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00:00:00My name is John Morgan. On our 20th wedding anniversary, I found out the truth. My cold, conservative wife could

00:00:08be that wild in another man's bed.

00:00:11Twenty years ago, Eva suddenly fell seriously ill. She lay in that hospital bed, pale and trembling, begging me.

00:00:19John, find yourself a healthy woman. I'll only drag you down.

00:00:26I stayed by her side through endless nights, swore to love her in sickness and in health, till death.

00:00:33What Eva never knew was, I was never some broke nobody. I was the billionaire CEO of Nexus. I hid

00:00:40it to protect her feelings.

00:00:42For 20 years, I took care of Eva and our two children. Every Christmas, I cooked a feast for them.

00:00:49I was basting the turkey, when my sister Mia called again, urging me to come back and be my billionaire.

00:00:55Go back? I looked at the family photo on the table, and smiled, taking care of Eva and the kids.

00:01:02That was the life I wanted.

00:01:04The company gala? Let Eva take that COO position, and have her start paving the way for my son Alex

00:01:10too.

00:01:10I carried a fresh baked apple pie toward the bedroom. Thought she's going to say my cooking got better.

00:01:16Like always, I started tidying up her room. Then a bag by the bed caught my eye. I opened it.

00:01:23A red lace nightgum.

00:01:25This has to be Eva's surprise for me. Ever since we had kids, we've slept apart. She's always been so

00:01:33reserved.

00:01:33I grinned to myself. Tonight, I'll show her. I've still got it. While I was thinking, the door opened. Eva's

00:01:41home. I took her bag. Not like I always did.

00:01:44What have you got for me tonight?

00:01:46She shoved me off. Looked at me like I'm filth. She tossed her hair back, and I caught the hickey

00:01:52on her neck.

00:01:53Don't touch me. Get your filthy hands off me.

00:01:56I froze. She changed and curled up on the couch. Smiled at her phone in a way I haven't seen

00:02:02in years. I stood there, like an idiot.

00:02:06Go get me a blanket from the bedroom.

00:02:07I nodded without thinking. Taking care of her is just instinct now.

00:02:11Then, while I pulled a blanket from the closet, a box fell in front of me. A red nightgown, love

00:02:19letter, and a DB fell out from the box.

00:02:22I turned the DV on, and there she was, wearing that red nightgown, all over another man.

00:02:29The affection I never got from her is right there on the screen. It was thunderstruck.

00:02:34Every word in those letters played out right there on the video. So she wasn't cold. She just saved all

00:02:41that heat for someone else.

00:02:42I lost it. I grabbed the box and the DV, and stormed out. I slammed the box down at her

00:02:48feet, and shoved the DV screen in her face.

00:02:52Her laughter echoed through the room. I looked at her panic, and said, slowly,

00:02:57You better explain what the hell this is.

00:03:00I stand there holding my face, looking into Eva's eyes. And at that moment, I finally understood. In this house,

00:03:09I matter less than a stranger.

00:03:11What gives you the right to tell Phil to leave? I clawed my way up on my own. I'm about

00:03:16to be COO, and I have Phil to thank for that. And you? Marrying you was the worst mistake I

00:03:22ever made. You useless piece of shit.

00:03:24It's useless. If I hadn't been pulling strings behind the scenes, how would an ordinary sales manager ever make it

00:03:31to COO?

00:03:32Eva, 20 years ago, you were dying. I fed you medicine one spoon at a time. Stayed at your bedside

00:03:39day and night. Did you forget what we promised each other? I even missed my mother's funeral for you.

00:03:45Did I ask you to do it? Every one of those choices was yours. And let's be honest, I've supported

00:03:52you for years. We're even.

00:03:54I gave up my billion dollar fortune for her. Even missed my mom's last moments. And she actually dares to

00:04:01say we're even.

00:04:02Eva, I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I never meant to cause trouble in your marriage. These are Christmas

00:04:08gifts for your whole family. And if your husband doesn't want me here, I promise I'll never come around again.

00:04:13Alex opens his box. A brand new car key. His eyes light up as he looks at Phil in awe.

00:04:21Amy opens hers. A designer handbag. She screams and hugs it to her chest.

00:04:26Eva opens the last gift. A Harry Winston necklace. She gasps, holding it like it's priceless.

00:04:33I stand there watching. Their eyes on the gifts. No one gives a damn about how I feel.

00:04:40Phil, this must have cost a fortune.

00:04:43I saw you looking at it in that shop window. Think of it as my congratulations for becoming COO.

00:04:49My wife lowers her head, blushing like a girl.

00:04:52Uncle Phil, you're still trying to win mom over, aren't you? Her first love just never quits, huh?

00:04:58Alex suddenly jabs Amy's arm hard. She stumbles, covers her mouth, and looks at me guilt. First love.

00:05:05I look at Amy panicking after letting it slip, and I realize they never saw me as one of them.

00:05:12Eva, I know I failed you once. As long as you're happy now, I'm willing to walk away.

00:05:18He turns for the door, and I watch my own children beg the man destroying my family to stay.

00:05:24Wait! He's not the one who should leave. He is. Dad, you can't give mom happiness. Uncle Phil can. Just

00:05:32leave.

00:05:34That man Phil just walked into my home. His shoes click across the floor.

00:05:39I clean myself, wearing that perfect smile, like some honored guest.

00:05:43Eva sees him, and her eyes light up. She practically throws herself at him.

00:05:48Alex and Amy look up at the same time, faces lighting up.

00:05:54Uncle Phil!

00:05:55The three of them gather around him, and I'm standing in the middle of my own living, like I'm invisible.

00:06:03So you're the famous Phil.

00:06:05Uh, yeah. Nice to meet you. I'm Phil, finance manager at Nexus Capital, and Eva's best friend.

00:06:14Best friend? Eva betrayed me for this piece of trash.

00:06:17I lunge at him, and grab his collar. Then, I hear Eva scream.

00:06:22Stop!

00:06:23She rushes in between us, and shoves me to the floor.

00:06:26She turns, touches Phil's arm.

00:06:29Are you alright?

00:06:29Looks up at him with worry all over her face.

00:06:33Then she looks at me, cold.

00:06:35Listen, I hid those things because I knew you'd lose your mind.

00:06:38I knew Phil before I even met you, and if something was going to happen between us, it would have

00:06:44happened long ago.

00:06:45Why wait till now?

00:06:46Dad, are you serious? You and mom have been married for decades. Where's the basic trust?

00:06:51Dad, stop embarrassing yourself. Uncle Phil helped me get where I am.

00:06:56I'm so angry, I can barely breathe. My hand clamps over my chest.

00:07:00Eva, I really are just friends. I only wanted to make her happy.

00:07:04If any of this crossed the line, I'll stay out of your business.

00:07:08He looks at Eva and smiles, polite and elegant.

00:07:12Somehow, it made me look like a clown.

00:07:14Get out of my house!

00:07:16I swang my fist with everything I've got, at that fake, lying face.

00:07:20Then, a slap cracks across my left cheek.

00:07:24My head jerks sideways.

00:07:26My ears rang.

00:07:27The wife I spent 20 years caring for, slapped me for another name.

00:07:34After they threw me out, I had nowhere to go.

00:07:37So I went to my sister Mia's.

00:07:39She looks at me, blood all over, and she knew everything.

00:07:43Her hand slams down on the table.

00:07:45Eva has what she has because of you?

00:07:47Alex got his job because of you!

00:07:49You gave them everything, and this is what you get back?

00:07:53A bunch of ungrateful leeches!

00:07:55Mia's right.

00:07:56Eva became sales manager because I had a headhunter recruit her.

00:08:00Alex got his interview because I made it happen.

00:08:04I gave them everything, and got this in return.

00:08:07Mia's eyes reddens.

00:08:09She hands me an old pocket watch.

00:08:12My hands shake as I open it.

00:08:14Mom left this for you.

00:08:16If she were alive, she'd never want to see you treated like this.

00:08:19Eva doesn't deserve you.

00:08:21It's me and my mother in that photo.

00:08:23And I remembered the hospital.

00:08:25It was when I missed seeing my mother one last time because I stayed with Eva, the biggest regret of

00:08:31my life.

00:08:32My mother was dying, and I didn't even know it.

00:08:35When she called me, I was tending to Eva.

00:08:37Mom was already fading.

00:08:39Her voice was weak, and I was too blind to hear it.

00:08:42Mom.

00:08:43John.

00:08:43What's wrong?

00:08:45Nothing, baby.

00:08:46Just wanted to hear your voice.

00:08:47Then Eva coughed a few times, and I rushed my mother off the phone.

00:08:52Mom, something's come up here.

00:08:54I'll call you later.

00:08:54The call ended.

00:08:56I hurried to Eva's bedside, asking if she was hurting, if she needed a doctor.

00:09:00Later I learned that was the last time I ever spoke to my mother.

00:09:04I stare at the watch, tears falling.

00:09:07Mom, I failed you, but not anymore.

00:09:10Never again.

00:09:11I'm divorcing Eva, and I'm taking back everything that's mine.

00:09:15Mia, I need a favor.

00:09:18Mia looks at me, eyes still red, and gives one hard nod.

00:09:23And just as I make up my mind to take everything back, something else is happening in that house.

00:09:29The kitchen sink is clogged.

00:09:31Phil has been wrestling with it forever.

00:09:33Clearly, he's not handy.

00:09:36It's Christmas.

00:09:37There's no plumber coming today.

00:09:39Dad used to fix stuff like this.

00:09:41I'll give John this.

00:09:43He was always better at fixing things than I am.

00:09:45Fixing pipes is about all he was good for.

00:09:48Don't compare that loser to you.

00:09:50Then the pipe burst.

00:09:51All four of them scream at once in chaos.

00:09:54Water went everywhere.

00:09:56Then Phil's phone rings.

00:09:58He gets word that I met with Mia, and his face changes.

00:10:02My uncle's high up at Nexus.

00:10:03He said he saw John with the COO.

00:10:05What if John told her everything?

00:10:07If the COO believes his lies,

00:10:09all the years I put into this, go up in smoke!

00:10:14I gave up everything for them.

00:10:15And now, for what Phil can give them,

00:10:18they're ready to kick me to the curb.

00:10:20You brought this on yourself!

00:10:22Uncle Phil already got me into Nexus Capital.

00:10:25What could you ever give me?

00:10:27Uncle Phil hands me 50 grand for pocket money like it's nothing.

00:10:31Aren't you embarrassed?

00:10:31If you really love mom, let her go.

00:10:35I look at these two children,

00:10:36standing before me like strangers.

00:10:39Are these really the same kids who once said,

00:10:42Dad, I'll take care of you.

00:10:44Six years ago, in the summer,

00:10:47I was wearing that faded blue apron,

00:10:49flower still on my hands.

00:10:51Alex and Amy ran in,

00:10:53waving their Harvard acceptance letters,

00:10:55and throw themselves into my arms.

00:10:58I'm so proud of you.

00:10:59I looked down at those letters.

00:11:01Tears of joy were in my eyes.

00:11:03I guessed they forgot those words a long time ago.

00:11:06I sacrificed everything for you.

00:11:09And this is how you treat me?

00:11:10Fine.

00:11:11I'll go.

00:11:12I was ready to walk away for good.

00:11:14But Phil wasn't done with me.

00:11:16No, John.

00:11:17I'm the one who should leave.

00:11:18He grabbed my arm,

00:11:20then suddenly threw himself backward like I shoved him.

00:11:23His body slammed into the entry cabinet with a thud.

00:11:26Then he slid down to the floor, grimacing.

00:11:30What are you doing?

00:11:31What pathetic acting.

00:11:33And my wife and children by every second of it.

00:11:36Eva got up and slapped me hard.

00:11:38I fell backward into the coffee table.

00:11:41A picture frame crashed to the floor.

00:11:43My palm drove into the broken glass,

00:11:46and blood seeped from the base of my palm onto the photo.

00:11:50Our family portrait lay in the wreckage.

00:11:53A crack in the glass cut right between me and Eva,

00:11:57splitting our smiles in two.

00:11:59John, what the hell are you doing?

00:12:01Today you hit Uncle Phil.

00:12:03Tomorrow you'll hit Mom.

00:12:05Mom, divorce him.

00:12:07Now.

00:12:10I didn't touch him.

00:12:12Shut up.

00:12:13John, you're going to kill us all.

00:12:14Throw him out!

00:12:16The door opens.

00:12:17The three of them grab me and throw me out.

00:12:20Get out of our house!

00:12:21You don't belong here!

00:12:22You're not my father anymore.

00:12:24Not ever again.

00:12:25I'm divorcing you.

00:12:26Then I see Phil,

00:12:28standing behind the three of them,

00:12:30smiling, satisfied.

00:12:32The door starts to close.

00:12:34The warm light disappears.

00:12:36And on my face,

00:12:37I can't tell if it's melted snow or my tears.

00:12:40Fireworks suddenly burst overhead.

00:12:43All over the street.

00:12:45People laughing and wishing each other Merry Christmas.

00:12:48Every family was celebrating Christmas.

00:12:50And on Christmas, I lost my family.

00:12:54While those idiots were panicking,

00:12:56Mia and I were sitting in a coffee shop,

00:12:59drinking coffee like nothing was wrong.

00:13:01John, you sure you want to do this at the company gala?

00:13:04Mia asks if I'm sure.

00:13:06I was the one who put her where she is.

00:13:08Now I'm only taking back what I once gave.

00:13:11Mia's foam suddenly buzzes.

00:13:13Call her.

00:13:14ID Phil.

00:13:14We look at each other and smirk.

00:13:16She puts him on the speaker.

00:13:17Hello, Director Morgan.

00:13:19This is Phil.

00:13:20I just wanted to remind you about Eva's promotion to COO.

00:13:23Please don't let rumors affect your judgment.

00:13:25Eva is extremely capable.

00:13:28She's fully qualified for the job.

00:13:29That self-important idiot

00:13:31thinks being finance manager

00:13:33gives him enough pull to put in a good word for Ava.

00:13:36He has no idea.

00:13:38The COO he's trying to flatter

00:13:40is the blood sister of the loser he looks down on.

00:13:43Enough.

00:13:44How I make my decisions is none of your concern.

00:13:48Tell Eva to be ready for the gala.

00:13:50I've got quite a surprise for her.

00:13:52The second she hands up,

00:13:53I can picture Eva and Phil

00:13:55already acting like they've made it.

00:13:57Still dreaming they're about to hit the big time.

00:13:59The night of the gala,

00:14:01the four of them showed up in fancy clothes.

00:14:04Eva is ready for what she thinks

00:14:06will be the proudest moment of her life.

00:14:08Co-workers crowd around her.

00:14:10Congratulations.

00:14:11Eva, heard they're announcing your promotion to COO tonight.

00:14:15Congratulations.

00:14:16Eva!

00:14:17Looks like you're about to be our boss.

00:14:20Don't forget us

00:14:21when you make it to the top.

00:14:23Of course.

00:14:24Uncle Phil and my mom

00:14:25are basically a match made in heaven.

00:14:28No kidding.

00:14:29That loser my mom used to be married to,

00:14:31he wouldn't make it through the front door here.

00:14:33They're right.

00:14:34A loser couldn't get in here

00:14:36because the man walking through those doors tonight

00:14:39is the true owner of this empire.

00:14:42Dozens of men in black stand beside the cars with Mia,

00:14:46waiting for me.

00:14:47My brother will be out any second.

00:14:50Everyone, be ready.

00:14:52Yes, ma'am.

00:14:53I step out the front door,

00:14:55one step at a time.

00:14:56Under security escort,

00:14:58I slid into the backseat of a Maybach.

00:15:01The motorcade starts moving,

00:15:03rolling into the city.

00:15:0420 years.

00:15:06I gave up everything for that ridiculous thing called love.

00:15:10I made myself their servant

00:15:12and all my sacrifice bought me

00:15:14was contempt.

00:15:16Now, the game is over.

00:15:19In the ballroom,

00:15:21Eva is still soaking up the praise.

00:15:23Heard the CEO is back

00:15:25and he's personally handing out the promotion letters

00:15:27to everyone getting promoted.

00:15:29Wow, that's the highest honor there is.

