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00:10On our wedding night, my husband Ethan tore my lingerie to shreds and worked hard to please me.
00:17Ethan, how are you this good?
00:21Avery, I slept with another woman right before the wedding.
00:23Before I could process that, he added,
00:26I was afraid I'd hurt you the first time, so I practiced with Mia.
00:31So are you apologizing or informing me?
00:34Avery, don't be like this. I told you in advance because I care about you too much.
00:40You slept with someone else because you care about me?
00:42He was about to answer when his phone rang.
00:45A name flashed across the screen. Mia Brooks. Ethan picked up.
00:50The moment he answered, Mia's sobs came through the speaker.
00:53Ethan, if you don't come right now, I'm jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
00:57You promised me. You said you would never abandon me.
01:01Ethan's expression changed instantly. He got up and started pulling on his shirt.
01:05Where are you going?
01:06She's emotionally unstable. I need to get there.
01:08Tonight is our wedding night.
01:10His hands paused on his cufflings.
01:12I know, but she could really do something to herself.
01:15Then I watched him open a drawer and take out his passport, driver's license, and social security card.
01:20My heart dropped.
01:22Why are you bringing those?
01:24Ethan avoided my eyes.
01:26She wants a guarantee.
01:28What kind of guarantee?
01:29He was silent for two seconds before answering.
01:32A marriage license application. It's just to reassure her.
01:37I almost laughed.
01:40You just married me in front of hundreds of guests, reporters, and investors, and now you're going to City Hall
01:46to become her legal husband?
01:47Avery, the wedding was for you. Everyone knows you're my wife. That piece of paper is just to save her
01:52life.
01:52What about me?
01:53He walked over, reaching for my face the way he always used to.
01:57You've always been the reasonable one. Don't make me choose at a time like this. Stop making a scene. I'll
02:04be back soon.
02:05Ethan, I looked straight at him. The moment you walk out that door, we're over.
02:11A flash of anger crossed his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.
02:14The board is signing off on the final merger agreement between our families tomorrow.
02:18You know this marriage isn't just about the two of us.
02:22At last, I understood.
02:25He didn't think I would forgive him.
02:27He thought I couldn't leave him.
02:29The moment the door closed behind him, the room fell completely silent.
02:33I sat there for a long time until my phone screen lit up.
02:36A text from my father.
02:38Final merger confirmation.
02:39Tomorrow, 9 a.m.
02:41I dialed his private number.
02:43He answered immediately.
02:45Avery, what's wrong? It's late.
02:47I looked out at the sea fog beyond the Florida clearing windows.
02:51My voice sounded calmer than I felt.
02:53Dad, put the Stonewell merger on hold.
02:56Why?
02:56Ethan Well is spending his wedding night registering a marriage with another woman.
03:00The line went silent for a full three seconds.
03:04Do you have any evidence?
03:06I tightened my grip on the phone.
03:09Tomorrow morning, I'll get it myself.
03:14The next morning, I saw Mia at the entrance of San Francisco City Hall.
03:18She wore a cheap white dress, tailored to hug every curve,
03:22holding a marriage certificate in her hand as she smiled and extended it toward me.
03:27Hello, I'm Ethan's legal wife, and you are?
03:31Ethan's expression changed instantly.
03:34Mia, stop it!
03:36Behind me, my attorney asked quietly.
03:38Mrs. Stone, would you like us to start documenting evidence now?
03:41I had barely raised my phone when Ethan strode over and grabbed my wrist.
03:48Avery, what are you doing here?
03:49I glanced at the corner of a document sticking out of his briefcase.
03:54I came to see how my brand new husband became someone else's husband.
03:58Mia leaned against his shoulder, her voice dripping with sweetness.
04:03Ethan, didn't you say she'd understand?
04:05Didn't you say a woman from a family like hers understood business deals and keeping up appearances better than anyone?
04:11I looked at Ethan.
04:13Is that what you think, too?
04:15He lowered his voice.
04:18I was just telling her what she wanted to hear.
04:20I'll file for divorce in three months.
04:22Mia's eyes reddened immediately.
04:24Three months?
04:25That's not what you said last night.
04:27You said I was your wife.
04:28You said you'd protect me.
04:30Ethan rubbed his temples.
04:32Mia, this isn't the time.
04:35I laughed.
04:36Then when is?
04:37After the Stone family signs the merger agreement?
04:41After Well Group gets access to our patent licenses?
04:44Then you'll tell me this was all a misunderstanding?
04:48Ethan's face hardened.
04:49Avery, don't make it sound so ugly.
04:51What's ugly?
04:52The truth?
04:54Or what you did?
04:56Suddenly, Mia shoved the document in front of me.
04:59Look closely.
05:00Legally, I'm his wife.
05:03I took the document.
05:07My attorney immediately photographed and scanned it.
05:13Realizing what was happening, Ethan snatched it back.
