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00:01I chased after Chris for three years, and he treated me like a dog that would come when called.
00:06Even when I took a fatal bullet for him and was hanging by a thread,
00:09he flew to Country Y without a word to lie low.
00:11Only after the family scandal blow away did he return in triumph as if nothing had happened.
00:16By all logic, having saved his life, even if he were cold-blooded,
00:20he should have shown me some basic respect.
00:22But his gaze at me grew even colder and more disgusted.
00:25There was no other reason.
00:26It was simply because his former pursuer had become his aunt-in-law.
00:30My uncle is dead.
00:32You give birth to the child, and I'll be his father.
00:38Chris, come over and say hello to your aunt-in-law.
00:41Five minutes earlier, the encrypted message he'd sent me was still glowing on my phone screen.
00:45I'm back in the country. Where are you?
00:48Old William watched Chris freeze in place, growing increasingly annoyed at his rebellious nephew.
00:54I'm talking to you! Are you deaf?
00:58Aside from squandering the family trust in Country Y all these years, what have you actually learned?
01:05Who's the one really squandering?
01:08Me or you?
01:09Swamping young girls every day, Uncle.
01:11Can your heart handle it?
01:15Of course, with such a young and energetic elder by your Scheib caring for you so attentionally,
01:20your heart's load capacity must have been greatly exercised.
01:26You!
01:27I never should have agreed to let the board bring you back!
01:31If it weren't for your crazy mother making a scene in the media,
01:35I would never have signed off on your appointment!
01:41William, don't be angry.
01:43Chris just got off the plane.
01:44He might need some time to adjust.
01:46It's normal for him to have resentment after being alone in Country Y.
01:49You two, uncle and nephew, finally meet.
01:53Don't let me announce out or create a rift.
01:55That would be my fault entirely.
02:02You're the most sensible.
02:03If this kid had half your tact, I wouldn't have such a headache.
02:07What are you standing there for?
02:09Lyndon has already pleaded for you.
02:10Get over here and eat dinner!
02:14Lyndon, this considerate act of yours really opens my eyes.
02:18I never realized you were so good at thinking about others.
02:22If you'd had such tact back when you poured champagne on the yacht,
02:26you probably, probably would have gotten a generous tip.
02:31Chris!
02:32It's alright, William.
02:33Chris, I know you've always misunderstood me,
02:36but I'm very grateful to your uncle.
02:38He gave me a home and dignity.
02:40I will take good care of him for the rest of my life,
02:42and I hope to share some of the family's burdens.
02:45After all, that's what I should do as a wife.
02:49At the dining table, I spoon of truffle mogu kap
02:52and placed it in the front old, old William.
02:54William, the soup is just the right temperature.
02:56Try it.
02:57In a few days, I'll convene a board meeting
02:59to announce your appointment as executive vice president.
03:01Behave yourself these days,
03:03and don't stir up any scandals the media can blow out of proportion.
03:08Don't worry, uncle.
03:10My standards are high now.
03:11I can't even be bothered to glance at those common vulgar women.
03:18I prefer the type who looks innocent and harmless,
03:21but we'll stop at nothing to climb up.
03:24That kind of contrast is exciting, isn't it?
03:27Old William's face darkened completely.
03:30Chris has always had unique taste.
03:32But no matter how exciting the outside world is,
03:36it's not as stable as home.
03:38When you start a family one day,
03:40you'll naturally understand your uncle's intentions.
03:43Chris watched me with this senior attitude
03:45and down the remaining red wine in his glass.
03:49I'm full.
03:52The best wishes to you two.
03:54A hundred years of harmony.
03:57After being provoked repeatedly by his nephew,
04:00old William was in a terrible mood.
04:02As soon as dinner ended,
04:04he went upstairs to the study with a gloomy face.
04:07I stood at the kitchen eyelid making black coffee,
04:10while Chris approached me,
04:11step by step, with a dark expression.
04:16I had the housekeeper clean out your old room in the attic.
04:19If there's anything else you're not satisfied with,
04:22make a list and they'll take care of it.
04:23Chris didn't even respond to my words.
04:26He placed his hands on the edge of the island,
04:28trapping me in a small space.
04:31You're really good at pretending.
04:33I never realized you were so skilled at this.
04:36How did you manage to infatuate my uncle so completely?
04:42Chris,
04:44don't keep making your uncle an angry.
04:46He has a lot of pressure
04:47controlling the vast family business alone.
04:50Now that you're back,
04:51you should help him more.
04:55Don't lecture me in that elder tone.
04:57Lillian,
04:57you're a shameless bitch.
04:59You climbed into my bed
05:01and then turned around to seduce my uncle.
05:03How desperate for money are you?
05:06Can you even stand the stench of decay on that old man?
