00:00Once the crisis were over, we'll remarry. A few months, tops.
00:04I know this is a bit out of nowhere, but Spencer and Ethan called today and was like,
00:08you used to help them without a second thought, but now for me it's a different story, just taking digs
00:12the whole time.
00:12They even said, Grayson, a woman who's been divorced twice, wouldn't dare go for a third.
00:17Josephine definitely couldn't handle it.
00:18I've got it all figured out. Tomorrow's April Fool's.
00:20We go that day, get the papers, then throw right in their faces, freak them the hell out,
00:24see if they ever dare look down on you again.
00:26Babe, you wouldn't want them thinking I can't even handle something this simple, right?
00:32I won't.
00:33Then get some rest. Tomorrow we'll sign the papers and head to the...
00:40Give them a call.
00:42So they can stop chattering about it.
00:49Babe, you're the best.
00:52She signed.
00:53Told you, Josephine's always the easiest to handle.
00:56Alright, take care of Viviana's. I'll wrap up here and head over.
01:03The house in her name?
01:05He didn't deny it.
01:06In that instant, a flood of images rushed through my mind.
01:10This is our home.
01:11I'll handle the paperwork. Don't worry about it.
01:13And me, happily picking out the curtains, the couch, the dining table.
01:17Every single piece of furniture in this place, I'd picked out myself.
01:21Trip after trip to the store.
01:23I never cared whose name was on the deed.
01:25But it never crossed my mind that the home we built together would be under another woman's name.
01:29I'll leave right now.
01:30Josephine.
01:31Tomorrow, 9 a.m. See you at the courthouse.
01:35Waiting for the elevator, I could still hear voices from inside.
01:39Nailed it!
01:40She was even more cooperative than the day I asked her to marry me.
01:43The reflection in the mirror looked calmer than I expected.
01:47Come get me in a few days?
01:49Like I'd just stepped out for some air and would be back any minute.
01:52No need, Grayson. Don't bother coming for me.
01:58After all these years, how do you guys still fall for it every single time?
02:02All right, all right. You got us. Fooled us in everything.
02:04Oh, come on. I just needed an excuse to get everyone together.
02:07Don't tell me you can't take a joke.
02:08We can take it. We can take it.
02:10We should be thanking you.
02:12We'd never have made it onto this island without you.
02:14For real, somebody has been playing favorites.
02:17Been working on getting access to this island ever since you announced your engagement.
02:20Well, your dreams officially come true now.
02:23Go nuts!
02:24It's three days, three nights, all yours.
02:30Thanks for still remembering my dream.
02:35Hey! Wait a minute!
02:37Vivi's not getting married and Grayson just got divorced,
02:40so doesn't that make everyone single right now?
02:44After all these years, you two are still out here pretending to be just friends?
02:48Everyone knew what was going on back in school.
02:50The two of you acted like you'd die without each other.
02:52You're drunk.
02:54I'm not drunk.
02:55I'm serious.
02:56One of you never got married.
02:57The other just got divorced.
02:58If that's not perfect timing, what is?
03:00You two should just... this.
03:02Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!
03:03Come on!
03:04Grayson divorced his wife for Vivi!
03:07If Vivi doesn't step up, who will?
03:10Grayson stood there, listening to the chorus of egging on all around him.
03:14But a scene that didn't belong here flashed through his mind.
03:17That look in her eyes too calm.
03:19So calm that even after he'd gotten on the island, he'd replayed it in his head a thousand times.
03:23Before, he'd had a perfectly reasonable explanation for her composure.
03:27She knew it was a fake divorce, so there was nothing weighing on her.
03:30But now, suddenly, he wasn't so sure.
03:33Grayson?
03:34You're not gonna gang up on me with them, are you?
03:36He's not teasing! He means it!
03:38He clearly wanted to say something, but it caught in his throat and never came out.
03:42What was wrong with him?
03:44Wasn't this... exactly the wild night he'd wanted?
03:49Vivian didn't expect him to say that.
03:51Then I was reading too much into it.
03:53Go.
03:57Grayson felt like he'd finally been let off the hook.
04:00What the hell happened last night?
04:02Dude, you crossed a line.
04:04Don't forget, you and Josephine's divorce is fake.
04:08I'll take responsibility for her.
04:10Responsibility? With what?
04:12You got divorced yesterday and today you're talking about being responsible for someone else?
