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00:00:00My name is Allison Fulton. My husband is the most powerful man in this country, President Nolan Reed.
00:00:07And today, I'm alone in a hospital bed in so much pain it feels like I'm dying.
00:00:13Ma'am, has your emergency contact arrived yet? We need a signature for the surgery consent form.
00:00:20He's busy.
00:00:21I clutch my phone and call my husband again and again.
00:00:24Sorry, the subscriber you dialed cannot be connected for the moment.
00:00:28But no one answers.
00:00:32Then I see it with my own eyes.
00:00:35He's gently accompanying another woman to a prenatal appointment.
00:00:40Don't be nervous, Holly. I'm here.
00:00:42That woman is Holly Pearson, Nolan's mistress.
00:00:45I felt the world crumble beneath me, the betrayal a physical blow.
00:00:49I drag myself through surgery and return to the presidential residence late that night.
00:00:53What waits for me is not an explanation, but divorce papers.
00:00:58Sign them.
00:01:00Holly is pregnant. Step aside for now, and after the baby is born, we'll talk.
00:01:04I look at him, and the last three years feel like a joke.
00:01:09I stand by you through your lowest years and help you get here.
00:01:14And now you ask me to step aside for your mistress?
00:01:17Allison, don't make this difficult for me.
00:01:19I stare at the pen for a long moment.
00:01:22I pick it up and sign, because I finally understand that holding on to a man who does not love
00:01:28me is stupid.
00:01:31He slides a bank card towards me as compensation, but I throw it straight into the trash.
00:01:44The second the words leave my mouth, I hear high heels outside.
00:01:49Holly is here.
00:01:51I have barely signed the divorce papers when Holly walks into the presidential residence like she already belongs there.
00:01:59Sorry to interrupt, but Nolan wouldn't let me stay alone.
00:02:04You're not welcome here.
00:02:06Very soon, I'll be the woman standing beside him.
00:02:10She looks at me with a smug smile, trying to provoke me.
00:02:13Three years by Nolan's side, and in the end, you still get pushed out.
00:02:20Her words were meant to break me, but they only fueled a fire I didn't know I had.
00:02:26I raise my hand and slap her hard across the face.
00:02:31Nolan!
00:02:32Nolan rushes over and shields Holly.
00:02:36Allison, have you lost your mind?
00:02:39Yes, you drove me here.
00:02:42I watch him shield Holly, and the last light in my eyes goes out.
00:02:47In that moment, the man I married was truly gone.
00:02:51I stop arguing.
00:02:53I stop crying.
00:02:55I straighten my back and walk away.
00:02:59Outside, rain crashes down, and I walk straight into it, alone, with a fever and a fresh wound.
00:03:10The rain comes down hard.
00:03:12My whole body is cold, and the road ahead starts to blur.
00:03:17But I keep walking, because I no longer have a home.
00:03:23Allison!
00:03:24I hear Derek Flynn call my name.
00:03:26He is Nolan's most trusted vice president.
00:03:28I think I'm about to hit the ground hard.
00:03:30But in the next second, someone catches me.
00:03:33Then a long black sedan screeches to a stop through the rain.
00:03:38A commanding man rushes out.
00:03:43Move!
00:03:47He gathers me into his arms, trembling like he's found something precious he lost a long time ago.
00:03:54I'm Simon Lawson, crown prince of Flessidia.
00:03:57She's my dear sister, missing for 20 years.
00:04:01I hear those words right before my consciousness slips away.
00:04:06For the first time in my life, someone is this furious because of me.
00:04:21When I open my eyes again, my life is about to be rewritten.
00:04:26When I wake up, I'm lying in a luxurious hospital room.
00:04:35You're awake?
00:04:36Simon places a DNA report beside my hand, then takes out a yellowed family photo.
00:04:43You're the princess of Flessia, missing for 20 years.
00:04:49I'm your brother.
00:04:52That's impossible!
00:04:53We searched for you for years.
00:04:56Our father and mother never gave up.
00:04:58And you're still...
00:05:00And we still couldn't find you all these years.
00:05:02I'm sorry.
00:05:04I'm sorry you had to go through all of that alone.
00:05:06He holds his phone out to me.
00:05:09I just transfer a billion to you.
00:05:12Spend it however you like.
00:05:13If it's not enough, tell me.
00:05:17In three years at the presidential residence, I never even got a wedding.
00:05:21And now someone wants to hand me the world just because I'm his sister.
00:05:26Before I can process all of this, the hospital room door is shoved open.
00:05:31Nolan is here.
00:05:32I'm still trying to process the fact that I am a princess when Nolan storms into the room.
00:05:38Allison, come back with me.
00:05:40For what?
00:05:42To watch you and Holly play the doting couple?
00:05:46He walks toward me, reaching out to take me away.
00:05:50But this time, I don't give in.
00:05:52I lean against the headboard and press my foot against his chest.
00:05:56Mr. President, keep the hands that touched your mistress away from me.
00:06:00Nolan freezes.
00:06:01He never expected me to treat him like this.
00:06:03For the first time, I felt no pain looking at him.
00:06:06Only a cold, liberating disgust.
00:06:09Do you really have to speak to me like this?
00:06:12Then how should I speak to you?
00:06:14You want me to wait for you?
00:06:16Trust your promise?
00:06:17Only to be dumped by you again?
00:06:18I told you, it was temporary.
00:06:21I didn't mean to.
00:06:22I don't want you anymore.
00:06:24I look at the shock in his eyes and feel nothing but irony.
00:06:28Now he's finally panicking.
00:06:30Too late.
00:06:31Just then, the hospital room door opens again.
00:06:35Holly walks in.
00:06:37Allison, don't do this.
00:06:39Nolan came here himself.
00:06:41Just go back with him.
00:06:43She sounds like she's trying to make peace.
00:06:45But the triumph in her eyes is impossible to hide.
00:06:49It won't be easy for you to recover out there alone.
00:06:52And I don't want people saying I'm the reason you left.
00:06:57Don't flatter yourself.
00:07:01Holly's smile freezes on her face.
00:07:03Nolan still refuses to leave and even tries to take me by force.
00:07:07In the next second, I press the call button.
00:07:14Someone!
00:07:19What happened?
00:07:22Kindly escort this trespassing president and that pregnant mistress of his out of my room.
00:07:28Whoever handles it cleanly gets $100,000.
00:07:34Allison, how can you do this?
00:07:37Why can't I?
00:07:39This is my room.
00:07:41You wouldn't dare.
00:07:43Try me.
00:07:44The royal guard step forward and sees Nolan without hesitation.
00:07:49Two more guards move toward Holly.
00:07:51Her face turns pale and she instinctively tries to hide behind Nolan.
00:07:55Throw them out.
00:07:56Moments later, Nolan and Holly are both escorted out of the room.
00:08:00Outside, Derek leans against the wall, openly amused.
00:08:04Mr. President, how does it feel to be thrown out by your ex-wife?
00:08:08Beside him, Holly's face darkens from the humiliation I've dealt her.
00:08:12But just as when I need some peace for myself, Derek shows up with a revelation that rocks me to
00:08:18my core.
00:08:18He tells me my adoptive parents' deaths were never an accident.
00:08:25Derek places a file in front of me.
00:08:27This is a complete copy of your divorce filing and a confidential file on Holly's father.
00:08:34Wilson Pearson.
00:08:36Wilson Pearson is Holly's father and a wily old fox in business to boot.
00:08:41That's right.
00:08:42He's a business tycoon, a philanthropist, the polished face of high society.
00:08:49And very possibly the man responsible for your adoptive parents' deaths.
00:08:53My fingers tighten instantly.
00:08:55Are you saying the plane crash that killed them wasn't an accident?
00:08:59Yes.
00:09:00And after that, the Pearson family took control of all their valuable assets.
00:09:06Where's the proof?
00:09:08I found a few things.
00:09:10The rest, you'll have to dig up yourself.
