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Their Perfect Love Was Trap Part 2
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00:00I sent Chester and Simon some photos, my abortion procedure form, and the images of the aborted
00:06embryo. Then, I removed the SIM card, snapped it in two, and dropped the phone into an airport
00:12trash bin. I boarded my flight without another look back.
00:21As Winona was dragged past Chester, she fought back and grabbed his sleeve. The next second,
00:26she met a pair of bloodshot eyes that blazed with hatred. She froze, and he flung her off
00:33roughly. The venue fell silent, leaving only Chester and Simon behind, looking distraught.
00:41Mr. Chester, Ms. Rutherford isn't at the hospital. The nurse said her grandmother passed away a week
00:45ago. What? No way. Why didn't she say anything if her grandma died? The time of death was last
00:50Friday at 11 p.m. I double-checked. Last Friday, the night of their get-together in that private room,
00:56could it be that Noel had overheard their conversation and chosen not to tell them
01:01about Marie's death? Chester suddenly remembered how Winona had taken his phone to check on him
01:06when they'd been at the airport. He pulled it out and saw dozens of missed calls wiped from the log,
01:11along with deleted text messages. He bolted, and Simon hurried after him.
01:17They jumped into the car and sped toward the villa.
01:25No one was there. There was a USB drive on the coffee table, and a note was pinned beneath it.
01:32Chester Gray, trusting you so easily with the Dithungamwithing, I regret most.
01:37Chester's fingers trembled as he held the note, and his eyes reddened in an instant.
01:42Simon had already plugged the USB drive into the computer and opened the Ford.
01:47Inside were three years' worth of evidence of me being bullied.
01:56Just then, both their phones pinged at once.
02:00They saw the photos of the abortion procedure form,
02:03and the images of the aborted Ebro that I had sent them.
02:06I'd also written a message.
02:09As you wished, the baby's been taken care of.
02:12Dead silence settled over the room.
02:15I had gotten pregnant, and I'd terminated it.
02:20Chester and Simon shook as they held their phones.
02:23Jealousy and heartbreak tore through Chester,
02:25while Simon's eyes filled with tears.
02:28That was his baby.
02:29He remembered the look in my eyes when I'd come out of the bathroom that night.
02:35I told you to be careful!
02:38You're the real culprit here!
02:41They grappled and swung at each other,
02:43unleashing every ounce of pent-up revenge.
02:46Only when the blows landed on their bodies
02:49did they dull the guilt and regret that threatened to swallow them whole.
02:54They kept fighting until they were covered in bruises
02:57and too exhausted to throw another punch.
02:59They collapsed on the floor, gasping for breath.
03:02I'm going to find her.
03:05Simon rushed after him.
03:08They drove straight to the hospital
03:10and made a beeline for the department where I worked.
03:13Everyone there had seen the news online.
03:16Tanya looked at them,
03:17her expression cold and full of contempt.
03:20Ella signed up for Doctors Without Bands.
03:22She left today.
03:23I don't know where exactly she's gone.
03:29Doctors Without Batters?
03:32That's way too dangerous.
03:33Has she lost her mind?
03:35Chester was equally frantic.
03:36He shot Tanya an icy look before turning on his heel and leaving.
03:40As he walked, he pulled out his phone and called his assistant.
03:44Check Noyce's flight.
03:45I need to know where she went.
03:47Now!
03:50You and Simon are to get the hell back here right now!
03:53Stanley Gray and Marjorie White were Chester and Simon's parents.
03:57They also had an older brother, Felix Gray.
04:00The three of them sat on the couch in the Gray residence
04:02and stared down at Chester and Simon.
04:04The tension in the room was palpable.
04:06Look what you two have done.
04:08Gray Corporate Scoop is on the verge of a limit
04:10thanks to your stupidity.
04:12How'd the beam was that?
04:13How'd have natticked out?
04:15Have you forgotten your manners?
04:17Who gave you permission to treat a young woman like that?
04:21Chester, Simon, you went too far.
04:23This isn't just a devastating blow to that young woman.
04:26It's also a significant hit to Gray Corporation's public image.
04:30There's a public outcry against our family now.
04:32If we don't handle this properly,
04:34our reputation will suffer for a long time.
04:36The best move now is to apologize.
04:38Make sure it's sincere.
04:39And keep apologizing until she forgives you.
04:42At the same time, you bring the responsibility on your own.
04:44The Johnsons are already in chaos.
04:47Winona isn't getting out of this.
04:48You don't still have feelings for her, do you?
04:51Of course not.
04:53The thought that she's that vicious
04:54and that she's been playing us for years
04:56makes me want to wring her neck.
05:02We know we messed up.
05:03We'll cooperate fully on PR.
05:05Good.
05:06Our top priority now is earning that young woman's forgiveness.
05:09Ideally, get her to issue a joint statement with us.
05:12Noelle Rutherford, right?
05:13Where is she now?
05:14She's gone.
05:15She joined Doctors Without Bands.
05:17We don't know her exact location.
05:19Interesting.
05:20She held her ground despite years of bullying
05:22and seized the moment to fight back
05:24after learning about your stunt.
05:26That's impressive.
05:27Indeed, she is.
05:28If you can earn her forgiveness,
05:29I'll agree to let her marry into our family.
05:32Chester and Simon exchanged a look,
05:34both secretly thrilled.
05:35That's beside the point now.
05:37Even if she isn't here,
05:38you still need to apologize.
05:40Today, you'll work with PR to record an apology video,
05:43then issue a written statement.
