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00:02I took pictures of them in bed and blasted them online for everyone to see.
00:07Vanessa could not take the humiliation and jumped from the third floor.
00:11She was fine.
00:12Adrian hated me for it and had his men drag me to the rooftop.
00:16He choked me and forced half my body over the railing.
00:21If you don't apologize to Vanessa, I'll push you off.
00:24It finally hit me that I should not cling to someone who no longer loved me.
00:29I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I won't bother you two again.
00:34There are three million on this card. Take it and disappear from my life for good.
00:38I had no choice but to agree.
00:40Just as I was about to leave with my mother, Vanessa refused to let me go.
00:45She had people force me onto a balcony.
00:47I fell from the eighth floor and ended up in a coma.
00:51When I woke up, I learned that my mother had even fallen into loan shark debt to pay my hospital
00:57bills.
00:57In the end, she died from overwork and exhaustion.
01:01I had to hand out flyers on the street to pay off my debt.
01:05A black Bentley stopped in front of me.
01:07Adrian was inside.
01:10Our restaurant just opened and we're running a special today.
01:12Stop by sometime, sir.
01:14Before I could pull my hand back, he grabbed my wrist.
01:17Evelyn, you hid from me all these years. And this is what you've become?
01:21I glanced at my watch. The street was almost empty and most of my shift was already gone.
01:26But I still had a thick stack of flyers left. If I did not finish them, my pay would be
01:32docked.
01:33Sir, could you let go of me first? I still haven't finished handing these out.
01:37Adrian's grip around my wrist tightened.
01:40Evelyn, stop acting pitiful.
01:42You took my money, hid for years, and now you show up in front of me again.
01:45It's obvious what you're after.
01:47In his eyes, I was already the kind of woman who would do anything for money.
01:52You're overthinking it. I've been handing out flyers here for almost a month.
01:56I didn't suddenly show up. So sorry for this understanding.
02:00Can you let me go now? My boss will dock my pay if I don't finish.
02:04After a long while, he slowly closed his eyes.
02:08Evelyn, you never let anyone see you looking this beaten down.
02:10Now, can't you find a job with a little dignity?
02:14It's fine. I'm just handing out flyers. What's undignified about that?
02:19People have to grow up. It's hotter than cleaning hotel rooms, but three hours pays $50.
02:25I'm grateful enough.
02:27He stared at my sunburned face.
02:29You're giving up your dignity for $50?
02:31Back then, so many rich men threw money at you, and you would not even look at them.
02:36And now you've let yourself fall this far?
02:39Just then, my phone suddenly rang, and he finally let go of my hand.
02:44It was a debt collector calling.
02:46I know. I already have the money ready.
02:50Don't worry. I won't delay it again.
02:52The call ended.
02:54You borrow from loanharks?
02:56Evelyn, didn't I give you $3 million before you left?
03:00It should have been enough to pay them back.
03:02I gave a bitter smile.
03:04So Adrian had no idea Vanessa had pushed me off the rooftop and taken the card.
03:10Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Blackburn.
03:13But that money belonged to you. How could I use your money to pay my family's debt?
03:18I'm running out of time. I need to keep handing out flyers.
03:21I won't stay and catch up with you. Please excuse me.
03:24After that, I held the flyers and walked toward the crowd.
03:27When I handed a flyer to a middle-aged woman, she shoved me away.
03:32I took a bad fall and hurt my knee.
03:34Are you blind? You're dressed like that and you still dare come near me?
03:38Do you know how much this outfit costs?
03:41If you ruin it, can you afford to pay for it?
03:44I'm sorry. I'll be more careful next time.
03:47The woman cursed as she walked away.
03:50I let out a breath.
03:51I picked up the flyers and climbed back to my feet.
03:54A hand suddenly grabbed my wrist.
03:57Enough, Evelyn.
03:59How much longer are you going to degrade yourself like this?
04:03Are you a beggar?
04:05For a mirsely $50 you let people push you around like that?
04:10And you still did not fight back?
04:12I felt helpless.
04:13Mr. Blackwood, $50 may mean nothing to you.
04:17But to me, it is a week of groceries.
04:20There is no need to make a scene over something like this.
04:23No need?
04:25As long as you ask.
04:26I can give you as much money as you want.
04:28Can you stop being so pathetic?
04:30You were admitted to Hawthorne University at 16.
04:34Every research project you joined won awards.
04:37Have you forgotten all of that?
04:38How could I forget?
04:40At 16, even after I caught my father having an affair,
04:43I still earned a full scholarship to Hawthorne University.
04:46Back then, almost nothing could hold me back.
04:49But everything changed when I met Vanessa Hayes.
04:52She had no parents and paid her tuition by working part-time jobs.
04:57So when she nearly dropped out, I paid her tuition with my research prize money
05:01and brought her home for the holidays.
05:04We became best friends.
05:05But she stole the man I loved.
05:07I was 19 when the university sent me overseas as an exchange student.
05:12I knew no one there and was often bullied by others.
05:16It was Adrian who protected me when I was at my most helpless.
05:20He waited after class, picked me up every morning, and kept unwanted men away.
