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00:00:00After the misocarriage, I became the perfect Mrs. Grant in Caden's eyes.
00:00:04I stopped bombarding him with updates about my lab discoveries.
00:00:07Stopped bringing homemade lunches to Grant Tech headquarters.
00:00:10Stopped lying awake all night over his scandalous headlines with Sharon.
00:00:14I even became lenient with Jasper.
00:00:17Let him skip school, skip breakfast, stay out all night.
00:00:24Belle, what is wrong with you lately?
00:00:27You don't text me. You don't check up on Jasper.
00:00:30Is this how you do your duties as Mrs. Grant?
00:00:32Isn't that what you all said?
00:00:34A proper Mrs. Grant should know her place.
00:00:36Not stick her nose where it doesn't belong.
00:00:42How long has it been since you looked in a mirror?
00:00:45Did you see that roll of fat around your waist?
00:00:47Which evening rebs could you possibly fit into?
00:00:50Even after Sharon gave birth to Jasper, her waist was half the size of yours.
00:00:54When I bring you to banquets, people laugh behind my back as I turn around.
00:00:58Do you have any idea?
00:01:00Mom.
00:01:01So that was what he cared about.
00:01:02I suddenly found it almost funny.
00:01:05If you find me repulsive, just have your secretary pick a new partner for you.
00:01:10A month ago, Jasper, the child of Kayden's ex-wife Sharon, pushed me down the spiral staircase.
00:01:16I was seven months pregnant.
00:01:18You deserve it.
00:01:19Who told you to seduce my dad?
00:01:22I don't want someone as ugly and fat as you to be my mother.
00:01:25When I passed out, only then did Jasper panic and call for the butler.
00:01:30I woke in a hospital bed, saw Kayden.
00:01:34Jasper says you fell on your own.
00:01:35How could you be this careless?
00:01:37He pushed me.
00:01:39Check the security footage, you'll see.
00:01:41He's just a child.
00:01:42Why would he lie?
00:01:44I know you don't like him because he's Sharon's son.
00:01:46I know you want a child of your own.
00:01:48But if you want to stay in the Grant family, know your place.
00:01:51Drop the jealousy.
00:01:53It's pathetic.
00:01:54Fine.
00:01:55From now on, you don't need to take care of Jasper anymore.
00:01:58My body was wrecked and raw from the miscarriage.
00:02:00But it was nothing compared to the dull, spreading ache inside my chest.
00:02:05That child that...
00:02:06Don't bring it up again.
00:02:07Don't worry.
00:02:08I'm not angry anymore.
00:02:10I was five years younger than him.
00:02:13I used to trail behind him like a chatty shadow, filling his silence with noise.
00:02:19Is Sharon the only one in your heart?
00:02:22Do you even love me?
00:02:25I treat him like my own son.
00:02:27But he still hates me.
00:02:29Caden used to find it suffocating.
00:02:31Thought I was incompetent.
00:02:33Immature.
00:02:33But now?
00:02:34After plummeting down those stairs, losing all that blood, losing our child,
00:02:38I wasn't crying, wasn't raging, wasn't making a scene.
00:02:42I was completely calm.
00:02:44I didn't cry.
00:02:45I didn't scream.
00:02:46This was exactly the poised, dignified composure he'd always demanded.
00:02:51So why did his chest feel hollow?
00:02:53Why?
00:02:54Are you blaming me for not punishing Jasper?
00:02:57He's my only child.
00:02:58He's young.
00:02:59He thinks you tore me and Sharon apart.
00:03:01It's only natural for him to resent you.
00:03:05Don't overthink it.
00:03:07I truly don't care anymore.
00:03:08Or do you want me to act like before?
00:03:10Wail and scream?
00:03:11Get your parents involved?
00:03:12Give them another excuse to strike my name from the family trust?
00:03:16Go to sleep.
00:03:17I'm tired.
00:03:18His heart was seized.
00:03:20Something was different.
00:03:21Something was slipping.
00:03:32I lay there, still and quiet, like I hadn't heard a thing.
00:03:37An unnamed frustration surged inside him.
00:03:41I'm married.
00:03:42Do you really think it's appropriate, calling me out late at night?
00:03:46I'm sorry, Caden.
00:03:47I'm just, I'm just so frightened.
00:03:48Sharon sobs, clawed at his resolve, softening the hard edges.
00:03:54I need to go.
00:03:55She's Jasper's mother.
00:03:56If something happens to her-
00:03:57Go ahead.
00:03:58I understand.
00:04:01I was indifferent now, but he couldn't be.
00:04:03He wouldn't allow it.
00:04:06Dry.
00:04:07Nothing there.
00:04:08I guess when disappointment finally bought him out, the tears just stopped coming.
00:04:13A message from Professor Allen, my PhD advisor at Cambridge.
00:04:19I won't have a husband much longer.
00:04:24My advisor fell silent for a few beats.
00:04:27Then my phone rang.
00:04:31What's going on?
00:04:33Haven't you been in love with him for years?
00:04:35I froze.
00:04:37The question dragged me under, deep into the undertow of memory.
00:04:41My father was the chauffeur for Caden's father, so we grew up together.
00:04:46Back then, he never looked down on me for my background or my chubby frame.
00:04:50He would even rush straight from high-stakes board meetings just to pick me up at my school gate.
00:04:58Is he your boyfriend?
00:05:01Startled, I hastily denied it.
00:05:04Caden, can I marry you in the future?
00:05:09Brat, I'm your brother.
00:05:11Watch your mouth.
00:05:13And don't say shit like that.
00:05:14My girlfriend would lose her mind.
00:05:16It was only at that exact moment that the crushing reality hit me.
00:05:20Behind the backs of the strict family elders, Caden had been deeply entangled in a fierce, deeply passionate romance.
00:05:26The woman was a stunning, high-profile influencer.
00:05:29She possessed a fiery, fiercely proud personality, radiating a vibrant, blinding confidence that I could never match.
00:05:35So I buried my feelings, drowned myself in textbooks.
00:05:39I graduated college.
00:05:41Caden went to war with his parents, stormed out, and married Sharon anyway.
00:05:46I started my master's.
00:05:48They had Jasper.
00:05:49The grandparents finally surrendered, accepted marriage, and then they divorced.
00:05:55After burning down the sky for Sharon, Caden was exhausted, hollowed out.
00:06:00He agreed to the arranged marriage his parents had been pushing for years.
00:06:04One condition.
00:06:05His new wife had to take good care of Jasper.
00:06:07At first, those high and mighty girls scrambled for the Grant family's immense power and status.
00:06:11Yet, after spending less than three days with Jasper, every single one of them ran away in tears.
00:06:15When the Grant house became a nightmare, no one dared enter.
00:06:18I was the only fool drawn to the flame, marrying him without a second thought.
00:06:22And Caden, perhaps needing nothing more than a willing, unpaid nanny, simply didn't refuse.
00:06:28The Grants demand a perfect wife, and Caden already has a child.
00:06:32That house will eat you alive.
00:06:35Because I love him.
00:06:36I never said it out loud.
00:06:38If I give him and his son everything I have, they'll accept me eventually.
00:06:45Three years of marriage.
00:06:47Jasper hated me.
00:06:48Viscerally.
00:06:50Caden told him to call me mom.
00:06:54You ugly, fat nanny!
00:06:56You think you can be my mom?
00:06:58Never!
00:06:59I could only swallow the humiliation.
00:07:03Desperately comforting myself with the lie that he was just an ignorant, immature child.
00:07:08I would win him over with patience.
00:07:10With love.
00:07:12I poured everything into that boy.
00:07:14He poured every meal I made straight into the trash.
00:07:17Screamed and sobbed whenever I said no to junk food.
00:07:20I started telling people at school I was the housekeeper.
00:07:22Not Mrs. Grant.
00:07:24Once, his teacher called.
00:07:26Jasper was not in the campus.
00:07:28My heart was seized.
00:07:31I ran through every place I could think of.
00:07:33Phone pressed to my ear.
00:07:35Hands shaking.
00:07:37I was seconds from calling the police.
00:07:41When Sharon strolled up, hand in hand with Jasper.
00:07:46Mommy took me out for a play date.
00:07:48Why are you acting like a psycho?
00:07:50You could have told me.
00:07:51All you had to do was let me know.
00:07:53So what?
00:07:54I wanted you to freak out.
00:07:56So sorry, Mrs. Grant.
00:07:57I told Caden he must have forgotten to tell you.
00:08:00Caden had known the whole time.
00:08:01And he just let me spiral into panic.
00:08:04Something inside me snapped.
00:08:05The tether of reason.
00:08:07It was the first time I yelled at Jasper.
00:08:09Do you think watching me suffer is a game?
00:08:11Do you have any idea how terrified I was?
00:08:14The kind of scream no one could soothe.
00:08:17Eventually, the Grants were summoned.
00:08:19His grandparents.
00:08:21They cradled their precious grandson.
00:08:23Faces carved from ice.
00:08:24And ordered me to the reflection room.
00:08:26I refused.
00:08:27They had their security drag me in anyway.
00:08:31The study doors locked.
00:08:33The lights off.
00:08:34Pitch black.
00:08:35Freezing cold.
00:08:36I have claustrophobia.
00:08:37My chest started caving in.
00:08:39Breathing turned to shallow gasps.
00:08:44Caden, please, help me.
00:08:47Baby, let's take Jasper to Hawaii for my birthday.
00:08:50All right.
00:08:51Enough.
00:08:51Stop making a scene.
00:08:52I heard about what happened to Jasper.
00:08:54You were out of line.
00:08:55Stay there and reflect on your behavior.
00:08:57While we're away on vacation, don't just sit around idle.
00:09:01Throw out all the sweets in the house and stop eating them.
00:09:04Can you even squeeze into that dress anymore?
00:09:07Beryl, don't blame me for being harsh.
00:09:09You are the nominal Mrs. Grant, after all.
00:09:12Stop wasting your days obsessing over petty jealousy.
00:09:16Be good.
00:09:17I'll let you out when I'm back.
00:09:20He didn't come back that day.
00:09:22The walls closed in.
00:09:23I couldn't breathe.
00:09:25Couldn't think.
00:09:26Pain tore through my abdomen.
00:09:28Sharp.
00:09:28Blinding.
00:09:29I pounded on the door until my fists bruised.
00:09:32No one came.
00:09:33And then the world went black.
00:09:35I woke up in a hospital bed.
00:09:38A doctor told me, gently, carefully, that I'd lost my first child.
00:09:44Beryl.
00:09:45We'll have another baby.
00:09:47We will.
00:09:47I wanted to ask why he hadn't protected our baby.
00:09:50Why he'd stayed with Sharon instead of coming home.
00:09:53I wanted to ask if he still loved her.
00:09:56But what came out was, really?
00:09:59Really.
00:10:00I swear.
00:10:01I'll protect our next child with everything I have.
00:10:03He sounded so sincere.
00:10:05So earnest.
00:10:06And I was weak.
00:10:07I'd loved him for so many years.
00:10:09I'd let myself believe him.
00:10:11The second time I got pregnant, he was careful.
00:10:14Attentive.
00:10:14He swore he'd never let anyone hurt me.
00:10:16But when the one who hurt me was Jaysper, suddenly the promises didn't hold.
