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00:00My wedding is hours away, and my fiancé just ran off to tend to his childhood sweetheart.
00:04Don't be petty. If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the mating ceremony.
00:08I called my seven-year nemesis instead.
00:09I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
00:12Care to do me a favor?
00:13Sylvia's really running a fever, and her wolf is weak.
00:16Every time she's been sick since we were kids, I've been by her side.
00:19I can't rest easy otherwise.
00:21Ethan's voice came through the phone, but it couldn't hurt me anymore.
00:24On my birthday, Sylvia got jostled at the high-end ball and ended up with bruises on her arm.
00:28He left me that same night to go tend to her.
00:30On our anniversary, Sylvia got gossiped about at Moonlight Spring where people called her
00:34an Omega who latches on to others.
00:36She felt so wronged, so Ethan left me to comfort her the entire night.
00:39Even the night before our wedding, Sylvia said she had a fever.
00:41He dropped me immediately and traveled across miles just to sit by her bedside.
00:45Ethan, I'm asking one last time, can you make it back for the noon ceremony or not?
00:49Lydia, I'm at Sylvia's work site right now.
00:51It's three hours to the nearest airport.
00:52I can't make it. Just postpone the ceremony for one day, all right?
00:56Postpone?
00:56Postpone? My family is decorating the wedding house with me right now.
00:59All our pack members and guests are either at the Moonbloom-Up already or on their way.
01:02You're telling me to postpone? What am I supposed to tell them?
01:05Lydia.
01:05Tell them what? That my fiancé is a thousand miles away with another she-wolf?
01:09That you're a cheating fiancé? That she's a slut who stole you?
01:11Lydia, what's between me and Sylvia isn't what you think. Don't be so petty.
01:15Petty? You and Sylvia should just get married on the spot?
01:17Signing your your mate bond right now.
01:19Why waste all these years of mine?
01:21Four years. I've watched their acting for four years.
01:23I'm tired. I delivered my final ultimatum.
01:26If you can't make it back today, we're done.
01:28Lydia, I understand you're emotionally unstable out of your jealousy.
01:30But like I said, I just can't make it back.
01:32If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the wedding.
01:34With that, he hung up in a huff.
01:36As if I was the one in the wrong all along.
01:38Yeah, I was wrong.
01:39I brought this on myself.
01:41But from now on, never again.
01:43I turned around, grabbed the nearest chair,
01:45and hurled it at our wedding portrait hanging on the wall.
01:48People rushed in through the door.
01:49They saw the smashed picture frames and froze.
01:52Lydia, what happened?
01:53What did that bastard Ethan say?
01:55Don't hurt yourself. Let me smash.
01:57The wedding room was a disaster zone.
01:59Forget it.
01:59No wedding is better than this.
02:01I will tell your father to explain it to your grandfather.
02:03Who says I'm not getting married?
02:04What?
02:05I dialed my arch nemesis, Orion Silvermoon.
02:08The Silvermoon noble representative on the council.
02:10Future Duke of Silvermoon.
02:11Back in school, I came from Shadowmoon commoners.
02:14He was Silvermoon nobility.
02:15We fought for every ranking.
02:16On the council, I represented the Shadowmoon district
02:18while he led the younger generation of the noble faction.
02:21We argued countless times.
02:22For years, he blocked what was mine, and I took what was his.
02:25Everyone thought we were fire and ice.
02:26I was about to hang up when it connected.
02:28His voice carried a hint of hesitation.
02:30Hello, Lydia?
02:31Whatever.
02:32Orion Silvermoon was the only one I could think of who might actually say yes.
02:36When he found out I was getting married, he joked,
02:38Wouldn't it be great if you married me instead?
02:40Then we wouldn't have to be arch enemies anymore,
02:42mating each other and becoming power couple?
02:44Today, I could lose love, but I could not lose my dignity.
02:46This wedding must happen.
02:48Yeah, it's me.
02:49I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
02:52Mr. Orion Silvermoon, would you mind attending my wedding and signing a mating contract?
02:57Silence on the other end.
