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Branded as nothing more than a mistress, Isabella loses everything when the man she loves chooses wealth and status over her. Pregnant and abandoned, she must rebuild her life while uncovering the truth about love, loyalty, and her own worth. As old regrets return and hidden secrets are exposed, those who hurt her realize she was never just a mistress. The drama follows Isabella after her lover leaves her for another woman despite her pregnancy
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00:00It's the day my husband told me he was marrying someone else, and I was pregnant.
00:03Look, Isabella, I love you, okay? You know that. But I have to marry Olivia. I don't have a choice.
00:08My wedding has to be perfect, so I have to erase every trace of us. Every. Single. One.
00:13I stare at Alexander. I'm in shock. He lifts a hand. The bodyguard behind him flicks the lighter
00:18and heads straight for the apartment. In a heartbeat, the flames swallow everything.
00:22I'm wiping down the counter when Alexander Loras walks in. I look up, rag still in my hand.
00:28I'm marrying Olivia Silverwood in three days. I'm Alexander Loras, heir to the Loras group.
00:33Her and me, we run in the same circles. It's already a done deal.
00:36I freeze. The rag hits the floor.
00:42I'll buy you a house outside the city. You and the baby will want for nothing.
00:48So, I'm just gonna be your dirty little secret? Forever?
00:52She's chill. As long as you don't make a scene in front of her, I can give you and the
00:56baby everything.
00:57Everything. Except the title.
00:59Three years together, and all of it means nothing to him.
01:02What if I told you I can be your equal too?
01:10Isabella, I know I screwed up. Hiding who I am, moving on to someone else.
01:14But it is what it is. In this whole city, the Silverfields are the only family on my level.
01:19We've played house in this tiny apartment for three years.
01:21I know exactly who you are. You don't have some powerful family.
01:25I look around this tiny apartment. The walls we painted together.
01:28The furniture we picked out. The daisies he planted for me on the balcony.
01:32I can't make myself believe this.
01:34Alexander, I'm having your baby.
01:36Can't we just go back to how it was?
01:38Please, don't marry her. Please.
01:41If he just says yes, I'll pretend none of this ever happened.
01:45He presses his lips together.
01:47I already hooked up with her. Okay? I have to make this right.
01:51And what about me? You don't think you owe me and your baby the same?
01:54Alexander wipes my tears. The pain in his eyes looks so real.
01:59Baby, I'm just taking a new wife. I am not leaving you.
02:03There's a three-story house on Long Island. I already bought it.
02:06You love flowers, right? I'll have roses planted all over the yard.
02:10Whatever you want, I'll do it. Trust me.
02:12You want me stuck in some house, being your dirty little secret?
02:16No. I'm not letting me and my kid live in the shadows. Not anymore.
02:22I've never treated you like a mistress.
02:24Long as you don't make a scene in front of Olivia, you'll still be my woman there. Okay?
02:28He still hasn't said wife. Not once. To him, I'm only ever the mistress.
02:33No. I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying here.
02:37Then, a sharp pain at the back of my neck. I black out.
02:40When I wake up, I'm locked inside that Long Island villa.
02:46The Lawrences actually called the Andersons for Olivia's ring.
02:50Pulled strings to get that heirloom designer.
02:53The Silver Sids are old money, too. They deserve that kind of treatment.
02:57I remember all the sweet things Alexander once said.
03:00My woman deserves nothing but the best. I mean, even those Anderson jewels.
03:04And now, that ring is on Olivia's finger.
03:08Funny thing. Nobody knows this, but that ring's designer? He's been designing for me since I was little.
03:14I'm Isabella Anderson. The only heir to one of the biggest business empires in North America.
03:20Three years ago, I had a massive fight with my father and ran away from home.
03:25I wanted to prove I could survive on my own. No family. No nothing.
03:29I ditched my bodyguards and landed a job at a convenience store in some forgotten corner of the city.
03:35That's where I met Alexander. He pushed the door open that day. Suit soaked from the rain.
03:41Got any umbrellas?
03:42Aisle three. He grabbed one, came to the register, glanced down at my name tag.
03:49Isabella? You knew?
03:51Yeah. He slid the change back towards me.
