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00:00:02on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde

00:00:08hair i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all

00:00:13that was left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her

00:00:18hair in a high ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her

00:00:23your fiance has terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her

00:00:28penthouse suite and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future

00:00:33godfather of the merecki family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into

00:00:39laughter scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against

00:00:47her own fiance scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow

00:00:56let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring

00:01:02without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol

00:01:09nico take away her salon and your fiance's is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico

00:01:16moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile

00:01:21in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way

00:01:26it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and

00:01:32the wig

00:01:33tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style

00:01:39i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico

00:01:45had come

00:01:45to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom

00:01:51essential

00:01:51oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep

00:02:00you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up

00:02:05together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us

00:02:11never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to

00:02:15knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to

00:02:21smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got

00:02:27restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago

00:02:32front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair

00:02:37scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now

00:02:43nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation

00:02:48and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise

00:02:54nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down

00:03:00i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years

00:03:05so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in

00:03:11a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left

00:03:17unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean

00:03:27any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have

00:03:31to take it

00:03:31personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open

00:03:35revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig

00:03:40prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back

00:03:44a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose

00:03:50control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and

00:03:54the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow

00:03:58me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and

00:04:03carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly

00:04:07became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the

00:04:13side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying

00:04:18you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can

00:04:23tell

00:04:23your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from

00:04:29the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let

00:04:36her

00:04:36humiliate me like this nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away

00:04:46scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad

00:04:51let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the

00:04:56day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone

00:04:59blame me

00:04:59that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after loving

00:05:04him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known since

00:05:08i was three

00:05:08when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my mother had left

00:05:14me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair on my head

00:05:19he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west point and came

00:05:24to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first desperate to bind

00:05:29me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's power at the

00:05:34airport

00:05:34he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me a grand wedding

00:05:39then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the

00:05:43estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once

00:05:49made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity

00:05:54actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlett's hostility last year after begging my

00:05:58father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico

00:06:02but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the warhoose with

00:06:06scarlett leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his

00:06:10time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlett simply posted a printed sheet of paper

00:06:16on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was

00:06:21furious

00:06:21and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct

00:06:26besides delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale

00:06:30in nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that

00:06:36line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the

00:06:41oil

00:06:41this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlett suddenly grabbed the

00:06:47tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just

00:06:51hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is

00:06:56nothing don't blame nico scarlett spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in

00:07:03her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed

00:07:09then do it scarlett's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her

00:07:16blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single

00:07:20strand

00:07:21i i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta

00:07:26from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlett's hand with the grip he looked at me

00:07:29his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze

00:07:35scarlett is my life and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout

00:07:40why do you always have to make things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has

00:07:44spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another

00:07:50woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlett sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of

00:07:56the whole family about whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlett tugged at

00:08:03his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop

00:08:08accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is

00:08:12the size of a needle tip scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel

00:08:16good but in

00:08:17this line of work courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force

00:08:21scar to shave her head with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to

00:08:25do

00:08:25that i stood there listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless

00:08:30times that it was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like

00:08:35it had

00:08:35been seized and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold

00:08:41blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair

00:08:46reflect on yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer

00:08:52the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of

00:08:57me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at

00:09:04that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now

00:09:10i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp be

00:09:15exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big

00:09:22day i asked the kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a

00:09:28cup

00:09:28of black coffee the cup in her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother

00:09:33stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked

00:09:40down and saw the long hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this

00:09:46my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's

00:09:52all right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell

00:09:58instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society

00:10:02is watching what are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word

00:10:07clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom

00:10:24on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair

00:10:30i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that

00:10:35was left

00:10:36was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high

00:10:41ponytail

00:10:41an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible

00:10:46instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she

00:10:51didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the moretti family

00:10:56the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair

00:11:04nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance

00:11:10scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow

00:11:18let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring

00:11:24without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol

00:11:32nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico

00:11:37moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile

00:11:43in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way

00:11:48it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and

00:11:54the wig

00:11:55tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style

00:12:01i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico

00:12:07had come

00:12:07to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom

00:12:13essential

00:12:13oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep

00:12:21you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest

00:12:25i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years

00:12:30of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful

00:12:36sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent

00:12:42they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing

00:12:48around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came

00:12:53back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered

00:12:58my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the

00:13:03russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted

00:13:08me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his

00:13:12ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the

00:13:19clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep

00:13:25our

00:13:25nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled

00:13:31little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room

00:13:38understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that

00:13:46it ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has

00:13:51no filter why do you have to take it personal as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the

