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00:00:01Late at night, I walk to my husband's room in a sexy nightgown.
00:00:09Julian?
00:00:12It's late. What is it?
00:00:14Do you remember what day it is today?
00:00:17Get to the point.
00:00:18Today is our third wedding anniversary.
00:00:20I prepared a surprise for you.
00:00:22As soon as I finish, a woman steps out from behind him.
00:00:30You must be Sylvia. I've heard so much about you.
00:00:35Monica Lane? Why are you here?
00:00:38Am I disturbing you two?
00:00:40Yes. Obviously.
00:00:46I'm sorry. I'll leave right away.
00:00:51Monica is a guest. Watch your attitude.
00:00:54I stand there like a complete joke.
00:00:59What about me?
00:01:00Don't do this. Monica just recovered. She needs rest.
00:01:04What do you want? Money or a gift? I'll make it up to you.
00:01:08Julian, even now, you still don't understand.
00:01:11I never wanted your money.
00:01:13I turn and leave.
00:01:17He loves only me.
00:01:19I was overseas for treatment, so he married you.
00:01:23Now I'm back.
00:01:25You should step aside.
00:01:27A mistress forcing the wife to divorce?
00:01:29Don't you think that's ridiculous?
00:01:31Ridiculous?
00:01:32He loves me!
00:01:34Stop clinging to him!
00:01:35As long as I don't divorce him, I'm Julian's wife.
00:01:39And you'll always be the mistress.
00:01:42Then let's see who Julian chooses.
00:01:45She grabs my hair and drags me toward the stairs.
00:01:48Let go!
00:01:49Monica!
00:01:49Julian!
00:01:50Help!
00:01:51Sylvia's trying to kill me!
00:01:53The next second, she drags me down the stairs with her.
00:01:55My head slams into the steps.
00:01:57And blood gushes out instantly.
00:02:00Monica!
00:02:02But he steps right over me.
00:02:06Julian, it wasn't me.
00:02:08He picks Monica up and leaves without looking back.
00:02:11In that moment, I finally understand.
00:02:13This marriage of three years was nothing but a joke from beginning to end.
00:02:17In the hospital, I've barely woken up when Yvonne Foster storms in, hurling insults at me.
00:02:22Sylvia, you're so evil!
00:02:24Monica has a ruptured kidney!
00:02:25You're going to prison!
00:02:27I didn't do anything.
00:02:28She fell on her own.
00:02:30Still lying?
00:02:31You're just jealous that my brother loves Monica.
00:02:33Julian Foster walks in.
00:02:35I look at him like he's my last hope.
00:02:37Julian, I really didn't hurt Monica.
00:02:40Do you believe me?
00:02:42Sylvia, if you did something wrong, you must face the consequences.
00:02:46Apologize to Monica.
00:02:49An apology isn't enough.
00:02:51Monica lost a kidney.
00:02:53Let Sylvia pay with one of hers.
00:02:54The bodyguards grab me.
00:02:56I look at Julian.
00:02:57He stands there, coldly silent, giving his approval.
00:03:00In this moment, my heart shatters completely.
00:03:03Every last bit of love I had for this man is gone.
00:03:08Julian, let's get a divorce.
00:03:10I break free from the bodyguards and rush to Monica's room.
00:03:13I lift her clothes to check her abdomen.
00:03:15Underneath the clothes is a small wound, already scabbed over and healed.
00:03:19A wound this small?
00:03:21And you want me to give up a kidney?
00:03:24Miss Lane, your math is way off!
00:03:28What's going on here?
00:03:30Monica panics, speechless.
00:03:32I turn and leave without looking back.
00:03:36Outside the hospital, I make a phone call.
00:03:38A black Lincoln pulls up.
00:03:40And a handsome man catches me as I collapse.
00:03:47Uncle Ian.
00:03:48I open my eyes again.
00:03:49What greets me is a warm, luxurious bedroom.
00:03:54An elderly man with silver hair and an imposing presence sits by the bed, looking at me with worry and
00:04:00love.
00:04:00So you finally came back?
00:04:03Ruining yourself over a man?
00:04:05Are you really a descendant of the Carter family?
00:04:08Seeing my family, I can't hold back my tears anymore.
00:04:11Grandpa, I'm sorry.
00:04:12I shouldn't have left home, shouldn't have broken your hearts over a worthless man.
00:04:16I'm so sorry.
00:04:17Victor holds me close.
00:04:19In this moment, all the pain and humiliation come flooding out.
00:04:21There, don't cry.
00:04:25You're the little princess of the Carter family.
00:04:28Finally, everything in Universe Group is yours.
00:04:31No one will ever bully you again.
00:04:34Luna Hart rushes in and hugs me, her eyes red too.
00:04:41Sylvia, I missed you so much.
00:04:44I let out all the pain and humiliation I've endured these three years.
00:04:48From now on, I will live only for myself and my family.
00:04:54Meanwhile, Julian Foster opens the package I sent him.
00:04:58See?
00:04:59I knew it.
00:05:00She's crawling back for money.
00:05:02A bank card falls out.
00:05:04Then my signed divorce papers.
00:05:14What?
00:05:15She actually wants a divorce?
00:05:17This time I mean it.
00:05:21Julian Foster finally calls me.
00:05:23Too bad he's already late.
00:05:26Sylvia, so you finally decided to answer.
00:05:30You got the divorce papers, right?
00:05:33Is divorce really all you have to say to me?
00:05:36Yes.
00:05:37Sign it, and we're both free.
00:05:39Are you so eager to divorce because of that man who picked you up?
00:05:44Instead of worrying about me and other men, why don't you worry about your precious Monica?
00:05:51Julian, angered, signs his name with a swift stroke.
00:05:54Sylvia, don't come crying later.
00:05:57Don't worry.
00:05:58The biggest regret of my life was marrying you.
00:06:01The call ends.
00:06:02The divorce is finalized fast.
00:06:04From that day on, I vanish completely from his world.
00:06:10Universe group building.
00:06:11I stand at the entrance, taking a deep breath.
00:06:18I walk into the interview room.
00:06:20Three interviewers are waiting.
00:06:22One of them is my middle school classmate, Vanessa Cole.
00:06:29Sylvia Wright, marital status divorced, Education Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
00:06:35Ms. Carter, with all due respect, a resume like yours isn't qualified for universe group.
00:06:41What part doesn't meet the requirements?
00:06:44There are also my design portfolio examples.
00:06:49My resume and portfolio can prove my ability.
00:06:52Great.
00:06:53Then let's test you.
00:06:54She throws an over-the-top coastal resort design problem at me.
00:06:58I think for a moment, then give my answer.
00:07:01We can build an eco-integrated structure around the island
00:07:05and pair it with climate-responsive, sustainable tourism planning.
00:07:09The two other interviewers are shocked, their eyes full of admiration.
00:07:13Great idea.
00:07:14When can you start?
00:07:16Tomorrow.
00:07:20No!
00:07:21I don't agree!
00:07:22I guarantee this isn't her idea.
00:07:24She must have stolen it from somewhere.
00:07:26Sorry to inform you.
00:07:27You don't meet our requirements.
00:07:28Wait!
00:07:30Before I can speak, a low voice cuts in from the doorway.
00:07:34Since when does universe group make hiring decisions based on slander?
00:07:37The man who walks in is Miles Benton, the one who protected me most when we were young.
00:07:42You say she plagiarized.
00:07:44Where's your proof?
00:07:45Where's your proof?
00:07:45I...
00:07:46Can't produce any?
00:07:48Then that's malicious slander.
00:07:49Mr. Benton, I...
00:07:51I'm sorry to inform you.
00:07:52You are fired.
00:07:53On what grounds?
00:07:54Because she solved in 30 minutes what you couldn't in a month.
00:07:57She's talent.
00:07:58You are not fit to stay here.
00:08:01As security drags Vanessa Cole out, I finally let out a breath.
00:08:07Sylvia, welcome back.
00:08:08Miles, it's been a long time.
00:08:10Thank you for that.
00:08:12Since when are you polite with me?
00:08:19That night, he takes me out for a welcome dinner.
00:08:24But before the night ends, the internet explodes.
00:08:28Sylvia, this is bad.
00:08:29Someone's smearing you online.
00:08:33The top trending tag has five brutal words.
00:08:36The foster CEO's wife cheated.
00:08:38The leaked photos show me and Miles.
00:08:40She landed a new CEO right after divorce.
00:08:42She's got skills.
00:08:43She was definitely cheating before the divorce.
00:08:46The funniest part?
00:08:47The official foster group account rushes out a statement to distance itself from me.
00:08:51They dare turn this around on you?
00:08:54Sylvia, I'll go after foster group right now.
00:08:57Uncle Ian, stay out of it.
00:09:00This time, I'll handle it myself.
00:09:04Sylvia, this is way too fun to miss.
00:09:06I just bought an entertainment company.
00:09:09It's all yours to use.
00:09:13I open my laptop with a cold smile.
00:09:16If they want war, I'll give them one.
00:09:21I've been silent for three years.
00:09:23Now it's their turn to be humiliated.
00:09:30Soon, my post goes live.
00:09:32Chat logs, affair photos, interview designs.
00:09:34I throw everything online.
00:09:36The public opinion starts to turn.
00:09:39I sit at my computer and post my counterattack.
00:09:42My post gets straight to the point, starting with every message I sent Julian over the past three years.
00:09:47Every single one was ignored.
00:09:49Next come messages from the foster family warning me not to go near the company, saying foster group had nothing
00:09:54to do with me.
00:09:55Then I release the affair photos of Julian and Monica.
00:09:58Compared to what they accused me of, theirs are far more intimate.
00:10:02Finally, I post my interview questions and design proposal to prove I entered universe group on merit.
00:10:07For three years, I endured everything in silence.
00:10:11Now it's over.
00:10:12In this marriage, I have nothing to be ashamed of.
00:10:16So Julian was the one cheating in the marriage?
00:10:19Good.
00:10:20Expose the scumbag.
00:10:22Public opinion flips instantly.
00:10:28Meanwhile, Julian stares at my post and realizes he never really knew me.
00:10:37Sylvia actually studied architecture.
00:10:41Reading my old texts, he finally remembers how I used to care for him.
00:10:48He instinctively dials my number.
00:10:53But the call doesn't go through.
00:10:55Because I've already blocked him.
00:10:59After being scolded by Julian,
00:11:01Yvonne runs crying to Monica in the hospital.
00:11:04Monica, help me!
00:11:07I did everything you told me to!
00:11:10Calm down.
00:11:11I'll figure something out.
00:11:13She sounds comforting, but her eyes are full of malice.
00:11:20She quickly calls her PR team,
00:11:22trying to take down the trending topics attacking her.
00:11:25Miss, it can't be taken down.
00:11:26Someone powerful interfered.
00:11:28It's staying up for a week.
00:11:31Who?
00:11:31Starlight Entertainment.
00:11:33Their boss personally gave the order.
00:11:35Monica relaxes, thinking it's just a coincidence.
00:11:39Meanwhile, back home,
00:11:40my family is preparing a full-on blind date parade for me.
00:11:44Sylvia, all my men are top reet.
00:11:47Yeah.
00:11:48Pick anyone you want.
00:11:51Artistic, cool, refined.
00:11:53All men are available for you.
00:11:55I can find you any type.
00:11:56Stop.
00:11:57I only want my career right now.
00:11:59Fine.
00:12:01Career first.
00:12:07Grandpa really gets me.
00:12:11But the next day,
00:12:12while shopping for work clothes,
00:12:14I run into Yvonne.
00:12:18Sylvia!
00:12:23What are you doing here?
00:12:25I smile.
00:12:26Good.
00:12:26Time to settle every score.
00:12:39You're not Mrs. Foster anymore.
00:12:41A country girl like you doesn't belong here.
00:12:44What's wrong with being from the countryside?
00:12:47At least I have better manners than you.
00:12:50Sylvia?
00:12:51Aren't you afraid I'll tell my brother?
