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00:00Sous-titrage MFP.
00:30I looked at myself in the mirror, dressed in plain clothes and completely out of place.
00:34The wedding I'd spent a year planning suddenly seemed like a cruel joke.
00:37I didn't lose my temper.
00:38I simply slipped off my engagement ring and set it on the coffin.
00:41Mr. Widock is right.
00:42An off-the-trap dress is fine.
00:43I'll just marry a different groom in it.
00:46Sebastian's hand froze on Yekaterina's train.
00:48He slowly turned around, his eyes narrowing.
00:51Vivian, what did you say?
00:52I looked at his handsome face and felt sick to my stomach.
00:55I said the wedding is off.
00:56In the mirror, Yekaterina covered her mouth and she gathered up my diamond-studded gown and walked toward me.
01:01Vivian, don't be so petty.
01:05Sabah's just worried I won't have a dress good enough for next Miss Gala.
01:08This dress is worth more commercial value on me.
01:11You're usually so understanding.
01:13Why are you choosing now to be difficult?
01:15Take it off.
01:19Yekaterina shrank back behind Sebastian, her eyes reddening.
01:23Sabah, Vivian's being so mean.
01:25I'm scared.
01:26Sebastian immediately put himself between us, his brows furrowing.
01:30He strode toward me, impatience in his eyes.
01:32Vivian, have you made enough trouble?
01:35Yekaterina is key to my company's energy deal.
01:37Investing in her is investing in our future.
01:42You're a housewife.
01:43His matter-of-fact tone made me feel awful.
01:46To him, five years of giving, only to be asked, who are you wearing it for?
01:50I took a deep breath and clenched my fists.
01:54Sebastian, this is the custom gown I've waited six months for.
01:57You just lent it out because you wanted to.
02:00Did you even ask me first?
02:03Sebastian scoffed like it was no big deal.
02:06Ask you first?
02:08That gown cost $50,000.
02:09I paid for it.
02:11Everything you wear and use, I paid for all of it.
02:15And now you're talking to me about opinions?
02:19Vivian, fix your attitude and learn to be grateful.
02:23Just because I've spoiled you doesn't mean you can get away with anything in front of me.
02:26I looked at the arrogant man before me.
02:29Suddenly, he felt like a stranger.
02:31He didn't think there was anything wrong with robbing his fiancé's gown.
02:35In his eyes, I was only an object that survived by depending on him.
02:39I couldn't be bothered wasting another word on him.
02:42I turned and headed for the door.
02:44Stop!
02:47Sebastian, let go!
02:49A sharp pain made me gasp.
02:50He didn't let go.
02:51Instead, he tightened his grip and yanked me toward him.
02:55He lowered his head to my ear, his voice a low warning.
02:59Vivian, don't be ungrateful.
03:01Go pick an off-the-rack dress like a good girl.
03:04The wedding next week is still on.
03:08Behave.
03:08And once Yekidrina's finished her gala,
03:11I'll book an entire island for you.
03:13An even bigger wedding.
03:15But if you dare walk out that door today,
03:18I promise,
03:20you, in all of New York,
03:22no bridal salon will sell you a thing.
03:27I endured the sharp pain in my wrist
03:29and lifted my head, locking eyes with him.
03:32Sebastian, you make me sick.
03:34I used all my strength to shake his hand off me.
03:36A red mark had already appeared around my wrist.
03:38I did not look at him again.
03:40I turned to grab my bag and prepared to leave.
03:42Behind me, I heard Sebastian's cold, arrogant chuckle.
03:46The bridal shop's heavy glass door locked in front of me.
03:49I turned around.
03:50Sebastian stood,
03:51tossing the electronic key he'd taken from the manager.
03:53Vivian, I told you.
03:54Without my permission, you're not going anywhere.
03:59Sebastian!
04:00This is unlawful detention!
04:01Open the door!
04:03Detention?
04:04Sebastian strolled back to the couch and sat down,
04:06crossing his legs.
04:07I'm just teaching my fiancé what the rules are.
04:10Yekidrina leaned in closer
04:11and rested against Sebastian's shoulder.
04:14Vivian, stop fighting it.
04:16Sabas is only doing this for your own good.
04:18It's about to rain.
04:19You won't be able to get a taxi.
04:20Sebastian pulled out his phone
04:21and made a call right in front of me.
04:25Cancel every supplementary card under Vivian's name.
04:27Revoke all her hotel privileges.
04:29Notify every car service and rides-out platform in New York.
04:32Anyone who takes Vivian's booking is going against Whitlock Capital.
04:36After hanging up, he lit a cigar.
04:41Vivian, your pride is worthless.
04:43Without me, you won't even find a place to sleep in this city.
04:47I'll give you two hours to reflect.
04:49Once you've thought it through,
04:50kneel outside the door and beg me.
04:52With that, bodyguards shoved me out the door.
04:54The sky darkened quickly.
04:55The wind began to rise,
04:57and soon heavy rain fell.
04:58The rain soaked through my entire body,
05:00making me feel terribly cold.
05:02I stood beneath the awning,
05:03trembling all over.
05:04I lit up my phone.
05:05More than a dozen messages lit up the screen.
05:08Dear customer,
05:08your supplementary card has been suspended by the primary cardholder.
05:12We're sorry,
05:12but your ride request can't be completed at this time.
05:15Please try again later.
05:16Sebastian wasn't joking.
05:17He was using his power to freeze me out completely.
05:20He wanted to back me into a corner,
05:21and make me understand that I was nothing more than his possession.
05:24I gritted my teeth and scrolled through my contacts.
05:27I wouldn't give in.
05:28I called my best friend Summer.
05:29Summer, come pick me up.
