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00:00:00Es Gracia.
00:00:01Solo hay cinco días hasta la casilla.
00:00:03Tengo mi fiancée y otro hombre en mi cama.
00:00:10Gracia, no es lo que se ve.
00:00:15Cinco años.
00:00:17Tú me has mentido por cinco años.
00:00:22I see that man get out of bed
00:00:24and straighten his clothes like nothing happens.
00:00:26This has nothing to do with me.
00:00:28Charles, I'm leaving.
00:00:30I rush towards Mark,
00:00:32but Charles grabs my wrist and hurts me.
00:00:36Did you hurt me?
00:00:38Just for protecting him?
00:00:42I tear off the ring and throw it at his feet.
00:00:46The wedding is off.
00:00:48We're done.
00:00:50That night, I get drunk at the bar.
00:00:53My phone vibrates frantically.
00:00:55It's my foster mother.
00:01:12I hesitate, then answer.
00:01:14Have you lost your mind?
00:01:16Do you have any idea how wealthy Charles' family is?
00:01:20Go beg him to take you back.
00:01:22Mom, he was in bed with a man.
00:01:25So what?
00:01:26Don't men stray?
00:01:28Your father was no saint either.
00:01:31Mom, what are you saying?
00:01:33If someone is willing to marry you,
00:01:34you should be thankful.
00:01:38The call ends.
00:01:40I still grip my glass,
00:01:41shaking uncontrollably.
00:01:53Slap cash on the bar and stagger to the front desk.
00:02:10A man next to me is on the phone.
00:02:13Get me Mr. Reed's spare key.
00:02:15Room 6.
00:02:27He takes the key to room 9.
00:02:31And I take the real key to room 6.
00:02:33Walk into a room that didn't belong to me.
00:02:40I push open the door.
00:02:46The sound of running water comes from the bathroom.
00:02:50Must be housekeeping.
00:02:52I kick off my heels,
00:02:54slip out of my dress,
00:02:56collapse onto the bed in just my lace slip.
00:03:00In my haze,
00:03:01droplets of water fall on my face,
00:03:03cold.
00:03:04Was it my father who sent you here?
00:03:07I force my eyes open.
00:03:09A pair of gray-green eyes
00:03:11is looking down at me,
00:03:13studying me.
00:03:14A man stands by the bed,
00:03:16wearing only a towel.
00:03:18Water droplets trace down his abs.
00:03:21His wet black hair clings to his forehead.
00:03:24Am I dreaming?
00:03:26I must be terribly drunk,
00:03:28because instead of screaming,
00:03:30I reach out and touch him.
00:03:32You are so perfect.
00:03:33I am going to eat you up.
00:03:37Even if it's just a dream.
00:03:42I kneel on the bed,
00:03:44wrap my arms around his waist.
00:03:46His body is so warm.
00:03:48The alcohol devours my reason,
00:03:50along with all my shame.
00:03:55Don't go.
00:03:56Please.
00:03:59I'm 23.
00:04:02Five years of a relationship,
00:04:04and I've never been truly satisfied.
00:04:08You're drunk.
00:04:09You have no idea what you're doing.
00:04:11He tries to push me away,
00:04:13says he'll arrange for someone to send me back.
00:04:15But the moment I let go,
00:04:17he turns to leave.
00:04:20I lunge forward from behind,
00:04:22cling to him,
00:04:23press my lips to the back of his neck.
00:04:25You're no fun.
00:04:30My kisses trail along his neck.
00:04:33I hear his breathing change.
00:04:35Maybe you just need a younger woman
00:04:38to teach you how to live again.
00:04:44He picks me up and lays me on the bed.
00:04:49I won't take a person who is completely drunk.
00:04:51Then he turns and walks towards the bathroom.
00:04:54Rage and hurt clog my throat.
00:04:57I am left behind again.
00:05:00I am abandoned twice in one night.
00:05:10Just when I think it's all over,
00:05:12he comes back.
00:05:16A black tie in his hand.
00:05:19Be a good girl.
00:05:22He winds the tie around my wrists,
00:05:25secures them to the headboard.
00:05:27I don't resist.
00:05:38That night,
00:05:39he touches me in ways I've never felt.
00:05:42It is pure madness.
00:06:01Morning sunlight pierces my eyes.
00:06:03Half asleep,
00:06:05I murmur a name.
00:06:06Charles,
00:06:08close the curtains.
00:06:09Are you having a wet dream
00:06:11or just talking to yourself?
00:06:13He stands by the window,
00:06:15fastening his cuffs.
00:06:17As if last night never happened.
00:06:23I snap my eyes open.
00:06:27Fragments of last night flood back.
00:06:31I broke into a stranger's room,
00:06:34climbed onto his bed,
00:06:35begged him to take me.
00:06:42Who the hell are you?
00:06:44Why am I in your room?
00:06:47You broke into my room.
00:06:49I tried to send you back.
00:06:51Every word he speaks,
00:06:53so calm it makes me want to die of shame.
00:06:56Impossible.
00:06:58How could I?
00:07:00I yank the blanket over my chest,
00:07:02trembling.
00:07:03Chase, come in.
00:07:04A young man pushes open the door,
00:07:07his eyes deliberately avoiding me.
00:07:11Give her whatever she asks for.
00:07:13Deal with it.
00:07:16He picks up his suit jacket
00:07:18and heads for the door.
00:07:20At the door,
00:07:21he stops.
00:07:23Don't ever show your face
00:07:24in front of me again.
00:07:26If we meet again,
00:07:28you'll regret it.
00:07:32Go to hell,
00:07:33you bastard!
00:07:35The door slams shut behind him.
00:07:37I grab a vase
00:07:38and hurls it at that door,
00:07:39shattering it to pieces.
00:07:41Chase still stands there,
00:07:43waiting for my price
00:07:44like it's just a task
00:07:46to complete.
00:07:47Ten million dollars.
00:07:50Understood.
00:07:51Please give me your account number.
00:07:52I get home.
00:07:54My foster parents sit stiffly
00:07:55on the living room sofa.
00:07:57Where have you been?
00:07:59Charles already called.
00:08:01The wedding will proceed
00:08:02as scheduled.
00:08:04Four days.
00:08:05He was with a man.
00:08:07We've known for five years.
00:08:10I freeze.
00:08:11Five years?
00:08:13They've known all along?
00:08:14Marry him
00:08:15and you'll never worry
00:08:16about anything.
00:08:17What can you complain about?
00:08:18No.
00:08:20Then get out of my house!
00:08:21Don't expect another penny from us!
00:08:23I turn and walk out.
00:08:25I close the door.
00:08:27For the first time,
00:08:28no tears fall.
00:08:36My phone suddenly buzzes.
00:08:39It's a message.
00:08:40Your account has received
00:08:41ten million dollars.
00:08:44I stare at the screen,
00:08:46my hand trembling so hard
00:08:48I can barely hold the phone.
00:08:49That man actually gave me
00:08:51ten million?
00:08:52I drag my suitcase
00:08:54and knock on the door
00:08:55of my best friends
00:08:56Eleanor and Wyatt.
00:08:59I tell them everything.
00:09:03That bastard hid it
00:09:04for five years?
00:09:05And your foster parents knew?
00:09:07It's all in the past.
00:09:08Now I have money and a job.
00:09:10I'm about to start right away.
00:09:12It's a job at Reed Corporation.
00:09:14It's what I've been dreaming of.
00:09:16Wait.
00:09:17What was that man's name?
00:09:18Let me dig him up for you.
00:09:20She searches on her phone
00:09:21for just a moment.
00:09:23Her face changes completely.
00:09:25Grace?
00:09:27That man.
00:09:28His name is Apollo Reed.
00:09:30CEO of Reed Corporation.
00:09:32Richest man in the world.
00:09:34Forty years old.
00:09:35My brain explodes
00:09:36with a loud buzz.
00:09:37You slept with your new boss,
00:09:38called him a bastard
00:09:39and took ten million dollars
00:09:41from him.
00:09:41I'm done.
00:09:43It's my first day at Reed.
00:09:46Blonde wig.
00:09:47Oversized glasses.
00:09:49Frunky plaid shirt.
00:09:51I blend into the crowd
00:09:52of new hires,
00:09:53praying I look like
00:09:54the most forgettable nerd
00:09:56in the room.
00:10:00Apollo is here.
00:10:01Everyone stand.
00:10:09I instantly crouch down,
00:10:12hiding behind my cubicle.
00:10:14Through the glass partition,
00:10:15I see him,
00:10:17that man from that day.
00:10:19His gaze sweeps our side.
00:10:23Pauses.
00:10:24I swear.
00:10:25He saw me.
00:10:27The colleague next to me
00:10:29is looking at me
00:10:29with worried eyes.
00:10:32Are you okay?
00:10:33Your hands are shaking.
00:10:37I'm fine.
00:10:39I think I've dodged a bullet
00:10:41until the supervisor's voice
00:10:42booms across the hall.
00:10:44Gracia,
00:10:45the boss wants you
00:10:45to deliver documents upstairs.
00:10:47By name.
00:10:49Every head turns to look at me.
00:10:51I have only one thought.
00:10:52He recognized me.
00:10:54I carry the documents
00:10:56into that office.
00:10:57Thank God.
00:10:58He's not there.
00:10:59I should just leave
00:10:59the files and go.
00:11:01But my feet are nailed
00:11:02to the floor.
00:11:03On the shelf is a rare book
00:11:04I've hunted for ten years.
00:11:06Just one touch.
00:11:08That's all.
00:11:09I stand on tiptoes,
00:11:11stretching my fingers desperately.
00:11:13Still just a little short.
00:11:14Just as my fingertips
00:11:16are about to brush the spine,
00:11:18a bigger hand reaches
00:11:19over my head
00:11:20and takes it down effortlessly.
00:11:23I freeze.
00:11:25Warm breath brushes
00:11:26the back of my neck.
00:11:27His body presses
00:11:28almost against my back.
00:11:29I turn around.
00:11:30He has one hand
00:11:32propped against the bookshelf,
00:11:33trapping me between
00:11:34his body and the shelves.
00:11:37Tell me,
00:11:39how should I punish
00:11:40a little thief
00:11:40who sneaks into my office?
00:11:45His body traps me
00:11:46against the bookshelf.
00:11:48I was just delivering documents.
00:11:50I just wanted
00:11:51a quick look at the book.
00:11:52That book is worth
00:11:53five hundred million dollars.
00:11:55Can you afford
00:11:56to pay for any damage?
00:11:57The blood in my veins
00:11:58turns to ice.
00:12:01My legs nearly give out.
