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00:00Luna, yeah?
00:08I'm not good at this.
00:10At what?
00:11Feeling things.
00:13You're better at it than you think.
00:23Dad's waiting.
00:25He's always waiting.
00:26For me to fail.
00:29Oh, disappointed, but not surprised.
00:32I built a billion-dollar company from nothing.
00:35Named it after Mom.
00:37Still not enough.
00:39It's never enough.
00:41Today I convince him.
01:00Emble Steakhouse, and step on it.
01:06No, no, no, no!
01:09The one day, the own day, the owner does a check-in!
01:13Meow!
01:18If I get fired, we're both eating ramen for a month.
01:21Meow!
01:21Meow!
01:22Meow!
01:23Meow!
01:35You're late.
01:36I know.
01:37I'm so sorry.
01:39My alarm...
01:40Cleaning duty.
01:40No tables today.
01:42But that means no tips!
01:44Should have thought about that before showing up 40 minutes late on inspection day.
01:52Congratulations.
01:53You're not pregnant.
01:56What?
01:59God!
02:08You have got to be kidding me.
02:11Sorry, Luna.
02:11They told us at the beginning of the shift.
02:13Customer bathrooms only today.
02:15Plumber comes at noon.
02:16Need a tampon?
02:19Black cat.
02:20Broken mirror.
02:22Chain mail.
02:22Something cursed me.
02:23Something definitely cursed me.
02:31Hello?
02:34Yes?
02:36Do you, um, have a tampon?
02:40If you don't, there's a dispenser nearby.
02:43One second.
02:49Is everything okay?
02:50I got this.
02:51I swear.
02:53Just give me a second.
02:54I'm so sorry.
02:55Oh my god.
02:57Don't be sorry.
02:58This day couldn't possibly get any worse.
03:01My alarm didn't go off.
03:03I got my period early.
03:04This co-worker who hates me announced it to everyone.
03:08The employee bathrooms are broken.
03:10And our uniforms are white.
03:13Like, who dresses waiters in white?
03:16I'm not superstitious, but this bad luck is...
03:20Today's been pretty shitty for me, too.
03:22Don't apologize.
03:23I get it.
03:26Hold on.
03:30Sorry.
03:31You're going to have to open up.
03:32I can't slide it under.
03:40Thank you so much.
03:42And I'd appreciate your discretion.
03:44Of course.
03:45I understand.
03:47What's your name?
03:49Luna.
03:50Luna Reyes.
03:51And yours?
03:52Vivian Ashforth.
03:53Um, nice to meet you.
03:55Nice to meet you, too.
03:57What just happened?
04:02I can do it.
04:04You'll find someone to marry.
04:06You'll become religious.
04:07You will maintain a respectable public image.
04:10I'll be a born-again Christian if that's what it takes.
04:15You know what your timeline is, Vivian.
04:18Convince me before then, and the company will be yours.
04:22I promise, Dad.
04:23I'll be married by the end of the month.
04:27Derek Lawson has already presented his five-year plan to the board.
04:30Impressive numbers.
04:31Derek Lawson is a parasite who attached himself to our family name.
04:35He's practical, obedient, traditional.
04:39He's not your blood.
04:40Neither is stubbornness a qualification for CEO.
04:43Five months, Vivian.
04:44That's what the doctors gave me.
04:47If you haven't proven yourself by then, the board votes.
04:50And they will choose Derek.
04:52I won't let that happen.
04:53A wife.
04:54A church.
04:55A spotless reputation.
04:57That's the minimum.
04:59You'll have it.
05:03We'll see.
05:08A wife.
05:09Where the hell am I going to find a wife?
05:13Table 12.
05:14The Elizabeth booth.
05:15VIP.
05:16Not mess this up.
05:26The woman from the bathroom.
05:28Oh, God.
05:30Hello?
05:30Um, hi.
05:31I'm Luna.
05:32Luna Reyes.
05:33I'll be your waitress today.
05:34What are your drinks of preference?
05:35I am Richard Ashford.
05:36This is my daughter, Vivian.
05:38I would like a water.
05:39Two cubes of ice.
05:39She would like a Shirley Temple.
05:41No ice.
05:43Is that all?
05:47That's all.
06:04If I'm not convinced before the five months are up, Vivian.