05:18What are you doing?
05:20My attorney answered calmly.
05:23Preserving evidence, Mr. Well, you've triggered both the morality clause and the material non-disclosure clause in the prenuptial agreement.
05:30Ethan stared at me.
05:32Are you really going to take this all the way?
05:34I met his gaze.
05:35I'm not the one who left no way back.
05:38You did that last night.
05:40A faint smile suddenly appeared on his face.
05:43The look in his eyes was so unfamiliar, it was unsettling.
05:47Avery, you think one document is enough to walk away?
05:50He stepped closer, lowering his voice to a near whisper.
05:54After you fell asleep last night, I recorded a video.
05:57My entire body went rigid.
05:59What did you say?
06:01Even Mia froze.
06:03What video?
06:04Ethan didn't look at her.
06:05His eyes never left mine.
06:07Our wedding night.
06:08You don't want that footage ending up online, do you?
06:12A loud ringing filled my ears.
06:15My attorney stepped forward immediately.
06:17Mr. Well, that's a criminal threat.
06:22Ethan merely shrugged.
06:24Then tell her not to push me that far.
06:26I looked at the man standing in front of me.
06:29Once, he had run into a wildfire to save me and carried me out of a laboratory building
06:33that was on the verge of exploding.
06:35I had thought he was the love of my life, but now he was using my dignity as leverage against
06:41me.
06:41Seeing how pale I had become, Mia suddenly smiled.
06:45Avery, you're so proud.
06:47You probably don't want the whole world seeing that, do you?
06:51I looked up at her.
06:53Her smile faltered for a slip second.
06:57I turned to my attorney.
06:59Back up all the evidence first.
07:00That's enough for today.
07:03Ethan thought I was scared.
07:05His tone softened immediately.
07:09Come home with me.
07:10As long as you behave, I won't release it.
07:13I pulled my hand free.
07:16Okay.
07:17He let out a breath of relief.
07:20But as I watched him slip his phone back into his pocket, only one thought remained in my mind.
07:25If he dared use that to destroy me, I'd make sure he destroyed himself with his own hands.
07:32Mia poked her head out of my master bathroom, wearing my silk robe.
07:36Ethan, I want a rose bath.
07:39She looked at me and smiled innocently.
07:42Oh, I forgot.
07:44Avery's allergic to roses.
07:45The penthouse was the marital home Ethan had given me.
07:48But after bringing Mia inside, the first thing he said was,
07:52She'll stay here for the next few days.
07:54Avery, make room for her.
07:55I looked at him.
07:57You want me to give up my room?
07:58Mia's eyes immediately reddened.
08:01I can stay in the guest room.
08:03As long as Ethan comes and stays with me when I get scared in the middle of the night.
08:07Ethan frowned.
08:11Don't cry.
08:12You'll stay in the master bedroom.
08:14The housekeeper, Maria, looked uncomfortable.
08:17Mr. Well, all of Miss Stone's personal belongings are in the master bedroom.
08:23Mia tugged on Ethan's sleeve.
08:26Does everyone think I shouldn't be here?
08:28Ethan's voice turned cold.
08:30Maria, do as I said.
08:32I didn't argue.
08:33Ethan glanced at me, seeming satisfied by my silence.
08:37Mia pushed further.
08:37I want fresh roses.
08:39As many as possible.
08:40Maria couldn't help speaking up.
08:42Mrs. Stone is severely allergic to roses.
08:45We've never kept roses in this house.
08:48Tears immediately fell from Mia's eyes.
08:50So I don't even deserve to have flowers I like?
08:54Ethan was silent for a few seconds before saying to Maria,
08:57Have the concierge downstairs by them.
09:00Maria looked at me.
09:02I nodded.
09:03By them.
09:03Ethan froze for a moment.
09:05If she likes them, let her smell enough of them all at once.
09:07Thinking I had given in, Mia linked her arm through Ethan's and went into the bathroom.
09:12Soon, her deliberately raised laughter drifted out.
09:16Ethan, come help me check the water temperature.
09:18Ethan didn't go in immediately.
09:20Instead, he stood at the stairway and looked at the suitcase in my hand.
09:27Where are you going?
09:30Leaving.
09:32His face darkened.
09:35Avri, I told you.
09:37Don't push me.
09:38You mean you'll release the video?
09:43He took out his phone.
09:45The moment you walk out that door.
09:47I looked at him.
09:49You make me sick.
09:52His gaze turned cold.
09:54Then stay.
09:58Suddenly, a scream came from the bathroom.
10:01Ethan immediately turned and rushed over.
10:04He left so quickly that his suit jacket fell onto the sofa.
10:07I walked over and took his personal phone and work phone from the pocket.
10:13The password was still my birthday.
10:15How ridiculous.
10:17I opened the photo gallery.
10:19Sure enough, the folder was there.
10:22He had recorded our wedding night.