05:09Chris,
05:10I'm very grateful to William.
05:11He gave me dignity
05:13and I'm sincere toward him.
05:21Sincere?
05:22When you were crying and begging beneath me,
05:25you never thought about sincerity?
05:27Now you talk about sincerity with that old man
05:29who's halfway into the coffin.
05:31Don't you find it disgusting?
05:34Madam?
05:39It's nothing.
05:39I accidentally knocked over a cup.
05:41No need to come in.
05:48You will regret this, Lillian.
05:52I'll make you watch this old man lose everything.
05:59I looked down at the mess on the floor,
06:01crouched,
06:02and began picking up the glass shards.
06:04This was just the beginning.
06:06Welcome home, Chris.
06:10I carried the freshly brewed black coffee into the study.
06:14Old William was leaning back in his leather chair,
06:17massaging his temples.
06:18I placed the coffee on the desk,
06:21naturally walked behind him,
06:22and began massaging his head with moderate pressure.
06:26Old William suddenly reached up and grabbed my wrist.
06:29I let out an involuntary gasp.
06:31He opened his eyes,
06:32stared at the red burn mark on the back of my hand,
06:35and frowned.
06:36You've been wrong today.
06:37It's nothing.
06:38I've endured all kinds of hardships before
06:41to pay off my student loans.
06:43I even worked as a waitress at Chris's parties.
06:45It's normal that he can't accept me for now.
06:48I've been taken to heart.
06:52So, Magnanois?
06:54Not even a hint of grievance in your heart?
06:57Just a little.
06:59If it weren't for muting you,
07:01I might still be wandering the streets.
07:03Chris is your us and nephew,
07:05and the family the future.
07:12What compensation do you want?
07:14A few days ago,
07:15I saw a sabbifier necklace in a shop window on 5th Avenue.
07:19It was beautiful.
07:21Will you buy it for me?
07:23No problem.
07:24I'll have my assistant deliver it to your dressing room tomorrow.
07:30Your coffee is still the most to my taste.
07:32The next day,
07:33the family business would hold an emergency board meeting
07:36to officially announce Chris's entry into the core decision-ly circle.
07:40Chris left for the company early without even eating breakfast.
07:46Will Helen be there today?
07:48She's Chris's mother and holds 10% of the family trust fund.
07:52Of course she'll come.
07:55What, you want to join the fun too?
07:57No way.
07:58Your ex-sister-in-law has such a strong aura.
08:01The way she looks at me,
08:02she practically wants to eat me alive.
08:04I pushed my plate aside,
08:06walked over to old William,
08:08bent down,
08:09and whispered in his ear,
08:11Send the servants out.
08:12I want to tell you a secret.
08:18What secret?
08:19I didn't say a word.
08:21I just took his hand and slowly placed it over my lower abdomen.
08:29The afternoon board meeting proceeded as scheduled
08:32at the top floor of the headquarters building.
08:34When Helen saw me in the VIP lounge,
08:37her elegant facade instantly crumbled.
08:42What are you doing here?
08:43This is a high-level family meeting,
08:46not a place for a woman who climbed up through tricks.
08:52Lillian is my legal wife.
08:54Today's meeting concerns both the company and the family.
08:57She is certainly qualified to be here.
09:02Her husband had died early,
09:04and her Joan the Goofin, that's our Juppie Chris.
09:06At Bushiro's that-a-way,
09:07Crillice is mooching.
09:09Law William is remember Ranch at Haute-Waish
09:11and Jansadeta Fald.
09:12Inside the meeting room,
09:13old William sat at the head of the huge oval conference table
09:17with me on his right.
09:20I looked up and saw Chris directly opposite me.
09:24Chris was clearly not expecting me to attend.
09:26His brows were tightly farrowed.
09:29Helen sat beside him,
09:30leaned over,
09:31and whispered something.
09:32Chris's face grew even darker.
09:34The chief lawyer sitting at the other end of the table
09:37stood up and cleared his throat.
09:42Dear Directors,
09:44Today we have gathered you for two major resolutions.
09:49First, regarding the appointment of Mr. Chris
09:51as Executive Vice President of the group.
09:54Second,
09:55regarding the transfer of a portion of Chairman Williams' shares.
10:02Chris's appointment was merely a formality.
10:04But when the lawyer began reading the second resolution...
10:08Entrusted by Chairman William,
10:0920% of his personal shares will be transferred free of charge
10:12to his legal wife, Mrs. Lillian.
10:14This resolution has been notagrised and takes immediate effect.
10:18William!
10:19Are you crazy?
10:20You're actually giving the foundation of the family
10:23to this unknown bitch?
10:26Mrs. Helen,
10:27please watch your language.
10:31Shut up!
10:32You have no right to speak here!
