00:02my name was clara von winston the youngest daughter of duke winston of the south but
00:09three years ago i abandoned that identity to marry a man i believed true love should not
00:14be tainted by money and status poor child her arm is so badly injured her husband's family refused
00:22to even give her poppy milk for the pain indeed what did she ever do wrong i slowly opened my
00:29eyes
00:29the searing pain in my arm almost made me faint again but the pain in my heart was worse that
00:36day
00:36sierra and i each rode our horses to town her horse suddenly bolted charging wildly and trampling a
00:42passerby to death i was thrown from my horse dragged a few steps and a sharp stone sliced deep into
00:49my
00:49arm urgent footsteps came from the corridor i propped myself up and got out of bed barefoot
00:58wanting to see what was happening at the other end of the corridor i saw that familiar figure
01:05darren my husband count darren blackwood of the north the man i gave three years of my youth to love
01:13but the next second he hurried past without even a glance at me i followed him to the next room
01:18sierra lay on the bed her wrist wrapped in gauze crying like a victim clara perfect timing go to
01:26the lord's court and turn yourself in say you were the one riding the horse that killed that passerby
01:34what only you and sierra were riding together you'd better take the blame for her i was trembling
01:40for three years they treated me like a servant i endured it but now they want me to go to
01:45prison
01:45i'm sorry it's all my fault i'm willing to go to prison for my sins but i'm carrying darren's child
01:56a bolt from the blue that passerby is already dead compensation is not a big deal someone must
02:03take responsibility you've been married to my son for three years but you haven't born a child
02:07we need an heir three years darren never touched me how could i possibly be pregnant a woman who can't
02:13bear children doesn't belong in our family sierra is now carrying our heir she felt so guilty she
02:19tried to slit her wrist can't you do this small favor for her i looked at darren hoping he would
02:24say something i will give you 50 000 gold notes as compensation for you taking the blame for sierra
02:3050 000 gold notes to buy three years of my suffering to buy my innocence to buy me going to
02:36prison
02:3650 000 you're so generous i tore the gold notes and slapped sierra across the face
02:48i slapped sierra darren's face instantly darkened he pulled me away are you insane
02:56you wanted me to go to prison for her and all i did was slap her what does that hurt
03:01your feelings
03:02sierra is injured don't hurt her what about me am i not injured am i your wife or is she
03:10i regretted
03:11it regretted falling in love with him regretted abandoning my own identity she felt so guilty she tried
03:17to kill herself is that so i stepped forward and tore off the gauze on sierra's wrist there was only
03:25a
03:25ridiculously shallow scratch on her wrist this is your so-called suicide the skin isn't even broken
03:31no wonder you're an actress disgusting i looked at darren the man i had loved and endured for three
03:38years darren i want a divorce you divorce thank god you were never worthy of our family
03:48i turned and left the moment i walked out the door the tears finally fall
04:03the cold wind was biting i stumbled through the snow the wound on my arm had reopened blood seeping
04:12through the bandages but i couldn't feel the pain three years ago i abandoned the family name
04:17winston for him i thought true love didn't need money or status i was wrong from my bodice i took
04:25out
04:25the copper ring it was my mother's keepsake i gently turned the inner ring on it was engraved the secret
04:34code
04:34of the winston family before i could finish my vision went black i collapsed in the snow
04:50in my days i heard hoofbeats coming closer each beat felt like it was stepping on my heart
04:59in my head someone dismounted a pair of strong arms lifted me up silly girl you finally come to your
05:08senses that voice it was nathan my second brother the duke of winston when i woke up again i smelled
05:20a
05:20familiar scent the rose fragrance unique to winston manor i i'm home the door was
05:27pushed open and it was my father the old duke taylor von winston clara father i threw off the covers
05:36and rushed into his arms the tears wouldn't stop i thought you would never come back father clara
05:44finally came home don't start crying nathan leaned on the doorframe his tone was impatient but his eyes
05:51were red she needs a good meal not watching you crying i laughed through my tears three years
05:57ago for darren i ignored my family's objections and married that northern earl i thought true love
06:03conquered all now i understood true love didn't make you abandon your family true love didn't make
06:08you suffer in silence aaron my third brother is not good with words he just silently removed the bones
06:15from the fish and put it in my bowl eat more you've lost weight thank you
06:23clara i have decided to hold a homecoming banquet to formally introduce you to all the nobles of the
06:29realm father isn't that a bit too grand i want the whole kingdom to know that the youngest daughter of
06:37the winston family is back and i will invite the blackwoods when nathan said this a cold glint
06:45flashed in his eyes on the day of the banquet i will show them who the woman they abandoned really
06:54is
06:55at the same time the north blackwood manor darren blackwood my former husband was standing in the
07:03bedroom i once lived in
07:07where are her things lady alora ordered them all thrown away the room was empty only the marks on
07:13the wall proved someone once lived there darren walked to the window and picked up the silver goblet
07:18he rarely drank only when his mind was in turmoil three years over a thousand days and nights he never
07:26spent a single night in this bedroom he lived in another manor on the other side of the estate
07:30every night i lay alone in this bed waiting for him he never came my lord there's something i've
