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00:00:30I disappeared and gave birth to boy-girl twins.
00:00:34As the boy started looking more and more like him, he couldn't stop thinking about it.
00:00:40So how did you get pregnant?
00:00:43Maybe we should try again.
00:00:46If you don't push me away, I'll take that as yes.
00:00:50Before I married Adrian, I already knew he couldn't have children.
00:00:54When he was 18, he climbed a tree.
00:00:56I heard he was helping a girl he'd grown up with rescue her cat.
00:01:01He fell, and a rock on the ground hit him right where it mattered.
00:01:05I heard his pants were soaked with blood.
00:01:08Once word got out, they laughed at him for a long time.
00:01:13After that, Adrian turned cold.
00:01:17Vanessa broke off their engagement,
00:01:19because she thought there was something wrong with his body.
00:01:23My grandfather's an herbalist.
00:01:25He's kept our family herbal shop going for three generations.
00:01:28Walter has trusted my grandfather's herbal prescriptions for decades.
00:01:31They've been close a long time.
00:01:34Adrian was already 25 and still unmarried.
00:01:36Walter pushed and pressured Adrian
00:01:38into marrying me.
00:01:41No wife, no seat.
00:01:43I'll hand it to someone else.
00:01:48I knew Adrian didn't love me.
00:01:50I married him anyway.
00:01:53His family was worth billions,
00:01:55and he was the only heir.
00:01:57My family had run a herbal shop for three generations.
00:02:00Compared to his, I was marrying way up.
00:02:02And on top of all that,
00:02:04I was mute.
00:02:06Once word got out that Adrian had married a mute,
00:02:09the whole circle started watching for a scandal.
00:02:11Even with that issue,
00:02:13he's rich enough to have any woman he wants.
00:02:15And he married some nobody mute?
00:02:17I heard Adrian was cold through the whole wedding.
00:02:20He obviously wasn't happy about the match Walter arraigned.
00:02:22So what if that little mute married into the family?
00:02:25Women in this circle don't have it easy.
00:02:27I knew Adrian didn't like me.
00:02:28I wasn't fooling myself.
00:02:30After we got married,
00:02:31I moved into the guest room.
00:02:32We lived under the same roof,
00:02:33but we were worse than strangers.
00:02:39Then one night,
00:02:41a year into our marriage,
00:02:42Adrian came home from work,
00:02:44drunk and soaked.
00:02:45By midnight,
00:02:46he was burning up.
00:02:47I went to his room to take care of him.
00:02:49He was out cold.
00:02:50I couldn't wake him.
00:02:51I checked his temperature.
00:02:52It was 103.
00:02:54He couldn't swallow the fever medicine,
00:02:56so I had to cool him down another way.
00:02:58I unbuttoned his shirt.
00:03:00My eyes fell to his abs,
00:03:02and I swallowed hard.
00:03:04Adrian had the face,
00:03:06the body,
00:03:06and the kind of background anyone would want.
00:03:09If it weren't for that problem,
00:03:10and Vanessa dumping him,
00:03:12he never would have ended up with me.
00:03:14I brought back a basin of warm water
00:03:16and wiped him down with a towel.
00:03:18The second I touched him,
00:03:19his skin was burning up.
00:03:21After I finished his upper body,
00:03:23I undid his belt too.
00:03:26Blushing,
00:03:27I wiped down his lower body.
00:03:29I couldn't look,
00:03:30but I didn't stop.
00:03:31I didn't expect him to be asleep,
00:03:33and hard at the same time.
00:03:36He was quite something,
00:03:39more than I'd expected.
00:03:41And my mind went somewhere very inappropriate.
00:03:43I wanted to know what he'd be like
00:03:45burning up at 103 degrees.
00:03:48Part of me wanted to see
00:03:49if all that tonic soup
00:03:50I'd made him this past year
00:03:51had done anything.
00:03:52I spent hours brewing those remedies,
00:03:55hoping,
00:03:56hoping it would close the distance between us.
00:04:03That first year,
00:04:04we were just polite.
00:04:07We never slept together.
00:04:09We never even held hands.
00:04:11Sleep.
00:04:12He lost that cold edge.
00:04:13He looked almost easy to bully.
00:04:15I tossed the towel aside,
00:04:16climbed on top of him,
00:04:18and lowered myself little by little.
00:04:20He was burning up,
00:04:22his skin damp with sweat.
00:04:23My hand braced on his chest.
00:04:25His heartbeat was fast.
00:04:28I was too scared to move.
00:04:30It hurt,
00:04:31more than I'd imagined.
00:04:32Tears rushed out.
00:04:34Then his hand suddenly came up
00:04:35and landed on my waist.
00:04:37Don't go.
00:04:38That's not the way out.
00:04:39Wrong way.
00:04:41Come back.
00:04:42This way.
00:04:42I went rigid.
00:04:44Was he awake?
00:04:45I froze,
00:04:46too scared to move.
00:04:48No,
00:04:49he wasn't awake.
00:04:50He was delirious with fever.
00:04:52His breath was hot on my neck.
00:04:54I was relieved,
00:04:55yet disappointed.
00:04:57He didn't know who was on top of him,
00:04:58but I did.
00:05:00I breathed in whiskey and rain.
00:05:02Then I started to move.
00:05:07The pain came fast.
00:05:09It faded just as fast.
00:05:11Three minutes.
00:05:12My tears weren't even dry
00:05:13before he was done.
00:05:15I mean,
00:05:16he looked incredible,
00:05:17but wow,
00:05:17that was fast.
00:05:19Then,
00:05:20all at once,
00:05:20I got scared.
00:05:21When he wakes up and realizes
00:05:22I took advantage of him
00:05:23while he was asleep,
00:05:24is he going to lose it?
00:05:25One thought hit me.
00:05:26He can't find out.
00:05:28It wasn't even good anyway.
00:05:29I just pretend none of it happened.
00:05:31I got him dressed
00:05:32and slipped out of his room.
00:05:34The next day,
00:05:35Adrian's fever was gone.
00:05:37I went downstairs for breakfast.
00:05:38A nervous wreck.
00:05:39I couldn't even look at him.
00:05:42Thanks for last night.
00:05:43Martha said you stayed in my room half the night.
00:05:45That thank you made my hand jump.
00:05:48He looked away and said nothing else.
00:05:51Thank God he didn't seem to know
00:05:52what I'd done to him last night.
00:05:53He was as distant as ever,
00:05:55like I was just another piece of furniture in this house.
00:05:57I was just as distant with him.
00:06:00I was born unable to speak.
00:06:01Around other people,
00:06:03I learned to stay quiet,
00:06:04make myself small,
00:06:05and disappear.
00:06:06We finished breakfast in silence,
00:06:08and he left to deal with the family business.
00:06:10I let out a breath.
00:06:12Last night became a secret
00:06:13I buried deep inside me.
00:06:14I thought we'd never talk about it again.
00:06:16But three months later,
00:06:17I found out I was pregnant.
00:06:19I thought he couldn't have children.
00:06:21So how did I get pregnant on the first try?
00:06:25Looks like my family's tonic soup really worked.
00:06:30I didn't know how to tell Adrian,
00:06:32and I still hadn't found the chance.
00:06:35That day,
00:06:36Adrian had a custom gown delivered to the house.
00:06:38I was still staring at the dress when he called.
00:06:42Did the dress arrive?
00:06:43Try it on.
00:06:44Make sure it fits.
00:06:45You're coming to the gala with me tonight.
00:06:46He knew I couldn't speak,
00:06:48and he still called.
00:06:49I couldn't even say no.
00:06:53In our whole first year of marriage,
00:06:54he'd never taken me to anything like this.
00:06:56Besides,
00:06:57I'd just look out of place there,
00:06:59and I didn't want to go.
00:07:00Grandpa wants you at the gala tonight.
00:07:02Get ready.
00:07:03If he was pulling Grandpa out,
00:07:05fine.
00:07:05I'd go with him.
00:07:07At eight o'clock that night,
00:07:08the driver came for me.
00:07:09I was used to simple clothes.
00:07:11In a custom gown like this,
00:07:12I felt awkward.
00:07:14The second the car door opened,
00:07:15I thought I saw a flicker of amazement in Adrian's eyes.
00:07:22The second I got in,
00:07:23he could tell I was nervous.
00:07:25You look beautiful.
00:07:26Be confident.
00:07:30I didn't know how much he meant it,
00:07:32but at least I didn't feel quite so small anymore.
00:07:35It was my first time
00:07:36at one of these society events.
00:07:38The second I walked into the ballroom behind Adrian,
00:07:41every eye turned to us.
00:07:43My hearing is sharp.
00:07:44I could already catch the whispers.
00:07:46Oh, so that's the mute wife
00:07:48the family's heir married?
00:07:49She's pretty, sure,
00:07:50but she doesn't exactly carry herself
00:07:52like she belongs here.
00:07:53You can tell she's some small-town girl
00:07:55who's never seen a room like this.
00:07:57Adrian actually brought her here?
00:07:59Isn't he embarrassed?
00:08:00My palms were slick with sweat.
00:08:02I just wanted to hide.
00:08:07Don't be afraid.
00:08:08Anyone who laughs at you
00:08:10won't have a family business left.
00:08:12He actually made me smile.
00:08:14I straightened up and kept walking.
00:08:17He handed me an apple juice.
00:08:19The smell hit me,
00:08:20and I suddenly gagged.
00:08:22I covered my mouth
00:08:23and barely fought it down.
00:08:25I hurried toward the restroom.
00:08:27Behind me,
00:08:27two women dropped their voices.
00:08:28Oh, is Mrs. Marcellino
00:08:30having morning sickness?
00:08:31But isn't Adrian infertile?
00:08:32Then how is she pregnant?
00:08:34What the hell are you talking about?
00:08:36My wife just has an upset stomach.
00:08:38We were just joking, Mr. Marcelli.
00:08:40Don't take it personally.
00:08:43When I came out of the restroom,
00:08:45Adrian was already waiting in the hall.
00:08:47You're not feeling well,
00:08:48so I'll take you home.
00:08:49Next time,
00:08:50if you don't want to come
00:08:50to one of these galas,
00:08:51just say no.
