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He Pities My Scars While Marrying My Bully
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00:09Jasmine Young had posted a marriage certificate, then deleted it almost immediately, and the
00:14man on it was none other than my husband, Aiden Campbell.
00:18Everyone online laughed at Jasmine, no one believed Aiden could ever betray me.
00:24But I remembered exactly what Jasmine had done to me six years ago.
00:28She destroyed my throat, my career, and the music dream I had barely begun.
00:33When Aiden found out, he rushed back overnight.
00:38You dare touch my people?
00:40You're asking for death.
00:42He ruined Jasmine's career for me.
00:45That was why I couldn't believe the certificate was real.
00:48I only came here to confirm a piece of paper.
00:51I never thought it would erase five years of my life.
00:55I'm sorry, ma'am. According to our records, there is no registered marriage under your name.
01:00That can't be right. Please check it again.
01:03There is no mistake. You are unmarried.
01:06But the gentleman you provided is already married.
01:08His spouse is Jasmine Young.
01:10So Jasmine had not photoshopped the certificate?
01:13I was the fake wife?
01:15I'll be home late tonight. I had my assistant send your gift to the house.
01:18I went straight to Aiden's office without letting anyone announce to me.
01:22Silly. You're my wife.
01:24Why would I blame you over something this small?
01:26But what about Emma?
01:31I stopped asking why.
01:33The only thing left was to make myself disappear from his world.
01:36I handled every document I needed, quietly, before anyone could notice.
01:40Then I accepted the work I once gave up for him and chose the earliest flight out.
01:46On my way back to PAC, I saw Aiden's car in the next lane.
01:50He didn't notice me, but I saw Jasmine sitting beside him, smiling like she belonged there.
01:55I followed them.
01:58He opened the car door for her himself.
02:00He stayed beside her at every counter, buying whatever she looked at for more than a second.
02:06The generosity everyone once thought was only mine was now given to her without hesitation.
02:12Then Aiden stopped in front of a Sappifier necklace.
02:15Aiden, this necklace is pretty, but it doesn't really suit me.
02:20Send it direct to the Campbell Group.
02:23Em, I've already got next week's gift ready.
02:25You're going to love it.
02:27I followed them to a restaurant that cost six figures a feast.
02:31Two years ago, Jasmine was photographed here with a wealthy backer when she made her comeback.
02:35Now I finally understood.
02:37That backer was not some rumor.
02:39It was Aiden.
02:40My throat was destroyed.
02:42My dream was gone.
02:43And even the perfect marriage I had held into was fake.
02:46I could not stay there another second.
02:48But before I could escape that lie, a red sports car car came straight at me.
02:54The crash came too fast.
02:56By the time I turned the wheel, it was already over.
02:58My phone detected the impact.
03:01It dialed the only name that still mattered, Aiden.
03:04The last thing I think I saw before the darkness took me was his name glowing on a shattered screen.
03:09I woke to the smell of disinfectant, white ceilings, white walls, white lies waiting to greet me.
03:19Em, thank God you're awake.
03:21Does anything still hurt?
03:23I'm fine.
03:24He looked at me like I was his entire world, and once, I would have believed it.
03:27I saw you covered in blood, Em.
03:29I've never been so scared in my life.
03:30I hired the best lawyers.
03:31He'll spend the rest of his life in prison.
03:32He trembled when he spoke.
03:34As if my life and his were the same thing.
03:36But I private tell anymore.
03:37There was a swing in the garden now.
03:38A private chef.
03:39$9.99 flowers every day.
03:40He was building me a gilded cage, and calling it love.
03:43That night, he pulled me to the window.
03:45The sky lit up.
03:46All for me.
03:47I love Emma.
03:48The words were written in fire across the sky.
03:50The nurses outside gasped.
03:51So romantic, they said.
03:53So sweet.
03:53But I only felt the cold.
03:55Because the man who lit those works, was the same man who destroyed me.
03:58After he fell asleep, I reached for his phone.
04:00His password was still my birthday.
04:02How romantic.
04:03How useful.
04:04I unlocked it, and there it was.
04:06The name I already knew I would find.
04:08Jass.
04:08The chat went on for miles.
04:10Even tonight, during the fireworks, they never stopped talking.
04:13Considerate.
04:14Generous.
04:15The perfect mistress.
04:17Silly, you're my wife.
04:18If I don't care about you, who will I care about?
04:20These tender words.
04:21They stung more than any crash ever could.
04:23But I wiped the doors.
