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My Wife and Daughter Left Me for a Fake Tycoon—But I'm the Real One HD SM
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00:01it was the night before Thanksgiving I had prepared a feast looking forward to
00:07the first quiet holiday in years but halfway through our drive Alexia's phone
00:13buzzed she looked at me with fake tears in her eyes honey pull over what's wrong
00:25my father he's alive I looked at her then at our 10 year old daughter
00:32yes daddy I need to see grandpa I knew for a fact that my father-in-law had been declared
00:39dead 10 years ago I had even paid for the funeral go then family is important a cold smile tugging
00:47at my lips as I watch them hail a taxi and speed away I took out my phone I didn't
01:01call a hospital
01:01I called my head of security follow them find out who this grandpa really is I sat in my empty
01:09car
01:09laughing softly they left a billionaire for a con man with a rented suit happy Thanksgiving Alexia
01:16you just traded a diamond for a piece of broken glass and I'm gonna make sure you feel every
01:21jagged edge I didn't have to wait long an hour later a messenger arrived at our humble apartment
01:30with a thick envelope it wasn't a thank you note for the dinner it was a divorce settlement
01:36Alexia didn't even have the courage to tell me to my face
01:46her voice echoed from a pre-recorded voice note Willie can give Cora everything you can't
01:52private jets world tours a legacy you're just a delivery driver Ethan bye bye poor daddy I'm a princess now
02:04I'm not coming home for six years I had worked three jobs to keep them comfortable hiding the fact
02:11that I owned the very company I delivered for I stood up and walked to my hidden wall safe
02:24I pulled out a black titanium card and a Patek Philippe watch worth more than their fake tycoon's
02:30entire life let's see how long your prints lasts when I cut off his air supply I dialed my CFO
02:39the man in the Hilton penthouse Willie Vance he's using a line of credit from our subsidiary cancel it
02:44now
02:48and by the Hilton I want to be their landlord by sunrise
02:54the next morning I walked into the Hilton lobby I wasn't wearing my delivery uniform
03:00I was in a bespoke Italian suit that cost $30,000 good morning mr. Westfold
03:15but to Alexia and Cora who were heading to the breakfast buffet with Willie I was just an eyesore
03:28Ethan what are you doing here Alexia hissed trying to block me from Willie's view
03:35is poor daddy trying to be fancy you look like a clown in that suit listen son I know
03:42it's hard losing a woman like Alexia here's a hundred bucks go buy yourself a dignified meal
03:51he tossed a hundred dollar bill on the floor I didn't pick it up I looked at the hotel manager
03:58who was sweating profusely as he approached us
04:02Mr. Vance there's been a change in ownership the new owner is here and
04:07he's requested your immediate eviction for credit fraud
04:11Willie's smile froze Alexia looked confused
04:17owner who I stepped forward stepping right on that hundred dollar bill
04:24I am Alexia
04:31Mr. Vance you are under arrest for credit fraud
04:37Ethan stop this you're scaring Cora
04:52It's a long walk down from the penthouse
04:56Willie didn't stay to fight as soon as the word fraud was mentioned
05:00he vanished through the service exit
05:02leaving his daughter and granddaughter with a $5,000 room service bill
05:07You have to leave ma'am
05:14Alexia pleaded as the security guards piled their bags on the sidewalk
05:19Ethan stop this so Willie had some business trouble big deal
05:25we'll just go back to our apartment and talk
05:30you're scaring Cora
05:37I want to go home
05:39I hate this
05:41daddy tell them to stop
05:43I looked down at her the child I had spoiled
05:47you don't have a home Cora
05:49I sold the apartment this morning
05:51and your grandpa didn't just have business trouble
05:54he's a career conman who was using your mother's vanity to access my secondary accounts
05:59what
06:02you wanted a Tycoon
06:14got into my Rolls Royce
06:15ma'am please step back
06:16the door being held open by a man in white gloves
06:20Alexia tried to grab the handle
06:23Ethan wait
06:25to the office
06:26I have a merger to finish
06:28and tell the legal team to start the process for full custody
06:31I won't have my daughter raised by a woman who sells her soul for a fake gold watch
06:36Alexia spent the afternoon at a public library
06:39using the free Wi-Fi to search for Ethan Westfall
06:43she had always known my last name
06:45but she thought I was just another poor kid from the suburbs
06:48when the search results loaded
06:50her world collapsed
06:52he
06:52he was the real one
06:54wait
06:55so daddy is richer than grandpa Willie
06:57does that mean I get my pony now
07:00no Cora
07:01it means daddy is never coming back
07:04and we have nothing
07:06just then
07:07her phone buzzed
07:08it was a text from an unknown number
07:11I'm in the park across the street
07:13come alone if you want to see Cora's future
07:16Alexia grabbed Cora's hand and ran
07:19come on
07:19hoping for a second chance
07:24Ethan?