05:45Once the public etch dies down,
05:47we recap the losses.
05:48Whether you chase after her is your business.
05:49I won't interfere.
05:50I only have one condition.
05:53You two can't turn on each other over a woman.
05:57Two hours later,
05:59Gray Corporation's official apology statement
06:01climbed to the top of the trending list.
06:04Al, I'm truly sorry.
06:07After three years together,
06:09you've genuinely moved me with all the goodness in you.
06:12I hesitated about following through with the plan,
06:15but after Winota's endless crying and accusations,
06:17I was tricked into believing her
06:18and decided to teach you a lesson at the wedding.
06:21I know I messed up,
06:22and I know you don't want to see me right now,
06:24but I'll find you and ask for your forgiveness in person.
06:27The public didn't buy it.
06:29Most of the online community stayed clear-headed
06:31and torn Gray Brothers without mercy.
06:33Seeing the backlash grow stronger,
06:35Gray Corporation issued another statement
06:37that Chester's and Simon's family shareholding
06:41would be reduced,
06:42and their rights to inherit executive management
06:44were revoked.
06:50Late at night,
06:52inside a private room at a club,
06:54Chester and Simon kept pying themselves with liquor.
06:57A pile of empty bottles already lined the table.
07:01Their friends,
07:01who had once schemed and planned alongside them,
07:05sat in a circle around them.
07:06However,
07:07what had once been
07:08a rowdy,
07:09lied,
07:10lively atmosphere,
07:12had fallen into dead silence.
07:14Chester,
07:15stop drinking.
07:16Things have already turned out this way.
07:18Booze won't fix anything.
07:19Why exactly are you drinking anyway?
07:22Is it for your inheritance,
07:23Winona,
07:24or Noel?
07:25Tell us,
07:26and we'll help you analyze the situation.
07:28Chester and Simon finally stirred
07:30from their drunken state
07:31at the mention of my name.
07:34Ella.
07:38Before Winona's return,
07:40his heart had belonged to me.
07:41He'd convinced himself
07:42that anything with me
07:43was just an act.
07:44No real feelings were involved.
07:47Even though he'd always felt weird
07:48and off about my intimacy with Simon,
07:51he'd never dug into it.
07:52Now that Winona's true colors
07:54had been exposed,
07:55the guilt he felt towards me
07:57came crashing in.
07:58And with it,
08:00resentment towards Simon.
08:02If he hadn't touched me
08:03and gotten me pregnant,
08:05maybe none of this
08:05would have happened.
08:07Suddenly,
08:08Chester pulled his glass
08:09and grabbed Simon by the collar.
08:11You jerk!
08:12Who said you could touch her?
08:14Who allowed you to touch her?
08:16She's mine!
08:22Fueled by alcohol,
08:24he let loose
08:25the jealousy and frustration
08:27he'd hid berries
08:28in her faintures
08:29or unburied for years.
08:30Did he love me?
08:31He didn't know.
08:33All he knew
08:34was that with the truth out,
08:36I seemed more perfect
08:37and precious than ever.
08:38Chester envied Simon
08:40and hated how Simon
08:41had put me.
08:42He wanted,
08:43no,
08:44needed,
08:45to see me
08:46and apologize to me
08:47in person.
08:48The more the booze took hold,
08:50the sharper
08:50every memory
08:51from the past three years
08:53with me became.
08:54And with that,
08:55the pain clawed at his chest
08:57worse than ever.
08:58He punched Simon's face,
09:00not caring that the latter
09:01was his own younger brother.
09:05Yours?
09:06You're the one who said
09:07you only loved Winona, Chester.
09:09You handed Noelle over to me.
09:10She was mine
09:11for the past three years.
09:13Who the hell
09:13do you think you are?
09:14If you hadn't hurt her
09:16so badly,
09:16she would never have
09:17aborted my child.
09:19Everything started with you.
09:20You're the liar.
09:21You're the one
09:22she hates most.
09:24Every time he thought
09:25about my pale face
09:26and dead eyes,
09:28dead eyes,
09:28when I'd walked out
09:29of the bathroom that night,
09:30his heart twisted
09:32like a knife
09:32was lodged in it.
09:33I really had been pregnant.
09:35I'd carried his child.
09:37I must have heard him say
09:38he wanted it gone.
09:39That was why I'd made
09:40the ruthless choice
09:41to terminate my own pregnancy.
09:44Simon had lied last week
09:45in the private room.
09:46He wasn't sick
09:47of sleeping with me at all.
09:49He just hadn't understood
09:50how he'd felt about me.
09:52He'd pegged me
09:52as malicious and cruel.
09:54And because of that,
09:55he'd hurt me again and again.
09:57But now,
09:58he knew how catastrophically
10:00wrong he'd been.
10:00He was convinced
10:02that I had to despise
10:03them both.
10:04After all the disgusting
10:05and vile things I'd heard
10:07and the hurt I'd suffered,
10:08there was no way
10:09I'd forgive them.
10:10Chester and Simon
10:11brawled like madmen
10:12as red.
10:13No one could hold them back,
10:15no matter how hard
10:16they tried.
10:17I'm the one she loves,
10:18Simon.
10:19I'm the one she was
10:19going to marry.
10:20Who do you think you are?
10:22Thinking, thinking
10:22about Simon's
10:23entanglement with me,
10:25Chester grabbed a bottle
10:26from the table
10:26and smashed it hard
10:28on Simon's head.
