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00:00But suddenly, Vincent caught a whiff of an unfamiliar perfume.
00:06He pushed her away forcefully, his gaze as cold as the Siberian winds.
00:12You are not Chloe. What are you doing here?
00:15Selina, struggling to contain her anger, lowered her head and spoke softly.
00:22Vincent, I was worried about you. You've turned down all business deals these past few days.
00:27I'm sure Chloe will come around soon.
00:32Hearing Chloe's name, Vincent's eyes grew even darker.
00:37Don't come here again without my permission.
00:40I don't want to cause misunderstandings with the media or within the family.
00:44Selina stared at him in disbeheath, her eyes wide.
00:49Vincent, we grew up together in Brooklyn. How can you just end things like this?
00:53Vincent didn't look at her.
00:55His gaze fixed on the wedding photo above the fireplace.
01:05We both have our own lives now. It's time to draw the line.
01:10I only love Chloe now and I won't do anything to hurt her.
01:14Hearing those words, Selina immediately tore off her facade and shouted in a high-pitched voice.
01:22This is impossible.
01:24Vincent, the person you love is me.
01:26All these years you've even betrayed that old cop for me, haven't you?
01:30How could you love Chloe?
01:32You're just feeling guilty.
01:33She doesn't love you.
01:35After learning the truth, she'd probably want to kill your whole family.
01:37You can't accept the fact that she dumped you.
01:43It turns out that the person who betrayed my father back then was not Luke, but Vincent, who claimed to
01:51avenge my father.
01:52My father had been tortured beyond recognition, with even his body desecrated.
01:57That was all Vince's idea.
02:01Vincent had stared blankly at my father's charred remains in the funeral home.
02:06I never imagined that this man, who had shared a bed with me for five years, was the one who
02:11truly killed my father.
02:13The warm and loving gestures from these years were nothing but his acts of atonement.
02:19I had foolishly thought it was sorrow and anger.
02:22It was utterly absurd.
02:25Hatred surged in my chest.
02:27Just as my hand reached for the glass, Vincent suddenly wrapped his arms around me from behind, reeking of alcohol.
02:35He buried his face in my shoulder.
02:37Chloe, where have you been?
02:39I missed you.
02:40Let's go home, okay?
02:42Every time he got drunk, he would hold me like this, repeatedly telling me he loved me.
02:49His men always said that the terrifying godfather of the New York Mafia never lied,
02:55that he truly loved me.
02:57But now, it was all revolting.
03:01I expressionlessly helped him into the bulletproof Cadillac SUV.
03:06Vincent collapsed onto my lap, his furrowed brows finally relaxing, like a harmless child.
03:13Selena, what?
03:15Why can't it be me?
03:16Why aren't you by my side?
03:18I finally understood the names he muttered in his sleep on countless nights.
03:23Selena, the woman who had caused me to lose everything, was the one who remained his first love, deep in
03:31his heart.
03:32It turns out, Vincent had never forgotten her.
03:36He even played along with me for her sake.
03:40I was too naive, underestimating his obsession with Selena.
03:45The customized encrypted phone with the family crust slipped from his suit pocket.
03:49As I bent down to pick it up, a message popped up on the screen.
03:53An encrypted iMessage.
03:55Vincent, thank you for handling the East Coast Three Families dispute tonight,
04:00but I can't accept the underground territory you promised.
04:03It's too valuable.
04:04Immediately following that, Selena's Instagram post appeared,
04:08Only a true queen can wear the crown.
04:10The picture was of a vintage ring with a ruby inlaid,
04:14said to be the heirloom of New York's oldest mafia family,
04:18symbolizing the highest underground power.
04:21I knew Selena had posted it for me to see on purpose.
04:25This week, Vincent had been seriously injured in a street shootout.
04:30A .38 caliber bullet had pierced his chest.
04:33But as soon as he regained his footing, he flew out of state.
04:37I was both worried and angry,
04:40thinking he was throwing his life away for the family business.
04:45It turned out he was attending the family's internal succession ceremony.
04:51Even with a gunshot wound,
04:53he still fought for the ring that symbolized the highest power,
04:58intending to give it to his dream woman.
05:01In a moment of weakness,
05:04I typed in his phone's password.
05:06The last number pressed,
05:07and the screen lit up.
05:10It was indeed Selena's birthday.
05:13Vincent never let me touch his personal devices,
05:17saying it was a family security rule.
05:20Once unlocked,
05:22Selena's smiling face in a couture gown
05:25appeared on the screen.
05:26No wonder every time he powered up his phone,
05:29his gaze would involuntarily soften.
05:32I opened the photo album,
05:34and it was filled with folders named after her.
05:39Selena Broadway
05:46Selina Hampton Estate
05:51Amidst the countless photos,
05:54every single one was of Selena at various family dinners.
05:58Not a single photo of me.
06:01Not even one of him.
06:04Just a Selena.
06:05It was as if his heart had always belonged to Selena,
06:10from the start to the end.
06:12The car pulled into the Long Island mansion.
06:19I stared at the empty underground wall.
06:22A cold chill running down my spine.
06:25It had once displayed my father's police badge,
06:29and all the evidence from his undercover work.
06:33Proof of his 20 years infiltrating the mafia.
06:37Every time I saw it,
06:39it felt as though my father was still carrying out
06:42that unfinished mission.
06:44But one morning,
06:47those pieces of evidence
06:48that could have toppled underground families
06:52suddenly disappeared.
06:54The FBI claimed
06:56they were anonymously destroyed.
06:59Vincent had held me,
07:01shattered,
07:02for three days,
07:03without sleeping.
07:05Now I understood.
07:07It was he
07:08who had destroyed the last reminder
07:11my father had left me.
