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He Chose His Secretary. I Took His Empire. Completed English dubbed
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00:00All I did was buy a $5 latte, yet my husband's secretary reported me for embezzlement.
00:05What they didn't know was that every cent in that company belonged to me.
00:10I bought a latte and put it on my black card.
00:13I just stepped outside.
00:14Ma'am, we've had a report that you've been embezzling company funds.
00:17I was still reeling when my husband's new secretary, Amber, called my phone.
00:21Mrs. Cole, I turned you in.
00:23Ethan works hard and you waste his money.
00:26From now on, every dollar you spend needs my approval.
00:28Also, your monthly limit is $500.
00:31You've already spent $499.
00:33No, no more money.
00:34I started to laugh.
00:35The girl had been at the company for one month.
00:38Banking on the fact that my husband had always been courteous to her,
00:41she decided she was his household manager.
00:44What she didn't know was that I was the one who founded this company.
00:47I come from the Lane family, worth hundreds of billions.
00:50Every cent in Ethan's bank account is mine.
00:53Who gave her the right to manage my family's money on his behalf?
00:56The officers heard Amber over the phone.
00:58Then they glanced at my screen, a $5 charge.
01:01Their faces went dark.
01:03They apologized to me gravely and said they'd be sure to report back to my husband's company
01:07that one of its employees had filed a false police report.
01:10Suddenly, my stomach cramped.
01:13My stomach, it hurts so much.
01:15Please take me to the hospital.
01:19At the hospital, they asked me to pay.
01:22Fighting through the pain, I handed over my black card.
01:25But before long, a nurse came over holding my card.
01:29Ms. Lane, your card has been frozen.
01:31My whole body went cold.
01:33How is that possible?
01:35This card has no spending limit.
01:37How could it be frozen?
01:42Amber.
01:43It has to be Amber.
01:44I quickly called Ethan.
01:46But to my surprise, the voice on the other end was Amber's, impatient.
01:49Cole, all I did was put a limit on your spending, and you've already come running to tattle?
01:54Let me tell you, tattling won't get you anywhere.
01:57Ethan authorized this.
02:01I'm at the hospital right now.
02:03I forced down the pain.
02:05I need money.
02:07Unfreeze my card!
02:09Or put Ethan on the phone this instant.
02:12I'll talk to him myself!
02:15Ethan's busy.
02:17He left everything to me.
02:19Need money?
02:20Ask me first.
02:24The card I'm using isn't Ethan's.
02:26You froze my card behind my back?
02:32I will not let this go.
02:35Mrs. Lane, isn't your money just Ethan's money?
02:40You can't bully me and threaten me just because you're Mrs. Cole.
02:43At her words, blood roared in my head.
02:46Before I lost consciousness, I called the company's lawyer.
02:49Fire Amber immediately and suspend Ethan from his post as CEO.
02:54Order Ethan to come to the hospital at once.
02:58A brand new secretary with no one behind her.
03:01I never imagined she'd dare to bully the boss's wife so brazenly.
03:05But what I found hardest to believe was that Ethan, the man who loved me so deeply, could do this.
03:11He'd betrayed me for some little secretary who'd been on the job a single month.
03:14I'm worth hundreds of billions and I'm my parents' only daughter.
03:18I wanted to marry and have children, but I didn't want a marriage of alliance.
03:22What I wanted was a dependable man to help me run the family business.
03:25To find that dependable man, that year I hid my identity and joined the company as an entry-level employee.
03:31And that year, I met Ethan.
03:35Ethan was a Yale graduate.
03:37He came from a poor family, but he was gentle by nature and took every assignment seriously.
03:42A few times, when I worked late into the night, he'd make me a cup of coffee.
03:46In those moments, my heart wouldn't stop racing.
03:48It's not safe to head home this late.
03:50Let me finish your work for you.
03:51Go on home.
03:52But what truly made me fall for him was an accident.
03:55A female colleague stole my project and then turned around and accused me of plagiarism.
04:00Ethan stood right up and walked straight over to me.
04:02Victoria would never do something like this.