10:27I didn't cry.
10:29My hands didn't shake.
10:30I deleted it, erased the cloud backup,
10:33emptied the recently deleted folder,
10:35and then synced the private video Mia had once sent me to show off into his gallery.
10:39The people in the video were her and Ethan.
10:44Then I opened his laptop and removed all the backups.
10:5120 minutes later, I dragged my suitcase downstairs.
10:55Ethan had already changed into a bathrobe.
10:58His face was grim.
10:59This is the last time I'm saying it.
11:01Go back to your room.
11:03This is the last time I'm saying it, too.
11:05We're over.
11:07He raised his phone.
11:09Then don't blame me.
11:10Wrapped in a bathrobe,
11:12Mia walked over and snatched the phone away.
11:15She doesn't want you anymore.
11:16Why are you still threatening her?
11:18I'll post it for you.
11:19Ethan's expression changed dramatically.
11:24Mia, give it back!
11:26But Mia had already opened the only video in the gallery
11:28and shared it through his verified accounts.
11:31Instagram story.
11:33X.
11:35TikTok.
11:39All of them synced.
11:41Three seconds later, the phone began vibrating non-stop.
11:44The smile frozen on Mia's face.
11:47Because the person in the video's cover image wasn't me.
11:52It was her.
11:54Ethan rushed forward to grab the phone, but the notifications had already appeared.
11:58Wedding scandal of an AI industry CEO.
12:01Secret video of CEO and intern exposed.
12:06I pulled open the elevator door and looked back at them.
12:09Ethan, your habit of secretly recording people is really perfect for destroying yourself.
12:18By the time I got into the car, Ethan's phone was still ringing.
12:22Not with calls.
12:23With an endless barrage of notifications from the board,
12:27investors, the media, his father, and his lawyers.
12:30Mia stood in the middle of the living room, her face as white as a sheet.
12:33I didn't know it was our video.
12:35I thought it was hers.
12:36Shut up!
12:36It was the first time he had shown her genuine disgust.
12:39I rolled down the window and looked at him.
12:43What you should be worried about right now isn't whether I'm leaving.
12:46It's how you're going to explain personally putting Well Medical Technologies on the global trending list.
12:52Ethan staggered back a step.
12:54A few minutes later, NASDAQ pre-market trading opened.
12:57Well Medical Technologies stock plunged.
12:59One financial headline after another flashed across the screen.
13:02Ms. Stone, should we head to the airport?
13:06San Francisco International Airport.
13:08Ethan chased after the car and braced a hand against the window.
13:12Avery, come back. We can handle the PR together.
13:15We?
13:17If this gets any bigger, Stone will take losses too.
13:21I looked at him.
13:22Stone will lose money.
13:24You'll lose your reputation, your company, and your inheritance.
13:28The color slowly drained from his face.
13:30You planned this from the beginning?
13:32From the moment you used that video to threaten me.
13:37Mia ran out crying.
13:39Ethan, I didn't do it on purpose!
13:42She set me up!
13:43I looked at her.
13:44You grabbed the phone.
13:46You hit post.
13:47You sent yourself to the top of the trending charts.
13:50You vicious bitch!
13:51Enough!
13:52Before I could say anything,
13:54Ethan had already turned around and shouted.
13:58Mia froze.
14:00I rolled the window back up.
14:05Less than ten minutes after we left the apartment garage,
14:08a black sports car suddenly sped up behind us,
14:10cut across the road, and forced our car to stop.
14:12Ethan got out and started pounding on the window.
14:14Get out of the car!
14:15Avery, you can't just leave like this!
14:17Arthur immediately locked the doors.
14:19Miss, I'll call the police.
14:20I pressed a hand over his.
14:22I'll do it.
14:23I dialed 911, my voice steady and clear.
14:26I need police assistance.
14:28Someone is following my vehicle, blocking it,
14:30and threatening me with private intimate recordings.
14:32The moment Ethan heard that, he froze.
14:35Avery, have you lost your mind?
14:38I'm Ethan!
14:39I looked at his face,
14:40illuminated by the flashing police lights.
14:42That's exactly why.
14:44Because you're Ethan.
14:45I know what you're capable of.
14:47The police arrived quickly.
14:48One officer asked,
14:50Ma'am, is he your husband?
14:51I lowered the window.
14:53No.
14:55Ethan stared at me.
14:56He's the man who secretly recorded me,
14:58threatened to distribute the footage,
14:59and intercepted my vehicle on a public road.
15:02Ethan's eyes instantly redded.
15:05Avery, are you really gonna let the police take me away?
15:08I didn't look away.
15:11Yes.
15:15Even as the police told Ethan to step back,
15:18he was still trying to explain.
15:20This is a private relationship dispute.
15:23We just got married.
15:25She's just angry.
15:26I pulled out my phone and handed the officers the copies my attorney had backed up.
