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After Divorce, I Married His Archrival
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00:05my husband didn't love me he didn't love our daughter either in six years he's never held
00:12her not even once the doctor said he has emotional detachment disorder that he simply doesn't know
00:18how to express affection but the day his first love came back ethan actually smiled a real
00:25genuine smile but it wasn't for us he even brought tilly our daughter a gift for the first time ever
00:31for a moment i thought maybe he had finally come to his senses until tilly and i saw his phone
00:38wallpaper in the picture he was smiling one arm around a gap to the little girl the other hand
00:44holding hers his first love tilly tugged my hand her eyes were reddening mommy should we leave
00:53can we give daddy three last chances
00:58if after three times he still doesn't want us then we should leave i put the phone back where it
01:07was
01:07pretending nothing had happened yet in the end sorrow and bitterness filled my heart i let out
01:12a quiet breath and coaxed her back to her room because we made that deal three chances for ethan
01:18so tilly still treated him like her dad on father's day she brought home a little plaster
01:24figure she had made in kindergarten do you think daddy will like it i looked at the dirt still stuck
01:31between her fingers the stains that wouldn't wash out tiny cuts marked her soft skin of course he will
01:38i gently cleaned her hands and smiled actually she was terrible at clay but she saw an old clay figurine
01:46and ethan study once and thought he liked them so she's been learning ever since god knows how many
01:52clay figures she ruined before she finally made one that looked decent that night she waited on the
01:57couch until midnight but ethan never showed up i tried to carry her to bed but i accidentally woke her
02:03up is daddy home let mommy put you to bed we'll wake you up when daddy gets home no i'm
02:11waiting right
02:11here she refused to sleep curling up on the couch drifting in and out finally the front door opened
02:18ethan was home she jumped up instantly rushing over with the little figurine in her hands
02:26happy father's day daddy
02:29he froze for a second then he took it thanks
02:35do you like it he didn't answer tilly tried to follow but he stopped her how many times have i
02:41told you stay out of my study sorry daddy she looked up trying to read his expression just in
02:47time to see him toss her gift onto the desk like it meant nothing then he picked up a crooked
02:52little
02:52braided knot and placed it carefully on his shelf tilly's eyes filled with tears daddy did candy give you
02:59that for a moment his expression faltered tilly understood immediately and left the study i'm
03:05sorry daddy i'll never come in here again i stood there watching my heart breaking in ways i couldn't even
03:11put into words she was only six and she had already learned how to read the room just to keep
03:16her father
03:17from leaving strike one ethan blackwood you've got two left that night she just asked me one question
03:23mommy you said daddy has a disorder that he doesn't know how to love but if that's true
03:30why does he love candy so much will he ever love me like that i looked into her hopeful eyes
03:35i didn't
03:36know what to say that faye was his unresolved first love and candy was her daughter that they never
03:42had to try yet they easily had all his love and us no matter how hard tilly and i tried
03:48he would never
03:49love us back ethan's study was full of gifts from us he never looked at them they sat in the
03:55corner
03:55collecting dust but candy's gifts he treasured them i didn't want to lie to my daughter i was trying to
04:02find the right words but tilly seemed to understand she hugged me in silence i made a mental note ethan
04:10you've got two chances left from that day on tilly never set foot in ethan blackwood study again
04:16on the surface she acted like she's not into ethan anymore but every time he came home her eyes still
04:23followed him instinctively the moment he tried to talk to her though she flinched fear filling her
04:28eyes he said nothing more he turned and left until tilly's birthday drew near she finally gathered her
04:36courage daddy will you celebrate my birthday with me when is your birthday he didn't remember her
04:45birthday tilly did not look hurt instead she answered him earnestly it's the day after tomorrow
04:51can you come i have plans that day tilly didn't cry or throw a tantrum daddy's very busy i should
05:00be
05:01more understanding mommy let's celebrate with grandma instead
05:09okay we'll celebrate with grandma
05:12on her birthday tilly tried hard to act cheerful but my mother still noticed something was wrong
05:19what's wrong my little sweetie who upset you tell grandma
05:25i'm not upset let grandma guess
05:29dad didn't come right you missed him tilly felt exposed and didn't know what to say
05:35so she just kept making excuses for ethan daddy is busy please don't be mad at him grandma
05:40my tilly is such a good girl how could your father miss your birthday i'll call him right now
05:47he wouldn't dare say no to me as margaret spoke i saw hope flicker back to my daughter's eyes
05:52daddy's really coming margaret pretended to call and scold him but she never dialed at all tilly
