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The Silence Before His Fall
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00:00The group goes public, Zachary Mitchell, my fiancé, throws the biggest celebration bash of the year
00:05and orders his secretary to distribute double year-end bonuses.
00:09He was the golden boy of the quarter, the self-made unicorn founder,
00:13filthy rich and hours away from being untouchable.
00:17His secretary, Ariel Reed, moved through the crowd with her glossy smile,
00:22but when she reached me, it vanished.
00:28She slapped a termination notice straight into my face.
00:33Move, you filthy bitch.
00:36Good dogs know when to get out of the way.
00:40How many big clients did you spread your legs for this quarter?
00:46Photo after photo flashes across the screen.
00:48Pictures of me being intimate with various high-profile clients.
00:51And the last one is the year-end bonus list.
00:54Where only I have a zero.
01:02You're really firing me tonight, in front of everyone.
01:08Isla Stevens, what makes you think you still belong here?
01:12Every win this company made came from real work.
01:15Everyone except you.
01:17I'm not rich enough for you.
01:20Not loving enough.
01:21Don't feed me that crap.
01:23Are these men the reason you refuse to quit and come home to be the wife I deserve?
01:32Mitchell Group is about to go public.
01:35We don't allow trash like you to poison this night, not even if you're my fiancée.
01:40Zachary, every deal I closed, I earned it.
01:44Those photos have nothing to do with it.
01:46Earned it?
01:47We all know how you earn those numbers.
01:50Must have some serious bedroom skills.
02:00Those photos prove nothing.
02:04This looks pretty normal to you?
02:05It's a high-def screenshot.
02:06Want me to play the whole video?
02:12Because the man with his arm locked around my waist wasn't a sleazy client.
02:16It was my brother, Luke Steffens.
02:19He flew in to drag me back.
02:20I wanted to build something real.
02:22Never told him I was the Stevens heiress.
02:24Terrified he'd feel small under my last name.
02:27Every guy just wanted the money.
02:28But his eyes used to light up with pure, stupid starlight.
02:35What the hell are you laughing at?
02:37You're getting fired and you think this is funny?
02:43You really believe I sleep my way up the ladder?
02:47What else would I believe?
02:49What other value do you even have?
02:54The man in that photo is my brother.
02:57Your brother?
03:01Every guy you fuck suddenly becomes big brother?
03:05Kinky.
03:09Enough of this circus.
03:11Take your termination papers and get the fuck out.
03:13We're done.
03:13Five years I hid who I was.
03:15Five years I pulled strings in secret to help him scale Mitchell Group.
03:18And the second he reaches the top, he kicks the ladder out.
03:22Zachary, you're going to regret this.
03:24The only thing I regret is wasting my time on a cheap, two-faced slut like you.
03:35Tomorrow, we make history.
03:38Mitchell Group goes public.
03:42Here's to our future.
03:47God, they really are the perfect power couple.
03:50Looking at the man I loved for five years, I finally got why my parents said I had terrible taste.
03:54I never saw his perfect little secretary had been warming his bed.
03:57But being blind in love doesn't make me powerless.
03:59I built him up and I can drag him right back down.
04:01Isla, not so fast.
04:02Company policy?
04:03Sign a release and then non-compete?
04:09Wouldn't want you poaching clients with your special skills.
04:13When I was Zachary's untouchable fiancé, Ruiz called me Mrs. Mitchell, like a prayer.
04:17Now he was high on superiority.
04:19What makes you think I'm signing shit?
04:22How about the fact that you've been warring around?
04:24We're being generous, not pressing charges.
04:27Proof or just cropped photos?
04:31Proof?
04:32It's right there in your little black book.
04:34Give it back!
04:39What's her passcode?
04:43Zachary tried our birthdays.
04:45Our anniversary.
04:46Nothing worked.
04:50Holder!
04:51What's the damn password, Isla?
04:52Why did you change your password behind my back?
04:55It's the day you first told me you loved me.
05:02He landed on the photos inside the hotel suite.
05:05Luke handing me a glass of water.
05:07You are something else.
05:11The evidence is right here and you're still lying?
05:15He's my brother!
05:16This is theft and slander!
05:34Stop acting so fucking innocent.
05:36You think those big wins came from your sparkling personality?
05:39Disgusting.
05:40You're really gonna humiliate me like this?
05:43Humiliate?
05:43You'd have to matter for that.
05:45Fine.
05:47Let's call the cops and sort out who's spreading lies.
