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Follow a powerful story where relationships are tested, hidden truths are revealed, and lives change forever. From romantic moments to shocking surprises, this drama keeps you engaged from beginning to end.
Featuring stories about CEO, billionaire lifestyles, family connections, and life-changing decisions, this movie delivers strong emotions and unforgettable scenes.
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00:00The day I was supposed to register our marriage, I wore a white dress.
00:04Leo's men dragged me out of City Hall by force.
00:07He straightened his collar and looked down at me with that condescending stare.
00:12Rosalie's child needs a legitimate name.
00:14This is a temporary deal.
00:16Once things are settled, I'll divorce her and marry you.
00:20Be a good girl and understand.
00:22He turned, took Rosalie's hand, walked away, didn't look back.
00:27Everyone expected me to humiliate myself for a seven-year relationship, to crawl back and beg him to stay.
00:34That same night, I bought a car to New York.
00:37I went to fulfill a family-arranged marriage.
00:41I left without a shred of reluctance.
00:44I walked out of his world completely.
00:48Five years later, I returned to Chicago with my husband for a family memorial.
00:54He had urgent family business to handle.
00:57So he arranged for his men to pick me up at the airport.
01:09But when I landed in Chicago and walked out of the arrival's gate,
01:13I never expected the man waiting outside, wearing that fiending smile and holding the sign high, would be Leo.
01:20The man I hadn't seen in five years.
01:23I pulled my suitcase and walked toward him, my face calm.
01:27Only when I got close, did Leo and Rosella finally see my face clearly.
01:32Rosalie froze for a second.
01:34Then she tightened her grip on Leo's arm and let out a sharp laugh.
01:38Leo, look, isn't that Lainey, the one who used to cling to you like a pathetic little lapdog?
01:44Leo looked surprised for a moment, but his old arrogance came back just as fast.
01:48See? I told you.
01:51Sooner or later, she'd crawl back to me.
01:53A few of his men circled around, laughing.
01:55Lainey, you ran off so clean back then.
01:58Now that he's doing well, you regret it, don't you?
02:02Bet you spent five years crying into your pillow in some roach-invested basement.
02:07What's with the baggy gray pajamas?
02:09No logo?
02:11You pull that out of a dumpster?
02:13Without boss?
02:14You can't even afford decent clothes?
02:17I glanced down at myself.
02:19Every time I went out to see Leo, I used to wear the finest custom dresses and flawless makeup.
02:26Now, there's no need.
02:28Because I'm pregnant, my husband won't let me touch anything with harsh chemicals.
02:32He says comfort comes first.
02:35This simple, casual outfit I'm wearing, he actually had it custom-made by a Milan designer.
02:40Top-grade cashmere.
02:42Just so I'd be comfortable.
02:43Looking at their smug faces, I suddenly wanted to laugh.
02:47In their minds, the legendary Mrs. Filoni would arrive with an army of bodyguards and a massive entourage.
02:53It never crossed their minds that the woman standing alone with a suitcase,
02:57dressed in simple gray, was the person they were waiting for.
03:01I kept silent.
03:02Then one of the guys, someone I used to get along with, tried to smooth things over.
03:08Lainey, it's good you're back.
03:09Leo's been asking around about you for years.
03:11He's been looking everywhere.
03:12Leo's face twitched.
03:14He coughed and pretended he didn't care.
03:17Rosalie's son starts prep school soon.
03:19Perfect timing.
03:20You can handle his daily needs.
03:22School runs.
03:23Meals.
03:23You'll take care of all of it.
03:26Leo was as arrogant and self-absorbed as ever.
03:29But I wasn't the street girl who forgave him for everything anymore.
03:32Seeing him again just made me sick.
03:34I didn't want to waste another minute on these people.
03:36I was about to tell them who I was.
03:39Then Rosalie cut in.
03:40Lainey, don't blame Leo.
03:42He's doing you a favor.
03:43You vanished for five years.
03:45Who knows what kind of gutter you crawled into in New York?
03:48Since you clearly failed there, helping with my kid means you get a meal.
03:52That's generous.
03:54I stayed silent.
03:55Leo probably thought I was still jealous over him.
03:58His smugness only grew.
04:00Enough.
04:00If you're out of options, don't put on airs.
04:03Help Rosalie with the kid.
04:04Stop sulking.
04:05The maid's room at the end of the hall, it's still yours.
04:08Watching them play off each other, I just found it ridiculous.
04:12Boss is giving you a job.
04:14Better than sleeping in the gutter.
04:15Now get over here and thank him.
04:17To him, even now, what happened at City Hall was just a minor incident.
04:22Getting dragged out.
04:23Watching him walk in with another woman.
04:26All just a small thing.
04:28I looked at him.
04:29Just looked.
04:31That face once filled my entire teenage years.
