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00:00My ex shoves me down the stairs.
00:04She's your own sister.
00:05How dare you drug her and ruin her purity?
00:07Before I can explain, I pass out in a pool of blood.
00:11I wake up in a hospital bed to my mom's slap.
00:16You unmarried, pregnant slut!
00:18You drugged your own sister!
00:20I didn't...
00:22I say I didn't and hold up my ring to prove I'm married.
00:25But Sophia, my sister, starts sobbing weakly.
00:29I know you blame me for stealing Julian, but why lie about being married?
00:33Julian, the ex who kicked me out of New York six months ago, sneers.
00:37Ava, are you really that lonely?
00:41Ethan, my former best friend, wraps his arms around Sophia and accuses me.
00:45Cut it out, Ava. You're not married.
00:47Amid their mockery, I dial a video call.
00:49The moment a handsome man's face appears on screen, their laughter stops dead.
00:52Isn't he the world's richest man? How do you know him?
00:56I wipe my tears and look at them.
00:58Since you all care so much about my marriage, why not ask Lucas yourselves?
01:05The day after my whirlwind wedding in Paris,
01:08I leave my husband behind and fly back to New York to handle a brand event.
01:12The moment I arrive, I catch my ex-boyfriend and my childhood friend fighting.
01:18A staff member brings over a first aid kit, but Julian points at me.
01:22Let her do it.
01:24Julian is my ex-boyfriend. Six months ago, he forces me out of New York.
01:29This has nothing to do with me.
01:31I only kicked you out of New York. I never said we were breaking up.
01:34What are you pretending for?
01:35I still remember what he says when he forces me to leave.
01:39If you don't apologize to Sophia, don't ever think about coming back.
01:42If you can't understand that, then it's over between us.
01:45Ethan stands by, even though he knows Sophia frames me for pushing her.
01:48He doesn't defend me.
01:50After that, Julian never contacts me, so I assume we break up.
01:54Enough!
01:56Ava is someone I've protected since we were kids, not your servant.
01:59Ava, let's go. We're going to my place tonight. My mom misses you so much.
02:04No, thanks. I'll bring my husband to visit your mother another day.
02:08Ava, how could you possibly be married?
02:10Didn't we agree? None of us would get married.
02:13We'd just stay together forever.
02:16The three of us?
02:18Are you including me in that?
02:21I really do think the three of us can stay together forever.
02:25But then, Sophia takes my place.
02:30Why are they fighting?
02:32I hear it's for Miss Sophia.
02:34They both want to be the first to give it to her.
02:36In the past, Ethan and Julian always give Sophia whatever she wants, even my degree.
02:41Looks like this time is no different.
02:44I'm so sorry that the earlier incident damps everyone's spirits.
02:47I'll cover the bill for everyone here tonight.
02:49As I step off the stage, Julian flashes a smug smile.
02:53Since you're being so obedient today, apologize to Sophia.
02:55And I'll pretend you never made that joke.
02:58A joke?
02:59You don't seriously think I'm cleaning up your mess for you, do you?
03:02Julian is still lost in memories of me apologizing to everyone to clean up his mess after he fought Ethan
03:07over
03:08who gets to give Sophia her gift first.
03:12Bring me the bag.
03:16Ava, what are you doing?
03:17That's Sophia's.
03:19No need to fight over it, gentlemen.
03:20I've already got it.
03:21First come, first served.
03:27Ava, stop it.
03:28Where would you get the money for this bag?
03:30It belongs to Sophia.
03:32I'll buy you another one.
03:33When I'm forced out of New York with nothing, I ask Ethan for help, but he blocks me, afraid of
03:39Sophia's anger.
03:41You're not the one to buy things for my girlfriend.
03:45I struggle, but everyone is too afraid of Julian's family to intervene.
03:49He carries me to his car.
03:55Ava Collins.
03:56Ava Collins.
03:57Whenever he calls me that, I throw myself into his arms.
04:01Now, I only stare at him coldly.
04:04Julian, we're over.
04:05If you dare touch me again, I won't hesitate to send you to jail.
04:13What about the limited edition bag you promised me?
04:15Julian, do you not care about me anymore?
04:18That's my little sister, Sophia.
04:20Since childhood, she's used her tears to take everything from me.
04:24Don't cry.
04:25I'll be right over.
04:29Ava, I'm going to the bar to pick up Sophia now.
04:31You'd better behave yourself.
04:33What you do has nothing to do with me.
04:45I'll just have to see how long you can keep up this act.
04:50I ignore Julian and get into my car.
04:53Once the driver pulls out of sight, I call my husband.
04:57How's New York?
04:58Works fine.
04:59A few people I know keep causing trouble.
05:01Want me to send help?
05:02Lucas' family tops the global wealth rankings, with people stationed worldwide.
05:06Lucas is often busy, so I hate to bother him, though he insists everything he has is mine.
05:11I prefer handling things myself.
05:13Call me when you get home.
05:14I want to hear your voice before bed.
05:17We soon reach my mother's estate and reluctantly hang up.