07:13Another encrypted message popped up.
07:17Boss,
07:17as per your request,
07:19the trust documents are prepared.
07:21All the East Coast Underground Forces
07:24and control under your name
07:25will be transferred to Miss Selena.
07:28Just waiting for you to contact the lawyer
07:31for final confirmation and signing.
07:33Through my blurry tears,
07:36it felt like I was a-seeing that year again.
07:39At my father's funeral,
07:41he stood before me
07:42in his sharp black suit,
07:45swearing an oath.
07:47Chloe,
07:48I swear by God's name,
07:50I will give you a home.
07:52Everything I have is yours.
07:54I placed Vincent on the bed,
07:56not bothering to take off his shoes,
07:59as I usually did.
08:01Instead,
08:02I went straight to the guest room.
08:04Before I closed my eyes,
08:06my mind was filled with memories
08:08of how he had pampered me
08:10over the years.
08:11The morning light
08:13streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows,
08:16and as I opened my eyes,
08:18I met Vincent's intense gaze.
08:21He leaned down
08:21and placed a kiss on my forehead.
08:24Chloe,
08:25did something upset you last night?
08:26I'm sorry.
08:28I had too much to drink
08:30at the family meeting.
08:31I promise it won't happen again.
08:33His tenderness
08:34was as constant
08:35as ever.
08:37I responded quietly
08:39and moved into the bathroom
08:41to wash away his scent.
08:43The dining table
08:45was set with exquisite eggs,
08:47benedict,
08:48and freshly brewed coffee.
08:50I would have been moved
08:52by it
08:52before,
08:53but after seeing his phone,
08:56I couldn't bring myself
08:57to smile anymore.
08:59The whole table
09:00was filled with
09:01Selena's favorite dishes.
09:04The doorbell rang,
09:05and Selena entered,
09:07wearing the latest
09:08Chanel outfit.
09:09She naturally sat at the table
09:12and smiled at me.
09:14Sorry to interrupt, Chloe.
09:16Vincent and I need to head
09:17to the docks
09:18to finalize a shipment.
09:19He asked me
09:20to come for breakfast.
09:21I stared at the
09:23high-security villa.
09:24Access card
09:25she was holding
09:26in her hand.
09:28I didn't say a word.
09:30Winston noticed
09:31something was off
09:32and leaned in
09:33to explain softly.
09:35Selena is our
09:36most trusted partner.
09:37Having the villa access
09:38is completely normal.
09:40Before he finished speaking,
09:42he suddenly stood up,
09:44looking tense,
09:45and grabbed the black coffee
09:47from Selena's hands.
09:49Your blood pressure
09:50is low.
09:50You can't have espresso.
09:52You still don't take care
09:53of yourself
09:54after all these years.
09:55Yeah, thank goodness
09:56you always remember.
09:57Selena smiled slightly,
09:59her lips curling up.
10:01The moment their eyes met,
10:04it felt as though
10:05the air around us
10:06had frozen.
10:07I stood up to leave,
10:09but Selena called me.
10:12Chloe,
10:13the autopsy reconstruction today
10:15requires professional
10:16imaging records.
10:17I don't trust
10:19the new forensic pathologist.
10:21I hadn't touched
10:22a camera,
10:23looked through
10:24the viewfinder.
10:25I remembered
10:25how my father
10:26had taught me
10:27to capture crime evidence.
10:29I remembered
10:30his resentment
10:31as he was tortured.
10:33I could now
10:34press the shutter again.
10:36Vincent knew
10:37this all too well.
10:39He had locked
10:40all my photography equipment
10:41in the storage room,
10:43saying I could start again
10:45whenever I was ready.
10:47But now,
10:48he unilaterally
10:49pushed me
10:50into the backseat
10:51of the Cadillac.
10:52Chloe,
10:53you know Selena
10:54gets carsick
10:55in the backseat,
10:56so I'll make you
10:56sit back there.
10:57He forgot
10:58that after several
11:00assassination attempts,
11:02my claustrophobia
11:03and dizziness
11:04were far worse
11:05than Selena's.
11:07The bumpy ride
11:08made me feel nauseous.
11:10When we arrived
11:12at the morgue,
11:12Vincent carefully checked
11:14Selena's protective gear
11:16and personally escorted her
11:18into the restoration area.
11:21I clung to the car door,
11:22breathing heavily,
11:24trying to calm my dizziness.
11:26Chloe,
11:27the reconstruction
11:28is about to start.
11:30Don't act out.
11:31This recording
11:32is crucial for Selena
11:33and the entire family.
11:35The after effect
11:36of trauma
11:37washed over me
11:38and my fingers
11:40trembled uncontrollably.
11:41I forced myself
11:43to stay calm,
11:44repeatedly documenting
11:46the restoration process.
11:48During the break,
11:50only Selena
11:50and I
11:51were left in the room.
11:53She looked at the images
11:55on my camera
11:56with disdain,
11:57her lips curling
11:58into a cold smile.
12:00Chloe,
12:01you're just as useless
12:02as your dead cop father.
12:04You couldn't even keep
12:05your undercover identity hidden
12:06and yet you dared
12:07to provoke the mafia.
12:08A rat from the slums,
12:10what makes you think
12:11you're worthy
12:12of the New York Godfather?
12:13I grabbed the camera tightly,
12:16my knuckles
12:17turning white
12:18as I struggled
12:19to suppress the anger
12:21that threatened
12:22to explode.
12:23Then,
12:24I heard a sharp slap.
12:26In an instant,
12:28my cheek burned.
12:30Selena retracted her hand,
12:32her gaze filled
12:32with contempt.
12:33You think you can take
12:35the title of wife?
