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Two fiercely competitive modern corporate leaders enter a chaotic and dangerous workplace contract relationship arrangement with complete subtitles. #RomCom
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00:04Tell Nakamura I'll have the contracts ready before the flight. No delays.
00:15Pleasure doing business with you.
00:18Mr. Victor.
00:21My name is Ethan Cross, CEO of M Corp International.
00:25Forbes calls me one of the most eligible bachelors in the world.
00:27I call myself a man who has everything except a reason to come home.
00:41Hey! Hey, stay with me!
00:48Gerald, bring the car around. Now. I need a doctor.
00:52I didn't know it then, but this woman, this stranger covered in ash and fire was about to change everything.
01:00My name is Lena Vidal, heiress to the Vidal Fuentes Empire. At least, that's what they call it.
01:06What they don't tell you is that empires are built on the bones of their children.
01:12Darling, the guests are arriving. Your father, I need you downstairs.
01:17Mother, before the engagement party, I need to tell you something. Can we please reconsider?
01:21Your father and I have discussed this. The merger depends on this marriage.
01:26But I don't love Marco. I've never loved him. This company, it's swallowing my entire life.
01:30Leave this room, smile, and do what this family needs you to do.
01:45There she is. My beautiful bride-to-be.
01:52They announced my engagement like a business deal. Because that's exactly what it was.
02:04I had given everything to this family. My education, my career, my dreams.
02:09I studied finance and economics. Not because I wanted to.
02:14Because as they needed to, they could marry off to secure their crumbling empire.
02:17Father, please. I'll do anything else for this company, but I can't marry I don't love.
02:22Love? You think love keeps 3,000 employees fed? Our stock is 40%.
02:26The Duarte merger is the only thing standing but us in bank.
02:29Then let me find another way. I can restructure the debt, find new investors...
02:33You will follow my instructions. There is no more discussion. You may go.
02:38Either you agree, or I hand everything to the Duarte family myself.
02:42Your choice.
02:46In that moment, I understood. I would never be enough for them.
02:50I was never their daughter. I was their transaction.
02:53So I decided to run.
02:58My mother arranged everything. A private jet, booked under a friend's name.
03:02Leaving at dawn from a private airstrip outside the estate.
03:05All I had to do was walk out the front gate.
03:07Long night, isn't it?
03:10Have a drink. You deserve it.
03:21Mom! Thank you!
03:23I can't stop your father. And I may not be able to protect you after this.
03:26But I can give you a head start. Promise me to carry yourself.
03:29I promise. I'll find a way to save the company too. I just need time.
03:35My brave girl. Now go. You have maybe six hours before he realizes you're gone.
03:48I didn't know where I was going. I only knew I was finally free.
03:56She's fine. Just shock and minor cuts. She'll wake in a few hours.
03:59The explosion destroyed the cafe next to the restaurant. She was caught in the blast. No ID.
04:04Just a woman in a ruined wedding dress, alone in the middle of chaos.
04:07Find out who she is. Check hospital records, missing persons, everything.
04:10Yes, sir.
04:10I told myself it was responsibility. I found her. I should make sure she's okay.
04:14But something about the way she looked. Fragile and fierce at the same time.
04:17I couldn't walk away.
04:21Where... where am I? Who...
04:23Easy. You're safe. My name is Ethan Cross.
04:26There was an explosion. You were caught in it. I brought you here.
04:30Thank you. I'm Lena.
04:31Lena.
04:33Are you alright? Is there someone I should call?
04:40No. There's no one to call.
04:50Good morning. How are you feeling?
04:54Better. Thank you for everything. I should probably go.
05:04Go where, exactly?
05:08I... I'll figure something out.
05:10You have no phone. No ID.
05:13And you were wearing a wedding dress in the middle of an explosion.
05:16You don't know anything about me.
05:20You're right. But I have a proposal.
05:22I'm leaving for my private island tomorrow.
05:24A vacation. Off the grid. Come with people. No press. Recover. No strings attached.
