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00:00:00In the third year of my marriage to Dante, I wore the red dress he once said he liked.

00:00:04Boss, we've got everything!

00:00:06Let's move.

00:00:07Made his favorite sea bass, and reheated the soup three times.

00:00:11I waited from dusk until midnight.

00:00:13I didn't check my phone until the last candle was about to burn out.

00:00:16There was nothing from Dante.

00:00:17Don't catch a cold.

00:00:20Thank you, Dante.

00:00:21Social media told me everything instead.

00:00:23And somehow, I felt relieved.

00:00:25I could finally leave him.

00:00:27Three years ago, the woman meant to marry Dante was my twin sister, Isabella.

00:00:33But she ran the night before the wedding.

00:00:35That marriage bought the Moretti and Bellani families ten years of peace.

00:00:39If the bride vanished, all of Sicily could go to war again.

00:00:45Put on the veil.

00:00:46From now on, you're Isabella.

00:00:47My mother never asked if I agreed.

00:00:49She covered my face, gave me my sister's name, and pushed me to the altar.

00:00:53To save the family, I took my sister's name, and became Dante's bride.

00:00:59This is a family deal.

00:01:00Don't expect love from me.

00:01:02My mother said if I took my sister's place for three years, she'd give me 4.2 million,

00:01:06a new identity, and a way out of Sicily forever.

00:01:10At first, I thought of myself as a stand-in he paid for.

00:01:14I learned Dante from the Bellani files, played the perfect Mrs. Morelli in public, and stayed

00:01:18out of his private life.

00:01:19But after I moved into the estate, I learned all his habits.

00:01:22Double espresso every morning, allergic to milk.

00:01:25He hated calling a doctor for stomach pain, and his old right-hand injury flared up every

00:01:29winter.

00:01:29One night, his stomach acted up, and I knelt by the couch.

00:01:32He took my hand and told me not to worry.

00:01:35It was the first time he'd touched me, since we got married.

00:01:39Later, he started remembering my birthday.

00:01:42He once shielded me with his coat in a downpour.

00:01:45If I got sick, cut family council meetings short, and another time, sat by my bed, changing

00:01:50cold towels all night.

00:01:52I knew I was only Isabella's stand-in, but somewhere in those ordinary days, I fell for

00:01:57him.

00:01:57I even thought about giving up the money after the three years were up, and telling Dante

00:02:00who I really was.

00:02:04Then, three months ago, Lucia came back to Sicily, Dante's old love.

00:02:07The one he never forgot.

00:02:09She stood in the rain in a thin white dress, and just like that, she had all his attention.

00:02:15Lucia's not feeling well.

00:02:16I'm not coming tonight.

00:02:18After that, he kept missing every important moment in my life, because of Lucia.

00:02:25One more month, your sister will be back.

00:02:28Keep playing her for one more month.

00:02:30Don't let Dante suspect a thing.

00:02:31Once the identities are switched back, I'll give you the 4.2 million.

00:02:34Then you can live however you want.

00:02:36I'd waited three years for this deal to end.

00:02:37Now there were only 30 days left.

00:02:39What hurt wasn't giving Isabella back her place as Mrs. Moretti.

00:02:42It was that I'd actually wanted to stay.

00:02:48After I read his message, I took off the wedding ring I'd worn for three years, and left it

00:02:53in front of Dante's untouched plate.

00:02:54Then I circled the day Isabella would return, and wrote, 30 days until freedom.

00:02:58I really did fall for Dante, but after that night, all I wanted from him was money and

00:03:02freedom.

00:03:06Dante finally remembered me.

00:03:08I thought he'd at least remember what today was.

00:03:10But when I answered, he didn't even wish me a happy anniversary.

00:03:14Get some pads to Nightfall Club in 20 minutes.

00:03:16Overnight ones.

00:03:18It's at least 40 minutes from the estate to the club.

00:03:20Lucia's in too much pain.

00:03:21She can't wait that long.

00:03:24Dante knew exactly how far it was, and still gave me 20 minutes.

00:03:28He knew I'd find a way, no matter how unreasonable the demand.

00:03:31I gave in again.

00:03:32The real Isabella would be back in 30 days.

00:03:34Until then, I still had to play the wife who loved Dante, and never said no.

00:03:39We were barely halfway there when traffic completely locked up.

00:03:42I checked the time.

00:03:43Dante's deadline was in 12 minutes.

00:03:45I kicked off my heels, grabbed the pads Lucia needed, and ran through the flooded street

00:03:49to the club.

00:03:50Rain soaked the red dress Dante once praised, but I couldn't feel the cold anymore.

00:03:54At the intersection, I remembered a year ago, in a storm just like this, Dante had covered

00:03:59me with his coat.

00:04:00Slow down.

00:04:01I'm not leaving you here.

00:04:03I used to think he really wouldn't leave me behind.

00:04:06When the bag went flying, I didn't even care that my knee was bleeding.

00:04:10I just didn't want the things inside getting wet, and making Lucia wait one minute longer.

00:04:15By the time I got to the club, there was less than a minute left on the countdown.

00:04:18I was about to knock, when I heard them laughing at me.

00:04:22Dante, you really made Isabella bring that herself in this storm?

00:04:25Lucia's in a lot of pain.

00:04:26She'd find a way here.

00:04:27Fair enough.

00:04:28Everyone in Sicily knows Isabella's crazy about you.

00:04:30They all knew I loved Dante, so no one thought it was cruel.

00:04:34To them, of course, I'd run through the rain for his old flair.

00:04:37Seriously?

00:04:38Three years with a wife that pretty and obedient, and you never felt a thing?

00:04:42If it's Lucia or her, I choose Lucia.

00:04:47If I'd heard that three months ago, I probably would have been up all night over it.

00:04:50But in that moment, I was relieved.

00:04:52I didn't have to wonder anymore.

00:04:54This marriage had 29 days left.

00:04:55I opened the door, and everyone turned to look at me.

00:04:57She actually made it in 20 minutes.

00:05:00What happened to you?

00:05:01I didn't want you to worry, so I ran from the traffic jam.

00:05:03He looked at my wound and frowned.

00:05:05For a second, I thought I saw concern in his eyes.

00:05:08He draped his jacket over my shoulders and reached for my knee.

00:05:10Dante, my stomach hurts so bad!

00:05:12Dante's hand stopped mid-air, then pointed toward the bathroom.

00:05:15Take it in to Lucia first.

00:05:16Lucia called his name one, and that trace of tenderness left me again.

00:05:19I only meant to drop it off and leave.

00:05:22But Lucia clearly wasn't going to let me off that easily.

00:05:25On our third anniversary, he'd rather stay with me,

00:05:27and send you out in the rain to bring you pads.

00:05:30The second Dante was out of sight, Lucia dropped the helpless act.

00:05:34Her voice turned sharp, openly taunting.

00:05:36We've been apart three years, and Dante still remembers my period.

00:05:41Does he remember yours?

00:05:43You live with him every day.

00:05:44Isabella, taking something doesn't make it yours.

00:05:47Dante chooses me, every time.

00:05:50She was right.

00:05:51What she didn't know was, I wasn't going to fight her anymore.

00:05:54Dante's choice used to matter most to me.

00:05:57But in 29 days, whoever he chooses won't matter to me at all.

00:06:04Lucia asked me who Dante would believe if she said I hurt her.

00:06:08I thought she was just baiting me.

00:06:10Then on the terrace, she grabbed the railing, clutched her stomach, and called for help.

00:06:15I had 29 days left.

00:06:16I couldn't risk trouble, so I limped over.

00:06:19She didn't fall right away.

00:06:22First, she looked at the sweet window.

00:06:23Once she saw Dante coming, she smiled at me, just for me.

00:06:27Isabella, don't push me!

00:06:30Dante took one look at me and decided he had the answer.

00:06:32Then a scream came from below.

00:06:34He didn't even ask what happened.

00:06:36He shoved past me and ran downstairs.

00:06:38I chased after him, holding the banister, my knee screaming.

00:06:42It all happened so fast.

00:06:44I was still clutching the piece of her sleeve I couldn't hold onto.

00:06:48Don't touch her!

00:06:49I didn't even get to explain before I slammed into a stone pillar.

00:06:52Glass dug into my injured knee, and the pain stole my voice.

00:06:56Blood soaked through my dress.

00:06:57When I looked up, Dante was already carrying Lucia away.

00:07:00He never looked back.

00:07:02At the hospital, the doctors rushed to treat Lucia's forehead and wrist.

00:07:06No one noticed my knee was cut open, too.

00:07:08Blood soaking into my shoe.

00:07:10Lucia was in bed, and Dante had already tucked her in.

00:07:14The way he stayed by Lucia's bed took me back to myself two years ago.

00:07:19If it hurts, say it.

00:07:21You don't have to tough it out with me.

00:07:23It was the first time anyone told me I could say I was in pain.

00:07:26That was the day I forgot.

00:07:28This was only a deal.

00:07:30And now he was using that same gentle voice on Lucia.

00:07:33Don't be scared.

00:07:35I'm here.

00:07:36No one will hurt you.

00:07:38Standing there, I remembered how it started.

00:07:40He bandaged my wound and told me I could say when it hurt.

00:07:43That's when I started believing I had someone to lean on.

00:07:46Lucia looked up, like she'd just noticed I was there.

00:07:49She glanced at me, then clutched Dante's shirt and shrank into him.

00:07:52Dante.

00:07:54I don't want to see her.

00:07:57Apologize.

00:07:57Lucia, did I really push you off that terrace?

00:07:59I wasn't going to let her pin this on me.

00:08:01But Lucia wouldn't meet my eyes.

00:08:03Tears ran down her face.

00:08:05If you don't want to apologize, fine.

00:08:07Dante's been with me this whole time.

00:08:09If you resent me, I understand.

00:08:11She never said I pushed her.

00:08:12She just gave them a reason to believe I did.

00:08:15I looked at Dante, waiting for one question.

00:08:17He just stood up, face darkening.

00:08:21Isabella, was I too good to you?

00:08:23Is that why you forgot who you are?

00:08:25His fingers were pressing into my wound.

00:08:27I went pale from the pain, but I didn't say a word.

00:08:30I just gripped my skirt.

00:08:32The man who once told me I didn't have to endure it, was forcing me to confess.

00:08:36This marriage is just a family arrangement.

00:08:38There are no feelings here.

00:08:40The love you want from me, you'll never have.

00:08:43I used to think some of his tenderness had been real.

00:08:46But when Dante stepped in front of his old plate, and cut me down with cold words,

00:08:50I understood.

00:08:51He always knew how to make me give up.

00:08:53I'm sorry, I was wrong.

00:08:55Dante didn't expect me to give in so easily.

00:08:58I wasn't admitting I pushed her.

00:08:59I was saying goodbye to the part of me that loved him, and kept making excuses for him.

00:09:0429 days left.

00:09:08After Lucia was discharged, Dante took her to the family's lake house to recover.

00:09:12The next day, their embrace was all over the press in Sicily.

00:09:16And I, his wife in name only, became a joke across all of Sicily.

00:09:20Call Dante back, or take the family punishment.

