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00:00Today is my third wedding anniversary with Brendan Dawson.
00:03I come to his office happily, hoping to invite him out for a date.
00:08My eyes immediately fall on the expensive necklace lying on his desk.
00:11I believe it is meant for me.
00:13Brendan notices my stare and snaps the jewelry box shut.
00:16Yolanda's come back. This is her present.
00:19So that's it. His old flame has returned.
00:21And I, the one who never touched his heart in three years, is about to be thrown away like trash.
00:26I'll make sure you're compensated. Let's get this over with and move on.
00:29You've got three days to make up your mind. Don't test my patience.
00:33No need for more time. I'll sign right now.
00:35I pick up the pen and sign the divorce papers.
00:37He is shocked by how decisive I am.
00:40We go to the courthouse, and soon the divorce is finalized.
00:44My heart aches, but I also feel relieved.
00:47Finally, I don't have to hope anymore that I might warm Brendan's heart.
00:54What? Yolanda's been hospitalized? I'm on my way!
00:57Brendan talks on his phone and rushes to his car.
01:00He doesn't even glance at me.
01:02After he leaves, a sleek black and red Bugatti pulls up in front of me.
01:09Freedom looks good on you.
01:11Congratulations on finally escaping that mess.
01:14Davina Morris, my closest friend.
01:16She always shows up when I need her most.
01:19How about something a little crazy tonight?
01:21Without a second thought, I get in and leave the courthouse behind.
01:43I took off my black rimmed glasses.
01:45The straight hair I always wore like armor was gone, flowing in waves.
01:48I put on red lipstick and a confident glow.
01:50I walk into the Vertbrook bar.
01:52Tonight, that plain, quiet homebody version of me was nowhere to be found.
01:57Word is, your ex is tearing up the city trying to track the legendary Dr. King down,
02:02desperate to save his precious sweetheart.
02:05Imagine his face if he ever learns you're actually king.
02:09Don't ever mention that asshole.
02:11Fine. By the way, there's a shooting match next week.
02:14You thinking of signing up?
02:16Not a chance. It's been forever.
02:19My hands aren't as steady as they used to be.
02:21Come on, who cares?
02:23Picture Brendan's face on the bullseye and go full demolition mode.
02:26That's tempting.
02:27I heard Dillian, the guy who almost beat you four years ago, is going.
02:30The prize this year is a custom Bugatti.
02:33One of a kind.
02:34I glance at the competition rules.
02:36Contestants will be hidden behind masks and aliases.
02:39But whoever comes out on top gets to force the others to show their real faces.
02:43If you enter and win, you have to make Dillian take off his mask.
02:47I need to know what that guy looks like.
02:50Okay.
02:52If I show up, I'm not just going to play.
02:55I'm going to raise the stakes.
02:57What exactly are you thinking?
03:01Let everyone know.
03:03Whoever takes the crown gets a personal session with King.
03:06No expiration date.
03:08As long as they meet King's terms, the deal stands.
03:13You're kidding!
03:14If that gets out, people are going to crawl over each other just to sign up.
03:18This thing's about to blow up!
03:22I head to the restroom.
03:23I'm glowing with confidence, turning heads all around the bar.
03:31I don't make it far before someone steps into my path.
03:39What do you want, ex-husband?
03:41My tone is casual, distant, like he means nothing to me.
03:47You're coming with me.
03:49Brandon grabs my wrist.
03:50I yank my wrist free and glare at him.
03:53Try that again, and you'll regret it.
03:56This place doesn't suit you.
03:59No need to play dress-up, just to make me look your way.
04:04Wow.
04:05You think this is about you?
04:07We're finished.
04:08You have no say in my life.
04:11Is that really what you want?
04:12To erase everything just like that?
04:16Don't you want the same?
04:18We're already divorced.
04:20He reaches for me again.
04:21I slap his hand away hard.
04:26The real question is,
04:28what's wrong with you?
04:30My gaze drifts down to his groin
04:33and back up with a smirk.
04:35Shameless!
04:38I appreciate the compliment.
04:42Brandon storms off,
04:44fury in every step.
04:52The day of the shooting competition arrives.
04:55The number of contestants is unprecedented.
05:05After round after round of eliminations,
05:08only two remain.
05:10One man,
05:11one woman.
05:12The man is Dylan,
05:14the reigning champion.
05:15The woman is Chrissy,
05:17a new alias I use.
05:20The final challenge.
05:22Shooting while blindfolded,
05:24Dylan steps up first.
05:26Behind his black mask,
05:28his face is serious and cold.
05:31First shot,
05:32bullseye.
05:33Second shot,
05:34bullseye.
05:35The final shot,
05:37bullseye again.
05:38The crowd erupts.
05:41Now it's my turn.
05:45Blindfolded,
05:46I don't shoot right away.
05:47In front of everyone,
05:48I turn around,
05:50put my hand behind my back
05:53and casually fire the first shot.
05:59Bullseye.
06:00Bullseye.
06:01From the second shot to the last,
06:02every single one hits the bullseye.
06:04I win.
06:09I walk straight up to Dylan.
06:13You peel off the mask yourself,
06:15or should I do it for you?
06:18Without hesitation,
06:19Dylan reaches up and pulls off his mask.
06:25A stunning face is revealed.
06:28Dylan Scott,
06:30head of the city's most powerful dynasty.
06:34Suddenly,
06:35Katie blocks my path.
06:38Sell us the king's treatment opportunity.
06:40Name your price.
06:41Not for sale.
06:45Do you know what happens to people
06:47who go against the Dawson family?
06:49I don't know,
06:49and I don't care.
06:50I said it's not for sale.
06:57Katie is burning with rage.