10:29As the glass exploded,
10:30Simon grabbed another bottle
10:32and cracked it
10:33against Chester's skull
10:34in return.
10:35The room fell into
10:36a deathly silence.
10:38A beat later,
10:39blood streamed down
10:40both their foreheads
10:41and they collapsed
10:42in a heat.
10:48Chester and Simon
10:49found themselves
10:49in the hospital
10:50in Home Dunt
10:51when they woke up.
10:53Why are you here?
10:55Chester,
10:56what is your apology
10:57statement supposed to mean?
10:58Didn't you say
10:59you've always loved me?
11:00The Winna I loved
11:00was just a character
11:01you played.
11:02None of it was real.
11:04So what?
11:06If that's what you like,
11:07I can keep being that way.
11:09Chester,
11:10I swear I know
11:11I was wrong.
11:11I won't do those
11:12things anymore.
11:13They really were the ones
11:14who bullied me first.
11:15I'm not lying to you.
11:17It's all their fault.
11:18Enough.
11:18You still don't see
11:19where you went wrong,
11:20Winna.
11:20In your mind,
11:21you haven't done
11:21anything wrong.
11:22We grew up together
11:23and I have no idea
11:24when you became like this.
11:26Or maybe you were
11:26always like this
11:27and you've been wearing
11:28a mask all along.
11:29Every extra second
11:30that I look at you now
11:31makes my skin crawl.
11:33Chester,
11:33how can you say that?
11:34I'm pregnant with your child.
11:36I was just bailed out.
11:37What did you say?
11:38When did we even...
11:39He cut himself off sharply,
11:41remembering the trip
11:42he'd made a month ago
11:43to see her.
11:44He'd had too much to drink
11:46and had woken up
11:47to find them
11:47in the same bed.
11:48He couldn't remember
11:49whether anything
11:50actually happened.
11:51And Winona had been
11:52high, shy,
11:54and evasive.
11:55You remember,
11:56don't you?
11:58This is a Grey family
11:59descendant,
12:00Chester.
12:01You have to take
12:01full responsibility.
12:07Are you really not sure
12:08whose passport
12:09you're carrying,
12:09Winona?
12:13Chester pulled out
12:14a thick stack of documents
12:15and tossed them
12:16in her face.
12:17Right on top.
12:18We're photos
12:19of her with different men
12:21at different times.
12:27I've already looked
12:28into your years abroad.
12:31You're a hell of an actress,
12:33you know?
12:33Now that the Johnson family
12:35is on its way to ruin,
12:36you want to lash on to me
12:37and make me raise your child
12:38with another man?
12:39Do you really take me
12:39for an idiot?
12:42Winona's face turned ashen
12:43as she stared down
12:44at the papers.
12:45She shot to her feet,
12:47wanting to leave the room.
12:48However,
12:49Simon came in just then
12:50and clamped his fingers
12:51around her throat.
12:52He dragged her to the window
12:54in a brutal yank.
12:56You flushed Elle's grandmother's
12:57ashes down the toilet
12:58then threw her necklace
12:59out the window
13:00and framed her
13:00for pushing you!
13:01Winona's face
13:02flushed purple
13:04as she clawed
13:05at his fingers.
13:05You've bullied her
13:07for years
13:08yet you still
13:09refuse to let her go.
13:11You wouldn't even
13:12spare an old woman's graves.
13:14How can you be so evil?
13:17That's enough.
13:18Or do you want to go
13:19to prison over her?
13:20Simon shot him
13:21a resentful look.
13:23Then,
13:24he lifted Winona
13:26and flung her aside.
13:27My baby!
13:29Save my baby!
13:30A dark pool of blood
13:32began to spread
13:33beneath her.
13:34Tears welled up
13:35in her eyes
13:36from the pain
13:36and she looked
13:37to the two men
13:38for help.
13:39However,
13:39Chester and Simon
13:41didn't leave.
13:42They just watched her
13:43coldly and impossibly
13:44and I'm tarachemously
13:46letting her suffer.
13:48This is your
13:49retribution, Winona.
13:50Winona was taken away
13:51by medical staff
13:52for treatment.
13:57I'm ready to be
13:58in the hospital.
13:59She was sent back
14:00to the police station.
14:01After Chester and Simon
14:03were discharged,
14:04they returned to the villa
14:05where I had lived.
14:06The place still looked
14:07the same as before,
14:08but everything that belonged
14:10to me had vanished.
14:11Photo frames carrying
14:13solo images of her
14:14were gone.
14:15As for those couple shots,
14:16I'd cut them right down
14:18the middle with scissors,
14:20leaving only one person
14:21behind.
14:22The Lego sets
14:23we'd built together,
14:24the oil paintings
14:25we'd worked on
14:26side by side,
14:27the planters we'd picked
14:28out for the balcony,
14:30all of them were gone.
14:31None of my clothes
14:32were left in the closet
14:33and the gifts I'd given
14:34them had been cleared
14:35out completely,
14:36not even leaving a trace.
14:37The gifts they had
14:38given me, though,
14:39were still there.
14:39This was how I declared
14:41my resolve to sever
14:42myself from them.
14:44Chester slumped
14:45onto the couch.
14:46A memory of,
14:47I curled up in his arms,
14:48with my arms around
14:49his waist,
14:50appeared in his mind's eye.
14:52I liked staying home.
14:53On nights when I didn't
14:55need to work the night shift,
14:56I would come home
14:57and binge on shows.
