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His Destined Cure, Her Assertive Husband EnglishSub 🍿❗️🔥 Silver Motion
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00:00:00My name is Meadow Russell. Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life.
00:00:05My wedding day.
00:00:07Tyler and I decide on a private ceremony in the hotel.
00:00:14Hi. I have a reservation. Meadow Russell.
00:00:21You already checked in two hours ago.
00:00:25A sick feeling presses against my chest.
00:00:28You checked in with a man. I remember that top. Bride.
00:00:32That wasn't me, but I know exactly whose it is.
00:00:38My twin sister, Juniper.
00:00:41I take the key card and go up.
00:00:49I push open the door.
00:00:54She is straddling him.
00:00:56My fiancé and my sister.
00:00:59That's it, baby.
00:01:00You fuck me so good.
00:01:03Juniper?
00:01:05Tyler?
00:01:10Meadow.
00:01:11I swear, I thought she was you.
00:01:13Oh, please.
00:01:14It's time we cut the act, don't you think?
00:01:17It's getting too pathetic.
00:01:20What is...
00:01:21What are you?
00:01:23Tyler never loved you.
00:01:25He was always mine.
00:01:27From the very beginning.
00:01:30Juni's the love of my life.
00:01:34I turn and run.
00:01:36I find a club.
00:01:37I sit down.
00:01:40I start drinking.
00:01:45One shot after another.
00:01:57Mr. Ashford would like a word.
00:02:00I step into the VIP lounge.
00:02:05A woman is on her knees between his legs.
00:02:09But he is only looking at me.
00:02:13Leave.
00:02:17The woman scurries away.
00:02:20He stands and walks toward me.
00:02:30Hello, Meadow Russell.
00:02:35How do you know my name?
00:02:40I make it a point to know what interests me.
00:02:43What do you want from me?
00:02:46You're shivering.
00:02:51He takes off his suit jacket and hands it to me.
00:02:54I take it.
00:02:55Tyler was your fiancé?
00:03:00Ex-fiancé.
00:03:01And how do you know about him?
00:03:05I know everything about my employees.
00:03:09What is this?
00:03:10You send your creepy bodyguard to come fetch me?
00:03:14Call me by my full name and give me some bullshit excuse about knowing your employees?
00:03:19I am drunk and furious.
00:03:21You're just like them.
00:03:24Another pervert who wants to take something from me.
00:03:28If I wanted to hurt you, I would have already.
00:03:31He steps closer.
00:03:33I bump into his chest.
00:03:35My hands land on his bare skin.
00:03:37His entire body goes rigid.
00:03:39I can't feel anyone's touch.
00:03:43But I felt yours.
00:03:45What do you mean?
00:03:47Physical contact doesn't leave any sign on me.
00:03:51But I felt yours.
00:03:53All the pain.
00:03:55All the tears.
00:03:56I can't hold them back anymore.
00:03:58He pulls me into his chest.
00:04:00Don't hold back, Mido.
00:04:02Let it out.
00:04:05I cry in his arms.
00:04:10Just say the word and I'll help you get the revenge you want.
00:04:16Why would you help me?
00:04:18Because the moment you touched me, I wanted to own you.
00:04:23Marry me.
00:04:26I wake up in a strange bed.
00:04:28On my finger is a gigantic and expensive diamond ring.
00:04:36Then the bathroom door opens and out he comes.
00:04:40Alaric Ashford, only wrapped in a bath towel.
00:04:44Sleep okay?
00:04:45Did we?
00:04:47Did we?
00:04:48No.
00:04:49You were drunk.
00:04:50I won't take what isn't given sober.
00:04:53But the ring!
00:04:54What about this ring?
00:04:57We're married.
00:04:59You're my wife now.
00:05:00No, no.
00:05:01No, that's not.
00:05:02We didn't.
00:05:09Eat first.
00:05:11Then we talk.
00:05:13He sits across from me at the dining table.
00:05:16An obscenously expensive breakfast is placed before me, but I couldn't eat any.
00:05:21I was drunk last night.
00:05:23Alaric.
00:05:24Whatever you made me sign.
00:05:28I didn't make you sign anything.
00:05:34You just said yes.
00:05:38He picks me up from the chair and throws me onto the bed.
00:05:46Do you need me to refresh your memory?
00:05:49Do you need me to refresh your memory?
00:05:49He hovers over me, pinning my wrists above my head.
00:05:54You wanted me last night.
00:05:57You can pretend you didn't, but your body betrays you.
00:06:09He lies beside me and pulls me into his chest.
00:06:14I had that ring custom made for you, six months ago, from the moment you first touched me.
00:06:22You've been stalking me?
00:06:24I was waiting.
00:06:26He confessed a condition I've never heard of.
00:06:29Touch and sensitivity.
00:06:31He has lived his entire life unable to feel any touch, until me.
00:06:36So that's why you want to marry me?
00:06:39Yes.
00:06:40I don't know where the courage comes from, but I kneel behind him.
00:06:47What are you doing?
00:06:48I want to know if you're telling me the truth.
00:06:50I reach out and touch my fingertips to his lower back.
00:06:54His entire body jolts taut like he's been electrocuted.
00:06:57Fuck.
00:06:58You can feel this?
00:07:00I trace my fingers up his spine, over his shoulders, across the tattoos.
00:07:05Every touch makes him gasp.
00:07:08When your hands are on me, I feel it.
00:07:10And it doesn't fade.
00:07:11It stays.
00:07:13He turns around and pulls me into his body.
00:07:15After a while, he finally lets go of me.
00:07:18Get dressed.
00:07:19We leave in 25 minutes.
00:07:21My jet's on standby.
00:07:23We?
00:07:25I'm not leaving without my wife.
00:07:32We climb into the back of his SUV.
00:07:35He sits beside me, looking like a man who owns the world.
00:07:38We're heading to the airport.
00:07:41You said you'd give me whatever I want, right?
00:07:43Yes.
00:07:44I lean in closer.
00:07:45Probably closer than any sane person should.
00:07:48Then I want you to make me come with your fingers.
00:07:51Making demands, are we?
00:07:54I said I would, but not on your terms.
00:07:58On mine.
00:07:59He gives me a long look, and then orders the driver to get out of the car.
00:08:04Take off your jeans.
00:08:05My hands tremble so hard.
00:08:08Look at me.
00:08:20His fingers trail up my thighs, slowly.
00:08:23And then he touches me.
00:08:25Really touches me.
00:08:29Don't hold back.
00:08:30I want to hear you.
00:08:32His fingers are deliberate and slow.
00:08:36Not rushing at all.
00:08:37You've never done this before, have you?
00:08:39You never let Tyler touch you?
00:08:42No.
00:08:44I never...
00:08:45Don't finish that.
00:08:47Don't give me another reason to saw his hand off.
00:08:49The feeling is so intense.
00:08:55He never takes his eyes off me.
00:08:57Just watches.
00:08:58Watches me fall apart beneath him.
00:09:01That's it.
00:09:03I want all of it.
00:09:04I finally break.
00:09:06He pulls his fingers out like nothing happened.
00:09:09I'm lying in the back seat.
00:09:11And he didn't even kiss me.
00:09:13The flight to Seattle is quiet.
00:09:15He touched me.
00:09:17And now he's across from me like nothing ever happened.
00:09:20Don't ruin that pretty face with a frown.
00:09:23What?
00:09:24You're thinking about Tyler?
00:09:26No.
00:09:27It's about you.
00:09:29About marrying a man I've known for three days?
00:09:32About letting a stranger do that to me?
00:09:34Marrying me.
00:09:36That was your choice.
00:09:37I was drunk!
00:09:43You're sober now.
00:09:45He leans across the table towards me.
00:09:47Just one question.
00:09:48But make it count.
00:09:53You said there's a contract.
