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00:00:00All right, I know you're drunk. I'm already at your hotel room door.
00:00:08Does your girlfriend know you're here with me?
00:00:10Don't say her name right now.
00:00:17That voice, I've heard it in my dreams for ten years.
00:00:21My boyfriend dumped me yesterday, my client got me wasted tonight,
00:00:25and now the people next door are having the best night of their lives.
00:00:27I hate the universe!
00:00:30Relax, she'll never know. Girls like Stella always believe what they want to believe.
00:00:34Chloe, I said stop talking about her.
00:00:39Stella, why do you look like you just saw a ghost?
00:00:44Because I think I just heard one.
00:00:50What are you talking about?
00:00:51That's Adrian.
00:00:52Adrian Blackwood? You're Adrian? The man who's supposed to marry you?
00:01:00I'm f***ing that door down. No! No, Stella! He's cheating on you!
00:01:04If I open that door, I'll have to see it.
00:01:10Maybe you need to. No. Not tonight.
00:01:18You just lied to her, didn't you?
00:01:21She trusts me.
00:01:23He didn't just cheat.
00:01:24He lied while I was standing on the other side of the wall.
00:01:41You just lied to her, didn't you?
00:01:44He once said that that seat was mine.
00:01:56Please tell me you're not doing something emotionally stupid.
00:01:59I'm watching him choose her in real time.
00:02:02Where are you?
00:02:03Outside Blackwood.
00:02:05Do you want me to come with a baseball bat or a lawyer?
00:02:08Neither. I just needed to know I wasn't crazy.
00:02:12Some men don't make promises.
00:02:14They just make you feel chosen.
00:02:18So does he.
00:02:20That little snake knows exactly what she's doing.
00:02:23Then stop protecting him.
00:02:26I'm not protecting him anymore.
00:02:30You're late.
00:02:34So are you.
00:02:35What does that mean?
00:02:39Tell me, Adrian.
00:02:41How long has my seat belonged to her?
00:02:48You're stalking my assistant now?
00:02:51No.
00:02:51That's your defense?
00:02:53Chloe posts everything.
00:02:55It doesn't mean anything.
00:03:00Then explain the hotel.
00:03:03Room 603.
00:03:05Last night.
00:03:06I called you.
00:03:07Stella.
00:03:08Your phone rang through the wall.
00:03:11I heard you.
00:03:12It wasn't what you think.
00:03:13Don't insult me!
00:03:14I was drunk.
00:03:15She took me there. I didn't plan it.
00:03:16You didn't plan to sleep with her, but you planned every lie after.
00:03:18It happened once.
00:03:21Once doesn't get her into your car.
00:03:24Once doesn't put my scarf on her body.
00:03:26Once doesn't make her wear the watch I bought you.
00:03:29You didn't make one mistake.
00:03:31You made a thousand choices.
00:03:34I love you.
00:03:38No.
00:03:38You love being loved by me.
00:03:44What are you doing?
00:03:46What are you doing?
00:03:46What I should have done.
00:03:47The moment I heard phone ring.
00:03:48You can't leave me over one night.
00:03:52I'm not leaving because of one night.
00:03:54I'm leaving because you came home and lied to my face.
00:03:57You owe me a chance.
00:03:59No.
00:04:00Adrian.
00:04:01You owe me ten years.
00:04:14You're not thinking clearly.
00:04:16I've never been clearer.
00:04:20You don't get to throw away ten years because of one mistake.
00:04:25It wasn't one mistake.
00:04:26It was a pattern.
00:04:30I said I'm sorry.
00:04:33You said it because you got caught.
00:04:37I was drunk.
00:04:39Were you drunk when you let her sit in my seat?
00:04:43Were you drunk when she wore my scarf?
00:04:50She's my assistant.
00:04:51I can't control everything she posts.
00:04:54No.
00:04:56You just enjoyed it.
00:05:00Where are you going?
00:05:01Anywhere you aren't.
00:05:02You're being dramatic.
00:05:06You cheated.
00:05:08You lied.
00:05:09You let another woman parade around in pieces of my life.
00:05:13And somehow, I'm the dramatic one.
00:05:21I love you, Stella.
00:05:22No.
00:05:23You love having me waiting at home while you play savior to someone else.
00:05:28If you walk out, don't expect me to chase you.
00:05:30I'm not asking you to chase me.
00:05:33I'm telling you I'm gone.
00:05:43Chloe, what happened?
00:05:56Mrs. Hayes?
00:05:59Mr. Blackwood is in a meeting.
00:06:01I'm not here for him.
00:06:04Oh, you must be Stella.
00:06:08Moving out already?
00:06:10That was fast.
00:06:11Stealing someone's boyfriend usually moves things along.
00:06:15I didn't steal anyone.
00:06:18Adrian makes his own choices.
00:06:21That might be the first honest thing you've said.
00:06:24I know this is hard for you.
00:06:26Adrian told me your history with his family is complicated.
00:06:29I mean, they took you in when you had nowhere to go.
00:06:32It must be scary losing that safety fet.
00:06:35Relax.
00:06:36I don't waste good coffee on trash.
00:06:39Why are you humiliating me?
00:06:40I was just trying to be kind.
00:06:51Adrian, please don't be mad at her.
00:06:53She's just hurt.
00:06:56What did you do?
00:06:58What did you do?
00:06:59Interesting.
00:07:00You didn't even ask what happened.
00:07:10Apologize to Chloe.
00:07:12You brought another woman into our bed and now you want me to apologize to her?
00:07:17Lower your voice.
00:07:19Why?
00:07:20Afraid your employees might find out their CEO lies better than he leads?
00:07:24I never wanted to hurt you.
00:07:27Then why were you wearing my scarf in his car?
00:07:31I didn't know it was hers.
00:07:35It was just a scarf, Stella.
00:07:38To you, maybe.
00:07:40But to me...
00:07:42To me, it was one more piece of my life you handed to her.
00:07:45Enough!
00:07:46You're embarrassing yourself!
00:07:48No, Adrian.
00:07:49I'm embarrassing you.
00:07:53Say you're sorry.
00:07:54Now!
