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Too Late to Beg! The Ex-Wife He Couldn't Win Back
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00:02The hurricane hit without warning.
00:05His mistress and I were both trapped under the rubble.
00:09She has a steel rod through her chest. We need to operate now.
00:12Just as the doctors moved toward me, my husband, Kale, pushed through the crowd.
00:18Save her first! She's pregnant!
00:21Through my blurred vision, I saw the panic in his eyes for his mistress.
00:25What he didn't know was I was pregnant too.
00:29Wait! She's crashing! I think she may have a clotting disorder.
00:33I reached out to Kale with my last strength.
00:36I'm her husband. If anything goes wrong, I'll take full responsibility.
00:40He abandoned me for his mistress, and a child that wasn't even his.
00:45The doctors hesitated for a moment, then they turned away from me.
00:49After all, my husband had agreed to take responsibility.
00:52I lay on the cold floor, blood pooling beneath me.
00:55The doctors and nurses nearby couldn't hide their disgust.
00:59People like him make me sick.
01:01His wife is the one bleeding out, and he's worried about another woman.
01:05And that woman barely has a scratch on her.
01:07Why is she demanding priority over a critical patient?
01:11Meanwhile, his wife was crushed under falling debris.
01:14Their voices drifted in and out of my ears.
01:17I turned my head.
01:18Kale was holding Sarah in his arms.
01:20His face was pale with worry.
01:22In seven years of marriage, I had never seen him look at me that way.
01:27Turns out, his heart belongs to Sarah, and no space for me.
01:31I could feel myself slipping away.
01:34At this rate, I might lose my baby too.
01:36I grab a nurse's sleeve.
01:39Please, can you save me first?
01:42I'm pregnant too.
01:44Just then, Kale walked over with Sarah in his arms.
01:50Even now, you're still trying to get my attention?
01:54Pathetic.
01:55Sarah just told me she's pregnant.
01:57And you pull this?
01:58Trying to compete with her?
02:00Doctor, ignore her.
02:01She's fine.
02:02Sarah is the one who's hurt.
02:03Examine her first.
02:07She's crashing.
02:08We're losing her.
02:09I said I'm her husband.
02:10I take full responsibility.
02:12She's faking it.
02:15She does this for attention.
02:16She's not dying.
02:18Now examine Sarah.
02:20If anything happens to her, I'll destroy every one of you!
02:23The doctor treating me stopped.
02:25He stepped away.
02:26Only the nurse stayed.
02:28Stay with me, please.
02:29We're going to save you.
02:31I tried to keep my eyes open,
02:33but I could feel the blood leaving my chest.
02:35One last thought before the dark.
02:37God, why does it hurt this much?
02:40Seven years of marriage.
02:41When it came to life or death,
02:43he chose her without hesitation.
02:46Voices pulled me back.
02:48I opened my eyes.
02:49The ER ceiling.
02:52Miss, we've called your husband several times, but he didn't answer.
02:56Surgery requires a signature.
02:57Is there anyone else we can reach?
02:59My heart ached.
03:00Kale was definitely taking care of Sarah now.
03:03He had no time for me.
03:04I will sign it.
03:05Using all my strength to hold the pen.
03:07When I was about to pass out from the pain,
03:10I heard other nurses gossiping.
03:11Girls, take notes.
03:13Marry someone who shows up.
03:15That woman they brought in earlier?
03:17Sarah?
03:17Her husband hasn't left her side once.
03:19Won't even eat.
03:20Just holds her hand and cries.
03:22And then there's this one.
03:24Critical condition.
03:25And we still can't find her husband.
03:27That's enough.
03:28She was afraid those words would upset me.
03:30But honestly, I almost wanted to laugh.
03:32If they knew that the devoted husband they were praising
03:35had abandoned his wife and unborn child
03:37to take care of another woman,
03:39what would they think then?
03:40None of that mattered anymore.
03:42I only wanted to save my baby.
03:44The anesthetic flowed into my veins.
03:46Just before I lost consciousness.