00:12:53Go ahead.
00:12:54You're grown and still running to your brother.
00:12:56What are you so proud of?
00:12:58You were just our family's lowly maid for three years.
00:13:01My face turns cold instantly.
00:13:04Just then,
00:13:04Miles walks over carrying a women's blazer.
00:13:07Was I wrong?
00:13:08My brother doesn't even want you anymore.
00:13:11The next second,
00:13:12I slap her heart.
00:13:13She freezes in shock,
00:13:15then lunges at me screaming.
00:13:16Miles steps in front of me and shoves her back.
00:13:19Security!
00:13:20Security!
00:13:21Get over here and take back to me!
00:13:22Security arrives immediately,
00:13:24but the next second,
00:13:25the one pinned to the ground isn't me,
00:13:27it's her.
00:13:28Throw her out.
00:13:29Why are you grabbing me?
00:13:32Because this entire mall belongs to Universe Group.
00:13:35Sylvia is the one who owns this place.
00:13:37Yvonne stares in disbelief.
00:13:44A second later,
00:13:45she's dragged out and thrown from the mall.
00:13:51Just wait!
00:13:52I'm calling my brother right now!
00:13:55Half an hour later,
00:13:57Julian Foster really shows up.
00:14:00Julian!
00:14:01Look at my face!
00:14:02That bitch Sylvia slapped my face!
00:14:05You have to stand up for me!
00:14:06The second he sees me,
00:14:08his face goes dark.
00:14:09I'm wearing the new suit we just bought,
00:14:11standing beside Miles.
00:14:14And in his eyes,
00:14:15we look like a couple.
00:14:17Wait.
00:14:21He suddenly grabs my arm.
00:14:23Let go!
00:14:24What the hell are you doing?
00:14:26Are you trying to make the scandal even bigger?
00:14:29By showing up with him?
00:14:31Julian Foster,
00:14:33get this straight.
00:14:34We're divorced.
00:14:35Who I go out with is none of your business.
00:14:37You hit my sister.
00:14:39That makes it my business.
00:14:40I did hit her.
00:14:41So what?
00:14:42If you want trouble,
00:14:43come get it.
00:14:44What do you mean by that?
00:14:46This time,
00:14:47I don't even bother explaining.
00:14:49There are cameras in the mall.
00:14:50Go watch them yourself.
00:14:53The panic on Yvonne Foster's face
00:14:55tells me she's done for.
00:14:57And what exactly are you to her?
00:14:58Why are you always the one standing up for her?
00:15:00She's my employee.
00:15:01As CEO,
00:15:02I won't stand by and watch my staff get bullied.
00:15:06Employee?
00:15:07That's your excuse?
00:15:08Then what are you?
00:15:09You're just her ex-husband.
00:15:15I was her husband.
00:15:16Exactly.
00:15:17And in three years,
00:15:19you never acted like one.
00:15:20Line by line,
00:15:21he corners Julian Foster
00:15:23until he has nothing left to say.
00:15:25If you really cared,
00:15:26she wouldn't have suffered like that in your house.
00:15:28In the end,
00:15:29Julian drags Yvonne to the security room anyway.
00:15:41What are you so proud of?
00:15:42You were just our family's lowly maid for three years.
00:15:52This is what you call doing nothing?
00:15:54Let me explain.
00:15:58Go apologize to Sylvia right now,
00:16:00or you won't get another cent from me.
00:16:03No way.
00:16:04I will never apologize to her!
00:16:11She storms out,
00:16:12and as Julian Foster stares at me on that screen,
00:16:16he realizes for the first time
00:16:17just how badly I lived in his house.
00:16:20The next day,
00:16:21I officially start at Universe Group's
00:16:23architectural design department.
00:16:25Hi, everyone.
00:16:27I'm Sylvia Carter,
00:16:28the new designer.
00:16:30Wow,
00:16:30another beauty in the department.
00:16:33She made a huge scene in the interview.
00:16:36Some people welcome me.
00:16:38Others sneer behind my back.
00:16:40I don't care at all.
00:16:47Sylvia, right?
00:16:48I'm Leo Grant,
00:16:49one of the department managers.
00:16:52Nice to meet you, Mr. Grant.
00:16:54He smiles politely,
00:16:55but the way he looks at me
00:16:56makes my skin crawl.
00:16:58We're throwing you
00:16:59a welcome party tonight.
00:17:01Beast Bar,
00:17:01you should come.
00:17:05I want to refuse,
00:17:06but since I'm new here,
00:17:07I say yes.
00:17:14That night,
00:17:15under the club's neon haze,
00:17:17he walks toward me
00:17:18with two glasses of wine.
00:17:25Come on, Sylvia.
00:17:26Sylvia, drink with me.
00:17:30Sorry,
00:17:30I don't drink.
00:17:32Don't be difficult.
00:17:33If you drink this,
00:17:35I'll make sure you get
00:17:35the best projects.
00:17:37As he speaks,
00:17:38he leans into me on purpose.
00:17:44So this is what they call
00:17:45a warm welcome at work.
00:17:47I stare at Leo Grant coldly,
00:17:49already ready to make him regret this.
00:17:52Don't act so high and mighty.
00:17:55Without my approval,
00:17:56you won't even pass probation.
00:18:01Is that a threat?
00:18:03Call it whatever you want.
00:18:04I'm giving you a chance.
00:18:09My hand slips into my purse,
00:18:11already gripping my pepper spray.
00:18:14But right as he reaches for me,
00:18:18bam,
00:18:19Leo Grant gets thrown across the floor.
00:18:22Who the hell did that?
00:18:24I look up
00:18:25and see the last face
00:18:26I wanted to see here.
00:18:27Why is it you?
00:18:29Say that again.
00:18:32I dare you.
00:18:33The moment Leo Grant
00:18:34recognizes him,
00:18:35his face turns pale.
00:18:37Mr. Fauster?
00:18:39I'm sorry.
00:18:41Then get lost.
00:18:43Leo Grant scrambles up
00:18:44and runs for his life.
00:18:48The club finally goes quiet,
00:18:50but the person I least want to face
00:18:52is now standing right in front of me.
00:18:55He saved me,
00:18:57but I don't feel even a little grateful.
00:18:59Move.
00:18:59Why are you in a place like this?
00:19:01Who do you think you are?
00:19:03Where I go has nothing to do with you.
00:19:05I just saved you.
00:19:06Did I ask you to?
00:19:08I pull out my pepper spray
00:19:09and wave it in front of him.
00:19:10See this?
00:19:11You interrupted my performance.
00:19:13I shut him up for a second.
00:19:15Sylvia!
00:19:16Are you okay?
00:19:21I saw Mr. Grant run off.
00:19:24I'm fine.
00:19:26Thanks, Sophie.
00:19:26I'll take her home.
00:19:30No.
00:19:31We're not close.
00:19:32It's not safe here.
00:19:33Spare me the act.
00:19:35When I needed you,
00:19:37you were never there.
00:19:38It's the first time
00:19:39I've ever said it this brutally
00:19:41to his face.
00:19:42Universe Group is clearly unsafe for you.
00:19:44This kind of thing
00:19:45would never happen at Foster Group.
00:19:46That line actually makes me laugh.
00:19:50Your company?
00:19:52The same one that used
00:19:53its official account
00:19:54to smear me?
00:19:57That won't happen again.
00:19:59Good.
00:19:59Because I never want
00:20:00anything to do with you
00:20:01or Monica Lane.
00:20:03Again.
00:20:04I turn and walk away
00:20:05without another word.
00:20:07The next day,
00:20:08Leo Grant starts getting
00:20:09his revenge at work.
00:20:11Sylvia,
00:20:12I have a children's
00:20:13theme park project for you.
00:20:15Sophie Reed frowns instantly.
00:20:19Mr. Grant,
00:20:19that's way too difficult
00:20:21for a newcomer.
00:20:22You're obviously
00:20:23making things hard for her.
00:20:24What's wrong with it?
00:20:25It's huge.
00:20:26Another team has already
00:20:28worked on it
00:20:28for over a month.
00:20:29Nonsense.
00:20:31I'm giving her
00:20:31a chance to grow.
00:20:33Of course I know
00:20:33he doesn't mean well,
00:20:34but the harder the project is,
00:20:36the more I want it.
00:20:37Fine.
00:20:38I'll take it.
00:20:40Sylvia!
00:20:40Good.
00:20:41That's the spirit.
00:20:43Don't disappoint me.
00:20:44For the next two weeks,
00:20:45I practically live
00:20:47in the office.
00:20:48But when I finally
00:20:49hand in my design,
00:20:52he barely glances at it
00:20:54before slamming it
00:20:55back on the table.
00:20:56This is trash.
00:20:59Looks like your interview
00:21:00performance was
00:21:01just beginner's luck.
00:21:03If you think it's that bad,
00:21:04then let's send it
00:21:04to the client
00:21:05and let them decide.
00:21:06I already sent
00:21:07Stella Young's version.
00:21:08As for yours,
00:21:10it isn't even worth showing.
00:21:12Looking at that smug face,
00:21:15I decide I'm done
00:21:16being patient.
00:21:18You call this management?
00:21:23This is retaliation
00:21:24because I didn't drink
00:21:25with you that night.
00:21:26The meeting room
00:21:27falls dead silent.
00:21:29Shut up!
00:21:31That's slander!
00:21:32Is it?
00:21:33Then let's hear the recording.
00:21:35I turn on my phone
00:21:37and play the recording
00:21:38of him threatening
00:21:38and pressuring me
00:21:39that night.
00:21:40If you don't do
00:21:42what I say,
00:21:43I'll make sure
00:21:44you regret it.
00:21:45Oh my god.
00:21:48So he really did
00:21:49harass her.
00:21:56It's fake!
00:21:57That recording is fake!
00:22:00I've already submitted
00:22:01all the evidence
00:22:02to the company
00:22:02and the police.
00:22:03They'll verify it for you.
00:22:05The second I finish speaking,
00:22:07the police arrive.
00:22:09Is Leo Grant here?
00:22:11In the end,
00:22:12he's dragged out
00:22:12by the police.
00:22:13No,
00:22:14don't take me!
00:22:16But something
00:22:17doesn't sit right with me.
00:22:19A single recording
00:22:20shouldn't have brought
00:22:21the police here this fast.
00:22:26Miss Carter,
00:22:28he didn't just harass you.
00:22:30Other victims
00:22:31came forward too.
00:22:33Fraud,
00:22:33abuse of power,
00:22:35coercion,
00:22:35we have plenty on him.
00:22:36I freeze for a second.
00:22:38This was way
00:22:39too coincidental.
00:22:44After giving my statement,
00:22:45the first person
00:22:46I think of
00:22:47is Miles.
00:22:50Miles,
00:22:51thank you.
00:22:52Mr. Grant's downfall,
00:22:54that was your doing,
00:22:55wasn't it?
00:22:56I already heard
00:22:57what happened.
00:22:58He deserved it.
00:23:00You really didn't
00:23:01have to do that.
00:23:01I could have handled
00:23:02him myself.
00:23:03Then let me at least
00:23:04do one more thing.
00:23:05His position is empty now.
00:23:07I'll make you
00:23:07the new manager.
00:23:09No.
00:23:09Why not?
00:23:10I just got here.
00:23:12If I jump straight
00:23:13into management,
00:23:14nobody will respect me.
00:23:16I want to build myself
00:23:17up the right way.
00:23:19Besides,
00:23:20staying low
00:23:20lets me see
00:23:21who the real
00:23:22problems are.
00:23:23There's a pause
00:23:23on the other end
00:23:24of the line
00:23:24and then he laughs.
00:23:26Fine.
00:23:27But promise me
00:23:27one thing.
00:23:28If anything happens,
00:23:29tell me first.
00:23:31I promise.
00:23:33But somewhere else,
00:23:34another man
00:23:35is also looking into it.
00:23:36it's done.
00:23:37It's done.
00:23:38Leo Grant's finished.
