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00:00Light flooded the attic, blinding, white, shaking the dust loose from the ceiling.
00:04I was lying on the stone floor, bruises on my arms, burns on my legs, chains on my wrists.
00:09The iron window exploded inward.
00:10Wind hit my face, whipping my hair across my eyes.
00:13A steel cable dropped from the helicopter above.
00:15Lucian slid down with one hand, his other hand holding a gun.
00:19Lena, grab my hand.
00:20I reached for him, then cold metal pressed against the back of my skull.
00:24Lena, you leave me over my dead body, or yours.
00:29The safety came off.
00:30The woman lying on my tattoo table was my husband's mistress, the 27th one.
00:34500 says Mrs. Varane finally snaps.
00:37A thousand says she tattoos slut across the girl's ass.
00:41His soldier's laughter filled the room.
00:43Sebastian sat three feet away, watching me tattoo the woman he had been sleeping with for months.
00:47The future head of the Varano crime family, my husband of 10 years.
00:51Sienna lay half naked on my tattoo bed, her dress pushed down around her hips.
00:55Lower, Sebastian likes it where only he can see.
00:57I adjusted the needle.
00:59The machine buzzed.
01:00Be gentle with me, Lena.
01:0230 minutes later, I wiped the blood from Sienna's skin.
01:05Property of Sebastian Varano curved across her lower waist.
01:08Sebastian stepped closer to admire it.
01:10He gave Sienna a slap on the ass, and she giggled.
01:12Then he tossed a black card onto my metal tray.
01:15Sienna is pregnant.
01:16She'll need something to keep her occupied while she carries my son.
01:19So this place is hers now.
01:20Sienna's smile widened.
01:21I removed my gloves, picked up the black card.
01:24Sebastian watched me, waiting for the explosion.
01:26Then I took my bag from beneath the counter.
01:29Where are you going?
01:30I looked back at the man I had loved since I was 19.
01:32I want a divorce.
01:34Sebastian's smirk vanished.
01:35Then he grabbed Sienna by the throat and kissed her in front of me.
01:38Hard, possessive, cruel.
01:39Eyes locked on me over her shoulder.
01:41His boys whooped and caught her.
01:42I pushed the door open and walked out.
01:44I had just closed the driver's door when a baseball bat came down.
01:47The windshield exploded across my lap.
01:49One of Sebastian's men leaned toward the broken glass.
01:51Sorry, Mrs. Varela.
01:52This car belongs to the family.
01:55You want a divorce?
01:56Get out.
02:01Sebastian's men dragged me out of the car and dumped me onto the sidewalk.
02:04Sebastian walked out of the shop with Sienna.
02:06Oh my god.
02:07Is that a Himalayan Belki?
02:09Sebastian looked down at her, then looked at the men with the bats.
02:11They moved in.
02:12You always want what's mine?
02:14Sebastian's mouth curved, like he thought I was finally jealous.
02:17Like I was finally going to fight for him.
02:18I had fought before.
02:20The first time I found lipstick on his collar, I took a pro bar to his Maybach.
02:23He said it was a drunken mistake.
02:25One time, never again.
02:26The second time, I watched him walk out of a hotel with a woman hanging off his arm.
02:30He called it business.
02:31Told me not to embarrass him.
02:33I piled every gift he'd ever bought me in the garage and lit a match.
02:36Two weeks ago, he knelt in front of me, swore he was done, said he wanted his wife back.
02:40This Birkin was his apology.
02:42I held it up towards Sienna.
02:43You like it?
02:44Keep it.
02:46Sebastian's face went blank, then dark.
02:48Sienna picked up the bag, smiling.
02:50Then her eyes drifted over my dress.
02:52Actually, I like this too.
02:54Sebastian shoved past his men and grabbed my jaw.
02:56Take it off.
02:57And suddenly, I remembered another night.
02:59Years ago, my stepfather got drunk.
03:01He cornered me in the alley behind our building, tore my school glass open.
03:04Then footsteps, pounding down the alley.
03:06Sebastian hit him with the brick, kept hitting until the police dragged him away.