00:09:14I can tell Derek isn't helping me out of pity.
00:09:18He wants to use me to bring down the Pearsons and use their fall to claim Nolan's power.
00:09:24Allison, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
00:09:30Shall we work together?
00:09:31My broken marriage and the bitter truth behind my adoptive parents' deaths together stoke my rage.
00:09:41Fine.
00:09:42I want every debt they owe me repaid.
00:09:45One by one.
00:09:47Simon's people quickly bring me everything that happens inside the presidential residence.
00:09:52After I have her thrown out of my hospital room,
00:09:55Holly clearly has no intention of letting it end there.
00:09:58She knows that the moment she loses Nolan, she loses everything.
00:10:04So she stages her next act immediately.
00:10:10She grips the banister and deliberately takes each step slowly.
00:10:15In the next second, she tumbles all the way down.
00:10:18Nolan!
00:10:18Help me!
00:10:21Nolan rushes over and catches her.
00:10:26Allison had me thrown out of the hospital room earlier.
00:10:33I twisted my ankle back then, and that's why I fell down the stairs just now.
00:10:38It doesn't matter if I'm hurt.
00:10:40I'm only worried about the baby.
00:10:44I'm worried about the baby.
00:10:47She cries while clinging to Nolan desperately.
00:10:50But exhaustion appears on Nolan's face.
00:10:57He carries her to her room and calls for a doctor.
00:11:03Not long after, he drifts into the study.
00:11:10He opens an old photo album.
00:11:13Filled with photos of me.
00:11:15Just as Nolan begins to waver, he receives a message.
00:11:22But I never sent that message.
00:11:24This is Holly's doing.
00:11:26Allison, have you lost your mind?
00:11:29Burning with rage.
00:11:30He dials my number immediately.
00:11:38But I'm not the one who answers.
00:11:41Who is this?
00:11:43Now!
00:11:44Put Allison on the phone!
00:11:46The moment you threw her away, you lost any right to interfere in her life.
00:11:53Bother her again, and I'll make sure you never reach her again.
00:11:57The line goes dead.
00:11:58Nolan's face turns livid.
00:12:02He immediately orders an investigation into where I am.
00:12:09But very soon he realizes someone powerful is shielding me.
00:12:13He can't find out where I am.
00:12:17The next day, Simon takes me to a place I never expected.
00:12:23Simon takes me to a building that looks completely ordinary from the outside.
00:12:30But the moment the elevator doors open,
00:12:33I'm staring at a top-secret intelligence command center.
00:12:39This is...
00:12:40This is...
00:12:43Your new toy.
00:12:45The screen suddenly lights up.
00:12:47Highly classified files from several countries appear.
00:12:49And every file is authorized under one single codename.
00:12:52Sajax.
00:12:55Welcome back, dear sister.
00:12:57Your kingdom is waiting for you to claim it.
00:13:00I stare at that codename, and something inside my chest slowly begins to burn.
00:13:06Nolan thinks he threw away a worthless wife.
00:13:09What he doesn't know is that the person he let go,
00:13:11is also the one who can place him on a throne,
00:13:14or drag him down from it.
00:13:18After leaving the intelligence center,
00:13:20Simon leads me to another place.
00:13:23One that leaves me utterly stunned.
00:13:35It's an underground private security vault.
00:13:38There is an entire wall of weapons.
00:13:41Handguns, sniper rifles,
00:13:43and even the latest ballistic gear.
00:13:45Pick what suits you.
00:13:46I glance around and choose the least conspicuous items.
00:13:51A compact pistol,
00:13:53a steel hairpin,
00:13:54and a ballistic evening dress.
00:13:58That's it?
00:14:00It's enough.
00:14:03I'm not planning to bring down the West Wing.
00:14:07Simon smiles and hands me a car key,
00:14:09trying to make up for my suffering.
00:14:14The pink sports car in the garage is yours.
00:14:17But before I can adjust to my new role,
00:14:19I receive news.
00:14:24Tomorrow is Nolan's grandfather Memorial Day.
00:14:27Nolan's grandfather is the only person in that family
00:14:30who ever treated me with kindness.
00:14:32So on the anniversary of his death,
00:14:34I have to go.
00:14:35You still want to go back there?
00:14:37Have you forgotten what they did to you?
00:14:40I'm going to settle the score with them.
00:14:42Simon stays silent for a few seconds,
00:14:44then finally nods.
00:14:49I'll send men with you.
00:14:50No.
00:14:51I can handle it by myself.
00:14:58The next day,
00:14:59I drive to the cemetery alone.
00:15:04The moment I pull up at the entrance,
00:15:07my pink sports car immediately draws attention.
00:15:13The security captain walks over,
00:15:15his eyes full of malice.
00:15:19Out of the car.
00:15:20You're being screened.
00:15:22I know Holly set this up.
00:15:25She wants me humiliated in front of everyone.
00:15:35The security captain deliberately escalates things
00:15:37and demands an invasive manual screening.
00:15:40It's protocol.
00:15:41No exceptions.
00:15:42Not even for people tied to the president.
00:15:45I have nothing to do with the president anymore.
00:15:47The second the words leave my mouth,
00:15:49a sharp laugh cuts in behind me.
00:15:51The woman walking toward me is Alita Reed,
00:15:54Nolan's spoiled and vicious younger sister.
00:15:57Isn't this my dear sister-in-law who got thrown out?
00:16:01Nice car.
00:16:02Who did you steal it from?
00:16:04Are you done?
00:16:06If you are, move.
00:16:10She reaches for me and I shift aside.
00:16:16She crashes onto the ground, scraping her knees.
00:16:20The security captain charges at me.
00:16:23I don't dodge.
00:16:27I wait for him to come closer.
00:16:29The baton swings down towards me.
00:16:31I turn my head aside,
00:16:33pull the steel pin from my hair,
00:16:34and drive it straight through his palm.
00:16:36He screams.
00:16:37The baton slips from his hand and hits the ground.
00:16:40Blood drapes from his hand.
00:16:41You're insane!
00:16:43I raise the steel pin and point it at her,
00:16:46making sure she understands the warning.
00:16:49Want to try me?
00:16:51Alia stumbles back in panic.
00:16:53Just then, several cars pull up at the cemetery entrance.
00:17:03Nolan and Holly step out one after another.
00:17:06What is going on here?
00:17:08Allison!
00:17:09How can you hit people like this?
00:17:11I look at her indignant depression let out of a cold laugh.
00:17:15Bringing your mistress to your grandfather's grave, Nolan?
00:17:18Do you really think this is appropriate?
00:17:25Holly throws herself into Nolan's arms at once,
00:17:28sobbing dramatically.
00:17:30Nolan, I'm scared.
00:17:32She might kill me.
00:17:35Nolan shields her and looks up at me.
00:17:38Allison, today is my grandfather's memorial day.
00:17:41Do you really have to turn it into a scene?
00:17:44A scene?
00:17:45Am I the one making one or are you?
00:17:49You bring your pregnant mistress to your grandfather's grave.
00:17:57Don't you think it's ridiculous?
00:17:59I would use his own grandfather's memory to show him the depth of his disrespect.
00:18:03I walk toward him and confront him about what he has done.
00:18:07Your grandfather valued family honor above all else.
00:18:11What he hated most was betrayal.
00:18:14I watch Nolan fall silent.
00:18:18And turn towards Alfred's headstone.
00:18:24I crouch before Alfred's headstone and place the flowers I brought on it.
00:18:29Hey Alfred.
00:18:31I'm here to see you.
00:18:34I'm sorry I couldn't protect the dignity you gave me.
00:18:39I rise and turn to look at Nolan.
00:18:41But I won't let them walk over me without paying the price.
00:18:47This was a promise to Alfred and to myself.
00:18:50I walk up to Holly and she instinctively shrinks behind Nolan.
00:19:02I reach out and close my hand around her throat, making sure she remembers her lesson.
00:19:08What are you afraid of?
