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00:03I spent five years as Noah's co-pilot, and five more as his secret lover that couldn't be acknowledged.
00:11On our anniversary, his ex sent me a text.
00:21Guess which position we just unlocked.
00:24The photo showed the exact move Noah had me try in bed last week.
00:30At that moment, I understood every trick he knew, she'd taught him.
00:36I took a picture of the captain transfer papers I'd hidden for three months, and replied,
00:42Congrats! But while you are busy unlocking new positions, I am charting a flight path he'll never catch.
00:52Then I signed my name bound for Seattle. Captain of GFO-28.
00:57Five years of playing second fiddle ends here.
01:01From now on, I fly east.
01:02He flies west.
01:04Thirty thousand feet up, our paths will never cross.
01:09I am my own captain now.
01:16Skylar.
01:21An elite pilot, like you should have been leading your own crew three years ago.
01:28Think it over these next few days.
01:30Do you want to keep being Noah's supporting act?
01:34Or seize the chance to become our first female captain?
01:40I'll give it serious thought.
01:45Five years.
01:46A full five years.
01:51Everyone at the company thought Noah and I were just the golden duo in the cockpit.
01:56Little did they know, we were just as compatible in bed.
02:04After graduating from flight school and joining the company, meeting Noah, we'd set one partnership record after another.
02:13Back then, Noah pursued me relentlessly.
02:18For my birthday, he spent three months designing a flight route that traced my name on the GPS map.
02:28Under Noah's constant devotion, I fell.
02:36To protect his career, the company prohibited relationships between captains and co-pilots.
02:47I agreed to keep things secret.
02:53By day, we piloted seven hundred and eighty-sevenths together.
02:59Flying from New York to L.A., crossing the entire American continent.
03:04By night, we shared a bed.
03:07His kisses ranging from passionate to tender.
03:12Introducing me to eighty-one different positions.
03:17Two people so perfectly matched, mentally and physically yet.
03:22Looking back now, all I taste is bitterness.
03:32Still up?
03:34Too many night flights.
03:37My sleep schedule's a mess.
03:40Got you a gift, on this last flight.
03:45Inside the box, a Cartier diamond bracelet lay on satin.
03:49Blindingly bright.
03:51Three months ago, I'd mentioned it casually on a plane.
03:54He remembered.
03:58I should have been moved, if I hadn't seen the same bracelet on Bella's Instagram two days ago.
04:06Captain Hunt has excellent taste.
04:09This Cartier bracelet symbolizes eternity.
04:13Did you and Noah get back together?
04:15This bracelet is so perfect on you!
04:18Don't read too much into it.
04:22Five years together, and only then did I learn that Bella was Noah's ex-girlfriend.
04:37No wonder, at every team gathering, he always drove Bella home.
04:42While I, to hide our relationship, had to take cabs alone.
04:49What is wrong?
04:52Don't like it.
04:53I waited in line six hours to get it.
04:56Didn't you say you really wanted it on the plane?
05:00Don't really want it anymore.
05:05Just like, I don't really want this man I've loved for five years anymore.
05:10If it doesn't suit you, I'll get you something else next time.
05:15Next time, he'll buy me something else.
05:17Will Bella also get one first?
05:20Or will he buy two identical items?
05:24Pulling myself back to the present, my gaze fell in the application form the jewelry box was crushing.
05:31And I smiled bitterly.
05:34I deliberately placed this document in the most visible spot.
05:38Yet Noah had completely ignored it.
05:41This unequal relationship, maybe it had been my one-woman show from the start.
05:50Robert, I accept the transfer.
05:53I am applying for the GF 028 route.
05:57GF 028 and Noah 787 go completely opposite directions.
06:04One east, one west.
06:08Choose this route, and your flight paths will never intersect.
06:13You sure?
06:16I am sure.
06:28Writing something?
06:32Flight dispatch for next time.
06:39If you are too tired, consider stopping flights.
06:42My salary's enough for us to live well anyway.
06:44Five years, and this man had never truly understood me.
06:49He knew I'd given up three promotion opportunities for him.
06:53He knew flying was my everything.
06:55Yet, he still said things like that.
06:59We'll see.
07:01It is fine.
07:02Just 14 more days, and I can leave Global United Airlines.
07:07Leave this man, who has never taken my dreams seriously.
07:12Back in the bedroom, I'd barely laid down when Noah's arm wrapped around me from behind.
07:18His palms sliding knowingly into my silk nightgown.
07:21My images flashed through my mind.
07:24Bella's Instagram photo showing her red painted nails resting on Noah's wrist.
07:30Don't touch me!
07:32Don't touch me!
07:35Don't touch me!
07:36What is wrong?
07:37Not feeling well.
07:45Does this help?
07:48In the darkness, his tenderness felt so real, but so did the betrayal.
07:53If he really cared about me, why would he still be entangled with his ex-girlfriend?
07:58In the early morning, his phone on the nightstand lit up.
08:03I instinctively glanced over.
08:05It was a message from Bella.
08:06Remember number three on your 18-year-old wish list?
08:10Rowboat in Central Park.
08:12I am waiting for you at the dock.
08:14My heart sank to the bottom.
08:16Last Saturday, Noah had just promised to take me to Central Park.
08:20I'd even booked a double rowboat.
08:22Turns out, not only did the ex get priority on gifts,
08:25even our date plans were hers to experience first.
08:31Something urgent with the crew.
08:32I need to go.
08:34I want to go to Central Park.
08:36Now.
08:37Next week.
08:39I am too busy this week.
08:41Next week, I'll take you.
08:45So I am just supposed to keep waiting!
08:47One text from his ex.
08:49And she is more important than all our plans.
08:52I turned back to the living room,
08:54looking at the entire wall of photos,
08:56feeling that familiar tightness in my chest again.