05:30I'm outside the bridal salon on Fifth Avenue.
05:33Vivian, I'm sorry.
05:37Sebastian just called my dad and threatened him.
05:40If I dared come get you,
05:41my family's funding would be cut away by tomorrow.
05:44My dad locked me in my room.
05:46Vivian, just go apologize to him.
05:49Sebastian has gone crazy.
05:51My heart sank.
05:53Sebastian had cut off my last way out.
05:55Through the rain-blurred glass,
05:57I saw Sebastian holding a glass of red wine.
05:59He leisurely swirled the wine,
06:01admiring the sight of me standing in the rain.
06:04Yekaterina was kneeling at his feet,
06:05massaging his leg.
06:07The scene stung my eyes
06:08and drained the last of my affection for him.
06:11I realized then
06:12that I should never have searched for a person in a garbage dump.
06:15Dirty trash should be thrown away.
06:17I took a deep breath
06:18and tucked my frozen hand into my pocket.
06:20If no one was coming to pick me up,
06:22then I would walk back myself.
06:23I turned and plunged straight into the rain.
06:26I'd barely taken a few steps
06:27when a black Maybach pulled up short in front of me,
06:30splashing me with muddy water.
06:32The window lowered.
06:33Sebastian's assistant stepped out with a black umbrella.
06:35He looked down at my drenched body with contempt
06:38and threw a garment bag directly at my feet.
06:40Through the half-open zipper,
06:41I saw a cheap white bridesmaid dress inside,
06:44its loose threads not even trimmed.
06:48The assistant looked at me coldly.
06:50Vivian,
06:50Mr. Whitlock is being generous.
06:54Miss Yekaterina has the gala tonight
06:56and needs someone to carry her train.
06:59Mr. Whitlock said
07:00that if you put this on
07:02and go with Yekaterina tonight,
07:03your cards will be turned back on tomorrow
07:05and you can still marry him.
07:06He wanted me to carry the train
07:07of the woman who robbed my gown
07:09and wear this kind of dress?
07:11This was humiliating.
07:12I stared at the garment bag on the ground.
07:14I was shaking from the cold,
07:16but I kept my back straight.
07:18Go back and tell Sebastian.
07:21Tell him to go to hell.
07:24Vivian, don't push it.
07:25You think you're still gonna be Mrs. Whitlock?
07:28You're nobody now.
07:31Without Mr. Whitlock,
07:32you couldn't even feed yourself.
07:35He waved a hand.
07:36The rear door of the Maybach was pushed.
07:38Two bodyguards jumped out,
07:39each grabbing an arm
07:40and wrenching it behind my back.
07:44Let me go!
07:45What are you doing?
07:47I struggled wildly,
07:48but I was numb with cold rain
07:49and had no strength left.
07:52Mr. Whitlock said that
07:53if you won't go willingly,
07:54we'll drag you there ourselves.
07:55I was shoved roughly into the car
07:57and the door slammed shut.
08:01The Maybach sped through the pouring rain,
08:04heading straight for the gala.
08:05The air conditioner was set really cold.
08:07In my soaked clothes,
08:08my lips turned blue
08:09and my teeth wouldn't stop chatting.
08:11Mrs. Vivian,
08:11if you'd known it would come to this,
08:12why did you do it in the first place?
08:14A woman just needs to lower her head
08:16and softens up.
08:17She'll have everything.
08:18But you had to go against Mr. Whitlock
08:20and now you're the one suffering.
08:22I closed my eyes
08:23and refused to listen to his bullshit.
08:25Half an hour later,
08:26the car stopped at the backstage of the gala.
08:28The bodyguards forcibly shoved me out of the car.
08:30Inside the lounge,
08:31Yekaterina stood among reporters in my gown.
08:34Sebastian stood beside her in a tailored suit,
08:36looking at her with indulgent eyes.
08:38Seeing me dragged over,
08:40Sebastian excused himself from the reporters
08:42and strode toward me.
08:43He glanced at the muddy bridesmaid dress
08:45in my hands and frowned.
08:49How did you get yourself into such a mess?
08:52He still sounded so fake.
08:54Vivian, you're just too stubborn.
08:55If you just listened,
08:56I would have never let this happen to you.
08:57My stomach churned.
08:59He leaned away from his touch.
09:00Sebastian's face darkened.
09:02Vivian, my patience has limits.
09:05Go change into that dress.
09:07Now.
09:08When Yekaterina enters,
09:09you'll walk behind Yekaterina
09:10and carry her train.
09:12If you dare ruin this.
09:13He gave a cold laugh
09:15and pulled a jade bracelet from his pocket.
09:17That's the only memento I have left of my father.
09:19Sebastian, give it back.
09:24Carry the gown
09:25and I'll give it back to you.
09:27Or I'll smash it right now.
09:29My father put this jade bracelet on my wrist
09:31before she died.
09:32That's the only memento
09:33my grandmother left behind for me.
09:35Sebastian tightened his grip on the bracelet.
09:37One slip and the jade would shatter on the floor.
09:40I'll count to three.
09:42Three.
09:43Three.
09:45Two.
09:47One.
09:49I wear!
09:50Choked the two words out.
09:52My eyes stained.
09:54That's good.
09:56Go on.
09:57Yekaterina is about to make her entrance.
09:59I took the mud-stained bridesmaid dress
10:01and walked into the restroom.
10:03I looked at the mess I was in in the mirror.
10:05My eyes cold.
10:06For five years,
10:07I hid my identity as the founder
10:08of a venture capital firm
10:10to protect his pride.
10:11I willingly stayed home
10:12and stood behind him.
10:14I thought the man I loved
10:15had ambition.
10:16Turns out,
10:16I had only raised a selfish beast.
