Her fiancé cheated. His whole family helped. Her best friend joined in. So on the day of the wedding, Lila didn't cry - she read the "Swap the Bride" group chat, called her fiancé's worst enemy, and married him instead. Julian Ashford gets a wife who wants revenge; Lila gets a partner who fights beside her. Nathan bankrupted. Chloe fired. Ethan ruined. The "sick" mistress exposed. Eight years of love, burned down by one wedding day - and the bride never looks back.
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00:01Two days before the wedding, my fiancée's childhood sweeter, Tessa, returned to the country.
00:06That day, I received a video file from an unknown number.
00:16At that moment, I was absolutely certain Ethan was cheating.
00:22Just as I was about to break up with him, his mother, my brother, and my best friend came to
00:26find me.
00:44Leela, don't you worry. That woman can't make any trouble. You're the only daughter-in-law I'll ever acknowledge.
00:50If Ethan dares to see that woman again, I'll be the first to punch him.
00:56Does that bitch even deserve it? You and Ethan have been together for eight years.
01:00Can she even compare? Everyone was comforting me, and I was comforted very well.
01:13I opened the videos in the group chat. The bride had been replaced by Tessa.
01:18I scrolled up through the chat history.
01:20I owe Tessa a wedding in this lifetime. This ceremony is to fulfill her dream, to let her wear a
01:25wedding dress for me just once.
01:26As for Leela, we'll go to City Hall to sign the papers tomorrow as planned.
01:30If she makes a scene, just say the driver took a wrong turn.
01:33You guys help me say a few nice things, and she'll be coaxed over it.
01:38Don't worry. Mom will help you deceive Leela.
01:42My brother replied,
01:44Leela isn't very bright. She's easy to coax.
01:47Ethan is just incredible to Tessa. I'm so Envelisse.
01:50So, they were all helping Ethan hide it. I was the only one left in the dark.
01:56But the groom for this wedding doesn't have to be Ethan.
02:00The person laughing the hardest in the crowd was my brother.
02:03He once told me he wouldn't let anyone hurt me, but now he was hurting me himself.
02:07That bridesmaid was Chloe, whom I had known for 18 years.
02:10Good child. You've been wronged.
02:14But just three days ago, Ethan's mother held my hand and said I was the only daughter-in-law she
02:18would ever accept.
02:19It was all a lie.
02:22Wedding the Cole family prepared for me was grand.
02:24It was live-streamed, and half of New York's high society was in attendance.
02:28I once felt I wasn't good enough for Ethan because our family backgrounds were so different.
02:33But he repeatedly gave me confidence, telling me I deserved the best in the world.
02:38He did give me a wedding that all eyes were on, but this wedding was missing a groom.
02:43Miss Bennett, why didn't the groom arrive in the same car as you?
02:47No comment.
02:49Miss Bennett, we heard Mr. Cole's first love is back in the country.
02:53Will he call off the engagement?
02:55I don't know.
03:06Leela, are you at the hotel?
03:10The car broke down on the way. Ethan and I are stuck.
03:14Let Ethan take the phone.
03:18Leela, I can't make it. You'll have to handle the guests on your own for now.
03:22I promise, as soon as things are settled here, I'll come find you immediately.
03:25His tone was as confident as ever.
03:27In the past, as long as he coaxed me nicely, I would always stay and wait for him, but not
03:31this time.
03:31Ethan Cole, the wedding starts in half an hour.
03:33If you don't show up, I'm changing the groom.
03:37Change the groom?
03:38Leela, stop fooling around.
03:40You've been with me for eight years. All of New York knows you're my woman.
03:43Besides me, who would dare to marry you today?
03:46Ethan, come on over.
03:48Don't be difficult, baby. I'll head over as soon as I'm done here.
03:51I knew he was telling the truth.
03:53The Cole family's influence in the business world was significant.
03:56No man would dare to take his place at this critical moment and risk offending him.
04:00But I also knew who would have the guts to be my groom.
04:05Leela seems a bit upset. Can one of you go and coze her?
04:09Don't worry. Leave it to me.
04:11You and Tessa are about to exchange rings. Don't keep her waiting.
04:16I won't wait for a ring that doesn't belong to me.
04:23Leela! Thank God you're already done with your makeup!
04:26The car broke down on the Brooklyn Bridge.
04:29And then there was a chain reaction collision.
04:31The whole road is completely blocked.
04:33Ethan was so anxious he was pounding the steering wheel.
04:37He's dealing with it on sight and told me to come and keep you company first.
04:41Quick! Touch up our bride to eat's makeup!
04:44This is the most important day of her life.
04:49Leela, please don't be mad at Ethan.
04:52He pulled several all-nights to prepare for this wedding.
04:56And he was so anxious on the road just now, his eyes were red.
