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00:00My name is Brenna Barrett. For 20 years, I believed I was this family's daughter.
00:08That all changed today, when they found their real daughter.
00:12I finally realized I was nothing but a tool to them.
00:15Brenna, why must it come to this?
00:18We found our biological daughter, but that doesn't mean you have to leave.
00:22Take this money. Your biological parents are dirt poor.
00:25I doubt they can even send a car to pick you up.
00:28There's probably no more than $1,000 in that envelope.
00:31That's what 20 years in this family is worth.
00:36No need. They have already sent a car.
00:39Brenna, what's with that attitude?
00:41We raised you for 20 years, and you can't even say thank you?
00:45Mom, don't blame her. She never even finished elementary school.
00:49What manners could she possibly have?
00:52Right. I never finished elementary school.
00:55Because when I was 10, they forced me to stay home drawing blueprints,
00:59turning me into their money-making machine.
01:02Your wealth.
01:03Your company.
01:05The reason you're where you are today.
01:09All of it is because of my design.
01:11Nonsense!
01:12The Barrett family's success is built on our own hard work.
01:16Goodbye.
01:18I turn and leave.
01:20My backpack hangs on my shoulder.
01:23I don't look back.
01:25Brenna, wait!
01:26I have a parting gift for you.
01:29This bracelet costs over $100,000.
01:33If things get tough, you can sell it for emergencies.
01:39I don't need it.
01:42Just as she forces it into my hands, her fingers hook the chain,
01:46peeking out from my backpack's side pocket.
01:51Brenna!
01:52Brenna, how dare you steal my necklace?
01:55That's my engagement necklace from Geordi.
01:58Worth $1,800,000.
02:00I see the sly glint flashing through Isabella's eyes.
02:04This was a trap she set.
02:05She's been waiting for me to jump in.
02:07And that so-called gift is the fuse that's about to ignite everything.
02:14Brenna, how dare you steal my necklace?
02:16Brenna!
02:17Isabella's scream draws Alec and Ruby.
02:19They rush over, staring at the necklace in Isabella's hand,
02:22their faces filled with disappointment.
02:25Brenna, I offered you money,
02:27and you turned it down only to do this?
02:31She must have thought the money was too little,
02:33so she helped herself to something more valuable.
02:35I didn't steal the necklace.
02:37Then explain why it ended up in your bag.
02:39I stare at the necklace.
02:41The chain is thick.
02:42The stones are large.
02:44But the craftsmanship is crude.
02:45The cut and color matching are beneath standard.
02:49I wouldn't be caught dead wearing something this poorly made.
02:53Besides, when I packed my things in the attic,
02:55that necklace wasn't in my bag.
02:57It was you, Isabella,
02:59who slipped it in with your own hands.
03:01Shut up, you ungrateful brat!
03:03We raised you, and this is how you repay us?
03:07Mom!
03:13Though she stole my necklace and my design drafts.
03:16Since we're family, I'll let this slide.
03:20I watch her wave a blue folder in the air,
03:22and I can't help but laugh.
03:27Those are my designs.
03:28A nuclear-powered cargo ship propulsion system.
03:31Take a good look.
03:32The title is written in Amlin's language.
03:34You never even finished elementary school.
03:37How could you possibly understand any of this?
03:40I hold the blueprints up to the light.
03:42In the lower right corner,
03:45my personal anti-counterfeit watermark faintly appears.
03:48This is my personal mark.
03:52Feel free to compare it to Isabella's designs.
03:56Hers are all garbage.
03:59Isabella!
04:02Isabella,
04:03I thought these were trash,
04:05so I threw them in the trash can.
04:07These are your design drafts.
04:09The air freezes.
04:11I look at Alec's ashen face
04:13and suddenly feel a deep, bitter irony.
04:16They never knew.
04:17I've long stopped being that little girl
04:19they could push around.
04:23When I walk out of the Barrett house,
04:25my phone buzzes.
04:26It's a message from someone
04:27claiming to be my sister.
04:29She says the family is tied up with work
04:31and wants me to go to Flavor Restaurant first.
04:34The most exclusive establishment in Shirei
04:37with a minimum spend of $10,000.
04:40Excuse me, are you Miss Brenna Harper?
04:44The lady from the Harper family waited for over an hour
04:47but had to leave for an urgent matter.
