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He Only Wanted Me After My Wedding - Ep - FULL ✅
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00:00The bouquet sailed out of a girl's hands, bounced once, and landed in mine.
00:05Every eye in the room turned to Ethan.
00:08Eight years.
00:09We'd been together eight years.
00:11The bouquet goes to her, she's gotta be next!
00:13Someone pushed Ethan toward me.
00:15I felt the heat rise in my face, waiting, waiting for the words,
00:19I'll marry you.
00:21Instead, he calmly slipped the bouquet out of my hands,
00:24turned, handed it to Sophie, the bridesmaid standing next to him.
00:29She caught it first.
00:30Come on, we'll get the next one.
00:33The spotlight followed the flowers away from me.
00:35I watched Sophie's face go bright with pleased surprise.
00:39I smiled, thin and small.
00:41Ethan didn't know.
00:42There was no next one.
00:44My wedding was next week.
00:45Lily's face went dark in an instant.
00:47I grabbed her arm before she could swing.
00:50She turned back, eyes redder than mine.
00:52That woman did it on purpose.
00:54I every something, I told every single bridesmaid,
00:58this bouquet was yours.
01:00Lily.
01:03The celebration isn't over.
01:05The crowd had already moved on.
01:07Everyone was watching Sophie now,
01:09the way she cradled those flowers,
01:11and let her gaze drift toward Ethan,
01:13soft and deliberate.
01:14Ethan had already eased back to the edge of the room,
01:17like nothing happened.
01:19The MC was good.
01:20A few quick jokes,
01:21and the room came back to life.
01:23Lily turned away, jaw tight.
01:25The ceremony continued.
01:27I sat at Lily's family table for the reception,
01:30accepted the looks from every direction.
01:32The sympathetic ones,
01:33the curious ones.
01:35Ethan was across the room,
01:37laughing at his friends.
01:38Sophie sat close enough to him
01:39that it stopped looking like a professional arrangement
01:42a long time ago.
01:43She hadn't been a bridesmaid originally.
01:45A groomsman was added last minute,
01:47so they pulled her in.
01:49Ethan brought her to events often.
01:51She said it was good for her development,
01:52even here,
01:53to my best friend's wedding.
01:55When Lily and her new husband
01:56came around to toast our table,
01:58she pulled me into a tight hug.
02:00That woman has been angling toward Ethan for six months.
02:03I had someone look into her.
02:04She's good at what she does.
02:06Ethan,
02:07you're the most beautiful bride in this room today.
02:09Don't say another word.
02:12She made a sound in her throat.
02:14Let it go.
02:15By the time the last guests were drifting out,
02:18Ethan walked over,
02:19unhurried.
02:19Ready to go?
02:21You've been drinking.
02:22I'll call a designated driving service.
02:23Sure.
02:24Fine.
02:25The car moved through the dark city.
02:27My face floated back at me from the window.
02:30Makeup still perfect.
02:31Eyes worn down to the bone.
02:33She did get to it first.
02:35Sophie,
02:35she's young,
02:36probably just excited to be there.
02:38Give it back to her,
02:39and don't read too much into it.
02:40I didn't answer.
02:41Watch the neon blur past.
02:43He waited,
02:44then finally looked up from his phone.
02:46You're upset.
02:47Didn't we say we'd get the next one?
02:49Our wedding is going to be better than Lily's.
02:52You can have as many bouquets as you want, okay?
02:54Something sour spread through my chest.
02:56It was always like this.
02:58A warm voice,
02:59a vague promise that floated somewhere in the future,
03:02and then,
03:03the automatic assumption that the whole thing was settled.
03:06Ethan,
03:07Lily and I made a promise when we were kids.
03:10Yeah?
03:11Whoever got married first,
03:13the other one had to follow within a week.
03:15We'd wear each other's bridesmaid dresses.
03:17We'd be the first to see each other be happy.
03:19The car went quiet.
03:21You're still taking that seriously?
03:23Things change.
03:25Venues,
03:26schedules,
03:27everything needs at least six months to a year of planning.
03:31We'll do it right.
03:33The perfect wedding.
03:34No need to rush.
03:35He didn't explain why he couldn't bring himself to say he'd marry me.
03:39Just skipped straight to how the wedding would be planned.
03:42I thought about a month before this.
03:44Lily pulling me into her fitting room.
03:46Her face lit up.