09:02A hundred photos,
09:03symbolizing our love lasting a hundred years!
09:07A hundred years.
09:10The promise had a much shorter shelf life than I'd imagined.
09:17Some people never forget your 18-year-old dreams.
09:20Number Central Park.
09:21Number Sunrise.
09:22Promise it kept.
09:24Noah!
09:25Slower!
09:27It hurts!
09:29So after the rowboat,
09:31there was an after party.
09:33Skylar.
09:34Where are all the photos?
09:37Fell down.
09:38Put them away.
09:40When I have time,
09:41we'll hang them together.
09:44Sadly.
09:46Photos can be re-hung.
09:48But feelings can't.
09:58The next morning,
10:01I placed the signed promotion form on Robert's assistant's desk.
10:05Just as I was about to leave,
10:06the hallway intercom crackled.
10:09All crew members,
10:10please report immediately to conference hall.
10:13One.
10:13The new Pursa arrives today.
10:16The Boeing 787 was getting a new Purser.
10:21So sudden.
10:26We're pleased to introduce our Boeing 787's new Purser,
10:32Bella Jones.
10:35Fate works in mysterious ways.
10:38Five years ago,
10:40when Noah first became captain,
10:41I was his Purser.
10:44After all this time,
10:46we get to fly together again.
10:48It must be destiny.
10:51They're totally meant for each other.
10:54Five years ago,
10:55they were just like this.
10:56Their chemistry stung my eyes.
10:59I quietly turned
11:00and pushed through the heavy conference hall doors.
11:05That evening's welcome dinner
11:07was at an upscale restaurant
11:08in Midtown Manhattan.
11:11I hadn't wanted to go.
11:13But several crew members dragged me along.
11:17Come on, Skylar.
11:19Everyone knows you've always liked Noah.
11:21But for the company's sake,
11:23at least make an appearance.
11:28I sat in a corner,
11:29watching Bella circulate like a hostess.
11:32She'd lean in to whisper to Noah,
11:34fingers lightly touching his shoulder.
11:37The scene was especially painful to watch.
11:40In public before,
11:42Noah never let me get that close.
11:44Now I understood those rules
11:46only applied to people he didn't love.
11:49I heard they were madly in love back then.
11:51When Bella was going to work in Dubai,
11:54Noah even wrote a resignation letter
11:56if the flight director hadn't stopped him.
11:59And, you know, the most romantic part.
12:03When Noah wanted to propose,
12:05he specially requested a new route
12:08and confessed over the radio
12:11while crossing the Arctic Circle.
12:13Those flying memories, I thought,
12:15were uniquely ours.
12:17Turns out they were all reruns
12:19of someone else's story.
12:20The whole company knew about their romance.
12:23But no one knew about Noah
12:25and me these past five years.
12:28You must be Skylar.
12:30I am Bella.
12:32Consider me your senior.
12:35This double-edged comment was laughable.
12:38This woman who'd been provoking me with messages
12:40was now playing the first meeting card.
12:52Pleasure.
12:54Bella's smile froze for a moment,
12:56quickly recovering as she turned toward Noah.
12:59He was listening to her.
13:01His lips curved in that gentle arc
13:03I hadn't seen in weeks.
13:05Not once did he look in my direction.
13:08I couldn't take anymore
13:10and found an excuse to leave.
13:13Noah, your co-pilot doesn't seem to like me much.
13:17She left without even eating.
13:19Don't mind her.
13:20She's been pining after Noah for five years,
13:23playing second fiddle the whole time.
13:26Now that you are back,
13:27naturally she is uncomfortable.
13:29Don't say things like that.
13:32We'll all be colleagues going forward.
13:35So in everyone's eyes,
13:36I was just a pathetic woman
13:38who couldn't get what she wanted.
13:41Fine.
13:42In eleven more days,
13:43this pathetic woman would vanish
13:45from their sight forever.
13:47After all,
13:48no one ever knew
13:49I was Noah's actual girlfriend.
13:54Skylar,
13:55you shouldn't have left like that.
13:57Bella is a new colleague after all.
14:00You made things very awkward for her.
14:03You care so much about her embarrassment.
14:06Is it because she is a new colleague?
14:09Or because she is your ex-girlfriend?
14:21Skylar,
14:22you have to trust me.
14:23That is all ancient history.
14:27These five years,
14:28you've been the only one by my side.
14:31His eyes held a panic I'd never seen before,
14:34making me momentarily dazed.
14:36Maybe he does care about me.
14:39But just then,
14:41Bella's voice came from behind.
14:44Noah!
14:46The arm around me suddenly released,
14:48and he jerked back like he'd been shocked.
14:51That movement was so fast like pure instinct,
14:54drawing an invisible boundary between us.
14:56In that moment,
14:57I finally understood the current girlfriend of five years
15:00couldn't compete with a returning ex.
15:03Go on.
15:04Don't keep her waiting.
15:05I thought I'd been mentally prepared.
15:08But when betrayal was laid out so nakedly,
15:11the heart still hurts.
15:15I curled up on the living room sofa,
15:18phone screen glowing on my face.
15:20My finger unconsciously clicked on Bella's Instagram.
15:23Her latest post was from 10 minutes ago.
15:26Caption,
15:27Maximum Boyfriend Power,
15:28who says captains only fly planes,
15:30number best support.
15:32Look that photo.
15:33I suddenly remembered last summer
15:35at the Noisy Coney Island Amusement Park.
15:39Noah!
15:40I want to try it too!
15:46Don't do that, Skylar.
15:48It is not appropriate.
15:50Turns out it wasn't inappropriate.
15:53Just the wrong person.
15:55Don't cry, Skylar.