00:15:31He's not just our chairman,

00:15:33he's the richest man in the country.

00:15:35If I were the CEO's son,

00:15:37I'd never have to work a day in my life.

00:15:40If I could get the CEO to be my wedding witness,

00:15:43I'd brag about it forever.

00:15:44What they don't know,

00:15:45the CEO they're talking about,

00:15:47is me.

00:15:50Eva,

00:15:51when the CEO hands you that promotion,

00:15:53make sure you mention my name.

00:15:56Don't worry.

00:15:57I will.

00:15:59A bodyguard opens my car door.

00:16:01Mia stands beside me.

00:16:03Hundreds of executives and staff

00:16:05line up on both sides of the entrance,

00:16:07bowing at me.

00:16:09Good evening, Mr. Morgan.

00:16:11Mr. Morgan,

00:16:12a title of power and wealth.

00:16:14I haven't heard it in 20 years.

00:16:17Eva,

00:16:18are you ready for the biggest surprise of your life?

00:16:21John's never seen anything like this.

00:16:23You should have brought that loser to open his eyes.

00:16:25A guy like him wouldn't know what to do with opportunity

00:16:27if it hit him in the face.

00:16:29He deserves nothing.

00:16:30Exactly.

00:16:31Not everyone can get in here.

00:16:33That old loser doesn't belong anywhere near the spotlight.

00:16:37The CEO is here!

00:16:39The doors swing open.

00:16:41A spotlight hits me.

00:16:43And I look at those four clowns,

00:16:45the same people trashing me one second ago,

00:16:47now frozen where they stand.

00:16:49I am John Morgan,

00:16:51CEO of Nexus Capital.

00:16:53And I'm back.

00:16:54Their judgment is over.

00:16:55Mine has just begun.

00:16:58I stride into the ballroom.

00:17:00First time in 20 years,

00:17:02I'm out in public,

00:17:04wearing a custom suit.

00:17:06Look at that suit.

00:17:08That's Q-Tour.

00:17:09You can't just buy that.

00:17:10And those cufflinks?

00:17:11Wait.

00:17:12No way.

00:17:13That's the billionaire CEO

00:17:14everyone's been talking about?

00:17:16I hear the whispers.

00:17:17Eva's in the crowd,

00:17:19just staring at me,

00:17:20frozen.

00:17:21My dad?

00:17:22Is that billionaire CEO?

00:17:24Oh, please.

00:17:25No way.

00:17:27John's a broke nobody living off me.

00:17:29I was married to him for years.

00:17:31I know exactly what he is.

00:17:32She dregs Alex and Amy with her

00:17:35and storms over.

00:17:36John,

00:17:37who the hell let you in?

00:17:39You think dressing up fancy

00:17:41is gonna make me believe you?

00:17:42In your dreams.

00:17:44Who said I came for you?

00:17:45I'm here for the gala.

00:17:47They laugh in my face.

00:17:49Not a second of doubt to them.

00:17:51I'm still just trash.

00:17:53You think a suit makes you CEO?

00:17:55Get real.

00:17:56This isn't your world.

00:17:58You don't belong here.

00:18:00Stop embarrassing yourself.

00:18:02Out of pity for

00:18:03whatever family we have left?

00:18:06Here's a tip.

00:18:08Ten minutes.

00:18:09The COO and CEO are about to present

00:18:12the appointment certificate to my mom.

00:18:14I let out a cold laugh.

00:18:16We'll see who's presenting

00:18:17the certificate to who.

00:18:18Eva pulls out a stack of papers

00:18:21and slams them against my chest.

00:18:23Divorce papers.

00:18:25Sign them,

00:18:26then get the hell out.

00:18:28Once I'm COO,

00:18:29you're nothing to me.

00:18:31You're not even fit to shine my shoes.

00:18:33I flip through it,

00:18:35line by line.

00:18:36Even the asset splits done.

00:18:38I walk away with nothing.

00:18:40She cheated first,

00:18:41and she makes it look like somehow,

00:18:43she's the victim.

00:18:44You haven't made a dime all these years.

00:18:47You've been living off me.

00:18:48They still don't get it.

00:18:50Everything they have,

00:18:52I gave them.

00:18:53Without me,

00:18:54they're nothing.

00:18:55I look at them and smile,

00:18:57my heart in bitter.

00:18:58Fine.

00:18:58If that's what they want,

00:19:00I pull a pen from my suit,

00:19:02about to sign,

00:19:03when Alex suddenly stops me.

00:19:05Wait!

00:19:07Alex suddenly cuts in.

00:19:08For a second,

00:19:09I thought he had finally come to his senses.

00:19:12But I'm wrong.

00:19:13He frowns,

00:19:13looking at me like I'm garbage,

00:19:15then shoves another document

00:19:17right into my face.

00:19:18Go ahead.

00:19:19Sign this too.

00:19:20I'm done with you.

00:19:22My sister and I don't a loser like you for a dad.

00:19:24Sign it,

00:19:25and we're done.

00:19:26I take it,

00:19:27and look down.

00:19:29Agreement to end father-son relationship.

00:19:32My fingers start to shake.

00:19:34Alex Morgan.

00:19:35John Morgan.

00:19:35My own son,

00:19:36cutting me off.

00:19:38From now on,

00:19:39we take Phil's name.

00:19:40I'm Alex Fry.

00:19:42My sister's Amy Fry.

00:19:44Sign it.

00:19:45Now.

00:19:46From today on,

00:19:48I'm Amy Fry.

00:19:49Sounds way better than Amy Morgan.

00:19:52Eva stands there,

00:19:53arms crossed,

00:19:54smirking,

00:19:55the three of them together,

00:19:57like a real family.

00:19:59I stare at the paper,

00:20:01eyes stinging,

00:20:0220 years,

00:20:03everything I gave them,

00:20:05and this is what I get.

00:20:06Alex,

00:20:07Amy,

00:20:08that's a bit much.

00:20:10You really are going to humiliate your own father like this?

00:20:13John,

00:20:14you've been a pretty lousy father.

00:20:16Just look,

00:20:17your own kids don't even want you.

00:20:18Everything I gave,

00:20:19all these years,

00:20:21this is what it comes down to?

00:20:22I raise them myself,

00:20:23and turn them into monsters.

00:20:25Eva watches coldly,

00:20:27arms folded,

00:20:28waiting for me to sign,

00:20:29so she can toss me out like trash.

00:20:32My pen hits the paper.

00:20:34Stroke by stroke,

00:20:35I sign my name.

00:20:36I fleeing the signed papers at Alex.

00:20:39They scatter across the floor

00:20:40as he scrambles to pick them up.

00:20:43Eva,

00:20:44Amy,

00:20:45Alex,

00:20:45you just killed

00:20:47whatever love I had left for you.

00:20:49My mom's about to be COO.

00:20:52Without her,

00:20:53you won't even be able to feed yourself.

00:20:55Congrats, mom.

00:20:56Looks like you and Uncle Phil

00:20:57are finally getting their happy ending.

00:20:59Mom,

00:21:00once you're COO,

00:21:01I basically run this place.

00:21:02I wipe the tears from my eyes

00:21:04and look up at them.

00:21:06Their faces

00:21:06are full of hope for the future.

00:21:09How nice.

00:21:10Too bad.

00:21:10It's about to end.

00:21:12And what makes you think

00:21:13that's a promotion

00:21:14and not a termination?

00:21:16I look at Eva,

00:21:18still so full of herself.

00:21:20She really thinks she's won.

00:21:21She really thinks

00:21:22that COO's seat

00:21:24is hers.

00:21:29And what makes you

00:21:30think that's a promotion

00:21:33and not a termination?

00:21:35I hold Eva's promotion letter

00:21:37and tell Mia

00:21:38I'm pulling her promotion.

00:21:40Eva and Alex are out

00:21:41and I'll make sure

00:21:42no one in this industry

00:21:43ever hires them again.

00:21:45I put her there.

00:21:47I can drag her down myself.

00:21:49I flick my lighter open.

00:21:50The flame catches

00:21:51the edge of the paper.

00:21:53I watch it burn to ash.

00:21:54The ashes drift

00:21:56beside my coffee.

00:21:57My face

00:21:58stays cold.

00:21:5920 years.

00:22:00It ends now.

00:22:01I look at them.

00:22:02Ice cold.

00:22:03A bunch of clowns.

00:22:04And they have no idea

00:22:05what's coming.

00:22:08Fired?

00:22:09Do you even know

00:22:10what this event is?

00:22:11It's to celebrate

00:22:12my mom's promotion.

00:22:14Fired.

00:22:15Yeah, right.

00:22:18John,

00:22:19after the divorce,

00:22:20I hope you can at least

00:22:21take care of yourself.

00:22:22Living off others?

00:22:24That's just pathetic.

00:22:26Living off others?

00:22:27Pathetic.

00:22:27And she says that

00:22:28with a straight face.

00:22:29Every meal she's eaten,

00:22:31every outfit she's worn,

00:22:33every promotion she's had,

00:22:34none of it happened

00:22:35without me.

00:22:36I shove past Phil and Eva

00:22:38and walk forward,

00:22:39steady.

00:22:43Jesus!

00:22:44John's gone crazy!

00:22:46Hey!

00:22:47That's the CEO's chair!

00:22:48I stop in front of the chair

00:22:50and stare everyone down.

00:22:52That chair was mine

00:22:5320 years ago.

00:22:54I'm just taking my seat back.

00:22:55Eva,

00:22:56he's your ex-husband.

00:22:58If he pulls something

00:22:59and pisses off the higher-ups,

00:23:01your promotion's done.

00:23:02He's trying to ruin you!

00:23:04I don't hesitate.

00:23:05I sit in the CEO's chair.

00:23:07Eva rushes up

00:23:08and shoves me down.

00:23:09The chair crashes to the floor

00:23:11with a dull thud.

00:23:14John,

00:23:15what the hell are you doing?

00:23:16I told you.

00:23:17I'm here for the gala.

00:23:19Oh, please.

00:23:20Still lying?

00:23:22Some nobody sneaks in

00:23:24without an invite

00:23:24just to make a scene?

00:23:26Get out!

00:23:27Now!

00:23:28She raises her hand

00:23:30to hit me.

00:23:31The same hand

00:23:32that slapped me twice before.

00:23:34Not this time.

00:23:35I catch her wrist.

00:23:36Eva!

00:23:37The moment the door bursts open,

00:23:39me lying in a pool of blood.

00:23:41Her eyes turn red instantly.

00:23:43We were married.

00:23:45I put up with you

00:23:46because I loved you.

00:23:47That's over now.

00:23:48We're divorced now.

00:23:51You touch me again?

00:23:54Try it.

00:23:55I shove her hand off.

00:23:56Eva stumbles back

00:23:58and Phil catches her

00:23:59and Phil catches her

00:23:59without thinking.

00:24:00Nice teamwork.

00:24:03John!

00:24:04Do you even know

00:24:05what that chair is?

00:24:06That's the CEO's seat!

00:24:07You're going to get us

00:24:08all screwed!

00:24:11That seat is always mine.

00:24:13I pick up the chair

00:24:14Eva knocked over

00:24:16and set it back in place.

00:24:18What's the problem

00:24:18with me sitting here?

00:24:19This was my seat

00:24:20to begin with.

00:24:21I sit down

00:24:22in the CEO's chair.

00:24:2320 years

00:24:24and it finally

00:24:25has its owner back.

00:24:28John!

00:24:30John, you've lost your mind!

00:24:33You've completely lost it!

00:24:35Eva tries to rush me

00:24:36but Phil holds her back.

00:24:38What's he afraid of?

00:24:39Her getting hit again

00:24:40or things getting out of hand?

00:24:42Listen,

00:24:43the billionaire CEO

00:24:44and the CO are about to show up.

00:24:46You want to die?

00:24:47Don't drag us down with you!

00:24:48Alex shoves me

00:24:49but I don't move an inch.

00:24:50I just sit there

00:24:51while they keep screaming.

00:24:53John!

00:24:54You're going to cost Eva everything!

00:24:57Mom!

00:24:58If he keeps this up

00:24:59I'm screwed!

00:25:03Get up!

00:25:05If you ruin my promotion

00:25:07I swear I won't let this go!

00:25:10Bother responding.

00:25:11Then,

00:25:12the ballroom doors burst open

00:25:14as security steps aside

00:25:16as a man in his 50s

00:25:17storms in

00:25:18full of authority.

00:25:19I know him.

00:25:20Gilbert Newman

00:25:21Phil's uncle

00:25:22one of the top guys

00:25:23at Nexus.

00:25:24Everyone turns

00:25:25Phil's eyes light up

00:25:27relief washes over his face.

00:25:29He thinks his savior

00:25:30just walked in.

00:25:31His grin stretches

00:25:32ear to ear

00:25:33as he rushes over.

00:25:34What's all this noise?

00:25:36The CEO and COO

00:25:37will be here any minute!

00:25:39Uncle!

00:25:39Gilbert!

00:25:40Perfect timing!

00:25:41That idiot's sitting

00:25:42in the CEO's chair.

00:25:43He's basically

00:25:43challenging the CEO.

00:25:45You've got to teach him

00:25:46a lesson.

00:25:53What?

00:25:55Challenging the CEO?

00:25:56Where'd this clown

00:25:58come from?

00:25:59I'll make him pay for this!

00:26:03Gilbert stops right in front of me

00:26:05eyes wide.

00:26:06I just sit there

00:26:07smirking.

00:26:08Mr. Newman

00:26:10if I were you

00:26:11I'd think very carefully

00:26:12before making your next move.

00:26:14Gilbert meets my eyes.

00:26:15For a second

00:26:16I see hesitation.

00:26:17A nobody like him

00:26:18has never met

00:26:19the real CEO.

00:26:21He doesn't know

00:26:21what to make of me.

00:26:23Uncle Gilbert

00:26:23don't let him bluff you.

00:26:25He's just

00:26:26Eva's deadbeat

00:26:27ex-husband.

00:26:28He came here

00:26:29to sabotage

00:26:29her promotion.

00:26:30Dodd Phil grins.

00:26:31fawning like a dog

00:26:33begging for scraps.

00:26:34Mr. Newman

00:26:35please get him out of here.

00:26:36Don't let my family mess

00:26:37ruin the gala.

00:26:38Got it.

00:26:39Leave it to me.

00:26:40Drag this old fool out!

00:26:42The security guards

00:26:43close in

00:26:44smirking.

00:26:45I frown

00:26:45not out of fear

00:26:46out of rage

00:26:47dot 20 years

00:26:48and now even some

00:26:49nobody who came in

00:26:51after me

00:26:51thinks he can walk

00:26:52all over me.

00:26:53I thought one look at me

00:26:54would make him panic

00:26:55and start apologizing.

00:26:57Instead

00:26:57he doesn't even

00:26:58recognize me.

00:26:59You've got some nerve

00:27:00sitting in the CEO's

00:27:01chair.

00:27:02Get the hell up

00:27:02right now

00:27:03while I'm being nice

00:27:04unless you want trouble.

00:27:06John

00:27:06cut the act.

00:27:07Mr. Newman's

00:27:08a company veteran.

00:27:09I almost forgot this.

00:27:11Nobody joined

00:27:11after I left the company.

00:27:14He's been with the company

00:27:15longer than I have.

00:27:17Who the hell are you?

00:27:18You really think

00:27:19Mr. Newman

00:27:20would even look

00:27:21twice at you?

00:27:22You pathetic

00:27:23old loser.

00:27:24Stop running your mouth.

00:27:25You're only making

00:27:26yourself look worse.

00:27:27Just get out!

00:27:28Mr. Newman

00:27:29that's my useless father.

00:27:30he lives in his own

00:27:31fantasy and actually

00:27:33thinks he's the CEO

00:27:34who vanished 20 years ago.

00:27:36The guards circle

00:27:37around me

00:27:37but I don't back down.

00:27:39My calm is starting

00:27:40to rattle them.

00:27:41Want to know if I'm

00:27:41really the CEO?

00:27:42Call your CON

00:27:43Mia Morgan.

00:27:44She can clear it up

00:27:45right now.

00:27:45Who the hell are you

00:27:46to order me to call

00:27:47the COO?

