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00:03The hurricane hit without warning.
00:05His mistress and I were both trapped under the rubble.
00:10She has a steel rod through her chest. We need to operate now.
00:13Just as the doctors moved toward me, my husband, Kale, pushed through the crowd.
00:18Save her first! She's pregnant!
00:21Through my blurred vision, I saw the panic in his eyes for his mistress.
00:25What he didn't know was I was pregnant too.
00:29Wait! She's crashing! I think she may have a clotting disorder.
00:33I reached out to Kale with my last strength.
00:36I'm her husband. If anything goes wrong, I'll take full responsibility.
00:41He abandoned me for his mistress, and a child that wasn't even his.
00:45The doctors hesitated for a moment, then they turned away from me.
00:49After all, my husband had agreed to take responsibility.
00:52I lay on the cold floor, blood pooling beneath me.
00:55The doctors and nurses nearby couldn't hide their disgust.
00:59People like him make me sick.
01:01His wife is the one bleeding out, and he's worried about another woman.
01:05And that woman barely has a scratch on her.
01:08Why is she demanding priority over a critical patient?
01:11Meanwhile, his wife was crushed under falling debris.
01:14Their voices drifted in and out of my ears.
01:17I turned my head.
01:18Kale was holding Sarah in his arms.
01:21His face was pale with worry.
01:23In seven years of marriage, I had never seen him look at me that way.
01:27Turns out, his heart belongs to Sarah, and no space for me.
01:31I could feel myself slipping away.
01:34At this rate, I might lose my baby too.
01:36I grabbed a nurse's sleeve.
01:39Please, can you save me first?
01:42I'm pregnant too.
01:44Just then, Kale walked over with Sarah in his arms.
01:50Even now, you're still trying to get my attention?
01:54Pathetic.
01:55Sarah just told me she's pregnant.
01:57And you pull this?
01:59Trying to compete with her?
02:00Doctor, ignore her.
02:01She's fine.
02:02Sarah is the one who's hurt.
02:03Examine her first.
02:07She's crashing.
02:08We're losing her.
02:09I said I'm her husband.
02:11I take full responsibility.
02:12She's faking it.
02:15She does this for attention.
02:16She's not dying.
02:18Now examine Sarah.
02:20If anything happens to her, I'll destroy every one of you.
02:23The doctor treating me stopped.
02:25He stepped away.
02:26Only the nurse stayed.
02:28Stay with me, please.
02:30We're going to save you.
02:31I tried to keep my eyes open,
02:33but I could feel the blood leaving my chest.
02:36One last thought before the dark.
02:38God, why does it hurt this much?
02:40Seven years of marriage.
02:42When it came to life or death,
02:43he chose her without hesitation.
02:46Voices pulled me back.
02:48I opened my eyes.
02:49The ER ceiling.
02:52Miss, we've called your husband several times,
02:55but he didn't answer.
02:56Surgery requires a signature.
02:58Is there anyone else we can reach?
02:59My heart ached.
03:00Kale was definitely taking care of Sarah now.
03:03He had no time for me.
03:05I will sign it.
03:05Using all my strength to hold the pen.
03:08When I was about to pass out from the pain,
03:10I heard other nurses gossiping.
03:12Girls, take notes.
03:13Marry someone who shows up.
03:15That woman they brought in earlier,
03:17Sarah,
03:18her husband hasn't left her side once.
03:19Won't even eat.
03:21Just holds her hand and cries.
03:23And then there's this one.
03:24Critical condition.
03:25And we still can't find her husband.
03:27That's enough.
03:28She was afraid those words would upset me.
03:30But honestly,
03:31I almost wanted to laugh.
03:32If they knew that the devoted husband
03:34they were praising
03:35had abandoned his wife and unborn child
03:37to take care of another woman,
03:39what would they think then?
03:41None of that mattered anymore.
03:42I only wanted to save my baby.
03:45The anesthetic flowed into my veins.
03:47Just before I lost consciousness.
03:51My baby.
03:53I only got those two words out
03:55before I was gone.
03:57When I opened my eyes again,
03:58the sharp smell of disinfectant
04:00filled my nose.
04:01You're awake.
04:02How do you feel?
04:03Your baby's okay.
04:04We saved the baby.