15:59Crying over unworthy people
16:01was letting myself down.
16:06Packing this late?
16:07Long flight next week.
16:11Getting things organized in advance.
16:14He's showing no suspicion.
16:17He even came over,
16:19bent down to check my suitcase lock,
16:20then Click personally locked it for me.
16:28All right, get some sleep.
16:30I looked at that suitcase he'd personally locked.
16:33My throat, suddenly tight.
16:36He'd never know this case didn't hold flight equipment.
16:39But my determination to leave.
16:52Today was my last flight as Noah's co-pilot,
16:55and Bella's maiden voyage as the 787's purser.
17:02How pathetic together with Noah five years.
17:06And he can't even publicly acknowledge you.
17:11Seems in his heart,
17:12you'll always be someone who can't see daylight.
17:17And know what?
17:19Noah told me that morning in Central Park.
17:24He said he missed our flying days together most.
17:29Thanks for your hard work these five years.
17:34Playing his assistant by day,
17:36his bed partner by night.
17:38But you must have noticed.
17:41His favorite positions were all ones.
17:44I taught him.
17:46If you want to say these things,
17:48you should tell Noah.
17:50Noah.
17:51Noah.
17:53Or can you only show off,
17:55in front of me?
17:58Skylar.
17:59Clinging to a man who doesn't love you.
18:02Don't you find it humiliating?
18:06Noah only has me in his heart.
18:09He is just killing time with you.
18:11The gifts he gave you
18:13were just styles I didn't want.
18:16Even the man himself,
18:18I used him first.
18:21You know what?
18:23Only he and I
18:25are the most compatible.
18:26Body and soul.
18:30Look at Bella,
18:31I suddenly finding this scene ridiculous.
18:34She expected to see me break down.
18:38But ever since I'd discovered
18:39those flirty texts on Noah's phone,
18:42my heart had withered like a dying flower.
18:45No amount of provocation could make it bloom again.
18:49Since you are so perfect together,
18:53I wish you both a happy reunion.
19:02From today on,
19:04my life would be like this sunshine,
19:06bright and warm.
19:12Flaps 5 degrees.
19:18Flaps 5 check.
19:20Takeoff thrust set.
19:23Thrust set check.
19:25We coordinated as seamlessly
19:27as the past 5 years.
19:29But every command today
19:31carried farewell.
19:33This was the last time
19:34I'd sit on his right.
19:36From now on,
19:38I'd be the one holding
19:39the control column.
19:41Bringing every aircraft
19:43safely through takeoff
19:44and landing.
19:54At 35,000 feet,
19:56Noah engaged autopilot.
19:59We walked out of the cockpit
20:00one after another
20:01to patrol the cabin.
20:03Noah!
20:05Just then,
20:06the plane suddenly hit
20:07severe turbulence.
20:09An overhead bin door popped open
20:11and a heavy suitcase
20:13fell straight down.
20:15Time stretched infinitely
20:16in that moment.
20:17I saw Noah instinctively
20:19pull Bella into his arms
20:21while that case struck
20:23solidly on my right shoulder.
20:26Captain Skyler!
20:31First, go calm the passengers.
20:35Tell them this is just
20:37normal turbulence.
20:39Okay!
20:43Who's responsibility
20:45was this?
20:50Sorry.
20:52I just took something out
20:53and might not have
20:54closed it properly.
20:56Can't handle even
20:57this basic operation!
20:59What if it had hit
21:01a passenger?
21:02Skyler,
21:04it was an accident.
21:05Don't be so harsh.
21:09At 35,000 feet,
21:12there is no such thing
21:14as accident
21:14that what you said.
21:17I am disappointed,
21:19Relly!
21:25About what just happened,
21:27I am very sorry.
21:31But Bella was closer to me!
21:32I instinctively!
21:35It is fine.
21:36This is my last time
21:37flying the 787
21:39with you anyway.
21:40You are angry
21:41about what just happened?
21:45No.
21:47Bella's been away
21:48from this position
21:49five years.
21:50She needs time
21:51to readjust.
21:52You shouldn't be
21:53too hard on her.
21:55Those words
21:56were like
21:57the final boulder
21:57crushing the last hope
21:59in my heart.
22:00The one who made
22:01the mistake
22:02got tender protection
22:03while the injured one
22:04was accused
22:05of being too harsh.
22:06The aching right shoulder
22:08felt like
22:08a prominent period,
22:11marking the end point
22:12of these five years.
22:14Sure enough,
22:15some routes
22:16are destined
22:18to be flown alone.
22:29After seven hours
22:30of flight,
22:31the plane landed
22:33smoothly at Anchorage Airport.
22:36After resting overnight
22:37at the airport hotel,
22:39Noah took me
22:40to see the northern lights
22:41as promised,
22:43except seeing
22:44the ever-present Bella
22:45plus other crew members.
22:49extinguished
22:50any anticipation
22:50in my heart.
22:53After Noah's
22:54relentless pestering,
22:55I finally agreed.
22:58When we reached
22:59the observation cabin,
23:01the aurora
23:02happened to unfold
23:03its magnificent display
23:05across the night sky.
23:07Noah, remember?
23:11The first time
23:12we saw the aurora,
23:13we had that big fight.
23:15You swore
23:16you'd bring me back.
23:20Thank you for
23:21always remembering
23:22that promise.
23:26I never forget
23:27promises I make
23:28to you.
23:31In that moment,
23:32it felt like
23:33an icy blade
23:34pierced my heart.
23:36So the person
23:37Noah always wanted
23:39to share the aurora
23:41with Wes Bella
23:42all along.
23:43and I was just
23:44a bystander
23:45he'd brought along.
23:49The final flights
23:50are complete.
23:51Awaiting instructions,
23:52sir.
