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00:00The day I was supposed to register our marriage, I wore a white dress.
00:04Leo's men dragged me out of City Hall by force.
00:07He straightened his collar and looked down at me with that condescending stare.
00:12Rosalie's child needs a legitimate name.
00:14This is a temporary deal.
00:16Once things are settled, I'll divorce her and marry you.
00:20Be a good girl and understand.
00:22He turned, took Rosalie's hand, walked away, didn't look back.
00:27Everyone expected me to humiliate myself for a seven-year relationship, to crawl back and beg him to stay.
00:34That same night, I bought a car to New York.
00:37I went to fulfill a family-arranged marriage.
00:41I left without a shred of reluctance.
00:44I walked out of his world completely.
00:48Five years later, I returned to Chicago with my husband for a family memorial.
00:54He had urgent family business to handle.
00:57So he arranged for his men to pick me up at the airport.
01:09But when I landed in Chicago and walked out of the arrival's gate,
01:13I never expected the man waiting outside, wearing that fiending smile and holding the sign high, would be Leo.
01:20The man I hadn't seen in five years.
01:23I pulled my suitcase and walked toward him, my face calm.
01:27Only when I got close, did Leo and Rosella finally see my face clearly.
01:32Rosalie froze for a second.
01:34Then she tightened her grip on Leo's arm and let out a sharp laugh.
01:38Leo, look, isn't that Lainey, the one who used to cling to you like a pathetic little lapdog?
01:44Leo looked surprised for a moment, but his old arrogance came back just as fast.
01:48See? I told you. Sooner or later she'd crawl back to me.
01:53A few of his men circled around, laughing.
01:55Lainey, you ran off so clean back then.
01:58Now that he's doing well, you regret it, don't you?
02:02Bet you spent five years crying into your pillow in some roach-invested basement.
02:07What's with the baggy gray pajamas? No logo?
02:11You pull that out of a dumpster?
02:13Without boss, you can't even afford decent clothes?
02:17I glanced down at myself.
02:19Every time I went out to see Leo, I used to wear the finest custom dresses and flawless makeup.
02:26Now, there's no need.
02:28Because I'm pregnant, my husband won't let me touch anything with harsh chemicals.
02:32He says comfort comes first.
02:35This simple, casual outfit I'm wearing, he actually had it custom-made by a Milan designer.
02:40Top-grade cashmere.
02:42Just so I'd be comfortable.
02:43Looking at their smug faces, I suddenly wanted to laugh.
02:47In their minds, the legendary Mrs. Filoni would arrive with an army of bodyguards and a massive entourage.
02:53It never crossed their minds that the woman standing alone with a suitcase,
02:57dressed in simple gray, was the person they were waiting for.
03:01I kept silent.
03:03Then one of the guys, someone I used to get along with, tried to smooth things over.
03:08Lainey, it's good you're back.
03:09Leo's been asking around about you for years.
03:11He's been looking everywhere.
03:12Leo's face twitched.
03:14He coughed and pretended he didn't care.
03:17Rosalie's son starts prep school soon.
03:19Perfect timing.
03:20You can handle his daily needs.
03:22School runs, meals.
03:23You'll take care of all of it.
03:26Leo was as arrogant and self-absorbed as ever.
03:29But I wasn't the street girl who forgave him for everything anymore.
03:32Seeing him again just made me sick.
03:34I didn't want to waste another minute on these people.
03:36I was about to tell them who I was.
03:39Then Rosalie cut in.
03:40Lainey, don't blame Leo.
03:42He's doing you a favor.
03:43You vanished for five years.
03:45Who knows what kind of gutter you crawled into in New York?
03:48Since you clearly failed there, helping with my kid means you get a meal.
03:52That's generous.
03:54I stayed silent.
03:55Leo probably thought I was still jealous over him.
03:58His smugness only grew.
04:00Enough.
04:00If you're out of options, don't put on airs.
04:03Help Rosalie with the kid.
04:04Stop sulking.
04:05The maid's room at the end of the hall, it's still yours.
04:08Watching them play off each other, I just found it ridiculous.
04:12Boss is giving you a job.
04:14Better than sleeping in the gutter.
04:15Now get over here and thank him.
04:17To him, even now, what happened at City Hall was just a minor incident.
04:22Getting dragged out.
04:23Watching him walk in with another woman.
04:26All just a small thing.
04:28I looked at him.
04:29Just looked.
04:31That face once filled my entire teenage years.
04:34Now, it just turned my stomach.
04:36Somewhere in my heart, I mourned the boy who once carried me on his back through a rainstorm.
04:42Sprinting five blocks with my bleeding ankle.
04:45It lasted one second.
04:48I almost felt sorry for him.
04:50If Marcus ever found out about this, what he'd do to this idiot.
