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00:00:01Today is the second anniversary of my marriage to my husband, but he is so drunk in the bar.
00:00:07The VIP door is joined. Just as I'm about to open the door, my hand freezes on the handle.
00:00:13Corrine's flight lands tomorrow.
00:00:16I hear the voices of Sean Cooper, my husband, the president of Cooper Group. Corrine is his ex.
00:00:23Layla hasn't conceived in two years because I never wanted her to bear a Cooper child.
00:00:28I drop my champagne. I bought it for the anniversary, his favorite.
00:00:37I leave the bar in panic and suddenly my phone rings. It is the hospital's message.
00:00:43Mrs. Cooper, congratulations. You are pregnant.
00:00:48I'm crouched by the curb vomiting. My phone lights up, a breaking entertainment alert.
00:00:53The photo is from four years ago, with Sean down on one knee, proposing to Corrine in grand fashion.
00:00:59The next day, the doorbell rings.
00:01:02I open the door. It is Corrine.
00:01:06Sean left his watch at my apartment last night. I thought I'd drop it off.
00:01:09I take the watch engraved on the back as L.S., the wedding gift I gave him.
00:01:16I see her out calmly. The moment the door closes, my nails dig into my palms and silent tears fall.
00:01:24That night, Sean comes home and slides divorce papers across the table.
00:01:33I pick up the pen and sign without reading a single line.
00:01:47I don't respond. I book a flight. Delete all my contacts.
00:01:51I leave Fladina with the baby he never wanted.
00:01:54Four years later, Fladina International Airport.
00:01:57I wear a khaki Trent coat, holding Amila's hand in one hand and Andres' in the other, walking out of
00:02:04arrivals.
00:02:05Corrine is back! Sean is picking her up! What a perfect match!
00:02:10Mommy! That man looks just like me!
00:02:13Amelia pulls free from my grip and points at the VIP corridor.
00:02:17I look up. Sean is walking out of the corridor, his arm around Corrine.
00:02:21His gaze sweeps the crowd and collides with mine.
00:02:24His steps falter. Corrine follows his gazes toward me.
00:02:28Mommy, who is that man?
00:02:30No one. Let's go.
00:02:31Four years. I think I'm over him.
00:02:33I drag the kids out of the airport, but my heart is clenched so hard I can barely breathe.
00:02:39Back at the apartment, I lock myself in the bathroom and turn the fossa on full blast to drown out
00:02:46my crying.
00:02:47When I come out, Andres is sitting on the living room floor.
00:02:51My old laptop is open in front of him.
00:02:53Mommy, this is Daddy, isn't he?
00:02:56On the screen are a photo of Sean and me on our wedding day and the divorce papers from four
00:03:00years ago.
00:03:02Andres.
00:03:04Amelia wants to meet him. I'll protect her.
00:03:07The next day, I think they've gone to kindergarten.
00:03:09Then, the teacher calls.
00:03:11They never showed up.
00:03:12At Cooper Group headquarters, Amelia is brought into the CEO's office by Sean's secretary.
00:03:22Daddy.
00:03:23She throws herself into Sean's arms.
00:03:26Sean freezes, looking down at the little girl whose eyes look so much like his.
00:03:31Who are you?
00:03:32Where's your mom?
00:03:33My name is Amelia Carter.
00:03:36My mommy is Layla Carter.
00:03:39Sean's eyes change instantly.
00:03:41Sean had his secretary contact me, but Amelia clung to him and said she was hungry.
00:03:48So he took the children to the downstairs restaurant.
00:03:51Hungry.
00:03:52Sean takes the kids to a revolving restaurant.
00:03:55Daddy, this strawberry cake is so yummy.
00:03:58Try it.
00:04:00Sean pauses, then eats the piece she offers.
00:04:03He reaches out and wipes the cream from her cheek.
00:04:07Clumsy but gentle.
00:04:08Andres stays silent the whole time.
00:04:10But when Sean goes to the restroom, he secretly snaps a photo of his back and sends it to me.
00:04:16Mommy, he seems not as awful as he looks on TV.
00:04:21When I got the secretary's call, my hands were shaking.
00:04:27Josh happened to be nearby, so he drove me straight to the restaurant.
00:04:34He was my childhood friend, and he had helped me take care of the kids all these years.
00:04:39Sean looks at the two of us standing side by side.
00:04:42Something flickers in his eyes like he's been stung.
00:04:45Sean, thank you for taking care of them.
00:04:49So for the past four years, he's been by your side with the children?
00:04:52It's not what you think.
00:04:54I see.
00:04:56He turns and walks away without looking back.
00:04:59I want to run after him to explain, but my feet are rooted to the ground.
00:05:03Sean returns to his office and hurls his suit jacket onto the sofa.
00:05:08He yanks off his tie and dials Theo.
00:05:12Look into someone for me.
00:05:14Layla Carter.
00:05:16Everything from the last four years.
00:05:19Especially the man she's with.
00:05:22Hanging up, he opens a drawer and takes out the wedding ring I left behind four years ago.
00:05:26His thumb traces the engraving inside.
00:05:28He doesn't put it down for a long time.
00:05:32Sean, what's so interesting?
00:05:36Nothing.
00:05:37Sean quickly puts the ring back in the drawer, but she's already seen it.
00:05:42After leaving Sean's office, Corrine's eyes are cold as ice.
00:05:46She dials a number.
00:05:48Layla Carter.
00:05:49I want to know everything about her from the last four years.
00:05:53Josh asks to meet at a cafe.
00:05:55He says it's important.
00:05:56Sean's people are investigating you.
00:05:59I grip my cup, knuckles whitening.
00:06:01And there's another group digging into you too.
00:06:03I haven't figured it out, but not Sean's people.
00:06:06I knew it.
00:06:07Nothing good ever happens when he is involved.
00:06:10Layla.
00:06:11Call me if anything happens.
00:06:16That same night, two investigative reports land on Sean's desk.
00:06:20One is about me.
00:06:21Left Flay Dana four years ago.
00:06:23Gave birth to twins.
00:06:25Raised them alone.
00:06:26The other is about Josh.
00:06:28Owner of a tourism company, my childhood friend.
00:06:33Sean places the two reports side by side and stares at the twins' photo for a long time.
00:06:39They have my eyes.
00:06:40In the bedroom, the three of us are sitting on the bed.
00:06:43Amalia looks up at me, her big eyes full of confusion.
00:06:47Mommy, why doesn't daddy live with us?
00:06:49All the kids at school have daddies to pick them up.
00:06:53I don't know how to answer.
00:06:54Amelia wanted to know, so I helped her find out.
00:06:57He's holding a crumpled piece of paper, a photo of Sean, downloaded and printed from the internet.
00:07:03I wrap my arms around both of them, tears falling.
00:07:09At the same time, Corrine receives her own report.
00:07:12She opens to the first page and sees the twins' birth dates and blood types.
00:07:16Her fingers begin to tremble.
00:07:19It's four years ago.
00:07:23She makes a call.
00:07:26Father, I need to deal with someone.
00:07:28I'll make it clean.
00:07:29The next day, Sean suddenly appears downstairs at my building.
00:07:33He leans against his car, the streetlight stretching his shadow long.
00:07:38Those two children?
00:07:40Are they mine?
00:07:42I clench my fists and say nothing.
00:07:45You were already pregnant when you left Flat Dana.
00:07:47Just then, Josh's car pulls up beside us.
00:07:51He's here to take me to see a real estate agent.
00:07:54Sean looks at Josh, then back on me.
00:07:56He unclenches his fist and steps back.
00:07:59Forget it.
00:08:00He gets in his car and roars away.
00:08:05That weekend, I take the kids to Central Plaza.
00:08:08The kids run off to play, their laughter echoing in the open space.
