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If you loved him, would you let him hate you just to save his life?
In He Went Crazy After My Fake Betrayal, Madeline made the ultimate sacrifice. She secretly gave her dying lover, Vincent, one of her kidneys... and then played the villain, pretending to betray him so he would let her go.
Three years later, he is a powerful CEO, and she is just a hotel worker. 🏨
He thinks she is a heartless gold-digger. He wants revenge.
But what happens when he finally finds out the truth beating inside him?
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If you loved him, would you let him hate you just to save his life?
In He Went Crazy After My Fake Betrayal, Madeline made the ultimate sacrifice. She secretly gave her dying lover, Vincent, one of her kidneys... and then played the villain, pretending to betray him so he would let her go.
Three years later, he is a powerful CEO, and she is just a hotel worker. 🏨
He thinks she is a heartless gold-digger. He wants revenge.
But what happens when he finally finds out the truth beating inside him?
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00:04Give me five minutes
00:07I stripped the bed and snapped the clean sheets into place
00:10Once done, I gathered the dirty linen and turned to leave
00:13He lunged, his massive frame pinned me against the edge of the bed
00:16He pressed closer
00:17I lost my balance and tumbled backwards onto the mattress
00:20The next second he was on top of me, pinning me down
00:23The shower was still running
00:24I gripped the sheets and thrashed
00:26But he was too strong, I couldn't move him an inch
00:29Your fiancé is right in there, let me go
00:31His eyes were hard as ice, a stench of strong bourbon hit my ear
00:34In all these years, I could never figure it out
00:36Why did you choose him?
00:42Six years, I hear you, I'm free
00:45The shower abruptly stopped, he didn't feel the less
00:47The panic took over
00:49I sank my teeth for the sheets, he wore it hard
00:52He grunted
00:53The pain made his grip slip
00:56I shoved him off
00:57I grabbed the dirty sheet and scrambled out the room
01:00The door clicked shut
01:01I caught the faint, whiny voice of a woman
01:03Stop it
01:05It's three years since we broke up
01:06Vincent Morelli and I crossed paths again
01:10At the Langdon Hotel in downtown Chicago
01:12I worked the front desk at this five-star hotel
01:15And he was checking into the penthouse suite
01:17With his new girl on his arm
01:19That night, I got three calls from his room
01:21The first time, he spoke
01:23The sheets are dirty, change them
01:25I sent the night shift housekeeping to deal with it
01:28Two hours later, he called again
01:29He wanted the sheets changed
01:31Again, I did as I was told
01:32At 2 a.m., the third call came
01:34I cut him off before he could speak
01:36My voice was dead calm
01:37I apologize, Mr. Moretta
01:39Housekeeping is dealing with a plumbing emergency
01:41We might have to wait a while
01:42The man on the line let out a soft scuff
01:45His tone was casual
01:46Then you bring them up
01:47I ignored him and hung up
01:48My co-worker leaned in and lowered her voice
01:50The penthouse guy again?
01:52I nodded
01:52She curled her lip
01:54Three sheet changes in one night
01:56Talk about high maintenance
01:57You told him housekeeping was busy
01:59What did he say?
02:00He told me to bring them up
02:01She froze
02:02Then let out a cold laugh
02:04So he books the penthouse
02:05And thinks the front desk is his personal maid?
02:08Before she finished
02:09The phone rang
02:10It was jarring
02:11She cleared her throat and answered
02:13A second later, her tone switched to pure deference
02:15Yes, manager
02:16I didn't hear the voice on the other end
02:18But her eyes widened
02:19Shooting straight to me
02:20You want Madeline to bring the sheets up?
02:22Now?
02:26Fifteen minutes later
02:27I stood outside the penthouse
02:29I took a deep breath
02:30And rang the bell
02:31Vincent opened the door
02:32He was in a silk bathroom
02:33He saw me
02:34And stepped aside
02:36I could hear the faint sound of the shower
02:38Running
02:40He led me to the bedroom
02:41He sat on a leather armchair
02:43He took his time
02:44Pulling his scarf
02:44From the door
02:45Clipped the end
02:46Lit it
02:47I kept my professional smile
02:49I sent the clean sheets
02:50On the wood of the bed
02:51And silence
02:52Then I saw it
02:53A glaring wet stain
02:54On the mattress
02:55It caught me entirely off guard
02:57My stomach twisted
02:58I swallowed the bitter lump
02:59Of my throat
02:59He exhaled a cloud of smoke
03:01His voice was thick
03:02With post-coital languor
03:03My girlfriend got a little bit excited
03:05She can't sleep on dirty sheets
03:08Hurry up
03:08She's tired
03:10My voice was dead and flat
03:11Give me five minutes
03:14I stripped the bed
03:15And snapped the clean sheets into place
03:17Once done
03:18I gathered the dirty linen
03:19And turned to leave
03:20He lunged
03:21His massive frame pinned me
03:22Against the edge of the bed
03:23He pressed closer
03:25I lost my balance
03:26And tumbled backwards
03:27Onto the mattress
03:27The next second
03:28He was on top of me
03:29Pinning me down
03:30The shower was still running
03:31I gripped the sheets
03:33And thrashed
03:33But he was too strong
03:34I couldn't move him an inch
03:36Your fiancé is right in there
03:37Let me go
03:38His eyes were hard as ice
03:39The stench of strong bourbon
03:40Hit my ear
03:41All these years
03:42I could never figure it out
03:43Why did you choose him?
03:52The shower broke and stopped
03:54He didn't move less
03:55Panic took over
03:56I sank my teeth
03:57He moved his forearm
03:58Hard
03:59He grunted
04:00The pain made his grip slip
04:03I shoved him off
04:04I grabbed the dirty sheets
04:06And scrambled out the room
04:07The door clicked shut
04:08I caught the faint whiny voice
04:10Of a woman
04:10Stop it
04:12If you make them change the sheets again
04:14I'll be too embarrassed
04:16I didn't stick around
04:17To hear his reply
04:18I walked down the empty hallway
04:20My heart slowly stopped pounding
04:23I'd always wondered
04:24What would happen
04:24If we ever crossed paths again
04:26But I never expected this
04:28Three years later
04:29And he still hated me this much
04:32Maybe we were never meant
04:33To cross paths again
04:37I got back to the front desk
04:38My co-worker practically sprinted over
04:40Her eyes gleamed with gossip
04:42Do you have any idea
04:43Who the penthouse guy is?
04:44It was late
04:45I was exhausted
04:46I wasn't in the mood to gossip
04:47But she was practically buzzing
04:49I just checked the system
04:50Oh my god
04:51He's him already
04:52I kept my face perfectly blank
04:53Looking up guests
04:54Against policy
04:55I was just curious
04:56No wonder a single call
04:57At 2 a.m. woke up
04:58The duty manager
04:59I googled him
05:00It's all about the Moretti Trust War
05:02From three years ago
05:02It was all over Chicago
05:03Old Don Moretti died
05:05The airs nearly tore
05:06The Midwest apart
05:07Vincent Moretti was supposed
05:08To take over
05:09But he got sick
05:09Right at the finish line
05:10Almost died
05:12He had a college girlfriend
05:13Total gold digger
05:14When he was dying
05:16She bailed on him
05:17He was in the ICU
05:18She just walked off
05:19With another guy
05:19Everyone says
05:20She almost killed him
05:21Thank god he pulled through
05:22The press still rips her apart
05:24They call her a heartless bitch
05:25She must be kicking herself now
05:27She threw away her shot
05:28To all the Morettis
05:29Oh, I didn't even tell you
05:30The best part
05:31Do you know who she cheated with?
05:32Yeah
05:32I know
05:33I know
05:34You do
05:34Did you follow the gossip back then?
05:36I turned to her
05:37I stared at her shocked face
05:38I don't need to be close
05:40That greedy gold digger
05:41That was me
05:46Meeting Vincent
05:47Was the craziest accident of my life
05:49I was a sophomore at Northwestern
05:52Some creep tried to broke me on the red line
05:54I spun around and kicked him right in the balls
05:57Hard
05:57I grabbed him by the collar
05:59Dragged him all the way to the transit police booth
06:02A man followed me the whole time
06:04Watching with keen interest
06:06He leaned against the wall outside
06:09He waited until I finished my statement
06:11Then he walked up and asked for my number
06:13One thing led to another
06:14We started talking
06:15The day he asked me out
06:16I asked him a question
06:17What exactly do you see in me?