00:08:52I nodded and went home with him.
00:08:54The second we got home,
00:08:56Adrian had the family's
00:08:57private doctor check me over.
00:08:58I waved him off
00:08:59to show I was fine.
00:09:00I went back to my room to rest.
00:09:02The second I walked into the bathroom,
00:09:04the pregnancy test on the sink was gone.
00:09:06I ran downstairs to ask Martha
00:09:07if she'd seen it.
00:09:08It was on the stairs.
00:09:09I ran straight into Adrian.
00:09:11He was holding the pregnancy test stick.
00:09:17Sage,
00:09:19you're pregnant?
00:09:19So I can't hide it anymore.
00:09:21I never touched you.
00:09:23Whose baby is that?
00:09:24He never touched me,
00:09:25but I touched him.
00:09:28I stayed silent.
00:09:29I didn't know where to begin.
00:09:30How could I tell him
00:09:31that three months ago,
00:09:32while he was burning up
00:09:33and unconscious,
00:09:34I took advantage of him?
00:09:37There's nothing honorable about that.
00:09:39I couldn't say it,
00:09:40and I didn't have his consent.
00:09:42We were married,
00:09:42but I still went against his will.
00:09:44It was my fault.
00:09:45I lost my head.
00:09:46I wanted him,
00:09:47and I crossed a line.
00:09:49I'm guilty.
00:09:50I sighed.
00:09:51I'm sorry.
00:09:53I'm sorry.
00:09:55His face darkened even more.
00:09:57Maybe he thought I was admitting
00:09:58there was another man.
00:09:59He stayed silent for a long time
00:10:01before he finally spoke.
00:10:04You're keeping the baby?
00:10:05I'd already gone to the hospital.
00:10:07It was twins,
00:10:07and the doctor said they were healthy.
00:10:09Yes,
00:10:10I'm keeping them.
00:10:11Adrian's eyes were red,
00:10:13like he was holding back a storm.
00:10:15I respect your choice,
00:10:17but I'm not raising another man's children.
00:10:18I'll send you abroad until they're born,
00:10:20then we'll get divorced.
00:10:22He brought up divorce.
00:10:24Maybe it wasn't just the baby.
00:10:25He never liked me.
00:10:26He never wanted this marriage.
00:10:29The pregnancy just gave him an excuse
00:10:30to ask for a divorce.
00:10:33I pushed it down and nodded.
00:10:35If he still wanted a divorce when the time came,
00:10:38I'd let him go.
00:10:39I'll keep it from my grandfather for now.
00:10:41To everyone else,
00:10:42we'll say you're going abroad for voice treatment.
00:10:43I made the okay sign.
00:10:45Then he got up and left my room.
00:10:48Adrian kept my pregnancy quiet.
00:10:50He'd already warned the family doctor
00:10:51and everyone at the gala.
00:10:54He sent me to Switzerland
00:10:56and settled me in a villa on Lake Geneva.
00:11:02On top of the three nannies,
00:11:04he hired a driver and two doctors.
00:11:07One handled my prenatal care.
00:11:09The other was there to treat my vocal cords.
00:11:12He even gave me a no-limit card.
00:11:14He was taking good care of me.
00:11:17I could tell Adrian was warm underneath it all.
00:11:21And decent.
00:11:23Even believing I cheated on him
00:11:24and was carrying someone else's child.
00:11:27He still took care of me and the babies.
00:11:30Maybe it was easy because he didn't love me.
00:11:33Or maybe this was compensation
00:11:35for agreeing to the divorce and not fighting him.
00:11:40Right after I moved into the villa,
00:11:42the driver brought me a form
00:11:43for an emergency contact number.
00:11:45Without thinking,
00:11:46I wrote down Grandpa.
00:11:48Grandpa was too old
00:11:49and too far away.
00:11:51A call from the hospital
00:11:52would only scare him half to death.
00:11:54When I still hadn't filled it up,
00:11:56the driver took the form
00:11:56and stepped outside to make a call.
00:11:58A moment later,
00:11:59my phone lit up.
00:12:00Adrian had sent three words.
00:12:02Use mine.
00:12:05Use my name.
00:12:09I stared at the screen
00:12:10then texted him back.
00:12:13I'll answer the call.
00:12:16I wrote down his name
00:12:17then froze at the last line.
00:12:19It asked what he was to me.
00:12:21I wrote husband.
00:12:23Then I remembered what he'd said
00:12:24about divorcing me
00:12:25after the babies were born
00:12:26and my pen drifted back.
00:12:32You don't need to cross that out.
00:12:34Mr. Adrian specifically said so.
00:12:37I gripped the pen and stopped.
00:12:39He wouldn't let me cross out that word.
00:12:41I didn't dare think about why.
00:12:44That night,
00:12:45the nanny put my two pregnancy meds
00:12:47beside my vitamins
00:12:47and snapped a photo.
00:12:50I reached out to stop her.
00:12:52She took it the wrong way.
00:12:56He just wants the names on the bottles
00:12:58so he doesn't buy the wrong ones.
00:13:00He said if you feel sick,
00:13:01text him.
00:13:03Even in the middle of the night.
00:13:06After she left,
00:13:07I opened our chat.
00:13:09It was still sitting on his last message
00:13:11telling me to get ready to go abroad.
00:13:14I wanted to ask
00:13:15if those two kids
00:13:16really didn't bother him.
00:13:18I typed half of it
00:13:19and deleted it.
00:13:21In the end,
00:13:22I sent one line.
00:13:26Send me a picture.
00:13:29He replied fast.
00:13:30I sent a photo of the list
00:13:32and then nothing.
00:13:36The next day,
00:13:37the doctor came by
00:13:37to examine me.
00:13:39When she opened the folder,
00:13:41that form was right on top.
00:13:44Husband.
00:13:45Adrian.
00:13:47The babies weren't even here yet
00:13:48and he'd already made himself
00:13:50the one they'd call
00:13:51when I needed someone.
00:13:56A month later,
00:13:58he flew to Switzerland
00:13:59and moved into the villa.
00:14:05I'm here on business.
00:14:06I don't like hotels.
00:14:10I'm here on business.
00:14:12I don't like hotels.
00:14:14Adrian was always busy.
00:14:18On every other trip,
00:14:19the second he finished work,
00:14:20he'd book the first flight back.
00:14:22But this time,
00:14:23he stayed at the villa
00:14:24for three days.
00:14:28During the day,
00:14:29he handled the family business.
00:14:37when he finished up,
00:14:39he asked me like it was nothing.
00:14:42I'm thinking of going out.
00:14:44Want to come?
00:14:46I was scared of strangers.
00:14:48Usually I'd make a list for the nanny
00:14:49or order things online.
00:14:52I couldn't handle crowds
00:14:53or eating out.
00:14:54I was scared people
00:14:55wouldn't understand my sign language
00:14:56and would laugh at me.
00:15:08We can just go to the grocery store.
00:15:10Or dinner,
00:15:10a movie,
00:15:11a walk in the park,
00:15:12a museum.
00:15:13Don't stay shut up
00:15:14in the villa all day.
00:15:16So that was it.
00:15:18He'd gone the long way around
00:15:19because he wanted to take me out.
00:15:21Then,
00:15:22can we go to the grocery store?
00:15:26Going out with Adrian
00:15:27made me feel safe.
00:15:36He understood all my signs.
00:15:38He could speak for me.
00:15:40After the store,
00:15:41we got lunch.
00:15:43While we were waiting for the food,
00:15:45I asked him something.
00:15:48Adrian,
00:15:48how do you understand
00:15:49all my signs?
00:15:52I learned it.
00:15:55No wonder he was so good at it.
00:15:57I took a sip of the juice.
00:15:58It was my favorite flavor.
00:16:01When did you learn?
00:16:03Five years ago.
00:16:05I thought back
00:16:06to the first time we met.
00:16:08Five years ago,
00:16:09I was at the aquarium alone.
00:16:11That aquarium was enormous.
00:16:12Packed with people.
00:16:14Barely any signs.
00:16:15I was exhausted
00:16:16and still couldn't find the exit.
00:16:19I worked up the nerve
00:16:20and asked for directions
00:16:20in sign language.
00:16:25Are you mute?
00:16:26What's a mute girl
00:16:27doing at the aquarium
00:16:28by herself?
00:16:30What are you doing?
00:16:30Directing traffic?
00:16:31You look ridiculous.
00:16:32Not everybody understands sign.
00:16:34Next time,
00:16:35tape a note to your forehead
00:16:36that says mute.
00:16:38Pretty cute, aren't you?
00:16:40Call me Big Brother.
00:16:41and I'll show you the way.
00:16:46I let my hands fall,
00:16:47swallowed my tears,
00:16:49and turned to get away.
00:16:51Then someone pushed through the crowd
00:16:52and called out to me.
00:16:55Can't find the exit?
00:16:56I'll take you out.
00:17:01That was the moment I remembered
00:17:03the kind stranger
00:17:04who showed me the way.
00:17:08He walked me to the aquarium exit
00:17:09and waited until I got into a cab.
00:17:13A year and a half ago,
00:17:15Walter said he wanted me
00:17:16to meet his grandson.
00:17:18I had no interest in marrying
00:17:19into a family like his.
00:17:25Sage, this is my grandson, Adrian.
00:17:28The second I saw Adrian,
00:17:30I recognized him.
00:17:31He was the man
00:17:32who'd given me directions.
00:17:33So I said yes.
00:17:35I didn't know if Adrian recognized me.
00:17:38He'd never brought it up
00:17:39after we got married.
00:17:40I figured it had been so long
00:17:42he'd forgotten.
00:17:44But now he was saying
00:17:45he'd learned sign
00:17:46five years ago for someone.
00:17:49Could that really be a coincidence?
00:17:51After that,
00:17:52he started coming by
00:17:53more and more.
00:17:55Always for a business trip.
00:17:57Always staying at the villa.
00:18:00The first time,
00:18:01my phone was charging
00:18:02on the coffee table.
00:18:03I came downstairs
00:18:04and saw him holding my phone,
00:18:06scrolling through my contacts.
00:18:08There were only four numbers in it.
00:18:09Grandpa, Martha, Chloe, and him.
00:18:13It buzzed.