12:36I never imagined
12:37that after Luke dumped you,
12:38you'd climb into
12:39Vincent's bed so quickly.
12:41You don't deserve him,
12:42whether it's Luke or Vincent,
12:43they'll always be mine.
12:44You'll never be worthy.
12:46She fell to the floor,
12:48immediately adopting
12:49a pitiful expression.
12:52Chloe,
12:52I didn't mean to say
12:53your pictures were bad.
12:54I just wanted you
12:55to try a different angle.
12:57Never mind.
12:58Vincent stormed in
13:00and the bottle of water
13:02in his hand
13:03smashed on the floor.
13:05He rushed over,
13:06grabbed my chin
13:06and slammed me
13:07to the ground.
13:09Vincent quickly began
13:11checking Selena's condition.
13:13Vincent,
13:14I'm fine.
13:15Don't blame Chloe.
13:16It's my fault.
13:16I lost my balance.
13:18Selena,
13:19you're too kind.
13:20No need to protect her.
13:22I saw everything.
13:24Vincent carefully
13:25helps Selena up.
13:27His touch as gentle
13:29as if she were
13:30a fragile piece
13:31of porcelain.
13:32He held Selena
13:34in his arm
13:35and shot me
13:36a cold,
13:37pierced layer.
13:38This was the first time
13:40in five years
13:41of our marriage
13:42that he looked
13:43at me this way.
13:45Chloe,
13:46apologize to Selena.
13:47All these years,
13:49I've spoiled you
13:50and now you have
13:51the nerve
13:51to hurt someone
13:52in the family.
13:53Do you understand
13:54how her injuries
13:55will affect tonight's
13:57business negotiations?
13:58Visa's furious eyes
14:00were locked on me,
14:02but he completely ignored
14:04the clear handprint
14:06on my face.
14:07I met his gaze
14:09calmly.
14:10The one who should
14:11apologize
14:12is Selena.
14:13She insulted
14:15my father.
14:17Vincent,
14:18don't you think
14:19it's time you
14:19explained what happened
14:21with my father?
14:22A brief flicker
14:24of panic
14:24flashed in his eyes.
14:26Why are you
14:27making a scene now
14:28after all these years?
14:30I swore to Davis
14:31that I would protect you,
14:32but only if you
14:33didn't hurt Selena.
14:34I sneered,
14:36finally seeing
14:37his true face.
14:38A wave of dizziness
14:40overwhelmed me
14:41and I found myself
14:43topple backward.
14:44When I opened
14:46my eyes again,
14:47the sharp scent
14:48of disinfectant
14:49hit me.
14:50The doctor
14:52in the private hospital
14:54was putting away
14:55his death watch.
14:57Congratulations,
14:58Ms. Davis.
14:59You're pregnant.
15:00Your body seems healthy,
15:01but please take care
15:02of yourself
15:03and avoid
15:03any emotional stress.
15:06Instinctively,
15:07I placed my hand
15:08over my stomach.
15:10For five years,
15:11I had hoped
15:12for a child
15:13with Vincent.
15:14I never imagined
15:16it would happen
15:17at this moment.
15:19My iPhone buzzed.
15:22It was a message
15:23from Vincent.
15:24The doctor says
15:25you just need to rest.
15:27Once you apologize
15:27to Selena,
15:28I'll have the driver
15:29pick you up
15:30and take you back
15:30to Long Island.
15:31I scoffed
15:33and threw my phone aside.
15:35Ms. Davis,
15:36the boss has arranged
15:37another ultrasound
15:38for you.
15:38Please follow me.
15:39As I followed
15:41the nurse
15:42down the hallway,
15:43I noticed
15:44something odd.
15:45Selena's voice
15:46suddenly rang out
15:48behind me.
15:49Word is,
15:50you're pregnant.
15:51Looks like I
15:51underestimated you.
15:53Do you know
15:53why you couldn't
15:54get pregnant
15:54all these years?
15:55I turned to face
15:57her,
15:57smug expression.
15:59Because I told
16:00Vincent your child
16:01would become
16:01his weakness
16:02in the mafia wars.
16:04Those multivitamins
16:05he hands you
16:05every morning?
16:06They're actually
16:07long-acting
16:07birth control pills.
16:09Selena studied
16:10my reaction
16:11carefully,
16:12waiting to see
16:13me crack.
16:14I simply replied,
16:16I know.
16:18Turning to head
16:19toward the elevator,
16:20I suddenly felt
16:21a powerful force
16:22hit me from behind.
16:24I was caught
16:25off guard
16:26and fell down
16:27the long
16:28marble staircase.
16:30Excruciating pain
16:31flooded my body
16:32as I weakly
16:33stared at the blood
16:34spreading across
16:35the expensive carpet.
16:37I had lost
16:38my child.
16:39As I walked out
16:41of the emergency
16:42surgery room,
16:43I placed the
16:44divorce agreement
16:45drafted by the
16:46lawyer on the
16:47pillow of the
16:47hospital bed.
16:48Leaving the
16:49private hospital,
16:50I hailed a cab
16:51straight to JFK
16:52International Airport.
16:54Just before the
16:55plane took off,
16:56Vincent's final
16:57message popped up.
16:58I never thought
16:59you'd dare to show
17:00attitude towards
17:01Selena.
17:01You have no
17:02manners for a
17:03mafia godfather's
17:04wife.
17:05Put away your pride
17:06and apologize.
17:07Now!
17:08I took out the
17:09SIM card from
17:09my phone and
17:10casually tossed it
17:11into the trash can
17:12in the airport
17:13terminal.
17:13Vincent, who was
17:14enjoying wine with
17:15Selena at the
17:16Hampton estate,
17:17was suddenly
17:18interrupted by his
17:19private line ringing.
