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00:00In my last life, Vincent Beaufort's childhood sweetheart
00:03slipped a sterilization drug into my champagne.
00:06Together, they destroyed me and everyone I loved.
00:09This life, I made sure Vincent drank it instead.
00:12I dissolved our engagement.
00:14I married Marco Don,
00:16the most powerful mafia boss in Sicily.
00:19I had a nightmare, I dreamed you died.
00:22I couldn't protect you.
00:23It was only a dream.
00:25Now we make them pay, together.
00:27On my wedding day,
00:28Leah slipped a sterilization drug into my champagne.
00:32We caught her.
00:35I was only joking.
00:36I never thought Sophia would actually drink it.
00:39I'm so sorry.
00:41I'll make it up to you.
00:43I'll move into the villa.
00:45I'll have Vincent's children.
00:48You can raise them as your own.
00:50He rested his hand on my shoulder.
00:51Sophia, you're my wife.
00:53The future Mrs. Beaufield.
00:55You should be more gracious.
00:57You don't need to worry about children.
00:59Leah will carry them for you.
01:01She's willing to suffer through that.
01:02What more could you possibly want?
01:04And so I became Vincent's wife, unable to have children of my own.
01:09Leah and Vincent lived happily in that villa.
01:11She gave him two sons and two daughters.
01:14After a while, no one in the family remembered my last name.
01:17They only knew me as Sophia.
01:20I was trapped in that house, fading away.
01:23In the end, Vincent and Leah stood at my bedside.
01:26Both held a cup.
01:27Both smiled at me gently.
01:28Darling, you've had a long road.
01:30Long enough.
01:31If it weren't for your father's organization backing Vincent, you never would have become his wife.
01:38Sophia, the day after tomorrow I'll be named heir.
01:40The heir's wife can only be Lita.
01:42If you're still alive, what does that make her?
01:44They forced the poison down my throat.
01:47The day I died, Vincent was appointed head of the Beaufort family.
01:50Then I opened my eyes.
01:52I was back, back to the wedding day.
01:54A server approached me, tray in hand, two glasses of champagne.
01:58I remembered which one I had chosen in my last life.
02:01The one closest to me, the one Leah had drugged.
02:04I picked up both glasses at once.
02:06The priest had spoken of something earlier.
02:08The old Sicilian custom.
02:10In families like ours, the couple exchanges glasses at the wedding toast.
02:14Your blood is mine.
02:15Mine is yours.
02:16For life.
02:17I had noticed the elders nodding when the priest mentioned it.
02:20I lifted both glasses and turned to Vincent.
02:23Let's do it the old way.
02:26Like the priest said.
02:28Every elder in the room smiled and nodded.
02:31Vincent had no choice but to accept the glass I offered him.
02:34The glass Leah had drugged.
02:36We stood in the center of the ballroom.
02:38Every guest raised their glass.
02:40We drank.
02:41Then the doors burst open.
02:43A girl in expensive clothes ran in.
02:45She saw the empty glass in my hand.
02:47She screamed.
02:51Oh no, you actually drank it.
02:54She stared at the empty glass in my hand.
02:56She covered her mouth in exaggerated shock.
02:59Instant tears.
03:00Then she looked at Vincent in horror.
03:02Darling, I'm so sorry.
03:04I didn't mean for this to happen.
03:05I just wanted to play a small joke.
03:08Everyone jokes at weddings, don't they?
03:09I only put a little something in her glass.
03:11I swear I was going to stop her.
03:13But I got stuck in traffic.
03:15I arrived too late.
03:16My voice trembled.
03:18Who are you?
03:20Why did you put something in my drink?
03:22Leah said nothing.
03:23She looked at Vincent pitifully.
03:25Someone in the crowd spoke up.
03:27Miss Leah, you and Vincent may have grown up together,
03:30but this is his wedding.
03:32How could you do something?
03:33Vincent stepped in front of Leah, shielding her.
03:36He frowned.
03:36Sophia, Leah is my nanny's daughter.
03:38She grew up with me.
03:40She's impulsive.
03:41Don't take it personally.
03:42He turned to Leah.
03:43His voice went flat.
03:45Didn't I tell you not to cause trouble today?
03:47What were you thinking?
03:48I ignored the look that passed between them.
03:50I kept my eyes on Leah.
03:52What did you put in my glass?
03:53Tell me right now.
03:56My assistant stepped forward.
03:58I'll call a doctor.
03:59Leah clutched Vincent's sleeve and started crying.
04:01It was a sterilization drug.
04:03I saw it at a pharmacy.
04:05I thought it looked interesting.
04:07I just wanted to scare her.
04:09I swear I was going to stop her.
04:11But there was traffic.
04:13I was late.
04:13I pressed my hand to my chest.
04:15I sank into a chair.
04:18A sterilization drug?
04:19You put it in my wedding campaign?
04:21Do you understand what you've done?
04:23Take her away!
04:24She sobbed.
04:25She threw herself into Vincent's arm.
04:27I didn't mean it.