03:48The bridesmaid dress she'd made herself.
03:50When I put it on,
03:51her eyes went bright,
03:52and then immediately wet.
03:53You look incredible in this.
03:55I made this for you.
03:56When it's your turn,
03:57I'll make you something even better.
03:59Ethan had been there too,
04:01head down,
04:02answering work messages.
04:03He glanced up when she said it,
04:05smiled briefly.
04:06Looks good.
04:07Then looked back at his phone.
04:08I'd felt it then.
04:10Alongside the happiness for Lily,
04:12something cold and quiet underneath it.
04:14Eight years that had gone nowhere.
04:16The car pulled into the complex and stopped.
04:19Ethan undid his seatbelt.
04:21Seemed to decide that the car ride had closed the matter.
04:24Leaned in for a kiss.
04:25I put my hand flat against his shoulder.
04:27I'm tired, Ethan.
04:29He looked at me,
04:30quiet for a few seconds.
04:32Then he patted my shoulder.
04:33Being a bridesmaid is exhausting.
04:35Get some rest.
04:39Sophie couldn't get a ride.
04:40I'm gonna go pick her up.
04:42She shouldn't be alone that late.
04:45Sure.
04:46He didn't move right away.
04:47I think he was waiting.
04:49For me to tell him to be careful.
04:50For me to say,
04:52with some edge in my voice.
04:53This late,
04:54I opened the car door,
04:56got out.
04:56The rideshare eased away.
04:58I closed the front door behind me
05:00and sat down on the couch
05:01and stayed there.
05:03Eventually,
05:03I got up and walked to the bedroom.
05:05I stopped at the spare room.
05:07The one we'd set aside
05:08when we bought the apartment four years ago.
05:11There was never a child.
05:12Now there were just boxes.
05:14I went in,
05:15pulled a thick bundle
05:16out from under the blanket
05:17in the old crib.
05:19Letters in his handwriting.
05:20Movie stubs.
05:21Amusement park tickets.
05:23Polaroids from trips.
05:24The one at the bottom
05:25was from college graduation.
05:27He had me on his back
05:28under the cherry trees.
05:29My hair and the petals
05:31were blowing together.
05:32On the back,
05:33in his big,
05:34uneven scrawl,
05:35I'll carry you forever.
05:37That's a promise.
05:38Cold,
05:38like a joke
05:39with no punchline.
05:41Downstairs,
05:41I heard a car
05:42come into the parking garage.
05:44I went still
05:45and listened.
05:46Key in the lock.
05:47Footsteps going quiet
05:48on purpose.
05:49The door opened.
05:51You're still up?
05:52Yeah.
05:53What are you doing
05:54with all of that?
05:55Getting nostalgic?
05:56I didn't answer.
05:58Did she get home okay?
06:00Yeah.
06:01She's pretty far out.
06:02It really is hard
06:03to get a ride there.
06:05Okay.
06:06It's late.
06:07Come to bed.
06:08He reached out
06:08to pull me up.
06:09I didn't take his hand.
06:11My legs had gone numb.
06:13Ethan.
06:14Yeah?
06:15I think we should break up.
06:18Still thinking about the bouquet?
06:20Don't be like this.
06:21Fine.
06:22I'll order you
06:22something bigger tomorrow.
06:24Come on.
06:24I have an early meeting.
06:26I'm getting married.
06:30Within the week.
06:32His hand stopped
06:33on the bathroom door handle.
06:35A few seconds went by.
06:36Whatever was left
06:37of his patient expression
06:38dropped all the way off.
06:40Hannah.
06:41Stop it.
06:42Marriage is a serious thing.
06:44It's not something you threaten
06:45because you're upset.
06:46May 28th.
06:47The hotel's booked.
06:48The dress is chosen.
06:51He laughed.
06:52Short and cold.
06:54Did Lily fill your head
06:55with this?
06:56She did her flash marriage
06:57and now she thinks
06:58everyone should be
06:58just as impulsive?
07:00Hannah.
07:00Think clearly.
07:01Don't let her drag you
07:02into something you'll regret.
07:04After everything
07:05we've been through together...
07:06The invitations
07:06go to print tomorrow.
07:10You think this is going
07:11to change anything?
07:12This just makes you
07:12look immature?
07:14Irrational?
07:14I'm at a critical point
07:16in my career right now.
07:18A wedding is a distraction.
