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Hidden Desire in the Hallway HD
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00:10Welcome home.
00:14Starting tonight, this is your home.
00:16But the Carltau family has Carlton rules.
00:21I won't cause trouble.
00:28No one, come meet your new family.
00:35Hi.
00:37Hi.
00:38You're going out again?
00:40Work.
01:01Sorry, wrong room.
01:09Do you always walk into other people's rooms like this?
01:20The Carlisle family values boundaries above all.
01:23Everyone will watch how you behave.
01:25I understand.
01:27Good.
01:27This is not where you used to live.
01:32Morning, darling.
01:35You must be Aiden.
01:37Welcome to the family.
01:53What?
01:55What happened last night doesn't happen again.
01:59I said it was a mistake.
02:01Then learn the house.
02:03And learn that not every door here is meant to be opened.
02:06Relax.
02:07I'm not interested in your secrets.
02:11Don't be so sure.
02:12And you?
02:15What exactly are you afraid of?
02:23Am I interrupting something?
02:27No.
02:32Your brother can be hard to deal with sometimes.
02:35Don't take it personally.
02:36I won.
02:44Just get through today.
02:47Stand up straight.
02:49Don't look so awkward.
02:50Voters don't like seeing anything unplushed.
02:52Places, please, everyone.
02:55Places.
02:57Okay, Aiden, can you come in just a little bit closer, please?
03:00Yeah, right there.
03:00Perfect.
03:01Great.
03:01Everyone look here.
03:02Like a real family.
03:05Everyone will watch how you behave.
03:07Do you always walk into other people's rooms like this?
03:09Like a real family.
03:14Stop looking like that.
03:16You're not here to ask for anything.
03:23Don't let him get to you.
03:26Is this how your family comforts people too?
03:28Like an order?
03:31Everyone here is playing a role.
03:33The more you care, the more you lose.
03:35What about you?
03:36Are you acting too?
03:38I always am.
03:40We announce the engagement next month.
03:42Along with the donation plan,
03:44Family Values will help with women voters.
03:51Welcome to the Carlisle family.
04:02This is not about feelings.
04:04It's strategy.
04:05Noah and Victoria's engagement must be locked in before the election.
04:09Is he cooperating?
04:12He will.
04:13He knows what family duty means.
04:23Who's there?
04:24It's me.
04:32Don't listen at doors.
04:35If it's about your wedding, should I congratulate you?
04:47To family.
05:01Aiden.
05:02You don't have to explain anything to me.
05:04Then why have you been avoiding me?
05:08Because the way you look at me doesn't feel like a brother.
05:26My wife's son from a previous marriage.
05:29My wife's son from a previous marriage.
05:44You shouldn't be here.
05:45You shouldn't be here.
05:45People notice.
05:48I've been looking for you for 20 minutes.
05:50Why look for me?
05:51Your fiance is downstairs.
05:55She's not.
05:56New York seems to think she is.
06:01I never got to choose.
06:03School, major, work, who I'm seen with.
06:06None of it was mine.
06:08I tried to be normal.
06:09I tried to love someone my father would approve of, the media would approve of, someone safe.
06:14I couldn't.
06:16Then what kind of person could you love?
06:21I don't know.
06:22I only know that when I look at you, everything gets dangerous.
06:34If I wanted to kiss you, would you run?
06:50Noah.
06:52You can still tell me to stop.
07:15What happened tonight changes nothing.
07:18Then what am I?
07:21You shouldn't be dragged into this.
07:22But you already did.
07:37Why is your face so flushed?
07:40I had a little too much to drink.
07:48You seem to be in a very good mood tonight.
07:56I hope you enjoyed the party too.
08:02Family is the cornerstone of our society.
08:05And so what doesn't it give in half it money?
08:11Probably a little Niohini stay in our Sataymor.
08:14Oh.
08:15Oh.
08:19Oh.
08:29Are you insane?
08:31Someone could walk in any second.
08:35You've been avoiding me?
08:36You said it yourself.
08:38You said it yourself.
08:38That night changed nothing.
08:42I didn't say that because I regret it.
08:45Then why?
08:46Because I'm not respectable enough?
