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He Chose My Stepsister, Never Knowing I Was the Real Heiress
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00:13I got home late with the signed project file.
00:17I cut my trip short to surprise him.
00:19That was stupid, the part I regret most.
00:28I knew that sound.
00:36Sienna, my stepsister, wearing my robe, in my bed.
00:41My blood went cold like ice.
00:44Evelyn? Why are you home early?
00:47If I hadn't come home early, how else would I have found out my husband was screwing my stepsister in
00:53my bed?
00:54You're never home, Evelyn. Somebody had to take care of him.
00:59Get out of my bed.
01:00Enough. It's the middle of the night. Don't start.
01:03Don't start? Adrian, you know exactly who she is to me. You let her wear my robe, climb into my
01:07bed, and I'm the one making a scene?
01:08What's done is done. Throwing a fit now won't change anything. You'll still be Mrs. Cole. That hasn't changed.
01:11This wasn't a mistake. He wanted me to accept it.
01:14Evelyn, you've always had more than her. Sienna's fragile. Can't you let her have this?
01:19Years ago, my father had said almost the same thing. That was how my mother got pushed out piece by
01:23piece.
01:23I remembered Adrian when he first joined the company. Unconnected. Unremarkable. I'd built him up because I loved him.
01:30He didn't know. I was Sterling. The only heir.
01:33A few weeks ago, my mother had called and asked me to come home. I'd hesitated. I'd actually imagined giving
01:37everything I inherited to him.
01:40Sign.
01:41What is it? Company paperwork? I knew you'd come to your senses.
01:45He had no idea. He just signed his resignation.
01:49One more thing. Sienna's pregnant.
01:51The world blurred for a second.
01:53That child can't be born without an aide. So we're going to divorce for now. When the baby's born, I'll
01:59marry you again.
02:01Okay.
02:03Good. Staff's gone for the night, so clean this up yourself.
02:08Tell my mother I'm coming home, but I need two weeks first. I have to finish cleaning this up.
02:14I have to finish cleaning this up.
02:23Room smells bad.
02:29Joint account charges.
02:33He promised 50-50.
02:45Mother's Necklace
02:52Put every pending Cole Group deal on hold.
02:54Transfer them to Sterling Group.
02:56All of them?
02:58All of them.
02:59I brought those deals in.
03:01Half those partners only signed on because of me.
03:03If I'm not signing, there's no reason for them to stay.
03:18This is the divorce agreement, Mrs. Sterling.
03:21Please read it carefully.
03:24Tonight's Foundation Gala matters.
03:26The media will be there.
03:27The board will be there.
03:29The trustees.
03:30Our partners.
03:32I need you to sign now so nothing goes sideways.
03:35You'll get everything you're owed.
03:37Compensation.
03:38Privacy.
03:39Dignity.
03:40Hello, Prevolce Moorings.
03:49This is temporary.
03:51Once everything settles down, things can go back to normal.
03:53Just be there tonight.
03:55Don't make this harder than it needs to be.
04:00Fine.
04:01I wanted to see.
04:10Look, that's Mr. Cole and his wife.
04:13She waited for this.
04:26That's my necklace.
04:30Reporters swarmed.
04:32Mr. Cole, over here!
04:35Wait!
04:36That's not Evelyn!
04:38Evelyn and I are divorcing.
04:40I'll introduce her properly later.
04:41Guests whispered.
04:44That's Victoria's necklace.
04:47That's Victoria's necklace.
04:49It's the Sterling Ehrlich.
04:50It was Evelyn's most treasured piece.
04:54I didn't know.
04:55Adrian said it suited me.
04:57Her voice cut in.
04:58You wore my robe.
05:00Now you wear my necklace.
05:02You paraded yourself as Mrs. Cole in front of everyone.
05:06And you're telling me you didn't know?
05:08Why do you always have to humiliate me like this?
05:11Last chance, Sienna.
05:13Take off the necklace.
05:16Adrian!
05:17Enough!
05:18This is a Foundation gala, Evelyn.
05:21Not a place for one of your scenes.
05:24A scene?
05:27I locked it last night.
05:29Only you could have taken it.
05:30We're not divorced yet?
05:32You paraded her as Mrs. Cole and I'm the one making a scene?
05:35It's just a necklace.
05:37Do you really need to make this big a deal out of it?
05:42It's just an old piece your mother left behind.
05:46Sienna wearing it isn't a big deal.
05:50Adrian, you really do think you're something, don't you?
05:55Take it off.
05:56Or I will.
05:58Why can't you ever just let me exist?
06:01Your mother stole my father.
