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This isn't your typical romance – but it's one of the most powerful love stories I've seen on ReelShort. Eleanor was the devoted wife and mother. But her family's affection was reserved for Lydia, William's true love. William committed bigamy. Her children were cruel. After a painful rebirth, Eleanor sees it all clearly.
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- Eleanor's transformation – from invisible wife to unstoppable woman
- The way she leaves without drama, just quiet strength
- Her secret application to Harvard – building a new life in science
- The moment William and the children realize what they lost
- That final rejection scene – cold, earned, and so satisfying
If you love stories about women who refuse to stay broken, who choose themselves over people who hurt them, and who prove that the best revenge is living well – this one's for you. Eleanor doesn't get a prince. She gets a future. And that's better.
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This isn't your typical romance – but it's one of the most powerful love stories I've seen on ReelShort. Eleanor was the devoted wife and mother. But her family's affection was reserved for Lydia, William's true love. William committed bigamy. Her children were cruel. After a painful rebirth, Eleanor sees it all clearly.
✨ What actually worked for me:
- Eleanor's transformation – from invisible wife to unstoppable woman
- The way she leaves without drama, just quiet strength
- Her secret application to Harvard – building a new life in science
- The moment William and the children realize what they lost
- That final rejection scene – cold, earned, and so satisfying
If you love stories about women who refuse to stay broken, who choose themselves over people who hurt them, and who prove that the best revenge is living well – this one's for you. Eleanor doesn't get a prince. She gets a future. And that's better.
Who else needed this reminder that you can't keep a good woman down? 👑
— RSR, your go-to for the good stuff ✨
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00:04Do your duty as Mrs. Harrington.
00:07She nodded with a pale face, but her heart still fell for him.
00:12After the wedding, she cooked for him herself, ironed his shirts, nursed his stomach problems, and helped him organize his
00:19lab data.
00:20During a difficult labor, she gritted her teeth and signed her surgical consent form alone.
00:25Later, when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, she kept it to herself and secretly went for treatment.
00:32At the end of her life, she lay in a hospice ward, her hair completely white.
00:37On the television, William had just won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
00:41While Winslow and Sophie had received their Ivy League acceptance letters, the host asked whom he wanted to thank most.
00:48The person I am most grateful to is my wife, Lydia.
00:52She was my first love, and she is the love of my life.
00:55Did I just hear that wrong?
01:00This is what you owe Dad.
01:02Miss Kensington is the one who registered her marriage with him at City Hall.
01:06You came later.
01:07We have to catch a flight to Dad and Miss Kensington's wedding in Napa Valley.
01:13On the day she died, that grand wedding was playing on television.
01:18She closed her eyes in agony.
01:21After being reborn, in his memory, Winslow and Sophie were the people she cared about most.
01:27But now the children had concussions.
01:30And she seemed completely unmoved.
01:33Mrs. Harrington has been like a different person lately.
01:36Last week was her birthday.
01:37She baked a lemon cake herself, but Mr. Harrington took the children skiing what Miss Kensington did instead.
01:42Who could feel fine after that?
01:45Lydia is my mentor's daughter.
01:47I was only doing it out of friendship.
01:53You're not telling the truth.
01:55We're husband and wife.
01:57If you have something to say, say it.
02:00Husband and wife!
02:01One month after her rebirth, every servant at the Westchester estate noticed that Mrs. Harrington had changed.
02:08She no longer got up at 5.30 in the morning to make breakfast.
02:12She no longer pushed the children to study.
02:15She no longer drove to the university to deliver nutritious meals to William.
02:19Even when Winslow and Sophie fell off their horses and got concussions, she only calmly told the housekeeper to take
02:25them to the hospital.
02:26A night of wind and snow passed.
02:28William pushed the door open and stepped inside.
02:30He took off his coat, and finally looked toward Eleanor, who was reading by the fireplace.
02:36What has been going on with you lately?
02:38Eleanor's hand crossed on the page, under the dim yellow light.
02:41The man in the white shirt looked cool and aristocratic, but his voice was as cold as a time-lock
02:46in the wall.
02:49Nothing.
02:49I've just been a little busy.
02:51It's a calm distance to meet William's boss to the night.
02:54In his memory, Winslow and Sophie were the people she cared about most.
02:58But now the children had concussions.
03:01And she seemed completely unmoved.
03:04Mrs. Harrington has been like a different person lately.
03:07Last week was her birthday.
03:08She baked a lemon cake herself, but Mr. Harrington took the children to scheme on his Kensington instead.
03:13Who could feel fine after that?
03:16Lydia is my mentor's daughter.
03:18I was only doing it out of friendship.
03:22No.
03:24You won't tell him the truth.
03:26We're husband and wife.
03:28If you have something to say, say it.
03:31Husband and wife!
03:34Eleanor thought of the marriage certificate in the safe, the one with William and Lydia's names on it, and almost
03:40laughed.
03:40Before she could speak, the study door was shoved open.
03:44You're so mean!
03:46I was in the hospital and you didn't even come see me!
03:49I hate you!
03:50Winslow stood to the side.
03:52His eyes red, his lips pressed tight.
03:55William was about to stop her, but Eleanor spoke first.
03:59Then go find Miss Kendington.
04:00Let her take care of you.
04:04Do you mean that?
04:06I do.
04:08Sophie burst into tears, sobbing as she screamed that Eleanor was the worst mother in the world.
04:12She cried until she could barely breathe, but Eleanor did not react at all.
04:16Fine.
04:17Suit yourself.
04:21Winslow called Dad twice, but no one answered.
04:25Anxious, he looked back at Eleanor and glared at her.
04:29Why do you always have to fight with Dad?
04:34You should go, too.
04:36You didn't used to be like this.
04:39Eleanor did not answer.
04:40She simply shut him outside the door.
04:43She leaned back on the chase and looked at the family portrait on the wall, remembering her last life.
04:50The Sinclair family went bankrupt.
04:53She was forced to drop out of school.
04:55And her stepfather wanted to marry her off to a 63-year-old hedge fund manager.
05:00It was William Harrington who saved her, saying he had chosen her as his wife.
05:04He was not only the heir to the Harrington family, but also Columbia University's chief scientist.
05:09A genius in gene editing.
05:11Everyone envied her.
05:12But on the first day of their marriage, William said,
05:15I married you only to satisfy the family trust.
05:18Do your duty as Mrs. Harrington.
05:21She nodded with a pale face.
05:24But her heart still fell for him.
05:26After the wedding, she cooked for him herself.
05:29Ironed his shirts.
05:30Nursed his stomach problems.
05:32And helped him organize his lab data.
05:34During a difficult labor, she gritted her teeth and signed her surgical consent form alone.
05:39Later, when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,
05:43she kept it to herself and secretly went for treatment.
05:46At the end of her life, she lay in a hospice ward.
05:49Her hair completely white.
05:51On the television, William had just won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
05:55While Winslow and Sophie had received their Ivy League acceptance letters,
05:58the host asked whom he wanted to thank most.
06:02The person I am most grateful to is my wife, Lydia.
06:05She was my first love, and she is the love of my life.
06:09Did I just hear that wrong?
06:14This is what you owe Dad.
06:16Miss Kensington is the one who registered her marriage with him at City Hall.
06:20You came later.
06:21We have to catch a flight to Dad and Miss Kensington's wedding in Napa Valley.
06:27On the day she died,
06:29that grand wedding was playing on television.
06:32She closed her eyes in agony.
06:35After being reborn, she did only two things.
06:38Register for the Graduate Entrance Exam and apply to graduate school.
06:42Then go to the Social Security office to replace her Social Security and apply for a new passport.
06:47She had already taken the exam in secret.
