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00:00I whispered a warning for some reason.
00:01Running so fast, be careful not to trip.
00:04Right after I spoke, the leader's shoelaces tangled up.
00:07He tripped over nothing and flew forward.
00:09His forehead hit a fire hydrant.
00:11His partner got scared and turned around.
00:13Stepped right into fresh wet asphalt.
00:15I looked at the crow tattoo on my wrist,
00:17and its eyes seemed a bit brighter than before.
00:20I understood then.
00:21If I say someone will have bad luck, they will.
00:24It wasn't an illusion.
00:26It wasn't a coincidence.
00:28It was a real curse.
00:30Later, I tested it in college.
00:33A guy at the next desk was cheating on an exam,
00:36copying answers from his phone.
00:39You're copying so hard, watch you get every single answer wrong.
00:42When the grades came out, he got a zero.
00:45But I never used my mouth to hurt innocent people.
00:48I only used it on people who deserved it.
00:52Most of the time, I kept my mouth shut.
00:56I was afraid of hurting the people who cared about me.
00:59I have an adoptive brother named Nicholas,
01:01who is an executive director at our family business,
01:04and took good care of me.
01:06I also had a boyfriend named Julian Ashford,
01:09and we started dating during our sophomore year.
01:13Is he going to propose to you at graduation?
01:16My four years of college went smoothly,
01:19and life was comfortable and easy.
01:22But one week before graduation,
01:25Mom, everything changed.
01:33One day, my adoptive parents, Richard and Margaret,
01:36called me into the living room with some news.
01:40They had found the real Winter's daughter,
01:43who was switched at birth and grew up away from the family.
01:48That girl was Gianna Harlow,
01:50my college classmate and best friend.
01:52Grew up together in the orphanage.
01:55Then the Winter's family adopted me.
01:57We lost touch after that.
02:00Until we met again recently on campus.
02:06Ivy, Gianna is our real daughter.
02:08We took the wrong child from the orphanage.
02:12Just a few days ago, we were planning our engagement.
02:16And now he was holding Gianna in my own home.
02:20If Ivy doesn't want me here, I'll just leave.
02:24She didn't have to tell everyone I'm a fake.
02:30How could you be so cruel?
02:32How could you lie about poor Gianna?
02:35You let me down, Ivy.
02:37You did this out of pure jealousy.
02:40Go to the storage room and think about what you did!
02:44They think I spread rumors?
02:46Perfect.
02:47Since they want to blame me,
02:49they better brace themselves
02:52for a massive wave of bad luck.
03:00Before I could speak, Margaret grabbed my hand,
03:03her hands shaking.
03:04Ivy, I know you're upset.
03:06But Gianna is my own flesh and blood.
03:10She suffered for 18 years in that awful orphanage.
03:14Just apologize for my sake.
03:15Let's put this behind us.
03:17You're still my favorite daughter.
03:19I looked at her and suddenly wanted to laugh.
03:2218 years.
03:23She raised me for 18 years.
03:26And had never raised her voice at me.
03:30And Richard and Nicholas used to treat me like a princess.
03:37I was so afraid of hurting them with my curse.
03:40That I kept all my dark thoughts to myself.
03:43And never even said a mean word in anger.
03:47But now, she didn't even ask.
03:50For my side of the story.
03:52Just slapped me and wanted me to apologize.
03:55I didn't do it.
03:56Why should I apologize?
03:58Mom, don't force Ivy.
04:01It's my fault.
04:03I have bad luck.
04:05I shouldn't have come back to ruin your lives.
04:09Maybe I should just go back to the orphanage.
04:13I'm used to being alone anyway.
04:15It's just that the baby in my belly.
04:18Julian's child.
04:20She stood up shakily.
04:21Then her knees buckled.
04:23And she fell backwards.
04:29Julian caught her in his arms and looked down at her with pure worry.
04:32Then he looked up at me, his blue eyes cold.
04:35Ivy, did you hear that?
04:37Gianna would rather suffer than see you get punished.
04:40And what about you?
04:41What did you do?
04:46He ripped off his pendant necklace, which I had bought for him with my scholarship money,
04:51and threw it onto the marble floor, shattering it into pieces.
04:59Gianna is so kind.
05:02She saved my life at the party last week.
05:05Why can't you accept her?
05:08I thought you just had a bad temper.
05:11I didn't know you were so cruel!
05:16I looked down at the broken necklace.
05:19And my heart ached.
05:21The living room was full of Winter's family relatives.
