Unmasking a pathetic fraud is absolutely the sweetest victory of all. The humiliating truth comes out when she hacks his laptop during a major presentation, exposing his secret double life and massive gambling debts to everyone he knows. In EX ROLL OUT OF MY LIFE, the satisfying twist of watching him beg for mercy while she effortlessly signs a multi-million dollar merger will leave you completely speechless. Don't miss this epic exposure and watch the full mini series from start to finish today!
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00:00My fiancé's girl best friend stole my student ID, burned through my dining dollars all over campus,
00:05then called me a gold drigger in the locker room.
00:07So I logged into the portal and shut her card off.
00:09That same afternoon, she walked up to the register and got declined.
00:14Three times, in front of the whole lunch rush.
00:17She was dragged to the student affairs dean's office for an entire hour for theft.
00:22Then came the all-school notice.
00:24Dominic Ashfield, my fiancé, found out, and said absolutely nocted like it was just another Tuesday.
00:30Then, on my 22nd birthday, Dominic took me to Oak Hall, Westbrook's most exclusive restaurant, and said he'd planned a
00:35surprise.
00:36The table was already set when we arrived, with everything I liked.
00:39Every dish.
00:40He said he had something special to grab.
00:42Be right back.
00:44I waited until the dining room closed.
00:49He never came back.
00:51I pulled out my card to cover the bill.
00:54The cashier scanned it, paused, and slid it back across the counter.
00:57I'm sorry, Ms. Sinclair.
00:59Your card is showing as invalid in the system.
01:03Invalid?
01:03I stared at the card in my hand.
01:05My fingers went cold.
01:07This was the card Dominic had given me right before we left.
01:11After we got engaged, he'd added me to the Ashford family meal plan.
01:16Every purchase on campus, charged to the family account, billed directly to them.
01:22But tonight, right before we walked out the door, he'd reached into my bag and taken the card.
01:27He'd said, kissing my forehead.
01:30This one's on me.
01:32It's your 22nd.
01:34Dominic wasn't picking up.
01:3612 calls.
01:3712 voicemails left.
01:39The cashier drummed her fingers on the card reader.
01:41Ms. Sinclair, do you have another form of payment?
01:44We don't do tabs here.
01:46And I'm sure you remember last month's incident.
01:49I remembered.
01:50Last month, Dominic's childhood best friend, Bianca Harlow, took my dining dollars and treated her entire Pi Beta chapper to
01:56a $2,000 dinner.
01:57Then went and ran her mouth in the girls' locker room.
01:59I was a clout hastor with a pretty face.
02:01Dominic's gonna drop her the second he's bored.
02:03So I logged into the portal and killed her access.
02:06The next day, she stepped up to the register and got declined.
02:09Once.
02:10Twice.
02:11Three times.
02:12The line behind her stretched to the door.
02:14Her face went beet red in front of her sisters.
02:17She never forgave me for that.
02:19Now I stood there, phone in a death grip, and my knuckles turned white.
02:24Then the doors swung open.
02:26Bianca walked in, tucked under Dominic's arm.
02:30Chin up.
02:31Blue eyes absolutely glowing with satisfaction.
02:34Behind them, 14, maybe 15 people.
02:38The entire inner circle of Westbrook College.
02:41Phi Kippa's executive board.
02:43Pi Beta's social chars.
02:46Every single one of them was already staring.
02:48Dominic let go of Bianca's arm and walked toward me.
02:50The light caught his pale blonde hair.
02:52He looked every bit the Ashverned air, which honestly wasn't far off.
02:55The Ashverns were East Coast old money, the oldest kind.
02:57And Dominic was their only son, president of Phi Kapper.
02:59The guy Westbrook was basically built around.
03:01And right now, he was looking at me in a way I had never seen before.
03:04Elena.
03:04He said, low, measured, loud enough for every table in O'Call to hear.
03:09You get a real kick out of sabotaging people on the low, huh?
03:12Freezing someone's card, making them stand at a register and choke in front of everyone.
