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00:00Oh my gosh, isn't that your obsessed ex, Vanny?
00:03I knew she'd come crawling back eventually.
00:04Now she sees Noah as a loaded executive, and here she is.
00:07Beatrice, if you're going to fake a random run-in to get Noah's attention, why dress like a scrub?
00:10She ran away over a tiny little misunderstanding.
00:13Ditching me at the clerk's office for Sophia was just a tiny little misunderstanding.
00:17Bought a custom diamond bracelet at Christie's.
00:19It's called Eternal Heart.
00:20It costs $20 million.
00:22That's the exact same bracelet!
00:25It's a pretty good replica.
00:26Buying you a cheap knockoff.
00:28Absolute trash.
00:28Sophia, take that fake bracelet off and get out.
00:32Are you sure you want me to leave?
00:33Stop!
00:35We were supposed to get our marriage certificate today, Noah.
00:38We've been together for seven years.
00:40You promised me!
00:41Beatrice, stop being so dramatic.
00:43I'm just doing the right thing.
00:45The right thing?
00:46You mean abandoning me at the altar for this woman?
00:49Sophia's baby needs a father on paper.
00:51Besides, Sophia is not a stranger.
00:53We've been pals since childhood.
00:54It's just paperwork.
00:55Once we divorce, I'll marry you.
00:57Just wait a month.
00:57I'm not waiting for you anymore.
01:00You'll calm down.
01:01You always do.
01:10Dad, it's me.
01:11Send me the address of the cathedral.
01:13I'll arrive in time.
01:17Beatrice, will you have this man to be you wedded wife?
01:22Yes.
01:24With this ring, I thee wed.
01:27In nomina patris et filia et spirit assenti, you may kiss the bride.
01:39Mrs. Vane, thank you for your choice of Northern Airlines.
01:42I am just too familiar with this place.
01:44You may rest.
01:45Yes.
01:56Well, well.
01:57Look who finally decided to show up.
01:59Noah?
02:00What are you doing here?
02:03All right, Beatrice.
02:04Your little tantrum has gone on long enough.
02:06You made your point.
02:07You ran away, you struggled, and now you're back.
02:09Tantrum?
02:10Yes.
02:11The tantrum.
02:11But it's over now.
02:13Come home.
02:15You're in charge of the drop-offs.
02:16Be ready by 7 a.m. on Monday.
02:19Oh my gosh.
02:19Isn't that your obsessed ex, Vanny?
02:21See?
02:22I told you guys.
02:23I knew she'd come crawling back eventually.
02:25Guys, she vanished without a trace.
02:27Now she sees Noah as a loaded executive, and here she is.
02:30Beatrice, if you're going to fake a random run-in to get Noah's attention,
02:33why dress like a scrub?
02:34Couldn't you at least put on some makeup?
02:36My husband banned me from wearing anything tight or uncomfortable during my pregnancy.
02:42This cheap loungewear was custom-tailored in Paris,
02:44but to these idiots, no logos means no money.
02:47Seriously?
02:48Without Noah, you can't even buy a nice outfit?
02:51Beatrice, please don't be mad at Noah.
02:53He's just trying to take care of you.
02:55You disappeared for three years.
02:56Who knows what kind of shady stuff you had to do just to survive.
02:59Just look at you.
03:01How pathetic you are.
03:03Noah wanted to make you my personal secretary,
03:05but clearly, you can't handle a corporate environment anymore.
03:09Don't worry.
03:11Being my Nancy is a respectable job.
03:13No one will look down on you.
03:15All right, Beatrice.
03:16Drop the attitude.
03:17You clearly can't survive out there,
03:19so stop throwing tantrums.
03:20Take care of the kid and learn your place.
03:23Don't worry.
03:24My mansion has a perfectly good nanny room in the basement.
03:27Free room and board.
03:29And you don't need to worry about the kid, dear.
03:31If my son acts up,
03:32I'll make sure to set him straight for you.
03:34I won't let you be mistreated under my roof.
03:37Why would she be mistreated?
03:38She ran away over a tiny little misunderstanding.
03:41If she hit rock bottom out there,
03:43she deserves to suffer a little.
03:47After three years,
03:48he still thought ditching me at the clerk's office for Sophia
03:50was just a tiny little misunderstanding.
03:54The Noah who used to love me is truly dead.
03:56I don't feel anger anymore.
03:58I just feel grossed out.
04:01Aren't you here to pick me up?
04:03Let's go.
04:05Pick you up?
04:06Don't make me laugh, Beatrice.
04:08Read it carefully.
04:09We are waiting for Mrs. Vance.
04:10Do you even know who she is?
04:12Of course you don't.
04:13Mrs. Vance is the matriarch of the Vance family.
04:15She is the current wife of Alexander Vance.
04:17Alexander Vance is a ruthless billionaire,
04:19but he's completely obsessed with his wife.
04:22Everyone in the industry knows the golden rule.
04:24Don't try to kiss Alexander up.
04:25Kiss up to Mrs. Vance.
04:27She is his entire world.
04:28Listening to them gossip about my marriage,
04:29I couldn't help it.
04:30Alexander's reputation as a fiercely devoted husband
04:32had spread everywhere.
04:34I'm so proud of him.
04:35To win his wife's heart,
04:36Alexander Vance bought a custom diamond bracelet at Christie's.
04:40It's called Eternal Heart.
04:41It costs $20 million.
04:43Mrs. Vance is literally the most envied woman on earth.
04:49That's...
04:49That's the exact same bracelet!
04:54It's a pretty good replica.
04:55Which broke vagabond bought this for you?
04:57Buying you a cheap knockoff.
04:58Absolute trash.
05:00It's the authentic.
05:01You lying bitch!
05:05Wow, it really is a high-quality replica.
05:08Way better than the one I bought.
05:09The weight actually feels authentic.
05:11Or what, Beatrice?
05:12Are you gonna tell us you're the real Mrs. Vance?
05:14Are you the legendary billionaire's wife?
05:17Beatrice, just sell this fake to me.
05:19I'll pay you double what your broke boyfriend paid.
05:21Give that back right now!
05:22Alexander gave that to me!
05:23Shut your mouth!
05:29Beatrice, you want to die?
05:31You think you can just casually drop Mr. Vance's name like that?
05:34Are you trying to get me killed?
05:36Do you have any idea how hard we fought for this airport pickup?
05:39Alexander Vance bought out Noah's company last year.
05:42Our entire livelihood depends on him now.
05:44The only way Noah keeps his executive spot is if we impress Mrs. Vance today.
05:48And you're out here spreading psychotic rumors that you know the CEO?
05:51Are you trying to ruin Noah's career?
