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After Forcing Me to Take the Blame and Miscarry My Ex Is Destroyed by Regrets Billionaire Romance
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00:00:04When I was 18, I signed a pre-nupical agreement and married Alistair, a man 15 years my senior.
00:00:14Everyone says I'm just a canary he keeps in a penthouse, but only I know how much he has favored
00:00:20me.
00:00:22This ring, which he designed himself, is the proof.
00:00:26And now, we finally have a little angel of our own.
00:00:30I have to tell Alistair the good news. I wonder how happy he'll be.
00:00:34Alistair, are you free right now? There's something I want you to be the first to know.
00:00:38Something's come up on my end.
00:00:39What's so urgent?
00:00:41Victoria's back. She's not doing well, so I need to take care of her first. I'll find you later. Be
00:00:45a good girl.
00:00:46Victoria. The one name he never allowed anyone to mention.
00:01:10You said you were busy today. So this is what you're busy with? Spending time with her?
00:01:17Am I interrupting something?
00:01:19She just got back and isn't doing well. Don't overthink it.
00:01:22Not doing well? Is that an excuse to be intimate with my husband in here?
00:01:26Alistair, you promised me you'd forget her.
00:01:30Chloe, watch your attitude.
00:01:32I'm your wife. I don't even have the right to ask a question?
00:01:36It's precisely because you are my wife that you should know your place.
00:01:41My place? What about you? Bringing another woman into your office? Is that your idea of knowing your place?
00:01:48Article 32 of the pre-Hopful Agreement. You are not to interfere with my social life, schedule, or business arrangements.
00:01:53You signed it. Now follow the rule.
00:01:55Alistair, she's young. It's only natural she's being mature. Don't be too hard on her.
00:02:00Not even a single word of explanation?
00:02:02It's not necessary. I gave you a title and a life of dignity, not a license to come here and
00:02:06make a steam.
00:02:07Grow up, little girl. Don't make this any more embarrassing than it already is.
00:02:10Get out.
00:02:17Why the rush? Even a contract wife can feel embarrassed.
00:02:25Get out of my way. Does this look familiar?
00:02:28Alistair designed it himself. The size, the cut, even the curve of the setting. It's identical.
00:02:34The one on your finger is just a fake you bought later to replace it.
00:02:37What exactly are you trying to say?
00:02:39I'm saying you should know your place.
00:02:40So what if you're his wife? You live in his house, spend his money, and trade a contract for a
00:02:45last name.
00:02:46But I'm different. I don't need an appointment to enter his office.
00:02:50I sit on his sofa, and he pours my drinks himself.
00:02:53Alistair, I only have one question. Why is her ring the same as mine?
00:02:58It's just a ring.
00:03:01I designed this ring specifically for you. It's the only one of its kind in the world.
00:03:07After all, you are my one and only.
00:03:11Fine. I understand.
00:03:16What is this?
00:03:23It's just a manuscript for the competition. Don't bother yourself with it.
00:03:27I'll have the driver take you back.
00:03:29No need. I can get back on my own.
00:03:32I haven't had a chance to see her music room yet.
00:03:35See it if you want. You don't have to ask me twice about anything in this house.
00:03:39No problem. I'll send the manuscript over right now.
00:03:45My manuscript!
00:03:51This is my only original copy.
00:03:54I'm so sorry, Chloe. Who knew your music room would be such a mess?
00:03:58My hand slipped, and I spilled it.
00:03:59You won't blame me, will you?
00:04:01What a shame.
00:04:02I heard you were in a rush to submit this.
00:04:06What are you going to do now?
00:04:08Get your foot off it!
00:04:10It's just a pile of paper.
00:04:12Is all this really necessary?
00:04:17Alistair!
00:04:20Alistair, I really didn't mean it.
00:04:22I just wanted to see where she usually practices, but she started snapping at me the moment she got back.
00:04:26I'm a little scared.
00:04:27Victoria, you-
00:04:28Chloe, enough!
00:04:29What did you say?
00:04:30Victoria already said she didn't mean it.
00:04:31Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:04:33I wrote every single note of this myself.
00:04:35This is two years of my hard work.
00:04:37Alistair, you know that better than anyone!
00:04:39Hard work?
00:04:40Chloe, what are you really afraid of losing?
00:04:42This score, or the status you've built using it as a prop?
00:04:45A student from a common background who managed to crawl into the Sterling family through a marriage certificate?
00:04:50Who are you trying to impress with this wronged woman act?
00:04:53Didn't you approach me in the first place for the money, the status, and the chance to climb to the
00:04:58top?
00:04:58I didn't.
00:04:59Am I wrong?
00:05:00Now that Victoria is back, you know your position is shaky, so you're using these tears and your so-called
00:05:04hard work as leverage.
00:05:05At the end of the ale, isn't this whole tantrum just a way to get my attention, to get more
00:05:09money, and to squeeze more out of me?
00:05:11No! You've forgotten!
00:05:12I never married you for your wealth, and I certainly wasn't plotting against the Sterling family.
00:05:16You were the one who begged me to marry you!
00:05:18I admit, I was blinded by you back then. If I could do it all over again, I would never
00:05:21marry a woman as calculating as you.
00:05:23We've been married for two years, and this is how lowly you think of me?
00:05:26What else would I think?
00:05:34Still throwing a tantrum over what happened today?
00:05:36Not throwing a tantrum, I just want to know, what exactly am I to you?
00:05:41You're my wife. I sketched the design for this ring myself.
00:05:44That year you were playing the cello in the snow, your hands were beet red from the cold, yet you
00:05:48refused to stop.
00:05:48I sat in the car watching you for half an hour, and when I got back, I drew this.
00:05:52You still remember?
00:05:54Of course. Chloe, I'm not blind to these things.
00:05:57Then why do you protect her over and over again?
00:06:00Victoria is too deeply tied to the family's projects.
00:06:03I took her side today, not because she's more important than Chloe, but because I had to keep the situation
00:06:07under control.
00:06:08Don't take those words to heart.
00:06:09Is that really all it is?
00:06:11You're too young. There are many things I don't want you to get mixed up in.
00:06:19Alistair, I hit someone. There's so much blood. Please come quickly.
00:06:24Something came up at the office. I need to head out, but I'll be back soon.
00:06:28This late?
00:06:29Wait for me. Don't go anywhere.
00:06:34Little one, your father still cares for us. Just wait a little longer.
00:06:40Chloe, Victoria accidentally killed someone with her car. She can't be linked to this case. So, you're gonna take the
00:06:46fall for her.
00:06:53Chloe, don't be afraid. I'll handle everything. Just sign the papers, and I promise you'll be fine.
00:06:57You want me to take the fall for her killing someone?
00:07:00Alistair, you just said you would protect me!
00:07:01I am protecting you. The press is swarming outside, and the police are already watching us.
00:07:05We have to lock in the statement first so I can get you out of this mess.
00:07:07Don't be difficult. This is the fastest way.
00:07:09The lawyers will arrange your bail. All you have to do is give your thumbprint.
00:07:12So, everything you said tonight was just a tactic to play me? The ring, the promises? What did any of
00:07:17it mean?
00:07:17It means you need to be smart right now. Article 33 of the prenuptal agreement. You are required to cooperate
00:07:23with family crisis management.
00:07:25Otherwise, you'll never be able to pay off the penalty in your lifetime.
00:07:28I'm not signing.
00:07:29Chloe, don't push me. Once you leave your print, this all ends tonight.
00:07:37Let's go! You're hurting me!
00:07:45Chloe, how... Why are you bleeding so much?
00:07:55Alistair, I'm pregnant. It's your baby. Please take me to the hospital.
00:08:01Now is not the time for this.
00:08:02I'm begging you. Please.
00:08:07Sign this, and I'll arrange for the hospital immediately.
00:08:11You still want me to sign?
00:08:13The accident case is already open. Victoria cannot go to prison.
00:08:17Take the fall first, and I'll cover everything. The bail, the lawyers, the hospital.
00:08:21If you don't sign, no one is coming for you tonight, and the hospital won't prioritize you.
00:08:26That's a human life! Not one of your PR crisis!
00:08:29Do you think the feds will just take your word for it?
00:08:32If you confess, it'll only be a few years, and I can reduce your sentence.
00:08:36If you fight it, you won't even make it to bail.
00:08:40You're using the hospital to blackmail me?
00:08:42I'm giving you a way out. Chloe, be good. Just confess first. We'll talk about the baby later.
00:08:47Later? You don't even want it now. You said you'd never leave me alone.
00:08:53Sign it, now.
00:09:00Wait!
00:09:08Alistin, I knew you wouldn't...
00:09:10If you sign it like this, it looks too much like coercion. The police might not accept it.
00:09:16Press your thumbprint, then sign it again.
00:09:19You stopped me! Just for this?
00:09:22The confession must be flawless. Nothing can happen to Victoria.
00:09:25I'm bleeding, and you're worried about the paperwork looking pretty?
00:09:29I already have a car waiting downstairs. Once you sign, I'll take you to the hospital immediately.
00:09:33And if I don't sign it?
00:09:35Then you can keep wasting time here tonight.
00:09:38Wait for the feds to arrive, or wait for the baby to mice-wake on its own.
00:09:41Your choice.
00:09:44That's your child, too.