04:05The moment she saw I was awake,
04:07relief filled her face.
04:08After everything he put you through
04:10and you were still thinking
04:10about his baby the whole time,
04:12was it worth it?
04:13The baby didn't do anything wrong.
04:16She didn't say anything else,
04:17just told me to rest
04:18and slipped out.
04:19I lay in bed, exhausted.
04:22Just as I was about to fall asleep,
04:24I heard it.
04:25Kale, it hurts.
04:27I know.
04:28I'm right here.
04:29It's Sarah and Kale.
04:32Kale, the baby.
04:35The baby's fine.
04:36I've got you both.
04:37Don't worry.
04:38A soft voice I had never heard
04:40in seven years of marriage.
04:42Should you go check on your wife?
04:43She sounded like she was hurt pretty bad.
04:45The moment she brought me up,
04:47his tone shifted completely.
04:49Sarah, why are you worrying about her?
04:51You're too kind.
04:52You're too kind.
04:53Back there, she lied about being pregnant
04:54just to compete with you
04:55for medical resources.
04:57A woman like that deserves
04:58whatever happens to her.
04:59Honestly, if she hadn't made it,
05:00it would have been her own fault.
05:01My mind went blank.
05:03The bullet wound had hurt,
05:04but his words hurt more.
05:05I forced myself to stop listening.
05:08Once I was stable enough to be moved,
05:10I called the housekeeper,
05:11Mrs. Lawson, and asked her to come.
05:13She didn't pick up.
05:15But 10 seconds later,
05:16she walked through my door
05:17with a food container in her hands.
05:19Awkwardness flashed across her face.
05:21Mrs. Lawson, why didn't you answer?
05:25It was Mr. Morgan who asked me to come.
05:28Of course he did.
05:30When the hurricane hit,
05:31Kale had made the doctors save Sarah first.
05:34He would make the housekeeper
05:35take care of her first too.
05:41Since you're already here,
05:42take me for a walk.
05:44She didn't look happy about it,
05:46but she couldn't refuse.
05:48She helped me into the wheelchair
05:49and pushed me out into the hall.
05:51I had her stop in front of Sarah's door.
05:54I've had enough.
05:56This ends here.
05:58When she saw me,
05:59she didn't look surprised.
06:01Instead, she spoke as if she owned the place.
06:03Mrs. Lawson?
06:05Who's this?
06:10This is Mr. Morgan's wife.
06:17Oh, it's you.
06:20I'm so sorry.
06:23Please don't blame Kale.
06:25This is all my fault.
06:27If I hadn't been hurt,
06:29if I hadn't been pregnant,
06:31he never would have left you.
06:38Guess Kale's taste isn't much to brag about after all.
06:41He's that obsessed with you?
06:43Fine.
06:43Keep him.
06:44A trash like that isn't worth keeping.
06:45The next second,
06:47my wheelchair lurched forward.
06:49Someone had shoved it.
06:50The wheelchair slammed into a cabinet.
06:53I was thrown onto the floor.
06:54The pain hit.
06:59Oh my God.
07:00I'm so sorry.
07:02I didn't mean to.
07:03I was scared.
07:04You were upset.
07:05I just wanted to stop you.
07:07I panicked.
07:09Warmth spreading down my legs.
07:11A lot of blood is soaking through my pants.
07:14She's bleeding.
07:16Doctor.
07:17Someone help.
07:18She's bleeding.
07:22Sarah screamed.
07:23But I caught the flash of satisfaction in her eyes.
07:26I was taken back into surgery.
07:29This time,
07:30luck didn't find me.
07:31My baby was gone.
07:33When I came out of it,
07:35Kale was sitting by the bed.
07:36I thought he knew about the baby.
07:38But the first thing he did was blame me.
07:40You shouldn't have gone to see her.
07:43What?
07:44My whole body went cold.
07:45Don't give me that look.
07:47You fell.
07:48Sure, you ended up in surgery,
07:49but you're fine now.
07:51But you're fine now, aren't you?
07:53If you'd stayed in your room,
07:55like a normal person,
07:58instead of picking a fight with Sarah,
08:00none of this would have happened.
08:02I realized he didn't know about the baby.
08:04Sarah and Mrs. Lawson must have made sure of that.