10:35I have vent!
10:38Enough!
10:39William roared in fury,
10:41shoving Helen away.
10:43Helen staggered and fell to the floor.
10:45Chris stood up and instinctively started to walk toward me,
10:48but seeing his mother on the ground,
10:49he stopped himself and turned to help Helen.
10:55Lillian,
10:55are you alright?
10:56I covered my lower abdomen,
10:58shook my head with a pale face,
11:00and trembled slightly.
11:02Helen sharply noticed my movement
11:04and pointed at me in disbelief.
11:06You...
11:07You're pregnant?
11:08Chris,
11:09who had been helping Helen up,
11:11jerked his head up at these words.
11:13His gaze fixed firmly on me.
11:15I avoided his gaze
11:16and shrunk into William's arms.
11:18I avoided his gaze
11:19and shrunk into William's arms.
11:21That's right!
11:23Lillian is pregnant.
11:24She carries my flesh and blood,
11:26so naturally,
11:27she has Eternstrites.
11:30He'll he gonna forn't eat a plubble.
11:32Arr,
11:32let my hair on tight the hizes.
11:37William was nearly sixty.
11:39Though he held great power,
11:40having no heir
11:41had always been his biggest worry.
11:43Now,
11:43having a child in his old age,
11:45this exery was enough
11:46to make him lose
11:47his usual composure and judgment.
11:49For men at the posemical of power,
11:51aging and death
11:52are their deepest fears.
11:54The child in my belly
11:55was not only a continuation of power,
11:57but also a trophy
11:58proving he was still strong.
12:01I deliberately chose
12:02the board meeting day
12:03to drop this bomb spell,
12:05catching Helen and Chris
12:06completely off guard.
12:08As it turned out,
12:09the effect was even better
12:11than I had anticipated.
12:17Back at the Manon,
12:18I stood in front of the bathroom mirror,
12:20coldly staring at my swollen left cheek.
12:23Helen's slap had used all her strength.
12:25The finger marks were clearly visible.
12:26For this slap,
12:28I would make her pay with her life.
12:30A soft knock came from outside the door.
12:32I walked out and saw Chris
12:34standing in the hallway,
12:35holding an expensive
12:37bruise relief ointment.
12:39My mother lost lost control today.
12:41I'm sorry.
12:43It's okay.
12:44I understand.
12:49Chris, are you happy?
12:53What?
12:54I'm going to give you a little cousin.
12:55Are you happy?
12:58Chris's expression froze
13:00completely in an instant
13:01and he suddenly raised his hand.
13:03I had braced myself for his anger,
13:05but unexpectedly,
13:06his fist flew past my shoulder
13:08and slammed heavily
13:09into the wall beside me.
13:11Lillian,
13:11if you did all this
13:12just to get back at me
13:13for abandoning you back then,
13:14then you win.
13:15He ground out these words
13:16through clenched teeth,
13:17turned around,
13:18and strode away.
13:19I watched the direction he disappeared,
13:20a cold smile
13:21curled curling
13:22at the corners of my mouth.
13:23Chris,
13:24it seemed he had really fallen
13:25in love with me.
13:26This pregnancy was hard to maintain.
13:28Although William regularly
13:29underwent anti-age treatments,
13:31his age was still a factor.
13:32I had to use some
13:33unconventional medical methods
13:34to barely conceive,
13:35and now I had to endure
13:36severe morning sickness
13:38and neural pain every day,
13:39but it was all worth it.
13:42He was completely immersed
13:43in the illusion of having an heir,
13:45not noticing that Chris's gaze
13:47toward him grew colder
13:48by the day.
13:50Late at night,
13:51I went downstairs
13:52to get some water.
13:54You've lost weight lately.
13:56Normal reaction
13:57for a pregnant woman.
13:58Thanks for the concern.
14:00He suddenly reached out
14:02and grabbed my wrist,
14:04his grip surprisingly strong.
14:05Let go, Chris.
14:07If your uncle sees...
14:10So, what if he does?
14:13Lillian,
14:13are you really content
14:14to follow that old man
14:16for the rest of your life?
14:17Can he satisfy you?
14:24Keep your filthy thoughts
14:26to yourself.
14:27I'm your elder now.
14:31Elder?
14:33You'd risk your life
14:34for money?
14:35And now you're playing
14:36the chaste woman?
14:37Do you friction
14:37over the company's
14:38dralley of direction
14:39and Renuanna Sampant?
14:40The uncle and nephew
14:41fell into increasingly
14:43frequent quarrels.
14:44William returned to manor
14:45with livid and face
14:46and drink heavily
14:47in his yulskob.
14:48I should have kicked him
14:49out of the company
14:50long ago!
14:51I walked over
14:52and gently wrapped
14:53my arms around his waist.