04:54But it doesn't matter.
04:55It's over.
04:56Not worth bringing up.
04:58After all, I'm about to have my second child.
05:01I was done wasting words on them.
05:04I looked at Leo and spoke.
05:05My voice flat.
05:07You're here to pick someone up, aren't you?
05:09Let's go.
05:10Pick you up?
05:13You?
05:15Look at the sign.
05:16We're here for Mrs. Falcone.
05:18Do you even know who she is?
05:21The person they were talking about is me.
05:23Of course I know.
05:25Nearby, his men huddled together.
05:27Whispering with excitement.
05:29The matriarch of the Falcone family.
05:31Don Falcone's only wife.
05:33Don Falcone's word is law on the East Coast.
05:35Ruthless.
05:36But his wife?
05:37He guards her like his own life.
05:39Word is, there's never been another woman.
05:41Not once.
05:42He stays clean.
05:43Just for her.
05:44Everyone in this life knows.
05:46Across the dawn, you get a bullet.
05:47You end up in a coffin.
05:49But touch Mrs. Falcone?
05:51He'll skin you alive.
05:52She's the only one who can handle that cold-blooded bastard.
05:57Listening to this, I almost wanted to laugh.
06:00So Marcus's devotion to me has become a legend.
06:03To please his wife, Don Falcone dropped $20 million at auction.
06:07He bought the Eternal Vow sapphire bracelet for her.
06:10That's the status every woman in America dreams of.
06:13Wait!
06:14That bracelet on your wrist?
06:15The entire area went quiet.
06:17Everyone's eyes locked onto my bracelet.
06:19Before I could react, Leo grabbed it.
06:22And yanked it off.
06:24Pretty good fake.
06:25Looks almost real.
06:26But I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a knockoff like this.
06:29Laney, don't tell me.
06:31You actually want us to believe you're Mrs. Falcone?
06:34To them, the idea was a colossal joke.
06:37Marcus is the most feared, cold-blooded Don on the East Coast.
06:41And five years ago, I was just a street girl Leo tossed aside.
06:44Dead weight.
06:45Name your price, Laney.
06:47I'll buy this piece of trush off you.
06:49I'll pay double.
06:51Consider it charity.
06:52A little pocket money for you.
06:54I looked at my bracelet.
06:55Dirty now in their hands.
06:57And my eyes went cold.
06:59Give it back.
07:01Marcus gave that to me.
07:02I didn't even finish my sentence.
07:04A gust of wind hit my ear.
07:05Leo slapped me.
07:07Hard.
07:07Right across the face.
07:08The moment he swung, his men moved like a machine, blocking the view with their bodies.
07:12My head snapped to the side.
07:14Blood filled my mouth, trickling from the corner of my lips.
07:17Shut up!
07:18Laney, you think you can just throw Fon Falcone's name around?
07:21You read his real name Marcus in some tabloid gossip and now you think you've got the right
07:26to stand here playing make-believe?
07:28Do you have any idea how much the boss had to kick up to the family heads just to get
07:32this airport pickup?
07:33How many favors he cashed in?
07:35Our whole block just got folded into Falcone territory last year.
07:41Everyone's counting on the Don to keep us alive.
07:43If we can Mrs. Falcone happy, the boss's position is finally secure.
07:48And you're standing here running your mouth?
07:50If you offend the Falcone family, are you trying to destroy him?
07:57That slap shattered whatever last trace of feeling existed between us.
08:01Maybe my eyes were just too cold.
08:03A flicker of panic, so faint it was almost invisible, crossed Leo's face.
08:09You ungrateful bitch.
08:11Leo was generous enough to offer you a meal and you're trying to destroy his career?
08:16Even if you've got a grudge, stooping this low to get back at him?
08:20You're pathetic.
08:23Hearing that, I found it nothing but laughable.
08:26Five years gone, and Rosalie still manages to twist every single one of my reactions
08:31into some secret scheme to win Leo back.
08:34And Leo, once upon a time, he'd at least pretend to scold her.
08:37But in the end, he always took her side and pointed the finger at me.
08:41Just like before.
08:43Vain and can't stop pretending.
08:45This time, he didn't keep lecturing me.
08:48For old time's sake, I'll let it slide today.
08:51Take the money.
08:52Buy yourself some decent clothes.
08:54If you don't want to help Rosalie with the kid, I can line up an easy job for you in
08:58a
08:58club on my turf in a few days.
09:01Relax.
09:02Since we joined the Falcone family, this kind of cash is nothing to me.
09:07That smug, handout look made me sick.
09:09Looks like he's been doing quite well for himself in Chicago lately.
09:12While everyone stared in shock, I grabbed the cash and threw it right in his face.
09:16Then I took back my bracelet.
