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00:02C'est parti !
00:30out and said absolutely nocted like it was just another Tuesday. Then, on my 22nd birthday,
00:35Dominic took me to Oak Hall, Westbrook's most exclusive restaurant and said he'd planned
00:39a surprise. The table was already set when we arrived, with everything I liked. Every
00:43dish. He said he had something special to grab. Be right back. I waited until the dining
00:50room closed. He never came back. I pulled out my card to cover the bill. The cashier
00:58scanned it, paused, and slid it back across the counter. I'm sorry, Ms. Sinclair. Your
01:03card is showing as invalid in the system. Invalid? I stared at the card in my hand. My fingers
01:10went cold. This was the card Dominic had given me right before we left. After we got engaged,
01:17he'd added me to the Ashford family meal plan. Every purchase on campus, charge to the family
01:23account billed directly to them. But tonight, right before we walked out the door, he'd
01:29reached into my bag and taken the card. He'd said, kissing my forehead. This one's on me.
01:37It's your 22nd. Dominic wasn't picking up. 12 calls. 12 voicemails left. The cashier
01:44drummed her fingers on the card reader. Ms. Sinclair, do you have another form of payment?
01:48We don't do tabs here. And I'm sure you remember last month's incident. I remembered. Last month,
01:55Dominic's childhood best friend, Bianca Harlow, took my dining dollars and treated her entire
01:59Pi Beta chapper to a $2,000 dinner. Then went and ran her mouth in the girl's locker room. I
02:04was a
02:04clout haser with a pretty face. Dominic's gonna drop her the second he's bored. So I logged into
02:08the portal and killed her access. The next day, she stepped up to the register and got declined.
02:13Once. Twice. Three times. The line behind her stretched to the door. Her face went beet
02:20red, in front of her sisters. She never forgave me for that. Now I stood there, phone in a death
02:26grip, and my knuckles turned white. Then the doors swung open. Bianca walked in tucked under
02:33Dominic's arm. Chin up. Blue eyes absolutely glowing with satisfaction. Behind them, 14, maybe
02:4115 people. The entire inner circle of Westbrook College. Phi Kippa's executive board. Pi Beta's
02:49social chars. Every single one of them was already staring. Dominic let go of Bianca's arm and walked
02:55toward me. The light caught his pale blonde hair. He looked every bit the Ashford air, which honestly
03:00wasn't far off. The Ashford's were East Coast old money, the oldest kind. And Dominic was their only
03:03son, president of Phi Kappa. The guy Westbrook was basically built around. And right now, he was
03:07looking at me in a way I had never seen before. Elena. He said. Low. Measured. Loud enough for
03:13every table in Oak Hall to hear. You get a real kick out of sabotaging people on the low, huh?
03:17Freezing someone's card? Making them stand at a register and choke in front of everyone?
03:21So, now you know how it feels. The room cracked open. Wait, is he serious? It's her birthday.
03:26They've been together three years. Why would he- Three years doesn't mean anything. Bianca's known
03:30him since they were kids. And Elena? She transferred from the West Coast. Nobody can even find her
03:35people. She's here on a scholarship, right? Like, a full ride? That's what you get for
03:39clout chasing. When Dominic's done with her, she won't even have a seat at the table.
03:42I dug my nails into my palm. Exactly what I thought. He'd set this whole thing up. On
03:48my birthday. Just to get back at me for Bianca. Dominic walked Bianca to the table, and Nguanga
03:54pulled out her chair. Like I wasn't even in the room. Bianca. His voice was quiet, but the
03:59whole room heard it. Whatever she did to you, I'm returning it. Every bit of it. Bianca's
04:03face broke open. She leaned over and kissed the corner of his mouth. Thank you, Dom.
04:06Then she looked at me. Getting the picture now, Elena? That account belongs to the Ashford
04:09family? You're not family yet. What gave you the right to touch my access in the first place?
04:13She dropped her bag onto the table, then shoved it. Hard. My water glass-tipped liquid spilled
04:18across my shoes, seeping through the fabric. She said, covering her mouth. Oops. Slipped.
