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00:00I was the heiress from the Upper East Side.
00:02He thought I was just a girl from an ordinary small town.
00:06Harvard Law, we were in love.
00:07Then he, the law school star, canceled our engagement 50 times.
00:1250 times all for the same woman.
00:14This time the 50th broken promise on graduation day.
00:17I finally gave up. I decided to leave.
00:21The second I walked away, he lost it.
00:24Started looking for me everywhere.
00:27In front of the vanity mirror, I put on that wedding dress for the 50th time,
00:31though I was 104 degrees in fever.
00:34Dominic walked into the PhD common room, shirt collar open, obviously in a rush.
00:39Vivian, twist her ankle. I need to take her to the health center.
00:41The engagement at graduation, we'll reschedule. I promise.
00:4450th time.
00:48It's fine. Her ankle can't wait. Go.
00:53You're being so understanding. I'll bring you your favorite Junior's cheesecake tonight.
00:58Okay.
00:59He turned and left. I watched him carry Vivian out.
01:03Vivian looked back and smiled in my direction.
01:08He forgot I hate cheesecake.
01:13He used to keep a note of everything I loved in his phone.
01:18Said he'd never forget.
01:23One year later, never was over.
01:26I ripped open the wedding dress skirt that I had worn 50 times with force.
01:30Then gasps rippled through everyone else.
01:38Dad. Mom.
01:40Come get me.
01:42You're finally ready to come home?
01:46They'd given me the life of an Upper East Side heiress.
01:48But I pretended to be ordinary.
01:50All for Dominic.
01:51He came from nothing.
01:52Hated when anyone brought up background.
01:54So for five years, I never told him who I really was.
01:56In those five years, I grew from a regular student into a well-known Harvard Law PhD student.
02:00We two won the highest JD scholarship every year.
02:02Schoolmates called us the power couple of Harvard Law.
02:04Looking back now, pathetic and ridiculous.
02:08Okay.
02:09I'll come home.
02:11Oh, good girl.
02:13The family private jet will come get you at your schedule.
02:16The next day, I placed my withdrawal form on Professor Harrison's desk.
02:21Dominic walked in with his thesis.
02:24He saw the form and frowned.
02:27You're not staying?
02:29Still mad?
02:30I didn't say anything.
02:32Just stared at the hickey on his neck.
02:34It's just a mosquito bite.
02:36Don't overthink it.
02:36If you want a vacation, just request time off.
02:39Suddenly leaving like this, people will think you have a problem with Viviana.
02:42I've used up all my leave.
02:44On every single engagement you cancel.
02:49Forget it.
02:50Don't say things you don't mean.
02:51I'll take you to the River Cafe tonight.
02:53Make it up to you.
02:54Okay, I know.
02:55But I won't.
02:59Dominic!
03:00Oops!
03:07Sorry to interrupt your date, but I really need help.
03:10I don't get some footnotes in Chapter 3.
03:13Professor Harrison told me to look it up myself, but I've been searching for so long.
03:44It's okay.
03:45It's not expensive at all.
03:46It's a cheap product.
03:48It's a cheap product.
03:51Our one-year anniversary gift from Dominic.
03:55Oh, I'm sorry.
03:56I didn't mean to.
03:57You're right.
03:58It's really cheap.
03:59I don't think.
04:06I'm...
04:07I can't.
04:13I can't even...
04:28Cardietta. I knew that one. $10,000.
04:37Serena, there's nothing going on between Dominic and me! This is just a regular bracelet!
04:42You're right. Very regular.
04:48In my home on the Upper East Side, this kind of bracelet is indeed quite ordinary.
04:55He simply never knew.
05:03Serena, stop being unreasonable.
05:08Don't worry. I'm just a little nauseous.
05:17A few hours later, my phone rang. It was Dominic.
05:21Vivian has a stomachache. I'm not going home tonight. I'll take care of the graduation dinner.
05:25This engagement will be perfect. I promise. No one will bother us this time.
05:31No. There won't be a next time.
05:4537 missed calls. All from Dominic.
05:50Dominic, I've left Harvard. We're done. Don't contact me again.
05:57Blocked. Deleted. Screen off.
06:01Time to go back to my Upper East Side life.
06:04Three days later, I finally turned my old phone back on.