17:21Boss, the wife
17:22is missing.
17:23There's a document
17:25left on the bed
17:25for you to review.
17:27Vincent's hand froze
17:28as he poured wine
17:29for Selena.
17:31What document?
17:38Vincent gripped the
17:39phone so tightly
17:40that he almost
17:42crushed the screen.
17:44He stood up
17:45abruptly, his face
17:46darkening, as if a
17:48storm were about
17:49to hit.
17:50He could barely
17:51believe his ears,
17:53even though he knew
17:54he had gone too far
17:55this time.
17:56Using a divorce
17:57threat against the
17:58godfather of the
17:59New York mafia was
18:00unimaginable.
18:02Selena's eyes flashed
18:04with a hint of
18:04mockery, but she
18:05gently grasped the
18:07hem of his custom
18:08suit.
18:08Did something happen
18:09to Chloe?
18:10I'll go with you,
18:11maybe I can help.
18:12Vincent nodded
18:14impatiently.
18:15The two immediately
18:16got into the
18:17bulletproof SUV and
18:19headed toward the
18:19private hospital.
18:21Inside the car,
18:22Selena's soft hand
18:24caressed his chest.
18:25Don't worry, Chloe
18:26will be fine.
18:27Vincent was agitated
18:29and with her
18:30closed proximity, he
18:32felt a wave of
18:33unease.
18:34He furrowed his
18:35brows and instinctively
18:36pulled away from
18:37her touch, responding
18:39coldly with a hum.
18:41This was the first
18:42time he had
18:43instinctively rejected
18:44her closeness.
18:46Selena awkwardly
18:47withdrew her hand,
18:49her newly manicured
18:50nails digging into
18:51her palm.
18:52This was the first
18:53time Vincent had
18:54treated her like this,
18:56stealing a glance at
18:57the dark, brooding
18:58profile of the man
19:00beside her.
19:01A deep sense of
19:02unease stirred in
19:03her.
19:03She quickly sent a
19:05text and received a
19:06response from her
19:07subordinate.
19:08Don't worry, all
19:10traces have been
19:11cleaned up.
19:12Inside the private
19:14hospital's intensive
19:15care unit, the
19:16director was anxiously
19:18pacing.
19:18The boss's wife had
19:20mysteriously disappeared
19:22under their noses and
19:24it left him drenched
19:25in sweat.
19:26What happened?
19:28Wizard burst through
19:29the door and the
19:31temperature in the room
19:32seemed to drop to
19:33freezing.
19:34The director shakily
19:36handed over the thick
19:37document, unable to
19:39meet the furious gaze of
19:40the mafia leader.
19:42Vincent warily rubbed his
19:44temples as he returned to
19:45the Long Island mansion.
19:46Everything seemed normal in
19:48the house.
19:49There were no signs of
19:50Chloe's absence and her
19:52clothes in the wardrobe
19:53hadn't been disturbed.
19:55Everything seemed
19:56unchanged.
19:57He collapsed onto the
19:58leather sofa in the
19:59living room, staring at
20:01the wedding photo hanging
20:02above the fireplace.
20:04The newlyweds stood on
20:05the courthouse steps,
20:07exchanging their
20:08Cartier rings.
20:09But if you looked
20:10closely, you could see
20:11the sadness hidden deep
20:13in both our eyes.
20:14Now he finally understood
20:15the source of that
20:17sadness.
20:18Because, at that time,
20:20his heart had been set
20:21on someone else.
20:23In the beginning, we were
20:25like two strangers, forced
20:26together.
20:27Cautious and distant from
20:29each other.
20:30Until that night, when,
20:32smelling of whiskey, he
20:34pinned me to the sofa,
20:35repeatedly calling my name.
20:37I shed his cold facade,
20:39and our scarred hearts
20:40pressed close together.
20:42Since then, we had
20:43become the perfect couple
20:45in New York's high
20:46society.
20:47Vincent began to care about
20:49me, without even realizing
20:50it.
20:51While still considering
20:52Selina, he would shield
20:54me, from bullets, during
20:55street battles, and he
20:57surprised me, on our
20:58wedding anniversaries.
20:59I remember once, after I
21:01was severely injured, in an
21:02assassination attempt, by a
21:04rival family, he carried
21:06me, running through more
21:07than ten city blocks, fighting
21:09his way, through countless
21:10police, and mafia blockades.
21:12He always convinced himself,
21:14it was just out of duty and
21:15guilt, for the daughter, of a
21:17comrade.
21:18But now, looking at the
21:19empty room, he realized, that
21:21he had already fallen deeply
21:23in love with Chloe.
21:25Yeah, thank goodness you
21:26always remember.
21:27Years of living on the edge
21:29of danger, had taught him
21:31to hide his true feelings.
21:33But in the everyday moments
21:36together, he had unknowingly
21:38fallen for the stubborn and
21:40brave girl.
21:43Vincent closed his eyes in
21:45pain, Chloe's smiling face
21:47flashing in his mind.
21:49He thought about how she had
21:51collapsed in the hospital, when
21:53she found out she had
21:54miscarried.
21:55And his eyes snapped open,
21:57gasping for breath.
21:59Staring at the medical abortion
22:01report in his hand, his heart
22:03felt as if it were being brutally
22:06sliced by a blunt knife.
22:08His child, his and Chloe's
22:11child, it had turned to blood
22:14and water.
22:18Vincent, don't be too upset.
22:20I'll always be here for you.
22:22With the familiar sound of high
22:24heels, a pair of red painted
22:27nails wrapped around his neck,
22:30Vincent's body tensed.
22:32For a moment, he instinctively
22:35thought it was Chloe returning.
22:36He turned and pulled the woman
22:39into his arms.