00:27:48She already said

00:27:49tonight

00:27:50is the CEO's

00:27:51homecoming party.

00:27:53You better

00:27:54get out now

00:27:55or I'll beat

00:27:56your ass first

00:27:57and throw you

00:27:58out myself.

00:27:59John

00:28:00stop clinging

00:28:01to my mom

00:28:01like some parasite.

00:28:03You're after her money

00:28:04and you just

00:28:04won't go away.

00:28:05We signed the divorce

00:28:06papers.

00:28:07Let's just end this

00:28:08and move on.

00:28:08Stop bothering me

00:28:09okay?

00:28:10Bothering her?

00:28:10I let out a cold

00:28:11laugh.

00:28:12Just looking at her

00:28:13makes me sick.

00:28:14This company

00:28:15is mine.

00:28:16They're the ones

00:28:16who should be

00:28:17thrown out.

00:28:18Security!

00:28:18Get them out of here!

00:28:19The guards rush me

00:28:20and drag me

00:28:21out of the chair.

00:28:22I fight back

00:28:23but there are too

00:28:24many of them

00:28:25in this struggle.

00:28:25A pocket watch

00:28:27slips from my suit

00:28:28and hits the floor.

00:28:29My mother's pocket watch

00:28:31the last thing

00:28:32she left me.

00:28:33I lunge for it

00:28:34but Eva gets there first.

00:28:35I yell at her

00:28:36to give it back

00:28:37but Eva looks at the watch

00:28:38and lets out

00:28:39a mocking laugh.

00:28:41So this is the watch

00:28:42your old hag

00:28:42of a mother left you?

00:28:44Disgusting!

00:28:45She crouches

00:28:46and dangles it

00:28:46in front of me

00:28:47like teasing a dog dot.

00:28:49Two guards

00:28:50pin my arms down

00:28:51while I struggle

00:28:52to reach it

00:28:52but Eva pulls it back

00:28:54laughing like a maniac.

00:28:55I'm shaking with rage.

00:28:57I didn't even make it

00:28:58to see my mother

00:28:59before she died

00:29:00and now the last thing

00:29:01she left me

00:29:02is being ruined

00:29:03by this woman.

00:29:04Where'd all that backbone go?

00:29:05Want it back?

00:29:06Fine.

00:29:07Neil.

00:29:08Slap yourself a hundred times

00:29:10admit you were wrong

00:29:11and maybe I'll give it back.

00:29:13She sneers.

00:29:14There's nothing in her eyes

00:29:15but cruelty.

00:29:17Neil?

00:29:17Slap myself?

00:29:18What does she think I am?

00:29:19But the watch

00:29:20keeps swinging in her hand.

00:29:22It's the last thing

00:29:23my mother left me.

00:29:24Phil smirks.

00:29:25Alex stands

00:29:26with his hands

00:29:27in his pockets.

00:29:28Amy throws me

00:29:29a look of contempt.

00:29:30No one says a word for me.

00:29:31They're all enjoying

00:29:32the showed slowly.

00:29:34I sink to my knees.

00:29:35Both knees

00:29:36slam against

00:29:37the marble floor.

00:29:38Pain shoots through me.

00:29:40John,

00:29:41after all these years

00:29:42you haven't changed a bit.

00:29:43Still so quick to kneel.

00:29:45Pathetic.

00:29:46Like some dog

00:29:47begging for scraps.

00:29:48I beg her

00:29:49to give me

00:29:50the watch back.

00:29:51She has no intention

00:29:52of letting me have it.

00:29:54She throws the watch.

00:29:55I scream in despair.

00:29:57It spins through the air

00:29:58like a Madeira

00:29:59and shatters in two.

00:30:00I threw myself

00:30:01toward the broken

00:30:02pocket watch.

00:30:03My shaking hands

00:30:04clutched the two halves.

00:30:05One side the photo.

00:30:07One side the dial.

00:30:08I try like a madman

00:30:09to piece it back together.

00:30:10It won't go back together.

00:30:12Broken

00:30:12like my heart.

00:30:13Phil picks up a bottle

00:30:14and walks toward me.

00:30:15The bottle explodes

00:30:16over my head.

00:30:17Glass flies.

00:30:18Blood pours down my face.

00:30:20A ringing fills my ears

00:30:22like a funeral bell.

00:30:23Before blacking out

00:30:24I see Phil grinning.

00:30:26Ava, Alex, Amy

00:30:27just standing there

00:30:28cold

00:30:28like they're watching

00:30:29someone else's tragedy.

00:30:31I close my eyes.

00:30:32Mom,

00:30:33I'm coming to find you.

00:30:34The doors slam open.

00:30:35Mia storms in

00:30:36furious.

00:30:37She swings the pocket watch

00:30:39in front of me

00:30:40leaning in

00:30:41daring me with her eyes.

00:30:43She loves having me

00:30:44under her heel.

00:30:45What?

00:30:45You won't do it?

00:30:47Then I'll throw it away.

00:30:49Every time I see

00:30:50that old hag

00:30:51she makes my blood boil.

00:30:53She raises her arm

00:30:54to throw the watch.

00:30:55The last thing

00:30:56my mother left me.

00:30:57I was young then.

00:30:58My mother was still alive.

00:30:59I stood close beside her

00:31:01posing for the camera.

00:31:02The shutter

00:31:03caught our smiles.

00:31:04I opened the old watch.

00:31:06Inside

00:31:06is the photo

00:31:07we just took.

00:31:08When I'm not with you

00:31:09keep this watch

00:31:11close to your heart.

00:31:12Think of it as your mother

00:31:13staying beside you.

00:31:15Mom

00:31:15I'm sorry

00:31:16I couldn't protect

00:31:17what you left me.

00:31:18Fine

00:31:20I'll kneel.

00:31:22The moment the door

00:31:23bursts open

00:31:24Mia sees me lying

00:31:25in a pool of blood.

00:31:26Her eyes turn red

00:31:27instantly.

00:31:28A crowd gathers around

00:31:29whispering among themselves

00:31:31dot Mia helps me up

00:31:32her fingers

00:31:33trembling violently.

00:31:34You're my only brother.

00:31:37I will never let

00:31:38anyone hurt you.

00:31:39What?

00:31:40Her brother.

00:31:41Brother?

00:31:41Since when did

00:31:42she have a brother?

00:31:43Mia gently brushes

00:31:44my forehead.

00:31:45Her eyes fill

00:31:46with pain.

00:31:47Are you alright?

00:31:47Someone call a doctor!

00:31:49Doctor now!

00:31:50Help him!

00:31:52The doctors rush over

00:31:53and help me

00:31:54into a nearby chair.

00:31:55Mia clench her fists

00:31:57stands up

00:31:58and stares fiercely

00:31:59at everyone.

00:32:01Who did this?

00:32:02Miss Morgan

00:32:02we were wrong

00:32:04to hit him

00:32:04but he started it.

00:32:05He impersonated

00:32:06the CEO

00:32:07crashed the annual

00:32:08gala

00:32:08and sat in the

00:32:09CEO's chair.

00:32:10We were defending

00:32:11the CEO's dignity.

00:32:12Mia said nothing.

00:32:13She raises her hand

00:32:14and slaps Phil hard

00:32:16across the face.

00:32:17The slap echoed

00:32:18through the entire hall.

00:32:19Eva catches

00:32:20the staggering Phil.

00:32:21What the hell

00:32:22are you talking about?

00:32:23My fault.

00:32:25Miss Morgan

00:32:25security was far

00:32:27too lax.

00:32:28He managed to slip in.

00:32:30I'll deal with this

00:32:31immediately.

00:32:32I'll sort everything out.

00:32:33The CEO will never

00:32:34find out.

00:32:35Mia turns

00:32:36and slaps Gilbert

00:32:37again across the face.

00:32:39Gilbert's head

00:32:39snapped to the side.

00:32:41He covers his cheek

00:32:42and doesn't dare

00:32:43to make a sound.

00:32:44You idiot.

00:32:45Do you have any idea

00:32:46who he is?

00:32:47He's just a piece of trash

00:32:49for God's sake.

00:32:51Mia hears him muttering.

00:32:53She turns

00:32:54and slaps him again.

00:32:55Watch your mouth.

00:32:56Why?

00:32:58You hit me again?

00:33:00Miss Morgan

00:33:01that man is nothing

00:33:02but a parasite.

00:33:03What else am I

00:33:04supposed to call him?

00:33:06Quite right,

00:33:07Miss Morgan.

00:33:08Mia's fury erupts

00:33:10completely.

00:33:10Her eyes blaze

00:33:11as if spitting fire.

00:33:13You venomous woman

00:33:14and you two

00:33:15ungrateful little beasts.

00:33:17You're lower than dirt.

00:33:19You've bullied him

00:33:21for 20 years.

00:33:22Today I'm going to

00:33:23make you pay

00:33:23for every bit of it.

00:33:24Guards,

00:33:25surround them.

00:33:26Five guards

00:33:27step forward

00:33:28and surrounds Eva

00:33:29and the others.

00:33:30Eva's expression

00:33:31finally changes.

00:33:32What is all of this?

00:33:35Mia, stop.

00:33:36I regain consciousness

00:33:37and stride toward them.

00:33:39Blood still streams

00:33:40down my forehead

00:33:41but I had never been

00:33:42so clear-headed

00:33:43in my life.

00:33:45Eva stares at me

00:33:45in shock.

00:33:46She probably never

00:33:47imagined that the

00:33:48worthless trash

00:33:49she has trampled

00:33:50underfoot

00:33:51would ever be called

00:33:52brother

00:33:52by the CO.

00:33:54Mia,

00:33:55stop.

00:33:56Brother,

00:33:57are you alright?

00:33:59it's all my fault.

00:34:01My only brother

00:34:03hurt on my own turf.

00:34:05I pat Mia's shoulder

00:34:07reassuringly.

00:34:08Her eyes turns red

00:34:09just like when she was

00:34:10a little girl

00:34:11who had been wronged

00:34:12except this time

00:34:13it was me.

00:34:14Mia reaches out

00:34:15and examines the wound

00:34:16on my forehead

00:34:17with concern.

00:34:18Her actions

00:34:18made others

00:34:19jump to all sorts

00:34:20of malicious conclusions

00:34:21about the relationship

00:34:22between her and me.

00:34:23Why is dad so close

00:34:24to Miss Morgan?

00:34:25I'm wondering too

00:34:28why did Miss Morgan

00:34:29hit Uncle Phil

00:34:29for that loser?

00:34:30What's really between them?

00:34:32If Miss Morgan

00:34:33values him this much

00:34:35maybe he really is

00:34:36someone important

00:34:37we shouldn't mess with?

00:34:39Shit.

00:34:40I messed with

00:34:41the wrong person.

00:34:43Looks like John

00:34:44and the COO

00:34:45have something special

00:34:46going on.

00:34:47Miss Morgan

00:34:48what exactly

00:34:50is your relationship

00:34:50with my good-for-nothing

00:34:51ex-husband?

00:34:56that's none

00:34:56of your damn business.

00:34:58I swear

00:34:59today

00:35:00every single one

00:35:01of you who hurt him

00:35:02is going to pay.

00:35:04Phil,

00:35:04Gilgret

00:35:05and Eva's expressions

00:35:06grew complicated.

00:35:08Fear

00:35:08began to creep

00:35:09across their faces.

00:35:11Phil you tell me

00:35:11right now

00:35:12who the hell

00:35:13did you just beat up?

00:35:14He's just Eva's

00:35:15pathetic ex-husband.

00:35:16Who else would he be?

00:35:18Gilbert slaps

00:35:19Phil across the face.

00:35:20This lap

00:35:21is even harder

00:35:21than Mia's.

00:35:22A pathetic

00:35:23ex-husband?

00:35:24then why the hell

00:35:25is the COO

00:35:26getting involved?

00:35:28And how did this

00:35:29so-called nobody

00:35:30even get into

00:35:31the gala

00:35:32in the first place?

00:35:33Phil clutches

00:35:34his face

00:35:34stunned.

00:35:36He finally realizes

00:35:37something was

00:35:37terribly wrong.

00:35:38Mia hands

00:35:39the broken pocket

00:35:40watch back to me.

00:35:41Brother,

00:35:42this watch

00:35:42is over 10 years old.

00:35:44I'm afraid

00:35:45it can never

00:35:45be put back together.

00:35:47I gaze at the photo

00:35:48inside the watch

00:35:49of my mother and me.

00:35:50Mom,

00:35:51are you watching

00:35:51from above?

00:35:52Watching your son

00:35:53get bullied

00:35:53by these scumbags?

00:35:55What do you want

00:35:55to do with them?

00:35:57I lift my head

00:35:58and glare at Eva

00:35:59furiously.

00:36:00She shook with terror.

00:36:02Phil, Alex,

00:36:03and Amy

00:36:04try to stand

00:36:05calm and firm

00:36:05but their gazes

00:36:07shift

00:36:08restlessly.

00:36:09They were finally

00:36:10afraid.

00:36:10Too late.

00:36:11I clenched

00:36:12the broken pocket watch.

00:36:13This shattered watch

00:36:14was the last thing

00:36:15my mother left me.

00:36:16She shouldn't

00:36:17have touched it.

00:36:18Eva,

00:36:19there's one thing

00:36:19you never should

00:36:20have done.

00:36:22Smash my mother's

00:36:23last keepsake to me.

00:36:25It's just a piece

00:36:26of junk.

00:36:27What,

00:36:27you want to hit

00:36:27my mom or something?

00:36:29You've given them

00:36:29everything and this

00:36:30is how they pay you?

00:36:32Do you think

00:36:32they even deserve

00:36:33all of this?

00:36:34Suddenly,

00:36:34Phil points at me

00:36:35and Mia like he'd

00:36:36just discovered

00:36:37a new world.

00:36:38I get it now!

00:36:40Mia's been protecting

00:36:41you this whole time!

00:36:42No wonder you got

00:36:43into the gala

00:36:44so easily!

00:36:45You

00:36:46and

00:36:47Mia!

00:36:49You two have been

00:36:50having an affair

00:36:51this whole time,

00:36:52haven't you?

00:36:54Nice one,

00:36:55John!

00:36:56You accuse me

00:36:56of cheating?

00:36:57You're the one

00:36:58who's been cheating

00:36:59this whole time!

00:37:01You old bastard!

00:37:03I thought you

00:37:04were decent!

00:37:05You betrayed

00:37:06my mom!

00:37:07My face turns

00:37:08even colder.

00:37:09They're such experts

00:37:11at twisting the truth.

00:37:12When you divorced

00:37:13mom,

00:37:13you acted

00:37:14like the victim.

00:37:15Turns out

00:37:16you'd already

00:37:17been sleeping

00:37:17with this woman.

00:37:19How disgusting!

00:37:20Do you really

00:37:21think there is

00:37:22something going on

00:37:23between Mia

00:37:24and that man?

00:37:25Hard to say.

00:37:26Otherwise,

00:37:27why would Mia

00:37:28stand up for him?

00:37:29Buoyed by the voices

00:37:30agreeing with her,

00:37:32Eva grew

00:37:32increasingly arrogant.

00:37:33She approaches

00:37:34Mia,

00:37:35speaking in a

00:37:36bitterly sarcastic

00:37:37tone.

00:37:38Mia,

00:37:38so you like

00:37:39picking up the

00:37:39trash I've already

00:37:40played with?

00:37:41This is the kind

00:37:42of man you go for?

00:37:43No wonder

00:37:44you're still single

00:37:45in your 30s.

00:37:45Who knows how many

00:37:46younger men

00:37:47you're keeping

00:37:47on the side?

00:37:48You really think

00:37:49no one knows

00:37:50about all the

00:37:50dirty little secrets

00:37:51you've got going

00:37:51on behind the scenes?

00:37:52She doesn't get to finish

00:37:54her sentence.

00:37:55I give her a sharp

00:37:56brutal slap.

00:37:58That single blow

00:37:59held all the

00:37:59resentment I'd

00:38:00bottled up for

00:38:0120 years.

00:38:02Amy and Alex

00:38:03are utterly

00:38:04dumbfounded,

00:38:05their mouths

00:38:06hanging agape.

