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I Left Him Nothing But Regrets.
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00:00I gave Gavin three years of my life.
00:04You're really leaving Gavin?
00:07I already divorced him.
00:09You nursed him for three years, barely slept, barely ate. Why leave now?
00:13I heard the truth.
00:17You had your own wife kidnapped and those videos posted?
00:20Vanessa's back. I love her. I needed IVE to give me a reason for divorce.
00:27A week later, my baby was gone.
00:31Baby was alive. How could you throw away your own child?
00:34Vanessa promised me a baby. I didn't want Ivy's child.
00:40Find my baby before Gavin learns I know the truth.
00:45Done. I'm on it.
00:48Does he sign the divorce papers?
00:52He never read them.
00:56If I hadn't left, would you still have married her?
00:59Yes. I've always loved you. IVE was only a substitute.
01:05That was the moment I stopped loving him.
01:09I had one week left.
01:14When did you get home?
01:16Why didn't you tell me?
01:17What did I sign this morning?
01:19I saw the word divorce.
01:23He had seen I meant to leave, yet still believed my love would keep me trapped.
01:28Gavin, I'm scared to sleep alone tonight. Will you stay with me?
01:33You don't mind if I borrow him tonight, do you, darling?
01:35Ivy is reasonable. Come on, I'll take you downstairs.
01:39For three years, I stayed awake beside his wheelchair while pain tore through every night.
01:44I'm here. Try to breathe. I'm not going anywhere.
01:47And now he uses those legs to walk into another woman's room.
01:50By morning, I had decided to leave, but I would not surrender my dignity to her.
01:55Thanks for taking care of Gavin for me. That was sweet.
01:57I'm back now. He doesn't need a live-in nurse anymore. Pack your things and leave.
02:01I'm Gavin Mercer's legal wife. You're the mistress sleeping with someone else's husband.
02:04You're somebody's mistress, not a queen.
02:06If anyone leaves this house, it should be you.
02:08You were a stray my family picked up. You lived on everything I didn't want.
02:11She mentioned the kidnapping, the miscarriage, and the videos, turning my deepest wound into leverage.
02:15I still have the videos. I could post them again. Or sell them.
02:19Actually, even for $10, nobody would buy them.
02:21If you can't control your mouth, I'll do it for you.
02:24I slapped her once. Gavin arrived, seized my wrist, and struck me hard enough to drop me.
02:29Vanessa! I'm sorry. I should have gotten here sooner.
02:32She's my sister. If she wants to hit me, let her. Please don't be angry.
02:35For the first time, I regretted loving him, yet I still demanded he remember who had stayed.
02:38When you were crippled, she abandoned you. I stayed and cared for you for three years. You have no heart.
02:42Vanessa never abandoned me. She left to find treatment. She's the reason I can walk.
02:48You're wrong. I fixed your legs, Gavin.
02:51You don't practice medicine. How could you possibly cure anything?
02:54Enough, Ivy. I know exactly what you can and can't do.
02:57Three years of sacrifice vanished the moment Gavin chose Vanessa's lie over me.
03:04They found the baby.
03:09It's okay. Mommy's here.
03:12Then Mia called, and the daughter I mourned was suddenly alive.
03:16She was left outside injured. Recovery has been slow.
03:19Every person who hurt you will pay.
03:22Let go of me. Where are you taking me?
03:24Her bruises turned my grief into something colder, sharper, and impossible to forgive.
03:30Vanessa's pregnant. You'll stay here and take care of her.
03:33Cook every meal. Keep her cool. Don't let anything happen.
03:37I just lost my baby. And you want this from me?
03:40That night, Gavin showed me exactly how little my pain mattered.
03:43I want something sour. Fresh pineapple.
03:47Hand over the phone. You're sleeping outside tonight.
03:51For three days, they trapped me there and called it family duty.
03:55I want a bath. You can wash me.
03:58On the third night, Vanessa finally revealed what kind of trap she wanted.
04:01Try me, Vanessa. See how far you get.
04:03Don't touch my baby!
04:06Gavin! Ivy pushed me!
04:11She pushed me. I was trying to protect the baby.
04:15Gavin, she fell on purpose. Let me explain.
