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00:00Test his loyalty. My stepsister, Wendy Liddell, drugged my childhood friend.
00:04Here, Connor, drink this. It'll help you relax.
00:18You stay here with him, Willow. After all, you've always wanted him, haven't you?
00:25What are you doing?
00:28What are you doing?
00:35Willow, it hurts.
00:39I'm here, Connor. I won't let you suffer.
00:43In a fit of rise, Wendy ran off and married a cruel mafia doom. I got pregnant. At that point,
00:50he started to despise me.
00:52During the ten long years of marriage, he treated me and our son coldly. But during a flood overseas, he
01:01sacrificed his life to get me and our son back on solid land.
01:04No! No!
01:08If we could redo everything, make sure you don't help me that night.
01:14Those words stung me greatly.
01:18When I next opened my eyes, I found that I had gone back in time.
01:22Willow, help me.
01:22I had traveled back to the night when Wendy had drugged Connor and locked me in his room.
01:27Help me, Willow.
01:30In the previous timeline, I spent the night with him.
01:39I'm going to be a nun! You two are disgusting!
01:45After we stopped her from doing that, she married a mafia don in Herak.
01:50Soon after that, she passed away in an accident.
01:53After I got pregnant, Connor married me out of a sense of responsibility.
01:58I'll marry you, Willow.
01:59It's the right thing to do.
02:02This marriage is just a duty.
02:04Don't expect too much from me.
02:06Willow, help me.
02:08Help me.
02:20Help me.
02:21After all, in the previous timeline, he had sacrificed himself to save me.
02:27I had to pay him back for that.
02:31The antidote and cold water have helped him regain some of his senses.
02:38Where's Wendy?
02:39Don't worry.
02:40The driver has sent her home.
02:42Good.
02:43About tonight...
02:44Don't worry.
02:45I won't tell anyone what happened.
02:48Besides, we didn't do anything, right?
02:52From the time I was a child, I loved chasing after him and calling his name.
02:58I was his biggest admirer.
03:00But now, everything has changed.
03:13Connor isn't feeling well.
03:15Please come take care of him.
03:18Okay.
03:30Didn't Connor ask you to stay, sis?
03:34Don't call me that.
03:42I'm only calling you that because I pity you.
03:45So what if you're the oldest daughter of the Litter family?
03:51You were practically wrapped up in a bow and presented before him tonight.
03:57But you weren't even worth being his outlet for release.
04:02You can't beat me.
04:05I'm not interested in beating you at anything.
04:10Everything you have, you got from me.
04:34Willow, what have you done to your sister?
04:37How dare you bully her again?
04:43Willow, how long will you act so petrally?
04:47All these years, you've never given me a day of peace!
04:54Peace?
04:55Peace?
04:55Ever since she and her mother came into this house and forced my mother to her death, this
05:00family was never destined for peace.
05:08I'll fulfill the marriage agreement with that mafia Don in Herak.
05:14I've already written my name on the document.
05:17You don't have to think up ways to get me to go.
05:20The mafia in Herak was very powerful.
05:22However, he was unwilling to let his precious younger daughter marry its Don, whose past three
05:27wives had all died.
05:30Dad, Willow doesn't really want to marry him and go all the way to Herak.
05:36I saw her drugging Connor with my own eyes last night.
05:39I spent the night in the same room.
05:49How shameless can you be?
05:51You signed the marriage agreement, yet you're still trying to cling to Connor?
06:00Nothing happened between Connor and me.
06:02Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, Willow.
06:05Your marriage is a done deal.
06:07Don't keep thinking of how you can use Connor to get out of it.
06:10Besides, Connor has never liked you.
06:16Since you're so shameless, you should be punished.
06:19You know the rules.
06:21According to the family rules, I had to stand outside for an entire day if I did not admit
06:26my malt.
06:27If I did, the punishment only lasted two hours.
06:31Previously, I would choose to compromise, but now I don't.
06:53He glared at me before going inside.
06:56When he came back out, his expression had lost the urgency of before.
07:01He came by my side.
07:02Willow, I know your mother and mine had made a marriage agreement between us, but I can't
07:06marry you right now.
07:08I can't let Wendy go to her rack.
07:10I scoffed internally.
07:12He did not seem to know that I was the one going room overseas to fulfill that marriage
07:17agreement.
07:18If she doesn't go, then I have to.
07:22I will plead the case to Mr. Lidler.
07:24The Gordon family will also do its best to find a way out of this marriage agreement.
07:29Connor looked at the document in my hand and suddenly laughed.
