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00:00In the seventh year of her marriage, Elodie Hartwell learned that her husband had a six-year-old son.
00:05Daddy, you haven't come to see me in forever.
00:08Buddy's been busy with work. Be good and listen to mommy, okay?
00:11Daddy. Mommy. The word struck her harder than any scream could have.
00:15Elodie did not confront him. She ran before her dignity, broke in front of everyone.
00:19Girl, what's wrong? What the hell happened?
00:23Daphne, I need you to look into someone for me.
00:26Who?
00:27Who? Julian, he has a son.
00:36That night, Julian's message arrived as if nothing had changed.
00:40Every July, for six years, he had called it an overseas business trip.
00:45Now the truth sat in her lap.
00:47He had been spending those weeks with another woman and their child.
00:51She had known Julian almost her entire life.
00:53Once, he had thrown himself beneath her just to break her fall.
00:55Years later, she took a knife meant for him.
00:58She lost their baby, and with it, the chance to ever carry another child.
01:01As long as you stay by my side, that's enough for me.
01:02He had once knelt for three days to marry her, and still, he betrayed her.
01:06Then her phone rang. The name on the screen made her stomach turn.
01:09Hey, baby. Did you miss your husband?
01:13I'm fine. It's nothing. Just a cold. Work comes first.
01:16Julian, Theo's asleep now. We can finally...
01:20He had called her baby with the same voice he used beside another woman.
01:24Elodie, he's not worth this.
01:27Julian Ashfield sold you forever then kept a woman and a child on the side.
01:31Elodie closed her eyes and broke in her friend's arms.
01:34By then, she had already made up her mind.
01:36By morning, the storm had passed.
01:38But Elodie Hartwell had not slept at all.
01:41All night, pain repeated itself until it became clarity.
01:44She had loved Julian Ashbourne with everything she had.
01:47But she was also Elodie Hartwell.
01:50And a Hartwell did not call humiliation devotion.
01:52So she called home, not as Julian's wife, but as Charles Hartwell's daughter.
01:58Dad, I want to go to England with Daphne and look into the family expansion there.
02:02Did Julian tell you to ask me?
02:04No, this is me.
02:07Charles knew his daughter.
02:09For her to leave Boston meant something had already broken.
02:12But Elodie could not tell him everything yet.
02:15Not until she was safely out.
02:17The divorce papers were already drafted.
02:19She only had not decided how to put them in Julian's hands.
02:23Downstairs, Daphne tried to act normal.
02:25Her son Jamie did not know how broken Elodie was.
02:28Mommy said your heart was hurting.
02:29Let me kiss it better.
02:31You're so sweet, baby.
02:33A child's kindness was cruel when her own child had never lived long enough to be held.
02:38Julian had driven through the night.
02:40He went home first, but Elodie was not there.
02:42So he came to Daphne's place.
02:44The only place he thought she would run to.
02:47You feel better?
02:47Your voice sounded wrong last night, so I drove back overnight.
02:50You weren't home, so I figured you had to be here with Daphne.
02:53For one second, Julian held her like nothing had changed.
02:56Then Elodie saw the woman waiting behind him.
02:58Sabrina Bellamy, phone in hand, smiling like she had already won.
03:01Baby, I need to take care of something at the office.
03:03I'll see you later.
03:04Fine.
03:04Go ahead.
03:05I understand.
03:07Elodie, you know about me and Theo now.
03:09So good.
03:10Then just sit back and enjoy the show.
03:17What exactly am I paying all of you for?
03:19Why is my son still burning up?
03:21The doctor was Dr. Graham Ellis, Julian's friend, and he knew far too much.
03:25I thought the deal was simple.
03:27Once she had the baby, you take care of her and end it.
03:29What if Elodie finds out?
03:31Elodie is my wife.
03:32I love her, but the Ashburns need an heir.
03:34This has to stay buried.
03:36Then Sabrina walked in already crying, and Julian's anger melted before Elodie's eyes.
03:41I'm sorry.