04:49The dishes are all served.
04:51Please enjoy.
04:52A table full of dishes spreads before me.
04:55I sit alone at a large round table that can seat six.
05:00I thought this was the first warmth for my biological family.
05:06Miss,
05:06could you please settle the bill?
05:08The total is $109,800.
05:12If you fail to pay,
05:13I'll have no choice but to call the police.
05:22Can't even afford a meal
05:23and you dare to come to a place like this?
05:25How about this?
05:27Kneel down and polish my shoes.
05:29I'll pay your bill for you.
05:33Sylvie Higgins,
05:34Vivian Morrison,
05:36two rich girls in haute couture
05:38and flawless makeup.
05:40Who are you?
05:41I don't know you.
05:44Who we are doesn't matter.
05:47What matters is that you
05:49don't belong here.
05:55Vivian raises her hand.
05:56I see the undeguised malice in her eyes.
06:01A hand grabs her wrist from behind.
06:04The man is Ethan Mitchell,
06:05the world's richest man,
06:08head of the Mitchell Group.
06:09How dare you cause trouble at Flavor Restaurant?
06:11He's the kind of man
06:13who calls the shots and she rear.
06:16Mr. Mitchell?
06:19Mr. Mitchell,
06:20the person who instructed the waitress
06:22and these two ladies to cause trouble
06:24is Rosie Harper.
06:25Now tell me,
06:27how dare you bully my fiancé?
06:29The entire restaurant
06:31falls silence in an instant.
06:34I stare at this devastatingly handsome man,
06:37only one thought in my mind.
06:39Since when did I become his fiancé?
06:45Rosie Harper is my real parent's niece.
06:47When she walks in from the entrance,
06:49a sweet smile is still plastered on her face.
06:52She sees Ethan first,
06:53then me.
06:55Ethan,
06:56what are you doing here?
06:58Rosie,
06:59explain.
07:01Why do this waitress
07:02and these two ladies
07:03all say you were the one
07:04who instructed them
07:05to pick on Brenna?
07:07Me?
07:08How could I possibly
07:09do something like that?
07:10Brenna is my cousin.
07:11Rosie,
07:12I have your transfer records.
07:14You paid me $5,000
07:15to demand payment from Brenna.
07:17I also have our chat logs
07:18to prove it.
07:19Every transfer record
07:20and chat logs
07:21is highlighted in red.
07:23Sylvie and Vivian
07:24both avert their eyes
07:25from Rosie.
07:26Mr. Mitchell,
07:27the private room
07:28at Flavor Restaurant
07:29has surveillance.
07:30Miss Rosie remained there
07:31for over an hour
07:32during which she repeatedly
07:33called the waitress
07:34and these two ladies.
07:35The timestamps
07:36and call records
07:37align perfectly
07:38with the sequence of events.
07:39I'm sorry, Brenna.
07:40I was just trying
07:41to play a prank.
07:42I never meant
07:42to actually hurt you.
07:43A prank?
07:45You ordered over $100,000
07:46worth of food
07:47and had a waitress
07:48force a person
07:48who was just kicked
07:49out of her home to pay.
07:50If Ethan hadn't come,
07:52I'd be at the police station
07:52right now.
07:53Sylvie Higgins,
07:54Vivian Morrison.
07:56On behalf of Mitchell Group,
07:57I am formally informing you.
07:59All our collaborations
08:00with Higgins Group
08:01and Morrison Group
08:02are terminated.
08:03Effective today.
08:04Sylvie's and Vivian's faces
08:05turn as white as paper.
08:06They know Ethan's punishment
08:08is a devastating blow
08:09to their families.
08:09All because they came here today
08:11and humiliated me.
08:14Rosie,
08:15you're a Harper,
08:16so I'll let this go today.
08:17But if you make things
08:18difficult for Brennan again,
08:19I won't hold back.
08:21I promise this won't happen again.
08:23She lifts her head
08:24and gives Ethan
08:25a faint smile.
08:26But as she passes by me,
08:28I hear her whisper.
08:31You think this is over?
08:33This is only the beginning.
08:41The farce finally ends.
08:52I get into a Rolls Royce
08:55driven by the world's richest man.
08:57The leather seats are soft.
09:00Thank you for helping me today.