09:17I let out a cold laugh.
09:19No thanks, Mr. Leo.
09:20I don't take handouts from strangers.
09:23What, my cash isn't clean enough for you?
09:27Fine, Lainey.
09:28Let's see how long.
09:29That pathetic pride of yours can keep you afloat.
09:32Humiliated and furious, he grabbed the gala invitation and shoved it into the collar of
09:37my dress, right there among the scattered cash.
09:39Take it.
09:40Three days from now, the Ritz-Carlton, Don Falcone's welcome gala, I'll bring you in
09:45and let you see what real high society looks like.
09:47Buy a proper gown.
09:49Don't you dare embarrass me in front of the Falcone family.
09:53I calmly peeled his fingers off me.
09:56I pulled the invitation from my collar and dropped it on my suitcase.
10:00I really don't need it, thanks.
10:02Lainey, still all that attitude.
10:04Broke as hell, but acting like you're made of steel.
10:08Fine, keep your dignity.
10:09Keep living at the bottom.
10:11Rosalie, you're coming to the gala with me.
10:13Don't worry, darling.
10:14I'll make you proud.
10:16I promise I won't embarrass you.
10:18I was done.
10:18I turned around and walked toward the exit.
10:21Before I stepped out, I tossed one line behind we.
10:24I hope you can still say that in three days.
10:29Outside, I took a deep breath of cold air.
10:32I forced down the early pregnancy nausea.
10:34I didn't feel calm again until I was inside the car Marcus sent for me.
10:39Madam, Don Falcone sent me to collect you.
10:41Allowing strangers to disturb you was my failure.
10:44Your bracelet, I'll summon the family jeweler immediately.
10:46It will be fully repaired and delivered to your suite before the gala in three days.
10:50I nodded and got in.
10:51Through the dark, bulletproof window, I took one last look back at the terminal.
10:56Leo was raging at his men, fists swinging wildly, screaming that they had to find the
11:01woman called Mrs. Falcone.
11:03I looked away.
11:05Quietly, I told the driver,
11:06Let's go to the Ritz-Kerrington.
11:08In three days, I'd make him watch with his own eyes as everything he had was destroyed.
11:15Five years ago, I was forced into that arranged marriage from New York.
11:19Before that, I fought against immense pressure.
11:22I begged, Leo, seven years together, to go with me to City Hall and register.
11:28I wanted to use that to force those people to give up on the marriage arrangement.
11:32Leo said yes.
11:33But when I got to City Hall, it wasn't just Leo who showed up.
11:38Rosalie was there too.
11:40Pregnant belly and all.
11:42Rosalie's child needs a legal father, and I need her father's connections.
11:46This is a transaction.
11:47Mutual benefit.
11:49Once the child is settled, and I have a foothold in Chicago, I'll divorce her.
11:53I'll marry you.
11:54This is temporary.
11:56Don't make a scene.
11:57I watched Leo hold Rosalie's hand and walk step by step into the registrar's office.
12:02That's when I died inside.
12:03Completely.
12:06That night, I flew to New York.
12:10I accepted the Falcone family's proposal.
12:13A month later, Marcus and I were married.
12:17A year after that, we had our first son, Gable.
12:21Not long ago, I got pregnant with our second.
12:24If not for accompanying Marcus to a family memorial, I never would have come back to Chicago.
12:29Ever.
12:30And I never would have run into Leo again.
12:33Three days later, I didn't dress up.
12:35I wore a simple custom knit dress and went to the gala alone.
12:39Said you weren't coming.
12:41Look at you.
12:42Here you are.
12:44Lainey, if you're trying to get my attention, at least dress decently.
12:47Walking into a private event like this, looking like a housewife just embarrasses me.
12:53Lainey!
12:54I'm talking to you.
12:56Are you deaf?
12:57Our table's in the back.
12:58What are you doing heading to the front main table?
13:00I shook off his grip, cold.
13:02Then I said one thing, calm and flat.
13:06That's your seat.
13:08Mine is over there.
13:11Leo followed my gaze to the VIP table up front.
13:15His face tightened.
13:17Before I could even reach the main table, Rosari's voice cut through the air.
13:22Lainey!
13:23How did you sneak in here?
13:24And you're still wearing that fake bracelet, strutting around like you belong?
13:28Her shriek was so loud.
13:30Every major player in Chicago turned to look.
13:33Is that the eternal vow?
13:35The bracelet Don gave his wife?
13:37Tonight's the first time that Don is bringing his wife out in public.
13:40Who'd be stupid enough to wear a fake and openly challenge his authority?
13:44How'd she get in?
13:45Is this woman trying to get Leo killed?
13:47Leo, is she with you?
13:49No.
13:51I don't know her.
13:52The moment Leo said that, Rosalie got bold.