23:54From today,
23:56you are no longer
23:57the 787's
23:58co-pilot,
23:59but captain
24:00of the GFO
24:0128 route.
24:03Congratulations,
24:05Skylar.
24:06You're not only
24:07Aurora Airlines'
24:08youngest female captain,
24:10but also
24:11the pioneer
24:12of this new route.
24:18Skylar!
24:19Why isn't your name
24:20on tomorrow's
24:20flight schedule?
24:25been too tired
24:26lately.
24:28Requested a few
24:28days off.
24:30That is good.
24:32We promise to fly
24:34together until
24:34retirement.
24:36Skylar,
24:37don't lie to me.
24:44When I return,
24:45it'll be New Year's.
24:47Let's go to Tokyo
24:49for the countdown.
24:53Don't want to.
24:55Then Reykjavik.
24:57Just the two of us.
24:59No.
25:01These five years
25:03to hide our relationship.
25:06He always took me
25:08to distant cities
25:09to celebrate.
25:12But this time,
25:13I only wanted to
25:14quietly wait for the
25:15day I'd leave
25:16for Seattle.
25:17Come on,
25:18spill it.
25:19Any hidden dream
25:20destination?
25:21New Year's Eve.
25:23Come with me
25:24to Rockefeller Center.
25:26Why New York?
25:28We could go
25:29somewhere more special.
25:30Just some photos.
25:32You just play
25:33photographer.
25:35As you wish.
25:37After the company party,
25:38I'll definitely
25:40announce our relationship
25:41to everyone.
25:43Just give me
25:43a little more time.
25:46Go shower.
25:47It is late.
25:52Okay.
25:54Five years,
25:55he always made me wait.
25:58But this time,
25:59I wouldn't wait anymore.
26:11The 31st of December.
26:14My last day countdown
26:15to leaving.
26:17I stood under
26:19the appointed starlights,
26:22waiting from afternoon
26:24until dusk
26:24from twilight
26:25deepening into night.
26:27but Noah never
26:28appeared.
26:32You.
26:34Skylar!
26:35Bella's having
26:36acute gastroenteritis!
26:38I am at the hospital
26:39with her!
26:45I'll come find you later.
26:58welcoming the new year
27:00in my rightful place
27:01number captain's
27:02exclusive number
27:03position 82.
27:05Noah!
27:06They say liars must
27:08swallow a thousand needles!
27:10How many times
27:11have you lied to me?
27:15So what if Noah
27:16wasn't here
27:16to take my picture?
27:18From now on,
27:20I'd be my own
27:21photographer.
27:23At 10 p.m.,
27:25Noah finally called.
27:27Skylar,
27:28I'll be later.
27:30Find a cafe to sit
27:31and wait for me.
27:33Don't get cold.
27:36How much longer
27:37must I wait?
27:41I'll try to make it
27:42before midnight.
27:44Definitely spend
27:44new years with you.
27:46Take your photos.
27:47I'll wait
27:48until midnight.
27:54I plan to say
27:55goodbye to him
27:56at midnight.
27:58Our last meeting.
27:59Hope he won't
28:00stand me up.
28:0411 o'clock,
28:0511.30,
28:0611.59.
28:105, 4, 3, 2,
28:14Happy New Year!
28:18Noah never appeared.
28:21Welcoming New Year's
28:22with position 83.
28:24Times Square sky
28:24full of neon
28:25lighting up our
28:2620s and 30s.
28:33Noah, I am leaving.
28:35Wishing you and Bella
28:36continued success,
28:38unlocking all 108 positions.
28:55Welcome, Captain Skylar!
28:57Happy New Year!
29:00Happy New Year!
29:02Looking forward
29:03to flying with you all!
29:04From now on,
29:06I was this plane's captain.
29:09Kennedy Tower!
29:11Aurora Airlines
29:12GFO-28 ready!
29:14Requesting
29:14maiden flight clearance.
29:16Tower copy.
29:18GF-28
29:18cleared for takeoff.
29:20Safe skies,
29:21Captain Evans.
29:22Goodbye,
29:24Kennedy Tower!
29:29From now on,
29:30my life would follow
29:31GFO-28's route,
29:32never intersecting
29:33with Noah's.
29:48Dammit!
29:50I'd promised to meet Skylar
29:51before midnight
29:52for New Year's,
29:53but I'd ultimately
29:54broken my word.
29:58Is this
29:59Bella's Instagram?
30:01What shocked him
30:02even more
30:02was that every post
30:04Bella had been sharing
30:05was set to
30:06hide from
30:06Noah Hunter.
30:08Only now
30:09did he know
30:10Bella had been harassing
30:12me behind his back
30:13all along.
30:17What are these?
30:21What is it?
30:23Noah!
30:23I've regretted these
30:24five years apart.
30:26I posted these
30:27only because
30:28I didn't want
30:29anyone between us.
30:31Let's get back together.
30:33We ended
30:34long ago.
30:36From the day you left
30:37for that Dubai promotion
30:38without looking back.
30:40Now,
30:41I love Skylar!
30:44You are lying!
30:46If you don't love me,
30:48why do you come
30:49every time I call?
30:50Why would you rather
30:51stay with me
30:52than keep your
30:53New Year's date?
30:55I care for you
30:56out of collegiality.
30:58More
30:59as captain's
31:01responsibility.
31:02I don't believe it!
31:05Enough!
31:06Five years have passed.
31:08Everything's
31:09turned the page.
31:13I have a girlfriend
31:14now.
31:15For you.
31:17Only professional
31:18courtesy remains.
31:19No!
31:20It is not like that!
31:22Noah!
31:23Don't go!
31:24No!
31:25No!
31:25No!
31:26No!
31:26No!
31:30Skylar!
