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01:26Enzo and I were classmates. His ex-girlfriend was honestly terrible. If she hadn't kept pestering him, he and I
01:32would have been together a long time ago.
01:34Miss Scarlett is a Hollywood superstar. The ex couldn't even compare to you.
01:38Scarlett hugged Enzo's arm and laughed. A wave of humiliation washed over me. Just as I was about to finish,
01:45I accidentally cut my finger. I let out a gasp, drawing everyone's attention to me.
01:50What's wrong with you? You can't even cut a piece of fruit?
01:57I'm sorry. I'll go get a fresh plate.
01:59Wait. I grabbed the tray and turned to leave. Suddenly, Enzo spoke up.
02:02Wait.
02:03His voice was deep, cold.
02:04Turn around.
02:05My body felt frozen in place. If I turned around, Enzo and Scarlett would recognize me. It will all be
02:10over. The floor manager rushed over.
02:13Godfather, she's new here and still learning the job. Please forgive her.
02:18What are you waiting for? Go prepare another one.
02:20I hurried out without another word. A moment later, the floor manager pulled me aside.
02:24Move faster next time.
02:26Thank you.
02:27Be extra careful with that SVP room. It's full of New York's heavy hitters, especially the man sitting in the
02:30middle. That's the current godfather of the Morecci family. If you offend him, we're dead. Never mind. I'll deliver this
02:35plate myself.
02:36If there's anyone on this planet who offended Enzo the most, it has to be me, because I am the
02:42terrible ex-girlfriend he was talking about.
02:45I still remember my freshman year. At that time, Enzo needed money desperately because his grandfather was very ill. Loved
02:53his cold, handsome face, and the way he would lower his eyes whenever he looked at me.
02:58So, after a night class, I grabbed his hand like a predator.
03:02Enzo, I like you. Be with me. My family has money, and I can give you as much as you
03:09need.
03:09Of course, I was rejected immediately. But back then, my life was smooth sailing. I didn't know the meaning of
03:16failure. The more he rejected me, the harder I pursued him.
03:19Finally, when his grandfather's condition turned critical, I paid off all his medical bills.
03:25Enzo finally bowed his head to me. He agreed to be my boyfriend.
03:28I was such a fool. I really thought I was doing him a huge favor. It wasn't until much later
03:32that I realized I had bought him, but I had also destroyed him.
03:35Rumors began to spread around campus about Enzo. Everyone said Enzo had sold himself to a rich girl for money.
03:40After that, the way my class misplaced looked at him changed. Some even started calling him nasty names.
03:44Back then, I was still naive and optimistic. I held Enzo's hand and said,
03:47Don't listen to them. They're just jealous.
03:49It wasn't until later that I realized how much Enzo hated our relationship and all those rumors.
03:54In my senior year, my family went bankrupt.
03:58Let's break up.
04:00Why?
04:02I'm bored of you.
04:04Got it.
04:05I bet Enzo was happy to break up.
04:07After fall, nobody would pester him anymore, and there wouldn't be any more rumors.
04:10After the breakup, I changed my number.
04:12I took a train to Boston alone.
04:14I worked and paid off my debts, vanishing from everyone I knew.
04:18I only returned to New York three months ago.
04:21But without me, Enzo seems to be doing great.
04:25After I left, Enzo was revealed he was the Moretti family's secret son.
04:29In just seven years, he fought his way through bloody power struggles, became the head of the Moretti family,
04:36Scarlett was the school queen back in college.
04:38She signed with an agency in her junior year.
04:40She entered show business.
04:42I never expected they would end up together.
04:44That's good.
04:45I clutched my chest, holding back the bitterness.
04:47I finished my shift at 4 a.m., but the elevator lost power.
04:51Just as I was panicking, a voice rang out from behind me.
04:53Just make a call.
04:54I stiffened, unable to move a muscle.
04:56I started calling my co-workers.
04:58I was trapped in the small, cramped elevator with Enzo.
05:02My heart was racing, and I could clearly smell his expensive cologne.
05:05Do you always finish your shift this late?
05:07My heart's tone was flat.
05:09We can only leave once all the guests have gone.
05:11Is the pay good?
05:13It's all right.
05:15This elevator is so slow.
05:16My girlfriend is probably getting impatient.
05:18She's very clingy and loves to act spoiled.
05:20I paused for a second, realizing he meant Scarlett.
05:23What about you?
05:24Working so late, doesn't your boyfriend come to pick you up?
05:28I live nearby.
05:29He doesn't need to pick me up.
05:33The elevator reached the floor.
05:34As soon as the doors opened, I stepped out quickly.
