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MiniDrama Latino The Pharmaceutical Husband's IVF For His Friend's Widow
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00:01I was pregnant. I was about to tell my husband Alexander the good news, but then I saw an
00:07Instagram posted notification. A pregnancy test result. Two pink lines with the father's name
00:13clearly written Alexander Grant. The poster was Evelyn Shaw, the widow of his deceased friend.
00:20Her caption read, thank you for donating your sperm and personally performing my IVF procedure,
00:26Alex. I'll never be alone again. I composed myself and called Alexander to demand an explanation.
00:37Give me an explanation about Evelyn. Ethan was my best friend. He died, leaving his wife alone.
00:44I just wanted to help her fulfill their wish. In that moment, I knew this marriage needed to end.
00:51I always thought the collapse of a marriage was gradual. But that morning, I realized sometimes
00:58it only takes one social media post. After seeing Evelyn's Instagram post,
01:04I scheduled an abortion for tomorrow. That's when Alexander came home.
01:11In one hand, he carried a bag from the lab. In the other, a bag from my favorite French patisserie.
01:20How ironic. He still remembered I loved their lemon tarts.
01:26Clara, I brought you some pastries.
01:28I could smell the sterile disinfectant from his lab, mixed with perfume. It made me want to vomit.
01:34What's wrong, baby?
01:36Don't touch me.
01:37You're still angry.
01:42That post you saw is just a misunderstanding. Evelyn is emotionally unstable. I didn't want
01:47her to feel abandoned by the world.
01:52Oh, so used your own sperm and personally performed the IVF procedure to make her feel cared for?
01:58Don't use that tone. It's not as sordid as you think.
02:02It's part of a research project. The company needs experimental data, and she happened to
02:06needed a child. Research. The donation consent form you signed. The father's name isn't Grant
02:14Biotech. It's Alexander Grant. Did the company require your full name, or did you volunteer it?
02:21You're being too emotional. Ethan is dead. I have a responsibility to care for Evelyn.
02:26You should understand.
02:29I just want to know, in your dictionary, does responsibility include betrayal?
02:36Clara, I know you care, but I'm the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. You know what my profession
02:41requires. You shouldn't make such a big deal out of this.
02:48Did I? When Ethan first died, I sympathized with Evelyn too. So I always took care of her. Invited
02:56her to our home for dinner. Included her when I went shopping. I gave her gifts. When appliances
03:03broke at her place, Alexander and I would go over to help repair them. At the time, Evelyn
03:09said to me with red-rimmed eyes, if Ethan were still here, you wouldn't have to be troubled
03:16with these things.
03:20It's nothing. Don't be so formal with us.
03:23But later, Evelyn's relationship with Alexander gradually changed. Alexander would accompany
03:29her to the super malone, help her shoes furniture, drive her to the hospital in the middle of the
03:35night when she was sick. Whenever I felt he was going too far, Alexander would say that
03:40Ethan was his most important friend, and helping care of his wife was his responsibility. I had
03:45wanted to have a proper conversation with him, but Alexander's attitude left me speechless.
03:50I think we should cool off.
03:55Where could he go this time? It must be Evelyn.
04:00Soon, I received a story update notification on my Instagram.
04:04It was from Evelyn. Looking at that photo, I couldn't help but laugh at my own foolishness.
04:14Maybe I should end this marriage sooner.
04:23The next morning, I put on sunglasses and a mask, clutching the hospital payment slip.
04:28I sat in the waiting area, waiting to have an abortion.
04:31Just then, I heard someone laughing softly down the corridor.
04:35The voice was soft, familiar.
04:38Alexander was looking down at Evelyn's ultrasound report.
04:42Evelyn pointed at something on report.
04:45A smile on her lips.
04:48Alexander's eyes held a rare gentleness, and a hopingness to Rehiner.
04:53Alexander, the scene was too ironic.
04:55I suddenly felt like an audience member who had wandered onto the wrong set.
04:59I was about to turn and leave, but just as I stood up, Alexander looked up at me.
05:05Our eyes met.
05:07His look.
