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Nico tries to hide Ava in a shameful wedding after destroying her dignity, but Damian refuses to let her suffer alone. The man who loved her in silence finally steps forward and changes everything.
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00:00:02on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde
00:00:08hair i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all
00:00:13that was
00:00:14left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a
00:00:19high ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your
00:00:23fiance has terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into
00:00:28her penthouse suite and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future
00:00:33godfather of the merecki family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into
00:00:38laughter scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against
00:00:47her own fiance scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow
00:00:56let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:01:02without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:01:09nico take away her salon and your fiance's is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:01:16moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile
00:01:21in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way
00:01:26it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and
00:01:32the wig
00:01:33tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style
00:01:39i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico
00:01:45had come
00:01:45to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom
00:01:51essential
00:01:51oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep
00:02:00you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up
00:02:05together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us never
00:02:11in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock me
00:02:16out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth things
00:02:22off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless hands
00:02:28all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front especially
00:02:33for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across
00:02:38the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti
00:02:43not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend
00:02:48nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli
00:02:55prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just
00:03:01curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on
00:03:07marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has
00:03:13never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means
00:03:20is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt
00:03:28like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have to take it personal as
00:03:32he spoke he
00:03:32tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside
00:03:37stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was
00:03:42only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone
00:03:47completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard
00:03:52forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family
00:03:57and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up
00:04:01the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back
00:04:06over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and
00:04:12she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or
00:04:17not
00:04:17isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the
00:04:22wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is
00:04:28annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you
00:04:35really
00:04:35gonna let her humiliate me like this
00:04:40nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:04:46scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:04:51let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:04:56day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone
00:04:59blame me
00:04:59that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that
00:05:03after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had
00:05:07known since
00:05:08i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace
00:05:13my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single
00:05:18hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from
00:05:23west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first
00:05:28desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's
00:05:33power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give
00:05:38me
00:05:38a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for
00:05:43him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus
00:05:48scent
00:05:48that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity
00:05:54actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility
00:05:56last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a
00:06:01safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead
00:06:05he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations
00:06:08even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times
00:06:13scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell
00:06:19and
00:06:19dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly
00:06:24scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational briefing was
00:06:28your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since tipped
00:06:32beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate
00:06:38ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:06:43if you want to blame
00:06:44someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the
00:06:48blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and
00:06:53keep
00:06:53you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she
00:07:00were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into
00:07:05her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned
00:07:13forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch but she
00:07:18used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll
00:07:23shave it at that moment nico lee drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of
00:07:27scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell
00:07:33you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade who would take
00:07:38a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard for her she
00:07:42fought
00:07:42for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life
00:07:47and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond
00:07:53you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live or die
00:07:59what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop she is
00:08:06your fiance after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiance she's been shut inside
00:08:11that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar was only testing you in
00:08:15her own way
00:08:15i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental strength are everything
00:08:19why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any idea
00:08:24how
00:08:24humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words stab straight
00:08:28into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico moretti
00:08:33but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand
00:08:37ava put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience
00:08:42i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on
00:08:47yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer
00:08:52the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of
00:08:57me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at
00:09:04that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now
00:09:10i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp
00:09:15be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door
00:09:21darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you
00:09:25when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her
00:09:30hand
00:09:30crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head
00:09:34her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw
00:09:40the long hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my
00:09:46hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's
00:09:52all right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell
00:09:58instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society
00:10:02is watching what are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word
00:10:07clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom
00:10:27on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde
00:10:32hair i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all
00:10:38that was
00:10:38left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a
00:10:44high
00:10:44ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has
00:10:49terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and
00:10:54she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the
00:10:58merecki family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter
00:11:05scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own
00:11:12fiance scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow
00:11:21let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:11:27without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:11:34nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:11:40moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile
00:11:46in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their
00:11:51own way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the
00:11:56veil and