04:25Fast.
04:26Clean.
04:27Then I raised my own phone.
04:29Click.
04:29Evidence.
04:30No more illusions.
04:32Three days.
04:33I was healed enough to leave.
04:35But Aiden had a surprise waiting.
04:36A surprise.
04:37The reporters noticed the donation.
04:38They want you there.
04:41Come, have some fun.
04:42The car was already there.
04:42500 million.
04:43Donated in my name while I lay unconscious.
04:45His guilt.
04:46Wrapped in charity.
04:47And displayed for cameras.
04:52I walked that red carpet like a ghost.
04:55Everyone saw a philanthropist.
04:57I saw a price tag.
04:59The gala began.
05:01On the screen, children in rural schools received aid.
05:03I watched.
05:04For a moment, something in her chest loosened.
05:06Aiden saw my smile.
05:07The first real smile in days.
05:09He squeezed my hand.
05:10And just like that, it vanished.
05:12Then the stage light shifted.
05:13The host stepped out.
05:14And Emma's blood ran cold.
05:15The host stepped into the spotlight.
05:17Jasmine.
05:18My smile died on my face.
05:20I had no idea she was hosting.
05:22Don't worry, I'll have her replaced right now.
05:23But before he could even reach for his phone,
05:25Jasmine raised the remote and pressed play.
05:28No.
05:29Not this.
05:30Not here.
05:31That suffocating despair.
05:32It crashed over her like a wave.
05:33Five years and it had never really left.
05:35I sat frozen.
05:36Every eye in the room on me.
05:39Bastards!
05:39Turn that off now!
05:40I can't stop it!
05:42I couldn't hear any of it.
05:43Only that word echoing.
05:44Roof.
05:44Roof.
05:45Roof.
05:45Roof.
05:46Aiden carried me upstairs.
05:47Away from the cameras.
05:48Away from the eyes.
05:49His jacket around my shoulders.
05:51His arms around my body.
05:52Emma, don't be afraid.
05:57I promise you, I will give you an explanation for this.
06:00But I had learned to listen for the lies underneath.
06:02One hour.
06:03Then the door burst open.
06:04Aiden dragged Jasmine in.
06:05K-Neil, apologize to my wife.
06:07Or forget about surviving in this industry.
06:09I'm sorry, Emma.
06:10I'm so, so sorry.
06:11I don't know why that video appeared.
06:12Please don't blame me.
06:13Please.
06:14Em, what do you think?
06:14Should we forgive her?
06:15Or should we make her kneel another hour?
06:18Such a brutal punishment.
06:19Such a generous offer.
06:23Before I could speak, the door burst open.
06:26Miss Young, why are you kneeling?
06:27Did you orchestrate the video leak?
06:28The marriage certificate with Mr. Campbell, was it a fake?
06:31Aiden shielded me.
06:32Always the perfect protector.
06:33But his jaw was clenched.
06:34His fingers curled into a fist.
06:38He shielded me to the car, tapped on his phone the whole way, arranging something.
06:42His expression was grave.
06:43It's too chaotic here.
06:44Let's go home first.
06:45You must be exhausted.
06:46Drink this and rest.
06:47He brought me a cup of warm milk, yet it smelled off.
06:49The moment he turned around, I spat it all out.
06:51Then I headed to my room, and pretended to be asleep.
06:54Sure enough, the moment he thought I was asleep, Aiden grabbed his keys and left.
06:58I followed.
06:59All the way to Jasmine's apartment.
07:00A mob had gathered outside.
07:02Anti-fans, throwing paint, rotten food, screaming threats.
07:05Jasmine Sobs came through the door.
07:07Take them all.
07:07Police station.
07:08Get the Campbell Group's best lawyers.
07:09I want the maximum sentence.
07:11The guards dragged the mob away.
07:12The street went quiet.
07:13Then she ran out.
07:15Aiden!
07:15What took you so long?
07:17I was so scared.
07:18Don't be scared, sweetheart.
07:19I'm here.
07:19I'll never let it happen to you again.
07:21Sweetheart.
07:21That word.
07:22He used to call me that.
07:23Now it belonged to someone else.
07:25My enemy.
07:25That embrace.
07:27That voice.
07:28It pulled me back.
07:29Years ago.
07:30Another dark night.
07:33Don't be afraid.
07:35I chased the bad guys away.
07:36I will protect you.
07:38That same voice.
07:39Those same words.
07:40Now spoken to my enemy.