00:09:46Sign the papers first.
00:09:53Alistair, you'll pay for this.
00:09:55Sign it.
00:10:04Don't be afraid. I'm calling an ambulance for you right now.
00:10:12Alistair, save the baby first, I beg you. Save the baby.
00:10:17As long as the baby is safe, and anything else, I'll agree to anything.
00:10:22Don't worry. You and the baby will be fine.
00:10:25Let's go!
00:10:25Coming through!
00:10:28Come on.
00:10:30Come on.
00:10:31The patient is facing a severe threatened miscarriage, a significant uterine bleeding.
00:10:34We must operate immediately to stop the hemorrhage.
00:10:36She's in critical condition.
00:10:37Any further delay, and we won't be able to save either the mother or the child.
00:10:39These are the prenatal records of the bleeding laws.
00:10:41Sign us now to offer a combined procedure for surgery and fetal preservation.
00:10:43So still, there is no time.
00:10:44She's losing blood rapidly.
00:10:45She needs to be in the OR right now.
00:10:47Every minute counts.
00:10:48If we wait any longer, the baby is gone, and the mother's life will be at risk, too.
00:10:54Mr. Sterling, Victoria at DUI.
00:10:56If you want your wife to take the fall, it's best she has no recent record of pregnancy.
00:11:00Otherwise...
00:11:00Understood.
00:11:02Hold off on the filing.
00:11:03Suspend the surgery.
00:11:04Just stop the bleeding for now.
00:11:05What did you say?
00:11:08For her sake, you're even abandoning our child?
00:11:19Cancel the surgery?
00:11:20You're going to kill our own flesh and blood just for Victoria?
00:11:23As long as you take the fall for the accident, we can have other children later.
00:11:28But Victoria's reputation is vital to her.
00:11:31She cannot have a criminal record.
00:11:32Ma'am, please calm down.
00:11:33She's eight weeks pregnant and hemorrhaging.
00:11:37And you want her to confess to a crime?
00:11:40Save your misplaced sense of justice and do as I say,
00:11:43or you'll be kicked out of the medical profession for good by tomorrow.
00:11:52You didn't come here to save me at all.
00:11:54You said only today that protect me.
00:11:55Is this what you call protection?
00:11:58Be a good girl and confess.
00:12:00Alice, you'll still be my most cherished wife.
00:12:03No, Alistair.
00:12:05I'm begging you.
00:12:22Alistair, where is my baby?
00:12:33The baby wasn't meant to be with us.
00:12:35Don't play games with me.
00:12:36Was it an accident or did you order the doctor to do it?
00:12:42You're still young.
00:12:44Once you've recovered, we'll have other children.
00:12:48Answer me!
00:12:49Victoria's legal team has been working through the night.
00:12:52I've used the Sterling Family Trust to post your $50 million bail.
00:13:00Alistair, even your way of killing is so refined.
00:13:03I have no patience for your tantrums.
00:13:05Behave yourself.
00:13:06Focus on your recovery.
00:13:08I'm busy lately.
00:13:09Once you're better, head back on your own.
00:13:11No need to let me know.
00:13:13Behave yourself.
00:13:26Oh, you're back.
00:13:28The fabric of this at four is really nice, though the waist is a bit tight.
00:13:35Who gave you permission to wear my clothes?
00:13:38Is there anything in this apartment that actually belongs to you, even that your engagement ring you're wearing?
00:13:42Didn't pay for it with his card?
00:13:46Chloe, the doctor said you shouldn't get worked up.
00:13:49Sit down first.
00:13:51Tell to take it off.
00:13:54Alistair, I'm just borrowing it.
00:13:55Does she really have to be so mean?
00:13:59It's just a pajama.
00:14:01Do you have to start a scene the second you get home?
00:14:07Chloe, have you had enough?
00:14:09You've been acting like a total lunaturk lately.
00:14:11Can't you be more sensible?
00:14:12Alistair?
00:14:16He said you looked pathetic last night.
00:14:18Did you know?
00:14:18He complained that your crying was too loud, so he held me in his arms all night.
00:14:21He also said he never forgot about me.
00:14:23You were out of the game from the very beginning.
00:14:26Well, that's very Christian of you.
00:14:31Alistair!
00:14:32Help me!
00:14:33Calm down.
00:14:33Put the knife down first.
00:14:35Choose.
00:14:36Choose between us right now!
00:14:38Chloe, what the hell is wrong with you, Wade?
00:14:40Be reasonable.
00:14:41It can't be reasonable.
00:14:43Everything changed the moment she came back.
00:14:45Have you forgotten how we lost our baby?
00:14:46Have you forgotten what you promised me?
00:14:48You said you would protect me, but who are you protecting now?
00:14:50Look at me, Alistair!
00:14:51Look at me!
00:14:52Fine.
00:14:53I choose you.
00:14:54Chloe, I choose you.
00:14:56Now let her go and come here.
00:15:06Don't you ever touch her again.
00:15:08This is your last warning.
00:15:33Sign it and you'll be Mrs. Sterling
00:15:35It says here that I'm giving up almost all my rights
00:15:37Don't worry, it's just a formality
00:15:39Our backgrounds are so different
00:15:41Without this, my family might not accept you
00:15:43Listen, this agreement is only to appease the family
00:15:45My promise to you is right here
00:15:47I added a handwritten clause
00:15:48If I ever betray you, or if you feel any unhappiness in this marriage
00:15:51You can burn it at any time
00:15:52No lawyers needed, no need to notify me
00:15:53The moment you burn this agreement, you are free
00:15:55This is my only true guarantee
00:16:05You promised, it's over
00:16:12Brody, it's me
00:16:12Get me a ticket to Europe for tonight
00:16:14Sterling
00:16:14I burned the agreement
00:16:16Understood
00:16:17Two hours, the usual spot
00:16:18Okay
00:16:26Goodbye, Alistair
00:16:32It is late
00:16:35Where do you think you are going?
00:16:37That's none of your business
00:16:38None of my business?
00:16:39Did you forget the agreement?
00:16:41Wherever you go, you report to me first
00:16:43The agreement?
00:16:44I burned it, just now
00:16:45Alistair, you dare to burn it?
00:16:47That contract is legally binding, Chloe
00:16:48It is not some toy you can toss into the fire whenever you feel like it
00:16:51I have put up with enough from you lately
00:16:52Do not push me
00:16:53Do you have any idea that agreement is what keeps you, Mrs. Sterling?
00:16:56How the hell am I supposed to protect you when you act like this?
00:16:58I know, but I cannot afford your kind of protection
00:17:00Did you forget the clause you wrote yourself?
00:17:02You promised that if I was unhappy, I could burn it any time
00:17:04The second it burned, I was free
00:17:05That was something I said to make you happy
00:17:07You think a court will honor that?
00:17:10I promise, once you burn it, you are free
00:17:12I will not stop you
00:17:17Chloe!
00:17:21Alistair!
00:17:27Alistair?
00:17:27What happened out here?
00:17:28I thought I heard shouting
00:17:29Was it Chloe?
00:17:30Is she throwing another tantrum?
00:17:31She ran
00:17:31Hit that ridiculous recording
00:17:33A recording?
00:17:34Honey, you cannot seriously be worried
00:17:35A pre-nap does not vanish
00:17:37Because some 20-year-old girl
00:17:38Throws it into a fireplace
00:17:39She knows nothing about the law
00:17:42She is just shaken from the miscarriage
00:17:44And the bail pressure is getting to her
00:17:45She is trying to scare you
00:17:47The harder you chase
00:17:48The more power she thinks she has
00:17:49Let her cool off
00:17:51When the money guns out
00:17:52And she has nowhere to go
00:17:53She will come crawling back
00:17:55You really think so?
00:17:56Of course
00:17:56It is just a little girl acting out for attention
00:17:58We both know it
00:17:59Besides, every account in her name is tied to your family trust
00:18:02Without this place, she cannot even afford a hotel room
00:18:04What matters now is keeping the situation stable
00:18:06We cannot let the FBI case get complicated because of her emotions
00:18:10You are right
00:18:10I am always on your side
00:18:12Get some rest
00:18:13You have the legal team tomorrow
00:18:16Chloe
00:18:18I will wait for you to come back to me
00:18:24Your passport and ticket are in the inner pocket
00:18:27He will not find you
00:18:28The accounts are wiped
00:18:30The cameras are covered
00:18:32You are a ghost now
00:18:33I handled the airport
00:18:37We are here
00:18:38Cargo gate C7
00:18:40Someone will meet you
00:18:41Direct flight to Paris
00:18:43There is some cash inside
00:18:45When you land, call this number
00:18:46Thank you
00:18:50Chloe, forgive me for being reckless
00:18:52But I cannot fight this anymore
00:18:54Will you marry me?
00:18:55Will you be my wife?
00:18:57I am just an ordinary girl
00:18:58How could I ever be worthy of...
00:19:00Do not ever say that about yourself
00:19:01To me, you are the most beautiful, purest woman in the world
00:19:04You deserve everything
00:19:05It is just a nightmare
00:19:06Did you really have to come home and turn the whole place into a war zone?
00:19:12Chloe, are you done?
00:19:14Lately, you have been acting like a complete lunatic
00:19:17Can you please grow up?
