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00:00Sur mon anniversaire, je me suis allé à la fin de l'univers pour surprise mon mari, mais surprise turned
00:04shock.
00:05Je trouve que mon mari a une famille secretive là-bas.
00:08C'est le jour, mon private jetton touché sur l'île juste avant la fin de l'heure.
00:12Sur le voyage à son maison, je me souviens de Jason's reaction quand il me voit.
00:15La surprise, la happiness.
00:18Peut-être que pour une fois, nous pouvons m'exprimer mon anniversaire ensemble.
00:21Mais le moment que je suis arrivée à son place, j'ai oublié des sons de heureux.
00:25Quelque chose de mal.
00:26Following the sound, I made my way toward the terrace.
00:29Then I saw them.
00:30My husband was always a cold man in a sharp suit.
00:33Now he wore casual clothes with a tender smile.
00:36A toddler sat in his arms.
00:38Beside him stood a woman, feeding him soup.
00:42Jason, slow down, it's still hot.
00:44The woman's voice was full of affection and concern.
00:47Only one glance at the oldest boy froze me.
00:50He had Jason's eyes, Jason's jawline, Jason's face.
00:53There they were, a husband, a wife, their children.
00:57A perfect, complete family he had hidden from the world.
01:01Only one thing was wrong.
01:03The wife wasn't me, and none of those children were mine.
01:06I stood frozen in the doorway as the brutal truth settled over me.
01:1116 years.
01:13He had always been stationed overseas, running the international operations of my family group.
01:18While he built his career overseas, I managed our affairs, back in New York.
01:22We live separate, connected by an invisible bond that keeps us both supported.
01:27At least that's what I told myself.
01:29But I stood frozen in the doorway.
01:32In that heartbeat, the brutal truth settled over me.
01:35I spotted someone there, whom I knew all too well.
01:38It was my son, Miles Vance.
01:43I carefully raised Miles for 18 years.
01:46He was a young intern at my group with a bright future.
01:49He took the empty bowl from the woman's hands.
01:52Lily, drink slowly.
01:54There's still the soup you like simmering in the kitchen.
01:56He turned and met my eyes, standing at the door.
01:58His smile instantly froze, replaced by sheer panic and terror.
02:02The laughter stopped abruptly.
02:03Everyone's eyes focused on me.
02:04Jason stood up abruptly.
02:06A look of pure panic.
02:07The terror of being caught red-handed.
02:08He was shocked.
02:09Miles was the first to react.
02:11He rushed to me, not to support me or explain, but like a wall blocking my way.
02:14He lowered his voice, pleading an impatience.
02:16Mom, why are you here?
02:21Don't make a scene.
02:22I will explain to you later.
02:23Make a scene?
02:25I repeated the words softly, my voice so calm it felt foreign to me.
02:30My gaze passed over Jason's panicked face, over Lily,
02:34and over the two children who shared my husband's blood.
02:36I realized I had spent 16 years waiting for him like a fool.
02:42I only looked deep into the eyes of Miles.
02:45That look took all the strength I had left.
02:47I did not know what was in my eyes.
02:50Maybe it was total disappointment.
02:51Or dead maternal love.
02:5416 years of distance.
02:5616 years of missed anniversaries.
02:5816 years of believing it would all be worth it.
03:01It was all a giant trick.
03:03A perfect lie created by the people I loved and trusted most.
03:08Miles took half a stat back.
03:10His lips trembling.
03:11Trying to say something.
03:12I did nothing.
03:14I even gave him a faint, almost invisible smile.
03:17Then I calmly turned around and left.
03:20Behind me finally came Jason's panicked shout.
03:23Sylvia!
03:25Sylvia, let me explain!
03:27And my son's tearful plea.
03:29Mom!
03:30Don't go!
03:31I walked out of the apartment that made me a laughing stock for 16 years.
03:35I got into my car and locked the door.
03:38The world outside went silent.
03:40First half of my life was dead and buried.
03:42I closed my eyes.
03:44I was not crying.
03:46Tears were the cheapest thing.
03:48The memories surged like an uncontrollable tide in my mind.
03:51Looking back, it was just absurd.
03:55At 20, I became the only heir to the St. Clair family.
03:58I married Jason.
03:59He was just a regular worker then.
04:01The night before he left, he held my hand.
04:04Sylvia, you are the only one for me.
04:06When I succeed, I will never fail you.
04:10During those years, he rarely stayed in New York.
04:12I managed his huge wealth and connections, protecting his family's cheap reputation.