00:13:55bed it hit

00:13:56the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade

00:14:01italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow

00:14:05back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't

00:14:11lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze

00:14:16and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not

00:14:20allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head

00:14:24and

00:14:24carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became

00:14:29polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is

00:14:35taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you

00:14:40so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell

00:14:45your hair

00:14:45is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i

00:14:51woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me

00:14:58like this

00:15:01nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away

00:15:08scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad

00:15:13let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the

00:15:17day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone

00:15:21blame me

00:15:21that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after loving

00:15:26him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known since

00:15:30i was three

00:15:30when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my mother had

00:15:35left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair on my

00:15:40head

00:15:41he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west point and came

00:15:46to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first desperate to bind me to

00:15:51him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's power at the airport he

00:15:56held

00:15:56my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me a grand wedding then nico

00:16:01spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new

00:16:06york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel

00:16:11safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the

00:16:16first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded

00:16:21the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed

00:16:25no

00:16:25surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and

00:16:29planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three

00:16:34times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room it read ava

00:16:40russell and

00:16:41dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly

00:16:46scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational briefing was your

00:16:50fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair

00:16:55nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end

00:17:01of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to

00:17:05blame someone blame

00:17:06me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it

00:17:11against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company

00:17:15for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she were

00:17:22making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into

00:17:27her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned

00:17:35forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch but she

00:17:40used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll

00:17:45shave it

00:17:45at that moment nico liege further drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of

00:17:49scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell

00:17:54you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade who would take

00:18:00a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard for her she

00:18:04fought

00:18:04for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life

00:18:09and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond

00:18:15you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live or die

00:18:21what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop

00:18:27she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been

00:18:32shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar was only testing

00:18:36you in

00:18:37her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental strength are

00:18:41everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any

00:18:45idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words stab

00:18:49straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico moretti

00:18:54but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand

00:18:59ava put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience

00:19:03i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on

00:19:09yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer

00:19:14the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of

00:19:19me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at

00:19:26that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now

00:19:32i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp

00:19:37be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door

00:19:43darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you

00:19:47when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her

00:19:51hand

00:19:52crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide

00:19:57and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair

00:20:03scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp

00:20:09i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my

00:20:15mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is

00:20:21tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we

00:20:25supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien

00:20:32costell i'm changing the groom

00:20:46on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair

00:20:51hair i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all

00:20:57that was

00:20:57left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a

00:21:02high

00:21:03ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has

00:21:08terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and

00:21:13she didn't even notice how was she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki

00:21:17family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not

00:21:25fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiancee

00:21:33scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow

00:21:39let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring

00:21:46without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol

00:21:53nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico

00:21:59moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile

00:22:04in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way

00:22:10it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and

00:22:16the wig

00:22:16tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style

00:22:22i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico

00:22:29had come

00:22:29to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom

00:22:34essential

00:22:35oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep

00:22:43you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up

00:22:49together

00:22:49on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us never in my worst dreams

00:22:55did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock me out cold

00:23:00when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth things

00:23:05off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless hands

00:23:11all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front especially

00:23:16for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered

00:23:21across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti

00:23:27not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend

00:23:32nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli

00:23:38prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just

00:23:45curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying

00:23:51her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen

00:23:57a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm

00:24:05not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this

00:24:12since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have to take it personally as he spoke

00:24:16he tossed a black

00:24:17box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a

00:24:21scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only

00:24:26joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone

00:24:31completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard

00:24:36forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family

00:24:40and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up

00:24:45the

00:24:45wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back

00:24:49over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face

00:24:55and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy

00:25:00or

00:25:00not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear

00:25:06the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act

00:25:11is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear

00:25:18nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this

00:25:23nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away

00:25:29scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad

00:25:34let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me

00:25:38ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me

00:25:41if you want to

00:25:42blame someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was

00:25:46certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face

00:25:51i had

00:25:51known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the

00:25:56necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch

00:26:01a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico

00:26:06graduated

00:26:07from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would

00:26:11win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to

00:26:16expand the

00:26:16family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would

00:26:21give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i

00:26:26waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed

00:26:30the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives

00:26:35silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility

00:26:40last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to

00:26:44a safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead

00:26:48he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations

00:26:52even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times

00:26:57scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room

00:27:00it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but

00:27:06he

00:27:06only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational

00:27:11briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since

00:27:15tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so

00:27:20affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on

00:27:26me if you

00:27:27want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table

00:27:31drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine

00:27:36too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke

00:27:43as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the

00:27:48slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it

00:27:55scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved

00:28:00forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i

00:28:05i'm doing

00:28:05this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads me over drew the beretta from his