05:58suspected nothing her small face flushing with joy don't worry he said he'll be here soon
06:05i didn't call her out i just wanted tilly to enjoy her birthday tilly's art contest is next week
06:11she'll win first place again i'm sure of it our tilly is so talented ethan's company happens to
06:18be looking for a child art prodigy maybe tilly should do it tilly had never been encouraged by
06:23ethan before mommy can i really do it you absolutely can after dinner tilly went to the
06:31bathroom margaret went with her two minutes later i heard tilly scream
06:40i'm his daughter not you rushed out at once just in time to see candy fae's daughter shoved tilly
06:48i lunged forward and caught tilly before she hit the floor why did you push my daughter tilly was
06:54being mean to me first that's why i pushed her daddy you have to stand up for me you're lying
07:01at such a
07:01young age tilly didn't insult you at all i stepped forward to push her finger down when tilly was three
07:07ethan took her to the grocery store he forgot to change her diaper she cried for hours while
07:13strangers stared ever since then she hated being pointed at tilly shrank into my arms i could feel
07:19her trembling i looked at candy coldly put your hand down don't point that she lifted her finger even
07:25higher i just taken a step elena ashford what are you doing i didn't do anything ethan tilly called
07:33me a bastard rage flared in ethan's eyes he lifted candy into his arms you're not some unwanted child
07:40candy i'll always be your daddy your mother went through so much raising you alone over sears
07:46that's my fault so candy was his daughter fae had been carrying his child alone overseas all this time
07:54no wonder he adored her fae gave birth to his daughter alone enduring god knows how much judgment
08:00no wonder he doted on her tilly stared at the scene her voice trembling with fear daddy can't you just
08:08be
08:08my daddy and not hers for a moment tilly's teary eyes seemed to affect him but then candy buried her
08:17face in his neck seeking protection ethan snapped out of it tilly stop it go home that moment i watched
08:26the light die in my daughter's eyes then margaret came out she seemed to have reached some sort of
08:31agreement with fae they locked arms as if they were a close harmonious pair of in-laws when fae saw
08:37candy
08:37crying she didn't take her back from ethan instead she stepped closer and comforted her the two of them
08:44spoke softly to candy coaxing her gently then ethan took the birthday hat from fae's hand and placed
08:50it on candy's hat himself the three of them stood there they looked like a perfect family of three
08:55all these six years ethan hasn't once spent tilly's birthday with her or even put a party hat on her
09:01i wanted to cover tilly's eyes she pulled my hands away she made herself look candy and tilly are family
09:10you girls should become good sisters from now on then will grandma become candy's grandma too
09:18you'll be the little sister candy will be the big sister okay she was only six how could she possibly
09:27understand they thought they could slide this past her while she was too young to understand
09:31but tilly had always been perceptive she knew what they meant she didn't ask mommy my birthday's over
09:39let's go home strike two ethan one left i took one look at him then i led tilly home nobody
09:47came after
09:48us nobody cared after that day tilly grew quieter it was as if a heavy weight had settled deep inside
09:55her
09:56i didn't know how to make it better but i knew there was still one last corner of her heart
10:00she
10:00kept for him a few days later the art competition was coming up i knew tilly was hoping ethan would
10:06be
10:06there so i invited him will daddy really come won't know until we ask i texted him in the morning
10:15by evening he still hadn't replied tilly's hope slowly turned into disappointment maybe daddy just doesn't
10:22like me
10:26then a buzz it was from ethan
10:30she lit up like someone had flipped a switch see mommy i knew he wouldn't abandon me
10:38the day of the competition tilly and i waited outside the venue for a long time but ethan never showed
10:45up
10:48i didn't leave tilly inside until the host urged everyone to enter
10:52tilly kept glancing at the door the whole way through hope and disappointment flickering back and
10:57forth even right before she went on stage she was still unhappy the host asked tilly about the
11:04meaning behind her painting tilly looked up and her eyes went wide ethan was sitting at the judge's
11:10table she thought he'd kept his promise to come watch her so she happily introduced her piece
11:17this piece is about a daughter who wants to go to an amusement park with her dad
11:22but ethan didn't vote for her he voted for candy tilly still won first place in the end
11:28but the moment she saw his vote tears slipped down her face she wiped them away and tried to comfort
11:35herself mommy daddy hasn't an emotional he's just trying to be fair he must have had a reason
11:43right i held her speechless ethan and i came from similar backgrounds it was an arranged match between
11:50our families i knew from the very beginning that there was someone in his heart he could never
11:55forget but i chose to marry him anyway i was wrong i'm sorry tilly it's all mommy's fault
12:05i'm so sorry tilly had no idea why i was saying sorry yet she quietly wiped my tears for me
12:13don't cry mommy tilly and i huddled together for comfort but then fey suddenly appeared dragging