14:58Sometimes,
14:59when he got off work early,
15:01we would pick a movie
15:02and cuddle,
15:03letting time slip by.
15:05I would nibble on chips
15:06like a little hamster,
15:08then occasionally
15:09push one to his lips.
15:11He really did like me.
15:12It was in that instant
15:13that Chester finally realized
15:16how he truly felt.
15:17By the time he realized it,
15:19it was too late.
15:20He leaned back on the couch,
15:22throwing an arm over his
15:23bloodshot eyes to cover them.
15:25On the other hand,
15:27Simon sat on the stool
15:28at the vanity,
15:29absently rubbing
15:30an empty photo frame.
15:32There used to be
15:32a picture in it,
15:34I in a nightgown,
15:35with my long hair loose,
15:36as I sat reading
15:38by the bay window.
15:39The morning light
15:40had been perfect that day.
15:41He'd shot the photo,
15:42had it printed,
15:43and kept it on the
15:45vanity ever since.
15:46I had loved that picture.
15:48I'd sat by that vanity
15:49a thousand times.
15:51He'd seen my countless times
15:52with no makeup on.
15:54I was especially beautiful
15:55barefaced,
15:56with a kind of natural grace.
15:59Simon had always kept
16:01one secret to himself.
16:02The first time Chester
16:04had gone abroad
16:04to see Winona,
16:05and asked him to pretend
16:07to be him
16:08to keep me company,
16:10he'd fallen for me
16:11at first sight.
16:16And in those few days
16:18while Chester was away,
16:20Simon and I had slept together
16:21for the first time.
16:23But that warped beginning
16:24had trapped Simon's feelings
16:26in a cursed loop.
16:28I loved Chester,
16:30and in my eyes,
16:31he was only Chester.
16:34So, Simon had suppressed
16:36his feelings
16:37with everything he had.
16:40Every time Winona said
16:41I had bullied her,
16:42he'd spit curses
16:44at me in his heart,
16:45telling himself
16:46I was a vicious woman
16:47who wasn't worth loving.
16:50If only he'd refused
16:52Winona's incidation.
16:53If only he'd stopped
16:54Chester's plan.
16:55But there were no what-eps.
16:58A tear fell onto
16:59the empty frame.
17:00Simon wiped it away quickly.
17:03Simon,
17:04when we find Elle,
17:05let's compete fairly.
17:06What's past is past.
17:08Let's start over.
17:10Okay.
17:10We start over.
17:12We compete fairly.
17:16It had been half a once
17:18since I arrived
17:19at the war zone.
17:20Aside from the panic
17:22and confusion
17:23on the first day,
17:24I'd adapted
17:25quickly to life there.
17:26Every day,
17:27I treated
17:27countlessly wounded.
17:29People were injured
17:30from blades,
17:31stray bullets,
17:31and explosions.
17:32Some died
17:33the moment they reached
17:34the hospital,
17:35and most of those
17:36who survived
17:36would still face life
17:37with missing limbs.
17:39In just a week,
17:40I'd seen grieving families
17:41torn apart,
17:42lovers who refused
17:43to leave one another,
17:44and siblings like the pair
17:46I'd encountered earlier.
17:48There were many stories
17:49like theirs.
17:50I'd gone from aching sorrow
17:51at the beginning
17:52to a grim kind of routine now.
17:54I had no time
17:55to dwell on the bullying,
17:57the deceit,
17:58and the manipulator
17:59I'd suffered in the past.
18:01I didn't even have time
18:02to unlock my phone
18:03and check what was
18:04happening back home.
18:05In the face of so much death,
18:07the pain that once
18:08cut to the bone
18:09felt insignificant.
18:10To be alive,
18:12and with all four limbs intact,
18:14already felt like a blessing.
18:16I pulled a ring
18:17from the pocket of my jacket
18:19and examined it
18:20under the moonlight.
18:21In my ears,
18:22echoed Ethan Stark's voice.
18:24Noelle,
18:25if you make it back,
18:27please deliver this ring
18:28to the woman I love most.
18:31Her name is Millie Granger.
18:33She's a schoolteacher.
18:35The diamond threw off
18:36a gentle gleam
18:37under the moonlight,
18:38like the light
18:39in Ethan's eyes
18:40when he spoke
18:41of his fiancée.
18:42Ethan had arrived
18:43six months before me.
18:45A few days ago,
18:46he was hit by a stray bullet
18:47while rescuing people outside.
18:49The shot struck his chest,
18:51and he couldn't be saved.
18:52They were barely more
18:53than acquaintances,
18:54yet he'd turned to me
18:55because the other doctors
18:57who had come with him
18:58had all died.
18:59I tucked the ring
19:00back into my pocket.
19:01I didn't feel fear.
19:03I had no attachments,
19:04so it would be
19:05a beautiful thing
19:06to die for my ideas.
19:09Still,
19:10I hoped to make it back
19:11to Cacadria alive.
19:13I wanted to deliver
19:14Ethan's ring
19:15to the woman he loved.
19:20The following day,
19:22the war alarm
19:23blared outside
19:24the hospital again.
19:25A civilian neighborhood
19:26had been bombed.
19:27The wounded were
19:28beyond counting,
19:29and they needed
19:30reinforcements.
19:31I signed up immediately,
19:32and when went out
19:33with the medical team,
19:34there were shattered walls
19:36and cries of pain
19:37everywhere.
19:37Those who could still walk
19:39ran for safety,
19:40while soldiers
19:41and medical workers
19:41moved against the tide.