03:51My baby.
03:53I only got those two words out before I was gone.
03:56When I opened my eyes again,
03:58the sharp smell of disinfectant filled my nose.
04:01You're awake.
04:02How do you feel?
04:02Your baby's okay.
04:04We saved the baby.
04:05The moment she saw I was awake,
04:06relief filled her face.
04:08After everything he put you through
04:09and you were still thinking about his baby the whole time,
04:11was it worth it?
04:13The baby didn't do anything wrong.
04:15She didn't say anything else,
04:17just told me to rest and slipped out.
04:19I lay in bed, exhausted.
04:21Just as I was about to fall asleep,
04:23I heard it.
04:25Kale, it hurts.
04:27I know.
04:28I'm right here.
04:29It's Sarah and Kale.
04:31Kale.
04:33The baby.
04:35The baby's fine.
04:36I've got you both.
04:37Don't worry.
04:38A soft voice I had never heard in seven years of marriage.
04:41Should you go check on your wife?
04:43She sounded like she was hurt pretty bad.
04:45The moment she brought me up,
04:47his tone shifted completely.
04:49Sarah, why are you worrying about her?
04:51You're too kind.
04:52You're too kind.
04:53Back there, she lied about being pregnant
04:54just to compete with you for medical resources.
04:56A woman like that deserves whatever happens to her.
04:59Honestly, if she hadn't made it,
05:00it would have been her own fault.
05:01My mind went blank.
05:02The bullet wound had hurt,
05:04but his words hurt more.
05:05I forced myself to stop listening.
05:08Once I was stable enough to be moved,
05:10I called the housekeeper, Mrs. Lawson,
05:12and asked her to come.
05:13She didn't pick up.
05:14But 10 seconds later,
05:15she walked through my door
05:17with a food container in her hands.
05:19Awkwardness flashed across her face.
05:21Mrs. Lawson, why didn't you answer?
05:24It was Mr. Morgan who asked me to come.
05:28Of course he did.
05:29When the hurricane hit,
05:31Kale had made the doctors save Sarah first.
05:34He would make the housekeeper take care of her first too.
05:41Since you're already here, take me for a walk.
05:44She didn't look happy about it,
05:46but she couldn't refuse.
05:47She helped me into the wheelchair
05:49and pushed me out into the hall.
05:51I had her stop in front of Sarah's door.
05:54I've had enough.
05:56This ends here.
05:58When she saw me,
05:59she didn't look surprised.
06:00Instead, she spoke as if she owned the place.
06:03Mrs. Lawson?
06:05Who's this?
06:10This is Mr. Morgan's wife.
06:17Oh, it's you.
06:20I'm so sorry.
06:23Please don't blame Kale.
06:25This is all my fault.
06:27If I hadn't been hurt,
06:29if I hadn't been pregnant,
06:30he never would have left you.
06:38Guess Kale's taste isn't much to brag about after all.
06:41He's that obsessed with you?
06:42Fine.
06:43Keep him.
06:44A trash like that isn't worth keeping.
06:46The next second,
06:47my wheelchair lurched forward.
06:49Someone had shoved it.
06:50The wheelchair slammed into a cabinet.
06:52I was thrown onto the floor.
06:54The pain hit.
06:59Oh, my God.
07:00I'm so sorry.
07:02I didn't mean to.
07:03I was scared you were upset.
07:04I just wanted to stop you.
07:07I panicked.
07:09Warmth spreading down my legs.
07:10A lot of blood is soaking through my pants.
07:14She's bleeding!
07:15Doctor!
07:16Someone help!
07:17She's bleeding!
07:20She's bleeding!
07:22Sarah screamed.
07:23But I caught the flash of satisfaction in her eyes.
07:26I was taken back into surgery.
07:29This time,
07:30luck didn't find me.
07:31My baby was gone.
07:33When I came out of it,
07:34Kale was sitting by the bed.
07:36I thought he knew about the baby,
07:38but the first thing he did was blame me.
