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00:00I walk into the wedding hall in my wedding dress and find an octagon cage standing in the middle of
00:04the stage.
00:08My fiancé, Ryan, takes Chloe, the bridesmaid, by the hand and smiles as he hands me a pair of boxing
00:15gloves.
00:16Lily, it's a family tradition. The bride has to get in the ring with one of the groomsmaid.
00:21I ask Chloe to do it. Just go through the motions.
00:24Looking at Chloe, who usually seems so frail and sickly, I don't think much of it and step into the
00:29ring.
00:45Next thing I know, she lands a pro-level spinning kick to my head.
00:58Lights out.
01:00When I wake up, I'm lying in a hospital bed. Ryan is standing at the foot of the bed, holding
01:04Chloe's hands.
01:05A wedding can't happen without a bride. Chloe is willing to take care of me for you.
01:12You don't mind, right?
01:20I couldn't take the humiliation, so I push my wheelchair to the top of our new home and throw myself
01:26off the roof.
01:30When I open my eyes again, I'm back one month before the wedding.
01:35I am outside the toughest MMA gym in town and push the door open.
01:43Coach Owens gives me a once-over, his eyes stopping on my skinny arms and legs for three seconds before
01:49he laughs.
01:52You want to smash someone's face?
01:54With a body like yours, one slap and you'd hit the floor.
02:00I don't say anything. I take out $50,000 in cash and slam it onto the desk. That's I've saved
02:05over the past two years.
02:07Coach Owens pushes the money back with a look of contempt.
02:11I don't need your money.
02:13I pull down my collar and show him the bruises Ryan left when he hit me drunk.
02:16Coach Owens goes silent for a few seconds.
02:19Then he picks up a liability waiver and gives it to me.
02:22Sign this. If anything happens during training, the gym isn't responsible.
02:28I grab a pen and quickly sign my name.
02:31Coach Owens puts the waiver away and stares at me seriously.
02:34Fine. Starting today, I'll train you at the level of a professional MMA fighter
02:39before retirement.
02:41I nod.
02:43In one month, you'll be begging me to stop.
02:50My first day of training is brutal, but I don't stop.
02:54Again.
02:55Coach Owens nods and the training continues.
02:58That night, I lie in bed, aching all over.
03:00My phone lights up with a message from Ryan.
03:03Babe, I'm handling all the wedding stuff. Just relax and wait to be my bride.
03:07I look at the message. Sit up.
03:09And send him a voice message.
03:11Thanks for working so hard, honey.
03:13I found a limited edition wedding dress.
03:15The deposit is $200,000.
03:17What do you think?
03:18There's silence for two minutes.
03:20Then he replies with one word.
03:22Okay.
03:23I turn off my phone and punch the mirror.
03:25Looked at my reflection in the shattered mirror.
03:28Somehow I felt more complete than ever.
03:30In my last life, he wanted my money my house and nearly took my life.
03:34This time, I'll make him pay.
03:37At work, I discuss wedding dress styles with my colleagues.
03:40Taste wedding cakes.
03:42I play the role of a happy bride perfectly.
03:44After work, I rush straight to the gym.
03:47I put on my protective gear and boxing gloves.
03:50Practicing the moves Coach Owens designed to counter spinning kicks.
03:54Underground fighters use dirty kicks.
03:56You need to turn your body, take the impact away, and get close and strike.
04:02I practice again and again until I back a six-foot sparring partner into the corner.
04:06He instinctively covers crotch.
04:08Coach Owens yelled at you for being a pussy.
04:10But I catch the slight smile on his face.
04:12That night, Sophie comes to pick me up from the gym.
04:15When she sees the bruises all over my arms, her eyes immediately turn red.
04:20Lily, are you crazy?
04:23Why are you putting yourself through this?
04:25I take off my boxing gloves and hand her my phone.
04:28It is a screenshot from a private investigator.
04:31Ryan took out an $83,000 online loan.
04:34$62,000 of it went to a Cartier bracelet.
04:37The recipient is Chloe.
04:41Sophie's eyes go wide.
04:43She's furious that Ryan used borrowed money to buy another.
04:45Woman a bracelet while giving me $9.9 flowers.
04:48She tells me to call off the wedding.
04:50Immediately, I shake my head and put my phone away.