00:19:20It is over
00:19:26Stop thinking about it, Alistair
00:19:28Chloe needs time
00:19:30To calm down
00:19:32Get out
00:19:33What?
00:19:35I said get out
00:19:36Take off Chloe's nightgown
00:19:37Do not touch Chloe's things again
00:19:39It is just a nightgown
00:19:42Why are you treating Victoria like this because of Chloe?
00:19:44We are the ones who...
00:19:45We are nothing
00:19:46The woman Alistair loves is Chloe
00:19:48It was always Chloe
00:19:49It still is
00:19:50But Chloe left
00:19:52Chloe does not give a damn about Alistair
00:19:54I do
00:19:55Listen carefully, Victoria
00:19:57I helped you because of your father
00:19:58Because of those damn business ties
00:20:00But you have always known where my heart is
00:20:02Stop doing this
00:20:03I have done so much for you
00:20:05Enough
00:20:07You are tired
00:20:07Go rest
00:20:12Three days
00:20:14Sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer in service
00:20:24Where the hell did you go?
00:20:26What is that?
00:20:31She actually burned it
00:20:34It is just a piece of paper
00:20:35Burning it proves she cares
00:20:36Cares about what?
00:20:38You
00:20:38It is a little girl's stunt
00:20:40The most dramatic way she could think of to get your attention
00:20:42She thought if she burned the agreement
00:20:44You would chase after her
00:20:44And prove you cannot live without her
00:20:46She used a fake ID
00:20:48Emptied the accounts
00:20:49So what?
00:20:50Every dime she has
00:20:51Eventually leads back to the Sterling Family Trust
00:20:53Where can she go without you?
00:20:54Sleep on the street?
00:20:54What is she right now?
00:20:55A suspect out on bail?
00:20:57The FBI case is still hanging over her
00:20:59Besides you, who would dare take her in?
00:21:01The outside world is a hundred times scarier for her than this apartment
00:21:04Give her time to act out
00:21:06Once she has suffered enough
00:21:07She will remember where she belongs
00:21:09Then she will come back on her own
00:21:11Sweeter than ever
00:21:12What if she does not come back?
00:21:14Then she never deserved to be Mrs. Sterling
00:21:16A doll too stupid to understand her own position is not worth keeping, is she?
00:21:20Clean this up
00:21:21Of course
00:21:23Fly away, little bird
00:21:24Let us see how long you last
00:21:30Were the new spring pieces sent to the wardrobe?
00:21:33Yes sir
00:21:33Everything was delivered to the estate yesterday afternoon
00:21:36As instructed
00:21:37The sizes and styles followed
00:21:39The previous records exactly
00:21:41Some of the brands Chloe like changed creative directors this season
00:21:44I reviewed the new collections
00:21:45There are a few dresses Chloe would like
00:21:46Yes sir
00:21:47Every year you personally review the seasonal catalogs
00:21:50And reserve pieces for Mrs. Sterling
00:21:51For Mrs. Chloe
00:21:52You have done that for three years
00:21:53Chloe did not take a single thing when Chloe left
00:21:57Perhaps
00:21:58Mrs. Chloe knows you have been waiting for Chloe to come back
00:22:01Waiting for Chloe to come back?
00:22:03No
00:22:04I am just confirming whether Chloe really has the nerve to stay gone forever
00:22:08Sir
00:22:09The emergency meeting is in two hours
00:22:11They insist you attend
00:22:12It is about the Asia market acquisition
00:22:15Tell them I
00:22:18That silhouette looks so familiar
00:22:21Is that you Chloe?
00:22:29Find out
00:22:30Now
00:22:31Sir
00:22:32Confirmed
00:22:33It is
00:22:33Miss Chloe Sterling
00:22:34She is performing under the stage name Claire Moray now
00:22:37She is the orchestra's newly signed principal cellist
00:22:39Her debut is next Friday at the Music Vi-
00:22:41Three years
00:22:42I had her wardrobe at the estate refreshed every season
00:22:46Those dresses
00:22:47She never touched a single one
00:22:48Yes sir
00:22:49You have been
00:22:50Waiting for her to come back
00:22:52Claire Moray
00:22:53You hid well
00:22:58Cancel the board meeting
00:23:00Or let them talk to an empty chair
00:23:02Right now contact the airport
00:23:03I want the next direct flight to Vienna
00:23:05But
00:23:06Sir
00:23:07The board
00:23:08Do it
00:23:29Sir
00:23:31Rehearsal is closed
00:23:32No outsiders
00:23:33Move
00:23:33I am here for Chloe Stingling
00:23:35There is no Chloe Stingling here
00:23:38The woman on Taze is Claire Moray
00:23:40Guest cello soloist for the
00:23:43Festival
00:23:55She never smiled like that
00:24:03See that?
00:24:04She is doing well now
00:24:05She does not need anyone disturbing her
00:24:08Especially you
00:24:09Who the hell are you?
00:24:10Her manager
00:24:11And her friend
00:24:12Leave before rehearsal ends
00:24:14Or I call security
00:24:32Chloe
00:24:34We need to talk
00:24:36Now
00:24:36Sorry
00:24:37Give me one minute to deal with old business
00:24:42Have you been with him this whole three years?
00:24:44What does that have to do with you Mr. Sterling?
00:24:47Listen to me
00:24:48Back then
00:24:49I do not want to hear it
00:24:51I swear
00:24:52I did not know it would
00:24:53If I had known you were pregnant
00:24:54I never would have
00:24:55You knew
00:24:55And you still chose what mattered more to you
00:24:57Your empire
00:24:58Your Victoria
00:24:59Now that the show is over
00:25:00Leave
00:25:01Sir
00:25:02Claire needs to continue rehearse
00:25:04Your disruption is not welcome here
00:25:07She will not even bother to hate you
00:25:09She will not even bother to hate you
00:25:10She will not even bother to hate you
00:25:26Tonight's piece is called ashes
00:25:32Chloria already said she didn't mean it
00:25:34Is it really worth making such a scene over nothing?
00:25:36I wrote every single notice myself
00:25:38This is two years of my hard work
00:25:40Allison you know that better than anyone
00:25:42Hard work?
00:25:44Chloe what are you really afraid of losing?
00:25:46Your score
00:25:47Or the status you built
00:25:48Using it as a prop
00:25:49This is the piece she wrote back then
00:26:09I need to speak with you
00:26:12Chloe
00:26:12I thought you'd never ask
00:26:14That last bar was brilliant
00:26:16Only because your theme gave me something to work
00:26:1830% of Sterling Group Equity
00:26:20Transferred to you unconditionally
00:26:21Sign it and it is yours
00:26:2230% that is astronomical
00:26:25Mr. Sterling is generous
00:26:26The dividends alone must be tens of millions
00:26:29Music
00:26:30To rebirth
00:26:35See that?
00:26:36He just got shut down hard
00:26:3730% of Sterling
00:26:38Too bad she does not give a damn
00:26:43You will not even look at it
00:26:52You do not have to accept it
00:26:54Just come home with me
00:26:55Let go
00:26:56I waited for you for three years
00:26:58Every single day I thought about you
00:26:59The confession, Victoria, everything
00:27:01I finally understand it all
00:27:03And?
00:27:03The baby
00:27:04Our baby
00:27:05I never even got the chance to make it right
00:27:08Alistair Sterling
00:27:08Is this your repentance act?
00:27:10Who is the audience?
00:27:11These guests or yourself?
00:27:13It is not an act
00:27:14I am begging you, Chloe
00:27:15Come home
00:27:16Everything I have is yours
00:27:18Sterling Group, my life
00:27:19Take all of it
00:27:20Home?
00:27:20Did that place not become yours
00:27:22And Victoria's love nest a long time ago?
00:27:24Did she slept in the bed I slept in?
00:27:26Did you whisper the same sweet lies to her
00:27:28That you whispered to me?
00:27:29Never
00:27:30I never let her into the master bedroom
00:27:32If you think the place is dirty
00:27:33We can burn it down and rebuild it
00:27:36Rebuild what?
00:27:38Ashes are ashes
00:27:39Just like our rings in that agreement
00:27:40Burned
00:27:41Gone
00:27:42Never coming back
00:27:43Then what about me?
00:27:44These three years
00:27:45I have been walking around like a corpse
00:27:46What the hell am I supposed to do?
00:27:49You?
00:27:50Go back to Wall Street
00:27:51Hold your equity papers tight
00:27:52Take Victoria with you
00:27:53And grow old together
00:28:07Do not go
00:28:08Please
00:28:09Let go
00:28:11I was wrong
00:28:12Everything
00:28:13It started with Victoria's goddamn car accident
00:28:15And I was wrong from that moment
00:28:16I forged the confession
00:28:18And used the agreement to force you to sign
00:28:20Not because I believed that bullshit
00:28:22I did it because I was scared
00:28:24Scared of what?
00:28:25Scared you would see how rotten I was
00:28:27Scared you would realize I was framing my own wife
00:28:29To save another woman's freedom
00:28:30Scared you would look down on me
00:28:32Scared you would leave
00:28:33So I pushed you off the cliff first
00:28:34Thought that would bind you to me
00:28:36Guilt
00:28:37The baby
00:28:37The debt you owed me
00:28:38But I
00:28:38I destroyed everything with my own hands
00:28:41The baby
00:28:42Our baby
00:28:43Are you done?