05:54Beatrice, you ungrateful bitch!
05:56Noah was kind enough to offer you a roof over your head!
05:58Don't push your luck.
06:00I know you're bitter about the past, Beatrice!
06:02But trying to sabotage his career out of petty revenge?
06:07Dropping Mr. Vance's name just to ruin this pickup?
06:11That's sick!
06:12Hearing her say that, it felt exactly like three years ago.
06:15No matter what I did, Sophia would twist it.
06:18She would feed her poisoned version of reality to Noah.
06:21She tripped me!
06:22I didn't-
06:23And Noah would swallow it whole.
06:27You're such a jealous shrew, Beatrice.
06:30For the sake of what we used to be, I'll let this slide.
06:32Take the check.
06:33Go buy some clothes that don't look like trash.
06:35If you really don't want a nanny Sophia's kid,
06:38I'll pull some strings and get you a decent job next week.
06:41Don't worry.
06:42Ever since the Vance acquisition,
06:44this kind of money is pocket change to me.
06:49Okay.
06:54How dare you!
06:56Hey!
06:58No.
06:59But thank you, sir.
07:00I don't take things from strangers.
07:12You said you didn't want to come.
07:13But here you are.
07:14Listen, if you want me back,
07:15you need to at least dress the part to match my new status.
07:19Those are your seats.
07:20My seat is over there.
07:27Beatrice, how did you sneak in here?
07:29Are you here to ruin everything?
07:31How dare you wear that bracelet?
07:34Wait, is that the Eternal Heart diamond bracelet?
07:36Mr. Vance bought that for his wife?
07:38Tonight is Mrs. Vance's first public appearance.
07:40Is this girl trying to mock the billionaire's wife?
07:42That bird couldn't be Mrs. Vance, could she?
07:44I thought Mrs. Vance should be more grandam.
07:46Excuse me, Noah.
07:47Is this young lady your friend?
07:48No.
07:49I don't know her.
07:55Sophia, take that fake bracelet off and get out.
07:57Are you sure you want me to leave?
07:59Stop acting like you're special!
08:01Take it off!
08:08Treating this cheap garbage like treasure.
08:10Pick her up and throw her out!
08:12Stop touching me!
08:13I am Alexander Vance's...
08:15Are you going to start spreading rumors
08:16that you're Mr. Vance's mistress now?
08:18You psychotic bitch!
08:22Beatrice, are you done throwing your little fit?
08:24You showed up wearing a fake diamond bracelet?
08:26Dressed like a complete mess?
08:27Just because you see I'm rich now
08:29and you want to make me jealous.
08:30If you want me back, just beg.
08:31I'll say yes.
08:33Noah, you are absolutely screwed.
08:36Mr. Vance is here!
08:37Behave yourself!
08:38And don't worry, Beatrice.
08:40Sophia and I are already divorced.
08:47If you stop acting jealous of Sophia,
08:49I'll forgive you for vanishing for three years.
08:52I'll give you a chance to give me a child.
08:54Mommy!
09:00We were supposed to legally register our marriage.
09:02Ryan Mitchell had me thrown out of the building.
09:05He walked in with her instead.
09:06His childhood sweetheart, Vanessa Reed.
09:09But that same night, I got on a plane.
09:11I disappeared from Ryan's world completely.
09:13Three years later, I came back.
09:15I didn't expect that someone to be Ryan.
09:16Without Ryan, you really hit rock bottom.
09:19Three days later, I appeared at the banquet dressed casually.
09:21You still couldn't resist coming over.
09:23I walked past him.
09:24That's your location.
09:25Mine is over there.
09:26He followed my gaze to the front of the ballroom, the head table.
09:30His face went white.
09:31A woman like you isn't even worthy to carry my shoes.
09:36I was wrong!
09:37Elena!
09:38Give me another chance!
09:40Elena!
09:41The day we were supposed to legally register our marriage,
09:44Ryan Mitchell had me thrown out of the building.
09:46He walked in with her instead.
09:48His childhood sweetheart, Vanessa Reed.
09:51Vanessa's baby needs to be on the birth certificate.
09:53I have to marry her first.
09:54Give me a month to finalize the divorce, then I'll come back for you.
09:58Everyone assumed I'd wait.
09:59That I'd swallow it and hold on.
10:02After all, I'd already given him seven years.
10:04But that same night, I got on a plane.
10:07My family had arranged a match overseas.
10:09I'd been fighting it for months.
10:10I stopped fighting.
10:12I disappeared from Ryan's world completely.
10:14Three years later, I came back.
10:15My husband had business to handle, and his local office sent someone to meet me at JFK.
10:20I didn't expect that someone to be Ryan.
10:22He stood in the arrivals hall with Vanessa and a group of his friends, holding up a sign
10:27with my English name.
10:28He spotted me and didn't even flinch.
10:31Took you long enough.
10:33Leo starts preschool soon.
10:34You can handle the drop-offs.
10:37Same arrogant Ryan.
10:38Same assumption that I'd fall back into place.
10:40I said nothing.
10:43He hadn't recognized me yet.
10:44The sign he was holding had my English name Helena, but none of them connected it to me.
10:49One of Ryan's friends laughed.
10:51Elena?
10:51You actually came back by yourself like that?
10:54I was wearing very ordinary clothes.
10:56No makeup.
10:57My husband didn't let me wear any during the pregnancy.
10:59He said comfort came first, and had everything custom-made for me himself.
11:03These people only knew the version of me who used to dress up just to see Ryan.
11:07Full glam.
11:08Designer everything.
11:09Desperate to impress.
11:10That situation is absolutely impossible to happen again.
11:13Then he added sarcastically.
11:15Can't even afford a real outfit?
11:17Without Ryan, you really hit rock bottom.
11:20I stayed quiet.
11:21Someone who used to be vaguely kind shifted uncomfortably.
11:24Elena, it's good you're back.
11:27Ryan's been looking for you.
11:28He asked around for months.
11:31Vanessa's kid is starting preschool.
11:32You'll handle pickups.
11:33That's why I'm asking about you.
11:35Don't blame him, Elena.
11:36He's doing you a favor.
11:37You've been gone three years.
11:39Who knows what you've been up to?
11:40You can't manage my assistant position, clearly.
11:43But childcare?
11:44That you can handle.
11:45No one's going to judge you for it.
11:47You're broke and too proud about it.
11:49Take the position.
11:51Meals covered.
11:52Private guest suite included.
11:53It's more than you've got now.
11:55His friends laughed.
11:56I looked at them for a long time.
11:58Then I said,
11:59Shall we go?
12:00You're here to pick me up, aren't you?
