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00:03Dolores, I need you here, now, and we're discussing another raise.
00:09Babe, why are you in a rush?
00:13I told you yesterday, I don't do the morning after.
00:16But you don't really mean that.
00:21Please leave. Shower if you need to.
00:23Grab a change of clothes, but I need you to go.
00:27Fine. I should have listened.
00:32Listen to what?
00:34The woman in the bathroom, and who told me you'd sleep with me and break my heart.
00:38How could I have possibly broken your heart? I met you last night.
00:46Dad's waiting. He's always waiting. For me to fail.
00:53Disappointed, but not surprised.
00:55I built a billion-dollar company from nothing.
00:58Named it after Mom.
01:00Still not enough.
01:02It's never enough.
01:04Today I convince him.
01:14Mmm. Mmm.
01:23Emble Steakhouse, and step on it.
01:31No, no, no, no!
01:34The one day, the own day, the owner does a check-in!
01:38Meow!
01:43If I get fired, we're both eating ramen for a month.
01:45Meow!
01:48Meow!
01:52Meow!
02:00You're late.
02:01I know.
02:02I'm so sorry. My alarm...
02:04Cleaning duty. No tables today.
02:06But that means no tips!
02:08Should have thought about that, before showing up 40 minutes late on inspection day.
02:18Congratulations. You're not pregnant.
02:21What?
02:33You have got to be kidding me.
02:35Sorry, Luna. They told us at the beginning of the shift.
02:38Customer bathrooms only today.
02:40Plumber comes at noon.
02:41Need a tampon?
02:44Black cat.
02:45Broken mirror.
02:46Chain mail.
02:47Something cursed me.
02:48Something definitely cursed me.
02:59Hello?
03:01Yes?
03:03Do you, um, have a tampon?
03:07If you don't, there's a dispenser nearby.
03:10One second.
03:16Is everything okay?
03:18I got this. I swear. Just give me a second.
03:21I'm so sorry. Oh my god.
03:24Don't be sorry.
03:25This day couldn't possibly get any worse.
03:28My alarm didn't go off.
03:30I got my period early.
03:32This co-worker who hates me announced it to everyone.
03:35The employee bathrooms are broken.
03:38And our uniforms are white.
03:40Like, who dresses waiters in white?
03:43I'm not superstitious, but this bad luck is...
03:47Today's been pretty shitty for me, too.
03:49Don't apologize. I get it.
03:53Hold on.
03:57Sorry, you're gonna have to open up.
03:59I can't slide it under.
04:08So much.
04:09And I'd appreciate your discretion.
04:11Of course.
04:12I understand.
04:14What's your name?
04:16Luna.
04:17Luna Reyes.
04:18And yours?
04:19Vivian Ashforth.
04:21Um, nice to meet you.
04:22Nice to meet you, too.
04:24What just happened?
04:26What just happened?
04:32I can do it.
04:34You'll find someone to marry.
04:35You'll become religious.
04:37You will maintain a respectable public image.
04:39I'll be a born-again Christian if that's what it takes.
04:44You know what your timeline is, Vivian.
04:47Convince me before then,
04:49and the company will be yours.
04:51I promise, Dad.
04:52I'll be married by the end of the month.
04:56Derek Lawson has already presented his five-year plan to the board.
04:59Impressive numbers.
05:00Derek Lawson is a parasite
05:02who attached himself to our family name.
05:05He's practical, obedient, traditional.
05:08He's not your blood.
05:09Neither is stubbornness a qualification for CEO.
05:13Five months, Vivian.
05:14That's what the doctors gave me.
05:16If you haven't proven yourself by then,
05:19the board votes.
05:20And they will choose Derek.
05:21I won't let that happen.
05:22A wife, a church, a spotless reputation.
05:27That's the minimum.
05:28You'll have it.
05:33We'll see.
05:37A wife.
05:39Where the hell am I going to find a wife?
05:46Table 12.
05:47The Elizabeth booth.
05:48VIP.
05:49Do not mess this up.
05:59The woman from the bathroom.
06:01Oh, God.
06:02Hello?
06:03Um, hi.
06:04I'm Luna.
06:05Luna Reyes.
06:05I'll be your waitress today.
