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After I Lost Our Baby, the Don Begged Me to Come Back - HOT
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00:00The day I decided to divorce the godfather, his dead brother's widow posted a pregnancy report online.
00:05The father listed on it was Dominic Vallelti, my husband.
00:08I was two months pregnant too.
00:10But before he ever knew, he chose her child over mine.
00:13And one day, he would regret it on his knees.
00:17I left a single question mark in the comments.
00:20Less than 40 seconds later, Dominic's call came through.
00:23What exactly are you being snide about?
00:26Vivian has been a widow for three years.
00:29She wants a child for company. What's wrong with that?
00:32Lucian died for me back then.
00:35The whole street was shooting.
00:38Muzzle fire let the rain like daylight.
00:40I lost control.
00:42I stepped out from cover.
00:45Lucian saw it before I did.
00:48The bullet meant for me hit him.
00:50I watched him die in my arms.
00:52Taking care of the woman he left behind is the least I can do.
00:56And you have no right to question it.
00:58I didn't even get a single word in.
01:0120 minutes later, Vivian updated again.
01:04This time it was her apartment.
01:06Floor-to-ceiling windows, city skyline, and open kitchen.
01:09I knew that back.
01:11The caption said,
01:12With you by my side, I feel the warmth of home again.
01:16The property was under the Velady name.
01:19And the man was my husband.
01:22I pressed the screen dark.
01:24I sat in blackness for a long time.
01:26On the desk in front of me lay my own pregnancy report.
01:30Two days ago, I found out I was pregnant.
01:32I planned to tell him on our anniversary.
01:35Five years of marriage, and we had never conceived.
01:39I thought this child would be our new hope.
01:41Now, he didn't need that surprise anymore.
01:44I already knew what I had to do.
01:48Hello, I'd like to schedule an abortion for today.
01:51That was when Dominic walked through the door.
01:54No, not now.
01:58He heard enough.
02:01I couldn't let him take this choice, too.
02:06If he asked, I would not lie.
02:11Serena, who are you on the phone with?
02:21Serena, who are you calling?
02:22I brought clam chowder.
02:24From your favorite place.
02:26Not hungry.
02:28He still thought kindness could erase betrayal.
02:31The smell hit me, and my body rebelled.
02:34I could not bear his hands on me.
02:36Don't touch me!
02:38What do you want from me?
02:40I'm trying to manage your feelings.
02:43What more do you want?
02:44Me on my knees?
02:46Then what should I do?
02:48Congratulate her?
02:49Be happy she carries my husband's child?
02:53Lucian died for me.
02:55Vivian is my responsibility.
02:57She wanted a child.
02:58Is that a crime?
03:00Nothing happened.
03:01It was only a donation.
03:03Stop making it filthy.
03:04He looked at me like I was disgusting.
03:08Take a good look at yourself.
03:10Vivian posted again.
03:12He called her home.
03:14I laughed until the tears came.
03:17At three in the afternoon, I arrived at the hospital.
03:20I waited for my number.
03:22Just get through this.
03:23Then leave.
03:24He was holding her like she belonged there.
03:27I should leave before they see me.
03:30Serena?
03:31Are you following me?
03:33I'm just here to see a doctor.
03:35For what?
03:37Dominic, don't give Serena a hard time.
03:40Maybe it's just a routine checkup.
03:43Let me talk to her.
03:45You're pregnant.
03:46Sit still.
03:47The doctor said you need rest.
03:49I'll handle this.
03:50I only wanted to leave.
03:52I'm still talking to you, Serena.
03:55What are you doing at the hospital?
03:57I already answered.
03:58I'm here to see a doctor.
04:00I'm not wasting my time stalking you two.
04:03He wanted proof, not truth.
04:06Serena, I know you're angry.
04:08After Lucian died, I was alone in that house.
04:12I only wanted a child to keep me company.
04:15Her grip was cold, too controlled.
04:17I never meant to hurt you and-
04:19No, she was falling on purpose.
04:20Ah!
04:22Viv!
04:23He chose her first.
04:26Viv, are you okay?
04:28I am fine.
04:31My legs just went weak.
04:34Dom, don't blame Serena.
04:36Are you really that vicious, Serena?
04:38I didn't touch her.
04:40I saw it with my own eyes.