02:58One second.
02:59Two seconds.
03:00Three.
03:00My heart pounded harder.
03:02Disappointment started to creep in.
03:03Lydia, what kind of joke is this?
03:06If you don't want to, then forget-
03:07I do.
03:09You said yes?
03:10Yeah.
03:11I said yes.
03:12But let me make this clear.
03:14I'm not being just a tool.
03:16What do you mean?
03:17Orion Silvermoon doesn't wed a fake mate.
03:19I want a real one.
03:20Someone who can lie beside me.
03:22Someone I can feel flesh and blood.
03:24Warmth.
03:25You understand?
03:27Deal.
03:29Deal.
03:30So what do I need to do now?
03:33Get to the Moonbloom altar before 11 a.m. for our ceremony.
03:37Also, we need a wedding house.
03:38Got it.
03:39Leave that to me.
03:40I promise you won't be disappointed.
03:44We ended the call.
03:46Orion Silvermoon?
03:48Is that the same Orion Silvermoon you call your arch nevices on the council?
03:52Yes.
03:53But that can't work.
03:55What if he takes advantage of you?
03:56What if he screws you over?
03:57Why not, Auntie?
03:58I think it's great.
03:59Orion Silvermoon, the council representedly just like Lydia, and he is the only heir of
04:02the Duke of Silvermoon.
04:04Way better than that two-timing jerk Ethan Ashburn who thinks his diplomatic official
04:07title makes him special.
04:08Orion Silvermoon and I were just using each other.
04:10But it didn't matter.
04:12All I wanted was for this ceremony to go on.
04:14I wouldn't lose face because of Ethan Ashfield.
04:16And I definitely wouldn't let my family lose face because of me.
04:20Ethan's parents called me, playing mediators.
04:22You'd better think carefully.
04:24If you don't postpone and end up without a mate at the altar, your family will be the
04:28one humiliated in public.
04:29Either way, the Ashfield family won't be attending.
04:32The wedding will not be delayed.
04:34Stop throwing a tantrum.
04:35Don't be so unreasonable.
04:37The Ashford family has noble blood in our ancestry.
04:40We're a political dynasty now.
04:42Everyone who marries into our family is well-behaved and obedient.
04:46Lydia, if you want to marry into our family, you need to learn to be softer and change
04:51that fierce nature of yours.
04:53I hung up.
04:54Couldn't be bothered to listen to their nonsense anymore.
04:57Marry into the Ashford family and suffer?
04:59Dream on.
04:59The Ashford family prided themselves on their noble bloodline.
05:03Except they'd lost their noble title generations ago.
05:07All that remained was their last name and their delusional self-importance.
05:11Even the wedding house I was standing in right now, my parents had bought it because they
05:15thought Ashford's chosen house was too run down.
05:18So this one near my family home was meant to be a gift for the newlyweds after the ceremony.
05:23Once, I saw this place as start of the happy life I've been waiting for.
05:27Now, it was evidence of my poor judgment and misplaced trust in a cheater.
05:31After smashing the last photo, I went back home and told the makeup artist to start.
05:36There was no groom's procession coming from the Ashford family anymore.
05:39But tradition said the bride still had to departure from her family house with her relatives and
05:44head to the moonbloom altar.
05:46I knew that even though I'd asked Orion to save the ceremony at the altar, I'd have to
05:50play the part alone until I got there.
05:52No matter how hard it was, I was going to play this role wonderful today.
05:56But what I never expected happened.
05:59As we were getting ready to leave, the sound of lures and ballads floated up from downstairs.
06:05Lydia!
06:06Groom is here!
06:09I quickly finished dressing and went downstairs.
06:18What the hell?
06:20Orion Silvermoon and I were four years of competing in school, three years of fighting on the council.
06:24I'd known him for seven years.
06:26I'd always known that behind his gentlemanly nobility facade, you should never be fooled by
06:30his handsome looks into messing with him.
06:31But right now, in this moment, I had no way back.
06:35Orion Silvermoon, what are you doing with this huge spectacle?
06:40I'm marrying you.