00:10:21You only love a person's child if you love the person.
00:10:24I came to a sudden, painful realization.
00:10:27Even after the divorce, the one Caden loved was still Sharon.
00:10:30I was merely a compromise after he grew tired, a Mrs. Grant used to raise his child.
00:10:35If not Sharon, then Mrs. Grant could have been anyone.
00:10:40I don't want to carry on with this anymore.
00:10:45The next morning, I was up at dawn, packing my things.
00:10:50There was a time I'd treated this mansion like a home.
00:10:53Every corner held pieces of me.
00:10:55My lab notes, my pressed botanical specimens, carefully arranged.
00:11:01Then, the moment I traveled for a conference, he'd order the housekeeper to water them on schedule.
00:11:06Those small details seduced me into a dangerous illusion.
00:11:09Maybe somewhere beneath the ice, Caden cared.
00:11:12Now I see it for what it was, absent-minded reflex.
00:11:15Clinging to scraps of nothing, desperate to stitch together proof that I was loved.
00:11:20Pathetic.
00:11:20And now that I'm leaving, I'm taking every last trace of me with me.
00:11:24Beryl Thorin!
00:11:25Why didn't you make my breakfast?
00:11:27What is this?
00:11:28What is this?
00:11:31Jasper, learn some basic manners.
00:11:33I am not your maid.
00:11:34God, you're so annoying!
00:11:35I asked why you didn't make my breakfast!
00:11:38I'd gotten a goddamn nutritionist certificate for that kid.
00:11:40Every breakfast calibrated, macro balance designed to keep him healthy.
00:11:43He'd always sneer at it, drink half, dump half.
00:11:46Today I made nothing, and suddenly he couldn't handle it.
00:11:48Too tired?
00:11:49Asked Sharon to cook for you?
00:11:51And I won't be doing it anymore.
00:11:53Ever.
00:11:54You promised Dad you'd take care of me!
00:11:57You can't just stop!
00:11:58Oh.
00:11:59That was then.
00:12:00Now?
00:12:01Whoever.
00:12:02I'm done.
00:12:03Being a stepmother is a rigged game.
00:12:05I'd poured lifetimes of patience into Japper, playing his silly games, reading him bedtime stories.
00:12:09Everyone forgot.
00:12:10I'm a thorn.
00:12:11I was raised doted on, cherished, and coddled.
00:12:14My temper isn't sweet.
00:12:15I just buried it.
00:12:17Jasper had never been on the receiving end of this coldness.
00:12:25Daddy!
00:12:26Mommy!
00:12:27She's so mean to me!
00:12:28She starved me!
00:12:29She's abusing me!
00:12:31Mrs. Grant?
00:12:32Is it how you treat my son?
00:12:34What can I say?
00:12:35This is my house, not yours.
00:12:38Forget it.
00:12:39Just rest.
00:12:40Don't leave.
00:12:41That's who he is.
00:12:42If it weren't for this father blindly enabling the boy without a shred of justice,
00:12:45how could Jasper have grown into such a tyrannical, arrogant little demon?
00:12:49Exhaustion washed over me.
00:12:50This wasn't my script.
00:12:51By now I should be red-eyed and trembling, accusing him of blatant favoritism.
00:12:54Maybe I'm still too frail to fight, he reasoned.
00:12:56I'll say it one more time.
00:12:57Viril is my wife, your mother.
00:12:59You will respect her.
00:13:00Dead of night.
00:13:01A rustling sound threaded through the darkness.
00:13:05I've always been a light sleeper.
00:13:07The noise yanked me awake immediately.
00:13:11Jasper?
00:13:12What are you-
00:13:13It's your fault!
00:13:14Dad yelled at me because of you!
00:13:16Why hasn't Dad divorced you fat pig and come back with Mom?
00:13:20The burning came immediately.
00:13:22Acid.
00:13:22Pain.
00:13:23Like a thousand needles burrowing into my flesh at once.
00:13:26My mind went white.
00:13:31What did you do?
00:13:33Mom said the water would just make her ugly.
00:13:36She didn't say it would hurt like this.
00:13:41Somewhere in the jolting chaos, my consciousness frayed, dimmed, started slipping away.
00:13:49The doctors worked for what felt like hours before the pain was brought to heal.
00:13:59Caden's gaze snapped at me, relief flickering across his face.
00:14:03The first words out of my mouth were ice water.
00:14:05Sharon incited Jasper to assault me.
00:14:08I'm pressing charges.
00:14:09I stared straight at him, leaving no room for compromise.
00:14:14No.
00:14:15Sharon would never do something like this.
00:14:17The kid's just talking nonsense.
00:14:18I'll deal with Jasper when I get home.
00:14:20Set him straight.
00:14:22Don't make a scene.
00:14:23Push this too far and it won't look good for the Thorns either.
00:14:26There it was.
00:14:27A threat.
00:14:29Thinly veiled but unmistakable.
00:14:31He was warning me.
00:14:32Caden waited.
00:14:33His Mrs. Grant wasn't magnanimous.
00:14:35The old burl would have bristled the moment those words left his mouth snapping back.
00:14:39You just believe Sharon over me?
00:14:40Do you still love her?
00:14:41It had always annoyed him before.
00:14:43Now, he would have gladly soothed my jealousy.
00:14:46But the silence stretched.
00:14:47I didn't bite.
00:14:50You have nothing to say?
00:14:51You just threatened my family.
00:14:52What would you like me to say?
00:14:53What's wrong with you?
00:14:54You...
00:14:58Kaden, don't forget you're escorting me to the gala this afternoon.
00:15:01Kaden caught a glance.
00:15:03Mistook it for jealousy.
00:15:04Something in his chest loosened.
00:15:07Sharon's in the influencer world.
00:15:08It's brutal.
00:15:09People take advantage.
00:15:10Me accompanying her to the gala is simply a public warning to keep the wolves at bay.
00:15:14She's not like you.
00:15:15You just take care of the house.
00:15:16She's out there grinding on her own.
00:15:18It's hard.
00:15:19Don't read into it.
00:15:20But if you're not feeling well, I could always...
00:15:23Go.
00:15:23Don't keep her waiting.
00:15:26What did you say?
00:15:27I said go.
00:15:28I want to rest.
00:15:30Fine.
00:15:30Fine, Burl Thorne.
00:15:31Don't regret this.
00:15:33Wait.
00:15:35If you want me to stay, just say it.
00:15:36Stop hiding behind you.
00:15:37You forgot your car keys.
00:15:42So this is what it feels like.
00:15:43Not caring anymore.
00:15:46The following days were peaceful.
00:15:48I lay in my hospital bed.
00:15:49Quietly recovering inside my sterile hospital room.
00:15:52Every time the housekeeper called,
00:15:54Jasper is throwing a tantrum, won't eat, needs help with his science project,
00:15:56I had exactly one response.
00:15:58Call his parents.
00:15:59He's not my concern.
00:16:01She's still mad at me?
00:16:02I didn't mean it.
00:16:03I didn't know.
00:16:04Why is she so petty?
00:16:13Peace.
00:16:13At last.
00:16:15Until Sharon showed up.
00:16:16A cold premonition crept up my spine.
00:16:19Must be hell, isn't it?
00:16:21Cooped up in here.
00:16:22What's it to you?
00:16:24I just feel sorry for you.
00:16:26No career.
00:16:27Hated by the Grant family.
00:16:29Ignored by your husband.
00:16:31Even the boy you raised with such care takes my side.
00:16:34Must be excruciating.
00:16:35You were already built like a pig, and now your face is completely ruined.
00:16:39Guess what happens when Caden looks at you looking like a hittily disfigured ghost?
00:16:43Do you think he'll be so disgusted he'll vomit up yesterday's dinner?
00:16:48Why not just give me back the title of Mrs. Grant?
00:16:51Caden and Jasper, they both preferred me.
00:16:55Anyway, the needle hit the bone.
00:16:57A flash of pain, sharp and clean.
00:17:00Talk to Caden.
00:17:02If he wants to remarry you, I have no objections.
00:17:04You honestly think he'd choose you?
00:17:06Bellthorne, you're delusional.
00:17:08You're nothing but a dog at his heel.
00:17:10I blinked, genuinely confused.
00:17:12I'd never believed Caden would choose me.
00:17:14That secret's dead and buried.
00:17:16Ground to dust by three years of marriage.
00:17:17My honesty seemed to enrage her further.
00:17:20Caden will divorce you eventually.
00:17:23You want to see who matters more to him?
00:17:26Let me show you right now.
00:17:29A jolt of ice through my chest.
00:17:32Fire! Fire!
00:17:35She set the ward on fire.
00:17:42We have to get out here.
00:17:43Caden!
00:17:44My ankle!
00:17:45I think it's broken.
00:17:49Don't worry about me.
00:17:51Take your wife.
00:17:53If I don't make it,
00:17:54just tell Jasper I went abroad.
00:17:56Don't let him know.
00:17:57Shut up!
00:17:58Don't talk like that!
00:18:01Beryl, just wait.
00:18:02I'll come right back for you.
00:18:03I promise.
00:18:11A blade of pain sliced through the fog.
00:18:13My mind went razor sharp.
00:18:15What was I doing?
00:18:17Still expecting Caden to choose me?
00:18:19No.
00:18:20I couldn't depend on him.
00:18:22Not anymore.
00:18:26White hot pain blinded me,
00:18:28but the smoke was coiling in now,
00:18:30thick and black,
00:18:31and I couldn't afford to stop.
00:18:32Couldn't stop.
00:18:34Caden finally carried Sharon to safety.
00:18:40The fire's spreading.
00:18:42It's too dangerous.
00:18:43My wife is still in there.
00:18:45I need to get her out!
00:18:49Sir, please calm down.
00:18:50Look.
00:18:51At the window.
00:18:54Hey!
00:19:14When I opened my eyes again
00:19:16I saw the same blank white ceiling
00:19:18I told you to wait for me
00:19:20Why did you jump?
00:19:22Do you have any idea how close you came to dying?
00:19:24I didn't believe you
00:19:27What did you say?
00:19:29I said I didn't believe you
00:19:31I didn't believe you'd come back for me
00:19:33And I didn't want to die
00:19:35So I saved myself
00:19:36It wasn't like this before
00:19:38When Jasper pulled faces at me
00:19:40And knocked over the food I made
00:19:43I used to throw myself into Caden's arms, crying
00:19:46I treated Jasper like my own son
00:19:48But he still hated me
00:19:50When the Grant family elders looked down on me
00:19:52And declaring that a frame like mine
00:19:54Didn't fit the Grant family's facade
00:19:56When did I stop looking at him that way?
00:19:59Caden couldn't follow that thread
00:20:01He didn't dare
00:20:04Get some rest
00:20:11I was thrilled to have a few days of peace in the hospital while my injuries healed
00:20:15On the day I was discharged
00:20:18Caden sent only a single message
00:20:20There's a family dinner on Saturday
00:20:22I've made other arrangements
00:20:23So you don't need to attend
00:20:26When he came home that evening
00:20:28I asked him why
00:20:30Why
00:20:32Beryl, take a look in the mirror
00:20:34The dinner will be filled with people from the business world
00:20:37I need a woman who can stand by my side
00:20:39Not a wife who gives people something to gossip about behind my back
00:20:43Sharon knows how to handle these events
00:20:45She's coming with me
00:20:47The very next day
00:20:49Sharon showed up
00:20:50Trying on dresses right in the living room
00:20:55Mrs. Grant
00:20:55Please don't mind me
00:20:57It's all about prestige and presentation
00:21:02Gowns like this are selective
00:21:04Not just anyone can pull them after all
00:21:06If you really want to go
00:21:08Should I ask around to see if they have it in plus size?