00:19:10I'm not going to kill you.
00:19:12But I can turn your life into a living hell.
00:19:17I let go and Holly collapses to the ground, gasping for air.
00:19:23Nolan reaches for me and I shake him off and leave the cemetery.
00:19:30After leaving the cemetery, I don't go straight back to the estate.
00:19:36I drive to the presidential residence instead.
00:19:44Nolan is in a closed-door policy session with senior advisors and several key lawmakers.
00:19:50He wanted to keep his private life and public duties separate.
00:19:54I raise my foot and kick the door open.
00:19:58Dead silence fills the room.
00:20:01Everyone turns to look at me.
00:20:03I ignore them.
00:20:05I drag Holly in by the throat.
00:20:11Mr. President, let me help you deal with your private mess.
00:20:16The meeting, trapped in a stalemate, is thrown completely off balance.
00:20:22Several attendants who are still wavering, make their calls in a rush.
00:20:27Nolan's face turns dark.
00:20:34But my interruptions end up pushing his stalled bill over the line.
00:20:39News that the bill moves forward spreads quickly.
00:20:42Everyone says I accidentally helped Nolan.
00:20:47Actually, I did that on purpose.
00:20:50I wanted to show them that his greatest liability was the woman he chose over me.
00:20:54I want everyone to see that Nolan can't even handle his own private affairs.
00:20:59They shouldn't place any trust in his judgment.
00:21:04When I come out of the residence, Derek's car is waiting for me.
00:21:13Allison, that was quite a show.
00:21:21Spare me.
00:21:22I'm in on what you proposed.
00:21:24Uh, what proposal?
00:21:29The alliance.
00:21:30And he smiles.
00:21:32Derek's eyes light up.
00:21:37Well then, I have a gift for you.
00:21:41The next day, he sends me a package file.
00:21:50The title reads
00:21:52Holly's Prenatal Records
00:21:58I read the prenatal records Derek sends me three times.
00:22:03The gestational age doesn't match the timeline Nolan claimed.
00:22:08It's off by an entire month.
00:22:13So this child may not be Nolan's?
00:22:17Exactly.
00:22:21And I suspect she may not even be pregnant at all.
00:22:27Why?
00:22:29Someone saw her remove a fake belly at the hospital.
00:22:33My hand trembles slightly.
00:22:35Not from fear.
00:22:36From rage.
00:22:38The entire foundation of my divorce.
00:22:41Of my pain.
00:22:42Was built on a lie.
00:22:45She uses a fake pregnancy to steal my husband from me.
00:22:49Do you have proof?
00:22:51I already have someone looking into it.
00:22:55Don't strike yet.
00:22:57Wait until she reaches her peak.
00:22:59I know exactly what he means.
00:23:03The higher she climbs,
00:23:05the harder she falls.
00:23:08I hold back all the evidence for now.
00:23:11Not because I'm afraid,
00:23:12but because I'm biding my time.
00:23:17I'm waiting for the perfect moment.
00:23:19And on Nolan's side,
00:23:21things are beginning to shift.
00:23:22He sends people to investigate me in secret.
00:23:25Yet, he finds nothing.
00:23:27My information is under the highest level of protection
00:23:30Simon can place on it.
00:23:32Even the president can't access it.
00:23:40Who is she, really?
00:23:44Mr. President,
00:23:45everything tied to Allison,
00:23:46we can't access any of it.
00:23:48Her identity appears to be protected
00:23:50as a top-level state secret
00:23:52by a foreign government.
00:23:53Nolan snaps the pen in his hand.
00:23:58For the first time,
00:24:00he feels control slipping away from him.
00:24:03And then Holly announces the news.
00:24:05Her wedding of the century with Nolan
00:24:08will take place next month.
00:24:10High Society is already waiting
00:24:12to see her step into the role of First Lady.
00:24:15And I receive an invitation
00:24:17to the Presidentially Anniversary Gala.
00:24:20Tonight,
00:24:21Holly makes her grand entrance
00:24:23in front of everyone.
00:24:24And I'll step back into their world
00:24:26under a very different identity.
00:24:28After tonight,
00:24:29everyone will know
00:24:30exactly who belongs outside.
00:24:32She smiles like victory is already hers.
00:24:34Her Royal Highness,
00:24:37Princess Allison of Flesdia.
00:24:40Let her have her moment.
00:24:42Mine was about to begin.
00:24:45The ballroom doors slowly open.
00:24:48In an evening gown and heels,
00:24:50I step into the spotlight.
00:24:51The room falls silent for a second.
00:24:53Then every eye turns to me.
00:24:58Allison?
00:25:00Impossible!
00:25:02Holly thinks she is
00:25:04the most dazzling woman
00:25:05in the room tonight.
00:25:07Too bad.
00:25:08The second I appear,
00:25:09she loses.
00:25:12Holly is never truly afraid
00:25:14of someone stronger than she is.
00:25:16What she fears most
00:25:18is becoming the joke.
00:25:24Allison,
00:25:25I never expected your status
00:25:26to become so elevated.
00:25:29Too bad some women
00:25:30can wear a princess's title
00:25:31and still come off as cheap.
00:25:33She deliberately throws
00:25:34a cutting line at me in French.
00:25:36Certaines femmes
00:25:37montent les échelons sociales,
00:25:39mais n'apprennent jamais leur place.
00:25:41A few people nearby
00:25:42catch her meaning
00:25:43and respond with knowing smiles.
00:25:45She thought her cheap trick
00:25:46would work on the old Allison.
00:25:48She was about to be disappointed.
00:25:51I look at Holly and smile.
00:25:53Ma chère,
00:25:54drop the French.
00:25:55It's as stilted as a textbook.
00:25:59You!
00:26:01Would you rather
00:26:02I answer in English
00:26:03or in German
00:26:08or in Spanish
00:26:09or is that the only line
00:26:11you memorized?
00:26:12I turn smoothly
00:26:14and greet several ambassadors
00:26:15in their own languages.
00:26:16Guten Abend,
00:26:18Mr. Ambassador.
00:26:19Schön sie hier zu sein.
00:26:20Encantada de conocerte,
00:26:22señora.
00:26:22Ha sido un placer.
00:26:23Holly stands frozen,
00:26:25her face darkening
00:26:26by the second.
00:26:28Let's slap lands beautifully.
00:26:31Holly never forgets a slight.
00:26:33She's very vindictive.
00:26:35And she always finds a way
00:26:37to settle score.
00:26:40Ah!
00:26:41She throws herself backward,
00:26:43tears already in place,
00:26:44trying to pin the blame on me.
00:26:47Allison,
00:26:48why did you push me?
00:26:49Her predictability
00:26:50was almost boring.
00:26:51I had been waiting for this.
00:26:52In an instant,
00:26:54Holly!
00:26:54every eye in the room
00:26:55turns back to me.
00:26:57Allison,
00:26:57what exactly are you trying to do?
00:26:59I stay exactly where I am.
00:27:01Then I raise a hand
00:27:02and remove my brooch,
00:27:03ready to present the proof.
00:27:05You want to know what I did?
00:27:06Then look at this first.
00:27:07I press the switch
00:27:09and replay the scene
00:27:10in front of everyone.
00:27:13In the footage,
00:27:14Holly deliberately
00:27:15threw herself backward.
00:27:17No, that's not true.
00:27:21Mr. President,
00:27:22your fiancé deserves
00:27:23an award for that performance.
00:27:27The terrace outside
00:27:29the ballroom is quiet.
00:27:31Only the wind
00:27:32and Nolan's uneven breathing
00:27:34could be heard.
00:27:35You
00:27:37really are a princess?
00:27:39That is the first thing
00:27:40he asks after following me out here.
00:27:42Not,
00:27:42are you all right?
00:27:43And not,
00:27:44I'm sorry.
00:27:44He was mourning the status he'd lost,
00:27:46not the woman he'd discarded.
00:27:48Mr. President,
00:27:49what exactly does that
00:27:50have to do with you?