10:19Sebastian,
10:19for every bit of humiliation
10:21you put me through today,
10:22tomorrow,
10:23you'll pay for it
10:24with all of Whitlock capital.
10:28I did not put on that bridesmaid dress.
10:30I threw it straight into the trash.
10:32I pushed open the restroom door
10:34and headed for the gala staging area.
10:36Yekaterina was holding Sebastian's arm,
10:38preparing to step into the room.
10:39Seeing me walk out in my soaked daily clothes,
10:42Sebastian's face darkened.
10:44Vivian,
10:45did you not hear a word I said?
10:48Vivian,
10:49how could you do this?
10:50Without you carrying my train,
10:52this gown won't look nearly as good.
10:54Camera flashes were already going off
10:56at the gala
10:57and the host was calling Yekaterina's name.
10:59I ignored Sebastian
11:00and turned toward the exit.
11:01Grab her.
11:03Sebastian,
11:04no longer caring about the occasion,
11:06gave the order directly.
11:07The bodyguards lunged at me,
11:09kicked the back of my knee.
11:10Caught off guard,
11:11I fell to my knees on the hard floor.
11:13Sharp pain shot through my knees.
11:15The staff and reporters around us
11:16all turned to look.
11:17Someone lifted a camera.
11:19Sebastian strode up to me,
11:20his eyes cold.
11:21In front of everyone,
11:22he pointed a finger in my face.
11:25My apologies,
11:26members of the press.
11:28This woman is just an intern assistant
11:29at my company.
11:31She's always had delusions about me.
11:37Today,
11:37she even came backstage
11:38to cause a scene
11:40and tried to ruin
11:41Miss Yekaterina's moment
11:42at the gala.
11:44Get this woman out of here.
11:47Nobody wants to look at her.
11:50The room erupted.
11:52Countless flashes lit up
11:53my kneeling figure.
11:54He wanted to destroy
11:55my dignity in this way.
11:57The bodyguards grabbed my arms
11:59and dragged me
11:59toward the storm outside.
12:01Sebastian wrapped Yekaterina's waist
12:03and looked at me.
12:04Vivian,
12:05this is what happens
12:05when you don't listen.
12:08Tonight,
12:08sleep on the street
12:09and reflect properly.
12:10I was thrown into the muddy water
12:11outside the backstage gate.
12:13Rain washed the blood
12:14from my knees.
12:15Lying in the mud,
12:16I looked at the two dazzling figures
12:18inside the gala
12:19and let out a cold laugh.
12:21I pulled the encrypted black phone
12:23from my soaked pocket.
12:24With trembling fingers,
12:25I dialed a number.
12:26It was Adrian's private line.
12:28Adrian Carbone,
12:30the dawn of New York's
12:31most secretive mafia
12:32and the only partner
12:33who had stood beside me
12:34when I built my family empire
12:36on Wall Street.
12:37For five years,
12:38he had stayed in the shadows,
12:40managing my family's billions
12:41overseas for me.
12:42Countless times,
12:43he had swallowed his obsession
12:45and begged me,
12:46red-eyed,
12:47to leave Sebastian.
12:48Every time,
12:49I stubbornly refused,
12:50convinced I could still have
12:52an ordinary,
12:52peaceful love.
12:54Only today,
12:54did I finally realize
12:56that some trash
12:57doesn't deserve
12:58a real love.
12:59The call connected.
13:02Hello?
13:03It's me.
13:05The game is over.
13:08Pull back every investment
13:10we gave Whitlock Capital
13:11and cut off their funding chain.
13:14And...
13:15I close my eyes
13:16and let the rain
13:17pound my face.
13:18When I open them again,
13:19only determination remained.
13:21have a get.
13:23By tomorrow,
13:24I want Sebastian
13:24and Whithell Capital
13:25gone from New York.
13:28The other end of the line
13:30was quiet for a few seconds.
13:31Then a deep,
13:32hoarse voice came through,
13:33thick with long-buried heartache
13:35and killing intent.
13:36Ten minutes.
13:37Blood for blood.
13:38I ended the call.
13:39From the lounge nearby
13:40came Sebastian
13:41and Yekaterina's laughter.
13:42They still thought
13:43they could keep me
13:43beneath their feet.
13:44They had no idea
13:45their world was about to end.
13:47I tightened my grip
13:48around the black phone.
13:49Cold rain ran down my face,
13:51but it couldn't wash away
13:52the hatred in my eyes.
13:53The noise from the Met Gala
13:54seemed far away.
13:56Under the flashing lights,
13:57Sebastian and Yekaterina
13:58were still basking
13:59in their glory.
14:00Second by second,
14:01Tom,
14:02East,
14:02eight minutes.
14:03Roar.
14:03A deafening engine
14:04drowned out the rain.
14:06Ten black armored Cadillac
14:07Escalade smashed
14:08through the outer
14:09security perimeter.
14:10The rear door
14:11of the stretched escalade
14:12in the middle
14:12swung over me.
14:13A pair of spotless
14:14black dress shoes
14:15stepped into the muddy water.
14:16Then Adrian got out
14:17of the last cart.
14:18Adrian walked toward me
14:19through the mud,
14:20a massive black umbrella
14:21over his head,
14:22killing intent
14:23radiating from him.
14:24The moment he saw me
14:25lying in the mud,
14:26my knees bleeding,
14:27his pupils contracted.
14:28His usually calm eyes
14:29blazed with fury.
14:31Vivian!
14:32He threw the umbrella aside
14:33and dropped to one knee
14:34beside me,
14:35uncaring of the mud.
14:36He slipped off his suit jacket
14:37and wrapped my shivering body
14:38in his arms.
14:39I'm sorry.