06:06What are your drinks of preference?
06:07I am Richard Ashford.
06:09This is my daughter, Vivian.
06:11I would like a water, two cubes of ice.
06:12She would like a Shirley Temple.
06:13No ice.
06:16Is that all?
06:20That's all.
06:27Get out.
06:28You're done.
06:35If I'm not convinced before the five months are up, Vivian.
06:39A wife and a wholesome reputation.
06:41I know.
06:41I'll do it.
06:49Wait.
06:50What did you hear?
06:53Nothing.
06:59You!
07:00I want you fired!
07:01Hi.
07:02Are you guys hiring?
07:11Does that say Luna Reyes?
07:13Yes.
07:15We're not hiring.
07:16But you just...
07:18We're not hiring.
07:19Please leave this fine establishment.
07:21Since when has Applebee's ever been considered a fine establishment?
07:3224 rejections.
07:3324.
07:34He didn't just get me fired.
07:35He got me blacklisted.
07:36Every chain in the city knows my name.
07:38If I can't work, I can't pay rent.
07:40If I can't pay rent, I'd have to leave New York.
07:43This city is the only thing I have left.
07:45It was there when no one else was.
07:47There has to be another way.
07:50Corin Industries.
07:52Billion dollar enterprise Ashfield Empire heir needs to marry to inherit?
07:56She needs a wife.
07:57I need money.
07:58This is either the smartest or the stupidest thing I've ever done.
08:01You're a very beautiful woman.
08:02What's your ethnicity?
08:03Wait, let me guess.
08:05Egyptian.
08:06Right.
08:07And I see no wedding ring.
08:08Are you single?
08:10Tell me more about Corin Industries.
08:12The CEO's office.
08:13Would that be on the top floor?
08:15Yes, the hundredth floor.
08:16But are you busy Friday evening?
08:18It's just with Aunt Eleanor gone and my period this week.
08:23Do you need to use the bathroom?
08:25Oh, I wouldn't want to waste our time.
08:27Please, down the hall next to the fire escape.
08:31She said that.
08:32She needs Alif.
08:34I need money.
08:37I need money.
08:44Stay where you are.
08:45I can explain.
08:46I swear.
08:47Luna Reyes.
08:58Vivian.
09:04I know her.
09:09What are you?
09:10I wanted Tamir.
09:11Come here.
09:13Your security is really good.
09:15I was here for barely any time.
09:17Thermal detector.
09:18Your heat signature triggered the alarm.
09:20Lots of people want to kill you, I guess.
09:22Only a couple murder attempts a year.
09:24Tough life.
09:25Being a billionaire.
09:26What are you doing here?
09:29Here.
09:33You want to get married?
09:35That was the entire point of the contract, yes.
09:37And you don't mind pretending to be in love?
09:39In front of my father, my family, everyone?
09:41Not if you don't.
09:42And when there's no more use for the marriage?
09:43No moral quills with divorce?
09:45I'm hardly religious, I don't mind.
09:47It's a good business deal.
09:48Do you have a pen?
09:48A pen?
09:49To sign?
09:50I didn't actually think that far.
09:54Should I prick my finger and write my name in blood?
09:59I'm going to remember something you said.
10:02What?
10:02I'd rather sleep with anyone else in the world first.
10:06I'm not taking it back.
10:09I don't want you to.
10:10I want you to regret it.
10:13We have a wedding to plan.
10:18Let me get this straight.
10:19A waitress who you met once broke into your building,
10:21climbed 30 flights of stairs,
10:23and proposed a fake marriage?
10:24And you said yes?
10:25It's a business arrangement.
10:26Do you have a list of vetted candidates?
10:27Models?
10:28Celebrities?
10:28Hedge fund daughters?
10:29I canceled the interviews.
10:30For a waitress?
10:31She had a thorough contract.
10:33Is she pretty?
10:35That's irrelevant.
10:37So, she's gorgeous.
10:41What do you actually know about her?
10:43She's resourceful, brave, stubborn.
10:46She treated me like a person, not a bank account.
10:50You like her?
10:51It's business.
10:52Viv, I've known you since we were 15.
10:55You've never talked about anyone like this.
10:57I need air.
11:01Luna.