00:11:57the wig tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style
00:12:04i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico
00:12:10had come
00:12:10to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands
00:12:14this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract
00:12:19it's the best thing for sleep
00:12:24you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest
00:12:28i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood
00:12:3320 years of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with
00:12:39a powerful sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake
00:12:44and
00:12:44silent they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing
00:12:51around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back
00:12:56from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to
00:13:01the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's
00:13:06daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this
00:13:12bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament
00:13:16a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers
00:13:22raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our
00:13:28nico
00:13:28thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
00:13:34little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room
00:13:41understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it
00:13:50ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no
00:13:55filter why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed
00:13:59it hit
00:13:59the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade
00:14:04italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow
00:14:08back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose
00:14:14control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze
00:14:19and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not
00:14:23allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head
00:14:27and
00:14:27carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly
00:14:32became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the
00:14:37side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying
00:14:43you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can
00:14:48tell
00:14:48your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from
00:14:54the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let
00:15:00her
00:15:00humiliate me like this nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:15:11scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:15:16let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:15:20day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone
00:15:24blame me
00:15:24that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that
00:15:28after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had
00:15:32known since i
00:15:33was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace
00:15:37my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single
00:15:43hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from
00:15:48west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first
00:15:53desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's
00:15:58power
00:15:58at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me
00:16:03a
00:16:03grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for
00:16:08him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus
00:16:13scent
00:16:13that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity
00:16:18actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging my father for
00:16:23ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after
00:16:27i
00:16:27arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet
00:16:31leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked
00:16:36his men to announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door
00:16:41of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i
00:16:47fought with
00:16:47nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an
00:16:52operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long
00:16:56since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so
00:17:02affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on
00:17:07me if you
00:17:08want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table
00:17:13drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine
00:17:17too
00:17:17and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if
00:17:24she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest
00:17:29bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze
00:17:37i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch but
00:17:42she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i'm doing this for my partner fine
00:17:47i'll shave
00:17:48it at that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of
00:17:52scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell
00:17:57you
00:17:57are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade who would take a
00:18:03bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard for her she fought
00:18:07for
00:18:07four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the
00:18:14moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond you
00:18:19she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live or die
00:18:24what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop
00:18:30she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been
00:18:35shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar was only testing
00:18:39you
00:18:39in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental strength
00:18:43are
00:18:44everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any
00:18:48idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words stab
00:18:52straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico moretti
00:18:57but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand ava put
00:19:02away your
00:19:03tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter
00:19:08woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself after that he left the suite
00:19:15with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left the strength i had been
00:19:20forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread
00:19:25through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly
00:19:31realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it
00:19:38aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the
00:19:43suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the
00:19:51door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her hand crashed to the floor
00:19:55spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and her voice shook
00:20:01beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered across the floor panic
00:20:08overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire
00:20:14exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and
00:20:20comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face
00:20:25anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell them already i looked
00:20:30into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom
00:20:51on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:20:57i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:21:03was left
00:21:03was a blue-tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:21:09ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has
00:21:14terrible instincts such a pampered upper east side princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite
00:21:18and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the
00:21:23moretti family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter
00:21:29scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards
00:21:36against her own fiance scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is
00:21:44tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:21:52without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:21:58nico
00:22:00take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico moretti
00:22:06looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile in our world
00:22:11weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way it's a test of
00:22:16your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no
00:22:23one
00:22:23will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style i tried to move my
00:22:29limbs
00:22:30still too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico had come to see me in
00:22:35the suite last
00:22:36night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender
00:22:43and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a
00:22:52good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since
00:22:57childhood 20 years of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been
00:23:03laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i
00:23:08was
00:23:08awake and silent they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was
00:23:15just messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress
00:23:20we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you
00:23:25i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity
00:23:30as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands
00:23:35he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could
00:23:39become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the
00:23:47clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep
00:23:52our
00:23:52nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
00:23:59little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the
00:24:05room understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti
00:24:13is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid
00:24:19she has no filter why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box
00:24:23onto the
00:24:23bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this
00:24:28handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your
00:24:32hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't
00:24:38scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the
00:24:43lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn
00:24:47etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it
00:24:51on
00:24:52my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i
00:24:56instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in
00:25:02from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he
00:25:07still
00:25:07marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who
00:25:12can
00:25:12tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from
00:25:19the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let
00:25:25her
00:25:25humiliate me like this nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:25:35scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:25:40let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:25:45day
00:25:45i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame
00:25:49me that was
00:25:49what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after
00:25:53loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known
00:25:57since i
00:25:57was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my
00:26:02mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single
00:26:08hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from
00:26:13west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me
00:26:17first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the
00:26:22family's
00:26:23power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give
00:26:27me
00:26:27a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for
00:26:32him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus
00:26:37scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my
00:26:42stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging
00:26:47my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see
00:26:51nico
00:26:51but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with
00:26:55scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of
00:27:00his time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper
00:27:05on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was
00:27:10furious and
00:27:11hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides
00:27:16delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in
00:27:20nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that
00:27:25line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the
00:27:30oil
00:27:31this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the
00:27:36tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just
00:27:40hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is
00:27:45nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade
00:27:52in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly
00:27:58laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave
00:28:05it her blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even
00:28:09a single
00:28:10strand i i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico lee drew the beretta
00:28:15from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face
00:28:19livid his
00:28:19eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my
00:28:25life and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you
00:28:29always have to make things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood
00:28:34than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into
00:28:40an
00:28:40imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about
00:28:46whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending
00:28:53to advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if
00:28:58she's my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle
00:29:02tip scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line
00:29:07of work
00:29:07courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head
00:29:12with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there
00:29:16listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it
00:29:20was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been
00:29:25seized
00:29:25and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and
00:29:31obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on
00:29:36yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone
00:29:43left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at
00:29:47once
00:29:48a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch
00:29:54of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off
00:30:01that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to the air again when
00:30:06footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to
00:30:13make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup
00:30:19in
00:30:19her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her
00:30:24eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair
00:30:30scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i
00:30:37heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my
00:30:43mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is
00:30:49tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we
00:30:53supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien
00:31:00costell i'm changing the groom
00:31:16on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd
00:31:22grown
00:31:22for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left
00:31:28was a blue
00:31:29tinged scalp scarlet valentine who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail an
00:31:34electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible instincts
00:31:39such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't even
00:31:44notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family the moretti
00:31:49capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair nico put that custom
00:31:57essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance scarlet gave a mocking
00:32:04laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east
00:32:13site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like a status
00:32:22symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance's is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the
00:32:29room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile in
00:32:36our
00:32:36world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way it's a test
00:32:41of
00:32:41your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no
00:32:48one will
00:32:48see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs
00:32:54still
00:32:55too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico had come to see me in the
00:33:00suite last
00:33:01night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender
00:33:08and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good
00:33:17night's rest i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since
00:33:22childhood 20 years of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been
00:33:28laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i
00:33:33was
00:33:33awake and silent they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was
00:33:40just messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress
00:33:45we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you
00:33:49i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity
00:33:55as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands
00:34:00he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could
00:34:04become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the
00:34:11clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep
00:34:17our
00:34:17nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
00:34:24little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room
00:34:30understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it
00:34:40ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no
00:34:44filter
00:34:44why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it
00:34:48hit the edge and
00:34:49sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom
00:34:54wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back
00:34:59a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose
00:35:04control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and
00:35:09the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow
00:35:13me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and
00:35:17carefully
00:35:17smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became
00:35:22polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side
00:35:27nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you
00:35:33so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell
00:35:37your hair
00:35:38is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i
00:35:44woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me
00:35:51like this
00:35:54nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:36:00scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:36:05let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me
00:36:09ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:36:12if you want to
00:36:13blame someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was
00:36:17certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face
00:36:21i had
00:36:22known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the
00:36:27necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a
