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00:04Tell Nakamura I'll have the contracts ready before the flight. No delays.
00:15Pleasure doing business with you.
00:18Mr. Victor.
00:22My name is Ethan Cross, CEO of M Corp International.
00:25Forbes calls me one of the most eligible bachelors in the world.
00:27I call myself a man who has everything except a reason to come home.
00:41Hey! Hey, stay with me!
00:48Gerald, bring the car around. Now. I need a doctor.
00:52I didn't know it then, but this woman, this stranger covered in ash and fire was about to change everything.
01:00My name is Lena Vidal, heiress to the Vidal Fuentes Empire. At least, that's what they call it.
01:07What they don't tell you is that empires are built on the bones of their children.
01:12Darling, the guests are arriving. Your father, I need you downstairs.
01:17Mother, before the engagement party, I need to tell you something. Can we please reconsider?
01:21Your father and I have discussed this. The merger depends on this marriage.
01:26But I don't love Marco. I've never loved him. This company, it's swallowing my entire life.
01:30Leave this room, smile, and do what this family needs you to do.
01:45There she is. My beautiful bride-to-be.
01:52They announced my engagement like a business deal. Because that's exactly what it was.
02:04I had given everything to this family. My education, my career, my dreams.
02:09I studied finance and economics. Not because I wanted to.
02:14Because as they needed to, they could marry off to secure their crumbling empire.
02:17Father, please. I'll do anything else for this company, but I can't marry I don't love.
02:22Love? You think love keeps 3,000 employees fed? Our stock is 40%.
02:26The Duarte merger is the only thing standing but us in banking.
02:30Then let me find another way. I can restructure the debt, find new investors...
02:33You will follow my instructions. There is no more discussion. You may go.
02:38Either you agree, or I hand everything to the Duarte family myself.
02:43Your choice.
02:46In that moment, I understood. I would never be enough for them.
02:50I was never their daughter. I was their transaction.
02:53So I decided to run.
02:58My mother arranged everything. A private jet, booked under a friend's name.
03:03Leaving at dawn from a private airstrip outside the estate.
03:05All I had to do was walk out the front gate.
03:08Long night, isn't it?
03:10Have a drink. You deserve it.
03:22Mom! Thank you!
03:23I can't stop your father. And I may not be able to protect you after this.
03:26But I can give you a head start. Promise to make care of yourself.
03:29I promise. I'll find a way to save the company too. I just need time.
03:35My brave girl. Now go. You have maybe six hours before he realizes you're gone.
03:48I didn't know where I was going. I only knew I was finally free.
03:56She's fine. Just shock and minor cuts. She'll wake in a few hours.
03:59The explosion destroyed the cafe next to the restaurant. She was caught in the blast. No ID.
04:04Just a woman in a ruined wedding dress, alone in the middle of chaos.
04:07Find out who she is. Check hospital records, missing persons, everything.
04:10Yes, sir.
04:10I told myself it was responsibility. I found her. I should make sure she's okay.
04:14But something about the way she looked. Fragile and fierce at the same time. I couldn't walk away.
04:21Where... where am I? Who...
04:23Easy. You're safe. My name is Ethan Cross. There was an explosion. You were caught in it. I brought you
04:29here.
04:29Thank you. I'm Lena.
04:32Lena. Are you alright? Is there someone I should call?
04:39No. There's no one to call.
04:50Good morning. How are you feeling?
04:54Better. Thank you for everything. I should probably go.
05:04Go where, exactly?
05:08I... I'll figure something out.
05:11You have no phone. No ID. And you were wearing a wedding dress in the middle of an explosion.
05:16You don't know anything about me.
05:20You're right. But I have a proposal. I'm leaving for my private island tomorrow.
05:24A vacation off the grid. Come with people. No press. Recover. No strings attached.
05:28You're asking a complete stranger to vacation on your private island?
05:32I'm asking someone who clearly needs to disappear for a while and I happen to have the perfect place.
05:37Why would you help me?
05:41Because I can.
05:46Fine. But this is temporary. And I'm not your charity case.
05:53I wouldn't dream of it.
05:57This is... excessive.