06:59Yanks off my mask.
07:02My face
07:02is revealed to everyone.
07:08The gasp from the crowd
07:10is nothing compared to the look
07:11on Brendan's face.
07:15Christina!
07:18Christina!
07:25What are you doing here,
07:26Christina?
07:29That's not your business.
07:32This isn't a place
07:33for someone like you.
07:35Where I choose to be
07:36is none of your concern.
07:39And since when
07:40do pathetic people like you
07:41get to decide
07:42what I'm allowed to do?
07:44Katie raises her hand
07:45to slap me.
07:52I catch her wrist mid-air.
07:57And she screams in pain.
08:02Christina!
08:03Let go!
08:04But Brendan keeps
08:05holding my wrist.
08:09Sell me the king's
08:10treatment opportunity.
08:12I'll pay whatever it takes.
08:13Anything I ask for?
08:16Anything.
08:18Just don't ask
08:19for my heart
08:20or the position
08:21of my wife.
08:22and give me
08:23your life.
08:28Brendan's face
08:28sparkles instantly.
08:35Don't push it, Christina!
08:37Christina,
08:37I know you can't stand me
08:39since Brendan chose me
08:40over you.
08:41If you still want
08:41to be with him,
08:42I'll step back.
08:43Her voice is
08:44sickeningly sweet.
08:45She plays the victim
08:46so well.
08:48I only give
08:49a cold laugh.
08:51What's so funny?
08:53I'm laughing
08:54because you're all
08:55hopelessly stupid.
08:57Katie raises her hand
08:58to hit me again.
08:59I move faster
09:00than Katie.
09:01I slap her so hard
09:03she doesn't know
09:03which way is up.
09:06You actually hit me?
09:08Couldn't stop myself.
09:11Change your condition.
09:13Sell me the treatment
09:14opportunity.
09:14I'm asking you.
09:16Think back to our
09:17three years of marriage.
09:18marriage.
09:19No deal.
09:23I can remarry you,
09:24but you need to give me
09:25the treatment opportunity.
09:28Have you lost
09:29your fucking mind?
09:31Why would anyone
09:32want to marry you again?
09:33The satisfaction
09:34of seeing him
09:35hit the floor
09:35is better than
09:36I ever imagined.
09:38Before the words
09:39even settle,
09:39I grab Brendan's wrist
09:41and flip him
09:42over my shoulder.
09:46He hits the ground
09:47hard.
09:50What are you doing
09:51just standing there?
09:52Go after her!
09:55The men rush at me.
09:57Before I can move,
09:58someone charges in.
10:00It's Dylan.
10:02Dylan kicks the first
10:03man so hard,
10:04the man flies
10:05across the ground.
10:08One by one,
10:09they all go down.
10:10None of them
10:10get back up.
10:12A woman like her
10:13couldn't have won
10:14against you fair
10:14and square.
10:15she must have cheated.
10:17Someone needs
10:18to check her out.
10:19Women don't win
10:19these things
10:20unless something fishy
10:20is going on.
10:25What a bunch
10:26of losers.
10:28Let's settle it
10:28with a match
10:29right now.
10:30The loser
10:31puts their hand
10:31on the line.
10:33The men who were
10:34doubting me
10:35all fall silence.
10:38Cowards.
10:54You're a cheat!
10:55How can you prove
10:56it was you
10:57out there
10:57on the range?
10:58She's Rose.
10:59The very Rose
11:00who defeated me
11:00four years ago.
11:05Everyone's eyes
11:05snap to me in shock.
11:07That can't be right!
11:08She can't be Rose!
11:09Christina is actually Rose?
11:11Brandon stares at me,
11:13frozen,
11:13as I radiate
11:14an unsettling confidence.
11:16This version of me
11:17feels unfamiliar to him.
11:19It's like he never
11:20really knew me at all.
11:21She can't be Rose!
11:22She's just a useless
11:24housewife!
11:25Like I said,
11:26if anyone doubts me,
11:29they're welcome
11:29to challenge me.
11:30But the stakes
11:32are a hand.
11:33Katie reluctantly
11:34forces herself forward.
11:36Brandon cuts her off
11:37in a panic,
11:38his hands clummy.
11:39Katie!
11:42He knows that
11:43if Katie challenges me,
11:44she'll lose a hand.
11:58Well, if everyone's done
11:59making a scene,
12:00I'll be heading out
12:00for dinner.
12:02Thanks for stepping in earlier.
12:03Until next time.
12:06At the Moorfort restaurant,
12:08me and Davina
12:09are chatting and laughing.
12:10Katie notices
12:10how the spotlight
12:11has shifted to me,
12:12and her jealousy
12:13burns even hotter.
12:14Oh, come on!
12:15Who knows what kind
12:16of string she pulled?
12:16Bet she slept her way
12:17to the championship.
12:18Her words are like gnats,
12:20annoying but ultimately
12:21harmless.
12:22The manager of the
12:23Moorfort restaurant appears.
12:24Commanding everyone's
12:25attention.
12:28Katie stands up
12:29excitedly,
12:30thinking the manager
12:31is coming for her.
12:33The manager walks
12:34right past her
12:35and stops at my table.
12:37Brandon's grip
12:38on his wine glass
12:38tightens.
12:39Miss Jones,
12:40my employer would be
12:41honored if you and
12:41your friend would join
12:42him for a private meal
12:43on the top floor.
12:44Waves of envy sweep
12:45across the room
12:46as everyone's attention
12:47snaps to me.
12:48Brandon's grip
12:49on his wine glass
12:50tightens to the top floor.
12:52When I arrive,
12:53Dylan is the only one there.