06:46There you come, the loving pair.
06:49Orion's father, his grace, the Duke of Silvermoon.
06:52I'd crossed paths with him a few times on the council, but Orion's mother, her grace,
06:57the Duchess of Silvermoon, I was meeting for the first time.
07:00Here you come, Lydia.
07:01Orion told me his future mate was exceptionally pretty.
07:04Seeing now, truly stunning.
07:07No wonder our son chased his mate for so long.
07:10Don't you agree, Nolan?
07:11Orion chased for so long?
07:13What?
07:14Your Grace, excuse us.
07:19Off you go, young lovers.
07:22You, didn't I tell you to just go straight to the Moonbloom altar?
07:25That's what I'm doing, picking up my bride and going.
07:30What?
07:31Mad?
07:32Hey, hey, Lydia Vance.
07:33I told you, I'm fine with getting married, but I refuse to be a prop.
07:37You want to save face, don't I?
07:39If I go straight to the altar and make my bride walk out of her own family home alone,
07:41what do you think people will say about me?
07:43I, okay, I get it.
07:44I turned my head and looked at the room full of gifts and the impressive motor trade outside
07:48the window, feeling both annoyed and amused.
07:51How did you manage to arrange all this in just two hours?
07:55Compared to you, this is nothing.
07:58What?
07:59Nothing.
08:00My bride, shouldn't we get going?
08:02Any later, we'll be cutting it close.
08:04I pressed down the heat in my cheeks and walked out of the room with him, surrounded by everyone,
08:09into the courtyard.
08:17Orion, pick her up!
08:19Hurry!
08:21The wolf pack honored strength.
08:23A bride leaving her family home had to be carried to the wedding car by her groom.
08:28He, who was without enough strength, didn't deserve to have a mate.
08:33But before today, I never would have imagined the one giving me this wedding lift would be
08:39Orion Silvermoon!
08:42In my memory, this guy had a venomous tongue.
08:45If words alone could kill, I'd have died a thousand times by his mouth.
08:48Back in school, summer camp was when girls' feelings grew.
08:52The heat, the outdoor bonding, were perfect conditions for sweet romance.
08:56She's tired from the hike.
08:57That bottle is heavy.
08:58Let me carry it for her.
09:04Think you can carry it now?
09:06The scene was so awkward.
09:09It was furiously embarrassing!
09:11The quarterback was pretty embarrassed, too.
09:14He never talked to me again.
09:15And my sweet school romance died right there in its cradle.
09:18After that, he got even worse.
09:20He kept popping up out of nowhere to mess with me.
09:22Every chance I had to get close to a handsome guy, he ruined it!
09:26After graduation, I found a relationship, joined the council, career, and love.
09:30I thought I'd finally say goodbye to troublesome Orion for good.
09:33But we ran right into each other again on the council.
09:35He was the next leader of the noble faction.
09:39I was the rising star from the commoner side.
09:42We were always on opposite sides of the chamber, fighting tooth and nail.
09:45And now, this arch-rival had become the only one who could save me from the wedding disaster.
09:51And even now, in his arms, I felt cherished, seen, loved.
09:56Focus on me.
09:57No thinking about others, my bride.
09:59He shifted his arms, and I instinctively held on tighter.
10:03Fine.
10:04Focus on you.
10:05Feel that?
10:08Can't wait to leave your mark on me, can you, my mate?
10:10You, Orion?
10:11Still a pest.
10:12Moon.
10:13The moon bloom altar.
10:14The ceremony began.
10:16Wasn't the groom supposed to be Ethan Ashford?
10:18This one is way tall and way more handsome than Ethan Ashford!
10:22Lydia switched grooms at the last second?
10:24Wait!
10:25He's wearing Silvermoon Noblecrest?
10:28Juicy!
10:28I looked at the guests, about to explain, but Orion Silvermoon beat me to it.
10:33He signaled the moon bloom priest and activated his alpha domain.
10:42His alpha command made every voice go silent.
10:45Dear families and friends, I am Orion Silvermoon, and I am Lydia Vars' mate.