03:10That night, he took off his jacket and covered me with it.
03:13Don't be afraid.
03:14I'm here.
03:15I looked at the man standing in front of me now.
03:17Where had that boy gone?
03:18I pulled the zipper down.
03:23Underneath was a black bra, and above my heart, a small black ring tattoo.
03:26Sebastian froze.
03:27When I was 23, he asked what kind of wedding ring I wanted.
03:30I told him I wanted one that could never be removed.
03:33Just like his love, permanent.
03:35He sat beside me in the tattoo chair for four hours that day.
03:37His hand never left mine.
03:39Sebastian stared at the ring.
03:40His eyes went red.
03:41One word tore from his throat.
03:43Leave.
03:43I picked up my dress and walked out without looking back.
03:46When I got home, Sebastian was kneeling in front of the sofa, applying ointment to Sienna's skin.
03:51She had her shirt pulled up.
03:52The tattoo I'd done earlier was red and swollen.
03:55He lowered his head and blew softly over it.
03:57Three years ago, I cut my finger while making dinner.
04:00Sebastian drove to seven pharmacies that night for the one bandage I wasn't allergic to.
04:04Came home soaked in sweat.
04:05Held my hand and blew on the cut for a long time.
04:07You're so careless, he kept saying.
04:09I went to the bedroom.
04:10Opened the safe.
04:11Passport.
04:12Marriage certificate.
04:13Stop.
04:14Two large hands ripped my shoulders.
04:16I told you to stop.
04:17Are you deaf?
04:18Sienna limped over from the sofa.
04:20I know you don't like me.
04:21She lifted her shirt and showed him the swollen tattoo.
04:23I stayed quiet while you tattooed me, but you even used the cheapest ointment.
04:27What am I supposed to do if this leaves a scar?
04:29Sebastian looked at the rash.
04:30You did this on purpose.
04:32It's okay.
04:33Maybe I was wrong about her.
04:34I'm sure she didn't mean it.
04:36Apologize.
04:38You did this to her.
04:39Is saying sorry really that hard?
04:41That hand used to run through my hair.
04:43I used to pat my back when I woke from nightmares.
04:45I used the best ink we carry.
04:46No one has ever had a reaction before.
04:49Still talking back?
04:50When did you become so vicious, Lena?
04:53Sebastian, don't force her.
04:54It doesn't hurt that much.
04:54I can handle it.
04:55Apologize.
04:56Don't make me say it again.
05:01I looked at him for a long time.
05:03Then I turned to Sienna.
05:04I'm sorry.
05:04Sebastian froze.
05:05He hadn't expected that.
05:07I had never apologized to anyone in my life.
05:09Except to the Burano family.
05:11Before our wedding, the old Don summoned me to the Burano estate.
05:14If I wanted to marry the heir, I had to kneel before the family's kapos and survive 30 lashes.
05:18The first lash slit my skin.
05:20Sebastian threw himself over me and locked his arms around my body.
05:23The next lash struck his back.
05:25He grunted, but only held me tighter.
05:27We stayed on our knees before the entire family and-
05:29Why didn't you run?
05:30I'm marrying you.
05:32Not even the Burano family can stop me.
05:34After that night, I swore I would never bow to anyone again.
05:37Now I was saying sorry, because I no longer cared.
05:39I turned and walked out the door.
05:41The shop was gone.
05:42I had nowhere to go.
05:43I walked alone in the rain for a long time.
05:45No direction.
05:46Just walking.
05:46At some point I stopped in front of a coffee shop.
05:49I pulled out my phone to pay.
05:50Every account, frozen.
05:52Then his message came through.
05:53Had enough?
05:54Come home.
05:55I blocked his number without hesitating.
05:57My friend Marco had just opened a bar downtown.
05:59He let me sleep in the back room and work a few shifts to keep busy.
06:02One night, I was wiping down the last table before closing when the door swung open.
06:06Three men walked in and blocked every exit.
06:09Sebastian strolled in behind them with a cigarette between his teeth.
06:12So this is where you've been hiding.