05:25Yenshin jutted, and whispers echoed from all sides.
05:31Someone take her out of here!
05:32Wait!
05:35Ivy has a bad temper and speaks without thinking.
05:38But she might not have done this on purpose.
05:41Dad, let her cool down in the storage room tonight.
05:45We can figure this out tomorrow.
05:50Take her to the storage room.
05:53Are you really okay with locking an outsider like me in with your treasures?
05:59Aren't you afraid I'll break them?
06:01Shut up!
06:03Ivy, stop talking.
06:05The storage room door closed behind me with a click of the lock.
06:08The dim wall lamp gave off a faint light, and the treasures in the room glowed softly.
06:14I slid down the wall and sat, hiding the crow tattoo under my sleeve.
06:19Suddenly there was a loud crack.
06:21Then one by one, the antiques and treasures began to shatter on their own.
06:30No!
06:31The treasures are all broken!
06:33Giana's voice was high and sharp, as she threw herself into Margaret's arms, shaking.
06:37Mom!
06:37Ivy did this on purpose!
06:39She refused to apologize!
06:40She threw a tantrum and broke everything!
06:42She is cursing our family!
06:43Richard pushed open the door, and a piece of broken wood fell from the frame, and hit the tip of
06:49his leather shoe.
06:50He looked at the mess, his chest heaving and the muscles in his face twitching.
06:54Good. Very good. I raised you for 18 years, and paid for your school, and you turned out to be
07:00a monster!
07:01Richard spoke through gritted teeth.
07:03I told you, since you think I'm an outsider, you shouldn't have locked me in here.
07:08You dare talk back!
07:10Go get my cane!
07:12He had never hit me in his life.
07:15When I was seven, I spilled his expensive whiskey on the carpet.
07:19And when I was 16, I crashed his car into the garden fence.
07:23But he only scolded me, then asked Margaret to make my favorite dessert.
07:27Now that Gianna was back, he was going to beat me with his cane.
07:31The butler froze for a second, then ran off.
07:34Gianna grabbed Richard's sleeve.
07:35Dad, don't hit Ivy!
07:37It's my fault!
07:38Everything is ruined because I came back!
07:40Hit me instead!
07:41I got beaten at the orphanage for 20 years.
07:44I'm used to it!
07:45I don't blame her!
07:46I ruined this family's peace!
07:48Richard saw Gianna shaking on the floor, and his eyes turned red.
07:54The cane from the butler, and whipped it across my back.
07:57Will you apologize?
07:59No!
08:00I tasted blood as I had bitten my tongue.
08:02Before the second blow landed, someone threw themselves over me.
08:10It was Nicholas.
08:12The cane hit Nicholas's shoulder with a dull thun.
08:14He gritted his teeth, the veins on his forehead popping out.
08:17Dad!
08:18Ivy has a bad temper, but she would never do this.
08:21Give me a few days.
08:22I will find out the truth.
08:23Richard held the cane in the air, his hand shaking, and finally threw it to the ground.
08:28Lock her in her room.
08:29Freeze all her credit cards.
08:31Don't let her out until she apologizes.
08:32Gianna helped Margaret follow him, and as they walked down the hallway, Gianna's knees buckled,
08:37and she fell into Julian's arms, who had just arrived.
08:39Julian.
08:40Gianna, are you okay?
08:42You've suffered too much.
08:43You're weak.
08:44Go rest in your room.
08:45I will help you.
08:46Two maids dragged me upstairs, blood still on my lip.
08:49As I passed Gianna, I looked at her.
08:52You trip on flat ground?
08:54Watch out, or you might actually break your ankle one day.
08:57Nicholas frowned and glared at me to shut up.
08:59Gianna's face changed for a second, but she quickly looked pitiful at me.
09:04That night, Nicholas picked the lock to my room and brought ointment and some chocolate.
09:10His hands shook.
09:12I lay on the bed and looked at him, as he put the medicine on my back.
09:16Don't worry.
09:17Give me three days.
09:18His eyebrows were knitted tight, and his eyes were red.
09:21I will find out who Gianna really is.
09:24I'll bring the proof to Richard and clear your name.
09:29The next morning.
09:33When she stepped on a loose sticks, Noyin dootone a piece of wood and fell hard.
09:36Her ankle bone cracked.
09:38She lay on the floor, shaking in pain, unable to even make a sound.
09:42I was locked in my room in the side wing, and when I heard the scream, I smiled.
09:46She was hit her, and I'm getting her.
09:48I was locked in my room in the small room that happened.