07:27but sitting on the park bench wasn't Ethan
07:30it was Willie
07:32surprise
07:41please
07:43one billion Ethan
07:45I know you're listening
07:47send the money to my offshore account
07:50or your precious girls become history
07:54please Willie stop
07:56Ethan will give you whatever you want
08:01I already gave him everything he deserved Alexia
08:05a one-way ticket to hell
08:18you're a fake
08:19Willie
08:20and fakes always break under pressure
08:28hands behind your back
08:33Ethan
08:34oh thank god
08:36we were so wrong
08:38take us home
08:43I told you Alexia
08:44the home is sold
08:45you're free to go
08:47anywhere but near me
08:54the Westfall tower touched the clouds
08:57a monument of glass and steel
09:13I walked through the lobby
09:15and every head bowed
09:17welcome back chairman Westfield
09:20the staff chorused
09:22I ignored them
09:24my mind on the merger
09:26but at the entrance
09:27a scene was unfolding
09:34ma'am you cannot enter
09:36do you know who I am?
09:38do you know who I am?
09:40my daddy owns you
09:45but the divorce decree
09:47was finalized this morning
09:57Alexia looked up
09:58and saw me watching
09:59from the mezzanine
10:11I turned and walked into the boardroom
10:13closing the heavy oak doors
10:15on her screams
10:16but inside
10:18a new problem awaited
10:20my rival
10:21a man who had been secretly funding Willie
10:23was sitting in my chair
10:25welcome back Ethan
10:26hope you enjoyed your vacation in the slums
10:28now
10:29let's talk about
10:31who really owns Westfall
10:40two weeks after the eviction
10:43this is what princess life looks like
10:49she still tells herself
10:51it's not her fault
10:56but someone else has been watching
10:58Marcus Thorne
11:00the man who wants to destroy Ethan
11:02he doesn't see a victim
11:04he sees a weapon
11:09desperate people make desperate choices
11:13and Marcus knows exactly
11:15which buttons to push
11:19you look like you've had a rough morning
11:21she doesn't take it
11:23but her hands are shaking
11:25Ethan lied to you for years
11:26he treated you like a social experiment
11:29don't you want to make him pay for that humiliation?
11:31there it is
11:32the moment she sells her soul
11:35can I have a TV in the back?
11:37and ice cream?
11:38anything you want little princess
11:39as long as your mother tells me everything she knows
11:41about Ethan's private bank codes
11:45he threw us out like trash
11:47I'll give you everything
11:48I want him to crawl in the mud like I did
11:58from the top of his tower
12:00he watches everything
12:05release phase two
12:09no one knows what that means
12:11she thought this was her chance to rise again
12:14but she didn't know the lights tonight
12:17would only reveal another lie
12:20but the trap was already set
12:23and she walked right into it
12:26she was looking for him
12:28the man she once abandoned
12:31but what hung around her neck
12:33was never real diamonds
12:35Ethan had seen her long ago
12:37he just didn't care
12:39his eyes looked at her like she was a joke
12:44Ethan
12:45I believe you remember your wife?
12:48she thought this would hurt him
12:50it's a beautiful piece
12:51too bad the diamonds are synthetic
12:54and the gold is copper alloy
12:56her smile shattered in that moment
13:01on the screen
13:02the death certificate of Marcus's company
13:04I bought Marcus's firm an hour ago
13:07he's bankrupt
13:11Marcus Thone
13:12you are under arrest
13:14she opened her mouth
13:16but no words came out
13:17Ethan left without looking back
13:20his revenge was only half done
13:22next episode
13:24the last dollar
13:25she thought she had hit rock bottom
13:29but she didn't know there was deeper down
13:34the last dollar
13:37three days ago
13:39she wore fake diamonds
13:40now
13:41this was all she had
13:45I'm hungry mommy
13:46why didn't daddy save us?