07:41The man who gave an orphan a home.
07:42Had taken it back and given it to someone else.
07:47You've got me now.
07:48You don't have to be afraid of anything.
07:50I really wasn't the one who played that video.
07:51Why do they blame every mistake on me?
07:52I know you were set up.
07:53I had to wrong you to calm Emma down.
07:54But I never expected the reporters to burst in.
07:56This is on me.
07:57Let me make it up to you.
07:58The door isn't even closed.
07:59I'm not sure if it's just my imagination but right before the door clicked up Jasmine shot
08:03a taunting glance straight towards where I was hiding.
08:06I drove home in a daze and that wedding photo on the wall.
08:09Five years of it stared down at me like a joke.
08:11I opened the drawer.
08:11Five years of weekly gifts.
08:13Jewelry.
08:13Trinkets.
08:14Love notes.
08:14Photos.
08:15All of them.
08:15Into the box.
08:16I worked quickly.
08:17Now my old sheet music.
08:18The compositions I wrote before my throat was destroyed.
08:21Those I kept.
08:22Those were never his.
08:23By the time I finished, the sky was turning pale.
08:26Then the front door opened.
08:27Aiden was back.
08:28Emma, why are you up so early?
08:30I didn't answer.
08:31I just looked his collar.
08:32At the red mark there.
08:34The company system collapsed last night.
08:36Emergency meeting.
08:37I didn't want to wake you.
08:38Those were all the things I gave you.
08:39Why did you pack them up?
08:42I don't want them anymore.
08:45Okay.
08:46Then I'll buy you new ones.
08:47He thought I was just being emotional.
08:49He didn't realize I meant him, too.
08:52Some idiot signed Jasmine as our spoke herster.
08:54It's too much trouble to change now.
08:56What do you think, Em?
08:58My heart clenched.
09:00Jasmine's name.
09:01In their home.
09:02From his mouth.
09:03Since you've already decided, there's no need to ask me anymore.
09:07Emma, don't be angry.
09:08Actually, have you ever thought maybe Jasmine was innocent back then, too?
09:12What if the drug she gave you wasn't the real cause?
09:15What if someone switched it just to ruin both of you?
09:18I looked at him.
09:20Time in five years, I didn't recognize the man standing in front of me.
09:25And what about these?
09:27Were these also an accident?
09:31She destroyed my life.
09:33My throat.
09:34My career.
09:36My everything.
09:37And you still think she's incident?
09:40Wait here.
09:41I'll take care of it.
09:41A crash from downstairs shattered the silence.
09:44My phone buzzed.
09:44Unknown number.
09:45The message read,
09:46If you still haven't learned to tuck your tail between your legs, I have more tricks waiting.
09:49I knew that tone.
09:50Jasmine.
09:50And then I saw the photos online.
09:52Yesterday's kneeling twisted into a story of Emma the bully.
09:54The comments were a flood of poison.
09:56Outside the window, a mob had gathered, screaming for justice.
09:59For Jasmine.
10:05It's okay now, Em.
10:06Don't be scared.
10:08Aiden, I'm being followed.
10:10I think they want to kidnap me.
10:11Please save me.
10:14Emma, what did you do to Jasmine?
10:16You suspect me?
10:17Enough.
10:18Let it go.
10:18Jasmine's just a girl.
10:19She can't handle this kind of threat.
10:23Aiden, do you really care about her that much?
10:25I'm sorry, Em.
10:26Just do it for the company.
10:27For me.
10:28Tell me where she is, okay?
10:31What if all of this is just Jasmine directing and acting in her own play?
10:34Look.
10:37Emma, you've disappointed me so much.
10:39Over a decade of companionship, five years of marriage, and I was the one who disappointed him.
10:45Aiden took every guard with him.
10:47The villa was wide open, and the mob downstairs.
10:49They noticed.
10:50Footsteps.
10:51On the stairs.
10:52Running.
10:52Many of them.
10:53The wall vibrated against my back.
10:55I raised my arms to protect myself.
10:56A baseball bat rose above me.
10:59And Aiden wasn't there.
11:01I woke to suffocating darkness.
11:04A blindfold.
11:05A gag.
11:06A sack tightened around my body.
11:08Jasmine, is this the stalker fan who had people tailing me yesterday?
11:13It was Aiden's voice.
11:15I tried desperately to make him hear me.
11:17But before I could make him understand.
11:19Behave.
11:20His voice was ice.
11:21Like I was nothing.