06:20He smiled
06:20It took him a moment to grab my hand and reply
06:23I fell for the way you wrecked that creep
06:25You were absolutely fearless
06:27He was wicked
06:28He always loved teasing me
06:30We spent a long time together
06:31He bought a penthouse in the Gold Coast
06:34He said it was closer to my campus
06:37We lived like a normal, disgustingly in-love couple
06:40My parents divorced when I was young
06:42Eating is such a hassle
06:43I grew up with my grandmother in Oak Park
06:45One day I was on a video call with her
06:48Vincent overheard her complaining about her dentures
06:51She couldn't eat properly
06:53The next day he drove her to the best private clinic on Michigan Avenue
06:57He got her a full set of implants
06:59Later I brought up the bill
07:01I was mortified
07:02Those high-end implants cost him 60 grand
07:04He hadn't even blinked when he handed over his black card
07:07I had no idea how I was going to pay him back
07:09He saw my hesitation
07:10He cut right to the chase
07:11Don't lie about the need
07:12I've got it
07:13I spoke up, treading carefully
07:15If we break up, don't make my grandma yank those teeth out to pay you back
07:18He laughed so hard he almost rolled off the couch
07:20Back then, I only knew his family ran a business
07:23I had no idea how low he really was
07:25Until I casually complained about my scholarship
07:27The approval process was too slow
07:29The check hadn't arrived
07:30The next day, the Moretti Family Foundation issued a private emergency grant
07:33The funds in my account that same day
07:35Totally bypassed the business right to you
07:37That was when I finally realized
07:39My boyfriend was Vincent Moretti
07:41Heir to the most powerful family in Chicago
07:46Then his father died
07:47The Moretti Trust War rocked the entire Midwest
07:50Vincent was the only legitimate heir
07:52At the height of the inheritance battle
07:54Vincent collapsed
07:55Acute kidney failure
07:57He spent over ten days in the ICU
07:59Two rounds of dialysis
08:00And zero signs of recovery
08:01The doctors had no choice
08:03They suggested a kidney transplant
08:04We waited and waited
08:05No matching kidney ever came
08:07I even begged his half siblings
08:08One by one
08:09Not a single one agreed to get tested
08:12Why would they?
08:13If Vincent died
08:14They'd get a bigger piece of the trust
08:16They wanted him dead
08:17They were never going to save him
08:19Those days felt like an endless tunnel
08:21Pitch black
08:22Vincent seemed to sense the end
08:24He had his lawyers draft a transfer agreement
08:26He wanted to give me all his personal assets
08:28He lay in his hospital bed
08:30His pale hand rushed my cheek
08:32Wiping away my endless tears
08:34He told me meeting me was enough
08:35He had no regrets in this life
08:37But what shocked everyone came next
08:39Right after I signed the transfer papers
08:42The tabloids exploded
08:43They published intimate photos of me
08:45Eloped with Vincent's half-brother at the manor
08:47It was all staged by Niccolo
08:49His PR team released them right on schedule
08:51To the world
08:52I abandoned Vincent in his final days
08:54I betrayed him in cold blood
08:56I threw myself into another man's arms
08:58Without a second thought
08:59The truth was a secret I couldn't tell
09:01I was lying in a sterile OR
09:03In another building
09:04Waiting for the cold scalpel to cut me open
09:10The rumors spread through Chicago like wildfire
09:12Vincent's friends cursed me out
09:14The second they saw me
09:15I knew it
09:16Trash like her doesn't have a heart
09:18Vincent was dying
09:19And she crawled right into Niccolo's bed
09:20I really underestimated the bitch
09:22Heartless whore
09:23Now I've seen everything
09:24My old man was right
09:25You can play around
09:26But you only marry your own kind
09:29The gossip spiraled out of control
09:31Vincent stubbornly demanded to see me one last time
09:34His best friend had no choice
09:36He came to get me with a face like thunder
09:38When I saw him again
09:40He looked even worse
09:41He was wasting away
09:42He gripped my wrist
09:43His voice trembled
09:45They said you're with Niccolo
09:46I don't believe them
09:48Tell me to my face
09:49Tell me they're wrong
09:50I pulled my hand back coldly
09:52I looked at him with dead eyes
09:54Vincent
09:54I don't love you anymore
09:56He jerked as if he'd been shot
09:58His vision blurred instantly
09:59The mighty air of the Moretti family
10:01At that moment it was like someone ripped out his spine
10:03Even today I remember how he broke down and cried
10:06He clung to my hand
10:08Shaking
10:09Begging me not to leave
10:10He even cried and begged me to wait
10:12He said he would get better
10:14He'd take back the Moretti family just for me
10:16If I just stayed
10:17He would fight to the bitter end
10:19But I just watched him shatter into pieces
10:21With cold, dead eyes
10:23His best friend couldn't take it anymore
10:25He rushed over and tore us apart
10:27He shoved me out of the room in a blind rage
10:30Get out
10:31Take your new boy toy and get the hell out of here
10:33If Vincent doesn't make it
10:35We will destroy you
10:41At 8am my shift finally ended
10:43I went home and slept for less than 4 hours
10:47My co-worker called
10:48She told me to get back to the hotel right away
10:51The penthouse guest lost something valuable
10:53That woke me up
10:54I threw on my clothes and hurried back
10:56I walked into the guest lounge
10:58Vincent was sitting on the sofa
11:00His new girlfriend was half leaning into his arms
11:04The senior manager stood off to the side
11:07Fawning over them
11:08His girlfriend woke up and noticed her sapphire earrings were missing
11:11Worth $250,000
11:13Only the cleaning staff and I had been in their room
11:16They already grilled the cleaners
11:18Found nothing
11:19The woman pointed out
11:20Her posture was pure at once
11:21Bring me her bag and her coat
11:23And make her strip
11:25I'm searching
11:38Give me five minutes
11:40I stripped the bed
11:41And snapped the clean sheets into place
11:43Once done
11:44I gathered the dirty linen and turned to leave
11:46He lunged
11:47His massive frame pinned me against the edge of the bed
11:50He pressed closer
11:51I lost my balance and tumbled backwards onto the mattress
11:53The next second he was on top of me
11:55Pinning me down
11:56The shower was still running
11:58I gripped the sheets and thrashed
11:59But he was too strong
12:01I couldn't move him an inch
12:02Your fiancé is right in there
12:03Let me go
12:04His eyes were hard as ice
12:05A stench of strong bourbon hit my hair
12:07For all the years I could never figure it out
12:09Why did you choose him?
12:18The shower abruptly stopped
12:20Even though the less
12:21Panic took over
12:22I sank my tantrum to his forearm
12:24Hard
12:26He grunted
12:26The pain made his grip slip
12:29I shoved him off
12:30I grabbed the dirty sheet
12:32And scrambled out of the room
12:33The door clicked shut
12:34I caught the faint whiny voice of a woman
12:37Stop it
12:38Three years since we broke up
12:40Vincent Morelli and I crossed paths again
12:44At the Langdon Hotel in downtown Chicago
12:46I worked the front desk at this five star hotel
12:48And he was checking into the penthouse suite
12:51With his new girl on his arm
12:53That night I got three calls from his room
12:55The first time he spoke
12:56The sheets are dirty
12:57Change them
12:58I sent the night shift housekeeping to deal with them
13:01Two hours later he called again
13:03He wanted the sheets changed again
13:04I did as I was told
13:06At 2am the third call came
13:08I cut him off before he could speak
13:09My voice was dead calm
13:11I apologize Mr. Moretta
13:12Housekeeping is dealing with a plumbing emergency
13:14You might have to wait a while
13:16The man on the line let out a soft scuff
13:18His tone was casual
13:19Then you bring them up
13:20I ignored him and hung up
13:22My co-worker leaned in and lowered her voice
13:24The penthouse guy again
13:25I nodded
13:26She curled her lip
13:28Three sheet changes in one night
13:29Talk about high maintenance
13:30You told him housekeeping was busy
13:32What did he say?