06:00Says the woman who is wearing a couture wedding gown.
06:07Touché.
06:12We'll stop to refuel once. Total flight time about ten hours. Get some rest.
06:17Ten hours? Where exactly is this island?
06:20Somewhere no one will find you.
06:23I should have been terrified.
06:25A strange man. A private plane. An unknown destination.
06:29But for the first time in years, I wasn't afraid.
06:32I was relieved.
06:40I've built companies, closed billion dollar deals, controlled every variable in my life.
06:45But this woman...
06:46Sleeping on my shoulder, trusting me without reason.
06:49I had no plan.
07:07Oh my god.
07:08Welcome to Isla Serena.
07:10Population currently two.
07:23This isn't what I expected.
07:25What did you expect?
07:26I don't know. Gold toilets? A helipad shaped like your initials?
07:31The helipad is around back.
07:37I mean, Ethan! You didn't tell me you were bringing someone!
07:41Mom, this is my friend, Lena.
07:43Lena, this is my mother, Eleanor.
07:46And my grandfather, Henry.
07:47About time this boy brought someone home.
07:50We were starting to worry.
07:55It's wonderful to meet you both.
07:57Watching my mother hug her.
07:59Watching Lena's walls come down for just a second.
08:01I knew I'd made the right call bringing her here.
08:03He thought of everything.
08:05Clothes that actually fit.
08:07Sunscreen.
08:08Books.
08:09Even a journal.
08:11I don't know how he'd each other less than two days.
08:13Oh, you tauner summer.
08:16Was I kidding you enough for bet?
08:26That...
08:27Looks good on you.
08:32Thanks.
08:33Your mother has excellent taste.
08:34Or was this you?
08:36I may have made some suggestions.
08:43Lena dear, you look lovely.
08:46Ethan, stop staring and pour the girl some juice.
08:50Can I ask you something?
08:51Anything.
08:53Why are you really doing this?
08:55Rich men don't lure strangers and fly them to private islands out of kindness.
08:58What's the catch?
09:00No catch.
09:01I saw someone who needed help.
09:03And honestly...
09:05I needed to get away too.
09:07From what?
09:09From being the person everyone expects me to be.
09:12I understand that.
09:15More than you know.
09:17I'll be with a stout gay.
09:31So tell me about the great Ethan Cross.
09:33Yes.
09:34The internet says you're worth $12 billion and you've never been fed a draft smiling.
09:39The internet exaggerates.
09:41It's only $11 billion.
09:44I'm serious.
09:46Who are you when no one's watching?
09:50My father built Cross Industries from nothing.
09:53Shipping, real estate, finance.
09:55When I was 18, he handed me the keys and said,
09:58Don't lose it.
09:59That was his version of love.
10:02And your mother?
10:03She's the opposite.
10:05All warmth, all heart.
10:07When dad died, she moved here.
10:09Said she'd spent enough years in boardrooms.
10:12She wanted sand between her toes.
10:14She sounds wonderful.
10:19She is.
10:21She's also the only person who's ever told me it's okay to want something other than success.
10:27And do you?
10:29Want something else?
10:31No.
10:33I'm starting to.
10:35So no girlfriend?
10:36No fiancé?
10:38Waiting somewhere with a pitchfork?
10:40There was someone.
10:41It ended badly.
10:43She wanted the name, not the man.
10:48I'm sorry.
10:49Don't be.
10:50It taught me something.
10:52The only people worth keeping are the ones who see you, not your bank account.
10:58Then I think we have more in common than either of us expected.
11:09This is...
11:10There are no words.
11:16I come here when I need to think.
11:20Or when I need to stop thinking.
11:24Ethan, I want to thank you.
11:25Not just for the island or the clothes or the food.
11:28For not questions.
11:30For just letting me breathe.
11:32You don't have to thank me for basic decency.
11:37You'd be surprised how rare that is in my world.
11:42Whatever you're carrying, whenever you're ready to put it down, I'll be here.
11:48I won't push.
11:50But I'll be here.
11:54You know what my little cousin Tommy calls you?
11:57What?
11:58Superheroes.