00:09:54What's in it?
00:09:55You'll be moving into my house.
00:09:57You'll be tied to my name.
00:09:59And children?
00:10:00Do you expect me to...
00:10:02You'll see the contract soon.
00:10:04When we land.
00:10:05He's serious.
00:10:08Mel has already prepared the guest suite for you.
00:10:11Mel?
00:10:13My housekeeper.
00:10:15You stay in the guest suite for now.
00:10:19We drive into an estate bigger than anything I've ever seen.
00:10:30Welcome home, Mrs. Ashford.
00:10:32Follow me.
00:10:33Mel, the housekeeper, smiles and greets me warmly.
00:10:37She leads me into this luxurious manor and stops at the door of a guest room.
00:10:41Your closet's been stocked with a few essentials.
00:10:43I open the closet.
00:10:44It's full of clothes.
00:10:46Everything perfect.
00:10:47Like I had chosen them myself.
00:10:51I collapse onto the bed, staring at the ceiling.
00:10:56My fiancé betrayed me.
00:10:58With my sister.
00:10:59A stranger married me that same night.
00:11:02Now I'm waking up in a mansion.
00:11:04And a ring on my finger I could sell for a house.
00:11:07My phone vibrates.
00:11:09It's Tyler.
00:11:11I should block him.
00:11:12Delete his number.
00:11:13But I answer.
00:11:14Tyler, what the hell do you-
00:11:16Hey, Finn.
00:11:17Juniper.
00:11:18Wow.
00:11:19You answered.
00:11:20I thought I'd have to leave a voicemail.
00:11:22But I guess you're still so desperate for Tyler's love.
00:11:26What do you want?
00:11:27Just thought I'd let you know your things are taking up space.
00:11:30You can swing by and get them.
00:11:33She's luring me there.
00:11:35If you want your sad little clothes, your shoes, whatever junk you left behind,
00:11:39come and pick it up yourself, like a grown-up.
00:11:42You come tonight, or you forget about it.
00:11:45She hangs up.
00:11:47Perhaps I still long for that little bit of pathetic love.
00:11:51I know I'm walking into a trap, and I'm going anyway.
00:11:55I unlock the apartment door with my old key.
00:12:00I hear her before I even step inside.
00:12:04Those same moans.
00:12:06The ones from the hotel room.
00:12:16They're on the sofa.
00:12:18Juniper has her back to me, bouncing on Tyler, wearing my favorite dress.
00:12:25Does this feel like deja vu?
00:12:28This time, I don't feel sad.
00:12:30Instead, I am filled with anger.
00:12:34Don't flatter yourself.
00:12:36Meadow?
00:12:37What the fuck are you doing here?
00:12:39Tyler got a big promotion at work today.
00:12:43We're celebrating.
00:12:44I hope you both rot together.
00:12:47I turn towards the hallway.
00:12:49Towards the boxes.
00:12:52But Juniper blocks my path.
00:12:55Tyler says,
00:12:57I'm better than you.
00:12:58The sound of my palm cracking across her cheek
00:13:01echoes through the entire room.
00:13:03Jesus, Meadow.
00:13:05You fucking bitch!
00:13:07She lunges.
00:13:10Her fingers twist into my hair.
00:13:13And she slams me into the wall.
00:13:16Mom should have killed you when she had the chance.
00:13:18My skull hits the drywall with a sickening thud.
00:13:22Blood runs down my face from my nose.
00:13:25Tyler.
00:13:26You want to help me teach her a lesson?
00:13:29Tyler rises from the sofa.
00:13:32Juniper tosses me onto the floor at his feet.
00:13:35Fuck her.
00:13:35Tyler, don't.
00:13:37You have no idea what you...
00:13:38You are doing.
00:13:42He rips my dress.
00:13:44My screams go unheard.
00:13:47The door is still locked.
00:13:50Then,
00:13:51the door bursts open.
00:13:53A tall, dark figure rushes in.
00:13:58I've got you, baby girl.
00:14:08Tyler is ripped off me.
00:14:10Juniper screams.
00:14:15Then she crumples to the floor.
00:14:17Unconscious.
00:14:18And then he's there.
00:14:20Crouched on the floor beside me.
00:14:23Strong arms and so careful with his hands on me.
00:14:27I'm so fucking sorry.
00:14:29No one will ever hurt you again.
00:14:32At the hospital,
00:14:33they clean me up.
00:14:36Nova is at my bedside.
00:14:38My best friend my entire life.
00:14:41The only person I've ever trusted.
00:14:44Her hand is in mine.
00:14:45Her eyes red and puffered from crying.
00:14:48Why didn't you tell me about Tyler and Juniper?
00:14:53If I'd known sooner,
00:14:55I could have...
00:14:55It's all been too crazy, Nova.
00:14:58It's not fair to put this on you.
00:15:01Who cares about fair?
00:15:03You're my best friend.
00:15:06You should have told me.
00:15:07Alaric walks into the hospital room.
00:15:11Hello, Nova.
00:15:12Thank you for being here with her.
00:15:16I'll wait outside.
00:15:17You two talk.
00:15:18Nova looks at me once,
00:15:19then stands,
00:15:20closing the door quietly behind her.
00:15:23Alaric pulls a chair to the bed.
00:15:26He doesn't touch me,
00:15:27just looks.
00:15:29They won't touch you again.
00:15:31You're safe.
00:15:32Alaric.
00:15:34What did you do?
00:15:36I had her evaluated.
00:15:38The test was tailored for her to fail.
00:15:40What test?
00:15:41Psychological.
00:15:42She's been admitted for treatment.
00:15:44Locked up.
00:15:45For now.
00:15:46My mind goes blank.
00:15:48He's locked her away?
00:15:52No matter what Juniper's done,
00:15:54she is the only family I have left.
00:15:59When Nova comes back,
00:16:01Alaric has already left the room.
00:16:03Alaric says he had Juniper committed.
00:16:06A psychiatric evaluation,
00:16:08he rigged it.
00:16:09She's locked away now.
00:16:11That's fucking brilliant.
00:16:13What?
00:16:14Think about it.
00:16:16He could have had her arrested,
00:16:17pressed charges,
00:16:18but a psychiatric hold?
00:16:20She can't get out of that.
00:16:22He's doing what we've always wanted you to do,
00:16:24Meadow,
00:16:24and he's doing it legally.
00:16:26But she's my sister.
00:16:27I don't know if that's what she deserves.
00:16:30She slammed your head into a wall.
00:16:32She told Tyler to rape you.
00:16:36How can you still defend her?
00:16:40Meadow,
00:16:42she's not your family.
00:16:44She's your executioner.
00:16:46But somehow,
00:16:47knowing Alaric has her locked up
00:16:49makes me feel sick.
00:16:51I don't know what you two were discussing,
00:16:54but I need to speak with Meadow alone.
00:16:56I'll go get some coffee.
00:17:00Alaric closes the door behind her.
00:17:03He stands at the foot of my bed for a long time,
00:17:06just looking.
00:17:08You haven't even expressed your desire for revenge,
00:17:11but I'm going to make them pay.
00:17:13You said you just needed me to say the word.
00:17:16I never said it.
00:17:18You just went ahead and did it to me.
00:17:20Yes.
00:17:21I did.
00:17:25Alaric.
00:17:26She's my family.
00:17:28You can't just...
00:17:30I gave Tyler a promotion.
00:17:33Because I want to watch him fall from higher ground.
00:17:37You know why?
00:17:38Because you're insane.
00:17:39Because you want him to pay.
00:17:41Because you want them both to suffer.
00:17:45I can't argue with him.
00:17:47I'm going to destroy him,
00:17:49and your sister,
00:17:51she's staying there.
00:17:52You don't have to feel guilty about it.
00:17:54I stay silent.