12:55He sits with quiet grace
12:56like someone out of reach,
12:58wrapped in power and poi.
13:01Looks like you got
13:02a request for me.
13:03I do need a favor.
13:05I need King's
13:06treatment opportunity.
13:08I don't care what it takes.
13:11I'll pay whatever it costs.
13:13Anything at all?
13:15His you applies.
13:18Every cent,
13:19every favor.
13:20Name it.
13:23Even your life?
13:24Dylan doesn't hesitate.
13:26If that's the only way
13:27to secure King's treatment,
13:29I'm willing to give my life.
13:31I was testing him,
13:32but his sincerity is absolute.
13:35It's almost unsettling.
13:36There's no bluff in his tone.
13:38He means every word.
13:43I know you're serious.
13:45But your life
13:45isn't what I'm after.
13:47I've got other terms in mind.
13:51What kind of terms?
13:53Still thinking it over.
13:56Whatever you decide,
13:57the terms are yours to set.
13:59What if I asked
14:00for your entire family fortune?
14:02My life's worth more
14:03than the Scots put together.
14:04If I'm ready to hand my life over,
14:05the rest is just background noise.
14:07That's sharp.
14:08All right.
14:09To making this work.
14:10To making it work.
14:12But I can't promise
14:13King will agree.
14:14That part's out of my hands.
14:16No guarantees are fine with me.
14:18If there's even the tiniest chance,
14:19I'll take it.
14:20I never thought
14:21he'd be so loyal.
14:23He's always been cold,
14:24but this is a side
14:25I never saw.
14:27Ah!
14:30Oh!
14:32Are you all right?
14:33My heart is racing.
14:34Why didn't he push me away?
14:36I'm okay.
14:38There's no need for thanks.
14:39We're sort of business partners
14:41after all.
14:48We need to talk.
14:49Just for a minute.
14:50Away from the others.
14:52What's stopping you
14:53from saying it right here?
14:55What?
14:56No time for me.
14:57But you've got time
14:58to flirt with the
14:58Moorfort restaurant's owner?
14:59There's nothing
15:00between me and the owner.
15:01Your assumptions
15:02say more about you.
15:03You two are divorced.
15:05Spit it out
15:05or step aside.
15:07My grandma's
15:07been asking about you.
15:09She wants us
15:09to visit her.
15:10Bethel,
15:11his grandmother,
15:11is the only one
15:12in the Dawson family
15:13who ever made me
15:14feel welcome.
15:15All right.
15:17I'll go see her.
15:19Promise me
15:19you'll be careful.
15:20And if anything
15:21feels off,
15:21call me right away.
15:22If you so much
15:23as look at her
15:24the wrong way,
15:25I swear you'll regret it.
15:31Need a lift home,
15:33Miss Jones?
15:35I'm good.
15:36But could you
15:37take my friend
15:38home instead?
15:39Anything for you.
15:40Just say the word
15:41and I'm on it.
15:46What's going on
15:47between you and Ralphie?
15:48Why are you asking?
15:49It has nothing
15:50to do with you.
15:51Don't fool yourself
15:52and then you'll
15:52suddenly be swept
15:53into high society.
15:54Even if someone
15:55like Ralphie
15:56wanted to marry you,
15:57his family would
15:57never accept a woman
15:58who's already divorced.
15:59The only reason
16:00you ever became
16:01part of the Dawson family
16:02was because my
16:02grandmother insisted.
16:03That's very thoughtful
16:04of you.
16:05But here's a tip.
16:06Focus on your own shit.
16:07Why are you still
16:08charming other men,
16:09Christina,
16:09when I've already
16:10given you more than
16:10enough to live comfortably?
16:11How's that concerned you?
16:13After all,
16:13you're just my ex-husband now.
16:15Were you already
16:15sleeping around
16:16while we were still married?
16:17That's rich
16:18coming from you.
16:19Even with a ring
16:20on your finger,
16:20your heart always
16:21belonged to someone else.
16:22Quit trying to
16:23sow discord here.
16:24Don't fool yourself.
16:25Brandon isn't
16:25coming back to you.
16:26Even if the entire
16:27Dawson family came
16:28begging,
16:29I wouldn't rejoin them.
16:30Oh, come on.
16:31Don't flatter yourself.
16:32No one in my family
16:33wants you back.
16:34You might as well
16:35worry about your
16:35own skeletons.
16:37Wouldn't want a few
16:37nasty secrets
16:38ruining your shot
16:39at marrying up.
16:50It feels like ages
16:51since you last
16:52stopped by,
16:52Christina.
16:53Betel, actually.
16:54This might be
16:55the last time
16:55I visit you.
16:56Brendan and I
16:57are already divorced.
16:58Is this true?
17:00You two are
17:01really divorced?
17:02No!
17:02She's joking!
17:03This isn't a joke.
17:05The divorce is real.
17:06It's already official.
17:08What's really going on?
17:09Why did you get divorced?
17:14Yolanda's back.
17:16I told you before,
17:17I will never allow
17:18Yolanda to join this family.
17:20Christina stayed by your side
17:21and was the reason
17:21you recovered
17:22when that other woman
17:23disappeared the moment
17:24the doctor said
17:24you might never walk again.
17:26I recovered through
17:26my own will and strength
17:27even if Christina
17:28helped a little.
17:29Anyone could have
17:29taken my place.
17:30I laughed to myself.
17:31If it weren't for me,
17:32the legendary doctor
17:33Brandon would still be
17:34stuck in that wheelchair
17:35forever.
17:39You ungrateful fool!
17:40How did our family
17:41raise someone like you?
17:43I'm done backing down.
17:44I will marry Yolanda.
17:52When my grandmother
17:53gets through this,
17:53you're going to follow my lead.