31:31I bought you
31:32cherries.
31:34Skylar?
31:40Noah!
31:41I am leaving!
31:42Wishing you
31:43and Bella
31:43continued success
31:44unlocking all
31:45108 positions.
31:52The number
31:53you have dialed
31:55is out of service.
31:57Answer!
31:58Skylar!
31:59Please answer!
32:02The number
32:03you have dialed
32:15is
32:15Skylar!
32:16Where did
32:17you even
32:18go?
32:24go!
32:36Robert!
32:37Where exactly
32:38did Skylar go?
32:39She got promoted
32:40to captain
32:41and transferred
32:42to Aurora Airlines.
32:44Why are you
32:45looking for her?
32:47Transfer?
32:49When?
32:50Why didn't
32:50she tell me?
32:53Before,
32:54even minor things
32:55like flight delays,
32:57Skylar would
32:57share with me
32:58first.
32:59Now such a
33:00major transfer
33:00and I knew
33:02nothing.
33:03This
33:04is Skylar's
33:05career choice.
33:07Why should
33:07she tell you?
33:09Skylar was your
33:10co-pilot
33:11pilot for five
33:11five years.
33:13Otherwise,
33:14with her
33:14abilities,
33:15she could have
33:16been captain
33:17three years ago.
33:19Skylar could have
33:20been promoted
33:20to captain
33:21three years ago.
33:24She'd stayed
33:25in the co-pilot
33:25position to fly
33:26with me.
33:27Can I help
33:28you?
33:32Please tell me
33:33where she is.
33:34I need to
33:35find her.
33:37What will
33:38you do
33:38finding her?
33:40She has
33:41her new
33:41route.
33:41You have
33:42your flights
33:42to handle.
33:49She is
33:49my girlfriend.
33:51I need
33:51to bring
33:52her back.
33:54You've been
33:55together all
33:55along?
33:57Never went
33:58public?
33:59Yes.
33:59Five years.
34:04Five years.
34:06You both
34:07hit it quite
34:07well.
34:09Look
34:10this.
34:13Seattle?
34:16Thank
34:16you.
34:17I need
34:18a few
34:18days leave.
34:19I'm going
34:19to find
34:20her
34:20immediately.
34:32Skylar,
34:33having lived
34:34with you
34:34for five
34:35years,
34:36only now
34:37did I discover
34:37you had long
34:38since taken
34:39root in my
34:39heart.
34:41If I had
34:41gone public
34:42earlier,
34:44you might
34:45never have
34:45left me.
34:49Five years.
34:53Skylar
34:53and Noah
34:57have been
34:58together
34:58five years.
34:59Didn't
35:00Noah always
35:00like Bella?
35:01Why the
35:02sudden
35:02announcement?
35:03Quick,
35:04them and
35:04ask.
35:05What is
35:06going on?
35:07When did
35:07Skylar leave
35:08the group?
35:09Who
35:09wouldn't
35:10leave?
35:11Skylar was
35:11the underground
35:12girlfriend for
35:13five years.
35:14The moment
35:14Bella came
35:15back,
35:16Noah changed
35:16his attitude,
35:17drawing clear
35:18lines in front
35:19of everyone.
35:19I'd leave
35:21too.
35:21Who
35:21could take
35:22that?
35:24I never
35:25meant to
35:26distance myself.
35:28Just wanted
35:28to wait a bit
35:29longer.
35:30I was wrong.
35:32Terribly,
35:33terribly wrong,
35:34Skylar.
35:45while Noah
35:46handled
35:47handover
35:47matters in
35:48New York,
35:48I'd already
35:49piloted GFO
35:5028,
35:51smoothly
35:52landing on
35:53Seattle-Tacoma
35:54airport's
35:54runway.
35:59Aurora
36:00Airlines
36:00GFO
36:0128
36:01calling
36:02Seattle
36:02Tower.
36:05Go ahead.
36:09GFO
36:1028
36:10requesting
36:11taxi
36:11instructions.
36:13Surface
36:13wind
36:13230
36:14degrees
36:15at
36:155
36:15knots.
36:17Use
36:17taxiway
36:1801
36:18left
36:18to
36:19gate
36:193.
36:19H.
36:20GFO
36:2028
36:21Welcome
36:22to
36:22Seattle.
36:24Thank
36:25you,
36:25Seattle
36:26Tower.
36:28Welcome
36:29to Seattle
36:29Tower's
36:30greeting was
36:30quite
36:31enthusiastic
36:31today.
36:32Captain
36:33Evans.
36:35crew members
36:37prepared a
36:37welcome banquet
36:38at pilot's
36:38home,
36:39hoping you'll
36:40lead us in
36:40opening this
36:41new route.
36:42Okay.
36:47Liam.
36:49Let me
36:50reintroduce
36:50myself.
36:52Liam Carter,
36:53your Seattle
36:54air traffic
36:54controller.
36:56No wonder
36:57on the
36:57plane,
36:58I'd
36:58found the
36:58tower
36:58voice
36:59both
36:59pleasant
36:59and
37:00familiar.
37:03So it
37:04really was
37:05Liam.
37:05He'd
37:06been my
37:06senior
37:06at flight
37:06school
37:07two years
37:07ahead.
37:08A
37:08campus
37:09celebrity
37:09even
37:10then.
37:11I'd
37:12always
37:12thought
37:12he'd
37:13become
37:13an
37:13outstanding
37:14captain.
37:15Never
37:16imagined
37:16he'd
37:16chosen
37:17air
37:17traffic
37:17control.
37:21Liam,
37:22hello.
37:26Sorry,
37:27I just
37:27didn't
37:28expect to
37:28run into
37:28you here.
37:33We
37:33few are
37:34really
37:34fated.
