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00:01Le don de la Russo famille laye sur la mort de la mort de la mort après un hit par
00:05un syndicat de la mort de la mort de la mort de la mort de la mort de la mort
00:09de la mort de la mort.
00:30a le dit à la mort de la mort.
18:53You have some nerve, you bastard, you dare step foot in my house?
18:57The Russo family isn't yours.
18:59I am the eldest son, and this empire belongs to me.
19:01Take this toxic bitch and get out of my house.
19:04He instinctively reached for the gun at his waist,
19:06but Matteo's bodyguards moved in a flash,
19:09kicking him hard in the chest and dropping him to the floor.
19:12Who do you think runs the Russo family now?
19:14I sneered, stood up, and threw a divorce agreement
19:17and a thick stack of bank statements right in his face.
19:20Sign the divorce papers and look at those statements.
19:22Over the last three years, you imbezibled family funds
19:25to buy yachts and diamonds for Julia, $30 million in total.
19:28Matteo swirled his whiskey glass, a dangerous smirk on his lips.
19:31Big brother, I run the finances now, and I have audited the books.
19:36You either pay back the money, or I handle this the traditional mafia way,
19:40and you pay with a pound of flesh.
19:46Valor, you think slapping a $30 million debt on me is going to make me beg?
19:49You think throwing me out will make me leave Julia and come crawling back to you?
19:53You miscalculated.
19:55Even if you do all this, I'll never choose you.
19:57As long as I have Julia by my side, I will build my own empire from the ground up.
20:00I will wait for the day you come begging me on your knees.
20:03Come on, Julia.
20:04We are leaving.
20:05Watching his dramatic exit,
20:06I almost laughed out loud.
20:08Build his own empire from the ground up.
20:10He was nothing without the Russo name.
20:12And soon enough, he'd learn a hard truth.
20:14Empires don't rise from nothing.
20:16And gold diggers don't stay for love.
20:21One month later,
20:22inside a hot, humid, run-down motel
20:24with water dripping from the ceiling.
20:26It was the exact opposite of the luxurious Russo estate.
20:30Cassian, are you entirely useless?
20:34Julia's hair was a mess.
20:35She pointed right at Cassian's nose,
20:38screaming.
20:39That sweet, gentle face of hers was now twisted with rage.
20:42You can't even buy me a decent dress!
20:45Some boss you are!
20:46Ever since Cassian was thrown out,
20:49all his bank accounts had been frozen to pay off his debt.
20:52All of Julia's limited edition bags and diamonds
20:54had been confiscated and liquidated.
20:56Used to a life of extreme luxury,
20:58Julia's true colors finally bled through.
21:01Cassian stepped forward humbly,
21:03trying to hold her hand.
21:04Julia, please, don't be mad.
21:08I have already reached out to a few guys
21:10who used to follow me.
21:13Once I find-
21:14Find what?
21:15What the hell can your pocket change do?
21:21You can't even buy me a purse!
21:23How can you say you love me?
21:26Weren't you the big boss?
21:28Julia.
21:29A flash of genuine hurt crossed Cassian's eyes.
21:32You weren't like this before.
21:34You told me as long as we have love,
21:36you wouldn't care even if the sky fell.
21:38Julia looked at him with pure disgust.
21:40Without money, your love is worthless.
21:43Just then, with a loud bang,
21:44the motel door was kicked open.
21:47Jax stumbled inside, covered in blood.
21:49Sis!
21:50Save me, sis!
21:53I owe the casino!
21:56They said if I don't pay up today,
21:58they are chopping off my hands and feet!
22:03Are you deaf?
22:05They are going to maim my brother!
22:07Pay them!
22:08Julia screamed in terror,
22:10shoving Cassian forward.
22:12I-
22:13Cassian went pale.
22:14I don't have any money left.
22:16Jax's eyes were wild.
22:17He dropped to the floor,
22:18hugging Cassian's leg and shaking him violently.
22:22Cassian, go beg Valerie!
22:24She used to love you so much,
22:26she did whatever you said!
22:29Get on your knees and beg her for the money!
22:31Cassian flinched like he had been hit with a bat.
22:33He stared at Julia,
22:34his lips trembling.
22:36Julia,
22:38do you think I should do that too?
22:42Well, you're useless right now anyway.
22:44Julia avoided his eyes,
22:46her face filled with revulsion.
22:47If you can scam some money out of her, do it.
22:50You can't just let my brother get crippled.