03:55Keep it. I'm Alexander. I'm a lawyer.
03:59And then he smiled, eyes crinkling at the corners, and I fell. Hard.
04:05He told me later he never even needed an umbrella. His car was parked right across the street.
04:10He just saw a girl with a ponytail through the window, and something pulled him inside.
04:15On our hundredth day together, he took me to that old church on the corner.
04:19No flowers. No guests. Just a silver-haired priest and two silver rings.
04:25I can't give you a mansion or a fancy car, but every morning, I'll make the coffee.
04:31Every week, I'll push the cart at the grocery store.
04:35Isabella, will you marry me?
04:39I held out my hand.
04:42After everything thing we've been through, I decide to give him one last chance.
04:48Alexander, can you just not marry her?
04:51Not marry her? And marry you instead?
04:55You really gonna make me say the ugly part out loud?
04:58She's Olivia Silverwood. And you?
05:01A cashier at a convenience store.
05:03How exactly would you be fit to be Mrs. Loris?
05:06All the blood drains from my face, but I can't let it go.
05:09So three years together? That means nothing if I don't have the right status?
05:14In our cycle, status is everything.
05:16He pauses. Then that guilt-stricken look slides back across his face.
05:19Olivia, she might be pregnant.
05:21I blank.
05:23When did that happen? My voice is shaking.
05:25Alexander can't even look at me.
05:27Your birthday.
05:30My birthday.
05:32Alexander just vanished.
05:34I searched for him the whole damn night, every floor of the apartment building, everywhere.
05:40He didn't show up until the next day, looking wrecked, telling me he got lost trying to find me the
05:45perfect gift.
05:46Then, like he was unveiling some grand gesture, he pulled a Tiffany necklace from behind his back.
05:51I'd been up all night, but seeing how much effort he'd put in, I couldn't be mad.
05:56I just tucked the necklace away.
05:59And now he's telling me, that whole time, my birthday, he was with Olivia.
06:03A sick feeling twists in my stomach.
06:07The villa on Long Island.
06:08Fences everywhere.
06:10The only way I can see the outside world is from that second floor window.
06:13At dusk, Alexander comes in carrying a whole box of my favorite tiramisu.
06:17He sits across from me.
06:18Eat something.
06:19The baby's hungry.
06:22So I pick up the spoon.
06:24Tiny bites.
06:25Just a few bites in, a sharp pain starts spreading through my lower belly.
06:29I curl up on the couch.
06:31Cold sweat soaks through my clothes.
06:33Alexander, my belly, it really hurts.
06:37He glances at me.
06:38There's pity in his eyes, sure.
06:39But mostly, just resignation.
06:41Isabella, just, it'll pass.
06:43Get a doctor.
06:43I'm gripping the cushion so hard my knuckles are white.
06:46Please, please, call a doctor.
06:47He shakes his head.
06:48Isabella, the drug's already working.
06:50Just give up.
06:51After Olivia has her baby, we can try again.
06:53Alexander, listen to me.
06:55I have a name.
06:57Okay?
06:57I'm not nobody.
06:59Please, just get a doctor.
07:04You're disappointing me big time.
07:06If you're gonna lie, at least make it believable.
07:09A miscarriage won't kill you.
07:10You made your bed.
07:12I watch him walk away.
07:13The very last flicker of hope inside me just died.
07:15I collapse onto the couch, my mind going dark.
07:18And right when I think I'm gonna die in this place, nobody even knows why.
07:22The door smashes.
07:23Then someone's right next to me, calling out, panicked.
07:25Miss, miss, we're here!
07:27My father's personal assistant.
07:30The chairman, get the hospital on the line.
07:32Have the best OB team standing by right now!
07:34As they rush me into a black SUV, I barely make out her voice on the phone.
07:37Sir, we found her.
07:39They gave her something to end the pregnancy.
07:41The baby might not make it.
07:42After that, I don't remember a thing.
07:49Dad.
07:51Don't talk.
07:53The baby's still here.
07:57What?
07:58The baby's still here.
07:59The doctors fought for six straight hours.
08:01The baby made it.
08:04But your body's been through a lot.