11:23Like I was trash.
11:24Aiden, this is the person.
11:25She's been hating on me for years.
11:27Not only did she hire people to follow and try to kidnap me yesterday, but she also deliberately leaked the
11:32charity gala video to frame me.
11:34Aiden's voice came again, fury seeping through every word.
11:36What a beast.
11:37Don't worry, sweetheart.
11:38I promised you I'd make whoever was behind this pay.
11:40Now it's time.
11:41My eyes shot wide.
11:42I understood everything now.
11:44Jasmine had orchestrated everything.
11:45The kidnapping, framing me as the stalker.
11:47So Aiden would torture me with his own hands.
11:48I desperately wanted to explain, but the pain from that kick tore through my body.
11:53With my mouth gagged, only broken whimpers escaped.
11:55Alright, sweetheart, don't look.
11:56It's filthy.
11:57I didn't know which hurt more.
11:59My body or my heart.
12:00When I opened my eyes again, I had been tossed into the grass on the remote outskirts of the city.
12:05Two unread messages.
12:07One from Aiden, apologizing sweetly.
12:09I smiled, utterly desolate.
12:11I forced myself up, hailed herds for cab, and return turned to pack.
12:15Then blocked Aiden, deleted every photo, erased every trait.
12:19Before leaving, I left two things for Aiden.
12:22The wedding ring I had worn for five years.
12:23Now, stained with blood.
12:25No longer pure, nowhere clean, and my phone.
12:27My Jasmine's anonymous texts, evidence of Aiden's cheating, and the audio recording from the kidnapping.
12:32One look, and he would know every zittain he had done.
12:34The moment the last tear from my cheek, went away.
12:37From now on, I would never be trapped by this past again.
12:41At the exact same time, Aiden was having dinner with Jasmine in a private room at a high-end restaurant.
12:46Jasmine kept putting food on his plate, looking docile and affectionate.
12:49But Aiden's gaze stayed fixed on her smooth, white arms.
12:52He was thinking of me.
12:53Of my scar-covered arms.
12:55Of those calm yet sorrowful eyes when I showed my scars.
12:57All of this was done by Jasmine.
13:00What's wrong, Aiden?
13:01What are you thinking about?
13:02Jasmine back then, why did you bully Emma like that?
13:05He couldn't quaint that gentle, kind face with the who ruined me, so he asked directly.
13:09Then the tears came.
13:10I know this trick all too well.
13:12Aiden, I explained this to you before, didn't I?
13:15I'm from a single-parent family.
13:16My father owed huge gambling debts.
13:18If I took the principal me from my dad, it would have beat me to death.
13:21I had no other choice.
13:22And back then, I really only verbally warned Emma.
13:24Getting physical, that was all done by others.
13:26I tried to stop them, but I couldn't.
13:28Aiden, are you still blaming me?
13:30Aiden frowned deeply.
13:31He had believed every word of this once.
13:32But all of this, his pity for her, his secret marriage to her,
13:35It all had one single premise, that I had already been healed.
13:37That I would never shed tears over these wounds again.
13:39Yet everything he had seen recently, those sorrowful eyes of mine, reminded him, I never truly forgot.
13:44He, my husband, had secretly married my enemy behind my tied back.
13:47Eera-chan below side him.
13:48He needed to confirm I was still his okay.
13:49He pulled out his phone, his if always from replied instantly.
13:52Even when delayed, I would call to with him.
13:53Silence.
13:54He must have felt something was very wrong.
13:56Blocked.
14:00Where are you going?
14:01Didn't you said you'd probably have a baby because I got scared?
14:03Emma also got scared because of your fans, and she's very angry right now.
14:05She even blocked me.
14:06I have to go check her.
14:07No, Aiden, I'm begging you.
14:08Don't, Emma.
14:08I post this clarification right now.
14:10I'll say the kneeling incident was purely a Mr. Standing.
14:12Stay and keep me baby, okay?
14:13Still in Jasmine's embrace, he opened the tracking app.
14:16My location showed the villa.
14:17All right.
14:18He breathed out, a slight relief.
14:20He thought I was just throwing a tan for Brieham.
14:22Aiden, I did everything you said.
14:23Can you please not leave?
14:24He stayed.
14:25That night they boarded a flight to Paris.
14:26The auction, at the concert.
14:28He was constantly somewhere else, because his heart kept thinking of me.
14:32The auction began.
14:34Jasmine entered confidently on Aiden's arm.