06:50In one week, the admissions result would be out.
06:55I'll leave this family.
06:57Good.
06:58As she was thinking, a commotion rose outside the door.
07:04Madam, Mr. Harrington asks as they can clear out the master bedroom from his hand.
07:08You are to move to the guest room.
07:11All right.
07:12Mr. Harrington said,
07:13You should move your things yourself.
07:16Eleanor nodded, quickly packed a few clothes and her books,
07:19then picked up the box and prepared to leave.
07:22Before she reached the door, a hand struck her's heart, and everything fell to the floor.
07:27She looked up and saw Lydia Kensington.
07:31Eleanor?
07:32Long time no see.
07:34Eleanor crouched down to pick up her books.
07:36Eleanor, you're still so capable.
07:38Unlike me, all I know how to do is spend William's money.
07:42Even when you were having a difficult delivery, he was thinking of me.
07:46He transferred most of the family assets into a trust for me to manage,
07:50and even let me join the research institute.
07:52Eleanor flinched from the pain and shook her off.
07:55Lydia staggered backward and fell right into William's arms as he rushed over.
08:00Winslow and Sophie followed behind him, surrounding her with worried faces.
08:05Lydia, are you all right?
08:07I'm fine.
08:11William, maybe I should just leave.
08:13Eleanor doesn't seem to welcome me.
08:16William looked at Eleanor in silence.
08:18Eleanor withdrew her gaze from her son and daughter,
08:21and hid her bruised hand behind her back.
08:23I'm not unwilling.
08:25I'll leave right away.
08:29You're really moving out?
08:31You're leaving all this behind, too?
08:34It was the only gift he had ever given her.
08:36Back then, she had been so happy she couldn't sleep all night.
08:39You're the one who told me to clear out the room.
08:42I'm not the one abandoning it.
08:44Then why aren't you taking it with you?
08:46There are too many things.
08:48I can't carry them.
08:49Sophie ran over.
08:50When she saw her plush toy in the box,
08:53her little face flushed red.
08:54She's throwing my things away!
08:56If you keep acting like this,
08:58I'll never go to science camp again!
09:02You're a bad mom!
09:03You're not even as good as Lydia's little finger!
09:06I'm gonna live with Lydia from now on!
09:09If this had been before,
09:10those words would have torn her heart apart.
09:12But now, she was already exhausted.
09:16To whatever you want.
09:20The moment she stepped into the guest room,
09:22the housekeeper locked the door.
09:25Madam, Mr. Harrington said that since you pushed Miss Kendington,
09:28you need to calm down in here tonight.
09:31Eleanor did not respond.
09:33She lay on the bed and listened to the rain.
09:35In her dream, William promised her love and respect.
09:38But in the end,
09:39there was only her lying alone in a hospital bed while,
09:42on television.
09:43Her husband walked toward the wedding hall,
09:45hand in hand with Lydia.
09:46She laughed until tears fell,
09:48then murmured around.
09:52If there is another life,
09:54I will never love you again.
09:58Not love me?
10:00Eleanor, say that again.
10:02Don't open your eyes.
10:03Eleanor forced herself not to open her eyes.
10:06He saw that her eyes were closed,
10:07so she had only been talking in her sleep.
10:10He let out a breath.
10:12William, what are you doing?
10:15Are you worried about Eleanor?
10:17This is all my fault.
10:21This isn't your fault.
10:27William, if Eleanor finds out that you and I registered our marriage,
10:31will she be angry?
10:33It was an emergency then.
10:35Your father wanted to see you married and could die.
10:38Even if I didn't know you, she wouldn't play you.
10:40Don't worry.
10:41She won't play you.
10:42Not for the rest of her life.
10:44On Lydia's first day after holding it,
10:47she soaked William's laboratory manuscripts.
10:49They were all gene editing diagrams.
10:51William had drawn by hand,
10:53stroke by stroke.
10:54He had worked himself into a severe stomach ulcer.
10:59But when he met Lydia's reddened eyes,
11:01he only took her hand.
11:03Wake your hands.
11:05I'll handle it.
11:06The next day, Lydia redecorated the house inside and out.
11:11Sweet, you plush toys are too old.
11:15Let's throw them away, okay?
11:17Sophie immediately threw away the handmade dolls.
11:19Eleanor had sewn stitch by stitch.
11:21Winslow silently threw away the wooden boat in his hands.
11:27What a good boy.
11:28Those dolls and clothes had all been made by Eleanor herself,
11:31from organic cotton and cashmere.
11:33When the children were little,
11:34they had allergies and could only touch natural fabrics.
11:39Now they were all thrown into the trash.
11:42At the dining table,
11:43Lydia sat at the head
11:44and laid out utensils for the two children.
11:47William poured sparkling water for her
11:49and prepared her napkin,
11:51his eyes carrying a restrained affection
11:53Eleanor had never received.
11:56At night,
11:57the four of them swung in the backyard
11:58and looked at the stars.
12:01When Eleanor passed by,
12:02they ignored her completely,
12:04as if she were invisible.
12:06What was even more absurd
12:07was that all three of them
12:08had always been demanding about quality of life.
12:11Now Lydia had ruined his manuscripts,
12:14and William only said it was fine.
12:16The children wore casually washed clothes
12:18and ate take-out pizza,
12:20and not one of them complained.
12:22William, who was obsessed with cleanliness,
12:25even personally cooked pancakes with Lydia.
12:29Mr. Harrington treats Miss Kentington so well.
12:33Poor Mrs. Harrington worked herself to the bone for so long,
12:36and she still can't compare to a few days with Miss Kentington.
12:41Eleanor listened,
12:42her heart perfectly calm.
12:45That day, William pushed open the courtyard gate,
12:48his tone somewhat gentler.
12:50Enough.
12:51This has gone on long enough.
12:53I'm busy with work.
12:55From now on,
12:56you'll take care of the children again.
12:58Lydia is young and can't manage it.
13:00A belated birthday gift.
13:02Starting tomorrow,
13:03everything goes back to normal.
13:04This ends here.
13:05Eleanor looked at the bracelet.
13:07If this had been her last life,
13:09she would have been so happy.
13:11She couldn't sleep all night.
13:12Now it only feels ironic.
13:15I don't want it.
13:17Why?
13:19I'm not interested anymore.
13:21William frowned
13:22and forced it into her hand.
13:24Eleanor turned her head away
13:26and remained silent.
13:28William stared hard at her calm profile,
13:30a tight ache in his chest.
13:32In the end,
13:32he abruptly turned and laughed.
13:34She told the housekeeper to take the thing away
13:37and continued reading.
13:42Madam!
13:43Hurry to the back hill!
13:45Winslow and Sophie fell into the river!
13:52Do your duty as Mrs. Harrington.
13:56She nodded with a pale face.
13:58But her heart still fell for him.
14:00After the wedding,
14:01she cooked for him herself,
14:03ironed his shirts,
14:04nursed his stomach problems,
14:06and helped him organize his lab data.
14:08During a difficult labor,
14:09she gritted her teeth
14:10and signed for surgical consent form alone.
14:13Later,
14:14when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,
14:17she kept it to herself
14:18and secretly went for treatment.
14:20At the end of her life,
14:21she lay in a hospice ward,
14:23her hair completely white.
14:25On the television,
14:26William had just won
14:27the Nobel Prize in medicine.
14:29While Winslow and Sophie
14:30had received their
14:31Ivy League acceptance letters,
14:32the host asked
14:33whom he wanted to thank most.
14:36The person I am most grateful to
14:38is my wife, Lydia.
14:40She was my first love,
14:41and she is the love of my life.
14:43Did you just hear that wrong?
14:48This is what you owe, Dad.