06:09Tiffany's call came in right away.
06:12Hello, Tiffany.
06:14She told me Dominic had been looking for me everywhere after I left.
06:22He went through the trash outside the admin office.
06:25Found the pieces of your bracelet.
06:28Squatted there, picking them up one by one.
06:32He still thought you were some small-town girl.
06:35Said he was going to your hometown to find you.
06:37I told him you're an Upper East Side Harris.
06:39That you hid it all to protect his pride.
06:42Guess what? His face went white.
06:44Like someone punched him.
06:47Now all Dominic does is try to find you.
06:49And that shameless Vivian?
06:50She finally shut up.
06:57No matter how much Dominic's begged,
07:00Tiffany never gave him my address.
07:04She even slapped him once right in front of Harvard Law's landmark building.
07:13He just held his face, head down, mumbling.
07:17Then I'll go find her in New York.
07:23Tiffany, Idomic.
07:25I listened.
07:29Stayed quiet for a long time.
07:33Tiffany.
07:34Yeah?
07:36Thank you for that slap.
07:44I got home.
07:47My parents were already busy in the kitchen.
07:53Congratulations to our little princess.
07:55Three months and you're already a senior researcher.
07:57Go wash your hands.
07:58Dinner's almost ready.
08:03The doorbell rang.
08:04I opened the door.
08:06A man stood outside.
08:08I froze.
08:10It was Dominic.
08:16Serena.
08:20I snapped back.
08:22My voice turned ice cold.
08:24How did you find me?
08:30I looked for three months.
08:32He pulled out the thing in his hand.
08:34It was the bracelet.
08:36Carefully repaired with glue.
08:38The cracks were still visible.
08:39Our anniversary gift.
08:41The one you broke.
08:44I got it from the trash.
08:46Fixed it.
08:50Don't bother.
08:51Why not just give it to Viviana?
08:54Anyway, you've given her so many designer brands.
08:56She probably wouldn't even for Selmore Holtz
08:58hand you look at something so cheap.
09:00I was wrong.
09:02Just give me one chance, okay?
09:08No.
09:09He froze.
09:10I will never, ever, ever make a fool of myself for that relationship again.
09:16Dominic stubbornly pushed the bracelet into my hand.
09:19Take it.
09:20This was your favorite bracelet.
09:22No strings attached.
09:23I just want you to be happy.
09:24I looked at the bracelet he'd forced into my hand.
09:26Let out a bitter laugh.
09:28I don't want this stupid thing anymore.
09:34I cherished it back then because I loved you.
09:36Anything you gave me, I treasured.
09:38But now, I hate you.
09:41Everything that reminds me of you, I don't want to see it.
09:47Serena!
09:55Who is that?
10:03Just a salesman.
10:19I know you're still angry!
10:21I can wait!
10:24Wait if you want.
10:25I'm already driving towards a new life.
10:37Serena, flowers for you.
10:38Have a good day.
10:43Oh, really?
10:57Not a good day.
11:00Next time he brings me something, I'll just throw it away for him.
11:03Okay, Miss Serena.
11:05Thanks.
11:07The next day, another bouquet.
11:10Trash it.
11:11Day three.
11:12Day four.
11:12Day five.
11:13The receptionist stopped asking.
11:15Whenever flowers came, she just threw them away.
11:18Miss Serena, it's about the flowers.
11:19The cleaning staff.
11:21They can't keep up.
11:22Finally, one day, the receptionist told me.
11:24The cleaning staff was overwhelmed.
11:26They formally protested.
11:32Dominic.
11:35Serena.
11:36You're here so early?
11:49I just want...
11:50What do you want?
11:52To move me?
11:54Does it make me feel that you are affectionate?
11:58Dominic, you're not sorry.
12:00You're just bitter.
12:02You're bitter that I walked away.
12:04Bitter that you lost someone who treated you like gold.
12:11But let me tell you something.
12:13I'm not that person anymore.
12:20I know I don't deserve your forgiveness.
12:23I just...
12:24I just want you to be happy.
12:29You want to know the one thing you could do to make me happy?
12:31After making the punch punch line 50 times?
12:34Get the hell out of my life.
12:38I thought he'd leave New York after that.
12:41Lawn.