09:48She was locked in the window.
09:50She called the lock that door.
09:52Giana made her Jaune and E. Giana's injury took five days to heal.
09:59During those five days, I was locked in the side wing, with maids only sliding leftovers through
10:04the crack under my door.
10:06I could hear them laughing and talking.
10:09Gianna is so lucky.
10:11Julian sent her another box of jewelry.
10:14I heard Julian is taking Gianna to the hospital himself.
10:19Wow, it's only been a few days.
10:23On the sixth day, Nicholas went to the orphanage to check Gianna's record.
10:28Gianna came to my courtyard, lynching and supported by two nurses.
10:33Ivy, you must have had a hard time these past few days.
10:38Without even looking up.
10:41Gianna didn't care that I ignored her.
10:43She sat across from me and started listing all the things she had received.
10:49Julian took me to your favorite bakery yesterday.
10:51He bought me your favorite crepe cake.
10:54She smiled gently.
10:58Too bad he said he never wants to go to that shop again.
11:02My fingers tightened around my teacup.
11:07Mom felt bad for me too.
11:09She gave me her heirloom jewelry.
11:14The set she was going to give you as a graduation gift.
11:19She tilted her head and looked at me.
11:22I still said nothing.
11:25Suddenly, Gianna pushed herself up from the table and threw herself headfirst into the stone pillar behind her.
11:36With a loud dunn, blood glushed from her forehead and ran down her brow into her eyes.
11:44She fell backward onto the ground and screamed.
11:48Ivy!
11:49Why are you doing this to me?
11:51I just came to see you!
11:54I even brought your favorite cake!
11:57Margaret arrived just in time to see this.
12:00Gianna was covered in blood, shaking on the ground.
12:04Margaret looked from the pool of blood to my face, her eyes full of hatred.
12:10Ivy!
12:11Why can't you just leave Gianna alone?
12:14I didn't touch her.
12:15Enough!
12:17Margaret screamed and cut me off, pulling Gianna into her arms.
12:21I saw it with my own eyes!
12:24You're still lying!
12:26If you didn't touch her, how did she end up like this?
12:30My own flesh and blood is bleeding.
12:34It breaks my heart!
12:36She turned to the nurses and barked.
12:38Tie her up!
12:40The rough rope cut into my wrists, tearing my skin and dripping blood.
12:45Margaret ripped the cardigan off my shoulders.
12:48Bliss had given it to me before he left.
12:50You don't deserve to wear our family's clothes.
12:53Margaret wrapped the cardigan around Gianna.
12:57What are you waiting for?
13:00Take Gianna back to her room.
13:02Call the family doctor.
13:03Get the best surgeons here right now!
13:06The nurses carried Gianna away.
13:08Margaret followed them closely, holding Gianna's hand tight, and didn't look back at me once.
13:14The courtyard gate was locked again with an extra lock this time.
13:20I stared at the gate for a long time.
13:23Then I looked down.
13:27With that much blood, Gianna's head is going to hurt for a paschial very long time.
13:32That night, Gianna screamed in pain all night.
13:37Three doctors came, and none of them could stop her headache.
13:48Nicholas came back on the day of our graduation ceremony.
13:51I was locked in my room, unable to step outside.
13:54Let alone go to graduation.
13:58Ivy Winters, let me make this clear.
14:00In front of everyone.
14:02We are done.
14:03I am marrying the real Winters' daughter, Gianna Harlow.
14:07He lifted Gina up and carried her to his sports car.
14:12She was wearing the wedding dress Julian had picked out for me.
14:16They dragged me to the graduation venue, too.
14:22I have an announcement to make in front of all our guests today.
14:26Ivy, you grew up in an orphanage and suffered a lot.
14:28We welcomed you into our home, but instead of being grateful to ruin Gianna's reputation.
14:34Now that she is back, you must apologize to her in public and clear her name.
14:38Ivy, apologize now.
14:40I slowly raised my head and looked past the crowd to the back of the room.
14:44Nicholas was standing by the door.
14:46He had promised to find the truth and clear my name in three days.
14:49It had been over two weeks.
14:51Our eyes met and his eyes were red.
14:53He walked through the crowd, stopped in front of me, pulled a stack of papers from his brief
14:58box and threw them in my face.
15:06Ivy, you are so cruel.
15:09I investigated for you.
15:10I looked for proof.
15:11I stayed up all night to find evidence to clear your name.
15:14And what did I find?
15:15You posted those rumors on the school forum.
15:17You made up the lie about Gianna's fake admission.
