Presidents! Stop Fighting for Me ｜ Billionaire Romance Short Drama

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00:01:00More laughter

00:01:01I didn't go into that room that night

00:01:02I texted him some excuse about a headache and went home

00:01:05Ethan didn't ask a single question

00:01:07Just hung up

00:01:08Whatever was left of my will to stay

00:01:09It died that night

00:01:46ored by their day

00:01:47The number was left of my bed

00:01:47Again, I don't remember anything

00:01:48I was reused

00:01:48gerade po分

00:01:48I was reused

00:01:48And I don't know anything

00:01:49I didn't have Bree 둘

00:01:49I qued pas

00:01:49I don't know anything

00:01:49Anything

00:01:51You know anything

00:01:59You can't forget

00:01:59You kind of walk

00:01:59I zap

00:03:37At a friend's dinner, Ethan walked right in with her on his arm. The room went quiet the moment he

00:03:42stepped through the door. A few of my closer girlfriends shot me worried looks. I smiled.

00:03:46Why'd everyone go quiet? What are you all staring at?

00:03:48Ethan settled the girl into a seat and finally looked at me. Quinn. Perfect timing. Let's just say it plainly.

00:03:55Sure. Go ahead. Mia's young. She's genuine. I actually like her. I don't want to do her wrong.

00:04:01I gripped my hands together. The ring on my finger pressed into the flesh. Deep and sharp. But I couldn't

00:04:06feel a thing. He stroked the girl's hair. She deserves love real. I nodded lightly. I understand. We can still

00:04:12be friends. Anything you need, just say the word.

00:04:14That's okay. I smiled. Stood up. If it's over, let's make it clean. No point confusing anyone. Ethan raised an

00:04:21eyebrow. Slightly surprised.

00:04:23Fair enough.

00:04:23You all enjoy the dinner. I'll head out. Want the driver to take you? No. I'll grab a ride. I

00:04:29walked out and pulled the door shut behind me. Through the gap, I heard someone ask,

00:04:33How long do you give her this time? Two days. She seemed actually upset this time. I'll say a week.

00:04:41Ethan laughed cold. Three days. She'll be crying back to me before then. Every single time. Getting tired of watching

00:04:49it.

00:04:49Yeah, because Quinn's obsessed with you. Everyone knows how far gone she is.

00:04:54I smiled bitterly to myself, clutched my bag tighter, and walked fast toward the elevator.

00:05:19Thank you.

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00:16:48C'est un steak. Je sais une place avec un bon steak. Vous allez aimer.

00:16:51Je n'aime pas mon steak rare, mais Ethan disait que l'horsion de me manger, donc je n'arrête

00:16:56pas.

00:16:56Mais je me souviens que Lucas préfère l'horsion de l'horsion.

00:16:59Lucas, vous n'avez pas de faire ça pour moi. Je n'en suis pas encore piquée.

00:17:02Je veux vraiment, c'est aussi.

00:17:04En fait, il y avait un petit joint à l'horsion de campus. Les steaks sont incroyables.

00:17:08J'ai dit que ça m'a dit que j'aimais.

00:17:10C'était vraiment bon. J'ai fait ça pour 4 ans et je n'ai pas trop d'horsion.

00:17:15Ok. Le steak, alors.

00:17:17Je n'ai pas d'horsion.

00:17:18Je n'ai pas d'horsion.

00:17:21Je n'ai pas d'horsion.

00:17:22Lucas took me to a place that'd been in Miami for years.

00:17:24Old and a little cramped, but always packed.

00:17:27And Lucas, in his tailored suit, sitting in that grimy booth, was a completely ridiculous visual.

00:17:32I watched him carefully wipe down my chair with a napkin.

00:17:35For someone like him, these small domestic gestures came surprisingly naturally.

00:17:39Lucas, your ex did a great job with you.

00:17:42I couldn't help saying it.

00:17:43In the beginning, when Ethan was still chasing me, I felt it.

00:17:47Being cared for.

00:17:48Being someone's priority.

00:17:49Then we moved in together the year after graduation.

00:17:52A little over a year.

00:17:53And I became the household.

00:17:55Managing his diet, his rest, his schedule.

00:17:58Like a wife before the wedding.

00:18:00But I understand now what I didn't then.

00:18:01I lost myself loving him.

00:18:03Forgot that you have to love yourself first.

00:18:05No wonder the love wore out.