07:40You shouldn't have gone to see her.
07:43What?
07:43My whole body went cold.
07:45Don't give me that look.
07:46You fell.
07:48Sure, you ended up in surgery,
07:49but you're fine now.
07:51But you're fine now, aren't you?
07:53If you'd stayed in your room,
07:55like a normal person,
07:58instead of picking a fight with Sarah,
08:00none of this would have happened!
08:02I realized he didn't know about the baby.
08:04Sarah and Mrs. Lawson must have made sure of that.
08:07Maybe that was for the best.
08:09He didn't deserve to know.
08:11He reached into his pocket
08:13and pulled out a pair of earrings.
08:16These are for you.
08:17They were the ones I'd wanted for years.
08:19I used to ask him to buy them for me.
08:21No.
08:22He always said married women
08:23shouldn't waste money on dressing up.
08:29What's this supposed to mean?
08:30I knew Kale too well.
08:32He never apologized because he felt guilty,
08:35especially not for Sarah.
08:37The hurricane has been all over the news.
08:39And?
08:40Reporters are coming tomorrow.
08:41You survived critical injuries
08:43with a clotting disorder.
08:45They're calling it a miracle.
08:46I need you to give that interview to Sarah.
08:49She'll take your place and pose as my wife.
08:51I was disgusted by how shameless he sounded.
08:54How exactly do you expect that to work?
08:58I've already handled it.
09:00The medical records have been switched.
09:01No one will know.
09:02He must have thought I was hesitating
09:04because his tone softened.
09:06I know you've always wanted a child.
09:09Once you're recovered, we'll try again.
09:13You know my company's about to go public.
09:15We need the buzz.
09:17And Sarah is a public figure.
09:19With her involved,
09:21the story will get even more attention.
09:23If we play this right,
09:24it'll be good for both of us.
09:26Even now,
09:27he was still thinking about Sarah and himself.
09:30Every single move had never once been about me.
09:34Fine.
09:35I didn't hesitate.
09:37See, this is why it works between us.
09:39We're married.
09:40What's good for me is good for you.
09:44Get some rest.
09:45I'll come by later.
09:48He never did.
09:49I found out through the nurses
09:51that the press event
09:52was in the hospital's conference hall.
09:54Ignoring the pain,
09:55I made my way there.
09:57By the time I arrived,
09:59the room was packed.
10:00Cameras everywhere.
10:02Through the crowd,
10:03I spotted Kale and Sarah.
10:05Kale stood beside her wheelchair.
10:07His expression was full of concern.
10:10Sarah had carefully styled herself
10:12to look fragile and seriously injured.
10:15They looked like a loving couple.
10:17Sarah, of everyone who helped you through this,
10:19who are you most grateful for?
10:21The doctors who saved me
10:23and my baby
10:25and my partner.
10:26He never left my side
10:28even when everything was falling apart.
10:30He's the reason I held on.
10:32That's beautiful.
10:33Your relationship must be stronger than ever.
10:35So many families were torn apart.
10:37The three of you made it through.
10:39You have so much to look forward to.
10:41Mr. Morgan,
10:42you run a successful company
10:43and clearly you're devoted at home.
10:45Do you have any advice for other men?
10:47Just as he opened his mouth,
10:49I pushed through the crowd.
10:51The slap landed clean across his face.
10:56Hundreds of cameras swung toward me.
10:58Mia, what the hell are you-
11:00If she's your wife,
11:01then what am I?
11:03And did either of you think
11:04for one second about our child?
11:07Before he could react,
11:09I pulled the black cloth
11:10from what I was carrying.
11:12A small white urn
11:14appeared before everyone.
11:16Kale went pale.
11:18Sarah screamed and scrambled behind him.
11:22Mia, what is wrong with you?
11:25I stepped forward.
11:27Did you ask our child
11:28how it felt
11:29when you decided to be
11:30with the woman who killed it?
11:32What child?
11:33Mia, have you lost your mind?
11:35Exactly.
11:36How can you accuse me like that?
