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00:00:01Today is the second anniversary of my marriage to my husband, but he is so drunk in the bar.
00:00:07The VIP door is joined. Just as I'm about to open the door, my hand freezes on the handle.
00:00:13Corrine's flight lands tomorrow.
00:00:16I hear the voices of Sean Cooper, my husband, the president of Cooper Group. Corrine is his ex.
00:00:24Layla hasn't conceived in two years because I never wanted her to bear a Cooper child.
00:00:28I drop my champagne. I bought it for the anniversary, his favorite.
00:00:37I leave the bar in panic and suddenly my phone rings. It is the hospital's message.
00:00:43Mrs. Cooper, congratulations. You are pregnant.
00:00:48I'm crouched by the curb vomiting. My phone lights up, a breaking entertainment alert.
00:00:53The photo is from four years ago, with Sean down on one knee, proposing to Corrine in grand fashion.
00:00:59The next day, the doorbell rings.
00:01:02I open the door. It is Corrine.
00:01:06Sean left his watch at my apartment last night. I thought I'd drop it off.
00:01:09I take the watch engraved on the back as L.S., the wedding gift I gave him.
00:01:16I see her out calmly. The moment the door closes, my nails dig into my palms, and silent tears fall.
00:01:25That night, Sean comes home and slides divorce papers across the table.
00:01:33I pick up the pen and sign without reading a single line.
00:01:39I won't take anything.
00:01:42You want nothing?
00:01:44Layla, were you already seeing someone else?
00:01:47I don't respond. I book a flight. Delete all my contacts.
00:01:51I leave Fladina with the baby he never wanted.
00:01:53Four years later, Fladina International Airport.
00:01:57I wear a khaki Trent coat, holding Amila's hand in one hand and Andres' in the other, walking out of
00:02:04arrivals.
00:02:05Corrine is back! Sean is picking her up! What a perfect match!
00:02:10Mommy! That man looks just like me!
00:02:13Amelia pulls free from my grip and points at the VIP corridor.
00:02:17I look up. Sean is walking out of the corridor, his arm around Corrine.
00:02:21His gaze sweeps the crowd and collides with mine.
00:02:24His steps falter.
00:02:26Corrine follows his gazes toward me.
00:02:28Mommy, who is that man?
00:02:30No one. Let's go.
00:02:32Four years. I think I'm over him.
00:02:34I drag the kids out of the airport.
00:02:35But my heart is clenched so hard I can barely breathe.
00:02:40Back at the apartment, I lock myself in the bathroom
00:02:43and turn the fossa on full blast to drown out my crying.
00:02:48When I come out, Andres is sitting on the living room floor.
00:02:51My old laptop is open in front of him.
00:02:53Mommy, this is daddy, isn't he?
00:02:56On the screen are a photo of Sean and me on our wedding day
00:02:59and the divorce papers from four years ago.
00:03:02Andres.
00:03:04Amalia wants to meet him.
00:03:06I'll protect her.
00:03:07The next day, I think they've gone to kindergarten.
00:03:10Then, the teacher calls.
00:03:11They never showed up.
00:03:13At Cooper Group headquarters,
00:03:15Amelia is brought into the CEO's office by Sean's secretary.
00:03:22Daddy.
00:03:23She throws herself into Sean's arms.
00:03:26Sean freezes,
00:03:27looking down at the little girl whose eyes look so much like his.
00:03:31Who are you?
00:03:32Where's your mom?
00:03:33My name is Amelia Carter.
00:03:36My mommy is Layla Carter.
00:03:39Sean's eyes change instantly.
00:03:41Sean had his secretary contact me,
00:03:44but Amila clung to him and said she was hungry.
00:03:48So he took the children to the downstairs restaurant.
00:03:51Hungry.
00:03:52Sean takes the kids to a revolving restaurant.
00:03:55Daddy.
00:03:56This strawberry cake is so yummy.
00:03:58Try it.
00:04:00Sean pauses,
00:04:01then eats the piece she offers.
00:04:03He reaches out and wipes the cream from her cheek.
00:04:07Clumsy but gentle.
00:04:08Andres stays silent the whole time,
00:04:11but when Sean goes to the restroom,
00:04:12he secretly snaps a photo of his back and sends it to me.
00:04:16Mommy, he seems not as awful as he looks on TV.
00:04:21When I got the secretary's call,
00:04:23my hands were shaking.
00:04:27Josh happened to be nearby,
00:04:28so he drove me straight to the restaurant.
00:04:34He was my childhood friend,
00:04:36and he had helped me take care of the kids all these years.
00:04:39Sean looks at the two of us standing side by side.
00:04:42Something flickers in his eyes like he's been stung.
00:04:45Sean,
00:04:46thank you for taking care of them.
00:04:49So for the past four years,
00:04:50he's been by your side with the children?
00:04:52It's not what you think.
00:04:54I see.
00:04:56He turns and walks away without looking back.
00:04:59I want to run after him to explain,
00:05:01but my feet are rooted to the ground.
00:05:03Sean returns to his office and hurls his suit jacket onto the sofa.
00:05:08He yanks off his tie and dials Theo.
00:05:12Look into someone for me.
00:05:14Layla Carter.
00:05:16Everything from the last four years.
00:05:19Especially the man she's with.
00:05:22Hanging up,
00:05:23he opens a drawer and takes out the wedding ring I left behind four years ago.
00:05:26His thumb traces the engraving inside.
00:05:28He doesn't put it down for a long time.
00:05:33Sean, what's so interesting?
00:05:36Nothing.
00:05:38Nothing.
00:05:38Sean quickly puts the ring back in the drawer,
00:05:40but she's already seen it.
00:05:42After leaving Sean's office,
00:05:44Kareen's eyes are cold as ice.
00:05:46She dials a number.
00:05:48Layla Carter.
00:05:49I want to know everything about her from the last four years.
00:05:53The next day,
00:05:54Sean suddenly appears downstairs at my building.
00:05:57He leans against his car,
00:05:58the streetlight stretching his shadow long.
00:06:02Those two children?
00:06:04Are they mine?
00:06:05I clench my fists and say nothing.
00:06:08You were already pregnant when you left Flat Dana.
00:06:11Just then,
00:06:12Josh's car pulls up beside us.
00:06:14He's here to take me to see a real estate agent.
00:06:17Sean looks at Josh,
00:06:19then back on me.
00:06:20He unclenches his fist and steps back.
00:06:22Forget it.
00:06:24He gets in his car and roars away.
00:06:28That weekend,
00:06:29I take the kids to Central Plaza.
00:06:31The kids run off to play,
00:06:33their laughter echoing in the open space.
00:06:35I watch them from a distance,
00:06:37a contented smile on my face.
00:06:40Balloon!
00:06:41Mommy, it's Balloon!
00:06:42Amelia chases a balloon vendor out of my sight.
00:06:46Andres follows her.
00:06:47Amelia!
00:06:48When I catch up,
00:06:50the they're gone.
00:06:53I dial Sean's number like a madwoman,
00:06:56my fingers trembling so hard,
00:06:57I can barely hit the buttons.
00:07:00The children are gone!
00:07:03Sean, please help me!
00:07:05On the other end,
00:07:06he bursts out of the meeting room.