00:27:51Allison,
00:27:52I just...
00:27:53You just want to know
00:27:54what it was you threw away.
00:27:58Too bad.
00:27:59Knowing now
00:28:00changes nothing.
00:28:01I swirl the wine
00:28:02in my glass
00:28:03and let my gaze
00:28:04drift past him
00:28:05into the night.
00:28:09Instead of asking
00:28:10who I am,
00:28:11maybe dig into
00:28:12who baby Holly's
00:28:13got in there.
00:28:14He is only beginning
00:28:16to doubt now.
00:28:17I am already
00:28:18playing my game.
00:28:23Real revenge
00:28:24is taking away
00:28:25what they care most about.
00:28:27And what the Pearsons
00:28:28care about most
00:28:30is money.
00:28:34You're sure
00:28:35you want to
00:28:35hit this stock?
00:28:38Yes.
00:28:40This is one of
00:28:41the Pearson Group's
00:28:42core arteries.
00:28:44Cut here first,
00:28:45and they'll
00:28:46finally panic.
00:28:51I would dismantle
00:28:52their empire
00:28:53piece by piece,
00:28:55just as they had
00:28:56dismantled my life.
00:28:58I sit before the screen
00:28:59and tap enter.
00:29:01Officially making
00:29:02my move.
00:29:03Short order confirmed.
00:29:06First wave initiated.
00:29:0930 minutes later,
00:29:10Pearson Group's
00:29:11stock starts
00:29:11falling hard.
00:29:14One hour later,
00:29:16billions in value
00:29:17are gone.
00:29:19What the hell
00:29:20is going on?
00:29:21Someone is targeting
00:29:22us with precision strikes.
00:29:24I watch the live
00:29:25graph plunge
00:29:26and let myself
00:29:27smile.
00:29:29This is only
00:29:30the beginning.
00:29:31Men like Wilson
00:29:32never think of
00:29:33surrender when they
00:29:34panic.
00:29:34The first thing
00:29:35they think of
00:29:36is destroying
00:29:37evidence.
00:29:38Do it tonight.
00:29:40Burn it all down.
00:29:42And in the old
00:29:43house my adoptive
00:29:44parents once lived in,
00:29:45there are still
00:29:46things he fears
00:29:47I'll find.
00:29:48Yet,
00:29:48he is already
00:29:49too late.
00:29:50I knew his
00:29:51cowardly mind
00:29:52better than he
00:29:53knew himself.
00:29:54You're that sure
00:29:54he'll burn the house?
00:29:57Men like him
00:29:58who have a guilty
00:29:59conscience always
00:30:00take care of loose
00:30:01ends.
00:30:02Hours ago,
00:30:03I had Simon's
00:30:04people removed
00:30:05everything important.
00:30:11That night,
00:30:12flames tear
00:30:13into the sky.
00:30:18The old house
00:30:19really is set
00:30:20on fire.
00:30:30We got them.
00:30:31Two arsonists
00:30:32are pinned to the
00:30:33ground.
00:30:34Get clear footage.
00:30:36I want every one
00:30:37of their faces
00:30:37on record.
00:30:38Arsonists rarely
00:30:39have much backbone.
00:30:41It's time for you
00:30:42to realize the man
00:30:43who hired you
00:30:43is never coming
00:30:44to save you.
00:30:45It wasn't my idea.
00:30:47I was paid to do it.
00:30:48Who paid you?
00:30:49Have you seen him?
00:30:50It's him.
00:30:52The Pearson family's
00:30:53people.
00:30:54The lead they gave
00:30:55me leads to
00:30:56another discovery.
00:30:59We found her.
00:31:02Who?
00:31:03The daughter of the
00:31:04mechanic who was
00:31:05ruled a suicide.
00:31:06The girl places a
00:31:07copied maintenance
00:31:07record left by her
00:31:08father into my hands.
00:31:09Before my father
00:31:10died, he said
00:31:11that plane crash
00:31:12wasn't an accident.
00:31:13I lower my eyes
00:31:15to the file.
00:31:16It clearly states
00:31:17that a critical
00:31:18component is tampered
00:31:19with.
00:31:22I finally have
00:31:24all the evidence
00:31:24I need.
00:31:25On the day of the
00:31:26international perfume
00:31:27competition finals,
00:31:28I don't appear in person
00:31:29because the name
00:31:30standing on that
00:31:31stage today isn't
00:31:32Allison.
00:31:33It's Phoenix.
00:31:34This year's winning
00:31:35fragrance, Nirvana.
00:31:37The room erupts
00:31:37into applause.
00:31:41This isn't an
00:31:42ordinary fragrance.
00:31:43It feels like
00:31:44rebirth from ash,
00:31:45like waking a soul.
00:31:47My parents'
00:31:47legacy would not
00:31:48be buried with them.
00:31:50I would make it
00:31:51immortal.
00:31:51I sit quietly
00:31:52before the screen,
00:31:53my fingers brushing
00:31:54over the bottle
00:31:55design.
00:31:56This perfume was
00:31:57my adoptive parents'
00:31:58formula, and it's
00:32:00the second attack
00:32:01I've launched
00:32:01against Wilson.
00:32:03What the hell?
00:32:04That's Frank's
00:32:05formula!
00:32:06He knocks over
00:32:06his glass,
00:32:07his face pale
00:32:08with fear.
00:32:11I came back
00:32:12to taback
00:32:12what was theirs.
00:32:14Winning the
00:32:15perfume competition
00:32:16is only the
00:32:16beginning.
00:32:19I want more
00:32:20than a trophy.
00:32:22I want to bring
00:32:23this brand back
00:32:24to life.
00:32:27Phoenix.
00:32:28On the day
00:32:28of the press
00:32:29conference,
00:32:30every camera
00:32:31in the room
00:32:31is pointed at me.
00:32:38Your Highness,
00:32:39why did you
00:32:39create this brand?
00:32:40I stand on stage
00:32:41as the giant
00:32:42screen behind me
00:32:43slowly lights up.
00:32:44On it are
00:32:45photos of my
00:32:46adoptive parents.
00:32:49Because this
00:32:50is more than
00:32:51perfume.
00:32:52It's inheritance.
00:32:54and it's a
00:32:55declaration of war.
00:32:59I wanted the
00:33:00world to know
00:33:01the names of
00:33:02the people
00:33:02Wilson Pearson
00:33:03had tried to
00:33:04erase.
00:33:04Against whom?
00:33:05Against those
00:33:06thieves who
00:33:07believe they can
00:33:07steal everything
00:33:08from someone else
00:33:09and go on living
00:33:10as if nothing
00:33:11happened.
00:33:11I look ahead,
00:33:13my eyes sharp
00:33:14as blades.
00:33:15A phoenix
00:33:16will always
00:33:17rise from
00:33:18the ash.
00:33:19Nolan finally
00:33:20starts investigating
00:33:21Holly, not
00:33:22because he
00:33:22suddenly becomes
00:33:23smarter, but
00:33:24because something
00:33:24is seriously
00:33:25wrong, and he
00:33:26can no longer
00:33:27pretend not to
00:33:28see it.
00:33:28Get me all of
00:33:28Holly's prenatal
00:33:29records.
00:33:30The moment he
00:33:31reads the file,
00:33:32his expression
00:33:32darkens by
00:33:33degrees.
00:33:34Gestational age.
00:33:37Timeline.
00:33:38Public statements.
00:33:40None of it
00:33:40matches.
00:33:43Impossible.
00:33:45I felt a grim
00:33:45satisfaction watching
00:33:47him unravel the
00:33:48lies he had so
00:33:49willingly believed.
00:33:50But what truly
00:33:51breaks him comes
00:33:52after that.
00:33:53As he digs deeper,
00:33:54he unexpectedly
00:33:55uncovers internal
00:33:56records from the
00:33:57residents over the
00:33:57last three years.