00:18:07Lucas glanced up from tending the pot.

00:18:09Where'd you hear I had an ex?

00:18:17I paused.

00:18:18The girl who was always around you in college?

00:18:19Weren't you two childhood friends?

00:18:21You mean Sophie?

00:18:22He laughed once.

00:18:23We grew up together, yeah.

00:18:25But we never dated.

00:18:26I never felt that way about her.

00:18:28She was more like a little sister.

00:18:30So you haven't been with anyone all these years?

00:18:32Went on a few setups.

00:18:33It wasn't right, so...

00:18:35It ended.

00:18:36And after that?

00:18:38I looked down, thinking about that first night.

00:18:40Suddenly, it made complete sense.

00:18:42Quinn, I'll do better next time.

00:18:44His comment came out of nowhere.

00:18:45I blinked.

00:18:46Better at what?

00:18:47He turned his face away, cleared his throat quietly.

00:18:49His ears were deeply flushed.

00:18:51You'll see later.

00:18:52He kept his word.

00:18:53After dinner, back at the hotel.

00:18:55Once he'd carried me out of the bathroom and onto the bed, I finally understood what he'd

00:18:59meant.

00:18:59By then, I was completely undone.

00:19:02I tried to glare at him, but my eyes were misted over, which only made me look more helpless.

00:19:06His name in my mouth came out soft, nowhere near as angry as I wanted.

00:19:10Lucas bowed his head and kissed me softly.

00:19:12Quinn, is this okay?

00:19:13I shook my head, refused to answer.

00:19:15He didn't push, just kept kissing me, over and over, patient and unhurried.

00:19:19I couldn't hold out.

00:19:20Tears were leaking from the corners of my eyes.

00:19:23Lucas.

00:19:23My nails pressed into his lower back, and there was a sound in my voice I couldn't quite

00:19:27control.

00:19:28Quinn, tell me now.

00:19:30Is this okay?

00:19:31Lucas's own eyes had gone red, arms taut, sweat falling in drops.

00:19:35I gave in, voice small and wrecked.

00:19:37Yes.

00:19:38Yes, it is.

00:19:39As my last thought drifted away, Lucas put his lips to my ear and whispered very low.

00:19:43Quinn, if this is good, then promise you'll never leave me, okay?

00:19:50What does not matter Dortmund another episode?

00:19:54Nicholas to meet.

00:20:00All right.

00:20:13Patterns to meet you.

00:20:19Leave, what if you come up.

00:20:19Pull out your cervix, right

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00:25:36Let me see.

00:25:37Ethan spoke without warning.

00:25:39Ryan froze but handed the box over without a word.

00:25:41Ethan stared at the pair of cufflinks.

00:25:43The brand's logo was discreet, almost invisible.

00:25:45But Ethan stared at it for a long moment.

00:25:47Put them away.

00:25:48He closed the box and pushed it aside.

00:25:50Ryan exhaled with relief and reached for it.

00:25:52Ethan snatched the empty bottle from the table and smashed it against the coffee table.

00:25:56Glass scattered.

00:25:56A long gash opened across the back of his hand.

00:25:59The room erupted.

00:26:00What happened?

00:26:01Why did you...

00:26:01That's a bad cut.

00:26:02It won't stop bleeding.

00:26:04Hospital...

00:26:04Ethan stood there, emotionless, face dark, still as stone.

00:26:07Quinn never bought anything from that label.

00:26:09His voice was low and frayed.

00:26:11Ryan smiled quickly.

00:26:12So what?

00:26:12Quinn probably just picked something at random.

00:26:14Not like your birthday.

00:26:16She'd been planning your gift for six months.

00:26:19Exactly.

00:26:19You know what she means to you.

00:26:21None of us combined are worth a tenth of what she feels for you.

00:26:23Ethan laughed sharply.

00:26:25Feels for me.

00:26:26The noise in the room bled away, one degree at a time.

00:26:29Ethan, should I call Quinn?

00:26:31We need to deal with that cut first.

00:26:32Ryan suddenly worked up the nerve.

00:26:34Picked up his phone and photographed Ethan's torn up hand.

00:26:37Then sent it to Quinn on the spot.

00:26:39Ethan didn't stop him.

00:27:06The room went still.

00:27:08About ten seconds passed.

00:27:09Then Ryan's phone rang.

00:27:10See?

00:27:11I knew she loved you more than anything.