03:15So, now you know how it feels.
03:18The room cracked open.
03:19Wait, is he serious?
03:20It's her birthday.
03:21They've been together three years.
03:22Why would he-
03:22Three years doesn't mean anything.
03:24Bianca's known him since they were kids.
03:26And Elena?
03:26She transferred from the West Coast.
03:28Nobody can even find her people.
03:29She's here on a scholarship, right?
03:31Like, a full ride?
03:32That's what you get for clout chasing.
03:34When Dominic's done with her, she won't even have a seat at the table.
03:37I dug my nails into my palm.
03:39Exactly what I thought.
03:40He'd set this whole thing up.
03:42On my birthday.
03:43Just to get back at me for Bianca.
03:46Dominic walked Bianca to the table, and Nguanga pulled out her chair.
03:50Like I wasn't even in the room.
03:51Bianca.
03:52His voice was quiet, but the whole room heard it.
03:54Whatever she did to you, I'm returning it.
03:55Every bit of it.
03:56Bianca's face broke open.
03:57She leaned over and kissed the corner of his mouth.
03:59Thank you, Dom.
04:00Then she looked at me.
04:01Getting the picture now, Elena?
04:02That account belongs to the Ashford family?
04:03You're not family yet.
04:04What gave you the right to touch my access in the first place?
04:06She dropped her bag onto the table.
04:08Then shoved it.
04:09Hard.
04:10My water glass tipped, liquid spilled across my shoes, seeping through the fabric.
04:14She said, covering her mouth.
04:16Oops.
04:16Slipped.
04:17Sorry about that.
04:18Though those shoes weren't worth much anyway, right?
04:20Scattered laughter from behind her.
04:22Dominic didn't look at the spill.
04:23Didn't look at me.
04:24He just slipped his arm around Bianca's waist and looked straight at the cashier.
04:27Whatever Bianca orders tonight, put it on the Ashford account.
04:29Then he looked at me.
04:30That smirk.
04:31Wide open.
04:32Not even trying to hide it.
04:34As for her, if she can't pay, go buy the book.
04:36I stood there.
04:37The room shrank.
04:39Inch by inch.
04:40Dominic stood up.
04:41He wanted to make sure I had nowhere left to go.
04:44He swept the room with one slow, deliberate look.
04:46Then pulled out his phone, typed something, and held the screen up for everyone to see.
04:50The Phi Kappa group chat.
04:52Anyone who helps Elena Sinclair tonight is out.
04:54All event access?
04:55Gone.
04:56Everyone in that room knew exactly what that meant.
04:59Cross Dominic Ashvin, and you were done.
05:02No party invites.
05:03No frat events.
05:05No senior gala.
05:06Full stop.
05:07A few people who actually knew me.
05:08I watched something flicker across their faces.
05:10One girl actually reached into her bag.
05:12Bianna caught it.
05:13She stared that girl down.
05:15Hard.
05:15The hand slipped back out.
05:16Empty.
05:17I looked at Dominic.
05:18Three years of feelings.
05:20Gone.
05:20Just like that.
05:22Dominic Ashforth?
05:23You really want to do this?
05:24He held my gaze without blinking.
05:26When you froze her card and humiliated her in front of everyone, what did you think was
05:31going to happen?
05:32This is your lesson.
05:34Remember it.
05:35She's mine.
05:36Engaged or not, you don't get to come after her.
05:40She's mine.
05:41Those two words hit like a knife.
05:43Straight in.
05:44Three years ago, I'd just transferred to Westbrook.
05:47Bumped straight into him on the steps outside the student union building.
05:50Full collision.
05:51Books everywhere.
05:52He spent the whole next semester on my case.
05:54Every morning, he'd be waiting outside my dorm with an oat milk latte from the campus
05:57cafe.
05:58My exact order, every time.
05:59On rainy days, he'd pull off his own hoodie and drop it over my head, then sprint across
06:04the entire football field in just a t-shirt.