12:19candy along tilly how dare you take first place i bet you copied candy's work all eyes were on tilly
12:27miss laurent is the famous international artist en if she accuses tilly of copying it must be true
12:34candy is en's daughter how could she ever lose to a nobody like tilly tilly clearly players your eyes
12:41and that's me they actually thought fey was en i saw the smug look on fey's face i knew right
12:48then
12:49she was pretending to be me if you apologize to candy now we won't take this any further
12:54i understood fey wasn't trying to prove anything she wanted to brand tilly to make sure the stain
13:00stuck to her for life even if tilly proved she hadn't plagiarized she would still be gossiped
13:04about for the rest of her life haunted by the same kind of trauma from that day at the supermarket
13:08when she was three if you're calling my daughter a cheater prove it look at the lines the details you
13:14call that a coincidence mrs blackwood does have a point they do look quite similar mrs blackwood she was
13:20calling herself ethan's wife that was how she'd gotten the judges on her side what's going on here
13:25i was about to explain when i saw ethan walking over ethan i'm not trying to cause any drama the
13:31evidence is just right there maybe tilly didn't mean to cheat she just got influenced by a nasty
13:38person but she's still so young you gotta teach her a lesson she's just a kid what if someone leads
13:44her down the wrong path she never said my name but every word pointed straight at me ethan you
13:50know i would never do this elena can you stop going after faithy for one second look at what
13:55you've turned tilly into daddy i didn't copy anyone don't you believe me tilly apologize to your sister
14:07such simple words but in that moment something inside tilly seemed to collapse the spark in her
14:13eyes died out entirely that's three ethan you're out tilly and i were done forgiving him i was still
14:20trying to figure out how to prove tilly hadn't cheated when a man's voice cut through the tension
14:23a man in casual clothes walked toward us tall composed cutting right through the crowd tilly
14:29recognized him immediately vincent hayes my high school classmate vincent had been a struggling
14:34student back then barely able to afford his daily meals i had secretly supported him financially
14:39throughout high school and once he found out he promised he would repay me one day we hadn't seen
14:44each other since graduation it wasn't until a couple of years ago that i ran into him again when he
14:49found
14:50out i had a daughter he started bringing tilly little gifts small things her room barely held any
14:55trace of ethan but it was filled with gifts vincent had given her it wasn't surprising that tilly
14:59recognized him instantly upon entering the crowd the first thing vincent did wasn't to offer an
15:04explanation but to take out a tissue and wipe away tilly's tears don't be afraid tilly uncle vincent
15:09believes you didn't plagiarize mommy and i will always be on your side uncle vincent do you really
15:14believe me even daddy doesn't believe me if daddy doesn't believe you then let's trade him in for a
15:20new daddy what if i'm your daddy before tilly would have argued right away since she was little
15:25tilly had always been mature for her age believing that a person should only have one father but now
15:30when vincent suggested trading fathers tilly didn't argue instead she tugged at his sleeve
15:36i'm too dumb to make daddy like me but if you were my dad would you still like me vincent
15:42was
15:43startled then a pain tender look came into his eyes tilly you are such a good girl anyone who
15:48doesn't like you must be blind ethan interrupted the tender moment between vincent and tilly all right
15:52enough who the hell are you you said you got proof fine show us his voice was harsh enough that
16:00tilly
16:00instinctively shrank back hiding behind vincent like he was her shield tilly was the child he never
16:05wanted but when he saw her seeking comfort from another man so intimately something uncomfortable
16:10flickered across his face tilly come here but tilly didn't even peek out at him she stayed hidden
16:18behind vincent refusing to move an inch is this how you always talk to her ethan seemed like he
16:23wanted to argue but he didn't know where to start daddy this man is so mean when it came to
16:32candy
16:32ethan naturally knew how to love a child without anyone having to teach him it's okay candy don't be
16:38afraid tilly is your real daughter you just prefer loving someone else's child huh guess your emotional
16:46disorder is permanent wait tilly is mr blackwood's biological daughter candy's been calling him dad
16:54this whole time i just assumed i bumped up candy's score because of that but honestly tilly's work was
16:59so incredible first place hers no matter what so this is the famous mr blackwood why is he protecting
17:05an outsider instead of his own daughter is that woman his mistress and the other girl his secret child
17:09cut the bullshit mr blackwood is known for being fair he's just doing his job doing his job you mean
17:15holding someone else's daughter while yelling at his own i'm the organizer of this competition
17:19the surveillance footage on this card is the proof that tilly did not plagiarize
17:24actually we don't really need to get to the bottom of this i just want till to apologize to candy