07:19It would wreck
07:20every plan I have.
07:22Is this really
07:23that desperate for you?
07:24A ring?
07:25The words hit like stones.
07:27Once, this tone of his
07:28would have undone me.
07:30Made me apologize,
07:31backpedal, soften.
07:33Now there was nothing in me
07:34except quiet.
07:35His attention was
07:36an expensive thing.
07:37It went to his projects.
07:39It went to his capable secretary.
07:41Late night check-ins,
07:42birthday surprises.
07:44That time they both
07:45happened to stay
07:46an extra half day
07:47at a hotel
07:47during a work trip.
07:49What was left for me,
07:50after all that,
07:51wasn't much.
07:52I held his gaze
07:53and nodded.
07:54Yeah.
07:57All my friends are married.
08:00I want to be too.
08:02I walked into the bedroom
08:04and shut the door.
08:05On the nightstand
08:05was a bridal magazine.
08:07Six months old.
08:08Cover headline.
08:09The perfect
08:09three-month countdown.
08:11What every bride
08:12needs to know.
08:13I'd bought it once.
08:14Excited.
08:15Flipped a few pages.
08:17No rush.
08:18And I'd set it down
08:19and never picked it up again.
08:20In the dark,
08:21I stared at the ceiling.
08:22My phone buzzed.
08:24The screen lit up.
08:25Lily,
08:25you asleep?
08:26My chest is tight
08:27just thinking about it.
08:28That woman's face
08:29makes me so angry.
08:31What is Ethan's deal?
08:33What was his deal?
08:34There wasn't a deal.
08:35It was just this.
08:36Not every wait
08:37ends with the flowers blooming.
08:39We said within a week.
08:40Remember?
08:41Your guy is worse
08:42than a block of wood.
08:43Bouquet lands in your hands
08:44and he still can't read the room?
08:46Eight years,
08:47not eight months.
08:48Fine.
08:49This once,
08:50I'll let you off the hook.
08:51My fingers paused.
08:52Then I typed back.
08:53When have I ever
08:54broken a promise to you?
08:56Ethan moved into the studio
08:58near his office.
08:59The wedding plan
09:00had suffocated him,
09:01I think.
09:02He needed air.
09:03Fine.
09:03So did I.
09:04I quietly took care of everything.
09:06I listed the apartment on Zillow.
09:08The afternoon,
09:08I handed the keys to the realtor.
09:10I was still inside,
09:12packing up odds and ends.
09:13Found a folder of work documents
09:15tucked inside an old magazine.
09:16Ethan's,
09:17from a project he'd been running.
09:19I thought about it for a minute,
09:20then decided to bring it to him.
09:22The studio door was closed
09:23when I got there.
09:25Voices inside.
09:26More than one.
09:27I raised my hand to knock.
09:28A familiar voice floated out,
09:30soft and put upon,
09:32Sophie.
09:33Sequence?
09:33I feel terrible about it.
09:35I'd never caught a bouquet before.
09:37I panicked.
09:38Now the whole office chat
09:39is going crazy.
09:40People keep asking me privately
09:42if you and I are,
09:43you really need to say something
09:45in the group chat.
09:46I can't face anyone.
09:48Sophie,
09:49be honest.
09:50Do you actually want him to deny it?
09:52Or are you hoping he says
09:53something a little different?
09:54Sophie made a show
09:55of being scandalized.
09:57Stop it.
09:59Leave her alone.
10:00It'll blow over.
10:02People forget.
10:03It'll blow over.
10:05That tripped something in my memory.
10:07We'd been at his office once.
10:08He'd forgotten himself for a second
10:10and put his arm around me.
10:11A co-worker saw.
10:13That same afternoon,
10:14he made a calm statement
10:15in the company group chat.
10:17Please don't read into things.
10:18Stay focused on work.
10:20I'd understood then.
10:21He wanted to keep it clean.
10:22So I stopped coming by.
10:24The sensor light in the hallway
10:25had gone out without me noticing.
10:27It was dark.
10:28I understood something now
10:29that I hadn't understood then.
10:31What he'd minded
10:32wasn't the idea
10:33of an office relationship.
10:35What he'd minded
10:35was being seen with me.
10:36Someone who didn't do anything useful
10:38for his career.
10:39So Ethan,
10:39what did you do about Hannah?