14:50Miss Kensington is the one
14:51who registered her marriage
14:52around at City Hall.
14:54You came later.
14:55We have to catch a flight
14:56to Dad and Miss Kensington's wedding.
14:58I'm proud.
15:01On the day she died,
15:03that grand wedding
15:04was playing on television.
15:06She closed her eyes in agony.
15:09After being reborn,
15:11in his memory,
15:12Winslow and Sophie
15:13were the people
15:14she cared about most.
15:15But now the children
15:16had concussions.
15:18and she seemed
15:19completely unmoved.
15:21Mrs. Harrington
15:22has been like
15:22a different person lately.
15:24Last week was her birthday.
15:25She baked a lemon cake herself,
15:27but Mr. Harrington
15:27took the children's scheme
15:28and Miss Kensington instead.
15:30Who could feel fine after that?
15:33Lydia is my mentor's daughter.
15:35I was only doing it
15:36out of friendship.
15:41You're not telling the truth.
15:43We're husband and wife.
15:45If you have something to say,
15:47say it.
15:48Husband
15:48and wife!
15:50One month after her rebirth,
15:52every servant
15:52at the Westchester estate
15:54noticed that Mrs. Harrington
15:56had changed.
15:57She no longer got up
15:58at 5.30.
15:59In the morning
15:59to make breakfast,
16:00she no longer
16:01pushed the children
16:02to study.
16:03She no longer
16:04drove to the university
16:05to deliver nutritious meals
16:06to William.
16:07Even when Winslow and Sophie
16:08fell off their horses
16:09and got concussions,
16:11she only calmly told
16:12the housekeeper
16:13to take them to the hospital.
16:14A night of wind
16:15and snow passed.
16:16William pushed the door open
16:17and stepped inside.
16:19He took off his coat
16:20and finally looked
16:21toward Eleanor,
16:22who was reading
16:22by the fireplace.
16:24What has been going on
16:25with you lately?
16:26Eleanor's hand paused
16:27on the page
16:27under the dim yellow light.
16:29The man in the white shirt
16:30looked cool
16:31and aristocratic,
16:32but his voice was as cold
16:34as a timer
16:34in a lab.
16:37Nothing.
16:38I've just been
16:38a little busy.
16:39Her calm distance
16:40made William's brows tame.
16:42In his memory,
16:43Winslow and Sophie
16:44were the people
16:45she cared about most.
16:46But now the children
16:47had concussions.
16:49And she seemed
16:50completely unmoved.
16:52Mrs. Harrington
16:53has been like
16:53a different person lately.
16:55Last week was her birthday.
16:56She baked a lemon cake herself,
16:58but Mr. Harrington
16:59took the children's ski
16:59with Miss Kensington instead.
17:01Who could feel fine
17:02after that?
17:04Lydia is my mentor's daughter.
17:06I was only doing it
17:07out of friendship.
17:12You're not telling the truth.
17:14We're husband and wife.
17:16If you have something to say,
17:18say it.
17:19Husband
17:20and wife.
17:22Eleanor thought of the marriage
17:23certificate in the sale,
17:24the one with William
17:25and Lydia's names on it,
17:27and almost laughed.
17:28Before she could speak,
17:30the study door
17:30was shoved open.
17:32You're so mean!
17:34I was in the hospital
17:35and you didn't even come see me!
17:37I hate you!
17:38Winslow stood to the side.
17:40His eyes red,
17:41his lips pressed tight.
17:43William was about to stop him,
17:44but Eleanor spoke first.
17:46Then go find Miss Kensington.
17:48Let her take care of her.
17:52Do you mean that?
17:54I do.
17:56Sophie burst into tears,
17:57sobbing as she screamed
17:58that Eleanor was the worst mother
18:00in the world.
18:00She cried until she could barely breathe,
18:02but Eleanor did not react at all.
18:04Fine.
18:05Suit yourself.
18:09Winslow called Dad twice,
18:11but no one answered.
18:13Anxious,
18:13he looked back at Eleanor
18:15and glared at her.
18:17Why do you always have to fight with Dad?
18:22You should go too.
18:23You didn't used to be like this.
18:27Eleanor did not answer.
18:28She simply shut him outside the door.
18:31She leaned back on the chase
18:33and looked at the family portrait
18:34on the wall.
18:36Remembering her last life.
18:39The Sinclair family went bankrupt.
18:41She was forced to drop out of school,
18:43and her stepfather wanted to marry her off
18:45to a 63-year-old hedge fund manager.
18:47It was William Harrington
18:49who saved her,
18:50saying he had chosen her as his wife.
18:52He was not only the heir
18:53to the Harrington family,
18:54but also Columbia University's
18:56chief scientist,
18:57a genius and gene editor.
18:59Everyone envied him.
19:00But on the first day of their marriage,
19:02William said,
19:03I married you only to satisfy
19:05the family of trust.
19:06Do your duty as Mrs. Harrington.
19:10She nodded with a pale face,
19:11but her heart still fell for him.
19:14After the wedding,
19:15she cooked for him herself,
19:17ironed his shirts,
19:18nursed his stomach problems,
19:20and helped him organize his lab data.
19:22During a difficult label,
19:23she gritted her teeth,
19:24and signed to the surgical consent formula.
19:27Later,
19:28when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,
19:31she kept it to herself,
19:32and secretly went for treatment.
19:34At the end of her life,
19:35she lay in a hospice ward,
19:37her hair completely white.
19:39On the television,
19:40William had just won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
19:42While Winslow and Sophie had received
19:44their Ivy League acceptance letters,
19:46the host asked whom he wanted to thank most.
19:50The person I am most grateful to
19:52is my wife, Lydia.
19:53She was my first love,
19:55and she is the love of my life.
19:57Did I just hear that wrong?
20:02This is what you owe Dad.
20:04Miss Kensington is the one
20:05who registered her marriage with him at City Hall.
20:08You came later.
20:09We have to catch a flight to Dad
20:11and Miss Kensington's wedding in Napa Valley.
20:15On the day she died,
20:17that grand wedding was playing on television.
20:20She closed her eyes in agony.
20:23After being reborn,
20:25she did only two things.
20:26Register for the graduate entrance exam,
20:28and apply to graduate school.
20:30Then go to the Social Security office
20:32to replace her Social Security card
20:34and apply for a new passport.
20:36She had already taken the exam in secret.
20:38In one week,
20:39the admissions result would be out.
20:42Ooh.
20:43I'll leave this family for good.
20:46As she was thinking,
20:47a commotion rose outside the door.
20:51Madam,
20:52Mr. Harrington asks that you clear out
20:54the master bedroom for Miss Kensington.
20:56You are to move to the guest room.
20:58All right.
21:00Mr. Harrington said,
21:01you should move your things yourself.
21:04Eleanor nodded,
21:05quickly packed a few clothes in her books,
21:07then picked up the box
21:09and prepared to leave.
21:10Before she reached the door,
21:12a hand struck hers hard
21:13and everything fell to the floor.
21:15She looked up
21:16and saw Lydia Kensington.
21:21Eleanor crouched down to pick up her books.
21:24Eleanor crouched down to pick up her books.
21:24Eleanor,
21:25you're still so capable.
21:26Unlike me,
21:28all I know how to do
21:29is spend William's money.
21:30Even when you were having a difficult delivery,
21:32he was thinking of me.
21:34He transferred most of the family assets
21:36into a trust for me to manage
21:37and even let me join the research institute.
21:40Eleanor flinched from the pain
21:42and shook her off.
21:43Lydia staggered backward
21:44and fell right into William's arms
21:46as he rushed over.
21:48Winslow and Sophie followed behind him,
21:50surrounding her with weird faces.
