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00:00:01Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada

00:00:30So, be a good girl and let me have some fun tonight.

00:00:33Amid Claire's desperate struggles, a gunshot is fired.

00:00:36The door is kicked open without warning.

00:00:38The man who storms in is none other than my husband, Ethan Walker.

00:00:42By right, he should still be on a business trip in New York like a madman.

00:00:46Ethan lunges at Victor and beats him down,

00:00:48pinning him until he can no longer hurt Claire.

00:00:53Ethan, stop! He's gonna die at this rate! I won't marry him, that's it!

00:00:57Ethan turns around and pulls her into his embrace, his voice dripping with affection.

00:01:01Claire, why didn't you tell me anything?

00:01:03Were you really gonna marry this asshole?

00:01:06Claire cries so hard she can barely catch her breath.

00:01:08I love you, but I don't want to keep sneaking around anymore.

00:01:12I can't keep hurting Evelyn.

00:01:16I've been miserable over the years.

00:01:19I won't let you marry anyone else, let alone leave me again.

00:01:22The sight of Claire's despair makes Ethan's eyes burn with even deeper affection.

00:01:27The two of them passionately embrace.

00:01:29I happen to witness it all from the doorway.

00:01:31Having just arrived, I stand there, shocked.

00:01:34As Claire throws herself into Ethan's arms and holds him tight, I freeze.

00:01:38Ethan and I met in college.

00:01:40Despite my family's objections, I eventually married him and poured my resources into his startup.

00:01:45Helping him go from having nothing to building a fortune worth millions.

00:01:48It isn't until today that I realize every sacrifice I've made for him has been nothing but wishful thinking.

00:01:54As I watch these two traitors before me, my heart slowly turns cold.

00:01:58I don't care if they're my husband and best friend.

00:02:01This time, I'm giving up on them.

00:02:03I can make you lose everything, just as easily as I make you a multi-millionaire, Ethan.

00:02:10Claire was my best friend.

00:02:12She came from a poor family, and for years I had been helping her financially,

00:02:16hoping to get her out of that hellish home.

00:02:18At times, even Ethan would tell me that her life was hers to live,

00:02:22and that I shouldn't have interfered too much.

00:02:24Yet, here I am, watching the very two people I thought had no connections holding each other so tightly.

00:02:31Claire reluctantly pulls herself from Ethan's arms, as if she has finally made up her mind.

00:02:36Ethan, my family owes too much in gambling debt.

00:02:41I can't possibly let you take on all of this with me.

00:02:49You think I'd let you face this alone?

00:02:54Claire, as long as you're with me, I'll pay off every penny, no matter how much it is.

00:02:59Are you crazy? What about Evelyn?

00:03:02After a brief, deathly silence, he pipes up.

00:03:05I'll find a way to divorce her.

00:03:07You can't!

00:03:09Claire shoves Ethan away.

00:03:13If you divorce Evelyn, I'll never see you again.

00:03:19Did you forget what you promised me?

00:03:21You swore you'd never hurt Evelyn!

00:03:24The conflict in Ethan's eyes pierces through the doorway like a poison, tipped needle,

00:03:29stabbing straight into my heart.

00:03:31Then, I hear something even more devastating.

00:03:36Claire, I've done everything you asked.

00:03:39I never wanted to marry her in the first place.

00:03:43You were the one who said you didn't want to hurt her and convinced me not to call off the

00:03:47wedding.

00:03:48After we got married, you kept avoiding me because you didn't want to betray her!

00:03:53I put up with all of it, but you know damn well how much I've wanted you.

00:03:57He backs her against the wall.

00:03:59Claire, I can't live without you.

00:04:01If you're worried about Evelyn, I have no choice but to tell her the truth.

00:04:06Claire covers his mouth.

00:04:06I promise I'll listen to you.

00:04:08I won't avoid you anymore, and I'll never talk about marrying anyone else again.

00:04:12Just don't tell Evelyn about any of this!

00:04:15Overwhelmed by emotion, Ethan lowers his head, kisses Claire,

00:04:19then sweeps her into his arms and carries her into the bedroom.

00:04:22I stand outside the door, sick to my stomach.

00:04:24It turns out all those years ago, Ethan only married me because of Claire.

00:04:29Everyone knows I'm the soft spot in Ethan's heart.

00:04:32His family wasn't well off.

00:04:34After college, I stood by him as we built his business from the ground up.

00:04:38I helped him go from having nothing to where he is today.

00:04:41While he was busy meeting clients and closing deals,

00:04:44I found new customers for him and connected him with valuable contacts.

00:04:48Eventually, Ethan proposed.

00:04:50His confession played across a giant billboard covering an entire building,

00:04:54and I said yes through tears.

00:04:56Less than six months into our marriage, someone caught him kissing another woman.

00:05:00I lost it and demanded to know why.

00:05:03He apologized over and over, begging me to forgive him.

00:05:06In the end, mentally and emotionally exhausted,

00:05:09I let it go after he swore it would never happen again.

00:05:12For the next two years, everything was peaceful.

00:05:15At home, Ethan played the perfect husband, so perfect I couldn't find a single fault with him.

00:05:20I thought he had truly changed,

00:05:22but I never imagined he had simply gotten better at hiding it.

00:05:27And I certainly never imagined that the woman he had been cheating with was my best friend, Claire.

00:05:32Both times, it was the same woman.

00:05:34When I hear the ragged breathing coming from the bedroom,

00:05:38I feel something exploding in my chest.

00:05:43I push the door, accidentally making a noise that startles the couple on the bed.

00:05:48Panic flashes across Ethan's eyes.

00:05:50His face drops as he instinctively shields Claire behind him.

00:05:56Evelyn, it's not what you think.

00:06:00What is it, then?

00:06:02Are you going to tell me you couldn't control yourself after you tried to save my best friend?

00:06:07Evelyn, this isn't Claire's fault.

00:06:10I was the one who went looking for her.

00:06:12For the past three years, she hasn't had it easy either.

00:06:15My eyes burn with tears.

00:06:16I want to ask Ethan,

00:06:18what the hell am I if you can't control yourself around Claire?

00:06:21Claire comes over crying and reaches for my hand.

00:06:24I'm sorry, Evelyn.

00:06:25This is all my fault.

00:06:27I shouldn't have seen him.

00:06:29Watching her cry those perfect, pitiful tears,

00:06:32I yank my hand free.

00:06:34Enough with playing the victim, Claire!

00:06:37Claire collapses to the floor, her face pale.

00:06:40All of a sudden, she lunges toward the wall.

00:06:45Evelyn, I'll make up for what I owe you!

00:06:49Claire braces herself against the wall and slams her head into it again and again.

00:06:53I messed up!

00:06:55I'm sorry!

00:06:56Please forgive me.

00:06:58Ruby red blood trickles down Claire's forehead in a horrifying manner.

00:07:02Within seconds, her forehead becomes a bloody mess.

00:07:05Ethan rushes over and pulls Claire into his arms,

00:07:08panic written all over his face.

00:07:10Enough, Evelyn!

00:07:11She's already apologized to you!

00:07:14Must you corner her to her death?

00:07:16I look at the people before me and suddenly find it all absurd.

00:07:19Ethan and I have been married for three years.

00:07:21Yet in his eyes, I am nothing compared to Claire.

00:07:25Ouch!

00:07:25My stomach hurts!

00:07:26Claire suddenly lets out an agonized scream.

00:07:29Blood runs down her thighs, staining the floor beneath her.

00:07:32Ethan's expression darkens.

00:07:34What's wrong?

00:07:35Claire, are you pregnant?

00:07:37He cannot believe it.

00:07:37As he scoops Claire into his arms, his hands are trembling.

00:07:40The pool of crimson blood on the floor burns itself into my eyes.

00:07:44I stumble home in a daze and immediately fall sick.

00:07:48Half asleep in the middle of the night,

00:07:50I hear the bedroom door get kicked open.

00:07:53A powerful hand yanks me out of bed.

00:07:58Claire lost the baby.

00:07:59Are you happy now?

00:08:01Come with me to the hospital and apologize to her now!

00:08:04His mere suggestion instantly ticks me off.

00:08:06I wrench my arm free and sneer coldly.

00:08:11Why should I apologize to a mistress who couldn't even show herself?

00:08:15Ethan contains his anger.

00:08:21Evelyn, I dare you to call her that word again.

00:08:24And what makes you any better?

00:08:27Everyone knows how shameless you can get

00:08:30just to build connections and pull strings for the company.

00:08:35You're not better than Claire.

00:08:38Those few cold words hit me like a sledgehammer, shattering my heart.

00:08:41Everything I've done for the company, pulling in clients, and building connections,

00:08:46is no more than a shameless act in Ethan's eyes.

00:08:49I summon every ounce of strength I have and slap him across the face.

00:08:53Ethan licks his chapped lips and smiles.

00:08:56He grabs my wrist and roughly drags me into the car.

00:08:59He says he is taking me to the hospital to apologize to Claire.

00:09:03But the car is winding up a deserted mountain road.

00:09:06After a sudden stop, Ethan drags me out of the car.

00:09:09Somehow he is holding a leather whip soaked in water.

00:09:18Ethan's voice echoes through the empty mountains, utterly devoid of warmth.

00:09:23I look up at him.

00:09:24My gaze is dead as a doornail.

00:09:26I told you.

00:09:27I did nothing wrong.

00:09:30Fine.

00:09:31Ethan's wrist snaps.

00:09:33The whip cracks viciously across my shoulder blade,

00:09:35leaving a gruesome welt that quickly splits the skin.

00:09:37The excruciating pain tears a scream from me.

00:09:40Ethan, have you lost your mind?

00:09:44Are you going or not?

00:09:47I did nothing wrong.

00:09:49Why should I apologize?

00:09:51Another crack of the whip tears a burning red welt across my forearm,

00:09:55splitting the skin and drawing blood.

00:09:57Every time you argue back, I add ten more.

00:10:00I'll stop when you're ready to admit you were wrong.

00:10:02The whip comes down again and again like pouring rain.

00:10:05I curl up on the ground,

00:10:07using my back to shield myself from the blows.

00:10:09I can feel the whip ripping through my clothes and biting into my flesh.

00:10:14The searing pain radiates from my back through my entire body.

00:10:20By the thirtieth strike,

00:10:22I finally break down and sob.

00:10:26I was wrong.

00:10:27The whip stops inches from my face.

00:10:30Ethan crouches down and tilts my chin up.

00:10:33Apologize to Claire.

00:10:34To her face.

00:10:36My whole body is trembling,

00:10:37and my back has gone numb from the pain.

00:10:40Still,

00:10:40I clench my teeth to say the word.

00:10:42No!

00:10:43Ethan,

00:10:43as voice is eerily calm.

00:10:45Looks like you still refuse to back down.

00:10:47Let's see just how tough you really are.

00:10:49He tosses the whip aside,

00:10:51starts the engine,

00:10:52and drives away without me.

00:10:56Left alone,

00:10:57I kneel barefoot on the winding mountain road in the dead of night.

00:10:59Ethan has taken my phone,

00:11:00and there isn't a single light in sight.

00:11:03Only the mountain wind howls around me,

00:11:05sneaking down the collar of my clothes.

00:11:07I pull myself off the ground.

00:11:10The gravel has torn up the soles of my feet,

00:11:12so every step feels like walking on knives.

00:11:15I don't know how long I've walked before the rain starts.

00:11:18A torrential downpour comes crashing down,

00:11:20soaking me to the bone.

00:11:22The rainwater stings each of my wounds,

00:11:24compounding the pain.

00:11:26By noon the next day,

00:11:27I finally made it home barefoot.

00:11:30My legs are shaking so badly I can hardly stand.

00:11:33When I push the door open,

00:11:34I hear Claire's voice from the living room.

00:11:36Ethan,

00:11:37where did you take Evelyn?

00:11:39I don't want her to get any more wrong ideas.

00:11:43Ethan's response is cold.

00:11:44Claire, you're too kind.

00:11:47She caused your miscarriage.

00:11:49She's the one who needs to apologize.

00:11:51I walk in slowly,

00:11:52my feet caked in mud and blood.

00:11:54Instead of crying,

00:11:55I simply stare at Ethan

00:11:56and make an announcement.

00:12:00You whipped me 30 times for Claire.

00:12:03From this moment on,

00:12:04my relationships with you two are over.

00:12:06With that,

00:12:06I walk upstairs,

00:12:07leaving my muddy and bloody footprints behind me.

00:12:10A trail of blood stretches from the entryway

00:12:12all the way to the stairs.

00:12:13Claire lets out a startled cry.

00:12:15Evelyn,

00:12:16your feet.

00:12:17The next second,

00:12:18Claire kneels,

00:12:19cradling my feet in her hands

00:12:20as tears stream down her face.

00:12:23I'm sorry,

00:12:24this is all because of me.

00:12:25Does it hurt?