03:42Theo got worse after you left.
03:43He kept crying for Daddy.
03:44No, baby.
03:45I'm not blaming you.
03:46He's our son.
03:47I should have been there.
03:48Our son.
03:49The words cut deeper than the knife she once took for him.
03:51Outside, the sky split open again.
03:53Elodie walked through the rain without trying to hide from it.
03:56By the time she reached Hartwell Group, her heels were bleeding into her shoes.
03:59Miss Hartwell?
04:01Oh my god, do you need me to call Mr. Ashburn?
04:03No.
04:04I'm fine.
04:05Just send up a change of clothes.
04:06The moment the conference room door closed, she broke.
04:09Seeing them together had torn the wound open again.
04:12She cried until someone knocked.
04:13But when she opened the door, no one was there.
04:15Miss Hartwell, I didn't call Mr. Ashfield.
04:17I know you don't want him worried.
04:19Then Elodie Hartwell put herself back together.
04:21For the rest of the day, Julian's messages filled her screen.
04:25Elodie ignored everyone.
04:26By evening, she went back to the house to pack, leave in the morning, and never sleep
04:31under that roof again.
04:32Then she opened the door and saw Sabrina Bellamy standing in her living room.
04:37Elodie opened her front door and found Sabrina Bellamy standing in her living room.
04:41Mrs. Ashburn, you're home.
04:43I was sent from the family estate to help take care of the little boy.
04:47The boy had already turned the room upside down.
04:50And Julian had let them in.
04:52Julian moved quickly, as if the right tone could still smooth over the impossible.
04:57Julian, did you bring them into this house just to see how much more I could take?
05:00Baby, don't do this.
05:01Theo was a child my mother brought back from an orphanage.
05:04The Ashbournes need an heir.
05:06That's all this is.
05:07You're in!
05:09Daddy, why do you stay with her?
05:11Don't you want me anymore?
05:13Theo, who taught you to say that?
05:14Take him upstairs.
05:15Now!
05:18Sabrina knew exactly when to look guilty.
05:21Mr. Ashburn, I'm so sorry.
05:23Please don't be angry with Theo.
05:24This is all my fault.
05:26He's just a child.
05:27Go take care of him.
05:29Elodie saw the softness in his voice.
05:32Something inside her went cold.
05:34Behind the bedroom door, Elodie finally understood.
05:37It did not matter whether the child stayed or left.
05:39She was the one who needed to go.
05:41Don't blame me if he ends up in mine tonight.
05:43At the end of the hall, the study door was cracked open.
05:46And Sabrina's voice slipped through the light.
05:49Elodie did not stay to hear more.
05:51Her body understood the humiliation before high heart could name it.
05:54When she lifted her head, the woman in the mirror looked wrecked.
05:58But she was not crying anymore.
06:01This time, she was the one leaving him.
06:04The next morning, Elodie came downstairs and found Sabrina already at the breakfast table.
06:09The sweet act was gone.
06:12In its place was a dress chosen to look elegant, intimate, and impossible to ignore.
06:18Good morning, Mrs. Ashworth.
06:20Breakfast is ready.
06:21Then Sabrina shifted, as if by accident.
06:24It was not an accident.
06:26At her wrist was the Ashburr air loop brooch.
06:34And now, Sabrina was wearing it.
06:38Julian came downstairs calm, rested, and untouched by the night that had destroyed her.
06:43As he passed Sabrina, something quick and practiced flickered between them.
06:47Now more than ever, Elodie wanted distance.
06:50Every second near him felt contaminated.
06:53No.
06:53Work matters.
06:54I can take care of myself.
06:56Yes, sir.
06:57Make sure Mrs. Ashworth gets whatever she needs today.
07:00The servants nodded, stiff as if everyone had already learned to live around the lie.
07:04Then Sabrina stepped closer and reached for Julian's collar.
07:12The breakfast in front of her might as well have been dust.
07:15Julian's fake concerns, Sabrina's little display, the marks on her neck, the heirloom brooch.