00:18:14I was just checking
00:18:15if someone was trying to reach you.
00:18:17My phone never buzzed.
00:18:19I didn't call him on it.
00:18:21He was looking for that man's number.
00:18:24These are the only four people
00:18:25in your phone?
00:18:26Yeah.
00:18:28What about friends?
00:18:29Just Chloe.
00:18:32That night,
00:18:33I went out to the garden
00:18:34for a walk.
00:18:36My belly was already big enough
00:18:37that I couldn't reach
00:18:38the back of my shoe.
00:18:40He crouched down,
00:18:41held my ankle in his hand,
00:18:43and slipped my shoe on.
00:18:45His palm was so warm,
00:18:47I didn't dare move.
00:18:48Next time, call me.
00:18:53When he looked up at me,
00:18:54there was no warmth in his eyes.
00:18:57Only scrutiny.
00:18:59Like he was searching my face
00:19:00for traces of someone else.
00:19:05He was looking for someone
00:19:06who didn't exist.
00:19:13The second time he came,
00:19:14I was asleep.
00:19:16On my way downstairs,
00:19:17I heard him questioning
00:19:18the nanny in the kitchen.
00:19:19I stepped back to the stairs
00:19:21and waited for him to come out.
00:19:24Has anyone come looking for her
00:19:25these past few months?
00:19:27No, sir.
00:19:28She hardly ever even leaves the house.
00:19:30What about deliveries?
00:19:32Mail?
00:19:33We signed for all of it, sir.
00:19:35Phone calls?
00:19:36She can't speak, sir.
00:19:37She doesn't make phone calls.
00:19:40Got it.
00:19:42That afternoon,
00:19:43he took me to a baby store.
00:19:45At checkout,
00:19:46I noticed two extra items
00:19:47on the receipt.
00:19:53A pair of baby socks
00:19:54and a baby towel.
00:19:56I held up two fingers
00:19:57and pointed at my stomach.
00:20:00Two?
00:20:01He grabbed another pair of socks.
00:20:03Then after he paid,
00:20:05he stopped at the counter.
00:20:09Did that man know there were two?
00:20:11I nodded.
00:20:11He'd just found out.
00:20:15He knew it was twins
00:20:16and still left you
00:20:16to carry that alone?
00:20:18That night,
00:20:19I was curled up on the couch
00:20:20with a book.
00:20:21He sat beside me,
00:20:22staring at my belly.
00:20:26After a while,
00:20:27he reached for me,
00:20:27then stopped himself.
00:20:32I took his hand
00:20:33and laid it on my belly.
00:20:35Even through my sweater,
00:20:36his palm felt hot.
00:20:37He didn't pull away.
00:20:39How far along are you?
00:20:41A little over five months.
00:20:43He did the math.
00:20:44His brow freddoed.
00:20:46Where were you five months ago?
00:20:49Nowhere.
00:20:51He was counting back the dates.
00:20:57My heart leapt.
00:20:58He was one step away
00:21:00from the truth about that night.
00:21:02But it never crossed his mind
00:21:03that it could be him.
00:21:05The third time,
00:21:07the night before he left,
00:21:08the baby kicked for the first time.
00:21:11I took his hand
00:21:12and pressed it to my belly.
00:21:14Once,
00:21:15then again.
00:21:16He went completely still.
00:21:18Then his eyes slowly reddened.
00:21:22He's moving?
00:21:25He didn't move his hand
00:21:26until the baby settled down again.
00:21:27He kept his head down,
00:21:29his voice soft.
00:21:30When he's born,
00:21:31what will he call me?
00:21:32My hand lifted,
00:21:33then fell.
00:21:34He didn't ask again,
00:21:35but I saw the hurt in his eyes.
00:21:37He was their father.
00:21:38He just didn't know it.
00:21:42The next day,
00:21:42he left.
00:21:44But after he left,
00:21:45a black car showed up
00:21:46outside the villa.
00:21:48It sat across the street
00:21:49for three days.
00:21:51One man got out once to smoke.
00:21:53Black suit.
00:21:55The engine stayed running.
00:22:01The driver was taking me
00:22:02to my prenatal checkup.
00:22:04That car hung back the whole way.
00:22:08Ma'am,
00:22:09that car's been following us
00:22:10the whole way.
00:22:12I glanced at it
00:22:13in the rearview mirror.
00:22:19Want me to call the police?
00:22:20I shook my head
00:22:21and signed three words.
00:22:23Adrian's men.
00:22:24By the third evening,
00:22:26I was at the second floor window,
00:22:27watching it.
00:22:29Whoever was in that car
00:22:30was watching the villa too.
00:22:35A street separated us,
00:22:37and neither of us moved.
00:22:50Then the car drove away.
00:22:53Three months passed.
00:22:55His people found nothing.
00:22:59Because no one was ever
00:23:00coming for me.
00:23:05Adrian never realized
00:23:06the answer had been
00:23:06with him all along.
00:23:11The fourth time.
00:23:13I woke up from my nap
00:23:14and saw him in the garden.
00:23:15A file in his hand.
00:23:17He kept flipping through it,
00:23:19back and forth,
00:23:20for a long time.
00:23:22Then he set it
00:23:23on the stone table.
00:23:24The wind flipped
00:23:25the pages open.
00:23:26It was blank.
00:23:27Every page.
00:23:29I guessed it was
00:23:29what his people
00:23:30had turned up
00:23:30after three months
00:23:31of digging into me.
00:23:32Who I'd seen,
00:23:34where I'd been,
00:23:35who I'd called.
00:23:36Nothing.
00:23:37He sat there
00:23:38all afternoon
00:23:38until dark.
00:23:42Ma'am,
00:23:42he won't even eat dinner.
00:23:43What do we do?
00:23:46Let him.
00:23:48After dark,
00:23:49he came in.
00:23:51The nanny brought over
00:23:52a few crib layouts
00:23:53and asked how I wanted
00:23:54the nursery set up.
00:23:57The two cribs
00:23:58were by the window
00:23:59with a single bed
00:24:00beside them
00:24:00for an adult.
00:24:02Adrian took one look
00:24:03and asked who the bed
00:24:04was for.
00:24:05For nighttime feedings
00:24:06and diaper changes,
00:24:07someone has to stay in here.
00:24:09I picked up a pen
00:24:10about to write my name there.
00:24:16She just had two babies
00:24:17and she's still
00:24:17supposed to get up
00:24:18at night?
00:24:19We'll have staff
00:24:20rotating in, sir.
00:24:21She just needs to rest.
00:24:22Only then did he let go
00:24:23and move both cribs
00:24:24farther into the room.
00:24:28I pointed at the single bed,
00:24:29trying to say
00:24:30we could get rid of it.
00:24:31The room was crowded
00:24:32enough already.
00:24:34Leave it.
00:24:39In case they can't
00:24:40manage on their own.
00:24:41I suddenly wanted
00:24:42to ask him,
00:24:43once the babies are born,
00:24:45is he still leave?
00:24:48And yet he'd just spent
00:24:49an entire afternoon
00:24:49staring at an investigation
00:24:50report that had
00:24:52nothing in it.
00:24:53I set the pen down
00:24:54on the sketch
00:24:55beside the two cribs.
00:24:56The spot I'd saved
00:24:57for him was still empty.
00:24:59He never asked me
00:25:00to erase it.
00:25:01I was tired early
00:25:02that night.
00:25:02I fell asleep
00:25:03as soon as I lay down.
00:25:07Sometime after midnight,
00:25:08I cracked my eyes open
00:25:09and saw someone
00:25:10sitting by my bed.
00:25:11Adrian never turned
00:25:12on the light.
00:25:13He just sat there.
00:25:14I stayed still
00:25:15and he didn't know
00:25:16I was awake.
00:25:18After a while,
00:25:19he reached over
00:25:19and tucked the blanket
00:25:20around me.
00:25:21Sage,
00:25:22who is he?
00:25:24His voice was so low
00:25:25I could barely hear it.
00:25:27It wasn't really a question.
00:25:28He wasn't expecting
00:25:29an answer.
00:25:31I closed my eyes
00:25:32and pretended to be asleep.
00:25:34But my heart was pounding
00:25:35so hard,
00:25:35I thought he'd hear it.
00:25:37He'd been looking
00:25:38that whole time
00:25:38and come up empty.
00:25:40The answer was
00:25:41right in front of him.
00:25:42But he didn't know.
00:25:43I did.
00:25:44And I said nothing.
00:25:48A month after he went
00:25:49back to the States,
00:25:50he flew to Switzerland again.
00:25:51Business trip again?
00:25:54Couldn't get used
00:25:54to the hotel
00:25:55this time either?
00:25:57Hmm.
00:26:00I didn't call him
00:26:01out on it.
00:26:02Before he came,
00:26:03Walter called me.
00:26:04That's how I found out
00:26:05Adrian was spending
00:26:06the weekend here with me.
00:26:07That weekend,
00:26:08Adrian took me
00:26:09to the aquarium.
00:26:10It wasn't crowded.
00:26:12Still,
00:26:13he kept hold of my hand
00:26:14like he was afraid
00:26:15I'd get lost.
00:26:16When we passed the exit,
00:26:18he stopped
00:26:18and pointed at the sign.
00:26:21That's the exit.
00:26:22Got it?
00:26:28He remembered.
00:26:30He remembered meeting me
00:26:31five years ago.
00:26:32I went to the restroom.
00:26:33Adrian was waiting outside.
00:26:35When I came out,
00:26:36I saw him talking
00:26:37to a woman down the hall.
00:26:39If I was seeing it right,
00:26:40it was Vanessa.
00:26:42I recognized Vanessa
00:26:43from Adrian's graduation photo
00:26:44in his study.
00:26:45She was standing
00:26:46right in front of him.
00:26:47Vanessa was here too,
00:26:49at the aquarium.
00:26:53That didn't feel
00:26:53like a coincidence.
00:26:58I stayed in the restroom
00:26:58a little longer
00:26:59before I went back out.
00:27:03Vanessa left first.
00:27:04Adrian kept staring
00:27:05after her
00:27:05until I walked up to him.
00:27:11In that moment,
00:27:12I thought I knew
00:27:13what that look meant.
