Contratto Padre e Figlio Mio padre è un miliardario Tycoon
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▶ Contract Father and Son My Dad Is a Billionaire Tycoon
Contratto Padre e Figlio Mio padre è un miliardario Tycoon. episodi completi in italiano. #FilmCompleto #DramaItaliano #SerieCompleta
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00:02The debt is mine. I'll settle it.
00:04And who might you be? This is family business. Stay out of it.
00:09That's $100,000. But for slapping her, and for threatening my son,
00:14you will be run out of this town by the end of the week.
00:16And if you so much as look at them again, you'll wish you'd never been born.
00:28Luna! You bitch! Come back!
00:32She can't run far! I drugged her soda ten minutes ago. She'll pass out soon!
00:40Sir, the car broke down. There is a nearby. I will go and have a look.
00:48Do you know what you are doing?
00:50Please, let me hide here. They want to kidnap me.
00:55Please don't let them take me away.
00:58Hey! Anyone inside? Have you seen a tall girl with brown hair, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans?
01:04No. There's no one else here but me.
01:07Are you sure? She took my money. My son and I have been looking for her for hours.
01:12I said no.
01:16Let's go, Dad. She can't have gone far. Let's search the woods.
01:24You're burning up. I have to take you to the hospital.
01:26No! I can't go to the hospital. They'll find me there. Please.
01:58You don't know what you're doing.
01:59Not anymore.
02:02Jasper, I'm sorry. Mommy doesn't know who your father is either.
02:08finally found you
02:13what are you doing this is all my income all your income you owe us more than that
02:18you ran away six years ago cost me miles carter's wedding gift money you're coming back with me
02:23today give me three thousand dollars next month if you can't i'll sue you in court for elder abuse
02:29and take away jasper's custody it's not your fault baby mommy is useless no you have a dad
02:38he is a very powerful man he will definitely come find us arthur stop rushing me i know your
02:4490th birthday is coming up soon push if i don't push i'll die without seeing my grand-grandson
02:50if you don't bring me a grand-grandson today don't call me grandpa
02:57stop the car
03:02mom this man looks exactly like the daddy i drew in my picture
03:07little guy what's your name my name is jasper snow
03:12jasper i'll give you ten thousand dollars you act in a play with me be my son for one day
03:16okay
03:17act in a play what kind of play pretend to be be my son and cheer up your great-grandpad
03:22once you're done acting ten thousand dollars is yours you can use the money to find your dad
03:28sir this
03:31my name is asher king don't worry it's just acting
03:34after it's done i'll arrange a place for you to live as an extra
03:39you
03:56mom am i handsome yes my handsome boy our jasper is the most handsome
04:06must be fake when has ashon ever been in a relationship just wait we'll expose him soon
04:18oh my sweet little one grandpa finally gets to meet you
04:27sweetheart look this is the room grandpa prepared for you it has dinosaur toys and legos
04:34wow thank you grandpa as long as you like it from now on this is your home
04:40hurry up and do the dna test tomorrow at the party i'll make them lose everything
04:44don't worry i've already arraigned it with the lab i know the results will be ready tomorrow
04:52is this asher's wife and son they are so beautiful yes a perfect match
04:58oh i'm so sorry i didn't mean to
05:03it's okay
05:06aunt watch your step
05:16jasper come to grandpa
05:19grandpa
05:24what could it be he's mr asher's son looks like there's a big announcement today
05:29grandpa jasper wish you a happy birthday i drew this myself i hope you like it
05:35grandpa i know you love grandchildren one grandson isn't enough so i drew you five more
05:43sweetheart you really know what your grandpa wants
05:49good good thank you jasper
05:58mom let's use the plate
06:02look at her does she look like a rich man's wife
06:05exactly she must be some random woman he found just to make the old man happy
06:10i said she was some noble lady but i was clearly mistaken
06:13hilarious even my maid wouldn't eat like that
06:16that's how construction mercants eat
06:20everyone come look
06:21the young lady of the king family is squatted on the ground eating
06:24how ridiculous
06:26mom are you laughing at us
06:30sweetheart mom
06:30mom seems to have embarrassed you
06:42what's wrong with squatting while eating i squatted and ate when i was camping as a kid
06:46that's right when my great grandfather came to america from ireland he squatted on the dock and ate too
06:54look it turns out squatting while eating is so noble and elegant
07:00from now on i will also squat to eat
07:02dad why attitude so fast
07:05sweetheart as long as you success everything you do is right
07:13ladies and gentlemen please be quiet i have an important announcement to make
07:15everyone has been deceived
07:16this child is not a king at all
07:18this woman is not some lady of noble birth
07:19she's just a single mother from the countryside bringing a bastard child to scam family's money
07:22marcus
07:24what nonsense are you talking
07:25i'm not talking nonsense
07:26i've already taken ashen in this child's hair for a dna test and the results will be here any minute
07:29that's right we have proof
07:30once the report comes out let's see what they have to say
07:34uncle you've gone too far
07:35too far
07:36i'm doing this for the king family i can't let outsiders ruin our reputation
07:38i've also contacted her family they're on their way
07:44brother you've been deceived
07:45this child is not your grandson at all he's just someone ashley hired to fool you
07:50you bastard
07:51how dare you lie to me
07:55don't you hit my dad
07:56dad he's not your dad at all
08:01grandpa are you okay
08:03mom did dad get hit because of me
08:05no it's not because of you
08:06it's mom's fault
08:09mom we messed up didn't we
08:10grandpa
08:11he's not gonna be okay is he
08:13you a country woman with a child out of wedlock
08:15dare to cling to our family and dream of rising to the top in one step
08:19you're finished
08:20the test results will be here any minute
08:26i've been waiting day and night and finally got a grandson
08:29i never thought it would be fake
08:33grandpa
08:34oh brother
08:35i told you long ago this grandson was fake
08:37you just wouldn't believe me
08:38we got home
08:39a month later i married damon whitmore
08:41a year later we had our first baby
08:43and now i was pregnant with our second
08:45honestly if it had not been for damon's family memorial
08:47i never would have set foot back in this country
08:49and i definitely would not have run into ethan
08:58madden's baby needs a dad on paper
08:59i'll marry you once my dorses final
09:03everyone thought i would swallow my pride and wait another month
09:06after all i had already waited seven years
09:09but that night i left the country for an arranged marriage
09:11i vanished from his world completely
09:13three years later i returned with my husband for a family memorial
09:16my husband had something urgent to handle at the last minute
09:19so he asked his local branch to send someone to pick me up
09:22i stepped out of the airport and froze
09:23behind the wheel was ethan my ex-fiance
09:26ethan isn't that your obsessed ex