12:41Surprise.
12:43I didn't know he'd trick-ticked colleagues I was friendly with into helping him ambush me.
12:48When I got to the Institute's lawn, I couldn't believe my eyes.
12:52Dominic.
12:52He'd recreated the exact proposal scene from Harvard's lawn, wearing the suit I'd custom made for him.
13:00Serena, will you marry me?
13:04Say yes!
13:05Say yes!
13:09My heels sank into the rose petals as I walked toward him, one step at a time.
13:14His eyes were bright.
13:16Certain.
13:17Confident.
13:20Serena, I know I messed up.
13:22These past three months, I've thought about nothing but...
13:28Everyone went quiet.
13:30Someone dared to ask.
13:31He said he's your boyfriend, and that you two just...
13:34Aren't you all legal researchers?
13:36Where's your evidence?
13:40Dominic probably thought if he put together a big enough scene, I'd be moved.
13:43Then forgive him.
13:46The Serena for here from five years ago would've.
13:48You thought if the setting was romantic enough, if you had enough audience around, I'd cave?
13:52You forgot something.
13:54I'm a legal scholar.
13:55The one thing that doesn't work on me is emotional manipulation.
14:04I drove away.
14:05In the rearview mirror, Dominic ran after the car.
14:08Let's welcome our new colleague, Tiffany, again.
14:11Any other business before we aburned?
14:13I stood up.
14:15The room went quiet.
14:18The man on the lawn last Saturday was my ex-boyfriend.
14:21We're done.
14:23From today on, I'm not dating anyone.
14:25And I'm not accepting advances from any man.
14:32True.
14:33I can vouch for her.
14:35After the meeting, Tiffany caught up with me.
14:38You're really not going to date ever again?
14:40Hmm?
14:42What if someone better comes along?
14:43Then he can go find someone better else.
14:46She was quiet for a moment.
14:49Dominic is still downstairs.
14:51He can stay there.
14:56Sir, you can't stand here all day.
14:59I'm waiting for her.
15:02Dark fell.
15:04He didn't leave.
15:05I looked down from my office window.
15:08He stood under a street light, clutching that repaired bracelet in his hand.
15:12I didn't go downstairs.
15:13I waited for him 50 times at our engagements.
15:16No show.
15:18This time, he could wait a lifetime.
15:21I wasn't coming.
15:22Three months.
15:2312-hour work days every day.
15:25You need to rest.
15:26You've been working for 12 hours straight.
15:28I wasted five years on a man.
15:30Now I'm making those five years back.
15:32Academic conference.
15:33A hundred senior researchers in the audience.
15:36Historical data.
15:37Theoretical models.
15:38Documentary evidence chain.
15:43Project of the year.
15:44Unanimous vote.
15:49I walked out of the lecture hall.
15:51Sunlight hit my face.
15:54My phone rang.
15:55Unknown number.
15:58Serena.
15:58I saw you in an academic journal.
16:00That project.
16:01You did amazing.
16:03Yeah.
16:05Are you doing okay?
16:07I looked out the window.
16:08The sun was beautiful.
16:10Great.
16:11Better than you.
16:12Hung up.
16:15Blocked.
16:17Deleted.
16:22I started going to court.
16:24Five years.
16:26Case after case.
16:2730 million.
16:2850 million.
16:30100 million.
16:33Lawyer of the year.
16:35Serena Winthrow.
16:37Award stage.
16:39Spotlights.
16:40My name engraved on the trophy.
16:43My parents sat in the front row.
16:46Mom wiped away tears.
16:50Applause filled the room.
17:03Serena is unstoppable.
17:05I heard her family are investors.
17:08So what?
17:09She's got real talent.
17:13Listening to everyone's praise, I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.
17:20I really had made it.
17:24After the reception, I went back to my office.
17:28There was a letter on my desk.
17:30No name.
17:32It was a newspaper clipping of my winning verdict.
17:36Handwritten next to it.
17:38Congratulations, D.
17:43After the celebration, my firm forced the overworked me to take time off.
17:47I used the vacation to go everywhere.
17:49Beaches in Hawaii.
17:51California coast.
17:52Kayaking on the Mississippi.
17:53Last stop, I met up with Tiffany.
17:56She asked me to revisit an old place.