06:07When a group of Pai Bata upperclasseds cornered me in the library hallway, I don't even know
06:12how he found out, but he showed up, walked straight through all of them, and put himself
06:16between me and the girl running her mouth.
06:18Looked her dead in the eye and said,
06:20She's with me.
06:21I was gone after that.
06:23Not because of his last name, because I actually believed him.
06:26And now he'd just use those same words for her.
06:29So what's it gonna be?
06:30Bianca's voice pulled me back.
06:32She leaned back, legs crossed.
06:34You gonna call someone to bail you out, or...
06:37She let it hang, eyes dragging slowly over my dress.
06:41I felt myself shrink.
06:43Nice piece.
06:44Couture.
06:45Right?
06:46Maybe the boys can auction it off right here, piece by piece, to cover your tab.
06:52The room lost it.
06:53Dominic really said this is for Bianca and meant it.
06:56Elena is cooked.
06:57I told y'all, Cinderella stories don't exist in real life.
07:00The Ashvins were never gonna bring home a girl with no pedigree.
07:03Bianca's always been their people.
07:04The higher they build you up, the harder you fall, sis.
07:07That's just how it goes.
07:08The Phi Keper core, the ones clustered around Dominic,
07:12were watching me with that specific look.
07:14A few of them already had their phones out.
07:16My whole body was shaking.
07:19Before we'd left, Dominic had taken my dining dollars.
07:22On purpose.
07:26Right now, I had nothing but the dress on my back.
07:29And my phone had just died.
07:31Battery gone.
07:33That's when it hit me.
07:34My phone.
07:35My card.
07:36The reservation.
07:38The timing.
07:39None of it was an accident.
07:40And to Gerd the Sotrand.
07:42He didn't forget my birthday.
07:45He planned it.
07:47Bianca moved toward me, smiling like she'd already won.
07:50It's getting late, Elena.
07:52The cashier's waiting to close out your tab.
07:54Don't tell me you're actually broke.
07:56Because a tab this size, if you can't cover it,
08:00this goes straight to the student conduct committee.
08:02I felt it in my stomach.
08:04The student conduct committee at Westbrook College.
08:06The one line nobody crossed.
08:08One formal strike, and I could lose my scholarship, lose my housing,
08:11get pulled from the honors track, or get kicked out for good.
08:16Dominic didn't just want to humiliate me.
08:18He wanted to erase me.
08:22Bianca took another step forward, close enough that I could smell her perfume.
08:26She tilted her chin up and looked at me like I was already done.
08:29There is one other option.
08:30That smile ale never moved.
08:33Say please.
08:34Mean it.
08:35Maybe I'll make this easier for you.
08:36She reached out and poked my shoulder.
08:40Dom listens to me.
08:42Always has.
08:43I reached up and blocked her hand.
08:45Just that.
08:47Bianca reacted like she'd been hit by a truck.
08:50Grabbed her cheek and screamed.
08:52She hit me!
08:53I watched Dominic's eyes shift.
08:56No, that's not what...
08:58He grabbed my shoulder and shoved.
09:01Hard.
09:02I went down backward, caught the corner of the table on the way.
09:06The pain shot straight up my spine.
09:09The edge caught my arm.
09:11Sharp, clean.
09:12And I felt the warmth before I saw the blood.
09:15I hit the floor and looked up.
09:17Furious.
09:19For just a second, something moved across Dominic's face.
09:22Then it was gone.
09:23Elena.
09:24You hit her in front of everyone.
09:26That doesn't just go away.
09:28Bianca gets that back.
09:29He jutted his chin at two Fai Kup members standing nearby.
09:33Both of them built like they belonged on the offensive line.
09:36They grabbed my arms, one on each side, and hauled me off the floor.
09:41Bianca walked toward me slowly.
09:44My heart mummered.
09:46Not from fear.
09:48From disbelief.
09:49The Ashfords hadn't always been East Coast royalty.
09:52Dominic hadn't always been untouchable.
09:55Because of me.
09:56I was the one who'd convinced my dad to use our family's connections to open every door for them.