00:23:39The man standing
00:23:39by the floor-to-ceiling window
00:23:41is Julian Foster.
00:23:42So tell me,
00:23:43why do you care
00:23:44this much about
00:23:45your ex-wife?
00:23:47Consider it compensation.
00:23:49Compensation?
00:23:51Then answer me this.
00:23:52Between Sylvia Carter
00:23:54and Monica Lane,
00:23:54who do you actually
00:23:55care about?
00:23:56He doesn't answer.
00:23:57But the first face
00:23:58that flashes
00:23:58through his mind
00:23:59is mine.
00:24:00The second Leo Grant
00:24:02falls,
00:24:03everyone in the department
00:24:04starts moving differently.
00:24:06And the most restless one
00:24:07is Stella Young.
00:24:11She started to command me,
00:24:13print these drawings for me,
00:24:15sort these reports.
00:24:16I want them in half an hour.
00:24:19We are the same rank.
00:24:21You're not my boss.
00:24:24Not for long.
00:24:26Everyone knows
00:24:27I'm the next manager.
00:24:31Just as she's basking
00:24:32in that fantasy,
00:24:33someone from the client side
00:24:34shows up.
00:24:36Excuse me.
00:24:37Who designed
00:24:38the theme park project?
00:24:41Our director wants
00:24:42to meet the designer
00:24:43in person.
00:24:44That would be me.
00:24:46She straightens up at once
00:24:47and proudly leads him
00:24:49into the meeting room.
00:24:54But a few minutes later,
00:24:56she walks out
00:24:57looking deathly pale.
00:25:00Ms. Young,
00:25:01this isn't your design,
00:25:02then who exactly
00:25:02am I supposed to speak to?
00:25:04There must be
00:25:05some mistake.
00:25:07No mistake.
00:25:08This is the final version
00:25:09we selected,
00:25:10the best one.
00:25:11And that selected design
00:25:13is mine.
00:25:14The whole office
00:25:15goes silent.
00:25:16The project she thought
00:25:17she had in the bag
00:25:18was never really hers.
00:25:20I look up and realize
00:25:21everyone is staring at me.
00:25:22And once again,
00:25:24I win this round.
00:25:25I'm still buried
00:25:26in the theme park project.
00:25:28I can't be bothered
00:25:29with the clowns
00:25:29in my office.
00:25:36Sylvia!
00:25:37Check your email!
00:25:38Right now!
00:25:41The second I open
00:25:43the promotion email,
00:25:44the whole office
00:25:45go quiet.
00:25:46Oh my god!
00:25:47It's you!
00:25:48You're the new manager?
00:25:50What?
00:25:51That's impossible!
00:25:53The people who were
00:25:53sucking up to Stella Young
00:25:54freeze on the spot.
00:25:55Wait,
00:25:56Sylvia got promoted?
00:25:57I thought it was
00:25:58definitely Stella.
00:26:01I look up and watch
00:26:02Stella Young's face
00:26:03lose color inch by inch.
00:26:05Seems like congratulations
00:26:06are in order.
00:26:07I win this round
00:26:08very quietly.
00:26:10I thought the promotion
00:26:11would trigger
00:26:12a huge scene.
00:26:14But the first one
00:26:15to speak is
00:26:16the design director.
00:26:17Congratulations, Sylvia.
00:26:19Keep up the good work.
00:26:23I won't let
00:26:24the company down.
00:26:25Once upper management
00:26:26makes it official,
00:26:27the doubts in the
00:26:28department die down
00:26:29fast.
00:26:35Honestly,
00:26:36she's strict
00:26:37but fair.
00:26:38Better her
00:26:39than Stella.
00:26:41See?
00:26:42I told you
00:26:43they'd come around.
00:26:45I don't need
00:26:46them to like me.
00:26:51I just need
00:26:52them to do
00:26:52the job right.
00:26:54My promotion
00:26:55is officially
00:26:55set in stone.
00:26:56A few days later,
00:26:58Universe Group
00:26:59decides to throw
00:26:59a grand celebration
00:27:00banquet after landing
00:27:02two major contracts.
00:27:04The banquet
00:27:05is held
00:27:06at Rose Manor.
00:27:07That night,
00:27:08the driveway
00:27:08is packed
00:27:08with luxury cars
00:27:09and the ballroom
00:27:10is full of social elites.
00:27:12I know this
00:27:13isn't just a celebration.
00:27:14It's a vanity fair
00:27:15and a battlefield.
00:27:18Before the banquet,
00:27:20I specifically
00:27:21choose a sapphire
00:27:22blue mermaid gown.
00:27:24I pin up my hair
00:27:25and secure it
00:27:25with a pearl clip.
00:27:27Tonight,
00:27:28I refuse to be
00:27:29anyone's background piece.
00:27:35You look stunning.
00:27:37Good.
00:27:38Then I'm ready
00:27:39to scare a few people.
00:27:40Need a date?
00:27:41I was about to ask.
00:27:44Then tonight,
00:27:45I'm yours.
00:27:49I smile.
00:27:50The show
00:27:51is about to begin.
00:27:54I don't expect
00:27:55to run into Julian
00:27:56the moment
00:27:56I reach the manor entrance.
00:27:58And beside him
00:27:59stands his close friend,
00:28:01Simon Reed.
00:28:04Sylvia?
00:28:05You brought Miles
00:28:06as your date?
00:28:13Do you have
00:28:14a problem with that?
00:28:17The tension
00:28:18spikes instantly.
00:28:19Move.
00:28:21You're blocking
00:28:22the entrance.
00:28:23I can't even be bothered
00:28:24to look at him
00:28:25longer than necessary,
00:28:26so I loop my arm
00:28:27through Miles'
00:28:27and walk in.
00:28:28Keep staring
00:28:29and she still
00:28:30won't come back,
00:28:30you know?
00:28:32I hear the tease
00:28:34behind me,
00:28:34but I don't turn around.
00:28:36Because tonight,
00:28:37I didn't come here
00:28:38to look back
00:28:39on my past.
00:28:41The moment I walk in,
00:28:43the whole ballroom
00:28:44falls silent
00:28:45for a beat.
00:28:50Every man's eyes
00:28:51land on me.
00:28:56who is that?
00:28:58She's gorgeous.
00:28:59Wait,
00:29:00doesn't she look like
00:29:01Julian's ex-wife?
00:29:02No way.
00:29:03I heard his ex-wife
00:29:04was some nobody
00:29:05from the countryside.
00:29:06I hear every whisper
00:29:08and find it funny.
00:29:10So it's not that
00:29:11they were blind.
00:29:12They've just never
00:29:13really looked at me
00:29:14before.
00:29:15On the other side,
00:29:17Monica is linked
00:29:18to Julian's arm,
00:29:19soaking in
00:29:19everyone's envy.
00:29:21Monica spots me
00:29:22soon enough.
00:29:22Her smile almost slips.
00:29:24Miss Carter,
00:29:25I was just worried
00:29:25about you.
00:29:26A banquet like this
00:29:27is important.
00:29:27It must be embarrassing
00:29:28to come without
00:29:29a male companion.
00:29:30I almost laugh out loud.
00:29:31Is she mocking me
00:29:32for not having a date?
00:29:33Who said she
00:29:34doesn't have a date?
00:29:37Miles steps right
00:29:38beside me
00:29:38and wraps an arm
00:29:39around my waist.
00:29:40If Sylvia wants,
00:29:41I'm her date tonight.
00:29:42The whole room
00:29:43erupts instantly.
00:29:45Wait,
00:29:45the CEO of Universe Group
00:29:47is her date?
00:29:49This just got
00:29:50interesting.
00:29:52And Julian's face
00:29:53darkens the second
00:29:54he sees Miles'
00:29:55hand on my waist.
00:30:04Take your hand
00:30:05off her.
00:30:06You're the CEO
00:30:06of Universe Group.
00:30:08Touching an employee
00:30:09like that,
00:30:09is that appropriate?
00:30:11Right now,
00:30:12I'm not her CEO.
00:30:14I'm just her date.
00:30:15Then he pulls me
00:30:16even closer.
00:30:18I instinctively
00:30:19want to move away,
00:30:20but then he winks
00:30:21at me.
00:30:22I understand immediately.
00:30:25He's playing along
00:30:26for me.
00:30:29Is there a problem,
00:30:30Julian?
00:30:31Or are ex-wives
00:30:33not allowed to move on
00:30:34but ex-husbands are?
00:30:36That's not what I meant.
00:30:37Then don't act
00:30:38like you still own me.
00:30:41That line lands
00:30:42in him like a blade.
00:30:43And Monica
00:30:44finally loses
00:30:45her composure.
00:30:48Monica doesn't dare
00:30:49lash out at Julian,
00:30:50so she dumps
00:30:50all her rage on me.
00:30:52Sylvia,
00:30:53don't flatter yourself.
00:30:54Julian only feels
00:30:55responsible for you.
00:30:57Responsibility?
00:31:00Then why are you
00:31:01still not Mrs. Foster?
00:31:03Her face freezes.
00:31:09We've been divorced
00:31:10for a while,
00:31:11haven't we?
00:31:13And yet,
00:31:15you're still stuck
00:31:16in the position
00:31:17of the other woman.
00:31:20That must be frustrating.
00:31:24You!
00:31:25All her old
00:31:26and new grudges
00:31:26rise at once,
00:31:27and her whole expression
00:31:29twists.
00:31:29As long as I'm here,
00:31:31you will never
00:31:31get close to Julian again.
00:31:33Trust me,
00:31:34if I wanted him back,
00:31:35you'd be the one
00:31:36crying in a corner.
00:31:37I turn away
00:31:38the second I finish,
00:31:40but she actually
00:31:41comes after me.
00:31:45All the way
00:31:46to the staircase landing.
00:31:51The staircase is empty.
00:31:55She finally tears off
00:31:56that soft,
00:31:57fragile mask.
00:32:01It's all
00:32:02because of you!
00:32:04If you disappeared,
00:32:06everything would be mine.
00:32:08You are out of your mind.
00:32:11Stay away from me.
00:32:13You think you can steal him back
00:32:15just because you look good tonight?
00:32:17Dream on!
00:32:19Monica,
00:32:22listen carefully.
00:32:24I dumped him.
00:32:25If you're still fighting
00:32:27for whom I dumped,
00:32:28that's your tragedy,
00:32:29not mine.
00:32:31That sends her
00:32:32completely over the edge.
00:32:36Bitch!
00:32:37If you vanish,
00:32:38everything will be over!
00:32:40She lunges straight at me,
00:32:41but I sidestep
00:32:42at the last second.
00:32:44And then,
00:32:45she suddenly
00:32:46throws herself backward.
00:32:50I can only watch
00:32:52as she tumbles
00:32:52down the stairs.
00:33:01The ballroom
00:33:03explodes in panic.
00:33:07Someone fell down
00:33:08the stairs!
00:33:09It's Monica!
00:33:11Julian rushes over
00:33:13and catches her
00:33:14in his arms.
00:33:17Julian,
00:33:20it hurts.
00:33:23What happened?
00:33:27I just wanted
00:33:29to apologize.
00:33:30But Miss Carter
00:33:31doesn't seem willing
00:33:32to forgive me.
00:33:33It's all my fault.
00:33:35Please don't blame her.
00:33:37Every word out of her mouth
00:33:38points the blame at me.
00:33:40Julian looks up sharply,
00:33:41straight at me
00:33:42on the landing.
00:33:43Sylvia,
00:33:44was it you?
00:33:45Did you push
00:33:46Monica down the stairs?
00:33:49In that instant,
00:33:51I feel like I'm back
00:33:52in that hospital room.
00:33:53Same script.
00:33:54Same man.
00:33:56And just like before,
00:33:57without asking anything,
00:33:59he doubts me first.
00:34:00I walk downstairs
00:34:01slowly,
00:34:03look him in the eye,
00:34:04and smile.
00:34:08This is the second time,
00:34:09Julian.