10:50Today, thank you all for coming to our wedding,
10:52to witness how our love has finally found its way here after countless trials and storms.
10:57After the wrong one is sent away, you will realize how precious the right one is.
11:02So, this is the wedding.
11:05Beneath the moon bloom tree, with the moon goddess as our witness.
11:09Oh, my moon goddess.
11:10All these years, I thought Orion Silvermoon's tongue was just sharp.
11:13Turns out it could also spin tails out of Flynn and Air.
11:16Lydia and I finally become blessed mates.
11:20Good thing the Ashford said they wouldn't come, and they really kept their word.
11:24Otherwise, this speech would have given them a stroke.
11:27I watched Orion weave those love stories I'd never even heard of,
11:30and suddenly felt, when my biggest enemy's venom stopped spraying at me
11:34and started spraying with me at someone else,
11:36Yeah, this feels pretty good.
11:39Next, the ring exchange.
11:41The one I prepared was for Ethan's size.
11:43No, no, no, no.
11:45Whether they fit or not,
11:47Orion Silvermoon U was going to have to put them on.
11:51But when the rings came up,
11:52I froze.
11:54This box wasn't the box for me and Ethan's rings.
11:57You.
12:01Is that the Silvermoon Eye?
12:03The heirloom of the Silvermoon family?
12:08It hasn't left the Silvermoon family in centuries.
12:10What a royal romance.
12:13A handsome, rich Duke's heir?
12:15Ten times better than Ethan Ashford.
12:17I wouldn't want Ethan either.
12:19He really is just a wrong one to skip.
12:21What's the real story behind the groom change?
12:23I feel like there's more to this.
12:24Hey, who cares?
12:25Just enjoy the show.
12:30Why does it fit perfectly?
12:33And now, Orion Silvermoon,
12:35under the watch of the Moon Goddess,
12:37beneath the moonbloom tree,
12:39in the presence and with the blessings
12:40of family and friends,
12:42please give your mate, Lydia,
12:43a true love's kiss.
12:45Just fake it.
12:46Use the angle.
12:46I was about to turn my face away
12:48when he leaned down.
12:53He leaned down
12:55and kissed me.
12:59My emotions were already all over the place.
13:02But after the ceremony?
13:04Still not over.
13:06Some guests wanted to see our wedding house.
13:09What, were we going to show them
13:10the wreckage I'd made in the house
13:12meant for me and my ex-fiancé?
13:14No, no, no.
13:15Lydia Vals does not embarrass herself like that.
13:17Everyone,
13:18you're all welcome.
13:20Follow the wedding procession.
13:24This guy had lost his mind.
13:26Orion Silvermoon,
13:27this substitute groom,
13:28had already done more than perfectly.
13:29Could he possibly have had time
13:30to arrange the wedding house too?
13:32On the later way,
13:32I was worried sick.
13:34I wanted to blame him
13:35for agreeing to their request,
13:36but then I thought about it.
13:37To be fair,
13:38as a substitute groom today,
13:39he's done more than enough.
13:41More than good enough.
13:48But when we arrived,
13:49I realized I'd been wrong.
13:52The staff setting us up just left.
13:57From the entrance,
13:59to the villa,
14:00to the wedding room,
14:01flawlessly arranged.
14:07And the craziest part?
14:09There were even wedding portraits?
14:13Judging by the bride and the photos,
14:15they were clearly the ones
14:16I'd taken with Ethan before.
14:18But the groom standing next to me
14:20in the pictures?
14:22That was Aureus?
14:24After a full day of ceremonies,
14:25I was completely exhausted.
14:27After showering,
14:28I threw on my nightgown,
14:29climbed onto that huge wedding bed
14:31without any pretense,
14:32and just collapsed.
14:33I couldn't even be bothered
14:34to move my toes.
14:37The wedding house arrangements here,
14:38how did you pull that off
14:39in such a short time?
14:40Money.
14:40All right, all right,
14:42you filthy rich guys.
14:43And the wedding portraits.
14:45How did you get those?