05:08Shock.
05:09Annoyance.
05:10And in that instant, warriness.
05:13I'll never forget it.
05:16Are you following me?
05:18This is a public hospital, not your private laboratory.
05:21Do I need your permission to be here?
05:28Alex, don't be like this.
05:31Maybe it's a missing misunderstanding.
05:34Clara, please don't misunderstand.
05:38I know this is hard for you, but I just want a child.
05:41After Ethan left, I've been so lonely.
05:49If you just wanted a child, this city had countless sperm banks.
05:54Why choose my husband?
05:57Loneliness doesn't give you the right to steal someone else's family for warmth.
06:01Evelyn.
06:08Evelyn, be careful.
06:10Don't get upset.
06:13She's pregnant!
06:15Do you realize you almost made her fall?
06:20I didn't touch her.
06:22But you provoked her!
06:29Clara, you've gone too far.
06:31She's carrying Ethan's child, and you're still pushing her like this?
06:40Ethan's child.
06:41But whose name is written in the father column?
06:43Have you forgotten?
06:46I only donated sperm.
06:48Her child has nothing to do with me.
06:50Nothing to do with you.
06:55Then why did you personally accompany her for prenatal checkups?
07:00Why you, and not Ethan's family?
07:05I suddenly felt exhausted.
07:08I watched them.
07:10Him carefully supporting her as they walked out,
07:13while I stood at the end of the corridor like an outsider.
07:18Alexander.
07:23If I came here today for an abortion,
07:28would you stay?
07:30Would you stay?
07:30You would.
07:36Clara, don't try to deceive me with words like that.
07:39No matter what,
07:41I won't abandon Evelyn.
07:48You really need to see a therapist.
07:53Let's go.
07:54I stood there watching them leave,
07:56when suddenly I heard the nurse calling my number.
07:59It's my turn for the surgery.
08:04The abortion surgery ended quickly.
08:08That night, I returned to the apartment alone.
08:11The place was pitch dark.
08:12I suddenly realized,
08:14I should also draft a new contract for my own life.
08:18Professional habit made me instinctively write logically riggist terms.
08:24Article 1.
08:25Both parties voluntarily dissolve the marriage without fraud or coercion.
08:29Article 2.
08:31Property division follows fair principles,
08:33with equity under both names liquidated proportionally.
08:36Article 3.
08:38Neither party may interfere with the other's life under any pretext.
08:42When I reached Article 3, I stopped writing.
08:45It turned out even emotional termination
08:49could be formatted into legal documentation by me.
08:52At this moment,
08:54the screen lit up with an Instagram notification.
08:58Avalyn had posted.
09:02He's making dinner for me.
09:04The doctor said I have no appetite,
09:06but he's more worried than anyone.
09:08A man who once pulled three all-nighters
09:10for the global biotech summit
09:12was now carefully preparing meals
09:14for another in the Mjormund's fencedness.
09:17Laughable and pathetic.
09:20A few days later,
09:22Alexander called.
09:23His tone was commanding.
09:25Come home for dinner tonight.
09:26I have cases to handle.
09:28Mom wants to see you.
09:34I wanted to refuse,
09:36but somehow,
09:38I went anyway.
09:41Clara,
09:42you're here.
09:44Alex said you haven't been feeling well lately.
09:47You should eat more.
09:49I sincerely hope you'll feel better soon.
09:51Don't get me wrong.
09:53Auntie specifically asked me
09:54to stay for a few days
09:55to rest properly during the pregnancy.
10:00Oh.
10:01Are you comfortable here?
10:03Clara,
10:04you've been married all these years
10:06without giving our family a child.
10:08Now that Evelyn is carrying Alex's child,
10:11I'm someone who needs to care for her.
10:13I'm having her move in.
10:14You don't mind, do you?
10:16Of course not.
10:23Do you really think that?
10:25Yes.
10:28Remake the master bedroom
10:29on the second floor that faces the sun.
10:32Evelyn needs proper rest during her pregnancy.
10:34Yes, madam.
10:35It's good that Alex values loyalty.
