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00:00My husband Edward told me he was going to Europe for a week-long business conference.
00:04Catherine is coming along too.
00:08Now tell you, she's my assistant. It's a normal work arrangement.
00:12Catherine, the blonde girl who joined three months ago.
00:15Every time I video called him, she was right there beside him.
00:19Last week, when I found perfume on his collar, he explained it was the new air freshener in the office.
00:26Alright, stay safe.
00:27I stood at the door, watching his car pull out of the driveway, its taillights disappearing into the mist.
00:36I picked up my phone and dialed a number I'd saved for five years but never called.
00:42Attorney Marcus? It's Vivian.
00:45Mrs. Vivian? You finally reached out.
00:48Empty all joint accounts linked to Edward Chen. Not a cent left. I'm ready to come back.
00:53Edward told me on Wednesday night.
00:56Vivian, I'm flying to Limmer City on Monday. The branch office has a project that needs my personal oversight. About
01:03a week.
01:04Alright. He clearly hadn't expected such a calm response.
01:08Catherine will be going too.
01:09Catherine, that young girl fresh out of business school with her gaze always landed first on my cotton house clothes,
01:14then my face, and finally on the dishcloth or spatcher in my hand.
01:18You're so domestic. Edward's brow fronted slightly. He was probably waiting for me to press him.
01:25When I first saw Catherine walk into the company annual dinner with her arm around his. We had the worst
01:32fight of our marriage that night.
01:34Can you stop being so paranoid? She's my assistant. Do you even know how pathetic you look right now?
01:40Pathetic. I never asked him another question about Catherine after that night. He thought I'd given in.
01:45The next three days, Edward busied himself preparing for the trip.
01:49His suitcase lay open on the living room floor. Shirts folded one by one, suits bagged in garment covers.
01:54I noticed he'd bought two new sets of pajamas. Nothing like the plaid cotton ones he usually wore at home.
02:00He'd never bought his own clothes before.
02:01Saturday afternoon, he went downstairs to pick up the dry cleaning. His phone was left on the sofa.
02:07Edward, darling, I picked out the pajamas for you, those two dark gray sets.
02:10I've already booked our hotel in Limon City. A king bed with a lakeview balcony. Can't wait for our first
02:15trip together.
02:17I stood in front of the sofa, staring at those words for a full 30 seconds.
02:23Then I put the phone back where it was.
02:26I walked into the kitchen, turned on the tap, and washed a head of lettuce.
02:30The water was cold, cold enough to numb my fingertips.
02:34I peeled the leaves off one by one and laid them in the colander.
02:38Vivian, while I'm away this week, don't just order takeout all the time.
02:42I bought some groceries and put them in the fridge. Cook for yourself.
02:47I nodded. He didn't see the resolu flashing behind my downcast eyes.
02:54Four years. From the day I married him at 24, I'd been his wife for four years.
03:00Four years, in which his mother was hospitalized.
03:04And I spent 23 nights on the hospital corridor.
03:08His sister studied abroad, and I helped her prepare her visa documents and living expenses.
03:14His career rose from ordinary salesperson to deputy general manager.
03:18And behind it all were the connections I'd used, the resources I'd funneled, the phone calls I'd made.
03:25He never once asked,
03:27My wife, what did you do before we got married?
03:30Monday morning, I drove him to the airport.
03:34Are you at the airport yet?
03:37Hmm, wait for me at Starbucks.
03:39The car pulled up smoothly at the International Departures Terminal.
03:44I'm off.
03:46I thought he was going to say,
03:48Take care of yourself, or,
03:50Wait for me to come back.
03:52Remember to get the car serviced.
03:54Then he turned and strode toward the terminal entrance.
03:57The glass doors slid open,
03:59and a tall blonde figure emerged from inside.
04:03Catherine.
04:06When Edward walked over, she reached out and took his arm.
04:10Naturally.
04:11Practiced.
04:12Not once did Edward look back.
04:14I sat in the car, watching the flow of people outside the terminal.