13:33He told me to bring them up
13:35She froze
13:36Then let out a cold laugh
13:37So he books the penthouse
13:39And thinks the front desk is his personal maid
13:41Before she finished
13:42The phone rang
13:43It was jarring
13:44She cleared her throat and answered
13:46A second later her tone switched to pure deference
13:49Yes manager
13:49I didn't hear the voice on the other end
13:51But her eyes widened
13:52Shooting straight to me
13:53You want Madeline to bring the sheets up?
13:55Now?
13:5915 minutes later
14:00I stood outside the penthouse
14:02I took a deep breath
14:03And rang the bell
14:04Vincent opened the door
14:05He was in a silk bathroom
14:06He saw me
14:08And stepped aside
14:10I could hear the faint sound of the shower
14:12And running
14:13He led me to the bedroom
14:15He sat on a leather armchair
14:16He took his time
14:17Pulling a scarf
14:18From the humidor
14:18Clipped the end
14:19Lit it
14:21I kept my professional smile
14:22I set the clean sheets
14:24On the foot of the bed
14:24In silence
14:25Then I saw it
14:26A glaring wet stain
14:28On the mattress
14:28It caught me entirely off guard
14:30My stomach twisted
14:31I swallowed the bitter lump
14:32In my throat
14:33He exhaled a cloud of smoke
14:34His voice was thick
14:35With post-coital languor
14:36My girlfriend got
14:37Simon
14:38She can't sleep on dirty sheets
14:41Hurry up
14:42She's tired
14:43My voice was dead flat
14:45Give me five minutes
14:47I stripped the bed
14:48And snapped the clean sheets into place
14:50Once done
14:51I gathered the dirty linen
14:53And turned to leave
14:53He lunged
14:54His massive frame pinned me
14:56Against the edge of the bed
14:57He pressed closer
14:58I lost my balance
14:59And tumbled backwards
15:00Onto the mattress
15:01The next second
15:02He was on top of me
15:03Pinning me down
15:03The shower was still running
15:05I gripped the sheets
15:06And thrashed
15:07But he was too strong
15:08I couldn't move him to inch
15:09Your fiancée is right in there
15:11Let me go
15:11His eyes were hard as ice
15:13A stench of strong bourbon
15:14Hit my ear
15:14In these years
15:15I could never figure it out
15:16Why did you choose him?
15:26The shower broke and stopped
15:27He didn't move less
15:28The panic took over
15:29I thanked my team
15:30He took his forearm
15:31Hard
15:33He grunted
15:34The pain made his grip slow
15:36I shoved him off
15:37I grabbed the dirty sheets
15:39And scrambled out of the room
15:40The door clicked shut
15:42I caught the faint whiny voice
15:43Of a woman
15:44Stop it
15:46If you make them change
15:47The sheets again
15:48I'll be too embarrassed
15:49I didn't stick around
15:50To hear his replies
15:51I walked down the empty hallway
15:53My heart slowly stopped pounding
15:56I'd always wondered
15:57What would happen
15:58If we ever crossed paths again
15:59But I never expected this
16:01Three years later
16:02And he still hated me as much
16:05Maybe we were never meant
16:06To cross paths
16:10I got back to the front desk
16:12My co-worker practically
16:13Sprinted over
16:13Her eyes gleamed with gossip
16:15Do you have any idea
16:16Who the penthouse guy is?
16:17It was late
16:18I was exhausted
16:19I wasn't in the mood to gossip
16:21But she was practically buzzing
16:22I just checked the system
16:24Oh my god
16:25He's a Moretti
16:25I kept my face perfectly blank
16:27Looking up guests
16:28Against policy
16:28I was just curious
16:30No wonder a single call
16:31At 2 a.m.
16:32Woke up the duty manager
16:33I googled him
16:34It's all about the Moretti trust war
16:35From three years ago
16:36It was all over Chicago
16:37Old Don Moretti died
16:38The air slowly tore the Midwest apart
16:40Vincent Morelli was supposed to take over
16:42But he got sick right at the finish line
16:44Almost died
16:45He had a college girlfriend
16:47Total gold digger
16:48When he was dying
16:49She bailed on him
16:50He was in the ICU
16:51She just walked off with another guy
16:53Everyone says she almost killed him
16:55Thank god he pulled through
16:56The press still rips her apart
16:57They call her a heartless bitch
16:59She must be kicking herself now
17:00She threw away her shot
17:01To rule the Morettis
17:02Oh I didn't even tell you the best part
17:04Do you know who she cheated with?
17:06Yeah
17:06I know
17:07You do?
17:08Did you follow the gossip back then?
17:09I turned to her
17:10I stared at her shocked face
17:12I don't need to read the news
17:13That greedy gold digger
17:14That was me
17:20Meeting Vincent
17:21Was the craziest accident of my life
17:23I was a sophomore at Northwestern
17:26Some creep tried to broak me on the red line
17:28I spun around and kicked him right in the ball
17:30I will see you hard
17:31I grabbed him by the collar
17:33Dragged him all the way to the transit police booth
17:35A man followed me the whole time
17:38Watching with keen interest
17:40He leaned against the wall outside
17:42He waited until I finished my statement
17:44Then he walked up and asked for my number
17:46One thing led to another
17:47We started talking
17:48The day he asked me out
17:49I asked him a question
17:50What exactly do you see in me?
17:53He smiled
17:54It took him a moment to grab my hand and reply
17:56I fell for the way you wrecked that creep
17:58You were absolutely fearless
18:01He was wicked
18:02He always loved teasing me
18:03We spent a long time together
18:05He bought a penthouse in the Gold Coast
18:07He said it was closer to my campus
18:10We lived like a normal, disgustingly in love couple
18:14My parents divorced when I was young
18:15Eating is such a hassle
18:17I grew up with my grandmother in Oak Park
18:19One day I was on a video call with her
18:21Vincent overheard her complaining about her dentures
18:24She couldn't eat properly
18:26The next day he drove her to the best private clinic on Michigan Avenue
18:30He got her a full set of implants
18:33Later I brought up the bill
18:34I was mortified
18:35Those high-end implants cost him 60 grand
18:38He hadn't even blinked when he handed over his black card
18:40I had no idea how I was going to pay him back
18:42He saw my hesitation
18:43He cut right to the chase
18:45Don't worry about the money
18:46I got it
18:47I spoke up, treading carefully
18:48If we break up, don't make my grandma yank those teeth out to pay him back
18:51He laughed so hard he almost rolled off the couch
18:54Back then, I only knew his family ran a business
18:56I had no idea how loaded he was
18:58Until I casually complained about my scholarship
19:00The approval process was too slow
19:02The check hadn't arrived
19:03The next day
19:04The Moretti Family Foundation issued a private emergency grant
19:07The funds in my account that same day
19:09Totally bypassed the service right to me
19:11That was when I finally realized
19:13My boyfriend was Vincent Moretti
19:14Heir to the most powerful family in Chicago
19:19Then his father died
19:20The Moretti Trust War rocked the entire Midwest
19:24Vincent was the only legitimate heir
19:26At the height of the inheritance battle
19:27Vincent collapsed
19:29Acute kidney failure
19:30He spent over 10 days in the ICU
19:32Two rounds of dialysis and zero signs of recovery
19:35The doctors had no choice
19:36They suggested a kidney transplant
19:37We waited and waited
19:38No matching kidney ever came
19:40I even begged his half siblings
19:41One by one
19:43Not a single one agreed to get tested
19:45Why?
19:46Who did they?
19:47If Vincent died
19:48They'd get a bigger piece of the trust
19:50They wanted him dead
19:51They were never going to save him
19:53Those days felt like an endless tunnel
19:54Pitch black
19:56Vincent seemed to sense the end
19:57He had his lawyers draft a transfer agreement
19:59He wanted to give me all his personal assets
20:02He lay in his hospital bed
20:04His pale hand brushed my cheek
20:05Wiping away my endless tears
20:07He told me meeting me was enough
20:09He had no regrets in this life
20:11But what shocked everyone came next
20:13Right after I signed the transfer papers
20:15The tabloids exploded
20:16They published intimate photos of me
20:19Eloped with Vincent's half brother at the manor
20:21It was all staged by Niccolo
20:22His PR team released them right on schedule
20:25To the world
20:26I abandoned Vincent in his final days
20:28I betrayed him in cold blood
20:29I threw myself into another man's arms
20:31Without a second thought
20:32The truth was a secret I couldn't tell
20:34I was lying in a sterile noir
20:36In another building
20:37Waiting for the cold scalpel to cut me open
20:43The rumors spread through Chicago like wildfire
20:46Vincent's friends cursed me out the second they saw me
20:49I knew it
20:50Trash like her doesn't have a heart
20:51Vincent was dying and she crawled right into Niccolo's bed
20:54I really underestimated the bitch
20:55Heartless whore
20:56Now I've seen everything
20:57My old man was right
20:58You can play around but you only marry your own kind
21:02The gossip spiraled out of control
21:05Vincent stubbornly demanded to see me one last time
21:07His best friend had no choice
21:09He came to get me with a face like thunder
21:11When I saw him again he looked even worse
21:14He was wasting away
21:16He gripped my wrist
21:17His voice trembled
21:18They said you're with Niccolo
21:20I don't believe them
21:22Tell me to my face
21:23Tell me they're wrong
21:24I pulled my hand back coldly
21:25I looked at him with dead eyes
21:28Vincent?