09:29isn't that natalie
09:30see i told you guys she would come crawling back
09:33natalie disappeared for three years
09:35not a call not a text
09:36and now ethan finally has money
09:37and look who suddenly found her way back
09:39she probably spent every night stalking his socials
09:42and crying into a cheap pillow
09:43natalie if you're trying to stage a dramatic reunion
09:45sweatpants were a bold choice
09:47couldn't you at least brush your hair first
09:49or did life without ethan's get so bad
09:51you stopped trying altogether
09:52you look like you came here to ask for a favor
09:54not make a comeback
09:55it was true
09:56i used to spend hours getting ready for ethan
09:58full makeup
09:59tight designer dresses
10:00i always made sure i looked absolutely perfect for him
10:03but i didn't need to do that anymore
10:04i'm pregnant
10:05so my husband won't let me wear makeup
10:07he wants me to dress however feels best
10:09he even has this plain looking loungewear
10:12custom tailored for me in paris
10:13listening to them mock me
10:15it suddenly clicked
10:16they had only read the name on the corporate dispatch
10:18they had no idea the vip they were picking up was me
10:21a former acquaintance of mine
10:22anyway it's nice having you back
10:23ethan actually spent years hunting for you
10:25and asking all over about
10:26ethan's face stiffened for a second
10:28then he acted like nothing happened
10:30madison's kid starts preschool next week
10:32from now on you're in charge of drop off and pick up
10:34he was still incredibly arrogant
10:35but i was not that naive little girl anymore
10:37seeing him only filled me with annoyance
10:39i did not want to waste another second on them
10:42when i was just about to tell them exactly who i was
10:44natalie don't blame ethan for this
10:46he's only trying to look out for you
10:48you disappeared for three years
10:49who knows what kind of shady things you had to do to survive
10:52look at you
10:53life really chewed you up
10:55ethan even wanted to give you a job as my personal secretary
10:57but clearly
10:58that would be too much for you
10:59don't worry
11:00being my narnie is honest work
11:02no one's gonna look down on you for that
11:03all right natalie drop the attitude
11:06you clearly couldn't make it on your own
11:08so stop making a scene
11:09take care of the kid
11:11and learn your place
11:13don't worry
11:14we still have a spare room for the nannies downstairs
11:16natalie look how good ethan is to you
11:19he's giving you free room and board
11:20isn't babysitting better than whatever life you've been scraping by on
11:23hurry up and say thank you
11:24don't worry dear
11:25if my son acts up i'll make sure he behaves
11:28i won't let anyone give you a hard time
11:30give me a break
11:31who's giving her a hard time she disappeared over one tiny misunderstanding
11:35life got rough out there maybe she needed the lesson
11:37hearing that my heart actually skipped a beat
11:39even now he still thought doing the city hall wedding registration with madison was only a tiny thing
11:44the ethan who used to love me was truly dead
11:46he was no longer the boy who carried me across town
11:49but whatever that love had been
11:50it was all in the past
11:51after all i was about to give birth to my second baby anyway
11:56aren't you here to pick me up
11:57let's go
11:58the scene went quiet for a moment
12:00several people exchanged looks
12:01then they suddenly burst into laughter
12:03madison laughed like i had told a joke
12:05waiting for you
12:06do you even deserve that
12:07read the sign
12:08we're waiting for mrs whitmore
12:09do you even know who that is
12:11mrs whitmore is the lady of the whitmore family
12:13she is damon whitmore's lawful wife
12:15and mr whitmore is a ruthless billionaire
12:17but in private he is deeply devoted
12:19people say he refused to get married back then
12:22because he was waiting for her
12:23everyone in our circle knows this
12:24don't bother sucking up to damon
12:26suck up to mrs whitmore
12:27she is his entire world
12:29listening to them gossip about my marriage
12:30i could not help smiling
12:32after three years of marriage
12:33damon's business had grown bigger and bigger
12:35and his reputation as a fiercely devoted husband
12:38had spread everywhere
12:39madison had always wanted to stand above me
12:41she would never miss a chance to show off in front of me
12:43to spoil his wife
12:45damon whitmore once bought a diamond bracelet at christie's
12:47it's called eternal heart
12:50it costs 20 million dollars
12:52mrs whitmore is literally the most envied woman on earth
12:55that's the exact same bracelet
13:00it's a pretty good fake
13:01what broke delivery guy bought you this
13:03a cheap knockoff as a gift
13:04pathetic
13:08it really is a high quality fake
13:10way better than the replica i bought
13:11but i'd never wear mine in public
13:13that would be humiliating
13:14foreign knockoffs really are something
13:17the weight almost feels real
13:18wait
13:19don't tell me you're saying you're the real mrs whitmore
13:22natalie are you seriously claiming you're the legendary billionaire's wife
13:25natalie why don't you sell me this fake
13:28i'll pay you double whatever that broke delivery guy paid
13:32give that back right now
13:34damon gave that to me
13:37shut your mouth
13:40natalie are you trying to get us both killed
13:41you think you can just casually drop mr whitwell's name
13:46are you trying to drag me down with you
13:48do you have any idea how hard we fought for this airport pickup
13:51mr whitfield bought out ethan's company last year
13:53now all of us depend on him to survive
13:55the only way ethan keeps his position
13:56is if we impress mrs whitfield
13:58and you're out here spreading insane rumors about knowing him
14:00are you trying to ruin ethan's career
14:06don't push your luck
14:07natalie you ungrateful little
14:08ethan was kind enough to keep you off the street
14:10i know you're bitter about the past
14:11but trying to wreck his career just to get back at him
14:13that's sick
14:15hearing her say that felt exactly like three years ago
14:17no matter what i did
14:18madison twisted it she would feed ethan her poisoned version of the truth
14:22in the early days he used to defend me
14:24but by the end he always took her side
14:26just like right now
14:31you're such a bitter jealous woman
14:36for the sake of what we used to be
14:38i'll let this slide
14:38take the cash
14:39go buy yourself something decent to wear
14:41if you really don't want a nanny madison's kid
14:43i'll pull some strings
14:44and get you a proper job next week
14:45don't worry ever since the whitmore acquisition
14:48this kind of money is pocket cheese to me
14:50no thank you sir
14:51i don't take handouts from strangers
15:01natalie i gave you money and you still refused
15:02what do you mean
15:03i'm a stranger to you
15:04since we've already broken up
15:06it's better not to have any contact
15:07otherwise people might understand
15:09the company is holding a dinner from mr whitmore in three days
15:11i plan to take you there to see the world
15:13but you need to buy a proper outfit first
15:14don't embarrass me when the time comes
15:15there really is no needed
15:16natalie you really have learned some attitude
15:18shoran poor always have the worst piece
15:20and you don't want to go
15:20forget it
15:21i'll take madison
