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Ava Russell’s arranged marriage turns into a nightmare when her fiancé Nico Moretti betrays her and allows Scarlett to publicly humiliate her. Determined not to be broken, Ava reaches out to Damian Costello, the powerful man who has loved her from afar for twelve years. On her wedding day, Damian arrives to change her fate, turning a humiliating ceremony into a grand declaration of love. As Nico and Scarlett face the consequences of their crimes, Ava finally finds the protection and happiness she always deserved.
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00:00:04on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde
00:00:09hair i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all
00:00:15that
00:00:15was left was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in
00:00:21a high ponytail an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your
00:00:25fiancee has terrible instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into
00:00:30her penthouse suite and she didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future
00:00:35godfather of the merecki family the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into
00:00:40laughter scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against
00:00:49her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand
00:00:55the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves
00:01:03the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:01:11nico take away her salon and your fiance's is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:01:18moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile
00:01:23in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own
00:01:28way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil
00:01:34and
00:01:34the wig tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style
00:01:41i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico
00:01:47had come
00:01:47to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom
00:01:53essential
00:01:53oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep
00:02:02you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up
00:02:07together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
00:02:13never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to
00:02:17knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to
00:02:23smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's
00:02:29got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the
00:02:34chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the
00:02:39blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter
00:02:44and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody
00:02:49humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the
00:02:56surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and
00:03:02down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years
00:03:07so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in
00:03:13a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid
00:03:20so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any
00:03:29harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have to
00:03:33take it
00:03:33personal as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing
00:03:38an
00:03:38exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for
00:03:43you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires
00:03:49shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit
00:03:54down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the
00:03:58russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned
00:04:02gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the
00:04:07long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened
00:04:13scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think
00:04:19you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick
00:04:23veil
00:04:24tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful
00:04:28that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a
00:04:34single tear
00:04:36nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this
00:04:41nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:04:48scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:04:53let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me
00:04:57ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:05:00if you want to
00:05:00blame someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was
00:05:05certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face
00:05:09i had
00:05:10known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal
00:05:14the necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared
00:05:20touch a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday
00:05:24nico
00:05:25graduated from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would
00:05:29win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to
00:05:34expand the
00:05:35family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned
00:05:39he would give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire
00:05:44while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by
00:05:48the bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of
00:05:53sedatives silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's
00:05:58hostility last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a
00:06:03safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent
00:06:07every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing
00:06:11me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlet simply posted
00:06:17a
00:06:17printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry
00:06:22back
00:06:22then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any
00:06:27harm
00:06:27she's just direct besides delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when
00:06:32i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by
00:06:36the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the
00:06:42one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing
00:06:47nico
00:06:47scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her
00:06:52own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company for my
00:06:56partner
00:06:57a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she were making some righteous
00:07:03sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her hair
00:07:08i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward
00:07:15and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no
00:07:20force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it
00:07:25at that moment nico leege further drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of
00:07:29scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough
00:07:34ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade who
00:07:40would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard for
00:07:44her
00:07:44she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life
00:07:49and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy
00:07:54scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our
00:07:59brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to
00:08:06advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's
00:08:11my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tail
00:08:15scar
00:08:16was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work
00:08:19courage and
00:08:20mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with
00:08:24you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening
00:08:29to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to
00:08:33let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed
00:08:38by a
00:08:39hand ava put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience
00:08:44i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on
00:08:49yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer
00:08:54the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of
00:08:59me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at
00:09:06that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now
00:09:12i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp
00:09:17be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door
00:09:23darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you
00:09:27when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her
00:09:32hand
00:09:32crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide
00:09:38and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered
00:09:43across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard
00:09:50scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's
00:09:55violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow
00:10:01how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we
00:10:05supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien
00:10:12costell i'm changing the groom
00:10:31on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:10:37i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:10:42was left
00:10:43was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:10:48ponytail
00:10:48an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible
00:10:53instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she
00:10:58didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family
00:11:03the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter
00:11:09scar that's not fair nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself
00:11:14who guards against her own fiance
00:11:18scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand
00:11:21the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the
00:11:30moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:11:38nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:11:44moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile
00:11:50in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their
00:11:55own way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know
00:12:00wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti
00:12:05i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fix my eyes
00:12:12on that diffuser
00:12:12bottle nico had come to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands
00:12:18this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract
00:12:23it's the best thing for sleep
00:12:28you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest
00:12:32i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood
00:12:3720 years of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with
00:12:43the powerful sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake
00:12:48and silent they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just
00:12:55messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we
00:13:00came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered
00:13:05my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell
00:13:10family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to
00:13:15swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament
00:13:20a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers
00:13:26raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our
00:13:32nico
00:13:32thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
00:13:38little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room
00:13:45understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it
00:13:54ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no
00:13:59filter
00:13:59why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it
00:14:03hit the edge and
00:14:04sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian
00:14:09custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow
00:14:12back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't
00:14:18lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze
00:14:23and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow
00:14:27me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and
00:14:31carefully
00:14:32smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became
00:14:36polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side
00:14:42nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying
00:14:47you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can
00:14:52tell
00:14:52your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from
00:14:58the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let
00:15:04her
00:15:04humiliate me like this nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:15:15scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:15:20let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:15:24day
00:15:25i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame
00:15:28me
00:15:28that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that
00:15:32after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had
00:15:36known since
00:15:37i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace
00:15:42my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single
00:15:47hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from
00:15:52west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me
00:15:56first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the
00:16:01family's
00:16:02power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give
00:16:06me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited
00:16:11quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the
00:16:16sicilian
00:16:16citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking
00:16:21my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility last year after
00:16:26begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to
00:16:30see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war
00:16:34hoose
00:16:35with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his
00:16:39time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the
00:16:45iron
00:16:45door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt
00:16:50i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides
00:16:55delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's
00:17:00heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line
00:17:05he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil
00:17:10this should
00:17:11be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical
00:17:16dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it
00:17:20fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing
00:17:25don't blame nico scarlet spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in
00:17:32her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly
00:17:37laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it
00:17:44her blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a
00:17:49single
00:17:49strand i i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the
00:17:54beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me
00:17:58his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze
00:18:04scarlet is my life and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout
00:18:08why do
00:18:09you always have to make things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more
00:18:14blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn
00:18:19her into an imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family
00:18:25about whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve
00:18:32pretending to advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what
00:18:38if she's my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a
00:18:42needle
00:18:42tip scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line
00:18:46of
00:18:46work courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave
00:18:51her head with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i
00:18:54stood there listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that
00:19:00it was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had
00:19:04been seized
00:19:05and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute cold blood and
00:19:10obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on
00:19:16yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant
00:19:22everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all
00:19:26at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that
00:19:33brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my