05:36But suddenly, Enzo grabbed my wrist and snatched my hat off.
05:40Running away?
05:42Where exactly do you think you can run to?
05:44Grace, you vanished without a word seven years ago.
05:47Was it fun?
05:48The man in front of me was no longer that penniless student.
05:51He was a godfather.
05:52He made all of New York tremble in fear.
05:55You disconnected your phone, deleted your socials,
05:57and didn't even let your professors contact you.
05:59Grace, well done.
06:01My family went bankrupt.
06:03My father got involved in a financial fraud case,
06:05and the debts are still not paid off.
06:06Then why didn't you tell me at the time?
06:08I was stunned.
06:09Tell him?
06:09I left him?
06:10Shouldn't he be happy about that?
06:11Enzo cornered me against the wall of the elevator.
06:14You are but a lying woman.
06:16Just then, I heard footsteps.
06:19I hurriedly pushed Enzo away.
06:21Scarlet clicked over in her high he's.
06:23Seeing me, Scarlet sneered.
06:27Grace, it really is you.
06:29How did you end up as a waitress?
06:32I didn't answer her.
06:34Scarlet looked me up and down with disgust,
06:36then exclaimed in surprise,
06:37Grace, isn't this the down jacket you bought back in your junior year?
06:42It's falling apart.
06:43Why are you still wearing it?
06:44She said that just to humiliate me.
06:46But today, I felt nothing but numbness.
06:48It's not broken.
06:49It still works.
06:50Scarlet scoffed, then wrapped her arms around Enzo.
06:53Enzo patted her head and kissed her on the cheek.
06:55Scarlet gave me a triumphant look.
06:57Are you struggling right now?
06:58You should have said so.
07:00After all, you and Enzo are old classmates.
07:02Take it.
07:03You don't have to pay it back.
07:04Consider it a donation for the wedding that Enzo and I are having soon.
07:08I froze.
07:09They were actually getting married?
07:11Thank you.
07:12But I don't need it.
07:15You're not short on money?
07:16Scarlet is just being kind.
07:18Besides, your pride isn't worth a dime.
07:22I'm getting married soon, too.
07:24If you're free, you're welcome to come to my wedding.
07:26The moment finished revving, Enzo's expression darkened.
07:30After that day, I never saw Enzo again.
07:32The waitress was just a side gig.
07:34I had a full-time job during the day.
07:36On Monday, an important client came to the office.
07:38My colleagues gathered around to gossip.
07:40I heard the guy coming in today is the CEO of the Aurarius Group.
07:44For real?
07:44That massive conglomerate here in New York?
07:47Mafia family?
07:48The one backed by a mafia family?
07:50Of course it's real.
07:52They say he's a genius.
07:55He developed that AI system just to find someone.
07:58Find who?
07:59I heard.
08:00It's his ex-girlfriend.
08:03My heart skipped a beat.
08:04A bad feeling washed over me.
08:06Did he ever find her?
08:07Who knows?
08:08But that system is now the most valuable project in the industry.
08:11Our boss has been dying to land a partnership with them.
08:14I finished organizing the files and walked to the meeting room door.
08:18Enzo's deep, cold voice drifted out.
08:21Regarding the partnership, I need some time to think it over.
08:23It really was Enzo.
08:26I braced myself, pushed the door open, and placed the files on the table.
08:30Enzo looked up, his eyes locked onto me.
08:34What are you doing here?
08:36Working.
08:37Grace, you know Don Morelli?
08:40I chose my words carefully.
08:42We've met.
08:42Enzo slowly raised his gaze, his voice turning colder.
08:47Just met?
08:48I didn't know what he was angry about.
08:50The contract can be signed.
08:52On one condition, make Grace my personal assistant.
08:56My boss agreed immediately, not even giving me a chance to object.
09:00That evening, I grabbed my bag to leave on time.
09:03Enzo blocked my path.
09:05Where are you going?
09:06I didn't say you could leave.
09:08Mr. Marotti, I can't work overtime today.
09:10I have something to do.
09:11What is it?
09:14I have to go do Uber Eats deliveries.
09:16Enzo looked at me, stunned.
09:17After all, I used to be so pampered that I barely ever even ordered takeout.
09:22It started snowing in New York.
09:24The road was covered in a thin layer of ice.
09:26My bike slipped, and I went down, scattering the food everywhere.
09:30I hurried to call the customer to explain, but they just unleashed a turrent of abuse.
09:34Don't give me excuses, you're just late.
09:35In the freezing wind, my scraped palms burned with pain.