14:55Don't be angry.
14:56For the sake of the child,
14:57you need to take care
14:58of yourself.
15:00William turned around
15:01and hugged me tightly.
15:04But that very night,
15:06William died.
15:07The cause of death
15:09was acute heart failure
15:10triggered by extreme
15:12emotional agitation.
15:14That night,
15:15he breathed his last
15:16alone in the master bedroom.
15:18He wasn't discovered
15:19until the next morning
15:20when the butler
15:21brought in his morning tea.
15:22The forensic examiner
15:23concluded it was
15:24natural death.
15:25The funeral was grand,
15:27but all the mourners present
15:28had unspoken suspicions
15:30hidden in their eyes.
15:31I was a young pregnant widow.
15:33William was my only support.
15:34I had no motive
15:35to kill him.
15:36But Chris was different.
15:37His conflict with William
15:39had reached
15:40an irreconcilable point.
15:41With William dead,
15:43the biggest veniferi
15:44was Chris.
15:45All of high society
15:46was whispering
15:46that Chris had essentially
15:48driven his uncle
15:49to his death.
15:51On the day of the funeral,
15:52I wore black mourning clothes,
15:54standing shickily
15:56before the tombstone.
15:57Helen walked over
15:58under a black umbrella.
16:00After all that effort,
16:02what belongs to us
16:03mother and son
16:04will still be ours.
16:06Although William
16:06had transferred
16:0720% of his shares
16:08to me during his lifetime,
16:10he still had massive assets
16:12in his name.
16:12According to the trust terms
16:14he had previously established
16:15and not yet amended,
16:16upon his death,
16:17all remaining assets
16:18would be inherited by Chris.
16:20However,
16:21during the family meeting
16:22after few the funeral,
16:24William's private legal team
16:26publicly read a new will.
16:32Notatrised by the Supreme Court,
16:34Mr. William updated his will
16:35two weeks ago.
16:36All of his hidden assets
16:38and remaining shares,
16:39after deducting necessary taxes,
16:41will be inherited 70%
16:43by his legal wife,
16:44Mrs. William,
16:45and her unborn child.
16:46The remaining 30%
16:47will be inherited by Mr. Chris.
16:50Until the child comes of age,
16:52all decision-making power
16:54will be held
16:55by Mrs. Lillian.
16:57The entire meeting room
16:58fell into a deathly silence.
17:01I alone had taken
17:02nearly 80% of the control
17:04of William's empire.
17:06Helen went completely mad.
17:10She overturned the teacup
17:12in front of her
17:12and lunged screaming
17:13at the lawyer.
17:28But the legal team
17:29was the best in the country
17:31and the will was flawless.
17:32The other family members
17:33looked at Helen's
17:34hysterical behavior
17:35with nothing but contempt
17:37in their eyes.
17:39The uncle-nephew infighting
17:41had driven the family head
17:42to his death
17:43and now they were
17:44fighting over inheritance.
17:45If this scandal leaked,
17:47the entire family stock
17:48would plummet to rock bottom.
17:50No one sided with Helen.
17:52After the farce ended,
17:53Chris cornered me
17:54in the cigar room
17:55at the end of the hallway.
17:56He pressed forward
17:57step by step
17:58until my back
18:00hit the cold wall.
18:02He reached out
18:03and gently placed his hand
18:05over my lower belly.
18:06Lillian,
18:07abort this child.
18:09Not his promise.
18:11Abort?
18:12Are you crazy?
18:14This is the biggest leverage
18:16I have right now?
18:20Abort him
18:21and I will be your leverage.
18:24I can give you
18:24a new identity
18:25and send you to country G
18:27or anywhere else.
18:28Or you can stay by my side.
18:31Everything my uncle
18:32could give you,
18:33I can give you even more.
18:37Chris,
18:37do you think
18:38think I'm that easy
18:39to fool?
18:44Now that I hold
18:45your uncle's inheritance,
18:46of course you'll cozy up to me.
18:48If I were stupid enough
18:49to abort the child
18:50and lose control
18:51of the family,
18:52how would you treat me then?
18:54You would fly away
18:56to country Y
18:57without a backward glance
18:58like three years ago,
18:59leaving me
19:00in the ICU
19:01like trash
19:03to fend for myself!
19:05My voice rose gradually
19:07and tears slipped
19:08uncontrollably
19:09down my face.
19:11Chris's eyes
19:11flickered violently.
19:13He raised his hand
19:13and carefully wiped
19:14the tears
19:15from my face.
19:16Lillian,
19:18why don't you believe
19:19that I truly love you?
19:20For those three years
19:21in country Y,
19:22I thought about you
19:23every day,
19:24but I couldn't
19:25contact you.
19:27Those people
19:27were watching me
19:28all the time.