04:23Sorry about that. Though those shoes weren't worth much anyway, right? Scattered laughter from
04:28behind her. Dominic didn't look at the spill. Didn't look at me. He just slipped his arm
04:31around Bianca's waist and looked straight at the cashier. Whatever Bianca orders tonight,
04:35put it on the Ashford account. Then he looked at me. That smirk, wide open, not even trying
04:40to hide it. As for her, if she can't pay, go buy the book. I stood there. The room shrank,
04:45inch by inch. Dominic stood up. He wanted to make sure I had nowhere left to go. He swept
04:51the room with one slow, deliberate look, then pulled out his phone, typed something, and held
04:56the screen up for everyone to see. The Phi Kappa group chat. Anyone who helps Elena Sinclair
05:00tonight is out. All event access, gone.
05:03Everyone in that room knew exactly what that meant. Cross Dominic Ashvin, and you were done.
05:09No party invites. No frat events. No senior gala. Full stop.
05:14A few people who actually knew me, I watched something flicker across their faces. One girl
05:18actually reached into her bag. Bionna caught it. She stared that girl down, hard. The hand
05:23slipped back out, empty. I looked at Dominic. Three years of feelings, gone. Just like that.
05:29Dominic Ashforth, you really want to do this? He held my gaze without blinking.
05:34When you froze her card and humiliated her in front of everyone, what did you think was
05:38going to happen? This is your lesson. Remember it. She's mine. Engaged or not, you don't get
05:45to come after her. She's mine. Those two words hit like a knife. Straight in. Three years ago,
05:53I just transferred to Westbrook. Bumped straight into him on the steps outside the student union
05:57building. Full collision. Books everywhere. He spent the whole next semester on my case.
06:02Every morning, he'd be waiting outside my dorm with an oat milk latte from the campus cafe.
06:06My exact order, every time. On rainy days, he'd pull off his own hoodie and drop it over my head,
06:11then sprint across the entire football field in just a t-shirt. When a group of Pi Bada upper classes
06:17cornered me in the library hallway. I don't even know how he found out, but he showed up,
06:22walked straight through all of them, and put himself between me and the girl running her mouth.
06:26Looked her dead in the eye and said,
06:28She's with me.
06:29I was gone after that. Not because of his last name, because I actually believed him.
06:35And now he'd just use those same words for her.
06:37So what's it going to be?
06:38Bianca's voice pulled me back. She leaned back. Legs crossed.
06:42You gonna call someone to bail you out? Or...
06:45She let it hang, eyes dragging slowly over my dress. I felt myself shrink.
06:51Nice piece. Couture. Right? Maybe the boys can auction it off right here. Piece by piece.
06:59To cover your tab.
07:01The room lost it.
07:02Dominic really said this is for Bianca and meant it. Elena is cooked.
07:06I told y'all, Cinderella stories don't exist in real life.
07:09The Ashvans were never gonna bring home a girl with no pedigree.
07:11Bianca's always been their people.
07:13The higher they build you up, the harder you fall, sis.
07:16That's just how it goes.
07:17The Phi Keper core, the ones clustered around Dominic,
07:21were watching me with that specific look.
07:23A few of them already had their phones out.
07:26My whole body was shaking.
07:29Before we'd left, Dominic had taken my dining dollars.
07:31On purpose.
07:35Right now, I had nothing but the dress on my back.
07:38And my phone had just died.
07:40Battery gone.
07:42That's when it hit me.
07:43My phone.
07:45My card.
07:46The reservation.
07:47The timing.
07:48None of it was an accident.
07:50And to gird the so-trient.
07:52He didn't forget my birthday.
07:55He planned it.
07:57Bianca moved toward me, smiling like she'd already won.
08:00It's getting late, Elena.
08:01The cashier's waiting to close out your tab.
08:03Don't tell me you're actually broke.
08:06Because a tab this size, if you can't cover it, this goes straight to the Student Conduct Committee.
08:12I felt it in my stomach.