05:28You're asking a complete stranger to vacation on your private island?
05:32I'm asking someone who clearly needs to disappear for a while.
05:35And I happen to have the perfect place.
05:38Why would you help me?
05:41Because I can.
05:46Fine.
05:48But this is temporary.
05:49And I'm not your charity case.
05:53Wouldn't dream of it.
05:57This is... excessive.
06:00Says the woman who is wearing a couture wedding gown.
06:07Touché.
06:12We'll stop to Refuel once.
06:13Total flight time about 10 hours.
06:15Get some rest.
06:1610 hours?
06:18Where exactly is this island?
06:20Somewhere no one will find you.
06:22I should have been terrified.
06:25A strange man, a private plane, an unknown destination.
06:29But for the first time in years, I wasn't afraid.
06:32I was relieved.
06:40I've built companies, closed billion dollar deals, controlled every variable in my life.
06:45But this woman...
06:46Sleeping on my shoulder, trusting me without reason.
06:49I had no plan.
06:55Ugh.
07:07Oh my god.
07:08Welcome to Isla Serena.
07:10Population currently two.
07:23this isn't what i expected what did you expect i don't know gold toilets a helipad shaped like
07:28your initials the helipad is around back i mean ethan you didn't tell me you were bringing someone
07:41mom this is my friend lena lena this is my mother eleanor and my grandfather henry about time this
07:48boy brought someone home we were starting to worry it's wonderful to meet you both watching my mother
07:58hug her watching lena's walls come down for just a second i knew i'd made the right call bringing her
08:02here he thought of everything clothes that actually fit sunscreen books even a journal
08:11i don't know how he'd each other less than two days oh you it's honor summer was i kidding you
08:26that looks good on you
08:32thanks your mother has excellent taste or was this you i may have made some suggestions
08:43lena dear you look lovely ethan stop staring and pour the girl some juice
08:50can i ask you something anything why are you really doing this rich men don't know strangers
08:56and fly them to private islands out of kindness what's the catch no catch i saw someone who needed
09:02help and honestly i needed to get away too from what from being the person everyone expects me to be
09:12i understand that more than you know i'll be with a stout gay
09:31so tell me about the great ethan cross
09:34the internet says you're worth 12 billion dollars and you've never been fade a draft smiling
09:39the internet exaggerates it's only 11 billion i'm serious who are you when no one's watching
09:50my father built cross industries from nothing shipping real estate finance when i was 18 he handed
09:57me the keys and said don't lose it that was his version of love and your mother she's the opposite
10:05all warmth all heart when dad died she moved here said she'd spent enough years in boardrooms
10:12she wanted sand between her toes she sounds wonderful
10:19she is she's also the only person who's ever told me it's okay to want something other than success
10:27and do you want something else no i'm starting to so no girlfriend no fiancé waiting somewhere with a
10:39pitchfork there was someone it ended badly she wanted the name not the man
10:47i'm sorry don't be it taught me something the only people worth keeping are the ones who see you
10:55not your bank account then i think we have more in common than either of us expected
11:08this is there are no words
11:16i come here when i need to think
11:20or when i need to stop thinking
11:24ethan i want to thank you not just for the island or the clothes or the food
11:28for not questions for just letting me breathe
11:32you don't have to thank me for basic decency
11:37you'd be surprised how rare that is in my world
11:42whatever you're carrying
11:44whenever you're ready to put it down i'll be here
11:48i won't push
11:50but i'll be here
11:54you know what my little cousin tommy calls you
11:57what
11:58superheroes
11:59he says you're my superheroes
12:08superheroes don't have private
12:11no he has something better
12:13he shows up when it matters
12:18then i'll keep showing up
12:20come on superheroes your mom's making dinner and i'm starving