00:17:56Because I do want it,
00:17:58and I hate myself for it.
00:18:00I'm discharged that evening
00:18:02and back at the mansion.
00:18:08Mel, the housekeeper,
00:18:10is busy at the stove.
00:18:13You're supposed to be resting.
00:18:19Being alone in that suite feels like punishment.
00:18:23Let me help.
00:18:26Absolutely not.
00:18:30Can I at least set the table?
00:18:34I just need to do something.
00:18:36Anything
00:18:36to keep my mind from sitting still.
00:18:40Just sit.
00:18:41Mr. Ashford would not be pleased to see you doing this.
00:18:47Then Mr. Ashford better get used to it.
00:18:52His voice comes from the kitchen doorway.
00:18:54I startle.
00:18:56The plates slip.
00:18:59Ceramic shatters across the marble floor.
00:19:05You're barefoot.
00:19:06Don't move.
00:19:09I turn to look Alaric.
00:19:11And in that split second,
00:19:13my foot
00:19:15flips on a shard.
00:19:16Then his hands catch me.
00:19:20Fucking hell, Meadow.
00:19:21What part of don't move
00:19:23did you not understand?
00:19:24He lifts me off the floor.
00:19:25I was just trying to help.
00:19:29I know.
00:19:31How's your foot?
00:19:34Not hurting much.
00:19:36He holds me for a long moment.
00:19:38Later that night,
00:19:40we're alone in the house.
00:19:43I'm in the kitchen.
00:19:45And so is he.
00:19:49Then he walks towards me.
00:19:52You're stubborn tonight.
00:19:56I just wanted to be useful.
00:20:01His hand slides to my waist
00:20:03and pulls me closer.
00:20:05Alaric.
00:20:06My whole body stiffens.
00:20:08But I don't push him away.
00:20:11I don't want to push him away.
00:20:17Take off my shirt.
00:20:19What?
00:20:25You're wearing my t-shirt, Meadow.
00:20:28Take it off.
00:20:30The one he gave me this morning.
00:20:32It falls to my mid-thigh.
00:20:35You're just waiting for me to touch you.
00:20:40I don't deny it.
00:20:42My lips won't move.
00:20:47Then he makes his move.
00:20:49His fingers trace down my spine.
00:20:52You're trembling for me, Meadow.
00:20:55He lifts me onto the counter.
00:20:58His mouth on my skin makes me forget everything.
00:21:06Alarica.
00:21:06Say it.
00:21:08Again.
00:21:10Please.
00:21:12His breath mixing with my own.
00:21:15His hand is on my throat.
00:21:17A possessor's hand.
00:21:19A man who just wants to feel.
00:21:30As you wish.
00:21:33I wake up in Alaric's bed.
00:21:36Alone.
00:21:42He's already gone.
00:21:45Running.
00:21:48Running.
00:21:48Running.
00:21:48Running.
00:21:50Running.
00:21:55I shuffle into the kitchen.
00:21:58Then I see it.
00:22:06That damn espresso machine.
00:22:10I poke one button.
00:22:12Nothing happens.
00:22:13I'm about to lose a fight with a household appliance.
00:22:16That's your only damn job.
00:22:19Please don't make me lose my mind today.
00:22:23The front door opens.
00:22:24I don't need to look up to know it's him.
00:22:27Good morning.
00:22:31Morning.
00:22:32My voice comes out like a squirrel being stepped on.
00:22:35He raises an eyebrow.
00:22:39Steps behind me.
00:22:40Reaches past and presses a button I didn't even see.
00:22:43The machine hums to life.
00:22:45Next time.
00:22:47Try turning it on first.
00:22:48His lips are almost at my ear when he says it.
00:22:51I can feel the heat from his chest against my back.
00:22:54The silence of the house is still too strange for me.
00:23:01I slip into Alaric's bedroom while he's away.
00:23:05I want to know what he's hiding.
00:23:08His desk is locked.
00:23:10The drawers slide shut in silence.
00:23:18But then I notice the faintest seam near his bed.
00:23:25There's an entire secret room right next to his bed.
00:23:29Locked.
00:23:32Looking for something?
00:23:38His voice hits my spine like ice water.
00:23:43He's leaning against the frame.
00:23:46He doesn't look angry.
00:23:47I was just...
00:23:51Snooping around in my room?
00:23:56That's bad manners, Meadow.
00:23:59What's behind this door?
00:24:00Something you don't need to know.
00:24:04He walks towards me and reaches out.
00:24:10You've been snooping through my room.
00:24:15What was it for?
00:24:17His fingers cup my chin.
00:24:23What are you hiding?
00:24:27Just things you're not ready to see yet.
00:24:37A crash echoes from downstairs.
00:24:40He freezes.
00:24:43I follow Alaric down the stairs.
00:24:52Downstairs greets us with a man crumpled on the kitchen tiles.
00:25:02Throw up on my fucking floor, Nolan.
00:25:04And I swear to God.
00:25:06I will fucking kill you.
00:25:10Heard from mom you got hitted.
00:25:13And you didn't think to invite your own family?
00:25:16He looks up.
00:25:18Drunk, he's Alaric's brother, Nolan Ashfield.
00:25:21Get the hell off my floors.
00:25:26He pulls himself up.
00:25:28Nearly slipping again.
00:25:30And his eyes find me.
00:25:33Can he feel you?
00:25:36Because that hasn't happened since.
00:25:39Alaric's body coils.
00:25:41Then he swings.
00:25:43Shut up!
00:25:47Nolan staggers.
00:25:49Laughing.
00:25:49Blood pouring from his nose.
00:25:51I flinch.
00:25:53The first time I've ever seen him hit anybody.
00:25:55Then my foot comes down on a piece of glass and I slip.
00:26:00Meadow, fuck!
00:26:01He's at my side instantly.
00:26:03Lifting me off the glass.
00:26:05Setting me on the counter.
00:26:09He's at my side.
00:26:10It's not a question.
00:26:11It's more like shock.
00:26:13Like he just witnessed some kind of miracle.
00:26:23He carries me to the bedroom.
00:26:25My phone rings.
00:26:27Shattering the quiet.
00:26:28Tyler.
00:26:32It's Junie.
00:26:33She's gone.
00:26:35I can't find her anywhere.
00:26:36That's not my problem, Tyler.
00:26:38But she's your sister!
00:26:45After all the things you did to me,
00:26:47now you are expecting me to help you?
00:26:49You were always kind of cold.
00:26:51You know that?
00:26:51I should have fucked you when I had the chance.
00:26:55The phone is snatched out of my hand.
00:27:01Alaric ends the call.
00:27:12He called to taunt you.
00:27:15Alaric!
00:27:17Give me one reason.
00:27:21One reason why I shouldn't have Tyler Cross killed
00:27:27within the next 30 minutes.
00:27:30You can't kill him.
00:27:34Tell me why, Meadow.
00:27:41Then punish me instead of him.
00:27:47You have no idea
00:27:52what you're asking.
00:27:55I think I do.
00:27:57I thought he'd refuse.
00:27:59Push me away.
00:28:02But he doesn't.
00:28:04He pulls me against him.
00:28:06Wraps his arm around my waist
00:28:08and lowers his forehead to mine.
00:28:14You'll bend over my desk.
00:28:18I'll use my belt.
00:28:22A moment later,
00:28:24he takes me to his study.
00:28:29The sound of his belt sliding free
00:28:31is a dull ring in the silence.
00:28:37I bend over the desk.
00:28:40Pull my panties down.
00:28:42Scared.
00:28:45But not just scared.
00:28:49I'm going to whip you, Meadow.
00:28:51It will hurt.
00:28:54I know.
00:28:59The first stroke.
00:29:01A whistle through the air.
00:29:04Then a fierce lash of heat
00:29:06across my ass.
00:29:11Count.