14:40Whatever she pointed at, Aiden raised his paddle and won it without hesitation.
14:44A top-tier pink diamond necklace appeared, its soft radiance flooding the room.
14:50Even Aiden, who had seen countless treasures, raised an eyebrow, his eyes fixed on it.
14:55He thought of me.
14:57It reminds me of the smile I had when I was wearing this necklace.
15:00Aiden bid without a ceiling, overpowering everyone to secure the necklace.
15:04Jasmine's face flushed red.
15:06She instinctively assumed it was for her.
15:08I have another use for this necklace.
15:10It's not for you.
15:11He carefully opened the box, and took a photo to send to me.
15:15Red exclamation mark appeared.
15:17I still hadn't unblocked him.
15:19Aiden's expression went glacial.
15:21He snapped the box shut and walked away.
15:23Contact the pilot.
15:24We're returning home immediately.
15:25Didn't we agree to stay longer?
15:27I am still angry.
15:28He can't delay.
15:29Without looking back, Aiden got into the car.
15:31Jasmine had no choice but to follow.
15:33In the car, he clutched the necklace box, guilt nodding at him.
15:37The plane took off and soon landed.
15:39Aiden left Jasmine behind and rushed straight to the villa.
15:43The moment the car pulled into the villa, Aiden rushed inside.
15:46But the villa was dead silent.
15:49There was no trace of me.
15:50Every room he checked was empty.
15:52I had vanished.
15:54He completely panicked.
15:56I was gone.
16:00Em, are you here?
16:02He turned on the lights.
16:04The villa remained silent.
16:08The wedding photo on the wall had been smashed to pieces.
16:12All the toys and ornaments we had collected from around the world were completely gone.
16:19It was as if I had never existed.
16:24The emptiness pressed in on him like a weight.
16:27Um, where are you?
16:28Stop scaring me, okay?
16:31A voice called out from from behind him.
16:34Aiden!
16:34He turned, almost smiling.
16:36But the face he saw was Jasmine's.
16:38His expression turned to ice.
16:41Who told you to come here?
16:43Don't call me that.
16:44Get out.
16:44Aiden, Emma isn't home right now.
16:46You don't need to be this worked up.
16:48Aiden grabbed her wrist, his grip fierce and ice cold.
16:52How do you know Emma isn't here?
16:53Did you take her?
16:55Speak.
16:56Where is Emma right now?
16:57No, Aiden, you misunderstood me.
17:00She held up her phone.
17:01On the screen was my account.
17:04I just saw the landscape photo she posted.
17:07She's vacationing abroad right now.
17:09The photo was posted just two hours ago.
17:12Where is she?
17:13Where is this?
17:15He wished he could fly to my side this very second.
17:18Jasmine watched him, her expression unreadable.
17:22Aiden vowed silencely.
17:23He would hold me tight and never let me out of his sight again.
17:29Jasmine quickly pulled the phone back, her expression shifting to one of considerate
17:33understanding.
17:34Aiden, Emma went overseas without telling you because she still hasn't forgiven you.
17:38She wants space to clear her head.
17:39If you chase after her now, you'll only upset her more.
17:42Aiden's urgency wavelled.
17:43He didn't understand social apps and the account matched my name and photo so he instinctively
17:48believed her.
17:48But she can't just go abroad alone, I'm worried.
17:50His worry came with a cold pull in his chest.
17:53Jasmine lowered her head, hiding a sly smile.
17:55She didn't know where I had gone either.
17:57She only knew I hadn't been home for days.
17:59So she dared to fake this account to stall Aiden.
18:02What she wanted was time.
18:03Time to execute the next step of her plan.
18:06Jasmine thought for a moment, then spoke with calculated patience.
18:10Aiden, instead of running after Emma in a panic, use this time to figure out how to
18:15win her forgiveness.
18:16Then when she comes back, maybe her anger will have cooled off.
18:20What do you mean?
18:21Come with me.
18:22I'll tell you what to do next.
18:24She pulled Aiden into the car, but his mind was still completely filled with me.
18:29It wasn't until he was led inside that he realized something was wrong.
18:35Countless gorgeous red roses and a confession scene filled with romantic balloons stretched
18:40before him.
18:41Jasmine took a bouquet and faced Aiden, her face blushing.
18:45Aiden stood frozen, the realization dawning on him.
18:49Aiden, I've been preparing these things for a long time.
18:51You hid it from Emma and everyone else to be with me for five years and Emma still doesn't
18:56appreciate you at all.