12:03The scene fell silent for a moment.
12:05They exchanged glances.
12:06Then the laughter came hard.
12:08Vanessa's lip curled.
12:09Pick you up?
12:11Are you serious?
12:12We're waiting for Lena.
12:13Do you even know who that is?
12:15I knew exactly who that was.
12:17Alana is Sebastian Knight's wife.
12:18The Mrs. Knight.
12:19His official, legal, completely adored wife.
12:22In Manhattan's elite circles, everyone knows, if you want Sebastian's attention, you go through
12:26her first.
12:26She's his entire world.
12:28Three years of marriage.
12:29Sebastian's empire had doubled in size.
12:31Meanwhile, his meticulous care for me and his deep love for me were already known to many
12:36people.
12:36He dropped $20 million US at a Christie's auction for a diamond bracelet for her.
12:42She paused, eyes drifting to my wrist.
12:45Her voice went sharp.
12:47Like that one?
12:48She suddenly stopped.
12:49Ryan grabbed my wrist before I could move.
12:52It's a knockoff.
12:53A decent one, but still.
12:54He probably got it from a street vendor in Chinatown.
12:57What kind of broke loser buys his girl a fake?
12:59He grabbed the bracelet and yanked it off my wrist.
13:01The stones aren't bad.
13:02Better than the replica I picked up.
13:04Unless, wait.
13:06Don't tell me you're actually Helena.
13:08You're not seriously claiming to be Mrs. Knight.
13:10They all suddenly burst into laughter.
13:13Because of course it was absurd.
13:15Sebastian Knight was a financial genius.
13:17Ruthless.
13:18Global.
13:19Untouchable.
13:19And three years ago, I was just the girl Ryan had tossed out of a government office,
13:23like yesterday's trash.
13:24Vanessa dangled the bracelet off one finger.
13:27I'll buy it off you.
13:28Double whatever you paid for the fake.
13:29Give it back.
13:31Sebastian gave me that.
13:32Ryan slapped me hard across the face.
13:34My head jerked to the side.
13:36I tasted blood.
13:37Shut up.
13:38Then, I slapped him back.
13:40Ryan's jaw tightened.
13:42Elena.
13:43Sebastian Knight's name is not something you throw around.
13:46Do you understand what you're doing to me right now?
13:48We fought hard to get this assignment.
13:50Ryan's company was acquired by Knight Industries last year.
13:53We all answer to Sebastian now.
13:56If you blow this for us-
13:58You'll destroy everything Ryan's built.
14:00I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.
14:03I turned slowly and met Ryan's eyes.
14:05Whatever he saw in mine made him falter.
14:08Just for a second.
14:09Vanessa noticed Ryan's change in mood.
14:12Her expression twisted.
14:14You ungrateful nobody.
14:16Ryan just offered you a lifeline and you're standing here making up stories about Sebastian
14:19Knight?
14:20You can't stand that he moved on, that he's thriving.
14:22It was like being transported back three years.
14:25Vanessa twisting everything.
14:26Ryan, little by little, choosing to believe her version over mine.
14:30Ryan looked at me with that old familiar disappointment.
14:34Pathetic.
14:36Pathetic.
14:36For old times' sake.
14:40Go buy yourself some real clothes.
14:41If you don't want the childcare position, I'll find you something else.
14:44Something decent.
14:46Knight's acquisition has been good to me.
14:47This is nothing.
14:48The charity in his eyes made my stomach turn.
14:50I pushed his hand aside, reached over, and lifted the diamond bracelet back from Vanessa's
14:55fingers.
14:56No thank you, Mr. Mitchell.
14:57I don't take things from strangers.
14:59I turned and walked away.
15:00Two steps later, Ryan caught my arm.
15:03Strangers?
15:04We broke up.
15:07That's what I am to you now?
15:09This is a more appropriate way to address someone.
15:12I was already thinking about Sebastian.
15:14He had a jealous streak a mile wide.
15:16Ryan glanced at Vanessa.
15:17There's a gala in three days.
15:19Knight Industries is hosting.
15:20Come with me.
15:21Let me show you what you've been missing.
15:23You'll need to dress properly.
15:24I can have someone take you shopping.
15:26I don't need these.
15:27But thank you.
15:28His expression darkened.
15:30The check stiffened in his hand.
15:31I could hear him angrily clenching his teeth.
15:34You've gotten proud.
15:35Funny how that works when you've got nothing.
15:37Then he turned, shoved the check back into his pocket.
15:40Fine.
15:40Let's go to the banquet then.
15:43Vanessa's whole face lit up.
15:45I won't embarrass you, baby.
15:46I promise.
15:47I was already walking toward the exit.
15:49I left them with one line over my shoulder.
15:51I hope you're still that confident in three days.
15:54Three days later, I appeared at the banquet dressed casually.
15:57Ryan spotted me the second I walked in.
15:59You still couldn't resist coming over.
16:00But Elena, this is a Knight Instatricians event.
16:03You can't show up here in your pajamas.
16:05There's a standard.
16:06I walked past him.
16:07He grabbed my arm.
16:11I'm talking to you.
16:12Our location is over here.
16:14That's your location.
16:16Mine is over there.
16:17He followed my gaze to the front of the ballroom, the head table.
16:20His face went white.
16:21Before he could recover, Vanessa's voice sliced through the room.
16:25How did she even get in here?
16:26And why is she wearing that bracelet?
16:28Tonight is Sebastian Knight's first public appearance with his wife?
16:30Is she trying to humiliate Mrs. Knight?
16:33Someone remove her!
16:34The room buzzed.
16:36Ryan straightened his tuxedo jacket.
16:38She's no one.
16:39Not with me.
16:40Vanessa drew herself up and looked at me like I was something she'd scraped off her Louboutin's.
16:43Take the bracelet off.
16:45And get out.
16:46I tilted my head.
16:47You sure you want me to leave?
16:50The more you look like a sow, the more I look like an angel.
16:53A month ago, Juliana had gotten engaged.
16:55Her intended was the eldest son of the Castrano family.
16:58I prefer a woman with a slim waist.
17:01After her engagement was announced, the young miss stopped eating almost entirely.
17:05You'll already find a fat maid to stand you every day and set off your fig.
17:08She combed the entire Callahan household and picked me.
17:11Horse-feed me pasta slathered in lard, fattening me up 30 pounds in a single month.
17:15It all started a few months back.
17:16A man was slumped against the trash cans, soaked in blood, but I gave him water, fed him, and dressed
17:21his wounds.
17:22Just the once, and I ended up pregnant.
17:24Before I knew it, the day of Juliana's wedding arrived.
17:26Everyone remarked on how slender the bride was.