22:52Cassian completely broke down.
22:54He couldn't accept that his precious first love
22:56was really like this.
22:57He held his head in his hands,
22:59trying to hypnotize himself.
23:00She is just tired.
23:02She still loves me.
23:05She is just scared.
23:06But reality shattered his last layer of delusion
23:08the very next day.
23:10Julia went straight to Mateo,
23:11sitting on a massive leather sofa.
23:13Mateo casually spun a pistol in his hand.
23:16Julia was heavily dressed up.
23:18She wore a tight, short dress,
23:20deliberately pulling down the collar
23:21to expose her collarbones.
23:26Her eyes were red as she spoke
23:28in a choked, breathy voice.
23:29Dawn,
23:30to be honest,
23:31I never liked
23:34Cassian's brutality from the start.
23:36Julia took a step closer,
23:37leaning her upper body over his mahogany desk,
23:40her voice dripping with seduction.
23:41He made me.
23:42He used his status to force me to stay with him.
23:45But in my heart,
23:47I have always admired men like you.
23:50real men.
23:52Men with real power and ambition.
23:55A mocking gleam flashed in Mateo's eyes.
23:57Is that so?
23:58He forced you?
23:59Seeing Mateo hadn't kicked her out,
24:01Julia was thrilled.
24:03She even dropped to her knees,
24:04pressing herself against his leg.
24:06It is true.
24:09Cassian is nothing.
24:10He is a brainless coward.
24:13I never loved him.
24:15As long as you let me stay by your side,
24:18I will do anything you want.
24:22Julia!
24:26A roar of utter disbelief and raw fury
24:29echoed from the doorway.
24:31Cassian stared dead,
24:32eyed at Julia,
24:33who was kneeling on the floor,
24:34her dress half off,
24:35offering herself to Mateo.
24:37You treacherous whore!
24:39He charged forward like a madman,
24:41wrapping his hands around Julia's throat
24:42and slamming her heart into the floor.
24:45I threw away my title
24:46as godfather for you!
24:49I abandoned my own mother for you!
24:51And you dare betray me?
24:53I will kill you!
24:54Julia screamed in terror,
24:56desperately slapping his arms,
24:57her eyes rolling into the back of her head.
24:59Cassian probably didn't realize
25:01that if Mateo hadn't explicitly
25:03ordered the downstairs guards
25:04to let him through,
25:05he wouldn't have even made it
25:06into the lobby.
25:07How could we throw a play
25:08without the lead actor?
25:10I stepped out from behind
25:11the concealed door,
25:12looking down at them from above.
25:14Traded a billion dollar mafia empire
25:16for a woman like this.
25:17Your true love
25:18sure didn't come cheap, Cassian.
25:20That broke him.
25:21Hearing my voice,
25:22Cassian snapped his head up.
25:24Then,
25:24he suddenly started laughing
25:25like a complete psychopath.
25:27He was choking Julia,
25:28laughing out loud
25:29while massive tears
25:30rolled down his face.
25:31I was wrong!
25:32I was so fucking wrong!
25:34This circus ended
25:35with Mateo's bodyguards
25:36dragging them both out.
25:38Cassian's face
25:38was twisted with Maydian.
25:40I recognized that look,
25:41it was the exact same one
25:42he'd had before
25:43he killed me in my past life.
25:45Have your guys
25:45keep an eye on him.
25:46He's about to go
25:47completely insane.
25:48Don't worry.
25:49This time around,
25:51I'm not letting anyone
25:52hurt you.
25:55When I received the video
25:57from my private investigator,
25:58I was standing by the
25:59floor-to-ceiling windows
26:01holding a glass of red wine.
26:02The video showed
26:03an abandoned,
26:04rotting pier
26:05on the outskirts of Brooklyn.
26:06Cassian was drenched
26:07in rain,
26:08his eyes bloodshot.
26:09He had pawned
26:10his last pistol
26:11to hire a shady van,
26:12kidnapping both
26:13Julia and Jax.
26:14Fierce winds whipped
26:15the freezing ocean water
26:16against the rocks.
26:17Julia's hands and feet
26:19were bound with thick rope.
26:20Her face was twisted
26:21in sheer horror.
26:22Cassian!
26:24Cassian,
26:24I'm sorry!
26:25I really am!
26:27Please don't kill me!
26:29Let's start over, okay?
26:31I don't want any jewelry
26:33or money anymore!
26:35I only love you!
26:37I am so cold!