12:24that's when i knew
12:26she wasn't just someone i wanted to help
12:28she was someone i wanted to keep
12:31before i was an heiress
12:32before i was a business degree
12:34before i was someone's arranged bride
12:36i was a girl
12:37who loved to sing
12:42i was already falling
12:44before i knew you're to sing
12:45don't let me shatter darling
12:48just hold on to my hand
12:56how long have you been standing there
13:05long enough that was
13:07lena that was incredible
13:10why didn't you tell me you could sing like that
13:12it was never important
13:13not to my family they wanted spreadsheets not songs
13:17it's important
13:19your voice is important
13:21promise me you won't stop
13:23thank you
13:25you don't know how much that means
13:31i think i do
13:37we should
13:38the stars are out
13:39want to see them from the beach
13:42yeah
13:43yeah let's do that
13:55ethan
13:57what is this
13:58i realized we've spent a week together and never had a proper date
14:01if you'd like one
14:05this is the most beautiful thing anyone has ever done for me
14:09okay your turn
14:11biggest fear
14:13loosing someone i love
14:15and not being able to do anything about it
14:27you won't lose me
14:35is that a promise
14:40it's a promise
14:48lena i need to tell you something
14:51this week
14:52being with you it's changed something in me
14:54i don't want this to end
14:58neither do i
15:02stay with me
15:07i'm not going anywhere
15:25do you believe in wishes
15:28i believe in making things happen
15:31that's such a billionaire answer
15:42okay here's the deal
15:43we each make one wish
15:45on that star
15:46the bright one
15:47but you can't tell me
15:48why not
15:49why not
16:18it's not for me
16:26then let me prove you wrong
16:27we made the same wish
16:30we made the same wish that night
17:26three weeks
17:27hiding my love
17:33sir mr vidial is online too
17:36he wants an update
17:37tell rodrigo i'll have his daughter back
17:39and when i do the wedding happens immediately
17:41no more delays
17:45no one leaves me lena
17:48no one
17:53it's me
17:54i need you to expand the search
17:56prive investigations
17:57international contacts
17:58i don't care what it costs
17:59and check every just prive's a pair
18:01within 200 miles of the estate
18:03someone flew her out
18:04she thinks she can escape
18:05she thinks distance will save her
18:07but she doesn't understand
18:08there is no distance far enough
18:10i've waited too long
18:12sacrifice too much
18:14she belongs to me
18:25hey
18:26you're up early
18:30what's wrong
18:31i need to tell you something
18:33about who i am
18:35about why i was in that wedding dress
18:39my real name is lena vidal
18:42my family owns vatalfines industries
18:46or they did
18:47the company's been failing for years
18:50my father arranged a marriage
18:52to a man named marco duarte
18:54to save the business through a merger
18:57and you ran
18:59and you ran
19:00i ran
19:00the night of my engagement party
19:02my mother helped me escape
19:03i flew to the states with nothing
19:05fake name
19:07borrowed money
19:10i was trying to get to a friend's place
19:12when the explosion happened
19:18marco isn't just my ex-fianche
19:19he's obsessive
19:21he's obsessive
19:22he's been watching me for years
19:26following me
19:28threatening anyone who got close
19:30and my father doesn't care
19:32because marco's money
19:34is the only thing keeping the company alive
19:38has he hurt you
19:39not physically
19:41but there are other ways to cage someone
19:45thank you for telling me
19:48none of this changes anything
19:49you're not angry
19:52that i lied
19:53you didn't lie
19:56you survived
19:57there's a difference
20:03listen to me
20:05no one is going to touch you
20:07not marco
20:08not your father
20:09not anyone
20:10i promise you that
20:12you can't promise that
20:14watch me
20:20ethan i've looked into the vidolfanus situation
20:22the company's hemorrhaging money
20:24rothergo vidolfanus has been selling off assets for months
20:26the duarte merger is their last play
20:31and marco duterte
20:33bad news
20:33he's connected
20:34politically
20:35financially
20:36his family has ties to some very powerful people
20:38if he's looking for lena