05:26We naturally fell in love.
05:28But one day, Adrian and I got into a car accident on the road.
05:32A shard of glass flew toward his eyes.
05:35I raised my hand to block it without thinking.
05:38The glass cut deep into my wrist.
05:40After that, I could no longer enter a lab, operate precision instruments again.
05:46Adrian swore he would never marry anyone but me.
05:49I brought Adrian to meet Vanessa.
05:51I thought my best friend would bless us.
05:54But I was so wrong.
05:56Vanessa was in the hospital.
05:58And after I paid her bills, I came back to find her and Adrian naked in bed together.
06:04Vanessa hid in Adrian's arms, crying and saying she was sorry.
06:08But Adrian looked more relieved.
06:10Evelyn, since you saw it, I won't hide it anymore.
06:13Vanessa and I are together.
06:14Let's end this cleanly.
06:15End this cleanly?
06:17How dare the people who betrayed me say that?
06:20So I blasted those pictures online.
06:22And what I got in return was Adrian and Vanessa's revenge.
06:26After I woke up, I learned the rest from a few relatives.
06:30My mother went to find both Adrian and Vanessa.
06:33She got on her knees and begged them to lend her money.
06:37Your vicious daughter deserves death.
06:40My mother finally collapsed from exhaustion and died.
06:43So I never expected Adrian to come to me himself.
06:47Mr. Blackwood, you're too kind.
06:49But we have nothing to do with each other.
06:52How could I take your money?
06:54My life is hard now, but at least my debt is almost paid off.
06:58That gives me something to look forward to.
07:00Adrian stared at me stubbornly.
07:02Evelyn, you call the life you're having now hope?
07:05I know you still hate me.
07:07What I did back then was too cruel.
07:10Please, let me help you.
07:12Consider it compensation.
07:13No need, Mr. Blackwood.
07:15It's all in the past.
07:16I was young back then, and I took love too seriously.
07:20I really should not have.
07:21Should not have?
07:24Evelyn, you regret it, don't you?
07:26You regret loving me?
07:28I've thought about it so many times over the years.
07:31If Vanessa had not jumped back then,
07:32I would not have pitied her so much in that moment.
07:35And I wouldn't have married her so easily.
07:38You regret it, but you have no idea how much I regret it too.
07:41I kept thinking that if I ever saw you again,
07:43I would make it up to you.
07:44I went silent.
07:45Then I suddenly laughed.
07:47There's nothing worth bringing up anymore.
07:49Mr. Blackwood, you really should not let your wife hear you say that.
07:52She would be heartbroken.
07:54You chose your road.
07:56Keep walking.
07:57Don't look back.
07:58Adrian heard the meaning in my words.
08:00Even when he lowered his head,
08:02he still could not stand being rejected again and again.
08:07Evelyn, can you stop being so ungrateful?
08:10Look at yourself now.
08:12You look worn out,
08:13and no man would want you like this.
08:16And I never said I would divorce Vanessa.
08:18We have a child together.
08:20For old times' sake,
08:21I can pay off your debt and buy you a place.
08:24You can live there quietly,
08:25as long as you listen to me.
08:27The more I listened,
08:28the more uncomfortable I felt.
08:30Mr. Blackwood, what exactly do you mean?
08:32Evelyn, don't you understand?
08:33I just want to treat you well
08:35and make up for what I did back then.
08:37Finally hit me that I should not cling to someone
08:40who no longer loved me.
08:42I'm sorry.
08:43This is all my fault.
08:45I won't bother you two again.
08:47There are three million on this card.
08:49Take it and disappear from my life for good.
08:51I had no choice but to agree.
08:54Just as I was about to leave with my mother,
08:56Vanessa refused to let me go.
08:58She had people force me onto a balcony.
09:01I fell from the eighth floor
09:02and ended up in a coma.
09:05When I woke up,
09:06I learned that my mother
09:07had even fallen into loan shark debt
09:09to pay my hospital bills.
09:11In the end,
09:12she died from overwork and exhaustion.
09:15I had to hand out flyers on the street
09:17to pay off my debt.
09:18A black Bentley stopped in front of me.
09:21Adrian was inside.
09:23Our restaurant just opened
09:24and we're running a special today.
09:26Stop by sometime, sir.
09:27Before I could pull my hand back,
09:29he grabbed my wrist.
09:30Evelyn,
09:31you hid from me all these years
09:33and this is what you've become?
09:35I glanced at my watch.
09:36The street was almost empty
09:37and most of my shift was already gone,
09:40but I still had a thick stack of flyers left.
09:42If I did not finish them,
09:44my pay would be docked.
09:46Sir,
09:47could you let go of me first?
09:49I still haven't finished
09:50handing these out?
09:52Adrian's grip around my wrist tightened.
09:55Evelyn,
09:55stop acting pitiful.
09:56You took my money,
09:57hid for years
09:58and now you show up
09:58in front of me again.
10:00It's obvious what you're after.
10:01In his eyes,
10:03I was already the kind of woman
10:04who would do anything for money.
10:07You're overthinking it.