07:19Every second of the morning made Elodie sick.
07:22If she was leaving, she would leave properly.
07:24She would strip herself out of this house piece by piece.
07:27She had only just opened the closet when Sabrina appeared behind her.
07:31You're taking this surprisingly well.
07:33Theo is the future of the Ashurn family.
07:36He is my son.
07:37There's no place for you in this house anymore.
07:41And?
07:42Sabrina thought Elodie would cling to the title.
07:45Elodie almost laughed.
07:47The title?
07:47If it means that much to you, take it.
07:52He'll never sign for me easily.
07:54If you're capable enough, get him to sign it and send it back.
07:57Sabrina took the papers and left.
07:59For one second, Elodie's heart still knew the shape of loss.
08:03Then she packed only what was truly hers.
08:05Clothes, documents, medicine, the pieces she needed to start over.
08:08Everything Julian had given her was boxed separately and sent away for auction.
08:12By afternoon, Elodie sat beside her suitcase, waiting for Daphne.
08:17Only then did she realize she had not seen Theo all day.
08:21Mrs. Ashfield, please!
08:23Where is my Theo?
08:24What are you talking about?
08:26How am I supposed to know?
08:27Sabrina had found the perfect accusation.
08:30All day, cars had carried Elodie's boxes out of the house.
08:33You're the only one who wanted him gone!
08:35Where is my Theo?
08:36Please, I know you hate him, but you can't just have Theo taken away because of it!
08:39The fruit knife stopped at Elodie's throat, and the room forgot how to breathe.
08:43Theo was missing, and the knife at Elodie's throat had already drawn a thin red line.
08:48Get a grip.
08:49I have no idea where he is.
08:51That's impossible!
08:53You're the only one who doesn't want him here!
08:58Sabrina had one perfect excuse.
09:00Please, give Theo back!
09:02He's all I have!
09:04Give him back to you?
09:05What exactly is Izzy to you?
09:07I thought he was some orphan my mother-in-law brought home.
09:10The slip came before Sabrina could stop it.
09:13He's...
09:15He's your what, Sabrina?
09:16Go on.
09:17Say it.
09:18Enough!
09:18Elodie!
09:19Stop!
09:22Julian softened too late.
09:24The damage was already done.
09:26Don't.
09:27I don't want to hear it.
09:28I don't know where your son is.
09:30If he's really gone, call the police.
09:33Mr. Ashbro, the child's been found.
09:35He was discovered in a truck heading out of the city.
09:38Everyone exhaled, except Elodie.
09:40She knew what came next.
09:41You couldn't give this family a child and still you're not satisfied when I place one
09:44in your hands?
09:45The words hit like acid.
09:47Elodie looked to Julian, but he was watching Sabrina.
09:50You're right.
09:51I should never have thrown myself in front of that knife for your son.
09:54A little later, Theo was brought back.
09:57It was her!
09:58Daddy, she put me on that car!
09:59She was throwing me away!
10:01Elodie, what do you have to say for yourself?
10:03He's just a child.
10:04Would he make that up?
10:06Elodie looked at Julian, and in one breath, she saw it.
10:09The suspicion in his eyes.
10:11Something inside.
10:12Elodie went slack.
10:12If Julian already suspected her, nothing she said would matter.
10:16Fine.
10:16Think whatever you want.
10:17It won't matter what I say anyway.
10:18You caused a scandal under this Ruth.
10:21Starting tonight, you will kneel in the Ashberg family chapel in penance.
10:24Go to the chapel.
10:25Clear your head.
10:25Let this end here.
10:26One sentence from Julian, and everything was decided.
10:29He took Sabrina and Theo away like a family.
10:34Seven years ago, he had knelt in that same chapel for three days to marry her.
10:40Now, his family was sending her there as punishment.
10:43They forced her into the family chapel.
10:45She stayed there for three days and three nights.
10:49Don't be too afraid, Doc.
10:50None of us believe you would.
10:51Do something like this.
10:52Elodie almost smiled.