08:14The Student Conduct Committee at Westbrook College.
08:16The one line nobody crossed.
08:17One formal strike, and I could lose my scholarship, lose my housing, get pulled from the honors track, or get
08:23kicked out for good.
08:26Dominic didn't just want to humiliate me.
08:28He wanted to erase me.
08:32Bianca took another step forward.
08:34Close enough that I could smell her perfume.
08:36She tilted her chin up and looked at me like I was already done.
08:39There is one other option.
08:41That smile ale never moved.
08:43Say please.
08:44Mean it.
08:45Maybe I'll make this easier for you.
08:46She reached out and poked my shoulder.
08:50Dom listens to me.
08:52Always has.
08:53I reached up and blocked her hand.
08:55Just that.
08:57Bianca reacted like she'd been hit by a truck.
09:00Grabbed her cheek and screamed.
09:03She hit me!
09:04I watched Dominic's eyes shift.
09:07No, that's not what...
09:09He grabbed my shoulder and shoved.
09:11Hard.
09:13I went down backward.
09:15Caught the corner of the table on the way.
09:17The pain shot straight up my spine.
09:19The edge caught my arm.
09:21Sharp.
09:22Clean.
09:23And I felt the warmth before I saw the blood.
09:26I hit the floor and looked up.
09:28Furious.
09:29For just a second something moved across Dominic's face.
09:33Then it was gone.
09:34Elena.
09:35You hit her in front of everyone.
09:37That doesn't just go away.
09:39Bianca gets that back.
09:40He jutted his chin at two FICUP members standing nearby.
09:44Both of them built like they belonged on the offensive line.
09:47They grabbed my arms, one on each side, and hauled me off the floor.
09:53Bianca walked toward me slowly.
09:55My heart mummered.
09:58Not from fear.
09:59From disbelief.
10:01The Ashfords hadn't always been East Coast royalty.
10:04Dominic hadn't always been untouchable.
10:07Because of me.
10:08I was the one who'd convinced my dad to use our family's connections to open every door for them.
10:13Rivals who would have gone after the Ashfords backed off.
10:15Because nobody stepped to my dad.
10:17I'd planned to tell Dominic tonight.
10:19On my birthday.
10:20Tell him I wasn't some scholarship girl from the West Coast with no pedigree.
10:24I was a St. Clair.
10:25The sole heir to a West Coast dynasty that made the Ashterns look like new money.
10:29I was going to take him home to meet my family.
10:31I just didn't see this coming.
10:32I'd read him wrong.
10:33Bianca turned to the table.
10:35And picked up a heavy plate of lobster marinara.
10:38The exact dish Dominic had ordered for me.
10:40She stepped right into my space, raised the plate, and didn't hesitate.
10:44Splash!
10:45A wet, sickening sound echoed across the dining room.
10:47She had flipped the entire plate directly over my head.
10:50Scalding pasta hit my crown.
10:51Thick red sauce slid down my hair and clinged to my cheeks.
10:54The empty plate slipped from her hand,
10:56hitting the hardwood floor with a sharp crack and shattering at my feet.
11:00Rich tomato sauce dripped from my eyelashes,
11:03bleeding rapidly into the pale fabric of my couture dress.
11:07I didn't flinch.
11:07I didn't even lift a hand to wipe my face.
11:09I just dug my nails into my palm and looked straight through the mess at Dominic.
11:13No anger.
11:15No tears.
11:16Dominic, this is on you.
11:18When the Ashfords go under and everything you've built comes crashing down.
11:23Remember, you chose this.
11:43Dominic looked at me like I was wasting his time.
11:46Cold.
11:47Checked out.
11:48Drop the act.
11:50The Ashfords going bankrupt?
11:51That's cute.
11:53Figure out how you're covering this bill.
11:56Miss Sinclair, it's late.
11:58I got places to be.
11:59I looked around the room.
12:00Every person who'd sat next to me in class, studied with me in the library, heads down.
12:05All of them.