00:07:10Theo,
00:07:11pull up the plaza surveillance footage.
00:07:13On screen,
00:07:14a large hand covers Amalia's mouth
00:07:16and drags her into a gray van.
00:07:18Andres lunges forward and bites that hand.
00:07:20But he's yanked in two.
00:07:27I kneel on the ground,
00:07:29clutching that little shoe.
00:07:34It's all my fault.
00:07:36At the same moment,
00:07:37Coren's phone lights up.
00:07:39It's an encrypted message.
00:07:40It says,
00:07:41Secured.
00:07:46Sean's men seal off the entire plaza.
00:07:54That's Amalia's favorite shoe.
00:07:56She wears it just the first time.
00:07:58I'm collapsed on the ground,
00:08:00clutching Amalia's pink shoe.
00:08:02She must be so scared.
00:08:04Andres is only four.
00:08:05What can he do?
00:08:07My hands keep shaking
00:08:09until Sean takes them.
00:08:16Layla,
00:08:17look at me.
00:08:19I will get them back.
00:08:21Do you hear me?
00:08:24Sean!
00:08:26Surveillance tracked them.
00:08:27The van's heading into the abandoned industrial district.
00:08:31Get the car
00:08:32and take me there.
00:08:41I'm going with you.
00:08:44He doesn't refuse
00:08:45and takes my hands again.
00:08:47His hand is so warm.
00:08:49Headlights cut through the night
00:08:51like knives through my heart.
00:08:54Inside an abandoned factory,
00:08:56my son is holding his crying sister tight
00:08:58with his tiny hands.
00:08:59Andres,
00:09:00I'm scared.
00:09:02I want mommy.
00:09:05Don't cry.
00:09:06I'll get you out.
00:09:08His eyes scan everywhere calmly.
00:09:17Yeah,
00:09:19both brats are here.
00:09:20More money
00:09:21or I'll slit their throats.
00:09:31Now.
00:09:45Amelia squeezes through first.
00:09:47Then him.
00:09:52Two small figures vanish into the night.
00:10:01As the kidnapper returns,
00:10:04he sees nothing but an empty room.
00:10:06Damn it!
00:10:08The brats escaped!
00:10:10And at the same time,
00:10:12Corinne's phone lights up.
00:10:18Escaped?
00:10:20Useless idiots.
00:10:21When Sean and I reach the industrial district,
00:10:24the kidnappers are gone.
00:10:28The warehouse is empty.
00:10:32Amalia.
00:10:33Andres.
00:10:35Mommy's too late.
00:10:37Wait.
00:10:38Look at the floor.
00:10:39He points at a trail of small footprints
00:10:41leading toward the wasteland
00:10:43behind the hair house.
00:10:44They escaped.
00:10:46Layla, they're alive.
00:10:47Come with me.
00:10:50I run after him like a mad woman.
00:10:56Andres!
00:10:57Amelia!
00:10:59I scream their names as I run,
00:11:01my voice so hoarse
00:11:03and it barely makes a sound.
00:11:08It barely makes a sound.
00:11:10I rush towards the sound.
00:11:13Amelia is huddled in Andres' arms.
00:11:15And my son has a long, bloody gash on his arm.
00:11:19His entire sleeve is soaked red.
00:11:27Mommy, I told you I'd protect her.
00:11:34I'm sorry.
00:11:40I'm sorry.
00:11:49I told you I'd protect her.
00:11:55He doesn't cry once.
00:11:57He doesn't cry once.
00:12:00After the doctor finishes,
00:12:02Sean finally walks in
00:12:05and sits by Andres' bed.
00:12:08He wants to touch but
00:12:09pulls back his hand.
00:12:13You protected your sister.
00:12:16You're a hero.
00:12:18My son looks directly into his eyes
00:12:20with great seriousness.
00:12:23You're my father.
00:12:26You should have protected us.
00:12:28Andres calls him father
00:12:29for the very first time.
00:12:31The word father
00:12:32shatters something in Sean's eyes.
00:12:50The first night in the villa,
00:12:52the kids sleep deeply.
00:12:54I sit by the bed and watch them,
00:12:56my heart a tangled mess.
00:12:59Sean asks me to go to the study.
00:13:03He places a stack of documents in front of me,
00:13:06DNA test results,
00:13:08birth certificates,
00:13:09and our old marriage certificate.
00:13:12Andres and Amelia are my children.
00:13:14Josh is not the father.
00:13:21I close my eyes.
00:13:22Don't want to look at their documents.
00:13:25Layla,
00:13:27you hid them from me
00:13:28for four years.
00:13:32Yes.
00:13:34But you and Karine,
00:13:38I won't come between you two.
00:13:41I turn and walk away.
00:13:43I hear him murmur to himself.
00:13:55Leela,
00:13:55was I wrong four years ago?
00:13:58Sean starts coming home on time.
00:14:01He builds blocks with Amelia,
00:14:04plays chess with Andres,
00:14:05even learns to braid his daughter's hair.
00:14:09Daddy!
00:14:11Bowes!
00:14:11I want more bows!
00:14:13Amelia surrenders quickly.
00:14:16But Andres keeps his distance.
00:14:19He never initiates calling him dad,
00:14:21and whenever Sean touches him,
00:14:23he instinctively flinches.
00:14:25It doesn't matter.
00:14:27Sean seems unconcerned,
00:14:29but there is sadness in his eyes.
00:14:32I've enrolled the kids
00:14:34in the best kindergarten in Fladina.
00:14:36I know he's trying to be a good father.
00:14:38He wants to make up
00:14:39for those four empty years.
00:14:42I'll go check out the school tomorrow.
00:14:44The next day,
00:14:45I run into Karine at the school gate.
00:14:51She stands across the street,
00:14:53smiling at me.
00:15:00Layla,
00:15:01long time no see.
00:15:03Karine doesn't answer.
00:15:05She stands up and grabs her purse.
00:15:07Stay away from Sean,
00:15:09for your children's sake.
00:15:11She leaves.
00:15:13I sit there,
00:15:14fingers frozen.
00:15:18When I get home,
00:15:20Sean looks up at me,
00:15:21frowning.
00:15:23What's wrong?
00:15:25Nothing.
00:15:27I can't tell him.
00:15:29Not yet.
00:15:30That night,
00:15:31after tucking the kids in,
00:15:32I open my laptop.
00:15:35With trembling fingers,
00:15:36I type
00:15:38Cooper car crash.
00:15:39An old report pops up.
00:15:41Cooper couple killed in crash.
00:15:43Only son Sean Cooper
00:15:45ends entire estate.
00:15:46I read out the title,
00:15:47staring at the photo
00:15:48that shows a teenage Sean
00:15:50at the funeral.
00:15:51His eyes are hollow.
00:15:52I had no idea about this at all.
00:15:55I send the files to Josh.
00:15:56I need to know the truth.
00:15:58No matter how cruel it is.
00:16:07Three days later,
00:16:08he asks to meet.
00:16:10His expression is more serious
00:16:11than I've ever seen.
00:16:13Layla,
00:16:14I can only trace the crash
00:16:16to a transnational crime syndicate
00:16:18called Sigma.
00:16:20His expression is more serious
00:16:22than I've ever seen.
00:16:23It's too dangerous.