15:22ethan i'll behave well
15:23i absolutely embarrassed you
15:24i did not want to keep getting tangled up with them
15:27i hope that in three days you can still be this confident
15:29i practically sprinted out of the arrival terminal
15:32the fresh air outside finally pushed down the nausea churning in my stomach
15:35my mind flashed back to three years ago
15:40this is the best choice for our family
15:41you have to accept
15:42natalie don't be childish
15:43it's for your own good
15:43i will never marry someone i don't love
15:46ethan
15:46just elope with me
15:50let's leave here
15:57her child needs a legal father
16:00i will divorce madison in a month
16:01then marry you
16:02watching him hold her hand
16:03and walk into that clerk's office
16:05i was completely done
16:06i flew overseas for a blind date that very night
16:08a month later i married damon whitmore
16:11a year later we had our first baby
16:13and now i was pregnant with our second
16:14honestly if it had not been for damon's family memorial
16:17i never would have set foot back in this country
16:19and i definitely would not have run into ethan
16:28you said you wouldn't come but your body is honest
16:30if you want to chase me and make me turn back you at least need to make me happy
16:33for an occasion like today
16:35you need to dress properly
16:36only then can you match my status
16:39natalie i'm talking to you did you hear me
16:41our seats are right here
16:42where do you think you're going
16:44those are your seats
16:46my seat is over there
16:51natalie
16:51tonight is miss miss witter's first public appearance
16:54this year this witter dare you wear that bracelet
16:56wait is that the eternal heart bracelet
16:57the one mr whitworth bought for his wife
16:59tonight is mrs whitworth's first public appearance
17:01is this woman trying to insult mrs whitworth
17:03she's snookin
17:04she trying to embarrass us in front of mr whitworth
17:06excuse me ethan
17:08is this young lady with you
17:09no i don't know her
17:10take that fake bracelet off and get out
17:12are you sure you want me to leave
17:13what are you pretending for
17:14stop acting like you're important
17:16hurry up and take off the bracelet
17:22survived
17:23but all the guests went quiet at once
17:25dominic stood out in any crowd
17:27without even trying
17:28red roses had always been my favorite
17:30after one night with my foster father dominic
17:33i found out i was pregnant
17:34i clutched the pregnancy test
17:36and confessed my love to him
17:37he rejected me
17:38then he got together with my best friend blair
17:40blair framed me for pushing her down the stairs
17:42and causing her miscarriage
17:44because of that
17:44i was sent to london for college
17:46when my water broke in the hospital
17:48the pain nearly tore me apart
17:49but i couldn't even afford the bill
17:51so i called dominic
17:52dominic please
17:53could you lend me some money
17:54i swear i'll pay you back
17:55aria you knew today was my engagement party
17:57did you call just to ruin it
17:59blair was right
18:00i've spoiled you rotten
18:01and that night the woman in your bed was beaten up
18:04enough
18:04stop lying
18:05if you refuse to change
18:06don't even think about coming home
18:07he hung up
18:08while i am giving birth alone
18:09dominic is getting engaged to blair
18:11five years later
18:12i had been invited back to attend their wedding
18:14the man standing across from me
18:15looked just as i remembered
18:17he is
18:17your kid
18:18i'm watching him for a friend
18:20he
18:20he looks a lot like me
18:21right
18:23when you see blair
18:24you need to apologize to her
18:25you owe her a life
18:27i froze for a second
18:28then i let out a bitter laugh
18:30and got into the back seat
18:33dominic rolled down the window
18:34and blew out a stream of cigarette smoke
18:36soon
18:37the car stopped outside the familiar estate
18:39it was halloween
18:40my head suddenly split with pain
18:42you tonight
18:42for a moment
18:43i almost felt safe
18:47dominic
18:47i don't feel well
18:48can you come stay with me
18:50blair isn't feeling well
18:51i have to check on her
18:52you'll be fine right
18:53he carried our luggage to my room
18:55everything in this house looked the same
18:56but i was no longer the princess
18:58he once sheltered
18:59my wound had torn open again earlier
19:01you come back and have nothing to say to me
19:02you've been gone for five years
19:04i'm sorry
19:04i'll apologize to blair when i see her
19:06he turned and left
19:09the day before the wedding
19:10dominic called me to the fitting room
19:12my clothes used to fill half this closet
19:13now there was no trace of them
19:15when the bridesmaid's dresses were brought in
19:17my stomach dropped
19:18most of the gowns were cut to show skin
19:20bare shoulders or arms
19:21but my body now
19:22blair had picked these on purpose
19:23if dominic saw my scars
19:25he would start asking for reasons
19:26then he would only think i was trying to blame blair again
19:29dominic
19:29do i have to try these on
19:30i picked these for you
19:32are you still unhappy with me aria
19:34we're best friends
19:35right
19:35if you don't like these
19:36no worries
19:37i have hundreds more picked out for you
19:38she wanted to humiliate me
19:40no thank you
19:41i'll just wear what i have on
19:43don't push your luck
19:44don't be so hard on her
19:46i spent one whole night picking these out
19:48but if aria doesn't like
19:49it's fine
19:50we can go shopping together
19:51i know i still can't walk for too long
19:53because she pushed me down
19:54but after all
19:55she's your
19:55i said no
19:57dominic grabbed a glass
19:58and smashed it onto the floor at my feet
20:00what the hell do you want
20:03why are you overreacting like this
20:05aria
20:06five years abroad
20:07and you've learned to hurt yourself for sympathy
20:09it wasn't like that
20:10you were never like this before
20:11doctor checked my wound
20:12if aria doesn't want to be a bridesmaid
20:14that's totally fine
20:15but leo could be our ring baron
20:17we don't have one yet
20:18no
20:19i don't agree
20:21if it weren't for what you did to me
20:22my child would be about his age right now
20:24just think of it as granting me one small wish
20:27i still don't understand how she fell down the stairs
20:30that's how it'll be
20:31i didn't trust leo's safety with them
20:33so i followed every step from the fitting to the rehearsal
20:36nothing went wrong
20:37but my unease only grew
20:39the wedding day arrived
20:41i stay with leo in the farthest corner
20:43trying to make myself invisible
20:45isn't that area montgomery
20:46she dressed like she can barely pay rent
20:48dominic cut her off three years ago
20:50i'd heard enough filthy comments about being an unwed mother over the years
20:54these were nothing compared to what i'd already survived
20:56but all the guests went quiet at once
20:58dominic stood out in any crowd without even trying
21:02red roses had always been my favorite
21:04considered it
21:07were you threatening to call security on evelyn shaw
21:09over damon pierce's unpaid balance
21:12seven days before my wedding
21:13i discovered my fiance was already married to his brother's widow
21:17my name is evelyn shaw
21:19a week before my wedding
21:20i flew back from london to finalize the paperwork for my marriage to damon pierce
21:24the wedding planner wanted floral approvals