11:37The reporters push closer.
11:39Microphones out.
11:41Ma'am, can you explain
11:42what you mean about the child
11:43and what exactly is your relationship
11:44with Mr. Morgan?
11:45I knew Sarah would keep playing dumb.
11:48I'd come prepared.
11:49I pulled out the prenatal test results
11:51and our marriage certificate.
11:54Kale Morgan and I are legally married.
11:56That was our child.
11:58Kale snatched the papers out of my hands
12:01before the cameras
12:01could catch them clearly.
12:03You were pregnant?
12:06Yes.
12:08I held his gaze.
12:09I was pregnant when the hurricane hit.
12:12When you abandoned me to save her.
12:16And the woman you saved
12:18put her hands on my wheelchair
12:20and sent me crashing.
12:25I lost the baby in surgery that night.
12:28The room turned on Sarah.
12:30Is that true?
12:31Mr. Morgan was already married?
12:33Does that make you the other woman?
12:35No!
12:36I didn't!
12:38Kale, that's not true!
12:40She grabbed Kyle's sleeve desperately.
12:43Tears filled her eyes.
12:45Kyle hesitated.
12:47Then, he pulled her into his arms.
12:50Enough.
12:51You have no proof.
12:52I couldn't believe it.
12:53Even after learning about our baby,
12:55he still chose her.
12:58Mia, you can't...
12:59can't just make accusations like that
13:01without any proof.
13:02She's right, Miss Carter.
13:04That's a serious allegation.
13:05The reporters were starting to murmur.
13:07Who says there's no proof?
13:08A voice behind me.
13:10I turned.
13:11It was the young nurse.
13:12She stepped through the crowd
13:14and walked up to the nearest camera.
13:16She opened her phone.
13:17Security footage played on the screen.
13:20I remembered all at once.
13:21The day I visited Sarah's room,
13:24the door had been open.
13:25The hallway camera had recorded everything.
13:30Sarah lunged toward the nurse,
13:32grabbing for the phone.
13:34The nurse sidestepped
13:36and pushed her to the floor.
13:42I never expected a famous
13:43animal rescue influencer
13:45to be this cruel.
13:46So all that kindness was fake?
13:48Who knows what she does to the animals
13:50when the cameras aren't rolling.
13:51The reporters closed in on Sarah
13:53from every direction.
13:55Some openly cursed her.
13:57You destroyed someone's family
13:59and killed her baby.
14:00How do you live with that?
14:02May Karm drag you straight to hell!
14:12There has to be a misunderstanding.
14:14Kale tried once more.
14:16Kale's face grew darker.
14:18This is a misunderstanding.
14:20Sarah isn't like this.
14:22The nurse looked at him.
14:25You're just as disgusting as she is.
14:28She turned toward the cameras.
14:30I was there when the hurricane
14:31hit that day.
14:32This man knew his wife
14:33was seriously injured.
14:35He still let the doctors
14:36treat his mistress first.
14:37His face went white.
14:39Shut up, you freaking...
14:42Sir, you need to back up.
14:44Several reporters blocked him immediately.
14:48Why are you getting violent?
14:50Are you always like this?
14:52He glared at me.
14:53Are you happy now?
14:55Mia, are you just gonna stand there?
14:57Does seeing me miserable
14:58make you happy?
15:00I nodded and smiled to him.
15:03You should own what you do.
15:06Bitch!
15:07This is all your fault!
15:09Fix it!
15:10Tell them you made it up
15:11or I swear I'll divorce you!
15:14Kale, have some shame.
15:16And now, you're still trying
15:17to weasel your way out?
15:19Don't forget,
15:20this is a live broadcast.
15:22That landed.
15:24He looked around the room,
15:25at the cameras,
15:26at the reporters,
15:27still firing questions
15:28he couldn't answer.
15:30He tried to push through.
15:31There was nowhere to go.
15:33The perfect image they built
15:34collapsed in front of everyone.
15:36I took the nurse's arm
15:38and we walked out.