00:33:59His mother's cold
00:34:00treatment of me,
00:34:01his sister's
00:34:02humiliation of me,
00:34:03and the staff's
00:34:04arrogant disrespect.
00:34:07This...
00:34:07All of this is
00:34:09real?
00:34:10The logs,
00:34:12surveillance,
00:34:12and witness
00:34:13statements all
00:34:14line up.
00:34:14For the first
00:34:15time, Nolan
00:34:16starts questioning
00:34:17what exactly
00:34:18happened to me
00:34:19over the past
00:34:20three years.
00:34:22And just then,
00:34:24an invitation
00:34:25from the Royal
00:34:26House of Flessia
00:34:27lands in his
00:34:27hands.
00:34:29When the invitation
00:34:30from the Royal
00:34:31House of Flessia
00:34:32arrives at the
00:34:33presidential residence,
00:34:34even the air
00:34:35seems to go still
00:34:36for a moment.
00:34:37This isn't an
00:34:38ordinary dinner.
00:34:39It's a Royal
00:34:40State Banquet.
00:34:41Mr. President,
00:34:42an official invitation
00:34:43has arrived from
00:34:44the Royal House
00:34:44of Flessia.
00:34:46Additional note,
00:34:48Princess Alison
00:34:48of Flessia may
00:34:49attend with a date.
00:34:51Nolan's hand
00:34:51pauses.
00:34:52He stares at that
00:34:53line, and his
00:34:54gaze darkens.
00:35:00Why would they
00:35:01specify her?
00:35:02Be quiet.
00:35:03For the first
00:35:04time, Nolan
00:35:05feels frustrated
00:35:06by everything
00:35:07that's happening,
00:35:08and Holly finally
00:35:09realizes the
00:35:10situation is no
00:35:11longer under
00:35:12her control.
00:35:14Holly excels
00:35:15at manipulation,
00:35:17most notably,
00:35:18exploiting Nolan's
00:35:19guilt and sense
00:35:20of obligation.
00:35:22Nolan, if you
00:35:24leave me, I'll
00:35:25die with this
00:35:26baby.
00:35:26She stands at
00:35:27the edge of
00:35:27the terrace,
00:35:29trembling with
00:35:29tears, carefully
00:35:30staging herself as
00:35:32the victim.
00:35:33Holly, calm
00:35:34down.
00:35:36Are you
00:35:37regretting this?
00:35:40Nolan stays
00:35:41silent.
00:35:43The silence
00:35:44hurts more than
00:35:45any words could.
00:35:46Meanwhile, I've
00:35:47already received
00:35:48something important
00:35:48through Simon's
00:35:49intelligence network.
00:35:51We cross-checked
00:35:51Holly's recent
00:35:52footage, body
00:35:53profile, and
00:35:54medical records.
00:35:56There is a strong
00:35:57possibility that
00:35:58she isn't pregnant
00:35:59at all.
00:36:02keep digging.
00:36:03I want you to
00:36:04confirm her
00:36:04condition.
00:36:05I look at
00:36:06Holly's images on
00:36:07the screen, and
00:36:08my face darkens.
00:36:13Simon brings me
00:36:14into a tactical
00:36:15prep room reserved
00:36:16for the royal
00:36:16family.
00:36:18Soon, it is the
00:36:19day you settle the
00:36:20score with the
00:36:20piercings.
00:36:21On the table are
00:36:22the compact pistol,
00:36:23a comms earpiece,
00:36:24and ballistic
00:36:25formal wear.
00:36:26The gun has been
00:36:27recalibrated.
00:36:28I feel its cold
00:36:29weight in my mind,
00:36:30a promise of the
00:36:31justice I'm about
00:36:32to deliver.
00:36:34The formal wear
00:36:34is ready too.
00:36:36My hand brushes
00:36:37over the formal
00:36:38wear, and I know
00:36:39exactly what this
00:36:40means.
00:36:41This is no longer
00:36:42just protection.
00:36:44This is for the
00:36:45takedown.
00:36:46Nervous?
00:36:48No.
00:36:50I have waited
00:36:51too long for this
00:36:52day.
00:36:52I will make them
00:36:54pay dearly for what
00:36:55they've done.
00:36:57Some people are
00:36:58already halfway to
00:36:59collapse, and yet
00:37:00they still insist on
00:37:02putting on the
00:37:02biggest spectacle
00:37:03possible.
00:37:04The Pearsons are
00:37:05exactly like that.
00:37:06A wedding?
00:37:07Really?
00:37:08Your priority is to
00:37:09marry Nolan and
00:37:11make your relationship
00:37:12official.
00:37:13Once you two hold
00:37:15a wedding, the
00:37:16world will accept
00:37:17both you and the
00:37:18child as part of
00:37:19Nolan's future.
00:37:21I almost have to
00:37:22laugh at their
00:37:22desperation.
00:37:25They are digging
00:37:26their own graves
00:37:27with this spectacle.
00:37:29Invitations go out
00:37:30quickly.
00:37:35Global elites,
00:37:37media, political
00:37:38figure, and business
00:37:39tycoons are all
00:37:40drawn into the
00:37:41spectacle.
00:37:41They want to use
00:37:42this wedding ceremony
00:37:43to push Holly as
00:37:44high as possible.
00:37:45This aligns perfectly
00:37:47with what I want.
00:37:52The higher she stands,
00:37:54the harder she falls.
00:37:58Sending a gift before
00:37:59a wedding is proper
00:38:00etiquette.
00:38:00It's just that the one
00:38:01I send may not be to
00:38:02Holly's taste.
00:38:03It looks perfectly
00:38:04tasteful.
00:38:04They say revenge is a
00:38:05dish best served cold,
00:38:06but I'm not sure that's
00:38:07true.
00:38:07But inside the box is a
00:38:09strip of microfilm.
00:38:10On it are intimate
00:38:11photographs of Holly with
00:38:13several different men.
00:38:14Send it to the
00:38:15president.
00:38:19I wish them a long
00:38:20and happy future.
00:38:23By the time the gift
00:38:24reaches the
00:38:25presidential residence,
00:38:27Nolan is in his
00:38:27study.
00:38:29In the next second,
00:38:31Nolan has already
00:38:32pulled the microfilm
00:38:33out of the box.
00:38:37What is this?
00:38:40No, that's not me!
00:38:42How much more have
00:38:44you lied to me about?
00:38:45Holly's face goes
00:38:46pale.
00:38:50On the night before
00:38:51the wedding, the
00:38:52whole city glows with
00:38:54light.
00:39:00But Nolan looks
00:39:01awful, like he hasn't
00:39:03slept in days.
00:39:06He finally corners
00:39:08me.
00:39:09Tell me, what
00:39:11exactly am I
00:39:12supposed to do?
00:39:13What do I do to get
00:39:14back to what we had?
00:39:16I look at the
00:39:17hand gripping my
00:39:18wrist.
00:39:18I slowly pull my
00:39:20hand back.
00:39:21Mr. President, the
00:39:22only thing you can do
00:39:23now is prepare
00:39:24yourself.
00:39:25Prepare for what?
00:39:26Prepare to receive
00:39:27the surprise I've
00:39:28prepared for you.
00:39:30I step around him
00:39:31and walk away.
00:39:34he can already feel
00:39:35it.
00:39:37Tomorrow won't be a
00:39:39wedding.
00:39:41It will be a trial.
00:39:43On the wedding day,
00:39:45the world watches
00:39:46live.
00:39:51Everyone thinks this
00:39:53is the crowning moment
00:39:54for Nolan and Holly,
00:39:55but only a few know
00:39:56that what's truly
00:39:57beginning is a
00:39:58different game.
00:39:59Proceed as planned.
00:40:00create chaos.
00:40:04The target, Nolan.
00:40:07Then pin all of it
00:40:08on Flacidia, or
00:40:09Derek's people.
00:40:10He wants Nolan
00:40:11permanently tied to
00:40:12the Pearson family's
00:40:13fate.