00:28:09waist

00:28:10and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes

00:28:14full

00:28:14of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner

00:28:20a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make

00:28:24things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've

00:28:29shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary

00:28:35enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our

00:28:41brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise

00:28:48him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my

00:28:53fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar

00:28:57was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work

00:29:01courage

00:29:01and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with

00:29:06you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening

00:29:10to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to

00:29:15let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed

00:29:20by

00:29:20a hand eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience

00:29:25i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself

00:29:32after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left

00:29:37the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once

00:29:42a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant

00:29:48patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand

00:29:55pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp

00:29:59be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door

00:30:04darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you

00:30:08when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her

00:30:13hand

00:30:13crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide

00:30:19and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered

00:30:25across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard

00:30:31scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's

00:30:37violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow

00:30:43how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed

00:30:47to

00:30:47tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell

00:30:55i'm changing the groom

00:31:07on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd

00:31:13grown

00:31:14for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left

00:31:19was a

00:31:19blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail

00:31:25an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible

00:31:30instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she

00:31:34didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki

00:31:39family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not

00:31:47fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiancee scarlet gave

00:31:55a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate

00:32:03upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears

00:32:10like a status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance's is just a poor little thing as laughter

00:32:20filled the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so

00:32:25fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own

00:32:31way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil

00:32:37and the wig

00:32:38tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style

00:32:44i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico

00:32:50had come

00:32:51to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom

00:32:56essential oil

00:32:57from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep

00:33:05you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up

00:33:11together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us

00:33:16never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock

00:33:21me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth

00:33:27things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless

00:33:33hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front

00:33:38especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair

00:33:42scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter

00:33:47and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody

00:33:52humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is

00:33:59the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me

00:34:05up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20

00:34:10years

00:34:10so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a

00:34:17greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left

00:34:22unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't

00:34:32mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you

00:34:36have to take

00:34:36it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open

00:34:41revealing an

00:34:41exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially

00:34:46for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke

00:34:52requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a

00:34:56word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs

00:35:00the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head

00:35:04under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every

00:35:09shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble

00:35:14again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care

00:35:20of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining

00:35:25about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing

00:35:30there

00:35:31looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had

00:35:36not

00:35:36shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this

00:35:45nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away

00:35:51scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad

00:35:56let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the

00:36:01day

00:36:01i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame

00:36:04me that was what

00:36:05he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after loving him for 20

00:36:10years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known since i was three

00:36:14when i was

00:36:1411 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my mother had left me

00:36:19nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair on my head

00:36:24he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west point and came

00:36:29to

00:36:29my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first desperate to bind

00:36:34me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's power at the

00:36:39airport

00:36:40he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me a grand wedding

00:36:44then

00:36:44nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the estate in

00:36:49new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me

00:36:54feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually

00:36:59this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging my father for

00:37:04ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after

00:37:08i

00:37:08arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning

00:37:12over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men

00:37:17to

00:37:17announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room

00:37:22it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but

00:37:28he

00:37:28only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational

00:37:33briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since

00:37:37tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so

00:37:42affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on

00:37:48me if you

00:37:48want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table

00:37:53drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine

00:37:58too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke

00:38:05as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest

00:38:10bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand

00:38:17froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by

00:38:22half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i i'm doing

00:38:27this for my

00:38:27partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta from his waist and

00:38:32knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full

00:38:35of

00:38:36rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner

00:38:42a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make

00:38:46things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've

00:38:51shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary

00:38:56enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our

00:39:03brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise

00:39:09him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my

00:39:14fiancee

00:39:15she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar was

00:39:19only

00:39:19testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and

00:39:23mental

00:39:24strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you

00:39:28have

00:39:28any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words

00:39:33stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of

00:39:37nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand

00:39:42ava put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience

00:39:47i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself

00:39:53after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone

00:39:59left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at

00:40:03once

00:40:03a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant

00:40:10patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled

00:40:17off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to the air again

00:40:22when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the

00:40:29kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee

00:40:34the cup in her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head

00:40:40her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long

00:40:46hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was

00:40:52sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held

00:40:58my mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding

00:41:04is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are

00:41:09we

00:41:09supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damian

00:41:16costell i'm changing the groom

00:41:29on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd

00:41:35grown for

00:41:3512 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left was

00:41:41a blue

00:41:41tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail an electric

00:41:47clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible instincts such a

