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After enduring betrayal, manipulation, and countless obstacles, a young woman reaches a turning point. While others expect her to accept her fate and remain powerless, she makes a life-changing decision—to fight back and take control of her future.
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As secrets are exposed and alliances shift, she discovers strength she never knew she possessed. With intelligence, determination, and unwavering courage, she gradually transforms from someone underestimated by everyone into a woman capable of changing her own destiny.
But the road to justice is never easy.
When the people responsible for her suffering attempt to stop her, she must decide how far she is willing to go to protect herself and those she loves.
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After enduring betrayal, manipulation, and countless obstacles, a young woman reaches a turning point. While others expect her to accept her fate and remain powerless, she makes a life-changing decision—to fight back and take control of her future.
Determined to uncover the truth and seek justice, she begins a journey that challenges everything she once believed. Along the way, she faces powerful opponents, hidden conspiracies, and painful memories that refuse to stay buried.
As secrets are exposed and alliances shift, she discovers strength she never knew she possessed. With intelligence, determination, and unwavering courage, she gradually transforms from someone underestimated by everyone into a woman capable of changing her own destiny.
But the road to justice is never easy.
When the people responsible for her suffering attempt to stop her, she must decide how far she is willing to go to protect herself and those she loves.
Packed with emotional twists, inspiring character growth, family conflict, redemption, and satisfying moments of justice, this unforgettable story is perfect for fans of strong female leads and empowering comeback dramas.
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#TheGirlWhoRefusedToBeAVictim #StrongFemaleLead #WomenEmpowerment #JusticeAndTruth #RevengeDrama #EmotionalDrama #InspiringStory #FamilyDrama #DramaMovie #FullMovie #ENGSUB #ComebackStory #RedemptionJourney #PowerfulWomen #LifeChangingStory
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00:00:00Everyone at the University of San Francisco's law school knew me, striking bold and passionate.
00:00:09I was also a scholarship winner year after year.
00:00:16Then a link about me went viral from the dark web.
00:00:20Overnight, it spread across campus.
00:00:24Everyone who clicked and signed up could earn points to do certain things with me.
00:00:32A thousand points would secure a movie date with me.
00:00:36Three thousand points would unlock a video of me in a suggestive bunny outfit, moaning and cooing.
00:00:43Ten thousand points would earn a passionate night with me.
00:00:49This trended on the campus network for three straight days, and my reputation was left in tatters.
00:00:56Girls stormed into my classes, calling me shameless and demanding that the school expel me,
00:01:01while guys took every chance to grope me.
00:01:06Blinking back tears, I clicked the trending link.
00:01:09Every video in the reward list was real.
00:01:15The only person who could have gotten those videos was my boyfriend, Ezekiel Willard, who was also my classmate.
00:01:24My heart aching, I ran to Ezekiel's place to confront him.
00:01:32Outside the door, I heard one of his friends say,
00:01:35Hey Zek, you're a legend. Now all my friends are asking for the link, talking about the fastest way to
00:01:39rack up points.
00:01:40Not only do you get revenge for Aaliyah, but you also get all that free labor.
00:01:43Another guy said,
00:01:45Come on, Zek is a trust fund kid, he doesn't make bad deals. Serves her right for stealing Aaliyah's scholarship.
00:01:50True. She deserves to be destroyed.
00:01:53But damn, her voice and her body, top treat.
00:01:58Every time I watch her video on my screen, I'm about to lose it.
00:02:02But Zek, her mom is a murderer. Aren't you worried she'll figure out it's you and cause trouble?
00:02:08Ezekiel swirled his wine glass, his gaze cold and detached.
00:02:12She's boring. Once this is over, you can have your fun with her.
00:02:16As for trouble? She has severe depression and always gets on her knees begging me not to leave after every
00:02:22fight.
00:02:22What kind of trouble can she possibly cause? Find some place to go die?
00:02:27Who'd feel sorry for trash like her? With a murderer mother and a stepdad who almost assaulted her?
00:02:38Just keep your mouth shut.
00:02:41No one leaks anything until I'm finished. Got it?
00:02:48My whole body went cold. I slumped to the floor, my clothes was soaked with cold sweat.
00:02:55Years ago, after my mother remarried, my stepfather started harassing me.
00:03:03On my birthday, he spiked my drink.
00:03:14When I realized what was happening, the heat was already spreading through my limbs.
00:03:25I bit his ear hard enough to break free and fled the house.
00:03:33Half conscious, I collapsed into Ezekiel's arms.
00:03:37I was tearing at my own clothes, desperate for relief.
00:03:41But he held me tight, his voice soft.
00:03:44A girl's reputation is everything.
00:03:47Hang on. I'm taking you to the hospital.
00:03:53The whole way there, I was in such torment that I bit his arm until it bled.
00:04:01He never made a sound and stayed by my hospital bed all night.
00:04:08Finally, as dawn broke and my mind cleared, I saw his tired, bloodshot eyes.
00:04:15I knew right then I was gone for him.
00:04:18We started dating after that.
00:04:25He treated me like I was the most precious thing in the world, tending to my every need and slowly
00:04:31helping me heal from my trauma.
00:04:34I thought I'd finally found happiness.
00:04:38Instead, I'd walked straight into something even more twisted.
00:04:45Every moment we'd shared, he'd been using it to get back at me for another woman.
00:04:53A crack of thunder split the sky.
00:04:56The power went out, plunging everyone.
00:05:03I curled on the dark floor.
00:05:05I didn't know how I got home.
00:05:11When my senses returned,
00:05:13I realized my palms were bleeding from where my nails had dug in.
00:05:20Blankly, I opened my phone.
00:05:24The screen showed several missed calls.
00:05:29With trembling fingers I called back.
00:05:32Mr. Smithson, I've changed my mind.
00:05:34I'll join the legal department at Rodway Group in New York after graduation.
00:05:42I didn't go back to school that day.
00:05:45And instead, I locked myself in the bathroom and scrubbed my skin raw.
00:05:50Ten times over, trying to wash away every trace of him.
00:05:54But he wouldn't just let me disappear.
00:06:00Later that evening, Ezekiel came back to our apartment.
00:06:05He didn't even ask why I had skipped class.
00:06:08He was only desperate to cover his own tracks.
00:06:11About the dark web listing, he brushed it off with a flimsy explanation.
00:06:15Lena, listen.
00:06:17I sent my laptop in for repair.
00:06:19Some intern there must have stolen the hard drive and sold it.
00:06:22It's all my fault.
00:06:23I promise I'll do everything to find whoever leaked that link and make this right.
00:06:26He sounded so sincere.
00:06:28But the hidden videos I had already copied onto my USB drive made a complete mockery of his words.
00:06:35I remained completely silent the whole time, just watching him put on his little show.
00:06:43My suffocating silence was broken by a sudden ding from my laptop.
00:06:48It was an email from the Rodway Group, confirming my start date in New York in exactly one week.
00:06:55It was the escape route I desperately needed.
00:07:01What's that?
00:07:03Ezekiel was annoyed by my silence and indifference.
00:07:08Just scram.
00:07:12I wouldn't tell him my decision, and there was no need to.
00:07:16He pushed me onto the couch, murmuring against my ear as he kissed it.
00:07:23Lena, it's been days. I want you.
00:07:32His voice was as tender as ever, but his hands were rougher than I'd ever felt.
00:07:38I pushed him off with force.
00:07:43Not tonight. I can't. Ezekiel froze.
00:07:46It was the first time I had ever refused him so bluntly.
00:07:50His brow frowned.
00:07:53Still upset about the trending thing?
00:07:55Don't worry. I'll always love you.
00:07:57A shiver ran through me, my stomach turning with nausea.
00:08:02But I couldn't let on that I knew.
00:08:04Who knew what this lunatic would do then?
00:08:08I stood and straightened my clothes.
00:08:11I really don't feel well. I'm going to bed.
00:08:15Ezekiel studied me for a long moment, but found nothing in Smith's.
00:08:20About tomorrow's law school debate, you think you could take it easy on them?
00:08:24The negative team has a friend of mine.
00:08:28I already told her you'd go easy on them.
00:08:30You wouldn't let me look bad, right?
00:08:33I knew instantly who that friend was.
00:08:37My hands clenched into fists behind my back.
00:08:43Fine. I'll send you my prepared arguments.
00:08:46Your friend can use them to figure out how to counter.
00:08:49I just knew you loved me the most!
00:08:52Getting what he wanted, Ezekiel planted a loud kiss on my cheek.
00:08:57I'll forwards it now. Can't wait to watch you kill it tomorrow.
00:09:01Without another word, he grabbed his car keys and left the apartment.
00:09:06I let out a bitter laugh, my eyes falling on the box of gifts I'd left by the door.
00:09:13If he had paid just a little more attention, he would have noticed and sensed what I was planning.
00:09:26Ezekiel never truly cared about those things, just as he had never truly cared about me.
00:09:37Ezekiel was under my eyes.
00:09:39Every person in the room turned to look.
00:09:42Their gazes full of contempt.
00:09:44Their whispers pointed.
00:09:52For the affirmative team.
00:09:55Soon, the negative team entered.
00:09:58A bright, smiling female student was at the center, flanked by Ezekiel.
00:10:04She said something, playfully punching his chest.
00:10:07And he caught her fist.
00:10:11That was Felicia Veer.
