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Cursed Wish of the Bride 37eps HD ASM
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00:00As long as I speak a wish aloud, it comes true.
00:03But fate never gives anything for free.
00:07When I was a child, to cure my brother.
00:12I fell into a coma for a week.
00:15Later, to keep my gravely ill mother alive, I paid with my voice for two years.
00:23So after she died, I continued to pretend to be mute.
00:29That way, no one could force me to make wishes.
00:32But I was sold anyway.
00:34The Ashford family was offering a fortune for a bride for a spiritual marriage arrangement.
00:39Everyone in town thought the ritual smacked of something ominous.
00:43Whoever married into that family was basically being shoved alive into a cold coffin.
00:51Yet my father, Ray, submitted my natal chart anyway.
00:55The day he took that massive family settlement, there wasn't a trace of reluctant on his face.
01:05I thought I would die in this absurd marriage.
01:09But the way Adrian looked at me held no pity or disdain.
01:14Even though he was being dragged to the brink of death by his illness, he still pitied my background, afraid
01:21he would drag me down for the rest of my life.
01:24In the warmth of his voice, I couldn't help but let myself believe, just one more time, a man like
01:29him shouldn't die on this winter night.
01:32This will set you free.
01:35And so, I opened my mouth.
01:39I was born in Brayer Creek.
01:41A river cut right through the middle, flanked by low, disapidated houses.
01:45My father, Ray Quinn, used to run a small logistics company.
01:51During the holidays, people would even drop by with cigars and whiskey.
01:56Later, he got hooked on online gambling.
02:00He lost everything we had.
02:02There was no money left.
02:04Not even to treat my brother's high fever.
02:07He smashed the coffee pop, taking it out on me.
02:10You're completely useless!
02:11If he dies, I'll strangle you!
02:15I looked at my brother's fever-purpled face, terrified, and instinctively pleaded with the heavens.
02:21Make him well.
02:23He did indeed recover, but I fell into a coma for a week.
02:30Evelyn, you scared Mommy to death!
02:33Only my mother cared about me.
02:36Later, she fell ill too.
02:38Women were fragile, and if she couldn't make it, it was God's will.
02:45Mom, please stay with me a little longer.
02:49My mother truly improved.
02:51But I lost my voice.
02:54It wasn't until she truly passed away that I gradually found my voice again.
02:59I knelt before her tombstone, listening to Ray and the relatives bicker over how to cut corners on the funeral,
03:05and decided to keep playing the mute.
03:09I was afraid that if he learned of my ability, he would recklessly force me to make wishes.
03:17That winter, a notice was posted on the Briar Creek Community Bulletin Board.
03:22Adrian, the heir to Boston's Ashford family, was critically ill.
03:26They were offering a vast sum to find a woman of appropriate age for a spiritual marriage arrangement suggested by
03:31a family medium, requiring a perfect astrological compatibility match.
03:35A baby-be-willing candidate would receive a $300,000 settlement, plus a condo in downtown Boston.
03:46To many here, it was an astronomical price they wouldn't see in a lifetime.
03:51They were the ruling family of the top-tier tech consonal, Ashford Biotech, with a threshold so high that even
03:59the richest man in town wouldn't dare try to climb it.
04:02But he was dying, marrying him, waiting to become a widow.
04:07Old money families had many superstitious rules.
04:10This kind of ritual reeked of the macabre.
04:14Who knew if the girl who married in would be dragged down by the same bad luck?
04:21Neighbors said all the right things about what a shame it was to pass up so much money, then quietly
04:26kept a tighter watch on their own daughters.
04:28Lily!
04:30Only Ray was tempted.
04:32He owed gambling debts, and my brother would need money to establish himself in the future.
04:39So he submitted my natal chart.
04:45When the Bentley parked in front of our house, half the street came out to watch the spectacle.
04:50Ray couldn't read the words on the NTA.
04:53He just took the money.
04:55For once, he spoke to me gently.
04:57Evelyn, you're going to live the good life.
04:59A pedigree like the Ashford, so many people couldn't climb that ladder, even if they tried.
05:04Once you're there, be obedient.
05:06Don't make yourself a nuisance.
05:09Now, as it rested on my shoulder, I didn't resist.
05:13This home had never belonged to me.
05:15Going anywhere else was all the same.
05:17A mute for a vegetable.
05:19It's a fitting match.
05:26I got into the car, holding only the old silver ring my mother left behind.
05:32The car drove into Boston.
05:34High risers stood one after another, slicing the sky into narrow strips.
05:38Through the car window, I spotted the prayer booth that hadn't yet been entirely cleared from the estate grounds.
05:43The butler, Mr. Harris, abruptly changed his expression and hastily ordered them removed.
05:49But I had already seen them.
05:51The flowers and signals ritual markings used for the spiritual ritual were plastered on the gateposts, like frozen blood.
05:58Madam, we have arrived.
05:59Please.
05:59The union ritual was extremely simple.
06:02I stood in the center of the hall, wearing a white gown that did not fit.
06:06There was no groom beside me, only a massive portrait.
06:10The man in the bookings was handsome, yet pale, his features gentle.
06:14His life, which should have been bright, was slowly dimming in the winter night.
06:19After the ritual, Mr. Harris led me upstairs.
06:22Corridors were lined with thick carpet.
06:24What a depo made absolutely no echo, which made was sirely marvel.
06:28He pushed open the bedroom door and said in a low outs.
06:35Mrs. Ashford, please go in.
06:38I peeked carefully inside, my eyes widening in astonishment.
06:44Adrian was even weaker than the rumors suggested.
06:47He leaned against the headbed, connected to monitors.
06:50The veins on the back of his hands stood out, densely dotted with needle marks.
06:55Yet his expression was exceptionally calm.
06:58After Mr. Harris' withdrawal, it was just the two of us in the room.
07:03Logically, he should have asked for the details of my natal chart.
07:07Or, like Ray, told me to be obedient from now on,
07:11he merely raised his hand and pulled a document folged from beside his pillow.
07:15Miss Quinn, at midnight tonight,
07:18someone will pick you up at the side gate of the estate.
07:21Inside is cash, a trust-funded card, and a ticket to a small town in Maine.
07:26I stared at him, stunned.
07:28Adrian coughed twice, his lips going even paler.
07:31He caught his breath for a moment, frowning as he explained to me.
07:35My mother, desperate to save her son,
07:37resorted to superstition and made a mistake.
07:40I apologize to you on her behalf.
07:43But you shouldn't ruin your life just because of me.
07:46My gaze fell on his still trembling hands,
07:49and for a moment, I couldn't distinguish what I was feeling in my heart.