00:27:14Look, Ethan, it's Quinn!

00:27:15The others noticed it too.

00:27:16The tension in Ethan's face had eased, just slightly.

00:27:19You want to take it?

00:27:20Ryan held out the phone.

00:27:21Ethan didn't look at it.

00:27:22He turned away.

00:27:23I'll get it, I'll get it.

00:27:24Ryan said eagerly, putting it on speaker.

00:27:26When Quinn's voice came through, Ethan's jaw locked.

00:27:28Ryan, are you okay?

00:27:30Are you hurt?

00:27:30It's not me, it's Ethan's hand.

00:27:32You have no idea how bad it is!

00:27:34Blood everywhere!

00:27:34He won't stop!

00:27:35Ryan rambled on.

00:27:36The other end went quiet.

00:27:38Quinn, are you there?

00:27:38Maybe, maybe you should come back.

00:27:40Ethan won't go to the hospital.

00:27:41He can't just keep bleeding like this.

00:27:42Ryan.

00:27:43Her voice was still soft, still the same.

00:27:45Yeah?

00:27:45Yeah, I'm here.

00:27:46Go on.

00:27:46Ryan signaled frantically to Ethan.

00:27:48Don't tell me about him anymore.

00:27:50Ryan's smile collapsed.

00:27:51Quinn?

00:27:51And happy birthday, Ryan.

00:27:54Wait, Quinn!

00:27:54Don't hang up!

00:27:55The line went dead.

00:27:56Ryan stood there holding the phone like it had burned him.

00:27:58He wanted to slap himself.

00:28:00What was he thinking?

00:28:01Getting involved.

00:28:01Now look at the mess.

00:28:02Silence.

00:28:03Ethan looked around at everyone and smiled lightly.

00:28:05You all go mute?

00:28:06No one dared speak.

00:28:07He smiled again.

00:28:08What, nobody's got anything to say?

00:28:09Ethan, don't get worked up.

00:28:10The cut's bleeding more.

00:28:11Ethan, you know how Quinn is.

00:28:13From the corner, where she'd been sitting quietly through everything, Vera finally spoke.

00:28:16I've wanted to say this for a long time.

00:28:18What you did was cruel.

00:28:20Quinn's a woman.

00:28:20Women have pride.

00:28:22Even if you stopped loving her, you could have ended it cleanly.

00:28:24Who says I wanted it to end cleanly?

00:28:26Ethan smiled, sharp and cold.

00:28:28She gave me seven years.

00:28:31Seven years?

00:28:31You think that's nothing to me?

00:28:33Vera smiled very quietly.

00:28:34But did you ever stop to think?

00:28:36A girl only has so many seven years.

00:28:39What if Quinn never comes back?

00:28:41Impossible!

00:28:42No one caught it, but there was the faintest tremor at the end of that word.

00:28:45What's impossible in this world?

00:28:46Once the heart's been hurt badly enough, can you really warm it back up?

00:28:50Ethan, stop doing things you'll regret.

00:28:53Vera said nothing more.

00:28:54She picked up her bag and walked out.

00:28:56Across the room, Daniel watched her leave.

00:28:58His own wife of two years.

00:28:59His expression unreadable.

00:29:00Was she pitying Quinn?

00:29:02Defending her?

00:29:02Or was she talking about herself?

00:29:04Aren't you gonna go after her?

00:29:05Daniel curved his lips.

00:29:06Lit a cigarette.

00:29:07She's not my wife tonight.

00:29:09My wife is on set.

00:29:10She's out of the production next month.

00:29:12You're gonna wreck yourself.

00:29:13His friend sighed.

00:29:14Daniel didn't respond.

00:29:16Vera and Quinn were different.

00:29:17Quinn had no family draining her.

00:29:19Earned her own money.

00:29:20A breakup just meant a softer lifestyle for a while.

00:29:22But Vera had her family's debt behind her.

00:29:24And a brother bedridden at home.

00:29:26She couldn't leave him.

00:29:27She wouldn't dare.

00:29:28No matter how many chances she had.

00:29:42Let's get away from her.

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00:41:29Was she right?

00:41:30The exhaustion of the back and forth.

00:41:32The constant anxiety.

00:41:33The feeling of never being enough.

00:41:35Never being secure.

00:41:36So now my guard was up against everyone.

00:41:37Against the whole world.

00:41:38Convinced that no one would ever love me without conditions.

