Rosalie has already lived this night once. Humiliated in public by her fiancé Tristan, trapped in a loveless marriage, and gone far too young and far too alone.
Now she wakes up in the same moment, with every memory intact. This time she refuses to beg for respect. In front of New York's most powerful families, she turns Tristan down and makes a bold move that nobody sees coming: she proposes to his brother, Adrian Bellamy.
This is the full episode. Stay until the end to see what her choice sets in motion.
A story of rebirth, second chances and a woman taking her life back. Tell us in the comments who you think truly deserved her loyalty.
Would you have rejected Tristan in front of everyone like Rosalie did? And was Adrian the right choice, or just the boldest one? Tell us below.
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Now she wakes up in the same moment, with every memory intact. This time she refuses to beg for respect. In front of New York's most powerful families, she turns Tristan down and makes a bold move that nobody sees coming: she proposes to his brother, Adrian Bellamy.
This is the full episode. Stay until the end to see what her choice sets in motion.
A story of rebirth, second chances and a woman taking her life back. Tell us in the comments who you think truly deserved her loyalty.
Would you have rejected Tristan in front of everyone like Rosalie did? And was Adrian the right choice, or just the boldest one? Tell us below.
#FullEpisode #RebirthDrama #MafiaRomance #SecondChance #RevengeDrama #RomanceDrama #MafiaDrama #StrongWoman #DramaSeries #EmotionalDrama
Category: Short Films / closest drama or entertainment option available
Tags: full episode, reborn drama, rebirth romance, mafia romance, mafia godfather, second chance romance, revenge drama, fiancé betrayal, reborn after death, New York mafia family, strong female lead, loveless marriage story, short drama series, romance drama, emotional drama
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00:01Come on, Tristan, write it already.
00:03What one word would you use to describe your fiancé?
00:07Four letters.
00:08Is it love?
00:09Slut.
00:10A sharp pain suddenly shot through my temple.
00:13What had happened a few days ago
00:15seemed to have occurred in my previous life as well.
00:18Sienna, Tristan's bodyguard,
00:20had shoved me into the pool.
00:23Tristan stood by the water
00:25and never even looked at me.
00:27It was his disabled brother, Adrian Belly,
00:29who sent someone in after me.
00:41Adrian himself performed rescue breathing
00:43at the edge of the pool.
00:44When I woke up coughing water,
00:46his shirt was still soaked through,
00:47and Tristan was standing a few feet away,
00:50wiping down his phone.
00:51The memory snapped away.
00:53I pressed a hand to my temple
00:55and stared at the word Tristan had written.
00:58Slut.
00:59My fingers curled into a fist.
01:02Before I could speak,
01:03Serena stepped forward from behind him.
01:05Tristan, don't say that.
01:07Although, people have been talking.
01:10They say she gets around.
01:12I just didn't realize
01:13even a cripple could make her fall for him.
01:15I clenched my fist.
01:17Then I slapped her.
01:19Hard.
01:22Memories from my past life came back to me again.
01:26After that party,
01:27the label Tristan gave me
01:28spread across the entire Upper East Ed.
01:30No family wanted anything to do with the Whitmers.
01:33My father had no choice
01:34but to go to the Bellamas again and again,
01:36asking for the marriage alliance to go through.
01:38He gave up most of Whitmore shipping's controlling interest
01:40and major shares in our ports
01:42just to secure my marriage to Tristan.
01:44After we married,
01:45I stopped attending private parties.
01:46I stopped going to charity galas.
01:48I spent years trying to prove I was innocent.
01:50But Tristan?
01:52He wrapped an arm around Serena
01:54while they rode motorcycles.
01:55He came and went from her apartment
01:56in the middle of the night.
01:57When he was drunk,
01:58he slept in her room.
01:59Every time I questioned him,
02:00he looked at me with disgust.
02:01Rosalie,
02:02don't project your filthy thoughts onto Serena.
02:04Everyone on the Upper East Seat
02:05knows what you're like.
02:06Other than me,
02:07who else would ever marry you?
02:09He manipulated me for seven years.
02:12In the end,
02:13I got sick.
02:14I died alone
02:15during the coldest winter
02:16at Bellaby Estate.
02:18And it was Adrian Bellamore,
02:20the former Mafia Don,
02:22who handled my funeral
02:22and sent my body back
02:24to the Whitmore family cemetery.
02:29The final piece of memory locked into place.
02:31The betrayal.
02:32The humiliation.
02:33The freezing water closing over my head.
02:36The lonely death no one mourned.
02:37It all came back.
02:39I had been reborn.
02:40I slowly sank back into my chair,
02:42gasping for air.
02:43Serena was still holding her cheek,
02:45furious that I had dared to hit her.
02:48What?
02:49Did I hit a nerve?
02:50Everyone saw Adrian kissing you by the pool.
02:53If that doesn't make you a slut,
02:55what does?
02:57Honestly,
02:58Tristan was being polite.
03:01A young heir beside her snickered
03:03and reached toward me.
03:05Enough.