05:23You come home last night without saying hello?
05:26Can't you do housework?
05:27Do you think you're a guest?
05:30Growing up, even with servants, mom makes me do all the housework.
05:34Sophia never lifts a finger.
05:39Why don't you wait for me?
05:40Because Sophia loves milk, he always gives the other glass to me.
05:45I'm lactose intolerant.
05:47I remind him countless times, but he always promises to remember.
05:51I used to finish it to spare his feelings, even when it gave me a stomach ache.
05:55But now, I don't have to anymore.
05:58Sorry, sorry, I forget again.
06:01It's fine.
06:03You don't have to remember anything about me anymore.
06:07I continue eating, pretending not to notice Ethan's panicked expression.
06:12After all, he's treated me the same way in the past.
06:15Ethan, do you know any eligible bachelors you could introduce to Ava?
06:18Ava's standards are too high.
06:20No one in my croupel is good enough for her.
06:22She's been out partying for over half a year and can't even keep her degree.
06:25What right does she have to be so picky?
06:27Mrs. Parker has someone to introduce to you.
06:30He's 42, though he's been divorced once.
06:33But his family is wealthy and he's a Cambridge graduate.
06:36You'd be lucky to be with him.
06:38When we apply to college, my scores are far higher than Sophia's.
06:41But mom deletes my application to spare her feelings.
06:44Later, my mother also tacitly allows them to kick me out of New York penniless.
06:48You should let your precious daughter, Sophia, go instead.
06:55As I pass the flower bed, a large dog suddenly bursts from the shadows,
06:59baring its teeth and growling at me.
07:07Sophia, run! Go get help!
07:10I step in front of her and throw my backpack at the dog.
07:13Sophia turns and runs.
07:17I think Sophia is going to get help, but she never comes back.
07:24But the dog lunges forward and bites my calf.
07:30Help!
07:35Let go! Let me go!
07:41I reached for a flower pot nearby and smashed it down hard.
07:45The dog let out a howl and released me.
07:49Coco!
07:51Aren't you afraid of dogs?
07:53Why did you go touch it?
07:55I slumped to the ground, trembling.
07:58Blood seeped from the bite wound on my calf,
08:00trickling down my ankle and into my shoe.
08:04It never bites people on its own.
08:06It's fine if you don't like me, but how could you hurt Coco?
08:13Julian looked down and saw the blood gushing from my calf.
08:18For a split second, I thought Julian was going to come over to me.
08:22But the next second, Sophia hugged Coco and burst into tears.
08:28Julian! Coco's been bleeding the whole time!
08:33Why did you go and touch it?
08:34Sophia told you.
08:36Coco doesn't bite people on its own.
08:38You were the one who provoked it first.
08:43I didn't...
08:45My wound keeps bleeding,
08:47but they carry the unconscious dog away.
08:50I reach out for help,
08:51but my hand falls limply.
08:54I'm sorry.
08:56I'm sorry.
09:01You're awake.
09:02Don't move just yet.
09:03It's a good thing your butler got you here in time.
09:06But don't worry.
09:07The babies are fine.
09:09What babies?
09:11You didn't know?
09:12You're already seven weeks pregnant with twins.
09:14Congratulations.
09:16Tears well up in my eyes.
09:17I take the phone from the nurse
09:19and see a string of missed calls.
09:21I'm about to call my husband back
09:22to share the good news when Julian walks in.
09:25Is that your husband?
09:26Hurry up and tell him the good news.
09:31What are you doing here?
09:33Ava, stop pretending.
09:35Sophia already told me
09:37you're not even married.
09:38A ploy to win my sympathy.
09:40Julian, don't flatter yourself.
09:44Just as I picked up the phone,
09:46the caller ID flashed husband.
09:48I pressed the answer button,
09:49but Julian snatched the phone away,
09:51hung up, and threw it out the window.
09:56How dare you hang up on Lucas?
09:58Do you even know who that is?
10:00Lucas?
10:02That billionaire?
10:03Even my family has to beg him for business deals.
10:05You could at least make up a better story.
10:07You'd better pray you can stay this naive forever,
10:09otherwise Lucas won't let you off the hook.
10:23After he left,
10:24I got a call from my mom telling me to get ready for a blind date.
10:27Over the next few days,
10:28while I waited for my husband to come find me,
10:30I used the blind dates as an excuse to stay away from home.
10:33I finally found it.
10:35If Julian hadn't thrown away my phone
10:36and caused me to lose all my contacts,
10:38I wouldn't have had to come back here
10:39to look for this old one.
10:47On the bed,
10:48Sophia and that blind date guy
10:50were embracing each other,
10:51with the sheets crumpled into a mess,
10:53both half-dressed.
11:03Why are you back?
11:06Julian and Ethan have been chasing after you for so long.
11:08Why did you sleep with him?
11:11Because everyone is supposed to like me.
11:13I won't let anyone be nice to you,
11:16even if that person is old and ugly.
11:19So I slept with him.
11:22That way he won't look at you anymore.
11:24I gagged.