04:42He had already judged-
04:44If anything happens to her or the baby,
04:47I will never forgive you.
04:49They moved like a shield.
04:50My proof was shaking in my hand.
04:53Dominic, what if I told you,
04:55I'm pregnant,
04:56and I came here today for an abortion.
04:59Would you stay?
05:01For one second, he almost heard me.
05:04Then she took that second away.
05:07Serena, don't try to manipulate me with tricks like that.
05:12No matter what, I'm not leaving Viviana.
05:14That was the answer I needed.
05:18Serena Valardi, are you here?
05:20Are you still going through with the procedure?
05:23Yes.
05:24I want this pregnancy terminated.
05:26No one came for me.
05:28Then, darkness.
05:31That evening, I came home to darkness.
05:35No calls.
05:36No texts.
05:37Nothing.
05:38He was on Vivian's feet again, so I liked it.
05:41For a week, Dominic never came home.
05:43The divorce papers arrived that day.
05:46Dinner at the family estate tonight.
05:48Fine.
05:50I carried the divorce papers into their house.
05:53My chair was already taken.
05:56Oh, Serena.
05:57You're here.
05:58Serena.
06:00Helen insisted I moved in for prenatal care.
06:03That's enough, Viviana.
06:04The child in her belly is the sole Valeti heir.
06:07Starting tomorrow, you'll move in and learn to care for her.
06:10If Viviana is displeased, I'll have Dominic divorce you.
06:13They were waiting for me to scream.
06:15Instead, I laughed.
06:17Well, that works out perfectly.
06:19What's that supposed to mean?
06:20Helena, I came here tonight for one reason.
06:24To divorce Dominic.
06:26Serena, don't forget where you came from.
06:29Sitting at this table was a privilege the Valeti family gave you.
06:34Serena, I'm begging you.
06:36Don't do this to my baby.
06:38The child is innocent.
06:40She was performing for someone.
06:43Stop.
06:44Serena, you're trying to force her to abort the baby?
06:46I'm not...
06:48The pain swallowed my voice.
06:50You vicious bitch!
06:52Haven't I taught you enough?
06:53I couldn't fall here.
06:56Not in front of them.
06:57This was the only thing I had left to give him.
07:01Dominic Valeti.
07:02We're done.
07:04One step.
07:05Then another.
07:06Just leave.
07:08Then my body gave out.
07:10There's blood!
07:11Call an ambulance!
07:12Serena, look at me!
07:13Don't close your eyes!
07:14I tried to speak.
07:15Nothing came out.
07:16And the darkness swallowed me whole.
07:19I woke up to a white ceiling, an IV line, and my mother's tears.
07:22Sweetheart, you're awake.
07:24Where does it hurt?
07:26Mom.
07:26I had held it in for too long.
07:29Mama's here.
07:30Let it out, baby.
07:31I cried until my throat failed me.
07:35You've suffered, sweetheart.
07:37I should never have let you marry him.
07:40He used to smile with dinkles over mustard and late night hot dogs.
07:46He even cried at old movies.
07:50I don't trust anyone in the mob.
07:54He stood there for three days.
07:57I'll spend my life being good to her.
08:00Dad was silent.
08:01Then he nodded.
08:04We held each other and laughed.
08:06Three years later, Lucien died.
08:09Dominic never smiled like that again.
08:12Dominic is outside.
08:16Even his name still hurt.
08:19Let me see her.
08:21Please, just let me see her.
08:24He finally sounded afraid.
08:27Let him in.
08:29Serena.
08:30Let him in, Mom.
08:31You two wait outside.
08:33I need to talk to him alone.
08:35My parents knew I had decided.
08:38He looked nothing like the Don.
08:41He stopped where guilt could reach me.
08:44Serena, I didn't know you were pregnant.
08:46I didn't know you'd miscarried it.
08:48That day, I thought you were forcing Vivian.
08:51I've already signed the divorce papers.
08:54Sign them.
08:56There was no anger left in me.
08:58No.
09:00He reached for me, then froze.
09:01He saw what his grip had left.
09:04Serena, I won't sign.
09:06I love you.
09:08Love came too late.
09:11He said he loved me after choosing her every time.
09:14You say you just didn't know I was pregnant?
09:17Fine.