04:17These hands of mine had once typed out a screenwriting franchise that grossed over 3.2 billions worldwide.
04:23They'd held champagne glasses with Hollywood's biggest stars.
04:25And for the past four years, they'd only been used to wash vegetables, mop floors, and iron shirts.
04:29I started the engine not to go home,
04:32but to drive to the office tower on the east side of the city that I hadn't set foot in
04:36for three years.
04:37Halfway there, I made a call.
04:39Marcus, it's me.
04:41How's the account liquidation going?
04:43Keyboard cladding on the other end.
04:45Then Marcus's calm voice.
04:48The joint savings accounts under Edward Chin's name total 3.4 millions.
04:53Per your instructions, they've been transferred to your personal account.
04:56Legal filing is complete.
04:58His supplementary credit cards?
05:00All cancelled.
05:01Also, the asset report you asked for is out.
05:04At Nexus Heldings, where Edward works,
05:06your own VE capital holds 63% of the parent company's shares.
05:09In other words, his deputy general manager position,
05:12essentially, you approved it.
05:13I was silent for three seconds.
05:15One more thing, Ms. Vivian.
05:17Stellar Pictures, which you co-founded with Aurora,
05:19the quarterly royalty dividends have arrived.
05:2112 million dollars.
05:22Aurora sent an email last week saying there's an international film festival opening gala
05:25next Saturday in Lehman City she wants you to attend.
05:28Reply to Aurora.
05:29I'll be there.
05:31I glanced in the rearview mirror at the airport terminal growing smaller in the distance.
05:38Two hours later, I stood in the top floor conference room of VEF E.
05:43Capital's headquarters.
05:45Mrs. Vivian, you haven't set foot in this building for four years.
05:49Four years ago, to marry Edward, Capital's daily operations and handed control to the trust committee.
05:56My father had passed away early.
05:58My mother remarried and moved to Europe.
06:00VE. Capital was my only family inheritance.
06:04But Edward didn't like me being too assertive.
06:07What's the situation on his end?
06:09Edward Chen's flight took off at 11 a.m. today.
06:12Traveling with him is Catherine Williams.
06:13On paper, she's an executive assistant at Nexus Holdings.
06:16In reality, she and Edward booked the same Lakeview suite at Bow, Rivage Hotel in Lemon City.
06:22Check in one week.
06:23Paid with the joint platinum card under your name.
06:26That card had been canceled three hours earlier.
06:28One more interesting detail.
06:30Catherine Williams' letter of recommendation was personally written by Edward.
06:33Her business school degree is fake.
06:35Resume fabrication, forged recommendation, hiring process entirely orchestrated by Edward.
06:42If this goes public, Edward's career at Nexus ends immediately.
06:46Don't make it public yet.
06:48What are you waiting for?
06:50For the right occasion.
06:52Marcus, have Nexus Holdings CEO come see me tomorrow.
06:57Tell him the majority shareholder wants a meeting to discuss personnel issues among company executives.
07:05At 3 p.m. the next day, a nervous man appeared in the reception room.
07:10There was a thin sheen of sweat on his forehead.
07:14Clearly, Marcus hadn't told him the specifics of the meeting over the phone.
07:18Just four words.
07:19Majority shareholder summons.
07:22Mr. Harrison, please sit.
07:24He sat, back straight as a steel board.
07:27I didn't know you were...
07:30Vivian.
07:31Just call me Vivian.
07:32All right, Miss Vivian.
07:33Is there something specific you wanted to see me about today?
07:37Regarding your company's deputy general manager, Edward.
07:40Edward.
07:41He's your...
07:42Husband.
07:42Or rather, soon-to-be ex-husband.
07:44Harrison's Adams Gunkel bobbed.
07:46I have no issues with his work performance.
07:47But for personal reasons, I need him to leave Nexus Holdings.
07:51Personal reasons?
07:53He and his assistant, Catherine Williams, are in an appropriate personal relationship.
07:58My legal team has gathered relevant evidence, including hotel booking records, communication
08:03logs, and irregular expense reports.