11:25Julian and Ethan burst in.
11:27Sophia wrapped herself tightly in the blanket,
11:29curled up in the corner of the bed,
11:30and began to cry.
11:32Sis, why did you drug me?
11:33You hate me for stealing Julian and Ethan, don't you?
11:36But I'm innocent.
11:37You're her own sister.
11:39And you drugged her?
11:40Ava, how could you do something like this?
11:47This has nothing to do with me.
11:49She says she's jealous of me.
11:51I keep backing up,
11:52not realizing I am already at the edge of the stairs.
11:54Enough!
11:55Sophia is innocent and kind,
11:57and you're still slandering her after all this!
12:01Pain explodes in my abdomen,
12:03making me curl up instinctively.
12:05Ava, you...
12:06You're pregnant?
12:09Ethan, please.
12:11Please save my baby.
12:13I reach out to them,
12:14but Julian turns and walks towards Sophia's room.
12:16I expect Ethan to save me,
12:18but he only glances at me
12:19before following Julian.
12:23On the hospital bed,
12:24I open my eyes
12:25when a slap lands across my face.
12:27You slut!
12:29Pregnant out of wedlock?
12:30And you drugged Sophia!
12:32Are you out of your mind?
12:33The pain in my body is still sharp,
12:35but I can no longer feel my baby move.
12:38Ava, you crossed the line this time.
12:40How can you hurt Sophia?
12:41Don't think a few tears can get you out of this.
12:44I'm telling you,
12:45your baby could have been saved.
12:46I'm the one who chooses not to save it.
12:48This is my husband's and my first child.
12:51I never hurt her!
12:52You!
12:53You killed my baby!
12:54I'm calling the cops!
12:55The doctor says it's twins,
12:57and I don't even get the chance to tell my husband.
13:04Call the cops I already did.
13:06Too bad they're here to arrest you.
13:07You only lost some bastard's baby.
13:10So why play the victim?
13:12My back slams against the bed rail,
13:14and the pain in my abdomen
13:15nearly knocks the air from my lungs.
13:17I have just lost my baby,
13:18but my mom only stands by.
13:20Ava, get up.
13:21You're coming with me to apologize to Sophia.
13:23I didn't hurt her.
13:24Why should I apologize?
13:26They drag me off the hospital bed
13:28before I can even catch my breath.
13:29My knees slam into the floor,
13:31and the bleeding that has just stopped
13:32stains my clothes red again.
13:34Let go of me.
13:35You're gonna regret this.
13:38Lucas won't let you get away with it!
13:44What are you doing?
13:46A tall, cold, hard-edged man
13:48steps out from the crowd.
13:49Behind him, his bodyguards
13:51force Julian down onto the ground.
13:53Who gave you the right to touch her?
14:01The moment he pulls me against his chest,
14:04all my pain, fear, and grief
14:06come rushing back.
14:07Lucas, our baby!
14:14Julian stares at Lucas,
14:16his face dark.
14:19Who are you?
14:24Suddenly, an older man
14:25in a hospital uniform rushes in.
14:27The moment he steps through the door,
14:28he drops to his knees
14:29in front of Lucas,
14:30his voice shaking,
14:31sweat pouring down his forehead.
14:32Mr. Graves!
14:33Mr. Graves, I'm so sorry!
14:34I didn't know that was your wife!
14:36I swear I didn't know
14:37your wife was pregnant!
14:38He points at Julian.
14:39It's him!
14:40He's the one who made me do it!
14:41It's Julian!
14:42He told me your wife's baby
14:43was a bastard
14:44and forced me to get rid of it!
14:45I really didn't know!
14:46Julian clenches his fists,
14:47glaring at the director,
14:48while Ethan turns
14:49and stares blankly at me.
14:52Graves?
14:52Lucas Graves?
14:53The youngest head
14:54of the Graves family?
14:55The number one billionaire
14:56on the list?
14:56How could it be him?
14:58Two police officers
14:59step forward.
15:00Mr. Kane,
15:01you're a suspect
15:01in a cave premeditated murder.
15:02We need you to come
15:03with us for questioning.
15:06He turns to Ethan.
15:08You're suspected
15:08of harboring a criminal
15:09and helping destroy evidence.
15:11Please come with us too.
15:20Julian stands between
15:21the two officers,
15:22lifting his eyes
15:23to look at me.
15:25But I lean my head
15:26against the man's chest,
15:28refusing to look at him.
15:30My mom rushes forward.
15:33You're the father of the kid?
15:34Then you owe us money!
15:36We raised her
15:37all these years
15:37and you just take her away
15:38without giving us anything!
15:40You owe our family
15:40an explanation!
15:41Lucas raises his hand
15:42and the two bodyguards
15:44beside them
15:44immediately step in
15:45to keep my mom
15:45at a distance.
15:46Ava and I
15:47are already married.
15:48My mom freezes,
15:50mouth hanging open.
15:51What?
15:51You're already married to her?
15:52Then you still owe us money!
15:54Raising her
15:55wasn't easy for our family
15:56and you just decide
15:57to get married like that?