21:53Lydia,
21:53are you all right?
21:55I'm fine.
21:59William,
22:00maybe I should just leave.
22:02Eleanor doesn't seem to welcome me.
22:04William looked at Eleanor in silence.
22:06Eleanor withdrew her gaze
22:08from her son and daughter
22:09and hid her bruised hand behind her back.
22:11I'm not unwilling.
22:13I'll leave right away.
22:17You're really moving out?
22:19You're leaving all this behind too?
22:21It was the only gift he had ever given her.
22:24Back then,
22:24she had been so happy
22:26she couldn't sleep all night.
22:27You're the one who told me
22:29to clear out the room.
22:30I'm not the one abandoning it.
22:32Then why aren't you taking it with you?
22:34There are too many things.
22:36I can't carry them.
22:37Sophie ran over.
22:38When she saw her flush toy in the box,
22:41her little face flushed away.
22:42She's throwing my things away!
22:44If you keep acting like this,
22:46I'll never go to science camp again!
22:50You're a bad mom!
22:51You're not even as good
22:53as Lydia's little finger!
22:54I'm gonna live with Lydia from now on!
22:57If this had been before,
22:58those words would have to open her heart.
23:01But now,
23:01she was already exhausted.
23:03Unleashed.
23:05Too late.
23:08The moment she stepped into the guest room,
23:10the housekeeper locked the door.
23:13Madam,
23:14Mr. Harrington said that
23:15since you pushed Miss Kennington,
23:16you need to calm down in her time.
23:19Eleanor did not respond.
23:20She lay on the bed
23:22and listened to the rain.
23:23In her dream,
23:24William promised her love and respect.
23:26But in the end,
23:27there was only her lying alone
23:29in a hospital bed while,
23:30on television.
23:31Her husband walked toward the wedding hall,
23:33hand in hand with Lydia.
23:34She laughed until tears fell,
23:36then murmured aloud,
23:40and said,
23:40If there is another life,
23:42I will never love you again.
23:46Not love me?
23:48Eleanor,
23:49say that again.
23:50Don't open your eyes.
23:51Eleanor forced herself
23:53not to open her eyes.
23:54He saw that her eyes were closed,
23:56so she had only been talking in her sleep.
23:58He let out a breath.
24:00William,
24:01what are you doing?
24:03Are you worried about Eleanor?
24:05This is all my fault.
24:09This isn't your fault.
24:14William,
24:15if Eleanor finds out
24:17that you and I
24:18registered our marriage,
24:19will she be angry?
24:21It was an emergency then.
24:23Your father wanted to see you married
24:24before he died.
24:26Even if Eleanor knew
24:27she wouldn't blame you.
24:28Don't worry.
24:29She won't blame him.
24:31Not for the rest of her life.
24:33On Lydia's first day
24:34after moving in,
24:34she soaked
24:35William's laboratory manuscripts.
24:37They were all
24:37gene editing diagrams
24:39William had drawn by hand,
24:41stroke by stroke.
24:42He had worked himself
24:43into a severe stomach
24:45also at the living room.
24:47But when he met
24:48Lydia's reddened eyes,
24:49he only took her hand.
24:52Wipe your hands.
24:53I'll handle it.
24:55The next day,
24:56Lydia redecorated
24:57the house inside and out.
24:59Sweet Buffy,
25:00your plush toys are too old.
25:03Let's throw them away, okay?
25:05Sophie immediately
25:06threw away the handmade dolls
25:07Eleanor had sewn
25:08stitch by stitch.
25:09Winslow silently threw away
25:11the wooden boat
25:11in his hands.
25:15What a good boy.
25:16Those dolls and clothes
25:17had all been made
25:18by Eleanor herself,
25:19from organic cotton
25:20and cashmere.
25:21When the children were little,
25:22they had allergies
25:23and could only touch
25:24natural madness.
25:27Now they were all
25:28thrown into the trash.
25:30At the dining table,
25:31Lydia sat at the head
25:32and laid out utensils
25:33for the two children.
25:35William poured sparkling water
25:37from them
25:38and prepared her napkin,
25:39his eyes carrying
25:40a restrained affection
25:41Eleanor had never received.
25:44At night,
25:45the four of them swung
25:46in the backyard
25:46and looked at the stars.
25:49When Eleanor passed by,
25:50they ignored her completely,
25:52as if she were invisible.
25:54What was even more absurd
25:55was that all three of them
25:56had always been demanding
25:57about quality of life.
25:59Now Lydia had ruined
26:01his manuscripts,
26:02and William only said
26:03it was fine.
26:04The children wore
26:05casually washed clothes
26:06and ate take-out pizza,
26:08and not one of them complained.
26:10William,
26:11who was obsessed
26:12with cleanliness,
26:13even personally cooked
26:14pancakes with Lydia.
26:17Mr. Harrington
26:18treats Miss Kentington
26:19so well.
26:21Poor Mrs. Harrington
26:22worked herself
26:23to the bone
26:23for so long,
26:24and she still can't compare
26:25to a few days
26:25with Miss Kentington.
26:29Eleanor listened,
26:30her heart perfectly calm.
26:33That day,
26:34William pushed open
26:35the courtyard gate,
26:36his tone somewhat gentle.
26:38Enough.
26:39This has gone on long enough.
26:41I'm busy with work.
26:43From now on,
26:44you'll take care
26:44of the children again.
26:46Lydia is young
26:47and can't manage it.
26:48A belated work they've given.
26:50Starting tomorrow,
26:51everything goes back.
26:52This ends here.
26:53Eleanor looked at the bracelet.
26:55If this had been her last night,
26:57she would have been so happy.
26:59She couldn't sleep on it.
27:00Now it only appears.
27:03I don't want it.
27:05I don't want it.
27:06Why?
27:07I'm not interested anymore.
27:09William found
27:10and forced it into her hand.
27:12Eleanor turned her head away
27:14and remained silent.
27:16William stared hard
27:17at her calm profile,
27:18a tight ache in his chest.
27:20In the end,
27:20he abruptly turned and laughed.
27:22She told the housekeeper
27:24to take the thing away
27:25and continued reading.
27:30Madam!
27:31Hurry to the back hill!
27:33Binslow and Sophie
27:33fell into the river!
27:40Do your duty as Mrs. Harrington.
27:44She nodded with a pale face.
27:46But her heart still fell for him.
27:48After the wedding,
27:49she cooked for him herself,
27:51ironed his shirts,
27:52nursed his stomach problems,
27:54and helped him organize his lab data.
27:56During a difficult labor,
27:57she gritted her teeth
27:58and signed for surgical consent form alone.
28:01Later,
28:02when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,
28:05she kept it to herself
28:06and secretly went for treatment.
28:08At the end of her life,
28:09she lay in a hospice ward,
28:11her hair completely white.
28:13On the television,
28:14William had just won
28:15the Nobel Prize in medicine.
28:17While Winslow and Sophie
28:18had received their
28:19Ivy League acceptance letters,
28:20the host asked
28:21whom he wanted to thank most.
28:24The person I am most grateful to
28:26is my wife, Lydia.
28:28She was my first love,
28:29and she is the love of my life.
28:31Did I just hear that wrong?
28:36This is what you owe Dad.
28:38Miss Kensington is the one
28:39who registered her marriage
28:40with him at City Hall.
28:42You came later.
28:43We have to catch a flight
28:44to Dad and Miss Kensington's wedding
28:46in Napa Valley.
28:49On the day she died,
28:51that Grand Wedding
28:52was playing on television,
28:54she closed her eyes in agony.
28:57After being reborn,
28:59in his memory,
29:00Winslow and Sophie
29:01were the people
29:02she cared about most.
