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After Truth Or Dare He Lost His True Love. Completed English dubbed
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00:01private estate in the hamptons everyone had too much to drink east coast airs born with silver
00:07spoons in their mouths gathered around the fireplace the firelight glinting off their
00:11glasses as they egged each other on in their favorite game of truth or dare
00:16my boyfriend graham lost his punishment fly to vegas and register a marriage with camille laurent
00:21the only woman in their upper east side circle i thought it was just a joke but the next day
00:26he actually flew to vegas and registered with camille when i heard the news my entire body
00:32went numb graham pulled me into his arms comforting me over and over honey it was just a game
00:40in a week i'll have it annulled with camille you know how they are i didn't want them thinking i
00:47couldn't handle a loss but that very night camille sent me a video in it graham gently kissed camille's
00:54cheek while their friends started cheering around them their voices rising graham how are you going
01:00to explain this to evelyn don't tell me she actually thinks you and camille getting married is just a
01:07game graham looked up his eyes entirely indifferent evelyn isn't fit to be a whitmore wife she doesn't
01:14belong in our world i'll take care of her she can keep staying at the hudson house nothing will change
01:20but my marriage has to be something else entirely tears blurred my vision at that moment the graham in
01:26the video felt like a complete stranger i didn't want his hypocritical love anymore i took out my
01:31phone and dialed home mom dad i accept the succession arrangement
01:39i'm coming home hearing me finally relent my parents were overjoyed on the other end of the line
01:45i still don't understand why you insisted on staying in new york after graduation but thank god
01:50you finally thought it through in a week we'll send someone to pick you up
01:57hanging up i raised my hand and wiped away my tears graham didn't know i was never some ordinary
02:03girl who accidentally stumbled into the upper east side my real identity was the sole heir to the
02:08wealthiest family in the world i first met graham in september at columbia university
02:13my father wanted to send a driver and assistant everywhere with me but i flatly refused i wanted
02:18someone to see me before they saw my surname
02:24that night there was an alumni charity gala on campus and i got completely lost the september air
02:30was cold and the campus lights felt too bright just as i started doubting whether i should give up my
02:35dignity and call someone for directions a deep male voice sounded from behind me the wind cut across
02:40the walkway cold enough to sting my face are you lost graham wasn't wearing a tie that night the top
02:46button of his shirt was undone and his dark hair was slightly blown by the wind the light catching
02:50along his jaw back then my only thought was how incredibly handsome he was seeing that i didn't
02:55answer he glanced down at the invitation in my hand and suddenly smiled the entrance to the
03:00charity gala isn't this way you're going in the wrong direction follow me he reached out
03:06naturally slipping the invitation from my fingers looked at it and handed it back his warm fingers
03:11brushed mine and his movements were so familiar as if we had known each other forever i was actually
03:16a bit hesitant growing up the first thing my mother taught me was never to easily trust any stranger who
03:22approached me on their own because more often than not they weren't approaching me for who i was
03:26but for what the surname behind me could bring them but graham clearly thought i was just an ordinary
03:31student attending this kind of event for the first time so nervous i couldn't even find the door when
03:36he looked at me there was no probing in his eyes no attempt to please there was only a faint
03:41almost
03:41casual interest and somehow for reasons i couldn't explain i followed him my heart giving a light
03:47uncertain flutter graham told me later that it was love at first sight for him he said he was so
03:52used to
03:53seeing those exquisitely raised upper east side girls whose every other sentence was about surnames and
03:58assets it was his first time seeing someone who was standing right outside that kind of venue but
04:02still carried the blankness of being completely lost he said the way i looked at him was different
04:07i didn't care what the name whitmore meant like everyone else did i didn't tell him then that of
04:12course i knew exactly what the whitmore family meant new york old money in finance i just didn't care
04:17and that became what he loved most about me