19:43What caught my eye most
19:44were a few flashes
19:46of green.
19:47They belonged
19:48to a peacekeeping unit
19:49from Kandaya.
19:50They were also
19:51assisting in the rescue.
19:52I nearly ever glanced
19:53at them once
19:54when Marstok is brancing.
19:57Gunfire sounded
19:58in the distance
19:58without pause,
19:59and shells fell
20:01from the sky
20:01from time to time.
20:03As they worked,
20:04they had to stay alert,
20:05ready to duck for cover
20:07at any moment.
20:08Suddenly,
20:09a shell landed
20:10not far from me.
20:11I instinctively scooped up
20:13the child I was treating.
20:14An instant later,
20:15the blast wave
20:16threw me off my feet.
20:18I rolled twice
20:19on the ground.
20:19Thankfully,
20:20I suffered only scrapes
20:22along my arm.
20:23Gunshots rattled
20:24behind me
20:24impressively.
20:25I pressed myself
20:26flat to the earth
20:27while holding
20:28the child close,
20:29planning to wait out
20:30the attack
20:31before getting off.
20:32However,
20:33the child's breathing
20:34grew weaker
20:35and weaker.
20:36If she didn't stop
20:37the bleeding
20:37from his chest wound now,
20:39it would be too late.
20:41I gritted my teeth
20:42and crawled upright.
20:43I took out
20:44my hemestic powder
20:45and bandages,
20:47pulling open
20:48the child's shirt
20:48before I could
20:50apply the medicine.
20:51A stray bullet
20:52whistled from the car
20:53and hurted
20:54straight towards me.
20:55At the last
20:56drop of a moment,
20:57a tall figure
20:58sprinted at me
20:59and dove,
21:00knocking me down.
21:01A burning sting
21:02flared along my cheek.
21:04It had been
21:04scraped raw
21:05across the sand.
21:06I ignored it
21:07and scrambled
21:08to my feet at once,
21:09rushing to the child
21:09I'd meant to save.
21:11He was no longer
21:12breathing.
21:12My gaze dimmed
21:13for a heartbeat,
21:14but I soon
21:15composed myself
21:16and turned to thank
21:16the person
21:17who had just saved me.
21:18He was from
21:19Katia's peacekeeping
21:20force.
21:21As I looked at him,
21:22he did the same.
21:23Our eyes met
21:24and we both froze.
21:26It's you?
21:31The man who saved me
21:33was the same one
21:33who'd driven me
21:34to see Marie
21:34one last time.
21:37Even though it had been
21:37raining cats and dogs
21:39that night,
21:40he'd rolled down
21:40his window
21:41to ask whether
21:41I was okay.
21:43Out of gratitude,
21:44I had etched
21:45his strong,
21:46rugged face
21:46into my memory.
21:47I'd also left
21:49all the cash in my bag
21:50on his seat
21:50before getting out.
21:54Hi,
21:55I'm Gideon Quill.
21:56Hi,
21:57I'm Noelle Rutherford.
21:58Thanks for saving me.
21:59We actually met
22:00back in Katia.
22:01You drove me
22:01to the hospital.
22:02Do you remember?
22:03I do.
22:04I didn't think
22:05we would cross paths
22:05again.
22:06He'd been on leave
22:07when he saw
22:08I frantically
22:09trying to flag down
22:10a car
22:11by the side
22:12of the road.
22:13I'd been a mess,
22:14soaked,
22:15desperate,
22:15and right on the edge
22:17of breaking down.
22:18He'd taken me
22:18straight to the hospital,
22:19never expecting
22:21that I would leave
22:21a wad of cash
22:22behind in his car.
22:24Take care of yourself.
22:25Then,
22:26he went back
22:27to his mission.
22:28I pulled my gaze away
22:30and returned
22:31to saving lives.
22:33Too many people
22:34had died there
22:35of post-op infections
22:36or the brutal reality
22:38of limited medical supplies.
22:40The conditions
22:41were what they were,
22:42after all.
22:43As I worked,
22:44a cheer rose
22:46at the hospital's entrance.
22:48I vaguely heard
22:49that there was a convoy
22:50delivering medical supplies.
22:52I ran out as well.
22:53I needed antibiotics.
22:56I pushed into the crowd
22:57just as a man
22:58jumped down
22:58from the back of a truck.
22:59I only saw his back,
23:01but something about him
23:02felt familiar.
23:03No way.
23:04I shut the thought down.
23:06There was no way
23:07he would be here.
23:08But then the man turned
23:09and lifted another person
23:11down from the truck.
23:12As he turned,
23:13his features
23:14came into sharp focus.
23:16My eyes widened,
23:17and I froze
23:18where I stood.
23:20Standing before me
23:21were Chester
23:21and Iman.
23:27El!
23:28A slightly horned voice
23:30pulled me out
23:30of my reverie.
23:32Chester stood beside me.
23:33My eyes were
23:34slightly reddened
23:35as I shot him
23:36an icy look.
23:37El,
23:38we came to Arbrine
23:39just to look for you.
23:40We still owe you
23:41a proper apology.
23:42I'm sorry, El.
23:43Truly, I am.
23:44His heart ached
23:45when he saw
23:46how cold
23:47and departsiont I was.
23:48His voice
23:49grew more urgent.
23:50We only found out
23:51at the wedding
23:51that Winona
23:52was the one
23:52who bullied you.
23:54We were all
23:54deceived by her.