21:25the venue needed final guest numbers
21:27whether the seating chart should read evelyn shaw
21:30or evelyn pierces
21:32i had stared at that question for a long time
21:34for eight years
21:35i had been waiting to become mrs pierce
21:39that morning
21:40i sat across from my attorney in a private office
21:42my attorney marion vale
21:44flipped through damon's financial disclosures
21:45then her pen stopped moving
21:47evelyn
21:48has damon ever been married before
21:50i frowned
21:51no
21:52why
21:53she turned her screen toward me
21:54a marriage certificate filled the monitor
21:57damon james pierce
21:58and clara marie bennett
21:59filed 14 months ago
22:01i stared at it
22:02until the letters blurred
22:03eight years
22:04i had spent eight years building that man from nothing
22:07his company pierce digital
22:08i funded the seed round
22:10his penthouse on the upper west side
22:11my down payment
22:12his porsche
22:14his investor network
22:15his reputation as a self-made tech genius
22:17all of it was mine
22:18handed to him piece by piece
22:20while i stayed behind the scenes
22:21because he said he was not ready to go public with us
22:25she's his late brother's widow
22:26he told me he was just helping her with legal paperwork
22:29my attorney's expression told me everything her words did not
22:32i picked up my phone and called him
22:33i said
22:35the prenup lawyer found your marriage certificate damon
22:40two seconds of silence
22:41damon said
22:42it's not what you think
22:43clara needed legal protection after my brother died
22:45she has a daughter
22:46i married her on paper so lily could stay on my insurance and benefits
22:50it means nothing
22:51you've been legally married for over a year
22:53and i would have told you eventually
22:55you've waited eight years evelyn
22:57what's a little longer
22:59i closed my eyes
23:04i have no interest in married men
23:06then i hung up
23:07the last eight years hit me all at once
23:13then i called my assistant
23:14freeze damon pierce's access to everything
23:16black card office credentials building entry parking garage
23:19all of it
23:19effective immediately
23:21not long after
23:22my phone started lighting up
23:23damon's name kept flashing across the screen until i finally answered
23:26what the hell is wrong with you
23:28you're acting like a child evelyn
23:30i explained the situation
23:32you explained that you committed fraud
23:34it's not fraud
23:35it's a favor
23:36clara has no one
23:37lily calls me dad
23:38what was i supposed to do
23:39let them end up on the street
23:39evelyn please don't blame damon
23:41blame me
23:41i'm the one who
23:42evelyn
23:42you're gonna call your assistant restore everything
23:45then you're gonna apologize to clara for making her feel unwelcome
23:47do that and we can move past this
23:48i looked at the prenup glass on the table in front of me
23:51then i picked it up and fed it into the shredder
23:54there's nothing to move past damon
23:55there's no wedding
23:56evelyn
23:57you brought a wife to our wedding paperwork
23:59i brought a witness
24:02to start pulling every asset record with damon pierce's name on it
24:06every building
24:07every account
24:08every share
24:10he thought he was a self-made man
24:11he was about to find out what happens when the woman who made him decides to unmake him
24:16the next morning damon's car was waiting outside my building
24:20now he sat at the curb in the porsche i had paid for
24:23looking less like a man caught in a lie
24:24than a man waiting for his fiancee to stop embarrassing him
24:27get in
24:28we're going shopping
24:29shopping?
24:30clara is upset
24:31lily is upset
24:32you made a scene yesterday
24:33the least you can do is help fix it
24:35of course
24:36he had married another woman
24:38lied to me for 14 months
24:39and somehow i was the one expected to fix the mood
24:42don't mind
24:42i get carsick in the back
24:44old evelyn would have argued
24:45new and
24:46felt nothing but a calm so steady it surprised even me
24:48i slipped into the back seat
24:50because my time stamp
24:51let him show who he is in front of witnesses
24:52and don't stop him when he does
24:53so i sat behind them
24:54phone in my coat pocket
24:55recording everything damon still believed he could get away with
24:59damon took us to a luxury boutique on madison avenue
25:01and held the door for clara like she was his wife
25:05which legally she was
25:06clara and lily need new things for the season
25:08you should pick something too
25:09god knows you could use it
25:10i had spent three years overseas building his investor pipeline
25:13he mistook exhaustion for neglect
25:15he looked at me like i was the embarrassing one
25:19damon
25:19clara tried on dresses
25:21lily twirled in a princess gown
25:22damon stood beside them
25:24patient and proud
25:24keep that one
25:25wrap that too
25:26whatever lily wants
25:28lucas
25:29daisy and shirgandha the sending quet
25:34she had spent all afternoon pretending to be the fragile wife
25:37but the second that dress touched my hands
25:39she looked afraid i might outshine her
25:44so i tried it on
25:59clara was checking the child who had just shoved me
26:01it's okay sweetheart
26:02nobody's going to yell at you
26:05she's a child evelyn don't make a scene
26:08she pushed me
26:09keep your balance that's not her fault
26:13you saw what happened
26:18let's go
26:18she's not worth upsetting lily
26:19i changed back into my own clothes
26:25when i stepped back out
26:26the vip lounge was empty
26:27two weeks before the wedding
26:28a fever brought back the hearing i'd lost ten years ago
26:31excited to share the good news
26:32i grabbed a cab straight to his office
26:34the first thing i heard him say was
26:35that deaf girl doesn't deserve me
26:37vanessa
26:38you're the one i want to marry
26:39because she kept saying her parents saved my life
26:42i hit record
26:43my heart died
26:44i ripped it up
26:45dropped it in the trash
26:46then i called my uncle
26:47i can hear again
26:48i said it quietly and hung up
26:50then i bought a one-way ticket to la
26:51two weeks before the wedding
26:52a fever brought back the hearing i'd lost ten years ago
26:55saving axel
26:59i grabbed a cab straight to his office
27:00excited to share the good news
27:02but after all these years
27:03the first thing i heard him say was
27:04that deaf girl doesn't deserve me
27:06vanessa
27:07you're the one i want to marry
27:08i got engaged to her
27:10because she kept saying her parents saved my life
27:12her laughter and gasps
27:13were clear over the phone
27:16relax
27:16she's deaf
27:17besides isn't this hotter
27:18i listened to the moan
27:20i hit record
27:21my heart died
27:22then i bought a one-way ticket to la
27:24for the exact day of the wedding
27:26when his frantic calls came in
27:27i sent him the recording and my message
27:29axel
27:30i can hear
27:32axel snapped
27:32who's there
27:33i held my breath tightly
27:34a moment passed
27:35i don't remember how i got home
27:37when i flicked on the lights
27:38i saw a trail of bloody footprints
27:39that was when i realized i'd run out barefoot
27:41the glass somewhere had sliced my foot open
27:43i pulled the shards out
27:44ripping skin with them
27:45none of it hurt like my chest did
27:47i lay on the couch in a daze
27:48tears soaked the pillow
27:49i wanted this to be a dream
27:51two weeks from now
27:52i'd still be axel's bride