10:38Otherwise, I wouldn't have a grandchild.
10:41Values loyalty.
10:42I found it ironic.
10:43If Ethan knew his wife was pregnant
10:45with his best friend's child,
10:47he'd probably cough up blood.
10:49Are you still angry, Clara?
10:52I'm sorry.
10:54I just wanted to have my own child.
10:58Don't mind her.
10:59The child in your belly is Alex's
11:02and my grandchild.
11:04It must be born.
11:09When the child is born,
11:12remember to call me Mommy.
11:14Mommy.
11:19Clara, I'm sorry.
11:21This situation must hurt you.
11:23If Ethan hadn't left so suddenly,
11:24I wouldn't have...
11:26I'm just afraid of being alone.
11:28Don't touch me.
11:34Clara, please don't hate me, okay?
11:40Evelyn?
11:48I never expected you to be so vicious.
11:56Are you bullying Evelyn again?
12:02Wasn't your performance at the hospital enough?
12:05Now you even want to push her over the edge.
12:16Fine.
12:23Let's get divorced.
12:24Equity and joint property liquidated
12:27according to Article 2's proportions.
12:31Real estate returned to respective names.
12:35Article 3,
12:36neither party interfered the other's life
12:38under any pretext.
12:43Don't you need peace and quiet for the pregnancy?
12:46Perfect.
12:48Perfect.
12:48Perfect.
13:11Oh my God, why is she bleeding so much?
13:14Call an ambulance!
13:16Clara!
13:35You're awake.
13:37Still here.
13:39Didn't die.
13:41Don't talk nonsense.
13:42The doctor said you had severe hemorrhaging
13:44after the surgery.
13:45If we hadn't gotten you here in time...
13:52That's enough.
13:53Let her rest.
13:56We know now.
13:58The doctor mentioned
13:59you were pregnant before.
14:01Clara,
14:02what he did to you,
14:03we saw it in the news.
14:05Don't be afraid.
14:06We support your divorce.
14:08Mom, I'm not afraid.
14:11I...
14:11I just feel disgusted.
14:14Not only with him,
14:15but with myself.
14:17For taking so long to wake up.
14:23Get out.
14:25I want to talk to Clara alone.
14:27There's nothing to talk about.
14:29It's fine.
14:31Let him in.
14:31They exchanged glances,
14:33then finally left the room.
14:34Only he and I remained.
14:36The air felt like frozen glass.
14:39Why didn't you tell me
14:41you were pregnant?
14:43What good would telling you have done?
14:44You were busy experimenting for Evelyn.
14:47Busy accompanying her to prenatal checkups.
14:50When would you have had time to hear this?
14:53Clara,
14:54I really didn't know.
14:55I thought we were
14:57just having a temporary fight.
14:59I never thought you would...
15:00Get an abortion.
15:02Alexander,
15:02I told you that day at the hospital.
15:04Do you think marriage is an experiment?
15:08When something goes wrong,
15:09you just fix it.
15:10When the data looks bad,
15:11you just delete it.
15:14Unfortunately,
15:16I'm not your test subject.
15:18I didn't know.
15:20I thought you were joking.
15:22That child.
15:23He was our first child.
15:25I never wanted to lose him either.
15:27Clara.
15:30But you were busy being someone else's father.
15:33That child didn't need to compete with you for the role.
15:37Don't come near me.
15:38The smell on you makes me want to vomit.
15:45Sign the divorce papers,
15:47Alexander.
15:54Alexander stood there
15:56as if the words had completely struck him.
15:58He just looked at me like that,
16:00as if seeing me for the first time.
16:02Clara,
16:04you really want to be this absolute.
16:06Should I continue letting you live with Evelyn?
16:09Or would you like me to join your research project
16:11and study psychological recovery mechanisms
16:13in betrayed individuals?
16:15You know what?
16:16I spent all night thinking through everything.
16:20Our marriage died long ago.
16:22You just kept using it as a test subject,
16:24seeing how long it could last.
16:26Clara,
16:27I really didn't know about your pregnancy.
16:29If I had known...