00:12:03His gaze sweeps
00:12:05from top to bottom,
00:12:07finally stopping
00:12:07at my chest.
00:12:08I look down.
00:12:10My shirt has come undone.
00:12:12Black lace
00:12:13is visible underneath.
00:12:14Sorry.
00:12:15I have to go back to work.
00:12:18I turn to flee.
00:12:21Get on your knees.
00:12:22But his voice
00:12:23comes from behind me,
00:12:24nailing me to the spot
00:12:25like iron chains.
00:12:27By the time I realize
00:12:28what's happening,
00:12:29my knees are already
00:12:30on the floor.
00:12:31I actually
00:12:32obediently kneel
00:12:33before him.
00:12:36He looks down at me.
00:12:37Long fingers
00:12:38lift my chin,
00:12:39forcing me to meet
00:12:40his eyes.
00:12:41His gaze is deep,
00:12:42like he's looking at someone
00:12:43he's known for a long time.
00:12:44Have I seen you
00:12:45somewhere before?
00:12:46My heart skips a beat.
00:12:47Did he recognize me?
00:12:49Impossible.
00:12:50Just then,
00:12:51the door bursts open.
00:12:52I scramble to my feet,
00:12:54face burning.
00:12:55Chase stands at the door,
00:12:57freezes for a moment,
00:12:58but then quickly
00:12:58regains his composure.
00:13:00Austin is in hospital.
00:13:01No one can drive you
00:13:02to that meeting tonight.
00:13:03I can drive you.
00:13:07The moment the words
00:13:08leave my mouth,
00:13:09I regret them.
00:13:10Apollo turns to look at me,
00:13:12a flicker of surprise
00:13:13in his eyes.
00:13:13Then you'll drive.
00:13:18I drive that Rolls Royce,
00:13:20my hands gripping the wheel
00:13:21so hard,
00:13:22my knuckles ache.
00:13:25What do you think
00:13:26of the company's
00:13:26celebrity scandal?
00:13:28I hesitate for a moment,
00:13:29then decide to tell the truth.
00:13:33It's too convenient.
00:13:35All the evidence,
00:13:36all the public outrage,
00:13:37it feels orchestrated,
00:13:39not accidental.
00:13:40He doesn't respond.
00:13:42But I catch it
00:13:43in the rearview mirror,
00:13:45the corner of his mouth,
00:13:47curving slightly upward.
00:13:48At the hospital,
00:13:50reporters swarm like locusts.
00:13:54He gets out alone,
00:13:57and the crowd
00:13:58actually parts for him.
00:13:59I sit in the car,
00:14:01waiting for him.
00:14:05My phone suddenly rings,
00:14:06an unknown number.
00:14:15Gracia,
00:14:16you finally picked up.
00:14:17It's me,
00:14:18Charles.
00:14:18I really do love you.
00:14:20Our wedding next week.
00:14:21It can still go on.
00:14:22He sounds so sincere,
00:14:24so sincere,
00:14:24it makes me want to vomit.
00:14:27I hold the phone,
00:14:29listening to him
00:14:30pour out every sweet word.
00:14:32Gracia,
00:14:33baby,
00:14:34do you hear me?
00:14:35That night,
00:14:36I slept with a stranger.
00:14:38What?
00:14:38And it was the best night
00:14:39of my entire life.
00:14:41The pleasure he gave me,
00:14:42you could never deliver
00:14:43in a lifetime.
00:14:46I hang up,
00:14:47so satisfying.
00:14:50After hanging up the phone,
00:14:51I subconsciously turn my head
00:14:53to look back.
00:14:54What is that?
00:14:56On the back seat,
00:14:57a fountain pen
00:14:58lies silently.
00:14:59Very ordinary.
00:15:02I pick it up.
00:15:03The barrel is warm.
00:15:05A tiny indicator light
00:15:06on the side
00:15:07is still faintly blinking.
00:15:09A recording pen.
00:15:11He planted a recording pen
00:15:12in the back seat.
00:15:13Every single word
00:15:14I just said,
00:15:15he heard every last one
00:15:16of them.
00:15:19Because of the content
00:15:20in the recorder,
00:15:21I think I will be fired.
00:15:23But the next day,
00:15:25the supervisor tells me
00:15:26that I have been promoted.
00:15:28Starting today,
00:15:29you work on the top floor,
00:15:30directly under Apollo.
00:15:35I walk to my new desk.
00:15:38Every colleague stares at me.
00:15:41So she's the newbie
00:15:42the boss personally requested?
00:15:44Doesn't she ever look
00:15:46in the mirror?
00:15:46With that face?
00:15:48She thinks she can
00:15:49seduce Apollo?
00:15:51I clench my fists,
00:15:53nails digging into my palms.
00:15:56Piper,
00:15:56that's way out of line.
00:15:58She's here on merit,
00:15:59unlike some people
00:16:00who can only gossip.
00:16:01River turns his head
00:16:02and whispers to me,
00:16:03Hi, I'm River.
00:16:04Ignore what she said.
00:16:06River steps in
00:16:07and saves me.
00:16:08I lower my head
00:16:09and hurry away,
00:16:11missing the look
00:16:12in his eyes behind me.
00:16:15How interesting.
00:16:21Grecia,
00:16:22what exactly makes you
00:16:24so special
00:16:25that he cares this much?
00:16:29The moment I walk into
00:16:31Apollo's office
00:16:32carrying the documents,
00:16:33I freeze.
00:16:35He's slumped over his desk,
00:16:37drenched in cold sweat,
00:16:39like he's being devoured
00:16:40by a nightmare.
00:16:43I set down the documents
00:16:45and,
00:16:46for some reason,
00:16:47I can't explain.
00:16:49I reach out
00:16:50to touch his forehead.
00:16:51The next second,
00:16:53my wrist is seized,
00:16:55the world spins,
00:16:56and I'm pinned flat
00:16:58on his desk.
00:17:04His body is between my legs.
00:17:06His face just inches from mine.
00:17:08His hoisy voice
00:17:10scrapes against my eardrums
00:17:11like sand waper.
00:17:14Would you like to experience
00:17:15true pleasure?
00:17:19The pleasure he gave me
00:17:21you could never deliver
00:17:22in a lifetime.
00:17:23Why don't you verify
00:17:24for yourself
00:17:25exactly how much pleasure
00:17:27that was?
00:17:27He heard it.
00:17:29He really heard
00:17:30every single word.
00:17:32This is just
00:17:33an angry outburst.
00:17:35I am just daydreaming
00:17:36about you.
00:17:37And that's why
00:17:38I talked nonsense
00:17:39on the phone.
00:17:40He stares at me intently,
00:17:42as if he knows
00:17:43that what I was saying
00:17:44was just a lie.
00:17:45His fingers press
00:17:46against my thigh,
00:17:47slowly pushing upward.
00:17:50Then would you like
00:17:52to make that
00:17:57fantasy a reality?
00:18:03He takes out
00:18:04that black tie
00:18:04from his drawer,
00:18:05just like that night.
00:18:07He winds it around
00:18:08my wrists,
00:18:08secures them above
00:18:09my head.
00:18:10Apollo.
00:18:11This time I'm not drunk.
00:18:12No excuse of intoxication.
00:18:15Every touch
00:18:15is terrifyingly clear.
00:18:17His lips,
00:18:18his fingers,
00:18:19every part of him.
00:18:22On his desk,
00:18:23I close my eyes.
00:18:27His kisses trail
00:18:28down my neck,
00:18:30scorching like
00:18:31a branding iron.
00:18:32Just as I'm
00:18:34completely lost
00:18:35in ecstasy,
00:18:36he suddenly stops.
00:18:41call me daddy.
00:18:43Beg me to continue.
00:18:45I want to hear
00:18:46the complete sentence.
00:18:48I bite down
00:18:49on my lip.
00:18:51Shame and desire
00:18:52wage a fierce war
00:18:53inside me.
00:18:54But at this moment,
00:18:56all I want is to make
00:18:57that fantasy a reality.
00:19:00Please,
00:19:01daddy.
00:19:05He remains silent
00:19:06and continues
00:19:07to kiss me,
00:19:08kissing me
00:19:09even more passionately.
00:19:12At the very last step,
00:19:14he stops.
00:19:15I come to my senses
00:19:17and apologize
00:19:17in a panic.
00:19:20Sorry, Apollo.
00:19:21I didn't mean
00:19:22to do that.
00:19:25I was the one
00:19:26who initiated it.
00:19:27Why are you
00:19:28apologizing?
00:19:30And
00:19:32I've known
00:19:33who you are
00:19:34all along.
00:19:35I recognized you
00:19:37from the very first day
00:19:38you set foot
00:19:39in this building.
00:19:41I want us to have
00:19:42a real sexual relationship
00:19:43within three days.
00:19:45You have three days
00:19:46to think about it.
00:19:47He proposes a deal.
00:19:48His tone is as calm
00:19:50as if he's negotiating
00:19:51a business contract.
00:19:52I stand frozen,
00:19:54totally at a loss
00:19:55for words.
00:19:58Just then,
00:19:58the door suddenly
00:19:59swings open.
00:20:01Apollo,
00:20:02I'm back.
00:20:03Oh?
00:20:04A woman stands there,
00:20:06a knowing smile
00:20:07on her lips.
00:20:08It's Genesis,
00:20:09the company's
00:20:10vice president.
00:20:11I flee from the office
00:20:13like I'm running
00:20:14for my life.
00:20:16I return to
00:20:17Eleanor's house.
00:20:18She senses that
00:20:19something is wrong
00:20:20with me.
00:20:21What else happened
00:20:22between you
00:20:22and that man?
00:20:26I tell her everything,
00:20:28ask for help.
00:20:32The next night,
00:20:33she drags me
00:20:34to a night cub.
00:20:36A sexy black dress,
00:20:38wavy hair.
00:20:40She dresses me up
00:20:41like a completely
00:20:42different person.
00:20:48A strange man
00:20:49walks towards me
00:20:50and starts chatting
00:20:51with me.
00:20:52Miss,
00:20:53may I buy you
00:20:54a drink?
00:20:59I try to talk
00:21:01to him,
00:21:02but when his fingers
00:21:03touch my arm,
00:21:05all I can think
00:21:06about is Apollo,
00:21:07his eyes,
00:21:10the weight of his body
00:21:12pinning me down,
00:21:14the sound of his growl
00:21:16next to my ear.
00:21:18I shove the man away.
00:21:20I feel absolutely
00:21:21nothing for anyone else.
00:21:22It's fine,
00:21:23take it slow.
00:21:26I'm not feeling well.