08:06Next few months, bed rest.
08:08Total bed rest.
08:09You can't move.
08:09Not one step out.
08:10That man and the Loris family.
08:13I'm gonna make them pay.
08:15No, Dad.
08:16Don't tip them off.
08:18I want them to walk into hell on their own.
08:20And I want them to watch in front of everyone while they lose everything they threw away.
08:25The wedding day.
08:26Loris state.
08:27Red carpet stretching out.
08:28The whole place buzzing.
08:30The Anderson heiress is here!
08:34Silence.
08:35The crowd goes dead quiet.
08:37Olivia's bouquet trembles.
08:39A faint smile flickers at the corner of her mouth.
08:41She never actually thought the Andersons would show up.
08:44The Anderson heiress?
08:45The Loraises actually got the Anderson family to come?
08:48They say she never attends any social events.
08:50Nobody's ever even seen her face.
08:51She's a complete mystery.
08:52The murmurs haven't died down when a black stretch limo pulls up at the entrance.
08:56The door opens.
08:58Custom heels hit the red carpet.
08:59I'm wearing the Anderson family's signature gown.
09:02The crest embroidered right over my chest.
09:04On my head, the diamond tiara.
09:06The one the heirloom designer made.
09:08The one everyone talks about.
09:09Flanked by bodyguards and my assistant,
09:11I walk slowly into the Loris mansion.
09:14The ring box slips from Alexander's hands.
09:16Hits the floor with a sharp crack.
09:18Is Isabella?
09:20I stop in the middle of the red carpet.
09:22You could hear a pin drop.
09:24Olivia rips off her veil.
09:26A cold laugh.
09:27The Anderson heiress?
09:28You?
09:29She looks me up and down, mouth twisting into a sneer.
09:32I've been in New York society for three years.
09:34I've never once laid eyes on you.
09:36Does anyone here actually buy this?
09:39Enough.
09:40Miss Silverwood.
09:41Do you recognize this?
09:45She raises her hand.
09:46An antique signet ring.
09:48Every classified letter.
09:49Every billion dollar contract the Anderson family sends.
09:52Sealed with the wax stamp of this exact ring.
09:55Olivia's smirk freezes solid.
09:57This is Isabella Anderson.
09:59The sole heir to the Anderson family.
10:01Emily finishes.
10:02Then her gaze drops to Olivia's hand.
10:04Oh, and that ring on your finger?
10:06It was made by our family's heirloom designer too.
10:09Yours?
10:09He was a little short on cash.
10:11Took a side job.
10:12That's all.
10:13Olivia's face goes from white to green.
10:16Then green to gray.
10:17No.
10:18No way.
10:19She yanks the ring off her finger and hurls it at the ground.
10:21Diamonds scatter everywhere.
10:22You lied to me!
10:23Everyone lied to me!
10:24She jabs her finger at the noble lady's, heads bound, her voice sharp enough to cut glass.
10:28Lena!
10:29Hannah!
10:29Say something!
10:30Not a single person looks up.
10:32Olivia's knees buckle.
10:33She crumbles to the floor.
10:34I...
10:35I am Olivia Silverwood.
10:36I cannot lose to a cashier.
10:39I cannot...
10:39Dead silence.
10:40I walk slowly over to Alexander.
10:42He kneels on the red carpet, looking up at me, tears falling silently.
10:45Isabella, I didn't know.
10:47I swear, I didn't know.
10:49Didn't know what?
10:49My voice is perfectly calm.
10:51Didn't know I'm the Anderson air-ret?
10:52If I were still just that cashier at the convenience store, would you be down on your
10:56knees right now?
10:56I let the silence stretch.
10:58His mouth opens, shuts.
11:00Nothing comes out.
11:00I crouch down, right next to his face.
11:03Do you know what it felt like, lying on that operating table?
11:07Alexander's whole body starts shaking.
11:09The doctor said if they'd gotten there ten minutes later, I would have died.
11:13And our baby.
11:14I pause.
11:16Alexander's face drains completely.
11:17His body trembles violently now.
11:19She was already gone.
11:21Inside me.
11:23You killed her.
11:24I take a step back, my voice thick with disgust.