06:13He flicked Dash onto the table I had just cleaned.
06:16Come home.
06:16Sienna's young.
06:17Her morning sickness is bad, and she's picky with food.
06:20You make the best soup.
06:21Come back and take care of her.
06:22No.
06:23The warmth left his face.
06:24Smash it.
06:29A chair flew into the liquor shop, and glass exploded across the floor.
06:33Marco came running from the back.
06:34One of Sebastian's men kicked his legs out from under him, sending his head into the marble
06:38counter.
06:39Blood ran down his temple.
06:40Then the kicks came, one after another, driving into his ribs.
06:43Make them stop!
06:44My voice tore out of me.
06:46You wanna beg?
06:47Then beg properly.
06:48Blew smoke into my eyes.
06:49Marco took another hit.
06:51Sebastian, please.
06:52His thumb brushed the corner of my eye.
06:54If you'd been disobedient from the start, he wouldn't be on the floor.
06:56He took my hand and walked me out while our shoes crunched over broken glass and blood.
07:00The car door closed.
07:01His hand covered mine.
07:03Baby, how long has it been since we held hands like this?
07:05Neon light slid across the windshield.
07:08Three years ago, on a winter night by the river, he had lifted my hand to his lips.
07:12I'll hold your hand forever.
07:13I'm never letting go.
07:15When we got home, I went straight to the kitchen to make soup.
07:18When I came out, Sienna was sitting in the living room.
07:20What do you think?
07:21Pretty good, right?
07:21My blood went cold.
07:22That design had taken me six weeks in Varanasi.
07:25I had sketched beside the cremation gods in brutal heat, watching funeral pyres burn day
07:29and night until I was sick and 15 pounds lighter.
07:32A sacred lotus rising from the ashes, Padma from ashes.
07:35My entry for the Tokyo International Tattoo Exhibition next month.
07:38Now every petal was buried beneath black ink.
07:40Isn't it cute?
07:41Sebastian kissed the top of Sienna's head.
07:43You've got real talent, babe.
07:44I lunged at her.
07:45Sebastian shoved me backwards.
07:47My head struck the edge of a side table, and blood ran into my eye.
07:53The ball of soup shattered at my feet.
07:55I tried to push myself up, but my palm landed on broken ceramic.
07:58Then pain seized my lower belly, followed by a warm rash between my legs.
08:03She pushed me.
08:04My stomach hurt, Sebastian.
08:06Something's wrong with the baby.
08:08The concern vanished from his eyes.
08:09He scooped Sienna up and headed for the door.
08:11His glare cut across me on the way out.
08:13I waited 10 years for this child, Lena.
08:15If anything happens to Sienna or my baby, you'll pay for it.
08:18I grabbed his trouser leg.
08:19Hospital.
08:20Please.
08:21I hadn't known I was pregnant.
08:23I only knew something inside me was slipping away.
08:25Across the city, inside the Corsetti estate, Lucian sat alone.
08:28The door opened.
08:29One of his men stepped inside and bent close to whisper in his ear.
08:32His expression sharpened.
08:34Where is she?
08:38When I woke up, a nurse told me the baby was gone.
08:41Mrs. Verano, the surgery was performed on an emergency basis.
08:44We need a family member to co-sign.
08:46I hesitated, then called Sebastian.
08:48It rang twice before someone picked up.
08:51Sebastian.
08:52I wish I'd met you years ago.
08:53Our baby would be running around by now.
08:55It's not too late.
08:56You're the only one who can give me an heir.
08:58But what about Lena?
08:59She's still...
09:00Don't mention her.
09:01She's bad luck.
09:02He kissed her.
09:03I heard it.
09:03The nurse placed the form in front of me.
09:05Patient signature.
09:06Family member signature.
09:08I wrote my own name on both lines.
09:09I checked myself out of the hospital.
09:11I could barely stay upright.
09:12The wind cut straight through my clothes.
09:14A black Maybach waited at the curb.
09:16The glass doors opened behind me.
09:18Sebastian came out carrying Sienna in his arms.
09:20He paused for half a second.
09:22This is all my fault.