26:39My head hurts so much,
26:41Cassian!
26:41I have a fever!
26:43You used to care about me!
26:44She was using her usual
26:46pathetic act.
26:47In my past life,
26:48it was a sentence
26:49just like that,
26:50which drove Cassian
26:51mad with guilt,
26:52making him throw me
26:53into the freezing,
26:54pitch, black river.
26:55This time,
26:56she got to taste
26:56the water herself.
26:58Faced with her begging,
26:59Cassian showed zero mercy.
27:00His face was locked
27:01in a mask
27:02of absolute manic hysteria.
27:04A fever?
27:05Perfect!
27:07It is nice and cool
27:08at the bottom of the ocean.
27:09Let me send you there
27:11right now!
27:12Cassian grabbed Julia
27:13by the hair
27:13and dragged her
27:14toward the edge of the pier.
27:15Didn't you say
27:16I was brainless?
27:17Didn't you say
27:18I was nothing?
27:19You bitch!
27:20You ruined my life!
27:22And now you are
27:23going to fucking die!
27:25Roaring,
27:26he tied a heavy cinder block
27:27tight to her ankles.
27:28Julia let out
27:29a scream of pure despair.
27:31Help!
27:32Help me!
27:34While Cassian
27:35was busy tying the knot,
27:36Jax,
27:36who was tied up nearby,
27:38had somehow managed
27:39to scrape through
27:39his zip ties.
27:40Pushed to the brink of death,
27:42his survival instinct
27:43kicked in.
27:44Jax broke free,
27:45grabbed a rusted piece
27:46of rebar from the ground
27:47and lunged.
27:48He drove it straight
27:49into Cassian's back.
27:50Cassian let out
27:51a blood-curdling scream.
27:52He convulsed,
27:53staring in disbelief
27:55at the iron spike
27:56protruding from his stomach.
27:57The agonizing pain
27:58twisted his face,
28:00but he didn't fall,
28:01holding his bleeding stomach.
28:03A sickening,
28:04eerie grin
28:04spread across his face.
28:06If I'm going to hell,
28:08you are all coming with me!
28:11You are all coming with me!
28:14Using the very last ounce
28:15of his strength,
28:16he raised his foot
28:17and kicked Julia
28:18hard off the edge.
28:19Julia let out
28:20one final,
28:21piercing scream
28:22before plummeting
28:23straight into the dark ocean.
28:24The wind howled
28:25and the waves
28:26swallowed her whole,
28:27just like what I experienced
28:29in my past life.
28:30Now,
28:30it was returned to them
28:31exactly as they deserved.
28:33Drained of life,
28:34Cassian collapsed
28:35into a pool
28:36of his own blood,
28:37coughing up bloody foam.
28:38He laughed maniacally
28:39at the sky.
28:40On my end of the screen,
28:41I calmly pressed pause.
28:43That lingering,
28:43suffocating chill,
28:44the trauma that had clung
28:45to my soul
28:46like a parasite
28:47since my rebirth
28:48finally dissipated
28:49into thin air.
28:50I made a phone call,
28:50my voice perfectly level.
28:52You can call the cops now.
28:53Tell them you spotted
28:54a wanted mafia fugitive
28:56with heavy deaths.
29:00The police quickly arrived
29:01at the pier.
29:02By then,
29:03Cassian was already
29:04half conscious
29:04from blood loss.
29:05Jax,
29:06who had tried to hide
29:07in a shipping container,
29:08was dragged out
29:09in handcuffs
29:09like a dead dog.
29:10Three months later,
29:12the court delivered
29:12the final verdicts.
29:13Jax was convicted
29:15on multiple charges
29:16and sentenced
29:16to 20 years
29:17in a maximum security prison.
29:19Rumor had it
29:20that during his very first month,
29:21he was recognized
29:22by some thugs
29:23he had crossed
29:23on the outside,
29:24including the bookies
29:25he still owed money to.
29:26In a blind spot
29:28away from the security cameras,
29:30Jax's spine
29:30was accidentally snapped.
29:32For the rest
29:32of his miserable life,
29:34he would be paralyzed
29:35in a prison hospital bed,
29:36begging for death.
29:38Cassian,
29:39convicted of first degree murder,
29:41was sentenced
29:41to death without delay.
29:43In his final days
29:44on death row
29:44due to a severe infection
29:46from his wound,
29:47he ran constant high fevers,
29:48leaving him delirious.