00:10:16I forced my eyes down to my debate notes.
00:10:21The debate began.
00:10:24I'd just finished presenting my point.
00:10:26When Felicia rose from her seat, a smug smile curling her lips.
00:10:31Does the affirmative team have no respect for this debate?
00:10:35Why else would you decide to let a student with no morals compete?
00:10:42This wasn't the first time Felicia had come after me.
00:10:46A spoiled trust fund kid from San Francisco, Felicia skipped class and barely studied.
00:10:53Once, her father promised her a sports car if she won a scholarship.
00:10:58So, she paid off a professor for the exam answers.
00:11:04The top play still went to me.
00:11:08As a student council member, when I gave her standard de menis for misconduct, Felicia saw it as a personal
00:11:14attack.
00:11:16As when the bad blood started.
00:11:20This is a formal debate.
00:11:23Besides, there's no proof for those online rumors.
00:11:32I couldn't let my anger cost my team the win.
00:11:35But wouldn't let it go.
00:11:37With a cold snort, she stood.
00:11:39I refuse to talk to a cheap slut.
00:11:43It's disgusting!
00:11:44The audience erupted.
00:11:48The head judge stood up, slamming his hand on the table.
00:11:53Order!
00:11:55Order in the hall!
00:11:58Miss Vale, personal attacks and foul language are strict violations of debate rules.
00:12:04Sit down immediately, or your team will be disqualified.
00:12:12Felicia pouted, her eyes red, shooting me a hateful glare before finally sitting back down.
00:12:19Just then, Ezekiel stood from the audience and spoke to the school dean.
00:12:24Mr. Yatin, I think Felicia has a point.
00:12:28There are videos of Paulina circulating, and no one has confirmed-
00:12:36The words cut me deeply.
00:12:38I tried to defend myself.
00:12:41Those videos were-
00:12:43Ezekiel cut me off before I could finish.
00:12:45He held up his phone to the dean.
00:12:48See for yourself.
00:12:49Felicia isn't lying.
00:12:51I'm concerned for the school's reputation.
00:12:54Then he looked at the other judges.
00:12:56The Willard family was one of USF's major donors.
00:12:59A lot of the faculty had reasons to stay in Ezekiel's good graces.
00:13:03They were quick to chime in.
00:13:06One said.
00:13:10Mr. Yatin, our law school has been strict.
00:13:14This sort of scandal invites criticism.
00:13:17Another chimed in.
00:13:19We've all heard rumors about this student's conduct.
00:13:23Some even say she engages in compensated dating.
00:13:30I got caught in the teeth of the storm, feeling hurt.
00:13:34The dean said to me.
00:13:37In that case, Paulina, please step down now.
00:13:42You're graduating soon anyway.
00:13:45Finish this week's specialized courses and leave before the school ends.
00:13:49Under the hostile stairs of hundreds, I stumbled out of the auditorium.
00:13:54Someone held up their phone, showing one of the screenshots from the viral post, waving it at me.
00:14:00Better run, or we'll project it on the big screen.
00:14:07I broke into a frantic run. Every last shred of my dignity violated.
00:14:11My foot caught on a loose piece of pavement.
00:14:14I crashed down hard, skinning my palm.
00:14:18Blood dripped onto the ground, but I felt no pain.
00:14:24Tears streamed down my face as I silently talked to myself.
00:14:28Just hold on a little longer, Paulina.
00:14:30Hang in there. You're leaving soon anyway.
00:14:32It can't get any worse.
00:14:34You're about to start over.
00:14:37I had no idea this was only the beginning of the storm.
00:14:43I returned to the dormitory in the afternoon, humiliated and dejected.
00:14:48In the hallway, Felicia was insulting me before a crowd.
00:14:52Look at her! A slut and a disgrace to our university!
00:14:56She even tried to seduce that professor for exam answers!
00:14:59Everyone knows what she does at night.
00:15:01Trash like her doesn't belong here.
00:15:04She spoke with utmost spite and made things up.
00:15:10Watching from a distance, I felt like I had been thrown into the snow naked.
00:15:15Fed up, I darted over, shoved Felicia, and roared hysterically.
00:15:19Liar! I didn't do it!
00:15:24Seeing me, she dashed to me with a sneer,
00:15:27grabbed my hair, and conned my head against the wall.
00:15:31A thud came, and blood was everywhere.
00:15:37I felt woozy instantly. It hurt like hell.
00:15:41You didn't do it? Who cares?
00:15:43Felicia g'd and strutted away, laughing.
00:15:47Right. It was the rich kid's words against mine.
00:15:51Although it was slander, I didn't stand a chance of winning this battle.
00:16:01In the evening, the university released a notice.
00:16:04I was punished for attacking a classmate and broken campus rules.
00:16:09The students present all witnessed Paulina hitting Felicia.
00:16:13What Felicia did was self-defense.
00:16:15It wasn't a fight.
00:16:17So, Paulina must apologize openly, or she'll be expelled.
00:16:21Downstairs at the dormitory, over ten department directors and university leaders surrounded me and looked at me disdainfully.
00:16:29Holding Felicia's hand, Ezequiel announced loudly,
00:16:32Professors! I took Felicia to the infirmary.
00:16:35Her Achilles tendon was almost broken.
00:16:37Paulina's behavior was on the border of a severe assault.
00:16:42I looked at him.
00:16:44I couldn't believe my ears.
00:16:46The hurt was unbearable.
00:16:48Bumped into the wall, my forehead was lacerated.
00:16:51The injury was plain.
00:16:53Anyone with eyes could see it.
00:16:54It didn't take a doctor to tell them that.
00:16:58On the other hand, Felicia was standing there intact.
00:17:02Yet I was severely assaulted?
00:17:05It was absurd.
00:17:07The director of their department listened to Ezequiel with a grim face and said,
00:17:13In this case, Paulina deserves harder punishment.
00:17:18Wait! I interrupted him.
00:17:20My phone camera was on when it happened.
00:17:22I recorded everything.
00:17:24You'll know the truth after watching the video.
00:17:27The gloat on Felicia's face froze.
00:17:29She stomped her feet anxiously and pulled hard at Ezequiel's clothes.
00:17:35He patted her head gently and comforted her in a soft voice.
00:17:41I'm here. Don't worry.
00:17:46Slowly, he walked to the director and smiled.
00:17:52Sir, I know how adept she is at video splessing and editing.
00:17:56Her so-called evidence is dubious.
00:17:58I, on the other hand, can prove the attack was premeditated.
00:18:02She's always jealous of Felicia.
00:18:04We both know the law.
00:18:06I believe you value the validity of evidence more than I do.
00:18:10What evidence do you have?
00:18:12The director asked.
00:18:15Looking at me, Ezequiel said slowly.
00:18:19Paulina works outside the university as an escort.
00:18:22Felicia caught her in the act.
00:18:24She's been holding a grudge since.
00:18:27Everyone present was dumbfounded.
00:18:29The students passing by walked over and talked about it, causing an uproar.
00:18:35Everyone look.
00:18:37This is the video.
00:18:39The screen displayed the muddle-headed me snuggling in a man's arms in a dim private room of a bar.
00:18:46It looked like I was drunk.
00:18:50The man took out a wad of banknotes from his wallet, counted them, and put them in my school bag.
00:18:58The next second, Felicia flung the door open, pointed at them, and said,
00:19:03Paulina!
00:19:04You're such a disgrace to our university!
00:19:07That was all the video showed.
00:19:09It was brief, but it turned my heart into an ice cellar.
00:19:15I remembered the background of the video, of course.
00:19:19It was Ezequiel's birthday several months ago.
00:19:23That day, he kept urging me to drink.
00:19:26Now I knew why.
00:19:28He set me up to fabricate this video.
00:19:33As much as I had seen through Ezequiel,
00:19:36I still felt my heart being wrung and torn.
00:19:38It hurt so much I couldn't breathe.
00:19:41People were pointing and calling my names.
00:19:44Under such humiliation, I just wanted to run.
00:19:48If only the ground would crack and give me a way out.
00:19:54In the end, I was to write a 5,000-word self-critical and apologetic letter and read it at
00:20:00the assembly.
00:20:03Finally, the crowd disperted.
00:20:07I was left alone.
00:20:10I couldn't go to the dorm.
00:20:12More humiliation would await me.
00:20:16I could only go back to my apartment.
00:20:19Hardly had I walked out of the gate when a vehicle sped over from the opposite direction and almost hit
00:20:24me.
00:20:29Terrified, I slept onto the ground.
00:20:31The angry driver craned his head out of the car window and cursed.
00:20:35Unable to take it anymore.
00:20:37I sobbed.
00:20:38All this was too painful.
00:20:41What was I living for, anyway?
00:20:44My life was meaningless.
00:20:45Looking through my blurry vision at the heavy traffic,
00:20:49I stood up and walked toward the middle of the road.
00:20:55Are you out of your mind?!
00:20:56Someone suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the speeding vehicles and into a firm chest.
00:21:02A familiar refreshing scent wafted into my nostrils.
00:21:05What's the big deal?
00:21:06You were giving up on your own life because of such a trifle?
00:21:11Ezekiel glossed it over, as if the torment from a while ago was just my delusion.
00:21:16Pinching my cheek, he pressed his nose against mine.
00:21:20Knock it off.