21:28I don't love you anymore
21:30He jerked as if he'd been shot
21:31His vision blurred instantly
21:33The mighty heir of the Moretti family
21:35At that moment it was like someone ripped out his spine
21:37Even today I remember how he broke down and cried
21:40He clung to my hand
21:41Shaking
21:42Begging me not to leave
21:44He even cried and begged me to wait
21:46He said he would get better
21:47He'd take back the Moretti family just for me
21:49If I just stayed
21:51He would fight to the bitter end
21:52But I just watched him shatter into pieces
21:55With cold, dead eyes
21:56His best friend couldn't take it anymore
21:59He rushed over and tore us apart
22:01He shoved me out of the room in a blind rage
22:03Get out
22:05Take your new boy toy and get the hell out of here
22:07If Vincent doesn't make it
22:08We will destroy you
22:14At 8am my shift finally ended
22:17I went home and slept for less than 4 hours
22:20My co-worker called
22:22She told me to get back to the hotel right away
22:24The penthouse guest lost something valuable
22:26That woke me up
22:27I threw on my clothes and hurried back
22:29I walked into the guest lounge
22:31Vincent was sitting on the sofa
22:33His new girlfriend was half leaning into his arms
22:38The senior manager stood off to the side
22:40Fawning over them
22:41His girlfriend woke up
22:42And noticed her sapphire earrings were missing
22:45Worth $250,000
22:46Only the cleaning staff and I had been in their room
22:49They already grilled the cleaners
22:51Found nothing
22:52The woman hunted
22:53Her posture was pure and wonderful
22:55Bring me her bag and her coat
22:57And make her strip
22:58I'm searching her
23:11Give me 5 minutes
23:14I stripped the bed
23:15And snapped the clean sheets into place
23:17Once done
23:17I gathered the dirty linen and turned to leave
23:20He lunged
23:21His massive frame pinned me against the edge of the bed
23:23He pressed closer
23:24I lost my balance and tumbled backwards onto the mattress
23:27The next second he was on top of me
23:29Pinning me down
23:30The shower was still running
23:31I gripped the sheets and crashed
23:33But he was too strong
23:34I couldn't move him an inch
23:36Your fiancé is right in there
23:37Let me go
23:37His eyes were hard as ice
23:39The stench of strong bourbon hit my ears
23:41For years I could never figure it out
23:43Why did you lose him?
23:52The shower abruptly stopped
23:53He didn't even go less
23:54Panic took over
23:55I sank my teeth into his forearm
23:58Hard
23:59He grunted
24:00The pain made his grip slip
24:03I shut him off
24:04I grabbed the dirty sheets
24:05And scrambled out the door
24:07The door clicked shut
24:08I caught the faint whiny voice of a woman
24:10Stop it
24:11It's 3 years since we broke up
24:13Vincent Morelli and I crossed paths again
24:17At the Lane Benet Hotel in downtown Chicago
24:20I worked at the front desk at this 5 star hotel
24:22And he was checking into the penthouse suite
24:24With his new girl on his arm
24:26That night I got 3 calls from his room
24:28The first time he spoke
24:30The sheets are dirty
24:31Change them
24:31I sent the night shift housekeeping to deal with it
24:34Two hours later he called again
24:36He wanted the sheets changed
24:37Again, I did as I was told
24:39At 2 AM the third call came
24:41I cut him off before he could speak
24:43My voice was dead calm
24:44I apologize Mr. Moretta
24:46Housekeeping is dealing with a plumbing emergency
24:48You might have to wait a while
24:49The man on the line let out a soft scuff
24:51His tone was casual
24:53Then you bring them up
24:54I ignored him and hung up
24:55My co-worker leaned in and lowered her voice
24:57The penthouse guy again
24:59I nodded
24:59She curled her lip
25:01Three sheet changes in one night
25:03Talk about high maintenance
25:04You told him housekeeping was busy
25:06What did he say?
25:07He told me to bring them up
25:08She froze
25:09Then let out a cold laugh
25:11So he books the penthouse
25:12And thinks the front desk is his personal maid
25:15Before she finished
25:16The phone rang
25:17It was jarring
25:18She cleared her throat and answered
25:20A second later her tone switched to pure deference
25:22Yes manager
25:23I didn't hear the voice on the other end
25:25But her eyes widened
25:26Shooting straight to me
25:27You want Madeline to bring the sheets up?
25:29Now?
25:33Fifteen minutes later
25:34I stood outside the penthouse
25:36I took a deep breath
25:37And rang the bell
25:37Vincent opened the door
25:39He was in a silk bathroom
25:40He saw me
25:41And stepped aside
25:43I could hear the faint sound of the shower running
25:46He led me to the bedroom
25:48He sat on a leather armchair
25:49He took his time
25:51Pulling a scarf from the door
25:52Clipped the end
25:53Lid it
25:54I kept my professional smile
25:56I set the clean sheets at the foot of the bed
25:58In silence
25:59Then I saw it
26:00A glaring wet stain on the mattress
26:02It caught me entirely off guard
26:03My stomach twisted
26:04I swallowed the bitter lump in my throat
26:06He exhaled a cloud of smoke
26:08His voice was thick with post-coital languor
26:10My girlfriend got a little too excited
26:12She can't sleep on dirty sheets
26:15Hurry up
26:15She's tired
26:17My voice was dead flat
26:18Give me five minutes
26:21I stripped the bed
26:22And snapped the clean sheets into place
26:24Once done
26:25I gathered the dirty linen
26:26And turned to leave
26:27He lunged
26:28His massive frame pinned me against the edge of the bed
26:30He pressed closer
26:31I lost my balance
26:33And tumbled backwards onto the mattress
26:34The next second he was on top of me
26:36Pinning me down
26:37The shower was still running
26:38I gripped the sheets and crashed
26:40But he was too strong
26:41I couldn't move him an inch
26:43Your fiancé is right in there
26:44Let me go
26:45His eyes were hard as ice
26:46The stench of strong bourbon hit my ear
26:48All these years I could never figure it out
26:50Why did you choose him?
26:59The shower abruptly stopped
27:01He didn't move a less
27:02Panic took over
27:03I sank my teeth into his forearm
27:05Hard
27:06He grunted
27:07The pain made his grip slip
27:10I shoved him off
27:11I grabbed the dirty sheet
27:13And scrambled out of the room
27:14The door clicked shut
27:15I caught the faint whiny voice of a woman
27:17Stop it
27:19If you make them change the sheets again
27:21I'll be too embarrassed
27:23I didn't stick around to hear his reply
27:25I walked down the empty hallway
27:27My heart slowly stopped pounding
27:30I'd always wondered what would happen if we ever crossed paths again
27:33But I never expected this
27:34Three years later
27:36And he still hated me as much
27:38Maybe we were never meant to cross paths
27:43I got back to the front desk
27:45My coworker practically sprinted over
27:47Her eyes gleamed with gossip
27:49Do you have any idea who the penthouse guy is?