04:04I'll vouch for her.
04:05If you insist on firing an innocent employee, then I won't stay at a company like this either.
04:10I'm leaving with her.
04:11He threw down his badge, took my hand, and walked me out of the building.
04:14In that moment, I made up my mind.
04:16He was the love of my life.
04:19I threw my arms around him and confessed, bold as anything.
04:22Ethan!
04:24I like you!
04:26Do you like me?
04:28After we married, I chose to step away from the company
04:31to focus on trying for a baby, hoping to give birth to my heir as soon as I could.
04:36The company's affairs were left to Ethan and my lawyer to manage together.
04:40Ethan didn't disappoint me.
04:41He built the company up, step by step, until a month and a half ago,
04:45when he suddenly told me he wanted to recruit a batch of graduates from his alma mater.
04:49I agreed.
04:50Amber was one of them.
04:51Less than 10 days after she joined, she'd climbed all the way up to secretary to the CEO.
04:56I heard the office gossip.
04:58Someone on the secretarial team tipped me off.
05:00Victoria, I think Ethan and Amber are getting way too close at work.
05:04They eat together all the time.
05:05They nap together in the president's office.
05:07You need to watch out.
05:08But I'm not the kind of person who interferes with the company over some baseless rumor.
05:12I quietly looked over Amber's resume and sat in on a few meetings she ran.
05:16She was very good at her job.
05:18I admired her.
05:19I even gave her a raise.
05:20But it never crossed my mind that doing so would only feed her ambition.
05:25When I woke up, Ethan still hadn't shown.
05:28The lawyer had stayed at my bedside the whole time, and he filled me in.
05:31Ethan and his secretary went out for a meeting.
05:34He says he won't be back until tomorrow.
05:37I pulled the attendance records for the past two weeks and found the two of them going out for meetings
05:41all the time.
05:42Except every place they go is a resort.
05:45I also asked some of the employees, and they said they often see Amber posting photos on Instagram of her
05:53and Ethan traveling together.
05:55Do you want to see?
05:57He handed me his phone, and on it were countless screenshots of Instagram posts.
06:01In every single one, Amber had carefully laid out a grid of photos.
06:05We looked into Amber's time at university and found she'd already been in contact with Ethan back when she was
06:11a student.
06:13So he'd betrayed me that early.
06:15My heart felt like it was being torn to shreds.
06:17The lawyer handed me a document.
06:19I opened it and sucked in a sharp breath.
06:23Amber?
06:24She's pregnant?
06:27It has to be Ethan's child.
06:31Just take me home for now.
06:33I need to clear my head.
06:37But when I got home, I found my house had been sealed off.
06:40The jewels my parents had given me were packed into boxes, locked up and taken away.
06:45I rushed over and grabbed the people doing it.
06:47What do you think you're doing?
06:48Put my things down!
06:50Their faces were ice cold.
06:52From now on, your jewelry and gowns are managed by Mrs. Ward.
06:56If you need to use any of them, please write a 5,000 word application and submit it through the
07:01internal approval system.
07:02Once Ms. Ward signs off, you may use them.
07:08I was shaking with rage, beyond controlling myself.
07:11And I yanked out my phone and called Ethan.
07:14It's only been a day and you've already got the energy to come bother Ethan again?
07:18I told you.
07:19You faked being sick just to con money out of him.
07:21Amber!
07:22Who gave you permission to touch my jewelry?
07:25Give me my things back right now or I'll report you to the police for theft!
07:29Your things?
07:30The only reason you can afford jewelry worth tens of millions and gowns worth million is that you married Ethan.
07:36As Ethan's secretary, it's my duty to help him protect his assets.
07:41So from now on, no one touches any of this unless I approve it.
07:46Amber!
07:46Don't push it too far!
07:48Oh, and by the way, I hear your mother is still staying at that hospital Ethan invested in?
07:55Is that right?
07:57Honestly, a poor woman dragging around a sicklish mother.
08:02Such a waste of money.
08:05So Ethan's money doesn't keep getting thrown away?
08:08I just had someone move your mother out.