00:21:12I stood frozen in place
00:21:13Hearing my own breath run shallow
00:21:15No need
00:21:16Have a good time
00:21:19I had indeed not been invited to accompany Catelyn
00:21:22But since the dinner was held right in our home
00:21:24The dowager madam specifically demanded
00:21:27I step downstairs to make an appearance
00:21:29Is that Mrs. Grant?
00:21:31How on earth did she get so heavy?
00:21:33Why would Catelyn marry her?
00:21:34The lady behind her must be tonight's real escort
00:21:36The contrast couldn't be clearer
00:21:41Half an hour later
00:21:43A sharp scream echoed through the centre of the hall
00:21:46Followed by chaotic weeping
00:21:53Oh my precious grandson
00:21:56Who fed you seafood?
00:21:58Don't they know you're severely allergic?
00:22:03It was her
00:22:04She was standing right by the dessert table just now
00:22:10It wasn't me
00:22:11Beryl Thorne
00:22:12Have you lost your mind?
00:22:16Look at all that fat on you
00:22:17You're so bloated
00:22:19You can't even fit into a proper dress
00:22:21Just standing there making everyone uncomfortable
00:22:24Being fat and ugly is one thing
00:22:26But to be so vicious
00:22:28You can't manage the kitchen
00:22:29You can't look after a child
00:22:31What right do you have to be Mrs. Grant?
00:22:39Jasper
00:22:40Tell them
00:22:41Who gave it to you?
00:22:45Darling, tell us
00:22:49I will handle this
00:22:50Whoever tried to harm you
00:22:52I'll tear them apart
00:22:53The implication was crystal clear
00:22:55I wasn't particularly surprised
00:22:57Only struck by a profound hollow bitterness
00:22:59For all these years
00:23:01I had treated Jasper as my own flesh and blood
00:23:03I had truly believed we could be mother and son
00:23:06There are security cameras in the living room
00:23:08Check the footage
00:23:10What are you implying?
00:23:12Would my Jasper lie?
00:23:14Fine
00:23:15Check the cameras
00:23:16We'll make sure you have nowhere to hide
00:23:18The cameras are broken
00:23:19They haven't been repaired
00:23:21Impossible
00:23:22They were working fine just days ago
00:23:24Beryl
00:23:25When you make a mistake
00:23:26You admit it
00:23:27You knew he was allergic
00:23:28So why didn't you stop him?
00:23:29This was clearly your carelessness
00:23:30I didn't need to ask anything more
00:23:32Everything was painfully obvious
00:23:34Caden knew the truth
00:23:36And he chose Sharon anyway
00:23:38I was locked in the dark study
00:23:39Again
00:23:41Kneeling on the ice-cold marble floor
00:23:43A bitter laugh choked in my throat
00:23:45I was so incredibly naive
00:23:47I'd known Caden would protect Sharon
00:23:49I just hadn't realized he'd go this far
00:23:52Something cold coiled around my calf
00:23:55Snake
00:23:55There was a snake in here
00:23:57Someone put a snake in here
00:23:59Help!
00:23:59There's a snake in here!
00:24:05I didn't stop
00:24:06I couldn't
00:24:07Meanwhile
00:24:07The real family
00:24:09Three of them
00:24:10Performing their tragic little drama
00:24:12What the hell are you doing?
00:24:16Jasper is right there
00:24:17Is this what you want him to see?
00:24:20Jasper?
00:24:22You know what Jasper just told me?
00:24:23He said he felt sorry for Beryl Thorne
00:24:25Said he wanted to apologize to her
00:24:27My husband belongs to someone else
00:24:29And now?
00:24:31Now my son is turning towards her too
00:24:34You're the one who left us
00:24:36I did
00:24:37I couldn't stand the Grant family back then
00:24:39All your suffocating rules
00:24:41But I regret it now
00:24:43But you've both got someone else in your hearts now
00:24:46How?
00:24:47You all said you'd love me forever
00:24:49Beryl Thorne acted like a pathetic
00:24:52Obedient dog at your heels for a few years
00:24:54That you suddenly can't bear to throw her away
00:24:59Fine
00:25:00I'm in the way
00:25:01I'll leave
00:25:01Go find some young pretty boy
00:25:02Who actually wants me
00:25:04All those tangled feverish memories
00:25:07Flooded back
00:25:09He couldn't hold the line anymore
00:25:13Beryl Thorne is my wife
00:25:14But she is only my wife
00:25:16You're the only one I've ever loved
00:25:23Days passed
00:25:25Caden tried to corner me
00:25:26To explain
00:25:27To spin it
00:25:28I was never there
00:25:29I locked myself in my room
00:25:30Packed
00:25:31Sorted
00:25:32Erased every trace
00:25:34Aunty Beryl
00:25:35I'm sorry
00:25:36I blinked
00:25:37Genuinely surprised
00:25:39That was the first time Jasper had ever addressed me with anything approaching respect
00:25:42The old Beryl would have wept with joy
00:25:44No need to apologize
00:25:46Was there something else?
00:25:48Can you
00:25:49Can you do my mom a favor?
00:25:52Someone took photos of mom and dad
00:25:54Now the whole internet is calling her a homewrecker
00:25:57So
00:25:58Could you divorce dad first?
00:26:00Just so mom can clear her name?
00:26:01It would be a fake divorce
00:26:03You can remarry right after
00:26:07No
00:26:08Right
00:26:08Forget it
00:26:09You're always clinging to dad
00:26:11You want to be my mom so bad
00:26:12There's no way you'd ever agree
00:26:13Okay
00:26:15What?
00:26:16I said okay
00:26:22The divorce certificate came fast
00:26:24Signatures
00:26:25Stamps
00:26:26Done
00:26:26Sharon posted on Instagram immediately
00:26:29Caden was legally single again
00:26:31And she was simply reconnecting with her ex-husband
00:26:34She even arranged a little celebration
00:26:36Summoning us both to a cafe
00:26:37Mrs. Grant
00:26:38Thank you so much
00:26:40Without you my career would have been destroyed
00:26:43They had no idea who was actually helping whom
00:26:46My original plan was legal separation
00:26:48Waited out
00:26:49Lawyer up
00:26:50Drag through the courts
00:26:51I never expected to walk away with the papers this clean
00:26:54Enough Sharon
00:26:55This is the last time I clean up your mess
00:26:57Don't come looking for me again
00:27:00Beryl
00:27:00You took the hit this time
00:27:02I know that
00:27:03Don't worry
00:27:04We'll remarry in a few days
00:27:05What do you want?
00:27:07I'll make it right
00:27:09No need
00:27:10I'm happy I could help Sharon
00:27:13This was all wrong
00:27:14He was used to me fighting
00:27:17Tantrums
00:27:17Tears
00:27:18Accusations
00:27:18This stillness felt like a flat line
00:27:20You've been very mature lately
00:27:23If you'd been like this from the start
00:27:24Jasper wouldn't hate you so much
00:27:26None of it mattered anymore
00:27:29Sharon!
00:27:29You whore!
00:27:30You said you only loved your fans
00:27:32How could you be with someone else?
00:27:35Run!
00:27:36Caden grabbed Sharon and bolted for the exit
00:27:38Never noticing me
00:27:39Never seeing me knocked to the ground
00:27:41I had no idea who had leaked Sharon's private schedule
00:27:44But the alleyway outside the cafe
00:27:46Was already swarming with a rabid mob
00:27:48Of her paparazzi and fans
00:27:51Is that her?
00:27:52I think that's Beryl Thorne
00:27:53Sharon baby said she divorced Caden ages ago
00:27:56But still won't stop throwing herself at him
00:27:58Look at her
00:27:59How did a creature like that
00:28:01Even manage to marry Caden?
00:28:03Sharon leaves this fat woman in the dust
00:28:05How does a pig like that
00:28:06Even end up in a wealthy family?
00:28:08Hey, Caden!
00:28:14Let me leave
00:28:15Unless you all want a lawsuit
00:28:17The young fans were frightened
00:28:18By the threat of legal act act
00:28:21Someone dug up photos of you and Barra together
00:28:23They're saying the timeline proves I'm the mistress
00:28:25Caden, what do I do?
00:28:27My career
00:28:27Is it over?
00:28:28I might as well just die!
00:28:30Don't talk like that
00:28:31I'll release a statement
00:28:32Clear your name
00:28:33Prove you never broke up our marriage
00:28:35And what about Barra Thorne?
00:28:36If you put out that statement she'll take all the hate
00:28:39That's fine
00:28:40I'll send her abroad
00:28:41Let things cool off
00:28:42When it blows over I'll make it up to her
00:28:45Compensate her properly
00:28:46Yeah
00:28:47She's just a housewife anyway
00:28:48A little online hate won't kill her
00:28:50It's not like she'll lose anything
00:28:51You too
00:28:52You're so good to me
00:28:53Oh, Mrs. Grant
00:28:55You're back
00:28:55What happened to you?
00:28:56You look wrecked
00:28:57Anyway
00:28:57We were saying you should take a vacation
00:28:59Go abroad for a while
00:29:00Okay
00:29:01No questions
00:29:02No pushback
00:29:03Quiet
00:29:03Obedient
00:29:04Not me
00:29:05When you come back
00:29:06I have a gift for you
00:29:07Beery
00:29:07Go have fun for a few days
00:29:09When you're back
00:29:10You can do my parent-teacher conference
00:29:12This new attitude
00:29:13This sudden softness
00:29:15All built on guilt
00:29:16Next morning
00:29:17The airport
00:29:18I trashed the ticket Caden had prepared
00:29:21Walked straight past his gate
00:29:22Headed for another
00:29:23I was leaving, yes
00:29:25But not on his leash
00:29:27Not to a vacation he'd arranged
00:29:29I was going to England
00:29:35Ahead of me
00:29:36Open road
00:29:37No storms
00:29:38No chains
00:29:40I was finally free
00:29:42Night fell
00:29:43Caden sat in his study
00:29:45The house felt hollow
00:29:47Echoing
00:29:47Like someone had scooped out its center
00:29:49I really want Beryl's cooking
00:29:51She hasn't made me anything in forever
00:29:53And whose fault is that?
00:29:54You kept provoking her
00:29:55When she's back you apologize properly
00:29:57We'll be a family again
00:30:01Sir
00:30:02The plane
00:30:03Mrs. Grant's flight
00:30:05What did you say?
00:30:10Caden was certain he was hallucinating
00:30:13Plane crash
00:30:15Beryl's plane crashed
00:30:17Impossible
00:30:18That woman was stubborn as rusted iron
00:30:20Unyielding as stone
00:30:22His heart slammed against his ribs
00:30:24The room tilted
00:30:25Spun
00:30:26Went gray at the edges
00:30:28Don't joke about this
00:30:30Did she put you up to this?