10:08I've been handing out flyers here
10:09for almost a month.
10:10I didn't suddenly show up.
10:12So sorry for this understanding.
10:14Can you let me go now?
10:16My boss will dock my pay
10:17if I don't finish.
10:18After a long while,
10:20he slowly closed his eyes.
10:22Evelyn,
10:22you never let anyone see you
10:23looking this beaten down.
10:25Now,
10:26can't you find a job
10:27with a little dignity?
10:29It's fine.
10:30I'm just handing out flyers.
10:31What's undignified about that?
10:33People have to grow up.
10:35It's hotter than cleaning hotel rooms,
10:37but three hours pays $50.
10:40I'm grateful enough.
10:41He stared at my sunburned face.
10:43You're giving up your dignity
10:44for $50?
10:46Back then,
10:47so many rich men
10:48threw money at you
10:48and you would not even look at them.
10:51And now you've let yourself
10:52fall this far?
10:53Just then,
10:54my phone suddenly rang
10:56and he finally let go of my hand.
10:58It was a debt collector calling.
11:00I know.
11:02I already have the money ready.
11:04Don't worry.
11:05I won't delay it again.
11:06The call ended.
11:09You borrow from loanharks?
11:12Evelyn,
11:12didn't I give you $3 million
11:14before you left?
11:15It should have been enough
11:16to pay them back.
11:17I gave a bitter smile.
11:19So Adrian had no idea
11:21Vanessa had pushed me off the rooftop
11:23and taken the card.
11:25Thank you for your generosity,
11:26Mr. Blackburn.
11:28But that money belonged to you.
11:29How could I use your money
11:30to pay my family's debt?
11:33I'm running out of time.
11:35I need to keep handing out flyers.
11:37I won't stay and catch up with you.
11:38Please excuse me.
11:39After that,
11:40I held the flyers
11:41and walked toward the crowd.
11:43When I handed a flyer
11:44to a middle-aged woman,
11:45she shoved me away.
11:47I took a bad fall
11:48and hurt my knee.
11:49Are you blind?
11:50You're dressed like that
11:51and you still dare come near me?
11:54Do you know how much
11:55this outfit costs?
11:56If you ruin it,
11:57can you afford to pay for it?
11:59I'm sorry.
12:00I'll be more careful next time.
12:02The woman cursed
12:04as she walked away.
12:05I let out a breath.
12:06I picked up the flyers
12:08and climbed back to my feet.
12:09A hand suddenly grabbed my wrist.
12:13Enough, Evelyn.
12:14How much longer
12:15are you going to degrade yourself
12:17like this?
12:18Are you a beggar?
12:20For a mirsely $50
12:22you let people
12:23push you around like that?
12:25And you still did not fight back?
12:27I felt helpless.
12:29Mr. Blackwood,
12:30$50 may mean nothing to you,
12:33but to me
12:33it is a week of groceries.
12:35There is no need
12:36to make a scene
12:37over something like this.
12:38No need?
12:40As long as you ask.
12:42I can give you
12:42as much money as you want.
12:44Can you stop
12:44being so pathetic?
12:46You were admitted
12:47to Hawthorne University
12:48at 16.
12:49Every research project
12:50you joined won awards.
12:52Have you forgotten
12:53all of that?
12:54How could I forget?
12:55At 16,
12:56even after I caught
12:57my father having an affair,
12:58I still earned
12:59a full scholarship
13:00to Hawthorne University.
13:02Back then,
13:02almost nothing
13:03could hold me back.
13:04But everything changed
13:06when I met Vanessa Hayes.
13:08She had no parents
13:09and paid her tuition
13:10by working part-time jobs.
13:12So when she nearly dropped out,
13:14I paid her tuition
13:15with my research prize money
13:16and brought her home
13:18for the holidays.
13:19We became best friends.
13:20But she stole
13:21the man I loved.
13:23I was 19
13:24when the university
13:25sent me overseas
13:26as an exchange student.
13:27I knew no one there
13:29and was often bullied
13:30by others.
13:31It was Adrian
13:32who protected me
13:33when I was at
13:34my most helpless.
13:36He waited after class,
13:38picked me up
13:38every morning,
13:39and kept
13:40unwanted men away.
13:42We naturally
13:43fell in love.
13:44But one day,
13:45Adrian and I
13:46got into a car accident
13:47on the road.
13:48A shard of glass
13:48flew toward his eyes.
13:50I raised my hand
13:51to block it
13:52without thinking.
13:53The glass
13:53cut deep
13:54into my wrist.
13:55After that,
13:56I could no longer
13:57enter a lab,
13:58operate precision
13:59instruments again.
14:01Adrian swore
14:02he would never marry
14:03anyone but me.
14:04I brought Adrian
14:05to meet Vanessa.
14:07I thought my best friend
14:08would bless us,
14:09but I was so wrong.
14:12Vanessa was in the hospital,
14:14and after I paid her bills,
14:15I came back
14:16to find her
14:17and Adrian
14:18naked in bed together.
14:19Vanessa hid
14:21in Adrian's arms,
14:22crying and saying
14:23she was sorry.
