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00:00:04on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde
00:00:10hair i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all
00:00:15that
00:00:15was left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in
00:00:21a high ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your
00:00:26fiancee has terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into
00:00:30her penthouse suite and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future
00:00:35godfather of the merecki family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into
00:00:41laughter scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against
00:00:49her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand
00:00:55the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves
00:01:03the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:01:11nico take away her salon and your fiance's is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:01:18moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile
00:01:23in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way
00:01:28it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and
00:01:34the wig
00:01:35tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style
00:01:41i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico
00:01:47had come
00:01:47to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom
00:01:53essential
00:01:53oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep
00:02:02you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up
00:02:07together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
00:02:13never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to
00:02:17knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to
00:02:23smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got
00:02:29restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago
00:02:34front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair
00:02:39scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now
00:02:45nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation
00:02:50and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise
00:02:56nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down
00:03:02i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years
00:03:07so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in
00:03:13a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left
00:03:19unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean
00:03:29any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have
00:03:33to take it
00:03:33personal as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing
00:03:38an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially
00:03:43for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke
00:03:48requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a
00:03:53word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs
00:03:57the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head
00:04:01under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every
00:04:06shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble
00:04:11again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care
00:04:17of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining
00:04:22about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing
00:04:27there
00:04:27looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had
00:04:33not
00:04:33shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this nico sighed and came over
00:04:43as if to take my hand i jerked away scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she
00:04:51is her mouth
00:04:51runs but her heart isn't bad let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing
00:04:57me ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on
00:05:00me if you want to
00:05:00blame someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was
00:05:05certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face
00:05:09i had
00:05:10known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal
00:05:14the necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared
00:05:19touch a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday
00:05:24nico
00:05:25graduated from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would
00:05:29win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to
00:05:34expand the
00:05:35family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned
00:05:39he would give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire
00:05:44while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by
00:05:48the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of
00:05:53sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's
00:05:58hostility last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a
00:06:03safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent
00:06:07every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing
00:06:11me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlet simply posted
00:06:17a
00:06:17printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry
00:06:22back
00:06:22then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any
00:06:27harm
00:06:27she's just direct besides delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i
00:06:32knew the scale in nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by
00:06:36the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the
00:06:42one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing
00:06:47nico
00:06:47scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her
00:06:52own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company
00:06:56for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she were
00:07:02making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into
00:07:07her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned
00:07:15forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch
00:07:19but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i'm doing this for my partner
00:07:24fine
00:07:25i'll shave it at that moment nico lee drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out
00:07:29of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava
00:07:34russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade
00:07:40who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard
00:07:43for her
00:07:44she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire
00:07:49life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet
00:07:54sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live
00:08:00or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop
00:08:07she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been
00:08:12shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tip scar was only testing
00:08:16you in
00:08:17her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental strength are
00:08:21everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any
00:08:25idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words stab
00:08:30straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico moretti
00:08:35but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand ava put
00:08:40away your
00:08:40tantrums the morechi name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded
00:08:45bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself after that he left the
00:08:52suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left the strength i
00:08:57had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once a dense suffocating
00:09:02pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor
00:09:08and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous
00:09:15wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps
00:09:19sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you
00:09:27when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her
00:09:32hand
00:09:32crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and
00:09:38her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered across the
00:09:44floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside
00:09:51the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently shaking
00:09:56hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you
00:10:02supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell
00:10:06them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing
00:10:14the groom on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde
00:10:21hair i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all
00:10:27that was
00:10:27left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a
00:10:33high
00:10:33ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has
00:10:38terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite
00:10:43and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the
00:10:47merecki family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's
00:10:55not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance
00:11:03scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow
00:11:10let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:11:16without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:11:23nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:11:29moretti looked at me with a thin perfunctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile
00:11:35in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way
00:11:40it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and
00:11:46the wig
00:11:47tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style
00:11:53i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico
00:11:59had
00:11:59come to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands
00:12:03this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best
00:12:10thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we
00:12:19had
00:12:19grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
00:12:24never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to
00:12:29knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent
00:12:34they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just