00:16:24For the kids' safety,
00:16:25you need to leave Sean
00:16:26as soon as possible.
00:16:30I return home in a daze.
00:16:38I push open the door
00:16:39and see Sean is sitting
00:16:41on the living room floor
00:16:42teaching Andres chess.
00:16:45Andres makes a move,
00:16:46then he looks up at Sean.
00:16:50Checkmate, dad.
00:16:52Andres calls him dad.
00:16:54For the first time,
00:16:56he initiates it.
00:16:57Layla,
00:16:58he called me dad.
00:17:02Sean scoops Andres up
00:17:04and buries his face
00:17:05in the child's small shoulder.
00:17:12Watching this,
00:17:13my heart is torn in two.
00:17:17What on earth
00:17:18am I supposed to do?
00:17:22That night,
00:17:23Sean knocks on my door.
00:17:27Layla,
00:17:28tomorrow,
00:17:29come with me to Cooper Manor.
00:17:31Grandpa wants to meet you
00:17:33and the children.
00:17:33Garrett Cooper,
00:17:34the old man
00:17:36who arranged our marriage
00:17:37and never once blamed me
00:17:38after the divorce.
00:17:39I'm terrified.
00:17:41After four years,
00:17:43how do I face him?
00:17:48But the moment Garrett
00:17:49sees Amelia and Andres,
00:17:51tears well up
00:17:52in his cloudy old eyes.
00:17:55Then he looks at me
00:17:56and asks me to follow him
00:17:58to the study alone.
00:18:00My palms are soaked.
00:18:04Layla, my child,
00:18:05please sit down.
00:18:08Is he going to talk
00:18:09about the kids?
00:18:10Or demand to know
00:18:11why I hid them
00:18:12for four years?
00:18:13He pulls a document
00:18:14from his drawer
00:18:15and slides it across
00:18:16the desk towards me.
00:18:18Sign it.
00:18:19Property transfer
00:18:21and five percent
00:18:22of Cooper Group shares?
00:18:26I can't.
00:18:27This is too much.
00:18:28This is what I owe you.
00:18:29Take it.
00:18:31Garrett holds my hand,
00:18:32eyes reddening.
00:18:33It's not for you.
00:18:34It's so this old man
00:18:36can go in peace.
00:18:37That boy,
00:18:38Sean,
00:18:38owes you far too much.
00:18:41I leave the study.
00:18:45Amelia waits for me
00:18:46in the hallway.
00:18:48She pulls me
00:18:49into a room.
00:18:50Mommy,
00:18:51Daddy smiled so happily
00:18:53when he was little.
00:18:54Amelia points
00:18:55at a family portrait
00:18:56on the wall.
00:18:57A young Sean
00:18:58standing between a couple,
00:19:00smiling without a care
00:19:01in the world.
00:19:02Mommy,
00:19:03why doesn't he smile
00:19:04like that now?
00:19:05What I remember
00:19:06is another photo,
00:19:08the one from that
00:19:09old news article
00:19:09I found online.
00:19:12The teenage boy
00:19:13in black
00:19:14at the funeral.
00:19:16How did he survive
00:19:18all these years,
00:19:19all alone?
00:19:21A crazy thought
00:19:22takes hold of me.
00:19:29While Sean is out,
00:19:30I enter his study.
00:19:38In the bottom drawer,
00:19:40I find a locked
00:19:41iron box.
00:19:42I try the kids'
00:19:43birthdays.
00:19:44Amelina's,
00:19:45Andre's.
00:19:46None of them work.
00:19:52Andre's stand
00:19:53at the door
00:19:53of the study,
00:19:54looking at me calmly.
00:19:55The password
00:19:56is Dad's birthday.
00:19:57I already tried it.
00:20:05I open the box,
00:20:07hands trembling.
00:20:12These are...
00:20:14Inside are thick
00:20:15investigation files,
00:20:16crime scene photos
00:20:17from the crash,
00:20:18and a yellowed note.
00:20:20It bears a name,
00:20:22Steph Griffiths.
00:20:23And next to it,
00:20:24two words,
00:20:25Sigma Group.
00:20:27I flip the note over.
00:20:29On the back
00:20:30is another name.
00:20:32A name I know
00:20:33all too well.
00:20:35Corrine Evans.
00:20:36I put the box back,
00:20:38my fingers ice cold,
00:20:40my whole body trembling.
00:20:44Corinne.
00:20:47Was she behind
00:20:48the kidnapping
00:20:49of Amelia and Andres?
00:20:54You've known all along
00:20:56that something was wrong
00:20:57with Corinne?
00:20:59Yes.
00:21:02I can't tell you
00:21:03these things
00:21:03because the less
00:21:04you know,
00:21:05the safer
00:21:06it will be for you.
00:21:11All these years,
00:21:13you and she...
00:21:14That's why I had
00:21:15to stay involved
00:21:15with her.
00:21:19Stay involved?
00:21:21My heart
00:21:22clenches painfully.
00:21:23That night,
00:21:25Sean tells me
00:21:25everything.
00:21:29Twelve years ago,
00:21:30my parents didn't die
00:21:31in an ordinary crash.
00:21:33It was Sigma Group.
00:21:35He pauses for a moment,
00:21:37his voice carrying
00:21:38a deep sense of sadness.
00:21:40The Cooper family
00:21:41was in their way
00:21:41so they silenced them.
00:21:44Corinne's adoptive father,
00:21:45Hawk,
00:21:45is the one who tampered
00:21:46with my parents' car.
00:21:48So you pretended
00:21:49to still have feelings
00:21:50for her
00:21:50so you could find
00:21:51the mastermind,
00:21:52Steph Griffiths?
00:21:54Yes.
00:21:56Then when you
00:21:57divorced me,
00:21:58was it also because...
00:22:00I thought
00:22:01if I pushed you away,
00:22:03you'd be safe.
00:22:05I thought you didn't
00:22:06love me.
00:22:07But to protect me,
00:22:09he pushed me
00:22:10out of his world
00:22:11and carried it
00:22:12all alone
00:22:13for four years.
00:22:14Sean says nothing
00:22:15and holds me
00:22:16in his arms.
00:22:28Sean tells me
00:22:29Corinne is the
00:22:30venomous snake
00:22:31that Hawk planted
00:22:32by his side.
00:22:33I make a decision.
00:22:35I'll get close
00:22:36to Corinne myself.
00:22:38The next day,
00:22:39I ask her out
00:22:39for coffee.
00:22:48Sean has been
00:22:49so distracted lately.
00:22:50Does he
00:22:51still have feelings
00:22:52for you?
00:22:53I do notice
00:22:54that Corinne's eyes
00:22:55light up for a second,
00:22:57then turn guardian.
00:23:00What do you mean?
00:23:02I pretend to be sad
00:23:03with a few tears
00:23:04forming at the
00:23:05corners of my eyes.
00:23:08The one in his heart
00:23:09was never me.
00:23:11You should win him back.
00:23:12I'm only living with him
00:23:14because of the kids.
00:23:15She stares at me
00:23:16for a long time
00:23:17before finally smiling.
00:23:18There's a condescending
00:23:19satisfaction in that smile.
00:23:21Layla,
00:23:22you're more sensible
00:23:23than I expected.
00:23:27I lift my coffee cup.