14:48I still couldn't figure that one out.
14:50What if I said Ethan sent them to me?
14:52Would you believe me?
14:53What?
14:54He sent them to you?
14:56Why would he do that?
14:57I guess.
14:58Fine, keep it yourself.
14:59I quickly looked away.
15:01What?
15:02What?
15:02My throat felt dry.
15:03I want to...
15:06sleep alone for now.
15:07You mean separate rooms?
15:09Maybe it was because
15:10we'd been arch enemies for so long,
15:12but I knew that to win against him,
15:14you didn't fight fire with fire.
15:16You picked your moments to soften.
15:18Three days.
15:19Three days?
15:20Could we...
15:21No.
15:22Don't burn the bridge after you've crossed it.
15:25Have some conscience.
15:27I stared at his back
15:29and suddenly felt like laughing.
15:30He didn't seem so hard to manage after all.
15:33But before I could finish feeling happy,
15:35I saw him go into the bathroom,
15:37come out quickly,
15:38and strode over to the big couch across the room.
15:41He lay down.
15:42I froze, Orion.
15:44Still, you pest.
15:46What are you doing?
15:48Didn't I say I wanted to sleep alone?
15:51Aren't you sleeping alone right now?
15:53I was so frustrated, I started laughing.
15:55I sat up angrily.
15:56I meant I sleep alone in this room
15:59and you go sleep in the guest room.
16:01No chance.
16:02You, Lydia Vounce, care about face.
16:05Don't I?
16:06I'm already having a hard time
16:07explaining this whole
16:08last-minute groom situation to my family.
16:11My parents, my whole family,
16:13they chose to trust me
16:14and went along with everything.
16:16And you want me to sleep in the guest room?
16:19What if they find out?
16:20What do I say then?
16:21What he said
16:23kind of made sense,
16:24but it's only three days.
16:30Orion saw my hesitation
16:32and guessed immediately.
16:37Ethan Ashford?
16:38Lydia, I'm about to board.
16:41Two hours from now,
16:42come pick me up at the airport.
16:46Ethan Ashford,
16:47have you lost your memory?
16:49Lita, it's all my fault.
16:51I shouldn't have left you.
16:52I'm sorry.
16:53Ethan Ashford,
16:54I've already got married today.
16:57Come on, babe.
16:58Stop being mad.
16:59Neither I
17:00nor anyone from my family was there.
17:03What wedding could you possibly have had?
17:05Yes.
17:06Neither you nor your family showed up.
17:08My family and I planned
17:09executed the entire wedding.
17:10When you couldn't come,
17:11not once did you think about
17:12how to explain the postponement
17:13to the guests.
17:13Not once did you offer
17:14to handle it for me.
17:15One phone call
17:16and you told me to postpone the wedding.
17:17But Ethan Ashford,
17:18in this world,
17:19you are not the only man.
17:20What do you mean?
17:21Lydia, what the hell do you mean?
17:23Lydia Vance, answer me.
17:24Just then,
17:24Orion reached his hand out to me.
17:26I hesitated for a moment
17:28and then gave him the phone.
17:30Maybe Orion and I had no future.
17:32But one thing was certain.
17:34I was never going back to Ethan Ashford.
17:37Answer what?
17:38Whoever you find to pick you up
17:39at this late hour is your business.
17:41But you do not get to order my mate around.
17:45You...
17:46Orion?
17:47You're Orion Silvermoon.
17:49Hey,
17:50address my name once is enough.
17:51I'm not your boss.
17:53Who's your mate?
17:54You bastard!
17:55Why do you have Lydia's phone?
17:57It's obviously Lydia, my mate.
18:00Ethan, don't play dumb.
18:01You know exactly what you've been up to.
18:03Stop bothering my mate
18:04or things won't end well for you.
18:07Lydia Vance,
18:08Orion Silvermoon,
18:09you two are cheating behind...
18:11But quickly,
18:12my phone rang again.
18:13Of course,
18:14Ethan Ashford again.
18:16This time,
18:17block and black.
18:18That night,
18:19I felt completely drained.