00:08:12I watch them from a distance, a contented smile on my face.
00:08:16Balloon!
00:08:17Mommy, it's Balloon!
00:08:19Amelia chases a balloon vendor out of my sight.
00:08:22Andres follows her.
00:08:24Amelia!
00:08:25When I catch up, they're gone.
00:08:30I dial Sean's number like a madwoman, my fingers trembling so hard I can barely hit the buttons.
00:08:37The children are gone!
00:08:40Sean, please help me!
00:08:42On the other end, he bursts out of the meeting room.
00:08:47Theo, pull up the plaza surveillance footage.
00:08:50On screen, a large hand covers Amalia's mouth and drags her into a gray van.
00:08:55Andres lunges forward and bites that hand, but he's yanked in two.
00:09:04I kneel on the ground, clutching that little shoe.
00:09:11It's all my fault.
00:09:13At the same moment, Corrine's phone lights up.
00:09:15It's an encrypted message.
00:09:17It says, secured.
00:09:23Sean's men seal off the entire plaza.
00:09:31That's Amalia's favorite shoe.
00:09:33She wears it just the first time.
00:09:35I'm collapsed on the ground.
00:09:37Clutching Amalia's pink shoe.
00:09:39She must be so scared.
00:09:41Andres is only four.
00:09:42What can he do?
00:09:44My hands keep shaking until Sean takes them.
00:09:53Layla, look at me.
00:09:56I will get them back.
00:09:58Do you hear me?
00:10:01Sean!
00:10:03Surveillance tracked them.
00:10:05The van's heading into the abandoned industrial district.
00:10:08Get the car and take me there.
00:10:18I'm going with you.
00:10:21He doesn't refuse and takes my hands again.
00:10:24His hand is so warm.
00:10:26Headlights cut through the night like knives through my heart.
00:10:31Inside an abandoned factory,
00:10:33my son is holding his crying sister tight with his tiny hands.
00:10:36Andres, I'm scared.
00:10:38I want mommy.
00:10:42Don't cry.
00:10:43I'll get you out.
00:10:44His eyes scan everywhere calmly.
00:10:54Yeah, both brats are here.
00:10:57More money, or I'll slit their throats.
00:11:08Now.
00:11:21Amelia squeezes through first.
00:11:24Then him.
00:11:28Two small figures vanish into the night.
00:11:38As the kidnapper returns,
00:11:40he sees nothing but an empty room.
00:11:44Damn it!
00:11:45The brats escaped!
00:11:47And at the same time,
00:11:49Corinne's phone lights up.
00:11:55Escaped?
00:11:57Useless idiots.
00:11:58When Sean and I reach the industrial district,
00:12:01the kidnappers are gone.
00:12:05The warehouse is empty.
00:12:09Amalia?
00:12:10Andres?
00:12:12Mommy's too late.
00:12:14Wait.
00:12:15Look at the floor.
00:12:16He points at a trail of small footprints
00:12:18leading toward the wasteland behind the hair house.
00:12:21They escaped.
00:12:22Layla, they're alive.
00:12:24Come with me.
00:12:26I run after him like a madwoman.
00:12:33Andres!
00:12:34Amelia!
00:12:36I scream their names as I run,
00:12:38my voice so hoarse it barely makes a sound.
00:12:47I rush towards the sound.
00:12:49Amelia is huddled in Andres' arms.
00:12:52And my son has a long, bloody gash on his arm.
00:12:56His entire sleeve is soaked red.
00:13:05Mommy, I told you.
00:13:07I'd protect her.
00:13:17In the hospital corridor,
00:13:19I rush Andres into the ER.
00:13:22His arm was sliced open by wire during the escape.
00:13:26He needs seven stitches.
00:13:31He doesn't cry once.
00:13:37After the doctor finishes,
00:13:39Sean finally walks in
00:13:42and sits by Andres' bed.
00:13:45He wants to touch but
00:13:46pulls back his hand.
00:13:50You protected your sister.
00:13:53You're a hero.
00:13:55My son looks directly into his eyes
00:13:57with great seriousness.
00:14:00You're my father.
00:14:02You should have protected us.
00:14:05Andres calls him father for the very first time.
00:14:08The word father shatters something in Sean's eyes.
00:14:22Sean looks at me.
00:14:24Asks for an answer.
00:14:29I turn away in silence.
00:14:32Sean looks at Andres,
00:14:33makes a solemn, determined promise in a deep voice.
00:14:37I will.
00:14:38From today on,
00:14:40I won't let anyone hurt you again.
00:14:43Andres doesn't answer.
00:14:44He turns his face to me.
00:14:46Mommy, it hurts.
00:14:49I hold him tight,
00:14:51and my tears won't stop.
00:14:53On the day we're discharged,
00:14:56Sean comes to pick us up himself.
00:15:05Get in.
00:15:07Where?
00:15:08He doesn't answer.
00:15:10He drives straight to his mansion.
00:15:12The very cage I lived in for two years
00:15:14and fled from four years ago.
00:15:17You're staying here.
00:15:19At least until we find out
00:15:20who's behind the kidnapping.
00:15:22It's not a suggestion.
00:15:23It's an order.
00:15:25And my children have already chosen him.
00:15:38The first night in the villa,
00:15:40the kids sleep deeply.
00:15:42I sit by the bed and watch them,
00:15:44my heart a tangled mess.
00:15:47Sean asks me to go to the study.
00:15:51He places a stack of documents in front of me.
00:15:54DNA test results,
00:15:56birth certificates,
00:15:57and our old marriage certificate.
00:16:00Andres and Amelia are my children.
00:16:02Josh is not the father.
00:16:09I close my eyes.
00:16:11Don't want to look at their documents.
00:16:13Layla,
00:16:15you hid them from me
00:16:16for four years.
00:16:20Yes.
00:16:22But you and Kareen,
00:16:26I won't come between you two.
00:16:29I turn and walk away.
00:16:31I hear him murmur to himself.
00:16:43Layla,
00:16:43was I wrong four years ago?
00:16:46Sean starts coming home on time.
00:16:50He builds blocks with Amelia,
00:16:52plays chess with Andres,
00:16:54even learns to braid his daughter's hair.
00:16:57Daddy!
00:16:59Bows!
00:17:00I want more bows!
00:17:01Amelia surrenders quickly.
00:17:03But Andres keeps his distance.
00:17:07He never initiates calling him dad,
00:17:09and whenever Sean touches him,
00:17:11he instinctively flinches.
00:17:13It doesn't matter.
00:17:15Sean seems unconcerned,
00:17:17but there is sadness in his eyes.
00:17:20I've enrolled the kids
00:17:22in the best kindergarten in Fladina.
00:17:24I know he's trying to be a good father.
00:17:26He wants to make up
00:17:27for those four empty years.
00:17:30I'll go check out the school tomorrow.
00:17:32The next day,
00:17:33I run into Kareen at the school gate.
00:17:39She stands across the street,
00:17:41smiling at me.
00:17:48Layla,
00:17:49long time no see.
00:17:52Corinne asks me to meet her
00:17:53at a cafe near the school.
00:18:00Layla,
00:18:01long time no see.
00:18:02Your kids are adorable.
00:18:05I heard they were kidnapped.
00:18:07Not easy to come back alive.
00:18:09Her voice is as soft
00:18:11as if we're discussing the weather,
00:18:12but every word sends ice down my spine.
00:18:14My fingers tighten convulsively.
00:18:16How does she know about the kidnapping?
00:18:18It was never made public.
00:18:20I don't know what you mean by kidnapping.
00:18:22She smiles and takes a sip of the coffee.
00:18:28Relax.
00:18:29I'm just warning you.
00:18:31Being near Sean is dangerous.
00:18:34His parents were murdered.