29:50In his endless suffering,
29:51he started having
29:52frequent hallucinations.
29:54In his delusions,
29:55he saw Valerie
29:55storm the yacht
29:56with a crew,
29:57dragging him back
29:58to the hospital.
29:59He saw himself
30:00pushing open
30:00the hospital doors,
30:02hearing the lawyer
30:02announce his name
30:03as he slipped
30:04on the black Onyx ring
30:05and became
30:06the all-powerful Dawn.
30:07In his dream,
30:08he was dressed
30:09in a sharp suit,
30:10sitting in the highest office
30:11of the Russo family empire.
30:13It was a glorious,
30:14dazzling future
30:15that belonged entirely to him.
30:17Cassian laughed
30:18out loud in his sleep.
30:19I am the Dawn.
30:20I am the Godfather.
30:22The violent slamming
30:23of the iron cell door
30:24ripped him out
30:25of his beautiful,
30:26decadent dream
30:27and dragged him
30:28back to reality.
30:29Cassian's eyes
30:29snapped open.
30:30There was no manor.
30:32There was no mafia empire.
30:34There was only a dark,
30:35damp death row cell
30:36that reeked of urine.
30:37He was wearing
30:37a rough prison uniform,
30:39heavy death row shackles
30:40binding his wrists.
30:42With every movement,
30:43the chains rattled
30:43with a terrifying,
30:44metallic echo.
30:45The guard walked in deadpan,
30:47tossing a death warrant
30:48onto his cot.
30:49No.
30:50No, this isn't real.
30:51I was just signing contracts.
30:53I am the Dawn.
30:54Let me out!
30:55The psychological whiplash,
30:56plummeting from the throne
30:57straight into hell,
30:59shattered Cassian completely.
31:00That extreme agony
31:01of having it all
31:02and losing it
31:03sliced his soul
31:04to ribbons,
31:05cut by cut.
31:05But soon,
31:06a lethal injection
31:07silenced him forever.
31:09Meanwhile,
31:10on the other side
31:10of the city,
31:11a gray-haired woman,
31:12reeking of decay
31:13rummaged through a dumpster.
31:15It was Carmel.
31:19The day she found out
31:20her son was sentenced to death,
31:22the shock caused
31:22a massive stroke,
31:23leaving her permanently
31:24paralyzed on one side.
31:26Mateo threw her out
31:27without a second thought,
31:28and her former cronies
31:30avoided her like the plague.
31:31Now,
31:32dragging her half-dead body around,
31:34she survived
31:34by begging on the streets
31:35of New York.
31:36Above her,
31:37the massive screens
31:38in Times Square
31:39broadcasted the financial news.
31:41On screen Mateo,
31:42wearing an impeccable suit
31:43and surrounded by politicians,
31:45confidently announced
31:46the launch of a new
31:47multi-billion dollar syndicate.
31:49That was supposed to be her son.
31:51That was supposed to be her glory.
31:52A freezing gust of wind
31:54blew past,
31:55scattering her bitter,
31:56incoherent curses
31:57into the dark corners
31:58of the city.
31:59Inside a luxurious penthouse
32:01in Manhattan,
32:02Mateo and I sat across
32:03from each other
32:04by the floor-to-ceiling windows.
32:06On the table rested
32:07two neatly stacked documents.
32:08One was my finalized
32:09divorce decree.
32:10The other was a contract
32:11granting me a 20% dividend
32:13in the new syndicate.
32:14This was the deal
32:15Mateo and I made
32:16in the hospital that day.
32:18I fed him the intel
32:19and stalled Cassian.
32:20In return,
32:21he gave me immense wealth
32:22and cleared every hurdle
32:23from my divorce.
32:25A pleasure doingsness
32:26with you, Valerie.
32:27Mateo raised his whiskey glass
32:28with a slight,
32:29knowing smile.
32:30I stood up
32:31and walked to the glass,
32:32looking down
32:33at the glittering city below.
32:34In the distance,
32:35a brilliant firework
32:36bloomed across the skyline.
32:38I raised my glass,
32:40gently clinking it
32:40against his,
32:41listening to the crisp sound
32:43of ice hitting the crystal.
32:44I looked at the gorgeous
32:45night view
32:46and replied softly,
32:47Cheers to our new lives.
32:51When I took that bullet
32:52for Mateo,
32:53I only had one thought.
32:54I wasn't about to let
32:55my percentage go up in smoke.
32:57The shooter was one
32:58of Cassian's old loyalists.