08:07Maybe that was for the best.
08:09He didn't deserve to know.
08:11He reached into his pocket
08:13and pulled out a pair of earrings.
08:16These are for you.
08:17They were the ones I'd wanted for years.
08:19I used to ask him to buy them for me.
08:21No.
08:22He always said married women
08:23shouldn't waste money on dressing up.
08:29What's this supposed to mean?
08:31I knew Kale too well.
08:32He never apologized because he felt guilty,
08:35especially not for Sarah.
08:37The hurricane has been all over the news.
08:39And?
08:40Reporters are coming tomorrow.
08:42You survived critical injuries
08:44with a clotting disorder.
08:45They're calling it a miracle.
08:47I need you to give that interview to Sarah.
08:49She'll take your place and pose as my wife.
08:51I was disgusted by how shameless he sounded.
08:54How exactly do you expect that to work?
08:59I've already handled it.
09:00The medical records have been switched.
09:02No one will know.
09:03He must have thought I was hesitating
09:04because his tone softened.
09:06I know you've always wanted a child.
09:09Once you're recovered, we'll try again.
09:13You know my company's about to go public.
09:15We need the buzz.
09:17And Sarah is a public figure.
09:20With her involved,
09:21the story will get even more attention.
09:23If we play this right,
09:25it'll be good for both of us.
09:27Even now,
09:28he was still thinking about Sarah and himself.
09:30Every single move had never once been about me.
09:34Fine.
09:35I didn't hesitate.
09:37See?
09:38This is why it works between us.
09:39We're married.
09:41What's good for me is good for you.
09:44Get some rest.
09:45I'll come by later.
09:48He never did.
09:49I found out through the nurses
09:51that the press event
09:52was in the hospital's conference hall.
09:55Ignoring the pain,
09:56I made my way there.
09:57By the time I arrived,
09:59the room was packed.
10:00Cameras everywhere.
10:02Through the crowd,
10:04I spotted Kale and Sarah.
10:05Kale stood beside her wheelchair.
10:08His expression was full of concern.
10:10Sarah had carefully styled herself
10:13to look fragile and seriously injured.
10:15They looked like a loving couple.
10:17Sarah, of everyone who helped you through this,
10:19who are you most grateful for?
10:21The doctors who saved me
10:23and my baby
10:25and my partner.
10:27He never left my side
10:28even when everything was falling apart.
10:30He's the reason I held on.
10:32That's beautiful.
10:34Your relationship must be stronger than ever.
10:36So many families were torn apart.
10:37The three of you made it through.
10:39You have so much to look forward to.
10:41Mr. Morgan,
10:42you run a successful company
10:43and clearly you're devoted at home.
10:45Do you have any advice for other men?
10:47Just as he opened his mouth,
10:49I pushed through the crowd.
10:51The slap landed clean across his face.
10:56Hundreds of cameras swung toward me.
10:59Mia, what the hell are you?
11:00If she's your wife,
11:01then what am I?
11:03And did either of you think
11:05for one second about our child?
11:08Before he could react,
11:09I pulled the black cloth
11:11from what I was carrying.
11:12A small white urn
11:14appeared before everyone.
11:16Kale went pale.
11:18Sarah screamed
11:19and scrambled behind him.
11:22Mia, what is wrong with you?
11:25I stepped forward.
11:27Did you ask our child
11:29how it felt
11:29when you decided to be
11:30with the woman who killed it?
11:32What child?
11:34Mia, have you lost your mind?
11:35Exactly.
11:36How can you accuse me like that?
11:38The reporters push closer.
11:39Microphone's out.
11:41Ma'am, can you explain
11:42what you mean about the child
11:43and what exactly
11:44is your relationship
11:45with Mr. Morgan?
11:46I knew Sarah would keep playing dumb.
11:48I'd come prepared.
11:49I pulled out
11:50the prenatal test results
11:52and our marriage certificate.
11:54Kale Morgan and I
11:55are legally married.
11:56That was our child.
11:59Kale snatched the papers
12:00out of my hands
12:01before the cameras
12:02could catch them clearly.
12:03You were pregnant?
12:06Yes.
12:08I held his gaze.
12:10I was pregnant
12:10when the hurricane hit.