13:55She raised her chin and stepped toward me, voice dripping with fake pity and contempt.
14:00Hey, private event?
14:02Wearing that fake junk is one thing.
14:04But wearing it here?
14:06You're insulting the Don and his wife.
14:09Do yourself a favor.
14:11Get out.
14:12Now.
14:12Before I have you dragged out.
14:14Don't just stand there pretending.
14:16Take off the bracelet.
14:16I never thought they'd actually lay hands on me at Marcus's own gala.
14:20Rosalie stomped down on my hand, grinding the stiletto heel in.
14:25She yanked the bracelet off my wrist by force.
14:28This piece of trash.
14:30And you treat it like a treasure.
14:35A searing pain shot through the back of my hand.
14:38My wrist was torn open from the sharp heel.
14:41I clenched my jaw.
14:42Watched the sapphires scatter across the floor.
14:46Drag her up.
14:48Throw her in the dumpster outside.
14:52Two large men closed in, grabbing at my arms.
15:00A slap cracked across my face.
15:03Rosalie cut me off.
15:05You dare spout that madness here?
15:07At the Don's Gala?
15:09You're claiming to be his woman?
15:12You?
15:14When I came back to Chicago,
15:16I wanted to keep a low profile.
15:18I didn't want trouble.
15:19But now, I swear I will make her pay.
15:23Dearly.
15:24Leo saw me bleeding.
15:26Something fake flickered in his eyes.
15:29Pity, maybe.
15:30He reached for me.
15:31Lainey, are you done?
15:33The fake jewelry?
15:34Dressing like this?
15:35Wasn't this all just to get my attention?
15:37To make me jealous?
15:39Just say you need me.
15:41Right now.
15:42And I can forgive this stupidity.
15:44I spit out blood-flagged saliva.
15:47Looked at him.
15:48Cold.
15:49Leo.
15:49You're finished.
15:51Leo's brow fluttered.
15:53He was about to explode.
15:54Then he noticed.
15:55The entire ballroom had gone dead silent.
15:57The chatting guests straightened, stepping back in perfect union.
16:00They parted, clearing a wide path.
16:03Don Falcone is here.
16:04Behave yourself.
16:05Look, I'm already preparing divorce papers for Rosella.
16:07I rubbed my hand.
16:08The bones felt nearly crushed.
16:10This man in front of me was just ridiculous now.
16:13His divorce?
16:15What does that have to do with me?
16:16Just then, Marcus walked into the hall, holding the hand of our four-year-old son, Gable, and
16:21Elite bodyguards flanked them.
16:23Little Gable in his custom-tailored suit.
16:25He already carried a gravity far beyond his age.
16:27The moment he entered, bodyguards trailed his every step.
16:30Nothing could happen to the family heir.
16:32Lainey, if you just stop going after Rosalie, I'll let it go.
16:36Just listen to me.
16:37We can still have our own kids someday.
16:39I wasn't listening to his nonsense.
16:42My eyes were searching past the crowd, trying to catch Marcus's and my son's attention.
16:46Then a small, familiar figure broke free, running toward me, voice cracking with tears.
16:53Mommy!
16:55That one cry, Mommy, plunged the entire hall into absolute silence.
17:01The guests who'd been watching coldly, the smug Rosella, Leo, every single face drained
17:07of color.
17:07My little boy, eyes red, threw himself straight into my arms.
17:11He held on so tight, seeing his tears, the darkness in my heart vanished, instantly.
17:18I fought through the pain in my hand, reached up, and gently squeezed his little face, spoke
17:24softly to calm him.
17:25Mommy's okay, baby.
17:27Gable pulled my hand toward him, so careful.
17:29He blew gently on the wound, tears streaming down his cheeks.
17:33He's still only four.
17:34Seeing his mother hurt, all his toughness crumpled into panic.
17:38Watching him like that, my heart ached.
17:41Before I could say anything else, a pair of black handmade leather shoes stopped right
17:46in front of me.
17:48Marcus approached quietly, but the suffocating pressure radiating from him, it froze the air
17:54itself.
17:55The guests around us stumbled backward, faces pale.
17:59No one wanted to be anywhere near the dawn's fury.
18:02I pulled my shoulders in, feeling a bit guilty.
18:05Held my son closer.
18:07I knew it.
18:09Marcus was truly enraged this time.
18:11Dad, these bad people hurt Mommy.
18:15I want them to pay, just like you taught me.
18:18Without a word, Marcus dropped to one knee.
18:20His hands trembled as he lifted my injured wrist.
18:24Lainey, what happened?
18:25I left you alone for a moment.
18:27Which bastard dared to lay a hand on you?
18:30The ballroom lights were still dim, but on the expensive carpet, the shattered sapphires
18:35glinted under the faint glow.