22:44Chloe, you're back.
22:46Don't sign that agreement.
22:47I was the fool.
22:49Let me spend the rest of my life
22:51making it up to you, okay?
22:53Selena's eyes were filled with
22:55jealousy, almost overflowing.
22:57She never expected Vincent to
23:00mistake her for Chloe.
23:02She couldn't believe that the
23:05inconspicuous Chloe held such an
23:07important place in the Mafia
23:09boss's heart.
23:10Feeling Vincent's tremble,
23:13Selena remained silent,
23:14letting him hold her tightly.
23:17Now, I would use my scalpel to
23:20make sure every life swallowed
23:22by the darkness would have its
23:24final dignity and truth revealed
23:26in the courtroom.
23:28For years, I had wanted to earn
23:30my professional Forenza license,
23:32but Vincent always kept me locked
23:35in a gilded cage,
23:37using the excuse that the outside
23:39world is too dangerous.
23:42One delay after another had turned
23:45my life into nothing but an accessory
23:48to his own dot in this marriage
23:50full of lies.
23:51I was merely controlled.
23:54But from now on, I would use these
23:56hands to heal every battered body
23:59and record every crime that needed
24:02to be exposed.
24:04I would walk this path of justice
24:06for myself and for Officer Davis.
24:09After completing the final task,
24:12I sent photos of the victim's key
24:14injuries to an FBI agent,
24:16hoping it would help them solve
24:18this organized murder case quickly.
24:21Boss, the intel team tracked
24:23the wife's IP.
24:25A source says she was seen
24:26at the Forensic Center in Boston.
24:28Still hooked up to an IV,
24:31Vincent yanked the needle out
24:33and quickly opened the encrypted
24:35email on his tablet.
24:37The image of the woman who haunted
24:39his thoughts instantly grabbed
24:41his heart.
24:42He quickly scanned through several
24:44detailed forensic reports,
24:47each one showcasing remarkable
24:49professionalism and impressive
24:51psychological resilience.
24:54He stared at the signature on the file,
24:57Chloe Davis and said nothing
24:59for a long while.
25:01Was he recalling the false promises
25:04he made to support her career?
25:06Or was he finally realizing that,
25:09after leaving him,
25:10she had been reborn
25:11and found her true purpose in life?
25:14Prepare my private jet immediately.
25:17I'm going to Boston.
25:19Make sure the men there
25:21keep a close watch.
25:22She's my wife.
25:24Even in death, she is.
25:28Reluctantly,
25:29Selena tried to throw herself
25:30into his arms again.
25:32For the first time,
25:34Vincent saw Selena
25:35in such a hysterical
25:37and ugly light.
25:39His brows furrowed
25:40and his eyes filled
25:42with unfamiliarity.
25:44This was the woman
25:45he once thought
25:46was pew and flawless.
25:48His dream girl?
25:50Then why did she abandon him
25:52for money and power
25:54all those years ago,
25:57choosing to fall
25:58into another boss's arms?
26:01For years,
26:02he had guarded her
26:03like a handle dog
26:04while Selena
26:06had naturally enjoyed
26:07his protection.
26:09But now,
26:11Vincent suddenly thought
26:12nothing but disgust
26:14for the woman before him.
26:16The backup encrypted phone
26:18in his pocket vibrated.
26:21A message from
26:22the family hacker
26:23appeared
26:24with two restored
26:26surveillance footage files.
26:29Vincent pulled up
26:30the footage,
26:31which contained
26:32complete recordings
26:33from the private hospital's
26:35staircase
26:36and the villa's garage.
26:39After watching,
26:40his expression
26:41turned chillingly cold,
26:43his gaze
26:44as fierce
26:45as a judge
26:46passing judgment
26:47on a traitor.
26:49He slowly
26:50turned his head,
26:51fixing his glare
26:52on Selena,
26:53who had turned pale,
26:55his voice coming out
26:57like it was
26:58from the depths
26:59of hell.
27:00What do you plan
27:01to say about this?
27:02Vincent clenched
27:04his fist,
27:05his knuckles
27:06cracking.
27:07The fragile woman,
27:08he thought,
27:09needed protecting,
27:11had pushed
27:11his pregnant wife
27:13down the stairs
27:14and even
27:15consplared with
27:16a doctor
27:17to temper
27:18with his food.
27:20Not only
27:20had she cruelly
27:21hurt his wife,
27:23but she had also
27:24murdered
27:25his unborn child.
27:27He stared
27:28at Selena
27:29coldly
27:30as if she were
27:31nothing more
27:32than a corpse.
27:33Selena frantically
27:35squeezed out tears,
27:37attempting to grab
27:38his sleeve.
27:39It's not like that.
27:41The footage was
27:41fabricated.
27:42Chloe bribed
27:43the hacker
27:43to frame me.
27:44She's jealous
27:45of the trust
27:45you put in me
27:46in business
27:47and deliberately
27:48trying to sow
27:49discord between us.
27:50Shut up!
27:51Vincent's forehead
27:52bowged with veins
27:54and all his years
27:56of gentlemanly
27:57restraint
27:58vanished in
27:59that moment.
28:00Still trying
28:01to smear Chloe?
28:02She's too dignified
28:03to play these
28:03dirty tricks.
28:05Selena,
28:05you've shamed
28:06the entire mafia.
28:07Selena stared
28:08at him in shock,
28:10knowing the truth
28:11had been revealed.
28:13A malicious sneer
28:14suddenly flashed
28:16in her tear-filled eyes.
28:18Vincent,
28:19you don't believe me.
28:20You swore an oath
28:21to me on the streets
28:22and now you're going
28:23to kill me
28:23for that slut?
28:24A venomous hatred
28:27flickered in her eyes.