09:37Suddenly, Enzo appeared in front of me.
09:41He picked up my fallen electric bike.
09:44I instinctively hid my injured hand behind my back.
09:47Enzo glanced at me and said,
09:49Go wash your wounds first.
09:50I need to deliver this food first.
09:53Get on.
09:54I'll take you.
09:57The customer lived on the ground floor.
09:59When I delivered the meal, the guy saw Enzo's black Porsche.
10:02Couldn't help but mutter.
10:03What the hell?
10:04Someone driving a Porsche doing Uber Eats?
10:07I needed to get to my next order.
10:09But Enzo stopped me.
10:10Stop delivering.
10:11I can't.
10:12I've earned too little tonight.
10:14Then I'll buy it.
10:15What?
10:16A second later, my phone pinged.
10:18A specific order came through on the Uber Eats app.
10:20The buyer, Enzo Moretti.
10:22I'm buying all of your time for tonight.
10:26Enzo drove me to his place.
10:28It was a private mansion in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
10:32I stood at the door, refusing to go in.
10:34Scarlett will be angry.
10:36Enzo sounded annoyed.
10:37You still have the heart to worry about others?
10:39Look at yourself.
10:40You're a complete mess.
10:42Except for the scrapes on my palms,
10:43my clothes were covered in melted snow and mud.
10:48He suddenly said,
10:50Grace, look around.
10:55Does this house look like a woman who has lived here?
10:59You guys, you aren't living together?
11:01I have never been with her.
11:06Enzo pulled a contract out of the coffee table drawer.
11:09He handed it to me.
11:13Six months ago, Scarletta came to me for a partnership.
11:17She didn't want to be harassed by investors and producers.
11:19I provided her with the protection of the Moretti family
11:22and pretended to be her boyfriend.
11:23In return, she attends public events with me
11:25to help me ward off unwanted arranged marriages and social obligations.
11:29My eyes widened in shock.
11:31So that was it.
11:35Enzo took my hands.
11:37He carefully treated the wounds on my palms.
11:39I looked up.
11:40Suddenly, I saw a cabinet to the side.
11:42It was lined with a row of unopened luxury bags.
11:45All of them were from the brand I loved most in college.
11:48Enzo had bought the entire collection.
11:50My heart began to race violently again.
11:52Enzo whispered,
11:54I asked your colleagues about you today.
11:57They said you don't have a boyfriend.
12:00Grace,
12:01you were lying to me on purpose, right?
12:03I wasn't lying.
12:04Then show me a photo of you two.
12:06We never took any.
12:07You used to love taking pictures.
12:09You mean to tell me you never took one photo with your new boyfriend?
12:12I raised my head and offered a faint smile.
12:14Thanks for the reminder.
12:15Next time we take one, I'll be sure to show you.
12:17Enzo was so angry, he laughed.
12:19He suddenly leaned one arm on the sofa,
12:21trapping me in his arms,
12:22his presence overwhelming.
12:24I couldn't move.
12:24I bought your time for tonight.
12:27You know what you're supposed to do now, right?
12:32I'll pay you back, Enzo.
12:33I'm really getting married.
12:34Enzo traced down my shoulder,
12:35his fingertips finally resting on my wrist.
12:37Getting married, huh?
12:38Yet you're still wearing the bracelet your ex-boyfriend gave you.
12:41Grace, don't you think that's a little appropriate?
12:43I had a bracelet on my wrist.
12:44Over time, it had lost its original shine.
12:46It was the first gift Enzo ever gave me.
12:48That year, I was 19.
12:50For a whole week, I barely saw him outside of class.
12:52He was rushing between all kinds of part-time jobs,
12:55working harder than ever.
12:59My birthday.
13:00My parents threw a massive birthday party
13:02at a high-end restaurant in Manhattan.
13:03I told Enzo about it, but he never showed up.
13:05I waited and waited,
13:07until finally, that night,
13:08I got a call from him.
13:09He told me to come to the restaurant entrance.
13:11He was standing in the middle of a snowstorm.
13:14Back then, I didn't understand anything.
13:16I just complained that he was too late.
13:18Enzo ruppled my hair.
13:19He said he had a birthday gift for me.
13:21The bracelet was just a basic style.
13:24It wasn't expensive.
13:26But for him at the time,
13:27it was way beyond what he could afford.
13:29I loved it.
13:30I put it on my wrist, right there on the spot,
13:33and I never took it off again.
13:35I remembered the past.
13:37Tears started falling down my face.
13:39Enzo was stunned.
13:40He scrambled to wipe the tears from my eyes.
13:41Don't cry, Grace.