12:05One girl, someone I actually considered a real friend, snuck a glance at me, then looked away
12:10the second our eyes met, scared of being seen.
12:13Nobody moved.
12:14The Ashfords ran this campus, the board of trustees, the student conduct committee, the
12:18entire Greek council.
12:19And outside?
12:20City Hall, the banks, every law firm that mattered.
12:23Cross Dominic Ashford and you'd cross the entire East Coast old money network.
12:26I walked toward that girl.
12:27She saw me coming, shot up from her seat, and backed away.
12:31Elena, don't!
12:32I can't help you pay!
12:33I'm not asking you to pay, I said.
12:35I just need your phone.
12:37Five minutes.
12:38I need someone to come down here.
12:40She's still fronting.
12:42Dom already put the word out across every frat on campus.
12:45Who's coming to save you?
12:48Let her call.
12:49Twenty minutes.
12:50She still can't cover it.
12:51The dress comes off.
12:55Clock's ticking, princess.
12:57Can't pay up?
12:59Time to strip.
13:03Bianca turned toward the guys who'd been watching a little too, too eagerly.
13:07The girl hesitated.
13:10Looked at Dominic.
13:12Looked back at me.
13:17Then she held out her phone.
13:21I dialed the number I knew by heart but had never once called.
13:25Every second felt longer than the last.
13:27Less than ten minutes left.
13:29Bianca was done waiting.
13:31She stood up.
13:33I'm such an idiot.
13:34I actually believed you.
13:37Nobody's coming for you, girl.
13:39Hey!
13:40She turned to the cashier.
13:41Have your guys hold her down.
13:43Nobody's risking the Aschams over this girl.
13:45The guards moved in.
13:46Big.
13:47Mean.
13:48Done with waiting.
13:49I put my hand up.
13:51Wait.
13:51There's still time.
13:53Someone's coming.
13:54Bianca laughed.
13:56Still?
13:56Okay, bet.
13:58Someone walks through that door in time.
14:01I'll eat everything on this table.
14:03And I'll step down from Pi Bita.
14:06The president's seat is yours.
14:08You sure?
14:09I looked at her.
14:10Everyone in this room is a witness.
14:12Absolutely.
14:13She didn't even blink.
14:15Something lit up to happen to me.
14:17She had absolutely no idea what she'd just walked into.
14:20With a few minutes left on the clock,
14:22one of the Fi Keeper guys,
14:24big, sloppy,
14:26clearly had too much to drink,
14:28reached over and grabbed at my dress.
14:30I smacked his hand away.
14:32Yo, Dominic!
14:33Your fiancé's got a temper.
14:35Dominic smiled and swirled his wine,
14:38completely unbothered.
14:40She can't fair game.
14:41Have at it.
14:42I stared at him.
14:43Something inside me went completely cold.
14:46This was my fiancé.
14:48Watching other men put their hands on me.
14:51And he didn't even flinch.
14:52He caught my eyes and shrugged.
14:54Don't look at me like that.
14:56I'm not helping you.
14:57I just want Bianca happy.
14:59That was all they needed to hear.
15:01They grabbed me, arms, shoulders,
15:03and started pulling at my dress.
15:05I fought back hard.
15:07Every scream just hyped them up more.
15:09I looked at every single face.
15:11Every one of you who touched me,
15:13I remember faces.
15:16Not one of you!
15:17Bianca didn't even look up.
15:19Phone out, already recording,
15:20waiting to put this all over the internet.
15:22Time's up.
15:23Take it.
15:25Bang.
15:26The heavy oak doors were practically kicked off their hinges.
15:29Every head snapped toward the entrance.
15:31And the second they saw him,
15:32the whole room locked up.
15:34Wait.
15:35Is that Nathan Thorne?
15:36Why the hell is the board sheriff here?
15:38Dominic and Bianca shot to their feet,
15:40completely thrown.
15:42Bianca actually rubbed her eyes,
15:43like she couldn't trust what she was seeing.
15:45Nathan Thorne walked in,
15:47wearing a navy blazer,
15:48tie slightly crooked,
15:50like he'd dressed on the way here.