04:53No, I can't call it off.
04:55I need to make him pay back every cent he took from me.
04:59Sophie looks at me differently.
05:01I don't know what you're planning.
05:03But whatever it is, I'm with you.
05:06Three days before the wedding, I received the detective's final recording.
05:09It was recorded in Ryan's car.
05:11Ryan, after the wedding, she'll be done for.
05:15Then we can move into her new house.
05:17A house is nothing.
05:19I'm transferring all her savings out.
05:21That's the only way this wedding is worth it.
05:23I listen to the recording three times, back it up to three cloud drives, and send the detective the rest
05:28of the payment.
05:28Ryan, I wonder if you'll like wedding gift I prepared for you.
05:34Two days before the wedding, Ryan's mother, Diane, comes to my house.
05:37She carries a bag of discounted fruit, sits on my couch, crosses her legs, and gets right to the point.
05:43Lily, you paid for this house before the wedding, right?
05:47Once you marry Ryan, you'll be family.
05:49Add his name to the deed.
05:51I hold my tea and say nothing.
05:53Even Chloe says, a good woman should be more generous.
05:58An outsider telling me what to do, and my future mother-in-law actually thinks it is perfectly fine.
06:02Ridiculous.
06:03I take a deep breath and force a sweet smile onto my face.
06:06You're right, Mom.
06:07Give me the deed.
06:09I'll go to the property office tomorrow.
06:11Diane's face lights up.
06:13She quickly hands me the deed.
06:14This is exactly what she has been, waiting to hear.
06:16I take the deed, see her out, and close the door.
06:19The second the door shuts, my smile disappears.
06:21I take the deed straight to a loan broker.
06:23I'm not adding Ryan's name.
06:25I'm taking out a mortgage.
06:28The house is worth $3.8 million.
06:31I take out a $2.6 million loan, and the money is transferred into Sophie's account that same day.
06:37Ryan will never get a single cent of this house.
06:40When I get home, Ryan brings me a cup of calming tea.
06:43Babe, I made you some tea.
06:46Drink it and get a good night's sleep.
06:49I take the cup and smell something worried.
06:51I pretend to drink it.
06:52When he turns around, I pour the tea into a tissue.
06:57It's good, honey.
06:59He goes outside to make a call.
07:01I hide myself against the wall and listen.
07:05Chloe, she's out cold.
07:08After you take her down the day after tomorrow, she's spending the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
07:14I lock my bedroom door, open my laptop, organize all the evidence into a file named Groom's Greatest Hits.
07:22Set it to autoplay at the wedding.
07:26Wedding morning, 6 a.m.
07:29Sophie comes over to do my makeup.
07:31She pulls the dress out of the bag and holds it up to me.
07:34Her hands shake.
07:35Lily.
07:37Your arms.
07:39Don't look.
07:39Just use more concealer.
07:42After I put on the dress, I stare into the mirror for a long time.
07:45I'm no longer the woman from a month ago trapped in a wheelchair.
07:48At 8 o'clock, the wedding car arrives downstairs.
07:52Ryan is waiting by the car door in a suit.
07:54When he sees me, his eyes light up.
07:56He smiles, opens the back door, and helps me into the car.
08:03Chloe sits in the passenger seat.
08:05She turns around and forces a weak smile.
08:07Lily, you look stunning today.
08:10The wedding car pulls up to the hotel.
08:13We walk into the hall and everyone applauds.
08:16In the center of the stage, where the champagne tower should be, stands an octagon cage.
08:22What is this?
08:26Ryan pats the back of my hand, his tone calm and natural.
08:30Don't be nervous, Lily.
08:31It's a family tradition.
08:33The bride has to get in the ring with one of the groomsmen for a little good luck.
08:37Chloe walks out from behind him, holding a pair of boxing gloves.
08:40Lily, Ryan insists I get in the ring.
08:43We just need to make it look real.
08:46The friends and relatives below start cheering.
08:48The noise gets louder.
08:49I stay silent for a few seconds, then look up into Ryan's eyes.
08:53Fine.
08:54I'll fight.
08:55Ryan freezes.
08:56I pause for a second, then continue.
08:58But I have one condition.
09:00If anything happens in the ring, no one gets to blame anyone else.