11:59He says you're my superheroes.
12:08Superheroes don't have private islands.
12:10No.
12:11He has something better.
12:14He shows up when it matters.
12:18Then I'll keep showing up.
12:20Come on superheroes.
12:21Your mom's making dinner and I'm starving.
12:24That's when I knew.
12:26She wasn't just someone I wanted to help.
12:28She was someone I wanted to keep.
12:31Before I was an heiress.
12:33Before I was a business degree.
12:34Before I was someone's arranged bride.
12:36I was a girl who loved to sing.
12:42I was already falling before I knew you were to sing.
12:46Don't let me shatter darling.
12:49Just hold on to my hand.
12:56How long have you been standing there?
13:05Long enough that was...
13:07Lena.
13:08That was incredible.
13:10Why didn't you tell me you could sing like that?
13:12It was never important.
13:14Not to my family.
13:15They wanted spreadsheets, not songs.
13:17It's important.
13:19Your voice is important.
13:21Promise me you won't stop.
13:25You don't know how much that means.
13:31I think I do.
13:37We should...
13:38The stars are out.
13:40Want to see them from the beach?
13:42Yeah.
13:43Yeah, let's do that.
13:55Ethan.
13:57What is this?
13:59I realized we've spent a week together and never had a proper date.
14:02If you'd like one.
14:05This is the most beautiful thing anyone has ever done for me.
14:10Okay, your turn.
14:12Biggest fear?
14:13Losing someone I love.
14:16And not being able to do anything about it.
14:27You won't lose me.
14:28You won't lose me.
14:35Is that a promise?
14:39It's a promise.
14:49Lena, I need to tell you something.
14:51This week, being with you, it's changed something in me.
14:54I don't want this to end.
14:58Neither do I.
15:02Stay with me.
15:07I'm not going anywhere.
15:26Do you believe in wishes?
15:28I believe in making things happen.
15:31That's such a billionaire answer.
15:42Okay, here's the deal.
15:43We each make one wish on that star, the bright one, but you can't tell me.
15:48Why not?
15:50Because then it won't come be yours, obviously.
15:55Obviously.
16:00Done.
16:01Done.
16:03Can I at least ask, are you happy?
16:07Right now, in this moment?
16:09This is the happiest I've been in my entire life.
16:12And it terrifies me.
16:14Why?
16:16Because happy never lasts.
16:18Not for me.
16:26Then let me prove you wrong.
16:28We made the same wish that night.
16:31I know because months later, he told me.
16:35We both wished for the same thing.
16:45Whatever happens when we leave this island, I want you to have already changed my life.
16:49You've already changed my life.
16:57You've already changed my life.
17:00Three weeks.
17:02Three weeks since she vanished.
17:04Her father's people found nothing.
17:07The police found nothing.
17:10But I will find her.
17:12I always get what's mine.
17:14Sir, we've checked every airline, every border crossing.
17:16No record of Alina Vidal leaving the country.
17:19Then she used a different name.
17:20She had help.
17:21Find out who.
17:26Where are you hiding, my love?
17:34Sir, Mr. Vidal is online too. He wants an update.
17:37Tell Rodrigo I'll have his daughter back.
17:39And when I do, the wedding happens immediately. No more delays.
17:45No one leaves me, Lena.
17:48No one.
17:53It's me.
17:54I need you to expand the search.
17:56Prive Investigation is international contacts.
17:58I don't care what it costs.
18:00And check every just Prive's a pair within 200 miles of the other state.
18:03Someone flew her out.
18:04She thinks she can escape.
18:05She thinks distance will save her.
18:07But she doesn't understand.
18:08There is no distance far enough.
18:11I've waited too long.
18:13Sacrifice too much.
18:14She belongs to me.
18:26Hey.
18:27You're up early.
18:30What's wrong?
18:32I need to tell you something.
18:33About who I am.
18:35About why I was in that wedding dress.
18:39My real name is Lena Vidal.
18:42My family owns Vidal Fiends Industries.
18:46Or they did.
18:48The company's been failing for years.
18:51My father arranged a marriage to a man named Marco Duarte to save the business through a merger.