28:29Too bad.
28:30She knows all about
28:30the dirty things
28:31you've done.
28:32Betraying her cop father,
28:34secretly giving her
28:35birth control pills,
28:36even those photos
28:37of me in your phone.
28:38She knows it all.
28:40Do you really think
28:40she'll forgive the man
28:41who destroyed her life?
28:42Vincent,
28:43you're a pathetic joke.
28:44You think you're so deep
28:45but you don't even know
28:46who you truly love.
28:48Now you've woken up
28:49but it's too late.
28:50She'll never,
28:51ever look at you again.
28:53Vincent's eyes
28:53were bloodshot
28:55and the violent
28:56killing intent
28:57of the mafia boss
28:59was released
29:00without restraint.
29:02He suddenly
29:03grabbed her
29:04by the neck,
29:06pressing her
29:06against the wall.
29:08Chloe won't leave me.
29:09She loves me so much
29:10she'll never leave me.
29:12As soon as I tear
29:13your fake face apart
29:14and avenge our child,
29:16she'll come back to me.
29:17His voice
29:18was rough
29:19like sandpaper
29:20scraping against metal.
29:22Selena's feet
29:23dangled in the air,
29:25her face
29:26turning purple
29:27as she beat
29:28against his
29:29iron-like arm
29:30in terror.
29:32Boss!
29:33Two bodyguards
29:34rush in
29:35to stop him
29:36but the motorer's
29:37aura emanating
29:39from him
29:39froze them
29:40in their tracks.
29:42If you kill her now,
29:43the FBI
29:44will be on your
29:45doorstep immediately.
29:46Your wife
29:47will only distance
29:48herself from you
29:48even more.
29:50Vince's eyes
29:51slowly regained
29:52some clarity
29:53and he released
29:54his grip on her
29:55as if tossing
29:56aside trash.
29:57Throw her
29:58to the NYPD's
29:59internal affairs
30:01and send over
30:02the evidence
30:03of her laundering
30:03money for the
30:04rival family.
30:05I want her to
30:06rot in prison
30:07for the rest
30:08of her life.
30:10Selena collapsed
30:11on the Persian
30:12carpet
30:12screaming in
30:14despair.
30:16No,
30:17you can't do
30:17this to me.
30:18Vincent,
30:19you swore
30:19you promised
30:20you'd always
30:21protect me.
30:22Vincent
30:22turned away
30:23expressionlessly
30:24and the two
30:26bodyguards
30:26immediately
30:27drag the
30:28struggling woman
30:29away.
30:30The Long
30:31Island mansion
30:32was shrouded
30:34in suffocating
30:35silence.
30:38Still no record
30:39of Chloe
30:39leaving the
30:40country?
30:41After receiving
30:42a negative
30:43response from
30:44his men,
30:45Vincent
30:46warily
30:47walked into
30:48the master
30:49bedroom
30:49and buried
30:50his face
30:51deep
30:51in the pillow
30:53where his
30:54wife had
30:54once slept.
30:56He carefully
30:57picked up
30:57a strand
30:58of her
30:58long hair
30:59that had
31:00fallen
31:01onto the
31:01sheets
31:02and pressed
31:03it tightly
31:04to his chest.
31:05A hot tear
31:06silently
31:07sleet down
31:08his cheek.
31:09Chloe,
31:09where are you?
31:11Vincent lay
31:12where she
31:13often did,
31:14his mind
31:15slipping back
31:16to those nights
31:17when they slept
31:18in each other's
31:19arms.
31:20arms.
31:20She had
31:21always nestled
31:22in his embrace,
31:23looking at him
31:25with an
31:25unwavering
31:26trust
31:26and admiration.
31:28Vincent
31:29suddenly
31:30sat up,
31:31gasping
31:31for breath.
31:35His chest
31:37felt as though
31:38it had been
31:38hit by a
31:39shotgun,
31:40the pain
31:40so intense
31:41he could
31:42barely breathe.
31:43He quickly
31:44rushed
31:44downstairs,
31:46desperate
31:46to escape,
31:47the house
31:48filled with
31:49too many
31:49memories.
31:51The living
31:51room,
31:52the kitchen,
31:54the garden,
31:55every corner
31:56was filled
31:57with her
31:57presence,
31:58like sharp
31:59daggers
32:00continually
32:00cutting
32:01into his
32:02heart.
32:03The agony
32:03was unbearable,
32:05almost
32:06driving him
32:07insane.
32:08The mighty
32:08Godfather
32:09of New York
32:11sat on the
32:12steps in
32:12front of the
32:13house,
32:14looking like
32:15a broken
32:15man,
32:16a far cry
32:17from the
32:18powerful
32:18figure he
32:19once was,
32:20until,
32:21a sadden
32:22downpour
32:23drenched him
32:24completely.
32:25His towering
32:27muscular body
32:28finally gave
32:29way.
32:30His vision
32:31blurred,
32:32and he
32:33collapsed
32:33into the
32:34mud,
32:35unconscious.
32:36Meanwhile,
32:37I was in
32:38a secret
32:39forensic lab
32:40in Boston.
32:42Sweat
32:43trickled
32:43down under
32:44my protective
32:45mask,
32:46mask,
32:46but my
32:47hands
32:47remained
32:48steady.
32:49Every
32:49perfectly
32:50placed
32:50stitch
32:51felt like
32:52continuing
32:52my father's
32:54unfinished
32:54pursuit
32:55of justice.
32:56Less than
32:57an hour
32:57later,
32:58Vincent
32:58arrived in
32:59Boston,
33:00standing
33:00outside the
33:01forensic lab's
33:02glass door.