03:05Before his hand could touch me,
03:06Tristan slapped it away.
03:08The room fell silent.
03:10Even Serena looked startled.
03:12Trisky took off his jacket
03:13and draped it over my shoulders.
03:15Put it on.
03:16You nearly drowned a few days ago.
03:18And now you're sitting in a draft.
03:20Are you trying to get sick?
03:23I looked up at him.
03:25Stunned.
03:27In my last life,
03:28I had run a fever for three days after that party.
03:30But Tristan hadn't known.
03:32Not then.
03:33He only found out years later,
03:35after we were already married.
03:36For one brief second,
03:37I saw something in his eyes.
03:38Regret.
03:39Guilt.
03:40Recognition.
03:41I understood immediately.
03:44Tristan had been reborn too.
03:48And he remembered before I did.
03:53The tension in the room was suffocating
03:55until someone laughed awkwardly.
03:58Since Tristan said so,
03:59let's not make Rosalie cry.
04:01Come on.
04:02Keep the game going.
04:03Who's next?
04:05The slips of paper started moving around the room again.
04:09This time,
04:10Serena was picked.
04:12Serena's a hard one.
04:15Fearless.
04:17Decisive.
04:19Someone handed Tristan a phone.
04:21You know her best.
04:22You write it.
04:23Tristan didn't refuse.
04:25He looked down for a moment,
04:26then typed one word.
04:28Straightforward.
04:32See?
04:33Tristan gets me.
04:34Then someone handed me a pen
04:36and two slips of papers.
04:37Your turn, Rosalie.
04:39I took them.
04:40On the first one,
04:41for Tristan,
04:42I wrote,
04:43biased.
04:45On the second one,
04:46for Serena,
04:46I wrote,
04:47overstepping.
04:49The room went silent.
04:51Serena's smile disappeared.
04:57Rosalie,
04:58what the hell is that supposed to mean?
05:00It's a game.
05:01Wasn't that the rule?
05:04Write the first thing that comes to mind.
05:07So it's funny when you write things about me,
05:09but when it's Serena,
05:10suddenly nobody can take a joke.
05:13Tristan and I have been through hell together.
05:15Of course our relationship isn't like yours
05:17with ordinary people.
05:19Right.
05:20So apparently the rules depend on who you are.
05:23I get pushed into a pool and pass out.
05:26Adrian saves me and suddenly I'm a slut.
05:28But you're glued to Tristan day and night
05:30with no boundaries at all.
05:32And that makes you straightforward.
05:34Rosalie!
05:37Stop using your disgusting little thoughts
05:39to twist Serena's intentions.
05:41She made a few jokes.
05:42You're the one trying to smear her name.
05:45You're not just a slut.
05:47You're jealous too.
05:48Even after dying once,
05:49those words still cut straight through me.
05:52Tristan motioned to the bartender.
05:57Three glasses of hard liquor
05:58were placed in front of me.
06:00If you're going to insult Serena,
06:01you apologize.
06:03Drink all three.
06:04Then admit in front of everyone
06:06that you were petty
06:07and that you misunderstood her.
06:09Do that,
06:10and I'll let tonight go.
06:16I can't apologize for something I didn't do.
06:19I turned to leave.
06:23Tristan grabbed my wrist.
06:25He leaned close,
06:27lowering his voice
06:27so no one else could hear.
06:28You spent an entire lifetime
06:30fighting in the last life.
06:31This time,
06:32behave yourself.
06:34Stop taking everything personally.
06:36Stop picking fights with Serena.
06:37I promise your life
06:38will be better than it was before.
06:40As if remembering something,
06:41he spoke in a feigned,
06:42magnanimous manner.
06:43If you drink those three glasses tonight,
06:45and when your father comes
06:47to negotiate the engagement,
06:48I won't demand most
06:49of Whitmore Shipping's port share.
06:51I stared at him
06:53for a long moment.
06:56Then I laughed.
06:57Not because it was funny,
06:59because it was absurd.
07:00I yanked my wrist free.
07:02My sleeve swept across the table.
07:04All three glasses tipped over.
07:07Liquor spilled across the tabletop
07:08and dripped onto the floor.
07:10Tristan's brow tightened.
07:12Rosalie,
07:13how long are you going
07:14to keep acting like this?
07:15I looked him straight in the eye.
07:17Tristan,
07:18who gave you the idea
07:19that I'd still marry you
07:20in this life?
07:25I turned and walked out.
07:30Behind me,
07:31Serena's laugh
07:31rang through the ballroom.
07:33She just embarrassed you
07:35in front of everyone,
07:36and you're not even worried?
07:38Why would I be?
07:39She's loved me for eight years.
07:41When has she ever
07:41actually walked away?
07:43When she cools down,
07:45all I have to do
07:45is crook my finger.
07:47She'll come back on her own.
07:51I gripped the edge
07:52of my sleeve
07:53and walked out
07:53without looking back.
07:55Three days passed.
07:56The Bellburnie family
07:57still hadn't heard a word
07:59from the Whitmores
07:59about the engagement.