09:23Put me down and go help her.
09:25I can walk.
09:26She's fine.
09:27He carried Sienna past me toward the car.
09:29She once took 30 lashes for me without making a sound.
09:32Now a little hot soup touches her, and suddenly she needs everyone's sympathy.
09:37I've been too good to her all these years.
09:39Sienna's mouth curved for a second.
09:41Sebastian, where is she gonna go?
09:43He settled Sienna into the back seat, then turned to me.
09:46You nearly killed her and my child.
09:48Apologize, or you're not going anywhere.
09:51My lawyer already drafted the papers.
09:52I only want the divorce.
09:54I ask for one apology, and you threaten me with divorce?
09:57You're marrying her anyway.
09:59I'm doing you a favor.
10:00His jaw tightened.
10:01Then he pulled out his phone and held the screen in front of me.
10:03My grandmother.
10:04The hospital called yesterday.
10:05She's getting worse and needs surgery.
10:07He tilted his head.
10:08But can you afford it?
10:12And if you could earn the money, can your grandmother wait?
10:14I forgot to mention, the surgery has to happen today.
10:18Fine.
10:18I'll apologize.
10:20If you really mean it, be my model.
10:22I've been learning from you for so long.
10:24Let me show you what I've picked up.
10:26Before I could refuse, Sebastian pulled me into the car.
10:29His man strapped me into the chair.
10:31Sebastian took off his tie.
10:32It's Sienna's first time.
10:34Don't make it hard for her.
10:34He walked out.
10:35The door clipped shut.
10:37Sienna pulled on gloves.
10:38Let's start by clearing this old design.
10:41She poured an entire bottle of acid solution onto my chest.
10:44The restraints bit into my wrists until the bones creaked.
10:47She picked up a needle and dragged it back and forth through the dissolving skin.
10:50I bit down on the gag.
10:51Tears and blood dripped onto the leather.
10:53My body had nothing left.
10:55The surgery was hours ago.
10:56Everything was shutting down.
10:57My vision went black.
10:59At some point, my phone rang.
11:00I'm sorry.
11:01Your grandmother passed away early this morning.
11:04The next morning, Sebastian came to the shop.
11:06The room was empty, but the white tattoo chair was soaked red.
11:09A blood-drenched document lay in the middle of it.
11:11He picked it up.
11:11When was she pregnant?
11:17Where did all this blood come from?
11:19Sebastian, what happened?
11:20Do you need a hospital?
11:21The word hit something inside him.
11:23He grabbed Sienna by the shoulders.
11:24She was pregnant.
11:25That's impossible.
11:26She was jealous because I'm carrying your baby and she's not.
11:29She set this whole thing up.
11:30Pulled out his phone.
11:31Dialed Lena.
11:32No answer.
11:33He remembered yesterday.
11:34The hospital entrance.
11:35Lena standing in the wind and white as paper, swaying like she might collapse.
11:39He drove to the hospital.
11:40Lena Morrow.
11:41Discharged yesterday.
11:43What was she admitted for?
11:45Emergency DCE procedure.
11:46She called the ambulance herself.
11:48She was hemorrhaging by the time it arrived.
11:51Another few minutes and she wouldn't have made it.
11:53She did it on purpose.
11:54She knew she was pregnant, but she didn't tell you.
11:56She wanted you to feel guilty.
11:58His heart clenched.
11:59No, Lena wasn't like that.
12:00He knew how badly she had wanted a child.
12:03The patient had never had a single prenatal checkup.
12:05She had no idea she was pregnant.
12:07Sebastian, I was only guessing.
12:09I'm worried about you.
12:09I can't stand seeing you like this.
12:11He watched her tears fall.
12:12He suddenly couldn't remember the last time Lena had cried.
12:15Not when she took 30 lashes.
12:17Not when she was strapped to the tattoo chair.
12:19When she was lying on the operating table alone.
12:21Did she cry then?
12:22His phone rang.
12:24Mr. Varali, I'm Mrs. Mora's attorney.
12:27The divorce paper's been sent to your email.
12:28She's requesting no assets.