37:35Same
37:35flight
37:35school
37:35graduates
37:36now in
37:36the same
37:37crew.
37:38Back
37:39then,
37:39I secretly
37:39shipped
37:40you two
37:40as a
37:40couple.
37:41Shame,
37:41it
37:42ended
37:42badly.
37:44What
37:45do you
37:45mean
37:45ended
37:46badly?
37:48Our
37:48captain
37:48Skylar
37:49later
37:49fell
37:49for
37:49her
37:50instructor.
37:51Too
37:51bad,
37:52that
37:52guy
37:52wasn't
37:53very
37:53reliable.
37:54Those
37:55words
37:55were
37:55like
37:55a
37:56fine
37:56needle
37:57piercing
37:58my
37:58heart.
37:59Those
37:59memories
38:00of
38:00Noah
38:00rushed
38:01in
38:01the
38:01initial
38:01flutter.
38:02Five
38:03years
38:03of
38:03devotion.
38:05Final
38:06betrayal.
38:07Enough.
38:08This
38:08was
38:08enough.
38:11Back
38:11then,
38:12Liam
38:12always?
38:15Ryan,
38:16try
38:16this.
38:21Seven
38:22years ago,
38:22we'd made
38:23a bet the
38:23loser had
38:24to grant
38:24the winner
38:25a request.
38:27Confident
38:27I'd win,
38:28I'd agreed
38:29to his
38:29condition of
38:30knitting a
38:30scarf.
38:31Result,
38:32I lost
38:33completely,
38:33forced to
38:34grit my
38:34teeth and
38:35knit this
38:35scarf with
38:35crooked
38:36stitches.
38:37I'd never
38:38imagined that
38:38years later,
38:39he'd still
38:39kept it.
38:43This
38:44scarf.
38:46Yeah,
38:47it is the
38:47one you
38:48gave me.
38:51That was
38:52so long
38:52ago.
38:54Not long
38:54for me,
38:56especially
38:57since it was
38:57something you
38:58gave me.
38:59His tone
38:59was calm
39:00yet,
39:00like a
39:00pebble
39:01dropped into
39:01my heart's
39:02lake.
39:14Just as I
39:15stepped off
39:16the plane,
39:16I heard that
39:17familiar voice
39:18behind me.
39:21Skylar!
39:30What are you
39:30doing here?
39:33I came to
39:33bring you
39:34home.
39:35Home?
39:37In what
39:38capacity?
39:39Your secret
39:40lover you
39:40hid for five
39:41years?
39:42Or the
39:43third wheel
39:43between you
39:44and Bella?
39:46I'd already
39:47seen his
39:47social media
39:48posts,
39:49but only
39:50found them
39:50laughable.
39:51He demanded
39:52the underground
39:53relationship.
39:56Now he was
39:57performing
39:57deep affection.
39:59Look,
40:00every day,
40:01I am posting
40:02to tell
40:02everyone
40:03you are
40:03my
40:03girlfriend.
40:06Enough!
40:07What is the
40:08point now?
40:09We ended
40:10long ago.
40:12No,
40:13we can't
40:14end.
40:14Bella and I
40:15really have
40:15nothing.
40:16Those were
40:17all
40:17misunderstandings.
40:20None of that
40:21matters anymore.
40:24We're not
40:25compatible.
40:26I don't want to
40:27see snow and
40:28remember standing
40:29alone in
40:29Times Square
40:30until dawn on
40:32New Year's Eve.
40:34Noah, go back.
40:38That night, I was
40:41because...
40:43Because you left
40:44her alone in
40:45Sub-Zero Streets
40:45to spend New Year's
40:46Eve with another
40:47woman, right?
40:51Liam, what are
40:52you doing here?
40:56Coming to
40:56back her up.
40:57This isn't
40:58your business!
41:00Let her go!
41:02I warned you
41:03back at flight
41:04school.
41:04If you truly
41:06cared for her,
41:06cherish her
41:07properly.
41:08What did
41:09you do?
41:10This is
41:11between Skylar
41:12and me!
41:15Now it is
41:16my business.
41:21Skylar, give
41:22me a chance
41:22to pursue
41:23you, okay?
41:38Don't joke
41:39around.
41:40Do you want
41:41to keep being
41:41harassed by him?
41:43He was doing
41:43this to help
41:44me completely
41:44break free
41:45from Noah.
41:45Simona as
41:47outstanding as
41:48him.
41:49How could
41:49he possibly
41:50actually be
41:51interested in
41:52me?
41:54Go back.
41:55I am with
41:56Liam now.
41:57We ended
41:58long ago.
42:00We never
42:01officially broke
42:02up!
42:03How can-
42:03Didn't you also
42:04immediately go
42:05find Bella
42:05after she came
42:07back?
42:10I-
42:13Let's go.
42:22Is this Bella's
42:25USB drive?
42:28Oh my god!
42:30Bella had been
42:31leaking the
42:32company's trade
42:33secrets to
42:34competitors!
42:35Even more shocking,
42:36a folder named
42:37Plan contained
42:38detailed records of
42:39how she'd
42:40meticulously orchestrated
42:41every chance
42:42encounter.
42:42And those
42:44seemingly intimate
42:44photos were
42:45actually staged
42:46while he was
42:46drunk, under
42:47her manipulation.
42:49Those ambiguous
42:50private messages
42:51were all her
42:51carefully scripted
42:52lines.
42:53What angered
42:54him most,
42:54she'd even
42:55contacted several
42:56tabloid media
42:57outlets, preparing
42:58to expose Global
42:59Airlines Captain
43:00Two-Timing news,
43:01attempting to
43:02completely destroy
43:03his career and
43:04love life.
43:09Bella!
43:17Didn't expect you
43:18to initiate
43:19meeting me.