10:01Rivals who would have gone after the Ashfords backed off, because nobody stepped to my dad.
10:06I'd planned to tell Dominic tonight, on my birthday.
10:09Tell him I wasn't some scholarship girl from the West Coast with no pedigree.
10:12I was a St. Clair, the sole heir to a West Coast dynasty that made the Ashterns look like new
10:17money.
10:17I was going to take him home to meet my family.
10:19I just didn't see this coming.
10:21I'd read him wrong.
10:21Bianca turned to the table and picked up a heavy plate of lobster marinara, the exact dish Dominic had ordered
10:28for me.
10:28She stepped right into my space, raised the plate, and didn't hesitate.
10:32Splash!
10:33A wet, thickening sound echoed across the dining room.
10:36She had flipped the entire plate directly over my head.
10:38Scalding pasta hit my crown.
10:40Thick red sauce slid down my hair and cling to my cheeks.
10:42The empty plate slipped from her hand, hitting the hardwood floor with a sharp crack and shattering at my feet.
10:48Rich tomato sauce dripped from my eyelashes, bleeding rapidly into the pale fabric of my couture dress.
10:55I didn't flinch.
10:55I didn't even lift a hand to wipe my face.
10:57I just dug my nails into my palm and looked straight through the mess at Dominic.
11:01No anger.
11:03No tears.
11:04Dominic, this is on you.
11:06When the Ashfords go under and everything you've built comes crashing down.
11:11Remember, you chose this.
11:18Girl, you've been watching too many dramas.
11:21Look at you.
11:23Pursed out laughing.
11:24Look at you.
11:25What, you think you're some secret rich heiress?
11:27She might actually be losing it.
11:29Like, brah.
11:30Dominic looked at me like I was wasting his time.
11:33Cold.
11:34Checked out.
11:35Drop the act.
11:37The Ashford's going bankrupt?
11:38That's cute.
11:40Figure out how you're covering this bill.
11:43Miss Sinclair, it's late.
11:45I got places to be.
11:46I looked around the room.
11:47Every person who'd sat next to me in class, studied with me in the library, heads down.
11:52All of them.
11:53One girl, someone I actually considered a real friend, snuck a glance at me, then looked
11:57away the second our eyes met, scared of being seen.
12:00Nobody moved.
12:01The Ashfords ran this campus.
12:02The Board of Trustees, the Student Conduct Committee, the entire Greek Council.
12:06And outside?
12:07City Hall, the bank's every law firm that mattered.
12:09Cross Dominic Ashford and you'd cross the entire East Coast Old Money Network.
12:13I walked toward that girl.
12:14She saw me coming, shot up from her seat, and backed away.
12:18Elena, don't!
12:19I can't help you pay!
12:20I'm not asking you to pay, I said.
12:22I just need your phone.
12:24Five minutes.
12:24I need someone to come down here.
12:26Haha, she's still fronting.
12:28Dom already put the word out across every frat on campus.
12:31Who's coming to save you?
12:34Let her call.
12:35Twenty minutes.
12:36She still can't cover it.
12:38The dress comes off.
12:41Clock's ticking, princess.
12:43Can't pay up?
12:45Time to strip.
12:49Bianca turned toward the guys who'd been watching a little too, too eagerly.
12:54The girl hesitated.
12:56Looked at Dominic.
12:58Looked back at me.
13:03Then she held out her phone.
13:07I dialed the number I knew by heart but had never once called.
13:11Every second felt longer than the last.
13:13Less than ten minutes left.
13:15Bianca was done waiting.
13:17She stood up.
13:18I'm such an idiot.
13:20I actually believed you.
13:22Nobody's coming for you, girl.
13:25Hey!
13:25She turned to the cashier.
13:27Have your guys hold her down.
13:28Nobody's risking the Aschams over this girl.
13:30The guards moved in.
13:32Big.
13:33Mean.
13:34Done with waiting.
13:34I put my hand up.
13:36Wait.
13:37There's still time.
13:38Someone's coming.
13:39Bianca laughed.