12:30A clean break.
12:31What about her grandmother?
12:32The surgery?
12:34Tell Lena I'll pay for everything.
12:35Just tell her to come back.
12:36Silence on the other end.
12:38Mr. Varazo.
12:39You don't know?
12:40Mrs. Mora's grandmother passed away early this morning.
12:46I woke up in a room I didn't recognize.
12:48White sheets.
12:49Sunlight through floor to ceiling windows.
12:51The sound of the ocean below.
12:52My chest was wrapped in fresh bandages.
12:54I tried to sit up.
12:55Pain shot through my body.
12:57Don't move.
12:57A man sat by the window in a dark suit.
12:59A tattoo magazine open in his hands.
13:01The page he was reading was my work.
13:03Who are you?
13:04Lucian Corsetti.
13:05The name made my blood run cold.
13:07Everyone knew the Corsetti family.
13:08The only family the Varanos feared.
13:10Your chest had second degree chemical burns.
13:13My men found you.
13:14After you had been bleeding for hours.
13:16You were unconscious for four days.
13:18Why did you save me?
13:19If you're trying to use me against Sebastian?
13:21I'm not interested in Sebastian Varano.
13:23Lucian rose from his chair, revealing the framed sketch behind him.
13:26My sketch.
13:27A phoenix rising from ashes.
13:28I had drawn it three years ago and shown it to Sebastian first.
13:31He barely looked at it.
13:32I entered it in the Milan underground exhibition.
13:35It sold to an anonymous buyer for $150,000.
13:37I never found out who.
13:39Your concept was what caught my attention.
13:40I thought the artist behind it had to be a brave woman with extraordinary taste.
13:44I didn't know what to say.
13:46Lucian turned toward the door.
13:47Rest Lena.
13:48Sebastian won't find you here.
13:49When you're feeling better, come to the room next door.
13:52There's someone waiting to see you.
13:56The door to the next room was open.
13:58A woman was sitting by the window, wrapped in a blanket.
14:00For a second, I forgot how to breathe.
14:03Everything I had been holding back broke at once.
14:05I rushed to her bedside and buried my face in her lap, tears soaking through the blanket.
14:09Her hand moved gently through my hair.
14:11This kind gentleman paid for my surgery.
14:13He brought me here to recover.
14:16He told me he would bring you too.
14:17I turned around.
14:18My vision blurred with tears.
14:20How?
14:21The hospital told me she was gone.
14:23I moved her before Sebastian could find her.
14:24There was no time to explain.
14:25My grandmother touched my cheek.
14:27Wasn't good to you, was he?
14:28I shook my head, but I couldn't say a word.
14:30I just held her hand and cried.
14:32Later, I found Lucien on the terrace.
14:33I don't know how to thank you.
14:35After I moved your grandmother out, I found out Sebastian and Sienna had already taken you back.
14:39I was one step too late.
14:43Why do all of this for me?
14:45Lucien was quiet for a moment.
14:46The answer is a long one.
14:47I'll tell you in time.
14:48But right now, there is something more important.
14:50Lucien placed a folder in front of me.
14:52Tokyo International Tattoo Exhibition.
14:54Entry registration.
14:55My design is gone.
14:57Sienna destroyed it.
14:58She destroyed the paper.
14:59He looked at me.
15:00The design lives in you.
15:01No one can destroy that.
15:02The next two weeks passed.
15:04Lucien's safe house was on a small island off the southern coast.
15:06It felt like the rest of the world couldn't reach us here.
15:09I barely saw him during the day.
15:10Someone brought my meals.
15:12Restocked my art supplies.
15:13Changed the bandages.
15:14I had everything I needed to work.
15:16So I worked.
15:17I sat by the window every morning and redrew the lotus for memory.
15:20Pedal by pedal.
15:21Line by line.
15:22Some days I tore the whole thing up and started over.
15:24Some days I stared at a blank page until the sun went down.
15:27Sometimes I can see men in dark suits walking the perimeter.
15:30Sometimes I'd catch a glimpse of Lucien pushing my grandmother's wheelchair along the cliffside
15:34path at sunset.