07:33Willow, were you trying to beg your father to make me marry you?
07:38He must have made you come out here because he's so troubled right now.
07:41Go inside.
07:42Once I make sure Wendy is safe, I'll marry you as agreed.
07:46You no longer have to worry Dre here.
07:48After saying this, Connor turned to look at me tenderly and patted the back of my hand
07:53gently.
07:53He behaved just as he had when he was a boy.
07:56Perhaps he may have liked me as we grew up together.
07:59However, after living through everything in the previous timeline, I knew that he truly
08:05loved Wendy.
08:07We would inevitably torment each other and run into bad ends.
08:15You don't have to worry about me.
08:17I moved away from his touch.
08:19Connor frowned and grabbed the document for me to take a peek.
08:23What are you talking about, Willow?
08:24Haven't I worried about you plenty growing up?
08:26That was true.
08:27Our mothers had arranged for us to marry in the future.
08:31Thus, we grew up together.
08:32But it was long past time that I woke up from my daydreams.
08:37We're all grown up now, Connor.
08:39This time, we'll all get what we want.
08:41What are you talking about?
08:43The marriage agreement is set in stone.
08:45Who else would you marry?
08:46I looked at him silently.
08:48In this timeline, I would be the one to leave.
08:51Thus, Connor would not die in that horrible flood.
08:54Even though I knew that everything in the previous timeline would only end in pain and heartbreak.
09:00The love and trust I felt for Connor was not so easily vanquished.
09:04In the end, I could not stand the heat of the day and fainted.
09:10Willow!
09:14Willow!
09:19Before I fully lost consciousness, I saw Connor worriedly pull me into his embrace.
09:26When I woke up, I smelled the hospital's disinfectants.
09:31Connor was sleeping in a chair beside the bed.
09:34A hand rested on the corner of my blanket.
09:37As I looked at him in that state, I would have believed that he really loved me, too,
09:43if not for his last words in the previous timeline.
09:46As if he could sense that I had woken up, Connor quickly awakened as well.
09:52What's the matter with you?
09:54I was just telling you to chill out, and you fainted from the heat.
09:59Don't you know your body's always been weak?
10:03Don't you know your body's always been weak?
10:04Yeah?
10:05Do you remember the amusement park we always went to as children?
10:10Of course.
10:12The first time you got on the carousel, you even cried.
10:15You only stopped bowing after I bought you some candy.
10:18I looked at him and smiled.
10:22Take me there one more time, please.
10:24Connor looked a little displeased.
10:26Why are you talking like that?
10:28We can go as many times as you want after we get married in the future.
10:34There's no more future for us.
10:37Surely it would be a huge surprise to him when Wendy marries him.
10:46Let's go this evening.
10:48I feel fine now.
10:50All right.
10:50Just this once.
10:52After that, I still need to deal with that marriage agreement
10:55between your family and the mafia in Hurac.
10:58Connor did not stay long.
11:00He returned to the office to handle some matters after making arrangements
11:04to meet at the antique me-amused rentrance of the amusement park.
11:08I went back to my apartment to pack up some things.
11:11I looked around the empty room.
11:13No one will miss me here.
11:16After my mother died, dad took Wendy and her mother to Little Manor.
11:20I moved out.
11:22Before Wendy showed up, Connor would make me a carved figurine every year for my birthday.
11:27These figurines came in various shapes.
11:29One was a dog I used to own, and some others were delicate bouquets of flowers.
11:34There was even one of my mother and myself.
11:36This only lasted until my 18th birthday, when Wendy was taken in.
11:41From then on, the figurines went to Wendy.
11:45The gifts I got were half-hearted things his assistant bought.
11:50I kept the figurine of my mother and myself on my person.
11:54The rest were shipped off.
11:58Mom, I only have you left.
12:02After it was all done, I stood at the rendezvous and waited for Connor.
12:05But even after all the lights were turned off at the amusement park,
12:09Connor still did not show up.
12:11There were also no messages or calls on my phone.
12:15It started to rain, but I did not have an umbrella with me.
12:19I also did not have a driver to pick me up.
12:24He stood me up again.
12:28The rain soaked my clothes and drounced my hair.
12:32As it did, I recalled the flood of the previous timeline.
12:37I took one last look at the amusement park behind me,
12:41the place where Connor and I had shared so many happy memories.
12:46Goodbye, Connor.
12:47I hope we never see each other again.
12:50I hope you're happy in this life.
12:53I hope you're happy in this life.
12:55Before I even turned to go, something hit me hard from behind.
