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00:00On the day I found out I was pregnant, my husband's mistress called into my late-night radio show.
00:05On live air, Delilah humiliated me, bragging that my husband hadn't loved me in years, and that she had won
00:10completely.
00:10Even my husband of seven years admitted it. He told me Delilah couldn't live without him.
00:19Instead of screaming or demanding answers, I simply hid my pregnancy report and filed for divorce.
00:28Yet, his cruelty didn't stop.
00:31He forced me, while pregnant, to act as a shield to protect Delilah from online backlash.
00:37Right after my miscarriage, he forced me out of my hospital bed just to give it to Delilah, who wasn't
00:43even sick.
00:54The moment our divorce was finalized, my husband texted me, Scarlett, wait for me at home.
01:01But by the time he got back, I had already claimed all his assets and boarded a flight to Europe.
01:08All I left behind for him was a divorce certificate, a miscarriage report, and the devastating truth that would make
01:19him regret.
01:25I've been a late-night radio host for ten years.
01:28I listen to their relationship problems and offer some advice.
01:32Tonight is our Christmas special, as New York's first snow falls.
01:40It's also my seventh wedding anniversary, with law professor Sebastian Hart.
01:45Thinking of how thrilled Sebastian will be to hear I'm pregnant, I dial his number.
01:50After three calls, his phone is turned off.
01:53He once promised he'd always answer my calls no matter what.
01:57Tonight, he's gone off the grid.
01:59Scarlett, we have a caller!
02:03Scarlett, I'm in love with a married professor.
02:06Today is his seventh anniversary.
02:07A married professor?
02:09But when I told him I cut my finger, he abandoned his wife to rush to me.
02:14You understand being a homewrecker is unethical, right?
02:17So what?
02:21His wife just called three times, and he ignored them all.
02:25My hands tremble as I dial Sebastian again.
02:27Still off.
02:28A video arrives from an unknown number.
02:30At a private club, Sebastian peels a crawfish and gently feeds her the meat.
02:35She is draped in his black coat.
02:36I finally realize my husband is having an affair.
02:44I've been married to Sebastian for seven years.
02:48As a law professor, he's incredibly picky about his food.
02:52He once claimed crawfish was just poor man's food, and peeling them was beneath him.
02:59Yet now, he's lowering himself to peel crawfish for that girl.
03:06Seven years ago, we fell in love at First Snow.
03:09I was a radio rookie.
03:11Sebastian, the youngest associate professor at Columbia Lawscore, was our guest speaker.
03:16I cried in the stairwell after being scolded for a script error, and he handed me a tissue.
03:22Soon, he filled my life.
03:25He stayed up all night during my fever.
03:27He used the law to shield me from the internet trolls.
03:31When he proposed, he presented his prenup and proof of assets.
03:36Scarlet, if I ever betray you, take my fortune and kick me out.
03:41Late at night, Sebastian walks into the house, smelling of a young girl's perfume.
03:47Eleven.
03:49Overhearing his phone call with his friend, I freeze.
03:53Are you insane?
03:54Taking Delilah Steele to a private club?
03:57What if Scarlet finds out?
03:59Delilah is important to me.
04:01She grew up in an orphanage, and I've sponsored her for ten years.
04:05She worked so hard to get into a top university just to be near me.
04:09How could I turn her away?
04:13So, are you going to divorce Scarlet and marry her?
04:19Divorce?
04:20How could I ever divorce Scarlet?
04:22Scarlet is the wife I handpicked.
04:24She's independent, strong, and the most perfect Mrs. Hart to stand by my side.
04:28But Delilah is different.
04:30She's vulnerable.
04:31She can't live without me.
04:33I must protect her.
04:35But the title of Mrs. Hart will always belong to Scarlet.
04:38The pregnancy report in my pocket was supposed to be my anniversary gift to him.
04:43In the morning, I call my private attorney.
04:46My husband cheated.
04:48Trigger the divorce process based on our prenup.
04:50I want him to leave with absolutely nothing.
04:52I email last night's show recording and the video from the unknown number to my attorney.
04:58Mrs. Hart?
04:59The prenup is valid.
05:00Your divorce certificate will be ready in three days.
05:03By then, you will take everything Sebastian owns.
05:06I contact my station manager.