13:41Still?
13:42Okay, bet.
13:43Someone walks through that door in time?
13:46I'll eat everything on this table.
13:49And I'll step down from Pi Bita.
13:51The president's seat is yours.
13:53You sure?
13:54I looked at her.
13:55Everyone in this room is a witness.
13:57Absolutely.
13:58She didn't even blink.
14:00Something lit up dappens me.
14:02She had absolutely no idea what she'd just walked in.
14:04With a few minutes left on the clock, one of the Fi Keeper guys, big, sloppy, clearly had too much
14:11to drink, reached over and grabbed at my dress.
14:15I smacked his hand away.
14:17Yo, Dominic.
14:18Your fiancé's got a temper.
14:20Dominic smiled and swirled his wine, completely unbothered.
14:25She can't fair game.
14:26She can't fair game.
14:26Have at it.
14:26I stared at him.
14:28Something inside me went completely cold.
14:31This was my fiancé.
14:33Watching other men put their hands on me.
14:35And he didn't even flinch.
14:37He caught my eyes and shrugged.
14:39Don't look at me like that.
14:40I'm not helping you.
14:41I just want Bianca happy.
14:43That was all they needed to hear.
14:45They grabbed me, arms, shoulders, and started pulling at my dress.
14:49I fought back hard.
14:51Every scream just hyped them up more.
14:53I looked at every single face.
14:56Every one of you who touched me, I remember faces.
15:00Not one of you.
15:01Bianca didn't even look up.
15:03Phone out, already recording, waiting to put this all over the internet.
15:07Time's up.
15:07Take it.
15:09Bang.
15:10The heavy oak doors were practically kicked off their hinges.
15:13Every head snapped toward the entrance.
15:15And the second they saw him, the whole room locked up.
15:18Wait.
15:19Is that Nathan Thorne?
15:20Why the hell is the board sheriff here?
15:22Dominic and Bianca shot to their feet, completely thrown.
15:25Bianca actually rubbed her eyes, like she couldn't trust what she was seeing.
15:29Nathan Thorne walked in, wearing a navy blazer, tie slightly crooked, like he'd dressed on the way here.
15:35President Wiltmore was behind him.
15:38Mr. Thorne, President Wiltmore, what are you doing here?
15:41Nathan didn't look at him.
15:43Didn't look at Bianca.
15:44He walked straight to me.
15:46I apologize for the delay, Miss St. Clair.
15:50Mr. Sterling is on his way.
15:52He asked me to come ahead and handle things.
15:54He took one look at my torn dress.
15:57The dirt on my hands.
15:58The cut on my arm.
16:00He swallowed it.
16:01Then he turned around slowly.
16:03The whole room felt it.
16:04He kept his voice level when he spoke to the President.
16:06Shut this down.
16:07Tonight.
16:07And I want a full explanation.
16:09One I'm actually satisfied with.
16:10Otherwise, the board will be reassessing its investment in West College Effect immediately.
16:14The President went white.
16:16Speechless.
16:17Oak Hall, which 30 seconds ago had been loud enough to rattle the windows, went dead.
16:22The whole room.
16:24Locked up.
16:25Nobody even knew what they were looking at.
16:28They all knew the name, name Nathan Thorne.
16:31The Ashfords were East Coast royalty, sure.
16:33But the network behind Nathan Thorne?
16:36It could swallow 10 Ashford families' hold.
16:41People had always wondered how the Ashfords pulled it off.
16:44How a fading old money family suddenly rocketed to the top of the East Coast in just a few years.
16:49They never knew new.
16:50The answer was me.
16:53When I take over as the Ashford heir and rebuild this family, I'm putting a ring on it.
17:00That's a promise.
17:02I was so gone for him, I asked my dad to quietly back the Ashfords.
17:06New contracts.
17:07Big ones.
17:08Every door they needed opened.
17:10And just like that, they climbed.
17:13I'd been about to tell him everything.
17:15Then tonight happened.
17:16Nobody whispered.
17:17Nobody moved.