19:33If you feel insecure,
19:35then have the child.
19:37I swear
19:38I won't hurt him.
19:42William is dead.
19:44You don't have to stay
19:45loyal to a dead man.
19:47Come back to me, okay?
19:49Impossible.
19:50Why?
19:52Do you think
19:53I'm not as good
19:53as that old man
19:54who can't even
19:55get out of bed?
19:57You weren't like
19:58this before.
19:59Because I find
20:00it disgusting.
20:01Your uncle
20:02was very good to me.
20:04I will never
20:05betray him.
20:11Don't lie to me!
20:13How could you
20:13possibly love him?
20:17You risked your life
20:18to save me back then.
20:20That bullet nearly
20:21pierced your heart.
20:22Have you forgotten?
20:24He completely
20:25lost control,
20:26tearing at my
20:26black mourning clothes.
20:28The silk fabric
20:29gave a fragile
20:30tearing sound.
20:31Before I could
20:32stop him,
20:32my left shoulder
20:33and colosone
20:34were completely
20:35exposed to the air.
20:36How can this be?
20:40why is there
20:41no scar?
20:43I remember
20:44clearly.
20:45It was right here.
20:47There was no trace
20:47of any bullet wound.
20:51That scar
20:52was too ugly.
20:53William didn't
20:54like it,
20:55so I spent a fortune
20:57to have it removed
20:57with laser surgery.
21:00I said coldly,
21:01straightening my
21:02torn clothes.
21:08Lillian,
21:10you're ruthless.
21:11for that old man,
21:13you erased the
21:13only proof
21:14between us.
21:16Suddenly,
21:16footsteps came
21:17from outside the door.
21:20A distant relative
21:21pushed the door open,
21:23saw me in disarray,
21:24and Chris,
21:25with red eyes,
21:26gasped sharply,
21:27covered their mouth,
21:28and fled in panic.
21:32The scandal spread
21:33quickly through
21:34all of high society.
21:35With his uncle
21:36barely cold in his grave,
21:37he's assaulting
21:38his aunt-in-law
21:39in the cigar room.
21:40Who knows
21:41what seducting tricks
21:42that woman who
21:42crawled up from the bottom
21:43used behind the seams.
21:45Maybe they were
21:46already in cahoots.
21:48Rumors flew everywhere,
21:50but surprisingly,
21:51Helen didn't
21:52throw up this time.
21:53But everyone knew
21:54full well
21:54that what she was
21:55really after
21:56were the shares
21:57in my hands.
21:57In this dog-eat-dog circle,
22:00what was reputation worth?
22:02As long as she could
22:03regain control,
22:05she didn't mind
22:06letting her son
22:06bear the stigma
22:07of incest.
22:08Don't put on
22:09that weak act.
22:10When I was pregnant
22:11with Chris,
22:12I was still negotiating
22:13with those financial sharks
22:14on Wall Street.
22:16Women like you
22:17who rise by relying
22:18on men
22:19are just pretentious.
22:25I rinsed my mouth.
22:27Wiped my trich
22:28with a tijen
22:29and leeched a
22:30calm z'caction
22:31and this they
22:32opong fincen
22:33out prepend
22:33is adequately.
22:34This heizes
22:35teements
22:35and as has father.
22:37Man energy.
22:38So it how
22:39has durnhap.
22:43So what if
22:44he's like his father?
22:45William is dead!
22:47William is dead,
22:49but once this child
22:50is born,
22:50he'll be the family's
22:51largest shareholder.
22:55The doctor said
22:56it's a boy.
22:57He will inherit
22:58everything William had.
23:00Whether he'll be born
23:01safely is still
23:02uncertain.
23:05Of course he can.
23:07After all,
23:08Chris himself
23:09promised he would
23:11take good care
23:12of this little brother.
23:13During a chance
23:14encounter in the
23:15hallway,
23:15Helen lowered her
23:16voice and cursed
23:17venomously.
23:18Lillian,
23:19don't think you can
23:20order me around
23:21just because you
23:22have a lump of
23:23flesh in your belly.
23:24You're nothing but
23:26a cheap slut
23:27of unknown origin.
23:28So what?
23:29A cheap slut
23:30like me,
23:31yet your son's
23:32outside my door
23:33every night
23:34like a dog,
23:35begging me to
23:36let him in.
23:36That night,
23:38Chris returned to
23:38the manor
23:39reeking of alcohol.
23:40A radical merger
23:42he'd been pushing
23:43at the company
23:43had met strong
23:44opposition from
23:45the old guard
23:46on the board.
23:47He urgently needed
23:48my share support
23:49to force the plan
23:50through.
23:52Helen was clearly
23:53highly provoked
23:54by my earlier taunt
23:55and she forced
23:56Chris to come
23:57pressure me
23:57immediately.