15:31The marriage registration document.
15:33The recording of his threat.
15:36And screenshots showing the fun mail of the secretly recorded video.
15:40The wedding was real.
15:42But I wasn't the one in the legal marriage.
15:46He registered a marriage with another woman last night.
15:50And today he threatened me into staying with a private video recorded without my consent.
15:55The officer looked at Ethan.
15:57Sir, do you have such a video?
16:00Ethan's expression darkened.
16:04I want a lawyer.
16:05I let out a cold laugh.
16:06Now you remember, lawyer?
16:08Just then, Mia arrived in a ride shop.
16:11She jumped out of the car and rushed in front of Ethan, crying.
16:16Officer, I'm his legal wife.
16:18This is a family matter.
16:19You can't take him away.
16:20By then, people nearby were already recording with their phones.
16:23The officer repeated.
16:25You are his legal wife?
16:30Yes!
16:31She's the outsider!
16:33I looked at her.
16:34Thank you for confirming that for me.
16:36She froze.
16:37Someone murmured.
16:38Wait, isn't this the day after the stone metting?
16:41Another voice spoke even louder.
16:43So he registered a marriage with his intern right after his wedding?
16:47Mia finally realized she had said the wrong thing again, and hurrously put her phone away.
16:53Before Ethan was taken in for questioning, he walked past me.
16:57His voice was so low, it sounded almost like a plea.
17:00Avery, I saved your life.
17:05My fingers trembled slightly.
17:11Three years earlier, on the night of the wildfire, before the abandoned research complex exploded,
17:16Ethan had rushed in to find me.
17:19He had thrown a wet jacket over my head, inhaled the smoke himself, and suffered severe burns across much of
17:25his back.
17:26I had held him and cried, begging him not to fall asleep.
17:29I haven't married you yet.
17:31How could I bear to die?
17:33Back then, I had thought we had already survived life and death together.
17:37I believed nothing could ever tear us apart.
17:41But now, looking at him, I said,
17:44Even the person who saved my life doesn't get to blackmail me with my dignity.
17:48The last trace of light disappeared from Ethan's eyes.
17:52The car started moving again.
17:55I didn't look back.
17:56That night, Well Group convened an emergency board meeting.
17:59The media captured footage of Ethan being pushed into the conference room by his father.
18:03A few hours later, the news broke.
18:05Well Group suspends CEO succession plan pending independent investigation.
18:08I thought this farce would stay quiet for at least a few days.
18:11But at two in the morning, Mia posted a lengthy statement.
18:14She uploaded her legal marriage document with Ethan and wrote,
18:19I am his wife.
18:21Avery Stone is the homewrecker.
18:26The internet exploded again.
18:28This time, Nettles pieced everything together.
18:30The date on the marriage document, the wedding date, and the time the video was posted.
18:38Mia had nailed Ethan to the scandal board.
18:44When Mia started her live stream,
18:46I was in my London office on a video call with my attorneys.
18:50My assistant handed me a tablet.
18:53Mrs. Stone, you should see this.
18:55On the screen, Mia was sitting in the living room of Wells Penhap apartment.
18:58Beside her were a Hermes bag, a diamond watch, and the keys to a sports car.
19:02She smiled at the camera.
19:03You can insult me all you want.
19:04The place I'm living in now is somewhere you'll never set foot in for your entire lives.
19:08The comments flew by.
19:09She got her position through threats, and she's showing off her wealth?
19:14Well Group's stock is practically collapsing, and she's live streaming?
19:18This is the future boss lady of an AI medical company?
19:21I muted the stream.
19:24Send it to the PR department.
19:26No response.
19:27Well Group has requested a settlement for the third time today.
19:30They hope you won't continue pushing to terminate the merger.
19:33I refuse.
19:34That afternoon, Wells' stock plunged again.
19:38A short seller report came out, and the headline was blunt enough to sting.
19:42Management out of control.
19:44Material ethical risks.
19:45Investor confidence collapsing.
19:47That evening, Ethan stormed back to the apartment and immediately shut off Mia's live screen.
19:53What are you doing?
19:54My followers are watching!
19:58Ethan threw her phone onto the couch.
20:00How many more times are you going to ruin me?
20:03Mia froze for two seconds before Tear's tear started falling.
20:07I'm ruining you?
20:09Avery set up the video.
20:11The internet chose to attack me on its own.
20:13And now you're blaming me too?
20:15Ethan pressed a hand against his temple in exhaustion.
20:20I told you to stay quiet for a few days.
20:22Was that so hard to understand?
20:26Suddenly, Mia laughed.
20:28She placed a hand on her lower abdomen.
20:30You dare talk to me like that?
20:32Ethan's expression changed.
20:34Mia took one step after another toward him.
20:37You want a divorce, don't you?
20:39You want to go back to her, don't you?
20:42Ethan didn't answer.