06:08A wife and a wholesome reputation.
06:10I know.
06:11I'll do it.
06:18Wait.
06:19What did you hear?
06:23Nothing.
06:28You!
06:29I want you fired!
06:31Hi.
06:32Are you guys hiring?
06:40does that say luna reyes yes we're not hiring but you just we're not hiring
06:48please leave this fine establishment since when has applebee's ever considered a fine
07:00establishment 24 rejections 24 he didn't just get me fired he got me blacklisted every chain in the
07:06city knows my name if i can't work i can't pay rent if i can't pay rent i'd have to
07:11leave new york
07:12this city is the only thing i have left it was there when no one else was there has to
07:17be another
07:18way corin industries billion dollar enterprise ashfield empire air needs to marry to inherit
07:25she needs a wife i need money this is either the smartest or the stupidest thing i've ever done
07:30you're a very beautiful woman what's your ethnicity wait let me guess egyptian right and i see no
07:37wedding ring are you single tell me more about corin industries the ceo's office would that be
07:43on the top floor yes the hundredth floor but are you busy friday evening it's just with aunt eleanor
07:50gone and my period this week do you need to use the bathroom oh i i wouldn't want to waste
07:56our time
07:56please down the hall next to the fire escape she said she needs i need money i need money
08:13stay where you are i can explain i swear luna reyes
08:29vivian i know her
08:34what are you i wanted tamir come here
08:38your security is really good i was here for barely any time
08:41thermal detector your heat signature triggered the alarm
08:45lots of people want to kill you i guess only a couple murder attempts a year
08:49tough life being a billionaire what are you doing here
08:54here
08:58you want to get married that was the entire point of the contract yes and you don't mind pretending to
09:03be in love in front of my father my family everyone not if you don't and when there's no
09:07more use for the marriage no moral quills with divorce i'm hardly religious i don't mind it's
09:12a good business deal do you have a pen a pen to sign i didn't actually think that far
09:19should i prick my finger and write my name in blood
09:24i'm gonna remember something you said what i'd rather sleep with anyone else in the world first
09:31i'm not taking it back i don't want you to i want you to regret it
09:38we have a wedding to plan let me get this straight a waitress who you met once broke into your
09:42building
09:43climbed 30 flights of stairs and proposed a fake marriage and you said yes it's a business
09:47arrangement you have a list of vetted candidates models celebrities hedge fund daughters i canceled
09:51the interviews for a waitress she had a thorough contract is she pretty that's irrelevant
09:58so she's gorgeous
10:02what do you actually know about her she's resourceful brave stubborn she treated me like
10:09a person not a bank account you like her it's business viv i've known you since we were 15
10:16you've never talked about anyone like this or me dare
10:23luna
10:27are you okay fine are you okay i'm sorry about earlier i don't do well with surprises
10:32if you want to end the contract no i still want to marry you professionally i swear i won't throw
10:37a
10:37drink in your face next time good i mean good for the macaroon to repay you a thousand dollars
10:43for a pink macaroon it's i won't take your charity come on we have an agreed amount fair is fair
10:50this isn't an exchange this is you feeling sorry for me i don't feel sorry for you i don't like
10:55owing people you don't owe me anything for a macaroon that's a second degree burn i don't care
11:01take the check no
11:12we need to discuss living arrangements i'm being evicted anyway so fine i'll send a car
11:19ikanta get the subo way with a cat and six boxes
11:26send the car
11:38don't get used to this your room is the second on the left it has its own bathroom
11:44if you want to change anything my own room obviously this is a business arrangement
11:52right obviously
11:56cleopatra no
12:00she has good taste she has terrible taste she eats shoelaces
12:08hello cleopatra she doesn't usually like strangers i'm not a stranger i'm her other mom now
12:18don't don't don't say it like that
12:22wedding planning starts tomorrow get some rest
12:28traitor bennett clear my afternoon i have a personal errand