27:51It was late
27:52I was exhausted
27:53I wasn't in the mood to gossip
27:54But she was practically buzzing
27:56I just checked the system
27:57Oh my god
27:58He's a Moretti
27:59I kept my face perfectly blank
28:00Looking up guests against policy
28:02I was just curious
28:03No wonder a single call at 2am
28:05Woke up the duty manager
28:06I googled him
28:07It's all about the Moretti trust war
28:09From three years ago
28:09It was all over Chicago
28:10Old Don Moretti died
28:12The heirs nearly tore the midwest apart
28:14Vincent Morelli was supposed to take over
28:15But he got sick right at the finish line
28:17Almost died
28:19He had a college girlfriend
28:20Total gold digger
28:21When he was dying
28:23She bailed on him
28:24He was in the ICU
28:25She just walked off with another guy
28:26Everyone says she almost killed him
28:28Thank god he pulled through
28:29The press still rips her apart
28:31They call her a heartless bitch
28:32She must be kicking herself now
28:33She threw away her shot to rule the Morettis
28:35Oh, I didn't even tell you the best part
28:37Do you know who she cheated with?
28:39Yeah, I know
28:40You do?
28:41Did you follow the gossip back then?
28:43I turned to her
28:44I stared at her shocked face
28:45I don't need to read the news
28:47That greedy gold digger
28:48That was me
28:53Meeting Vincent was the craziest accident of my life
28:56I was a sophomore at Northwestern
28:59Some creep tried to groat me on the red line
29:01I spun around and kicked him right in the balls
29:03Hard
29:04I grabbed him by the collar
29:06Dragged him all the way to the transit police booth
29:09A man followed me the whole time
29:11Watching with keen interest
29:13He leaped against the wall outside
29:15He waited until I finished my statement
29:18Then he walked up and asked for my number
29:19One thing led to another
29:21We started talking
29:22The day he asked me out
29:23I asked him a question
29:24What exactly do you see in me?
29:26He smiled
29:27It took him a moment to grab my hand and reply
29:30I fell for the way you wrecked that creep
29:32You were absolutely fearless
29:34He was wicked
29:35He always loved teasing me
29:37We spent a long time together
29:39He bought a penthouse in the Gold Coast
29:41He said it was closer to my campus
29:44We lived like a normal, disgustingly in love couple
29:47My parents divorced when I was young
29:49Hitting a huge ass
29:50I grew up with my grandmother in Oak Park
29:52One day I was on a video call of her
29:55Vincent overheard her complaining about her dentures
29:57She couldn't eat properly
30:00The next day he drove her to the best private clinic on Michigan Avenue
30:04He got her a full set of implants
30:06Later I brought up the bill
30:08I was mortified
30:09Those high end implants cost him 60 grand
30:11He hadn't even blinked when he handed over his black card
30:13I had no idea how I was going to pay him back
30:15He saw my hesitation
30:17He cut right to the chase
30:18Don't worry about the money
30:19I got it
30:20I spoke up, treading carefully
30:22If we break up, don't make my grandma yank those teeth out to pay you back
30:25He laughed so hard he almost rolled off the couch
30:27Back then, I only knew his family ran a business
30:30I had no idea how loaded he really was
30:32Until I casually complained about my scholarship
30:34The approval process was too slow
30:35The check hadn't arrived
30:37The next day, the Moretti Family Foundation issued me a private emergency grant
30:40The funds hit my account that same day
30:42Totally bypassing the school's red tape
30:44That was when I finally realized
30:46My boyfriend was Vincent Moretti
30:48Heir to the most powerful family in Chicago
30:53Then his father died
30:54The Moretti Trust War rocked the entire Midwest
30:57Vincent was the only legitimate heir
30:59At the height of the inheritance battle
31:01Vincent collapsed
31:02Acute kidney failure
31:03He spent over 10 days in the ICU
31:05Two rounds of dialysis
31:07And zero signs of recovery
31:08The doctors had no choice
31:09They suggested a kidney transplant
31:11We waited and waited
31:12No matching kidney ever came
31:13I even begged his half siblings
31:15One by one
31:16Not a single one agreed to get tested
31:19Why would they?
31:20If Vincent died
31:21They'd get a bigger piece of the trust
31:23They wanted him dead
31:24They were never going to save him
31:26Those days felt like an endless tunnel
31:28Pitch black
31:29Vincent seemed to sense the end
31:31He had his lawyers draft a transfer agreement
31:33He wanted to give me all his personal assets
31:35He lay in his hospital bed
31:37His pale hand brushed my cheek
31:39Wiping away my endless tears
31:40He told me meeting me was enough
31:42He had no regrets in his life
31:44But what shocked everyone came next
31:46Right after I signed the transfer papers
31:48The tabloids exploded
31:50They published intimate photos of me
31:52Eloped with Vincent's half brother at the manor
31:54It was all staged by Niccolo
31:56His PR team released them right on the schedule
31:58To the world
31:59I abandoned Vincent in his final days
32:01I betrayed him with the blood
32:03I threw myself into another man's arms
32:05Without second thought
32:06The truth was a secret I couldn't tell
32:08I was lying in a sterile alarm
32:10In another building
32:11Waiting for the cold scalpel to cut me open
32:16The rumors spread through Chicago like wildfire
32:19Vincent's friends cursed me out the second they saw me
32:22I knew it
32:23I knew it
32:24Trash like her doesn't have a heart
32:25Vincent was dying and she crawled right into Niccolo's bed
32:27I really underestimated the bitch
32:28Heartless whore
32:29Now I've seen everything
32:30My old man was right
32:32You can play around
32:33But you only marry your own kind
32:36The gossip spiraled out of control
32:37Vincent stubbornly demanded to see me one last time
32:41His best friend had no choice
32:43He came to get me with a face like thunder
32:45When I saw him again
32:46He looked even worse
32:47He was wasting away
32:49He gripped my wrist
32:50His voice trembled
32:52They said you're with Niccolo
32:53I don't believe them
32:55Tell me to my face
32:56Tell me they're wrong
32:57I pulled my hand back coldly
32:59I looked at him with dead eyes
33:01Vincent
33:01I don't love you anymore
33:03He jerked as if he'd been shot
33:05His vision blurred instantly
33:06The mighty air of the Moretti family
33:08At that moment it was like someone ripped out his spine
33:10Even today I remember how he broke down and cried
33:13He clung to my hand
33:15Shaking, begging me not to leave
33:17He even cried and begged me to wait
33:19He said he would get better
33:20He'd take back the Moretti family just for me
33:23If I just stayed
33:24He would fight to the bitter end
33:26But I just watched him shatter into pieces
33:28With cold, dead eyes
33:30His best friend couldn't take it anymore
33:32He rushed over and tore us apart
33:34He shoved me out of the room in a blind rage
33:37Get out
33:38Take your new boy toy and get the hell out of here
33:40If Vincent doesn't make it
33:42We will destroy you
33:48At 8am my shift finally ended
33:50I went home and slept for less than 4 hours
33:54My co-worker called
33:55She told me to get back to the hotel right away
33:58The penthouse guest lost something valuable
33:59That woke me up
34:01I threw on my clothes and hurried back
34:03I walked into the guest lounge
34:05Vincent was sitting on the sofa
34:07His new girlfriend was half leaning into his arms
34:11The senior manager stood off to the side
34:13Fawning over them
34:14His girlfriend woke up and noticed her sapphire earrings were missing
34:18Worth $250,000
34:20Only the cleaning staff and I had been in their room
34:23They already grilled the cleaners
34:24Found nothing
34:26The woman pointed out
34:27Her posture was a cure for her
34:28Bring me her bag and her coat
34:30And make her strip
34:32I'm searching her
34:44Give me five minutes
34:47I stripped the bed
34:48And snapped the clean sheets into place
34:50Once done, I gathered the dirty linen and turned to leave
34:53He lunged
34:54His massive frame pinned me against the edge of the bed
34:57He pressed closer
34:58I lost my balance and tumbled backwards onto the mattress
35:00The next second he was on top of me
35:02Pinning me down
35:03The shower was still running
35:05I gripped the sheets and thrashed
35:06But he was too strong
35:07I couldn't move him an inch
35:09Your fiancé is right in there
35:10Let me go
35:11His eyes were hard as ice
35:12The stench of strong bourbon hit my ear
35:14All these years I could never figure it out
35:16Why did you jump down?