15:35He was tall, quiet, and dangerous.
15:37But around us, his voice was always low and his hands were always gentle.
15:41One night he came back very late.
15:42I heard sounds from his room, running water, a hiss of pain, a cabinet opening and closing.
15:47I knocked.
15:48No answer.
15:48I pushed the door open.
15:50Lucien stood with his back to me, shirtless, pressing a towel against his ribs.
15:57I knew those scars.
15:58Sebastian had them too.
15:59When we were young, I cried over every wound he came home with.
16:02But then came the women, the drinking, and the nights he never came home at all.
16:06Need help?
16:07Lucien glanced over his shoulder, then sat down and handed me the towel.
16:10Thank you.
16:11I cleaned the gash on his shoulder blade, disinfected it, and taped it shut.
16:14His skin flinched once beneath my fingers.
16:16When I finished, I stepped back.
16:18The exhibition is the day after tomorrow.
16:20He reached for his shirt.
16:21I wanted to say thank you for everything.
16:23For my grandmother, for this place, for giving me time to...
16:26Is this goodbye?
16:27He buttoned his shirt, a small smile crossing his face.
16:30I'm coming with you.
16:31What?
16:31Your grandmother will be looked after.
16:33I'm going to Tokyo with you.
16:34As a long-time admirer of your work, will you give me the chance?
16:37I laughed.
16:38For the first time in weeks.
16:39Okay.
16:40Good night, Lena.
16:41Good night.
16:42He looked at me in a way no one had in a very long time.
16:44I went back to my room and lay awake, staring at the ceiling.
16:47Something in my chest that had been still for a long time was beating again.
16:51Two days later, Lucien and I walked into the Tokyo International Tattoo Exhibition together.
16:58The Tokyo International Tattoo Exhibition was packed.
17:01Artists from 32 countries, camera crews, judges with magnifying glasses, and decades of ink under their belts.
17:07Each artist was assigned a station.
17:09Those who brought models had them prepped and seated, while the rest were given synthetic skin mannequins.
17:13Synthetic skin was cold and flat, but I had no model, so it would have to do.
17:17I was adjusting the mannequin's angle when a jacket landed on the back of my chair.
17:21Lucien sat down on the model seat, already unbuttoning his shirt.
17:24He pulled it off in one motion and turned his back to me.
17:27Scars everywhere.
17:28Old knife wounds.
17:29A bullet graze across his left shoulder blade.
17:31Burns along his lower back.
17:32But beneath the damage, broad shoulders, hard muscle, skin pulled tight over a frame that looked like it had been
17:38carved, not built.
17:39I stared at him.
17:40What are you doing?
17:40What does it look like?
17:41I didn't fly to Tokyo to watch.
17:43I opened my mouth.
17:44Nothing came out.
17:45Who is that?
17:45No idea, but look at the way he looks at her.
17:47That man is definitely in love.
17:49Lucky girl.
17:50I pretended I didn't hear any of that.
17:51Lucien, are you sure?
17:52Once a tattoo is done, it's almost impossible to remove.
17:55Don't do something like this on impulse.
17:56He looked at me steadily.
17:58I have full control over my own body, don't I?
18:00Then do whatever you want with it.
18:00I opened my mouth.
18:02Nothing came out.
18:02I picked up the needle.
18:07The process took three hours.
18:09At some point, the world disappeared.
18:10There was only the needle, his skin, and the lotus taking shape under my hands.
18:14Lucien didn't move, didn't flinch.
18:16When the needle crossed his deepest scars, his shoulder muscles tightened for a second, then relaxed.
18:21Half the exhibition hall had gathered around our station.
18:24People stood three rows deep.
18:25I wiped the last trace of blood from his back.
18:27The lotus was complete.
18:29It spread across his entire back, rooted in the scars along his lower spine, petals unfolding upward over his shoulder
18:34blades.
18:35Where the newest scar cut through, I tipped a strand of hair behind my ear and stepped forward.
18:39This piece is called Paduma from Ashes.