15:52President Wiltmore was behind him.
15:54Mr. Thorne,
15:55President Wiltmore,
15:57what are you doing here?
15:58Nathan didn't look at him,
15:59didn't look at Bianca.
16:00He walked straight to me.
16:02I apologize for the delay,
16:04Ms. St. Clair.
16:07Mr. Sterling is on his way.
16:09He asked me to come ahead and handle things.
16:11He took one look at my torn dress,
16:13the dirt on my hands,
16:15the cut on my arm.
16:17He swallowed it.
16:18Then he turned around slowly.
16:19The whole room felt it.
16:21He kept his voice level when he spoke to the President.
16:23Shut this down.
16:24Tonight.
16:24And I want a full explanation,
16:26one I'm actually satisfied with.
16:27Otherwise the board will be reassessing its investment
16:29in West College Fect immediately.
16:31The President went white,
16:33speechless.
16:34Oak Hall,
16:35which 30 seconds ago
16:36had been loud enough
16:37to rattle the windows,
16:38went dead.
16:39The whole room.
16:41Locked up.
16:42Nobody even knew
16:43what they were looking at.
16:45They all knew the name
16:46Nathan Thorne.
16:48The Ashfords were
16:49East Coast royalty, sure.
16:51But the network behind Nathan Thorne?
16:53It could swallow
16:5410 Ashford families' hold.
16:58People had always wondered
16:59how the Ashfords pulled it off.
17:01How a fading old money family
17:03suddenly rocketed
17:04to the top of the East Coast
17:05in just a few years.
17:06They never knew
17:07the answer was me.
17:10When I take over
17:11as the Ashford heir
17:12and rebuild this family,
17:15I'm putting a ring on it.
17:17That's a promise.
17:19I was so gone for him
17:21I asked my dad
17:22to quietly back the Ashfords.
17:23New contracts.
17:25Big ones.
17:26Every door they needed opened.
17:27And just like that,
17:29they climbed.
17:30I'd been about to tell him everything.
17:32Then tonight happened.
17:34Nobody whispered.
17:35Nobody moved.
17:37Just blank stares.
17:39Then it hit Bianca.
17:40She flinched.
17:41Like something just clicked.
17:44Went white.
17:45Lips shaking.
17:46She actually...
17:47She actually called someone?
17:49My bet?
17:50No.
17:50No way.
17:51How is the board chair
17:52even friends with her?
17:53That's not possible.
17:54Nobody answered.
17:55Nobody breathed.
17:56The guys who'd been grabbing
17:57at my dress
17:58had already vanished
17:59into the crowd.
18:01Nathan looked straight
18:03at Bianca.
18:03Cold.
18:05The injuries on Miss St. Clair,
18:07you ordered that?
18:08Bianca's knees gave out.
18:10Dominic caught her.
18:11Hey, I got you.
18:13And just like that,
18:15Bianca straightened up,
18:16shoulders back.
18:18Right.
18:19The Ashherds run the East Coast.
18:21Even the board answers to them.
18:23Dominic looked at me.
18:24That smirk was back.
18:26I don't know what you
18:27and Nathan Thorne have going on,
18:28but let me be clear.
18:29At Westbrook,
18:30the Ashfords run things.
18:32With all due respect,
18:33Mr. Thorne,
18:34this is a private matter.
18:35Stay in your lane.
18:37At Westbrook,
18:38the Ashfords pull the strings.
18:39Nathan smiled.
18:40Cold.
18:41Practiced.
18:42The kind you can't fake.
18:43Bold words,
18:44Mr. Ashford.
18:45If it weren't for Miss St. Villette,
18:46your family would have been
18:47eaten alive a long time ago.
18:48Everything the Ashfords have today,
18:50she handed that to you,
18:51and you didn't even know it.
18:53Dominic scoffed.
18:54I was done.
18:55Done with the room.
18:56Done with his voice.
18:57Done with all of it.
18:59While Nathan was talking,
19:00I'd already called my dad.