00:30:32You've got nerve
00:30:34Taking bribes from her now
00:30:35I know she's been upset lately
00:30:39But this
00:30:40This isn't something you scare me with
00:30:42His paycheck came from Caden
00:30:44He barely exchanged ten words a week with me
00:30:47Why on earth would he lie?
00:30:49If Caden's mind were working
00:30:50If even a single gear were still turning
00:30:53He would never have said something so absurd
00:30:56She knows I worry
00:30:57She knows
00:30:57And she still pulls this
00:31:00Forget it
00:31:00She's just furious
00:31:01I'll coax her
00:31:02I'll smooth it over
00:31:03The number you have dialed
00:31:05Cannot be reached
00:31:06Right
00:31:07Of course
00:31:08Can't pick up on a plane
00:31:09Book me a ticket
00:31:10I'll go find her
00:31:11Errol hated hollow gestures
00:31:13Hated being placated
00:31:14This time she was genuinely furious
00:31:17He could feel it
00:31:19He needed to see her
00:31:20He needed to go by himself
00:31:23Mr. Grant
00:31:24The plane really went down
00:31:25Every news is reporting it
00:31:29You need to prepare yourself
00:31:31I said book this down
00:31:37Please
00:31:38Don't do this
00:31:39She's gone
00:31:40The dead don't come back
00:31:42You need to pull yourself together
00:31:44And start preparing for the funeral
00:31:45Of course the assistant wasn't lying
00:31:48He knew that
00:31:49Knew it better than anyone
00:31:51He simply refused to accept it
00:31:53Hours ago
00:31:54Barely a day
00:31:55Beryl had sat across from him in that cafe
00:31:58Smiling
00:31:59Soft
00:32:00Warm
00:32:00How could someone vanish
00:32:02Between one heartbeat
00:32:02And the next
00:32:04Dad
00:32:05What happened to auntie Beryl
00:32:10Is she
00:32:11Is she coming back
00:32:12To tell me stories
00:32:14The boy sensed it now
00:32:15Something heavy
00:32:16Something wrong
00:32:17That childlike anxiety
00:32:18Darkened
00:32:19Deepened
00:32:20Curdling into dread
00:32:21And then his dread
00:32:22Became shock
00:32:26The tech titan
00:32:27The tech titan
00:32:27Who never flinched
00:32:29Grant was crying
00:32:59Caden locked himself in his room for days
00:33:00The sharp
00:33:01The sharp sterile villa
00:33:30Stopped one
00:33:30The grand empire was vast
00:33:32It wasn't as if they couldn't afford a pet
00:33:34He tried to picture her curled up with a kitten
00:33:36The corner of his mouth almost lifted
00:33:38The burial was like a cat herself
00:33:40Sharp and self-contained
00:33:41Quietly affectionate
00:33:42It was endearing
00:33:49You're disgusting
00:33:50Always hanging around
00:33:51These filthy strays
00:33:53I already told dad
00:33:54One of them scratched me
00:33:55He said he'll have them all killed
00:33:59Why?
00:34:00Because I can
00:34:01Seeing you miserable
00:34:02Makes me happy
00:34:05She called someone
00:34:06Who arranged for every stray
00:34:08In the neighborhood
00:34:08To be taken to an animal shelter
00:34:15Caden felt his chest construct
00:34:17It came back to him then
00:34:19Fragments
00:34:19Jasper had complained about the strays
00:34:21Whined that he wanted them dead
00:34:23Caden had agreed absently
00:34:24Sure, whatever
00:34:25And when security couldn't track the cats down
00:34:27He'd never thought about it again
00:34:30So that's what happened
00:34:32Beryl, the woman who orbited around
00:34:33Them so tirelessly
00:34:34Had things she loved too
00:34:36And Jasper had been trampling on them
00:34:38His son had been trampling on her
00:34:40All this time
00:34:42How had he only just noticed?
00:34:47Jasper was usually giddy around his mother
00:34:49Clingy, adoring on his best behavior
00:34:51But today something was off
00:34:54Mom, you're so useless
00:34:55You can't even help me with my homework
00:34:56Beryl always knew how to explain everything
00:34:58She tanked her grades early
00:35:00Dropped out before high school
00:35:01Chase the influencer route instead
00:35:04Sure, she could do the problems
00:35:06Breaking them down so a child could understand
00:35:08Different game entirely
00:35:10Jasper, sweetheart
00:35:11Your Burly is never coming back
00:35:13Let's stop talking about her, okay?
00:35:15What do you mean never coming back?
00:35:17She promised she wouldn't leave me
00:35:18That had been during a fever
00:35:20One bad enough to blur his edges
00:35:23She'd never been held by him like that before
00:35:27Don't cry
00:35:28Mommy, don't leave me
00:35:30Stay forever
00:35:31Please
00:35:32I miss you so much
00:35:34Okay
00:35:35I'll stay with you forever
00:35:36I promise
00:35:37Of course, the next morning
00:35:39He'd been mortified
00:35:40Humiliated
00:35:41Even nastier to her than before
00:35:42But still
00:35:44She'd promised
00:35:46She's not coming back
00:35:47Because she's dead
00:35:50She's dead, Jasper
00:35:51Do you understand now?
00:35:53I am your mother
00:35:54And she is never coming back
00:35:56To steal what's mine
00:36:04How could you say those to a kid?
00:36:06You hit me?
00:36:07You've never laid a hand on me before
00:36:09Am I wrong?
00:36:11Isn't Feral Thorne dead?
00:36:12And you?
00:36:13You were the one who put her on that plane
00:36:15What, now that she's gone
00:36:16Suddenly you care?
00:36:17Shut up!
00:36:19Caden Grant
00:36:21Don't you dare stand there
00:36:22And tell me you've just realized
00:36:24You love her
00:36:25Your own words
00:36:27She was an obligation
00:36:28Nothing more
00:36:29I was the only woman you'd ever love
00:36:32You're one
00:36:33You're only
00:36:37Well, she's dead now
00:36:39I'm waiting for you to remarry me
00:36:41For the three of us
00:36:42You, me, Jasper
00:36:44To finally be a real family
00:36:46And this is what you give me?
00:36:49He shouldn't blame Sharon
00:36:50She hadn't done anything wrong
00:36:53Dad
00:36:54Mom's lying, right?
00:36:55Auntie Burley isn't dead
00:36:56Tell me she's not dead
00:37:01Jasper
00:37:02Auntie Burle
00:37:03There was an accident
00:37:04She's gone to another world now
00:37:08No
00:37:09You should call her mom
00:37:11She was my wife
00:37:12Your mother
00:37:13No!
00:37:14Jasper
00:37:14You are not allowed to call her that
00:37:18Caden Grant
00:37:19What the hell is this supposed to mean?
00:37:21You're not remarrying me?
00:37:24Cheryl
00:37:25We're done
00:37:26You chose to leave
00:37:27You left me
00:37:28You left Jasper
00:37:29Beryl is my wife
00:37:30I'm not marrying you
00:37:31How can you do this to me?
00:37:32Don't you forget
00:37:33You divorced Beryl Thorne
00:37:34She's not even your wife anymore
00:37:36She was right
00:37:37He and Beryl were nothing to each other now
00:37:40Jasper had asked for it
00:37:41Caden had pushed it through
00:37:43He'd pulled strings to get the divorce certificate fast-tracked
00:37:46But it was supposed to be a temporary chess move
00:37:49In the dark, silent corners of his mind
00:37:52He had long since categories Beryl as his true wife
00:37:59Mom
00:38:00Don't
00:38:00I have no relationship with you
00:38:02You're Beryl's mother
00:38:03How can you possibly say we have no relation?
00:38:05If I recall correctly
00:38:06You and Beryl are divorced
00:38:07The Grant family pedigree runs far too high
00:38:09Our humble Thorne family simply cannot afford to measure up
00:38:12Mr. Grant
00:38:13Please leave
00:38:13No, we aren't actually divorced
00:38:15It was a temporary tactic, a strategic play
00:38:17A legal divorce can be treated as a casual game
00:38:20Just to amuse your little mistress
00:38:22Caden, our daughter married you
00:38:24We didn't sell her to you
00:38:25We raised her, cherished her, spoiled her
00:38:27And in your house she suffered nothing but misery
00:38:29If you don't love her, go find someone you do love
00:38:32Beryl won't bother you anymore
00:38:33No, no, I love her
00:38:35I love Beryl
00:38:36His heart clenched with a pain so sharp
00:38:38It stole his breath
00:38:39And there it was
00:38:40The truth hit him like a physical blow to the skull
00:38:43He had no idea when it had started
00:38:45When his contract wife, that bright-eyed girl
00:38:48Had stopped being an obligation
00:38:50And become his entire heart
00:38:52But it was too late
00:38:53Too late for all of it
00:38:54Mom, please
00:38:55Just let me see her room
00:38:57Just once
00:38:58She took everything with her when she left
00:39:00There's nothing left for me to hold on to
00:39:01I just want to see the place where she used to live
00:39:05What do you mean?
00:39:06I'm sorry
00:39:07I'm so sorry if I hadn't put her on that plane
00:39:09Please, please
00:39:10Just let me go inside
00:39:11Caden was drowning in grief
00:39:13Too submerged to notice the odd shift in Martha's demeanor
00:39:16It's not all your fault
00:39:18Just remember her well from now on
00:39:20That's enough
00:39:21You wanted to see her bedroom?
00:39:23You have 30 minutes?
00:39:28He recognized it immediately
00:39:30Beryl used to carry it everywhere
00:39:32She must have left it behind on some visit home
00:39:34Her handwriting was delicate
00:39:36Precise
00:39:37The pages were dense with a teenage girl's heart
00:39:40Spilling over in ink
00:39:41Saw Caden today
00:39:43He picked me up from school
00:39:45Gray suit
00:39:46Standing under the ginkum tree
00:39:47Like he'd stepped off a magazine cover
00:39:50God, I like him so much
00:39:52Too bad I'm only 17
00:39:55If I told him now, he'd just laugh it off
00:39:57Those boys who were mocking me
00:39:59Caden chased them away
00:40:01I keep wondering
00:40:02Does he like me too?
00:40:04Even a little?
00:40:05Graduation's coming soon
00:40:06How do I tell him?