08:02On the fourth morning,
08:03Tristan came to
08:04my family home himself.
08:06He clearly believed
08:07I was waiting for him
08:08to make the first move.
08:10The moment he entered
08:11the living room,
08:12he motioned for his men
08:13to set several gift boxes
08:15on the coffee table.
08:19Mr. Whitward,
08:20these are a few
08:21engagement gifts.
08:22There's no need
08:23for the Whitmos
08:24to prepare anything extra.
08:25We can proceed as usual.
08:27My father looked
08:28taken aback.
08:29Before I could say a word,
08:32Serena stepped out
08:32from behind Tristan.
08:36She walked to the coffee table
08:38with a smile
08:39and ran her fingers
08:40over the top box.
08:44Tristan,
08:45you brought all this
08:46and didn't even
08:46let me look first?
08:47Inside was a diamond necklace.
08:49Serena picked it up,
08:51fastened it around her neck
08:52and turned to Tristan.
08:53This one's nice.
08:54I like it.
08:56Then keep it.
08:57Serena immediately opened
08:58a second box,
09:00selected a bracelet
09:00and slipped it
09:01onto her wrist.
09:03Then I'm taking this too.
09:05She took three items
09:06in total
09:07before finally seeming
09:08to remember
09:08I was sitting there.
09:10You don't mind,
09:12do you, Rovalie?
09:13We're going to be family soon.
09:15I looked at the engagement gifts
09:16she had torn through
09:17and scattered across
09:18the coffee table.
09:19Then I smiled.
09:20If you like them,
09:22take them.
09:22After all,
09:23when it comes to Tristan's things,
09:24you've always had more say
09:25than I do.
09:26Tristan caught the jag immediately.
09:28His expression darkened.
09:30Serena's joking.
09:31Do you have to make
09:32every single thing
09:33sound so bitter?
09:35Then he took
09:35a folded document
09:36from the inside pocket
09:37of his suit jacket
09:38and placed it
09:39on the coffee table
09:40in front of me.
09:41Since we're getting engaged,
09:43there are some boundaries
09:43we should establish now.
09:49I picked up the document
09:50and unfolded it.
09:52Every clause
09:53was meant to control me.
09:54I was not to imply
09:56that Tristan and Serena
09:57had an inappropriate relationship.
09:59I was not to argue
10:00with Tristan
10:01over Serena's closeness to him.
10:03I was not to embarrass
10:04Serena in public.
10:05And at the bottom
10:07was one final clause.
10:09After the wedding ceremony,
10:11the bride was required
10:12to offer Serena
10:13a private toast,
10:14acknowledging her acceptance,
10:16loyalty,
10:16and friendship.
10:18My father snatched
10:19the paper from my hand.
10:20The farther he read,
10:22the darker his face became.
10:23Serena is neither an elder
10:25of the Bellaby family
10:25nor Tristan's sister.
10:27Why should Rosalie
10:27toast her separately
10:28at her own wedding?
10:29Mr. Wetmoreth,
10:30you don't understand.
10:31Tristan and I have survived
10:32the worst days together.
10:34We're partners.
10:34We trust each other
10:35with our lives.
10:36When he gets married,
10:37is it really too much
10:38for his longtime partner
10:39in arms to have a toast
10:40from the bride?
10:42I let out a quiet laugh.
10:46So, if Serena earns
10:48some kind of medal
10:49on an operation someday,
10:51am I supposed to report
10:52to her doorstep every morning
10:53and bow a few wides too?
10:56Rosalie,
10:57I've given in to you
10:58at every turn.
11:00Why are you still
11:00being so petty?
11:02It's one toast.
11:03It's not torture.
11:04She has no family
11:06in New York.
11:07For years,
11:09she's treated
11:09the Bellamy family
11:10as her own.
11:11I'm not throwing her out
11:12just because I'm getting married.
11:14He picked up a pen
11:15and held it out to me.
11:17Sign it.
11:17As long as you stop
11:19targeting Serena,
11:20I'll make sure people
11:21stop talking about you.
11:22This is the simplest solution.
11:24I took the pen.
11:26Tristan's expression
11:26visibly eased.
11:28Serena smiled again.
11:32The next second,
11:33I threw the entire agreement
11:34into the fireplace.
11:36Rosalie!
11:37Tristan's face
11:38changed instantly.
11:39Don't you keep saying
11:40I'm just throwing
11:40a tantrum?
11:41You think all you have to do
11:42is snap your fingers
11:43and I'll come running back?
11:45His expression froze.
11:48I pointed toward
11:49the front door.
11:50Then keep waiting.
11:51Let's see whether
11:52the Whitmore family
11:53comes begging
11:53at your door this time.
11:55Show them out.
11:57Tristan was thrown
11:58out of my house
11:58with a face like thunder.
12:00For three days,
12:01he didn't contact me.
12:03Three days later,
12:04the five families council
12:05held its annual
12:06alliance dinner.
12:07By the time I arrived,
12:09most of the seats
12:09were already taken.
12:11The younger heirs
12:12of New York's
12:12major families
12:13occupied the front tables.