15:39The broadcast hit every trending list
15:41by that evening.
15:43Both Kale and Sarah
15:45became targets online.
15:47Thousands of comments
15:48flooded their accounts.
15:49How shameless is this man?
15:51His wife was pregnant
15:52and seriously injured.
15:53He waved her off
15:54to save his mistress.
15:57Men will cheat with anyone
15:58because they never appreciate
15:59what they already have.
16:01Hope his wife divorces him
16:02and lives her best life.
16:10It Kale had always had
16:12too much pride
16:13for his own good.
16:14He replied to every comment
16:16he could find.
16:17Argued with strangers
16:18in his mentions for days.
16:20This only made things worse.
16:22This is what your CEO
16:23looks like apparently.
16:28How does a company
16:29this incompetent
16:29even think about going public?
16:31It went on
16:32for nearly a week.
16:33Then the news cycle
16:34moved on
16:35the way it always does.
16:37What I didn't expect
16:38was for Kale
16:39to show up at my door.
16:41After the press conference
16:42I'd moved out.
16:43I was staying
16:44in a small apartment
16:45a friend wasn't using.
16:47Because of my recovery
16:48I wasn't working.
16:50I don't know
16:50what Kale said
16:51to my friend
16:52but my friend
16:53gave him the address.
17:03The moment I opened the door
17:05memories flooded back.
17:07The hurricane.
17:09The promises.
17:10The seven years
17:11we spent together.
17:16I thought about
17:17all the things
17:18he'd promised
17:18over the years.
17:19I'd believed
17:20for a long time
17:21that we were going
17:22to grow old together.
17:24We stood across
17:25from each other
17:26like strangers
17:27with a score to settle.
17:28He held out a card
17:29impatient.
17:32300,000 in that account.
17:33Call it compensation
17:34for the baby.
17:35You had your scene.
17:35I've suffered too.
17:36Isn't that enough?
17:38He thought a child
17:39had a price tag.
17:41Does Sarah's baby
17:42have a number too?
17:43I asked.
17:44Or is hers worth more?
17:46His face went cold.
17:47Are you threatening me?
17:50Watch yourself.
17:51You go near Sarah again
17:52and you won't like
17:53what happens.
17:54There's something else.
17:56I need you to go on record
17:57and say
17:58the whole thing
17:59was a misunderstanding.
18:00My company is about
18:01to go public.
18:02If this scandal continues,
18:04the board will come after me.
18:06Is that what you want?
18:06Classic Kale.
18:08Even now,
18:09he still believed
18:09one conversation
18:10would bring me back in line.
18:12If you won't play along,
18:14I'll divorce you.
18:15And face it,
18:16you're secondhand.
18:18Leftovers.
18:19No man with options
18:20is settling for that.
18:22How had I never seen
18:23this side of him before?
18:25He showed no respect
18:26for women at all,
18:27throwing insulting,
18:29sexist terms.
18:31Divorce?
18:32I said,
18:32I'd love that.
18:34He stared.
18:35What did you just say?
18:37I nodded.
18:39You're nothing without me.
18:40You should be grateful
18:41you married me.
18:42How dare you be the one
18:43asking for a divorce?
18:44His voice went up a notch.
18:46I chose you.
18:47I married you.
18:48You don't get to be
18:49the one who walks away.
18:50That's not how this works.
18:52Seven years of being told
18:53I wasn't enough,
18:54he'd take his friends
18:55out for dinner
18:56and if he saw
18:57another man's date,
18:58his eyes would linger.
19:00His friends would tease him.
19:01You better watch out
19:02before your wife gets jealous.
19:05He'd laugh out loud.
19:07She can't blame me for that.
19:09Blame her.
19:10She let herself go.
19:12Bad skin,
19:13no effort.
19:14Men are visual creatures.
19:15That's just biology.
19:16If I was upset,
19:17he said I was making things awkward.
19:19Can't you take a joke?
19:21You need to loosen up.
19:23No one likes a woman
19:24who can't laugh at herself.