20:43The smile on Mia's face deepened.
20:45Fine.
20:46Go ahead.
20:47The moment you leave, I'll take our child and die in front of your house.
20:51Ethan closed his eyes.
20:53At that moment, he finally realized that what he had brought home wasn't a fragile young woman.
20:58It was a disaster that would never end.
21:01After that, he started using different phone numbers to text me.
21:05Avery, I was wrong.
21:06I really can't take this anymore.
21:08Mia won't sign the divorce papers.
21:10She's using the baby to threaten me.
21:12Just let me see you once.
21:13I forwarded every message to my attorneys.
21:15My attorney sent him a formal warning.
21:17Cease all harassment immediately, or we will seek a restraining order.
21:21He stayed quiet for three days.
21:23On the morning of the fourth day, I went downstairs for my usual run.
21:26The elevator doors had barely opened when I saw Ethan standing in the lobby.
21:30He had lost a lot of weight.
21:32His eyes were bloodshot, and his left hand was wrapped in bandages.
21:35He smiled at me as though he had finally found a lifeline.
21:39Avery, I finally got to see you.
21:42I turned to go back into the elevator.
21:45He grabbed my wrist.
21:46Don't go.
21:47My old injury opened up again.
21:49I shook him off, then go to a hospital.
21:51His voice trembled.
21:53You wouldn't have ignored me before.
21:55I looked at the wound on his hand.
21:57Three years ago, I had cried so hard over that injury that I had nearly fallen apart.
22:01But now, all I felt was cold.
22:04Ethan, stop using proof that I once loved you as a reason to keep hurting me.
22:12Ethan unfastened his cuff and exposed.
22:15The burn scars on his arm.
22:18Have you forgotten?
22:20During that wildfire, I almost died right in front of you.
22:24I hadn't forgotten.
22:25The smoke, the sirens, the explosions, and the sight of him carrying me out of the abandoned laboratory building.
22:31While sparks burnt through the skin on his back, I would never forget any of it.
22:35But I also couldn't forget the look in his eyes when he threatened me with that video outside City Hall.
22:42You saved my life, so I once gave you my whole heart.
22:46A flicker of hope appeared in Ethan's eyes.
22:50But you destroyed it with your own hands.
22:52Avery, I just made a mistake.
22:54I never stopped loving you.
22:56Loved me?
22:57I took a step toward him and looked him straight in the eye.
23:01You loved me when you slept with Mia.
23:03You loved me when you registered your marriage with her.
23:06You loved me when you brought her into my marital home.
23:10You loved me when you secretly recorded me and threatened me with it, too.
23:14He was left speechless.
23:15I continued,
23:16Ethan, it's not that you don't know how to love.
23:18You just love yourself the most.
23:23Then what am I supposed to do?
23:25My company is falling apart.
23:27My father wants me to give up my inheritance.
23:29Mia is threatening me with the baby.
23:30You used to help me figure things out.
23:32But that me has died on our wedding night.
23:35His head snapped up.
23:37I took out my phone and called my attorney.
23:41Prepare the restraining order.
23:42Ethan well approached me again.
23:43Ethan looked as though he had been stabbed.
23:45You're really going to do this to me?
23:48You were the one who did it first.
23:50The lobby manager and security guards were already walking over.
23:54Miss Stone, do you need assistance?
23:56I nodded.
23:58Please escort Mr. Well out.
23:59If he comes back again, call the police immediately.
24:04Ethan looked at me and suddenly laughed.
24:06It sounded worse than crying.
24:10You've changed.
24:11I pressed the elevator button.
24:12Yes.
24:13When someone is betrayed once, they have to learn how to survive.
24:17One year later, I handed my U.S. operations over to my team and moved to London to oversee Stone's
24:21European division.
24:22My father still hoped I would reconsider a business marriage.
24:25Just meet him once.
24:26The Carter Group heir.
24:27Clean background.
24:28Steady and reliable.
24:29I had intended to refuse.
24:31But my assistant said,
24:33The meeting is at Blue Bobble Coffee.
24:35It'll be over in half an hour.
24:37So I went.
24:39The moment I pushed open the door, a man looked up at me.
24:42After staring for two seconds, he smiled.
24:46Avery?
24:47I froze too.
24:48Liam?
24:49Liam Carter, my neighbor when I was studying in London.
24:52He used to help walk my dog and I used to show up for his dinners.
24:55He stood and extended his hand with a smile.
24:58Let's properly reintroduce ourselves.
25:00Liam Carter, COO of Carter Group.
25:02And your blind date today.
25:03I was just about to laugh when a sharp scream suddenly rang out behind me.
25:07Avery Stone!
25:07I turned around.
25:08Mia was holding a cup of scalding hot coffee and splashing it straight at me.
25:13The instant the hot coffee came flying toward me,
25:17Liam stepped in front of me.