00:23:31My hands are shaking,
00:23:33but my face is smiling.
00:23:35The fish has taken the bait.
00:23:38Andres becomes my agent.
00:23:39He doesn't know
00:23:40what's really happening,
00:23:41but he silently memorizes
00:23:43every stranger
00:23:44who comes to the house
00:23:45and sketches their faces
00:23:47with his astonishing
00:23:48drawing skills.
00:23:51Mom,
00:23:52this man has been here
00:23:53three times.
00:23:54He hands me a sketch.
00:23:57The man in the drawing
00:24:00has a fierce glares.
00:24:03He always comes here
00:24:04when Dad's not home
00:24:05with that lady named Corinne.
00:24:08It's the man from the photo
00:24:09Theo showed me.
00:24:11Steph's right-hand man, Hawk.
00:24:12Mom,
00:24:14is that man a bad guy?
00:24:18Yes.
00:24:22But don't be scared.
00:24:25Mom will protect you.
00:24:26I'm not scared.
00:24:28I'll protect you
00:24:30and Amelia.
00:24:31I hug Andreas tight,
00:24:33proud and terrified at once.
00:24:36My son is using his pencil
00:24:38to spy on my enemies for me.
00:24:42But I don't even know
00:24:43how to protect him.
00:24:45Corinne starts treating me
00:24:46like an ally.
00:24:47She invites me
00:24:48to a private party.
00:24:50Layla,
00:24:50you're so lucky.
00:24:52My father is coming today, too.
00:24:54He will definitely like you.
00:25:00I walk into the private room
00:25:02wearing the dress
00:25:02she gave me.
00:25:05A middle-aged man
00:25:07sits in the host's seat,
00:25:09the exact face
00:25:10from Andres' sketch.
00:25:12So you're Sean's ex-wife?
00:25:16He looks me up and down.
00:25:23Yes.
00:25:24Your son draws well.
00:25:26He's got talent.
00:25:32Next time he sketches me,
00:25:34tell him,
00:25:36make me look more handsome.
00:25:38In that instant,
00:25:39my blood freezes.
00:25:41They've seen Andres' drawings.
00:25:46More over,
00:25:47they never intended
00:25:48to let us go.
00:25:51I burst into the house
00:25:52and clutch Andres' tightly
00:25:54in my arms,
00:25:55trembling uncontrollably.
00:25:57Mommy, what's wrong?
00:25:58Your hands are so cold.
00:26:00Nothing, baby.
00:26:02Mommy just missed you.
00:26:04Sean pushes the door open,
00:26:06takes one look at my face,
00:26:07and rushes over.
00:26:10What happened?
00:26:11You look like
00:26:12you've seen a ghost.
00:26:14Hawk knows Andres drew him.
00:26:17Sean's face turns ashen.
00:26:19He punches the wall.
00:26:21They've been watching this house
00:26:23since the first day
00:26:24you moved in.
00:26:26That night,
00:26:27he installs alarms
00:26:28on every window himself,
00:26:30then presses a small pistol
00:26:32into my hand.
00:26:37If I'm not here,
00:26:38you use it.
00:26:39Aim for the chest
00:26:40or pull the trigger.
00:26:44Lila, promise me.
00:26:48I promise.
00:26:51I hold that gun all night.
00:26:55Unable to sleep.
00:26:59Theo sends word.
00:27:01Hawk will personally escort
00:27:03a shipment out of
00:27:04Fladyna Harbor
00:27:04in three days.
00:27:08I need you to stay
00:27:09at the hotel near the harbor.
00:27:10Tell me the moment
00:27:11you see them.
00:27:12I can do more.
00:27:13Let me help you.
00:27:15Lila,
00:27:16knowing you're there
00:27:17is the only way
00:27:18I can focus.
00:27:21Trust me.
00:27:25That night,
00:27:26I stand at the hotel window
00:27:27staring through binoculars
00:27:29at the dock.
00:27:35The moment Karine appears,
00:27:37arm in arm with Hawk,
00:27:39I press the shatter.
00:27:43Target's in sight.
00:27:53When the lights come back on,
00:27:55Hawk is pinned to the ground.
00:27:59But Karine,
00:28:01she's vanished.
00:28:05Sean bursts into the hotel room,
00:28:07covered in blood.
00:28:09Are you okay?
00:28:10Did she come here?
00:28:12I'm fine.
00:28:13Where's Karine?
00:28:15Where's Karine?
00:28:19She ran.
00:28:23But she won't get far.
00:28:25Karine has vanished.
00:28:26I've never seen Sean's face
00:28:28so grim.
00:28:29Sean,
00:28:30Corinne knows too much
00:28:31and hates you too much.
00:28:33Your whole family
00:28:34are in danger.
00:28:35That night,
00:28:36Sean makes a decision.
00:28:38We move to Cooper Manor.
00:28:40Garrett activates
00:28:41every security asset
00:28:42on the estate.
00:28:43The gates are guarded
00:28:44around the clock.
00:28:49Mommy,
00:28:50why can't we go back
00:28:51to Daddy's house?
00:28:54I crouch down
00:28:55and hold Amelia in my arms.
00:28:57I don't know how to answer.
00:28:59Three days later,
00:29:00the doorbell rings.
00:29:03Corinne storms into Cooper Manor
00:29:05in a loose white dress,
00:29:06her belly thrust forward.
00:29:08I'm pregnant with Sean's baby.
00:29:11Here's the prenatal report.
00:29:13Let everyone see it.
00:29:14Everyone freezes.
00:29:17Garrett sits in his wheelchair,
00:29:19face ashen.
00:29:20When Corinne sees Sean
00:29:22walking down from upstairs,
00:29:24she bursts into tears immediately.
00:29:26Sean,
00:29:26this is your child.
00:29:27You can't do this to me.
00:29:30She clutches her belly,
00:29:31tears streaming down her face.
00:29:33Sean walks up to her
00:29:34and takes the report
00:29:35from her hand.
00:29:37Your forgery skills
00:29:38haven't improved one bit
00:29:39in four years.
00:29:41What did you say?
00:29:43This hospital closed
00:29:44three months ago.
00:29:47Corinne stands still,
00:29:48her expression frozen.
00:29:50Police swarm in
00:29:51and pin her to the ground.
00:29:54She looks back at me
00:29:55as she's dragged away.
00:29:56Leela!
00:29:57You think you've won?
00:29:58You don't know anything!
00:30:00What is she talking about?
00:30:02I stare at Sean's back,
00:30:04waiting for his answer.
00:30:06But he says nothing.
00:30:08Corinne requests to see me
00:30:10during interrogation.
00:30:11Only me.
00:30:14No.
00:30:16Too dangerous.
00:30:17You can't go.
00:30:21I hesitate all day.
00:30:25In the end, I go.
00:30:33She has answers I need.
00:30:40You finally came.
00:30:42I knew you would.
00:30:45Through the glass,
00:30:46she looks haggard,
00:30:47but her eyes are still
00:30:48sharp as knives.
00:30:53What do you want to say?
00:30:55Sean chased you
00:30:56for four years.
00:30:57Not for you.
00:30:58For Garrett Cooper's
00:30:59inheritance.
00:31:05You're lying.
00:31:08Those two children,
00:31:10you think they're
00:31:10precious to him?