07:53So many people had walked through my life.
07:56Some despised me for being mute.
07:59Others called me trailer trash.
08:02My own blood treated me as a tool to hoard wealth,
08:05something to be used and easily discarded.
08:08Other than my mother, only this man before me,
08:11a complete stranger who was sick and dying himself,
08:14wanted to push me out of the mine.
08:21I set the folder back down and chose not to leave.
08:25Adrian assumed I was afraid of the Ashford family's retaliation.
08:29He propped himself up and pressed the call bell.
08:32Soon, a young man pushed the door open and entered.
08:34His name was Ethan, Adrian's assistant.
08:37Send her away.
08:39Ethan looked troubled and cast a fleeting glance
08:41at the security camera in the corner.
08:44Mr. Adrian, madam already knows.
08:46Adrian let out a low chuckle.
08:49Then tell her I am not dead yet.
08:51My wife answers to no one.
08:56My wife?
08:58Hearing that title, my eyelashes fluttered slightly.
09:04Not out of any romantic shyness.
09:07Just as Adrian finished speaking,
09:08his body suddenly conrusted violently.
09:10The monitors blared an alarm.
09:12He hunched over and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
09:14Crimson trailed down the corners of his pale lips,
09:16dripping onto the sheets.
09:21Ethan's face drastically changed as he turned and rushed out.
09:24Doctor! Doctor!
09:26To shout for a doctor.
09:27The door was thrown open and shut,
09:30leaving the room filled only with the chaotic blare of alarms.
09:33I knew Adrian was truly about to die.
09:36Right before my mother passed, she looked exactly like this.
09:40Evelyn, don't be afraid.
09:42Mommy will get better.
09:43She was in so much pain she couldn't sleep all night,
09:46yet she still stroked my head.
09:48That was the first time she broke a promise.
09:51Later, my stepmother, Linda, moved into the house,
09:55bringing new rugs, coats, and a cabinet full of skincare products.
09:59She complained to anyone who would listen about her bitter fate,
10:02having to marry in a family and raise the kid left behind by the ex-wife.
10:06But the truly bitter one couldn't even open her mouth to speak.
10:09I thought I was already used to it.
10:11Until Adrian gripped my wrist.
10:14Don't worry.
10:15He's in such a state, yet he's still trying to comfort me.
10:18His breath was incredibly weak,
10:20yet he didn't forget to urge me to leave.
10:22I will make them let you go.
10:25The rest, leave it to me to handle.
10:29The doctor's footsteps approached, getting closer and closer.
10:32Yet Adrian's heart rate line slumped down little by little.
10:35I took out the silver ring.
10:37It pressed against my palm, repeatedly reminding me to keep silent.
10:41But I still used my throat, voiceless for years, to pray.
10:45Adrian, you must live.
10:50But I still used my throat, voiceless for years, to pray.
10:54Adrian, you must live.
10:57In the next second,
10:59the heart rate line on the monitor incredibly began to stabilize.
11:02When Ethan burst in with the doctors,
11:06I had already lowered my eyes again,
11:08making not another sound.
11:10The doctors crowded around him to check while Adrian stared at me,
11:14stunned.
11:16Did you just speak?
11:18He asked Horsley.
11:20I held onto the edge of the bed as my vision suddenly went dark in waves.
11:25The chicken noodle soup my mother made for me.
11:27The dogwood blossoms that bloomed on the tree by our door.
11:31The serene profile of her face as she sewed my backpack at night.
11:35The winter sun in our yard.
11:38Those images flashed past my eyes, frame by frame,
11:42only to be torn to pieces by an invisible hand.
11:45Just as expected, the toll had begun.
11:50The next morning,
11:52Adrian woke before noon,
11:54something that hadn't happened since his accident.
11:57This was a rare occurrence since his car accident.
12:00Doctors wheeled equipment in and out.
12:02Yeah.
12:03When the test results came back,
12:05the few people standing by the bed had changes in their expressions.
12:08The neuroinflammation markers have dropped significantly.
12:10Heart failure data is also rebounding.
12:12Oxygen levels are far more stable than last night.
12:14The attending physician flipped through the report three times,
12:16bewildered yet deeply over Lyle.
12:18This does not conform to medical logic.
12:20But everyone in the family believed the spiritual advisor was dead on.
12:23They said my natal chart brought immense vitality to my husband,
12:26and the marriage arrangement truly worked.
12:28By the time those words reached me,
12:29I was sitting by the window,
12:31already struggling to remember.
12:33I found I'd forgotten the taste of my mother's chicken broth.
12:36I also could not remember whether the tree by the door
12:38had ever bloomed with white flowers.
12:40I remembered that they existed,
12:42but it felt like reaching through a layer of fog,
12:45entirely untouchable.
12:46Soon, Eleanor rushed in.
12:48Her footsteps were hurry as she entered the room.
12:51A black coat was draped over her shoulders,
12:53her makeup still impeccable,
12:55but her eyes were heavily bloodshot.
12:57She was Adrian's mother,
12:59and the board chair of Ashvin Biotech.
13:03I heard the butler say that when she was younger,
13:05she dominated the corporate board so fiercely
13:08that the old herd directors didn't dare lift their heads.
13:11Her methods were decisive,
13:13cool to the point of ruthlessness.
13:15When she saw Adrian sitting up on his own,
13:19her eyes instantly reddened.
13:21She was speechless for a long time.
13:23Mother.
13:25At that single word,
13:27Eleanor's tears fell.
13:28She quickly turned her head away,
13:30as if unwilling to lose her composure in front of outsiders.
13:33After a long while,
13:34she walked over and gently took my hand.
13:37Evelyn, thank God you are here.
13:39I had never been on the receiving end of anyone's gratitude before,
13:42and I felt somewhat at a loss.
13:46Eleanor didn't force me to speak.
13:48She had someone prepare a new suite for me in the West Wing.
13:54Clothes and daily decissities,
13:55all meticulously selected,
13:57were delivered.
14:00I stood at the entrance of the walk-in closet,
14:02staring at a rail full of unfamiliar new clothes,
14:05feel even more bouldered.
14:08Back in the Quinn household,
14:10whenever Linda bought new clothes,
14:12they were always for my brother first.
14:14She said girls didn't need to dress too well,
14:17since they'd end up belonging to another family sooner or later.
14:21I didn't dare touch those clothes.
14:26When Adrian found out,
14:27he didn't mock me.
14:31He had Ethan download a handwriting app for me.
14:34Then he sat by the bed,
14:36and taught me how to type on the tablet.
14:38His body was still weak,
14:39yet he taught with utmost patience.
14:42It's okay.