00:40:09Reading those faded lines
00:40:10A faint, bittersweet smile cracked Caden's lips
00:40:13Almost
00:40:13But something sharp lodged behind his ribs
00:40:16He'd never imagined
00:40:18After she was gone
00:40:19He'd stumble into her girlhood like this
00:40:21Years of silent devotion
00:40:23Years when Beryl had still been bright
00:40:25Still hopeful
00:40:26Still burning with ambition
00:40:27For science
00:40:28For love
00:40:29The light in the writing dimmed
00:40:30So, he already has someone in his heart
00:40:33That influencer
00:40:34Sharon
00:40:34I need to stop loving him
00:40:36I have to
00:40:36He got married
00:40:38I heard he fought the entire board over it
00:40:41I snuck a look at the livestream
00:40:42The way he looked at her
00:40:44I've never seen that kind of tenderness in his eyes
00:40:47Not once
00:40:48His child is born
00:40:50Jasper
00:40:51Like a little hedgehog
00:40:53He must be so happy now
00:40:57Until marriage
00:40:58Then fresh ink
00:41:00I married Caden
00:41:01I'm so happy
00:41:02So happy
00:41:04I have loved this man for a lifetime
00:41:06And my dream has finally come true
00:41:09Jasper doesn't seem to like me much
00:41:10But that's okay
00:41:12If I'm good to him
00:41:13He'll come around
00:41:14He has to
00:41:17Jasper knocked his food over again
00:41:18I called Caden
00:41:20But he's at some gala with Sharon
00:41:23I'm mad
00:41:24Caden
00:41:24If you don't come home and make this right
00:41:27I'm going to stop loving you
00:41:29I've always known there was no comparing us
00:41:31Sharon is tall, elegant, and radiant
00:41:33While I'm just a fat, exhausted mess
00:41:36Who can't even manage her own weight
00:41:37Under the weight of household chores
00:41:39I lost our baby
00:41:40I lost our baby
00:41:41It hurts
00:41:41It hurts so much
00:41:43Caden doesn't believe me
00:41:45Jasper still hates me
00:41:46I'm so tired
00:41:47I can't keep doing this
00:41:49Caden
00:41:50Loving you is so exhausting
00:41:52I looked in the mirror today
00:41:53And barely recognized the bloated, haggard woman staring back
00:41:56I had gained a full 20 pounds
00:41:58I want to buy pretty dresses and style my hair too
00:42:01But every time I open my eyes
00:42:03Jasper and every little detail of the Grant households are waiting for me
00:42:06I don't have a single second left for myself
00:42:10Caden
00:42:11I don't want to love you anymore
00:42:17She must have been crying when she wrote it
00:42:19Crying so hard the ink bled into pools of grief
00:42:24Caden drifted through the days in a fog
00:42:27Locked himself inside the villa
00:42:29Drank
00:42:30Scotch
00:42:31Bottle after bottle
00:42:32The world outside ceased to exist
00:42:35When his assistant came knocking
00:42:37Caden roared at him until he fled
00:42:39Nothing mattered
00:42:40Nothing
00:42:41Until Jasper stumbled into the room
00:42:44What happened?
00:42:45Who did this to you?
00:42:46Mom will come back, won't she?
00:42:49Is mom really never coming back?
00:42:51Is she gone forever?
00:42:53Caden froze instantly
00:42:54It took a long, heavy beat for him to process that the mom Jasper was crying for
00:42:58Was Beryl
00:42:59Three years
00:42:59Now that she was gone
00:43:01The boy finally recognized her
00:43:04Jasper
00:43:04Talk to me, who did this?
00:43:06The answer was obvious
00:43:07There were only so many people in the world who could lay hands on a Grant heir
00:43:13Sharon, wasn't it?
00:43:15Jasper hung his head
00:43:16His silence was confession enough
00:43:17Caden gragged up the door
00:43:18Sharon's penthouse
00:43:19The elevator ride was deathly quiet
00:43:21I just wanted to chase her off, that's all
00:43:23How was I supposed to know she'd actually die?
00:43:26Honestly, it's just her own wretched luck
00:43:28Me marrying into the Grant family
00:43:30It's only a matter of time
00:43:31If you wanted Caden this badly
00:43:33Why did you demand a divorce all those years ago?
00:43:37Oh honey, I couldn't stand those suffocating rules
00:43:40And who wants to raise a brat?
00:43:42I had money, fun, and Beryl playing nanny
00:43:44It was perfect
00:43:46If Jasper hadn't started going soft on her
00:43:48I could have coasted another few years easy
00:43:52And that little ingrate
00:43:53Who do you think he is
00:43:54Forgetting whose womb he crawled out of?
00:43:56Beryl wipes his nose for a few years
00:43:57And suddenly he forgets himself
00:43:58Disgusting
00:43:59She spoke about her son like he was a chess piece
00:44:02A tool
00:44:03Disposable
00:44:03And pushing Beryl
00:44:05What had she done to Beryl?
00:44:06What had Beryl been feeling
00:44:08Thinking
00:44:08When the plane tore apart in the sky?
00:44:10Auntie Beryl was the only one who actually loved me, right?
00:44:13The mom who loved me?
00:44:15She's never coming back
00:44:18Daddy?
00:44:20Right, Daddy?
00:44:21And honestly
00:44:23Beryl Thorne was shameless
00:44:25I had Jasper to get rid of her baby
00:44:27And had him throw acid in her face
00:44:28Yet she still stubbornly refused to sign the divorce papers
00:44:31The world went silent
00:44:32Caden's hearing tunneled
00:44:34That cord inside him
00:44:35The one holding reason in place snapped
00:44:41What did you say?
00:44:43It was you
00:44:44You killed our baby?
00:44:46No
00:44:46Caden, wait
00:44:47Let me explain
00:44:49Yes
00:44:50Mom told me to do it
00:44:51She said if there was a new baby
00:44:53Dad would stop loving me
00:44:55So I had to
00:44:56Sharon
00:44:57How can you be this evil?
00:45:01What kind of person I am
00:45:03You don't know?
00:45:03You know what?
00:45:04Fine
00:45:04I did it
00:45:05All of it
00:45:05So what?
00:45:06Blame yourself
00:45:06You never protected your wife
00:45:08You're the one who only had eyes for me
00:45:10If Beryl were still alive
00:45:11She'd hate you more than she'd ever hate me
00:45:14He couldn't argue
00:45:15Couldn't defend himself
00:45:17Every trauma Beryl had endured
00:45:19Wasn't it because of him?
00:45:20He was the executioner
00:45:23What's wrong?
00:45:24Hit a nerve?
00:45:25Go ahead
00:45:25Hit me
00:45:26Don't stand there looking pathetic
00:45:28She stood there
00:45:29Eyes glittering
00:45:30Utterly unafraid
00:45:31The woman he'd loved
00:45:32The fire he'd worshipped
00:45:34Still burning
00:45:35Still breathtaking
00:45:37Still her
00:45:38We're done, Sharon
00:45:40Jasper is my son
00:45:41You have nothing to do with him anymore
00:45:43From now on
00:45:46I never want to see you again
00:45:50Winter in Cambridge
00:45:51Snow spirals down
00:45:53My paper is featured
00:45:54Right at the very top
00:45:55Of the recommended section
00:45:56In the new issue of nature
00:45:58Looking at my reflection
00:45:59In the glass
00:46:00Slender
00:46:00With a sharp
00:46:01Defined jawline
00:46:02I felt a sudden urge to laugh
00:46:03Those 20 pounds
00:46:04That used to suffocate me
00:46:06That fueled all my self-doubt
00:46:07And anxiety
00:46:07Had vanished without a trace
00:46:09Once I was free
00:46:10From the Grant family's
00:46:11Endless laundry
00:46:11And unwashed floors
00:46:12Traded instead
00:46:13For long, focused hours
00:46:14In the laboratory
00:46:16Beryl
00:46:17Wait a moment
00:46:19Stay back after the seminar
00:46:22An important lab donor
00:46:23Wants to meet you
00:46:24Professor, I'm not really good
00:46:26At business negotiations
00:46:27Don't worry
00:46:28He's specifically asked to see you
00:46:30He's very interested in your research
00:46:31On gene knockout models
00:46:35I arrive ten minutes early
00:46:36At the reserved window seat
00:46:38And order a hot latte
00:46:39Outside the French windows
00:46:41The snow falls heavier by the minute
00:46:42I think it's the donor
00:46:44But when I look up
00:46:45All I see is a little figure
00:46:47Bundled up like a teddy bear
00:46:51Auntie Beryl
00:46:52I missed you so much
00:46:54Karen?
00:46:55What are you doing here?
00:46:57I found Karen three months ago
00:46:58Right outside my lab building
00:46:59It was a cold, rainy day
00:47:01In Cambridge
00:47:03He was curled up under a plane tree
00:47:05With his knees drawn to his chest
00:47:07I took him back to my apartment
00:47:09I took him back to my apartment
00:47:12What's your parents' phone number, sweetheart?
00:47:14I don't know, miss
00:47:16I look into his eyes
00:47:17Helpless
00:47:18And let him stay the night
00:47:19For the time being
00:47:22The poor boy was terrified
00:47:25He couldn't sleep at midnight
00:47:27Quietly crying under the covers
00:47:34I'd spent three years
00:47:35Putting up with Jasper
00:47:36That stubborn little troublemaker
00:47:38So I knew exactly how to handle this
00:47:46Mommy?
00:47:48My heart softens instantly
00:47:49He stayed with me for a few days
00:47:51Before the police finally managed to contact his family
00:47:53The day the police came to take him away
00:47:55You're the nicest person who's ever been kind to me
00:48:01Sung me to sleep?
00:48:03No one's ever sung me to sleep before
00:48:06You're just like my mummy
00:48:09My heart aches hearing him talk like that
00:48:11I couldn't help suspecting
00:48:14The little boy had been mistreated by someone
00:48:20After he left with the officers
00:48:22I'd honestly thought I'd never see him again
00:48:26Daddy brought me here
00:48:29Is this your dad?
00:48:30A thought flashed through my mind
00:48:32Could I have stumbled onto a child abduction?
00:48:34Kieran isn't my son
00:48:35He just likes calling me daddy
00:48:37Hello
00:48:37I'm Ronan Hawthorne
00:48:40I shook his hand
00:48:41It was slightly cold
00:48:42Much like the man himself
00:48:43Ronan was a man of profound cultivation
00:48:45After sitting down
00:48:46He casually initiated a conversation
00:48:48Tossing perfectly timed topics across the table
00:48:50To ensure the air never grew stagnant or cold
00:48:52Most of our discussion revolved about Kieran
00:48:55Professor Allen told me to come today
00:48:57Hoping I could secure your investment for the lab
00:48:59Oh
00:49:01And what did Miss Burial have to say to that?
00:49:03I told him I'm not very good at this sort of thing
00:49:06And it seems I was right
00:49:07I might not be able to bring him good news
00:49:10On the contrary
00:49:11I think you're quite good at it
00:49:12And to make sure I get to see you again
00:49:15I'll give the investment serious consideration
00:49:19Not long after
00:49:20Professor Allen treated several research team members to dinner
00:49:23Overjoyed that they'd secured Ronan's funding
00:49:25After that
00:49:26Ronan often asked me out for coffee or meals
00:49:28I turned him down most of the time
00:49:30But on a few occasions
00:49:31Kieran would come find me
00:49:33Beryl
00:49:33Please come have dinner with us
00:49:35Please?
00:49:37Kieran
00:49:38I have a mountain of work to finish today
00:49:40Let's save it for next time, okay?
00:49:42Don't lie to me
00:49:43I asked Grandpa Allen
00:49:45He said your team's on break now
00:49:47I hadn't expected him to be so perceptive
00:49:50Then how about you tell your dad
00:49:52I'm taking you to London for a little trip
00:49:54Just the two of us
00:49:56Can we go to London next time?