10:42I actually got her invitation
10:43this morning,
10:44which,
10:44I mean,
10:45that was out of nowhere.
10:46A short silence.
10:48Let her do what she wants.
10:49It's one thing
10:50to let small stuff go.
10:51But this time
10:52she needs to understand
10:53that a stunt like this
10:54doesn't work.
10:55Once this blows over,
10:58I'll make sure she understands
10:59who she shouldn't be listening to.
11:01He meant Lily.
11:02He decided Lily
11:03was the problem.
11:04A bad influence.
11:05Someone to cut out.
11:07So,
11:08you're really planning
11:09to be a no-she
11:10at your own wedding?
11:11Ethan said nothing,
11:12which was the same as yes.
11:13Come on, man.
11:15You and Hannah
11:16have been together this long.
11:17We've been waiting
11:18forever for your wedding.
11:22You really gonna let it
11:23come to this?
11:24You're not actually
11:26thinking about someone else,
11:28are you?
11:29Like, say,
11:31Sophie?
11:32Sophie stretched out
11:33her protest
11:34into something long
11:35and sweet.
11:36Ethan knows what he wants.
11:38She said the last few words slowly,
11:41like they meant more
11:42than they said.
11:43Ethan didn't answer.
11:44A low laugh
11:45went around the room.
11:46Someone else added,
11:47easy and agreeable.
11:48Honestly, Ethan,
11:49you've been more patient
11:50than most guys would be.
11:52Eight years.
11:53Anyone else would have
11:53checked out ages ago.
11:55What does Hannah actually
11:56bring to the table
11:57besides arguments?
11:59Sophie's smart,
12:00she gets things done,
12:01she's actually useful
12:02when it counts,
12:03when it's fae out.
12:05Stop it,
12:05you're terrible.
12:06The hallway sensor light
12:08stayed off.
12:09I set the folder down
12:10quietly on the floor,
12:11nudged it under the gap
12:12at the bottom of the door
12:14with my toe.
12:14Then I turned around
12:16and walked away.
12:17Ethan opened his phone again.
12:18The last message
12:19in his thread with Hannah
12:20was still the one
12:22he'd sent her.
12:22Think it over.
12:23I'll come back
12:24when you're ready.
12:25Something felt off.
12:26He knew how she worked.
12:28Even in a cold war,
12:29her silences
12:30always had a shape to them,
12:32a particular texture
12:33designed to pull
12:34his attention back.
12:35But he'd been in that studio
12:36for five full days
12:38and she hadn't posted
12:39a single thing.
12:41No Instagram stories,
12:42nothing.
12:43Ethan.
12:45Lily posted a carostel.
12:48Hannah's bridal photos.
12:49Man.
12:49Ethan looked.
12:51Nine photos.
12:52Lily's account,
12:53which she'd been blocked
12:54from for years.
12:55He was seeing this
12:56through someone else's screen.
12:58The center photo,
12:59Hannah in a wedding dress,
13:00standing in front of
13:01a floor-to-ceiling window,
13:03like it had been arranged
13:04just for her.
13:05Her mouth had the faintest curve.
13:07Beautiful.
13:08A kind of beautiful
13:09he hadn't seen on her
13:10in a long time.
13:11All the anxiety
13:12washed out of it,
13:14calm that had settled
13:15into the bone.
13:16The comments were
13:17piling up underneath.
13:18Hannah looks absolutely stunning.
13:20Lucky guy, Ethan.
13:21Finally.
13:22We've been waiting forever.
13:24Lily kept him blocked.
13:25He couldn't see
13:26any of this directly.
13:27He was reading it secondhand,
13:29on someone else's screen.
13:31A dull flare of irritation
13:32moved through him.
13:34She was really doing this?
13:36This openly?
13:38Look at her go.
13:39Let her.
13:40I won't show up.
13:42I want to see how she plans
13:43to put on a whole wedding
13:44by herself.
13:47come on, man.
13:49You don't have to be like this.
13:51There are things
13:51you can't let slide.
13:53Ethan cut him off.
13:54Especially when someone's
13:55been pouring poison
13:56in her ear.
13:57He said,
13:58leaving the implication
13:59to hang.
14:00When this is done,
14:01I'll make sure she put some
14:02distance between herself
14:03and that influence.
14:04He'd filed Lily
14:06under threat months ago.
14:07Liability.
14:08To be dealt with after.
14:12May 28th,
14:13the day after
14:14the photo carousel posted.