00:29:14My fingers dig into the wood.
00:29:19One.
00:29:21Again, my back arches.
00:29:30You like this, don't you?
00:29:42Yes.
00:29:46Say it again.
00:29:49Yes.
00:29:53I like the way you punish me.
00:29:55Ten strokes.
00:29:56When he stops,
00:29:58I'm shaking.
00:30:00Slick with my own juices.
00:30:05I won't let you come, Meadow.
00:30:07Not tonight.
00:30:09He pulls me up against him.
00:30:15One finger tilts my chin.
00:30:19You will block his number.
00:30:21Delete it.
00:30:22And if I ever find out
00:30:24you talk to him again,
00:30:25I will kill him.
00:30:29Do you understand?
00:30:33Yes.
00:30:36I won't talk to him.
00:30:38He leans down
00:30:38and kisses my forehead.
00:30:41Good.
00:30:42Because you're mine, Meadow.
00:30:49I don't like it
00:30:50when people mess
00:30:51with what's mine.
00:31:00I kneel on the ground,
00:31:02bruised and half-naked
00:31:03and still trembling.
00:31:04No aftercare.
00:31:06Just puts me on his bed
00:31:09and walks out.
00:31:14Like he's the one
00:31:15who's broken.
00:31:20I don't sleep
00:31:21after he leaves.
00:31:22I hear him in the gym.
00:31:25I walk downstairs barefoot,
00:31:28wearing his t-shirt.
00:31:36I see him pounding
00:31:37the diamond-studded punching bag.
00:31:39His knuckles
00:31:40are shredded raw.
00:31:45Alaric.
00:31:47What are you doing?
00:31:50Leave.
00:31:52Now.
00:31:54You're bleeding.
00:31:56You're hurting yourself.
00:31:59I can't feel it.
00:32:00Just like I told you.
00:32:01Nothing.
00:32:03You don't understand.
00:32:04So leave.
00:32:05I don't leave.
00:32:07They all leave me.
00:32:09Every one of them.
00:32:11No one can touch me.
00:32:13Only you.
00:32:15Are you scared?
00:32:16You should be.
00:32:19I pull his hands
00:32:20off the metal framer
00:32:20of the bag.
00:32:27I'm the monster, Meadow.
00:32:29I wrap his knuckles
00:32:30in the sleeve
00:32:31of the black t-shirt
00:32:32that belongs to him.
00:32:42Why do you keep pushing me away?
00:32:45Because I'm afraid
00:32:46you'll stay.
00:32:51I'm right here, Alaric.
00:32:53I'm not going anywhere.
00:32:59He doesn't answer.
00:33:01Just lets me hold his hands.
00:33:03The next morning,
00:33:04I walk into the kitchen
00:33:05and Nolan is still there.
00:33:08So,
00:33:09what's so special about you?
00:33:12I mean,
00:33:13apart from the fact
00:33:15that you're obviously
00:33:16a gold digger.
00:33:18Never knew you could tell
00:33:19a gold digger
00:33:19just by looking at somebody.
00:33:24What other reason
00:33:25would a woman
00:33:26want to be
00:33:26permanently tied down
00:33:28to an emotionally
00:33:29unavailable man
00:33:30like my brother?
00:33:31Believe whatever you want.
00:33:35Alaric walks in,
00:33:37black t-shirt,
00:33:38back from his morning run.
00:33:41He doesn't look at Nolan.
00:33:42He goes straight
00:33:43to the coffee maker.
00:33:45Moody's holding
00:33:45some kind of party
00:33:46for the elites
00:33:47this weekend.
00:33:48She wants you to be there
00:33:49with your wife.
00:33:53See you Sunday.
00:33:56After Nolan leaves,
00:33:57Alaric doesn't speak,
00:33:59just holds me.
00:34:04You seem upset.
00:34:07Maybe.
00:34:10He just pulls me in
00:34:12against his chest
00:34:13and cups my chin
00:34:15and kisses me.
00:34:26I'm in the garden.
00:34:28The roses.
00:34:30He planted them.
00:34:31He stands behind me.
00:34:33I don't need to turn around.
00:34:41Leave me alone.
00:34:46You're still upset?
00:34:50Yeah.
00:34:55I shouldn't have dismissed you
00:34:56like that.
00:35:00And I should have
00:35:01come back to bed.
00:35:07You still haven't apologized.
00:35:11I'm sorry.
00:35:15Why didn't you come back last night?
00:35:23You don't want to know
00:35:24the answer to that.
00:35:25I do.
00:35:28I do.
00:35:33I was so fucking hard.
00:35:35I wanted to bury myself inside you.
00:35:38Make you cry out my name.
00:35:42I wouldn't have been able to stop.
00:35:52You're not ready for that yet.
00:35:54You're not ready for that yet.
00:35:55You keep saying I'm not ready.
00:35:56But it's my choice to make.
00:36:00You're angry right now.
00:36:02When you're really in it,
00:36:03you'll hate me.
00:36:05Then he kisses my forehead.
00:36:12Not my lips.
00:36:15That's more dangerous than the first kiss.
00:36:18Because it's gentle.
00:36:20That night,
00:36:21he cooks for me.
00:36:24Nothing fancy.
00:36:29But he cooks.
00:36:34That moment is more dangerous than anything.
00:36:41Because I see a picture.
00:36:43Me and him.
00:36:45In our kitchen.
00:36:47Having a normal life.
00:36:49I want it.
00:36:50But I'm scared.
00:36:56You ever cook for anyone else?
00:36:59No.
00:37:00Not even your mother?
00:37:06She has her own chef.
00:37:07I didn't need to cook for her.
00:37:09We finish the dinner quietly.
00:37:19We have to go to my mother's this weekend.
00:37:21You'll meet her.
00:37:24She's difficult.
00:37:26She might push you.
00:37:32Are you worried about me?
00:37:34No.
00:37:37He's lying.
00:37:39His hand clenches on the table.
00:37:41Knuckles white.
00:37:45I just...
00:37:46don't want unnecessary complications.
00:37:55Am I a complication?
00:37:59Never.
00:38:03The night before the party,
00:38:05Nova comes to the mansion.
00:38:06We sit on the patio with margaritas.
00:38:13So you're telling me
00:38:15every night since you moved in,
00:38:18he's let you sleep alone?
00:38:21And you still haven't done it?
00:38:27Not exactly.
00:38:30He's done other things to me.
00:38:39You married a man you've never had sex with?
00:38:46I don't think it's a problem.
00:38:49I just want to know what it feels like to be with him.
00:38:54An SUV crunches up the gravel driveway.
00:39:00Meadow.
00:39:02It isn't him driving.
00:39:04It's the stupidly hot bodyguard.
00:39:08Trip steps out of the driver's side,
00:39:10and a woman in a sharp black dress
00:39:12steps from the passenger seat.
00:39:26She opens the back
00:39:27and pulls out racks and racks of garment bags.
00:39:31Dresses.
00:39:35For the party.
00:39:41Oh my god.
00:39:43Your husband sent you a shopping spree?
00:39:47The dresses arrive,
00:39:48four of them,
00:39:49and a stylist.
00:39:50Oh my god.
00:39:52Meadow.
00:39:54Is this for real?
00:39:56Your man sent you Dior?
00:39:58Everyone fits like it was made for me.
00:40:01And they were.
00:40:07Mr. Ashford asked me to bring these for you.
00:40:10He said he hopes you like them.
00:40:15Nova and the stylist leave.
00:40:17Alaric leans against the door frame.
00:40:23Hope I didn't miss the fitting.
00:40:29Why are you doing this?
00:40:30It's just a dinner party.
00:40:35Then he's behind me,
00:40:37his hands sliding around my waist.
00:40:39Our reflection stares back from the mirror.
00:40:42I just don't think it's me.