00:41:41But why shouldn't I deserve that?

00:41:42The ones who waste your love, let them choke on it.

00:41:44The ones who love honestly, the universe opens a window for them.

00:41:47Babe, do you know how incredible you are?

00:41:49My best friend pulled me in, swayed gently.

00:41:51You're gorgeous.

00:41:52You have an amazing body.

00:41:53You were making your own money since sophomore year.

00:41:56Paid your own rent and practically kept me fed too.

00:41:58You're talented and driven and kind.

00:42:01If I were a man, I'd fight anyone to marry you.

00:42:03You deserve to be loved, Quinn.

00:42:05Genuinely loved by the right person.

00:42:07Not ground down and wasted on someone like Ethan.

00:42:10Trust me on this.

00:42:12He will regret it.

00:42:13For the rest of his life, he won't be able to shake losing you.

00:42:16Now, call Lucas and cancel your flight home.

00:42:18Don't think I don't know you already rebooked it.

00:42:20My eyes were getting hot.

00:42:21But what if Lucas and I end up in the same place?

00:42:24What if it ends the same way?

00:42:25It won't.

00:42:26How do you know?

00:42:26Because a man with that kind of self-control who's never settled for less

00:42:29will not be stupid enough to throw away the girl he actually chose.

00:42:32He's not Ethan.

00:42:33I shook my head.

00:42:34He wasn't.

00:42:35He really wasn't.

00:42:35So, call him.

00:42:36You have no idea how happy it'll make him.

00:43:06I thought Lucas would be happy.

00:43:08I didn't think a man in his late 20s running a company could be that happy over a phone call.

00:43:12Like a kid on Christmas morning, my best friend beamed at me.

00:43:15Quinn?

00:43:16Happy?

00:43:16I nodded slowly.

00:43:17I think yeah.

00:43:18Really happy.

00:43:20See?

00:43:20You're happy.

00:43:22Lucas is happier.

00:43:23What else is there to figure out?

00:43:24Then she laughed.

00:43:25Honestly?

00:43:26I just keep thinking about how miserable Ethan's going to be.

00:43:29That alone puts me in a great mood.

00:43:31Who knows?

00:43:32He's probably already moved on.

00:43:34I smiled faintly.

00:43:34Let's stop talking about him.

00:43:36In that moment, I could say it with no weight at all.

00:43:38Like he was just a name.

00:43:40Someone with no claim on me anymore.

00:43:41Lucas' car pulled up downstairs just as I stepped out of the bar.

00:43:44He stood in the night air with his arms open.

00:43:47I stopped and looked at him.

00:43:48Honestly, he was striking.

00:43:49Every feature exactly what I'd want.

00:43:51Men can like whoever they want.

00:43:53Overlap if they choose.

00:43:54The world hardly blinks.

00:43:55So why can't I, after a real ending, start something new?

00:43:58I walked toward him.

00:43:59He walked toward me.

00:44:00People moved around us.

00:44:02We kissed like no one was watching.

00:44:03His heart was pounding so fast.

00:44:05I reached up and touched the back of his neck.

00:44:07Burning hot.

00:44:08He was still warm when I pressed my forehead to his.

00:44:10Slightly breathless.

00:44:11Voiceless.

00:44:12Quinn, do I have a fever?

00:44:14Maybe.

00:44:15Too much touching and this happens.

00:44:17I laughed and kissed under his chin.

00:44:19Maybe more of this and you'll be cured?

00:44:22His ears went redder.

00:44:23He cupped my face, eyes open and searching.

00:44:25Quinn, what am I to you right now?

00:44:27I teased him.

00:44:28What do you think?

00:44:30A hugger or a boyfriend?

00:44:31He asked.

00:44:31Then immediately shook his head, pressing his face into my neck.

00:44:34Never mind.

00:44:34I don't want to know right now.

00:44:35I wrapped my arms around his waist and pulled him closer.

00:44:38You sure you don't want to know?

00:44:39Boyfriend.

00:45:02You just said he would be there.

00:45:09Oh my God.

00:45:11What are you doing?

00:45:15How can you do?

00:45:15You know?

00:45:21He just said, I'm not았.

00:45:21I'm going down.

00:45:21I'm running around.

00:45:22I'm running around.

00:45:22You know, I'm running around.

00:45:31I'm running around.