14:16Ethan was up early.
14:17Her parents had been over
14:18for dinner back in January.
14:20Her father had mentioned
14:21a few times,
14:22Late May
14:22is the last good date
14:24on the calendar this year.
14:26After that,
14:26you'd have to wait
14:27until next spring.
14:28Ethan had smiled
14:29and refilled the man's glass.
14:32No rush.
14:33We have time.
14:34He hadn't thought
14:35she'd actually done
14:35the math on that.
14:36His phone had been going
14:38since morning.
14:43Relax.
14:44Let her wait.
14:45He let himself picture it.
14:46Hana in the dress.
14:47In whatever venue
14:48she'd booked.
14:49Watching the clock.
14:50Hopeful and anxious.
14:51Wondering when he'd walk in.
14:53The satisfaction of it
14:54felt clean.
14:55She needed to know
14:56what it actually felt like
14:57to be left guessing.
14:58Then she'd stop.
14:59Then,
15:00someone dropped
15:00a screenshot in the group.
15:02Lily had posted again.
15:03A bedroom.
15:04Balloons and confetti
15:05in a heart pattern.
15:06Rose petals across
15:07the white bedding.
15:10The group went up in flames.
15:15Oh my god,
15:16she actually did it.
15:17Ethan,
15:17I can't watch this.
15:18You have to go be a man about it.
15:19Don't let this blow up.
15:20A dress!
15:20We're coming with you!
15:21The light from his phone screen
15:23lit his face.
15:24His fingers tightened a little.
15:26Every detail in the room
15:28was waiting for someone
15:29to walk through the door.
15:30He imagined himself doing it.
15:32The noise of the room.
15:33Her face when she saw him.
15:35He turned toward the closet.
15:36The custom suit was hanging
15:38where he could see it.
15:39Tie, cufflinks, shoes.
15:41All of it.
15:42He'd told his assistant
15:43to put it together a week ago
15:44without quite knowing why.
15:46Now his friends were loud
15:47in his ear
15:48and the thing in his chest
15:50that had been pulled taut
15:51started to give.
15:52Fine, fine.
15:52I heard you.
15:54Give me five minutes.
15:56He was already moving
15:57toward the closet.
15:58Faster than usual.
15:59Without noticing,
16:01he was buttoning the last button
16:02on his shirt,
16:03reaching for the suit jacket
16:04when his phone rang
16:05one of the guys
16:06who'd gone ahead to scout.
16:09Ethan,
16:10why did you and Hana
16:11sell the apartment?
16:12What do you mean, sell?
16:13The place you two lived.
16:15The doorman says it transferred
16:16to a new owner
16:16a few days ago.
16:19Transferred.
16:19Your apartment.
16:20Hana's apartment.
16:21The doorman has no idea
16:22where she went.
16:23I asked and he said
16:24she genuinely doesn't know.
16:26Do you two move
16:27and not tell anyone?
16:28Because I'm standing here
16:29right now
16:30and I have no idea
16:30where we're supposed
16:31to be picking her up.
16:32Something detonated quietly
16:34in the center of Ethan's chest.
16:36Whatever came after that,
16:38he didn't really hear.
16:39They'd sold it.
16:40The place they picked out together.
16:41Floor plan.
16:42Finishes.
16:43Furniture.
16:44All of it chosen
16:45piece by piece.
16:46The place they'd said,
16:47without ever quite making it official,
16:49was going to be home.
16:50Ethan?
16:51Ethan, talk to me.
16:52What do we do?
16:56The doorman.
16:57Get me the new owner's contact
16:59or the realer
17:00whoever handled the listing.
17:02Send it now.
17:02He was already moving
17:03toward the door.
17:04She sold it.
17:06She let it go.
17:07Five years of a life
17:08lived in that apartment
17:09and she let it go.
17:10And if she let that go,
17:12did she let him go too?
17:13The thought surfaced
17:14and immediately took
17:15all the air out of the room.
17:16He dropped everything
17:17he'd been holding on to
17:18and called her.
17:20Once.
17:20Twice.
17:21Ten times.
17:22Hi, you've reached Hana.
17:23Please leave a message
17:24after the beep.
17:25She'd turned her phone off
17:26on the day he'd finally,
17:28actually decided to go.
17:30Ethan pressed the screen dark.
