- 46 minutes ago
- #romcom
High modern relationship tension and hidden romantic chemistry spark intensely between two competitive modern family ranch corporate leaders. #RomCom
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00:00Your highness! Run! The rebels have sealed the border!
00:00:08Run! My highness!
00:00:11Shut up! We leave together!
00:00:19No!
00:00:29Your noble highness, your escape game is over.
00:00:34So this is how a crown dies.
00:00:40Dare kill people in front of me?!
00:00:59You boys got some nerve. Shooting people on my fucking land. Right in front of me.
00:01:09Lucky bastard, you caught me on patrol.
00:01:15His mouth tastes so good. Smells even better than a woman's perfume. Goddamn.
00:01:22Fuck. Found it.
00:01:31Fuck.
00:01:40Damn it.
00:01:41Fuck.
00:01:54Fuck.
00:01:58Damn it.
00:01:58Whee!
00:02:00Where am I?
00:02:05Tough son of a bitch, you're alive.
00:02:08who are you who sent you you dare move against me i dragged you back from death's door your
00:02:18life belongs to me you saved me damn right i saved you nobody kills anyone on my ranch
00:02:29you said my life is yours so how do you plan to use it what are you talking about
00:02:42you saved my life leaning in this close collecting your debt
00:02:48i don't mind stop being such a tease i'm not into men
00:02:57such a strong reaction i almost thought it was love at first sight
00:03:04bullshit drink your medicine and get the hell out tomorrow with injuries like this
00:03:10you really don't care why would i feel sorry for a man get the hell out
00:03:17this badge is solid gold i know you need money i can rent this room to recover i'm injured can't
00:03:24run
00:03:25you can tie me to this bed every day or treat me any way you like deal i'll rent it
00:03:31to you
00:03:31don't step one foot outside this room and put some damn clothes on
00:03:36you can't escape cowboy take my family trees you're mine
00:03:47get out
00:03:51the energy corporation has their eye on the oil field under your land
00:03:55this is the five hundred thousand dollar loan shark note your old man left behind
00:03:59do today
00:04:01either sign and sell
00:04:03or i'll seize your ranch and throw you in prison to rot
00:04:07i paid that off three years ago you forging bastards
00:04:13texas law is whatever i say it is
00:04:16luke i always liked that wild stallion temper of yours
00:04:23that five hundred k debt
00:04:26maybe i can help you out
00:04:28go fuck yourself
00:04:30you dare assaulting officer
00:04:32wanna die on my land
00:04:33i'll grant your wish
00:04:35now take your lappings
00:04:36and get the hell out
00:04:37kid
00:04:38you don't have the guts to pull that trigger
00:04:45wild stallion huh
00:04:46today i'm gonna break you in real good
00:04:54get your fucking hands off me
00:05:02you fat bastard
00:05:05i'll blow you full of holes
00:05:23fat pig
00:05:27that's our chief stop
00:05:28you're assaulting an officer
00:05:30take this slab of loud and get out
00:05:32if you don't disappear from my sight in ten seconds
00:05:35next time it goes straight through your eye sockets
00:05:37i keep my word
00:05:57brought down by vermin like that
00:05:59where's that five heads and five shots wildness cowboy
00:06:11soft
00:06:14don't touch me pick up the key and undo these cuffs
00:06:25you did that on purpose
00:06:27you're not wearing anything underneath
00:06:32feel what
00:06:34be specific
00:06:35i can feel it
00:06:37you're so hot
00:06:41especially here
00:06:43stop moving anymore and i won't be able to control myself
00:06:47and don't
00:06:58looks like i'm not the only one losing control
00:07:02hey what's wrong
00:07:11don't you dare die on me
00:07:13i saved your virtue
00:07:14and chased off the men you couldn't
00:07:16this debt
00:07:18how do you plan to repay it
00:07:23seventeen stitches
00:07:24damn harder than sewing up a horse leg
00:07:26what the hell are you made of
00:07:28no anesthesia during the whole thing
00:07:30and you didn't make a sound
00:07:32even bulls wow when i stitch them up
00:07:34those old scars
00:07:35knife wounds
00:07:37bullet marks
00:07:37whip marks
00:07:38not a normal person
00:07:40military
00:07:40assassin
00:07:41or something more dangerous
00:07:48you're awake let go
00:07:49i was wiping the blood off your wound
00:07:51wiping blood
00:07:52or were you trying to feel me up
00:07:54while i was unconscious
00:07:55like that fat pig sheriff this afternoon
00:07:58bullshit i'm not into men
00:08:05answer me one question
00:08:07this afternoon
00:08:08when that sheriff pressed his greasy fat hand on your chest
00:08:13did you get hard
00:08:17are you out of your goddamn mind
00:08:19i was disgusted
00:08:20i wanted to chop up his head
00:08:22feed him to the wolves
00:08:30i believe you
00:08:34then what about now
00:08:39when i touch you
00:08:41why does your heart
00:08:43race like it's about to explode
00:08:46fuck fuck fuck fuck
00:08:48what the hell
00:08:50why did i react to his touch
00:08:51it's a stress response
00:08:53yes
00:08:54a stress response
00:08:55what's going on
00:08:57is your heart stirring
00:08:58you touch me one more time
00:09:00and i'm kicking you off this ranch tomorrow
00:09:01a straight man getting groped by you
00:09:03i'm gonna have ptsd
00:09:09sure
00:09:11but before you throw me out