00:09:23One call, and Dante would have to come back for this scandal.

00:09:26He might confess everything for Lucia.

00:09:27Lucia, with 28 days left on the deal, I couldn't risk it.

00:09:30I'll take the family punishment.

00:09:32The whip struck my back, and I bit down hard to keep from crying out.

00:09:35I remembered how, right after we married, Dante had protected me in front of everyone.

00:09:39She's my wife.

00:09:41None of you get to punish her.

00:09:43But now, while the whip kept falling on my back, he was at the lake house tending the fire for

00:09:48Lucia.

00:09:49They beat me unconscious.

00:09:50By the time I woke up, I was already in the hospital.

00:09:53Dante finally came back and saw the bandages on my back.

00:09:56That's when he realized the family had punished me.

00:09:59My mother gave you trouble.

00:10:01Why didn't you call me?

00:10:02I didn't want to interrupt your date with Lucia.

00:10:04He stared at me for a long time.

00:10:06He probably mistook my silence for love again.

00:10:09He thought I'd rather take the lashes than ruin his time with Lucia.

00:10:12He didn't know I'd already stopped hoping for his love.

00:10:14I just didn't want anything to go wrong in the last 28 days.

00:10:18Do you have any idea how much this outfit costs?

00:10:21Looking like that, can you even afford it?

00:10:26Enough.

00:10:27Then get out.

00:10:28After he sent her away, Dante really looked at my dress.

00:10:31It was worn nearly white.

00:10:32I had stitched the cuff myself the night before.

00:10:35The Bologna family and the Moretti family gave you nothing?

00:10:37Why are you dressed like this?

00:10:38He didn't know I wasn't the real Bologna daughter.

00:10:41In three years, I never touched the black card he gave me.

00:10:43None of it was mine.

00:10:46He bought out the most expensive clothes in the store.

00:10:49Like that could make up for what I'd been through.

00:10:5130 days from now, on the truce anniversary,

00:10:54I'll make up our third anniversary celebration.

00:10:56Every major family in Sicily will be there.

00:10:59They'll know you're still Mrs. Moretti.

00:11:00He thought this was the reward I'd waited three years for.

00:11:03But to me, that celebration would only mark the end of this identity deal.

00:11:08Dante and I stepped out of the boutique side by side.

00:11:10He held the invitation in one hand and pulled my shawl back over my shoulders with the other.

00:11:15The second we stepped outside, I saw Lucia across the street.

00:11:18White dress, coffee in hand, staring at Dante's hand on my shoulder, then the wedding sketchbook.

00:11:23Dante saw her too.

00:11:24He pulled his hand back almost instantly.

00:11:26Like straight tightening his wife's shawl was something Lucia could never see.

00:11:29Before he could speak, she turned and ran, eyes red.

00:11:32Then I heard a sharp crack overhead.

00:11:34I looked up and saw the glass facade above Lucia splitting apart.

00:11:38Lucia, look out!

00:11:42He ran past me toward her, but he was too late.

00:11:50She's hemorrhaging.

00:11:51She's RH negative, and the blood bank doesn't have enough on hand.

00:11:54The second the doctor said it, Dante ordered his men to lock down every hospital and find blood.

00:11:58But Lucia didn't have that kind of time.

00:12:00I was RH negative too.

00:12:01I'm RH negative.

00:12:02Take mine.

00:12:02As they drew 400 milliliters from me, Dante stayed right beside me.

00:12:07The look in his eyes kept shifting.

00:12:09He probably thought I was saving Lucia because I loved him that much.

00:12:12That's 400 milliliters.

00:12:14We can't take any more.

00:12:16Isabella, do you love me that much?

00:12:18Dante looked at me with something heavy in his eyes.

00:12:21He probably thought I loved him enough to bleed myself dry just to save the woman he loved.

00:12:25But I was the only one who knew Lucia couldn't die.

00:12:27If anything happened to her, both the Moretti and Beleggi families would dig in tonight.

00:12:31And my stand-in bride secret could come out early.

00:12:34Lucia was in a coma for three weeks.

00:12:36Dante stayed at the hospital, and I never left her side.

00:12:39Everyone said I loved Dante so desperately.

00:12:41I was even taking care of his lover.

00:12:43I didn't care about the stares or the whispers.

00:12:46I just wanted to get through my last few days in peace.

00:12:48Dante, are you in love with her?

00:12:51Don't overthink it.

00:12:52She's just my wife in a family marriage.

00:12:54I don't believe you.

00:12:55Prove it.

00:12:56How?

00:12:57Throw her in the lake.

00:12:59After that, the room went quiet.

00:13:00Dante looked at me.

00:13:01I didn't know if he remembered I'd just given Lucia blood,

00:13:04or that I'd been afraid of the cold since I was a kid.

00:13:06You hesitated.

00:13:08You really did fall for her.

00:13:09Dante said nothing for a few seconds.

00:13:11And somehow, I still hoped he'd refuse.

00:13:13After three years, I never thought I'd have to risk my life to prove his love for another woman.

00:13:17Do what Lucia said.

00:13:22Dante?

00:13:23Just a few minutes, she'll be fine.

00:13:25I stopped struggling.

00:13:26My heart was already colder than the lake.

00:13:28He watched me through the hospital window.

00:13:29He remembered Lucia as a great a chance, but he needed to feel safe.

00:13:33But he forgot I'd just lost 400 milliliters of blood.

00:13:35To him, I wasn't worth a single strand of Lucia's hair.

00:13:38It took me back to when I was five.

00:13:40The Bolandi family threw my sickly self out to the countryside the same way.

00:13:44So many times, I thought I'd freeze to death.

00:13:48I never thought the one who'd push me back into the cold would be the husband I once believed would

00:13:52protect me.

00:13:53She's on her period, and she just gave blood.

00:13:56Her temperature's over 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

00:13:58By the time they pulled me out, I was already unconscious.

00:14:01The maid wrapped me in heavy blankets, and Dante stood by the bed, staring at what he'd done.

00:14:05I couldn't tell if I was still in that freezing lake, or back in the winter of my childhood.

00:14:09Seven more days.

00:14:11Seven days, and I can leave for good.

00:14:16He was about to walk out, but the second he heard me say leave, he stopped.

00:14:20Leave?

00:14:22What do you mean?

00:14:23For the first time, he realized his wife could have a future without him.

00:14:30Isabella, where are you going?

00:14:32In seven days, the real Isabella will be back.

00:14:35But he can't know that yet.

00:14:36I followed his eyes to the suitcase under the bed, then the dated calendar on the wall.

00:14:41That's when I turned the ceremony into the perfect excuse.

00:14:44Leaving?

00:14:45I have a fever.

00:14:46I met the ceremony in seven days.

00:14:49He bought it.

00:14:50In his eyes, I'd loved him for three years.

00:14:52I'd never leave him.

00:14:53In seven days, you'll be there on time, right?

00:14:57I keep my promises.

00:14:58I made him promise he'd show up, no matter what happened to Lucia.

00:15:02He thought I was afraid of losing my husband again.

00:15:04He had no idea that ceremony was the last step in giving Isabella her life back.

00:15:09The day he held that ceremony for me was the day I could finally take my own name back.

00:15:14The day I went to try on dresses, Lucia insisted on coming with me.

00:15:18She linked arms with me like nothing had happened and happily picked out styles for me.

00:15:23The neckline's too low.

00:15:25It doesn't suit Mrs. Morella.

00:15:26Too flashy?

00:15:27Dante won't like it.

00:15:28Lucia shot down every dress I chose.

00:15:31Before, I would have fought her on it, trying to find the one Dante would like best.

00:15:35That was when I realized it didn't matter what I wore.

00:15:38On the day of the celebration, the woman standing beside Dante wouldn't be me.

00:15:42I left the bridal shop first.

00:15:43I didn't expect Lucia to get back to the estate before me.

00:15:46She told Dante I locked her in the fitting room on purpose because of her claustrophobia.

00:15:51By the time I walked in, she'd already told her version, and Dante had already judged me.

00:15:58You locked Lucia in there?

00:15:59Don't blame her, Dante.

00:16:01She was just scared I'd take you away.

00:16:02Lucia only had to tremble and cry, and my side became an excuse.

00:16:06It looks like the last lesson wasn't enough.

00:16:10Behave, or the ceremony's off.

00:16:12In our first year of marriage, he learned I was afraid of the dark.

00:16:15I'll leave the light on.

00:16:16I'll be back before morning.

00:16:17He used to leave a light on for me all night.

00:16:20Now he was the one who shut me in the dark.

00:16:30When the darkness filled with skittering, I finally understood.

00:16:34Lucia had planned this.

00:16:35Rats poured from the corners, over my feet, chewing at my dress.

00:16:39I couldn't see them.

00:16:40I could only hear their claws getting closer.

00:16:42When I was a child, after my family dumped me in the country, they locked me in a cellar full

00:16:47of grain.

00:16:48Back then, I kept telling myself that once I had a husband, once I had a real home, no one

00:16:52would ever throw me into the dark again.

00:16:54Dante! Open the door!

00:16:56I'd already decided to stop loving him, but I still cried out for him all night.

00:17:00Some pathetic part of me still thought he'd come save me, but when my voice finally gave out, Dante still

00:17:04never opened the door.

00:17:06At dawn, Dante finally opened the door.

00:17:08Standing there in the light, the first thing he noticed wasn't my injuries.

00:17:11It was my swollen, tear-streaked eyes.

00:17:13It was one night.

00:17:14Why are you crying like this?

00:17:16Lucia had someone dump rats in here.

00:17:20Lucia would never do that.

00:17:21I screamed until my voice gave out.

00:17:23All I got from him was disbelief.

00:17:24Again.

00:17:25That was the moment I understood.

00:17:26It wasn't the dark or the rats I was afraid of.

00:17:28It was knowing Dante would always side with Lucia and condemn me first.

00:17:31Six days till the ceremony.

00:17:32I hurt Lucia again, and I call it off.

00:17:35He thought calling off the ceremony would scare me.

00:17:38What he didn't know was that ceremony was the beginning of me leaving him.

00:17:41Back in my room, I didn't treat the scratches on my hand.

00:17:43I opened the metal box hidden at the back of my closet.

00:17:46Inside were three years of moments when Dante and I looked happy.

00:17:49Every time he chose Lucia, I'd take them out and look again.

00:17:51I'd tell myself that, for at least one moment, that tenderness was mine.

00:17:55Today, I finally admitted it.

00:17:56These photos prove those moments happened.

00:17:58Not that he ever loved me.

00:18:00I won't use his occasional kindness to excuse all the hurt anymore.

00:18:03That night, Dante came home late like always.

00:18:06He looked at the entryway out of habit.

00:18:07For the first time, the light I left on for him was gone.

00:18:10For three years before he got home, I'd leave the entry light on, warm his leather gloves,

00:18:13and load the espresso machine for the next morning.

00:18:14I did it for him thousands of times, and he never once asked.

00:18:17Only when I stopped did he realize this house was never warm on its own.

00:18:20She didn't buy a single thing?

00:18:21Lately, she hasn't even asked about your schedule.

00:18:23It wasn't because I was easy-bearing or because I didn't like expensive things.