17:31He drove out
17:32and found his friends
17:33who were standing around
17:34looking at each other
17:35with no useful answers.
17:37One of them eventually
17:38dug through the junk
17:39in his back seat.
17:42She had someone drop it in my car.
17:43You said you weren't going
17:44so I just...
17:45Ethan took it.
17:47His eyes went straight
17:48to the four printed words
17:49at the top.
17:50Quinn and Hana.
17:52Together.
17:52His heart seized
17:53and released.
17:55Quinn, that was him.
17:56I'm fine.
17:56She'd tried it his way.
17:57The dress fittings
17:58without telling him.
17:59The sold apartment.
18:01The phone going dark.
18:02That wasn't like her.
18:03That was Lily's doing.
18:04Working her up
18:05into something extreme.
18:06But a name on an invitation
18:07didn't lie.
18:08His name.
18:09Where are we?
18:10The apartment's out.
18:12Forget the apartment.
18:13The hotel.
18:14Everyone pull it together.
18:16Quinn and Hana.
18:17Some of the anxiety
18:18began to level out.
18:19But it didn't disappear.
18:20It just sat there.
18:21Quieter.
18:22If she'd sent invitations
18:23why was her phone off?
18:24Why wasn't Lily
18:25picking up either?
18:26Take it easy man.
18:28When they reached the hotel
18:29the easel board
18:30near the entrance read
18:31Quinn and Hana.
18:33Together.
18:35He walked in fast.
18:36Past the check-in staff.
18:38Past the curious looks
18:39from arriving guests.
18:41He figured the looks
18:42were because he'd shown up
18:43looking like he'd been rushing.
18:44Not because of anything else.
18:46The ballroom was full of flowers.
18:48Every arrangement considered.
18:50Every detail placed with intention.
18:52Standing in the middle of it
18:53Ethan felt something
18:54move through him
18:55that was almost satisfaction.
18:57She'd put real care into this.
18:59The proposal on one day.
19:02The input on her dress.
19:05The flowers.
19:06These should have been
19:07his gifts to her.
19:09Instead
19:09he'd walked in like a guest
19:11who'd lost the address
19:12receiving a finished fact.
19:14He pressed the feeling down.
19:16It was small of him
19:17to dwell on it.
19:17There would be other chances.
19:19He'd more than
19:20make it up to her.
19:21Excuse me sir.
19:22I'll need to see your invitation.
19:23Ethan blinked.
19:24He didn't have an invitation.
19:26I'm the groom.
19:29I'm sorry.
19:30Could I confirm
19:30you're the groom,
19:32Mr. Quinn?
19:32Who else would I be?
19:33His patience
19:34was just about gone.
19:35His family
19:36hadn't been invited at all
19:37which still sat badly with him.
19:40Curious looks
19:40kept finding him
19:41from across the room.
19:43Of course.
19:43I'm so sorry.
19:44The bride hasn't arrived yet,
19:45Mr. Quinn.
19:45I can take you
19:46to the waiting room
19:47off the main hall
19:47if you'd like.
19:48He waved her off.
19:51He walked straight down
19:52the carpet corridor
19:53toward the ballroom.
19:55Faces he recognized.
19:56Old friends.
19:57Extended family
19:58on Hannah's side.
19:59Eight years
20:00and you finally made it.
20:02Where's the bride?
20:04Is she hiding?
20:04He managed smiles.
20:06Where was she?
20:07Where was Lily?
20:08He had no one to ask.
20:11He tried her phone again.
20:14Off.
20:14He was close
20:15to finding the hotel manager
20:17and demanding answers
20:18when a small stir
20:19broke out
20:19near the ballroom doors.
20:21He was ready.
20:22Ready to see her
20:22come through those doors
20:23in that dress.
20:25Ready for whatever expression
20:26she'd be wearing.
20:27Relief.
20:27Or surprise.
20:28Or a little bit of both.
20:30Ready to stand
20:30in front of everyone
20:31and be exactly
20:32who she'd been asking him to be.
20:34He'd work out his feelings
20:35about the rest of it tonight.
20:36In private.
20:37Let her know.
20:38Gently.
20:39That this kind of thing
20:40couldn't happen again.
20:41First through
20:42were the flower girls.
20:43Scattering petals.
20:45Then Lily.
20:46In champagne.
20:47Moving up the aisle.
20:48She saw him immediately.
20:50Ethan felt it hit him.