10:54It did not matter anymore.
10:55Whatever happened here belonged to the dead version of her.
10:59On the morning of the fourth day, the heavy doors finally opened.
11:04Baby, I'm here to take you home.
11:06I had no choice that day.
11:08If I had gone against my mother again, she would not have stopped.
11:11No choice?
11:12That's what you're going with?
11:13She had been a fool to believe Julian would choose her over what his family worshipped most.
11:17Ashberg's need an heir.
11:18Theo is the only practical answer we have.
11:20You are my wife.
11:21You have to think beyond yourself.
11:22Funny.
11:23The way everyone acts, I think he was your actual son.
11:25Don't be ridiculous.
11:26Tomorrow is his birthday.
11:27As his mother, you need to be ready.
11:29Outside, Daphne was waiting.
11:31The sight of her felt like air after drowning.
11:33Home and rest.
11:34I'll send someone to pick you up in the morning.
11:36Okay.
11:36I brought your suitcase.
11:37And this, Sabrina, gave it to me for you.
11:40Julian Ashburn's signature sat at the bottom of the divorce agreement.
11:43Daphne, drive to the airport.
11:44We're leaving now.
11:44By dawn, the Ashburn state was already in full motion.
11:49Flowers arrived, tables were dressed, lights were checked, and every corner was polished
11:54for the little boy the family had chosen to present to the world.
11:58No one there knew Elodie was already gone.
12:01Julian locked himself in his study and stayed there all night.
12:04His father's will was brutal.
12:05Only a legally recognized heir could unlock the controlling shares and make Julian the
12:11true head of the Ashburn family.
12:13This was why he had yielded.
12:15At least, that was what he kept telling himself.
12:17But the will did not quiet the unease in his chest.
12:21Has Elodie left yet?
12:22When is she getting here?
12:23Everything is as arranged.
12:25The stylist and driver were sent to pick up Mrs. Ashburn.
12:28Below, Beatrice was already spoiling Theo like the grandson she had waited years to claim.
12:35For Beatrice, Theo was not a scandal.
12:37He was the future.
12:38You gave this family a grandson.
12:39That alone means I won't let anyone mistreat you while I'm alive.
12:42As long as Theo is safe and healthy, I need nothing else.
12:47The Hartwells will be here today.
12:48Stay out of sight for now.
12:49Something dark flashed across Sabrina's face, then vanished under a smile.
12:54Just after midnight, Ashburn Group had released the statement.
12:59Julian Ashburn had a son.
13:01For a family everyone knew was desperate for an heir, the news detonated like a bomb.
13:06Half the city came to see how the Ashburn planned to explain him.
13:09No one with a functioning brain believed this was an innocent miracle.
13:12What wonderful news for your family.
13:14I think most of us had assumed Mrs. Ashburn.
13:16Theo came to us through an orphanage.
13:18It was simply fate.
13:19I'm sorry, but that child looks exactly like Julian.
13:22Are we really meant to believe he isn't his son?
13:25For a moment, the energy in the garden changed.
13:28People stopped pretending not to think it.
13:30You have to admit, the resemblance is there.
13:32Allardy lost a chance to have children saving Julian's life years ago.
13:36Don't tell me he solved his inheritance problem by bringing home a child from somewhere else.
13:40Beatrice was about to shut it down when Julian stepped out of the house.
13:46What's everyone discussing?
13:48Nothing.
13:49We were just saying the little boy seems attached to the family already.
13:52Actually, where is your wife?
13:53It's such an important day.
13:55Now everyone noticed.
13:56For a party this public, Elodie Ashburn should have been front and center.
13:59No need to concern yourself.
14:01Elodie is out picking up Theo's gift.
14:02She's on her way.
14:06Daddy, why can't mommy be here?
14:08I want mommy.
14:09Listen to me, Theo.
14:10From now on, your mommy is Elodie.
14:12No!
14:12I don't want her to be my mom!
14:14She's me!
14:14Forcing a child to call another woman his mother was wrong.