00:31:11No.
00:31:12They're his bargaining
00:31:13cherubs.
00:31:17You are insane.
00:31:19Am I?
00:31:20Then ask him
00:31:21why he had to marry
00:31:24and have children
00:31:25before thirty-five,
00:31:26why?
00:31:27Why he married you?
00:31:31I hang up
00:31:33and walk away.
00:31:42Behind me,
00:31:43her hysterical laughter
00:31:45echoes.
00:31:46From that day on,
00:31:48I can't sleep.
00:31:50Sean works in his study
00:31:52late every night.
00:31:57One night,
00:31:58I pass the study
00:31:59and hear him
00:32:00on the phone.
00:32:01Layla can't know
00:32:02about the will.
00:32:02Not a single word.
00:32:04I freeze in the hallway.
00:32:06I'll handle this.
00:32:08Grandpa's health
00:32:08is declining.
00:32:09He can't take
00:32:10any more stress.
00:32:14I slip back to my room
00:32:18and don't sleep
00:32:19a wink all night.
00:32:21The next morning,
00:32:23Sean wipes jam
00:32:24from Amelia's cheek
00:32:25and plays chess
00:32:26with Andres as usual.
00:32:29Daddy,
00:32:30will you come home
00:32:31for dinner tonight?
00:32:33Of course, sweetheart.
00:32:35Watching this,
00:32:36I suddenly feel like
00:32:37I'm looking at a stranger.
00:32:38The cold voice
00:32:40on the phone
00:32:40and the gentle father
00:32:41in front of me.
00:32:46Which one is real?
00:32:50The Sigma Group trail
00:32:52suddenly goes cold.
00:32:53Theo's investigation
00:32:54shows that after
00:32:55Hawk's arrest,
00:32:56the entire organization
00:32:58hit pause.
00:32:59All activities ceased.
00:33:00All communications cut.
00:33:04They're waiting.
00:33:07Waiting for what?
00:33:10Waiting for us
00:33:11to let our guard down.
00:33:13Then they'll strike.
00:33:15But
00:33:16he looks at me.
00:33:19I don't go any further.
00:33:22That night,
00:33:23Sean suddenly announces
00:33:24he's taking me
00:33:25and the kids abroad.
00:33:27There's...
00:33:27You arranged this
00:33:29awfully fast.
00:33:30It's been in the works.
00:33:33Flights, hotel,
00:33:34itinerary.
00:33:37Everything is ready.
00:33:46Sean,
00:33:48what are you hiding from me?
00:33:53The resort is beautiful.
00:33:55The kids chase waves
00:33:57on the beach.
00:33:58Sean relaxes
00:33:59under an umbrella.
00:34:00A rare sight.
00:34:11I look at Sean,
00:34:13he is just as handsome
00:34:14as he was four years ago.
00:34:18He suddenly opens his eyes
00:34:19and catches me staring.
00:34:26You're looking at me.
00:34:28No, I'm not.
00:34:34Lila?
00:34:39He reaches out
00:34:40and pulls me down
00:34:41beside him.
00:34:42Lila,
00:34:43when this is all over,
00:34:45can we start again?
00:34:46Start again?
00:34:49What do you mean?
00:34:52Like when we first
00:34:53got married.
00:34:54No secrets,
00:34:56no schemes.
00:34:57Just you and me
00:34:58and the kids.
00:35:02My heart skips a beat,
00:35:05but Karain's words
00:35:06flood back.
00:35:19On the third day,
00:35:21Sean gets a phone call.
00:35:23And he takes a knee
00:35:23for gonna bad.
00:35:26His face changes instantly.
00:35:36On the third day
00:35:37of vacation,
00:35:39Sean gets a phone call.
00:35:48He walks away
00:35:49and talks for a long time.
00:35:51When he comes back,
00:35:52he looks like his soul
00:35:53has been drained.
00:35:55Theo found Steph's trail.
00:35:56I have to go back
00:35:57to Fladina immediately.
00:36:02We're going back with you.
00:36:03No.
00:36:04You and the kids stay here.
00:36:06It's safe.
00:36:09Safe?
00:36:10No place is safe
00:36:11without you.
00:36:21He looks at me
00:36:22for a long time,
00:36:23then finally nods.
00:36:30That night we board
00:36:31a flight back.
00:36:33A mania falls asleep
00:36:34in my arms.
00:36:36Andres leans
00:36:37against my shoulder.
00:36:44Sean stares out the window
00:36:45the entire way,
00:36:46his hands clenched
00:36:47into fists.
00:36:59I don't know what he's thinking,
00:37:01but I know
00:37:02the storm is coming.
00:37:06Third day back in Fladina,
00:37:08the kids and I walk out
00:37:09out of the supermarket.
00:37:17The doors fly open.
00:37:19Two men charge out.
00:37:20Before I can scream,
00:37:22a hand clamps over my mouth
00:37:23and drags me into the car.
00:37:35Don't be scared,
00:37:36Amelia.
00:37:37Don't be scared.
00:37:40The car speeds away.
00:37:41My phone is snatched
00:37:43and thrown out the window.
00:37:50Amelia sobs in terror.
00:37:52Andres holds her tight,
00:37:54but his eyes are locked
00:37:56on the kidnappers in front.
00:37:58There are two kidnappers.
00:38:00One of the person's eyes
00:38:01has a scar at the corner.
00:38:03Mrs. Cooper,
00:38:04someone wants to see you.
00:38:06You've been waiting
00:38:07a long time.
00:38:11We're taken
00:38:12to an abandoned factory.
00:38:23The one-eyed man
00:38:24shoves me
00:38:25into an office alone.
00:38:27Someone is sitting inside.
00:38:30Steph Griffiths.
00:38:31I recognize him instantly.
00:38:37Layla Carter.
00:38:39Or should I call you
00:38:40Mrs. Cooper?
00:38:44What do you want?
00:38:47Relax.
00:38:48I just want to chat.
00:38:50About your husband.
00:38:53About the truth
00:38:54he's been chasing
00:38:55for 12 years.
00:38:57You killed his parents.
00:39:03Is that what he told you?
00:39:04He stands up
00:39:05and walks slowly
00:39:06to the window.
00:39:07His back to me.
00:39:09Sean thinks
00:39:09I killed his parents.
00:39:12He's chased me
00:39:13for 12 years.
00:39:14Hated me
00:39:14for 12 years.
00:39:16He turns
00:39:16to look at me.
00:39:17His eyes are still
00:39:19sharp as knives.
00:39:20But the truth is
00:39:23it was his own father
00:39:24who put the whole family
00:39:26on the road to death.
00:39:30Steph tells me
00:39:31a completely different story.
00:39:3512 years ago
00:39:37Sean's father
00:39:38wasn't just the head
00:39:39of Cooper Group.
00:39:40He was also
00:39:41a secret partner
00:39:42of Sigma Group.
00:39:44You think I'll believe you?
00:39:50Believe it or not
00:39:51we worked together
00:39:52for 10 full years.
00:39:54You're lying.
00:39:55Why would he work
00:39:56with you?
00:39:57Why?
00:39:58Because the Cooper family's
00:39:59first fortune
00:40:00was built with Sigma money.
00:40:02From Garrett's generation
00:40:03dirty Sigma blood
00:40:04has run through
00:40:05the Cooper veins.