18:37So, Gable bent down.
18:39He picked up the largest sapphire fragment and held it high.
18:43Dad, isn't this the gift you gave Mommy?
18:47When he saw our initials engraved on the back, the killing instate in his eyes became impossible
18:53to hide.
18:57He lifted me carefully and set me down on the central sofa in the main hall.
19:05Turn on every light in this room.
19:08Every crystal chandelier in the hall blazed to full brightness at once.
19:12When Marcus saw my face clearly, the swollen slap marks, the blood at the corner of my mouth,
19:17his breath stopped.
19:19His hands shook uncontrollably.
19:21He cupped my bruised face and his voice dropped low, like wind scraping up from hell.
19:26Your face?
19:27They did this too?
19:29No, Marcus, I'm fine.
19:31I tugged at his jacket, trying to calm the near-feral rage rolling off him, but he just
19:36drew a deep breath and crushed me against his chest.
19:39Those bloodthirsty eyes swept the room.
19:42No, you're not fine.
19:44Someone touched my woman on my territory.
19:46I promise you, no one here walks out alive tonight.
19:51Right!
19:52Don't let them get away!
19:53I could have handled it myself, but hearing their absolute, unarraking devotion, my eyes
19:59betrayed me.
20:00They filled with tears.
20:02You weren't here.
20:05They all bullied me.
20:07The moment I said it, the men who'd mocked me at the pickup, the ones who called me poor,
20:12their legs buckled.
20:14They collapsed to the ground.
20:15They never imagined it.
20:17Not once.
20:18The Lainey they mocked so freely was the matriarch of the Falcone family.
20:23Lainey Falcone.
20:25In that moment, pure terror swallowed them whole.
20:30If only they'd noticed the bracelet on my wrist sooner.
20:33If only they'd believed me when I said, Marcus gave that to me.
20:41But now, it was too late for any of that.
20:44Just then, Rosalie's little follow-o, Trixie, stumbled forward.
20:48She'd arrived late.
20:49She hadn't seen Leo and Rosalie desperately trying to distance themselves.
20:53She was only ever good for leeching off Rosalie's scraps.
20:57She'd never been close to the real inner circle.
21:00She had no idea what the dawn of the Falcone family, whose power stretched across the country,
21:05even looked like.
21:07She'd convinced herself I'd hired some handsome actor to crash the party.
21:10A ploy for attention.
21:12A way to score points with Rosalie.
21:14Lainey!
21:15Where'd you find this actor?
21:17He's pretty convincing.
21:18What, you thought this cheap stunt would make Leo jealous?
21:21Look at you.
21:22Cheap outfit?
21:23No gown?
21:24Kneel down and beg me.
21:25Maybe I'll give you some of my old dresses.
21:27Save you from embarrassing yourself.
21:29But the laughter she expected never came.
21:31The hall was so silent, you could hear a pin drop.
21:34Every guest stared at her.
21:36With eyes reserved for the dead.
21:39The dead silence finally rattled Trixie.
21:43She turned to look at Marcus, standing beside me.
21:46And you, handsome.
21:48You're gorgeous.
21:49How much did she pay to rent you?
21:51Following a broke nobody like her?
21:53What a waste.
21:56Come with me tonight.
21:58I'll pay double.
21:59By Marcus.
22:00I almost laughed out loud.
22:02I had to admire the woman's sheer ignorance and stupidity.
22:07Speaking to Marcus like that, she was begging for death.
22:14Marcus was almost amused.
22:16The corner of his mouth curled into something cruel.
22:20To give me absolute security.
22:23Any woman who tried to get near him over the years met a very ugly end.
22:29Trixie finally sensed something was very wrong.
22:32She stumbled backward, retreating toward Rosalie.
22:35But by now, Rosalie was ghost white with terror.
22:38When she saw Trixie coming closer, she lashed out like a madwoman, slapped her heart across the face, and sent
22:43her crashing to the floor.
22:46Shut up, you idiot!
22:48You dare speak to Don Falcone and his wife like that?
22:51You want to get us all killed?
22:54Trixie lay crumpled on the floor, her hand pressed to her cheek.
22:57Rosalie's words echoed in her skull.
22:59Don Falcone, his wife.
23:02Everyone knows Falcone is a madman.
23:05You touch his wife, he'll end you.
23:08Thinking of the stories, the bloody ways he deals with enemies, Trixie collapsed.
23:13Her body shook violently, uncontrollably.
23:17She couldn't get a single sentence out.
23:20A nearby bodyguard understood immediately.
23:23Coldly.
23:26He dragged her out.
23:29By then, the family doctor had rushed over with his medical kit.
23:33He started treating the wounds on my hand and wrist.
23:36The moment they heard my pained gasp, Marcus and my son's eyes turned to ice.