08:48Because I know exactly how this family would destroy you.
08:51I can survive whatever they do to me.
08:53I can't survive watching them do it to you.
08:57This only hurts me more.
09:04I'm sorry.
09:08Don't push me away again.
09:19Sorry sir.
09:20We're here for the champagne.
09:21Take it and leave.
09:22Yes sir.
09:29It's okay now.
09:34What if it hadn't been the staff?
09:39Is this what you want?
09:41Every time we get close it feels like we're about to be executed.
09:45I'll find a way.
09:54Are you okay?
09:56Just feeling a bit stuffy.
10:04Darling, where did you go?
10:05I've been looking for you.
10:07Took a call.
10:10You haven't been yourself all night.
10:13I'm just tired.
10:17Aiden.
10:19Have you fallen for someone in this house you never should have?
10:34Aiden.
10:35Talk to me.
10:36Not now mom.
10:38Please.
10:58We have a lot to be thankful for this year.
11:01We have a lot to be thankful for this year.
11:04Let's be grateful for everything we have.
11:07And for family members who understand duty and sacrifice.
11:29Are you okay?
11:31I'm fine.
11:32I'm fine.
11:49You seem nervous tonight.
11:52It's just a holiday dinner.
11:55Really?
11:56I thought maybe there was a secret hiding under the table.
12:13This is your place?
12:15I stay here when work runs late.
12:17No house.
12:17There's cameras.
12:19No my father's people.
12:22Are you here alone a lot?
12:24Most of the time.
12:33You don't look happy.
12:35Back then I kept telling myself I'd leave someday.
12:40Then why didn't you?
12:44Because I thought I wanted nothing.
12:47Until you.
13:05Noah.
13:06I know you're in there.
13:08Open the door.
13:08Go to the bedroom.
13:10Stay quiet.
13:12So I still have to hide right?
13:13Hey.
13:17Up this late?
13:19What are you doing here?
13:22I just wanted to see what's been keeping you so busy lately.
13:25You've seen enough.
13:26You can leave now.
13:29You're in a terrible mood tonight.
13:33Is it because someone else is here?
13:37You're crossing a line.
13:39Really?
13:40Because lately you look like a man hiding something precious.
13:43Don't be late for the media shoot next week.
13:45We need to look more convincing as a couple.
13:48Good night Noah.
13:54What was I just now?
13:56Aiden.
13:56Like a lover?
13:57No.
13:59Like a boyfriend?
14:00Even less.
14:02I looked like a secret shoved behind a door.
14:05I was protecting you.
14:06That's what you always say.
14:08Then why does the person being protected feel nothing but shame?
14:13Give me some time.
14:15I don't want to be your secret forever.
14:22Closer.
14:23More natural.
14:26Smile more naturally.
14:27The public loves stability.
14:34Aiden.
14:34What do you think of this tie?
14:35It looks good.
14:39Noah likes it too.
14:44We're adding an embrace shot.
14:46We need people to believe it's real.
14:48Noah, tilt your head lower.
14:49Victoria, move closer to him.
14:53This shot is definitely making headlines.
14:56Excellent.
14:57That's exactly the effect we needed.
15:02Looks like today went wonderfully.
15:06Aiden!
15:08That's in the mail.
15:09Let me explain.
15:10Explain what?
15:12Why you didn't pull away?
15:13Or why you look so much like you belong to her?
15:16It was all for them.
15:18It was all for them.
15:19But what I saw felt real enough.
15:37You can't just disappear like this.
15:41Aren't you the one who's best at making me disappear?
15:46I didn't have a choice in that shoot.
15:53Aiden, look at me.
15:57You never have a choice.
15:59No choice about the engagement.
16:01No choice about holding her, kissing her, and admitting me.
16:07Why did you do?
16:08Is there?
16:11Then when are you ever going to see me a second?
16:13I didn't.
16:25Thank you for meeting me.
16:28What do you want to say?
16:30Don't be so tense.
16:32I'm just curious why Noah has been paying so much attention to you lately.
16:36Maybe because we live in the same house.
16:39You know, Noah wasn't always like this.
16:40He used to smile.