19:02Told him everything.
19:03The Ashfords had no idea
19:04what was coming.
19:05Nathan walked to the cashier
19:07and handed over his card.
19:08Miss St. Clair's tab is on me.
19:10Miss St. Clair,
19:11no more dining dollars.
19:12Your account has been upgraded.
19:14Face ID access only from now on.
19:16No spending cap.
19:17Half the room actually stepped back.
19:19I took the tablet,
19:21confirmed my info,
19:22and looked up at Bianca.
19:24Bianca,
19:25that bet you made,
19:26you remember that, right?
19:27She grabbed his arm,
19:29forcing herself to look calm,
19:30but her voice gave her away.
19:32So what if I lost?
19:33You got the board chair
19:34to show up for you.
19:35You've been playing him
19:36this whole time.
19:37Who the hell did you screw
19:39to get the board chair
19:40to show up for you?
19:41His jaw tightened.
19:42I could see it in his face.
19:44This had gone further
19:44than he meant it to.
19:45He'd wanted to humiliate me,
19:47not lose control
19:47of the whole night.
19:48Elena,
19:49last chance.
19:50Apologize to Bianca.
19:51Do that,
19:52and tonight never happened.
19:52Don't,
19:53and I'm calling off the engagement.
19:55I smiled,
19:55colder than the room.
19:56You really think
19:57I still want to marry you?
19:58And while you're at it,
19:59call your father.
20:00Ask him how Ashford Group Stock
20:02is doing right now.
20:03His eyes sharpened.
20:04He pulled out his phone.
20:05Is she actually losing it?
20:07The Ashfords would never...
20:08The laugh died in her throat
20:10because his screen lit up
20:11with an internal family alert.
20:13The air stopped moving.
20:14His fingers froze midair.
20:16He called his father.
20:17Dad,
20:18what's going on?
20:19Why are we dropping?
20:20You absolute idiot!
20:22You crossed the St. Clairs,
20:23didn't you?
20:24The St. Clair family,
20:25West Coast.
20:26Every fund they control
20:27is shorting us right now.
20:29All of it.
20:29If this doesn't stop,
20:30Ashford Group files
20:31for bankruptcy in three days.
20:34St. Clair.
20:35The name hit the Oak Hall
20:37like a grenade.
20:38The arrogant sneers vanished,
20:40replaced by sheer terror.
20:43The St. Clairs
20:44weren't just old money.
20:45They were the kind of name
20:47that made the Ashfords
20:48look new.
20:49Bianca's smile dissolved.
20:50The color drained from her lips.
20:54Dominic's hands
20:55started shaking
20:56around the phone.
20:57Dominic snapped his head up
20:58and looked at me
20:59and for the first time
21:00all night,
21:01fear.
21:02You...
21:02You're actually...
21:05I smoothed out my dress.
21:08The one they'd grabbed at.
21:10Slowly.
21:12Nathan stepped forward.
21:14Composed.
21:15Respectful.
21:16Get the names of every student
21:18in this room
21:18who touched her
21:19or participated.
21:20The Student Conduct Committee
21:22will be calling their families
21:23first thing tomorrow morning.
21:26She wanted a public humiliation?
21:28Fine.
21:29I gave her one
21:29she'd never recover from.
21:31That's how old money plays it.
21:33Before Nathan even finished speaking,
21:36hurried footsteps echoed outside.
21:38Then the doors flew open again.
21:39Edward Ashford stumbled in.
21:41Shirt untucked.
21:42Tie loose.
21:43With several stone-faced
21:44family aides behind him.
21:46His eyes swept the room.
21:47The mess on the floor.
21:49The cut on my arm.
21:51One look at Dominic
21:52and Edward looked like
21:54he could have killed him
21:55right there.
21:56Edward's shoulders slumped.
21:57The arrogant billionaire
21:58practically shrunk in front of me.
22:00His hands shaking slightly
22:01as he stepped forward.
22:03Miss St. Clair,
22:04my son is an embarrassment.