12:15My name, however,
12:17had been placed
12:17at a small table
12:18near the corridor,
12:19far from the center
12:20of the room.
12:22And sitting in the seat
12:23that should have been mine
12:24was Serena.
12:25She lounged beside Tristan,
12:27one long leg
12:28draped casually
12:29over his lap.
12:30Tristan was rubbing
12:31her calf.
12:33He murmured,
12:34You said that old injury
12:36was hurting yesterday
12:36and you still went
12:37riding today?
12:39But I have you
12:39to rub it.
12:41Rovaline's here.
12:43Someone spotted me
12:44and immediately laughed.
12:45Go on.
12:46Sit down.
12:47We saved you a seat.
12:51Every eye in the room
12:52shifted toward the table
12:53in the far corner.
12:55Serena turned around, too.
12:57Rosalie,
12:58don't take it personally.
13:01My leg hurts
13:02and the seat next to Tristan
13:03is closer to the heater,
13:04so I took it.
13:06Tristan looked at me
13:07as if he might say something.
13:09In the end,
13:10he only said,
13:12A seat is a seat.
13:14It's just dinner.
13:15I didn't argue.
13:16I walked straight
13:17to the last table
13:18and sat down.
13:19Halfway through the banquet,
13:20a young heir
13:21suddenly clapped his hands.
13:23Two maids carried in
13:24a large gift box.
13:26Rosalie,
13:26I heard you and Tristan
13:27are getting married soon.
13:28I brought you
13:29an early wedding gift.
13:32The lid opened.
13:34Inside was a pair
13:35of red high heels.
13:37The shoes were beautifully made,
13:39but their soles
13:40had been deliberately
13:41stomped through mud
13:42and two jagged holes
13:44had been cut into them.
13:48What is that?
13:51What does it look like?
13:52Rosalie loves playing
13:53hard to get,
13:54doesn't she?
13:54So I got her
13:55a pair of ruined shoes,
13:56a little reminder
13:57not to wander too far.
13:59Or she might lose
13:59the marriage altogether.
14:01Serena doubled over laughing.
14:02You're terrible.
14:04Her words sounded disapproving,
14:06but her eyes
14:06were full of delight.
14:08Was this your idea?
14:10I only told him
14:11you've been in a bad mood lately.
14:13Who knew he'd be
14:13this creative?
14:14Tristan's expression
14:15had already gone dark.
14:17He was just about to speak
14:18when a cool,
14:19attached voice
14:20cut through the room.
14:21Take it out.
14:22Every laugh died instantly.
14:24Adrian Bellamy
14:25sat at the council chairman's
14:27right hand.
14:27His suit was immaculate.
14:29A glass of untouched whiskey
14:31rested in his hand.
14:32He didn't raise his voice.
14:35He didn't need to.
14:40The young heir's
14:41smile stiffened.
14:42He gave an awkward shrug.
14:44Mr. Bellamy,
14:45it was just a joke.
14:46His expression was calm,
14:48almost indifferent.
14:49If it's just a joke,
14:51then take off your shoes.
14:53Cut two holes in them.
14:55Step in the mud.
14:56Let everyone here
14:57have a laugh.
14:59The man's face
15:00turned bright red.
15:02Can't bear to?
15:05Then don't make entertainment
15:06out of someone else's dignity.
15:09Two attendants
15:10immediately stepped forward,
15:11closed the box,
15:12and carried the shoes
15:13out of the ballroom.
15:14Tristan looked at Adrian,
15:15his face visibly darkening.
15:17His fingers tightened
15:18around his glass.
15:20He looked as though
15:20he wanted to say something,
15:22but he held it back.
15:23The council chairman
15:24quickly raised his glass
15:25with a smile.
15:26All right, everyone.
15:27It's only a pair of shoes.
15:29Let's not let it ruin the evening.
15:31This is the Five Families
15:33Alliance dinner.
15:35Surely we have something
15:36more worthwhile to celebrate.
15:40He snapped his fingers.
15:42An assistant came forward
15:44carrying an elegant document case.
15:47Inside was a family
15:48alliance marriage contract.
15:50The names had not yet
15:52been filled in.
15:56A few days ago,
15:57the representatives
15:58of the Five Families
15:59gave me an open
16:00alliance contract.
16:02The names are still blank.
16:04Tonight,
16:04if anyone wants to make
16:06a suitable match,
16:07speak up.
16:08I'll personally put both names
16:10on the contract.
16:12The second he finished speaking,
16:14people turned to look at me.
16:16Well, isn't that perfect?
16:17Someone whistled.
16:19Laughter rippled
16:20around the table.
16:21Did you hear that?
16:22Someone's about to propose
16:24to you in front of everyone.
16:26Tristan smiled.
16:27He leaned lazily
16:28into his chair,
16:29one arm draped over
16:30the armrest
16:31as he looked at me.
16:32That familiar certainty
16:33was in his eyes,
16:34as though no matter
16:35how he humiliated me,
16:37no matter how cold he was,
16:38I would always
16:39come back to him.