08:06If Nexus prefers to handle this quietly, it would be best for him to resign voluntarily.
08:12Mrs. Vivian, I...
08:13I need to consult with the legal...
08:15Of course you can go through the process.
08:17This is VE Capital's proposed ownership change at Nexus Holdings.
08:20If you think keeping one person is more important than retaining majority shareholder support
08:26for your company, we can discuss it another way.
08:29Ms. Vivian, I understand.
08:31I'll personally handle Edward Chen's departure.
08:34When he returns, he'll receive a termination notice.
08:37Not termination.
08:38A resignation of his own accord.
08:41I need a signed resignation letter citing personal reasons.
08:45Understood.
08:54Ms. Vivian, you went soft on him.
08:57Making him sign it himself?
08:58That hurts more than being kicked out.
09:02Thursday morning, I landed at Lemon City International Airport.
09:06First class seats are spacious.
09:08I slept a full 8 hours of the 12 hour flight.
09:11It was the longest sleep I'd had in 4 years.
09:13No middle of the night phone calls.
09:15No 6am alarm clocks.
09:17I wheeled my suitcase through arrivals.
09:20A black Mercedes S-Class Kedan was already waiting at the curb.
09:27Ms. Vivian, Ms. Aurora sent me to pick you up.
09:29She's already waiting for you at the hotel.
09:31Thank you.
09:32The car left the airport and drove along the shores of Lake Limon.
09:36Morning mist still hung over the lake.
09:38I knew this city well.
09:40I'd attended my first International Film Festival Awards ceremony here.
09:44Below the stage sat the world's top directors, producers and stars.
09:47I was barely 20 then, the youngest ever nominee for the Screenwriters Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award.
09:53And Blake, the highest paid actress in the world, had publicly called me her sole partner.
09:59All of that before I married Edward.
10:02He never knew.
10:03He'd never even watched any of my films.
10:05Once, one of Aurora's movies aired on TV, and I tentatively said,
10:10This is a film I really love.
10:11Edward glanced at the screen, turned over, and kept strolling his phone.
10:15So great about these commercial flicks.
10:16All assembly line products.
10:18The car pulled up at the Beau Rivage Hotel.
10:21This century-old lakeside hotel, one of Le Mende City's most luxurious.
10:25I knew Edward and Catherine were staying here.
10:28Their Lakeview suite, 2800 francs a night.
10:31Paid with my money.
10:35I didn't go to the front desk.
10:38I took the elevator, straight, to the penthouse suite.
10:43A tall woman jumped up from the sofa, wearing a white silk robe barefoot on the wool carpet,
10:48and ran straight at me.
10:50Aurora Blake, the highest paid actress in the world,
10:54owner of three Academy Awards for Best Actress.
10:57For five consecutive years, voted the woman men most wanted to date worldwide.
11:03At this moment, she was clinging to me like a koala.
11:06Bea!
11:07You heartless woman!
11:08Four years!
11:10Four whole years!
11:12You left me and Stella Pictures behind to go cook and iron shirts for a man who's never even seen
11:17your movies?
11:18I patted her back, my eyes stinging a little.
11:22Aurora's eyes went red.
11:25But she said nothing, just gave me a fierce hug.
11:29It's okay.
11:29What matters is that you're back.
11:32Then she grabbed my hand and dragged me into the walk-in closet.
11:35The entire closet was full of gowns.
11:37Dior, Chanel, Valentino, Elie Seheg, three full rows, every color imaginable, like an ocean of luxury.
11:47Tomorrow night's festival opening gala, you're wearing this.
11:52This is too flashy.
11:54Tomorrow night, your bastard husband and that blonde mistress will be at this gala too.
12:00I want them to see.
12:04Saturday, 6 p.m., Lemon City International Film Festival opening gala.
12:09Venue the Bewrivage Hotel's Grand Ballroom, the most lavish event space in Lemon City.
12:14And invitations went only to the top 300 directors, stars, producers, and financiers in global cinema.