00:28:44We should go say goodbye to the conductor
00:28:57I am honored by your invitation
00:29:01Ms. Sterling
00:29:02Congratulations on the huge success of your European tour
00:29:05Many fans are curious
00:29:06How did you create a piece as moving as ashes?
00:29:08Thank you
00:29:09I think it came from the people who helped me
00:29:12And from things I had no choice but to survive
00:29:15What experiences?
00:29:17There was a time in my life when I was very closed off
00:29:20On paper I had a home
00:29:22In reality I was more like a carefully kept possession
00:29:25You mean
00:29:27Your marriage?
00:29:28Yes
00:29:29A marriage built on enormous equality and lies
00:29:32I was too young then
00:29:34Naive enough to believe talent and love could bridge anything
00:29:36Then I was betrayed
00:29:37And I lost my child
00:29:40That is
00:29:42Heartbreaking
00:29:42I was lucky
00:29:44After I escaped
00:29:45I met people in Europe
00:29:46Who truly respected art and human dignity
00:29:49They gave me shelter and a stage
00:29:51And allowed me to live purely for music
00:29:53So you see that unhappy marriage
00:29:55As the catalyst for your artistic transformation?
00:29:57It is part of my life that cannot be erased
00:30:00I do not thank that experience
00:30:02But I thank the woman who crawled out of the rubbles
00:30:04As for the other person in that marriage
00:30:10My past
00:30:11And that name with it is over
00:30:13Like a fire that burned itself out
00:30:15Only ashes remain
00:30:16I will not
00:30:17And I do not want to
00:30:19Have even the slightest connection with anyone from that past again
00:30:22My life and my music are moving forward
00:30:24I will not
00:30:25And I do not want to
00:30:27Have even the slightest connection with anyone from that past again
00:30:33Promise me we will not be apart for a hundred years
00:30:36Not a hundred years
00:30:38Forever Chloe
00:30:40Not even
00:30:42The slightest connection
00:30:43Did we not promise each other?
00:30:46We were supposed to be together forever
00:30:52Thank you for driving me home Julian
00:30:54And thank you for tonight's performance
00:30:55The honor was mine
00:30:57Get some rest
00:30:59Move
00:30:59Chloe
00:31:00Chloe
00:31:00Please
00:31:01Just five minutes
00:31:02No one minute
00:31:03Let me say one thing
00:31:05One moment
00:31:06I was wrong
00:31:07I know I was wrong
00:31:08I do not want anything anymore
00:31:10I will give you everything
00:31:11Please look at me
00:31:12Just look at me
00:31:13Alistair
00:31:14You are blocking my way
00:31:15I said move
00:31:17What?
00:31:18Chloe, I...
00:31:18I said move
00:31:30Brody Cook
00:31:31We need to talk
00:31:32Name your price
00:31:34Leave Chloe
00:31:35Whatever resources, connections, channels you have
00:31:38Sterling Group will double them
00:31:39Alistair Sterling
00:31:40You still think money fixes everything?
00:31:42She is not safe in her current situation
00:31:45With me, she would have the best protection
00:31:47Protection?
00:31:49Was it not you who left her bleeding and cost her the baby three years ago?
00:31:53Then what does she need?
00:31:54That Vanderbilt?
00:31:54What can you give her?
00:31:55Peace?
00:31:56Respect?
00:31:57A place where she does not have to wonder if the man beside her will send her to prison
00:32:01Save it, Mr. Sterling
00:32:03Your price cannot buy my conscience and it sure as hell cannot buy back her three years
00:32:08He came to see me
00:32:10Offered a blank check if I would leave you
00:32:11Oh
00:32:12I blocked every way he can contact me, but you need to be careful
00:32:15I'm afraid his next move will be even more unhinged
00:32:18Three years ago, he used the law as a chain
00:32:20Our child as Alvredge
00:32:21And my life to buy another woman's freedom
00:32:23What else can he possibly do?
00:32:24Your reputation
00:32:24Your performance
00:32:25Everything you have in Europe
00:32:26I have already lost the most precious thing I had
00:32:28There is nothing left against him
00:32:38Happy Anniversary, my wife
00:32:48Claire, you look pale
00:32:50I am fine, I did not sleep well last night
00:32:53Do you need to postpone this afternoon's ensemble rehearsal?
00:32:55What date is it?
00:32:57October 19th
00:32:58Of course
00:32:59Five years ago today, we were officially married
00:33:02Why would Alistair send me this now?
00:33:04What the hell is he trying to do?
00:33:07Julian, if someone used a day you never wanted to remember
00:33:10To remind you how stupid you used to be
00:33:11What would you do?
00:33:13I would tell myself that day is dead
00:33:14Today is what survived
00:33:16He is such a fool
00:33:17He really thinks this random photo and blessing can patch over my scars
00:33:20You still care about him, do you not?
00:33:27I just think he is stupid
00:33:29And I feel sorry for the person I used to be
00:33:31It is over now
00:33:32There is nothing to care about
00:33:38Oh my god, those are blue phantom roses
00:33:41They must have been flown in
00:33:44The card is gorgeous
00:33:46My other half of my soul
00:33:48Who brought these in?
00:33:49Did I not say every gift goes through me first?
00:33:51The florist brought them straight to the backstage door
00:33:53They said they were specifically for Claire
00:34:00They are beautiful
00:34:01I bet they are even prettier in real life
00:34:03But I heard they are almost impossible to grow
00:34:05And they bloom for only a moment
00:34:06I guess they were never meant for me
00:34:08Nothing is impossible to disturb us
00:34:09Not if you want to
00:34:10Forget it
00:34:11Some things are just not meant to be
00:34:12Chloe!
00:34:14Chloe?
00:34:16Are you okay?
00:34:17Give it to me
00:34:18Leave the flowers
00:34:19Put them here
00:34:20They are pretty
00:34:33Chloe, are you sure you're okay?
00:34:35It's just a flower, Brody
00:34:36I'm fine
00:34:38Just drop it, will you?
00:34:41Chloe
00:34:41You are the other half of my soul
00:34:43The missing part of me
00:34:45Only you can make me whole
00:34:47In that moment
00:34:48I thought I had caught every star in the sky
00:34:50The other half of my soul
00:34:58Not mine
00:34:59Never meant to be mine
00:35:05Chloe!
00:35:10Tell me
00:35:11What happened
00:35:12In that cafe in New York
00:35:14Before he kissed me for the first time
00:35:16That is exactly what he said
00:35:17My other half of my soul
00:35:19I am getting you time off
00:35:21Go home and really
00:35:22No, I am fine
00:35:23You sure?
00:35:24I am sure
00:35:25The harder he tries to nail me to the past
00:35:27The more I will make him see those memories cannot hurt me anymore
00:35:29I will not drown in the past
00:35:31Never
00:35:35Mr. Sterling, these are the records you requested
00:35:36How bad was she when she was brought in?
00:35:38All of them
00:35:39Extremely bad
00:35:39The patient was already showing early signs of hemorrhagic shock
00:35:42We recommended immediate surgery
00:35:43It was the only way to try to save both mother and child
00:35:45Why did you not insist?
00:35:47You signed the form
00:35:48You said as long as she could talk in authority to overdone the family's explicit instructions
00:35:51If you had done the surgery with the baby
00:35:52There would at least have been a chance
00:35:54But after you refused, that child could not be saved
00:35:56We later found the patient had already been delayed at home
00:35:58For at least more than 40 minutes before she arrived
00:36:00After arrival, waiting for your signature across the best intervention window
00:36:03Delayed how long?
00:36:06Nearly two hours
00:36:07The records show the hemorrhage became fully controllable after midnight
00:36:10We later assessed that if she had arrived half an hour later
00:36:13Or if the bleeding had been slightly worse
00:36:14We might not have saved the mother either
00:36:17I killed our child
00:36:18It was me
00:36:19It was all me
00:36:22I killed Chloe's and my baby with my own hands
00:36:26All for Victoria
00:36:31At 10.17pm she started bleeding
00:36:33At 10.20pm I took out the document
00:36:35I made her sign
00:36:37Her hands were shaking
00:36:38She could not write
00:36:39Blood soaked the paper
00:36:42At 10.50pm she finished signing
00:36:44I called
00:36:46Then I waited
00:36:4847 minutes
00:36:49After I hung up
00:36:50I did not call again
00:36:57Alistair
00:36:57I'm pregnant
00:36:58I told you
00:37:00Please take me to the hospital
00:37:02Now is not the time for this
00:37:04I'm begging you
00:37:07Please
00:37:08Sign this
00:37:09And I'll arrange for the hospital immediately
00:37:13You still want me to sign?