18:21Body and soul.
18:22But my mind was still wide awake.
18:24Thought I'd be up all night.
18:26But at some point,
18:27I drifted off.
18:29According to tradition,
18:31the day after becoming mates,
18:32I had to go back to visit my parents.
18:35I sighed.
18:36I didn't have any clean clothes to change into.
18:40Just when I was just going to wash up and head out,
18:43I noticed a set of clothes neatly folded on the couch.
18:47Everything was my size.
18:49Everything was my size.
18:49Orion?
18:51He actually had such a contenderous side.
18:54I showered,
18:56changed,
18:56did my makeup,
18:57and left the room.
19:00Awake?
19:01Orion was downstairs,
19:03wearing an apron,
19:04arranging plates on the table.
19:07Got all dressed up to go see your family?
19:09Come eat first.
19:10Then we'll go.
19:14How,
19:15how did you know that today?
19:17I just know.
19:19Lydia,
19:19everything about you?
19:21I know it all.
19:22In a Danes,
19:23I let him lead me to the table
19:24and sit me down.
19:25This guy I'd always thought of as arrogant,
19:28untouchable,
19:28and my biggest rival,
19:30he actually had such a domestic side.
19:32I took a bite of breakfast.
19:33It was actually delicious.
19:36You made this?
19:37Yeah.
19:38If you like it,
19:39I'll make it for you more often.
19:40I can cook a lot of other dishes too.
19:42Lydia,
19:43you can trust completely.
19:45In the days to come,
19:46I will take very good care of my mate.
19:48Suddenly,
19:48I didn't dare look into those deep eyes.
19:51I lowered my head and ate.
19:53After breakfast,
19:54since I didn't cook,
19:55I automatically started clearing the dishes.
19:58But a rayon caught my hand.
20:01Hands of yours?
20:03They shouldn't be doing this.
20:04That's my job,
20:05Mrs. Silvermoon.
20:06Don't overstep.
20:08He put the dishes in the dishwasher,
20:09and I stood there watching.
20:11When I'd cook and clean up,
20:13Ethan would hug me from behind and say,
20:17I'm so lucky to have someone as capable as you.
20:21But a rayon said,
20:23these hands of yours shouldn't be doing this.
20:26What are you thinking about?
20:28Nothing.
20:29My heart suddenly started racing.
20:31My face felt hot.
20:32I quickly tried to step back.
20:33But he reached out,
20:34wrapped an arm around my waist,
20:36and lowered his head,
20:37kissing my forehead.
20:38Just as I was internally struggling,
20:39my mom's phone call saved me from awkwardness.
20:42Lydia,
20:43the Ashford's showed up at our door to cause trouble.
20:45Don't worry.
20:46Lydia and I will be right there.
20:48Your daughter has no shame.
20:50She's been messing around with another man behind my son's back this whole time.
20:56The shameless one is Ethan Ashford.
21:00You two bastard and...
21:02Silence!
21:04This is Vance family house.
21:06Your Vance family was in the wrong first.
21:08Can't I even say a few words?
21:10On a wedding day.
21:11Unless dead,
21:12you need crawl to the altar if you have to.
21:14But your precious son,
21:16Ethan Ashfield,
21:17went to be with another she-wolf.
21:19And now you say the Vance family is in the wrong?
21:21All of you,
21:22get out!
21:23I never expected that you wouldn't even offer a single apology.
21:27Instead,
21:27you get out!
21:31Fine,
21:32we'll go.
21:33But,
21:34that villa you promised them,
21:36you have to sell it
21:37and give us half.
21:39Why would we give you half?
21:41Because that was the agreement between our two families.
21:44Are you so money obsessed you've lost your mind?
21:46Why would we give half of the wedding house my family's bought to your family?
21:49What is your Ethan Ashford to us now?
21:51But our family's Lydia son-law is not the Ethan of your Ashford family.
21:54It's...
21:54Orion.
21:55Orion Silvermoon.
21:56Yes!
21:57My son-in-law's name is Orion Silvermoon,
21:59not Ethan Ashforst.