04:17I suffered bad sickness and gave birth to our children without his company.
04:20Then I raised them as I dealt with his gloomy relatives.
04:23I poured my money into his projects and sent the rest to him through private lines.
04:27It was not supporting my husband, but for his secret lover Lily and their children.
04:31Then there is Miles, my son.
04:33Since he was 16, he visited his father on the island every year.
04:37He'd return and say,
04:39Mom, dad is fine, just busy.
04:41He misses your Earl Grey tea.
04:42He sent these local gifts to you.
04:44It was all a lie.
04:45Miles had already integrated into that other family, soaking in their warmth.
04:49I spent 18 years raising Miles, but he chose the cheater.
04:56The dull ache burned into anger, then hardened into detachment.
05:00They played me for a fool for so many years.
05:02It was my own blind faith that gave them the weapon to hurt myself over and over again.
05:07I rolled down the car window.
05:09I called over Louis, my trusted private director who had always been with me.
05:13He was from our family, utterly loyal to me.
05:16I looked at Louis.
05:17My voice was calm and emotionless.
05:19Take the private plane back to New York immediately.
05:22Contact Mr. Carter's office.
05:24Invoke the St. Clair mandate and request an emergency filing at the court.
05:29Tell them I need an immediate injunction against the Vance Trust assets due to breach of physudarian duty.
05:35Louis looked at my pale face and his eyes reddened instantly.
05:40Mrs. St. Clair.
05:41I interrupted him.
05:42Go.
05:42He nodded firmly, then turned and boarded the private plane.
05:46There were no more tears, only piercing cold ice.
05:49Jason, Miles, your comfortable days are over.
05:53This grand farce you've been acting in for 16 years should also come to an end.
06:00I took the ledger recorded since I got married.
06:03During our marriage, Jason thought I was just a middle class woman.
06:06He thought I got lucky with a small trust fund.
06:09He spent billions from the Aurora Trust and used my money to bribe group executives.
06:14He also bought luxury villas with them.
06:17He was arrogant.
06:18He never checked the facts.
06:20So he didn't know the ultimate parent company and sole shareholder behind the Aurora Trust.
06:25It was my family's St. Clair financial group.
06:29Now, it was time for this blind investment to return with interest.
06:33I opened it, but in my mind I was calculating another account.
06:37I listed every trust fund and asset I brought to the Vance family.
06:42All the luxury items in the Vance villa belonged to me.
06:45Jason's family owned nothing.
06:47They were all my possessions.
06:50Before arriving in New York, I had planned everything.
06:53I wanted a clean, fast exit.
06:56I wanted him to lose every single thing he got from me.
06:59I wanted him to fall from the top to the very bottom.
07:02He must feel what it means to have nothing.
07:09The flight home felt very long.
07:11My heart felt dead and calm.
07:13The luxury car drove down Wall Street.
07:16Soon we saw the big gates of the Vance villa.
07:19I lived there for 16 years.
07:21I used to call it my home.
07:23The driver slowed down near the gate.
07:25Do not stop.
07:26Keep going.
07:27Take me to the St. Clair country estate.
07:29The driver felt surprised, but he obeyed.
07:32He drove past the Vance villa.
07:34I did not even look at the family name on the gate.
07:36The car stopped at a quiet, modern country estate.
07:39It was my private property.
07:40My family staff took care of it.
07:42The head butler, Louis, waited at the door with his staff.
07:47Mrs. St. Clair, you are back.
07:49I nodded.
07:50I got out of the car.
07:52I gave my first command.
07:54Louis, go to the Vance villa tomorrow morning.
07:59Take some workers.
08:00List all my property and trust funds there.
08:04Make a full list.
08:06Prepare to move everything out.
08:08Louis froze.
08:09He felt shocked.
08:10He saw my cold face and did not ask questions.
08:13He bowed.
08:14Yes, Mrs. St. Clair.
08:15Then I went to Mr. Carter, an old family friend and a titan of industry,
08:19who was sitting in his study.
08:21He saw the cold, determined look in my eyes and knew I was in trouble.
08:26Mr. Carter asked,
08:29Sylvia, why come to me?
08:31Mr. Carter held my hand.
08:33It warmed my cold skin.
08:35I handed him the folder Louis had compiled.
08:38The woman is Lily Miller.
08:40She is a local from the island.
08:42She gave Jason a son.
08:44The boy is Marcus Miller.
08:46He is 19, the same year as my son, Miles.
08:50Each word hurt my heart.