04:18I don't want another excuse. You could have hurt her child.
04:20Vanessa fell on purpose, and Gavin returned ready to condemn me without listening.
04:24You'll stay here until you understand what you did.
04:32Two more days. Roman will come for us.
04:36Two locked days stripped away everything except my plan to leave.
04:39At the reunion, everyone displayed success while my sacrificed years became silence.
04:44Vanessa asked me to release you. Show some gratitude.
04:48Let it go, Gavin. That's just how she is.
04:52Your turn, Ivy. What have you been doing since college?
04:55Gavin, does your wife still rank as your favorite woman?
04:58Yes.
04:59Vanessa. It's always been Vanessa. Three years ago. Now all of it.
05:02Gavin's answer finally buried every lie I had mistaken for love.
05:06Ivy, is Gavin still the man you love most?
05:08Gavin!
05:12No. I stopped loving Gavin Mercer a long time ago.
05:16When they chased Vanessa, I finally answered the question no one heard.
05:20Again, Gavin abandoned me whenever Vanessa stood on the other side.
05:24Stay at the apartment. Vanessa becomes anxious when she sees you.
05:27Your place hasn't changed. You're still Mrs. Mercer.
05:30The storm's too bad. If you're going, go tomorrow.
05:36That endless night gave me one final truth.
05:39Vanessa's child never be Gavin's.
05:41Six months ago, Gavin was diagnosed with a Zeus sperm.
05:44So the baby was never his.
05:47Not yet. He can learn when it hurts more.
05:52Why are you packing like you're moving out?
05:54It's probably skincare and makeup. Women always pack too much.
05:59He had lived beside me three years and still knew nothing real.
06:04You'll still come back every day and look after Vanessa.
06:06She's pregnant.
06:07Be more careful with her moods.
06:09You're my wife.
06:10Her baby will still call you mom.
06:14His fantasy made me pity him more than anything he had done.
06:17Today is our anniversary.
06:18I left three gifts.
06:19Opened them after midnight.
06:21You've cared for me for three years.
06:22That counts for something.
06:23Once Vanessa has the baby, I'll make some time for you.
06:27I saved the truth because delayed pain would cut him much deeper.
06:31Good.
06:31Just make sure you look at every gift.
06:35Everything is ready.
06:36You can take her home.
06:40Leaving with my daughter was the first honest choice I made.
06:47No one will ever take you from me again.
06:51Goodbye, Gavin Mercer.
06:53Goodbye, Gavin.
06:55Next time, I would return as the woman who destroyed him.
07:00For the first time, my absence disturbed the house more than my presence.
07:06Did Mrs. Mercer come back at all today?
07:08No, sir.
07:08She hasn't returned since this morning.
07:10If she wants to stay gone, let her.
07:12She's always dramatic.
07:14She's still your sister.
07:15Whatever happens, we're still family.
07:17Stay until I fall asleep.
07:19The baby makes me anxious.
07:22I left three gifts.
07:23Even beside Vanessa, he remembered the farewell he had mistaken for devotion.
07:32Divorce papers?
07:34No, I would never leave me.
07:36At midnight, the first gift finally destroyed his certainty that I belonged to him.
07:42That's my signature.
07:43Where do I sign?
07:44I'm already late.
07:47She loved me too much.
07:48She couldn't have planned this.
07:50He had signed away our marriage while rushing to Vanessa, without even looking.
07:58I chose this number because it means I'll love you very much.
08:03She blocked me too?
08:04I disconnected the number that once promised him my feelings would never change.
08:10Ivy?
08:17She erased everything.
08:19Only when nothing remained did Gavin understood I had truly escaped him.
08:23Gavin, don't leave.
08:25Something still feels wrong.
08:27I'm here.
08:28Try to rest.
08:31He stayed beside Vanessa, but his thoughts followed the woman he had driven away.
08:37Mrs. Mercer never went to the apartment.
08:39She bought a ticket to New York two weeks ago.
08:43So she had been planning this all along.
08:45My ticket proved this was never a tantrum, but a carefully prepared escape.
08:49Find her. Use every marshal contact we have in New York.
08:52New York is Blackwood territory. We cannot search openly there.
08:56Keep it quiet. Find out who sent her there.