16:42He used to trust people.
16:44Now there are very few people who can make him lose control.
16:48Maybe you know him better than I do.
16:51Really?
16:52Because I keep thinking the way he looks at you doesn't feel very fomential.
16:57You're overthinking it.
16:59And you?
17:00When you look at him, what does it look like to you?
17:03If you care that much, ask Noah directly.
17:06Oh, I will.
17:07But before that, I wanted to see how you lie.
17:10If you invited me here to humiliate me, congratulations.
17:14No, Aiden.
17:15I won't be the one humiliating you.
17:16It'll be the look on your face when you can't hide it anymore.
17:27It's me.
17:28Keep watching them.
17:30I want time, place, and proof strong enough to ruin them.
17:34Understood.
17:50You've barely eaten these past few days.
17:54But Aiden, you want some of your breakfast one?
17:56I'm fine.
17:59When you lied as a child, you always looked down first.
18:09Mom, please don't ask.
18:11If someone has hurt you, I have a right to know.
18:17No one is hurting me.
18:18Then why do you look like you're falling apart?
18:29The engagement preparations cannot be delayed any longer.
18:32You've been unstable lately.
18:33You're not worried about me.
18:35You're worried about your campaign.
18:36I care that this family does not become a scandal, especially after you started behaving dangerously.
18:43What exactly are you saying?
18:44I'm reminding you not to bring certain unacceptable impulses into this house.
18:54Who is it?
18:57It's me.
19:00You shouldn't be here.
19:04I just needed to know you were okay.
19:12Whose door were you standing at last night?
19:17That's none of your business.
19:18Everything about you is my business.
19:20Especially before you drag this entire family into the mud.
19:23You control my work, my life, my marriage.
19:26Now you're policing how long I stand outside a door?
19:28I'm stopping you from making a mistake that would destroy you.
19:30You're not afraid for me.
19:32You're afraid for the image you built.
19:34Listen carefully.
19:35Before the election, I will allow no scandal.
19:38Especially not the kind that is abnormal, disgusting, and enough to turn every supporter against us.
19:44You make me sick.
19:46Then don't force me to be even clearer.
20:08You make me sick.
20:18Aiden, it's me.
20:27Who sent this?
20:30I don't know.
20:32But they got us.
20:33Come with me.
20:35Where?
20:37Somewhere no one knows us.
20:46How much longer can we keep hiding?
20:50When I was younger, I thought if I obeyed enough, one day he'd finally be satisfied.
20:54Then I realized with a man like him, satisfaction is never the end.
20:57It's just another chain.
20:59Then without that house, without his name, who would you be?
21:02Maybe just an ordinary man who comes home from work, cooks terrible dinners,
21:05wastes whole weekends with the person he loves.
21:08That sounds better than the Carlisle mansion.
21:10I'm afraid I can't give you that life.
21:11Do you think I care about the mansion?
21:13I was never afraid of being poor.
21:15I'm afraid of the way you keep pushing me away.
21:18Noah, I love you.
21:20You love me?
21:22Yes.
21:23Even if it's a disaster.
21:25Even if it's dangerous.
21:27I still love you.
21:31I love you too.
21:57This early?
21:58I think you should see this.
22:03I didn't want to embarrass you.
22:05But pretending not to see it would only make things worse.
22:09Where did these come from?
22:11Does it matter?
22:12What matters is that they've turned the Carlisle family into a joke behind your back.
22:19I think you should have a talk with Noah.
22:21Before the media does.
22:26Send Noah to my study.
22:28Now.
22:38Explain.
22:42Do you understand what this would destroy if it got out?
22:44It was never going to destroy me.
22:47No.
22:48It destroys me.
22:49My campaign, my name, my family.
22:53So you finally said the truth.
22:54Listen, Noah.
22:55If you want to ruin yourself, fine.
22:58But I will not let anyone, especially that boy you've become obsessed with, drag me down with you.
23:03Don't you dare touch him.
23:05Oh, I dare.
23:05I can destroy him.
23:07Destroy his mother and leave them with nothing.
23:09You're insane!
23:11Insane!
23:11Then remember this.