35:25The shower broke and stopped
35:27Even if he was less
35:28Panic took over
35:29I sank my teeth into his forearm
35:31Hard
35:32He grunted
35:33The pain made his grip slip
35:36I shoved him off
35:37I grabbed the dirty cane
35:39And scrambled out of the room
35:40The door clicked shut
35:41I caught the faint whiny voice of a woman
35:44Stop it
35:45It's three years since we broke up
35:47Vincent Morelli and I crossed paths again
35:50At the Langdon Hotel in downtown Chicago
35:53I worked the front desk at this five star hotel
35:55And he was checking into the penthouse suite
35:57With his new girl on his arm
36:00That night I got three calls from his room
36:02The first time he spoke
36:03The sheets are dirty
36:04Change them
36:05I sent the night shift housekeeping to deal with them
36:08Two hours later he called again
36:09He wanted the sheets changed
36:11Again, I did as I was told
36:12At 2am the third call came
36:14I cut him off before he could speak
36:16My voice was dead calm
36:18I apologize Mr. Moretta
36:19Housekeeping is dealing with a plumbing emergency
36:21You might have to wait a while
36:23The man on the line let out a soft scuff
36:25His tone was casual
36:26When did you bring them up?
36:27I ignored him and hung up
36:29My co-worker leaned in and lowered her voice
36:31The penthouse guy again?
36:32I nodded
36:33She curled her lip
36:35Three sheet changes in one night
36:36Talk about high maintenance
36:37We told him housekeeping was busy
36:39What did he say?
36:40He told me to bring them up
36:42She froze
36:42Then let out a cold laugh
36:44So he books the penthouse
36:46And thinks the front desk is his personal maid
36:48Before she finished
36:49The phone rang
36:50It was jarring
36:51She cleared her throat and answered
36:53A second later her tone switched to pure deference
36:55Yes manager
36:56I didn't hear the voice on the other end
36:58But her eyes widened
36:59Shooting straight to me
37:00You want Madeline to bring the sheets up?
37:02Now?
37:06Fifteen minutes later
37:07I stood outside the penthouse
37:09I took a deep breath
37:10And rang the bell
37:11Vincent opened the door
37:12He was in a silk bathroom
37:14He saw me
37:15And stepped aside
37:16I could hear the faint sound of the shower running
37:20He led me to the bedroom
37:22He sat on a leather armchair
37:23He took his time pulling a cigar from the humidor
37:25Clipped the end
37:26Lid it
37:28I kept my professional smile
37:29I set the clean sheets at the foot of the bed
37:31In silence
37:32Then I saw it
37:33A glaring wet stain on the mattress
37:35It caught me entirely off guard
37:37My stomach twisted
37:38I swallowed the bitter lump in my throat
37:40He exhaled a cloud of smoke
37:41His voice was thick with post-coital languor
37:43My girlfriend got a little bit excited
37:45She can't sleep on dirt issues
37:48Hurry up
37:49She's tired
37:50My voice was dead flat
37:52Give me five minutes
37:54I stripped the bed
37:55And snapped the clean sheets into place
37:57Once done
37:58I gathered the dirty linen
37:59And turned to leave
38:00He lunged
38:01His massive frame pinned me against the edge of the bed
38:04He pressed closer
38:05I lost my balance
38:06And tumbled backwards onto the mattress
38:07The next second he was on top of me
38:10Pinning me down
38:10The shower was still running
38:12I gripped the sheets and thrashed
38:14But he was too strong
38:15I couldn't move him an inch
38:16Your fiancé is right in there
38:17Let me go
38:18His eyes were hard as ice
38:19The stench of strong bourbon hit my ear
38:21All these years
38:22I could never figure it out
38:23Why did you choose him?
38:32The shower rubble stopped
38:34He didn't move a mess
38:35Panic took over
38:36I sank my teeth into his forearm
38:38Hard
38:40He grunted
38:40The pain made his grip slip
38:43I shoved him off
38:44I grabbed the dirty sheet
38:46And scrambled out the roof
38:47The door clicked shut
38:49I caught the faint whiny voice of a woman
38:51I stopped it
38:53If you make them change the sheets again
38:55I'll be too embarrassed
38:56I didn't stick around to hear his reply
38:58I walked down the empty hallway
39:00My heart slowly stopped pounding
39:03I'd always wondered what would happen if we ever crossed paths again
39:06But I never expected this
39:08Three years later
39:09He still hated me this much
39:12Maybe we were never meant to cross paths
39:17I got back to the front desk
39:18My co-worker practically sprinted over
39:20Her eyes gleamed with gossip
39:22Do you have any idea who the penthouse guy is?
39:24It was late
39:25I was exhausted
39:26I wasn't in the mood to gossip
39:28But she was practically buzzing
39:29I just checked the system
39:31Oh my god, he's a Moretti
39:32I kept my face perfectly blank
39:34Looking up guests against policy
39:35I was just curious
39:36No wonder a single call at 2am woke up the duty manager
39:39I googled him
39:40It's all about the Moretti Trust War from 3 years ago
39:43It was all over Chicago
39:44Old Don Moretti died
39:45The airs nearly tore the Midwest apart
39:47Vincent Morelli was supposed to take over
39:49But he got sick right at the finish line
39:51Almost died
39:52He had a college girlfriend
39:53Total gold digger
39:55When he was dying, she bailed on him
39:57He was in the ICU
39:58She just walked off with another guy
40:00Everyone says she almost killed him
40:01Thank god he pulled through
40:02The press still rips her apart
40:04They call her a heartless bitch
40:05She must be kicking herself now
40:07She threw away her shot to rule the Morettis
40:09Oh, I didn't even tell you the best part
40:11Do you know who she cheated with?
40:12Yeah, I know
40:13You do?
40:15Did you follow the gossip back then?
40:16I turned to her
40:17I stared at her shocked face
40:19I don't need to read the news
40:20That greedy gold digger?
40:21That was me
40:27Meeting Vincent was the craziest accident of my life
40:30I was a sophomore at Northwestern
40:32Some creep tried to groat me on the red line
40:34I spun around and kicked him right in the balls
40:37Hard
40:38I grabbed him by the collar
40:40Dragged him all the way to the transit police booth
40:42A man followed me the whole time
40:45Watching with keen interest
40:47He leaned against the wall outside
40:49He waited until I finished my statement
40:51Then he walked up and asked for my number
40:53One thing led to another
40:54We started talking
40:55The day he asked me out
40:56I asked him a question
40:57What exactly do you see in me?
41:00He smiled
41:01It took him a moment to grab my hand and reply
41:03I fell for the way you wrecked that creep
41:05You were absolutely fearless
41:08He was wicked
41:08He always loved teasing me
41:10We spent a long time together
41:12He bought a penthouse in the Gold Coast
41:14He said it was closer to my campus
41:17We lived like a normal
41:19Disgustingly in love couple
41:20My parents divorced when I was young
41:22Eating is such a mess
41:24I grew up with my grandmother in Oak Park
41:25One day I was on a video call with her
41:28Vincent overheard her complaining about her dentures
41:31She couldn't eat properly
41:33The next day he drove her to the best private clinic on Michigan Avenue
41:37He got her a full set of implants
41:40Later I brought up the bill
41:41I was mortified
41:42Those high end implants cost him 60 grand
41:44He hadn't even blinked when he handed over his black card
41:47I had no idea how I was going to pay him back
41:49He saw my hesitation
41:50He cut right to the chase
41:51Don't worry about the money
41:53I've got it
41:53I spoke up
41:54Treading carefully
41:55If we break up
41:56Don't make my grandma yank those teeth out to pay you back
41:58He laughed so hard he almost rolled off the couch
42:01Back then
42:01I only knew his family ran a business
42:03I had no idea how loaded he really was
42:05Until I casually complained about my scholarship
42:07The approval process was too slow
42:09The check hadn't arrived
42:10The next day
42:11The Moretti Family Foundation issued a private emergency grant
42:14The funds with my account that same day
42:16Totally bypassed the school's red team
42:18That was when I finally realized
42:19My boyfriend was Vincent Moretti
42:21Heir to the most powerful family in Chicago
42:26Then his father died
42:27The Moretti Trust War rocked the entire Midwest
42:31Vincent was the only legitimate heir
42:32At the height of the inheritance battle
42:34Vincent collapsed
42:35Acute kidney failure
42:37He spent over ten days in the ICU
42:39Two rounds of dialysis
42:40And zero signs of recovery
42:42The doctors had no choice
42:43They suggested a kidney transplant
42:44We waited and waited
42:45No matching kidney ever came
42:47I even begged his half siblings
42:48One by one
42:49Not a single one agreed to get tested
42:51Why would they?