00:40:14And I sit in another
00:40:15car, calmly
00:40:16straightening my
00:40:17cuffs.
00:40:18Nervous?
00:40:22No.
00:40:23I've waited too long
00:40:24for this day.
00:40:25The wedding hasn't
00:40:26even begun, but
00:40:27every player is
00:40:28already inside the
00:40:29trap.
00:40:30The carpet is lit
00:40:31up by a thousand
00:40:32flashes.
00:40:34Holly stands at
00:40:36the altar in
00:40:37couture bridal silk,
00:40:39her face full of
00:40:40certainty and triumph.
00:40:43She thinks she'll be
00:40:44the most dazzling
00:40:45woman in the world
00:40:46today.
00:40:47Too bad, she won't
00:40:48be.
00:40:49Her Royal Highness
00:40:50Princess Alison of
00:40:52Flacidia arrives.
00:40:54I'm the last to
00:40:55step onto the
00:40:55carpet.
00:40:56I'm not wearing a
00:40:57gown.
00:40:57I'm wearing a
00:40:58tailored beige
00:40:59pinstreet suit.
00:41:00The cameras pivot
00:41:01toward me almost at
00:41:02once.
00:41:05How dare she come
00:41:06here?
00:41:07The moment I walk
00:41:08past them, they
00:41:09know the most
00:41:10unforgettable person
00:41:11here today is not
00:41:12Holly.
00:41:13It is me.
00:41:17The officiant
00:41:18begins the vows.
00:41:21Holly still believes
00:41:23everything is moving
00:41:24according to her
00:41:25plan.
00:41:28I slowly rise to my
00:41:29feet.
00:41:32Every eye in the
00:41:33room turns towards
00:41:34me again.
00:41:35I pick up the
00:41:35microphone beside me,
00:41:37ready to expose her
00:41:38in front of everyone.
00:41:39The silence is a
00:41:41blank canvas, and I
00:41:42am about to paint it
00:41:43with the ugly truth.
00:41:45Before every witness
00:41:47in this room, Mr.
00:41:49President, can you
00:41:50tell us if the child
00:41:51carried by the woman
00:41:52beside you is truly
00:41:54yours?
00:41:55Dead silence fills the
00:41:57room.
00:41:58Allison, are you
00:41:59insane?
00:42:00I'm not the one who's
00:42:01lost her mind.
00:42:02The insane ones are
00:42:03the people building a
00:42:04future on lies.
00:42:09Holly's face turned
00:42:10pale, and her hands
00:42:12clutch the bridal
00:42:13silk.
00:42:13radio.
00:42:15In that exact
00:42:15second, the live
00:42:16broadcast cuts out.
00:42:18The 30 seconds after
00:42:19the feed cuts out are
00:42:20the most valuable 30
00:42:22seconds of the night.
00:42:23The screens go dark, but
00:42:24inside the room, no one
00:42:26can escape.
00:42:27Restore the feed, right
00:42:28now!
00:42:33The system is rebooting.
00:42:34Holly's voice is shaking.
00:42:36She is finally afraid.
00:42:38Allison, what exactly do
00:42:39you have?
00:42:40He still doesn't understand.
00:42:42I have everything I need to
00:42:43burn his world down.
00:42:44You're about to find out.
00:42:45The giant screen in the venue
00:42:47suddenly lights up.
00:42:50But before the footage fully
00:42:52rolls inside the room, the
00:42:54public livestream comes back.
00:42:56Millions of viewers around the
00:42:57world catch only the final
00:42:59image.
00:43:00Holly pale as a ghost.
00:43:02Nolan stunned.
00:43:04And the hall in chaos.
00:43:06Holly knows the thing that can
00:43:08destroy her has already been
00:43:10released.
00:43:10Yet I know the full evidence
00:43:12hasn't even been laid out yet.
00:43:15After the livestream returns,
00:43:16no one in the room has
00:43:17recovered from those 30
00:43:19seconds of chaos.
00:43:20But I know the real show is
00:43:22only just beginning.
00:43:24Allison, what exactly do you
00:43:25think you're doing?
00:43:27Simple.
00:43:28I want the truth out in the
00:43:30open.
00:43:30I raise my hand and signal for
00:43:32the footage to continue, ready
00:43:34to expose her lies for all to
00:43:35see.
00:43:37In the footage, Holly is alone
00:43:39in a dressing room, slowly
00:43:41unfassing the support band
00:43:42around her waist.
00:43:45Then she removed the fake
00:43:46bump with her own hands.
00:43:52No!
00:43:53That's not true!
00:43:56Bring them in.
00:43:58The doors open again.
00:44:00Four men are escorted in by
00:44:01on-site security.
00:44:05Holly, how did things go this
00:44:07far?
00:44:08You know better than anyone
00:44:09whose child it is.
00:44:10Or perhaps you're not even
00:44:11pregnant.
00:44:13Checkmate.
00:44:14There is no escape for her
00:44:16now.
00:44:17Holly's legs give out and she
00:44:19collapses to the floor.
00:44:21Her true colors are laid bare in
00:44:23front of everyone.
00:44:25Holly's fake pregnancy turns this
00:44:27ceremony into a laughing
00:44:28stoke.
00:44:29But for me, this is not enough.
00:44:32She's not the only one going
00:44:34down.
00:44:34The Pearsons will fall with her.
00:44:38The Royal House of Flesia has an
00:44:40evidence package to transfer.
00:44:42Simon rises, walks to the front,
00:44:44and hands an encrypted data case to
00:44:45the senior federal security officer
00:44:47on-site.
00:44:48It contains evidence of years of
00:44:50financial fraud, illicit transactions,
00:44:52and leads tied to multiple serious
00:44:54violent crimes committed by the
00:44:56Pearson family, including the plane
00:44:58crash that killed Allison's adopted
00:44:59parents.
00:45:01The plane crash?
00:45:03Nonsense!
00:45:04This is a political frame-up!
00:45:09Then verify it here and now.
00:45:11Let everyone in this room bear
00:45:13witness.
00:45:13Federal technical staff connect the
00:45:15device on the spot.
00:45:16Transaction routes and shell company
00:45:17records begin appearing one after
00:45:18another.
00:45:19Wilson, can you still deny it now?
00:45:22When people are driven into a corner,
00:45:23that's when they reveal their true
00:45:25colors.
00:45:25Wilson is exactly that kind of man.
00:45:27Rather than admit his wrongdoings when
00:45:29the tide turns against him, he
00:45:31resorts to violence.
00:45:32In the next second, a hidden shooter
00:45:34in the crowd suddenly draws a
00:45:36weapon.
00:45:37The barrel points straight at
00:45:38Nolan.
00:45:39Get down!
00:45:40In that split second, my body moves
00:45:42before thought catches up.
00:45:43I step into the line of fire, taking
00:45:45the shot for Nolan.
00:45:46Even I cannot explain why I move in
00:45:48that moment.
00:45:49Maybe it is not that I've forgiven him
00:45:50at all, because this game isn't over.
00:45:53Nolan can't die yet.
00:45:54The bullet tears across the outside of
00:45:56my arm, but I'm wearing
00:45:57ballistic form aware.
00:45:58Allison!
00:45:59I draw my pistol in one motion and
00:46:01shoot the attacker through the wrist.
00:46:07Nolan stares at me, rooted to the
00:46:09spot.
00:46:10He probably never imagines that even
00:46:11now, at a moment like this, I'm still
00:46:14the one standing in front of him.
00:46:16A real takedown is never carried out
00:46:18by one person alone.
00:46:22The moment I fire the shot, Simon's royal
00:46:25protection unit moves in.
00:46:27Lock it down.
00:46:28At the same time, Derek's people seal
00:46:31every exit.
00:46:32No assassin gets to leave.
00:46:37How dare you!
00:46:38Several planted operatives hidden in the crowd
00:46:40try to move, and are immediately
00:46:42forced to the floor.