05:09I've made up my mind.
05:10I'll take the advanced training in Europe.
05:13After hanging up, I book a flight out of the country for three days from now.
05:19Baby, Mommy will raise you alone.
05:27Scarlet?
05:29Happy seventh anniversary.
05:32I'm ignoring him.
05:34I sit across from him.
05:37Sign this after breakfast.
05:38It's a public apology.
05:40It asks me to admit that last night's show was scripted, that I violated a listener's privacy, and that I'm
05:46responsible for the cyberbullying.
05:50What do you mean?
05:52Last night's recording leaked.
05:54Everyone online is trashing that girl for being a homewrecker.
05:57It triggered her depression.
05:59If you take the blame, you can protect her.
06:02Sebastian, just because Delilah is your charity case, I have to take the fall?
06:07You know, Scarlet, it's not what you think.
06:10She's too vulnerable.
06:12She needs my protection.
06:13Under the crushing stress, a sharp pain rips through my belly.
06:18Sebastian, my stomach hurts so bad.
06:26Sebastian, get over here.
06:28Delilah's at the campus lake.
06:29She's going to jump to prove her innocence.
06:31Sebastian, don't go.
06:33Take me to the hospital.
06:39Sebastian looks down at me.
06:41His eyes hold no sympathy, only irritation.
06:45Enough.
06:47Stop using these cheap tricks to guilt trip me.
06:49Delilah's life is in danger.
06:51I have to go.
06:55I collapse onto the floor, clutching my agonizing lower belly as blood drips down my inner thighs, staining the floorboards.
07:02No.
07:03My baby.
07:06Please, save my baby.
07:08My belly hurts so bad.
07:10I lie on a stretcher, rushed into the ER.
07:13My dress soaked through with blood.
07:17She's in critical condition, hemorrhaging from a miscarriage.
07:20We need to perform an immediate DNC.
07:22Get her family to sign the consent form.
07:23I don't have any family.
07:26Doctor, I'll sign it myself.
07:28I hold the pen, my fingertips trembling uncontrollably from the blood loss and pain.
07:34The moment the anesthesia floods my body, my tears fall once again.
07:39I'm so sorry, baby.
07:41Mommy couldn't protect you.
07:48When I wake up again, it's the next afternoon.
07:51That host is pure evil.
07:54She cyberbullied an innocent student just for ratings.
07:57I see a press conference playing on her screen.
07:59The lawyer at the center of the frame is my husband, Sebastian.
08:03Mrs. Scarlett Ford, the radio host, maliciously manipulated public opinion to attack Ms. Steele, causing her severe emotional distress.
08:10As her attorney, I will be filing a defamation lawsuit against Ms. Ford.
08:15He is a flawless lawyer.
08:16He found the quickest way to kill the backlash by dumping all the filth on me.
08:21To protect Delaina, he destroyed the 10-year career I built with my own sweat and tears.
08:29You evil woman.
08:31You deserve to lose your child.
08:33Hurried foot thefts echo outside.
08:37Professor Hart, we have no vacant private wards.
08:40Get room 302 ready.
08:41That's my wife's room.
08:42She will cooperate and switch.
08:44I can't believe my ears.
08:46Gasping through the agonizing pain in my belly and heart, I force my heavy eyes open.
08:50Sebastian.
08:52How could you do this to me?
09:01Professor Hart, it's all my fault.
09:03Please don't upset Mrs. Hart.
09:05Scarlet, give up the bed.
09:07Delaina is having a panic attack.
09:08I've checked.
09:09You only have a minor stomach issue.
09:11Medical resources should go to those in actual danger.
09:14Their cruelty caused my miscarriage.
09:16While I signed the DNC consent form, he was holding a press conference to condemn me.
09:21Now, he's snatching my bed for her.
09:23What if I refuse?
09:25This is your suspension notice, Scarlet.
09:30If you don't vacate the bed, you will lose your job forever.
09:34How can you threaten me with a suspension?
09:36You're too selfish.
09:38You almost got Delaina killed.
09:40Now move.
09:42Fine.
09:42I bear the excruciating pain, get out of bed, and pull out my IV.
09:47Blood gushes from the back of my hand.
09:50What are you doing, Scarlet?
09:52This cheap guilt trip is pathetic.