05:00When he arrives, just give him an easy way out, okay?
05:06This was my best friend.
05:08Every word was an excuse for Ethan.
05:10Every word accused me of being hot-tempered.
05:12And every word urged me to be reasonable.
05:15I'm not angry.
05:19I'm going to play on my phone.
05:24Don't worry, it's handled.
05:26She won't make a scene.
05:27All that talk about changing the groom was just her being angry.
05:30She loves Ethan so much, she'd do anything to be tied to him for life, right?
05:33I just made up a random excuse, and she didn't even suspect a thing.
05:38Obedient as a little puppy.
05:40Thanks for your hard work, Chloe.
05:41When this is over, I'll have Ethan transfer you some extra money.
05:47Honestly, Tessa's Vera Wong couture dress today is absolutely stunning.
05:51In comparison, that indie designer dress Leena is wearing, it just reaps of cheapness.
05:56A chill ran down my spine.
05:59I had known Chloe for 18 years.
06:01Besides my brother, she was the closest and most trusted person in the world to me.
06:07Leela!
06:08I'm going out for a while, it's too stuffy in here.
06:11Yeah.
06:17Chloe no longer deserved this internal letter of recommendation.
06:21Mr. Whitley, my apologies.
06:23Regarding the list of recommended personnel I sent you earlier,
06:27please disregard the name Chloe Reynolds.
06:39I knew he would come.
06:41Ten minutes later, I left the dressing room
06:44and walked towards the terrace at the end of the hallway.
06:48Chloe, is Ethan really not coming back?
06:50The walk down the aisle is about to start.
06:52What's Leela going to do alone?
06:55Coming back?
06:56They're having sex over there right now.
06:58Don't you believe in Ethan's skills?
07:01Come on, let me show you something exciting.
07:07Let them wait, baby.
07:16Ethan's got some real game?
07:18What do you call this?
07:19Having them both wrapped around his finger?
07:23Listen to that.
07:24Sounds like she's being fucked to tears.
07:26Ethan is totally into her style.
07:28Come on, Ethan has kept Leela like a caged bird for eight years.
07:31Can she even survive without him?
07:33Even if she found out, what could she do?
07:35She'd still have to obediently go through with this wedding.
07:40Looking at their varied expressions, I found it all amusing.
07:46Five minutes left.
07:47Groomsmen, get ready for the entrance.
07:52Leela, don't take it to heart.
07:55Ethan couldn't help it either.
07:56Anyway, once this wedding is over, everyone in New York will know you're the official Mrs. Cole.
08:02Men, they play around sometimes, as long as they know to come home.
08:06Don't you think?
08:07Let's go.
08:08Don't waste any more time.
08:12I saw the mockery in their eyes.
08:15Go on, laugh.
08:16You won't be laughing much longer.
08:26I know he will definitely come.
08:29I'm here to marry you.
08:43I know what he's smiling about.
08:45After an eight-year relationship, Ethan was sure I was just throwing a tantrum like before.
08:51The company's two biggest investors, the CEOs of three partner firms, and a few old friends
08:57who had been with us since we started the business in college.
08:59Everyone who was supposed to be there was there, except for him, the groom-to-be.
09:10Ethan, what's wrong?
09:12Did something happen?
09:15Leela is having a wedding with someone else?
09:20Impossible.
09:21Chloe.
09:22Ethan, you saw everything?
09:26Why is Julian Ashford there?
09:28What the hell is security doing?
09:31They just let anyone in?
09:33I paid two million dollars for that venue!
09:36Ethan, calm down.
09:37The security guards didn't dare to stop him.
09:39He brought the Ashford family's top legal team and a whole carload of bodyguards.
09:45Even, he even, even had the welcome sign at the entrance changed to his name.
09:50Then why didn't you stop Lila?
09:52I tried, but Lila sent me a video.
10:01Chloe, help me one more time.
10:03He wouldn't give up.
10:04He thought, after eight years together, how could I just end things like that?
10:07He was convinced I was just furious, that I must be waiting for him at the hotel, waiting
10:11for his apology, waiting for him to clean up this mess.
10:14As long as he got there, as long as he grabbed my hand in person, I would definitely come
10:18back to him.
10:18I really can't help you this time.
10:20I held her hand and begged her to wait just ten more minutes.
10:23Just ten minutes.
10:25I told her Ethan was stuck in traffic and would be there any second.
10:28She didn't argue with me at all.
10:30She just asked me a question.
10:32What did she ask?
10:34She asked me if you all had a good laugh last night.
10:37What does that mean?
10:40I don't know what she was talking about, but my spare phone is missing.
10:44What?
10:46Nothing.
10:47I probably just forgot where I put it.
10:55Ridiculous!
10:56Julian is doing this just to spite me.