00:46:43Derek steps forward and produces an
00:46:46emergency investigative order abearing the
00:46:48president's signature.
00:46:50Wilson Pearson, you are under arrest.
00:46:52No!
00:46:53Dad!
00:46:54Nolan stands where he is, silent.
00:46:57By this point, everyone understands.
00:46:59Tonight, I'm not the only one turning the
00:47:01table over.
00:47:02It's me, Simon, Derek, and even Nolan who
00:47:05turned this event into a trial for the
00:47:07Pearsons.
00:47:08Take him.
00:47:08Security officers place Wilson in
00:47:10handcuffs on the spot.
00:47:12He tries to resist, but it's to no avail.
00:47:17Holly cries when Wilson is LED away in
00:47:20handcuffs.
00:47:21Her whole body shakes.
00:47:22When I look at her, all I feel is calm.
00:47:26She wants to steal my husband and my
00:47:28place with a fake pregnancy.
00:47:30Now she finally gets exactly what she
00:47:33deserves.
00:47:35Allison.
00:47:37Please.
00:47:41Beg me.
00:47:43Do you think you deserve my forgiveness?
00:47:46Nolan walks toward me.
00:47:49His eyes fall on the greys along my arm,
00:47:52and his breathing turns uneasily.
00:47:54Drizen moans along Grenation.
00:47:56He tries to reach for me.
00:47:58I turn and avoid him completely.
00:48:00Don't touch me.
00:48:05I look at Holly under restraint,
00:48:08then toward the direction Wilson is
00:48:10taken, and only then let my gaze settle
00:48:13back on Nolan.
00:48:15Do you see it now?
00:48:17This is the woman you choose?
00:48:24And the family standing behind her.
00:48:27Are you satisfied with the surprise I
00:48:29prepare for you, Mr. President?
00:48:31It takes only one night for a wedding of
00:48:33the century to become a scandal of the
00:48:36century.
00:48:37By the next morning, global headlines are
00:48:39exploding.
00:48:40The president's wedding crumbles as the
00:48:42Pearson family is linked to multiple major
00:48:45criminal investigations.
00:48:47Representatives of the Royal House of
00:48:49Flessia and Federal Investigative Forces
00:48:51move in together.
00:48:53Pearson-controlled companies.
00:48:55Their market value plumbers more than half
00:48:57in a single night.
00:48:59Meanwhile, Nolan's approval numbers are also
00:49:07collapsing.
00:49:10Mr. President, the public is now questioning your
00:49:13judgment.
00:49:14The opposition is demanding a wider
00:49:16investigation.
00:49:17Derek becomes the biggest winner.
00:49:22He smoothly takes control of the special
00:49:25investigative committee.
00:49:34Tell the press, I'll oversee this to the end.
00:49:38The wound on my arm isn't severe, but the
00:49:41hospital still insists on keeping me under
00:49:43observation.
00:49:44I only want some quiet, but some people never
00:49:47learn when to stay away.
00:49:52He stands in the doorway, stubble dark along his
00:49:56jaw, his eyes bloodshot.
00:50:00How did you get in?
00:50:03I want to see you.
00:50:05But I don't want to see you.
00:50:10He doesn't leave.
00:50:12He simply stands there, his voice rough and low.
00:50:17I'm sorry.
00:50:19His apology is a hollow sound in the sterile room.
00:50:23Years too late to mean anything.
00:50:25Save your apologies.
00:50:27They don't bring back my adoptive parents.
00:50:30Or, or the three years I wasted on you.
00:50:35Nolan swallows hard and says nothing.
00:50:39If there's anyone in this world who hates me more
00:50:42than Holly, it has to be Alita.
00:50:45She looks down on me, humiliates me, and once falsely
00:50:48accused me of stealing her car in public.
00:50:51And now, she's the one kneeling in front of me.
00:50:56Allison, no, your highness.
00:51:00Please spare me.
00:51:02She pushes a stack of documents towards me,
00:51:04trying to buy herself a way out.
00:51:10These are the ledgers showing my mother's dealings
00:51:12with the Pearsons,
00:51:13and the transfer records.
00:51:22I turn two pages and can already tell
00:51:25how useful this material is.
00:51:28As for forgiveness,
00:51:30you don't deserve it.
00:51:36So you're not here to apologize.
00:51:40I really don't want to go to prison.
00:51:42I look at her without the slightest shift in my expression.
00:51:46I'll take the documents.
00:51:48You're here to save yourself.
00:51:52The ledgers Alita brings me are even more valuable than I think.
00:51:58They help connect the dots on things I've been investigating.
00:52:02The arson.
00:52:03The plane crash.
00:52:05And how the Pearsons steal everything
00:52:07from my adoptive parents' company.
00:52:12Simon places a technology transfer agreement
00:52:14beside the ledgers in front of me.
00:52:17Three weeks after the crash,
00:52:19the core patents are transferred.
00:52:21Two months after the crash,
00:52:23the main comers are stripped away.
00:52:26After that comes the fire at the old house.
00:52:29I flip to the last page.
00:52:32On it are records for the tampered aircraft component.
00:52:38I found it.
00:52:42Now the evidence chain is complete.
00:52:44Your adoptive parents can finally rest in peace.
00:52:47Not yet.
00:52:49I want to see them sentenced with my own eyes.
00:52:54I've never met my biological parents.
00:52:57Not until now.
00:52:58When the video call connects,
00:53:00my palms are sweating.
00:53:04On the screen,
00:53:05an aging king with white hair
00:53:07and a queen with red-rimmed eyes
00:53:09are looking at me.
00:53:12Allison.
00:53:13She says my name once,
00:53:15and tears fall immediately.
00:53:17A name I've carried my whole life
00:53:19suddenly feels foreign.
00:53:20I'm sorry you spent so many years out there alone.
00:53:24My throat tightens at once.
00:53:26Come home.
00:53:28Come back to Flessia.
00:53:31Come back to us.
00:53:34You're our daughter,
00:53:36and the princess of this nation.
00:53:38If you're willing,
00:53:40we hope you'll take on part of the Crown's
00:53:42diplomatic and commercial responsibilities.
00:53:45This isn't just an invitation.
00:53:48It's the royal family formally taking me back.
00:53:52I'll return.
00:53:55But not yet.
00:53:59Things here aren't finished.
00:54:02Derek is a very smart man.
00:54:05He knows how to play the game.
00:54:08But his flaw?
00:54:10He always wants to pull everyone into it.
00:54:16Congratulations.
00:54:20You are not here just to congratulate me, are you?
00:54:23He sits down and slides a cup of coffee towards me,
00:54:26trying to soften the tone.
00:54:27The Pearsons are finished.
00:54:29Nolan's numbers are falling too.
00:54:31If I want to move up in the next election cycle,
00:54:34I need you.
00:54:35Mr. Vice President,
00:54:38our cooperation ends
00:54:39the moment the Pearsons fall.
00:54:44You have no interest in power?
00:54:46Of course I do.
00:54:49But politics is not my battlefield.
00:54:52I will not step off one man's chessboard
00:54:55just to land on another's.
00:54:56My future is my own.
00:54:58I will be a queen in my own right.
00:55:01Not a pawn in someone else's game.
00:55:03I do not hate Derek.
00:55:05But I will never become one of his pawns.
00:55:13Meanwhile, Nolan is in a precarious position.
00:55:19His chief of staff places a resignation speech on his desk.
00:55:24Nolan is finally learning what it feels like
00:55:27when everyone turns away from him.
00:55:29After Wilson's scandal,
00:55:31every ounce of pressure lands on him.
00:55:38Mr. President,
00:55:39this is your resignation speech.
00:55:41The moment that speech lands on his desk,
00:55:43dead silence fills the study.
00:55:45It is the best choice.
00:55:47If this drags on,
00:55:48impeachment will only make things worse.
00:55:51Nolan looks down at the speech,
00:55:52its pages dense with the usual rod of crisis management.
00:55:56But those words do not stay in his head.