07:39been wanting to tell you speak lady clara never spent a single gold coin you gave her
07:48what this lobster soup tastes like shit clara's was a hundred times better get out elora my former
07:55mother-in-law was throwing another tantrum she was never satisfied with anyone except sierra
08:03clara used to cook she married into our family serving me is only right i hired so many servants
08:12why did she have to do it what's wrong with you lately why are you always defending that
08:17bitch darren didn't answer he turned and left walking into the study
08:23on darren's desk there was an exquisite gift box a ribbon tied in a bow
08:30what is this lady clara asked me to give it to you it's a third wedding anniversary gift
08:37darren opened the box inside was a pair of cufflinks shaped like a whale's tail
08:43whales they mate for life clara i hope you come back soon stop throwing tantrums
08:53otherwise i won't forgive you the third day after i returned to winston manor haley came
09:04clara you finally came to your senses haley carter daughter of the marquis of the borderlands my best
09:11friend and the most well-informed woman in the realm that darren is an oath breaker even the birds in
09:18the
09:18forest have more loyalty than him haley enough not enough i want to curse more
09:25do you know what makes me most angry you suffered for him for three years and he let that woman
09:31get
09:32pregnant i took haley's hand she was one of the few people in this world i could completely trust
09:37stop cursing i don't care anymore really really from now on i live only for myself
09:47at dusk i stood alone on the terrace looking at the distant mountain ranges
09:57what are you thinking about about the road ahead i heard you're planning the song of love tournament
10:03yes the royal love tournament i want to be part of the planning i can no longer be the woman
10:09who
10:09hides behind a man i need my own career my own land my own life what about sierra and darren
10:15are you
10:16letting them go no tomorrow is the banquet i will make them regret everything they did i was never
10:23a lamb to be slaughtered i just love the wrong person the night of the homecoming banquet winston
10:30manor was brightly lit all the nobles of the realm had gathered my eldest sister sent this sapphire
10:36blue gown from the south she said she designed it herself nathan walked in in his hands was a velvet
10:43box
10:46wear this tonight you will make everyone remember your face he opened the box a sapphire necklace lay
10:54inside the pendant was a teardrop shaped deep sea sapphire
11:00is this tears of the deep sea from an auction in the north i paid a fortune for it i
11:07knew this necklace
11:08darren once bought it for sierra but sierra secretly sold it nathan bought it for me
11:18i walked into the banquet hall on my father's arm the whole room fell silent
11:25i saw everyone's eyes on me
11:29you'll make everyone stunned tonight including the blackwoods haley smiled knowingly my eyes swept
11:37across the crowd in the corner i saw darren allura and bonita darren was wearing a dark blue suit he
11:45was
11:45still handsome but my heart no longer beat for him allura and bonita's faces were ashen they never
11:52expected that the woman they had trampled underfoot would stand above everyone tonight
11:58i took a deep breath then bonita's shriek pierced the air that necklace it belongs to my family the
12:08blackwoods tears of the deep sea was darren's gift to sierra you stole it
12:18bonita's words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake the whole room began to whisper darren spent
12:24tens of thousands of gold coins on tears of the deep sea for sierra you bitch you stole sierra's
12:30necklace i stood still watching bonita rush towards me like a mad woman what evidence do you have i saw
12:37it with my own eyes that is sierra's necklace bonita looked triumphant she thought she could humiliate
12:45me in public this time but she didn't know on the back of this necklace my name was engraved are
12:52you
12:52sure of course i'm sure a lowly woman like you doesn't deserve such a treasure then a low voice came
13:00from the crowd who doesn't deserve it nathan stepped forward he was wearing a black suit like a panther about
13:06to pounce i purchased tears of the deep sea at an auction in the north i am the duke of
13:11winston i
13:13spent my own money does who i give my necklace to need your approval the whole room fell into dead
13:18silence bonita's expression shifted from triumph to terror she never imagined that nathan would
13:24publicly defend her i walked up to bonita the candlelight of the banquet hall reflected off the
13:29gem on my chest are you sure you want to make a scene in public on the back of this
13:34necklace my
13:35initials are engraved shall we have it inspected in public
13:41bonita took a step back her lips were trembling then my father duke taylor slowly walked up the steps
13:51everyone tonight i have an announcement to make bonita slunk back to the corner
13:57elora held her hand the two whispering their faces ugly darren stood still when he saw me he frowned
14:06three years this was the first time he had ever truly looked at me
14:11but what he saw was no longer the woman he could push around
14:16distinguished guests thank you for coming tonight my father's voice was steady and powerful everyone's
14:23eyes turned to the days tonight i officially present to all of you my youngest daughter clara von winston
14:31she will inherit one third of the territory of the duchy of winston at the same time she will serve
14:38as the
14:38branch head of the northern merchant guild the whole room erupted how is this possible no the sound of a
14:47wine glass hitting the floor was sharp and piercing it was darren his glass shattered at his feet red wine
14:54splashed on his boots he didn't even notice elora's mouth opened and closed like a fish washed ashore bonita
15:03gripped her mother's arm her knuckles white everyone was looking at me shock envy fear calculation all kinds
15:13of eyes and i stood on the days watching them
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