00:18:36I stare into her eyes.
00:18:39Do you want the same thing
00:18:41to happen to your kids?
00:18:45I have to stay calm.
00:18:47I can't let her see I'm terrified.
00:18:50How do you know about his parents?
00:18:52Her smile vanishes instantly.
00:18:56Corinne doesn't answer.
00:18:58She stands up and grabs her purse.
00:19:01Stay away from Sean.
00:19:02For your children's sake.
00:19:05She leaves.
00:19:06I sit there,
00:19:07fingers frozen.
00:19:11When I get home,
00:19:13Sean looks up at me,
00:19:14frowning.
00:19:16What's wrong?
00:19:18Nothing.
00:19:20I can't tell him.
00:19:22Not yet.
00:19:23That night,
00:19:24after tucking the kids in,
00:19:25I open my laptop.
00:19:27With trembling fingers,
00:19:29I type
00:19:30Cooper car crash.
00:19:32An old report pops up.
00:19:34Cooper couple killed in crash.
00:19:36Only son Sean Cooper
00:19:37in his entire estate.
00:19:39I read out the title,
00:19:40staring at the photo
00:19:41that shows a teenage Sean
00:19:42at the funeral.
00:19:43His eyes are hollow.
00:19:45I had no idea
00:19:46about this at all.
00:19:47I send the files to Josh.
00:19:49I need to know the truth.
00:19:51No matter how cruel it is.
00:20:00Three days later,
00:20:01he asks to meet.
00:20:03His expression is more serious
00:20:04than I've ever seen.
00:20:06Layla.
00:20:07I can only trace the crash
00:20:09to a transnational crime syndicate
00:20:10called Sigma.
00:20:13His expression is more serious
00:20:15than I've ever seen.
00:20:16It's too dangerous.
00:20:17For the kids' safety,
00:20:18you need to leave Sean
00:20:19as soon as possible.
00:20:23I return home in a daze.
00:20:31I push open the door
00:20:32and see Sean is sitting
00:20:34on the living room floor
00:20:35teaching Andres chess.
00:20:38Andres makes a move,
00:20:39then he looks up at Sean.
00:20:42Checkmate, dad.
00:20:45Andres calls him dad.
00:20:47For the first time,
00:20:49he initiates it.
00:20:50Layla,
00:20:51he called me dad.
00:20:55Sean scoops Andres up
00:20:57and buries his face
00:20:58in the child's small shoulder.
00:21:05Watching this,
00:21:06my heart is torn in two.
00:21:10What on earth
00:21:11am I supposed to do?
00:21:15That night,
00:21:16Sean knocks on my door.
00:21:20Layla,
00:21:21tomorrow,
00:21:22come with me to Cooper Manor.
00:21:24Grandpa wants to meet you
00:21:25and the children.
00:21:26Garrett Cooper,
00:21:27the old man
00:21:28who arranged our marriage
00:21:30and never once blamed me
00:21:31after the divorce.
00:21:32I'm terrified.
00:21:34After four years,
00:21:35how do I face him?
00:21:41But the moment
00:21:42Garrett sees Amelia
00:21:43and Andres,
00:21:44tears well up
00:21:45in his cloudy old eyes.
00:21:47Then he looks at me
00:21:49and asks me to follow him
00:21:50to the study alone.
00:21:53My palms are soaked.
00:21:57Layla, my child,
00:21:58please sit down.
00:22:01Is he going to talk
00:22:02about the kids?
00:22:03Or demand to know
00:22:04why I hid them
00:22:05for four years?
00:22:06He pulls a document
00:22:07from his drawer
00:22:08and slides it across
00:22:09the desk towards me.
00:22:10Sign it.
00:22:12Property transfer?
00:22:14And five percent
00:22:15of Cooper Group shares?
00:22:19I can't.
00:22:20This is too much.
00:22:21This is what I owe you.
00:22:22Take it.
00:22:23Garrett holds my hand,
00:22:25eyes reddening.
00:22:26It's not for you.
00:22:27It's so this old man
00:22:29can go in peace.
00:22:30That boy,
00:22:31Sean,
00:22:31owes you far too much.
00:22:33I leave the study.
00:22:37Amelia waits for me
00:22:39in the hallway.
00:22:41She pulls me
00:22:42into a room.
00:22:43Mommy,
00:22:44Daddy smiled so happily
00:22:46when he was little.
00:22:47Amelia points
00:22:48at a family portrait
00:22:49on the wall.
00:22:50A young Sean
00:22:51standing between a couple,
00:22:53smiling without a care
00:22:54in the world.
00:22:55Mommy,
00:22:56why doesn't he smile
00:22:57like that now?
00:22:58What I remember
00:22:59is another photo,
00:23:00the one from that old news
00:23:02article I found online.
00:23:04The teenage boy
00:23:06in black
00:23:06at the funeral.
00:23:09How did he survive
00:23:11all these years,
00:23:12all alone?
00:23:14A crazy thought
00:23:15takes hold of me.
00:23:21While Sean is out,
00:23:23I enter his study.
00:23:31In the bottom drawer,
00:23:32I find a locked iron box.
00:23:35I try the kids' birthdays.
00:23:37Amelina's,
00:23:38Andre's's.
00:23:39None of them work.
00:23:45Andre's stand at the door
00:23:46of the study,
00:23:47looking at me calmly.
00:23:48The password is
00:23:49Dad's birthday.
00:23:50I already tried it.
00:23:58I open the box,
00:24:00hands trembling.
00:24:05These are...
00:24:06Inside are thick
00:24:07investigation files,
00:24:09crime scene photos
00:24:10from the crash,
00:24:11and a yellowed note.
00:24:13It bears a name,
00:24:15Steph Griffiths,
00:24:16and next to it,
00:24:17two words,
00:24:18Sigma Group.
00:24:19I flip the note over.
00:24:22On the back
00:24:23is another name.
00:24:25A name I know
00:24:26all too well.
00:24:27Corrine Evans.
00:24:29I put the box back,
00:24:31my fingers ice cold,
00:24:32my whole body trembling.
00:24:36Corrine.
00:24:40Was she behind the kidnapping
00:24:42of Amelia and Andres?
00:24:47You've known all along
00:24:49that something was wrong
00:24:50with Corrine?
00:24:52Yes.
00:24:54I can't tell you these things
00:24:56because the less you know,
00:24:58the safer it will be for you.
00:25:04All these years,
00:25:06you and she...
00:25:07That's why I had to stay
00:25:08involved with her.
00:25:11Stay involved.
00:25:13My heart clenches painfully.
00:25:16That night,
00:25:17Sean tells me everything.
00:25:21Twelve years ago,
00:25:23my parents didn't die
00:25:24in an ordinary crash.
00:25:26It was Sigma Group.
00:25:28He pauses for a moment,
00:25:30his voice carrying
00:25:31a deep sense of sadness.
00:25:33The Cooper family
00:25:34was in their way,
00:25:34so they silenced them.
00:25:36Corrine's adoptive father,
00:25:38Hawk,
00:25:38is the one who tampered
00:25:39with my parents' car.
00:25:41So you pretended
00:25:41to still have feelings
00:25:42for her,
00:25:43so you could find
00:25:44the mastermind,
00:25:45Steph Griffiths?
00:25:47Yes.
00:25:49Then when you divorced me,
00:25:51was it also because...
00:25:53I thought
00:25:54if I pushed you away,
00:25:56you'd be safe.
00:25:58I thought you didn't love me.
00:26:00But to protect me,
00:26:02he pushed me out of his world
00:26:04and carried it all alone
00:26:05for four years.
00:26:07Sean says nothing
00:26:08and holds me in his arms.
00:26:21Sean tells me Corrine
00:26:22is the venomous snake
00:26:24that Hawk planted
00:26:24by his side.