10:58He knew I was getting married today, so he deliberately crashed the party to make me
11:02a laughing stock in front of all of New York.
11:04And that fool, Lila, she doesn't even know she's being used as a pawn.
11:08The more he talked, the more convinced he became that I was being used by Julian.
11:14That Julian had forced his way into the wedding to get revenge on him.
11:19And I was just playing along out of spite because he didn't show up.
11:24Eight years together, and she just lets an outsider trample on our wedding like this?
11:29Give the phone to Lila!
11:30I need to talk to her myself!
11:32Tell her to stop this forest immediately and wait for me to come back!
11:34Do not make me lose my temper!
11:36I cannot get through.
11:37The aisle is packed with people, and there is a line of bodyguards in front.
11:41Let Nathan take the phone.
11:43He's a groomsman.
11:44He's the closest.
11:47Ethan?
11:48Go over there now and get her off the stage.
11:51Make up any excuse.
11:52Just get her to the side door.
11:56I can't do it.
11:58What did you say?
11:59I said I cannot do it.
12:01Ethan, what right do I have to stop her?
12:03You are the one who didn't show up.
12:05She sat in the dressing room in her wedding dress for two hours.
12:08We went in to check on her three times.
12:10Also, Ashford's people came by earlier asking for the names of the company's present one by one.
12:14When they got to me, the guy jot something down on a piece of paper.
12:17Ethan, two-thirds of my company's business is with the Cole Group.
12:20If something happens, you are going to have to give me an explanation, right?
12:23Is this really the time to talk about that?
12:25You are just going to stand there and watch her marry someone else?
12:29Nancy!
12:30Nancy!
12:32Nancy!
12:34Nancy!
12:35Nancy!
12:35Nancy!
12:36Nancy!
12:36Nancy!
12:37Nathan, are you deaf?
12:38I told you to give her the phone!
12:40It's too late, Ethan.
12:43What do you mean?
12:46The number you have reached is not available.
12:52Ethan, don't panic.
12:53Maybe it's just a signal problem.
12:55It's not.
12:56The number you have reached is not available.
12:59Ethan, listen to me.
13:00She wouldn't really...
13:01Shut up!
13:04Why are you yelling at me?
13:06I was just trying to help.
13:09Help me!
13:10Do you know who this man is?
13:12He's the person I hate most, my biggest rival in business, and Lila married him!
13:18If it weren't for you, he wouldn't be standing at my wedding today, marrying my woman!
13:28Are you blaming me now?
13:30Ethan, you were the one who said you owed me a wedding.
13:33You were the one who said you didn't want me to leave with regrets.
13:35I never forced you.
13:37Now you're blaming me, blaming Chloe, blaming Nathan,
13:40but have you ever stopped to think why Lila isn't even asking where you are right now?
13:45What do you mean by that?
13:46Are you saying Lila doesn't care about me anymore?
13:49That she doesn't love me anymore?
13:52Maybe Lila is just being difficult with you.
13:58Difficult?
14:00I'm going back to see if she's really willing to leave me and marry someone else!
14:08Ethan!
14:09You're going to get into an accident driving like this!
14:23Even though we are struggling financially right now,
14:25I want to stand by you as you build a better life.
14:29Will you take me as your fiancé to share joy and hardship with you
14:33for the rest of our lives and never be apart?
14:40Didn't we promise to share joy and hardship and never leave each other?
14:44Lila, you liar!
14:53Lila, where did you get this money?
14:56This is my down payment for you.
14:58The rest of your life belongs to me.
15:00He was right.
15:01For the past eight years, no matter what he did wrong,
15:03as long as he himself a little to coax me,
15:06I would always forgive him with a smile.
15:11I am sorry, Lila.
15:12I had an impromptu meeting with an investor today.
15:14It is fine.
15:15I took some photos.
15:16I will show you when we get home.
15:21Lila wouldn't leave me for another man,
15:23least of all Julian Ashward.
15:26She must just be throwing a tantrum.
15:27If I can just explain that this was only an accident,
15:30that I only pitied Tessa for her serious illness
15:32and was merely putting on an act with her,
15:34she will surely forgive me.
15:38She would never throw away our eight-year-long relationship like this.
15:54Sir, you're injured.
15:55Don't move.
15:56Sir, are you okay?
15:57I've already called the emergency services.
15:59I can't stop here.
15:59I can't collapse.
16:01The hotel is just ahead.
16:01I have to get there.
16:03Lila is still waiting for me.
16:05She can't marry Julian Ashford.
16:06Today, even if it costs me my life,
16:08I have to get her back.
16:10She's my woman.
16:11She's my wife.
16:12But he had already missed the last chance I gave him.
16:14I wouldn't wait for him,
16:15and I certainly wouldn't marry him.