00:19:40hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to
00:19:45the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the
00:19:52kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee
00:19:58the cup in her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head
00:20:03her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the
00:20:09long hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was
00:20:16sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held
00:20:22my
00:20:22my mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the
00:20:28wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching
00:20:32what are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom
00:20:38i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom
00:20:53on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:20:58i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:21:04was left
00:21:04was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:21:10ponytail
00:21:10an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible
00:21:15instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't
00:21:20even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family
00:21:25the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair
00:21:32nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiancee scarlet gave
00:21:40a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this
00:21:48delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair
00:21:55she wears like a status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing
00:22:04as laughter filled the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face
00:22:09ava don't be so fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming
00:22:16you in their own way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will
00:22:20know
00:22:22wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti
00:22:27i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes
00:22:33on that
00:22:34diffuser bottle nico had come to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own
00:22:39hands
00:22:40this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract
00:22:46it's the best thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest
00:22:54i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of
00:22:59memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful
00:23:05sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent
00:23:10they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just
00:23:16messing around she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress
00:23:21we came back from the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you
00:23:26i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity
00:23:31as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he
00:23:36wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could
00:23:40become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlett
00:23:47toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of
00:23:53woman
00:23:53could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're
00:23:59nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout
00:24:05everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of
00:24:12nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she
00:24:19was a kid she has no filter why do you have to take it personally as he spoke he tossed
00:24:23a black box
00:24:24onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a
00:24:28scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking
00:24:33it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone
00:24:38completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard
00:24:43forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family
00:24:47and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked
00:24:51up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell
00:24:56back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face
00:25:02and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy
00:25:07or
00:25:07not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear
00:25:13the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act
00:25:18is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear
00:25:25nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this
00:25:30nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:25:36scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:25:41let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me
00:25:45ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
00:25:48if you want to
00:25:49blame someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was
00:25:53certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face
00:25:58i had
00:25:58known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the
00:26:03necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch
00:26:08a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico
00:26:13graduated
00:26:14from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would
00:26:18win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to
00:26:23expand the
00:26:23family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would
00:26:28give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i
00:26:33waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed
00:26:37the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives
00:26:42silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility
00:26:47last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a
00:26:51safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead
00:26:55he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations
00:26:59even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times
00:27:04scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room
00:27:07it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but
00:27:13he
00:27:13only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational
00:27:18briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long
00:27:22since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so
00:27:27affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on
00:27:33me if you
00:27:34want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table
00:27:38drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine
00:27:43too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke
00:27:50as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the
00:27:55slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's
00:28:02hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward
00:28:07by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i i'm
00:28:12doing this
00:28:12for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta from his waist
00:28:17and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes
00:28:21full
00:28:21of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner
00:28:27a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to
00:28:31make things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than
00:28:36you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an
00:28:41imaginary enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family
00:28:47about whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve
00:28:54pretending to advise him nico stop she is your fiance after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what
00:28:59if she's my fiance she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a
00:29:03needle tail scar was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this
00:29:07line
00:29:08of work courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave
00:29:13her head with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that
00:29:16i stood there listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless
00:29:21times that it was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like
00:29:26it had
00:29:26been seized and crushed by a hand ava put away your tantrums the moretti name stands for absolute
00:29:31cold blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair
00:29:37reflect on yourself after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer
00:29:43the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of