00:26:26I make a decision.
00:26:28I'll get close
00:26:29to Corrine myself.
00:26:30The next day,
00:26:32I ask her out for coffee.
00:26:40Sean has been
00:26:41so distracted lately.
00:26:43Does he still
00:26:45have feelings for you?
00:26:46I do notice
00:26:47that Corrine's eyes
00:26:48light up for a second,
00:26:49then turn guardied.
00:26:53What do you mean?
00:26:54I pretend to be sad
00:26:56with a few tears
00:26:57forming at the corners
00:26:58of my eyes.
00:27:01The one in his heart
00:27:02was never me.
00:27:04You should win him back.
00:27:05I'm only living with him
00:27:07because of the kids.
00:27:08She stares at me
00:27:09for a long time
00:27:09before finally smiling.
00:27:11There's a condescending
00:27:12satisfaction in that smile.
00:27:14Layla,
00:27:14you're more sensible
00:27:16than I expected.
00:27:20I lift my coffee cup.
00:27:23My hands are shaking,
00:27:25but my face is smiling.
00:27:28The fish has taken the bait.
00:27:30Andres becomes my agent.
00:27:32He doesn't know
00:27:33what's really happening,
00:27:34but he silently memorizes
00:27:36every stranger
00:27:37who comes to the house
00:27:38and sketches their faces
00:27:39with his astonishing
00:27:41drawing skills.
00:27:44Mom,
00:27:44this man has been here
00:27:46three times.
00:27:47He hands me a sketch.
00:27:50The man in the drawing
00:27:52has a fierce glares.
00:27:56He always comes here
00:27:57when Dad's not home
00:27:58with that lady named Corrine.
00:28:00It's the man from the photo
00:28:02Theo showed me.
00:28:03Steph's right-hand man,
00:28:05Hawk.
00:28:05Mom,
00:28:06is that man a bad guy?
00:28:11Yes.
00:28:15But don't be scared.
00:28:18Mom will protect you.
00:28:19I'm not scared.
00:28:21I'll protect you
00:28:22and Amelia.
00:28:24I hug Andreas tight,
00:28:26proud and terrified at once.
00:28:29My son is using his pencil
00:28:31to spy on my enemies for me.
00:28:34But I don't even know
00:28:36how to protect him.
00:28:38Corrine starts treating me
00:28:39like an ally.
00:28:40She invites me
00:28:41to a private party.
00:28:42Layla,
00:28:43you're so lucky.
00:28:45My father is coming today, too.
00:28:47He will definitely like you.
00:28:52I walk into the private room
00:28:54wearing the dress
00:28:55she gave me.
00:28:58A middle-aged man
00:29:00sits in the host's seat,
00:29:02the exact face
00:29:03from Andres' sketch.
00:29:05So you're Sean's ex-wife?
00:29:09He looks me up and down.
00:29:15Yes.
00:29:17Your son draws well.
00:29:18He's got talent.
00:29:25Next time he sketches me,
00:29:27tell him,
00:29:29make me look more handsome.
00:29:31In that instant,
00:29:32my blood freezes.
00:29:34They've seen Andres' drawings.
00:29:39moreover,
00:29:40they never intended
00:29:40to let us go.
00:29:43I burst into the house
00:29:45and clutch Andres tightly
00:29:47in my arms,
00:29:48trembling uncontrollably.
00:29:50Mommy, what's wrong?
00:29:51Your hands are so cold.
00:29:53Nothing, baby.
00:29:54Mommy just missed you.
00:29:57Sean pushes the door open,
00:29:59takes one look at my face,
00:30:00and rushes over.
00:30:03What happened?
00:30:04You look like
00:30:05you've seen a ghost.
00:30:07Hawk knows Andres drew him.
00:30:10Sean's face turns ashen.
00:30:12He punches the wall.
00:30:14They've been watching this house
00:30:15since the first day
00:30:17you moved in.
00:30:18That night,
00:30:19he installs alarms
00:30:21on every window himself,
00:30:23then presses a small pistol
00:30:25into my hand.
00:30:30If I'm not here,
00:30:31you use it.
00:30:32Aim for the chest,
00:30:33pull the trigger.
00:30:37Lila, promise me.
00:30:40I promise.
00:30:44I hold that gun all night.
00:30:48Unable to sleep.
00:30:52Theo sends word.
00:30:54Hawk will personally escort
00:30:55a shipment out of
00:30:56Flaydena Harbor
00:30:57in three days.
00:31:00I need you to stay
00:31:01at the hotel near the harbor.
00:31:03Tell me the moment
00:31:04you see them.
00:31:04I can do more.
00:31:06Let me help you.
00:31:08Lila,
00:31:09knowing you're there
00:31:10is the only way
00:31:10I can focus.
00:31:14Trust me.
00:31:18That night,
00:31:19I stand at the hotel window
00:31:20staring through
00:31:21binoculars at the dock.
00:31:28Hawk will be there.
00:31:29The moment Karine appears,
00:31:30arm in arm with Hawk,
00:31:32I press the shatter.
00:31:36Targets in sight.
00:31:46When the lights come back on,
00:31:48Hawk is pinned to the ground.
00:31:52But Karine,
00:31:54she's vanished.
00:31:58Sean bursts into
00:31:59the hotel room,
00:32:00covered in blood.
00:32:02Are you okay?
00:32:03Did she come here?
00:32:04I'm fine.
00:32:06Where's Karine?
00:32:12She ran.
00:32:16But she won't get far.
00:32:17Karine has vanished.
00:32:19I've never seen
00:32:20Sean's face so grim.
00:32:22Sean,
00:32:22Corine knows too much
00:32:24and hates you too much.
00:32:26Your whole family
00:32:27are in danger.
00:32:28That night,
00:32:29Sean makes a decision.
00:32:30We move to Cooper Manor.
00:32:33Garrett activates
00:32:34every security asset
00:32:35on the estate.
00:32:36The gates are guarded
00:32:37around the clock.
00:32:42Mommy,
00:32:42why can't we go back
00:32:44to Daddy's house?
00:32:46I crouch down
00:32:48and hold Amelia
00:32:49in my arms.
00:32:50I don't know
00:32:51how to answer.
00:32:51Three days later,
00:32:53the doorbell rings.
00:32:56Corine storms
00:32:56into Cooper Manor
00:32:57in a loose white dress,
00:32:59her belly thrust forward.
00:33:02I'm pregnant
00:33:02with Sean's baby.
00:33:03Here's the prenatal report.
00:33:05Let everyone see it.
00:33:07Everyone freezes.
00:33:09Garrett sits
00:33:10in his wheelchair,
00:33:12face ashen.
00:33:13When Corine sees Sean
00:33:15walking down
00:33:15from upstairs,
00:33:16she bursts
00:33:17into tears immediately.
00:33:19Sean,
00:33:19this is your child.
00:33:20You can't do this
00:33:21to me.
00:33:22She clutches her belly,
00:33:24tears streaming
00:33:25down her face.
00:33:26Sean walks up to her
00:33:27and takes the report
00:33:28from her hand.
00:33:30Your forgery skills
00:33:31haven't improved
00:33:31one bit in four years.
00:33:34What did you say?
00:33:36This hospital closed
00:33:37three months ago.
00:33:40Corine stands still,
00:33:41her expression frozen.
00:33:43Police swarm in
00:33:44and pin her to the ground.
00:33:47She looks back at me
00:33:48as she's dragged away.
00:33:49Leela!
00:33:50You think you've won?
00:33:51You don't know anything!
00:33:52What is she talking about?
00:33:55I stare at Sean's back,
00:33:57waiting for his answer.
00:33:59But he says nothing.
00:34:01Corine requests to see me
00:34:03during interrogation.