16:00You little brat!
16:02You got married
16:03behind our backs!
16:04How much money
16:05did they give you
16:06that you kept for yourself?
16:07Luca steps in front of me,
16:09cutting her off.
16:10You're clearly
16:11her biological mother.
16:13You don't know anything.
16:14What right do you have
16:15to ask me for money?
16:21without waiting
16:22for my mom to respond,
16:23he turns to the assistant
16:24beside him and says,
16:25Take everyone
16:26who's here today
16:26into custody.
16:27The wail of sirens
16:28rises again downstairs
16:29and more police officers
16:31pour in,
16:32hauling Julian,
16:32Ethan,
16:33and the director away.
16:36My mom is restrained
16:38by two bodyguards
16:38still struggling.
16:39I'm her mother!
16:40What right do you have
16:42to throw me out?
16:43The hospital room
16:44falls silent.
16:46Lucas kneels down,
16:47gently resting his forehead
16:48against the back of my hand.
16:50I'm sorry.
16:51I'm too late.
16:52I'm crying too hard to speak.
16:54All I can do
16:55is shake my head.
16:56Tears fall onto
16:57the back of his hand,
16:58hot enough that his fingertips
16:59tremble slightly.
17:01Lucas kneels by the bed,
17:02and it's a long moment
17:03before he lifts his head.
17:05His eyes are a little red.
17:06He reaches up
17:07and wipes the tears
17:08from my face.
17:10I'm going to make
17:11everyone pay.
17:13Not one of them
17:14gets away with this.
17:19Julian sits
17:19in the interrogation room.
17:22Do you admit
17:23to the charges?
17:27Julian doesn't even
17:28lift his eyelids.
17:29There's only one thought
17:30running through his mind.
17:31over and over.
17:32When did Ava get married?
17:34Did she really marry someone?
17:35And that man,
17:37when did that even happen?
17:38Julian remembers
17:39the night before
17:39he forced Ava to leave.
17:41She crouched outside
17:42his building
17:42all night long.
17:46The next morning,
17:47when he opened the door,
17:48her lips were purple
17:49from the cold.
17:49She threw herself at him,
17:51wrapping her arms
17:52around his waist,
17:53burying her face
17:53against his chest,
17:54and mumbled,
17:56Julian,
17:57I was wrong.
17:58Please don't leave me.
18:00Julian suddenly remembers
18:01last winter.
18:02Ava curled up
18:03on the couch
18:04in his apartment,
18:04wrapped in his coat,
18:06her toes red from the cold,
18:07insisting on burrowing
18:08into his arms.
18:10He frowns.
18:11Quit it.
18:11I'm going through files.
18:12Ava doesn't listen,
18:13burying her face
18:14against his chest,
18:15her voice muffled.
18:17Julian, hold me.
18:19He sets down the files,
18:20glances down at her,
18:21and reaches out
18:22to pull her fully
18:23into his arms.
18:25The image suddenly shifts.
18:29Husband.
18:31Julian starts to gag.
18:33He lifts his cuffed hands
18:34and slams them down hard
18:35on the metal table
18:36in front of him.
18:42The officer in the interrogation room
18:44jumps, startled.
18:46Julian!
18:46Get a hold of yourself!
18:49But tears spill down Julian's face.
18:51The door to the interrogation room
18:53swings open.
18:54A middle-aged man walks in,
18:56a file clutched in his hand.
18:57Let him go.
18:59The officer pauses,
19:00taken aback.
19:02But this case,
19:04don't ask.
19:05The middle-aged man
19:07looks at Julian.
19:08Mr. Julian,
19:09you're free to go.
19:11Julian slowly gets to his feet.
19:12When the handcuffs come off,
19:14he rolls his wrist once,
19:15saying nothing.
19:16Don't mess with Mr. Graves again
19:18or next time you end up here,
19:19nobody's bailing you out.
19:21But the only response he gets
19:22is Julian's back
19:23as he walks out
19:24without a glance behind him.
19:26Once outside,
19:27he pulls Ethan out
19:28of the interrogation room
19:29next door as well.
19:30Ethan looks at him.
19:31Why'd you bother saving me?
19:33Ava's in the state
19:34she's in right now
19:34and you don't have
19:35any questions about that?
19:37Ethan lets out a laugh,
19:38though there's not
19:38a trace of amusement
19:39in his eyes.
19:40She got married
19:41and had a kid
19:42and her own boyfriend
19:43didn't even know.
19:44And you're asking me?
19:50Julian's fist
19:51is already swinging.
19:52Ethan doesn't dodge it.
19:53Blood seeps
19:54from the corner of his mouth.
19:56He lifts a hand
19:57and wipes at the corner
19:58of his mouth
19:58and when he sees
19:59the smear of blood
19:59on his fingertips,
20:00he lunges forward too.
20:02Ever since the day
20:03Ava first told him
20:04I have a boyfriend.
20:06He's wanted to hit Julian.