16:40Rosalie,
16:41the council gave you
16:42your chance.
16:43Come here.
16:44Everyone laughed,
16:45as if that blank contract
16:47had always been meant
16:48for Tristan and E,
16:49as if they were all
16:51waiting for me to admit
16:52that I couldn't live
16:52without him.
16:54My father's face heartened.
16:56I pushed back my chair
16:57and stood.
16:58My heels clicked
16:59across the marble floor,
17:01one step,
17:02then another,
17:03but I didn't walk
17:04toward Tristan.
17:04I crossed the length
17:05of the table
17:06and headed toward
17:07the other side
17:07of the ball haum.
17:10The laughter
17:10slowly faded.
17:12So did the smile
17:12on Tristan's face,
17:14in front of Adrian.
17:15He was still seated,
17:16his posture unchanged.
17:18He only lifted his eyes
17:19to meet mine.
17:20I turned to the council
17:21chairman
17:21and gave him
17:22a slight nod.
17:26The sound of
17:26shattering glass faded.
17:28The entire ballroom
17:29went dead silent.
17:30Tristan shot to his feet.
17:31Rosia,
17:31say that again.
17:32I kept my eyes
17:33on the chairman.
17:33I'm asking to marry
17:34the Bellamini family's
17:35eldest son,
17:36Adrian.
17:38Rosalie,
17:38are you seriously
17:39going this far
17:40just to make
17:40Tristan jealous?
17:41You chased him
17:42for eight years.
17:43You're really
17:43going to turn around
17:43and marry someone else?
17:46That's enough.
17:47A family alliance
17:48isn't a game.
17:48Don't drag my brother
17:49into this just because
17:50you want to punish me.
17:51Who told you
17:51I was trying to punish you?
17:52What else could it be?
17:53You don't even know
17:54what kind of man
17:54my brother is
17:55and you're saying
17:55you want to marry him?
17:57Sir,
17:58this marriage
17:58cannot happen.
17:59Adrian was ambushed
18:00three years ago.
18:01Both of his legs
18:01were severely injured
18:02and he's been in a wheelchair
18:03ever since.
18:04Everyone in the family
18:05knows he lost his right
18:06to inherit
18:06and he's still
18:07undergoing treatment.
18:08The doctor said
18:09he may not even be capable
18:10of a normal marriage.
18:11He said it lightly,
18:12but Adrian was the man
18:14who controlled
18:14the five families
18:15shipping routes
18:16through New York.
18:17He had held
18:17the highest seat
18:18in the Bellamy family
18:19before he was 30.
18:20If that ambush
18:21hadn't ruined his legs,
18:22Tristan would never
18:22have had a shot
18:23at becoming heir.
18:24So?
18:24You've never had
18:25an easy life.
18:26You always said
18:26you wanted children.
18:27Adrian can't give you
18:28the life you want.
18:29I'm trying to think
18:29this through for you.
18:32Who I marry to,
18:33whether I want children,
18:34what kind of life
18:35I can handle.
18:36You certainly seem
18:37to know me better
18:38than I know myself.
18:40One of you
18:41has a ruined reputation
18:42and the other
18:43is a cri-
18:44Shut up!
18:46Tristan spun toward her.
18:47Serena went pale.
18:48His voice was cold enough
18:49to freeze the room.
18:50She may have made
18:51stupid choices,
18:52but you don't get
18:52to stand here
18:53and humiliate her.
18:54But I felt nothing.
18:56Not anymore.
18:59At last,
19:00the chairman turned
19:01to Adrian,
19:02who had remained silent
19:03the entire time.
19:05Mr. Bellamy,
19:06the lady has proposed
19:07to you herself.
19:09What do you say?
19:12Adrian raised his eyes.
19:14A charcoal gray throw
19:15rested across his legs.
19:17He didn't speak right away,
19:19and no one at that long table
19:20dared rush him.
19:22He looked directly at me.
19:24Rosalie,
19:26you've heard about
19:27my condition.
19:27I no longer handle
19:29the family's public affairs
19:30in person.
19:31I rarely attend public events
19:32or family functions.
19:34Marrying me may not be
19:35as glamorous
19:36as people think.
19:39If you want to change
19:40your mind,
19:41you still can.
19:43I won't regret it.
19:45Adrian was silent
19:46for a few seconds.
19:47Then he gave a small nod.
19:49Then I accept.
19:51Traven's face
19:52changed instantly.
19:53Adrian.
19:53Adrian glanced at him.
19:55Just one look.
19:56Tristan swallowed
19:57the rest of his words.
20:00Good.
20:01Since both parties agree,
20:03I'll serve as witness.
20:04The assistant opened
20:05the alliance contract.
20:06The pen touched the page.
20:07Rosia Whither,
20:08Adrian Bellany.
20:09Their names were written
20:10side by side.
20:12After the banquet,
20:12I had barely stepped
20:13into the hallway
20:14when someone grabbed my wrist.
20:16Tristan pulled me
20:16into a secluded corner.
20:18Go talk to the chairman.