00:38:07Phil hurries

00:38:08to steady

00:38:09the staggering

00:38:10Eva.

00:38:10I stand before

00:38:11them,

00:38:12cold and

00:38:12unyielding,

00:38:13motionless,

00:38:14like a stone

00:38:15statue.

00:38:15Eva covers

00:38:16her cheek,

00:38:17staring at me

00:38:17in utter

00:38:18disbelief.

00:38:19She had never

00:38:20once thought

00:38:21the docile,

00:38:22submissive nobody

00:38:23would dare to

00:38:23lay a hand on her.

00:38:25This slap

00:38:26was not for me.

00:38:27It was for my

00:38:27mother and

00:38:28for Mia.

00:38:29Six bodyguards

00:38:30in black suits

00:38:31storms in,

00:38:32looking fierce

00:38:33and ready for action.

00:38:35But Eva doesn't

00:38:35panic.

00:38:36Instead,

00:38:37she holds her

00:38:37head high.

00:38:38Don't you dare.

00:38:40The CEO is

00:38:41giving me my

00:38:42well-deserved

00:38:42promotion at the

00:38:43annual gala.

00:38:44If you throw me

00:38:45out and he can't

00:38:46reach me,

00:38:47do you think

00:38:47you can handle

00:38:48the consequences?

00:38:50That's right.

00:38:52Mom becoming

00:38:53COO was

00:38:54the CEO's

00:38:55decision.

00:38:57Once she gets

00:38:58this position,

00:38:59you'll all

00:39:00be screwed.

00:39:01Glad you

00:39:02reminded me.

00:39:03I almost

00:39:04forgot about

00:39:04this.

00:39:05Mia and I

00:39:06exchange look.

00:39:07We both knew

00:39:08Eva wasn't

00:39:09getting any

00:39:09promotion letter

00:39:10today at all.

00:39:11Mia holds

00:39:12out her hand.

00:39:13An assistant

00:39:13promptly hands

00:39:14her a red

00:39:15leather folder.

00:39:16The CEO does

00:39:17indeed have

00:39:18something he

00:39:18needs me

00:39:19to hand

00:39:19to you

00:39:19personally.

00:39:21Mom,

00:39:22this is

00:39:22wonderful!

00:39:23Congratulations!

00:39:24After all

00:39:25these years,

00:39:26your dream

00:39:27has finally

00:39:27come true.

00:39:28Eva tries

00:39:29hard to

00:39:29suppress the

00:39:30smile tugging

00:39:31at the

00:39:31corners of

00:39:32her lips.

00:39:33She thinks

00:39:33she is

00:39:34winning.

00:39:34Mom,

00:39:35in struggle

00:39:36home's

00:39:36mission,

00:39:38once you

00:39:38become COO,

00:39:40don't forget

00:39:41the house

00:39:41you promised

00:39:42me.

00:39:42Mia hands

00:39:43the red

00:39:43folder to

00:39:44Eva,

00:39:45like handing

00:39:46over a

00:39:46knife.

00:39:50Smiling,

00:39:50Eva opens

00:39:51the red

00:39:51folder.

00:39:52I smirk.

00:39:53Alex and

00:39:53Amy lean

00:39:54in,

00:39:54faces full

00:39:55of anticipation.

00:39:56Then,

00:39:56their smiles

00:39:57froze.

00:39:58How is this

00:39:59possible?

00:40:05Eva covers

00:40:06her face,

00:40:07utterly

00:40:08dumbfounded.

00:40:09She never

00:40:09thought she

00:40:10would ever

00:40:10take a

00:40:10slap from

00:40:11me.

00:40:11Never.

00:40:12But I've

00:40:12wanted to

00:40:13slap her

00:40:13for way

00:40:14too long.

00:40:16John,

00:40:17how dare

00:40:18you hit

00:40:19me just

00:40:20because of

00:40:20your little

00:40:21mistress?

00:40:21Shut your

00:40:22mouth up!

00:40:23He's my

00:40:24sister.

00:40:25I won't

00:40:25you slander

00:40:26her like

00:40:26that.

00:40:27I've known

00:40:27you for

00:40:28over 20

00:40:29years,

00:40:29and I've

00:40:30never heard

00:40:30a single

00:40:31word about

00:40:31you having

00:40:32a sister.

00:40:32And you

00:40:33call me

00:40:34a cheater.

00:40:34Turns out

00:40:35you hooked

00:40:36yourself a

00:40:36rich woman,

00:40:37huh?

00:40:38The divorce

00:40:38worked out

00:40:39perfectly for

00:40:40you,

00:40:40didn't it?

00:40:42Mom,

00:40:43you were

00:40:43blind to

00:40:44even fall

00:40:45for him.

00:40:45This is

00:40:46absolutely

00:40:47ridiculous.

00:40:48Guards,

00:40:49throw them

00:40:49out!

00:40:50Phil's eyes

00:40:51shift slyly,

00:40:52putting on

00:40:53yet another

00:40:53pitiful

00:40:54performance.

00:40:55He won't

00:40:56see us?

00:40:56This is

00:40:57all you're

00:40:57doing!

00:40:58I get

00:40:59it now,

00:40:59Miss

00:40:59Morgan.

00:41:00You were

00:41:00afraid Eva

00:41:01becoming

00:41:02COO would

00:41:03threaten

00:41:03your position,

00:41:04so you

00:41:04spread rumors.

00:41:05You and

00:41:06John doctored

00:41:07the letter

00:41:07together.

00:41:10I'm

00:41:11going to

00:41:12report this

00:41:12to the

00:41:13CEO.

00:41:14I'll

00:41:14make

00:41:14every

00:41:14single

00:41:15one

00:41:15of

00:41:15them

00:41:15pay!

00:41:16Mia looks

00:41:16at them

00:41:17coldly,

00:41:17like she

00:41:18was watching

00:41:18a bunch

00:41:18of

00:41:19clowns.

00:41:19Eva,

00:41:20Phil,

00:41:21Gilbert,

00:41:22you assaulted

00:41:23a guest.

00:41:25That's

00:41:25it.

00:41:26You're

00:41:27all fired.

00:41:27Gilbert's

00:41:28jaw drops

00:41:29in utter

00:41:29disbelief.

00:41:30How dare

00:41:30you!

00:41:31I want

00:41:32to see

00:41:32the CEO!

00:41:33I'm

00:41:33reporting

00:41:33you

00:41:34for

00:41:34abuse

00:41:34of

00:41:35power!

00:41:35Enough.

00:41:37Throw

00:41:37them

00:41:38out.

00:41:38The

00:41:39guards

00:41:39swum

00:41:39forward,

00:41:40dragging

00:41:40them

00:41:40out.

00:41:41Eva

00:41:41struggles

00:41:42and screams,

00:41:43her voice

00:41:43echoing sharply

00:41:44throughout the

00:41:45ballroom.

00:41:45Even as

00:41:46she was

00:41:46being escorted

00:41:47out,

00:41:47she kept

00:41:48howling like

00:41:49a pathetic

00:41:49stray cur.

00:41:57Mia and

00:41:57I stand

00:41:58in the

00:41:58center

00:41:59of the

00:41:59ballroom,

00:42:00watching

00:42:00them

00:42:00being

00:42:01driven

00:42:01out.

00:42:01The

00:42:01moment

00:42:02the

00:42:02doors

00:42:02close,

00:42:03the

00:42:03world

00:42:03finally

00:42:04falls

00:42:04quiet.

00:42:07I

00:42:08look

00:42:08at the

00:42:08closed

00:42:08doors,

00:42:09a

00:42:09cold

00:42:10smile

00:42:10curling

00:42:11at the

00:42:11corner

00:42:11of my

00:42:12lips.

00:42:12I

00:42:12shake

00:42:13my

00:42:13head,

00:42:13let

00:42:13them

00:42:14do

00:42:14whatever

00:42:14they

00:42:14want.

00:42:15They're

00:42:15just

00:42:15a

00:42:16bunch

00:42:16of

00:42:16clowns.

00:42:17Twenty

00:42:20from

00:42:20this

00:42:21day

00:42:21forth,

00:42:22we

00:42:22are

00:42:22strangers.

00:42:23Eva

00:42:23stands

00:42:24there

00:42:24holding

00:42:24the

00:42:25termination

00:42:25notice,

00:42:26frozen

00:42:27stiff,

00:42:27as if

00:42:28struck

00:42:28by

00:42:28lightning.

00:42:29No

00:42:29way,

00:42:30this

00:42:30can't

00:42:30be

00:42:30true!

00:42:34John,

00:42:35you're

00:42:35behind

00:42:36all of

00:42:36this!

00:42:36Miss

00:42:37Morgan,

00:42:37let's

00:42:37be

00:42:38fair

00:42:38here.

00:42:39Eva

00:42:39has

00:42:40worked

00:42:40her

00:42:40ass

00:42:40off

00:42:41for

00:42:41over

00:42:41a

00:42:41decade.

00:42:42What

00:42:43possible

00:42:43reason

00:42:44does

00:42:44the

00:42:44CEO

00:42:44have

00:42:45to

00:42:45fire

00:42:45her?

00:42:46John,

00:42:46are

00:42:46you

00:42:46doing

00:42:47this

00:42:47just

00:42:47to

00:42:47get

00:42:47back

00:42:47at

00:42:48my

00:42:48mom?

00:42:49sneer.

00:42:49Revenge?

00:42:50She

00:42:50did

00:42:50this

00:42:51to

00:42:51herself.

00:42:51Suddenly,

00:42:52Eva

00:42:52bursts

00:42:52out

00:42:53laughing,

00:42:53like

00:42:54she'd

00:42:54lost

00:42:54her

00:42:54mind.

00:42:55The

00:42:55laughter

00:42:55echoes

00:42:56through

00:42:56the

00:42:56ballroom,

00:42:57sending

00:42:57chills

00:42:57down

00:42:58everyone's

00:42:58spine.

00:42:59She

00:42:59throws

00:42:59the

00:42:59termination

00:43:00notice

00:43:00to

00:43:00the

00:43:01ground,

00:43:01seething

00:43:02with

00:43:02rage,

00:43:03and

00:43:03strides

00:43:03toward

00:43:03me.

00:43:04This

00:43:04can't

00:43:05be

00:43:05true!

00:43:05The

00:43:06CEO

00:43:06was

00:43:06supposed

00:43:07to

00:43:07promote

00:43:07me!

00:43:08Where

00:43:08is

00:43:08the

00:43:09CEO?

00:43:09I

00:43:09need

00:43:09to

00:43:10see

00:43:10him!

00:43:10He

00:43:11doesn't

00:43:11want

00:43:11to

00:43:11see

00:43:12you.

00:43:13Three

00:43:13days

00:43:14later,

00:43:14I

00:43:14push

00:43:15open

00:43:15the

00:43:15door

00:43:15of

00:43:16the

00:43:16coffee

00:43:16shop.

00:43:17Sunlight

00:43:17streams

00:43:18through

00:43:18the

00:43:18floor

00:43:19to

00:43:19ceiling

00:43:19windows.

00:43:20Falling

00:43:21upon

00:43:21a

00:43:21woman

00:43:21sitting

00:43:22alone,

00:43:22I

00:43:22slow

00:43:23my

00:43:23steps,

00:43:24staring

00:43:24at

00:43:24her

00:43:24back.

00:43:25It

00:43:25was

00:43:25a

00:43:25silhouette

00:43:26I

00:43:26know

00:43:26all

00:43:27too

00:43:27well.

00:43:28She

00:43:28turns

00:43:28and

00:43:29stands

00:43:29up,

00:43:30smiling,

00:43:30though

00:43:31she's

00:43:3140

00:43:31now,

00:43:32but

00:43:32when

00:43:32she

00:43:33smiles,

00:43:33she

00:43:34looks

00:43:3420

00:43:34again.

00:43:45Annie,

00:43:46my

00:43:46old

00:43:46friend,

00:43:4720

00:43:47years

00:43:48had

00:43:48gone

00:43:48by,

00:43:49yet

00:43:49she

00:43:50seemed

00:43:50unchanged,

00:43:51no,

00:43:51she

00:43:52has

00:43:52changed,

00:43:53she's

00:43:53even

00:43:54better.

00:43:56I

00:43:57was

00:43:57concentrating

00:43:57on my

00:43:58wood

00:43:58carving,

00:43:59wood

00:43:59shavings

00:44:00curled

00:44:00off

00:44:00beneath

00:44:01my

00:44:01fingers.

00:44:02These

00:44:03hands

00:44:03had

00:44:03cooked

00:44:04for

00:44:04Eva

00:44:04for

00:44:0420

00:44:05years,

00:44:05now

00:44:06they

00:44:06finally

00:44:07get

00:44:07to

00:44:07do

00:44:07something

00:44:07for

00:44:08me.

00:44:08Mia

00:44:09enters

00:44:09the

00:44:09room,

00:44:10holding

00:44:10an

00:44:11invitation.

00:44:12John,

00:44:13now that

00:44:14you're

00:44:14back as

00:44:14CEO,

00:44:15you

00:44:15really

00:44:16should

00:44:16attend

00:44:16the

00:44:16meeting

00:44:17three

00:44:17days

00:44:17from

00:44:17now.

00:44:18I

00:44:19nod

00:44:19and

00:44:20tell

00:44:20her

00:44:20I

00:44:20got

00:44:21it.

00:44:21Mia

00:44:21didn't

00:44:22leave.

00:44:22She

00:44:23stands

00:44:23quietly

00:44:23behind

00:44:24me,

00:44:25hesitant

00:44:25to

00:44:25speak

00:44:25her

00:44:25mind.

00:44:27John,

00:44:27you've

00:44:27thrown

00:44:28yourself

00:44:28headfirst

00:44:29into

00:44:29work.

00:44:30You

00:44:30don't

00:44:31go to

00:44:31any

00:44:31of

00:44:31the

00:44:31events

00:44:31I

00:44:31set

00:44:32up

00:44:32for

00:44:32you?

00:44:33Are

00:44:33you

00:44:33still

00:44:33hung

00:44:34up

00:44:34on

00:44:34Eva?

00:44:35She

00:44:35grabs

00:44:36my

00:44:36arm,

00:44:36her

00:44:37eyes

00:44:37full

00:44:37of

00:44:37concern.

00:44:39John,

00:44:40I've

00:44:41scheduled

00:44:41a dinner

00:44:41with

00:44:42that

00:44:42investor.

00:44:43She's

00:44:43stunning.

00:44:45Go

00:44:45meet

00:44:45her.

00:44:46Maybe

00:44:46she

00:44:47can

00:44:47help

00:44:47you

00:44:47forget

00:44:47about

00:44:48Eva.

00:44:48I

00:44:49put

00:44:49down

00:44:49my

00:44:49carving

00:44:50knife

00:44:50and

00:44:50sigh.

00:44:51Mia,

00:44:51I

00:44:52don't

00:44:52need

00:44:52that.

00:44:53She's

00:44:53coming

00:44:53to

00:44:53discuss

00:44:54business.

00:44:55A

00:44:55private

00:44:55meeting

00:44:56like

00:44:56that

00:44:56would

00:44:56look

00:44:56bad.

00:44:57I'd

00:44:57rather

00:44:58not

00:44:58go.

00:44:58You've

00:44:59got

00:44:59it

00:44:59wrong.

00:45:00She

00:45:00asked

00:45:00me

00:45:01to

00:45:01invite

00:45:01you.

00:45:02And

00:45:02you

00:45:02know

00:45:02her

00:45:02too.

00:45:03If

00:45:04you

00:45:04don't

00:45:04go,

00:45:05you'll

00:45:05regret

00:45:05it.

00:45:06I

00:45:06look

00:45:07up

00:45:07at

00:45:07Mia's

00:45:07mysterious

00:45:08smile.

00:45:09In

00:45:09Na Dot,

00:45:10I

00:45:10trust

00:45:10Mia.

00:45:11She

00:45:11never

00:45:11lied

00:45:12to

00:45:12me.

00:45:12When

00:45:13I

00:45:13opened

00:45:13the

00:45:13book,

00:45:14a

00:45:14bookmark

00:45:15slipped

00:45:15out.