15:19You did all of it.
15:20And that's not all.
15:21Richard and Margaret spent years looking for their real daughter.
15:24You blocked every single lead.
15:26If you hadn't interfered, Gianna wouldn't have suffered in that orphanage for 18 years.
15:31I listened to his accusations, every word, feeling like a knife cutting into me.
15:36Nicholas' tears hit the floor.
15:4018 years.
15:41I protected you with my life.
15:43I gave you the absolute best of everything.
15:45Is this how you repay me?
15:50Apologize.
15:51Admit what you did.
15:52In front of everyone.
15:54Say sorry to Gianna.
15:55If you don't, you are no longer my sister.
16:00Sharp pain shot through me and blood gushed from the wound.
16:04Fine.
16:05I admit it.
16:12I looked at Nicholas, Richard, and Margaret, and finally my eyes landed on Gianna in her
16:17white wedding dress.
16:20I admit it in front of everyone today.
16:23I said those things.
16:24Gianna's college application was fake.
16:26Her grades, her recommendation letters, and even her essays were stolen from me.
16:33She paid off a lab technician to fake her DNA report.
16:39I paused.
16:41And one more thing.
16:42The baby in her belly isn't Julian's.
16:45Gianna ripped off her veil, her face pale.
16:47You finally admitted it!
16:49Dad, she confessed!
16:51Drag her out of here!
16:52Richard's face was dark as he waved his hand.
16:55Guards!
16:57Tie up this imposter and take her to the police!
17:00Two security guards rushed forward and pinned me down.
17:04Gianna stood on the stage, looking down at me with a smirk.
17:08You all heard her.
17:09She did all of-
17:12Suddenly, her smile froze.
17:16She grabbed her stomach and screamed.
17:20A bright red stain spread across her white dress.
17:23Blood dripped down her legs and hit the floor.
17:25Gianna!
17:26Julian rushed over and held her.
17:28The guests backed away in horror, and the room fell into chaos.
17:31Just then, the doors burst open.
17:34A line of bodyguards in black suits marched in, and a lawyer at the front held up a document.
17:40The legal team for the Sterling family has arrived!
17:48Harrison, the lawyer, held the documents, and looked at the messy, chaotic hall without even blinking.
17:54Listen up, everyone.
17:56Julian held Gianna tight, too afraid to let go, while Richard and Margaret snapped out of it, and quickly stood
18:03up straight.
18:04Nicholas dropped his knife and stood at the very front.
18:08Harrison opened the document, his voice echoing in the silent hall.
18:12The Sterling Family Foundation's legal team has confirmed a match.
18:17The eldest daughter of the Sterling family went missing 22 years ago.
18:21She is the sole heir to the foundation.
18:25We verified her identity through DNA and family heirlooms.
18:29Ivy Winters is actually Flora Sterling.
18:32She is the only legal heir to the Sterling Family Foundation.
18:37The security team will take her home immediately.
18:39Everyone in the room froze.
18:42Richard's face turned pale.
18:44Margaret's knees buckled, and she collapsed onto the floor.
18:48Nicholas spun around and stared at me in total shock.
18:52Gianna shook her head wildly.
19:02Before she could finish, armed security guards rushed in.
19:06The leader pressed his earpiece, and a black limousine pulled up behind them.
19:10The car door opened, and a woman in a sharp suit stepped out.
19:14Her silver-gray hair was perfectly styled, and her pearl earrings caught the light.
19:19It was Diana Sterling, the head of the foundation.
19:22She was my biological mother, and her eyes landed on me.
19:25She saw the bleeding wound on my chest, and her face went completely white.
19:31Flora.
19:32She didn't use my current name, but my birth name.
19:35Diana rushed over, her hands shaking as she cupped my face.
19:39My baby girl.
19:4022 years.
19:41I've been looking for you for 22 years.
19:44During that accident, the nanny ran out the back door with you.
19:50We lost track of you after that.
19:52I hired 300 investigators.
19:55We searched the whole country.
19:57We followed countless leads, but they all went cold.
20:00Just last week, the team found the nanny's old records.
20:04They found your family heirloom.
20:07My daughter.
20:09How did you end up with a knife in your chest?
20:11Who did this?
20:13Step forward right now!
20:20I looked at her tear-stained face and saw my blood on her coat.
20:24For a second, I wanted to call her mom.
20:27But then, a sharp pain shot through my chest, and my vision went blurry.
20:31I forced a small smile at Diana.
20:34Then I closed my eyes, and my body fell backward.