00:34:04Only me.
00:34:07No.
00:34:08Too dangerous.
00:34:10You can't go.
00:34:14I hesitate all day.
00:34:18In the end, I go.
00:34:26She has answers I need.
00:34:33You finally came.
00:34:35I knew you would.
00:34:37Through the glass,
00:34:39she looks haggard,
00:34:40but her eyes are still
00:34:41sharp as knives.
00:34:46What do you want to say?
00:34:48Sean chased you for four years.
00:34:50Not for you.
00:34:51For Garrett Cooper's inheritance.
00:34:57You're lying.
00:35:01Those two children,
00:35:02you think they're precious to him?
00:35:04No.
00:35:05They're his bargaining cherubs.
00:35:10You are insane.
00:35:12Am I?
00:35:13Then ask him.
00:35:14Why he had to marry
00:35:17and have children before 35.
00:35:19Why?
00:35:20Why he married you?
00:35:24I hang up and walk away.
00:35:35Behind me,
00:35:36her hysterical laughter echoes.
00:35:39From that day on,
00:35:40I can't sleep.
00:35:43Sean works in his study
00:35:45late every night.
00:35:50One night,
00:35:51I pass the study
00:35:52and hear him on the phone.
00:35:54Layla can't know about the will.
00:35:55Not a single word.
00:35:57I freeze in the hallway.
00:35:59I'll handle this.
00:36:00Grandpa's health is declining.
00:36:02He can't take any more stress.
00:36:07I slip back to my room.
00:36:11And don't sleep a wink all night.
00:36:14The next morning,
00:36:16Sean wipes jam from Amelia's cheek
00:36:18and plays chess with Andres as usual.
00:36:22Daddy,
00:36:22will you come home for dinner tonight?
00:36:26Of course, sweetheart.
00:36:28Watching this,
00:36:29I suddenly feel like I'm looking at a stranger.
00:36:32The cold voice on the phone
00:36:33and the gentle father in front of me.
00:36:39Which one is real?
00:36:43The Sigma Group trail
00:36:44suddenly goes cold.
00:36:46Theo's investigation shows
00:36:47that after Hawk's arrest,
00:36:49the entire organization hit pause.
00:36:51All activities ceased.
00:36:53All communications cut.
00:36:56They're waiting.
00:36:59Waiting for what?
00:37:03Waiting for us to let our guard down.
00:37:06Then they'll strike.
00:37:07But
00:37:09he looks at me.
00:37:12I don't go any further.
00:37:14That night,
00:37:16Sean suddenly announces
00:37:17he's taking me and the kids abroad.
00:37:19There's
00:37:20You arranged this awfully fast.
00:37:23It's been in the works.
00:37:25Flights, hotel, itinerary.
00:37:29Everything is ready.
00:37:39Sean,
00:37:41what are you hiding from me?
00:37:46The resort is beautiful.
00:37:48The kids chase waves on the beach.
00:37:51Sean relaxes under an umbrella.
00:37:53A rare sight.
00:38:04I look at Sean.
00:38:05He is just as handsome
00:38:06as he was four years ago.
00:38:10He suddenly opens his eyes
00:38:12and catches me staring.
00:38:19You're looking at me.
00:38:21No, I'm not.
00:38:27Lila?
00:38:32He reaches out
00:38:33and pulls me down beside him.
00:38:35Lila,
00:38:36when this is all over,
00:38:38can we start again?
00:38:40Start again?
00:38:41What do you mean?
00:38:45Like when we first got married.
00:38:47No secrets,
00:38:49no schemes.
00:38:50Just you and me
00:38:51and the kids.
00:38:55My heart skips a beat.
00:38:58But Karain's words flood back.
00:39:12On the third day,
00:39:14Sean gets a phone call.
00:39:15I need to take the knee
00:39:16for gonna bad.
00:39:19His face changes instantly.
00:39:29On the third day of vacation,
00:39:31Sean gets a phone call.
00:39:41He walks away
00:39:42and talks for a long time.
00:39:44When he comes back,
00:39:45he looks like his soul
00:39:46has been drained.
00:39:48Theo found Steph's trail.
00:39:49I have to go back
00:39:50to Fladina immediately.
00:39:55We're going back with you.
00:39:56No.
00:39:57You and the kids stay here.
00:39:59It's safe.
00:40:02Safe?
00:40:03No place is safe without you.
00:40:14He looks at me for a long time
00:40:16then finally nods.
00:40:23That night we board a flight back.
00:40:26A mania falls asleep in my arms.
00:40:29Andres leans against my shoulder.
00:40:36Sean stares out the window
00:40:38the entire way,
00:40:39his hands clenched into fists.
00:40:52I don't know what he's thinking,
00:40:54but I know
00:40:55the storm is coming.
00:40:59Third day back in Fladina,
00:41:01the kids and I walk out
00:41:02of the supermarket.
00:41:10The doors fly open.
00:41:11Two men charge out.
00:41:13Before I can scream,
00:41:15a hand clamps over my mouth
00:41:16and drags me into the car.
00:41:28Don't be scared,
00:41:29don't be scared, Amelia.
00:41:30Don't be scared.
00:41:33The car speeds away.
00:41:34My phone is snatched
00:41:35and thrown out the window.
00:41:43Amelia sobs in terror.
00:41:45Andres holds her tight,
00:41:47but his eyes are locked
00:41:48on the kidnappers in front.
00:41:51There are two kidnappers.
00:41:53One of the person's eyes
00:41:54has a scar at the corner.
00:41:56Mrs. Cooper,
00:41:57someone wants to see you.
00:41:59You've been waiting a long time.
00:42:03We're taken to an abandoned factory.
00:42:16The one-eyed man shoves me
00:42:18into an office alone.
00:42:20Someone is sitting inside.
00:42:23Steph Griffiths.
00:42:24I recognize him instantly.
00:42:30Layla Carter.
00:42:32Or should I call you Mrs. Cooper?
00:42:37What do you want?
00:42:40Relax.
00:42:41I just want to chat.
00:42:43About your husband.
00:42:46About the truth
00:42:47he's been chasing for 12 years.
00:42:50You killed his parents.
00:42:55Is that what he told you?
00:42:57He stands up
00:42:58and walks slowly to the window.
00:43:00His back to me.
00:43:01Sean thinks I killed his parents.
00:43:04He's chased me for 12 years.
00:43:07Hated me for 12 years.
00:43:09He turns to look at me.
00:43:10His eyes are still sharp as knives.
00:43:13But the truth is
00:43:15it was his own father
00:43:17who put the whole family
00:43:19on the road to death.
00:43:23Steph tells me
00:43:24a completely different story.
00:43:2812 years ago.
00:43:3012 years ago
00:43:30Sean's father
00:43:31wasn't just the head
00:43:32of Cooper Group.
00:43:33He was also a secret partner
00:43:35of Sigma Group.
00:43:37You think I'll believe you?
00:43:43Believe it or not
00:43:44we worked together
00:43:45for 10 full years.
00:43:47You're lying.
00:43:48Why would he work with you?
00:43:50Why?
00:43:51Because the Cooper family's
00:43:52first fortune
00:43:53was built with Sigma money.
00:43:54From Garrett's generation
00:43:56dirty Sigma blood
00:43:57has run through
00:43:57the Cooper veins.
00:43:59He lights a cigar
00:43:59smoke curling
00:44:01in the dim room.
00:44:0512 years ago
00:44:06your husband's father
00:44:07wanted out.
00:44:08He threatened
00:44:09to expose everything
00:44:10to drag all of Sigma
00:44:11down with him.
00:44:13So you killed him?
00:44:17He turns
00:44:18and looks at me
00:44:19a cruel smile
00:44:21curling on his lips.
00:44:22I had to.