33:03His hand
33:04felt as though
33:05it were filled
33:05with lead,
33:06and he
33:06couldn't bring
33:07himself to
33:08press the
33:08doorbell.
33:09In the
33:10end,
33:10the man who
33:11terrified the
33:12east coast
33:12simply slumped
33:14against the
33:14red brick
33:15wall,
33:15silently sinking
33:16to the
33:17ground.
33:18By the
33:18next morning,
33:19when the
33:19security staff
33:20came to
33:21change shifts,
33:22they regretfully
33:23told him that
33:24Chloe had
33:24already submitted
33:25her resignation
33:26the previous
33:27night and
33:28had left
33:28the city.
33:29Vincent's
33:30heart plunged
33:31into an icy
33:32abyss.
33:33He stumbled
33:34into the
33:34rented Ford
33:35SUV.
33:36Based on the
33:37last clue from
33:38his network of
33:39informants,
33:40he darted
33:41through unfamiliar
33:42streets like a
33:43madman,
33:44terrified that
33:45he would miss
33:45the chance to
33:46catch that
33:47fleeting light.
33:48In front of
33:49an old Baptist
33:50church on the
33:50outskirts,
33:51he slammed on
33:52the brakes and
33:53froze in place.
33:54I stood on
33:55the sun-drenched
33:56steps,
33:57taking the
33:58final photograph
33:58of an innocent
34:00boy killed by
34:01gang crossfire.
34:02The sunlight
34:03streamed through
34:04the stained
34:04glass,
34:05casting a holy
34:06halo over my
34:07white lab coat.
34:09I carefully
34:09adjusted
34:10the focus.
34:11My face
34:11sat in a
34:12focused,
34:13calm expression.
34:14The independence
34:15and resilience
34:16that radiated
34:17from me were
34:18qualities Vincent
34:19had never truly
34:20understood in
34:21the five years
34:22we were together.
34:23Vince's
34:24haggard face
34:25twisted into
34:26a smile,
34:26more painful
34:27than tears.
34:28He was stunned
34:29by the sight of
34:30me, glowing
34:31in this moment,
34:32but also
34:33painfully aware
34:34that he was
34:35about to lose
34:35this beauty
34:36forever.
34:37After struggling
34:38internally for
34:39a long time,
34:40he finally took
34:41a heavy step
34:42forward,
34:42but didn't dare
34:43to come too
34:44close.
34:44He stopped
34:45by the fountain
34:46sculpture,
34:47watching from a
34:47distance.
34:48His voice
34:49trembled in the
34:50wind, heavy
34:51with regret.
34:52Chloe, I'm
34:53sorry.
34:54I was blind
34:55back then.
34:56I ruined
34:57everything.
34:58For the last
34:59five years,
35:00I've thought I
35:00only had a
35:01responsibility
35:01toward you.
35:02It wasn't
35:03until you signed
35:04that agreement
35:04that I truly
35:05woke up.
35:06I've been in
35:07love with you
35:07all this time,
35:08and it's
35:09driving me
35:09crazy.
35:10Without you,
35:10I wouldn't
35:11even know how
35:11to breathe
35:12tomorrow.
35:13I regret it
35:14all.
35:14I truly
35:15regret the
35:15awful things
35:16I've done
35:16to you.
35:17I owe you
35:17my life,
35:18and if you
35:19want to shoot
35:19me, go
35:20ahead.
35:20Please, give
35:21me a chance
35:22to stay by
35:23your side and
35:23atone for
35:24what I've
35:24done.
35:25I'll give
35:26you control
35:26of the entire
35:27family, all
35:28the money, and
35:28even my life.
35:29I don't want
35:30to be the
35:31godfather anymore.
35:32I just want
35:32to be your
35:33husband, to
35:34protect you like
35:34I always did.
35:35Please don't
35:36send me away,
35:36okay?
35:37The church
35:38bells rang, and
35:39the organ played
35:40a peaceful hymn.
35:41After what
35:42seemed like an
35:42eternity, I put
35:43down the camera,
35:45turned, and
35:45looked at him, my
35:46expression calm, as
35:48though I were
35:48gazing at a
35:49stranger who no
35:50longer mattered.
35:51For five years, I've
35:53lived like a fool
35:53in your carefully
35:54woven Truman
35:55show, when I
35:56found out the
35:57man I've been
35:58hugging every day
35:59was the one who
35:59killed my father.
36:00Do you have any
36:01idea how much I
36:02hated myself?
36:03How could I
36:04have been so
36:04stupid to fall
36:05in love with a
36:06mafia thug who
36:07has no regard for
36:08human life?
36:09Looking at the
36:10face that once
36:11made me fall
36:11deeply in love,
36:13now gaunt and
36:14haggard, I felt
36:15the last remnants
36:16of hatred in my
36:17heart disappear
36:18with the autumn
36:19breeze.
36:20Perhaps everyone
36:22has to fall
36:23once in their
36:23life.
36:24You give your
36:25whole heart to
36:26someone, only to
36:28be betrayed at
36:29your most vulnerable
36:30moment, leaving
36:31you bleeding.
36:32I stood on the
36:34high steps, looking
36:35down at him, forcing
36:37out a carefree
36:39smile.
36:40There was no
36:41emotion left in my
36:42eyes, Vincent.
36:44Take your remorse and
36:45go back to New York.
36:46I will never forgive
36:48you under the harsh
36:49sunlight of New
36:50England.
36:51Vincent felt as
36:52though he had fallen
36:53into an ice pit.
36:54A desperate, miserable
36:56smile tucked at the
36:58corner of his mouth.
37:00Chloe, but I really
37:02love you.
37:03His broken voice, like
37:05a dying sigh, was
37:06swallowed up by the
37:07sound of the church
37:09bells.