17:28The moment I let go, she pitched forward and collapsed on the floor.
17:33The word on the street was that the dawn's son had a thing for slim waisted women.
17:37After her engagement was announced, the young miss stopped eating almost entirely, surviving on IV drips alone.
17:43But the results weren't coming fast enough.
17:45So she tore through the entire estate, hunting for the plumpest lady's maid she could find.
17:50In the end, she chose me.
17:51She had her people horse-feed me pasta slathered in lard, fattening me up 30 pounds in a single month.
17:56She made me wear pencil skirts two sizes too small, so tight the flesh bulged over every seam.
18:00The more you look like a sow, the more I look like an angel.
18:04On the night of the wedding, she left me behind to attend to her without a second thought.
18:08The dawn's son pushed open the door.
18:10His gaze landed on me.
18:11He crossed the room in a few quick strides.
18:14I finally found you.
18:15Two maids pinned me to the floor, pressing my face into a metal trough.
18:19Elena, can't you eat any more?
18:21This was some fattening recipe Juliana had dug up from god knows where.
18:24That's only the third bowl.
18:29You're not plump enough to bring to the Castano estate yet.
18:32My stomach lurched, lard smeared across my face, seeping up into my nostrils.
18:39You threw it up?
18:40What a waste.
18:42Bring another bowl!
18:43Elena, do you think I'd have ever looked at you if you weren't fat and you have the
18:47nerve to refuse to eat?
18:48She wasn't wrong.
18:49A month ago, Juliana had gotten engaged.
18:52Her intended was the eldest son of the Castrano family, Alessio Castrano.
18:56Alessio was the only child of Don Cosimo Castrano.
18:59He'd been out in the world on his own until his mid-twenties, and had only been brought
19:03back into the fold the previous year.
19:06Word was, Cosimo was utterly besotted with this long-lost son of his.
19:10He'd paraded every eligible daughter from every mob family in the city in front of Alessio,
19:14and Alessio hadn't given any of them the time of day.
19:17In the end, the old man resorted to his favorite trick, got the boy drunk, and loosened his
19:21tongue.
19:22Allegedly, Alessio had slumped back against the sofa.
19:25I prefer a woman with a slim waist.
19:30So the match fell to Juliana.
19:32Because she was the thinnest one, Juliana was over the moon.
19:36She'd barely been eating before the engagement.
19:38She stopped altogether, surviving purely on IV nutrition.
19:41Already thin enough, darling?
19:43If you're still worried once you're married, find a fat maid to stand you every day and
19:47set off your figure.
19:50Why wait until I'm married?
19:52I can bring a maid with me.
19:54So she combed the entire Callahan household and picked me.
19:57My waist measured 26 inches, the largest of any maid my age in the house.
20:02From that day on, I never set foot in the kitchen again.
20:05Juliana had me reassigned to the inner quarters, where I was given nothing to do but eat.
20:10Three bowls of lard pasta a day.
20:12The goal was to put on another 30 pounds before the wedding.
20:15More or less like fattening a pig.
20:17So she had them bring a tin feeding trough from the stables and made me kneel to eat
20:20from it.
20:23Juliana lost her energy.
20:26Weigh her.
20:26Two of her men hauled in a metal rod and a set of ropes.
20:29I was bruised all over.
20:30My clothes in tatters, they bound my hands and feet and hoisted me up like livestock.
20:34But Juliana wasn't pleased.
20:36Her frame's too slight, it doesn't show.
20:38They dropped me on the floor like garbage.
20:40My cheap blouse had been torn open, bearing the deep welts across my back and great pale
20:44expanses of flesh.
20:45Juliana studied me for a long moment, then had an idea.
20:48From that day on, I was only permitted to wear a semi-sheer slip.
20:52She had the garments made intentionally ill-fitting, tight in all the wrong places, so constrictive
20:56I could barely breathe, and thin enough for every roll and ripple to be visible to anyone
21:00who cared to look.
21:01One of the bolder drivers even cornered me in a garden, turning and put his hand on.
21:05But Juliana only grew more pleased with herself with every comparison.
21:09When guests came calling and saw her standing beside me, the compliments were inevitable.
21:13Next to her, Miss Juliana looks absolutely willy.
21:15Just stunning.
21:17Surely the young Castano air will fall for you.
21:22At dusk, she sat on the garden swing and summoned me over.
21:25Elena, since you came to me, you've been well-fed and well-dressed.
21:29That's your good fortune.
21:30You do understand that, don't you?
21:31Who doesn't know how kind-hearted the young Miss is?
21:33Otherwise, you'd still be scrubbing pots in the kitchen.
21:36Kind-hearted, right.
21:37When I was scrubbing pots in the kitchen, at least I wasn't eating slop from a trough.
21:41But I still knelt and pressed my forehead to the floor.
21:44Thank you for your grace, Miss.
21:48I scrambled to cover the exposed skin, mortified.
21:52Juliana and the maids dissolved into laughter.
21:54Taking advantage of her good mood, I asked for leave to go home and deliver money for my
21:58mother's medicine.
22:00The wedding's coming up.
22:02I'll let you go just this once.
22:03Juliana sent two bodyguards along.
22:05Protection, supposedly.
22:06In practice, a leash.
22:08The two bodyguards stood stone-faced at the door.
22:10I pressed the cash I'd been squirreling away for months into my mother's hands.
22:14Her eyesight had gone.
22:15She touched my face, then my shoulders, down my arms, and finally caught my hands.
22:19Elena, why are you dressed so lightly?
22:20And you feel bigger.
22:23Mama, this is a gifted dress.
22:24It's worth a lot.
22:26She paused, and her clouded eyes welled up.
22:29She tried to push the money back.
22:32Keep it for yourself.
22:33I don't need it.
22:34The miss is marrying the Castano heir.
22:36I'll never go without.
22:38It's just...
22:38I won't be able to come see you as often.
22:42It's all right.
22:43I have your photo.
22:46Someone came by a few days ago with a picture.
22:49Asking round about a girl.
22:51She looked a bit like you, so I kept it.
22:53The girl in the photo had an oval face and arched brows.
22:56There was a resemblance, yes.
22:58But I wasn't lucky enough to be her.
22:59The car pulled away from the house.
23:01We passed a clinic.
23:02I told them to stop.
23:03I need to settle a debt with Dr. Hale.
23:05The old, bald doctor in the white coat was bent over his ledger at the counter.
23:09I glanced at the door.
23:10The two bodyguards were leaning against the car, smoking.
23:13Shh.
23:14Dr. Hale, could you write me a prescription?
23:16Something to help keep a pregnancy stable?
23:18Old Hale's face shifted.