09:18Then let me ask you something.
09:20You'd get a call from her in the dead of night, sometimes at two or three in the morning,
09:24and you called that taking care of her, right?
09:26You bought her an apartment, a Valani property, titled in her name,
09:30and you called that making arrangements, right?
09:33You gave her a child.
09:35There had to be a reason.
09:36There had to be.
09:37Then let me tell you,
09:39if a man has no feelings for a woman,
09:41he doesn't leave his house at 3 a.m. because she called.
09:44He doesn't buy her a home and put her name on the deed,
09:47and he certainly doesn't let her carry his child.
09:49You can lie to me.
09:50You can lie to yourself.
09:52But you can't lie to the facts.
09:54Everything you did for Vivienne tells me and tells everyone that you love her.
09:58No.
09:59That wasn't love.
10:00It couldn't be.
10:01You're the Don.
10:02You control everything.
10:03But you don't get to control whether I stay or go.
10:06That's not Serena.
10:07I was just...
10:08I only...
10:09Sign the papers, Dominic.
10:11There's nothing left to say.
10:14Serena.
10:15Dad.
10:16Mom.
10:18The door opened.
10:19My parents walked in.
10:21The moment Dad saw him,
10:22his face went hard.
10:24You've said what you came to say.
10:26Now get out.
10:27He still thought he could stay.
10:29No, Serena.
10:30Give me one more chance.
10:31Get out.
10:32You're not welcome here.
10:34This time,
10:35he was the one shut outside.
10:37No more chances.
10:38No more waiting.
10:39I blocked him on every platform and every number.
10:43I sent Helena one message.
10:45Please have your son sign the papers.
10:48Free the place for the woman he chose to protect.
10:51A few days later,
10:52I went downstairs for a walk.
10:55Then I found Dominic outside.
10:57No bodyguards.
10:58No driver.
11:00He looked nothing like the Don I knew.
11:02He was careful now.
11:04Too late.
11:05Serena.
11:06That name no longer owned me.
11:09I thought he had finally stopped coming.
11:13Serena.
11:13How are you feeling?
11:15Any better?
11:16Much better.
11:17If there's nothing else,
11:18I'm heading back up.
11:19Now he was careful.
11:21Too late.
11:22Then he pulled out a velvet box.
11:25Inside was a pair of rings.
11:27We designed that pattern together.
11:31No matter what happens,
11:32I'll never take it off.
11:34All that was left was a pale mark.
11:37No, thank you.
11:38I pushed the box back.
11:41The rings are new,
11:42but what's broken can't be fixed.
11:44His knuckles turned white.
11:46Serena,
11:46why can't you cut me some slack?
11:48Just once.
11:49You were the one
11:50who didn't tell me about the pregnancy.
11:53If you had said something,
11:54I never would have walked away.
11:56I told you,
11:57I don't love Vivian.
11:59I only helped her for Lucian.
12:01Why can't you understand that?
12:02He still thought pain
12:04needed my permission to count.
12:06At the hospital,
12:06you said no matter what,
12:08you wouldn't leave her.
12:09He had no answer.
12:11If you won't sign the papers,
12:12stop coming to find me.
12:15I don't want to see you again.
12:17That night,
12:18Vivian texted me,
12:20tomorrow,
12:20the cafe.
12:26Vivian chose the place.
12:28That meant she wanted an audience.
12:30When I arrived,
12:31Vivian was already seated in a booth.
12:33Her dress was perfect.
12:34So was her smile.
12:36I would not give her the reaction she came for.
12:38There you are.
12:39Sit.
12:40She stirred her latte like she had already won.
12:43I sat down because I wanted to hear
12:45how far she would go.
12:47Serena,
12:48since things have come this far,
12:50I'm not going to beat around the bush.
12:53Dominic loves me.
12:54Just sign the divorce papers
12:56and stop holding us up.
12:58She thought I was the one
12:59refusing to let go.
13:01I think you have it backwards.
13:03The one who won't agree to the divorce
13:05is Dominic,
13:06not me.
13:07For one second,
13:08she lost the smile.
13:11That's impossible.
13:12I'm carrying his child.
13:14Why would he not want me?
13:16You must be the one
13:17clinging to him,
13:18refusing to let go.
13:19I gave her silence.