00:37:15The accident case is already open
00:37:17Victoria did not go to prison
00:37:19Take the fall first
00:37:20And I'll cover everything
00:37:21The bail
00:37:22The lawyers
00:37:22The hospital
00:37:23If you don't sign
00:37:24No one is coming for you tonight
00:37:26And the hospital won't prioritize you
00:37:28The doctor said surgery
00:37:30I said no
00:37:32Too risky
00:37:37Cancel the surgery
00:37:38You're gonna kill our own flesh and blood
00:37:40Just for Victoria
00:37:41As long as you take the fall for the accident
00:37:43We can have other children
00:37:47But Victoria's reputation is vital to her
00:37:49She cannot have a criminal record
00:37:52I chose it
00:37:53No ambulance
00:37:54No surgery
00:37:55She had to sign first
00:38:03Even the fall that sent her to the hospital
00:38:07That was because of me too
00:38:08Chloe
00:38:09Don't push me
00:38:10Once you leave your print
00:38:11This all ends tonight
00:38:17Let go
00:38:18You're hurting me
00:38:24Every step
00:38:26It was me
00:38:26It was her
00:38:28She was driving
00:38:29She killed that person
00:38:31She begged me to save her
00:38:33Yes
00:38:34It was her
00:38:34She drove a wedge between us
00:38:36She nailed in front of me
00:38:37Saying her career
00:38:37Her name
00:38:38Her future were over
00:38:39She cried that only Chloe could save her
00:38:40I'm saying you should know your place
00:38:42So what if you're his wife
00:38:43You live in his house
00:38:45Enter his office
00:38:46I sit on his sofa
00:38:47And he pours my drinks himself
00:38:52Exactly
00:38:53If it were not for Victoria
00:38:54Why would Chloe have been pushed that far
00:38:56Why would I have forced Chloe
00:38:57Why would I have lost our baby
00:38:59That is right
00:38:59It was all because of her
00:39:01I need to find her
00:39:02Now
00:39:08Mr. Sterling was so easy to fool
00:39:10One perfectly staged elevator malfunction
00:39:12One perfectly timed twisted ankle
00:39:14And he believed I was his destined soulmate
00:39:17That old money type is arrogant and naive to the bone
00:39:19I played the independent self-made woman for him all these years for exactly this
00:39:23Sooner or later every Sterling group asset will carry the Thorn name
00:39:28As for the baby
00:39:29Losing that common girl's child was good for me
00:39:31An heir with ordinary blood would only dilute the Sterling fortune
00:39:38Alistair
00:39:40What are you doing here?
00:39:41You have been playing me this whole time
00:39:44No
00:39:44I love you
00:39:46Everything I did was for us
00:39:47That Chloe never deserved you
00:39:49She only dragged you
00:39:50You
00:39:51You built our beginning on lies
00:39:53You schemed to tear Chloe and me apart
00:39:56You
00:39:57You killed my child
00:39:59You drove her away
00:40:00This is all your fault
00:40:02There has to be a misunderstanding
00:40:03I can explain
00:40:05Save your explanation for the feds
00:40:08You are turning me over to the bureau?
00:40:20For three years you used my trust to move assets, forge documents, and frame Chloe
00:40:28Any one of those could put you in federal prison for decades
00:40:34Alistair, what are you talking about?
00:40:39The bureau's preliminary evidence list
00:40:41Your lawyer will receive official notice tomorrow
00:40:44No!
00:40:45Alistair, you cannot do this to me
00:40:47I love you
00:40:48Everything I did was for you
00:40:50We can explain
00:40:51We can explain?
00:40:52To whom?
00:40:53To the child you helped kill?
00:40:55The baby
00:40:56The baby was an accident
00:40:58Chloe's body was weak
00:41:00An accident?
00:41:02That night
00:41:03You told me that once Chloe signed
00:41:05Everything would be fine
00:41:06You said
00:41:07There was still time
00:41:09And you believed whatever I said?
00:41:11Alistair, you were the one who did not want to call that ambulance
00:41:14You were afraid she would back out
00:41:16Afraid she would run
00:41:18Afraid your perfect scapegoat would disappear
00:41:21You pushed me to delay
00:41:25You handed her the papers
00:41:27You set the terms
00:41:28You forced her to sign
00:41:30You just do not want to admit that from start to finish
00:41:32The person who most wanted her to take the fall was you
00:41:35Me?
00:41:36I only said the filthy little thought already sitting in your head
00:41:41Alistair, the person who killed your child was not me
00:41:43It was you
00:41:48Do you know what happened?
00:41:50That night, I came to you crying because I was scared
00:41:54Alistair, help me
00:41:55I hit someone
00:41:57That person
00:41:58That person is not moving
00:42:00I did not mean to
00:42:02The road was too dark
00:42:04Who was the victim?
00:42:05Any witnesses?
00:42:06I do not know
00:42:08Maybe a homeless man?
00:42:09I think
00:42:09I do not think anyone saw
00:42:11Victoria, you know what that means
00:42:13Vehicular manslaughter
00:42:14Federal felony
00:42:16Your career
00:42:17Your reputation
00:42:17Everything is over
00:42:19Please
00:42:20I know you have a way
00:42:22You know so many people
00:42:26Are you sure you left no evidence that can be traced back to you?
00:42:29I am sure
00:42:30I already got rid of the car
00:42:31And there are no cameras on that road
00:42:33You need a scapegoat
00:42:35Someone important enough
00:42:37And controllable enough
00:42:40What?
00:42:42Close
00:42:42No
00:42:43That is not how it happened
00:42:46Remember now?
00:42:48You said it yourself
00:42:49We need a scapegoat
00:42:51Someone important enough
00:42:52And controllable enough
00:42:54And you said her name
00:42:57So do not put all of this in me, Alistair
00:43:00You said your wife
00:43:01You said your wife
00:43:02To hell with your own hands
00:43:03I can carry it myself
00:43:19It is windy today
00:43:24Coffee after rehearsal?
00:43:25That new place you wanted to try with the chestnut cake?
00:43:28Yeah
00:43:29She smiled
00:43:31In a world without me
00:43:35She is so alive
00:43:44What is it?
00:43:45Nothing
00:43:56Chloe
00:43:59Yes?
00:44:00There is something I have wanted to say for a long time
00:44:02These three years
00:44:03Watching you rise from the wreckage
00:44:05And walk into the spotlight
00:44:06Has been the greatest honor of my life
00:44:07I admire your talent
00:44:09And I ache for how strong you have had to be
00:44:11If you would let me
00:44:13I want to stand by your side in the future
00:44:14Not only as your patron and friend
00:44:17Could you
00:44:19Give me a chance?
00:44:25Julian
00:44:25You are my dearest friend
00:44:27And the person I am most grateful to
00:44:29Without you
00:44:30I would not be who I am today
00:44:32But
00:44:33My heart is a ruin
00:44:34Nothing new grows there
00:44:36And no one deserves to step inside it again
00:44:38I understand
00:44:39Thank you for understanding
00:44:41We can still be friends, right?
00:44:43Of course
00:44:45Let us go try that chestnut cake
00:44:52Sir, the flight departs in 45 minutes
00:44:54We should head to the gate
00:44:55The highly anticipated
00:44:57Voices of Hope charity concert
00:44:58Will be held tonight
00:44:59At City Hall Concert Hall
00:45:01Organizers recently confirmed
00:45:03That the stage build
00:45:04And lighting work
00:45:05Will be handled by local contractor
00:45:06Pinnacle Vision
00:45:07Run that contractor
00:45:09Pinnacle Vision
00:45:10I want every background check
00:45:11And safety record
00:45:15Found it
00:45:16This company
00:45:17Has three OSHA complaints
00:45:19And last year in Munich
00:45:21There was a serious stage collapse
00:45:23How the hell could they hire them?
00:45:32Cancel the flight
00:45:33But
00:45:34The meeting
00:45:34Cancel it
00:45:35Now
00:45:36Yes
00:45:37I will handle it right away
00:45:39She is still that little girl
00:45:41Who needs someone watching over her
00:45:42Without me
00:45:43She cannot even protect herself
00:45:45Chloe
00:45:46Please do not let anything happen to you
00:46:00Chloe
00:46:01Move
00:46:01It is dangerous
00:46:04No
00:46:20Oh my god
00:46:21Call an ambulance
00:46:23Are you
00:46:24Are you okay?
00:46:26Are you insane?
00:46:29As long as you are okay
00:46:34Your arm
00:46:37Just a scratch
00:46:40Claire
00:46:41Are you hurt?
00:46:45Why are you here?
00:46:47You again?
00:46:48The contractor's records were bad
00:46:50I found out but
00:46:52I was half a step too late
00:46:58Wipe it
00:46:59Your hand
00:47:09As long as you are safe
00:47:10I asked about your injury
00:47:13Surface wound
00:47:13I will not die
00:47:17About the chandelier
00:47:18By the time I found the records
00:47:19It was too late
00:47:20I could only
00:47:22Run
00:47:22You do not need to explain
00:47:25I said thank you
00:47:26That is all
00:47:34Chloe
00:47:36I got all the hospital records
00:47:38That night
00:47:39You were bleeding so much
00:47:41Lying on the floor
00:47:42Begging me
00:47:44I held the papers
00:47:45And waited for you to sign
00:47:46I waited 47 minutes
00:47:49The doctor said
00:47:51I signed a consent
00:47:52For bleeding control
00:47:53Not surgical authorization
00:47:56The baby's heartbeat
00:47:58Stopped at minute 35
00:48:01I delayed him to death
00:48:03Shut up!
00:48:05What is the point of saying this now?
00:48:08There is no point
00:48:09None at all
00:48:14I just wanted Chloe to know Alistair found out everything
00:48:18Victoria, the accident
00:48:19And Alistair's own choices
00:48:22Alistair was the source
00:48:23My existence is the source of all your pain
00:48:25Every time I come near you
00:48:27You remember blood
00:48:27You remember the child who never got to be born
00:48:29You remember how filthy I am
00:48:31So?