23:58Chris knocked
23:59on my door,
24:00his eyes carrying
24:01drunkenness and
24:02poorly concealed
24:03aggression.
24:05Lillian,
24:05help me this once.
24:08As long as you
24:09sign,
24:09those stubborn
24:10old foogs
24:11will have to
24:11shut up.
24:12I'm ten thousand
24:13times better
24:13than William.
24:15I'll make this
24:16empire double
24:16in size.
24:18Chris,
24:18you're drunk.
24:20I'm not
24:21drunk!
24:25What airs
24:26are you still
24:26putting on?
24:27The old man
24:28is dead!
24:29Are you still
24:30keeping your
24:31crassity for him?
24:33I pushed him
24:34away with all
24:35my might,
24:36turned,
24:37and ran toward
24:38the second floor
24:39terrace.
24:40The next morning,
24:41Helen's encrypted
24:42email received a set
24:43of high-definition
24:44photos.
24:45In the photos,
24:46Chris and I were
24:46entangled at the
24:47bedroom door in an
24:48ambiguous poser that
24:49looked like I was
24:50playily resisting.
24:51When I stood at the
24:52edge of the second
24:53floor terrace,
24:55hurried footsteps
24:55came from behind me.
24:58Helen charged over
24:59like a madwoman
25:00and shoved my back
25:01hard.
25:02I let myself fall
25:03over the railing,
25:04plummeting straight
25:05down.
25:06When I opened my
25:06eyes again,
25:07I was lying in a
25:08VIP hospital room.
25:10I instinctively
25:10reached for my
25:11lower belly,
25:12flat.
25:13That heavy sinking
25:14feeling was gone.
25:17Chris sat by the
25:18bed, his eyes
25:19bloodshot.
25:20When he saw me
25:21wake up, he
25:22covered his face
25:23in pain.
25:24I'm sorry.
25:26Lillian, I'm sorry.
25:27Of course I knew
25:28I wouldn't be in
25:28life-threatening
25:29danger.
25:30I had already
25:31arranged for an
25:32ultra-thick cushioned
25:33lawn to be laid
25:34beneath the
25:34terrace, but I
25:35calculated the
25:36angle perfectly to
25:37cause a miscarry of
25:38this already
25:39difficult pregnancy.
25:40I suddenly curled
25:42up under the
25:43blanket, letting
25:44out anguished
25:45cries.
25:47Chris tried to
25:47hold me, but I
25:48frantically pushed
25:50him away.
25:51Why?
25:52Why did she do
25:53this?
25:53You ran off to
25:55Country Y to hide
25:56from your enemies,
25:57leaving me alone to
25:58face those gun
25:59muddles.
26:00If William hadn't
26:02protected me, I
26:03would have died
26:04long ago.
26:07I just wanted to
26:08survive!
26:09What did I do
26:11wrong that she had
26:11to kill my child?
26:13I acted out all
26:14the despair and
26:15fear to the
26:16extreme.
26:17Chris finally
26:18understood why I
26:19had married William
26:20back then.
26:21Anger and guilt
26:22instantly shattered
26:23his sanity.
26:25He rushed out of
26:26the hospital room
26:27and returned to
26:28the manor where he
26:29had the most intense
26:30quarrel ever with
26:31Helen.
26:32All the servants in
26:33the main building
26:34heard the sound of
26:35Chris smashing an
26:36antique vase.
26:37I'm going to strip
26:38you of all your
26:39trust funds.
26:40Three days later,
26:41Helen died.
26:42The official report
26:43said it was a sudden
26:43cerebral hemorrhage,
26:45but inside sources
26:46said she injected an
26:47excessive amount of
26:48illegal neuroactive
26:49drugs in the manor's
26:50wine callor, causing
26:51cardiac arrest.
26:52In other words, she
26:53overdosed on drugs and
26:54died on the spot.
26:57Within just a few
26:58short months, William
27:00and Helen had both
27:01passed away.
27:02The entire family was
27:03shrouded in an eerie
27:04and oppressive cloud.
27:06Yet, among those
27:07elegantly dressed
27:08mourners, there was
27:09little genuine regret.
27:11Helen had been
27:11arrogant and had
27:12offended countless
27:13business tycoons, and
27:14in her later years,
27:15she'd fallen into
27:16drug addiction.
27:17For her, this kind of
27:19death could even be
27:20considered dignified.
27:21Everyone whispered
27:22behind their hands,
27:23believing Chris had
27:24cleared the obstacles.
27:25After his mother's
27:26funeral, Chris's
27:27condition was at its
27:28worst.
27:29He locked himself in
27:30William's favorite
27:31study for two whole
27:32days without coming
27:34out.