00:27:14The day after we got back
00:27:15from the aquarium,
00:27:16Adrian flew back to New York.
00:27:17Then I got a photo
00:27:18from an unknown number.
00:27:20In the photo,
00:27:21Adrian was asleep
00:27:21in first class.
00:27:22From the angle,
00:27:23whoever took it
00:27:23was sitting right next to him.
00:27:24I searched the number
00:27:25on social media.
00:27:26The profile bader was Vanessa,
00:27:27so it was her.
00:27:27That photo sent my mind spinning.
00:27:29I figured Vanessa
00:27:29had flown back with Adrian.
00:27:30Was that why he came
00:27:31to Switzerland?
00:27:31To pick up Vanessa?
00:27:33Did he just stop by for me
00:27:34so Grandpa would get off his back?
00:27:35And I almost let myself
00:27:36believe him.
00:27:37After Adrian flew back,
00:27:38our mutual friend Chloe
00:27:39texted me.
00:27:41She said she spotted Adrian
00:27:42and Vanessa having coffee
00:27:43while she was out shopping,
00:27:44so she took a picture.
00:27:48Sage,
00:27:49if you don't come back now,
00:27:50Vanessa's going to
00:27:51steal Adrian from you.
00:27:53I stared at the message.
00:27:55It only made me more sure
00:27:56Adrian wanted a divorce
00:27:58because he still couldn't
00:27:58let Vanessa go.
00:28:04Adrian and Vanessa
00:28:04had history.
00:28:06If he wanted to go back to her,
00:28:07I had no right to stop him.
00:28:12three days after Chloe
00:28:13sent that text,
00:28:14she showed up.
00:28:15Sage,
00:28:16I came to keep you company
00:28:16for a couple days.
00:28:19You out here all by yourself
00:28:20is just sad.
00:28:22I had the housekeeper
00:28:23get the guest room ready.
00:28:26At breakfast the next morning,
00:28:27Chloe set down her fork
00:28:28and said,
00:28:30Vanessa had dinner
00:28:30with him last week,
00:28:31right downstairs
00:28:32at the family hotel.
00:28:33I saw it myself.
00:28:34I looked down
00:28:35and kept drinking my soup.
00:28:37You're not even mad?
00:28:39It's his choice.
00:28:41Sage,
00:28:42you're way too easygoing.
00:28:43If it were me,
00:28:44I'd have flown back already.
00:28:45I didn't answer.
00:28:47Chloe stayed two days.
00:28:48When she left,
00:28:49she hugged me.
00:28:50If you need anything,
00:28:52call me.
00:28:52I'm on your side.
00:28:57After Chloe left,
00:28:58the housekeeper found something
00:28:59under the nightstand
00:29:00in the guest room
00:29:00and brought it to me.
00:29:02It was a photo booth strip.
00:29:03Two girls,
00:29:04pressed cheek to cheek.
00:29:07One was Chloe.
00:29:09The other one.
00:29:10I stared at her
00:29:11for a long time.
00:29:14Then I remembered
00:29:15the graduation photo
00:29:16in Adrian's study.
00:29:17The girl standing
00:29:18in front of him.
00:29:20It was Vanessa.
00:29:22Vanessa was a little
00:29:23fuller in college.
00:29:24Her eyes crinkled
00:29:25when she smiled.
00:29:26Chloe knew Vanessa.
00:29:28Close enough to cram
00:29:29into a photo booth together.
00:29:31And Chloe never told me.
00:29:34I put the photo strip
00:29:35in the drawer.
00:29:36I didn't throw it out.
00:29:38I didn't believe
00:29:39a word Chloe said,
00:29:40but I couldn't prove
00:29:41she was lying.
00:29:43I only knew one thing.
00:29:44Chloe and Vanessa
00:29:45were both wrong
00:29:46about who the baby's father was.
00:29:48When I was
00:29:48eight months pregnant,
00:29:49Adrian came back.
00:29:52That evening,
00:29:53we were walking in the garden
00:29:53when Adrian stopped
00:29:54and asked me,
00:29:56Sage,
00:29:56tell me the truth.
00:29:57Who's the father
00:29:58of these babies?
00:29:59I tested him
00:30:00with a half-serious answer
00:30:01and sign.
00:30:03What,
00:30:04you think I got you
00:30:04pregnant with my mind?
00:30:06For a second,
00:30:07I almost told him
00:30:08the truth.
00:30:09But I stopped myself.
00:30:10If Adrian found out
00:30:11what happened
00:30:12while he was asleep,
00:30:13he'd hate me.
00:30:15I didn't want to ruin
00:30:16how he saw me.
00:30:17I didn't want him
00:30:18to hate me.
00:30:21The next day,
00:30:22Adrian took me shopping
00:30:23for baby clothes
00:30:24and supplies.
00:30:25He took it seriously.
00:30:27And again,
00:30:28I wanted to tell him
00:30:28the truth.
00:30:32I was just about to sign
00:30:33when his phone rang.
00:30:37I caught a glimpse
00:30:38out of the corner
00:30:38of my eye.
00:30:39It was Vanessa calling.
00:30:45I watched Adrian
00:30:46from across the store.
00:30:47It sounded like
00:30:48he was arguing
00:30:49with Vanessa.
00:30:50Arguing with someone.
00:30:51I couldn't even imagine it.
00:30:54My voice treatment
00:30:55wasn't going well.
00:30:56The doctor said
00:30:57it would take time.
00:31:01Adrian wanted someone
00:31:02who could talk to him,
00:31:03tease him,
00:31:03even argue back.
00:31:06Something that simple
00:31:06and I still couldn't do it.
00:31:12After that call,
00:31:13I lost the nerve
00:31:14to tell him.
00:31:16What were you about to say?
00:31:19Nothing.
00:31:20Adrian went to pay.
00:31:21I couldn't even look at him.
00:31:24When he talked to me,
00:31:25I just nodded
00:31:26or shook my head.
00:31:27I didn't even want to sign.
00:31:32When we got home,
00:31:33I went straight to my room
00:31:34and locked the door.
00:31:37Thinking about Adrian
00:31:38on the phone with Vanessa
00:31:39made my chest ache.
00:31:41My eyes burnt.
00:31:44Sage,
00:31:44open the door.
00:31:46What is it?
00:31:47Have you been crying?
00:31:49No.
00:31:50Did that call upset you?
00:31:52I'm not upset.
00:31:53I'm just tired.
00:31:55No.
00:31:56I know you're upset.
00:31:58Don't hold it in
00:31:59and don't shut me out.
00:32:02Talking isn't the only way
00:32:03to say it.
00:32:05Then Adrian took out his phone
00:32:06and opened his call log.
00:32:07He tapped Vanessa's new number.
00:32:09An option popped up
00:32:10on the screen.
00:32:10Will you block her for me?
00:32:13I think I finally got
00:32:14what Adrian meant.
00:32:16If I'm jealous,
00:32:17I don't have to keep it in.
00:32:19I tapped block.
00:32:20Turns out,
00:32:21Vanessa's usual number
00:32:22was already in Adrian's block list.
00:32:24She called him from a new one.
00:32:26The second I blocked
00:32:27her new number myself,
00:32:28I felt better.
00:32:30Adrian pulled me into his arms.
00:32:31If I ever upset you again,
00:32:33bite me, okay?
00:32:34Let me know how you feel.
00:32:35Adrian used to say
00:32:36we'd divorce
00:32:37after I had the babies.
00:32:43We'll get a divorce
00:32:43once the baby is born.
00:32:45But everything he's done
00:32:46these past few months
00:32:47says otherwise.
00:32:49Like he really wants
00:32:50to make this work.
00:32:53In that moment,
00:32:54I wanted to hold him too.
00:32:55So I did.
00:32:58Adrian smiled,
00:32:58his hand gently stroking my back.
00:33:00If you can't say it,
00:33:01then show me another way, okay?
00:33:02He never asked me
00:33:03to become someone
00:33:04who could speak.
00:33:04He was just learning
00:33:05how to understand me as I am.
00:33:07Okay, I know now.
00:33:08Then I went into labor.
00:33:10I only found out later
00:33:11Adrian was down
00:33:12at the docks that night.
00:33:16Someone owed the family money.
00:33:22You finish this.
00:33:25Adrian dropped everything
00:33:26and booked the first flight out.
00:33:35He came all the way here.
00:33:47I gave birth safely
00:33:48at the hospital
00:33:49to boy-girl twins.
00:33:54They'd just been born.
00:33:57It was too soon
00:33:57to tell who they looked like.
00:34:03Three days later,
00:34:04I pulled out the divorce agreement.
00:34:06I'd already drafted
00:34:06and handed it to Adrian.
00:34:08Truth was,
00:34:09I didn't want to divorce him.
00:34:10I just wanted to see
00:34:10what he'd do.
00:34:14It said I was voluntarily
00:34:15giving up any claim
00:34:16to the family fortune.
00:34:17Didn't you say we'd divorce
00:34:18after I had the babies?
00:34:19I already drew it up.
00:34:20If you don't have a problem
00:34:21with it, sign it.
00:34:23When Adrian finished reading it,
00:34:24his eyes went red.
00:34:25The babies are only
00:34:26three days old
00:34:27and you already want a divorce?
00:34:29What, their father
00:34:29can't wait for me
00:34:30to get out of the way?
00:34:31This has nothing to do
00:34:32with their father.
00:34:33I just want to set you free.
00:34:34You deserve someone better.
00:34:36Then he tore the agreement
00:34:37to pieces.
00:34:38We're not getting divorced.
00:34:39We're not?
00:34:40You want me to step aside
00:34:41for that man?
00:34:41Not happening.
00:34:43I've thought it through.
00:34:44Since I can't have children
00:34:45of my own,
00:34:45I was always going to adopt.
00:34:46I'd rather raise your kids
00:34:47than someone else's.
00:34:51I'm not about to raise
00:34:52another man's kids.
00:34:56I froze.
00:34:58Wasn't he the one who said
00:34:59he wasn't about to raise
00:35:00another man's kids?
00:35:01How did he talk himself
00:35:02into this?
00:35:04What, is he waiting for me
00:35:05to step aside?