17:19Just blank stares.
17:21Then it hit Bianca.
17:22She flinched.
17:24Like something just clicked.
17:26Went white.
17:27Lips shaking.
17:28She actually...
17:29She actually called someone?
17:31My bet!
17:32No.
17:32No way.
17:33How is the board chair even friends with her?
17:35That's not possible.
17:36Nobody answered.
17:37Nobody breathed.
17:38The guys who'd been grabbing at my dress had already vanished into the crowd.
17:43Nathan looked straight at Bianca.
17:45Cold.
17:46The injuries on Miss St. Clair, you ordered that?
17:50Bianca's knees gave out.
17:52Dominic caught her.
17:53Hey, I got you.
17:55And just like that, Bianca straightened up, shoulders back.
17:59Right.
18:00The Ashherds run the East Coast.
18:02Even the board answers to them.
18:04Dominic looked at me.
18:06That smirk was back.
18:08I don't know what you and Nathan Thorne have going on, but let me be clear.
18:11At Westbrook, the Ashfords run things.
18:13With all due respect, Mr. Thorne, this is a private matter.
18:17Stay in your lane.
18:18At Westbrook, the Ashfords pull the strings.
18:21Nathan smiled.
18:22Cold.
18:23Practiced.
18:23The kind you can't fake.
18:24Bold words, Mr. Ashford.
18:26If it weren't for Miss St. Villet, your family would have been eaten alive a long time ago.
18:30Everything the Ashfords have today, she handed that to you.
18:32And you didn't even know it.
18:34Dominic scoffed.
18:34I was done.
18:36Done with the room.
18:37Done with his voice.
18:38Done with all of it.
18:40While Nathan was talking, I'd already called my dad.
18:43Told him everything.
18:44The Ashfords had no idea what was coming.
18:46Nathan walked to the cashier and handed over his card.
18:49Miss St. Clair's tab is on me.
18:51Miss St. Clair, no more dining dollars.
18:53Your account has been upgraded.
18:54Face ID access only from now on.
18:56No spending cap.
18:57Half the room actually stepped back.
19:00I took the tablet, confirmed my info, and looked up at Bianca.
19:05Bianca, that bet you made, you remember that, right?
19:08She grabbed his arm, forcing herself to look calm, but her voice gave her away.
19:12So what if I lost?
19:14You got the board chair to show up for you.
19:15You've been playing him this whole time.
19:18Who the hell did you screw to get the board chair to show up for you?
19:22His jaw tightened.
19:23I could see it in his face.
19:24This had gone further than he meant it to.
19:26He'd wanted to humiliate me, not lose control of the whole night.
19:28Elena, last chance.
19:30Apologize to Bianca.
19:31Do that, and tonight never happened.
19:33Don't, and I'm calling off the engagement.
19:35I smiled, colder than the room.
19:37You really think I still want to marry you?
19:38And while you're at it, call your father.
19:40Ask him how Ashford Group Stock is doing right now.
19:43His eyes sharpened.
19:44He pulled out his phone.
19:45Is she actually losing it?
19:47The Ashfords would never...
19:48The laugh died in her throat, because his screen lit up with an internal family alert.
19:53The air stopped moving.
19:54His fingers froze mid-air.
19:56He called his father.
19:57Dad, what's going on?
19:59Why are we dropping?
20:00You absolute idiot!
20:01You crossed the St. Clairs, didn't you?
20:04The St. Clair family.
20:05West Coast.
20:06Every fund they control is shorting us right now.
20:08All of it.
20:09If this doesn't stop, Ashford Group files for bankruptcy in three days.
20:13St. Clair.
20:15The name hit the Oak Hall like a grenade.
20:17The arrogant sneers vanished, replaced by sheer terror.
20:22The St. Clairs weren't just old money.
20:25They were the kind of name that made the Ashfords look new.
20:29Bianca's smile dissolved.
20:30The color drained from her lips.
20:33Dominic's hands started shaking around the phone.
20:36Dominic snapped his head up and looked at me.