05:51Call the cops?
05:52I have a reputation to protect.
05:54I'm so fucking glad we never actually got married.
05:56You would have been the biggest mistake of my life.
06:00Zachary, if you treat me like this, you can forget about tomorrow's IPO.
06:05Are you delusional?
06:07You can stop the listing?
06:08What, you think you're some Upper East Side princess?
06:15That's exactly what I am.
06:18The man in those photos is Luke Stevans.
06:22And David Stevens, CEO of Stevans Holdings, he's my father.
06:28If you're the Stevens heiress, then I'm the damn president!
06:40David Stevens is my father, you ignorant pieces of trash.
06:45And you've all been swallowing bullshit so long you probably already eat shit for breakfast!
06:53Stop embarrassing yourself.
06:55Get the hell out.
06:55We were never any.
07:00Fine.
07:01I'll leave.
07:02But remember this moment.
07:04Every bit of humiliation you dumped on me, I'm going to return it tenfold.
07:10Tenfold payback?
07:11You've been watching too many dramas.
07:16I walked out without another word.
07:18The second I was outside, I flagged down a black car, bought a burner phone, and dialed
07:23a number I knew by heart.
07:27Before the IPO opens tomorrow, I want Zachary Mitchell to have nothing left.
07:31Understood, Ms. Stevans.
07:37Zachary, you think you just won?
07:39The game hasn't even started yet.
07:41Don't cry when I burn the whole fucking empire.
08:00I watched my past turn to ash and felt nothing.
08:04Just a cold, empty calm.
08:08What the hell are you doing?
08:15I'm packing, and then I'm leaving.
08:18She's pulling the poor, pitiful me routine, trying to guilt you.
08:21Drop the pathetic games.
08:23Burning this crap is the best idea you've had.
08:26I don't want a single thing connecting us.
08:30That ring, I designed every detail of it.
08:33Now it's just melting slag.
08:34Don't worry.
08:36These things just disgust me now.
08:39You can leave, but we're checking your luggage first.
08:44Who knows what expensive souvenirs you're stealing?
08:48Who the hell do you think you are?
08:50Because I'm Zachary's fiancé.
08:52And you're the worthless gold dacker getting thrown out like trash.
09:05Wow, that's all you have?
09:07After five years of mooching, this is it?
09:09Pathetic.
09:10Pack your shit and get out.
09:11You're an eyesore.
09:12The show has only just begun.
09:14Tomorrow, you will pay the price.
09:16Isla, I'm pregnant.
09:19Tomorrow, after the IPO, I'm dropping the news.
09:22Think he'll propose?
09:26Isla, why the hell did you push me?
09:29Isla, apologize.
09:32Right now.
09:35I didn't touch her.
09:38Zachary, it hurts.
09:41Apologize or you're going to regret it.
09:45I'm not apologizing for something I didn't do.
09:47He had mass-blasted a zipped folder of the intimate photos
09:51to half the industry contacts in New York.
09:53You wanted to play tough?
09:54Let's see how you survive after everyone sees what kind of woman you are.
09:59Reputation trashed.
10:00You're lower than dirt.
10:10Stop right there!
10:13Don't think this is over.
10:14I'll let you learn exactly what happens when you cross me.
10:18Don't think this is over.
10:19I'm going to make sure you learn exactly what happens when you screw with me.
10:30You're not ruining my IPO!
10:32You're going to sit in there and watch me hit the big time!
10:42If he wanted me to watch him climb just so I could watch him crash,
10:45I'd give him the front row seat.
10:48Before dawn, Caleb unlocked the door and dragged me out.
10:53He needed me there to witness his triumph.
10:56The next morning, the New York Stock Exchange floor was packed.
11:00Zachary stood front and center in a charcoal suit,
11:03looking like a conquering king.
11:06Ariel clung to his arm in a silver gown.
11:10Mr. Mitchell, congratulations!
11:15Today marks the most important milestone.
11:18We're just getting started.
11:20Zachary poured his heart into this.
11:23Any truth to the engagement rumors?
11:35Darling, at the highest point of my life,
11:38will you stay with me forever?
11:41Yes!
11:47Zachary broke the kiss,
11:49glancing my way with triumph.
11:53Wait!
11:54Isn't that Zachary's ex?
11:55What the hell is she doing here?
12:01Zachary deliberately bypassed the metal detectors to let me in.
12:04He wanted a live public execution to juice his opening price.
12:09She actually showed up?