23:13If you want to keep him safe, stay away from him.
23:19Don't be nervous.
23:20What do you want from me?
23:23Your mother loves the life she has now.
23:25A respectable marriage.
23:26A stable home.
23:27A second chance.
23:29If you don't want all of that to disappear overnight, stay away from my son.
23:33Otherwise, Helen leaves with nothing.
23:35And the two of you will go right back to where you belong.
23:41You're disgusting.
23:43Yet disgusting men are usually the ones who win.
23:58What happened?
24:13Why have you been avoiding me?
24:16Because I'm done playing.
24:17What do you mean?
24:19I mean, did you really think I'd throw away my life for a relationship that has to stay hidden?
24:25That's not who you are.
24:27How much do you actually know me?
24:30Maybe I got close to you because you're a Carlisle.
24:33You're lying.
24:34Am I?
24:35You can give me a mansion, money, status.
24:39But you can't even admit me in daylight.
24:42I'm done playing this little affair game with you.
24:45So everything you said was fake?
24:47Yes.
24:49Including when I said I loved you.
25:05Get out.
25:08Gladly.
25:13The Carlisle family is expected to announce a major engagement soon.
25:24If you're not feeling well, we can leave.
25:28I'm fine.
25:31Thank you all for being here tonight.
25:33To me, family has always been the greatest value.
25:36So tonight, I'm honored to share some wonderful news with all of you.
25:40My son Noah is going to be engaged to Victoria.
25:45Thank you, everyone.
25:47Noah and I are both very excited for the future.
25:54Aiden.
25:56You'll congratulate us, won't you?
26:00Of course.
26:00I wish, wish you a lifetime of happiness.
26:04How sweet of you.
26:43Noah!
26:45Stop!
26:51Pick up the phone.
26:52Please, pick up.
26:56What did you say to him?
26:59I said nothing.
27:00He would not just disappear for no reason!
27:03Don't make this public.
27:04Tomorrow the press will continue covering the engagement.
27:07My son is missing!
27:09Then find him.
27:11Quietly.
27:20Hello?
27:30Where is Aiden?
27:33Don't be so hostile.
27:34Sit.
27:35Let's talk.
27:36I'll ask again.
27:37Where is he?
27:38He's safe for now.
27:39You touched him!
27:41No.
27:42Your father drove him away.
27:44I just saw the board more clearly than you did.
27:48What do you want?
27:49Finally.
27:50The right question.
27:52I want the wedding to proceed as planned.
27:55You keep playing the perfect heir.
27:58And I become the future Miss Carlisle.
28:02You think I'd agree to that?
28:03If you don't, you know exactly what Richard will do.
28:07He'll destroy Aiden first, then Helen.
28:09And what I have will make sure they never get the chance to fight back.
28:13Don't look at me like that.
28:15At least I'm offering you a choice.
28:17Your father wouldn't.
28:20If I cooperate, Aiden stays safe.
28:24I'll do my best to keep Richard away from them.
28:30Is he safe right now?
28:40Were you trying to scare me to death?
28:43Yes.
28:45I fell in love with him.
28:51What did Richard say to you?
28:52He said if I didn't leave Noah, you'd leave with nothing.
28:58I couldn't gamble with your life.
29:01So I had to leave.
29:02You foolish boy!
29:03I can lose the house, the marriage, the status,
29:05but I cannot watch you bury your heart with it!
29:12Running is not the answer.
29:14If you still love him, then stop running.
29:21You win.
29:22Don't make it sound so ugly.
29:24We're simply getting what we need.
29:26And what exactly do you need?
29:28Position. Contracts.
29:30Half of the future power of the Carlisle family.
29:33Love was never on my list.
29:36There can be no mistakes tomorrow.
29:38This will be the most important day for the Carlisle family.
29:42Are you sure?
29:45If I don't go, I'll regret it for the rest of my life.
29:52No!
30:03This is...
30:04Get him out of here.
30:09Aiden.
30:11You'd better leave right now.
30:13Oh my god! It's the stepson!
30:14Keep shooting!
30:17How dramatic.
30:18I wasn't gonna come.
30:19I was gonna do what I always do.