09:02How about treating me to a meal?
09:05The world's richest man
09:06wants me to treat him to a meal.
09:08I can't help but laugh.
09:12He pulls out his phone
09:13to exchange contacts with me.
09:15I hesitate for a moment,
09:17but give in.
09:19The car smoothly enters
09:21an affluent neighborhood.
09:24My heartbeat quickens
09:25without me realizing it.
09:26Did you know there's
09:27a marriage arrangement
09:28between the Mitchell
09:29and Harper families?
09:30A marriage arrangement?
09:32I turn to look at him.
09:33He's gripping the steering wheel
09:35and the profile of his face
09:36under the streetlights
09:37is like a perfect sculpture.
09:39It was arranged
09:40by my grandfather and yours.
09:41A son of the Mitchell family
09:42is to marry a daughter
09:43of the Harper family.
09:44For the past two years,
09:46my grandfather has been
09:46urging me to fulfill this promise,
09:48but I never took it seriously
09:49until I met you.
09:51Are you saying
09:52you want to marry me?
09:53Brenna,
09:53I want you to consider it.
09:55Marry me.
09:56The world's richest man
09:57is proposing to me.
09:59No flowers,
10:00no ring,
10:01no bended knee.
10:06I need to think about it.
10:08Fine.
10:09I'll wait for your answer.
10:12The car stops
10:13in front of a magnificent estate.
10:15Ethan's car disappears
10:16around the corner.
10:17I turn around
10:18and face
10:19the enormous iron gate.
10:22The Barretts told me
10:23my biological parents
10:24lived in a poor,
10:25remote village.
10:26Yet this estate
10:27is clearly
10:28in the most expensive
10:29part of Shiri.
10:32I take a deep breath
10:33and press the doorbell.
10:35It rings three times.
10:37No one comes.
10:39The July sun
10:40beats down on me.
10:42Sweat drips down
10:42my forehead.
10:43They said they'd send
10:44someone to pick me up,
10:45yet they won't even
10:47let me through the gate.
10:48It seems my real family
10:49doesn't care about me at all.
10:58Who are you looking for?
11:01I'm the daughter
11:01of the Harper family
11:02lost 20 years ago.
11:04Impossible.
11:05Rosie personally
11:06went to pick up Brenna.
11:07They should be arriving together.
11:09Did you hear the news
11:10and decided to
11:11impersonate her?
11:12I am Brenna Harper.
11:14Look at what you're wearing.
11:15You're dressed worse
11:16than us servants.
11:17How could the Harper family's
11:18eldest daughter
11:19dress like this?
11:20I stare at this
11:21middle-aged woman
11:22in a housekeeper's uniform.
11:23There isn't a shred
11:24of respect in her eyes.
11:25What's all the racket?
11:27Has Brenna come home?
11:28A man with gray streaked hair
11:30steps out of the elevator.
11:31His steps are steady
11:32and his gaze pauses
11:34on my face.
11:36I'm your uncle,
11:37Abelson Harper.
11:38You look exactly
11:39like your mother.
11:40I recognized you
11:41at first glance.
11:42Come in.
11:47Wow.
11:48My uncle leads me
11:49through the enormous
11:50living room.
11:51Floor-to-ceiling windows
11:53fill the space
11:53with sunlight.
11:54Your room
11:55is on the third floor,
11:57the one on the east side.
11:58It's been kept for you
11:59since the day
11:59you were taken.
12:01A suite that's
12:02150 square meters.
12:04Separate living room,
12:05bedroom,
12:06walk-in closet,
12:07bathroom,
12:08bigger than all the rooms
12:09in the Barrett house combined.
12:15I don't know what to say.
12:16A corner of my heart
12:17is slowly softening.
12:20She's dressed worse
12:21than us servants.
12:22Just because her face
12:23resembles Mrs. Harper's,
12:25she gets to be
12:25the eldest daughter
12:26of the Harper family?
12:28Only Rosie deserves
12:29this family.
12:30I won't let anyone
12:31take away what belongs
12:32to her.
12:33I won't let anyone
12:37I peel off the clothes
12:38soaked through with sweat
12:40and step into the shower.
12:41The moment the hot water
12:43hits me,
12:44I nearly cry.
12:45At the Barrett's,
12:46I could only use
12:47the cold water
12:48left after they were done.