08:57Find out who she's been in contact with.
08:58She didn't just go to a city she knew nothing about.
09:00Only after losing control did Gavin begin studying the life he had ignored.
09:04If she left willingly, doesn't that solve everything for you?
09:08I love Vanessa, but Ivy is still my wife.
09:12I decide when I'm done. She does not leave me.
09:14He never wanted my love. He wanted permanent ownership of my obedience.
09:20Three days. I want her location in three days.
09:24Bring the other two files for my study.
09:26Understood. As soon as possible.
09:28Two unopened gifts waited nearby, each holding a loss he still could not imagine.
09:35End your marriage and give Vanessa the place she deserves.
09:38Ivy's your daughter, too.
09:38Ivy's adopted. We've already spoken with your parents. The wedding will be next month.
09:42While they planned his next wedding, two documents waited to dismantle their certainty.
09:46Men always want pleasure, then invent excuses for responsibility.
09:51Welcome to the Blackwood Estate, Miss Bennett.
09:54While Gavin walked away angry, New York finally closed a safe gate behind me.
09:59Your room and the baby's room are both ready.
10:02A live-in nanny and nutrition team are already here.
10:05You won't have to care for her alone.
10:08Roman's preparations felt more dependable than every promise Gavin had ever made.
10:13Do you know when Mr. Blackwood will return?
10:18He rarely tells staff where he's going, but you may come to me for anything.
10:22After choosing Gavin, I had no right to expect Roman's old devotion.
10:32You're a pretty little thing. You took after your mother.
10:35Roman. Thank you. Roman.
10:37He held my daughter gently, and one of my deepest fears finally loosened.
10:43You look thinner. Did that bastard do this to you?
10:45When did you start letting people walk over you?
10:49I'm sorry, Roman. And thank you for still choosing me.
10:52One apology reached the man whose loyalty I had once thrown away.
10:55You always knew how to get away with murder with me.
10:57Whatever they took, I'll get every bit of it back.
11:00No.
11:01You're still thinking about him? I still want you.
11:04That has never changed.
11:06If you choose me, another man cannot stay in your heart.
11:10Choose, Ivy. Him or me.
11:13Roman mistook my need for control as proof I still wanted Gavin.
11:16I will not survive on whatever scraps you leave me.
11:22Stop being dramatic.
11:24I said no because I want to do this myself.
11:27I wanted Roman beside me, not fighting every battle in my place.
11:31I chose you, Roman. There is no one else.
11:34Soon, you may go after them in your own name.
11:37You'll know tomorrow.
11:38He believed me, then offered one more mystery instead of an explanation.
11:48Keep working.
11:53Not tonight.
11:54Without me, even the rain began returning every pain he had dismissed.
11:59Where did Ivy keep the wraps and herbal compresses?
12:02Mrs. Mercer always made them herself.
12:04Different herbs, batches, temperatures.
12:06She prepared everything a day early.
12:08He had mocked the smell while I measured every batch with exhausted hands.
12:15Mr. Mercer, the documents from your desk.
12:21Bring them here.
12:22As his legs failed again, the remaining truths finally reached his hands.
12:25Check on the baby. Give her the best of everything.
12:28I thought Miss Bennet said she would handle that.
12:29When did I ever give that order?
12:31You only instructed to place the baby in a secure location.
12:33Afterward, Miss Bennet informed me that you had entrusted the child to her care.
12:36Vanessa had rewritten his order, and Gavin finally heard how easily he had been used.
12:40You think I would give an order like that?
12:43Find her now.
12:44I want that baby found immediately.
12:45Okay.
12:49For once, fear reached him before Pride could explain everything away.
13:01Termination of parental rights?
13:04No. How could this happen?
13:07The second gift erased his legal claim to the daughter he had abandoned.
13:10I told her the baby was dead.
13:14Then how did she know?
13:20I had known every lie while he still believed devotion made me blind.
13:24My note denied him fatherhood, memory, forgiveness, and every path back to us.
13:29You hated me this much?
13:31You said you would only ever love me!
13:33Run wherever you want, Ivy.
13:36I will find you.
13:44Azucaramia dated six months ago.