17:54We keep her calm.
17:55We keep her safe.
17:57What do you expect me to do?
17:58Pretend we're back together?
18:00It's a performance.
18:01Don't make it more than that.
18:02Even with my grandma
18:03in your corner,
18:04don't kid yourself.
18:05You'll never have my heart.
18:06The thing he never
18:07offered me anyway.
18:08Relax.
18:08If every man on earth
18:10vanished overnight,
18:12I'd still never come
18:13crawling back to you.
18:21Ouch!
18:24Disrespecting your elders
18:25is one thing,
18:26but now you've pushed
18:27Bethel into a hospital bed.
18:29What do you have to say
18:30for yourself?
18:32You have no right
18:33to accuse me of anything.
18:35Grandma was perfectly fine
18:37until you showed up.
18:38This is all on you.
18:41Christina,
18:41give up your treatment
18:42opportunity for my grandma
18:44and we'll move forward.
18:46No grudges.
18:49They're all the same.
18:52Trying to use my love
18:53for Bethel
18:54as a weapon against me.
18:57Never.
18:59See, Brandon?
19:01I told you
19:02she was vile.
19:03After everything
19:04grandma did for her,
19:06this is how
19:06she repays her?
19:11I'll get Bethry
19:12a surgeon.
19:15You?
19:17You couldn't even
19:18book an appointment
19:18with a half-decent doctor.
19:20I'm bringing in
19:21Dr. Calvin Emmett.
19:26You can't possibly
19:28bring him.
19:28Even the Dawson family
19:30couldn't,
19:30let alone you.
19:33What if I do bring him?
19:37Let's make a wager.
19:38What kind of wager?
19:41If I bring Dr. Emmett,
19:43every single one of you
19:44owe me a public apology
19:45and you will pay me
19:46five million.
19:47And if you fail,
19:48what then?
19:49Then I'll forfeit
19:49King's treatment opportunity
19:51and pay you five million.
19:52Deal.
19:53Brendan agrees
19:54without hesitation.
19:54He doesn't believe
19:56for a second
19:56that I can pull this off.
19:58But he doesn't know
19:59Christina Jones
20:01never makes
20:02empty promises.
20:11So you two really
20:12aren't getting back together?
20:13Maybe a little more time
20:15and things will work out.
20:16I hate lying to her,
20:18but her health matters
20:20more than the truth
20:20right now.
20:24I step out
20:25into the evening air,
20:26deciding to grab
20:28something to eat
20:28before heading home.
20:43Enough!
20:44Shut up already!
20:45Move again
20:46and I'll slice you!
20:47This is sloppy work,
20:49amateurs.
20:51I almost feel insulted.
21:01Women are always quick
21:02to start crying
21:03and making noise.
21:04Yeah, what else
21:05could you expect?
21:07Completely worthless.
21:09Don't take your eyes
21:11off her.
21:11If she tries anything,
21:13you'll answer to me.
21:16Damn,
21:17look at this chick.
21:18Wouldn't mind a turn.
21:19Keep your mouth shut!
21:21She's marked for the Tyrells.
21:22You know how brutal
21:23that clan gets.
21:24We're not here to die.
21:25The Tyrells.
21:26Of course.
21:28Jacob couldn't let it go.
21:29They're paying through
21:30the nose for this job, though.
21:31Makes you wonder
21:32what she did
21:32to get on their blacklist.
21:33No clue about the specifics.
21:36Word is
21:37she messed up Jacob
21:37in a bar.
21:39Left him permanently impotent.
21:41Holy hell.
21:42Never would have pegged her
21:43as the type
21:43to pull something like that.
21:44Bits and pieces
21:45of their conversation
21:46give me all I need
21:47to understand the situation.
21:48The Tyrells aren't
21:49true upper crust,
21:50but their wealth
21:51and connections run deep,
21:52in both boardrooms
21:53and back alleys.
21:54Jacob,
21:55notorious for his arrogance,
21:56is the sort of predator
21:58who believes the world
21:58owes him everything.
21:59If anything,
22:00Jacob has earned
22:01every ounce of his fate.
22:02He should have been grateful
22:03I let him live it all.
22:04Looking back,
22:05I wish I could have gone
22:06much harder on him.
22:07Letting him live,
22:08even impotent,
22:09is almost generous.
22:11He is courting death.
22:12If the entire Tyrell family
22:15wants to join the fight,
22:16then they, too,
22:18are lining up for destruction.
22:26Out!
22:27Move it!
22:28Move it!
22:35Nothing but emptiness
22:36surrounds us.
22:38The landscape barren,
22:39an abandoned warehouse
22:41looming ahead
22:42like a warning.
22:46One of the Tyrells
22:47supposed to show.
22:49Just got a call.
22:51Jacob coming himself
22:52to handle her.
22:54Perfect.
22:55It's always better
22:55to deal with the head
22:56of the snake directly.
22:57She's in for it, then.
22:58Everyone knows
23:00about Jacob's
23:00twisted tastes.
23:01Doesn't concern us.
23:03All we do is hold her
23:03till the Tyrells arrive.
23:05We grab our money
23:05and disappear.
23:06Only thing to remember,
23:07keep your hands off
23:08the employer's target.
23:14He's coming in person,
23:16which is exactly
23:17what I wanted most.
23:24Jacob's arrival
23:24will be the signal.
23:26The curtain will rise
23:27on the true spectacle.
23:32Today is my third
23:33wedding anniversary
23:33with Brendan Dawson.
23:35I come to his office happily,
23:37hoping to invite him
23:38out for a date.
23:39My eyes immediately
23:40fall on the expensive
23:41necklace lying on his desk.
