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00:00Early the next morning, the doorbell suddenly rang.
00:08Ms. Lawson, Mr. Crowdley asked me to look after you.
00:11A middle-aged woman was standing outside.
00:14She said Damian had arranged for her to take care of me.
00:18A message from Damian arrived immediately after.
00:21Even when he was taking care of someone, he had to make it sound like a work arrangement.
00:25Consider it a company benefit.
00:27Get well soon.
00:27There's still a mountain of work waiting for you.
00:30I see him as a capitalist and a workaholic.
00:33What I didn't know was that this careguider was actually the Crowley family's senior housekeeper,
00:38reassigned specifically for me.
00:40Meanwhile, the online reaction was brutal.
00:43The airport video went viral, and the comments were almost entirely against me.
00:47How could she hit someone who was already on her knees?
00:50Before long, damaging information about Madeline surfaced one piece at a time.
00:54The same people who had attacked me suddenly turned on her.
00:58Wait, she's the one who kept interfering in their marriage?
01:01Warmth spread through me.
01:03I didn't need to ask.
01:05The person who had turned the narrative around was Damian.
01:08A few days later, I slipped while showering alone and hit the floor hard.
01:13Through the pain, I reached for my phone to ask the caregiver for help.
01:17In my panic, I sent the message to Damian instead.
01:21The moment the message went through, everything went dark, and I lost consciousness.
01:26When I woke up, I was lying in bed, wrapped in a towel.
01:29Damian was sitting right beside me.
01:31Heat rushed to my face.
01:33If he had carried me out of the bathroom, did that mean he had seen everything?
01:37He looked completely composed, as if everything that had happened was nothing more than a routine accident.
01:42The family doctor examined you.
01:44It's a mild concussion, nothing serious.
01:47I told myself he was only being so attentive because an employee dying at home would be terrible for the
01:52company's reputation.
01:53Damian stood up to leave.
01:59The door was kicked open.
02:01Desmond charged in and, without saying a word, drove his fist toward Damian.
02:04Stop!
02:05You bastard!
02:06How dare you seduce my wife!
02:13Damian sidestepped Desmond's punch, and with one counter-strike, flipped him to the ground.
02:18Desmond scrambled up and lunged again, but he was no match for Damian at all.
02:23In a few exchanges, he was getting beaten down, a total mess.
02:27My stomach clenched.
02:29If Damian slipped and crippled him, it'd be Damian's name that got dragged through the mud.
02:35Both of you, stop!
02:36It burst out of me.
02:38Damian's movement stalled.
02:40He looked back at me, and the warmth in his eyes cooled.
02:44Bit by bite, he thought I was protecting Desmond.
02:47And Desmond got the wrong idea, too.
02:50He struggled to his feet, dropped to his knees in front of me with a thud, and grabbed my legs.
02:54Moved to tears.
02:56Beatrix, I was wrong.
02:58That video of Madeline, she leaked it herself.
03:01I see everything clearly now.
03:03I looked down at him, not a single ripple in my heart.
03:06Come home with me.
03:08Let's start over.
03:09Desmond, if you truly regret it, then this ending is exactly what your cheating earned you.
03:15His whole body jolted.
03:16The next second, his eyes went red.
03:19He suddenly shot up, clamped a hand around the back of my neck, and tried to force a kiss.
03:24A hand grabbed his collar first.
03:26Damian's face was blank, but his grip was ruthless.
03:29He flung Desmond straight off.
03:32Security rushed in, seized Desmond, and dragged him out.
03:37His eyes full of near-crazed jealousy.
03:41He stared, unblinking, at me.
03:43Held safe behind Damian.
03:45Beatrix, I won't give up.
03:48Whatever it takes, I'm going to win you back.
03:52The door shut.
03:53Over at the Belmont house, Autumn was at her wit's end.
03:56The online backlash was blowing up her phone non-stop.
04:00And even the group's stock price was swinging with it.
04:04Get Beatrix here!
04:06I want to talk to her myself!
04:15To get away from Desmond's harassment, I took Killian's advice and temporarily moved into another one of Damian's homes.
04:22And coincidentally, Damian happened to be working from home there during the same period.
04:26No sooner had Beatrix settled in than she discovered he was already busy handling work in the study.
04:32The guest room is ready.
04:34Once I had mostly recovered, I began doing some light secretarial work in his studio.
04:40But for some reason, after that fight, he suddenly became distant with me.
04:45Just leave the file there.
04:54I couldn't understand what he was thinking, and for some reason, I felt a little disappointed.
05:07That morning, Damian went to the office.
05:12I didn't say a word about Mr. Belmont asking to meet me.
05:15I hired a bodyguard and decided to settle the divorce once and for all myself.
05:20Once we arrive, wait outside the meeting room.
05:26At the Belmont house, Desmond's father wore a warm smile, playing the part of a perfectly reasonable elder.
05:32As long as you stay married to him, name your price.
05:36He treated the betrayal as nothing more than a deal that could be repaired with the right price.
05:41If he wanted me to name a price, I would ask for the one thing he could never bear to
05:45give away.