00:18:26I was just afraid I'd start mistaking a life that wasn't mine for my own.

00:18:29For three years, he never really saw how much I'd been holding in.

00:18:31But once I decided to leave, he finally found the secret I'd hidden.

00:18:35A one-way ticket for the day of the ceremony.

00:18:38You were going to leave me?

00:18:43Were you planning to leave me?

00:18:45His voice was ice cold.

00:18:46Like, even thinking about leaving was the ultimate betrayal of the Marati family.

00:18:49I knew if I took one second too long, he'd have the port locked down.

00:18:54It's a pair of tickets for after the celebration.

00:18:56I wanted to surprise you.

00:18:58I'd already prepared the second ticket.

00:18:59I knew he wouldn't look closely.

00:19:01He trusted I loved him too much to leave,

00:19:03that a woman who'd waited three years would never really walk away.

00:19:06Don't hide things like this again.

00:19:07They give the wrong idea.

00:19:08He didn't notice.

00:19:09The real ticket, under the name Elena Bellini,

00:19:11was still hidden at the bottom of my suitcase.

00:19:13For the next few days, I kept playing the wife who could control her husband.

00:19:16Then, the night before the ceremony,

00:19:18the real Isabella finally came back through the secret passage the Belondi family had prepared.

00:19:22After three years, I finally came face to face with the real Isabella.

00:19:25Dante's allergic to milk.

00:19:26He only drinks double espresso.

00:19:28His stomach meds are in the second drawer on the left in the study.

00:19:30The family list is in the safe behind the fireplace.

00:19:32Why do I need all this?

00:19:33I'm not going there to be his maid.

00:19:35She barely skimmed a few pages before losing patience.

00:19:37To her, getting up early for his coffee, warming his gloves, and remembering his stomach meds was maid's work.

00:19:43Isabella's words still stung.

00:19:45She'd been pampered her whole life.

00:19:46She never had to do any of it.

00:19:48We had the same face, but we were never the same person.

00:19:50But after tomorrow, Dante's habits, the Moretti family's secrets, and this marriage won't be my problem anymore.

00:19:55That night, I made him dinner for the last time.

00:19:57I baked the bread he liked, set his stomach pills by his water, and made his double espresso.

00:20:01Not because I couldn't let go.

00:20:03Because I wanted to say goodbye to the part of me that had cared for him for three years.

00:20:06But he got it wrong.

00:20:07He thought I was giving in, apologizing.

00:20:09Get along with Lucia, and you'll always have your place as Mrs. Moretti.

00:20:13He said it like he was offering me the greatest reward.

00:20:15He had no idea my bags were already on their way to the port,

00:20:17or that the wife sitting across from him would be gone by tomorrow.

00:20:20Don't worry.

00:20:21After tomorrow, I won't be in your way anymore.

00:20:27On the day of the ceremony, I put on my oldest, most comfortable dress.

00:20:31The port clerk took my passport and said, Elena Belliandi.

00:20:34For the first time, I heard my real name.

00:20:36I hesitated.

00:20:37For three years, everyone had called me Isabella.

00:20:41Nervous?

00:20:41You missed the real anniversary.

00:20:43She's been waiting a whole month for this.

00:20:45She won't miss it.

00:20:46A month ago, Dante left me alone at our anniversary dinner.

00:20:49A month later, he invited every important family in Sicily to make it up to me with a grand celebration.

00:20:54But the woman on the stairs wasn't me anymore.

00:20:56This is the anniversary gift I owe you.

00:20:58But when Dante reached for her wrist to put the bracelet on,

00:21:01his fingers stopped cold on her bare skin.

00:21:07My mother thought all Isabella had to do was wear my dress and my jewelry,

00:21:10and Dante would still see his wife.

00:21:12It worked three years ago.

00:21:13She thought it would work again.

00:21:15But she forgot the wounds I took for her couldn't be passed back.

00:21:17He held this hand last night.

00:21:19The scratches from the basement were still fresh.

00:21:21The old burn scar from cooking was still there.

00:21:23But now the skin in his palm was spotless.

00:21:25Nothing.

00:21:25You're not her.

00:21:26Who the hell are you?

00:21:31Dante already knew something was off.

00:21:33But before he could press it, Lucia did what she always did and pulled everyone's attention back to herself.

00:21:38Dante, Lucia's missing.

00:21:40He promised me that no matter what happened to Lucia, he'd finish the ceremony on time.

00:21:44Then he saw her note and walked out on his wife again.

00:21:47At the same time, I was on a ferry leaving Sicily when Lucia texted me.

00:21:52Even at your anniversary celebration, Dante will still choose me the second I disappear.

00:21:57Lucia probably thought I was still the one Dante had left at the ceremony, so she texted me to gloat.

00:22:02I read it calmly, took out the SIM card, and snapped it in half.

00:22:06If I'd still been the one standing there, maybe it would have hurt.

00:22:09But I wasn't the one he left behind anymore.

00:22:11Dante never found Lucia.

00:22:12By the time he got back to the banquet hall, the candles were out.

00:22:15The guests and the Balani family were gone.

00:22:18Only the maids were left, clearing away the withered petals.

00:22:20Three years ago, I probably would have stayed there in that dress until every candle burned out.

00:22:25That's what Dante expected, too.

00:22:26So when he saw the empty hall, he looked confused for the first time.

00:22:30But Isabella wasn't me.

00:22:31She didn't wait for Dante, or care what happened to Lucia.

00:22:34Back at the estate, she changed, had my old clothes cleared out,

00:22:38and started reviewing the Morelli family's assets and guest list.

00:22:46Lucia's missing.

00:22:48So, no matter how late it got, I always left a light on for Dante.

00:22:52Isabella couldn't even be bothered to ask if he'd found Lucia.

00:22:55Dante stood in the doorway for a long time.

00:22:57He couldn't understand why the wife who'd always obeyed him had changed overnight.

00:23:01The kidnappers sent a video.

00:23:03You want Lucia back alive? Trade me your wife.

00:23:10My first night out of Sicily, I slept in a cheap room with half a sea view.

00:23:14No bodyguards, no family crest, no husband ready to hurt me for Lucia.

00:23:19I turned off the lamp and lay down without fear for the first time.

00:23:23I thought the nightmare was finally over.

00:23:25Bring me the Belendi daughter and trade her for Lucia.

00:23:29One hour.

00:23:30After that, you're collecting Lucia's body.

00:23:32But I didn't know that across the sea, Isabella was facing Dante's choice again in my place.

00:23:37Come with me.

00:23:38She's your lover, not my problem.

00:23:43The Belendi family stays in Sicily because the Moretti family allows it.

00:23:47That was when Isabella understood.

00:23:49Being Mrs. Moretti gave her status, but not the power to defy Dante.

00:23:53Ten years ago, the Caruso family lost the port in that war.

00:23:56They didn't take Lucia for money.

00:23:58They wanted the Morelli and Belendi families at war again.

00:24:02Ten years ago, your families bought a truce with a marriage deal.

00:24:05Make the Belendi bride bleed yourself, and I'll give Lucia back.

00:24:09If that were me standing there, I'd probably tell Dante it was fine.

00:24:16That I could take it.

00:24:18Back then, I thought enduring it was how I loved him.

00:24:21Dante was used to that too.

00:24:23If it was for Lucia, his wife was supposed to take it.

00:24:26Dante, if you do this, Belendi won't let it go.

00:24:29I'll handle the footage.

00:24:31Belendi will be compensated.

00:24:34The Alliance, or Lucia?

00:24:37Choose.

00:24:38Dante bent down, picked up the knife, and closed in on Isabella.

00:24:42He didn't choose the family.

00:24:44He didn't choose his wife either.

00:24:46Like every time before, he chose Lucia.

00:24:48The blade sank into Isabella's shoulder.

00:24:51Blood spread fast across her white dress.

00:24:53For the first time, she felt the pain I'd carried for three years.

00:24:57And for the first time, Dante saw that the wife in front of her wouldn't bleed, and still tell him

00:25:02it was okay.

00:25:06The second Dante chose Lucia, she instantly passed out in his arms.

00:25:16Dante!

00:25:18Get her out.

00:25:19Every time I got hurt, I'd tell Dante I was fine.

00:25:22He got used to it.

00:25:23No matter where he left his wife, she'd make it back alive on her own.

00:25:26But Isabella isn't me.

00:25:28When I got hurt, all I wanted was to save the marriage.

00:25:30When she got hurt, she wanted payback.

00:25:33In the parking lot, Isabella found a phone someone had dropped.

00:25:36She took pictures of her wound, the burning winery, and the knife with the Moretti crest,

00:25:40then scheduled them to be sent to the Bellotti lawyer in the press.

00:25:45If I don't stop it within an hour,

00:25:46everyone will see that the Moretti heir stabbed his own wife that night.

00:25:49If this goes public, the truce agreement is over.

00:25:51Which means Dante will come begging.

00:25:56Dante probably thought she'd take it, like I always did.

00:25:58What he didn't see coming was this.

00:26:00Isabella walked back in and turned that stab wound into a weapon.

00:26:04If that video goes public,

00:26:06the Bellotti family will say the Moretti family broke the truce.

00:26:09The family council will shut down your succession ceremony.

00:26:11Are you threatening me?

00:26:12I'm protecting my interests.

00:26:17What do you want?

00:26:19Get Lucia out of here.

00:26:22Dante, I'm scared.

00:26:23He finally saw it.

00:26:24The wife in front of him was nothing like before.

00:26:26I hid my hurt.

00:26:28Isabella makes everyone pay for hers.

00:26:29You were never like this before.

00:26:31Don't compare me to that idiot

00:26:33who'd put up with anything.

00:26:37Who are you calling an idiot?

00:26:40Dante kept pressing Isabella about that idiot,

00:26:42like he needed to know why his wife had changed overnight.

00:26:45Obviously, the old me you could push around.

00:26:48To keep the Bellotti family from seeing the video,

00:26:50Dante finally had his bodyguards take Lucia to the villa outside the city.

00:26:53With that one move,

00:26:54Isabella got Lucia out of the way.

00:26:56Not for me.

00:26:57She just wouldn't let a woman without a title threaten her place.

00:27:00Lucia was never going to sit back and take it.

00:27:02She bribed a maid, slipped into the master bedroom

00:27:04while Isabella was treating her wound

00:27:07and found the notebook I left for her.

00:27:11I never needed to write any of that down.

00:27:13I was only worried Isabella had just come back

00:27:15and didn't know Dante well enough.

00:27:17In front of the family, she'd slip.

00:27:19But that notebook meant to help Isabella take over

00:27:21tipped Lucia off.

00:27:22The new Mrs. Moretti had to relearn her own husband.

00:27:25Her P.I. found something fast.

00:27:27He slid Lucia a manly envelope

00:27:28with Mrs. Bellini's old twin birth records,

00:27:30proof of the 4.2 million payment,

00:27:32and surveillance photos of two identical women

00:27:34entering the estate before the ceremony.

00:27:36The Bellotti family had two daughters.

00:27:38One of them was erased completely.

00:27:40Lucia thought she'd finally found Isabella's weak spot.