13:49why is everyone a liar?
13:50she opened her mouth
13:52but found no answer
13:56above her
13:57the man she abandoned
13:59was looking down
14:01his wealth was real
14:02hers was all lies
14:13need a ride to the shelter ma'am
14:19but she didn't know
14:20a pair of eyes
14:21was watching her
14:23am I done yet?
14:24or is there one more lesson
14:26they need to learn
14:33she thought last night
14:35was the lowest point
14:38but the morning sun
14:40brought deeper shadows
14:44Ms. Victor
14:45Mr. Westfield has filed
14:46for emergency full custody of Cora
14:48given your current lack
14:49of stable housing
14:50employment
14:51and your involvement
14:51with two known felons
14:52in the past week
14:53we believe you are
14:54an unfit mother
14:55Mr. Westfield is not here
14:56he is currently
14:57at a charity gala
14:58in London
14:58he sent a private jet
15:00for Cora
15:00you have 10 minutes
15:01to say goodbye
15:02or we call the police
15:03to enforce the order
15:08he can't do this
15:09I'm her mother
15:11is daddy in there?
15:13tell him I'm sorry
15:14I want my room back
15:16she wouldn't give up
15:17her daughter
15:21even if it meant
15:22dragging her into hell
15:25stop them
15:31she thought she was
15:32protecting her daughter
15:34but she was becoming
15:35what she feared most
15:44I won't let them take you
15:46and for the first time
15:47she was afraid
15:48of the woman holding her
15:53they traded their last dollar
15:54for one night in hell
15:55the bugs weren't picky
15:57even the last shred
15:58of dignity
15:58was being eaten away
16:00I'm itchy mommy
16:01the bed has bugs
16:02why can't we just call daddy
16:03he's a billionaire
16:04he has a jet
16:05why are we living like rats
16:06the child's cry
16:07cut into her heart
16:08like a knife
16:10exhaustion
16:10turns people
16:11into beasts
16:14she finally exploded
16:21that slap shattered
16:22the last trace of warmth
16:23the room was small
16:25but the tension
16:26filled every corner
16:27because your father
16:27wants to take you
16:28away from me
16:29he wants to turn you
16:30against me
16:30don't you see
16:31he's the villain
16:32Willie was a liar
16:34but at least he gave me
16:35ice cream
16:35you just give me bruises
16:36in that moment
16:37the child became
16:38someone else
16:39the phone buzzed
16:40like a warning
16:40from the dark
16:46I know where you are Alexia
16:48I escaped custody
16:49during a hospital transfer
16:50I have a plan
16:50to get us both
16:51out of the country
16:51but I need Cora
16:52Ethan will pay anything
16:54to get her back
16:54meet me at the old docks
16:55at midnight
16:56and just like that
16:57she chose the devil again
17:03I needed Alexia
17:05to show her true colors
17:06completely
17:08so she could never
17:09claim to be a mother again
17:10my heart broke
17:12for the child
17:13I had raised
17:13but I knew
17:14I couldn't step in yet
17:21the wind at the docks
17:23was freezing
17:24smelling of salt
17:25and rot
17:34you promised Willie
17:3650,000 cash
17:37and a passport
17:37to Brazil
17:38just take her
17:38and call Ethan
17:39I can't do this anymore
17:41you're selling me
17:42to him
17:42but he tried to hurt us
17:43it's for your own good Cora
17:44Ethan will give him the money
17:45and then you'll be back
17:46in your palace
17:46it's the only way
17:47she was trying to convince
17:48herself more than her daughter
17:50you're a piece of work Alexia
17:52selling your own
17:53flesh and blood
17:54to a felfin
17:54no wonder Ethan
17:55hid his billions from you
17:57you're hollow
17:57he thought the prey
17:58was already in his grasp
18:00but in the darkness
18:01another pair of eyes
18:03had already locked onto him
18:08step away from my daughter
18:11the game is over Willie
18:13and for you Alexia
18:14this is the end of the line
18:18he panicked
18:19grasping for the last straw
18:21but she was no longer