06:02Now you steal my necklace and you play innocent?
06:05You don't get to play victim.
06:17Adrian!
06:18She's insane!
06:27Apologize to Sienna.
06:39He actually hit her?
06:41That woman was wearing her necklace!
06:53You were the one out of control tonight.
06:57Don't embarrass me in a place like this.
07:02Embarrass you?
07:03Did you forget whose ladder you climbed to get here?
07:08Evelyn, don't start acting crazy.
07:10Crazy?
07:12Fine.
07:13Then let me show you what actually looks like.
07:17Effective immediately.
07:19Every deal I personally brought in, suspended.
07:22Every partnership signed because of my name.
07:25Every contract I guaranteed.
07:27All of them.
07:31Those two funding rounds only happened because of Evelyn.
07:35Do you even understand what you're saying?
07:40Oh, I understand perfectly.
07:42That slap you just gave me?
07:43It cost you every deal you thought was already in the bag.
07:46Even if that cost me millions, it still doesn't give you the right to make a scene here.
07:50Apologize.
08:07Adrian, my stomach hurts.
08:09The baby.
08:10Is the baby okay?
08:12Look at me.
08:13You and the baby are going to be fine.
08:16Evelyn, she's still over there.
08:18She'll live.
08:30He left her.
08:36Then the nightmare began.
08:39You need to stay overnight for observation.
08:42No.
08:44She went home.
08:48Mary, did you change the flowers in my room?
08:50Yes, ma'am.
08:53Lombire.
08:54She froze.
09:03Her necklace.
09:06Oh.
09:07Your back?
09:08Why is it that you can never hold on to anything?
09:13Put it down.
09:15What are you so worked up about?
09:18Put it down.
09:23No!
09:30She staged it.
09:32Ah!
09:34Blood!
09:35Oh, my God!
09:36Call Mr. Cole!
09:38Save it.
09:38I saw the blood packet in your sleeve.
09:41I was only trying to put away the things you didn't want anymore.
09:44Why can't you ever leave me alone?
09:46Why do you hate my baby so much?
09:50Sienna.
09:51Adrian.
09:52Our baby.
09:54She's lying.
09:55She hid a blood packet in her sleeve.
09:57She threw herself down those stairs.
09:59Enough!
10:01Do you really hate her so much you had to push it this far?
10:04I saw her do it.
10:06She staged the whole thing.
10:07I walked in and the first thing I saw was you standing over her.
10:15Get over here.
10:18Hold her down!
10:24Let go of me.
10:35She lost the baby.
10:37You're going to pay for that.
10:39I told you she faked it.
10:42She never...
10:42Shut up!
10:45Tie her up.
10:51Whatever Sienna lost, you'll give back.
11:19Don't be scared.
11:21I'm taking you to the hospital.
11:24Don't be scared.
11:32Mr. Cole said you weren't getting off easy tonight.
11:35Mr. Cole only wanted to teach you a lesson.
11:38But Miss Sienna wants more than that.
11:41She lost a baby.
11:44So you don't get to keep the chance to be a mother either.
11:47Come on.
11:50Come on.
11:51Come on.
11:51Come on.
11:51Come on.
11:52Come on.
11:52Come on.
11:53Come on.
12:22The world went black.
12:31I woke up in agony.
12:33I dragged myself to the nightstand and hit record.
12:37I realized I was clutching a bloodied vial.
12:40I'd lost more than a marriage.
12:42I'd lost my chance to be a mother.
12:45Oh, my God.
12:47Oh, my God.
12:47Mrs. Cole.
12:48They pulled the guards.
12:49I only got in because they finally left.
12:52Don't be scared, Mrs. Cole.
12:53I brought a doctor.
12:54We'll take care of you first.
13:01Miss, your uterus is gone.
13:07She understood.
13:11Make sure Adrian checks his email.
13:13That's the last gift I'll ever give him.
13:17Graham, I want the divorce finalized as fast as possible.
13:21And I want a car at the Cole house immediately.
13:24Everything in this house with one of my labels on it goes.
13:26And the furniture?
13:28If it can be taken apart, take it apart.
13:29If it can't, cut it in half.
13:31Ma'am, if we saw through some of this, it won't be usable anymore.
13:35Do it anyway.
13:50That half comes with me.
13:52That half stays.
13:56Yes, miss.
14:03Graham, notify the board.
14:04Revoke every authorization I still have in Cole.
14:08Cut off every partnership, every line of credit, every deal tied to my name.
14:11I want the collapse to start before sunrise.
14:14From today on, I return as the sterling heir.
14:20I'll clean this up myself.