12:34we need rings can't you just order them online my father would notice a cheap ring from across the
12:41room we're going to tiffany's tiffany's everyone's looking at us
12:48they're looking at you what no they're definitely looking at the woman in a 3 000 suit
12:5212 000 what the suit was 12 000 i hate you
13:01for the happy couple congratulations
13:05something simple elegant not ostentatious
13:11this one's nice
13:14it suits you
13:18that one is 42 000 absolutely not
13:20we'll take two
13:22vivian it's part of the act let me do this
13:25fine but i'm giving it back after we'll see
13:29we need a backstory
13:31how we met how long we've been dating first date all of it
13:35can't we just say we met at the restaurant
13:37my father had you fired from that restaurant he'd never believe i started dating the woman who dumped fondue on
13:42him
13:42fair point so where did we meet the firefly cafe it's a queer cafe i've gone to since i was
13:47a teenager
13:48believable setting okay and our first date central park picnic sunset i researched common first dates
13:54you researched romance i research everything
13:58okay what about physical stuff what about it if we're married people expect us to be comfortable with each other
14:04touching holding hands maybe kissing we should practice practice holding hands
14:11so it looks natural
14:15this is fine completely fine
14:19what about the kiss
14:21we'll cross that bridge when we come to it
14:24good night luna
14:27good night
14:31do you vivian ashfield
14:33take luna reyes to be your lawfully wedded wife
14:38i do
14:39and do you luna reyes
14:41take vivian ashfield to be your lawfully wedded wife
14:46i do
14:47you may kiss the bride
15:00beautiful
15:00absolutely beautiful absolutely beautiful i didn't prepare for this that was adequate yeah yeah adequate
15:13thank you for doing this thank you for letting me
15:23so this is the woman
15:25dad this is luna my wife
15:29it's nice to meet you mr ashford
15:31sit
15:34how did you two meet
15:35the firefly cafe eight months ago
15:37and what do you do luna
15:39i'm between positions right now
15:42i was a waitress
15:43a waitress
15:44dad
15:45i didn't say anything
15:46where did you waitress
15:48a few places around the city
15:49most recently a steakhouse
15:52you look familiar
15:53i get that a lot
15:56tell me about your family
15:58my mother was egyptian
15:59she passed when i was young
16:01i was raised by my aunt in new york
16:03and your father
16:04never knew him
16:06no family money
16:07that's enough
16:08i'm making conversation with my daughter-in-law
16:09you understand my concern
16:11women have tried to marry into this family before
16:13for obvious reasons
16:14i married your daughter mr ashfield
16:16not your bank account
16:22congratulations on the wedding vivian
16:25quite sudden wasn't it
16:28when you know you know
16:29of course
16:30and your wife luna is it
16:31charming girl
16:32waitress background i hear
16:33is there a point to this derrick
16:35just making conversation
16:36the board has questions naturally about stability
16:38about image
16:39your father's health is declining
16:40and the shareholders want assurance
16:41that whoever takes the helm is
16:43settled
16:43i'm married
16:44i'd say that's settled
16:46married for three weeks
16:48to a woman nobody's heard of
16:49forgive me if the board needs more convincing
16:52my proposal
16:53a ten-year growth strategy
16:55vetted by three independent firms
16:58i'll review it
17:00take your time
17:01we have what did the doctor say
17:03five months
17:08he makes a strong case vivian
17:14meeting adjourned
17:42you cooked
17:44don't sound so shocked
17:45i worked in restaurants for eight years
17:50you didn't have to
17:52you look stressed in your text
17:53even through a four-letter word somehow
17:56is it bad
17:57this is the best thing i've ever eaten
17:59you're being dramatic
18:00i'm not
18:00i've eaten at michelin star restaurants on four continents
18:03this is better
18:04how is the meeting really
18:05derrick lawrence is positioning himself
18:07the board is listening
18:08my father is dying
18:09and the vultures are circling
18:11what do you need
18:12i need the board to see me as stable
18:14trustfully
18:15someone with roots
18:16so we need to be more
18:18visible
18:19as a couple
18:20a charity gala is coming up
18:22three weeks from now
18:23every major player in new york will be there
18:25you want me to go
18:26i need you to go