12:12When you abandoned me
12:14to save her.
12:17And the woman you saved
12:18put her hands
12:19on my wheelchair
12:20and sent me crashing.
12:26I lost the baby
12:27in surgery that night.
12:29The room turned on Sarah.
12:31Is that true?
12:32Mr. Morgan was already married?
12:33Does that make you
12:34the other woman?
12:35No!
12:36I didn't!
12:38Kale, that's not true!
12:40She grabbed
12:41Kyle's sleeve desperately.
12:43Tears filled her eyes.
12:45Kyle hesitated.
12:47Then he pulled her
12:48into his arms.
12:50Enough.
12:51You have no proof.
12:52I couldn't believe it.
12:54Even after learning
12:55about our baby
12:56he still chose her.
12:58Mia, you can't
12:59can't just make accusations
13:01like that without any proof.
13:02She's right, Miss Carter.
13:04That's a serious allegation.
13:05The reporters
13:06were starting to murmur.
13:07Who says there's no proof?
13:09A voice behind me.
13:10I turned.
13:11It was the young nurse.
13:12She stepped through the crowd
13:14and walked up
13:15to the nearest camera.
13:16She opened her phone.
13:18Security footage
13:19played on the screen.
13:20I remembered
13:21all at once.
13:22The day I visited
13:23Sarah's room
13:24the door had been open.
13:25The hallway camera
13:27had recorded everything.
13:31Sarah lunged
13:32toward the nurse
13:33grabbing for the phone.
13:34The nurse sidestepped
13:36and pushed her
13:37to the floor.
13:42I never expected
13:43a famous animal rescue
13:44influencer
13:45to be this cruel.
13:46So all that kindness
13:47was fake?
13:48Who knows what she does
13:49to the animals
13:50when the cameras
13:50aren't rolling.
13:51The reporters closed in
13:53on Sarah
13:53from every direction.
13:55Some openly cursed her.
13:57You destroyed
13:58someone's family
13:59and killed her baby.
14:00How do you live
14:02with that?
14:03May Karm drag you
14:04straight to hell!
14:13There has to be
14:14a misunderstanding.
14:15Kale tried once more.
14:17Kale's face
14:18grew darker.
14:19This is a misunderstanding.
14:20Sarah isn't like this.
14:22The nurse looked at him.
14:25You're just as
14:26disgusting as she is.
14:28She turned toward
14:29the cameras.
14:30I was there
14:31when the hurricane
14:32hit that day.
14:32This man knew
14:33his wife was seriously injured.
14:35He still let the doctors
14:36treat his mistress first.
14:37His face went white.
14:39Shut up,
14:40you freaking...
14:42Sir,
14:43you need to back up.
14:44Several reporters
14:45blocked him immediately.
14:48Why are you getting violent?
14:50Are you always like this?
14:52He glared at me.
14:53Are you happy now?
14:55Mia,
14:56are you just gonna stand there?
14:58Does seeing me miserable
14:59make you happy?
15:00I nodded
15:01and smiled to him.
15:03You should own
15:05what you do.
15:06Bitch!
15:07This is all your fault!
15:09Fix it!
15:10Tell them you made it up
15:12or I swear
15:12I'll divorce you!
15:14Kale,
15:15have some shame.
15:16And now,
15:17you're still trying
15:18to weasel your way out?
15:19Don't forget,
15:20this is a live broadcast.
15:23That landed.
15:24He looked around the room,
15:25at the cameras,
15:27at the reporters,
15:28still firing questions
15:29he couldn't answer.
15:30He tried to push through.
15:32There was nowhere to go.
15:33The perfect image
15:34they built
15:35collapsed in front of everyone.
15:36I took the nurse's arm
15:38and we walked out.
15:39The broadcast hit
15:41every trending list
15:42by that evening.
15:43Both Kale and Sarah
15:45became targets online.
15:47Thousands of comments
15:48flooded their accounts.
15:50How shameless is this man?
15:51His wife was pregnant
15:52and seriously injured.
15:54He waved her off
15:55to save his mistress.
15:57Men will cheat with anyone
15:58because they never appreciate
15:59what they already have.
16:01Hope his wife divorces him
16:02and lives her best life.
16:11It Kale had always had
16:12too much pride
16:13for his own good.