13:46The final report proved Vanessa's child was never his, and everything finally connected.
13:51He rejected the report because either answer would destroy the life he imagined.
13:56Run every test again, tonight.
14:00We'll confirm the result as quickly as possible.
14:08The repeat testing confirms the same diagnosis.
14:11There may still be medical options later.
14:14So nothing changed?
14:16The second result removed every excuse and left Vanessa's pregnancy exposed.
14:25Six months sterile.
14:26Three months pregnant.
14:28That child cannot be mine.
14:31Simple dates expose the lie Gavin had protected more fiercely than me.
14:34Next month works.
14:35We only need to settle the venue.
14:40Gavin, what are you doing here this early?
14:42Perfect timing.
14:43You should help choose your wedding date.
14:45They planned a wedding around a child whose existence was already disproving them.
14:48She loves you, and she is carrying your child.
14:51Humiliate her, and the Bennett family will answer.
14:56You cheated, got pregnant, and tried to make that child mine.
14:59What the hell are you talking about?
15:01Six months ago and last night, same diagnosis, same result.
15:04How did you get pregnant with my baby when I cannot father one?
15:06At last, Gavin asked Vanessa the question my three gifts had prepared.
15:11Gavin, what are you saying?
15:13I'm asking Vanessa to explain.
15:15You got pregnant by someone else and tried to pin it on me!
15:19The lie collapsed only after Gavin finally turned his cruelty towards Vanessa.
15:25Gavin is the only man I've ever been with.
15:28You watched me grow up. You know who I am.
15:30I know who stayed when Gavin could not walk.
15:32If this child is Gavin's, you should have no problem proving it.
15:35Please wait until after delivery, then we can do DNA testing.
15:38No. We are not waiting.
15:40Arrange prenatal paternity testing immediately.
15:42If the child is not mine, the consequences will be borne by you and Bennett family.
15:45Vanessa asked for time, because time was the only weapon she had left.
15:48If that child isn't mine, prepare for what comes next.
15:56What is wrong with you?
15:58Even Denise's anger came from failure, not concern for anyone Vanessa harmed.
16:02In New York, I chose my own name for the daughter Gavin had discarded, Ava Bennett.
16:07Why are you here? And why is everything always this dramatic?
16:10You're registering my daughter. Of course I'm here.
16:12Were you planning to make sure she never calls him dad?
16:14Roman, stop.
16:16Ava isn't biologically yours. I won't bind you with guilt.
16:21Fair?
16:22I called it fairness because I still feared becoming another person's burden.
16:28When did you decide you could speak for me?
16:30When you chose me, you chose Ava too.
16:33She is not my stepdaughter.
16:35She is my daughter.
16:37Ava Blackhell.
16:38Roman refused the label I thought would protect Ava from future rejection.
16:42Ava will inherit exactly as any child of mine.
16:45Thank you for loving me this completely.
16:49If you chose me here, I would die of someone I want to let you lose.
16:52For once, someone answered my fear with commitment instead of conditional affection.
16:58You're Ivy? You're really our daughter?
17:01It's her. She has your face.
17:03You're... my parents?
17:05We've been looking for you for 20 years.
17:07The strangers before me looked at me like someone they had mourned.
17:09Their grief shattered the belief that I had always been unwanted.
17:14Mom! Dad! You found me!
17:18I'm not someone nobody wanted anymore!
17:20You were never unwanted.
17:22We simply could not find you.
17:24A trafficking ring took you from the hospital after your birth.
17:27We searched internationally for more than 20 years.
17:30Harold and Denise bought a baby. That baby was you.
17:33Rehumiliation finally formed one pattern.
17:35Vanessa received whatever remained valuable.
17:39How did you finally find me now?
17:42Roman found us.
17:43He has searched for your birth parents for years.
17:46Roman had searched quietly, then protected me even from the parents I wanted.
17:50He said you needed parents who would actually love you.
17:53Roman missed the airport because he was bringing my lost family back.
17:56If you truly want me, find my biological parents.
18:02Most fathers distrust their daughter's choice.
18:04We would never let another marriage destroy you.
18:06If the man is Roman, you have our wholehearted blessing.
18:11Roman is the man I'm building the rest of my life with.