00:35:06He never showed up once
00:35:07while you were pregnant.
00:35:08That guy's a deadbeat.
00:35:10Is he really worth
00:35:10giving up this life?
00:35:14I can let the past go.
00:35:17I can accept these two kids
00:35:18and raise them as my own.
00:35:19But from now on,
00:35:21stay with me.
00:35:22No more seeing other men.
00:35:23I hadn't said a word,
00:35:24and he'd already said all that.
00:35:27I've been trying to get better,
00:35:28drinking tonic soup every day.
00:35:30And if that still doesn't work,
00:35:32I'll buy you
00:35:33whatever you need.
00:35:35I almost laughed.
00:35:37What was he even thinking?
00:35:38Did he want to stay married
00:35:39this badly because
00:35:40Grandpa was pressuring him?
00:35:44Okay, no divorce.
00:35:46But my voice treatment is slow.
00:35:48I won't be able to talk
00:35:50for a while,
00:35:50so don't start
00:35:52looking down on me.
00:35:53I've never looked down on you.
00:35:56I've got my own flaw too.
00:35:57Can you not hold it against me?
00:36:00Adrian still didn't know.
00:36:01He'd actually recovered.
00:36:03The twins were born healthy,
00:36:04and I got pregnant
00:36:05the first time.
00:36:07I don't look down on you.
00:36:09We don't hold each other
00:36:10in contempt.
00:36:11Something crossed Adrian's mind,
00:36:13and his ears suddenly turned red.
00:36:16Sage, actually, I...
00:36:18Hmm?
00:36:18I waited for him to finish.
00:36:22I think I like it.
00:36:25He cut himself off.
00:36:27It's nothing.
00:36:28Just focus on getting better.
00:36:29We can talk later.
00:36:31Before I could figure out
00:36:32what he hadn't said,
00:36:33the nanny came in
00:36:34with the bassinix.
00:36:37Lily was asleep,
00:36:39but Tio was scrunched up
00:36:40and fussy.
00:36:40Nothing calmed him down.
00:36:42Adrian reached out,
00:36:43then hesitated
00:36:44and pulled back.
00:36:47He took off his watch
00:36:48and rolled up his sleeves.
00:36:49The nanny showed him
00:36:50how to support the baby's head.
00:36:52Adrian stood ramrod straight.
00:36:54He'd never been this careful,
00:36:55not even with the family business.
00:36:57Theo's tiny hand
00:36:58slipped out of the blanket
00:36:59and wrapped around
00:37:00his index finger.
00:37:02Adrian lowered his head
00:37:03and stayed that way
00:37:04for a long time.
00:37:06Leaning against the headbed,
00:37:07I saw the torn divorce agreement
00:37:09still on the floor.
00:37:10One piece by his feet
00:37:11showed my signature.
00:37:15Get it out of here.
00:37:18Then Adrian came over
00:37:19to my bedside
00:37:20with the baby in his arms.
00:37:24I typed on my phone,
00:37:25asking if he wanted
00:37:26to put him back.
00:37:26His arms would get tired.
00:37:31I can still hold him.
00:37:32I pointed at Lily.
00:37:34There's still one more.
00:37:35Adrian looked at the baby
00:37:36in his arms,
00:37:37then at the bassery.
00:37:38Finally,
00:37:39he set Theo down
00:37:40and washed his hands.
00:37:41When he came back for Lily,
00:37:43she opened her eyes.
00:37:44Like she'd answered him,
00:37:46the tension between
00:37:46his brows eased.
00:37:48I lifted my phone
00:37:49and took the picture.
00:37:51He saw the camera
00:37:52and didn't look away.
00:37:55Once both babies
00:37:55were asleep,
00:37:56Adrian finally held out
00:37:57his hand for my phone.
00:38:00I thought he didn't
00:38:01want the photo kept
00:38:02and my fingers
00:38:03tightened around the phone.
00:38:05Send it to me.
00:38:10After I sent it,
00:38:11Adrian stared at the photo
00:38:12for a long time.
00:38:13I couldn't help asking.
00:38:17What if their father
00:38:18comes back for them someday?
00:38:20Adrian's previously
00:38:21softened face
00:38:21hardened again.
00:38:24Then he can come to me.
00:38:26I looked at Adrian,
00:38:27my heart racing.
00:38:31You're not allowed
00:38:32to see him behind my back.
00:38:36Don't go see him
00:38:36behind my back.
00:38:38I nodded.
00:38:40Only then
00:38:41did Adrian sit down again.
00:38:45When the twins
00:38:46were a month old
00:38:47and cleared to fly,
00:38:49Adrian brought me home.
00:38:57Adrian told Walter
00:38:58this was our adopted child.
00:38:59Walter didn't say a word.
00:39:01He just sighed.
00:39:02Fine.
00:39:03This family line
00:39:04can't end here.
00:39:05Adopted or not,
00:39:06they're family.
00:39:06Then he started
00:39:07talking himself into it.
00:39:08Well,
00:39:09I'm a great grandfather
00:39:10after all.
00:39:10That's worth celebrating.
00:39:11Looks like Adrian
00:39:12got that generosity
00:39:12from Walter.
00:39:13Walter named them himself.
00:39:14The boy was Theo.
00:39:15The girl was Lily.
00:39:17This one's Theo
00:39:19and this one's Lily.
00:39:22Walter called my grandpa
00:39:24with the news right away.
00:39:25Henry,
00:39:26you're a great grandpad.
00:39:28Sage and Adrian
00:39:29adopted twins.
00:39:33Sage told me
00:39:34we should celebrate.
00:39:36That night,
00:39:37the two old men
00:39:38opened a bottle of whiskey
00:39:39they'd been saving for decades.
00:39:49Walter adored Theo and Lily.
00:39:53He brought them
00:39:54to the family estate
00:39:55and hired four nannies.
00:39:58I went to work
00:39:59at grandpa's herbal shop,
00:40:00mixing prescriptions
00:40:01in the back room.
00:40:02No talking required.
00:40:04It suited me.
00:40:06Every day at five,
00:40:08Adrian picked me up
00:40:08from work.
00:40:10We'd go to the family estate
00:40:11to see the kids.
00:40:13On weekends,
00:40:14we brought them home.
00:40:29I brought herbal prescriptions
00:40:30home from the shop
00:40:31and made Adrian tonic soup
00:40:33every day.
00:40:36He finished every bowl.
00:40:38That Sunday,
00:40:39we went to the family estate
00:40:40for dinner.
00:40:42The relatives were there too.
00:40:45I was pushing the stroller
00:40:46when I got
00:40:46to the dining room door.
00:40:50The mute wife's here
00:40:51with the adopted kids.
00:40:53Look at that.
00:40:54The whole little family
00:40:54showed up.
00:40:55Maybe it's better
00:40:56they can't call her mom.
00:40:57She wouldn't answer anyway.
00:41:01Adrian came up behind me
00:41:02and took the stroller.
00:41:06Those are my kids.
00:41:07If you can't handle that,
00:41:09leave.
00:41:12Adrian, come on.
00:41:13We're family.
00:41:13I was just joking.
00:41:14A joke?
00:41:15You think my wife and kids
00:41:16are your dinner entertainment?
00:41:17I wasn't saying anything
00:41:18against the kids.
00:41:19Don't twist it.
00:41:21Then take it back.
00:41:22Right here.
00:41:23Everyone heard you.
00:41:27I spoke out of line.
00:41:28Please don't take it to heart.
00:41:31Sit next to me.
00:41:33If anyone's got something
00:41:33to say, say it to me.
00:41:35It was the first time
00:41:36Adrian had ever said it
00:41:37in public.
00:41:39My kids.
00:41:43He thought he was defending
00:41:44someone else's family.
00:41:45I almost cried.
00:41:47Those two were his
00:41:48to protect all along.
00:41:53After dinner,
00:41:54Walter pulled out
00:41:54an old photo album.
00:41:58Sage,
00:41:59come look at Adrian
00:41:59as a kid.
00:42:03Walter pulled out a photo
00:42:04and held it next to Theo.
00:42:08Adrian used to scrunch up
00:42:09his face like that too.
00:42:10This kid looks
00:42:11a little like you.
00:42:14Adrian leaned in
00:42:14for a look
00:42:15and smiled.
00:42:17If you like somebody,
00:42:18they all look like me.
00:42:20Move.
00:42:20Let me look again.
00:42:22Adrian, move over.
00:42:23You're blocking the light.
00:42:26I reached for the album,
00:42:28but Walter covered
00:42:28the photo with his hand.
00:42:30Leave that one out.
00:42:31Don't put it back.
00:42:33Bring him over again tomorrow.
00:42:34I want another look.
00:42:41He'd just defended
00:42:41his own son
00:42:42and still had no idea.
00:42:44I wiped Theo's mouth
00:42:45and said nothing.
00:42:46Nothing.
00:42:49That weekend,
00:42:50Adrian came to pick me up
00:42:51from work.
00:42:51He brought Theo.
00:42:53Lily was asleep
00:42:54back at the family estate.
00:42:55Theo wouldn't sleep,
00:42:56so the nanny
00:42:57was holding him
00:42:57by the car.
00:42:59I'd just put the medicine
00:43:00in the trunk
00:43:01when a customer
00:43:01stopped to coo
00:43:02at the baby.
00:43:03She saw me signing,
00:43:05looked at Adrian,
00:43:06and recognized us.
00:43:08So this is the adopted one?
00:43:09Cute kid, though.
00:43:10My hand froze.
00:43:13Have you found
00:43:14his real parents?
00:43:15What if they come back
00:43:16for him after you've
00:43:17raised him?
00:43:18Adrian took Theo
00:43:19from the nanny.
00:43:20If you're here for medicine,
00:43:21ask inside.
00:43:23He never raised his voice,
00:43:24but she didn't dare
00:43:25ask again.
00:43:26She slipped away,
00:43:27embarrassed.
00:43:28That word didn't hurt me,
00:43:30but when I saw
00:43:31Adrian take Theo,
00:43:32my nose suddenly sterk.
00:43:37Adrian thought I was upset
00:43:38by what she'd said,
00:43:39so he put Theo
00:43:40in my arms.
00:43:42Hold him tight.