00:48:31So I disappear
00:48:32It is the only thing
00:48:33I can still do for you
00:48:35Alistair
00:48:47Promise me we will not be apart
00:48:49For a hundred years
00:48:52Not a hundred years
00:48:54Forever Chloe
00:48:56Forever
00:48:59Chloe, forgive me for being reckless
00:49:01But I cannot fight this anymore
00:49:03Will you marry me?
00:49:04Will you be my wife?
00:49:06I am just an ordinary girl
00:49:07How could I ever be worthy of-
00:49:09Do not ever say that about yourself
00:49:10To me you are the most beautiful
00:49:12Purest woman in the world
00:49:13You deserve everything
00:49:21Good, go
00:49:27It is over
00:49:31Sir, please reconsider
00:49:33These assets are to shake the entire industry
00:49:34Especially the family fund and Kurgutra
00:49:36And years of your life's worth
00:49:37I know
00:49:37This is not just wealth
00:49:39It is all your power and protection
00:49:41Once you sign, there is no going back
00:49:44Begin
00:49:48The irreversible trust naming Miss Chloe Stangling as sole beneficiary
00:49:52Is now officially in effect
00:49:53It covers all equity, real estate, liquid assets, liquid assets and family fund interests under your name
00:49:59This is the copy
00:50:01According to the terms
00:50:02The trustee will notify the beneficiary at the appropriate time
00:50:07She does not need to know
00:50:09But you may leave
00:50:24Chloe, this is the only thing I can still give you
00:50:35Thank you
00:50:41Claire, your playing was so beautiful
00:50:44I want to be a cellist like you someday
00:50:50Thank you sweetheart
00:50:51I love them
00:50:53When you bowed just now
00:50:54You kept looking over there
00:50:56Was your music for someone who sat there?
00:50:59Like in a story?
00:51:09No
00:51:10My music is only for me
00:51:12He did not come
00:51:13I should have known
00:51:14It really is all over
00:51:22Chloe, this arrived anonymously this morning
00:51:24It is a family trust beneficiary transfer worth hundreds of billions
00:51:30You are named the sole beneficiary
00:51:36It is Alistair
00:51:38Tell them I refuse
00:51:39Chloe, do you understand what this means?
00:51:42An astronomical fortune
00:51:43And in a way
00:51:46In a way?
00:51:47Compensation?
00:51:48Or charity?
00:51:49Brody, I do not need it
00:51:52Putting a price tag on a life with money
00:51:55Putting a price tag on a life with money
00:51:57Alistair, you really have not changed
00:52:00Send it back untouched
00:52:01I do not need anything from him
00:52:03And I do not need to leave him any message
00:52:17Who will come to tell her?
00:52:20How dare they?
00:52:23Right
00:52:23Even the last thing
00:52:25She does not want it
00:52:28Sir, we have news from the federal side
00:52:30Miss Victoria has been released on bail
00:52:32No, I am worried
00:52:32No, Chloe may be in danger
00:52:46Chloe, what happened?
00:53:01Chloe, what happened?
00:53:02What was that?
00:53:03Nothing
00:53:03Just an old photo
00:53:10This is not a prank, Chloe
00:53:12This is dangerous
00:53:14You cannot be alone
00:53:15I am taking you home
00:53:16I am fine
00:53:17I am fine
00:53:18You have been busy lately
00:53:19And I have already caused you enough trouble
00:53:22Call me if anything happens
00:53:26I will
00:53:54I am fine
00:53:57Do not move. We only want your hand.
00:54:05How much did Victoria pay you? I will double it!
00:54:09Save it, Mrs. Sterling. We get paid to do a job, and we follow rules.
00:54:24Alistair!
00:54:27Stop!
00:54:32Alistair, you said you would disappear from my world. Why did you come back?
00:54:37How did this happen? Do not scare me like this.
00:54:40You are safe. Thank God you are safe.
00:54:56Are you okay? Did they hurt your hand?
00:55:03I need to report a crime. South parking lot of the Vienna Concert Hall. Armed assault. Attempted intentional injury. The
00:55:09suspect is restrained. Also, this involves cross-border crime and a federal felony state voting case in New York and
00:55:14three years ago. I have the full chain of evidence.
00:55:18Watch him. Do not let anyone near him.
00:55:31Chloe is going to be okay.
00:55:34No.
00:55:37No.
00:55:39No.
00:55:40No.
00:55:41No.
00:55:42No.
00:55:43No.
00:55:44No.
00:55:52The patient has lost too much blood. His blood pressure is barely detectable. He needs an emergency transfusion, but...
00:55:59But what?
00:56:01He is RH negative. The blood bank has no supply. His condition is critical, and we must find a matching
00:56:07donor immediately. We have contacted every nearby hospital and blood center, but...
00:56:13Take mine.
00:56:15What? Do you hear yourself? You are going to save him? The man who nearly destroyed you?
00:56:22Anonymous. Do not record my name. Draw the blood, and I leave immediately. If you agree, I will sign now.
00:56:30All right. Please sign the confidentiality agreement and consent form here. She really signed it.
00:56:42Why? He pushed you into hell and made you lose everything! Have you forgotten the baby?
00:56:48I am not saving him. I just... do not want to owe him a life. Three years ago, he gave
00:56:54me a home, then destroyed me with his own hands. Now I give him my blood back. From this moment
00:56:58on, we owe each other nothing.
00:57:03The stab wound is deep, and he lost a lot of blood. We saved him, but whether he wakes up,
00:57:07and when, depends on his will and recovery. The next 24 hours are critical.
00:57:12Wake up. You think taking that knife and bleeding like this makes us even? You think because you are lying
00:57:17here, I can forget my child? Forget every time you abandoned me for Victoria?
00:57:21I cannot forget. I cannot forget when the doctor told me the baby was gone, your signature was at the
00:57:27bottom of that document. So cold. So quick.
00:57:31What is this? You lying here? Repentance? Atonement? It is too late. My child is not coming back. The Chloe
00:57:37who once believed you in that practice room is not coming back either.
00:57:40Wake up. Wake up. Look at me. I want you to see with your own eyes that without you, without
00:57:45the sterling name, I can still stand at the very top. I want you alive, fully awake, and remembering what
00:57:50you lost forever.
00:57:51Do not just die like this. You still owe me too much. You have to wake up.
00:58:03Alistairn, you heard me. You are awake, are you not? Alistairn!
00:58:09Direct flight to Zurich. Leaves in two hours. The studio and apartment there are ready.
00:58:15News just came from the States. Victoria's extradition is complete. She is being flown back this afternoon under escort.
00:58:22Federal felony?
00:58:23Multiple charges, including attempted murder, cross-border murder for here, and financial fraud. With stacked sentences, she is never getting
00:58:29out.
00:58:30Got it.
00:58:30That is your reaction? She almost ruined your life.
00:58:33It takes energy. I do not have any left, and I do not want to waste it here.
00:58:41You could even save her.
00:58:45I saved myself. From now on, I owe them nothing.
00:59:10Chloe, darling. What time is it?
00:59:14When did you change the bedroom of this?
00:59:15No. This is a hospital.
00:59:19Why am I in a hospital?
00:59:23Mr. Sterling, please do not move.
00:59:26I am fine.
00:59:27Where is Chloe? Where am I?
00:59:29Mr. Sterling, this is the ICU. You were stabbed and have been unconscious for four days.
00:59:33No.
00:59:34I clearly remember us watching the city lights on the rooftop last night.
00:59:39Sir, you need to lie down. You had internal bleeding and just came out of surgery. You need complete bed
00:59:45rest.
00:59:46Miss Chloe Sterling is not here.
00:59:47Not here? Where did she go?
00:59:50I heard she went to Zurich.
00:59:53Zurich? For work? Why did I not know?
00:59:58I do not know the details. I only heard she left.
01:00:01Maybe it is just a last minute performance. Or she did not tell me because she wanted to surprise me.
01:00:09When is she coming back?
01:00:10I really do not know.
01:00:12No. What is this feeling? It feels like I lost her. What the hell happened?
01:00:22Gloria Artis actually didn't mean it. Is it really worth making such a scene or the night?
01:00:25I wrote every single note of this myself. This is two years of my hard work.
01:00:29Allison, you know that better than anyone.
01:00:32Hard work?
01:00:34Chloe, what are you really afraid of using? This score?
01:00:37Or the status you built using it as a prop?
01:00:39A student from a common background managed to crawl into the Sterling family through a marriage certificate.
01:00:44Who are you trying to impress with this wrong woman?
01:00:48Didn't you approach me in the first place for the money, the status, and the chance of climbing to the
01:00:53top?
01:00:57Cancel this surgery? You're going to kill our own flesh and blood just for Victoria?
01:01:01As long as you take the fall for the accident, we can have other children.
01:01:08Why are these memories flooding my head? Where is Chloe? What did I do to her?
01:01:14Okay, okay, okay. Mr. Sterling, please calm down and stop thinking so hard. You need rest right now. You cannot
01:01:22get this agitated.
01:01:23Tell me, were those real? Did I do that to her?
01:01:28I... Please lie down first. I will get the doctor.