14:16Enough!
14:17Julian knew that, but he believed there was no other path left.
14:21Julian, he's just a child.
14:22He's been by my side every day since he was born.
14:25Of course he can't just stop needing me.
14:27I know I can't compare to Elodie.
14:28It was the same move Sabrina had always used.
14:31Helplessness, tears, and the childlike that we'd hold.
14:33As long as you don't ask Elodie's place, I'll make sure you stay close to Theo.
14:36That was enough.
14:37Sabrina lowered her lashes, but the smile at her mouth was impossible to hide.
14:40Sir, the guests are waiting.
14:42Down in the garden, the party had only grown louder, but Elodie was still nowhere to be found.
14:47Worse, none of the Hartwells had shown up either.
14:49Then Julian realized his phone had died.
14:52My study.
14:53Mr. Ashburn.
14:54The driver and stylist sent to collect Mrs. Ashburn reported back.
14:56She's gone.
14:57She's gone.
14:58For a moment, Julian stared at his assistant like the word itself made no sense.
15:03Gone.
15:03What do you mean gone?
15:04The staff said she never returned after leaving yesterday.
15:07Her clothes, ID, and personal documents are gone too.
15:10It appears Mrs. Ashbury left of her own accord.
15:12That hit harder than Julie expected, like a stone dropped through the surface of everything he believed.
15:17Impossible.
15:18Elodie wouldn't leave.
15:19Something must have happened to her.
15:20Elodie was his wife.
15:21No matter how angry she became, she always came back.
15:25That was the shape of their marriage.
15:26Or so he had believed.
15:27The assistant did not argue.
15:29He only held out his phone.
15:31It was an official statement from Hartwell Group.
15:33Formal.
15:34Cold.
15:34Final.
15:35All ties with Ashbury Group were terminated and only Hartwell's marriage to Julian Ashbro was over.
15:40What is this?
15:42Overnight, his marriage had ended in public.
15:45No.
15:46She's my wife.
15:48The Hartwell's don't get to announce something like this without my authorization.
15:53Get the car.
15:54I'm going to the Hartwell's.
15:55Before the assistant could leave, the study door flew open.
15:58Julian, Theo's birthday is about to start.
16:00You can't leave now.
16:02When did you start listening at doors?
16:04I was worried about you.
16:05If you walk out now, what people say about Theo?
16:08Please, if not for me, then for your son.
16:10Get off me!
16:10Normally, her tears would have worked, but Elodie was missing, and Julian had no room left for Sabrina Bellamy.
16:16You'd better pray Elodie's disappearance has nothing to do with you.
16:19Sabrina stayed on the floor, watching him leave.
16:21Then pain struck low in her abdomen.
16:23Get someone in here!
16:24My baby!
16:25Save my baby!
16:26Julian cut through the garden so quickly, the guests fell silent as he passed.
16:32No one knew what had happened.
16:34They only saw Julian Ashbourne walking like a man headed for the edge of a cliff.
16:39In the car, he tried Elodie's number again.
16:42Her phone was still off.
16:44Then he opened their messages and found the red mark staring back at him.
16:48She had blocked him.
16:50He tried her father next.
16:52Charles Hartwell's phone was off too.
16:54By the time the car reached the Hartwell'd house, Julian's nerves were wound so tight he could barely think.
17:02Open the door!
17:03Mr. Ashbourne, shouldn't you be at home celebrating your son's birthday?
17:07Miss Hartfield is not your wife anymore.
17:09Hearing the truth said aloud made his stomach drop.
17:12Who told you Theo is my son?
17:14Please.
17:14You brought a child home with your whole face.
17:16Do you think everyone else is blind?
17:18Get out!
17:19The Hartwell's don't want you here.
17:21Mr. Hartley will see you.
17:24Julian had walked this hallway countless times before,
17:27but never with dread tightening around his lungs.
17:32Charles and Vivian Hartwell were already waiting.
17:36How dare you!
17:37How dare you do this to my daughter!
17:39Where is Elodie?