27:53walking into the wedding
27:54i'd been waiting ten years for
27:55but the recording told me
27:56axel had betrayed me
27:57i don't know how long i lay there
27:59a sharp pain in my foot woke me
28:00i opened my eyes
28:01axel was holding my foot
28:03picking out the last bits of glass
28:04dabbing antiseptic on the cuts
28:06it had been ten years since my parents
28:07died saving him in that fire
28:09since i'd gone deaf saving him too
28:10looking after me had become a habit
28:12he finished bandaging me
28:13he didn't ask where the cuts came from
28:15he just sighed
28:16irritated
28:16you know you can't hear
28:18why don't you just stay home
28:19then he must have remembered
28:20that i couldn't hear him anyway
28:21his face hardened
28:22whatever
28:23i won't marry a deaf girl anyway
28:26that line cracked something open in my chest
28:28i remembered high school
28:29a group of bullies followed me down the street
28:32laughing
28:32saying things i couldn't hear
28:34i kept my head down
28:35and limped forward as if nothing had happened
28:37but the moment axel came to pick me up
28:39he charged at them without a second thought
28:41and started fighting them
28:44he came back to me
28:45and pulled me into his arms
28:46i signed to him
28:47why he'd fought them
28:48he replied
28:49they called you deaf
28:50hannah
28:51that's not true
28:52you have ears
28:52i'm your ears okay
28:54i'll always be your ears
28:55he cried that day
28:56hard
28:56that was the first time i understood
28:58how cruel the world was to deaf people
29:00but i didn't care
29:01because axel said he'd always be my ears
29:03now my ears were back
29:04so why was the word coming out of his mouth like that
29:06deaf
29:07i held my tears back
29:09but maybe my expression gave it away
29:10he pressed his lips together and signed fast
29:12does it hurt
29:13his phone buzzed before i could answer
29:15it was a voice message from vanessa
29:17honey you're so bad
29:19my legs are still shaking from that kiss
29:21vanessa was his college friend
29:22after they graduated she became his secretary
29:25they sent each other voice messages all the time
29:27late at night too
29:28but i trusted axel
29:29i just assumed it was work
29:30there's worse
29:31want to try
29:33who are you texting
29:34i said it out of nowhere
29:35he looked at me suspiciously and asked
29:37can you hear me now
29:39i gave no response like the usual deaf girl and he was relieved
29:42he steadied himself fast and signed
29:44a client
29:45rush order
29:46the second he finished signing
29:48he tapped record
29:49i bought hannah some lingerie
29:50but your body is ten times better than hers
29:53i bought you one too
29:54you should put it on for me
29:56ew
29:56i don't want to match that cripple freak
29:58i didn't want to hear anymore
29:59i limped back to the bedroom
30:01i held the framed photo of my parents against my chest
30:04curled up in bed
30:05pulled the blanket over my ears
30:06but the flirting outside came through anyway
30:08next time
30:09different position
30:10i want to do it in front of the mirror
30:12every word cut my heart
30:13this axel was so filthy
30:15i didn't want him anymore
30:16a few minutes later the front door slammed
30:18i sat up
30:19it was midnight
30:20i didn't have to ask where he was going
30:22i looked at the gold foil wedding invitation on the nightstand
30:24the one i'd spent two weeks picking out
30:26i ripped it up
30:27dropped it in the trash
30:28then i called my uncle
30:29uncle
30:31i want to come stay with you
30:32with grandma and grandpa
30:34his voice came back worried
30:36what happened sweetheart
30:37then he remembered i couldn't hear
30:38the line went quiet
30:39i heard him typing
30:40nothing
30:41i just miss you guys
30:42my voice cracked
30:43my uncle had built his empire in la
30:45real estate
30:46finance
30:47the works
30:47he'd brought grandma and grandpa out there with him
30:49when my parents died
30:50he flew back to take me too
30:51but i couldn't leave the house
30:53that still smelled like mom and dad
30:54later i just couldn't leave axel
30:56even when they begged
30:57i kept saying no
30:58thank god
30:59thank god you finally came around
31:01he sounded like he was about to cry
31:02then he caught himself
31:03hannah
31:05your ears
31:06yeah
31:07i can hear again
31:08i said it quietly and hung up
31:10he booked me a flight
31:11the morning of my wedding
31:17two weeks before the wedding
31:18a fever brought back the hearing
31:20i'd lost ten years ago
31:21excited to share the good news
31:22i grabbed a cab straight to his office
31:24the first thing i heard him say was
31:25that deaf girl doesn't deserve me
31:27vanessa
31:28you're the one i want to marry
31:29because she kept saying her parents saved my life
31:31i hit record
31:33my heart died
31:34i ripped it up
31:35dropped it in the trash
31:36then i called my uncle
31:37i can hear again
31:38i said it quietly and hung up
31:40then i bought a one-way ticket to la
31:41two weeks before the wedding
31:42a fever brought back the hearing
31:44i'd lost ten years ago
31:45saving axel
31:48i grabbed a cab straight to his office
31:50excited to share the good news
31:52but after all these years
31:53the first thing i heard him say was
31:54that deaf girl doesn't deserve me
31:56vanessa
31:57you're the one i want to marry
31:58i got engaged to her
31:59because she kept saying her parents saved my life
32:02her laughter and gasps
32:03were clear over the phone
32:06relax
32:06she's deaf
32:07besides isn't this hotter
32:08i listened to the moan
32:10i hit record
32:11my heart died
32:12then i bought a one-way ticket to la
32:14for the exact day of the wedding
32:16when his frantic calls came in
32:17i sent him the recording and my message
32:19axel
32:20i can hear
32:21axel snapped
32:22who's there
32:23i held my breath tightly
32:24a moment passed
32:25i don't remember how i got home
32:27when i flicked on the lights
32:28i saw a trail of bloody footprints
32:29that was when i realized i'd run out barefoot
32:31the glass somewhere had sliced my foot open
32:33i pulled the shards out
32:34ripping skin with them
32:35none of it hurt like my chest did
32:37i lay on the couch in a daze
32:38tears soaked the pillow
32:39i wanted this to be a dream
32:41two weeks from now
32:41i'd still be axel's bride
32:43walking into the wedding
32:44i'd been waiting ten years for
32:45but the recording told me
32:46axel had betrayed me
32:47i don't know how long i lay there
32:49a sharp pain in my foot woke me
32:50i opened my eyes
32:51axel was holding my foot
32:53picking out the last bits of glass
32:54dabbing antiseptic on the cuts
32:56it had been ten years
32:57since my parents died
32:58saving him in that fire
32:59since i'd gone deaf
33:00saving him too
33:00looking after me had become a habit
33:02he finished bandaging me
33:03he didn't ask where the cuts came from
33:05he just sighed
33:06irritated
33:06you know you can't hear
33:07why don't you just stay home
33:08then he must have remembered
33:10that i couldn't hear him anyway
33:11his face hardened
33:12whatever
33:12i won't marry a deaf girl anyway
33:16that line cracked something open in my chest
33:18i remembered high school
33:19a group of bullies
33:21followed me down the street
33:22laughing
33:22saying things i couldn't hear
33:24i kept my head down
33:25and limped forward
33:26as if nothing had happened
33:27but the moment axel came to pick me up