14:30Adrian, what are you thinking about?
14:34Nothing.
14:35Don't go.
14:37Every time I close my eyes, I see her pushing me down the stairs.
14:40I'm scared.
14:41To who?
14:42Evelyn?
14:43Do you feel sorry for her now?
14:45That's enough.
14:47I didn't go see her.
14:48And the one I'm here with right now is you.
14:53Adrian go back to the main house for the next three days.
14:55It was his assistant's call that finally brought him back.
15:06Sir, you're finally back.
15:11Where is she?
15:13Mrs. Cole.
15:14No.
15:16Miss Evelyn is gone.
15:18Before she left, she blocked your number.
15:20Every form of contact, too.
15:23She said that, from now on, she has nothing to do with the Cole family.
15:36Blocked me?
15:37What gives her the right to block me?
15:56After you left, no one in the house dared come up here.
16:00All we know is that later that night, someone came back.
16:11Why is it that you can never seem to hold on to the things that are yours?
16:16Hold her down.
16:18No anesthesia.
16:19Miss Sienna wants her to remember this for the rest of her life.
16:29Sir, you should read it yourself.
16:50What happened here?
17:04Did you throw yourself down the stairs, or did Evelyn push you?
17:10Adrian, what's wrong with you?
17:12I was just thinking about moving in.
17:13Were you ever pregnant at all?
17:16Adrian.
17:17Those two who came back that night.
17:20Who sent them?
17:21I don't know what you're talking about.
17:23Evelyn hated me.
17:24She humiliated me at the gala, then pushed me down the stairs.
17:28You're still acting?
17:30Why is it that you can never seem to hold to the things that are yours?
17:35No, no, no, it wasn't like that.
17:38Adrian, listen to me.
17:40I can explain.
17:41I was just scared.
17:42I just...
17:45I've checked everything.
17:46House surveillance, treatment room logs, the Hitman's payment trail, I know the money trail,
17:51who sent them, and that you had the treatment room unlocked beforehand.
17:54Bank transfers, access logs, visitor records, all here.
17:58And that line, don't give her anesthesia, came from you.
18:01I didn't mean for it to go this far.
18:03I loved him too much.
18:04I was terrified Evelyn would always crush me.
18:07So you destroyed her?
18:19Only now did she finally understand what she had done.
18:24This was never just about stealing a man or winning a petty rivalry.
18:28This was a crime.
18:31And the Sterlings never forgive.
18:36Miss Sienna, help us!
18:38We only did what you told us to do!
18:41You paid us!
18:43You opened the treatment room for us!
18:45Shut up!
18:46I don't know you!
18:53You used my name to destroy her.
18:58Adrian, I was wrong, please.
19:00You never had me.
19:02So what exactly were you afraid of losing?
19:07Hold her.
19:08Treat her exactly how she treated Evelyn.
19:12No!
19:12Don't do this!
19:14I love you!
19:16Her apartment, car, accounts, all shut down.
19:19All evidence of her crimes has been released publicly.
19:22No!
19:23It's not fair!
19:25You're guilty too!
19:27You did this to her!
19:41Get the car ready.
19:44Sir, where are you going?
19:50To Sterling Manon.
19:52To Sterling Manon.
20:01Effective today, Evelyn Sterling will formally return to the Sterling line of succession.
20:23I know I was wrong.
20:26Come back with me.
20:27Let's talk.
20:28Please.
20:30Mr. Cole.
20:33This is a private Sterling family proceeding.
20:36You are not supposed to be here.
20:39Leave.
20:41I know what happened at the house now.
20:43I didn't know it would turn into that.
20:45I admit it.
20:46I was an asshole.
20:48I let Sienna fool me.
20:50But you can't refuse to give me even one chance to explain.
20:54Explain?
20:57When you watched me bleed on the red carpet, you didn't have an explanation.
21:02When you had people hold me down and kick me, you didn't have an explanation either.
21:08And now that the consequences have reached you, suddenly you want one?
21:17Evelyn, I...
21:18You no longer have the right to say my name.
21:23What you offered was never just a wife.
21:27You offended the entire Sterling family.
21:36No, Evelyn, listen to me.
21:48Cole's last three expansions relied on Sterling.
21:51Bank approvals were granted for your name.
21:54His board backers were our favors.
21:58Endorsement, capital.
22:00None existed without Sterling.
22:08This stayed only because of your marriage.
22:15Say the word, all support ends tonight.
22:18You decide mercy, not the cause.
22:32No mercy.
22:35Sterling and Cole are fully severed tonight.
22:41Executed.
22:46Oh!