00:12:40messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress
00:12:44we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you
00:12:49i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity
00:12:54as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he
00:13:00wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could
00:13:04become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlett
00:13:10toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of
00:13:16woman
00:13:16could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're
00:13:22nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout
00:13:28everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy
00:13:35of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like
00:13:42this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have to take it personally as he
00:13:46spoke he
00:13:46tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside
00:13:51stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was
00:13:56only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving
00:14:01someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down
00:14:06hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell
00:14:10family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i
00:14:14picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell
00:14:19back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face
00:14:25and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy
00:14:31or
00:14:31not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear
00:14:36the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act
00:14:42is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear
00:14:48nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this
00:14:53nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:15:00scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:15:05let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me
00:15:08ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:15:12if you want to
00:15:12blame someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was
00:15:17certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face
00:15:21i had
00:15:21known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the
00:15:26necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch
00:15:31a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico
00:15:36graduated
00:15:37from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would
00:15:41win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to
00:15:46expand the
00:15:46family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would
00:15:51give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i
00:15:56waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed
00:16:00the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives
00:16:05silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility
00:16:10last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to
00:16:14a safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead
00:16:18he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations
00:16:22even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times
00:16:27scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room
00:16:31it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but
00:16:37he
00:16:37only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational
00:16:41briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long
00:16:45since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so
00:16:51affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on
00:16:56me if you
00:16:57want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table
00:17:02drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine
00:17:06too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke
00:17:13as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the
00:17:18slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it
00:17:25scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved
00:17:30forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i
00:17:35i'm doing
00:17:35this for my partner fine i'll shave it that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta from his waist
00:17:40and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes
00:17:44full
00:17:44of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner
00:17:51a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make
00:17:55things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've
00:17:59shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary
00:18:05enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our
00:18:11brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise
00:18:18him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my
00:18:23fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar
00:18:27was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work
00:18:31courage
00:18:32and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with
00:18:36you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening
00:18:40to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to
00:18:45let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed
00:18:50by
00:18:50a hand eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience
00:18:55i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself
00:19:02after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left
00:19:08the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once
00:19:12a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant
00:19:18patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand
00:19:25pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed
00:19:29to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door
00:19:35darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you
00:19:39when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her
00:19:43hand
00:19:44crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide
00:19:49and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered
00:19:55across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard
00:20:02scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's
00:20:07violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow
00:20:13how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed
00:20:17to
00:20:18tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell
00:20:25i'm changing the groom
00:20:33on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:20:38i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:20:44was left
00:20:44was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:20:50ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has
00:20:55terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite
00:20:59and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the
00:21:04moretti family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter
00:21:10scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards
00:21:17against her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is
00:21:25tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:21:33without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:21:40nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:21:46moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile in our world
00:21:52weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way it's a test of
00:21:58your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no
00:22:04one will
00:22:04see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs
00:22:11still
00:22:11too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico had come to see me in the
00:22:17suite last
00:22:17night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender
00:22:24and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good
00:22:33night's rest i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since
00:22:38childhood 20 years of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been
00:22:44laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i
00:22:49was
00:22:49awake and silent they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was
00:22:56just messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress
00:23:01we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you
00:23:06i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity
00:23:11as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands
00:23:16he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could
00:23:20become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the
00:23:28clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep
00:23:33our
00:23:33nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
00:23:40little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room
00:23:46understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it
00:23:56ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no
00:24:00filter
00:24:01why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it
00:24:05hit the edge and
00:24:05sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom
00:24:11wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back
00:24:15a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose
00:24:20control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and
00:24:25the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow
00:24:29me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and
00:24:33carefully
00:24:33smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became
00:24:38polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side
00:24:43nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you
00:24:49so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell
00:24:54your hair
00:24:54is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i
00:25:00woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me
00:25:07like this
00:25:10nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:25:16scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:25:21let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:25:26day
00:25:26i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame
00:25:30me that was