42:54If Vincent died
42:54They'd get a bigger piece of the trust
42:56They wanted him dead
42:57They were never going to save him
42:59Those days felt like an endless tunnel
43:01Pitch black
43:02Vincent seemed to sense the end
43:04He had his lawyer's draft transfer agreement
43:06He wanted to give me all his personal assets
43:09He lay in his hospital bed
43:10His pale hand brushed my cheek
43:12Wiping away my endless tears
43:14He told me meeting me was enough
43:16He had no regrets in his life
43:17But what shocked everyone came next
43:20Right after I signed the transfer papers
43:22The tabloids exploded
43:23They published intimate photos
43:25Of me
43:25Eloped with Vincent's half brother
43:27At the manor
43:28It was all staged by Niccolo
43:29His PR team released them
43:31Right on schedule
43:31To the world
43:32I abandoned Vincent in his final days
43:35I betrayed him in full blood
43:36I threw myself into another man's arms
43:38Without sleep
43:39The truth
43:40Was a secret I couldn't tell
43:41I was lying in a sterile alarm
43:43In another building
43:44Waiting for the cold scalpel to cut me open
43:50The rumors spread through Chicago like wildfire
43:52Vincent's friends cursed me out the second they saw me
43:56I knew it
43:56Trash like her doesn't have a heart
43:58Vincent was dying
43:59And she crawled right into Niccolo's bed
44:00I really underestimated the bitch
44:02Heartless whore
44:03Now I've seen everything
44:04My old man was right
44:05You can play around
44:06But you only marry your own kind
44:09The gossip spiraled out of control
44:12Vincent stubbornly demanded to see me one last time
44:14His best friend had no choice
44:16He came to get me with a face like thunder
44:18When I saw him again
44:20He looked even worse
44:21He was wasting away
44:22He gripped my wrist
44:23His voice trembled
44:25They said you're with Niccolo
44:27I don't believe them
44:29Tell me to my face
44:30Tell me they're wrong
44:30I pulled my hand back coldly
44:32I looked at him with dead eyes
44:34Vincent
44:35I don't love you anymore
44:36He jerked as if he'd been shot
44:38His vision blurred instantly
44:40The mighty heir of the Moretti family
44:41At that moment
44:42It was like someone ripped out his spine
44:44Even today
44:45I remember how he broke down and cried
44:46He clung to my hand
44:48Shaking
44:49Begging me not to leave
44:50He even cried and begged me to wait
44:52He said he would get better
44:54He'd take back the Moretti family just for me
44:56If I just stayed
44:58He would fight to the bitter end
44:59But I just watched him shatter into pieces
45:01With cold, dead eyes
45:04His best friend couldn't take it anymore
45:06He rushed over and tore us apart
45:08He shoved me out of the room in a blind rage
45:10Get out
45:12Take your new boy toy and get the hell out of here
45:14If Vincent doesn't make it
45:15We will destroy you
45:21At 8am my shift finally ended
45:24I went home and slept for less than 4 hours
45:27My co-worker called
45:29She told me to get back to the hotel right away
45:31The penthouse guest lost something valuable
45:33That woke me up
45:34I threw on my clothes and hurried back
45:36I walked into the guest lounge
45:38Vincent was sitting on the sofa
45:40His new girlfriend was half leaning into his arms
45:45The senior manager stood off to the side
45:47Fawning over them
45:48His girlfriend woke up
45:49And noticed her sapphire earrings were missing
45:51Worth $250,000
45:53Only the cleaning staff and I had been in their room
45:56They already grilled the cleaners
45:58Found nothing
45:59The woman wanted her
46:00Her posture was secure
46:01Bring me her bag and her coat
46:04And make her strip
46:05I'm searching her
46:18Give me 5 minutes
46:20I stripped the bed
46:21And snapped the clean sheets into place
46:24Once done
46:24I gathered the dirty linen and turned to weave
46:27He lunged
46:28His massive frame pinned me against the edge of the bed
46:30He pressed closer
46:31I lost my balance and tumbled backwards onto the mattress
46:34The next second he was on top of me
46:36Pinning me down
46:37The shower was still running
46:38I gripped the sheets and thrashed
46:40But he was too strong
46:41I couldn't move him for an inch
46:42Your fiancé is right in there
46:44Let me go
46:44His eyes were hard as ice
46:46The stench of strong bourbon hit my ear
46:47All these years I could never figure it out
46:50Why did you choose him?
46:56Why did you choose him?
46:59The shower abruptly stopped
47:00He didn't move a less
47:01Panic took over
47:02I sank my teeth into his forearm
47:04Hard
47:06He grunted
47:07The pain made his grip slow
47:09I shut him off
47:11I grabbed the dirty sheet and scrambled out of the room
47:14The door clicked shut
47:15I caught the faint whiny voice of a woman
47:17Stop it
47:18Three years since we broke up
47:20Vincent Morelli and I crossed paths again
47:24At the Langdon Hotel in downtown Chicago
47:26I worked the front desk at this five star hotel
47:29And he was checking into the penthouse suite
47:31With his new girl on his arm
47:33That night I got three calls from his room
47:35The first time he spoke
47:37The sheets are dirty
47:37Change them
47:38I sent the night shift housekeeping to deal with it
47:41Two hours later he called again
47:43He wanted the sheets changed
47:44And again I did as I was told
47:46At 2am the third call came
47:48I cut him off before he could speak
47:50My voice was dead calm
47:51I apologize Mr. Moretta
47:53Housekeeping is dealing with a plumbing emergency
47:55You might have to wait a while
47:56The man on the line let out a soft scuff
47:58His tone was casual
47:59Then you burned him off
48:01I ignored him and hung up
48:02My co-worker leaned in and lowered her voice
48:04The penthouse guy again
48:05I nodded
48:06She curled her lip
48:08Three sheet changes in one night
48:10Talk about high weakness
48:11You told him housekeeper was busy
48:13What did he say?
48:13He told me to bring them up
48:15She froze
48:16Then let out a cold laugh
48:17So he books the penthouse
48:19And thinks the front desk is his personal maid
48:22Before she finished
48:23The phone rang
48:24It was jarring
48:24She cleared her throat and answered
48:26A second later her tone switched to pure deference
48:29Yes manager
48:30I didn't hear the voice on the other end
48:31But her eyes widened
48:33Shooting straight to me
48:34You want Madeline to bring the sheets up?
48:35Now?
48:39Fifteen minutes later
48:40I stood outside the penthouse
48:42I took a deep breath
48:44And rang the bell
48:44Vincent opened the door
48:45He was in a silk bathroom
48:47He saw me
48:48And stepped aside
48:50I could hear the faint sound of the shower running
48:53He led me to the bedroom
48:55He sat on a leather armchair
48:56He took his time
48:57My scar from the humidor
48:59Clipped the end
49:00He lit it
49:01I kept my professional smile
49:03I set the clean sheets on the foot of the bed
49:05In silence
49:05Then I saw it
49:07A glaring wet stain on the mattress
49:08It caught me entirely off guard
49:10My stomach twisted
49:11I swallowed the bitter lump in my throat
49:13He exhaled a cloud of smoke
49:14His voice was thick with post-coital languor
49:16My girlfriend got a little too excited
49:18She can't sleep on dirty sheets
49:21Hurry up
49:22She's tired
49:23My voice was dead flat
49:25Give me five minutes
49:28I stripped the bed
49:29And snapped the clean sheets into place
49:31Once done
49:31I gathered the dirty linen and turned to leave
49:34He lunged
49:35His massive frame pinned me against the edge of the bed
49:37He pressed closer
49:38I lost my balance and tumbled backwards onto the mattress
49:41The next second he was on top of me
49:43Pinning me down
49:44The shower was still running
49:45I gripped the sheets and thrashed
49:47But he was too strong
49:48I couldn't move him an inch
49:50Your fiancé is right in there
49:51Let me go
49:51His eyes were hard as ice
49:53The stench of strong bourbon hit my ear
49:55All these years I could never figure it out
49:57Why did you lose him?
50:06The shower rubbed and stopped
50:07He didn't move less
50:08Panicked the bourbon
50:10I sank my teeth into his forearm
50:12Hard
50:13He grunted
50:14The pain made his grip slip
50:17I shoved him off
50:18I grabbed the dirty sheets
50:20And scrambled out of the room
50:21The door clicked shut
50:22I caught the faint whiny voice of a woman
50:24Stop it
50:26Did you make them change the sheets again?