19:25I've tolerated these for years.
19:28Then I saw him
19:29at a work dinner with Sarah.
19:31She was leaning against his arm.
19:33He bent toward her
19:34to check if she'd had
19:36too much to drink.
19:37Gentle in a way
19:38I'd never seen.
19:39A friend spotted me
19:40waiting by the door.
19:42Nudged Kyle.
19:43He glanced over
19:44and shrugged.
19:45Mia's always been
19:45the reasonable one.
19:46Reasonable enough
19:47to watch him
19:48love someone else
19:49in plain sight.
19:50I'd told myself
19:51patience would bring him back.
19:53Now here we were.
19:55I had no baby.
19:56He had no future.
19:58His beautiful romance,
20:00the one he'd found
20:01after he was already married,
20:03had cost everything.
20:06And he still couldn't see it.
20:08He was bluffing.
20:10I was determined
20:11to get a divorce.
20:13He refused to negotiate.
20:16Wouldn't sit down.
20:17Wouldn't talk terms.
20:19So I took him to court.
20:23For days he dodged me.
20:25Wouldn't return calls.
20:27Wouldn't respond
20:28to the attorneys.
20:30Then, a few days
20:31before the hearing,
20:33he appeared again.
20:34The moment he saw me,
20:36he froze.
20:37You look different.
20:39I smiled.
20:42I'm not waiting around
20:43for your texts anymore.
20:44I sleep when I want,
20:46eat what I want,
20:47do what I want.
20:48That tends to change a person.
20:49There was a large mirror
20:51in the lobby of my building.
20:52I caught my reflection.
20:53The vacation tan
20:54made my skin glow.
20:56The black dress
20:57fit like it was made for me.
20:58I barely recognized myself.
21:00In a good way.
21:02Kale looked like he'd aged.
21:04I'd seen the screenshots
21:05a friend sent me
21:06from Sarah's social media.
21:08After the press conference fallout,
21:10Kale had become a liability.
21:12Sarah hadn't consoled him.
21:14She'd pushed.
21:16She wanted him to hurry up,
21:18divorce me,
21:18and make it official.
21:20And she hadn't asked nicely.
21:23Don't tell me you're thinking
21:24about going back to her.
21:25Because I still have recordings,
21:27Kale,
21:28conversations,
21:29financial records.
21:31You really want to test me?
21:33Turns out,
21:34for years,
21:35Kale had been spending money
21:36he didn't have
21:37to keep Sarah happy.
21:38When the accounts ran dry,
21:41he'd started moving money
21:42he shouldn't have touched.
21:44Falsified records.
21:46Misappropriated funds.
21:48Sarah had kept everything.
21:50Kale refused to be blackmailed.
21:52Can't you cut me some slack?
21:55How am I supposed to marry you now?
21:58You want me to throw away
22:00my entire career for you right now?
22:02Sarah didn't care.
22:03She showed up at his office,
22:05stood in the lobby,
22:06and made a scene
22:07in front of his entire staff.
22:12Kale Morgan,
22:13you left your pregnant girlfriend
22:14to fend for yourself.
22:15You don't get to just walk away.
22:17Kale's jaw tightened.
22:19I had it checked.
22:20That child was never mine.
22:22None of that was my problem anymore.
22:25All I wanted was a divorce.
22:28I wasn't going back.
22:30I skipped the small talk.
22:31Thanks for the compliment.
22:33Let's talk about the settlement.
22:35I earned less than you
22:36during the marriage,
22:37but I gave everything
22:38I had to that household.
22:39I want what's fair.
22:40Not more than that.
22:42Just what I'm owed.
22:44Kale went quiet.
22:45When he finally looked up,
22:47something in his expression
22:48had shifted.
22:50Do you have to divorce me?
22:52I thought after all this time
22:53you'd have cooled off.
22:56I do love you.
22:57I wouldn't have married you otherwise.
22:59Have I really been that terrible
23:00to you all these years?
23:02I opened my phone.