00:21:30Eleanor thinks
00:21:31I'm just shy,
00:21:32so she and Wyatt
00:21:32leave first.
00:21:37I sit alone
00:21:38at the bar
00:21:39and down
00:21:40a few more drinks.
00:21:49By the time
00:21:50I come to my senses,
00:21:51I'm in a taxi.
00:21:52The driver asks
00:21:54where to.
00:21:55I hear myself
00:21:56say that address.
00:22:00Take me to
00:22:01Reed Corporation
00:22:02headquarters.
00:22:1210 at night.
00:22:14I walk into the company
00:22:15lobby barefoot.
00:22:17Miss,
00:22:18your ID photo
00:22:19looks nothing like you.
00:22:21Please show identification.
00:22:25That is me.
00:22:27I work here.
00:22:28Footsteps behind me.
00:22:29I turn around.
00:22:32Apollo stands there,
00:22:34hands in pockets.
00:22:38Mr. Reed.
00:22:39This lady,
00:22:41she...
00:22:42Daddy!
00:22:43The entire lobby
00:22:45falls silent.
00:22:46The guard's eyes
00:22:47go wide.
00:22:48I rush up to him,
00:22:49grab his collar.
00:22:53Daddy.
00:22:55I look straight into his eyes
00:22:57and called to him
00:22:58in a voice
00:22:59that only we can hear.
00:23:02I stand on my tiptoes
00:23:04and press my lips to his.
00:23:07His lips are cold.
00:23:13Then,
00:23:14he pushes me away.
00:23:16You've been drinking.
00:23:18His eyes turn cold
00:23:20as a blade.
00:23:21He smells the alcohol
00:23:23on my breath.
00:23:25So what?
00:23:27Just like that night.
00:23:29Rejecting me
00:23:30all the same.
00:23:31Pushing me away
00:23:32all the same.
00:23:34You bastard!
00:23:36You said
00:23:37you appreciated me.
00:23:39Said I was smart.
00:23:40You were the one
00:23:40seducing me!
00:23:43His eyes shift
00:23:45in an instant.
00:23:47The next second,
00:23:48his fist slams
00:23:49into the wall
00:23:50right next to my ear.
00:23:51I am trapped
00:23:52between his body
00:23:53and the wall.
00:23:54I have never seen
00:23:56that look in his eyes.
00:23:57Like he wants
00:23:58to tear me apart
00:24:00and devour me
00:24:01right here.
00:24:02Do not test
00:24:03my limits.
00:24:03He carries me
00:24:06into his office.
00:24:08It hurts me.
00:24:13My heart burns.
00:24:18From hell.
00:24:21Please,
00:24:22help me.
00:24:23I whisper
00:24:25and straddle his lap.
00:24:27I kiss his eyes
00:24:28and then his neck.
00:24:31He freezes
00:24:32for a moment
00:24:32then presses his hands
00:24:34firmly against my waist.
00:24:36What happens next?
00:24:37I can't remember clearly.
00:24:39The alcohol surges.
00:24:41All I recumber
00:24:41is sitting on his lap.
00:24:43Then everything goes black.
00:24:59When I wake up,
00:25:01I am lying
00:25:01in an unfamiliar bed.
00:25:03Only my underwear remains.
00:25:05He sits on the sofa
00:25:06across from me,
00:25:07shirt collar open.
00:25:08You passed out last night.
00:25:10Then you wrapped
00:25:11your arms around my neck
00:25:12and wouldn't let go.
00:25:13Called me
00:25:14your big teddy bear.
00:25:15I turn red
00:25:15from head to toe.
00:25:17I wish I could
00:25:18dig a hole
00:25:19and bury myself
00:25:20right there.
00:25:21You should rest properly.
00:25:22Last night
00:25:23I went too far.
00:25:24You passed out
00:25:24because of me.
00:25:28I throw on my clothes
00:25:29and flee his office.
00:25:34In the elevator,
00:25:35I overhear
00:25:36several female colleagues
00:25:37whispering.
00:25:41Did you hear some woman
00:25:42came looking for
00:25:43the CEO last night?
00:25:45Dressed super sexy.
00:25:47Definitely trying to
00:25:48sleep her way to the top.
00:25:49Their eyes land on me.
00:25:51I am still wearing
00:25:52that sexy black dress
00:25:53from last night.
00:25:55Could it be her?
00:25:56Just then,
00:25:57a jacket is draped
00:25:58over my shoulders.
00:26:00What are you all
00:26:01chatting about?
00:26:02Can I join you?
00:26:03River stands beside me,
00:26:05his tone casual,
00:26:06but those women
00:26:06immediately shut up
00:26:07and scatter.
00:26:08The elevator doors close.
00:26:10I turn to look at him.
00:26:12You owe me one.
00:26:14We will definitely
00:26:15meet again.
00:26:16His smile holds
00:26:17a hidden meaning,
00:26:18like he knows something.
00:26:22Grecia!
00:26:23Where have you been
00:26:24all night?
00:26:25We almost called
00:26:26the police!
00:26:27I'm sorry to have
00:26:28caused you any worry.
00:26:30I went to Apollo's.
00:26:32I have to confess
00:26:33all that happened
00:26:34last night.
00:26:35So you're going to be
00:26:36friends with benefits now.
00:26:38He has clear rules.
00:26:39No kissing.
00:26:40No feelings.
00:26:41But what if
00:26:42one of you
00:26:43falls in love
00:26:44for real?
00:26:45I open my mouth.
00:26:46No answer comes.
00:26:48I don't know either.
00:26:50My phone suddenly buzzes.
00:26:52A text from
00:26:52an unknown number.
00:26:54It's Charles' father,
00:26:56Gavin Grayson.
00:26:56He threatens me
00:26:57with Eleanor and Wyatt,
00:26:59telling me to go
00:27:00to his house immediately.
00:27:03I stand alone
00:27:04before the gates
00:27:05of the Grayson estate.
00:27:06The door opens,
00:27:07and I see
00:27:08Charles' whole family.
00:27:10And on the sofa,
00:27:11my foster parents
00:27:12are sitting too.
00:27:13They are smiling,
00:27:14as if at a cheerful
00:27:15family gathering.
00:27:16I failed to discipline
00:27:17this adopted daughter
00:27:18of mine.
00:27:19Please accept
00:27:20my apologies.
00:27:21Before the words
00:27:22even settle,
00:27:23Charles' mother
00:27:24walks toward me.
00:27:25You ungrateful
00:27:26little bitch!
00:27:27I slept.
00:27:28Her ring
00:27:29slights my forehead
00:27:30open.
00:27:31Blood trickles
00:27:32down my cheek.
00:27:33Not a single person
00:27:34steps forward,
00:27:35including that Charles
00:27:37who said he loved me
00:27:37on the phone.
00:27:39I stand there
00:27:40under everyone's gaze,
00:27:41blood from my forehead
00:27:42dripping onto the floor.
00:27:44In that moment,
00:27:45I understand.
00:27:46No one in this room
00:27:47is my family.
00:27:49It seems you haven't
00:27:51thought this through.
00:27:52Those two friends
00:27:54of yours,
00:27:55Eleanor and Wyatt,
00:27:56their restaurant,
00:27:57their children's schooling.
00:27:59He leans back
00:28:00in his chair,
00:28:01tone utterly casual,
00:28:02as if discussing
00:28:03today's weather.
00:28:04You have one more day
00:28:05to think it over,
00:28:07or else
00:28:08you know the consequences.
00:28:10I look at them.
00:28:13Charles meets my gaze,
00:28:15but immediately
00:28:16looks away.
00:28:17That's enough.
00:28:18I turn
00:28:19and walk away.
00:28:21Footsteps behind me.
00:28:23Charles has chased
00:28:24after me.
00:28:25Grace,
00:28:26even though I like men,
00:28:27my feelings for you
00:28:29are different.
00:28:30I truly love you.
00:28:31He grabs my arm
00:28:32and pulls me
00:28:33into his embrace,
00:28:33as if he truly
00:28:35can't bear to let go.
00:28:36I push him away
00:28:37and look straight
00:28:38into his eyes.
00:28:40I am going to let
00:28:41Apollo Reed
00:28:42truly possess me.
00:28:48Late at night.
00:28:49Pouring rain.
00:28:51Less than two hours left
00:28:53before the three-day
00:28:54deadline expires.
00:28:56I stand before
00:28:57Apollo's mansion,
00:28:59completely drenched.
00:29:01Genesis gave me
00:29:02the address
00:29:03and a spare key.
00:29:06He's in the study.
00:29:10I open the door
00:29:11and stand at the
00:29:12entrance of the study.
00:29:14When he looks up
00:29:15at me,
00:29:16I take off
00:29:17my wet coat.
00:29:18I walk towards him.
00:29:20As I walk,
00:29:21I undress.
00:29:22Soaked dress,
00:29:24jacket,
00:29:25heels.
00:29:25One by one,
00:29:26they fall to the floor.
00:29:28There's only one minute
00:29:29left until midnight.
00:29:31I accept your deal.
00:29:33I stand before him,
00:29:34trembling all over,
00:29:35not from the cold.
00:29:36He says nothing.
00:29:38Those eyes,
00:29:40under the dim yellow light,
00:29:41are as dark as an abyss.
00:29:43Apollo Reed,
00:29:44I want you to possess me
00:29:46completely.
00:29:48He lifts me onto the table
00:29:50and pulls out
00:29:50a first aid kit.
00:29:54His hands are so gentle
00:29:56as he treats the wound
00:29:57on my forehead.
00:29:59So gentle,
00:30:00he seems like an entirely
00:30:01different person.
00:30:05When he's done,
00:30:06he picks me up.
00:30:08My legs wrap around
00:30:09his waist.
00:30:10He kisses my neck
00:30:12as he carries me
00:30:13up the stairs.
00:30:15In the bedroom,
00:30:17he lays me on the bed,
00:30:19unbuttons his shirt.
00:30:20I watch his body
00:30:22reveal itself
00:30:23inch by inch.
00:30:25My heart pounded
00:30:27like a drum.
00:30:28He takes out
00:30:30that black tie
00:30:30from his drawer
00:30:31and secures my wrists
00:30:33to the head-borne.
00:30:35Then he leans down,
00:30:37lips pressed against my ear.
00:30:39This time,
00:30:40it's going to hurt.
00:30:43That entire night,
00:30:44he shows me
00:30:45what true abandon
00:30:46really means.
00:30:49Five years.
00:30:51I was with Charles
00:30:52for five years
00:30:53and I never knew
00:30:54a man could make
00:30:55a woman feel like this.