32:59A desperate ghost
33:00who lost everything
33:01when Mateo took the throne,
33:03looking for payback.
33:04The bullet tore
33:05through my shoulder blade.
33:06The pain nearly blacked me out.
33:08Mateo's hands pressed hard
33:09against my wound,
33:10hot as branding irons.
33:11He growled something in my ear,
33:13but I didn't catch a word.
33:14I just felt his pounding heart
33:16against my chest.
33:17Three days later,
33:18I opened my eyes.
33:19Mateo was sitting right
33:20by the bed,
33:21wrinkled suit,
33:22dark stubble coating his jaw.
33:24Seeing me awake,
33:25his dark eyes immediately lit up.
33:27He leaned in close to my side.
33:29You're awake.
33:30Don't get emotional.
33:32I couldn't let my cash cow die.
33:35He grabbed my hand.
33:36His fingers clamped down
33:37so hard it almost hurt,
33:39like he was holding onto something
33:40he'd nearly lost forever.
33:42Valerie,
33:43I have a new proposition.
33:48Marry me.
33:49His voice was low.
33:50I froze.
33:51What?
33:51I couldn't entirely read.
33:52My brother is dead,
33:54and the old capris won't stay quiet.
33:57You were a Russo wife for three years.
33:59You know their secrets better than anyone.
34:01I need you.
34:02He paused,
34:03then continued.
34:04And the real books?
34:05Family only.
34:07I make you my wife.
34:08You get the keys.
34:09It's the only way in.
34:10I stared at him.
34:11My pulse jumped.
34:12He needed me to secure his empire,
34:14or so he said.
34:15He had plenty of enemies,
34:16yes,
34:17but this,
34:18this wasn't just about the family anymore.
34:20A two-year contract.
34:22You'll be the real Donna.
34:2450% cut.
34:25When time is up,
34:26you walk away free.
34:28Cassian gave me nothing
34:29but three years of humiliation
34:30and betrayal,
34:31and this man,
34:32he was handing me a clean exit
34:34and half a mafia empire
34:35on a silver platter.
34:37What's the catch?
34:42Be my wife.
34:44A real wife, Valerie.
34:45Not a trophy like you were for Cassian.
34:48Which means?
34:50It means you move into my room.
34:52You sleep in my bed.
34:53You act like a loving wife
34:55in front of everyone.
34:55The air suddenly felt scorching.
34:57Mateo pulled a folded document
34:59from his inside jacket pocket.
35:01Termination clause
35:02is on the last page.
35:03I flipped to the back.
35:04My eyes caught on the words.
35:06Mateo's restrictions
35:06were packed into 12 bullet points.
35:08No coercion.
35:09Unrestricted movement.
35:11Absolute privacy.
35:12Separate finances.
35:13But my termination clause,
35:15just one line,
35:16triggered unilaterally.
35:17Effective immediately.
35:19Why?
35:19Because you're worth it.
35:21Three years.
35:22Nobody had ever said that to me.
35:27I didn't hesitate.
35:28My fingers shook slightly
35:29from the painkillers,
35:30but I signed my name.
35:31Mateo took the contract.
35:33He looked at my signature
35:34for a long second.
35:36Valerie,
35:37I promise you one thing.
35:38Nobody hurts you
35:39ever again.
35:41The door clicked shut.
35:42Then,
35:43my phone buzzed
35:43on the bedside tray.
35:44A single text message
35:45from Mateo.
35:48Pleasure doing business,
35:49Donna.
35:55For three days before the wedding,
35:57my room overflowed
35:58with luxury boxes.
35:59Mateo's men
36:00practically bought out
36:01half of Manhattan.
36:02Day one,
36:03five tailors
36:04showed up
36:04with four lookbooks.
36:05They measured around
36:06my shoulders
36:07like I was made of glass.
36:09Mr. Russo insisted
36:10all necklines
36:12must avoid
36:12your left shoulder.
36:13The gunshot wound
36:14was still healing,
36:15he remembered.
36:16Day two,
36:17jewelers brought in
36:17trays of diamonds.
36:18I pointed at the cheapest,
36:20plainest white gold band.
36:22This one.
36:22The jeweler paled.
36:23He scurried to a corner
36:24and whispered
36:25into his phone.
36:26The Donna
36:26chose an entry-level piece.
36:29By evening,
36:30that plain band was gone.
36:31In its place
36:32sat a massive
36:33emerald-cut diamond ring.
