00:00Welcome, ma'am.
00:02My daughter is innocent!
00:05You defy this family for a low-born girl?
00:08I don't need my worth explained by you anymore.
00:11Now, no more dodging.
00:13The boy you gave bread and that coin to eight years ago was me.
00:18What?
00:19Coming back wasn't a coincidence.
00:22So helping me, getting close to me, the job,
00:26all of it was gratitude?
00:28It's not just...
00:29My mother's bills, your apartment, your fund.
00:32You turned me into a debt you had to settle.
00:35I turned you into the person I care about most.
00:41Engagement.
00:43That's not...
00:44You have a fiancé?
00:47No.
00:48Daniel didn't tell you, tonight he belongs to me.
00:55The Reed family dinner.
00:58Reed?
00:59You didn't even know his last name.
01:01And you moved into his place?
01:03Vanessa.
01:04Enough.
01:06Afraid she'll find out you were never ordinary?
01:08How much did you hide from me?
01:12More than hiding.
01:13I was afraid of driving you away.
01:16Looks like you got there anyway.
01:22Mr. Reed, the board and your fiancé are waiting.
01:28I do not have a fiancé.
01:30You can by tonight.
01:34Right class, right match.
01:36Makes sense.
01:37Olivia, let me finish.
01:39Don't.
01:39I'm tired of being the last person in the room to know the truth.
01:41You thought a driver loved you?
01:44He's the real owner of Apex.
01:47What did you just say?
01:49Daniel Reed.
01:51Real head of Apex Transit.
01:53Owner of a global logistics empire.
01:57Not a driver.
01:59Not an assistant.
02:01Someone permanently out of your league.
02:04Enough.
02:06So this is the real truth.
02:08Right?
02:10Yes.
02:11But not the way they're saying it.
02:13Then what is it?
02:14Gratitude?
02:15Pity?
02:15Or a rich man playing poor for fun?
02:18It was all real.
02:22But you weren't.
02:26My feelings for you are real.
02:28Feelings?
02:30Or compensation?
02:31Don't do this.
02:35From today on, I owe you nothing.
02:37And I don't need you.
02:45Deposit first.
02:47Two nights.
02:51Stop following me.
02:53Mr. Reed, just...
02:54Tell him what I need most right now isn't protection.
02:57It's space.
02:59Final evaluation.
03:00Hardest patient aid project?
03:02Three days.
03:03That's impossible.
03:07Then I'll make it possible.
03:09Cute.
03:10You learn to talk tough.
03:12Learn from you.
03:14Hang around trash long enough, your ears evolve.
03:19Removed from aid review?
03:21The kid qualified.
03:22A partner hospital linked to Ethan changed the rating.
03:25So someone kicked a kid off the only road he had left.
03:31Fine.
03:32Then I start with him.
03:35They said the paperwork's incomplete.
03:38Maybe we should give up.
03:39No.
03:40Whatever's missing, we get it.
03:44Vanessa doesn't want you touching this file.
03:47Then she can stop me herself.
03:48Why are you doing this so hard?
03:51Because I've seen too many people lose everything while waiting for process.
03:56This needs a stamp, not a rejection.
03:58Now.
04:00Then they can get in line.
04:02Want me to step in?
04:05She doesn't need saving right now.
04:07She's saving someone.
04:10I don't know how to thank you.
04:11Don't thank me.
04:13When he's discharged, take him to a park and stay longer than usual.
04:21Let her save lives while I make sure she gets left behind.
04:30Such a shame.
04:32Same time.
04:34You did that on purpose.
04:35You can come watch who Daniel belongs to.
04:38Or go deliver your little poor people speech.
04:41I'm giving the speech.
04:44You're not fighting for your man.
04:47I'm taking myself back first.
04:53Who changed it?
04:55Sir, tonight the family arrangement matters more.
04:59Not to me.
05:02If you refuse attendance, it will be seen as open defiance.
05:07Then let them see it clearly.
05:10Not here.
05:12Stand first.
05:22Go on.
05:33Today I'm presenting a patient family relief.
05:35You couldn't even save your own mother without help.
05:38And you're pitching relief?
05:40Maybe her real specialty isn't project work.
05:42It's finding men to fund her.
05:46Please continue, Mrs. Hart.
05:51Go on.
05:52Cry if you need to.
05:53People love a show.
05:54Especially girls who turn suffering into a ticket.
06:00You two done?
06:01Not even close.
06:04Fine.
06:05Then I won't talk about my pain.
06:07I'll talk about their lives.
06:11If you want the truth, stop listening to me being humiliated.
06:14From this point on, I talk about the people actually running out of time.
06:26Six-year-old Ben doesn't understand system ratings.
06:29He just knows shots hurt and his mom keeps crying.
06:33Lena works two jobs and one missing stamp almost took away her eligibility.
06:39Then there's Mr. Cole, unassured.
06:41Then there's Mr. Cole, unassured.
06:42He's not refusing treatment.