11:06Are you okay?
11:07Fine.
11:07Are you okay?
11:08I'm sorry about earlier.
11:09I don't do well with surprises.
11:11If you want to end the contract...
11:12No.
11:12I still want to marry you.
11:14Professionally.
11:15I swear I won't throw a drink in your face next time.
11:17Good.
11:17I mean good.
11:18For the macaroon.
11:19To repay you.
11:21A thousand dollars?
11:22For a pink macaroon?
11:23It's...
11:24I won't take your charity.
11:26Come on.
11:26We have an agreed amount.
11:28Fair is fair.
11:29This isn't an exchange.
11:30This is you feeling sorry for me.
11:31I don't feel sorry for you.
11:33I don't like owing people.
11:35You don't owe me anything for a macaroon.
11:37That's a second degree burn.
11:39I don't care.
11:40Take the check.
11:41No.
11:56We need to discuss living arrangements.
11:59I'm being evicted anyway, so...
12:01Fine.
12:02I'll send a car.
12:03I can't take the subo way.
12:05With a cat and six boxes.
12:10Send the car.
12:22Don't get used to this.
12:24Your room is the second on the left.
12:26It has its own bathroom.
12:28If you want to change anything.
12:30My own room?
12:31Obviously.
12:33This is a business arrangement.
12:36Right.
12:37Obviously.
12:41Cleopatra, no!
12:44She has good taste.
12:47She has terrible taste.
12:49She eats shoelaces.
12:52Hello, Cleopatra.
12:54She doesn't usually like strangers.
12:57I'm not a stranger.
12:59I'm her other mom now.
13:02Don't, don't, don't say it like that.
13:06Wedding planning starts tomorrow.
13:08Get some rest.
13:12Traitor.
13:14Bennett.
13:16Clear my afternoon.
13:17I have a personal errand.
13:19We need rings.
13:21Can't you just...
13:23order them online?
13:24My father would notice a cheap ring from across the room.
13:27We're going to Tiffany's.
13:29Tiffany's!
13:30Everyone's looking at us.
13:33They're looking at you.
13:35What?
13:35No, they're definitely looking at the woman in a 3,000 suit.
13:3812,000.
13:39What?
13:40The suit was 12,000.
13:42I hate you.
13:47For the happy couple, congratulations.
13:51Something simple.
13:52Elegant.
13:53Not ostentatious.
13:56This one's nice.
14:00That suits you.
14:03That one is $42,000.
14:05Absolutely not!
14:06We'll take two.
14:07Vivian, it's part of the act.
14:09Let me do this.
14:11Fine.
14:11But I'm giving it back after.
14:13We'll see.
14:15We need a backstory.
14:17We need a backstory.
14:17How we met.
14:18How long we've been dating.
14:20First date.
14:21All of it.
14:22Can't we just say we met at the restaurant?
14:24My father had you fired from that restaurant.
14:26He'd never believe I started dating the woman who dumped fondue on him.
14:29Fair point.
14:29So, where did we meet?
14:32The Firefleet Cafe.
14:33It's a queer cafe I've gone to since I was a teenager.
14:35Believable setting.
14:36Okay.
14:36And our first date?
14:37Central Park.
14:38Picnic.
14:39Sunset.
14:39I researched common first dates.
14:41You researched romance?
14:43I research everything.
14:45Okay.
14:46What about physical stuff?
14:48What about it?
14:48If we're married, people expect us to be comfortable with each other.
14:51Touching.
14:52Holding hands.
14:53Maybe kissing.
14:54We should practice.
14:56Practice?
14:56Holding hands.
14:58So it looks natural.
15:02This is fine.
15:04Completely fine.
15:06What about the kiss?
15:08We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
15:11Good night, Luna.
15:14Good night.
15:19Do you, Vivian Ashfield, take Luna Reyes to be your lawfully wedded wife?
15:26I do.
15:27And do you, Luna Reyes, take Vivian Ashfield to be your lawfully wedded wife?
15:34I do.
15:35You may kiss the bride.
15:37I do.
15:48Beautiful.
15:49Absolutely beautiful.
15:50I didn't prepare for this.
15:53That was adequate.
15:55Yeah.
15:56Yeah.