00:46:31He'd never imagined Quinn would have thought about proposing to him

00:46:34He'd been a wreck these past weeks

00:46:36He knew it

00:46:36But the other women had never meant anything

00:46:38A moment's impulse, nothing more

00:46:40Even Mia, the one who'd actually triggered Quinn walking out

00:46:42She lasted three days before he was already over it

00:46:45He kept thinking about Quinn

00:46:46Seven years had made him lazy, complacent

00:46:48He'd taken it all for granted

00:46:49But some people are like the air

00:46:50You don't notice until they're gone

00:46:52Since Quinn left, he couldn't focus on anything

00:46:54He'd be with his friends and she'd be in the back of his mind the whole time

00:46:57Especially when he drank

00:46:58If Quinn were there, she'd fake scold him and try to slow him down

00:47:00And if she couldn't stop him, she'd be up at 3am making soup

00:47:03Letting him put his head in her lap

00:47:04Rubbing his temples with her hands

00:47:06Her fingers were soft

00:47:07The little complaints she'd mutter

00:47:08The way she'd fuss over him

00:47:09It had annoyed him back then

00:47:11Now he'd give anything to hear it again

00:47:12This time when Quinn came home, he'd propose

00:47:14He'd always known how much she wanted to marry him

00:47:16Give her that and she'd feel safe

00:47:18She'd forgive him

00:47:18She would

00:47:19She'd holders

00:47:48She'dgrades her hands

00:47:49She'd lead him Jenny

00:47:49She'd ainsi her legs

00:47:49She'd

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00:55:06When the clock hands crept toward midnight, Ethan dialed her number

00:55:21The second month after Quinn left

00:55:27Quinn had been careful, quiet, a good girl in the old-fashioned sense

00:55:30Her family was ordinary but comfortable

00:55:31Her parents adored her

00:55:33And because she'd been beautiful since she was young, they'd kept a close eye on her

00:55:36It wasn't until the fall after graduation that Quinn moved in with Ethan

00:55:39He still remembered that night

00:55:40She'd been shaking from head to toe

00:55:42Her skin flushed everywhere

00:55:43A deep, burning pink

00:55:44She was breathtaking

00:55:45Fragile beneath him in a way that made his chest ache

00:55:48When it was over, she cried for a long time

00:55:50Over and over, she said

00:55:51Ethan, you're not allowed to hurt me

00:55:53Not now, not ever

00:55:54You have to be good to me

00:55:56You have to marry me

00:55:57Ethan, we're gonna be together forever

00:56:00Right?

00:56:01The girl who'd believed all of that

00:56:02Who'd trusted with her whole self that she'd end up with the man she loved

00:56:05He'd lost her a long time ago

00:56:06Long enough that he couldn't even recall

00:56:08The last time they'd said goodbye

00:56:10What had her face looked like?

00:56:11Did she smile and nod?

00:56:12Or did her eyes go red?

00:56:13The phone rang for a while

00:56:14He'd almost given up

00:56:15Then it connected

00:56:16In that moment, what he wanted to say was

00:56:18Quinn, come home

00:56:19But what came out of his mouth was

00:56:21Quinn, you've made your point

00:56:22Come home

00:56:23His pathetic, idiotic words were cut off by a man's low laugh

00:56:26That laugh landed like cold concrete

00:56:28Ethan went rigid

00:56:29Like he'd been encased in ice and couldn't move

00:56:31Ethan, you snooze, you lose

00:56:34Can't let a girl stew overnight or someone else steps in

00:56:38Lucas Shaw?

00:56:40Ethan said the name through clenched teeth

00:56:41Blood rushing into his eyes

00:56:43It's me

00:56:43Put Quinn on!

00:56:45Now!

00:56:46His eyes looked flooded

00:56:47He gripped the phone

00:56:48Voice shaking low

00:56:50Lucas, if you took advantage of

00:56:52She could come to the phone

00:56:53Lucas lowered his head and pressed a soft kiss to his girl's temple

00:56:56Quinn's lashes were still wet

00:56:57Her mouth in a small pout

00:56:58Eyes closed

00:56:59But everything on her face said one thing

00:57:01I was hurt

00:57:02His chest clenched

00:57:03He kissed the corner of her eye

00:57:04Drew away the tear that sat there

00:57:06She's asleep, upset with me

00:57:07I have to kiss her awake first

00:57:09Lucas!