20:19Change the names
20:20before the contract
20:21takes effect.
20:22Why would I do that?
20:23Rosie, hate me if you want.
20:25Blame me if you want.
20:26But don't gamble
20:27with the rest of your life.
20:28Whatever you wanted
20:29in our last life,
20:30I can give it to you this time.
20:31My brother isn't a tool
20:32for you to use against me.
20:34You think I'm marrying
20:35someone else because of you?
20:36You loved me for years.
20:38I don't believe
20:38you got over me
20:39in three days.
20:40He reached for me again.
20:41Before he could touch me,
20:42a voice came from behind us.
20:43Let go.
20:44Two words.
20:45Tristan froze.
20:48Tristan slowly released me.
20:49I remembered then
20:50that when Tristan
20:50first entered the family,
20:51his inner circle,
20:52he had worked under Adrian.
20:53Everything Tristan had now,
20:54the influence,
20:55the authority,
20:55the seat at the table,
20:56Adrian had helped build it.
20:57Adrian's security detail
20:58wheeled him to my side.
21:00She's made herself clear.
21:01You don't know
21:02who she really loves.
21:03I don't need to.
21:04All I need to know
21:04is that today,
21:05she chose me.
21:07My name is the one
21:08beside hers
21:09on the alliance contract.
21:10Rosie,
21:11do you want to leave?
21:12I nodded.
21:12He signaled for his
21:13security detail to move
21:14and we left side by side.
21:16After a few steps,
21:17Adrian looked back.
21:18Tristan,
21:18watch how you speak
21:19from now on.
21:20You should call her
21:21your sister-in-law.
21:23Once the alliance contract
21:25became public,
21:26the rumors in New York's
21:27underground circles
21:28only got worse.
21:29Some said I married Adrian
21:30only to remain tied
21:31to the Bellaby family.
21:32Others said that once I moved
21:33into Bellaby estate,
21:34a scandal between Tristan
21:36and I would be inevitable.
21:37Serena was still
21:38the one spreading it.
21:39She loved Tristan
21:39for eight years.
21:40How could she possibly
21:41move on that fast?
21:42My father was furious enough
21:43to crunch Serena herself.
21:44I stopped him.
21:45The wedding was set
21:46for one month later.
21:47I refused to waste
21:48another second on them.
21:49The next day,
21:50I went to the Bellaby family's
21:51private estate
21:52to discuss the wedding
21:53with Adrian.
21:54The moment I entered
21:55the courtyard,
21:56several men in black
21:57tactical gear
21:57stepped out of his study aid.
21:59When they saw Adrian
21:59in his wheelchair,
22:00they all noted,
22:01Boss.
22:02I recognized one of them.
22:03He oversaw the northern
22:04shipping routes in New York,
22:05one of the most important
22:06operations in the
22:07Five Families Alliance.
22:08Seeing my surprise,
22:10he smiled.
22:10Miss Whitford,
22:11don't misunderstand.
22:12Just because the boss
22:13stepped away from
22:14public operations
22:14after his injury
22:15doesn't mean he stopped
22:16running the family.
22:17When we hit a problem
22:18we can't solve,
22:18we still come back to him.
22:21You're too mouthy.
22:23The men laughed and left.
22:26That was when I understood.
22:28The outside world believed
22:29the Bellamy family's
22:30eldest son had lost
22:31his power.
22:32But in the three years
22:33he had supposedly
22:34been sidelined,
22:35half the Alliance leaders
22:36were still men
22:36he had personally trained.
22:38Even the Five Families
22:39still send their most
22:40difficult decisions
22:41to this quiet,
22:41ordinary-looking study.
22:43I removed some of
22:44the Bellamy family's
22:45outdated rules.
22:46Adrian handed me
22:46agreement.
22:47I opened it.
22:48There was no requirement
22:48for me to report
22:49my daily movements
22:50to the elders.
22:51No rules stopping me
22:52from going out alone
22:53after marriage.
22:54And the clause requiring
22:55me to report my whereabouts
22:56to Serena had crossed
22:57out completely.
22:58Adrian looked at me.
22:59You're marrying me.
23:01You don't have to serve
23:02the entire Bellamy family.
23:03Just then,
23:04Serena's laugh
23:05came from the front gate.
23:06So protective already,
23:08Adrian?
23:09And you're not
23:10even married yet.
23:13Tristan followed
23:14Serena into the courtyard.
23:15Two servants carried
23:16an old wooden chest
23:17and set it in the center
23:17of the yard.
23:18The moment I saw it,
23:19I stopped.
23:20Tristan lifted the lid.
23:21On top was a pair
23:22of wrist wraps
23:23I had made by hand.
23:24Underneath were cufflings,
23:25prayer tokens,
23:26old letters,
23:27and several operation
23:27notebooks I had stayed up
23:28all night putting together.
23:29Everything I had given him
23:31over the past eight years.
23:32You didn't throw them away?
23:33In my last life,
23:34I had asked him about
23:34those things after we got married.
23:36He had casually told me
23:37he didn't even know
23:38where they were anymore.