18:41In Sanskrit, Paduma is the sacred lotus.
18:45Darkest mud, blooms untouched.
18:47My voice was steady.
18:48I hadn't heard it sound like that in a long time.
18:50The scars on this body are real.
18:52I didn't hide them.
18:54I built the lotus from them.
18:55Because the most beautiful things, don't grow in clean soil.
18:58They grow in what nearly destroyed them.
19:00The unfinished petal is intentional.
19:02This lotus is still growing.
19:04So is the person wearing it.
19:05Silence.
19:06Then the hall erupted.
19:07Lucien stood up and turned to face me.
19:09The applause was deafening, but he didn't seem to hear it.
19:11He just looked at me, and smiled.
19:13Then my eyes drifted past his shoulder, into the crowd.
19:15A pair of eyes stared back at me from the last row.
19:18Sebastian.
19:22Lucien went to change.
19:23The crowd thinned out.
19:25Sebastian stepped forward.
19:26Come home, Lena.
19:27Please, let me give you the wedding I promised.
19:29We've been married all these years, and I never gave you one.
19:31His voice cracked.
19:32Let me make it right, please.
19:34I took out my phone and held the screen toward him.
19:36A headline.
19:37Verano airs lavish wedding.
19:38Date confirmed.
19:39Sienna's name next to is in every photo.
19:41You mean this wedding?
19:42Sebastian's face changed.
19:43That wasn't me.
19:44Sienna posted all of that.
19:46I didn't approve any of it.
19:47Lena.
19:48She was never serious.
19:49I was never gonna marry her.
19:50You know that.
19:51I pulled my hand free.
19:52I looked for you.
19:54Everywhere.
19:55He went to the lawyer's office first.
19:56The lawyer said he couldn't disclose his client's whereabouts.
19:59Then he remembered Marco.
20:00He drove to the bar.
20:01Marco told him he had five minutes before the police showed up.
20:04I'm not here to cause trouble.
20:05I swear.
20:06I just need to find her.
20:07Marco stared at him for a long time.
20:09Then he pulled out his phone and played a video.
20:11Me, standing outside the tattoo shop, stripped down to my bra.
20:14The video had millions of views.
20:16The comments were vile.
20:17Damn, look at that body.
20:18Someone wife her up.
20:19Tattoo girls are always freaks.
20:21Bet she's into it.
20:21Bro, she's literally being forced.
20:23Are you blind?
20:23Forced?
20:24She's not even crying.
20:25Probably staged for clout.
20:26I'd pay to watch the full version.
20:27LOL.
20:28This is someone's wife, you sick fucks.
20:30Sebastian's face went white.
20:31Who posted this?
20:32Your girlfriend.
20:33That's impossible.
20:34Sienna wouldn't.
20:35A woman who knowingly crawls into a married man's bed?
20:38What kind of person did you think she was?
20:43No, Sienna would never do something like that.
20:45Believe what you want.
20:46I stopped expecting anything from you a long time ago.
20:48The sound of heels came clicking across the floor, fast.
20:51Baby, you just disappeared on me.
20:54You didn't even say where you were going.
20:56Then she saw me.
20:56Her face changed.
20:57I thought you were dead.
20:58I turned to leave.
21:00Sebastian's hand shot out and locked around my wrist.
21:02What are you doing?
21:03Let go of me.
21:04He pulled me toward the exit without a word.
21:06He shoved me into the passenger seat and slammed the door.
21:08The engine roared.
21:10What the hell are you doing, Sebastian?
21:12Honeymoon.
21:13We never had one, did we, baby?
21:14Let's go.
21:15Let's go.
21:16Right now.
21:17The car tore out of the parking lot.
21:18The speedometer kept climbing.
21:20I gripped the dashboard.
21:21Sebastian, slow down.
21:22You're going to kill us both.
21:23He only drove faster.
21:24I'll take you everywhere.
21:26Tokyo Tower, Paris, Rome, anywhere you want.
21:30Just don't leave.
21:31My phone buzzed in my pocket.
21:33A single message from Lucien.
21:34Where are you?