14:42If I typed a letter wrong,
14:44he waited.
14:45If I hand wrote slowly,
14:47he waited.
14:48Once,
14:48I stared at the screen for too long,
14:50my fingertips hovering,
14:52unable to move.
14:53Evelyn,
14:54it's okay if you don't want to write,
14:56but you will always have the right to express yourself.
14:59Since childhood,
15:00I was demanded to be decile,
15:02keep my mouth shut,
15:03and just follow orders.
15:05But now someone was telling me,
15:07whether I remained silent or spoke,
15:09I could follow my own heart.
15:10He didn't press me about my ability,
15:12giving me space.
15:13This was far more precious than pity.
15:16Unfortunately,
15:17the Ashford family didn't consist only of Eleanor and Adrian.
15:20When the relatives from the collateral branched came to visit,
15:26their words were sharp and grating.
15:29This girl hit the jackpot,
15:31just a spiritual medium's ritual,
15:33and she gets into the Ashford estate.
15:36If Adrian really recovers,
15:38he surely can't spend the rest of his life with a mute country girl,
15:41right?
15:46The servants laughed behind my back,
15:48mocking me for slipping my way into an old money pedigree.
15:52They thought Adrian was just too blinded by illness right now to see clearly.
15:57Once he fully recovered,
15:59naturally,
15:59he would regret it.
16:01I didn't have much of a reaction,
16:03let alone argue with them.
16:05Forgetting cold scares and swallowing pain was what I was best at.
16:08At lunch,
16:10Adrian ate very little.
16:12The nutritionist had prepared a delicate meal,
16:14but he took only two bites before setting down his silver airs.
16:18I remembered the doctor saying he needed to replenish his nutrients.
16:22So,
16:23I went to the kitchen.
16:24I found some ingredients,
16:25and wanted to make him a light bowl of stewed soup.
16:30The live-in housekeeper,
16:32Mrs. Doyle,
16:33stood watching,
16:34her expression tight with disapproval.
16:36Mrs. Ashford,
16:37you can leave these things to us.
16:39You've likely never seen these ingredients before.
16:41It would be a waste if you ruined them.
16:45A maid next to her couldn't hold back a snuff.
16:48What could she possibly make?
16:50Coming from a rust belt town,
16:51I bet she only knows how to boil cheap oatmeal.
16:59The year my mother was ill,
17:01I made soup for her many times.
17:04The heat had to be low,
17:05simmering it until tender,
17:07so it wouldn't upset the stomach.
17:10After the soup was ready,
17:12I carried the tray upstairs.
17:15Just as I reached Adrian's door,
17:18Mrs. Doyle hurried after me.
17:20Madam,
17:21Mr. Adrian's diet is strictly arranged by the nutritionist.
17:24Don't harm him with these things of unknown origins.
17:27Wake up to complain,
17:28so her disrespect was entirely unkized.
17:31The door suddenly opened from the inside.
17:33Adrian stood there,
17:34leaning on the door porm.
17:35She is the lady of the Ashford estate.
17:36Under what authority are you stopping her from entering my room?
17:39Sir, I was just worried.
17:40He had no patience to hear her finish,
17:42and indifferently instructed Ethan.
17:44Check the kitchen security footage.
17:46Fire anyone who said an ugly word to Evelyn today.
17:48Yes, sir.
17:52Mrs. Doyle turned deathly pale from terror,
17:55while Adrian took the bowl of soup.
17:57He sat back on the edge of the bed,
18:00drinking it in large swallows.
18:01By the end,
18:03even the bottom of the bowl was clean.
18:05Evelyn,
18:06in the Ashford estate,
18:08you never have to swallow your greeges.
18:10He paused,
18:11a very faint smile surfacing in his eyes.
18:15You are my wife.
18:16I will always protect you.
18:18In this cold old house,
18:20a light was finally willing to shine for me.
18:25When spring arrived,
18:27Adrian began regular physical therapy.
18:29The snow in the courtyard hadn't entirely melted,
18:32but new buds were already forming on the branches.
18:34He walked in the corridor of the medical wing.
18:37I supported his arm,
18:38walking even more tensely than he did.
18:42Afraid I'll fall?
18:43I nodded.
18:45He shifted his cane to his other hand
18:47and gently brushed my fingertips.
18:49I'll walk slowly,
18:50so don't be afraid.
18:52Slowly,
18:52he was able to walk to the gardens.
18:56When the wind blew,
18:57he would stop to catch his breath
18:59by the white rose treckly.
19:03Eleanor was so delighted
19:05that she sent things to my room
19:06almost every day.
19:07I didn't dare accept them,
19:09afraid that fate had once again
19:11secretly attached a price laid.
19:15But Adrian accepted them on my behalf.
19:17You're not just boarding here.
19:19There's no need to be so reserved.
19:21From then on,
19:22he taught me many things,
19:24recognizing vocabulary,
19:26researching information,
19:27and even reading legal contracts.
19:31Sometimes when he was tired,
19:33he would lean back on the sofa
19:34and close his eyes to rest.
19:36I would then copy everything
19:38he had just taught into my notebook.
19:40I learned extremely fast,
19:42and he would encourage me.
19:44Evelyn is very smart.
19:45It's just that no one
19:46gave you the chance before.
19:48It wasn't long before Ray came knocking.
19:52He brought Linda,
19:54making a scene all the way
19:55to the estate's main gate.
19:57when the security guards blocked him.
19:59I am Evelyn's biological father.
20:02My daughter married into the Ashford family
20:04and is the lady of the house.
20:06On what grounds are you keeping me out?
20:12Adrian was at physical therapy
20:14in the medical wing.
20:15Eleanor initially had them brought
20:17into the formal sitting room,
20:18wanting to save me some face.
20:23But the moment Ray walked in,
20:25he crushed all dignity.
20:28He looking around with wide eyes,
20:30then put on an act and sighed.
20:36He said I had a hard life
20:38since childhood,
20:39and my mother dies early.
20:41How difficult it was for him
20:43to raise me all by himself.
20:45Eleanor's face darkened,
20:47but Ray didn't even notice.
20:49Evelyn can't speak
20:50and doesn't have any skills.
20:52For her to marry Mr. Adrian
20:54is thanks to the good morm
20:55of the Quinn ancestors.
20:59Now that she's moved up in the world,
21:01she can't ignore her blood relatives.
21:03I stood at the top of the stairs,
21:04my face gradually turning pale.
21:06Those words weren't new,
21:08but spoken in front of them,
21:09it still felt like being stripped naked in public.
21:11Eleanor turned around and noticed me.
21:14She dropped all pretend of civility.