20:37The screams in the hall faded, sounding so far away.
20:42A private doctor rushed through the crowd, knelt down, and checked my pulse.
20:46His face went pale instantly.
20:48She's gone.
20:50Diana choked on her tears, her whole body shaking.
20:52She held me tight, as if I would stay alive if she didn't let go.
20:55The hall was dead silent.
20:57Nicholas looked down at his hands.
21:00His knees buckled, and he fell to the floor.
21:02Ivy.
21:03He crawled over and grabbed my sleeve.
21:06Ivy!
21:06His lips trembled, unable to speak.
21:09I did this.
21:10I did this to you.
21:11Richard collapsed into his chair, his lips shaking, but no words coming out.
21:14Margaret lay on the floor, sobbing hysterically.
21:17Julian froze.
21:18Gianna still bleeding in his arm, but he couldn't take his eyes off me.
21:21Gianna went limp, her voice weak.
21:23How, how is she the sterling heir?
21:26There must be a mistake.
21:27No one paid attention to her.
21:35In the chaos, someone pushed through the crowd.
21:38It was Arthur, the old butler.
21:40He fell to his knees in front of Nicholas and pulled a yellowed medical record from his dried blood on
21:44it.
21:44Master Nicholas, I don't understand those legal papers.
21:47I don't know about evidence, but I know what I saw with my own eyes.
21:53When you got leukemia, the family had no hope.
21:57Miss Ivy secretly got tested.
21:59She was a match.
22:00She had the transplant surgery to save you, and she kept it a secret.
22:04After the surgery, she was so weak.
22:07She slept for two days and nights.
22:08I watched over her.
22:11I could barely feel her breathing.
22:12I saved her life.
22:16When she woke up, she didn't ask about herself.
22:18She only asked if your transplant was successful.
22:19She didn't want you to worry.
22:20She made me promise not to tell anyone.
22:22Arthur cried out.
22:23How could someone who risked her life for you ever want to hurt you?
22:27Nicholas froze, as if struck by lightning.
22:30He rushed to my side, his fingers shaking.
22:32I...
22:33It was you.
22:34You saved me.
22:37He let out a painful scream.
22:39I stabbed the person who saved my life?
22:40I'm a monster!
22:42Nicholas slapped himself hard, again and again, blood covering his mouth.
22:46The guards didn't stop him.
22:48Diana held me, her anger enough to burn the whole hall to ashes.
22:52She slowly looked up, her eyes like knives as she glared at the Winters family.
22:55My daughter risked her life to save your son, and how did you repay her?
22:59You beat her.
23:00You locked her up.
23:01You starved her.
23:02You stabbed her in the chest.
23:04No one dared to say a word.
23:06No one dared to pursue anything.
23:07No one dared to survive.
23:10No one dared to die.
23:12You killed her.
23:15Forgery, identity theft, assault.
23:18We will settle every single charge by the law.
23:20The bodyguards drew their guns all at once.
23:23Richard shook all over, unable to even stand.
23:26He knelt on the floor, a gun barrel grazing his neck, leaving a thin line of blood.
23:29I ask for only one thing.
23:32Please, Mrs. Sterling,
23:34let us keep Ivy in the hospital for three days.
23:37If she doesn't wake up by then,
23:39I will pay with my life.
23:42Margaret begged too.
23:46Diana stared coldly at Richard.
23:50Diana remained silent for a long time.
23:54She looked down at me in her arms,
23:56her fingers gently blushing my cold face.
23:58Fine.
23:59In three days, I will take her back to our estate,
24:01but she will stay in the Sterling family's private hospital.
24:04Once the three days are up,
24:05my lawyers will come for you.
24:08On the first day,
24:09Nicholas knelt by my bed and never left.
24:12On the second day,
24:14Margaret fainted from crime three times.
24:16On the third day,
24:17my biological brother arrived.
24:19He was Ethan Sterling,
24:20the true heir of the Sterling family.
24:22Nicholas, you are useless.
24:24I had my people check your so-called proof.
24:26The witnesses are fake.
24:28The statements were bought.
24:29Diana played you like a fool.
24:32You couldn't even tell the truth from a lie,
24:34yet you stabbed your own sister.
24:43Julian stood in the corner,
24:45clutching the shattered pendant necklace in his hand.
24:47The bodyguards dragged Gianna over from her hospital bed,
24:50her face pale.
24:52No, that's not true.
24:54I'm a victim too.
24:55Mom, you saw it with your own eyes.
