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00:00:00Je m'éte, j'ai marié un mafie qui ne peut pas avoir des enfants.
00:00:04Puis j'ai eu l'ai fait avec lui.
00:00:17Tout le monde était attendu pour me rire à moi.
00:00:18Puis j'ai eu l'ai eu à la famille gala.
00:00:22Je n'ai jamais touché vous.
00:00:24Qui est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce ?
00:00:25Je n'ai jamais dit que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est
00:00:27-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce.
00:00:27Je n'ai jamais dit que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est
00:00:33-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est
00:00:36-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce qui ?
00:00:38Donc, comment tu as l'es-tu ?
00:00:41Je viens d'ackraper.
00:00:44Si tu fais ce ne me pussais, je prends celui-ci comme ça.
00:00:48D'après je m'ai dit, je ne savais pas que la maison.
00:00:52Quand tu as 18 ans, tu as puissées une femme.
00:00:54I heard he was helping a girl he'd grown up with rescue her cat
00:00:59He fell
00:01:00And a rock on the ground put him right where it mattered
00:01:02I heard his pants were soaked with blood
00:01:06Once word got out
00:01:07They laughed at him for a long time
00:01:11After that
00:01:11Adrian turned cold
00:01:15Vanessa broke off their engagement
00:01:17Because she thought there was something wrong with his body
00:01:21My grandfather's an herbalist
00:01:23He's kept our family herbal shop going for three generations
00:01:25Walter has trusted my grandfather's herbal prescriptions for decades
00:01:29They've been close a long time
00:01:31Adrian was already 25 and still unmarried
00:01:34Walter pushed and pressured Adrian
00:01:36Into marrying me
00:01:39No wife, no seat
00:01:41I'll hand it to someone else
00:01:45I knew Adrian didn't love me
00:01:47I married him anyway
00:01:51His family was worth billions
00:01:53And he was the only heir
00:01:54My family had run a herbal shop for three generations
00:01:57Compared to his, I was marrying way up
00:02:00And on top of all that
00:02:01I was mute
00:02:04Once word got out that Adrian had married a mute
00:02:06The whole circle started watching for a scandal
00:02:09Even with that issue
00:02:10He's rich enough to have any woman he wants
00:02:13And he married some nobody mute
00:02:15I heard Adrian was cold through the whole wedding
00:02:17He obviously wasn't happy about the match Walter arraigned
00:02:20So what if that little mute married into the family?
00:02:23Women in the circle don't have it easy
00:02:24I knew Adrian didn't like me
00:02:26I wasn't fooling myself
00:02:27After we got married, I moved into the guest room
00:02:30We lived under the same roof
00:02:31But we were worse than strangers
00:02:37Then one night
00:02:38A year into our marriage
00:02:40Adrian came home from work
00:02:41Drunk and soaked
00:02:42By midnight, he was burning up
00:02:45I went to his room to take care of him
00:02:47He was out cold
00:02:48I couldn't wake him
00:02:49I checked his temperature
00:02:50It was 103
00:02:52He couldn't swallow the fever medicine
00:02:53So I had to cool him down another way
00:02:56I unbuttoned his shirt
00:02:58My eyes fell to his abs
00:03:00And I swallowed hard
00:03:02Adrian had the face
00:03:03The body
00:03:04And the kind of background anyone would want
00:03:06If it weren't for that problem
00:03:08And Vanessa dumping him
00:03:09He never would have ended up with me
00:03:12I brought back a basin of warm water
00:03:13And wiped him down with a towel
00:03:15The second I touched him
00:03:17His skin was burning up
00:03:18After I finished his upper body
00:03:20I undid his belt too
00:03:24Blushing
00:03:25I wiped down his lower body
00:03:27I couldn't look
00:03:28But I didn't stop
00:03:29I didn't expect him to be asleep
00:03:31And hard at the same time
00:03:34He was quite something
00:03:36More than I'd expected
00:03:38And my mind went somewhere
00:03:40Very inappropriate
00:03:41I wanted to know
00:03:42What he'd be like
00:03:43Burning up at 103 degrees
00:03:46Part of me wanted to see
00:03:47If all that tonic soup
00:03:48I'd made him this past year
00:03:49Had done anything
00:03:50I spent hours
00:03:51Brewing those remedies
00:03:52Hoping
00:03:54Hoping it would close
00:03:55The distance between us
00:04:01That first year
00:04:02We were just polite
00:04:05We never slept together
00:04:06We never even held hands
00:04:09Sleep
00:04:09He lost that cold edge
00:04:11He looked almost easy to bully
00:04:12I tossed the towel aside
00:04:14Climbed on top of him
00:04:15And lowered myself
00:04:17Little by little
00:04:18He was burning up
00:04:19His skin damp with sweat
00:04:21My hand braced on his chest
00:04:23His heartbeat was fast
00:04:25I was too scared to move
00:04:28It hurt
00:04:29More than I'd imagined
00:04:30Tears rushed out
00:04:31Then his hand suddenly came up
00:04:33And landed on my waist
00:04:34Don't go
00:04:36That's not the way out
00:04:37Wrong way
00:04:38Come back
00:04:39This way
00:04:40I went rigid
00:04:41Was he awake?