21:17Mr. Quinn,
21:18you didn't give your daughter away in marriage.
21:20You signed an NDA
21:22and sold her for a clearly marked price,
21:24and now you're trying to extort the Ashvin family?
21:32In law,
21:33that's an ugly way to put it.
21:35Eleanor had already issued the order
21:37to revict them.
21:38From today on,
21:39if you harass my daughter in life again
21:41in the name of family,
21:42I will have security physically remove you
21:44and my legal team sue you for extortion.
21:47But we're her blood relatives.
21:49Her home is here.
21:50What kind of family are you?
21:52Get out!
21:53Get out!
21:57You ungrateful little bitch!
21:59We raised you and this is how you repay us?
22:02As he left,
22:03he cursed me for being ungrateful.
22:05I'd gotten ahead
22:06and turned my back on where I came from.
22:08Eleanor pulled my shoal snug around me,
22:11restoring her gentle demeanor.
22:14In the future,
22:15you don't have to see people like them.
22:17She was genuinely aching for me
22:19because her eyes looked so much like my mother's.
22:22When news of Adrian's recovery got out,
22:25Charlotte returned from abroad.
22:27She was once the person closest to Adrian during his youth.
22:31After his accident,
22:32someone in the family had sounded out the Sinclairs about a marriage.
22:35The Sinclair family refused quickly.
22:37No one wanted to marry their daughter to a dying man.
22:40Now,
22:40Charlotte had come calling with gifts.
22:43Eleanor saw right through her intentions,
22:45her attitude lukewarm at best.
22:47Yet Charlotte still found an opportunity to see me alone.
22:50She stood in the sunroom,
22:52her tone soft.
22:55Miss Quinn,
22:56you must know that Adrian only married you out of desperation during a critical time,
23:01resorting to superstition.
23:04He has always preferred educated, sophisticated girls with polish.
23:09And that we're live in.
23:11Yeah,
23:11I don't know that I know.
23:16You can't speak,
23:17and you don't understand his world.
23:19Once he's completely recovered,
23:21your continued presence by his side will only make everyone embarrassed.
23:25At a time when I should have been angry,
23:27I suddenly panicked,
23:29because his face was also gradually becoming blurry to me,
23:32and I was terrified I wouldn't be able to hold on to even this shred of warmth.
23:37A few days later,
23:39the uncle's collateral branch hosted a dinner party.
23:41During the dinner,
23:43someone deliberately asked me to give a toast.
23:45Mrs. Ashford is a mute.
23:47Why not write a few words for us to see?
23:49I heard that kind of ritual is very effective.
23:51If you're really that capable,
23:53why not make Adrian recover completely by tomorrow?
23:56Isn't he still Bedrin?
24:00Why do you always tease the country girl?
24:02She doesn't even understand.
24:04Surrounded in the middle,
24:05I felt as if I were back in the post,
24:07being mocked by the crowd.
24:09Suddenly,
24:10a loud noise echoed from the doorway.
24:13Adrian,
24:13dressed in a casual suit,
24:15had rushed over.
24:16His gaze was cold and clear,
24:18without a hint of decay.
24:19With one sweeping glance,
24:21the entire hall fell dead silent.
24:26He walked slowly to stand in front of me.
24:29My wife is not here for your amusement.
24:31Whoever embarrasses her again
24:32can get the hell out of the Ashford family.
24:34I stared blankly at his back.
24:36Like my mother,
24:37he was a man of his word.
24:39He truly would protect me?
24:40He didn't ask for anything in return,
24:42nor did he question
24:43whether I possessed the right pedigree,
24:45simply because I was Evelyn.
24:47Adrian purged swiftly
24:49against the collateral branch.
24:50He was ill,
24:51but not weak in the slightest.
24:52For several consecutive days,
24:54Ethan and the legal team
24:55swept through various properties,
24:57making examples of the offenders.
24:58From then on,
25:00no one dared to look down on me.
25:02Adrian started taking me out.
25:03He took me to Chinatown
25:05for dumpling soup.
25:07The shop was tiny,
25:08the glass windows fogged with steam.
25:11When the dumpling soup arrived,
25:12he pushed the saucer of vinegar towards me.
25:15You should like this.
25:16I lowered my head and took a taste.
25:18It was so hot,
25:20it numbed the tip of my tongue,
25:21but I still couldn't resist eating another one.
25:25Adrian smiled.
25:26Slow down.
25:27We can order more if it's not enough.
25:28He also took me to stroll through the markets.
25:31I loved listening to the vendors shouting their wares.
25:35He bought me a paper cone of roasted chee nuts.
25:38The paper bagged was hot,
25:39but holding it in my hands,
25:40I couldn't bear to let go.
25:42He just stood beside me,
25:43peeling them for me one by one.
25:45In that moment,
25:47I thought,
25:47I must have fallen in love with Adrian.
25:50His body gradually improved.
25:52From only being able to walk for 10 minutes,
25:55to being able to come downstairs for breakfast.
25:58Everyone changed their tune,
26:00praising the magic of the spiritual marriage
26:02and saying I was blessed.
26:04Only I knew it wasn't a blessing.
26:06It was traded for my spoken words,
26:09and the toll was beginning to show.
26:12My memory was getting worse and worse.
26:15One day,
26:16I stopped in the middle of the corridor.
26:18I suddenly couldn't remember which room was the bedroom.
26:25When Adrian found me,
26:26I was gripping the hem of my shirt,
26:28trembling.
26:32Evelyn,
26:33I'll help you look for it.
26:35Later,
26:35small labels were put up outside every room in the estate.
26:38Written on the master bedroom door
26:40was Evelyn and Adrian's home.
26:42Something ached deep in my chest,
26:44and I couldn't help but shed tears as I looked at it.
26:47Adrian also prepared many little notebooks for me.
26:50Some to write down daily trivia,
26:52some to note the names of family members,
26:55and one exclusively for things between the two of us.
26:58On the title page,
27:00he had written in his own hand.
27:01I am Adrian.
27:03If one day forget you,
27:04forget me.
27:05I will walk up to you and introduce myself all over again.
27:09When Eleanor realized my memory was fading,
27:11she cried in secret several times.
27:13I saw her staring blankly into the garden,
27:16dabbing her tears endlessly with a handkerchief.
27:18She even went to see that spiritual advisor.
27:21After returning,
27:22she remained silent for a long time.
27:27That night,
27:28she came to find me.
27:29This historically dominicing woman stood at my door,
27:33seemingly afraid to come in.
27:35I typed on my phone,
27:37it's not your fault.
27:38After Eleanor read it,
27:39her eyes grew red again.
27:41She cared for me as if I were her own biological daughter.