23:42I believe it is
23:43meant for me.
23:43Brendan notices my stare
23:44and snaps the jewelry
23:45box shut.
23:47Yolanda's come back.
23:48This is her present.
23:49So that's it.
23:50His old flame
23:50has returned.
23:51And I,
23:52the one who never
23:52touched his heart
23:53in three years,
23:53is about to be
23:54thrown away like trash.
23:55I'll make sure
23:56you're compensated.
23:57Let's get this over
23:57with and move on.
23:58You've got three days
23:59to make up your mind.
24:00Don't test my patience.
24:01No need for more time.
24:02I'll sign right now.
24:03I pick up the pen
24:04and sign the divorce papers.
24:06He is shocked
24:06by how decisive I am.
24:08We go to the courthouse
24:10and soon the divorce
24:11is finalized.
24:12My heart aches,
24:13but I also feel relieved.
24:15Finally,
24:15I don't have to hope
24:16anymore that I might
24:17warm Brendan's heart.
24:21What?
24:22Yolanda's been hospitalized?
24:23I'm on my way!
24:24Brendan talks on his phone
24:25and rushes to his car.
24:26He doesn't even glance at me.
24:28After he leaves,
24:29a sleek black and red Bugatti
24:31pulls up in front of me.
24:34Freedom looks good on you.
24:36Congratulations on finally
24:37escaping that mess.
24:39Davina Morris,
24:40my closest friend.
24:41She always shows up
24:42when I need her most.
24:44How about something
24:44a little crazy tonight?
24:45Without a second thought,
24:46I get in and leave
24:47the courthouse behind.
25:05I took off
25:06my black rimmed glasses.
25:07The straight hair
25:08I always wore
25:08like armor was gone,
25:09flowing in waves.
25:10I put on red lipstick
25:11and a confident glow.
25:12I walk into the
25:12Vert book bar.
25:13Tonight,
25:14that plain,
25:14quiet homebody version
25:15of me was nowhere
25:16to be found.
25:18Word is,
25:19your ex is tearing up
25:20the city trying to track
25:21the legendary Dr. King down,
25:23desperate to save
25:24his precious sweetheart.
25:25Imagine his face
25:26if he ever learns
25:27you're actually king.
25:29Don't ever mention
25:30that asshole.
25:31Fine.
25:31By the way,
25:32there's a shooting match
25:33next week.
25:34You thinking of signing up?
25:35Not a chance.
25:36It's been forever.
25:38My hands aren't as steady
25:39as they used to be.
25:40Come on,
25:40who cares?
25:41Picture Brendan's face
25:42on the bullseye
25:43and go full demolition mode.
25:44That's tempting.
25:45I heard Dillian,
25:46the guy who almost
25:47beat you four years ago
25:48is going.
25:48The prize this year
25:49is a custom Bugatti.
25:50One of a kind.
25:51I glance at the
25:52competition rules.
25:53Contestants will be
25:54hidden behind masks
25:55and aliases.
25:56But whoever comes out
25:57on top gets to force
25:58the others to show
25:59their real faces.
26:00If you enter and win,
26:01you have to make
26:02Dillian take off his mask.
26:03I need to know
26:04what that guy looks like.
26:06Okay.
26:08If I show up,
26:09I'm not just going to play.
26:11I'm going to raise the stakes.
26:12What exactly are you thinking?
26:16Let everyone know
26:17whoever takes the crown
26:19gets a personal session
26:20with King.
26:21No expiration date.
26:23As long as they meet
26:24King's terms,
26:25the deal stands.
26:27You're kidding!
26:28If that gets out,
26:29people are going to
26:30crawl over each other
26:30just to sign up.
26:31This thing's about
26:32to blow up!
26:35I head to the restroom.
26:36I'm glowing with confidence,
26:38turning heads
26:39all around the bar.
26:44I don't make it far
26:45before someone
26:46steps into my path.
26:50Christina!
26:51What do you want,
26:52ex-husband?
26:53My tone is casual,
26:54distant,
26:55like he means nothing to me.
26:58You're coming with me.
26:59Brandon grabs my wrist.
27:01I yank my wrist free
27:02and glare at him.
27:04Try that again,
27:04and you'll regret it.
27:05This place doesn't suit you.
27:09No need to play dress-up
27:10just to make me
27:11look your way.
27:14Wow.
27:14You think this is about you?
27:16We're finished.
27:17You have no say
27:18in my life.
27:19Is that really
27:20what you want?
27:21To erase everything
27:22just like that?
27:24Don't you want the same?
27:26We're already divorced.
27:28He reaches for me again.
27:29I slap his hand away hard.
27:34The real question is,
27:35what's wrong with you?
27:37My gaze drifts down
27:39to his groin
27:40and back up with a smirk.
27:42Shameless!
27:45Appreciate the compliment.
27:48Brandon storms off,
27:50fury in every step.
27:57The day of the shooting
27:59competition arrives.
28:00The number of contestants
28:01is unprecedented.
28:09After round after round
28:11of eliminations,
28:12only two remain.
28:13One man,
28:14one woman.
28:15The man is Dylan,
28:17the reigning champion.
28:18The woman is Chrissy,
28:20a new alias I use.
28:22The final challenge.
28:24Shooting while blindfolded.
28:26Dylan steps up first.
28:28Behind his black mask,
28:30his face is serious
28:31and cold.
28:32First shot,
28:34bullseye.
28:34Second shot,
28:36bullseye.
28:36The final shot,
28:38bullseye again.
28:39The crowd erupts.
28:42Now it's my turn.
28:45Blindfolded,
28:46I don't shoot right away.
28:47In front of everyone,
28:48I turn around,
28:50put my hand behind my back
28:53and casually fire the first shot.