12:11Didn't the industry blacklist her?
12:12Zero shame.
12:13We've all seen the pictures.
12:15What a cheap slut.
12:19Isla, how can you still show your face?
12:22I gave you every chance to walk away quietly.
12:26I have to set the record straight.
12:28Isla abused her position.
12:30She slept with multiple clients to close deals.
12:32I had no choice but to end our engagement.
12:35Oh!
12:42Don't let her ruin this.
12:44You've got me now.
12:46You give my life meaning.
12:48Look who decided to crash the party!
12:50This is Isla Steffens,
12:52the one who slept through the client list!
12:54Oh my god, is that the whore?
12:56Straight up disgusting!
12:57Let her rot!
12:58They orchestrated this public crew fixment.
13:01The louder they howled,
13:02the harder they'd scream later.
13:04What are you trying to pull?
13:05Playing the silent victim?
13:09Mr. Mitchell,
13:10is everything you said about Miss Stevens true?
13:14Absolutely.
13:15Don't let her fool you.
13:16Are you sure?
13:17Miss Stevens has been a trusted partner.
13:20Her integrity is crystal clear.
13:23Gentlemen, don't fall for her act.
13:25Look, this is the proof.
13:28Miss Stevens, what is going on?
13:33So you're the home-reckoning little bitch
13:36who's been sleeping with my husband!
13:38The rest of the wealthy socialites
13:39piled on instantly,
13:41their voices sharp and venomous,
13:42closing the circle around me.
13:44No wonder my husband's been coming home
13:46at three in the morning.
13:47He's been busy screwing this cheap whore!
13:49Isla Stevens, you have zero shame.
13:51Sleeping around with half the men in this city
13:53and you still dare show your face here?
13:56Disgusting!
14:03The insults flew louder and uglier
14:05with every second.
14:06Yet not a single husband stepped forward
14:07to claim his fury wife or shut them up.
14:09They truly believed a few paid actresses
14:11would bury me for good.
14:15Ladies, please don't get so worked up.
14:19Trash, like Isla,
14:22isn't worth your anger.
14:24She's right.
14:25Isla's reputation is already in the gutter.
14:28After today, she'll never work in this town again.
14:30I took in their triumphant little smiles
14:32and felt a slow, cold satisfaction bloom in my chest.
14:37Do it.
14:40Isla Stevens, what the hell are you planning?
14:43Zachary, after fives together,
14:46let me give you one last gift.
14:49Three, two, one, zero.
14:54Breaking.
14:55Mitchell Group under formal SEC investigation
14:57for financial fraud and commercial bribe.
14:59I don't know.
15:01How could this happen?
15:03This can't be real.
15:05Mr. Mitchell, care to comment on the SEC investigation?
15:08Is the financial fram real?
15:14This is clearly a misunderstanding.
15:16We'll clear it up immediately.
15:18Mr. Mitchell, I'm sorry.
15:20Due to the ongoing investigation and alleged violations,
15:22we are temporarily suspending the listing process.
15:25You'll need to cooperate fully with the authorities.
15:36Zachary, what do we do?
15:37What the hell do we do now?
15:42Shut the fuck up!
15:44This is on you!
15:45If you hadn't pushed me to cook those books in the first place,
15:48none of this would be happening!
15:49What the hell, Zachary?
15:51You signed off on every single one of those moves yourself?
15:54Now that shit's hitting the fan you're trying to throw me under the bus?
15:58Isla Stevins!
15:59Was this you?
16:00Did you do this?
16:03Zachary, you're giving me way too much credit.
16:05I'm just the girl who only knows how to sleep her way to the top, remember?
16:09How could someone like me pull off something this big?
16:13Who else would hate me enough to do this?
16:16Zachary, you're wrong.
16:18I never set out to destroy you.
16:20You did that all by yourself.
16:22You're full of shit!
16:24There's no way I destroyed myself!
16:31You really thought you could pull that shit off and just walk away clean?
16:35What goes around comes around.
16:37How the hell do you know about any of that?
16:39You really thought you covered your tracks perfectly?
16:41You seem to have forgotten exactly who I am.
16:43I'm Isla Stevins.
16:44Not some disposable little girlfriend you can kick to the curb.
16:47Isla, listen to me!
16:48Go to the SEC right now and tell them all that evidence is fake!
16:51Say you made it up because you're desperate to get me back!
16:54I'll give you anything, anything you want!
16:56It's too late, Zachary.