27:47I wasn't used to being cared for like this,
27:49yet,
27:50as if trying to make amends,
27:51she wanted to give me the best of everything.
27:53During lunch,
27:54she suddenly put down her silverwares.
27:58Evelyn,
28:00when I brought you into the estate,
28:01I had my own selfish motives.
28:03I was afraid Adrian would die all alone,
28:06and I was afraid that after his death,
28:07the collateral branch would fight for power,
28:09and no one would protect what he left behind.
28:11At that time,
28:12I never thought that you were just a poor,
28:14suffering child too.
28:15I am sorry.
28:16I never expected someone like her
28:18to bow her head and admit fault.
28:21She held my hand,
28:22but it's different now.
28:24No matter what happens to Adrian in the future,
28:27whether you want to stay or go,
28:29the Ashford family will protect you.
28:32I slowly typed in my phone's memo app.
28:35Thank you, mother.
28:37This time,
28:38Eleanor couldn't hold back.
28:39She broke down and wept bitterly in front of me.
28:43When I returned to my room that night,
28:46Adrian was sitting on the edge of the bed
28:47waiting for me.
28:50Evelyn?
28:52I stopped and waited for him to speak.
28:57Adrian reached out
28:58and gently pressed the back of my hand.
29:01From now on,
29:02you don't need to make exceptions for me.
29:04Put yourself first in everything.
29:07I don't know exactly what is happening to you,
29:10but I can sense that every time I get better,
29:13it doesn't come from nothing.
29:17If the toll falls on you,
29:19then I would rather not have it.
29:21My eyes grew hot,
29:22and I shook my head vigorously.
29:24No!
29:25You being alive is the best response
29:26I have ever received!
29:28I couldn't shout out loud,
29:30I only dared bury love deep in my heart.
29:33Adrian leaned in and hugged me,
29:35his voice trembling.
29:37Please don't make another wish for me.
29:41I want to live,
29:42but I don't want to live at the cost of your life.
29:47The unconditional favoritism he gave me,
29:49the silhouette of his back as he shielded me,
29:52these things should remain in my memory,
29:54never to be erased.
29:56But fate never asked if I was willing.
29:58It only cared about taking.
30:01Half a year later,
30:03Adrian officially returned to Ashford Biotech.
30:07As the head of the Neuro Regeneration Project,
30:10he attended the corporate launch Bala.
30:12All of Boston watched Adrian take the stage once more,
30:15standing tall.
30:16In a black suit,
30:17he was composed and sharp,
30:19every inch of him restored to his former edge.
30:21He commanded an even more intimidating presence than before.
30:24When the cameras panned over him,
30:26the audience fell briefly silent.
30:28Everyone knew that doctors had once declared this man had at most three months left.
30:33Yet now,
30:34he stood under the spotlight,
30:36explaining the latest technology with utmost clarity.
30:39Because of this,
30:41some in elite circles could no longer sit still.
30:43With him back at the summit,
30:45I became an eyesore.
30:54His family is just grateful for her bedside care.
30:56Are they really going to let her be the lady of the house for the rest of her life?
31:00Adrian will divorce her sooner or later.
31:03While reviewing the consortium's project documents,
31:05I accidentally saw these online comments.
31:08Adrian had taught me.
31:10Other people's slighting remarks were not the truth about me.
31:14As for whether I was worthy,
31:15that certainly wasn't for them to decide.
31:18Therefore,
31:19I wasn't angry.
31:21The launch gala was my first time attending a public event
31:24as Adrian's wife.
31:25My evening gown was picked by Eleanor.
31:28A light,
31:29understated color.
31:31Nervous?
31:31Adrian helped me put on my earrings.
31:34I shook my head,
31:36though in truth I was terrified of embarrassing him.
31:40If there's anyone you don't want to deal with,
31:41just ignore them.
31:44The gala.
31:46Many people came up to make small talk,
31:48but their eyes couldn't hide their opposing scrutiny.
31:51Adrian was called away by corporate partners,
31:54to discuss business.
31:55So I stood alone by the terrace.
31:58Before long,
31:59Camille walked over,
32:00holding a glass of champagne.
32:01She was the partner's daughter,
32:03stunning and vibrant.
32:06Miss Quinn,
32:07do you know what kind of person Adrian used to be?
32:13He won international awards
32:15while studying at an Ivy League university,
32:17and took charge of major projects by 22.
32:21The people standing by his side were always the absolute elite.
32:26You can't speak.
32:27You have no degree and no pedigree.
32:29You can't even integrate into a circle.
32:32Don't you find it exhausting standing beside him?
32:35I took out my phone and slowly typed.
32:38Are you done?
32:40Camille gave a soft cot,
32:42raising her brows.
32:43You should go ask him instead of coming here to harass me.
32:46She probably never expected that someone like me would fight back.
32:50Charlotte approached right at that moment.
32:53She had likely heard about my failing memory and deliberately asked,
32:57Miss Quinn,
32:59do you still remember who I am?
33:01My mind was completely blank.
33:05Her name had sunk to the bottom of the water,
33:07impossible to dredge up.
33:10Charlotte noticed my hesitation,
33:12a gleam of triumphant pleasure flashing in her eyes.
33:15Can someone like you,
33:17who can't even remember faces,
33:19truly take care of Adrienne?
33:21Or are you just clinging to that tiny bit of past favor,
33:24refusing to leave?
33:26I hurriedly opened my small notebook,
33:29trying to find her name.
33:30The pages rustled beneath my fingertips.
33:33The mockery from onlookers had already swarmed in.
33:36Evelyn, affection shouldn't be about extorting gratitude.
33:42Camille quickly chammed in.
33:44You simply don't deserve him!
33:46The jeering abruptly stopped.
33:48I saw Adrienne walking over.
33:51I didn't know how much he had heard,
33:53but his eyes were cold and dark.
33:58He took off his jacket and raped him over my shoulders,
34:01then turned to the crowd.
34:03You are all wrong.
34:06She isn't clinging to me.
34:08It's that I am entirely incapable of leaving her.
34:11Adrienne grasped my hand.
34:13She exhausted herself while taking care of me and fell a little ill.
34:17It doesn't matter what she forgets.
34:19I will tell her anew every single day.
34:21The position of Mrs. Ashburn has never been about who can speak,
34:24or who has the best pedigree.
34:26He put his arm around my shoulders.
34:28Snow melted away.
34:29And once again,
34:30I saw the new buds of spring in his eyes.
34:33I only want Evelyn Queen.
34:39Therefore,
34:39our marriage will not be dissolved in the future.
34:41All family benefits and assets linked to Ashford Biotech
34:44will be written solely in her name.