14:40I came too late.
14:44His deep voice shook with guilt
14:46as his fingers carefully
14:47wiped the mud from my face.
14:49I leaned against his broad,
14:50warm chest,
14:51holding on to my last bit
14:52of strength.
14:53Adrian,
14:54my bracelet.
14:55It was with my father.
14:56Adrian's eyes instantly
14:58turned cold.
14:58I'll get it back for you
14:59and I'll cut that hand
15:01while I'm at it.
15:02He lifted me into his arms
15:03in a bridle carry
15:04and gently laid me
15:05on the warm back seat.
15:06The moment he turned around,
15:08he gave the head
15:09of his security detail
15:10a single icy command.
15:11Break it.
15:12A dozen bodyguards
15:13kicked open the glass doors
15:14to the backstage lounge.
15:16Sebastian had just walked
15:17the carpet,
15:18arm in arm with Yekaterina,
15:19and was returning
15:20to the lounge
15:21looking smug.
15:22Holding a glass of champagne,
15:23he bragged to his assistant.
15:25Did that woman freeze
15:26to death out there yet?
15:27Go check.
15:29If she's learned her lesson,
15:31let her come back
15:32and pour drinks.
15:33Before he could finish,
15:34the lounge door,
15:35frame and all,
15:36was kicked clean
15:37off the wall.
15:38Sebastian turned around
15:39and didn't even have
15:40time to react.
15:41Adrian was already
15:42in front of him.
15:43Who the hell are you?
15:44Word never left his mouth.
15:45Adrian's fist
15:46with his family's
15:47signet name
15:47slammed into
15:48Sebastian's jaw.
15:52Sebastian was sent
15:53flying into the makeup
15:54mirror behind him.
15:56Glass exploded
15:56across the floor.
15:57Yekaterina screamed.
15:59Sebastian!
15:59Adrian crunched
16:00across the shattered glass
16:01and stopped
16:02in front of
16:02the bloodied Sebastian.
16:03He grabbed Sebastian
16:04by the collar
16:05and hauled him
16:06into the air.
16:06The bracelet.
16:07Give it back.
16:08His voice was flat,
16:09but murder bled
16:10through every syllable,
16:11dazed and seeing stars.
16:13Sebastian's arrogance
16:14still kept his mouth.
16:15Who the hell do you think
16:16you are interfering
16:17in the Whitlock's business?
16:18Adrian let out
16:19a cold laugh.
16:20Then he seized
16:21Sebastian's right wrist
16:22and twisted.
16:23Sebastian's scream
16:24echoed through backstage.
16:26His right hand
16:26hung at an unnatural angle.
16:28The emerald bracelet
16:29slipped from his pocket.
16:30Adrian caught it
16:31effortlessly
16:32and threw Sebastian
16:33back to the floor.
16:34Taking out a handkerchief,
16:35he carefully wiped
16:36every speck of dust
16:37from the bracelet,
16:38his eyes contemptuous.
16:40Mr. Whitlock,
16:41enjoy your last night
16:42on the spotlight
16:43and the sunrise
16:44is tomorrow.
16:45Whitlock Capital
16:46will no longer exist
16:47in New York.
16:51At Adrian's private estate,
16:52I had washed away
16:53the mud and cold,
16:55changed into a robe,
16:56and sat by the fire
16:57in the living room.
16:57The jade bracelet
16:58was back on my wrist.
17:00The doctor had just
17:00treated my knees
17:01and quietly left.
17:02Adrian walked over
17:03with a glass of warm milk
17:05and pressed it
17:05into my hands.
17:06Then he sat beside me
17:07and pulled me,
17:08blanket and all,
17:09into his arms.
17:10The legal team
17:11is ready.
17:12Get me on,
17:12on the video.
17:13Adrian snapped his fingers.
17:14The massive screen
17:15across the room lit up.
17:16On the other end,
17:17my venture capital team
17:18and legal counsel
17:19sat ready and waiting.
17:21It's Vivian.
17:21Everybody funding channel,
17:23keeping Whitlock Capital alive.
17:24Start the patent recovery process
17:26and freeze production
17:27on all of their corp.
17:29Bring the evidence
17:29of Sebastian's false accounting
17:31and embezzlement
17:32to the Financial Crimes Division
17:34of the FBI.
17:35By sunrise,
17:36I want Whitlock Capital stock
17:38produced to pennies.
17:39Some people seem harmless
17:41until they become deadly.
17:42The only cure
17:43is to cut them out.
17:45Understood.
17:45Came the unified reply
17:47from the screen.
17:48The slaughter had begun,
17:49stolen in the dead of night.
17:53The next morning.
17:55In Sebastian's plan,
17:56it was supposed to be
17:57our wedding day.
17:58Inside the CEO's office
17:59at Whitlock Capital,
18:01Sebastian's right hand
18:02was in a cast,
18:02his face swollen
18:03as he furiously swept files
18:05off his desk.
18:06Find him.
18:07Crack him down!
18:08Who the hell was that psycho
18:09who attacked me last night?
18:11I'm going to kill him!
18:13The assistant stood there,
18:14trembling,
18:15too afraid to say a word.
18:16Yekaterina sat on the sofa
18:17in a red dress,
18:18touching up her makeup
18:19as she fanned the flames.
18:20Said that man was definitely
18:22missing the thug
18:22that Vivian hired.
18:24She's useless on her own.
18:25This is the only way
18:26she knows it under your skin.
18:28Today was supposed
18:28to be your wedding day.
18:30I bet she's curled up
18:31somewhere crying
18:32and waiting for you
18:33to take her back.
18:34Waiting for me to go soft?
18:35Dream on.
18:35She thinks she's tough.