20:11neither of them knows
20:12how long they fight
20:13before they let go
20:13of each other,
20:14lying flat on their
20:15backs on the ground,
20:16chests heaving
20:16as they gasp for air.
20:18Julian stares up
20:19at the dull gray sky.
20:20There's definitely
20:21something off about this.
20:22Ava,
20:22the way she used to be,
20:23there's no way
20:24she's really married.
20:25She's got to be
20:25putting on an act for us,
20:26deliberately trying
20:27to make us miserable
20:27so we'll go coax her back.
20:28Ethan lies beside him,
20:30catching his breath.
20:31Yeah,
20:32she must have been
20:33talked into this
20:33by that man.
20:34We have to save her.
20:36We can't let her
20:36get fooled by someone
20:37like that.
20:38The two of them
20:39prop themselves up
20:39on their arms
20:40and sit up,
20:41but the sound
20:41of hurried footsteps
20:42comes rushing up
20:43behind them.
20:44Julian!
20:45Ethan!
20:45Mrs. Collins runs over
20:47and grabs Julian's arm.
20:51What about Sophia?
20:52Sophia won't stop crying,
20:54she won't even eat
20:55and nothing I say
20:56gets through to her.
20:57You two have to do something.
20:59Julian and Ethan
21:00freeze at the same time.
21:04By the time
21:05Julian and Ethan
21:06make it back
21:06to the police station,
21:07the man is already
21:08sitting in the holding room.
21:09He glances up first
21:10then lowers his head
21:11and sighs.
21:12I'll say it again,
21:13I never forced Sophia.
21:18Sophia's the one
21:18who called me,
21:19she started texting me
21:20in the middle of the night,
21:20sending photos.
21:22After that,
21:23she set up a meeting
21:24at the Lynn family's place.
21:27Then Sophia takes me
21:28to her room
21:29and comes on to him first
21:30and after that,
21:31it's exactly what you saw.
21:32It's not some drugging thing
21:33like she claims,
21:34she took her own clothes off.
21:36So you and Ava
21:36were just putting on an act?
21:38The man nods.
21:39She told me on day one
21:40that she already has a husband,
21:41so we agreed to play along
21:43for a few scenes.
21:44Julian's expression changes,
21:46Ethan hands him his phone.
21:49On the screen is a social media page
21:51and trending at the top
21:53is hashtag Sophia exposed.
21:58Sophia built up a following
22:00of over 100,000
22:01because of her sweet,
22:02delicate look,
22:03but now the top comments
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22:10In middle school,
22:12Sophia stuffed a dead mouse
22:13into Ava's desk.
22:16In high school,
22:17she cornered Ava in the bathroom
22:18with a few other girls
22:19and dumped cold water on her.
22:23And back in elementary school,
22:24she stole a classmate's wallet
22:25and slipped it into Ava's bag,
22:27getting Ava frozen out
22:28by the whole class
22:28for a semester.
22:32The comment section
22:33has already exploded.
22:36Julian stares at the screen.
22:38He always thought Sophia
22:39was just a little spoiled,
22:41a little clingy.
22:42But he never knew.
22:43Behind everyone's backs,
22:45Sophia had done all of this.
22:50Julian's phone suddenly rings.
22:51A name pops up on the screen.
22:53Sophia.
22:56He grits his teeth
22:57and answers
22:58and a weak, agonized scream
22:59comes through
23:00from the other end.
23:01Help me!
23:02Please come save me!
23:03Hurry!
23:07Lucas has his back to me,
23:09chopping something in the kitchen.
23:13I lean against the couch,
23:15hugging my knees
23:15as I watch him,
23:16and suddenly I find myself
23:17thinking back
23:18to the first time
23:18I ever saw him.
23:20Back then,
23:21Julian stung me in Paris
23:23without leaving me
23:23a single cent.
23:28All I can do
23:29is stand on
23:30an unfamiliar street,
23:31dragging my suitcase
23:32behind me,
23:32my phone battery
23:33down to three percent,
23:34and not even enough
23:35left on my bank card
23:36to cover a decent meal.
23:44That's when I meet Lucas.
23:46He glances down at me first,
23:48then gets straight
23:48to the point.
23:51One deal could take care
23:52of everything you'll ever need.
23:53Are you in?
24:00Later,
24:00I find out
24:01he's far richer
24:01than I ever imagined.
24:03He buys me luxury goods
24:04the way other people
24:05pick out cabbage
24:05at the supermarket.
24:06He buys me houses
24:07in the capitals
24:08of different countries
24:09and puts them in my name.
24:12Jewelry piles up
24:13in the drawers
24:14of my vanity
24:14faster than I can even
24:15keep up with
24:16unwrapping the boxes.
24:19It's different
24:20from how things were
24:20with Julian and Ethan.
24:21Around Lucas,
24:22I never throw a fit.
24:27I don't ask
24:28where he's been.
24:29I don't ask
24:29when he's coming back.
24:31And I don't ask
24:31who those women
24:32he's seen with are.
24:33But Lucas doesn't want that.