16:29What if you'd known?
16:34That day at the hospital,
16:36you held Evelyn and didn't even look at me.
16:38You thought I was just being emotional,
16:40but I actually went through with it.
16:45I sent that child away alone.
16:48No one was with me.
16:54No one needed to be.
17:01I shouldn't have treated you that way.
17:03Of course you shouldn't have,
17:05but you did.
17:06At this moment,
17:08the hospital room fell silent,
17:09except for the sound of breathing.
17:12Clara,
17:12we can start over.
17:14Without Evelyn,
17:15without those misunderstandings,
17:16I can make it up to you.
17:18Make it up?
17:22Compensation is for victims,
17:24and I don't need it.
17:26Because in your eyes,
17:27I'm not a victim.
17:29Just an emotional woman, right?
17:37If you still remember how to sign documents,
17:39sign it.
17:40The rest,
17:41I'll have my lawyer handled.
17:47Do your parents know?
17:49They support me.
17:50That's the one thing you didn't expect,
17:52isn't it?
17:53You thought without you,
17:54no one would help me.
17:56Clara,
17:56I really did love you.
17:58I know.
17:59But the person you loved
18:01was the woman who waited outside your lab,
18:04who could handle your contracts,
18:05who understood your work-workaholic temperament.
18:09At least,
18:10not the me I am now.
18:20Alexander's hand hovered over the divorce agreement,
18:22but never moved.
18:23I already knew the answer.
18:24He wouldn't sign.
18:26He'd always been that kind of person,
18:28rational to the point of cruelty.
18:30But once he lost control,
18:32he'd desperately try to restore
18:34the appearance of order.
18:35Clara, I won't sign.
18:37You can refuse,
18:38but that doesn't stop me from filing.
18:40In 30 days,
18:42the court will grant the divorce anyway.
18:45I won't let you go.
18:48Don't you think saying that now is ridiculous?
18:52I know I was wrong.
18:53It was a mistake.
18:54A moment of confusion.
18:56I thought I was helping her.
18:57I had no idea you were pregnant too.
18:59If I'd known earlier,
19:00I never would have let you face this alone.
19:02Unfortunately,
19:04you always find out afterwards.
19:08Clara,
19:08I can make it up to you.
19:10I'm willing to do anything.
19:12Can you bring back the child I lost?
19:20I'm tired, Alexander.
19:23Sign the papers.
19:24Let's divorce.
19:25I don't want a divorce.
19:27I can't lose you.
19:29You already lost me.
19:30You're only just realizing it now.
19:36Forgive me.
19:37We can start over.
19:38I'll send Evelyn abroad.
19:40Whatever you want,
19:41I'll agree.
19:42Calm down.
19:44I don't want your compensation.
19:45I want dignity.
19:47Then what do you want me to do?
19:48I said,
19:49sign the divorce papers.
19:52I can't sign.
19:54Why?
19:55Because once I sign,
19:57everything will truly be gone.
20:00Alexander,
20:01your so-called everything
20:02was gone the first time
20:04you walked into Evelyn's house.
20:06Don't cry.
20:08From now on,
20:09I'm no longer your wife
20:10and you're no longer
20:11someone I can trust.
20:13You staying only makes
20:14this harder for me.
20:18Fine.
20:19I'm leaving.
20:21But, Clara,
20:23I'll make you come back.
20:36The day I was discharged,
20:38the sunlight was bright.
20:40So bright that for a moment
20:41I had the illusion
20:42I wasn't just leaving
20:43a hospital room,
20:44but being forced awake
20:45from an absurd dream.
20:48I'd already contacted the firm
20:50and had my assistant
20:51help me rent a temporary place,
20:53a High Ridge apartment downtown,
20:54less than 10 minutes
20:55from the courthouse.
20:56I needed somewhere close,
20:58convenient for filing documents
21:00at any time.
21:01Grant Biotech's CEO's
21:03family drama,
21:04Mysterious Widow
21:05Suspected Third Party,
21:07Evelyn Shaw posts
21:08long statement,
21:09I only seek a mother's identity.