18:57And you ran.
18:59And you ran.
19:00I ran.
19:01The night of my engagement party.
19:02My mother helped me escape.
19:04I flew to the states with nothing.
19:06Fake name.
19:07Borrowed money.
19:11I was trying to get to a friend's place when the explosion happened.
19:18Marco isn't just my ex-fiancé.
19:20He's obsessive.
19:22Controlling.
19:23He's been watching me for years.
19:26Following me.
19:28Threatening anyone who got close.
19:30And my father doesn't care.
19:33Because Marco's money is the only thing keeping the company alive.
19:38Has he hurt you?
19:40Not physically.
19:41But there are other ways to cage someone.
19:45Thank you for telling me.
19:48None of this changes anything.
19:50You're not angry?
19:52That I lied?
19:54You didn't lie.
19:56You survived.
19:58There's a difference.
20:04Listen to me.
20:06No one is going to touch you.
20:08Not Marco.
20:09Not your father.
20:10Not anyone.
20:11I promise you that.
20:12You can't promise that.
20:14Watch me.
20:20Ethan, I've looked into the Vidal fan of situation.
20:23The company's hemorrhaging money.
20:24Rothergo Vidal has been selling off assets for months.
20:26The Duarte merger is their last play.
20:31And Marco Duterte?
20:33Bad news.
20:34He's connected.
20:35Politically.
20:36Financially.
20:36His family has ties to some very powerful people.
20:39If he's looking for Lena, he has the resources to find her.
20:43Then we need to be smarter.
20:45I want a full security assessment.
20:48Upgrade everything on the island.
20:51And Harris, start looking into Duarte's business dealings.
20:55Everyone has skeletons.
20:56You're going to war with Marco Duarte?
21:02If I have to.
21:11Hey, what's going on in that billionaire brain of yours?
21:16Just work stuff.
21:19Liar.
21:23You looked into Marco, didn't you?
21:27I needed to understand what we're dealing with.
21:29You keep saying we.
21:32Because that's what this is now.
21:34Ethan, I can't let you risk everything for me.
21:37Your company, your reputation.
21:38My company means nothing if I can't protect the people I care about.
21:42And I care about you, Lena.
21:43More than I planned to.
21:46More than I probably should.
21:47I care about you too.
21:48That's what scares me.
21:49Everyone I care about gets hurt.
21:52Then we'll be scared together.
21:53My wife helped her escape.
21:57I'm certain of it.
21:59Then your wife is a problem.
22:01Sophia has been dealt with.
22:04She won't interfere again.
22:10And the private air filed?
22:11We traced the flight plan.
22:14The jet landed in Miami.
22:15But after that, the trail goes cold.
22:18She's with someone.
22:20A woman like Lena doesn't survive alone for three weeks without help.
22:24Find out who.
22:25Marco, perhaps we should consider that she doesn't want this marriage.
22:32Perhaps what?
22:34Perhaps I should let your company collapse.
22:37Perhaps I should call in every loan your family owes mine.
22:40Is that what you preferred?
22:43Find your daughter.
22:44Bring her to me.
22:46Or I will find her myself and you won't like my methods.
22:51It's Duarte.
22:52I need your best man.
22:53Someone discreet.
22:54I'm looking for a woman and whoever's hiding her.
22:57Soon, my love.
22:59Very soon.
23:13Lina?
23:14Mom.
23:15Are you okay? I heard-
23:17I'm fine. Listen to me.
23:18Your father knows I helped you.
23:20Marco's hired investigators.
23:21They traced the jet to Miami.
23:24Do they know where I am?
23:26Not yet.
23:27But it's only a matter of time.
23:30Lina, whoever is helping you, you need to tell them the truth.
23:34All of it. Marco won't stop.
23:36I already told him, Mom.
23:38He- he's a good man.
23:40And hold on to him.
23:41Don't make my mistake.
23:43Don't let fear choose your life for you.
23:46I'm so sorry.
23:48I'm sorry I left you there.
23:51Don't you dare apologize.
23:53You are the bravest thing I've ever done.
23:56Now be brave a little longer.
23:58Don't let fear...