23:42Your hands are too heavy.
23:44The renowned doctor, over 50 years old, started shaking.
23:48I shot Marcus a look.
23:50Stop scaring the doctor.
23:52I'm not that delicate.
23:54After I spoke, father and son reamed in their killing intake.
23:57They stood obediently to the side.
23:59When he was done, the doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
24:02He delivered his report with deep respect.
24:05Don Falcone, madam, is fine.
24:07The baby in her womb is healthy.
24:09The cuts on her wrist are somewhat serious, but I'll use the best medicine.
24:13I promise she won't scar.
24:15Marcus said nothing.
24:17But I knew this was the calm before the storm.
24:20Leo, one of the main culprits, was drenched in sweat by now.
24:26He never could have imagined that the girl who used to wait for him on street corners now stood
24:31at the very top of the underworld's power structure.
24:35But beneath the terror, watching how tenderly Marcus treated me, something snapped.
24:40A violent jealousy and possessiveness burned through what was left of his reason.
24:45Eyes red.
24:46He tried to use the past to salvage some shred of dignity.
24:51Don Falcone, this is all a misunderstanding.
24:53As Lainey's ex-boyfriend, I was just catching up.
24:57I didn't know her current status.
24:59When the Don investigated her, you must have seen how much Lainey loved me back then.
25:03We were just talking about old times.
25:06Provoking Marcus at a moment like this, it was suicide.
25:12Crack.
25:17I panicked.
25:19I grabbed his hand, clearing out the glass shards, and turned on Leo.
25:24Leo, shut your filthy mouth.
25:26What we had ended five years ago.
25:29Clean.
25:30The only man I love is Marcus.
25:32If you spew one more word of garbage, I swear you won't walk out of here.
25:36Lainey, I know you're still angry.
25:39But I've cut ties with Rosalia.
25:42Completely.
25:43Just come back to me.
25:44I swear I'll treat you right.
25:47You only married Marcus to spite me, didn't you?
25:49I don't care about your past.
25:51His shamelessness made me sick.
25:53I couldn't even form words.
25:58But seeing me so thrantic, fussing over his hand, wiping away the blood, Marcus just laughed.
26:04Low and soft.
26:06You're laughing?
26:07With his uninjured hand, Marcus rumpled my hair.
26:11His voice was deep and soft.
26:13Hearing you say you love me most, out loud, it's worth a little blood.
26:17Nearby, Gable rolled his eyes, clearly fed up with his father's whole my wife is the entire world routine.
26:22The underworld titans watching this, they were so stunned they barely breathed.
26:26Who could believe it?
26:27The legendary Don Falcone, the man who could sink a body with a single glance, turned gentle in front of
26:33his wife.
26:35He only had eyes for her.
26:36A nanny?
26:38My mommy is the matriarch of the Falcone family.
26:41Who do you think you are, telling her to take care of your child?
26:44You're not even fit to open my father's car door.
26:47A man who climbs up using women?
26:50You have no right to stand here.
26:51Muffled laughter rippled through the crowd.
26:54Leo's face cycled from red to white, then white to green.
26:57Everyone knew he'd only gotten his footing in Chicago through Rosalie's family connections.
27:02That was it.
27:03Rosalie shattered completely.
27:05She thought she'd see me on my knees, begging.
27:08Instead, everything she'd built was crumbling.
27:11And Leo's attention had clearly drifted back to me.
27:14Jealousy.
27:15Madness.
27:16It burned through the last of her sanity.
27:19Rosalie completely lost her mind.
27:22Face twisted, she grabbed a steak knife and lunged straight at my son.
27:27You little bastard!
27:28I'll kill you!
27:30Gable!
27:32Before I could even think, my body moved on instinct.
27:36I threw myself over him, shielding little Gable with everything I had.
27:41A searing, sharp pain tore through my back.
27:45My vision faded to black.
27:47Before I lost consciousness completely, all I saw was Gable's panic-stricken little face.
27:52And Marcus, roaring with a fury that split his eyes wide open.
27:57When I opened my eyes again, the heavy, familiar scent of antiseptic filled my nose.
28:04Oh, thank God!
28:06You're awake, Lainey!
28:07If you hadn't opened your eyes soon, your husband and son would have torn Chicago apart.
28:11My hand went instinctively to my belly.
28:14Fear filled my eyes.
28:16Becca read my mind instantly.
28:18She squeezed my hand to reassure me.
28:21Relax.
28:22The little one is perfectly fine.
28:23The doctor said you passed out from blood loss and shock.
28:26That knife went in off-angle, missed anything vital.
28:29I have to say, though, that Rosalie, she's insane going after a child like that.
28:35Hearing my son was okay, the weight on my chest finally lifted.