12:51I turn off the water
12:52and come out
12:53wrapped in a towel,
12:54but the bed is empty.
12:55My clothes and backpack
12:56are gone.
12:57Brenna!
12:58Brenna,
12:59Mrs. Harper didn't prepare
13:00any clothes for you.
13:01I took your clothes
13:02to be washed.
13:03This is an old dress
13:04of Rosie's.
13:05You'll have to make
13:06do for now.
13:07I stare at the
13:08wrinkled black dress,
13:09sweat stains on the collar,
13:11loose threads on the cuffs,
13:12clearly worn and unwashed.
13:14She took everything I had
13:15and gave me someone else's
13:16dirty hand-me-down.
13:18She did this on purpose.
13:20Take it away.
13:21I'm not wearing that.
13:23Brenna,
13:23don't be so ungrateful.
13:25You can't go to dinner
13:26wrapped in a towel,
13:27can you?
13:29Her face shows
13:30undisguised satisfaction.
13:31She leaves,
13:32leaving behind
13:33that ragged dress.
13:38Just as I sit
13:39on the edge of the bed,
13:40wondering what to do next,
13:42the doorbell rings.
13:46Brenna,
13:47your M&G order
13:48has arrived.
13:49Fifty-three pieces in total,
13:50worth thirty million dollars.
13:51You've made a mistake.
13:53The Harper family's
13:54daughter is Rosie.
13:55Take all of this
13:55to her walk-in closet.
13:59Leave them.
14:00They're all mine.
14:03Brenna.
14:04These clothes,
14:05total thirty million dollars.
14:07Can you even afford them?
14:09You're mistaken.
14:09This is M&G's elite collection.
14:11Every piece is one of mine.
14:12Each garment is worth
14:13over five million dollars.
14:14Besides,
14:15these are all gifts
14:15from Brenna's friend,
14:16the founder of M&G.
14:17Not a single cent
14:18needs to be paid.
14:19I watch Rachel's face
14:20shift from smugness
14:21to shock,
14:22then to anger.
14:23Rosie Harper,
14:24you sent your servant
14:25to humiliate me,
14:26but you forgot one thing.
14:28I have never been someone
14:30you can push around.
14:36At six in the evening,
14:38the Harper family members
14:39start returning home.
14:40I change into the beige,
14:41floral M&G dress
14:42and head downstairs.
14:44Rosie is sitting on the sofa,
14:45and the moment she sees me,
14:47a flash of hostility
14:48crosses her eyes.
14:50Here, Brenna.
14:51I made you some ice cream.
14:56Brenna,
14:56how could you do this to me?
14:58I was kind enough
14:59to offer you ice cream
15:00and you threw it all over me.
15:04Grandpa!
15:05Grandma!
15:06Look at me!
15:07This dress is brand new
15:08and now it's ruined.
15:10Rosie rushes over,
15:11tears already streaming
15:12down her face.
15:14Before you scold me,
15:16please take a look at this.
15:17I pull out my phone
15:18and pull up the restaurant's
15:20surveillance footage.
15:21In the recording,
15:22Rosie smugly ordering
15:23the waitress to demand
15:24payment from me early
15:25is crystal clear.
15:27Rosie,
15:27I am so disappointed in you.
15:30Apologize to Brenna.
15:33Now.
15:34I'm sorry, Brenna.
15:35I shouldn't have played
15:36that prank.
15:38I look at Rosie,
15:40her head bowed.
15:41Her apology is profesterous.
15:44Giselle walk to my side
15:45and take my hand.
15:47Mom owes you too much.
15:49From now on,
15:51I don't let anyone bully you.
15:53I look at Giselle's reddening eyes.
15:55In 20 years at the Barrett's,
15:57I've never felt this kind of warmth.
16:01The dinner table is covered
16:03in exquisite dishes.
16:04The air is filled with the aroma
16:06of black truffles
16:08and roasted meat.
16:09Brenna,
16:10I'm your father,
16:11Shepard Harper,
16:12and this is your mother,
16:14Giselle.
16:15He's the chairman of Harper Group.
16:17His eyes are gentle,
16:19but carry an unquestionable authority.
16:22Brenna,
16:23this is your eldest brother,
16:25Ernst.
16:25He manages the daily operations
16:27of Harper Group
16:28and is the company's vice president.