04:22graham was genuinely good to me when i was pulling all-nighters to write papers during finals week
04:27he would drive halfway across the city just to bring me my favorite hazelnut latte still warm
04:31with steam curling from the lid he remembered every insignificant little habit of mine he remembered
04:36i didn't like overly sweet cake he remembered i would bite my lip whenever i was nervous he remembered
04:41that when i couldn't sleep i needed the room temperature lowered by two degrees and when others
04:45looked down on me he would casually step in front of me his voice cutting through the room as he
04:50told them
04:50off it's not that she's lucky i'm the lucky one to be with her in those moments i almost truly
04:55believed that he loved me not the ashburn surname not the countless assets and connections behind me
05:01just me so when my mother first asked me over the phone exactly when i planned to return to london
05:06after graduation i went silent later my father simply forwarded me the contact information for
05:12the head of the family office telling me to start familiarizing myself with the group's operations
05:17i stared at that email for a long time but in the end i never opened it because by then
05:22i had
05:22willingly stayed in new york for graham i thought he would marry me the year i graduated he held me
05:28as we stood in front of the floor to ceiling windows of his apartment city lights glowing below us once
05:33i officially take over the family fund and everything settles down i will definitely hold a grand wedding
05:37worthy of me for you he would give me a wedding worthy of me i believed him i didn't even
05:42open the
05:43emerald family ring my mother had sent me because i was waiting for him but i never expected that what
05:48i
05:48was waiting for wouldn't be a proposal but camille she showed up at the charity galas in the private
05:53boxes at the races at family cocktail parties private luncheons and foundation dinners her name
05:58and graham started being mentioned together the outside world said they were a perfect match i saw
06:03all of it i just refused to admit it from beginning to end graham never planned on marrying
06:08me just as i pulled my thoughts back to the present clara called to confirm my arrangements
06:12for returning to london miss ashbourne the flight path and board meeting times are being adjusted
06:18standing by the window looking out at the gray new york sky i spoke softly my throat tight you don't
06:24have to call me that outside anymore but as luck would have it graham had just walked through the
06:30door and heard that exact sentence he took off his coat frowning as he looked at me what miss
06:40i looked up and saw graham walking in his coat still carried the chill from outside a cold scent
06:46of rain still clinging to the wool but his expression was as natural as if nothing had happened last
06:50night he walked over to the bed and leaned down to hug me you awake why didn't you call me
06:56i instinctively
06:58stepped back the movement clearly caught him off guard i lowered my eyes my voice so calm that even
07:04i found it unfamiliar graham what if i told you i was never the ordinary girl you thought i was
07:10graham froze for a second then let out a helpless sigh and walked toward me as if coaxing a child
07:16evelyn don't be like this you're still mad about yesterday he reached out to touch my face i turned
07:23my head avoiding him i'm not mad i'm asking you seriously he stared at me for two seconds then laughed
07:31so you ignored my calls all night because of this you don't need to care how other people see you
07:37so even now he hadn't truly heard a single word i said he pulled me into his arms honey it
07:43was just a
07:43game i've already spoken to the lawyers the marriage will be annulled within a week graham
07:50do you really think getting married is like signing the wrong document his frown deepened then what did
07:55you want me to do let them see i couldn't handle a loss so you'd rather let me become a
08:03joke
08:04i said softly he went silent nothing will change you'll still live here i'll compensate you
08:13jewelry a house trips whatever you want just then his phone buzzed camille's name flashed he picked up
08:20don't move i'm coming over now he hung up her foot injury got worse she's alone at the club
08:29i stared at him you never planned on divorcing her did you he turned evelyn what do you want to
08:40hear
08:41camille is hurt you never used to be like this you're not some woman i have to keep hidden
08:46i didn't want to explain anymore
08:53go i said softly
08:57gram looked relieved he walked back leaning down to kiss my forehead i turned my face away his kiss
09:03landed on empty air his eyes darkened but in the end he didn't say anything else he turned and walked
09:09out of the room the door clicked shut silence pressed against my ears six years ago i stayed in new
