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From Copilot To Captain
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00:03I spent five years as Noah's co-pilot, and five more as his secret lover that couldn't be acknowledged.
00:11On our anniversary, his ex sent me a text.
00:21Guess which position we just unlocked.
00:24The photo showed the exact move Noah had me try in bed last week.
00:30That moment, I understood every trick he knew, she'd taught him.
00:36I took a picture of the captain transfer papers I'd hidden for three months, and replied,
00:41Congrats!
00:43But while you are busy unlocking new positions, I am charting a flight path he'll never catch.
00:52Then I signed my name bound for Seattle, Captain of GFO 28.
00:57Five years of playing second fiddle ends here.
01:00From now on, I fly east.
01:03He flies west.
01:04Thirty thousand feet up, our paths will never cross.
01:09I am my own captain now.
01:16Skylar.
01:21An elite pilot.
01:23Like you should have been leading your own crew three years ago.
01:28Think it over these next few days.
01:30Do you want to keep being Noah's supporting act?
01:34Or seize the chance to become our first female captain?
01:41I'll give it serious thought.
01:45Five years.
01:46A full five years.
01:51Everyone at the company thought Noah and I were just the golden duo in the cockpit.
01:56Little did they know, we were just as compatible in bed.
02:04After graduating from flight school and joining the company, meeting Noah, we'd set one partnership record after another.
02:13Back then, Noah pursued me relentlessly.
02:18For my birthday, he spent three months designing a flight route that traced my name on the GPS map.
02:29Under Noah's constant devotion, I fell.
02:36To protect his career, the company prohibited relationships between captains and co-pilots.
02:48I agreed to keep things secret.
02:53By day, we piloted seven hundred and eighty-sevens together.
02:59Flying from New York to LA, crossing the entire American continent.
03:04By night, we shared a bed.
03:07His kisses ranging from passionate to tender.
03:12Introducing me to eighty-one different positions.
03:17Two people so perfectly matched, mentally and physically yet.
03:22Looking back now, all I taste is bitterness.
03:32Still up?
03:34Too many night flights.
03:37My sleep schedule's a mess.
03:41Got you a gift, on this last flight.
03:45Inside the box, a Cartier diamond bracelet lay on satin.
03:49Blindingly bright.
03:51Three months ago, I'd mentioned it casually on a plane.
03:55He remembered.
03:58I should have been moved, if I hadn't seen the same bracelet on Bella's Instagram two days ago.
04:06Captain Hunt has excellent taste.
04:09This Cartier bracelet symbolizes eternity.
04:13Did you and Noah get back together?
04:15This bracelet is so perfect on you!
04:17Well, don't read too much into it.
04:22Five years together, and only then did I learn that Bella was Noah's ex-girlfriend.
04:37No wonder, at every team gathering, he always drove Bella home.
04:42While I, to hide our relationship, had to take cabs alone.
04:49What is wrong?
04:50What is wrong?
04:52Don't like it.
04:53I waited in line six hours to get it.
04:56Didn't you say you really wanted it on the plane?
05:00Don't really want it anymore.
05:06Just like, I don't really want this man I've loved for five years anymore.
05:10If it doesn't suit you, I'll get you something else next time.
05:15Next time, he'll buy me something else.
05:18Will Bella also get one first?
05:20Or will he buy two identical items?
05:25Pulling myself back to the present,
05:27my gaze fell on the application form the jewelry box was crushing.
05:32And I smiled bitterly.
05:34I deliberately placed this document in the most visible spot.
05:38Yet, Noah had completely ignored it.
05:42This unequal relationship, maybe it had been my one-woman show from the start.
05:50Robert, I accept the transfer.
05:54I am applying for the GF-028 route.
05:58GF-028 and Noah's 787 go completely opposite directions.
06:03One east, one west.
06:08Choose this route, and your flight paths will never intersect.
06:13You sure?
06:16I am sure.
06:28Writing something?곧
06:33Flight dispatch
06:34for next time.
06:39If you are too tired, consider stopping flights. My salary is enough for us to live well anyway.
06:45Five years, and this man had never truly understood me.
06:49He knew I'd given up three promotion opportunities for him.
06:53He knew flying was my everything.
06:55Yet, he still said things like that.
06:59We'll see.
07:01It is fine.
07:02Just 14 more days, and I can leave Global United Airlines.
07:07Leave this man, who has never taken my dreams seriously.