18:14Real love made life safer without demanding repate for every kindness.
18:18Now that you chose me again, you cannot change your mind.
18:21Even if you threw me out, I would not leave.
18:23The only person who could ever be thrown out of this is me.
18:26Give the word, and I can bury the mercils quickly.
18:29I asked for one week because Gavin's failing legs would expose everything.
18:32In one week, Gavin will come begging on his own.
18:37He never finished the treatment that kept his legs stable.
18:40Let Vanessa repair the body she had falsely claimed to heal.
18:46The domestic return will take six months.
18:48But the shares and operational control are yours now.
18:54You trust me with all of this?
18:56My father offered authority without tests, delays, or humiliating conditions.
19:00The prenatal result excludes Mr. Mercer as the biological father.
19:03Who is the real father?
19:05Ending the pregnancy could not erase the scandal Vanessa had built herself.
19:11Keep your head down until this passes.
19:16It isn't passing.
19:17Your handling of this crisis has destroyed internal confidence.
19:20The board should consider replacing the CEO.
19:23Give me one month.
19:25I will restore the company.
19:27Harold protected his title by promising control over a collapse he created.
19:32Dad, please help me.
19:34They are destroying my life.
19:35You cannot abandon me.
19:36I'm your daughter.
19:38If you hadn't cheated and gave the Mercers that ledge,
19:40I wouldn't be a laughing stock in my own voice.
19:42The father who val usefulness answered his favorite daughter with violence.
19:44You turned yourself into a public disgrace.
19:47You told me to leave when Gavin was paralyzed.
19:49You needed my marriage because your company lacked power.
19:51If Bennett Group was truly powerful,
19:53you wouldn't need to trade your daughter's marriage for protection.
20:00Stop!
20:00She is still your daughter!
20:02She is a liability.
20:03We chose the wrong daughter.
20:05We should have treated Ivy better.
20:06Only after losing value did Vanessa learn how conditional to their devotion was.
20:10Ivy is gone.
20:11She does not want any of you.
20:13You love people only while they remain useful.
20:15Even I know exactly how disposable your love is.
20:19Mr. Bennett.
20:20I'm here for Ms. Bennett.
20:22Mr. Mercer needs her to treat his legs.
20:25The stolen credit became a sentence Vanessa could no longer escape.
20:29Mom, please! I cannot go back there!
20:32Do not touch her.
20:33She rejected this family herself.
20:35Take her until Gavin is back on his feet.
20:37The Bennetts will not interfere with whatever he decides.
20:41The family that worshipped Vanessa discarded her once protection became expensive.
20:48Let me go!
20:50Do not make this harder than it already is.
20:54Vanessa ran from the consequences.
20:56But every borrowed lie followed her home.
21:03Three untreated days returned Gavin to the wheelchair Vanessa had claimed to conquer.
21:13Did you actually heal my legs?
21:15Yes!
21:15I studied overseas for three years because of you.
21:18Even if you never recover, I will stay forever.
21:22One last chance. Were my legs really healed by you?
21:25Vanessa offered permanent devotion because the truth would leave her completely unprotected.
21:29You are still lying.
21:30You studied for one month, then chased wealthy men.
21:33Ivy healed me.
21:34You stole her work and took the credit.
21:36At last, he named the theft that had erased my sacrifice.
21:38I drove away the woman I loved most and gave up my own child for you.
21:41Even if Ivy healed you, you loved me first.
21:45You were the one who gave away your daughter.
21:47You told Ivy to leave.
21:48That was your decision.
21:49And now push it all on me.
21:51You cannot blame everything on me.
21:52That is not fair.
21:53Did anyone in your family ever treat Ivy fairly?
21:58Sir, do you need assistance?
21:59Take her to a secure psychiatric facility.
22:01Instead of accepting blame, Gavin answered truth with another act of control.
22:04No wonder Ivy left you.
22:06I would have left too.
22:08Bring back Ivy and Mr. Merschel may reconsider.
22:10Find her.
22:12Search every New York society connection.
22:14For three months, Denise searched for me only to purchase Vanessa's freedom.
22:20I found her.
22:22She was photographed in New York.
22:28Book the earliest flight to New York.