21:35In the rearview mirror, a pair of headlights appeared.
21:37Getting closer.
21:38Fast.
21:49The car's worked hard.
21:51My head slammed into the window.
21:52Everything went dark.
21:53When I opened my eyes, I was lying on a stone floor.
21:56My wrists were cuffed to a chain bolted into the wall.
21:59My ankles too.
21:59The attic room was small, with a single window blocked by iron bars.
22:03The door was suddenly pushed open.
22:05Sienna stood in the doorway wearing a white wedding gown.
22:07Welcome to Costello di Vergio, Lina.
22:10Today is our wedding day.
22:12Sebastian's and mine.
22:13It's happening right downstairs.
22:15If you lean out, you can probably see it.
22:17Get used to this room.
22:19I'm the lady of this castle now.
22:22And you?
22:23You're my maid.
22:25The door closed.
22:26The lock turned.
22:26I dragged myself to the window.
22:28The chains just barely reached.
22:30Below, the courtyard was draped in white silk and roses.
22:33Guests filled every seat.
22:34Sienna walked toward him, radiant, triumphant.
22:36He took her hand.
22:37They exchanged vows.
22:39He kissed her.
22:39I watched the whole thing.
22:41It didn't hurt anymore.
22:42I just wanted to run.
22:46After the wedding, I was brought down from the attic.
22:48They put an electronic monitor on my ankle.
22:50Sienna had finally won.
22:52She didn't pretend anymore.
22:53Her belly was showing now.
22:54She walked with one hand on her lower back.
22:56Massage my calves.
22:58Lower.
22:59Not like that.
23:00When I pressed too hard, she kicked me in the chest.
23:02I fell back onto the stone floor.
23:05Useless.
23:05When I didn't move fast enough, she slapped me across the face.
23:08Don't look at me like that.
23:10Then she leaned in close.
23:11Her voice went low and sweet.
23:12Don't waste your time hoping someone will come for you.
23:16Everything I do, Sebastian allows.
23:18He hates you now, Lena.
23:19Every last bit of love he had, you killed it when you were his enemy.
23:23And that grandmother of yours?
23:24He's still looking for her.
23:26Cross me again and I'll make sure neither of you survive.
23:28She let go.
23:29Sat back on the sofa.
23:30The door opened.
23:31Lena, keep going.
23:32My calves are so sore today.
23:34If the baby is a girl, I want to name her Valentina.
23:37If it's a boy, Mateo.
23:39Oh, Lena, the one you lost.
23:41Is it a boy or a girl?
23:43Well, it doesn't matter.
23:44Your body is too weak to carry one anyway.
23:47She yawned.
23:47Take good care of me and I'll have a few for you to look after.
23:51Right, darling?
23:56Later that evening, Sienna walked past me carrying a cup of hot water.
23:59She tipped the entire cup onto my legs.
24:02Oops.
24:03Clumsy me.
24:04She smiled.
24:05The scalding water soaked through my clothes.
24:07She walked away humming.
24:08My shins, my feet, all of it burning.
24:10I bit down on my tongue until I tasted blood.
24:13Sebastian was sitting on the sofa.
24:14He looked up once, then went back to his phone.
24:17Late that night, the attic door opened.
24:19Sebastian stepped inside, a tube of burn ointment in his hand.
24:22He knelt beside my bed and reached for my leg.
24:24I pulled away.
24:25Get out.
24:25Lena.
24:26I said, get out.
24:28Don't blame me.
24:29This is the only way I know how to keep you.
24:31He looked at me the way he used to.
24:33Ten years ago.
24:33Let me see.
24:34Please.
24:35Take the monitor off.
24:36I'll do it myself.
24:37He hesitated.
24:38Then he unclasped it.
24:39Then he placed the ointment on the bed and left without another word.
24:42I sat in the dark and listened to his footsteps fade down the stairs.
24:45I waited one hour.
24:47It was time.
24:47Until then.
24:49Thanks, everyone.
24:50We'll see you then.
24:53Bye.
24:53Bye.
24:53Bye.
24:53Bye.
24:53Merci.
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