00:30:57Morning light filters
00:30:58through the curtains.
00:31:00My whole body aches
00:31:01as if I've been taken apart
00:31:03and put back together.
00:31:05The man beside me
00:31:06is still sleeping,
00:31:08breathing steadily.
00:31:12I quietly slip out of bed
00:31:13and pick up my clothes
00:31:14from the floor.
00:31:15The moment my hand
00:31:16touches the doorknob.
00:31:18Gracie,
00:31:18you really do love
00:31:19sneaking away,
00:31:20don't you?
00:31:21His voice comes
00:31:21from behind me,
00:31:23low, lazy,
00:31:24with the hoarseness
00:31:25of someone just waking up.
00:31:26Am I going to have
00:31:27to set a trap
00:31:28to keep you,
00:31:28my little fox,
00:31:29by my side?
00:31:34He is sitting on the bed,
00:31:36his upper body bare,
00:31:37and his eyes fix on me.
00:31:39I was just looking
00:31:41for my clothes.
00:31:43My eyes can't help
00:31:44but keep looking at him.
00:31:46He smiles,
00:31:47then pulls a white shirt
00:31:49from the wardrobe
00:31:50and tosses it to me.
00:31:53I put on his shirt
00:31:54and sit at the dining table,
00:31:56bare legs dangling.
00:31:57Thank you.
00:31:59Austin brings coffee.
00:32:00I keep my head down,
00:32:02not daring to look at anyone.
00:32:04I want last night
00:32:06to become an ongoing arrangement.
00:32:08Are you willing to maintain
00:32:09this kind of relationship with me?
00:32:11My hand freezes mid-air,
00:32:13coffee cup suspended,
00:32:15an ongoing arrangement.
00:32:17He says it in exactly
00:32:19the same tone he'd used
00:32:20to discuss quarterly reports.
00:32:23I can give you everything.
00:32:26Protection, money,
00:32:27physical satisfaction.
00:32:29He lists each item
00:32:30one by one,
00:32:30like reading out
00:32:31contract terms,
00:32:32then he pauses.
00:32:33The only rule,
00:32:34no kissing.
00:32:35That's the line.
00:32:36I stare at him,
00:32:37mind full of the heat
00:32:38of his lips on my neck
00:32:39last night.
00:32:41But he never kisses my lips.
00:32:43Not once.
00:32:44I want to ask him why.
00:32:46But this is just a deal.
00:32:47I can't.
00:32:48Then,
00:32:48I also have one condition.
00:32:50Name it.
00:32:51Help me deal with
00:32:52Charles' father,
00:32:53Gavin Grayson.
00:32:54He raises an eyebrow,
00:32:56a playful smile
00:32:57curving slowly
00:32:57at the corner of his mouth.
00:32:59Make him and his entire family
00:33:01disappear from my life forever.
00:33:03In that moment,
00:33:04he looks like a true demon.
00:33:06Deal.
00:33:08The next day at work,
00:33:10I run into River
00:33:10at the elevator.
00:33:11As we're waiting,
00:33:12Genesis struts over
00:33:13in her high hues.
00:33:15Gracia,
00:33:16take the elevator with us.
00:33:20Just the three of us
00:33:21in the elevator.
00:33:22Genesis' gaze
00:33:23flicks back and forth
00:33:24between me and River,
00:33:26grinning.
00:33:27Gracia,
00:33:27do you prefer
00:33:28the domineering CEO type
00:33:29or more of a bad boy?
00:33:32Huh?
00:33:33River comes close to me
00:33:34and smiles at me.
00:33:35She's more suited
00:33:36to the bad boy type.
00:33:39That afternoon,
00:33:40Apollo summons me
00:33:41to his office.
00:33:42He locks the door,
00:33:44lowers the blinds.
00:33:46The bad boy type,
00:33:47hmm?
00:33:49He bends me over his desk
00:33:51and lifts my skirt
00:33:52from behind.
00:33:56It seems I need to reconfirm
00:33:59exactly who you belong to.
00:34:01I don't resist.
00:34:07On the contrary,
00:34:09I really enjoyed it.
00:34:12His fingers,
00:34:13his breath,
00:34:14the weight of his body
00:34:16pressing down on me.
00:34:22Once again,
00:34:23who exactly do you belong to?
00:34:27Every second,
00:34:29he drains more
00:34:30of my sanity.
00:34:33My gasps are spiraling
00:34:35out of control.
00:34:43Just then,
00:34:44a knock explodes
00:34:45at the door.
00:34:46Apollo,
00:34:47are you in there?
00:34:48The quarterly reports
00:34:49need your signature.
00:34:50He pulls me
00:34:51under his desk.
00:34:51I crouch there
00:34:53between his knees,
00:34:54cheek pressed
00:34:55against his thigh.
00:34:56He discusses the data
00:34:58with Chase
00:34:58as if nothing had happened.
00:35:02If Chase takes
00:35:03one more step,
00:35:04he'll see me.
00:35:07All right.
00:35:08I'll be on my way then.
00:35:14The door closes.
00:35:18He looks down at me,
00:35:20fingers gripping my chin,
00:35:22forcing my head up.
00:35:24You nearly made me
00:35:25lose my composure.
00:35:26That debt needs
00:35:27to be settled properly.
00:35:29He lifts me up
00:35:31onto the office desk,
00:35:33more engaged
00:35:34than before.
00:35:36I bite my lip,
00:35:37not daring
00:35:38to make a sound.
00:35:41Just then,
00:35:43another frantic knock,
00:35:44louder than before.
00:35:46Apollo,
00:35:47there's another
00:35:48urgent document.
00:35:49I'm terrified.
00:35:50He's about to respond.
00:35:53In that split second,
00:35:54my mind goes
00:35:55completely blank.
00:35:56I grab his face
00:35:57and seal my lips
00:35:58over his.
00:35:59I kiss him.
00:36:02The world
00:36:03falls silent.
00:36:05Silent
00:36:06except for the
00:36:07pounding of my heart.
00:36:10I've broken
00:36:11his first rule.
00:36:12I just kissed
00:36:13my boss.
00:36:14He freezes.
00:36:15There's an emotion
00:36:16I've never seen before.
00:36:18not anger,
00:36:19something deeper
00:36:20than anger.
00:36:22He pulls away,
00:36:24yanks me off the desk
00:36:25and forces me
00:36:26to my knees.
00:36:28Gracia,
00:36:29I told you before.
00:36:30His hand tangles
00:36:32in my hair,
00:36:32forcing my back
00:36:33to look at him.
00:36:36There are boundaries
00:36:37that cannot be crossed.
00:36:39His voice is very low,
00:36:41as if squeezed
00:36:43from deep
00:36:43in his throat.
00:36:45I didn't mean to.
00:36:47I just didn't want
00:36:48anyone to hear.
00:36:50He lets go
00:36:51and takes a step back.
00:36:54I think he's going
00:36:55to end all of this.
00:36:57But he just
00:36:58adjusts his cuffs.
00:37:00Tonight,
00:37:01you'll accompany me
00:37:02to a banquet
00:37:04as punishment
00:37:05for crossing
00:37:06the line today.
00:37:07He says it casually.
00:37:10But those eyes,
00:37:12under the light
00:37:13as dark
00:37:14as an abyss.
00:37:16He doesn't take me
00:37:17to any banquet.
00:37:18He goes to another place.
00:37:26Plan changes,
00:37:28Gracia.
00:37:30Later,
00:37:31I learn everything
00:37:31from Austin.
00:37:33That night,
00:37:34he went to see
00:37:35Gavin Grayson.
00:37:38That powerful man
00:37:39sat there
00:37:40with his son Charles,
00:37:41trying to maneuver
00:37:42with a politician's rhetoric.
00:37:45Apollo only said
00:37:46a few sentences
00:37:47the entire time.
00:37:48Stay away from Gracia.
00:37:50She's mine.
00:37:53If I find out
00:37:54you're scheming
00:37:55against her again,
00:37:56I will destroy
00:37:57your entire family
00:37:58overnight.
00:38:00Charles stood up
00:38:01angrily.
00:38:02She's my fiancé!
00:38:04How dare you!
00:38:08You don't deserve
00:38:09to say her name.
00:38:11His expression
00:38:12didn't even change
00:38:13when he said it.
00:38:16I go to work
00:38:17as usual,
00:38:18but my mind
00:38:19is consumed
00:38:20by that kiss.
00:38:25And the look
00:38:26in his eyes
00:38:26when he pulled
00:38:27his lips
00:38:27away from mine.
00:38:32In the hallway,
00:38:33River leans
00:38:34against the wall,
00:38:35almost like
00:38:36he's been waiting
00:38:36for me.
00:38:42I hear you're
00:38:43the boss's
00:38:44new favorite.
00:38:44His smile
00:38:45is as harmless
00:38:46as ever,
00:38:46but his eyes
00:38:48hold something
00:38:48I can't read.
00:38:50What's that
00:38:51supposed to mean?
00:38:53I also hear
00:38:54that the woman
00:38:55in black dress
00:38:55who came to see
00:38:56our boss
00:38:56late at night
00:38:57hasn't been
00:38:57identified yet.
00:39:02He hands me
00:39:03a cup of coffee.
00:39:07Relax.
00:39:08All I'm saying
00:39:09is,
00:39:10if anyone asks,
00:39:11you just need
00:39:12to say that
00:39:12you were with
00:39:13me that night.
00:39:14My hand freezes
00:39:15on the coffee cup.
00:39:16How much
00:39:17does he actually
00:39:18know?
00:39:22The company
00:39:23hosts a welcome
00:39:24banquet for new
00:39:25hires,
00:39:25booking an
00:39:26entire restaurant.
00:39:33Sarah,
00:39:34the sales director,
00:39:35a woman so
00:39:36stunning she
00:39:37doesn't look
00:39:37real.
00:39:38Clink's glasses
00:39:39with me.
00:39:39I'll have your
00:39:40back from now
00:39:41on.
00:39:44I lift my glass,
00:39:46my lips not even
00:39:47touching the rim
00:39:47yet.
00:39:49Did you guys
00:39:50hear about that
00:39:50woman in the
00:39:51black dress who
00:39:52came looking for
00:39:52the boss in the
00:39:53middle of the
00:39:53night?
00:39:55My hand stops
00:39:56dead.
00:39:58Security says
00:39:59she's stunning.
00:40:00Long black hair,
00:40:01insane body.
00:40:07The whole table
00:40:08erupts.
00:40:09Everyone's guessing
00:40:10who that mystery
00:40:11woman is.