23:20He examined me right then and there.
23:22Your health status is poor.
23:24Trying to carry it to term could cost you your life.
23:26I didn't listen to Dr. Hale, he argued, but eventually relented,
23:30and handed me a packet of stabilizing powder.
23:32It all started a few months back.
23:34I was pulling a night shift in the kitchen when I heard movement in the back courtyard.
23:38A man was slumped against the trash cans, soaked in blood, his suit in ruins.
23:42He was good looking, his injuries were bad.
23:44I had no idea who he was, but I gave him water, fed him, and dressed his wounds.
23:49Just the once, and I ended up pregnant.
23:51This child was a death sentence.
23:53If Juliana ever found out her lady's maid was pregnant, I'd be lucky to just lose the job.
23:57More likely, she'd have me drop to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
24:00Fine then, I'd roll the dice.
24:02Before I knew it, the day of Juliana's wedding arrived.
24:05She swept into the Castrano estate, in a couture wedding gown, white roses in hand.
24:09Everyone remarked on how slender the bride was, how graceful her figure.
24:13I walked a step behind her wide enough that two of me could have fit in one of her.
24:17At the entrance, I steadied her arm.
24:19She swayed, her forehead beating with sweat.
24:22By the time we reached the banquet hall, the moment I let go, she pitched forward and collapsed on the
24:26floor.
24:27Juliana lost her energy.
24:29Weigh her.
24:30Two of her men hauled in a metal log and a set of ropes.
24:33I was bruised all over.
24:34My clothes in tatters, they bound my hands and feet and hoisted me up like livestock.
24:38But Juliana wasn't pleased.
24:40Her frame's too slight, it doesn't show.
24:42They dropped me on the floor like garbage.
24:44My cheap blouse had been torn open, bearing the deep welts across my back and great pale expanses of flesh.
24:49Juliana studied me for a long moment, then had an idea.
24:52From that day on, I was only committed to wear a semi-sheer slip.
24:55She had the garments made intentionally ill-fitting, tight in all the wrong places.
24:59So constrictive I could barely breathe, and thin enough for every roll and ripple to be visible to anyone who
25:04cared to look.
25:04One of the bolder drivers even cornered me in a garden, turning and put his hand on.
25:08No one was around.
25:09But Juliana only grew more pleased with herself with every comparison.
25:12When guests came calling and saw her standing beside me, the compliments were inevitable.
25:16Next to her, Miss Juliana looks absolutely willy.
25:19Just stunning.
25:20Surely the young Castano air will fall for you.
25:25At dusk, she sat on the garden swing and summoned me over.
25:29Elena, since you came to me, you've been well-fed and well-dressed.
25:32That's your good fortune.
25:33You do understand that, don't you?
25:35Who doesn't know how kind-hearted the young Miss is?
25:37Otherwise, you'd still be scrubbing pots in the kitchen.
25:39Kind-hearted, right.
25:41When I was scrubbing pots in the kitchen, at least I wasn't eating slop from a trough.
25:45But I still knelt and pressed my forehead to the floor.
25:47Thank you for your grace, Miss.
25:52I scrambled to cover the exposed skin, mortified.
25:55Juliana and the maids dissolved into laughter.
25:58Taking advantage of her good mood, I asked for leave to go home and deliver money for
26:01my mother's medicine.
26:04The wedding's coming up.
26:05I'll let you go just this once.
26:07Juliana sent two bodyguards along.
26:08Protection, supposedly.
26:10In practice, a leash.
26:11The two bodyguards stood stone-faced at the door.
26:14I pressed the cash I'd been squirreling away for months into my mother's hands.
26:17Her eyesight had gone.
26:18She touched my face, then my shoulders, down my arms, and finally caught my hands.
26:22Why are you dressed so lightly?
26:24And you feel bigger.
26:27Mama, this is a gifted dress.
26:28It's worth a lot.
26:30She paused, and her clouded eyes welled up.
26:33She tried to push the money back.
26:35Keep it for yourself.
26:37I don't need it.
26:38The miss is marrying the Castano heir.
26:39I'll never go without.
26:41It's just...
26:42I won't be able to come see you as often.
26:46It's all right.
26:47I have your photo.
26:48Oh.
26:50Someone came by a few days ago with a picture.
26:53Asking round about a girl.
26:55She looked a bit like you, so I kept it.
26:57The girl in the photo had an oval face and arched brows.
27:00There was a resemblance, yes.
27:01But I wasn't lucky enough to be her.
27:03The car pulled away from the house.
27:05We passed a clinic.
27:05I told them to stop.
27:07I need to settle a debt with Dr. Hale.
27:09The old, bald doctor in the white coat was bent over his ledger at the counter.
27:13I glanced at the door.
27:14The two bodyguards were leaning against the car, smoking.
27:17Shh.
27:18Dr. Hale, could you write me a prescription?
27:19Something to help keep a pregnancy stable?
27:21Old Hale's face shifted.
27:23He examined me right then and there.
27:26Your health status is poor.
27:28Trying to carry it to term could cost you your life.
27:30I didn't listen to Dr. Hale, he argued, but eventually relented, and handed me a packet
27:35of stabilizing powder.
27:36It all started a few months back.
27:37I was pulling a night shift in the kitchen, when I heard movement in the back courtyard.
27:42A man was slumped against the trash cans, soaked in blood, his suit in ruins.
27:46He was good looking.
27:47His injuries were bad.
27:48I had no idea who he was.
27:50But I gave him water, fed him, and dressed his wounds.
27:53Just the once.
27:54And I ended up pregnant.
27:55This child was a death sentence.
27:56If Juliana ever found out her lady's maid was pregnant, I'd be lucky to just lose the
28:00job.
28:01More likely, she'd have me drop to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
28:04Fine then.
28:05I'd roll the dice.
28:06Before I knew it, the day of Juliana's wedding arrived.
28:08She swept into the Castrano estate, in a couture wedding gown, white roses in hand.
28:13Everyone remarked on how slender the bride was, how graceful her figure.
28:17I walked a step behind her wide enough that two of me could have fit in one of her.
28:20At the entrance, I steadied her arm.
28:23She swayed, her forehead beating with sweat.
28:25By the time we reached the banquet hall, the moment I let go, she pitched forward and
28:29collapsed on the floor.
28:31My wedding is hours away, and my fiancé just ran off to tend to his childhood.
28:34If you can't make it back today, we're done.
28:36If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the wedding.
28:37With that, he hung up in a huff.
28:39He says I'm not getting married.
28:40What?
28:40I dialed my arch nemesis, Orion Silvermoon.
28:43I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
28:45Would you mind attending my wedding?