23:38But the edges of the wrist wraps
23:40were worn white.
23:41The string on the prayer token
23:42had faded.
23:43He had used them for years.
23:44If I never cared at all,
23:45would I have kept them this long?
23:46My chest tightened.
23:47Maybe he hadn't thrown
23:48everything away.
23:49But then he pushed the chest
23:50toward Adrian.
23:52Now do you understand?
23:53She's loved me
23:54since she was 16.
23:56She spent eight years
23:57giving me these things.
23:58Do you really think
23:59she can willingly marry you
24:00in one month?
24:02I remember these.
24:03They were already
24:04falling apart back then.
24:04I told you to throw them away
24:05but you couldn't.
24:07Rosalia,
24:08Tristan isn't as heartless
24:09as you think.
24:09It's not too late
24:10to change your mind.
24:11If you cared so much,
24:13why did you never tell me
24:13you liked them
24:14when I gave them to you?
24:15Tristan went still.
24:16I picked up one
24:17of the Operation Notebooks.
24:19I worked on this
24:20until my wrists
24:20were swollen for two weeks.
24:23The day I gave it to you,
24:24the only thing you asked
24:25was where the medication
24:26Serena asked me to bring was.
24:28Those things happened years ago.
24:29Why do you still remember them?
24:31Rosalia,
24:31I didn't bring this here
24:32so you could relive
24:33every old grievance.
24:34I brought it to show you
24:35who you really can't let go of.
24:36Adrian, who had been silent,
24:38finally spoke.
24:39Whether she lets go or not
24:40is not for you to decide.
24:41You have no idea
24:42how much she used to love me.
24:44I do.
24:45Adrian's voice was quiet
24:46but everyone
24:47in the courtyard froze.
24:50Adrian glanced
24:51at the old chest.
24:52The day she gave you
24:53those wrist wraps
24:53at 16,
24:54I was in the hallway.
24:56The year you joined
24:57the family's operations unit,
24:59she prayed for you
25:00in the family chapel.
25:01I saw that too.
25:02When you were injured
25:03and returned to New York,
25:04she waited outside
25:05the Whitmore house
25:06for three hours.
25:07Tristan's face
25:07slowly stiffened.
25:08So did mine.
25:10But Adrian didn't look at me.
25:12That's why I never said
25:13anything appropriate
25:14to her all these years.
25:15When she loved you,
25:16I didn't take her from you.
25:17Now that she doesn't
25:18want you anymore,
25:19don't force her to turn back.
25:20The courtyard was silent enough
25:22that I could hear the wind.
25:23In my last life,
25:25all I remembered
25:25was that Adrian
25:26had handled my funeral
25:27and sent me home
25:28to be buried with my family.
25:29But now I realize something.
25:31Even while I was alive,
25:32he had protected me
25:33more times than I knew.
25:35I just never saw it
25:36because all I ever saw
25:37was Tristan.
25:39One month later,
25:40Adrian and I got married.
25:41Some people came
25:42to witness a grand wedding.
25:43Others came to watch us
25:44make fools of ourselves.
25:45When the wedding procession arrived,
25:47the whispers began
25:48exactly as expected.
25:49Adrian can't even
25:50get out of the car by himself.
25:51How's he supposed
25:52to come for his ride?
25:53What does Rosin even see in him?
25:54What else?
25:55She wants to marry
25:55into the Bellany family
25:56one way or another.
25:57I heard every word
25:58through my veil.
26:00But this time,
26:01I wasn't ashamed.
26:03Then the voices outside
26:04suddenly went quiet.
26:06Adrian had come himself.
26:08He didn't step out
26:09of the vehicle.
26:09He sat in a custom-built
26:11ceremonial car
26:12when a black tuxedo
26:13with a light throw
26:13over his knees.
26:14Adrian extended
26:15his hand towards him.
26:16Mr. Witwer,
26:17Rosili's life with the
26:18Witwer family will not change
26:19because she marries me.
26:20She will always have
26:21a custom to be respected.
26:22And if she is ever mistreated,
26:23you may take her home
26:24whenever you wish.
26:24My father's eyes turned red.
26:26In my last life,
26:27the first rule after I married
26:29into the Bellamy family
26:29was that I couldn't return
26:30to my parents' home
26:31without a valid reason.
26:32When my father became
26:33seriously ill,
26:34I tried to go care for him.
26:35My mother-in-law
26:36kept me from leaving
26:37for three days,
26:38saying I had married
26:38into the Bellamy family
26:39and had to follow
26:40Bellamy rules.
26:41I placed my hand gently
26:42in Adrian's.
26:43He paused for just a second.
26:44Then he closed his fingers
26:45around mine.
26:47I didn't see Tristan
26:48until the wedding ceremony began.
26:51He stood at the back
26:52of the crowd.
26:53From the moment I entered,
26:55his eyes never left me.
26:58Adrian's injuries
26:58made standing difficult.
27:00Before our vows,
27:02he braced a hand
27:03against the armrest
27:03of his wheelchair.