00:40:49Then let me show you who you are.
00:40:53Take off your dress.
00:41:06He dresses me in the first gown himself.
00:41:11The emerald silk.
00:41:19He watches me in the mirror.
00:41:21His eyes go a darker shade of ink.
00:41:25He unzips the dress.
00:41:28His fingers brush my spine.
00:41:32My skin catches fire under his touch.
00:41:41You know what I'm going to do to you, right?
00:41:46What?
00:41:49I'm going to make you come
00:41:50in all three dresses.
00:41:54Three times.
00:41:59Then you pick your favorite.
00:42:04He lays me on the bed.
00:42:08The emerald dress is still on me.
00:42:11But his hand is already under it.
00:42:15Alaric?
00:42:17Look at me.
00:42:18Don't close your eyes.
00:42:20Let me see your face.
00:42:23I do it.
00:42:24I look into his eyes,
00:42:25and he's looking at me.
00:42:27He tells me to ride his thigh.
00:42:29He sits in the chair,
00:42:31watching.
00:42:32I'm just grinding against his slags.
00:42:35The friction.
00:42:37I can't take it.
00:42:39But he won't let me stop.
00:42:51Keep going.
00:42:52Don't stop.
00:42:55I want to watch you do this for yourself.
00:43:00Alaric.
00:43:02I can't.
00:43:03I can't.
00:43:05You can.
00:43:06You're right there.
00:43:08Let me see you finish it.
00:43:10I bury my face in his shoulder.
00:43:16He cups the back of my head.
00:43:18Then he puts his fingers in my mouth.
00:43:22Have you ever tasted yourself before?
00:43:24I shake my head.
00:43:26He pushes deeper.
00:43:34Addictive, isn't it?
00:43:39He pulls out the velvet dress.
00:43:43Midnight blue.
00:43:48He helps me put it on.
00:43:52Then his phone rings.
00:43:58He looks at the screen.
00:44:01His whole face changes.
00:44:03I have to take care of something.
00:44:05Now?
00:44:07You're in the middle of...
00:44:14He's gone.
00:44:16I sit there in the velvet dress.
00:44:20Then I see the envelope.
00:44:23I open it.
00:44:25You don't need to impress anyone.
00:44:28But I want you to know you could.
00:44:30Pick what feels like you.
00:44:32I'll like whatever you choose.
00:44:38I pick the third dress.
00:44:39The champagne gold.
00:44:42It's the only one not stained by him.
00:44:44I hold it against my chest.
00:44:50I look in the mirror.
00:44:55That's me.
00:44:57The party.
00:44:59Alaric stands in the doorway of my room.
00:45:01Wearing the charcoal suit.
00:45:06Like a king.
00:45:09Camilla is Mel's daughter.
00:45:11She did my makeup.
00:45:12Wow.
00:45:14You look beautiful.
00:45:16You smoothed my hair.
00:45:18It makes me feel like a real Ashford.
00:45:25Wondershare.
00:45:28What does that mean?
00:45:30You look ravishing, my dough.
00:45:33Fucking love this dress on you.
00:45:36In the car, he keeps his palm on my thigh as he drives us toward the estate.
00:45:44You ready?
00:45:47No.
00:45:49The Ashford estate is grander than even his mansion.
00:45:59Guests in beautiful clothes.
00:46:01Faces tight with polite smiles.
00:46:07Well, well, well.
00:46:09Look what the wind blew in.
00:46:12My insufferable big brother and his beautiful wife.
00:46:22You're late.
00:46:25Muddy was starting to think you weren't going to show.
00:46:34He hands me champagne with this appruising look.
00:46:37Like he's testing me.
00:46:40Your date looks dull.
00:46:44Here.
00:46:45Have a drink.
00:46:47I think you are duller.
00:46:51Alright.
00:46:52Claws.
00:46:53That's my fault.
00:46:55Muti's over there.
00:46:57Good luck, Meadow.
00:47:00I turn and there she is.
00:47:03Ingrid Ashford.
00:47:06She's in a navy gown, hair pinned up in a perfect knot.
00:47:10She walks toward me.
00:47:15Like she's already measured my worth.
00:47:25You must be Meadow.
00:47:28My son's beautiful wife.
00:47:31She smiles.
00:47:33But the smile stops at her mouth and never reaches her eyes.
00:47:39Welcome.
00:47:40I'm so glad you could come.
00:47:44I can't wait.
00:47:46To get to know you.
00:47:56I grab another glass of champagne.
00:47:59I need everything I can get to survive tonight.
00:48:06The ballroom is suffocating.
00:48:09Ingrid drifts among guests.
00:48:15Alarex stays close.
00:48:18Close enough, but never quite next to me.
00:48:27Then she corners me in the hallway.
00:48:32How much did he pay you?
00:48:36What?
00:48:38Don't play dumb.
00:48:40His diagnosis was permanent.
00:48:43He can't feel anyone.
00:48:49Pretending he can feel you.
00:48:52Tell me how much.
00:48:57I'll double it.
00:49:00He's not paying me to lie.
00:49:03Months ago, he wanted nothing to do with commitment.
00:49:05And suddenly, he marries a low-class woman.
00:49:11I'm supposed to believe he didn't pay you anything?
00:49:14Why are you so bent on proving me wrong?
00:49:19Because he's my son.
00:49:22Because no woman gets that kind of power just by holding her hand there!
00:49:29And then I realize it isn't just hatred.
00:49:33It's something else.
00:49:36He can't feel you, can he?
00:49:38And then she slaps me.
00:49:43My head snaps to the side.
00:49:45My cheek stinging like hot needles.
00:49:48After tonight, Alarex will chase you away himself.
00:49:51She wipes her hand as if I've soiled her.
00:49:58I don't cry.
00:50:00I push into the bathroom.
00:50:04The red is still on my cheek.
00:50:06The burn hasn't cooled.
00:50:10You know, if you told Ingrin Ashford who your father is,
00:50:15she wouldn't have had the guts to hit you like that.
00:50:19I turn around.
00:50:20The voice hasn't changed.
00:50:22Yvonne, my mother's younger sister.
00:50:25Auntie Yvonne, long time no see.
00:50:28Oh yeah.
00:50:29You ran away from me the moment you turned 18.
00:50:32Because you couldn't stand being around me.
00:50:34I left for the scholarship.
00:50:36To get away from that life.
00:50:40Alarex Ashford's mystery wife is you.
00:50:42And you didn't tell me a single word.
00:50:46You still owe me an apology, Meadow.
00:50:50I don't apologize.
00:50:54Why did you marry him?
00:50:56Is it the money?
00:50:59It's not about the money.
00:51:01You're making a big mistake.
00:51:06What he had with me,
00:51:08you can't replace that.
00:51:11Meadow,
00:51:12whatever you're getting from him,
00:51:14it's not worth it.
00:51:16She looks at me with something in her eyes.
00:51:20Not anger,
00:51:21but pleading.
00:51:26Yvonne leaves the bathroom before me.
00:51:30I take a different path back to the party.
00:51:35Then I see him.
00:51:38Alarex with Yvonne.
00:51:42She's leaning into him.
00:51:45Her fingers touch his knuckle.
00:51:47He doesn't pull away.
00:51:56I run to the parking lot,
00:51:58climb into his car,
00:52:00and turn on the engine,
00:52:02just for the GPS.
00:52:04The history,
00:52:06two entries.
00:52:09The facility,
00:52:11three times.
00:52:13And one address I don't recognize.
00:52:20You planning on running away from me,
00:52:22sweetheart?
00:52:23He kneels beside the open door
00:52:25and drapes his jacket over my shoulders.
00:52:31That woman you were talking to?
00:52:33Just an old friend.
00:52:40Just a friend?
00:52:44What is this?
00:52:47An investigation?