00:27:42She thought that if Dante learned the truth

00:27:43about the stand-in bride,

00:27:44he'd throw the imposter out and choose her instead.

00:27:47Lucia came to trade the truth for Dante.

00:27:48She didn't expect to run into Isabella first.

00:27:50She never could resist poking at people.

00:27:52Should I be calling you something else now?

00:27:54Drop to your knees and apologize.

00:27:56Then maybe I won't tell Dante your secret.

00:27:58She threatened Isabella,

00:27:59expecting the same submission she used to get from me.

00:28:01Did you forget whose home this is?

00:28:04Isabella wasn't me.

00:28:05She'd do anything to hold on to being Mrs. Moretti.

00:28:07Then they went over the stairs together.

00:28:13Then Dante walked in with his bodyguards.

00:28:15He saw them crumpled at the bottom of the stairs,

00:28:17and at his feet,

00:28:18the twin photos and transaction records.

00:28:23Three days after I left,

00:28:24Isabella and Lucia fell down the stairs together.

00:28:27Dante was one step from the truth,

00:28:29but he caught Isabella first,

00:28:30so he never saw the paper.

00:28:36Lucia had a few scrapes.

00:28:37Isabella broke her wrist.

00:28:38If it had been me,

00:28:39he wouldn't have hesitated.

00:28:42He always chose Lucia first.

00:28:53Bring me the calming sachet from the car.

00:28:55When Dante got headaches,

00:28:56he wouldn't take medicine.

00:28:57He only used the lavender sachet in his car.

00:28:59This is the last one.

00:29:01Your wife never sent another after the anniversary.

00:29:04The staff never made those sachets.

00:29:06In our first year of marriage,

00:29:07Dante mentioned once that the scent in his car helped him sleep.

00:29:10I remembered that one sentence for three years.

00:29:12At dawn,

00:29:12I'd pick lavender,

00:29:13dry belgamat peel,

00:29:14and grain cedar into shavings.

00:29:16I'd sew the sashes from my old drefses

00:29:18and slip them into Dante's jacket pocket.

00:29:20Month after month,

00:29:21I never got tired of it.

00:29:22I thought if he caught that familiar scent,

00:29:24he'd know someone was always waiting for him to come home.

00:29:27But he never knew who made them.

00:29:29It wasn't until I left

00:29:30that he realized

00:29:31even the things he took for granted

00:29:32could disappear.

00:29:34The evidence Lucia thought was so clever

00:29:36wound up back with Dante's Mateo.

00:29:39He finally learned that Isabella

00:29:40was supposed to marry him three years ago

00:29:42and ran the night before the wedding.

00:29:43And the woman who wore her sister's veil

00:29:45and lived under her name for three years

00:29:46was the other Balani daughter,

00:29:48the one they never acknowledged.

00:29:50Then who the hell was beside me

00:29:51for the last three years?

00:29:53Her name is Elena.

00:29:55I'd imagined it so many times

00:29:56what Dante's face would look like

00:29:58when he learned the truth.

00:29:59I even hoped that one day

00:30:00he'd know it was me

00:30:01without the name or the identity

00:30:03just by one look.

00:30:04But in the end,

00:30:05he learned my name for the first time

00:30:06from a cold case file.

00:30:09Where is Elena?

00:30:11She left Sicily the day of the ceremony.

00:30:13After that, there's no travel record.

00:30:16Find her.

00:30:17Turn the whole Mediterranean upside down

00:30:19if you have to.

00:30:19Just find her!

00:30:21It was the first time Dante said my name.

00:30:23But when he finally started looking for me,

00:30:24I was done waiting.

00:30:27I didn't learn until later

00:30:28that when Dante found out the truth,

00:30:30his first reaction wasn't regret.

00:30:31It was anger.

00:30:32He thought I'd lied to him for three years,

00:30:34taken the 4.2 million dollars,

00:30:35and run without giving him a chance

00:30:36to confront me.

00:30:37Dante opened the guest room

00:30:38at the end of the hall.

00:30:39No jewelry,

00:30:40no gowns,

00:30:41no luxury,

00:30:41just a narrow closet

00:30:42and a twin bed.

00:30:43After three years as Mrs. Moretti,

00:30:45that was all I ever had.

00:30:47It wasn't that I didn't love beautiful clothes.

00:30:49I just kept reminding myself

00:30:51the Moretti family's money, jewels,

00:30:53and name belonged to Isabella.

00:30:54I couldn't start thinking

00:30:55that borrowed life was mine.

00:30:58Dante opened the nightstand

00:30:59and found the black card

00:31:00still in the original envelope.

00:31:02It had never been opened.

00:31:04She never used it?

00:31:05She said it wasn't her money.

00:31:07After three years of marriage,

00:31:09that was the first time

00:31:09he realized I'd never spent his money.

00:31:11But by then,

00:31:12I didn't need him

00:31:12to understand me anymore.

00:31:14He kept looking

00:31:15and found a calendar

00:31:15buried in the drawer.

00:31:16The numbers counted down from 30,

00:31:18one day at a time.

00:31:19On the last page,

00:31:20it said,

00:31:20zero days until freedom.

00:31:22That countdown wasn't impulsive.

00:31:23From the day Lucia came back,

00:31:25I told myself every day,

00:31:26love Dante a little less,

00:31:27get a little closer to freedom.

00:31:29Only then did he understand.

00:31:30I wasn't waiting for him

00:31:31to come comfort me.

00:31:32I had truly planned to disappear

00:31:33from his world forever.

00:31:38Where's my coffee?

00:31:40Mrs. Morelli always made it herself.

00:31:43I used to get up

00:31:44at five every morning,

00:31:45soak the oats first,

00:31:46then grind two shots

00:31:47of beans for him.

00:31:48On rainy days,

00:31:49I'd tuck a sachet

00:31:50of dried lavender

00:31:51into his suit pocket.

00:31:52In winter,

00:31:53I'd warm his gloves first.

00:31:54His right hand

00:31:55had an old gunshot wound.

00:31:56It couldn't take the cold.

00:31:57I did those things

00:31:58a thousand times.

00:32:02He never asked.

00:32:04It wasn't until I left

00:32:05that he realized

00:32:05the warmth in that estate

00:32:07didn't just exist on its own.

00:32:12Every time he chose Lucia,

00:32:14I'd pull out those photos

00:32:15and tell myself

00:32:16there had been at least

00:32:17one moment

00:32:17he was gentle with me.

00:32:20In the end,

00:32:20I realized

00:32:21they didn't prove

00:32:22Dante ever loved me.

00:32:23They only proved

00:32:24how badly I wanted

00:32:25proof that he did.

00:32:30The Baloney family

00:32:32sent word

00:32:32they want Isabella

00:32:33back immediately.

00:32:34Tell them I'll come myself.

00:32:36That letter held

00:32:37the last part of me

00:32:38that still wanted to stay,

00:32:39but Dante put it

00:32:40in his pocket.

00:32:41he never got to open it.

00:32:45The second Dante

00:32:46walked into the Baloney estate,

00:32:47my parents knew it.

00:32:48The secret they'd buried

00:32:48for three years

00:32:49was out.

00:32:50Where is Alina?

00:32:52She took the 4.2 million.

00:32:54Obviously,

00:32:54she went off

00:32:55to live the life

00:32:55she wanted.

00:32:57She married you

00:32:58for the money.

00:33:00You didn't seriously

00:33:00think she loved you,

00:33:01did you?

00:33:02Isabella knew

00:33:03what that marriage

00:33:03put me through.

00:33:04She just didn't care

00:33:05if I lived or died.

00:33:06To her,

00:33:06I took the money

00:33:07so I deserved

00:33:08whatever happened to me.

00:33:10Which ferry

00:33:11did she board?

00:33:13Once the deal

00:33:14was done,

00:33:14she was no longer

00:33:15part of the

00:33:15Balandi family.

00:33:17We don't know.

00:33:19Then think harder.

00:33:21You're not leaving

00:33:22until you talk.

00:33:24According to the

00:33:24Bellini records,

00:33:25I died when I was five.

00:33:27That year,

00:33:27I got no funeral,

00:33:28no grave.

00:33:30My parents erased me

00:33:31with a death certificate.

00:33:32I was the daughter

00:33:32they thought would

00:33:33shame the family.

00:33:37This isn't a

00:33:38childhood death record.

00:33:39It's a retroactive

00:33:40identity cancellation.

00:33:41Only then did he

00:33:42realize we'd lived

00:33:43together for three years

00:33:44and he'd never even

00:33:45asked if I officially

00:33:45existed.

00:33:46Find out where

00:33:47they sent her

00:33:47after she turned five.

00:33:55He followed that

00:33:55foster care form

00:33:56to the place

00:33:57where I grew up.

00:34:03She was always

00:34:04scared of winter.

00:34:06Even when the heater

00:34:07broke,

00:34:08she wouldn't tell

00:34:08her family.

00:34:09She was afraid

00:34:10they'd think

00:34:11she was a burden.

00:34:12While Isabella

00:34:13spent Christmas

00:34:14at the estate

00:34:14in wool dresses,

00:34:15I was stuffing

00:34:16old newspapers

00:34:17into the window cracks

00:34:18to keep out the cold.

00:34:19Back then,

00:34:20all I wanted

00:34:20was a coat

00:34:21that could keep

00:34:21the cold out.

00:34:26When she was five,

00:34:27her fever hit

00:34:27104 degrees Fahrenheit.

00:34:30I called the

00:34:31Balani family

00:34:31over a dozen times.

00:34:33No one came

00:34:34to pick her up.

00:34:35Dante stared

00:34:36at the hospital bill

00:34:36stamped,

00:34:37payment declined,

00:34:38and didn't say a word

00:34:38for a long time.

00:34:39At the bottom

00:34:40of the metal bar,

00:34:41Dante found a scrapbook

00:34:41I made as a kid.

00:34:46That was the first time

00:34:47I ever saw Dante

00:34:48in the paper.

00:34:49They said he stood up

00:34:50to his family

00:34:50to protect a servant

00:34:51who'd been framed.

00:34:52I used to think

00:34:52a man who'd protect

00:34:53a stranger

00:34:54would protect his wife too.

00:34:57When she found out

00:34:58she was marrying him,

00:34:59she was happy

00:35:00for a long time.

00:35:02She said even

00:35:03if everyone else

00:35:03left her,

00:35:04Dante never would.

00:35:11Dante was silent

00:35:12for a long time.

00:35:13I think he knew

00:35:13he was the one

00:35:14who kept abandoning me.

00:35:18After he got back

00:35:19from the countryside,

00:35:20Dante started looking

00:35:21into all the time

00:35:22he'd never cared about.

00:35:23He even asked his mother

00:35:23if she'd punished me

00:35:24over the past three years.

00:35:26She couldn't even

00:35:26keep her own husband.

00:35:29Taking family punishment

00:35:30was her choice.

00:35:31What family punishment?

00:35:34That day,

00:35:34pictures of Dante

00:35:35with Lucia Rieke

00:35:36hit the papers.

00:35:37My white shirt

00:35:37was stained red

00:35:38and I still held

00:35:38the phone I never used.