00:07:56Touchy morning at Blackwood, huh?
00:08:04You okay?
00:08:08Who gave you permission to bully my employee?
00:08:10This is between me and Stella.
00:08:13Not when you humiliate her in public.
00:08:15Mr. Pierce, you don't understand.
00:08:17She attacked me first.
00:08:18Sweetheart, I bill by the hour.
00:08:20Don't waste it lying.
00:08:30What is this?
00:08:31A formal notice.
00:08:33Mrs. Hayes is here to retrieve personal property.
00:08:35Any interference will be documented.
00:08:37This is unnecessary.
00:08:41Cheaters always think paperwork is unnecessary.
00:08:43Watch your mouth.
00:08:44Make me.
00:08:46Logan, let's go.
00:08:48After you.
00:08:51I'd advise against touching her.
00:08:54Let her go.
00:08:55She's just trying to make you jealous.
00:09:04Different car.
00:09:05Different man.
00:09:07You always this arrogant?
00:09:08Only when I'm right.
00:09:11You carry emergency coffee now.
00:09:13I carry solutions.
00:09:15Coffee is one of them.
00:09:17Cry if you need to.
00:09:19I'll pretend traffic is fascinating.
00:09:22I'm not crying over him.
00:09:24Good.
00:09:26He doesn't look worth the mascara.
00:09:39Stella!
00:09:52Do you enjoy humiliating me today?
00:09:55That's what you think happened.
00:09:57You brought Logan Pierce to my company.
00:09:59No.
00:10:00He came because you cornered me in front of your employees.
00:10:04He wants you.
00:10:06And suddenly you care what another man wants?
00:10:11You're using him to punish me.
00:10:12You punished yourself.
00:10:15I made a mistake.
00:10:17But you're acting like I'm some monster.
00:10:19You let her mock me.
00:10:21Chloe is emotional.
00:10:22She didn't mean it.
00:10:25She wore my scarf.
00:10:27She sat in my seat.
00:10:28She called you Adrian in front of me.
00:10:30She meant every second of it.
00:10:32You're making her bigger than she is.
00:10:35No, Adrian.
00:10:36You made her important.
00:10:39If you leave tonight, I won't keep covering for you.
00:10:43Covering for me?
00:10:44People at Blackhood still think of you as family because I allowed it.
00:10:49Without me, you're just the girl my parents took pity on.
00:10:58For what?
00:11:01For finally sounding like the man you really are.
00:11:13What is it?
00:11:16Tell me she didn't take this from your safe.
00:11:22Tell me she didn't take this from your safe.
00:11:32That necklace was my mother's.
00:11:35Stella, calm down.
00:11:37Don't you dare tell me to calm down.
00:11:39I trusted you with the only thing my mother left me.
00:11:43And you let your mistress wear it.
00:11:45Don't call her that.
00:11:47That's what bothers you?
00:11:48Not that she stole my mother's necklace.
00:11:50Not that she sent me that photo, but that I called her what she is.
00:11:54I don't know how she got it.
00:11:56I'll handle it.
00:11:57Where are you going?
00:11:59To get back what's mine.
00:12:02It's late.
00:12:03Don't make a scene at my office.
00:12:07Your office?
00:12:08My mother's necklace is around her neck.
00:12:13There will be a scene.
00:12:22Stella, you really shouldn't be here.
00:12:24Take it off.
00:12:25Oh, this?
00:12:27Adrian gave it to me.
00:12:28That belonged to my mother.
00:12:30I didn't know.
00:12:31Adrian said it was just sitting in his safe.
00:12:36Did you give it to her?
00:12:38Adrian, I swear I didn't know.
00:12:40You said I could borrow something pretty for the gala.
00:12:43It was temporary.
00:12:45You opened the safe.
00:12:47Stella, it's a necklace.
00:12:48No.
00:12:49It was proof I trusted you.
00:12:53Take it off.
00:12:55Adrian, she's scaring me!
00:13:10Move.
00:13:11Not until you stop acting like this.
00:13:14She's wearing my dead mother's necklace and I'm the problem.
00:13:17I'll give it back.
00:13:18I just don't want her to touch me.
00:13:21Then take it off yourself.
00:13:23Ow!
00:13:24Ow!
00:13:24Adrian, it's stuck!
00:13:30Give it to me.
00:13:31I need you to promise this ends here.
00:13:33Excuse me?
00:13:34No posts.
00:13:35No lawyers.
00:13:36No public drama.
00:13:37Chloe made a mistake.
00:13:38She stole from me.
00:13:39And you got it back.
00:13:40You're protecting her.
00:13:42I'm protecting all of us.
00:13:43No.
00:13:44You're protecting your image.
00:13:46Do you know what a thief accusation against my assistant would do to my company?
00:13:50So my mother's necklace is less important than your stock price.
00:13:55Thank you for clarifying.
00:13:58Thank you for clarifying.
00:14:03Don't make me your enemy, Stella.
00:14:08You already did.
00:14:09I really didn't mean to hurt you.
00:14:12Yes, you did.
00:14:13And next time you touch anything that belongs to me, I won't ask nicely.
00:14:18That's in the off, Stella!
00:14:24Take it off!
00:14:27Adrian, she's scaring me!
00:14:28Take it off!
00:14:35Mrs. Hayes, your access has been suspended.
00:14:39By whom?
00:14:41Mr. Blackwood's office.
00:14:44Ma'am, if you don't have clearance, you'll need to leave.
00:14:48Stella.
00:14:49You froze my access.
00:14:51Temporarily. After last night, I think it's best.
00:14:53Best for who?
00:14:54For everyone. You need space.
00:14:56No. You needed to keep me away from Chloe.
00:14:58Stella, please don't make this harder.
00:15:00Adrian is just trying to prevent another incident.
00:15:02Another incident?
00:15:03Last night, you threatened me.
00:15:06You recorded me.
00:15:08Stella, go home.
00:15:10Home? You made sure I don't have one here.
00:15:13Ma'am, please.
00:15:15Touch her when your retirement plan becomes a lawsuit.
00:15:18Is that Logan?
00:15:21Miss me already, Blackwood?
00:15:22Stay out of this!