00:41:53pampered upper east side princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't even notice

00:41:57how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family the moretti

00:42:02capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair nico put that

00:42:10custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance scarlet gave a mocking laugh

00:42:18and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east

00:42:26sight barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like a

00:42:32status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance's is just a poor little thing as laughter filled

00:42:42the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so

00:42:47fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own

00:42:53way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil

00:42:59and the wig

00:43:00tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style

00:43:06i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico

00:43:12had come

00:43:12to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom

00:43:18essential oil

00:43:19from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep

00:43:27you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up

00:43:32together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us

00:43:38never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock

00:43:43me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth

00:43:49things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless

00:43:54hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front

00:43:59especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair

00:44:04scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter

00:44:09and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody

00:44:14humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is

00:44:20the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me

00:44:26up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20

00:44:32years

00:44:32so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a

00:44:39greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left

00:44:44unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't

00:44:54mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you

00:44:58have to take

00:44:58it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open

00:45:02revealing an

00:45:03exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially

00:45:08for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke

00:45:13requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a

00:45:18word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs

00:45:22the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head

00:45:26under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every

00:45:31shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble

00:45:36again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care

00:45:42of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining

00:45:46about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing

00:45:52there

00:45:52looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had

00:45:58not

00:45:58shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this

00:46:07nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away

00:46:13scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad

00:46:18let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the

00:46:23day

00:46:23i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame

00:46:26me that was what

00:46:27he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after loving him for 20

00:46:32years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known since i was three

00:46:35when i was

00:46:3611 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my mother had left me

00:46:41nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair on my head

00:46:46he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west point and came

00:46:51to

00:46:51my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first desperate to bind

00:46:56me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's power at the

00:47:01airport

00:47:01he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me a grand wedding

00:47:05then

00:47:06nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the estate

00:47:11in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made

00:47:16me

00:47:16feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually

00:47:21this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging my father for

00:47:25ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after

00:47:29i

00:47:30arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning

00:47:34over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men

00:47:39to

00:47:39announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room

00:47:44it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but

00:47:50he

00:47:50only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational

00:47:54briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since

00:47:59tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so

00:48:04affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on

00:48:09me if you want

00:48:10to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table

00:48:15drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine

00:48:20too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke

00:48:26as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest

00:48:32bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze

00:48:39i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by

00:48:44half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i i'm doing

00:48:49this for my

00:48:49partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads further drew the beretta from his waist and knocked

00:48:54the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of

00:48:57rage

00:48:58enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner

00:49:04a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make

00:49:08things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've

00:49:12shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary

00:49:18enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our

00:49:24brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to

00:49:31advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's

00:49:36my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle

00:49:40tail scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line

00:49:44of work

00:49:44courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head

00:49:49with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there

00:49:53listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it

00:49:58was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been

00:50:02seized

00:50:03and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and

00:50:08obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on

00:50:14yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone

00:50:20left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at

00:50:25once

00:50:25a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch

00:50:32of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off

00:50:39that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to the air again when

00:50:44footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to

00:50:51make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup

00:50:56in

00:50:56her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her

00:51:02eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair

00:51:08scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i

00:51:15heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's

00:51:20violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow

00:51:26how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed

00:51:31to

00:51:31tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell

00:51:38i'm changing the groom

00:51:51on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd

00:51:57grown

00:51:57for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left

00:52:03was

00:52:03a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail

00:52:08an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible

00:52:13instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she

00:52:18didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki

00:52:23family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not

00:52:30fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance scarlet gave

00:52:38a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate

00:52:47upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears

00:52:53like a status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter

00:53:03filled the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so

00:53:09fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own

00:53:15way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil

00:53:21and the wig

00:53:21tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style

00:53:28i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico

00:53:34had come

00:53:34to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom

00:53:39essential oil

00:53:40from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep

00:53:48you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up

00:53:54together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us

00:53:59never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock

00:54:04me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth

00:54:10things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless

00:54:16hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front

00:54:21especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair

00:54:26scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now

00:54:31nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation

00:54:36and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise

00:54:43nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down

00:54:49i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years

00:54:54so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a

00:55:00greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left

00:55:06unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't

00:55:16mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you

00:55:19have to take

00:55:20it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open

00:55:24revealing an

00:55:25exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially

00:55:30for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke

00:55:35requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a

00:55:40word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs

00:55:44the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head

00:55:48under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every

00:55:52shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble

00:55:57again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care

00:56:03of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining

00:56:08about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing

00:56:14there

00:56:14looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had

00:56:20not

00:56:20shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this

00:56:28nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away

00:56:35scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad

00:56:40let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the

00:56:44day

00:56:44i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame

00:56:48me that was what

00:56:49he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after loving him for 20