23:56Chester,
23:56the night Grandma
23:57passed,
23:57she wanted to see
23:58you one last time.
24:00I once thought
24:01that if you showed up
24:01and let her go in peace,
24:02then I could forgive
24:03everything.
24:04But where were you then?
24:07I...
24:08It was Winona.
24:09She took my phone.
24:10She deleted
24:11your messages to me,
24:12and I didn't get
24:12your calls.
24:13If I'd known about
24:14Marie's condition,
24:14I would have rushed over.
24:15No, you wouldn't have.
24:17You would have chosen
24:18Winona.
24:19That's why I won't
24:20ever forgive you.
24:22El, don't treat me
24:22like this.
24:24I do care about you.
24:26Those three years
24:27weren't all an act.
24:28I genuinely love you.
24:29I only realized it
24:30after you left.
24:32I just made some mistakes.
24:33I...
24:34He abruptly
24:34stopped talking
24:35when he saw
24:36the cruel indifference
24:37and mockery
24:38in my eyes.
24:39He had never imagined
24:40that those bright eyes
24:41could hold emotions
24:42like that.
24:44He fell silent.
24:46My rest time
24:47is precious
24:47and you're interrupting it.
24:49Chester felt like
24:49something was lodged
24:50in his throat.
24:51It felt so sore
24:52that he couldn't
24:53get any words out.
24:54After a long moment,
24:55he managed to squeeze out.
24:56I'm sorry.
24:58Then,
24:58he fled.
25:00Chester had just left
25:01when Simon stepped out
25:02from the shadows
25:03behind the tent.
25:04He stopped in front of me.
25:05El, I'm sorry.
25:07Got it.
25:08Please leave.
25:09No, you don't get it.
25:10You don't get it, Noelle.
25:11I've always liked you.
25:12I fell for you
25:13the moment I met you.
25:19But you were already
25:20Chester's girlfriend then
25:21and I...
25:21So,
25:21you pretended to be Chester
25:23and slept with me?
25:24You toyed with me
25:25and hurt me?
25:26Is that it?
25:27Is that what you call
25:28liking someone?
25:29No, I just...
25:30I kept suppressing
25:31what I really felt.
25:33I kept lying to myself.
25:35Each time we slept together,
25:37I kept wondering
25:38who you thought I was.
25:39I thought you were
25:40Chester each time, Simon.
25:41Because to me,
25:42it's only ever been Chester.
25:44Who do you think you are?
25:45You're just the younger brother
25:46who came back from studying abroad
25:47a week before my wedding,
25:48aren't you?
25:49El, I...
25:50Get lost.
25:52Save your fake apologies.
25:53I don't want them.
25:55Simon left.
25:57I didn't linger.
25:58I got up
25:59and returned to my dorm.
26:02That night,
26:03Chester and Simon
26:04didn't sleep at all.
26:05For the first time,
26:06they felt there was
26:07no way to win me back.
26:10My mood dipped for a moment,
26:12but bone-deep exhaustion
26:14had me asleep
26:14the second my head
26:15hit the tillow.
26:17I thought Chester and Simon
26:18would soon move,
26:20but to my surprise,
26:21they stayed
26:21and helped at the hospital.
26:23They carried supplies,
26:25lifted patients,
26:26soothed the injured.
26:27They did whatever they could.
26:29My stance remained crystal clear.
26:31No matter what they said
26:33or did,
26:34I wanted no more ties
26:35with them at all.
26:42A year later,
26:43a plane touched down
26:45in Jeston,
26:46Kadia.
26:47A woman with short hair,
26:48a lean frame,
26:50and sun-tanned skin
26:51strode out of the airport.
26:53She walked with purpose,
26:54and her eyes sparkled.
26:56It was me.
26:57My one-year contract
26:59with Doctors Without Bonders
27:00was over,
27:01and I was back.
27:02Chester and Simon
27:03trailed not far behind me.
27:04They'd also changed
27:05compared to a year ago.
27:07After witnessing life,
27:08death,
27:08and faith up close,
27:10they'd found their own
27:11direction and goals.
27:12The one thing that hadn't changed
27:14was their love for me.
27:15Even though I'd treated them
27:16like strangers
27:17for the past year,
27:18I was even more distant
27:20with them than I was
27:21with my coworkers.
27:22Their respect for me
27:24had only deepened,
27:25as had their love.
27:28The Gray family
27:29had pushed them
27:30countless times
27:31to come home
27:31in the past year,
27:32but they'd chosen
27:33to stay by my side,
27:35guarding a hopeless love.
27:36I booked a hotel room,
27:38then went straight
27:39to Marie's grave.
27:40I bought flowers,
27:42a drink,
27:43and all sorts of treats.
27:44I stood before the tombstone
27:46and told Marie
27:47about what I'd experienced.
27:49Grandma,
27:49I finally did
27:50what I've always wanted to do.
27:52I'm doing well now.
27:53My heart feels full.
27:55I've found the courage
27:56to face anything,
27:57and I finally understand
27:58what you meant
27:59when you said
27:59that all suffering
28:00is temporary.
28:01I promise I'll find happiness,
28:03so don't worry about me.
28:04I stayed until dusk
28:05before leaving the cemetery
28:07and catching a cab
28:08back to the hotel.
28:09The next day,
28:11using the address
28:12Ethan had given her,
28:13I found his fiancée,
28:14Millie.
28:14She was an elementary school teacher
28:16when she heard Ethan's name.
28:18She was taken aback
28:19for a second
28:20before tears welled up
28:21in her eyes.