16:15He replied to
16:15every comment
16:16he could find.
16:17argued with strangers
16:19in his mentions
16:20for days.
16:21This only made things worse.
16:23This is what your CEO
16:24looks like apparently.
16:28How does a company
16:29this incompetent
16:30even think about
16:31going public?
16:31It went on
16:32for nearly a week.
16:33Then the news cycle
16:35moved on
16:35the way it always does.
16:37What I didn't expect
16:38was for Kale
16:39to show up at my door.
16:41After the press conference
16:42I'd moved out.
16:43I was staying
16:44in a small apartment
16:45a friend wasn't using.
16:47Because of my recovery
16:48I wasn't working.
16:50I don't know what
16:51Kale said to my friend
16:52but my friend
16:54gave him the address.
17:04The moment I opened
17:05the door
17:06memories flooded back.
17:07The hurricane
17:08the promises
17:10the seven years
17:11we spent together.
17:16I thought about
17:17all the things
17:18he'd promised
17:18over the years.
17:20I'd believed
17:21for a long time
17:22that we were going
17:23to grow old together.
17:24We stood across
17:26from each other
17:26like strangers
17:27with a score to settle.
17:29He held out a card
17:30impatient.
17:32300,000 in that account.
17:33Call it compensation
17:34for the baby.
17:35You had your scene.
17:36I've suffered too.
17:36Isn't that enough?
17:38He thought a child
17:39had a price tag.
17:41Does Sarah's baby
17:42have a number too?
17:43I asked.
17:45Or is hers worth more?
17:46His face went cold.
17:48Are you threatening me?
17:50Watch yourself.
17:51You go near Sarah again
17:52and you won't like
17:53what happens.
17:54There's something else.
17:56I need you to go on record
17:58and say
17:58the whole thing
17:59was a misunderstanding.
18:00My company is about
18:02to go public.
18:03If this scandal continues
18:04the board will come
18:05after me.
18:06Is that what you want?
18:07Classic Kale.
18:08Even now
18:09he still believed
18:10one conversation
18:11would bring me back
18:12in line.
18:12If you won't play along
18:14I'll divorce you.
18:15And face it
18:16you're second hand.
18:18Leftovers.
18:19No man with options
18:21is settling for that.
18:22How had I never seen
18:24this side of him before?
18:25He showed no respect
18:27for women at all
18:28throwing insulting
18:29sexist terms.
18:31Divorce?
18:32I said
18:32I'd love that.
18:34He stared.
18:36What did you just say?
18:37I nodded.
18:39You're nothing without me.
18:40You should be grateful
18:41you married me.
18:42How dare you be the one
18:43asking for a divorce?
18:44His voice went up a notch.
18:46I chose you.
18:47I married you.
18:49You don't get to be the one
18:50who walks away.
18:51That's not how this works.
18:52Seven years of being told
18:54I wasn't enough.
18:55He'd take his friends
18:56out for dinner
18:56and if he saw
18:57another man's date
18:58his eyes would linger.
19:00His friends would tease him.
19:01You better watch out
19:02before your wife
19:03gets jealous.
19:05He'd laugh out loud.
19:08She can't blame me
19:09for that.
19:10Blame her.
19:10She let herself go.
19:12Bad skin.
19:13No effort.
19:14Men are visual creatures.
19:15That's just biology.
19:16If I was upset
19:17he said I was
19:18making things awkward.
19:20Can't you take
19:20a joke?
19:22You need to loosen up.
19:23No one likes a woman
19:24who can't laugh at herself.
19:25I've tolerated these
19:27for years.
19:28Then I saw him
19:29at a work dinner
19:30with Sarah.
19:31She was leaning
19:32against his arm.
19:34He bent toward her
19:35to check if she'd
19:36had too much to drink.
19:37Gentle in a way
19:38I'd never seen.
19:39A friend spotted me
19:40waiting by the door.
19:42Nudged Kyle.
19:43He glanced over
19:44and shrugged.
19:45Mia's always been
19:46the reasonable one.
19:47Reasonable enough
19:47to watch him
19:48love someone else
19:49in plain sight.
19:51I'd told myself
19:52patience would
19:52bring him back.
19:53Now here we were.
19:55I had no baby.