25:18Scalding coffee splashed across his white dress shirt.
25:22Yet the first thing he said was,
25:24Did it burn you?
25:26I froze.
25:28Mia stood a few steps away.
25:30Her hair disheveled and her eyes wild.
25:32How do you still get to live your life like nothing happened?
25:36Liam moved me behind him, his voice turning cold.
25:40Stay away from her.
25:43Mia pointed at me and screamed.
25:45If it weren't for you, Ethan wouldn't have abandoned me!
25:47The employees and security guards rushed over.
25:50For you, I wouldn't have lost my baby!
25:52You ruined my life!
25:53The manager was sweating nervously.
25:54Ma'am, you need to leave immediately or we'll call the police.
25:57Still struggling to lunge at me, Mia shouted.
25:59Avery, stop acting innocent! You already had everything!
26:02Why did you have to take him away too?
26:04I looked at her and felt nothing but absurdity.
26:05Maya, Ethan deceived you.
26:07And you chose to stay inside that lie.
26:09She froze for a second, then became even more hysterical.
26:11What gives you the right to lecture me?
26:12Even as security dragged Mia outside, she was still crying and screaming.
26:16Liam said coldly,
26:17She has no obligation to clean up the mess for the people who hurt her.
26:20I won't let you get away with this!
26:22None of you deserve to be happy!
26:24At last, the cafe fell silent.
26:27The manager apologized repeatedly and brought over a fresh shirt.
26:31Liam looked down at his disheveled appearance and actually laughed.
26:34Our first official date was a lot more exciting than I expected.
26:38I looked at the reddened skin on the back of his hand.
26:40You should go to the hospital.
26:43Answer me first.
26:45Were you scared?
26:46A little, he nodded.
26:48Then I'll sit a little closer, but I won't touch you.
26:51Something inside my chest suddenly ached.
26:54Ethan always said he loved me, but he never asked whether I was hurting.
26:59After changing into a clean shirt, Liam returned to the table.
27:03I noticed his collar was crooked and couldn't help saying,
27:05Your collar.
27:07He glanced down.
27:10Can you fix it for me?
27:12I hesitated for a moment, then reached out and straightened it for him.
27:16A soft laugh escaped him.
27:21You used to fix my scarf the same way.
27:23I looked up at him.
27:25You still remember that?
27:27I remember a lot of things.
27:30Like your dog's name was Soda.
27:33You didn't drink sweet coffee.
27:35And whenever you were nervous, you'd touch where your ring should be.
27:40Even when you weren't wearing one.
27:42My fingers paused.
27:44Liam took out a small box and set it on the table.
27:48I was going to wait a little longer to say this, but today has already been chaotic enough.
27:52I looked at the ring box.
27:53Don't tell me you're proposing with a ring prepared for a business marriage.
27:57He smiled.
27:58Open it.
28:00I opened the box.
28:02Inside the ring, a line of tiny words was engraved.
28:07Soda's mom.
28:09My eyes instantly burned.
28:11Just then, a scream came from outside the cafe.
28:14Someone has a knife!
28:15I turned around.
28:17Outside the glass doors, Maya was standing on the sidewalk with a knife in her hand.
28:21Blood dripped from the tip.
28:22Ethan was clutching his abdomen, collapsed on a bench behind her.
28:25Mia looked up at me and smiled.
28:29Now it's your turn.
28:32When Mia charged into the cafe with a knife, everyone was screaming.
28:36Liam immediately pulled me behind him.
28:37Don't move.
28:39Covered in blood, Ethan stumbled into the cafe after her.
28:42Mia, stop!
28:43Mia turned to look at him and smiled so hard it looked like she was crying.
28:46You're afraid I'll hurt her?
28:47Even now, you're still afraid I'll hurt her?
28:49Leaning against the doorframe for support, Ethan's face was deathly pale.
28:52This has nothing to do with Avery.
28:54Nothing to do with her?
28:56Mia suddenly burst out laughing.
28:57She pointed at me.
28:58Her voice so shrill it trembled.
29:00The first time you met me, you said my eyes looked like hers!
29:04I froze.
29:05Ethan's expression changed.
29:07Maya, stop talking!
29:08Why shouldn't I?
29:10Mia took a step back after another.
29:13Blood still dropping from the tip of the knife.
29:15You took me shopping for the perfume she liked.
29:17You made me wear the colors she wore.
29:19You even made me copy the way she spoke!
29:21She looked at me, her eyes filled with hatred.
29:24Do you know that every time he held me, he called me by your name?
29:27My stomach churned.
29:28The betrayal was even more disgusting than I had imagined.
29:30Laughing through her tears, Mia said,
29:32I wasn't like this before.
29:33I had a scholarship.
29:34I had just graduated from an Ivy League school.
29:36I had an offer from Wall Street.
29:37I could have had a great future.
29:39She suddenly turned toward Ethan.