09:55Ignoring him, I walk out.
09:57Sebastian calls out suddenly.
09:59Stop.
10:01Why do you look so pale?
10:02Is it really just a stomach issue?
10:05Haven't you already verified that, Professor Hart?
10:10Shivering in my hospital gown, I step out into the heavy snow.
10:14I try to request an Uber, but the screen flashes.
10:17Payment declined.
10:19All four of my cards are blocked.
10:21No one could do this but Sebastian.
10:26I have no choice but to walk home.
10:34Scarlet, don't think your pathetic acts can instruct justice.
10:37You transferred key evidence of the cyberbullying, so I've filed to freeze your assets.
10:43What did you say?
10:44You have the original recording.
10:45I must destroy it before you weaponize public opinion again.
10:50Sebastian, I just had surgery.
10:51I didn't even have money for a ride.
10:54Did you want me to die out there?
10:56I checked your medical records.
10:58You didn't have surgery.
11:00How many more lies are you going to tell?
11:02My heart goes completely numb.
11:05The recording is in my office desk drawer.
11:07Satisfied?
11:08I've already emailed the file to my attorney anyway.
11:11It doesn't matter if the original is destroyed.
11:15Lila, don't be afraid.
11:16I'm coming back to the hospital right now.
11:22Scarlet, I'll stay with Delia tonight.
11:24I'll come back tomorrow to be with you.
11:26Stop throwing tantrums.
11:30Tomorrow, I'll be gone.
11:37As soon as Sebastian leaves, my phone rings.
11:43A woman's voice comes through.
11:44Mrs. Hart, I just said I was scared, and he abandoned you to rush to me.
11:52And your point?
11:53To tell you the truth, I orchestrated that entire cyberbullying attack.
11:57I don't even have depression.
12:01Aren't you afraid I'll expose the truth?
12:04You've lost your job.
12:06Your cards are frozen.
12:07What do you have left to fight me with?
12:08Even Sebastian only believes me.
12:11Divorce Sebastian now.
12:13The title of Mrs. Hart is mine.
12:16Delilah has no idea we're already divorced.
12:19And I will get all of his assets.
12:23The next morning, a courier delivers our divorce decree.
12:28Delilah still isn't feeling well.
12:30I'll be home later.
12:32Mrs. Hart, today, all of Sebastian's assets legally belong to you.
12:36I finally breathe a sigh of relief.
12:39I place the divorce decree in the DC consent form right in the center of the coffee table.
12:43Before my flight takes off, I send Sebastian the recording of Delilah admitting she isn't sick,
12:48then block his number.
12:52Sebastian, this is my seventh anniversary gift to you.
12:57In the hospital room, Sebastian stares at his phone.
13:01He pictures my frail figure, fading into the blizzard, his grip tightening on the device.
13:07Sebastian, my head hurts so much.
13:10The doctor reviews medical records and sighs.
13:12It's a headache triggered by her depression.
13:13She needs three days of observation.
13:15Tears well up in Delilah's eyes as she cluffs his sleeve.
13:18Don't leave me, Sebastian.
13:19Please.
13:21I'm scared.
13:22Sebastian rubs his temples.
13:26He texts me.
13:27Delilah is sick.
13:28I'll be home late.
13:29Wait for me.
13:33Setting the phone the night's dad, he steps out to fetch warm water.
13:40Delilah's weak visage instantly vanishes.
13:42She grabs his phone.
13:43The screen lights up with an audio recording from me.
13:46She plays it.
13:47Her own voice echoes out.
13:49I orchestrated the cyberbullying.
13:51I was never sick.
13:52Delilah's face twists with rage.
13:54That bitch.
13:54She recorded me.
13:55She hits delete, erasing the audio forever.
13:59Scarlet, you lose.
14:03Three days later, Sebastian finishes looking after Delilah at the hospital and returns home, exhausted.
14:10He expects to see me yielding with teary eyes, just like during every fight in our seven years together, with
14:15an apology letter and warm food.
14:17But when he pushes the door open, the house is dark and freezing cold.
14:22The slippers he kicked aside in anger three days ago still lie scattered in the exact same spot, suppressing his
14:28irritation.
14:28Sebastian flicks on the living room light.
14:35Scarlet, stop throwing tantrums, Delilah is stable now, and we can talk this through calmly.