00:25:30what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after loving him for 20
00:25:35years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known since i was three
00:25:39when i was
00:25:3911 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my mother had left me nico
00:25:45grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair on my head he would
00:25:50fight
00:25:50them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west point and came to my door
00:25:55with
00:25:55the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first desperate to bind me to him for
00:26:00life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's power at the airport he held my
00:26:05hand
00:26:05tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me a grand wedding then nico spent four
00:26:10years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now
00:26:15that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe
00:26:20was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first
00:26:25time i'd seen scarlett's hostility last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the
00:26:30family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no
00:26:34surprise
00:26:34at all instead he spent every day in the warhoose with scarlett leaning over city maps and planning
00:26:38operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times
00:26:44scarlett simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room
00:26:47it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but
00:26:53he
00:26:53only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational
00:26:58briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since
00:27:02tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate
00:27:08ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:27:13if you want to
00:27:14blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlett suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the
00:27:19blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and
00:27:23keep
00:27:24you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlett spoke as if she
00:27:30were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her
00:27:36hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlett's hand froze i leaned
00:27:43forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch but she
00:27:48used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll
00:27:53shave
00:27:54it that moment nico leech drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlett's hand
00:27:58with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are
00:28:03completely
00:28:04out of line i froze scarlett is my life and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for
00:28:09me
00:28:09in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard for her she fought for four years
00:28:14in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you
00:28:20see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlett sees far beyond you she worries about
00:28:25the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your heart
00:28:32scarlett tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop she is your fiance after all but nico
00:28:38didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiance she's been shut inside that estate for too long
00:28:42her world is the size of a needle tip scar was only testing you in her own way i know
00:28:46it doesn't feel
00:28:47good but in this line of work courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this
00:28:51why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force
00:28:55someone
00:28:56to do that i stood there listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless
00:29:01times that it was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like
00:29:05it had
00:29:06been seized and crushed by a hand ava put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold
00:29:11blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair
00:29:16reflect on yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer
00:29:23the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of
00:29:28me
00:29:28all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that
00:29:34brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my
00:29:41hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the
00:29:46air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the
00:29:54kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee
00:29:59the cup in her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head
00:30:05her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long
00:30:11hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp
00:30:18i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my
00:30:24mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding
00:30:30is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what
00:30:34are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom
00:30:39i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family
00:30:47someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my
00:30:53waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by
00:30:59scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a
00:31:04nico
00:31:04moretti beside her your fiancee has terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess
00:31:09someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy
00:31:14of you the future godfather of the merecki family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the
00:31:20room burst into laughter scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself
00:31:28who guards against her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in
00:31:34her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie
00:31:42still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:31:52nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:31:58moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile
00:32:03in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way
00:32:09it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and
00:32:15the wig
00:32:15tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style
00:32:21i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico
00:32:27had come
00:32:28to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom
00:32:33essential
00:32:33oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep
00:32:42you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up
00:32:48together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
00:32:53never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to
00:32:58knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to
00:33:04smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got
00:33:09restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago
00:33:14front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair
00:33:19scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now
00:33:25nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation
00:33:30and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico
00:33:37morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down
00:33:42i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years
00:33:47so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in
00:33:54a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left
00:33:59unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean
00:34:09any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have
00:34:13to take it
00:34:13personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing
00:34:18an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially
00:34:23for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke
00:34:28requires
00:34:29shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word
00:34:34i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of
00:34:38the
00:34:38russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned
00:34:42gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the
00:34:47long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened
00:34:53scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think
00:34:59you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick
00:35:03veil
00:35:04tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful
00:35:08that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a
00:35:14single tear
00:35:16nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this
00:35:22nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:35:28scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:35:33let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:35:38day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone
00:35:41blame me
00:35:42that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that
00:35:46after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had
00:35:50known since
00:35:50i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my
00:35:55mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair
00:36:01on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west
00:36:06point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first
00:36:10desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's
00:36:15power
00:36:16at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me
00:36:20a grand
00:36:20wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him
00:36:25in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus
00:36:30scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my
00:36:35stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlett's hostility last year after begging
00:36:40my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see
00:36:44nico
00:36:44but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the warhoose with
00:36:48scarlett leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time
00:36:53i asked his men to announce me three times scarlett simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron
00:36:58door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt
00:37:04i fought
00:37:04with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an
00:37:09operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had