13:02When I next woke up, my eyes had been covered.
13:05My hands and legs were bound.
13:07The rope that bound me was lifted.
13:10Then, my feet were submerged in icy water.
13:13The water crashed violently.
13:15I gulped in huge lungfuls of air and coughed so hard
13:19until I could not make any more noise.
13:21You've offended somebody you shouldn't have.
13:23That person has sent me to torment you.
13:26I was tossed back into the water.
13:28It happened many times.
13:31Every time I felt like I was about to drown,
13:33I was lifted out of the water.
13:36Finally, I was left on the ground as my tormentor made a phone call.
13:40It's done, boss.
13:43Leave immediately.
13:44I'll deal with the rest of it.
13:45I could hear Connor on the other end of the line.
13:48Not long afterward, the sound of hurried footsteps came from aware.
13:55After that, I was released from my binds and held in a warm embrace.
13:59Before I blacked out, I saw Connor's teary eyes.
14:03I'm sorry, Willow.
14:04I can't bear to hurt you.
14:06But you should not have hurt Wendy.
14:08You must remember this lesson well.
14:10Why was Connor acting like he could not bear to hurt me
14:13when he was the one who ordered my torment?
14:15This was just like the contradictory relationship we had in the previous timeline.
14:20Connor brought me back to my apartment.
14:23After my mother's death,
14:24Connor would visit me often to look after me.
14:26I had even given him a key.
14:28He got a doctor to make a house call.
14:30After the doctor made sure I was okay,
14:31Connor spent the night at my bedside,
14:34caring for me.
14:39I'm sorry, Willow.
14:40After our wedding, I'll make it all up to you.
14:43That was what I heard him say at dawn before he left.
14:46But there will not be any weddings.
14:48I would make certain of it.
14:50Because my legs had been bound last night,
14:53I walked with a slight limp in Yoteg.
14:58The figurine of my mother was still there, thankfully.
15:01The door was suddenly kicked open.
15:04Windy stormed before me.
15:15What happened to you, sis?
15:18Do you know why you nearly drowned last night?
15:22Connor didn't go to the amusement park with you last night, did he?
15:28It's such a shame that he doesn't know you'll be going overseas to fulfill that marriage agreement.
15:33Or that you wanted to say goodbye to him last night.
15:37All I said to him was that you went home,
15:40threw another tantrum, and pushed me into the pool.
15:44After that, he arranged for someone to kidnap you to punish you.
15:51I paid the kidnappers extra so they would keep dunking you into the water.
15:57Poor thing, Willow!
16:00Shut up.
16:01Aren't you worried that Connor will find out the truth?
16:04He hates liars.
16:08And how would he know?
16:10You'll be going overseas soon.
16:12Three wives of that mafia don died.
16:15How long do you think you'll survive?
16:27Didn't you say that I got everything I have from you?
16:30In that case, I want you to watch as I destroy everything you have.
16:35No!
16:41Before I could pick the pieces up and try to put them back together,
16:45Wendy ordered the bodyguards to toss me into the car,
16:48and send me to the airport.
16:51By the time Connor finished his work and came to the apartment to look for me,
16:55the place was blanketed in darkness.
16:58He felt a sense of unease rise within him,
17:01and he rushed to Little It Manor.
17:06Mr. Linden, where is Willow?
17:08Willow? She should have arrived in her act by now.
17:13Why is she in her act?
17:16Oh, you still don't know, Connor?
17:18The other day, Willow came to talk to me.
17:22She said she was willing to go overseas to fulfill the marriage agreement.
17:25Father, I shall travel overseas to honor the betrothal.
17:28By now.
17:30Ah, it was the day you were outside the manor together, you young people.
17:35All of you are so impulsive.
17:37I thought Willow told you about it.
17:39It's a big deal, after all.
17:42Afterward, he called Wendy to come over.
17:45Connor, I can tell that you like Wendy.
17:47I've decided to play matchmaker and set you two up.
17:50Connor had thought about this many times.
17:52If not for his marriage agreement with Willow, he would want to marry Wendy.
18:00What consumed his mind was the thought that Willow had actually left him.
18:04But did he not like Wendy instead?
18:07The only thing he had with Willow was their marriage agreement, was it not?
18:11However, for some reason, his heart hurt.
18:14He felt like he had lost everything in the world.
18:18It was impossible.
18:20Willow would never leave him so easily.
18:23They had set a date to go to the amusement park together.
18:30Connor contacted his executive assistant, the Norblisa Stunzi to Sistri's Rikiran Grace.