04:28I didn't mean it.
04:29And besides, the drug might not even be real.
04:32What if it's fake?
04:33Is she really going to punish me for something that might not even work?
04:36Vincent held her.
04:37He looked at me.
04:38Sophia, she's young.
04:39It was a joke that went too far.
04:41She didn't want it to become this.
04:43Leah wiped her tears.
04:44I'll make it up to you.
04:45I'll move into the villa.
04:47I'll have Vincent's children.
04:49You can raise them as your own.
04:50Vincent put his hand on my shoulder.
04:52Sophia, you're my wife.
04:53The future Mrs. Bowfield.
04:55You should be more gracious.
04:57Leah will carry the children for you.
04:59She'll go through that suffering for you.
05:01What more could you possibly want?
05:04You're standing in front of me, protecting the woman who poisoned me,
05:08asking what more I could want.
05:11Don't worry.
05:12Even if you can't have children, you'll always be the future Mrs. Brofeard,
05:16the most honored person here after me.
05:19Word for word, the same as my last life.
05:21A pity I wouldn't make the same mistake twice.
05:25The commotion had spread.
05:26Even guests at the far edges of the room knew now.
05:29Everyone was waiting to see how it would be handled.
05:33Sophia, this is a minor matter.
05:35There's no need to be so upset.
05:36He said it like I was the unreasonable one.
05:39I looked at him, cold smile.
05:42He had been exactly this way in my last life,
05:45telling me I was ungracious, making a fuss over nothing.
05:48So I had swallowed it, and that patience had led to my death,
05:52and to the deaths of my family.
05:55The memory of that end sharpened inside me.
05:58I looked up at Vincent.
05:59Do you honestly think what she did is a minor matter?
06:01He was still lightly patting Leah's back.
06:04Enough.
06:06She's apologized.
06:08I'll have her copy out the house rules ten times.
06:11No more pranks.
06:13Copy out the house rules ten times.
06:15That was the price for drugging the Beaufort heir's wife on their wedding day.
06:20I almost laughed.
06:21But it didn't matter.
06:23Because this time, he was the one who drank it.
06:26A woman in the room said softly,
06:28Perhaps we should still call a doctor.
06:30There might be some way to reverse it.
06:32Leah shook her head.
06:33No.
06:34Calling a doctor on a wedding day is bad luck.
06:37Vincent laughed.
06:39Leah's right.
06:41We can find a doctor tomorrow.
06:43There's no rush.
06:44My assistant lost her composure.
06:46Sir, Sophia is your wife.
06:48She's been poisoned.
06:49You're going to wait until tomorrow?
06:52Miss, let's tell Mr. and Mrs. Garrard.
06:54Let them handle this for you.
06:56I looked at Vincent one last time.
06:58You're really not going to hold her accountable?
07:01I told you Leah's joke went too far.
07:03She'll give us children and you'll raise them.
07:05That's fair.
07:06If you don't want to be my wife, leave right now.
07:08There are plenty of women who want to marry me.
07:10None of them are this much trouble.
07:12I smiled.
07:13I ran one finger slowly along the rim of my glass.
07:17You think I'm making a scene?
07:19Everything I did, I did for you, Vincent.
07:22Because the person who just drank that glass was you.
07:27The room went silent.
07:28Vincent's face drained of color.
07:31What are you talking about?
07:32I pointed to his glass.
07:34There was still a faint residue of powder along the rim.
07:37Obviously, once you look.
07:39Leah had been in too much of a hurry.
07:41She hadn't thought twice about the glass she pressed into my hand during the toast.
07:44Because everyone had seen me receive it.
07:47The old custom had made it look like romance.
07:49Only Leah knew it was supposed to be poison.
07:52She snatched up the glass.
07:54She turned to Vincent.
07:54Did you drink from this?
07:56His face went dark.
07:57Leah screamed.
07:58She pointed at me.
07:59You!
08:00You did this on purpose.
08:02That glass was meant for you.
08:04Why did you give it to him?
08:05You switched them deliberately.
08:07You wanted to hurt him.
08:08In front of every elder in that room.
08:10Every man and woman who had watched us exchange glasses and nodded their approval.
08:16She was accusing me of violating a wedding custom she herself had exploited.
08:21She had no ground left to stand on.
08:24That glass had been meant for me.
08:26She had placed it closer to my side on purpose.
08:29In my last life, I drank it.
08:31It left me unable to have children.
08:33I watched them together.
08:34Watched her give him son after son.
08:36Daughter after daughter.
08:38My family bled for the Beaufort family's rise.
08:41My father and brother were pulled into gang warfare.
08:44Killed for Vincent's sake.
08:46He used everything the Gerard family had.
08:49When I had no more value, he poisoned me.
08:51This time, the drug Leah had chosen for me was in his hands.
08:55I wanted to see whether he would be as gracious as he had demanded I be.
09:00I looked at Leah.
09:01Do you understand what this means?
09:03The Beaufort heir has lost the ability to continue his bloodline.
09:07This isn't a joke.