00:40:06He lights a cigar.
00:40:07Smoke curling
00:40:08in the dim room.
00:40:1212 years ago
00:40:13your husband's father
00:40:14wanted out.
00:40:15He threatened
00:40:16to expose everything
00:40:17to drag all of Sigma
00:40:19down with him.
00:40:20So you killed him?
00:40:24He turns
00:40:25and looks at me
00:40:26a cruel smile
00:40:28curling on his lips.
00:40:30I had to.
00:40:32Steph's words
00:40:33pour over me
00:40:33like ice water.
00:40:34My whole body
00:40:35goes cold.
00:40:37The crash
00:40:37wasn't my doing.
00:40:39Hawk acted
00:40:40on his own.
00:40:41I only wanted
00:40:42to warn him.
00:40:43He pretends
00:40:44to be sad.
00:40:45But can't hide
00:40:46the smile
00:40:46on his lips.
00:40:49Do you know
00:40:50why Sean
00:40:50married you?
00:40:52What are you
00:40:52trying to say?
00:40:54Garrett's will
00:40:54is crystal clear.
00:40:56Sean must marry
00:40:57and have children
00:40:58before 35.
00:41:00Or everything
00:41:01goes to charity.
00:41:03You're not his wife.
00:41:05You're his ticket.
00:41:06My nails dig
00:41:07into my palms.
00:41:09Blood trickling
00:41:10through my fingers.
00:41:13Corinne said
00:41:14the exact same thing.
00:41:16Leila,
00:41:17when this is all over,
00:41:20can we start again?
00:41:21Leila can't know
00:41:22about the will.
00:41:23I'll handle this.
00:41:24Grandpa's health
00:41:24is declining.
00:41:25He can't take
00:41:26any more stress.
00:41:27In all of this,
00:41:28what is real?
00:41:31I'm dragged
00:41:32back to the room
00:41:33where the kids
00:41:33are held.
00:41:41Andres rushes over
00:41:42and wraps his arms
00:41:43around my waist.
00:41:44Mommy,
00:41:45your hand
00:41:46is bleeding.
00:41:49Mommy's fine.
00:41:50Don't be scared.
00:41:51I hold both kids
00:41:52close.
00:41:54Steph's word
00:41:54and Karen's overlap,
00:41:56my mind in chaos.
00:41:59Mom,
00:42:00what did that man
00:42:01tell you?
00:42:03Nothing.
00:42:05I kiss Andres
00:42:06on the forehead.
00:42:10Mommy's here.
00:42:12Daddy will come
00:42:13save us.
00:42:14Whatever Sean's reasons
00:42:15were for marrying me,
00:42:16his love for these kids
00:42:17is real.
00:42:19I believe in Daddy.
00:42:22I look at my son's
00:42:23determined eyes,
00:42:24and my tears
00:42:25nearly fall.
00:42:28Sean and his men
00:42:29storm in
00:42:30late that night.
00:42:31I shield the kids
00:42:32beneath me,
00:42:33huddled in the corner.
00:42:34One of the doors
00:42:35kicked open,
00:42:36gunfire,
00:42:37shouting,
00:42:38and footsteps
00:42:38erupt all at once.
00:42:44Leela!
00:42:50We're here.
00:42:52Sean is covered
00:42:53in blood,
00:42:54his eyes frantically
00:42:55searching the room
00:42:56until they land
00:42:56on me.
00:42:57I'm sorry.
00:42:59I'm so late.
00:43:00He reaches out,
00:43:02his fingers trembling
00:43:03as they touch my face.
00:43:05I see his eyes
00:43:07turning red.
00:43:09I take his hand.
00:43:12You're here.
00:43:14That's all that matters.
00:43:15He lowers his head,
00:43:16pressing his forehead
00:43:17against Amalia's hand.
00:43:18I feel it.
00:43:20I feel it.
00:43:20His tears.
00:43:21It's the first time
00:43:22I've ever seen him cry.
00:43:26I thought I was
00:43:27going to lose you.
00:43:29Steph escaped.
00:43:30Sean didn't chase him.
00:43:31He brought us home.
00:43:32He personally bathed
00:43:33Andres and Amalia,
00:43:35changed their clothes,
00:43:36and put them to bed.
00:43:37Daddy,
00:43:37don't go away again,
00:43:39okay?
00:43:40Okay.
00:43:40Daddy's not going anywhere
00:43:42ever again.
00:43:42This man just went
00:43:43through a gunfight,
00:43:44has entreated wounds,
00:43:45and he's crouching
00:43:46beside a child's bed
00:43:47tucking in his daughter.
00:43:49Amelia,
00:43:49sweet dreams.
00:43:51Daddy's here.
00:43:52After the kids
00:43:53are asleep,
00:43:53he comes out.
00:43:55I kneel down
00:43:56and pull out
00:43:57the first kit
00:43:57to treat his wounds.
00:44:06Did Steph say
00:44:07something to you?
00:44:08I lower my eyes
00:44:10and don't answer.
00:44:12Leela,
00:44:13look at me.
00:44:14Whatever he said,
00:44:15let me explain.
00:44:18He said I'm
00:44:18nothing but your ticket.
00:44:22Garrett's will?
00:44:24Did you marry me
00:44:25because of it?
00:44:30Yes.
00:44:38Theo rushes
00:44:39to the manor
00:44:40overnight.
00:44:40His expression
00:44:42is graver
00:44:42than I've ever seen.
00:44:44Steph didn't go far.
00:44:46He's hiding
00:44:46in downtown Fladena
00:44:47in a luxury apartment
00:44:48directly across
00:44:49from Cooper Group headquarters.
00:44:52The most dangerous place
00:44:53is the safest.
00:44:57It gets worse.
00:45:03Through shell companies
00:45:05and offshore accounts,
00:45:06he's secretly acquired
00:45:0715% of Cooper Group shares
00:45:08over the past three years.
00:45:1115%?
00:45:12He's now
00:45:13the third largest shareholder
00:45:14behind only Sean
00:45:16and Garrett.
00:45:18Theo's hand
00:45:19trembles
00:45:19as he hands over
00:45:21the intel.
00:45:29Sean gets a phone call,
00:45:31says nothing the entire time,
00:45:33his face
00:45:34turning pale.
00:45:39Who was that?
00:45:44Steph.
00:45:45What did he say?
00:45:52Tomorrow at 10 a.m.,
00:45:55emergency shareholder meeting.
00:45:59He's going to remove me.
00:46:01I watch as Sean
00:46:02turns on the TV.
00:46:05Steph's face
00:46:06appears
00:46:06on the screen
00:46:07and
00:46:09his smiling face
00:46:10fills the screen.
00:46:11Stephen Griffiths,
00:46:13a shareholder
00:46:13of the Cooper Group,
00:46:14has proposed
00:46:15to remove
00:46:16the current CEO,
00:46:17Sean Cooper.
00:46:18This proposal
00:46:19has received support
00:46:20from several shareholders.
00:46:21Sean's expression
00:46:22becomes serious.
00:46:27I'm going with you tomorrow.
00:46:29No.
00:46:30It's too dangerous.
00:46:32Sean,
00:46:32I'm not the kind of wife
00:46:33who hides in the back.