43:23Uh, what is
43:24this?
43:29What is the
43:30point forging
43:30these?
43:31Need me to
43:32hand these to
43:33the company's
43:33security department?
43:34for authenticity
43:35verification?
43:40Or, directly
43:41to the police?
43:50Let me
43:51explain!
43:53Explain what?
43:55Explain how you
43:56calculatedly destroyed
43:57my relationship
43:58with Skylar?
44:00Explain how you
44:01used my trust
44:02to steal company
44:03secrets?
44:05It is all
44:06because of her!
44:07I loved you
44:08so much!
44:09Came back
44:10from Dubai
44:11for you!
44:12But you only
44:13had eyes
44:14for her!
44:15So, you
44:16retaliated
44:17this way!
44:19Do you know
44:20this could ruin
44:20so many people's
44:21careers?
44:23I don't care!
44:24What I can't
44:25have, no one
44:27else should!
44:28We're
44:29finished!
44:30You'll
44:30pay for
44:30your
44:30actions!
44:35The next
44:36day, Noah
44:37brought all
44:37evidence to
44:38the company
44:38security
44:39department.
44:41Simultaneously,
44:42the company's
44:43lawyer sent
44:43termination
44:44letters to
44:44Bella's
44:45residence.
44:46A week
44:47later, police
44:48officially arrested
44:49Bella on charges
44:50of commercial
44:50fraud and
44:51defamation.
44:51investigation.
44:52The news
44:53quickly spread
44:54through aviation
44:55circles.
44:56Noah cooperated
44:57with police
44:58as key witness
44:59to complete
45:00the investigation.
45:01Walking from
45:02the station,
45:03he happened
45:03to see an
45:04Aurora Airlines
45:04aircraft streak
45:05across the
45:06blue sky.
45:07GFO 28,
45:09Skylar must be
45:11in the cockpit
45:11right now.
45:13Confidently,
45:15gripping the
45:16controls.
45:16In that
45:17moment, his
45:18heart felt
45:18both stabbing
45:19pain and
45:19strange relief.
45:21That girl
45:22who once
45:22stood behind
45:23him had
45:24now flown
45:25toward broader
45:25skies.
45:27Noah didn't
45:28go to Seattle
45:29again.
45:30He spent
45:31an entire
45:31week handwriting
45:32a long
45:33letter.
45:35Dear
45:36Skylar,
45:37you taught
45:37me what
45:38love is,
45:38what
45:39responsibility
45:40means.
45:41You gave
45:41up three
45:42promotion
45:42opportunities
45:43for me,
45:44yet I was
45:45blind.
45:47You endured
45:48five years
45:49as my
45:50secret
45:50girlfriend,
45:51yet I
45:52took it
45:53for granted.
45:54Now you
45:54are flying
45:55freely while
45:56I finally
45:56learned to
45:57let go.
45:58May you
45:59forever
45:59soar
46:00in your
46:01own blue
46:01skies.
46:24skylar,
46:25oh my
46:28god,
46:29the
46:29right
46:29engine's
46:30out.
46:31Shut down
46:31right
46:32engine.
46:33Follow
46:33emergency
46:33procedures.
46:35Engine
46:35shut
46:35down.
46:36Skylar,
46:37we only
46:37have one
46:37engine
46:37now.
46:39Don't
46:40panic,
46:41I'll
46:41handle
46:41it.
46:44Passengers,
46:45this is
46:45Captain
46:46Skylar.
46:46The
46:47aircraft
46:47has
46:47encountered
46:48some
46:48technical
46:48issues
46:49we're
46:49addressing.
46:50Please
46:50remain
46:50calm
46:51and
46:51keep
46:51seatbelts
46:51fastened.
46:55My
46:55god,
46:56single
46:57engine,
46:57not
46:58enough
46:58fuel
46:58to
46:58reach
46:58Tokyo.
47:00Then we
47:00won't
47:01go to
47:01Tokyo.
47:02How
47:02far
47:03to
47:03Anchorage?
47:05400
47:05plus
47:06nautical
47:06miles.
47:07Just
47:07barely
47:07enough
47:08fuel
47:08if
47:08everything
47:08goes
47:09smoothly.
47:12Anchorage
47:13Airport,
47:14this is
47:14GFO
47:1528.
47:16We
47:16need
47:16emergency
47:17landing.
47:18GFO
47:1928,
47:20stage
47:21your
47:21situation.
47:22Right
47:23engine
47:23failure,
47:24182
47:25souls
47:25on
47:25board.
47:26Requesting
47:27immediate
47:27landing,
47:28estimated
47:28arrival
47:29in 35
47:29minutes.
47:31Copy.
47:33Runway
47:33cleared
47:34for you.
47:34Emergency
47:35crew
47:35standing
47:35by.
47:36The
47:37plane
47:37began
47:37descending.
47:38Missing
47:39one
47:39engine,
47:39the
47:39entire
47:40aircraft
47:40tilted
47:41right.
47:42I
47:43had to
47:43constantly
47:43adjust
47:44to
47:44maintain
47:44balance.
47:48Fuel
47:49warning!
47:50Don't
47:51panic!
47:51Don't
47:52panic,
47:52Ryan!
47:52Follow
47:53my
47:53lead!
47:54Take
47:54deep
47:54breaths!
47:55We
47:56can
47:56do
47:56this!
47:57I
47:58said
47:58for
47:58Ryan
47:59and
47:59myself.
48:01Land
48:02finally
48:02appeared
48:02outside
48:03the
48:03window.
48:04Anchorage.
48:05I'd
48:05never
48:05found
48:06this
48:06name
48:06so
48:06beautiful.
48:08GFO
48:0928,
48:10turn
48:10left.
48:11Descend
48:12to
48:123000
48:12feet.