20:38And for the first time all night, fear.
20:41You... you're actually...
20:44I smoothed out my dress.
20:47The one they'd grabbed at.
20:49Slowly.
20:51Nathan stepped forward.
20:53Composed.
20:54Respectful.
20:55Get the names of every student in this room who touched her or participated.
20:59The Student Conduct Committee will be calling their families first thing tomorrow morning.
21:05She wanted a public humiliation?
21:07Fine.
21:07I gave her one she'd never recover from.
21:10That's how old money plays it.
21:12Before Nathan even finished speaking, hurried footsteps echoed outside.
21:16Then the doors flew open again.
21:18Edward Ashford stumbled in.
21:20Shirt untucked.
21:21Tie loose.
21:22With several stone-faced family aides behind him.
21:24His eyes swept the room.
21:26The mess on the floor.
21:27The cut on my arm.
21:29One look at Dominic.
21:31And Edward looked like he could have killed him right there.
21:34Edward's shoulders slumped.
21:36The arrogant billionaire practically shrunk in front of me.
21:39His hands shaking slightly as he stepped forward.
21:41Miss St. Clair.
21:43My son is an embarrassment.
21:45The Ashford family owes you a formal apology.
21:47Please, let us make tonight right.
21:49The butler stepped forward and opened a velvet box.
21:52Pink diamond necklace.
21:53The Ashford family heirloam.
21:55Mr. Ashford.
21:56That's not necessary.
21:57Edward didn't even flinch.
21:59I glanced at it.
21:59I just want what you took from me tonight.
22:01My dignity.
22:02Edward's expression hardened.
22:04He looked at Bianca still crumpled on the floor, then back at his son.
22:07Like he couldn't believe what he'd raised.
22:09Dominic.
22:09I have never been more ashamed of you in my life.
22:12You turned on your own fiancé with outsiders.
22:14How am I supposed to trust you with this family after tonight?
22:16Edward swung.
22:18His knuckles connected with Dominic's jaw.
22:20Dominic hit the floor, tasting blood, but didn't dare make a sound.
22:24Effective today, you are no longer the Ashford heir.
22:28I'd sooner leave everything to a kid I've never met than hand it to you.
22:31He turned to Bianca.
22:34And the Harlow family, every West Coast partnership is done.
22:39See how long you last without us.
22:42Bianca dropped to the floor, grabbing at Dominic's pants leg, sobbing.
22:47Dominic, please.
22:48If my dad finds out about this, I'm dead.
22:52I am so dead.
22:54Dominic looked down at her.
22:55Something moved across his face.
22:57Complicated.
22:58Distant.
22:59With his entire inheritance on the line, whatever this was didn't matter anymore.
23:03Bianca.
23:04You ruined me.
23:07She completely fell apart.
23:09Edward turned back to me.
23:10He helped Dominic up, carefully, and pushed him toward me.
23:13Miss St. Clair, my son knows he was wrong.
23:15He let Bianca manipulate him.
23:17You're above this.
23:18Please, give him one more chance.
23:19Whatever it takes.
23:20Name it.
23:21He will spend the rest of his miserable life making this up to you.
23:24Dominic looked up at me.
23:25His eyes were full, like he was one word away from breaking.
23:28Elena, I'm sorry.
23:29I was wrong.
23:30I was so wrong.
23:31I never should have doubted you.
23:32Never should have let her lay a hand on you.
23:33Just forgive me.
23:34Please, we'll get married.
23:35I'll make this right, I swear.
23:36He reached for my hand.
23:37I turned away before he could.
23:39I looked at his face.
23:40No hate.
23:40No tears.
23:41Just quiet.
23:42The kind that comes after something dies.
23:44You know what actually destroyed me?
23:45When I spoke, the whole room heard every word.
23:48Not the slap.
23:48Not any of it.
23:49It was when they had me pinned down and you looked me dead in the eyes and said,
23:52I just want Bianca happy.
23:53I meant less to you than her ego.
23:56Love runs out.
23:57You burned through all of mine tonight.