00:12:28Her fingers carefully brush the blood

00:12:30and dirt from the top of my foot.

00:12:32Then,

00:12:32suddenly,

00:12:33she presses hard into one of my wounds.

00:12:35I suck in a deep breath

00:12:36as pain explodes through me.

00:12:38My leg spasms

00:12:39and I instinctively shove her away.

00:12:41Claire bursts into even harder sobs,

00:12:43apologizing repeatedly.

00:12:44I'm sorry,

00:12:45Evelyn,

00:12:46did I hurt you?

00:12:46I was only trying to clean your wound.

00:12:48I'm so useless.

00:12:51I can't even do something this simple,

00:12:53right?

00:12:53Ethan rushes over

00:12:55and pulls Claire to her feet.

00:12:56Get up,

00:12:57Claire.

00:12:58You don't have to humiliate yourself in front of her.

00:13:05As Ethan pulls her away,

00:13:07I catch the subtle smirk on Claire's face.

00:13:09Immediately,

00:13:10it clicks.

00:13:11Claire has been facing me,

00:13:12so I clearly see the vicious,

00:13:14triumphant look in her eyes.

00:13:16However,

00:13:16that same angle puts her expression

00:13:18completely out of Ethan's line of sight.

00:13:21I smile.

00:13:22Ethan,

00:13:23do you know that the woman you're defending

00:13:25just pressed on my wounds on purpose?

00:13:29Ethan frowns.

00:13:33Evelyn,

00:13:33how could you make up such lies

00:13:34at a time like this?

00:13:36Tears brim in Claire's eyes.

00:13:38I didn't.

00:13:39Evelyn,

00:13:40if you hate me,

00:13:41I can just leave.

00:13:42You don't have to lie like that.

00:13:43As she speaks,

00:13:45she turns to walk out.

00:13:46Ethan grabs her arm.

00:13:49You're not going anywhere.

00:13:50When he looks back at me,

00:13:52all I see is disdain.

00:13:55Evelyn,

00:13:55enough.

00:13:56Claire mirror carriage just last night,

00:13:58and she's down on her knees

00:13:59cleaning your feet.

00:14:00What more do you want?

00:14:02How far are you going to take this?

00:14:03I no longer bother to argue.

00:14:05I simply look at Ethan,

00:14:07feeling a surge of pity for him.

00:14:09He thinks he is in love

00:14:10with a kind,

00:14:11gentle woman.

00:14:12But in reality,

00:14:13she is just a liar

00:14:14who knows how to put on

00:14:15the perfect act.

00:14:18Fine.

00:14:19I turn and head upstairs.

00:14:21Minutes ago,

00:14:21I already called my lawyer.

00:14:23Prepare the divorce papers

00:14:24as soon as possible.

00:14:32After showering,

00:14:33I clean and dress my wounds.

00:14:35I change my clothes

00:14:37and then head out

00:14:38to meet my best friend,

00:14:39Megan Reed.

00:14:40Before leaving,

00:14:42my lawyer gets back to me.

00:14:44The divorce papers

00:14:46are already prepared.

00:14:49When I arrive at the bar,

00:14:51Megan curses Claire

00:14:52for being a cunning ingrate.

00:14:54You've supported her for years,

00:14:56and she has the nerve

00:14:57to steal your husband?

00:15:00Evelyn,

00:15:01are you just going to let it go?

00:15:02Are you going to let her

00:15:03walk all over you?

00:15:06I scoff.

00:15:08Of course not.

00:15:10Claire isn't as innocent

00:15:11as she seems.

00:15:13I already had someone

00:15:14get photos of her

00:15:15getting intimate

00:15:16with other men.

00:15:22I can't wait

00:15:23to see how Ethan reacts

00:15:24when he sees them.

00:15:26Still,

00:15:27Megan feels like

00:15:28I've gotten the short

00:15:29end of the stick.

00:15:31If it weren't for you,

00:15:33Ethan couldn't even dream

00:15:34of having what he has today.

00:15:36He and Claire

00:15:37are both ungrateful backstabbers.

00:15:39You know what?

00:15:40They're perfect for each other.

00:15:43Suddenly,

00:15:43the private room door

00:15:44is kicked open.

00:15:47My heart jolts.

00:15:48Ethan storms in

00:15:50and grabs me by the wrist.

00:15:52I knew you wouldn't

00:15:53behave yourself.

00:15:54Why did you bring Claire

00:15:55to a place like this?

00:15:56She just had a miscarriage,

00:15:58yet you forced her

00:15:58to drink ice-cold beer.

00:15:59Are you even human?

00:16:00His grip is so tight

00:16:02that my wrist

00:16:02throbs with pain.

00:16:04Ethan then drags me

00:16:05into the private room

00:16:06next door,

00:16:06where Claire runs

00:16:08into his arms in tears.

00:16:10Ethan, I'm fine.

00:16:11I just walked

00:16:12into the wrong room

00:16:13by accident.

00:16:14This has nothing

00:16:14to do with Evelyn.

00:16:16I'm more than confused,

00:16:18but seeing Claire

00:16:19put on another helpless act

00:16:20in front of Ethan

00:16:21gives me the idea

00:16:23of what is going on.

00:16:24Don't be afraid, Claire.

00:16:26I'm not letting it go

00:16:27this time.

00:16:28I'll make sure everyone

00:16:29knows you're not someone

00:16:30they can push around.

00:16:31Ethan's eyes burn

00:16:33with barely contained rage.

00:16:34Evelyn,

00:16:35you texted Claire

00:16:36and told her

00:16:37you wanted to talk.

00:16:37all just to set this up?

00:16:39You let those scumbags

00:16:40harass her

00:16:41and practically force

00:16:42alcohol down her throat?

00:16:43I look sharply at Claire,

00:16:45let out a cold laugh,

00:16:46and turn to leave.

00:16:48Evelyn,

00:16:48apologize.

00:16:51Pain shoots

00:16:52through my arm.

00:16:53I look at him

00:16:54through reddened eyes.

00:16:55What text?

00:16:56I don't know

00:16:57what you're talking about.

00:16:59Ethan holds Claire's phone

00:17:01up in front of me.

00:17:02A text sent from my number

00:17:03half an hour ago

00:17:04is displayed on the screen.

00:17:06The text reads,

00:17:07let's meet.

00:17:08We need to talk.

00:17:09The bar's address

00:17:10was attached.

00:17:11I clench my teeth,

00:17:12finding the whole setup

00:17:13utterly ridiculous.

00:17:15Use your brain, Ethan.

00:17:16If I really wanted to hurt her,

00:17:17would I resort

00:17:18to such a stupid scheme?

00:17:19Ethan still refuses

00:17:20to believe me.

00:17:21Evelyn,

00:17:22I'm asking you

00:17:22one last time.

00:17:23Are you apologizing

00:17:25or not?

00:17:25I'm not.

00:17:26A bitter,

00:17:27disappointed laugh

00:17:28escapes him.

00:17:30In that case,

00:17:32you'll have to suffer

00:17:33what Claire came through.

00:17:35The two bodyguards

00:17:36Ethan has brought along

00:17:37suddenly step forward

00:17:38and pin my shoulders down.

00:17:40They grip my jaw

00:17:41and force ice-cold beer

00:17:42into my mouth.

00:17:46Then,

00:17:47they shove my wounded feet

00:17:48into basin of ice water

00:17:50laced with alcohol.

00:17:51When the alcohol

00:17:52hits my open wounds,

00:17:54it sends a steering pain

00:17:55through my entire body.

00:17:57My vision begins to blur.

00:17:59I haven't done anything wrong,

00:18:01yet Ethan has already

00:18:02judged me guilty

00:18:03and keeps punishing me

00:18:04time and again.

00:18:05At last,

00:18:06my feet feel thoroughly numb,

00:18:08as if they aren't

00:18:09part of my body anymore.

00:18:10Not being able

00:18:11to withstand the torture,

00:18:13I ultimately pass out.

00:18:18When I wake up,

00:18:19I find myself in the hospital.

00:18:21My entire body burns

00:18:23with fever,

00:18:23and my legs are banded

00:18:25so tightly,

00:18:26I can barely move them.

00:18:28The nurse tells me

00:18:29the wounds on my feet

00:18:29have become badly infected.

00:18:31If I'd arrived any later,

00:18:33the infection could have

00:18:34spread to the bone.

00:18:39I stare at Claire's

00:18:40latest Instagram post

00:18:41on my phone screen.

00:18:42It's a picture of a pair

00:18:43of hands wearing

00:18:44matching couple's rings,

00:18:45fingers intertwined,

00:18:46with the Malibu sunset

00:18:47in the background.

00:18:48There's no caption,

00:18:49but the picture says it all.

00:18:51I place my phone face down

00:18:53on the pillow

00:18:53and close my eyes.

00:18:56As for Ethan,

00:18:59I no longer feel

00:19:00anything for him.

00:19:02Didn't he think

00:19:03I'd use dirty tricks

00:19:05to get him all those

00:19:05business connections

00:19:06and resources?

00:19:08In that case,

00:19:09I can't wait to see

00:19:10how well he would survive

00:19:11in the business world

00:19:12without any of my connections.

00:19:14I spent the following week

00:19:16in the hospital.

00:19:17When I finally returned home,

00:19:19the master bedroom

00:19:20had been completely redone.

00:19:22All my belongings

00:19:23have been boxed up

00:19:24and dumped in the hallway.

00:19:25Even our wedding portrait

00:19:26lies shattered on the floor.

00:19:29I don't bother giving it

00:19:30another look

00:19:31and walk straight

00:19:31into the guest room.

00:19:32From outside,

00:19:33I hear Claire's voice.

00:19:35I bought this bag for Evelyn.

00:19:36I'll put it in her room.

00:19:39Just leave it by the door

00:19:40without going in.

00:19:41She's got a temper.

00:19:43I laugh coldly.

00:19:45When I start packing my things,

00:19:47I notice someone

00:19:48has tampered with my old phone.

00:19:50I pick it up

00:19:51and opens the photo gallery.

00:19:53Sure enough,

00:19:53there are several new photos

00:19:54in the recently deleted falzer.

00:19:55The intimate photos

00:19:56I've saved not long ago

00:19:57of Claire with other men.

00:19:59My hand stills briefly.

00:20:00Then I smile.

00:20:01Claire has only deleted

00:20:02the backup currents.

00:20:03The originals are still

00:20:04safely stored in my cloud driver.

00:20:09I open the door

00:20:10and walk out.

00:20:11As expected,

00:20:13Claire is standing

00:20:13at the end of the hallway,

00:20:14holding the bag

00:20:15with an innocent look.

00:20:17Evelyn,

00:20:17I got you a gift.

00:20:22It's hideous.

00:20:25Burn it.

00:20:26And one more thing.

00:20:29I look at Claire,

00:20:30my voice calm and steady.

00:20:33Did you have fun

00:20:34going through my phone?

00:20:36If not,

00:20:37I've got dozens more

00:20:38of those photos

00:20:39in my cloud drive.

00:20:40It's enough to keep you

00:20:41deleting them all night.

00:20:43Claire's face goes pale.

00:20:44Ethan walks out of the room,

00:20:46frowning.

00:20:46What are you talking about?

00:20:48Nothing.

00:20:49I just can't wait

00:20:50to see your face

00:20:51when you finally find out

00:20:52what she's really like.

00:20:53I turn and walk back

00:20:55into the guest room,

00:20:56shutting them out.

00:20:58Five minutes later,

00:21:00I receive a text from Claire.

00:21:02Nothing.

00:21:03But as of today,

00:21:04every time you post

00:21:05a lovey-dovey photo,

00:21:06I'll post one of yours.

00:21:08Let's see which one of us

00:21:09cracks first.

00:21:11The noise outside

00:21:12quickly dies down.

00:21:14Exhausted.

00:21:15I finish packing my things.

00:21:18My lawyer tells me

00:21:19she has received

00:21:20a divorce agreement

00:21:21that Ethan signed.

00:21:22All that is left

00:21:24is to file it officially.

00:21:26I saw this coming.

00:21:28Claire may play

00:21:29the gracious,

00:21:29understanding woman

00:21:30who would never

00:21:31steal my husband.

00:21:32But everything she has done

00:21:34behind the scenes

00:21:35makes it obvious

00:21:36she cannot wait

00:21:36for me to get divorced.

00:21:38Her end goal

00:21:39is to become

00:21:40Mrs. Walker fair and square.

00:21:43I've planned to leave

00:21:44first thing in the morning.

00:21:46But in the middle of the night,

00:21:48a commotion downstairs

00:21:49wakes me up.

00:21:51Frowning,

00:21:52I head downstairs.

00:21:54Standing in the living room

00:21:56is none other than

00:21:57Claire's creditor,

00:21:58Victor.

00:21:59He is nervously trying

00:22:00to explain something

00:22:01to Ethan.