05:46Fine.
05:47Then I want shares in the Belmont group.
05:49His expression changed instantly.
05:53Outrageous! Fine!
05:55Divorce him! This marriage ends now!
05:58As expected, the moment the family's corporate interests threatened, he apparently mandated the divorce.
06:03A faint smile touched my lips. It worked.
06:13But just then, Desmond stormed in.
06:15Completely out of control, he seized me by the wrist.
06:18Desmond, let go!
06:19Without giving me a chance to resist, he pulled me out of the house and forced me into the car.
06:29Desmond!
06:36Desmond!
06:44Desmond! What are you doing?
06:46I clung to the seatbelt as the car kept accelerating.
06:49He had no intention of stopping.
06:51I'm going to have a child with you.
06:57Then you'll never be able to leave me.
06:59My heart sank.
07:06Desmond drove like a man possessed, finally losing Madeline behind us.
07:11For the first time, seeing him completely out of control terrified me to my core.
07:15Desmond, stop the car! We can talk about this!
07:18I tried to reason with him, but he did not listen.
07:20At last, he slammed on the brakes on a deserted stretch of road.
07:26Then he turned and lunged at me.
07:29Desmond, calm down!
07:30My heart hummering.
07:31Then, at the most desperate moment...
07:34Crash!
07:35Someone smashed the window from outside, sending glass everywhere.
07:40The hand seized Desmond, dragged him out of the car, and dropped him unconscious with a single punch.
07:46It was Damien.
07:47He had clearly raced here without stopping.
07:50I'm sorry, I got here too late.
07:51He opened the door and pulled my trembling body tightly into his arms.
07:55I clutched his shirt and broke down sobbing.
07:57What Desmond nearly did to me became a shadow I could not escape.
08:01When Desmond woke in the hospital, his father greeted him with a brutal slap.
08:04His recklessness had dragged the entire family into the fallout.
08:08Do you have any idea what you've done to this family?
08:10Take a good look.
08:11Autumn twisted the story for the press,
08:14insisting Desmond and Madeline had been promised to each other since childhood,
08:17and that I was the homewrecker.
08:20Madeline once again threatened her own life and played the victim.
08:26After that scare, I didn't go back to Damien's place.
08:28I holed up at my best friend's instead.
08:30Desmond called to apologize.
08:31I hit record.
08:33To my surprise, even knowing he was being recorded, he volunteered everything about his.
08:37Mother fabricating evidence to smear me.
08:39The next day, I beat Autumn to it and posted the recording online.
08:43Public opinion flipped in an instant, but I knew all my messes would drag Damien in sooner or later.
08:47I walked into his office with a resignation letter in hand.
08:50He looked at the letter and was silent for a long time.
08:53Then he raised his head and tried to persuade me not to resign.
08:55I don't want you to go.
08:57I'll take care of all of this for you.
08:58To me, you're not like the others.
09:00I kept wondering what hidden meaning lay in his words,
09:03but I quickly pushed that little flutter back down.
09:05I couldn't jump into another trouble.
09:07Give me some time.
09:07Once I've cleaned all this up, we can talk about me coming back.
09:10I packed up my belongings and went back to my parents' place.
09:13Damien suppressed Fairfax business and kept clearing bad rumors about me online.
09:18He heard Desmond intended to buy the apartment right next to mine.
09:21The next day, he bought up every single empty unit in the entire building.
09:24I thought the chaos might calm down for a short period.
09:26That day, I went out to the grocery market with my parents and helped them carry the vegetables.
09:31Suddenly, a dark figure rushed over from my rear.
09:33Someone clamped a hand tightly over my mouth and nose from behind.
09:42When I came to, I was tied to a chair.
09:47The one who tied me up was Madeline.
09:49She closed in, step by step, a gleaming knife in her hand.
09:53This face of yours.
09:55I'm going to carve it up, one cut at a time.
09:58I forced myself calm and fought against the ropes with everything I had.
10:02The instant the blade came at me, the door burst open.
10:06Damien rushed in.
10:07In her panic, Madeline swung the knife.
10:09Damien pulled me behind him and the blade sank deep into his shoulder.
10:13Blood soaked through his shirt in an instant.
10:16Damien!
10:17I watched him take that blade for me and my heart felt like it was being crushed in someone's fist.
10:23Desmond and the police arrived right after.
10:25She put on a crying act and Desmond slapped her across the face.
10:29The police cuffed her and took her away.
10:33Desmond moved to come check on me.
10:35I walked right past him.
10:37A few days later, our divorce became official.
10:40Desmond held the divorce certificate and stared at it a long while,
10:44then tore it up and walked off without looking back.
10:47Eight years.
10:48Finally, the curtain fell.
10:52Holding my own divorce settlement agreement.
10:55I walked into Damien's hospital room.
10:57He leaned against the headboard with thick bandages wrapped around his shoulders.
11:00His complexion still looked somewhat pale.
11:02I walked over to the bed and gazed at him.
11:05Damien, do you like me?
11:06After I uttered those words, the air seemed to have solidified.