01:01:41The wound is healing well. No sign of infection.
01:01:44But the blood loss left you very weak. You need time to recover.
01:01:48Blood loss?
01:01:49Yes. When you were admitted, your condition was critical.
01:01:51Acute massive bleeding, hemogyme at a dangerous level. We performed an emergency transfusion.
01:01:56You were lucky. Someone volunteered to donate blood and saved your life.
01:02:00Who?
01:02:01I am sorry, Mr. Sterling. The donor signed a strict confidentiality agreement. We are not authorized to disclose that.
01:02:10Allison, look! We have the same blood type. What are the odds?
01:02:13It is rare. The odds feel like fate.
01:02:17So if anything ever happens to either of us, the other can be their blood bank, right?
01:02:20I'm not saying I'm loving things, but yes, I will protect you in any way I can.
01:02:28Chloe was here. Was Chloe not? The donor, was it Chloe?
01:02:32I cannot answer questions about visitors. You need rest.
01:02:36Tell me!
01:02:38Mr. Sterling, please calm down. Any information about the donor is legally protected.
01:02:49Mr. Sterling.
01:02:52There is an update on Ms. Thorne. The extradition process is complete. She was put on a flight back to
01:02:56New York under police escort this morning.
01:02:58When?
01:02:59Three days ago. The day after your surgery. Also, Chloe. The afternoon after Alistair's surgery ended and Alistair was confirmed
01:03:06out of danger, Chloe boarded a flight and left. Destination Zurich.
01:03:09Mr. Brody Cookup, Chloe's manager, Pumbrick released her leg of Chloe's Odo tour schedule.
01:03:13That afternoon?
01:03:14Yes. Flight records show takeoff at 4.15pm.
01:03:18She gave blood and left without looking back.
01:03:21Should I contact Mrs. Sterling or try to obtain the details of her tour?
01:03:26No. She was right to leave.
01:03:29Support the crime, testify, donate blood, leave. Every step was calculated. Clean. She thinks even hating me is a waste.
01:03:41It was her. David, the person who gave me blood had to be her.
01:03:47The blood bank record is anonymous. We cannot confirm...
01:03:50I can feel it. My body knows her blood. No one but Chloe.
01:03:57Call her manager's number. Now.
01:04:00The doctor said you need complete rest and must avoid emotional stress.
01:04:03Call.
01:04:06Brody Cook speaking. Who is this?
01:04:08Mr. Cook, hello. This is David, Mr. Sterling's assistant. Mr. Sterling would like to speak with Mrs. Sterling.
01:04:12Ms. Claire Moreo is in intensive tour rehearsal in Zurich. Her schedule is full. She is not accepting any non
01:04:16-performance-related call.
01:04:17Tell her, it is me. Tell her I know it was her. That bag of blood, I know she gave
01:04:23it.
01:04:23If it is not business, do not disturb her.
01:04:25She has cut off even the chance for me to say thank you.
01:04:29I'm sorry. You think even hating me is a waste, do you?
01:04:32Even letting me confirm this debt feels like another form of harassment.
01:04:47Do not go.
01:04:49Move.
01:04:51Mr. Sterling, you need to be back at the hospital.
01:04:53I have heard enough from doctors. I'm not going anywhere.
01:04:57Brody, go confirm boarding.
01:04:59Chloe...
01:05:00Go!
01:05:03Let me... stay by your side. Just this once.
01:05:07On what grounds?
01:05:08I...
01:05:10I paid back your blood. I saved your life. We are even.
01:05:15We are not. We never will be.
01:05:17Let go.
01:05:18I checked the flights. I know your next stop is Paris. Let me go with you. I will watch from
01:05:23far away. I swear I will not bother you.
01:05:24Alistair, listen carefully. You keep saying you want to protect me.
01:05:27But when my manuscript was destroyed, what did you do?
01:05:30When my baby was gone, what did you do?
01:05:32I...
01:05:33And now you want to stay by my side?
01:05:36Too late.
01:05:37Way too late.
01:05:40Do not follow me again.
01:05:42I want none of your guilt, none of your repentance.
01:05:44Then what do you want? Tell me!
01:05:48I will give you everything.
01:05:50The company, the shares, all of it.
01:05:54Chloe!
01:05:57I want you to disappear forever.
01:06:01Do not go.
01:06:03Please.
01:06:04Give me one chance, even if it is only to watch you from a distance.
01:06:09A chance.
01:06:11Three years ago when I was bleeding, who gave me a chance?
01:06:14When I miscarried it, lying in that hospital bed, listening to lawyers' recharges for crimes I jettives, I never committed.
01:06:21Who gave me a chance?
01:06:22I know I was wrong. I will spend the rest of my life.
01:06:26I do not want the rest of your life, Alistair. I just just want my peace.
01:06:30Chloe! What about our child? Can that be settled too?
01:06:33He never belonged to us.
01:06:36He belonged only to the me who lost him before he ever got to see the sun.
01:06:48Chloe!
01:06:49Sir, are you alright? Let me take you to...
01:06:53No, no, Chloe.
01:07:05Sir, you are awake. You have been unconscious for five days.
01:07:10The doctor said your last unauthorized discharge seriously worsened the wound.
01:07:14You cannot keep doing this. You must rest.
01:07:18Where is Chloe now?
01:07:19Now, Mrs. Sterling's tour team returns to the council, Vienna, Vienna this afternoon.
01:07:24Sir!
01:07:25Get the car. Now. But your body... I said, now.
01:07:33Chloe!
01:07:34Why?
01:07:35Sir, the backstage is not open to the public.
01:07:37Please wait for me for a moment.
01:07:42I have been looking for you.
01:07:44I was wrong.
01:07:46I will spend everything to atone.
01:07:48Your everything burned to ash three years ago.
01:07:50Everything I have now I earn myself, including my peace.
01:07:54So he can give you peace?
01:07:56Mrs. Sterling needs to prepare for her performance. Please leave.
01:08:00You let him touch your score.
01:08:02You let him stand beside you.
01:08:04And what am I?
01:08:11The blood?
01:08:13Chloe.
01:08:14Wait.
01:08:15The blood that saved my life?
01:08:17Was it yours?
01:08:20Yes.
01:08:22Why?
01:08:22You hate me.
01:08:23To repay a debt.
01:08:25What?
01:08:26Three years ago, you signed a paper and traded my life for hers.
01:08:30Now I repay you once.
01:08:31Blood for blood.
01:08:32Nothing owed.
01:08:33No, it is not a debt.
01:08:35I owe you and I can never repay it.
01:08:37It is a debt.
01:08:38It is paid.
01:08:40From now on, your blood, your wounds, whether you live or die, none of it has anything to
01:08:44do with me.
01:08:46I'm not going to let you do this.
01:08:48Get the hell away from me.
01:08:49Let us go in.
01:09:09Oh, no.
01:09:10What is it?
01:09:12God, no.
01:09:14That is impossible.
01:09:16This...
01:09:16How could this string...
01:09:18I checked it yesterday.
01:09:19It was fine.
01:09:20And Chloe are always so careful.
01:09:23Accidents happen.
01:09:24It is not a big deal.
01:09:25Where are the spare strings?
01:09:26Did you bring an extra string?
01:09:30Here, here.
01:09:30I packed an extra set on purpose.
01:09:32It's Stange and Aaliyah.
01:09:33And when that...
01:09:34This...
01:09:35This is impossible.
01:09:37I kept it in the humidity patch.
01:09:39Do not panic.
01:09:40I will ask when the new cello arrives.
01:09:45What?
01:09:45The car broke down?
01:09:46Did you not guarantee it would be on time tomorrow morning at the earliest?
01:09:49Shit!
01:09:50I contacted a friend in Berlin.
01:09:52His workshop has strings in the same gauge, but driving them here will take at least four
01:09:56hours.
01:09:56Not enough time.
01:09:58Rehearsal is in two hours, and the concert is tonight.
01:10:01Why now?
01:10:02Damn it!
01:10:12Claire's string snapped.
01:10:14The spare is oxidized, too.
01:10:16The new cello is still on the road, and they cannot reach the maker.
01:10:19Wait.
01:10:19Whose string broke?
01:10:21Claire's?
01:10:21Sir.
01:10:22Backstage matters are not disclosed to unrelated people.
01:10:27Now tell me exactly what happened.
01:10:29It is Mrs. Claire, the principal cellist.
01:10:31Her main strings slapped during pre-show check, the spare is oxidized and unusable, and the
01:10:37emergency replacement cello is delayed.
01:10:40It is bad.
01:10:41It is Chloe.
01:10:42Of course.
01:10:43She is still the little girl who needs my shelter.
01:10:46Only under my wing can she play safely.
01:10:48It is me.
01:10:49Use every resource.
01:10:51Find top-tier gut cello strings that can reach the Vienna Musikheim within two hours.
01:10:55Send a private jet to Berlin, then transfer by helicopter directly to the Musikheim Plaza.
01:11:00I want those strings in her hands before the concert starts.
01:11:07Chloe, do not panic.
01:11:08I already got the strings.
01:11:16The string, did it not snap?
01:11:19It did.
01:11:19I sent a plane.
01:11:20The string should be here.
01:11:21No need.
01:11:22I contacted the Luthori's workshop.
01:11:23They sent top strings by special car and brought an extra cello for trial use.