04:34Now, it just turned my stomach.
04:36Somewhere in my heart, I mourned the boy who once carried me on his back through a rainstorm.
04:42Sprinting five blocks with my bleeding ankle.
04:45It lasted one second.
04:48I almost felt sorry for him.
04:50If Marcus ever found out about this, what he'd do to this idiot.
04:54But it doesn't matter.
04:55It's over.
04:56Not worth bringing up.
04:58After all, I'm about to have my second child.
05:01I was done wasting words on them.
05:04I looked at Leo and spoke.
05:05My voice flat.
05:07You're here to pick someone up, aren't you?
05:09Let's go.
05:10Pick you up?
05:13You?
05:15Look at the sign.
05:16We're here for Mrs. Falcone.
05:18Do you even know who she is?
05:21The person they were talking about is me.
05:23Of course I know.
05:25Nearby, his men huddled together, whispering with excitement.
05:29The matriarch of the Falcone family.
05:31Don Falcone's only wife.
05:33Don Falcone's word is law on the East Coast.
05:35Ruthless.
05:36But his wife?
05:37He guards her like his own life.
05:39Word is, there's never been another woman.
05:41Not once.
05:42He stays clean.
05:43Just for her.
05:44Everyone in this life knows.
05:46Across the dawn, you get a bullet.
05:47You end up in a coffin.
05:49But touch Mrs. Falcone, he'll skin you alive.
05:52She's the only one who can handle that cold-blooded bastard.
05:57Listening to this, I almost wanted to laugh.
06:00So Marcus's devotion to me has become a legend.
06:03To please his wife, Don Falcone dropped $20 million at auction.
06:07He bought the Eternal Vow Sapphire Bracelet for her.
06:10That's the status every woman in America dreams of.
06:13Wait, that bracelet on your wrist?
06:15The entire area went quiet.
06:16Everyone's eyes locked onto my bracelet.
06:19Before I could react, Leo grabbed it.
06:22And yanked it off.
06:24Pretty good fake.
06:25Looks almost real.
06:26But I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a knockoff like this.
06:29Laney, don't tell me.
06:31You actually want us to believe you're Mrs. Falcone?
06:34To them, the idea was a colossal joke.
06:37Marcus is the most feared, cold-blooded Don on the East Coast.
06:40And five years ago, I was just a street girl Leo tossed aside, dead weight.
06:46Name your price, Laney.
06:47I'll buy this piece of trush off you.
06:49I'll pay double.
06:51Consider it charity.
06:52A little pocket money for you.
06:54I looked at my bracelet, dirty now in their hands, and my eyes went cold.
06:59Give it back.
07:01Marcus gave that to me.
07:02I didn't even finish my sentence.
07:04A gust of wind hit my ear.
07:05Leo slapped me, hard, right across the face.
07:08The moment he swung, his men moved like a machine, blocking the view with their bodies.
07:12My head snapped to the side.
07:14Blood filled my mouth, trickling from the corner of my lips.
07:16Shut up!
07:18Laney, you think you can just throw Fawn Falcone's name around?
07:21You read his real name, Marcus, in some tabloid gossip, and now you think you've got the right
07:26to stand here playing make-believe?
07:28Do you have any idea how much the boss had to kick up to the family heads just to get
07:32this airport pickup?
07:33How many favors he cashed in?
07:35Our whole block just got folded into Falcone territory last year.
07:41Everyone's counting on the Don to keep us alive.
07:43If we can Mrs. Falcone happy, the boss's position is finally secure.
07:48And you're standing here running your mouth?
07:50If you offend the Falcone family.
07:54Are you trying to destroy him?
07:56That slap shattered whatever last trace of feeling existed between us.
08:01Maybe my eyes were just too cold.
08:03A flicker of panic, so faint it was almost invisible, crossed Leo's face.
08:09You ungrateful bitch.
08:11Leo was generous enough to offer you a meal, and you're trying to destroy his career?
08:16Even if you've got a grudge, stooping this low, to get back at him?
08:20You're pathetic.
08:23Hearing that, I found it nothing but laughable.
08:26Five years gone, and Rosalie still manages to twist every single one of my reactions into
08:31some secret scheme to win Leo back.
08:33And Leo, once upon a time, he'd at least pretend to scold her.
08:37But in the end, he always took her side and pointed the finger at me.
08:41Just like before.
08:43Vain and can't stop pretending.
08:45This time, he didn't keep lecturing me.
08:48For old time's sake, I'll let it slide today.
08:51Take the money.
08:52Buy yourself some decent clothes.
08:54If you don't want to help Rosalie with the kid, I can line up an easy job for you in
08:58a club on my turf in a few days.
09:01Relax.
09:02Since we joined the Falcone family, this kind of cash is nothing to me.