00:35:40To everyone else,

00:35:41I'd rather take the whip

00:35:42than bother him.

00:35:43I loved him enough

00:35:43to lose my dignity.

00:35:44When they beat me

00:35:45unconscious,

00:35:46he was drinking

00:35:46with Lucia.

00:35:47He didn't even notice

00:35:48his wife never came

00:35:49home that night.

00:35:51She even defended you.

00:35:52Said you couldn't have known.

00:35:53I didn't blame him

00:35:54for not knowing.

00:35:55I just finally understood

00:35:56that even if he had known,

00:35:58he might still

00:35:58not have come back.

00:36:02We found footage

00:36:03of Miss Elena

00:36:03boarding the ship.

00:36:08Get the plane ready.

00:36:11After I left Sicily,

00:36:12I sat on that boat

00:36:13all night.

00:36:14I didn't dare sleep

00:36:15or look back.

00:36:15If I closed my eyes,

00:36:16Dante would send me back.

00:36:20Elena Bellanti.

00:36:21I'd been Isabella

00:36:22for three years.

00:36:23It had been a long time

00:36:23since anyone called me

00:36:24by my real name.

00:36:25From that moment on,

00:36:26I wasn't anyone

00:36:26standing anymore

00:36:27and I wasn't

00:36:27Mrs. Moretti anymore either.

00:36:29I thought I was finally free.

00:36:31The fever from the ice lake

00:36:32still hadn't broken.

00:36:33I barely made it out of the port

00:36:34before everything

00:36:35started spinning.

00:36:36I reached for my passport

00:36:36and hit the cold stone.

00:36:37All I wanted was to get

00:36:38farther from Sicily,

00:36:39farther and further away.

00:36:40Don't fall asleep.

00:36:41The ambulance is almost here.

00:36:43Elena, can you hear me?

00:36:44That was the first kind thing

00:36:45anyone said to me in Mercei.

00:36:46There was no command in it,

00:36:47no demand to give first.

00:36:49I found out later

00:36:50that by the time I collapsed,

00:36:51Dante was already in Mercei

00:36:52chasing me.

00:36:55Lock down the airport

00:36:55and the port.

00:36:57Find everyone using

00:36:58the name Elena Belletti.

00:36:59This is Lorraine territory.

00:37:01Morale has no authority

00:37:02to lock it down.

00:37:03Then tell the Lorraine family

00:37:04I'm only here for one woman.

00:37:07The ambulance carrying me

00:37:08passed Dante's convoy

00:37:09on the road outside the airport.

00:37:11For the first time,

00:37:12he crossed into a strange city

00:37:14chasing my name.

00:37:14All that separated us

00:37:15was an ambulance window.

00:37:19When I woke up,

00:37:20my first instinct

00:37:20was to rip out the IV.

00:37:21and run.

00:37:22Because every time

00:37:22I'd woken up in a hospital before,

00:37:24there was no care waiting for me.

00:37:25Just the next punishment,

00:37:26Dante had prepared for Lucia.

00:37:28Don't be scared.

00:37:29I'm Adrian.

00:37:30I won't hurt you.

00:37:31Adrian saw how tense I was,

00:37:32introduced himself right away,

00:37:33and kept a safe distance.

00:37:35No one here will force you

00:37:36to do anything.

00:37:36The doctor said the fever

00:37:37and hypothermia

00:37:38left you extremely sensitive to cold.

00:37:40You need a long recovery.

00:37:41He didn't ask why I was

00:37:43so afraid of the cold

00:37:43or who did this to me.

00:37:44He just set the water

00:37:45where I could reach it,

00:37:46then stepped back far enough

00:37:47not to scare me.

00:37:47In Sicily,

00:37:48Dante was used to deciding

00:37:49who stayed and who left

00:37:50with a single sentence.

00:37:51In Marseille,

00:37:52he came looking for me

00:37:53the same way.

00:37:55Elena Bellani passed out

00:37:56as soon as she got off the boat.

00:37:57Mr. Laurent took her to the hospital.

00:37:59Which Laurent?

00:38:00Adrian Laurent.

00:38:01That was the first time

00:38:02Dante heard Adrian's name.

00:38:03It was also the first time

00:38:04he learned another man

00:38:05had carried me into a hospital

00:38:06before he ever found me.

00:38:09Do you have somewhere

00:38:10to stay in Marseille?

00:38:10I didn't answer.

00:38:11I just looked at the suitcase

00:38:12by my feet.

00:38:13I'd come to Marseille alone.

00:38:14No family, no friends.

00:38:15When I got on that boat,

00:38:16all I wanted was to get away

00:38:17from Dante,

00:38:18from all that pain.

00:38:19It wasn't until Adrian asked

00:38:20that I realized

00:38:21I hadn't even figured out

00:38:22where I'd live.

00:38:24My family runs an old hotel.

00:38:26You can stay there

00:38:26until you find another place.

00:38:28He found me a place to stay,

00:38:29but he didn't put anyone on me

00:38:30or asked for anything in return.

00:38:39She just left.

00:38:40Dante saw the medical chart

00:38:41by the bed.

00:38:42He was too late again,

00:38:43but this time,

00:38:44no one was waiting for him.

00:38:46You're her husband?

00:38:46Yes.

00:38:47Then you should know

00:38:48why she shakes

00:38:48whenever she sees an ice pack.

00:38:50Severe hypothermia.

00:38:51She fell into freezing water

00:38:52on her period

00:38:53right after losing a lot of blood.

00:38:55It's a miracle she survived.

00:38:56This wasn't the first time

00:38:58Dante had seen those injuries.

00:38:59He just never really asked

00:39:00how much pain I was in.

00:39:01I used some of the money

00:39:03to rent an abandoned flower shop

00:39:04by the sea.

00:39:05I'd imagined leaving Dante

00:39:06so many times,

00:39:08imagined where I'd go.

00:39:09But when I was finally free,

00:39:10I realized I didn't even know

00:39:11what I liked anymore.

00:39:12So I decided to start

00:39:13by saving the flowers

00:39:14in this shop.

00:39:15Why are you helping me?

00:39:16No reason.

00:39:16He just kept working.

00:39:17He didn't ask anything from me

00:39:19and something in me warmed.

00:39:20I didn't think Dante

00:39:21would keep chasing me.

00:39:23He got the receipt

00:39:23I'd left with the doctor.

00:39:24It led Matteo

00:39:25to a seaside flower shop

00:39:26leeched under the name

00:39:27Elena Bilarity.

00:39:29And Dante followed

00:39:30the name I left behind.

00:39:32He came after me again.

00:39:35The shop wasn't open yet.

00:39:36I was alone with the flowers

00:39:38when the storm came.

00:39:38Thunder cracked.

00:39:40The vase slipped.

00:39:41And icy water hit my legs.

00:39:42The second it touched my skin,

00:39:44I was back in that lake.

00:39:46I curled up under the counter,

00:39:48shaking so hard

00:39:49I could barely breathe.

00:39:50Then Adrian came in.

00:39:51I flinched back.

00:39:52He didn't come any closer.

00:39:53He just drew the curtain

00:39:55and turned on the heater.

00:39:56I'm right here.

00:39:57I won't touch you.

00:39:58Dante used to say

00:39:58my fear was just me acting out.

00:40:00Adrian didn't ask questions.

00:40:02He stayed until the rain eased,

00:40:04slid a hot cocoa to me,

00:40:05and kept enough distance

00:40:06to make me feel safe.

00:40:07That night,

00:40:08he was outside the flower shop.

00:40:09I was hiding behind the counter

00:40:11less than 30 feet away.

00:40:12She probably hasn't opened yet.

00:40:13I thought the storm

00:40:14had hidden my tracks.

00:40:15I didn't know the first bouquet

00:40:17I ordered had led him right to me.

00:40:20At six that morning,

00:40:22Adrian and I went to the market

00:40:23to pick flowers

00:40:24for the shop's opening.

00:40:25Since I came to Marseille,

00:40:26it was the first morning

00:40:27I was truly looking forward to.

00:40:29For the first time,

00:40:30I haggled with an easy smile

00:40:32on my face.

00:40:33After that night,

00:40:34Adrian and I felt closer.

00:40:35I didn't flinch from him anymore.

00:40:37He was nothing like Dante.

00:40:38He remembered I don't drink espresso,

00:40:40and he remembered I get cold easily.

00:40:42Adrian learned in a few days

00:40:44what Dante never noticed

00:40:45in three years.

00:40:46I held the flowers

00:40:47and walked through the crowd,

00:40:48already imagining

00:40:49what life would be like

00:40:50once the shop opened.

00:40:51But then Dante showed up.

00:40:53I found out later

00:40:53Dante shut down

00:40:54every Moreni shipping route

00:40:56in Europe

00:40:56for one night

00:40:57just to find me.

00:40:58He was still the kind of man

00:40:59who could silence

00:41:00an entire port.

00:41:02The world around me

00:41:03went quiet,

00:41:04but I didn't turn right away.

00:41:05I'd imagined this so many times,

00:41:07what I'd say

00:41:08if Dante came after me.

00:41:09But when I heard his footsteps,

00:41:11I realized

00:41:11I had nothing left to say.

00:41:13Dante kept coming,

00:41:14one step at a time.

00:41:15Elena.

00:41:16Hearing my real name

00:41:17in his voice,

00:41:18I tightened my grip

00:41:18on the flowers.

00:41:19Adrian caught it

00:41:20and stepped in front of me,

00:41:21instantly on guard.

00:41:22In three years of marriage,

00:41:24this was the first time

00:41:25Dante had called me

00:41:26by my name to my face.

00:41:27I turned slowly

00:41:28and met the eyes

00:41:29of the man

00:41:30who'd crossed

00:41:31half the Mediterranean

00:41:32to find me.

00:41:34I turned with the Lysangerous

00:41:36in my arms

00:41:36and saw Dante

00:41:37at the far end

00:41:38of the crowd.

00:41:38I'd imagined it so many times,

00:41:40whether Dante would come after me

00:41:41once he realized I'd left.

00:41:43But when he was really

00:41:43standing in front of me,

00:41:44I felt no hope,

00:41:45just the fear

00:41:46my body still remembered.

00:41:47Dante pushed through the crowd,

00:41:48ripped the flowers

00:41:49from my arms

00:41:49and pulled me against him.

00:41:50I finally found you.

00:41:52My whole body locked up,

00:41:53my arms hung at my sides.

00:41:54I didn't return the hug.

00:41:55For three years,

00:41:56I waited for him

00:41:57more times than I can count.

00:41:58But every time

00:41:59I needed him most,

00:42:00he was with another woman.

00:42:01Dante held me tighter,

00:42:02as if I'd disappear again

00:42:03the moment he let go.

00:42:04Let me go.

00:42:05Come back with me.

00:42:06Then Adrian yecked Dante off me

00:42:07and punched him.

00:42:08The Moretti bodyguards

00:42:09threw their guns.

00:42:09The whole market

00:42:10went dead silent.

00:42:11Dante was still the Moretti hair.

00:42:13One word from him

00:42:14to decide someone else's fate.

00:42:15For the first time,

00:42:16I stepped in front of Adrian.

00:42:18Don't touch him.