00:15:24Too late. You just turned this into a legal matter.
00:15:29You really think your new boss and his fancy lawyer can protect you from me?
00:15:40I think the truth will, and I'll make sure no one believes yours.
00:15:54For the lawyer, the car, or stopping you from committing a very elegant murder in the lobby.
00:15:58I wasn't gonna murder her.
00:16:00Good. Orange isn't your color.
00:16:02He knew what this meant to me.
00:16:04Then he knew exactly where to cut.
00:16:08You don't have to keep showing up for me.
00:16:10I don't do things I don't want to do.
00:16:12Lock your door.
00:16:13Call me if anything feels wrong.
00:16:15Bossy.
00:16:17Alive employees are my favorite kind.
00:16:28Ma'am, should we keep surveillance down here?
00:16:31Yes. Stay focused.
00:16:34I need a favor.
00:16:36Find out everything about Stella Hayes.
00:16:38Starting with where she's staying.
00:16:39How dirty do you want this to get?
00:16:42Dirty enough that no one believes a word she says.
00:16:50How did you find my address?
00:16:54I just wanted to talk.
00:16:56Then turn off your camera.
00:16:57Laura.
00:16:58I'm not recording you.
00:16:59You lie worse than Adrian.
00:17:01Why do you hate me so much?
00:17:03I don't hate you.
00:17:04I'm disgusted by you.
00:17:06I love him.
00:17:07You love his name.
00:17:07His money.
00:17:08His family.
00:17:09His last name.
00:17:11And yet he picked me.
00:17:13No.
00:17:13He lowered himself to you.
00:17:15Please stop!
00:17:16I'm not trying to take anything from you!
00:17:18Chloe.
00:17:19I know you grew up with him.
00:17:20I know his family took you in.
00:17:22But you can't use that to control him forever.
00:17:24You don't get to talk about my past.
00:17:26Then stop using it to ruin my future!
00:17:29Don't touch me!
00:17:46Don't touch me!
00:17:47My boss's ex won't stop befriending me.
00:17:49I'm scared.
00:17:50Who are some poor tooth smoke signs?
00:17:52She sounds insane.
00:17:53Isn't jealous fags-ass?
00:17:54Wait.
00:17:54The classic in the black woods was A.P. ever since?
00:17:57That makes sense.
00:18:06Stella Hayes!
00:18:07Did you harass Chloe last night?
00:18:08Are you using your history with the blackheads to pressure Adrian?
00:18:10Is it true you threatened his new girlfriend?
00:18:18Move.
00:18:19Did you threaten Chloe because Adrian chose her?
00:18:22Do you deny being obsessed with him?
00:18:27Oops!
00:18:28Karma spills!
00:18:31Stella!
00:18:32Any comments?
00:18:32Yeah!
00:18:33I have one!
00:18:38Luke.
00:18:39Don't look at them.
00:18:40Look at me.
00:18:41Every camera here just recorded harassment.
00:18:44Say one more word about her past, her family or her body, and you'll hear from my lawyers
00:18:49before lunch.
00:18:50Are you two involved?
00:18:52She's under my protection.
00:19:03Did you call the reporter?
00:19:05She attacked me.
00:19:07I was scared.
00:19:08Why are you questioning me?
00:19:29Keep it on.
00:19:31I'm fine.
00:19:33You're shaking.
00:19:39I'm not him.
00:19:41If you say stop, I stop.
00:19:51Eyes up, Stella.
00:19:59You always rescue women in elevators.
00:20:03Only the stubborn ones who refuse to admit they need rescuing.
00:20:06I didn't ask you to protect me.
00:20:08I know.
00:20:10That's why I'm asking now.
00:20:14Do you want me to step back?
00:20:23Get your hands off her!
00:20:25Do you want me to?
00:20:27No.
00:20:36You're making a mistake.
00:20:38I learned from the best.
00:20:41I came to fix this.
00:20:43Funny.
00:20:45Every time you say that, she ends up bleeding.
00:20:47This is none of your business.
00:20:48It became his business when you sent reporters to my office.
00:20:51I didn't send them.
00:20:59Chloe was scared.
00:21:00She posted out of fear.
00:21:02She cut out everything she said to me.
00:21:05Maybe she panicked.
00:21:06She edited, captioned, tagged three gossip accounts, and pinned the worst comments.
00:21:11That's not panic.
00:21:13That's strategy.
00:21:14You know she did this on purpose.
00:21:16What I know is this scandal is hurting everyone.
00:21:20Everyone.
00:21:23Blackwood's board is asking questions.
00:21:25Investors are nervous.
00:21:27Chloe is getting death threats.
00:21:28And me.
00:21:31I got coffee thrown on me this morning.
00:21:34My childhood is treading like bossop.
00:21:37People are calling me a parasite because your mistress lied.
00:21:42Then make a statement.
00:21:44Say you misunderstood, Chloe.
00:21:45Say you overreacted.
00:21:48You want me to apologize?
00:21:50I want you to help stop this before it destroys more lives.
00:21:54You don't get to sacrifice her twice.
00:21:59Stay out of it, Logan.
00:22:00Make me.
00:22:02You came here to ask me to lie for the woman you cheated with.
00:22:13Say it again.
00:22:20You're recording me now.
00:22:23I'm learning to protect myself.
00:22:25From me?
00:22:27Especially from you.
00:22:29Bad idea.
00:22:39Stella.
00:22:45I hate that he can still hurt me.
00:22:47That doesn't make you weak.
00:22:49He gave her my things.
00:22:51My seat.
00:22:52My scarf.
00:22:53My mother's necklace.
00:22:55And now he wants my apology too.
00:22:57He doesn't get to take anything else.
00:23:01You say that like you can stop him.
00:23:03I can.
00:23:06But I'd rather help you destroy him yourself.
00:23:09Why?
00:23:09Because you're not a sad story, Stella.
00:23:12You're a warning.
00:23:21I can't use you to forget him.
00:23:24Then don't.
00:23:26When you kiss me again, I want you to mean it.
00:23:45Don't.
00:23:46I didn't say anything.
00:23:49You were thinking loudly.