00:40:13My fingers grip the
00:40:14wine glass so
00:40:15tight, my knuckles
00:40:16turn white.
00:40:18I sit there,
00:40:19not daring to look
00:40:21up.
00:40:27Just as the gossip
00:40:28is about to
00:40:29spiral out of
00:40:29control,
00:40:30Piper stands
00:40:31up.
00:40:34Gracia, you're
00:40:34always by the
00:40:35boss's side.
00:40:36You must know
00:40:37something.
00:40:39She walks
00:40:40straight up to
00:40:41me, wine glass
00:40:42in hand.
00:40:44If you don't say
00:40:45anything, we might
00:40:46think that is you.
00:40:47Every eye in the
00:40:48room focuses on
00:40:49me.
00:40:50River is about to
00:40:51stand up and
00:40:51save me, but I
00:40:52press down on his
00:40:53hand.
00:40:54No.
00:40:56This time, I'll
00:40:57handle it myself.
00:41:03Even if I did
00:41:04know, it's not
00:41:05your place to ask.
00:41:09You can't even
00:41:10manage your own
00:41:11reputation, yet
00:41:13you're so invested
00:41:14in other people's
00:41:15private lives.
00:41:21Why don't you
00:41:22use that energy
00:41:22for some self
00:41:23reflection instead?
00:41:26Piper stands
00:41:27there frozen with
00:41:28her wine glass,
00:41:29her face flushing
00:41:30red, then draining
00:41:31white.
00:41:33The banquet
00:41:34ends.
00:41:35The night wind
00:41:36is chilly.
00:41:37River and I walk
00:41:38out side by side.
00:41:41Gracia, let me
00:41:43take you home?
00:41:44Maybe exchange
00:41:45contact info, too?
00:41:48River suddenly
00:41:49puts his arm
00:41:50around my
00:41:50shoulders, the
00:41:51gesture so natural
00:41:52as if he's done
00:41:53it a hundred
00:41:54times.
00:41:55She's got plans.
00:41:57I'll take her
00:41:58home.
00:42:00The male colleague
00:42:01tactically backs
00:42:02off.
00:42:03I'm about to
00:42:04speak, when out
00:42:05of the corner of
00:42:05my eye, I catch
00:42:06the street corner.
00:42:08My breath stops.
00:42:10A black
00:42:10Rolls Royce is
00:42:11parked under the
00:42:12streetlight.
00:42:12The window is
00:42:13rolled down a
00:42:14third of the way.
00:42:15It's Apollo, he's
00:42:16watching us.
00:42:21He does
00:42:22nothing.
00:42:22The engine
00:42:23starts, the car
00:42:24disappears into
00:42:25the night.
00:42:29You know what?
00:42:30Apollo used to
00:42:31have a wife.
00:42:34I turn to look
00:42:36at him.
00:42:37His smile carries
00:42:38a certain hidden
00:42:39meaning.
00:42:40She passed away
00:42:41ten years ago.
00:42:42Car accident.
00:42:45In those ten
00:42:46years, you're the
00:42:48first person who's
00:42:49made him smile.
00:42:54Monday at work.
00:42:55All day long.
00:42:56No summons to his
00:42:57office.
00:42:58No messages at all.
00:43:00The silent
00:43:01treatment.
00:43:01I text Eleanor.
00:43:03She replies
00:43:03instantly.
00:43:04They want to see if
00:43:05you'll come to them
00:43:06first.
00:43:06Don't fall for it.
00:43:09Is that true?
00:43:11Apollo passes
00:43:12by my desk
00:43:13without a glance
00:43:14at me.
00:43:22After work,
00:43:23I'm the last
00:43:23to leave the
00:43:24office.
00:43:32Just as I reach
00:43:33the elevator,
00:43:34a hand reaches
00:43:35from behind me
00:43:36and presses the
00:43:37emergency stop
00:43:37button.
00:43:38I turn around.
00:43:40It's him.
00:43:41He doesn't say
00:43:42a word.
00:43:43Just presses a
00:43:44key card into
00:43:44my palm.
00:43:49Then leans down,
00:43:51lips pressed
00:43:51against my ear.
00:43:52Tonight,
00:43:54nine o'clock.
00:43:55Don't make me
00:43:56wait again.
00:44:02I don't go to
00:44:03the hotel.
00:44:04Eleanor calls.
00:44:05She's crying.
00:44:11Gracia.
00:44:12Grayson's men
00:44:13came to my
00:44:14restaurant.
00:44:14They smashed
00:44:15two windows,
00:44:16saying this is
00:44:17just the beginning.
00:44:18Next time it
00:44:18won't just be
00:44:19things.
00:44:20I rush to
00:44:21the restaurant.
00:44:21Shattered glass
00:44:23covers the ground,
00:44:24reflecting the
00:44:25pale streetlights.
00:44:31Eleanor is
00:44:32crouched in the
00:44:33corner,
00:44:33hugging the
00:44:34twins,
00:44:35trembling all
00:44:35over.
00:44:38I look at
00:44:39all of this,
00:44:40pull out my
00:44:40phone,
00:44:41and dial that
00:44:42number.
00:44:50Gracia.
00:44:51My lips
00:44:52tremble for
00:44:53three seconds,
00:44:54unable to
00:44:54form a single
00:44:55word.
00:44:56That deal we
00:44:57made?
00:44:58I want to add
00:44:59one more
00:44:59condition.
00:45:01I take a
00:45:02deep breath.
00:45:05Make him
00:45:06disappear
00:45:07completely.
00:45:08I want
00:45:09Gavin gone,
00:45:10erased from
00:45:11my life,
00:45:11forever.
00:45:13Two seconds
00:45:13of silence
00:45:14on the
00:45:14other end.
00:45:16As you
00:45:16wish.
00:45:25The next
00:45:26morning,
00:45:27my phone
00:45:27vibrates
00:45:28frantically.
00:45:29News alerts
00:45:30pop up one
00:45:30after another.
00:45:34Oh my
00:45:35God!
00:45:36Gavin's been
00:45:37reported!
00:45:37Abuse of power
00:45:38to obstruct
00:45:39justice collusion
00:45:40with criminal
00:45:40organizations.
00:45:42All his
00:45:43assets frozen.
00:45:44This is Gavin
00:45:45we're talking
00:45:45about.
00:45:46Who could
00:45:46even touch
00:45:46him?
00:45:47The entire
00:45:47office buzzing.
00:45:49Amazement
00:45:49speculation
00:45:50shatter fora.
00:45:51Overnight,
00:45:52he said it
00:45:53and he did
00:45:53it.
00:45:54The man I
00:45:55feared for
00:45:55five whole
00:45:56years,
00:45:56crushed to
00:45:57dust by him
00:45:58in a single
00:45:58night.
00:46:06That afternoon,
00:46:07I'm summoned
00:46:08to his
00:46:08office.
00:46:09He leans
00:46:10back in his
00:46:10office chair,
00:46:11a document
00:46:12between his
00:46:13fingertips.
00:46:20You saw
00:46:21the news?
00:46:22He stands
00:46:23up,
00:46:24walks around
00:46:24the desk
00:46:25and approaches
00:46:26me
00:46:26step
00:46:27by
00:46:27step.
00:46:40Clause
00:46:41two has
00:46:41been
00:46:41executed.
00:46:44Now,
00:46:46it's your
00:46:47turn.
00:46:51Our
00:46:51arrangement
00:46:52requires
00:46:52clear rules.
00:46:53Rule number
00:46:54one,
00:46:54your body,
00:46:55your time,
00:46:56your attention.
00:46:57No other
00:46:58man gets
00:46:58to touch
00:46:59any of
00:46:59it.
00:47:03He lists
00:47:04the rules
00:47:04one by
00:47:05one.
00:47:05I can
00:47:06only say
00:47:06yes.
00:47:07Never
00:47:08ask why.
00:47:09Where,
00:47:10how often,
00:47:11in what
00:47:12way.
00:47:12All decided
00:47:13by him
00:47:14alone.
00:47:16this
00:47:16isn't
00:47:17fair.
00:47:22He
00:47:23stands
00:47:23up,
00:47:24lifts
00:47:24me onto
00:47:24his
00:47:25desk,
00:47:25braces
00:47:25his
00:47:26hands
00:47:26on
00:47:26either
00:47:26side
00:47:27of
00:47:27me.
00:47:27Fair?
00:47:28Between
00:47:29you and
00:47:29me,
00:47:30fairness
00:47:30has never
00:47:30existed.
00:47:31His
00:47:31fingers
00:47:32climb up
00:47:32my thigh
00:47:33and gently
00:47:33rub against
00:47:34my skin.
00:47:41This
00:47:42is exactly
00:47:42what you
00:47:43want.
00:47:43This
00:47:44inequality.
00:47:46To be
00:47:47completely
00:47:47possessed
00:47:48by someone
00:47:49who can
00:47:50fully
00:47:50control
00:47:51you.
00:47:52I want
00:47:53to argue,
00:47:54but I
00:47:55can't,
00:47:56because he's
00:47:57right.
00:48:00After
00:48:01Gavin is
00:48:02reported,
00:48:03Charles'
00:48:03mother sends
00:48:04people to
00:48:04corner me
00:48:05at the
00:48:05company
00:48:06entrance.
00:48:09She
00:48:10charges at
00:48:10me and
00:48:11slaps me
00:48:11across the
00:48:12face in
00:48:12front of
00:48:12everyone.
00:48:14You
00:48:14whore!
00:48:15Got
00:48:15some
00:48:15sugar
00:48:16daddy
00:48:16backing
00:48:16you up?
00:48:17Seduce
00:48:17my son
00:48:18and now
00:48:18you dare
00:48:18destroy
00:48:19my
00:48:19family?
00:48:24Security
00:48:24pulls
00:48:25her
00:48:25away.
00:48:27The
00:48:27crowd is
00:48:28already
00:48:28holding up
00:48:29their
00:48:29phones.
00:48:29This
00:48:30video
00:48:30spreads
00:48:31through
00:48:31every
00:48:32company
00:48:32group
00:48:32chat.
00:48:33In
00:48:34the
00:48:34break
00:48:34room,
00:48:35the
00:48:35moment
00:48:35I
00:48:35push
00:48:36open
00:48:36the
00:48:36door,
00:48:37all
00:48:37conversation
00:48:38stops
00:48:38dead.
00:48:40Eyes
00:48:40dart
00:48:41away
00:48:41from
00:48:41me,
00:48:42bouncing
00:48:42off
00:48:42like
00:48:42ricochets.
00:48:46River
00:48:47comes to
00:48:47me
00:48:47worriedly.