12:21And at this moment, in the ballroom lobby, Edward was experiencing one of the proudest moments of his life,
12:27holding court among a cluster of multinational executives.
12:29Edward, how'd you get in?
12:32A business associate helped me get one.
12:36My company has operations here.
12:38Some connections with the festival of sponsors.
12:41He was lying.
12:42He didn't even know the real host behind it was Stellar Pictures.
12:46And that Stellar Pictures' largest shareholder was his wife.
12:52Amazing.
12:53For those of us in tangible industries, we'd never get near this level of resource in a year.
12:57He enjoyed this feeling.
12:59Being looked up to, he never knew how many of those so-called connections,
13:04resources, and opportunities had been quietly paved by his wife behind his back.
13:09Hey, Edward, is that Aurora Blake over there?
13:12Oh my god, she's even more beautiful in person!
13:15Edward looked in the direction she was looking.
13:18Aurora Blake was chatting and laughing with several Hollywood directors.
13:22Every one of them was a heavyweight in the global film industry.
13:25I'll ask for you later.
13:26Edward looked in the direction she was looking.
13:29Aurora Blake was chatting and laughing with several Hollywood directors.
13:33Every one of them was a heavyweight in the global film industry.
13:37Who is that?
13:38In the corner of the crowd, Edward stood frozen.
13:42His expression shifted from confusion to shock.
13:45From shock to disbelief.
13:47That woman was his wife, Vivian.
13:52How is this possible?
13:54What's she doing here?
13:55Edward couldn't answer that.
13:57In his understanding, she couldn't possibly be here,
14:00couldn't be wearing Dior haute couture, couldn't look this dazzling.
14:03But here she stood, 15 meters in front of him.
14:06Did she follow you?
14:08Or did she use your card to buy an invitation?
14:12Edward, how much do these gala tickets cost anyway?
14:15Where'd she get that kind of money?
14:19Edward didn't answer.
14:20He didn't walk fast, because he hadn't yet decided what expression to face her with.
14:26Anger?
14:27A caccusation?
14:28A preemptive attack?
14:30When he reached Vivian, he chose the ladder.
14:34What are you doing here?
14:37I'm here for the gala.
14:39The gala?
14:41Do you know what level of event this is?
14:43This is the highest caliber film festival opening gala.
14:48Invitations aren't sold publicly.
14:50How much did you pay to get in?
14:55Vivian, what a coincidence.
14:58But really, the cost of this gala, does Edward even know about it?
15:03Or, did you use his credit card?
15:05He glanced back at the executives, confirming that they hadn't yet noticed the commotion.
15:11Then turned back, his voice taking on a lecturing tone.
15:14Vivian, what exactly are you doing?
15:18Didn't I tell you?
15:21What did you tell me?
15:25You told me I was supposed to stay home all my life, and be a docile wife.
15:32The woman you love should have a status worthy of you.
15:36Vivian, can you not make a scene here?
15:38You should understand that this isn't the place for a housewife.
15:42She said Eddie, as if she was his real partner.
15:46And I, just an intruder who didn't know her place.
15:51Edward didn't correct her.
15:57Aurora, I'm at the entrance.
16:00Yeah, come over.
16:07Aurora?
16:08You're not actually calling Aurora Blake, are you?
16:11Vivian, you think you're in a...
16:13Because she saw...
16:16The woman surrounded by countless camera flashes, Aurora Blake.
16:20The world's top film star.
16:23On 12 centimeter heels, she crossed the entire ballroom, pushed through the crowd, and strode straight towards us.
16:31Her eyes locked on mine.
16:33Edward instinctively stepped back.
16:40And then Aurora opened her arms and pulled me into a tight hug.
16:48You're finally here.
16:49I waited two whole hours for you.
16:53Her voice rang through half the ballroom.
16:55Edward's mouth opened and closed.
16:58Opened and closed.
17:00Catherine's arms had dropped, the color draining from her face by the second.
17:04V?
17:05What?
17:06V?
17:06What's going on here?
17:07I stepped out of Aurora as embrace and turned to face him.