36:34Vesim engraved
36:35on the inside.
36:36It easily cost
36:37a hundred times more
36:38than the band I picked.
36:40Day three,
36:41maids stumbled
36:41in carrying
36:42the entire spring collection
36:44in champagne silk.
36:45What is all this?
36:46Mr. Russo said
36:48this is just pocket money.
36:49There are twelve more
36:50bags downstairs.
36:51I leaned against
36:52the vanity,
36:53staring at the sea
36:53of velvet boxes.
36:55Unbidden,
36:55a memory surfaced.
36:57The night before
36:57I married Cassian,
36:58I was stuck
36:59in a cheap motel room,
37:01ironing my own
37:01wrinkled wedding dress.
37:03Cassian had been
37:03forty minutes late.
37:04He was busy
37:05helping Julia
37:06pick out a gift.
37:07A bitter ache
37:07twisted in my chest,
37:09followed by a cold,
37:10hard sense of closure.
37:11I finally saw
37:12how pathetic I had been,
37:13how little
37:14I had settled for.
37:18The wedding took place
37:19at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
37:20I looped my arm
37:21through Matteo's
37:22as we walked down the aisle.
37:23The pews were packed
37:24with capos and rivals,
37:25their stares sliced
37:26at me like blades.
37:28Chin up,
37:29look straight ahead.
37:30His large,
37:30warm hand covered mine.
37:32Just like that,
37:33the suffocating hostility
37:34in the room
37:35vanished.
37:36The pipe organ
37:36roared to life.
37:37The priest read the vows,
37:39but it was all white noise.
37:40I only felt Matteo sliding
37:42that heavy emerald ring
37:43down my finger.
37:44You may kiss the bride.
37:46Matteo's hand cupped my jaw.
37:49The kiss was brief,
37:50a mere brush of lips.
37:52Late that night,
37:53I sat on the edge
37:54of our massive bed.
37:55The ring felt heavy,
37:56branding my skin.
37:57The shower ran
37:58in the master bathroom.
37:59I stared at the green stone,
38:01flashing back
38:02to my first wedding night.
38:03I had spent it alone,
38:04staring at the ceiling
38:05until dawn.
38:06Cassian had spent
38:07the whole night with Julia.
38:08The water shut off.
38:09Matteo stepped out.
38:10His dark hair was damp,
38:11sticking to his forehead.
38:12He wore a loose black robe.
38:14He walked straight
38:14to the window.
38:15His sharp eyes
38:16scanning the street below.
38:17A black SUV idled
38:18in the shadows
38:19across the street.
38:20Matteo turned back to me.
38:21A lazy, dangerous smirk
38:23played on his lips.
38:24Looks like we're sharing
38:25a bed tonight, wife.
38:34That night,
38:34I lay in his massive bed,
38:36completely tense.
38:37The bed was too big.
38:38It smelled just like him,
38:40making my heart hammer
38:41against my ribs.
38:42I waited for the nightmares.
38:43I waited for the feeling
38:44of freezing water
38:45under the Brooklyn Bridge.
38:46But at 3 a.m.,
38:48my eyes snapped open.
38:49I realized I had slept soundly
38:50for five straight hours.
38:52The first time
38:52since I came back to life.
38:54I cracked the door open.
38:55Matteo was sitting
38:56on the living room couch.
38:58He was standing guard.
38:59My heart raced.
39:00A strange heat
39:01bloomed in my chest.
39:03At the board dinner
39:04three days later,
39:05old capo Ricci
39:06sneered at me.
39:07Everyone caught it.
39:09Collecting quite the consultation fee,
39:11aren't we, Don's wife?
39:12Consultation fee
39:13was old school mob slang.
39:14It meant skimmed money.
39:16Matteo sat at the head
39:17of the table.
39:17His whiskey glass paused
39:19in midair.
39:19He didn't say a single word.
39:21He was giving me the floor.
39:22I put down my silverware
39:23and calmly dabbed my mouth.
39:25You're right, Mr. Ricci.
39:26Consultation fees
39:27are a beautiful thing.
39:28Take the $170,000
39:30you collected last month,
39:31for example.
39:32Wired to your mistress
39:33Cayman Islands account
39:34in three separate installments.
39:35First wire, $58,000.
39:38Transferred at 2.03 a.m.
39:39on the 5th.
39:40Second wire, $62,000.
39:424.17 p.m.
39:43on the 12th.