33:29he charged at them
33:30without a second thought
33:31and started fighting them
33:34he came back to me
33:35and pulled me into his arms
33:36i signed to him
33:37why he'd fought them
33:38he replied
33:39they called you deaf
33:40hannah
33:41that's not true
33:41you have ears
33:42i'm your ears okay
33:43i'll always be your ears
33:45he cried that day
33:46hard
33:46that was the first time i understood
33:48how cruel the world was to deaf people
33:49but i didn't care
33:51because axel said he'd always be my ears
33:53now my ears were back
33:54so why was the word coming out of his mouth like that
33:56deaf
33:57i held my tears back
33:58but maybe my expression gave it away
34:00he pressed his lips together and signed fast
34:02does it hurt
34:03his phone buzzed before i could answer
34:05it was a voice message from vanessa
34:07honey
34:07you're so bad
34:08my legs are still shaking from that kiss
34:11vanessa was his college friend
34:12after they graduated
34:13she became his secretary
34:14they sent each other voice messages all the time
34:17late at night too
34:18but i trusted axel
34:19i just assumed it was work
34:20there's worse
34:21wanna try
34:22who are you texting
34:24i said it out of nowhere
34:25he looked at me suspiciously
34:26and asked
34:27can you hear me now
34:29i gave no response
34:30like the usual deaf girl
34:32and he was relieved
34:32he steadied himself fast
34:34and signed
34:34a client
34:35rush order
34:36the second he finished signing
34:38he tapped record
34:38i bought hannah some lingerie
34:40but your body is ten times better than hers
34:43i bought you one too
34:44you should put it on for me
34:46ew
34:46i don't wanna match that cripple freak
34:48i didn't want to hear anymore
34:49i limped back to the bedroom
34:51i held the framed photo of my parents
34:53against my chest
34:54curled up in bed
34:55pulled the blanket over my ears
34:56but the flirting outside came through anyway
34:58next time
34:59different position
35:00i wanna do it in front of the mirror
35:02every word cut my heart
35:03this axel was so filthy
35:05i didn't want him anymore
35:06a few minutes later
35:07the front door slammed
35:08i sat up
35:09it was midnight
35:10i didn't have to ask where he was going
35:11i looked at the gold foil wedding invitation
35:13on the nightstand
35:14the one i'd spent two weeks picking out
35:16i ripped it up
35:17dropped it in the trash
35:18then i called my uncle
35:19uncle
35:21i wanna come stay with you
35:22with grandma and grandpa
35:24his voice came back
35:25worried
35:26what happened sweetheart
35:26then he remembered i couldn't hear
35:28the line went quiet
35:29i heard him typing
35:30nothing
35:31i just miss you guys
35:32my voice cracked
35:33my uncle had built his empire in la
35:35real estate
35:36finance
35:37the works
35:37he'd brought grandma and grandpa
35:39out there with him
35:39when my parents died
35:40he flew back to take me too
35:41but i couldn't leave the house
35:43that still smelled like mom and dad
35:44later i just couldn't leave axel
35:46even when they begged
35:47i kept saying no
35:48thank god
35:49thank god
35:50you finally came around
35:51he sounded like he was about to cry
35:52then he caught himself
35:53hannah
35:55your ears
35:56yeah
35:57i can hear again
35:58i said it quietly and hung up
36:00he booked me a flight
36:01the morning of my wedding
36:04considered it
36:07were you threatening to call security
36:09on evelyn shaw
36:09over damon pierce's unpaid balance
36:12seven days before my wedding
36:14i discovered my fiancee
36:15was already married to his brother's widow
36:18my name is evelyn shaw
36:19a week before my wedding
36:20i flew back from london
36:22to finalize the paperwork
36:23for my marriage to damon pierce
36:24the wedding planner wanted floral approvals
36:26the venue needed final guest numbers
36:28whether the seating chart should read
36:29evelyn shaw
36:30or evelyn pierces
36:33i had stared at that question for a long time
36:35for eight years
36:36i had been waiting to become mrs pierce
36:39that morning
36:40i sat across from my attorney in a private office
36:42my attorney
36:43marion vale
36:44flipped through damon's financial disclosures
36:46then her pen stopped moving
36:47evelyn
36:49has damon ever been married before
36:51i frowned
36:51no
36:52why
36:53she turned her screen toward me
36:55a marriage certificate filled the monitor
36:57damon james pierce
36:58and clara marie bennett
37:00filed 14 months ago
37:01i stared at it
37:02until the letters blurred
37:03eight years
37:04i had spent eight years
37:06building that man from nothing
37:07his company
37:08pierce digital
37:09i funded the seed round
37:10his penthouse on the upper west side
37:12my down payment
37:13his porsche
37:14his investor network
37:15his reputation as a self-made tech genius
37:17all of it was mine
37:18handed to him piece by piece
37:20while i stayed behind the scenes
37:21because he said he was not ready to go public with us
37:25she's his late brother's widow
37:27he told me he was just helping her with legal paperwork
37:29my attorney's expression told me everything her words did not
37:32i picked up my phone and called him
37:34i said
37:36the prenup lawyer found your marriage certificate damon
37:40two seconds of silence
37:41damon said
37:42it's not what you think
37:43clara needed legal protection after my brother died
37:46she has a daughter
37:47i married her on paper so lily could stay on my insurance and benefits
37:50it means nothing
37:51you've been legally married for over a year
37:53and i would have told you eventually
37:55you've waited eight years evelyn
37:57what's a little longer
38:00i closed my eyes
38:04i have no interest in married men
38:06then i hung up
38:07the last eight years hit me all at once
38:13then i called my assistant
38:14freeze damon pierce's access to everything
38:17black card office credentials building entry parking garage
38:19all of it effective immediately
38:21not long after my phone started lighting up
38:23damon's name kept flashing across the screen until i finally answered
38:27what the hell is wrong with you
38:28you're acting like a child evelyn
38:30i explained the situation
38:32you explained that you committed fraud
38:34it's not fraud it's a favor
38:36clara has no one
38:37lily calls me dad
38:38what was i supposed to do let them end up on the street
38:40evelyn please don't blame damon
38:41blame me
38:42i'm the one who
38:42evelyn
38:43you're gonna call your assistant restore everything
38:45then you're gonna apologize to clara for making her feel unwelcome
38:47do that and we can move past this
38:49i looked at the prenup glass on the table in front of me
38:51then i picked it up and fed it into the shredder
38:54there's nothing to move past damon
38:56there's no wedding
38:57evelyn
38:57you brought a wife to our wedding paperwork
38:59i brought a witness
39:02to start pulling every asset record with damon pierce's name on it
39:06every building
39:07every account
39:08every share
39:10he thought he was a self-made man
39:12he was about to find out what happens when the woman who made him decides to unmake him
39:16the next morning damon's car was waiting outside my building
39:20now he sat at the curb in the porsche i had paid for looking less like a man caught in
39:24a lie than a man waiting for his fiancee to stop embarrassing him
39:27get in
39:28we're going shopping
39:29shopping?