00:45:16Written

00:45:17on it

00:45:17was a

00:45:18simple

00:45:18confession.

00:45:19I

00:45:20like

00:45:20you.

00:45:21I

00:45:22smile

00:45:22wistfully.

00:45:23Twenty

00:45:23years

00:45:23had

00:45:24passed.

00:45:24I

00:45:24still

00:45:25kept

00:45:25that

00:45:25precious

00:45:26bookmark.

00:45:27I

00:45:27never

00:45:28imagined

00:45:28that

00:45:29little

00:45:29girl

00:45:29who

00:45:30came

00:45:30to

00:45:30borrow

00:45:30books

00:45:31from

00:45:31me

00:45:31every

00:45:31day

00:45:31would

00:45:32grow

00:45:32into

00:45:32such

00:45:33an

00:45:33extraordinary

00:45:33woman.

00:45:34Annie

00:45:35blushes

00:45:35and

00:45:36smiles

00:45:36bashfully.

00:45:37At

00:45:38forty,

00:45:39she

00:45:39still

00:45:39smiles

00:45:40like

00:45:40the

00:45:40girl

00:45:40I

00:45:40remember.

00:45:42The

00:45:43real

00:45:43reason

00:45:44I

00:45:44went

00:45:44overseas

00:45:45all

00:45:45those

00:45:45years

00:45:46ago

00:45:46was

00:45:47to

00:45:47be

00:45:47someone

00:45:48worthy

00:45:48of

00:45:49you.

00:45:54I

00:45:55sit

00:45:55across

00:45:55from

00:45:56Annie.

00:45:56Warm

00:45:57sunlight

00:45:57falls

00:45:57across

00:45:58her

00:45:58face.

00:45:58two

00:45:59decades

00:46:00feel

00:46:00like

00:46:00nothing

00:46:00but

00:46:01a

00:46:01fleeting

00:46:01dream.

00:46:02What's

00:46:03wrong?

00:46:03Surprised

00:46:04to see

00:46:04me?

00:46:05Annie?

00:46:06I

00:46:07can't

00:46:07believe

00:46:07it.

00:46:08It's

00:46:09been

00:46:09like

00:46:10twenty

00:46:10years

00:46:11since

00:46:11we

00:46:11last

00:46:11saw

00:46:12each

00:46:12other.

00:46:12That

00:46:13year

00:46:13we

00:46:14were

00:46:14both

00:46:14still

00:46:14young.

00:46:15She

00:46:15was

00:46:15wearing

00:46:15her

00:46:16school

00:46:16uniform.

00:46:17So

00:46:17was

00:46:17I.

00:46:18She

00:46:18came

00:46:18to

00:46:19return

00:46:19a

00:46:19book

00:46:19to

00:46:20me

00:46:20just

00:46:20like

00:46:21always.

00:46:22John

00:46:22I'm

00:46:23leaving

00:46:23for

00:46:23business

00:46:24school

00:46:24in

00:46:24Europe.

00:46:25I

00:46:26won't

00:46:26get to

00:46:26borrow

00:46:26your

00:46:26books

00:46:26anymore.

00:46:27Here

00:46:28this

00:46:29belongs

00:46:29back

00:46:29to

00:46:29you.

00:46:30I

00:46:31took

00:46:31the

00:46:31book.

00:46:32It

00:46:32felt

00:46:33like

00:46:33a

00:46:33piece

00:46:33of

00:46:33my

00:46:34heart

00:46:34was

00:46:34missing.

00:46:35She

00:46:36handed

00:46:36me

00:46:36a

00:46:36small

00:46:37box

00:46:37of

00:46:37cookies.

00:46:38I

00:46:39wanted

00:46:39to

00:46:39give

00:46:39you

00:46:39something

00:46:40I

00:46:40made

00:46:40myself

00:46:40so

00:46:42I

00:46:43baked

00:46:43these

00:46:43cookies.

00:46:45Think

00:46:46of it

00:46:46as

00:46:46a

00:46:47little

00:46:48goodbye

00:46:48gift.

00:46:52You're

00:46:52really

00:46:52going

00:46:53abroad

00:46:53to

00:46:53study?

00:46:54Yes.

00:46:54you're

00:46:56already

00:46:56the

00:46:56youngest

00:46:56billionaire

00:46:57in

00:46:57the

00:46:57city.

00:46:58I

00:46:58need

00:46:59to

00:46:59work

00:46:59hard

00:46:59to

00:47:00catch

00:47:00up.

00:47:01Only

00:47:01then

00:47:02maybe

00:47:03I

00:47:04could

00:47:04finally

00:47:04She

00:47:05never

00:47:06finished

00:47:06her

00:47:06sentence.

00:47:07Those

00:47:08words

00:47:08stayed

00:47:09unspoken

00:47:09for

00:47:1020

00:47:10years.

00:47:11Before

00:47:11she

00:47:12departed

00:47:12she

00:47:13held

00:47:13me

00:47:13in

00:47:13a

00:47:13tight

00:47:14embrace.

00:47:14That

00:47:15hug

00:47:15was

00:47:16far

00:47:16warmer

00:47:16than

00:47:17any

00:47:17affection

00:47:17Eva

00:47:18had

00:47:18given

00:47:18me

00:47:19over

00:47:1920

00:47:19years.

00:47:21I

00:47:21watched

00:47:22her

00:47:22leave.

00:47:24her

00:47:24silhouette

00:47:25fading

00:47:25farther

00:47:26and farther

00:47:26away.

00:47:28Annie

00:47:29looks at

00:47:29me.

00:47:30There

00:47:30was

00:47:30hope

00:47:30in her

00:47:31eyes

00:47:31and

00:47:3120

00:47:32years

00:47:32of

00:47:32waiting.

00:47:33Back

00:47:33then,

00:47:34you were

00:47:34the

00:47:34golden

00:47:35boy,

00:47:35so I

00:47:36went

00:47:36abroad

00:47:36trying to

00:47:37catch up

00:47:37to you

00:47:37to become

00:47:38someone

00:47:38worthy

00:47:38of standing

00:47:39by your

00:47:39side.

00:47:40But when

00:47:41I finally

00:47:41came back,

00:47:42you no

00:47:43longer

00:47:43belonged

00:47:44to me.

00:47:44I

00:47:45was

00:47:45deeply

00:47:45moved.

00:47:46Those

00:47:47words

00:47:47hit me

00:47:48right in

00:47:48the

00:47:48chest.

00:47:49I

00:47:49had

00:47:49given

00:47:50everything

00:47:50in the

00:47:51first

00:47:51half

00:47:51of my

00:47:52life

00:47:52to

00:47:52Eva

00:47:52and

00:47:53the

00:47:53children.

00:47:54But I

00:47:54never

00:47:55knew

00:47:55that

00:47:56someone

00:47:56had

00:47:56been

00:47:56quietly

00:47:57caring

00:47:57for me

00:47:58all

00:47:58these

00:47:58years.

00:47:59John,

00:48:00now that

00:48:00you're

00:48:00free,

00:48:02maybe

00:48:02you

00:48:02could

00:48:02give

00:48:03us

00:48:03a

00:48:03chance?

00:48:04Annie

00:48:04gazes

00:48:05at me

00:48:05with

00:48:05deep

00:48:05affection.

00:48:06Her

00:48:07eyes

00:48:07were

00:48:07soft

00:48:08but

00:48:08certain.

00:48:09So,

00:48:10what's

00:48:11your

00:48:11answer?

00:48:11I

00:48:11lower

00:48:12my

00:48:12head

00:48:12and

00:48:13fall

00:48:13silent

00:48:13for

00:48:14a

00:48:14few

00:48:14seconds.

00:48:15Annie,

00:48:16I

00:48:16don't

00:48:16want

00:48:16to

00:48:16hold

00:48:16you

00:48:16back.

00:48:17I

00:48:17just

00:48:17got

00:48:18divorced

00:48:18and

00:48:19I'm

00:48:19not

00:48:19ready

00:48:19to

00:48:19start

00:48:20a

00:48:20new

00:48:20relationship

00:48:20yet.

00:48:21That's

00:48:22okay.

00:48:23I've

00:48:23waited

00:48:24this

00:48:24long,

00:48:24haven't

00:48:24I?

00:48:25I

00:48:25can

00:48:25wait

00:48:25a

00:48:25little

00:48:25longer

00:48:27until

00:48:27you've

00:48:27really

00:48:28let

00:48:28go

00:48:28of

00:48:28the

00:48:28past.

00:48:30I

00:48:30don't

00:48:30love

00:48:30Eva

00:48:31anymore.

00:48:32But I

00:48:32just

00:48:32got

00:48:33divorced

00:48:33and

00:48:33the

00:48:34investment

00:48:34meeting

00:48:34is

00:48:34right

00:48:34around

00:48:35the

00:48:35corner.

00:48:37If

00:48:37I

00:48:37said

00:48:37yes

00:48:37to

00:48:38you

00:48:38now

00:48:38it

00:48:38would

00:48:38feel

00:48:38like

00:48:39I'm

00:48:39using

00:48:39you.

00:48:40That

00:48:40wouldn't

00:48:41be

00:48:41fair

00:48:41to

00:48:41you

00:48:41at

00:48:41all.

00:48:42After

00:48:43the

00:48:43meeting

00:48:43is

00:48:43over

00:48:43I'll

00:48:44give

00:48:44you

00:48:44a

00:48:44real

00:48:44answer.

00:48:45All

00:48:45right.

00:48:46Our

00:48:47company

00:48:47was

00:48:47already

00:48:48leaning

00:48:48toward

00:48:48your

00:48:48product

00:48:49anyway

00:48:49so

00:48:50don't

00:48:50worry

00:48:50I

00:48:51won't

00:48:51mix

00:48:51business

00:48:52with

00:48:52personal

00:48:52stuff.

00:48:54Since

00:48:55you've

00:48:55made

00:48:55a

00:48:55promise

00:48:55I'll

00:48:56wait

00:48:56for

00:48:56your

00:48:57answer.

00:48:58All

00:48:58right.

00:48:58I

00:48:59promise.

00:49:00We

00:49:00stand

00:49:00up

00:49:01to

00:49:01leave.

00:49:02Suddenly

00:49:02Annie

00:49:03stumbles

00:49:03slightly

00:49:04as

00:49:04her

00:49:04high

00:49:04heel

00:49:05twists.

00:49:06She

00:49:06almost

00:49:06fell.

00:49:07I

00:49:07reach

00:49:08out

00:49:08quickly

00:49:08to

00:49:08steady

00:49:09her

00:49:09catching

00:49:09her

00:49:10gently

00:49:10into

00:49:10my

00:49:10arms.

00:49:11Our

00:49:11eyes

00:49:12meet

00:49:12and

00:49:13the

00:49:13air

00:49:13between

00:49:13us

00:49:14instantly

00:49:14fills

00:49:14with

00:49:15tension.

00:49:15And

00:49:16then

00:49:16a

00:49:16sharp

00:49:17nasty

00:49:17voice

00:49:18cut

00:49:18through

00:49:19the

00:49:19moment

00:49:19like

00:49:19a

00:49:20cold

00:49:20knife

00:49:20shattering

00:49:21the

00:49:21warmth.

00:49:24Annie

00:49:24and I

00:49:25pull

00:49:25apart

00:49:25quickly.

00:49:26Flirting

00:49:26with

00:49:27another

00:49:27woman

00:49:27in

00:49:28broad

00:49:28daylight?

00:49:29Eva

00:49:29walks

00:49:30over

00:49:30with

00:49:30Alex

00:49:30and

00:49:31Amy

00:49:31a

00:49:31familiar

00:49:31sneer

00:49:32on

00:49:32her

00:49:32face

00:49:33that

00:49:33I

00:49:33knew

00:49:33all

00:49:33too

00:49:34well.

00:49:34Pathetic.

00:49:35A

00:49:35leopard

00:49:36never

00:49:36changes

00:49:36its

00:49:37spots.

00:49:38This

00:49:38woman

00:49:38just

00:49:39won't

00:49:39leave

00:49:39me

00:49:39alone.

00:49:40She

00:49:41can't

00:49:41even

00:49:41let

00:49:41me

00:49:41have

00:49:42a

00:49:42cup

00:49:42of

00:49:42coffee

00:49:42in

00:49:43peace.

00:49:43I

00:49:44didn't

00:49:44hesitate.

00:49:46Eva

00:49:46what

00:49:46the

00:49:47hell

00:49:47do

00:49:47you

00:49:47want?

00:49:48What

00:49:48do

00:49:48I

00:49:48want?

00:49:49Look

00:49:50at

00:49:50you!

00:49:51One

00:49:51woman

00:49:51is

00:49:52not

00:49:52enough

00:49:52for

00:49:52you?

00:49:53You

00:49:53just

00:49:54cannot

00:49:54wait

00:49:54to

00:49:54jump

00:49:55into

00:50:01consistent

00:50:01you

00:50:01have

00:50:02latched

00:50:02on

00:50:02to

00:50:02another

00:50:03rich

00:50:03woman?

00:50:05Hey

00:50:06beautiful

00:50:07why

00:50:08waste

00:50:08your

00:50:08time

00:50:08on

00:50:09this

00:50:09old

00:50:09guy?

00:50:10I

00:50:10am

00:50:11younger

00:50:11than

00:50:11him

00:50:11stronger

00:50:12and

00:50:13better

00:50:14than

00:50:14him

00:50:14in

00:50:14every

00:50:15single

00:50:15way.

00:50:20I

00:50:21slap

00:50:21Alex

00:50:22across

00:50:22the

00:50:22face

00:50:22hard.

00:50:24Eva

00:50:24catches

00:50:25him

00:50:25stunned.

00:50:27You

00:50:27bastard.

00:50:29Apologize.

00:50:30now.

00:50:31How

00:50:31dare

00:50:32you

00:50:32hit

00:50:32my

00:50:33son?

00:50:33You

00:50:34filthy

00:50:34bastard!

00:50:35You

00:50:36cheating

00:50:36bastard!

00:50:37You

00:50:37shameless

00:50:38moocher!

00:50:39I

00:50:39let

00:50:39out

00:50:39a

00:50:39mocking

00:50:40laugh.

00:50:41How

00:50:41ridiculous.

00:50:42I

00:50:43could

00:50:43throw

00:50:43every

00:50:44single

00:50:44one

00:50:44of

00:50:44those

00:50:45insults

00:50:45right

00:50:45back

00:50:46at

00:50:46her.

00:50:46I

00:50:46grab

00:50:47Annie's

00:50:47arm

00:50:47and

00:50:48try

00:50:48to

00:50:48leave.

00:50:48But

00:50:49Eva

00:50:49blocks

00:50:50our

00:50:50way

00:50:50like

00:50:50an

00:50:50unhinked

00:50:51maniac.

00:50:52She

00:50:52stares

00:50:52at

00:50:53Annie

00:50:53with

00:50:53nothing

00:50:53but

00:50:54venom

00:50:54in

00:50:54her

00:50:54eyes.

00:50:55You

00:50:55have

00:50:55no

00:51:00He

00:51:01lived

00:51:01off

00:51:01me

00:51:01for

00:51:02years.

00:51:03Then

00:51:03he

00:51:03sucked

00:51:04up

00:51:04to

00:51:05the

00:51:05company's

00:51:05COO

00:51:06and

00:51:07now

00:51:07he's

00:51:07clinging

00:51:08to

00:51:08you

00:51:09for

00:51:09your

00:51:09money.

00:51:10If

00:51:11John

00:51:11were

00:51:11willing

00:51:12to

00:51:12let

00:51:12me

00:51:12support

00:51:13him,

00:51:13it's

00:51:14an

00:51:14honor

00:51:14for

00:51:14me.

00:51:15Eva

00:51:16freezes.

00:51:16Her

00:51:17face

00:51:17was

00:51:17full

00:51:18of

00:51:18disbelief.

00:51:19They

00:51:19probably

00:51:19never

00:51:20imagined

00:51:20anyone

00:51:21would

00:51:21ever

00:51:21say

00:51:21something

00:51:22like

00:51:22that.

00:51:24Eva,

00:51:24I

00:51:25am

00:51:25warning

00:51:25you

00:51:26for

00:51:26the

00:51:26last

00:51:26time.