28:47I do.
28:48I said yes.
28:49But let me make this clear.
28:50I'm not being just a tool.
28:52I want a real one.
28:53Someone who can lie beside me.
28:54You understand?
28:55Deal.
28:56Deal.
28:56My wedding is hours away, and my fiancé just ran off to tend to his childhood sweetheart.
29:00Don't be petty.
29:01If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the mating ceremony.
29:03I called my seven-year nemesis instead.
29:05I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
29:07Care to do me a favor?
29:09Sylvia's really running a fever, and her wolf is weak.
29:11Every time she's been sick since we were kids, I've been by her side.
29:14I can't rest easy otherwise.
29:16Ethan's voice came through the phone, but it couldn't hurt me anymore.
29:18On my birthday, Sylvia got jostled at the high-end ball and ended up with bruises on her arm.
29:22He left me that same night to go tend to her.
29:24On our anniversary, Sylvia got gossiped about at Moonlight Spring where people called her
29:27an Omega who latches onto others.
29:29She felt so wronged, so Ethan left me to comfort her the entire night.
29:32Even the night before our wedding, Sylvia said she had a fever.
29:34He dropped me immediately and traveled across miles just to sit by her bedside.
29:37Ethan, I'm asking one last time, can you make it back for the noon ceremony or not?
29:41Lydia, I'm at Sylvia's work site right now.
29:43It's three hours to the nearest airport.
29:44I can't make it.
29:45Just postpone the ceremony for one day, all right?
29:47Postpone?
29:47My family is decorating the wedding house with me right now.
29:50All our pack members and guests are either at the Moonbloom of Already or on their way.
29:53You're telling me to postpone?
29:54What am I supposed to tell them?
29:55Lydia.
29:56Tell them what?
29:56That my fiancé is a thousand miles away with another she-wolf?
29:59That you're a cheating fiancé?
30:00That she's a slut who stole you?
30:01Lydia, what's between me and Sylvia isn't what you think.
30:04Don't be so petty.
30:05Petty?
30:05You and Sylvia should just get married on the spot.
30:07Signing you're your mate bond right now.
30:08Why waste all these years of mine?
30:10Four years.
30:11I've watched their acting for four years.
30:12I'm tired.
30:13I delivered my final ultimatum.
30:14If you can't make it back today, we're done.
30:16Lydia, I understand you're emotionally unstable out of your jealousy.
30:19But like I said, I just can't make it back.
30:21If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the wedding.
30:22With that, he hung up in a huff.
30:24As if I was the one in the wrong all along.
30:26Yeah, I was wrong.
30:27I brought this on myself.
30:28But from now on, never again.
30:30I turned around, grabbed the nearest chair,
30:32and hurled it at our wedding portrait hanging on the wall.
30:35People rushed in through the door.
30:36They saw the smashed picture frames and froze.
30:38Lydia, what happened?
30:39What did that bastard Ethan say?
30:41Don't hurt yourself.
30:42Let me smash.
30:43The wedding room was a disaster zone.
30:44Forget it.
30:45No wedding is better than this.
30:46I will tell your father to explain it to your grandfather.
30:48Who says I'm not getting married?
30:50What?
30:50I dialed my arch nemesis, Orion Silvermoon,
30:53the Silvermoon noble representative on the council,
30:55future Duke of Silvermoon.
30:56Back in school, I came from Shadowmoon commoners.
30:58He was Silvermoon nobility.
30:59We fought for every ranking.
31:00On the council, I represented the Shadowmoon district
31:02while he led the younger generation of the noble faction.
31:04We argued countless times.
31:06For years, he blocked what was mine,
31:07and I took what was his.
31:08Everyone thought we were fire and ice.
31:09I was about to hang up when it connected.
31:11His voice carried a hint of hesitation.
31:13Hello, Lydia?
31:14Whatever.
31:15Orion Silvermoon was the only one I could think of
31:17who might actually say yes.
31:18When he found out I was getting married, he joked,
31:20Wouldn't it be great if you married me instead?
31:22Then we wouldn't have to be arch enemies anymore,
31:23mating each other and becoming power couple?
31:25Today, I could lose love,
31:26but I could not lose my dignity.
31:28This wedding must happen.
31:29Yeah, it's me.
31:30I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
31:33Mr. Orion Silvermoon,
31:34would you mind attending my wedding
31:36and signing a mating contract?
31:37Silence on the other end.
31:39One second, two seconds, three.
31:40My heart pounded harder.
31:42Disappointment started to creep in.
31:43Lydia, what kind of joke is this?
31:45If you don't want to, then forget-
31:47I do.
31:48You said yes?
31:49Yeah.
31:50I said yes.
31:51But let me make this clear.
31:52I'm not being just a tool.
31:54What do you mean?
31:55Orion Silvermoon doesn't wet a fake mate.
31:58I want a real one.
31:58Someone who can lie beside me.
32:00Someone I can feel flesh and blood.
32:02Warmth.
32:03You understand?
32:04Deal.
32:06Deal.
32:07So what do I need to do now?
32:09Get to the Moonbloom altar before 11am for our ceremony.
32:13Also, we need a wedding house.
32:15Got it.
32:16Leave that to me.
32:17I promise you won't be disappointed.
32:20We ended the call.
32:22Orion Silvermoon?
32:24Is that the same Orion Silvermoon
32:25you call your arch nevices on the council?
32:27Yes.
32:28But that can't work.
32:30What if he takes advantage of you?
32:31What if he screws you over?
32:32Why not, Auntie?
32:33I think it's great.
32:33Orion Silvermoon, the council representative, just like Lydia,
32:36and he is the only heir of the Duke of Silvermoon.
32:38Way better than that two-timing jerk Ethan Ashburn
32:40who thinks his diplomatic official title makes him special.
32:42Orion Silvermoon and I were just using each other.
32:44But it didn't matter.
32:45All I wanted was for this ceremony to go on.
32:47I wouldn't lose face because of Ethan Ashfield.
32:49And I definitely wouldn't let my family lose face because of me.
32:52Ethan's parents called me, playing mediators.
32:54You'd better think carefully.
32:56If you don't postpone and end up without a mate at the altar,
32:59your family will be the one humiliated in public.
33:01Either way, the Ashfield family won't be attending.
33:04The wedding will not be delayed.
33:05Stop throwing a tantrum.
33:07Don't be so unreasonable.
33:08The Ashford family has noble blood in our ancestry.
33:11We're a political dynasty now.
33:13Everyone who marries it to our family is well-behaved and obedient.
33:16Lydia.
33:17If you want to marry into our family,
33:19you need to learn to be softer and change that fierce nature of yours.