09:14york for
09:15him refusing to return to london to take over everything that should have been mine i thought
09:19that was love but now i knew in graham's eyes i was never someone who could stand shoulder to shoulder
09:25with him my phone rang a message from clara the restaurant is clear for a meeting this afternoon
09:29the contract and quarterly reports are ready i stared at that text before i left new york i needed
09:35to take over the ashbourne group's most critical business here i got out of bed and picked out my
09:39sharpest most simple suit in the mirror my face was a bit pale my eyes slightly red but my expression
09:45had gone completely cold since graham thought i was just an ordinary girl who couldn't live without him
09:50i'd let him keep thinking exactly that because soon enough he would realize just how drastically wrong he
09:56was in the private dining room on the top floor of the restaurant the lighting was so soft and warm
10:03it bordered on intimate the general manager personally pulled out my chair placing this quarter's financial
10:08reports and a contract on the table he was over 50 impeccable in his work and addressed me only as
10:14miss ash i flipped through the documents and quickly pointed out a few issues the general manager looked
10:19at me with admiration i was about to reply when my gaze slipped through the half open carved doors and
10:24landed on the main dining hall downstairs at the best window seat in the house the hardest one to book
10:29sat graham he was wearing a dark gray suit camille sat across from him a brand new engagement ring
10:35sparkled on her hand as she smiled and pushed the menu toward him a second later graham looked down
10:40and began cutting the steak on her plate following my gaze the manager lowered his voice mr whitmore
10:45and miss laurent are here today for a wedding menu tasting wedding menu those words were needles in
10:52my chest so the whole world already knew they were having a wedding i was the only one still trapped
10:57in his lie that he would annul it in a week downstairs camille looked up toward the second floor
11:02she stood up and walked toward the stairs evelyn she sounded surprised what are you doing here
11:11the manager stepped forward but i raised my hand and stopped him i'm here to eat i said flatly camille
11:20looked me up and down this isn't a table just anyone can book don't tell me you followed us here
11:26graham
11:27walked up evelyn why are you here why shouldn't i be here graham's frown deepened evelyn don't make a
11:39scene here i froze staring at graham i suddenly remembered the countless nights he had stood by
11:47my side telling everyone i wasn't someone they could casually look down upon but now the first person to
11:53look down on me was him camille was still clinging to his arm tilting her chin up at me like
11:58a victor
12:00honestly evelyn if you wanted to see graham you could have just called
12:05making a scene like this just makes everyone look bad follow us here how ridiculous i was the true
12:13owner of this restaurant yet standing here i was being treated like a pathetic woman who had stormed in
12:18to throw a tantrum i didn't look at camille i kept my eyes locked on graham you also think i
12:24deliberately
12:25came here to make a scene graham went silent for two seconds bevelin i've mentioned bringing you here
12:32many times but you turned me down i assumed you were uncomfortable but you shouldn't have followed
12:39us here to cause a scene i stood there almost unable to process his words i just didn't want to
12:45be
12:45recognized so in his mind all my careful evasions were interpreted as inferiority stop it evelyn go
12:52back to the hudson house and wait for me the silence was cold i could feel everyone's stares but suddenly
12:59i didn't want to say another word i took one last cold look at graham turned around and walked away
13:06back at the hudson house i went straight upstairs opened the walk-in closet and pulled out my suitcase
13:11i didn't actually have that many things here most of the jewelry and dresses weren't my style in the
13:16past i always made excuses for him he was busy he didn't understand these things but looking back now
13:22everything was crystal clear it wasn't that he didn't know how it was just that he didn't care
13:26enough i folded my clothes piece by piece and placed them in the suitcase when the sky had gone
13:31completely dark the sound of a car finally echoed from downstairs not long after the bedroom door
13:36opened and graham walked in he was holding a black velvet gift box baby are you still mad today is
13:43our
13:43anniversary let me make it up to you with this gift inside lay a diamond necklace i only needed one
13:49glance
13:49to recognize it it was a promotional add-on a second later my phone lit up camille had just posted