24:35Mid-kiss,
24:36he suddenly stops,
24:37pinches my chin,
24:38and says,
24:41Come here.
24:42If I can't reach him,
24:43he leans down
24:44just a little,
24:45but he never closes
24:45that last inch of distance.
24:47He makes me be the one
24:48to close it myself.
24:49When some woman
24:50gets close to him
24:51and he sees
24:51I'm not reacting,
24:52he frowns and asks,
24:53You're not even jealous?
24:55I don't get it back then,
24:56so all I can do
24:57is give an awkward smile.
24:59But he seems bothered by it
25:01because once we get home,
25:02he pins me against the wall,
25:04looks down at me,
25:05and says,
25:06Ava,
25:06weren't you jealous just now?
25:08I don't know how to answer.
25:09Lucas leans down
25:10and kisses me,
25:11and when he finally pulls back,
25:12his breathing is ragged,
25:13his voice low.
25:14From now on,
25:14you're allowed to get mad at me.
25:16You're allowed to lose your temper.
25:17You're allowed to throw things.
25:18Give me your feelings.
25:20Don't hide them from me.
25:24I don't know if this is how
25:26every arrangement like ours works,
25:28but I do know that
25:29as long as I play along,
25:31I get everything I want.
25:32So I start letting myself
25:34get jealous in front of him.
25:35When I see his phone light up
25:37with a message from one of his women,
25:38I make a point of snatching the phone away
25:40and stuffing it in my own pocket,
25:41going cold and silent
25:42until he comes over to coax me.
25:44When he doesn't come home,
25:45I text him nonstop to hurry back.
25:48When he gets on my nerves,
25:50I just plant myself on the couch,
25:52arms crossed,
25:53staring him down
25:53until he walks over
25:54and asks what's wrong,
25:55and I just say,
25:56You figure it out.
25:58He never once
25:59acts like I'm being a hassle.
26:01If anything,
26:02every time I throw a fit,
26:03Lucas can't help but laugh.
26:04Over those few months,
26:06I don't just end up with money.
26:07Through his connections
26:08and resources,
26:09I get pushed step by step
26:10into the position of head
26:11of the brand division.
26:12Everyone in the industry
26:13assumes he's just going through a phase,
26:15that it won't be long
26:16before he drops me.
26:20I tell myself that getting close to him
26:22is only about the money,
26:23about all the things
26:24I could never get from Julian or Ethan.
26:27But my being too rational about it
26:29ends up driving a wedge
26:30between him and me,
26:31little by little.
26:32Later on,
26:33I get busier and busier,
26:34and I go back to that house
26:36Lucas gave me less and less.
26:37I figure that during all these days
26:39without contact,
26:40Lucas has probably forgotten about me too.
26:42But then,
26:43one night,
26:44I'm working late,
26:45and as I'm packing up my laptop,
26:46I suddenly realize
26:47my old USB drive is missing.
26:50After thinking it over,
26:51I remember I left it at that house.
26:54Still,
26:54without even thinking,
26:55I walk over,
26:56cup his face in my hands,
26:57and lean down to kiss him.
26:59So,
27:00resigned to it,
27:01I have no choice
27:01but to take a cab back.
27:04The moment I push the door open,
27:06the living room lights are off,
27:07and I assume no one's there.
27:08But then,
27:09moonlight spills in
27:10through the floor-to-ceiling windows,
27:11pooling on the floor,
27:13and I spot a silhouette on the couch.
27:17Lucas is sitting right there,
27:19and there's no telling
27:20how long he's been sitting like that.
27:22I freeze in the doorway,
27:23not knowing why he's here,
27:25not knowing whether he's been
27:26waiting for me this whole time,
27:27and not knowing why he didn't
27:29just call to tell me.
27:30But I still walk over
27:31without even thinking,
27:34cupping his face in my hands,
27:36leaning down to kiss him.
27:37just as I'm about
27:38to take it further.
27:39I feel something warm
27:40land on the back of my hand.
27:42I freeze,
27:43pulling back a little,
27:44and in the moonlight,
27:45I finally get a clear look
27:46at Lucas' face.
27:47His eyes are red,
27:48his lashes glistering
27:49with tears.
27:50He buries his face
27:51deep in the curve of my neck,
27:52his arms wrapping around my waist,
27:54his voice muffled.
27:56Don't you love me anymore?
27:57Why haven't you come to see me?
28:00This is the first time
28:01I've ever seen Lucas like this.
28:04So I freeze up completely,
28:05and all I can manage
28:06is a stammer.
28:07That's not it.
28:09I didn't mean...
28:11But he doesn't listen
28:11to my explanation.
28:15He just says one thing,
28:17sounding utterly wounded.
28:18Baby, please.
28:21Give me a title.
28:22Give me a place in your life.
28:24I feel like I don't even
28:25measure up to you.
28:28That's when I finally learn
28:29there's someone out there
28:30with even less security
28:31than I have.
28:32So Lucas and I start
28:33an actual,
28:34normal relationship.
28:36By the time I snap back
28:37to reality,
28:38Lucas has already set
28:39the food out on the table.