00:23:52I was thinking you're terrible with keys when you're nervous.
00:23:56I'm not nervous.
00:23:59Good.
00:24:00Then you won't mind me standing this close.
00:24:11How about the kiss?
00:24:13The one you started.
00:24:15It was a mistake.
00:24:16No.
00:24:17It wasn't.
00:24:19A mistake is something you don't want to do again.
00:24:22You look like you wanted to.
00:24:27Relax.
00:24:28I'm not collecting kisses from women who are bleeding.
00:24:31I'm not bleeding.
00:24:32You are.
00:24:33Just not where people can see.
00:24:36I don't know who I am without him yet.
00:24:41Then find out.
00:24:44I'll be nearby.
00:24:46Not in front of you.
00:24:47Not behind you.
00:24:49Nearby.
00:25:10Is that blood?
00:25:12Don't touch anything.
00:25:15Daniel.
00:25:16Get security footage.
00:25:18Now.
00:25:23I've got you.
00:25:34We'll test the liquid.
00:25:36Could be animal blood, fake blood, anything.
00:25:40And the threat?
00:25:42We'll file a report.
00:25:44She doesn't need a report.
00:25:46She needs protection.
00:25:58You don't have to stay.
00:25:59I know.
00:26:00I'm staying anyway.
00:26:01Argue with me tomorrow.
00:26:02Tonight save your energy.
00:26:11Are you always this bossy?
00:26:14Only when someone sends blood to my employee.
00:26:16Employee.
00:26:17For now.
00:26:39That's not Chloe.
00:26:46Chloe used a middleman.
00:26:47Chloe used a middleman.
00:26:50There's more.
00:26:51Vanessa posted a teaser ten minutes ago.
00:26:53Tomorrow, I'm exposing the truth about the obsessed ex who terrorized an innocent girl.
00:26:58And trust me, her past is worse than you think.
00:27:02Stella, look at me.
00:27:05They're going to turn my childhood into content.
00:27:08Then we turn their lies into evidence.
00:27:24That's our proposal.
00:27:25No.
00:27:26That's our proposal with a cheaper price tag.
00:27:30That's impossible.
00:27:34No one leaves this room until we know where the leak came from.
00:27:40Only five people accessed the final deck after midnight.
00:27:44I was home by midnight.
00:27:45Your logon downloaded the full file.
00:27:47She didn't leak it.
00:27:49Logan, the system logs...
00:27:51Systems can be used.
00:27:52People can be framed.
00:27:56Wait.
00:28:02Adrian.
00:28:03How did Adrian get our proposal?
00:28:05Blackwood was an early investor before pulling out.
00:28:07Someone reactivated it last night.
00:28:10I traced the download path.
00:28:11The file was opened on a device registered to Chloe Tart.
00:28:15But here's the ugly part.
00:28:16Her device got access through Adrian Black's executive report.
00:28:20He gave her the key.
00:28:24This wasn't a leak.
00:28:27This was sabotage.
00:28:28Sabotage.
00:28:39Stella.
00:28:41Did you authorize Chloe to access Pierce Creative's proposal?
00:28:46Where did you get this?
00:28:48That's your first question.
00:28:52This is company property.
00:28:54You shouldn't have it.
00:28:55And Chloe should.
00:28:58Don't touch me.
00:29:00Chloe was helping me organize old project files.
00:29:02That's all.
00:29:05Old project files don't end up in a competitor's pitch.
00:29:09You don't know that she leaked it.
00:29:13Her device opened the file.
00:29:16Someone could have used her device.
00:29:18You'll defend her before you even ask what happened to me.
00:29:22Because every time something happens, you make it about Chloe.
00:29:26Every time.
00:29:28She wore my mother's necklace.
00:29:30She filmed me.
00:29:32She sent reporters after me.
00:29:35Let it him.
00:29:36And now she used your access to steal my work!
00:29:41You don't have proof she sent reporters.
00:29:43No.
00:29:44But I have proof you keep giving her weapons.
00:29:48Access.
00:29:49Access.
00:29:50Excuses.
00:29:51My things.
00:29:52My name.
00:29:54My silence.
00:29:56What else are you going to hand her, Adrian?
00:30:04Adrian, is she accusing me again?
00:30:08Your device opened my proposal.
00:30:11I opened what you told me to open.
00:30:13You said they were old files.
00:30:15See?
00:30:17She didn't even know what it was.
00:30:21That's your defense?
00:30:23Why do you hate me so much, Stella?
00:30:26Because Adrian trusts me now?
00:30:30He gave you access to my work.
00:30:34Maybe he trusted me because I don't turn every problem into a public breakdown.
00:30:41You're waving company records around like you still belong here.
00:30:46I'm here because you stole from me.
00:30:48No, Stella.
00:30:50You lost something.
00:30:52There's a difference.
00:30:53You keep giving her weapons.
00:30:56I gave her work access.
00:30:58You're twisting it because you're angry.
00:31:03After everything his family did for you?
00:31:06You're trying to ruin his company?
00:31:10Maybe you just can't stand that Blackwood doesn't need you anymore.
00:31:15You're letting her say that?
00:31:18She's under a lot of pressure because of you.
00:31:21Because of me?
00:31:25I'm scared of what she'll do next.
00:31:28You need to stop.
00:31:32I'm done stopping.
00:31:35Stella.
00:31:36I'm done accusing.
00:31:37Next time.
00:31:39Next time, I'll sue.
00:31:45Don't threaten her.
00:31:48You're still doing it.
00:31:50If you drag Chloe into a lawsuit, I'll have to respond.
00:31:53Then respond.
00:31:59Some women lose a man and try to destroy his entire life.
00:32:12That's her.
00:32:13The ex from the viral video.
00:32:15I heard the Blackwoods took her in as a teenager.
00:32:19Messy.
00:32:20Very messy.
00:32:22You came.
00:32:23You asked me to.
00:32:25You don't have to face this alone.
00:32:32He brought her here.
00:32:37Mrs. Blackwood.
00:32:39Thank you for having me.
00:32:42I didn't.
00:32:44Mom.
00:32:45Don't mom me.
00:32:46Not tonight.
00:32:49Chloe.