00:55:58He thinks of me instead.
00:56:00He crashes the document into a ball.
00:56:06I am not resigning.
00:56:09I will pay for the mistakes I made myself.
00:56:12When I hear this,
00:56:13I set down the perfume bottle in my hand.
00:56:19That does not mean he is better now.
00:56:22It only means he is finally starting to pay for what he did.
00:56:27And on my side,
00:56:28the thing that truly belongs to me is finally taking shape.
00:56:34Phoenix is no longer just one perfume.
00:56:37What my adoptive parents left behind is never just one formula.
00:56:43It is the blueprint of a business empire.
00:56:46And now,
00:56:48I am going to make it happen.
00:56:50Sales doubled again.
00:56:52How many markets now?
00:56:5432.
00:56:55And orders keep coming.
00:56:59The brand Phoenix is becoming one of the hottest names in the world.
00:57:04But what matters most to me is never the revenue.
00:57:08It is sharing my adoptive parents' legacy with the world.
00:57:12Move most of the profits into the foundation.
00:57:16In the name of my adoptive parent,
00:57:18we will support fragrance arts
00:57:19and fund orphan relief.
00:57:22I just want the people who love me to leave behind something
00:57:25that can never be stolen again.
00:57:28But the real hammer still waiting to fall
00:57:31is the trial of the Pearson family.
00:57:33The trial of the Pearson family begins.
00:57:36Every media outlet is watching.
00:57:38And I have waited far too long for this day.
00:57:40All rise.
00:57:44Sitting at the witness stand,
00:57:45I feel nothing but calm.
00:57:49This court is now in session
00:57:51in the matter of Wilson Pearson
00:57:54and Holly Pearson.
00:57:56Please state your testimony.
00:58:00My name is Allison.
00:58:02I am surviving family of the victims.
00:58:06And I am also a direct victim
00:58:13of multiple crimes tied to the Pearson family.
00:58:16One document after another is submitted.
00:58:19Financial fraud evidence,
00:58:21technology transfer agreement,
00:58:23post-crash maintenance records,
00:58:25testimony of the arsonists,
00:58:27fake pregnancy footage.
00:58:31Every single one
00:58:33implicates the Persons in their crimes.
00:58:43When the court breaks for recess,
00:58:45Nolan stops me.
00:58:47This time,
00:58:48he does not even try to keep up
00:58:49the dignity of a president.
00:58:51The hallway outside the courtroom is long.
00:58:54Allison!
00:58:55By the time he catches up to me,
00:58:57even his breathing is uneven.
00:58:59I know I've let you down,
00:59:00but I still want to ask you.
00:59:03Give me one chance to make amends.
00:59:06I stop and turn to look at him.
00:59:08Nolan, it is too late.
00:59:10Your love means nothing to me now.
00:59:12There is no anger left.
00:59:14Only a vast, cold emptiness
00:59:16where my love for you used to be.
00:59:18I don't want you anymore.
00:59:20Do not stand in my way.
00:59:22I step around him and keep walking.
00:59:24And very soon,
00:59:26the court will bring down the final hammer.
00:59:29Nolan finally understands one thing.
00:59:31Some people are impossible to get back
00:59:34once you lose them.
00:59:36I have waited a long time for the sound,
00:59:38the sound of the judge's gavel coming down.
00:59:43Defendant Wilson Pearson is found guilty
00:59:45on multiple counts.
00:59:46Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
00:59:49The last trace of color leaves Wilson's face
00:59:51in that instant.
00:59:53Defendant Holly Pearson is found guilty
00:59:55of conspiracy and perjury and related charges.
00:59:58Sentenced to 15 years in prison.
00:59:59No! No! I am not going to prison!
01:00:01She completely falls apart,
01:00:03screaming so sharply it cuts through the room.
01:00:05I sit in the gallery and slowly close my eyes.
01:00:08Dad.
01:00:09Mom.
01:00:09Mom.
01:00:11You can finally rest in peace.
01:00:13After the trial,
01:00:14Simon asks me one question.
01:00:17Do I return to Flesdia
01:00:18or stay here and keep building my empire?
01:00:22After the trial,
01:00:23all is settled.
01:00:24But I know my life does not stop there.
01:00:33So, have you decided?
01:00:35Decided what?
01:00:37Whether you are coming back to Flesdia
01:00:39or stay here and keep building your empire.
01:00:42I stand by the window
01:00:44and look at the distant skyline.
01:00:46Once, my world was very small.
01:00:49It revolved around Nolan,
01:00:52trapped in that presidential residence
01:00:53and it suffocated me.
01:00:56Things here are not truly over.
01:01:00I am taking over the company
01:01:02my adoptive parents left behind.
01:01:06I am turning the Phoenix brand
01:01:08into a real business empire.
01:01:10Revenge was the mission.
01:01:13Now, building my own world is the purpose.
01:01:17And very soon,
01:01:18at a diplomatic reception,
01:01:20I will see Nolan again.
01:01:22But this time,
01:01:23all that remains between us
01:01:24is the title we use for one another.
01:01:27Some reunions are not for turning back.
01:01:29They exist to confirm
01:01:30that two people have gone their separate ways.
01:01:32The diplomatic reception glows with light.
01:01:36I stand beside the royal delegation
01:01:39in a sleek evening gown.
01:01:41And Nolan stands not far away.
01:01:47Allison.
01:01:49He says my name.
01:01:51His voice is quiet.
01:01:53Mr. President,
01:01:55the title is a wall between us.
01:02:02Distant and restrained.
01:02:04The way I would address
01:02:04any other statesman.
01:02:06Have you...
01:02:08been well?
01:02:09Very well.
01:02:12Then there is nothing left to say between us.
01:02:15Once,
01:02:16we were that close.
01:02:21Now even small talk
01:02:22feels unnecessary.
01:02:29Before long,
01:02:30Derek comes to me
01:02:31with a new proposal.
01:02:36Derek is not the kind of man
01:02:38who ever comes without a plan.
01:02:45This time is no different.
01:02:47I thought you might choose
01:02:48to play politics with me after all.
01:02:52Was that disappointing?
01:02:56A little.
01:02:57But now,
01:02:58I am changing the game.
01:03:03I want to invest in the Phoenix brand.
01:03:05He places a business proposal
01:03:06in front of me.
01:03:08I open the proposal
01:03:09and skim the first few pages.
01:03:16The terms are generous.
01:03:18More importantly,
01:03:19this is no longer
01:03:20about dragging me
01:03:21onto his world.
01:03:22He is trying to step onto mine.
01:03:28I will think about it.
01:03:34It is not just Derek.
01:03:38More and more
01:03:39major families
01:03:40and powerhouses
01:03:41around the world
01:03:43begin reaching out to me.
01:03:53And on the final night
01:03:54of this season,
01:03:56I will decide
01:03:57where the next game begins.
01:04:00Late at night,
01:04:01I stand before
01:04:02the floor-to-ceiling window
01:04:03of my penthouse.
01:04:06The whole city lies
01:04:07beneath my feet.
01:04:09There was a time
01:04:10when I believed
01:04:10I had nothing.
01:04:12No family,
01:04:13no power,
01:04:14no way back.
01:04:15But now,
01:04:16I hold two things
01:04:17in my hands.
01:04:18One
01:04:19is the royal signet ring
01:04:20of a princess
01:04:21of Flessidia.
01:04:23The other
01:04:24is a small flash drive.
01:04:26It contains
01:04:27not just intelligence
01:04:28on the Pearson family's allies.
01:04:32Dear sister,
01:04:33which family
01:04:34do you want to ruin
01:04:34first in the next game?
01:04:36I lower my eyes
01:04:38to the message
01:04:38and slowly smile.
01:04:40This is not
01:04:41a gentle smile.
01:04:42It is cold,
01:04:43the kind that rises
01:04:44from icy resolve.
01:04:45Very soon,
01:04:46you will find out.
01:04:47I'll follow that
01:04:49If you saw your
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