29:03But now the children
29:04had concussions,
29:06and she seemed
29:07completely unmoved.
29:09Mrs. Harrington has been
29:10like a different person lately.
29:12Last week was her birthday.
29:13She baked a lemon cake herself,
29:15but Mr. Harrington
29:15took the children's scheme
29:16at Miss Kensington instead.
29:18Who could feel fine after that?
29:21Lydia is my mentor's daughter.
29:23I was only doing it
29:24out of friendship.
29:29You're not telling the truth.
29:31We're husband and wife.
29:33If you have something to say,
29:35say it.
29:36Husband and wife!
29:37One month after her rebirth,
29:40every servant at the Westchester estate
29:42noticed that Mrs. Harrington
29:44had changed.
29:45She no longer got up
29:46at 5.30 in the morning
29:47to make breakfast.
29:48She no longer pushed
29:49the children to study.
29:51She no longer drove
29:52to the university
29:53to deliver nutritious meals
29:54to William.
29:55Even when Winslow and Sophie
29:56fell off their horses
29:57and got concussions,
29:59she only calmly told
30:00the housekeeper
30:01to take them to the hospital.
30:02A night of wind and snow
30:03passed.
30:04William pushed the door open
30:05and stepped inside.
30:07He took off his coat
30:08and finally looked
30:09toward Eleanor,
30:10who was reading
30:10by the fireplace.
30:12What has been going on
30:13with you lately?
30:14Eleanor's hand paused
30:15on the page.
30:16Under the dim yellow light,
30:17the man in the white shirt
30:18looked cool
30:19and aristocratic,
30:20but his voice was as cold
30:22as a timer in a lab.
30:25Nothing.
30:26I've just been a little busy.
30:27Her calm distance
30:28made William's brows tighten.
30:30In his memory,
30:31Winslow and Sophie
30:32were the people
30:33she cared about most.
30:34But now the children
30:35had concussions
30:36and she seemed
30:38completely unruly.
30:40Mrs. Harrington
30:41has been like a different person lately.
30:43Last week was her birthday.
30:45She made a lemon cake herself,
30:46but Mr. Harrington
30:47took the children's school
30:48and his kids until instead.
30:49I could feel fine after that.
30:52Lydia is my mentor's daughter.
30:54I was only doing it
30:55out of friendship.
31:00I'm telling the truth.
31:02We're husband and wife.
31:04You have something to say to say.
31:07Husband and wife.
31:10Eleanor thought of her marriage
31:11some time ago
31:11and was saying
31:12the one with William
31:13and Lydia's names on it
31:15and almost laughed
31:16before she could speak.
31:18The study door
31:19was shoved open.
31:20You're so mean!
31:22I was in the hospital
31:23and you didn't even come see me!
31:25I hate you!
31:26Winslow stood to the side.
31:28His eyes red,
31:29his lips pressed tight.
31:31William was about to stop her,
31:33but Eleanor spoke first.
31:34Then go find Miss Kendington.
31:36Let her take care of you.
31:40Do you mean that?
31:42I do.
31:44Sophie burst into tears,
31:45sobbing as she screamed
31:46that Eleanor was the worst mother
31:48in the world.
31:48She cried until she could
31:49barely breathe,
31:50but Eleanor did not react at all.
31:52Fine.
31:53Suit yourself.
31:57Winslow called Dad twice,
31:59but no one answered.
32:01Anxious,
32:01he looked back at Eleanor
32:03and glared at her.
32:05Why do you always
32:07have to fight with Dad?
32:10You should go too.
32:12You didn't used to be like this.
32:15Eleanor did not answer.
32:16She simply shut him
32:17outside the door.
32:20She leaned back on the chase
32:21and looked at the family portrait
32:22on the wall,
32:24remembering her last life.
32:27The Sinclair family
32:28went bankrupt.
32:29She was forced
32:30to drop out of school,
32:31and her stepfather
32:32wanted to marry her off
32:33to a 63-year-old
32:34hedge fund manager.
32:36It was William Harrington
32:37who saved her,
32:38saying he had chosen
32:39her as his wife.
32:40He was not only the heir
32:41to the Harrington family,
32:43but also Columbia University's
32:44chief scientist.
32:45A genius in gene editing,
32:47everyone envied her,
32:48but on the first day
32:49of their marriage,
32:50William said,
32:51I married you only
32:52to satisfy the family trust.
32:54Do your duty
32:55as Mrs. Harrington.
32:58She nodded
32:58with a pale face,
33:00but her heart
33:01still fell for him.
33:02After the wedding,
33:03she cooked for him herself,
33:05ironed his shirts,
33:06nursed his stomach problems,
33:08and helped him
33:09organize his lab data.
33:10During a difficult labor,
33:11she gritted her teeth
33:12and signed
33:13for surgical consent form alone.
33:15Later,
33:16when she was diagnosed
33:17with pancreatic cancer,
33:19she kept it to herself
33:20and secretly went
33:21for treatment.
33:22At the end of her life,
33:23she lay in a hospice ward,
33:25her hair completely white.
33:27On the television,
33:28William had just won
33:29the Nobel Prize in medicine.
33:31While Winslow and Sophie
33:32had received their
33:33Ivy League acceptance letters,
33:34the host asked
33:35whom he wanted to thank most.
33:38The person I am most grateful to
33:40is my wife, Lydia.
33:41She was my first love,
33:43and she is the love of my life.
33:45Did I just hear that wrong?
33:50This is what you owe Dad.
33:52Miss Kensington is the one
33:53who registered her marriage
33:54with him at City Hall.
33:56You came later.
33:57We have to catch a flight
33:58to Dad and Miss Kensington's
33:59wedding in Napa Valley.
34:03On the day she died,
34:05that grand wedding
34:06was playing on television.
34:08She closed her eyes in agony.
34:11After being reborn,
34:13she did only two things.
34:14Register for the graduate
34:15entrance exam
34:16and apply to graduate school.
34:18Then go to the
34:19social security office
34:20to replace her
34:21social security card
34:22and apply for a new passport.
34:24She had already taken
34:25the exam in secret.
34:26In one week,
34:27the admissions result
34:28would be out.
34:30Ooh.
34:31I'll leave this family for good.
34:34As she was thinking,
34:35a commotion rose
34:36outside the door.
34:39Madam,
34:40Mr. Harrington asked
34:41if the other master
34:43bet you things
34:43can be taken.
34:44You are too late.
34:45Yes, ma'am.
34:47Fine.
34:48Mr. Harrington said
34:49you should move
34:50with this yourself.
34:52Eleanor nodded,
34:53quickly packed
34:54a few clothes
34:54in the books,
34:55then picked up the box
34:57and prepared to leave.
34:58Before she reached the door,
35:00a hand struck her spot
35:01and everything felt
35:02in the hole.
35:03She looked up
35:04and saw Lydia Kensington.
35:07Eleanor.
35:08Long time mercy.
35:10Eleanor crouched down
35:11to pick up the books.
35:12Eleanor,
35:13you're still so capable.
35:14Unlike me,
35:16all I know how to do
35:17is spend William's money.
35:18Even when you were
35:19having a difficult delivery,
35:20he was thinking of me.
35:22He transferred most
35:23of the family assets
35:24into a trust
35:25for me to manage
35:25and even let me join
35:27the research institute.
35:28Eleanor flinched
35:29from the pain
35:30and shook her off.
35:31Lydia staggered backward
35:32and fell right
35:33into William's arms
35:34as he rushed over.
35:36Winslow and Sophie
35:37followed behind him,
35:38surrounding her
35:39with weird faces.
35:41Lydia,
35:42are you alright?
35:43I'm fine.
35:47William,
35:48maybe I should just leave.