20:40he has the resources to find her
20:42then we need to be smarter
20:45i want a full security assessment
20:47upgrade everything on the island
20:50and harris
20:51start looking into duarte's business dealings
20:54everyone has skeletons
20:56you're going to war
20:58with
20:59marco duarte
21:01if i have to
21:10hey
21:11what's going on in that billionaire brain of yours
21:16just work stuff
21:19liar
21:23you looked into marco didn't you
21:27i needed to understand what we're dealing with
21:29you keep saying we
21:32because that's what this is now
21:34ethan i can't let you risk everything for me
21:36your company your reputation
21:38my company means nothing if i can't protect the people i care about
21:42and i care about you lena
21:43more than i plan to
21:45more than i probably should
21:47i care about you too
21:48that's what scares me
21:49everyone i care about gets hurt
21:52then we'll be scared together
21:53my wife helped her escape
21:57i'm certain of it
21:58then your wife is a problem
22:00sofia has been dealt with
22:04she won't interfere again
22:10and the private air filed
22:11we traced the flight plan
22:13the jet landed in miami
22:15but after that
22:16the trail goes cold
22:18she's with someone
22:20a woman like lena doesn't survive alone for three weeks without help
22:23find out who
22:24marco
22:26perhaps we should consider that she doesn't want this marriage
22:32perhaps what
22:33perhaps i should let your company collapse
22:37perhaps i should call in every loan your family owes mine
22:39is that what you prefer
22:43find your daughter
22:43bring her to me
22:46or i will find her myself
22:47and you won't like my methods
22:50it's duarte
22:51i need your best man
22:52someone discreet
22:53i'm looking for a woman
22:54and whoever's hiding her
22:57soon my love
22:59very soon
23:13lena
23:14mom
23:15are you okay
23:16i heard
23:17i'm fine
23:17listen to me
23:18your father knows i helped you
23:19marco's hired investigators
23:21they traced the jet to miami
23:24do they know where i am
23:25not yet
23:27but it's only a matter of time
23:29lena
23:30whoever is helping you
23:32you need to tell them the truth
23:33all of it
23:34marco won't stop
23:36i already told him mom
23:38he
23:39he's a good man
23:40and hold on to him
23:41don't make my mistake
23:42don't let fear choose your life for you
23:46i'm so sorry
23:48i'm sorry i left you there
23:50don't you dare apologize
23:53you are the bravest thing i've ever done
23:56now be brave a little longer
24:11lena
24:17we're gonna figure this out
24:19together
24:22i promise
24:25he's coming
24:26ethan
24:27marco's coming
24:31let him come
24:37sir mr harris called ethan
24:40he says the security team arrives this afternoon
24:45good
24:46and the background check on duarda
24:52preliminary results are in
24:54there's
24:56quite a lot sir
25:03this man
25:04is a produtor
25:08what are you looking at
25:11nothing you need to worry about right now
25:14don't do that
25:16don't protect me from the truth
25:18i've had enough
25:20of men deciding what i can handle
25:28marco duarte has a history
25:30fraud
25:31intimidation
25:31a woman filed a restraining order against him two years ago
25:34it disappeared from the records
25:38i knew he was controlling
25:40i didn't know about the other woman
25:45this is leverage lena
25:48if we can find her
25:49get her testimony
25:50you don't understand
25:53marco destroys people who stand against him
25:57that woman
25:57that woman probably disappeared because she was terrified
26:02then we make sure you don't have to be terrified anymore
26:07i have resources
26:09lawyers security we can build a case against him but i need you to trust me
26:13i trust you
26:15i just don't trust the world to be fair
26:18then we'll make it fair
26:20brother i need you back
26:21the tokyo deal is falling apart without you and the board is asking questions about your extended vacation
26:30tell them i'm handling things remotely
26:32for how long
26:33ethan you've been gone three weeks people are talking
26:35let them talk
26:40this is about the woman isn't it
26:41the one from the explosion
26:43ethan be careful you can't save everyone
26:48i'm not trying to save everyone just one person