22:02Fine,
22:03fine,
22:03fine.
22:04You cheated on my son,
22:05climbed up to a higher branch,
22:06and you're still so self-righteous about it?
22:08I'm going to expose this.
22:10I'll make sure everyone knows about your dirty secrets!
22:13With parents like you,
22:15no wonder you raised a cheating bastard like Ethan Ashford.
22:20Lydia Vance,
22:21just you wait!
22:23You'd better wait one minute.
22:26Now.
22:31For your precious son,
22:33take it home and have a good look.
22:35I've got plenty more of these.
22:36You're welcome to expose whatever you want.
22:39I'd love to see who ends up looking like the fool.
22:45What did you give them?
22:47I just thought Ashford head couple were a bit snobbish.
22:50But Ethan Ashford is well-mannered,
22:53gentle,
22:53soft-spoken,
22:54and Lydia wouldn't be living with her in-laws anyway,
22:56so I didn't think much of it.
22:58But now that I think about it,
22:59thank the moon goddess Lydia didn't marry into that family or I-
23:02Oh, my moon godness!
23:04Silver moon hereby shall convey these gifts to you all.
23:08Orion was good-looking,
23:10and when he smiled,
23:11it was impossible not to like him.
23:12But my grandfather's face was still cold
23:15for this last-minute substitute groom.
23:17We're family now.
23:18No need for gifts.
23:20I just heard you enjoy chess.
23:22We happen to have some antique chess sets at home,
23:25ones that came from the palace in the old days.
23:28Better to let someone who appreciates them enjoy them
23:30than to let them gather dust in a corner.
23:32Palace chess sets?
23:33Yes, grandfather.
23:34Please take a look.
23:37The mudwin exquisite.
23:39The pieces smooth the touch.
23:42Fine archaic quality.
23:44This is too valuable.
23:45You should take it back.
23:46The most precious treasure in the Vance family
23:48has already married into my family.
23:50What's some mere chess kits compared to that?
23:53Grandfather, if you still accept me as your grandson-in-law,
23:56please do accept this small gift.
23:57Dang it.
23:58He really pulled off a big one here.
24:00This gentlemanly act.
24:02I almost forgot what a sharp-tongued jerk he really was.
24:05But that chess set really won grandfather over.
24:08In the end, he kept it.
24:10The other boxes contained
24:11fine black tea, which my dad loved,
24:13an antique necklace,
24:14perfect for my mom's collection hobby,
24:17and gifts for uncle, aunt, cousins, everyone.
24:19Orion's assistants handed out the gifts one by one,
24:22every single gift was irresistible to the recipient.
24:25Then I watched Orion play chess with my grandfather,
24:28evenly matched,
24:29and eventually tactically losing subtly to grandfather.
24:34Then he drank tea with my dad,
24:36speaking with impressive knowledge.
24:38What a coincidence.
24:39I like this actor too.
24:40At the same time,
24:41he chatted casually with my mom,
24:43who was watching a show nearby.
24:44You know, he and I, as well as Lydia,
24:46we actually went to the same academy.
24:47Whoa, really?
24:49By the end of the day,
24:50Orion had charmed my entire family.
24:51They were all happy,
24:53like we'd been a family forever.
24:54Their address for him had gone from Orion
24:56to the affectionate Ori.
24:59Lydia, Ori is good.
25:01You two live well together.
25:03Yes.
25:04Listen to your grandfather.
25:06Come back for dinner often.
25:07I'll cook for you myself.
25:09Mom.
25:09Listen to your mother.
25:10Thank you for having me.
25:11Take care.
25:13Fine, fine, fine.
25:14This whole family had been drugged
25:16by Orion's charm.
25:17Hadn't they?
25:22Tired?
25:24I'm okay.
25:30Orion.
25:31Hmm?
25:32Didn't he think this was too intimate?
25:34Even though we were already mated?
25:37Before this, we were arch enemies.
25:40Why so quiet?
25:44Why did you agree to marry me?
25:48Why would I say no?