00:44:25Steph's words
00:44:25pour over me
00:44:26like ice water.
00:44:28My whole body
00:44:28goes cold.
00:44:29The crash
00:44:30wasn't my doing.
00:44:32Hawk acted
00:44:33on his own.
00:44:34I only wanted
00:44:35to warn him.
00:44:36He pretends
00:44:37to be sad
00:44:38but can't hide
00:44:39the smile
00:44:39on his lips.
00:44:42Do you know
00:44:42why Sean
00:44:43married you?
00:44:44What are you
00:44:45trying to say?
00:44:46Garrett's will
00:44:47is crystal clear.
00:44:49Sean must marry
00:44:50and have children
00:44:51before 35
00:44:53or everything
00:44:53goes to charity.
00:44:55You're not his wife.
00:44:58You're his ticket.
00:44:59My nails dig
00:45:00into my palms.
00:45:02Blood trickling
00:45:03through my fingers.
00:45:06Corinne said
00:45:07the exact same thing.
00:45:09Lila
00:45:10when this is all over
00:45:12can we start again?
00:45:13Layla can't know
00:45:14about the will.
00:45:15I'll handle this.
00:45:17Grandpa's health
00:45:17is declining.
00:45:18He can't take
00:45:19any more stress.
00:45:20In all of this
00:45:20what is real?
00:45:24I'm dragged back
00:45:25to the room
00:45:26where the kids
00:45:26are held.
00:45:34Andres rushes over
00:45:35and wraps his arms
00:45:36around my waist.
00:45:37Mommy,
00:45:38your hand is bleeding.
00:45:42Mommy's fine.
00:45:43Don't be scared.
00:45:44I hold both kids
00:45:45close.
00:45:47Steph's word
00:45:47and Karen's overlap
00:45:48my mind in chaos.
00:45:51Mom,
00:45:52what did that man
00:45:53tell you?
00:45:55Nothing.
00:45:58I kiss Andres
00:45:59on the forehead.
00:46:02Mommy's here.
00:46:05Daddy will come
00:46:06save us.
00:46:06Whatever Sean's
00:46:07reasons were
00:46:08for marrying me,
00:46:09his love for these
00:46:10kids is real.
00:46:11I believe in daddy.
00:46:15I look at my son's
00:46:16determined eyes
00:46:17and my tears
00:46:18nearly fall.
00:46:21Sean and his men
00:46:22storm in late
00:46:23that night.
00:46:23I shield the kids
00:46:25beneath me,
00:46:25huddled in the corner.
00:46:27The door is kicked
00:46:28open,
00:46:29gunfire,
00:46:30shouting,
00:46:31and footsteps
00:46:31erupt all at once.
00:46:37Leela!
00:46:43We're here.
00:46:45Sean is covered
00:46:46in blood,
00:46:47his eyes frantically
00:46:48searching the room
00:46:48until they land
00:46:49on me.
00:46:50I'm sorry.
00:46:52I'm so late.
00:46:53He reaches out,
00:46:54his fingers trembling
00:46:55as they touch
00:46:56my face.
00:46:58I see his eyes
00:46:59turning red.
00:47:01I take his hand.
00:47:05You're here.
00:47:07That's all that matters.
00:47:08He lowers his head,
00:47:09pressing his forehead
00:47:10against Amalia's hand.
00:47:12I feel it.
00:47:13His tears.
00:47:14It's the first time
00:47:15I've ever seen him cry.
00:47:19I thought I was
00:47:20going to lose you.
00:47:21Steph escaped.
00:47:23Sean didn't chase him.
00:47:24He brought us home.
00:47:25He personally bathed
00:47:26Andres and Amalia,
00:47:28changed their clothes,
00:47:29and put them to bed.
00:47:30Daddy,
00:47:30don't go away again,
00:47:32okay?
00:47:33Okay.
00:47:33Daddy's not going anywhere
00:47:34ever again.
00:47:35This man just went
00:47:36through a gunfight,
00:47:37has entreated wounds,
00:47:38and he's crouching
00:47:39beside a child's bed
00:47:40tucking in his daughter.
00:47:41Amelia,
00:47:42sweet dreams.
00:47:43Daddy's here.
00:47:45After the kids
00:47:45are asleep,
00:47:46he comes out.
00:47:48I kneel down
00:47:49and pull out
00:47:49the first kit
00:47:50to treat his wounds.
00:47:59Did Steph say
00:48:00something to you?
00:48:01I lower my eyes
00:48:03and don't answer.
00:48:05Leela,
00:48:06look at me.
00:48:07Whatever he said,
00:48:08let me explain.
00:48:10He said I'm nothing
00:48:12but your ticket.
00:48:15Garrett's will?
00:48:16Did you marry me
00:48:18because of it?
00:48:23Yes.
00:48:25Sean lets go of my hand
00:48:26and takes a deep breath.
00:48:30The will is real.
00:48:32I had to marry
00:48:34and have children
00:48:34before 35.
00:48:37But that was
00:48:37two years ago.
00:48:39And now?
00:48:41But I stopped
00:48:42you at the airport.
00:48:43It wasn't because
00:48:44of the will.
00:48:46It was because
00:48:47I couldn't lose you again.
00:48:51It was because of you.
00:48:52When you first met
00:48:53Amelia and Andres,
00:48:55you had no idea
00:48:56they were yours.
00:48:57I didn't know.
00:49:01But I felt
00:49:02this inexplicable
00:49:03pull towards them.
00:49:05I wanted to protect them.
00:49:07He presses my hand
00:49:08against his chest.
00:49:10I feel his heartbeat.
00:49:12Strong
00:49:13and fast.
00:49:15You don't have to believe me.
00:49:17But this,
00:49:18every beat,
00:49:20is for you.
00:49:22He pulls me
00:49:23into his arms.
00:49:31His chin rests
00:49:32on top of my head.
00:49:40Theo rushes
00:49:41to the manor
00:49:42overnight.
00:49:43His expression
00:49:44is graver
00:49:45than I've ever seen.
00:49:47Steph didn't go far.
00:49:48He's hiding
00:49:49in downtown Fladena
00:49:50in a luxury apartment
00:49:51directly across
00:49:52from Cooper Group headquarters.
00:49:54The most dangerous place
00:49:56is the safest.
00:49:59It gets worse.
00:50:06Through shell companies
00:50:07and offshore accounts,
00:50:08he's secretly acquired
00:50:0915% of Cooper Group shares
00:50:11over the past three years.
00:50:1315%?
00:50:15He's now the third
00:50:16largest shareholder,
00:50:17behind only Sean
00:50:18and Garrett.
00:50:20Theo's hand
00:50:21trembles
00:50:22as he hands over
00:50:23the intel.
00:50:32Sean gets a phone call,
00:50:34says nothing
00:50:34the entire time,
00:50:36his face
00:50:36turning pale.
00:50:42Who was that?
00:50:46Steph.
00:50:48What did he say?
00:50:51What did he say?
00:50:55Tomorrow at 10 a.m.,
00:50:57emergency shareholder meeting.
00:51:01He's going to remove me.
00:51:03I watch as Sean
00:51:05turns on the TV.
00:51:07Steph's face appears
00:51:09on the screen
00:51:10and his smiling face
00:51:12fills the screen.
00:51:14Stephen Griffiths,
00:51:15a shareholder
00:51:16of the Cooper Group,
00:51:17has proposed to remove
00:51:18the current CEO,
00:51:19Sean Cooper.
00:51:20This proposal
00:51:21has received support
00:51:22from several shareholders.
00:51:24Sean's expression
00:51:25becomes serious.
00:51:29I'm going with you tomorrow.
00:51:32No.
00:51:32It's too dangerous.
00:51:34Sean,
00:51:34I'm not the kind of wife
00:51:35who hides in the back.