08:11I was stunned, as though struck by lightning, trembling all over, and I let out a roar.
08:17Amber, have you lost your mind?
08:20My mother can't leave the oxygen chamber!
08:24This is murder.
08:31It was only then that I learned Amber had given my mother's VIP room to her own mother.
08:37Thankfully, the doctors at the hospital were on good terms with me, and they'd move my mother to a new
08:41room in time, so her life was never in danger.
08:44Throw Amber's mother out onto the street.
08:47And one more thing.
08:48I'm going to sue Amber for attempted murder.
08:52Take me to the company.
08:54I'm going to root out this scudge with my own hands.
08:59When I arrived, the employees recognized me, shock written all over their faces.
09:04Why is she here at the company?
09:06Did she find out about Ethan and come to make a scene?
09:09She'd be better off pretending she saw nothing.
09:12At least then she gets to stay a rich man's wife.
09:16This isn't somewhere people like you can just walls in.
09:19Get out.
09:21Megan, this is Ethan's wife.
09:23So you're Ethan's wife?
09:25And you're already this old.
09:27No wonder Ethan's sick of you.
09:28This is a company.
09:29Not somewhere for you to throw a tantrum.
09:31My advice is to go home before Ethan gets back.
09:35Don't upset him, or he might just divorce you.
09:39The employees whispered among themselves, every eye landing on me.
09:43I sneered, had my bodyguard pin her in place, raised my hand, and slapped her hard across the face.
09:51Who exactly do you think you are?
09:53You thought you could stand in my way?
09:54Do you know who I am?
09:56I'm Amber's best friend.
09:57How dare you hit me?
09:59She won't let you get away with this.
10:01The whole company knows about Ethan and Amber's love.
10:04Just you wait.
10:06You'll walk out of the Cole family with nothing.
10:10Then you'd better call them right now and tell them to hurry over.
10:13A rush of hurried footsteps came from behind me.
10:17The moment Ethan saw me, his face froze.
10:21Whatever this is about, let's talk about it at home.
10:27We'll talk about it right here.
10:31Mrs. Cole, all I did was cap your spending and you come storming in here to make a scene?
10:37Curse me out if you want, fine.
10:39But how could you have my sick mother thrown out of the hospital?
10:43She nearly died!
10:45Oh my god, how can she be so vicious?
10:49Victoria!
10:50Have you made enough of a scene?
10:52Amber limited your spending for the good of the company!
10:59Amber's pregnant with your child.
11:02And you actually had the nerve to write a signed guarantee that the moment she gives birth,
11:07you'd hand the child 5% of the company's shares?
11:11Since you already know, I won't keep it from you any longer.
11:13Amber may be carrying my child, but I'm not going to divorce you.
11:16If you don't mind, I'll set the two of them up somewhere else.
11:17I'll make sure they never get in your way.
11:19These shares are just a safety net for the mother and child.
11:21Don't worry, the company will go to our child in the end.
11:23I do not agree!
11:24Then let's get divorced.
11:26Don't forget, we never signed a prenup.
11:27Even if this goes to court, half of this company and all its assets are mine.
11:31You've been a housewife so many years that you probably don't even realize the company fell into my hands long
11:35ago.
11:36That little stake you hold can't shake my control over it in the slightest.
11:42You seem to have forgotten something.
11:45We never had a marriage license.
11:47On paper, I was never your wife.
11:51What's mine has nothing to do with you.
11:54Now, as the controlling hair holder of Kensington Hundings,
11:59I hereby give the two of you notice.
12:01You're fired.
12:03Security!
12:04Throw these two out right now.
12:07Everyone in the room froze.
12:09A second later, it was like a pot of water hitting a rolling boil.
12:12Whispers came surging out like a tide.
12:15So it was his wife's money all along.
12:18Is that true?
12:19No wonder Ethan made CEO in just a few years.
12:22So, the company is actually Mrs. Cole's family business?
12:25Stop spreading lies.
12:27We're married for God's sake!
12:29Take it to court!
12:31The result will be the same!
12:33Even if this company was yours from the Biscard, so what?