00:09:12remember to repay those two life debts you owe me first
00:09:18i have all night
00:09:19i can teach you slowly
00:09:21how to repay
00:09:23stop talking
00:09:24shut up
00:09:25i can't hear you
00:09:26i'm sleeping in the stable
00:09:30ears that red
00:09:31heart that fast
00:09:33yet denying everything he's got
00:09:35no rush
00:09:37i have all the patience in the world
00:09:53fuck
00:09:55couldn't sleep all night
00:09:58can't stop thinking about that lunaturk's face
00:10:01the temperature of his hand on my chest
00:10:04no
00:10:05it was cold
00:10:06i remember it was ice cold
00:10:08not some goddamn sensation
00:10:09fuck
00:10:10stop thinking
00:10:25what are you doing
00:10:27your pants were too low
00:10:28helping you pull them up
00:10:32only a little bit
00:10:34not even a little
00:10:37someone is coming
00:10:48i'm not selling
00:10:49take your money and your dogs and get off my land
00:10:51i'm not here today to discuss a sale
00:10:53i'm here to inform you of a legal fact
00:10:57this ranch shall be inherited at luke anderson
00:11:00but should luke fail to enter into a lawful marriage by the age of 25
00:11:04ownership shall automatically revert to the state land trust for public auction
00:11:08this is the will your grandfather old anderson left behind
00:11:12the original has been kept in the county courthouse archives
00:11:17you've never read it carefully have you
00:11:20unfortunately our company has already signed a pre-purchase agreement with the state land trust
00:11:25and tomorrow is your 25th birthday
00:11:31at sunset tomorrow i'll be back with marshals and a notary
00:11:37enjoy your last night mr anderson
00:11:44were you afraid i'd grow old alone
00:11:46or did you already know someone would come for this land
00:11:53using legal loopholes to corner prey
00:11:55crude tactics but effective against a cowboy with no lawyer
00:12:00find a legal spouse in 24 hours
00:12:03this town is controlled by the energy corporation
00:12:05no woman would dare marry him
00:12:07but this is the perfect chance to tame a wild stallion
00:12:32whiskey double neat
00:12:41another
00:12:47where's mary
00:12:48susan
00:12:49linda
00:12:49any girl in town
00:12:50anyone willing to go to city hall with me tomorrow and register a marriage i'll pay 2 000
00:12:54no use luke richard already put the word out yesterday
00:12:58the girls don't not want to help their families won't let them
00:13:07too bad all the girls have run off
00:13:09i'm the only one left
00:13:10how about this
00:13:11get on your knees and beg me
00:13:13right here in front of everyone
00:13:15your ranch
00:13:15call it your dowry for my daddy
00:13:17how's that sound
00:13:18luke's gonna be a kept man
00:13:21five bucks says he actually kneels
00:13:24what
00:13:25cat got your tongue
00:13:26thinking about
00:13:27go
00:13:28fuck
00:13:39enough
00:13:40everyone stops
00:13:41luke calm down
00:14:07did fighting solve anything
00:14:17no
00:14:17they bought off everyone
00:14:19not one left
00:14:21tomorrow at sunset i lose this place
00:14:23this land isn't just property to you
00:14:25it's memories
00:14:28it's home
00:14:29it's your roots
00:14:30losing it means
00:14:32being uprooted entirely
00:14:46i read every word of that three times today
00:14:49how
00:14:51it's not about money
00:14:52even if you're loaded can you outspend an energy corporation
00:14:56there's only one loophole in that deed
00:14:58what loophole
00:14:59where
00:15:00it says
00:15:01enter into a lawful marriage
00:15:03it doesn't decifies
00:15:05that your spouse must be a woman
00:15:10i can help you
00:15:15how can you help me
00:15:30marry me
00:15:39are you out of your mind
00:15:44do you have another choice
00:15:46shh
00:15:4814 hours
00:15:49not a single woman in town
00:15:50i'm straight
00:15:55then watch this land become a drilling platform tomorrow
00:15:58i won't touch you
00:15:59no pretending
00:16:00why would you help me
00:16:02what's in it for you
00:16:03you let me recover here
00:16:04until i can leave
00:16:06why should i trust you
00:16:08you don't have a choice
00:16:13decide before dawn
00:16:15after sunrise
00:16:16the offer expires
00:16:27but i'm a straight man
00:16:30marrying another man
00:16:31if grandpa found out
00:16:33would he climb out of his grave
00:16:35and slap me
00:16:35no
00:16:36you wouldn't
00:16:37you'd say
00:16:38keeping the land matters more than anything
00:16:41your whole life
00:16:42revolved around this land
00:16:44fuck it
00:16:45first thing tomorrow morning
00:16:58i agree
00:16:59get dressed
00:17:00city hall opens at eight
00:17:01let me be clear
00:17:02this is a deal
00:17:04fine
00:17:04don't come near me
00:17:06and no more of that crazy talk
00:17:08fine
00:17:10wait
00:17:12can you bend over
00:17:12the wound will tear open
00:17:30you look good on your knees
00:17:32next time i'll make you walk barefoot
00:17:34and one more thing
00:17:36don't tell anyone it's fake
00:17:37of course
00:17:39we need to make it look very real
00:17:57you two
00:18:06you misspelled your name
00:18:23please stand facing each other
00:18:25mr luke
00:18:26do you take mr lewis devalas as your lawful spouse
00:18:30i do
00:18:31mr lewis
00:18:32do you take mr luke anderson as your lawful spouse
00:18:34i do
00:18:35you may now exchange tokens
00:18:37if you have any