16:16It was over between Ethan and me a long time ago.
16:18I will not wait for him,
16:20nor will I marry him.
16:21In the dream,
16:22both the efficient and I were looking at him.
16:24His heart was pounding,
16:25his face ecstatic.
16:26Sir, do you take Lila to be your wife,
16:28to have and to hold,
16:29for richer or for poorer,
16:31in sickness and in health,
16:32to love and to cherish,
16:34till death do you part?
16:52Sir, are you okay?
16:55Can you see how many fingers I'm holding up?
16:59Get out!
17:20Mr. Cole,
17:21your venue fee was fully refunded
17:22to your company's account this afternoon.
17:24Refund?
17:26This is the venue I booked.
17:27I paid two million dollars!
17:29Yes.
17:30All of today's expenses
17:31were settled in full by Mr. Ashford.
17:33That includes the flowers,
17:35the band,
17:35the catering,
17:36and your two million.
17:37Legally speaking,
17:38you are not the host of today's wedding.
17:47I heard you got kicked out.
17:48Coming through the east entrance,
17:49there's no security there.
17:56I caught a glimpse of Ethan outside the door,
17:58but I didn't feel a hint of guilt or panic.
18:02Through the mirror behind me,
18:04I could clearly see the muscles
18:05of Julian's waist and abdomen,
18:07and the curtain.
18:08Ethan's gaze from outside the door
18:10felt like it could pierce through me,
18:11but I didn't care about him any.
18:21Cole, that meeting on Monday,
18:23let's reschedule.
18:24When?
18:24I'll let you know.
18:36Leela, Leela, get out of there!
18:38Get out of the way!
18:39I'm her husband!
18:42But my expression was calm.
18:44The way I looked at him
18:46was like sizing up
18:47a long-expired,
18:48discarded item.
18:50There was no love
18:51and no hate.
18:53Leela,
18:55even if you blame me
18:56for being late,
18:57even if you're angry at me,
18:58you can't joke about our marriage!
19:00Even at this moment,
19:01he still thought
19:01this was just an elaborate
19:03Farby I had planned.
19:04I said nothing.
19:05Even communicating with him
19:06felt like a waste of time.
19:08Mr. Cole, watch your words.
19:09Leela is my wife now.
19:12Before this,
19:13we waited for you
19:13for four hours and twenty minutes,
19:15counting from the scheduled ceremony time.
19:18I even saved a seat for you
19:19until the third hour.
19:21Who the hell do you think you are?
19:23You took advantage of the situation!
19:25Took advantage.
19:26I did wait a long time.
19:27But this empty spot today,
19:29you left it yourself.
19:30You probably don't know this,
19:31but I've been watching her
19:33since our sophomore year of high school.
19:36I thought I'd never have a chance
19:37in this lifetime.
19:38So I really have to thank you.
19:40Thank you for giving me this opportunity.
19:42Thank you for pushing her
19:43right into my arms,
19:45allowing me to openly
19:46and honorably marry my girl.
19:48You don't know her at all!
19:50You don't even know what she likes!
19:55When she draws,
19:56she has a habit of holding
19:57her pencil sideways in her mouth.
19:59She doesn't drink iced water.
20:01This wedding hall today,
20:02she chose it herself
20:03after comparing dozens of options.
20:05She said the light is purest
20:07at four in the afternoon.
20:08I know all of this.
20:10Mr. Cole,
20:11do you know what I can't figure out the most?
20:14You knew everything,
20:15and yet you still didn't come.
20:18Is what he's saying true?
20:20Leela, answer me!
20:21To get revenge on me,
20:23you just found about
20:23a random person to marry?
20:25Is that how you trample
20:26on our eight years together?
20:29Eight years?
20:31Ethan, what makes you think
20:33for something you destroyed
20:35with your own hands?
20:36You could at least,
20:37at least curse at me.
20:39You were never like this before.
20:41I always thought
20:41you just needed time
20:43to think things through.
20:47You all said
20:48I was easy to coax.
20:49One time being coaxed
20:50lasted eight years.
20:52This one time is enough.
21:03Mr. Cole,
21:04I am the legal counsel
21:05for the Ashford family.
21:06From now on,
21:07please maintain your distance
21:08from Mrs. Ashford.
21:10This is a formal letter,
21:11a copy of which
21:12has already been sent
21:13to your company's legal department.
21:28In that instant,
21:30Ethan's mind went blank.
21:35In that instant,
21:37Ethan's mind went blank.
21:388.07 a.m.
21:39At that moment,
21:40he had just signed
21:41the payment form
21:42outside Tessa's hospital room.
21:44At that moment,
21:45I hadn't even put on
21:46my wedding dress.
21:47His supposed...
21:48I knew everything,
21:49but I didn't argue.