18:23the princess
18:23who let others control her
18:26she didn't cry
18:27she just looked with hatred
18:29at the woman
18:30who was supposed to protect her
18:31I'm not a princess
18:33and you're not my mother
18:35she had lost everything
18:37but the child
18:39had found herself
18:42the courtroom was packed
18:44the media was calling it
18:45the tycoon's betrayal
18:51conspiracy
18:52child endangerment
18:54and fraud
18:57I was under duress
18:59Ethan manipulated me
19:01he hid his wealth
19:02to test me
19:02and when I was vulnerable
19:03Willie stepped in
19:04I was just a woman
19:05trying to find her father
19:07I did everything for my daughter
19:08the audience had already
19:10heard the real tape
19:10her tears meant nothing now
19:12he didn't flinch
19:13he had seen this coming
19:15a long time ago
19:17your honor
19:17the defense will now
19:18play audio evidence
19:2150,000 cash
19:22and a passport to Brazil
19:23just take her and call Ethan
19:25I can't do this anymore
19:27character isn't tested
19:29when things are easy
19:29Alexia
19:30it's tested when things are hard
19:31you failed every test
19:32I gave you
19:33and then you failed
19:34the one test that mattered
19:35being a mother
19:35you didn't sell your daughter
19:37because you were under duress
19:38you sold her because
19:38she was no longer
19:39a ticket to a palace
19:40guilty
19:40on all counts
19:45Ethan
19:46I'll change
19:47I'll love you again
19:49please
19:50Ethan
19:51please
19:52I didn't even blink
19:54outside
19:55the sun was bright
19:56but the child's heart
19:58had already frozen
20:00is she gone for good?
20:06yes
20:10then let's go buy that pony
20:15it wasn't a request
20:16it was a demand
20:19I moved Cora
20:20into the Westfall estate
20:22a mansion with 30 rooms
20:24and a staff of 20
20:27I bought her the pony
20:28the private tutors
20:30and the designer wardrobe
20:32I wanted to give her back
20:34the childhood
20:35Alexia had stolen
20:36but every gift
20:37I gave her
20:38seemed to make her colder
20:39this pony is the wrong color
20:41daddy
20:42I wanted a white one
20:47the tutor you hired
20:48is boring
20:49I want someone
20:50who will just do
20:51my homework for me
20:52after all
20:53I'm a Westfold now
20:54why should I work?
20:56I realized
20:56with a sinking heart
20:58that the damage
20:59was deeper
21:00than I thought
21:00she had learned
21:02the wrong lessons
21:02from it
21:05tell the chef
21:05I want lobster
21:06for dinner
21:07and tell him
21:08not to be late
21:10she saw my wealth
21:12not as a tool
21:12for good
21:13but as a weapon
21:14to control others
21:15I sat in my study
21:17staring at a photo
21:19of the three of us
21:20from years ago
21:21sir there's a problem
21:23Miss Victor
21:23she's not in prison
21:24there was a riot
21:25during the transfer
21:26and she disappeared
21:37and I reached the room
21:39the window was open
21:40and Cora's bed
21:42was empty
21:44a note
21:45was pinned
21:45to the pillow
21:46with a kitchen knife
21:51I knew where
21:51she had taken her
21:52I drove to the old
21:54derelicate department
21:55where we had lived
21:56for six years
21:57the place was a ruin
21:59smelling of dust
22:01and rot
22:08look Ethan
22:09we're a family again
22:12Alexia had found
22:13something shiny
22:14in the trash
22:15that morning
22:15we're rich
22:16we don't need
22:18your Westbent money
22:20Willy is coming back
22:21for us any minute now
22:22Alexia
22:23put the knife down
22:24he knew the truth
22:25would break her
22:26but he had no choice
22:28Willy is dead
22:28he drowned in the harbor
22:30it's over
22:31just let Cora go
22:33and I'll get you help
22:35liar
22:36you're just like him
22:37you hid the truth
22:38to watch me crawl
22:39she had nothing
22:40left to lose
22:42if we can't live
22:43in a palace
22:44we'll burn
22:45in this hole
22:46together
22:47and she was ready
22:48to take them