14:39Only a dead silence fills the air.
14:43With a grim expression, he walks into the living room.
14:46His gaze locks on the center of the coffee table.
14:49Two documents lie there.
14:50The one on top is the divorce decree, signed by me.
14:53Beneath the divorce decree lies another slip of paper.
14:55As the glaring words on the form register, his pupils instantly contract.
15:00His keys crash heavily to the floor, and his fingertips begin to tremble violently.
15:04It's a hospital consent form for a D&C procedure.
15:07On the patient's signature line is my name.
15:13Scarlet was pregnant?
15:17The date is exactly six days ago.
15:19That day, he abandoned me while I was in agonizing abdominal pain, rushing out without looking back to save Delilah.
15:25The electronic lock beeps outside.
15:28Cole walks in.
15:29Cole is about to tease the motionless Sebastian when his eyes land on the coffee table.
15:34Cole snatches up the documents.
15:36His face goes pale, his hands trembling.
15:39What is this?
15:39A D&C?
15:41Scarlet had a miscarriage?
15:42Sebastian, are you insane?
15:44Your pregnant wife was bleeding out on an operating table while you were comforting Delilah?
15:48Sebastian stares at the paper, his hands tightening.
15:52After a moment, he snatches it back from Cole and sneers.
15:55Cole, you're a lawyer.
15:57Don't just look at the surface.
16:01Do you really think a pregnant woman bleeding out could walk home alone?
16:05Besides, Scarlet loves me too much to ever divorce me.
16:10Cole is utterly stunned.
16:13So, this and the divorce decree are fake?
16:19Sebastian pinches the bridge of his nose, exuding a sense of absolute control.
16:23Scarlet knows exactly what matters to me.
16:27She knows throwing a tantrum won't work, so she faked this surgery form to test my limits and force me
16:32to compromise.
16:33But what about the blood on it?
16:35How hard is it to buy animal blood?
16:40He sneers, his voice dripping with contempt.
16:42She's blacklisted online and penniless.
16:46All she has is her title as Mrs. Hart.
16:49Where else can she go?
16:50He completely forgets the prenuptial agreement he once signed.
16:54When she faces reality, she'll crawl back in less than two weeks.
16:57He is too confident, believing he holds my life in his hands.
17:02But time becomes a razor, carving away at his sanity.
17:07Half a month passes, and I have vanished, without a trace.
17:20I haven't used any of my bank cards, let alone crawled back crying, as he expected.
17:30New York is hit by a second heavy blizzard.
17:34Sebastian returns home, dead drunk, from a banquet to manage Delilah's PR crisis.
17:39As he opens the door, sharp pain surges through his stomach.
17:47He curls up in agony, reaching a trembling hand into the empty air.
17:53Scarlet, get my medicine. My stomach hurts.
17:57Only a dead silence answers him.
17:59There are no rushing footstamps, no warm hands massaging his stomach, and no glass of warm water.
18:07He snaps his eyes open, struggles up in the dark,
18:12and frantically turns on every light.
18:16He notices that my favorite plants in the corner have completely withered and died.
18:23He stumbles into the closet and flings the doors open.
18:29It is filled with his suits, but my neatly ironed shirts are gone.
18:38The entire house feels completely devoid of warmth.
18:44The next morning, Sebastian gets into his car with a splitting headache, heading to the office.
18:49Out of habit, he turns on the radio.
18:51In the past, morning music would fill the car.
18:54And at ten at night, my familiar voice would always chime in.
18:57This is the late night station, I'm Scarlet.
18:58But now, only harsh, static screech.
19:01Sebastian slams on the brakes.
19:03He stares blankly at the screen, gripping the steering wheel until his knuckles turn white.
19:06He gasps for air, a sudden panic seizing his heart.
19:09He realizes he has long been used to my care, my voice, and the organized home.
19:15He always thought I was the one who couldn't survive without him.
19:18Frantic, his trembling fingers dial Cole.
19:20Cole, find her. Use every connection we have.
19:23With bloodshot eyes, his voice cracks completely.
19:25Check her travel records. Check all flights.
19:27She couldn't have vanished into thin air. Find her and bring her back!
19:32Cole is silent for a long time before sighing.
19:35Sebastian, are you finally admitting that you regret this?