28:38My throat was so dry, my voice came out horned.
28:42Where's Gable?
28:44Where's Marcus?
28:45I'd been out too long.
28:47My throat was raw.
28:48I started coughing, hard.
28:51Becca rushed to pour warm water.
28:53She patted my back gently, helping me breathe.
28:56Drink slowly.
28:57Don't worry.
28:59Father and son, they don't have a scratch.
29:02But you?
29:04With all those elite bodyguards standing right there,
29:06did a pregnant woman really need to jump in front of a knife?
29:11That's Gable.
29:12I had to.
29:16After drinking, I sighed.
29:18Fine, fine.
29:20He's your whole world.
29:21But you didn't see what happened after you went down.
29:25That little boy turned into a maniac.
29:28What did Gable do?
29:30He grabbed a piece of broken glass and stabbed it into Rosalie's leg.
29:33Over and over.
29:34That ferocity was Marcus all over again.
29:36The bodyguards just stood there, stunned.
29:39I sat there, stunned.
29:41The Falcone blood had finally awakened in Gable.
29:43What about Rosalie?
29:45They put her in a sealed bag that night.
29:47Dropped her to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
29:50The bottom of the lake.
29:51That's what happens when you touch the Don's family.
29:54I can't find any sympathy.
29:56She brought this on herself.
29:57And Trixie?
29:59The one who deliberately trips me?
30:01Both her legs were broken.
30:03They threw her out of Chicago.
30:04Her family went bankrupt overnight.
30:06Her bastard kid got dumped into the worst group home.
30:08And those Chicago bosses who just stood by and watched?
30:12Marcus seized half their territory.
30:14The ones who complained got cleaned out entirely.
30:17If it weren't for you, my dad's business would have been dragged into this too.
30:21Your man is a ruthless tyrant.
30:25I squeezed her hand back.
30:27I know Marcus's cruelty.
30:29But that cruelty's is the wall that keeps me and the children safe.
30:33I took a deep breath.
30:35Then I asked the real question.
30:37What about Leo?
30:38Did they catch him?
30:40At Leo's name, the excitement drained from Becca's face.
30:43She sighed, tired and frustrated.
30:45They were going to deal with Leo on the spot.
30:48But at the last moment, Rosalie, shot and bleeding, went completely insane.
30:53She threw herself in the way, took a bullet for him, bought him just enough time to run.
30:57Marcus's men are tearing the city apart right now.
30:59They'll dig him out.
31:02So that's how it happened.
31:03Rosalie gave her life to protect that man.
31:06And Leo left her behind and ran.
31:08Just as she said it, the door to the hospital room burst open.
31:11Two familiar figures rushed in.
31:13One big, one small.
31:15Gable ran straight to me and pushed Becca aside with his tiny body.
31:19He carefully avoided my IV line.
31:21Leaned on the edge of the bed.
31:22Eyes red.
31:23Mommy, you're awake.
31:25I was so scared.
31:27Marcus came in right behind him.
31:29He didn't care about dignity.
31:32He strode to the bed and pulled both me and our son into his arms.
31:37Lainey, I'm sorry.
31:40I didn't protect you.
31:41Looking at them, this big one and little one, both red-eyed like guilty puppies, my heart melted.
31:47I held them back and whispered,
31:48I'm fine, really.
31:50Stop blaming yourself.
31:51After a few days of recovery, it was time to pack up and leave.
31:55That afternoon, the hospital room was quiet.
31:58I was alone.
31:59Gable grabbed mommy's comb from the table.
32:01But the footsteps behind me weren't my son's light, quick steps.
32:05A dry, raspy voice spoke instead.
32:08Lainey, it's me.
32:09My hands froze on the clothes.
32:12I turned around slowly.
32:13A man stood by the door.
32:15Broken.
32:16One arm hanging from a stilthy sling.
32:19Trembling.
32:21Leo.
32:21He'd paid off a janitor at the hospital's back entrance under cover of darkness.
32:26That's how he'd slipped in.
32:27He was still wearing that suit.
32:29The one I'd picked out for him years ago.
32:32The one he'd sneered at a hundred times.
32:34I covered my belly protectively.
32:37My voice came out ice.
32:41What are you doing here?
32:43I turned around sharply.
32:45Leo had gotten in somehow.
32:47Standing in my doorway like a madman.
32:50Lainey, don't be scared.
32:51I won't hurt you.
32:52I just, I still love you.
32:53Seeing you with another man, carrying his child.
32:56I'm losing my mind.
32:58Let's start over.
32:59Please.
33:00Some part of you still loves me.
33:01I know it.
33:02If I hadn't protect you back in the neighborhood, you never would...
33:05I let out a cold laugh.
33:07He actually believed those secret helpers over the years.
33:10They were all him.