14:24But Adrian
14:25looked more relieved.
14:26Evelyn,
14:27since you saw it,
14:28I won't hide it anymore.
14:29Vanessa and I
14:30are together.
14:31Let's end this cleanly.
14:32End this cleanly?
14:33How dare the people
14:35who betrayed me
14:35say that?
14:36So I blasted
14:37those pictures online.
14:38And what I got
14:39in return
14:40was Adrian
14:41and Vanessa's revenge.
14:43After I woke up,
14:44I learned the rest
14:45from a few relatives.
14:46My mother went to find
14:48both Adrian and Vanessa.
14:50She got on her knees
14:51and begged them
14:52to lend her money.
14:53Your vicious daughter
14:55deserves death.
14:56My mother finally collapsed
14:57from exhaustion
14:58and died.
14:59So I never expected
15:01Adrian to come
15:02to me himself.
15:03Mr. Blackwood
15:04still hate me.
15:05What I did back then
15:07was too cruel.
15:08Please,
15:09let me help you.
15:10Consider it compensation.
15:12No need,
15:13Mr. Blackwood.
15:14It's all in the past.
15:15I was young back then
15:17and I took love
15:18too seriously.
15:19I really should not have.
15:20Should not have?
15:23I took pictures
15:24of them in bed
15:25and blasted them online
15:26for everyone to see.
15:28Vanessa could not
15:29take the humiliation
15:30and jumped
15:31from the third floor.
15:32She was fine.
15:33Adrian hated me for it
15:34and had his men
15:35drag me to the rooftop.
15:37He choked me
15:38and forced half my body
15:40over the railing.
15:42If you don't apologize
15:43to Vanessa,
15:44I'll push you off.
15:45It finally hit me
15:46that I should not
15:47cling to someone
15:48who no longer loved me.
15:50I'm sorry.
15:51This is all my fault.
15:53I won't bother
15:54you two again.
15:55There are three million
15:56on this card.
15:57Take it
15:57and disappear
15:58from my life for good.
15:59I had no choice
16:00but to agree.
16:02Just as I was about
16:03to leave with my mother,
16:04Vanessa refused
16:05to let me go.
16:06She had people
16:07force me onto a balcony.
16:09I fell from the eighth floor
16:10and ended up in a coma.
16:12When I woke up,
16:13I learned that my mother
16:15had even fallen
16:16into loan shark debt
16:17to pay my hospital bills.
16:19In the end,
16:20she died from overwork
16:21and exhaustion.
16:23I had to hand out flyers
16:24on the street
16:25to pay off my debt.
16:26A black Bentley
16:27stopped in front of me.
16:29Adrian was inside.
16:31Our restaurant just opened
16:32and we're running
16:33a special today.
16:34Stop by sometime, sir.
16:35Before I could pull
16:36my hand back,
16:37he grabbed my wrist.
16:38Evelyn,
16:39you hid from me
16:40all these years
16:40and this is what
16:42you've become?
16:42I glanced at my watch.
16:44The street was almost empty
16:45and most of my shift
16:46was already gone.
16:47But I still had
16:48a thick stack
16:49of flyers left.
16:50If I did not finish them,
16:52my pay would be docked.
16:54Sir,
16:55could you let go
16:56of me first?
16:56I still haven't finished
16:58handing these out.
16:59Adrian's grip
16:59around my wrist
17:00tightened.
17:01Evelyn,
17:02stop acting pitiful.
17:03You took my money,
17:04hid for years
17:05and now you show up
17:05in front of me again.
17:07It's obvious
17:07what you're after.
17:08In his eyes,
17:09I was already
17:10the kind of woman
17:11who would do
17:12anything for money.
17:13You're overthinking it.
17:15I've been handing out
17:15flyers here
17:16for almost a month.
17:17I didn't suddenly show up.
17:19So sorry
17:19for this understanding.
17:21Can you let me go now?
17:23My boss will dock
17:24my pay
17:24if I don't finish.
17:25After a long while,
17:26he slowly
17:27closed his eyes.
17:29Evelyn,
17:29you never let anyone
17:30see you looking
17:30this beaten down.
17:31Now,
17:33can't you find a job
17:34with a little dignity?
17:35It's fine.
17:37I'm just handing out flyers.
17:38What's undignified
17:39about that?
17:40People have to grow up.
17:42It's hotter than
17:43cleaning hotel rooms,
17:44but three hours
17:45pays $50.
17:46I'm grateful enough.
17:48He stared at
17:49my sunburned face.
17:50You're giving up
17:50your dignity
17:51for $50?
17:52Back then,
17:54so many rich men
17:54threw money at you
17:55and you would not
17:56even look at them.
17:57And now you've let
17:58yourself fall this far?
18:00Just then,
18:01my phone suddenly rang
18:02and he finally
18:04let go of my hand.
18:05It was a debt collector
18:06calling.
18:07I know.
18:08I already have
18:09the money ready.
18:11Don't worry.
18:12I won't delay it again.
18:13The call ended.
18:15You borrow
18:16from loanharks?