17:41Don't you dare say her name!
17:42What did she ever do to deserve this?
17:44She loved you with everything she had!
17:45Hey, Miss Hartwood upstairs.
17:46Miss Hartwood left these for you.
17:48The first thing Julian saw was the title, Divorce Agreement.
17:51On the final page, his signature and Elodie's were already there.
17:55Julian's name was right there on the page.
17:58His signature.
17:59His marriage ended by his own hand.
18:02This is impossible.
18:03I never signed any divorce papers.
18:08No, this is fake.
18:09It has to be!
18:10Then one memory hit him hard enough to steal the air from his lungs.
18:14Three nights ago, Sabrina had brought him a document.
18:17He had been drinking.
18:18He had not read it.
18:19He had simply signed.
18:21Three nights ago, around ten.
18:23Did you send any documents to Sabrina for me to sign?
18:25No, sir.
18:26You cancelled everything that day.
18:27You said you were not to be disturbed unless it involved the boy.
18:30Sabrina had set him up.
18:31And he had signed away his marriage blind.
18:34Fine.
18:35Then look at this and tell me what you do recognize.
18:38She had known.
18:39Elodie had known Theo was his son.
18:41And she had walked away anyway.
18:43Mr. Ashberg, you haven't seen the rest.
18:47Every time Sabrina leaves, Theo cries himself sick.
18:49The Ashbergs need an heir.
18:50This has to stay buried.
18:53Then came the study recording.
18:55If you want to stay comfortably in this house, stay out of her way.
18:59Hospital.
19:00Study.
19:01Every rely.
19:03Every filthy compromise he thought was his hidden.
19:05Elodie had heard it all.
19:07Julian had thought he was controlling the whole board.
19:10Now he finally understood how stupid that had been.
19:13Mr. Hartfield also helped us pull evidence regarding Theo's disappearance.
19:16His mother arranged it herself.
19:17The proof is there too.
19:18And one more thing.
19:19Miss Hartfield has always hated only three things.
19:21Deceit.
19:22Betrayal.
19:22And being made into a fool.
19:23So yes.
19:24Take your time.
19:26Julian left the Hartley house carrying every piece of evidence like it weighed a hundred pounds.
19:30If he ever wanted to stand before Elaine again, he had to clean up what he had done.
19:34Not because it would fix anything.
19:35Nothing could.
19:36By the time he returned, the guests were gone.
19:39The decorations were still up.
19:41He went straight to Sabrina's room.
19:43He did not knock.
19:44I warned you.
19:45If you wanted Theo to stay in this family, you were to stay out of a Leo's way.
19:49Julian, I don't know what you're talking about.
19:51What exactly did you keep her doing with those divorce papers?
19:54Look at the footage and try again.
19:56For once, there was no fast lie ready.
19:58Only terror.
19:59Julian.
20:00Elan made me do it.
20:11Then Beatrice appeared, breathless and furious.
20:15Julian, let her go this instant.
20:17She's carrying your child.
20:19Pregnant again.
20:21For one second, Julian's mind went blank.
20:23Then he saw Elode's face in the chapel.
20:26Sabrina thought she understood him.
20:28She thought another child would make him forgive almost anything.
20:30In the pregnancy now, I'm not letting you have this baby.
20:34No!
20:35Julian, you can't mean that!
20:37Get her car ready.
20:38She's going to the hospital.
20:39Yes, sir.
20:41Julian, have you lost your mind?
20:42Whatever she's done, that baby is Ashbird blood!
20:45I already listened to you once, and Alive walked out of my life because of it.
20:47I'm not making another mistake for this family.
20:49Daddy, please don't take Mommy away!
20:51You would do this for that woman!
20:53Elodie.
20:54This time, I won't make the wrong choice.
20:57Sabrina lost the baby.
20:59Afterward, weak and half-drobed, she was transferred under watch to a locked psychiatric facility.
21:04Julian went to see her once.
21:09You really thought none of this would come back on you?
21:12You sent your own son away to frame Elodie.