18:35Book me a seat on the earliest flight to Herat tomorrow.
18:38But, sir, Mr. Gordon has asked you to go home to discuss the matter of your engagement with Wendy Little.
18:45I'm sure his bodyguards are already on the way to you.
18:48Connor simply hung up.
18:50He frantically sped to Willow's apartment.
18:56He had spent so much time snuggled up with Willow on that couch, watching movies.
19:02He had also cooked for her in that kitchen when she was sick.
19:05He pushed open the door to the study.
19:08In a beautiful jewelry box were the figurines he had carved for Willow.
19:12He had carved the dog that had been with her for ten years, along with her favorite roses.
19:18She had not taken any of the figurines with her.
19:23The only piece that was missing was the figurine of her and her mother.
19:31He still remembered when Willow's mother passed away.
19:34He did not sleep for three days and three nights to carve that figurine.
19:38When he had given it to Willow, her ever-determined pisauld broke and her eyes had been filled with tears.
19:44Had she taken it away with her?
19:46Did she still care for him?
19:48His tired eyes landed on a shard of something by the couch.
19:52He carefully picked it up.
19:53He was sure that he recognized it.
19:55It was a piece of the figurine of Willow and her mother.
19:58It was shattered.
20:00Could it be that Willow did not even want that figurine?
20:04A young boy's head poked in.
20:06He looked curiously at Connor.
20:08Are you here to look for the lady who lived here?
20:16Tell me, kid.
20:17What did those people look like?
20:18That woman with the doll-like face?
20:21She looked sweet and innocent like a fortune doll.
20:23Have you seen her, kid?
20:25Lots of people came here last night.
20:27They were so scary.
20:28They beat up the lady here.
20:30I saw it hiding behind my front door.
20:32They broke the lady's figurine.
20:34I picked this piece up at my door.
20:38Connor went through the pictures in his phone and picked one out.
20:43The boy pointed at Wendy's smiling face.
20:46It was her.
20:52Connor could not believe his ears.
20:54When Wendy had joined the Littert family,
20:56she was small and weak, like a ceramic doll.
20:59That was why he believed everything she said.
21:02He believed her claims that Willow threw a tantrum every day
21:06and bullied Wendy.
21:09Bring me the men who kidnapped Willow last night.
21:15Kieran anxiously jogged in.
21:17He was sweating hard.
21:18Sir, we found the men at the docks
21:20and stopped them.
21:21The car that was helping them escape belongs to the Little family.
21:24We're bringing them back now.
21:25No need.
21:26I'll go over there.
21:29He knew far too little about the previous night's event.
21:33At an abandoned warehouse by the docks,
21:35the leader of the gang of men caved and told the truth
21:37before Connor did anything.
21:39Wait!
21:40Please!
21:40Don't hurt me!
21:41I'll tell you everything!
21:41Everything!
21:42It was Miss Wendy who hired me.
21:44She paid us five million dollars.
21:48Mr. Gordon,
21:49you only got us to pretend to kidnap Miss Willow
21:52and scare her a little.
21:54But we were blinded by our greed.
21:56Miss Wendy found us
21:58and offered us a whole lot of money
22:00to do what?
22:03Miss Wendy said that
22:04Miss Willow nearly drowned as a child
22:06because she's afraid of deep water.
22:09She told us to kidnap Miss Willow
22:11and then throw her in the water.
22:13She said it will be fine
22:14as long as Miss Willow doesn't die.
22:17Kieran patted the trembling man down
22:19and found a recording on him.
22:21The recording was a video
22:22of the night Willow was kidnapped.
22:24It was what they had used
22:25to get their payment from Wendy.
22:28Please!
22:29Stop!
22:30I can't breathe!
22:37How much did she give you?
22:40Five million dollars.
22:42Connor should have realized this long ago.
22:44The way Horace treated Willow and Wendy
22:46was starkly different.
22:48When Willow had moved out,
22:49she could only afford
22:50a small apartment unit in the city.
22:52However, Wendy could spend five million dollars
22:55like it was nothing
22:55to hurt her own sister.
22:57It was no surprise that Willow would leave.
23:00It was the first time
23:01that Connor ever felt such pain.
23:04It was also the first time
23:06that he had ever hurt Willow so badly.
23:09Ever since Willow's mother passed away,
23:11she had seen Connor
23:12as the closest thing to family she had.
23:14She went through everything with him
23:15and stuck with him
23:16through all his ups and downs.
23:18She never once let him out of her sight,
23:20and she was nothing but gentle
23:22and demure with him.