00:49:58Daddy won't let me go anywhere alone with you
00:50:01We'll go secretly
00:50:02He'll never find out
00:50:03I think Daddy already knows
00:50:09I never knew, Miss Beryl, that you disliked me this much
00:50:14I knew very little about Ronan's exact background
00:50:17All I'd heard was a passing mention from Professor Allen
00:50:20That he seemed to be the heir of a Jewish financial conglomerate
00:50:23Shrouded in mystery
00:50:25To me, Ronan was anything but ordinary
00:50:28Most people couldn't pull off that half-smirking, knowing look of his
00:50:31The kind that could freeze the very air around them
00:50:35Mr. Hawthorne, what a coincidence
00:50:39It isn't a coincidence
00:50:42I'm here to ask you to dinner, Miss Beryl
00:50:45Caught off guard, I had no choice but to agree reluctantly
00:50:49Rowan and I walked along the snow-daped stone path
00:50:52With Kieran skipping cheerfully between us
00:50:54The black umbrella above us stayed thoughtfully angled my way
00:50:58A few snowflakes landed on Ronan's cashmere coat, melting into dark little spots
00:51:03Mr. Ronan, you really don't need to waste your time on me
00:51:07Right now, I just want to focus entirely on my studies
00:51:10They don't conflict
00:51:14I was married, and I raised a child
00:51:17Even if Jasper had never once regarded me as a mother
00:51:19And Catelyn had never truly wanted a child with me
00:51:21It still doesn't conflict
00:51:23I stood there, speechless
00:51:25How on earth does none of that conflict?
00:51:28You're from such an outstanding background, I'm not good enough for you
00:51:31What makes you think so?
00:51:33Just because you had an unsuccessful marriage?
00:51:36How do you know my marriage was unsuccessful?
00:51:39The moment the words left my mouth, I regretted them
00:51:45If it had been happy, I would never have ended up here in Cambridge
00:51:49The first time I saw you present your team's research feelings at the lecture
00:51:52You didn't strike me as someone who lacked confidence
00:51:55But the moment you talk about this marriage, it's clear how unhappy you are
00:51:58Unhappy was an understatement
00:52:01In those three short years of marriage, I'd been like a Petri dish
00:52:04Drained of all life, adrift, stripped of my identity
00:52:08When I first arrived in Cambridge, I could barely bear to look in the mirror
00:52:11To face the woman with dark circles under her eyes and dull, lifeless hair
00:52:15It took me a long while to find my voice again
00:52:18That's true
00:52:19But I don't need a new relationship to prove I've moved on
00:52:23I'm perfectly fine on my own
00:52:25Of course you are perfectly fine, Ms. Biro
00:52:30I'm the one pursuing you
00:52:32There's no need for you to feel pressured
00:52:37You don't need a new relationship to heal yourself
00:52:40I only hope you won't shut me out because of what happened in your past
00:52:44What if I really have relationship PTSD and never want to fall in love again?
00:52:48Then I suppose I'll spend the whole night cursing your unpleasant ex-husband
00:52:52And still show up at your lab tomorrow with fresh gingerbread
00:52:57I burst out laughing
00:52:59What does pursuing mean?
00:53:01Is Bella going to be my new mummy?
00:53:07If I'm lucky enough
00:53:08Then please say yes, Bella
00:53:10Daddy's gingerbread tastes amazing
00:53:12Yet somewhere inside me
00:53:14The ice around my heart thawed a little
00:53:16That night, I video-called my mother
00:53:23Mom
00:53:25I think I've met someone I like
00:53:29I still have my doctorate to finish
00:53:31There's no way I'd leave Cambridge for good just because I'm heading back home
00:53:34I really only bought back for a short visit
00:53:37Kieran cried
00:53:38I hardly believe that
00:53:39He sat quietly keeping me company while I did experiments yesterday
00:53:42He's not that mischievous
00:53:43Meryl!
00:53:45Mom!
00:53:47You're finally home
00:53:50I'm sorry I left so suddenly
00:53:52To study in Cambridge
00:53:53Without talking it over with you guys first
00:53:57No, dear
00:53:57We all knew you must have suffered wrongs at the Grants place
00:54:01And you just didn't want us to worry
00:54:07I told you that Kaelin Grant was a worthless piece of trash
00:54:10His son's just like him
00:54:12Spoiled rotten with bad habits thanks to Sharon
00:54:18Mom had never liked Kaden
00:54:20She thought any man who'd let his affair with a celebrity ex-wife tank his company stock was never worth
00:54:25committing to
00:54:25I used to get defensive whenever she criticized Kaden rushing to stand up for him
00:54:29As if admitting he was flawed and he meant dismissing all the years I'd loved him
00:54:32But hearing it now I felt completely calm
00:54:34I thought of the snow in Cambridge
00:54:35The umbrella always tilted my way in the snow
00:54:37And Ronan bringing Kyron over with gingerbread treats
00:54:39It had only been a few months since I escaped the Grants' gilded cage
00:54:42And I could no longer feel that old flutter in my heart for him
00:54:47Forget it
00:54:48The only thing that matters is that you are safe and whole right now
00:54:52You have no idea
00:54:53Kaden thought you were on that crashed plane
00:54:55Thought you were dead and he lost his mind completely
00:54:58Acts like he's head over heels for you now
00:55:00Where was he the past three years?
00:55:01I never told him you're still alive
00:55:03Let him suffer
00:55:06But he's been making a fool of himself
00:55:08Insisting on holding a funeral for you
00:55:10And it just so happens it's your sister's wedding
00:55:13That's why I asked you to come back
00:55:15I pictured the scene she described
00:55:16Kaden in a tailored suit
00:55:18Standing beside a sudden-looking Jasper
00:55:19Shedding tears in front of a tombstone engraved with Beryl Thorne Grant
00:55:22I shivered breaking out in goosebumps
00:55:23And laughed quietly at myself
00:55:25What was I even thinking?
00:55:26That man who'd never spared me a second glance back then
00:55:28Why would he ever care this much about me?
00:55:31As for Jasper
00:55:31He'd finally get to live openly with his real mother
00:55:34He must be thrilled
00:55:39It's creepy enough he's holding a funeral when I'm still alive
00:55:43I'll find a chance to meet with him
00:55:44And tell him to stop acting crazy
00:55:46He insists you two aren't divorced
00:55:48And says he's coming to Gabby's wedding
00:55:50Maybe you'll even run into him there?
00:55:55I never expected to return to this place so soon
00:56:02I heard their eldest daughter died in that plane crash
00:56:06They didn't even hold a funeral for her
00:56:07Yet here they are throwing a wedding for the younger one
00:56:10Well, losing a daughter probably doesn't mean much to them
00:56:13True, that Beryl couldn't compete with her husband's ex-wife anyway
00:56:16Driven out after three years in the Grant house
00:56:19If I were her parents, I'd feel embarrassed too
00:56:22Daddy, is what they're saying true?
00:56:24Did no one like mommy?
00:56:26Are grandpa and grandma not even sad?
00:56:28Sharon used to cry in front of him all the time
00:56:31Weeping over how I came from a privileged, happy family
00:56:34While she struggled to raise him alone
00:56:36Jasper didn't understand the complex adult world
00:56:38He only knew he had to protect his poor mother
00:56:41So he lashed out at me, the intruder, with everything he had
00:56:45Looking back now, had I really been happy at all?
00:56:48He had found it strange himself
00:56:50Her parents weren't the type to care nothing for their child
00:56:53Perhaps, it doesn't matter
00:56:55As long as we remember her and love her, that's enough
00:57:01Suddenly, a stir swept through the crowd
00:57:03My father walked slowly into the venue, arm in arm with my sister Gab
00:57:06I followed right behind at the tail of the bridesmaid processional
00:57:09The vast space fell dead silent
00:57:11Guests staring with wide eyes
00:57:12Time had naturally washed away every trace
00:57:14Of the heaviness left by years
00:57:16Of grueling housework at the Grant estate
00:57:19She isn't dead?
00:57:20Wait, is that Beryl Thorne?
00:57:22My goodness, I almost didn't recognize her
00:57:24How did she get so thin?
00:57:28Last year I heard she was publicly called embarrassing
00:57:30Back then, standing beside Grant
00:57:31Everyone said she wasn't good enough for him
00:57:34Now it's practically the other way around
00:57:36Then why, why did Grant look like that?
00:57:38I even heard he handwrote funeral invitations
00:57:43Additionally, regarding my eldest daughter
00:57:46Thank you all for your concern
00:57:47A few months ago, Beryl was indeed scheduled
00:57:50To take that flight
00:57:51But at the last minute
00:57:52She received her acceptance notification
00:57:54From Cambridge University
00:57:59Mr. Grant, what are you doing?
00:58:01Let go!
00:58:02You, you've lost weight
00:58:04A lot of weight
00:58:05Did you track me down just to tell me that, Mr. Grant?
00:58:08Mr. Grant, you're calling me Mr. Grant?
00:58:11Are you trying to drive me crazy?
00:58:12Somehow I almost wanted to laugh at his reaction
00:58:15What was this?
00:58:16Belated possessiveness?
00:58:17Let go!
00:58:18You're hurting me!
00:58:21Mr. Grant, we're no longer anything to each other
00:58:24What else am I supposed to call you?
00:58:27Beryl Thorne
00:58:28About the divorce
00:58:30I know you're still angry
00:58:31And I don't blame you
00:58:32Let's put that aside for now
00:58:33Why didn't you tell me you weren't on that plane?
00:58:35Why did you change your number?
00:58:37Do you have any idea how worried I was?
00:58:39Why would you worry about me?
00:58:41Without me, there would be no one standing in the way of you and sharing
00:58:43You two should be the ones
00:58:45Hoping I was dead
00:58:46More than anyone
00:58:47The anger pent up inside Caden finally found an outlet
00:58:50He could barely register my words anymore
00:58:52His eyes fixed only on my moving lips
00:58:54So stubborn, he thought
00:58:56Absolutely stubborn
00:58:57Not a single word out of my mouth was what he wanted to hear
00:58:59He wanted to silence those lips
00:59:03The kiss was violent
00:59:05The last time he kissed me like this was three years ago
00:59:07That night, he was dead drunk
00:59:09Clutching my wrist and refusing to let go
00:59:11Slurring a single name under his breath
00:59:14Sharon
00:59:15When he woke up the next morning
00:59:16He didn't even mention it
00:59:18Acting as if it had never happened
00:59:22A sober Caden had never kissed me
00:59:25This was the first time
00:59:27Yet I didn't feel an ounce of weight in it
00:59:29I had rehearsed this kiss in my mind a thousand times
00:59:33Rehearsed it so often that even its taste was something I had manufactured in my imagination
00:59:38Now that it had actually landed
00:59:40I only felt cold
00:59:41It turned out that the moment I had yearned for over ten years
00:59:45Arriving three years too late
00:59:47Meant absolutely nothing at all
00:59:49Watching my flustered expression
00:59:52My chest heaving violently
00:59:55And my cheeks flushing deep red
00:59:57The searing anxiety that had been burning Caden alive for months
01:00:03Finally eased just a fraction
01:00:11I'd never once laid a hand on him before
01:00:13After all, I'd loved him so deeply back then
01:00:17You brute
01:00:20Disgusting
01:00:21Fine
01:00:22If hitting me lets you let off stain
01:00:24I don't mind
01:00:26I know I upset you before
01:00:28And I'll even overlook you faking your own death to fool me
01:00:32Come with me to City Hall
01:00:34Let's get remarried
01:00:36Can you not understand a single word I'm saying?