00:42:18Dante saw me shielding another man

00:42:20and his eyes went cold.

00:42:21You left me because of him.

00:42:24Dante lifted a hand.

00:42:26Matteo cleared out

00:42:26the vendors and Vorists.

00:42:28Within minutes,

00:42:28the whole market

00:42:29was down to the three of us.

00:42:31He didn't ask if I was okay.

00:42:32He didn't ask if I was still hurting.

00:42:34The first thing he cared about

00:42:35was whether another man

00:42:36had taken what he thought was his.

00:42:38Answer me.

00:42:38I never left

00:42:39because of anyone else.

00:42:40Dante closed in on me,

00:42:41forcing me back

00:42:42against a stone pillar.

00:42:43Then come back to Sicily with me.

00:42:44Your bride is at the villa.

00:42:46She's Isabella.

00:42:46Dante braced a hand beside me,

00:42:48trapping me between

00:42:49the pillar and his body.

00:42:50You're the one

00:42:50who lived with me

00:42:51for three years.

00:42:52It was the first time

00:42:52he'd admitted he wasn't looking

00:42:54for a baloney marriage alliance.

00:42:55But he still sounded

00:42:56like he was taking back

00:42:57something that had been stolen

00:42:58from him.

00:42:59I took out my real passport

00:43:01and opened it in front of Dante.

00:43:02I'm Elena Belendi.

00:43:03The substitute bride agreement

00:43:04is over.

00:43:05You and I are done.

00:43:06The Maradi marriage doesn't end

00:43:07because you show me

00:43:08a piece of paper.

00:43:09In Sicily,

00:43:10no one says no to Dante.

00:43:11He still didn't get it.

00:43:12I wasn't leaving to make him chase me.

00:43:14Dante grabbed my wrist.

00:43:15His thumb pressed the scar

00:43:16the basement left behind

00:43:17and pain ripped through me.

00:43:19I won't let you disappear.

00:43:20This isn't over.

00:43:22I fought through the pain

00:43:23and peeled his fingers off me

00:43:24one by one.

00:43:25But the woman,

00:43:26the law,

00:43:26the church,

00:43:27and both families

00:43:28recognizes as Mrs. Moretti?

00:43:30Isabella.

00:43:31Dante looked down at the hand

00:43:32that couldn't hold me.

00:43:33Then after a long silence,

00:43:35he asked the question

00:43:36I'd spent three years

00:43:37afraid to ask.

00:43:37And what were these three years?

00:43:39I didn't answer.

00:43:40I brought up Lucia again instead.

00:43:41He chose her every time,

00:43:43so why come to Marseille for me now?

00:43:44I'd already given my place back.

00:43:46Why wouldn't he just let me go?

00:43:47Dante looked at me.

00:43:48He opened his mouth,

00:43:49but nothing came out.

00:43:50I waited,

00:43:51then realized he had no answer either.

00:43:53He was used to me

00:43:53staying exactly where he left me.

00:43:55He never imagined I'd walk away.

00:43:58The next day,

00:43:59I went to the flower shop

00:44:00and found the locks had been changed.

00:44:02Morelli guards were posted

00:44:03at both ends of the street.

00:44:05I knew right away,

00:44:05Dante still hadn't accepted my no.

00:44:07Everything inside

00:44:08was exactly where I'd left it.

00:44:09The deed was on the table.

00:44:10Dante slid a new set of keys towards me.

00:44:13This building belongs

00:44:13to the Moretti family now.

00:44:15Come back to Sicily with me

00:44:17and the flower shop stays.

00:44:18He was used to solving

00:44:19everything with money.

00:44:20He thought if he bought off my escape,

00:44:22I'd go back to him

00:44:22like I always had.

00:44:23And if I say no,

00:44:24no flight from Marseille to Sicily

00:44:26will take your name.

00:44:27I was never going back.

00:44:28I called the number

00:44:28Adrian left me.

00:44:29He said if anything happened

00:44:30in Marseille,

00:44:31I could call him.

00:44:32I didn't want to use

00:44:32Laurent's pull.

00:44:33Now I'd rather owe him.

00:44:34A few minutes later,

00:44:35Laurent cars pulled up.

00:44:36Their port lawyer and local cops

00:44:38told the Moretti guards

00:44:39to back off.

00:44:40Dante could keep

00:44:40all of Sicily quiet,

00:44:41but this wasn't his turf.

00:44:43And I wasn't a wife

00:44:43who had to survive

00:44:44by clinging to Moretti anymore.

00:44:46How long do you think

00:44:46Laurent can protect you?

00:44:48At least you won't lock me up

00:44:49and call it protection.

00:44:50You didn't come to Marseille

00:44:50because you love me.

00:44:51You came because,

00:44:52for the first time,

00:44:54someone wouldn't obey you.

00:44:55I put the new key

00:44:56back in his hand.

00:44:57He used to call

00:44:58control protection.

00:44:59He mistook my obedience

00:45:00for love.

00:45:00But now I don't need that anymore.

00:45:04To keep me out of Moretti reach,

00:45:06Adrian hid me at his place

00:45:07by the water.

00:45:08When Dante showed up,

00:45:09I thought I'd lose this life too.

00:45:10Adrian didn't ask me

00:45:11to fight the Morettis.

00:45:12He just gave me a door

00:45:13I could close

00:45:14and feel safe behind.

00:45:15After the storm,

00:45:16he came back from the alley

00:45:18with a white kitten

00:45:19soaked through.

00:45:20I wrapped the kitten in a towel.

00:45:21Adrian warmed some milk

00:45:22by the fireplace.

00:45:23Just like you,

00:45:24terrified,

00:45:25but pretending

00:45:26it doesn't need help.

00:45:27The kitten rubbed its head

00:45:28against my fingers

00:45:29and I couldn't help smiling.

00:45:30It was the first time

00:45:31I'd laughed out loud

00:45:32since I left Sicily.

00:45:33Adrian and I

00:45:34had a quiet life.

00:45:35Simple,

00:45:35but good.

00:45:36I didn't know Dante

00:45:37had been outside

00:45:37the whole time.

00:45:38He saw me let Adrian

00:45:39into my life.

00:45:40He saw me ask him

00:45:41to stay for dinner.

00:45:41Back then,

00:45:42I made dinner every night

00:45:43just to wait for him,

00:45:44whether he came home or not.

00:45:46Should I have Laurent leave?

00:45:47No.

00:45:47For the first time,

00:45:48he saw that the waiting

00:45:49he brushed off

00:45:50belonged to another man.

00:45:54After Adrian left,

00:45:55I was alone in the living room

00:45:56clearing the dishes.

00:45:57The door behind me

00:45:58opened without warning.

00:45:59I caught that cedar scent

00:46:01and before I even saw Dante,

00:46:03my whole body locked up.

00:46:04The lock here isn't secure.

00:46:05You're the most dangerous

00:46:06thing here.

00:46:08Dante ignored the jab,

00:46:09took off his black coat

00:46:10and wrapped it tight around me.

00:46:12It gets cold at night.

00:46:14You're underdressed.

00:46:15The tighter he wrapped me up,

00:46:16the harder it was to breathe.

00:46:18I struggled and stumbled back,

00:46:19knocking over the hot tea.

00:46:21Tea splashed by my feet.

00:46:23My breathing turned ragged.

00:46:27Just a few minutes.

00:46:28She'll be fine.

00:46:29I curled into the corner,

00:46:30staring at the black coat

00:46:31in Dante's hand.

00:46:32That coat had shielded

00:46:33Lucia from the cold.

00:46:35He'd shoved me into an icy lake

00:46:36in a thin hospital gown.

00:46:38Dante finally saw

00:46:39how terrified I was.

00:46:40He set the coat down

00:46:41and slowly backed away.

00:46:42Elena,

00:46:44it's me.

00:46:44He said it's me,

00:46:45like that should calm me down.

00:46:46But he was the one

00:46:47I was afraid of.

00:46:48Dante moved closer.

00:46:49I threw up a hand between us.

00:46:51Don't touch me.

00:46:51In the light,

00:46:52the scars on my wrist and palm

00:46:54were plain to see.

00:46:55Dante saw the scars and froze.

00:46:57For the first time,

00:46:58he didn't dare come any closer.

00:47:01Once he saw the scars on my hand,

00:47:03Dante finally started digging

00:47:05into everything he couldn't

00:47:06be bothered to ask before.

00:47:09The balcony fall,

00:47:10the basement,

00:47:11the ice lake.

00:47:12Pull all the surveillance footage.

00:47:13Find everyone involved.

00:47:15One order from him

00:47:16and the Moretti family's network

00:47:17across Europe

00:47:18started digging up the truth.

00:47:19Back then,

00:47:20if he'd wanted the truth,

00:47:21Lucia's lies

00:47:22wouldn't have lasted a day.

00:47:23Mateo got the terrace footage restored.

00:47:25Lucia grabbed my hand,

00:47:26pressed it to her shoulder,

00:47:28then threw herself over the railing

00:47:29when Dante came close.

00:47:32He finally saw it.

00:47:33I wasn't lying that day.

00:47:35But believing me now

00:47:36doesn't erase a single humiliation

00:47:38I suffered back then.

00:47:39In another piece of

00:47:40basement surveillance footage,

00:47:42Lucia's maid hauled out

00:47:43the iron cage of rats

00:47:44before dawn.

00:47:45Lucia had someone

00:47:46release the rat.

00:47:47Lucia would never do

00:47:47something like that.

00:47:48Dante closed his eyes,

00:47:50then the audio recording

00:47:51played his order from the lake.

00:47:52Do what Lucia says.

00:47:53In that moment,

00:47:54he probably wanted to

00:47:55pin it all on Lucia,

00:47:56but in every piece of evidence,

00:47:57the voice ordering them

00:47:58to hurt me was his.

00:47:59Bring Lucia.

00:48:02You finally agreed to see me.

00:48:05Dante brought Lucia to Marseille.

00:48:08He needed someone to take the blame

00:48:09so he could tell himself

00:48:10he'd only been deceived.

00:48:12The fall,

00:48:13the rats,

00:48:14the icy lake.

00:48:15You set it up.

00:48:17You investigated me.

00:48:19I just wanted to know

00:48:20if you'd choose me.

00:48:23But you were the one

00:48:24who sent her to the hospital.

00:48:26You locked her in the basement.

00:48:28I only said

00:48:29I wanted to see her fall

00:48:30in the lake.

00:48:31You gave the order.

00:48:32Lucia said the one truth

00:48:34Dante never wanted to face.

00:48:35She used his bias,

00:48:36but she didn't make

00:48:37that choice for him.

00:48:38From now on,

00:48:39you don't set foot

00:48:40on any Moretti property.

00:48:42Touch me

00:48:43and the substitute bride agreement

00:48:45and the twins' photos

00:48:46get sent to every media outlet.

00:48:48Then everyone will know

00:48:49Elena called them

00:48:50for three years.

00:48:51She knew Dante could destroy her,

00:48:52so she made me her last shield.

00:48:54If you want to protect Elena,

00:48:56let me walk.

00:48:57Dante's fist hiked.