24:57Ivy pushed me into the stone pillar.
24:59I'm your real daughter.
25:00Margaret shook, about to speak.
25:02My young assistant, Nia, rushed out from behind the door.
25:05You're still lying?
25:05You ran into that pillar yourself.
25:07You set Ivy up and you tricked everyone else.
25:09I will make you pay with my sister's life.
25:12In my dream,
25:13I was back in that dark void after my car accident.
25:16A strange voice spoke in my ear.
25:18Why are you back here again?
25:21I looked around but saw no one.
25:24I was about to speak.
25:25Shut up.
25:26Don't speak.
25:27If you talk, you will stay here forever.
25:29The voice took a deep breath.
25:31Go back.
25:32Remember, your power can curse,
25:34but it can also bless.
25:35From now on,
25:35use it to protect the people who deserve it,
25:37especially yourself.
25:39Suddenly, a powerful force pushed me back.
25:41Everything went black,
25:42then bright again.
25:43I was back in the hospital.
25:44I lay on the bed.
25:51Many people stood around my bed,
25:53cries echoing through the room.
25:55Richard sat by the bed,
25:57having not eaten for three days,
25:58looking thin and weak.
26:00Margaret's eyes were so red and swollen
26:02she could barely open them.
26:04Nicholas stood at the front.
26:06In just three days,
26:07his hair had turned completely white at the temples.
26:10He still clutched the bloody medical record,
26:12his knuckles white.
26:13Julian stood by the door,
26:15holding the broken necklace,
26:17his hair messy and motionless.
26:18Richard's voice was barely a whisper.
26:21Time is up.
26:22Take her away.
26:23Nicholas looked up.
26:24No!
26:25He threw himself over me and held me tight.
26:27Just wait a little longer.
26:29Please, just wait.
26:30Ivy will come back.
26:31She will definitely come back.
26:33Margaret's lips trembled,
26:35unable to cry anymore.
26:36Right then, I opened my eyes,
26:38gasping for air like waking from a nightmare.
26:40Everyone froze.
26:41I sat up and looked at the shocked faces around me.
26:44Why is it so noisy?
26:46Ivy!
26:46Nicholas was the first to rush over and hug me tight.
26:50He shook all over,
26:51sobbing so hard he could barely speak.
26:54You're back.
26:55You're not dead.
26:57I knew you wouldn't leave us like this.
26:59Richard collapsed onto the floor, crying.
27:02Margaret fainted on the spot.
27:03I didn't move.
27:05Nicholas's tears fell on my neck,
27:07feeling hot.
27:08But I just turned my head away coldly
27:10and slowly pushed his hands off me,
27:11then stood up.
27:13I looked at them,
27:14meaning no more to me than dead weeds by the road.
27:16Nicholas reached out,
27:17his hands shaking in the air,
27:19and finally let it drop.
27:26Ethan walked in.
27:27Ivy, you're awake.
27:30He gestured for the bodyguards
27:31to drag Gianna in
27:32and threw an investigation file
27:34right in her face.
27:35Gianna Harlow,
27:35my people looked into your past.
27:37You are not some poor orphan who suffered.
27:39You stole the admission letters
27:40of a dead girl with the same name.
27:41Your grades, recommendation letters,
27:43and essays were all stolen from Ivy.
27:44You paid off a lab technician
27:46to fake your DNA report.
27:47Gianna collapsed on the floor,
27:49her lips turning purple.
27:50Ethan glared at Gianna
27:51and waved over the doctor.
27:53The doctor knelt in front of Gianna
27:54and pulled out his medical equipment.
27:56Gianna tried to pull her hand away,
27:57but the bodyguards pinned her shoulders down.
27:59After a moment,
28:00the doctor's face changed.
28:01Sir, this woman is not pregnant.
28:03We found a large amount of hormone drugs
28:05in her system.
28:06These drugs are used to fake a pregnancy.
28:08Her bleeding is just a severe hormonal imbalance
28:10caused by drug abuse.
28:12The room went dead silent.
28:13Ethan snirked and looked at the Winters family.
28:17Did you hear that?
28:18Richard's face was pale,
28:19his lips trembling,
28:20unable to say a word.
28:21Nicholas stood frozen.
28:26Dad!
28:27I lied to you,
28:28but I'm still your real daughter.
28:31I know I was wrong.
28:32You can't just leave me like this.
28:34Do you know how hard my life was in the orphanage?
28:37A simple test will show the truth.
28:40Ethan had already ordered his men
28:42to bring the testing equipment.
