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