28:58Bullseye.
28:59From the second shot to the last,
29:01every single one hits the bullseye.
29:03I win.
29:07I walk straight up to Dylan.
29:11You peel off the mask yourself?
29:13Or should I do it for you?
29:15Without hesitation,
29:16Dylan reaches up
29:17and pulls off his mask.
29:22A stunning face is revealed.
29:25Dylan Scott,
29:26head of the city's
29:27most powerful dynasty.
29:30Suddenly,
29:31Katie blocks my path.
29:33Sell us the king's
29:34treatment opportunity.
29:36Name your price.
29:37Not for sale.
29:40Do you know what happens
29:41to people who go against
29:42the Dawson family?
29:43I don't know,
29:44and I don't care.
29:45I said it's not for sale.
29:50Katie is burning with rage.
29:53Yanks off my mask.
29:55My face
29:56is revealed to everyone.
30:01The gasp from the crowd
30:02is nothing compared
30:03to the look on Brendan's face.
30:07Christina!
30:16What are you doing here,
30:17Christina?
30:20That's not your business.
30:22This isn't a place
30:23for someone like you.
30:25Where I choose to be
30:26is none of your concern.
30:28And since when
30:30do pathetic people like you
30:31get to decide
30:31what I'm allowed to do?
30:33Katie raises her hand
30:34to slap me.
30:36Okay.
30:41I catch her wrist mid-air.
30:45And she screams in pain.
30:50Christina!
30:50Let go!
30:52But Brendan keeps
30:53holding my wrist.
30:56Sell me the king's
30:57treatment opportunity.
30:58I'll pay whatever it takes.
31:00Anything I ask for?
31:02Anything.
31:04Just don't ask
31:05for my heart
31:06or the position
31:07of my wife.
31:08Then give me your life.
31:10And give me your life.
31:13Brendan's face
31:14sparkles instantly.
31:20Don't push it, Christina!
31:21Christina,
31:22I know you can't stand me
31:23since Brendan chose me
31:24over you.
31:25If you still want to be
31:26with him,
31:26I'll step back.
31:27Her voice is sickeningly sweet.
31:29She plays the victim
31:30so well.
31:31I only give a cold laugh.
31:34What's so funny?
31:36I'm laughing because
31:38you're all hopelessly stupid.
31:40Katie raises her hand
31:41to hit me again.
31:42I move faster than Katie.
31:44I slap her so hard
31:45she doesn't know
31:46which way is up.
31:48You actually hit me?
31:50Couldn't stop myself.
31:53Change your condition.
31:54Sell me the treatment opportunity.
31:56I'm asking you.
31:57Think back to our
31:58three years of marriage.
32:00No deal.
32:03I can remarry you,
32:04but you need to give me
32:05the treatment opportunity.
32:08Have you lost
32:09your fucking mind?
32:10Why would anyone
32:11want to marry you again?
32:13The satisfaction
32:13of seeing him hit the floor
32:15is better than I ever imagined.
32:17Before the words
32:18even settle,
32:18I grab Brendan's wrist
32:20and flip him over my shoulder.
32:24He hits the ground hard.
32:28What are you doing
32:29just standing there?
32:30Go after her!
32:32The men rush at me.
32:34Before I can move,
32:35someone charges in.
32:37It's Dylan.
32:38Dylan kicks the first man
32:40so hard,
32:41the man flies
32:41across the ground.
32:44One by one,
32:45they all go down.
32:46None of them get back up.
32:48A woman like her
32:49couldn't have won
32:49against you fair and square.
32:51She must have cheated.
32:52Someone needs to check her out.
32:54Women don't win these things
32:55unless something fishy's going on.
33:00What a bunch of losers.
33:02Let's settle it
33:03with a match right now.
33:04The loser puts their hand
33:05on the line.
33:07The men who were doubting me
33:08all fall silence.
33:12Cowards.
33:26You're a cheat!
33:27How can you prove it
33:28was you out there
33:29on the range?
33:30She's Rose.
33:30The very Rose
33:31who defeated me
33:32four years ago.
33:36Everyone's eyes
33:36snapped to me in shock.
33:38That can't be right!
33:39She can't be Rose!
33:40Christina is actually Rose?
33:42Brandon stares at me,
33:43frozen,
33:44as I radiate
33:45an unsettling confidence.
33:46This version of me
33:47feels unfamiliar to him.
33:49It's like he never
33:49really knew me at all.
33:50She can't be Rose!
33:52She's just a useless housewife!
33:54Like I said,
33:56if anyone doubts me,
33:58they're welcome
33:58to challenge me.
33:59But the stakes
34:00are a hand.
34:02Katie reluctantly
34:03forces herself forward.
34:04Brandon cuts her off
34:05in a panic,
34:06his hands clummy.
34:07Katie!
34:10He knows that
34:11if Katie challenges me,
34:12she'll lose a hand.
34:24Well, if everyone's done
34:25making a scene,
34:26I'll be heading out
34:26for dinner.
34:28Thanks for stepping in earlier.
34:29Until next time!
34:32At the Moorfort restaurant,
34:33me and Davina
34:34are chatting and laughing.
34:35Katie notices
34:36how the spotlight
34:36has shifted to me
34:37and her jealousy
34:38burns even hotter.
34:39Oh, come on!
34:40Who knows what kind
34:40of string she pulled?
34:41Bet she slept her way
34:42to the championship.
34:43Her words are like gnats,
34:44annoying but ultimately harmless.
34:46The manager of the
34:47Moorfort restaurant appears,
34:48commanding everyone's attention.
34:51Katie stands up excitedly,
34:53thinking the manager
34:54is coming for her.