09:09Mr. Beaufort will not be lenient.
09:11Not with you.
09:12Not with your family.
09:13Leah screamed.
09:14I never meant to hurt him.
09:16That drug was meant for you.
09:18I stepped forward and slapped her across the face.
09:20The sound rang through the room.
09:24You drug the godfather's wife.
09:25That is just as vicious as drugging the Beaufort heir.
09:28Do you understand what happens next?
09:30Vincent collapsed into a chair.
09:33Call a doctor!
09:35Now!
09:36Let a look of hesitation cross my face.
09:38But Vincent, didn't you say calling a doctor on a wedding day is bad luck?
09:44Shouldn't we wait until tomorrow?
09:45My assistant had gone pale.
09:48Seize Leah!
09:49This is an attempt at the heir's life!
09:51The bodyguards grabbed Leah.
09:52She glared at me with hatred.
09:55The ballroom erupted.
09:58A doctor came running.
09:59My parents and brother arrived.
10:01They had heard on the way.
10:02I saw my mother.
10:03I walked straight into her arms.
10:07Father, mother, she did this.
10:08She put a sterilization drug in my champagne.
10:12Vincent defended her.
10:13He told me I was being ungracious.
10:16That I didn't deserve to be his wife.
10:18I started to cry.
10:20Holding her felt so good.
10:21She was still here.
10:23My brother was still here.
10:24This time, I would protect them.
10:26I would not let Vincent take them from me.
10:29My brother's voice went ice cold.
10:31Gracious?
10:32She was poisoned and you told her to be gracious?
10:34Veneta, you demanded my sister show grace while she was being drugged?
10:37Now that you've drunk it yourself, can you manage that same grace?
10:39Sophia is a Gerard.
10:41A Nersi's daughter drugs her at her own wedding and you expect her to forgive it?
10:44The Gerard family will not allow this.
10:48Vincent, please.
10:50I never wanted to hurt you.
10:52It was Sophia.
10:52She switched the glasses.
10:54She did this to you.
10:55The doctor straightened up.
10:56He shook his head.
10:57Regardless of where this drug came from, the dosage is severe.
11:00Whoever prepared it used the maximum amount.
11:03The effects cannot be reversed.
11:04He will not be able to have children.
11:07Leah had always intended to make sure I could never have children.
11:11Of course she had used the highest dose.
11:14There was no antidote.
11:15No recovery.
11:16Vincent's face went white.
11:17He nearly fell.
11:18His hands shot out and gripped the back of a chair.
11:21Knuckles bloodless, jaw locked.
11:23A man watching his entire future collapse in a single sentence.
11:28Without an heir, he had no successor.
11:30Mr. Bofor was still young.
11:32He could have other sons.
11:33He could choose a new heir.
11:35Vincent would lose all chance of inheriting.
11:38Even if Mr. Bofor had already decided he was next.
11:41Vincent's eyes went red.
11:43I'll kill her!
11:44Then he grabbed my arm.
11:45Sophia, at least I still have you.
11:48I pulled free.
11:50You just told me that if I didn't want to be your wife, I could leave immediately.
11:56I'm leaving.
11:58Whatever trouble Leah has caused, I won't pay for it.
12:01Do you think the Gerard family is something you can push around?
12:05My brother stepped in front of me.
12:07That's right.
12:09Vincent, when Sophia was poisoned, you defended Leah.
12:12You told my sister she wasn't being gracious enough.
12:15Now it's your turn.
12:16Show some of that grace.
12:19You're the Bohart heir.
12:20Act like it.
12:21Vincent's face flushed dark red.
12:24Then Donna Boford's voice cut through the hall.
12:26She came rushing.
12:27My son.
12:28What happened?
12:30My assistant told Donna everything.
12:32Full account.
12:33Nothing left out.
12:34Donna's expression went rigid.
12:36You dared to harm my son!
12:38Take her to the cellar!
12:40She doesn't leave this house.
12:41From outside came the sound of the nanny wailing.
12:45Begging for her daughter's life.
12:47Please!
12:48I've given this family so many years!
12:51Give Leah a chance to live!
12:53Leah sobbing grew louder.
12:55Vincent, please!
12:57We grew up together!
12:59I would never hurt you!
13:00It was Sophia!
13:01She switched the glasses!
13:03She did this!
13:04Vincent stood there, torn, furious at Leah, unable to bear watching her cry.
13:10Donna raised her voice.
13:11Take her out.
13:12A nanny's daughter thinks she can be with my son?
13:16The bodyguards dragged Leah toward the door.
13:18You can't touch me!
13:19I'm carrying his child!
13:21Two months!
13:22The baby is his!
13:25Please!
13:26Everyone froze.
13:27Vincent pushed everyone aside.
13:29He grabbed her.
13:31What did you say?
13:33Leah threw herself into his arms, crying.
13:36I'm pregnant!
13:36Two months!
13:37It's yours!
13:38You told me you only ever wanted me to carry your children!
13:41That's why I did this!
13:42I couldn't stand the thought of another woman having your baby!