17:29and
17:29give the trophy back don't even think about it tilly didn't plagiarize anything i won't let her take
17:36the blame fine prove it at first only fey appeared on screen then one of the judges walked in fey
17:47slipped him money and told him to vote for candy
17:49after watching the video the truth was clear to everyone the room went quiet fey you were the one bribing
17:56the judges i was just afraid no one would appreciate
17:59candy's talent i just wanted to give her a safety net tell candy to apologize to tilly tilly stole my
18:05trophy
18:06i'm not apologizing ethan looked surprised he clearly hadn't expected this side of her not from the sweet
18:13well-behaved girl he thought he knew tears welled up in both fey and candy's eyes they looked at ethan
18:18putting on a pitiful show ethan frowned saying nothing almost unconsciously his gaze shifted toward me and tilly
18:25this is tilly's account she finished her painting three days ago and posted it online it's identical the one she
18:30won
18:30first place with today you claim tilly plagiarized if anything i'd say candy is the one who copied tilly my
18:35daughter would
18:36never do that what am i selling that's not costing what is it then for once ethan didn't step in
18:42to defend them enough
18:43he finally showed the impartiality of a father fey candy you both owe tilly an apology
18:51mommy and i didn't do anything wrong i won't apologize daddy if you keep acting like this i'm going to
18:57hate you
18:58you better make it up to me and mommy right now we're going back overseas and you'll never find us
19:05what did you just say say that again she's just joking ethan don't take it seriously when i was at
19:11my worst only you could help me but where were you were you hiding from me on purpose do you
19:15even
19:16know how much i suffered you just stood by and did nothing the moment he mentioned me it was like
19:21something clicked it was the first time i'd ever seen guilt on his face but i couldn't feel a single
19:26shred of sympathy for ethan since the matter is settled tilly and i will take the trophy and go
19:30whatever fey's real character turned out to be that was between them it had nothing to do with me
19:36elena take tilly home i'll handle things here
19:40i almost laughed out loud tilly and i were heading home not to wait for him but to pack our
19:45things and
19:45leave let me drive you and tilly home i used to reject vincent i always put ethan's feelings first
19:51kept my distance from other men but this time i nodded since ethan had never once driven tilly and
19:57me home why couldn't i find a husband who would thank you vincent he drove us home safely the whole
20:03way
20:03he kept checking on tilly talking to her making her laugh mommy i don't want to go home can i
20:09have
20:09uncle vincent's be my daddy instead if that's what you want tilly from now on i'm your daddy
20:15if you don't mind can we stay at your place for a couple of days elena you're not joking right
20:21you were giving me a chance i've decided to divorce ethan
20:26my home is yours and tilly's i didn't pack much two suitcases in total there wasn't much in that
20:33house worth taking anyway the divorce papers were already there ethan had wanted this for a long
20:37time but i had refused to sign but that changed now i placed the signed divorce papers on the living
20:43room table turned around and walked out without looking back vincent and tilly were already in the
20:48car waiting for me that night tilly and i spent a wonderful evening at vincent's place as for what
20:54kind of look ethan had on his face when he found those papers i don't care two carefree days passed
20:59i was debating whether to tell my family about the divorce when a message popped up on my art
21:04account from ethan i had posted a teaser for a new piece a painting centered around the idea of family
21:09ethan asked me if i could become their chief designer and build a new business line for me
21:13for years he had been sending me messages like this sharing his thoughts his struggles and every
21:18time i had answered him this time i didn't reply back then i kept that account going to help ease
21:23his
21:23condition but now if they had already stolen my identity why should i keep putting myself through this
21:28sure enough within two days i heard that ethan had welcomed faye as an honored guest he had signed
21:34a contract with her the terms were clear if she failed to deliver the artwork on time she would
21:38owe 10 times the penalty if she chose to play yen then she'd better be ready for what came with
21:43it
21:4310 days later the delivery date arrived i didn't release my painting instead i delayed it by one day
21:49that same day i watched ethan hold a press conference to apologize the product launch had to
21:53be delayed due to an internal issue the financial damage from that delay of course fell on the person
21:58responsible faye that afternoon i just pulled a fresh batch of cookies out of the oven for tilly
22:02when my phone started blowing up ian you've never missed a deadline before are you doing this on
22:07purpose because of you i lost my fiancee and my job her intuition was spot on yes i did it
22:13on purpose
22:13most of the other messages however were from ethan he sincerely invited me i ignored him instead i signed
22:20with vincent
22:21with vincent
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