13:55a
13:55photo on her collarbone was the true limited edition centerpiece of that exact same jewelry line
14:00graham's hand was resting on her shoulder the caption was brutally short
14:04from my husband i stared at the photo so the anniversary gift was nothing but scrap
14:09do you like it evelyn i slowly raised my head he finally noticed the open suitcase on the bed
14:15what are you doing packing i'm leaving
14:25leaving graham's voice laced with disbelief where are you going
14:32london in three days he paused for a moment then actually let out a low laugh evelyn
14:39do you even know what you're saying you've been in new york all these years who do you even have
14:45left in london stop it you're just trying to force me to coax you i already told you the vaguest
14:50situation will be handled within a week test him so in his eyes every true word i spoke was just
14:56a cheap
14:57trick to get his attention think whatever you want i'll be leaving here in three days graham stared
15:06at me for a long time as if trying to find a trace of petulance on my face finally he
15:11let out a cold
15:12sneer fine then i'll just wait and see if you actually have it in you to walk away with that
15:19he
15:19turned and went into the bathroom i sat on the edge of the bed exhausted we had fought countless times
15:24before and every single time i was the one who compromised first but this time i was truly exhausted
15:31deep into the night graham came out wearing a black bathrobe he walked up behind me and slipped
15:36his hands around my waist don't touch me his movement stopped evelyn
15:46i said don't touch me i pushed him away you just married another woman last night and tonight you
15:52want to get into my bed doesn't that feel filthy to you his expression turned icy the phone buzzed
15:58camille graham picked it up her voice was faint with grievance i'm coming over now he hung up her foot
16:07injury is hurting she can't be left alone so you're going to keep her company again she's my wife
16:15on paper right now he left i buried my face in my knees early the next morning i told the
16:23driver to
16:23take me to the group's restaurant but 10 minutes later i realized this wasn't the route stop the car
16:29this isn't where i'm going the driver's voice was unsteady i'm sorry miss ashbourne mr whitmore instructed
16:37me to bring you here i looked through the window and saw graham's private club i hadn't even walked
16:42inside when graham emerged evelyn don't misunderstand misunderstand what camille stepped out in a silver
16:50white gown no sign of injury surprise today's my birthday i had graham invite you to after all
16:57you're so important to him the same crowd filled the hall graham lowered his voice just sit down
17:05don't make a scene i'm making a scene i was tricked into coming here camille linked her arm through his
17:12and led him away they gathered around a table with jewelry catalogs let's play something interesting
17:17guess the origin and authenticity of the jewelry loser drinks camille sat at the head she brushed the
17:24emerald necklace on her collarbone then she turned to me evelyn why don't you join in help me take a
17:29look what's the origin of the jewelry i'm wearing today she knew i was supposed to be an ordinary girl
17:34this was to humiliate me laughter rippled if evelyn can recognize something of this caliber hell would
17:40freeze over i looked at the emeralds the true ashbourne emerald set was custom made in 1912 for my great
17:46grandmother camille's was a fake i finally spoke the ashbourne collection 1912 private custom emerald set
17:56but the authentic ones never circulate publicly the set you're wearing is a fake after a brief dead
18:03silence an even louder burst of laughter erupted she actually had the nerve to say that evelyn do you
18:11even know how much the ashbourne collection is worth camille quickly recovered evelyn if you're going to be
18:18jealous at least have some sense of proportion i looked at her believe what you want camille turned
18:27to graham darling i don't like my day being ruined graham's expression was dark enough evelyn today is
18:35camille's birthday stop making a scene he took a black jewelry box from a waiter and opened it
18:40inside rested a pink diamond brooch he personally pinned it to camille's dress envy went up around
18:46them standing there i felt a vicious twist in my chest so it wasn't that he didn't know how to
18:51give
18:51gifts he just wasn't willing to put any thought into me i turned to leave graham frowned and shot a
18:56look at a waiter take evelyn to the side to rest the waiter escorted me to the far end of
19:02the terrace
19:02the night wind was cold high heels clicked behind me camille stopped beside me see graham cares about
19:09me more so what if you stayed six years he's going to marry me and you will always be a