07:12Back in the bedroom, I'd barely laid down when Noah's arm wrapped around me from behind.
07:18His palms sliding knowingly into my silk nightgown.
07:22My images flashed through my mind.
07:25Bella's Instagram photo showing her red painted nails resting on Noah's wrist.
07:31Don't touch me!
07:35What is wrong?
07:38Not feeling well.
07:45Does this help?
07:48In the darkness, his tenderness felt so real, but so did the betrayal.
07:53If he really cared about me, why would he still be entangled with his ex-girlfriend?
07:58In the early morning, his phone on the nightstand lit up.
08:03I instinctively glanced over.
08:05It was a message from Bella.
08:06Remember number three on your 18-year-old wish list?
08:10Rowboat in Central Park.
08:12I am waiting for you at the dock.
08:14My heart sank to the bottom.
08:16Last Saturday, Noah had just promised to take me to Central Park.
08:20I'd even booked a double rowboat.
08:22Turns out, not only did the ex get priority on gifts,
08:26even our date plans were hers to experience first.
08:31Something urgent with the crew?
08:33I need to go.
08:34I want to go to Central Park.
08:36Now.
08:38Next week.
08:39I am too busy this week.
08:41Next week, I'll take you.
08:45So I am just supposed to keep waiting.
08:47One text from his ex.
08:49And she is more important than all our plans.
08:52I turned back to the living room,
08:54looking at the entire wall of photos,
08:57feeling that familiar tightness in my chest again.
09:02A hundred photos, symbolizing our love lasting a hundred years.
09:08A hundred years.
09:10The promise had a much shorter shelf life than I'd imagined.
09:17Some people never forget your 18-year-old dreams.
09:20Number Central Park, number Sunrise, promise it kept.
09:24Noah, slower.
09:27It hurts.
09:29So after the rowboat, there was an after party.
09:33Skylar.
09:35Where are all the photos?
09:37Fell down.
09:38Put them away.
09:40When I have time, we'll hang them together.
09:44Sadly.
09:46Photos can be re-hung.
09:48But feelings can't.
09:59The next morning.
10:01I placed the signed promotion form on Robert's assistant's desk.
10:04Just as I was about to leave, the hallway intercom crackled.
10:09All crew members, please report immediately to conference hall.
10:13One.
10:14The new purser arrives today.
10:17The Boeing 787 was getting a new purser.
10:21So sudden.
10:26We're pleased to introduce our Boeing 787's new purser, Bella Jones.
10:35Fate works in mysterious ways.
10:38Five years ago, when Noah first became captain, I was his purser.
10:44After all this time, we get to fly together again.
10:48It must be destiny.
10:51Wow!
10:52They're totally meant for each other!
10:54Five years ago, they were just like this.
10:56Their chemistry stung my eyes.
10:58I quietly turned.
11:00And pushed through the heavy conference hall doors.
11:05That evening's welcome dinner was at an upscale restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
11:11I hadn't wanted to go.
11:13But several crew members dragged me along.
11:17Come on, Skylar.
11:19Everyone knows you've always liked Noah.
11:21But for the company's sake, at least make an appearance.
11:28I sat in a corner, watching Bella circulate like a hostess.
11:32She'd lean in to whisper to Noah, fingers lightly touching his shoulder.
11:37The scene was especially painful to watch.
11:40In public before, Noah never let me get that close.
11:44Now I understood those rules only applied to people he didn't love.
11:49I heard they were madly in love back then.
11:51When Bella was going to work in Dubai, Noah even wrote a resignation letter.
11:56If the flight director hadn't stopped him.
12:00And, you know, the most romantic part.
12:03When Noah wanted to propose, he specially requested a new route.
12:09And confessed over the radio while crossing the Arctic Circle.
12:14Those flying memories I thought were uniquely ours.
12:17Turns out they were all reruns of someone else's story.
12:20The whole company knew about their romance.
12:24But no one knew about Noah and me these past five years.
12:28You must be Skylar.
12:31I am Bella.
12:32Consider me your senior.
12:35This double-edged comment was laughable.
12:38This woman who'd been provoking me with messages
12:41was now playing the first meeting card.
12:54Bella's smile froze for a moment,
12:56quickly recovering as she turned toward Noah.
12:59He was listening to her.
13:01His lips curved in that gentle arc I hadn't seen in weeks.
13:05Not once did he look in my direction.