00:36:32single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated
00:36:37from
00:36:37west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me
00:36:42first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the
00:36:47family's
00:36:47power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give
00:36:52me
00:36:52a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for
00:36:57him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus
00:37:02scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity
00:37:08actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlett's hostility last year after begging
00:37:12my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see
00:37:16nico
00:37:16but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with
00:37:20scarlett leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of
00:37:25his time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlett simply posted a printed sheet of paper
00:37:30on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was
00:37:35furious and hurt
00:37:36i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides
00:37:41delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in
00:37:45nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line
00:37:50he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil
00:37:55this should
00:37:56be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlett suddenly grabbed the tactical
00:38:01dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it
00:38:06fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame
00:38:12nico scarlett spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't
00:38:18press even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed
00:38:24then do it scarlett's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her
00:38:30blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single
00:38:34strand
00:38:35i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta
00:38:40from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlett's hand with the grip he looked at me his face
00:38:43livid
00:38:44his eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlett is my life
00:38:50and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always
00:38:55have
00:38:55to make things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than
00:38:59you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an
00:39:05imaginary enemy scarlett sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about
00:39:11whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlett tugged at his sleeve pretending
00:39:18to advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if
00:39:23she's my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle
00:39:27tail scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line
00:39:31of work
00:39:32courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head
00:39:37with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there
00:39:40listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it
00:39:45was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been
00:39:50seized
00:39:50and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and
00:39:55obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on
00:40:01yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant
00:40:07everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me
00:40:12all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that
00:40:18brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my
00:40:25hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to
00:40:30the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day
00:40:37i asked the kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a
00:40:42cup of black coffee the cup in her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my
00:40:47mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair
00:40:53she looked down and saw the long hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what
00:40:59happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a
00:41:05soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly
00:41:11my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this
00:41:15all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes
00:41:20and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom
00:41:41on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:41:47i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:41:52was left
00:41:53was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:41:58ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has
00:42:03terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite
00:42:08and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the
00:42:12moretti family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter
00:42:19scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards
00:42:25against her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is
00:42:33tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:42:41without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:42:49nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:42:55moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile in our world
00:43:01weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way it's a test of
00:43:06your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no
00:43:13one will
00:43:13see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs
00:43:19still
00:43:20too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico had come to see me in the
00:43:25suite last
00:43:26night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender
00:43:32and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good
00:43:41night's rest i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since
00:43:46childhood 20 years of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been
00:43:52laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i
00:43:58was
00:43:58awake and silent they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was
00:44:05just messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress
00:44:10we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you
00:44:14i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity
00:44:19as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands
00:44:24he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could
00:44:29become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the
00:44:36clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep
00:44:42our
00:44:42nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
00:44:49little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room
00:44:55understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it
00:45:04ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no
00:45:09filter
00:45:09why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it
00:45:13hit the edge and
00:45:14sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom
00:45:19wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back
00:45:23a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose
00:45:29control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and
00:45:33the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow
00:45:37me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and
00:45:42carefully
00:45:42smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became
00:45:46polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico
00:45:52is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so
00:45:58what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your
00:46:02hair
00:46:02is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i
00:46:09woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me
00:46:15like this
00:46:18nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:46:25scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:46:30let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:46:35day
00:46:35i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame
00:46:38me that was
00:46:39what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after loving him for 20
00:46:43years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known since i was three
00:46:47when i was
00:46:4811 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my mother had left me nico
00:46:53grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair on my head he would
00:46:58fight
00:46:59them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west point and came to my door
00:47:03with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first desperate to bind me to him
00:47:08for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's power at the airport he held
00:47:14my
00:47:14hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me a grand wedding then nico spent
00:47:18four
00:47:19years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now
00:47:24that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe
00:47:28was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first
00:47:34time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the
00:47:38family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no
00:47:42surprise
00:47:43at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning
00:47:47operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times
00:47:52scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room
00:47:56it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but
00:48:02he
00:48:02only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational
00:48:06briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since
00:48:11tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate
00:48:17ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:48:22if you want to
00:48:22blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the
00:48:27blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and
00:48:32keep
00:48:32you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she
00:48:39were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her
00:48:44hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned
00:48:52forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch but she
00:48:57used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i i'm doing this for my partner fine
00:49:01i'll
00:49:02shave it that moment nico leads me over drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of
00:49:06scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough
00:49:11ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade who
00:49:17would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard for
00:49:20her
00:49:21she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life
00:49:26and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond you
00:49:33she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live or die
00:49:38what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop she
00:49:44is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been
00:49:49shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tip scar was only testing
00:49:53you
00:49:54in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental strength
00:49:58are
00:49:58everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any
00:50:02idea how
00:50:03humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words stab straight
00:50:07into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico moretti but
00:50:12at
00:50:12that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand eva put away your
00:50:17tantrums the morechi name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded
00:50:22bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself after that he left the suite
00:50:29with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left the strength i had been
00:50:34forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread
00:50:39through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and
00:50:45suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig
00:50:52and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside
00:50:57the sweet door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you when my mother
00:51:05pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her hand crashed to
00:51:09the
00:51:09floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and her voice
00:51:15shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered across the floor
00:51:21panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire
00:51:28exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently shaking hands
00:51:33and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you
00:51:39supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell
00:51:43them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing
00:51:51the groom
00:52:06on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd
00:52:12grown
00:52:12for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left
00:52:17was
00:52:18a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail
00:52:23an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible
00:52:28instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't
00:52:33even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family the
00:52:38moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair nico
00:52:46put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance scarlet gave a
00:52:54mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate
00:53:02upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears
00:53:08like a status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter
00:53:18filled the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so
00:53:24fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own
00:53:30way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil
00:53:36and the wig
00:53:36tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style
00:53:42i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico
00:53:49had come to
00:53:49see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom essential
00:53:55oil from
00:53:56sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep
00:54:03you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up
00:54:09together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
00:54:14never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock
00:54:19me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth
00:54:25things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless
00:54:31hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front
00:54:36especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair
00:54:41scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter
00:54:46and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody
00:54:51humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is
00:54:57the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me
00:55:03up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20
00:55:08years
00:55:09so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a
00:55:15greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left
00:55:21unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't
00:55:30mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you
00:55:34have to take
00:55:35it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open
00:55:39revealing an
00:55:40exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially
00:55:45for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke
00:55:50requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a
00:55:55word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs
00:55:59the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head
00:56:03under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every
00:56:07shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble
00:56:12again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care
00:56:18of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining
00:56:23about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing
00:56:29there
00:56:29looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had
00:56:35not
00:56:35shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this nico sighed and came over
00:56:45as if to take my hand i jerked away scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she
00:56:52is her mouth
00:56:53runs but her heart isn't bad let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me
00:56:58ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:57:01if you want to blame
00:57:02someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was
00:57:07certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face
00:57:11i had
00:57:11known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the
00:57:16necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared
00:57:21touch a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday
00:57:26nico
00:57:26graduated from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win
00:57:31me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand
00:57:36the family's
00:57:37power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give
00:57:41me
00:57:41a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for
00:57:47him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus
00:57:52scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my
00:57:56stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging
00:58:01my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see
00:58:05nico
00:58:06but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with
00:58:10scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of
00:58:14his time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper
00:58:19on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was
00:58:25furious
00:58:25and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct
00:58:30besides delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale
00:58:34in nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating
00:58:39that line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you
00:58:44the oil
00:58:45this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the
00:58:50tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just
00:58:55hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is
00:58:59nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in
00:59:06her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed
00:59:13then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her
00:59:20blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single
00:59:24strand
00:59:25i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta
00:59:29from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me
00:59:32his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze
00:59:39scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout
00:59:43why do you always have to make things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has
00:59:48spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another
00:59:53woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of
00:59:59the whole family about whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at
01:00:06his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop
01:00:12accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is
01:00:16the size of a needle tail scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel
01:00:20good but in
01:00:20this line of work courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force