00:48:50Gracia,
00:48:51that
00:48:52woman in
00:48:52the video
00:48:53is accusing
00:48:53you of
00:48:54seducing
00:48:54her son.
00:48:55Who's
00:48:55Charles?
00:48:57I
00:48:58look at
00:48:58him and
00:48:58realize that
00:48:59I can't
00:48:59keep it
00:49:00from
00:49:00him
00:49:00for
00:49:00much
00:49:00longer.
00:49:04That
00:49:04afternoon,
00:49:05I'm
00:49:05summoned
00:49:05to
00:49:06Apollo's
00:49:06office.
00:49:07I
00:49:07think
00:49:08he's
00:49:08going
00:49:08to
00:49:08scold
00:49:08me.
00:49:12Apollo,
00:49:12about what
00:49:13happened at
00:49:14the entrance
00:49:14today,
00:49:14I can
00:49:15explain.
00:49:16Stand
00:49:16there.
00:49:17Don't
00:49:17speak.
00:49:20He
00:49:21just has
00:49:21me stand
00:49:22beside his
00:49:23desk while
00:49:24he continues
00:49:24reviewing
00:49:25documents.
00:49:32from now
00:49:33on,
00:49:33your
00:49:34lunch
00:49:34break
00:49:34is
00:49:34canceled.
00:49:35Every
00:49:35day at
00:49:36noon,
00:49:36report to
00:49:37my
00:49:37office.
00:49:38Why?
00:49:39You
00:49:39only need
00:49:40to
00:49:40obey.
00:49:43He
00:49:44knows.
00:49:44The
00:49:45scene at
00:49:45the
00:49:45entrance,
00:49:46the
00:49:46video in
00:49:47the
00:49:47group
00:49:47chats,
00:49:48every
00:49:48single
00:49:48lunch
00:49:49river
00:49:49ever
00:49:49invited
00:49:50me
00:49:50to.
00:49:51He
00:49:51knows
00:49:51it
00:49:51all,
00:49:52but he
00:49:53says
00:49:53nothing
00:49:53about
00:49:53any
00:49:54of
00:49:54it.
00:49:55He
00:49:55just
00:49:55pins
00:49:56me
00:49:56here,
00:49:56like a
00:49:57doll
00:49:57he's
00:49:57holding
00:49:58tight
00:49:58in
00:49:58his
00:49:58palm.
00:50:00But
00:50:00can
00:50:00I
00:50:00ask?
00:50:02His
00:50:02late
00:50:02wife,
00:50:03that
00:50:03car
00:50:04crash,
00:50:04why
00:50:04he
00:50:05never
00:50:05kisses,
00:50:06can
00:50:06I
00:50:06ever
00:50:06ask?
00:50:11While
00:50:11I
00:50:11am
00:50:12working,
00:50:12I
00:50:13see
00:50:13a
00:50:13document
00:50:14from
00:50:14ten
00:50:14years
00:50:15ago.
00:50:16That
00:50:17car
00:50:17accident
00:50:19also
00:50:19occurred
00:50:20ten
00:50:20years
00:50:20ago?
00:50:23What
00:50:24accident?
00:50:26No,
00:50:27nothing.
00:50:28I
00:50:29want
00:50:29to
00:50:29know,
00:50:30but I
00:50:30don't
00:50:31dare
00:50:31ask.
00:50:32I
00:50:33look
00:50:33at
00:50:33him,
00:50:33he
00:50:34is
00:50:34just
00:50:34as
00:50:35usual.
00:50:37That
00:50:37weekend,
00:50:38he
00:50:39takes
00:50:39me to
00:50:39an
00:50:39upscale
00:50:40restaurant
00:50:40for the
00:50:41first
00:50:41time.
00:50:43Not
00:50:43a
00:50:44private
00:50:44room,
00:50:44an
00:50:45open
00:50:45booth
00:50:46by
00:50:46the
00:50:46window.
00:50:47Everyone
00:50:47watches
00:50:48us.
00:50:49Is
00:50:49that
00:50:49okay?
00:50:50Why
00:50:50are
00:50:50they
00:50:51all
00:50:51looking
00:50:51at
00:50:51us?
00:50:52Today,
00:50:53you
00:50:53only
00:50:54need
00:50:54to
00:50:54eat.
00:50:56Finish
00:50:57your
00:50:57meal.
00:50:58I'm
00:50:58taking
00:50:58you
00:50:59somewhere.
00:51:03He
00:51:04brings
00:51:04me
00:51:05to
00:51:05a
00:51:05private
00:51:05cemetery.
00:51:07A
00:51:08white
00:51:08gravestone
00:51:09bears
00:51:09a
00:51:09single
00:51:10name.
00:51:14Elodie
00:51:15Reid.
00:51:20Today
00:51:21is the
00:51:21tenth
00:51:22anniversary
00:51:22of her
00:51:23death.
00:51:29He
00:51:29stands
00:51:30before
00:51:30the
00:51:30gravestone,
00:51:31not
00:51:32saying
00:51:32a
00:51:32word,
00:51:33not
00:51:34shedding
00:51:34a
00:51:35single
00:51:35tear,
00:51:36just
00:51:37standing.
00:51:38I
00:51:38don't
00:51:39dare
00:51:39go
00:51:39closer.
00:51:40I
00:51:41don't
00:51:41dare
00:51:41make
00:51:41a
00:51:42sound.
00:51:43This
00:51:43is
00:51:43the
00:51:44first
00:51:44time
00:51:44I've
00:51:45seen
00:51:45a
00:51:45truly
00:51:45vulnerable
00:51:46side
00:51:46of
00:51:46him.
00:51:47on
00:51:57the
00:51:58drive
00:51:58back
00:51:58he
00:51:58stays
00:51:59completely
00:51:59silent.
00:52:00As
00:52:00he
00:52:00pulls
00:52:01up in
00:52:01front
00:52:01of
00:52:01my
00:52:01friend's
00:52:02house,
00:52:02I
00:52:03think
00:52:03he's
00:52:03just
00:52:03going
00:52:04to
00:52:04leave,
00:52:04but
00:52:05he
00:52:05speaks.
00:52:05That
00:52:06rule
00:52:06about
00:52:06no
00:52:07kissing.
00:52:08His
00:52:08voice
00:52:08is
00:52:08hoarse,
00:52:09like
00:52:10sandpaper
00:52:10scraping
00:52:11across
00:52:11glass.
00:52:14It
00:52:15has
00:52:15to
00:52:15do
00:52:15with
00:52:16her.
00:52:18I
00:52:19promised
00:52:19her I
00:52:19would
00:52:20never
00:52:20give
00:52:20my
00:52:20lips
00:52:20to
00:52:21anyone
00:52:21else
00:52:21again.
00:52:25I
00:52:25finally
00:52:26realize
00:52:26what
00:52:27the
00:52:27kiss
00:52:27truly
00:52:28meant
00:52:28to
00:52:28him.
00:52:30This
00:52:30is
00:52:30the
00:52:30first
00:52:31time
00:52:31in
00:52:31ten
00:52:32years.
00:52:33He's
00:52:34opened
00:52:34even a
00:52:34crack
00:52:35his
00:52:35heart
00:52:36to
00:52:36anyone.
00:52:38The
00:52:38follow-up
00:52:39investigation
00:52:39into
00:52:39the
00:52:40Grayson
00:52:40case
00:52:40exposes
00:52:41more
00:52:41hidden
00:52:41forces.
00:52:42Someone
00:52:42is
00:52:43starting
00:52:43to
00:52:43target
00:52:43Apollo
00:52:44suckratly.
00:52:44He
00:52:45takes
00:52:45me
00:52:45to
00:52:45a
00:52:45business
00:52:45cocktail
00:52:46party
00:52:46with
00:52:46Japanese
00:52:47investors.
00:52:47The
00:52:48room
00:52:48is
00:52:48full
00:52:48of
00:52:48powerful
00:52:49alettes.
00:52:50Everyone
00:52:50treats
00:52:50him
00:52:50with
00:52:51the
00:52:51utmost
00:52:51deference,
00:52:52bowing
00:52:52low.
00:52:53Holding
00:52:53his
00:52:53wine
00:52:54glass,
00:52:54he
00:52:54suddenly
00:52:55turns
00:52:55his
00:52:55head
00:52:55toward
00:52:56me
00:52:56and
00:52:56lowers
00:52:56his
00:52:57voice.
00:52:58Enjoying
00:52:58the
00:52:58view?
00:52:59Do you
00:53:00like the
00:53:00way
00:53:00these
00:53:00people
00:53:01treat
00:53:01me?
00:53:02I
00:53:03look at
00:53:03him
00:53:03and
00:53:04nod.
00:53:06Is
00:53:07this
00:53:07young
00:53:07lady
00:53:08your
00:53:08niece?
00:53:10She's
00:53:11my
00:53:11companion.
00:53:12The
00:53:12whole
00:53:13table
00:53:13freezes.
00:53:14I
00:53:14get up
00:53:14and head
00:53:15to
00:53:15the
00:53:15restroom.
00:53:16In
00:53:16the
00:53:16corridor,
00:53:17a
00:53:17stranger
00:53:17blocks
00:53:18my
00:53:18way.
00:53:18Black
00:53:19suit,
00:53:19elegant
00:53:20smile,
00:53:20but her
00:53:21eyes
00:53:21are
00:53:21cold
00:53:22as
00:53:22knives.
00:53:22You
00:53:23must
00:53:23be
00:53:23Gracia.
00:53:24My
00:53:24name
00:53:25is
00:53:25Elise.
00:53:26I'm
00:53:26Elodie's
00:53:27younger
00:53:27sister.
00:53:29Elise
00:53:29asks
00:53:30to
00:53:30meet
00:53:30me
00:53:30at
00:53:30a
00:53:30bar.
00:53:31She
00:53:31sits
00:53:32across
00:53:32from
00:53:32me,
00:53:33smiling
00:53:33gracefully
00:53:34the
00:53:34whole
00:53:34time,
00:53:35elegantly
00:53:35holding
00:53:35her
00:53:36wine
00:53:36glass,
00:53:36but
00:53:37every
00:53:37word
00:53:37is
00:53:38like
00:53:38a
00:53:38poison
00:53:38tipped
00:53:39needle.
00:53:41You
00:53:41look
00:53:41nothing
00:53:42like
00:53:42my
00:53:42sister
00:53:42at
00:53:42all.
00:53:43I
00:53:43thought
00:53:43his
00:53:43taste
00:53:43wouldn't
00:53:43changed.
00:53:45You've
00:53:45slept
00:53:45with
00:53:46him,
00:53:46haven't
00:53:46you?