00:29:48me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb
00:29:53i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized
00:29:57i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it
00:30:04aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door
00:30:11darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you when my mother pushed the door open
00:30:17she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her hand crashed to the floor
00:30:21spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide and her voice
00:30:27shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered across the floor
00:30:33panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire
00:30:40exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and
00:30:45comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to
00:30:51face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell them
00:30:55already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the
00:31:14room on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:31:20i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:31:26was left
00:31:26was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:31:31ponytail
00:31:32an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible
00:31:37instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she
00:31:41didn't even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the moretti family
00:31:46the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair
00:31:54nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance
00:32:01scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow
00:32:08let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:32:15without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:32:22nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room nico
00:32:28moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile in our world
00:32:35weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way it's a test of
00:32:39your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no
00:32:46one will
00:32:46see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs
00:32:53still
00:32:53too weak to use and fix my eyes on that diffuser bottle nico had come to see me in the
00:32:58suite last
00:32:59night and placed it there with his own hands this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with
00:33:05lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for sleep
00:33:12you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up
00:33:18together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
00:33:23never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock
00:33:28me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth
00:33:34things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got
00:33:39restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago
00:33:44front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair
00:33:49scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now
00:33:55nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation
00:34:00and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise
00:34:06nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down
00:34:12i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years
00:34:17so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a
00:34:24greenhouse
00:34:24and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid
00:34:31so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean
00:34:39any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have
00:34:43to take it
00:34:43personal as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing
00:34:48an
00:34:48exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially
00:34:53for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke
00:34:59requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a
00:35:03word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs
00:35:07the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head
00:35:12under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every
00:35:16shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again
00:35:22my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of
00:35:27you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining
00:35:32about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing
00:35:38there
00:35:38looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had
00:35:43not
00:35:43shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this
00:35:52nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:35:58scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:36:03let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:36:08day
00:36:08i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame
00:36:11me
00:36:12that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that
00:36:16after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had
00:36:20known since
00:36:20i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace
00:36:25my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single
00:36:30hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from
00:36:36west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me first
00:36:40desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the family's
00:36:45power
00:36:46at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give me
00:36:50a
00:36:50grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly for
00:36:55him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian citrus
00:37:00scent
00:37:00that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my stupidity
00:37:06actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlett's hostility last year after begging my
00:37:10father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see nico
00:37:14but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the war hoose with
00:37:18scarlett leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of
00:37:23his time i asked his men to announce me three times scarlett simply posted a printed sheet of paper
00:37:28on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was
00:37:33furious and hurt
00:37:34i fought with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides
00:37:39delaying an operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in
00:37:43nico's heart had long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that
00:37:48line he thought was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the
00:37:53oil
00:37:53this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlett suddenly grabbed
00:37:59the tactical dagger on the table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair
00:38:03isn't it fine i'll shave mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is
00:38:08nothing don't blame nico scarlett spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade
00:38:15in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly
00:38:21laughed then do it scarlett's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it
00:38:28her blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a
00:38:32single
00:38:33strand i i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward
00:38:37drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlett's hand with the grip he
00:38:41looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line
00:38:46i froze scarlett is my life and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a
00:38:51street
00:38:52shootout why do you always have to make things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago
00:38:56she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see
00:39:02another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlett sees far beyond you she worries
00:39:07about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your
00:39:13heart scarlett tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but
00:39:19nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long
00:39:24her world is the size of a needle tip scar was only testing you in her own way i know
00:39:28it doesn't
00:39:28feel good but in this line of work courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get
00:39:33past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is