00:22:02The moment he sees me,

00:22:04he widens his eyes

00:22:05and points at me.

00:22:07It was her.

00:22:09She paid me

00:22:10to pretend I was

00:22:11going after Claire

00:22:12for her father's debt

00:22:13and lure her

00:22:14to the hotel.

00:22:15She even asked me

00:22:16to film the whole thing

00:22:17so that Claire

00:22:18would be too scared

00:22:19to run away.

00:22:23Mr. Walker,

00:22:25if your wife

00:22:26hadn't vouched for me,

00:22:27I never would have

00:22:27dared lay a hand

00:22:28on your woman.

00:22:30She even transferred

00:22:31money to me.

00:22:31I've got the records

00:22:32to prove it.

00:22:33When Ethan sees

00:22:34the transfer records

00:22:35on Victor's phone,

00:22:37his face darkens

00:22:38instantly.

00:22:44Evelyn,

00:22:45what else do you have

00:22:46to say for yourself?

00:22:47It takes me a moment

00:22:48to realize what is

00:22:49happening.

00:22:50My face flushes

00:22:51with anger.

00:22:52Nonsense!

00:22:53I've never even met you!

00:22:56That night,

00:22:57Claire's mom

00:22:58told me she'd been

00:22:58taken to a hotel

00:22:59so I rushed there

00:23:00to save her!

00:23:01Victor sighs

00:23:02helplessly.

00:23:03Mrs. Walker,

00:23:05your husband

00:23:05already knows

00:23:06the truth.

00:23:07There's no point

00:23:08denying it anymore.

00:23:12Why don't you

00:23:12just come clean?

00:23:14I snap my head

00:23:15toward Claire.

00:23:17Of course.

00:23:18She still wears

00:23:19that same helpless,

00:23:20vulnerable expression.

00:23:22It is precisely

00:23:23that look of hers

00:23:24that has Ethan

00:23:25taking her side

00:23:26in everything.

00:23:29You did this again,

00:23:30didn't you?

00:23:31You staged

00:23:32the whole thing

00:23:33that night

00:23:33just so I'd

00:23:34catch you two

00:23:34in the act!

00:23:39Claire?

00:23:40Aren't you afraid

00:23:41I'll release

00:23:41those photos?

00:23:42Ethan finally

00:23:43loses his patience.

00:23:45Evelyn,

00:23:46don't you hear

00:23:47how ridiculous

00:23:47you sound?

00:23:48Why would Claire

00:23:49put herself

00:23:50through something

00:23:50that horrible?

00:23:51You'll say anything

00:23:52to clear your own

00:23:53name, won't you?

00:23:54And Claire has told

00:23:55me about those photos.

00:23:57I can't believe

00:23:58you planned to use

00:23:59those edited pictures

00:23:59to blackmail her.

00:24:01You disgust me!

00:24:02I didn't do it,

00:24:03Ethan!

00:24:03Stop trying to frame

00:24:05me for something

00:24:05I didn't do again!

00:24:07I stagger backward,

00:24:08trembling weakly.

00:24:10I used to feel guilty

00:24:12about what I've done

00:24:12to you,

00:24:13but who would have

00:24:14thought you'd turn

00:24:15out to be so cruel?

00:24:16Ethan has already

00:24:17convinced himself

00:24:18that Claire's near

00:24:19assault by Victor

00:24:20is entirely my doing.

00:24:23If I hadn't

00:24:24gotten there in time,

00:24:25you would have

00:24:25ruined Claire's

00:24:25life forever!

00:24:26Evelyn,

00:24:27you need to pay

00:24:28for what you've done!

00:24:29The next minute,

00:24:30Ethan orders someone

00:24:31to bring over

00:24:32a dog cage.

00:24:33Inside is a large,

00:24:34vicious guard dog.

00:24:38put Evelyn in there.

00:24:39She stays in that

00:24:40cage tonight.

00:24:41No!

00:24:43I scream at the

00:24:44top of my lungs.

00:24:46Ethan,

00:24:46how could you do

00:24:47this to me?

00:24:48I hate you!

00:24:50He knows I'm

00:24:50terrified of dogs,

00:24:52yet he is locking

00:24:53me in a cage with

00:24:54him.

00:24:54Ethan barely flinches.

00:24:56He turns and

00:24:57walks away with Claire,

00:24:59leaving me sobbing

00:25:00and screaming hysterically.

00:25:03All that is left

00:25:04in the house

00:25:05is my desperate,

00:25:06agonized cries.

00:25:10After a night,

00:25:11my arms and lower

00:25:13legs are covered

00:25:13in bite wounds.

00:25:15Blood soaks

00:25:16through my torn

00:25:16clothes.

00:25:17I practically

00:25:18crawl out of

00:25:19that dog cage.

00:25:20Never in my life

00:25:21have I suffered

00:25:22such humiliation.

00:25:24Covered in injuries,

00:25:25I drag my suitcase

00:25:26out of the home

00:25:27Ethan,

00:25:28and I have shared

00:25:29for three years.

00:25:30I once thought

00:25:31this place was

00:25:31where our happiness

00:25:32began.

00:25:33But in the end,

00:25:35it became my nightmare.

00:25:36I was wrong.

00:25:38I never should have

00:25:39turned my back

00:25:39on my family for

00:25:40Ethan,

00:25:41let alone believed

00:25:42he was my whole

00:25:43world.

00:25:45After getting my

00:25:46wounds roughly

00:25:47bandaged at a

00:25:47clinic,

00:25:49I board a flight

00:25:50back to San

00:25:50Francisco.

00:25:52Everything is over.

00:25:53But I will make

00:25:54Ethan and Claire pay

00:25:55for everything

00:25:55they've done.

00:25:57I lean against

00:25:58the airplane window

00:25:59and run my finger

00:26:01across my phone screen.

00:26:02The divorce papers

00:26:03are ready.

00:26:04I read through them

00:26:05one last time.

00:26:06Then sign my name.

00:26:09I open my contacts

00:26:10and message my lawyer.

00:26:11I've compiled all

00:26:12the evidence of

00:26:13Ethan inflicting

00:26:14intentional harm on me.

00:26:16I'll leave the rest

00:26:17to you.

00:26:18Then,

00:26:18I send the same

00:26:19message to the heads

00:26:20of three of Ethan's

00:26:21largest clients.

00:26:22The contract expires

00:26:24at the end of the month.

00:26:25Don't renew it.

00:26:26Those three companies

00:26:28are the lifeline

00:26:28Ethan's cash flow

00:26:29depends heavily on.

00:26:31I've built those

00:26:32connections for Ethan

00:26:33from the ground up.

00:26:34Now,

00:26:34it is time for me

00:26:36to take them back.

00:26:37The airplane soars

00:26:38through the blue sky,

00:26:39Los Angeles growing

00:26:41smaller behind me.

00:26:43Goodbye,

00:26:43Ethan.

00:26:44May we never see

00:26:45each other again.

00:26:48Claire clings

00:26:49to Ethan all night.

00:26:50And even then,

00:26:52she isn't ready

00:26:53to let go.

00:26:54They continue

00:26:54their affair

00:26:55at the hotel

00:26:55for another three days.

00:26:57Ethan treats her

00:26:58like a princess,

00:26:59giving her everything

00:27:00she wants

00:27:01and rarely ever

00:27:02speaking harshly to her.

00:27:03Whenever he berates

00:27:04me for her,

00:27:06Claire lowers her head,

00:27:07hiding the smile

00:27:08on her face.

00:27:10The sound of running

00:27:11water in the bathroom

00:27:12suddenly stops.

00:27:14Ethan emerges

00:27:15fully dressed,

00:27:17seeing Claire

00:27:18lost in thought.

00:27:19He smiles

00:27:20and gently

00:27:21pinches her cheek.

00:27:23What's on your mind?

00:27:25Claire decides

00:27:26to ask a question.

00:27:28Then,

00:27:28if Evelyn

00:27:29ever asks you

00:27:30for a divorce,

00:27:31would you agree?

00:27:32Ethan dismisses it

00:27:33without even thinking.

00:27:35She'd never do that.

00:27:37She chose me

00:27:38over her own family.

00:27:39She went through

00:27:40hell with me

00:27:40when I was

00:27:41starting my business.

00:27:44She'd never have

00:27:45the heart to leave me.

00:27:46But what about you?

00:27:47I remember

00:27:48you said

00:27:49you'd find a way

00:27:49to divorce her.

00:27:51Anticipation

00:27:51fills her eyes

00:27:52as she recalls

00:27:53what he said

00:27:54that night.

00:27:55However,

00:27:56Ethan's next words

00:27:57deliver like

00:27:57a reality slap.

00:27:59Claire,

00:28:00I only said

00:28:01that to place you.

00:28:02The truth is,

00:28:04Evelyn and I

00:28:04are tied together

00:28:05by too many

00:28:06shared interests

00:28:07and business

00:28:08manglings.

00:28:09It'd be hard

00:28:10to untangle

00:28:11our lives.

00:28:12I know

00:28:13you feel wronged,

00:28:14but given

00:28:15the situation,

00:28:15you'll just have

00:28:16to put up

00:28:17with it for now.

00:28:18Don't worry

00:28:18about her

00:28:19giving you trouble.

00:28:22I'll protect you.

00:28:23It's just that

00:28:24I can't let you

00:28:24bear my last name

00:28:25at the moment.

00:28:26Claire tightens

00:28:27her fingers

00:28:27around the bed sheets.

00:28:29When she looks up,

00:28:30she wears a smile

00:28:31on her face.

00:28:32I understand.

00:28:33You and Evelyn

00:28:34have been together

00:28:34for years.

00:28:35You two have been

00:28:36through everything

00:28:36together.

00:28:39Of course,

00:28:40you share a deep bond.

00:28:41I just wonder

00:28:42how Evelyn is doing now.

00:28:44she was always

00:28:45terrified of dogs.

00:28:47Ethan's hand

00:28:48stops halfway

00:28:49through adjusting

00:28:49his tie.

00:28:50The last look

00:28:51I've given him

00:28:52suddenly flashes

00:28:53through his mind.

00:28:55I hate you!

00:28:57His fingers

00:28:58tighten uncontrollably.

00:28:59He stares at

00:29:00his reflection

00:29:01in the mirror,

00:29:02saying nothing

00:29:03for a long moment.

00:29:04He picks up

00:29:05his phone

00:29:06and pauses

00:29:06over my number.

00:29:07In the end,

00:29:08he chooses

00:29:09not to call.

00:29:11I'm heading

00:29:11to the office.

00:29:12Don't go home

00:29:13for now.

00:29:14I don't want

00:29:14you and Evelyn

00:29:15getting into

00:29:15another fight.

00:29:17Claire nods

00:29:17and, as always,

00:29:19straightens

00:29:19Ethan's tie

00:29:20before seeing

00:29:21him out.

00:29:22Once he is gone,

00:29:23the smile

00:29:24on her face

00:29:25vanishes.

00:29:26Her fingers

00:29:27clench the bed sheets,

00:29:28wrinkling them

00:29:29deeply.

00:29:29She stares at

00:29:30the door

00:29:31and mutters

00:29:31through gritted teeth.

00:29:32I've done

00:29:33everything I can

00:29:34to get to this point!

00:29:35Why can't I

00:29:35replace Evelyn?

00:29:38You clearly

00:29:39told me

00:29:39you'd divorce her,

00:29:41but it turns out

00:29:42it was only

00:29:42to coax me.

00:29:43It doesn't matter,

00:29:44though.

00:29:45Claire was the one

00:29:46who slipped

00:29:46the divorce papers

00:29:47in among

00:29:48Ethan's documents,

00:29:49getting him

00:29:50to sign them

00:29:51without realizing

00:29:52what he was signing.

00:29:53My lawyer

00:29:54has already

00:29:54received the

00:29:55signed agreement.

00:29:57Sooner or later,

00:29:59I'll be giving up

00:30:00my place

00:30:01as Mrs. Walker.

00:30:03All day,

00:30:04Ethan checks his phone

00:30:05more than a dozen times,

00:30:07It has been four days,

00:30:08yet I haven't sent him

00:30:09a single message.

00:30:11He cannot stop

00:30:12wondering how I'm doing

00:30:13after that night

00:30:14in the dog cage.

00:30:16Once he has finished

00:30:17the work on his desk,

00:30:18he calls home.

00:30:19The butler answers.

00:30:21Where's Evelyn?

00:30:22The butler answers

00:30:23carefully.

00:30:24Mrs. Walker

00:30:25left first thing

00:30:26in the morning

00:30:26four days ago.

00:30:27She hasn't come home

00:30:28since.

00:30:29Ethan's fingers

00:30:30stiffen.

00:30:31Did she say

00:30:31where she was going?

00:30:33I believe she went

00:30:34to the hospital.

00:30:35She was badly injured

00:30:37and covered in blood

00:30:38when she left.