27:34I carried a cup of
27:36calming tea and
27:37gently pushed open
27:38the study door.
27:40Chris sat slumped in
27:42the large leather
27:43chair, the floor
27:44littered with crumped
27:45documents.
27:47Hearing the sound, he
27:48raised his blood-shut
27:49eyes.
27:50I walked over to him
27:51and set down the
27:52teacup.
27:53He suddenly reached
27:55out and hugged my
27:56waist tightly, burying
27:57his face in my
27:58stomach.
27:59Lillian, I only
28:00have you now.
28:03They're all dead.
28:04I only have you.
28:11Don't be afraid.
28:13The company still has
28:14me.
28:16I'll support you with
28:17all the shares under
28:19minor my name.
28:24Your child is gone
28:25and my mother is
28:27dead.
28:27Now, no one can
28:29stand in our way.
28:31Don't worry.
28:32I'll deal with those
28:33old fossils.
28:34Once we have full
28:35control, we'll go
28:37register.
28:38I looked at him
28:38quietly without
28:39speaking, just gently
28:41brushing the stray hair
28:42from his forehead.
28:43In fact, that
28:44miscarried child had
28:46never been possible
28:46from the start.
28:47It was just a tool I
28:48used to provoke
28:49William and drive
28:50Helen mad.
28:51Now that both old
28:52bastards were in hell,
28:53that unformed piece of
28:55flesh had naturally
28:56fulfilled its mission.
28:57Who would want to
28:58give birth to a
28:59bastard from an
29:00enemy family?
29:01I watched Chris's
29:02eyes, full of
29:03dependence and
29:04madness, and a
29:05faint, cold smile
29:06curled at the
29:07corner of my tooth.
29:08William was dead.
29:09Helen was dead.
29:10Chris, it was
29:11finally your turn.
29:14Fifteen years ago, a
29:16large chemical
29:16landfill in northern
29:17state N had a severe
29:19leak, with toxic
29:20substances seeping
29:21into the groundwater.
29:22Hundreds of
29:23residents in the
29:24small town contracted
29:25rare cancers within
29:26just a few months,
29:27including my father
29:28and older brother.
29:29For those poor town
29:30residents, exorbitant
29:32medical costs instantly
29:33destroyed their family.
29:34Instead of stopping
29:35the landfill operations,
29:37local residents went
29:38to protest with their
29:39loved one's critical
29:40medical diagnoses, but
29:42were violently driven
29:43away by private
29:44armed security.
29:45My mother refused to
29:47accept it.
29:47She was a stubborn
29:48high school chemistry
29:49teacher.
29:50She spent two years
29:51secretly collecting a
29:52large amount of
29:53deadly evidence of the
29:54developer's illegal
29:55dumping.
29:55She planned to expose
29:57all this evidence
29:57publicly on the day of
29:59the governor's campaign
30:00tour speech.
30:02That day, she told me
30:04to hide in a distant
30:05alley near the rally
30:06square and wait for her.
30:07A black SUV without
30:09license plates suddenly
30:10rushed out of traffic,
30:11ran a red light, and
30:12precisely hit my mother
30:13as she was crossing the
30:15street.
30:15I watched with my own
30:16eyes as my mother's
30:17body was flung like a
30:19rag doll and smashed
30:20onto the hard asphalt.
30:22Then, two men in black
30:23suits got out, stuffed my
30:25mother and the scattering
30:26evidence into the trunk,
30:28and drove off.
30:29I was only ten years old
30:30that year.
30:31Later, I was sent to an
30:33orphanage, changed my name,
30:34and survived on student
30:36loans and odd jobs.
30:37It wasn't until I entered
30:39university and hacked into
30:40some sealed internal
30:42networks that I uncovered
30:44the truth from back then.
30:45That well-connected developer
30:47was precisely the family
30:48business jointly controlled
30:50by William and Helen.
30:51To cover up that lucrative
30:52but evil project, they
30:54unhesitatingly erased
30:55countless lives.
30:58As for the killer who ran
30:59over my mother, he was
31:01just a scapegoat the family
31:02bought for a few million,
31:03living out the rest of his
31:04life comfortably in prison.
31:06From that moment, I knew
31:07the law couldn't punish
31:08these vampires.
31:09I would use the very power
31:11they were most proud of to
31:12send them to hell.
31:13Chris had fled to
31:14Country Y back then because
31:16of a sudden assassination
31:17attempt.
31:18The planner of that
31:19assassination was another
31:20survivor who had lost his
31:21entire family in the
31:22chemical plant leak.
31:23Like me, he had been lying
31:25low for years for revenge.