17:59Finally got you out here.
18:00Do you still remember this place?
18:03Harvard campus, where I used to study.
18:07On the law school honor wall.
18:10My photo as in distinguished alumno.
18:13After visiting Professor Harrison, we left.
18:17Walking down the hallway.
18:18Past an office.
18:20The nameplate on the door said Dominic Black.
18:23Crossed out.
18:24Tiffany glanced at me.
18:26I didn't stop.
18:28Kept walking.
18:29A lot happened after you left.
18:33Go ahead.
18:34Law school coffee shop.
18:35Tiffany poured me a coffee.
18:37Do you know Dominic and Vivian haven't worked here for a long time?
18:40Oh?
18:41He fell apart after you left.
18:42Failed one academic project after another.
18:44Vivian lied and said she was pregnant with his kid.
18:47Sat at home spending his money every day.
18:49Dominic tried to break up with her.
18:50Vivian brought her family to the law school and made a scene.
18:52They forced him to marry her.
18:54He got pushed out of the program.
18:56Sold the house.
18:57Moved back to some small town with Vivian.
18:59Tiffany pulled out her phone.
19:00Showed me a page.
19:02Dominic Black.
19:03A small law firm in some town.
19:04No, a tiny consulting office.
19:06Rundown stop front.
19:08Crookied sign.
19:12Is that right?
19:14That's all you have to say?
19:15What else?
19:16Throw a party?
19:23You're right.
19:24Assholes deserve to end up worse and worse.
19:30They were famous around town.
19:32The miserable couple.
19:33They fought constantly.
19:37It hurt Dominic's work.
19:39Tiffany.
19:40After his career collapsed, he drank every day.
19:42Once, Dominic got blackout drunk and kneeled all night outside my old dorm at Harvard.
19:46Viviana couldn't drag him away.
19:47Tiffany.
19:48She just had to let him make a fool of himself.
19:50I lost the only person who ever truly loved me.
19:54What do you think?
19:55I shook my head.
19:57Because he never treasures what was with him.
20:00I stood up and walked to the window.
20:01He didn't love me.
20:03He loved the person who loved him.
20:05That person was gone.
20:06So he felt empty.
20:07That's not love.
20:08That's dependency.
20:12Tiffany Lee looked at me.
20:14You really have changed.
20:17Yeah.
20:18For the better.
20:24What are you guys talking about?
20:32This is your friend?
20:33She's gorgeous.
20:37Thanks.
20:38Thanks.
20:38Yeah.
20:38This is Sophie.
20:40Want to get to know each other?
20:41Come hang out together.
20:43Sure.
20:49Tiffany and Sophie walked ahead, chatting.
20:51I followed behind.
20:56The sun was beautiful.
20:58Sophie looked back.
21:00Serena, come on.
21:01Have you been to this place before?
21:05Yeah.
21:06He used to bring me here a lot.
21:09Sophie froze.
21:12You're still talking about him.
21:16What's wrong with mentioning him?
21:18It's not like it's forbidden.
21:24What's past is past.
21:26The things you can say out loud, those are the things you've really let go of.
21:31Tiffany and Sophie looked at me and laughed.
21:34Okay.
21:35Then today we're walking all over this place.
21:38Stomping every bad memory into the ground.
21:50With them, I realized I hadn't thought about him in a long time.
21:54Not because I was trying to forget.
21:57Because there were too many good things in my life.
22:03Those 50 rejections, I'd left them behind.
22:10The three of us walked down the old street.
22:17What are you doing here?
22:19Who is it?
22:20A man stood at the entrance, old jacket, slightly hunched back, carrying a bag of vegetables.
22:26It was Dominic.
22:32Serena?
22:35Long time no see.
22:38What are you doing here?
22:39Just passing through.
22:40Can I talk to you for a minute?
22:41Just a minute.
22:42She's gone.
22:43Left last year.
22:44Took the kid.
22:45My mom is sick.
22:46Debts piling up.
22:47The consulting firm isn't bringing in much.
22:48I have nothing now.
22:50What do you want me to say?
22:53I don't know.
22:54Do you still hate me?
22:59Dominic, I don't hate you.
23:00And I don't love you anymore.
23:02How you're doing, it's nothing to do with me.