19:16mistress who
19:17isn't fit for polite society my calmness stung her you don't believe me let me prove it she grabbed
19:25my wrist and dragged me into the champagne tower screams erupted in the last second before my vision blurred
19:30i looked up and saw graham sprinting toward me
19:35the sound of shattering glass nearly pierced my eardrums my feet slipped on spilled wine i crashed
19:41into the base of the champagne tower crystal glasses rained down sharp edges scraping across my arms and
19:46neck screams erupted in that split second i harbored a pathetic sliver of hope but graham didn't hesitate
19:53he blew right past me bending down to pull camille into his arms camille the panic in his voice was
20:00so
20:00real camille sat on the floor with a tiny scratch meanwhile i lay in a pool of shattered glass something
20:06had sliced my forehead open looking at his back as he held camille tightly i felt that last ridiculous
20:12ounce of hope shatter when i opened my eyes again i saw a stark white hospital ceiling the room was
20:18empty my
20:19phone had one message from graham something came up i'll visit you later two nurses gossiped outside
20:24the newlywed wife upstairs isn't really hurt just a little scrape but her husband has been staying
20:28right by her side i closed my eyes then i dragged graham's number and every channel he could reach me
20:34on
20:34straight into the blacklist ten minutes later clara walked in with two tall men in black suits evelyn can
20:40you walk i nodded the plane is ready we walked toward the elevators just as the doors were about
20:49to close frantic footsteps echoed evelyn evelyn evelyn graham sprinted toward us one of the security
20:59guards raised his hand i'm sorry sir you don't have permission to approach miss ashbourne ashbourne
21:05that surname froze graham completely the elevator doors slid shut graham stood there looking as if
21:16he had taken a heavy blow he ran for the emergency stairwell by the time he reached the hospital
21:20entrance only rain slicked tire tracks remained for the first time in his life he felt like an outsider
21:27upstairs camille had rearranged her expression where did you go i thought you didn't want me anymore
21:34graham said nothing i didn't expect evelyn to lose control like that those men called her miss ashbourne
21:43could the hospital have made a mistake graham was unsettled then he returned to the hudson house
21:47the house was terrifyingly quiet he walked upstairs the walk-in closet was half empty her clothes were gone
21:54her passport was missing and the old leather suitcase she had brought from new york was gone on the nightstand
22:00lay a black velvet box inside was the graduation ring he had given her years ago she had kept it
22:05anyway a bone-deep terror struck graham he dialed her number the cold mechanical voice told him his call
22:11had been blocked after failing to reach evelyn graham stayed awake all night the next morning he had
22:16someone look for clara but clara had vanished her work email auto replied this account has been
22:21deactivated surveillance footage had been scrubbed camille acted considerate she was just provoked
22:27once she calms down she'll come back but graham half believed it at dusk he called his assistant
22:33go investigate the surname ashbourne hours later the assistant returned face pale in the core
22:40succession list of the ashbourne family there is indeed a name her name is evelyn ashbourne
22:46the moment he received the dossier graham's first reaction wasn't shock but disbelief the ashbourne
22:52family controlled luxury brands private banks evelyn wasn't a distant relative her name sat clearly
22:57in the core air succession sequence the document stated that she had voluntarily delayed her
23:02inheritance voluntarily delayed graham felt as if his chest had been struck if this was true
23:07evelyn was never someone who depended on him to live for his sake she had pressed pause on the life
23:13that should have belonged to her keep digging more truth surfaced the hudson house the asset chain
23:19holding the house was connected to the ashbourne family's hidden portfolio the top-tier restaurant
23:23ultimate control pointed back to the ashbourne system the emerald jewelry it was indeed a fake
23:29and camille's foot injury the guest list changes none of it was coincidence graham started to truly
23:34recall what he had done he made her watch him marry camille he said she wasn't fit in the restaurant
23:39he believed she had followed them at the club he treated her as the one ruining camille's birthday
23:44and when the champagne tower collapsed he instinctively rushed toward camille he didn't
23:49hesitate get the car ready i'm going to confront camille when grant went to see camille with the