13:08I couldn't take anymore and found an excuse to leave.
13:13Noah, your co-pilot doesn't seem to like me much.
13:17She left without even eating.
13:19Don't mind her.
13:20She's been pining after Noah for five years.
13:23Playing second fiddle the whole time.
13:26Now that you are back, naturally she is uncomfortable.
13:29Don't say things like that.
13:32We'll all be colleagues going forward.
13:35So in everyone's eyes,
13:36I was just a pathetic woman
13:38who couldn't get what she wanted.
13:41Fine.
13:42In eleven more days,
13:43this pathetic woman would vanish from their sight forever.
13:47After all,
13:48no one ever knew I was Noah's actual girlfriend.
13:54Skylar, you shouldn't have left like that.
13:57Bella is a new colleague, after all.
14:00You made things very awkward for her.
14:03You care so much about her embarrassment.
14:06Is it because she is a new colleague?
14:09Or because she is your ex-girlfriend?
14:21Skylar, you have to trust me.
14:23That is all ancient history.
14:27These five years,
14:28you've been the only one by my side.
14:31His eyes held a panic I'd never seen before,
14:34making me momentarily dazed.
14:37Maybe he does care about me.
14:39But just then,
14:41Bella's voice came from behind.
14:44Noah!
14:46The arm around me suddenly released,
14:48and he jerked back like he'd been shocked.
14:51That movement was so fast like pure instinct,
14:54drawing an invisible boundary between us.
14:56In that moment,
14:58I finally understood the current girlfriend of five years
15:00couldn't compete with a returning ex.
15:03Go on.
15:04Don't keep her waiting.
15:06I thought I'd been mentally prepared.
15:08But when betrayal was laid out so nakedly,
15:12the heart still hurts.
15:15I curled up on the living room sofa,
15:18phone screen glowing on my face.
15:20My finger unconsciously clicked on Bella's Instagram.
15:24Her latest post was from 10 minutes ago.
15:26Caption,
15:27Maximum Boyfriend Power,
15:28who says captains only fly planes.
15:30Number best support.
15:32Look that photo.
15:33I suddenly remembered last summer,
15:35the noisy Coney Island amusement park.
15:40Noah!
15:41I want to try it too!
15:46Don't do that, Skylar.
15:48It is not appropriate.
15:50Turns out it wasn't inappropriate.
15:53Just the wrong person.
15:55Don't cry, Skylar.
15:59Crying over unworthy people
16:01was letting myself down.
16:06Packing this late?
16:08Long flight next week.
16:11Getting things organized in advance.
16:14He's showing no suspicion.
16:17He even came over,
16:19bent down to check my suitcase lock,
16:21then click personally locked it for me.
16:28All right, get some sleep.
16:30I looked at that suitcase he'd personally locked.
16:33My throat, suddenly tight.
16:36He'd never know this case didn't hold flight equipment.
16:39But my determination to leave.
16:52Today was my last flight as Noah's co-pilot,
16:55and Bella's maiden voyage as the 787's purser.
17:02How pathetic together with Noah five years.
17:07And he can't even publicly acknowledge you.
17:11Seems in his heart
17:12he'll always be someone
17:14who can't see daylight.
17:17And know what?
17:19Noah told me that morning in Central Park.
17:24He said he missed our flying days together most.
17:30Thanks for your hard work
17:31these five years.
17:34Playing his assistant by day,
17:36his bed partner by night.
17:39But you must have noticed.
17:41His favorite positions were all ones.
17:44I taught him.
17:46If you want to say these things,
17:48you should tell Noah.
17:53Or can you only show off
17:55in front of me?
17:58Skylar,
17:59clinging to a man who doesn't love you.
18:02Don't you find it humiliating?
18:06Noah only has me in his heart.
18:09He is just killing time with you.
18:11The gifts he gave you
18:13were just styles I didn't want.
18:16Even the man himself,
18:18I used him first.
18:21You know what?
18:23Only he and I
18:25are the most compatible,
18:26body and soul.
18:30Look at Bella,
18:31I suddenly finding this scene ridiculous.
18:35She expected to see me break down.
18:38But ever since I'd discovered
18:39those flirty texts on Noah's phone,
18:42my heart had withered
18:43like a dying flower.
18:45No amount of provocation
18:47could make it bloom again.
18:49Since you are so perfect together,
18:53I wish you both
18:55a happy reunion.