00:52:49I don't know how to tell him
00:52:51that old friend is my aunt.
00:52:55That I just found out.
00:52:58She's part of his past, too.
00:53:03You know how curious I get sometimes.
00:53:07And jealous.
00:53:09I am not the jealous type.
00:53:11He smiles at me
00:53:12and lets out a deep sigh.
00:53:20I'm having such a bad evening, Meadow.
00:53:23You have no idea.
00:53:25What's the matter?
00:53:27Nothing you should worry
00:53:28your pretty brain about.
00:53:33But there's something you could do for me.
00:53:36Anything.
00:53:38I'm sorry.
00:53:46And then he kisses me.
00:53:48For the first time,
00:53:50really kisses me.
00:53:52The kiss is fierce.
00:53:55Too hot.
00:53:59But the words,
00:54:00I'm sorry,
00:54:02keep echoing in my head.
00:54:03We walk back into the ballroom.
00:54:05Then Ingrid steps to the microphone,
00:54:08tapping her champagne glass.
00:54:09Thank you all for coming.
00:54:11Tonight is a very special celebration
00:54:14for a woman I've loved like a daughter.
00:54:21She gestures,
00:54:22and Yvonne glides elegantly up.
00:54:26I had every hope she'd be my daughter-in-law.
00:54:32They're toasting her,
00:54:33and I'm standing in the crowd,
00:54:36my wedding ring burning like a brand on my finger.
00:54:40Alarek grabs my arm.
00:54:43I don't fight it.
00:54:46I follow him out.
00:55:01In the car,
00:55:02the silence is suffocating.
00:55:09Then I finally ask the question
00:55:11I've been afraid of.
00:55:14Did you kiss me
00:55:15because you needed to use me?
00:55:20To forget her?
00:55:23It wasn't like that.
00:55:26Then why did you apologize?
00:55:56Because I needed that kiss
00:55:59to ground myself.
00:56:03And I shouldn't have used you like that.
00:56:05He doesn't look at me when he says it.
00:56:08He needed grounding.
00:56:10He used me.
00:56:16So,
00:56:17it was because of Yvonne
00:56:20that you lost control?
00:56:25No.
00:56:26Because of you.
00:56:28It's always you.
00:56:31You make me lose control.
00:56:33Every time.
00:56:35But I'm not sorry I kissed you.
00:56:38I'm not sorry.
00:56:43I turn to the window.
00:56:45Can't let him see the tears.
00:56:50I use the GPS record
00:56:52and find the psychiatric facility.
00:57:05They let me in
00:57:06because I say
00:57:07I'm Mrs. Ashford.
00:57:14They put me in a room.
00:57:16Cold,
00:57:17clean,
00:57:18no windows.
00:57:19I knew you'd come.
00:57:21I knew you'd come.
00:57:21I knew you'd come.
00:57:24I knew you'd come.
00:57:24I knew you'd come.
00:57:25I knew you'd come.
00:57:26Juniper.
00:57:28Bandages on her wrists,
00:57:30skin pale to gray.
00:57:32What's the bandage on your wrist?
00:57:36Nothing.
00:57:37Just trying to feel more comfortable.
00:57:41Your husband came.
00:57:43He threatened me.
00:57:44Said he'd keep me here forever.
00:57:49You hurt people.
00:57:53You're the one hurting me?
00:57:55Letting him lock me up.
00:57:57You're destroying my life.
00:58:00You know what you've become?
00:58:06What?
00:58:10You've become what I always knew you'd become.
00:58:15Just like mom.
00:58:19I'm not mom.
00:58:22You are.
00:58:26You're the woman
00:58:28who never wanted me.
00:58:31I wanted you.
00:58:34She has an expression of remorse.
00:58:36Then a mischievous smile appears on her face.
00:58:45Is your virginity still intact?
00:58:47Or has your rich husband already
00:58:50broken your holy vow?
00:58:58My throat tightens.
00:59:01She can always find the softest spot
00:59:04and stab it.
00:59:07So dramatic.
00:59:11He still hasn't fucked you, has he?
00:59:16You're still a virgin.
00:59:21That's pathetic.
00:59:28Even the man who married you
00:59:30doesn't want you.
00:59:31So what makes you think
00:59:32anyone else would?
00:59:34Every word is a knife.
00:59:36Maybe this is the last time
00:59:38she can hurt me.
00:59:41I love you, Mido.
00:59:43But you know what?
00:59:44I hate you more than I love you.
00:59:47I stand up.
00:59:49The chair scrapes the floor.
00:59:52Because you're nothing.
00:59:53You've always been nothing.
00:59:55And he'll find out eventually.
00:59:58I don't look back.
00:59:59I walk toward the door.
01:00:02Her laughter chasing me.
01:00:05On the way to the car,
01:00:07I call Alaric.
01:00:11He never told me he'd pick me up.
01:00:14But he's there.
01:00:16Leaning against the car.
01:00:23I'm here.
01:00:25I'm here.
01:00:29I don't remember walking
01:00:31across the parking lot.
01:00:34I just remember him catching me.
01:00:37Let it out.
01:00:39I'm here.
01:00:40It's okay.
01:00:42His arms around my shoulders.
01:00:44His voice murmuring against my hair.
01:00:47I cry so hard I shake.
01:00:50He doesn't make me stop.
01:00:52He just holds me.
01:00:57Kiss me.
01:01:01Are you sure?
01:01:04Kiss me.
01:01:05Kiss me.
01:01:06Please.
01:01:08He kisses me.
01:01:11Hard.
01:01:13Like he's been waiting for this, too.
01:01:22Let's go home.
01:01:41Let's go home.
01:01:41He doesn't stop.
01:01:44He doesn't stop.
01:01:44Neither do I.
01:01:50He lifts me.
01:01:51My legs wrapped around his waist.
01:01:55His mouth is online.
01:02:01Oh my god.
01:02:03Alaric and I both freeze.
01:02:05Mel is up at the door.
01:02:07Camilla behind her.
01:02:08We're leaving right now.
01:02:14They're gone.
01:02:16I want to melt into the floor.
01:02:19They're gone.
01:02:21Look at me.
01:02:27That was so embarrassing.
01:02:30He carries me upstairs.
01:02:33Alaric puts me on his bed.
01:02:36And hovers over me.
01:02:39You look like a fucking angel.
01:02:46And I'm going to worship you like one.
01:02:51Alaric.
01:02:56His mouth moves across my whole body.
01:02:59My brows.
01:02:59My jaw.
01:03:00My collarbone.
01:03:04But there's a door.
01:03:06Always a door.
01:03:07I see it in the corner.
01:03:10Locked.
01:03:14Wait.
01:03:16Alaric.
01:03:17Stop.
01:03:19What's wrong?
01:03:22That door.
01:03:25I want you to take me inside.
01:03:28The room behind that door.
01:03:32No.
01:03:38Then let me go.
01:03:41Or.
01:03:42If you won't let me go.
01:03:45Let me please you.
01:03:48You're giving me options?
01:03:50Three.
01:03:52Take me inside that door.
01:03:55Let me leave.
01:03:57Or let me please you.
01:03:59I'm terrified of my own words.
01:04:08The third one.
01:04:12I'm on my knees before him.
01:04:15His eyes are on my face.
01:04:17Completely black.
01:04:20My mouth opens.
01:04:25His fingers slide into my hair.
01:04:29Not pushing.
01:04:31Just there.
01:04:33But lately you've been acting like you've hardly called me.
01:04:42Slow.
01:04:43Don't rush.
01:04:44I'm not going anywhere.
01:04:46I do.
01:04:48He's trembling.
01:04:50Emily Cashford is trembling.
01:04:52Look.
01:04:55Meadow.
01:04:56Just like that.
01:04:58I look up.
01:05:00His eyes are open.
01:05:02He's watching me.