48:13Copy.
48:15This
48:16was the
48:16most
48:16dangerous
48:17moment
48:17single
48:18engine
48:18landing.
48:19No
48:20second
48:20chances.
48:22200
48:22feet,
48:23100
48:24feet,
48:2510
48:26feet.
48:27Finally,
48:28the plane
48:29stopped.
48:51GFO 28,
48:52welcome to
48:53Anchorage.
48:54Well done,
48:54Captain.
48:58Skylar,
49:00you just
49:01saved
49:01everyone.
49:02Those
49:0335
49:03minutes
49:04felt like
49:04a
49:04century.
49:06I
49:07truly
49:07felt
49:08death's
49:08proximity
49:08for the
49:09first
49:09time.
49:11And
49:11for the
49:12first
49:12time,
49:12I
49:13felt
49:14I
49:14could
49:15hold up
49:15the sky
49:15on my
49:16own.
49:17All
49:17those
49:17voices
49:18saying
49:18I
49:19wasn't
49:19calm
49:20enough,
49:20didn't
49:21deserve
49:21to be
49:21captain.
49:23Now
49:23they
49:24could
49:24all
49:24shut
49:24up.
49:25Three
49:25days
49:25after
49:26the
49:26engine
49:26failure
49:26incident,
49:27Aurora
49:28Airlines
49:29held a
49:29celebration
49:30banquet
49:30for me.
49:32Liam
49:33stayed
49:33by my
49:33side
49:34all
49:34evening,
49:36deflecting
49:36drinks,
49:38serving
49:38food,
49:39attentive
49:40beyond
49:40ignoring.
49:53Skylar,
49:54there
49:55is
49:55something
49:55I
49:55must
49:55tell
49:56you.
49:59I
49:59like
50:00you.
50:00I've
50:00liked
50:00you
50:01since
50:01the
50:01day
50:01I
50:01first
50:01saw
50:02you.
50:02For
50:03a
50:03full
50:03seven
50:03years.
50:05Seven
50:06years?
50:07Watching
50:07you with
50:08Noah
50:08every
50:08day
50:09was
50:09torture.
50:12But
50:12I
50:12thought
50:13as
50:13long
50:13as
50:13you
50:13were
50:13happy,
50:15now
50:15you
50:15are
50:15finally
50:16free.
50:17I
50:18don't
50:18want
50:18to
50:18miss
50:18this
50:18chance.
50:23Liam.
50:24I
50:25know
50:25you
50:25might
50:25not
50:25be
50:26ready,
50:27but
50:27Skylar,
50:28give me
50:29a chance
50:29to prove
50:30love
50:30doesn't
50:31have
50:31to
50:31be
50:31a
50:31burden.
50:32I
50:33meeting
50:33his
50:33determined
50:34gaze,
50:34I
50:35think
50:35about
50:35Liam's
50:36seven
50:36year
50:36vigil,
50:38Noah's
50:39five
50:39year
50:39dismissiveness.
50:41what
50:41I
50:42truly
50:42wanted.
50:44What
50:45if I
50:45am
50:45not
50:45sure
50:46I
50:46can
50:46love
50:46you?
50:47Then
50:47I'll
50:47work
50:48to
50:48make
50:48you
50:48love
50:48me.
50:50Let's
50:50try.
50:52Thank
50:53you,
50:54Skylar.
50:58Skylar.
51:06The
51:07next day
51:07at work,
51:08my inbox
51:08held two
51:09emails.
51:11One
51:11was
51:11from
51:11the
51:12company's
51:12HR
51:12department,
51:13promoted
51:13to
51:14director
51:14of
51:14flight
51:15standards
51:15in
51:15recognition
51:16of
51:16outstanding
51:17performance.
51:18The
51:19other
51:19email
51:20was
51:20from
51:20Noah.
51:22In
51:22his
51:22letter,
51:23he
51:23congratulated
51:24me on
51:24my
51:24promotion
51:25and
51:26thanked
51:26me
51:26for
51:26helping
51:27him
51:27become
51:27a
51:27better
51:27person.
51:29Additionally,
51:29he
51:30has
51:30accepted
51:30a
51:30transfer
51:31to
51:31the
51:31Africa
51:32route
51:32and
51:32will
51:32depart
51:33next
51:33week.
51:33I
51:34stared
51:34at
51:34the
51:34screen
51:35for
51:35a
51:35long
51:35time.
51:36Finally
51:37replying
51:37four words,
51:38take care.
51:43Three years later.
51:54long
51:55time
51:55no
51:55see.
52:02Long
52:02time.
52:08Heard
52:09you are
52:09getting
52:09married?
52:13Next
52:14months.
52:20Liam
52:21is a
52:21good
52:21man.
52:22Much
52:22better
52:23than
52:23me.
52:28The
52:29past
52:29is
52:29past.
52:30Yes,
52:31past.
52:37My
52:37flight's
52:38boarding.
52:38Wishing
52:39you
52:39happiness.
52:40Sincerely.
52:41You
52:41too.
52:58Why'd
52:58you
52:58come?
52:59Ryan
53:00said
53:00you
53:00ran
53:01into
53:01Noah
53:01in
53:01Paris.
53:08Worried
53:09you'd be
53:09upset.
53:11You
53:12are not
53:12bothered?
53:14Why would
53:15I be?
53:17He is
53:18the past.
53:18I am the
53:19present and
53:20future.
53:26Liam,
53:27I love
53:27you.
53:30I love
53:31you too.
53:46Seattle Tower,
53:47Aurora Airlines,
53:48GFO 28,
53:50requesting takeoff clearance.
53:57cleared for takeoff.
53:59GFO 28,
54:01your tower will be waiting for your return.
54:02Learn.
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