08:52This isn't just about adultery, Mr. Carter.
08:54It's about the systematic embezzlement of the St. Clair Trust.
08:58I am initiating a total divestment of all assets under the Vance control.
09:03Mr. Carter read the documents.
09:05His face soured with each turning page.
09:07He slammed his hand hard on the table.
09:10This is absolute fraud.
09:12The sheer audacity.
09:14I remained calm, watching the furious Mr. Carter.
09:18My voice was firm.
09:19Mr. Carter, I need an enforcement order.
09:23Mr. Carter was stunned.
09:26I said,
09:27I am invoking the arbitration clause from our original master investment agreement.
09:33I want to clear my name, reclaim my capital, and sever every legal tie to the Vance name.
09:38I looked up, meeting his complex gaze.
09:41I have poured 16 years of resources into the Vance family.
09:44Into the Vance family.
09:46I managed his extensive political and business connections, and let him have no worries at home.
09:52I have no regrets, and have never wronged him.
09:56Now, our marriage is over, and so is our bond.
10:00I no longer want any association with this man, nor do I want to be called Mrs. Vance.
10:05I just want to be Sylvia St. Clair.
10:08Mr. Carter looked at my determined eyes with no room for turning back.
10:12The anger in his eyes was replaced by a long, pitying sigh.
10:16He personally handed me a glass of warm water.
10:18Good child.
10:19The Vance family wronged you.
10:22You have suffered.
10:23He held my hand tightly, his eyes unusually firm.
10:27I'll personally ensure this goes through the JM's commercial tribunal.
10:32Let's see if that Jason wants his brilliant future at your group, or his shameful family.
10:39When I walked out of the court headquarters, it was already dark.
10:43I took a deep breath of cold air.
10:46Sixteen years of suffocation and suppression seemed to find a release.
10:50Jason, your good life is truly over.
10:53The court took a few days to write the orders.
10:55I did not stay at the estate, but took Louis and my workers to Jason's villa.
11:00I took Butler, Louis, and my own people back to the villa where I had lived for sixteen years.
11:06The servants in the villa were alarmed to see me back.
11:09A large retinue of attendants was following me.
11:13They hardly dared to breathe.
11:15An old butler, a long-time Vance employee, came up.
11:18The old butler said,
11:21Mrs. St. Clair, you're back at last.
11:24The master wrote that he will soon be transferred back to headquarters from his overseas posting.
11:32I ignored him and walked straight to the private study at the back of the main building.
11:37Jason's study, where no one but me dared to enter.
11:40I opened the door.
11:43Inside were many collections he had bought with my money and letters he had sent back home.
11:49These had once been the treasures that comforted my loneliness.
11:53Now, they just seemed ironic.
11:56I walked to the desk and picked up the letters.
11:59Then I threw them into the already prepared fireplace.
12:03Flames burst up, reflecting my cold face.
12:06The old butler shouted,
12:07Miss St. Clair!
12:10Mrs. St. Clair, you can't!
12:12These are Jason's stuff!
12:14I looked at him indifferently, my voice colder than the winter wind outside.
12:19I said,
12:20What I'm burning is mine.
12:23Jason had nothing before, just an ordinary employee.
12:27It was my St. Clair assets that built this villa.
12:30All the masterpieces and designs in this room.
12:33Which one was not bought with my money?
12:35I bought these things with my money, so I'll burn them if I want.
12:40The old butler was speechless, and just slumped to the floor.
12:44I didn't stop.
12:46There were also boxes of his couture clothes, and the accessories he had collected as a youth.
12:52I looked at each one, recognizing the memories attached to them.
12:56Then, I threw them all into the fire with my own hands.
13:00The fire grew brighter and brighter, illuminating the study like daylight.
13:04The past attached to those objects, love, waiting, expectation, all turned to smoke and vanished.
13:09Just then, my daughter, Mia, rushed in, her face streaked with tears.
13:14She grabbed my arm, crying and pleading.
13:16Mom!
13:18What are you doing?
13:19Have you lost your mind?
13:21Dad will be transferred back soon.
13:24What will he think when he sees this?
13:26I looked at her face, similar to my younger self, and found it utterly alien.
13:31I pushed her hand away, so hard that she stumbled.
13:34Dignity?
13:35I have raised you and your brother for him, maintained his social standing.
13:39Haven't I given him enough dignity?
13:41Mia was stunned by my aura, frozen in place, tears streaming down her face.
13:46She sobbed out words that made my heart finally die.
13:49Mom, I did it for you and Miles, too!