19:02From today on,
19:04my life would be like
19:05the sunshine,
19:06bright and warm.
19:12Flaps,
19:13five degrees.
19:18Flaps,
19:19five check.
19:21Takeoff thrust,
19:22set.
19:23Thrust,
19:24set check.
19:25We coordinated as seamlessly
19:27as the past five years.
19:29But every command today
19:31carried farewell.
19:33This was the last time
19:35I'd sit on his right.
19:37From now on,
19:38I'd be the one
19:39holding the control column.
19:41Bringing every aircraft
19:43safely through takeoff
19:44and landing.
19:54At 35,000 feet,
19:56Noah engaged autopilot.
19:59We walked out of the cockpit
20:00one after another
20:01to patrol the cabin.
20:03Noah!
20:05Just then,
20:06the plane suddenly hit
20:07severe turbulence.
20:09An overhead bin door
20:11popped open
20:11and a heavy suitcase
20:13fell straight down.
20:14Time stretched infinitely
20:16in that moment.
20:18I saw Noah
20:19instinctively pull Bella
20:20into his arms
20:21while that case
20:23struck solidly
20:24on my right shoulder.
20:25Captain Schuyler!
20:31First,
20:32go calm the passengers.
20:35Tell them
20:36this is just
20:37normal turbulence.
20:39Okay!
20:43Whose responsibility
20:45was this?
20:51sorry.
20:52I just took something out
20:53and might not have
20:54closed it properly.
20:56Can't handle
20:57even this basic operation!
20:59What if it had
21:01hit a passenger?
21:02Skylar,
21:04it was an accident.
21:06Don't be so harsh.
21:09At 35,000 feet,
21:12there is no such thing
21:14as accident
21:15that what you said.
21:17I am disappointed,
21:19really!
21:25About what just happened,
21:28I am very sorry.
21:31But Bella was closer to me,
21:33I instinctively...
21:35It is fine.
21:36This is my last time
21:37flying the 787
21:39with you anyway.
21:40You are angry
21:41about what just happened?
21:45No.
21:47Bella's been away
21:48from this position
21:49five years.
21:50She needs time
21:51to readjust.
21:53You shouldn't
21:53be too hard on her.
21:55Those words
21:56were like the final boulder
21:58crushing the last hope
21:59in my heart.
22:01The one who made
22:01the mistake
22:02got tender protection
22:03while the injured one
22:04was accused
22:05of being too harsh.
22:06The aching right shoulder
22:08felt like a prominent period,
22:11marking the end point
22:12of these five years.
22:14Sure enough,
22:16some routes
22:16are destined
22:18to be flown alone.
22:29After seven hours
22:30of flight,
22:32the plane landed smoothly
22:33at Anchorage Airport.
22:36After resting overnight
22:37at the airport hotel,
22:39Noah took me
22:40to see the northern lights
22:41as promised,
22:43except seeing
22:44the ever-present Bella
22:45plus other crew members
22:49extinguished
22:50any anticipation
22:51in my heart.
22:53After Noah's
22:54relentless pestering,
22:56I finally agreed.
22:58When we reached
22:59the observation cabin,
23:01the Aurora
23:02happened to unfold
23:03its magnificent display
23:05across the night sky.
23:07Noah, remember?
23:11The first time we saw
23:12the Aurora,
23:13we had that big fight.
23:15You swore
23:16you'd bring me back.
23:20Thank you for always
23:22remembering that promise.
23:26I never forget
23:27promises I make
23:28to you.
23:31In that moment,
23:32it felt like an icy blade
23:34pierced my heart.
23:37So the person
23:38Noah always wanted
23:40to share the Aurora
23:41with Wes Bella
23:42all along.
23:43And I was just
23:45a bystander
23:45he'd brought along.
23:49The final flights
23:51are complete.
23:52Awaiting instructions, sir.
23:54From today,
23:56you are no longer
23:57the 787's
23:58co-pilot,
23:59but captain
24:00of the GFO
24:0128 route.
24:03Congratulations,
24:05Skylar.
24:06You're not only
24:07Aurora Airlines'
24:08youngest female captain,
24:10but also
24:11the pioneer
24:12of this new route.
24:18Skylar!
24:19Why isn't your name
24:20on tomorrow's
24:20flight schedule?
24:25Been too tired lately.
24:28Requested a few days off.
24:30That is good.
24:32We promise to fly together
24:34until retirement.