09:07That smug, handout look made me sick.
09:09Looks like he's been doing quite well for himself in Chicago lately.
09:12While everyone stared in shock, I grabbed the cash and threw it right in his face.
09:16Then I took back my bracelet.
09:17I let out a cold laugh.
09:18No thanks, Mr. Leo.
09:20I don't take handouts from strangers.
09:23What, my cash isn't clean enough for you?
09:27Fine, Lainey.
09:28Let's see how long.
09:29That pathetic pride of yours can keep you afloat.
09:32Humiliated and furious, he grabbed the gala invitation and shoved it into the collar of
09:37my dress.
09:37Right there among the scattered cash.
09:39Take it.
09:40Three days from now, the Ritz-Carlton, Don Falcone's Welcome Gala, I'll bring you in
09:45and let you see what real high society looks like.
09:47Buy a proper gown.
09:49Don't you dare embarrass me in front of the Falcone family.
09:53I calmly peeled his fingers off me.
09:56I pulled the invitation from my collar and dropped it on my suitcase.
10:00I really don't need it, thanks.
10:03Lainey, still all that attitude.
10:04Broke as hell, but acting like you're made of steel.
10:08Fine, keep your dignity.
10:09Keep living at the bottom.
10:11Rosalie, you're coming to the gala with me.
10:13Don't worry, darling.
10:14I'll make you proud.
10:15I promise I won't embarrass you.
10:18I was done.
10:18I turned around and walked toward the exit.
10:21Before I stepped out, I tossed one line behind we.
10:24I hope you can still say that in three days.
10:29Outside, I took a deep breath of cold air.
10:32I forced down the early pregnancy nausea.
10:34I didn't feel calm again until I was inside the car Marcus sent for me.
10:39Madam, Don Falcone sent me to collect you.
10:41Allowing strangers to disturb you was my failure.
10:44Your bracelet, I'll summon the family jeweler immediately.
10:46It will be fully repaired and delivered to your suite before the gala in three days.
10:50I nodded and got in.
10:51Through the dark, bulletproof window, I took one last look back at the terminal.
10:56Leo was raging at his men, fists swinging wildly, screaming that they had to find the woman called Mrs. Falcone.
11:03I looked away.
11:05Quietly, I told the driver,
11:06Let's go to the Ritz-Kerrington.
11:08In three days, I'd make him watch, with his own eyes as everything he had was destroyed.
11:15Five years ago, I was forced into that arranged marriage from New York.
11:19Before that, I fought against immense pressure.
11:22I begged, Leo, seven years together, to go with me to City Hall and register.
11:28I wanted to use that to force those people to give up on the marriage arrangement.
11:32Leo said yes, but when I got to City Hall, it wasn't just Leo who showed up.
11:38Rosalie was there too.
11:40Pregnant belly and all.
11:42Rosalie's child needs a legal father, and I need her father's connections.
11:46This is a transaction.
11:47Mutual benefit.
11:49Once the child is settled, and I have a foothold in Chicago, I'll divorce her.
11:53I'll marry you.
11:54This is temporary.
11:55Don't make a scene.
11:57I watched Leo hold Rosalie's hand and walk step by step into the registrar's office.
12:02That's when I died inside.
12:03Completely.
12:06That night, I flew to New York.
12:08I accepted the Falcone family's proposal.
12:13A month later, Marcus and I were married.
12:17A year after that, we had our first son, Gable.
12:21Not long ago, I got pregnant with our second.
12:24If not for accompanying Marcus to a family memorial, I never would have come back to Chicago.
12:29Ever.
12:30And I never would have run into Leo again.
12:32Three days later, I didn't dress up.
12:35I wore a simple, custom-knit dress, and went to the gala alone.
12:39Said you weren't coming.
12:41Look at you.
12:42Here you are.
12:44Laney, if you're trying to get my attention, at least dress decently.
12:47Walking into a private event like this, looking like a housewife just embarrasses me.
12:53Laney!
12:54I'm talking to you.
12:56Are you deaf?
12:57Our table's in the back.
12:58What are you doing heading to the front main table?
13:01I shook off his grip, cold.
13:02Then I said one thing, calm and flat.
13:06That's your seat.
13:08Mine is over there.
13:11Leo followed my gaze to the VIP table up front.
13:15His face tightened.
13:17Before I could even reach the main table, Rosari's voice cut through the air.
13:22Laney!
13:23How did you sneak in here?
13:24And you're still wearing that fake bracelet, strutting around like you belong?
13:29Her shriek was so loud, every major player in Chicago turned to look.
13:33Is that the eternal vow?
13:35The bracelet Don gave his wife?
13:37Tonight's the first time that Don is bringing his wife out in public.
13:40Who'd be stupid enough to wear a fake and openly challenge his authority?