19:38Sebastian snaps back immediately.
19:39I don't regret anything.
19:40I just want to ask why she faked the divorce decree and the surgery form.
19:44To find any trace of me, he drives straight to the city hospital.
19:47Using all his influence, he forces the director to pull up the security footage from the OBGI emergency room and
19:52corridors.
19:53In the surveillance room, he stares at the flashing time stamp on the main screen.
19:56It is three months ago, the morning he abandoned me at home to save Delina.
20:00Mr. Hart, the footage is ready.
20:02The tape plays. The emergency lobby doors slide open.
20:04In the raging blizzard, a frail figure in a dark dress is rushed in on a grunny.
20:08It is me. My skirt is drenched in shocking crimson blood.
20:11My face pale as a ghost.
20:13Sebastian's breathing stops, his eyes turning bloodshot.
20:16Scarlet.
20:18The doctor's anxious voice echoes from the speakers.
20:21Where is the family? The patient has a miscarriage and severe hemorrhaging. We need a signature.
20:26Then comes my faint murmur.
20:28No family. I'll sign it myself.
20:31On screen, biting my lower lip, my trembling hand signs the DEC consent form.
20:35There are no tears, no hististrics.
20:37Sebastian slams his fist onto the control console and bends over, reaching violently.
20:41Mr. Hart, are you alright?
20:43Get out.
20:44With bloodshot eyes, he watches the screen.
20:47He is finally witnessing my suffering.
20:49While I was hemorrhaging and signing with my remaining strength,
20:53he was hosting a press conference to defend Delina.
20:55Suddenly, hurried footsteps shatter the silence of the room.
20:58Cole rushes in, clutching a hard drive.
20:59Sebastian.
21:01I hired hackers to dig up Delilah's actual hospital records.
21:04Sebastian snaps his head up, staring at the hard drive.
21:07What did you find?
21:08Delilah never had depression.
21:10No panic attacks either.
21:11She lied about everything.
21:15Cole plugs the hard drive into another computer, pulling up recovered hidden folders.
21:19Look at these.
21:20These are Delilah's chat logs with her friends.
21:21She shredded and deleted them three months ago, but they were just recovered.
21:24Chat records flash across the screen.
21:26That old conservative professor is so guillible.
21:28Today I played the victim, and he put his coat on me and even pelled crawfish for me.
21:31Leela, his wife is a famous TV host.
21:33Can you really afford to mess with her?
21:35Just watch how I ruin her during tonight's special radio show.
21:38I'll call in to trigger her.
21:40If she loses her temper, I'll hire a click farm to edit the audio, post it, and claim she bullied
21:43me.
21:44Sebastian's blood completely freezes.
21:46Cole pulls up a bank statement and an audio recording.
21:49In the audio, Delilah's voice echoes, negotiating with a click farm boss in a bar.
21:53Cut and edit this recording, then buy a trending topic.
21:56I want to utterly ruin Scarlet online.
21:58Tomorrow, I'll go to the school lake and fake a suicide.
22:01Sebastian always falls for that.
22:03Sebastian kicks the chair in front of him.
22:07Fake.
22:08It was all fake.
22:12He was played like a fool by a female student he thought needed his protection.
22:17She never had depression.
22:18The panic attack by the school lake was fake.
22:21Her self-harm tendencies in the emergency room were fake too.
22:23With fake illnesses and hypocritical tears, she easily shattered his sanity.
22:27She tricked him into destroying my career, freezing my bank cards, and worse,
22:31abandoning me restlessly when I was hemorrhaging from a miscarriage and needed him most.
22:35Radiating a suffocating murderous era, he turns and storms out of the surveillance room.
22:38Half an hour later, in the private ward.
22:41Wearing a hospital gown, Delilah leans against the headbade,
22:43comfortably enjoying the top-tier medical care fund by Sebastian's thousands of dollars a day.
22:47With a loud bang, the heavy door is kicked off its hinges, slamming hard against the wall.
22:51Delilah screams and looks up, met by Sebastian, who is covered in snow, his knuckles dripping blood.
22:55His eyes are bloodshucked as he steps toward her.
22:57Sebastian?
23:01Delilah's face goes deathly pale.
23:03Though terrified, she immediately puts on her practiced pitiful look.