20:51Like a hand on the chest.
20:53He slowed down
20:54without meaning to.
20:55She moved to the side.
20:56Bent slightly.
20:56and made a gesture
20:58toward the door.
20:58Please welcome
20:59today's most beautiful bride.
21:01Hana.
21:02And there she was.
21:03In the doorway.
21:04Ethan's heart
21:05knocked hard
21:05against his ribs.
21:07He stepped forward
21:08to go to her.
21:09At that exact moment
21:10a man came
21:12from the other direction.
21:13Passed Ethan
21:14without looking at him.
21:15Walked to the head
21:15of the aisle.
21:16Extended his arm
21:17to Hana.
21:18Please join me
21:19in welcoming
21:20today's happiest couple.
21:22Our beautiful bride.
21:24Hana.
21:24and our groom
21:26Xavier Quinn.
21:29Xavier.
21:30Ethan's foot
21:30stopped moving.
21:31His whole body stopped.
21:33The blood went up
21:34fast and hard.
21:35Everything in the room
21:36swam.
21:36The only thing
21:37that stayed sharp
21:38was the couple
21:39at the center of the aisle.
21:40Arm in arm.
21:43What the?
21:45Ethan.
21:46What is happening
21:47right now?
21:47The groom's name
21:48is Xavier?
21:49So Quinn and Hana
21:50means...
21:50Colliding.
21:51He couldn't hear
21:52them properly.
21:52There was a high
21:53clean silence
21:54behind everything.
21:55At the way
21:56her fingers rested
21:57in the crook
21:57of another man's arm.
21:59No.
21:59This was wrong.
22:00This wasn't
22:01how it was supposed
22:01to go.
22:02He pushed through
22:03his friends
22:03not carefully
22:04and started
22:05toward the aisle.
22:08Ethan.
22:09Move.
22:10She didn't move.
22:11She stepped closer.
22:14What exactly
22:14are you planning
22:15to do?
22:15Haven't you done enough?
22:17Look around you.
22:17This is not your day.
22:18This is not your room.
22:19She is mine.
22:20Eight years.
22:21We were together
22:22eight years.
22:23Who the hell
22:23is Xavier Quinn
22:24and why is he
22:25touching her?
22:26Hana?
22:26Somebody tell me
22:27what is going on.
22:28Tell me right now.
22:29She's yours?
22:30Ethan, ask yourself
22:31honestly.
22:32In eight years
22:32who was using who?
22:34How many chances
22:35did she give you?
22:35Can you even count them?
22:37The bouquet?
22:38Do you have any idea
22:39how much she built up
22:40to that moment?
22:41What it cost
22:41her to be standing there?
22:43She'd already met
22:44Xavier's parents.
22:45She'd gone out there
22:46and done that by herself
22:48and she came back.
22:50That bouquet
22:51was your last exit ramp.
22:52All you had to do
22:53was walk over to her,
22:54say something in public,
22:56make one actual promise
22:57in front of people.
22:58She told me
23:00if you did that,
23:01just that,
23:02she was going to call
23:02the whole thing off
23:03and keep waiting for you.
23:05Like she always had.
23:06Like an idiot.
23:10And what did you do?
23:11You reached over
23:12and took it out of her hands
23:13and gave it to Sophie
23:14in front of everyone.
23:16And then you told her
23:17we'll get the next one.
23:18Do you understand
23:18what you threw away?
23:19And Sophie,
23:20that secretary,
23:22how many times
23:22did she call you
23:23after you'd been drinking
23:24with that voice
23:25and make Hana
23:25come pick you up?
23:26How many times
23:27did Hana found
23:28a lipstick mark somewhere
23:29or caught a perfume
23:30that wasn't hers?
23:31How many times
23:31did Sophie things
23:32on Instagram
23:32that only you
23:33would understand?
23:34little inside things,
23:35photos.
23:36She even told Hana directly
23:38that the two of you
23:39had slept together.
23:43There was nothing there
23:44that Hana was reading
23:45too much into it,
23:46that Sophie was
23:47just his secretary.
23:48But the details
23:48were already moving,
23:50surfacing without
23:50his permission.
23:51The late calls,
23:53an earring left in the car,
23:54the way Sophie worked
23:55certain things
23:56into conversation
23:57when Hana was in the room,
23:59details only the two
24:00of them would know.
24:02Hana believed you
24:03every time.