09:03We sign a liability waiver first.
09:05I hand Ryan the documents I prepared in advance.
09:08Every term is written out clearly.
09:09He lowers his head and gives them a quick look.
09:12His mouth twitch upward before he can hide.
09:14If Chloe's eyes light up, she steps forward, grabs the pen, and signs her name.
09:18I turn around and hand the documents to Sophie for safekeeping, hidden under my wedding dress.
09:23Then don't expect me to go easy on you.
09:27Chloe is shocked, but her leg is already coming at me.
09:30It cuts through the air, aiming straight for my left temple.
09:33The exact same angle as last time.
09:35But I'm not the same Lily who could barely hold a pair of boxing gloves.
09:40The second she raises her leg, I move.
09:43I step aside, and my right fist shoots up from below.
09:47The uppercut slams into her chin.
09:49The crack echoes through the speakers and across the entire hall.
09:53Chloe's head snaps back.
09:54Blood spills from her mouth.
09:56Her legs give out, and she falls straight backward.
09:59The back of her head hits the mat.
10:01Her arms and legs spread out, and she lies there without moving.
10:04The entire hall goes dead silent.
10:06Over 300 guests freeze.
10:08Their phones still raised, in the air.
10:10No one claps.
10:11No one cheers.
10:12You.
10:14How did you?
10:18I stand in the center of the ring.
10:20A few drops of blood, staining my wedding dress.
10:22The guests who are waiting to watch me make a fool of myself, are now frozen in place.
10:27I roll my wrist, pick up the microphone that near the edge of the ring,
10:30and look across more than 300 shocked faces below.
10:33Ladies and gentlemen, sorry about that.
10:37The groom said this was a family tradition,
10:39that the bride had to get in the ring to receive a blessing.
10:44Well, I've been blessed.
10:46The entire hall falls silent.
10:48Only Chloe's rough breathing can be heard.
10:50Ryan stands below the ring.
10:52The smile on his face is long gone.
10:53His legs are stiff, and he doesn't dare step into the ring.
10:57Behind him, the groom's men exchange looks.
10:59The phones they had ready to record my humiliation are quietly put away.
11:02A few seconds later, Diane finally snaps back to reality.
11:06She pushes past the guests beside her and rushes from her seat toward the ring,
11:10pointing at me and screaming.
11:12Are you insane?
11:13Look what you did to Chloe!
11:18Before Diane can finish, the massive screen in the banquet hall suddenly lights up.
11:23All the lights dim automatically.
11:25Four bold words flash across the screen.
11:28Groom's greatest hits.
11:29The guests who were just blaming me all stop and look at the screen.
11:32The anger on Ryan's face vanishes in an instant.
11:36Panicked, he turns toward the sound booth.
11:38What is this?
11:39Who told you to play it?
11:41Turn it off right now!
11:43The staff stand there, completely confused.
11:46We're not the ones controlling it.
11:48The PlayBout program is locked.
11:50Ryan realizes something is wrong and immediately rushes toward the sound booth.
11:55But before he can touch the equipment,
11:57the sound of a car door closing comes through the speakers.
12:00Then his own voice follows.
12:02Don't listen!
12:04That recording is fake!
12:05No one listens to him.
12:07More than 300 guests go completely quiet.
12:10The recording of Ryan and Chloe plotting the wedding begins to play throughout the hall.
12:16Once we cripple her that day, I'll have her house registered under your name.
12:20Then we'll move in together.
12:21Ryan, you're so bad.
12:23And you love it, don't you, you slut?
12:26More than 300 people turn to look at Ryan at the same time.
12:29His face changes instantly.
12:32Ryan rushes to the sound booth and yanks out the projector's power cord.
12:37The screen goes black for one sec.
12:39Then the hotel's backup projector immediately turns on.
12:42A new image appears.
12:44An $83,000 online loan record.
12:47And the Cartier bracelet receipt.
12:49The recipient is Chloe.
12:51The address is Ryan's rented apartment.
12:53The whispers in the room grow louder.
12:55Ryan completely loses control.
12:57Fake!
12:58Those recordings are all fake!
13:00Turn it off right now!
13:06The whispers below grow louder and louder.
13:09Ryan's mother stands frozen beside the ring, speechless.