23:04Pulled up Sarah's old posts.
23:06I pointed to one.
23:07That's your hand.
23:08My birthday that year,
23:10you said you had a work trip.
23:11You took her to that hilltop
23:12to watch the meteor shower.
23:13I stayed up all night
23:14because I couldn't reach you.
23:15That necklace.
23:16I scrolled.
23:17You told me you needed
23:18something expensive
23:19for an important client.
23:20I gave you my grandmother's emerald.
23:23It was the most valuable thing
23:24my family had left
23:25after everything fell apart.
23:26I handed it over
23:28without hesitating.
23:29You gave it to Sarah.
23:30They'd gone to see
23:31the Northern Lights together.
23:33That had been my dream
23:34since I was a teenager.
23:35Something I'd told him
23:37about a hundred times.
23:38He stood there
23:39and told me
23:40Sarah was just a friend.
23:42That nothing physical
23:43had ever happened.
23:44And now,
23:45he was standing in my lobby
23:47asking me not to leave.
23:49He said he loved me.
23:51He said Sarah
23:52had manipulated him.
23:54Pursued him.
23:55That he was the one
23:56who'd been deceived.
23:58He refused to sign.
24:00If you want a divorce,
24:01take me to court.
24:03I'm not agreeing to anything.
24:05For a man who cared
24:06so much about his pride,
24:07started showing up
24:08outside my building
24:09every single day.
24:11Day one,
24:12he was up before dawn,
24:13drove across the city,
24:15stood in line for two hours
24:16at the bakery
24:16I'd loved for years
24:18and brought me a box
24:19of the small cakes
24:20I used to ask him
24:20to get me.
24:22Day two,
24:23he drove out
24:23to a friend's flower farm
24:24after midnight
24:25and cut a bunch
24:26of roses himself.
24:28Day three,
24:29he showed up
24:29with my grandmother's
24:30emerald necklace,
24:31said he'd paid Sarah
24:32a significant amount
24:33to get it back,
24:34said she'd made him
24:35work for it.
24:37Day four,
24:37I told the front desk
24:38not to let him up,
24:40refused every delivery.
24:42After that,
24:43he disappeared for a while.
24:44I heard through mutual friends
24:46that his company's IPO
24:47had been delayed.
24:48The parent company
24:49called him in.
24:50The head of corporate
24:52threw a folder at his face,
24:53deliver results
24:54or get out.
24:55He'd walked out
24:57with a cut above his eyebrow.
24:58The promotion he'd been promised,
25:01CEO of the entire
25:02North American division
25:03once the IPO closed,
25:05was gone.
25:06He'd be sidelined for years,
25:08possibly longer,
25:09depending on how the board
25:10decided to handle the fallout.
25:12He'd also had to spend
25:14a significant amount
25:15managing the damage.
25:16And since the IPO
25:17hadn't closed,
25:19the personal capital
25:20he'd put in
25:20was frozen.
25:23He was stretched thin,
25:25and Sarah chose
25:26that moment
25:27to end things.
25:29Kale couldn't process it.
25:30I lost my wife,
25:31I lost my child.
25:33Everything I did
25:34was for you?
25:37You're breaking up with me?
25:39Everything you did,
25:40you did because you wanted to.
25:41That's not my debt to pay.
25:43You told me you could
25:44give me a good life.
25:45You can't anymore.
25:50Why would I stay?
25:54The last time I agreed
25:55to meet with Kale,
25:57it was to go over
25:57the asset division.
26:00Is that rumor really true?
26:05I made a mistake.
26:07I trusted the wrong person.
26:11Mia,
26:12is there any chance
26:13we could start over?
26:16Have I not made myself clear?
26:19The cakes he'd brought me
26:20I'd given to the building's
26:22cleaning staff.
26:23The roses,
26:23a friend had accepted
26:25on my behalf,
26:26since my allergies
26:27made it impossible anyway.
26:29The necklace I had kept,
26:31because it was mine
26:32to begin with.