23:55investigation files none of his usual gentleness remained he slammed the files down did you know
24:00who evelyn was all along did you bring out that fake jewelry on purpose did you deliberately drag her down
24:08with you camille slowly straightened yes so what the person who really hurt her was you graham set the
24:17divorce papers on the table the wedding is off the divorce starts today
24:24camille's voice turned shrill are you out of your mind you're burning it all down for a woman who's
24:30already gone that's my problem he turned and walked out that night he called his assistant
24:39book me the first flight to london he signed the divorce papers without hesitation he looked at the
24:46only photo of evelyn in his phone taken years ago on the columbia campus her hair lifted by the wind
24:53wait for me evelyn on the seventh day after i returned to london i sat down in the ashbourne
24:59family's main boardroom as its heir an older director spoke miss ashbourne has been away for
25:04quite some time what we need is an heir who's steady and focused his face made it obvious you
25:10once let love detrail you i was about to answer when the man seated diagonally across from me
25:16set down his pen if the concern is miss ashbourne's familiarity with the business i think it would be
25:21fairer to read this report first files were distributed the first page listed the hotel loss
25:28containment calls i had made remotely over the last three years sebastian ward ashbourne's external
25:33capital advisor dark suit clean lines the loss containment calls on the new york hotel line
25:38all came from miss ashbourne herself if any director here were asked to review those calls independently
25:44i doubt the conclusion would be much different the room fell quiet by the end the board confirmed my
25:50entry into the core air transition after i stepped out sebastian stood a few steps away you left your file
25:56behind i reached for it his gaze landed on the faint mark at my hairline does it still hurt he
26:02asked
26:04i froze after i came back to london almost everyone asked if i was ready or tired
26:08he was the only one who asked if it still hurt
26:13it's fine now i said once i formally entered the handoff period i saw sebastian almost every day
26:20my father inserted him directly into my workflow he went with me to inspect hotel suites to meet
26:25acquisition representatives he never treated me like an heiress who had retreated home after a
26:29failed relationship one luncheon at claridge's a man steered the conversation to new york i've heard
26:35miss ashbourne had quite an eventful time in america do american men always make a woman forget her own
26:39surname the air went cold sebastian set down his wine glass some people live off their names some live off
26:45their ability miss ashbourne is the latter when we walked out it was raining sebastian's gaze rested on
26:52my wrist in new york there probably weren't many people who actually stood on your side i went still
26:59after a long moment i spoke i used to think that if i loved long enough things would get better
27:06sebastian looked out at the rain anyone truly worth your love shouldn't leave you surviving by
27:11swallowing your pain something struck my chest the car rolled up sebastian opened the door for me
27:18he never mentioned what he'd said again but the next day my father handed me a new project list the
27:23renovation of the family's private museum under the most important external partner line i saw the
27:28same name again sebastian ward on the day i made my official public debut as air the main estate was
27:36brightly lit sebastian stayed not too far yet not too close when the media tried to
27:41use the old news from new york he stepped in first halfway through someone asked if i regretted
27:46leaving london for love the smile on my face barely shifted but something still sliced across my chest
27:52i went to the terrace alone i guessed you wouldn't want someone following you to offer comfort so
27:57i waited two minutes sebastian stood two steps away holding a dark coat i used to think
28:03that loving someone meant making yourself smaller for them sebastian stepped beside me that wasn't love
28:11it was just that you wanted so badly to be loved by him i whispered it's not that i wasn't
28:17strong
28:17enough i just wanted to believe him so badly i know sebastian said he adjusted the coat on my shoulders
28:28you've already walked out of it now the gala ended late clara hurried in news from new york the whitmore
28:36family canceled the wedding graham has officially submitted the divorce papers a wave of premonition
28:41washed over me but i kept working the signing ceremony was set for the top floor of the ashbourne
28:46glass tower it was my first time officially leading core projects as the heir my father yielded the head