13:44I love you!
13:45Everything I did was because I love you!
13:47She had committed a crime worthy of death.
13:49And yet, Vincent could no longer have children.
13:52She was the only one who could give him an heir.
13:55Even Donna didn't dare move against her carelessly.
13:58Vincent turned to his mother.
13:59She's carrying my child.
14:01She's my only hope.
14:03You can't kill her.
14:06Donna gestured.
14:07The doctor stepped forward.
14:08Quick check.
14:09Confirmed.
14:10Two months pregnant.
14:10Donna sighed.
14:11She looked at me.
14:12Sophia, given the circumstances,
14:14Leah must become part of the Boneherd family.
14:16If you agree, you would become the child's legal mother and raise it yourself.
14:20What do you think?
14:21I refused.
14:22I'm sorry, Mrs. Boofer.
14:24Vinicet and I haven't completed the wedding ceremony.
14:27We're not yet husband and wife.
14:29Vinicet and Leah love each other.
14:31That's how this happens.
14:32She's carrying the only heir this family has.
14:34I won't stand between them.
14:36That child deserves to be born legitimate.
14:38Have him marry Leah.
14:40I want to dissolve the engagement.
14:42Vincent stared at me like he didn't recognize me.
14:44Sophia, you want to end things because I can't give you children?
14:47Is that it?
14:49Every time everyone believed I had drunk that glass, you stood by her.
14:53You never once put me first.
14:55Now she's carrying your only heir.
14:57Tell me honestly, isn't this exactly what you wanted?
15:00No.
15:01We made vows.
15:03You're my wife.
15:04I won't let you go.
15:05My father stepped between us.
15:07I gave you my daughter.
15:08And before you even married her, you've already fathered a child with another woman.
15:11Your only heir will be born to a nanny's daughter, not to the Beaufort matriarch.
15:14Tell me, what does that leave the Gerard family's reputation?
15:17I kept my expression blank.
15:19If you want me to stay, there's one condition.
15:21Leah leaves permanently and the child stays here, raised by the Benfold family.
15:25If she keeps the child and remains under this roof, I walk.
15:27I won't live in a house where every child belongs to her.
15:32You decide, Vincent.
15:34Vincent staggered backward as if I had hit him.
15:36You can't say that.
15:37That's my only child.
15:38How could you ask this of me?
15:39I looked at him steadily.
15:40Why couldn't I?
15:41You want your hair.
15:43I want my family's dignity.
15:44And ask yourself, who caused all of this?
15:48Vincent had nothing to say.
15:50He sank to the floor.
15:51The Gerard family was not a small operation.
15:54Our organization held nearly half the territory in this region.
15:58Even the Beaufort godfather couldn't cross us.
16:00Donna looked at her son with barely concealed contempt.
16:03Then, in front of everyone, she dissolved the engagement herself.
16:07The media reported it that same day.
16:09The news spread worldwide.
16:10The Beaufort heir had been drugged by his own childhood sweetheart and left sterile.
16:16The Gerard family had canceled the engagement.
16:19Mr. Beaufort was furious.
16:21He tore into Vincent.
16:23Afterward, Donna found him alone.
16:25Do you have any idea how hard I worked to secure the Gerard alliance?
16:28And you threw it away for a nanny's daughter?
16:31I've locked the nanny and Leah in the basement.
16:34After Leah delivers, I'll handle the rest.
16:36You have to marry Sophia.
16:38She's a Gerard.
16:39If she marries into another family, the Jards will back someone else.
16:42We'll be finished.
16:45The Gerard family was the most powerful mafia family in the region.
16:49Every organization wanted ties with us.
16:52Vincent returned to the villa.
16:53The moment he walked in, Leah ran to him.
16:56It's my fault you were criticized.
16:57Take it out on me.
16:59I was scared.
17:00Scared you'd fall for so forget me.
17:02But I never expected Sophia to use the old custom to switch the glasses.
17:05She must have planned the whole thing from the beginning.
17:07Something cold passed through Vincent's eyes.
17:10She wasn't wrong.
17:11If Sophia hadn't switched the glasses, none of this would have happened to him.
17:15He turned over what Donna had said.
17:17The Gerard daughter couldn't marry anyone else.
17:20If the Gerards aligned with another family, the Beauforts were done.
17:24In a study across the city, a different man was also watching the news.
17:28Edward Voss set down his glass slowly.
17:31So, the Beauforts had lost the Gerards.
17:33And Sophia Gerard was now free.
17:36He picked up the phone.
17:37I went home with my parents and brother.
17:39My father's expression was serious.
17:41The engagement is broken.
17:42The Beaufort family won't let this go quietly.
17:45Other families will come forward with proposals.
17:46My mother was upset.
17:47My daughter has become a bargaining chip.
17:50Whoever marries her, we stand by her side, no matter who it is.
17:54In my last life, my father and brother died in gang warfare.
17:58Vincent had worked behind the scenes, forged documents,
18:01spread rumors that they had betrayed the Beaufort family.