13:44How'd she get in?
13:44Is this woman trying to get Leo killed?
13:47Leo, is she with you?
13:49No.
13:51I don't know her.
13:52The moment Leo said that, Rosalie got bold.
13:55She raised her chin and stepped toward me, voice dripping with fake pity and contempt.
14:00Hey.
14:01Private event?
14:02Wearing that fake junk is one thing.
14:04But wearing it here?
14:06You're insulting the Don and his wife.
14:09Do yourself a favor.
14:11Get out.
14:11Now.
14:12Before I have you dragged out.
14:14Don't just stand there pretending.
14:16Take off the bracelet.
14:17I never thought they'd actually lay hands on me.
14:19At Marcus's own gala.
14:20Rosalie stomped down on my hand, grinding the stiletto heel in.
14:25She yanked the bracelet off my wrist by force.
14:28This piece of trash.
14:30And you treat it like a treasure.
14:35A searing pain shot through the back of my hand.
14:38My wrist was torn open from the sharp heel.
14:41I clenched my jaw.
14:42Watched the sapphires scatter across the floor.
14:46Drag her up.
14:48Throw her in the dumpster outside.
14:52Two large men closed in, grabbing at my arms.
14:57Get off me!
14:59I'm Marcus's...
15:00A slap cracked across my face.
15:03Rosalie cut me off.
15:05You dare spout that madness here?
15:08At the Don's Gala?
15:09You're claiming to be his woman?
15:12You?
15:14When I came back to Chicago, I wanted to keep a low profile.
15:18I didn't want trouble.
15:19But now, I swear I will make her pay.
15:23Dearly.
15:24Leo saw me bleeding.
15:26Something fake flickered in his eyes.
15:29Pity, maybe.
15:30He reached for me.
15:31Lainey, are you done?
15:33The fake jewelry?
15:34Dressing like this?
15:35Wasn't this all just to get my attention?
15:37To make me jealous?
15:39Just say you need me.
15:41Right now.
15:42And I can forgive this stupidity.
15:45I spit out blood-flagged saliva.
15:47Looked at him.
15:48Cold.
15:49Leo.
15:50You're finished.
15:51Leo's brow fluttered.
15:53He was about to explode.
15:54Then he noticed.
15:55The entire ballroom had gone dead silent.
15:57The chatting guests straightened, stepping back in perfect union.
16:00They parted, clearing a wide path.
16:03Don Falcone is here.
16:04Behave yourself.
16:05Look, I'm already preparing divorce papers for Rosella.
16:07I rubbed my hand.
16:08The bones felt nearly crushed.
16:10This man in front of me was just ridiculous now.
16:13His divorce?
16:15What does that have to do with me?
16:17Just then, Marcus walked into the hall, holding the hand of our four-year-old son, Gable, and...
16:21Elite bodyguards flanked them.
16:22Little Gable in his custom-tailored suit.
16:25He already carried a gravity far beyond his age.
16:27The moment he entered, bodyguards trailed his every step.
16:30Nothing could happen to the family heir.
16:32Lainey, if you just stop going after Rosalie, I'll let it go.
16:35Just listen to me.
16:37We can still have our own kids someday.
16:39I wasn't listening to his nonsense.
16:41My eyes were searching past the crowd, trying to catch Marcus's and my son's attention.
16:46Then a small, familiar figure broke free, running toward me, voice cracking with tears.
16:53Mommy!
16:55That one cry, Mommy, plunged the entire hall into absolute silence.
17:01The guests who'd been watching coldly, the smug Rosia, Leo, every single face drained of color.
17:08My little boy, eyes red, threw himself straight into my arms.
17:11He held on so tight.
17:13Seeing his tears, the darkness in my heart vanished, instantly.
17:18I fought through the pain in my hand, reached up, and gently squeezed his little face.
17:23Spoke softly to calm him.
17:25Mommy's okay, baby.
17:27Gable pulled my hand toward him, so careful.
17:29He blew gently on the wound, tears streaming down his cheeks.
17:33He's still only four.
17:34Seeing his mother hurt, all his toughness crumpled into panic.
17:38Watching him like that, my heart ached.
17:41Before I could say anything else, a pair of black, handmade leather shoes stopped right in front of me.
17:47Marcus approached quietly, but the suffocating pressure radiating from him, it froze the air itself.
17:55The guests around us stumbled backward, faces pale.
17:59No one wanted to be anywhere near the dawn's fury.
18:02I pulled my shoulders in, feeling a bit guilty.
18:05Held my son closer.
18:07I knew it.
18:09Marcus was truly enraged this time.
18:11Dad, these bad people hurt Mommy.
18:14I want them to pay, just like you taught me.
18:18Without a word, Marcus dropped to one knee.