11:27Alexander Loras, you will never get her forgiveness.
11:30Not ever.
11:31The wedding can go on.
11:33I wish you both a lifetime of happiness.
11:37Isabella.
11:38Isabella, please.
11:40Three years.
11:41Three years together.
11:42Does that mean nothing to you?
11:44When you burned down our home, when you killed our baby, did it mean anything to you?
11:50I was wrong.
11:52I was so wrong.
11:54I shouldn't have married her for the family.
11:57I shouldn't have drugged you.
12:00Isabella, just give me one chance.
12:01I'll divorce her.
12:02I'll divorce her right now.
12:03We can start over.
12:05Please.
12:07Alexander.
12:08Alexander, get up.
12:10You're begging another woman in front of the entire New York elite?
12:14What exactly am I to you?
12:16There's nothing between me and her.
12:18You know that.
12:18It's just a family arrangement.
12:20The one I love has always been you, Isabella.
12:23Always.
12:25Alexander Loras.
12:26Say that one more time.
12:28I said I want a divorce!
12:31The wedding's off.
12:33I'll take responsibility for that baby in your stomach.
12:35I'll send money every month.
12:37But don't you dare try to trap me.
12:41Olivia stares at him.
12:43And then a smile slowly creeps across her lips.
12:46Alexander Loras.
12:47You are the biggest fool on this earth.
12:50Alexander sobs choke off.
12:51He looks up at her.
12:53Olivia wipes the laughter tears from her eyes.
12:56You actually thought this baby in my tummy was yours?
13:00Alexander freezes.
13:03What are you saying?
13:04Olivia glances down at her barely there bump.
13:07A mocking smirk on her face.
13:08This baby's my cousin's.
13:10We hooked up a few times.
13:11Didn't bother with protection.
13:14I was going to get rid of it.
13:15But then I did some digging.
13:16And guess what?
13:18You're the eldest son of the Loras family.
13:21She tilts her head.
13:22Looking at him still there on his knees.
13:24And you were so damn easy.
13:26I said the baby was yours.
13:28And you just believed it.
13:29Wedding all set up and everything.
13:31I figured I'd keep the secret forever.
13:34But today?
13:36Since you're about to throw me away for that woman.
13:39I see no reason to protect your pride anymore.
13:42Right?
13:43You.
13:44Pathetic.
13:46Chump.
13:47Alexander is completely frozen.
13:50His mouth opens and closes.
13:52No sound.
13:53And then his whole body starts shaking.
13:56Violently.
14:00You whore!
14:02You whore!
14:03You ruined me!
14:04You ruined everything!
14:09Olivia screaks, clawing and trashing at him.
14:12The guests rush in and pull them apart.
14:15I turn and walk out of the estate.
14:17I don't look back.
14:19The next few months, I stay at our family's private hospital.
14:23My father locks down all information.
14:26The official story.
14:28I'm recovering in Europe.
14:29And Alexander?
14:30He's drowning in his own mess.
14:32Olivia was humiliated in public at the wedding.
14:34The Silverwood family was furious.
14:36The whole alliance between the two families turned into a complete circus.
14:39Every day they tear each other apart, pointing fingers, the entire upper clard laughing at
14:44the spectacle.
14:45Seven months later, in the delivery room, I give birth to a baby girl.
14:49The nurse lays her in my arms.
14:51Her tiny hand wraps around my finger and won't let go.
14:55I name her Scarlet.
14:57Starlight.
14:58She's my Starlight.
14:59My father holds her.
15:01His big, rough hands cradle her tiny head so carefully.
15:04His eyes are all red.
15:06Just like you when you were little.
15:08Exactly the same.
15:09My brother stands beside him, reaching out awkwardly to touch her face, then pulling back,
15:14afraid he'll hurt her.
15:17My mother flies back from Italy, brings the best children's designer from Milan straight
15:22to our home.
15:23Box after box of tiny dresses fill the nurbury.
15:26That day, the whole Anderson estate overflows with joy.
15:31Nobody mentions Alexander.
15:33Nobody needs to.
15:35This baby, from beginning to end, is the Anderson family's most precious jewel.
15:40And nothing else matters.