00:30:39I assume the hospital

00:30:40saw how serious it was

00:30:41and kept her hospitalized.

00:30:44Badly injured?

00:30:45How?

00:30:46Our guard dog

00:30:47was trained

00:30:47it would never

00:30:48attack a person.

00:30:49Ethan explodes

00:30:50in anger,

00:30:51irritably loosening

00:30:52his collar.

00:30:53He has only

00:30:54meant to scare me.

00:30:55He has specifically

00:30:56had them find

00:30:57a large,

00:30:58non-aggressive guard dog.

00:30:59So why would I be

00:31:00covered in blood?

00:31:01He cannot imagine

00:31:03how terrified

00:31:03and helpless

00:31:04I've been.

00:31:05Trapped inside

00:31:06that cramped cage

00:31:07with nowhere to run,

00:31:08Ethan immediately

00:31:09drops everything

00:31:10and goes home.

00:31:11Halfway there,

00:31:13Claire calls.

00:31:13Ethan, help me!

00:31:15Dad is trying

00:31:16to hand me over

00:31:16to my inventor again.

00:31:18I don't know

00:31:18what to do!

00:31:19Ethan's expression

00:31:20shifts.

00:31:21Without hesitation,

00:31:22he turns the car around

00:31:23and speeds

00:31:24toward Claire's place.

00:31:25When he arrives,

00:31:27Mark Bennett

00:31:27is roughly yanking

00:31:28Claire by the arm.

00:31:30I owe that money

00:31:32so you damn well

00:31:33better pay it back

00:31:34for me!

00:31:35A loud crash rings.

00:31:36Ethan kicks Mark aside

00:31:38and shields

00:31:39the clustered Claire.

00:31:41Tears scar her pitiful face

00:31:42as she shackily

00:31:43leans against

00:31:44Ethan's chest.

00:31:45Ethan, you're finally here!

00:31:47I was so terrified!

00:31:50Seeing Claire in tears,

00:31:51Ethan immediately

00:31:52pulls her behind him

00:31:54and asks in a low voice

00:31:55if she's hurt.

00:31:56Mark starts yelling,

00:31:57It's you again!

00:31:59Ethan, stay out

00:32:00of my family's business!

00:32:01Don't think I don't know

00:32:02you're just using

00:32:03my daughter for fun!

00:32:04You're a married man,

00:32:06yet you keep stringing

00:32:07my daughter along

00:32:08without giving her

00:32:09a damn thing!

00:32:11If you're so serious

00:32:12about her,

00:32:13marry her!

00:32:14How are you any different

00:32:15from some guy

00:32:16paying for sex?

00:32:18Ethan's expression

00:32:19hardens.

00:32:20He's already losing

00:32:20patience.

00:32:21Try laying a hand

00:32:22on her again,

00:32:23and I promise

00:32:24you'll never see her again.

00:32:25The moment

00:32:27Ethan leads Claire out,

00:32:28several bodyguards

00:32:29who have followed him

00:32:30file in and begin

00:32:31roughing Mark up.

00:32:32Mark's blood-curdling

00:32:33screams echo

00:32:34from upstairs.

00:32:35Claire slows to a stop,

00:32:37wanting to plead

00:32:38for her father.

00:32:39Ethan, whatever he does,

00:32:40he's still my dad.

00:32:41Don't hurt him

00:32:42too badly.

00:32:43Don't worry.

00:32:44I'll keep him alive.

00:32:46But Claire,

00:32:47can you stop worrying

00:32:48about everyone else

00:32:48for once?

00:32:49It's time you start

00:32:50thinking about yourself.

00:32:52Why don't I send you

00:32:53to Europe?

00:32:53You can do whatever

00:32:54you want there,

00:32:55and they'll never be able

00:32:56to find you again.

00:32:57Claire looks up at him

00:32:58from his arms.

00:33:00Will you come with me?

00:33:01Ethan stays silent

00:33:02for a long time.

00:33:04Back then,

00:33:05Ethan lied to me

00:33:06about going to New York

00:33:07to expand the business.

00:33:09It was just an excuse

00:33:10to keep me from asking

00:33:12too many questions

00:33:12about his schedule

00:33:13so he could spend

00:33:14more time with Claire.

00:33:16Now that he intends

00:33:17to save our marriage,

00:33:18he somehow thinks

00:33:19spending too much time

00:33:21away from home

00:33:21will make things

00:33:22more difficult.

00:33:23Claire, you go ahead.

00:33:25I'll do my best

00:33:26to make time to visit you.

00:33:27Claire silently sheds tears.

00:33:29Ethan, do you also

00:33:30think I'm a burden?

00:33:31Are you trying

00:33:32to get rid of me too?

00:33:33How could I ever

00:33:34think that?

00:33:34You're overthinking it.

00:33:36I'm just worried

00:33:37about you getting hurt again.

00:33:38If you want to stay,

00:33:39you can stay.

00:33:40We'll do whatever you want.

00:33:44By the time

00:33:45Ethan has calmed Claire down,

00:33:47it's already late at night.

00:33:48When he rushes home,

00:33:50everything looks the same

00:33:51as always.

00:33:52Except I'm gone.

00:33:54He stands in the empty

00:33:55hallway, glancing back

00:33:57several times, as if

00:33:58expecting me to walk out

00:34:00of one of the rooms.

00:34:01He searches the house

00:34:02room by room, but I'm

00:34:03nowhere to be found.

00:34:04His anxiety grows with

00:34:06every passing moment.

00:34:07He hesitates when he steps

00:34:09out of the master bedroom.

00:34:10It has been days since I

00:34:12last entered this room.

00:34:13It's no longer what it

00:34:14used to look like.

00:34:15Ever since Ethan brought

00:34:17Claire home, he has had

00:34:19the room redecorated in

00:34:20colors she likes.

00:34:21The wedding portrait on

00:34:23the wall is gone, and so

00:34:25are the photos by the bed.

00:34:26Even the photo albums I

00:34:28used to flip through

00:34:29whenever I wanted to

00:34:30relive our memories have

00:34:31disappeared.

00:34:33Suddenly, Ethan remembers

00:34:34I've asked the butler to

00:34:35burn all of it that day.

00:34:37My belongings have also

00:34:39been moved from the master

00:34:40bedroom to the guest room.

00:34:41But when Ethan walks into

00:34:43an empty guest room, he's

00:34:44stunned.

00:34:45The entire room is spotless,

00:34:47as if I've never lived

00:34:48there at all.

00:34:50Frowning, Ethan pulls out

00:34:52his phone and calls me.

00:34:54Nobody answers.

00:34:55Growing increasingly

00:34:57irritated, he opens our

00:34:59text thread.

00:34:59Don't even think about

00:35:01pulling some childish

00:35:01disappearing act.

00:35:03It's immature and stupid.

00:35:05You know how much I hate

00:35:06mind games.

00:35:07It never occurs to him

00:35:09that I might actually

00:35:09leave.

00:35:10After all, I've forgiven

00:35:12him for the same mistake

00:35:13the first time.

00:35:17Surely, I can do it again.

00:35:19He figures that once I

00:35:20cool off, he can offer me

00:35:22a sincere apology and

00:35:24self-reflection, just as

00:35:26he did the first time.

00:35:27And I will eventually give

00:35:28in.

00:35:29As far as he's concerned,

00:35:31my leaving is nothing more

00:35:32than an attempt to make

00:35:33him come after me.

00:35:34Ethan is confident.

00:35:36He leans back on the couch,

00:35:38repeatedly reassuring

00:35:39himself that I've already

00:35:41fallen out with my family

00:35:42and that I have nowhere

00:35:43to go without him.

00:35:44Then, a week passes.

00:35:48Ethan finally panics

00:35:49because there hasn't been

00:35:50a word from me yet.

00:35:52Just then, his assistant

00:35:54hurries in after knocking.

00:35:56Mr. Walker, several

00:35:58projects have run into

00:35:59issue.

00:35:59Multiple clients are saying

00:36:01they won't be renewing

00:36:01their contracts.

00:36:04What happened?

00:36:06Where are the project leads?

00:36:08Ethan is already in a foul

00:36:10mood, so he completely

00:36:11loses his temper.

00:36:13The assistant explains

00:36:14carefully.

00:36:16The clients said they only

00:36:17signed because of Evelyn.

00:36:19Now that she's publicly

00:36:21announced that you two are

00:36:22separated, they see no reason

00:36:23to continue working with us.

00:36:24Ethan's visage becomes

00:36:26scarily dark.

00:36:27When did she ever say that?

00:36:28Mr. Walker, haven't you seen?

00:36:32Evelyn just posted a statement

00:36:34saying the divorce has

00:36:35officially been filed and

00:36:36that the two of you are

00:36:37separated as of today.

00:36:39She even attached the

00:36:40filing documents.

00:36:41An invisible thunderclap

00:36:43strikes.

00:36:44It feels as though an

00:36:45explosion has gone off in

00:36:47Ethan's ears.

00:36:49Ethan immediately pulls out

00:36:50his phone.

00:36:51My statement has already

00:36:52spread throughout Los

00:36:54Angeles' business circles.

00:36:55The divorce filing is

00:36:57especially glaring.

00:36:59Ethan slams his fist down

00:37:00on the desk.

00:37:02It's fake!

00:37:03I never signed any

00:37:04divorce papers.

00:37:04How did she file for one?

00:37:06The lawyer calmly explains

00:37:08that the signed divorce

00:37:09agreement has already been

00:37:10received and that the

00:37:12legal proceedings are

00:37:13underway.

00:37:14Just then, my lawyer

00:37:16walks into Ethan's

00:37:17office.

00:37:18The entire room becomes

00:37:19tense.

00:37:20Mr. Walker, I'm here to

00:37:22formally notify you on

00:37:23behalf of Ms. Harper that

00:37:24she will be pursuing legal

00:37:25action against you for the

00:37:26infliction of intentional

00:37:27harm on her.

00:37:28Ethan cannot believe his

00:37:30ears, finding it improbable

00:37:32that I have actually sued

00:37:33him.

00:37:33He stares at my lawyer, and

00:37:35for the first time, he

00:37:37realizes things are slipping

00:37:38out of his control.

00:37:40She used to love me so much.

00:37:43How could she bear to leave?

00:37:44The words slip out before he

00:37:46can even stop himself.

00:37:48Immediately, he frowns.

00:37:50Is she still mad at me?

00:37:51Tell her this isn't the way to

00:37:53throw a tantrum.

00:37:53I got nothing.

00:37:57If she comes back now, I'll

00:37:59let all of this go.

00:38:01My lawyer simply smiles.

00:38:03Mr. Walker, I don't think you

00:38:05understand.

00:38:07Ms. Harper has officially

00:38:08initiated divorce procedures,

00:38:10and she has no intention of

00:38:12withdrawing her petition.

00:38:14She's documented everything you've

00:38:16done to her throughout your

00:38:16marriage and handed it all to

00:38:18me.

00:38:19I'd advise you to brace

00:38:20yourself.

00:38:20Ethan's face goes deathly

00:38:22pale when he sees the

00:38:23signature on the divorce

00:38:24agreement.

00:38:25It is his signature, but he

00:38:27has never knowingly signed

00:38:29anything like that.

00:38:30Could it have been slipped in

00:38:31with another stack of

00:38:32documents for him to sign

00:38:34without his knowledge?

00:38:35My lawyer offers one final

00:38:37piece of advice.

00:38:38Mr. Walker, you might want to

00:38:40ask Ms. Bennett if she knows

00:38:41anything about that divorce

00:38:42agreement.

00:38:43Ethan watches helplessly as my

00:38:45lawyer leaves.

00:38:47The memory of Claire begging him

00:38:48to buy her a car appears in his

00:38:50mind out of the blue.

00:38:52At that time, she handed him a

00:38:55thick stack of papers to sign.

00:38:56He assumed they were related to

00:38:58the purchase and signed them

00:38:59without even reading them.

00:39:02Could it have happened then?

00:39:05Ethan drives around looking for

00:39:07Claire, but she's nowhere to be

00:39:08found.

00:39:11Thinking something has happened to

00:39:13her.

00:39:14He rushes to the Bennett residence,

00:39:16only to overhear Mark and Linda

00:39:18Bennett arguing.

00:39:19Linda looks worried.

00:39:21Is it okay for us to lie to

00:39:22Ethan?

00:39:23What if he finds out?

00:39:24Mark tells her to stop worrying.

00:39:26You saw how much he loves Claire.

00:39:28So what if he finds out?

00:39:29As long as Claire is around,

00:39:31standard, she'll shield us.

00:39:33But was pretending to hand Claire

00:39:35over to a creditor really a good

00:39:36idea?

00:39:37Ethan is married.

00:39:39Would he give up his wife for her?

00:39:41Ethan freezes.

00:39:43Did they just say the whole story

00:39:45about Claire being handed over to a

00:39:47creditor has been a hoax?