00:51:27I

00:51:28destroyed

00:51:28career

00:51:29once

00:51:29and

00:51:29I

00:51:29can

00:51:30do

00:51:30it

00:51:30again.

00:51:30Push

00:51:31me

00:51:31any

00:51:31further

00:51:31and

00:51:32I

00:51:32will

00:51:32make

00:51:32you

00:51:33disappear

00:51:33from

00:51:33this

00:51:34city

00:51:34completely.

00:51:42Go ahead

00:51:43and enjoy

00:51:44your little

00:51:44moment,

00:51:45John.

00:51:46Three

00:51:46days

00:51:46from now

00:51:46at the

00:51:47investor

00:51:47meeting

00:51:48I

00:51:48will

00:51:48drag

00:51:48you

00:51:49down

00:51:49to

00:51:49hell.

00:51:50You

00:51:51will

00:51:51never

00:51:51get

00:51:52back

00:51:52up.

00:51:52I

00:51:53don't

00:51:53even

00:51:53bother

00:51:54looking

00:51:54back.

00:51:55Three

00:51:55days

00:51:55from

00:51:56now

00:51:56we'll

00:51:57see

00:51:57who

00:51:57drags

00:51:58who

00:51:58to

00:51:58hell.

00:51:59The

00:51:59banquet

00:52:00hall

00:52:00packs

00:52:00with

00:52:01guests

00:52:01who

00:52:02mingle

00:52:02with

00:52:02wine

00:52:03glasses

00:52:03and

00:52:03hand

00:52:04laughter

00:52:04and

00:52:05the

00:52:05clink

00:52:05of

00:52:06glasses

00:52:06fills

00:52:07the

00:52:07air.

00:52:07Eva

00:52:08stands

00:52:08at

00:52:08the

00:52:08center

00:52:09of

00:52:09the

00:52:09crowd

00:52:09chatting

00:52:10confidently

00:52:11as if

00:52:11she had

00:52:12never

00:52:12been

00:52:12fired.

00:52:13The

00:52:14main

00:52:14door

00:52:14swings

00:52:15open.

00:52:16I

00:52:16walk

00:52:17in

00:52:17with

00:52:17one

00:52:17hand

00:52:17in

00:52:18my

00:52:18pocket

00:52:18surrounded

00:52:19by

00:52:19body

00:52:20guards.

00:52:2120

00:52:21years

00:52:21have

00:52:21passed

00:52:22but

00:52:23I've

00:52:23never

00:52:23lost

00:52:23this

00:52:24presence.

00:52:27freezing

00:52:27on

00:52:28her

00:52:28face

00:52:28as

00:52:28if

00:52:28she'd

00:52:29been

00:52:29choked.

00:52:29She

00:52:30grabs

00:52:30Amy's

00:52:31arm

00:52:31pointing

00:52:31in

00:52:31my

00:52:31direction

00:52:32and

00:52:32strides

00:52:33over

00:52:33toward

00:52:33me.

00:52:34Well

00:52:34well

00:52:34look

00:52:35who

00:52:35is

00:52:35all

00:52:36alone.

00:52:36Where

00:52:37is

00:52:37your

00:52:37old

00:52:37fling

00:52:38and

00:52:38that

00:52:38wealthy

00:52:38lady

00:52:39who

00:52:39runs

00:52:39the

00:52:39coffee

00:52:40shop?

00:52:40How

00:52:40funny

00:52:41not

00:52:41a

00:52:41single

00:52:42one

00:52:42of

00:52:42them

00:52:42is

00:52:42here.

00:52:43Maybe

00:52:43they

00:52:43both

00:52:44found

00:52:44out

00:52:44you've

00:52:44been

00:52:44playing

00:52:45both

00:52:45sides

00:52:45and

00:52:46dumped

00:52:46you?

00:52:46I

00:52:47sip

00:52:47my

00:52:47drink

00:52:57Ladies and

00:52:57gentlemen

00:52:58good

00:52:58evening.

00:52:59First

00:52:59let me

00:53:00introduce

00:53:01tonight's

00:53:01representative

00:53:02of the

00:53:03capital

00:53:03side

00:53:03Mr.

00:53:04Charles.

00:53:05The host

00:53:05gestures

00:53:06toward

00:53:06Charles

00:53:07a man

00:53:08in his

00:53:0840s

00:53:09Annie's

00:53:09subordinate.

00:53:13Charles

00:53:13raises his

00:53:14glass

00:53:15politely.

00:53:16Thank you

00:53:17all for

00:53:17coming.

00:53:18Now

00:53:19I

00:53:19officially

00:53:20declare

00:53:20the

00:53:21investment

00:53:21conference

00:53:22open.

00:53:23Wait

00:53:24I have

00:53:24something

00:53:24to say.

00:53:26Charles

00:53:27pauses

00:53:28and sets

00:53:29down

00:53:29his

00:53:29glass.

00:53:30The

00:53:30entire

00:53:31hall

00:53:31falls

00:53:31silent.

00:53:32Her

00:53:33voice

00:53:33was

00:53:33sharp

00:53:34and

00:53:34piercing

00:53:34like

00:53:35nails

00:53:36on

00:53:36a

00:53:36chalkboard.

00:53:37What

00:53:37was

00:53:37she

00:53:37going

00:53:38to

00:53:38say?

00:53:38Nothing

00:53:39more

00:53:39than

00:53:39her

00:53:39usual

00:53:40self-righteous

00:53:41slander

00:53:41and lies.

00:53:42Did

00:53:43she

00:53:43really

00:53:43think

00:53:43that

00:53:44would

00:53:44bring

00:53:44me

00:53:44down?

00:53:45Very

00:53:45well

00:53:46ma'am.

00:53:47Please

00:53:48go ahead.

00:53:49What

00:53:49is it

00:53:49you'd

00:53:50like

00:53:50to

00:53:50say?

00:53:51Ladies

00:53:51and

00:53:51gentlemen

00:53:52our

00:53:52purpose

00:53:53here

00:53:53today

00:53:53is

00:53:54simple.

00:53:54The

00:53:55major

00:53:55investor

00:53:56wants

00:53:56to

00:53:56enter

00:53:57the

00:53:57tech

00:53:57sector

00:53:58and

00:53:58find

00:53:58suitable

00:53:59partners.

00:54:00This

00:54:00is not

00:54:01just

00:54:01about

00:54:01capital

00:54:02or

00:54:02capability.

00:54:03The

00:54:04most

00:54:04important

00:54:04thing

00:54:05is

00:54:05character.

00:54:06It's

00:54:06not

00:54:06that

00:54:07obvious.

00:54:07Everyone

00:54:08here

00:54:09has

00:54:09both

00:54:09capability

00:54:10and

00:54:10integrity

00:54:11do

00:54:11not

00:54:11they?

00:54:12What

00:54:12is

00:54:12this

00:54:12woman

00:54:13trying

00:54:13to

00:54:13say?

00:54:14Everyone

00:54:14here

00:54:15belongs

00:54:15in

00:54:16this

00:54:16room

00:54:18except

00:54:18one

00:54:19man

00:54:21and

00:54:21that

00:54:22person

00:54:22is

00:54:23you!

00:54:24my

00:54:25ex

00:54:25husband

00:54:26John!

00:54:28The

00:54:28guests

00:54:28and

00:54:29Charles

00:54:29all

00:54:29turn

00:54:30to

00:54:30look

00:54:30at

00:54:30me.

00:54:31Suddenly

00:54:31two

00:54:31photos

00:54:32flashes

00:54:32up on

00:54:33the

00:54:33big

00:54:33screen.

00:54:34One

00:54:34of

00:54:34a

00:54:34young

00:54:34John

00:54:35with

00:54:35Mia

00:54:35and

00:54:36another

00:54:37of

00:54:37John

00:54:37with

00:54:37Annie.

00:54:38Mr.

00:54:38Charles

00:54:39John's

00:54:40a

00:54:40leech.

00:54:41His

00:54:41private

00:54:42life

00:54:42is

00:54:42a

00:54:42mess.

00:54:43He's

00:54:43been

00:54:43messing

00:54:43around

00:54:43with

00:54:44two

00:54:44women

00:54:44at

00:54:44the

00:54:44same

00:54:45time.

00:54:45He

00:54:45doesn't

00:54:46deserve

00:54:46to

00:54:46partner

00:54:47with

00:54:47you.

00:54:48He

00:54:48doesn't

00:54:48even

00:54:49deserve

00:54:49to

00:54:54looks

00:54:54familiar.

00:54:55Isn't

00:54:55that

00:54:55Mia

00:54:56Morgan

00:54:56the

00:54:56COO

00:54:57of

00:54:57Nexus

00:54:57Capital

00:54:58Group?

00:54:59This

00:55:00guy's

00:55:00good

00:55:00at

00:55:00it.

00:55:01He

00:55:01actually

00:55:01hooked

00:55:02Mia

00:55:02Morgan?

00:55:04Who's

00:55:04the

00:55:04other

00:55:05woman?

00:55:05She's

00:55:06pretty

00:55:06hot

00:55:06too.

00:55:08I

00:55:09stand

00:55:09rooting

00:55:09to

00:55:10the

00:55:10spot

00:55:10listening

00:55:11to

00:55:11those

00:55:11whispers

00:55:12my

00:55:13face

00:55:13darkening

00:55:13with

00:55:14anger.

00:55:14Eva

00:55:15if

00:55:15you're

00:55:16asking

00:55:16for

00:55:16it

00:55:16I'll

00:55:17give

00:55:17you

00:55:17what

00:55:17you

00:55:17want.

00:55:18Eva

00:55:19sashays

00:55:19towards

00:55:20Charles

00:55:20a

00:55:21warm

00:55:21smile

00:55:21plastered

00:55:22on

00:55:22her

00:55:24as

00:55:24the

00:55:25investor's

00:55:25representative

00:55:26I'm

00:55:26sure

00:55:27you

00:55:27will

00:55:27make

00:55:27the

00:55:27right

00:55:28judgment.

00:55:28Charles

00:55:29adjusts

00:55:29his

00:55:29suit

00:55:30jacket

00:55:30a

00:55:30hint

00:55:31of

00:55:31helplessness

00:55:31on

00:55:32his

00:55:32face.

00:55:32He

00:55:32had

00:55:33probably

00:55:33never

00:55:33seen

00:55:34a

00:55:34woman

00:55:34so

00:55:34reckless

00:55:35with

00:55:35her

00:55:35own

00:55:35fate.

00:55:36He

00:55:36doesn't

00:55:36belong

00:55:37here.

00:55:37I

00:55:37used

00:55:38to

00:55:38be

00:55:38a

00:55:38sales

00:55:38director

00:55:39at

00:55:39Nexus

00:55:39Capital

00:55:4010

00:55:40years

00:55:41of

00:55:41experience

00:55:42and

00:55:43I've

00:55:43prepared

00:55:43a

00:55:43perfect

00:55:44promotional

00:55:44plan

00:55:45for

00:55:45your

00:55:45company.

00:55:47Charles

00:55:47takes

00:55:48Eva's

00:55:48proposal

00:55:49and

00:55:54take

00:55:54my

00:55:54advice

00:55:54you'll

00:55:55find

00:55:55the

00:55:55most

00:55:56suitable

00:55:56partner.

00:55:57You'll

00:55:58dominate

00:55:58the

00:55:58market

00:55:59and

00:55:59become

00:55:59the

00:55:59industry

00:56:00leader.

00:56:01Charles

00:56:01snaps

00:56:02the

00:56:02proposal

00:56:02shut.

00:56:03Then

00:56:03without

00:56:04a

00:56:04word

00:56:04he

00:56:05slaps

00:56:05Eva

00:56:06hard

00:56:06across

00:56:06the

00:56:07face.

00:56:08She

00:56:09shrieks

00:56:09her

00:56:10scream

00:56:10piercing

00:56:11through

00:56:11the

00:56:11entire

00:56:12conference

00:56:12hall.

00:56:13The

00:56:13guests

00:56:13exchange

00:56:14stunning

00:56:14glances.

00:56:15Alex

00:56:16and

00:56:16Amy

00:56:16rushes

00:56:17to

00:56:17support

00:56:17Eva.

00:56:18How

00:56:19dare

00:56:19you

00:56:19slander

00:56:19our

00:56:20investor?

00:56:20Charles

00:56:21hurls

00:56:22the

00:56:22proposal

00:56:22at

00:56:23Eva.

00:56:24scatter

00:56:24across

00:56:25the

00:56:25floor.

00:56:26I

00:56:26didn't!

00:56:27When

00:56:27did I

00:56:27slander

00:56:28the

00:56:28investor?

00:56:29I

00:56:29only

00:56:29talked

00:56:30about

00:56:30that

00:56:30worthless

00:56:31piece

00:56:31of

00:56:31trash!

00:56:32John!

00:56:33Charles

00:56:33follows

00:56:34her

00:56:34pointing

00:56:35finger

00:56:35and

00:56:35looks

00:56:36at

00:56:36me.

00:56:36I

00:56:36stand

00:56:37calmly,

00:56:37arms

00:56:38crossing,

00:56:38like I

00:56:38was

00:56:39watching

00:56:39a

00:56:39circus.

00:56:41Alex

00:56:41turned

00:56:42to me

00:56:42furiously,

00:56:43his

00:56:43eyes

00:56:43blazing

00:56:44with

00:56:44rage,

00:56:45but I

00:56:45don't

00:56:45even

00:56:46flinch.

00:56:46You

00:56:47old

00:56:47bastard!

00:56:48What

00:56:48trick

00:56:48are you

00:56:48pulling

00:56:49now?

00:56:50A

00:56:50trick?

00:56:51Against

00:56:52you?

00:56:57The

00:56:58investor

00:56:58has

00:56:58arrived.

00:56:59The

00:56:59doors

00:57:00swing

00:57:00open.

00:57:01Two

00:57:01bodyguards

00:57:02stand

00:57:02on either

00:57:03side.

00:57:03Annie

00:57:04strides

00:57:04in.

00:57:05Her

00:57:05gaze

00:57:05sweeps

00:57:06over

00:57:06Eva,

00:57:07then Alex

00:57:07and finally

00:57:08lands on

00:57:09me.

00:57:10She

00:57:10smiles,

00:57:11just

00:57:12slightly.

00:57:13Throw

00:57:14this

00:57:14stupid

00:57:14woman

00:57:14out!

00:57:15Alex

00:57:15and

00:57:15Amy

00:57:16look

00:57:16around

00:57:16anxiously

00:57:17at a

00:57:17complete

00:57:18loss.

00:57:18They

00:57:19finally

00:57:19realize

00:57:20they

00:57:20are

00:57:20in

00:57:20trouble

00:57:21and

00:57:21panicked.

00:57:22Get

00:57:22out!

00:57:23Get

00:57:23out!

00:57:24All

00:57:24of

00:57:24you

00:57:25shut

00:57:25up!

00:57:26I

00:57:26haven't

00:57:27slandered

00:57:27anyone!

00:57:30Eva

00:57:31stares

00:57:31at

00:57:31Dean

00:57:31walks

00:57:32toward

00:57:32me.

00:57:32Every

00:57:33step

00:57:33was

00:57:33filled

00:57:33with

00:57:34hatred.

00:57:35John,

00:57:35are

00:57:35you

00:57:35telling

00:57:36me

00:57:36you

00:57:36and

00:57:36your

00:57:36COO

00:57:37don't

00:57:37have

00:57:37something

00:57:37going

00:57:38on?

00:57:38The

00:57:38doors

00:57:39swing

00:57:39open

00:57:39once

00:57:40again.

00:57:41Mia

00:57:41strides

00:57:42in

00:57:42with

00:57:42an

00:57:43imposing

00:57:43presence.

00:57:44Of

00:57:44course

00:57:44I

00:57:44dare.

00:57:45John

00:57:46is

00:57:46my

00:57:46brother.

00:57:47There

00:57:47is

00:57:47absolutely

00:57:48no

00:57:48improper

00:57:48relationship

00:57:49between

00:57:49us

00:57:50and

00:57:50there

00:57:50never

00:57:50will

00:57:50be.