15:42Whenever I'm bored, my best friend Sophie comes over.
15:45She shows up with a ton of snacks and gossip, flops onto the couch, and starts filling
15:50me in on everything going on out there.
15:52Alexander and Olivia?
15:53Divorce?
15:54Not happening.
15:55I flip a magazine page.
15:57I don't even look up.
15:58The Loricks and Silverwood families are locked in deep.
16:01Joint ventures, cross-shareholderships, billions in projects, all tangled up together.
16:05Divorce?
16:06No way in hell.
16:07Sophie takes a sip of her Coke.
16:08Pure Shed and Dage in her voice.
16:10So now they're stuck in the same mansion.
16:12Separate bedrooms.
16:13I heard they don't even eat at the same table.
16:15The staff have to make two separate meals delivered to different rooms.
16:19Last week, at the family dinner, they went at each other in front of everyone.
16:26And there's more.
16:30Olivia's baby?
16:31You remember that whole thing?
16:34Alexander had been drinking.
16:35They got into another fight, and he shoved her.
16:38She fell down the stairs.
16:39My hand freezes.
16:40The baby's gone.
16:41Seven months.
16:42A boy.
16:43Didn't make it.
16:45Sophie lets out a sigh.
16:47I heard when Olivia came out of surgery, she was laughing and crying at the same time.
16:52Total breakdown.
16:53Like she's lost her mind.
16:55The entire New York elite is watching them crash and work.
16:59I set the magazine aside.
17:02I look down at Scarlet's tiny sleeping face and gently stroke her cheek.
17:08All right.
17:10No more about them.
17:11They're not worth it.
17:13Yes, yes.
17:14No more about them.
17:15Now, look what I brought for the little princess.
17:19A birth gift.
17:20After that, Alexander starts coming for me.
17:23First time, he shows up at the estate gates, and stands there all night in the pouring rain.
17:29Emily comes in to tell me.
17:31I'm feeding Scarlet.
17:33Let him stand.
17:35Even if he drops dead out there, it's none of my business.
17:41Next morning, they carry him away.
17:44For three months after that, the same act plays out, over and over.
17:48I never see him.
17:50Not once.
17:51Scarlet's growing every day.
17:53One afternoon, the weather's gorgeous.
17:56The nanny takes her out to the garden to get some sun.
17:59She spots a butterfly in the grass and just laughs.
18:02This perfect little giggle.
18:04I didn't know Alexander was here.
18:06He didn't come through the main gate.
18:08He climbed over a side fence into the garden.
18:10I hear something.
18:11When I look up, he's already standing at the entrance to the garden,
18:14eyes locked on the tiny person in the grass.
18:17Scarlet happens to look up and gives him a big grin.
18:20Soft little cheeks, big bright eyes.
18:22She looks so much like him.
18:24Who is she?
18:26I don't answer.
18:27Isabella!
18:28Who is she?
18:30You said the baby!
18:32You said the baby!
18:32You're mistaken.
18:33That's my brother's daughter.
18:35My niece.
18:36You're lying to me!
18:38She looks just like me!
18:40Look at her eyes!
18:42Alexander, you're seeing things.
18:43There is no child of yours here.
18:45Leave.
18:45Now.
18:47The nanny scoops up Scarlet and heads straight for the house.
18:51Alexander tries to go after her.
18:53Two bodyguards block him.
18:54He struggles against them, eyes fixed on the direction Scarlet disappeared.
18:58That's my daughter, isn't it?
18:59Isn't it?
19:00I don't answer.
19:02I turn and walk inside.
19:05Three days later, Emily finds me.
19:07Alexander's lost his mind.
19:09He pulled some strings, got hold of Scarlet's birth certificate.
19:11He knows.
19:12He's on his way here right now.
19:14From downstairs, I can already hear it.
19:16Bodyguards trying to hold him back and Alexander shouting.
19:20Isabella!
19:21I know she's my daughter!
19:23Let me see her!
19:24And that's only the beginning.
19:26Every single day after that, he shows up.
19:29Some days he brings toys.
19:30Some days, little clothes.
19:32Other days, nothing at all.
19:34He just stands at the gate calling her name.