00:48:58For once,

00:48:59he had to choose

00:49:00punish Lucia

00:49:01or protect me.

00:49:04Adrian never promised

00:49:05to protect me forever.

00:49:06He never promised me an estate.

00:49:08He just placed a boat ticket

00:49:10and a ring in my palm.

00:49:12Elena,

00:49:13will you build a life with me?

00:49:15Not as someone's stand-in.

00:49:17Not as Mrs. Laurent.

00:49:19Just be yourself.

00:49:21I suddenly realized

00:49:22Dante's love was a locked door.

00:49:25Adrian was outside

00:49:25holding out the key.

00:49:27This time I reached

00:49:28for him first.

00:49:30I do.

00:49:31The first time I got married,

00:49:33I wore my sister's wedding dress,

00:49:34answered to her name,

00:49:36and was sent onto

00:49:37a stranger's boat.

00:49:38No one asked if I wanted it.

00:49:39No one even called me

00:49:40by my own name.

00:49:42Elena Bellary,

00:49:44do you take Adrian Laurent

00:49:45to be your husband?

00:49:46It was the first time

00:49:47I'd heard my own name

00:49:48at my own wedding.

00:49:49My eyes filled with tears,

00:49:51but I smiled when I answered.

00:49:53I do.

00:49:55Dante still came.

00:49:56He still could have

00:49:57locked down the port,

00:49:58held every ship,

00:49:59made everyone obey Moretti.

00:50:01But this time,

00:50:02he did nothing.

00:50:03Maybe he was changing too.

00:50:05It didn't matter to me anymore.

00:50:07After the wedding,

00:50:08I kicked off my heels

00:50:09and stepped onto the deck barefoot.

00:50:11Adrian reached for my hand,

00:50:13and together we boarded the sailboat

00:50:14leaving Marseille.

00:50:15From the deck,

00:50:16I saw Dante pull out

00:50:18that anniversary letter again,

00:50:19worn thin from being read

00:50:20so many times.

00:50:22Dante,

00:50:22if you'd come back

00:50:23on our anniversary,

00:50:24I would have stayed.

00:50:25But life doesn't give you ifs.

00:50:27I used to think love meant

00:50:28staying put

00:50:29and waiting for him to come back,

00:50:30again and again.

00:50:32Later,

00:50:33I understood.

00:50:34Real love doesn't ask me

00:50:35to give up my name,

00:50:36my dignity,

00:50:38or my freedom.

00:50:39The first time,

00:50:40I boarded Dante's boat

00:50:41under my sister's name.

00:50:43This time,

00:50:43I boarded a ship

00:50:44under my own name,

00:50:46one that truly chose me.

00:50:47I closed my eyes

00:50:48against the sea wind.

00:50:50Adrian settled his jacket

00:50:51over my shoulders.

00:50:52From this moment on,

00:50:54my life finally belongs

00:50:55to no one else.

00:50:57It belongs only to Elena.

00:51:01Adrian took me

00:51:02to a beach festival

00:51:03to celebrate

00:51:03the flower shop opening.

00:51:05That night,

00:51:06I tried stepping into a crowd

00:51:07for the first time.

00:51:09No one knew

00:51:09I was the Belodi family's stand-in.

00:51:11No one saw me

00:51:12as Mrs. Moretti.

00:51:13So I took Adrian's hand.

00:51:16The next dance is mine.

00:51:17He didn't raise his voice.

00:51:19He didn't ask what I wanted.

00:51:20He still expected

00:51:21everyone to move for him.

00:51:23To stop a scene

00:51:24between the two families,

00:51:25I signaled Adrian to let go.

00:51:29Dante took me by the waist

00:51:30and pulled me

00:51:31onto the dance floor.

00:51:32You used to love

00:51:33dancing with me.

00:51:34He had it wrong.

00:51:35I used to wait

00:51:36at the edge of the dance floor

00:51:37while Dante left with Lucia.

00:51:39I never liked dancing.

00:51:41I just wanted my husband

00:51:43to choose me once

00:51:44in front of everyone.

00:51:45In those three years,

00:51:47did you really never fall for me?

00:51:49I looked up at him.

00:51:50I did love you.

00:51:53But that's over.

00:51:54When the music ended,

00:51:55I slipped my hand free

00:51:57and walked toward Adrian.

00:51:58He finally got the answer

00:51:59he wanted.

00:52:00And in that same moment,

00:52:01he knew that love

00:52:03was gone forever.

00:52:06Dante still believed

00:52:07Morelli power

00:52:07could buy anything back.

00:52:09The next morning,

00:52:10cars bearing the Morelli family

00:52:12churse pulled up

00:52:12outside my flower shop.

00:52:14Mateo laid out jewelry,

00:52:16the estate deed,

00:52:17the family seal,

00:52:18and new marriage papers.

00:52:20Sign the papers.

00:52:21You can be my wife

00:52:22as Elena.

00:52:23He slid the Morelli ring

00:52:25across the table to me.

00:52:26Lucia won't show up again.

00:52:28Baletti won't dare

00:52:29control you anymore.

00:52:30Once.

00:52:31Those were the promises

00:52:32I wanted more than anything.

00:52:33But when he finally offered them,

00:52:35I didn't want them anymore.

00:52:37Do you even know

00:52:38what flowers I like?

00:52:39Dante didn't expect that.

00:52:40He looked at the roses,

00:52:42lilies,

00:52:42and licinorice in the shop,

00:52:43then went silent.

00:52:45Do you know

00:52:45I don't drink espresso?

00:52:46That I'm afraid of the dark?

00:52:48Or why I'm afraid of the cold?

00:52:49Dante couldn't answer.

00:52:51Of course he couldn't.

00:52:52He never really knew me.

00:52:57The whitelist sun tree you wanted.

00:53:00They just came in.

00:53:02I took the flowers

00:53:03without thinking

00:53:04and smiled.

00:53:05He hadn't lived with me

00:53:06for three years.

00:53:08But he remembered my flowers,

00:53:10how sweet I like my hot cocoa,

00:53:12and not to touch me

00:53:13when it rains.

00:53:15Dante looked at us,

00:53:16then slowly put the ring away.

00:53:18You didn't want Elaiza.

00:53:19You wanted that wife back.

00:53:21The one who lived

00:53:22her whole life around you.

00:53:23I threw Dante out.

00:53:25But he stayed at the door

00:53:26for a long time.

00:53:27Then Mateo suddenly

00:53:28held out an old envelope.

00:53:31This is the letter

00:53:32you brought back

00:53:33from the villa.

00:53:34You never opened it.

00:53:38I wrote that letter

00:53:39the day before our anniversary.

00:53:42By then,

00:53:43I already knew

00:53:44Isabella was coming back

00:53:46and that I'd be free soon.

00:53:47I wanted to tell Dante the truth

00:53:49and give us one last chance.

00:53:51Dante,

00:53:52I'm sorry I lied to you

00:53:54for three years.

00:53:55I'm not Isabella.

00:53:56I'm Elena.

00:53:57I married you for 4.2 millions,

00:54:00but I really did fall in love with you.

00:54:02If you come back tonight,

00:54:04I'll tell you everything.

00:54:06I'd even give up the 4.2 million

00:54:08and stay with you.

00:54:09Midnight came and went.

00:54:11Dante still didn't show.

00:54:13Then photos hit my phone

00:54:15of him at a gala with Lucia.

00:54:17That night,

00:54:18I waited until

00:54:19the last candle burned out,

00:54:20then added one final line

00:54:22to the letter.

00:54:24If he still chooses Lucia tonight,

00:54:26burn this letter

00:54:27and don't tell him

00:54:29I ever loved him.

00:54:30Dante finally bowed his head.

00:54:32At the same time,

00:54:33several sedans

00:54:34with the Baleri family crest

00:54:36pulled up outside my flower shop.

00:54:49My parents crossed

00:54:50half the Mediterranean

00:54:51to find me,

00:54:52not to see if I was okay.

00:54:53They just didn't want

00:54:54my existence

00:54:55threatening Isabella's

00:54:56new status.

00:54:58Hand over Lucia's

00:54:59audio recording,

00:55:00sign the non-disclosure agreement,

00:55:02and stay in Marseille

00:55:03forever.

00:55:04They threw a document

00:55:05in front of me.

00:55:06It demanded I give up

00:55:07the Balani name

00:55:08and any right

00:55:09to go after them

00:55:10over the substitute bride scheme.

00:55:12You already got 4.2 dollars.

00:55:16Now you want to take

00:55:17my place as Mrs. Moretti?

00:55:18She knew I cried

00:55:19in that basement.

00:55:21She knew Dante shoved me

00:55:22into the icy lake.

00:55:24To her,

00:55:25all of it was just

00:55:26the price I paid

00:55:27to hold that place

00:55:28for her.

00:55:29I don't care about

00:55:30your status,

00:55:30but you don't get

00:55:31to decide my name anymore.

00:55:33I don't know

00:55:34when Dante got behind

00:55:35my mother.

00:55:36By then,

00:55:37the Moretti guards

00:55:38had already taken

00:55:38every Bellini guard

00:55:39outside without a sound.

00:55:41Dante didn't raise

00:55:42his voice,

00:55:43but the second

00:55:43he showed up,

00:55:44everyone around me

00:55:45lowered their weapons.

00:55:46Who said you could

00:55:47touch her?

00:55:48This is Bellini family business.

00:55:50It stopped being

00:55:50your family business

00:55:51the night you sent

00:55:52her to the Moretti family.

00:55:54Dante tore the

00:55:54non-disclosure agreement

00:55:55in half

00:55:56and threw it

00:55:57at Isabella's feet.

00:55:58Take your people

00:55:59and leave Marseille.

00:56:00The Balani couple

00:56:01didn't dare argue.

00:56:03They just took their people

00:56:04and left the flower shop.

00:56:06I used to imagine him

00:56:07standing in front of me

00:56:08like this.

00:56:09But now that he finally is,

00:56:12I don't need

00:56:13his protection anymore.

00:56:14Where were you

00:56:15three years ago

00:56:15when I needed you?

00:56:21Lucia triggered

00:56:22the scheduled email.

00:56:23The substitute bride files

00:56:24are going out

00:56:25to the media.

00:56:28Lucia probably knew

00:56:29she'd lost Dante,

00:56:30so she decided

00:56:31to ruin me.

00:56:32Make me the woman

00:56:33who tricked him

00:56:34into marriage forever.

00:56:37Buy every story.

00:56:39Shut down the servers.

00:56:40Anyone involved

00:56:41goes now.

00:56:42The Moretti family

00:56:43started calling newspapers,

00:56:45TV stations,

00:56:46online platforms.

00:56:47One by one,

00:56:48the stories disappeared

00:56:49before they aired.

00:56:50If Dante wanted,

00:56:52he could still keep

00:56:53all of Cilia

00:56:53from hearing

00:56:54a single secret.

00:56:55But this time,

00:56:57he wasn't covering it up

00:56:58for the Moretti family.

00:56:59An article was already

00:57:01being cleared for release.

00:57:02The headline called me

00:57:03a fake bride

00:57:04who copped her way

00:57:05into that marriage

00:57:06for three years.