18:17Evelyn,
18:18didn't I give you
18:19$3 million
18:19before you left?
18:21It should have been
18:22enough to pay them back.
18:23I gave a bitter smile.
18:25So Adrian had no idea
18:27Vanessa had pushed me
18:28off the rooftop
18:29and taken the card.
18:31Thank you for your
18:32generosity,
18:32Mr. Blackburn.
18:34But that money
18:34belonged to you.
18:35How could I use
18:36your money to pay
18:36my family's debt?
18:39I'm running out of time.
18:41I need to keep
18:41handing out flyers.
18:42I won't stay
18:43and catch up with you.
18:44Please excuse me.
18:45After that,
18:46I held the flyers
18:47and walked toward
18:48the crowd.
18:48When I handed a flyer
18:50to a middle-aged woman,
18:51she shoved me away.
18:53I took a bad fall
18:54and hurt my knee.
18:55Are you blind?
18:56You're dressed like that
18:57and you still dare
18:58come near me?
19:00Do you know how much
19:00this outfit costs?
19:02If you ruin it,
19:03can you afford
19:03to pay for it?
19:05I'm sorry.
19:06I'll be more careful
19:07next time.
19:08The woman cursed
19:09as she walked away.
19:11I let out a breath.
19:12I picked up the flyers
19:14and climbed back
19:15to my feet.
19:15A hand suddenly
19:17grabbed my wrist.
19:19Enough, Evelyn.
19:20How much longer
19:21are you going to
19:22degrade yourself
19:23like this?
19:24Are you a beggar?
19:26For a mercilessly $50
19:28you let people
19:29push you around
19:29like that?
19:31And you still
19:32did not fight back?
19:33I felt helpless.
19:34Mr. Blackwood,
19:36$50 may mean
19:37nothing to you,
19:39but to me
19:39it is a week
19:40of groceries.
19:41There is no need
19:42to make a scene
19:43over something like this.
19:44No need?
19:46As long as you ask.
19:47I can give you
19:48as much money
19:49as you want.
19:50Can you stop
19:50being so pathetic?
19:52You were admitted
19:52to Hawthorne University
19:54at 16.
19:55Every research project
19:56you joined
19:57won awards.
19:58Have you forgotten
19:59all of that?
19:59How could I forget?
20:01At 16,
20:02even after I caught
20:03my father having
20:04an affair,
20:04I still earned
20:05a full scholarship
20:06to Hawthorne University.
20:08Back then,
20:08almost nothing
20:09could hold me back.
20:10But everything changed
20:11when I met
20:12Vanessa Hayes.
20:14She had no parents
20:15and paid her tuition
20:16by working part-time jobs.
20:18So when she nearly
20:19dropped out,
20:20I paid her tuition
20:21with my research prize money
20:22and brought her home
20:24for the holidays.
20:25We became best friends.
20:26But she stole
20:27the man I loved.
20:29I was 19
20:30when the university
20:31sent me overseas
20:32as an exchange student.
20:33I knew no one there
20:35and was often
20:36bullied by others.
20:37It was Adrian
20:38who protected me
20:39when I was at
20:40my most helpless.
20:41He waited after class,
20:43picked me up
20:44every morning,
20:45and kept unwanted
20:47men away.
20:48We naturally
20:48fell in love.
20:49But one day,
20:51Adrian and I
20:51got into a car accident
20:53on the road.
20:53A shard of glass
20:54flew toward his eyes.
20:56I raised my hand
20:57to block it
20:58without thinking.
20:59The glass
20:59cut deep
21:00into my wrist.
21:01After that,
21:02I could no longer
21:03enter a lab
21:04operate precision
21:05instruments again.
21:07Adrian swore
21:08he would never
21:08marry anyone
21:09but me.
21:10I brought Adrian
21:11to meet Vanessa.
21:13I thought my best friend
21:14would bless us,
21:15but I was so wrong.
21:17Vanessa was in the hospital,
21:18and after I paid
21:19her bills,
21:20I came back
21:21to find her
21:22and Adrian
21:22naked in bed together.
21:24Vanessa hid
21:25in Adrian's arms,
21:26crying and saying
21:28she was sorry.
21:29But Adrian
21:30looked more relieved.
21:31Evelyn,
21:32since you saw it,
21:33I won't hide it anymore.
21:34Vanessa and I
21:35are together.
21:35Let's end this cleanly.
21:37End this cleanly?
21:38How dare the people
21:39who betrayed me
21:40say that?
21:41So I blasted
21:42those pictures online.
21:43And what I got
21:44in return
21:45was Adrian
21:46and Vanessa's
21:47revenge.
21:47After I woke up,
21:49I learned the rest
21:50from a few relatives.
21:51My mother went
21:52to find both
21:53Adrian and Vanessa.
21:54She got on her knees
21:56and begged them
21:57to lend her money.
21:58Your vicious daughter
21:59deserves death.
22:00My mother finally
22:02collapsed from exhaustion
22:03and died.
22:04So I never expected
22:06Adrian to come
22:07to me himself.
22:08Mr. Blackwood,
22:09you're too kind.