23:06Shrinking back, she clutches her chest, her voice weak and trembling.
23:09Sebastian, you're finally here.
23:11That was so loud, I'm scared.
23:12My heart is beating so fast, isn't my panic attack coming back?
23:15Habitially, she reaches out, trying to grab his sleeve.
23:17Yes, you damn well should be scared.
23:20Without another word, he lunges forward.
23:22Before Delilah can react, he grips her throat in a chokehold, violently pinning her against the wall.
23:26Delilah's face instantly turns purple, her hands clawing desperately at his arm.
23:29Sebastian, let me go.
23:31I can't breathe.
23:32It hurts.
23:32She struggles to squeeze out a few tears, only to hear his beast-like growl.
23:35You dare keep lying!
23:37His eyes are crimson, the murderous intent in his gaze freezing into ice.
23:40You were never sick.
23:44He slams the voice recorder right in front of Delilah's face and blasts the volume to the maximum.
23:49Delilah's malicious sneer instantly erupts from the speaker.
23:52Watch how I ruin her on tonight's show.
23:54If she loses her temper, I'll hire a click farm to edit the audio and claim she bullied me.
23:59Delilah's peoples dilate in sheer terror, her voice cracking instantly.
24:02No, it's not true.
24:04Sebastian, let me explain.
24:05That recording is fake.
24:07Fake.
24:08His grip tightens around her throat until his knuckles turn a ghostly white.
24:11You killed my unborn child with your lies.
24:14You tricked me into stealing Scarlet's hospital bed and destroying her career.
24:17Staring at her choking, twisted face, he feels utterly sick to his stomach.
24:21You disgust me.
24:24You don't even deserve to utter her name.
24:25Right before she blacks out, he flings her away.
24:28Delilah crashes to the floor, clutching her throat and coughing violently.
24:33Sebastian, I was wrong.
24:35I only did it because I love you so much and was jealous.
24:38Please forgive me.
24:38He kicks her away ruthlessly, watching her crawl on the floor.
24:41Since you love faking mental illness, I'll grant your wish.
24:45Cole!
24:45Cole enters immediately, accompanied by two burly bodyguards and one legal assistant.
24:49First, sue her for extortion, cyberbullying, and defamation.
24:52Make sure she is buried under massive debt.
24:54Second, submit evidence of her moral misconduct to her university and get her expelled immediately.
25:00Sebastian!
25:00You're driving me to my death!
25:03He squats down, locking his eyes on her like a demon.
25:07Third, you've always faked severe schizophrenia and panic disorders, right?
25:11As your legal representative, I've signed your involuntary medical commitment papers.
25:14Since you're so sick, you'll be locked in a maximum security psychiatric facility.
25:18Delilah finally understands his terrifying intent, her body convulsing in sheer panic.
25:24No!
25:25I'm not crazy!
25:27I won't go to an asylum!
25:31Sebastian looks at her like she's a piece of trash.
25:35Too late.
25:36Find the absolute harshest asylum and send her there.
25:39You will be locked up with real psychopaths, fed nerve-destroying pills, and put through electroshock therapy every single day.
25:46Without my signature, you will never get out.
25:50Stay there for the rest of your life.
25:53Ignoring Delilah's frantic struggles, the bodyguards gag her with a cloth and drag her out.
26:01Silence returns to the ward.
26:04Delilah has received the ultimate punishment.
26:07Yet, Sebastian stands in the middle of the empty, messy room.
26:13The cold wind blows through his shirt, but he feels absolutely no pleasure from his revenge.
26:20He punished the culprit.
26:22But I, whom he wounded so deeply with his laws and logic, will never return.
26:30Scarlet.
26:32His knees buckle, and he collapses heavily onto the cold floor, burying his face in his hands.
26:38From that day on, the arrogant professor Sebastian Hart is dead.
26:45For the past two years, I rarely inquired about news back home.
26:50Sebastian has been looking for me all over the world like a lunatic who lost his mind.
26:55But what does that have to do with me?
26:57After leaving him, I went to Europe for further studies.
27:00Now, I am a world-renowned media tycoon and have founded Europe's largest independent media empire.
27:05Two years later, a global summit is held at the International Convention Center.
27:09As the honorary chairperson, I am scheduled to make the grand finale appearance.