24:36Skylar,
24:36don't lie to me.
24:44When I return,
24:45it'll be New Year's.
24:48Let's go to Tokyo
24:49for the countdown.
24:53Don't want to.
24:55Then Reykjavik.
24:57Just the two of us.
24:59No.
25:02These five years
25:03to hide our relationship.
25:07He always took me
25:08to distant cities
25:09to celebrate.
25:12But this time,
25:13I only wanted to quietly wait
25:15for the day I'd leave
25:16for Seattle.
25:18Come on,
25:19spill it.
25:20Any hidden dream destination?
25:21New Year's Eve.
25:23Come with me
25:24to Rockefeller Center.
25:26Why New York?
25:28We could go somewhere
25:29more special.
25:30Just some photos.
25:32You just play photographer.
25:35As you wish.
25:37After the company party,
25:39I'll definitely announce
25:40our relationship
25:41to everyone.
25:43Just give me
25:44a little more time.
25:46Go shower.
25:48It is late.
25:52Okay.
25:54Five years,
25:55he always made me wait.
25:58But this time,
25:59I wouldn't wait anymore.
26:11The 31st of December.
26:15My last day countdown
26:16to leaving.
26:17I stood under
26:19the appointed starlights,
26:22waiting from afternoon
26:24until dusk
26:25from twilight deepening
26:26into night.
26:27But Noah never appeared.
26:32You!
26:34Skylar!
26:35Bella's having acute
26:36gastroenteritis!
26:38I am at the hospital
26:39with her!
26:40I am at the hospital
26:45going to turn
26:46I'll come find you later.
26:58I'll come find you later.
26:59Welcome the new year
27:00in my rightful place number
27:01Captains' Exclusive
27:03number position
27:0382.
27:04too. Noah, they say liars must swallow a thousand needles. How many times have you lied to me?
27:15So what if Noah wasn't here to take my picture? From now on, I'd be my own photographer.
27:23At 10 p.m., Noah finally called. Skylar, I'll be later. Find a cafe to sit and wait for me.
27:32Don't get cold. How much longer must I wait? I'll try to make it before midnight. Definitely
27:44spend New Year's with you. Take your photos. I'll wait until midnight. I plan to say goodbye
27:55to him at midnight. Our last meeting. Hope he won't stand me up.
28:0411 o'clock, 1130, 1159.
28:10Five, four, three, two.
28:14Happy New Year!
28:19Noah never appeared.
28:21Welcoming New Year's with position 83. Times Square sky full of neon lighting up our 20s and 30s.
28:33Noah, I am leaving.
28:35Wishing you and Bella continued success, unlocking all 108 positions.
28:55Welcome, Captain Skylar! Happy New Year!
29:00Happy New Year!
29:02Looking forward to flying with you all!
29:05From now on, I was this plane's captain.
29:10Kennedy Tower, Aurora Airlines, GF-028 ready. Requesting maiden flight clearance.
29:16Tower copy. GF-28 cleared for takeoff. Safe skies, Captain Evans.
29:22Goodbye, Kennedy Tower!
29:29From now on, my life would follow GF-028's route, never intersecting with Noah's.
29:37I am leaving.
29:41GF-028's for my first time.
29:49Damn it!
29:50I've promised to meet Skylar before midnight for New Year's, but I'd ultimately broken my word.
30:01What shocked him even more was that every post Bella had been sharing was set to
30:06hide from Noah Hunter. Only now did he know. Bella had been harassing me behind his back all along.
30:18What are these?
30:21What is it? Noah, I've regretted these five years apart. I posted these only because
30:28I didn't want anyone between us. Let's get back together.
30:33We ended long ago. From the day you left for that Dubai promotion, without looking back.
30:40Now, I love Skylar.
30:44You are lying. If you don't love me, why do you come every time I call?
30:50Why would you rather stay with me than keep your new year's date?
30:55I care for you. Out of collegiality. More as captain's responsibility.
31:02I don't believe it.
31:05Enough. Five years have passed. Everything's turned the page.
31:13I have a girlfriend. Now. For you. Only professional courtesy remains.
31:19No. It is not like that. Noah. Don't go. No. No. No. No. No.
31:30Skylar. I bought you cherries.
31:34Skylar?
31:40No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
31:42No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
31:42No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
31:43No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
31:54No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
32:00No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No
32:03The number you have dialed is...