00:46:35I'm Leila Carter.
00:46:37Your woman,
00:46:38mother of your children.
00:46:44He looks at me
00:46:45for a long time,
00:46:46then finally nods.
00:46:49Okay.
00:46:50Tomorrow,
00:46:51you stand by my side.
00:46:53Sean holds my hand.
00:46:54His palm is warm.
00:46:56My heart is pounding.
00:46:58But I'm not afraid anymore.
00:47:00The day of the shareholder meeting,
00:47:02I drop the kids off
00:47:03at Garrett's first.
00:47:04Mommy,
00:47:05I'll take care of Amelia.
00:47:06You and Daddy
00:47:07come back safe.
00:47:08Mommy promises
00:47:09we'll come back.
00:47:11Mommy,
00:47:12will Daddy
00:47:12beat the bad guy?
00:47:13Yes.
00:47:14Daddy will.
00:47:16I arrive at Cooper Group.
00:47:18The moment I step
00:47:19into the lobby,
00:47:20I see him.
00:47:22Steph.
00:47:24Mrs. Cooper,
00:47:26what a coincidence.
00:47:27You look beautiful today.
00:47:29I look calm on the surface,
00:47:30but I'm shaking
00:47:31with fear inside.
00:47:34I knew you'd be here.
00:47:35He leans close to my ear
00:47:37and lowers his voice.
00:47:39Are you really comfortable
00:47:41leaving your two children
00:47:42with Garrett?
00:47:45What are you trying to say?
00:47:48That old man
00:47:49is practically
00:47:50dead himself.
00:47:52Who can he protect?
00:47:53Steph walks away.
00:47:56I call Garrett
00:47:57with shaking hands.
00:48:05Garrett,
00:48:06are the kids okay?
00:48:08They're playing
00:48:09in the garden.
00:48:10Andres is teaching
00:48:11Amalia the names
00:48:12of flowers.
00:48:14What's wrong?
00:48:16Nothing.
00:48:17Tell security
00:48:18to watch the gates.
00:48:19No one in or out.
00:48:21Already done.
00:48:22Don't worry.
00:48:24I hang up.
00:48:26Sean comes to my side.
00:48:29I tell him
00:48:30what Steph said.
00:48:35I won't let him get away.
00:48:37His voice sounds like
00:48:38it's squeezed
00:48:39through gritted teeth.
00:48:40We walk into
00:48:41the conference room.
00:48:42Steph,
00:48:43if he's already seated.
00:48:44Palioid suit,
00:48:45hair perfectly styled
00:48:47like a true business mogul.
00:48:49Seeing us,
00:48:50he raises his coffee cup.
00:48:53Sean,
00:48:54long time no see.
00:48:56Steph,
00:48:58after today,
00:48:59this office
00:49:00won't be yours anymore.
00:49:02I've prepared
00:49:03cardboard boxes for you.
00:49:08Sean sits down
00:49:09across from him,
00:49:10expressionless.
00:49:12Try me.
00:49:17Steph smiles maliciously.
00:49:19Your father was not
00:49:20as excellent as you
00:49:21back then.
00:49:23But I have money.
00:49:29over the past five years,
00:49:31Sean Cooper has turned
00:49:33Cooper Group
00:49:33into his private army.
00:49:36The screen explodes
00:49:37with photos.
00:49:39Armed men,
00:49:40overseas safe houses,
00:49:41piles of cash.
00:49:43Mercenaries,
00:49:44breabury,
00:49:44illegal surveillance.
00:49:46Every charge is enough
00:49:47to put him behind bars.
00:49:48The room erupts.
00:49:50A shareholder stands up.
00:49:52Another slams their documents down.
00:49:55Steph leans back in his chair,
00:49:57taking a leisurely sip of coffee.
00:50:02The room falls dead silent.
00:50:05Sean confess.
00:50:07I'll let you keep some dignity.
00:50:10Every shareholder stares at Sean.
00:50:16Sean stands up.
00:50:19He doesn't look at the shareholders.
00:50:21He looks straight at Steph.
00:50:27Fellow shareholders,
00:50:29every word Mr. Steph Griffiths
00:50:31has said is true.
00:50:32The room erupts.
00:50:35I did use group resources
00:50:37to hunt Sigma Group
00:50:38because it's a transnational
00:50:40criminal organization
00:50:41has harmed many people
00:50:43and one of its founders
00:50:46is sitting right here
00:50:47in front of you.
00:50:48Steph gives a cold laugh
00:50:49and remains silent.
00:50:50Twelve years ago,
00:50:52he orchestrated my parents' murder.
00:50:54Three years ago,
00:50:55he tried to infiltrate
00:50:56Cooper Group
00:50:57through Corrine Evans.
00:50:58Last week,
00:50:59he kidnapped my wife and children.
00:51:00Where's your proof?
00:51:01You have no proof!
00:51:03Some pull out phones
00:51:04to take pictures.
00:51:06Call security!
00:51:07The room is in complete chaos.
00:51:14Sean turns and walks
00:51:16toward the conference room door.
00:51:21Sean,
00:51:22did your father
00:51:23also teach you
00:51:23to slander people?
00:51:24I, Steph,
00:51:25have always been upstanding.
00:51:27Everyone here
00:51:27can attest to that.
00:51:29You say I'm a criminal?
00:51:30Where's the proof?
00:51:31If you have none,
00:51:32get out of this conference room.
00:51:36The room buzzes with murmurs.
00:51:38Look,
00:51:39he's running away
00:51:40because his lies failed.
00:51:46The men of the Cooper family
00:51:48are all cowards.
00:51:49Sean says nothing.
00:51:51He keeps walking
00:51:52toward the door.
00:51:55Sean's hand grips
00:51:56the door handle.
00:51:58He glances back at Steph.
00:51:59You want proof?
00:52:04The proof I have
00:52:05is more than enough
00:52:06for the police.
00:52:08He yanks the door open.
00:52:11Steph's face
00:52:12goes white instantly.
00:52:13Outside,
00:52:14the hallway is packed
00:52:15with police officers.
00:52:19Police swarm in
00:52:21and pins Steph down
00:52:22on the conference table.
00:52:24His face is pressed
00:52:25against the cold surface.
00:52:30Suddenly,
00:52:31he starts laughing.
00:52:32He strains
00:52:33to turn his head
00:52:34and stares daggers at me.
00:52:36Leela Carter,
00:52:38do you know why
00:52:39Sean has been chasing
00:52:40the truth for 12 years?
00:52:42What are you trying to say?
00:52:44It's not just for revenge.
00:52:46It's because
00:52:47Garrett Cooper
00:52:47made a will.
00:52:49My heart clenches violently.
00:52:51If Sean can't uncover
00:52:52the truth
00:52:53of his parents' deaths
00:52:54and restore
00:52:55the family's
00:52:55septation before 35,
00:52:57all Cooper Group
00:52:58herefers will
00:52:58automatically transfer
00:53:00to a secret trust fund.
00:53:01And the sole beneficiary
00:53:03of that fund
00:53:03is Sigma Group's
00:53:05legacy inheritance
00:53:06program.
00:53:07In other words,
00:53:09me.
00:53:11Me.
00:53:12Me.
00:53:14Everyone in the room
00:53:15freezes.