18:57She keeps picking fights and wearing you down.
18:59So I want to say, don't love her anymore.
19:02Love me.
19:03Aiden did not take the bouquet.
19:05His eyes turned to ice.
19:12Delete those recordings right now.
19:14If a single picture gets out, I'll bankrupt every one of you.
19:18I wasn't there.
19:19I didn't see any of this, but I know him.
19:21I know the way he moves when he's furious, fast, rough, like he's trying to outrun his
19:25own fear.
19:29What the hell are you doing making such a huge scene?
19:32Are you terrified this won't reach Emma's ears?
19:34He said my name.
19:35Even when he was standing in front of her, he was thinking about me.
19:37She must have hated that.
19:38I just love you.
19:39I wanted a chance to openly and fairly compete with Emma for you.
19:44What did I do wrong?
19:45You only make time for me and I've been secretly for five years and he blocked me and they all
19:50have rejected me.
19:51What gives you the right to treat me like this?
19:53I want you to first self right now in your heart.
19:56Who is more important, me or Emma?
19:58I asked him to choose, but there was never a choice, not for him.
20:01I really don't have time to deal with your tantrums right now.
20:04Move.
20:04I'm going to bring Emma home.
20:06I won't allow it.
20:07Photos of us playing in Paris were taken by passersby and now it's on the trendy page.
20:12Everyone knows about our relationship now, including Emma.
20:15So you must choose one between me and Emma.
20:18I saw those photos later.
20:20His hand on her waist.
20:21Her lips on his.
20:23It looked like a love story.
20:24But public opinion never meant anything to him.
20:28Only I did.
20:32I later heard that Aiden actually reached out and directly choked Jasmine, gripping her neck so hard he almost lifted
20:40her off the ground, the fury in his eyes reaching its peak.
20:44Then he violently threw Jasmine to the floor, turned around, and contacted his assistant to take down the trending copics.
20:52He wasn't an idiot.
20:53This series of repeated coincidences instantly made him realize it was all intentionally orchestrated by Jasmine.
21:02He shot Jasmine, an incredibly contemptuous look, then directly grabbed her arm and hauled her up.
21:09Come with me.
21:11Showing no pity, he dragged Jasmine all the way out.
21:20Picked up a document his assistant had prepared on the desk, glanced at it, and threw it hard in Jasmine's
21:24face.
21:25No, Aiden, we can't get a divorce.
21:26I know I was wrong.
21:28I'll never dare force you again, but you can't abandon me.
21:30This time you crossed a line you can't come back from.
21:32Sign this and leave immediately before I truly lose my temper.
21:35Jasmine's body trembled violently, with that ruthless look of Aiden's after all.
21:38That was exactly how he looked at me five years ago, when she bullied me and it was exposed.
21:44Aiden, when you're in a better mood, I'll come see you again.
21:49Find out where my wife went for vacation and book me the earliest flight there.
21:52I had already erased myself from every system he could reach.
21:55By the time he realized I was nowhere to be found.
22:04What did you say?
22:06Mr. Campbell, if you don't believe me, please come to the records office yourself.
22:11Is Emma still mad at me, so she purposely had you say this to trick me?
22:32She can't be found in the system anymore.
22:35How could this be?
22:37Right after I left, Emma was perfectly fine staying at the villa.
22:40Even if she was angry at me, she had only blocked me and cut off contact.
22:44But why now?
22:46Did she even cancel her identity records?
22:49What exactly is she trying to do?
22:51So Emma, in order to prevent him from finding her, didn't even take her phone.
22:58The 10th.
23:00The 10th, so early.
23:01Wasn't that the day Jasmine accidentally posted the marriage certificate?
23:13I left the ring.
23:14Five years.
23:15Never once took it off.
23:17But a ring can't hold a marriage together when only one person believes in it.
23:20Could there's blood on the ring?
23:22My blood.
23:23What happened?
23:24Was she injured?
23:25Who exactly did this?
23:26No, it's definitely not that simple.
23:28Could someone have hurt her before she left?
23:30He sees it now, but he didn't see me then.
23:32He never saw me, and now it's too late.
23:38Aiden, if only you knew the truth I've carried all this time.
23:43I captured everything.
23:45Every lie, every moment you think I didn't see.
23:52He never knew it was me.
23:55That day, when he raised his hand against the stalker, he was raising it against his own wife.
24:00Jasmine made sure of that.
24:02She wanted him to hurt me, and he did.