33:11Start over.
33:12Leo, when you tossed me aside like garbage at City Hall and married Rosalie's other family
33:17connections, you didn't want a fresh start.
33:19Now you've got nothing.
33:21Rosalie is dead.
33:22Your connections are gone.
33:23So you run to me like I'm some kind of lifeline.
33:26Don't you see how disgusting your devotion is right now?
33:30It makes me want to vomit.
33:31Get out.
33:32I had no choice.
33:34Rosalie forced me.
33:35If I hadn't married her, I never would have made it in this city.
33:38All those obstacles are gone now.
33:41We can leave.
33:42We can go far away.
33:45I didn't even want to hear one more word.
33:47Before Leo could take another step, the hospital room door was kicked open with brutal force.
33:53Black-suited bodyguards flooded in.
33:55They slammed him to the ground.
33:58You idiot.
34:00You think you got in here on your own?
34:02Don Falcone ordered the back entrance left unguarded.
34:06Otherwise, you wouldn't have made it within a block of this building.
34:11Marcus walked in slowly.
34:13The fury radiating off him was suffocating.
34:17Leo, it seems you're tired of living.
34:21As they dragged him out, Leo knew he was dead.
34:24He started screaming like a madman.
34:27Marcus!
34:28You think she really loves you?
34:30You married a woman I throw away!
34:32Every minute she's with you, she's thinking of me!
34:35A dull thud.
34:38One of the bodyguards smashed a gun bet into his skull.
34:42Leo went limp.
34:44But that dying provocation left something behind.
34:48A crack.
34:49Ugly and toxic.
34:50That night, back home, Marcus was unusually quiet.
34:54He sat alone in the study.
34:56He wouldn't even look me in the eye.
34:59I knew exactly what he was afraid of.
35:02We've been married for five years.
35:05Gable is already four.
35:06But deep down, the wounds from his childhood, the insecurity, the feeling of never being enough,
35:12they still fester.
35:14He's always believed, in his core, that he was just a replacement.
35:18Someone who took advantage when I was at my lowest.
35:21I sighed.
35:22I walked to the living room.
35:24To the huge wedding portrait on the wall.
35:27I took it down.
35:29As I cleaned the back of the frame, I found something unexpected.
35:33Inside, tucked into a hidden layer, were hundreds of photos.
35:37Packed tight, me in high school.
35:39Me handing out flyers in the neighborhood.
35:42Me having coffee at a corner cafe.
35:44Every single one, taken from a distance.
35:47Secretly.
35:48Marcus appeared at the study doorway.
35:50He didn't make a sound.
35:52When he saw the photos in my hands,
35:54He stood there like a criminal waiting to be sentenced.
35:57Lainey, I'm sorry.
35:59I'm a disgusting stalker, if it makes you sick.
36:02I dropped the frame.
36:03I walked straight to him, and wrapped my arms tight around his waist.
36:07Pressed my face against his chest.
36:09You fool, if you loved me this long, why didn't you come for me sooner?
36:12We wasted so many years.
36:14Marcus's whole body jolted.
36:16He wrapped his arms around me, almost in disbelief.
36:19His voice shook.
36:21You... you're not angry?
36:23Angry at what?
36:24That you loved me for so long?
36:27Later, I learned the truth.
36:29Piece by piece.
36:30The man the underworld fears.
36:32He was once just an orphan.
36:34Bullied in the corners of a group home during high school.
36:38I'd completely forgotten.
36:40One afternoon, the worst beating he ever took.
36:43I stood in front of him.
36:45I screamed at those older kids to get lost.
36:48I just hated seeing them gang up on one person.
36:51In his memory, that girl, standing in front of him in the fading light, furious, became the only warmth in
36:59his dark life for the next decade.
37:01So when I struggled to survive on the streets later, all those bits of good luck, the secret help, they
37:08were never coincidence.
37:09He was there, in the shadows, watching over me.
37:13Even that family arranged marriage five years ago, the one that broke my heart, was never about my cold adoptive
37:20parents, curring favor with the Falcone family.
37:24It was him.
37:25The day he learned Leo had abandoned me.
37:28He used all his power, all his wealth.
37:31He forced the marriage arrangement to existence.
37:33He planned everything.
37:35Just so he could bring me under his wings.
37:38Openly.
37:40Rightfully.
37:40He wanted nothing back.
37:42He was too humble to even disturb my life.
37:44He just quietly collected my photos.
37:46It got him through the most hopeless days.
37:49I took his hand and pressed it gently against the swell of my belly.
37:52I looked at this man, cold-blooded and ruthless to the world, but red-eyed with me, and I spoke
37:57softly.
37:58Don't listen to the words of dead men.
37:59Marcus, I love you.
38:01In this life, I belong only to you.
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