22:10But we have nothing
22:11to do with each other.
22:13How could I take
22:14your money?
22:15My life is hard
22:16now, but at least
22:18my debt is almost
22:19paid off.
22:19That gives me
22:20something to look
22:21forward to.
22:22Adrian stared
22:22at me stubbornly.
22:23Evelyn, you call
22:24the life you're
22:25having now hope?
22:26I know you still
22:27hate me.
22:29What I did back
22:30then was too cruel.
22:31Please, let me
22:32help you.
22:33Consider it compensation.
22:34No need,
22:35Mr. Blackwood.
22:36It's all in the past.
22:37I was young back
22:38then and I took
22:40love too seriously.
22:41I really should
22:42not have.
22:42Should not have?
22:45Evelyn, you regret
22:46it, don't you?
22:47You regret loving me?
22:49I've thought about
22:50it so many times
22:50over the years.
22:51If Vanessa had
22:52not jumped back
22:53then, I would not
22:53have pitied her
22:54so much in that
22:54moment.
22:56And I wouldn't
22:57have married her
22:57so easily.
22:59You regret it,
22:59but you have no
23:00idea how much
23:00I regret it too.
23:02I kept thinking
23:03that if I ever
23:03saw you again,
23:04I would make
23:04it up to you.
23:05I went silent.
23:06Then I suddenly
23:07laughed.
23:08There's nothing
23:09worth bringing
23:09up anymore.
23:10Mr. Blackwood,
23:11you really should
23:11not let your
23:12wife hear you
23:13say that.
23:13She would be
23:14heartbroken.
23:15You chose your
23:16road.
23:17Keep walking.
23:18Don't look back.
23:19Adrian heard
23:20the meaning
23:21in my words.
23:22Even when he
23:22lowered his head,
23:24he still could
23:24not stand being
23:25rejected again
23:27and again.
23:28Evelyn, can you
23:29stop being so
23:30ungrateful?
23:31Look at yourself
23:32now.
23:33You look worn
23:34out and no man
23:35would want you
23:36like this.
23:37And I never said
23:38I would divorce
23:38Vanessa.
23:39We have a child
23:40together.
23:41For old time's
23:42sake, I can
23:43pay off your
23:43debt and buy
23:44you a place.
23:45You can live
23:46there quietly
23:46as long as
23:47you listen to
23:48me.
23:48The more I
23:48listened, the
23:49more uncomfortable
23:50I felt.
23:51Mr. Blackwood,
23:52what exactly do
23:52you mean?
23:53Evelyn, don't
23:54you understand?
23:55I just want to
23:56treat you well
23:56and make up
23:57for what I did
23:57back then.
23:59It finally
23:59hit me that
24:00I should not
24:01cling to someone
24:02who no longer
24:02loved me.
24:03I'm sorry.
24:05This is all
24:05my fault.
24:06I won't bother
24:07you two again.
24:08There are three
24:09million on this
24:09card.
24:10Take it and
24:11disappear from
24:11my life for
24:12good.
24:12I had no
24:13choice but to
24:14agree.
24:15Just as I was
24:16about to leave
24:16with my mother,
24:17Vanessa refused
24:18to let me go.
24:19She had people
24:20force me onto
24:21a balcony.
24:22I fell from the
24:23eighth floor and
24:24ended up in a
24:25coma.
24:26When I woke up,
24:27I learned that
24:27my mother had
24:28even fallen into
24:29loan shark debt
24:30to pay my
24:31hospital bills.
24:32In the end,
24:33she died from
24:34overwork and
24:35exhaustion.
24:36I had to
24:37hand out flyers
24:38on the street
24:38to pay off
24:39my debt.
24:40A black
24:40Bentley stopped
24:41in front of
24:41me.
24:42Adrian was
24:43inside.
24:44Our restaurant
24:45just opened and
24:46we're running a
24:46special today.
24:47Stop by
24:47sometime,
24:48sir.
24:48Before I could
24:49pull my hand
24:50back, he
24:50grabbed my
24:51wrist.
24:51Evelyn, you
24:52hid from me all
24:53these years and
24:55this is what
24:55you've become?
24:56I glanced at
24:56my watch.
24:57The street was
24:58almost empty and
24:59most of my shift
25:00was already gone,
25:01but I still had a
25:02thick stack of
25:03flyers left.
25:03If I did not
25:04finish them, my
25:05pay would be
25:06docked.
25:07Sir, could you
25:08let go of me
25:09first?
25:10I still haven't
25:11finished handing
25:11these out.
25:13Adrian's grip
25:14around my wrist
25:15tightened.
25:16Evelyn, stop
25:16acting pitiful.
25:17You took my
25:18money, hid for
25:19years and now
25:19you show up in
25:20front of me
25:20again.
25:21It's obvious
25:22what you're
25:22after.
25:23In his eyes,
25:24I was already
25:25the kind of
25:25woman who
25:26would do
25:26anything for
25:27money.
25:28You're
25:28overthinking it.
25:29I've been
25:29handing out
25:30flyers here for
25:31almost a month.