00:32:51I'm sorry.
00:32:52I've just been dizzy lately.
00:32:55I didn't want to announce it like this.
00:32:59Announce what?
00:33:03I might be pregnant.
00:33:08Is it yours?
00:33:10I'm sorry, Stella.
00:33:11I know this hurts you.
00:33:20Answer me.
00:33:22Is the child yours?
00:33:27We're still figuring things out.
00:33:29Of course you are.
00:33:32Stella, don't do this here.
00:33:34I'm not the one who brought a pregnancy announcement to your mother's charity gala.
00:33:39I didn't mean to steal the spotlight.
00:33:42I just felt sick.
00:33:45You always know exactly where the spotlight is.
00:33:47Adrian, I can't do this.
00:33:52Adrian, step away from her.
00:33:57You brought scandal into my home.
00:34:00Into my event.
00:34:02And now you stand there protecting it.
00:34:04Mom.
00:34:05Chloe might be carrying my child.
00:34:11So he cheated and got the assistant pregnant?
00:34:15What about Stella?
00:34:17Old story.
00:34:18Men like him always move on.
00:34:25Stella, I never wanted to hurt you.
00:34:28But this baby is innocent.
00:34:31If there is a baby.
00:34:34Don't.
00:34:35You don't even know if she's pregnant, but you're already defending her like I attacked a child?
00:34:40Because I know you hate her.
00:34:43I don't hate her enough to invent a pregnancy.
00:34:48Good.
00:34:49Because I hate liars enough to ask for proof.
00:34:56You okay?
00:34:57Define okay.
00:34:58Still sarcastic.
00:35:00Good sign.
00:35:04Why are you here?
00:35:05Your mother invited half of Manhattan.
00:35:07I'm the half with lawyers.
00:35:08This is Family Matters.
00:35:10Stay out of it.
00:35:11Family Matters?
00:35:12Who exactly is your family?
00:35:14Stella?
00:35:15Chloe?
00:35:16Or that so-called child?
00:35:18If you're pregnant, congratulations.
00:35:20We'll need the clinic name, doctor, and report date.
00:35:33Stella?
00:35:34Are you okay in there?
00:35:38I saw your dress earlier.
00:35:40The zipper looked fragile.
00:35:42You mean after you touched it?
00:35:44I was just trying to help.
00:35:46You're terrible at pretending you're innocent.
00:35:54Adrian didn't believe you about the necklace.
00:35:56He won't believe about this either.
00:35:59Careful.
00:36:00One wrong move and everyone out there gets another show.
00:36:05Stella?
00:36:06Mr. Pierce, this is a ladies' room.
00:36:10And yet somehow the most poisonous thing in it isn't the perfume.
00:36:15Logan, I need a minute.
00:36:16Chloe, out.
00:36:20Now.
00:36:29Do you want me to get Mia or Evelyn?
00:36:33No, just help me with the zipper.
00:36:42Tell me if I'm too close.
00:36:45You're always too close.
00:36:48And yet you haven't asked me to leave.
00:37:00You're going to lose your covering.
00:37:03Keep it.
00:37:05I like leaving expensive things on beautiful women.
00:37:09Stella!
00:37:18My baby!
00:37:25What did you do?
00:37:35She pushed a pregnant woman?
00:37:37That's criminal.
00:37:38I knew that ex was unstable.
00:37:40I was in the restroom with Logan.
00:37:42I came out when I heard her scream.
00:37:44You expect me to believe that?
00:37:46You believed every lie she told you.
00:37:49But when I tell the truth, suddenly you need proof.
00:37:53Please.
00:37:54Don't fight.
00:37:55Just save the baby.
00:38:01What happened?
00:38:04Ask her.
00:38:05You're accusing me in front of everyone?
00:38:07If anything happens to my child, I won't forgive you.
00:38:14You don't even know if there is a child.
00:38:17Enough.
00:38:18Keep her here until the police arrive.
00:38:22Touch her and I break your wrist legally.
00:38:26She hurt my child.
00:38:29What child?
00:38:35Daniel, get the hallway footage.
00:38:41Adrian, please.
00:38:42Take me to the hospital.
00:38:46Funny.
00:38:47Liars always hate cameras.
00:38:54Don't blame Stella.
00:39:01Tell me the truth.
00:39:03I already did.
00:39:04Did you follow her?
00:39:05No.
00:39:06Did you threaten her?
00:39:07No.
00:39:07Did you want her gone?
00:39:10I wanted my life back.
00:39:13So you admit you hated her?
00:39:17You came here for a confession, not the truth.
00:39:20Back off, Blackwood.
00:39:23This is between me and the woman who may have killed my child.
00:39:26Say that again.
00:39:26If she pushed Chloe, I'll make sure she pays.
00:39:31You really think I could do that?
00:39:34After ten years, that's what you think of me.
00:39:38Adrian, please.
00:39:40Adrian!
00:39:42If you leave with her now, don't ever come back asking me to remember who you used to be.
00:39:53I'm sorry.
00:39:55Don't be.
00:39:58I don't need him to believe me anymore.
00:40:01Good.
00:40:02The hallway camera was disabled ten minutes before Chloe fell.
00:40:08Who disabled it?
00:40:14Adrian's account.
00:40:21He helped erase the only camera that could clear me.
00:40:24We don't know if Adrian personally did it.
00:40:26His account was used.
00:40:27But he gave her access before.
00:40:31He handed her the knife.
00:40:34Again.
00:40:42What did you do to the security system?
00:40:45Excuse me?
00:40:45Stella's people are trying to fake footage.
00:40:48I'm scared.
00:40:48Are you trying to frame Chloe now?
00:40:51God, you're stupid.
00:40:52Watch it!
00:40:54Touch her again, and we stop talking through lawyers.
00:41:03You think you can take her from me?
00:41:05You lost her before I ever touched her.
00:41:10She was mine before she was anything to you.
00:41:12I was never yours.
00:41:14I loved you.
00:41:16That was my choice.
00:41:18Leaving you is also my choice.
00:41:23Logan.
00:41:25We found backup footage.
00:41:27The main camera was disabled, but the service elevator camera caught the stairwell reflection.