00:34:10Monica's tricks
00:34:11are still this cheap,
00:34:13and you still fall for them.
00:34:15Then I shift my gaze
00:34:16to Monica.
00:34:17Last time,
00:34:18she framed me
00:34:18and asked you
00:34:19for one of my kidneys.
00:34:20What is it this time?
00:34:21A broken leg?
00:34:23Or do you plan
00:34:24to cut off
00:34:25one of mine
00:34:25for her too?
00:34:26The whole room
00:34:27goes dead silent.
00:34:29And without a word,
00:34:31Miles is already
00:34:32standing at my side.
00:34:35The staircase
00:34:36falls into complete silence.
00:34:43Answer me, Sylvia.
00:34:45Did you push Monica?
00:34:47You're doing this again.
00:34:48No proof,
00:34:49no question,
00:34:51just accusation.
00:34:52Julian,
00:34:54don't blame her.
00:34:55Maybe I slipped.
00:34:57She says don't blame her,
00:34:58but every word
00:34:59is meant to frame me.
00:35:01Sylvia,
00:35:02are you okay?
00:35:03I'm fine.
00:35:04I just think
00:35:04their act is pathetic.
00:35:06Monica is hurt.
00:35:07This isn't the time
00:35:08for sarcasm.
00:35:10Then when it should be?
00:35:12The time for me
00:35:13to apologize again?
00:35:14Or donate another
00:35:15body part?
00:35:16The moment I say that,
00:35:17even the crowd
00:35:18shifts uncomfortably.
00:35:19Last time,
00:35:20she dragged me
00:35:20down the stairs
00:35:21and almost got
00:35:21one of my kidneys.
00:35:22This time,
00:35:23she throws herself
00:35:24down the stairs.
00:35:25What's next?
00:35:25Sylvia,
00:35:26how can you be
00:35:27this cruel?
00:35:29Cruel?
00:35:30No.
00:35:32I'm just
00:35:32finally done
00:35:33being your victim.
00:35:36I turn and walk away,
00:35:38unwilling to waste
00:35:39another glance on them.
00:35:40The staircase scandal
00:35:42ends,
00:35:42and the entire
00:35:43upper class circle
00:35:44waits to see me
00:35:45fall apart.
00:35:48But I don't even
00:35:49bother looking back,
00:35:50because a bigger
00:35:51battlefield is coming
00:35:52fast.
00:35:55Sylvia,
00:35:56the city government
00:35:57is opening bids
00:35:58for a smart city
00:35:59complex.
00:36:00Smart city?
00:36:01Schools,
00:36:02hospitals,
00:36:02police stations,
00:36:03cultural centers?
00:36:04All in one system?
00:36:06Exactly.
00:36:07And foster group
00:36:08is already ahead of us.
00:36:10Hearing that
00:36:10doesn't scare me.
00:36:12It excites me.
00:36:18Then let's take it
00:36:19from them.
00:36:20This won't be easy.
00:36:21They've done
00:36:22AI integrated
00:36:23city projects
00:36:24before.
00:36:30Good.
00:36:31Then it finally
00:36:32feels like a real
00:36:33challenge.
00:36:34Meanwhile,
00:36:35Julian has his eyes
00:36:36locked on the same
00:36:37project.
00:36:41Push the smart city
00:36:42proposal forward.
00:36:43I want this
00:36:44contract secured.
00:36:45He wants to prove
00:36:46foster group is
00:36:47stronger than
00:36:48universe group.
00:36:49But I'm determined
00:36:50to prove that
00:36:51marriage wasn't the
00:36:52only thing he lost
00:36:53to me.
00:36:53For the smart city
00:36:54bid, I practically
00:36:55chain myself to
00:36:56the office.
00:36:59Sylvia,
00:37:00you've barely slept
00:37:01this week.
00:37:03Sleep can wait.
00:37:05This project can't.
00:37:07But the moment
00:37:08the project is
00:37:09won, the media
00:37:10swarms in.
00:37:13Miss Carter,
00:37:14you've become one
00:37:15of the youngest
00:37:16star architects
00:37:17in the industry
00:37:17overnight.
00:37:18Are you under
00:37:18pressure?
00:37:20Of course.
00:37:21But pressure is
00:37:22also what keeps
00:37:23me moving forward.
00:37:24You just beat
00:37:25your ex-husband's
00:37:26company.
00:37:26Anything you want
00:37:27to say to Mr.
00:37:27Foster?
00:37:29Since you called
00:37:30him my ex,
00:37:31that means he's
00:37:31in the past.
00:37:32I don't discuss
00:37:33the past.
00:37:34Next question.
00:37:36Everyone is
00:37:37looking at me.
00:37:38But for the first
00:37:39time, I'm no
00:37:40longer anybody's
00:37:41accessory.
00:37:42I'm just myself.
00:37:44Universe Group
00:37:44wins the project,
00:37:45and everyone
00:37:47gets a huge
00:37:48bonus.
00:37:51The company
00:37:52even rewards
00:37:53us with a luxury
00:37:54cruise trip.
00:37:59Sylvia, you won
00:38:01a massive project.
00:38:02We are absolutely
00:38:03going out tonight.
00:38:04Fine.
00:38:06One night off,
00:38:07I deserve that
00:38:08much.
00:38:11An hour later,
00:38:13I stand outside
00:38:14Beast Bar in a
00:38:14red dress.
00:38:17Oh my God,
00:38:18Sylvia, if I were
00:38:19a man, I'd marry
00:38:20you on the spot.
00:38:21Then you're
00:38:22lucky you're not.
00:38:29inside a private
00:38:30booth, Julian is
00:38:32drinking with his
00:38:33friends.
00:38:34You really lost
00:38:35the project to
00:38:36Sylvia?
00:38:39She won it
00:38:40fair and square.
00:38:42Even his own
00:38:43friends are stunned
00:38:44to hear him say
00:38:45that.
00:38:47Slater Lee
00:38:48spots me
00:38:48first.
00:38:52That's Sylvia?
00:38:53I just start to
00:38:54pull Luna away
00:38:55when he blocks
00:38:56my path.
00:38:58So you're feeling
00:38:59pretty smug
00:38:59now, huh?
00:39:02Move.
00:39:03I don't have
00:39:04time for clowns.
00:39:08Afraid?
00:39:09Or do you
00:39:10only know how to
00:39:11win by clinging
00:39:12to rich men
00:39:12now?
00:39:13The filthier his
00:39:14words get, the
00:39:15closer Luna gets
00:39:16to exploding.
00:39:17You should just
00:39:17shut your stupid
00:39:19mouth!
00:39:21If she's really
00:39:22that capable, let
00:39:24her prove it.
00:39:26How?
00:39:28Race me.
00:39:30Right now.
00:39:31I almost laugh.
00:39:34He clearly has no
00:39:35idea what my name
00:39:36meant in underground
00:39:37racing circles when
00:39:38I was 18.
00:39:40Fine.
00:39:41But if you
00:39:42lose, your car
00:39:44is mine.
00:39:47He agrees way
00:39:48too quickly.
00:39:49Like he can't
00:39:50wait to lose it.
00:39:52Minutes later,
00:39:53we're already at
00:39:53the track.
00:39:55Slater Lee is
00:39:55driving a limited
00:39:56edition Bugatti
00:39:57Veyron.
00:39:58And I'm driving
00:39:59nothing but a
00:39:59white Audi.
00:40:04Lost chance.
00:40:06Back out now.
00:40:07And I might
00:40:08spare you the
00:40:09embarrassment.
00:40:11Save it.
00:40:12Just don't cry
00:40:13when I take
00:40:14your keys.
00:40:21The race starts
00:40:22and his Bugatti
00:40:23launches like a
00:40:23bullet.
00:40:27The performance
00:40:27gap is real,
00:40:29so all I can do
00:40:29is clamp onto
00:40:30his tail.
00:40:33But I'm not
00:40:34nervous at all.
00:40:36Because racing
00:40:37has never been
00:40:38just about
00:40:38the car.
00:40:45Sylvia, pull out
00:40:47now.
00:40:50It's not worth it.
00:40:52Then stop talking
00:40:53and get out
00:40:55of my way.
00:41:02wind screams in
00:41:03my ears and
00:41:04my heartbeat
00:41:04is pounding
00:41:05wild.
00:41:10The thrill
00:41:11feels like
00:41:12coming back
00:41:13to life.
00:41:15The finish line
00:41:16is close.
00:41:17Slater thinks
00:41:18he's got this
00:41:18in the bag
00:41:19and that makes
00:41:20him sloppy.
00:41:21And I've been
00:41:22waiting for
00:41:22exactly that.
00:41:27I make the
00:41:27corner at the
00:41:28very limit
00:41:29and force my
00:41:29front end
00:41:30through.
00:41:34My white
00:41:34Audi slices
00:41:35across the
00:41:36finish line.
00:41:45No way!
00:41:46That's impossible!
00:41:55Hand over
00:41:56the keys.
00:41:57You lost.
00:41:58It was a tie!
00:42:00Julian was
00:42:01in the race
00:42:02too.
00:42:08No.
00:42:09I lost
00:42:10too.
00:42:12That one
00:42:12line from him
00:42:13lands like a
00:42:14slap across
00:42:14Slater's face.
00:42:20You can't
00:42:21sell me out
00:42:22for your
00:42:22ex-wife!
00:42:27A loss
00:42:28is a loss.
00:42:32You were
00:42:33outclassed.
00:42:38I grab
00:42:39my dashcam
00:42:39footage and
00:42:40toss it
00:42:40straight to
00:42:41Slater.
00:42:42Watch it
00:42:43closely.
00:42:44I didn't
00:42:44win by
00:42:45luck.
00:42:46The footage
00:42:47makes it
00:42:47crystal clear.
00:42:50He never
00:42:51gets ahead
00:42:51of me again
00:42:52after my
00:42:52overtake.
00:42:55Slater
00:42:56is completely
00:42:57deflated.
00:42:58Fine.
00:42:59Take it.
00:42:59He hands
00:43:00me the
00:43:00Bugatti keys
00:43:01like his
00:43:01soul is
00:43:02leaving his
00:43:02body.
00:43:03That's
00:43:03a limited
00:43:03edition.
00:43:04Don't
00:43:05park it
00:43:05outside.
00:43:06Wax it
00:43:07every two
00:43:08weeks.
00:43:08Don't
00:43:08You're
00:43:09so annoying.
00:43:10I snatch
00:43:11the key
00:43:11and get
00:43:12in.
00:43:20Luna,
00:43:21get in.
00:43:21I'm taking
00:43:22you for a
00:43:22ride.
00:43:23Yes!
00:43:24Sylvia rocks!
00:43:25Yes!
00:43:26Sylvia rocks!
00:43:32The car
00:43:33roars away.
00:43:38In the
00:43:38rearview mirror,
00:43:39Julian is
00:43:40still standing
00:43:40there,
00:43:41watching me
00:43:41go.
00:43:43I don't
00:43:43even slow
00:43:44down.
00:43:50Because the
00:43:50woman I am
00:43:51now doesn't
00:43:52turn back for
00:43:52him anymore.
00:43:54I figure
00:43:54after winning
00:43:55the project
00:43:55and the race,
00:43:56life should
00:43:57calm down
00:43:57for a bit,
00:43:58but I still
00:43:58underestimate
00:43:59just how
00:44:00shameless the
00:44:01foster family
00:44:01can be.
00:44:07Sylvia,
00:44:08something's
00:44:08wrong.
00:44:09What happened?
00:44:10Julian's mother
00:44:11just sent you a
00:44:12lawyer's letter.
00:44:15I take the
00:44:16document and
00:44:17after two
00:44:17lines, I
00:44:19actually laugh.
00:44:21Return the
00:44:22stolen files.
00:44:24Withdraw from
00:44:25the smart city
00:44:25project.
00:44:27They are
00:44:28insane!
00:44:28The second
00:44:29that legal
00:44:29letter hits
00:44:30the internet,
00:44:31it explodes
00:44:31all over again.