00:53:47I
00:53:47don't
00:53:47expect
00:53:48her
00:53:48to
00:53:48bring
00:53:48this
00:53:48up
00:53:49and
00:53:50don't
00:53:50know
00:53:50how
00:53:50to
00:53:50answer.
00:53:52It's
00:53:52fine,
00:53:53you
00:53:53don't
00:53:53need
00:53:53to
00:53:53explain.
00:53:57I
00:53:57just
00:53:57want
00:53:57to
00:53:58tell
00:53:58you,
00:54:00he's
00:54:00only
00:54:00ever
00:54:00loved
00:54:01my
00:54:01sister.
00:54:04Everyone
00:54:04else
00:54:04is
00:54:05just
00:54:05a
00:54:05replacement.
00:54:06A
00:54:06replacement.
00:54:07Those
00:54:08words
00:54:08are
00:54:08like
00:54:08a
00:54:08knife,
00:54:09stabbing
00:54:10precisely
00:54:10the
00:54:10place
00:54:11I've
00:54:11been
00:54:11too
00:54:11afraid
00:54:11to
00:54:11touch.
00:54:20In
00:54:21the
00:54:21taxi
00:54:21home,
00:54:22streetlights
00:54:23flash past
00:54:23the window
00:54:24one by
00:54:24one.
00:54:25There's
00:54:26only one
00:54:26question
00:54:27in my
00:54:27mind.
00:54:28What
00:54:28am I
00:54:29to
00:54:29him,
00:54:29really?
00:54:34Tonight,
00:54:35I have
00:54:36booked
00:54:36a table.
00:54:37I'm
00:54:37not
00:54:37very
00:54:38well
00:54:38today.
00:54:38From
00:54:39that
00:54:39day
00:54:39on,
00:54:40I
00:54:40start
00:54:41deliberately
00:54:41keeping
00:54:42my
00:54:42distance.
00:54:43Every
00:54:44step
00:54:44I
00:54:45take
00:54:45back,
00:54:46I'm
00:54:47waiting
00:54:47for
00:54:47his
00:54:47reaction.
00:54:49Three
00:54:49days
00:54:49later,
00:54:50he
00:54:50summons
00:54:50me
00:54:51to
00:54:51his
00:54:51office.
00:54:52He
00:54:53leans
00:54:53against
00:54:53his
00:54:53desk,
00:54:54arms
00:54:54crossed,
00:54:55those
00:54:55eyes
00:54:55looking
00:54:55like
00:54:56they
00:54:56want
00:54:56to
00:54:56slice
00:54:56me
00:54:56open.
00:54:57Explain.
00:54:58I've
00:54:59just
00:54:59been
00:55:00feeling
00:55:00unwell
00:55:01lately.
00:55:03He
00:55:03lifts
00:55:04me
00:55:04onto
00:55:04the
00:55:04desk
00:55:05in
00:55:05one
00:55:05move.
00:55:10His
00:55:10hand
00:55:11slipping
00:55:11under
00:55:11my
00:55:11skirt,
00:55:12fingertips
00:55:12pressed
00:55:13against
00:55:13my
00:55:13skin.
00:55:14Your
00:55:14body
00:55:15can't
00:55:15lie
00:55:15to
00:55:16me.
00:55:16Did
00:55:17someone
00:55:17say
00:55:17something
00:55:18to
00:55:18you?
00:55:19Tell
00:55:19me
00:55:20now.
00:55:22He
00:55:22leans
00:55:22close
00:55:22to
00:55:23my
00:55:23ear,
00:55:24almost
00:55:24biting
00:55:24the
00:55:24shell
00:55:25of it.
00:55:25If
00:55:26you
00:55:26don't
00:55:26speak,
00:55:27I'll
00:55:27take it
00:55:28as you
00:55:28unit
00:55:28a
00:55:28laterally
00:55:29wanting
00:55:29to
00:55:29breach
00:55:29the
00:55:30contract.
00:55:31You
00:55:32know
00:55:32the
00:55:32consequences.
00:55:34The
00:55:35next
00:55:35day,
00:55:36Elise
00:55:36appears
00:55:36at
00:55:37the
00:55:37company
00:55:37entrance.
00:55:41My
00:55:42sister
00:55:42didn't
00:55:43die
00:55:43in
00:55:43an
00:55:43accident.
00:55:44Someone
00:55:44tampered
00:55:45with
00:55:45that
00:55:45car.
00:55:46And
00:55:47that
00:55:47person
00:55:47was
00:55:48very
00:55:49likely
00:55:49her
00:55:49husband,
00:55:50Apollo
00:55:51Reed.
00:55:51Facing
00:55:52all the
00:55:52cameras,
00:55:53tears
00:55:54streaming
00:55:54down
00:55:54her
00:55:55face.
00:55:57He
00:55:58killed
00:55:58my
00:55:59sister
00:55:59for
00:56:00her
00:56:00inheritance!
00:56:03That
00:56:03inheritance
00:56:04includes
00:56:05the
00:56:05predecessor
00:56:05of
00:56:06today's
00:56:06Reed
00:56:06Corporation.
00:56:09The
00:56:10news
00:56:10explodes
00:56:11instantly.
00:56:12Public
00:56:12opinion
00:56:13surges
00:56:13in
00:56:13like
00:56:14a
00:56:14tsunami.
00:56:19She's
00:56:20lying,
00:56:20right?
00:56:21I
00:56:21burst
00:56:21into
00:56:22his
00:56:22office.
00:56:23I
00:56:23know
00:56:23he
00:56:23isn't
00:56:23that
00:56:24kind
00:56:24of
00:56:24person,
00:56:24but
00:56:25I
00:56:25still
00:56:25want
00:56:25an
00:56:25answer.
00:56:26He's
00:56:27sitting
00:56:27in
00:56:27front
00:56:27of
00:56:27the
00:56:27screen
00:56:28watching
00:56:28the
00:56:28news,
00:56:29his
00:56:29expression
00:56:29colder
00:56:30than
00:56:31He
00:56:31doesn't
00:56:32answer.
00:56:34The
00:56:35investigation
00:56:35reopens.
00:56:37The
00:56:37board
00:56:38freezes
00:56:38part
00:56:38of
00:56:39his
00:56:39decision
00:56:39making
00:56:39power.
00:56:47Journalists
00:56:47are blocking
00:56:48the entrance
00:56:48of the
00:56:48company.
00:56:49Someone
00:56:49notices
00:56:50me.
00:56:50They
00:56:50dig
00:56:50up
00:56:51my
00:56:51past.
00:56:51The
00:56:51canceled
00:56:52wedding.
00:56:52The
00:56:52entanglement
00:56:53with
00:56:53the
00:56:53Charles
00:56:53family.
00:56:54My
00:56:54late
00:56:55night
00:56:55visits
00:56:55to
00:56:55Apollo's
00:56:56mansion.
00:56:59media
00:57:00outlets
00:57:00label
00:57:01me
00:57:01a
00:57:01gold
00:57:01digger.
00:57:02Someone
00:57:03even
00:57:03photographs
00:57:03Eleanor's
00:57:04restaurant.
00:57:09Gracia,
00:57:10reporters
00:57:11are all
00:57:12over the
00:57:12restaurant.
00:57:14The
00:57:14kids are
00:57:14also having
00:57:15a bad
00:57:15time at
00:57:16school.
00:57:18I
00:57:19lock
00:57:19myself
00:57:19in the
00:57:20guest
00:57:20room,
00:57:21turn off
00:57:22my phone.
00:57:22at
00:57:23two in
00:57:24the
00:57:24morning,
00:57:24there's
00:57:25a
00:57:25sudden
00:57:25knock
00:57:26on
00:57:26the
00:57:26window.
00:57:32I
00:57:32pull
00:57:32back
00:57:33the
00:57:33curtain.
00:57:34River
00:57:34is
00:57:35standing
00:57:35on
00:57:35the
00:57:35back
00:57:35lawn,
00:57:36looking
00:57:37up
00:57:37at
00:57:37me.
00:57:38I
00:57:38need
00:57:38to
00:57:38tell
00:57:39you
00:57:39something
00:57:40about
00:57:41Apollo
00:57:42and
00:57:43things
00:57:43that
00:57:43happened
00:57:44ten
00:57:44years
00:57:44ago.
00:57:46He
00:57:47stands
00:57:47in the
00:57:47yard
00:57:48in the
00:57:48early
00:57:48morning
00:57:48hours,
00:57:49for
00:57:49the
00:57:49first
00:57:50time
00:57:50dropping
00:57:50all
00:57:50his
00:57:51casual
00:57:51teasing
00:57:52smiles.
00:57:52My
00:57:53name
00:57:53is
00:57:53River
00:57:54Reed.
00:57:54Apollo
00:57:55is
00:57:55my
00:57:55uncle.
00:57:56My
00:57:56mother
00:57:56is
00:57:57his
00:57:57older
00:57:57sister.
00:57:58I've
00:57:59watched
00:57:59him
00:57:59since
00:57:59I
00:57:59was
00:57:59a
00:57:59child.
00:58:00For
00:58:01as
00:58:01long
00:58:01as
00:58:01I
00:58:01can
00:58:01remember,
00:58:02he's
00:58:02always
00:58:02been
00:58:02that
00:58:03way.
00:58:04Cold,
00:58:06distant,
00:58:07like a
00:58:07wall with
00:58:07no
00:58:08cracks.
00:58:08After
00:58:09the
00:58:09funeral
00:58:09ten
00:58:09years
00:58:10ago,
00:58:10he
00:58:10locked
00:58:10himself
00:58:11inside
00:58:11that
00:58:11shell
00:58:12and
00:58:12never
00:58:12came
00:58:12out.
00:58:13Ten
00:58:13years.
00:58:14He
00:58:14hasn't
00:58:14smiled
00:58:15once
00:58:15until
00:58:16recently.
00:58:17He
00:58:17doesn't
00:58:17say
00:58:18who
00:58:18made
00:58:18him
00:58:18smile,
00:58:19but
00:58:19the
00:58:20way
00:58:20he
00:58:20looks
00:58:20at
00:58:20me
00:58:21says
00:58:21everything.
00:58:23Do you
00:58:24believe
00:58:24he
00:58:24killed
00:58:25Elodie?
00:58:26No.
00:58:28You're
00:58:29the only
00:58:29one who's
00:58:30sure of
00:58:30that,
00:58:31and
00:58:31the only
00:58:31one
00:58:32who can
00:58:33make
00:58:33him
00:58:33speak
00:58:33the
00:58:34truth.