16:58You don't get to bargain anymore.
17:00If you clear my name, I'll marry you!
17:03I'll make you my wife!
17:05You vicious bitch!
17:06You'd actually ruin everything just to steal my man?
17:09We'd rather kill the IPO than let a whore like you win!
17:18Save the drama.
17:19Well, right now you should be worrying about yourself.
17:27What the fuck is that supposed to mean?!
17:34You actually think Zachary's gonna protect you?
17:37He can't even save himself.
17:38Do you honestly believe he'll take the fall for you?
17:42Zachary!
17:42You wouldn't abandon me, right?
17:44Tell me you wouldn't!
17:46You made your own bed.
17:48Now lie in it.
17:49Zachary Mitchell, you bastard!
17:52I'm carrying your child and this is how you treat me?!
17:56What did you just say?
17:57I'm pregnant!
17:58I was going to tell you today, right after the IPO,
18:01but now...
18:03everything's ruined!
18:07Isla, I was wrong!
18:08I really fucked up for the sake of our five years together.
18:12Please, forgive me!
18:14When you threw my termination noted in my face,
18:17was that for the sake of our five years?
18:18When you blasted my private photos to every executive in this city,
18:22was that for the sake of our five years?
18:25When you stood on this very floor and called me a cheap whore
18:28to boost your stock price,
18:30was that for the sake of our five years?
18:38Mr. Zachary Mitchell, Mrs. Ariella Redd,
18:41we are from the Joint SEC and FBI Task Force.
18:45You are both required to come with us for immediate questioning.
18:55It's over.
18:57Everything's over.
19:05I had zero interest in watching the rest of their train wreck.
19:08Without a single glance back,
19:10I turned and walked straight out of the exchange.
19:20Isla, you okay?
19:22Did that piece of shit lay a hand on you?
19:24My brother Luke Stevens ran his eyes over me from head to toe.
19:27This is on me.
19:28I should have gotten here sooner.
19:31Luke, I was wrong.
19:33I want to go home.
19:35It's over now, kiddo.
19:36I'm taking you home.
19:38No one is ever going to hurt you again.
19:42You, you're Luke Stevins?
19:44The heir of Stevins Group?
19:51I knew David Stevens had a daughter, but the family kept her completely out of the press
19:55for years.
19:55How was I supposed to know it was you?
19:57Zachary Mitchell, you've got some serious balls messing with my little sister.
20:02Get comfortable in that cell.
20:04You're going to be rotting there for a long, long time.
20:07Mr. Stevens, I was wrong.
20:08I made a terrible mistake.
20:10Please, if the Stevens family steps in, I can still be saved.
20:15I'll marry Isla.
20:16No, I'll take her last name.
20:17Just please spare me.
20:18Spare you?
20:20A worthless toad like you thinks he's worthy of marrying into the Stevens family?
20:24You don't even deserve to breathe the same air as her.
20:26Isla, please, for the sake of our five years together.
20:30Zachary, when you were driving me straight into hell, did you ever stop to think about
20:34our five years together?
20:50My sweet girl, you've been through hell.
20:53I'm so sorry we weren't there sooner.
21:03Why didn't you tell us you were hurting?
21:06No daughter of the Stevens family should ever have to suffer like that.
21:09Mom, Dad, I'm sorry.
21:13I was too stubborn.
21:15It's over now.
21:17From this moment on, we've got your back.
21:20Relax, guys.
21:21I already handled everything.
21:22Zachary and Mitchell and his accomplice legal mess is fully resolved.
21:26Isla's name is spotless.
21:28Zachary sat in a 6x8 concrete cell, his mind fracturing under the weight of a 10-year federal
21:33sentence.
21:33Ariel wept in a separate holding facility, her pregnancy terminated by the sheer physical
21:38stress of the arrest.
21:39Mitchell Group was dismantled and liquidated overnight.
21:44Hey, Ilis.
21:46Remember Ryan Caldwell?
21:47He just got back to New York, runs his family's venture capital firm like a pro.
21:51Want to catch up?
21:53Luke Steffens, are you trying to set me up?
21:57I'd never pull the same crap Mom and Dad did to you, but Ryan's solid.
22:01If you're even a little curious, no pressure.
22:04Maybe someday.
22:05Right now, I just want to enjoy this.
22:06I'm sorry.
22:09I'm sorry.
22:12I'm sorry.
22:14I'm sorry.
22:16I'm sorry.
22:16I'm sorry.
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