00:56:53years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known since i was three

00:56:57when i was

00:56:5811 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my mother had left me

00:57:03nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single hair on my head

00:57:08he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from west point and came

00:57:13to

00:57:13my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first desperate to bind

00:57:18me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's power at the

00:57:23airport

00:57:23he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me a grand wedding

00:57:27then

00:57:28nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for him in the estate

00:57:32in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made

00:57:37me

00:57:38feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually

00:57:43this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging my father for

00:57:47ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico but after

00:57:51i

00:57:51arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning

00:57:55over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men

00:58:00to

00:58:00announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room

00:58:06it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but

00:58:12he

00:58:12only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational

00:58:16briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since

00:58:21tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so

00:58:26affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on

00:58:31me if you want

00:58:32to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table

00:58:37drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine

00:58:41too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke

00:58:48as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest

00:58:53bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze

00:59:01i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by

00:59:06half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i'm doing this

00:59:10for my

00:59:11partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta from his waist and

00:59:15knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full

00:59:19of

00:59:19rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner

00:59:26a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make

00:59:30things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've

00:59:34shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary

00:59:40enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our

00:59:46brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise

00:59:53him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my

00:59:58fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tip scar

01:00:02was

01:00:03only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage

01:00:07and mental

01:00:07strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you

01:00:12have

01:00:12any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words

01:00:16stabbed straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico

01:00:21moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand

01:00:26eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience

01:00:30i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself

01:00:37after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone

01:00:42left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at

01:00:47once

01:00:47a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant

01:00:53patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled

01:01:00off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to the air again

01:01:05when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the

01:01:12kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee

01:01:17the cup in her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head

01:01:23her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long

01:01:29hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was

01:01:36sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held

01:01:42my

01:01:42mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is

01:01:48tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we

01:01:52supposed

01:01:52to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell

01:02:00i'm changing the groom

01:02:12on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd

01:02:19grown for

01:02:1912 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left was

01:02:24a blue

01:02:25tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail an electric

01:02:31clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible instincts such a

01:02:36pampered upper east side princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't even notice

01:02:41how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family the moretti

01:02:45capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair nico put that

01:02:53custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh

01:03:01and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east

01:03:09sight barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like

01:03:15a status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled

01:03:25the

01:03:25room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile

01:03:32in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way

01:03:37it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and

01:03:43the wig

01:03:43tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style

01:03:49i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico

01:03:56had come

01:03:56to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom

01:04:01essential oil

01:04:02from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep

01:04:10you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up

01:04:16together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us

01:04:21never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock

01:04:26me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth

01:04:32things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless

01:04:38hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front

01:04:43especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair

01:04:48scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter

01:04:52and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody

01:04:58humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is

01:05:04the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me

01:05:10up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20

01:05:15years

01:05:15so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a

01:05:22greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left

01:05:28unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't

01:05:37mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you

01:05:41have to take

01:05:41it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open

01:05:46revealing an

01:05:47exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially

01:05:51for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke

01:05:57requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a

01:06:02word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs

01:06:06the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head

01:06:10under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every

01:06:14shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble

01:06:19again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care

01:06:25of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining

01:06:30about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing

01:06:36there

01:06:36looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had

01:06:41not

01:06:42shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this

01:06:50nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away

01:06:56scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad

01:07:01let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the

01:07:06day

01:07:06i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame

01:07:10me that was

01:07:10what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that after

01:07:14loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had known

01:07:18since i

01:07:18was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace my

01:07:23mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single

01:07:29hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from

01:07:34west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first

01:07:38desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's

01:07:43power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give

01:07:48me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited

01:07:53quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the

01:07:58sicilian

01:07:58citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my

01:08:03stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after begging

01:08:08my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see

01:08:12nico

01:08:12but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with

01:08:16scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of

01:08:21his time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper

01:08:26on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was

01:08:31furious

01:08:32and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct

01:08:36besides delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale

01:08:41in nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating

01:08:46that line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you

01:08:51the oil

01:08:52this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the

01:08:57tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just

01:09:01hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is

01:09:06nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in

01:09:13her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed

01:09:20then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it

01:09:26her blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a

01:09:30single

01:09:31strand i i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the

01:09:36beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me

01:09:39his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze

01:09:45scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout

01:09:50why do you always have to make things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has

