospital waiting room
30:01was thick with dread.
30:03My parents,
30:04my brother,
30:04and Julian,
30:05all of them sat
30:06in tense silence,
30:07waiting for the final verdict.
30:08The delivery room doors
30:10swung open
30:10and a nurse emerged
30:12carrying a sickly,
30:13underweight infant.
30:14Julian didn't even glance
30:15at the child.
30:16He merely gestured
30:17toward the DNA lab director,
30:19who'd been waiting
30:20on standby.
30:22Rush it.
30:23I want results
30:24in three hours.
30:24Those three hours
30:26were Lydia's last
30:27desperate scramble
30:28for survival
30:28and my family's
30:30eternal humiliation.
30:32For me,
30:32it was just
30:33another afternoon.
30:34I leaned against the window,
30:36calmly running
30:36the sapphire necklace,
30:38now returned to me
30:39through my fingers.
30:40When the lab director
30:41finally emerged
30:42with the report,
30:43the entire hallway
30:44went deathly quiet.
30:45Mr. Blackstone,
30:47paternity has been excluded.
30:49Additionally,
30:50the infant shows signs
30:51of congenital abnormalities,
30:52likely caused by
30:53in vitro syphilis exposure.
30:55Julian's face went blank.
30:57Then he turned
30:58and stormed
30:58into Lydia's recovery room,
31:00ripping the blanket
31:01off her bed.
31:02Congratulations.
31:03You played me
31:04for a fool
31:05long enough
31:05to become
31:06the laughing stock
31:07of the entire city.
31:08He raised his hand
31:09and delivered
31:10one final,
31:11vicious slap.
31:12Enjoy the rest
31:13of your life in prison.
31:15With a snap
31:15of his fingers,
31:16his security team
31:17swarmed Lydia,
31:19dragging her out of the bed
31:20and beating her
31:21as she screamed.
31:22My parents didn't even
31:23try to stop them.
31:24They stood there,
31:25staring at the damning
31:26paternity report,
31:27and then slowly turned
31:29to look at me.
31:30The regret in their eyes
31:31was bottomless.
31:33Evelyn.
31:33My mother stumbled toward me
31:35and collapsed at my feet,
31:36her knees hitting the tile
31:37with a painful crack.
31:39She clutched the hem
31:40of my coat,
31:41sobbing uncontrollably.
31:42I was so blind.
31:45How could I have
31:46treated you that way?
31:49Hit me.
31:51Please, hit me.
31:52I deserve it.
31:53I'm the one
31:54who made you suffer.
31:56She raised her own hand
31:57and began slapping herself
31:58across the face
31:59over and over.
32:00Mrs. Sterling,
32:01the floor is cold.
32:03You're getting older.
32:04Save the performance.
32:06My father stepped forward,
32:07his hand shaking
32:08as he pulled a document
32:09from his briefcase.
32:10Evelyn,
32:11I know I was wrong.
32:13This is the share transfer
32:14agreement for Sterling Group.
32:16I've already signed it.
32:17Everything,
32:19all of it,
32:20goes to you.
32:22Just,
32:23please come home.
32:26Let me spend the rest
32:27of my life
32:28making this up to you.
32:29I took the document
32:30and signed my name
32:31at the bottom.
32:32Fine.
32:33From today forward,
32:35Sterling Group
32:36becomes Hale Enterprises.
32:37My mother grabbed my bag,
32:39trying to carry it for me
32:40like a servant.
32:41Evelyn,
32:42please stay at the house
32:43tonight.
32:43I'll cook for you myself.
32:44I walked past her
32:45without a word.
32:46From that day on,
32:47my brother resigned
32:48from his VP position
32:50and became the hardest
32:51working project manager
32:52in the company.
32:54Two weeks later,
32:54he collapsed at his desk
32:56from exhaustion.
32:57When the medics revived him,
32:59Is Evelyn,
32:59is she still angry at me?
33:01Julian, meanwhile,
33:03threw Blackstone Holdings
33:04into chaos
33:05by forcibly diverting
33:07billions in company resources
33:08to support my projects,
33:10ignoring protests
33:11from his own
33:12board of directors.