18:20His hands trembled as he lifted my injured wrist.
18:24Lainey, what happened?
18:25I left you alone for a moment.
18:27Which bastard dared to lay a hand on you?
18:30The ballroom lights were still dim, but on the expensive carpet, the shattered sapphires glinted under the faint glow.
18:37Gable bent down.
18:39He picked up the largest sapphire fragment and held it high.
18:47When he saw our initials engraved on the back, the killing instate in his eyes became impossible to hide.
18:57He lifted me carefully and set me down on the central sofa in the main hall.
19:05Turn on every light in this room.
19:08Every crystal chandelier in the hall blazed to full brightness at once.
19:12When Marcus saw my face clearly, the swollen slap marks, the blood at the corner of my mouth, his breath
19:18stopped.
19:19His hands shook uncontrollably.
19:21He cupped my bruised face and his voice dropped low, like wind scraping up from hell.
19:26Your face?
19:27They did this too?
19:29No, Marcus, I'm fine.
19:31I tugged at his jacket, trying to calm the near-feral rage rolling off him.
19:35But he just drew a deep breath and crushed me against his chest.
19:39Those bloodthirsty eyes swept the room.
19:42No, you're not fine.
19:44Someone touched my woman on my territory.
19:46I promise you, no one here walks out alive tonight.
19:51Right! Don't let them get away!
19:53I could have handled it myself, but hearing their absolute, unaraking devotion,
19:58my eyes betrayed me.
19:59They filled with tears.
20:02You weren't here.
20:05They all bullied me.
20:07The moment I said it, the men who'd mocked me at the pickup,
20:11the ones who called me poor, their legs buckled.
20:14They collapsed to the ground.
20:15They never imagined it.
20:17Not once.
20:18The Lainey they mocked so freely was the matriarch of the Falcone family.
20:23Lainey Falcone.
20:24In that moment, pure terror swallowed them whole.
20:30If only they'd noticed the bracelet on my wrist sooner.
20:33If only they'd believed me when I said,
20:35Marcus gave that to me.
20:41But now, it was too late for any of that.
20:44Just then, Rosalie's little follow-o, Trixie, stumbled forward.
20:48She'd arrived late.
20:49She hadn't seen Leo and Rosalie desperately trying to distance themselves.
20:53She was only ever good for leeching off Rosalie's scraps.
20:56She'd never been close to the real inner circle.
21:00She had no idea what the dawn of the Falcone family,
21:03whose power stretched across the country, even looked like.
21:07She'd convinced herself I'd hired some handsome actor to crash the party.
21:10A ploy for attention.
21:12A way to score points with Rosalie.
21:14Lainey!
21:15Where'd you find this actor?
21:17He's pretty convincing.
21:18What, you thought this cheap stunt would make Leo jealous?
21:20Look at you.
21:22Cheap outfit?
21:23No gown?
21:24Kneel down and beg me.
21:25Maybe I'll give you some of my old dresses.
21:27Save you from embarrassing yourself.
21:29But the laughter she expected never came.
21:31The hall was so silent, you could hear a pin drop.
21:34Every guest stared at her, with eyes reserved for the dead.
21:39The dead silence finally rattled Trixie.
21:43She turned to look at Marcus, standing beside me.
21:46And you, handsome.
21:48You're gorgeous.
21:49How much did she pay to rent you?
21:51Following a broke nobody like her?
21:53What a waste.
21:56Come with me tonight.
21:58I'll pay double.
21:59By Marcus.
22:00I almost laughed out loud.
22:02I had to admire the woman's sheer ignorance and stupidity.
22:07Speaking to Marcus like that, she was begging for death.
22:14Marcus was almost amused.
22:16The corner of his mouth curled into something cruel.
22:20To give me absolute security.
22:23Any woman who tried to get near him over the years met a very ugly end.
22:29Trixie finally sensed something was very wrong.
22:32She stumbled backward, retreating toward Rosalie.
22:35But by now, Rosalie was ghost white with terror.
22:38When she saw Trixie coming closer, she lashed out like a madwoman, slapped her heart across the face, and sent
22:43her crashing to the floor.
22:46Shut up, you idiot!
22:48You dare speak to Don Falcone and his wife like that?
22:51You want to get us all killed?
22:53Trixie lay crumpled on the floor, her hand pressed to her cheek.
22:57Rosalie's words echoed in her skull.
22:59Don Falcone?
23:00His wife?
23:02Everyone knows Falcone is a madman.
23:05You touch his wife, he'll end you.
23:08Thinking of the stories, the bloody ways he deals with enemies, Trixie collapsed.
23:14Her body shook violently, uncontrollably.
23:17She couldn't get a single sentence out.
23:19A nearby bodyguard understood immediately.
23:23Coldly.
23:26He dragged her out.