12:37You've been gone five, six years.
12:41Who's been running this company?
12:43Who's been making the decisions?
12:45Who's been out there making everyone money?
12:48Me!
12:49Every single person in this room.
12:51I promoted them myself!
12:53You think you can just walk back in, say a few words, and they'll listen to you?
12:56Ethan does have a point.
12:58All these years, it really has been Ethan running the company.
13:01She's just a housewife.
13:02The whispers began to tilt.
13:05Amber was quick to recover, too.
13:07The panic in her eyes flickered past, and in the next second, she'd slipped right back
13:12into that pitiful, fragile, helpless look.
13:14Ethan, don't be angry.
13:16Then she turned to look at me.
13:18Ma'am, I know you're very upset.
13:22You've been at home all these years, barely touching company business.
13:28It's perfectly natural that this is all a lot to take in at once.
13:32She gave a soft sigh, as if to show she understood.
13:35But a company isn't playing house.
13:38You can't make decisions on feelings alone.
13:41Aside from enjoying spending money, you've never actually done anything for Ethan or the
13:45company, have you?
13:46A few low laughs rippled through the crowd.
13:50I'm different.
13:52I'm not fighting you for the title of Mrs. Cole.
13:55I just want to share Ethan's burden and help him run this company well.
13:58She's clearly, clearly lost control of self, throwing a tantrum in here.
14:03Where's security?
14:04Why aren't you escorting her out?
14:06Don't let her disrupt everyone's work.
14:09A few security guards exchanged glances, their feet hesitating for a beat.
14:13Then they started toward me.
14:14Right.
14:15This is a company, not a place for her to make a steam.
14:17Whatever the case, she can't disrupt the workplace.
14:19Did she actually say she'd fire Ethan?
14:21She's out of her mind.
14:22Face after face, cold, mocking, taking sides.
14:26I looked at every one of them, carefully, and committed their faces to memory.
14:30Then, suddenly, I smiled.
14:32I didn't look at them again.
14:33I took out my phone.
14:34In front of everyone, I dialed a number.
14:37You can come in now.
14:38And take these people, too.
14:40As for the misappropriated company funds, it's time to settle out with my ex.
14:45What do you mean?
14:46What do you mean, misappropriated funds?
14:48Less than three seconds later, the elevator chimed.
14:52Every pair of eyes turned toward it instinctively.
14:55A group of people stepped out.
14:57At the front was my lawyer.
14:58Behind him stood several uniformed police officers.
15:02The hall went dead silent.
15:04The sneer on Ethan's face froze in place.
15:07Amber's hand slipped loose on instinct.
15:09I walked forward, one step at a time, and stopped in front of them.
15:13My voice wasn't loud.
15:14Since you're so confident, then let's settle this right here, in front of everyone.
15:22Exactly how much of my money have you taken these past few years?
15:27Since things have come to this, allow me to offer a brief explanation on behalf of Miss Lane.
15:31First, from the day this company was incorporated to the present, all equity, the corporate registration,
15:35and the source of funding belong to a troubleshoot in the Lane family's name.
15:38There is no actual ownership relationship whatsoever between it and Mr. Cole.
15:42What? So for five years, Ethan has just been working for Mrs. Cole?
15:46The crowd erupted. Ethan's face went ashen.
15:51Second, all jewelry, accessories, and luxury accounts in Lane's name, along with her personal financial accounts,
15:58likewise belong to the Lane family's asset structure.
16:01All expenses during her marriage to you were not drawn from marital property,
16:05but rather were internal loans drawn from the family account.
16:09In other words, the two of you currently owe the Lane family money.
16:13There is only joint debt. There is no joint property.
16:17Third, over the past five years, all personal financial support, living expenses,
16:22and professional resources Miss Lane provided to Mr. Cole are fully documented.
16:26He read out a string of figures, each number more outrageous than the last.
16:30Meanwhile, Mr. Cole transferred funds from company accounts into his personal accounts,
16:34totaling, that's no small sum, that's embezzlement.
16:37We've fully mapped these fund flows. The evidence is ironclad.