23:07I turned to leave.
23:08Those five years, do you regret?
23:10No.
23:11Because those five years made me who I am today.
23:15But Dominic, I'm not going back.
23:20Behind me, I heard someone crying.
23:23I didn't look back.
23:33He had the nerve to come find you!
23:41That was... that him?
23:42That jerk!
23:43The one who canceled 50 times?
23:45Now that his life is garbage, he comes crying to you?
23:47Who does he think he is?
23:50He didn't say much, just said he's not doing well.
23:53Then why did you even talk to him?
23:55I talked to him, then I left.
24:02Have you really let him go?
24:09In the beginning, when I thought about him, it hurt.
24:11Later, when I thought about him, I felt angry.
24:13Now when I think about him, it's like thinking about a quadent scene in a long time.
24:16No pain.
24:18No anger.
24:19No hope.
24:20No regret.
24:22Just...
24:23Nothing to do with me.
24:29The three of us clinked glasses.
24:34Train station.
24:35Sophie came to see Tiffany and me off.
24:38We were heading on a train trip.
24:42Serena!
24:45Dominic stood a short distance away.
24:48Out of breath.
24:49He was holding something.
24:51He came closer.
24:53I saw it was the bracelet.
24:55Repaired yet again.
24:56More cracks than before.
24:58The glue looked dry and yellowed.
25:02I fixed it again.
25:05I know you don't want it.
25:09But I still wanted to give it to you.
25:13I looked at that bracelet for a long time.
25:16Then I reached out and took it.
25:19His eyes lit up.
25:22I looked down at the bracelet in my hand.
25:25I won't break it this time.
25:29His tears fell.
25:32Not because I still love you.
25:35Because this bracelet is proof that I loved.
25:44I'll keep it.
25:46To remind myself
25:48how bravely I loved someone once.
25:51And to remind myself
25:53that the cracked can never go back.
25:55I looked up at him.
25:57Goodbye, Dominic.
26:03I turned.
26:04Walked toward the ticket gate.
26:07Didn't look back.
26:13The train pulled out of the station.
26:18I sat by the window
26:19and took the scarbed bracelet
26:21out of my pocket.
26:22Held it up to the light.
26:27Sunlight filtered through the cracks,
26:29scattering tiny rainbows.
26:33Tiffany watched me.
26:35You're really keeping it?
26:36It broke twice.
26:37Got fixed twice.
26:38Not new anymore,
26:39but it carries experience.
26:40And lessons.
26:41People are like that too.
26:44Since when did you get so wise?
26:47Five years with a jerk.
26:48I had to learn something, right?
26:51We both laughed.
26:52The train ride ended.
26:54Before getting off,
26:55I took the bracelet out of my pocket.
26:57Took one last look.
26:58Then,
26:59I left it by the window,
27:01turned and walked away.
27:04Now boarding track five
27:05for the 1745 service to Chicago.
27:07The bracelet stayed there in the sunset,
27:09bathed in golden light.
27:11I didn't look back.
27:13After the train,
27:14I went back to my Upper East Side mansion.
27:20I walked bloodfoot on the estate's lawn.
27:22I had dinner with my parents.
27:24Do you remember when she was six years old
27:25arguing with the judge in court?
27:27I knew then that she would become a good lawyer.
27:28Dad, it was just because I wanted a second piece of cake.
27:30It had nothing to do with the judge.
27:31Laughed like I meant it.
27:35Welcome back.
27:40I clinked glasses with Tiffany at the bar.
27:42Once,
27:43I spent five years loving someone fiercely,
27:4550 times over.
27:4750 times of waiting for a promise that never came.
27:49That woke me up.
27:51Then I learned to love myself.
27:52In the next five years,
27:54I focused on my career.
27:55Now I am the rising star of the legal world.
27:58Harvard Law Distinguished Alumni.
28:00I crush it in the courtroom.
28:03Sunset.
28:04Manhattan lights begin to glow.
28:05I walk out of the courthouse.
28:07A limited edition bracelet shines on my wrist,
28:10catching the city lights.
28:11My phone rings.
28:13Mom, another win today.
28:14I'll be home for dinner soon.
28:16Oh, and the bracelet you gave me today?
28:19It's beautiful.
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