34:46For my entire life,
34:48she will be my one and only wife.
34:50In Charlotte,
34:51the wine glass trembled slightly.
34:53I too runny felt that all the hold meals,
34:56cold glares,
34:57and bitterly cold nights I had twallowed over the years
34:59found an echo and dissonance in hand.
35:02Finally,
35:03someone was explicitly telling them.
35:05I was not someone left over.
35:07My throat felt as if it had been moistened by warm water.
35:10I didn't dare to speed's broke through my fear at this moment.
35:14I stood on my tiptoes,
35:16leaned close to his ear,
35:18and pushed myself to voice the words.
35:20Adrian,
35:21I love you.
35:26I might forget this gala,
35:28forget who Camille is,
35:29and what Charlotte said,
35:32but this frantic heartbeat right now,
35:35I wanted to fight to keep it forever.
35:37Adrian resumed his investigation
35:39into the car accident from back then.
35:41The car had plunged off the overpass,
35:44smashing through the guardrail,
35:46and flipping onto the access road below.
35:49The driver died on the spot.
35:51When Adrian was brought to the hospital,
35:53he had multiple fractures,
35:54severe nerve damage,
35:56and fell into a coma for nearly half a year.
35:58Everyone said it was an accident,
36:00but he never believed in coincidences.
36:04The investigation revealed
36:05the braking system had been tampered with.
36:08A week before the crash,
36:10the driver's account
36:11had received an offshore wire transfer.
36:14The funds were routed through three layers,
36:17ultimately tracing back
36:18to an offshore shell company
36:20owned by the uncle's collateral branch.
36:26At that time,
36:27Ashford Biotech had core patents about to launch.
36:30Adrian was the project head.
36:32If it succeeded,
36:33all the power his uncle had covately expanded
36:36on the corporate board over the years
36:37would be crushed back down.
36:39That was why he had his accident.
36:41After his coma,
36:43his uncle's branch
36:44sieved the opportunity
36:45to infiltrate the board.
36:47Under the guise of stabilizing the corporation,
36:49they took half of the consortium's empire.
36:52Now that Adrian was back alive,
36:54of course they panicked.
36:58And when they panicked,
36:59they started to bite.
37:02Not daring to attack Adrian headbond,
37:05they aimed their blades on me.
37:07Soon, many posts surfaced online.
37:10Claiming my father was a gambling addict
37:12and my family background was filthy.
37:15Claiming I had swindled the family
37:16through the supertitious means
37:18of a spiritual medium,
37:19causing Adrian to abandon
37:21a proper old money marriage.
37:22Ray went on camera
37:23and cursed me
37:24as a heartless res wretch
37:25who had been rotten since birth.
37:28Linda chimed in,
37:30wiping away fake tears
37:31and hinting that I had
37:32a bizarre personality.
37:34I was shoved into the center
37:35of the tabloid storm.
37:39It felt like being thrown
37:41into a black, freezing river,
37:43surrounded on all sides
37:44by voices condemning
37:45and humiliating me.
37:52Faced with the malice of strangers,
37:54I was momentarily speechless.
37:57Adrian had the viral headlines pulled
37:59and issued cease and desist letters.
38:01The uncle's branch quickly struck back
38:04by exploiting a procedural loophole
38:06in a comordium project.
38:07They planned to force him
38:09to hand over power
38:10at the corporate board meeting.
38:12Wait for me to come home for dinner.
38:16Before he left that morning,
38:18he smiled and reassured me.
38:22But what I waited for
38:23turned out to be a call from Ethan.
38:26At the board meeting,
38:27the collateral branch
38:28had used my identity as ammunition.
38:32They proposed that Adrian
38:33was compromised by my influence,
38:35his judgment impaired,
38:36and his post-illness
38:37mental state unstable,
38:38rendering him unfit
38:39to continue overseeing
38:40the consortium's core technologies.
38:41Adrian presented all sorts of evidence
38:44on the stand,
38:45turning the tables on them.
38:46Yet as he was leaving,
38:48the elevator suddenly malfunctioned.
38:51It was the exact same method as before.
39:06Adrian's trauma response erupted again,
39:09his heart rate plummeting.
39:10By the time I rushed to the hospital,
39:12he had already been taken
39:14into the emergency room.
39:16Eleanor had one hand against the wall,
39:18fighting hard not to collapse.
39:19Madam,
39:21the doctors say you need to prepare for the worst.
39:23The first wish merely pulled Adrian back
39:25from the edge of death.
39:27But someone still wanted him dead.
39:29The ER doors opened a crank.
39:31A nurse came out with a critical condition notice
39:34for the family to sign.
39:35I suddenly remembered that night,
39:37when he held me and gently urged,
39:39I want to live,
39:41but I don't want to live
39:42at the cost of your life.
39:43If I didn't speak now,
39:44he truly would have no hope left.
39:47Then what meaning would my life have anyway?
39:50My throat ached as if it were splitting apart
39:52as I heard myself say,
39:54Adrian, you must come back safe and sound!
40:00As soon as the words fell,
40:02it was as if someone had hit
40:04the mute button on the world.
40:06Eleanor was shouting for me.
40:07Ethan rushed over to hold me up.
40:10The paper in the nurse's hand
40:11fluttered to the floor.
40:13I could see their lips moving,
40:15but I couldn't hear a single thing.
40:17The light above the ER went out
40:19and the doctor pushed the door open.
40:21He said a great deal.
40:23I saw him take off his mask,
40:25his expression finally relaxing.
40:27I felt like I was standing in a silent blizzard,
40:30everyone drifting further and further away.
40:33And then,
40:34the world spun,
40:35and I plummeted into darkness.
40:39When I opened my eyes,
40:40I saw a young man sitting by the bed.
40:43Even frowning, he looked handsome.
40:46Evelyn.
40:47Realizing I was awake,
40:48his eyes instantly crinkled into a smile.
40:51I didn't have much of a reaction,
40:53continuing to study him.
40:55The man's face was pale,
40:57his features gentle,
40:58but I didn't know him.
40:59I shrank back,
41:00my voice horsky and dry.
41:03Who are you?
41:07That sliver of light in his eyes
41:09instantly shattered without a sound.
41:11Yet very quickly,
41:12he forced a smile back onto his face.
41:15My name is Adrian.
41:17I am your husband.
41:18It's okay.
41:19Don't be afraid.
41:20I'll take my time and tell you everything.
41:22The uncle's family was taken away by the police.
41:24The truth of the car accident was made public.
41:27Adrian reclaimed absolute control of the consortium.
41:31Those who used to stand by and watch the spectacle
41:33changed their tune.