22:30One photograph pulled Gavin across the country without revealing who I had become.
22:34No confirmed address.
22:35No reliable contact.
22:37Nothing.
22:42You have neglected Mercer business for more than three months.
22:44He burnt through time and money, still searching for the woman he discarded.
22:48The board is getting restless, sir.
22:50Winthrop Group just launched its American operations in New York.
22:52Since we're already in the city, it's the perfect opportunity to secure a meeting.
22:55A strong meeting could calm the board.
22:57Alright, set it up for tomorrow.
22:58The meeting he accepted for business would place him directly in my path.
23:02The Windcock meeting is confirmed for tomorrow morning.
23:04Understood.
23:07Across New York, Gavin can search to photograph while my real life moved forward.
23:12Ivy, where the hell are you?
23:18She barely makes sounds and you're already crying.
23:23Every stage feels different.
23:24You're right. Every stage is important.
23:26Ava's smallest sound gave me more joy than three years of marriage.
23:31Gavin Mercer is in New York.
23:34He actually had the nerve to come here?
23:36Dad, do nothing reckless. He will come to us.
23:40I no longer needed to chase Graven.
23:42Desperation was already guiding him toward me.
23:45You handled the negotiation better than most senior executives.
23:49You only say that because you're my father.
23:51He recognized my voice before the conference room door had fully opened.
23:55It's really you.
23:59I finally found you.
24:01He looked relieved, as if finding me erased everything he had done.
24:04You found me. Great. Now you can leave.
24:08I investigated everything.
24:10Vanessa lied about all of it.
24:11You healed my legs.
24:13She stole your work.
24:14I was blind and you suffered because of me.
24:16His apology arrived only after consequences had stripped away every comfortable lie.
24:20Ivy, I'm sorry.
24:22When I told you Vanessa was lying, did you believe me?
24:25When I begged you to listen, did you?
24:28His remorse sounded convincing only if someone ignored every choice that created it.
24:33What have you done to deserve forgiveness?
24:37You're right. I earned your refusal.
24:39Give me three years to prove I can change.
24:41If I let you down even once in those three years, I'll walk away and never look back.
24:44Our daughter still needs a father.
24:45He offered time, promises, and father hib only after losing access to all three.
24:50Those three years were my life fed to a rabid dog.
24:53You want three more years of the same humiliation?
24:55You abandoned our daughter.
24:57Stop auditioning for father of the year.
25:00His sudden interest in Ava was another performance built around his own need.
25:04You want Vanessa, me, the child, and forgiveness too?
25:06I'm sorry. I know I was wrong.
25:09If apologies fixed harm, justice would have no purpose.
25:12I ended every few future he imagined, including any place beside my daughter.
25:15I'm engaged. We're getting married soon.
25:21You chose someone old enough to be your father?
25:23Is this really about his money?
25:25I'll transfer my entire Mersal stake to you today!
25:28He insulted my father, then assumed ownership could still purchase my return.
25:33I have click at her.
25:39He reduced love, dignity, and my father to another transaction he could finance.
25:44You are disgusting.
25:48What? I said one thing you did not want to hear?
25:50Even in this chair, I am better than that old man.
25:53Mr. Merson, stop. Please.
25:55Gavin mistook my father for a rival because entitlement had replaced judgment.
26:00So you are the ex-husband who made my daughter miserable?
26:02Mr. Merser came to discuss a possible partnership.
26:05Gavin put my daughter through hell.
26:07Why would he possibly think Winthrop would sign a partnership?
26:09My father needed no shouting to make Gavin understand where power had shifted.
26:13Winthan Group will never do business with Mersal Group.
26:16Partners choosing Merser should not expect Winthan beside them.
26:19Bring verified evidence of violations, and Winthan will reward integrity.
26:23Gavin came seeking stability and destroyed it with his own arrogance.
26:27Remove him. He is never admitted here again.
26:32Sir, waiting here will not make her speak to you.
26:34He displayed suffering like proof, still expecting pain to purchase forgiveness.
26:39Your legs are getting worse. We need to return to Seattle.
26:45Ready for Ava's hundred-day photographs?
26:47While Gavin returned for treatment, my daughter's life kept moving forward.