16:41Charges can be filed at any time.
16:43Furthermore, Ms. Ward, without authorization, unilaterally frozen Miss Lane's personal accounts,
16:50transferred funds, and moved jewelry assets.
16:53The amounts involved have reached the threshold for prosecution.
16:56This also constitutes Unlala misappropriation of funds and abuse of position.
17:02I-I didn't-I only did it for Ethan!
17:05Ethan told me to! Ethan, say something!
17:08All funds belong to the Lane Family Trust.
17:11There is no marital property, unauthorized in the previous revelation.
17:15Actual...
17:17Criminal Investigation.
17:20Victoria, you-you've been protecting yourself from me all along?
17:30Guarding against you?
17:34I trusted you, in the beginning.
17:38I'd originally planned that after the baby was born, I'd transfer part of my shares to you.
17:42Put you in the CEO's chair for real.
17:53You're the one who didn't hold on to it.
17:57Victoria! Don't do this!
17:59Let's go home and talk, okay?
18:00Things like this, we handle privately.
18:02There's no need to blow it all up like this.
18:04If you keep making a scene, the company's reputation takes the hit.
18:07The stock price drops.
18:08You're a shareholder, too.
18:09You can't just ignore that.
18:10If we actually divorce, what happens to the company?
18:12A company this size without me, who runs it?
18:14Can you find a more suitable CEO than me?
18:18I'll get rid of Amber.
18:20I promise.
18:21From now on, it'll just be you and me living a good life.
18:24I'm willing to resign.
18:26I won't ask for anything.
18:28I'll go home and raise the baby.
18:31Victoria, let's start over, okay?
18:37Ethan, how can you do this to me?
18:39I've been with you for four years, and now I'm carrying your child.
18:41How can you just throw me away?
18:43You said it yourself.
18:44I'm the only one in your heart.
18:46You said you said you only went after Victoria's and our family rich, and that's why I kept acting
18:49that hurt him.
18:50But you've been sick of acting with her for end.
18:52Shut up!
18:55Victoria, don't listen to her nonsense.
18:57You're the one I love most.
18:58I pried his fingers off my wrist.
19:02Do you really think I need you?
19:05See you in court.
19:06The air seemed to drop.
19:08At that moment, the conference room door swung open.
19:11The company's executives walked in, one after another.
19:14Ethan's face went white.
19:15He watched the people who had once bowed and scraped before him, now standing shoulder to
19:20shoulder behind me.
19:21In that moment, he finally understood who the true owner of this company was.
19:26His pride collapsed completely.
19:27He lowered his head and looked at the resignation.
19:30His hand shook as he signed.
19:32He looked up at me.
19:33His eyes were full of hatred.
19:42He looked up at me.
19:44His eyes were full of hatred.
19:53You'll regret this.
19:56I won't.
19:59Miss Lane, we're deeply sorry.
20:02We failed to properly oversee the company's operations.
20:05This isn't on you.
20:06I trusted the wrong person.
20:08And since it was a mistake, it has to be corrected.
20:12From that day on...
20:13No, please, I didn't do it on purpose.
20:15I was just following orders.
20:17Give me another chance.
20:18Please, Barry.
20:18Everyone who had sited with Ethan, everyone who had laughed at me, sneered at me, one by
20:23one, all fired.
20:25The finance department launched a full audit, transaction by transaction, digging up every
20:31flow of money Ethan had touched over the years.
20:34Meanwhile, the legal department assembled the evidence and prepared to file suit.
20:38By the time it was all done, a month had passed.
20:41The company was back up and running.
20:43Everything was moving in the right direction.
20:45But overnight, clients suddenly defaulted and the market squeezed us.
20:49Our market value evaporated by nearly 10%.
21:00Ethan has started his own company, Apex Ventures.
21:05He took a number of long-time clients with him.
21:07He also beat us to market with a new product that was supposed to be ours.
21:11Now everyone's saying that you hold power through connections but have no real ability.
21:17He's been showing up at industry events constantly, publicly declaring he's going to take you on
21:22head-to-head, make you bow your head and apologize.