33:13At the celebratory banquet
33:15after my latest acquisition,
33:17he approached me
33:18with a glass of wine.
33:19Evelyn,
33:20I was arrogant and stupid.
33:22If you can forgive me,
33:24I'll spend the rest
33:24of my life working for you.
33:26whatever you need.
33:28Let's move forward
33:29with the merger.
33:30Please.
33:31I swirled the wine
33:32in my glass,
33:34looking at the man
33:35who once stood above me.
33:36Mr. Blackstone,
33:38I'm open to business
33:39partnerships.
33:41But marriage?
33:44You should probably
33:45get tested for syphilis first.
33:47One year later,
33:49under my leadership,
33:50Sterling Group,
33:51now Hale Enterprises,
33:52didn't just recover.
33:54It devoured several
33:56of Blackstone Holdings'
33:57key projects
33:57and became the most
33:59feared name in the industry.
34:01I was no longer
34:02the scared,
34:03silent girl
34:04they'd dragged back
34:05from the gutter.
34:06I was Evelyn Hale,
34:07and people crossed
34:08the street
34:09when they saw me coming.
34:10I used part of my fortune
34:12to buy the entire block
34:13across from the company
34:14headquarters
34:15and opened a flower shop.
34:17I tracked down
34:18the intern
34:18who'd been beaten
34:19and blacklisted
34:20for defending me,
34:21and I brought her back.
34:23Starting today,
34:24you're the store manager.
34:25Your salary is ten times
34:26what you made before.
34:27You saved my life.
34:30She'd stand among the flowers,
34:32eyes bright,
34:34and ask me questions like,
34:36Miss Hale,
34:37are you sure you don't want
34:38to move back
34:39into the estate?
34:40My brother,
34:41determined to atone,
34:43had requested a transfer
34:45to the harshest project site
34:46in the Northwest.
34:47He spent his days
34:49in sandstorms
34:50and brutal heat,
34:51the spoiled air
34:52finally stripped
34:53of his privilege.
34:54Every single day,
34:56he sent me a photo
34:57of the barren landscape
34:58with the same caption.
35:00I never replied,
35:02not once.
35:05One quiet afternoon,
35:07I sat by the shop window,
35:08trimming flowers.
35:09The freedom felt better
35:10than any amount of power.
35:12A group of kids
35:13ran past the shop,
35:14laughing and shoving each other.
35:16One little girl tripped
35:17and scraped her knee,
35:19bursting into tears.
35:21I walked over
35:22and gently patted her head.
35:24Don't cry.
35:25Something wonderful
35:26is about to happen to you.
35:28She sniffled
35:29and looked up at me.
35:30A second later,
35:31she spotted her lost kitten
35:33hiding behind a planter box.
35:35She squealed with joy
35:36and threw her arms
35:37around the cat
35:38and turned
35:39and gave me
35:40the brightest smile.
35:41My curse
35:43had finally transformed.
35:46The bell above the door
35:47chimed softly.
35:48A tall, striking woman
35:50in a crisp police uniform
35:52stepped inside.
35:53She walked toward me,
35:55her face flushed pink,
35:57looking almost shy.
35:58Evelyn,
35:59do you remember me?
36:01I froze.
36:01She was the girl
36:03from the orphanage,
36:04the only one
36:04who ever shared
36:05her food with me,
36:06the one who got her leg
36:08broken by the director
36:09for protecting me.
36:11I'd like to buy
36:12a bouquet of roses
36:13for someone I've loved
36:14for 20 years.
36:15I selected
36:16the most beautiful roses
36:18in the shop
36:19and handed them
36:20to her.
36:22She took the bouquet
36:23and then held it out
36:25to me.
36:25These are for you.
36:26I want the rest
36:27of your life
36:28to be full of flowers
36:29and endless spring.
36:31She took my hand
36:33and led me
36:34to her car.
36:35We drove
36:35to the highest peak
36:37overlooking the city
36:38where the lights below
36:39sparkled like fallen stars.
36:41I closed my eyes.
36:43From today forward,
36:44may everyone I love
36:45live in peace and joy
36:46and may everyone I hate
36:48never get what they desire.
36:49to be with me.
36:49I'll see you next time.
36:51I'll see you next time.
36:56You
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