00:18:41does this count
00:18:49a bit small
00:18:52might do
00:18:55congratulations
00:18:56you are now lawful spouses
00:18:57printed on the same paper
00:18:59i actually fucking married a man
00:19:17mr anderson the sun's setting
00:19:19ready to move out
00:19:22nice suit today
00:19:23funeral style
00:19:25the rude filthy barbarian
00:19:32mr richard
00:19:33this is a lawful marriage certificate issued this morning
00:19:36luke anderson has entered into matrimony with his lawful spouse as of today
00:19:42impossible
00:20:05your royal highness prince albert your nephew got married in texas to an american cowboy a cattle rancher
00:20:11interesting send gray wolf to handle it
00:20:14the oil field under that land is worth billions secured at all costs
00:20:19you said you wouldn't touch me
00:20:20acting
00:20:21you want him to find out it's a fake marriage
00:20:2337 more performances to go
00:20:25get used to it
00:20:2637 says who
00:20:2837
00:20:29where'd he get that number
00:20:31wait
00:20:31that's not
00:20:32not the point
00:20:33the point is
00:20:34he kissed me
00:20:35corner of my mouth
00:20:36cold
00:20:37three seconds
00:20:38why three seconds and not one
00:20:40why am i counting
00:20:41why are his lips so soft
00:20:43wait
00:20:44no
00:20:53you can't go to the stable
00:20:54why not
00:20:56richard will have people watching
00:20:59you sleeping in the stable every night while your husband has the bedroom alone
00:21:03proof of a fake marriage
00:21:05then you take the couch
00:21:0817 stitches
00:21:12fine you take the bed
00:21:13i'll sleep on the floor
00:21:21good night husband
00:21:23shut up
00:21:29can't sleep
00:21:31all i can think about is the feel of his lips on the corner of my mouth
00:21:34cold
00:21:35his lips were cold
00:21:37three seconds
00:21:38why the corner of my mouth
00:21:40if it's just acting a cheek kiss would have been enough
00:21:42what does the corner of the mouth mean
00:21:44stop
00:21:45why am i thinking about this
00:21:46this is a
00:21:47deal
00:21:58move his hand away
00:22:00move it now
00:22:02fuck
00:22:03i'm done for
00:22:15good morning
00:22:17your shrivel is
00:22:19pricky
00:22:19you
00:22:20when did you wake up
00:22:24a little before you
00:22:26put some clothes on
00:22:30i am dressed
00:22:31your shirt's just too big
00:22:34he's doing it on purpose
00:22:35has to be
00:22:36from head to toe
00:22:37every single thing is deliberate
00:22:38he won't look at me
00:22:39but the tips of his ears are bright red
00:22:42interesting
00:22:45i'll go make breakfast
00:22:46you can cook
00:22:47it's over
00:22:49i'm completely done for
00:22:55the heat's not quite right
00:22:58can you actually cook or not
00:23:00no
00:23:01never been in a kitchen
00:23:04you've lived over 20 years
00:23:05what do you live on photosynthesis
00:23:07someone cooked for me
00:23:08what kind of person never enters a kitchen
00:23:10forget it
00:23:11not my business
00:23:14move you're in the way
00:23:16your ears are red again
00:23:17it's hot
00:23:18the stove is hot
00:23:21the stove isn't on yet
00:23:31he looks unexpectedly good when he cooks
00:23:36for me
00:23:37you lost a lot of blood
00:23:38don't think so much
00:23:43it's good
00:23:48leave it
00:23:49you doing dishes is more dangerous than you cooking
00:23:51all right
00:23:52thank you husband
00:23:55don't
00:23:56don't call me that
00:23:56it's what the marriage certificate says
00:24:01that's fake
00:24:02fake
00:24:03he says it's fake
00:24:04then why cook breakfast for two
00:24:05and remember i lost a lot of blood
00:24:06why did he make that face when he said it's good
00:24:09like
00:24:09no one's ever cooked for him before
00:24:32three men
00:24:34150 meters
00:24:35coming from the east
00:24:45you take the back door
00:24:46i'll take the front
00:24:46no
00:24:47you take the back and lay down suppressing fire
00:24:48all the way to the window
00:25:05your highness
00:25:06your uncle sends a message
00:25:08the throne has no need for a king who sleeps with men
00:25:16you come onto my land and touch my people
00:25:18your people
00:25:19cowboy do you even know what you're protecting
00:25:21you're just his pawn
00:25:23use and discard
00:25:24that's what royals do
00:25:26i don't give a fuck about being a pawn
00:25:31i chose this
00:25:34he said i chose this
00:25:35not in a church
00:25:37not in front of city hall
00:25:38not before a judge and witnesses
00:25:39he said it with his boot on an assassin's face
00:25:42covered in blood under moonlight
00:25:43he heavier than any vow
00:25:45you okay
00:25:46i'm fine
00:25:57your uncle sent them
00:25:59yeah
00:26:02was it always like this
00:26:04running alone
00:26:05dealing with assassins alone
00:26:09most of the time yes
00:26:11those old scars on your body
00:26:12knife scars
00:26:14bullet wounds
00:26:15whip marks
00:26:16all from them
00:26:17souvenirs
00:26:19all alone
00:26:21weren't you scared
00:26:22no one has ever asked me this
00:26:24no one has ever asked were you scared
00:26:25you're the first person to ever ask me that
00:26:27give me that
00:26:30you don't have to carry it alone anymore
00:26:32on my land you're my people
00:26:33doesn't matter who comes
00:26:34okay
00:26:35wait
00:26:37you have wounds on your back too
00:26:40it's nothing doesn't