18:37You'll see how long she lasts
18:38out there in the cold.
18:40Notify them.
18:41All senior executives.
18:42Tonight,
18:43I'm throwing Yekaterina
18:44a celebration party
18:45at the hotel
18:46where the wedding
18:47was supposed to be.
18:48I want everyone
18:49in New York
18:51to know that Vivian
18:52isn't fit
18:53to lift Yekaterina's group.
18:55Just as he was thinking
18:56about how to humiliate me further,
18:58the office door burst open.
18:59Whitlock Capital's CFO
19:01rushed in,
19:02his face drained of color.
19:03He held up a tablet,
19:04his whole body shaking.
19:05Mr. Whitfrick,
19:06something terrible
19:07has happened.
19:11Sebastian Frown.
19:12Why are you panicking?
19:13Did somebody die
19:14or did the company
19:15go bankrupt?
19:16It did go bankrupt!
19:18His voice cracking.
19:20What the hell
19:20are you talking about?
19:22Sebastian shot to his feet
19:24only to pull at his injuries
19:25and wince in pain.
19:26The CFO rushed to the desk
19:28and slammed the tablet
19:29in front of him.
19:30Mr. Whitfrick,
19:31our biggest silent investor
19:32pulled out overnight.
19:33Our loans?
19:34And that's not all.
19:35Every core patent
19:36we rely on
19:37is just revoked
19:38by its owner.
19:39Our production lines
19:40are completely shut down
19:41and our suppliers
19:42are downstairs
19:43demanding payment.
19:43Sebastian's head buzzed.
19:45He stared at the stock chart
19:46plunging across the screen.
19:48No, that's impossible.
19:49That's fucking impossible!
19:50He frantically scrolled
19:52with his good hand.
19:53Why would our investors
19:54pull out?
19:55And who owns those patents?
19:56What the hell am I
19:57paying these idiots for?
19:58Why didn't anyone
19:59see this coming?
20:00Mr. Whitlock,
20:01Legal just received
20:03the termination notice.
20:04The mysterious investor
20:05is also the owner
20:06of every one of those patents.
20:08He swallowed hard,
20:09his face pale with despair.
20:11The name on the documents
20:12is Vivian Belladella.
20:17Sebastian's legs gave out
20:19and he collapsed
20:19back into his chair.
20:21Vivian Belladella.
20:22No, that's impossible.
20:25His eyes widened,
20:26bloodshot.
20:27He stared at the electronic
20:28signature on the document,
20:29his mind reeling.
20:31Vivian Belladonna.
20:32She's just a woman.
20:33I kept her.
20:34All she does is stay home,
20:36cook,
20:36and wait for me
20:37to come back.
20:37Could she possibly be
20:38the financial mogul?
20:40Controlling
20:40Whithawk Capital's lifeline?
20:42Sebastian fell into self-doubt
20:44and the beginnings
20:44of a breakdown.
20:45The business empire
20:46he had been so proud of,
20:48the power he had used
20:49to threaten me
20:49and trample on my dignity.
20:51Had it all been nothing
20:51more than toys
20:52I had handed him?
20:54Yekaterina's lipstick
20:54slipped from her fingers.
20:56She hurried over
20:56and grabbed his arm.
20:57Sebastian, what's happening?
20:58If the company goes under,
20:59what about my new film?
21:00What about the joint energy project?
21:02Our families were...
21:03Hearing that Yekaterina
21:04still cared only
21:04about her own interests,
21:06Sebastian finally snapped.
21:07Get the fuck out!
21:08All of you!
21:09Get the fuck out of my sight!
21:11Mad beast.
21:12He shoved her away.
21:13Yekaterina fell to the floor
21:15and stared at him
21:16in disbelief.
21:16Before he could catch his breath,
21:18footsteps sounded
21:19outside the office.
21:20Several federal agents
21:21walked in,
21:22their expressions cold.
21:23Mr. Sebastian Whitlock,
21:25Mr. Whitlock,
21:25we have a warrant.
21:26fraud, securities violations
21:28embezzling over $20 million.
21:31The Whitlock capital
21:32has been frozen.
21:33You're coming with us.
21:33Please cooperate.
21:37Sebastian's blood ran cold.
21:39He stared at the handcuffs.
21:41His arrogance shattered,
21:42leaving only fear behind.
21:44No!
21:44I didn't embezzle anything.
21:46I'm being framed!
21:47Take him.
21:48In front of the entire company,
21:50the once high and mighty
21:51Mr. Whitlock was handcuffed
21:53and marched out of the building
21:54in disgrace.
21:55In the back of the FBI SUV,
21:57Sebastian was given
21:58one final phone call.
21:59With trembling hands,
22:00he dialed the number
22:01he had once dismissed
22:02without a second thought.
22:03Vivian, is that you?
22:04I know I was wrong.
22:05I really know I was wrong.
22:06Please, stop this, okay?
22:08Put the money back.
22:09This company is our life's work.
22:10I already kicked Yekaterina out.
22:12As long as you forgive me,
22:13I'll book the biggest hotel there is
22:15and marry you immediately.
22:16Whatever...
22:16I'll do whatever you want.
22:18I gave my heart
22:19to a dog
22:21and blamed it
22:22for not being grateful.
22:23That was my mistake.
22:25But now,
22:25the power is in my hands.
22:26I'm going to make you
22:28cough up
22:29every last thing
22:30you owe me
22:31with interest.
22:32Enjoy your time
22:34behind bars.
22:35You've earned it.
22:35The line went dead.
22:37Listening to the empty tone,
22:38Sebastian sank
22:39into despair.
22:40At last,
22:40he understood
22:41what he had lost
22:42with his own hands.