13:51Miles knew! Miles knew all along, he told me not to say anything!
13:56He said Dad was lonely overseas, that she was just a comfort.
14:01If you blew it up, it wouldn't do anyone any good.
14:05Dad said, you are the only wife, and he would deal with that woman.
14:10He asked you to consider our family interests and future.
14:16Without warning, I laughed.
14:18So that's how it was.
14:20My daughter knew, too.
14:22My husband, my children, they all knew this secret.
14:26They were all cooperating with Jason, putting on this play.
14:30Only I, the mistress of this family, had been a complete fool,
14:35smugly thinking myself a model wife and mother.
14:38My laughter gradually stopped, but tears finally welled up uncontrollably.
14:44I looked at this daughter I had cherished for more than a decade, and said word by word,
14:50Get out of here.
14:53From now on, I, Sylvia St. Clair, have no daughter.
14:58You and Miles disappear from my sight.
15:02The betrayal burned away my past, and burned away the last warmth in my heart for this home and these
15:09two children.
15:10From this moment, I had no more ties to this Vance Villa.
15:14At the same time, the legal notice was served on the island.
15:17Jason was already in a panic.
15:19Lily cried.
15:21Their children felt scared.
15:23He had to calm them down while also thinking how to explain to me.
15:27He had written several heartfelt emails to send back to New York.
15:31He thought it was an apologize to me.
15:34In his view, I was just momentarily upset and throwing a temper tantrum.
15:39Women, after all, were soft-hearted in his mind.
15:42He thought once he got back, he would send me luxury jewelry and say kind words to win me back.
15:48He had even prepared his excuses.
15:50Lily was just a comfort for his loneliness overseas.
15:54Those children were accidents, and the only wife he truly recognized was always me.
15:59He felt certain I would protect the family reputation and the futures of Miles and Mia.
16:04He trusted my 16 years of obedience.
16:06The lead counsel from my firm appeared in his office, in front of all the staff.
16:11He thought it was a document urging his transfer or an early promotion reward.
16:16So he smoothed his suit jacket and stood respectfully.
16:19But the counsel's words struck him like lightning.
16:22Lead counsel said,
16:23By order of the JAMS Tribunal, acting on behalf of Sylvia St. Clair,
16:27pursuant to the breach of trust provisions, we are hereby serving a full capital divestment notice.
16:33Effective immediately, all cross-border capital injected into Jason's project is being recalled.
16:39The marriage is dissolved, and all underlying commercial co-investment agreements are nullified.
16:44Any attempt to contest this will trigger an industry-wide credit blackout.
16:49Effective nationwide.
16:50Jason's face turned deathly pale.
16:52The office went completely silent.
16:54The staff stared at Jason in horror.
16:56This was no longer a simple family matter.
16:58This was a direct slap in the face from the company's highest power.
17:01Jason's mind went blank.
17:03He could not believe I did this.
17:04He had always thought I was patient, and he was shocked by my true identity.
17:08Everything was ruined.
17:10Panic hit him hard.
17:11His image as a perfect husband and top executive disappeared in one second.
17:16At the same time, I was at the Vance Villa in New York.
17:19I packed my things and set up a long table in the main hall.
17:22My team sat with me.
17:24I said coldly,
17:27I, Sylvia St. Clair, sign this order.
17:30Start the full deplacment.
17:32I stood up.
17:33I took the ledger from Louis.
17:34I said,
17:35Louis, check the items.
17:37Remove all St. Clair assets within three days.
17:39Liquidate all Vance property.
17:41Take every piece.
17:43Leave him with nothing but an empty house and giant debt.
17:46The staff saw the heavy ledger.
17:48They finally understood the situation.
17:49The woman who had called herself Mrs. Vance for 16 years was serious.
17:54She was emptying the entire estate legally.
17:56The next morning, dozens of luxury logistics trucks lined up outside the villa,
18:01blocking the entire street.
18:03News of the cross-border divestment had already exploded the night before.
18:06This spectacle pushed the drama to a climax.
18:09Louis read the list aloud.
18:10Limited edition home furnishings.
18:1312 pieces.
18:14With each item he read, professional movers packed them into shockproof truck.
18:18They emptied everything.
18:19The villa's employees were stunned.
18:21They had never imagined that over 90% of this grand villa belonged to me, Ms. St. Clair.
18:27What they thought was the Vance family fortune was actually just St. Clair's capital.
18:33Miles and Mia ran into the house.
18:35They saw the movers emptying the home like ants.