16:30I look at all these
16:32unfamiliar faces,
16:33some warm,
16:34some cold.
16:35I don't know how to respond.
16:37I'm their family,
16:38but this is my first time
16:40sharing a meal with them.
16:41I heard you only attended
16:43elementary school
16:44for four years.
16:45Even if you struggled,
16:46you should have at least
16:47finished elementary school.
16:49If you hadn't come back
16:50to the Harper family,
16:51how would you survive?
16:53The entire table
16:54falls silent in an instant.
16:57All eyes focus on me
16:58and Ernst.
17:02You think I dropped out
17:03by choice?
17:05It was the Barretts' decision.
17:06They saw my design talent
17:08and stopped me
17:08from going to school,
17:10forcing me to draw blueprints
17:11to earn money for them.
17:16Is that so?
17:17Then prove it to me.
17:19His eyes are cold,
17:20a faint trace of mockery
17:21at the corner of his lips.
17:23I set down my fork.
17:24It seems this family dinner
17:26is far from the simple affair
17:27I thought it would be.
17:31I will prove myself.
17:34But not now.
17:35Not here.
17:38I stand up and leave.
17:40Whispers rise behind me,
17:42but I don't look back.
17:44Actually, I'm going out tonight.
17:46Someone referred a patient to me,
17:48offering $10 million.
17:50It's more than enough for me
17:51to establish myself
17:52in the Harper family.
17:54I arrive as the last disciple
17:56of the legendary Dr. Cuthbert Pierce
17:58to treat a retired military commander,
18:00Vincent Mitchell.
18:01What I don't expect
18:02is that he's Ethan's grandfather.
18:04You're Dr. Pierce's last disciple?
18:06You've got to be kidding me.
18:08How old are you?
18:09Barely 20?
18:10Lindsay Cohen,
18:11an attending physician
18:12at this hospital
18:13who made department head
18:14in her early 30s,
18:15she looks at me with contempt.
18:17Young lady,
18:18do you even know
18:18who's lying in there?
18:19A retired military commander.
18:21Even experts like us
18:23aren't qualified to treat him.
18:25Who do you think you are?
18:26Landon Scott,
18:27a senior internal medicine specialist
18:29who's been in the field
18:30for over 20 years.
18:31He hasn't even asked my name
18:33and already decided I'm a fraud.
18:35We're waiting for Dr. Pierce's last disciple,
18:38someone at least in their 40s.
18:40Experienced,
18:41highly skilled.
18:42How could it be you?
18:43If you can actually treat
18:45the old commander,
18:45we'll apologize to you.
18:47Deal.
18:50I walk away
18:52and sit down on a chair
18:53in the corridor.
18:54If not for money,
18:55I wouldn't waste a second
18:56on these people.
18:57Ethan,
18:58where's Dr. Pierce's disciple?
19:00It's been over half an hour already.
19:02Theo Mitchell,
19:03Ethan's cousin.
19:04He's on the phone with Ethan.
19:06I glance at my watch.
19:08Christopher should be
19:09out of surgery soon.
19:10He's Dr. Pierce's grandson,
19:12and my classmate
19:13from medical school
19:14only who can verify
19:15my identity.
19:18I watch the operating room doors
19:20at the end of the corridor.
19:21The doors finally open.
19:24Brenna,
19:25why are you sitting out here?
19:27Shouldn't you be inside
19:28treating Mr. Vincent?
19:29Your colleague said
19:30I'm a fraud.
19:31They kicked me out.
19:32What?
19:33Christopher's face
19:34flushes red in an instant.
19:36He turns around
19:37and glares
19:38at the group of doctors.
19:39Dr. Pierce?
19:41You know her?
19:43Of course.
19:44She's my grandfather's
19:45last disciple.
19:46You kicked her out
19:47as a fraud?
19:49Impossible.
19:50She's so young.
19:51My grandfather
19:52takes disciples
19:53based on talent,
19:54not age.
19:55Brenna earned
19:56dual master's degrees
19:57in medicine
19:58and mechanical engineering
19:59from Norview University
20:01at 18.
20:02And you chased away
20:03the only one
20:04who can actually
20:04save Mr. Vincent!
20:07Christopher pulls me back
20:09towards the hospital room.