04:15How is that fair to Josephine?
04:17Then what do you want me to do?
04:19Ethan didn't answer, just looked at him.
04:22Alright, alright, enough, both of you.
04:23Grayson, cool off first.
04:25In the state you're in right now, any decision you make is the wrong one.
04:28I need a smoke.
04:29He really did need a moment to figure out where things stood between him and his wife.
04:33That obsession with Vivian from back in school, it was like a thorn lodged deep in his chest.
04:37Didn't really hurt, didn't really itch, but it had never truly been pulled out.
04:41At 17, he really had been close with Vivian.
04:45Back then, he didn't know Josephine yet.
04:47It wasn't until Spencer and Ethan brought that girl into his world that he realized Josephine's grandfather had been funding
04:53more than half the students at the school, including him.
04:56The circle he'd been fighting tooth and nail to break into she'd been born at its center.
05:00He'd done everything he could to become part of that circle.
05:03And eventually, he won her over.
05:04He clawed his way onto the Forbes 30 Under, 30 Top 10.
05:08But the end of every marriage is the same monotony.
05:11This time, he really had planned to use April Fool's as an excuse to end the marriage to honor his
05:16promise to Vivian, and to give himself room to breathe.
05:19In that moment, it hit him, he should go back to her.
05:22Even if she was furious, even if she wanted to tear into him, at least...
05:27Grayson!
05:29With things turning out the way they did, Spencer and Ethan had no choice but to play dumb.
05:33After three days on the island, they showed up at Grandpa Quinn's 80th birthday party like nothing had happened.
05:38As Josephine's closest friends, they'd been there every single year.
05:41This year's party was held at the Quinn Estate.
05:44I'm sorry, your names aren't on the guest list.
05:47Take another look.
05:48Josephine and I grew up together.
05:49I've been coming to the Quinn Estate every year for the last 10 years.
05:53I'm sorry, your names aren't on the guest list.
05:55Aren't those the two losers from the Knox and Sinclair families?
05:58Married into the Quinn family, then ran their own businesses into the ground.
06:01Get back together, you haven't heard. The old man's announcing some happy news today.
06:04We've got more right to be in there than anyone else here.
06:06The guard glanced at him, calmly tapped his earpiece, and two minutes later, Butler Harrison walked out.
06:15Stop. Neither of you needs to come back here. Please leave.
06:19He opened his mouth to say something, but Harrison had already turned and was walking back inside.
06:28The person he'd always assumed would be standing right where he left her waiting for him to come back whenever
06:33he was ready had vanished over these three days as if she'd never existed in this world.
06:37If his family's business hadn't gone completely under, if his parents hadn't been turned away everywhere they went for help,
06:43he probably wouldn't have even had a way to hear anything about her.
06:45He set the phone down. Suddenly, a memory surfaced a winter, many years ago. That year, his family was in
06:52crisis. Josephine grabbed his hand and said,
06:54Don't be scared. You've got me.
06:58Back then, he believed the whole world could change, but Josephine never would. That was the kind of trust that
07:03Ethan, Grayson, and Vivian could never compare to.
07:06The rest of them loved to play around, and he-he was reckless. So, on certain things, they ran in
07:11the same circles.
07:12But if he was ever down to one last way out, it would always be Josephine.
07:15And now, suddenly, he had no idea what to do. Ethan wasn't doing any better. Three major clients, ones his
07:22logistics company had partnered with for five years, all terminated their contracts on the same day.
07:27The official reason was polished. Business restructuring. But when he had someone make a few calls, the other side hemmed
07:33and hawed before finally saying,
07:35Word about you being turned away at Grandpa Quinn's birthday party. It's made the rounds across the entire circle. Everyone's
07:41reassessigating the stability of doing business with your family.
07:44Ethan hung up and slammed his phone on the desk. He had no idea why Josephine had suddenly done this.
07:49She hadn't given him a second to react.
07:52He wanted to explain, wanted to say something, but he didn't even know where to begin.
07:56Back then, when she married him, it was to help him dodge the arranged marriage his family was pushing.
08:00The day they signed the papers, he played it cool and said,
08:04It's just a formality. Don't stress about it.
08:07But deep down, he never wanted it to be just a formality. He'd been in love with her since the
08:12very first time Spencer brought her around.
08:14He'd taken a knife for her during a kidnapping. He thought she'd never forget him for the rest of her
08:19life.
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