13:21It hurt her more than anger.
13:23Then she touched her belly
13:25like it was proof.
13:26I bet you don't know yet.
13:27This baby wasn't conceived
13:29the way Dominic told you.
13:30No sample.
13:31No artificial insamination.
13:32Dominic and I slept together
13:33more than once.
13:35The air went still for a beat.
13:39Is that so?
13:41She wanted me to break.
13:43I picked up the Americano
13:45and threw it squarely in her face.
13:50You're insane!
13:52Viviana, you should be grateful
13:54you're pregnant right now.
13:57I had what I needed.
13:59After leaving the cafe,
14:01I went straight to my attorney.
14:03This time,
14:04I would not beg.
14:06I handed over the recorder
14:08I had been carrying.
14:10Got it.
14:12Three days later,
14:13the hearing began.
14:15They were not here to comfort me.
14:16They were here to judge facts.
14:18The old men pout over the evidence.
14:21Some frowned.
14:22Some smiled like they already knew.
14:24I did not need him to confess.
14:26The evidence had spoken.
14:27Finally,
14:28one of them reached for the govel.
14:32By ruling of the family joint council,
14:35the infidelity is substantiated.
14:38The marriage of Dominic Velarde
14:40and Serena Velarde
14:42shall be automatically dissolved
14:44in one month.
14:46The ruling landed.
14:47Dominic finally broke.
14:49I had won the ruling,
14:50but not the ending.
14:52He was waiting below the steps.
14:55Serena.
14:57Do you hate me that much,
14:59Serena?
15:00You really won't leave any room at all?
15:04He still thought this was about mercy.
15:06Dominic and I slept together
15:08more than once.
15:10Now the truth had a voice.
15:13I can explain.
15:14That day,
15:15I helped her move some things.
15:17She made dinner.
15:18We drank wine.
15:20Then I don't know how it just...
15:23Dominic.
15:27No more excuses.
15:30Luciane took a bullet for you.
15:33And you took care of his wife into her bed.
15:35That was the wound he could not deny.
15:38If he could crawl out of that grave,
15:40the first person he'd put down is you.
15:44He had no answer.
15:47I stepped around him and kept walking.
15:50Serena,
15:50but I only love you.
15:53It was only that one time with her.
15:56I don't need love that cheap.
16:00Dominic's sent money during the divorce.
16:02I accepted every cent.
16:05That money bought me distance.
16:08For once,
16:09I chose myself.
16:11I booked a one-way ticket to Barcelona.
16:14Barcelona was my first breath of freedom.
16:17Bridges could lead away, too.
16:20Iceland felt like the world after fire.
16:23I stopped waiting for him.
16:24At every stop,
16:25I mailed proof I survived.
16:27I wrote one wound at a time.
16:31Strangers began reading,
16:33then staying.
16:35They called it courage.
16:37Once I left rot behind,
16:39the world opened wide.
16:42The sunset was mine.
16:44Five years felt like someone else's lifetime.
16:47Then I finally came home.
16:51Mom filled me in over dinner.
16:53Eat first.
16:55Then I'll tell you everything.
16:56It's about Dominic and Vivian.
16:58I thought that story was over.
17:01After your divorce,
17:02Vivian finally showed her true face.
17:05Pregnant and desperate,
17:06Vivian turned the baby into a weapon.
17:09Marry me,
17:10or I end this pregnancy.
17:11The Valeti heir cannot be risked.
17:13You will marry her.
17:14Helena forced the wedding.
17:16Viviana got the title she wanted.
17:18This was not how Mrs. Velotti was supposed to feel.
17:21Dominic would not even sit at the same table with her.
17:24He locked himself in his downtown apartment,
17:26colder than he had ever been with me.
17:27If he does not come home,
17:28everyone will know I lost.
17:30Started hunting him down at the office.
17:33Where is Dominic?
17:34Why is he not answering me?
17:37Tell him his wife is waiting downstairs.
17:39Mrs. Valenti is making a scene in the lobby.
17:42Do not touch me.
17:43I am his wife.
17:44Once or twice,
17:45they tolerated it.
17:46After that,
17:47even his men cringed.
17:48Repetition turned scandal into routine humiliation.
17:51Dominic answered her panic with silence.
17:53If he hides,
17:54I will drag him back in front of everyone.