00:51:37I'm Leila Carter,
00:51:39your woman,
00:51:41mother of your children.
00:51:46He looks at me
00:51:48for a long time,
00:51:49then finally nods.
00:51:51Okay.
00:51:53Tomorrow,
00:51:54you stand by my side.
00:51:55Sean holds my hand.
00:51:57His palm is warm.
00:51:58My heart is pounding.
00:52:00But I'm not afraid anymore.
00:52:02The day of the shareholder meeting,
00:52:04I drop the kids off
00:52:05at Garrett's first.
00:52:07Mommy,
00:52:07I'll take care of Amelia.
00:52:09You and Daddy
00:52:09come back safe.
00:52:10Mommy promises.
00:52:12We'll come back.
00:52:13Mommy,
00:52:14will Daddy
00:52:14beat the bad guy?
00:52:16Yes.
00:52:17Daddy will.
00:52:18I arrive at Cooper Group.
00:52:21The moment I step into the lobby,
00:52:23I see him.
00:52:24Steph.
00:52:27Mrs. Cooper,
00:52:28what a coincidence.
00:52:29You look beautiful today.
00:52:31I look calm on the surface,
00:52:32but I'm shaking with fear inside.
00:52:36I knew you'd be here.
00:52:38He leans close to my ear
00:52:40and lowers his voice.
00:52:41Are you really comfortable
00:52:43leaving your two children
00:52:45with Garrett?
00:52:47What are you trying to say?
00:52:51That old man is practically dead himself.
00:52:54Who can he protect?
00:52:56Steph walks away.
00:52:58I call Garrett with shaking hands.
00:53:08Garrett,
00:53:09are the kids okay?
00:53:10They're playing in the garden.
00:53:12Andres is teaching Amalia
00:53:14the names of flowers.
00:53:16What's wrong?
00:53:18Nothing.
00:53:20Tell security to watch the gates.
00:53:22No one in or out.
00:53:24Already done.
00:53:25Don't worry.
00:53:27I hang up.
00:53:29Sean comes to my side.
00:53:32I tell him what Steph said.
00:53:37I won't let him get away.
00:53:39His voice sounds like
00:53:40it's squeezed through gritted teeth.
00:53:43We walk into the conference room.
00:53:45Steph, if is already seated.
00:53:47Paload suit,
00:53:48hair perfectly styled
00:53:50like a true business mogul.
00:53:52Seeing us,
00:53:53he raises his coffee cup.
00:53:55Sean.
00:53:56Long time no see.
00:53:58Steph.
00:54:00After today,
00:54:02this office won't be yours anymore.
00:54:04I've prepared cardboard boxes for you.
00:54:10Sean sits down across from him,
00:54:13expressionless.
00:54:14Try me.
00:54:19Steph smiles maliciously.
00:54:21Your father was not as excellent
00:54:23as you back then.
00:54:25But I have money.
00:54:32Over the past five years,
00:54:34Sean Cooper
00:54:34has turned Cooper Group
00:54:36into his private army.
00:54:38The screen explodes with photos.
00:54:41Armed men.
00:54:42Overseas safe houses.
00:54:43Piles of cash.
00:54:45Mercenaries.
00:54:46Brewery.
00:54:47Illegal surveillance.
00:54:48Every charge is enough
00:54:49to put him behind bars.
00:54:50The room erupts.
00:54:52A shareholder stands up.
00:54:54Another slams their documents down.
00:54:57Steph leans back in his chair,
00:54:59taking a leisurely sip of coffee.
00:55:04The room falls dead silent.
00:55:08Sean, confess.
00:55:10I'll let you keep some dignity.
00:55:12Every shareholder stares at Sean.
00:55:19Sean stands up.
00:55:21He doesn't look at the shareholders.
00:55:23He looks straight at Steph.
00:55:30Fellow shareholders,
00:55:32every word Mr. Steph Griffiths
00:55:33has said is true.
00:55:34The room erupts.
00:55:38I did use group resources
00:55:39to hunt Sigma Group
00:55:41because it's a transnational
00:55:43criminal organization
00:55:44has harmed many people
00:55:45and one of its founders
00:55:48is sitting right here
00:55:49in front of you.
00:55:50Steph gives a cold laugh
00:55:52and remains silent.
00:55:53Twelve years ago,
00:55:54he orchestrated
00:55:55my parents' murder.
00:55:56Three years ago,
00:55:57he tried to infiltrate
00:55:58Cooper Group
00:55:59through Corrine Evans.
00:56:00Last week,
00:56:01he kidnapped my wife and children.
00:56:03Where's your proof?
00:56:04You have no proof!
00:56:05Some pull out phones
00:56:06to take pictures.
00:56:08Call security!
00:56:10The room is in complete chaos.
00:56:17Sean turns and walks
00:56:18toward the conference room door.
00:56:23Sean,
00:56:24did your father
00:56:25also teach you
00:56:26to slander people?
00:56:27I, Steph,
00:56:28have always been upstanding.
00:56:29Everyone here
00:56:30can attest to that.
00:56:31You say I'm a criminal?
00:56:32Where's the proof?
00:56:34If you have none,
00:56:35get out of this conference room.
00:56:38The room buzzes
00:56:40with murmurs.
00:56:41Look,
00:56:42he's running away
00:56:43because his lies failed.
00:56:49The men of the Cooper family
00:56:50are all cowards.
00:56:52Sean says nothing.
00:56:53He keeps walking
00:56:54toward the door.
00:56:58Sean's hand grips
00:56:59the door handle.
00:57:00He glances back
00:57:01at Steph.
00:57:02You want proof?
00:57:06The proof I have
00:57:08is more than enough
00:57:09for the police.
00:57:10He yanks the door open.
00:57:13Steph's face
00:57:14goes white instantly.
00:57:16Outside,
00:57:16the hallway is packed
00:57:18with police officers.
00:57:22Police swarm in
00:57:23and pin Steph down
00:57:24on the conference table.
00:57:26His face is pressed
00:57:28against the cold surface.
00:57:32Suddenly,
00:57:33he starts laughing.
00:57:35He strains
00:57:36to turn his head
00:57:37and stares daggers
00:57:38at me.
00:57:39Leela Carter,
00:57:40do you know why
00:57:41Sean has been chasing
00:57:42the truth for 12 years?
00:57:44What are you trying to say?
00:57:46It's not just for revenge.
00:57:48It's because
00:57:49Garrett Cooper
00:57:50made a will.
00:57:51My heart clenches violently.
00:57:53If Sean can't uncover
00:57:55the truth
00:57:55of his parents' deaths
00:57:57and restore
00:57:57the family's
00:57:58acceptation before 35,
00:57:59all Cooper Group
00:58:00herifers will
00:58:01automatically transfer
00:58:02to a secret trust fund
00:58:04and the sole beneficiary
00:58:05of that fund
00:58:06is Sigma Group's
00:58:07legacy inheritance
00:58:08program.
00:58:10In other words,
00:58:11me.
00:58:16Everyone in the room
00:58:17freezes.
00:58:18Steph is pinned
00:58:19by the police
00:58:20but still struggling,
00:58:21words spilling
00:58:22from his mouth
00:58:22without stopping.
00:58:23The Cooper family
00:58:24fortune has been
00:58:25tainted with Sigma
00:58:26blood
00:58:27from the very beginning.
00:58:28Sean's father
00:58:29didn't want to leave
00:58:30the organization.
00:58:31He wanted to take
00:58:32it over completely.
00:58:33Garrett knew everything.
00:58:34That's why he forced
00:58:35Sean to marry you.
00:58:37His eyes are like
00:58:37two flames
00:58:38burning into me
00:58:39until there's nowhere
00:58:40to hide.