32:16Skylar, where did you even go?
32:36Robert, where exactly did Skylar go?
32:39She got promoted to Captain and transferred to Aurora Airlines.
32:44Why are you looking for her?
32:47Transfer?
32:49When? Why didn't she tell me?
32:53Before, even minor things like flight delays, Skylar would share with me first.
32:59Now such a major transfer, and I knew nothing.
33:04This is Skylar's career choice.
33:07Why should she tell you?
33:09Skylar was your co-pilot for five years.
33:13Otherwise, with her abilities, she could have been Captain three years ago.
33:19Skylar could have been promoted to Captain three years ago.
33:24She'd stayed in the co-pilot position to fly with me?
33:27Can I help you?
33:32Please tell me where she is.
33:34I need to find her.
33:38What will you do finding her?
33:40She has her new route. You have your flights to handle.
33:49She is my girlfriend. I need to bring her back.
33:54You've been together all along?
33:57Never went public?
33:58Yes. Five years.
34:04Five years.
34:06You both hit it quite well.
34:09Look this.
34:13Seattle?
34:17I need a few days leave.
34:19I'm going to find her immediately.
34:31I'm going to find her immediately.
34:33Skylar, having lived with you for five years, only now did I discover you had long since taken root in
34:39my heart.
34:41If I had gone public earlier, you might never have left me.
34:49Five years.
34:53Skylar Evans, my love.
34:55Five years. Skylar and Noah have been together five years.
35:00Didn't Noah always like Bella? Why the sudden announcement?
35:03Quick. Them and ask.
35:05What is going on?
35:07When did Skylar leave the group?
35:09Who wouldn't leave?
35:11Skylar was the underground girlfriend for five years.
35:14The moment Bella came back, Noah changed his attitude, drawing clear lines in front of everyone.
35:20I'd leave too. Who could take that?
35:24I never meant to distance myself.
35:28Just wanted to wait a bit longer.
35:30I was wrong.
35:32Terribly, terribly wrong, Skylar.
35:45While Noah handled handover matters in New York, I'd already piloted GFO 28,
35:52smoothly landing on Seattle-Tacoma Airport's runway.
35:59Aurora Airlines GFO 28 calling Seattle Tower.
36:05Go ahead.
36:09GFO 28 requesting taxi instructions.
36:13Surface wind 230 degrees at 5 knots.
36:17Use taxiway 01 left to gate 3.
36:19H, GFO 28. Welcome to Seattle.
36:24Seattle Tower.
36:25Thank you, Seattle Tower.
36:28Welcome to Seattle Tower's greeting was quite enthusiastic today, Captain Evans.
36:36Crew members prepare to welcome banquet at pilot's home.
36:39Hoping you'll lead us in opening this new route.
36:42Okay.
36:47Liam.
36:49Let me reintroduce myself.
36:52Liam Carter, your Seattle air traffic controller.
36:56No wonder on the plane, I'd found the tower voice both pleasant and familiar.
37:04So it really was Liam.
37:05He'd been my senior at flight school two years ahead.
37:08A campus celebrity even then.
37:12I'd always thought he'd become an outstanding captain.
37:15Never imagined he'd chosen air traffic control.
37:21Liam, hello.
37:26Sorry, I just didn't expect to run into you here.
37:33We few are really fated.
37:35Same flight school graduates now in the same crew.
37:38Back then, I secretly shipped you two as a couple.
37:41Shame.
37:41It ended badly.
37:44What do you mean, ended badly?
37:47Our captain Skyler later fell for her instructor.
37:51Too bad.
37:52That guy wasn't very reliable.
37:54Those words were like a fine needle.
37:57Piercing my heart.
37:59Those memories of Noah rushed in the initial flutter.
38:02Five years of devotion.
38:05Final betrayal.
38:07Enough.
38:08This was enough.
38:11Back then, Liam always.
38:15Ryan, try this.
38:21Seven years ago, we'd made a bet the loser had to grant the winner a request.
38:27Confident I'd win, I'd agreed to his condition of knitting a scarf.
38:32Result, I lost completely, forced to grit my teeth and knit this scarf with crooked stitches.
38:37I'd never imagined that years later, he'd still kept it.
38:43This scarf.
38:46Yeah, it is the one you gave me.
38:51That was so long ago.
38:54Not long for me.
38:56Especially since it was something you gave me.
38:59His tone was calm yet, like a pebble dropped into my heart's lake.