23:29By then, the family doctor had rushed over with his medical kit.
23:34He started treating the wounds on my hand and wrist.
23:36The moment they heard my pained gasp, Marcus and my son's eyes turned to ice.
23:42Your hands are too heavy.
23:44The renowned doctor, over 50 years old, started shaking.
23:48I shot Marcus a look.
23:50Stop scaring the doctor.
23:52I'm not that delicate.
23:53After I spoke, father and son reamed in their killing intake.
23:57They stood obediently to the side.
23:59When he was done, the doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
24:02He delivered his report with deep respect.
24:05Don Falcone, madam, is fine.
24:07The baby in her womb is healthy.
24:09The cuts on her wrist are somewhat serious, but I'll use the best medicine.
24:13I promise she won't scar.
24:15Marcus said nothing.
24:17But I knew this was the calm before the storm.
24:20Leo, one of the main culprits, was drenched in sweat by now.
24:26He never could have imagined that the girl who used to wait for him on street corners now stood
24:31at the very top of the underworld's power structure.
24:35But beneath the terror, watching how tenderly Marcus treated me, something snapped.
24:40A violent jealousy and possessiveness burned through what was left of his reason.
24:45Eyes red.
24:46He tried to use the past to salvage some shred of dignity.
24:51Don Falcone, this is all a misunderstanding.
24:53As Lainey's ex-boyfriend, I was just catching up.
24:57I didn't know her current status.
24:59When the Don investigated her, you must have seen how much Lainey loved me back then.
25:03We were just talking about old times.
25:06Provoking Marcus at a moment like this...
25:09It was suicide.
25:12Crack.
25:17I panicked.
25:19I grabbed his hand, clearing out the glass shards, and turned on Leo.
25:24Leo, shut your filthy mouth.
25:26What we had ended five years ago.
25:29Clean.
25:30The only man I love is Marcus.
25:32If you spew one more word of garbage, I swear you won't walk out of here.
25:36Lainey, I know you're still angry.
25:39But I've cut ties with Rosalia.
25:42Completely.
25:43Just come back to me.
25:44I swear I'll treat you right.
25:47You only married Marcus to spite me, didn't you?
25:49I don't care about your past.
25:51His shamelessness made me sick.
25:54I couldn't even form words.
25:58But seeing me so thrantic, fussing over his hand, wiping away the blood,
26:02Marcus just laughed.
26:04Low and soft.
26:06You're laughing?
26:07With his uninjured hand, Marcus rumpled my hair.
26:11His voice was deep and soft.
26:13Hearing you say you love me most, out loud, it's worth a little blood.
26:17Nearby, Gable rolled his eyes,
26:19clearly fed up with his father's whole my wife is the entire world routine.
26:23The underworld titans watching this, they were so stunned they barely breathed.
26:26Who could believe it?
26:27The legendary Don Falcone,
26:29the man who could sink a body with a single glance,
26:32turned gentle in front of his wife.
26:35He only had eyes for her.
26:36A nanny?
26:38My mommy is the matriarch of the Falcone family.
26:41Who do you think you are, telling her to take care of your child?
26:44You're not even fit to open my father's car door.
26:47A man who climbs up using women?
26:50You have no right to stand here.
26:52Muffled laughter rippled through the crowd.
26:54Leo's face cycled from red to white, then white to green.
26:57Everyone knew he'd only gotten his footing in Chicago through Rosalie's family connections.
27:02That was it.
27:03Rosalie shattered completely.
27:05She thought she'd see me on my knees, begging.
27:07Instead, everything she'd built was crumbling.
27:11And Leo's attention had clearly drifted back to me.
27:14Jealousy.
27:15Madness.
27:16It burned through the last of her sanity.
27:19Rosalie completely lost her mind.
27:22Face twisted, she grabbed a steak knife and lunged straight at my son.
27:32Before I could even think, my body moved on instinct.
27:36I threw myself over him, shielding little Gable with everything I had.
27:41A searing, sharp pain tore through my back.
27:45My vision faded to black.
27:47Before I lost consciousness completely, all I saw was Gable's panic-stricken little face.
27:52And Marcus, roaring with a fury that split his eyes wide open.
27:57When I opened my eyes again, the heavy, familiar scent of antiseptic filled my nose.
28:04Oh, thank God you're awake, Lainey.
28:07If you hadn't opened your eyes soon, your husband and son would have torn Chicago apart.
28:12My hand went instinctively to my belly.
28:14Fear filled my eyes.
28:16Becca read my mind instantly.
28:18She squeezed my hand to reassure me.
28:20Relax. The little one is perfectly fine.
28:23The doctor said you passed out from blood loss and shock.
28:26That knife went in off-angle, missed anything vital.
28:29I have to say, though, that Rosalie, she's insane going after a child like that.