00:21:21I'm taking you to your favorite restaurant, alright?
00:21:23How could he?
00:21:24How could he pretend nothing had happened after hurting me deeply and making me miserable?
00:21:28I broke free from him, took several steps back, and glared at him.
00:21:33Ezekiel, are you happy now?!
00:21:35He shrugged, looking relaxed.
00:21:38But his face dartened.
00:21:46I was only telling the truth.
00:21:48You were hurting someone innocent.
00:21:51I couldn't be biased in your favor just because you're my girlfriend.
00:21:56The truth?
00:21:58I sneered, trembling all over with rage.
00:22:01You mean the video you forged by setting me up?!
00:22:05You're shameless!
00:22:06With a livid face, Ezekiel stared at me, his eyes sinister.
00:22:11Paulina, enough is enough.
00:22:14I must have indulged you too much.
00:22:17I wouldn't have released the video if you hadn't attacked Aaliyah like a crazy woman.
00:22:23It was just a final.
00:22:25Would it have killed me if I had let Felicia come first?
00:22:28He didn't understand why I made such a fuss over it.
00:22:34As a result, there was still tension between Felicia and her father to this day.
00:22:39And there was no way to easy it.
00:22:45Lina, you know what?
00:22:47Elia's mother passed away when she was little.
00:22:49Her stepmother is never nice to her.
00:22:51Her family doesn't give her birthday presents unless she does well on exams.
00:22:56But you killed her hope.
00:22:57She's so devastated she doesn't want to live.
00:23:00No!
00:23:01Why doesn't she die?!
00:23:02Isn't it my fault that she don't work hard?!
00:23:06Everyone earns what they want.
00:23:07Why do I have to give her what she wants?!
00:23:11I shouted hysterically, unleashing the penned-up anguish in my chest.
00:23:15Losing control, I ran toward Ezekiel and showered him with punches.
00:23:21Ezekiel, leave me alone!
00:23:22I don't want you anymore!
00:23:24Stay the hell out of my life with Felicia!
00:23:27He had never seen me in such despair.
00:23:35Graduation is around the corner.
00:23:38Even though your reputation is ruined in the law industry in San Francisco,
00:23:44you still have me.
00:23:46I can help you get a job at my family's company.
00:23:50Okay?
00:23:51Too exhausted to argue, I just wanted to stay away from him.
00:23:55Unaware of this, Ezekiel took my hand and continued.
00:23:59Are you done with your tantrum?
00:24:01Shall we go to the restaurant?
00:24:03I withdrew my hand and declared.
00:24:09Ezekiel, I wasn't joking.
00:24:12Nor was I throwing a tantrum.
00:24:16Let me rephrase it if you don't understand.
00:24:21I'm breaking up with you.
00:24:23Dumbstruck, Ezekiel stared at me, irritation tensifying inside him.
00:24:26He scratched his hair irritably and said,
00:24:29Okay, Paulina, good for you!
00:24:31You'll crawl back to me and ask for my forgiveness sooner or later!
00:24:35Here!
00:24:40With that, he left.
00:24:42Blank-minded, I crouched and hugged my knees.
00:24:45I didn't take his threat seriously.
00:24:48However, a mere few days later, I realized that Ezekiel was serious.
00:24:56At the assembly, I walked to the Dawes like a zombie and read my letter of confession in a mechanical
00:25:02voice.
00:25:06Before long, an egg was thrown at me.
00:25:10Then came decaying vegetable leaves, red paint, bottles of toilet water.
00:25:16The event became chaotic.
00:25:18Everyone was pointing and yelling at me.
00:25:22Get out!
00:25:24Go away!
00:25:26I was flustered.
00:25:28Even the management of the university lost control over the scene.
00:25:32Only then did the person who had started the tinker shout it.
00:25:34Politize to Mr. Willard or you can't graduate!
00:25:37Although Ezekiel was just a student,
00:25:39with his wealthy family as a sponsor of the university,
00:25:42he was too important for any of them to trifle with.
00:25:46Unnerved by the scene, one of the university's leaders said to me,
00:25:49Paulina, what are you waiting for?
00:25:51Go apologize now!
00:25:52Don't you want your diploma?
00:25:53Of course I wanted my diploma.
00:25:55Without it, I wouldn't be able to join the Rodway group in New York and leave this hellish place.
00:25:59Left with no choice, I went to the stadium and found on the basketball court,
00:26:04Eziel, how will you have those people stop making trouble for me?
00:26:08What do you want me to do?
00:26:09I stood in front of him, clenching my hands.
00:26:15Fine, I said in a rakey voice-
00:26:17I'll apologize to you. Please ask them to stop.
00:26:20I said in a shaker voice, holding at Felicia in his arms, glanced at me indifferently.
00:26:28Apologize? Like this? How sincere.
00:26:32Felicia stood up, pinching her nose.
00:26:35She eyed the filth-covered me and pursed her lips thromphantly.
00:26:38Paulina, there you go.
00:26:39This is your style, it suits you perfectly.
00:26:42Trash belongs with trash, don't daydream again.
00:26:45Then, she poured the hot water from her thermos cup all over me.
00:26:52Scalded, my skin was burned and I shrieked.
00:26:54Felicia slapped me across the face and said,
00:26:56Thanks to you, my dad whipped me.
00:26:59Ten lashes, Paulina.
00:27:01You think I'll forget about it just because you apologize?
00:27:04No way!
00:27:06Ezekiel peered down at me with a wicked smile and crooked his fingers to summon his guys.
00:27:13You want forgiveness? No problem.
00:27:16Clean their sneakers.
00:27:17Looking at him silently, I felt as if a blunt knife was slicing my heart bit by Adit.
00:27:22Okay, I'll do it.
00:27:24I nodded with a bitter smile.
00:27:26I turned around, squatted down and cleaned the sneak ears with a wet napkin one by one.
00:27:33Overwhelming humiliation flooded my heart.
00:27:36Nevertheless, this wasn't good enough for Felina.
00:27:39She pushed me forcefully and made me kneel.
00:27:42Down on your knees!
00:27:44Squatting! How can you see the smerges?
00:27:49Finally, the last pair was cleaned.
00:27:51I had lost feeling in my knees.
00:27:54Okay. I forgive you.
00:27:57Ezekiel said slowly in an apathetic voice.
00:28:00Now, apologize to Aaliyah on your knees.
00:28:03The whole thing will be over.
00:28:06I raised my head mechanically.
00:28:08I didn't know whether my heart or my knees irked more.
00:28:13Apologize to her!
00:28:15Not gonna happen!
00:28:17I had done nothing wrong.
00:28:18And Felicia had been hurting me.
00:28:20Why should I apologize?
00:28:23Taken aback, Ezekiel looked at my red swollen eyes.
00:28:27Panic seized him again as it had the other night.
00:28:30Why not this?
00:28:32Paulina, what do you want?
00:28:34Wise up!
00:28:35Remember the videos online?
00:28:37You don't want to be stripped naked and act those things out in front of my basketball teammates, do you?
00:28:45Don't push me.
00:28:49Don't push him?
00:28:50I had to laugh.
00:28:52I didn't do anything to Felicia.
00:28:54She slacked off and couldn't get full marks even after memorizing the answers.
00:28:58How is it my fault?
00:29:00Ezekiel, I will not apologize to her!
00:29:03No! Never!
00:29:04A loud bang came.
00:29:06Ezekiel smashed the bottle in his hand on the floor and hunt.
00:29:10Bravo, Paulina.
00:29:12Don't blame me for what I'm about to do.
00:29:15You asked for it.
00:29:16Hardly had he finished speaking when the boys surrounded me and knocked me down to the floor.
00:29:22Wearing a sinister smile,
00:29:24Felina tore my clothes with one hand
00:29:26and struck me mercilily with a ball picker with her other hand.
00:29:31Bitch!
00:29:32I'll destroy you today!
00:29:37I resisted with all my strength and screamed,
00:29:39but it was useless.
00:29:40They made me bend over a stool on my knees.
00:29:42As if chained with shackles, I couldn't move at all.
00:29:45My clothes were torn and ripped, revealing my fair skin.
00:29:48No!
00:29:48Get off me!
00:29:50Get off, Ezekiel!
00:29:51You can't do this to me!
00:29:52Just then,
00:29:53Felina swung the ball picker and hit me hard in the head.
00:29:57Bitch! You're too loud!
00:29:59Just then, Felina swung the ball picker and hit me hard in the head.
00:30:05Guys, fun time.
00:30:08Take pictures of her.
00:30:09My head was spinning.
00:30:11Kicks landed on me one after another.
00:30:13It was excruciating, as if my body were falling apart.
00:30:19I wanted to hug myself, but I couldn't budge.
00:30:24Fluid was coming out of my eyes.
00:30:27I didn't know whether it was blood or tears.
00:30:31I couldn't open my eyes.
00:30:36At last, someone grabbed my hair and dragged me around the court.
00:30:41Take pictures, guys!
00:30:43At Paulina looks like a stray dog.
00:30:46Standing there, Ezekiel watched nonchariately.
00:30:50He didn't stop them or say anything.
00:30:53The trace of softness that surfaced was repressed at once.
00:30:59I was too stubborn.
00:31:03He thought I would stay by his side and forget about breaking up with him only if my dignity was
00:31:09crushed.