39:15Just as I stepped off the plane, I heard that familiar voice behind me.
39:21Skylar!
39:30What are you doing here?
39:33I came to bring you home.
39:35Home?
39:37In what capacity?
39:39Your secret lover you hid for five years?
39:42Or the third wheel between you and Bella?
39:46I'd already seen his social media posts, but only found them laughable.
39:52He'd demanded the underground relationship.
39:56Now he was performing deep affection.
39:59Look.
40:01Every day, I am posting to tell everyone you are my girlfriend.
40:06Enough!
40:07What is the point now?
40:09We ended long ago.
40:13No.
40:13We can't end.
40:15Bella and I really have nothing.
40:17Those were all misunderstandings.
40:20None of that matters anymore.
40:25We're not compatible.
40:27I don't want to see snow and remember standing alone in Times Square.
40:31Until dawn on New Year's Eve.
40:34Noah, go back.
40:38That night, I was because...
40:43Because you left her alone in Sub-Zero streets to spend New Year's Eve with another woman, right?
40:50Liam?
40:52What are you doing here?
40:56Coming to back her up.
40:58This isn't your business!
41:00Let her go!
41:02I warned you back at flight school.
41:05If you truly cared for her, cherish her properly.
41:08What did you do?
41:10This is between Skylar and me!
41:15Now it is my business.
41:21Skylar, give me a chance to pursue you, okay?
41:38No.
41:38Don't joke around.
41:40Do you want to keep being harassed by him?
41:43He was doing this to help me completely break free from Noah.
41:46Samona as outstanding as him.
41:49How could he possibly actually be interested in me?
41:54Go back.
41:56I am with Liam now.
41:57We ended long ago.
42:00We never officially broke up!
42:03How can you-
42:03Didn't you also immediately go find Bella?
42:06After she came back?
42:07Ah!
42:11I...
42:13Let's go.
42:22Is this...
42:24Bella's USB drive?
42:28Oh my god!
42:30Bella had been leaking the company's trade secrets...
42:34To competitors!
42:34Even more shocking, a folder named Plan contained detailed records of how she'd meticulously orchestrated every chance encounter.
42:43And those seemingly intimate photos were actually staged while he was drunk, under her manipulation.
42:49Those ambiguous private messages were all her carefully scripted lines.
42:53What angered him most, she'd even contacted several tabloid media outlets, preparing to expose Global Airlines Captain Two Timing News,
43:02attempting to completely destroy his career and love life.
43:09Bella!
43:17Didn't expect you to initiate meeting me.
43:23Uh...
43:23What is this?
43:29What is the point forging these?
43:31Need me to hand these to the company's security department?
43:34For authenticity verification...
43:40Or...
43:41Directly...
43:42To the police.
43:51Let me explain!
43:53Explain what?
43:55Explain how you calculatedly destroyed...
43:57My relationship with Skylar!
44:00Explain how you used my trust...
44:02To steal company secrets!
44:05It is all because of her!
44:07I loved you so much!
44:09Came back from Dubai for you!
44:12But you only had eyes for her!
44:15So, you retaliated this way!
44:19Do you know this could ruin so many people's careers?
44:23I don't care!
44:25What I can't have, no one else should!
44:28We're finished!
44:30We're finished!
44:30You'll pay for your actions!
44:35The next day, Noah brought all evidence to the company's security department.
44:41Simultaneously, the company's lawyer sent termination letters to Bella's residence.
44:46A week later, police officially arrested Bella on charges of commercial fraud and defamation.
44:52The news quickly spread through aviation circles.
44:56Noah cooperated with police as key witness to complete the investigation.
45:01Walking from the station, he happened to see an Aurora Airlines aircraft streak across the blue sky.
45:08GFO 28.
45:10Skylar must be in the cockpit right now.
45:14Confidently, gripping the controls.
45:17In that moment, his heart felt both stabbing pain and strange relief.
45:20That girl who once stood behind him, had now flown toward broader skies.
45:27Noah didn't go to Seattle again.
45:30He spent an entire week handwriting a long letter.
45:35Dear Skylar,
45:37You taught me what love is.
45:39What responsibility means.
45:41You gave up three promotion opportunities for me.
45:44Yet I was blind.
45:48You endured five years as my secret girlfriend.
45:51Yet, I took it for granted.
45:54Now you are flying freely while I've finally learned to let go.