18:04Loyalty and honor mean everything in this world.
18:08Every organization believed the lie.
18:11Every one of them turned on my family.
18:13Only one person hadn't.
18:15Marco Don.
18:16He was the godfather of the largest mafia family in Sicily.
18:20Ancient lineage.
18:21Secrets buried deep.
18:22His father had many sons.
18:24Marco was illegitimate.
18:26Never meant to inherit.
18:27But he outlasted every one of his brothers.
18:30His father had no choice but to name him the next godfather.
18:34In my last life, when every other family hunted my father and brother down, Marco had refused.
18:40He had saved my mother.
18:42My assistant told me afterward.
18:44I thought of something else.
18:45A year ago, at the Voss family gathering, I had noticed a man watching me, quiet still.
18:51His gaze had a weight to it.
18:53Not like someone seeing me for the first time, but like someone who recognized me.
18:57I hadn't known who he was then.
18:59I know now.
19:00I looked up at my father and brother.
19:02I want to marry Marco.
19:06Marco.
19:07My father burst out laughing.
19:09I helped that boy once.
19:10He was very small.
19:11The godfather hadn't taken him in yet.
19:12He was living on the streets.
19:13Some local thugs were bullying him.
19:15I gave him a little money, took him to a doctor.
19:17His eyes still scarred over.
19:18He told me he'd repay me when he grew up.
19:20I thought he was just a stray kid.
19:22I didn't think much of it.
19:23Not until three years ago, when he became the Don family's godfather.
19:26I saw that scar beside his eye.
19:28And I remembered.
19:29So my father and Marco had a history like that.
19:31My mother looked worried.
19:33Marco is dangerous, Sophia.
19:36He carries too many secrets.
19:38She gripped my hand, knuckles tight.
19:40Are you sure you want to go into that world?
19:43In my last life, Marco had been the only one who helped my family.
19:47He wasn't as bloodthirsty as the rumors said.
19:49He was someone who repaid his debts.
19:52My brother seemed to remember something.
19:54I met him a year ago at a Voss family gathering.
19:56He asked me whether you were still single.
19:58He barely spoke to anyone else the whole evening, but he asked about you.
20:03My father made up his mind.
20:04I'll go to Sicily tomorrow.
20:06But the next morning, before dawn, a line of black cars pulled up to the villa gate.
20:12Bodyguards unloaded one black case after another.
20:15They were from the Voss family.
20:17Edward Voss was here to propose.
20:19Vincent had gotten wind of it.
20:20He appeared almost immediately.
20:22Edward, Sophia is my fiancee.
20:25What do you think you're doing?
20:27The news about your broken agreement was in the press yesterday.
20:31The whole world knows.
20:32Since you and she no longer have an agreement, why shouldn't I pursue Sophia?
20:36He looked at me, still smiling.
20:39Miss Sophia has everything a man could want.
20:42Elegant, intelligent, born into the powerful Garrard family.
20:46Just because you didn't know how to appreciate her doesn't mean no one else does.
20:50He took my hand and pressed his lips to the back of it.
20:53My skin crawled.
20:55I pulled my hand away the moment he released it.
20:57Quietly wiped it on my sleeve.
20:59Vincent gave a cold laugh.
21:01What you need is the Garrard family's backing to secure your inheritance in the Voss family.
21:05Drop the act.
21:06Sophia is still my wife.
21:07I'll bring her home.
21:08Stop wasting everyone's time.
21:10My father and brother looked tense.
21:12My mother held my arm.
21:13Vinitza, I'm asking you to leave.
21:16Right now.
21:16I had never imagined Vincent could be this shameless.
21:20I was disgusted with myself forever having liked him.
21:23Then came the sound overhead.
21:24Low.
21:25Thundering.
21:25A helicopter.
21:26That's the Don family insignia.
21:29Everyone looked up.
21:30The door of the helicopter opened.
21:31A young, handsome man stood at the edge of the hatch.
21:35Marco Don.
21:36Vincent's and Edward's faces fell.
21:38It wasn't hard to guess why Marco had come.
21:40Same reason as them.
21:42Against the Don family, they had no chance.
21:44The helicopter touched down on the villa's helipad.
21:47Marco stepped out alone.
21:48He didn't look at Vincent or Edward.
21:50He didn't look at the bodyguards.
21:51He simply raised one hand.
21:53A small, unhurried gesture.
21:56And every armed man on that lawn took two steps back in unison.
22:01Without being told.
22:02My father and brother went to meet him.
22:04Mr. Don.
22:04Marco shook hands with each of them.
22:06Then he turned to look at me.
22:07His gaze was focused.
22:09Warm.
22:10There was something in it that reminded me of what my brother had said.
22:13He asked about you.
22:14Like a man confirming something he already knew.
22:17He walked to me.
22:18He took my hand.
22:19The hand Edward had just kissed.
22:21He ran his thumb lightly across the back of it.
22:23Then he bent and kissed it properly.
22:27Good morning, Miss Gerard.
22:29His tone was familiar.