00:44:36So she
00:44:37really stole
00:44:38the project?
00:44:39I knew it.
00:44:40Nobody that
00:44:40young could win
00:44:41something that
00:44:42big clean
00:44:44even the
00:44:44planning bureau
00:44:45starts wavering.
00:44:49Looking at
00:44:50the flood of
00:44:50accusations,
00:44:51I feel
00:44:52frighteningly
00:44:53calm.
00:44:55Uncle Ian,
00:44:56find out
00:44:57files foster
00:44:58group actually
00:44:58lost.
00:44:59Uncle Ethan,
00:45:00use your
00:45:00media company,
00:45:01track the
00:45:01public opinion
00:45:02and step in
00:45:02if needed.
00:45:03My family
00:45:03answers in
00:45:04unison.
00:45:05Leave it
00:45:05to us.
00:45:06We won't
00:45:07let anyone
00:45:07bully you.
00:45:09Meanwhile,
00:45:10Julian finally
00:45:11learns that
00:45:11his mother
00:45:12acted on
00:45:12her own.
00:45:16The legal
00:45:16letter throws
00:45:17the whole
00:45:17city into
00:45:18chaos.
00:45:19But before
00:45:19I even
00:45:20strike back,
00:45:21the foster
00:45:21family starts
00:45:22imploding from
00:45:23the inside.
00:45:24Back at the
00:45:24house,
00:45:25Julian blows
00:45:25up at his
00:45:26mother harder
00:45:27than ever
00:45:27before.
00:45:28I told you
00:45:29not to
00:45:30interfere.
00:45:32Why did
00:45:33you send
00:45:34that legal
00:45:34letter?
00:45:36I was
00:45:37helping you.
00:45:38Isn't
00:45:38Sylvia supposed
00:45:39to be afraid
00:45:40and give in
00:45:40by now?
00:45:49Delete it.
00:45:51Now.
00:45:52Why should I?
00:45:53She stole
00:45:54your project.
00:45:55She should
00:45:55give it back.
00:45:56I said the
00:45:56facts are not
00:45:57clear yet.
00:45:58And I know
00:45:59this much.
00:46:00It's not
00:46:00her.
00:46:01Hearing Miles
00:46:02relay all this
00:46:03on my end
00:46:03of the line,
00:46:04all I feel
00:46:05is irony.
00:46:06Back when I
00:46:07needed his
00:46:07trust the
00:46:08most,
00:46:08he gave
00:46:09me none.
00:46:10Now that
00:46:11the truth
00:46:11is practically
00:46:12surfacing on
00:46:13its own,
00:46:13he's finally
00:46:14learning how
00:46:15to stand
00:46:15on my
00:46:15side.
00:46:17Too bad
00:46:17I don't
00:46:18care anymore.
00:46:19Foster group
00:46:20just sent
00:46:20an email.
00:46:21They said
00:46:22the letter
00:46:22was a
00:46:22misunderstanding
00:46:23and they'll
00:46:24clear your
00:46:24name once
00:46:25the truth
00:46:25is out.
00:46:28Good.
00:46:28Then let
00:46:29them clean
00:46:29up their
00:46:30own mess.
00:46:31I lower
00:46:32my phone
00:46:32and look
00:46:33out the
00:46:33window.
00:46:39This time,
00:46:40I'm not
00:46:40just clearing
00:46:41my name.
00:46:42I'm going
00:46:42to make
00:46:43the entire
00:46:44foster family
00:46:45lose face.
00:46:46The legal
00:46:47letter mess
00:46:47isn't even
00:46:48fully over
00:46:48and I
00:46:49already find
00:46:50a snake
00:46:51inside my
00:46:52project team.
00:46:53That snake
00:46:54is Stella
00:46:55Young.
00:46:56Lately,
00:46:57she's been
00:46:57slacking
00:46:57harder and
00:46:58harder,
00:47:00delaying
00:47:00tasks,
00:47:02corrupting
00:47:02data,
00:47:03and deliberately
00:47:04slowing down
00:47:05the project.
00:47:12Sylvia,
00:47:13Stella's
00:47:14latest drawings
00:47:14have another
00:47:15set of wrong
00:47:15numbers.
00:47:16This is
00:47:17getting ridiculous.
00:47:18I know.
00:47:19Let her
00:47:19come to
00:47:20the meeting.
00:47:21Stella
00:47:21strolls in
00:47:2120 minutes
00:47:22late to
00:47:22the meeting.
00:47:26Sorry,
00:47:27Miss Carter.
00:47:28Sudden
00:47:28stomach ache.
00:47:30Hope you're
00:47:30not mad.
00:47:32You don't
00:47:33need to
00:47:33attend this
00:47:34meeting.
00:47:38What do
00:47:38you mean?
00:47:43It means you're
00:47:44out of the
00:47:44project team.
00:47:45She explodes
00:47:46on the spot.
00:47:47You're
00:47:47targeting me
00:47:48because you're
00:47:48scared of
00:47:49me.
00:47:49No.
00:47:53I'm removing
00:47:54dead weight.
00:47:55She starts
00:47:55screaming in the
00:47:56meeting room,
00:47:57trying to muddy
00:47:57the waters.
00:47:59Everyone saw
00:48:00this.
00:48:00She just
00:48:01became manager
00:48:02and now she's
00:48:03using her power
00:48:04to crush old
00:48:05employees.
00:48:05I don't argue
00:48:06with her.
00:48:07I just turn on
00:48:08the projector
00:48:09and lay out
00:48:09the evidence
00:48:10piece by piece.
00:48:12these were the
00:48:13original numbers
00:48:14Sophie gave
00:48:15you.
00:48:15They were
00:48:16correct.
00:48:17And these are
00:48:18the versions
00:48:18you submitted
00:48:19after privately
00:48:20changing them.
00:48:23Wrong.
00:48:24Again and
00:48:25again.
00:48:26The room
00:48:27goes so quiet
00:48:28you could hear
00:48:28a pin drop.
00:48:29It was just
00:48:30a mistake.
00:48:32Everyone makes
00:48:33mistakes.
00:48:35Accidental
00:48:36mistakes and
00:48:37deliberate
00:48:37sabotage are
00:48:38not the same
00:48:39thing.
00:48:43You're
00:48:43bluffing.
00:48:45Resign now
00:48:46and I can
00:48:47stop here.
00:48:48Stay and
00:48:50I'll make sure
00:48:50the whole industry
00:48:51knows what you
00:48:52did.
00:48:52Her face
00:48:53drains of
00:48:54color.
00:48:55Fine.
00:48:56You win.
00:48:58I quit.
00:49:00While she
00:49:00packs up and
00:49:01leaves in
00:49:01disgrace,
00:49:02I don't even
00:49:03bother looking
00:49:04up.
00:49:05Once
00:49:06Stella is
00:49:07gone,
00:49:07the whole
00:49:08project team
00:49:09finally starts
00:49:09running smoothly.
00:49:15everyone is
00:49:16holding their
00:49:16breath,
00:49:17waiting for
00:49:18the bidding
00:49:18result.
00:49:22Sylvia,
00:49:23what if
00:49:24foster group
00:49:24still wins?
00:49:25Then we
00:49:26improve and
00:49:27fight again.
00:49:34But if
00:49:35we win,
00:49:37then the
00:49:38whole city
00:49:38will know
00:49:39you're the
00:49:39real deal.
00:49:40One week
00:49:41later,
00:49:42the government
00:49:42press conference
00:49:43begins.
00:49:51The second
00:49:52Sophie and I
00:49:52arrive,
00:49:53I see Julian
00:49:54entering with
00:49:54his team.
00:50:06why is he
00:50:06here in
00:50:07person?
00:50:08He hardly
00:50:08ever shows
00:50:08up at
00:50:09these events.
00:50:12Maybe he
00:50:13just wants to
00:50:13watch his
00:50:14company lose
00:50:15up close.
00:50:17But joke
00:50:18or not,
00:50:18I still feel
00:50:19my nerves
00:50:20tighten.
00:50:28after all,
00:50:29this is the
00:50:29first time
00:50:30I'm facing
00:50:30him head
00:50:30on on a
00:50:31professional
00:50:31battlefield.
00:50:34The
00:50:35atmosphere at
00:50:35the press
00:50:36conference is
00:50:36suffocating.
00:50:43the winning
00:50:44proposal for
00:50:45the A-City
00:50:45Smart City
00:50:46integrated
00:50:47project is
00:50:48Universe
00:50:49Group.
00:50:53First,
00:50:54the room
00:50:55goes still.
00:50:56Then,
00:50:57the applause
00:50:58erupts.
00:50:59We won!
00:51:00Sylvia,
00:51:01we won!
00:51:06I let
00:51:06out the
00:51:07breath
00:51:07I'd
00:51:07been
00:51:07holding.
00:51:13Not
00:51:13because of
00:51:14luck,
00:51:15but because
00:51:16this time,
00:51:17I win
00:51:18fair and
00:51:18square.
00:51:27Miss
00:51:27Carter,
00:51:28any comment
00:51:29on beating
00:51:29Foster
00:51:30Group?
00:51:30A better
00:51:31design
00:51:32one.
00:51:32That's
00:51:33all.
00:51:33I keep
00:51:34my eyes
00:51:34forward,
00:51:35but from
00:51:35the corner
00:51:36of my eye,
00:51:37I catch
00:51:37Julian staring
00:51:38at me.
00:51:39There is
00:51:40no contempt
00:51:40in that
00:51:41stare.
00:51:43Only
00:51:44shock
00:51:46and belated
00:51:47recognition.
00:51:48After
00:51:49landing
00:51:49the
00:51:50major
00:51:50project,
00:51:50I finally
00:51:51feel like
00:51:52doing
00:51:52something
00:51:52fun.
00:51:54That
00:51:54punk
00:51:55dared
00:51:55provoke
00:51:55you?
00:51:56Let
00:51:56me
00:51:56go
00:51:56deal
00:51:56with
00:51:57him.
00:51:58No
00:51:59need.
00:51:59I
00:52:00already
00:52:00know
00:52:00how
00:52:00to
00:52:00make
00:52:01him
00:52:01hurt.
00:52:02And
00:52:02then I
00:52:02set
00:52:03my
00:52:03sights
00:52:03on
00:52:03Slater's
00:52:04globally
00:52:04limited
00:52:05Bugatti.
00:52:06A few
00:52:07days
00:52:07later,
00:52:07a brand
00:52:08new
00:52:08pink
00:52:09Bugatti
00:52:09is
00:52:09born.
00:52:11Sylvia,
00:52:11this
00:52:12is
00:52:12evil.
00:52:12I
00:52:13love
00:52:13it.
00:52:14If
00:52:15he
00:52:15wanted
00:52:15a
00:52:16war,
00:52:16I
00:52:16will
00:52:17grant
00:52:17his
00:52:17wish.
00:52:20I
00:52:21take
00:52:21a
00:52:21few
00:52:21photos
00:52:22and
00:52:22post
00:52:22them
00:52:22online.
00:52:23Picked
00:52:23up
00:52:24a
00:52:24free
00:52:24car.
00:52:25It
00:52:25wasn't
00:52:25much
00:52:25to
00:52:26look
00:52:26at,
00:52:26so
00:52:26I
00:52:26fixed
00:52:27it
00:52:27a
00:52:27little.
00:52:30Where
00:52:31do
00:52:31people
00:52:31pick
00:52:31up
00:52:32free
00:52:32Bugattis?
00:52:33Asking
00:52:33for
00:52:33a
00:52:33friend.
00:52:34Queen
00:52:35behavior.
00:52:36Somewhere
00:52:37else,
00:52:37Slater gets
00:52:38pissed
00:52:38off.
00:52:40My
00:52:40car?
00:52:41She
00:52:41turned
00:52:42my
00:52:42car
00:52:42pink?