15:57Adequate.
16:00Thank you for doing this.
16:02Thank you for letting me.
16:11so this is the woman dad this is luna my wife it's nice to meet you mr ashford sit
16:22how did you two meet the firefly cafe eight months ago and what do you do luna i'm between
16:28positions right now i was a waitress a waitress dad i didn't say anything where did you waitress
16:36a few places around the city most recently a steakhouse you look familiar i get that a lot
16:44tell me about your family my mother was egyptian she passed when i was young i was raised by my
16:50aunt in new york and your father never knew him no family money that's enough i'm making conversation
16:56my daughter-in-law you understand my concern women have tried to marry into this family before for
17:01obvious reasons i married your daughter mr ashfield not your bank account
17:11congratulations on the wedding vivian quite sudden wasn't it
17:17when you know you know of course and your wife luna is it charming girl waitress background i hear
17:23is there a point to this derrick just making conversation the board has questions naturally
17:27about stability about image your father's health is declining and the shareholders want assurance that
17:31whoever takes the helm is settled i'm married i'd say that's settled married for three weeks to a
17:37woman nobody's heard of forgive me if the board needs more convincing my proposal a 10-year growth
17:44strategy vetted by three independent firms i'll review it take your time we have what did the doctor say
17:52five months he makes a strong case vivian meeting adjourned
18:36you cooked don't sound so shocked i worked in restaurants for eight years
18:44you didn't have to you look stressed in your text even through a four-letter word somehow
18:50is it bad this is the best thing i've ever eaten you're being dramatic i'm not i've eaten at michelin
18:55star restaurants on four continents this is better how was the meeting really derrick lawrence is
19:00positioning himself the board is listening my father is dying and the vultures are circling
19:04what do you need i need the board to see me as stable trust really someone with roots so we
19:11need to
19:11be more visible as a couple a charity gala is coming up three weeks from now every major player in
19:18new
19:18york will be there you want me to go i need you to go and i need everyone there to
19:23believe we're in love
19:28then we'll make them believe it thank you luna that's what vives are for professionally speaking
19:44you look adequate no not adequate
19:53may i
20:05may i
20:09vivian introduce us to your wife
20:12this is luna the love of my life she's being modest
20:17i'm actually the love of her life and the reason she eats vegetables now
20:31is this close enough almost
20:39find out everything about luna reyes everything
20:51i think that went well you were perfect you sound surprised i'm not i just you made it easy to
21:00pretend
21:02that's the job right right
21:09vivian yes at the gala when we were dancing was any of that real
21:20i guess not
21:24does it matter this is a business arrangement that's all i'm not catching feelings for a billionaire
21:30that would be insane don't judge me
21:39i'm so screwed
21:42luna reyes 26 egyptian american mother deceased no father on record raised by an aunt who also
21:49passed no criminal record no college degree worked minimum wage jobs for the last eight years and
21:54before vivian she was a waitress at ember steakhouse fired after an incident involving richard ashford and
22:01fondue
22:03the fondue girl she's the fondue girl richard ashford personally had her blacklisted from every major
22:09restaurant chain in new york
22:10so the woman richard ashford despises is now his daughter-in-law this is too good what else no evidence
22:17of a relationship between her and vivian prior to four weeks ago no social media history together
22:21no mutual friends nothing because there was no relationship this marriage is fake
22:28i just need proof
22:31something concrete enough for the board and for richard
22:35there's one more thing
22:37luna reyes was evicted from her apartment the same week she married vivian ashford
22:40evicted and then suddenly married to a billionaire
22:44find me the contract there has to be one no one marries a stranger without paperwork
22:51richard it's derek i think we should talk about your daughter-in-law
23:03what's wrong my father wants to see us both of us today that doesn't sound derek called him
23:12what does derek know
23:15i don't know yet but if he's gone to my father it's not good
23:23sit down
23:27derek has brought something to my attention he claims your marriage is a fabrication
23:32that's absurd is it you've known each other for less than two months there's no dating history