01:05:08Keep your eyes on me.
01:05:12Don't look away.
01:05:21As I keep going,
01:05:23his whole body shakes.
01:05:28When he finally lets go
01:05:30and he says my name.
01:05:32Not anyone else's.
01:05:37I wake up in the middle of the night
01:05:39and his side of the bed is empty.
01:05:43The sheets are cold.
01:05:47Then I hear it.
01:05:49Sounds from downstairs.
01:05:53The heavy thud of fists
01:05:55hitting something.
01:06:01The gym door is cracked open.
01:06:05I see him
01:06:06pounding the diamond-steaded punching bag.
01:06:12His knuckles are completely shredded.
01:06:15Blood running down his arms.
01:06:18Splattering the mats.
01:06:23Leave.
01:06:24Now.
01:06:30You're bleeding.
01:06:33You're hurting yourself.
01:06:36I can't feel it.
01:06:38You don't understand.
01:06:41So leave.
01:06:46I'm not leaving.
01:06:47I don't need you here.
01:06:50I don't need you here.
01:06:50Not when I'm like this.
01:06:52You have no idea
01:06:55what it's like to live
01:06:56in a body
01:06:58that doesn't feel a fucking thing.
01:07:03Are you going to hit me too?
01:07:07I mean, maybe then at least
01:07:09you'd finally feel something.
01:07:15He freezes.
01:07:17Then his face changes.
01:07:20Turns hard.
01:07:21Cruel.
01:07:24What do you want this time?
01:07:26Your sister?
01:07:32If you want me to release your sister
01:07:36you're going to have to give me
01:07:39a lot more than one mediocre blowjob.
01:07:43He's using my deepest wounds against me.
01:07:47Things he knows.
01:07:49Things only he knows.
01:07:53Stop.
01:08:01I'll be leaving for Vegas tomorrow.
01:08:03Not sure when I'll be back.
01:08:07Good riddance.
01:08:10I turn and walk out of the gym.
01:08:13Tears already streaming down my face.
01:08:25He doesn't call my name.
01:08:28Just tells me to leave.
01:08:30After Alaric leaves for Vegas
01:08:32the house becomes a prison.
01:08:38Two guards in black suits
01:08:40stand outside the front door.
01:08:48My best friend is sick.
01:08:50I have to go take care of her.
01:08:52Your husband's instructions
01:08:53are not to let you leave the compound.
01:08:56Then Nolan shows up.
01:09:02He looks at the guards
01:09:04with that knowing smile of his.
01:09:05I'm here in place of Alaric.
01:09:07Check in on you.
01:09:08But it looks like you need me
01:09:10to check you out of here instead.
01:09:15I'll take you to see your friend.
01:09:21In the car
01:09:22Nolan's hands are on the wheel
01:09:23his voice casual.
01:09:26Your sister got released
01:09:27a few days ago.
01:09:29Alaric didn't tell you.
01:09:34My mind goes blank.
01:09:40Juniper is out.
01:09:41We get to Nova's apartment.
01:09:46She's wrapped in a blanket
01:09:47on the sofa.
01:09:50Nova,
01:09:51are you alright?
01:09:57Nova looks up
01:09:59and sees him.
01:10:03You...
01:10:04What are you doing here?
01:10:06You know Meadow?
01:10:14Nova.
01:10:15That's your name.
01:10:17You never told me.
01:10:19Next,
01:10:20Nolan says something
01:10:21that shocks me.
01:10:24A whole night
01:10:24we stayed together
01:10:25and you didn't tell me your name.
01:10:29I'm not the kind of girl
01:10:31you think I am.
01:10:33I know you're not.
01:10:38I stand there
01:10:40watching them stare at each other.
01:10:43Like they have history
01:10:44I don't even know about.
01:10:57When Nolan drives me back
01:10:58to the mansion,
01:11:00Alaric is already there.
01:11:08Nolan.
01:11:10Did I give you permission?
01:11:13Her friend was sick.
01:11:15I couldn't leave her here
01:11:15with your guard dogs
01:11:16locking her in.
01:11:17Next time,
01:11:18call me first.
01:11:23Nolan leaves.
01:11:25The engine fading
01:11:26into silence.
01:11:28It's just the two of us.
01:11:30The silence feels like
01:11:32a wall pressing down on me.
01:11:38Come with me.
01:11:49He takes me to the pool.
01:11:54He stands at the edge.
01:11:55His back to me.
01:11:58I've been watching you
01:11:59every night
01:12:00in this pool.
01:12:03You thought no one knew.
01:12:08What are you talking about?
01:12:12You in the water?
01:12:14Slipping your fingers
01:12:15inside yourself.
01:12:26Your lips
01:12:27mouthing my name
01:12:28every night.
01:12:32My blood freezes.
01:12:34I thought it was just mine.
01:12:36His voice is low and steady.
01:12:38Like an order.
01:12:40I want you to show me.
01:12:42Right here.
01:12:44In front of me.
01:12:46What?
01:12:48What you do in this pool.
01:12:54I want to see it
01:12:55with my own eyes.
01:12:57He tells me
01:12:58to get in the water.
01:12:59I shouldn't.
01:13:06But I shed my clothes anyway.
01:13:13I float on my back
01:13:15and I can feel him watching.
01:13:21I do what he asks.
01:13:23I slide my hand down
01:13:24over my stomach
01:13:26and further down.
01:13:28I can't help it.
01:13:30His name falls for my lips.
01:13:32The release crashes through me.
01:13:34I gasp
01:13:35trying to catch my breath.
01:13:39I look up.
01:13:41He's gone.
01:13:44He walks away from the pool
01:13:45without looking back.
01:13:47Like what I did
01:13:49meant nothing.
01:13:50Like I meant nothing.
01:13:52I wrap a towel around myself
01:13:54and follow him.
01:13:58He's been at the bag again.
01:14:03This is the only way.
01:14:04You can't understand.
01:14:06Then help me understand.
01:14:09He stands still
01:14:11looking at me
01:14:12without moving.
01:14:13What about the door?
01:14:15The tether room?
01:14:16You never let me see.
01:14:20He goes quiet.
01:14:23Then he pulls me into him.
01:14:25His knuckles are still
01:14:26bleeding onto my skin.
01:14:29Your safe word is
01:14:31Kaifig.
01:14:32Remember it.
01:14:34If you say it,
01:14:36everything stops.
01:14:40Wherever we are,
01:14:41right away.
01:14:44What does it mean?
01:14:47You'll find out after tonight.
01:14:58He calls it a sensory deprivation test.
01:15:06Blindfolded.
01:15:07Ears plugged.
01:15:10If you pass,
01:15:12I'll let you see the room.
01:15:15If you don't use your safe word,
01:15:19I'll know you're ready.
01:15:21And if I do?
01:15:24Then you wait
01:15:28until I decide
01:15:29you've earned another chance.
01:15:35Whatever the outcome,
01:15:37I'm still going to fuck you tonight.
01:15:42He tells me to lie on the bed.
01:15:44He fastens my wrists
01:15:46to the headboard.
01:15:47Then spreads my ankles
01:15:49with a bar.
01:15:54It'll help you not fight.
01:16:04Before I can take a breath,
01:16:06the world goes dark.
01:16:09He puts the blindfold on,
01:16:12slides the earplugs in.
01:16:13I can't see anything,
01:16:15can't hear anything.
01:16:20Then I feel his touch,
01:16:23fingertips trailing down my stomach.
01:16:35Every nerve in my body tightens
01:16:38with every glaze.
01:16:42Then I feel the vibration
01:16:44against my stomach.
01:16:48Slow.
01:16:51Every new place he touches,
01:16:53I want to scream,
01:16:54but he doesn't let me.
01:16:58My body stops obeying me.
01:17:05I writhe and beg.