22:06The Ashford family
22:07owes you a formal apology.
22:09Please,
22:09let us make tonight right.
22:11The butler stepped forward
22:12and opened a velvet box.
22:14Pink diamond necklace.
22:15The Ashford family heirloam.
22:17Mr. Ashford,
22:18that's not necessary.
22:19Edward didn't even flinch.
22:20I glanced at it.
22:21I just want what you took
22:22from me tonight.
22:23My dignity.
22:24Edward's expression hardened.
22:26He looked at Bianca
22:27still crumpled on the floor,
22:28then back at his son,
22:29like he couldn't believe
22:30what he'd raised.
22:31Dominic,
22:31I have never been more ashamed
22:33of you in my life.
22:34You turned on your own fiancé
22:35with outsiders.
22:36How am I supposed to trust you
22:37with this family after tonight?
22:39Edward swung.
22:40His knuckles connected
22:41with Dominic's jaw.
22:42Dominic hit the floor,
22:44tasting blood,
22:44but didn't dare make a sound.
22:46Effective today,
22:47you are no longer
22:49the Ashford heir.
22:50I'd sooner leave everything
22:51to a kid I've never met
22:53than hand it to you.
22:54He turned to Bianca.
22:56And the Harlow family,
22:58every West Coast partnership,
23:00is done.
23:02See how long you last
23:03without us.
23:04Bianca dropped to the floor,
23:06grabbing at Dominic's
23:07pants leg,
23:08sobbing.
23:09Dominic,
23:10please!
23:11If my dad finds out
23:13about this,
23:13I'm dead!
23:15I am so dead!
23:16Dominic looked down at her.
23:18Something moved
23:19across his face,
23:20complicated,
23:21distant,
23:21with his entire
23:22inheritance on the line.
23:24Whatever this was,
23:25didn't matter anymore.
23:26Bianca,
23:27you ruined me.
23:30She completely fell apart.
23:32Edward turned back to me.
23:33He helped Dominic up,
23:34carefully,
23:35and pushed him toward me.
23:36Miss St. Clair,
23:37my son knows he was wrong.
23:38He let Bianca manipulate him.
23:40You're above this.
23:41Please,
23:41give him one more chance.
23:42Whatever it takes.
23:43Name it.
23:44He will spend the rest
23:45of his miserable life
23:46making this up to you.
23:47Dominic looked up at me.
23:48His eyes were full,
23:49like he was one word
23:50away from breaking.
23:51Elena,
23:52I'm sorry.
23:53I was wrong.
23:53I was so wrong.
23:54I never should have doubted you.
23:55Never should have let her
23:56lay a hand on you.
23:57Just forgive me,
23:57please.
23:58We'll get married.
23:58I'll make this right,
23:59I swear.
24:00He reached for my hand.
24:01I turned away before he could.
24:02I looked at his face.
24:03No hate.
24:04No tears.
24:05Just quiet.
24:05The kind that comes
24:06after something dies.
24:07You know what actually
24:08destroyed me?
24:09When I spoke,
24:10the whole room heard
24:10every word.
24:11Not the slap.
24:12Not any of it.
24:12It was when they had me
24:13pinned down and you
24:14looked me dead in the eyes
24:17I meant less to you
24:18than her ego.
24:19Love runs out.
24:20You burned through
24:21all of mine tonight.
24:22I took one step back.
24:24Nathan was already beside me.
24:26I turned,
24:27unhurring.
24:27I'm not interested
24:28in the Ashford future anymore.
24:30And us?
24:31We're done.
24:32Bianca stood in the middle
24:33of the room like someone
24:34had cut her strings.
24:36Then...
24:37the doors opened again.
24:39The air changed.
24:41He walked in wearing
24:42a dark green varsity jacket
24:44with the St. Paul's crest
24:45stitched over the chest.
24:47Half a head taller
24:48than Dominic.
24:49Broader.
24:51Jawline like something
24:52out of a Renaissance painting.
24:54He didn't look at Dominic.
24:55He walked straight to me,
24:57glanced down at my wrist,
24:59and frowned.