22:46Sebastian was released
22:47on bail.
22:48But all of his assets
22:48had been frozen
22:49and all of his bank cards
22:50had been shut down.
22:51When he walked out
22:52of the federal police,
22:53snow begun to fall.
22:55He was still wearing
22:55that thin suit
22:56and shivering from the cold.
22:58He was headed
22:58for his downtown penthouse
22:59then realized
23:00he didn't even have a dollar.
23:01He trudged through the snow
23:03for three hours,
23:04dragging his right arm
23:05in a cast.
23:05When he finally reached
23:06the front gate of the villa,
23:07he found the gate
23:08standing open
23:09and several movers
23:10throwing things outside.
23:11The leather sofa
23:12he had personally picked out,
23:13the wine cabinet he loved,
23:15and even the custom suits
23:16he had worn.
23:16All of it had been
23:17thrown into the snow.
23:18What the hell are you doing?
23:19Who told you
23:20to touch my things?
23:22Like a madman,
23:23Sebastian rushed forward,
23:25trying to stop the workers.
23:26Fuck off.
23:26A foreman shoved him
23:27straight into the snow.
23:28The foreman whipped out the deed
23:30and shoved it in his face.
23:31Take a good look.
23:32The owner of this house
23:33has always been
23:34Mrs. Vivian.
23:35She sold this place
23:36to our boss
23:37at half price
23:38last night.
23:39Mrs. Vivian
23:40specifically said
23:41that anything connected
23:42to Sebastian
23:43was garbage
23:44and should be thrown out.
23:45Sebastian lay in the snow,
23:47staring at the deed.
23:48Every word on it
23:49mocked his stupidity.
23:50He had always thought
23:51he was the master
23:52of this mansion.
23:53It turned out
23:53that from beginning to end,
23:54he had only been living
23:55under Vivian's roof.
23:57His old phone,
23:57the only thing
23:58they hadn't confiscated,
23:59chimed in his pocket.
24:00A message had come in
24:01from the rich kids' group chat
24:02he used to be in.
24:03With trembling hands,
24:04Sebastian tapped it open.
24:06A short video
24:06was spreading through the group.
24:10In the video,
24:12the Bulgari Hotel's
24:13penthouse ballroom
24:14looked like a dream.
24:15Tens of thousands
24:15of Bulgarian roses
24:17flown in from overseas
24:18covered the entire venue.
24:19The caption read,
24:20Don Adrian Carboni's wedding.
24:22His bride is unbelievably beautiful
24:24and rumor has it
24:25she's the former fiancé
24:26of a bankrupt CEO.
24:28Sebastian's pupils widened.
24:29He stared at the woman
24:30in the wedding gown
24:31in the video.
24:32That was Vivian.
24:32That was Vivian,
24:33once within his reach
24:34and he pushed her away
24:35with his own hands.
24:36Jealousy and unwillingness
24:38gnawed at his heart.
24:39He fell into a frenzy
24:40of delusions.
24:41This has to be some stunt
24:42Vivian pulled
24:43just to make me jealous.
24:45How could a man
24:45like Don Adriel marry her?
24:47Possibly marry her?
24:48She's forcing me
24:50to go find her.
24:51That's it.
24:51It has to be.
24:52Sebastian pushed himself
24:53up from the snow
24:54and ran toward the Bulgari Hotel
24:56without a second thought.
24:59He ran until one shoe came off,
25:01his foot long numb
25:02from the snow and ice.
25:04When he finally arrived
25:05at the entrance
25:05of the Bulgari Hotel,
25:07panting for breath,
25:08the scene before him
25:09stunned him.
25:10The entire street
25:11had been sealed off
25:12and luxury cars
25:12filled the road.
25:13Security guards
25:14stood every few steps
25:15surrounding the entire hotel.
25:17Sebastian straightened
25:18his back,
25:19trying to carry himself
25:20like the CEO
25:21he once was
25:21and strode toward
25:22the entrance.
25:23Out of the way!
25:24I'm here to see Vivian!
25:25He shouted at the guards.
25:26The two guards glanced at him.
25:28Without a word,
25:28they stepped forward
25:29and kicked the back
25:30of his knee.
25:31Sebastian cried out
25:32and fell to his knees
25:33on the steps.
25:33No invitation.
25:35Trespassers die.
25:36The guards' voice
25:37was ice cold.
25:38He struggled desperately
25:39and screamed hysterically
25:40toward the doors.
25:41Let me in!
25:42Vivian is my woman!
25:44You, tell Adrian
25:45to get the hell out here!
25:46The businessmen
25:47who used to flatter him
25:48now kept their distance.
25:50Every now and then,
25:50they threw him looks
25:51of contempt and ridicule.
25:52Isn't that Mr. Whitlock?
25:54What happened to him?
25:55What, Mr. Whitlock?
25:56He's just a rat
25:57with $20 million in debt now.
25:58And he still dares to trouble
26:00at Don Adrian's wedding?
26:01He must have a death wish.
26:02Every word was like a knife
26:03to Sebastian's pride.
26:04Just as he tried to get up
26:05and force his way inside,
26:07the gilded doors
26:07of the Bulgari Hotel
26:08slowly opened.
26:10The solemn wedding march
26:11drifted out.
26:12Sebastian froze.
26:13Through the gaps
26:13between the guards,
26:14he stared at the long carpet
26:16strewn with red rose petals.
26:17His wrath caught.
26:18He saw Vivian.
26:22She was wearing
26:23that one-of-a-kind wedding gown
26:24worth $100 million.
26:26A diamond crown
26:27rested on her head.
26:29She looked noble,
26:30aloof,
26:30and so breathtaking
26:31that Sebastian felt
26:32his very soul tremble.