39:44Want me to recite
39:44the exact time
39:45and amount for the 3rd?
39:47The room was completely silent.
39:52I picked up my knife
39:53and casually sliced my steak.
39:56Relax.
39:56I don't care about
39:57your private life.
39:58Just stop testing me
40:00with cheap insults
40:01and we can play nice.
40:03The whispers around
40:04the table vanished.
40:05Out of the corner of my eye,
40:07I saw Mateo watching me.
40:08In the car ride back,
40:10Mateo suddenly broke the silence.
40:12You looked beautiful back there.
40:13I turned to him.
40:14What?
40:15When you were tearing him apart.
40:17Beautiful.
40:18A genuine laugh escaped me.
40:20The first time
40:20since I woke up in this body.
40:22Do that more, Valerie.
40:23You should smile more.
40:25That night,
40:26I dreamed of the Brooklyn Bridge again.
40:28Freezing water flooded my lungs.
40:30Julia stood on the bridge,
40:31looking smug
40:32as I sank into the dark.
40:34Help!
40:35I screamed.
40:35I jolted awake,
40:37drenched in cold sweat.
40:38I was gripping something.
40:39Hard.
40:40A large, warm hand.
40:42I turned my head
40:43in the dim moonlight.
40:44Mateo was sitting
40:45on the edge of the mattress.
40:47His voice was a low,
40:48rough rumble.
40:49You're safe.
40:50You're not there anymore.
40:51Who let you in?
40:52I was passing by.
40:54Your room is at the end of the hall.
40:55I said I was passing by.
40:57I slowly loosened
40:58my death grip on his hand.
41:00My breath caught.
41:01Four bloody crescent moons
41:02scarred the back of his hand.
41:04He hadn't made a single sound.
41:05Mateo lay down
41:06on the small sofa.
41:07I'm sleeping here tonight.
41:09Relax.
41:10I'm not interested
41:11in my business partner.
41:12Go to sleep.
41:13I glared at his broad back
41:14for a long time
41:15before finally lying down.
41:17I could hear
41:17his steady breathing.
41:18It slowly eased
41:19my tense nerves.
41:20A dreamless night.
41:24Seven straight days.
41:25Mateo showed up
41:26on my sofa
41:27on the dot every night.
41:28Always with the same book.
41:30Always gone before dawn.
41:31I actually started
41:32looking forward
41:33to the sound
41:33of his breathing.
41:34But on the ninth morning,
41:35I opened my bedroom door.
41:37The sofa was empty.
41:38No book.
41:39No wrinkled jacket.
41:40Even his cedar scent
41:41was gone.
41:42I told myself
41:42it was fine.
41:43He had no obligation
41:44to babysit
41:45a partner's nightmares.
41:46But during the
41:47morning board meeting,
41:48my mind spun.
41:49I mixed up the gun
41:50and drug shipment numbers
41:51three times.
41:52The capos across the table
41:53exchanged confused looks.
41:55Mateo glanced at me
41:56from the head of the table
41:57several times,
41:58but stayed quiet.
41:59Late that night,
42:00I dragged my exhausted
42:01body home
42:02and pushed my door open.
42:03Mateo was casually
42:04stretched out
42:05on the sofa again.
42:06He was a few dozen pages
42:07further into his book.
42:08He acted like last night
42:09hadn't happened.
42:10It's late.
42:11He didn't look up.
42:12You don't have to do this.
42:14Sleeping here every night.
42:15Watching over me.
42:16You have your own bed.
42:18Your own room.
42:21Mateo closed his file
42:22and met my gaze.
42:23You're right.
42:24I don't have to.
42:25But I want to, Valerie.
42:27You want to?
42:28He leaned back.
42:29Call it protecting
42:30my investment.
42:31I knew it was an excuse.
42:33You stay sharp
42:34during the day.
42:35My money is safe.
42:37But for some reason,
42:38my heart did a wild flip.
42:42I lay in bed,
42:43listening to the soft
42:44rustle of pages,
42:45the faint creak
42:46of the leather sofa
42:47when he shifted.
42:48At 4 a.m.
42:49something pulled me
42:49out of bed.
42:50Without making a sound,
42:51I walked over
42:52and crouched by the sofa.
42:53Mateo seemed asleep,
42:54but his brows were knit tight
42:56like he was in pain.
42:57Moonlight spilled
42:58through the window,
42:59casting soft shadows
43:00on his sharp jawline.
43:01With his eyes closed,
43:02he looked younger.