19:36We upgrade security again and again.
19:38He always finds a way.
19:40Leaks stories to the press.
19:42Bribes the staff to pass along messages.
19:45He even bursts into my father's office to beg.
19:48Let me see her.
19:49She's my daughter.
19:50I have rights.
19:51Lawyers' letters.
19:52One after another.
19:53It just keeps escalating.
19:56And somehow, word of it reaches Olivia.
19:59Emily bursts into the nursery.
20:01Olivia knows!
20:03My hand freezes.
20:05She just lost her child.
20:07She's not right.
20:07The staff says she locks herself in her room all day,
20:10talking to the air, going over that one ultrasound photo again and again.
20:14And now she knows your baby is alive.
20:17Isabella, something's very wrong with her.
20:19Before I can speak, a scream tears through the house from downstairs.
20:21I walk to the window.
20:24Olivia is standing outside the estates' iron gates.
20:27She's in her nightgown, hair a wild mess, clutching a pillow to her chest.
20:32I know you're in there.
20:35I know you have a daughter.
20:37My baby's dead.
20:38Why does yours get to live?
20:40Touch me!
20:41Why?
20:44Don't touch me!
20:45Don't you dare touch me!
20:47She stumbles backward, still clutching that pillow, then stops.
20:51Isabella Anderson, your daughter is going to join my son in the grave.
20:57Just you wait.
20:59And then she smiles, turns, and walks away.
21:02Emily stands behind me, her voice shaking.
21:04Isabella, you need to tell the family.
21:06This is not a game.
21:07That night, I call Alexander.
21:09Keep your people in line.
21:11Silence.
21:12Then, a few seconds later,
21:13She came to you.
21:14She stood at my gate and told me my daughter would join her son in the grave.
21:18Then, one afternoon,
21:20the nanny is in the garden with Scarlett, playing.
21:24Six bodyguards spread around the perimeter.
21:26Everything normal.
21:27A delivery truck pulls up at the estates' back gate.
21:29The driver hands over a manifest.
21:31Baby supplies.
21:32Ordered by Mr. Anderson.
21:33Security checks the information.
21:34Cleared.
21:34The truck drives into the back courtyard.
21:36The driver gets out and starts unloading.
21:37Nobody notices the second person slipping out of the cargo hold.
21:40Within minutes,
21:40someone comes up behind the nanny in the garden
21:42and clamps a hand over her mouth.
21:44By the time the bodyguards realize something's wrong,
21:46Scarlett is gone.
21:47On the other end,
21:48the nancy can barely get the words out through the sobs.
21:50This is the baby.
21:51She's gone.
21:52There's this buzzing in my head.
21:54Within minutes,
21:55every Anderson family asset is mobilized.
21:58My father's private security unit.
22:00The family surveillance network.
22:02Every connection that can be pulled,
22:04all of it,
22:04in motion.
22:05My brother calls from London.
22:07I'm already on a plane.
22:09My father says exactly one thing.
22:11Find her.
22:12I don't care what it costs.
22:13I don't care whose strings you have to pull.
22:15An hour later,
22:16Emily gets a lead.
22:16Olivia left the mansion she shares with Alexander this morning,
22:19destination unknown.
22:20And a remote property under the Silverwood name?
22:22Someone spotted a black SUV coming and going.
22:26Two hours later,
22:28our car pulls up up in front of that house.
22:30The door isn't locked.
22:32I push it open.
22:33From upstairs,
22:37Scarlett's crying.
22:38I run up the stairs.
22:39The second floor bedroom.
22:40Olivia is sitting on the edge of the bed,
22:42holding Scarlett in her arms.
22:43Scarlett is thrashing against her.
22:44Little face bright red.
22:45Tears everywhere.
22:46Olivia looks down at her.
22:47This soft smile on her lips.
22:49You came.
22:50Look how beautiful she is.
22:52My son,
22:52if he had lived,
22:53he would have been this beautiful too.
22:54Olivia,
22:56give Scarlett to me.
22:57Why?
22:58My baby is gone.
23:01Why does yours get to live?
23:04Give Scarlett to me.
23:05Don't come any closer!
23:09I stop dead.