26:34And waiting for her
26:35at the end of the carpet,
26:36his hand outstretched
26:37and reverence in his eyes,
26:38was Adrian,
26:39New York's one
26:40and only Don.
26:42Sebastian's world collapsed.
26:43The last shred of hope
26:44he had been using
26:45to fool himself
26:46was crushed by reality
26:47in that instant.
26:48This wasn't an act.
26:49This wasn't a trick
26:50to force him to bow his head.
26:51The woman he had treated
26:52like an accessory
26:53and trampled at will
26:54had truly reached a height
26:55he would never be able to touch.
26:57He didn't know
26:57where the courage came from,
26:59but he suddenly sank his teeth
27:00into a guard's thigh.
27:01The guard recoiled in pain,
27:03and in that instant,
27:04Sebastian slammed
27:05into one of the doormen,
27:06his eyes red-rimmed.
27:07He stumbled forward
27:08and rushed into the ballroom.
27:09Vivian!
27:10Sebastian let out
27:11a desperate roar
27:12that shocked the entire room.
27:13Stop!
27:14You can't marry him!
27:15You're my fiancés!
27:19The wedding march came
27:20to an abrupt halt.
27:22Hundreds of guests
27:22fell silent.
27:23Every pair of eyes
27:24turned toward
27:25the suddenly intruding
27:26Sebastian.
27:27He was soaked through,
27:28missing one shoe
27:29with his right arm
27:29in a cast,
27:30looking like a beggar.
27:31Adrian stopped walking
27:32and slowly turned around.
27:34His narrow eyes
27:35narrowed slightly,
27:36and a flash of killing intent
27:37passed through them.
27:38He needed only a single look.
27:40Four bodyguards
27:41hidden in the shadows
27:42rushed out.
27:42Bang!
27:43Without a word,
27:44all four of them
27:44moved at once
27:45and pinned Sebastian
27:46to the cold marble floor.
27:48His cheek was pressed
27:49against the ground
27:49and his bones cracked audibly.
27:51At that moment,
27:52my best friend Summer,
27:54dressed in a bridesmaid's gown,
27:55walked down from the stage.
27:56She picked up the microphone
27:58and began his public humiliation
28:00in front of the city's elite.
28:03Everyone,
28:04please excuse
28:05this little interruption.
28:07The man lying on the floor
28:09is Sebastian Whitlock,
28:11former CEO
28:11of Whitlock Capital.
28:12He stole the wedding
28:13gown Vivian had waited
28:15six months for
28:15and gave it to his mistress
28:17for the gala.
28:18He lived off Vivian's
28:19venture capital for years
28:20and still acted like somebody.
28:22He even tried to use his power
28:23to freeze Vivian to death
28:25on the street.
28:28Summer tore away
28:29every bit of Sebastian's disguise.
28:32The room instantly erupted
28:33in ridicule
28:34and disgust.
28:35Oh, how do you see me?
28:37So he's a captain?
28:40Disgusting.
28:41And he still dared to come
28:42make trouble
28:42at Don Adrian's wedding?
28:44The overwhelming humiliation
28:45made Sebastian want to die
28:46on the spot.
28:47I was wrong.
28:48I really know I was wrong.
28:49I'll give the wedding gown
28:50back to you.
28:50I love you.
28:51Please don't marry him.
28:52Come home with me.
28:55Sebastian,
28:57I never take back trash
28:58that's already been thrown away.
29:01Adrian stepped forward
29:02and pulled Vivian
29:03into his arms.
29:04His long,
29:05well-defined fingers
29:06crushed the cigar
29:07in his hand.
29:07and with that,
29:08he crushed Sebastian's
29:10last hope too.
29:11Dump him in the Hudson.
29:14Blacklist him
29:15across the board.
29:16I hurt him.
29:17Anyone who gives him work
29:20is making an enemy
29:21of the Carbone.
29:22As Sebastian screamed
29:23in anguish,
29:24the guards grabbed him
29:25by the hair.
29:26They dragged him backward
29:27toward the ballroom gate.
29:28In the final second
29:29before the doors closed,
29:30with bloodshot eyes,
29:32Sebastian watched Adrian
29:33lower his head
29:34and gently kissed Vivian
29:35on the lips.
29:36At that moment,
29:37his world went dark.
29:40Within a month
29:41after the wedding,
29:42the rest of Sebastian's life
29:43became a nightmare.
29:44The Carbone family's blacklist
29:46made sure no one
29:47in New York
29:47dared help him.
29:48He was crushed
29:49by 20 million
29:49in embezzlement debt
29:50and penalties.
29:51As for Yekaterina,
29:52the woman who used
29:53to call him Sebas
29:54so sweetly,
29:55the night she learned
29:56Whitlock Capital
29:57was done for,
29:58she took advantage
29:58of his trust
29:59and emptied the last
30:00three million
30:01from his personal account.
30:02Then she bought
30:03a plane ticket
30:03and back to Russia.
30:04Before leaving,
30:05she even sent him a text.
30:07Sebastian,
30:07who the hell
30:07were you trying
30:08to impress with no money?
30:09You're worse off
30:10than a delivery guy now.
30:11Did you really think
30:11I'd stay and beg
30:12on the streets with you?
30:14The once untouchable
30:15Mr. Whitlock
30:16was now unshaven,
30:17dressed in rags
30:18and reeking of sour sweat.
30:20By day,
30:20he hid from loan sharks
30:21hunting him down.
30:22By night,
30:23he fought other homeless
30:24over cardboard boxes
30:25on street corners
30:26just to keep warm.
30:27On a freezing winter night,
30:28Sebastian curled up
30:29in a filthy alley,
30:30clutching half a moldy
30:31bread roll in his hand.