06:43He's scared to collapse.
06:46You ask what a fund is supposed to do?
06:50Not pick the prettiest stories.
06:51Catch the people already falling.
06:57I'm not right for this job because I suffered.
07:01I'm right for it because I know the worst part of desperation is one more door closing.
07:05My daughter is innocent.
07:08Everything she said is true.
07:16Olivia Hart, you pass.
07:20What a shame.
07:21Daniel's about to throw her away anyway.
07:27Daniel, tonight you give Vanessa a formal answer.
07:32I'm more than willing to cooperate with the family arrangement.
07:36That's your concern.
07:38Sir, I never agreed to this marriage.
07:41Are you trying to humiliate me?
07:43If reality embarrasses you, that's not my problem.
07:47You defy this family for a low-born girl?
07:50You'll regret this.
07:52My only regret is letting you believe you ever had a chance.
07:55Walk away from this table and you stand against this family.
08:02Then tonight's a good night to get used to it.
08:08Fine.
08:09Then I'll make sure she can't survive the annual gala.
08:16Isn't that the dress Vanessa returned last year?
08:18Everyone in that circle knows.
08:20Wearing it means you're wearing her leftovers.
08:22She even gift wraps humiliation as charity.
08:26You can refuse.
08:30The project lead has to attend.
08:32I don't have time to shop.
08:34This was left for you.
08:37Thank him for me.
08:38Then send it back.
08:41Why reject Daniel's too?
08:42Because I can't keep wearing other people's answers.
08:47This time, I dress myself in dignity.
08:52Welcome, ma'am.
09:02Wait, how does it look better than the original?
09:05She reworked it.
09:07Damn, she has taste.
09:12No.
09:14Olivia.
09:16Move.
09:19Wearing hand-me-down jewelry to a gala?
09:22Bold.
09:24At least it's real.
09:27You didn't used to be like this.
09:30Right.
09:31I used to mistake humiliation for love.
09:37Don't get too comfortable.
09:39I'm not comfortable.
09:39I'm just done bowing.
09:43Tonight, Mr. Reed will publicly name his lifelong partner.
09:53Is he here?
09:58Some answers don't need saying.
10:00Everyone already knows.
10:01Looks like it's her.
10:02See that?
10:03You were just his nostalgia piece.
10:05At least I never sold myself to a last name.
10:09No.
10:10You just never got the chance.
10:12Daniel is private.
10:14But the family's choice is usually the right one.
10:17Don't leave.
10:18Watch yourself lose.
10:21I don't need my worth explained by you anymore.
10:28Daniel!
10:30There you are!
10:34Wait.
10:35Daniel?
10:41Come with me.
10:46Come with me.
10:49You sure?
10:51The whole city is watching.
10:52Sir, think carefully.
10:54I've been thinking carefully for eight years.
10:58Eight years?
10:59There is no engagement tonight.
11:03There is only the woman I've waited eight years for.
11:08Are you insane?
11:10Why her?
11:11Because when I had nothing, she still didn't treat me like trash.
11:16Daniel, she doesn't belong beside Apex.
11:20And you don't belong in this conversation.
11:27Do you remember this?
11:37That winter, I got cornered behind the old school gate.
11:40I hadn't eaten properly in three days.
11:46Everyone looked away.
11:48You shoved bread into my hands and told those boys to back off.
11:55It was really you.
11:58You gave me this coin and said it brought luck.
12:01When I left, it wasn't because I wanted to abandon you.
12:04The wards made sure I disappeared.
12:07That's a lie.
12:08Your father blocked schools, jobs, housing.
12:12Want me to list the names one by one?
12:15Even if she helped you once, that was years ago.
12:19She still doesn't...
12:19The person unfit to stand beside Apex was never her.
12:23So every time you helped me, it wasn't pity.
12:27It wasn't repayment.
12:29It's because I've loved you for eight years.
12:35Even then, she doesn't belong beside Apex!
12:40Then let me make this clear.
12:42As of tonight, Olivia Hart is the official director of Apex Medical Relief.
12:47She has full independent project authority.
12:50You can't do that!
12:53She passed every evaluation.
12:55The process allows it.
12:57Also, the Blake family's honorary seats in the fund are resulped.
13:02Ethan Ward and his affiliated partners are permanently placed on Apex's non-trusted list.
13:07Daniel, you can't do this over a woman!
13:10No.
13:10He's doing it because you're a liability.
13:13Liv, we had history.
13:15You loved me.
13:17The day you threw me away, you lost the right to come back.
13:20Look, she's still just a poor patient's daughter!
13:25Yes, I am.
13:28Which is exactly why I know how this world forces people to their knees.
13:32And exactly why I'll spend my life pulling them back up.
13:37This time, let me protect you for life.
13:40Marry me?
13:41Yes.
13:42Yes.
13:42Yes.
13:42Yes.
13:43Yes, yes.
13:43You can survive.
13:43Yes.
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