27:13My fiancé, Adrian, walks into the dressing room.
27:16The heir to a top European aristocratic family.
27:18He possesses staggering wealth and status.
27:21But to me, he has nothing but ultimate tenderness.
27:23It's time for us to go out.
27:24I take his arm, and we walk into the main hall together under countless spotlights.
27:28Suddenly, a violent crash echoes from the main entrance.
27:32Chaos and the angry roars of security guards immediately follow outside.
27:36Stop!
27:37You can't go in there!
27:38Show your pass!
27:40Let me go!
27:41Get lost!
27:42I want to see her!
27:44Scarlet!
27:46My footsteps halt.
27:48In the next second, the heavy doors are slammed open.
27:51The security guards fail to stop the matted man as he storms into the venue.
27:54The entire hall instantly falls into a dead silence.
27:56It is Sebastian.
27:58The once brilliant legal genius who used to hold decency and rules above all else.
28:02Now he looks like an absolute vagrant, panting heavily, his chest heaving.
28:05The moment his gaze locks onto me, he freezes completely, tears pouring down his face.
28:10Scarlet, it's really you.
28:11I finally found you.
28:13He trips embarrassingly on the red carpet, stumbling as he rushes forward.
28:15Protect Mrs. Scarlet!
28:18Adrian also shields me behind his back, his gaze turning icy cold.
28:22Yet, Sebastian pays no attention to anyone else.
28:24Before the eyes of the entire crowd, the once arrogant Sebastian drops straight to his knees at my feet.
28:30A collective goss ripples through the crowd as camera flashes go wild.
28:35Sebastian kneels at my feet, looking up with a deathly pale face.
28:40Scarlet, I've searched for you for two whole years.
28:43He weeps hysterically, completely stripping away his dignity.
28:47I uncovered the truth and I locked Delilah in an asylum.
28:50Please forgive me.
28:50Come home with me, please.
28:51I look down at him quietly, my eyes completely devoid of emotion.
28:55Darling, do you want me to have the guards throw him out?
28:58I smile gently at Adrian.
29:00No, I'll handle him.
29:02I stare at Sebastian with ultimate indifference.
29:05Sebastian, do you honestly think putting her in an asylum will bring back my miscarried baby?
29:10We've been divorced for two years.
29:13Stop harassing me.
29:14Sebastian unleashes a gut-wrenching, agonizing wail.
29:18Security, drag him out.
29:19Several guards rush forward and drag Sebastian toward the exit.
29:23I turn around elegantly, take Adrian's arm, and walk toward the stage under countless flashing lights.
29:28Not once do I look back.
29:31At 8 p.m., I finish my meeting and walk out of the building.
29:35A thin figure launch it from the side, only to be kicked heavily to the concrete by a bodyguard.
29:40Scarlet, I've searched for you for two years.
29:42I won't give up on you easily.
29:44His eyes are full of pleading, begging for a trace of our past warmth.
29:48Standing under a black umbrella, I elegantly adjust my white cashmere coat.
29:51Security, drag him away.
29:52If he keeps harassing me, call the police.
29:54Kneeling in the snow, Sebastian blocks the car door, shaking his head frantically.
29:57A look of madness flashes his eyes as a trembling hand pulls a dagger from his coat.
30:01You hate me for leaving you to bleed out alone, don't you?
30:03Today I'll pay you back!
30:04Without hesitation, he plunges the dagger straight into his abdomen.
30:08Scalding blood gushes from his wound.
30:10He collapses into a pool of blood, curling up in agony.
30:13Scarlet, look, I'm bleeding too.
30:17He stretches out a trembling, blood-stained hand, weakly reaching toward me.
30:21I've returned all the blood to you.
30:23Scarlet, please forgive me and come home.
30:26He believes that sacrificing his dignity and self-harming on the street will make me look back.
30:30But reality is brutal.
30:31I look down at him, my eyelids not even twitching.
30:33Calmly, I pull out my phone and call corporate security.
30:36There is a lunatic hurting himself at the entrance, getting blood everywhere.
30:39Call an ambulance.
30:40Also, send a cleaning crew with disinfectant to wash the pavement.
30:43Don't let dirty blood ruin tomorrow's reception for foreign guests.
30:46Sebastian freezes, staring at me in utter despair.