00:52:49Once
00:52:50the
00:52:50legal
00:52:50letter
00:52:50mess
00:52:51is
00:52:51cleared
00:52:51up,
00:52:52the
00:52:52government
00:52:52cooperation
00:52:53stays
00:52:53on track.
00:52:58I
00:52:58soon
00:52:58set up
00:52:59a
00:52:59contract
00:52:59signing
00:52:59meeting
00:53:00with
00:53:00the
00:53:00project
00:53:00lead,
00:53:01Gavin
00:53:01Shaw,
00:53:02at
00:53:02Forestline
00:53:03Restaurant.
00:53:11But
00:53:11when the
00:53:12private
00:53:12room
00:53:12door
00:53:12opens,
00:53:13the
00:53:14man
00:53:14who
00:53:14walks
00:53:14in
00:53:14isn't
00:53:15Gavin.
00:53:16Julian?
00:53:18What
00:53:18are you
00:53:18doing
00:53:19here?
00:53:19Am
00:53:20I
00:53:20not
00:53:20allowed
00:53:20to
00:53:20have
00:53:20dinner
00:53:21here?
00:53:21You
00:53:22can,
00:53:22just
00:53:23not
00:53:23in
00:53:23my
00:53:23room.
00:53:24This
00:53:24room
00:53:24is
00:53:24taken.
00:53:26Leave.
00:53:27He
00:53:27acts
00:53:27casual,
00:53:28but he's
00:53:28dressed way
00:53:29too sharply
00:53:29for this
00:53:30to be
00:53:30a
00:53:30coincidence.
00:53:31Then,
00:53:31the
00:53:32door
00:53:32opens
00:53:32again.
00:53:33Sorry
00:53:34I'm
00:53:34late.
00:53:36Oh.
00:53:38Mr.
00:53:39Foster,
00:53:40you're
00:53:40here
00:53:41too.
00:53:41Perfect.
00:53:42My
00:53:43heart
00:53:43sinks.
00:53:46So
00:53:47this
00:53:47wasn't
00:53:48a
00:53:48coincidence
00:53:48at
00:53:48all.
00:53:53It
00:53:53was
00:53:53a
00:53:53setup.
00:53:54Since
00:53:55both
00:53:55companies
00:53:55are
00:53:56involved
00:53:56in
00:53:56the
00:53:56project,
00:53:57I
00:53:57figured
00:53:58it
00:53:58would
00:53:58be
00:53:58more
00:53:58efficient
00:53:58to
00:53:59sign
00:53:59everything
00:53:59together.
00:54:02Next
00:54:02time,
00:54:03tell me
00:54:03in advance.
00:54:04I don't
00:54:04like
00:54:04surprises.
00:54:05Fair
00:54:06point,
00:54:06fair
00:54:06point.
00:54:07Let's
00:54:07focus
00:54:07on the
00:54:07contract.
00:54:09I
00:54:09sit
00:54:09down
00:54:09and
00:54:10sign
00:54:10without
00:54:10sparing
00:54:10Julian
00:54:11a
00:54:11second
00:54:11look.
00:54:14But I
00:54:15can
00:54:15feel him
00:54:15watching
00:54:16me the
00:54:16whole
00:54:16time.
00:54:19Sylvia.
00:54:20Save
00:54:21it.
00:54:21We're
00:54:21here
00:54:21for
00:54:21work.
00:54:23Gavin
00:54:24sits
00:54:24between
00:54:24us,
00:54:25smiling
00:54:25awkwardly.
00:54:28You
00:54:28two
00:54:29really
00:54:29don't
00:54:29make
00:54:29my
00:54:29job
00:54:30easy.
00:54:30The
00:54:31moment
00:54:31the
00:54:31contract
00:54:31is
00:54:31signed,
00:54:35I
00:54:35stand
00:54:36up.
00:54:36My
00:54:37company
00:54:37still
00:54:37has
00:54:37things
00:54:38to
00:54:38do.
00:54:38I'm
00:54:39leaving.
00:54:39That's
00:54:40it?
00:54:40No
00:54:41celebratory
00:54:42meal?
00:54:43Not
00:54:43with
00:54:44him.
00:54:47From
00:54:47start
00:54:47to
00:54:48finish,
00:54:48I
00:54:49treat
00:54:49Julian
00:54:49like
00:54:50he
00:54:50doesn't
00:54:50exist.
00:54:51After
00:54:51I
00:54:51leave,
00:54:52the
00:54:52atmosphere
00:54:53in
00:54:53the
00:54:53room
00:54:53turns
00:54:54painfully
00:54:54strange.
00:54:55Mr.
00:54:55Foster,
00:54:56if
00:54:56you
00:54:56ask
00:54:56me,
00:54:57you're
00:54:58trying
00:54:58to
00:54:58win
00:54:58your
00:54:58ex-wife
00:54:59back,
00:54:59aren't
00:54:59you?
00:55:00In
00:55:00the
00:55:00past,
00:55:01Julian
00:55:01would
00:55:01have
00:55:01denied
00:55:02it
00:55:02immediately,
00:55:03but
00:55:03this
00:55:03time,
00:55:04he
00:55:04stays
00:55:04silent.
00:55:05She
00:55:06clearly
00:55:06still
00:55:06has
00:55:07a
00:55:07lot
00:55:07of
00:55:07anger
00:55:07built
00:55:08up.
00:55:08You're
00:55:08going
00:55:08to
00:55:08suffer
00:55:09for
00:55:09a
00:55:09while.
00:55:10But
00:55:12if
00:55:12you
00:55:12take
00:55:12this
00:55:13project
00:55:13seriously,
00:55:15maybe
00:55:15I
00:55:15can
00:55:15help
00:55:15smooth
00:55:16things
00:55:16over.
00:55:17Julian
00:55:17still
00:55:17doesn't
00:55:18deny
00:55:18it,
00:55:18because
00:55:19even
00:55:19he
00:55:19is
00:55:19starting
00:55:19to
00:55:20realize
00:55:20he
00:55:21wants
00:55:21to
00:55:21get
00:55:21close
00:55:21to
00:55:22me.
00:55:24And
00:55:24I
00:55:24know
00:55:25none
00:55:25of
00:55:25this.
00:55:27All
00:55:27I
00:55:27know
00:55:28is
00:55:28this,
00:55:28the
00:55:29contract
00:55:29is
00:55:29signed,
00:55:30and
00:55:30the
00:55:30real
00:55:31battle
00:55:31has
00:55:31only
00:55:31just
00:55:32begun.
00:55:33After
00:55:33I
00:55:34return
00:55:34to
00:55:34the
00:55:34office,
00:55:35I
00:55:35force
00:55:35myself
00:55:36to
00:55:36calm
00:55:36down
00:55:36again.
00:55:45How
00:55:46did
00:55:46the
00:55:46signing
00:55:46go?
00:55:50The
00:55:51contract
00:55:51is
00:55:52done.
00:55:53Gavin
00:55:54played
00:55:54a
00:55:54little
00:55:54trick
00:55:55and
00:55:55dragged
00:55:55Julian
00:55:55into
00:55:56the
00:55:56cooperation.
00:55:57Did
00:55:57he
00:55:57say
00:55:58anything
00:55:58to
00:55:58you?
00:56:00He
00:56:01wanted
00:56:01to.
00:56:02I
00:56:02didn't
00:56:02give
00:56:02him
00:56:02the
00:56:02chance.
00:56:06Good.
00:56:07Miles
00:56:07sounds
00:56:08calm,
00:56:08but I
00:56:08can hear
00:56:09the
00:56:09relief
00:56:09in
00:56:09his
00:56:10voice.
00:56:11Don't
00:56:12worry,
00:56:13I
00:56:13know
00:56:13exactly
00:56:13what
00:56:14matters
00:56:14now.
00:56:16And
00:56:17what
00:56:17is
00:56:17that?
00:56:18Work.
00:56:19winning
00:56:22and
00:56:23never
00:56:23letting
00:56:23the
00:56:23foster
00:56:24family
00:56:24drag
00:56:24me
00:56:25backwards
00:56:25again.
00:56:27But
00:56:27just
00:56:28when I
00:56:28think
00:56:28everything
00:56:28is
00:56:29finally
00:56:29back
00:56:29on
00:56:29track,
00:56:30a
00:56:31new
00:56:31undercurrent
00:56:32begins
00:56:32to
00:56:32rise.
00:56:33Stella
00:56:33Young,
00:56:34the
00:56:34woman
00:56:34I
00:56:34kicked
00:56:34out
00:56:35of
00:56:35the
00:56:35project
00:56:35hasn't
00:56:36disappeared.
00:56:37She's
00:56:37just
00:56:37hiding
00:56:38in
00:56:38the
00:56:38dark,
00:56:39waiting
00:56:39for
00:56:40the
00:56:40next
00:56:40chance
00:56:40to
00:56:40stab
00:56:41me
00:56:41in
00:56:41the
00:56:41back.
00:56:42Once
00:56:42the
00:56:42smart
00:56:43city
00:56:43project
00:56:43officially
00:56:44begins,
00:56:44I
00:56:45finally
00:56:45stepped
00:56:46onto
00:56:46the
00:56:46construction
00:56:47side
00:56:49hats,
00:56:49blueprints,
00:56:51rebar,
00:56:52concrete.
00:56:54This
00:56:55is where
00:56:55I truly
00:56:56belong.
00:56:57Sylvia,
00:56:58the
00:56:58Westside
00:56:58Foundation
00:56:59data
00:56:59is in.
00:57:01Good.
00:57:02Move
00:57:02the
00:57:03revised
00:57:03load-bearing
00:57:04plan
00:57:04to the
00:57:04front.
00:57:05I
00:57:05want
00:57:06that
00:57:06section
00:57:06checked
00:57:06again.
00:57:07Right
00:57:08then,
00:57:08a man
00:57:09swaggered
00:57:09onto
00:57:10the
00:57:10site.
00:57:16So
00:57:17you're
00:57:17Sylvia
00:57:17Carter,
00:57:18the
00:57:18famous
00:57:19lady
00:57:19engineer.
00:57:20And
00:57:21you
00:57:21are?
00:57:22A
00:57:22friend.
00:57:23Thought
00:57:24I'd
00:57:24come
00:57:24congratulate
00:57:25you.
00:57:25He
00:57:26said
00:57:26congratulations,
00:57:27but the
00:57:28way he
00:57:28looked at
00:57:29me felt
00:57:29filthy.
00:57:30Then
00:57:30you've
00:57:31congratulated
00:57:31me.
00:57:32Leave.
00:57:33He
00:57:33didn't
00:57:33leave.
00:57:34He
00:57:34stepped
00:57:35closer.
00:57:35Temper
00:57:36like
00:57:36that?
00:57:37No
00:57:37wonder
00:57:38your
00:57:38husband
00:57:38dumped
00:57:38you.
00:57:39My
00:57:39eyes
00:57:40turned
00:57:40cold.
00:57:42Ex-husband.
00:57:44And
00:57:45one
00:57:45more
00:57:46word,
00:57:46and I'll
00:57:47call
00:57:47security.
00:57:49before I
00:57:50could move,
00:57:51someone was
00:57:51already
00:57:52striding over
00:57:52from the
00:57:53other side
00:57:53of the
00:57:53site.
00:57:59What
00:57:59are you
00:57:59doing
00:58:00here?
00:58:01The
00:58:01person who
00:58:01came over
00:58:02was actually
00:58:03Julian.
00:58:04Julian?
00:58:05I was
00:58:06just talking
00:58:06to her.
00:58:09Did I
00:58:09invite you?
00:58:10Get
00:58:11out.
00:58:12Right
00:58:12now.
00:58:13Hank's
00:58:14stance
00:58:14stiffened,
00:58:15but he
00:58:15still tried
00:58:15to act
00:58:16tough.
00:58:18Why
00:58:18are you
00:58:18defending
00:58:19her?
00:58:20I
00:58:20thought
00:58:20you
00:58:20didn't
00:58:21care
00:58:21about
00:58:21her
00:58:21anymore.