34:56The manager walks
34:57right past her
34:58and stops at my table.
35:00Brandon's grip
35:00on his wine glass
35:01tightens.
35:02Miss Jones,
35:02my employer would be
35:03honored if you and your friend
35:04would join him
35:04for a private meal
35:05on the top floor.
35:06Waves of envy
35:07sweep across the room
35:08as everyone's attention
35:09snaps to me.
35:10Brandon's grip
35:11on his wine glass
35:11tightens the top floor.
35:13When I arrive,
35:14Dylan is the only one there.
35:16He sits with quiet grace
35:17like someone out of reach,
35:19wrapped in power and poi.
35:21Looks like you got
35:22a request for me.
35:23I do need a favor.
35:25I need King's treatment
35:26opportunity.
35:28I don't care what it takes.
35:30I'll pay whatever it costs.
35:32Anything at all?
35:35His you applies.
35:37Every cent,
35:38every favor.
35:39Name it.
35:42Even your life?
35:43Dylan doesn't hesitate.
35:45If that's the only way
35:45to secure King's treatment,
35:47I'm willing to give my life.
35:49I was testing him,
35:50but his sincerity is absolute.
35:52It's almost unsettling.
35:54There's no bluff
35:55in his tone.
35:56He means every word.
35:59I know you're serious,
36:01but your life
36:02isn't what I'm after.
36:03I've got other terms in mind.
36:07What kind of terms?
36:09Still thinking it over.
36:11Whatever you decide,
36:12the terms are yours to set.
36:14What if I asked
36:15for your entire family fortune?
36:17My life's worth more
36:18than the Scots put together.
36:19If I'm ready to hand
36:19my life over,
36:20the rest is just
36:21background noise.
36:22That's sharp.
36:23All right.
36:23To making this work.
36:24To making it work.
36:26But I can't promise
36:27King will agree.
36:28That part's out of my hands.
36:30No guarantees are fine with me.
36:31If there's even
36:32the tiniest chance,
36:33I'll take it.
36:34I never thought
36:34he'd be so loyal.
36:36He's always been cold,
36:37but this is a side
36:38I never saw.
36:44Are you all right?
36:45My heart is racing.
36:46Why didn't he push me away?
36:48I'm okay.
36:50There's no need for thanks.
36:51We're sort of business partners
36:52after all.
36:59We need to talk.
37:00Just for a minute.
37:01Away from the others.
37:02What's stopping you
37:03from saying it right here?
37:06No time for me.
37:07But you've got time
37:08to flirt with the
37:08Moorfort restaurant's owner?
37:09There's nothing
37:10between me and the owner.
37:11Your assumptions
37:12say more about you.
37:13You two are divorced.
37:14Spit it out
37:15or step aside.
37:16My grandma's been
37:16asking about you.
37:17She wants us to visit her.
37:19Bethel, his grandmother,
37:20is the only one
37:21in the Dawson family
37:22who ever made me feel welcome.
37:23All right.
37:25I'll go see her.
37:27Promise me you'll be careful.
37:28And if anything feels off,
37:29call me right away.
37:30If you so much
37:31as look at her the wrong way,
37:32I swear you'll regret it.
37:38Need a lift home,
37:39Miss Jones?
37:42I'm good.
37:43But could you take
37:44my friend home instead?
37:45Anything for you.
37:46Just say the word
37:47and I'm on it.
37:51What's going on
37:52between you and Ralphie?
37:53Why are you asking?
37:54It has nothing to do with you.
37:56Don't fool yourself
37:57and then you'll suddenly
37:58be swept into high society.
37:59Even if someone like Ralphie
38:00wanted to marry you,
38:01his family would never accept
38:02a woman who's already divorced.
38:03The only reason you ever
38:05became part of the Dawson family
38:06was because my grandmother
38:06insisted.
38:07That's very thoughtful of you.
38:09But here's a tip.
38:10Focus on your own shit.
38:11Why are you still
38:12charming other men, Christina,
38:13when I've already given you
38:13more than enough
38:14to live comfortably?
38:15How's that concerned you?
38:16After all,
38:16you're just my ex-husband now.
38:18Were you already sleeping around
38:19while we were still married?
38:20That's rich coming from you.
38:21Even with a ring on your finger,
38:23your heart always belonged
38:24to someone else.
38:24Quit trying to sow discord here.
38:26Don't fool yourself.
38:27Brandon isn't coming back to you.
38:28Even if the entire Dawson family
38:30came begging,
38:30I wouldn't rejoin them.
38:31Oh, come on.
38:32Don't flatter yourself.
38:33No one in my family
38:34wants you back.
38:35You might as well worry
38:36about your own skeletons.
38:38Wouldn't want a few nasty secrets
38:39ruining your shot
38:40at marrying up.
38:50It feels like ages
38:51since you last stopped by, Christina.
38:53Betel, actually.
38:54This might be the last time
38:55I visit you.
38:56Brendan and I
38:56are already divorced.
38:57Is this true?
38:59You two are really divorced?
39:00No!
39:01She's joking!
39:02This isn't a joke.
39:03The divorce is real.
39:04It's already official.
39:06What's really going on?
39:07Why did you get divorced?
39:12Yolanda's back.
39:13I told you before,
39:14I will never allow Yolanda
39:15to join this family.
39:17Christina stayed by your side
39:18and was the reason you recovered
39:19when that other woman
39:20disappeared the moment
39:20the doctor said
39:21you might never walk again.
39:22I recovered through
39:23my own will and strength.
39:24Even if Christina helped a little,
39:25anyone could have taken my place.
39:26I laughed to myself.