17:12Edward, there's one thing I've owed you for four years.
17:15It's time I told you.
17:16He stared into my eyes.
17:19My name is Vivian.
17:21I'm Vivian Vance.
17:23Vivian Vance?
17:24That Vivian Vance?
17:25Co-founder of Stellar Pictures?
17:27That man's voice grew louder and louder like a stone thrown into still water, sending ripples in every direction.
17:34More people pulled out their phones to look up the name.
17:37And Edward still stood there, motionless.
17:43You never told me.
17:46Because you never asked.
17:49Catherine stood beside him, ashen-faced.
17:52But she had not lost yet.
17:55So what?
17:56Edward's career is built on his own ability.
17:59Edward Chen?
18:00Excuse me, is he that vice general manager at Nexus Holdings?
18:04He had raised his phone screen on it, a corporate info page.
18:08Uh, this Miss Vivian Vance?
18:10Vivian Vance here is the largest individual shareholder of Nexus Holdings' parent company, 63% stake.
18:17In other words, Nexus is under her control.
18:21The entire hall went silent.
18:23Catherine's legs buckled.
18:24She collapsed onto the floor.
18:27Impossible.
18:29Really?
18:31Edward was tougher than I'd expected.
18:34So all these years at Nexus, everyone treating me so well,
18:38The board approving my project so easily.
18:42And last time when the VP position opened up, even my competitors withdrew.
18:47He spoke in fragments, pausing after each line.
18:52All because of you?
18:53I didn't nod.
18:55Didn't shake my head.
18:57Catherine still sat on the floor.
18:59Three minutes ago, she'd called this woman a housewife.
19:02Now she was the one who'd been told she didn't know her place.
19:06Catherine.
19:07She flinched.
19:08Your hiring letter at Nexus was personally written by Edward.
19:11Your degree is fake.
19:13Your resume is fake.
19:15The entire hiring process was an irregular operation he orchestrated.
19:19I watched her blue eyes grow wider.
19:22These materials, they'll be submitted to the company's labor arbitration on Monday.
19:27You'll receive an official lawsuit notification.
19:31Before she could process it, her phone rang.
19:34Not the gala's background music.
19:36Her own ringtone from the Rindon-studdled case in her clutch.
19:40Mechanically, she feshed out her phone.
19:42Her fingers slipped, fumbling with the screen, and accidentally hit the speaker button.
20:09Every word landed like a slap on her face.
20:12He was still staring at me.
20:15No hatred in his eyes.
20:17No anger.
20:18No trace of the superiority he'd always held.
20:21Can we talk?
20:24I smiled at him.
20:26About what?
20:28He opened his mouth.
20:29No words came.
20:31I called a server to bring me a document.
20:34Divorce papers.
20:38All I need from you right now is your signature, not a conversation.
20:42I held the envelope out to him.
20:46His hands trembled as he opened it.
20:48First page.
20:49Asset division breakdown.
20:51Joint account breakdown.
20:53With fine point in account balance.
20:55Zero zerlers dollars.
20:57Male party holds no shared real estate interest.
21:01Female party's assets are entirely pre-marital personal property and family trust assets.
21:06Male party has no entitlement to any distribution.
21:10Upon execution of this divorce agreement, both parties have no further financial or legal ties.
21:16Vivian.
21:19I was wrong.
21:21Four years.
21:22You never told me.
21:24I thought...
21:25I thought you could touch and you anyone.
21:29I thought...
21:30You were just an ordinary.
21:32So you thought you could disregard me?
21:35Brush me off?
21:36Betray me?
21:38He knelt there, shaking all over.
21:40Aurora stood to the side, arms crossed, a cold laugh escaping.
21:47Do you know what V was four years ago?
21:51Edward's shoulders sump.
21:53Vivian, please.
21:54No.
21:55I pulled the divorce papers from his hands, turned to the last page, and laid it on the
22:00floor in front of his knees.
22:02My signature was already there.
22:05Vivian Vanch.
22:06Neat.
22:07Clean.
22:07Every stroke deliberate.