00:58:26I
00:58:26said,
00:58:27get
00:58:27out,
00:58:28or I'll
00:58:29have
00:58:29security
00:58:29drag
00:58:30you
00:58:30out.
00:58:32that
00:58:32finally
00:58:33scares
00:58:33him.
00:58:34He
00:58:35leaves
00:58:35in
00:58:35disgrace.
00:58:38I
00:58:39didn't
00:58:39ask you
00:58:39to help
00:58:39me.
00:58:40I
00:58:40know.
00:58:42You
00:58:43would have
00:58:43handled him
00:58:43yourself.
00:58:44I paused
00:58:45for a
00:58:45second.
00:58:48It was
00:58:48the first
00:58:49time he'd
00:58:49stood on
00:58:50my side
00:58:50before asking
00:58:51questions.
00:58:53Then next
00:58:54time,
00:58:54don't stand
00:58:55so close.
00:58:56It makes
00:58:57me uncomfortable.
00:59:00Then I
00:59:00turned and
00:59:01walked back
00:59:01to the
00:59:02blueprint
00:59:02table.
00:59:08He
00:59:08stayed
00:59:08where he
00:59:09was and
00:59:09said
00:59:10nothing.
00:59:18That
00:59:18same
00:59:19night,
00:59:19Monica
00:59:20got a
00:59:20call
00:59:20from
00:59:21Hank
00:59:21Moore.
00:59:27You
00:59:28set me
00:59:28up!
00:59:28You
00:59:29said
00:59:29Julian
00:59:29wouldn't
00:59:30interfere!
00:59:32How
00:59:32was I
00:59:32supposed
00:59:33to know
00:59:33she'd
00:59:33pull him
00:59:33over
00:59:34there?
00:59:34She
00:59:34denied
00:59:35everything
00:59:35out
00:59:36loud,
00:59:36but
00:59:37inside
00:59:37she
00:59:37was
00:59:37seething.
00:59:38You
00:59:38told me
00:59:39Julian
00:59:39only
00:59:40loves
00:59:40you.
00:59:40Then
00:59:41why
00:59:41did
00:59:41he
00:59:41nearly
00:59:41beat
00:59:42me
00:59:42up
00:59:42over
00:59:42her?
00:59:43He
00:59:43does
00:59:43love
00:59:43me!
00:59:44He's
00:59:44just
00:59:44guilty
00:59:45towards
00:59:45his
00:59:45ex-wife!
00:59:46That's
00:59:46all!
00:59:47Even
00:59:47she
00:59:47knew
00:59:48her
00:59:48own
00:59:48excuse
00:59:48was
00:59:49getting
00:59:49weaker
00:59:49and
00:59:49weaker.
00:59:50But
00:59:51she
00:59:51didn't
00:59:51dare
00:59:51admit
00:59:52it.
00:59:53Because
00:59:54if she
00:59:54admitted
00:59:55it,
00:59:55she'd
00:59:55have
00:59:56to
00:59:56admit
00:59:56that
00:59:56the
00:59:56superiority
00:59:57she'd
00:59:58clung
00:59:58to
00:59:58for
00:59:58years
00:59:58was
00:59:59fake.
01:00:02If
01:00:02one
01:00:02pawn
01:00:03fails,
01:00:03I
01:00:04can
01:00:04always
01:00:04use
01:00:04another.
01:00:07By
01:00:08the
01:00:08time
01:00:08the
01:00:08call
01:00:09ended,
01:00:09nothing
01:00:10was
01:00:10left
01:00:10in
01:00:11her
01:00:11eyes
01:00:11but
01:00:12malice.
01:00:12At the
01:00:13same
01:00:13time,
01:00:14the
01:00:14legal
01:00:14dispute
01:00:15over
01:00:15the
01:00:15Foster
01:00:15family's
01:00:16letter
01:00:16finally
01:00:17reached
01:00:17the
01:00:17negotiation
01:00:18table.
01:00:18Universe
01:00:19Group
01:00:19is
01:00:19willing
01:00:19to
01:00:19withdraw
01:00:20the
01:00:20lawsuit,
01:00:20but
01:00:21Sylvia
01:00:21Carter
01:00:21has
01:00:22conditions.
01:00:24Name
01:00:25them.
01:00:26First,
01:00:28financial
01:00:28compensation
01:00:29for reputational
01:00:30and emotional
01:00:31damage.
01:00:32Second,
01:00:33Evelyn
01:00:33Foster
01:00:33must
01:00:34publicly
01:00:34apologize.
01:00:35Julian's
01:00:36temple
01:00:36throbbed
01:00:36the
01:00:37second
01:00:37he
01:00:37heard
01:00:37the
01:00:37second
01:00:38condition.
01:00:39Compensation
01:00:39isn't
01:00:39the
01:00:39problem,
01:00:40the
01:00:40apology
01:00:41is.
01:00:43That's
01:00:44exactly
01:00:44why
01:00:44she
01:00:44asked
01:00:45for it.
01:00:47On
01:00:48the
01:00:48other
01:00:48side,
01:00:49I
01:00:49sat
01:00:49in
01:00:49Miles'
01:00:50office
01:00:50without
01:00:50even
01:00:50looking
01:00:51up.
01:00:52Are
01:00:52you
01:00:52sure?
01:00:53Once
01:00:53Evelyn
01:00:54apologizes
01:00:54publicly,
01:00:55the
01:00:56whole
01:00:56city
01:00:56will
01:00:56see
01:00:56it.
01:00:59Good.
01:01:00That's
01:01:00the
01:01:00point.
01:01:01She
01:01:02humiliated
01:01:02me in
01:01:03the
01:01:03dark.
01:01:04I
01:01:04want
01:01:04her
01:01:04to
01:01:04apologize
01:01:05in
01:01:05the
01:01:05light.
01:01:08Miles
01:01:08looked at
01:01:09me,
01:01:09and his
01:01:09gaze
01:01:10slowly
01:01:10softened.
01:01:16Then let's
01:01:17make sure
01:01:17she has
01:01:17nowhere to
01:01:18hide.
01:01:18The
01:01:19very next
01:01:19day,
01:01:19Evelyn
01:01:19actually
01:01:20stormed
01:01:20into
01:01:20Universe
01:01:21Group
01:01:21in
01:01:21person.
01:01:25Sylvia
01:01:25Carter,
01:01:25don't push
01:01:26this too
01:01:26far.
01:01:27She
01:01:27marched
01:01:27into
01:01:27the
01:01:27meeting
01:01:28room
01:01:28in
01:01:28high
01:01:28heels,
01:01:29still
01:01:29carrying
01:01:29that
01:01:30same
01:01:30superior
01:01:30arrogance.
01:01:31Funny.
01:01:31The
01:01:32one who
01:01:32sent
01:01:32the
01:01:33slanderous
01:01:33legal
01:01:33letter
01:01:33is
01:01:34calling
01:01:34me
01:01:34excessive.
01:01:35I am
01:01:35Julian's
01:01:36mother.
01:01:38Do you
01:01:39really
01:01:40think you
01:01:40can force
01:01:41me to
01:01:41apologize
01:01:41to you?
01:01:43Not
01:01:44force.
01:01:45Choice.
01:01:47Apologize
01:01:47publicly,
01:01:48and I
01:01:48withdraw
01:01:49the case.
01:01:50Refuse,
01:01:53and we'll
01:01:53see each
01:01:54other in
01:01:54court.
01:01:57She
01:01:57trembled
01:01:58with rage
01:01:59and turned
01:01:59to Miles.
01:02:00And
01:02:00you?
01:02:02You're
01:02:02really
01:02:02going
01:02:03to
01:02:03help
01:02:03this
01:02:03woman
01:02:03humiliate
01:02:04the
01:02:04Foster
01:02:04family?
01:02:07Mrs.
01:02:07Foster,
01:02:09let me
01:02:09correct you.
01:02:11No one
01:02:12is humiliating
01:02:13your family.
01:02:13Your family
01:02:14humiliated
01:02:15themselves.
01:02:16She had
01:02:17nothing left
01:02:17to say.
01:02:18In the
01:02:19end,
01:02:19she could
01:02:20only leave
01:02:20in
01:02:20humiliation.
01:02:28But I
01:02:28didn't
01:02:29expect that
01:02:29the second
01:02:30she left,
01:02:31she'd
01:02:31call
01:02:31Julian.
01:02:34Julian!
01:02:35Sylvia and
01:02:36Miles threatened
01:02:37me!
01:02:37Mom, I
01:02:38warned you
01:02:38not to go
01:02:39to her.
01:02:39So you
01:02:40really mean
01:02:41to side
01:02:41with outsiders
01:02:42against your
01:02:42own mother?
01:02:43This
01:02:43isn't about
01:02:44sides.
01:02:44You made
01:02:45the mistake.
01:02:46You fix it.
01:02:47This
01:02:47time,
01:02:47he didn't
01:02:48clean up
01:02:48the mess
01:02:49for her.
01:02:49Two days
01:02:49later,
01:02:50Evelyn Foster's
01:02:51public apology
01:02:52video went
01:02:52live.
01:02:53I made
01:02:53an inappropriate
01:02:54accusation
01:02:55against Mrs.
01:02:56Sylvia Carter
01:02:56and caused
01:02:57serious damage
01:02:58to her
01:02:59reputation.
01:03:00I sincerely
01:03:01apologize.
01:03:02The whole
01:03:02social circle
01:03:03exploded.
01:03:04Wait,
01:03:04Julian's mother
01:03:05actually apologized
01:03:06publicly?
01:03:07Sylvia is
01:03:08terrifying in
01:03:09the best way
01:03:09possible.
01:03:10I watched
01:03:11the video
01:03:11and finally
01:03:12approved the
01:03:13withdrawal.
01:03:13Not because
01:03:14I softened,
01:03:15but because
01:03:15this blow
01:03:16had already
01:03:16landed deep
01:03:17enough.
01:03:18I thought
01:03:19things would
01:03:20settle down
01:03:20for a while.
01:03:22But the
01:03:23first one to
01:03:23resurface was
01:03:24Stella,
01:03:25the woman
01:03:25who'd already
01:03:26been kicked
01:03:26out of the
01:03:26company.
01:03:27She suddenly
01:03:28started posting
01:03:29online,
01:03:30claiming Universe
01:03:31Group had
01:03:31maliciously forced
01:03:32her out.
01:03:33I worked hard
01:03:34for the Smart
01:03:34City Project,
01:03:35and Sylvia
01:03:36Carter stole
01:03:36all my work,
01:03:37framed me,
01:03:38and ruined
01:03:38my career.
01:03:39She posted
01:03:40a crying video
01:03:41and a few
01:03:42cherry-picked
01:03:42screenshots.
01:03:43Wait,
01:03:44is Sylvia not
01:03:45the victim
01:03:46after all?
01:03:46If this
01:03:47is true,
01:03:47she went
01:03:48too far.
01:03:51Sylvia,
01:03:52the comments
01:03:52are turning.
01:03:56I can
01:03:56suppress it
01:03:57now.
01:03:58No.
01:04:00Let her
01:04:01keep talking.
01:04:02You're that
01:04:03calm?
01:04:05Because people
01:04:06like her
01:04:06always make
01:04:07the same
01:04:08mistake.
01:04:10They think
01:04:11one lie
01:04:11is enough
01:04:12to erase
01:04:12a pile of
01:04:13evidence.
01:04:14The very next
01:04:15day,
01:04:15Universe Group
01:04:16dropped an
01:04:16official statement.
01:04:19Former employee
01:04:20Stella Young
01:04:20was dismissed
01:04:21after repeated
01:04:22major work
01:04:22errors and had
01:04:23no deep
01:04:24involvement in
01:04:25the Smart
01:04:25City Project.
01:04:26That wasn't
01:04:27all.
01:04:27The company
01:04:28also released
01:04:29her work
01:04:29history outright.