00:37:14long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought
00:37:19was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should
00:37:24be on me
00:37:25if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlett suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the
00:37:30table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave
00:37:35mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlett
00:37:41spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the
00:37:46slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it
00:37:53scarlett's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved
00:37:59forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i
00:38:03i'm doing
00:38:04this for my partner fine i'll shave it that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta from his waist and
00:38:09knocked the dagger out of scarlett's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full
00:38:12of
00:38:13rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlett is my life and death partner
00:38:19a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make
00:38:23things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've
00:38:28shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary
00:38:33enemy scarlett sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our
00:38:39brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlett tugged at his sleeve pretending to
00:38:46advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's
00:38:51my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle
00:38:55tail scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line
00:38:59of work
00:39:00courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head
00:39:05with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there
00:39:08listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it
00:39:13was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been
00:39:18seized
00:39:18and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the morechi name stands for absolute cold blood and
00:39:23obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on
00:39:29yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant
00:39:35everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me
00:39:40all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that
00:39:46brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my
00:39:53hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to
00:39:58the air again when footsteps sounded outside the sweet door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked
00:40:06the kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black
00:40:11coffee
00:40:11the cup in her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head
00:40:17her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the
00:40:23long hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing
00:40:29was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right
00:40:35i held my mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly
00:40:40the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is
00:40:45watching what are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly
00:40:51mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom
00:41:01on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:41:07i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:41:12was left
00:41:13was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:41:18ponytail
00:41:19an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible
00:41:23instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she
00:41:28didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family
00:41:33the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter
00:41:39scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards
00:41:45against her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is
00:41:53tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:42:01without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:42:08nico
00:42:09take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico moretti
00:42:15looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile in our world
00:42:21weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way it's a test of
00:42:26your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no
00:42:33one will
00:42:33see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs
00:42:39still
00:42:40too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico had come to see me in the
00:42:45suite last
00:42:46night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender
00:42:52and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good
00:43:01night's rest i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since
00:43:06childhood 20 years of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been
00:43:12laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i
00:43:18was
00:43:18awake and silent they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was
00:43:25just messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress
00:43:30we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you
00:43:34i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity
00:43:39as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands
00:43:44he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could
00:43:49become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the
00:43:56clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep
00:44:02our
00:44:02nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
00:44:09little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room
00:44:15understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti
00:44:22is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid
00:44:28she has no filter why do you have to take it personal as he spoke he tossed a black box
00:44:32onto the
00:44:33bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this
00:44:38handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your
00:44:42hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't
00:44:48scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the
00:44:52lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn
00:44:56etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it
00:45:01on my
00:45:01head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly
00:45:06became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the
00:45:12side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying
00:45:17you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can
00:45:22tell
00:45:22your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from
00:45:28the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let
00:45:34her humiliate me like
00:45:38this nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:45:45scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:45:50let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:45:55day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone
00:45:58blame me that
00:45:59was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after loving
00:46:03him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known since
00:46:07i was three
00:46:07when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my mother had
00:46:12left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair on my
00:46:18head
00:46:18he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west point and came
00:46:23to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first desperate to bind me to
00:46:28him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's power at the airport he
00:46:33held
00:46:34my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me a grand wedding then nico
00:46:38spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new
00:46:43york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel
00:46:48safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the
00:46:54first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded
00:46:58the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed
00:47:02no
00:47:02surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and
00:47:07planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three
00:47:11times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room it read ava
00:47:17russell
00:47:18and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me
00:47:22coldly
00:47:23scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational briefing was
00:47:27your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since tipped
00:47:31beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate
00:47:37ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:47:42if you want to blame
00:47:43someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the
00:47:47blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and
00:47:52keep
00:47:52you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she
00:47:59were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into
00:48:04her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned
00:48:12forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch
00:48:16but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i i'm doing this for my
00:48:21partner
00:48:21fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the
00:48:26dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage
00:48:30enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner a
00:48:36comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make things
00:48:40hard for
00:48:41her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your
00:48:45entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet
00:48:51sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live
00:48:57or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop
00:49:04she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been
00:49:09shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar was only testing
00:49:13you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental
00:49:17strength
00:49:18are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have
00:49:22any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words