35:49Eleanor doesn't seem
35:50to welcome me.
35:52William looked
35:53at Eleanor in silence.
35:54Eleanor withdrew
35:55her gaze from her son
35:56and daughter
35:57and hid her bruised hand
35:58behind her back.
35:59I'm not unwilling.
36:01I'll leave right away.
36:05You're really moving out?
36:07You're leaving
36:08all this behind too?
36:09It was the only gift
36:11he had ever given her.
36:12Back then,
36:13she had been so happy
36:14she couldn't sleep all night.
36:15You're the one
36:16who told me
36:17to clear out the room.
36:18I'm not the one
36:19abandoning it.
36:20Then why aren't
36:21you taking it with you?
36:22There are too many things.
36:24I can't carry them.
36:25Sophie ran over
36:26when she saw
36:27her plush toy
36:28in the box.
36:28her little face
36:29flushed red.
36:30She's throwing
36:31my things away!
36:33If you keep acting
36:34like this,
36:34I'll never go
36:35to science camp again.
36:38You're a bad mom!
36:39You're not even
36:40as good as
36:41Lydia's little finger!
36:42I'm gonna live
36:43with Lydia
36:43from now on!
36:45If this had been before,
36:46those words
36:47would have torn
36:48her heart apart.
36:49But now,
36:49she was already
36:50exhausted.
36:52To whatever
36:53you want.
36:56The moment
36:57she stepped
36:57into the guest room,
36:58the housekeeper
36:59locked the door.
37:01Madam,
37:02Mr. Harrington
37:02said that since
37:03you pushed
37:04Miss Kendington,
37:04you need to calm
37:05down in here tonight.
37:07Eleanor did not
37:08respond.
37:09She lay on the bed
37:10and listened to the rain.
37:11In her dream,
37:12William promised
37:13her love
37:13and respect.
37:14But in the end,
37:15there was only
37:16her lying alone
37:17in a hospital bed
37:18while on television.
37:19Her husband
37:20walked toward
37:20the wedding hall,
37:21hand in hand
37:22with Lydia.
37:23She laughed
37:23until tears fell,
37:24then murmured
37:25aloud.
37:28If there is
37:29another life,
37:30I will never
37:30love you again.
37:34Not love me?
37:36Eleanor,
37:37say that again.
37:38Don't open
37:38your eyes.
37:39Eleanor forced
37:40herself not to
37:41open her eyes.
37:42He saw that her
37:43eyes were closed,
37:44so she had only
37:45been talking
37:45in her sleep.
37:46He let out a breath.
37:48William,
37:49what are you doing?
37:51Are you worried
37:52about Eleanor?
37:53This is all
37:54my fault.
37:57This isn't
37:58your fault.
38:02William,
38:03if Eleanor
38:04finds out that
38:05you and I
38:06registered our
38:06marriage,
38:07will she be
38:08angry?
38:09It was an
38:09emergency then.
38:11Your father
38:11wanted to see
38:12you married
38:12before he died.
38:14Even if Eleanor
38:15knew she
38:15wouldn't blame you.
38:16Don't worry,
38:17she won't blame him.
38:19Not for the rest
38:19of her life.
38:20On Lydia's
38:21first day after
38:22moving in,
38:23she soaked
38:23William's
38:24laboratory manuscripts.
38:25They were all
38:25gene editing diagrams
38:27William had drawn
38:28by hand,
38:29stroke by stroke.
38:30He had worked
38:31himself into
38:32a severe stomach
38:33ulcer over them.
38:35But when he met
38:36Lydia's red and
38:36eyes,
38:37he only took
38:38her hand.
38:40Quiet.
38:41Quiet.
38:43The next day,
38:44Lydia redecorated
38:45through the house
38:45inside a knot.
38:47Sweet,
38:48Sophie,
38:48your flesh
38:49boys are too
38:50old.
38:51Let's go
38:52in the lab.
38:53Sophie immediately
38:54threw away
38:54the handmade dolls.
38:55Eleanor had sewn
38:56stitch by stitch.
38:57Winslow silently
38:58threw away
38:59the wooden
38:59goat on the
39:00sides.
39:03What a good boy.
39:04Those dolls
39:05and clothes
39:05had all been
39:06made by Eleanor
39:07herself,
39:07from organic
39:08cotton and
39:09cashmere.
39:09When the children
39:10were little,
39:10they had allergies
39:11and could only
39:12touch natural
39:13batteries.
39:15Now they were
39:16all thrown
39:16into the trash.
39:18At the dining
39:19table,
39:19Lydia sat at
39:20the head and
39:21laid out utensils
39:21for the two
39:22children.
39:24William poured
39:24sparkling water
39:25for her and
39:26prepared her
39:27napkin,
39:28his eyes carrying
39:29a restrained
39:29affection Eleanor
39:30had never
39:30received.
39:32At night,
39:33the four of them
39:33swung in the
39:34backyard and
39:35looked at the
39:35stars.
39:37When Eleanor
39:38passed by,
39:38they ignored
39:39her completely
39:40as if she
39:41were invisible.
39:42What was even
39:43more absurd
39:43was that all
39:44three of them
39:44had always been
39:45demanding about
39:46quality of life.
39:47Now Lydia had
39:48ruined his
39:49manuscripts,
39:50and William only
39:51said it was
39:51fine.
39:52The children
39:53wore casually
39:54washed clothes
39:54and ate
39:55take-out pizza,
39:56and not one
39:57of them complained.
39:58William,
39:59who was obsessed
40:00with cleanliness,
40:01even personally
40:02cooked pancakes
40:03with Lydia.
40:05Mr. Harrington
40:06treats Miss
40:06Kentington so well.
40:09Poor Mrs. Harrington
40:10worked herself
40:11to the bone
40:11for so long,
40:12and she still
40:12can't compare
40:13to a few days
40:13with Miss
40:14Kentington.
40:17Eleanor listened,
40:18her heart
40:19perfectly calm.
40:21That day,
40:22William pushed
40:22open the courtyard
40:23gate,
40:24his tone
40:24somewhat gentler.
40:26Enough.
40:27This has gone
40:28on long enough.
40:29I'm busy
40:30with work.
40:31From now on,
40:32you'll take care
40:33of the children
40:33again.
40:34Lydia is young
40:35and can't manage
40:36it.
40:36A belated
40:37birthday gift.
40:37Starting tomorrow,
40:39everything goes
40:39back to normal.
40:40This ends here.
40:41Eleanor looked
40:42at the bracelet.
40:43If this had been
40:44her last life,
40:45she would have
40:46been so happy.
40:47She couldn't
40:47sleep all night.
40:48Now it only
40:49feels ironic.
40:51I don't want it.
40:53Why?
40:55I'm not interested
40:56anymore.
40:57William frowned
40:58and forced it
40:59into her hand.
41:00Eleanor turned
41:01her head away
41:02and remained silent.
41:03William stared
41:04hard at her
41:05calm profile,
41:06a tight ache
41:07in his chest.
41:08In the end,
41:08he abruptly
41:09turned and left.
41:11She told the
41:11housekeeper to
41:12take the thing
41:12away and
41:13continued reading.
41:18Madam!
41:19Hurry to the
41:20back hill!
41:21Winslow and Sophie
41:21fell into the river!
41:28Do your duty
41:29as Mrs. Harrington.
41:32She nodded
41:33with a pale face,
41:34but her heart
41:35still fell for him.
41:36After the wedding,
41:37she cooked
41:38for him herself,
41:39ironed his shirts,
41:40nursed his stomach
41:41problems,
41:42and helped him
41:43organize his lab data.
41:44During a difficult
41:45labor,
41:45she gritted her teeth
41:46and signed
41:47for surgical
41:48consult for her loan.