00:41:32Looks like your angel forgot about mirrors.
00:41:38Adrian, don't let them twist this.
00:41:40Stella did this to me.
00:41:41Are you still going to believe her?
00:41:48That's your answer?
00:41:50You chose.
00:41:51Let her leave.
00:41:57Ride home?
00:42:00Please.
00:42:17You've been quiet for six blocks.
00:42:20I'm thinking.
00:42:22That sounds dangerous.
00:42:25He really thought I could hurt a baby.
00:42:29He thought what was convenient.
00:42:33Is that supposed to make me feel better?
00:42:36I'm bad at comfort.
00:42:37Excellent at revenge.
00:42:40That's not something normal people admit.
00:42:44Normal people bore me.
00:42:45Everyone looked at me like I was guilty.
00:42:48I didn't.
00:42:49I believe you.
00:42:51I believe you.
00:42:52Why?
00:42:52Because you don't destroy people from the shadows.
00:42:55You look them in the eye first.
00:42:59That's a compliment.
00:43:01For me, practically poetry.
00:43:08Careful.
00:43:09What?
00:43:10If you keep looking at me like that, I'll start thinking you mean it.
00:43:13Go upstairs.
00:43:15Lock the door.
00:43:16I'll call when Daniel has the footage.
00:43:23Logan.
00:43:25Thank you for believing me before the footage did.
00:43:28Stella.
00:43:28Evidence is for the world.
00:43:30Not for me.
00:43:45That psycho threw herself down the stairs?
00:43:48She checked for witnesses first.
00:43:49She wanted everyone to think I did it.
00:43:53And now everyone will know she did it to herself.
00:43:57There's more.
00:44:00Chloe's pregnancy report.
00:44:02Let me guess.
00:44:04Fake?
00:44:05The clinic confirms no patient named Chloe Taylor was tested that day.
00:44:12We found the staff member who forged the letterhead.
00:44:15He's willing to testify.
00:44:16So there was never a baby?
00:44:18No.
00:44:19Just a weapon.
00:44:22Adrian accused me of hurting a child that never existed.
00:44:27Please let me punch him.
00:44:29Just once.
00:44:30I'll pay for bail.
00:44:31Tempting.
00:44:32But lawsuits leave better scars.
00:44:34What about the proposal leak?
00:44:38Chloe received a transfer from Winston Media three hours after your file was downloaded.
00:44:43And the access approval came through Adrian's executive account.
00:44:47We have sabotage, fraud, defamation, and harassment.
00:44:51That's not a scandal.
00:44:52That's a buffet.
00:44:53We can release everything now.
00:44:55Burn her.
00:44:57It's your call.
00:45:03Not yet.
00:45:04What do you mean, not yet?
00:45:06If we release it now, she'll cry and call it fake.
00:45:09So let her lie where everyone can hear her.
00:45:12Now you're thinking like me.
00:45:21Tonight, my truth.
00:45:23What Stella Hayes did to me and my unborn child.
00:45:27Good.
00:45:29Let her bury herself.
00:45:35If you're here to make me apologize again, save your breath.
00:45:39Chloe is going live tonight.
00:45:41I know.
00:45:42Then you know this could ruin everyone.
00:45:44No, Adrian.
00:45:45It could ruin you.
00:45:46The Blackwood board is already on edge.
00:45:49Investors are calling.
00:45:51My father is furious.
00:45:52And somehow, that is still about you.
00:45:54I am trying to make you smart.
00:45:57No.
00:45:57You made me silent.
00:46:00Did you know Chloe faked the pregnancy?
00:46:04You knew.
00:46:06And you still let her accuse me of hurting her baby?
00:46:10I suspected.
00:46:12You looked me in the eye and let me stand there like a murderer.
00:46:15I was trying to contain the situation.
00:46:17You mean contain me.
00:46:18If this goes public, Chloe goes down, I go down, Blackwood goes down.
00:46:21You can tell the truth first.
00:46:22Go on camera and you cheated.
00:46:23Admit you protected her.
00:46:24Admit you let her use your access to hurt me.
00:46:26No, I can't do that.
00:46:27Then you didn't come for forgiveness.
00:46:28You came to ask me to die quietly so you could survive loudly.
00:46:33You lost the right to say that.
00:46:34Stella, we were supposed to get married.
00:46:37Don't.
00:46:46Perfect.
00:46:56Stella, why did you throw away the ring after Chloe lost her baby?
00:46:59Do you feel any remorse?
00:47:10Mr. Pierce, are you hiding her because she's guilty?
00:47:13No.
00:47:14I'm hiding her because vultures like you mistake blood for dinner.
00:47:22You have a habit of dragging me into expensive rooms.
00:47:25You have a habit of being chased by idiots.
00:47:29Show me your hand.
00:47:32I'm going to ruin them.
00:47:33That sounds almost romantic.
00:47:36I can do romantic.
00:47:37I'm choosing restraint.
00:47:39Logan.
00:47:40If you say stop, I stop.
00:47:43Stella Hayes, we know you're in there!
00:47:46Ready to let her bury herself?
00:47:48Start ding.
00:47:52I didn't want to do this.
00:47:54But Stella Hayes won't stop attacking me.
00:47:59And yet, he picked me.
00:48:02Please!
00:48:04Stella, stop threatening me!
00:48:06I just love him!
00:48:07Don't be nice, Stella!
00:48:09She called me disgusting.
00:48:10She threatened me.
00:48:12I was terrified.
00:48:14I know the Blackwoods took you in, but you can't use pity to keep Adrian forever.
00:48:20She just called me trash!
00:48:22I was only trying to be kind!
00:48:25Adrian gave it to me.
00:48:31Your call.
00:48:32We can stop here.
00:48:39No.
00:48:41She hasn't lied about the baby yet.
00:48:45I still feel the fall.
00:48:47I still hear myself screaming for my baby.
00:48:50She said it.
00:48:52Release the stairwell footage.
00:49:10What video?
00:49:11I don't know what you're talking about.
00:49:13That's fake.
00:49:15That has to be fake.
00:49:20Not yet.
00:49:22She'll reach for the baby lie next.