01:00:39This isn't me throwing a tantrum
01:00:41Caden
01:00:42I am telling you
01:00:43That I genuinely, truly refuse to go anywhere with you
01:00:48We are entirely severed
01:00:50Let it go
01:00:53Beryl Thorne
01:00:54What nonsense are you talking about?
01:00:56We're husband and wife!
01:00:57We're already divorced
01:00:58And I have no intention of remarrying you
01:01:01Because I don't love you anymore
01:01:03I don't want to be your wife
01:01:05Is that not enough?
01:01:07Watching Caden's expression shift from disbelief
01:01:10To blank confusion
01:01:13A twisted sense of satisfaction
01:01:16Welled up inside me
01:01:18The one who loves more always gives more
01:01:20Once, I'd held Caden close in my heart
01:01:23Cherished him
01:01:25Cared for him
01:01:26And given everything without hesitation
01:01:28But even the deepest love can wear away
01:01:32To nothing
01:01:33Now that my love was gone
01:01:35Someone like him
01:01:37Simply couldn't adjust
01:01:38To the emptiness
01:01:40Yet the next moment
01:01:41I felt ridiculous
01:01:42Even to myself
01:01:44The pain I'd endured those three years
01:01:46Was real and raw
01:01:49What good was Caden's sudden suffering now?
01:01:52It could never make up for what I'd been through
01:02:00Explain clearly
01:02:02What do you mean?
01:02:04You don't love me anymore?
01:02:06You loved me for ten years
01:02:08How can you just stop?
01:02:10When did you find out?
01:02:12Seven years of secret pining
01:02:13Three years of marriage
01:02:15When had he known all along?
01:02:18A few months ago
01:02:20When I thought you were dead
01:02:23I found your diary
01:02:24So he'd read it all
01:02:26Read the deep
01:02:27Unforgettable affection
01:02:28The unspoken longing
01:02:30And later
01:02:31All my exhaustion and pain
01:02:38Caden Grant
01:02:39It's all in the past now
01:02:44From then on
01:02:45Caden began haunting my every step
01:02:48When mom and I went out for dinner
01:02:49He'd wait for us in the parking lot
01:02:52Even when I stayed cooped up at home
01:02:55Bouquets of white roses kept arriving
01:02:57One after another
01:03:15What's he playing at all of a sudden?
01:03:17Acting like he's head over heels for you now?
01:03:20You might as well talk to him
01:03:21Lingering around non-stop isn't good to anyone
01:03:30He seemed to think there might still be a chance between us
01:03:33Basil?
01:03:34Caden, stop this
01:03:35It's pointless
01:03:36I know you're still upset
01:03:38I just want to make it right
01:03:39To calm your anger
01:03:42It's never just about being upset or not
01:03:45I cared for you deeply once
01:03:47But every time I needed you
01:03:49You were always by Sharon's side
01:03:51My voice still turned faint and tight
01:03:53Just speaking of those days
01:03:54Your parents never liked me
01:03:55Your son never liked me
01:03:57I struggled through every single day
01:03:59Back then I was foolish enough to think
01:04:03As long as you loved me
01:04:05I could endure anything
01:04:09I...
01:04:10But you don't
01:04:11You only needed a well-behaved, dignified Mrs. Grant
01:04:14Anyone could be Mrs. Grant
01:04:16Shara was the only one you ever loved
01:04:19Three years
01:04:20I miscarried it twice
01:04:21Ended up in the hospital countless times
01:04:23And even suffered online harassment from Sharon's fans
01:04:26I gave so much just because I loved you
01:04:28But I can't keep holding on any longer
01:04:33Looking back it was my fault too
01:04:35Forcing you to give me a love you never had
01:04:37You're free now
01:04:39Go be with the one you love
01:04:42No
01:04:42I love you
01:04:44I've always loved you
01:04:46These few months without you made me realize
01:04:48I've loved you all along
01:04:50I just refused to admit it
01:04:52Clinging to old memories instead
01:04:54When I married you I truly meant to treat you well
01:04:58I never knew you'd suffer so much
01:05:00I was careless and I'm sorry
01:05:02Just give me one more chance
01:05:04I'll never be like this again
01:05:05Please
01:05:06A dull age throbbed in my temples
01:05:09How had I never noticed Caden could be so relentlessly stubborn
01:05:13Can a single apology erase all the pain you've put me through?
01:05:19Do all the grievances I endured these years count for nothing?
01:05:22No
01:05:23You say you'll change
01:05:25But your parents will never think differently
01:05:27Your son will never change his mind either
01:05:31Stop pastoring me Caden
01:05:32Let's just leave it here
01:05:38I understand
01:05:44What did he understand?
01:06:09Oh honey, what's wrong now?
01:06:11Who's upsetting my Beryl again?
01:06:14No one
01:06:18I just suddenly realized
01:06:19It was all this simple
01:06:23It had been this easy all along to send Mrs. Grant away
01:06:27This easy to free me from that endless nightmare
01:06:30Three years
01:06:31I'd begged Caden for help countless times
01:06:33And he'd never once
01:06:35Tried to fix it
01:06:37I'd told myself he was stuck by family times
01:06:41That she held company shares and he couldn't cross her
01:06:44So I'd comforted myself over and over
01:06:46Swallowing all my pain alone
01:06:49Looking back now how ridiculous I'd been
01:06:52It was a gift for Kyrian
01:06:54Ronan had said the boy kept begging for a hat that covered his ears
01:07:03Mommy
01:07:06For three years he barely even called me Aunt Billard
01:07:10And at Grant family banquets he'd address me coldly as Beryl Thorne
01:07:15Behind my back he'd copy Sharon and call me a homewrecker a fat pig
01:07:20This was the first time he'd ever called me mommy
01:07:24It was hard to put my feelings into words
01:07:26It was like finally getting the chocolate I'd longed for as a child
01:07:29Only to taste it as an adult
01:07:31Cloyingly sweet and find it ordinary
01:07:33Even cloyingly sweet
01:07:35Don't call me back
01:07:37Is this for me?
01:07:38I knew you weren't really mad at me
01:07:42I'd knitted him so many things before
01:07:44Yet he'd never worn any of them
01:07:48Mom says cheap handmade stuff makes me break out in rashes
01:07:53What had Caden been doing then?
01:07:56Oh right
01:07:57He'd been in a hurry for a board meeting
01:07:59Stop wasting time on these things
01:08:00Just have the housekeeper buy whatever you need
01:08:02Just thinking about it felt like tiny needles pricking at my heart
01:08:16Mommy
01:08:18I said don't call me that
01:08:22And this isn't for you
01:08:29Jasper, you hurt mommy before
01:08:31That's why she doesn't want to talk to you
01:08:33Say sorry to her, okay?
01:08:36I'm sorry mommy
01:08:37I was bad before
01:08:38Can you forgive me?
01:08:40I accepted his apology without a single twitch of softness
01:08:43After all, Jasper hadn't only disliked me
01:08:46He'd even been involved in having acid thrown at me
01:08:48If he weren't still a child
01:08:50I would have had him brought before juvenile court
01:08:51He owed me this apology
01:08:53Still
01:08:54I hear your apology
01:08:55But it doesn't change anything
01:08:57I still don't want to talk to you
01:08:59I never liked you
01:09:00Back then I only put up with you because I had no choice
01:09:02I don't have to anymore
01:09:03Please leave
01:09:04No, daddy said if I said I was sorry mommy
01:09:07You'd be my mommy again
01:09:09Since you left, no one makes me breakfast
01:09:11No one reads me bedtime stories
01:09:12I miss you so much mommy
01:09:15Is this your new plan, Caden?
01:09:16Using a child to make me sick?
01:09:19Beryl, how can you say that?
01:09:20He thought of the two children I'd lost
01:09:22I sent my mother away for how she treated you
01:09:24Jasper used to be ignorant and reckless
01:09:26So I brought him here today to beg for your forgiveness
01:09:28Later, we can have our own children too
01:09:31If I do all of this, will that make you happier?
01:09:33I was stunned by how oblivious he was
01:09:36I already told you we're done
01:09:37What do you mean we'll have our own children?
01:09:39I'm already seeing someone
01:09:42No, you aren't
01:09:43Don't lie to me
01:09:44If you really had no intention of forgiving us
01:09:46Why would you be knitting this hat for Jasper?
01:09:48I can knit it for someone else, can't I?
01:09:50Beryl, stop this
01:09:51Who else is there?
01:09:53Don't tell me you went away for a few months and had a child
01:09:55His stubborn certainty filled me with the same helplessness
01:09:59I felt staring at impossible experimental data
01:10:04Please don't be mad at me, mommy
01:10:05I'll cherish every gift you make me from now on
01:10:07My head throbbed with frustration
01:10:10I was just figuring out how to send the two of them away
01:10:18Mommy! Mommy! It's Karen!
01:10:20Can you see me?
01:10:25I see you, Karen
01:10:29I'm making you a little gift
01:10:31Thank you, mommy
01:10:32You're the best
01:10:33Give me a kiss
01:10:34I will when I come back
01:10:37My tenderness now was just like the way I'd once tried to melt Jasper cold heart years ago
01:10:46Don't call her that! She's my mommy! I'm her only son!
01:10:50Oh, are you mommy's naughty ex-son who was always mean to her?
01:10:54I'm not an ex-son! I've always been her son!
01:10:57Mommy said she doesn't have anything to do with you anymore
01:11:00I'm her only son now
01:11:03How could this happen?
01:11:04How could someone take his mommy away?
01:11:06The way he stood there weeping quietly looked utterly pitiful
01:11:11Once, I would have felt sorry for him
01:11:13Pulled him into my arms and comforted him softly
01:11:15But now, I act as if I saw nothing
01:11:21It's okay, sweetie
01:11:23Okay
01:11:26You saw that
01:11:27That little boy is my boyfriend's child
01:11:29You'd go this far just to avoid me?
01:11:31Be someone else's stepmother?
01:11:33Karen wasn't Ronan's biological son
01:11:35After we got together, Ronan had explained everything to me
01:11:38Karen was the child of Ronan's college junior friend
01:11:41Later, the man fell into drug addiction and often abused the boy
01:11:45After witnessing it several times, Ronan used legal means to take Kieran into his care
01:11:49Kieran was extremely attached to him and called him daddy
01:11:52At first, Ronan tried to correct it, but eventually let it be
01:11:56Later on, Kieran naturally started calling me mommy
01:11:58And Ronan seemed perfectly fine with it
01:12:01Still, there was no need to explain any of this to Kayden
01:12:04What's wrong with being a stepmother?
01:12:06I was Jasper's stepmother before
01:12:08I love Ronan
01:12:10I'm willing to do anything for him
01:12:13You love him?
01:12:15How could you love someone else?
01:12:17You love me for ten years
01:12:17How could you fall for another man in just a few months?
01:12:19All his unspoken questions crowded in his throat
01:12:22Piling up until he couldn't utter a word
01:12:28Kayden
01:12:29I know I was wrong
01:12:30Come pick me up
01:12:31It's so dark
01:12:32I'm scared
01:12:35Bezel, let me explain
01:12:36Sharon and I don't have contact anymore
01:12:38I have no idea why she's calling me
01:12:40I had no interest in listening to his excuses
01:12:43But this gave me the perfect way to send him away
01:12:46Kayden, if you think about it
01:12:47Sharon is the real reason we ended up like this
01:12:51She's the one who cost me my baby
01:12:53If you really want to apologize to me
01:12:55Why not make her pay for what she's done?