28:40He picks me up
28:41off the couch,
28:42sets me down at the table,
28:43then leans over
28:44and presses the utensils
28:45into my hand.
28:47After we finish eating,
28:48he carries me back
28:49to the couch,
28:50crouches down in front of it,
28:51braces his hands
28:52on his knees,
28:52then reaches out
28:53and rubs my cheek.
28:55Hubby's got a little work
28:56to take care of.
28:57I'll be right back.
28:58Be good and watch some TV,
29:00and if you get sleepy,
29:01go ahead and doze off.
29:02I nod.
29:04These past few days,
29:05after losing the baby,
29:06I really have gotten
29:07too clingy with him.
29:08But what I don't know
29:09is that once he steps out,
29:10he doesn't head
29:11towards the office at all.
29:14He goes to see Sophia.
29:21He arranges to meet Sophia
29:22at a house under his name.
29:27The moment he pushes the door open,
29:29Sophia is already there waiting.
29:32She's changed into a white dress,
29:34her hair down.
29:34The second she sees Lucas walks in,
29:36she jumps to her feet,
29:37eyes curving into a smile
29:38as she calls out,
29:39Brother-in-law?
29:42Once she sees him sit down,
29:44she instantly switches
29:44to a wounded expression,
29:46tears welling up.
29:47Brother-in-law,
29:49about my sister drugging me,
29:50I really don't blame her for it.
29:52I know she didn't mean it,
29:53and I really don't want
29:54any compensation.
29:56I just,
29:57seeing how much you doly on her
29:58makes me so envious.
30:00Growing up,
30:01nobody really doted on me.
30:02Lucas looks at her,
30:03and suddenly speaks up.
30:04Since you've had it so rough,
30:05then let me make it up to you
30:06after all.
30:07Sophia freezes for a second,
30:09then blushes,
30:10her face full of anticipation.
30:11Brother-in-law,
30:13how are you thinking
30:14of making it up to me?
30:19Lucas smiles.
30:20So what does my little
30:21sister-in-law want
30:22as compensation?
30:24Sophia bows her head,
30:25looking bashful.
30:26I'd like to experience
30:28what it feels like
30:29to have you
30:29the way my sister does.
30:31Lucas lets out
30:32a scoffing laugh
30:33and tosses his phone
30:34onto the table
30:34in front of her.
30:36Looks like you haven't
30:37seen today's news,
30:38or you wouldn't have
30:39the nerve to talk
30:39to me like that.
30:40Sophia fumbles
30:41to pick up the phone,
30:42swipes through it
30:42a few times,
30:43and her face goes white,
30:44instantly.
30:46She looks up at Lucas
30:47and shrieks.
30:48That's not me!
30:50It has to be
30:51my sister spreading lies.
30:52Someone's smearing me!
30:53Brother-in-law,
30:54you can't believe this!
30:57Lucas just stands there,
30:59expressionless.
31:01Sophia panics,
31:02the phone slipping
31:03from her hand
31:03and hitting the floor.
31:04She drops to her knees
31:05with a thud
31:06and crawls forward,
31:07grabbing at the hem
31:07of his pants.
31:08Brother-in-law,
31:09I swear it's not me!
31:10I've never done
31:11any of that!
31:12It's my sister,
31:13she's always hated me
31:14for stealing her guy,
31:15and she's doing this
31:16on purpose
31:17to mess with me!
31:19She suddenly starts
31:20undoing her own buttons.
31:25Brother-in-law,
31:26I can take care of you
31:27better than my sister
31:28ever could.
31:29Pick me instead, okay?
31:30I'm younger than her,
31:32and I'll do anything
31:32you want.
31:33But Lucas just glances
31:35down at her,
31:35then kicks her away.
31:38Sophia goes splalling
31:39from the kick.
31:40She stares up at Lucas's
31:41blank, expressionless face,
31:43tears spilling down
31:44her cheeks.
31:45I was wrong.
31:46Brother-in-law,
31:47I was really wrong.
31:47I'm sorry.
31:48I'm sorry to my sister.
31:50Can you help me get
31:51that trending topic
31:52taken down?
31:52I care about my image,
31:54brother-in-law.
31:54I'm begging you.
31:55I really know I messed up.
31:58I'll never bother
31:59my sister again.
32:00I'll stay far away
32:01from her.
32:01I'll never show my face
32:02in front of her again.
32:05You're out of chances.
32:06He cuts her off.
32:08You made my wife unhappy.
32:11I'm not letting that slide.
32:13The moment he finishes speaking,
32:15he turns and walks away,
32:16pushing the door open
32:17and heading out.
32:19The door swings shut
32:20behind him,
32:22and Sophia is left
32:23kneeling on the floor.
32:25Suddenly, a low growl
32:26sounds from somewhere
32:27behind her.
32:28Her fingers dig into
32:29the floor as she turns
32:30her head toward where
32:32the sound is coming from.
32:36There, in the corner
32:37of the living room,
32:38in the darkness,
32:39a pair of eyes glowing
32:40a faint eerie green
32:41are fixed on her.