00:39:48Fury surges through him.

00:39:50He kicks the door open.

00:39:53The moment the Bennett couple see

00:39:54Ethan, they turn white.

00:40:01Mr. Walker, what are you doing?

00:40:03Before he can finish, Ethan pelts him

00:40:05to the floor.

00:40:06He plants his foot on Mark's head

00:40:08and speaks eerily.

00:40:09You'd better come clean today,

00:40:11or it will be your last day alive.

00:40:15Linda drops to her knees,

00:40:17begging Ethan to spare them.

00:40:19Mr. Walker, how can you do this?

00:40:21Does Claire know you're here?

00:40:22Mark is set on denying everything.

00:40:24What you heard was just nonsense.

00:40:26Please don't take any of it seriously.

00:40:28Ethan has run out of patience.

00:40:30He brings his foot down on Mark's leg,

00:40:32crushing the bone.

00:40:34Mark screams in agony,

00:40:36rivaling across the floor

00:40:37like a wounded animal.

00:40:38Linda rushes over,

00:40:40pleading desperately for mercy,

00:40:41but Ethan doesn't so much as budge.

00:40:43He raises his foot towards

00:40:45Mark's other leg.

00:40:46Okay, I'll spill.

00:40:47Just don't kill me, Mr. Walker.

00:40:49Mark pleads humbly on the floor.

00:40:51Ethan looks down at the Bennett couple.

00:40:53His expression shows nothing but disgust.

00:40:56Actually, it was all Claire's idea.

00:40:58I owed a huge gambling debt.

00:41:00The creditors came after me,

00:41:01but we couldn't pay.

00:41:02That's when Claire came up with this plan.

00:41:05She said we'd get money to pay off the debt

00:41:07if we played along.

00:41:09So we put on a whole act,

00:41:11pretending to hand her over to a creditor

00:41:13so you could come rushing in

00:41:14and play the hero.

00:41:19She also said you were always torn

00:41:21between her and your wife.

00:41:26She wanted to force your hand

00:41:28to make you feel so sorry for her

00:41:31that you could never bear to leave her.

00:41:33Linda hurriedly chimes in.

00:41:35She also arranged the fake evidence Victor showed you,

00:41:37the text from the bar,

00:41:38and even the switcheroo with the guard dog.

00:41:40She used Evelyn's old phone.

00:41:40We just helped her contact the right actors.

00:41:42Ethan's face is washed white.

00:41:44Every time Claire has cried in the past,

00:41:45he would immediately step in to shield her,

00:41:47convinced she was innocent and kind.

00:41:48He believed she was vulnerable.

00:41:50Whenever they were together,

00:41:51she would lower her voice

00:41:52and keep glancing toward the door,

00:41:54pretending she was afraid I might find out.

00:41:56He believed everything she said.

00:41:57He almost gave her everything she asked for.

00:41:59Now, every tear he's once mistaken for vulnerability

00:42:02feels like a knife cutting straight through him.

00:42:11Even after Ethan gets into his car,

00:42:13his hands are still trembling around the steering wheel.

00:42:16His face is pale,

00:42:18his fingers slowly tightening around the wheel.

00:42:20He whispers to himself,

00:42:22Which version of Claire is the real one?

00:42:24She has orchestrated Victor's attempted assault

00:42:28and the miscarriage herself.

00:42:30Yet, at that time,

00:42:31he had whipped me and forced me to apologize.

00:42:34That night at the bar,

00:42:36Claire claimed she had received a text from me

00:42:38and ended up being harassed by a few men.

00:42:42It turns out the text was fake

00:42:44and she had hired the men herself.

00:42:46Ethan had been so furious at me

00:42:48for using such underhanded tactics against her

00:42:50that he punished me with beer and ice water.

00:42:53When Victor showed up and accused me,

00:42:55he had only been giving false testimony

00:42:57at Claire's direction.

00:42:58Yet, Ethan had used the very thing I feared most,

00:43:01a dog to torment me.

00:43:03never knowing that Claire had secretly switched out

00:43:05the trained guard dog

00:43:06for an extremely aggressive dog.

00:43:09At that thought,

00:43:11Ethan slams his fist against the steering wheel.

00:43:14He suddenly recalls the DeVirtes me

00:43:16in the mountains in the middle of the night.

00:43:18The weather had turned crudely cold,

00:43:21with tutorial rain and violent winds later that night.

00:43:24I had spent the entire night

00:43:26walking home barefoot

00:43:27in nothing but thin clothes,

00:43:29my feet practically destroyed

00:43:31by the time I made it back.

00:43:32What on earth have I done to Evelyn?

00:43:37Ethan lies on the steering wheel,

00:43:39his shoulders trembling slightly.

00:43:41When he lifts his hand,

00:43:43his fingertips brush the wetness

00:43:45at the corner of his eye.

00:43:46He looks up

00:43:47and sees an old photo

00:43:49of the three of us on his phone.

00:43:51His memories are dragged bagged back

00:43:53to the night when the line

00:43:54between him and Claire

00:43:55was first crossed.

00:43:59Ethan and I got together during college.

00:44:02We went to different campuses,

00:44:04but distances never came between us.

00:44:08At some point,

00:44:09whenever he came to visit me,

00:44:11I would bring Claire along.

00:44:13Gradually,

00:44:13the three of us became best friends.

00:44:16It was one particular night

00:44:18that their relationship crossed the line.

00:44:20Once,

00:44:20Ethan had come to San Francisco

00:44:22to visit me like he always did.

00:44:24A school event came up

00:44:25at the last minute,

00:44:26so I asked Claire

00:44:28to relay a message to him.

00:44:32They went out for dinner together.

00:44:34Ethan kept downing

00:44:35one glass after another

00:44:36until things spiraled out of control.

00:44:39When he woke up,

00:44:41he found himself in a hotel room.

00:44:43Claire was calm.

00:44:44You were drunk last night?

00:44:45I'll pretend none of this happened,

00:44:48and I won't tell Evelyn a single word.

00:44:51Faced with her hurt,

00:44:52yet stubbornly strong appearance,

00:44:56Ethan didn't ask any questions.

00:44:59Instead,

00:44:59he pulled her into his arms.

00:45:01From that day on,

00:45:02their relationship slowly changed.

00:45:04When Ethan's business

00:45:06finally started to take off,

00:45:07he invited his friends out for dinner.

00:45:10Naturally,

00:45:11Claire was also there.

00:45:13She never said much.

00:45:15She simply stayed by his side,

00:45:17quietly supporting and encouraging him.

00:45:20Before either of them realized it,

00:45:22they had crossed yet another line.

00:45:23Before the wedding,

00:45:24Ethan told Claire

00:45:25that he didn't know

00:45:26how he could ever make it up to her.

00:45:28She hugged him from behind

00:45:29and comforted him repeatedly.

00:45:31It's fine.

00:45:32I don't mind

00:45:33as long as you still care about me.

00:45:34I noticed something was off soon after.

00:45:37I just hadn't realized back then

00:45:39that the woman

00:45:39Ethan was seeing behind my back

00:45:41was Claire.

00:45:43At one point,

00:45:44he got angry

00:45:45and suggested that

00:45:46maybe I should just divorce him.

00:45:50Somehow,

00:45:51Claire refused.

00:45:53She was the one

00:45:54who convinced him

00:45:55to beg for my forgiveness.

00:45:56Over those three years,

00:45:58whenever someone praised my abilities,

00:46:00Ethan would appear upset.

00:46:01Eventually,

00:46:02during one of our arguments,

00:46:03he finally confronted me.

00:46:04Everyone says I only succeeded

00:46:06because of your skills and connections.

00:46:08Is that what you think too, Evelyn?

00:46:10From then on,

00:46:11there was a new wariness

00:46:13in the way he looked at me.

00:46:14Ethan's phone suddenly rings.

00:46:16Pulling him out of his memories

00:46:18and back to reality.

00:46:19The ringing phone breaks the silence

00:46:21in Ethan's car.

00:46:23He answers

00:46:23and Claire's bright voice

00:46:25comes through the speaker.

00:46:26Ethan,

00:46:27I found a place.

00:46:28It's perfect for us

00:46:29to live together in the future.

00:46:30Do you want to take a look with me?

00:46:31His fingers tighten slightly

00:46:32around the phone

00:46:33and a silent mocking smile

00:46:34creeps onto his lips.

00:46:36Whatever you say.

00:46:37I knew you were the best.

00:46:38After a moment of hesitation,

00:46:40she asks about me.

00:46:41Ethan,

00:46:42have you seen Evelyn's statement?

00:46:43It says she filed for a divorce.

00:46:46How did that happen?

00:46:47It happened so suddenly.

00:46:48Shouldn't you know better than anyone?

00:46:50Silence hangs on the other end.

00:46:51Claire's voice becomes audibly nervous.

00:46:54How would I know?

00:46:55Ethan,

00:46:56what's going on?

00:46:57Ethan doesn't press her.

00:46:58He tells her to keep browsing the place

00:46:59before hanging up.

00:47:01It isn't until evening

00:47:02that he finally returns home,

00:47:03exhausted a figure

00:47:04who looks uncannily,

00:47:06like mine stands in the kitchen.

00:47:08I love puttering around the kitchen,

00:47:10always finding new ways

00:47:11to make his favorite dishes.

00:47:13Whenever he comes home,

00:47:15I would smile

00:47:16as I walk out of the kitchen,

00:47:17take his cloak from him,

00:47:19and tell him to wash his hands and eat.

00:47:23Evelyn, you're back.

00:47:24Ethan's gaze stays fixed on the kitchen.

00:47:26But when the figure turns around,

00:47:27the crushing disappointment

00:47:29snaps him back to reality.

00:47:31It isn't me.

00:47:34It's Claire.

00:47:35Claire has prepared a whole table

00:47:37of Ethan's favorite dishes,

00:47:39but he pushes the plates away

00:47:41and looks at her

00:47:41with nothing but disgust.

00:47:43Her Wenda Ethan family

00:47:45open of disgust

00:47:46is the nothing when his fabling

00:47:48looks at her

00:47:48with nothing but disgust.

00:47:50Ethan, what's wrong?

00:47:52You don't look too well.

00:47:53Are you sick?

00:47:53She reaches out

00:47:54to touch his forehead,

00:47:55but he steps back

00:47:56and dodges her.

00:47:57Her hand freezes midair.

00:48:02You and Evelyn

00:48:03were supposedly close.

00:48:06You kept saying

00:48:07you didn't want to hurt her.

00:48:08So why did you do

00:48:10all those things

00:48:10that went against

00:48:11everything you preached?

00:48:13Ethan,

00:48:14what are you talking about?

00:48:16Claire's face

00:48:17is deathly pale.

00:48:19She tries to smile,

00:48:20but the corners of her mouth

00:48:22just won't lift.

00:48:23Her fingers grip

00:48:24the edge of the table

00:48:25and her breathing

00:48:26grows ragged.

00:48:28Are you going to

00:48:29keep up the act?

00:48:31Your parents already confessed.

00:48:34Everything was your doing

00:48:35from the start,

00:48:36including the night

00:48:37Evelyn found out about us.

00:48:40You planned the whole thing,

00:48:42didn't you?

00:48:43You knew that as long

00:48:44as Evelyn was cluteless

00:48:45about us,

00:48:45she and I could keep playing

00:48:46the happy married couple.

00:48:49As long as our marriage

00:48:50looked fine,

00:48:51you'd never have a chance

00:48:52to take her place.

00:48:54To drive her away,

00:48:56you framed her

00:48:56time after time

00:48:57with your schemes.

00:49:00You hurt her

00:49:01until she was covered

00:49:02in injuries.

00:49:03Claire,

00:49:04you're nothing

00:49:04but a hypocrite.

00:49:06Claire clenches her teeth,

00:49:08her eyes reddening

00:49:09without warning.

00:49:10But I did it all

00:49:11because I love you.

00:49:13Don't you dare

00:49:14talk about love.

00:49:15You don't deserve

00:49:16to say that word to me.

00:49:18I want you

00:49:19to get out now.

00:49:20You have no place

00:49:21in this house.

00:49:25Ethan braces himself

00:49:26against the table,

00:49:28his face

00:49:28gradually losing color.

00:49:30When he speaks again,

00:49:32his voice

00:49:33is trembling

00:49:34uncontrollably.

00:49:38I had told him

00:49:40countless times

00:49:41that I hadn't done

00:49:42any of those things,

00:49:43yet he hadn't

00:49:44believed me.

00:49:46His hands

00:49:47languor on the edge

00:49:48of the table,

00:49:49his face

00:49:49scarily pale.

00:49:51Ethan,

00:49:52I had no choice.

00:49:55If there'd been

00:49:56any other way,

00:49:56I never would have

00:49:57hurt Evelyn.

00:49:58She's my best friend.

00:50:05A crisp slap

00:50:06sounds in the air.