18:27and i need everyone there
18:29to believe we're in love
18:34then we'll make them believe it
18:35thank you luna
18:37that's what vivs are for
18:40professionally speaking
18:48you look
18:50adequate
18:50no
18:51not adequate
18:55may i
19:11vivian
19:12introduce us to your wife
19:15this is luna
19:16the love of my life
19:17she's being modest
19:19i'm actually the love of her life
19:21and the reason she eats vegetables now
19:34is this close enough
19:35almost
19:41find out everything about luna reyes
19:44everything
19:51i think that went well
19:53you were perfect
19:54you sound surprised
19:56i'm not
19:56i just
19:57you made it easy
19:59to pretend
20:01that's the job right
20:04right
20:09vivian
20:10yes
20:11at the gala
20:12when we were dancing
20:14was any of that real
20:20i guess not
20:24does it matter
20:25this is a business arrangement
20:27that's all
20:28i'm not catching feelings for a billionaire
20:30that would be insane
20:33don't judge me
20:38i'm so screwed
20:41luna reyes
20:4226
20:43egyptian american
20:44mother deceased
20:45no father on record
20:46raised by an aunt
20:47who also passed
20:48no criminal record
20:49no college degree
20:50worked minimum wage jobs
20:51for the last eight years
20:52and before vivian
20:54she was a waitress
20:55at ember steakhouse
20:56fired after an incident
20:57involving richard ashford
20:59and fondue
21:02the fondue girl
21:03she's the fondue girl
21:05richard ashford
21:06personally had her blacklisted
21:07from every major restaurant chain
21:08in new york
21:09so the woman richard ashford
21:10despises
21:11is now his daughter-in-law
21:13this is too good
21:14what else
21:15no evidence of a relationship
21:16between her and vivian
21:17prior to four weeks ago
21:18no social media history together
21:20no mutual friends
21:21nothing
21:21because there was no relationship
21:22this marriage is fake
21:27i just need proof
21:29something concrete enough
21:31for the board
21:31and for richard
21:33there's one more thing
21:35luna reyes was evicted
21:37from her apartment
21:37the same week
21:38she married vivian ashford
21:39evicted
21:40and then suddenly married
21:41to a billionaire
21:42find me the contract
21:43there has to be one
21:44no one marries a stranger
21:46without paperwork
21:49richard it's derrick
21:50i think we should talk
21:52about your daughter-in-law
22:00what's wrong
22:01my father wants to see us
22:03both of us
22:04today
22:04that doesn't sound
22:06derrick called him
22:09what does derrick know
22:12i don't know yet
22:14but if he's gone to my father
22:16it's not good
22:21sit down
22:25derrick has brought something
22:26to my attention
22:27he claims your marriage
22:28is a fabrication
22:29that's absurd
22:31is it
22:32you've known each other
22:33for less than two months
22:34there's no dating history
22:35no social media
22:37no mutual connections
22:39and your wife
22:40was evicted from her apartment
22:42the same week you married
22:43i moved in with my wife
22:45that's what married people do
22:47or what people do
22:48when they're paid to pretend
22:51luna
22:51look at me
22:53do you love my daughter
23:00yes
23:01i love her
23:02leave us
23:03richard
23:04i said leave
23:08i'm watching
23:09both of you
23:11don't make me regret this
23:13you were incredible
23:20i wasn't acting
23:25when's the last time you slept
23:27define slept
23:28more than three hours
23:35i wasn't finished
23:37you're finished for tonight
23:39luna
23:39vivian
23:40i can't afford to stop
23:42derrick is
23:42derrick can wait until morning
23:43you can't run a company
23:45if you collapse
23:48lean back
23:49i don't
23:50lean
23:50back
23:53tell me something
23:54not about work
23:55something real
23:59my mother named her company
24:01after herself
24:01koreen
24:02she died when i was seven
24:04brain tumor
24:05i remember her hands
24:06she wore rings
24:08silver
24:08like mine
24:09i started wearing them
24:11because as i was afraid
24:11i'd forget what she looked like
24:13you won't forget
24:14how do you know
24:16because you love her too much
24:18that kind of love
24:19doesn't let you forget
24:23luna
24:24yeah
24:32i'm not good at this
24:33at what
24:35feeling things
24:37you're better at it
24:38than you think
24:42i'm not good at this
24:46coffee's on the counter
24:50you let me fall asleep
24:51you needed it
24:57about last
24:57you don't have to explain anything
24:58i want to