22:30As if we had known each other for a long time.
22:33He looked over at Vincent and Edward then.
22:35As if he had only just noticed them.
22:37Are you two here to congratulate me and Miss Gerard on our engagement?
22:40The journalists do move fast.
22:41Standing beside him, I felt something I hadn't felt in a long time.
22:47Safe.
22:47Vincent's jaw tightened.
22:49When did you get involved with Sophia?
22:50Marco smiled.
22:51Marriage isn't just about two people.
22:53It's about families.
22:54Mr. Gerard is someone I owe a great debt.
22:57It's an honor to ask for his daughter's hand.
22:59Sophia has already agreed.
23:00I came today to make our engagement official.
23:02Vincent stepped forward.
23:04That's impossible.
23:05She agreed?
23:06She doesn't even know you.
23:07She could never like someone like you.
23:09A man with blood on his hands.
23:12Marco's expression shifted.
23:14I stepped out in front of him.
23:15Between him and Vincent.
23:16Vanessa, watch how you speak.
23:18You're talking to the godfather of the Dawn family.
23:21And you?
23:21You're nothing but a man who lost his heir, his fiancee, and his family's most powerful
23:25alliance in a single afternoon.
23:27Vincent looked at me like I had become a stranger.
23:29Sophia, you don't really mean that.
23:31I'll fix everything.
23:32Come back.
23:33I looked at him.
23:33I gave you a chance to stand beside me.
23:35You chose not to take it.
23:37Vincent, you're disgusting.
23:40Vincent seemed to think of something.
23:42He suddenly smiled.
23:43Sophia, you planned this from the beginning.
23:46No wonder you kept pushing to dissolve the engagement.
23:49You had been in contact with this man while you were still engaged to me.
23:53You were with another man behind my back.
23:55He looked at my family.
23:56And this is what you call the Gerard family's honor?
23:59Anger rose in my chest.
24:01Before I could speak, Marco's voice came quietly from behind me.
24:05Choose your words carefully.
24:06This was low, quiet.
24:08The kind of quiet that makes a room go still.
24:11A woman's reputation is not yours to use as a weapon.
24:13Not every woman is like Leah.
24:15A man with any decency doesn't weaponize his private failures to tear down someone else.
24:19You chose a woman who drugged the bride at your own wedding.
24:21That's your business.
24:22But my wife is nothing like that.
24:24I will not allow anyone to speak of her that way.
24:26Especially not you.
24:27Vincent had been shut down at every turn.
24:30His face was grim.
24:32Edward had watched the whole thing with quiet amusement.
24:35He was sharp enough to know he couldn't compete with Marco.
24:38He walked over and clapped Marco on the shoulder.
24:40You and Miss Sofia are a perfect match.
24:42Consider these gifts my congratulations on the engagement.
24:45When you marry, I hope you'll invite me.
24:47Of course.
24:48He turned to Vincent.
24:50There was a smile on his face that didn't reach his eyes.
24:53Some things just aren't meant to be.
24:55I heard the lady who recently moved into your villa is the nanny's daughter.
24:58And she's already settled in.
25:00Congratulations.
25:01The nanny's daughter already moved in.
25:04Each word landed like a slap.
25:06The story of the Beaufort heir being drugged into sterility by his own childhood sweetheart had already been reported.
25:13But having it said to his face in front of a room full of people, that was something else entirely.
25:19Edward wasn't finished.
25:20Though I wonder, boy or girl?
25:23He smiled and left.
25:25If Leah's child was a girl, Vincent would have nothing.
25:28No heir.
25:29No future.
25:30No way forward.
25:31Marco sat down with my father to plan the wedding.
25:34In the meantime, I had the Girard family's people watching Leah quietly.
25:38Word came back.
25:39She and her mother were discreetly seeking out women who were pregnant at around the same time.
25:44Bringing them into the Beaufort households under the pretense of hiring nannies.
25:48So that when the time came, they could swap one baby for another.
25:53I sat down with my father, brother, and Marco.
25:55This isn't just about a child.
25:57If Leah has a girl, they'll find a boy from one of those narsies and switch them.
26:04I'd stake my life on it.
26:05Marco was quiet for a moment.
26:07I'll have people watching them.
26:08If he tries to pass off another woman's child as his heir, it's no longer a private matter.
26:13It's fraud against the entire organization.
26:16There's nothing a family values more than loyalty and honesty.
26:20He looked at my brother as he said, a signal.
26:23I had heard those words before, in my last life, from Vincent's mouth.
26:28He had used them to accuse my father and brother of betrayal.
26:31My eyes were stung.
26:33Marco took my hand.
26:34Under the table, my brother was already typing on his phone, forwarding everything to Edward Voss.
26:40Donna was Kenneth Beaufort's only wife.
26:42Kenneth had kept other women, but not one of their children had survived being born.
26:47Everyone assumed Donna was responsible.
26:49No one had proof.
26:50Vincent was Donna's only son.
26:52Under normal circumstances, he would be the sole Beaufort heir.