13:42Don't cry.
13:43It's my fault.
13:44I was just trying to scare you.
13:45Today is your 26th birthday.
13:47I got you a new bracelet.
13:48What?
13:50I was stunned.
13:51I had even forgotten it myself.
13:53Today was actually my birthday.
13:55Open it.
13:57Do you like it?
13:58As he spoke,
13:59he reached out to try and replace the old bracelet.
14:01Grace, can we please...
14:02Before he could finish,
14:03the doorbell rang.
14:04The door opened,
14:05and Nathan stood outside with a cigarette in his mouth.
14:07Where's Grace?
14:08I'm here to pick her up.
14:10Who are you?
14:11I'm her fiancé.
14:12Didn't she tell you?
14:13Enzo stood there frozen.
14:14The bracelet dropped to the floor.
14:15Actually, Nathan and I had known each other for a long time,
14:18back before my family went bankrupt.
14:19He had once confessed his feelings to me,
14:21but back then,
14:22my entire world revolved about Enzo,
14:23so I rejected him over and over again.
14:25Until last week,
14:27when Nathan suddenly came to find me.
14:29He said if I married him,
14:30he would pay off all my debts.
14:32I looked at Nathan then.
14:34Why marry me?
14:35Nathan smiled,
14:36looking a bit smug.
14:37Because I want to prove
14:38that you chose the wrong guy back then.
14:40I'm the only one who can actually save you.
14:42Suddenly, it clicked.
14:43He didn't want to marry me because of love.
14:45He just wanted to satisfy his own hero complex.
14:48Why did you say you were my fiancé just now?
14:50What's the difference?
14:51We're going to get married sooner or later.
14:52I haven't agreed to anything.
14:54Nathan laughed.
14:56Do you have any other options?
14:57Grace, wake up.
14:58You're buried in so much debt.
15:00Whoever marries you now is a total sucker.
15:01Who else would want you besides me?
15:03That guy just now?
15:04He's that poor ex-boyfriend of yours from college, right?
15:07Let me tell you.
15:08He's only back to humiliate you.
15:11He used to be looked down on because of you.
15:13Now that you're down on your luck,
15:15he's probably feeling so smug.
15:16He's dying to see you make a fool of yourself.
15:18That's none of your business.
15:22Nathan just laughed even more in a mocking way.
15:26How is it not my business?
15:28He snatched the woman I liked back then.
15:31It seemed he didn't know yet that Enzo was the mafia of the Marotti family.
15:35Nathan, I am not your trophy.
15:38I didn't say yes to you back then and I won't now.
15:41I pushed the car door open and got out.
15:42Nathan didn't stop me.
15:43He just spoke slowly from behind the car window.
15:45Whether you agree or not, is it really up to you?
15:48Grace, think about your family.
15:50Nathan's high and mighty attitude reminded me for some reason of many years ago.
15:54The people who spread rumors about Enzo,
15:56the people who mocked him without a second thought,
15:58the look on their faces right now,
15:59they were exactly the same.
16:01Could it be that in Enzo's mind,
16:02the me from the past was just like them?
16:03The news of my return spread quickly among our college clismakes,
16:07along with the news of my family's bankruptcy.
16:09My college roommate, Emma, reached out to me again.
16:12She was getting married and asked if I would be her bridesmaid.
16:14This was something we had promised each other back in college on the day of the wedding.
16:19Emma was in a white wedding dress, tears in her eyes.
16:21Grace, why did you just disappear back then?
16:26I lowered my head and stayed silence for a long time.
16:29Then I finally let out the words that had been weighing on my heart for years.
16:32Emma, that was the first time in my life I'd ever experienced such a huge blow.
16:35I didn't know what to do.
16:38Do you know?
16:39Enzo looked for you like a madman back then.
16:41What?
16:42You didn't know?
16:43He tried almost everything.
16:45That was the first time I ever saw Enzo break down.
16:47He sat alone at your front door, crying like a kid.
16:52Later, he heard you might have gone south, so he went city to city looking for you.
16:55But he never found you.
16:57Grace, where have you been all these years?
17:00Miami, Houston, Phoenix.
17:02There were so many places, I can't even remember them all.
17:05Because people were constantly chasing us for debt.
17:07Our whole family kept changing our names.
17:09We had to move every two weeks.
17:13The wedding reached its final segment.
17:16Emma threw her bouquet into the crowd.
17:18That bunch of white flowers flew over everyone's heads and landed, steady and firm, right in Enzo's hands.
17:26Enzo walked toward toward me and handed me the bouquet.
17:31The whole room went wild.