21:14You used that boy like a prop.
21:16You will never see Theo again.
21:18If you're lucky, this is where the rest of your life ends.
21:20An ocean away, Elodie was in England, in William's family estate outside London.
21:27She was trying to spoon soup into Jamie Mercer while he sold under a blanket.
21:31Daphne and William totally abandoned me.
21:33You're the only one who loves me, Auntie.
21:36After the medicine, Jamie finally drifted off.
21:39Elodie stayed beside him, and memory turned cool.
21:42Theo had looked just like this at the hospital.
21:45Small, feverish, breathing badly.
21:47But it had not rained that night in Boston, which meant Theo had not simply caught a chill.
21:51She had been in England for more than a month, but the Ashbourne scandal still found its way to her.
21:57The birthday party had imploded.
21:59Theo's identity was public.
22:01Julian Ashbourne was no longer the man who loved his wife too much.
22:06Trying came after damage.
22:08After betrayal.
22:10After humiliation.
22:11There was nothing left to repair.
22:13She had come here to heal.
22:14That was all she wanted now.
22:18Then she saw him at the gate.
22:20Julian had found her.
22:22Across the garden, Julian looked up at her as if he were trying to memorize the shape of her all
22:27over again.
22:28Once, that tenderness would have undone her.
22:31Now it felt strangely empty.
22:33Miss Hartfield, there is a Mr. Ashfield at the gate.
22:36He says he needs to see you.
22:37I'm not seeing him.
22:38Tell him to leave.
22:39By evening, rain whispered steadily against the windows and Jamie had recovered enough to be dramatic again.
22:44Auntie Halloween!
22:46There's a man out there.
22:47He's kneeling.
22:48If he wants to kneel, let him.
22:49If he passes out, send him to the hospital.
22:51Just make sure he doesn't die out there.
22:52A guilt performance.
22:54Once, it would have broken her.
22:55Now, it only looked pathetic.
22:57That night, she slept badly.
22:59She dreamed of blood.
23:00Of the two of them choosing each other again and again.
23:03As if nothing could ever pull them apart.
23:06Then she dreamed of the choice that came later.
23:09Him or the family.
23:10In the end, he chose the family.
23:13By morning, Elodie woke with her chest aching and her mouth dry.
23:18Miss Hartfield, the man outside was taken to the hospital.
23:21I see.
23:25Malavi, has Julian found you?
23:27He did.
23:28I was about to ask the Ashbirds to come collect him.
23:30The Ashbirds can't get hold of him.
23:32Sabrina somehow got out and took Theo.
23:34So, she's demanding Julian come back to see her.
23:36Even now, Sabrina was still using that child to hold on to him.
23:40I understand, Dad.
23:42I'll tell him.
23:45I'm coming with you.
23:47In the end, she went to the hospital herself.
23:50Jamie insisted on coming.
23:51And she did not trust leaving him alone.
23:54When Julian opened his eyes and saw her,
23:56confusion turned into relief.
23:58Then Joy but Elaine stood at the foot of his bed.
24:01With a face as calm and cold as winter.
24:04An entire month without her had hollowed Julian out dot now.
24:07She was right there, close enough to touch.
24:10You're awake.
24:13Elodie, it's really you.
24:15God, I missed you.
24:17Let go.
24:18Let go.
24:19Her body went rigid.
24:20Then she shoved him away hard enough to make his side scream.
24:24We're divorced, Julian.
24:26I don't accept the divorce.
24:27I was drunk that night.
24:29I had no idea what Sabrina put in front of me.
24:31You should have thought about that six years ago,
24:32when you first chose Sabrina.
24:34I had reasons.
24:35I was trapped.
24:37The Ashbirds needed an heir.
24:39I needed control of the family if I was ever going to protect you.
24:42He dressed every betrayal in the language of sacrifice.
24:44Enough!
24:45When exactly did I become some helpless woman who needed to be hidden under your wing?
24:49I once took a knife for you, Julian.