00:43:43I'll block the wind.
00:43:45Theo squirreled
00:43:45in my arms,
00:43:46and drool smeared
00:43:47across Adrian's shirt.
00:43:49My hands were full,
00:43:50so I pointed
00:43:50at the wet spot.
00:43:51After I changed,
00:43:53I came back out.
00:43:54He still had
00:43:54that shirt on.
00:43:57Adrian was holding Theo,
00:43:59trying to put a soft ball
00:43:59in his hand.
00:44:01Theo couldn't hold it.
00:44:02The ball kept dropping,
00:44:03and Adrian just picked it up
00:44:04and tried again.
00:44:07Don't take it to heart.
00:44:09How many times
00:44:10have you heard that?
00:44:11I couldn't answer.
00:44:13Adrian set the ball down,
00:44:14and handed Theo to the nanny.
00:44:18If anyone says that
00:44:19to your face again,
00:44:19don't hold back.
00:44:21Cuss them out.
00:44:23If that happens,
00:44:25by the time I finish typing,
00:44:26they're already gone.
00:44:32Take a picture,
00:44:33send it to me.
00:44:35They're my kids.
00:44:36I'll deal with them.
00:44:37I couldn't stop looking at him.
00:44:41My child.
00:44:45He said it like it was
00:44:46the most natural thing
00:44:47in the world.
00:44:48That night,
00:44:49I went downstairs for water.
00:44:51Adrian was in the kitchen, too.
00:44:55When I finished
00:44:56and turned off the light
00:44:57to go back upstairs,
00:45:00Adrian pulled me
00:45:01into his arms.
00:45:02Babe,
00:45:03sleeping in separate rooms
00:45:04is bad for a marriage.
00:45:06Sleeping apart was my idea
00:45:07after we got married.
00:45:09Was he trying to share a room now?
00:45:11To get closer to me?
00:45:14But I wasn't ready.
00:45:15Not yet.
00:45:17When Adrian got no response from me,
00:45:19he didn't push.
00:45:20But he didn't let go, either.
00:45:22He kissed me softly,
00:45:23like I might break.
00:45:27His kiss deepened,
00:45:28easing my lips apart.
00:45:30My heart raced,
00:45:31like something was pulling us
00:45:32closer and closer.
00:45:34I don't know how long it went on
00:45:35before he suddenly got a nosebleed.
00:45:40I turned on the light
00:45:41and grabbed tissues
00:45:41to wipe the blood from his nose.
00:45:45Looks like I should cut back
00:45:46on his tonner soup
00:45:48before it works a little too well.
00:45:52Adrian went back to his room
00:45:53and took a cold shower.
00:45:56For a long time.
00:45:59The next morning,
00:46:00I went downstairs for breakfast
00:46:02and found Adrian
00:46:03shoving the sheets
00:46:03into the washer.
00:46:05Martha usually took care of that.
00:46:08He wouldn't be washing
00:46:09his own sheets
00:46:10unless there was something on them
00:46:11he didn't want anyone to see.
00:46:13I looked at him
00:46:14and Adrian's ears went red.
00:46:16He wouldn't meet my eyes.
00:46:17On the way to drop me off at work,
00:46:19Adrian said quietly,
00:46:21We don't need the tonic soup anymore.
00:46:24So he's all better now?
00:46:26I kind of wanted to find out
00:46:27for myself.
00:46:29I shut that thought down fast.
00:46:31After that,
00:46:32Adrian didn't touch me
00:46:33for three days.
00:46:35Not even my hand.
00:46:38He sat stiff,
00:46:39staring straight ahead
00:46:40like he was holding his breath.
00:46:43The next night,
00:46:44I came out of the bathroom
00:46:45just as he was heading upstairs.
00:46:48The hallway was narrow.
00:46:50As we squeezed past each other,
00:46:51our shoulders brushed.
00:46:53We both stopped.
00:46:54He didn't look back.
00:46:55Neither did I.
00:46:56It lasted about two seconds.
00:47:01Then he gave this awkward little cough
00:47:03and went back to his room.
00:47:05I just stood there,
00:47:06my face on fire.
00:47:07On the third day,
00:47:08I switched it to plain chicken soup.
00:47:10No herbs at all.
00:47:13No herbs in the soup today?
00:47:15Mm.
00:47:17Why?
00:47:18You said you didn't need it anymore.
00:47:21Adrian took another sip.
00:47:22Then he set the bowl down
00:47:23and stared at me
00:47:24for a long moment.
00:47:25He thought he'd only
00:47:26just gotten better.
00:47:27But he'd been fine a year ago.
00:47:28I knew.
00:47:29I never told him.
00:47:31Before I knew it,
00:47:32it was Walter's birthday.
00:47:33The gala was at the family hotel.
00:47:39Vanessa's family
00:47:40had been doing business
00:47:41with ours for two generations.
00:47:42They were invited too.
00:47:45I saw Vanessa at the gala.
00:47:48I saw Vanessa at the gala.
00:47:50Four years ago,
00:47:51the two families
00:47:51had planned a marriage.
00:47:54After Vanessa called off
00:47:55the engagement,
00:47:56she quickly married
00:47:56Adrian's best friend from college.
00:47:58I heard she got divorced
00:47:59a year ago.
00:48:02When I went to the restroom,
00:48:03Vanessa followed me in
00:48:04and touched up her lipstick
00:48:05in the mirror.
00:48:06She gave me a sideways look.
00:48:12Sage, you've got some nerve.
00:48:13Cheating was one thing.
00:48:15But having another man's kids
00:48:16and letting his family raise them?
00:48:17I said nothing.
00:48:19Right.
00:48:19I forgot your mute.
00:48:22If Adrian and I hadn't broken off
00:48:24our engagement,
00:48:24you never would have married
00:48:25into this family.
00:48:27I'm divorced now.
00:48:28What do you think happens
00:48:29if I go after Adrian?
00:48:32He dumps you
00:48:33and comes back to me?
00:48:37You know men never forget
00:48:38the first woman they loved.
00:48:41I ignored her.
00:48:42When I came out,
00:48:43Vanessa was still by the sink.
00:48:45Sage,
00:48:46I may be divorced,
00:48:47but at least I'm not broken.
00:48:48Unlike you,
00:48:49you can't even talk.
00:48:52Being with you
00:48:52must be exhausting for Adrian.
00:48:54He can't stand
00:48:54the silent treatment.
00:48:55When we fought,
00:48:56if I ignored him
00:48:57for more than three hours,
00:48:58he'd come running.
00:49:02So what's it like with you?
00:49:03One long, silent treatment?
00:49:05He'll lose his mind.
00:49:08Adrian told me
00:49:08not to shut him out.
00:49:09He meant it.
00:49:13Don't give me
00:49:13the silent treatment.
00:49:20I typed a line in my phone
00:49:21and held it up for Vanessa.
00:49:23You done?
00:49:24This desperation is pathetic.
00:49:28You think this is funny?
00:49:30Fine.
00:49:31Just wait.
00:49:31In front of everyone,
00:49:32I'll humiliate you so badly
00:49:33you'll never recover.
00:49:36Then she swept out.
00:49:39When I came out of the restroom,
00:49:41Adrian was waiting for me
00:49:41in the hall.
00:49:44I just saw Vanessa
00:49:44come out of there.
00:49:46What did she say to you?
00:49:49I pulled out my phone
00:49:50and played the recording.
00:49:52Right.
00:49:52I forgot you're mute.
00:49:54If Adrian and I
00:49:55hadn't called off our engagement,
00:49:56the recording started there.
00:50:02Spend your life with a mute?
00:50:04It'd be one endless cold war.
00:50:05He'd go crazy.
00:50:07Adrian listened in silence.
00:50:08His face kept darkening.
00:50:12I was the one
00:50:12who refused that marriage.
00:50:14She's not the one
00:50:15I couldn't forget.
00:50:15You are.
00:50:18She wasn't the one
00:50:19I couldn't let go of.
00:50:20You were.
00:50:25I fell for you five years ago
00:50:26the first time I saw you
00:50:27at the aquarium.
00:50:29I knew you were shy.
00:50:31And with my own condition,
00:50:32I kept my distance
00:50:33and watched over you.
00:50:52my grandfather
00:50:53didn't bring us together
00:50:53because he was close
00:50:54to your grandfather.
00:50:57He knew I'd been in love
00:50:57with you for years.
00:50:59I'm the one
00:51:00who asked to marry you.
00:51:03So that was the truth.
00:51:05I had him all wrong.
00:51:07When we first got married,
00:51:09I thought he didn't like me.
00:51:17That man who always looked so cold
00:51:19wasn't staying away
00:51:20because he didn't want me.
00:51:21He wanted me too much.
00:51:23He just thought
00:51:23something was wrong with him
00:51:24and if he got too close,
00:51:25he wouldn't be able to hide it.
00:51:29Then what was going on
00:51:30with you and Vanessa
00:51:30at the aquarium?
00:51:33At the aquarium?
00:51:34In Switzerland?
00:51:35We just ran into her.
00:51:36She saw us there
00:51:37and when you went to the restroom,
00:51:38she came over and asked me
00:51:38to take her off my block list.
00:51:39I said no.
00:51:54Later,
00:51:55when I went with you
00:51:56to the baby store,
00:51:57she called me
00:51:57from an unknown number.
00:52:00She begged me
00:52:00to take her back.
00:52:02Said if I didn't,
00:52:03she'd tell my grandfather
00:52:03you were pregnant.
00:52:07That's what we fought about.
00:52:09Her threats don't work on me.
00:52:11Vanessa and I never dated.
00:52:12We were barely even friends.
00:52:14And I climbed that tree
00:52:15to grab an apple,
00:52:15not to help her save a cat.
00:52:24Everything I'd believed
00:52:25would have made sense
00:52:26if Adrian had just explained it.
00:52:30But neither of us asked.
00:52:33But I still had one question.
00:52:34I pulled up the photos
00:52:35Vanessa and Chloe had sent me.
00:52:37The first was from first class.
00:52:40Vanessa wasn't on that flight.
00:52:42The passenger next to me
00:52:43took that picture
00:52:43and sent it to her.
00:52:46The second was at a coffee shop.