21:24Understood.
21:26Soon enough, the whole industry knew.
21:28Everyone was watching the show, watching me and Ethan, the exes, to see who'd come out
21:33the winner in the end.
21:40Ms. Lane, what's your take on the current situation?
21:46What's the hurry?
21:48The real show hasn't even started.
21:54Until that day, the biggest bidding conference in the industry, I walked into the venue and
22:00ran straight into Ethan and Amber.
22:07Poor Mrs. Lane couldn't even hold on to her man.
22:14And now she can't even hold on to her own company.
22:21After all those years as a housewife having to fight this hard for a career now, aren't
22:25you exhausted?
22:26I glanced at her, didn't answer her with a single word, and walked right past them to
22:31greet the others.
22:35During the break, he stopped me.
22:37Victoria, you've seen how things stand.
22:39You can't hold out.
22:40If you regret it now, I'm not entirely willing to consider remarrying you.
22:44As for the company, I can help you stabilize things.
22:47You'll have to do one thing, though.
22:48Be generous with the mother and the child.
22:51From now on, stop making things occult for her.
22:53We can still go back to the way they were.
22:55He looked at me like he was dispensing charity.
22:58I gave a soft laugh.
23:00I was just about to speak.
23:10Ethan Cole, you're suspected of embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, and theft of trade
23:15secrets.
23:16Come with us, please.
23:22That's impossible!
23:28Ethan Cole used unpublished project data from Kensington Halmerships to found a new company
23:34and brought the product to market ahead of schedule.
23:36That constitutes theft of trade secrets.
23:42The relevant evidence, including project source files, server access records, and internal
23:48retrieval permission logies, has been secured.
23:53Lies!
23:54We didn't, we didn't do anything!
24:00Ethan, say something!
24:03Say something now!
24:05Amber Ward!
24:07You're suspected of unlawfully interfering with the allocation of medical resources.
24:13Deliberately diverting Ward resources from a critically ill patient and placing another person's
24:18life in grave danger.
24:19You're being taken in for investigation on suspicion of attempted murder.
24:24It wasn't me!
24:26I really didn't!
24:28I just switched her room!
24:29She didn't even die!
24:31The entire venue fell dead silent.
24:33The way everyone looked at her was pure contempt.
24:38It was you?
24:40You did something behind the scenes, didn't you?
24:45Ethan, have you forgotten?
24:49Every project at Kensington Holsings, from inception to data to code, all of it is Lane family property.
25:03I'll admit, I didn't see it coming either.
25:06That you'd be stupid enough to use Lane Group property outright.
25:18In that moment, he lost the ability to speak entirely.
25:21The officer stepped forward.
25:23His wrists were seized in a firm grip.
25:26Victoria!
25:27You can't do this to me!
25:29We're husband and wife!
25:30His eyes were bloodshot, almost begging.
25:32I was wrong.
25:33I know I was wrong.
25:34I really do.
25:35I never should have let those thoughts in.
25:37I never should have loved anyone but you.
25:39I'll give the company back.
25:40I won't ask for anything.
25:41Just let me go this once, okay?
25:44Victoria, I'm begging you.
25:47Too late.
25:48The police took him away.
25:50Amber was still screaming, struggling, wailing.
25:53Her voice was a chaotic mess, unbearable to hear.
25:56Afterward, the verdicts came down.
25:59Ethan, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, and theft of trade secrets.
26:03Multiple charges combined.
26:05Sentenced to prison.
26:06If only I'd never gotten together with Amber.
26:10Never betrayed my wife.
26:12There is no if only in this world.
26:14Amber, sentenced as well.
26:16Her child was not kept.
26:18Everything she had once flaunted with such pride became her final irony.
26:25And my mother, her condition stabilized and she slowly recovered.
26:31The company back on track.
26:33Stronger.
26:34I sat back down in my seat.
26:36Someone once asked me, do you regret it?
26:38I smiled.
26:39I regret nothing.
26:40My only regret is that I ever let my heart go soft.
26:43The world fell silent and my life was only just beginning.
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