24:10Lina?
24:17We're gonna figure this out.
24:20Together.
24:22I promise he's coming Ethan Marco's coming let him come
24:38sir mr. Harris called Ethan he says the security team arrives this afternoon
24:46good and the background check on Duarte preliminary results are in there's quite a lot sir
25:03this man is a produtor what are you looking at nothing you need to worry about right now
25:14don't do that don't protect me from the truth I've had enough of men deciding what I can handle
25:28Marco Duarte has a history fraud intimidation a woman filed a restraining order against him two
25:34years ago it disappeared from the records I knew he was controlling I didn't know about the other
25:45woman this is leverage Lena if we can find her get her testimony you don't understand Marco destroys
25:55people who stand against him that woman probably disappeared because she was terrified then we
26:03make sure you don't have to be terrified anymore I have resources lawyers security we can build a
26:11case against him but I need you to trust me I trust you I just don't trust the world to
26:17be fair
26:18then we'll make it fair brother I need you back the Tokyo deal is falling apart without you and the
26:24board is asking questions about your extended vacation tell them I'm handling things remotely
26:32for how long Ethan you've been gone three weeks people are talking let them talk
26:40this is about the woman isn't it the one from the explosion Ethan be careful you can't save
26:46everyone I'm not trying to save everyone just one person I heard your call you need to go back
27:04I'm not leaving you Ethan you have a company thousands of employees a life you can't put it all on
27:10hold for me watch me stop saying that I won't be the reason you lose everything you've built
27:19and I won't be the man who walked away when it mattered I've done that before I won't do it
27:23again
27:23what do you mean you've done that before
27:33my ex I chose the company over her every time I realized I'd never really been there at all I
27:39won't
27:39make that mistake with you then we go together back to the real world and we face it all of
27:46it
27:46side by side are you sure I'm terrified but I'm sure I'm gonna miss that place
27:59it's not going anywhere we'll come back before we land there's something I need to tell you
28:04I've had my lawyers working on something what kind of something a legal strategy against Marco and your
28:11father's arrangement Harris found enough evidence of financial artitianship Scott to challenge the
28:20merger entirely Ethan that could take years in court or it could take weeks if we have the right
28:25pressure points and we do Duarte has been laundering money through three shell companies your father may
28:37not even know if we bring this to the financial regulators the merger collapses Marco loses leverage
28:44over my family exactly your father won't need Marco's money if the deal is toxic and Marco can't force a
28:50marriage if he's facing federal charges you did all this for me I did this for us and for every
28:58person Marco has ever hurt you're insane you know that right clinically probably
29:13penny for your thoughts I was just thinking a month ago I was planning my escape from an engagement
29:18party now I'm standing in a pen to York with who makes me believe in second chances is that a
29:24good
29:24thing it's the best thing I run a 12 billion dollar company and I can't boil spaghetti 11 billion
29:48you're never gonna let that go are you never Ethan I want to start writing music again for real this
30:01time I want to record something I know a producer I can set up a studio session no I want
30:09to do this
30:09on my own no billionaire shortcuts I need to earn it then earn it I'll be your biggest fan you
30:19already
30:19are I was already falling before I knew your name you pulled me from the fire and taught me love's
30:34not
30:34pain that's the one that's the take perfect I did it I actually did it you did it all you
30:57Ethan
30:58do you remember our wish on the island the star wish I wished for love real love the kind that
31:08stays
31:10so did I I know I think I always knew I love you Lena Vidal
31:20I love you too my superhero my impossible ridiculous wonderful man
31:30when how close lock everything down now
31:45Lena Marco's people found us
31:54what one of his investigators traced a purchase I made clothes shipped to the island they connected
32:02it to my name as you're with me no no no no
32:10look at me we prepared for this Harris has the evidence read the financial regulators are already
32:16reviewing two artists files we just need a little more time and he won't guess my mind he won't
32:21give us time you don't know him Ethan he'll come here he'll
32:30sir there's a man in the lobby demanding to see you he says his name is Marco Duarte
32:39send him up
32:40then don't I told you let him come