41:34They said I was lucky,
41:35and Adrian was so devoted.
41:38The suffering had passed,
41:40and the sweetness had arrived.
41:42It seemed the ending should be perfectly whole,
41:45but the truly agonizing days were only just beginning.
41:49I had completely forgotten Adrian.
41:52I remembered Briar Creek.
41:54I still remembered that Ray sold me.
41:57But all memories regarding love
41:59had been utterly erased by fate.
42:01When Eleanor came to see me,
42:03she also felt like a stranger.
42:06I watched her hesitate to speak,
42:09holding back tears.
42:10My heart felt like a piece was missing,
42:13but I didn't know why it inked.
42:16Mother,
42:17Adrian,
42:18Eleanor,
42:19the people who had once made me feel warm
42:22had all vanished from my memory.
42:27Every morning,
42:28Adrian would sit by my bed
42:29and gently introduce himself.
42:31Good morning, Evelyn.
42:32My name is Adrian.
42:33I am your husband,
42:34and I love you very much.
42:36The first time,
42:37I retreated in fear,
42:38and he stopped instantly.
42:40Okay, I won't come closer.
42:41The second time,
42:42I frowned at him.
42:46He placed our marriage certificate
42:48and photos on the table,
42:49not forcing me to look at them.
42:51The 30th time,
42:52I finally asked him,
42:53Doing this every day,
42:55aren't you tired?
42:57Adrian smiled slightly.
42:58Not at all.
43:00Being able to meet you all over again
43:02is my good luck.
43:05Later,
43:06he took me out for dumpling soup.
43:08The shop was in an old alley,
43:11steam fogging up the glass.
43:12Used to like adding a bit more.
43:14He pushed the vinegar towards me.
43:16I frowned at the sourness,
43:18and he poured me
43:19half a glass of warm water.
43:20He took me to the market
43:22to buy paper bags
43:23of roasted chestnuts.
43:24Used to complain they were too hot,
43:26yet couldn't bear to let them go.
43:28Holding the paper bag,
43:29watching the steam rise
43:30through my fingers,
43:31I still felt a sense
43:33of unfamiliarness,
43:34yet I didn't dislike it.
43:35He took me to see
43:36the white roses in the courtyard.
43:39He said one of the bushes
43:40was planted by me,
43:41and its name was Snowdrop.
43:44I crouched before the pot.
43:45The blooms weren't
43:46spectacularly beautiful,
43:47but they had been
43:48exceptionally well cared for.
43:50At first,
43:51I always felt Adrian
43:52was simply an overly patient stranger.
43:54But gradually,
43:55I got used to him
43:56appearing every day.
43:57Got used to him
43:58looking at me earnestly
43:59when I felt uneasy,
44:01telling me,
44:01I will not leave you behind.
44:03However times you forget,
44:04I will tell you again.
44:06I opened those small notebooks.
44:09Adrian is wonderful.
44:10He doesn't love me
44:11out of guilt.
44:13If one day I forget,
44:14please try to believe him,
44:16believe him one more time.
44:17I will definitely fall in love
44:19with him all over again.
44:21Those words were clearly
44:22written by me,
44:23yet they felt like a letter
44:24left by someone else.
44:26Did I really love you
44:27that much before?
44:31Yes,
44:32but that doesn't matter.
44:34The you of right now
44:35can decide all over again
44:36whether you want to
44:36keep loving me.
44:40He respected the me
44:41of every single moment.
44:45Even if I might leave
44:46at any second,
44:47he refused to imprison me.
44:50Many years later,
44:52my memory was still poor.
44:53I would forget the date
44:54or whether I had just
44:55watered the flowers.
44:57Waking up on certain mornings,
44:59I would gaze quietly
45:00at Adrian in a trance.
45:02He would hold my hand,
45:04just like when he was young.
45:05My name is Adrian.
45:07I am your husband
45:07and I love you.
45:09He handed the consortant
45:11over to trusted aides,
45:12carving out more time
45:13to stay by my side.
45:18We lived by the sea
45:19and in the mountains
45:21and we even returned
45:22to Breer Creek.
45:23The old bulletin board
45:25had long been torn down.
45:27That notice seeking
45:29a spiritual marriage
45:30from all those years ago
45:31felt like an absurd old dream.
45:34I stood at the entrance
45:35to the town
45:36looking at the widened street.
45:38Did I want to leave this place
45:40very badly back then?
45:42Adrian squeezed my hand.
45:43Yes.
45:44Did I leave in the end?
45:46He looked down at me,
45:48a very gentle light
45:49in his eyes.
45:50You left
45:50and we went to many places.
45:52We saw deep oceans
45:53and snowy mountains
45:54and ultimately
45:55you stayed by my side
45:56until today.
45:58I leaned softly
45:59against his shoulder.
46:01No matter how much time passed,
46:03I would never be able
46:04to remember
46:05the entirety of my past.
46:07But this life
46:09was entirely worth it.
46:12Epilogue
46:13Adrian's Perspective
46:14The Boston winter
46:16covered the city lightly
46:17like raven feathers.
46:19Ethan handed me the file.
46:21The marriage candidate
46:22Madam found.
46:23Name
46:23Evelyn Quinn
46:24Age 22
46:26Origin Briar Creek
46:27Natal chart attached.
46:33In just a few thin pages,
46:34she wasn't written
46:35like a human being
46:36but as data.
46:38Whether I had
46:39three months left
46:40was highly up to heaven's will.
46:41Was my mother
46:42truly going to drag her
46:43into my deadly trap?
46:44She had been tough
46:45her whole life
46:46since I could remember
46:47she was the most
46:48cold-blooded leader
46:49of Ashford Biotech.
46:50Only when facing me
46:52did she utterly collapse.
46:53Adrian,
46:55Mom just wants to try
46:56one more time.
46:58I didn't blame her.
47:01When people are pushed
47:02to the absolute brink,
47:04they will always grasp
47:05at irrational things.
47:07Her fear of losing her son
47:09didn't mean someone else
47:11had to lose their life.
47:12So before Evelyn
47:13even walked through the door,
47:15I had already
47:15arranged everything.
47:18As long as she wanted
47:19to leave,
47:20no one in the family
47:21could stop her.
47:23Lying in bed,
47:24I heard the brief sounds
47:25of the ritual downstairs.
47:27She was led in
47:28by the butler,
47:28wearing an ill-fitted
47:29white dress.
47:33That night,
47:34I was actually
47:35on the verge
47:36of giving out.
47:36I could clearly
47:37feel my body sinking.
47:40Like a receding tide
47:41exposing the desolate riverbed.