29:41You were the one who came after me first.
29:42You were the one who made me think I could beat her.
29:45Ethan's voice was hoarse.
29:46I was wrong.
29:47If you hate someone, hate me.
29:48Of course I hate you!
29:50After shouting those words, Mia looked at me again.
29:52But I hate her too.
29:53She doesn't have to do anything.
29:55People love her, protect her, give her a family, give her status.
29:57All she has to do is stand there, and I'll always be the substitute.
30:01I finally spoke.
30:02I didn't make you become a substitute.
30:03A vicious look flashed through Mia's eyes.
30:05But your existence is my humiliation.
30:09Liam lowered his voice.
30:10We're leaving through the back door.
30:12He pulled me backward.
30:14Suddenly, Mia screamed,
30:15Don't move!
30:17She raised the knife and charged straight at me.
30:21Liam shoved me behind him.
30:22At the exact same moment, Ethan lunged forward too.
30:25The blade came down.
30:26I only felt a sudden warmth across the back of my hand.
30:29Blood splattered onto me.
30:30Ethan was standing in front of me.
30:32His body jerked violently.
30:33Mia froze.
30:34She looked at the knife, then at Ethan.
30:36Her voice broke apart.
30:37Why?
30:37Why did you choose her even at the very end?
30:40Slowly, Ethan turned to look at me.
30:42The arrogance that had once filled his eyes was gone.
30:45All that remained was a wariness that had come too late.
30:48Avery, this time, I didn't let her hurt you.
30:52The sound of sirens drew closer from the distance.
30:55Mia was pinned to the ground by security guards, still screaming hysterically.
30:58Ethan, get up!
30:59You can't do this to me!
31:00Ethan lay in a pool of blood, his fingers twitching slightly.
31:04I knelt on the floor, surrounded by chaos.
31:06Call an ambulance!
31:07Don't touch the knife!
31:08Move back!
31:09Let the paramedics through!
31:10Liam held my shoulders.
31:12Avery, look at me.
31:13Breathe.
31:14I wanted to say I was fine, but no sound came out.
31:17Before Ethan was loaded onto the stretcher, he looked at me one last time.
31:21For a moment, that look reminded me of the boy from the wildfire years ago.
31:25But I knew he wasn't that boy anymore.
31:27And I wasn't the girl who had cried herself apart outside the fire scene anymore.
31:31Long after the ambulance left, the police told me that Ethan didn't wake up.
31:34Mia was arrested on murder charges.
31:36Once again, our names were pushed onto the headlines.
31:38This time, I didn't open a single comment.
31:40I only told my attorney,
31:41You handle everything that follows.
31:43I won't be making any statements.
31:45A few weeks later, I left the United States and returned to London.
31:49For a long time, I couldn't sleep well.
31:52Whenever my phone vibrated, I jolted awake.
31:54Whenever I smelled roses, my stomach turned.
31:57Whenever someone approached too quickly, I instinctively stepped back.
32:00Liam never once said,
32:01You should be over it by now.
32:02He only stood outside my door and asked,
32:05Do you feel like going out today?
32:06I said no.
32:07Then I'll leave breakfast outside the door.
32:09I said I wanted to take a walk.
32:11I'll wait downstairs.
32:12No rush.
32:13One day, I finally asked him,
32:15Don't you ever get tired?
32:16Avery, helping someone heal isn't a sacrifice, so long as she wants me beside her.
32:21My eyes stung, but I smiled.
32:23You really know how to talk.
32:25I'm also very good at making fried eggs.
32:27That's yet to be proven.
32:28When spring arrived, I completed my trauma treatment.
32:31The day I was discharged, Liam was waiting outside.
32:34He wasn't holding roses.
32:36He was holding a bouquet of white tulips.
32:39I don't want to be the person who saves you.
32:42I looked at him.
32:43He took out the ring.
32:44I just want to be the person you're willing to turn around and see.
32:47Inside the band, the engraving was still the same.
32:50So does mom.
32:52I couldn't help laughing.
32:53That engraving is really bad taste.
32:56Liam looked as if he had finally let out a breath he had been holding.
32:59You laughed.
33:00That means I still have a chance.
33:01I held out my hand.
33:03He slipped the ring onto my finger.
33:06There was no live stream, no board meeting, no merger deal, no threats, and no one forcing me to forgive.
33:11The rain-washed streets of London were quiet.
33:13Holding my hand, Liam asked,
33:16Does it hurt?
33:17I shook my head.
33:18No.
33:19At that moment, I finally walked out of that wedding night,
33:22and I finally understood that real love never asks me to prove it through pain.
33:27In the courtroom, Mia sat in her orange prison uniform and smiled at me.
33:32Avery, do you really think you've won just because Ethan is dead?
33:36Her attorney immediately grabbed her arm.
33:38Miss Brooks, be quiet.
33:42But she kept staring at me, her eyes full of venom.