11:10No.
11:12I just don't want to lose a useful secretary.
11:14That's great.
11:15He doesn't like me.
11:16This way, we can continue working together peacefully.
11:19But for some reason, I feel an emptiness inside.
11:22An indescribable sense of loss.
11:25Damien was discharged from the hospital and went home to recuperate.
11:29I felt guilty and returned to work at the company and even took on the role of his nurse.
11:35That day, I was about to change his dressing when I accidentally stumbled.
11:38My hand was precisely placed at the junction where his thigh met his waist.
11:42I quickly look up at him.
11:43He forcefully lifted me up and forced me to sit on his lap.
11:47He arrogantly demanded a kiss from me.
11:49I want to get up.
11:50My shoddy lack any strength.
11:52I kissed him uncontrollably.
11:53But Killian suddenly barged in and I ran away in panic.
12:01A few days later, Damien's injuries had improved, and he took me to a business dinner.
12:06The moment I entered the private room, I fells.
12:09Desmond and Quentin, Madeline's older brother, were both there.
12:13It turned out that Quentin had used his connections to arrange this dinner so he could apologize
12:17and salvage the business relationship between the two families.
12:21Her family had already sent her to a sanatorium on the grounds that she had mental problems.
12:25During the meal, everyone took turns toasting Damien.
12:29I intercepted drink after drink for him.
12:32Desmond suddenly stopped me.
12:34I will drink for her.
12:36Everyone at the table gave us knowing looks.
12:38All at once, the atmosphere between him and Damien became inexplicably tense.
12:42Quentin brought up the partnership, but Damien replied in an unhurried tone.
12:47If you want to talk business, first apologize to Ms. Lawson.
12:51Quentin had no choice but to stand and down glass after glass in apology.
12:55Damien then looked at Desmond.
12:57And you?
12:58Show me some sincerity.
13:00Desmond suddenly poured the liquor down his throat.
13:02He drank until his stomach hurt and his face turned pale.
13:05Swaying he was about to fall against me, Damien shoved him away.
13:09She is not someone you can touch.
13:10Desmond's eyes reddened and he raised his fist.
13:13Desmond, enough.
13:14You no longer have any right to interfere in my affairs.
13:17He froze in place and slumped back into his seat.
13:19The dinner ended.
13:20On the way back to the company, Damien suddenly spoke.
13:23Next week, we are going to the resort on a business trip.
13:25He turned his head to look at me, his expression unreadable.
13:28Just the two of us.
13:29My heart gave a sudden jolt.
13:35On the morning of the trip, I met up at Damien's place for breakfast.
13:39The butler is such a great cook.
13:41If the butler were a man, I would want to marry him.
13:43Miss, Mr. Damien made this breakfast himself.
13:47I nearly choked on that bite.
13:50As long as you dare to imagine it, nothing is impossible.
13:53Me.
13:54Is he mocking me for daydreaming?
13:56A few hours later, our private jet touched down on a resort island.
14:00Camden, the island's owner, came to meet us.
14:03A flamboyant older playboy in a floral shirt.
14:05Camden's handsome young assistant immediately tried to exchange contact information with me.
14:10Ignored at the side, Damien's expression visibly dartened.
14:13The assistant panicked, pocketed his phone, and fled.
14:15That evening, I was ironing his clothes in his room.
14:18Then I turned around.
14:19He stepped out of the shower shirtless, every line of his AMS on display.
14:23I couldn't help staring.
14:24Instead of covering up, he deliberately called me out.
14:27Satisfied?
14:27Very.
14:28If only I could touch them.
14:30I wanted to bite my own tongue off.
14:32Only my wife gets to touch my abs.
14:34Your future wife is going to be one lucky woman.
14:37I completely missed his hint and only thought his future wife would be very lucky.
14:40What I didn't know was, Damien was done dropping hints.
14:46Camden summoned an innocent-looking girl.
14:50She looked strangely like me.
14:53But Damien did not spare her a second glance.
14:56When the party ended, I went back to my room, just breathing a sigh of relief.
15:01A violent crash came from the next room.
15:04I rushed in and found Chloe on the floor while Damien stood there, dishealed and furious.
15:14I drugged Damien with an aphrodisiac.
15:17If I sleep with him, Camden will pay me a huge amount of money.
15:22I hurriedly threw Chloe out.
15:24Damien's breathing grew heavier, and my phone was still back in my room.
15:30I turned to get him water, but he pulled me down and kissed me without warning.
15:36It took all my strength to push him away.
15:39Mr. Crawley, calm down!
15:41It is the drug!
15:43This was an accident!
15:46I cannot watch myself.
15:48So I poured a bucket of ice into the tub and forced him into the freezing water.
15:55Ignoring my racing heart, I looked away and turned to leave, only for him to pull me straight into the
16:00tub.
16:02Miss Secretary, it seems your little method isn't working.
16:06His breath closed in, his voice low and rough, edged with faint amuse me.
16:10What?
16:10Miss Secretary, it's my heart.
16:13Miss Secretary, it's my heart.