00:31:10My consciousness became bloody as the pain aggravated.
00:31:15Everything before my eyes was turning.
00:31:18It seemed I was going to die here in these people's hands.
00:31:23Ezekiel, check this out!
00:31:25Someone got 10,000 points.
00:31:27The guy just called and wanted you to deliver your promise.
00:31:30My mind cleared up immediately as immense fear engulfed me.
00:31:35Ezekiel walked to the door with the others to learn more about the person who had scored 10,000 points.
00:31:43This was a golden opportunity for me.
00:31:46I stood up with all my might and ran toward the exit.
00:31:51She is running!
00:31:53Away!
00:31:54Catch her!
00:31:57Rapid and chaotic footsteps came from behind me.
00:32:00I ran like crazy.
00:32:02When I was about to reach the exit,
00:32:05I staggered from exhaustion and fainted.
00:32:08Before my lingering consciousness left me completely,
00:32:11I seemed to hear Ezekiel's panicky voice.
00:32:13Then, the security guards came.
00:32:15Suckily, it was just a fracture.
00:32:17My life was out of danger.
00:32:19Ride Smitherson returned from abroad in advance.
00:32:22When he knew what had happened to me, he was furious.
00:32:25He knew me well.
00:32:26I would never act like that.
00:32:31The university leaders who had forced me to apologize all received a warning privately.
00:32:38Reet prepared my diploma quickly and helped me as much as he could.
00:32:45When I woke up, Reet was sitting by my bed.
00:32:49Kid, I'm sorry you've suffered so much.
00:32:52I've contacted the Rodway group.
00:32:54You can start your job earlier.
00:32:56They'll send someone to pick you up today.
00:32:58Tears ran down my face.
00:33:03I sobbed in Reet's arms, letting out all my sadness.
00:33:08Three hours later, I got on the plane bound for New York.
00:33:15Outside the window, the clouds were getting thicker.
00:33:18Nothing could hold me back here.
00:33:20A new life awaited me ahead.
00:33:24During my stay in the hospital, the school head staff stationed at my room around the clock, keeping outsiders at
00:33:31bay.
00:33:34With Reet's intervention, many students came forward and admitted that I didn't attack Felicia in the hallway that day.
00:33:41Because the incident involved an injured student, the school handled it privately and did not announce the outcome.
00:33:48In the apartment, Ezekiel had been on edge all day.
00:33:52Ever since he watched me fall down the stairs, nightmares of me lying in a pool of blood plagued him
00:33:59every night.
00:34:00His heart throbbed painfully, like it was rotting from the inside.
00:34:04He tried calling me, but my phone was turned off.
00:34:12He even went to the hospital to see me, but the teachers blocked him at the door.
00:34:21Later, he heard that I had left the hospital.
00:34:24Yet I never sought him out, and nobody knew where I had gone, as if I had vanished into thin
00:34:29air.
00:34:31Ezekiel's fidgetness escalated into full-blown panic.
00:34:35Because he knew I had no one to rely on in San Francisco.
00:34:38Besides this apartment and the school dorm, I had no place to stay.
00:34:42He was desperate to find me, though even he couldn't explain why.
00:34:46Just then, the doorbell rang.
00:34:49Ezekiel's heart leaped with joy.
00:34:51He rose and sprinted for the door.
00:34:54His calf slammed into the coffee table, and the pain doubled him over, but he clenched his teeth and staggered
00:35:00on.
00:35:00To his shock, the person standing outside the door was Felina.
00:35:05She pouted, tears welling in her eyes.
00:35:09Ezekiel, I have no idea what that bitch Paulina did to turn the whole school against me!
00:35:15You're accusing me of framing her!
00:35:18I can't face this alone! I need your help!
00:35:20As she spoke, she threw herself into Ezekiel's arms.
00:35:26In the past, Ezekiel would always relent and take care of everything for her.
00:35:31But this time...
00:35:32He stood moatmanless, gazing at the beautiful girl in front of him, yet all he could think of was that
00:35:39diaphiled face of me.
00:35:42As radiant and stunning as a fiery rose.
00:35:47He gently pulled Felina's hands away and said...
00:35:53Elia, you should go.
00:35:55I still have other things to deal with.
00:35:59Felia was stunned.
00:36:02She stubbly gripped his hands, her voice sharp.
00:36:09Ezekiel, you're not abandoning me, are you?
00:36:11You promised you would always look out for me.
00:36:14How can you go back on your word?
00:36:17How can you leave me high and dry?
00:36:20If my dad hears those lies, he'll beat me to death!
00:36:24Felicia was guilt-tricking him again.
00:36:28For the first time, Ezekiel could commiserate with me.
00:36:32And I was...
00:36:34He could not understand what right Felicia had to use her misfortunes as a weapon and him to her will.
00:36:42Yet he didn't say anything and patiently soothed her.
00:36:47All right, Elia.
00:36:49Go home.
00:36:50Just give me some time.
00:36:52I promise I'll handle it, okay?
00:36:55Hearing him, Felicia finally simmered down and left reluctantly.
00:37:01As Ezekiel watched her disappear into the elevator, he breathed out a long sigh.
00:37:07A dull pain still lingered in his calf.
00:37:11Once again, a wave of frustration weighed on his heart.
00:37:19Ezekiel could no longer stay at home.
00:37:25He grabbed his phone, threw on a coat, and headed out.
00:37:28Walking into his favorite bar, he was immediately greeted by a ruckus.
00:37:32But the moment he saw the person being teased, his jaw dropped.
00:37:41Amid the red and green lights of the bar, a man and a woman were passionately kissing.
00:37:50They were Felina and Ezekiel's best friend.
00:37:53It was also him who first suggested that Eziali design a link targeting me.
00:37:58So now he knew I would be completely ruined socially.
00:38:01All to vent Felicia's anger.
00:38:10Everyone applauded, and the sound of whistles was deafening.
00:38:14The lively atmosphere seemed to ignite the air around them.
00:38:18But Ezekiel felt as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
00:38:23At that moment, the kiss ended.
00:38:26Felina raised her bottle and shouted to the crowd.
00:38:32Order whatever you want tonight.
00:38:35Ezekiel the idiot will pay for everything.
00:38:39Someone laughed and asked.
00:38:43Elia, aren't you the one who likes Ezekiel the most?
00:38:48Aren't you afraid he'll get angry if he finds out you that?
00:38:54Unexpectedly, Felicia sneered out loud.
00:38:57Angry?
00:38:58Am I supposed to be afraid of him getting angry?
00:39:01Now that Paulina, that bitch, is gone, he's completely useless to me.
00:39:07He really thinks I like him?
00:39:09To hell with him.
00:39:10Arrogant and conceited.
00:39:12He's not even the first insare of the Willard family,
00:39:15yet he acts like he's some treasure.
00:39:19I only used him to deal with Paulina.
00:39:22That annoying bitch.
00:39:25Everyone burst into laughter.
00:39:34The sharp laughter pierced Ezekiel's heart like a sword.
00:39:38But the conversation did not end.
00:39:41Felicia, drunk, raised her bottle and climbed onto the table, boasting.
00:39:48Do you know why Ezekiel has always been so good to me?
00:39:53Everyone was intrigued and corred.
00:39:56Go!
00:39:58Fight!
00:40:02Felicia raised her hand to her mouth in a mysterious gesture,
00:40:06as if she was about to whisper.
00:40:08Her voice did not lower at all.
00:40:11Because he thinks that three years ago at Twin Peaks,
00:40:15the person who saved him was me!
00:40:19Me!
00:40:23Actually, it wasn't me at all.
00:40:26He would never imagine that it was Paulina,
00:40:29but that woman pretends to be so noble.
00:40:33So I just borrowed the title of savior for myself.
00:40:37Ezekiel was completely stunned,
00:40:40standing there in a daze,
00:40:42unable to recover for a long time.
00:40:45Three years ago, he had been tricked into going up the mountain,
00:40:48only to fall into a trap set early in the morning.
00:40:52His legs were severely injured and he could not move,
00:40:57almost dying in the forest.
00:40:59A girl had saved him, using her frail shoulders to carry him down the mountain and take him to the
00:41:04hospital.
00:41:06When he opened his eyes,
00:41:09Aunt Felicia was sitting beside him.
00:41:14I was the one who saved him.
00:41:16But in fact, she was nothing but a shameless imposter.
00:41:24And Ezekiel had been used by her, personally hurting his true savior.
00:41:32As Ezekiel felt like he was going insane,
00:41:34he grabbed a nearby bottle of liquor and rushed it at Felicia,
00:41:38who was still laughing.
00:41:39He smashed it hard against her head.
00:41:42Blood mixed with the liquor dripped down,
00:41:44and she screamed, clutching her head.
00:41:50When she saw Ezekiel clearly,
00:41:53all color instantly drained from her face.
00:41:57Zack?
00:42:01Let me explain.
00:42:03It's not what you think.
00:42:04I drank too much.
00:42:06I was talking nonsense.
00:42:07Really just nonsense.
00:42:10Ezekiel's eyes were cold and fierce,
00:42:12like a ghost crawling out of hell.
00:42:14He stepped forward,
00:42:16grabbed her hair,
00:42:17and forced her face up to look at him.
00:42:23Felina!
00:42:24Answer me!
00:42:25Who was the one who saved me back then?
