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