28:22She wasn't surprised
28:24by Ethan's death.
28:25They'd lost contact
28:26for a whole year after all.
28:28The worst of the grief
28:29had already been processed,
28:31but tears still slipped down
28:33her cheeks
28:34when she saw the diamond ring.
28:36Honestly,
28:36when he said he wanted
28:37to join Doctors Without Burrs,
28:38I was against it.
28:39We had a huge fight
28:41and I broke up with him.
28:42After he left,
28:43he never contacted me again.
28:45I just didn't expect
28:46that he'd already prepared a ring.
28:48Her eyes were filled with sorrow
28:50as she slid the ring
28:51onto her ring finger.
28:53My condolences.
28:56I suspected this would be
28:58the outcome for a long time.
29:01Now,
29:02I don't have to wait
29:03for him anymore.
29:04I can go on the blind dates
29:05my family has arranged for me.
29:07She turned
29:08and walked into the school,
29:10but her back,
29:11it radiated endless sorrow
29:12and solitude.
29:14I didn't leave
29:14until Millie had disappeared
29:16from view.
29:21I went to the hospital.
29:23When Tanya saw me again,
29:24she smiled with relief
29:25and her eyes reddened slightly.
29:28It's good that you're back.
29:30I'll give you a week to rest up
29:31before coming back to work.
29:33As I turned to leave,
29:34I saw my colleagues
29:35gathered at the doorway,
29:37beaming at me.
29:38A few of my closest workers
29:39had tears glimmering
29:41in their eyes.
29:42They rushed forward
29:42and hugged her tightly,
29:44warmly wound in my chest,
29:45and I gave them
29:46a genuine feeling.
29:48I picked up my luggage
29:49from the hotel
29:50and headed home.
29:51It was a two-bedroom apartment
29:52in an old complex.
29:54It was small,
29:55but it was where Maria
29:56had lived for decades.
29:57I put my things back
29:58in my room
29:59and started cleaning the place,
30:01working straight through
30:02until evening.
30:03Then,
30:03I drove to the supermarket
30:04to stop it.
30:05The kitchen was bare,
30:06so I filled an entire shopping cart
30:09with groceries.
30:10It was piled so high
30:11that my view was blocked
30:13when I lifted everything
30:14into her arms.
30:15It was a challenge to walk.
30:16Just as I reached the entrance,
30:18and V. Resemfrance,
30:20an unruly kid
30:21came barreling out
30:22and slammed into me.
30:23Everything in my arms
30:24crashed to the ground,
30:25and I lost my balance.
30:27I toppled toward the floor.
30:33A warm, strong hand
30:35grabbed my arm
30:35and pulled me back.
30:37The next second,
30:38I crashed into a solid embrace.
30:40The man's chest
30:41was rock hard
30:42and the impact
30:43made the tip
30:43of my no-no's sting,
30:45while the eyes
30:45reddened slightly.
30:47You okay?
30:47The voice was familiar.
30:49My head snapped up
30:51and she met a pair
30:52of twinkling eyes.
30:54Gideon?
30:55You're back too.
30:57Yeah.
30:58The peacekeeping mission
30:59was for a year
31:00and I'm done now.
31:01I'll be based in Justin
31:02from now on.
31:03What about you?
31:04As he spoke,
31:05he crouched
31:06to help me pick up
31:07the things scattered
31:07on the ground.
31:09I'm heading back to work
31:10at Justin Prime Hospital.
31:14I've got this.
31:15You lead the way.
31:16I didn't refuse
31:17and led him towards my car.
31:19After we put everything away,
31:20I offered,
31:21let me treat you to a meal.
31:23He didn't object
31:23and we settled on a restaurant
31:25after a quick discussion.
31:27Though we'd known each other
31:28for a year,
31:29this was our first
31:29proper meal together.
31:31The conversation started
31:32with Arbai
31:33and there was never
31:34an awkward lull.
31:35As we delved deeper,
31:36the atmosphere
31:37grew more comfortable.
31:39Dinner ended
31:39on a high note
31:40and we parted ways
31:42to head home.
31:43On the way back,
31:45Gideon couldn't keep
31:45the smile off his face.
31:47As for me,
31:48the loneliness
31:49I'd been carrying
31:50seemed to have been
31:50swept away,
31:51at least a little.
31:52The next day,
31:54I went back
31:54to my old high school
31:56and visited
31:56my home-troom teacher.
31:58When work came up,
31:59I talked about
32:00my year away.
32:01I have a student
32:02who just got back
32:02from Arbery too.
32:04She checked her watch.
32:05He said he'd come
32:06see me today
32:07and he should be here soon.
32:09Ms. Burton,
32:10long time no see.
32:11I turned
32:12and there was Gideon
32:13standing not far away.
32:16Surprised expression.
32:18We both
32:19suddenly laughed.
32:25That day,
32:26the two of us
32:27walked lap after lap
32:28together around
32:29the school track.
32:30I learned that Gideon
32:31had been two grades
32:32ahead of me.
32:33They'd spent years
32:34in the same school
32:35without ever
32:36actually meeting.
32:37After that day,
32:38we started talking
32:39more often.
32:40There was an unspoken
32:41intimacy between us.
32:43Three days later,
32:44I returned to the hospital
32:46for work
32:46and Gideon's break ended.
32:48On my first day back,
32:50the front desk nurse
32:51came bustling over
32:52with a massive bouquet
32:53of roses.