19:57He had no future.
19:58His beautiful romance,
20:00the one he'd found
20:01after he was
20:02already married,
20:04had cost
20:05everything.
20:06And he still
20:07couldn't see it.
20:09He was bluffing.
20:10I was determined
20:11to get a divorce.
20:14He refused
20:15to negotiate.
20:16Wouldn't sit down,
20:18wouldn't talk terms.
20:19So I took him
20:20to court.
20:23For days
20:24he dodged me.
20:26Wouldn't return calls.
20:27Wouldn't respond
20:28to the attorneys.
20:30Then,
20:31a few days
20:32before the hearing,
20:33he appeared again.
20:34The moment he saw me,
20:36he froze.
20:37You look different.
20:40I smiled.
20:42I'm not waiting around
20:43for your texts anymore.
20:44I sleep when I want,
20:46eat what I want,
20:47do what I want.
20:48That tends to change
20:49a person.
20:50There was a large mirror
20:51in the lobby of my building.
20:52I caught my reflection.
20:54The vacation tan
20:55made my skin glow.
20:56The black dress
20:57fit like it was made for me.
20:58I barely recognized myself.
21:00In a good way.
21:02Kale looked like
21:03he'd aged.
21:04I'd seen the screenshots
21:05a friend sent me
21:06from Sarah's social media.
21:08After the press conference
21:09fallout,
21:10Kale had become
21:11a liability.
21:12Sarah hadn't
21:13consoled him.
21:14She'd pushed.
21:16She wanted him
21:17to hurry up,
21:18divorce me,
21:19and make it official.
21:20And she hadn't
21:21asked nicely.
21:23Don't tell me
21:24you're thinking
21:24about going back to her.
21:25Because I still
21:26have recordings,
21:27Kale,
21:28conversations,
21:30financial records.
21:31You really want
21:32to test me?
21:33Turns out,
21:34for years,
21:35Kale had been
21:36spending money
21:36he didn't have
21:37to keep Sarah happy.
21:39When the accounts
21:40ran dry,
21:41he'd started moving money
21:42he shouldn't have touched.
21:44Falsified records.
21:46Misappropriated funds.
21:48Sarah had kept
21:49everything.
21:50Kale refused
21:51to be blackmailed.
21:53Can't you cut me
21:54some slack?
21:55How am I supposed
21:57to marry you now?
21:58You want me to
21:59throw away my entire
22:00career for you
22:01right now?
22:02Sarah didn't care.
22:04She showed up
22:04at his office,
22:05stood in the lobby,
22:07and made a scene
22:07in front of his
22:08entire staff.
22:12Kale Morgan,
22:13you left your
22:14pregnant girlfriend
22:14to fend for yourself.
22:15You don't get to
22:16just walk away.
22:18Kale's jaw tightened.
22:19I had it checked.
22:20That child
22:21was never mine.
22:23None of that
22:24was my problem anymore.
22:26All I wanted
22:27was a divorce.
22:28I wasn't going back.
22:30I skipped the
22:31small talk.
22:32Thanks for the
22:32compliment.
22:33Let's talk about
22:34the settlement.
22:35I earned less than
22:36you during the
22:37marriage, but I gave
22:38everything I had
22:38to that household.
22:39I want what's fair.
22:41Not more than that.
22:42Just what I'm owed.
22:44Kale went quiet.
22:45When he finally
22:46looked up,
22:47something in his
22:48expression had shifted.
22:50Do you have to
22:51divorce me?
22:52I thought after all
22:53this time you'd
22:54have cooled off.
22:56I do love you.
22:58I wouldn't have
22:58married you otherwise.
22:59Have I really been
23:00that terrible to you
23:01all these years?
23:02I opened my phone,
23:04pulled up Sarah's
23:05old posts.
23:06I pointed to one.
23:08That's your hand.
23:09My birthday that year
23:10you said you had a
23:10work trip.
23:11You took her to that
23:12hilltop to watch the
23:13meteor shower.
23:13I stayed up all night
23:14because I couldn't
23:15reach you.
23:16That necklace.
23:16I scrolled.
23:18You told me you
23:18needed something
23:19expensive for an
23:20important client.
23:20I gave you my
23:21grandmother's emerald.