00:50:07Ethan strikes her

00:50:08hard across the face.

00:50:10You have no right

00:50:10to call yourself

00:50:11Evelyn's friend,

00:50:12let alone

00:50:13say her name.

00:50:14Claire covers

00:50:15her cheek,

00:50:16staring at Ethan

00:50:17in wild disbelief.

00:50:19Her eyes dart

00:50:20between him

00:50:20and the door,

00:50:22as if searching

00:50:22for one last

00:50:23way out.

00:50:25Ethan,

00:50:26don't pretend

00:50:26you had nothing

00:50:27to do with this mess.

00:50:29How could I have

00:50:30hurt her

00:50:30if you hadn't

00:50:31helped?

00:50:32Don't you dare

00:50:33dump all the

00:50:34blame on me!

00:50:35You're the one

00:50:36who drove her away!

00:50:37You chose to

00:50:38believe me over her.

00:50:41You repeatedly

00:50:42took my side.

00:50:43You're clearly

00:50:44into me,

00:50:45so why are you

00:50:45treating me like this?

00:50:48Is it because

00:50:49she left

00:50:49and you've

00:50:50suddenly realized

00:50:51what you lost?

00:50:52Claire lunges

00:50:53forward and hugs

00:50:54Ethan.

00:50:55Refusing to let go,

00:50:56she shakes her

00:50:57head in denial.

00:50:58It's just the

00:50:59anger talking.

00:51:00You don't actually

00:51:01mean what you

00:51:02just said about us.

00:51:04Ethan shoves

00:51:05her away in

00:51:06disgust.

00:51:07Caught off guard,

00:51:08she stumbles

00:51:08and falls to the

00:51:09floor.

00:51:11You thought

00:51:12about calling

00:51:13off your wedding

00:51:14and told me

00:51:15you couldn't

00:51:16let me go.

00:51:17You lied to her

00:51:18again and again

00:51:19about going on

00:51:19business trips

00:51:20when really

00:51:21you were seeing

00:51:22me.

00:51:23You hurt

00:51:24Evelyn for me.

00:51:25You punished

00:51:26her for me.

00:51:27After everything

00:51:28you've done,

00:51:29how could you

00:51:29convince yourself

00:51:30that you had

00:51:31no feelings

00:51:31for me?

00:51:32Ethan looks

00:51:32down at her.

00:51:33Claire,

00:51:34I did have

00:51:35feelings for you,

00:51:36but I love

00:51:37Evelyn.

00:51:38She's my wife,

00:51:39the woman who

00:51:40stood by me

00:51:41and helped

00:51:41build my life

00:51:42from the ground

00:51:42up.

00:51:43Even when I

00:51:43was with you,

00:51:44I never actually

00:51:45planned to

00:51:45divorce her.

00:51:46I told you

00:51:47I only said

00:51:48that to

00:51:48placate you.

00:51:49The truth

00:51:50is,

00:51:50I could never

00:51:51let Evelyn

00:51:51go.

00:51:52She shakes

00:51:52her head

00:51:53frantically,

00:51:53her voice

00:51:54rising to

00:51:54a hysterical

00:51:55shriek.

00:51:55She stares

00:51:56at Ethan

00:51:56as the hope

00:51:57in her eyes

00:51:57slowly shatters.

00:51:58Suddenly,

00:51:59a high-pitched

00:51:59giggle escapes

00:52:00her.

00:52:00It turns out

00:52:01you're no

00:52:01better than

00:52:02any other

00:52:02man!

00:52:06Ethan doesn't

00:52:07want to speak

00:52:07another word

00:52:08to her.

00:52:08He orders

00:52:09bodyguards to

00:52:10drag her out.

00:52:11Claire cries

00:52:12and begs

00:52:12pitifully.

00:52:21Ethan is

00:52:24far from

00:52:25concerned.

00:52:25He looks at

00:52:26Claire's

00:52:26tear-streaked

00:52:26face,

00:52:27then smiles.

00:52:28Now you're

00:52:28scared?

00:52:29Ever wondered

00:52:30how scared

00:52:30Evelyn was

00:52:31when you

00:52:31switched out

00:52:31that guard

00:52:32dog?

00:52:33You knew

00:52:33she was

00:52:34terrified

00:52:34of dogs.

00:52:35Did you

00:52:36give her

00:52:36any way

00:52:36out that

00:52:37night?

00:52:37Claire trembles

00:52:38violently as

00:52:39she sobs.

00:52:40The bodyguards

00:52:41drag her out

00:52:41by force.

00:52:43That night,

00:52:44Ethan sits

00:52:45alone in

00:52:45the dark

00:52:46until dawn.

00:52:47In his

00:52:48mind,

00:52:49he has

00:52:49destroyed

00:52:50this home

00:52:50with his

00:52:51bare hands.

00:52:55Just before

00:52:56sunrise,

00:52:57he digs out

00:52:57the old

00:52:58photo album

00:52:59he has

00:52:59thrown into

00:53:00the storage

00:53:00room.

00:53:05He slowly

00:53:06flips through

00:53:06our pictures

00:53:07from when

00:53:07we first

00:53:08met,

00:53:08fell in

00:53:09love,

00:53:10and got

00:53:10married.

00:53:13In every

00:53:14photo,

00:53:14I stood

00:53:15beside him.

00:53:16Now,

00:53:17there isn't

00:53:18a trace

00:53:18of me

00:53:18left anywhere

00:53:19in the

00:53:19house.

00:53:20By morning,

00:53:21local financial

00:53:22media and

00:53:23the LA

00:53:23business

00:53:23community

00:53:24are already

00:53:24buzzing

00:53:25about our

00:53:25divorce.

00:53:26Someone

00:53:26has posted

00:53:27online claiming

00:53:28that Ethan

00:53:28and I are

00:53:29divorcing

00:53:29because he's

00:53:30been cheating

00:53:30on me for

00:53:31years.

00:53:32Soon,

00:53:33people discover

00:53:33that the

00:53:34other woman

00:53:34is Claire.

00:53:36Some of

00:53:36our old

00:53:37college classmates

00:53:37even join

00:53:38the online

00:53:39discussion.

00:53:40He's

00:53:40seriously so

00:53:41ungrateful.

00:53:42Nobody

00:53:42knows the

00:53:43her in

00:53:43college and

00:53:43Evelyn was

00:53:44the only one

00:53:45who treated

00:53:45her like a

00:53:45friend.

00:53:46This is how

00:53:46she repaid

00:53:47her, by

00:53:47stealing her

00:53:48husband.

00:53:48If it

00:53:48weren't for

00:53:49Evelyn,

00:53:49Claire would

00:53:50have been

00:53:50sold off by

00:53:50her father

00:53:51long ago.

00:53:51How could

00:53:52she do

00:53:52this to

00:53:52her own

00:53:52friend?

00:53:53Ethan

00:53:53is no

00:53:53better.

00:53:54After

00:53:54graduating,

00:53:55he couldn't

00:53:55even land a

00:53:59second his

00:54:00career took

00:54:00off, he

00:54:01betrayed her.

00:54:02Ethan soon

00:54:02becomes the

00:54:03poster child

00:54:04for ingratulance

00:54:05through Los

00:54:05Angeles'

00:54:06business world.

00:54:07The questions

00:54:08from his

00:54:09partners keep

00:54:10piling up.

00:54:10Ethan pays

00:54:11no attention

00:54:12to them.

00:54:13Relentlessly,

00:54:13he blows up

00:54:14my phone with

00:54:15calls.

00:54:16Little does

00:54:17he know,

00:54:17I will never

00:54:18answer them

00:54:18again.

00:54:20His three

00:54:21biggest clients

00:54:22refuse to renew

00:54:23their contracts.

00:54:24Naturally, one

00:54:24business partner

00:54:25after another

00:54:26follows suit.

00:54:26I had negotiated

00:54:27those deals for

00:54:28Ethan in the

00:54:28first place.

00:54:29In the end,

00:54:29they all left

00:54:30with me.

00:54:30Tears stream

00:54:31down Ethan's

00:54:32face.

00:54:32Everyone has

00:54:32been right.

00:54:33Without me,

00:54:34he's nothing.

00:54:34I was the

00:54:35one who'd

00:54:36given him a

00:54:36foothold,

00:54:37helping him

00:54:37break into

00:54:37a world he

00:54:38never could

00:54:38have reached

00:54:39on his

00:54:39own, but

00:54:39he failed

00:54:40to appreciate

00:54:40any of it.

00:54:41The door

00:54:41opens.

00:54:42Two police

00:54:43officers stand

00:54:43before Etham.

00:54:44Mr. Walker,

00:54:45regarding Ms.

00:54:45Harper's

00:54:46allegations, we

00:54:46need you to

00:54:47come with us

00:54:47and cooperate

00:54:48with the

00:54:48investigation.

00:54:52The police

00:54:52car door

00:54:53shuts behind

00:54:54Ethan.

00:54:55He says

00:54:55nothing.

00:54:56Before

00:54:56leaving, he

00:54:57turns back

00:54:58one last time

00:54:59and looks at

00:55:00the home

00:55:00we've once

00:55:01shared.

00:55:02The day I

00:55:03return to San

00:55:03Francisco, Ryan

00:55:04Carter is the

00:55:05one waiting for

00:55:06me at the

00:55:06airport.

00:55:07I haven't seen

00:55:07him in three

00:55:08years.

00:55:08For a moment,

00:55:09he almost feels

00:55:10like a stranger.

00:55:11It's raining in

00:55:12San Francisco.

00:55:13Ryan is wearing a

00:55:13black trench coat.

00:55:14When he sees me,

00:55:15he smiles gently.

00:55:16What are you

00:55:16waiting for?

00:55:17Get in the car.

00:55:19once I get in,

00:55:20I smell the

00:55:21familiar scent of

00:55:22his air freshener.

00:55:23It's the scent I've

00:55:24loved since I was

00:55:25a child, and

00:55:26somehow it calms

00:55:27me down.

00:55:31Ryan, do my

00:55:32parents know I'm

00:55:32back?

00:55:33Of course.

00:55:34They were right

00:55:35beside me when you

00:55:35called.

00:55:36It's been three

00:55:37days.

00:55:38They can't stay

00:55:38hangry forever.

00:55:39You're their

00:55:40daughter.

00:55:40There's no way

00:55:41they really stopped

00:55:42loving you.

00:55:43That said, when I

00:55:44had stubbornly gone

00:55:45against their wishes

00:55:46and insisted on

00:55:47marrying Ethan, mom

00:55:49and dad had given

00:55:50me one ultimatum.

00:55:52If you marry him

00:55:53today, don't ever

00:55:55come home to us.

00:55:57Love blinded me back

00:55:58then.

00:55:58All I could think

00:55:59about was marrying

00:56:00Ethan.

00:56:00In return, I turned

00:56:01my back on the very

00:56:02people who had raised

00:56:03me.

00:56:03Now, I regret it

00:56:04more than anything.

00:56:05How could I have

00:56:05done something so

00:56:06terribly stupid and

00:56:07broken my parents'

00:56:08hearts?

00:56:10Evelyn, I've heard

00:56:11everything that

00:56:11happened.

00:56:11Your parents have

00:56:12too.

00:56:13When you see them,

00:56:14don't try to put on

00:56:15a brave face as you

00:56:15did three years ago.

00:56:16I nod bitterly.

00:56:18I don't have the

00:56:18right to be feisty

00:56:19anymore.

00:56:20The fact that mom

00:56:21and dad are willing

00:56:22to let me come home

00:56:23is all ready than I

00:56:24deserve.

00:56:24Ryan glances at me

00:56:25and doesn't press

00:56:26for details.

00:56:27He simply slows

00:56:28down and lets me

00:56:29sleep all the way

00:56:29home.

00:56:30When I wake up,

00:56:31the car is already

00:56:32parked outside my

00:56:33family's house.

00:56:34The car is quiet.

00:56:35Ryan's coat is

00:56:36draped over me while

00:56:37he stands outside

00:56:38taking a phone all.

00:56:39I find myself

00:56:40watching him.

00:56:41He hasn't changed

00:56:41much at all.

00:56:42We grew up on the

00:56:43same street.

00:56:44Whenever I needed him,

00:56:45all I ever had to do

00:56:46was ask and he would

00:56:47always show up.

00:56:48Ryan seems to sense

00:56:49someone watching him.

00:56:50He turns around and

00:56:52catches my gaze.

00:56:53I quickly look away

00:56:55as though I've been

00:56:56caught doing something

00:56:57wrong.

00:56:57The car door beside me

00:56:59opens.

00:57:00You're up.

00:57:01I nod awkwardly.

00:57:03Come on.

00:57:04Your parents are

00:57:04waiting for you.

00:57:08I follow close

00:57:09behind him as we

00:57:10walk into the home

00:57:11I haven't set foot in

00:57:12for three years.

00:57:14Will mom and pap

00:57:15genuinely forgive me?