00:39:37to
00:39:37force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words stabbed straight into my heart i had
00:39:42told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart
00:39:47still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand ava put away your tantrums the moretti name
00:39:52stands for absolute cold blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who
00:39:56haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself after that he left the suite with several
00:40:03men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone left the strength i had been forcing
00:40:08myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at once a dense suffocating pain spread through
00:40:13my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly
00:40:19realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and
00:40:25threw it aside letting my blue tinted scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded
00:40:30outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you
00:40:37when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her
00:40:42hand
00:40:42crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes went wide
00:40:48and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair scattered
00:40:54across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp i heard scarlet
00:41:01outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my mother's violently
00:41:06shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are
00:41:12you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we supposed to tell
00:41:16them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing
00:41:24the groom
00:41:36on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:41:42i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:41:47was left
00:41:48was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:41:53ponytail
00:41:54an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible
00:41:58instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't
00:42:03even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family
00:42:08the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair
00:42:16nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiance
00:42:23scarlet gave a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow
00:42:30let's see whether this delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring
00:42:36without all that blonde hair she wears like a status symbol
00:42:43nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing
00:42:48as laughter filled the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face
00:42:53ava don't be so fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just
00:42:59welcoming you in their own way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one
00:43:04will know
00:43:05wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti i
00:43:11bring home in style i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes on
00:43:17that diffuser
00:43:18bottle nico had come to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands
00:43:24this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract
00:43:29it's the best thing for sleep
00:43:34you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest
00:43:37i thought of how we had grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years
00:43:43of memories between us never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful
00:43:49sedative meant to knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent
00:43:54they hurried to smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around
00:44:01she's got restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from
00:44:06the chicago front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the
00:44:11blonde hair scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter
00:44:16and now nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody
00:44:21humiliation and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament
00:44:26a surprise this is the surprise nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers
00:44:32raised a brow and looked me up and down i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our
00:44:37nico
00:44:37thinking about her for 20 years so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled
00:44:44little lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room
00:44:50understood what she left unsaid so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it
00:44:59ava russell scar doesn't mean any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no
00:45:04filter
00:45:04why do you have to take it personal as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it
00:45:08hit the edge and
00:45:09sprang open revealing an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom
00:45:14wig prepared especially for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back
00:45:18a joke what kind of joke requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose
00:45:24control i didn't even say a word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and
00:45:28the ache in my limbs the blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow
00:45:32me to bow my head under their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and
00:45:37carefully
00:45:37smoothed every shining strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became
00:45:42polished and noble again my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the side
00:45:47nico is taking such good care of you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying
00:45:52you so what are you still whining about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can
00:45:57tell
00:45:57your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the
00:46:03moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single tear nico are you really gonna let her
00:46:10humiliate me
00:46:10like this nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:46:20scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:46:25let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:46:30day
00:46:30i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone blame
00:46:33me
00:46:33that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that
00:46:38after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had
00:46:42known since
00:46:42i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace
00:46:47my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single
00:46:52hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated
00:46:57from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would
00:47:01win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to
00:47:06expand the
00:47:07family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned
00:47:11he would give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire
00:47:16while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by
00:47:20the
00:47:20bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives
00:47:25silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility
00:47:31last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a
00:47:35safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead
00:47:39he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations
00:47:43even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times
00:47:48scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room
00:47:51it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but
00:47:57he
00:47:57only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational
00:48:01briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long
00:48:06since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so
00:48:11affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on
00:48:17me if you
00:48:17want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table
00:48:22drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine
00:48:27too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke
00:48:33as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the
00:48:38slightest bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's
00:48:46hand froze i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward
00:48:51by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i i'm
00:48:55doing this
00:48:56for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads further drew the beretta from his waist
00:49:00and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes
00:49:04full
00:49:04of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner
00:49:11a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make
00:49:15things hard for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've
00:49:20shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary
00:49:25enemy scarlet sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our
00:49:31brothers live or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise
00:49:38him nico stop she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my
00:49:43fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tip scar
00:49:48was only testing you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work
00:49:52courage
00:49:52and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with
00:49:57you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening
00:50:01to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let
00:50:06go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by
00:50:11a hand
00:50:11ava put away your tantrums the mereci name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience
00:50:16i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself
00:50:22after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone
00:50:27left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at
00:50:32once
00:50:32a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch of
00:50:39gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off
00:50:46that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the air
00:50:50again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen
00:50:58to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the
00:51:03cup in
00:51:03her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her
00:51:09eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long
00:51:15hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp
00:51:21i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my
00:51:27mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding
00:51:33is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are
00:51:37we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged
00:51:44damien costell i'm changing the groom
00:51:58on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair
00:52:04i'd grown for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that
00:52:09was left
00:52:10was a blue tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high
00:52:15ponytail
00:52:15an electric clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible
00:52:20instincts such a pampered upper east site princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't
00:52:25even notice how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family
00:52:30the moretti capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair
00:52:38nico put that custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiancee scarlet gave
00:52:46a mocking laugh and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this
00:52:53delicate upper east site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair
00:53:00she wears like a status symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing
00:53:10as laughter filled the room nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face
00:53:15ava don't be so fragile in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just
00:53:21welcoming you in their own way it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one
00:53:25will know
00:53:27wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti
00:53:33i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes
00:53:39on that diffuser
00:53:39bottle nico had come to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands
00:53:45this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best
00:53:52thing for sleep you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we
00:54:01had
00:54:01grown up together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
00:54:06never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to
00:54:11knock me out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to
00:54:17smooth things off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got
00:54:23restless hands all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago
00:54:28front especially for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair
00:54:33scattered across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now
00:54:38nico moretti not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation
00:54:44and pretend nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise
00:54:50nico morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down
00:54:56i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years
00:55:01so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in a
00:55:07greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid
00:55:14so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean any
00:55:23harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have to
00:55:27take it
00:55:27personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open revealing
00:55:32an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially
00:55:37for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke
00:55:42requires
00:55:42shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a word i bit
00:55:48down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the blood of the
00:55:52russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under their stunned
00:55:56gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining strand when the
00:56:01long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again my calmness darkened
00:56:06scarlet's face and she cut in from the side nico is taking such good care of you whether i think
00:56:12you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining about put on a thick
00:56:17veil
00:56:17tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing there looking so pitiful that
00:56:23weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had not shed a single
00:56:28tear
00:56:30nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this
00:56:35nico sighed and came over as if to take my hand i jerked away
00:56:42scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she is her mouth runs but her heart isn't bad
00:56:47let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again coaxing me ava at the end of the
00:56:51day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me if you want to blame someone
00:56:55blame me
00:56:55that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he was certain that
00:56:59after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the face i had
00:57:03known since
00:57:04i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to steal the necklace
00:57:09my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared touch a single
00:57:14hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday nico graduated from
00:57:19west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else would win me
00:57:23first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago to expand the
00:57:29family's
00:57:29power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he returned he would give
00:57:34me
00:57:34a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire while i waited quietly
00:57:39for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by the bed the sicilian
00:57:43citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives silently mocking my
00:57:48stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlett's hostility last year after begging
00:57:54my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a safe house in chicago to see
00:57:58nico
00:57:58but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead he spent every day in the warhoose with
00:58:02scarlett leaning over city maps and planning operations even seeing me felt like a waste of his time