00:57:51walks

00:57:52over

00:57:54and

00:57:54links

00:57:55her

00:57:55arm

00:57:55with

00:57:55mine.

00:58:00Everyone

00:58:01watches

00:58:01as

00:58:02Annie

00:58:02walks

00:58:02in.

00:58:07I

00:58:08smile.

00:58:08My

00:58:09eyes

00:58:09fix

00:58:09on

00:58:09her.

00:58:10Eva

00:58:10stands

00:58:10frozen.

00:58:11Her

00:58:11eye

00:58:11is

00:58:11wide

00:58:12open

00:58:12as

00:58:13if

00:58:13she'd

00:58:13something

00:58:14unbelievable.

00:58:15Isn't

00:58:15she

00:58:15the

00:58:15other

00:58:16woman

00:58:16from

00:58:16the

00:58:16photo?

00:58:17How

00:58:18did

00:58:18this

00:58:18guy

00:58:19manage

00:58:19to

00:58:19win

00:58:19up

00:58:20two

00:58:21beautiful

00:58:22women?

00:58:26There's

00:58:26nothing

00:58:26going

00:58:27on

00:58:27between

00:58:27John

00:58:27and

00:58:28me.

00:58:28Go

00:58:29ahead,

00:58:29say

00:58:29another

00:58:29word,

00:58:30see

00:58:30what

00:58:30happens.

00:58:31Nothing?

00:58:32You

00:58:32are

00:58:32holding

00:58:32each

00:58:32other

00:58:32so

00:58:33closely,

00:58:33that's

00:58:34nothing?

00:58:34Eva

00:58:35mimicked

00:58:35the

00:58:35embrace

00:58:36from

00:58:36the

00:58:36photo

00:58:36on

00:58:36the

00:58:37screen,

00:58:37her

00:58:37gestures

00:58:38growing

00:58:38more

00:58:39exaggerated,

00:58:39as

00:58:40if

00:58:40she

00:58:40were

00:58:40putting

00:58:40on

00:58:41a

00:58:41comedy

00:58:41show.

00:58:42I

00:58:42watch

00:58:42her,

00:58:43expressionless.

00:58:44She

00:58:44can't

00:58:44even

00:58:45throw

00:58:45a

00:58:45tantrum

00:58:45without

00:58:46looking

00:58:46cheap.

00:58:46I

00:58:47bet

00:58:47this

00:58:47old

00:58:47bastard

00:58:48has

00:58:48completely

00:58:48fooled

00:58:49you,

00:58:49hasn't

00:58:49he?

00:58:55My name

00:58:55sounds

00:58:56filthy

00:58:56just

00:58:56coming

00:58:57out

00:58:57of

00:58:57your

00:58:57mouth.

00:58:59So

00:58:59what

00:58:59if

00:58:59John

00:59:00and

00:59:00I

00:59:00are

00:59:00together?

00:59:01It's

00:59:01none

00:59:02of

00:59:02your

00:59:02business.

00:59:03Slandering

00:59:03my

00:59:04relationship

00:59:04with

00:59:04John,

00:59:05is

00:59:05this

00:59:05how

00:59:05you

00:59:05treat

00:59:06guests?

00:59:06Hey,

00:59:07this

00:59:07whole

00:59:07mess

00:59:07is

00:59:08that

00:59:08stupid

00:59:08woman's

00:59:08fault.

00:59:09What

00:59:09does

00:59:09it

00:59:09have

00:59:09to

00:59:09do

00:59:10with

00:59:10us?

00:59:10John,

00:59:10you're

00:59:11tight

00:59:11with

00:59:11the

00:59:11investor.

00:59:11put in

00:59:12a

00:59:12good

00:59:12word

00:59:12for

00:59:12us

00:59:13buddy.

00:59:13I

00:59:13remain

00:59:14silent,

00:59:15listening.

00:59:15These

00:59:16people,

00:59:16just

00:59:17moments

00:59:17ago,

00:59:18they

00:59:18were

00:59:18laughing

00:59:19at

00:59:19me.

00:59:19Now

00:59:20they

00:59:20are

00:59:20begging.

00:59:21Let

00:59:22me

00:59:22introduce

00:59:22you.

00:59:23The

00:59:23CEO

00:59:24of

00:59:24Nexus

00:59:25Capital

00:59:25Group,

00:59:26my

00:59:26older

00:59:26brother,

00:59:27John

00:59:28Morgan.

00:59:29Eva

00:59:29was

00:59:29dumbfounded.

00:59:32Wait,

00:59:33the

00:59:34CEO

00:59:34of

00:59:35Nexus

00:59:35Capital

00:59:35Group?

00:59:36That

00:59:37legendary

00:59:38billionaire?

00:59:39Charles

00:59:40nods,

00:59:41smiling

00:59:41calmly.

00:59:42Alex

00:59:42and

00:59:42Amy

00:59:43look

00:59:43at

00:59:43the

00:59:43crowd,

00:59:44their

00:59:44faces

00:59:44turning

00:59:45pale.

00:59:45This

00:59:46can't

00:59:46be.

00:59:47Eva

00:59:47Collins,

00:59:48you

00:59:49have

00:59:49no

00:59:49idea

00:59:50what

00:59:50you've

00:59:50lost,

00:59:51and

00:59:51every

00:59:51bit

00:59:52of

00:59:52it

00:59:52is

00:59:52your

00:59:52own

00:59:53damn

00:59:53fault.

00:59:54Eva

00:59:54freezes

00:59:55for a

00:59:55second.

00:59:56Then,

00:59:57she

00:59:58suddenly

00:59:58bursts

00:59:58into

00:59:59laughter.

00:59:59It

01:00:00was

01:00:00hysterical,

01:00:01like

01:00:01she

01:00:01had

01:00:01lost

01:00:02her

01:00:02mind.

01:00:04I

01:00:05get

01:00:05it,

01:00:05Mia!

01:00:06You're

01:00:06just

01:00:06covering

01:00:07for

01:00:07the

01:00:07Gingola

01:00:07you're

01:00:08keeping!

01:00:09Eva

01:00:11still

01:00:11can't

01:00:12face

01:00:12reality?

01:00:13Go

01:00:13online

01:00:13and

01:00:13search

01:00:14for

01:00:14who

01:00:14the

01:00:14CEO

01:00:14of

01:00:15Nexus

01:00:15Capital

01:00:15is.

01:00:16I've

01:00:16warned

01:00:17you

01:00:17many

01:00:17times.

01:00:18Too

01:00:18lazy

01:00:19to

01:00:19check?

01:00:19No!

01:00:20No way!

01:00:22Alex

01:00:22pulls out

01:00:23his phone,

01:00:24his fingers

01:00:24trembling.

01:00:28He's

01:00:29just a

01:00:29loser

01:00:29who stayed

01:00:30at home

01:00:30for decades!

01:00:32But

01:00:32Eva

01:00:32kept

01:00:33running

01:00:33her

01:00:33mouth.

01:00:35CEO?

01:00:36Billionaire?

01:00:37You

01:00:37are

01:00:38kidding

01:00:38me!

01:00:40Mom,

01:00:41look.

01:00:43The

01:00:43CEO

01:00:44of

01:00:44Nexus

01:00:44Capital

01:00:45Group

01:00:45really

01:00:46is

01:00:46dad.

01:00:47Eva

01:00:48snatches

01:00:48the

01:00:48phone,

01:00:49her

01:00:49eyes

01:00:50wide,

01:00:50staring

01:00:51at

01:00:51the

01:00:51screen.

01:00:52Then

01:00:52she

01:00:52shut

01:00:53a

01:00:53glance

01:00:53at

01:00:53me.

01:00:55It

01:00:55must

01:00:55be

01:00:56a

01:00:56coincidence.

01:00:57The

01:00:58same

01:00:58name?

01:00:59Suddenly,

01:01:00she

01:01:01loses

01:01:01it and

01:01:02slams

01:01:02the

01:01:02phone

01:01:02hard

01:01:03to

01:01:03the

01:01:03ground.

01:01:04The

01:01:04screen

01:01:04shatters

01:01:05instantly,

01:01:06just

01:01:06like

01:01:06the

01:01:06broken

01:01:07promotion

01:01:07dream.

01:01:08Eva

01:01:08Collins,

01:01:09do

01:01:10you

01:01:10really

01:01:10think

01:01:10everything

01:01:10you

01:01:10have

01:01:11was

01:01:11earned

01:01:11by

01:01:11yourself?

01:01:12It

01:01:12was

01:01:12my

01:01:12brother

01:01:12who

01:01:13gave

01:01:13it

01:01:13to

01:01:13you.

01:01:13But

01:01:14now,

01:01:14you've

01:01:15destroyed

01:01:15it all

01:01:15with

01:01:16your

01:01:16own

01:01:16hands.

01:01:17I

01:01:17listened

01:01:17to

01:01:17it

01:01:18all

01:01:18in

01:01:18silence,

01:01:19watching

01:01:19Eva

01:01:20stand

01:01:20frozen

01:01:21in

01:01:21shock,

01:01:22her

01:01:22lips

01:01:22trembling.

01:01:23Not

01:01:23a

01:01:23single

01:01:24word

01:01:24comes

01:01:24out

01:01:25of

01:01:25her.

01:01:25She

01:01:25finally

01:01:26knows

01:01:26the

01:01:27truth.

01:01:28Suddenly,

01:01:29Alex

01:01:29and Amy

01:01:30rush

01:01:30forward

01:01:30and drop

01:01:31to

01:01:31their

01:01:31knees

01:01:38please

01:01:38give me

01:01:39another

01:01:39chance,

01:01:40I beg

01:01:40you.

01:01:40I

01:01:40look

01:01:41down

01:01:41at

01:01:41them.

01:01:42These

01:01:42faces,

01:01:43the same

01:01:43ones that

01:01:44had called

01:01:44me a

01:01:45useless

01:01:45old

01:01:45man

01:01:46not

01:01:46long

01:01:46ago,

01:01:47are

01:01:47now

01:01:47plastering

01:01:48with

01:01:48fawning

01:01:49desperation

01:01:49and fear.

01:01:50I

01:01:51rip my

01:01:51hands

01:01:52away.

01:01:52They

01:01:53fall

01:01:53to

01:01:53the

01:01:54floor.

01:01:54Then

01:01:55they

01:01:55scramble

01:01:56right

01:01:56back

01:01:56up and

01:01:57crawl

01:01:57toward

01:01:57me

01:01:58again.

01:01:58They

01:01:59grab

01:01:59my

01:01:59hands

01:02:00once

01:02:00more,

01:02:01pleading

01:02:01pitifully.

01:02:03Guards,

01:02:04drag

01:02:04them

01:02:04out!

01:02:05Two

01:02:05bodyguards

01:02:05rush

01:02:08and haul

01:02:08them

01:02:08toward

01:02:08the

01:02:09door.

01:02:09They

01:02:09struggle

01:02:10furiously,

01:02:11shouting,

01:02:12their

01:02:12voices

01:02:12echoing

01:02:13through

01:02:13the

01:02:13hall.

01:02:14I

01:02:14stand

01:02:15where

01:02:15I

01:02:15was,

01:02:16my

01:02:16resolve

01:02:16unshaken.

01:02:17The

01:02:18moment

01:02:18they

01:02:18threw

01:02:19me

01:02:19out

01:02:19of

01:02:19that

01:02:19house,

01:02:20they

01:02:20were

01:02:20not

01:02:21my

01:02:21family

01:02:21anymore.

01:02:22A

01:02:23belated

01:02:23confession

01:02:24is

01:02:24nothing

01:02:24but

01:02:25a

01:02:25pale

01:02:25excuse.

01:02:28Mia

01:02:29keeps

01:02:29laying

01:02:30into

01:02:30Ava.

01:02:31Every

01:02:32word

01:02:32is

01:02:32like

01:02:32a

01:02:32knife,

01:02:33cutting

01:02:34straight

01:02:34into

01:02:34her

01:02:34heart.

01:02:35You

01:02:35never

01:02:36even

01:02:36finished

01:02:36high

01:02:36school.

01:02:37Someone

01:02:38who

01:02:38is

01:02:38incompetent

01:02:39at

01:02:39everything.

01:02:40What

01:02:40made

01:02:40you

01:02:40think

01:02:40you

01:02:40could

01:02:40hold

01:02:41your

01:02:41own

01:02:41at

01:02:41Nexus

01:02:41Capital?

01:02:42And

01:02:42yet

01:02:42you

01:02:43clawed

01:02:43your

01:02:43way

01:02:43up

01:02:44to

01:02:44manager,

01:02:44even

01:02:44COO.

01:02:45Eva

01:02:45shakes

01:02:46her

01:02:46head

01:02:46in

01:02:46despair,

01:02:47looking

01:02:48completely

01:02:48broken.

01:02:49Alex

01:02:50and

01:02:50Amy

01:02:50frown

01:02:51tidy,

01:02:52looking

01:02:52utterly

01:02:52confused.

01:02:53They

01:02:54had

01:02:54clearly

01:02:54never

01:02:55once

01:02:55thought

01:02:55about

01:02:56that

01:02:56question.

01:02:57Back

01:02:57in

01:02:572001,

01:02:58it

01:02:58was

01:02:59only

01:02:59because

01:02:59of

01:02:59your

01:02:59deal

01:03:00with

01:03:00Golden

01:03:06happened

01:03:07to

01:03:07open

01:03:07up.

01:03:07You

01:03:08stepped

01:03:08in.

01:03:09Don't

01:03:09kid

01:03:09yourself,

01:03:10your

01:03:10success

01:03:10today

01:03:11isn't

01:03:11all

01:03:11down

01:03:11to

01:03:12you.

01:03:12Alex

01:03:12was

01:03:13stunned.

01:03:13He

01:03:14lowers

01:03:14his

01:03:14head

01:03:15in

01:03:15disbelief.

01:03:16He

01:03:16finally

01:03:16begins

01:03:17to

01:03:17understand

01:03:18where

01:03:18his

01:03:18so-called

01:03:19talent

01:03:19had

01:03:20really

01:03:20come

01:03:20from.

01:03:21I

01:03:21listened

01:03:22quietly

01:03:22to

01:03:22Mia's

01:03:23words.

01:03:24Every

01:03:24date,

01:03:25every

01:03:25event,

01:03:26every

01:03:26step

01:03:26of

01:03:27the

01:03:27way,

01:03:27I

01:03:27had

01:03:28paved

01:03:28the

01:03:28road

01:03:29for

01:03:29her.

01:03:29Without

01:03:30my

01:03:30brother's

01:03:30help,

01:03:31you

01:03:32are

01:03:32nothing.

01:03:33Eva

01:03:33shakes

01:03:34her

01:03:34head

01:03:34repeatedly,

01:03:35backing

01:03:35away.

01:03:36Her

01:03:36high

01:03:36heels

01:03:37clatter

01:03:37against

01:03:38the

01:03:38floor

01:03:38in

01:03:38a

01:03:39chaotic

01:03:39mess.

01:03:40No!

01:03:41That

01:03:41was

01:03:41my

01:03:42hard

01:03:42work!

01:03:42I

01:03:42did

01:03:43it

01:03:43myself!

01:03:43You're

01:03:43lying!

01:03:44You're

01:03:44all

01:03:45lying

01:03:45to

01:03:45me!

01:03:46Annie

01:03:46stunned

01:03:47for a

01:03:47moment,

01:03:48she

01:03:48covers

01:03:48her

01:03:48mouth

01:03:49with

01:03:49both

01:03:49hands,

01:03:50her

01:03:50eyes

01:03:50glistening

01:03:51with

01:03:51tears,

01:03:52filling

01:03:52with

01:03:52joy

01:03:53and

01:03:53emotion.

01:03:54Yes!

01:03:55With

01:03:55all

01:03:56my

01:03:56heart,

01:03:57I'll

01:03:57be

01:03:57with

01:03:57you

01:03:58forever!

01:03:59stand

01:03:59up

01:03:59and

01:04:00gently

01:04:00slip

01:04:00the

01:04:01ring

01:04:01onto

01:04:01her

01:04:01finger.

01:04:02The

01:04:03ring

01:04:03sparkles

01:04:04brightly

01:04:04in

01:04:04the

01:04:04sunlight,

01:04:05casting

01:04:06tiny,

01:04:06warm

01:04:07glints.