22:09He looked up at me.
22:11Tears and snot running down his chin onto the marble floor.
22:16Completely pathetic.
22:17I saw the Vivian from four years ago.
22:20The one in the white wedding dress, standing in that chapel, marrying him with a heart full
22:25of joy, thinking she'd found the whole world.
22:28She didn't know then that her new life would end in betrayal.
22:33She knew now.
22:37It took him four minutes to write.
22:39That night, I didn't stay at the Beau Reveille to a quiet little inn in Lemine City's old
22:45town.
22:46Narrow entrance.
22:48No doorman.
22:49No butler.
22:50Just a warm, amber-amber wall lamp.
22:53I stayed for three days.
22:55I didn't contact anyone.
22:57I sat on a bench behind the cathedral for an entire afternoon.
23:01I walked a long way along the lakefront path on the edge of the old town.
23:05There were swans on the lake.
23:08The distant mountain peaks turned pale pink in the sunset.
23:13Someone rode past me, on a bicycle.
23:15It's bell chiming, the hem of their coat lifting in the breeze.
23:20I breathed in that crisp, clean scent of autumn lake water.
23:25For four years, I'd never been alone like this.
23:28The world suddenly went quiet.
23:30And then I realized, quiet isn't emptiness.
23:33It's relief.
23:36On the fourth day, I turned on my phone.
23:39Dozens of unread messages flooded in, mostly from Aurora.
23:43V, where did you go?
23:44You're going to kill me.
23:45Are you going to disappear for another four years?
23:47I'm telling you, I will not let you go this time.
23:49I'll search all of Europe if I have to.
23:52I couldn't help but smile.
23:54I texted back, alive.
23:56Almost instantly, a video call from her.
23:59Aurora's face appeared.
24:01Messy hair, red-ruined eyes, half-ruined makeup.
24:06Like she'd just been crying.
24:07Do you know how worried I was?
24:10She yelled so loud, my ear buzzed.
24:12I'm sorry.
24:13I don't want sorry.
24:15I want you to promise, you'll never vanish without a word again.
24:19I promise.
24:21She sniffled, blow her nose with a tissue.
24:23Then her expression suddenly turned fierce.
24:26Then get back to work, now.
24:27We've got three script proposals sitting here.
24:29The producers are blowing up my phone.
24:31If you don't come back, I'll tie you to a typewriter and not let you eat until you finish a
24:35page.
24:36That's abuse.
24:36It's called love.
24:39It's called love.
24:40I'm coming back.
24:43A week later, I was back home.
24:46Marcus came anyway.
24:47I walked up to him, my eyes suddenly stinging.
24:57He drove a dark blue Bentley through the city's overpants and tunnels, heading east.
25:08Forty minutes later, the car stopped in front of a Hyral residential building.
25:13That gray-white two-story house with the ginkgo out front and roses in the backyard.
25:20The one we'd lived in after marriage.
25:23I wasn't going back there.
25:25From the moment I signed those papers, that place had nothing to do with me anymore.
25:30Marcus handed me a key card.
25:33Miss Vivian.
25:34He looked at me.
25:35With a light in his eyes I couldn't quite name.
25:38Part pity, part pride.
25:40This house, you bought it for yourself.
25:42When the elevators opened, the motion sensual lights in the foyer came on.
25:48Warm light fell on the light wood flooring.
25:52The air carried a faint scent of new wood and wax.
25:56The river view stretched before me.
25:58The city's lights spread across the deepening blue dusk, twinkling.
26:02I took a bottle of sparkling water from the fridge,
26:05twisted off the cap,
26:07and leaned against the floor-to-clearing window, sipping slowly.
26:11Right then, my phone screen lit up again.
26:14Aurora.
26:15V, free next week?
26:17Yeah.
26:17What's up?
26:18We've got a new film press conference in Canis.
26:21The producer specifically requested you attend.
26:23Not as the writer behind the scenes.
26:25I'll be there.
26:26I leaned by the window and set the phone down.
26:28My life, finally back in my own hands.