25:04i've never told anyone
25:05about my mother's rings
25:07not even marco
25:09why did you tell me
25:13i don't know
25:16that's not true
25:16i do know
25:17i just don't know
25:18how to say it
25:22then don't say it
25:24if i kiss you right now
25:26it won't be for the cameras
25:28i know
25:35what
25:36your father's been hospitalized
25:37you need to come now
25:40i'm on my way
25:42go
25:43i'll be right behind you
25:49the cancer is progressing
25:50faster than we anticipated
25:53we're looking at weeks now
25:54not months
25:58thank you doctor
26:00thank you doctor
26:15i'm here dad
26:18come closer
26:23you too
26:29she looks at you
26:31the way your mother looked at me
26:36take care of her
26:39she won't let anyone else
26:40i will
26:43the company is yours
26:44i've already told the board
26:46dad
26:47i should have said it years ago
26:50you were always enough
26:52vivian
26:54i was too proud to admit it
27:09he's dying
27:11i know
27:11i spent my whole life
27:13trying to prove myself to him
27:15and now
27:22we need to talk about the contract
27:24what about it
27:26my father gave me the company
27:29the original reason for our arrangement is fulfilled
27:34so you're saying we're done
27:36i'm saying the contract no longer applies
27:39you've fulfilled your end
27:40the money is yours
27:41you're free to leave whenever you want
27:46is that what you want
27:48for me to leave
27:50what i want is irrelevant
27:51this was a business deal
27:53stop calling it that
27:54it is that
27:55that's what we agreed
27:57i know what we agreed
27:58but things changed vivian
28:00you know they did
28:02the dancing
28:03the couch
28:05last night at the hospital
28:08this morning
28:09when you almost kissed me
28:13was all of that business
28:17luna
28:17answer me
28:18i can't give you what you want
28:20what do you think i want
28:21someone who knows how to love
28:22i don't
28:23i've never
28:24i
28:25i sleep with women
28:26and send them away in the morning
28:28that's all i know how to do
28:30that's not all you know
28:31you held my hand in front of your father
28:33you told me about your mother's rings
28:36you burned your hand on a stove
28:39because you were looking at me
28:41you're terrified
28:42i get it
28:44but don't you dare stand there
28:45and tell me this was just business
28:48i don't know how to do this
28:50neither do i
28:52but i want to try
28:54with you
29:03that wasn't adequate
29:06it really wasn't
29:07a falsified marriage in exchange for a
29:09fininite sum
29:10your marriage is a fraud
29:11you paid a waitress to pretend to be your wife
29:18vivian is this true
29:20it started as an arrangement
29:22yes
29:22i won't deny that
29:24how convenient
29:25but it isn't one anymore
29:27i'm not finished
29:28that contract was signed weeks ago
29:29since then my wife has stood beside me
29:32in front of my father
29:33in front of this board
29:33in front of the entire city
29:34she held my hand in a hospital room
29:36while my father told me i was enough
29:38she made me dinner when i forgot to eat
29:40she made me sleep when i wouldn't stop working
29:42she is not a transaction
29:43you want to talk about fraud derrick
29:45let's talk about how you obtained a private legal document
29:48let's talk about the investigator you hired to surveil my wife
29:52let's talk about how you've spent the last two months undermining me
29:55instead of doing your actual job
29:57i love luna reyes
29:59that is not a business decision
30:00that is the truth
30:01and if this board can't see the difference
30:03between where something starts
30:05and where it ends
30:06then you don't deserve to lead anything
30:08vote however you want
30:09i'm going home to my wife
30:19i moved to table mr lawson's motion
30:22second
30:31i saw the news
30:33luna
30:34everyone knows
30:36the whole city knows
30:38they published the contract
30:41derrick leaked it to the press
30:43after the board meeting
30:44what did you tell them
30:46the board
30:46the truth
30:48which version
30:49the only version that matters
30:51that it started as a deal
30:54and that it became real
30:55they're calling me a gold digger
30:57a con artist
30:58there are pictures of me outside ember's steakhouse
31:00from the day i got fired
31:02someone found my eviction notice
31:04they're saying i targeted you
31:05none of that is true
31:06it doesn't matter if it's true
31:08it's what people believe
31:09your reputation