32:54Dr. Rutherford,
32:55someone sent you flowers!
32:57My first thought
32:58was Gideon,
32:59but my expression
33:00cooled when I saw
33:01the card that came
33:02with the bouquet.
33:03It was from Chester.
33:05Before I could say anything,
33:06another nurse came over
33:08the second bouquet.
33:09This one was from Simon.
33:12Throw them out.
33:13Every day after that,
33:14Chester and Simon
33:15sent flowers to the hospital.
33:17They never showed up
33:18in person,
33:19but their presence
33:20was loud enough
33:20to be exhausting.
33:23On my 27th birthday,
33:25as I stepped out
33:26of the hospital,
33:27Chester and Simon
33:28walked to me
33:29with flowers and gifts.
33:31L, happy birthday.
33:33Chester, Simon,
33:34stopped sending me flowers
33:35and stopped harassing me.
33:37Their smiles faded
33:38and their expressions
33:40turned to raw,
33:41helpless sorrow.
33:43Ellie,
33:43can you at least
33:44give me a chance
33:45to pursue you?
33:45L, I want to start
33:47over with you.
33:48I've made myself
33:48perfectly clear.
33:49Keep this up
33:50and I'll...
33:51Go to hell,
33:52you bitch!
33:54Chester's and Simon's eyes
33:56bowled in terror
33:57as they lunged toward me.
33:59At the same time,
34:00Gideon,
34:00who'd just arrived
34:01at the hospital,
34:02pushed through the crowd
34:03and charged toward me.
34:09I reacted fast.
34:11I stepped back
34:12and leaned away,
34:13narrowly dodging
34:14the kitchen knife.
34:15Having missed
34:16on the first swing,
34:18Winona quickly raised
34:19the knife
34:20and went for a second.
34:21That was when
34:22Simon rushed forward.
34:24As the blade came down,
34:25he yanked me toward him
34:27and turned,
34:28shielding me with his body.
34:29In an instant,
34:30the knife sliced open
34:31the flesh on his back,
34:32making blood splatter.
34:34Chester lunged
34:35to grab Winona
34:36when she saw him.
34:37You should go to hell,
34:39you bitch!
34:39She didn't hesitate.
34:41She swung the knife at him.
34:43I was the one
34:44she hated most
34:44because I'd exposed her
34:46and sent her to prison.
34:48Chester came next.
34:49He dumped her
34:50the moment she'd gotten
34:52into trouble
34:52and refused
34:53to help raise her child.
34:55She could have leveraged
34:56her pregnancy
34:57to get a one-year bail,
34:58during which her family
35:00would have pulled strings
35:01to work something out.
35:02But Chester and Simon
35:04had made her miscarriage,
35:05forcing her to serve time.
35:08For a whole year,
35:09once word of her crimes
35:10got around,
35:11the other inmates
35:12had tormented
35:13her relationship.
35:14Everyone targeted.
35:16Everyone had targeted.
35:17Making her life
35:18the living hell.
35:19Winona saw red
35:20when she remembered
35:21the past year
35:22she'd had.
35:23She stabbed Chester
35:24in the chest.
35:25Once.
35:26Twice.
35:27She was winding up
35:28for a third
35:29when a hand
35:29clamped around her wrist.
35:31The knife was ripped
35:32away in a heartbeat.
35:37Then, a powerful force.
35:39Then a powerful force
35:41slammed her to the ground.
35:42Gideon had arrived.
35:44The crowd had scattered.
35:45Medical staff burst out
35:47with gurneys
35:47and with one of Rusty's
35:48and rushed Chester
35:49and Simon inside.
35:51Neither had passed out.
35:52As they were lifted
35:53onto the beds,
35:53they kept their eyes
35:54locked on me.
35:55They were desperate
35:56to catch a flicker of mercy.
35:57Any sign of my softening
35:59or even heartache for them.
36:00But there was nothing.
36:02But they'd finally
36:03lost hope.
36:05Are you okay?
36:06I nodded.
36:07The next second,
36:07a warm hand
36:08grabbed my cool one.
36:09Yeah.
36:11Gideon pulled me
36:11into his arms.
36:12His heart raced
36:13and he stroked
36:14my long hair.
36:15Thank God you're fine.
36:17I was worried
36:18about you, Ellie.
36:19I was taken aback.
36:21Then,
36:21my eyes prickled.
36:23I raised my arms
36:24and wrapped them
36:25around him.
36:27Gideon accompanied me
36:28to the police station
36:29to have my statement taken.
36:30His eyes reddened
36:32from heartache
36:32when he learned
36:33about how I'd been bullied.
36:35It was past 8 p.m.
36:36when we stepped out
36:37of the police station.
36:38He took me
36:39to a popular restaurant
36:40that was surprisingly empty.
36:42It was decorated
36:43with flowers
36:43and balloons
36:44and a formally dressed
36:45pianist played for us.
36:47My heart raced
36:48when I saw all of this.
36:50Gideon took out a bracelet
36:51and officially confessed.
36:53Elle,
36:53I started developing feelings
36:55for you when we were in Arborate.
36:56Spending time together
36:57since we both got back
36:58has only made me more certain
36:59than that you're the partner
37:00I've been searching for.
37:02I really like you.
37:03Will you be my girlfriend
37:04with marriage as our endgame?
37:06I smiled.
37:07I will.
37:08He clasped the bracelet,
37:10glittering with pave diamonds
37:11around my wrist.
37:13With it,
37:14he also clasped my heart.
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