00:26:41when you stitched me up with 17 stitches
00:26:42did i say no need
00:26:51hurt
00:26:53no
00:26:54how about here
00:26:57no
00:27:00the neck
00:27:01his weak spot is his neck
00:27:02noted
00:27:03when he touched my neck i almost
00:27:05no don't think about it
00:27:07heart rate 120
00:27:08faster than during the fight just now
00:27:18what's wrong
00:27:22luke
00:27:22come sit down and look at this
00:27:24bone star energy corporation
00:27:26registered in the u.s
00:27:27but peel back the parent company layer by layer
00:27:30shell companies within shell companies
00:27:31offshore trust wrapped in funds
00:27:33the ultimate beneficial owner
00:27:34albert devois
00:27:35my uncle
00:27:36you're telling me the energy corporation trying to steal my ranch and the people trying to kill you
00:27:40do they have the same man behind them
00:27:42yes
00:27:42there's a massive oil reserve beneath your land
00:27:44my uncle needs enormous funds for his coup
00:27:46he bankrolled richards energy company funneling texas oil profits to fund the coup in europe
00:27:50that bastard used my family's land to feed his army
00:27:53it goes beyond that
00:27:55more importantly
00:27:55he already knew i might flee flee to the texas border
00:27:58this escape route was arranged by my late mother
00:28:00my uncle intercepted the intelligence and pre-positioned the energy company in this area
00:28:03he set a trap here
00:28:04waiting for me to walk right into it
00:28:06your ranch is at the center of the web
00:28:07so
00:28:08from the very beginning
00:28:09my ranch wasn't just targeted by some corrupt company
00:28:11no
00:28:12a fucking european prince used it as an acm and set a trap for you at the same time
00:28:16yes
00:28:16you and i have been played by the same man from the very start
00:28:20then we fight back
00:28:21expose that son of a bitch down to the bone
00:28:23i've been waiting for you to say that
00:28:24this is my plan
00:28:25step one
00:28:26gather evidence of lone star's illegal activities in texas and file in federal court
00:28:31step two
00:28:31pressure through the u.s. government to freeze my uncle's american assets
00:28:34step three
00:28:35go back
00:28:36reclaim the throne
00:28:37since my second day on your ranch
00:28:39all right
00:28:40you be the strategist
00:28:41i'll be the muscle
00:28:42you're more than just muscle
00:28:43then what am i
00:28:44you're the variable i never anticipated
00:28:45the only variable
00:28:48luke
00:28:51hmm
00:28:52if it weren't for the ranch will and all this mess
00:28:55would you ever marry a man
00:28:56no
00:28:56i know
00:29:00your hands are made for holding scepters not wire
00:29:03cut yourself and i'll have to stitch you up again
00:29:05you're better at stitching people than horse legs now
00:29:07i told you not to touch
00:29:11thanks
00:29:12stop getting in the way
00:29:13go sit over there and read
00:29:15he says he wouldn't
00:29:16but the tips of his ears turned red
00:29:19he doesn't know that either
00:29:21he wouldn't
00:29:22he said he wouldn't
00:29:23then what am i doing
00:29:27let's head back
00:29:28time to cook
00:29:28okay
00:29:43last time score isn't settled
00:29:46get behind me
00:29:48brought your little lover along
00:29:50the whole town's laughing at you
00:29:52relying on some pale-skinned sissy
00:30:12he fights like an unseathed blade
00:30:15clean
00:30:16precise
00:30:17no mercy
00:30:18not street fighting
00:30:19trained since childhood
00:30:20military-grade combat
00:30:22but his face
00:30:23why does he look this good
00:30:25stop
00:30:25don't think about it
00:30:28what are you looking at
00:30:32your shirt's torn
00:30:36then stop looking
00:30:38don't look
00:30:39not allowed to look
00:30:40he's not buttoning up
00:30:41on purpose
00:30:41he's definitely doing it on purpose
00:30:43absolutely not looking
00:30:44not even if it kills me
00:30:46he says he's not looking
00:30:48but adams burkle just bobbed twice
00:30:52even the way he bends over is at that angle
00:30:54good god
00:31:01to bring down richard and my uncle together we need one key piece of evidence
00:31:06what correspondence
00:31:15my uncle never uses electronic communication
00:31:18all orders are sent via encrypted handwritten letters
00:31:21those letters are all stored in the safe in richard's office
00:31:29then let's steal them
00:31:30can you crack a safe
00:31:33no
00:31:34but you can
00:31:35you open handcuffs with a hairpin
00:31:37tonight
00:31:39you create the diversion
00:31:40and lure them away
00:31:51don't die
00:32:02richard
00:32:03get out here
00:32:05time to settle the score
00:32:18orders to acquire land
00:32:19clear money tracks
00:32:21instructions for richard to deal with dissenters
00:32:27your highness
00:32:29i knew you'd come
00:32:30richard
00:32:31this gun
00:32:33under my uncle's orders
00:32:34kill me
00:32:35his royal highness said
00:32:37alive is preferred
00:32:39dead works too
00:32:50give my uncle a message for me
00:32:53his game ends here
00:33:06up there just now
00:33:07were you scared when he pointed the gun at you
00:33:10didn't you jump down from the ceiling
00:33:11i was afraid i wouldn't make it in time
00:33:31loan stranking
00:33:33forged wills
00:33:35bribing law enforcement
00:33:37systematic plundering of rancher's land
00:33:40beneficial owner