21:11Evelyn's tear-streaked photos
21:12were shared repeatedly,
21:14while I,
21:14the heartless lawyer wife,
21:16was portrayed as
21:17cold-blooded,
21:18selfish,
21:19the villain who drove away
21:20a good friend's widow.
21:22Public opinion,
21:23I knew it too well.
21:25Truth never mattered.
21:26Emotion drove traffic.
21:29Are the documents ready?
21:30Grant's legal team
21:31contacted us yesterday,
21:33saying they hope
21:33for an out-of-court settlement.
21:37They want to buy time?
21:39What are they waiting for?
21:41For me to back down.
21:44But I won't.
21:48Can we talk?
21:50Come in.
21:52Clara,
21:53you're a smart girl.
21:54You know clearly
21:55that if this divorce
21:56goes to court,
21:57it won't be good for you,
21:59for the company,
22:00or for Alex.
22:01Not good,
22:02but there will be
22:04a conclusion.
22:06A woman's life
22:07shouldn't only be
22:08about winning
22:09and losing.
22:11Then what should it be
22:13about?
22:13Tolerance?
22:15The child Evelyn
22:16is carrying,
22:17it's Grant family blood.
22:18By choosing to fight
22:19this divorce now,
22:20you're not just
22:21ending the marriage,
22:22you're cutting off
22:23this family's legacy.
22:24Ma'am,
22:24I'm not destroying
22:25this family.
22:26I'm simply refusing
22:27to continue being
22:28sacrificed as background.
22:29You're a lawyer.
22:30You should understand
22:31the need to weigh options.
22:33I do.
22:34Better than anyone.
22:36Which is exactly
22:37why I know
22:37that any marriage
22:38at its core
22:39is just a contract.
22:41And when a contract fails,
22:42it should be terminated.
22:46You'll never know
22:47who you're up against.
22:48Is that so?
22:51We will see.
23:05That night,
23:06my phone lit up.
23:08It was Alexander.
23:10Why did you have to
23:11make the divorce public?
23:12You knew perfectly well
23:13the media would run with it.
23:14Now they're all smearing you.
23:15I know.
23:16But I also know
23:17that only in sunlight
23:18do bacteria die.
23:19Clara,
23:20I'm begging you.
23:21Don't leave me.
23:23We can start over,
23:24can't we?
23:27You still haven't signed.
23:29I won't sign.
23:31Then I'll have
23:31the judge sign for you.
23:34That night,
23:35I didn't sleep.
23:36I stayed up late
23:37to finish writing
23:38my divorce petition.
23:41This was the most
23:42personal complaint
23:43of my legal career.
23:46And my declaration
23:47of freedom.
23:50Next time in court,
23:52I won't be
23:52Alexander's wife,
23:54only his opponent.
23:57Clara,
23:58I just want to talk.
24:00Talk about what?
24:01Child support,
24:02reputation,
24:03or the new script
24:03you want to perform
24:04in the media.
24:06Don't be like this.
24:08I didn't come to fight
24:09over anything.
24:11I just want you to know
24:12that this child
24:15isn't the result
24:16of artificial
24:17insermination.
24:23What do you mean?
24:24He's Alexander's child.
24:26That day in the lab,
24:27he'd been drinking,
24:28was in a bad mood.
24:29I was just comforting him.
24:30Didn't expect,
24:31he only found out later
24:32that we actually
24:33slept together.
24:39Do you understand?
24:41He chose me,
24:43not you.
24:44No matter how rational,
24:47how strong you are,
24:49you can't keep him.
24:55I don't need this trash.
24:58I mean, Alexander.
25:00Alexander.
25:03Alexander.
25:04Actually,
25:05after that day,
25:06Alexander felt a bit guilty.
25:08I told him it was fate.
25:09Ethan was gone.
25:10The child was like
25:11a gift he left me.
25:13And you?
25:14You're too cold, Clara.
25:16Men don't like living
25:16with legal documents.
25:18They want tenderness.
25:19Tenderness, Evelyn.
25:21In your eyes,
25:22is betrayal also
25:24a form of tenderness?