13:13The screen continues playing dashcam footage from a parking garage.
13:17In the video, Ryan and Chloe are kissing in the car.
13:21The image is so clear that everyone can see the logo on the Cartier bracelet on Chloe.
13:27After the kiss, Chloe nestles between Ryan's arms and acts sweet.
13:31Ryan, once we get her house and her money, everything will belong to us.
13:36What's the rush?
13:37First we take her house, then we move out her savings.
13:40That's when this marriage will really be worth it.
13:43The whole room's shocked.
13:45Relatives start accusing Ryan.
13:47Ryan's father turns pale and grabs him by the arm.
13:50Are you out of your mind?
13:54Ryan doesn't even have time to answer.
13:56He stares at me.
13:57Lily.
13:58I hold the microphone and look at him calmly.
14:01Ryan, if you trick someone into marriage, you get exposed in public.
14:04That's my family tradition.
14:06I put down the microphone and lift the hem of my dress as I walk down from the ring.
14:10As I pass by Ryan, he reaches out to grab my arm.
14:12I sidestep him and keep walking, without looking back.
14:15Sophie's waiting for me at the door.
14:16I change out of the dress, fold it up, and give it to...
14:18Deanne, here's your wedding dress.
14:20The final $28,000 payment still hasn't been paid.
14:23The invoice is in the pocket.
14:24Deanne takes the dress and says nothing.
14:26I walk out of the hotel in my casual clothes.
14:28Behind me, the guests are whispering, and the Hoffman family is scrambling to explain themselves.
14:33I put on my lipstick and don't look back.
14:35A brand new life is waiting for me.
14:38That afternoon, the video from the wedding goes viral on social media.
14:42People online gave it a title, Bride Coast Bridesmaid, then plays Proof of Groom's Affair.
14:46Wedding guests go wild demanding their gifts back.
14:48The video hits 5 million views in 2 hours.
14:51The comments are all blaming Ryan and Chloe.
14:53The top comment says,
14:54Did this bride train an MMA in her past life and come back in this?
14:57Life for revenge.
14:58When I see that comment, I'm sitting on Sophie's couch eating takeout.
15:01I almost choke on my drink.
15:03In my past life, I wasn't a fighter.
15:05I was the one who got kicked into a wheelchair and fell off a roof.
15:08My phone rings.
15:09It is Ryan.
15:09I pick up.
15:10Lissy, you went too far.
15:11You know my mom's in the hospital because of you?
15:14She's still in the emergency room right now.
15:19I bite into a chicken leg and listen to Ryan, try to guilt, trip me with his parents being in
15:24the hospital.
15:25I only find it ridiculous.
15:27Which ER department, cardiology or neurology, want me to recommend a specialist?
15:33Ryan is left speechless.
15:34I remind him that the first payment on his $83,000 online loan is due today.
15:40After a few seconds of silence, his attitude changes immediately.
15:43He starts using our three-year relationship to beg me to delete the video.
15:47Lily, I know I was wrong.
15:50We've been together for three years.
15:53Can you please delete the video?
15:55In my past life, I trusted him for three years too.
15:59What I got in return was paralysis and betrayal.
16:02Those videos, your 300 guests all have copies on their phones.
16:08Good luck deleting them.
16:10I hear something smash on his end of the line.
16:12Then he threatens to sue me over Chloe's broken jaw.
16:16I wipe my mouth.
16:17Go ahead.
16:21I remind Ryan that the liability waiver was signed by him and Chloe themselves.
16:25It's all there in black and white.
16:27Any injury caused in the ring is the responsibility of the injured party.
16:31Even if Chloe's jaw is broken, it is not on me.
16:35The other end of the phone stays silent for a long time.
16:38Ryan finally realizes it.
16:40From the training, to the evidence gathering, to the waiver.
16:44I never trust them at all.
16:46You set me up!
16:47You were setting me up from the very beginning!
16:50I throw the chicken bone into the trash and grab the remote to change channel.
16:55I learned from you.
16:57Aren't you the best at setting people up?
16:59Ryan hangs up.
17:01Sophie comes out with a plate of fruit.
17:03When she hears Chloe is planning to sue, she immediately gets nervous.
17:06I tell her that with the waiver in place, Chloe won't win.