23:38no social media no mutual connections and your wife was evicted from her apartment the same week you
23:45married i moved in with my wife that's what married people do or what people do when they're paid to
23:51pretend luna look at me do you love my daughter
24:03yes i love her leave us richard i said leave
24:11i'm watching both of you don't make me regret this you are incredible
24:23i wasn't acting
24:31when's the last time you slept define slept more than three hours
24:42i wasn't finished you're finished for tonight luna vivian i can't afford to stop derek
24:48is derek can wait until morning you can't run a company if you collapse
24:54lean back i don't lean back
24:59tell me something not about work something real
25:05my mother named her company after herself kareem she died when i was seven brain tumor
25:11i remember her hands she wore rings silver like mine i started wearing them because as i was afraid
25:17i'd forget what she looked like you won't forget how do you know because you love her too much
25:24that kind of love doesn't let you forget
25:30luna yeah
25:37i'm not good at this at what feeling things you're better at it than you think
25:52coffee's on the counter
25:56you let me fall asleep you needed it
26:02about last you don't have to explain anything i want to
26:10i've never told anyone about my mother's rings
26:13not even marco why did you tell me
26:19i don't know that's not true i do know i just don't know how to say it
26:28then don't say it if i kiss you right now it won't be for the cameras i know
26:41what your father's been hospitalized you need to come now i'm on my way go i'll be right behind you
26:57the cancer is progressing faster than we anticipated we're looking at weeks now not months
27:05it's
27:06thank you doctor
27:21vivian
27:23i'm here dad
27:26come closer
27:31you
27:31she looks at you
27:39the way your mother looked at me
27:44take care of her
27:47she won't let anyone else
27:49i will
27:51the company is yours
27:53i've already told the board
27:55dad
27:55i should have said it years ago
27:58you were always enough vivian
28:02i was too proud to admit it
28:17he's dying
28:19i know
28:19i spent my whole life trying to prove myself to him and now
28:33we need to talk about the contract
28:35what about it
28:37my father gave me the company
28:40the original reason for our arrangement is fulfilled
28:45so you're saying we're done
28:47i'm saying the contract no longer applies
28:50you've fulfilled your end
28:51the money is yours
28:52you're free to leave whenever you want
28:57is that what you want for me to leave
29:01what i want is irrelevant
29:02this was a business deal
29:04stop calling it that
29:05it is that that's what we agreed
29:08i know what we agreed
29:10but things changed vivian you know they did
29:13the dancing the couch
29:16last night at the hospital
29:18last night at the hospital
29:19this morning when you almost kissed me
29:24was all of that business
29:28luna
29:28answer me
29:29i can't give you what you want
29:31what do you think i want
29:32someone who knows how to love
29:33i don't i've never i
29:36i sleep with women and send them away in the morning
29:39that's all i know how to do
29:41that's not all you know
29:42you held my hand in front of your father
29:44you told me about your mother's rings
29:47you burned your hand on a stove
29:50because you were looking at me
29:52you're terrified i get it
29:55but don't you dare stand there and tell me this was just business
29:59i don't know how to do this
30:01neither do i but i want to try with you
30:14that wasn't adequate
30:17it really wasn't
30:20a falsified marriage in exchange for a fininite sump
30:23your marriage is a fraud
30:25you paid a waitress to pretend to be your wife
30:31vivian is this true
30:33it started as an arrangement yes
30:36i won't deny that how convenient but it isn't one anymore
30:40i'm not finished that contract was signed weeks ago since then my wife has stood beside me in
30:45front of my father in front of this board in front of the entire city
30:47she held my hand in a hospital room while my father told me i was enough
30:51she made me dinner when i forgot to eat
30:53she made me sleep when i wouldn't stop working
30:55she is not a transaction
30:56you want to talk about fraud derek
30:58let's talk about how you obtained a private legal document
31:01let's talk about the investigator you hired to surveil my wife
31:05let's talk about how you've spent the last two months undermining me
31:08instead of doing your actual job
31:10i love luna reyes that is not a business decision that is the truth
31:14and if this board can't see the difference between where something starts and where it ends
31:19then you don't deserve to lead anything vote however you want i'm going home to my wife