00:42:29Felicia had never seen Ezio like this before
00:42:32and was completely terrified.
00:42:34Her tears and snot mixed with the blood on her head,
00:42:37dirty and smeared all over her cheeks.
00:42:41It...
00:42:42It was Paulina.
00:42:44But Zack!
00:42:45I really like you!
00:42:47I lied because I wanted to be with you!
00:42:52Ezekiel looked coldly at the woman in front of him,
00:42:55whose mouth was full of lies,
00:42:57and threw her heart onto the ground.
00:42:59The guests around were all stunned,
00:43:01and when they saw it was Ezekiel,
00:43:03they even didn't dare to breathe.
00:43:07The person who had just kissed Felicia's legs went weak
00:43:10and knelted on the ground.
00:43:14Ezekiel!
00:43:15I was wrong!
00:43:16It was this woman who seduced you!
00:43:18Please forgive me!
00:43:20Ezekiel coldly curled his lips.
00:43:22His eyes were filled with extreme cruelty.
00:43:28Forgive you?
00:43:31How could you do that after you risked your life so recklessly?
00:43:36Ezekiel left the bar.
00:43:40He searched frantically through every place I might have gone,
00:43:43but found nothing.
00:43:46In the end, exhausted,
00:43:48he collapsed on the playground.
00:43:52Staring blankly at the field across from him,
00:43:55his heart ached,
00:43:56as if it were being cruelly squeezed by a pair of invisible hands.
00:44:06He collapsed in agony on the pavement nearby.
00:44:14Tears streaming controllably down his face,
00:44:17as he called out again and again.
00:44:19Lena, where are you?
00:44:22Please come out and see me, will you?
00:44:30I was wrong!
00:44:32I truly knew I was wrong!
00:44:37The students passing by all looked at him as if he were some kind of monster.
00:44:41They pointed and talked about him.
00:44:47Ezekiel did not know how much time had passed before he finally dried his eyes.
00:44:52Numbly, he got up, took out his phone and dialed a number.
00:45:00Donate $2 million to the University of San Francisco.
00:45:03Have them thoroughly investigate how Felicia obtained the final exam questions in advance and cheated.
00:45:09And also investigate her framing of classmates and her extremely vicious acts of campus bullying.
00:45:14Hand the case over to the judicial authorities and expel her from school.
00:45:20Also, help me find someone even if you have to dig three feet into the ground.
00:45:26You must find her.
00:45:29Ezekiel returned to his apartment, deleted all the back-end data of that post,
00:45:34then opened the campus forum, published a statement,
00:45:38and lay down on the big bed that no longer carried any trace of Paulina, breathing greedily.
00:45:46He tried in vain to find even the slightest trace.
00:45:50But there was nothing.
00:45:52He did not sleep at all that night.
00:45:55The next day, the campus forum of the University of San Francisco exploded.
00:46:00The top trending news was Ezekiel's statement.
00:46:04I am Ezekiel from the law department, also Paulina's boyfriend.
00:46:08I was the one who framed Paulina and used our intimate photos taken during our normal relationship to create the
00:46:14viral post online.
00:46:16In fact, she never did any of the things reported in the news.
00:46:21Immediately after was the disciplinary decision regarding Felicia.
00:46:31Felicia from the law department, for bribing teachers before the exam, cheating, and committing severe campus bullying,
00:46:38is ordered to withdraw and is expelled from the university.
00:46:41The legal issues involved will be further handed over to the relevant authorities for processing.
00:46:47For a time, the entire University of San Francisco was in an uproar.
00:46:52The students who had once hurt me were all in a panic, afraid of retaliation.
00:47:01Others, just as they had once cursed me, now turned all their anger towards Felicia.
00:47:09When Felicia packed her things and was taken away from the school by the Vale family,
00:47:14everyone hurled ridicule and insults at her.
00:47:17No one knew who threw the first bottle, but soon a barrage of trash and debris was thrown at her.
00:47:22You bitch, get out of the University of San Francisco!
00:47:25You're nothing but a troublemaker! Go to hell!
00:47:26It's all because of you that Paulina left the school!
00:47:29I still had so many case studies I wanted to ask her about!
00:47:33Felicia covered her head and fled in panic.
00:47:37But she knew very well, that an even more brutal storm from the Vilek family was waited for her.
00:47:46As she walked out the school gate, Ezikarni happened to be coming in.
00:47:54She rushed over in tears, melt at his feet, and clung tightly to his pant leg.
00:48:01Zach, please save me! I know I was wrong! I really know I was wrong! Please save me!
00:48:09Ezekiel lifted his foot and kicked her hard to the ground, his eyes devoid of any warmth.
00:48:22Felicia, I was the one who asked the school to deal with you strictly, so how could I possibly save
00:48:27you?
00:48:30And by the way, I just spoke to your father on the phone and told him that I,
00:48:36the useless second young master of the Willard family, wanted him to teach you a good lesson.
00:48:46Do you think it will work?
00:48:49When Felicia heard this, her whole body trembled like a leaf, all the color drained from her face.
00:48:55And her eyes rolled back as she fainted on the spot.
00:49:00The plane landed at JFK Airport, I followed behind the staff of the Rodway Group.
00:49:06Walking quickly toward the parking lot, I felt a bit excited, but even more uneasy.
00:49:15The Rodway Group in New York was an existence that even the Willard family in San Francisco could not compare
00:49:21to.
00:49:22And their legal department was famously known as the strongest on earth.
00:49:31Of course, I did not doubt my own abilities, but I worried whether my future work and life would go
00:49:37smoothly,
00:49:38and whether my boss would appreciate my working style.
00:49:41Lost in my thoughts, I failed to see the road ahead, and accidentally bumped straight into a broad chest.
00:49:51I looked up in surprise, just about to apologize, when I saw a familiar gentle smile.
00:49:59Kieran?
00:50:03Kieran Rodway was my direct senior, and also the one who had partnered with me to win the San Francisco
00:50:09legal model competition three years in a row.
00:50:11Row, after he graduated last year, we had not seen each other again.
00:50:16Had he really come to New York?
00:50:18Wait a minute Kieran Rodway, Rodway.
00:50:21Kieran looked at me with amusement as my expression changed several times.
00:50:25And as the confusion in my eyes gradually turned to surprise, he finally spoke.
00:50:32Paulina, you are as observant and analytical as ever.
00:50:36That's right.
00:50:37I am your new boss.
00:50:39The president of the Rodway Group.
00:50:42Welcome to my world.
00:50:43I looked up, staring at him in a daze.
00:50:47The last bit of coldness in my heart completely melted away in that dazzling smile.
00:50:54Kieran must have learned about my situation and taken the initiative to ask Rhett,
00:50:59reaching out to help me just when I was about to fall into utter despair.
00:51:06At this moment, my eyes turned red, and only one voice remained in my heart.
00:51:14Kieran, it was truly wonderful to see you, thank you.
00:51:19In the following half year, my work in the Rodway Group's legal department made me feel as if I had
00:51:25come back to life.
00:51:29I quickly developed perfect rapport with my colleagues.
00:51:33Everyone here was as easy to get along with as Kieran.
00:51:36And they often teased me.
00:51:39Paulina, if you keep this up, us old folks will be outshined by you.
00:51:44But as the new generation surpasses the old, seeing such outstanding newcomers, we feel comforted.
00:51:50With you and the Rodway Group's legal department, we are all at ease about its future.
00:51:59Kieran also often found various reasons to come see me.
00:52:03Showing concern and care, everyone noticed what was going on.
00:52:07So they deliberately left us space to be alone, intentionally helping us along.
00:52:13That day, the legal department had a dinner gathering, to everyone's surprise, Kieran, the big boss, also attended.
00:52:21He sat right next to me, listening to everyone's conversation throughout the evening, not saying much himself,
00:52:28but taking care of those around him at just the right moments.
00:52:35I turned to look at him, and was immediately startled by the burning intensity in his deep eyes.
00:52:41I quickly looked away, my heart pounding like a drum.
00:52:45After the gathering ended, Kieran, as usual, drove me downstairs, as I pushed open the car door to get out.
00:52:51I blurted out, almost involuntarily.
00:52:55Would you like to come up for some tea?
00:52:57I have the green tea you like.
00:52:59We started kissing as soon as we entered the elevator, fueled by the alcohol.
00:53:04I poured out the last bit of concern I had been hiding in my heart.
00:53:09Kieran, I'm not the same pure Paulina I used to be you.
00:53:12My words were completely sealed by his kiss.
00:53:17He kissed me even more fiercely than before, stealing my breath.
00:53:23Lina, I love you.
00:53:25I loved you since college.
00:53:30I loved you.
00:53:34For the three years I knew you.
00:53:36And every day after I left, I regretted not confessing earlier.
00:53:42But at that time, my family was in the middle of internal strife.
00:53:46I couldn't give you a future.
00:53:50I thought I would wait until everything settled down to find you, but by then,
00:53:54someone else was already by your side.
00:54:02Finally, when we reached the door, Kieran suddenly stopped.
00:54:05Kieran pressed me against the door, breathing heavily.
00:54:10Lina, I'm giving you one last chance.
00:54:13Will you be with me?
00:54:14I don't care about your past.
00:54:17I just feel sorry for you.
00:54:19But let me tell you.
00:54:21Once you're with me,
00:54:23breaking up is not allowed.