30:32a few debt collectors
30:33found him.
30:38Well,
30:39well,
30:39if it isn't
30:40the great Mr. Whitlock.
30:44You owe us
30:45twenty million dollars.
30:46When are you
30:46planning to pay up?
30:49No money?
30:50Then we'll take
30:51your organs instead.
30:52punches and kicks
30:52rained down,
30:53and the crack of steel pipes
30:55against bone
30:55made the skin crawl.
30:57Sebastian didn't even
30:57have the strength
30:58to fight back.
30:59He could only cover his head
31:00and let out
31:00muffled groans of pain.
31:02The cold,
31:03the hunger,
31:03and the agony
31:04tearing through his body
31:05kept torturing him.
31:06But what hurt
31:07even more than all of that
31:08was that every time
31:09he closed his eyes,
31:10he saw Vivian
31:10cooking for him.
31:13If only he hadn't been
31:15blinded by his own
31:16arrogance.
31:17If only he hadn't
31:18treated everything
31:19Vivian gave him
31:19like trash.
31:20He should have been
31:21the one living in
31:22that mansion,
31:22admired by everyone.
31:24Regret ate at him
31:25day and night,
31:26leaving him neither
31:27alive nor dead.
31:28After breaking one
31:29of his legs,
31:30the debt collectors
31:30walked away.
31:31Battered and bloodied,
31:32Sebastian crawled
31:33out of the pool of blood.
31:35Leaning against
31:35a filthy wall,
31:36he stared at the glowing
31:37Carbone Tower
31:38in despair.
31:39Obsession and madness
31:41became the last things
31:42driving him forward.
31:43Dragging his broken leg,
31:45he crawled through
31:45the freezing blizzard
31:46under a minus four degrees
31:47Fahrenheit weather
31:48until he reached the exit
31:50of Carbone Tower's
31:51underground garage.
31:52He stayed there
31:53without food or water
31:54for three days
31:55and three nights.
31:56He didn't know
31:56what he wanted to do.
31:57He only knew
31:58he had to see Vivian
31:59one more time.
32:00Even if it was just once.
32:02Even if he had to kneel
32:03and lick her shoes,
32:04he would do it.
32:05Finally,
32:05on the evening
32:06of the fourth day,
32:07a black armored Cadillac
32:08slowly rolled out
32:09of the garage
32:10under the escort
32:10of several security vehicles.
32:12Seeing his chance,
32:13Sebastian burst forward
32:14with all the strength
32:15he had left.
32:18Fudd.
32:19He dropped heavily
32:20to his knees
32:20in front of the Cadillac
32:22and his knees slammed
32:23against the freezing asphalt
32:24with a sound.
32:25The screech of brakes
32:26tore through
32:27the snowstorm.
32:28Kneeling in the muddy slush,
32:29Sebastian began knocking
32:30his forehead
32:31against the ground.
32:32The sound of his forehead
32:33hitting the pavement
32:34was sickening.
32:35Blood mixed with the melting snow
32:37and stained the ground red.
32:40Vivian,
32:40please just see me once.
32:41I know I was wrong.
32:42I really know I was wrong.
32:43I'm not asking you
32:44to forgive me.
32:45Please just give me
32:45something to eat.
32:46I'm dying.
32:47He had humbled himself
32:48into the dust.
32:49Inside the car,
32:50the privacy window
32:51slowly lowered four inches.
32:53The heat was on.
32:54in an expensive maternity gown,
32:56Vivian rested
32:56against Adrian's chest.
32:58She didn't even turn her head.
32:59She calmly looked
33:00straight ahead
33:01at the falling snow.
33:03Sebastian,
33:06even if you shattered
33:07your knees,
33:08you could never bring
33:09dead true heart back.
33:10And right now,
33:11you're not even worthy
33:12of being the mud
33:13beneath my feet.
33:14The moment she finished speaking,
33:16the window rose mercilessly,
33:18separating two different worlds.
33:19The Cadillac's engine
33:20let out a low ground.
33:21Without going around him,
33:23it drove right past him.
33:24The boys rolled through a car
33:25and splashed muddy water
33:26all over Sebastian.
33:28He remained kneeling there,
33:29stiffly,
33:29watching the car disappear
33:30into the snow.
33:31He had become a complete joke.
33:33Whew.
33:36Several months later,
33:37late on New Year's Eve,
33:39Times Square blazed with light.
33:40Sebastian curled up
33:41beside a trash can
33:42in a filthy blanket,
33:43nearly frozen to death.
33:44With fingers raw from the cold,
33:46he unlocked a cracked phone
33:47he picked out of the trash.
33:48A breaking news
33:49appeared on the phone.
33:50New York underworld king
33:51Don Adrian Carbone
33:52welcomes a daughter,
33:54gifts wife Vivian,
33:55a one billion private island.
33:57In the photo,
33:58Adrian was holding
33:58a baby girl in his arms,
34:00his eyes full of tenderness
34:01as he gently kissed
34:02Vivian's forehead.
34:03They looked at each other
34:04and smiled.
34:05The sight of their happiness
34:06pierced Sebastian's heart.
34:08He stared at Vivian's
34:09gentle smile on the screen.
34:10She had once been his
34:11for the taking,
34:12but he had thrown
34:13his entire world
34:14into the trash
34:14with his own hands,
34:16covering his eyes
34:16tightly.
34:17He let out a desperate,
34:18miserable cry
34:19in the darkness
34:20and the cold.
34:21Tears mixed with blood
34:22and froze into ice.
34:23For the rest of his life,
34:24he was doomed to pay
34:25for his arrogance
34:26and stupidity
34:27in endless suffering
34:28until the day he died.
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