26:56But if his only child was a daughter,
26:58Kenneth would find another woman, father a son.
27:00Vincent would lose the inheritance entirely.
27:03Marco seemed to understand what I was thinking.
27:05That was why I was surprised when he suggested
27:07postponing the wedding.
27:09I had assumed he would be eager to make things official.
27:11He wasn't.
27:13He stayed at the Gerard Villa.
27:14Spent every day with me.
27:16Left the Don family's affairs in Sicily to his assistant.
27:19Why are you helping me?
27:21Is it because of my father?
27:23I understood that Marco wanted to repay the debt.
27:26But marrying a woman you didn't love?
27:28Spending the rest of your life with her?
27:30That was too great a sacrifice.
27:32I didn't understand it.
27:33It made me uneasy.
27:34We sat together in the courtyard that evening.
27:36He took my hand, the same way he had when we first met.
27:40He pressed a deliberate kiss on it.
27:42Because I love you.
27:44I lost you once.
27:45When he said those words, my heart lurched.
27:47I had a terrible dream.
27:49I dreamed you married Vincent.
27:50He killed your father and brother.
27:52I tried to reach them.
27:53I was one step too late.
27:55I only managed to save your mother.
27:57My mouth fell open.
27:58I couldn't speak.
27:59Tears came without my permission.
28:01After that one step, every step after was just barely too late.
28:04By the time I reached you, Vincent had already taken your life.
28:09I prayed for another chance.
28:11And just then, Vincent drove a knife into my back from me behind.
28:14I woke up.
28:16I reached up and touched the scar at the corner of his eye, my voice unsteady.
28:21Did it hurt?
28:21He smiled.
28:22His hand closed around my wrist.
28:25Seeing you makes it not hurt at all.
28:26He wasn't describing a dream.
28:28He was describing what I had lived in.
28:31I didn't know whether Marco had been reborn the way I had.
28:35But from that moment on, I chose to trust him completely.
28:38I leaned in and kissed him.
28:40He kissed me back without hesitation.
28:42He picked me up, carried me to the room, dropped me onto the bed.
28:46He looked at me, breathing unevenly, holding himself back.
28:50He pressed his lips gently to the back of my hand.
28:55Is this okay?
28:56If it's you, yes.
28:58He stopped holding back.
28:59His hands found my waist, slipped beneath the fabric.
29:03He kissed me with everything he had.
29:06Sofia, I love you. I love you.
29:08He kept saying it over and over, as if he wanted to carve the words into bone.
29:14The next morning, I woke early.
29:16Marco was still asleep, bare-chested, deeply at rest.
29:19I looked at him.
29:21His body was covered in scars, faded and pale.
29:24But the scar on his back, over his heart, that one was deeper than the rest.
29:29I touched that scar gently.
29:31Marco stirred and woke.
29:32He sat up and kissed me.
29:33At breakfast, I asked him when he had first fallen in love with me.
29:37Three years ago, the night I became godfather, I saw you across the room.
29:40It was immediate.
29:42Or perhaps earlier than that.
29:43It's hard to say, with a dream like mine.
29:45I smiled.
29:46I wasn't expecting you to love me yet.
29:48I only hoped you wouldn't dislike me.
29:50Of course I don't dislike you.
29:51Marco was my hope.
29:52He was someone who honored his debts.
29:54I was very fond of him.
29:55Leah's child was close to arriving.
29:57The other pregnant women the Beaufort family had quietly brought in,
30:00the false nannies, were also nearly due.
30:02They had all been given drugs to accelerate labor.
30:05Leah gave birth to a girl.
30:07Vincent kicked the door open.
30:09Useless.
30:11You've ruined me, and now you give me a girl?
30:14I should have had them deal with you long ago.
30:16Leah slid from the bed and knelt on the floor.
30:19Don't.
30:19Please.
30:19I have a plan.
30:20Some of those nannies must have had boys.
30:22We find one.
30:23Switch the children.
30:25Quietly deal with the nancies.
30:26No one will ever know.
30:28Vincent stared at her for a long moment.
30:30Then he turned toward the door.
30:32Find out which nancy had a boy.
30:33Bring the child here.
30:34Minutes later, a baby boy was brought in.
30:36Vincent held him briefly.
30:38Then he lifted the baby girl from the bed,
30:40pressed his hand over her face, held it there.
30:43Before long, the girl had stopped breathing.
30:46The nannies quietly, no leaks.
30:47Tell the press, Leah had a son.
30:50The next day, the news ran on every major outlet.
30:54Donna was overjoyed.
30:56Now we can find him a proper wife.
30:58Someone from a good family.
30:59Leah had waited to become Vincent's wife.
31:01She had endured everything.
31:03She had thought that with Vincent unable to father children, she held all the leverage.
31:09She could become his legal wife.
31:11But Donna was already talking about finding him someone new.
31:15Leah had only ever been a vessel.
31:17No official standing.
31:19No title.
31:19Nothing.
31:20She cornered Vincent in his room.
31:22Why?