00:53:16Steph is pinned
00:53:17by the police
00:53:18but still struggling,
00:53:19words spilling
00:53:19from his mouth
00:53:20without stopping.
00:53:21The Cooper family fortune
00:53:22has been tainted
00:53:23with Sigma blood
00:53:24from the very beginning.
00:53:26Sean's father
00:53:27didn't want to leave
00:53:27the organization.
00:53:28He wanted to take
00:53:30it over completely.
00:53:31Garrett knew everything.
00:53:32That's why he forced
00:53:33Sean to marry you.
00:53:34His eyes are like
00:53:35two flames
00:53:36burning into me
00:53:37until there's nowhere
00:53:37to hide.
00:53:38To use your clean
00:53:39background
00:53:40to whitewash
00:53:41the Cooper bloodline.
00:53:43You think you're his wife?
00:53:44You're his cover-up!
00:53:45I'm nailed to the spot
00:53:46by his words.
00:53:47Sean's face
00:53:48is white as paper.
00:53:49He says nothing.
00:53:51The police drag Steph out.
00:53:54I stand up,
00:53:56walk out of the conference room,
00:53:59into the elevator,
00:54:03out of Cooper Group headquarters.
00:54:06Sean watches my back.
00:54:12He doesn't follow.
00:54:14I sit on a bench
00:54:15in Central Park
00:54:16for the entire afternoon.
00:54:18When Sean finds me,
00:54:20it's already dark.
00:54:26Leela, I can explain.
00:54:29He doesn't sit beside me.
00:54:31He crouches in front of me
00:54:33like a man awaiting judgment.
00:54:38I look at him.
00:54:40This man I've loved
00:54:41for so many years.
00:54:42His face looks tired
00:54:44and fragile
00:54:45under the streetlight.
00:54:46How much of what
00:54:47Steph said is true?
00:54:53The will is real.
00:54:55But marrying you...
00:55:04Grandpa is critically ill.
00:55:06We have to go back now.
00:55:08I stand up and run
00:55:09with him to the car.
00:55:15Garrett's the only person
00:55:16in that family
00:55:17who has ever been
00:55:18truly kind to me.
00:55:19I will stay by his side.
00:55:21We arrive at Garrett's bedside.
00:55:25The once vigorous old man
00:55:27is now shrunken in bed
00:55:28like a withered leaf.
00:55:34Sean, leave.
00:55:36I need to speak
00:55:37with Leela alone.
00:55:43Sean leaves the room.
00:55:48Leela, Sean marrying you.
00:55:50It was my idea.
00:55:52I forced him.
00:55:54Garrett pulls a letter
00:55:55from under his pillow
00:55:55and presses it into my hand.
00:55:57My heart clenches.
00:55:59After his parents died,
00:56:00he turned himself
00:56:01into an island.
00:56:02I thought if a kind,
00:56:03innocent girl
00:56:04came into his life,
00:56:05he might learn
00:56:05to love again.
00:56:06But I never expected him
00:56:08to truly fall for you.
00:56:09Not because of me,
00:56:10but because of you.
00:56:11My tears fall.
00:56:12I open the letter.
00:56:13It's his revised will.
00:56:15It says,
00:56:16Leela and Sean
00:56:17shall jointly decide
00:56:19all matters
00:56:20of the Cooper family.
00:56:22Watch over him for me.
00:56:24I promise.
00:56:25That winter,
00:56:27Garrett's heart
00:56:27reaches its limit.
00:56:29Sean drops everything
00:56:31and moves us
00:56:31back to the manor.
00:56:33The two kids
00:56:34orbit around Garrett's bed
00:56:35like little sons.
00:56:38Great grandpa,
00:56:39you have to get better soon.
00:56:42I learned a new song.
00:56:44I want to sing it for you.
00:56:47Great granddad will wait.
00:56:49One evening,
00:56:50Garrett takes Sean's hand.
00:56:51The two best things
00:56:52I did in my life.
00:56:54Letting your father
00:56:55marry your mother
00:56:56and letting Leela
00:56:58marry you.
00:56:59Sean kneels by the bed,
00:57:01his shoulders
00:57:01shaking violently.
00:57:05Leela.
00:57:08I lean down
00:57:09and hear his faint voice.
00:57:13That night,
00:57:14he passes away
00:57:16peacefully in his sleep.
00:57:18Outside the window,
00:57:19the first snow
00:57:21of the season
00:57:21falls on the manor.
00:57:24After Garrett is gone,
00:57:25Andre stops playing chess.
00:57:27Amelia stops asking me
00:57:28for bedtime stories.
00:57:30Their teacher calls
00:57:31to say they've been
00:57:32spacing out at kindergarten,
00:57:34not playing with the other kids.
00:57:35Until one day,
00:57:36I find a drawing
00:57:37in Amalia's backpack.
00:57:39Five people holding hands,
00:57:41me, Sean,
00:57:41Andres,
00:57:42Amalia,
00:57:42and Garrett.
00:57:44Garrett's face
00:57:44was very blurry.
00:57:46Beside it,
00:57:47crooked letters
00:57:47spell out a sentence.
00:57:48Who's next?
00:57:50My daughter,
00:57:51only four years old,
00:57:52is afraid of death.
00:57:54Sean sees the drawing
00:57:55and is silent
00:57:56for a long time.
00:57:58Then he picks up
00:57:59both kids
00:57:59and sits on the sofa.
00:58:03Amelia,
00:58:04Andres,
00:58:05listen to me.
00:58:07We will be together
00:58:08forever.
00:58:10No one will ever leave again.
00:58:13That night,
00:58:14he comes to me.
00:58:17Layla,
00:58:19let's have a wedding.
00:58:21Not for us,
00:58:23but to make them believe
00:58:24this family
00:58:25will never fall apart.
00:58:28I look at our
00:58:29sleeping children.
00:58:35and nod.
00:58:38It's May.
00:58:40The roses at the Maniser
00:58:41are in full bloom.
00:58:45The whole garden
00:58:46is fragrant.
00:58:50Andres wears
00:58:51a little suit.
00:58:53Amalia is in
00:58:54a white princess dress,
00:58:56carrying a small
00:58:57flower basket
00:58:58and scattering petals.
00:59:07Josh flies back
00:59:09from overseas.
00:59:10He takes my arm
00:59:11and walks me
00:59:12towards Sean,
00:59:13who waits under
00:59:14a rose-covered arch.
00:59:20This time,
00:59:21neither of you
00:59:22is allowed
00:59:22to look back.
00:59:31Sean takes my hand,
00:59:33sunlight
00:59:34falling into his eyes.
00:59:37Layla Cooper,
00:59:39Layla Cooper,
00:59:41I'll spend the rest
00:59:42of my life
00:59:42making up for everything
00:59:44I owe you
00:59:44from the first half.
00:59:47I stand on my tiptoes
00:59:49and kiss him.
00:59:54Petals fall around us.
00:59:56I close my eyes
00:59:57and remember that night
00:59:58four years ago
01:00:00and his eyes
01:00:01looking at me
01:00:02when we met again
01:00:03at the airport.
01:00:07Fate arranged
01:00:08everything just right.
01:00:09the night.
01:00:10Got me again.
01:00:10Good night.
01:00:10Good night.
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