17:33The cheering was so loud it could have blown the roof off the hall.
17:36Even Emma covered her mouth and shrieked.
17:38I felt awkward.
17:40Enzo, you already met my fiancé.
17:42I don't believe it.
17:43Your taste couldn't have just suddenly become that bad.
17:47Then just assume my taste has gotten worse.
17:49Fine.
17:50Even if he is real, dump him and come back to me.
17:53His voice carried an irresistible, hypnotic quality.
17:57A few days later, I heard that Enzo had beaten up Nathan.
18:01The New York elite were hosting a banquet.
18:04At the party, Nathan were both was bragging.
18:06There was this bankrupt socialite, Grace.
18:08She's seriously beautiful.
18:10She was hard to chase back then, but now it's just too easy.
18:12Her family owes a huge debt, right?
18:15I promised to help her pay it off.
18:17And now she's following me around like a puppy.
18:19Before he could finish his sentence, a fist smashed right into his face.
18:25The scene turned chaotic in an instant.
18:29No one expected that the respected new godfather of the Morese family would personally hit someone.
18:35And he did it in front of the entire New York wealthy Kirkle.
18:40Scarlet found me.
18:41The moment we met, she flew into a rage.
18:44Grace, do you have any idea?
18:46Enzo had it harder than anyone to get to where he is today.
18:49He relied on himself, step by step, to secure his position as the godfather of the Moretti family.
18:55Now because of you, he's determined to burn bridges with so many people.
18:58Grace, if you can't help him, can you at least stop destroying him?
19:02Destroying him?
19:03I looked at her coldly.
19:07Scarlet, what right do you have to question me?
19:08Scarlet was clearly taken aback.
19:11I continued.
19:12Weren't you and Enzo always just business partners?
19:16He actually told you that?
19:19Even though Enzo and I are just business partners, I genuinely love him.
19:23Anyway, your debts have already been paid off by Enzo.
19:26What do you mean?
19:27Grace, stop playing dumb.
19:29The very first day you met Enzo, he cleared your family's debts.
19:32You've already been gone for so many years, so just stay gone.
19:36Leave him to me, okay?
19:39You like him?
19:40Yes.
19:43But back then, wasn't it you who led the rumors about Enzo at school?
19:49The color dranged from Scarlet's face.
19:52So it was you, Scarlet.
19:55When Scarlet left, she looked completely soul-crushed.
19:58But Enzo was never a forgiving person.
20:00Scarlet would pay the price for what she did back then.
20:03I looked at the bandage on Enzo's telp and asked him softly,
20:07Are you okay?
20:09Don't worry, it's nothing serious.
20:11But Nathan won't be as lucky.
20:13The doctor says he needs surgery.
20:16I couldn't help but sneer.
20:18Surgery would be letting him off too easy.
20:22I hope he gets disfigured.
20:25That's more like it.
20:27What?
20:28That's the old grace.
20:30How long has it been since you cursed someone up like that?
20:33Say some more.
20:35I want to hear it.
20:36I rolled my eyes.
20:38The winter sun fell on the accumulated snow,
20:40reflecting a blinding light.
20:42Enzo and I kept bickering as we walked.
20:44And as we laughed, it felt like we were back in college.
20:47All the emotions that had been suppressed for years,
20:50suddenly all came pouring out.
20:52As I was talking, I started crying again.
20:55Enzo, wait for me a little longer.
20:57I will definitely pay that money back to you.
20:59You know, I didn't mean to keep it from you.
21:04I admit, paying off your debts without your consent was wrong of me.
21:10I looked at how annoyed he was, and I laughed through my tears.
21:14Enzo drove me straight back to his apartment.
21:16This was my third time here, but my mood was completely different from the first two times.
21:20Enzo sat across from me.
21:21He looked at me seriously.
21:22Grace, today, let's get everything cleared up.
21:26Okay.
21:26Then I'll start.
21:28Why did you break up with me back then?
21:31I lowered my head and said softly,
21:34because I felt like I had become a burden to you.
21:37The more I thought about it, breaking up seemed like the best choice.
21:40Enzo looked at me.
21:41Wasn't it because you were just bored of playing around?
21:43I paused for several seconds, finally remembered.
21:46That was what I said when I broke up back then.
21:48As soon as those words left my mouth, Enzo had walked away without looking back.
21:52I always thought you just treated me like a toy.
21:55After four years, you'd had enough.
21:57Then when things happened with my family,
21:59and I couldn't help you with anything,
22:01you didn't want me anymore.
22:02I stared at him in a daze.
22:04He had actually thought that the whole time.
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