24:13Aiden, it was me, all along.
24:17I was the one who endured everything while you thought it was someone else.
24:24Jasmine, you never change.
24:26Who are you?
24:27I'm calling the police!
24:33The one you thought power, Fliss, is stronger than you imagine.
24:38Who exactly are you?
24:40Did Emma send you?
24:42Let me tell you, if you know what's good for you, you let me go immediately.
24:46Don't think.
24:47Just because Emma has Aiden by her side, she's so amazing.
24:50If Aiden finds out you dare treat me this way, we'll absolutely never let you off.
24:54She still believed he loved her, even tied up in a sack.
24:57Even after everything she'd done, she still believed it.
25:01Some people, never change.
25:05He made them beat her for two hours.
25:08Two hours.
25:09The same way I was beaten.
25:10By the fans she hired, by the car she arranged, by every scheme she ever set in motion.
25:16Only this time someone was watching over her.
25:19No one ever watched over me.
25:21Salt water on open wounds.
25:23He poured it himself.
25:24The same hands that once held me now held a bucket of pain for someone else.
25:29I don't know if that's justice.
25:31I just know it doesn't undo anything.
25:35Aiden, why are you doing this to me?
25:40Why am I doing this to you?
25:42Actually, I want to ask you instead, why did you do that to Emma?
25:46And these, open your damn eyes and look closely.
25:51No, no, it's not true, Aiden.
25:53You've been deceived.
25:54Do you think I'm an idiot?
25:55I've handed all this evidence over to the authorities,
25:58and I will send the best lawyers from the Campbell Group to fight you in court.
26:01Jasmine, you can forget about ever getting out of prison for the rest of your life.
26:04He gave her the ending she'd have deserved,
26:06but no prison sentence can give me back those five years.
26:12Um, I've taken revenge on the person who hurt you.
26:15Where are you?
26:16Just let me see you once, okay?
26:17He called my name.
26:18Soft, like a prayer.
26:20But I wasn't there to hear it.
26:21I was already gone.
26:22And some distances can't be closed with a whisper.
26:25The internet cursed him.
26:26The stock price crashed.
26:27He lost everything they once cared about.
26:30But he didn't flinch.
26:31He said it was peniment, the penance he owed me.
26:34And then he made a vow.
26:36Not for the cameras.
26:37Not for redemption.
26:39Just for himself.
26:40Ten days or ten years, he would find me.
26:45Two years passed.
26:47I, now known as Lucy, became the band's arranger.
26:51Pay attention to the breathing here.
26:53Let me show you.
26:57But my old throat injury never fully healed.
27:00The band members grew protective of me.
27:08Lucy, your throat again?
27:10I'm calling Ward right now.
27:11No, I'm fine.
27:13Just a little rest.
27:14Don't bother him.
27:17But the man I tried not to bother appeared right on cue.
27:25Why so polite with me, my fiancé?
27:30He looked at me with undisguised warmth.
27:34The band exploded with teasing.
27:39I remembered the day I first arrived.
27:42Bruised.
27:43Broken.
27:44And met by the shock in Jack's eyes.
27:47Jack took me to the hospital without a word.
27:51He stayed by my side, asking nothing but to comfort.
27:55Until one night at a bar.
27:57A competitor drugged him.
28:00Confusion led to something neither planned.
28:04Jack swore to take responsibility, but I refused.
28:07I feel my heart is scarred all over.
28:10Emma, do you not like me?
28:12No.
28:13I just don't want to make things difficult for you.
28:16Then you take responsibility for me.
28:18Promise to be with me, okay?
28:21For two years, his quiet care tightened my throat.
28:24For me, he turned down his family's arranged marriage,
28:27took me for treatment,
28:28bought me instruments from abroad.
28:30Emma, thank God I went to find you.
28:32I can't imagine what could have happened.
28:34Jack, if you like me that much, let's be together.
28:37I pulled myself back from the memory.
28:40The teasing was still ringing in ears.
28:42Didn't Lucy arrange a new piece for you?
28:44Go practice.
28:45Her throat needs rest.
28:46He deflected the attention, as he always did, to protect me.
28:51I've been too busy lately.
28:53In a week, we'll hold a celebration.
28:55Consider this our apology for keeping it secret.
28:58Yeah!
29:00Yeah, Gracie!
29:02The room filled with cheers.
29:05Jack quietly took the empty cup from my hand.
29:08Emma, does your throat still hurt?
29:10Shall I take you for another checkup?