28:52seat entirely to me standing at the end of the long table i had an incredibly clear realization i had
28:58finally stepped back onto my own home turf after the final document was signed my father spoke starting
29:03today the london hotel and private member asset lines will be spearheaded by evelyn
29:10after the signing sebastian and i went to the new project space an old private club being renovated
29:15only he and i were left you did very well today he said i smiled your compliment means a lot
29:25more than
29:25the applause that's because i'm pickier than they are i called his name if i hadn't left london
29:34i would have taken fewer detours he stood beside me but if you hadn't left you wouldn't know exactly
29:41what you truly want he turned i know you don't need anyone to save you so i won't use myself
29:48to
29:48replace anyone but if one day you're willing to start over i'll be here my chest grew warm thank you
29:58but right now i just want to work he nodded when we left clara was waiting miss ashbourne
30:05there's a gentleman from new york who insists on seeing you graham stepped out of a black car he
30:11looked haggard evelyn i need to talk to you i stood on the steps sebastian stood a half step beside
30:18me
30:19if you want to talk have the lawyer schedule a time this isn't new york graham's face paled
30:25sebastian spoke miss ashbourne has concluded her public itinerary if you wish to see her follow her rules
30:32graham's eyes went cold and in what capacity are you speaking for her sebastian met his gaze at least
30:41not as the man who chased her to london only after hurting her i felt no ripple of being fought
30:47over
30:48only exhaustion clara will contact you i turned and walked inside
30:56the meeting place with graham was a private reception room on top of an ashbourne hotel
31:01you have 40 minutes get to the point graham sat down i've submitted the divorce papers
31:07i finally understand i didn't lose you because someone schemed against you it was because every
31:13single time i didn't choose you the room was so quiet this was the truth i had waited for but
31:20now
31:20my heart felt no surge
31:25and then and then i realized what you gave up for me you were never that girl who needed me
31:30i was
31:31arrogant i lowered my eyes i did think that if i loved you more you would turn back but someone
31:38who
31:38truly loves me wouldn't make me gamble myself you're too late graham i know but could you give me a
31:46chance to start over start over what prove you'll choose me this time i stood up graham i believe what
31:56you're saying is true but i'm no longer the person who would stop because of one word from you
32:03i walked out outside a fine rain was falling so some apologies really come too late a cup of hot
32:13tea
32:13was handed to me sebastian had quietly appeared so you don't need to return to the place where you were
32:19hurt just for his regret i let out a soft breath i used to think that if i waited for
32:26the truth things
32:27could be fixed and now sebastian asked now i feel that when the heart dies even letting go is quiet
32:38he reached out gripped my wrist and pulled me back into the warmth what you need now is rest my
32:45heart skipped
32:47i realized if i wanted to i could walk towards someone far better but exactly because of that
32:53i didn't want to choose anyone yet that night on my phone lay graham's final message and sebastian's
32:58tell me when you get home i turned off the screen because i finally knew i was worthy of being
33:03loved
33:04i was in no rush to choose this time i choose myself first back at the main estate the wind
33:10on the top
33:11floor terrace was strong the whole of london glittering beneath my feet i stood there alone letting
33:16the night air wash over me i thought about graham's regret about sebastian's quiet steadiness about the
33:22years i had spent shrinking myself for love i thought about the boardroom the signing ceremony
33:26the moment my father announced my name i had returned to my world i had taken my seat and i
33:32had finally learned that love should not require you to disappear clara called to confirm the next
33:36day's schedule i told her to clear my morning for a site visit after hanging up i looked out at
33:41the city
33:41lights somewhere out there graham was probably still standing in the rain and sebastian was probably
33:46still reading contracts in that unfinished club space but for the first time in years i didn't feel
33:52the need to measure myself against anyone's expectations i didn't need to prove i was worthy
33:56of love i already knew i wrapped my coat tighter around myself and walked back inside tomorrow there
34:02would be work and after that more work and maybe someday love that didn't feel like surrender
34:08but for now this was enough
34:10you
34:13you
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