21:51Didn't have a hysterical
21:52confrontation with him.
21:53Didn't even shed
21:54a single tear.
21:55I just quietly changed
21:57the groom,
21:58changed my life,
21:59and then threw
21:59this whole mess,
22:00along with all his
22:01shady schemes,
22:02right back in his face.
22:05Looking at them now,
22:06those words were like
22:07a series of loud slaps
22:09across his face.
22:11He finally understood
22:12that it wasn't that
22:13I didn't have a temper
22:14I just couldn't be
22:15bothered to give him
22:16another chance.
22:17I couldn't even be
22:18monitored to argue
22:18with him.
22:19Sorry.
22:20The subscriber you...
22:22That night,
22:23he called me
22:24over 40 times.
22:26The first dozen or
22:27cells still had
22:28a ringing tone,
22:28but after that,
22:30the tone changed
22:30completely.
22:32The number you have
22:33dialed is no longer
22:34in service.
22:35He couldn't believe
22:36I had already
22:36changed my number.
22:38Leila,
22:38you wouldn't be
22:39this cruel.
22:40You're just being
22:41difficult.
22:43the subscriber
22:44you dialed
22:44is power off.
22:47The subscriber
22:48you dialed
22:49is busy now.
22:54We had agreed
22:55to go to City Hall
22:56the morning after
22:57the wedding
22:57to sign the papers.
22:58He knew I valued
22:59my promises
23:00more than my life
23:01and had never
23:01broken one.
23:02So this time,
23:03he still thought
23:04I was just angry,
23:05that this so-called
23:06Julian was just a shield
23:07I had grabbed
23:08to spite him.
23:09Right!
23:10Legally,
23:11Julian and Leila
23:12are nothing
23:13to each other yet!
23:20I'd like to check
23:20on an appointment
23:21for today.
23:22Leila Bennett?
23:24Sir,
23:25appointment information
23:26cannot be looked up
23:26for external parties.
23:28I am one of the
23:29parties involved.
23:29Then please present
23:30your appointment number
23:31and ID.
23:33He searched
23:33for a long time,
23:34but the appointment
23:35number was with me.
23:37He never bothered
23:38with these small details
23:40because I had always
23:41been the one
23:41to prepare them.
23:47Sir,
23:48please move
23:48to the waiting area.
24:04He recognized my shoes,
24:06nude stilettos,
24:07the pair I wore
24:08most often.
24:09I knew Ethan
24:10was there.
24:11I saw him the second
24:12the car stopped,
24:13but I had no desire
24:14to even look at him.
24:19Do you need it?
24:20I have it.
24:21It's...
24:21Zurich.
24:23I knew Ethan's gaze
24:24followed Julian and me.
24:26He stood outside the door,
24:27watching us sit
24:29at the registration window.
24:36Leila.
24:39Ethan,
24:40this was the second time
24:41I had said his name
24:42since the wedding reception.
24:44His eyes lit up instantly,
24:46as if he had grasped
24:47a lifeline.
24:48Sorry,
24:49I've changed my groom.
24:51I was too busy yesterday
24:52and didn't have a chance
24:53to inform you.
25:10He didn't know
25:11how he made it back
25:11to the downtown apartment
25:13where he and I
25:14had lived for three years.
25:17Every night
25:17for three years,
25:19I sat in the living room
25:20waiting for him.
25:24I chose the sofa,
25:26a cream-colored fabric one
25:27that didn't hurt your back
25:29after sitting for a long time.
25:34I hung the curtains.
25:35I added a layer
25:36of sheer fabric
25:37over the blackout curtains
25:39so that if you drew
25:40the shears during the day,
25:41the living room
25:42would be filled
25:43with soft light.
25:46A wave of sorrow
25:48washed over him.
25:49My figure was no longer
25:50on the sofa,
25:51no longer at the dining table.
25:56And the kitchen light
25:57was no longer on for me.
26:01I put that one up
26:02last Tuesday,
26:04but he worked late that night
26:05and didn't come home
26:06for dinner.
26:07I wrote this one last Sunday,
26:09but he was too busy
26:10with Tessa and forgot.
26:14But to me,
26:15those regrets
26:16were worthless now.
26:22Those were the wedding rings
26:23he had specially commissioned
26:24for me in Paris,
26:26meant to be brought
26:27to the wedding venue
26:28on the day,
26:29but I no longer needed them.
26:48The architecture magazines
26:49I was reading,
26:50the stuffed animal,
26:51I liked to hug
26:52while sleeping,
26:53my lip balm,
26:54my charger,
26:55I had taken them all.
26:57That wasn't something
26:58I left for him
26:59on purpose.
27:02I truly forgot it.
27:04From that day on,
27:06Ethan's kept his post there.