01:09:55spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another

01:10:00woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of

01:10:06the whole family about whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at

01:10:13his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop

01:10:18accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is

01:10:23the size of a needle tail scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel

01:10:27good but in

01:10:27this line of work courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force

01:10:32scar to shave her head with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to

01:10:36do that

01:10:36i stood there listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times

01:10:41that it was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it

01:10:46had been

01:10:46seized and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the morechi name stands for absolute cold

01:10:51blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair

01:10:56reflect on yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer

01:11:02the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of

01:11:08me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at

01:11:14that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now

01:11:20i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp

01:11:26be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door

01:11:31darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the

01:11:37door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her hand crashed to the floor

01:11:41spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and her voice shook

01:11:47beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered across the floor

01:11:53panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire

01:12:00exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and

01:12:05comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face

01:12:11anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell them already i looked

01:12:16into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom

01:12:34on the eve of my arranged marriage and two a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair

01:12:40i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that

01:12:46was

01:12:46left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a

01:12:51high

01:12:51ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has

01:12:56terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and

01:13:01she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki

01:13:06family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not

01:13:13fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance scarlet gave

01:13:22a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate

01:13:30upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like

01:13:37a status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance's is just a poor little thing as laughter filled

01:13:47the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so

01:13:52fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own

01:13:58way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil

01:14:04and the wig tomorrow

01:14:05no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style i tried to

01:14:12move

01:14:12my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico had come to see

01:14:18me in

01:14:18the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom essential oil from sicily

01:14:25blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep

01:14:36i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years

01:14:41of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful

01:14:47sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent

01:14:52they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just

01:14:58messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress

01:15:03we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you

01:15:07i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity

01:15:13as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he

01:15:18wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could

01:15:22become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the

01:15:29clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep

01:15:35our

01:15:35nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled

01:15:42little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room

01:15:48understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it

01:15:57ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no

01:16:02filter why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed

01:16:06it hit the

01:16:07edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian

01:16:12custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back

01:16:17a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose

01:16:22control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze

01:16:26and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not

01:16:30allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head

01:16:35and

01:16:35carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly

01:16:39became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from

01:16:45the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still

01:16:50marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who

01:16:55can

01:16:55tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from

01:17:01the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let

01:17:08her

01:17:08humiliate me like this nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away

01:17:18scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad

01:17:23let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the

01:17:28day

01:17:28i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame

01:17:31me

01:17:32that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that

01:17:36after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had

01:17:40known since

01:17:40i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace

01:17:45my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single

01:17:50hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated

01:17:55from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would

01:17:59win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to

01:18:04expand the

01:18:05family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned

01:18:09he would give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire

01:18:14while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by

01:18:18the

01:18:19bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives

01:18:24silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility

01:18:29last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to

01:18:33a safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead

01:18:37he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations

01:18:41even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times

01:18:46scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room

01:18:49it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but

01:18:55he

01:18:55only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational

01:19:00briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since

01:19:04tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so

01:19:09affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on

01:19:15me

01:19:15if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger

01:19:20on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine

01:19:24i'll

01:19:24shave mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico

01:19:31scarlet spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press

01:19:36even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it

01:19:43scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved

01:19:49forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i

01:19:53i'm doing

01:19:54this for my partner fine i'll shave it that moment nico leads me over drew the beretta from his waist

01:19:58and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes

01:20:02full

01:20:02of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner

01:20:09a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make

01:20:13things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've

01:20:18shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary

01:20:23enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our

01:20:29brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise

01:20:36him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my

01:20:41fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail scar

01:20:46was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work

01:20:50courage

01:20:50and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with

01:20:55you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening

01:20:59to

01:20:59those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go

01:21:04of

01:21:04nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand

01:21:09ava put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience

01:21:14i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself

01:21:20after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left the

01:21:26strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once a

01:21:31dense

01:21:31suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch of

01:21:37gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off

01:21:44that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the air again when

01:21:49footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you

01:21:57when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her

01:22:02hand

01:22:02crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide

01:22:08and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered

01:22:14across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet

01:22:20outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently

01:22:26shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are

01:22:32you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell

01:22:36them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the

01:22:44groom

01:22:56my father's inaugural and i decided to bring out a little bit of color because the

01:22:56never had a long time before me so i'm trying to explain how i did it that's true

01:22:56after people lodged up only the moon i'm trying to be tough kind of coming out

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