33:46He chose you even when he died, and you won't even shed a single tear for him.
33:51Sitting in the witness box, I tightened my fingers slightly.
33:54Liam sat in the front row of the gallery, watching me through the crowd.
33:58He didn't say a word.
34:01He simply placed a hand over his heart, as if reminding me to breathe slowly.
34:07Miss Stone, the prosecutor asked,
34:09On the day of the incident, did Miss Brooks charge at you with a knife?
34:13I said, yes.
34:14Did Mr. Well step in front of you?
34:17Yes.
34:18Mia suddenly laughed.
34:21Did you hear that?
34:23He loved her.
34:24He always loved her.
34:25That's why I should have killed her.
34:27The defendant will remain silent.
34:29The judge brought down the gavel.
34:31I looked at Mia.
34:32You're wrong.
34:34She froze.
34:36I continued.
34:36The fact that he took the knife for me doesn't mean he loved me.
34:41It only means he finally admitted that everything was caused by him.
34:46Mia's expression changed.
34:47What gives you the right to say that?
34:50At that moment, the prosecutor lifted a sealed evidence bag.
34:54Your Honor, the prosecution moves to play a video statement that Mr. Well left with his private attorney before his
35:00death.
35:01The gallery instantly fell silent.
35:03My heart sank.
35:05Ethan had left another video?
35:09The screen lit up.
35:11The Ethan on screen looked even more exhausted than the last time I had seen him.
35:16Sitting in his attorney's office, he spoke in a hoarse voice.
35:20If something happens to me, please give this statement to the court and to Avery.
35:26Mia stared at the screen.
35:28Ethan said,
35:29I admit that I was the one who approached Mia first.
35:33I had an affair with her while knowing I was about to marry Avery.
35:37I admit that I secretly recorded Avery and used the video to threaten her into staying.
35:46I admit that the collapse of the merger, the losses suffered by shareholders, and Mia's mental breakdown were not Avery's
35:53fault.
35:53He paused.
35:54His eyes were red.
35:57The most despicable thing I did wasn't betraying her.
36:00It was trying to make her bear the consequences after I betrayed her.
36:03You liar!
36:04Ethan, you're lying!
36:06You told me she was too cold!
36:07You told me she didn't understand you!
36:10No one spoke in the courtroom.
36:11Mia suddenly broke down, but Ethan seemed as though he had already known she would react that way.
36:17In a low voice, he said,
36:21Mia, if you're watching this, stop.
36:23I ruined you, but Avery didn't.
36:26Mia screamed and tried to stand up, only to be forced back into her seat by the balafs.
36:32I looked at the screen.
36:33It felt as though a block of ice was pressing against my chest.
36:37I thought I would cry.
36:38But I didn't.
36:40Ethan looked into the camera one last time.
36:43Avery, I'm not asking for your forgiveness.
36:46You don't owe me tears.
36:48You don't owe me remembrance.
36:50And you don't owe me a happy ending.
36:54If possible, liquidate the remaining shares under my name and donate the proceeds to a digital privacy protection fund.
37:01At least let the wrongs I've committed not happen to someone else.
37:34The video ended.
37:35Jealous of me?
37:37I stopped.
37:38Jealous of what?
37:39Tears rolled down her face.
37:41He went crazy for me.
37:43I looked at her and said quietly,
37:45Mia, a man losing control over you doesn't mean he loves you.
37:49A lot of the time it just means he doesn't want to take responsibility.
37:52She froze.
37:53When I walked out of the courthouse, reporters immediately surrounded me.
37:57Miss Stone, will you forgive Mr. Welk?
37:59What do you think of his final testimony?
38:00Are you and Mr. Carter already engaged?
38:03Liam stepped to my side.
38:05No interviews today.
38:06But I stopped.
38:07Every camera immediately turned towards me.
38:10Ethan's testimony will be used to support legislation protecting victims of non-consensual privacy imagery.
38:15As for me personally, I do not accept apologies wrapped in death.
38:18A wave of commotion swept through the reporters.
38:20He did one thing right at the end, but that doesn't erase everything he did wrong before.
38:24Ready to go?
38:24I nodded.
38:26After we got into the car, he took my hand.
38:28You are brave.
38:29Looking out on the San Francisco courthouse, I suddenly smiled.
38:31It wasn't bravery.
38:32I just don't have to bow my head for someone else's mistakes anymore.
38:36So where are we going now?
38:37I looked at him.
38:38City Hall.
38:39He blinked.
38:40Right now?
38:41I nodded.
38:42To apply for a marriage license?
38:44His throat bobbed.
38:46Avery, are you sure?
38:48For the first time, I wasn't afraid of that question.
38:51I'm sure.
38:52Because this time, if I say no, you'll stop.
38:56He tightened his grip on my hand.
38:58Always.
38:59His voice was very soft.
39:01He耳
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