27:08Among the myriand
27:09of city lights,
27:10not a single one
27:11would be his.
27:13Because he and I
27:14were now completely
27:15separated
27:16into two different worlds.
27:22This is Leela.
27:23Please leave a message.
27:25This is Leela.
27:27Please leave a message.
27:30This was the only way
27:31he could hear my voice.
27:33He was hoping.
27:35What if I had
27:36a change of heart?
27:37Yeah, it's done.
27:39You should have seen
27:39how guilty Ethan looked.
27:40Men, they just fall
27:41for the damsel
27:42in distress act.
27:43Eternal pancreatic cancer?
27:44I just got a doctor
27:46from a small clinic
27:47to fake a report.
27:48Alright, once I've
27:49secured my position
27:49as Mrs. Cole,
27:50you'll get your share
27:51of the benefits.
27:52What is Leela even?
27:53Eight years
27:54and she couldn't
27:55even get married.
27:57Such a useless fiancé
27:59should have
27:59advocated long ago.
28:04Ethan?
28:05When did you get back?
28:09No terminal illness,
28:11no impending death.
28:12It was all a lie.
28:13He had even betrayed me,
28:15the one who truly loved him,
28:16for this baseless fabrication.
28:18This is what you called
28:19a terminal illness?
28:21Ethan, let me explain.
28:23I love you too much.
28:24I just wanted to come back to you.
28:26Come back to me?
28:29What did you tell me yesterday
28:31when you were lying in bed?
28:32You said you just wanted
28:33to see me one last time.
28:35You said you didn't want
28:36to hold me back
28:36and told me to leave quickly.
28:38You held my hand
28:40and wouldn't let go,
28:42telling me over and over
28:43that you only had
28:44three months left.
28:44That was all true.
28:46My feelings for you
28:46are real.
28:47Feelings.
28:50Do you know how many hours
28:51you took from me?
28:53Four hours and 20 minutes.
28:56Do you know where Lila was
28:57during those four hours
28:58and 20 minutes?
28:59She was wearing her wedding dress,
29:00sitting alone in the dressing room.
29:01She never once asked
29:02where I was.
29:03She was waiting for me
29:04and because of you
29:05I lost my last chance.
29:10Did I force you not to go?
29:14Ethan, think about it yourself.
29:16Was it me who held your hand
29:17and made those calls?
29:18Was it me who said
29:19she is easy to coax for you
29:20in the group chat?
29:21What did you say?
29:22I said you were looking
29:23for an excuse all along.
29:24You didn't want to be with me.
29:25You wanted to see
29:26how much she could tolerate.
29:27You found out
29:28but now you don't dare
29:29to face the consequences.
29:30You coward!
29:32No.
29:32You lied to me.
29:34You deliberately set this up
29:35to drive a wedge
29:36between me and Lila.
29:37You used this pathetic excuse
29:38to ruin my wedding
29:39to destroy the last bit
29:40of trust she had in me.
29:41You brought all of this
29:42on yourself.
29:43Even now you're still
29:44trying to find someone else
29:45to take the blame.
29:50Tessa didn't die
29:52but her face was ruined
29:53and she was left
29:53with a permanent leg injury.
29:55She turned around
29:56and sued Ethan
29:57for intentional injury.
29:58I am just a woman
29:59who was kept
30:00and then abandoned
30:01by the CEO
30:02of the Cole Group.
30:03I only begged him
30:04not to leave
30:04and he pushed me
30:05down the stairs.
30:06He wanted to kill me.
30:11That interview
30:12was viewed
30:12over 30 million times
30:13online.
30:14Even someone like me
30:15who doesn't pay much
30:16attention to headlines
30:16came across it.
30:18When you pushed her
30:19which step was she
30:19standing on?
30:22I don't remember.
30:30What did she say
30:31before you pushed her?
30:35She said I wanted to see
30:36how much Lila could tolerate.
30:39What is your relationship
30:41with Miss Bennett?
30:42She is my fiancée.
30:43You mean Miss Tessa Wilson?
30:44No.
30:46I'm talking about Lila Bennett.
30:48Mr. Cole?
31:02Did you see the news?
31:12I have a little habit.
31:14I always leave
31:15a small mark
31:15next to projects
31:16I've mentioned
31:17and I fold
31:18the top right corner
31:19of documents
31:20I've reviewed.
31:23Your lead designer
31:24has excellent taste.
31:25It was a collaborative
31:26effort from our team.
31:32What's wrong?
31:35Nothing.
31:36This pencil lead
31:37keeps breaking.
31:38The pencil I was
31:39sharpening back then
31:40he found it on the
31:41corner of the desk
31:41in the study last night
31:43but everything between us
31:44was completely broken.
31:48Mr. Cole,
31:49an emergency board meeting
31:50has been scheduled
31:50for 20 minutes from now.