00:49:24Even if I fell by myself, Stella caused it.
00:49:27She terrorized me.
00:49:28She put my baby in danger.
00:49:31My baby.
00:49:32Clinic file.
00:49:33Releasing in 30 seconds.
00:49:35A mother.
00:49:35Girl, you're not even a good actress.
00:49:43No.
00:49:44No.
00:49:45That's private medical information.
00:49:47They can't...
00:49:57That's not what it looks like.
00:50:10That's not what it looks like.
00:50:11She just exposed the transfer herself.
00:50:14Oh my god.
00:50:16She brought receipts to her own funeral.
00:50:19Now.
00:50:21Chloe Taten paid me to forge the report.
00:50:24She was never tested.
00:50:25She was never pregnant.
00:50:30You okay?
00:50:31No.
00:50:32But I'm still standing.
00:50:35That's my girl.
00:50:37Your girl?
00:50:38Slip of the tongue.
00:50:39Sure.
00:50:40Adrian said he would protect me!
00:50:42He said he would marry me if I kept quiet!
00:50:50Emergency board meeting.
00:50:53Now.
00:50:54Dad, I can explain.
00:50:56You'd better.
00:50:57Because the whole world is watching.
00:51:01Adrian said he would protect me!
00:51:04He said he would marry me if I kept quiet!
00:51:06She's lying.
00:51:08Which part?
00:51:09The affair?
00:51:10The fake pregnancy?
00:51:11The stolen proposal?
00:51:12Or the cover-up?
00:51:13Answer the question.
00:51:14I had a personal relationship with Chloe.
00:51:16That was a mistake.
00:51:18But I did not authorize fraud.
00:51:20Your executive account was used to restore Chloe Tate's access to restricted project files.
00:51:25I didn't know she would misuse it.
00:51:26But you gave it to her.
00:51:27Investors are asking whether our acting CEO used company power to protect his mistress.
00:51:32Every day and last-
00:51:33Don't call her that.
00:51:37That is what concerns you.
00:51:39You used her trust.
00:51:41You used her work.
00:51:42You used her silence.
00:51:44And when she stopped obeying, you let the world tear her apart.
00:51:49No.
00:51:50You were protecting yourself.
00:51:52I was trying to protect the company.
00:51:54We will open a formal review of Adrian Blackwood's conduct and his fitness to remain acting CEO.
00:52:00Until then, all executive privileges connected to Chloe Tate are frozen.
00:52:04Dad, you still think she's worth destroying your life for?
00:52:10Everyone is asking why Stella Hayes is so desperate to destroy the Blackwoods.
00:52:14Maybe it's because they were the only family she ever had.
00:52:18Her mother left.
00:52:19Her father gambled her life away.
00:52:21Then the Blackwoods took her in.
00:52:23And this is how she repays them?
00:52:25Extensions out one by one.
00:52:28Daniel is preparing a defamation notice.
00:52:33It won't erase what people already saw.
00:52:35No.
00:52:35But it makes them pay for looking.
00:52:40Sweetheart, turn on channel six.
00:52:44Mrs. Blackwood, is it true Stella Hayes was taken in by your family as a charity case?
00:52:49No.
00:52:50Stella Hayes is my daughter.
00:52:52Not by blood.
00:52:53By choice.
00:52:54And choice is the only kind of family that ever mattered to me.
00:52:58But your biological son is now under investigation because of her accusations.
00:53:02My son is under investigation because of his own actions.
00:53:06Stella owes us nothing.
00:53:08I am choosing the truth over a coward.
00:53:11And if I must lose a son to protect my daughter, then my son should have behaved like one.
00:53:21Stella, for days people have been talking about your past, your relationship, and the Blackwoods.
00:53:27Why speak now?
00:53:30Because people have been telling my story like it's gossip.
00:53:33It's not.
00:53:35It's my life.
00:53:36Is it true your father gambled away your home?
00:53:39Too far.
00:53:42Yes.
00:53:43He was violent.
00:53:45He was drunk.
00:53:45He made choices no child should have to survive.
00:53:48But being hurt as a child did not make me a liar as a woman.
00:53:51Chloe Tate claimed you used your history with the Blackwoods to control Adrian.
00:54:02I didn't control Adrian.
00:54:04I trusted him.
00:54:05There's a difference.
00:54:06Tonight, your team provided evidence that Chloe Tate fabricated parts of her story.
00:54:10Do you want to respond to her directly?
00:54:11Chloe, you wore my mother's necklace to hurt me.
00:54:14You filmed me to frame me.
00:54:15You faked a pregnancy to make the world hate me.
00:54:17And you stole my work because you couldn't steal my life fast enough.
00:54:19Ready.
00:54:20She decides.
00:54:23Are you alleging Chloe Tate sold your company's proposal to Winston Media?
00:54:27I'm not alleging.
00:54:28I'm proving.
00:54:30And tomorrow, the board will hear exactly how Adrian Blackwood helped her get access.
00:54:43Why is she here?
00:54:45Because you made me evidence.
00:54:47And because your board invited adults.
00:54:52Proceed.
00:54:54On the night, Pierce Creative's proposal was stolen.
00:54:57Chloe Tate's device accessed the file through an executive permission key.
00:55:01My account was misused.
00:55:07Then let's look at the two-factor authentication.
00:55:10Did you approve it?
00:55:11I thought it was for archived Blackwood materials.
00:55:15He didn't ask.
00:55:21You trusted her with my work.
00:55:26But not me with my own truth.
00:55:28Mr. Blackwood viewed the defamatory post 13 minutes after publication.
00:55:32He did not request removal.
00:55:34Instead, he texted Chloe,
00:55:36don't respond.
00:55:37Let it cool her down.
00:55:38You watched them call me crazy.
00:55:41And you thought it would calm me down.
00:55:43Adrian, did you knowingly allow access to restricted materials and fail to correct defamatory statements?
00:55:49I was trying to protect the company.
00:55:51Then this company needs protection from you.
00:55:53Effective immediately, Adrian is suspended as acting CEO.
00:55:56You can't do this!
00:55:57I just did.
00:56:01You're destroying your own son?