37:09I turned back around,
37:11raised the camera
37:12again, and started
37:14capturing the mournful
37:15faces of the mourners
37:17in the church.
37:18The only person I
37:20deliberately avoided
37:22in my shots was the
37:23man standing by the
37:25fountain.
37:25His head bowed, his
37:27shoulders shaking
37:28violently.
37:30This lady, could you
37:31please make a frame for
37:33a photo of my son?
37:35An elderly African
37:36American woman,
37:37tremblingly handed me
37:39a family photo, one
37:41that showed the son she
37:42had lost in the gun
37:43fight, of course.
37:45Ma'am, I smiled and
37:46accepted the photo,
37:48capturing the last trace
37:49of warmth in this cruel
37:51world.
37:52It reminded me of 20
37:54years ago, when
37:56Vincent had just moved
37:57next door, he had
37:58given me my father's
38:00police badge on the
38:01empty lot behind the
38:02school, making a
38:04childish vow to
38:05protect me, no
38:06matter what
38:07happened.
38:09Back then, the
38:11boy's eyes held no
38:12desire for power, only
38:15sincerity.
38:16But it was that same
38:18boy, who later pushed
38:19Officer Davis straight
38:21into hell suddenly.
38:22I felt warmth behind
38:24me, the familiar scent
38:26of Tom Ford Cologne
38:27enveloping me tightly.
38:29Vincent rushed toward
38:30me, disregarding
38:32everything, and hugged
38:33me from behind.
38:34His arms tightened
38:36around me, as if I
38:37might disappear into
38:38thin air.
38:39If he loosened his
38:40grip, he buried his
38:41face in my neck, his
38:43voice trembling with
38:44complete collapse and
38:45pleading.
38:46Chloe, this is Boston,
38:48the place where we
38:49first met.
38:50Please, give me one
38:52last chance.
38:53Let me spend the rest
38:54of my life atoning.
38:56I'll give you whatever
38:57you want.
38:58Just let me stay by
38:59your side.
39:00Hot tears dropped
39:02onto the cold back of
39:03my hand.
39:04Their burning intensity
39:06searing into my skin.
39:08I sighed softly, then
39:10carefully pried his
39:11fingers off, one by one.
39:14My voice was as cold
39:16as ice.
39:17Vincent, my greatest
39:19wish in this life is
39:21for you to disappear
39:22from my world forever.
39:24I broke free from his
39:26arms, not looking back
39:27as I walked down the
39:29steps.
39:29Getting into a taxi
39:31soon, I disappeared
39:32into the crowded
39:33streets of Boston.
39:36I don't know how long
39:38he stood by the
39:39fountain, but by the
39:40time the sunset bathed
39:42the sky in red
39:44Winston's hoarse, hollow
39:46voice, finally drifted
39:48away in the wind.
39:49I understand, Chloe.
39:51As you wish.
39:56Three months later, in a
39:58quiet monastery on the
39:59outskirts of Boston, I was
40:02calmly performing facial
40:03reconstruction on the final
40:05unidentified body.
40:07The nurse nearby, helping
40:08with the work, whispered to
40:10her colleague, her voice
40:12fairly audible.
40:13Did you see the news?
40:14The youngest mafia boss
40:16from New York just turned
40:17himself into the FBI.
40:19He overcome, abstracting
40:21justice, and a string of
40:23money laundering charges.
40:25My God!
40:26A cold-blooded killer, like
40:28him, actually had a moment
40:30of conscience.
40:31I heard he's been sentenced to
40:33life without parole.
40:34My hand holding the surgical
40:36needle paused for a moment.
40:37I took off my rubber gloves,
40:39grabbed my phone, and
40:41tapped on the trending
40:42headline on Twitter.
40:43The tough story was a high
40:45definition image of
40:47Vincent, handcuffed, being
40:49escorted to court by the
40:50FBI.
40:51Facing the flashing cameras and
40:53the judge's verdict, he was
40:55dressed in a suit, but his
40:57face remained expressionless.
40:59His once sharp eyes were
41:01now as dead as ash, devoid of
41:03any sign of life.
41:05Dr. Coy, your federal
41:07expense.
41:08After signing for the
41:09package, I opened the
41:11envelope, and two legal
41:12documents slid out.
41:14One was the court's final
41:16divorce decree.
41:17The bottom right corner,
41:19marked with Vincent's
41:19elaborate, flowing
41:21signature in English.
41:22The other was an
41:23irrevocable blind trust
41:25transfer, where he had
41:27donated all his laundered
41:28legal assets and
41:30substantial cash to a
41:31charitable foundation, with
41:33me, listed as the sole
41:35beneficiary and controlling
41:36party.
41:37At the bottom of the
41:39papers, tucked inside, was a
41:41letter scented with his
41:42cologne, bearing his
41:44familiar handwriting.
41:45Chloe, this is the last thing I
41:49can do for you.
41:50I promised you I would
41:51completely disappear from your
41:54world.
41:54May every day of your life be
41:56lived in the sunlight, free and
41:59without fear.
42:00A soft, relieved smile tugged at
42:03the corner of my lips.
42:04This time, he finally understood what
42:07it meant to truly let go.
42:09I struck a match and tossed the
42:11letter into the stainless steel
42:13burn beam, watching as the flames
42:15consumed, the ridiculous, guilt
42:17ridden past we shared.
42:19After all the trials, I had
42:21finally broken free, from the
42:22darkness, able to walk
42:24confidently, in the sunlight
42:26again, continuing my pursuit, of
42:29justice, and purpose.
42:32And, the once mighty, Godfather, of
42:34New York, would spend the rest of
42:36his life, in the coldest, darkest of
42:39prisons, slowly atoning, for his
42:41sins.
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