47:44The taste of blood
47:45welled up in my throat,
47:46yet all I could think of
47:48was letting her go.
47:52then I heard her voice.
47:55Adrian,
47:56you must live!
47:59As light as rain
48:00falling on a windowsill,
48:01yet it pulled me back
48:02from that cooling,
48:03dark night,
48:04helping me reclaim
48:05my vitality.
48:06For many days after,
48:07I told myself
48:08it was a hallucination.
48:09A dying man
48:10would likely hear voices
48:11that didn't exist.
48:12my body
48:13gradually recovered.
48:18My mother said
48:19her prayers
48:20were finally
48:20not in vain,
48:21but I grew
48:22increasingly uneasy
48:23because Evelyn
48:25started forgetting things.
48:27She was always
48:28looking anxiously
48:29at the room signs,
48:30like a lost child.
48:32When I walked over,
48:34she immediately
48:35hid her panic.
48:39I researched
48:40countless materials
48:40and asked many doctors.
48:42I even went to see
48:43scholars who studied
48:44parapsychology.
48:45The wishes of certain
48:46individuals can interfere
48:47with reality,
48:48but such interference
48:48always demand a toll.
48:50Outside the window,
48:51the traffic flowed endlessly,
48:53my mind in turmoil.
48:55So fate had
48:56not shown me
48:56great mercy at all.
48:57It was her bearing
48:59the sprunt of it for me.
49:02Sometimes,
49:03love is not a sudden,
49:04overwhelming flood.
49:06It's more like
49:07a fine, steady dribble.
49:09At first,
49:10it merely lands
49:11on your shoulders.
49:12By the time you realize it,
49:14your entire heart
49:15is soaked through.
49:17I tried hard
49:18to shower her
49:19with favoritism.
49:23She had been mistreated
49:24by the world
49:24for too long,
49:25so I wanted
49:26more than anything
49:26to let her know
49:27that being loved
49:28is not something
49:29that requires
49:29paying a price.
49:31When my uncle
49:32made a move
49:32against me,
49:33I was actually
49:34prepared for it.
49:35I had found the evidence
49:36of the car crash
49:37and I had set a trap.
49:40But I never expected
49:41them to strike again
49:42right after
49:43the board meeting.
49:43The moment the elevator
49:45plunged,
49:46my body remembered
49:47the car crash
49:47before my mind did.
49:48The loss of control
49:50in a confined space,
49:51the sound of grinding metal,
49:53all of it forced me
49:53to face death directly.
49:55When we met again,
49:56she had forgotten me.
49:58I hated my own life
49:59with a passion
50:00for causing her
50:01to suffer once again.
50:03Many people said
50:04Evelyn was lucky,
50:05that marrying
50:05into the Ashford family
50:06had changed her fate.
50:08Every time I heard that,
50:09I found it laughable.
50:10The one whose fate
50:11was truly changed
50:12was me.
50:13I paved the road
50:13for her to study,
50:14to seek treatment,
50:15to start her life anew.
50:16I hired the best doctors
50:17and psychologists
50:18and set aside
50:18enough assets for her,
50:19all written exclusively
50:20in her name.
50:21I wanted her to be able
50:22to live well,
50:23even if one day
50:24she left me.
50:25Every morning,
50:26I sat by her bed,
50:27keeping just the right
50:28amount of distance.
50:29Good morning, Evelyn.
50:31My name is Adrian.
50:32I am your husband
50:33and I love you very much.
50:38She forgot the bond
50:39between us that transcended
50:40life and death,
50:40but she was still
50:41the very same Evelyn.
50:43She would stop
50:43when she saw a stray cat,
50:45quietly push the carrot
50:46she didn't like
50:46to the edge of her bowl,
50:47and cup chestnuts
50:48at the market,
50:48blowing on them carefully.
50:49She wasn't a replica
50:50of the past,
50:51nor the lover
50:52from my memory
50:52who absolutely had to return.
50:54I wouldn't demand
50:55she remember me,
50:56so when she asked me,
50:58I gave her the power
50:59to choose.
50:59Humans are always greedy.
51:02I also wanted her
51:03to remember everything,
51:04especially her standing
51:05on Tipso to tell me,
51:07but compared to having
51:07her remember,
51:08I wished even more
51:09for her to be free.
51:10She had already lost
51:11too much because of me.
51:13I could not let love
51:15turn into yet another
51:16form of extortion.
51:17I took her to eat
51:18dumpling soup,
51:20to buy roasted chestnuts,
51:22to look at the white rose bush
51:23named Snowdrop.
51:25Every single time,
51:26I treated it as the first time.
51:28If the things of the past
51:29couldn't be kept,
51:30then I would simply give them
51:31to her all over again.
51:33I had a long enough lifetime
51:34to slowly pay her back.
51:39Many years later,
51:40I still remember
51:41that very first night.
51:42The faint sounds
51:43of the monitors in the room,
51:44the rain falling
51:45outside the window,
51:46Evelyn opening her mouth
51:47to save me
51:48for the first time.
51:49Countless times I thought,
51:51if time could rewind,
51:52I must never let her
51:53speak those words.
51:54Yet if she hadn't spoken them,
51:55I would never have had
51:56the chance to love her.
51:58This is the most painful,
51:59yet most cherished,
52:00paradox of my life.
52:02Even later on,
52:03we both grew old.
52:04My condition had long
52:05since stabilized,
52:06though I was still weaker
52:07than an average person.
52:08I'd cough when the weather
52:09turned cold,
52:10and my old injuries
52:11would ache faintly
52:12before the rain.
52:13Evelyn's memory
52:14remained poor.
52:15Our home was covered
52:16in labels everywhere.
52:17Waking up in the early morning,
52:18she gazed at me quietly
52:19for a long time again.
52:21This happened often.
52:22She would briefly forget
52:23who I was,
52:24unable to tell
52:25which year it was today.
52:27I was already used to it.
52:28My name is Adrian.
52:29I am your husband,
52:31and I love you.
52:32But Evelyn suddenly smiled.
52:35That I remember.
52:36I was stunned,
52:37and she slowly added
52:39another sentence.
52:40You've said it for a lifetime.
52:42The sunlight streamed
52:43in through the window,
52:44soothing my heart.
52:45It turned out that fate
52:46wasn't cruel every single time.
52:48It had taken away
52:48many of her memories,
52:49but it had left me a lifetime
52:51to articulate my love
52:52to her over and over again.
52:54I was stunned by the time.
52:55I was stunned by the time,
52:55but a few weeks ago,
52:55there was a lot of people
52:56who passed out by the day.
52:56The suicide scene was the first
52:56and this was the last night.
52:56I was born with the day
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