00:54:26I'm very possessive.
00:54:28I can't stand you leaving again.
00:54:30Yes!
00:54:31Before he could finish, I spoke first.
00:54:34I want to!
00:54:36I want to be with you!
00:54:41Our passion ignited instantly.
00:54:42It was unstoppable.
00:54:45We moved from the doorway to the living room.
00:54:48From the sofa to the balcony.
00:54:51From the bedroom to the bathroom, again and again.
00:54:54Over and over.
00:54:57Insatiable and tireless.
00:55:02When the surging tide finally calmed.
00:55:05The sky was already turning pale.
00:55:07Kieran held me in his arms and gently kissed the top of my head.
00:55:13Lina.
00:55:14I love you.
00:55:16On the other side.
00:55:18After Ezekiel graduated and left school.
00:55:21He joined the Willard group.
00:55:26Yet he still did not give up searching for me.
00:55:29But no matter how many people he sent out.
00:55:31He could not find me.
00:55:33He was like a furious.
00:55:34Trapped beast that had lost its way.
00:55:37Turning all of San Francisco upside down.
00:55:39He even mobilized all the connections the Willard family had accumulated over the years.
00:55:45Both in the underworld and the upper world.
00:55:47Among all walks of life.
00:55:49And set a reward of $10 million.
00:55:52But his hopes were still dashed.
00:55:55He planted informants everywhere.
00:55:58At the docks, stations.
00:56:00And airports.
00:56:01From the initial notices to the current CityWid search.
00:56:04I once again became the talk of San Francisco.
00:56:08My photos kept spreading.
00:56:10And the information was repeatedly filtered.
00:56:16But after a full six months.
00:56:18I still could not be found.
00:56:20It was as if Paulina had vanished into thin air from Ezekiel's world.
00:56:24Late at night.
00:56:26Ezekiel did not return to the Willard family villa.
00:56:28But still lived in the apartment where he and Paulina had spent so much time together.
00:56:32He sat at the bedside.
00:56:34Downed an entire bottle of strong liquor.
00:56:36And let his tears fall silently.
00:56:39In half a year.
00:56:40He had lost four pounds.
00:56:41Becoming so haggard and dispirited that he seemed like a different person.
00:56:45He stared fixedly at my photo still on his phone.
00:56:48Confusion flashing in his eyes before it turned into obsession.
00:56:54I won't give up, Lena.
00:56:56Even if I have to go to heaven or hell.
00:56:59No matter what the cost, I will find you.
00:57:05Thinking of this, he dialed his assistant again.
00:57:09Make arrangements.
00:57:10Starting tomorrow, expand the search to the mainland and raise the reward to 20 million dollars.
00:57:15After speaking, he thought for a moment and then asked.
00:57:20How is Felicia?
00:57:22Is she dead yet?
00:57:24Since graduating and joining the Willard group.
00:57:27Apart from work and searching for me, the most important thing for him was taking revenge on Felicia.
00:57:35After she was bailed out of prison, she was beaten and scolded by her father every day.
00:57:40With not a single uninjured spot left on her body.
00:57:45But Ezekiel still felt it was not enough.
00:57:49Tell Mr. Veal, send her to Mexico.
00:57:52And I'll let him handle the South Bay project.
00:57:57Three days later, a shocking murder case broke out in San Francisco.
00:58:06Miss Felicia of the Veal family poisoned the food, causing the deaths of all 15 members of the Veal family.
00:58:12And she is now on the run.
00:58:18The assistant held a tablet and reported to Ezekiel at his desk, constantly observing his reaction out of the corner
00:58:25of his eye.
00:58:27On the run!
00:58:29As Ezekiel slammed his fist on the desk.
00:58:32What are those useless people doing?
00:58:34They can't find Lina!
00:58:36And now...
00:58:37And now they've let Felicia escape too?!
00:58:40Catch her.
00:58:41Send her to the police.
00:58:43Hire the best lawyers.
00:58:45I want her to never leave prison for the rest of her life!
00:58:51As soon as he finished speaking, the door to his office was suddenly pushed open, a person dressed as a
00:58:56cleaner walked in.
00:58:57And before Ezekiel could react, pulled out a gun and fired at him, bang!
00:59:01At the moment the gunshot rang out.
00:59:04Ezekiel was shot in the chest, the tremendous impact made him stagger and fall to the ground, blood gushing out
00:59:10instantly.
00:59:11The cleaner also took off her mask, revealing Felicia's scarred face.
00:59:15And charged at him viciously, ready to fire another shot, the assistant reacted quickly, grabbing the marble stand nearby and
00:59:21smashing it hard against her head.
00:59:25With that blow, her brains splattered everywhere.
00:59:30The handgun fell to the ground, and she collapsed in a pool of blood.
00:59:38The blood flowing from her body snaked forward, mixing with Ezekiel's.
00:59:43Ezekiel's.
00:59:45Ezekiel's vision darkened, the pain and blood loss blurring his sight.
00:59:49Before losing consciousness, he was still thinking.
00:59:52What bad luck, getting myself stained with her blood.
00:59:57Felina was imprisoned and sentenced to life in prison.
01:00:03Ezekiel was hospitalized with serious injuries.
01:00:07After a full day and night of emergency treatment, his life was barely saved.
01:00:12However, his limbs and body were still affected, and he could only sit in a wheelchair for the time being.
01:00:20Ezekiel's grandfather, Peter Willard, heard that there was a sanatorium in New York specializing in severe paralysis cases like his,
01:00:29and immediately arranged for him to be transferred there by private jet.
01:00:34Yet during the long rehabilitation, Ezekiel simply could not calm his mind to cooperate with the treatment.
01:00:40His heart and thoughts were filled with the hope of finding me as soon as possible.
01:00:46On this day, his assistant pushed him out of the sanatorium for a walk in the marina district.
01:00:52And a couple walking hand in hand nearby instantly stung his eyes.
01:01:01He looked at me and Kylan.
01:01:03I held a large bouquet of roses in my arms, leaning against Keelan.
01:01:13Unconsciously, Ezekiel's heart skipped a beat.
01:01:16But then, it sank heavily.
01:01:19For at Keelan's face was all too familiar to him.
01:01:26Keelan, president of the Broadway group in New York.
01:01:29Keelan appeared on the front page of financial news every day, and a single word from him could cause a
01:01:35financial earthquake in the country.
01:01:36Keelan had also once been a prodigy in the law department at the University of San Francisco, a top student.
01:01:43No wonder, no matter how many methods Ezekiel used or how much money he offered as a reward, he could
01:01:49never find me.
01:01:50It turned out that someone had protected me well, completely sheltering me under his invincible wings.
01:01:55Ezekiel, who had once feared nothing, and commanded the winds and clouds at the University of San Francisco and throughout
01:02:01San Francisco, for the first time felt uncontrollable fear in front of the one he loved.
01:02:06I already had another lover. Healthy, successful in his career, academically outstanding. Each quality so exceptional, that ordinary people could
01:02:15only look up to him.
01:02:16Even Ezekiel himself had to admit that he simply could not compare to Keelan.
01:02:21It was not until my figure gradually disappeared into the distance that he, like a stranded fish, clinged to the
01:02:27armpit of his wheelchair and gasped for breath.
01:02:29The assistant saw everything and tentatively asked,
01:02:32Mr. Willard, why be flying out to Mrs. Quincy?
01:02:36Ezekiel let out a self-mocking laugh, and as he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.
01:02:40In the past six months, he had almost shed all the tears of his life, all for me.
01:02:51Call out to her?
01:02:54On what grounds?
01:02:57Because I've become a cripple?
01:03:01Or because that man,
01:03:05with a flick of his finger,
01:03:07could make all my efforts over the past six months amount to nothing,
01:03:10leaving me unable to find a single trace of Lena?
01:03:14He was not discouraged.
01:03:16He hated himself.
01:03:19After returning, Ezekiel began to have an intense revelation in Regine.
01:03:26He trained like a madman, as if he wanted to exhaust himself to death on the rehabilitation equipment.
01:03:35Finally, on the day he could stand up on his own again,
01:03:37he went to the building of the Rodway Group and waited quietly in his car.
01:03:43He waited until nightfall, as groups of employees left the company.
01:03:51Only then did that familiar figure finally appear, at the entrance.
01:04:00I carried my laptop bag, looked exhaustedly toward the exit of the underground parking lot,
01:04:07and slowly walked to the roadside as Ezekiel opened the car door and finally called out my name.
01:04:13Lena.
01:04:15I had lost weight, but my complexion was remarkably good.
01:04:20My fair skin still glowed with a moist radiance under the moonlight, tinged with a faint blush.
01:04:27Yet my gaze showed not the slightest ripple, unusually calm.
01:04:32Those lively eyes, now unperturbed, resembled a deep, bottomless cold pool,
01:04:39without joy or sorrow, love or hate.
01:04:44Instead, they reflected his current embarrassment and agitation with even greater clarity.
01:04:52That look was clearly directed at a stranger.
01:04:58Ezekiel suddenly recalled every late night in the past,
01:05:01when my heart and eyes had been filled with his presence.
01:05:05Now, however, I was so distant and indifferent.
01:05:14Lena.
01:05:16He spoke with a hossy voice, cautiously.
01:05:20I've been looking for you for so long.