22:49with her
22:50one match
22:52and it would
22:53all be over
22:55the first flame
22:56caught the dry curtains
22:57and the room
22:58turned into
22:58an orange furnace
22:59I tried to reach Cora
23:01but a fallen beam
23:02blocked my path
23:03in that moment
23:04the spoiled princess
23:06died
23:06and a survivor
23:07was born
23:19I've got you Cora
23:21don't look back
23:24hush
23:25little
23:26baby
23:34daddy
23:35daddy
23:36I don't want
23:37the pony
23:37anymore
23:38I don't want
23:39the diamonds
23:40I just want
23:41to be your daughter
23:42again
23:42can we go back
23:43to being poor
23:44if it means
23:45we're real
23:49from the ashes
23:50something real
23:52was finally born
23:56Alexia didn't die
23:57the firefighters
23:58found her in a bathtub
23:59unconscious
24:00but alive
24:01but when she woke up
24:03she didn't know
24:04who she was
24:05her mind
24:05was wiped clean
24:06who are you
24:08are you my brother
24:09did I have a family
24:11for a moment
24:12the ghost of love
24:13returned
24:13then he let it go
24:15no I'm just a benefactor
24:17you had a difficult life
24:19and I'm here to make sure
24:20you're taken care of
24:20no greed
24:22no malice
24:23just emptiness
24:24and maybe that was mercy
24:27will I be a princess there
24:32no Alexia
24:33you'll just be a person
24:35and that's much better
24:46is she happy now daddy
24:48she's at peace Cora
24:50that's more than
24:51she ever gave herself
24:52she had finally found peace
24:54and they had finally
24:56found each other
24:59the board will run
25:00the company
25:01I realized
25:02the empire
25:02was a prison
25:03I appointed
25:04a professional board
25:05and took a sabbatical
25:07this is just like
25:08when we were poor
25:09I thought you were
25:11a billionaire
25:15she hated the mud
25:16the lack of wifi
25:18and washing dishes
25:20I am a billionaire
25:22but money is just
25:23a tool Cora
25:24if you don't know
25:25how to live without it
25:26it will eventually
25:28own you
25:29look at your mother
25:30look at Willie
25:32they died inside
25:33long before their
25:34heart stopped
25:39slowly
25:40her eyes brightened
25:41she stopped asking
25:43for designer bags
25:44and started asking
25:46about the stars
25:54I did it myself daddy
25:55I didn't need anyone
25:57to help
25:59I felt a weight
26:00lift from my chest
26:01that I'd carried
26:02for a decade
26:03we were finally real
26:11Mr. Westfield
26:12I'm from the treasury
26:14we found Willie's secret vault
26:16and you're not gonna believe
26:17what was inside
26:20inside Willie's vault
26:22weren't gold bars
26:23or stolen cash
26:24it was a single
26:25dusty wooden box
26:27inside were letters
26:28from my father
26:29the man who had built
26:31the Westfall empire
26:32my son
26:33I've instructed Willie
26:34to test you one day
26:35I need to know
26:35if the woman you chose
26:36loves the man
26:37or the crown
26:37if he ever approaches you
26:39know that it is my final
26:40lesson from beyond the grave
26:41wealth is a filter Ethan
26:43it filters out the fake
26:44until only the truth remains
26:47you hid the truth
26:48to watch me crawl
26:50Willie had gone rogue
26:51but the test had worked
26:53exactly as my father intended
26:57I looked at Cora
26:58who was playing
26:59with the dog in the field
27:01she had survived
27:02the filter
27:03everything happens
27:03for a reason
27:05years later
27:06Cora would take over
27:07the foundation
27:08becoming a leader
27:09known for her wisdom
27:10and humility
27:12sometimes people ask
27:13if I miss the tycoon life
27:14I just point to the sunset
27:16over the mountains
27:17and the laughter
27:18of my daughter
27:18I found the real treasure
27:20a long time ago
27:21and it never needed
27:22a gold watch to shine
27:23such a beautiful
27:25successes
27:25and the joy
27:27really
27:27to have the time
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