26:34You know what you can't
26:35buy at any price?
26:38A second chance
26:39at something
26:39you already threw away.
26:42Sarah's character
26:43is her business,
26:44but yours is yours.
26:46I need you to sign
26:47the papers.
26:48Let's end this cleanly.
26:50No court,
26:51no more back and forth.
26:53They say when love
26:55runs its course,
26:56you end up as plaintiff
26:57and defendant.
26:59I always thought
27:00that was a sad way
27:01to put it.
27:01Now I just thought
27:02it was accurate.
27:05He signed.
27:06He insisted on splitting
27:07everything down the middle.
27:09I don't want half.
27:11You earned most of it.
27:12Take the larger share.
27:14I'm young.
27:15If I need money,
27:16I'll make my own.
27:17He looked ashamed.
27:19Take what you're owed.
27:20Don't be stubborn.
27:22I didn't want
27:23the entanglement.
27:24But he held firm,
27:26so I let it be.
27:28Later,
27:29through friends
27:30we still had in common,
27:31I heard the rest of it.
27:33Sarah had terminated
27:34the pregnancy
27:35and cut Kale off completely.
27:38As for Kale's company,
27:40things eventually stabilized.
27:42The IPO went through
27:43after all.
27:44Kale was promoted.
27:46North American CEO.
27:48The title he'd been chasing
27:50the whole time.
27:51Word was that
27:52Sarah came back
27:53after that.
27:54Showed up at his door.
27:56Wouldn't leave.
27:56He refused to see her.
28:00She took the elevator
28:01to the roof
28:02of his office building.
28:05I gave you years.
28:07You think you can just
28:08say goodbye and move on?
28:09You think I'm like
28:10your ex-wife?
28:11I'm not that easy.
28:12If you don't come up here,
28:13Kale,
28:14I'll jump.
28:15Let's see what that does
28:16to your stock price.
28:18If I'm going down,
28:19we're going down together.
28:20Sarah had gotten involved
28:22with some rich man
28:23in the months before that.
28:24A man who turned out
28:25to be entirely supported
28:26by his wife.
28:27When his wife found out
28:28about Sarah,
28:29she'd shown up
28:30and made sure Sarah
28:31understood the consequences
28:32of any further contact.
28:35Sarah had run out of options.
28:37She'd counted on Kale's obsession
28:39still being there
28:40when she came back.
28:41She'd assumed she could walk in
28:43and pick up where she left off.
28:45She hadn't counted
28:46on him being done.
28:48Under enough pressure,
28:50Kale finally went up
28:51to the roof.
28:54You've already done enough damage.
28:55What more do you want?
28:57I want to marry you.
28:59You promised.
29:00You were pregnant
29:01with another man's child
29:02and you tried to pin it on me.
29:03You left during the worst year
29:05of my life
29:05and went to someone else
29:06and now that I've rebuilt,
29:07you want to come back?
29:09I can't get past that.
29:11I'm asking you to let this go.
29:13Let's both walk away.
29:15Ald said it quietly.
29:16He moved toward her slowly,
29:19trying to close the distance,
29:21trying to get her somewhere safe
29:22so the whole thing could be over.
29:25Sarah had been in a bad place
29:27for a long time.
29:28The confrontation,
29:30the isolation,
29:30it had pushed her somewhere
29:32she couldn't come back from.
29:34The moment Kale reached for her hand,
29:37she grabbed his wrist and pulled.
29:39Both of them went over.
29:41They were gone
29:42before anyone could get there.
29:44I was told it was hard to look at.
29:47There was no one left
29:49to identify them.
29:54A police called me
29:55a few days later,
29:57asked about my relationship
29:58to Kale Morgan.
30:00I was already at the airport,
30:02boarding pass in my hand,
30:04flight to Geneva.
30:06He was my ex-husband.
30:07I said.
30:08Just my ex-husband.
30:10The detective gave a small,
30:12awkward pause.
30:13Understood.
30:14Never mind then.
30:16Safe travels.
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