39:30clara is upset lily is upset you made a scene yesterday the least you can do is help fix it
39:35of course
39:37he had married another woman
39:38lied to me for 14 months and somehow i was the one expected to fix the mood
39:42don't mind
39:42i get carsick in the back
39:44old evelyn would have argued
39:45knew and felt nothing but a calm so steady it surprised even me
39:49i slipped into the back seat
39:50because my time stamp
39:51let him show who he is in front of witnesses
39:52and don't stop him when he does
39:54so i sat behind them
39:55phone in my coat pocket
39:56recording everything damon still believed he could get away with
39:59damon took us to a luxury boutique on madison avenue
40:02and held the door for clara like she was his wife
40:05which legally she was
40:07clara and lily need new things for the season
40:08you should pick something too
40:09god knows you could use it
40:11i had spent three years overseas building his investor pipeline
40:14he mistook exhaustion for neglect
40:16he looked at me like i was the embarrassing one
40:20clara tried on dresses
40:21lily twirled in a princess gown
40:23damon stood beside them
40:24patient
40:24keep that one
40:25wrap that too
40:27whatever lily wants
40:29lucas
40:29daisy and shirgondal the sending quent
40:34she had spent all afternoon
40:36pretending to be the fragile wife
40:37but the second that dress touched my hands
40:39she looked afraid i might outshine her
40:44so i tried it on
40:59clara was checking the child who had just shoved me
41:01it's okay sweetheart
41:03nobody's going to yell at you
41:06she's a child evelyn don't make a scene
41:09she pushed me
41:10keep your balance that's not her fault
41:13you saw what happened
41:18let's go she's not worth upsetting lily ever
41:23i changed back into my own clothes
41:25when i stepped back out
41:26the vip lounge was empty
41:27no clara
41:28no lily
41:28no damon
41:29only the sales associate behind the counter
41:31wearing the smile of someone who had already decided i was the problem
41:34mrs shaw
41:34mr pierce has left
41:35he's charged all selected items to your personal account
41:40i'd opened that account years ago
41:42so damon could buy suits for investor meetings
41:45now he'd used it to dress the wife he'd hidden all along
41:51i left the bill under your name
41:53consider it a lesson in humility
41:54come home when you're ready to apologize
41:56she can't pay
41:57why did she act like she owned the place five minutes ago
41:59she's just another pretender
42:01if there's an issue with payment mrs shaw
42:03we'll need to call security
42:04and now i stood in a luxury boutique
42:06threatened with security over a bill
42:08i could pay ten times over with my own money
42:14security
42:20mr mercer
42:24kieran mercer
42:24i knew the name the way a soldier knows the sound of an enemy's footsteps
42:28mercer capital
42:29old money
42:31private equity royalty
42:32every founder in new york either wanted to impress him or prayed never to cross his path
42:36damon pierce's most dangerous rival
42:38for three years damon had tried to outrun him
42:39outperform him
42:40outrank him
42:41for three years i'd made it possible
42:42i blocked mercer's buyout offers
42:43clean directed messes before kelvin's team could find them
42:45i'd fought this man in the dark for a thousand days
42:48and now here he was
42:51watching me messy
42:52humiliated
42:53trapped behind the bill damon had left me
42:56for one cold second
42:57i thought kieran mercer had come to collect every war i'd ever fought for damon
43:08i hated that he saw it
43:11if you're here to watch me embarrass myself mr mercer
43:14get in line
43:16i considered it
43:19were you threatening to call security on evelyn shaw over damon pierce's unpaid balance
43:25mr mercer i was only following mr pierce's instructions
43:27this is not a payment issue this is theft
43:32get your manager
43:39what do you think i flew here to save damon pierce's face
43:44i've spent three years trying to figure out who the real brain behind pierce digital is
43:48and now i find her bleeding on a boutique floor while he buys dresses for his wife
43:54mrs shaw i'm so sorry i had no idea you were back in new york
43:59miss shaw is one of our parent company's primary investors mr pierce's authorization was revoked
44:04hours ago
44:05damon pierce clara bennett and the child walked out after charging purchases to an account they
44:09no longer had permission to use of course save the receipt file the report and send mr
44:12pierce the copy of course miss shaw 178 000 dollars bold for a man living on borrowed power
44:17you're evelyn shaw and you're kieran mercer you were very good at keeping me out
44:23careful that almost sounded like a compliment
44:26it was a warning to me to damon
44:30my mother did not steal anyone's place she married father three years after your mother died
44:37please stop we are still family family who is family with you filthy people
44:42i bet balan what are you doing my fiancee seraphine was the commander of the light nights he was sacred
44:48restrained and untouchable and i was the royal high priestess i tried to tempt him many times but
44:54he never lost control i used to think he had sealed away all desire until the night before our wedding
44:59i saw seraphine kneeling beside laurel's bed her limp hand closed around him and his whole body went
45:06rigid hot and feverish hot sweat fell onto his white robe his breath was ragged his eyes dark his face
45:13was lost in raw forbidden desire the only reason i agreed to marry your sister was so i could come
45:19see
45:19you every single day after that night i tore up our betrothal scroll i'm not marrying seraphine anymore
45:31i'm marrying arthur
45:34yvette have you lost your mind
45:39arthur was mutilated by a cursed blade three years ago he beats people half to death over nothing
45:44you're marching straight to your grave if you marry him
45:49mother at this point it does not matter who i marry besides do you really think we can refuse the
45:55imperial
45:55family in the receiving hall father was smiling from ear to ear it is an honor that his minus would
46:03consider my daughter but my elder daughter still sleeps under a holy curse and my second daughter
46:08is bound to the lancid family by engagement
46:13an engagement is still only a contract break it
46:19if lady yvonne valian agrees to marry his highness the imperial family will offer a vial of sacred sun