43:03Thick brows,
43:04long lashes.
43:05I reached out,
43:06wanting to smooth the crease
43:07between his brows.
43:08The second my fingers
43:09almost brushed his skin,
43:11his eyes snapped open.
43:12His hand shot out
43:13and grabbed my wrist.
43:14Our eyes locked.
43:15We were so close
43:16I could see my own reflection
43:17in his dark pupils.
43:19His voice was gravelly,
43:20laced with a dangerous tease.
43:22Touching costs extra.
43:23My face instantly burned.
43:25You had a smudge
43:26on your forehead?
43:27It was the lamest excuse
43:28I could come up with.
43:29Mateo stared at me
43:30for three agonizing seconds.
43:32Then he slowly released my wrist.
43:34Oh yeah?
43:35His lips twitched up.
43:37Did you wipe it off?
43:38I scrambled to my feet,
43:39my heart hammering.
43:40Yeah, it's gone.
43:41I bolted back to bed
43:42and cocooned myself
43:43in the blanket.
43:44My heartbeat was deafening.
43:45A low, raspy chuckle
43:46came from across the room.
43:47Next time you want to touch,
43:48just touch.
43:49On the house.
43:50I grabbed a pillow
43:51and hurled it at him.
43:55Mateo, is this
43:56the legendary bitch
43:58who got your brother
43:58thrown on death row?
43:59Frankie DeMarco,
44:00a heavy-hitting arms broker,
44:02clamped a Cuban cigar
44:03in his teeth.
44:04Mateo ignored him.
44:05He kept flipping
44:06through the contract.
44:07DeMarco stubbed out his cigar.
44:09Fucks the older brother,
44:10then moves to the younger one.
44:12She must be a freak
44:13in the sheets.
44:15No wonder you married
44:16Cassian's leftovers.
44:18Before he could finish his breath,
44:20Mateo shot up.
44:21He flipped the heavy table
44:22with bare hands,
44:23vials, coffee mugs,
44:24and contracts
44:25smashed into DeMarco.
44:26Before DeMarco
44:27could even process it,
44:28Mateo vaulted over the wreckage
44:30and grabbed him by the tie.
44:31The first punch
44:32landed square
44:33on DeMarco's cheekbone.
44:34A loud crack echoed
44:36in the room.
44:36DeMarco screamed
44:37and tried to swing back,
44:39but Mateo's second punch
44:40shattered his nose.
44:41Blood spurted everywhere.
44:42It splattered across
44:43Mateo's crisp white shirt.
44:45Mateo raised his fist
44:47for a third strike.
44:48The sound of guns
44:49cocking echoed.
44:50Mateo,
44:50enough!
44:51I shouted,
44:52jumping to my feet.
44:53Mateo's fist
44:54froze in midair.
44:55Slowly,
44:56he released DeMarco's tie,
44:57but he didn't back down
44:58an inch.
44:59Now,
45:00sign the contract
45:01with the original terms!
45:02DeMarco clutched
45:03his ruined nose.
45:04Blood poured
45:05through his fingers.
45:06Sign it,
45:06or do you want
45:07to taste round three?
45:08Mateo held up
45:09his bloody fist.
45:10Shaking violently,
45:11DeMarco signed.
45:12In the car ride back,
45:14I stared at the red stains
45:15on Mateo's shirt.
45:16You shouldn't have been
45:17so reckless.
45:18It's just words,
45:19Mateo.
45:20Pull over!
45:22Mateo snapped
45:22at the driver.
45:23The SUV screeched
45:24to a halt.
45:25The privacy partition
45:26rolled up.
45:27Mateo turned to me.
45:28One large hand
45:29gripped the back
45:29of my neck.
45:30The other grabbed
45:31my chin then.
45:31His mouth crashed
45:32down on mine.
45:33My mind went
45:34completely blank.
45:35All I felt
45:36was his heat
45:36and his ragged breath.
45:38When he finally
45:38pulled away,
45:39we were both
45:39panting heavily.
45:42Nothing in the contract
45:43says I can't kiss you.
45:44His thumb roughly
45:45brushed my swollen lips.
45:46Anyone ever talks
45:47to you like that again,
45:48I'll kill them.
45:48I opened my mouth
45:49to speak,
45:50but no words came out.
45:51Right then,
45:52Mateo's phone rang,
45:53shattering the heavy silence.
45:55Mateo,
45:55I'm back.
45:56I heard you got married.
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