41:49Later,
41:50when she was
41:51diagnosed with
41:51pancreatic cancer,
41:53she kept it
41:54to herself
41:54and secretly
41:55went for treatment.
41:56At the end
41:56of her life,
41:57she lay in
41:58a hospice ward,
41:59her hair
42:00completely white.
42:01On the television,
42:02William had just
42:03won the Nobel Prize
42:04in medicine.
42:05While Winslow
42:06and Sophie
42:06had received
42:07their Ivy League
42:07acceptance letters,
42:08the host asked
42:09whom he wanted
42:10to thank most.
42:12The person
42:13I am most grateful
42:14to is my wife,
42:15Lydia.
42:16She was my first love,
42:17and she is the
42:18love of my life.
42:19Did I just hear
42:21that wrong?
42:24This is what
42:25you owe Dad.
42:26Miss Kensington
42:27is the one
42:27who registered
42:28her marriage
42:28with him at
42:29City Hall.
42:30You came later.
42:31We have to
42:32catch a flight
42:32to Dad
42:33and Miss
42:33Kennington's
42:33wedding in
42:34North the Valley.
42:37on the day she died,
42:39that grand wedding
42:40was playing on television.
42:42She closed her eyes
42:43in agony.
42:45After being reborn,
42:47in his memory,
42:48Winslow and Sophie
42:49were the people
42:50she cared for most.
42:51But now the children
42:52had concussions,
42:54and she seemed
42:55completely unmoved.
42:57Mrs. Harrington
42:58has been like
42:58a different person
42:59lately.
43:00Last week was
43:01her birthday.
43:01She made a lemon cake
43:02herself,
43:03and Mr. Harrington
43:04took the children's
43:04ski with Miss Kensington
43:05instead.
43:06I could feel
43:06fine after that.
43:09Lydia is my
43:10mentor's daughter.
43:11I was only doing
43:12it out of friendship.
43:17But I'm telling you
43:18the truth.
43:19We're husband and wife.
43:21If you have something
43:22to say, say it.
43:24Husband and wife!
43:26One month after
43:27the rebirth,
43:28every servant
43:29at the Westchester
43:29estate noticed
43:31that Mrs. Harrington
43:32had changed.
43:33She no longer
43:33got up at 5.30
43:35in the morning
43:35to make breakfast.
43:36She no longer
43:37pushed the children
43:38to study.
43:39She no longer
43:40drove to the university
43:41to deliver nutritious
43:42meals to William.
43:43Even when Winslow
43:44and Sophie fell off
43:45their horses
43:45and got concussions,
43:47she only calmly
43:48told the housekeeper
43:49to take them
43:49to the hospital.
43:50A night of wind
43:51and snow passed.
43:52William pushed
43:53the door open
43:53and stepped inside.
43:55He took off his coat
43:56and finally looked
43:57toward Eleanor,
43:58who was reading
43:58by the fireplace.
44:00What has been
44:01going on with you
44:01lately?
44:02Eleanor's hand
44:02paused on the page
44:03under the dim
44:04yellow light.
44:05The man in the
44:06white shirt looked
44:07cool and aristocratic,
44:08but his voice was
44:09as cold as a timer
44:10in a lab.
44:13Nothing.
44:14I've just been
44:14a little busy.
44:15Her calm distance
44:16made William's brows
44:17tighten.
44:18In his memory,
44:19Winslow and Sophie
44:20were the people
44:21she cared about most.
44:22But now the children
44:23had concussions.
44:25And she seemed
44:26completely unmoved.
44:28Mrs. Harrington
44:29has been like a different
44:30person lately.
44:31Last week was her birthday.
44:33She baked a lemon cake
44:33herself,
44:34but Mr. Harrington
44:35took the children's scheme
44:36of Miss Kensington
44:36instead.
44:37Who could feel
44:37fine after that?
44:40Lydia is my mentor's
44:41daughter.
44:42I was only doing
44:43it out of friendship.
44:48You're not telling
44:49the truth.
44:50We're husband and wife.
44:52If you have something
44:53to say, say it.
44:55Husband and wife!
44:58Eleanor thought of
44:59the marriage certificate
44:59in the safe,
45:00the one with William
45:01and Lydia's names
45:02on it.
45:03And almost laughed.
45:04Before she could speak,
45:06the study door
45:07was shoved open.
45:08You're so mean!
45:10I was in the hospital
45:11and you didn't even
45:12come see me!
45:13I hate you!
45:14Winslow stood to the side.
45:16His eyes red,
45:17his lips pressed tight.
45:19William was about
45:20to stop her,
45:21but Eleanor spoke first.
45:22Then go find
45:23Miss Kensington.
45:24Let her take care of you.
45:28Do you mean that?
45:30I do.
45:32Sophie burst into tears,
45:33sobbing as she screamed
45:34that Eleanor was
45:35the worst mother in the world.
45:37She cried until
45:37she could barely breathe,
45:38but Eleanor did not
45:39react at all.
45:40Fine.
45:41Suit yourself.
45:45Winslow called Dad twice,
45:47but no one answered.
45:49Anxious,
45:49he looked back at Eleanor
45:51and glared at her.
45:53Why do you always
45:55have to fight with Dad?
45:58You should go too.
46:00You didn't used to be
46:01like this.
46:03Eleanor did not answer.
46:04She simply shut him
46:05outside the door.
46:08She leaned back on the chaise
46:09and looked at the family
46:10portrait on the wall,
46:12remembering her last life.
46:15The Sinclair family went bankrupt.
46:17She was forced to drop out of school,
46:19and her stepfather wanted to marry her off
46:21to a 63-year-old hedge fund manager.
46:24It was William Harrington
46:25who saved her,
46:26saying he had chosen her as his wife.
46:28He was not only the heir
46:29to the Harrington family,
46:30but also Columbia University's
46:32chief scientist,
46:33a genius and gene editor.
46:35Everyone envied him,
46:36but on the first day of their marriage,
46:38William said,
46:39I married you only to satisfy
46:41the family trust.
46:42Do your duty as Mrs. Harrington.
46:46She nodded with a pale face,
46:48but her heart still fell for you.
46:50After the wedding,
46:51she cooked for him herself,
46:53ironed his shirts,
46:54nursed his stomach problems,
46:56and helped him organize
46:57his lab data.
46:58During a difficult labor,
46:59she gritted her teeth
47:00and signed the surgical
47:02descent from the lower.
47:03Later,
47:04when she was diagnosed
47:05with pancreatic cancer,
47:07she kept it to herself
47:08and secretly went for treatment.
47:10At the end of her life,
47:11she lay in a hospice ward,
47:13her hair completely white.
47:15On the television,
47:16William had just won
47:17the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
47:19While Winslow and Sophie
47:20had received their
47:21Ivy League acceptance letters,
47:22the host asked
47:23whom he wanted to thank most.
47:26The person I am most grateful to
47:28is my wife, Lydia.
47:30She was my first love,
47:31and she is the love of my life.
47:33Did I just hear that wrong?
47:38This is what you owe, Dad.
47:40Miss Kensington is the one
47:41who registered her marriage
47:42with him at City Hall.
47:44You came later.
47:45We have to catch a flight
47:46to Dad and Miss Kensington's
47:47wedding in Napa Valley.
47:51On the day she died,
47:53that grand wedding
47:54was playing on television.
47:56She closed her eyes in agony.
47:59After being reborn,
48:01she did only two things.
48:02Register for the graduate
48:03entrance exam
48:04and apply to graduate school.
48:06Then go to the
48:07Social Security office
48:08to replace her
48:09Social Security card
48:10and apply for a new passport.