23:23It was the most
23:24valuable thing my
23:25family had left
23:25after everything
23:26fell apart.
23:27I handed it over
23:28without hesitating.
23:29You gave it to
23:30Sarah.
23:31They'd gone to see
23:32the northern lights
23:32together.
23:33That had been my
23:34dream since I was
23:35a teenager.
23:36Something I'd told
23:37him about a hundred
23:38times.
23:38He stood there and
23:40told me Sarah was
23:41just a friend.
23:42That nothing physical
23:43had ever happened.
23:45And now he was
23:46standing in my
23:47lobby asking me
23:48not to leave.
23:49He said he loved
23:50me.
23:51He said Sarah
23:53had manipulated
23:53him.
23:54Pursued him.
23:55That he was the
23:56one who'd been
23:57deceived.
23:58He refused to
23:59sign.
24:00If you want a
24:01divorce take me
24:02to court.
24:03I'm not agreeing
24:04to anything.
24:05For a man who
24:06cared so much
24:07about his pride
24:07started showing up
24:08outside my building
24:09every single day.
24:11Day one he was
24:12up before dawn.
24:13Drove across the
24:14city.
24:15Stood in line for
24:15two hours at the
24:16bakery I'd loved
24:17for years.
24:18And brought me a
24:19box of the small
24:19cakes I used to
24:20ask him to get
24:21me.
24:22Day two he drove
24:23out to a friend's
24:24flower farm after
24:25midnight and cut a
24:26bunch of roses
24:27himself.
24:28Day three he showed
24:29up with my
24:30grandmother's emerald
24:31necklace.
24:32Said he'd paid
24:32Sarah a significant
24:33amount to get it
24:34back.
24:35Said she'd made him
24:35work for it.
24:37Day four I told the
24:38front desk not to
24:39let him up.
24:40Refused every
24:41delivery.
24:42After that he
24:43disappeared for a
24:44while.
24:44I heard through
24:45mutual friends that
24:46his company's IPO
24:47had been delayed.
24:48The parent company
24:49called him in.
24:51The head of
24:51corporate threw a
24:52folder at his
24:53face.
24:54Deliver results or
24:55get out.
24:56He'd walked out with
24:57a cut above his
24:58eyebrow.
24:59The promotion he'd
25:00been promised CEO of
25:02the entire North
25:03American division once
25:04the IPO closed was
25:05gone.
25:06He'd be sidelined for
25:08years possibly longer
25:09depending on how the
25:10board decided to
25:11handle the fallout.
25:13He'd also had to
25:14spend a significant
25:15amount managing the
25:16damage and since the
25:17IPO hadn't closed the
25:19personal capital he'd
25:20put in was frozen.
25:23He was stretched thin
25:25and Sarah chose that
25:27moment to end things.
25:29Kale couldn't process
25:30it.
25:30I lost my wife.
25:31I lost my child.
25:33Everything I did was
25:35for you.
25:37You're breaking up
25:38with me.
25:39Everything you did
25:40you did because you
25:41wanted to.
25:42That's not my debt to
25:43pay.
25:43You told me you could
25:44give me a good life.
25:46You can't anymore.
25:50Why would I stay?
25:54The last time I agreed
25:56to meet with Kale it
25:57was to go over the
25:58asset division.
26:00Is that rumor really
26:01true?
26:05I made a mistake.
26:07I trusted the wrong
26:08person.
26:12Mia, is there any
26:13chance we could start
26:14over?
26:16Have I not made
26:17myself clear?
26:19The cakes he'd
26:20brought me I'd given
26:21to the building's
26:22cleaning staff.
26:23The roses, a friend
26:24had accepted on my
26:25behalf since my
26:27allergies made it
26:28impossible anyway.
26:29The necklace I had
26:31kept because it was
26:32mine to begin with.
26:34You know what you
26:35can't buy at any price?
26:38A second chance at
26:39something you already
26:40threw away.
26:43Sarah's character is
26:44her business, but
26:45yours is yours.
26:46I need you to sign
26:47the papers.
26:48Let's end this
26:49cleanly.
26:50No court, no more
26:52back and forth.
26:53They say when love
26:55runs its course, you
26:56end up as plaintiff
26:58and defendant.