30:21Step back and then step back again.
30:23But then I realized I've spent my whole life giving things up.
30:25I gave way to poverty, to humiliation, to this family.
30:29I refuse to give up love too.
30:33Noah, do not say a word.
30:35Don't marry her!
30:37The person you love is me!
30:48Don't you dare take another step!
30:52You've controlled me long enough.
30:58The person I've loved all along is him.
31:02You've...
31:02You've lost your mind!
31:04No.
31:05I'm finally refusing to live for you anymore.
31:10Beautiful speech.
31:11But if you hadn't seduced him, would he be here now?
31:13You wanna put all of this on me?
31:15Then what about the photos, the surveillance, and the deal you offered Noah?
31:19What deal?
31:20You're not the victim.
31:21You knew about Noah and me long before this.
31:23You used those photos as leverage to force him into this wedding.
31:26You never wanted love.
31:27You wanted your place in the Carlisle family!
31:28She has photos?!
31:29This is bigger than a wedding store!
31:31Fine.
31:31If we're tearing this open, let's tear it all the way open.
31:35You think I'm the dirtiest person here?
31:37Then let's show the contracts to the press.
31:42Here are the private agreements signed by Richard and my father.
31:45If Noah and I go through with the marriage,
31:47future Carlisle Foundation projects will be funneled to my family's business.
31:52Give me that!
31:57Richard, we need to leave immediately.
31:59The media is already going live with this.
32:04I've had enough.
32:07I thought I married a man who could give my son and me a new life.
32:11But now I see I didn't marry into a family.
32:14I married into a performance!
32:16I want a divorce.
32:18I'm not coming back.
32:21Do you have any idea what you're giving up?
32:24I do.
32:26I'm giving up the life you chose for me.
32:34I'm giving up the life you chose for me.
32:39What now?
32:41I don't know.
32:42But for the first time, that's okay.
32:59Don't laugh.
33:01I haven't said anything yet.
33:04I'm just trying to prove I can actually make dinner.
33:08So far, the evidence is weak.
33:20I knew the two of you wouldn't survive your first week on your own.
33:24Hey!
33:25You came at exactly the right time.
33:28Take care of him.
33:32I will.
33:36Do you ever regret it?
33:40Leaving that house, that name, everything that was supposed to be yours?
33:45No.
33:46For the first time in my life, I'm not living as the person someone else wanted me to be.
33:51I'm living as myself.
33:58This feels strange.
34:00Strange good or strange bad?
34:04Strange good.
34:08Like I'm waiting for someone to tell me it's not real.
34:13It's real.
34:17Not bad.
34:19For a first try.
34:21Just not bad?
34:22Okay, it's terrible.
34:23But, I don't care.
34:26What are we gonna do now?
34:28Like, for real?
34:29Find jobs.
34:30Pay rent.
34:31Make dinner.
34:32Mess up.
34:33Try again.
34:34That sounds terrifying.
34:38Yeah.
34:39But for the first time, I'm not scared of my own life.
34:46I used to lie awake in the mansion, thinking I didn't belong there.
34:50And now?
34:52Now I know I belong here.
34:55With you.
34:58Goodnight, Aiden.
35:03Goodnight.
35:10The bread is burning.
35:12Let it burn.
35:14You're ridiculous.
35:17We'll get better at this.
35:19At what?
35:20Cooking?
35:20Or being together?
35:22Both.
35:28I never thought I'd be happy being ordinary.
35:31Me neither.
35:32But ordinary feels pretty good.
35:37I got an interview.
35:38See?
35:39We're figuring it out.
35:40Do you miss it?
35:42The money.
35:43The power.
35:44I miss none of it.
35:46I miss having a father who actually loved me.
35:49But I never had that.
35:52You have me.
35:54That's more than enough.
35:58You two look good.
36:02Mom.
36:04Thank you, Helen.
36:06For everything.
36:08Take care of each other.
36:09You two.
36:10We'll be okay.
36:11Okay.
36:17What are you thinking?
36:19That maybe...
36:21real is better than perfect.
36:29But, just forget that.
36:32Thank you everyone.
36:32See thatnezon...
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