00:33:42prince albert
00:33:44international political conspiracy
00:33:55the forged clauses are void
00:33:58morningstar ranch
00:34:00belongs to luke mcbryan
00:34:04all illegal debts are hereby dismissed
00:34:08richard hall is remounded to federal court
00:34:13document forgery
00:34:14illegal possession of firearms
00:34:17prince albert
00:34:19an international arrest warrant has been issued
00:34:31it's over
00:34:33the ranch is saved
00:34:36yeah
00:34:40then our deal is complete too
00:34:45you no longer need this mayor
00:34:49he's pulling me
00:34:50he pulled me first
00:34:54luke
00:34:55don't say it
00:34:58that sound
00:34:59i want to hear it a hundred times
00:35:02a thousand times
00:35:03are you sure about this
00:35:06after tonight there's no going back
00:35:10since the day you fell outside my barbed wire
00:35:17there's been no going back
00:35:21who's the one being a tease now
00:35:23cowboy
00:35:23these scars there won't be anymore
00:35:25no one is allowed to hurt you again
00:35:29all the masks
00:35:30shattered them let it shatter
00:35:32louis
00:35:47this man is mine
00:35:49not a chess piece
00:35:50not a deal
00:35:52not fake
00:35:53when he sleeps the edge is gone
00:35:55not a blade
00:35:56not a chess piece
00:35:58like a cat
00:36:00curled up in my arms
00:36:01he's mine
00:36:03he bit me
00:36:11last night he
00:36:13he bit me
00:36:27last night he
00:36:30was marks on your neck
00:36:32a high collar would cover them
00:36:35why would i cover them
00:36:38unless you mind
00:36:45thanks cowboy
00:36:46last night's fierce
00:36:48dominating man
00:36:49now blushing to his ears
00:36:50not daring to look at me
00:36:51how lovely
00:37:09louis
00:37:10my fiance
00:37:13i finally found you
00:37:15victoria
00:37:16you shouldn't be here
00:37:19you must be the cowboy
00:37:21i'm victoria habsburg
00:37:23louis's fiancé
00:37:24fiancé
00:37:25he has a fiancé
00:37:26he's already married
00:37:27to me
00:37:39louis the whole court is talking
00:37:41the crown prince married a cattle rancher
00:37:43all of europe is laughing
00:37:48my private business
00:37:51your private business
00:37:56the engagement was automatically voided during the coup
00:37:58you know that
00:37:59i'm not here to argue
00:38:06parliament needs you
00:38:08the country needs you
00:38:13don't touch me
00:38:16mr luke
00:38:18a personal question
00:38:22do you really think
00:38:23what you and louis have
00:38:25is real
00:38:28this is his world
00:38:29power
00:38:30politics
00:38:31marriage as a chess game
00:38:32he was trained to be the perfect strategic machine
00:38:35getting close to you
00:38:36saving you
00:38:37marrying you
00:38:37you think that wasn't strategy
00:38:40i'm not leaving
00:38:41i've booked a hotel in town
00:38:45was what she said true
00:38:48which part
00:38:50the engagement
00:38:52it's true
00:38:53there was one before the coup
00:38:55a political marriage
00:38:56no feelings involved
00:38:58and when she called you a strategic machine
00:39:00who uses everyone
00:39:01what about that
00:39:08she says he uses everyone
00:39:10but last night when he lay beneath me calling my name
00:39:13his voice was trembling
00:39:15a quiver from deep in his throat
00:39:17with a catch like he was about to cry
00:39:32your highnessness
00:39:33are you really going to take the crown prince back
00:39:35albert has already been arrested
00:39:37albert is albert
00:39:40i am me
00:39:46i'm not here doing his bidding
00:39:54from that day i spent nine years making myself the woman most worthy of you
00:39:58studied the international law you loved
00:40:01memorized six case books
00:40:02read the vowed law school you adored
00:40:04until i could recite les fleurs de maude by heart
00:40:06practiced the fencing you favored
00:40:08until my wrist was injured and bandaged for three months
00:40:11you still didn't see me
00:40:13nine years
00:40:14the number of times you looked at me i can count on one hand
00:40:17every time
00:40:17polite
00:40:18distant
00:40:19treating me like a guest
00:40:20but you saw a cowboy
00:40:21a cowboy who smells of horse masher
00:40:23you gave up the throne for him
00:40:25you wore dirty boots for him
00:40:27you
00:40:27smile at him
00:40:29a smile i've never seen you wear
00:40:31one that shows teeth
00:40:32not the palace kind
00:40:36you don't belong here
00:40:38you belong with me
00:40:55he's avoiding me
00:40:56before yesterday he never avoided my touch
00:41:01your favorite french pastries from when you were little
00:41:04flown in from paris
00:41:05macarons and opera cake
00:41:07no need
00:41:08you had them every birthday
00:41:09stay here long enough and you forget
00:41:11that woman standing next to him
00:41:13that's the right picture
00:41:14well matched
00:41:15perfect couple
00:41:17what am i
00:41:18a cattle rancher
00:41:19hands full of calluses
00:41:21can't even speak french
00:41:25he's pulling away
00:41:26i can feel him pulling away
00:41:28not anger
00:41:29not jealousy
00:41:41what exactly do you want
00:41:43to lay my cards on the table
00:41:52albert may be arrested
00:41:54but his people in parliament haven't been fully purged
00:41:57three in the finance committee are his
00:41:59two in military staff
00:42:01one in intelligence
00:42:04your cousin can't hold things together
00:42:09he's too young