24:51I would have gone through hell beside you if that was what it took.
24:54You knew I could have stood beside you.
24:56So don't dress your cheating up as sacrifice.
24:58Don't insult me like that.
24:59Every defense in Julian split apart.
25:01She was right.
25:02She had always been strong enough to stand with him.
25:05Please give me one more chance.
25:06I can't do this without you.
25:09Sabrina is gone.
25:09I can cut ties with the entire family this time.
25:12I'll even accept another man's child if that's what it takes.
25:16The disgust on Elodie's face finally shut him up.
25:19It's too late.
25:20You're filthy.
25:21I don't want you anymore.
25:23There's something else you should know.
25:24Sabrina took Theo.
25:25She wants you back.
25:26He's your son.
25:27Go home, Julian.
25:28Whatever happens next has nothing to do with me.
25:30By the time she walked out, he no longer had the courage to stop her.
25:33He had lost her completely.
25:38Julian, thank God.
25:39She's lost her mind, but Theo hasn't done anything wrong.
25:42Get him out of there.
25:46Sabrina, you wanted to see me.
25:48I'm here.
25:49Let Theo go.
25:50So, she said.
25:51Did she throw you away, too?
25:53Tell me, Julian.
25:55How did it feel running all the way to England just to get sent back like a stray dog?
25:59Or did she finally see what I've always known, that you ruin everything you touch?
26:04Mommy.
26:05Mommy, it's me.
26:07It's Theo.
26:08Please.
26:08Shut up.
26:09This is all your fault.
26:11If you had been more useful, I would have had everything by now.
26:14Now, Theo is your son.
26:16Yeah.
26:17And if I'm done with this life, I'm taking him with me.
26:20Aleah is never going to forgive you.
26:21Never.
26:22This is your punishment.
26:23Don't come any closer.
26:27No, it wasn't me.
26:28He ran into it.
26:29He did it himself.
26:30Help!
26:31Help!
26:33Father!
26:34Ambulance!
26:35Get an ambulance here now!
26:39You've got to be kidding me.
26:41It took everything.
26:43Hours in surgery, blood loss, a night that stretched into a full day.
26:49Graham, my son.
26:51How is he?
26:53He survived.
26:55But when he wakes up, that's another question.
26:58It's my fault!
27:00All of it!
27:01I forced him into this!
27:03I pushed and pushed and now look at him!
27:07Julian's condition kept turning unstable, and Beatrice spent nearly all her time at the hospital.
27:12Sabrina was locked away in the attic rooms of the old estate, watched day and night, then slowly forgotten.
27:16One afternoon, a maid realized the meals outside her door had not moved in three days.
27:20When she opened in the room, Sabrina Bellery was already dead.
27:23The body was cremated and buried without ceremony.
27:26On the day they put her in the ground, only Theo came.
27:29Whatever else Sabrina had been, she was still his mother.
27:33Fear did not change blood.
27:35Then he got up and walked away without looking back.
27:38Across the ocean, Ella Bede officially took over Hartwild's UK division.
27:43She had work of her own now.
27:45A life of her own.
27:46The Ashburys are falling apart.
27:49Julian is still unconscious.
27:50And with no one steady at the top, the whole family is starting to crack.
27:53When a lady heard Julian still had not woken up, all she felt was stillness.
27:57No triumph.
27:58No grief.
28:00No urge to run back.
28:01Do you want to go back?
28:03Just once.
28:04The UK office just landed in my lap.
28:06I'm not leaving now.
28:08Her gaze drifted toward the garden.
28:10Jamie was racing across the grass, bright with happiness and shouting about something only he understood.
28:16You two have some nerve.
28:17You disappear every chance you get.
28:19People are going to start thinking, Jamie is my child.
28:23Why can't I call Auntie Mom?
28:25Mommy, Daddy, you can go have fun.
28:27I have Auntie with me anyway.
28:29Standing there with sunlight over the lawn and a child in her arms, Alona realized something simple and almost unbelievable.
28:35She was already incredibly happy.
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