01:04:31Wrong figures,
01:04:32delayed tasks,
01:04:34internal warnings,
01:04:35removal from the
01:04:36project team,
01:04:37every last detail.
01:04:39And look at this.
01:04:41They even traced
01:04:42her recent spending.
01:04:44Luxury apartment,
01:04:45designer goods,
01:04:46expensive furs.
01:04:47There was no way
01:04:48her former salary
01:04:49could support that
01:04:50lifestyle.
01:04:54So she got
01:04:55paid to
01:04:56smear them?
01:04:57That's
01:04:58disgusting.
01:05:04Public opinion
01:05:05flipped overnight.
01:05:14The victim image
01:05:15Stella tried to
01:05:16build collapsed
01:05:17instantly.
01:05:19After the backlash
01:05:21hit, when I saw
01:05:22Stella again,
01:05:23she was already
01:05:24falling apart.
01:05:25She was curled up
01:05:26in the corner of
01:05:27her apartment,
01:05:28frantically calling
01:05:29for help.
01:05:29Pick up!
01:05:30Please, just pick up!
01:05:32But the person
01:05:32she kept calling
01:05:33never answered.
01:05:34I wasn't surprised
01:05:35at all.
01:05:36Because I already
01:05:37knew the person
01:05:38who pushed her out
01:05:39as a shield
01:05:40would never save her.
01:05:41That person
01:05:42was Monica.
01:05:44Useless trash.
01:05:45You failed,
01:05:46so clean up
01:05:47your own mess.
01:05:48The next second,
01:05:50Monica blocked
01:05:51her.
01:05:52No.
01:05:53She can't do
01:05:55this to me.
01:05:56I watched her
01:05:57collapse and felt
01:05:58only irony.
01:06:00You knew,
01:06:01didn't you?
01:06:02You knew
01:06:03she was using
01:06:04me!
01:06:05I knew you
01:06:06were greedy.
01:06:07I just didn't
01:06:08know you were
01:06:09this stupid.
01:06:12If I tell you
01:06:13everything,
01:06:15will you
01:06:16help me?
01:06:17I stood
01:06:18at the door,
01:06:19looking at
01:06:19Stella,
01:06:20and felt
01:06:21nothing.
01:06:21That depends
01:06:22on whether
01:06:23you finally
01:06:23tell me
01:06:24the truth.
01:06:24Her hands
01:06:25trembled as
01:06:26she unlocked
01:06:26her phone.
01:06:27Transfers,
01:06:28chats,
01:06:29voice notes,
01:06:30secret recordings.
01:06:35every piece
01:06:36was there.
01:06:37It was
01:06:37Monica.
01:06:39Everything
01:06:39was Monica.
01:06:43I
01:06:43scrolled
01:06:44through
01:06:44everything,
01:06:44and the more
01:06:45I saw,
01:06:45the more
01:06:46I wanted
01:06:46to smile.
01:06:48So to
01:06:49destroy me,
01:06:50she really
01:06:50did every
01:06:51filthy thing
01:06:51she could.
01:06:52She told
01:06:53me what
01:06:53to post,
01:06:54what to
01:06:55say,
01:06:55even when
01:06:56to cry.
01:07:00And now
01:07:00you want
01:07:01me to
01:07:01save you?
01:07:03I was
01:07:04wrong.
01:07:06You don't
01:07:07need my
01:07:07pity.
01:07:08You just
01:07:09need to be
01:07:10useful one
01:07:10last time.
01:07:13What do
01:07:13you want
01:07:14me to do?
01:07:15I want
01:07:16Monica
01:07:17to destroy
01:07:18herself.
01:07:19I walked
01:07:20out and
01:07:20called
01:07:21Miles.
01:07:21After
01:07:22getting the
01:07:22evidence,
01:07:23I didn't
01:07:23strike right
01:07:23away.
01:07:24Because for
01:07:24someone like
01:07:25Monica,
01:07:26evidence alone
01:07:26wasn't enough.
01:07:27I wanted
01:07:28her to
01:07:28confess with
01:07:29her own
01:07:29mouth.
01:07:34So
01:07:35what's the
01:07:35plan?
01:07:37Make her
01:07:38panic.
01:07:41And
01:07:41when she
01:07:42panics?
01:07:43She'll
01:07:43make a
01:07:44fatal
01:07:44mistake.
01:07:45Half an
01:07:46hour later,
01:07:46an announcement
01:07:47was quietly
01:07:47put out.
01:07:48Universe
01:07:48Group was
01:07:49about to
01:07:49hold a
01:07:50press
01:07:50conference,
01:07:50expose the
01:07:51mastermind.
01:07:59Sure
01:07:59enough,
01:08:00Monica
01:08:00called in
01:08:01less than
01:08:01ten minutes.
01:08:02The second
01:08:03I answered,
01:08:04I hit
01:08:04record.
01:08:05Sylvia,
01:08:05what exactly
01:08:06are you
01:08:06trying to
01:08:07do?
01:08:08Why are
01:08:09you nervous?
01:08:12Nervous?
01:08:13I have
01:08:14no idea
01:08:15what you're
01:08:15talking about.
01:08:16Really?
01:08:17Then why
01:08:18did you
01:08:18bribe
01:08:18Stella
01:08:19and try
01:08:19so hard
01:08:20to destroy
01:08:20me?
01:08:25The other
01:08:26end suddenly
01:08:27went quiet.
01:08:32Because
01:08:33I hate
01:08:34you.
01:08:36Monica
01:08:36slipped,
01:08:37and all I
01:08:37had to do
01:08:38was keep
01:08:38pushing.
01:08:39Keep
01:08:39talking.
01:08:41Julian
01:08:41should have
01:08:41been mine
01:08:42a long
01:08:42time ago.
01:08:43If it
01:08:43weren't for
01:08:44you,
01:08:44I'd be
01:08:44Mrs.
01:08:44Foston
01:08:45already.
01:08:48So you
01:08:49did all
01:08:49this for
01:08:49a man?
01:08:50Not
01:08:50just a
01:08:51man.
01:08:51The
01:08:52Foster
01:08:52family.
01:08:53The
01:08:53status.
01:08:55The
01:08:55life you
01:08:56had.
01:08:56She spoke
01:08:57faster and
01:08:58faster,
01:08:58more and
01:08:59more frantically.
01:09:00I hated
01:09:01watching you
01:09:01stand there
01:09:02as Mrs.
01:09:02Foster.
01:09:03I hated
01:09:03how everyone
01:09:04had to
01:09:04acknowledge
01:09:05you.
01:09:05So yes,
01:09:06I used
01:09:07Stella.
01:09:07I wanted
01:09:08your name
01:09:09ruined.
01:09:09The
01:09:10moment she
01:09:10finished,
01:09:11even she
01:09:12froze,
01:09:12because she
01:09:13finally realized
01:09:14what she
01:09:15just admitted.
01:09:17Monica,
01:09:19thank you.
01:09:21What?
01:09:23You
01:09:23just gave
01:09:24me the
01:09:25last piece
01:09:25of evidence.
01:09:26Monica
01:09:27exploded on
01:09:28the other
01:09:28end.
01:09:32Sylvia!
01:09:33Sylvia
01:09:34Carter!
01:09:35But I'd
01:09:36already hung
01:09:37up.
01:09:38I handed
01:09:39the recording
01:09:39to Miles.
01:09:41Tomorrow,
01:09:42we expose
01:09:43her.
01:09:44The next
01:09:45day,
01:09:45the press
01:09:45conference
01:09:46hall was
01:09:46packed.
01:09:48Everyone
01:09:49was waiting
01:09:49to see
01:09:50what I
01:09:50would
01:09:50reveal.
01:09:51Miss
01:09:52Carter,
01:09:52is it
01:09:53true there
01:09:53was someone
01:09:54behind
01:09:54Stella
01:09:55Young?
01:09:57Yes.
01:09:58The room
01:09:59exploded
01:09:59instantly.
01:10:01Then who
01:10:02is it?
01:10:02I didn't
01:10:03answer.
01:10:04I simply
01:10:05pressed
01:10:06play.
01:10:08because I
01:10:09hate you.
01:10:10Julian
01:10:10should have
01:10:10been mine
01:10:11a long
01:10:11time ago.
01:10:12If it
01:10:13weren't for
01:10:13you,
01:10:14I'd be
01:10:14Mrs.
01:10:15Foster
01:10:15already.
01:10:16The moment
01:10:16the recording
01:10:17played,
01:10:17the room
01:10:18erupted.
01:10:20I raised
01:10:20my hand
01:10:21and throw
01:10:21the transfers
01:10:22and chat
01:10:22logs onto
01:10:23the big
01:10:23screen.
01:10:24Stella
01:10:24Young
01:10:25spread the
01:10:25lies.
01:10:27Monica
01:10:27Lane
01:10:28paid
01:10:28for them.
01:10:29One
01:10:30wanted
01:10:30money,
01:10:31the other
01:10:32wanted me
01:10:33destroyed.
01:10:34Just
01:10:34then,
01:10:35the back
01:10:35doors of
01:10:36the hall
01:10:36burst
01:10:36open.
01:10:39Monica
01:10:39rushed in.
01:10:41It's fake!
01:10:42She forged
01:10:42everything!
01:10:43She lunged
01:10:44for the
01:10:44microphone,
01:10:45but security
01:10:46held her
01:10:46back.
01:10:46Then sue
01:10:47me.
01:10:48But before
01:10:49you do,
01:10:51ask yourself
01:10:52if you're ready
01:10:53for the police
01:10:53to hear the
01:10:54rest.
01:10:58Monica
01:10:59froze solid.
01:11:00Then another
01:11:01stir rose at
01:11:02the entrance.
01:11:04Julian had
01:11:05arrived.
01:11:06Julian walked
01:11:07into the
01:11:08hall one
01:11:08step at
01:11:09a time.
01:11:11He looked
01:11:12at the
01:11:12evidence on
01:11:13the screen,
01:11:14then at
01:11:14Monica.
01:11:18Was it
01:11:19all you?
01:11:21Julian,
01:11:22listen to me!
01:11:23I can
01:11:23explain...
01:11:27Explain how
01:11:28you framed
01:11:29Sylvia again
01:11:29again and
01:11:30again.
01:11:31I did it
01:11:32because I
01:11:32love you!
01:11:38No.
01:11:40Love doesn't
01:11:41look like this.
01:11:42It was the
01:11:42first time he
01:11:43denied her
01:11:43completely in front
01:11:44of everyone.
01:11:46Monica
01:11:47completely broke
01:11:48down.
01:11:49Fine!
01:11:50Yes!
01:11:51I did it!
01:11:52I paid
01:11:53Stella!
01:11:54I spread
01:11:54the rumors!
01:11:55I wanted
01:11:56Sylvia ruined!
01:11:57She confessed
01:11:58with her own
01:11:58mouth.
01:11:59At that
01:12:00moment,
01:12:00the game
01:12:01was over.
01:12:04The police
01:12:05escorted
01:12:05Monica away.
01:12:06The hall
01:12:07finally fell
01:12:07silent.
01:12:11Sylvia,
01:12:13I owe you
01:12:14an apology.
01:12:14More than
01:12:15one.
01:12:16You're
01:12:17right.
01:12:17You do.
01:12:20Then let
01:12:21me make
01:12:21it right.
01:12:23No.
01:12:25He
01:12:26froze.
01:12:28An
01:12:29apology
01:12:29belongs to
01:12:30the past.
01:12:32But I
01:12:33don't live
01:12:33there anymore.
01:12:34I walked
01:12:34down from
01:12:35the stage.
01:12:36Miles was
01:12:37already waiting
01:12:37for me below.
01:12:38I looked
01:12:39up at the
01:12:39light outside.
01:12:41I was
01:12:42no longer
01:12:42someone's
01:12:43ex-wife.
01:12:44I was
01:12:45simply
01:12:45Sylvia
01:12:45Carter.
01:12:47And my
01:12:48life was
01:12:48only just
01:12:49beginning.
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