31:27We didn't know each other,
31:28but when the assassin's
31:29bullet was fired at Chris,
31:31I threw myself in front of
31:32him without hesitation
31:33because I knew very well
31:35that even if Chris died,
31:37William and Helen would
31:38still roam free and would
31:39even use more brutal
31:41methods to eliminate
31:42survivors like us.
31:44I had to use my life as a
31:46stepping stone to fully
31:47infiltrate the core of this
31:48family.
31:52I gambled and won.
31:53The bullet missed my heart
31:56by one centimeter.
31:57Not only did I win Chris's
31:59trust, but I also used it as
32:00leverage to successfully
32:02climb into William's bed.
32:04Now, William and Helen had
32:06turned to ashes.
32:08Only the final step remained.
32:10The family business scandals and
32:12infighting caused the stock
32:13price to plummet.
32:14To stabilize the situation,
32:16Chris started working around the
32:18clock non-stop.
32:19He became more independent on me,
32:21needing to drink the special
32:22coffee I brewed with my own
32:24hand before your he can
32:25asleep.
32:26My knowledge of pharmacology
32:27was all self-taught from my
32:28mother's old notebooks.
32:30That colorless, odorless plant
32:31extract would leave no trace in
32:33routine toxicology tests, but
32:35would slowly and irreversibly
32:37damage heart valve function.
32:40Three months later, late one
32:42night, I brought in the last cup
32:44of coffee and placed it by his
32:45hand.
32:51Lillian, once this case is
32:53finished, we'll go register.
32:57Chris, do you feel cold?
32:59He was stunned for a moment,
33:01about to speak, when his face
33:03suddenly turned deathly pale.
33:04He clutched his chest violently,
33:06and the pen in his hand fell to the
33:08floor.
33:08My chest, it hurts so much.
33:15He tried to stand, but his legs had
33:18lost all strength, and he collapsed
33:20heavily onto the carpet.
33:24Medicine, there's emergency medicine
33:26in the drawer.
33:28Lillian, help me.
33:29He reached out his hand to me, his eyes
33:31filled with fear.
33:32I didn't call an ambulance, nor did I
33:34open the drawer.
33:40What did you call me?
33:46Lillian, please.
33:50My name isn't Lillian.
33:53My name is Amy.
33:56Fifteen years ago, the dead miner in
33:58the chemical plant leak was my
34:00father.
34:04You, you were for-
34:06He forced out a few words, veins
34:09bulging on his forehead.
34:12Yes.
34:13To kill you.
34:15To kill you, kill your mother,
34:17kill your uncle, to destroy your
34:19entire family.
34:20Chris tried to grab my ankle, but his
34:23fingers dropped weakly in midair.
34:28You, you mad woman.
34:31Chris's eyes were wide open, filled
34:33with utter despair.
34:36When the police and forensic examiner
34:38arrived, I was wrapped in a silk robe,
34:40trembling all over, crying my heart out.
34:43He's been so tired lately.
34:45Working till dawn every day.
34:47His uncle also died of heart problems.
34:49I should have made him get checked
34:51earlier.
34:51Overtime work, immense psychological
34:53pressure, family history of heart
34:56disease, everything was perfectly
34:58logical.
35:02The police ruled out homicide.
35:04According to the will, I smoothly
35:06inherited all of Chris's remaining
35:08assets.
35:09With three core family members lost in
35:11succession, the remaining branches
35:12completely tore into each other over the
35:14scraps.
35:15Under a series of short attacks and
35:17insider trading exposes, this vast
35:19commercial empire quickly collapsed and
35:22eventually declared bankruptcy.
35:25I funneled the billions of dollars I
35:27cashed out through countless offshore
35:29accounts, where you to my mile as a
35:31plant, and remitted them in batches to
35:34all the victims' families of the chemical
35:36plant leak.
35:37After doing all this, I dismissed all
35:39security and returned alone to that
35:41abandoned small town.
35:43The glow of the setting sun fell on the
35:45rusty signpost.
35:49My lawyer, also an orphan of one of the
35:52victims back then, found me in his car.
35:55Lillian, everything is over.
35:57The tickets are booked.
35:59We've prepared a new identity for you in
36:01country G.
36:02I looked at this land poisoned and
36:04destroyed, and let out a long, heavy
36:07breath.
36:10I'm not leaving.
36:13What?
36:14I took a pill bottle from my pocket,
36:16poured the remaining few white pills
36:18into my mouth, and swallowed them dry
36:20without water.
36:23That was the low-dose poison I had been
36:25taking long-term to create symptoms of
36:27heart failure.
36:28My hands were already stained with blood,
36:31and my soul was as rotten as theirs.
36:34Help me make the last transfer of the
36:36money.
36:37I leaned back on the worn-out bench,
36:39watching the evening glow in the
36:40distance as my vision gradually blurred.
36:43I was so tired.
36:46Now, I could finally go see my family.
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