00:58:07i asked his men to announce me three times scarlett simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron
00:58:12door of the war room it read ava russell and dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt
00:58:18i fought
00:58:18with nico but he only told me coldly scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an
00:58:23operational briefing was your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had
00:58:27long since tipped beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought
00:58:32was so affectionate ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should
00:58:38be on me
00:58:39if you want to blame someone blame me hearing nico scarlett suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the
00:58:43table drew the blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave
00:58:48mine too and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico
00:58:54scarlett spoke as if she were making some righteous sacrifice
00:58:57but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest bit into her hair i looked at her
00:59:03performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlett's hand froze i leaned forward and pressed
00:59:09her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward by half an inch but she used no force at
00:59:15all
00:59:15it didn't cut even a single strand i i'm doing this for my partner fine i'll shave it at that
00:59:19moment
00:59:20nico leads me over drew the beretta from his waist and knocked the dagger out of scarlett's hand with the
00:59:24grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes full of rage enough ava russell you are completely out
00:59:29of line i froze scarlett is my life and death partner a comrade who would take a bullet for me
00:59:35in a street shootout why do you always have to make things hard for her she fought for four years
00:59:39in
00:59:39chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in your entire life and you the moment you see
00:59:45another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlett sees far beyond you she worries about the
00:59:51safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live or die what do you have in your
00:59:57heart scarlett tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop she is your fiance after all but
01:00:03nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been shut inside that estate for too long
01:00:07her world is the size of a needle tip scar was only testing you in her own way i know
01:00:11it doesn't feel
01:00:12good but in this line of work courage and mental strength are everything why can't you get past this
01:00:17why force scar to shave her head with you do you have any idea how humiliating it is to force
01:00:21someone
01:00:21to do that i stood there listening to those words stab straight into my heart i had told myself
01:00:26countless times that it was time to let go of nico moretti but at that moment my heart still felt
01:00:31like
01:00:31it had been seized and crushed by a hand eva put away your tantrums the mereci name stands for absolute
01:00:36cold blood and obedience i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair
01:00:42after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone
01:00:49left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at
01:00:54once
01:00:54a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb i looked at that brilliant patch
01:01:00of gold on the floor and suddenly realized i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled
01:01:07off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the air
01:01:12again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen
01:01:20to make you when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the
01:01:25cup in
01:01:25her hand crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head her eyes
01:01:31went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw the long hair
01:01:37scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my hearing was sharp
01:01:43i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all right i held my
01:01:49mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell instantly the wedding is
01:01:55tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society is watching what are we
01:01:59supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word clearly mom i messaged damien
01:02:06costell i'm changing the groom
01:02:20on the eve of my arranged marriage into a mafia family someone shaved my head bald the blonde hair i'd
01:02:26grown
01:02:26for 12 years hair that used to fall to my waist like a waterfall was gone all that was left
01:02:31was a blue
01:02:32tinged scalp scarlet valenti who went by scar on the streets wore her hair in a high ponytail an electric
01:02:38clipper in one hand grinning lazily a nico moretti beside her your fiance has terrible instincts such a
01:02:43pampered upper east side princess someone slipped into her penthouse suite and she didn't even notice
01:02:47how is she supposed to be worthy of you the future godfather of the merecki family the moretti
01:02:53capos and consigliers seated around the room burst into laughter scar that's not fair nico put that
01:03:00custom essential oil by her bed himself who guards against her own fiancee scarlet gave a mocking laugh
01:03:08and waved the clipper in her hand the wedding is tomorrow let's see whether this delicate upper east
01:03:17site barbie still deserves the moretti wedding ring without all that blonde hair she wears like a status
01:03:26symbol nico take away her salon and your fiance is just a poor little thing as laughter filled the room
01:03:33nico moretti looked at me with a thin perfuctious apology on his face ava don't be so fragile
01:03:39in our world weakness gets you killed scarlet and the others are just welcoming you in their own way
01:03:44it's a test of your nerve put on a veil tomorrow and no one will know
01:03:49wear the veil and the wig tomorrow no one will see anything wrong you'll still be the mrs moretti
01:03:54i bring home in style i tried to move my limbs still too weak to use and fixed my eyes
01:04:00on that diffuser
01:04:01bottle nico had come to see me in the suite last night and placed it there with his own hands
01:04:07this is a custom essential oil from sicily blended with lavender and chamomile extract it's the best thing for
01:04:17you'll be busy all day tomorrow so get a good night's rest i thought of how we had grown up
01:04:23together on new york's upper east side since childhood 20 years of memories between us
01:04:28never in my worst dreams did i imagine that oil had been laced with a powerful sedative meant to knock
01:04:33me
01:04:33out cold when the family members in the room saw i was awake and silent they hurried to smooth things
01:04:40off for scarlet future mistress don't be angry scar was just messing around she's got restless hands
01:04:45all of us brothers have had a taste of it future mistress we came back from the chicago front especially
01:04:50for nico's wedding we just wanted to surprise you i lowered my eyes to the blonde hair scattered
01:04:55across the floor it had been my pride and dignity as the russell family's daughter and now nico moretti
01:05:01not only shattered it with his own hands he wanted me to swallow this bloody humiliation and pretend
01:05:06nothing had happened just so i could become his ornament a surprise this is the surprise nico
01:05:12morelli prepared for me scarlet toyed with the clippers raised a brow and looked me up and down
01:05:18i was just curious what kind of woman could keep our nico thinking about her for 20 years
01:05:23so dead set on marrying her turns out you're nothing but a spoiled little lady who grew up in
01:05:29a greenhouse and has never seen a street shootout everyone in the room understood what she left unsaid
01:05:36so what scarlet means is i'm not worthy of nico moretti is that it ava russell scar doesn't mean
01:05:45any harm she's been blunt like this since she was a kid she has no filter why do you have
01:05:48to take
01:05:49it personally as he spoke he tossed a black box onto the bed it hit the edge and sprang open