25:30Clara,
25:30you should let yourself go.
25:32Stop fighting.
25:33It's meaningless.
25:34You're right.
25:35It's meaningless.
25:39But thank you
25:40for every word
25:40you said today.
25:41They all have
25:43excellent evidential value.
25:45What do you mean?
25:47Professional habit.
25:48All conversations
25:49are recorded
25:50for documentation.
25:52You can't!
25:53That's invasion of privacy!
25:55Give me the phone!
25:56You voluntarily stated facts,
25:58and I'm simply
25:59preserving the truth.
26:01You're crazy!
26:03You're crazy!
26:05Maybe.
26:07But crazy people
26:08are often better
26:08at surviving than victims.
26:10Late that night,
26:11I simply anonymously
26:12sent the recording
26:13to an independent journalist
26:15known for
26:15exposing the false faces
26:17of the elite.
26:18The next morning,
26:19the internet
26:19met no wonder
26:20broader-eyed.
26:22Mr. Alexander,
26:23Mrs. Evelyn alleges
26:24that she conceived
26:25a child following
26:26an intimate relationship
26:27with you.
26:27Can you confirm
26:28or deny this claim?
26:29In the morning,
26:30Grant Biomyological
26:31stock price dropped
26:3214% within an hour.
26:34As the company's CEO,
26:36what are your thoughts?
26:41I'm sorry.
26:47It was you,
26:49wasn't it?
26:52You wanted the truth,
26:54didn't you?
26:54I helped you make it public.
26:58Clara, you ruined me!
26:59Wrong.
27:00No, I only let the world
27:01see what you and she
27:02really are.
27:03I never meant
27:04to hurt you.
27:05I thought it was
27:06just a mistake.
27:07A mistake.
27:08No, that was the only time
27:09you were honest
27:10in your choice.
27:12Alexander,
27:13starting tomorrow,
27:13we'll see each other
27:14in court.
27:15Remember to bring
27:16your lawyer.
27:20Three days after
27:22the recording incident,
27:23the news was
27:24still fermenting.
27:26Alexander was
27:27temporarily suspended
27:28investigation.
27:30Investors demanded
27:31he temporarily
27:32step back.
27:34Evelyn's PR team
27:35worked through the night
27:36deleting posts
27:37and controlling damage,
27:38but the recording
27:39had already spread
27:41everywhere.
27:42Her image instantly
27:43collapsed from
27:44kind widow
27:45to textbook mistress.
27:47Media captured her
27:48losing emotional control
27:49and smashing a car,
27:50then being pulled
27:51into an ambulance
27:52and rushed to the hospital.
27:56That same night,
27:57she miscarried it.
28:02When I saw the news,
28:03I was silent for a while.
28:06Not gloating,
28:07no pity either.
28:09All of it was no longer
28:10related to me.
28:12Does the defendant
28:13consent to the divorce?
28:23I consent.
28:28Clara!
28:31I signed.
28:34I know.
28:36But I haven't let go.
28:38Whether you let go or not
28:40is your business.
28:42What about you?
28:44I'm free.
28:49Several months later,
28:51I moved to a small
28:52coastal city.
28:54I handed off the firm's
28:55cases to my partner
28:56and took on
28:57international arbitration
28:59projects.
29:00My new life was clean,
29:02quiet,
29:02like a contract
29:03without footnotes.
29:04I was no longer
29:06anyone's wife
29:07nor anyone's enemy.
29:09I was just Clara Grant,
29:11a woman starting
29:12her life over.
29:14That evening,
29:15I updated my Instagram
29:16for the first time
29:17in ages.
29:19The wind carries away
29:20the sound of the tide
29:21and everything
29:23from the past.
29:25The first person
29:26to like it
29:26was my father.
29:32The second
29:33was a stranger's account
29:34with just one letter
29:35for a name,
29:36A.
29:37I didn't click on it
29:38and didn't block it either.
29:41Outside the window,
29:43the sound of waves
29:44rose and fell,
29:45like a long trial
29:46finally reaching
29:47its conclusion.
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