00:58:40To use your clean
00:58:41background
00:58:42to whitewash
00:58:43the Cooper bloodline.
00:58:45You think you're his wife?
00:58:46You're his cover-up!
00:58:47I'm nailed to the spot
00:58:48by his words.
00:58:50Sean's face
00:58:50is white as paper.
00:58:52He says nothing.
00:58:54The police
00:58:55drag Steph out.
00:58:56I stand up,
00:58:58walk out of the
00:58:59conference room
00:59:01into the elevator.
00:59:05Out of Cooper Group
00:59:06headquarters.
00:59:08Sean watches my back.
00:59:14He doesn't follow.
00:59:16I sit on a bench
00:59:18in Central Park
00:59:19for the entire afternoon.
00:59:21When Sean finds me,
00:59:23it's already dark.
00:59:28Leela,
00:59:29I can explain.
00:59:31He doesn't sit
00:59:33beside me.
00:59:34He crouches in front of me
00:59:35like a man
00:59:36awaiting judgment.
00:59:41I look at him.
00:59:42This man I've loved
00:59:43for so many years.
00:59:44His face looks tired
00:59:47and fragile
00:59:47under the streetlight.
00:59:49How much of what
00:59:50Steph said is true?
00:59:55The will is real.
00:59:57But marrying you?
01:00:00His phone suddenly rings.
01:00:02He answers it.
01:00:03His face changes instantly.
01:00:06Grandpa
01:00:07is critically ill.
01:00:09We have to go back now.
01:00:10I stand up
01:00:11and run with him
01:00:12to the car.
01:00:17Garrett's the only person
01:00:19in that family
01:00:19who has ever been
01:00:20truly kind to me.
01:00:21I will stay by his side.
01:00:23We arrive at Garrett's bedside.
01:00:27The once vigorous old man
01:00:29is now shrunken in bed
01:00:31like a withered leaf.
01:00:37Sean,
01:00:38leave.
01:00:39I need to speak
01:00:39with Leela alone.
01:00:45Sean leaves the room.
01:00:50Leela.
01:00:51Sean marrying you.
01:00:53It was my idea.
01:00:54I forced him.
01:00:56Garrett pulls a letter
01:00:57from under his pillow
01:00:58and presses it into my hand.
01:01:00My heart clenches.
01:01:01After his parents died,
01:01:02he turned himself
01:01:03into an island.
01:01:04I thought if a kind,
01:01:06innocent girl
01:01:06came into his life,
01:01:07he might learn to love again.
01:01:08But I never expected him
01:01:10to truly fall for you.
01:01:11Not because of me,
01:01:12but because of you.
01:01:13My tears fall.
01:01:14I open the letter.
01:01:16It's his revised will.
01:01:17It says,
01:01:18Leela and Sean
01:01:20shall jointly decide
01:01:22all matters
01:01:22of the Cooper family.
01:01:24Watch over him
01:01:25before me.
01:01:26I promise.
01:01:28That winter,
01:01:29Garrett's heart
01:01:30reaches its limit.
01:01:32Sean drops everything
01:01:33and moves us
01:01:34back to the manor.
01:01:35The two kids
01:01:37orbit around Garrett's bed
01:01:38like little sons.
01:01:41Great-grandpub,
01:01:42you have to get better soon.
01:01:44I learned a new song.
01:01:46I want to sing it for you.
01:01:49Great-granddad will wait.
01:01:51One evening,
01:01:52Garrett takes Sean's hand.
01:01:54The two best things
01:01:55I did in my life.
01:01:56Letting your father
01:01:58marry your mother
01:01:58and letting Leela
01:02:00marry you.
01:02:01Sean kneels by the bed,
01:02:03his shoulders shaking
01:02:04violently.
01:02:07Leela.
01:02:10I lean down
01:02:11and hear his faint voice.
01:02:16That night,
01:02:17he passes away
01:02:18peacefully in his sleep.
01:02:20Outside the window,
01:02:22the first snow
01:02:23of the season
01:02:24falls on the manor.
01:02:26On the day of the funeral,
01:02:29snow falls heavily.
01:02:31The Cooper family cemetery
01:02:33is filled with people
01:02:34dressed in black.
01:02:36Sean stands before
01:02:38the gravestone
01:02:38in a black coat,
01:02:39snow covering his hair
01:02:41and shoulders.
01:02:43Grandpa carried too much
01:02:44for this family.
01:02:46He carried my father's sins,
01:02:48carried my hatred,
01:02:50and in the end,
01:02:52handed his only hope
01:02:53to me.
01:02:59He finds me in the crowd
01:03:04and reaches out his hand
01:03:06to me.
01:03:08Leela.
01:03:13I walk over
01:03:15and take his hand.
01:03:18Grandpa,
01:03:19I'll protect her.
01:03:20I'll protect the kids.
01:03:22I'll protect the Cooper family.
01:03:25Rest easy.
01:03:27In that moment,
01:03:28I know.
01:03:33I will never let go
01:03:34of this hand again.
01:03:38After Garrett is gone,
01:03:40Andre stops playing chess.
01:03:42Amelia stops asking me
01:03:44for for bedtime stories.
01:03:45Their teacher calls
01:03:47to say they've been
01:03:47spacing out at kindergarten,
01:03:49not playing with the other kids.
01:03:51Until one day,
01:03:51I find a drawing
01:03:52in Amalia's backpack.
01:03:54Five people holding hands,
01:03:56me, Sean, Andres,
01:03:57Amalia, and Garrett.
01:03:59Garrett's face
01:04:00was very blurry.
01:04:01Beside it,
01:04:02crooked letters
01:04:02spell out a sentence.
01:04:04Who's next?
01:04:05My daughter,
01:04:06only four years old,
01:04:07is afraid of death.
01:04:09Sean sees the drawing
01:04:10and is silent
01:04:11for a long time.
01:04:13Then he picks up
01:04:14both kids
01:04:14and sits on the sofa.
01:04:18Amelia,
01:04:19Andres,
01:04:20listen to me.
01:04:22We will be together
01:04:23forever.
01:04:26No one will ever
01:04:27leave again.
01:04:28That night,
01:04:29he comes to me.
01:04:32Layla,
01:04:35let's have a wedding.
01:04:36Not for us,
01:04:38but to make them believe
01:04:39this family
01:04:40will never fall apart.
01:04:43I look at our
01:04:44sleeping children
01:04:50and nod.
01:04:54It's May.
01:04:55The roses at the
01:04:56Manasar are in full bloom.
01:05:00The whole garden
01:05:01is fragrant.
01:05:06Andres wears
01:05:07a little suit.
01:05:08Amalia is in a
01:05:09white princess dress,
01:05:11carrying a small
01:05:12flower basket
01:05:13and scattering petals.
01:05:22Josh flies back
01:05:24from overseas.
01:05:25He takes my arm
01:05:26and walks me
01:05:27towards Sean,
01:05:28who waits under
01:05:29a rose-covered arch.
01:05:35This time,
01:05:36neither of you
01:05:37is allowed
01:05:37to look back.
01:05:46Sean takes my hand,
01:05:48sunlight
01:05:49falling into his eyes.
01:05:52Layla Cooper,
01:05:54Layla Cooper,
01:05:56I'll spend the rest
01:05:57of my life
01:05:57making up for
01:05:59everything I owe you
01:06:00from the first half.
01:06:03I stand on my tiptoes
01:06:04and kiss him.
01:06:09Petals fall around us.
01:06:11I close my eyes
01:06:13and remember
01:06:13that night
01:06:14four years ago
01:06:15and his eyes
01:06:16looking at me
01:06:17when we met again
01:06:18at the airport.
01:06:22Fate arranged
01:06:23everything
01:06:24just right.
01:06:25the day.
01:06:26.
01:06:26.
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