00:57:10Ethan's voice went dead silent

00:57:11Lucas ended the call

00:57:12Turned off his phone

00:57:13He brought his lips down to Quinn's

00:57:15Softly

00:57:15Hey

00:57:16Wake up

00:57:55I thought about what it would be like to see Ethan

00:57:57He came from money

00:57:58And he knew it

00:57:59Pride ran deep in him

00:58:00We'd ended things without a scene

00:58:01If we ever crossed paths

00:58:03He'd probably look right through me

00:58:04Or we'd exchange a polite, meaningless smile

00:58:06My family was in the city

00:58:07We had mutual friends

00:58:08It wasn't realistic to think we'd never be in the same room again

00:58:11But I never expected that

00:58:12Never expected to see him come undone like that

00:58:14The day it happened

00:58:15I'd slept well

00:58:16And woken up in a good mood

00:58:17I was wearing a new blush pink cashmere dress

00:58:19Makeup done

00:58:20Feeling like myself again

00:58:21Warm and whole

00:58:22Like a ripe peach in September

00:58:23I had my hand tucked in Lucas' arm

00:58:25We were laughing about something as we pushed through the revolving door

00:58:28And there was Ethan

00:58:29Stepping out of a car

00:58:30I stopped

00:58:30My feet stopped with me

00:58:31Lucas' warm fingers closed around mine

00:58:33Ethan's shirt was wrinkled

00:58:35No tie

00:58:35The exhaustion on his face was plain

00:58:37His brow heavy

00:58:38The whites of his eyes shot through with red

00:58:40People moved past us on both sides

00:58:41A fountain not far off played something cheerful

00:58:43The whole moment felt like a slow motion shot from a movie

00:58:46Except I wasn't watching

00:58:47I was in it

00:58:48Ethan looked more undone than I'd ever seen him

00:58:50Lucas moved instinctively

00:58:52Stepping slightly in front of me

00:58:53But Ethan's expression was perfectly calm

00:58:55He said my name the way he used to

00:58:56Back when things were good

00:58:58Soft

00:58:58Warm

00:58:59Quinn

00:58:59I stood there and didn't move

00:59:01The music from the fountain kept playing

00:59:03And yet something in me ached

00:59:04Quietly

00:59:05I didn't quite know why

00:59:06Maybe for the girl who'd overheard those words that night

00:59:08Maybe for the girl who'd gotten a breakup handed to her without warning

00:59:11Maybe most of all for the girl who'd loved foolishly for seven years

00:59:14And let go in seven days

00:59:15Quinn

00:59:15I came to bring you home

00:59:17He hadn't looked at Lucas once

00:59:18His eyes were on my face

00:59:20And they were soft in a way I'd almost forgotten

00:59:21I couldn't even remember the last time he'd looked at me like that before we fell apart

00:59:25He stopped about a meter in front of me

00:59:26Quinn

00:59:27Come home

00:59:29We get married

00:59:30We do it right this time

00:59:32He meant every word

00:59:32He was so serious I almost let myself believe

00:59:35That the Ethan who'd said he was giving another girl something real had been a figment of my imagination

00:59:39But it was too late Ethan

00:59:40A broken heart doesn't reassemble itself

00:59:42And the new one that had grown up from the wreckage

00:59:44It already belonged to someone else

00:59:52And one having grown up from being bites

00:59:54Is that it being unsightりました?

00:59:58That it would be so machen

00:59:59That as a joke

01:00:04Even if he woke up from being weighed or bullied

01:00:05He was sick

01:00:06He was like

01:00:06Then I was like

01:00:15I knew he was like

01:00:17Who had invested

01:00:19I can't Henri

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01:06:44I want to be here with you.

01:06:47I held his hand and wouldn't let go.

01:06:48Lucas looked at me for a long moment, then bowed his head and kissed me hard.

01:06:52Quinn, everything I've ever done, I've done with a clear conscience.

01:06:54No regrets.

01:06:56But right now, right now I genuinely regret not taking you from him when I had the chance.

01:07:01What gives you the right?

01:07:02Ethan cut in.

01:07:02Going after someone when they're at their lowest?

01:07:04What kind of man does that make you, Lucas?

01:07:06Ethan, you didn't deserve a single year of what Quinn gave you.

01:07:09Not one.

01:07:10Maybe those words finally broke something in Ethan.

01:07:12He lost control in a way he never had before.

01:07:14Words he'd never have said otherwise.

01:07:16Oh yeah?

01:07:17And you, Lucas?