45:59May you forever soar in your own blue skies.
46:27May you forever?
46:28Oh my god, the right engine's out!
46:31Shut down right engine.
46:33Follow emergency procedures.
46:35Engine's shut down.
46:36Skylar, we only have one engine now.
46:40Don't panic, I'll handle it.
46:44Passengers, this is Captain Skyler
46:46The aircraft has encountered some technical issues we're addressing
46:50Please remain calm and keep seatbelts fastened
46:55My God! Single engine! Not enough fuel to reach Tokyo!
47:00Then we won't go to Tokyo
47:02How far to Anchorage?
47:05400 plus nautical miles
47:07Just barely enough fuel if everything goes smoothly
47:12Anchorage Airport, this is GFO-28
47:16We need emergency landing
47:19GFO-28, state your situation
47:22Right engine failure, 182 souls on board
47:26Requesting immediate landing, estimated arrival in 35 minutes
47:32Copy, runway cleared for you, emergency crew standing by
47:36The plane began descending, missing one engine, the entire aircraft tilted right
47:42I had to constantly adjust to maintain balance
47:48Fuel warning!
47:50Don't panic, don't panic, Ryan
47:52Follow my lead, take deep breaths
47:55We can do this
47:57I said for Ryan and myself
48:01Land finally appeared outside the window
48:04Anchorage
48:04I'd never found this name so beautiful
48:08GFO-28, turn left
48:10Descend to 3,000 feet
48:13Copy
48:15This was the most dangerous moment single engine landing
48:19No second chances
48:22200 feet
48:23100 feet
48:2510 feet
48:2710 feet
48:2710 feet
48:28Finally, the plane stopped
48:51GFO-28, welcome to Anchorage
48:54Well done, Captain
48:58Skylar
49:00You just saved everyone
49:02Those 35 minutes felt like a century
49:06I truly felt death's proximity for the first time
49:11And for the first time
49:12I felt I could hold up the sky on my own
49:16All those voices saying I wasn't calm enough
49:20Didn't deserve to be Captain
49:23Now they could all shut up
49:25Three days after the engine failure incident
49:28Aurora Airlines held a celebration banquet for me
49:32Liam stayed by my side all evening
49:36Deflecting drinks
49:38Serving food
49:39Attentive beyond ignoring
49:53Skylar
49:53Skylar
49:54There is something I must to tell you
49:59I like you
50:00I've liked you since the day I first saw you
50:02For a full seven years
50:05Seven years?
50:07Watching you with Noah every day was torture
50:12But I thought as long as you were happy
50:15Now you are finally free
50:17I don't want to miss this chance
50:23Liam
50:25I know you might not be ready
50:27But Skylar
50:28Give me a chance to prove love
50:30Doesn't have to be a burden
50:32I'm eating his determined gaze
50:34I think about Liam's seven-year vigil
50:38Noah's five-year dismissiveness
50:41What I truly wanted
50:44What if I am not sure I can love you?
50:47Then I'll work to make you love me
50:50Let's try
50:53Thank you, Skylar
51:06The next day at work
51:08My inbox held two emails
51:11One was from the company's HR department
51:13Promoted to Director of Flight Standards
51:15In recognition of outstanding performance
51:18The other email
51:20Was from Noah
51:22In his letter
51:23He congratulated me on my promotion
51:25And thanked me for helping him become a better person
51:28Additionally
51:29He has accepted a transfer to the Africa route
51:32And will depart next week
51:33I stared at the screen for a long time
51:36Finally replying four words
51:38Take care
51:43Three years later
51:54Long time no see
52:02Long time
52:08Heard you are getting married?
52:13Next month
52:15Liam is a good man
52:22Much better than me
52:28The past is past
52:30Yes
52:31Past
52:37My flight's boarding
52:38Wishing you happiness
52:39Sincerely
52:41You too
52:58Why'd you come?
53:00Ryan said you ran into Noah in Paris
53:08Worried you'd be upset
53:11You are not bothered?
53:14Why would I be?
53:17He is the past
53:18I am the present and future
53:26Liam, I love you
53:30I love you too
53:46Seattle Tower
53:47Aurora Airlines
53:48GFO 28
53:49Requesting takeoff clearance
53:57Cleared for takeoff
53:58GFO 28
54:00Your tower will be waiting
54:02For your return
54:02Your tower will be waiting
54:18To be continued
54:19You
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