01:05:53revealing
01:05:54an exquisite wig inside stop making a scene i had this handmade italian custom wig prepared especially
01:05:59for you scarlet was only joking it's not like your hair won't grow back a joke what kind of joke
01:06:04requires shaving someone completely bald i didn't scream i didn't lose control i didn't even say a
01:06:09word i bit down hard forcing myself through the lingering drug haze and the ache in my limbs the
01:06:13blood of the russell family and years of highborn etiquette did not allow me to bow my head under
01:06:17their stunned gazes i picked up the wig placed it on my head and carefully smoothed every shining
01:06:22strand when the long hair fell back over my shoulders i instantly became polished and noble again
01:06:26my calmness darkened scarlet's face and she cut in from the sides nico is taking such good care of
01:06:32you whether i think you're worthy or not isn't he still marrying you so what are you still whining
01:06:37about put on a thick veil tomorrow wear the wig and who can tell your hair is gone stop standing
01:06:43there
01:06:43looking so pitiful that weak little act is annoying but from the moment i woke up until now i had
01:06:49not shed a
01:06:49single tear nico are you really gonna let her humiliate me like this nico sighed and came over
01:06:58as if to take my hand i jerked away scar is my life and death comrade that's just how she
01:07:06is her
01:07:06mouth runs but her heart isn't bad let's put this behind us all right nico softened his voice again
01:07:12coaxing me ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be
01:07:15on me if you want
01:07:16to blame someone blame me that was what he said but his face carried absolute arrogance as if he
01:07:20was certain that after loving him for 20 years i could never hate him i looked at his face the
01:07:25face
01:07:25i had known since i was three when i was 11 children from another family cornered me and tried to
01:07:30steal
01:07:30the necklace my mother had left me nico grabbed a baseball bat and charged at them if anyone dared
01:07:35touch a single hair on my head he would fight them back when i was 17 just after my birthday
01:07:40nico
01:07:40graduated from west point and came to my door with the family's signet ring terrified someone else
01:07:45would win me first desperate to bind me to him for life when i was 20 nico left for chicago
01:07:50to
01:07:50expand the family's power at the airport he held my hand tightly eyes red and said that when he
01:07:54returned he would give me a grand wedding then nico spent four years fighting through chicago's gunfire
01:07:59while i waited quietly for him in the estate in new york and now that diffuser bottle still sat by
01:08:04the
01:08:04bed the sicilian citrus scent that once made me feel safe was wrapped in the sharp smell of sedatives
01:08:09silently mocking my stupidity actually this wasn't the first time i'd seen scarlet's hostility
01:08:14last year after begging my father for ages i finally boarded the family jet and went to a
01:08:18safe house in chicago to see nico but after i arrived nico showed no surprise at all instead
01:08:22he spent every day in the war hoose with scarlet leaning over city maps and planning operations
01:08:26even seeing me felt like a waste of his time i asked his men to announce me three times
01:08:31scarlet simply posted a printed sheet of paper on the iron door of the war room it read ava russell
01:08:36and
01:08:36dogs no entry back then i was furious and hurt i fought with nico but he only told me coldly
01:08:41scar doesn't mean any harm she's just direct besides delaying an operational briefing was
01:08:45your fault to begin with that was when i knew the scale in nico's heart had long since tipped
01:08:50beyond repair nico was still standing by the bed repeating that line he thought was so affectionate
01:08:55ava at the end of the day i'm the one who gave you the oil this should be on me
01:09:00if you want to blame
01:09:01someone blame me hearing nico scarlet suddenly grabbed the tactical dagger on the table drew the
01:09:06blade and pressed it against her own long hair it's just hair isn't it fine i'll shave mine too
01:09:10and keep you to company for my partner a little sacrifice is nothing don't blame nico scarlet spoke
01:09:17as if she were making some righteous sacrifice but the blade in her hand didn't press even the slightest
01:09:22bit into her hair i looked at her performance and suddenly laughed then do it scarlet's hand froze
01:09:30i leaned forward and pressed her each word deliberate shave it her blade moved forward
01:09:34by half an inch but she used no force at all it didn't cut even a single strand i i'm
01:09:39doing this
01:09:39for my partner fine i'll shave it at that moment nico leads forward drew the beretta from his waist
01:09:44and knocked the dagger out of scarlet's hand with the grip he looked at me his face livid his eyes
01:09:48full
01:09:48of rage enough ava russell you are completely out of line i froze scarlet is my life and death partner
01:09:54a comrade who would take a bullet for me in a street shootout why do you always have to make
01:09:58things hard
01:09:59for her she fought for four years in chicago she has spilled more blood than you've shed tears in
01:10:04your entire life and you the moment you see another woman you turn her into an imaginary enemy scarlet
01:10:10sees far beyond you she worries about the safety of the whole family about whether our brothers live
01:10:16or die what do you have in your heart scarlet tugged at his sleeve pretending to advise him nico stop
01:10:23she is your fiancee after all but nico didn't stop accusing me so what if she's my fiancee she's been
01:10:28shut inside that estate for too long her world is the size of a needle tip scar was only testing
01:10:32you in her own way i know it doesn't feel good but in this line of work courage and mental
01:10:36strength
01:10:36are everything why can't you get past this why force scar to shave her head with you do you have
01:10:41any idea how humiliating it is to force someone to do that i stood there listening to those words
01:10:45stab straight into my heart i had told myself countless times that it was time to let go of nico
01:10:50moretti but at that moment my heart still felt like it had been seized and crushed by a hand
01:10:55ava put away your tantrums the mereci name stands for absolute cold blood and obedience
01:10:59i don't need a narrow-minded bitter woman who haggles over a few strands of hair reflect on yourself
01:11:06after that he left the suite with several men without waiting for my answer the instant everyone
01:11:11left the strength i had been forcing myself to hold on to seemed to drain out of me all at
01:11:15once
01:11:16a dense suffocating pain spread through my veins and into every limb
01:11:20i looked at that brilliant patch of gold on the floor and suddenly realized
01:11:25i truly hated nico moretti now i raised my hand pulled off that heavy ridiculous wig and threw it
01:11:31aside letting my blue tint scalp be exposed to the air again when footsteps sounded outside the suite door
01:11:38darling tomorrow is your big day i asked the kitchen to make you
01:11:43when my mother pushed the door open she was still holding a cup of black coffee the cup in her
01:11:47hand
01:11:47crashed to the floor spilling hot coffee everywhere my mother stared at my bald head
01:11:52her eyes went wide and her voice shook beyond control your your hair she looked down and saw
01:11:58the long hair scattered across the floor panic overtook her what what happened who did this my
01:12:04hearing was sharp i heard scarlet outside the fire exit unable to suppress a soft laugh mom it's all
01:12:10right i held my mother's violently shaking hands and comforted her softly my mother's tears fell
01:12:15instantly the wedding is tomorrow how are you supposed to face anyone like this all of new york society
01:12:20is watching what are we supposed to tell them already i looked into her eyes and said each word
01:12:25clearly mom i messaged damien costell i'm changing the groom
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