26:59I always thought that
27:00was a sad way to put
27:01it.
27:02Now I just thought it
27:03was accurate.
27:05He signed.
27:06He insisted on
27:07splitting everything
27:08down the middle.
27:10I don't want half.
27:11You earned most of
27:12it.
27:13Take the larger share.
27:14I'm young.
27:15If I need money, I'll
27:16make my own.
27:17He looked ashamed.
27:19Take what you're
27:20owed.
27:21Don't be stubborn.
27:22I didn't want the
27:23entanglement.
27:25But he held firm, so
27:27I let it be.
27:29Later, through friends
27:30we still had in
27:31common, I heard the
27:32rest of it.
27:33Sarah had terminated
27:34the pregnancy and
27:35cut Kale off
27:36completely.
27:38As for Kale's
27:40company, things
27:41eventually stabilized.
27:42The IPO went
27:43through after all.
27:45Kale was promoted.
27:46North American
27:47CEO.
27:48The title he'd been
27:49chasing the whole
27:50time.
27:51Word was that
27:53Sarah came back
27:54after that.
27:54Showed up at his
27:55door.
27:56Wouldn't leave.
27:57He refused to
27:58see her.
28:00She took the
28:01elevator to the
28:02roof of his
28:02office building.
28:05I gave you
28:06years.
28:07You think you can
28:08just say goodbye
28:08and move on?
28:09You think I'm like
28:10your ex-wife?
28:11I'm not that easy.
28:12If you don't come
28:13up here, Kale,
28:14I'll jump.
28:15Let's see what that
28:16does to your stock
28:17price.
28:18If I'm going down,
28:19we're going down
28:20together.
28:21Sarah had gotten
28:21involved with some
28:22rich man in the
28:23months before that.
28:24A man who turned
28:25out to be entirely
28:26supported by his
28:27wife.
28:27When his wife found
28:28out about Sarah,
28:29she'd shown up and
28:30made sure Sarah
28:31understood the
28:32consequences of any
28:33further contact.
28:35Sarah had run out
28:36of options.
28:37She'd counted on
28:38Kale's obsession
28:39still being there
28:40when she came back.
28:41She'd assumed she
28:43could walk in and
28:43pick up where she
28:44left off.
28:45She hadn't counted
28:47on him being done.
28:48Under enough
28:49pressure, Kale
28:50finally went up to
28:51the roof.
28:54You've already done
28:55enough damage.
28:56What more do you
28:56want?
28:57I want to marry
28:59you.
28:59You promised.
29:00You were pregnant
29:01with another man's
29:02child and you
29:02tried to pin it
29:03on me.
29:04You left during
29:05the worst year
29:05of my life and
29:06went to someone
29:06else and now
29:07that I've rebuilt
29:07you want to
29:08come back?
29:10I can't get
29:11past that.
29:11I'm asking you
29:12to let this go.
29:13Let's both
29:14walk away.
29:15Ald said it
29:16quietly.
29:17He moved
29:18toward her
29:18slowly,
29:19trying to
29:19close the
29:20distance,
29:21trying to
29:21get her
29:22somewhere safe
29:23so the whole
29:23thing could be
29:24over.
29:26Sarah had
29:26been in a
29:27bad place
29:27for a long
29:28time.
29:29The confrontation,
29:30the isolation,
29:30it had pushed
29:31her somewhere
29:32she couldn't
29:33come back
29:33from.
29:34The moment
29:35Kale reached
29:36for her hand,
29:37she grabbed
29:37his wrist
29:38and pulled.
29:39Both of them
29:40went over.
29:42They were gone
29:43before anyone
29:43could get there.
29:44I was told
29:45it was hard
29:46to look at.
29:48There was no
29:49one left to
29:49identify them.
29:54A police
29:55called me
29:56a few days
29:56later,
29:57asked about
29:58my relationship
29:58to Kale
29:59Morgan.
30:00I was already
30:01at the airport,
30:02boarding pass
30:03in my hand,
30:04flight to
30:05Geneva.
30:06He was my
30:07ex-husband.
30:08I said,
30:09just my
30:09ex-husband.
30:10The detective
30:11gave a small,
30:12awkward pause.
30:14Understood.
30:15Never mind
30:15then.
30:16Safe travels.
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