01:05:22I even went to the hospital to see you, but I was blocked every time.
01:05:27I called you countless times,
01:05:29from your phone being turned off at first to eventually being disconnected.
01:05:34I-
01:05:36Ezekiel was somewhat incoherent.
01:05:38He was too agitated and too fearful.
01:05:41He was terrified I would disappear again.
01:05:45I'm sorry I miss you so much.
01:05:48I really miss you.
01:05:50For more than half a year, not a moment passed without me thinking of you,
01:05:56searching for you.
01:05:58I found out the person who saved me on the mountain was you.
01:06:03Lena, I was wrong.
01:06:06It was because Felicia lied to me,
01:06:08saying she was the one who saved me,
01:06:10that I helped her hurt you.
01:06:12I finally lifted my eyes and looked directly at him.
01:06:15But it was not because I was moved.
01:06:19It was because, behind him,
01:06:22Kieran's car had already driven out of the underground garage
01:06:25and was approaching slowly.
01:06:27Yet this reaction,
01:06:29in Ezekiel's eyes,
01:06:31took on a different meaning.
01:06:34He was greatly encouraged and continued.
01:06:38I've already punished myself.
01:06:40I had the hacker delete the link from the push notification,
01:06:43and at school, I also did things for you.
01:06:46However, he did not finish his sentence.
01:06:49I suddenly smiled, waved behind him and walked around him,
01:06:54leaving straight away.
01:06:59I did not leave a single word.
01:07:02Ezekiel watched my departing figure
01:07:04and involuntarily pressed his thin lips together.
01:07:08He hurried forward,
01:07:09trying to grab my arm.
01:07:12Lena, don't go!
01:07:14I still have something to say!
01:07:19However, just as he was about to touch me,
01:07:22the car door nearby slowly opened.
01:07:24Kenan stepped out and tightly embraced me.
01:07:26Mr. Willard.
01:07:28It's not very appropriate for you to cumulically pestle my girlfriend.
01:07:31At what my place is, is it?
01:07:33Kieran's expression was indifferent,
01:07:35without any emotion.
01:07:36In contrast, at Ezekiel's face was filled with urgency and panic.
01:07:40Kieran used his tall figure to shield me behind him,
01:07:43his eyes carrying an undisguised warning.
01:07:45Ezekiel quickly calmed down,
01:07:47his brows tightly frowned as he sized up the cold and stern man before him,
01:07:51refusing to back down.
01:07:53Mr. Rodbay, this is between Lena and me.
01:07:56It has nothing to do with you.
01:07:58He was confident that as long as he sincerely apologized,
01:08:01I would surely forgive him.
01:08:03After all, I had loved him so deeply.
01:08:05However, at Kieran, Rodway let out a low laugh.
01:08:09Out Lena's matters are my matters.
01:08:12Besides, do you need me to remind you what you've done?
01:08:14If I were you,
01:08:16I'd wish to smash my head and die.
01:08:19He took a deep breath before continuing.
01:08:22The Willard family is truly unfortunate to have a son like you.
01:08:25If you keep pestering Lena,
01:08:27I won't mind having your family come over to properly enforce the family rules.
01:08:31There was already a hint of threat in Kieran's words,
01:08:33but at Ezekiel Willard did not care at all.
01:08:35Even if you can use your power to force me back,
01:08:38you can't change the fact that most beloved person is always me.
01:08:42I made mistakes.
01:08:43I can punish myself however I want,
01:08:45but I will never give up on her.
01:08:48Kieran Rodway,
01:08:50do you dare to compete with me fairly?
01:08:53Oui.
01:08:54He did not finish his sentence as I suddenly interrupted him.
01:08:57Ezekiel, there's no need to compete.
01:09:01Both men looked at me at the same time.
01:09:03The person I love now is at Kieran.
01:09:06No one can compete with him.
01:09:08As for you,
01:09:10I feel utterly disgusted and regretful for ever loving you.
01:09:13That is the greatest shame of my life!
01:09:16Ezekiel was struck,
01:09:17as if by lightning.
01:09:19He staggered back several steps,
01:09:21almost collapsing to the ground in embarrassment.
01:09:23It was as if all his strength had been instantly drained from his body,
01:09:26and even maintaining the last bit of dignity was becoming a luxury.
01:09:30Impossible.
01:09:33I don't believe it.
01:09:34You clearly love me so much,
01:09:36you said you would love me for your whole life.
01:09:41Lena, this joke isn't funny at all.
01:09:42I was wrong.
01:09:44I really was wrong.
01:09:45Please forgive me.
01:09:46Don't be so cruel to me.
01:09:48I swear.
01:09:50I will spend the rest of my life making up for what I owe you.
01:09:53I won't let you suffer any more harm.
01:09:56I'm begging you, Lena,
01:09:57don't treat me like this.
01:09:59As he spoke,
01:10:00he reached out to grab my hand,
01:10:02but his hand was slapped away harshly.
01:10:04I looked at him coldly,
01:10:05my eyes completely unherherbed.
01:10:08Ezekiel,
01:10:08go back.
01:10:09Your very presence makes me sick.
01:10:11If you truly feel sorry for me,
01:10:14then please get out of my world completely and never bother me again.
01:10:19In the days that followed,
01:10:21I briefly regained a period of peace.
01:10:24On this day,
01:10:25I was invited to Columbia University to participate in a month-long teaching seminar.
01:10:30The transition from student to teacher felt novel to me,
01:10:33and the gloom that Ezekiel had cast over my mood was swept away.
01:10:37After the first day ended,
01:10:38a student ran over and said,
01:10:40Miss Quincy,
01:10:41there's someone waiting for you outside the lecture hall.
01:10:43He's a very handsome man.
01:10:45I thought it was Kieran,
01:10:47so I quickly packed my things and ran outside.
01:10:50I had to admit that I was relying on more and more on Kieran.
01:10:53No matter what I did,
01:10:54I wanted to share my feelings with him first.
01:10:57But when I saw At Ezekiel standing before me,
01:11:00all the blood in my body turned cold.
01:11:02He really was like a lingering ghost.
01:11:04I turned to leave,
01:11:05but At Ezekiel caught up with me in a few quick steps.
01:11:08He hugged me tightly from behind.
01:11:10His eyes filled with obsessive emotion.
01:11:12Don't go, Lina.
01:11:13Let's talk, please.
01:11:15I really can't live without you.
01:11:18I know you've been wronged,
01:11:19so why don't you hit me?
01:11:20Use a knife,
01:11:21or a stick,
01:11:22anything you want.
01:11:24Even if you want to kill me,
01:11:25that's fine.
01:11:27Just don't ignore me, please.
01:11:29Since you left,
01:11:30I haven't had a single good night's sleep.
01:11:32It took me so long to find you,
01:11:34but now there's another man by your side.
01:11:37Do you know I'm about to lose my mind?
01:11:39I felt a wave of nausea rise in my heart.
01:11:42During those days when I couldn't control my feelings for him,
01:11:45when I hoped he would give me a little love,
01:11:47I had imagined countless times that he would truly love me,
01:11:50but from beginning to end,
01:11:51all he gave me was cruel hurt.
01:11:55From the moment I walked out of the campus,
01:11:57the Paulina of the past had already died.
01:11:59I had died on on the basketball court on the third floor of the school gymtasium.
01:12:04I broke free from Adzekiel's embrace with disgust,
01:12:07looked at him indifferently,
01:12:08and spoke coldly.
01:12:10Ezekiel,
01:12:10if you keep pestering me,
01:12:12I'm going to call the police.
01:12:14Ezekiel's eyes suddenly turned red.
01:12:16He had searched for me for such a long time,
01:12:18and never once had he thought about giving up.
01:12:21He ignored my resistance,
01:12:23trapping me tightly with his arms,
01:12:24and tried to kiss my ear and hair.
01:12:26Lena,
01:12:28please don't treat me like this.
01:12:30Didn't we agree to get married after graduation?
01:12:32I can marry you right now.
01:12:34I've already bought the engagement ring.
01:12:36You left me without a word,
01:12:37and I really corned me with this.
01:12:39Are you still blaming me?
01:12:41I know I'm sorry I didn't understand my own heart,
01:12:43but I really will change.
01:12:45His hot breath poured over the back of my ear,
01:12:47made me so uncomfortable that my hair stood on Ed,
01:12:50but his disgusting behavior continued.
01:12:52I know you've already found out,
01:12:53about the pushlink thing.
01:12:54I admit I did it.
01:12:56But now I've erased them all.
01:12:58Even the ones others got,
01:12:59I destroyed them with one click.
01:13:01I was so furious that I shook.
01:13:03I bit at Ezekiel's arm hard,
01:13:04and while he was in pain,
01:13:06I quickly turned around
01:13:07and saw him hard across the face.
01:13:09Ezekiel,
01:13:10no matter what you do,
01:13:11to make up for it,
01:13:12I will never love you again.
01:13:14In my eyes you are a complete bastard.
01:13:16You disgust me,
01:13:17you make me hate you,
01:13:18and even hearing your name makes me sick.
01:13:23To me,
01:13:24the at Paulina of the past died long ago,
01:13:27died at the University of San Francisco,
01:13:29died in your abuse and harm.
01:13:31What gives you the right to ask for my forgiveness?
01:13:33Why should I come back?
01:13:35Just because you regret it.