17:09No matter how expensive her lawyer is.
17:12Sophie finally relaxes.
17:14Then asks about the house.
17:16I check the time.
17:17Soon.
17:18In a few hours, he'll know he's getting nothing.
17:24Three days after the wedding, Diane drags herself to the property registration office, despite being sick.
17:33She originally wants to check the progress of adding Ryan's name to the deed.
17:37Instead, she finds out I mortgaged the house three weeks ago.
17:41The property status clearly shows mortgaged.
17:44But the staff tells her the house was fully paid for by me before the marriage.
17:48So I have every right to handle it however I want.
17:50After making a scene for half an hour, Diane immediately calls Ryan, who is at the hospital with Chloe.
17:58Lily mortgaged the $3.8 million house!
18:01She tricked all of us!
18:05Ryan hangs up and paces back and forth in the hospital hallway.
18:09On the hospital bed, Chloe's jaw has been fixed with metal plates.
18:13But she is still thinking about my house and savings.
18:16When she hears I got $2.6 million from the mortgage, and with my savings, at least $3 million is
18:24already gone.
18:25She immediately asks where the money went.
18:29Where did the money go?
18:31It's all gone.
18:33The house and the money, we won't get a single cent.
18:37Since they got none of the house or savings, Chloe immediately asks about Ryan's online loans.
18:43$83,000 in online loans.
18:45$40,000 in credit card debt.
18:48$28,000 in unpaid wedding fees.
18:51$36,000 for the hotel venue.
18:53Altogether, it's almost $200,000.
18:56They were planning to cover all of it with my money.
18:58But now Ryan has only $1,200 left, and all his credit cards are maxed out.
19:04Chloe doesn't care about his situation at all.
19:06Instead, she keeps asking what he's going to do about her surgery fees.
19:11Where the hell am I supposed to get $30,000 for you?
19:14I already owe $200,000!
19:16Are you going to pay that for me?
19:20That night, Diane rushes to the hospital.
19:22She blames Chloe for everything.
19:24The failed wedding, the mortgaged house, all of it.
19:28Even Ryan looks at Chloe with nothing but disgust now.
19:32Just then, another debt call comes in.
19:35They tell Ryan his first payment is already three days overdue.
19:40This is all your fault, you bitch!
19:43We didn't get the house, and now my son is buried in debt!
19:47You're going to pay for this!
19:48Ryan hangs up without saying a word.
19:51He walks out of the hospital room.
19:53A moment later, the sound of him punching the wall comes from the hallway.
19:59Over the next month, Ryan gets more than a dozen debt collection calls every day.
20:04The collection agency also contacts his parents, co-workers, and college friends,
20:09making sure everyone knows he is not paying his debts.
20:12Robert's old illness flares up from anger.
20:14When he finds out Ryan took out online loans to buy jewelry for Chloe,
20:20he points right in Ryan's face and tears into him.
20:23You borrowed money to buy jewelry for your mistress?
20:27How did I end up with a brainless idiot for a son like you?
20:31After Chloe gets out of the hospital, she moves into Ryan's home.
20:34Diane turns her anger on Chloe and forces her to give back the $62,000 Cartier bracelet.
20:40But Chloe refuses to give it back.
20:42This is Ryan's promise to me.
20:45I got metal plates in my jaw because of him.
20:49Why should I give it back?
20:50Hearing this makes Diane even angrier.
20:53She thought they would get the house and money.
20:55Instead, they got Chloe as another burden.
21:00Diane thinks Chloe ruined her son's wedding.
21:02Not only did Chloe make the Hoffman family,
21:05Lowe's the $3.8 million wedding house,
21:07but she also left Ryan nearly $200,000 in debt.
21:11You think a broken jaw gives you the right to keep a bracelet worth over $60,000?
21:17Who do you think you are?
21:19Chloe looks at Ryan with tears, hoping he will speak up for her.
21:22But Ryan just stares at the debt collection,
21:24notices, and legal letters on the coffee table.
21:27$28,000 in unpaid wedding fees.
21:30$36,000 for the hotel venue.
21:32Plus the online loans and credit card debt altogether.
21:37It comes to $187,000.
21:39And Ryan only makes $6,000 per M-Long.
21:43Ryan looks at the Cartier bracelet on Chloe's wrist.