33:23I hung up.
33:24Couldn't be bothered to listen to their nonsense anymore.
33:26Marry into the Ashford family and suffer?
33:28Dream on.
33:31My wedding is hours away,
33:32and my fiancé just ran off to tend to his childhood, sweetheart.
33:35Don't be petty.
33:36If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the mating ceremony.
33:38I called my seven-year nemesis instead.
33:40I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
33:42Care to do me a favor?
33:43Sylvia's really running a fever, and her wolf is weak.
33:46Every time she's been sick since we were kids, I've been by her side.
33:49I can't rest easy otherwise.
33:50Ethan's voice came through the phone, but it couldn't hurt me anymore.
33:53On my birthday, Sylvia got jostled at the high-end ball
33:55and ended up with bruises on her arm.
33:56He left me that same night to go tend to her.
33:58On our anniversary, Sylvia got gossiped about at Moonlight Spring
34:01where people called her an Omega who latches onto others.
34:04She felt so wronged, so Ethan left me to comfort her the entire night.
34:07Even the night before our wedding, Sylvia said she had a fever.
34:09He dropped me immediately and traveled across miles just to sit by her bedside.
34:12Ethan, I'm asking one last time.
34:14Can you make it back for the noon ceremony or not?
34:15Lydia, I'm at Sylvia's work site right now.
34:17It's three hours to the nearest airport.
34:19I can't make it.
34:20Just postpone the ceremony for one day, all right?
34:22Postpone?
34:22My family is decorating the wedding house with me right now.
34:24All our pack members and guests are either at the moonbloom of already or on their way.
34:28You're telling me to postpone?
34:29What am I supposed to tell them?
34:30Lydia.
34:30Tell them what?
34:31That my fiancé is a thousand miles away with another she-wolf?
34:34That you're a cheating fiancé?
34:35That she's a slut who stole you?
34:36Lydia, what's between me and Sylvia isn't what you think.
34:38Don't be so petty.
34:39Petty?
34:40You and Sylvia should just get married on the spot.
34:41Signing you're your mate bond right now.
34:43Why waste all these years of mine?
34:44Four years.
34:45I've watched their acting for four years.
34:47I'm tired.
34:48I delivered my final ultimatum.
34:49If you can't make it back today, we're done.
34:51Lydia, I understand you're emotionally unstable out of your jealousy.
34:53But like I said, I just can't make it back.
34:55If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the wedding.
34:57With that, he hung up in a huff.
34:58As if I was the one in the wrong all along.
35:00Yeah, I was wrong.
35:01I brought this on myself.
35:03But from now on, never again.
35:05I turned around, grabbed the nearest chair, and hurled it at our wedding portrait hanging on the wall.
35:09People rushed in through the door.
35:11They saw the smashed picture frames and froze.
35:13Lydia, what happened?
35:14What did that bastard Ethan say?
35:16Don't hurt yourself.
35:16Let me smash.
35:17The wedding room was a disaster zone.
35:19Forget it.
35:19No wedding is better than this.
35:21I will tell your father to explain it to your grandfather.
35:23Who says I'm not getting married?
35:24What?
35:25I dialed my arch nemesis, Orion Silvermoon.
35:28The Silvermoon noble representative on the council.
35:29Future Duke of Silvermoon.
35:31Back in school, I came from Shadowmoon commoners.
35:33He was Silvermoon nobility.
35:34We fought for every ranking.
35:35On the council, I represented the Shadowmoon district while he led the younger generation of the noble faction.
35:39We argued countless times.
35:40For years, he blocked what was mine, and I took what was his.
35:43Everyone thought we were fire and ice.
35:44I was about to hang up when it connected.
35:46His voice carried a hint of hesitation.
35:47Hello, Lydia?
35:48Whatever.
35:49Orion Silvermoon was the only one I could think of who might actually say yes.
35:53When he found out I was getting married, he joked,
35:54Wouldn't it be great if you married me instead?
35:56Then we wouldn't have to be arch enemies anymore, mating each other and becoming power couple.
36:00Today, I could lose love, but I could not lose my dignity.
36:02This wedding must happen.
36:04Yeah, it's me.
36:05I-I-I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
36:08Mr. Orion Silvermoon, would you mind attending my wedding and signing a mating contract?
36:12Silence on the other end.
36:13One second, two seconds, three.
36:15My heart pounded harder.
36:16Disappointment started to creep in.
36:18Lydia, what kind of joke is this?
36:20If you don't want to, then forget-
36:21I do.
36:23You said yes?
36:24Yeah.
36:25I said yes.
36:26But let me make this clear.
36:27I'm not being just a tool.
36:29What do you mean?
36:30Orion Silvermoon doesn't wed a fake mate.
36:32I want a real one.
36:33Someone who can lie beside me.
36:35Someone I can feel flesh and blood.
36:37Warmth.
36:38You understand?
36:39Deal.
36:41Deal.
36:42So what do I need to do now?
36:44Get to the Moonbloom altar before 11am for our ceremony.
36:47Also, we need a wedding house.
36:50Got it.
36:50Leave that to me.
36:52I promise you won't be disappointed.
36:54We ended the call.
36:56Orion Silvermoon?
36:58Is that the same Orion Silvermoon you call your arch nevices on the council?
37:02Yes.
37:02But that can't work.
37:04What if he takes advantage of you?
37:06What if he screws you over?
37:07Why not, Auntie?
37:07I think it's great.
37:08Orion Silvermoon, the council representative, just like Lydia, and he is the only heir of
37:11the Duke of Silvermoon.
37:12Way better than that two-timing jerk Ethan Ashburn who thinks his diplomatic official title
37:16makes him special.
37:17Orion Silvermoon and I were just using each other.
37:19But it didn't matter.
37:20All I wanted was for this ceremony to go on.
37:22I wouldn't lose face because of Ethan Ashfield.
37:24And I definitely wouldn't let my family lose face because of me.
37:27Ethan's parents called me, playing mediators.
37:29You'd better think carefully.
37:31If you don't postpone and end up without a mate at the altar, your family will be the
37:34one humiliated in public.
37:36Either way, the Ashfield family won't be attending.
37:38The wedding will not be delayed.
37:40Stop throwing a tantrum.
37:41Don't be so unreasonable.
37:42The Ashford family has noble blood in our ancestry.
37:45We're a political dynasty now.
37:47Everyone who marries into our family is well-behaved and obedient.
37:51Lydia.
37:51If you want to marry into our family, you need to learn to be softer and change that fierce
37:56nature of yours.
37:58I hung up.
37:58Couldn't be bothered to listen to their nonsense anymore.
38:01Marry into the Ashford family and suffer?