31:32i moved to table mr lawson's motion
31:44i saw the news
31:47luna
31:49everyone knows the whole city knows they published the contract
31:55derek leaked it to the press after the board meeting
31:58what did you tell them the board
32:01the truth
32:02which version
32:04only version that matters
32:06that it started as a deal
32:08and that it became real
32:10they're calling me a gold digger
32:11a con artist
32:12there are pictures of me outside ember steakhouse
32:15from the day i got fired
32:16someone found my eviction notice
32:18they're saying i targeted you
32:20none of that is true
32:20it doesn't matter if it's true it's what people believe
32:23your reputation
32:24i don't care about my reputation
32:25you've cared about it your entire life
32:27maybe i should go
32:28if i'm not in the picture the scandal dies
32:30you keep the company everything goes back
32:31don't you dare lead me to
32:32vivian
32:32i have spent my entire life watching people walk away because things got hard
32:35my mother didn't have a choice but you do
32:37and i am asking you begging you to stay
32:40i'm scared
32:43so am i
32:46but i'd rather be scared with you than safe without you
32:51i'm not going anywhere
32:55your cat has terrible timing
32:57she gets it from me
33:01i've never spoken to press before what if i say something wrong
33:04you won't
33:06what if i throw up
33:07then we'll make headlines for a different reason
33:10you don't have to do this i can handle it alone
33:12no
33:13we do this together
33:15that's the whole point
33:17thank you all
33:17we were strangers who made a deal
33:21but somewhere between the contract and now i fell in love with her
33:25genuinely completely
33:27in a way i didn't think i was capable of
33:29luna reyes is not a gold digger
33:31she is my wife
33:32not because of a contract but because i choose her
33:34every single day
33:36your turn
33:39i'm not a billionaire
33:41and a cat who eats shoelaces
33:43i married vivian ashworth for money
33:45but she is also kind
33:46and she carries her mother's memory on every finger
33:49you can call me whatever you want
33:50but i love her
33:51and that's not something anyone paid me to say
33:55luna will you stay married
33:56ask me in 50 years
34:04Vivian
34:05i'm here dad
34:06i saw the press conference
34:09on the television
34:10you should be resting
34:11you were brave
34:14your mother would have been proud
34:16i was wrong
34:18about a lot of things
34:19about you
34:21about what makes someone worthy
34:22dad don't
34:23let me finish
34:25i spent my life measuring people by numbers
34:27dollars
34:29percentages
34:30quarterly reports
34:31and i missed what was right in front of me
34:35she's good vivian
34:37don't let her go
34:39i won't
34:40and the company
34:41it's handled
34:43the board voted this afternoon
34:44derek's motion was rejected unanimously
34:48that's my girl
34:52tell luna thank you
34:54for taking care of you
35:02i'm here
35:03i'm right here
35:20goodbye dad
35:28no suit today
35:30board meetings not until noon
35:33vivian ashford and sweatpants before noon
35:35the press would have a field day
35:40let them
35:44how are you really
35:47some days are harder
35:49but i'm okay
35:51because of you
35:53i want to tell you something
35:56okay
35:57i've been thinking about what comes next
35:59for me
36:01i don't want to just be the billionaire's wife
36:03i want to do something
36:04build something
36:06what did you have in mind
36:07a restaurant
36:08my own
36:09small family style
36:10the kind of place where nobody gets fired for crescent-shaped ice
36:15i think that's a brilliant idea
36:16i don't want your money for it
36:18i want to earn it
36:19loans savings the right way
36:21i wouldn't dare offer
36:22liar
36:23you already have a check written don't you
36:27i love you
36:29even when you're impossible
36:31especially when i'm impossible
36:34cleopatra
36:36you're grounded
36:42opening day gift
36:43a plant
36:44for the windowsill every good restaurant has plants on the windowsill
36:48thank you
36:48you did this all of it on your own
36:51not entirely on my own
36:57chef special
36:59for my favorite customer
37:01favorite i thought you said you'd rather serve anyone else in the world first
37:04i told you
37:04i'm not taking it back
37:07and i told you
37:08i'd make you regret it
37:11have you
37:12not yet
37:14but i have time
37:15how much time
37:17ask me in 50 years
37:20the second law of thermodynamics says the universe tends toward disorder
37:24everything falls apart everything breaks down
37:26but sometimes just sometimes two people find each other in the chaos
37:30and they build something not perfect not easy
37:34but real
37:35and that's enough
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