00:42:11too soft
00:42:12two months
00:42:13and he hasn't removed a single one
00:42:16the country is sliding towards civil unrest
00:42:22i abacated
00:42:26for a cowboy
00:42:28you're the most brilliant heir in 800 years
00:42:31you have the blood of kings in your veins
00:42:34you can't throw everything away
00:42:36for a
00:42:37are you done
00:42:42let me put it another way
00:42:45if you don't come back with me
00:42:47i'll destroy him
00:42:50him
00:42:51your cowboy
00:42:53albert still has a remnant network in texas
00:42:56not yet dismantled
00:42:57the contact lines are in my hands
00:43:01i can make it disappear
00:43:03one phone call
00:43:06or i can point it at your cowboy
00:43:08you're threatening me
00:43:09i'm giving you a choice
00:43:10come with me
00:43:12your cowboy lives a safe life
00:43:14ranching forever
00:43:15no one touches him
00:43:17or you stay
00:43:19and watch him go down with you
00:43:23you've changed victoria
00:43:24you weren't this kind of person
00:43:26you made me this way
00:43:28i cried alone in my room the entire night
00:43:30three days
00:43:31i'm giving you three days to decide
00:43:35if i don't handle this
00:43:36luke will never be safe
00:43:38i have to resolve this
00:43:40even if
00:43:41i have to leave him
00:43:53you've been off all day
00:43:57what did she say to you
00:43:59nothing
00:44:00you're lying to me
00:44:02you never say nothing
00:44:03every time you say nothing
00:44:05you're scheming
00:44:08he shook off my hand
00:44:10he's never done that
00:44:11never
00:44:12not even at the very beginning
00:44:13when he was still testing me
00:44:15he never shook me off
00:44:16he'd only grab my hand
00:44:18and press it to his face
00:44:23i may need to leave for a while
00:44:24where
00:44:25back to europe
00:44:26handle some things
00:44:29with that woman
00:44:36say it to my face
00:44:39if i don't go handle certain things
00:44:41you'll never be safe
00:44:43what things
00:44:43tell me
00:44:44we'll handle it together
00:44:45i can't
00:44:48not this time
00:44:49why
00:44:50because you're my weakness
00:44:53as long as you're by my side
00:44:54they can always use you to threaten me
00:44:56i have to go alone
00:44:58after handled
00:44:59if you still want me to
00:45:00i'll come back
00:45:02if
00:45:04what do you mean if
00:45:07i've already made arrangements
00:45:09i don't give a damn about your arrangements
00:45:13do you hear me
00:45:14you
00:45:15fucking
00:45:16can't
00:45:16go
00:45:17he said if i'm still alive
00:45:19he spent his whole life calculating everyone
00:45:21his words always carry three layers of meaning
00:45:24but he said if
00:45:26this is the first time he's uncertain of the ending
00:45:37one last look
00:45:38remember this
00:45:40it's right that he didn't come out
00:45:42if he had i couldn't leave
00:45:43you made the right choice
00:45:46shut up
00:45:54he left his goddamn keepsake with me
00:45:57not as a gift
00:45:58for safekeeping
00:45:59he still wants to come back for it
00:46:02he said i will come back
00:46:04not if
00:46:05he said will
00:46:06he used will
00:46:07he's waiting for me to go after him
00:46:09right
00:46:09he's waiting
00:46:10he has to be waiting
00:46:14midnight
00:46:16he's gone
00:46:18he left the goddamn ring with me
00:46:22he's tricked me so many times
00:46:23flirted with me
00:46:24tested me
00:46:26pretended to fall drunk into my arms and wouldn't get up
00:46:29scared me with a snake then pretended to be afraid and hugged me
00:46:34every time was calculated
00:46:36i knew it
00:46:38but when he said if i'm still alive he wasn't smiling
00:46:41that was the first time i'd ever seen him speak without smiling
00:46:44not even a crinkle at the corner of his eyes
00:46:46not even a curl of his lips
00:46:48his face was white as paper
00:46:52fuck midnight
00:47:06if you don't come back
00:47:08i'll go to fucking europe and drag you back
00:47:22your eyelashes tremble
00:47:28your eyelashes tremble
00:47:29you're thinking about him
00:47:31none of your business
00:47:33lewis
00:47:35you never used to show your weakness to me
00:47:37your eyelashes tremble
00:47:38but now whenever i mention him
00:47:41your breathing changes
00:47:44your fingers clench
00:47:47your eyelashes tremble
00:47:49you really fell in love with him
00:47:52i waited for you for nine years
00:47:54since i was 14
00:47:55studied the law you love
00:47:57got a double degree at cambridge
00:47:59practiced the fencing you favor
00:48:01won silver at the european youth championship
00:48:03made myself into the woman most worthy of you
00:48:05every step was for you
00:48:07every step was for you
00:48:08every step was for you
00:48:10you never once truly looked at me
00:48:16you deserve someone who truly loves you
00:48:18your eyelashes tremble
00:48:20but that person isn't me
00:48:21it never was
00:48:27fine
00:48:29then let's make a deal
00:48:30you go back and deal with albert's remnant forces
00:48:32i'll use my family's intelligence network to help
00:48:34my condition
00:48:35you attend one public event with me
00:48:36one last time
00:48:37as my fiance
00:48:40after that i officially dissolve the engagement
00:48:42and let you go
00:48:43why
00:48:44i need a dignified ending
00:48:45my family needs closure
00:48:47nine years is no small number