01:12:58Sharon was once the love of his life
01:13:01Saying this ought to drive him away for good
01:13:05If you can't do it, then please
01:13:07I'll do it
01:13:11Overnight, Sharon Valen was engulfed in a tidal wave of scandals
01:13:14She'd been accused of throwing tantems
01:13:16Insulting her assistants
01:13:17Falsifying charity donation records
01:13:19And even explicit photos with investors had leaked online
01:13:21My heart tangled with complicated emotions
01:13:23Sharon had brought all this on herself
01:13:25Every accusation was something she'd truly done
01:13:27Now laid bare one by one
01:13:29Yet, watching a woman who once ruled high society
01:13:31Reduced to such a pathetic, broken beggar
01:13:33It had still left behind a bitter taste of tragedy
01:13:37You need to leave right away
01:13:39Go back to Cambridge tonight
01:13:40What happened?
01:13:42Kayden's lost his mind
01:13:44He's cutting off all corporate cooperation with our restaurant
01:13:47And pressuring other firms to boycott us
01:13:49It's a reckless move that'll hurt him too
01:13:51But he doesn't care at all
01:13:52If you stay here, there's zero guarantee of what he'll do
01:13:55You'd better go lay low abroad for a while
01:13:58My heart sank sharply
01:13:59The restaurant was my parents' life's work
01:14:02But against a giant like Grant Tech
01:14:04We stood no chance
01:14:06Mom, don't panic
01:14:07I'll handle this
01:14:12Beryl?
01:14:14Grant, have you completely lost your mind?
01:14:16How did you go this far?
01:14:20Just come back to me
01:14:22And everything will be fine
01:14:24His words left me lost for reply
01:14:26If he'd said this a few months earlier
01:14:28When I still clung to a sliver of hope
01:14:31I might have broken down in tears
01:14:33Forgotten all my pain
01:14:35And run back to him
01:14:37But now it was too late
01:14:39Far too late
01:14:41Cut to the chase
01:14:42What exactly do you want?
01:14:44What will it take for you to leave my family alone?
01:14:46Amelia, there's no need for such hostility
01:14:48I've already been more than patient
01:14:50I sent my mother away
01:14:52Jasper apologized to you
01:14:53Even Sharon has gotten her company
01:14:55I thought I'd shown you enough sincerity
01:14:58All I want is for you to come back to me
01:15:00Jasper misses you
01:15:01And so do I
01:15:02I finally understood
01:15:04All his gentle gestures before
01:15:06Had merely been the calm before the storm
01:15:08When kindness failed to work
01:15:10He dropped the mask
01:15:11And bared the ruthless instincts of a businessman
01:15:13Using threats and pressure
01:15:15To force me back into that gilded cage
01:15:23I'm here
01:15:24What do you want?
01:15:28Do you remember this place?
01:15:30I used to bring you here often
01:15:31When you were still in school
01:15:34Of course I remembered
01:15:35Back then my parents always left me in Caden's care
01:15:39He'd grumble about me being some little troublemaker
01:15:42Who'd wandered out of a lab
01:15:43Yet still end meetings early
01:15:45Just to pick me up after class
01:15:47Already in charge of Grant Tech by then
01:15:49He'd tuck me straight into a private booth
01:15:51Before rushing off to socialize next door
01:15:55Sometimes a waiter would bring over a strawberry mousse
01:15:57It was specially ordered for me by Mr. Grant
01:16:00Time had passed
01:16:01And even after a memory's wrapped in strawberry cream
01:16:04Weren't entirely fake
01:16:05Then you got together with Sharon
01:16:06And never brought me here again
01:16:08I'm sorry
01:16:10I grew up always following the family's arrangements
01:16:12Living my life step by step
01:16:14Expanding the business empire
01:16:16Then I met someone like Sharon
01:16:18Who lived recklessly without caring about rules
01:16:21And I was drawn to that
01:16:24Truth is I never loved her all that much
01:16:26Especially not after marrying you
01:16:27I just couldn't let go of that feeling of finally breaking free
01:16:32I knew long ago Sharon was no good
01:16:34Yet I let her bully you
01:16:38Anyway
01:16:39Let me make it up to you properly
01:16:42Will you?
01:16:44Make it up to me?
01:16:46I don't trust you anymore
01:16:48Let it go
01:16:50Leave my family alone
01:16:51And I can still treat you as
01:16:54A friend
01:16:57A friend?
01:16:58Beryl Thorne?
01:16:59I never wanted to be your damn friend
01:17:01Caden had always been calm and restrained
01:17:03I'd never once heard him swear before
01:17:06I want you back with me
01:17:08Otherwise
01:17:08The Thorne group will pay the price
01:17:11Do you understand?
01:17:13Beryl, I don't have much patience
01:17:15Anger surged up from my heart
01:17:18Before fading into
01:17:19A quiet wariness
01:17:21Between us
01:17:22It always came down to threats
01:17:23And confrontation
01:17:29Beryl, don't be too stubborn
01:17:32You can't outlast me
01:17:34Don't be arrogant
01:17:35Mr. Grant
01:17:40Ronan?
01:17:41Kieran?
01:17:42What are you doing here?
01:17:51Someone said she'd be right back
01:17:52To continue our research discussion
01:17:55I waited and waited
01:17:56But you are not there
01:17:59So I came to see if you'd gotten
01:18:00Tangled up with something peculiar
01:18:06If I didn't come
01:18:07They'd take mummy away
01:18:19His palm was warm and dry
01:18:20Like a heater on a winter day
01:18:22I'm your boyfriend
01:18:23You should let me know if you've got a problem
01:18:25I have more money
01:18:27Than I could ever spend
01:18:29Truth be told
01:18:30I'd been thrown off balance
01:18:31By Caden's threats
01:18:32And forgotten that the man beside me
01:18:33Was a capital tycoon
01:18:34Who controlled half of Europe's biotech market
01:18:38I had no doubt
01:18:39He meant every word
01:18:41Finally relieved of my anxiety
01:18:42I had no more desire
01:18:44To engage with Caden
01:18:47Beryl
01:18:47Is there really no chance
01:18:49For us anymore?
01:18:50There never was any chance
01:18:52Left a long time ago
01:18:56In the days that followed
01:18:58I spent all my time
01:18:59With Ronan and Kieran
01:19:00The two clingy companions
01:19:03Would fix me with those
01:19:04Identical watery puppy eyes
01:19:06Whenever I tried
01:19:08To have a moment alone
01:19:09As if I'd committed
01:19:10Some unforgivable wrong
01:19:12I always surrendered
01:19:14Thankfully
01:19:15Ronan was suddenly called away
01:19:16For an overseas conference
01:19:17Over the phone
01:19:26I left Kieran with mom
01:19:28And snook out
01:19:30To go shopping alone
01:19:33Finally breathing in the freedom
01:19:35Of some quiet time
01:19:52I barely recognized the woman before me
01:19:55How had Sharon
01:19:57Once radiant on red carpets
01:19:59And charming in live streams
01:20:01Ended up like this
01:20:05It was you Beryl Thorne
01:20:08You ruined my life
01:20:11I'll drag you down
01:20:13With me
01:20:15Even if I die
01:20:20I'd always been afraid of pain
01:20:22Since I was little
01:20:23I never thought
01:20:25I'd die such a painful death
01:20:27Yet the sharp agony
01:20:29I'd braced for
01:20:35It was Kaden
01:20:44Security
01:20:45Seize her
01:20:58Kaden
01:21:00Don't close your eyes
01:21:01Do you hear me?
01:21:02Stay awake
01:21:06Beryl
01:21:08I'm sorry
01:21:13An eternity passed
01:21:15Before Kaden slowly
01:21:16Painfully floated back
01:21:17Into consciousness
01:21:19You're awake
01:21:19Stay still
01:21:20I'll go call the doctor
01:21:21Right away
01:21:23Am I in heaven?
01:21:24Don't be ridiculous
01:21:25You're in the hospital
01:21:26You didn't die
01:21:28I knew exactly
01:21:29What he was thinking
01:21:29He'd probably thought
01:21:31Dying for me
01:21:31Would be the only
01:21:32Lasting mark
01:21:33Left in our tangled relationship
01:21:34Now even that wish
01:21:35Had been denied him
01:21:37One look at his
01:21:38Brooding expression
01:21:39And I could tell
01:21:40He was lost
01:21:40In messy thoughts again
01:21:41Making my head throb
01:21:43Kaden
01:21:43Stop overthinking
01:21:47If you'd died
01:21:48I'd have no choice
01:21:49But to take care of Jasper
01:21:50We'd only end up
01:21:51Resenting each other
01:21:51For the rest of our lives
01:21:52If that happened
01:21:53I'd hate you forever
01:21:54I let out a quiet sigh
01:21:55Of relief
01:21:56After all
01:21:57He'd saved my life
01:21:57I couldn't bear the thought
01:21:59Of him falling into despair
01:22:00Or doing something
01:22:00Reckless again
01:22:12You survived from death
01:22:13Rest well
01:22:14I should go now
01:22:17Ronan and Kyron
01:22:18Will get upset
01:22:18If I stay any longer
01:22:19And when they're mad
01:22:20They're really hard
01:22:21To cheer up
01:22:24Can you forgive me?
01:22:26Yes
01:22:26He understood
01:22:27The true math
01:22:28Of my words
01:22:28He'd risked his life
01:22:30To save me
01:22:30Any lingering resentment
01:22:32Ought to melt away
01:22:32Before such a debt of gratitude
01:22:34I forgave him
01:22:35Yes
01:22:35But only forgave him
01:22:37His Biren
01:22:37His Mrs. Grant
01:22:38Would never come back to him
01:22:41I'm leaving now
01:22:46Looking back on those past three years
01:22:48So full of pain
01:22:49So full of struggle
01:22:51What had it all even been for?
01:22:53Time was precious
01:22:54Yet I'd wasted it on a rotten marriage
01:22:56Leaving myself battered and broken
01:22:58With nothing to show for it in the end
01:23:00Beryl
01:23:01Mommy
01:23:07Mr. Hawthorne
01:23:08I like you so much
01:23:10I want a hug too
01:23:11Mommy hugged me too
01:23:12I like you too
01:23:14Miss Thorne
01:23:14Mr. Hawthorne
01:23:16I don't want to have kids in the future
01:23:18Then we won't have any
01:23:19We already have Kyron
01:23:26Mr. Hawthorne
01:23:28I think I'm afraid of marriage
01:23:31Can we just stay together forever
01:23:32Without getting married?
01:23:37I can wait for you to heal your heart
01:23:39But I won't agree to never marrying at all
01:23:41How about this
01:23:43We will register in Switzerland
01:23:44Their marriage laws are strict
01:23:45If I ever dare hurt you
01:23:47I'd have to pay massive compensation
01:23:48You'd also get half my fortune
01:23:50If we ever divorced
01:23:56I thought to myself
01:23:57My life was still long
01:24:00All the past pain and sorrow
01:24:01Were merely the prologue
01:24:03Ahead of me
01:24:04An infinite horizon
01:24:05Of breathtaking beauty
01:24:07Is awaiting me