00:52:48I was never at that coffee shop
00:52:49with her.
00:52:51That photo was doctored.
00:52:53Chloe and Vanessa
00:52:54were best friends in college.
00:52:56What they were after
00:52:57is obvious.
00:52:58So Vanessa got Chloe
00:52:59to drive us apart.
00:53:00That photo booth picture
00:53:01in the drawer
00:53:02had been telling me
00:53:02that all along.
00:53:04Adrian had come clean with me.
00:53:06It was my turn.
00:53:07My hand stopped midair.
00:53:09Mr. Adrian, Mrs. Adrian.
00:53:11Vanessa's causing a scene.
00:53:12Mr. Walter wants you
00:53:13in the ballroom.
00:53:15Again,
00:53:15the words were right there
00:53:17and I never got the chance
00:53:18to say them.
00:53:21I only heard what happened
00:53:22in those few minutes afterwards
00:53:23from the estate butler.
00:53:25Vanessa pulled out
00:53:25a stack of candid photos.
00:53:27In them,
00:53:27I was in Switzerland,
00:53:28visibly pregnant.
00:53:30While Adrian and I were gone,
00:53:31she told Walter everything.
00:53:33Walter,
00:53:34Sage lied to you.
00:53:35She said she and Adrian
00:53:36adopted those kids.
00:53:37They did not.
00:53:38Sage gave birth to them herself.
00:53:40She was with another man.
00:53:42She deceived your whole family.
00:53:44No way.
00:53:45Seriously?
00:53:46So that's why Sage
00:53:47disappeared for over
00:53:48half a year.
00:53:49She went abroad
00:53:50to have the babies.
00:53:51She's got some nerve
00:53:53having another man's babies
00:53:54and bringing them
00:53:54into this family.
00:53:56Adrian's a real saint
00:53:57raising another man's kids.
00:54:07Walter shut her down cold.
00:54:10What other man?
00:54:11These children are
00:54:12Adrian and Sage's.
00:54:13Adrian got better
00:54:14a long time ago.
00:54:19That's impossible.
00:54:21Didn't the doctor say
00:54:21he'd never have children
00:54:22of his own?
00:54:23How could he be better?
00:54:26Vanessa, shut up.
00:54:26Stop.
00:54:27Vanessa wouldn't stop.
00:54:29She was all in now.
00:54:31Walter,
00:54:31if you're going to protect Sage,
00:54:33there should be a limit.
00:54:35With this much family money
00:54:36at stake,
00:54:36how can you just name
00:54:37an heir like that?
00:54:38Shut up!
00:54:41Vanessa's father turned to Walter
00:54:43with a strange smile.
00:54:44Walter,
00:54:45my daughter has lost her mind.
00:54:46I'll take her home
00:54:47and discipline her.
00:54:48Please don't hold this against us.
00:54:51Our partnership ends today.
00:54:53From now on,
00:54:53we're not partners.
00:54:55We're enemies.
00:55:00guards.
00:55:01Throw them out.
00:55:03One word from Walter
00:55:04and it was over.
00:55:10The bodyguards
00:55:11threw Vanessa
00:55:11and her parents
00:55:12out of the hotel.
00:55:15Vanessa never saw it coming.
00:55:17Walter backed me
00:55:18without hesitation.
00:55:22by the time
00:55:23Adrian and I got there,
00:55:24she'd already been thrown out.
00:55:26I was about to explain,
00:55:28but Walter spoke first.
00:55:32These two children
00:55:33are Adrian and Sage's
00:55:33biological children.
00:55:35Adrian has recovered.
00:55:37Anyone who spreads rumors again
00:55:39is against this family.
00:55:42The ones who just called me
00:55:43a cheater
00:55:43all dropped their heads.
00:55:46None of them
00:55:46could look at me now.
00:55:50Walter took out a ring
00:55:51and had Adrian put it on me.
00:55:53This was your grandmother's ring.
00:55:56Now they finally believed me.
00:55:58That's his grandmother's ring.
00:55:59Only the woman
00:55:59of this family wears it.
00:56:00If those two kids
00:56:01weren't Adrian's,
00:56:02why would Walter
00:56:02give Sage that ring?
00:56:04My grandpa pulled me aside.
00:56:06Sage,
00:56:07before we came to the banquet,
00:56:08I already told Walter,
00:56:09the kids are yours
00:56:10and Adrian's.
00:56:12After we got back,
00:56:13Grandpa started to suspect
00:56:14the twins were mine.
00:56:17He asked who their father was.
00:56:20I told him it was Adrian.
00:56:22He looked relieved
00:56:23and didn't ask anything else.
00:56:25The day before the gala,
00:56:27I went to the family estate.
00:56:30Grandpa said Walter
00:56:31was waiting for him
00:56:31in the estate study.
00:56:33The tea had gone cold.
00:56:35Once he sat down,
00:56:36he said just one thing.
00:56:41The children are Adrian's.
00:56:46How do you know?
00:56:49Sage told me herself.
00:56:51I shot Grandpa a look.
00:56:52I signed it.
00:56:54Since when does that count
00:56:55as saying it out loud?
00:56:57Grandpa said Walter
00:56:58didn't say a word.
00:57:04Grandpa said Walter got up,
00:57:07pulled a jar of liquor
00:57:08from the cabinet,
00:57:09and dragged him into a drink.
00:57:15The two old men
00:57:16drank deep into the night.
00:57:21By the time Grandpa left,
00:57:24Walter was still there alone,
00:57:26staring at the bottle.
00:57:28He cried.
00:57:30That old man has never cried
00:57:31in front of me
00:57:32in his entire life.
00:57:36My eyes started to sting.
00:57:38Grandpa patted my hand.
00:57:39What he said tonight
00:57:40was backing you
00:57:41and Adrian.
00:57:42Adrian still doesn't know,
00:57:43does he?
00:57:46When are you going to tell him?
00:57:48Soon.
00:57:50Grandpa sighed
00:57:50and let it go.
00:57:52No wonder Walter
00:57:53was so sure
00:57:53Adrian had recovered.
00:57:55Adrian was the only one
00:57:56still in the dark.
00:57:58He thought Walter
00:57:59was just saving his pride
00:58:00in front of everyone.
00:58:05I was waiting
00:58:05for the right moment
00:58:06to tell Adrian the truth.
00:58:08As the gala broke up,
00:58:09the same guests
00:58:10who'd been whispering earlier
00:58:11came crowding back
00:58:12around us.
00:58:15Those kids are clearly
00:58:16part of his family.
00:58:19Then why didn't you
00:58:20see it before?
00:58:23Adrian didn't bother
00:58:24with them again.
00:58:25He just took me
00:58:26to the car.
00:58:28I turned the ring
00:58:29on my finger
00:58:29and held it up
00:58:30for him to see.
00:58:32Grandpa's willing
00:58:33to protect you.
00:58:33You don't have
00:58:34to be afraid anymore.
00:58:35I looked at him,
00:58:36my chest tight
00:58:37with hurt and urgency.
00:58:45Everyone else
00:58:46heard the answer.
00:58:47He was the only one
00:58:48who wouldn't believe it.
00:58:51He thought Walter
00:58:52was just covering for us.
00:58:54Even the ring.
00:58:56He thought Walter
00:58:56was only standing up
00:58:57for me.
00:59:01Once Walter
00:59:02stepped in,
00:59:03Vanessa's family business
00:59:04fell apart fast.
00:59:07Vanessa wasn't
00:59:08a rich girl anymore.
00:59:09To make quick money,
00:59:10she became an escort.
00:59:12I saw the story
00:59:13while I was filling
00:59:14prescriptions
00:59:14at the herbal shop.
00:59:16She got caught
00:59:17in a prostitution stick
00:59:18and it made the news.
00:59:20Her reputation
00:59:21was ruined.
00:59:23Hey,
00:59:23isn't that the iris
00:59:24from that family?
00:59:27I heard them talking,
00:59:28but I didn't look up.
00:59:30Theo and Lily
00:59:31were starting to grow
00:59:31into their faces.
00:59:33Lily looked like me.
00:59:34Theo looked more
00:59:35and more like Adrian.
00:59:37Walter kept pulling out
00:59:38Adrian's baby pictures
00:59:39and comparing them
00:59:39to Theo.
00:59:41Aren't they identical?
00:59:43Adrian saw it too.
00:59:45The kids looked like him
00:59:46and he couldn't
00:59:47make sense of it.
00:59:48Walter spent longer
00:59:49and longer comparing
00:59:50the photos.
00:59:51At first,
00:59:51he'd just glance and laugh.
00:59:52Then he got out
00:59:53a magnifying glass
00:59:54and compared every feature.
00:59:56Later,
00:59:57those two 100-day photos
00:59:58ended up framed
00:59:58side by side
00:59:59in the living room.
01:00:02Look at that ear.
01:00:03Exactly like yours
01:00:04as a baby.
01:00:06Grandpa cut it out,
01:00:07we're home.
01:00:08Who's putting on an act?
01:00:12Adrian didn't answer.
01:00:15But every time
01:00:16he passed that frame,
01:00:17he'd stop and stare.
01:00:20One night,
01:00:21I got up to feed Lily.
01:00:23The nursery door
01:00:24was a john.
01:00:25Adrian was standing
01:00:25by Theo's crib
01:00:26in the dark.
01:00:27He leaned over,
01:00:28brushed Theo's hair aside,
01:00:30and looked at his ear.
01:00:31Theo had a tiny fold
01:00:32on his right ear.
01:00:33Adrian had the same one.
01:00:37He looked at it
01:00:38for a long time,
01:00:39touched his own ear,
01:00:40and went back
01:00:41to our room.
01:00:42A few days later,
01:00:44we were having dinner
01:00:45when he suddenly
01:00:45set down his silverware
01:00:46and asked,
01:00:48What month was Theo born?
01:00:50March.
01:00:51Was he premature?
01:00:53No.
01:00:53Full term.
01:00:56He lowered his head
01:00:57and tapped his fingers
01:00:58on the table,
01:00:59counting back.
01:01:00All the way back
01:01:01to that night
01:01:01he had the fever.
01:01:04That night.
01:01:07Never mind.
01:01:08He counted it right.