26:52Ivy, we heard you found your birth parents.
26:54The Bennett family still raised you.
26:56Say the word, and I will have them removed.
26:58No, their sudden warmth was another negotiation.
27:00But this time I controlled the room.
27:02Let them in.
27:07These are for the baby. I am her grandfather, after all.
27:10Neither family needs gifts from people approaching bankruptcy.
27:13You should take them back.
27:14The gifts arrived dressed as affection, but Eleanor recognized the transaction immediately.
27:19Some stubborn part of me still separated Harold's neglect from deliberate cruelty.
27:25Dad, we do not need any of this.
27:28Keep the baby things for Vanessa.
27:30Do not bring her up!
27:33I know I was not the best father.
27:35I have fewer responsibilities now.
27:37I can help with Ava.
27:39Bring the baby down. Let us see her.
27:43You found your rerun, so I no longer matter?
27:46Say what you really came here for.
27:49The Bennett family raised you. You owe us.
27:52The last trace of fatherhood disappeared when Harold finally named his price.
27:55I want ten billion dollars.
27:56Everything good in your life came through us.
27:58Everything I received was something Vanessa no longer wanted.
28:01After 18, I stopped taking Bennett money entirely.
28:04He called deprivation an investment and expected profit from every humiliation.
28:08It is not happening.
28:12Then five billion, not one cent less.
28:15Refuse, and I will expose your ingratitude publicly.
28:18When gratitude failed, Harold replaced family pressure with public blackmail.
28:22All right, five billion.
28:23But I have one condition.
28:26Have you lost your mind?
28:27It is money. We can afford a clean break.
28:31Let me handle this. I have it.
28:35Roman's certainty stopped me, though five billion still felt like surrender.
28:39All right. What is the condition?
28:41Permanent termination of all legal parent-child ties.
28:46Sign, and the five billion is yours.
28:49Harold measured legal fatherhood against money and found the choice effortless.
28:58I have what I came for. We are square.
29:00You will not have to see me again.
29:01As for Vanessa, do whatever you want with her.
29:03He sold me on paper, then discarded Vanessa with the same indifference.
29:08You would abandon your only daughter for money?
29:13You spoiled Vanessa and let her destroy herself.
29:16Money had preserved their marriage until greed exposed every stored resentment.
29:24Mr. Bennett, you need to come with us.
29:26The allegations include fraud, extortion, and infant trafficking.
29:30You set me up.
29:31You walked into your own trap.
29:33Payment did not buy escape.
29:34It completed the evidence of Harold's greed.
29:36So that is why you agreed so quickly.
29:38In any situation, you can trust me.
29:40If you two keep flirting, spare the elderly.
29:42You are legally married. Start planning the wedding.
29:44The last Bennett claim ended, leaving only the life Roman had protected.
29:47The middle of next month works for both families.
29:50I would rather keep the wedding quiet.
29:53I earned my wife the hard way. I will not hide it.
29:56Roman refused secrecy because loving me was never something he considered shameful.
30:01A month earlier, I fled Seattle carrying survival.
30:03Now I returned carrying leverage.
30:06Legal finalized the acquisition agreement.
30:08Would you like to review it?
30:09My father trusted this team. That is enough for me.
30:12Take me to Mercer Group.
30:14I once entered as Gavin's shadow.
30:17This time the building waited for my decision.
30:19Thank you for coming in person.
30:24Let us discuss the acquisition upstairs.
30:28Mercer Group still holds substantial long-term value.
30:32Their presentation sold confidence while every empty desk exposed the truth.
30:36We believe the company can recover under the right ownership.
30:4210 million.
30:44That leaves almost nothing after employee compensation.
30:4810 million. Take it or leave it.
30:51They called the price impossible because accepting it meant admitting Mercer was finished.
30:55Please wait. Give us a few minutes to discuss.
30:59Do you truly intend to buy Mercer for 10 million?
31:02It is insulting. And still more than anyone else will pay.
31:05Call Gavin Mercer.
31:06I will not authorize the sale.
31:08Our combined shares match yours. We can force this through.
31:11This is not a negotiation, Gavin. It is a notice.
31:15The men who once obeyed Gavin now treated him like an obstacle.