25:31I didn't
25:32suddenly show up.
25:33So sorry for
25:34this understanding.
25:35Can you let me
25:36go now?
25:37My boss will
25:38dock my pay if
25:39I don't finish.
25:39After a long
25:40while, he
25:41slowly closed
25:42his eyes.
25:43Evelyn, you
25:43never let anyone
25:44see you looking
25:44this beaten
25:45down.
25:46Now, can't
25:48you find a
25:48job with a
25:48little dignity?
25:50It's fine.
25:51I'm just
25:51handing out
25:52flyers.
25:52What's
25:53undignified
25:53about that?
25:54People have
25:55to grow up.
25:56It's hotter
25:57than cleaning
25:57hotel rooms,
25:58but three
25:59hours pays
25:59fifty dollars.
26:01I'm grateful
26:02enough.
26:02He stared
26:03at my
26:03sunburned
26:04face.
26:04You're
26:04giving up
26:05your
26:05dignity
26:05for
26:05fifty
26:06dollars?
26:07Back
26:07then,
26:08so many
26:08rich men
26:09threw money
26:09at you,
26:10and you
26:10would not
26:10even look
26:11at them.
26:12And now
26:12you've let
26:13yourself fall
26:13this far?
26:14Just then,
26:15my phone
26:16suddenly rang,
26:17and he
26:18finally let
26:19go of my
26:19hand.
26:19It was a
26:20debt collector
26:21calling.
26:22I know.
26:23I already
26:23have the
26:24money ready.
26:25Don't worry,
26:26I won't
26:26delay it
26:27again.
26:27The call
26:28ended.
26:30You borrow
26:31from loan
26:31harks?
26:33Evelyn,
26:33didn't I
26:34give you
26:34three million
26:35before you
26:36left?
26:36It should
26:37have been
26:37enough to
26:38pay them
26:38back.
26:39I gave
26:39a bitter
26:39smile,
26:40so Adrian
26:41had no
26:42idea Vanessa
26:42had pushed
26:43me off the
26:44rooftop and
26:44taken the
26:45card.
26:46Thank you
26:47for your
26:47generosity,
26:48Mr.
26:48Blackburn.
26:49But that
26:49money belonged
26:50to you.
26:50How could I
26:51use your
26:51money to
26:52pay my
26:52family's
26:52debt?
26:54I'm running
26:55out of time.
26:56I need to
26:56keep handing
26:57out flyers.
26:57I won't
26:58stay and
26:58catch up
26:59with you.
26:59Please
26:59excuse me.
27:00After that,
27:01I held the
27:02flyers and
27:02walked toward
27:03the crowd.
27:04When I
27:04handed a
27:05flyer to
27:05a middle-aged
27:06woman,
27:06she shoved
27:07me away.
27:08I took a
27:09bad fall
27:09and hurt
27:10my knee.
27:10Are you
27:11blind?
27:12You're
27:12dressed like
27:12that and
27:13you still
27:13dare come
27:14near me?
27:15Do you
27:15know how
27:15much this
27:16outfit costs?
27:17If you
27:17ruin it,
27:18can you
27:18afford to
27:19pay for
27:19it?
27:20I'm
27:21sorry.
27:21I'll be
27:22more careful
27:22next time.
27:24The woman
27:24cursed as
27:25she walked
27:25away.
27:26I let out
27:27a breath.
27:28I picked
27:28up the
27:29flyers and
27:29climbed back
27:30to my feet.
27:31A hand
27:31suddenly grabbed
27:32my wrist.
27:34Enough,
27:35Evelyn.
27:35How much
27:36longer are you
27:37going to
27:37degrade yourself
27:38like this?
27:39Are you a
27:40beggar?
27:41For a
27:42mirsely
27:42fifty dollars
27:43you let
27:44people push
27:44you around
27:45like that?
27:46and you
27:47still did
27:47not fight
27:47back?
27:48I felt
27:49helpless.
27:50Mr.
27:50Blackwood,
27:51fifty dollars
27:52may mean
27:52nothing to
27:53you,
27:54but to
27:54me it
27:55is a
27:55week of
27:55groceries.
27:56There is
27:57no need
27:57to make
27:58a scene
27:58over
27:58something
27:58like
27:59this.
27:59No
27:59need?
28:01As long
28:02as you
28:02ask,
28:03I can
28:03give you
28:04as much
28:04money
28:04as you
28:04want.
28:05Can
28:05you
28:05stop
28:06being
28:06so
28:06pathetic?
28:07You
28:07were
28:07admitted
28:08to
28:08Hawthorne
28:08University
28:09at
28:09sixteen.
28:10Every
28:11research
28:11project
28:11you
28:12joined
28:12won
28:12awards.
28:13Have
28:14you forgotten
28:14all of
28:14that?
28:15How
28:15could
28:15I
28:15forget?
28:16At
28:16sixteen,
28:17even
28:17after
28:18I
28:18caught
28:18my
28:18father
28:19having
28:19an
28:19affair,
28:20I
28:20still
28:20earned
28:20a
28:21full
28:21scholarship
28:21to
28:22Hawthorne
28:22University.