26:59i heard your call
27:01you need to go back
27:04i'm not leaving you
27:05ethan you have a company
27:06thousands of employees
27:08a life
27:08you can't put it all on hold for me
27:12watch me
27:13stop saying that
27:15i won't be the reason you lose everything you've built
27:19and i won't be the man who walked away when it mattered
27:21i've done that before i won't do it again
27:23what do you mean
27:27you've done that before
27:33my ex
27:34i chose the company over her
27:36every time
27:37i realized i'd never really been there at all
27:39i won't make that mistake with you
27:41then we go together
27:42back to the real world
27:44and we face it
27:45all of it side by side
27:46are you sure
27:48i'm terrified
27:49but i'm sure
27:54i'm gonna miss that place
27:59it's not going anywhere
28:00we'll come back
28:02before we land
28:03there's something i need to tell you
28:04i've had my lawyers working on something
28:06what kind of something
28:08a legal strategy
28:09against marco and your father's arrangement
28:13harris found enough evidence of financial artitionship
28:18scott to challenge the merger entirely
28:20ethan that could take years in court
28:22or it could take weeks
28:53if we have the right pressure points
28:54for me
28:54for me
29:24is that a good thing
29:26it's the best thing
29:38i run a 12 billion dollar company
30:10and i can't boil spedetti
30:11shortcuts
30:13i need to earn it
30:14then earn it
30:16i'll be your biggest fan
30:18you already are
30:19i was already falling before i knew your name
30:30you pulled me from the fire
30:33and taught me love's not pain
30:36that's the one
30:37that's the one
30:40that's the take
30:45perfect
30:51i did it
30:53i actually did it
30:54you did it
30:55all you
30:57ethan
30:58ethan
30:58do you remember our wish
30:59on the island
31:02the star wish
31:03i wished for love
31:05real love
31:07the kind that stays
31:10so did i
31:11i know
31:12i think i always knew
31:14i love you lena vidal
31:20i love you too
31:22my superhero
31:23my impossible
31:24ridiculous
31:25wonderful man
31:30when
31:31how close
31:33lock everything down
31:35now
31:44lena
31:47marco's people
31:48found us
31:54what
31:54one of his investigators
31:56traced a purchase i made
31:59clothes shipped to the island
32:01they connected it to my name
32:02as you're with me
32:04no
32:04no
32:05no
32:06no
32:10look at me
32:11we prepared for this
32:12harris has the evidence read
32:14the financial regulators
32:16are already reviewing
32:16duarte's files
32:17we just need a little more time
32:19and he won't give us more money
32:20he won't give us time
32:22you don't know him ethan
32:23he'll come here
32:24he'll
32:30sir there's a man in the lobby
32:32demanding to see you
32:32he says his name is marco duarte
32:38send him up
32:39then
32:40then don't
32:42i told you
32:43let him come
32:45so this
32:46is where you've been hiding her
32:50impressive
32:51you're in my home
32:53i suggest you choose your next words carefully
32:55lena darling
32:56you've had your little adventure
32:58it's time to come home
33:03i'm not going anywhere with you marco
33:06not now
33:07not ever
33:08your father disagrees
33:09the merger
33:13the merger is dead
33:14i know about the shell companies
33:16the laundering
33:17the fraud
33:18right now my lawyers are presenting evidence to federal regulators
33:21by tomorrow morning your ass will be frozen
33:23you have no idea who you're dealing with cross
33:27actually i do
33:29you're a man who confuses ownership with love
33:33who thinks money buys people
33:35but here's what your money can't buy
33:37her
33:39she's not yours
33:40she never was
33:41this what you want
33:43this stranger over your own family
33:45my family used me as currency
33:47you treated me like property
33:49ethan is the first person who ever asked me what i wanted
33:52so yes
33:53this is what i want
34:00this isn't over
34:02yes
34:02it is
34:05enjoy it while it lasts
34:07cross
34:09you were incredible
34:16i think i'm gonna throw up
34:19that's also incredible
34:20the regulators move fast
34:22and freezing her this morning
34:24duarte's accounts are frozen
34:26his lawyers are scrambling