17:56Then she crossed the line,
17:57and business functions.
17:58If every family agrees,
18:00we close tonight.
18:01Madam,
18:02this is a private room.
18:03So this is why you ignored my calls?
18:06Every man at that table watched the Don lose control of his own house.
18:11Vivian,
18:11not here.
18:14Every man at that table held power in a branch family.
18:17Why didn't you answer my calls?
18:19His wife to explode there was more than embarrassing.
18:21The deal nearly collapsed before dessert was served.
18:24Freeze every card under her name.
18:29I'm sorry,
18:30ma'am.
18:31It was declined.
18:31Run it again.
18:33He can't shut me out like this.
18:36A month later,
18:38she tracked him to another evening function.
18:40There you are.
18:43The woman beside him was only a PR liation.
18:47She thinks she can sit beside him.
18:50By then,
18:51she was beyond reason.
18:52Stay away from my husband!
18:57Touch me again,
18:58and you'll regret it.
19:00People in those rooms were not people you could provoke.
19:04Move.
19:04We need the room now.
19:07Sir,
19:08you have to wait outside.
19:10The child was rushed to the ICU,
19:12fighting through tubes and glass.
19:13For nearly three weeks,
19:14that tiny life held on.
19:17I'm sorry.
19:18We did everything we could.
19:19In the end,
19:20the baby didn't make it.
19:21The baby was gone.
19:23That same day,
19:24Dominic called the council.
19:26On grounds of grave damage to family honor and business,
19:28the marriage is dissolved.
19:29He used the same rules that once protected him to cut her loose.
19:33Vivian knew it was over.
19:35She took the payout,
19:36signed the papers,
19:37and disappeared.
19:38The city closed behind her like a door.
19:42No farewell,
19:44no mourning,
19:45just disposal.
19:46Helena started calling every connection she still had.
19:50Of course.
19:51I understand.
19:53But everyone had heard the Velarti scandal.
19:56No family wanted to send their daughter into that mess.
20:00When I came home,
20:01mom told me everything over dinner.
20:03Serves him right.
20:05If he had treated you right,
20:07none of this would have happened.
20:09I had nothing left to say about them.
20:12Those people had nothing to do with me anymore.
20:15So I went back to packing.
20:17My next ticket was already booked.
20:20They were no longer my story.
20:24Mom did not stop me this time.
20:28Tomorrow,
20:29Copenhagen.
20:30I was already moving forward.
20:34Go on then.
20:36Send me lots of pretty photos.
20:39Don't worry.
20:40I didn't expect to see Dominic again before I left.
20:44Just one last step.
20:47My body flinched first.
20:49He looked nothing like the Don he used to be.
20:54Serena.
20:57Vivian and I are divorced.
20:59The baby.
21:01The baby's gone too.
21:04And?
21:05It was the baby that bothered you, wasn't it?
21:08The baby's gone now.
21:10We can.
21:11We can start over.
21:14Even now, he still didn't understand.
21:18I laughed.
21:20The baby was never the reason I left.
21:23Dominic, there is no starting over.
21:26He was waiting for the wrong answer.
21:29I had a flight to catch.
21:31I was finally leaving him behind.
21:33And he still couldn't let go.
21:38No.
21:39Serena, you loved me so much once.
21:42I know it was all because of Vivian and the baby that you left me.
21:45There's nothing standing between us anymore.
21:49Give me one more chance.
21:52I'll love you right this time, better than before.
21:56He still thought holding me meant keeping me.
22:00This time, I left gently.
22:03But Dominic, I don't love you anymore.
22:05It's over.
22:06Move forward.
22:08The coldness of it cut right through him.
22:11In the end, he walked away with red-rimmed eyes.
22:15So wrecked, he almost looked pitiable.
22:19Serena doesn't love me anymore.
22:22Doesn't love me.
22:25The once-untouchable godfather was gone behind me.
22:28But none of it was my concern.
22:30Not anymore.
22:31When I boarded the flight to Copenhagen, I didn't look back.
22:34For the first time, the road ahead belonged only to me.
22:37I slipped open the window shade.
22:41Outside, the morning sky was on fire.
22:45I was moving forward.
22:47And I wouldn't look back.
22:50This time, I chose myself.
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