30:49Without sparing him another glass, I step into the back of my Maybach.
30:51No!
30:52Scarlet, don't go!
30:54He lunges for the tires, but the driver swerves sharply and speeds away.
30:57In the rearview mirror, he unleashes a gut-wrenching wail and collapses, completely blacking out.
31:03A month later, I hold a public book signing.
31:07Midway through, chaos erupts.
31:09A man suddenly pulls out a knife and charges at me.
31:12Die, you bitch!
31:14Panic screams fill the hall, and a figure leaps from my side.
31:17Sebastian tackles me to the ground, shielding me with his broad back.
31:20The blade plunges into his back, and he screams in pain.
31:24A gunshot echoes as a bodyguard shoots the attacker dead.
31:27Lying over me, Sebastian bleeds profusely from his back.
31:30Scarlet, don't be afraid.
31:32I've got you.
31:33He spasms violently, forcing a humble smile.
31:36This time, I don't care about anyone else.
31:38I only protect you.
31:40I'm paying with my life for our baby.
31:42Do you still hate me?
31:43He looks at me with desperate hope.
31:45He thinks trading his life for mine will finally wash away his sins and earn my tears.
31:49I only look indifferently at the guards.
31:51Someone, drag him off me.
31:55Hearing my voice, the security guards rush forward and pull Sebastian off me.
31:58He falls helplessly to the side, spitting up blood.
32:01I dust off my coat and stand up.
32:03Mrs. Scarlet, are you alright?
32:05I turn around, looking down at Sebastian from a height.
32:09Sebastian, when I was hemorrhaging in the ER, you forced me to resign and even made me give up my
32:13hospital bed just to protect that fraud Delilah.
32:15Now you take a few blades for me and you think everything is wiped clean?
32:18No, I just wanted to pay you back with my life.
32:21You think just because you're dying, I have to forgive you?
32:23Sebastian, you don't deserve it.
32:25Hearing you don't deserve it, the final glimmer of light in his eyes dies out.
32:29I turn to leave without a second glance.
32:32Security, take him to the hospital.
32:34Adrian is waiting for me outside.
32:36The smell of blood is making me sick.
32:37I walk away in my high heels as Sebastian passes out in his own blood.
32:43Later, my secretary reports on Sebastian's condition.
32:46He survived a month on a ventilator in the ICU.
32:49The day he was transferred to a regular ward happened to be the day Adrian and I had our wedding
32:53of the century at a European castle.
32:55The television broadcasts our wedding live.
32:57From his hospital bed, Sebastian stares at me in my haute couture gown, smiling brightly at Adrian.
33:02Cole tries to unplug the TV, but Sebastian pushes him away.
33:05She's so beautiful.
33:07Cole, my scarlet is so beautiful today, but the man by her side isn't me anymore.
33:11After his release, Sebastian begs to see me one last time.
33:14My secretary rejects him outright.
33:16Donate all the assets I received from Sebastian two years ago to charity.
33:20With nothing left, Sebastian moves to the slums.
33:23He goes completely insane, developing schizophrenia.
33:26Retrieving a battered cad from a trash heap, he scrubs it clean.
33:29Baby, daddy made a room for you.
33:32Scarlet, bring our baby home.
33:35Seven years after our wedding, Adrian and I live a blissful life with our lovely daughter.
33:39On Christmas seven years later, a blizzard hits New York.
33:43In the freezing 20 below zero cold, Sebastian curls up beside the battered crib.
33:47He bites open a bottle of sleeping pills, pours the entire bottle into his mouth, and swallows them with difficulty.
33:54As death approaches, he clutches a piece of paper to his cheek.
33:58It is the decent sense form I signed alone in the ER all those years ago.
34:03Before his consciousness sinks into the abyss, my gentle, warm voice from the late night radio seems to echo in
34:09his ears.
34:11He dies alone on that Christmas Eve.
34:16Snow falls silently over Paris as our daughter giggles in Adrian's arms.
34:20My personal assistant reports to me.
34:22Mr. Hart was confirmed dead last night from an overdose of sleeping pills.
34:27I see.
34:30Adrian walks over, wrapping his arms gently around me from behind, kissing the top of my head.
34:35I finally have my own warm light.
34:37One that will never go out.
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