01:00:25scar to shave her head with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to
01:00:29do that
01:00:29i stood there listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times
01:00:34that it was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it
01:00:39had been
01:00:39seized and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold
01:00:44blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair
01:00:50reflect on yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer
01:00:56the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of
01:01:01me all
01:01:01at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that
01:01:08brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my
01:01:14hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to
01:01:20the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the
01:01:27kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee
01:01:32the cup in her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head
01:01:38her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long
01:01:44hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp
01:01:51i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my
01:01:57mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding
01:02:03is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what
01:02:07are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom
01:02:12i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom
01:02:30on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
01:02:36i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
01:02:42was left
01:02:42was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
01:02:47ponytail
01:02:48an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible
01:02:53instincts such a pampered upper east side princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she
01:02:58didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family
01:03:03the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair nico
01:03:11put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiancee scarlet gave a
01:03:18mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate
01:03:26upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears
01:03:33like a status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter
01:03:43filled the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so
01:03:48fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own
01:03:54way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil
01:04:00and the wig
01:04:01tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style
01:04:07i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico
01:04:13had come
01:04:14to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom
01:04:19essential oil
01:04:20from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep
01:04:28you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up
01:04:34together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
01:04:39never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock
01:04:44me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent
01:04:49they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just
01:04:54messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress
01:04:59we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you
01:05:04i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity
01:05:09as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he
01:05:14wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could
01:05:18become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the
01:05:26clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep
01:05:31our
01:05:31nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
01:05:38little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room
01:05:44understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti
01:05:52is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid
01:05:58she has no filter why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box
01:06:02onto the
01:06:02bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene
01:06:07i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's
01:06:11not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald
01:06:16i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself
01:06:21through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of
01:06:25highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig
01:06:30placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my
01:06:34shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she
01:06:40cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not
01:06:45isn't
01:06:46he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig
01:06:51and
01:06:51who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying
01:06:57but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear
01:07:02nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this
01:07:08nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
01:07:14scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
01:07:19let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me
01:07:23ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
01:07:26if you want to blame
01:07:27someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain
01:07:32that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i
01:07:36had known
01:07:36since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal
01:07:41the necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared
01:07:46touch a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday
01:07:50nico
01:07:51graduated from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win
01:07:56me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand
01:08:01the family's
01:08:01power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give
01:08:06me
01:08:06a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for
01:08:11him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus
01:08:16scent
01:08:17that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity
01:08:22actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging my
01:08:26father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico
01:08:30but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the warhoose with
01:08:34scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time
01:08:39i asked his men to announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron
01:08:45door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt
01:08:50i fought with nico but
01:08:51he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational
01:08:56briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long
01:09:00since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so
01:09:05affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on
01:09:11me if you
01:09:12want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table
01:09:16drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine
01:09:21too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke
01:09:28as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the
01:09:33slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it
01:09:39scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved
01:09:45forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i
01:09:49i'm doing
01:09:50this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico lee drew the beretta from his waist and
01:09:55knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full
01:09:59of
01:09:59rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner
01:10:05a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make
01:10:09things hard
01:10:10for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your
01:10:15entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet
01:10:21sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live
01:10:26or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop
01:10:33she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been
01:10:38shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar was only testing
01:10:43you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental
01:10:47strength
01:10:47are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have
01:10:51any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words
01:10:56stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico
01:11:01moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand
01:11:05ava put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience i don't need
01:11:11a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself after that
01:11:17he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left the strength
01:11:23i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once a dense
01:11:27suffocating
01:11:28pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor
01:11:34and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous
01:11:41wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded
01:11:46outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you when my mother
01:11:54pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her hand crashed to
01:11:59the floor
01:11:59spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and her voice
01:12:05shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered across the floor
01:12:11panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire
01:12:17exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and
01:12:23comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to
01:12:29face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell them already
01:12:33i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom
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