18:38Their shock turned into anger, then into helplessness.
18:42Miles walked over with red eyes.
18:44Mom!
18:46Why did you do this?
18:48Do you want the whole Upper East Side to laugh at us?
18:50My gaze was icy.
18:52I said,
18:53I am just taking my own property during a legal divorce.
18:56Miles' face was fleshed.
18:58He feared the scandal.
18:59It would ruin his career as a St. Clair trainee.
19:02Mia cried,
19:04Mom, please.
19:05Dad is coming back soon.
19:07He will be heartbroken to see an empty house.
19:11I said coldly.
19:12I don't care about his feelings.
19:16We are strangers now.
19:20If you feel bad for him,
19:22go back to the island.
19:25Bring Lily and his other children here.
19:27That is his real family, not here.
19:30My words hurt them deeply.
19:32They finally left.
19:38The removal took three full days.
19:41I looked back at the house.
19:42It had trapped my life and my money for 16 years.
19:46The gate still looked grand,
19:48but the inside was totally empty.
19:51It held nothing but debt.
19:53I felt no regret.
19:55This house belonged to Jason now,
19:57but it was just an empty shell,
19:59and it had nothing to do with me.
20:02Jason quickly left his duties
20:04and took the fastest flight back to New York.
20:07He needed to see me
20:08and change my mind to stop the storm.
20:10He still believed I would soften
20:12if he bowed his head.
20:15But when he opened the door of the villa,
20:17he froze in total shock.
20:19He wondered if he had come to the wrong place.
20:22Everywhere he went, there was nothing.
20:24This place no longer looked like a villa.
20:26It looked like a shell
20:28that had just been legally liquidated.
20:32Where are my things?
20:33Where are all those paintings
20:35and couture pieces?
20:37He roared like an enraged lion.
20:39The workers trembled with fear.
20:41The old butler said through tears,
20:42Sir, sir, you're finally back.
20:47Mrs. St. Clair,
20:50she took all of her assets.
20:53Only the debt is left.
20:55He rushed madly to the master bedroom
20:57to check his safe.
20:59Still nothing.
21:00It was all gone.
21:02The villa was a hollow shell.
21:03Only debts remained.
21:06Finally, he felt an unprecedented panic.
21:09He drove like mad to my estate
21:11in the south of the city.
21:12But what greeted him
21:13was the closed smart security gate
21:15and a row of stern-faced guards.
21:17He said in an angry, hoarse voice,
21:20Open the door!
21:21Let Sylvia come out to see me!
21:23He pounded on the gate furiously.
21:26Mr. Jason, Sylvia is unwell
21:28and is not receiving anyone.
21:31Jason said,
21:32Am I a stranger?
21:33I am her husband,
21:35the father of Miles and Mia.
21:38You must be joking.
21:40The enforcement order has been issued.
21:42The dissolution of marriage and asset liquidation
21:45have the highest legal force.
21:47Now you are naturally a guest for us,
21:49or rather, a debt collection target.
21:51Jason choked on these words,
21:52almost unable to breathe.
21:53He pointed at Louis with a trembling finger.
21:55You, you tell Sylvia to come out!
21:58Don't let her hide from me!
22:01Sylvia said the legal letter answers everything.
22:04There is nothing more to say.
22:06She doesn't want to talk to you.
22:08Louis walked back into the estate,
22:10leaving the gate locked.
22:11Jason stood alone in the dark.
22:13He was furious.
22:15Jason was a top executive
22:17and held great power overseas.
22:19But here in New York,
22:21he was nobody.
22:22He stood before my estate,
22:24paralyzed.
22:26Jason knew the danger.
22:27If he forced his way inside,
22:29the court would crush him with subpoenas.
22:32The compliance team
22:33would end his career by morning.
22:36Defeated,
22:37Jason drove back to the villa.
22:39The house was empty and cold.
22:40The power was cut,
22:41so the lights were out.
22:43He was hungry and thirsty,
22:44but no chef cooked his dinner.
22:46He was tired,
22:47but his custom bed felt cold and hard.
22:50Everything he had was gone.
22:52Jason finally realized the truth.
22:55Without my money,
22:56his high-end lifestyle crumbled.
22:58Even his secret family
22:59could not survive a single day.
23:01He began to recall the past.
23:04He thought about my devotion for 16 years.
23:07In the past,
23:08he took that for granted.
23:10Now,
23:11these memories burned his mind.
23:12He finally understood his situation.
23:15His heart raced with panic.
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