50:28I'll be too embarrassed
50:30I didn't stick around to hear his replies
50:32I walked down the empty hallway
50:34My heart slowly stopped pounding
50:37I'd always wondered what would happen if we ever crossed paths again
50:39But I never expected this
50:41Three years later
50:43And he still hated me this much
50:45Maybe we were never meant to cross paths again
50:50I got back to the front desk
50:52My co-worker practically sprinted over
50:54Her eyes gleamed with gossip
50:55Do you have any idea who the penthouse guy is?
50:57It was late
50:58I was exhausted
50:59I wasn't in the mood to gossip
51:01But she was practically buzzing
51:03I just checked the system
51:04Oh my god
51:05He's a Moretti
51:06I kept my face perfectly blank
51:07Looking up guests against policy
51:09I was just curious
51:10No wonder a single call at 2am woke up the duty manager
51:13I googled him
51:14It's all about the Moretti trust work from 3 years ago
51:16It was all over Chicago
51:17Old Don Moretti died
51:19The heirs nearly tore the midwest apart
51:20Vincent Morelli was supposed to take over
51:22But he got sick right at the finish line
51:24Almost died
51:26He had a college girlfriend
51:27Total gold digger
51:28When he was dying
51:29She bailed on him
51:30He was in the ICU
51:31She just walked off with another guy
51:33Everyone says she almost killed him
51:35Thank god he pulled through
51:36The press still rips her apart
51:38They call her a heartless bitch
51:39She must be kicking herself now
51:40She threw away her shot to rule the Morettis
51:43Oh, I didn't even tell you the best part
51:44Do you know who she cheated with?
51:46Yeah, I know
51:47You do?
51:48Did you follow the gossip back then?
51:50I turned to her
51:50I stared at her shocked face
51:52I don't need to read the news
51:54That greedy gold digger
51:55That was me
52:00Meeting Vincent was the craziest accident of my life
52:03I was a sophomore at Northwestern
52:06Some creep tried to broke me on the red line
52:08I spun around and kicked him right in the balls
52:10Hard
52:11I grabbed him by the collar
52:13Dragged him all the way to the transit police booth
52:16A man followed me the whole time
52:18Watching with keen interest
52:20He leaned against the wall outside
52:22He waited until I finished my statement
52:25Then he walked up and asked for my number
52:26One thing led to another
52:28We started talking
52:28The day he asked me out
52:30I asked him a question
52:31What exactly do you see in me?
52:33He smiled
52:34It took him a moment to grab my hand and reply
52:36I fell for the way you wrecked that creep
52:39You were absolutely fearless
52:41He was wicked
52:42He always loved teasing me
52:44We spent a long time together
52:45He bought a penthouse in the Gold Coast
52:47He said it was closer to my campus
52:50We lived like a normal, disgustingly in love couple
52:54My parents divorced when I was young
52:56Eating is such a hassle
52:57I grew up with my grandmother in Oak Park
52:59One day I was on a video call with her
53:02Vincent overheard her complaining about her dentures
53:04She couldn't eat properly
53:07The next day he drove her to the best private clinic on Michigan Avenue
53:11He got her a full set of implants
53:13Later I brought up the bill
53:15I was mortified
53:16Those high end implants cost him 60 grand
53:18He hadn't even blinked when he handed over his black card
53:20I had no idea how I was going to pay him back
53:22He saw my hesitation
53:23He cut right to the chase
53:25Don't worry about the money
53:26I've got it
53:27I spoke up, treading carefully
53:28If we break up, don't make my grandma yank those teeth out to pay you back
53:32He laughed so hard he almost rolled off the couch
53:34Back then, I only knew his family ran a business
53:36I had no idea how loaded he really was
53:38Until I casually complained about my scholarship
53:41The approval process was too slow
53:42The check hadn't arrived
53:43The next day, the Moretti Family Foundation issued me a private emergency grant
53:47The funds hit my account that same day
53:49Totally bypassing the school's red tape
53:51That was when I finally realized
53:53My boyfriend was Vincent Moretti
53:55Heir to the most powerful family in Chicago
53:59Then his father died
54:01The Moretti Trust War rocked the entire Midwest
54:04Vincent was the only legitimate heir
54:06At the height of the inheritance battle, Vincent collapsed
54:09Acute kidney failure
54:10He spent over 10 days in the ICU
54:12Two rounds of dialysis and zero signs of recovery
54:15The doctors had no choice
54:16They suggested a kidney transplant
54:18We waited and waited
54:19No matching kidney ever came
54:20I even begged his half siblings
54:21One by one
54:23Not a single one agreed to get tested
54:25Why?
54:26What were they?
54:27If Vincent died, they'd get a bigger piece of the trust
54:30They wanted him dead
54:31They were never going to save him
54:33Those days felt like an endless tunnel
54:35Pitch black
54:36Vincent seemed to sense the end
54:37He had his lawyers draft a transfer agreement
54:40He wanted to give me all his personal assets
54:42He lay in his hospital bed
54:44His pale hand brushed my cheek
54:46Wiping away my endless tears
54:47He told me meeting me was enough
54:49He had no regrets in his life
54:51But what shocked everyone came next
54:53Right after I signed the transfer papers
54:55The tabloids exploded
54:57They published intimate photos of me
54:59Alloped with Vincent's half brother at the manor
55:01It was all staged by Nicola
55:03His PR team released them right on schedule
55:05To the world
55:06I abandoned Vincent in his final days
55:08I betrayed him in cold blood
55:10I threw myself into another man's arms
55:12Without a second thought
55:12The truth was a secret I couldn't tell
55:15I was lying in a sterile OR
55:16In another building
55:18Waiting for the cold scalpel to cut me open
55:23The rumors spread through Chicago like wildfire
55:26Vincent's friends cursed me out the second they saw me
55:29I knew it
55:30Trash like her doesn't have a heart
55:31Vincent was dying and she crawled right into Nicola's bed
55:34I really underestimated the bitch
55:35Heartless whore
55:36Now I've seen everything
55:37My old man was right
55:39You can play around
55:40But you only marry your own kind
55:42The gossip spiraled out of control
55:44Vincent stubbornly demanded to see me one last time
55:48His best friend had no choice
55:50He came to get me with a face like thunder
55:52When I saw him again, he looked even worse
55:54He was wasting away
55:56He gripped my wrist
55:57His voice trembled
55:58They said you're with Nicola?
56:00I don't believe them
56:02Tell me to my face, tell me they're wrong
56:04I pulled my hand back coldly
56:06I looked at him with dead eyes
56:08Vincent, I don't love you anymore
56:10He jerked as if he'd been shot
56:12His vision blurred instantly
56:13The mighty air of the Moretti family
56:15At that moment it was like someone ripped out his spine
56:17Even today I remember how he broke down and cried
56:20He clung to my hand, shaking, begging me not to leave
56:24He even cried and begged me to wait
56:26He said he would get better, he'd take back the Moretti family just for me
56:30If I just stayed, he would fight to the bitter end
56:33But I just watched him shatter into pieces
56:35With cold, dead eyes
56:37His best friend couldn't take it anymore
56:39He rushed over and tore us apart
56:41He shoved me out of the room in a blind rage
56:44Get out!
56:45Take your new boy toy and get the hell out of here
56:47If Vincent doesn't make it, we will destroy you
56:55At 8am, my shift finally ended
56:57I went home and slept for less than 4 hours
57:01My co-worker called
57:02She told me to get back to the hotel right away
57:04The penthouse guest lost something valuable
57:06That woke me up
57:08I threw on my clothes and hurried back
57:10I walked into the guest lounge
57:12Vincent was sitting on the sofa
57:14His new girlfriend was half leaning into his arms
57:18The senior manager stood off to the side, fawning over them
57:21His girlfriend woke up and noticed her sapphire earrings were missing
57:25Worth $250,000
57:27Only the cleaning staff and I had been in their room
57:30They already grilled the cleaners
57:31Found nothing, the woman pointed at me
57:34Her posture was cured like that
57:35Bring me her bag and her coat
57:37And make her strip
57:39I'm searching her
57:47Well
57:48Over a full wall
57:50Come with your dressing, women
57:50Goes as retail
57:50What are you doing now?
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