31:52Understood.
31:58I bought the
31:58Pothrose plant
31:59on the windowsill.
32:05Lila,
32:06I miss you.
32:08He wanted to call me
32:09but I had already
32:10changed my number.
32:11He wanted to send a text
32:13but then remembered
32:13the number was no longer
32:15in service.
32:15He wanted to find me
32:17and after thinking
32:18for a long time
32:18he realized he had no idea
32:20where I was now.
32:21The only thing he had left
32:23was the broken pencil
32:24in his pocket.
32:25You weren't like this before.
32:27You never used to
32:28throw things away.
32:28You couldn't even bear
32:30to throw away an eraser.
32:31You said you were used to it
32:32but now you've thrown me away.
32:36The company needs
32:37a management team
32:38with no legal risks.
32:41She and I drew up
32:42the plans for this company
32:43together
32:45and this was just
32:46the beginning.
32:48That afternoon
32:49he returned once more
32:50to the office
32:51where he and I
32:51had spent six years.
32:53The hallway was empty.
32:54I used to walk up
32:55and down this hallway
32:56discussing projects
32:57with his secretary
32:57or teasing his interns.
32:59Now that I was gone
33:00not only was the entire floor
33:01quiet as if it had been emptied
33:02but his world
33:03also seemed devoid of life.
33:09He recognized it.
33:10It was the cap
33:11from a pen
33:11I used to chew on
33:12when I first started
33:13as an intern at the group.
33:14I always chewed on pen caps
33:16when I was drawing.
33:17After a while
33:17they'd disappear
33:18so I'd get a new one
33:19and then lose that one too.
33:32I used to wait
33:33for him downstairs
33:33just like that
33:34and I liked to honk
33:35the trap to hurry him up.
33:36But after the wedding
33:37he would never hear
33:38that habit of mine again.
33:52Mr. Cole
33:53do you have anything else
33:54to move?
33:55Then I'll lock up.
33:57Don't be so angry
33:58it's bad for your health.
33:59No more throwing things
34:00next time.
34:07Of course
34:08I knew about Julian's move
34:09there was no warning
34:10no negotiation
34:11just a standardized email
34:13sent simultaneously
34:14to all partners
34:15of both companies
34:15at 9am on the same day.
34:17It contained only three lines
34:19the last of which was
34:20based on compliance
34:21review results
34:22all existing
34:22and potential collaborations
34:24are terminated.
34:25Not a single word
34:26mentioned our wedding
34:26nor did it need to.
34:28Julian and I both knew
34:29that after the termination
34:30of the partnership
34:31Nathan's company
34:32would face a sudden
34:33liquidity crisis
34:34and declare bankruptcy
34:35overnight.
34:35But this was also
34:36the consequence
34:37of his over-reliance
34:38on the Cole group.
34:39I didn't keep track
34:40of Chloe
34:41but Julian still told me
34:42evidence of her
34:43falsifying accounts
34:44and taking kickbacks
34:45from suppliers
34:45was sent to the entire
34:46company in an anonymous email.
34:48Not only was she fired
34:49but she also faced
34:50charges of commercial fraud.
34:53Ethan did you do this?
34:55Why would I do that?
34:57Because you need someone
34:58to take the fall!
34:59Who was it that told me
35:00to say a few nice things
35:01in the group chat?
35:02Who told me to film the video?
35:04You were the one
35:04who told me to carry
35:05that spare phone with me!
35:06What did you say
35:07in the group chat?
35:09Go look for yourself.
35:10I have seen it.
35:11You said
35:12Leela loves me so much
35:14she will be fine
35:15after a good cry.
35:16You said it too?
35:17Nathan said it too?
35:18We all said it!
35:19Yes.
35:21We all said it.
35:23Chloe
35:24stop shouting.
35:27My company finished
35:28its liquidation yesterday.
35:30Will cursing at him now
35:31get you even a penny back?
35:33Then tell me
35:33what are the three of us now?
35:35Ethan do you remember
35:36what I told you that afternoon?
35:38I said I couldn't do it.
35:40If I had really gone up
35:41and stopped her then
35:43what do you think
35:44she would have done?
35:46She would have told me
35:46not to worry about it
35:47and got in the car anyway.
35:49She wasn't just angry that day
35:50she had already
35:51made up her mind
35:52and the three of us
35:53were still trying to figure out
35:54if she could be coged.
35:57I am moving to Phoenix next week.
35:59My sister is there.
36:00Don't contact me again.
36:04Everyone was looking for me
36:05like crazy.
36:07Leela?
36:08Oh, the previous owner.
36:10She sold the house to me
36:10three days ago.
36:11She didn't leave anything
36:12behind when she left.
36:13All the furniture was cleared out
36:14and even the walls were repainted.