23:11My heart feels like someone's squeezing it in their fist.
23:14Olivia,
23:14don't do anything from behind me,
23:15stupid.
23:15Think about what happens next.
23:17You hurt her?
23:17Not even the Silverwood family can save you.
23:20Olivia laughs.
23:21My son is dead.
23:23What consequences could I possibly be afraid of?
23:25I take a deep breath,
23:26force myself to stay calm.
23:28Olivia,
23:28put her down.
23:29Whatever you want,
23:30I'll give it to you.
23:31I don't want any.
23:31She looks down at Scarlett.
23:32Her voice suddenly goes soft,
23:34almost tender.
23:35I just want her to stay with me.
23:36My son's all alone.
23:38It's too lonely for him.
23:39The scissors go up.
23:41No!
23:41The door gets kicked open.
23:43Alexander bursts in.
23:44The second he sees the scissors in Olivia's hand,
23:46all the blood drains from his face.
23:48Olivia,
23:48put her down.
23:49You let her go,
23:49I'll give you anything.
23:50The divorce,
23:50the assets,
23:51whatever you want.
23:51Anything?
23:52Then can you give me back my baby?
23:54Alexander falters.
23:55Just for a split second.
23:56In that split second,
23:58Olivia raises the scissors.
23:59A gunshot.
24:01Outside the window.
24:02My father's sniper,
24:03already in position.
24:04Olivia takes the bullet in her wrist.
24:06The scissors hit the floor.
24:07She collapses.
24:09I lunge forward and scoop up Scarlett.
24:11She's trembling all over,
24:12her tiny hands clutching my collar,
24:14not letting go.
24:15It's okay, baby.
24:16Mommy's here.
24:17She buries her face against my chest.
24:19The crying slowly fades.
24:20I crouch there on the floor,
24:22holding her,
24:22and the tears finally break free.
24:24Alexander stands in the doorway,
24:26eyes red,
24:26trying to step forward.
24:28Stay away from them.
24:28Emily blocks him.
24:29He opens his mouth.
24:31Nothing comes out.
24:32From that day on,
24:32the Anderson family launches an all-out assault
24:34on the Silverhost.
24:35Their stocks get hammered.
24:36Business partners poached.
24:37Banks call in loans.
24:38Supply trains snap.
24:40Scarlett is three years old now.
24:44Mommy,
24:44I love you.
24:46I thought that nightmare was behind us.
24:48For good.
24:49Then the phone rings.
24:50Miss Anderson,
24:51your daughter's blood work shows
24:52her bone marrow is failing.
24:54Did you take any medication
24:54during your pregnancy?
24:55It's caused a congenital blood disorder.
24:57My hand holding the phone
24:57is just a shame.
24:58The drug Alexander gave me.
24:59Right now,
25:00the only a marrow transplant
25:01or a full blood exchange
25:01with a specific antibody serum.
25:03We need all immediate family members
25:04tested for a match.
25:05Immediately.
25:06Right now,
25:06the only options are
25:07a bone marrow transplant
25:08or a full blood exchange
25:08with a specific antibody serum.
25:10The doctor's voice is urgent.
25:11No match.
25:11I'm the first to get blood drug on.
25:13No match.
25:13Immediately.
25:13My brother flies back.
25:14No match.
25:15The entire Anderson family.
25:16Not a single match.
25:17What about the biological father?
25:19The doctor asks,
25:20I don't answer.
25:22Scarlett's condition,
25:23he's the one who caused it.
25:25How could I possibly go to him?
25:30But Scarlett doesn't have time.
25:32Day three,
25:33her face turns pale.
25:34She can barely stand.
25:36Mommy,
25:37I'm tired.
25:38Day four,
25:38I'm holding her.
25:39I dial the number
25:40I swore I'd never dial again.
25:42He comes.
25:42He stands at the door
25:44of the hospital room,
25:45staring through the glass
25:46at Scarlett
25:46completely hollowed out.
25:47She...
25:49Is it because of me?
25:51I don't say a word.
25:53He drops his head.
25:55His shoulders start to shake.
25:57I will enjoy him.
25:57I will never end up doing anything.
25:57I will never end up making
25:58You
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