31:22I gave you a son.
31:23Why are you marrying someone else?
31:25You're the reason I ended up like this.
31:27Did you really think I'd marry a nanny's garter?
31:29Who do you think you are?
31:30I have a position to maintain.
31:32I need a wife whose family can back me.
31:34What do you have?
31:35Leah stared at him.
31:36You told me you didn't care about any of that.
31:38You said you only loved me.
31:40You said I would be your wife.
31:41You were naive.
31:42When you meet my future Mrs. Beaufort, behave yourself.
31:46Stay quiet and you can remain in the household.
31:47After all, you delivered the child.
31:49The Beaufort family won't treat you badly.
31:51Donna had already chosen Vincent's new fiance.
31:54Marco and I attended the engagement party.
31:57I spotted Leah standing in a corner, face white as chalk.
32:00Rebecca stood at Donna's side, composed and radiant,
32:04smiling at Vincent.
32:05Leah just gave birth.
32:07She must be exhausted.
32:08My family owns a small island.
32:11Lovely scenery.
32:12Very peaceful.
32:13Leah could go there to recover.
32:15Leah's face lost what little color it had left.
32:18I smiled quietly.
32:19Rebecca's meaning was clear.
32:20Send Leah to that island.
32:22Make sure she never came back.
32:24Leah looked at Vincent.
32:25I'm not going.
32:28I can't leave you.
32:29I can't leave my son.
32:31It was Rebecca's suggestion.
32:32Go.
32:33Rest.
32:34The child will be well taken care of.
32:36Rebecca will treat him like her own.
32:38You don't need to worry.
32:39Rebecca gave Leah a bright smile.
32:41I'm the child's legal mother now.
32:43I'll raise him.
32:44You take as long as you need.
32:46Leah sank to the floor.
32:48She had grown up in this world.
32:50She understood exactly what this meant.
32:52She was never coming back.
32:54Vincent agreed.
32:55He told Leah to leave by tomorrow.
32:57Leah started screaming.
32:59She's sending me away to disappear.
33:02Vincent, you know what she's doing.
33:05I've done everything for you.
33:06And after our son is born, this is how you treat me?
33:09Then her voice dropped.
33:11You haven't forgotten who he really belongs to, have you?
33:14Vincent's eyes sharpened.
33:16She was threatening him.
33:17Body horse.
33:18Remove her.
33:19This is my engagement ceremony.
33:21Leah struggled, clawing at the arms holding her.
33:24You can't do this!
33:25I'll tell them everything!
33:26The mouth was covered before she could finish.
33:28Kenneth Beaufort's voice broke through the room.
33:30Let her speak.
33:32Every bodyguard stopped.
33:34No one dared touch Leah.
33:36Leah looked at Kenneth.
33:38That child isn't mine.
33:39I gave birth to a girl.
33:42Vincent smothered her himself.
33:44Then swapped her for a nanny's son.
33:46The nannies were all killed afterwards.
33:48Not one of them survived.
33:49The room broke into whispers.
33:51He killed his own daughter?
33:53He swapped the baby because she was a girl.
33:55Vincent stepped forward.
33:56She's lying.
33:57That is my son.
33:58If the child is yours, a paternity test will prove it.
34:02Shall we do this properly?
34:04Or would you prefer to explain why you won't?
34:06He held up his phone.
34:07On the screen, photographs.
34:09The false nannies arriving at the villa.
34:11Marco's people had been watching.
34:12So had Edward's.
34:13Kenneth's voice was flat.
34:15Go to the hospital.
34:16Now.
34:17Vincent knew there was no hiding it.
34:19Father, I didn't want to deceive you.
34:21This was Leah's plan.
34:22All of it was her idea.
34:23I had no other choice.
34:25Vincent confessed.
34:26The boy was not his child.
34:28He pushed every bit of the blame onto Leah.
34:31It didn't matter anymore.
34:33Vincent had falsified his error.
34:35He had lost Kenneth's trust completely.
34:38Kenneth looked at him.
34:39Vincent has disgraced the Bohart name and attempted to corrupt the Bowfield bloodline.
34:44As of today, he is no longer a member of this family.
34:48As for this woman, she is no longer under Bowfield protection.
34:52The only reason they had let her live was the child.
34:55The child was gone.
34:57There was no reason left.
34:59Leah's eyes rolled back.
35:00She was dragged out unconscious.
35:02Vincent was finished.
35:04Cast out.
35:04Stripped of his name.
35:06Left with nothing.
35:08I exhaled slowly.
35:09The nightmare of my last life was finally over.
35:13This time, my father was here.
35:15My brother was here.
35:17My mother was here.
35:18And there was a man who had promised to protect me.
35:21On our wedding day, Marco took my hand and helped me into the car.
35:24He leaned close.
35:27Don't be afraid, Sofia.
35:29I'm here.
35:30I smiled at him.
35:31I wasn't afraid.
35:32Our car moved along the coastal road in Sicily.
35:34The sea wind lifted my veil.
35:36I was going to have a good life.
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