00:56:03No.
00:56:05I'm stopping him from destroying everything else.
00:56:12Mom.
00:56:14I warned you not to hurt her.
00:56:16So that's it, Stella cries.
00:56:17And everyone forgets I'm your son!
00:56:19Stella cried because you broke her.
00:56:21This review will extend beyond your CEO position.
00:56:25Your eligibility as primary heir is suspended.
00:56:28You're taking my inheritance?
00:56:29I'm taking back what you were never mature enough.
00:56:31This is because of her!
00:56:31No!
00:56:32This is because of you!
00:56:37You're choosing her over me.
00:56:40We chose decency.
00:56:42You abandoned it.
00:56:49Don't read them.
00:56:51No.
00:56:51I need to see exactly who I escaped.
00:56:54Stella, those were taken out of context.
00:56:56Then choke on the context.
00:56:58Sources say criminal complaints may follow.
00:57:05Mr. Blackwood, did you encourage Chloe Tate to defame Stella Hayes?
00:57:09Did you know Chloe faked the pregnancy?
00:57:14Are you stepping down from Blackwood Group?
00:57:16No comment.
00:57:17Did you promise to marry Chloe if she kept quiet?
00:57:21You said people would believe me.
00:57:25They did.
00:57:26Until you handed them evidence on livestream.
00:57:29This is Adrian's fault.
00:57:31He, he said he'd protect me.
00:57:34Then prove it.
00:57:35Give them more texts.
00:57:37More voice notes.
00:57:38If you're going down, drag the billionaire down first.
00:57:59Open the door, Chloe.
00:58:01You said you'd protect me.
00:58:02No, Adrian.
00:58:04You ruined Stella.
00:58:05I just learned from you.
00:58:08He made me do it!
00:58:09Adrian Blackwood made me do everything!
00:58:20Let go.
00:58:23Please, just listen to me.
00:58:25I listened for ten years.
00:58:27I'm done.
00:58:28Chloe lied to me too.
00:58:31And somehow you're still the victim.
00:58:33No.
00:58:34I know I hurt you.
00:58:35I know I made mistakes.
00:58:36Mistakes?
00:58:37You gave her my necklace.
00:58:39You let her call me crazy.
00:58:40You watched the world tear my childhood apart.
00:58:43And when she accused me of killing a baby that never existed, you believed her.
00:58:49I...
00:58:50I was scared.
00:58:53So was I.
00:58:55But I didn't become cruel.
00:58:57I lost everything, Stella.
00:59:00You're not sorry you hurt me.
00:59:01You're sorry it cost you.
00:59:03No.
00:59:04Forever ended in room 603.
00:59:08Stella!
00:59:09She said no.
00:59:11You think you won?
00:59:12Did he take you from me?
00:59:14He didn't take me.
00:59:15I left.
00:59:16Because I don't want you anymore.
00:59:34No, no, no.
00:59:35No, no, no.
00:59:37No, no, no, no.
00:59:38Ah!
00:59:43Chloe Tate.
00:59:44I'm not talking without a lawyer.
00:59:45Good idea.
00:59:46You'll need one.
00:59:46We have a warrant to question you regarding harassment, fraud, and evidence tampering.
00:59:49This is because of Stella.
00:59:50She's obsessed with me.
00:59:51No.
00:59:52This is because you paid a man to forge a pregnancy report, sold stolen corporate materials, and
00:59:56sent a blood threat to a woman's home.
00:59:57Vanessa handled the flowers.
00:59:59Paid by your card.
01:00:01Adrian gave me access.
01:00:02Yes.
01:00:04And you used it.
01:00:05He gave me do it.
01:00:06He promised me everything.
01:00:07He said Stella was nothing without him.
01:00:10Chloe, did you fake the pregnancy?
01:00:11Did you frame Stella Hayes?
01:00:12I loved him.
01:00:13I did all of this because I loved him.
01:00:15No.
01:00:16You did it because you wanted her life.
01:00:29Mrs. Hayes, after everything that happened, why should we trust your team to deliver?
01:00:35Because we didn't just survive sabotage.
01:00:38We improved the strategy after it.
01:00:41Winston lowered the price by cutting risk controls.
01:00:43That looks attractive for one quarter.
01:00:46But the real cost shows up when something goes wrong and no one has a plan.
01:00:50You don't need the cheapest partner.
01:00:52You need the one still standing when the room catches fire.
01:00:55This is emotional manipulation.
01:01:02No.
01:01:05Emotional manipulation was stealing my work and hoping I'd be too broken to improve it.
01:01:10We're awarding the contract to Pierce Creative.
01:01:13My team earned it.
01:01:18Still think you're just the girl they took in?
01:01:20No.
01:01:21I think I'm the woman they underestimated.
01:01:23Much better.
01:01:25I have an announcement.
01:01:28Stella Hayes is no longer senior strategist.
01:01:31Excuse me?
01:01:33She's partner.
01:01:34She's partner.
01:01:35Effective immediately.
01:01:39You didn't tell me.
01:01:43I like surprising, beautiful women with power.
01:01:48Actually, I have one more surprise.
01:01:56Logan.
01:01:59You kept the other one.
01:02:01I figured we should make it a match set again.
01:02:04That's your big surprise?
01:02:05No.
01:02:06Stella Hayes, you are infuriating, brilliant, impossible to scare, and terrible at asking for help.
01:02:11You don't need a man to save you.
01:02:12You never did.
01:02:12But if you ever want one beside you while you burned down every room that tried to cage you,
01:02:15I'd like the job.
01:02:16That was almost romantic.
01:02:17I'm evolving.
01:02:18Yes.
01:02:21You look happy.
01:02:23I am.
01:02:29Family tradition.
01:02:30Don't argue.
01:02:36Former influencer Chloe Tate faces multiple civil suits and a criminal investigation related
01:02:41to fraud, harassment, and corporate theft.
01:02:45Adrian Blackwood has been formally removed from executive leadership, pending the board's
01:02:50final review.
01:02:51Stella, sorry.
01:02:56But I'm happy now.
01:02:58I know.
01:03:01To choosing yourself.
01:03:03Choosing yourself.
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