01:01:09I knew it.
01:01:10But I didn't say anything.
01:01:13A few days later,
01:01:14the driver picked me up
01:01:15after work,
01:01:15and we made small talk
01:01:16on the way home.
01:01:17Ma'am,
01:01:18Mr. Adrian went
01:01:19to the hospital this morning.
01:01:20I don't know which department,
01:01:22but it wasn't internal medicine.
01:01:23He had me wait in the car
01:01:24while two bodyguards
01:01:25stood watch outside
01:01:26for two hours.
01:01:29He went to find out.
01:01:31I'd waited a year for this.
01:01:32But when it finally came,
01:01:33I was scared.
01:01:38That evening,
01:01:39I was folding the kids' clothes
01:01:40when I looked up
01:01:40and saw Adrian in the doorway.
01:01:43He was clutching
01:01:44a piece of paper.
01:01:45The hospital's name
01:01:46was printed across the top.
01:01:48He didn't come in
01:01:49or say a word.
01:01:50He just looked at me
01:01:51for a long time,
01:01:52then went into the bathroom.
01:01:54I knew what that paper said.
01:01:56Now he did, too.
01:01:59That night,
01:02:00Adrian came to my room
01:02:01after his shower.
01:02:03Sage,
01:02:04are Theo and Lily
01:02:05really mine?
01:02:07I nodded.
01:02:09Adrian was so happy,
01:02:10he couldn't get the words out.
01:02:12But we've never...
01:02:15He pulled a crumpled report
01:02:16from his pocket.
01:02:17The page unopened,
01:02:19and two conclusions
01:02:20lay before me.
01:02:22Both kids are mine.
01:02:23I put my hand
01:02:24on the corner of the paper
01:02:25and didn't pull away.
01:02:26Not this time.
01:02:31And I trashed him
01:02:32right in front of you
01:02:32every day.
01:02:33I pressed my lips together.
01:02:35I couldn't deny it.
01:02:37After all that time,
01:02:38he'd finally been cursing
01:02:39the right man.
01:02:41So the divorce agreement
01:02:42was a test, too?
01:02:46Don't ever test me
01:02:46with divorce again.
01:02:49Even after bracing myself,
01:02:50I still couldn't say it.
01:02:52I didn't know how.
01:02:54The bath's ready.
01:02:55I'll go first.
01:02:57My face burned.
01:02:59I grabbed the excuse
01:03:00and ran into the bathroom.
01:03:03When I came out of the shower,
01:03:05Adrian was still there.
01:03:07And he was on my bed,
01:03:08with three buttons undone.
01:03:11I'm sleeping in here tonight.
01:03:13I knew now he'd wanted me
01:03:14for five years.
01:03:16And he'd fought
01:03:17for this marriage.
01:03:20So why were we still sleeping
01:03:21in separate rooms?
01:03:22I climbed into bed
01:03:23and slipped under the covers.
01:03:26Adrian wrapped me in his arms
01:03:28and breathed me in.
01:03:29You smell so good.
01:03:31My ears burned,
01:03:33but I didn't pull away.
01:03:34I let him hold me.
01:03:38Soon,
01:03:38holding me wasn't enough.
01:03:40His hand slid up
01:03:42from my waist.
01:03:43He kissed me gently
01:03:44at first.
01:03:46When I didn't resist,
01:03:47he got bolder,
01:03:48kissing from the corner
01:03:49of my mouth
01:03:50down to my collarbone.
01:03:52How do you think
01:03:53we got those babies?
01:03:54Let's do it again.
01:03:55If you don't push me away,
01:03:57I'll take that as yes.
01:03:59I'm mute.
01:04:00How am I supposed
01:04:01to make a sound?
01:04:03But Adrian told me
01:04:04if I couldn't say
01:04:04how I felt,
01:04:05I could show him.
01:04:09I wrapped my arms
01:04:10around his neck.
01:04:13That was my yes.
01:04:17Last time,
01:04:18did you make the first move
01:04:19while I was fever
01:04:19and barely conscious?
01:04:22I kissed him
01:04:22to stop him
01:04:23from saying another word.
01:04:25My kiss
01:04:25lit something up in him.
01:04:28He kissed me back
01:04:29like he meant it.
01:04:32His careful gentleness
01:04:33vanished.
01:04:34He kissed me deep
01:04:35and hard
01:04:36like he wanted me
01:04:37under his skin.
01:04:38I remember that night
01:04:39clearly.
01:04:40He kissed my forehead,
01:04:42then my eyes,
01:04:43then my lips.
01:04:46He paused each time,
01:04:47waiting for me.
01:04:48I held on
01:04:49and didn't stop him.
01:04:51Then his kisses
01:04:51trailed lower
01:04:52from my collarbone
01:04:53to places I'd never
01:04:54let anyone near.
01:04:55I undid his shirt myself.
01:04:57My hands were shaking
01:04:58too hard
01:04:58to get the buttons open.
01:04:59He laughed softly,
01:05:01took my hand,
01:05:02and helped me undo them
01:05:03one by one.
01:05:05Take your time.
01:05:07But he was breathing
01:05:08even harder than I was.
01:05:09Then the lamp went out.
01:05:11Moonlight slipped
01:05:12through the curtains
01:05:12and fell across his shoulder.
01:05:14He pinned me
01:05:15into the pillow,
01:05:15his voice rough
01:05:16and unfamiliar.
01:05:18Look at me.
01:05:20I looked at him.
01:05:22His eyes were red,
01:05:23just like the night
01:05:23he had that fever.
01:05:25But this time,
01:05:26he was awake.
01:05:26He knew it was me.
01:05:28Outside,
01:05:29the moonlight slowly faded.
01:05:30Once,
01:05:31twice,
01:05:32I lost count.
01:05:34All I remember
01:05:35is him holding me,
01:05:36wrapping me in the blanket,
01:05:37and kissing my hair
01:05:38over and over.
01:05:40By the time
01:05:40the morning light came in,
01:05:42my whole body was sore.
01:05:43I could barely close my legs,
01:05:45let alone lift a hand.
01:05:47And he still had
01:05:47plenty of energy.
01:05:49He was already thinking
01:05:50about round two.
01:05:53At dawn,
01:05:54he got up first
01:05:54and went downstairs
01:05:55to bring me breakfast.
01:05:57I was lying there,
01:05:58too weak to move a finger.
01:06:00He sat by the bed,
01:06:01fed me oatmeal,
01:06:02and said with a straight face,
01:06:04You worked hard last night.
01:06:06From now on,
01:06:07when you get home from work,
01:06:08you've got another shift with me.
01:06:10I shot him a look.
01:06:13He leaned down
01:06:14and whispered in my ear,
01:06:15I'll pay overtime.
01:06:17How?
01:06:18Tonight.
01:06:19I threw a pillow at him.
01:06:20He caught it,
01:06:21grinning so hard
01:06:22his eyes crinkled.
01:06:26I laid back down
01:06:27and thought of that night
01:06:27he had the fever.
01:06:29Three minutes.
01:06:30I was crying when it ended,
01:06:31and he had no idea.
01:06:33Now I knew.
01:06:34He wasn't just good looking.
01:06:36He was very good at it.
01:06:37Good enough that I couldn't
01:06:38get out of bed the next day.
01:06:41Adrian told me
01:06:42he had felt it that night,
01:06:43even through the fever.
01:06:45That night I had the fever.
01:06:46I felt it.
01:06:48I dream about you all the time,
01:06:50so I thought I was dreaming again.
01:06:52He thought it was just a dream.
01:06:54He had no idea
01:06:55it had really happened.
01:06:56After that,
01:06:57I threw myself
01:06:58into voice treatment.
01:06:59The doctor gave me
01:07:00a two-year plan
01:07:01to speak again.
01:07:02I couldn't wait for that day.
01:07:08Once Adrian got a taste,
01:07:09he couldn't get enough.
01:07:11Every night,
01:07:12he had to make up
01:07:13for what he'd missed.
01:07:14That night he had the fever.
01:07:15That night,
01:07:16Adrian pulled me
01:07:17into his arms
01:07:18and whispered one thing.
01:07:20Babe,
01:07:21do what you did to me last time.
01:07:22Do it again.
01:07:25Babe,
01:07:26do that thing you did
01:07:27to me last time.
01:07:28Again.
01:07:31Just thinking about last time
01:07:32made me blush.
01:07:33No,
01:07:34I'm tired from work today.
01:07:36Then lie down.
01:07:37I'll rub your shoulders.
01:07:38I lay face down
01:07:39on the pillow.
01:07:40He really did
01:07:41just rub my shoulders.
01:07:45It felt so good
01:07:46that I was almost
01:07:46falling asleep.
01:07:48He was so focused,
01:07:49so careful.
01:07:50I thought,
01:07:51maybe I wasn't
01:07:52that tired after all.
01:07:57If I didn't have
01:07:58to do any work,
01:07:59maybe I wouldn't mind.
01:08:01Then suddenly,
01:08:02he stopped.
01:08:05Babe,
01:08:05did you just make a sound?
01:08:08Did I?
01:08:09No.
01:08:10Something shifted
01:08:11in Adrian's eyes,
01:08:12like he realized
01:08:12I hadn't actually spoken.
01:08:14In the dark,
01:08:15the moonlight fell
01:08:16across my face.
01:08:18Adrian slowed down
01:08:19on purpose,
01:08:20but each touch
01:08:20got heavier.
01:08:23He kept watching
01:08:24my reaction.
01:08:25I never made a sound,
01:08:27but my body
01:08:27answered for me.
01:08:29A tear slipped
01:08:30from the corner
01:08:30of my eye.
01:08:32Right away,
01:08:32he kissed the tear away.
01:08:35What is it?
01:08:35You don't like it?
01:08:37I shook my head,
01:08:38but hooked my arm
01:08:39around his shoulder
01:08:39and wouldn't let him
01:08:40pull away.
01:08:41It was the first time
01:08:42I'd learned pleasure
01:08:43could bring tears, too.
01:08:45The corner of his mouth
01:08:46lifted,
01:08:47and he leaned down
01:08:48to my ear.
01:08:49Babe,
01:08:50I heard what your body
01:08:51was saying.
01:08:52You like it.