23:24It was such a daring and open way
23:26of loving someone,
23:26so there was no way that Connor
23:28did not know Willow loved him.
23:32Suddenly, his phone rang.
23:33The ringtone was a special one
23:35he had set for Wendy.
23:38He picked up the call expressionlessly
23:41as Wendy spoke sweetly in his ear.
23:44Connor, what time are you coming
23:45to the engagement banquet tonight?
23:48I'll be there soon.
23:50After hanging up,
23:51Connor left without looking back.
23:54I will make these people pay tenfold
23:57what Willow suffered.
23:58When he arrived at Lidler Manor,
24:01it had been decorated meticulously.
24:04Horace was beaming
24:05while surrounded by admirers
24:07and Sifakants.
24:09It seemed as though
24:11no one remembered
24:11the eldest daughter of the family
24:13who had left.
24:14Connor went to the entrance
24:16of Wendy's walk-in closet
24:17and heard laughter from inside.
24:20Oh, Wendy.
24:21Has your useless sister
24:23really gone to Her Rock to marry?
24:27Isn't that just signing
24:28her death warrants?
24:29Does she think that marrying
24:30that Mafia Dawn
24:31will give her a leg up?
24:32I'm pretty sure
24:33she won't even survive it.
24:38She's really risking it all
24:39for a chance to get
24:40somewhere in life.
24:41She'll never be anything
24:42compared to you, Wendy.
24:43She's useless,
24:44just like her mother.
24:45Wendy was no longer acting
24:46like the kokadish sweetheart
24:48she was when she was
24:49with Connor.
24:49In her place
24:50was an unsmeelier,
24:51vicious witch.
24:52Every word she spoke
24:54dripped venom.
24:55Willow is a fool.
24:56I spent some pocket change
24:58and she felt so tormented
25:00that she came out of it
25:01like a ghost.
25:02And let's not forget
25:03how awful she looked
25:04after my bodyguards
25:05dragged her off
25:06to the airport.
25:09So what if she and Connor
25:10were childhood friends?
25:12I can get him to believe me
25:13with just a few words.
25:15Connor scoffed
25:16before he knocked on the door.
25:19Everything would end
25:20on that night.
25:23When Wendy opened the door,
25:24she wore a sweet smile.
25:26She was a different person
25:27from the vicious witch before.
25:29Connor,
25:29I've been waiting for you
25:30for so long.
25:31Let's go.
25:32Connor Lanyo
25:33stuck in at a face
25:34and dosing smiles.
25:35He knew about Wendy's show,
25:37lighter to the Yankee Hall.
25:38The Lidner family
25:39was nouveau riche,
25:40but they were relatively young,
25:42having only grown in influence
25:43over the past 20 years.
25:45That night's guests
25:46were mostly people
25:47whose shadows Horace
25:48rarely ever caught glipses of.
25:51Horace took Wendy's hand
25:53with a smile
25:53and walked forward.
25:56Thank you, everyone,
25:58for attending tonight's banquet.
26:00I have some happy news
26:02to announce tonight.
26:03Everyone immediately
26:04started clapping respectfully.
26:06Everyone already knew
26:07that the Littert family
26:08was announcing
26:09an upcoming wedding.
26:10Wendy looked over at Connor
26:11with a shy smile.
26:13However,
26:13in the next moment,
26:15something showed up
26:16on the big screen
26:16that made everyone gaff.
26:24Has she been kidnapped?
26:26Look, isn't that
26:26the Littner family's
26:27eldest daughter, Willow?
26:28Has she been...
26:28Oh, goodness,
26:29she's being dumped
26:29into the water.
26:30It is no wonder
26:31only Miss Wendy
26:32is here tonight.
26:33Horace looked deathly pale.
26:35Meanwhile,
26:36menace flashed
26:37in Wendy's eyes.
26:38Honored guests,
26:39this is some kind of mistake.
26:40Someone has ill intentions
26:41towards me.
26:42My eldest daughter
26:43is overseas right now.
26:44Nothing has happened to her.
26:46However,
26:46he was very quickly
26:47proven wrong.
26:48I want you to torment
26:49Willow half to death.
26:50Scare her to bits
26:51so she doesn't dare
26:52return from her rack.
26:53How dare she try
26:54to take what's mine?
26:55Doesn't she know
26:55what a piece of trash she is?
26:57She will end up
26:58just like her mom.
26:58In her despair,
26:59she will know
27:00that her only escape
27:01is death.
27:01Meanwhile,
27:02Wendy had fallen
27:03in a sprawl on the floor.