00:57:19The last time I had

00:57:20come home was the

00:57:21day after Ethan

00:57:22and I got married.

00:57:23Dad had refused to

00:57:25let me in,

00:57:26saying he didn't

00:57:26have a daughter like

00:57:27me.

00:57:27I was just as stubborn

00:57:29and left home for

00:57:30three years.

00:57:32You're finally home.

00:57:35That's all that

00:57:35matters.

00:57:37Mom.

00:57:38I force a smile,

00:57:40then nervously

00:57:41turn to look at

00:57:41Dad,

00:57:42who hasn't said a

00:57:43word yet.

00:57:45Dad.

00:57:46Dad finally looks

00:57:48up.

00:57:48I told you that

00:57:49nothing good would

00:57:50come out of being

00:57:51with that man.

00:57:52You wouldn't listen.

00:57:53You had to hit

00:57:55rock bottom before

00:57:56you'd come home.

00:57:57I bow my head

00:57:59and tears welling

00:58:01in my eyes.

00:58:03Ryan gently

00:58:04pats my shoulder.

00:58:06It's all in the

00:58:06past.

00:58:07We'll look after

00:58:08you from here on

00:58:09out.

00:58:10Don't let your

00:58:10dad's cold face

00:58:11fool you.

00:58:12A lot of those

00:58:12deals were only

00:58:13possible because of

00:58:14your abilities and

00:58:15the Harper family's

00:58:16reputation.

00:58:17I know that even

00:58:18without Ryan telling

00:58:19me, when Dad

00:58:21notices the injuries

00:58:22on my body, his

00:58:24expression changes.

00:58:27Ryan, take her to

00:58:29the hospital for a

00:58:29thorough checkup.

00:58:30Look at the state

00:58:31she's in.

00:58:32Mom looks over my

00:58:33injuries and can't

00:58:34conceal the worry in

00:58:35her eyes.

00:58:35Go upstairs, take a

00:58:36shower and change.

00:58:37I'll take you to the

00:58:38hospital.

00:58:39I head up to my

00:58:40old room where

00:58:41nothing has changed.

00:58:43Mom had someone

00:58:44clean it before I

00:58:45arrived.

00:58:45My favorite snacks

00:58:47and fruit are waiting

00:58:47for me, just like

00:58:48they used to be.

00:58:50The tears I've been

00:58:51holding back finally

00:58:52spill over.

00:58:54At the hospital, I

00:58:56undergwitted a full

00:58:57examination.

00:58:58When the nurse

00:58:59stitches up my

00:59:00wounds, I barely

00:59:02cry out once.

00:59:04Ryan stands beside me

00:59:05the entire time,

00:59:07looking even more

00:59:08distressed than I am.

00:59:12He suddenly brings up

00:59:13our childhood.

00:59:15Used to cry if you

00:59:16got even the tiniest

00:59:17paper cut.

00:59:18Look at you now, all

00:59:19grown up and toughened

00:59:20up.

00:59:26Eventually, though, the

00:59:27pain becomes overbearing

00:59:29and I pass out.

00:59:30When I wake up again,

00:59:31I'm already admitted to

00:59:31the hospital.

00:59:32Ryan stands by the

00:59:33window, talking to my

00:59:34parents and updating

00:59:35them on my condition

00:59:36over the phone.

00:59:36He downplays days how

00:59:38serious things are,

00:59:39because he doesn't want

00:59:40mom to worry.

00:59:41When he turns around

00:59:42and realizes I've woken

00:59:43up, he hangs up and

00:59:45comes over me.

00:59:45The doctor says some

00:59:46of your wounds are

00:59:47infected, and you have

00:59:48bruises all over your

00:59:49body.

00:59:50Your fever came back

00:59:51too.

00:59:52It'd be safer to stay

00:59:53here for a few more

00:59:54days.

00:59:54I nod weakly, my face

00:59:56pale.

01:00:00During my hospital

01:00:01stay, Ryan clears his

01:00:03work schedule and stays

01:00:05by my side.

01:00:07He keeps a close eye on

01:00:08everything I eat, even

01:00:10having a nutritionist

01:00:11prepare my meals.

01:00:12Whenever I get bored, he

01:00:14would chat with me like

01:00:15he used to when we were

01:00:16kids, making me smile.

01:00:19I always had to have my

01:00:21fruit cut into bite-sized

01:00:22pieces.

01:00:23Otherwise, I wouldn't

01:00:24eat it.

01:00:25So, he cuts up every

01:00:26kind of fruit and sets

01:00:28little portions in front

01:00:29of me, asking which one

01:00:31I want.

01:00:31I can't help but sigh.

01:00:35Your future wife must be

01:00:37one lucky woman.

01:00:38Ryan laughs.

01:00:41What are you talking

01:00:42about?

01:00:42Look at you.

01:00:43You're so thoughtful with

01:00:44me.

01:00:45I can only imagine how

01:00:46attentive you'd be with the

01:00:47woman you love.

01:00:48Whoever marries you will be

01:00:49the lucky one, that's for

01:00:50sure.

01:00:50I mean every word.

01:00:52Ryan is the kind of man

01:00:52anyone can safely entrust

01:00:54their life to.

01:00:54At that thought, an

01:00:55explicanable emotion stirs

01:00:57somewhere deep inside me.

01:00:58I still remember how much

01:01:00I loved tailing Ryan when

01:01:01we were kids.

01:01:03Once, one of our relatives

01:01:04teased me.

01:01:05Stop following Ryan around

01:01:07all the time.

01:01:07What are you going to do

01:01:08when he gets a girlfriend?

01:01:12My eyes immediately welled

01:01:14up and I ran to question

01:01:15him.

01:01:15Ryan, will you stop

01:01:17talking to me someday?

01:01:18What did little Ryan answer

01:01:19back then?

01:01:20I think it was somewhere

01:01:21along the line of...

01:01:22You're crying over

01:01:24something this silly?

01:01:25Fine.

01:01:26I won't get a girlfriend

01:01:27then.

01:01:28Years passed and Ryan

01:01:30remained single.

01:01:31I've never really stopped

01:01:32to wonder why Ryan doesn't

01:01:34answer my comment.

01:01:39The day I'm discharged,

01:01:41mom comes to pick me up.

01:01:45Ryan is nowhere to be seen.

01:01:48Mom, where's Ryan?

01:01:49He has promised to get me

01:01:51so it isn't like him to

01:01:52just not show up.

01:01:53Mom smiles.

01:01:55He has a dinner he can't

01:01:56get out of.

01:01:57It's about time he finally

01:01:58agrees to meet someone.

01:02:04I quickly get the gist that

01:02:05it's a private dinner,

01:02:07or rather, a blind date

01:02:09arranged by both families.

01:02:12Over the years,

01:02:14plenty of people had tried

01:02:15to set Ryan up.

01:02:16But he had turned them

01:02:18all down.

01:02:20Why has he agreed this time?

01:02:22Curious, I casually ask mom

01:02:24about the woman he's meeting.

01:02:30Natalie Bowman went to college

01:02:32with Ryan.

01:02:33Her father and yours

01:02:34have been friends for years.

01:02:36It's just dinner for now.

01:02:38If the two of them hit it off,

01:02:40we'd certainly be happy

01:02:41to see where it goes.

01:02:45I feel a strange pang

01:02:47in my chest upon hearing that.

01:02:48But if Ryan can find happiness,

01:02:50I would be more than happy for him.

01:02:52He's such a wonderful man.

01:02:54Naturally,

01:02:55he deserves the best woman

01:02:56in the world.

01:02:58Just then,

01:02:59my lawyer's name

01:03:00lights up my phone screen.

01:03:04My lawyer informs me

01:03:05that Ethan has been taken in

01:03:07by the police

01:03:08for questioning.

01:03:09He has used

01:03:10what little assets

01:03:11he has left

01:03:12to hire the most prominent

01:03:13lawyer he can find,

01:03:14trying to fight

01:03:15all the charges against him.

01:03:20What good will it do, though?

01:03:22His company is already

01:03:23drowning in debt.

01:03:25It won't last

01:03:26much longer anyway.

01:03:27My lawyer also tells me

01:03:29what what happened to Claire,

01:03:30the debt collectors

01:03:31have taken her.

01:03:35I've seen that coming.

01:03:36Claire had gone to such lengths

01:03:37to become Ethan's wife

01:03:38because she wanted

01:03:39his grip protection.

01:03:40Now that he's defenseless himself,

01:03:42he naturally won't spare

01:03:42any protection for her.

01:03:43She had staged

01:03:44that whole elaborate act herself,

01:03:45so she's simply getting

01:03:46what she has set in motion.

01:03:48If anyone is to blame,

01:03:49it's her own greed and betrayal.

01:03:51After hanging up,

01:03:52I sit there in a daze

01:03:53for a long time.

01:03:54Then I hear a car

01:03:55pull up outside.

01:03:56I hurry to the balcony

01:03:58and see Ryan's car downstairs.

01:04:00I'm just about to call out to him

01:04:02when the words get caught

01:04:03in my throat.

01:04:04A beautiful young woman

01:04:05has gotten out of the car

01:04:06with him.

01:04:06She has to be Natalie,

01:04:08the woman mom mentioned.

01:04:09Natalie slips her arm

01:04:10comfortably through Ryan's,

01:04:12and they walk into the house

01:04:13together.

01:04:13For some unknown reason,

01:04:15I feel uneasy.

01:04:16At the same time, though,

01:04:17I feel genuinely happy

01:04:18for Ryan.

01:04:19It's time he has someone

01:04:21by his side, too,

01:04:22and that woman will be Natalie.

01:04:24Throughout dinner,

01:04:25the conversation revolves

01:04:26almost entirely about her.

01:04:28When my parents ask

01:04:29what they think about marriage,

01:04:31she glances at Ryan

01:04:32before smiling.

01:04:33I'll leave that up to Ryan.

01:04:35At the same time,

01:04:36Ryan is peeling shrimp for me.

01:04:38When he hears his name,

01:04:40his hand pauses briefly

01:04:41before he pushes

01:04:42the peeled shrimp towards me.

01:04:46Natalie's smile freezes.

01:04:48She assumed that was for her.

01:04:50Mom quickly steps in

01:04:51to smooth things over.

01:04:52They've grown up together,

01:04:54so they've always been close.

01:04:56But, Evelyn,

01:04:57you can't always rely on Ryan.

01:05:02I nod awkwardly.

01:05:07Halfway through dinner,

01:05:08I've completely lost my appetite,

01:05:10so I make an excuse

01:05:11and head back to my room.

01:05:13A few minutes later,

01:05:14I receive a text from Ryan.

01:05:16You barely said a word at dinner.

01:05:18That's unlike you.

01:05:19Ryan, are you into her?

01:05:21I can't help myself.

01:05:22At my age,

01:05:23do you think that matters much?

01:05:24I laugh despite myself,

01:05:26half annoyed.

01:05:27You're not even that old.

01:05:29You're only five years older than I.

01:05:31Why are you talking

01:05:32like you're some old man?

01:05:33Evelyn,

01:05:34I'm at the age

01:05:35where I should be settling down,

01:05:36aren't I?

01:05:37Settling down?

01:05:38I once thought my marriage

01:05:40to Ethan was stable

01:05:41and happy,

01:05:42but who would have thought

01:05:43it would end like this?

01:05:45As you can see,

01:05:46I'm not an expert at marriage.

01:05:49If you're not into her,

01:05:50don't force yourself into one.

01:05:52Marriage isn't something

01:05:53one should rush into

01:05:54on a wave of emotion.

01:05:56That's the lesson I've learned

01:05:58after three years

01:05:58of having my heart broken.

01:06:01Ryan no longer replies

01:06:02after that.

01:06:07A few days later,

01:06:09mom suddenly comes to me.

01:06:11What do you think

01:06:12about Ryan and Natalie?

01:06:14My heart sinks.

01:06:18As long as Ryan likes her,

01:06:20that's all that matters.

01:06:22I don't really have an opinion.

01:06:23Ryan just told your dad

01:06:25that he's not into her like that.

01:06:27Apparently,

01:06:27he's in love with someone already.

01:06:31I pause.

01:06:33Ryan is in love

01:06:34with someone else?

01:06:35Since when?

01:06:36Why is this the first time

01:06:37I'm hearing of it?

01:06:38He's never said it outright,

01:06:40but I know that person is you.

01:06:42I freeze like an ice stick.

01:06:43Mom,

01:06:44you can't just say things like that.

01:06:45Ryan is the son

01:06:46of your dad's best friend.

01:06:47You grew up on the same street.

01:06:49He's five years older than you

01:06:50and has always looked out for you.

01:06:52But we've always been like family.

01:06:53I still cannot fathom

01:06:54how Ryan might have feelings for me.

01:06:56Evelyn,

01:06:56I'm not asking you to accept him.

01:06:58You just got out of a marriage.