22:48Oh!
22:49Oh!
22:49Oh!
22:50Oh!
22:51Oh!
22:53Evelyn!
22:54Open the door!
22:55Let me in!
23:01Hello?
23:02West Coast Bank suspended all credit lines.
23:11Emergency board meeting at noon.
23:14Directors demand written explanation now.
23:16All partners, pause negotiations.
23:18Sterling pulled out.
23:18B Sing!
23:28Oh!
23:29.
23:38.
23:43.
23:47.
23:48.
23:53Mr. Vail
23:58Who are you?
23:59Sebastian Vail
24:02Lady Victoria asked me to come
24:05So you're one of the Sterlings
24:06Close enough
24:08Starting tonight, if Evelyn doesn't want to see you
24:11You must not appear
24:12And who the hell are you to speak for her?
24:17Because you've proven you're unfit to decide for her
24:19Did she know you before?
24:21Is that why she left so cleanly?
24:23She left cleanly because of you, not me
24:26You made her understand the cost of staying with you
24:34Escort Mr. Cole out
24:36He is forbidden from approaching the manor without permission
24:41No!
24:42Let go of me!
24:52The rain had been falling for hours
24:55Every sharp pain through my body
25:02The moment I sat down I could barely hold back the ache in my bones
25:07The cold air hit the wound and my whole body tent up controllably
25:10Miss Sterling, you need to relax a little
25:16So that's it?
25:22There really won't ever be one again?
25:25I almost laughed
25:26I'd lost even the possibility of having a choice
25:29I never thought I'd lose even this
25:32Not a child
25:35The possibility
25:40You can go
25:43When the door clicked shut
25:45I was finally alone with all the broken pieces
25:47I couldn't even cry out loud
25:49The tears just kept falling
25:51Silent and heavy
25:57It's me
26:02What is it?
26:03Lady Victoria asked me to check if you needed anything
26:07What if I can never be a mother now?
26:09That still wouldn't be the whole of your worth
26:15You've already lost enough
26:17You don't have to figure out the rest tonight
26:19You don't owe anyone an answer right now
26:23Just stay alive first
26:24His words wrapped around me softly
26:26For the first time all night
26:27I didn't feel like I was drowning
26:29He stayed
26:30Just on the other side of the door
26:31I wasn't alone in this
26:32Not anymore
26:35The next morning
26:36Victoria gave me no time to escape
26:44This was Victoria's last resort for me
26:47Hidden for five whole years
26:49This is the Sterling Emergency Trust
26:51Reserved for you years ago
26:53I never imagined this name was already carved into my destiny
27:01The Sterlings always have an exit route
27:04I never trusted Cole
27:06I never trusted Adrian
27:07Mr. Vale handled the gala footage
27:09And the attackers' backgrounds
27:11There's a recording on this
27:12I made it years ago
27:17If you're hearing this, things went wrong
27:20Sebastian is one of the few I trust
27:23He will stand by your side when it matters
27:25The darkness I thought I bore alone
27:28Someone had already shielded me from
27:31Just like last night in the rain
27:33He never left
27:34Come in
27:46You knew about these arrangements all along?
27:48I knew some of it
27:49It was always your choice
27:52So now you're here to protect me?
27:56The fact that I want to protect you didn't start today
27:58This was not a family order
28:00But his hidden affection for years
28:03My long, frozen heart finally cracked open a slit
28:08Two days later, Victoria called me to the tea room
28:13There's a formal dinner at the Vale Estate this Saturday
28:16I knew it wasn't just a dinner invitation
28:18Are you trying to force me into a decision already?
28:22No
28:25You don't have to discuss marriage
28:26You don't have to promise anything
28:28I'm only asking if you want to step back into your place
28:31I stared at the invitation
28:33Lost in thought
28:38Come in
28:41He already knew what we were talking about
28:48If I say yes to going, that doesn't mean I'm ready for another relationship
28:53I know
28:55And it doesn't mean I agree with whatever everyone outside decides to imagine
29:01All right
29:02I finally asked the question that had been haunting me
29:06Do you really not mind?
29:08Mind what?
29:10The way I am now
29:11My body
29:12My past
29:13What comes after this?
29:23There are many ways to build a family
29:25And children do not have to come into your life
29:28Only through the path that was taken from you
29:32You do not have to figure any of that out today
29:36You only need to know that your future does not end here
29:40Something inside me finally loosened
29:43Slowly and quietly
29:45Then I'll go
29:48This time
29:50I don't want to look like someone who was left behind
29:52This time
29:53You'll be the one no one in that room can afford to overlook
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