32:42The black dog
32:43steps slowly out
32:44of the shadows,
32:44drool still dripping
32:45from the corners
32:46of its mouth.
32:47This dog is one
32:48Sophia raised herself,
32:49deliberately trained
32:50to attack Ava.
32:53She doesn't have time
32:54to think it through.
32:55Sophia backs away.
32:57Coco, it's me.
32:58Mommy.
32:59The dog lunges at her
33:01without warning.
33:04Sophia's screams echo
33:05out from inside the house.
33:07Julian and Ethan
33:08push the door open
33:09and find a dark red trail
33:10smeared across
33:11the living room floor,
33:12running from the couch
33:13all the way to the corner.
33:15Sophia is barely clinging
33:16to life in the corner.
33:17The black dog lies
33:19about six feet away
33:20from her,
33:21already dead.
33:24Julian stands in the doorway,
33:25his brow knit tight.
33:27Ethan turns his head away,
33:29his own face pale.
33:33No matter how terrible she is,
33:35we can't just stand here
33:36and let her die like this.
33:38He pulls out his phone,
33:39and just then,
33:39the wail of sirens
33:40rises sharply outside.
33:46Julian turns to look at Ethan.
33:49You called the cops?
33:52Ethan frowns.
33:56I haven't called anyone yet.
33:58The two of them
33:59exchange a look,
34:00their expressions grim.
34:02A middle-aged man
34:03in a jacket
34:04walks through the front door.
34:06It's the same man
34:07who let Julian go
34:08at the police station
34:08that day.
34:09The man glances
34:10at the blood on the floor
34:11and at Sophia,
34:12then walks up to Julian.
34:13Julian,
34:14I remember telling you
34:15very clearly last time,
34:16don't mess with Mr. Graves.
34:18He steps aside,
34:19and behind him,
34:20officers are already
34:21blocking the doorway.
34:23Let's go.
34:24I'm afraid you need
34:25to take another trip
34:25to the station.
34:27Julian stands frozen in place,
34:29fists clenched.
34:32It takes me a full week
34:34to find out that Julian
34:35gets sentenced to life in prison.
34:37Lucas sits beside me,
34:38holding his phone out
34:39for me to see.
34:40I figure a sentence like that
34:41would be hard to secure,
34:43given that the Cain family
34:44has Julian's back.
34:45But Lucas says,
34:47The chain of evidence
34:48is airtight.
34:50He pushed you down the stairs.
34:56Delayed your medical care
34:57and caused the miscarriage,
34:59and on top of that,
35:00there's the recording
35:00of him pressuring the director
35:01not to save a pregnant woman.
35:03Stack it all up
35:04and it's more than enough.
35:05And besides,
35:05I'm here.
35:06I nod,
35:07not knowing that he's kept
35:08the truth about going
35:09to see Sophia from me.
35:11Ethan gets sentenced
35:11to 12 years
35:12for harboring a criminal
35:14and helping destroy evidence.
35:15I do not exactly miss them,
35:17nor do I hate them.
35:18All I know is that
35:18without them,
35:19my life would have gotten
35:20better much sooner.
35:21I wouldn't have had to take
35:22such a long detour,
35:24shed so much blood,
35:25or lose my child.
35:26My mom comes to make a scene,
35:28pounding on the iron gate,
35:29screaming my name,
35:30calling me heartless,
35:32calling me an ungrateful daughter.
35:33Lucas has his bodyguards
35:35escort her away.
35:35That's the last time
35:36I ever see her.
35:37It's a long time
35:38before I learn that Sophia,
35:39mauled by the dog,
35:40ends up in a vegetative state,
35:42extensive lacerations
35:43all over her body,
35:44an infection that leads
35:46to multiple organ failure.
35:50When Sophia passes,
35:52there's no one by her side.
35:53Julian and Ethan
35:54are both locked up,
35:55and my mom isn't there
35:56with her either.
35:57Her whole life,
35:58she spent grabbing at things
35:59that weren't hers,
36:00and in the end,
36:01she ends up with nothing at all.
36:03But Lucas and I
36:04are just getting started
36:05on our life as a married couple.
36:06Every morning,
36:07he gets up before I do,
36:09making breakfast in the kitchen
36:10while I stay wrapped
36:11in the blanket,
36:12watching him push the door open.
36:14Time to get up.
36:16He says,
36:17leaning down to kiss my forehead.
36:19I close my eyes
36:20and pull him down towards me,
36:22forehead against forehead,
36:23nose against nose.
36:24He scoops me up,
36:26blanket and all,
36:27and carries me to the table,
36:28tucking me into my chair.
36:30The eggs are a little too soft
36:31the way I like them,
36:32and there's a mug of hot chocolate.
36:34He sits across from me,
36:35chin propped on his hand,
36:37just watching me eat
36:38with this quiet.
36:39I smile.
36:39Lucas, I like you so much.
36:42He smiles.
36:44His lips brushing
36:45against mine,
36:46just a light touch.
36:48I love you.
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