00:58:36That
00:58:36night,
00:58:37I go
00:58:37to
00:58:37find
00:58:37him.
00:58:39No
00:58:40lights
00:58:40are
00:58:40on
00:58:40in
00:58:40his
00:58:41house.
00:58:46I
00:58:46walk
00:58:46in and
00:58:47see him
00:58:47sitting
00:58:47alone
00:58:47on
00:58:48the
00:58:48carpet
00:58:48in
00:58:48his
00:58:48study,
00:58:50surrounded
00:58:50by
00:58:51scattered
00:58:51old
00:58:51photographs.
00:59:00I
00:59:00crouch
00:59:00down
00:59:01and
00:59:01pick
00:59:01one
00:59:01up,
00:59:02a
00:59:03younger
00:59:03him
00:59:03in
00:59:04a
00:59:04white
00:59:04shirt,
00:59:05arm
00:59:05around
00:59:06a
00:59:06woman
00:59:06with
00:59:06a
00:59:06radiant
00:59:07smile.
00:59:08He's
00:59:08smiling
00:59:08so
00:59:09brightly.
00:59:10It's
00:59:10an
00:59:10expression
00:59:11I've
00:59:11never
00:59:11seen
00:59:12on
00:59:12him
00:59:12before.
00:59:17What
00:59:17really
00:59:17happened
00:59:18ten
00:59:18years
00:59:18ago?
00:59:19He
00:59:20looks
00:59:20at
00:59:20me,
00:59:21silent
00:59:21for
00:59:22a
00:59:22very
00:59:22long
00:59:22time.
00:59:25Not
00:59:25for the
00:59:26company,
00:59:26not
00:59:26for
00:59:27others,
00:59:29but
00:59:30for
00:59:30yourself.
00:59:32He
00:59:32takes
00:59:32a
00:59:32deep
00:59:33breath,
00:59:33and finally
00:59:34gathers
00:59:34his
00:59:34courage.
00:59:36day,
00:59:37I
00:59:37wasn't
00:59:37the
00:59:37one
00:59:37driving.
00:59:38It
00:59:39was
00:59:39her.
00:59:42She
00:59:42got
00:59:42behind
00:59:43that
00:59:43wheel
00:59:45because
00:59:46of
00:59:46me.
00:59:49Ten
00:59:50years ago,
00:59:51someone
00:59:51wanted to
00:59:52take me
00:59:52down.
00:59:53That
00:59:54day,
00:59:54our
00:59:54car was
00:59:55tampered
00:59:55with.
00:59:57Elateet had
00:59:57just gotten
00:59:58her license.
00:59:58She
00:59:59wanted to
00:59:59surprise
01:00:00me.
01:00:02So she
01:00:03took the
01:00:03driver's
01:00:04seat
01:00:04herself.
01:00:09When the
01:00:10steering wheel
01:00:10lost control,
01:00:11she ranksed it
01:00:13hard to avoid
01:00:13a child
01:00:14crawl crossing
01:00:14the road.
01:00:15Her
01:00:16side
01:00:16crashed
01:00:17straight into
01:00:18the bridge
01:00:19pillar.
01:00:22When the
01:00:22flames
01:00:23erupted,
01:00:24he was
01:00:24thrown
01:00:25from the
01:00:25car.
01:00:26She
01:00:26was
01:00:26trapped
01:00:27in the
01:00:27driver's
01:00:28seat.
01:00:28He
01:00:29tried to
01:00:29rush
01:00:29back in.
01:00:30The
01:00:30onlookers
01:00:31held him
01:00:31back with
01:00:32all their
01:00:32strength.
01:00:38I
01:00:39survived.
01:00:40She
01:00:41died in
01:00:41my
01:00:41place.
01:00:43He
01:00:43heard her
01:00:44voice
01:00:44disappear
01:00:45into
01:00:45fire with
01:00:46his own
01:00:46ears.
01:00:47This
01:00:48is why
01:00:48he can
01:00:48never
01:00:48grip a
01:00:49steering
01:00:49wheel
01:00:49again.
01:00:51Not
01:00:52because he's
01:00:52afraid to
01:00:53die,
01:00:54but because
01:00:54the one
01:00:55who lived
01:00:55was him.
01:00:59He's
01:00:59leaning
01:00:59against the
01:01:00back of
01:01:00the sofa,
01:01:01his head
01:01:01resting
01:01:02crookedly
01:01:02in my
01:01:02lap,
01:01:03breathing
01:01:03as steady
01:01:03as a
01:01:04stone
01:01:04sunk to
01:01:04the
01:01:05bottom
01:01:05of
01:01:05the
01:01:05deep
01:01:05sea.
01:01:07For
01:01:07the
01:01:07first
01:01:08time,
01:01:08he's
01:01:09fallen
01:01:09asleep
01:01:09in front
01:01:09of me
01:01:10with no
01:01:10defenses
01:01:10at all.
01:01:12I
01:01:12look
01:01:12down
01:01:13at
01:01:13him,
01:01:13this
01:01:14man
01:01:14the
01:01:14whole
01:01:14world
01:01:15calls
01:01:15a
01:01:15demon.
01:01:16Even
01:01:17in
01:01:17sleep,
01:01:17his brow
01:01:18is faintly
01:01:19froward.
01:01:20If the
01:01:20world never
01:01:21knows the
01:01:21truth,
01:01:22at least
01:01:23I know
01:01:23he's
01:01:23innocent.
01:01:25He wakes.
01:01:28Those
01:01:29gray-green
01:01:29eyes meet
01:01:30mine.
01:01:32I lean
01:01:33down and
01:01:33kiss his
01:01:33forehead.
01:01:39Then,
01:01:40his arm
01:01:41tightens,
01:01:42pulling me
01:01:42into his
01:01:43embrace,
01:01:43and his
01:01:44lips press
01:01:45down on
01:01:45mine.
01:01:46This
01:01:46time,
01:01:47he's
01:01:48the
01:01:48one
01:01:48who
01:01:48initiates
01:01:49it.
01:01:55He
01:01:55kisses
01:01:56my
01:01:56lips.
01:01:57He
01:01:58breaks
01:01:58his
01:01:58own
01:01:58vow.
01:02:00I
01:02:01tell
01:02:01Elise
01:02:01everything.
01:02:02She
01:02:03sits
01:02:03across
01:02:03from
01:02:03me,
01:02:04going
01:02:04from
01:02:04disbelief
01:02:05to
01:02:06silence,
01:02:07from
01:02:07silence
01:02:08to
01:02:08trembling
01:02:09all
01:02:09over,
01:02:10finally
01:02:10crying
01:02:11like
01:02:11a
01:02:11child.
01:02:15The
01:02:15next
01:02:16day,
01:02:16she
01:02:16stands
01:02:17before
01:02:17the
01:02:17media
01:02:17cameras
01:02:18and
01:02:18retracts
01:02:19all her
01:02:19accusations.
01:02:20The man
01:02:21my sister
01:02:21loved
01:02:22never hurt
01:02:22her.
01:02:23It was
01:02:23me.
01:02:24I'm
01:02:25the one
01:02:25who hurt
01:02:25the man
01:02:26she loved.
01:02:26The
01:02:27board
01:02:28lifts
01:02:28the
01:02:28restrictions.
01:02:30That
01:02:30night,
01:02:31Apollo
01:02:32takes
01:02:32me to
01:02:32that
01:02:33restaurant
01:02:33where
01:02:33we
01:02:33first
01:02:34heard
01:02:34in
01:02:34public
01:02:34together.
01:02:36The
01:02:37same
01:02:37booth
01:02:38by
01:02:38the
01:02:38window.
01:02:39The
01:02:40same
01:02:40lighting.
01:02:42Halfway
01:02:42through
01:02:42the
01:02:42meal,
01:02:43he
01:02:43suddenly
01:02:43puts
01:02:44down
01:02:44his
01:02:44utensils.
01:02:45There's
01:02:46another
01:02:46rule to
01:02:46this
01:02:46arrangement.
01:02:48Neither
01:02:49party is
01:02:49to develop
01:02:50real
01:02:50feelings
01:02:50for the
01:02:51other.
01:02:52I
01:02:53want
01:02:53to
01:02:53tell
01:02:53you
01:02:53that
01:02:53I've
01:02:54already
01:02:54breached
01:02:55it.
01:03:00Monday
01:03:00at
01:03:00work.
01:03:01At
01:03:02lunch,
01:03:02colleagues
01:03:03chat
01:03:04with
01:03:04me
01:03:04naturally.
01:03:09That
01:03:10afternoon,
01:03:11I
01:03:11sum
01:03:11into
01:03:12Apollo's
01:03:12office.
01:03:18He
01:03:19stands
01:03:19by the
01:03:20window,
01:03:20his
01:03:20back
01:03:20to
01:03:21me.
01:03:21From
01:03:22now
01:03:22on,
01:03:22you
01:03:22don't
01:03:22need
01:03:23to
01:03:23sit
01:03:23outside
01:03:23anymore.
01:03:24I've
01:03:25had
01:03:25someone
01:03:26at
01:03:26a
01:03:26desk
01:03:26in
01:03:27here.
01:03:30I
01:03:31stand
01:03:31behind
01:03:31him
01:03:32and
01:03:32can't
01:03:32help
01:03:33but
01:03:33smile.
01:03:33Then I
01:03:34remember
01:03:34a
01:03:34question,
01:03:35one I've
01:03:36kept tucked
01:03:37away for
01:03:37a very
01:03:38long time.
01:03:40I have
01:03:40one last
01:03:41question.
01:03:42That
01:03:42book,
01:03:43the one
01:03:43on your
01:03:44shelf worth
01:03:45$500
01:03:45million,
01:03:46when did
01:03:47you buy
01:03:47it?
01:03:48He
01:03:48turns
01:03:48around.
01:03:49The
01:03:50corner
01:03:50of his
01:03:50mouth
01:03:50curves
01:03:51slightly
01:03:51upward
01:03:51with
01:03:52that
01:03:52same
01:03:52playful
01:03:53arc
01:03:53that
01:03:53made
01:03:53my
01:03:53heart
01:03:54flutter
01:03:54for the
01:03:54very
01:03:54first
01:03:55time.
01:03:55The
01:03:56very
01:03:56night
01:03:56I
01:03:56met
01:03:56you,
01:03:57I
01:03:58paid
01:03:58five
01:03:58times
01:03:58the
01:03:58price
01:03:59because
01:04:00you
01:04:00said
01:04:00back
01:04:00then
01:04:01it
01:04:01was
01:04:01your
01:04:02favorite
01:04:02book.
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