31:09i don't care about my reputation
31:11you've cared about it your entire life
31:13maybe i should go
31:14if i'm not in the picture the scandal dies
31:15you keep the company
31:16everything goes back
31:17don't you dare leave me to protect you
31:18i have spent my entire life
31:19watching people walk away
31:20because things got hard
31:21my mother didn't have a choice
31:22but you do
31:22and i am asking you
31:24begging you
31:24to stay
31:26i'm scared
31:29so am i
31:31but i'd rather be scared with you
31:33than safe without you
31:37i'm not going anywhere
31:41your cat has terrible timing
31:43she gets it from me
31:46i've never spoken to cuss before
31:48what if i say something wrong
31:49you won't
31:51what if i throw up
31:52then we'll make headlines
31:53for a different reason
31:55you don't have to do this
31:56i can handle it alone
31:57no
31:58we do this together
32:00that's the whole point
32:02thank you all
32:02we were strangers who made a deal
32:06but somewhere between the contract
32:08and now
32:08i fell in love with her
32:10genuinely
32:10completely
32:12in a way i didn't think i was capable of
32:14luna reyes is not a gold digger
32:16she is my wife
32:17not because of a contract
32:18but because i choose her
32:19every single day
32:21your turn
32:24i'm not a billionaire
32:25and a cat who eats shoelaces
32:28i married vivian ashworth for money
32:30but she is also kind
32:31and she carries her mother's memory
32:33on every finger
32:34you can call me whatever you want
32:35but i love her
32:36and that's not something anyone paid me to say
32:39luna will you stay married
32:41ask me in 50 years
32:47vivian
32:47i'm here dad
32:49i saw the press conference
32:51on the television
32:53you should be resting
32:54you were brave
32:56your mother would have been proud
32:58i was wrong
32:59about a lot of things
33:01about you
33:02about what makes someone worthy
33:05dad don't
33:05let me finish
33:06i spent my life measuring people by numbers
33:10dollars
33:11percentages
33:12quarterly reports
33:14and i missed what was right in front of me
33:17she's good vivian
33:19don't let her go
33:20i won't
33:22and the company
33:23it's handled
33:24the board voted this afternoon
33:27derek's motion was rejected
33:28unanimously
33:31that's my girl
33:34tell luna thank you
33:36for taking care of you
33:44i'm here
33:45i'm right here
34:01goodbye dad
34:08no suit today
34:10board meetings
34:11not until noon
34:13vivian ashford
34:15in sweatpants
34:15before noon
34:16the press would have a field day
34:21let them
34:25how are you
34:26really
34:27some days are harder
34:29but
34:30i'm okay
34:32because of you
34:34i want to tell you something
34:36okay
34:38i've been thinking about what comes next
34:40for me
34:41i don't want to just be the billionaire's wife
34:44i want to do something
34:45build something
34:47what did you have in mind
34:48a restaurant
34:49my own
34:50small
34:50family style
34:51the kind of place where nobody gets fired for crescent shaped ice
34:56i think that's a brilliant idea
34:57i don't want your money for it
34:59i want to earn it
35:00loans
35:00savings
35:01the right way
35:01i wouldn't dare offer
35:03liar
35:04you already have a check written don't you
35:08i love you
35:09even when you're impossible
35:12especially when i'm impossible
35:15cleopatra
35:17you're grounded
35:22opening day gift
35:24a plant
35:25for the windowsill
35:26every good restaurant has plants on the windowsill
35:28thank you
35:29you did this
35:30all of it
35:31on your own
35:31not entirely on my own
35:38chef special
35:40for my favorite customer
35:41favorite
35:42i thought you said you'd rather serve anyone else in the world first
35:44i told you
35:45i'm not taking it back
35:47and i told you
35:49i'd make you regret it
35:51have you
35:53not yet
35:54but i have time
35:55how much time
35:58ask me in 50 years
36:01the second law of thermodynamics says the universe tends toward disorder
36:05everything falls apart
36:06everything breaks down
36:07but sometimes
36:08just sometimes
36:09two people find each other in the chaos
36:11and they build something
36:12not perfect
36:13not easy
36:14but real
36:15and that's enough
36:16and that's enough
36:17because i'm not making me up
36:17and that's enough
36:17because that's enough
36:17because i'm wanted to do
36:17I'm just doing this
36:17I want to believe
36:17why
36:17to be
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