28:35Hearing my son was okay, the weight on my chest finally lifted.
28:39My throat was so dry.
28:40My voice came out horns.
28:42Where's Gable?
28:44Where's Marcus?
28:45I'd been out too long.
28:47My throat was raw.
28:48I started coughing, hard.
28:51Becca rushed to pour warm water.
28:53She patted my back gently, helping me breathe.
28:56Drink slowly. Don't worry.
28:59Father and son, they don't have a scratch.
29:02But you?
29:04With all those elite bodyguards standing right there, did a pregnant woman really need to jump in front of a
29:08knife?
29:11That's Gable.
29:12I had to.
29:16After drinking, I sighed.
29:18Fine, fine.
29:20He's your whole world.
29:21But you didn't see what happened after you went down.
29:25That little boy turned into a maniac.
29:28What did Gable do?
29:30He grabbed a piece of broken glass and stabbed it into Rosalie's leg.
29:33Over and over.
29:34That ferocity was Marcus all over again.
29:36The bodyguards just stood there, stunned.
29:39I sat there, stunned.
29:41The Falcone blood had finally awakened in Gable.
29:43What about Rosalie?
29:45They put her in a sealed bag that night.
29:47Dropped her to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
29:50The bottom of the lake.
29:51That's what happens when you touch the Don's family.
29:54I can't find any sympathy.
29:56She brought this on herself.
29:57And Trixie?
29:59The one who deliberately trips me?
30:01Both her legs were broken.
30:03They threw her out of Chicago.
30:04Her family went bankrupt overnight.
30:06Her bastard kid got dumped into the worst group home.
30:09And those Chicago bosses who just stood by and watched?
30:12Marcus seized half their territory.
30:13The ones who complained got cleaned out entirely.
30:16If it weren't for you, my dad's business would have been dragged into this too.
30:21Your man is a ruthless tyrant.
30:25I squeezed her hand back.
30:27I know Marcus's cruelty.
30:29But that cruelty's is the wall that keeps me and the children safe.
30:33I took a deep breath.
30:35Then I asked the real question.
30:37What about Leo?
30:38Did they catch him?
30:40At Leo's name, the excitement drained from Becca's face.
30:43She sighed, tired and frustrated.
30:46They were going to deal with Leo on the spot.
30:48But at the last moment, Rosalie, shot and bleeding, went completely insane.
30:52She threw herself in the way, took a bullet for him, bought him just enough time to run.
30:57Marcus's men are tearing the city apart right now.
30:59They'll dig him out.
31:02So that's how it happened.
31:03Rosalie gave her life to protect that man.
31:06And Leo left her behind and ran.
31:08Just as she said it, the door to the hospital room burst open.
31:11Two familiar figures rushed in.
31:13One big, one small.
31:15Gable ran straight to me and pushed Becca aside with his tiny body.
31:18He carefully avoided my IV line, leaned on the edge of the bed, eyes red.
31:23Mommy, you're awake.
31:25I was so scared.
31:27Marcus came in right behind him.
31:29He didn't care about dignity.
31:32He strode to the bed and pulled both me and our son into his arms.
31:37Lainey, I'm sorry.
31:40I didn't protect you.
31:41Looking at them, this big one and little one, both red-eyed like guilty puppies, my heart
31:46melted.
31:47I held them back and whispered, I'm fine, really.
31:50Stop blaming yourself.
31:51After a few days of recovery, it was time to pack up and leave.
31:55That afternoon, the hospital room was quiet.
31:58I was alone.
31:59Gable grabbed mommy's comb from the table, but the footsteps behind me weren't my son's
32:03light, quick steps.
32:05A dry, raspy voice spoke instead.
32:08Lainey, it's me.
32:09My hands froze on the clothes.
32:12I turned around slowly.
32:13A man stood by the door, broken.
32:16One arm hanging from a stilthy sling.
32:19Trembling.
32:21Leo.
32:21He'd paid off a janitor at the hospital's back entrance under cover of darkness.
32:26That's how he'd slipped in.
32:27He was still wearing that suit, the one I'd picked out for him years ago.
32:32The one he'd sneered at a hundred times.
32:34I covered my belly protectively.
32:37My voice came out ice.
32:41What are you doing here?
32:43I turned around sharply.
32:45Leo had gotten in somehow.
32:47Standing in my doorway like a madman.
32:50Lainey, don't be scared.
32:51I won't hurt you.
32:52I just, I still love you.
32:53Seeing you with another man, carrying his child.
32:56I'm losing my mind.
32:58Let's start over, please.
33:00Some part of you still loves me.
33:01I know it.
33:02If I hadn't protect you back in the neighborhood, you never would...
33:05I let out a cold laugh.
33:06He actually believed those secret helpers over the years.
33:10They were all him.