20:10The doctors
20:11who were so arrogant
20:12moments ago
20:13now can't even
20:14look me in the eye.
20:17Everyone,
20:18this is Dr. Pierce's
20:19last disciple,
20:21Dr. Brenna Harper.
20:23No one speaks.
20:27I turn around
20:28and push open the door
20:29to Vincent's hospital room.
20:31Before me,
20:31the old man on the bed
20:32is barely conscious.
20:34His left side
20:34is completely paralyzed,
20:36his mouth drooping.
20:37His eyes are clouded.
20:38This is the most difficult
20:39kind of post-cerebral
20:41hemorrhage case.
20:41Outside,
20:42those people are still
20:43murmuring about me.
20:44They believe a young woman
20:45like me can't possibly
20:46have real skill.
20:48Brenna,
20:48I believe in you.
20:49Ethan stands behind me.
20:51He's the only one
20:52who never questioned me.
20:54I take out the syringes
20:56from my medical kit
20:57and precisely locate
20:58seven nerve targets
20:59on Vincent's neck
21:00and left side limbs.
21:01Each medication formula
21:02is my own.
21:03Dosage,
21:04sequence,
21:05injection depth,
21:06off by a single millimeter
21:07and it fails.
21:09The room is quiet.
21:11Everyone holds their breath.
21:16My grandfather moves.
21:18It's only been minutes.
21:20But just as I'm about to leave,
21:22three uninvited guests
21:23suddenly burst through the door.
21:25Brenna,
21:25you wretched girl.
21:27You never even finished
21:28elementary school
21:29and you dare to impersonate
21:31a doctor here?
21:33Mr. Mitchell,
21:35you've all been deceived by her.
21:36We're the Barretts
21:37who adopted her.
21:38We know exactly
21:39what kind of person she is.
21:40Tell the Mitchell family
21:41the truth right now.
21:45I have no ties
21:46to the Barrett family anymore.
21:48Please leave.
21:49How could you say that?
21:50I'm your adoptive father.
21:52If you get into trouble,
21:54the Barrett family
21:55will suffer too.
21:58Mr. Mitchell,
21:59don't let her fool you.
22:01She's been sneaky
22:02and lazy
22:03since she was a child.
22:05I stare at Ruby's
22:06twisted face.
22:07You forced me to drop out
22:08when I was ten,
22:09keeping me home
22:10to draw blueprints
22:11for money.
22:11I designed
22:12for over ten hours a day.
22:14When did you ever
22:15let me study?
22:15That was to train you.
22:17Without our training,
22:18would you be
22:19where you are today?
22:20Enough.
22:22Neville,
22:23escort the Barrett family out.
22:25What are you doing?
22:26Don't touch me!
22:27Brenna,
22:27you're so ungrateful!
22:29Brenna,
22:29just you wait!
22:30You'll regret this!
22:35The Barretts
22:35are dragged out
22:36by security.
22:38Ruby's shrieks
22:38echoing through the corridor,
22:40but I feel nothing
22:41in my heart.
22:42Are you okay?
22:45I'm fine.
22:47I've been used to it
22:49for a long time.
22:51From now on,
22:52this won't happen again.
22:53Ethan stands in front of me.
22:55His presence somehow
22:56makes me feel safe.
22:58For the first time,
22:59I think having someone
23:00stand by my side
23:01might not be a bad idea.
23:07After the Barretts
23:08are taken away,
23:09the room falls again
23:10a quiet.
23:11But those doctors
23:12look embarrassed.
23:17Dr. Harper,
23:18please,
23:18don't hold it against me.
23:20I already bowed to you.
23:21Can we just let this go?
23:23You need to apologize to me.
23:26You!
23:27If you have a problem
23:28with that,
23:30I can have the hospital director
23:31come and mediate.
23:35I'm sorry.
23:36Please forgive me.
23:40I'm sorry.
23:46I shouldn't have judged you
23:48by your appearance.
23:49Okay.
23:50This is the end of it.
23:52I want more than just an apology.
23:54I need them to understand
23:55I am not someone
23:56anyone can walk all over.
24:06Dr. Harper,
24:07please,
24:08come here.
24:13Thank you for saving me.
24:16Mr. Vincent,
24:17you're welcome.
24:18Over the next month,
24:19you'll recover gradually.