25:49You're beautiful, smart, and capable.
25:54Plus, marrying you means I have
25:55one less formidable opponent.
26:01Don't even think about it.
26:03We're not going to let this affect
26:04our debates on the council.
26:07We will see.
26:09He chuckled.
26:10I didn't understand what he meant.
26:15Lydia, that historic building
26:17maintenance proposal,
26:18the one we've been fighting over
26:19for three months,
26:20the noble representatives
26:21have finally relented.
26:22They're willing to come to the table
26:23for negotiations.
26:26Really?
26:27Goddess knew what got into them.
26:28The elders in guard
26:29is still worried about noble assets
26:30and won't fully bedge,
26:31but Mr. Silvermoon convinced them
26:32to at least sit down and talk.
26:33Who knew the new leader
26:34of the noble faction
26:34would suddenly be so cooperative?
26:36Is it because he just got married
26:37and good fortune is spreading
26:38to our stalled proposal?
26:39Whoever she is,
26:40let's all thanks
26:41this mysterious work
26:41finally has hope.
26:42Didn't know that you had not know
26:43Silvermo was standing right
26:44in the house in front of you.
26:45Miss Veld?
26:46What's wrong?
26:47Aren't you happy?
26:48Nothing.
26:49Go for your work.
26:51Orion.
26:52Why the sudden concession
26:53on the deadlocked proposal?
26:54It's not a concession.
26:55It's allowing both sides
26:56to negotiate better.
27:03Usually,
27:04you would have fought me
27:05to the ground on this.
27:06You were someone else's partner.
27:08Now you're my mate.
27:09Why would I fight
27:09against my own mate?
27:15And I'm here to pick you up
27:17from work,
27:17my mate.
27:19Before bed,
27:20while I was in the bathroom
27:20putting on a face mask,
27:22an unknown number called me.
27:24Five missed calls.
27:25The last one was
27:26three minutes ago.
27:28I got calls,
27:29and you didn't tell me?
27:32Out there.
27:41Ethan Ashburn.
27:44How does he know this place?
27:45With that many people
27:46at the wedding,
27:47there's always one or two
27:48who like to stir up trouble.
27:49A text from that unknown number.
27:51Lydia,
27:52I'm right outside
27:52Orion Silvermoon's house.
27:54Come down.
27:54I need to talk to you.
27:55Want to go out?
28:01You sure about this?
28:03Yeah.
28:04One last time.
28:10Lydia,
28:11you finally come
28:11to talk to me.
28:14Lydia,
28:15I need to talk to you.
28:16He can't be here.
28:21An outsider like Sylvia
28:23can be here,
28:23but my mate can't.
28:25Mate.
28:27So you were
28:28hooking up
28:28behind my back
28:29all along.
28:32Lydia Vance,
28:33you're nothing
28:33but a beat.
28:42It was a strong one.
28:44Right after,
28:45my palm was sore,
28:46hot,
28:46and tingly.
28:51This is the last time,
28:52Ethan Ashford.
28:53Stop pretending.
28:54The moment you slept
28:55with Sylvia,
28:56you knew this was coming.
28:58You knew?
28:59Ask your dear Sylvia.
29:02She emailed me
29:03all those disgusting photos
29:04of the two of you.
29:05You promised me
29:06you wouldn't let her find out!
29:08Sylvia stayed silent,
29:09but the corner of her mouth
29:11curled into a bitter,
29:12sad smile.
29:13Suddenly,
29:14I didn't hate her anymore,
29:15because she was not only
29:17hateful,
29:17but also pitiful.
29:19Let's make it
29:19no more troubles.
29:22From now on,
29:23you go your way,
29:25I'll go mine.
29:26I turned and walked back.
29:27How they tangled
29:28with each other
29:28was no longer my business.
29:30Ori and Silvermoon,
29:31you finally stole
29:32your long-time dream girl.
29:33Feeling proud of yourself?
29:35What?
29:36Who's your long-time dream girl?
29:38It's you.
29:40My love.
29:42My mate.
29:44My Mrs. Silvermoon.
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