33:11Start over.
33:12Leo, when you tossed me aside like garbage at City Hall and married Rosalie's other family
33:17connections, you didn't want a fresh start.
33:19Now you've got nothing.
33:21Rosalie is dead.
33:22Your connections are gone.
33:23So you run to me like I'm some kind of lifeline.
33:26Don't you see how disgusting your devotion is right now?
33:30It makes me want to vomit.
33:31Get out.
33:32I had no choice.
33:34Rosalie forced me.
33:35If I hadn't married her, I never would have made it in this city.
33:38All those obstacles are gone now.
33:41We can leave.
33:42We can go far away.
33:44I didn't even want to hear one more word.
33:47Before Leo could take another step, the hospital room door was kicked open with brutal force.
33:53Black-suited bodyguards flooded in.
33:55They slammed him to the ground.
33:57You idiot.
34:00You think you got in here on your own?
34:02Don Falcone ordered the back entrance left unguarded.
34:05Otherwise, you wouldn't have made it within a block of this building.
34:11Marcus walked in slowly.
34:13The fury radiating off him was suffocating.
34:17Leo, it seems you're tired of living.
34:21As they dragged him out, Leo knew he was dead.
34:25He started screaming like a madman.
34:27Marcus!
34:28You think she really loves you?
34:30You married a woman I throw away!
34:32Every minute she's with you, she's thinking of me!
34:36A dull thud.
34:38One of the bodyguards smashed a gun bet into his skull.
34:42Leo went limp.
34:44But that dying provocation left something behind.
34:48A crack.
34:49Ugly and toxic.
34:50That night, back home, Marcus was unusually quiet.
34:54He sat alone in the study.
34:56He wouldn't even look me in the eye.
34:59I knew exactly what he was afraid of.
35:02We've been married for five years.
35:05Gable is already four.
35:06But deep down, the wounds from his childhood, the insecurity, the feeling of never being enough,
35:12they still fester.
35:14He's always believed, in his core, that he was just a replacement.
35:18Someone who took advantage when I was at my lowest.
35:20I sighed.
35:22I walked to the living room.
35:24To the huge wedding portrait on the wall.
35:27I took it down.
35:29As I cleaned the back of the frame, I found something unexpected.
35:33Inside, tucked into a hidden layer, were hundreds of photos.
35:37Packed tight.
35:38Me in high school.
35:39Me handing out flyers in the neighborhood.
35:42Me having coffee at a corner cafe.
35:44Every single one, taken from a distance.
35:47Secretly.
35:48Marcus appeared at the study doorway.
35:50He didn't make a sound.
35:52When he saw the photos in my hands, he stood there like a criminal waiting to be sentenced.
35:57Lainey, I'm sorry.
35:59I'm a disgusting stalker, if it makes you sick.
36:02I dropped the frame.
36:03I walked straight to him, and wrapped my arms tight around his waist.
36:07Pressed my face against his chest.
36:09You fool, if you loved me this long, why didn't you come for me sooner?
36:12We wasted so many years.
36:14Marcus's whole body jolted.
36:16He wrapped his arms around me, almost in disbelief.
36:19His voice shook.
36:21You... you're not angry?
36:23Angry at what?
36:24That you loved me for so long?
36:27Later, I learned the truth.
36:29Piece by piece.
36:30The man the underworld fears.
36:32He was once just an orphan.
36:34Bullied in the corners of a group home during high school.
36:37I'd completely forgotten.
36:40One afternoon, the worst beating he ever took, I stood in front of him.
36:45I screamed at those older kids to get lost.
36:48I just hated seeing them gang up on one person.
36:51In his memory, that girl, standing in front of him in the fading light, furious,
36:57became the only warmth in his dark life for the next decade.
37:01So when I struggled to survive on the streets later,
37:04all those bits of good luck, the secret help, they were never coincidence.
37:10He was there, in the shadows, watching over me.
37:13Even that family-arranged marriage five years ago,
37:17the one that broke my heart,
37:18was never about my cold adoptive parents,
37:21curing favor with the Falcone family.
37:24It was him.
37:25The day he learned Leo had abandoned me.
37:28He used all his power, all his wealth.
37:31He forced the marriage arrangement to existence.
37:33He planned everything.
37:35Just so he could bring me under his wings.
37:38Openly.
37:40Rightfully.
37:40He wanted nothing back.
37:42He was too humble to even disturb my life.
37:44He just quietly collected my photos.
37:46It got him through the most hopeless days.
37:49I took his hand and pressed it gently against the swell of my belly.
37:52I looked at this man, cold-blooded and ruthless to the world,
37:55but red-eyed with me, and I spoke softly.
37:58Don't listen to the words of dead men.
37:59Marcus, I love you.
38:01In this life, I belong only to you.
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