24:03Every time.
24:05She swallowed the doubt
24:05by herself,
24:06told herself she was
24:07overthinking it,
24:07and you told her
24:08it's just work
24:09and she's my secretary
24:10and you're imagining things.
24:11Ethan, where was your heart?
24:13Did she ever actually have it
24:14or did it go somewhere else
24:15a long time ago?
24:16That's not, I didn't...
24:18You deserve this.
24:19You lost the person
24:20in this world
24:21who loved you most.
24:22As of today,
24:22she's a Quinn,
24:23just not yours.
24:27Don't cause a scene.
24:28I hired security.
24:30Ethan stood where he was,
24:31at the front of the room,
24:32Xavier carefully lifted
24:34Hana's veil.
24:36Ethan, stop.
24:38Don't.
24:39Let go of me!
24:42She's mine.
24:43How is she doing this?
24:45How does she dare?
24:46Get it together.
24:47You know where you are
24:48right now?
24:49There are cameras everywhere.
24:50You just finished a Series B.
24:52There are people watching
24:53everything you do.
24:54You want tomorrow's headline?
24:56Tech founder has
24:57breakdown at wedding?
24:58Attempts to intervene?
25:00We're begging you.
25:01Whatever happens next,
25:03don't let it be this.
25:04You go out there
25:06and it doesn't fix anything.
25:07All it does is make her
25:09and everyone else in this room
25:10lose whatever respect
25:11they had left for you.
25:13Respect.
25:14Ethan's resistance stuttered.
25:16The word landed like ice water.
25:18He looked around.
25:19The MC had raised his voice,
25:21was telling a story
25:22about the couple's love story
25:23is truly one for the ages.
25:26It wasn't quite working.
25:27Too many faces
25:28had turned this way.
25:29Up at the front,
25:30Xavier's kiss had ended.
25:32That look,
25:33the fact that it had
25:34nothing in it,
25:35no anger,
25:36no satisfaction,
25:38not even recognition
25:39of the damage,
25:40cut through the last wire.
25:42Get him out of here.
25:43His friends traded a look
25:44and half carried him
25:45toward the exit.
25:48Phone number
25:48no longer in service.
25:50Social media went dark.
25:52Instagram locked
25:53to everyone he was.
25:54Ethan called in
25:55every contact he had.
25:57It took time.
25:58Eventually,
25:59he pieced together
26:00the day after the reception,
26:01she'd left with Xavier
26:03for Xavier Family City,
26:04a place Ethan had never once
26:05thought to learn anything about.
26:07She's just posturing
26:08and exaggerating.
26:09We set up a business
26:11in her city
26:11and bought a condo
26:12in the exact community
26:13she loves,
26:13but she hasn't shown
26:14the slightest desire
26:15to relocate.
26:16It's merely a passing phase,
26:17not a permanent stance.
26:18He tracked down
26:19the new owner
26:20of their apartment,
26:21made an offer
26:22the person couldn't refuse.
26:24Standing in the doorway again,
26:26key in hand,
26:27looking at the empty rooms
26:28and the unfamiliar smell of them,
26:30everything was the same.
26:31The faint marks in the wall
26:32where they'd hung photographs,
26:34everything was different.
26:35He had the apartment cleaned
26:36and put back the way
26:37it had been,
26:38from memory.
26:38He took a few photos
26:39of the rooms
26:40and found an old email address
26:41of hers
26:42and sent them through.
26:43One line,
26:43home is still here.
26:45You can come back
26:45whenever you want.
26:46No reply.
26:47He started showing up
26:48in her city,
26:49business reasons he invented.
26:50He found out which park
26:51her parents walked through
26:52in the mornings.
26:53Hannah's doing well.
26:54She really is.
26:56I know I wasn't around
26:57enough before.
26:58I'm going to change that.
26:59He brought premium gift baskets
27:01and good fruit.
27:02He sat with her father
27:03and played chess
27:04and listened to old stories,
27:05trying to reassemble
27:06a picture of her life.
27:09The past is the past.
27:11Don't be too hard
27:12on yourself.
27:12He wasn't being hard
27:13on himself.
27:14He was correcting a mistake.
27:15He held on to the fixed belief
27:16that patience and consistency
27:17would eventually open
27:19a door back.
27:19He had not understood
27:20that there was no one
27:21on the other side anymore.
27:22He was playing
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