25:01You're bleeding.
25:03He pulled a perfectly folded
25:05white handkerchief
25:06from his pocket
25:07and pressed it gently
25:09against my wrist.
25:12Then,
25:13only then,
25:14he turned
25:15and seemed
25:16to notice Dominic
25:17for the first time.
25:18Ah,
25:19you must be Ashford.
25:21He extended
25:21his hand,
25:22but not to shake.
25:23He just casually
25:25straightened
25:25his cufflinks.
25:26Sebastian Sterling.
25:28Elena and I grew up
25:29together.
25:30She transferred here.
25:31The corner of his mouth
25:33lifted.
25:34To get away from me.
25:35Like it was an inside joke.
25:38Looks like she trusted
25:39the wrong family.
25:40Dominic's lips
25:41were trembling.
25:42Sterling?
25:43You're a Sterling?
25:45He finally looked
25:46at Dominic directly.
25:47No.
25:48I'm the one
25:49who's gonna pull
25:49every Sterling capital asset
25:51from your father's
25:52next board vote.
25:53He turned,
25:54and his arm settled
25:55around my waist
25:56like it belonged there.
25:57Let's go, Elena.
25:59Your father's plane
26:00is waiting.
26:01At the door,
26:01he stopped,
26:02didn't turn around.
26:04One more thing,
26:05Ashford.
26:07That plaque
26:07by the entrance?
26:09Ashford Family
26:09Banquet Hall?
26:10You should take it
26:11down yourself.
26:14The crew we send
26:15to remove it
26:15will charge you
26:16for the trouble.
26:19He followed me out.
26:20I could hear him.
26:21The uneven footsteps,
26:22the way he was
26:23half running,
26:24half stumbling.
26:25Elena!
26:26I stopped,
26:26didn't turn around.
26:27Elena,
26:28I had no idea.
26:29I swear,
26:30I had no idea
26:31you were a St. Clair.
26:32if I'd known
26:33from the start.
26:34Then what?
26:35Looked him dead
26:36in the eyes.
26:37You would have
26:37treated me better?
26:38He opened his mouth.
26:40Nothing came out.
26:41Or,
26:42if I were still
26:43just the scholarship girl,
26:44would all of that
26:45have been okay?
26:47Freezing my meal plan?
26:49Letting Bianca slap me?
26:51Letting those guys
26:52tear my clothes off?
26:53No,
26:54that's not what I meant.
26:55Then what did you mean,
26:56Dominic?
26:57Silence.
26:58Sebastian stood behind me.
26:59No rush,
27:00just waiting.
27:01arms crossed,
27:02like he had all night.
27:04Dominic,
27:04listen to me.
27:05I built the ashlands up.
27:07I can tear them down
27:09just as fast.
27:10We're done.
27:11As of right now,
27:13I turned and took
27:14Sebastian's arm.
27:15Don't know it's...
27:19Let's go.
27:20Behind me,
27:20Dominic's voice
27:21came out horsey,
27:22broken,
27:24like he was already crying.
27:25Elena,
27:26if none of this
27:27had happened,
27:27if I hadn't let Bianca,
27:29would you have ever
27:30brought me home?
27:31Introduced me
27:32to your family?
27:33I didn't answer.
27:35There was nothing
27:36left to say.
27:38Some questions
27:39don't deserve one.
27:45The Oak Hall doors
27:46closed behind us.
27:47The hallway was quiet.
27:49Just our footnaps.
27:52Your taste in men
27:53is awful.
27:55Shut up.
27:57I'm being serious.
27:58What did you even see
27:59in that guy?
28:01Sebastian.
28:02Yeah?
28:03Thanks for coming.
28:04He didn't say anything
28:05for a second.
28:06Then he reached over
28:07and messed up my hair.
28:08Stop running from me.
28:10There are plenty of good schools
28:11back home,
28:12you know?
28:12I didn't say anything,
28:14but I smiled.
28:16First time all night.
28:18Come on,
28:19let's go home.
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