27:06Connor,
27:07you have to believe me.
27:08This didn't happen.
27:09This video must be fake.
27:10You know me.
27:12Things have been so hard
27:13for me these past few years.
27:16Connor looked
27:17at her coldly
27:18before bending down
27:19to pry her fingers
27:20off him.
27:21My biggest mistake
27:22was ever trusting you.
27:23As Connor strode away,
27:25the crowd burst
27:26into a flurry
27:27of discussion.
27:28With the Liddell family
27:29having lost
27:29the Gordon family's support,
27:31Horace and Lundy
27:32became targets
27:33of their ire.
27:34Dad,
27:35please help me.
27:36Ignoring Wendy's begging,
27:38he slapped her hard.
27:39Dad,
27:40how could you treat me
27:40this way?
27:41Didn't you approve
27:42of this whole thing?
27:43You idiot!
27:43They started
27:45an all-out brawl
27:46right there
27:47at the banquet.
27:49Oh my god!
27:51Someone separate them!
27:53Everyone could not
27:55help but gasp
27:56and titill.
27:57The ruckus
27:58did not last for long
27:59as Horace and Wendy
28:01were arrested
28:02as suspects
28:02of causing
28:03intentional harm
28:04to Willow.
28:09Beneath Connor's
28:10subtle manipulations,
28:11the Liddell family
28:12fell like a house
28:13of cards.
28:17After getting off
28:18the plane,
28:18I was brought
28:19to a quiet estate.
28:23Miss Willow,
28:24Mr. Prentiss hopes
28:25that you can rest
28:25well here.
28:26Let me introduce myself.
28:28I am Mr. Prentiss's
28:29second enchant.
28:30You are currently
28:31in the safest place
28:31in Herak.
28:32I only smiled
28:33in response.
28:34If it were
28:35that simple
28:36and easy,
28:36this estate
28:37would not have
28:38lost three
28:39of its previous
28:39mistresses.
28:40Fatigue from the day
28:42assaulted me.
28:43In the end,
28:43I thought of nothing
28:44at all
28:45as I slept deeply.
28:46Nothing happened
28:47over the next
28:48five days.
28:50Madam,
28:51the Don is waiting
28:51for you in his study.
28:52The injuries
28:53I had suffered
28:54also healed.
28:55Step by step,
28:56I was getting closer
28:57to the man
28:58whose methods
28:59were rumored
29:00to be cold
29:01and cruel.
29:02It was said
29:03that he was
29:03ugly and temperamental.
29:05No one could
29:06ever tell
29:06what he was thinking.
29:07As for his
29:08three previous wives,
29:09they were said
29:10to have spent
29:11every day
29:11in great suffering.
29:13However,
29:13when I saw
29:14that almost
29:15mythical person,
29:16I realized
29:16how ridiculous
29:17the rumors were.
29:18Aaron Prentiss
29:19was leaming
29:20against the desk,
29:21his steel gray shirt
29:23showing off
29:23his broad shoulders
29:24and trim waist.
29:26Behind his gold-reaned
29:27glasses,
29:28his blue eyes
29:29were deep
29:30as the Atlantic.
29:31He was twirling
29:32a falcon pen
29:33in his hand,
29:34his fingers
29:34long and deft.
29:36My willow,
29:37you've arrived.
29:38Do you know
29:39why I picked you?
29:45It's because
29:46your grandfather
29:47owes our family
29:48three lives.
29:49Whether it's you
29:50or your sister,
29:51one of you
29:52would have to come here
29:53for this marriage.
29:54It seemed that
29:54everything
29:55had already
29:56been set in stone
29:57decades ago.
29:58I was nothing
29:59but a lamb
30:00to be sacrificed
30:01to repay
30:02a blood debt.
30:03It is dangerous
30:03to be by my side.
30:04However,
30:05Willow,
30:06I can tell
30:07from the look
30:07in your eyes
30:08that you are
30:08beautiful and brave.
30:10Will you spend
30:10more of your time
30:11with me?
30:13During the next
30:14two weeks,
30:15I lived my life
30:16as if I were
30:17a piece of decor.
30:18The respect
30:19to the Mafia Don
30:20rarely came home.
30:22Sometimes,
30:22he would be back
30:23to handle some business
30:24and say a few words
30:26to me.
30:26Every time we spoke,
30:28his mesmerizing blue eyes
30:29looked deeply into mine.
30:31However,
30:31I knew that all of it
30:33was an act.
30:34One night,
30:35a terrible storm
30:36raged outside.