28:43A swab scraped the inside of Richard's cheek,
28:45then Gianna's.
28:46Both samples went into a portable testing machine.
28:55The screen flashed the result.
28:57No relation.
29:00Gianna's face went completely blank.
29:03Richard stared at the screen,
29:05his whole body shaking.
29:06For a fake child.
29:08I beat Ivy.
29:10I locked her up.
29:11I starved her.
29:12I even...
29:15I almost killed her with a knife.
29:18No, that's not true.
29:19I am the Winters' daughter.
29:21The bodyguards dragged Gianna away.
29:24Her voice faded,
29:25disappearing down the long hallway.
29:27Diana wrapped a cashmere shawl
29:29around my shoulders,
29:30her movements incredibly gentle,
29:32as if I might break.
29:35The limousine was parked outside,
29:37with bodyguards lined up on both sides.
29:41The moment I stepped out of the hospital,
29:43Nicholas blocked my path
29:44and fell to his knees.
29:45Ivy, you can hit me.
29:47You can curse me.
29:48You can even kill me.
29:49Just please don't leave.
29:50I was wrong.
29:52I made the biggest mistake of my life.
29:55I looked down at Nicholas.
29:57He knelt on the ground,
29:58his white hair looking bright in the sun.
30:01When he had leukemia,
30:02I secretly matched my bone marrow.
30:04They harvested my marrow three times.
30:06I was unconscious for two days and nights.
30:08When I woke up,
30:09Nicholas was cured,
30:10but he thanked Gianna instead.
30:13I never said a word.
30:14Now Nicholas knelt before me,
30:15crying.
30:17I walked right past him without stopping.
30:27Ivy!
30:29Ivy!
30:34I got into the limousine.
30:36Before the window rolled up,
30:38I looked back at Nicholas,
30:39then looked down at the Winters family
30:41kneeling on the ground.
30:42Ivy Winters is dead.
30:44The person standing here
30:45has nothing to do with you.
30:48The cars drove off.
30:49Nicholas' painful screams echoed behind us,
30:52growing distant and fading into the wind.
30:54Life with the Sterling family
30:56was completely different.
30:57Diana wanted to give me the world.
31:00A private chef prepared my meals every day.
31:03I casually mentioned I wanted white truffle risotto,
31:06and the next day the kitchen had fresh white truffles ready.
31:11Ethan held a board meeting
31:12and confirmed me as the heir to the foundation.
31:15Someone objected,
31:16and Ethan fired him on the spot.
31:20After that,
31:21no one dared to say a word.
31:23Meanwhile,
31:24the Winters estate fell apart overnight.
31:29Ethan sent the investigation files to the law firm.
31:32Gianna had committed serious crimes,
31:34faking her identity,
31:36framing an heir,
31:37forging evidence,
31:38and stealing an admission.
31:41She was locked up in a detention center.
31:43After two weeks,
31:44the side effects of the drugs kicked in.
31:46She lost her mind and screamed day and night.
31:54When the news reached the main house,
31:56I was trimming branches in the garden.
31:58I just nodded and kept working.
32:00People came to the front gate every day.
32:02Nicholas melt outside the gate every morning,
32:04staying there from sunrise to sunset.
32:06His knees bled,
32:07soaking through layers of bandages
32:08and leaving dark red stains on the stone pavement.
32:11He didn't eat or drink.
32:12His lips dry and cracked.
32:13Every time a maid brought him water,
32:14he only asked one thing.
32:16Will Ivy see me today?
32:18The maid shook her head.
32:21Nicholas stayed silent for a moment,
32:23then kept kneeling.
32:30Richard sent a letter written in blood
32:32from the Winters estate.
32:33Ivy, your parents were blind.
32:35You can hate us.
32:36We deserve it.
32:37But please,
32:38just let us see you one last time.
32:44I sent the letter back exactly as it was.
32:51One day,
32:52my car was half a block from the house
32:53when Julian suddenly ran out of an alley
32:55and blocked the car.
32:57Ivy.
32:57No, Miss Sterling.
32:59He swallowed hard.
33:00Julian knelt on the ground,
33:02looking much thinner.
33:03Gianna tricked me.
33:04I swear I never touched her.
33:06I'll give you everything the Oshford family owns.
33:08I'll even marry into your family.
33:09Just give me a chance to make things right.
33:13The car window rolled down a crack.
33:15Julian looked up quickly,
33:17hope flashing in his eyes.
33:23I leaned back against the cushion
33:25and looked at him.