01:13:37Tell me, why?
01:13:38Early spring in New York was still a bit coley,
01:13:41and I curled up my body.
01:13:43Then,
01:13:43as if I remembered something,
01:13:45I slowly rolled up my sleeve.
01:13:46The exposed skin was covered with Chris's crossing scars.
01:13:50Who knew how many years it would take to fully heal,
01:13:52or perhaps it would never heal at all.
01:13:54I pointed at those scars and said word by word,
01:13:57Ezekiel,
01:13:58these are your crimes,
01:13:59and they will never be erased.
01:14:01You should stay as far away from me as possible.
01:14:03If you had even a shred of guilt,
01:14:06you wouldn't be so self-righteous
01:14:07as to harass my hard-won peaceful life
01:14:10and make it a mess again.
01:14:11You are just so selfish and shameless.
01:14:17Ezekiel stood frozen in place,
01:14:19unable to move for a long time.
01:14:21Kiran suddenly launched an attack.
01:14:23Kiran precisely targeted
01:14:25all the projects of the Willard family.
01:14:27The family crisis was all because
01:14:29Ezekiel went to harass someone else's girlfriend.
01:14:32Peter was furious
01:14:33and immediately sent people to bring him Welkai.
01:14:36But Ezekiel seemed bewitched
01:14:37and would still sneak off to New York.
01:14:39Although Kiran had already arranged bodyguards around me,
01:14:42they would drive him away before he could get close.
01:14:45Yet he only wanted to see me from afar.
01:14:47It was only at this very moment that
01:14:49Ezekiel finally understood
01:14:51the inexplicable panic
01:14:52that had suddenly arisen in his heart back then.
01:14:55It turned out that from that time on,
01:14:57he had been afraid of losing me.
01:14:58He had also become clearly aware
01:15:00that his actions might make it impossible to win my back.
01:15:05So I was right.
01:15:06He deserved it.
01:15:07He was shameless.
01:15:08He knew the outcome but still did it,
01:15:10simply because he was convinced
01:15:12my love would never change.
01:15:13He publicly announced his separation
01:15:15from the Willard family,
01:15:16gave up all inheritance rights,
01:15:18and stayed alone in New York.
01:15:20He could not succeed in anything in New York,
01:15:22because Kiran's people were always watching him.
01:15:25So he could only take odd jobs everywhere,
01:15:27living a miserable life,
01:15:29all just to catch a glimpse of Paulina
01:15:31from time to time.
01:15:32On the day I got married,
01:15:34Ezekiel waited early in the grass
01:15:36outside the Rodway mansion.
01:15:37He watched helplessly
01:15:39as I gave my hand to Kiran.
01:15:40He went mad.
01:15:41He rushed back to his rented room
01:15:43and stabbed himself again and again.
01:15:45Just before losing consciousness,
01:15:47he dialed the emergency center and said,
01:15:51Please I'm about to die.
01:15:54Please let me see Lina,
01:15:56just let me see her one more time, please.
01:15:58When woke up again,
01:15:59he was already laying in a ward
01:16:01at New York Pristerian Hospital.
01:16:03He had previously suffered a gunshot wound,
01:16:05and his body had long been severely weakened.
01:16:07After this ordeal,
01:16:09he seemed completely broken.
01:16:10I filed a lawsuit against him.
01:16:12I personally served as my own attorney,
01:16:15accusing him of violating citizens' privacy,
01:16:18distributing obscene materials,
01:16:20intentional injury,
01:16:21and several other charges.
01:16:22In court,
01:16:23I fought wore my lawyer's robe,
01:16:25spoke clearly and logically,
01:16:27and spurred novitically presented all the evidence in detail.
01:16:30Over the years,
01:16:31I had never given up seeking justice for myself.
01:16:34Now that I was married,
01:16:35I had the strongest support
01:16:37and no longer had any worries.
01:16:38And the chain of evidence was finally completely intact.
01:16:42Ezekiel did not hire a lawyer,
01:16:44nor did he apply to defend himself.
01:16:46He cooperated silently with all the procedures.
01:16:48He pleaded guilty in court and would not appeal.
01:16:51He was subsequently convicted of multiple crimes
01:16:53and sentenced to seven years in prison.
01:16:56On the day he entered prison,
01:16:59Ezekiel knelt on the ground
01:17:00and begged the prison guard to let him see me.
01:17:02But I replied,
01:17:04you will never see me again in this lifetime.
01:17:06Seven years had passed in the blink of an eye.
01:17:09I had given birth to a daughter named Emily Roadway.
01:17:12I gently raised the Hild,
01:17:14nurturing her to be independent and optimist,
01:17:16my heart overflowing with Fortis eyes.
01:17:18Kieran accompanied me back to San Francisco
01:17:20to pay respects to my mother.
01:17:22The three of us bowed before the gravestone.
01:17:25Mom, I am very happy now.
01:17:28My family is harmonious and blissful.
01:17:31All the pain from the past,
01:17:33I have already forgotten.
01:17:35Please rest assured.
01:17:36Emily hopped around,
01:17:38earnestly wiping the gravestone for her grandmother,
01:17:41her little face shrouded in solemnity.
01:17:43With her childish voice, she said,
01:17:44Grandma, I will take good care of Mom,
01:17:48so don't worry.
01:17:49Kieran and I were amused and burst into laughter.
01:17:53It was not until the sun slanted west
01:17:56and the cemetery was about to close
01:17:57that the three of us left hand in hand.
01:18:00We did not notice that, not far away in the bushes,
01:18:03two pairs of eyes were watching us,
01:18:05one burning with intensity,
01:18:07the other cold and sinister.
01:18:09Before returning to New York,
01:18:11I visited the University of San Francisco to see Reet.
01:18:14Seeing Reet, whose hair had long since turned white,
01:18:17my eyes could not help but grow moister.
01:18:20Mr. Smithison, there is something I have never told you all these years.
01:18:23I came here today, especially to tell you, thank you.
01:18:27Truly, thank you.
01:18:28If you hadn't contacted Kieran back then,
01:18:31there would be no Paulina today.
01:18:33You are like a second parent to me.
01:18:35Riot was moved to tears as well and we talked for quite a while.
01:18:38When I left, it was already noon.
01:18:40The students had gone to lunch
01:18:42and there were not many people on campus.
01:18:44I walked alone along the familiar path
01:18:46and a message from Kieran popped up on my phone.
01:18:49My work is finished
01:18:50and I am almost at the University of San Francisco.
01:18:53I smiled softly, my face full of tenderness.
01:18:56Just then, a figure suddenly darted out from behind a tree, blocking my way.
01:19:02Paulina, after all these years, I have finally waited for you.
01:19:06I looked up and saw at Felicia.
01:19:08I was utterly shocked and took two steps back, my eyes wide with caution.
01:19:12Weren't you sentenced to life imprisonment?
01:19:14How are you here?
01:19:16Felicia let out a bitter laugh, her voice completely horny.
01:19:19Inside, I lived a life of utter darkness.
01:19:23Tortured until I developed cancer.
01:19:26So I applied for medical parole.
01:19:30All so I could find a chance before I die to drag you to hell with me.
01:19:35I kept retreating, trying hard to stay calm.
01:19:38Felicia, I never wronged you.
01:19:39In fact, you have always hurt me.
01:19:42Why do you hate me so much?
01:19:44Felicia's eyes glinted with ferocity.
01:19:46The knife in her hand waved ceaselessly.
01:19:50Of course I hate you!
01:19:52You are an orphan.
01:19:54You should have lived like a worm in the mud.
01:19:56So why are you better than me in every way?
01:19:59You were always top of the class.
01:20:01Teachers liked you, and even when you went hiking,
01:20:04you managed to save the youngest son of the most powerful Willard family in San Francisco.
01:20:09Why, Paulina, why is your luck so good?
01:20:11How could I not hate you?
01:20:14I just want to destroy you to make you fall into the abyss with me.
01:20:18With that, she lunged straight at me with the knife.
01:20:23Just as the sharp blade was about to pierce my body, a stern shout rang out from nearby.
01:20:29Kiran and the recently released Ezekiel were running toward me at the same time.
01:20:34Felicia saw Ezekiel, and her eyes grew even redder.
01:20:37She suddenly turned the knife and stabbed fiercely at the charging Ezekiel.
01:20:41Ezekiel, I didn't kill you last time, so this time we'll die together!
01:20:46The sound of the blade piercing skin echoed and Ezekiel's heart was strapped through.
01:20:51He did not even have time to say a word before he collapsed.
01:20:55Even in death, he was still looking in my direction.
01:20:58Felicia wildly turned her head, her body covered in blood as she looked at me.
01:21:02Paulina, I really dislike you, but I also envy you.
01:21:07As soon as she finished speaking, she plunged the blooded knife into her own heart.
01:21:13Kiran raised his hand to cover my eyes, holding me tightly in his arms.
01:21:18Don't be afraid, Lina, I'm here.
01:21:21I'm here.
01:21:22This was the most beautiful love conflation I had ever heard.
01:21:25My heart, too, settled into peace.
01:21:28A week later, Kiran and I returned to New York.
01:21:31When we got off the plane, the evening glow happened to be in the sky.
01:21:36We held hands and gazed into each other's eyes.
01:21:41We were surrounded by the radiant seas of happiness.
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