01:06:59and I agree you should take your time.

01:07:01Still,

01:07:01I hope what happened with Ethan

01:07:02doesn't kill your faith

01:07:03in finding love again.

01:07:04Mom's words keep echoing in my head.

01:07:07For me,

01:07:07this is a huge shock.

01:07:09The room becomes suffocatingly quiet.

01:07:15Suddenly,

01:07:16the butt rushes upstairs.

01:07:21Mrs. Harper,

01:07:22there's a man downstairs

01:07:23claiming to be Ethan Walker,

01:07:24demanding to see Evelyn.

01:07:27Hearing Ethan's name again

01:07:28feels like hearing it

01:07:29from another lifetime.

01:07:31Mom refuses to let me go downstairs

01:07:33so I can only watch from the window.

01:07:36Ethan is stopped outside the gate,

01:07:38pleading with her.

01:07:39Mrs. Harper,

01:07:40please,

01:07:40just let me see Evelyn.

01:07:41I owe her an apology.

01:07:43You two are divorced.

01:07:45Why do you still need to see her?

01:07:46Haven't you heard her enough?

01:07:49The daughter we raised and cherished

01:07:51was left battered

01:07:52and broken because of you.

01:07:53She brought you clients

01:07:55and connections,

01:07:56yet that was how you treated her?

01:07:58Ethan grips the gate,

01:07:59his voice choking with emotion.

01:08:01I messed up.

01:08:02I made her suffer.

01:08:04She stayed by my side

01:08:05all these years

01:08:06and never left me,

01:08:07even when I had nothing.

01:08:08I was wrong for mistreating her like that.

01:08:12I'm here because I truly regret what I did.

01:08:14Please,

01:08:15give me one more chance to...

01:08:16Mom cuts him off.

01:08:18You only thought of coming here

01:08:19because you lost all your clients.

01:08:24You realized how much she meant to you

01:08:26after you'd lost everything else that mattered.

01:08:29Do you really think she's foolish enough

01:08:31to fall into the same trap twice?

01:08:33And Ethan,

01:08:34we never approved of your marriage

01:08:35in the first place.

01:08:36If we had to make the choice again,

01:08:37our answer would be the same.

01:08:39Now leave.

01:08:40The front door slams shut.

01:08:43Ethan stands there in a daze,

01:08:45looking like a man

01:08:46who's been hollowed out from the inside.

01:08:48Rooted to the spot,

01:08:50he refuses to give up.

01:08:52Ethan stays there from morning until night.

01:08:55My family's security guards

01:08:57try several times to make him leave,

01:08:59but he refuses to budge.

01:09:01As dusk settles in,

01:09:03Ryan comes home and sees Ethan.

01:09:05You're here for Evelyn?

01:09:07Ryan's voice is cold.

01:09:08Hope lights up in Ethan's eyes.

01:09:11Yeah.

01:09:12Can you let me see her?

01:09:14You think you deserve to?

01:09:16Ryan's voice is chilling.

01:09:19I know damn well what you've done to Evelyn.

01:09:26I was supposed to see you,

01:09:27but you came here yourself.

01:09:29Ethan's expression darkens.

01:09:31And you think I don't know how she got those clients?

01:09:37There's no way she has enough influence

01:09:38to make them come and go

01:09:40at the snap of her fingers.

01:09:44You and the Harper family

01:09:46are behind this!

01:09:47Ethan grabs Ryan by the collar,

01:09:49his fist already drawing back.

01:09:52Stop!

01:09:53I run outside,

01:09:54shove Ethan away,

01:09:55and step in front of Ryan.

01:09:57What do you think you're doing, Ethan?

01:10:00What did Ryan do to you to deserve this?

01:10:05You haven't changed at all, have you?

01:10:08Ethan's face turns pale at the drop of a bat.

01:10:10Even his hand, reaching toward me,

01:10:13freezes mid-air.

01:10:14He carefully steps towards me,

01:10:16only to stop dead

01:10:17when he meets my contemptuous gaze.

01:10:19Evelyn, I'm sorry.

01:10:21Please don't look at me like that.

01:10:23He stands frozen,

01:10:25not daring to reach for me again.

01:10:28Evelyn, don't leave me.

01:10:29Claire and I are over for good.

01:10:31When his hand touches mine,

01:10:33all I feel is disgust.

01:10:36I shake his hand off.

01:10:39Ethan, don't you find yourself revolting?

01:10:45You didn't care to think about me

01:10:47when you were sneaking around

01:10:48with Claire behind my back.

01:10:50Are you here now

01:10:51because you realize

01:10:52how useful I was to you?

01:10:53I brought you clients and connections,

01:10:56yet you said I slept my way to get them.

01:10:58To you,

01:10:59Claire was always the purest

01:11:00and kindest one.

01:11:02Now that you've realized she fooled you,

01:11:04you just kick her to the pup.

01:11:08You've always been selfish.

01:11:10The moment someone doesn't live up

01:11:12to your expectations,

01:11:13you throw them away

01:11:14without a second thought.

01:11:16You did that to me,

01:11:17and you did that to Claire.

01:11:19You two really are perfect for each other.

01:11:22I lay out everything

01:11:23I've never gotten to say in the past,

01:11:25and it's now finally being said

01:11:27to Ethan's face.

01:11:28Honestly,

01:11:28I've never felt better.

01:11:30I've never been a pusover,

01:11:31and I only tolerated Ethan

01:11:33because I loved him.

01:11:34Now,

01:11:34he means nothing to me.

01:11:36Naturally,

01:11:36I don't owe him any mercy.

01:11:39Evelyn,

01:11:39it's not like that.

01:11:41Claire had been lying to me.

01:11:43If she hadn't done all those things

01:11:44behind my back,

01:11:45I never would have misunderstood.

01:11:50He tries to explain,

01:11:52but I have no desire

01:11:53to keep listening.

01:11:54But you let her fool you willingly.

01:11:56You believed everything she said.

01:11:57She only dared to hurt me

01:11:58time and again

01:11:59because she knew

01:12:00you'd always protect her.

01:12:01Ethan,

01:12:01stop trying to whitewash yourself.

01:12:03I never want to see you again.

01:12:05We're over for good.

01:12:06With that,

01:12:06I take Ryan by the hand

01:12:08and walk away.

01:12:18When I return to my room,

01:12:19I realize I'm still

01:12:21holding Ryan's hand.

01:12:24My cheeks immediately flush.

01:12:26I'm about to let go

01:12:27when Ryan tightens his grip instead.

01:12:29Evelyn,

01:12:29have you really decided

01:12:30to cut all ties with him?

01:12:32Do I look that spinless to you?

01:12:36After everything he did to me,

01:12:38how could I ever

01:12:38go back to him?

01:12:40Ryan finally smiles.

01:12:41Just as I'm about to leave,

01:12:43he suddenly says something.

01:12:45If that's the case,

01:12:46would you consider me?

01:12:47I freeze.

01:12:51Ryan,

01:12:51we grew up together.

01:12:53I've always thought of you

01:12:54as family.

01:12:55Evelyn,

01:12:55don't hide behind

01:12:56the word family.

01:12:59Your parents already know

01:13:01I have feelings for you.

01:13:03I stare at him in shock.

01:13:05Not only does mom know,

01:13:06but apparently,

01:13:08even dad does.

01:13:09You've always been

01:13:10the most important person

01:13:11in my life.

01:13:13I'd do anything

01:13:14to protect you.

01:13:16When your dad asked me

01:13:17what I thought of Natalie,

01:13:18I told him honestly

01:13:19that I was already

01:13:19in love with someone else.

01:13:24He figured out pretty quickly

01:13:26that it was you.

01:13:28You had someone you loved

01:13:29in the past

01:13:30and I could only step back.

01:13:32but now can you stop

01:13:33and look at me once?

01:13:44Six months later,

01:13:46my divorce from Ethan

01:13:48is officially finalized.

01:13:50Ryan later tells me

01:13:51that his biggest regret

01:13:52is not stopping me

01:13:53from marrying Ethan

01:13:54in the first place.

01:13:56When he learned

01:13:56how Ethan had hurt me,

01:13:58he wanted nothing more

01:13:59than to kill him.

01:14:00How could the person

01:14:01he had spent

01:14:02all these years protecting

01:14:03be treated that way?

01:14:05Now that I'm back,

01:14:06Ryan says he's happier

01:14:07than he's been in years.

01:14:08He promises he'll never

01:14:10let anyone hurt me again.

01:14:11Whenever I need him,

01:14:13he'll be there for me,

01:14:14just like he always has been.

01:14:15After learning how Ryan

01:14:17feels about me,

01:14:18I find myself

01:14:18instinctively avoiding him.

01:14:20Every time I see him,

01:14:22I become so nervous

01:14:23that I hardly know

01:14:24what to say.

01:14:26Deep down though,

01:14:27I also know

01:14:28I don't mind

01:14:29having him close.

01:14:30Ryan still buys me

01:14:31my favorite desserts,

01:14:32takes me to musicals,

01:14:33and walks with me

01:14:34along the bay.

01:14:35He knows all my

01:14:36little preferences

01:14:36and respects every

01:14:38moment of silence.

01:14:39Whenever I'm with him,

01:14:40I never have to worry

01:14:41about saying the wrong thing.

01:14:42Little by little,

01:14:43I find myself

01:14:44getting closer to him.

01:14:45My birthday is coming up.

01:14:47Ryan wants to throw me

01:14:48a birthday party,

01:14:49but I turn him down.

01:14:52I just want to spend it

01:14:53with my family this year.

01:14:55Something simple.

01:14:57Ryan respects my wishes.

01:14:59He prepares a gift himself

01:15:01and fills the garden

01:15:02with the red roses I love.

01:15:04Mom comes to me.

01:15:05Ryan has been tending

01:15:06this garden himself

01:15:07all these years.

01:15:08He said he wanted you

01:15:10to see your favorite flowers

01:15:11the moment you came home.

01:15:12Her words echo in my ears.

01:15:15Before I know it,

01:15:16my eyes have brimmed

01:15:17with tears.

01:15:19I have no idea

01:15:20Ryan has done so much

01:15:21for me all this time.

01:15:24For all these years,

01:15:26he has kept his feelings

01:15:27to himself

01:15:28without ever letting me know.

01:15:30No matter what happens,

01:15:31he never allows a chance

01:15:33for me to get hurt.

01:15:36But what about me?

01:15:37What have I done for Ryan?

01:15:40At my worst,

01:15:41when he tried to stop me

01:15:43from fighting with mom and dad,

01:15:44I told him to stay out of it.

01:15:45I can't help but wonder

01:15:47what he must have felt.

01:15:47then.

01:15:48On my birthday,

01:15:49Ethan comes looking for me again,

01:15:51but gets into a car accident nearby.

01:15:53The gifts he has brought for me

01:15:54are scattered across the road

01:15:56while he's being rushed

01:15:57to the hospital

01:15:57for emergency treatment.

01:15:59When Ryan tells me

01:16:00what happened,

01:16:01I merely frown,

01:16:02feeling nothing.

01:16:03Do you want to see him?

01:16:05He asks if I want

01:16:06to visit Ethan.

01:16:07I shake my head.

01:16:09I have nothing

01:16:10to do with him anymore.

01:16:13Whether he lives or dies

01:16:14is none of my concern.

01:16:44Ryan studies me briefly

01:16:45in the office tomorrow.

01:16:46Ryan can show you the ropes.

01:16:48My eyes grow demped.

01:16:49It takes me a moment to speak.

01:16:52Thanks, Dad.

01:16:53Dad continues.

01:16:54We're family.

01:16:55You don't have to thank me.

01:16:56After dinner,

01:16:57I'm watering the flowers

01:16:58alone in the garden

01:16:59when Ryan comes up behind me

01:17:01and fastens a necklace

01:17:02around my neck.

01:17:04Happy birthday.

01:17:05He smiles.

01:17:06Deep inside the peasant,

01:17:08my name is engraved.

01:17:09Thank you.

01:17:10I love it.

01:17:11Ryan slips an arm

01:17:12around my waist

01:17:13and gently turns me

01:17:14towards him.

01:17:15So, have you had your answer?

01:17:16My heart starts pounding,

01:17:17flustered.

01:17:18I struggle to meet his eyes.

01:17:20I do have feelings for you,

01:17:22but I only recently

01:17:23got out of a marriage

01:17:24and I don't know

01:17:24if starting something new

01:17:25right now is the right move.

01:17:26The moment he hears me

01:17:28admit I have feelings for him,

01:17:29delight explodes in his eyes.

01:17:32That's okay.

01:17:33Take all the time

01:17:34you need to figure out

01:17:35how you feel.

01:17:35We've got plenty of time ahead.

01:17:37He lowers his head

01:17:38and presses a gentle kiss

01:17:40to my oarhead.

01:17:41In that precious moment,

01:17:43my heart races for him.

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