38:02Dream on.
38:06My wedding is hours away, and my fiancé just ran off to tend to his childhood, sweetheart.
38:10Don't be petty.
38:10If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the mating ceremony.
38:13I called my seven-year nemesis instead.
38:14I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
38:17Care to do me a favor?
38:18Sylvia's really running a fever, and her wolf is weak.
38:20Every time she's been sick since we were kids, I've been by her side.
38:23I can't rest easy otherwise.
38:25Ethan's voice came through the phone, but it couldn't hurt me anymore.
38:27On my birthday, Sylvia got jostled at the high-end ball and ended up with bruises on her arm.
38:31He left me that same night to go tend to her.
38:33On our anniversary, Sylvia got gossiped about at Moonlight Spring where people called her
38:37an Omega who latches onto others.
38:38She felt so wronged, so Ethan left me to comfort her the entire night.
38:41Even the night before our wedding, Sylvia said she had a fever.
38:43He dropped me immediately and traveled across miles just to sit by her bedside.
38:47Ethan, I'm asking one last time, can you make it back for the noon ceremony or not?
38:50Lydia, I'm at Sylvia's work site right now.
38:52It's three hours to the nearest airport.
38:54I can't make it.
38:54Just postpone the ceremony for one day, alright?
38:56Postpone?
38:57My family is decorating the wedding house with me right now.
38:59All our pack members and guests are either at the moonbloom of already or on their way.
39:02You're telling me to postpone?
39:03What am I supposed to tell them?
39:05Lydia.
39:05Tell them what?
39:06That my fiancé is a thousand miles away with another she-wolf?
39:08That you're a cheating fiancé?
39:09That she's a slut who stole you?
39:11Lydia, what's between me and Sylvia isn't what you think.
39:13Don't be so petty.
39:14Petty?
39:15You and Sylvia should just get married on the spot.
39:16Signing your your mate bond right now.
39:17Why waste all these years of mine?
39:19Four years.
39:20I've watched their acting for four years.
39:22I'm tired.
39:22I delivered my final ultimatum.
39:24If you can't make it back today, we're done.
39:26Lydia, I understand you're emotionally unstable out of your jealousy.
39:28But like I said, I just can't make it back.
39:30If you don't want to lose me, then postpone the wedding.
39:32With that, he hung up in a huff, as if I was the one in the wrong all along.
39:35Yeah, I was wrong.
39:36I brought this on myself.
39:37But from now on, never again.
39:39I turned around, grabbed the nearest chair, and hurled it at our wedding portrait hanging on the wall.
39:44People rushed in through the door.
39:45They saw the smashed picture frames and froze.
39:48Lydia, what happened?
39:49What did that bastard Ethan say?
39:50Don't hurt yourself.
39:51Let me smash.
39:52The wedding room was a disaster zone.
39:54Forget it.
39:54No wedding is better than this.
39:56I will tell your father to explain it to your grandfather.
39:57Who says I'm not getting married?
39:59What?
40:00I dialed my arch nemesis, Orion Silvermoon, the Silvermoon Noble Representative on the council.
40:04Future Duke of Silvermoon.
40:05Back in school, I came from Shadowmoon commoners.
40:07He was Silvermoon nobility.
40:08We fought for every ranking.
40:09On the council, I represented the Shadowmoon district while he led the younger generation
40:13of the noble faction.
40:14We argued countless times.
40:15For years, he blocked what was mine, and I took what was his.
40:17Everyone thought we were fire and ice.
40:19I was about to hang up when it connected.
40:20His voice carried a hint of hesitation.
40:22Hello?
40:23Lydia?
40:23Whatever.
40:24Orion Silvermoon was the only one I could think of who might actually say yes.
40:27When he found out I was getting married, he joked,
40:29Wouldn't it be great if you married me instead?
40:31Then we wouldn't have to be arch enemies anymore, mating each other and becoming power
40:34couple?
40:34Today, I could lose love, but I could not lose my dignity.
40:37This wedding must happen.
40:39Yeah, it's me.
40:40I'm short a groom for today's mating ceremony.
40:42Mr. Orion Silvermoon, would you mind attending my wedding and signing a mating contract?
40:47Silence on the other end.
40:48One second, two seconds, three.
40:50My heart pounded harder.
40:51Disappointment started to creep in.
40:52Lydia, what kind of joke is this?
40:54If you don't want to, then forget-
40:56I do.
40:57You said yes?
40:59Yeah.
40:59I said yes.
41:00But let me make this clear.
41:02I'm not being just a tool.
41:04What do you mean?
41:05Orion Silvermoon doesn't wed a fake mate.
41:07I want a real one.
41:08Someone who can lie beside me.
41:09Someone I can feel flesh and blood.
41:11Warmth.
41:12You understand?
41:14Deal.
41:15Deal.
41:16Deal.
41:17So what do I need to do now?
41:19Get to the Moonbloom altar before 11am for our ceremony.
41:23Also, we need a wedding house.
41:24Got it.
41:25Leave that to me.
41:26I promise you won't be disappointed.
41:29We ended the call.
41:31Orion Silvermoon?
41:33Is that the same Orion Silvermoon you call your arch-nevices on the Council?
41:37Yes.
41:37But that-that can't work!
41:39What if he takes advantage of you?
41:40What if he screws you over?
41:41Why not, Auntie?
41:42I think it's great!
41:43Orion Silvermoon, the Council representedly just like Lydia,
41:45and he is the only heir of the Duke of Silvermoon.
41:47Way better than that two-timing jerk Ethan Ashburn
41:49who thinks his diplomatic official title makes him special.
41:51Orion Silvermoon and I were just using each other.
41:53But it didn't matter.
41:55All I wanted was for this ceremony to go on.
41:56I wouldn't lose face because of Ethan Ashfield.
41:59And I definitely wouldn't let my family lose face because of me.
42:02Ethan's parents called me, playing mediators.
42:04You'd better think carefully.
42:05If you don't postpone and end up without a mate at the altar,
42:08your family will be the one humiliated in public.
42:10Either way, the Ashfield family won't be attending.
42:13The wedding will not be delayed.
42:14Stop throwing a tantrum.
42:16Don't be so unreasonable.
42:17The Ashford family has noble blood in our ancestry.
42:20We're a political dynasty now.
42:22Everyone who marries into our family is well-behaved and obedient.
42:25Lydia,
42:26if you want to marry into our family,
42:28you need to learn to be softer
42:30and change that fierce nature of yours.
42:32I hung up.
42:33Couldn't be bothered to listen to their nonsense anymore.
42:35Marry into the Ashford family and suffer?
42:37Dream on.
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