46:23blood as the bride gift i hear it has awakened sleepers sealed by curses before i'll do it
46:28i don't think that's why i'll do it
46:31i don't think that's why i'll do it
46:36yvette haven't you always loved seraphine
46:39why so suddenly
46:41i did not answer because every time i thought of what i had seen that night
46:45my heart ached unbearably my ten years of devotion suddenly felt like a joke
46:54the vial of sacred sun blood worked within three days aurora woke up
47:01father was overjoyed to prepare a celebration feast for her that was when i saw aurora she was
47:07wearing the gown mother had spent months making for me she stood among the temple guests smiling
47:12like a saint yvette may i borrow this gown for tonight i just woke up i had no time to
47:19prepare a new gown
47:21mother tugged at my sleeve your sister just recovered let her have it
47:28of course
47:33may the light bless you yvette
47:40this gown fits me better doesn't it your tête is too thin
47:44she cannot fill it up my aurora has awakened
47:49from tonight on she will return as the high priestess of the sun temple
48:02suddenly the hall doors opened sunlight poured in behind seraphine the moment seraphine stepped
48:08into the hall every voice fell silent he walked straight to aurora then in front of everyone he
48:14dropped to one knee he bowed his head and kissed the back of her hand
48:22welcome back my high priestess
48:25you were always the one i was sworn to see my breath stopped he was always so aloof so proud
48:30i had never
48:31seen him kneel before anyone but as long as it was about aurora even the holiest knight would lose
48:37his heart see the one seraphine really loves is aurora the marriage only fell to yevite because
48:41aurora was cursed and fell into sleep i bet yevite must be dying of embarrassment right now
48:44i walked alone onto the terrace but even the cold wind could not ease the pain in my chest then
48:50i heard
48:50footsteps behind me does it hurt you must have enjoyed yourself while i was in a coma didn't you
48:57you even took my bedrothal to seraphine father told me it was arthur's sacred sunblood that woke me
49:03but do not expect me to thank you remember this clearly yvette you will always live in my shadow
49:09just like when we were children you only ever got what i had already grown tired of
49:16you know it mean a gray that's on peter friend
49:32what have you done the blade flashed with sacred light a sharp wave of force cut across my leg
49:39blood instantly stained my dress aurora hides against seraphine's chest flashing me a triumphant
49:44smile my eyes burned i forced myself to turn away in that split second crushed me against the stone step
49:55aurora suddenly pressed a hand to her forehead aurora leans weakly against seraphine i'm so scared i feel dizzy
50:05when i woke up again emma was sitting beside my bed in the temple healing chamber
50:10seraphine that bastard stop crying emma remember i'm marrying arthur emma looked at me like her heart
50:18was breaking then emma cried even harder one of seraphine's attendants came to me seraphine wanted to see
50:26me at the garden pavilion seraphine pushed a delicate white box across the table inside was a pair of
50:35pale blue lace gloves i will still honor the betrothal as long as you stop targeting aurora
50:44no need it was always my sister's betrothal anyway before he could finish aurora appeared
50:51beside her she was dressed in a pale blue gown her lace sleeves matched the gloves in the box exactly
50:56it was not a gift chosen for me yvette i asked seraphine to bring you this do you like it
51:02i forced a smile my nails dug deep into my palm
51:09when i returned to the valen estate i saw mother limping down the stairs mother grips the railing
51:14moving with difficulty mother i rushed over to help her my fingers brushed the bruises on her wrist
51:25my voice trembled did aurora push you again suddenly the front door burst open aurora steps
51:32into the manor tossing her cloak to a servant aurora walked in as if nothing had happened i could not
51:38hold back aurora why did you push my mother who told her to steal someone else's place aurora raised her
51:47hand and slapped mother across the face my mother did not steal anyone's place she married father
51:53three years after your mother died please stop we are still family family who is family with you
51:59filthy people i bet balan what are you doing seraphine stood in the doorway seraphine was still
52:05holding aurora's forgotten cloak aurora's expression changed instantly she threw herself into his arms
52:11sobbing seraphine my sister tried to hit me i watched him pull her closer i watched the revulsion in his
52:21eyes
52:21suddenly it all felt absurdly funny consider it your apology to aurora
52:32do not disgrace the valigan name again consider it your apology to aurora
52:41do not disgrace the valigan name again i sat at the grand piano set beside the ceremonial platform
52:47my fingers moved mechanically across the keys from the corner of my eye i saw aurora glance at me again
52:53and again the moment the final note faded a deafening bang rang out the lid crashed over my
53:00hands excruciating pain shot through all ten fingers i screamed my vision was going black
53:13you.
53:14so
53:14instinctively i looked toward seraphine in the distance but aurora immediately grabbed his arm
53:19seraphine the dawn procession is about to begin please walk with me
53:25Arthur sent his best royal physician.
53:27I think perhaps his highness is not as terrible as the rumors say.
53:32We're a father in Aurora.
53:36Your father went to join Aurora's dawn procession.
53:39Arthur sent his best royal physician.
53:41I think perhaps his highness is not as terrible as the rumors say.
53:46We're a father in Aurora.
53:48The whole capital is celebrating her return.
53:56That night, I returned to my room at the Valen estate.
53:59Everything related to Seraphine was still there.
54:02The letters I had written but never sent.
54:03The sketches I had drawn of him.
54:05And the broken betrothal scroll.
54:07I placed them all into the fireplace.
54:08The flames rose.
54:09One by one.
54:12The day I arrived at Arthur's estate, I was stunned by what I saw.
54:16The royal guards and palace servants-
54:20This is your home now.
54:23Don't be nervous.
54:24Don't be nervous.
54:24Don't be nervous.
54:25We haveasuble-
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