31:22He entered expecting leverage and found me seated where his authority once lived.
31:31Ms. Winthoff, Mr. Mercer has joined us.
31:33Surely your history allows some flexibility.
31:36If not for the company, feel sorry for your ex-husband.
31:40Give us a courtesy number.
31:4120 million.
31:43They tried to invoice our history as though suffering created market value.
31:51Without my invisible labor, Gavin finally looked as neglected as he made me feel.
32:01Cause and effect.
32:04Are you doing alright?
32:07He asked about my life as though concern could reopen a closed door.
32:10I am doing very well.
32:12I have parents who love me.
32:14I have a husband who loves me and a daughter I adore.
32:17My happiness required nothing from Gadel.
32:19His collapse still depended on me.
32:20You, on the other hand, do not seem well at all.
32:22Do we really have to speak to each other like this?
32:24How exactly would you prefer I speak to you?
32:26He still expected gentleness from the person who survived his cruelty.
32:30Speaking calmly to you is already more grace than you deserve.
32:34I'm sorry.
32:38I am exhausted from hearing that.
32:41Sorry is cheap.
32:41It fixes nothing.
32:45So this is the difference between being loved and not being loved.
32:49I stopped loving you a long time ago.
32:52Indifference freed me more completely than love or hatred ever could.
32:55You are not worth my hatred either.
33:0010 million.
33:01Or I return to New York tonight.
33:03We accept.
33:04Sign it.
33:06The men who flattered him for years finally valued escape above loyalty.
33:14One signature ended the company Garen believed would always protect his name.
33:22Harold Bennett has requested a visitation.
33:25I will come.
33:27Ask Roman to ease up.
33:28I cannot survive years here.
33:30I wasn't always terrible to you when you were little.
33:32I knew exactly what you would ask.
33:34I made sure the old Bennett house was left alone.
33:36I preserved one roof then ended every debt they imagined I owed.
33:38That is all I am doing.
33:39I owe the Bennett family nothing after this.
33:42I left Harold behind.
33:44And every Bennett obligation ended with that door.
33:53You are still following me?
33:55This following me around routine is becoming pathetic.
33:57He once mocked my devotion.
33:59Now desperation had placed in my shadow.
34:01I no longer have the luxury of dignity.
34:04I am not here to ask for anything.
34:06I only wanted to see you before you disappear again.
34:11There is no reason for us to see each other again.
34:17Ivy, I did not expect to meet you here.
34:21The man who taught me healing arrived before Gavin understood its cost.
34:24You knelt outside my home for three days with a fever.
34:30You said the man you loved had nobody else to heal him.
34:34I had hidden every sacrifice while Vanessa advertised work she never performed.
34:38Did the man ever walk again?
34:40At first, he never believed I healed him.
34:43He refused final treatment and now he is paralyzed again.
34:46For once, someone else named the consequence Gavin could no longer deny.
34:49That man was never worthy of what you gave him.
34:54I am here to take you home.
34:56Heard this Seattle trip was more work than expected.
34:59Okay. Let us go home.
35:00Roman's arrival reminded me that home had become a person, not a place.
35:04Ivy Bennett, I'm gonna kill you!
35:09Before I could move, Gavin placed his broken body between us.
35:19Gavin!
35:21I will kill you!
35:27Roman stopped the second strike while Gavin collapsed behind me.
35:34I finally got to protect you once.
35:36Why did you do this?
35:37I was afraid you would die.
35:38I owed you everything.
35:39If I don't make it, don't let Ava know she had a father like me.
35:43Stop talking! Just hold on! Survive!
35:44Seven hours passed beneath operating room lights while Dawn slowly replaced the night.
35:52He is alive, but he will need several days in ICU.
35:55He survived.
35:56You do not owe him your life.
35:59I stayed to finish treatment, not to resurrect a marriage already buried.
36:03The wedding can wait.
36:05This debt cannot.
36:09Steady. Hold your balance.
36:13This time you do not owe me, I do not owe you.
36:16Then we are even.
36:21Sometimes losing someone is not a lesson, but simply the final ending.
36:25My love is not a living.
36:25I can.
36:25I'm not going to put it on to the next and not the next.
36:26I will never give up.
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