00:49:26stabbed straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico
00:49:31moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand
00:49:36ava put away your tantrums the mereci name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience
00:49:41i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself
00:49:47after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone
00:49:52left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at
00:49:57once
00:49:57a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb
00:50:02i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized
00:50:07i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it
00:50:12aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door
00:50:20darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you
00:50:24when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her
00:50:28hand
00:50:29crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head
00:50:33her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw
00:50:39the long hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my
00:50:45hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all
00:50:51right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell
00:50:57instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new
00:51:01york society is watching what are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said
00:51:06each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom on the eve of my arranged
00:51:14marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd grown for 12 years hair
00:51:20that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left was a blue tinged
00:51:26scalp
00:51:26scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail an electric clipper in
00:51:31one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible instincts such a pampered
00:51:37upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't even notice
00:51:41how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family the moretti
00:51:46capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter
00:51:51scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards
00:51:57against her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand
00:52:04the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves
00:52:12the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:52:20nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:52:26moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face
00:52:30ava don't be so fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just
00:52:36welcoming you in their own way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one
00:52:40will know
00:52:42wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti
00:52:47i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes
00:52:54on that diffuser
00:52:54bottle nico had come to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands
00:53:00this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best
00:53:07thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we
00:53:16had
00:53:16grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
00:53:21never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock
00:53:26me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth
00:53:32things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless
00:53:38hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front
00:53:43especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair
00:53:48scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter
00:53:53and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody
00:53:58humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is
00:54:04the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me
00:54:10up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20
00:54:15years
00:54:16so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a
00:54:22greenhouse
00:54:23and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid
00:54:29so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean
00:54:38any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have
00:54:41to take it
00:54:42personal as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing
00:54:47an
00:54:47exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for
00:54:52you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires
00:54:57shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit
00:55:03down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the
00:55:07russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned
00:55:11gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the
00:55:15long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened
00:55:21scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think
00:55:27you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick
00:55:32veil
00:55:32tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that
00:55:38weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single
00:55:43tear
00:55:45nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this
00:55:50nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:55:57scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:56:02let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me
00:56:05ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:56:09if you want to
00:56:09blame someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was
00:56:14certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face
00:56:18i had
00:56:18known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal
00:56:23the necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared
00:56:28touch a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday
00:56:33nico
00:56:33graduated from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone
00:56:37else would win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for
00:56:42chicago to
00:56:43expand the family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he
00:56:48returned he would give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's
00:56:52gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle
00:56:56still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the
00:57:01sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time
00:57:06i'd seen scarlett's hostility last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the
00:57:10family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no
00:57:14surprise
00:57:15at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlett leaning over city maps and planning
00:57:19operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times
00:57:24scarlett simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell
00:57:29and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me
00:57:34coldly
00:57:35scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational briefing was your fault to
00:57:39begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was
00:57:44still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the
00:57:50day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone
00:57:55blame me
00:57:55hearing nico scarlett suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it
00:58:00against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company
00:58:04for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlett spoke as if she were
00:58:11making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into
00:58:16her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlett's hand froze i leaned
00:58:24forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch
00:58:28but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i'm doing this for my partner
00:58:33fine
00:58:33i'll shave it at that moment nico lee drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out
00:58:38of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava
00:58:43russell
00:58:43you are completely out of line i froze scarlett is my life and death partner a comrade who would take
00:58:49a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard for her she
00:58:53fought
00:58:53for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you
00:58:59the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlett sees far beyond you
00:59:05she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live or die
00:59:10what do you have in your heart scarlett tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop
00:59:16she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been
00:59:21shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tip scar was only testing
00:59:25you in
00:59:25her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental strength are
00:59:30everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any
00:59:34idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words stab
00:59:38straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico moretti
00:59:43but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand eva put
00:59:48away your
00:59:49tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded
00:59:54bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself after that he left the
01:00:00suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left the strength
01:00:05i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once a dense
01:00:10suffocating
01:00:11pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor
01:00:16and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous
01:00:23wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded
01:00:28outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you
01:00:36when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her
01:00:40hand
01:00:40crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and
01:00:47her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered across
01:00:52the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet
01:00:59outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently
01:01:05shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you
01:01:11supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell
01:01:15them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing
01:01:23the groom