01:04:14Do

01:04:14you

01:04:14know how

01:04:15long

01:04:15I've

01:04:15waited

01:04:15for

01:04:16this

01:04:16moment?

01:04:17I

01:04:17won't

01:04:18make

01:04:18you

01:04:18wait

01:04:18any

01:04:18longer.

01:04:19Annie

01:04:19holds

01:04:20me

01:04:20tight,

01:04:20tears

01:04:21in her

01:04:21eyes,

01:04:21and

01:04:22nods

01:04:22firmly.

01:04:23I

01:04:23gently

01:04:23pat

01:04:24her

01:04:24back.

01:04:24Then,

01:04:25a

01:04:25sharp

01:04:26voice

01:04:26shatters

01:04:26the

01:04:27piece.

01:04:27John!

01:04:28I

01:04:28turn

01:04:29around.

01:04:29Ava

01:04:30and

01:04:30Amy

01:04:30stand

01:04:31not

01:04:31far

01:04:31away,

01:04:32their

01:04:32eyes

01:04:33fixing

01:04:33on

01:04:33me.

01:04:34Instinctively,

01:04:35I

01:04:36step

01:04:36in

01:04:36front

01:04:36of

01:04:36Annie

01:04:37to

01:04:37protect

01:04:37her.

01:04:38What

01:04:39are

01:04:39you

01:04:39doing

01:04:39here?

01:04:40In

01:04:41the

01:04:41winter

01:04:41park,

01:04:42sunlight

01:04:42filters

01:04:43through

01:04:43the

01:04:44bare

01:04:44branches,

01:04:45casting

01:04:45dappling

01:04:46shadows

01:04:46on the

01:04:47ground.

01:04:48Annie

01:04:49and I

01:04:49walk

01:04:49side

01:04:50by

01:04:50side,

01:04:50just

01:04:51like

01:04:5120

01:04:51years

01:04:52ago.

01:04:52Annie

01:04:53points

01:04:53at a

01:04:54tree

01:04:54not

01:04:54far

01:04:55away.

01:04:55Look,

01:04:56that's

01:04:56where we

01:04:56first

01:04:57met.

01:04:57Do

01:04:58you

01:04:58remember?

01:04:59She

01:04:59looks

01:04:59at me

01:05:00with

01:05:00light

01:05:00in

01:05:01her

01:05:01eyes.

01:05:01I

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01:05:02and

01:05:03point

01:05:03to

01:05:03the

01:05:03same

01:05:03spot.

01:05:04Of

01:05:04course,

01:05:05there

01:05:05was

01:05:06a

01:05:06tree.

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01:05:07was

01:05:07sitting

01:05:08under

01:05:08it,

01:05:08reading

01:05:09a

01:05:09book.

01:05:09Then

01:05:09you

01:05:09ran

01:05:10over

01:05:10and

01:05:10asked

01:05:10me

01:05:10what

01:05:11I

01:05:11was

01:05:11reading.

01:05:11You

01:05:12scared

01:05:12the

01:05:12hell

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01:05:12of

01:05:12me.

01:05:13We

01:05:13walk

01:05:13in

01:05:13silence,

01:05:14smiles

01:05:15on

01:05:15our

01:05:15faces.

01:05:16Those

01:05:16memories

01:05:17buried

01:05:17by

01:05:17time

01:05:18have

01:05:18come

01:05:19back

01:05:19to

01:05:19life

01:05:19like

01:05:20spring

01:05:20grass

01:05:21pushing

01:05:21through

01:05:22the

01:05:22dirt.

01:05:22Annie,

01:05:23it's

01:05:23cold.

01:05:24You're

01:05:24not

01:05:24wearing

01:05:24enough.

01:05:25Be

01:05:25careful

01:05:26not

01:05:26to

01:05:26catch

01:05:26a

01:05:26cold.

01:05:27I

01:05:27take

01:05:28off

01:05:28my

01:05:28scarf

01:05:28and

01:05:29wrap

01:05:29it

01:05:29around

01:05:29Annie's

01:05:30neck.

01:05:30The

01:05:31scarf

01:05:31had

01:05:31warmth

01:05:32from

01:05:32my

01:05:32body

01:05:33heat.

01:05:33I

01:05:34smile

01:05:34and

01:05:35gently

01:05:35put

01:05:35my

01:05:35hand

01:05:36on

01:05:36her

01:05:36shoulder.

01:05:42Annie,

01:05:43do you

01:05:44remember I

01:05:44promised

01:05:44you an

01:05:45answer

01:05:45after

01:05:45the

01:05:45meeting?

01:05:46I

01:05:47remember.

01:05:50I

01:05:51stop

01:05:51walking

01:05:52and

01:05:52take

01:05:52a

01:05:52deep

01:05:53breath.

01:05:53Then

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01:05:54go

01:05:54down

01:05:55on

01:05:55one

01:05:55knee.

01:05:56I

01:05:56take

01:05:56out

01:05:56a

01:05:56ring

01:05:57box

01:05:57from

01:05:57my

01:05:57pocket

01:05:58and

01:05:58open

01:05:59it.

01:05:59Eyes

01:06:00sincere.

01:06:00Annie,

01:06:01will

01:06:01you

01:06:01marry

01:06:02me?

01:06:02Will

01:06:03you

01:06:03stand

01:06:03by

01:06:03my

01:06:03side

01:06:04and

01:06:04spend

01:06:04the

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01:06:04of

01:06:04our

01:06:05lives

01:06:05together?

01:06:05Eva

01:06:06and

01:06:06Amy

01:06:06walk

01:06:07toward

01:06:07me.

01:06:08I

01:06:08stand

01:06:08in

01:06:09front

01:06:09of

01:06:09Annie,

01:06:10refusing

01:06:10to

01:06:11let

01:06:11that

01:06:11woman

01:06:11disturb

01:06:12my

01:06:12life

01:06:12any

01:06:13further.

01:06:13We

01:06:14need

01:06:14to

01:06:14talk.

01:06:16Should

01:06:16I

01:06:16step

01:06:17aside?

01:06:17No.

01:06:18Just

01:06:19say what

01:06:19you have

01:06:19to say.

01:06:20We

01:06:20still

01:06:20have

01:06:20things

01:06:20to

01:06:20do.

01:06:21I

01:06:21stare

01:06:21at

01:06:21her

01:06:21coldly.

01:06:22Amy

01:06:23stands

01:06:23right

01:06:23beside

01:06:24her

01:06:24with

01:06:24the

01:06:25same

01:06:25heartbroken

01:06:25look.

01:06:26Since

01:06:27when

01:06:27did

01:06:27people

01:06:27like

01:06:28them

01:06:28have

01:06:28hearts

01:06:28that

01:06:29would

01:06:29hurt?

01:06:36John,

01:06:36I'm

01:06:36sorry.

01:06:38I

01:06:38was

01:06:38wrong.

01:06:39Please

01:06:41come

01:06:41home

01:06:42with

01:06:42me.

01:06:42She

01:06:43reaches

01:06:43for

01:06:44my

01:06:44hand.

01:06:45The

01:06:45same

01:06:45hand

01:06:46that

01:06:46slapped

01:06:46me.

01:06:47The

01:06:47same

01:06:47hand

01:06:48that

01:06:48threw

01:06:48away

01:06:48my

01:06:48mother's

01:06:49pocket

01:06:49watch.

01:06:50I

01:06:50yank

01:06:51my

01:06:51hand

01:06:51away

01:06:52from

01:06:52hers.

01:06:53Eva

01:06:53looks

01:06:53stunned

01:06:54as

01:06:55if

01:06:55she

01:06:55were

01:06:55the

01:06:55one

01:06:55who

01:06:56had

01:06:56been

01:06:56wronged.

01:06:57Eva,

01:06:58we're

01:06:58already

01:06:58divorced.

01:06:59We're

01:07:00done.

01:07:03Please,

01:07:04please,

01:07:05I'm

01:07:05begging

01:07:05you.

01:07:06I

01:07:07regret

01:07:07it.

01:07:08I

01:07:08never

01:07:08wanted

01:07:09a

01:07:09divorce.

01:07:10Please,

01:07:11let's

01:07:12remarry

01:07:13now.

01:07:14Annie

01:07:14looks at

01:07:15me

01:07:15nervously.

01:07:16My heart

01:07:17was churning,

01:07:17but my face

01:07:18showed nothing.

01:07:19I don't care

01:07:20why you changed

01:07:21your mind.

01:07:21You chose

01:07:22the divorce.

01:07:23You broke

01:07:24your vows.

01:07:25There's nothing

01:07:26left between

01:07:26us.

01:07:27I turn my head

01:07:28slowly and

01:07:29look at Annie.

01:07:30In her eyes,

01:07:31I could see

01:07:32unease,

01:07:33hope,

01:07:33and trust.

01:07:35I call her

01:07:36softly and gently

01:07:37pull her into

01:07:38my arms,

01:07:39embracing her

01:07:40with all

01:07:40my tenderness.

01:07:41Now,

01:07:42I only care

01:07:42about Annie.

01:07:44As for you,

01:07:45I'm completely

01:07:46done.

01:07:47Don't ever

01:07:48come near us

01:07:48again.

01:07:51I walk

01:07:52straight past

01:07:53Eva with

01:07:54Annie in my

01:07:54arms,

01:07:55never looking

01:07:56back,

01:07:57not even

01:07:57once.

01:07:58Each step

01:07:59fills with

01:08:00unwavering

01:08:01resolve.

01:08:02Annie

01:08:02glances

01:08:02at her

01:08:03softly.

01:08:03There was

01:08:04no smugness

01:08:05in that

01:08:05look,

01:08:06only pity.

01:08:07From

01:08:07behind us,

01:08:08Eva's

01:08:09cries drift

01:08:10over,

01:08:10clear and

01:08:11heavy.

01:08:12no,

01:08:13John!

01:08:15The next

01:08:16day,

01:08:17I am

01:08:17working in

01:08:18my office

01:08:18when a

01:08:19noisy

01:08:19commotion

01:08:20drifts up

01:08:20from

01:08:20downstairs.

01:08:24I stand

01:08:25by the

01:08:25window and

01:08:25pull back

01:08:26the curtain.

01:08:27Eva is

01:08:28kneeling on

01:08:28the street,

01:08:29holding up

01:08:29a sign that

01:08:30reads,

01:08:31John,

01:08:31I was

01:08:32wrong.

01:08:33Beside her,

01:08:34stand another

01:08:34sign.

01:08:35I just

01:08:35want us

01:08:36to remarry.

01:08:37Please

01:08:37forgive me.

01:08:37I'll wait

01:08:38for you

01:08:38right here,

01:08:39for the

01:08:39sake of

01:08:40our

01:08:40children.

01:08:40A crowd

01:08:41of

01:08:42passersby

01:08:42had gathered

01:08:43around her,

01:08:44pointing,

01:08:45whispering,

01:08:46and taking

01:08:46photos,

01:08:47some feeling

01:08:48sympathy for

01:08:49her,

01:08:49others mocking

01:08:50her.

01:08:51I stand by

01:08:52the window,

01:08:53expressionless,

01:08:54and pull the

01:08:54curtain shut.

01:08:59Moments

01:08:59later,

01:09:00the office

01:09:01door creaks

01:09:01open.

01:09:02Annie walks

01:09:03in,

01:09:03holding a

01:09:04warm lunchbox.

01:09:05I hurry

01:09:06over to

01:09:06greet her.

01:09:07We sit

01:09:08down together

01:09:08to enjoy

01:09:09our lunch.

01:09:10In this

01:09:11world,

01:09:12some people

01:09:13will throw

01:09:13you away

01:09:14like trash,

01:09:15while others

01:09:15will treasure

01:09:16you like

01:09:17gold.

01:09:17Don't

01:09:18waste your

01:09:18heart on

01:09:19the wrong

01:09:20person.

01:09:21I slam

01:09:21the evidence

01:09:22down in

01:09:22front of

01:09:23her.

01:09:23Eva

01:09:24freezes

01:09:24for a

01:09:24second.

01:09:25The panic

01:09:25passes,

01:09:26then turns

01:09:27into anger.

01:09:28Are you

01:09:28some kind

01:09:28of creep

01:09:29going

01:09:29through

01:09:29my

01:09:30stuff?

01:09:30Phil

01:09:31and I

01:09:31were

01:09:31discussing

01:09:32photography,

01:09:32that's

01:09:32all.

01:09:33Photography?

01:09:34Did she

01:09:34think I'm

01:09:35an idiot?

01:09:35That's

01:09:36how you

01:09:36dress to

01:09:36discuss

01:09:37photography?

01:09:38For 20

01:09:39years I

01:09:39backed your

01:09:40career,

01:09:40gave you

01:09:41everything,

01:09:42and this

01:09:42is how

01:09:43you repay

01:09:43me?

01:09:44Cheating

01:09:44on me?

01:09:45Who

01:09:45is he?

01:09:46Tell me!

01:09:47Who the

01:09:47hell is

01:09:47that

01:09:47bastard?

01:09:48I grip

01:09:49her wrist,

01:09:50then the

01:09:50door opens.

01:09:51Alex and

01:09:52Amy stand

01:09:53in the

01:09:53doorway.

01:09:54My son

01:09:54and my

01:09:55daughter.

01:09:55I don't

01:09:56want this

01:09:57exploding in

01:09:57front of

01:09:58them.

01:09:58I let

01:09:59go of

01:09:59Eva and

01:10:00step back,

01:10:01but she

01:10:01refuses to

01:10:02back down.

01:10:03Phil cares

01:10:04about me.

01:10:05He understands

01:10:06and supports

01:10:06me.

01:10:07He's my

01:10:08soulmate,

01:10:08my best

01:10:09friend.

01:10:09My finger

01:10:10pointed her,

01:10:11shaking.

01:10:12Soulmate?

01:10:13Best friend?

01:10:14Then what have I

01:10:15been for 20

01:10:16years?

01:10:16Your unpaid

01:10:17servant?

01:10:17Amy and Alex

01:10:18rush over and

01:10:19grab my arms.

01:10:20What are you

01:10:21doing?

01:10:21I look at

01:10:22them, and

01:10:22for a moment,

01:10:23hope rises.

01:10:25They'll take my

01:10:25side.

01:10:26They have to.

01:10:27I'm their

01:10:27father.

01:10:28Eva, look at

01:10:29your children.

01:10:30Can you swear in

01:10:31front of them that

01:10:32you and Phil are

01:10:32just friends?

01:10:33Eva looks away,

01:10:34unable to meet

01:10:35my eyes.

01:10:36Amy and Alex

01:10:37look down at the

01:10:38love letter that

01:10:39scattered across

01:10:40the floor.

01:10:41There should have

01:10:42been shock,

01:10:43rage,

01:10:44something,

01:10:44but all I saw

01:10:45was guilt.

01:10:46Dad, you've

01:10:47got it wrong.

01:10:48Mom and Phil

01:10:49are friends.

01:10:50What, a woman

01:10:50can't have a guy

01:10:51best friend now?

01:10:52Yeah, Dad.

01:10:53Uncle Phil's

01:10:53just Mom's CFO.

01:10:55The truth is,

01:10:56he's the one who

01:10:56got me my job.

01:10:57I stare at

01:10:58their faces,

01:10:59like it was

01:11:00no big deal.

01:11:00they knew,

01:11:02they all knew,

01:11:03and they hid it

01:11:04from their father.

01:11:05I jabbed a finger

01:11:06into my chest.

01:11:07I'm your father!

01:11:08Why are you

01:11:08taking his side?

01:11:10No, Dad,

01:11:11that's not what I...

01:11:12Eva!

01:11:12Everyone turns.

01:11:14Phil stands

01:11:15in the entryway,

01:11:16holding three

01:11:17elegant gift bags,

01:11:18Eva!

01:11:18wearing that

01:11:19perfect smile,

01:11:20like he belongs

01:11:21here.

01:11:22You left your

01:11:22clothes at my

01:11:23place.

01:11:23He lifts the

01:11:24bags casually,

01:11:25like he was

01:11:26mentioning nothing

01:11:27at all.

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