30:37After the dinner banquet
30:38ended,
30:39Aaron sent me back
30:40to the estate.
30:41As we walked past
30:42a fountain in the garden,
30:43I suddenly heard
30:44the subtle friction
30:45of the metal
30:45rubbing together.
30:47Get down!
30:49I instinctively
30:50threw myself forward
30:51and pressed Aaron
30:53hard into a fountain.
30:54Deathening explosions
30:55rang out.
30:56My back exploded
30:58into a firework
30:59of pain.
31:00As the bodyguards
31:01rushed over,
31:02I fell unconscious.
31:03Will!
31:06The surgery room
31:07was busy
31:08the whole night through.
31:09Aaron sat in the study
31:11and looked through
31:12the report.
31:12His second-in-command
31:14had brought him.
31:14The bomb had been
31:15planted by a spy.
31:17In rival family,
31:18they were targeting him.
31:19The previous three attempts
31:21were executed
31:21by women
31:22who pretended
31:23to marry him
31:23to get close enough
31:24to kill him.
31:25It had been
31:25the fourth assassination attempt.
31:28However,
31:28I saved him
31:29in the security tapes.
31:31He could see her
31:32lunging for him
31:33without hesitating.
31:34She had even
31:35shielded him
31:35at her back
31:36with it taking
31:37most of the damage
31:38from the shrapnel.
31:41Sir,
31:42the madam is awake.
31:48With my back
31:49all bandaged up
31:50and the wounds
31:51still pinned
31:51on my tummy
31:52on the bed,
31:53I could hardly
31:53turn my head.
31:56His forearms
31:57were scarred
31:58and puckered
31:58with war wounds.
32:00Does it hurt, Willow?
32:01Aaron asks softly
32:02as he sat by the bed.
32:03He had never sounded
32:04so tender before.
32:05Right then,
32:06he was like a different person
32:07from what I had heard
32:08in those rumors.
32:09They said you killed
32:10your last three wives.
32:17Aaron was only silent
32:18for a bit
32:19before he said
32:20They were all assassins.
32:21He paused
32:22before saying
32:23The first one
32:23poisoned my wine
32:24and the third
32:26I was stunned.
32:27For the first time
32:28I heard a hint
32:29of great sorrow
32:30in his words.
32:32She put a lethal dose
32:33of sleeping pills
32:34in my coffee.
32:35Rumors concerning him
32:36had been far
32:37from the truth.
32:38Also,
32:38he was not a jinx
32:39who only brought
32:40misfortune
32:41upon his wives.
32:42Aaron was a lonely person.
32:44Could he be hoping
32:45for someone
32:45to stick with him
32:46through life?
32:48Why did you save me?
32:49He asked suddenly.
32:50I could tell
32:51from his blue eyes
32:52that he was having
32:52some complicated feelings.
32:54Because you've done
32:55nothing to hurt me.
32:57For the past few days,
32:58I had been asking myself
33:00the same question.
33:01Why did I save
33:02a fiancé
33:03I had barely known
33:04for a month?
33:05Perhaps it was because
33:06he had let me sleep
33:08and rest well
33:09while I was wounded
33:10and in pain.
33:11Perhaps it was because
33:12his every smile
33:14warmed my heart up.
33:17During the next few days,
33:19Aaron's undermings
33:20all became shocked.
33:21The formerly ruthless
33:22mafia Dune
33:23had rejected
33:24all his social obligations
33:25to stay in the ward
33:26with me.
33:27He would read poetry
33:28to me
33:29and clumsily peel
33:30apples for me.
33:31He even gave me
33:32a brooch
33:33with an iris on it.
33:34This represents
33:35my family.
33:37On the day
33:38I was discharged,
33:39Aaron brought me
33:40to the beach.
33:45Willow,
33:46I married previously
33:47out of a sense
33:48of duty to my family,
33:49but now I want
33:50to marry you
33:51from the bottom
33:51of my heart.
33:52I know you were
33:53forced to come here
33:54to marry me,
33:54but I swear
33:55that the Prentit family
33:56will never hurt you
33:57from now on.
34:00My life is yours.
34:06I recalled
34:07how anxious
34:07he had been
34:08while he held me
34:09that night
34:09during the storm.
34:10I remembered
34:11how he clumsily
34:12helped me
34:13apply ointment.
34:17I do, Aaron.
34:22The next days
34:23I spent with Aaron
34:24were peaceful
34:25and happy.
34:26He returned
34:26to the estate
34:27more frequently.
34:34Madam,
34:34there's a
34:35Mr. Gordon
34:36at the door
34:36looking to see you.