32:45so this is where you've been hiding her impressive you're in my home I suggest you choose your next
32:55words carefully you know darling you've had your little adventure it's time to come home
33:04I'm not going anywhere with you Marco not now not ever your father disagrees the merger
33:13the merger is dead I know about the shell companies the laundering the fraud right now my lawyers are
33:19presenting evidence to federal regulators by tomorrow morning your ass will be frozen
33:24you have no idea who you're dealing with cross
33:27actually I do you're a man who confuses ownership with love
33:33who thinks money buys people but here's what your money can't buy her she's not yours she never
33:41was this what you want this stranger over your own family my family used me as currency you treated
33:48me like property Ethan is the first person who ever asked me what I wanted so yes this is what
33:54I want
34:01this isn't over yes it is enjoy it while it lasts cross you were incredible
34:16I think I'm gonna throw up
34:19that's also incredible the regulators move fast and freezing her this morning
34:24Duarte's accounts are frozen his lawyers are scrambling and my father
34:28Rodrigo Dall has been cooperating reluctantly once he saw the evidence of fraud he was the
34:34merger would have destroyed his company not saved it so now he listens there's more the woman
34:41who filed the restraining order her name is Clara Mendez she's agreed to testify
34:53how we offered her protection a new identity if she needs it she's been waiting years for someone
34:57to stand up to Marco Lena I just wanted you to know that you're not alone all those years I
35:01thought
35:01I was the only one you were never the only one but you might be the one who ends it
35:08Ms. Vidal
35:10is it true you're pressing charges against Marco Dutate I'm here to tell the truth that's all
35:19Ms. Vidal can you describe the nature of your relationship with the defendant it was never a
35:25relationship it was an arrangement made by my father and Marco's family for financial gain I
35:30was never consulted I drew if he was told I had no choice and when you attempted to leave Marco
35:35made it
35:36clear through threats surveillance and intimidation that leaving was not an option he monitored my
35:41movements he threatened people close to me he believed he owned me he did the same to me the
35:51surveillance the threats when I filed a restraining order it disappeared his lawyers made sure of it
35:57I was terrified for three years on the charges of financial fraud money laundering and criminal
36:05intimidation and the court finds the defendant Marco do our guilty on all counts
36:25you did it we did it I am so proud of you
36:37that was already filing by newcomer Lena Vidal and folks this one is climbing the charts fast
36:46heard you on the radio the barista recognized your voice I think you're famous now
36:50don't let it go to your head you're still only worth 11 billion
37:00Lena father I owe you an apology I put the company above my own daughter I was wrong yes
37:09you were I'm not asking for forgiveness I'm asking for a chance to earn it then earn it starting now
37:19so your song is a hit your father's actually trying Marco's in prison what's next
37:24for Lena Vidal world domination a Grammy teaching your mother how to use FaceTime she's 73 that might be
37:32harder than the Grammy I have something for you before you panic it's not a ring not yet open it
37:49the wishing star I had it made after our night on the beach one star for one wish
37:56put it on me I love you Ethan Cross every impossible stubborn generous part of you
38:05I love you Lena
38:11you look like freedom
38:13that's exactly what I feel like are you ready I've been ready since the night he carried me out
38:19of the fire it's beautiful thing I've ever seen you say that every morning and I mean it every
38:24morning Lena a year ago I found a woman a rune dress in the middle of chaos I thought I
38:33was saving her
38:34but she saved from a life success meant everything connection my nothing you touch you taught me that
38:38the bravest thing a person can do is stay so here I am staying Ethan I spent my whole life
38:43being told
38:43what to want who to be where to go then a building exploded and a stranger with gray eyes picked
38:47me up
38:48and said no one had ever said that me before you gave me a place to land by the power
38:52vested in me
38:53I now pronounce you husband and wife you may kiss
39:00remember our wish
39:01real love
39:03the kind that stays
39:06wish granted
39:10so what do we wish for now
39:13everything else
39:16together
39:17they say billionaires can buy anything but the thing wanted most the thing we both wanted was never for sale
39:22it was built in fire carried across oceans and sealed under a sky full of stars
39:26it was just love simple spectroinary love and it was ours
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