00:48:49my eyelashes tremble
00:48:49one last time
00:48:50one last time standing by your side
00:48:52one last time pretending we still had a chance
00:48:55after that i let go
00:48:57nine years
00:48:58enough
00:49:02whiskey
00:49:05just water
00:49:10the blonde's gone
00:49:14yeah
00:49:15left with that woman
00:49:19yeah
00:49:22you believe he'll come back
00:49:27he left his goddamn keepsake with me
00:49:31then wait
00:49:33wait
00:49:33i'll wait
00:49:34but you'd better come back alive
00:49:37if you dare die out there
00:49:39i'll go to hell and drag you back
00:49:55his body is here
00:49:57his heart is not
00:50:06you were thinking about him the whole time
00:50:08this is the last time
00:50:09after i deal with albert's remnants tomorrow i'm leaving
00:50:14you're really going back to that dusty place
00:50:17sleep on that creaky iron bed
00:50:20that bed may creak
00:50:22but it's warm
00:50:23that smile
00:50:24he never had it in the palace
00:50:26never in front of me
00:50:27from 14 to 23
00:50:29nine years
00:50:30i've seen every expression of his
00:50:32cold
00:50:32tired
00:50:33polite
00:50:33guarded
00:50:33never this one
00:50:34the cowboy gave it to him
00:50:36a rugged
00:50:36calloused cowboy
00:50:37gave him something i could never give no matter how hard i tried
00:50:40first thing tomorrow morning
00:50:42my lawyer will send over the disillusion papers
00:50:45victoria
00:50:45don't say thank you
00:50:47if you say thank you i'll hate you
00:50:54i'm sorry
00:51:09like a creep
00:51:11whatever
00:51:16call or not
00:51:17he said only for emergencies
00:51:19does missing him count as an emergency
00:51:23no
00:51:24fuck
00:51:26where the hell are you
00:51:27you said wait
00:51:28i'm waiting
00:51:30but if you don't come back
00:51:32i'll go to fucking europe and take you back
00:51:34even if i have to tear that shitty palace apart
00:51:37believe it
00:51:42your highness
00:51:43albert's last stronghold in texas has been cleared by the fbi
00:51:47on the european side all family assets have been frozen
00:51:50swiss accounts lebanstan trusts maltaise shell companies
00:51:54all sealed
00:51:55his forces have been completely destroyed
00:51:59book the next flight back to texas
00:52:04starting today
00:52:05we have no relationship whatsoever
00:52:07thank you
00:52:08don't thank me
00:52:11louis de valois
00:52:13the thing i hate most in this life
00:52:15is not meeting you before he did
00:52:19be good to your cowboy
00:52:21he deserves you
00:52:23victoria
00:52:24you deserve someone better too
00:52:26your highness
00:52:28the flight
00:52:30we leave now
00:52:38what's wrong
00:52:51i'm back
00:52:57pastor
00:53:02you were gone 12 days
00:53:0511 days
00:53:0612 days
00:53:08i counted every single day
00:53:10every single hour
00:53:13don't leave again
00:53:14i'm not leaving
00:53:22remember
00:53:27remember
00:53:29i love you
00:53:33just hold yourself
00:53:35just hold yourself
00:53:40on
00:53:54you lost weight
00:53:57miss me
00:54:2012 days
00:54:20he's lost so much weight
00:54:25collarbone's more prominent
00:54:26i can feel his ribs
00:54:29but he's back
00:54:30he's on my bed
00:54:32he's mine
00:54:3512 days
00:54:37how do you plan to make it up
00:54:47i'm not leaving
00:54:48never again
00:54:50if you leave again
00:54:51i'll tie you to this bed
00:54:53tie me with what
00:54:54raw high rope
00:54:59last time i cut through a rawhide rope in three seconds
00:55:02then i'll use chains
00:55:03a creaky iron bed
00:55:05a dusty ranch
00:55:06a rough
00:55:08burning hot cowboy
00:55:09this is the life i chose
00:55:11the end of all my exile
00:55:27this is what he means by my people
00:55:29not a chest piece on a board
00:55:31not a bargaining chip for political marriage
00:55:33not an appendage of the crown prince
00:55:35not anyone's tool
00:55:37his
00:55:37just his
00:55:39awake
00:55:47don't move
00:55:48my hair a bit longer
00:55:50i'm not moving
00:55:52your hair is tickling my neck
00:55:53itchy
00:55:55you're the one who put your chin on my head
00:55:57the scent of his hair
00:55:59not shampoo
00:56:00it's louise's own scent
00:56:02same as the first day
00:56:04faint
00:56:05clean
00:56:06no matter how many times i breathe it in
00:56:30you've improved
00:56:33improved at what?
00:56:35used to blush to the tips of your ears when you touched me
00:56:43people change
00:56:45do they
00:56:51he smiled
00:56:52he thinks i didn't see
00:56:53but the curve of his lips is completely different from the day he threw me onto his horse
00:57:06your highness
00:57:07a few matters to report
00:57:10go ahead
00:57:11albert has been formally indicted by the international criminal court
00:57:15charges include treason
00:57:16money laundering
00:57:17and attempted murder
00:57:18all texas affiliated enterprises have been seized
00:57:21and lone star?
00:57:23fully dissolved
00:57:24richard and the core management have been sentenced
00:57:27the federal court handed down heavy sentences
00:57:29they deserved it
00:57:31your family assets in europe have been fully restored to your name
00:57:34including swiss bank accounts
00:57:36london properties
00:57:38and paris gallery shares
00:57:39transfer all assets into a trust fund
00:57:42allocate 30% of the returns to the morningstar ranch livestock development fund
00:57:4630%?