33:25What did you say at graduation?
33:27You said you wanted to marry
33:28the real Winters daughter.
33:30I paused.
33:32Now your real daughter
33:33is losing her mind in jail,
33:34and you want to come back to me?
33:36Julian,
33:36a broken necklace is never the same,
33:37even if you glue it back together.
33:39The window rolled back up.
33:41No, Ivy, I...
33:42I...
33:44Julian knelt there,
33:45speechless.
33:51He slowly lowered his head,
33:53pressing his hands against the ground.
33:59His shoulders shook,
34:01hard to tell if he was laughing or crying.
34:09Later,
34:10I heard he stayed there until dark,
34:12and finally the Ashford family maids
34:15had to carry him home.
34:22Winters family fell apart
34:23much faster than I expected.
34:25They lost the Foundation support,
34:26and the fake daughter scandal ruined them.
34:28Their lively estate became quiet and empty.
34:30Richard still had his shares,
34:32but no one on the board
34:33wanted to work with him.
34:36Margaret spent every day
34:37looking at my childhood photos,
34:39filled with regret.
34:43Nicholas never touched a knife again.
34:52He locked the pocket knife in a box
34:54and carved four words on it,
34:56my lifeline shame.
35:02I heard he went to a war zone later,
35:04volunteering for an international medical aid team,
35:07choosing the hardest and most dangerous places.
35:14Before he left,
35:15he knelt outside the Sterling Estate
35:16for one last night
35:17and left a letter at dawn.
35:26Ivy,
35:26I don't deserve to be your brother.
35:29I read the letter,
35:30then burned it over a candle flame.
35:34The ashes fell on the windowsill,
35:36just like the broken frames
35:37in the storage room.
35:44After that,
35:45my curse slowly changed.
35:47Before,
35:48if I spoke of bad things,
35:49they happened.
35:50Now,
35:50if I spoke of good things,
35:52they came true too.
35:53Ethan called it a blessing,
35:54saying it was the universe
35:55making up for my pain.
35:56I opened my first shelter
35:58for people with nowhere else to go.
36:00I donated money to local charity,
36:02wanting to make sure
36:02the homeless got hot meals.
36:04Don't worry,
36:04things will get better.
36:05And they actually did.
36:07Goddess of luck.
36:09Everyone started calling me
36:10the goddess of luck.
36:11I thought the title was too much,
36:13but everyone kept using it.
36:15Diana wanted to give me everything.
36:18She bought me expensive art,
36:20rare jewelry,
36:20and collector's books.
36:22When my room got too full,
36:24Diana expanded the villa.
36:26Ethan complained that she spoiled me too much,
36:29but then he called the builders
36:30to make them work faster.
36:32For 22 years,
36:33I kept my mouth shut,
36:34so afraid of hurting the people around me.
36:37Now,
36:37I can speak freely
36:38and wish people well.
36:40This feeling makes me happier
36:41than any luxury.
36:43When it was time for me to marry,
36:44Diana searched for a long time
36:46and finally chose someone.
36:47He was Luke Gray,
36:48the eldest son of the Gray family.
36:50I met him once.
36:51He was very handsome
36:52and a true gentleman.
36:53I heard he got his laws degree at 22,
36:55the youngest in his school,
36:56but he didn't care about power or money.
36:58He left his laws firm
36:59to open a free legal clinic in the slums.
37:01Diana said he was perfect for me.
37:04Ethan said he should into our family.
37:07Luke agreed without hesitation.
37:14On our wedding day,
37:16flowers covered the streets.
37:17Diana and Ethan walked with me,
37:19with family members and guests lining the road.
37:22The whole city gathered to watch.
37:24The wedding car drove slowly.
37:25As we passed the winter's estate,
37:27I rolled down the window.
37:30Richard stood by the gate,
37:31his back bent
37:32and his hair completely white.
37:34Someone held Margaret up,
37:35her eyes so swollen
37:37she could barely see.
37:39In an alley nearby,
37:40a thin figure stood in the shadows.
37:42It was Julian.
37:43He stood there,
37:44clutching the broken necklace.
37:45I looked at them once,
37:46then rolled up the window.
37:48I turned and held the warm hand next to mine.
37:50Luke squeezed my hand
37:51and looked at me with a smile.
37:53You look beautiful today.
37:54Couldn't help but smile.
37:58The car kept moving,
38:00the music loud.
38:04The estate and the people behind us
38:06grew smaller and smaller.
38:09Finally,
38:10they disappeared around the corner.