27:05I immediately bent down
27:06and supported his arm.
27:08Rosalie's going to be busy
27:08for the rest of her life.
27:10Looks like she'll have to do
27:11all the work
27:11in the bedroom, too.
27:13Tristan spun around.
27:15Get out.
27:16Tristan, I was only joking.
27:17Today is my brother's wedding.
27:19If I hear one more word
27:20from you,
27:21you'll be thrown out
27:21of the Bellamy family yourself.
27:23The hall fell silent.
27:25I never looked at him.
27:31I simply held Adrian's arm
27:33as we finished the ceremony.
27:35Afterward,
27:35Serena approached
27:36with a glass of champagne.
27:37She wore a bright red
27:38tactical suit,
27:39loud enough to outshine
27:40half the guests
27:41in their formal gowns.
27:44Rosalie,
27:45we never had that loyalty toast before.
27:47Surely you'll have
27:47a drink with me today?
27:48Before I could respond,
27:50Tristan reached out
27:51and took the glass from her.
27:53She's not drinking.
27:54Serena stared at him
27:55for several seconds.
27:57Her smile faltered.
27:58Not long after,
28:00I saw her pull Tristan
28:01outside the side hall.
28:05What is wrong with you today?
28:07What do you mean?
28:08Your eyes haven't left
28:10Robelina since she walked in.
28:14Tristan,
28:14don't tell me
28:15you actually regret it.
28:16Tristan said nothing.
28:18That night,
28:19I had just removed my veil
28:20when the bedroom door
28:21flew open.
28:22The sharp smell of alcohol
28:24hit me first.
28:25Tristan stood in the doorway.
28:27His tie was crooked.
28:29His collar was open.
28:30His eyes were bloodshot.
28:34Rosé,
28:36are you happy today?
28:40Of course.
28:42You weren't this happy
28:43when you married me.
28:44Because I married
28:45the wrong man.
28:47Tristan stood there
28:47for a long time.
28:49Then he stepped closer.
28:50You used to be happy
28:50if I looked at you
28:51for five seconds.
28:52I didn't deny it.
28:53He was right.
28:54The old me
28:55had been that pathetic.
28:56So why can you just decide
28:57you don't want me anymore?
28:58Tristan reached for me
28:59at last.
29:00But before his fingers
29:01could touch my sleeve,
29:02another hand locked
29:03around his wrist.
29:04Adrian was still
29:05in his wheelchair,
29:06but his grip on Tristan
29:07did not move an inch.
29:08Tristan tried to pull away.
29:10He couldn't.
29:10His face went dark.
29:12Adrian raised his eyes.
29:14When she loved you,
29:15I had no right to interfere.
29:18Now,
29:18she is my wife.
29:21Touch her again,
29:22and I won't just have you
29:24escorted out.
29:27The security team
29:28entered from outside.
29:29As Tristan was dragged away,
29:31he looked back at me.
29:32For the first time,
29:33his eyes held none
29:34of that old certainty,
29:35only panic.
29:36On the third day
29:37of our marriage,
29:38Tristan asked Serena
29:39to leave the Bellman
29:40main house.
29:40When I heard the news,
29:42I was helping Adrian
29:43review the port
29:43transport records.
29:45A servant told me
29:46Serena had smashed
29:47a wine glass
29:48and demanded that evening.
29:49I passed the hallway
29:50just in time
29:51to hear her stop Tristan.
29:53Do you like Rosala?
29:55Tristan didn't answer.
29:56But this time,
29:57he didn't deny it either.
29:59Seven days later,
30:00the Bellamy main estate
30:00was suddenly surrounded
30:01by the special operations unit
30:03and five families
30:03council security.
30:04Adrian and I
30:05were having dinner
30:05when the head of special operations
30:06his people into the house.
30:07Someone reported that
30:08Adrian Bellamy
30:09illegally mobilized
30:10armed personnel
30:11through the portnet.
30:11We have authorization
30:12to search the premises.
30:13Half an hour later,
30:14they found an encrypted
30:15hardwife in my wedding luggage.
30:16The drive contains
30:17a classified file.
30:18It appears to show
30:19that Adrian illegally
30:20moved 3,000 armed men
30:21into New York.
30:23The entire main hall
30:25erupted.
30:27Rosala,
30:27what is this?
30:29Before I could answer,
30:31a voice came from the door.
30:35It wasn't her.
30:38Everyone turned.
30:40Tristan had rushed back
30:41from the family
30:41operations center.
30:42He hadn't even
30:43taken off his coat.
30:44The evidence was found
30:45in her wedding luggage.
30:46How can you say
30:47it wasn't her?
30:49She wouldn't do this.
30:50I froze.
30:53Serena arrived
30:54moments later.
30:56Tristan,
30:57don't let your feelings
30:57cloud your judgment.
31:00The evidence
31:01was found in her luggage.
31:02I said
31:03she didn't do it.
31:05Serena stiffened
31:06under his stare.
31:07Mr. Bellabar,
31:08you'll need to come
31:09with us for questioning.
31:10Fine.
31:11Do you?