01:11:27When did you contact them?
01:11:28When I found the broken string.
01:11:29Brody made a few calls.
01:11:31Julian confirmed the workshop inventory.
01:11:32The car arrived 40 minutes ago.
01:11:34Good.
01:11:34As long as it is solved.
01:11:35Alistair, three years ago I lay in the hospital waiting for a consent form with your signature.
01:11:39Your signing was risky and you had to wait for the lawyers.
01:11:41Now one cello string breaks and you can immediately mobilize planes, clear logistics, and make an
01:11:46entire system move for you.
01:11:47Your help only appears when you think it is safe and convenient.
01:11:50My life and death, my career, had to run on your schedule.
01:11:53This time is different.
01:11:54It is the same.
01:11:55You always want to solve my problems your way, then you tell me how much you sacrifice.
01:11:57But I do not need it anymore.
01:11:59My problems are mine to solve.
01:12:01My way, on my time.
01:12:07These headlines, they will ruin her performance.
01:12:10What will she think of me?
01:12:11Sir, Mr. Brody Cooks just notified the press.
01:12:14Ms. Chloe is holding a press conference right up ahead.
01:12:16Ms. Chloe and Mr. Alistair Stellar ended their marriage three years ago.
01:12:21Now and in the future, there is no legal connection between them nor any private relationship.
01:12:27Mr. Brody, I photographed Mr. Sterling here two mornings ago in Wandering and he had contact
01:12:30with Ms. Chloe.
01:12:31Does this mean Mr. Sterling is trying to win her back?
01:12:32Mr. Sterling's actions are his personal choice.
01:12:35Ms. Chloe's position has been made clear in the statement.
01:12:37Her life and career are centered on music.
01:12:40My team is fully capable of handling every performance matter.
01:12:43Any outside uninvited involvement is unnecessary and unwelcome.
01:12:46As for the rest, private grievances are not worth public resources.
01:12:49My music will speak for itself.
01:12:52That is the end of the statement.
01:12:54Please focus on tonight's performance.
01:13:10Chloe, I know you can hear me.
01:13:16I saw the press conference.
01:13:18You said we were even.
01:13:19But how can I be even?
01:13:21The baby is gone because I signed.
01:13:23You almost died on that operating table because I stopped the doctors.
01:13:27I cannot repay those debts.
01:13:29You, you will not even give me your hate anymore.
01:13:33You treat me like some irrelevant stranger.
01:13:42Then tell me, how do I pay it back?
01:13:46Do you want this life?
01:13:49No.
01:13:52Just like this glass of water.
01:13:56Once it is poured out, I will not pick it back up.
01:14:01You could kneel until you die, and it will not bring that child back.
01:14:04It will not bring back the me who trusted you three years ago.
01:14:25You should be gone now.
01:14:47You should go to the hospital.
01:14:50I just do not want tomorrow's headline to say,
01:14:53former Wall Street Kaidan bleeds to death outside ex-wife's apartment.
01:14:58So to you, I am just a nuisance?
01:15:01Noise.
01:15:01I hate unnecessary noise.
01:15:03I checked the medical records from back then.
01:15:05Every minute, I remember.
01:15:06When the doctor recommended surgery, I checked my watch three times.
01:15:08I was calculating risk, time, and legal consequences.
01:15:11I know.
01:15:12I know exactly how long you calculated.
01:15:13You do not know why I...
01:15:14Long enough for me to lose half my blood,
01:15:15and long enough for an eight-week Ambrose heartbeat to stop forever.
01:15:17Those fragments from back then, replay in my head every day.
01:15:21Then let them keep playing.
01:15:23That is your business.
01:15:24But do not die, dear.
01:15:25Get up.
01:15:26I will call a car to take you to the hospital.
01:15:28I am not going.
01:15:29Keep yourself.
01:15:30Wait!
01:15:39My sins...
01:15:41can only be washed clean with blood.
01:15:44Is this...
01:15:45enough?
01:15:45Put the knife down.
01:15:52Tell me...
01:15:53how much blood is enough?
01:15:57Is this life enough to pay?
01:16:00Your life has no value to me now.
01:16:02Then what has value?
01:16:04Tell me.
01:16:04What can I still give you?
01:16:06I want nothing.
01:16:08Especially nothing from you.
01:16:10Then watch me die.
01:16:12You are forcing me again.
01:16:14No.
01:16:14This time I choose it myself.
01:16:17You just watch.
01:16:19Take it as...
01:16:21a late offering.
01:16:22Let go.
01:16:24Let me.
01:16:25I said let go!
01:16:34Your blood cannot wash anything clean.
01:16:36It will only stay in the street.
01:16:37Then what?
01:16:39What the hell am I supposed to do?
01:16:45At the very least,
01:16:46you should not be kneeling here trying to die.
01:16:57stop!
01:17:00Stop!
01:17:00Stop it.
01:17:03Is it enough?
01:17:04Is this life...
01:17:06enough to pay?
01:17:09Put the knife down.
01:17:10Say it first.
01:17:11Is it enough?
01:17:12I said put the knife down!
01:17:15The baby is not coming back.
01:17:18You could bleed yourself dry
01:17:20and he still would not come back.
01:17:21When I was lying on the operating table
01:17:23waiting for your signature,
01:17:25he was already gone.
01:17:27What you are doing now has no meaning.
01:17:30None of it has any meaning anymore.
01:17:34We are even.
01:17:36I forgive you.
01:17:40What did you say?
01:17:45I forgive you.
01:17:47No.
01:17:49Chloe, do not...
01:17:50do not forgive me.
01:17:51I do not deserve it.
01:17:52It is not for you.
01:17:53It is for me.
01:17:55I have to move forward.
01:17:57Move forward.
01:17:58Good.
01:18:00You go.
01:18:01Do not look back.
01:18:02But do not forgive me.
01:18:03Please.
01:18:04The baby will not come back.
01:18:06The blood I lost cannot be returned.
01:18:09None of this helps.
01:18:10I know.
01:18:11I know it does not help.
01:18:13But I do not hate you anymore.
01:18:15Hate is exhausting.
01:18:17From now on, we are even.
01:18:19Even.
01:18:20Okay.
01:18:21Even.
01:18:22Never see me again.
01:18:24Chloe.
01:18:25Live well.
01:18:33Mr. Sterling.
01:18:36Mr. Sterling.
01:18:38Hold on.
01:18:39I am calling an ambulance right now.
01:18:41Chloe.
01:18:42What?
01:18:44Chloe.
01:18:54Sir, you are awake.
01:18:56The doctor said you lost too much blood, but thank God.
01:18:59You have been unconscious for two days.
01:19:01Miss Chloe, she...
01:19:02David.
01:19:03Yes, sir.
01:19:03I will not go looking for her again.
01:19:07She said we are even.
01:19:08I should...
01:19:09let go.
01:19:24Ashes should look like ashes.
01:19:30They adjusted the sound post overnight.
01:19:32Want to try it?
01:19:37It is quiet.
01:19:39More reliable than people.
01:19:46Time to go stage.
01:19:49Time to go stage.
01:20:10The strings will never tremble for lies again.
01:20:13This first note is both a funeral and a rebirth.
01:20:16Every accent is the echo of a golden cage shadow.
01:20:19What he destroyed was never just a cello.
01:20:22My blood and everything I lost.
01:20:24It all burns inside the smell.
01:20:27There is no place to be here in the ashes.
01:20:34There is no place to be here in the ashes.
01:20:38Look, Alistair, without you, I still stand in the light, and this light will never shine
01:20:44from you.
01:20:46Can I imagine it?
01:20:49I think I saw Alistair.
01:21:04Claire, these flowers are for you.
01:21:07Who asked you to bring them?
01:21:09I, I brought them myself.
01:21:11White lilies of the valley.
01:21:13We had a pot on the balcony of the New York apartment.
01:21:16It died.
01:21:18They are beautiful.
01:21:19I will keep them.
01:21:21From a fan?
01:21:22Let me check them.
01:21:24No need.
01:21:25You know who sent them.
01:21:26I do.
01:21:27Then why accept them?
01:21:29The flowers are innocent.
01:21:31The person who sent them has nothing to do with me.
01:21:35Sir, she accepted them.
01:21:37She said they were beautiful.
01:21:39Thank you, little angel.
01:21:42This is your reward.
01:21:44Go buy yourself some candy.
01:21:46Thank you, sir.
01:21:56Mr. Sterling, at the current rate of progression, a conservative estimate gives you about three
01:22:02months.
01:22:02Understood.
01:22:06Mr. Sterling, the will you requested has been drafted according to your final wishes.
01:22:10Under the terms, all assets under your name, after taxes and fees, will be transferred to
01:22:13the anonymous donor X account and ultimately donated to the Global Fund for Women Artists.
01:22:17No individual beneficiary is named.
01:22:22The process is complete.
01:22:24I will hold the original.
01:22:26Mr. Sterling, please take care.
01:22:27Mr. Sterling, please take care.
01:23:00Excuse me, sir.
01:23:02Could you tell me, is this the right direction to the Julie Hart School?
01:23:06Wrong side. Across the platform.
01:23:09Thank you. I just got to New York.
01:23:12Your cufflinks, they are beautiful.
01:23:28That wrong way. We both went the wrong way.
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