48:12She had already taken
48:13the exam in secret.
48:14In one week,
48:15the admissions result
48:16would be out.
48:18Hmm.
48:19I'll leave this family
48:20for good.
48:22As she was thinking,
48:23a commotion rose
48:24outside the door.
48:27Madam,
48:28Mr. Harrington asks
48:30that you clear out
48:30the master bedroom
48:31for Miss Kensington.
48:32You are to move
48:33to the guest room.
48:34All right.
48:36Mr. Harrington said
48:37you should move
48:38through things yourself.
48:40Eleanor nodded,
48:41quickly packed a few clothes
48:43in her books,
48:43then picked up the box
48:45and prepared to leave.
48:46Before she reached the door,
48:48a hand struck hers hard
48:49and everything fell to the floor.
48:51She looked up
48:52and saw Lydia Kensington.
48:55Eleanor,
48:56long time no see.
48:58Eleanor crouched down
48:59to pick up her books.
49:00Eleanor,
49:01you're still so capable.
49:03Unlike me,
49:04all I know how to do
49:05is spend William's money.
49:06Even when you were having
49:07a difficult delivery,
49:08he was thinking of me.
49:10He transferred
49:11most of the family assets
49:12into a trust for me
49:13to manage
49:13and even let me join
49:15the research institute.
49:16Eleanor flinched
49:17from the pain
49:18and shook her off.
49:19Lydia staggered backward
49:20and fell right into
49:22William's arms
49:22as he rushed over.
49:24Winslow and Sophie
49:25followed behind him,
49:26surrounding her
49:27with bullied faces.
49:29Lydia,
49:30are you alright?
49:31I'm fine.
49:35William,
49:36maybe I should just leave.
49:37Eleanor doesn't seem
49:38to welcome me.
49:40William looked at Eleanor
49:41in silence.
49:43Eleanor withdrew her gaze
49:44from her son and daughter
49:45and hid her bruised hand
49:46behind her back.
49:47I'm not willing.
49:49I'll leave right away.
49:53You're really moving out?
49:56You're leaving
49:56all this behind too?
49:58It was the only gift
49:59he had ever given her.
50:00Back then,
50:01she had been so happy
50:02she couldn't sleep all night.
50:03You're the one who told me
50:05to clear out the room.
50:06I'm not the one
50:07abandoning it.
50:08Then why aren't you
50:09taking it with you?
50:10There are too many things.
50:12I can't carry them.
50:13Sophie ran over.
50:14When she saw her plush toy
50:16in the box,
50:17her little face flushed red.
50:18She's throwing
50:19my things away!
50:20If you keep acting like this,
50:22I'll never go to science camp again!
50:26You're a bad mom!
50:27You're not even as good
50:29as Lydia's little finger!
50:30I'm gonna live with Lydia
50:31from now on!
50:33If this had been before,
50:34those words would have
50:36torn on her head.
50:37But now,
50:37she was already exhausted.
50:40I'm gonna live with Lydia.
50:41If you're a bad mom!
50:42If you're a bad mom!
50:44The moment she stepped
50:45into the guest room,
50:46the housekeeper locked the door.
50:49Madam,
50:50Mr. Harrington said
50:51that since you're
50:51pushed on Miss Kennington,
50:52you need to calm down the moment.
50:55Eleanor did not respond.
50:57She lay on the bed
50:58and listened to the rain.
50:59In her dream,
51:00William promised her love
51:01and respect.
51:02But in the end,
51:03there was only her lying alone
51:05in the hospital bed.
51:06On television,
51:07her husband walked
51:08toward the wedding hall,
51:09hand in hand with Lydia.
51:11She laughed until tears fell,
51:12then murmured aloud.
51:16If there is another life,
51:18you never love them again.
51:22Not love me.
51:24Eleanor, say that again.
51:26Don't open your eyes.
51:27Eleanor forced herself
51:29not to open her eyes.
51:30He saw that her eyes were closed,
51:32so she had only been
51:33talking in her sleep.
51:34He let out a breath.
51:36William,
51:37what are you doing?
51:39Are you worried about Eleanor?
51:41This is all my fault.
51:45This isn't your fault.
51:50William,
51:51if Eleanor finds out
51:53that you and I
51:54registered our marriage,
51:55will she be angry?
51:57It was an emergency then.
51:59Your father wanted
52:00to see you married
52:00before he died.
52:02Even if Eleanor knew
52:03she wouldn't blame you.
52:04Don't worry.
52:05she won't blame him.
52:07Not for the rest of her life.
52:09On Lydia's first day
52:10after moving in,
52:11she soaked
52:11William's laboratory manuscripts.
52:13They were all
52:13gene editing diagrams.
52:15William had drawn by hand,
52:17stroke by stroke.
52:18He had worked himself
52:20into a severe stomach ulcer
52:21over them.
52:23But when he met Lydia's
52:24reddened eyes,
52:25he only took her hand.
52:28Wipe your hands.
52:29I'll handle it.
52:31The next day,
52:32Lydia redecorated
52:33the house inside and out.
52:49Sweet,
52:51what a good boy.
52:52Those dolls and clothes
52:53had all been made
52:54by Eleanor herself
52:55from organic cotton
52:56and cashmere.
52:57When the children
52:58were little,
52:58they had allergies
52:59and could only touch
53:00natural fabrics.
53:03Now they were all
53:04thrown into the trash.
53:06At the dining table,
53:07Lydia sat at the head
53:08and laid out utensils
53:09for the two children.
53:12William poured
53:12sparkling water for her
53:14and prepared her napkin,
53:15his eyes carrying
53:17a restrained affection
53:17Eleanor had never received.
53:20At night,
53:21the four of them
53:21swung in the backyard
53:22and looked at the stars.
53:25When Eleanor passed by,
53:27they ignored her completely,
53:28as if she were invisible.
53:30What was even more absurd
53:31was that all three of them
53:32had always been demanding
53:33about quality of life.
53:35Now Lydia had ruined
53:37his manuscripts,
53:38and William only said
53:39it was fine.
53:40The children wore
53:41casually washed clothes
53:42and ate take-out pizza.
53:44And not one of them complained.
53:46William,
53:47who was obsessed
53:48with cleanliness,
53:49even personally cooked
53:50pancakes with Lydia.
53:53Mr. Harrington
53:54treats Miss Kentington
53:55so well.
53:57Poor Mrs. Harrington
53:58worked herself to the bone
53:59for so long,
54:00and she still can't compare
54:01to a few days
54:01with Miss Kentington.
54:05Eleanor listened,
54:06her heart perfectly calm.
54:09That day,
54:10William pushed open
54:11the courtyard gate,
54:12his tone somewhat gentler.
54:14Enough.
54:15This has gone on long enough.
54:17I'm busy with work.
54:19From now on,
54:20you'll take care
54:21of the children again.
54:22Lydia is young
54:23and can't manage it.
54:24A belated birthday gift.
54:26Starting tomorrow,
54:27everything goes back to normal.
54:28This ends here.
54:29Eleanor looked at the bracelet.
54:31If this had been her last life,
54:33she would have been so happy.
54:35She couldn't sleep all night.
54:36Now it only feels good.
54:39I don't want it.
54:42Why?
54:43I'm not interested in you.
54:45William found,
54:46and forced it into her hand.
54:48Eleanor turned her head away,
54:50and remained silent.
54:52William stared hard
54:53at her palm hold fire,
54:54a tight ache in his chest,
54:56and the end,
54:56he abruptly turned and went.
54:59She told the housekeeper
55:00to take the thing away,
55:01and continued reading.
55:06Madam!
55:07Hurry to the back hill!
55:09He's low and so,
55:09he fell into the river!
55:11Ah!
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