39:27If it weren't for me,
39:28the legendary doctor,
39:29Brandon,
39:30would still be stuck
39:30in that wheelchair forever.
39:34You ungrateful fool!
39:35How did our family
39:36raise someone like you?
39:38I'm done backing down.
39:39I will marry Yolanda.
39:46When my grandmother
39:47gets through this,
39:47you're going to follow my lead.
39:48We keep her calm.
39:49We keep her safe.
39:51What do you expect me to do?
39:52Pretend we're back together?
39:53It's a performance.
39:54Don't make it more than that.
39:55Even with my grandma
39:56in your corner,
39:57don't kid yourself.
39:58You'll never have my heart.
39:59The thing he never
39:59offered me anyway.
40:00Relax.
40:02If every man on Earth
40:03vanished overnight,
40:04I'd still never come
40:05crawling back to you.
40:07What?
40:12Ah!
40:13Ouch!
40:15Disrespecting your elders
40:16is one thing,
40:17but now you've pushed Bethel
40:19into a hospital bed.
40:20What do you have to say
40:21for yourself?
40:22You have no right
40:23to accuse me of anything.
40:25Grandma was perfectly fine
40:27until you showed up.
40:28This is all on you.
40:30Christina,
40:31give up your treatment
40:32opportunity for my grandma,
40:33and we'll move forward.
40:35No grudges.
40:38They're all the same.
40:40Trying to use my love
40:42for Bethel
40:42as a weapon against me.
40:45Never.
40:47See, Brandon?
40:49I told you she was vile.
40:51After everything
40:52Grandma did for her,
40:53this is how she repays her?
40:58I'll get Bethry a surgeon.
41:01You?
41:03You couldn't even
41:04book an appointment
41:04with a half-decent doctor.
41:06I'm bringing in
41:07Dr. Calvin Emmett.
41:12You can't possibly bring him.
41:14Even the Dawson family
41:15couldn't,
41:16let alone you.
41:18What if I do bring him?
41:21Let's make a wager.
41:23What kind of wager?
41:25If I bring Dr. Emmett,
41:27every single one of you
41:28owe me a public apology,
41:29and you will pay me
41:30five million.
41:31And if you fail,
41:32what then?
41:32Then I'll forfeit
41:33King's treatment opportunity
41:34and pay you five million.
41:35Deal.
41:36Brendan agrees
41:37without hesitation.
41:37He doesn't believe
41:38for a second
41:39that I can pull this off.
41:40But he doesn't know
41:42Christina Jones
41:43never makes
41:44empty promises.
41:52So you two really aren't
41:53getting back together?
41:54Maybe a little more time
41:56and things will work out.
41:57I hate lying to her,
41:59but her health matters
42:00more than the truth
42:01right now.
42:05I step out
42:05into the evening air,
42:07deciding to grab something
42:08to eat before heading home.
42:21Enough!
42:22Shut up already!
42:24Move again
42:24and I'll slice you!
42:26This is sloppy work,
42:27amateurs.
42:29I almost feel insulted.
42:38Women are always quick
42:39to start crying
42:40and making noise.
42:41Yeah, what else
42:42could you expect?
42:43Completely worthless.
42:46Don't take your eyes
42:47off her.
42:47If she tries anything,
42:49you'll answer to me.
42:52Damn, look at this chick.
42:53Wouldn't mind a turn.
42:55Keep your mouth shut!
42:56She's marked for the Tyrells.
42:57You know how brutal
42:58that clan gets.
42:59We're not here to die.
43:00The Tyrells.
43:01Of course.
43:02Jacob couldn't let it go.
43:03They're paying through
43:04the nose for this job, though.
43:05Makes you wonder
43:06what she did to get
43:06on their blacklist.
43:07No clue about the specifics.
43:10Word is she messed up
43:11Jacob in a bar.
43:12Left him permanently impotent.
43:14Holy hell.
43:15Never would have pegged her
43:16as the type to pull
43:17something like that.
43:17Bits and pieces
43:18of their conversation
43:19give me all I need
43:19to understand the situation.
43:21The Tyrells aren't
43:22true upper crust,
43:22but their wealth
43:23and connections run deep,
43:24in both boardrooms
43:25and back alleys.
43:27Jacob, notorious
43:27for his arrogance,
43:28is the sort of predator
43:29who believes the world
43:30owes him everything.
43:31If anything,
43:32Jacob has earned
43:32every ounce of his fate.
43:34He should have been grateful
43:35I let him live at all.
43:36Looking back,
43:36I wish I could have gone
43:37much harder on him.
43:38Letting him live,
43:39even impotent,
43:40is almost generous.
43:41He is courting death.
43:43If the entire Tyrell family
43:45wants to join the fight,
43:46then they, too,
43:47are lining up for destruction.
43:55Out!
43:56Move it!
43:57Move it!
44:03Nothing but emptiness
44:04surrounds us.
44:06The landscape barren,
44:07an abandoned warehouse
44:09looming ahead
44:09like a warning.
44:13One of the Tyrells
44:14supposed to show.
44:17Just got a call.
44:18Jacob coming himself
44:19to handle her.
44:20Perfect.
44:21It's always better
44:22to deal with the head
44:22of the snake directly.
44:24She's in for it, then.
44:25Everyone knows
44:26about Jacob's twisted tastes.
44:27Doesn't concern us.
44:28All we do is hold her
44:29till the Tyrells arrive.
44:30We grab our money
44:31and disappear.
44:32Only thing to remember,
44:33keep your hands off
44:34the employer's target.
44:39He's coming in person,
44:41which is exactly
44:42what I wanted most.
44:47Jacob's arrival
44:48will be the signal.
44:49The curtain will rise
44:50on the true spectacle.
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