34:39He says
34:40he's your
34:41ex.
34:43Aaron's second
34:44in command
34:44suddenly burst in.
34:46While he made
34:46his report,
34:47he was eyeing
34:48Aaron carefully.
34:49I turned
34:50to look at
34:51the front doors
34:51in the distance.
34:53Connor was wearing
34:53a high-end suit
34:54out there,
34:55his hair ruffled.
34:59I was looking
35:01to make him
35:01leave.
35:10Hold on.
35:11There's something
35:12I need to work
35:12out with him.
35:15Okay.
35:26Connor was allowed
35:28inside
35:28after being
35:29patted down.
35:30When he saw me,
35:31his eyes lit up.
35:33Come home
35:34with me,
35:34Willow.
35:35Wendy is in prison
35:36now because of me.
35:37I have wronged you.
35:38Please don't be
35:39mad at me anymore,
35:40okay?
35:41I see clearly now.
35:42I love you
35:43and you alone,
35:44Willow.
35:45I have always
35:46treated you
35:46like a sister
35:47but I feel bereft
35:48after you left.
35:50I can't lose you.
35:51Stop being mad
35:52at me.
35:54I know you
35:54used to like me.
35:59Connor.
36:00Connor!
36:01I've thought
36:02about the life
36:02I've lived.
36:03From ages 13
36:04to 25,
36:05I loved you.
36:07Now,
36:08I want to live
36:09for myself.
36:12Willow,
36:12I can't leave you.
36:13You can't turn me
36:14away now.
36:16You had me
36:16thrown into the
36:17depths of hell
36:17because of one word
36:18from Wendy.
36:19Why didn't you
36:19give me a chance
36:20to explain them?
36:21Had you ever
36:22considered that I
36:23was your fiancé
36:23while you dolted
36:24on Wendy
36:25in front of everyone?
36:28I apologize
36:29to you.
36:31I can give you
36:32anything you want.
36:33Give me one more
36:34chance,
36:34please.
36:37The bodyguards
36:38around us
36:38gaffed.
36:39No one
36:40would ever
36:40think that
36:41the powerful
36:41Connor Gordon
36:42would do such
36:42a thing
36:43to belittle
36:43himself.
36:44You'll make
36:44it up to me?
36:46Do you know
36:47how much
36:48I loved you?
36:50I loved you
36:51so much
36:51that I couldn't
36:52eat or sleep.
36:53Just one frown
36:53from you
36:54would make me
36:54worry for days.
36:55When you were
36:56with Wendy,
36:56I pretended
36:57that I didn't
36:57care.
36:59I lived that
37:00kind of life
37:00for more than
37:01ten years.
37:02I don't
37:03want you
37:03to make
37:03it up to
37:04me,
37:04but I'm
37:05really tired
37:05of all
37:06that.
37:12It's
37:13getting windy
37:13here.
37:14Let's go
37:14inside.
37:19Willow.
37:20Willow.
37:23Willow!
37:25Connor
37:25watched as
37:26Willow and
37:27Aaron left.
37:28Aaron ducked
37:29to whisper
37:29something into
37:30Willow's ear,
37:31making her
37:31laugh delicately.
37:33The smile
37:34Willow wore
37:34was the
37:35brightest
37:35Connor had
37:36ever seen.
37:37He felt
37:37like he was
37:37being cut
37:38by a knife
37:38by the sight.
37:39The bodyguards
37:40dragged him
37:41out.
37:41As they did,
37:42he saw Aaron
37:43kissing Willow
37:43on a second
37:44floor balcony.
37:45It looked as
37:45though he
37:46were worshipping
37:46her.
37:47He howled.
37:48Perhaps he
37:48could not
37:48let go of
37:49the past,
37:49but for
37:50Willow,
37:50the past
37:51was nothing
37:51but a dream.
37:52In the car,
37:53Connor was
37:54still pounding
37:54at the car
37:55window in a
37:55frenzy,
37:56but he could
37:57only watch
37:57as the estate
37:58grew smaller
37:59as he departed.
38:00The woman
38:01he had pushed
38:01away had
38:02found a true
38:02admirer in
38:03the arms of
38:04another.
38:04It was then
38:05that he realized
38:06that some hurts
38:07could never
38:07be made up
38:08for.
38:08Everything was
38:09swept away
38:09like clouds
38:10on a breeze.
38:11Nothing would
38:12be left.
38:13As for him,
38:14he was left
38:14in a dark,
38:15lonely place
38:16of ignorance.
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