24:22Vincent lifts his hand
24:23and grasps mine.
24:25He places my hand
24:26into Ethan's palm.
24:27His mouth curls up slightly
24:29and he tightens his grip
24:30on my hand.
24:35Grandpa,
24:35don't worry.
24:37Once you've fully recovered,
24:38we'll get married.
24:40Ethan and I walk out
24:41of the hospital room.
24:43I notice the Barretts
24:44are still there.
24:46The moment Ruby sees me,
24:47she immediately puts
24:48on a fawning smile.
24:50Brenna,
24:51look at how outstanding
24:53you are.
24:54Isn't that all thanks
24:55to how we raised you?
24:56Mr. Mitchell,
24:58everything Brenna has today
24:59is all thanks
25:00to the Barrett family.
25:02Her real parents are poor.
25:03They could never
25:04have given her this.
25:05I stare at Ruby.
25:07The light of calculation
25:07glimmers in her eyes.
25:10She thinks if she lashes
25:11onto the Mitchell family,
25:12the Barretts can rise again.
25:15everything Barrett group
25:16has today
25:17came from my contributions.
25:20I owe you nothing.
25:21Brenna!
25:22You're an ungrateful wretch!
25:24Just you wait!
25:26Ruby's face
25:27finally tears away
25:28its mask.
25:28Her eyes are full of resentment,
25:30but I no longer care.
25:44Ethan offers me a ride,
25:45so we hop into his car.
25:52Has this seat been occupied
25:54by many people?
25:55No.
25:56My passenger seat
25:57is reserved for you.
26:00And from now on,
26:03only you.
26:04My heart skips a beat.
26:05His words are so blunt
26:06that I don't know
26:07how to respond.
26:11The moment we step out
26:12of the car,
26:13Rosie hushes over
26:14in her high heels.
26:15Ethan!
26:16You're here!
26:16Come help me!
26:17Do these clothes
26:18look good on me?
26:18She ignores me completely
26:20and leans close to Ethan.
26:22I'm here to drop off Brenna.
26:24Oh!
26:25Brenna,
26:25your mother ordered
26:26some clothes for you.
26:27I picked out a few for myself.
26:28You don't mind, right?
26:29I glance at the new clothes
26:30hanging all over
26:31the living room.
26:32Rosie already has
26:33over 20 pieces
26:34draped over her arm.
26:35She leaves behind
26:35only what she didn't want.
26:37I don't mind.
26:38Take them all.
26:40My fiancé's wardrobe,
26:41I'll take care of it.
26:42No need for the Harper family
26:44to trouble themselves.
26:46Rosie's expression
26:46changes in an instant.
26:48The clothes in her hands
26:49dropped to the floor.
26:51Fiancé?
26:52Ethan, you said
26:53she's your fiancé?
26:59Yes.
27:01Brenna and I
27:01will be engaged soon.
27:03Brenna,
27:03you've only been back
27:05for a few days.
27:06Why do you get
27:07what I've been yearning for
27:09over ten years?
27:11I won't let you
27:13have your way.
27:14Ethan can only be mine.
27:17Ah!
27:27Ernst, listen to me!
27:29Brenna doesn't deserve
27:30Ethan at all!
27:31What's wrong?
27:32Her mother ordered her
27:33a bunch of new clothes today.
27:35I picked out a few
27:36for myself.
27:37And she was upset.
27:39Ethan even announced
27:41in public that she's
27:42his fiancé.
27:42Ethan was supposed
27:44to be mine!
27:46But now,
27:47Brennan's been back
27:48only a few days
27:49and already
27:51snatched him away.
27:53Regarding the marriage
27:54arrangement,
27:55Ethan has never shown
27:56any interest in you.
27:58Don't flatter yourself.
28:00Stop dwelling on this.
28:02Why not think about
28:03how to manage
28:04the companies
28:05under your name?
28:05I come downstairs
28:06and happen to overhear
28:08their conversation.
28:11Ernst glances at me,
28:12his eyes still cold.
28:14Brenna,
28:15Rosie says
28:16Ethan announced
28:16in public
28:17that you're his fiancé.
28:18Is that true?
28:20Yes.
28:26You've only
28:27known each other
28:28for a few days.
28:30Why would he
28:31want to marry you?
28:32You can go ask him.
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