28:23Back
28:23then,
28:24almost
28:24nothing
28:24could
28:25hold
28:25me
28:25back.
28:25But
28:26everything
28:26changed
28:27when I
28:27met
28:27Vanessa
28:28Hayes.
28:29She
28:29had
28:29no
28:30parents
28:30and
28:30paid
28:31her
28:31tuition
28:31by
28:32working
28:32part-time
28:32jobs.
28:33So
28:33when
28:34she
28:34nearly
28:34dropped
28:34out,
28:35I
28:35paid
28:36her
28:36tuition
28:36with
28:36my
28:37research
28:37prize
28:37money
28:44I
28:44was
28:45nineteen
28:45when
28:45the
28:46university
28:46sent
28:46me
28:47overseas
28:47as
28:47an
28:47exchange
28:48student.
28:49I
28:49knew
28:49no
28:49one
28:50there
28:50and
28:51was
28:51often
28:51bullied
28:51by
28:52others.
28:53It
28:53was
28:53Adrian
28:53who
28:53protected
28:54me
28:54when
28:54I
28:54was
28:55at
28:55my
28:55most
28:55helpless.
28:57He
28:57waited
28:58after
28:58class,
28:59picked
28:59me
28:59up
29:00every
29:00morning,
29:00and
29:01kept
29:01unwanted
29:02men
29:02away.
29:03We
29:03naturally
29:04fell
29:04in
29:04love.
29:05But
29:05one
29:05day,
29:06Adrian
29:06and
29:07I
29:07got
29:07into
29:07a
29:07car
29:08accident
29:08on
29:08the
29:08road.
29:09A
29:14glass
29:14cut
29:15deep
29:15into
29:15my
29:16wrist.
29:16After
29:17that,
29:17I
29:18could
29:18no
29:18longer
29:18enter
29:19a
29:19lab
29:19operate
29:20precision
29:21instruments
29:21again.
29:22Adrian
29:22swore
29:23he
29:23would
29:23never
29:24marry
29:24anyone
29:25but
29:25me.
29:26I
29:26brought
29:26Adrian
29:27to
29:27meet
29:27Vanessa.
29:28I
29:28thought
29:28my
29:29best
29:29friend
29:29would
29:29bless
29:30us,
29:30but
29:31I
29:31was
29:31so
29:32wrong.
29:33Vanessa
29:34was in
29:34the
29:34hospital,
29:35and
29:35after
29:35I
29:36paid
29:36her
29:36bills,
29:37I
29:37came
29:37back
29:37to
29:38find
29:38her
29:38and
29:38Adrian
29:39naked
29:40in
29:40bed
29:40together.
29:41Vanessa
29:44and
29:44saying
29:44she
29:45was
29:45sorry.
29:46But
29:46Adrian
29:46looked
29:46more
29:47relieved.
29:48Evelyn,
29:48since
29:49you
29:49saw
29:49it,
29:49I
29:49won't
29:49hide
29:50it
29:50anymore.
29:50Vanessa
29:51and
29:51I
29:51are
29:51together.
29:52Let's
29:52end
29:52this
29:52cleanly.
29:53End
29:53this
29:54cleanly?
29:54How
29:55dare
29:55the
29:55people
29:56who
29:56betrayed
29:56me
29:57say
29:57that?
29:57So
29:58I
29:58blasted
29:58those
29:59pictures
29:59online.
30:00And
30:00what
30:00I
30:00got
30:01in
30:01return
30:01was
30:02Adrian
30:02and
30:02Vanessa's
30:03revenge.
30:04After
30:04I
30:04woke
30:05up,
30:05I
30:05learned
30:06the
30:06rest
30:06from
30:06a few
30:07relatives.
30:07My
30:08mother
30:08went
30:08to
30:09find
30:09both
30:09Adrian
30:10and
30:10Vanessa.
30:11She
30:11got
30:11on
30:12her
30:12knees
30:12and
30:12begged
30:13them
30:13to
30:13lend
30:14her
30:14money.
30:14Your
30:15vicious
30:15daughter
30:16deserves
30:16death.
30:17My
30:17mother
30:17finally
30:18collapsed
30:19from
30:19exhaustion
30:19and
30:20died.
30:21So
30:21I
30:21never
30:22expected
30:22Adrian
30:23to
30:23come
30:23to
30:23me
30:23himself.
30:24Mr.
30:25Blackwood
30:25still
30:25hate
30:25me.
30:26What
30:27I
30:27did
30:27back
30:27then
30:28was
30:28too
30:28cruel.
30:29Please
30:30let
30:30me
30:30help
30:30you
30:31consider
30:31it
30:31compensation.
30:33No
30:33need
30:34Mr.
30:34Blackwood.
30:35It's
30:36all
30:36in
30:36the
30:36past.
30:36I
30:37was
30:37young
30:37back
30:37then
30:38and
30:38I
30:38took
30:39love
30:39too
30:39seriously.
30:40I
30:40really
30:41should
30:41not
30:41have.
30:41Should
30:42not
30:42have.
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