23:59I took one step back.
24:00Nathan was already beside me.
24:02I turned, unhurring.
24:03I'm not interested in the Ashford future anymore.
24:06And us?
24:07We're done.
24:08Bianca stood in the middle of the room like someone had cut her strings.
24:11Then, the doors opened again.
24:15The air changed.
24:17He walked in wearing a dark green varsity jacket with the St. Paul's crest stitched over
24:22the chest.
24:23Half a head taller than Dominic.
24:26Broader.
24:27Jawline like something out of a Renaissance painting.
24:30He didn't look at Dominic.
24:31He walked straight to me, glanced down at my wrist, and frowned.
24:37You're bleeding.
24:39He pulled a perfectly folded white handkerchief from his pocket and pressed it gently against
24:45my wrist.
24:48Then, only then, he turned and seemed to notice Dominic for the first time.
24:54Ah, you must be Ashford.
24:56He extended his hand, but not to shake.
24:59He just casually straightened his cufflinks.
25:02Sebastian Sterling.
25:03Elena and I grew up together.
25:05She transferred here.
25:07The corner of his mouth lifted.
25:09To get away from me.
25:10Like it was an inside joke.
25:13Looks like she trusted the wrong family.
25:16Dominic's lips were trembling.
25:18Sterling?
25:18You're a Sterling?
25:20He finally looked at Dominic directly.
25:22No.
25:23I'm the one who's going to pull every Sterling capital asset from your father's next board
25:28vote.
25:28He turned, and his arm settled around my waist like it belonged there.
25:33Let's go, Elena.
25:34Your father's plane is waiting.
25:36At the door, he stopped.
25:37Didn't turn around.
25:39One more thing, Ashford.
25:42Ashford, that plaque by the entrance, Ashford Family Banquet Hall, you should take it down
25:46yourself.
25:48The crew we send to remove it will charge you for the trouble.
25:53He followed me out.
25:55I could hear him.
25:56The uneven footsteps, the way he was half running, half stumbling.
26:00Elena!
26:00I stopped.
26:01Didn't turn around.
26:02Elena, I had no idea.
26:04I swear, I had no idea you were a St. Clair.
26:07If I'd known from the start...
26:09Then what?
26:10Looked him dead in the eyes.
26:11You would have treated me better?
26:13He opened his mouth.
26:15Nothing came out.
26:16Or, if I were still just the scholarship girl, would all of that have been okay?
26:21Freezing my meal plan?
26:23Letting Bianca slap me?
26:25Letting those guys tear my clothes off?
26:28No.
26:28That's not what I meant.
26:29Then what did you mean, Dominic?
26:31Silence.
26:32Sebastian stood behind me.
26:34No rush.
26:34Just waiting.
26:35Arms crossed.
26:36Like he had all night.
26:38Dominic, listen to me.
26:40I built the Ashford's up.
26:42I can tear them down just as fast.
26:44We're done.
26:45As of right now.
26:47I turned and took Sebastian's arm.
26:49Tell him no, it's...
26:53Let's go.
26:54Behind me, Dominic's voice came out horsey.
26:56Broken.
26:57Broken, like he was already crying.
26:59Elena, if none of this had happened, if I hadn't let Bianca, would you have ever brought
27:04me home?
27:05Introduced me to your family?
27:07I didn't answer.
27:09There was nothing left to say.
27:12Some questions don't deserve one.
27:19The Oak Hall doors closed behind us.
27:21The hallway was quiet.
27:22Just our footnaps.
27:26Your taste in men is awful.
27:29Shut up.
27:30I'm being serious.
27:32What did you even see in that guy?
27:34Sebastian.
27:35Yeah?
27:36Thanks for coming.
27:37He didn't say anything for a second.
27:39Then he reached over and messed up my hair.
27:42Stop running from me.
27:43There are plenty of good schools back home, you know?
27:46I didn't say anything.
27:47But I smiled.
27:49First time all night.
27:51Come on.
27:52Let's go home.
27:53Amen.
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