36:18The number you have dialed
36:19is no longer in service.
36:22He would never be able
36:24to reach me by phone again
36:25because I no longer wanted
36:27anything to do with any of them.
36:28I wouldn't block them
36:30nor would I give them a chance
36:31for explanations or goodbyes.
36:33I couldn't even be bothered
36:35to personally retaliate against them.
36:37I just treated them like trash
36:39casually tossing them aside
36:41and then completely disappeared
36:43from their world.
36:44The news I heard
36:45was that he lost the case.
36:47Not only did he get a criminal record
36:49for intentional injury
36:50but he also had to pay
36:51a huge amount in compensation.
36:53Mr. Cole,
36:54do you have any comments
36:54on the verdict?
36:55There are rumors online
36:56that this whole incident started
36:58because you didn't show up
36:59on your wedding day.
36:59Is that true?
37:00It has nothing to do
37:01with this case.
37:03Then are you still in contact
37:05with Miss Bennett?
37:07Who did you say?
37:08Miss Bennett
37:09or I should say
37:10Mrs. Ashford now.
37:15Ethan,
37:16between the two of us,
37:17who is more pathetic?
37:34Please step back.
37:37Leela!
37:39Leela!
37:41Leela!
37:53Let go!
37:55Let go of me!
38:03I saw Ethan.
38:05I knew he had fallen,
38:07that he was being held back
38:08by the bodyguards.
38:10In those two seconds
38:11our eyes met,
38:12I felt no hate,
38:13no resentment,
38:14not even disgust,
38:15because I didn't care
38:17about him anymore.
38:18I am very happy now,
38:19but he missed it.
38:23Every Christmas Eve before,
38:24I would prepare a feast.
38:25Even if he was late
38:26because of work,
38:27I would just quietly
38:28reheat the food
38:29and say softly,
38:30it must be cold outside,
38:32have some soup first.
38:33At that time,
38:33he thought I was really easy
38:34to a pleasing.
38:35So easy that it made him believe
38:37I would never leave.
38:38Mrs. Ashford,
38:39I heard that the design plans
38:41for several of the group's
38:42major projects in recent years
38:44were all led by you
38:45and your team?
38:46Yes.
38:47Many people are curious.
38:49You've always been
38:49behind the scenes before.
38:50Why are you willing
38:51to step into the spotlight now?
38:53Someone once told me
38:54that it was enough
38:55to just stand behind.
38:57I believed that
38:58for a long time.
38:59Later,
38:59I discovered that a woman
39:01needs to have her own career.
39:03Mrs. Ashford,
39:05that pink diamond on your hand
39:06is absolutely beautiful.
39:08I heard your husband
39:08went to great lengths
39:09to acquire it?
39:11Yes.
39:12He said that a promise
39:13shouldn't be a cheap lie,
39:14but the most steadfast choice.
39:17I didn't mention Ethan's name,
39:18and there wasn't a trace
39:20of hatred in my tone.
39:21But Ethan was hurt
39:22by my expression of release.
39:33Mr. Cole,
39:34you just saw that interview,
39:35didn't you?
39:36I know you were there.
39:37But I hope my wife
39:38won't be receiving
39:39any more letters
39:40from various post offices
39:41from now on.
39:43What right do you have?
39:44Because she is my wife now.
39:46Because she changed her number,
39:48moved,
39:48sold her house,
39:49and threw away
39:50all your things.
39:51Because it took her
39:52a whole year
39:53to clean every memory
39:54of you from her life.
39:56I'm not here
39:57to negotiate with you.
39:58You...
39:58I'm here to tell you a fact.
40:00She hasn't mentioned
40:01your name once
40:02this entire year.
40:03Not even once.
40:04Mr. Cole,
40:05if you truly wish her well,
40:07then stop sending letters.
40:08It's very presumptuous
40:10and quite disruptive
40:10to our lives.
40:13He remembered
40:14every encounter
40:15he had with me,
40:16from the first time
40:17he saw me
40:17at the library entrance
40:18in college
40:19to when I moved
40:20into the apartment,
40:21came out of the elevator
40:22with a drawing tube
40:23on my back,
40:24and held out my hand
40:24to him saying,
40:25give me the key.
40:27To that day,
40:27I wore a white wedding dress
40:29and bent down
40:29to get into Julian's car.
40:31Every one of my
40:32departing figures
40:33was saying goodbye.
40:34It's just that he only
40:35understood the last one.
40:39He went back
40:40to the basement
40:41he was living in,
40:42which was very close
40:42to the apartment
40:43I used to live in.
40:45On this night of reunion,
40:46with countless families
40:47gathered under their lights,
40:49he suddenly felt
40:50that without me,
40:51the rest of his life
40:52had no meaning.