01:07:18You go after a woman who spent seven years with me.

01:07:22What right do you have to stand there and lecture me?

01:07:24Tell me the truth.

01:07:25Do you actually love Quinn?

01:07:27Or do you love the idea of having something that was mine?

01:07:38Lucas put his fist through Ethan's face.

01:07:40Ethan wasn't one to absorb him.

01:07:41He came back sweating.

01:07:42They went at each other until both of them were marked up, split and bruised.

01:07:46Security rushed over, finally managed to get between them.

01:07:49The two men stood there breathing hard, still glaring at each other, not giving an inch.

01:07:53Can we stop now?

01:07:54I was furious and scared, and my voice broke a little.

01:07:57Quinn.

01:07:57Ethan's face was cold.

01:07:58You saw it.

01:07:59Lucas threw the first punch.

01:08:01I'm not letting this go.

01:08:03Yes, he did.

01:08:04Mr. Harlow, I'll have him apologize to you.

01:08:06Whatever you want to do next, we'll cooperate.

01:08:09Quinn, he said it first.

01:08:10Lucas started immediately.

01:08:11I pressed my hand lightly over his, then turned back, calm.

01:08:14Mr. Harlow, I'll apologize on his behalf.

01:08:17You're defending him?

01:08:18Just like that?

01:08:19Ethan stepped toward me slowly.

01:08:20He hit me, Quinn.

01:08:21What would you like us to do about it?

01:08:23Quinn.

01:08:23I'm hurt.

01:08:24He gestured at his face.

01:08:26You can see this, right?

01:08:27This really hurts.

01:08:28I looked at it.

01:08:29We'll call you an ambulance.

01:08:30We'll cover everything.

01:08:32You know that's not what I want.

01:08:33He reached for my arm.

01:08:34I stepped back.

01:08:35Quinn.

01:08:35Everything Ethan had been holding up cracked all at once.

01:08:38The way he looked at me.

01:08:39Loss.

01:08:40Bare and unguarded.

01:08:41But my chest was still and quiet.

01:08:42Genuinely still.

01:08:43Lucas made a sharp sound.

01:08:44Quinn, am I going to be scarred?

01:08:46I turned fast.

01:08:47His lip was split.

01:08:48His eye was swelling.

01:08:48His jaw had blood on it, and it looked worse than it was.

01:08:51I reached into my bag for a tissue and started cleaning it.

01:08:53Ow.

01:08:54Quinn, gently, gently.

01:08:55He winced and grimaced dramatically.

01:08:57Serves you right.

01:08:58I said quietly, but I was careful.

01:09:00You're going to need stitches.

01:09:01Then come with me.

01:09:02I pass out around needles.

01:09:04I gave him a look, but I nodded.

01:09:05Lucas immediately pulled me into a hug.

01:09:07And I need you to kiss it.

01:09:08Right here.

01:09:09It's killing me.

01:09:10I rose slowly on my toes and pressed my lips, gently, right to the wound.

01:09:37Ethan didn't say anything more.

01:09:38The late son stretched his shadow long and quiet behind him.

01:09:41Maybe it was the moment Quinn dabbed at Lucas's face.

01:09:44Maybe it was the moment she kissed him there, softly.

01:09:46That was when Ethan finally understood it.

01:09:48Quinn did not love him anymore.

01:09:50What Vera had asked that night had turned out to be true.

01:09:52Quinn was not coming back to him.

01:09:53He'd thought he was the one who could walk away from seven years easily.

01:09:56He'd thought he was the one who'd always held the upper hand.

01:09:59He'd thought he was always going to come out ahead.

01:10:01But standing here now, he understood.

01:10:02The one who couldn't let go was him.

01:10:04Quinn had been the string that held the kite to the sky.

01:10:06The string snapped and the kite lost its way.

01:10:09It was never going to find home again.

01:10:24The string was just in the front of the line.

01:10:25The string was Club Head.

01:10:31The string was switched to the ground.

01:10:37He'd thought he was like, he can't go away.

01:10:38I might know he'd look at that.

01:10:43He'd thought he would look at it.

01:10:43Maybe he would look at it.

01:10:43He'd think that's the rest of the place.

01:10:43There's a number of the tracks I saw.

01:10:43The string was solid.

01:10:45There's a place that he'd look at.

01:10:46He'd look at it, he'd look at the top.

01:11:21Let's go.

01:11:23Hospital.

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