00:57:07The lawyer told Dante

00:57:08the safest move

00:57:09was to announce

00:57:09that Elena had deceived

00:57:11both the Moretti

00:57:11and Bellini families.

00:57:13Put it all on her

00:57:14and your marriage

00:57:15and succession rights

00:57:17stay intact.

00:57:18Release a statement

00:57:18in my name.

00:57:20I ordered the marriage

00:57:21papers changed.

00:57:22Elena had nothing

00:57:23to do with it.

00:57:24Every time something

00:57:25went wrong before,

00:57:26he made me take the fall.

00:57:28This was the first time

00:57:29he took all of it

00:57:30on himself.

00:57:31Dante,

00:57:31bring Elena back

00:57:33to Sicily

00:57:34for a family tribunal

00:57:35or you lose your right

00:57:37to succeed the Don.

00:57:40Dante was raised

00:57:41from birth

00:57:42to become the next Don.

00:57:44The Moretti ports,

00:57:45the money,

00:57:46the power,

00:57:47it was all supposed

00:57:48to become his

00:57:49at the succession ceremony.

00:57:51Hand Elisa over.

00:57:52Say she planned

00:57:53the marriage fraud alone

00:57:54and the family

00:57:56can pretend

00:57:57none of this happened.

00:57:58One woman

00:57:59or the entire Moretti family.

00:58:01You know which one

00:58:01to choose.

00:58:03I choose Lucia

00:58:04no matter what.

00:58:06Back then,

00:58:07he always thought

00:58:07choosing me,

00:58:08me meant losing

00:58:09something more important.

00:58:11Now he's finally

00:58:12being forced

00:58:13to choose between me

00:58:14and the power

00:58:14he values most.

00:58:16Elena isn't a Moretti

00:58:18and she's not

00:58:19for you to judge.

00:58:20Anyone who touches her

00:58:21is my enemy.

00:58:23If Dante lost

00:58:24his succession rights,

00:58:25Isabella lost her place

00:58:27as the future Don's wife.

00:58:28She didn't care

00:58:29if the family killed me.

00:58:30She only cared

00:58:31that Moretti

00:58:32would no longer be hers.

00:58:33Isabella called

00:58:34an elder who opposed

00:58:35the truce

00:58:35and sent him

00:58:36my flower shop address.

00:58:39If Elena disappears,

00:58:41Dante has no reason

00:58:42to keep defying the family.

00:58:44Minutes later,

00:58:45armed men grabbed

00:58:46their guns

00:58:46in a warehouse

00:58:47outside the city

00:58:48and headed for my place.

00:58:51Someone's at

00:58:52Elena's flower shop.

00:58:59I was closing up

00:59:00the flower shop

00:59:01when every streetlight

00:59:02outside went dark

00:59:03at once.

00:59:04The street always

00:59:05goes dead quiet

00:59:06before Morello men

00:59:07show up.

00:59:08Three years with Dante

00:59:09taught me more than

00:59:09his coffee order

00:59:10and stomach meds.

00:59:11I learned what this

00:59:12family sounds like

00:59:13before it kills.

00:59:14I killed the lights

00:59:15and pulled Adrian

00:59:16into the storage room.

00:59:17Back then,

00:59:18I had to learn

00:59:19those secrets

00:59:19to play the Morelli wife.

00:59:21This time,

00:59:22they helped save me.

00:59:23I grabbed the radio

00:59:24and copied their orders,

00:59:25sending most of the gunmen

00:59:27to the wrong exit.

00:59:28Adrian triggered

00:59:29the sprinklers

00:59:30and in the chaos,

00:59:31I opened the back door

00:59:32to the port warehouse.

00:59:34Adrian and I

00:59:35ran out of the warehouse,

00:59:36but the last two gunmen

00:59:38had us trapped

00:59:38at the dock.

00:59:40The second they aimed at me,

00:59:41a black car

00:59:42slammed through the barrier.

00:59:44It was Dante.

00:59:46He dropped one shooter,

00:59:48but the other opened fire

00:59:49from behind

00:59:50a shipping container.

00:59:51I'd waited

00:59:52for Dante before.

00:59:53At the icy lake,

00:59:55in the hospital,

00:59:56in the basement.

00:59:58Not once did he come.

01:00:00Get on the boat.

01:00:01What about you?

01:00:03You go.

01:00:04I'm staying.

01:00:06A shot rang out.

01:00:08The bullet tore

01:00:09through Dante's shoulder.

01:00:11He jerked,

01:00:12but he still stood

01:00:13between me and the gun,

01:00:14then took down

01:00:15the last shooter.

01:00:18He used to make me

01:00:19take the danger

01:00:20meant for Lucia.

01:00:21That night,

01:00:22for the first time,

01:00:23he put himself

01:00:24in front of me.

01:00:25Dante collapsed

01:00:26into my arms.

01:00:27Blood soaked

01:00:28my hands.

01:00:30Then he pressed

01:00:31a passport

01:00:31into my palm,

01:00:32the one that said

01:00:33Elena Belendi.

01:00:34This time,

01:00:36you choose

01:00:36which boat

01:00:37you board.

01:00:42The ambulance

01:00:43tore through the rain.

01:00:44I knelt

01:00:45by Dante's gurney,

01:00:46pressing hard

01:00:47on the wound

01:00:48that wouldn't

01:00:48stop bleeding.

01:00:49He was barely

01:00:49conscious,

01:00:50but he still

01:00:51wouldn't let go

01:00:52of my real passport.

01:00:54Don't go back

01:00:55to Sicily.

01:00:57Adrian draped

01:00:58his coat

01:00:58over my shoulders.

01:01:01You can leave.

01:01:02Morelli's people

01:01:03are already here.

01:01:04I looked at my

01:01:04blood-covered hands

01:01:05and didn't get up.

01:01:07He took a bullet

01:01:08for me.

01:01:09I need to know

01:01:10he'll live.

01:01:11I stayed,

01:01:12but not because

01:01:13my heart

01:01:14had started beating

01:01:14again.

01:01:15I just didn't want

01:01:16my freedom

01:01:16to cost him

01:01:17his life.

01:01:18At dawn,

01:01:19Dante finally

01:01:20opened his eyes

01:01:21and found me

01:01:21slumped by his bed.

01:01:22A flicker of

01:01:23disbelieving hope

01:01:24rose in his eyes

01:01:25and he grabbed

01:01:26my hand.

01:01:28I'd only stayed

01:01:29one night

01:01:30and he thought

01:01:31I'd finally softened.

01:01:32I pulled my hand

01:01:33free and set

01:01:33the obsidian

01:01:34air's ring

01:01:35Matteo brought

01:01:35on the nightstand.

01:01:37You saved me.

01:01:38I won't forget that.

01:01:40Dante looked at me

01:01:41and his breath caught.

01:01:43But one act

01:01:44of sacrifice

01:01:44doesn't erase

01:01:45the rats

01:01:45in that basement,

01:01:46the freezing lake,

01:01:48or all the times

01:01:49you left me behind.

01:01:50Dante,

01:01:51I can be grateful,

01:01:53but I'm not going

01:01:53to love you again

01:01:54because of it.

01:01:56Some wounds

01:01:57can be stitched shut.

01:01:59Others only remind

01:02:00me never to go back.

01:02:03Sir,

01:02:04the people who

01:02:04attacked the flower shop

01:02:05are talking.

01:02:06On the screen,

01:02:07I saw the record

01:02:08of Isabella

01:02:09sending the flower shop's

01:02:10address

01:02:10and Lucia's

01:02:11decrypted files.

01:02:12It was Isabella.

01:02:13She leaked

01:02:14Elena's location

01:02:16and there is more

01:02:17in Lucia's files.

01:02:19That day,

01:02:21the two women

01:02:21who used me

01:02:22like a pawn

01:02:23finally faced

01:02:24Moretto judgment.

01:02:27Even without

01:02:28the heir's title,

01:02:29Dante was still

01:02:30Amoretti.

01:02:31He just had

01:02:31to sit there.

01:02:32Lucia and Isabella,

01:02:33who used to act

01:02:34untouchable,

01:02:35barely dared to breathe.

01:02:37I did all of this

01:02:39because I love you!

01:02:40Elena stole my marriage

01:02:42first.

01:02:42I was just taking

01:02:43back what was mine!

01:02:44You used my prejudice

01:02:46against Elena,

01:02:49but I'm the one

01:02:50who kept choosing

01:02:51to hurt her.

01:02:52For once,

01:02:52he wasn't blaming

01:02:54everyone else,

01:02:54but admitting it

01:02:55was his punishment,

01:02:57not a reason

01:02:57I had to forgive him.

01:03:02Kidnapping,

01:03:02assault,

01:03:03falsifying evidence,

01:03:05turn her over

01:03:05to the police.

01:03:09The marriage alliance

01:03:10is void.

01:03:12The Moretti family

01:03:13withdraws all protection

01:03:14from the Bolani family.

01:03:16Without Moretti,

01:03:16the Bolani family

01:03:17is finished.

01:03:19That's your problem.

01:03:20Matteo opened the safe

01:03:22and took out

01:03:23my birth certificate,

01:03:24my real passport,

01:03:25and the divorce papers.

01:03:28Dante buried

01:03:29the substitute bride scanned.

01:03:30He wouldn't let

01:03:31my name become collateral

01:03:32in a war between

01:03:33the two families.

01:03:34He signed the papers,

01:03:36then ordered

01:03:37every surveillance file

01:03:38on me destroyed.

01:03:39From today on,

01:03:41no one in the Moretti family

01:03:42will track,

01:03:44investigate,

01:03:45or interfere

01:03:46with Alina Valente.

01:03:48He handed me

01:03:49the documents himself.

01:03:51Your name,

01:03:51your property,

01:03:52your freedom,

01:03:55they're yours again.

01:03:56I reached for them,

01:03:58but Dante didn't let go.

01:03:59He looked at me,

01:04:01tried to speak,

01:04:02stopped,

01:04:03then finally asked

01:04:04in a low voice.

01:04:05If I'd known

01:04:05it was you sooner,

01:04:07would this have ended differently?

01:04:09He held his breath,

01:04:10waiting for me to say,

01:04:12we could have had

01:04:12a different ending.

01:04:13I took my passport

01:04:15and looked at him,

01:04:16but you didn't.

01:04:17I put my passport away

01:04:19and walked out of the club

01:04:20without looking back.

01:04:22At the bottom of the steps,

01:04:24Adrian was waiting

01:04:25with white Lacerius.

01:04:26He saw me,

01:04:28smiled,

01:04:28and put the flowers

01:04:29in my arms.

01:04:30I took the flowers.

01:04:32Adrian pulled a ring box

01:04:33from his pocket,

01:04:34his thumb resting on the lid,

01:04:36but he didn't open it.

01:04:38My eyes stayed on the box.

01:04:39He didn't rush me.

01:04:41He just watched.

01:04:42Making sure I was ready

01:04:43for what came next.

01:04:45I'd just gotten back

01:04:45the right to choose

01:04:46my own life,

01:04:47and he was waiting

01:04:48to see if I'd let him into it.

Wrong Twin for the Mafia Don (2026) - AI Drama

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