01:17:16Just say the fucking word.
01:17:27I don't say it.
01:17:29I don't know why.
01:17:33Then he pushes me past it,
01:17:35and all I hear
01:17:36is the word I scream.
01:17:39Skylar!
01:17:46Everything stops.
01:17:48Then he pulls the earplugs out,
01:17:51lifts the blindfold.
01:17:54His face is right in front of mine,
01:17:56so close I can see
01:17:58my own reflection in his eyes.
01:18:02Good girl, you did it.
01:18:08I failed.
01:18:10I should have held out.
01:18:13I didn't.
01:18:20I needed to know you'd say the word.
01:18:23He bows his head,
01:18:24forehead to mine.
01:18:27Needed to know you trusted.
01:18:29I'd stop.
01:18:32You didn't fail, Meadow.
01:18:34His hand is on the back of my neck,
01:18:37holding me steady.
01:18:38Now I can teach you
01:18:42the next lesson.
01:18:43How to take all of me.
01:18:52He kisses me again.
01:18:54Slow.
01:18:55Deep.
01:19:01If you want this, tell me.
01:19:05I want this.
01:19:10When he enters me,
01:19:12it's slow,
01:19:13inch by inch.
01:19:16I see his face tighten,
01:19:18not from pain,
01:19:26but from something deeper than pain.
01:19:40Open your eyes.
01:19:41Look at me.
01:19:44I look into his eyes.
01:19:46He sees me.
01:19:47Really sees me.
01:19:49Mine.
01:19:50You're all fucking mine, Meadow.
01:19:52Say it.
01:19:55I'm yours.
01:19:57He pushes deeper.
01:19:58My back arches off the bed.
01:20:01I'm his.
01:20:03My body admitted it
01:20:05before my lips ever did.
01:20:07I wake up in his arms.
01:20:09Morning light bleeds through
01:20:11the edge of the curtains.
01:20:13He's still asleep.
01:20:16This is the first time
01:20:17I wake up and he's still here.
01:20:20I just swing my leg over him,
01:20:22brace myself above his waist,
01:20:24and slide down.
01:20:26He wakes up,
01:20:28looks in my eyes,
01:20:29and calls my name.
01:20:30Meadow.
01:20:39We are slow and lazy
01:20:41and half asleep.
01:20:49I look down.
01:20:51We didn't use a condom.
01:20:54My whole body freezes.
01:20:56He follows my gaze
01:20:57and freezes.
01:21:02You didn't wear a condom.
01:21:04Fuck, Meadow.
01:21:06I think you just
01:21:07fucking ruined me.
01:21:08He looks at me
01:21:09like we've just crossed
01:21:10some line we can never uncross.
01:21:12The door opens.
01:21:13Not softly.
01:21:15Thrown open.
01:21:21My God.
01:21:24Ingrid Ashford
01:21:26stands in the doorway.
01:21:37Get out.
01:21:38Now.
01:21:43We'll talk downstairs.
01:21:46You.
01:21:47Now.
01:21:49Alaric gets out of bed.
01:21:51grabs a shirt
01:21:53and looks down at me.
01:21:56Then he turns
01:21:58and his bare back
01:22:00is facing his mother.
01:22:05Oh, you mean
01:22:06the scratch marks?
01:22:08They're just a little present
01:22:10from my beautiful wife.
01:22:16His back is covered
01:22:17in the marks
01:22:18from my nails.
01:22:20mine.
01:22:27When he moves past
01:22:29his mother,
01:22:30I see her face.
01:22:36She hates
01:22:37that I can give him
01:22:38what she never could.
01:22:43When Alaric goes downstairs,
01:22:45Ingrid doesn't follow.
01:22:50How long
01:22:51have you and my son
01:22:52been trying for a child?
01:22:54What?
01:22:58You heard me.
01:23:01You can't think
01:23:02you can bear
01:23:03an Ashford heir
01:23:05just because
01:23:06you're his wife.
01:23:09There's too much
01:23:13you don't know.
01:23:17You don't know.
01:23:18You don't know him.
01:23:20What do you want?
01:23:26Just for you to know,
01:23:28he loved Iwen once.
01:23:32He's never loved anyone
01:23:34like that in his life.
01:23:36They were going
01:23:37to marry.
01:23:40They'd still be together
01:23:41if not for a stupid
01:23:42misunderstanding.
01:23:44Why are you
01:23:45telling me this?
01:23:47Because I need you
01:23:49to understand.
01:23:56You're temporary.
01:24:02I stand there.
01:24:05Not moving.
01:24:08I hear Alaric
01:24:10downstairs on a call.
01:24:12I tell myself
01:24:13it's just a bitter,
01:24:14manipulative woman.
01:24:19But her voice
01:24:20keeps echoing.
01:24:25A few days later,
01:24:27Yvonne calls.
01:24:29She asks me
01:24:30to meet her
01:24:30at a restaurant.
01:24:33Says we need
01:24:34to talk.
01:24:35She wears red.
01:24:37Doesn't look
01:24:38a day older.
01:24:39Still beautiful.
01:24:42My favorite niece.
01:24:45I'm pretty sure
01:24:46your favorite niece
01:24:47is Juniper.
01:24:49You owe me
01:24:50an explanation.
01:24:52Things need
01:24:52to be clear.
01:24:56I didn't want
01:24:57to hurt you.
01:24:59If you didn't
01:25:00want to hurt me,
01:25:01you would have
01:25:01warned me
01:25:02about the fact
01:25:03that you were
01:25:03in love.
01:25:05About the fact
01:25:06that I had a choice.
01:25:09I still love him.
01:25:12I kept hoping
01:25:13one day
01:25:13he'd come back
01:25:14to me.
01:25:16I look into
01:25:17her eyes.
01:25:19She is holding
01:25:20back tears.
01:25:24Yvonne wipes
01:25:25the corner
01:25:25of her eye
01:25:28and takes
01:25:29a deep breath.
01:25:33I saw Alarek
01:25:34in Vegas.
01:25:36I asked him
01:25:37to release
01:25:38Juniper.
01:25:39Her hand
01:25:40reaches across
01:25:41the table
01:25:41like she's
01:25:42trying to hold
01:25:43me.
01:25:45Threatened him
01:25:45with what I know.
01:25:46I don't let her
01:25:47about your father.
01:25:50You made him
01:25:51release Juniper?
01:25:54I begged him
01:25:55for weeks.
01:25:57Weeks, Yvonne.
01:25:59He wouldn't
01:26:00let her go.
01:26:01But you asked
01:26:02and he did it?
01:26:04I stand up.
01:26:06My legs are shaking.
01:26:08Not from weakness.
01:26:09From rage.
01:26:10and you're still
01:26:11not leaving him.
01:26:14Stay the fuck
01:26:15away from me
01:26:16and my husband.
01:26:23I get home
01:26:24from the restaurant.
01:26:25Walk straight
01:26:26to the bedroom.
01:26:35Then I pick up
01:26:36my phone.
01:26:38Take off my top.
01:26:40Put on the pink luxury.
01:26:44And I send the photo.
01:26:46The text says
01:26:48Ready for my next lesson.
01:26:51Touch yourself
01:26:51over your panties.
01:26:54I'm coming home.
01:27:00Before that,
01:27:01I tuck a receipt
01:27:02into my bra.
01:27:04At the restaurant,
01:27:05the waiter wrote
01:27:06something on the back
01:27:07of it
01:27:10and his number
01:27:11below it.
01:27:20The moment
01:27:20Alaric gets home,
01:27:22his lips
01:27:23are on my neck.
01:27:30Then his hand
01:27:31slides to my chest
01:27:32the way it always does.
01:27:37and finds
01:27:38the receipt.
01:27:49What the fuck
01:27:50is this, Meadow?
01:27:51Oh!
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