34:27and my father
34:28rodrigo dal has been cooperating
34:30reluctantly
34:31once he saw the evidence of fraud
34:33he was the merger would have destroyed his company
34:35not saved it
34:37so now he listens
34:38there's more
34:40the woman who filed the restraining order
34:42her name is clara mendez
34:43she's agreed to testify
34:48how
34:53we offered her protection
34:54a new identity if she needs it
34:56she's been waiting years for someone to stand up to marco
34:58lena i just wanted you to know that you're not alone
35:00all those years i thought i was the only one
35:02you were never the only one
35:06but you might be the one who ends it
35:08ms vidal
35:10is it true you're pressing charges against marco du tate
35:13i'm here to tell the truth
35:16that's all
35:19ms vidal
35:20can you describe the nature of your relationship with the defendant
35:23it was never a relationship
35:25it was an arrangement made by my father and marco's family for financial gain
35:29i was never consulted
35:30he was told i had no choice
35:32and when you attempted to leave
35:35marco made it clear
35:36through threats surveillance and intimidation
35:38that leaving was not an option
35:39he monitored my movements
35:41he threatened people close to me
35:43he believed he owned me
35:49he did the same to me
35:51the surveillance
35:52the threats
35:53when i filed a restraining order it disappeared
35:55his lawyers made sure of it
35:57i was terrified for three years
36:02on the charges of financial fraud money laundering and criminal intimidation
36:06and the court finds the defendant marco duart guilty on all counts
36:25you did it
36:37that was already filing by newcomer lena vittle
36:40and folks this one is climbing the charts fast
36:46heard you on the radio
36:47the barista recognized your voice
36:49i think you're famous now
36:50don't let it go to your head
36:52you're still only worth 11 billion
36:58lena
37:00father
37:01i owe you an apology
37:03i put the company above my own daughter
37:05i was wrong
37:07yes
37:09you were
37:10i'm not asking for forgiveness
37:12i'm asking for a chance to earn it
37:14then earn it
37:15starting now
37:19so
37:20your song is a hit
37:21your father's actually trying
37:22marco's in prison
37:23what's next
37:24for lena vidal
37:25world domination
37:26a grammy
37:27teaching your mother how to use facetime
37:29she's 73
37:31that might be harder than the grammy
37:37i have something for you
37:42before you panic
37:43it's not a ring
37:45not yet
37:46open it
37:49the wishing star
37:51i had it made after our night on the beach
37:53one star for one wish
37:56put it on me
37:58i love you ethan cross
38:00every impossible
38:01stubborn
38:02generous part of you
38:05lena
38:05i love you lena
38:11you look like freedom
38:13that's exactly what i feel like
38:15are you ready
38:17i've been ready since the night he carried me out of the fire
38:20most beautiful thing i've ever seen
38:22you say that every morning
38:23and i mean it every morning
38:25lena
38:25a year ago i found a woman to ruin dress in the middle of chaos
38:32i thought i was saving her
38:34but she saved from a life success meant everything connection might nothing
38:36you touch you taught me
38:38that the bravest thing a person could do is stay
38:39so here i am
38:41staying
38:41ethan i spent my whole life being told what to want who to be where to go
38:45then a building exploded and a stranger with gray eyes picked me up and said no one had ever said
38:48that me before
38:49you gave me a place to land
38:51by the power vested in me
38:53i now pronounce you husband and wife
38:55you may kiss
39:00remember our wish
39:01real love
39:03the kind that stays
39:06wish granted
39:10so what do we wish for now
39:13everything else
39:16together
39:17they say billionaires can buy anything
39:19but the thing wanted most
39:20the thing we both wanted was never for sale
39:22it was built in fire carried across oceans
39:24and sealed under a sky full of stars
39:26it was just love
39:27simple
39:27spectroinary love
39:28and it was ours
39:29there was and you
39:29and tell me
39:30and the time
39:30let me even do all this
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