00:57:48did you mishear me?
00:57:51no sir
00:57:52right away
00:57:53i'll have the legal team draft the trust agreement
00:57:55immediately
00:57:59good
00:57:59anything else?
00:58:02also
00:58:04parliament has once again requested your return to take the throne
00:58:08this is the fourth formal request
00:58:10gene
00:58:12i've already signed the abcation declaration
00:58:14don't bring this up again
00:58:16your highness
00:58:17don't call me your highness
00:58:19i just feel
00:58:20if your mother were still alive
00:58:24she would want me to be happy
00:58:26then please do be happy
00:58:28this is my final request as your faithful servant of 23 years
00:58:32not a servant
00:58:33a friend
00:58:35thank you
00:58:36thank you gene
00:58:44that ring
00:58:45he still hasn't returned it
00:58:47hasn't mentioned it either
00:58:49did he forget?
00:58:51no
00:58:51luke isn't the forgetful kind
00:58:53what's he waiting for?
00:58:55or
00:58:55does he have no intention of returning it at all?
00:58:58no rush
00:58:58he'll return it
00:58:59in his own way
00:59:00luke does everything at his own pace
00:59:02like this land
00:59:04unharried
00:59:05but when the time comes
00:59:06it comes
00:59:10drink water
00:59:20he deliberately drank from the same spot i drank from
00:59:24it's dirty
00:59:25go back inside
00:59:26too much sun
00:59:43have you ever regretted it?
00:59:44hmm
00:59:45regret what?
00:59:47everything
00:59:47from the night
00:59:48you found me outside your barbed wire
00:59:50to taking a bullet for me
00:59:51to going back to europe with me
00:59:53to face albert
00:59:54to now
00:59:55all of it
01:00:00you've asked many times
01:00:03because i'm never sure the answer won't change
01:00:07what are you afraid of?
01:00:09that one day you'll look back and think it wasn't worth it
01:00:15it won't change
01:00:17how do you know?
01:00:18the best thing i've ever done in my life
01:00:20riding midnight down that slope
01:00:22and putting five bullets in those five bastards
01:00:25not because you're a prince
01:00:27not because of how much you're worth
01:00:29because you collapsed outside my barbed wire
01:00:32bleeding
01:00:33and you were fucking smiling
01:00:35i wasn't smiling then
01:00:36you were
01:00:37the corner of your lips was curved
01:00:39i thought you were insane
01:00:41same here
01:00:42the best thing i've ever done crashing outside your barbed wire
01:00:47he says it won't change
01:00:50i finally found a place that won't collapse
01:00:53not a castle
01:00:54not a country
01:00:55a man's shoulders
01:00:56when he buries his face in my shoulder
01:00:59his breath is warm
01:01:01he never used to hide his face
01:01:02he was used to facing everything head on
01:01:06now he does
01:01:07hides his face in the hollow of my shoulder
01:01:09because he doesn't need to be on guard anymore
01:01:12not with me
01:01:28mr lewis
01:01:29this is my last official visit
01:01:31jean thank you for the long journey
01:01:35not at all
01:01:36the abducation process is fully complete
01:01:39parliament voted and approved it
01:01:41the royal advisory council signed off
01:01:43as of today you are officially no longer a member of the house of valway
01:01:50good
01:01:50this is your late mother's personal legacy to you
01:01:53jewelry letters and personal effects
01:01:56not part of royal property
01:01:58per her will
01:01:59they belong to you personally
01:02:01forever
01:02:03thank you jean
01:02:0523 years
01:02:08to have served you has been the honor of my lifetime
01:02:11oh by the way
01:02:13mr anderson asked me to tell you
01:02:14he'll be out all day today
01:02:16he says not to look for him
01:02:18where did he go
01:02:19he didn't say
01:02:20you know something
01:02:21i know nothing
01:02:23when did you two get so close
01:02:25mr anderson called me last night
01:02:28contents confidential
01:02:28he specifically instructed me not to tell you
01:02:34he's out all day
01:02:35told me not to look for him
01:02:37what's he up to
01:02:39even got jean to cover for him
01:02:53where were you all day
01:02:55went out for a bit
01:02:57what business
01:02:58why so many questions
01:03:02last time we got married there wasn't a proper ring
01:03:04yours was too small
01:03:06so i made one myself
01:03:10this one i'm returning
01:03:12you said you wanted me to keep it safe
01:03:16now i'm giving it back
01:03:23no need
01:03:24it's perfect as it is
01:03:25last time you said make do
01:03:27this time it's not making do
01:03:28i want you to wear it
01:03:45cowboy
01:03:45the lines of your back muscles look great when you chop wood
01:03:53can you talk like a normal person
01:03:55no keep chopping i'm watching
01:03:59you're doing this on purpose
01:04:03doing what on purpose
01:04:06the way you look at me every time i chop wood
01:04:10what kind of look
01:04:11you know damn well
01:04:14i don't tell me
01:04:20what are you laughing at
01:04:24remembering the first time you kissed me
01:04:27what about it
01:04:28you were nervous as a kid riding a horse for the first time
01:04:33and now
01:04:33now you're like a tamed wild horse
01:04:36who tamed who
01:04:37what do you think
01:04:38of course i tamed you
01:04:39you thought you saved me
01:04:41but i chose you
01:04:42out of everyone
01:04:43out of the entire world
01:04:44i chose you
01:04:52you used to say you were straight
01:04:56i am
01:04:57and now
01:05:03come inside for dinner
01:05:13don't touch the pot
01:05:14you
Comments