29:13Don't be so tense.
29:15I'm fine.
29:16We agreed to try on wedding glams today.
29:18Remember?
29:19Let's go.
29:20I treated our wedding with full sincerity.
29:23Jack's heart warmed at my words.
29:25Jack led me into a high-end bridal boutique.
29:27But as I tried on gowns, a strange unease crept in.
29:33A burning gaze followed me from outside the glass.
29:37I turned, and my blood ran cold.
29:39My face stiffened, then hardened.
29:42I grabbed Jack's hand and walked straight out.
29:45Em.
29:47I finally found you.
29:52After you left, I investigated everything.
29:55Jasmine was vicious.
29:56I didn't know what she did to you.
29:58I even raised my hand against you.
29:59I know I was wrong.
30:00Mr. Campbell, that fake marriage certificate meant nothing.
30:04I was never your wife.
30:05I'm getting married.
30:06Don't ever disturb me again.
30:10I made Jasmine pay.
30:12I hurt myself too.
30:13I thought seeing this might ease even a fraction of what I owe you.
30:17I looked at his scars with a flat gaze.
30:19No softness.
30:20No heartache.
30:21I think Mr. Campbell is clear on Emma's meaning.
30:23Playing dumb helps no one.
30:25Please go back.
30:26The intimate gesture drove a blade through Aiden's chest.
30:29Don't touch her!
30:30Take your dirty hands off Emma!
30:32Drag him away.
30:34Don't let him ruin our wedding fitting.
30:40Emma!
30:41I will definitely bring you home!
30:44I held my forehead.
30:46The exhaustion was bone deep.
30:48Emma.
30:49He won't give up this easily.
30:51He'll come harass you again soon.
30:55Move into my house.
30:57Stay with me.
30:58I'll protect you.
31:00Before the wedding, I won't do anything you don't want.
31:02A separate room.
31:03Full freedom.
31:04I only suggested this because I'm afraid he'll take you away.
31:07It's okay, Jack.
31:09Let's do as you said.
31:10That evening, Jack brought me to his villa.
31:13He prepared a room, gave me a goodnight kiss, and left me to rest.
31:17Goodnight.
31:18But as I sat alone, a familiar melody drifted through the wall.
31:22A song I sang eight years ago.
31:29Why do you have my song?
31:31Eight years ago, I brought this CD abroad with me.
31:34During the hardest time of my life, your voice pulled me through.
31:37I looked you up only to find your throat was ruined.
31:40So I decided to form a band, hoping one day you'd accept my invitation.
31:45Why have you never told me any of this?
31:51I was afraid it would drag you back to the worst parts of your past.
31:55But that's okay.
31:56I swear I'll spend the rest of my life being good to you.
32:04I stepped forward and held him tight.
32:07No more hesitation.
32:09No more walls.
32:11Okay, Jack.
32:12I believe you.
32:14In that moment, two broken hearts quietly became one.
32:20Before Aiden, I was just a helpless orphan.
32:22After Aiden, I never thought I could find happiness again.
32:27But Jack appeared and told me so clearly.
32:31I was this important in his heart.
32:34The broken pieces finally began to feel whole.
32:39A week later, Jack and I held our wedding in Ireland.
32:44To us, Ireland meant forever.
32:48No turning back, no change.
32:58I now pronounce you husband and wife.
33:05We completed all the ceremonies.
33:08Then, amidst a sky full of rose petals, we held each other tight.
33:21Meanwhile, back in Australia, Aiden had found the wedding location, or so he thought.
33:27But there was no one there.
33:31Where is Emma?
33:32Where is she?
33:34You must be Mr. Cangill.
33:36Ms. Butler is likely already married to Mr. Ward in Ireland by now.
33:39You're too late, I'm afraid.
33:42He staggered back.
33:43I really had lied to him, just to keep our wedding safe from him.
33:46Ms. Butler asked me to give you this.
33:50Ms. Butler asked me to tell you,
33:52do you remember the promise you made when you were 20?
33:54To protect her for life and never let her be hurt again.
33:57But you broke your promise.
33:59Now, her final request is simple.
34:01Let her go.
34:02Aiden closed his eyes.
34:03He could still see the moment that photo was taken.
34:05When he opened them again, it all felt like another lifetime.
34:15Okay, Emma.
34:16I promise you.
34:18He would watch my happiness from the shadows.
34:21The last love he could give me was letting go.
34:24The last love he could give me was letting go.
34:26The last love he could give me was letting go.
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