21:47Finally, he makes his choice.
21:49Give me the bracelet.
21:54Don't make me say it again.
21:56Chloe immediately hides her hand behind her back.
21:58Until now, she finally realizes Ryan is
22:01no longer planning to protect her.
22:06Chloe refuses to hand over the bracelet.
22:08She even uses her injury to force Ryan to take responsibility.
22:13Ryan grabs her wrist and forcibly takes the bracelet off.
22:17Ryan!
22:18I got in that ring for you!
22:21I wouldn't have gotten hurt if it weren't for you!
22:26You can't do this to me.
22:28Ryan holds the bracelet tightly.
22:30He blames Chloe for everything.
22:32The ruined wedding.
22:34The mountain of debt.
22:35You're the one who said her house and money would be ours!
22:39Now all I have is $180,000 in debt!
22:47Tell me, what do you think you deserve?
22:50He takes the bracelet and turns to leave.
22:53Diane follows right behind him, ready to sell it at.
22:56A second-hand shop.
22:58Chloe curls up alone in the corner.
23:00Several red marks are left on her wrist.
23:02She finally understands.
23:04Once she is no longer useful,
23:06Ryan will abandon her without hesitation.
23:11Two months later,
23:13I'm sitting in a cafe in another city
23:15when I receive several screenshots from Sophie.
23:19Girl, it's over.
23:20The first screenshot is a court notice
23:22because Ryan refused to repay his online loans
23:25and unpaid wedding fees.
23:27The court has issued a civil judgment against him.
23:30His paychecks are being taken to cover the debt.
23:33His bank accounts are frozen.
23:34His credit is ruined.
23:36When his company finds out,
23:37they fire him the same day.
23:40The second screenshot is Diane's social media post
23:43of herself on an IV drip.
23:45She blames everyone else for what happened to the Hoffman family.
23:48But no one replies.
23:50Their friends and relatives have already blocked her.
23:53What you're going through now
23:56is nothing compared to what I went through in my last life.
23:59I think Ryan's story is over.
24:01Then I see Sophie's third photo.
24:04Chloe is in it too.
24:12In the photo,
24:13Chloe is wearing an apron
24:14and standing in front of a small diner.
24:16The surgical.
24:18The scar on her jaw is clearly visible.
24:20After being kicked out of Ryan's home,
24:22she has no savings
24:24and can't afford follow-up treatment.
24:26Since her jaw can't take another injury,
24:28she can't go back to underground fighting.
24:30She can only wash dishes.
24:33Every month,
24:34half her paycheck goes toward paying off her credit.
24:36Card debt.
24:40Ryan went to the diner last week.
24:42He tried to force her to pay back
24:43the full price of the Cartier bracelet.
24:46They ended up screaming at each other
24:48at the police station,
24:49airing out every dirty secret they had.
24:53I'm not surprised.
24:54They got together for money.
24:56Now they've completely turned on each other
24:58because of money.
25:00Just as I put down my phone
25:01and unknown number calls.
25:03I answer.
25:04Ryan's exhausted voice comes through the line.
25:07Lily, I really know I was wrong.
25:09Can you lend me $50,000?
25:14Ryan says that if he can get $50,000,
25:17he can pay off the most urgent debts first.
25:20He also promises me.
25:22He will pay back in the future.
25:24But then I think of my last life.
25:25When I fell from the rooftop in my wheelchair,
25:27he was celebrating with Chloe.
25:29Now he is begging me.
25:31Not because he regrets hurting me.
25:33Only because he has nowhere else to turn.
25:36Ryan.
25:38Do you remember what you were doing
25:39when I fell from the rooftop?
25:41Ryan stays silent for a long time.
25:43He has no idea what I'm talking about.
25:45What rooftop?
25:46I don't know what you mean.
25:47I don't explain.
25:48I simply wish him good luck,
25:50hang up,
25:50and block the number.
25:52I grab my bag and walk out of the caft.
25:55Everything that happened in the past is over.
25:57From now on,
25:58I will never hand my life over to anyone again.
26:03I will never hand my life over to anyone again.
26:03I will never hand my life over to anyone again.
26:03I will never hand my life over to anyone again.
26:03I will never hand my life over to anyone again.
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