00:04:43I froze
00:04:43Too scared to move
00:04:46No
00:04:47He wasn't awake
00:04:48He was delirious with fever
00:04:50His breath was hot on my neck
00:04:52I was relieved
00:04:53Yet disappointed
00:04:54He didn't know who was on top of him
00:04:56But I did
00:04:57I breathed in whiskey and rain
00:05:00Then I started to move
00:05:05The pain came fast
00:05:07It faded just as fast
00:05:09Three minutes
00:05:10My tears weren't even dry
00:05:11Before he was done
00:05:13I mean
00:05:13He looked incredible
00:05:14But wow
00:05:15That was fast
00:05:17Then all at once
00:05:18I got scared
00:05:19When he wakes up
00:05:20And realizes I took advantage of him
00:05:21While he was asleep
00:05:22Is he going to lose it?
00:05:23One thought hit me
00:05:24He can't find out
00:05:25It wasn't even good anyway
00:05:27I just pretend none of it happened
00:05:28I got him dressed
00:05:30And slipped out of his room
00:05:32The next day
00:05:33Adrian's fever was gone
00:05:34I went downstairs for breakfast
00:05:36A nervous wreck
00:05:37I couldn't even look at him
00:05:40Thanks for last night
00:05:41Martha said you stayed in my room
00:05:42Half the night
00:05:43That thank you made my hand jump
00:05:46He looked away
00:05:47And said nothing else
00:05:49Thank God he didn't seem to know
00:05:50What I'd done to him last night
00:05:51He was as distant as ever
00:05:53Like I was just another piece of furniture
00:05:54In this house
00:05:55I was just as distant with him
00:05:57I was born unable to speak
00:05:59Around other people
00:06:00I learned to stay quiet
00:06:01Make myself small
00:06:03And disappear
00:06:03We finished breakfast in silence
00:06:05And he left to deal with the family business
00:06:08I let out a breath
00:06:09Last night became a secret
00:06:11I buried deep inside me
00:06:12I thought we'd never talk about it again
00:06:13But three months later
00:06:15I found out I was pregnant
00:06:16I thought he couldn't have children
00:06:19So how did I get pregnant on the first try?
00:06:22Looks like my family's tonic soup really worked
00:06:28I didn't know how to tell Adrian
00:06:29And I still hadn't found the chance
00:06:33That day
00:06:34Adrian had a custom gown
00:06:35Delivered to the house
00:06:36I was still staring at the dress
00:06:38When he called
00:06:40Did the dress arrive?
00:06:41Try it on
00:06:41Make sure it fits
00:06:42You're coming to the gala with me tonight
00:06:44He knew I couldn't speak
00:06:45And he still called
00:06:46I couldn't even say no
00:06:51In our whole first year of marriage
00:06:52He'd never taken me to anything like this
00:06:54Besides
00:06:55I'd just look out of place there
00:06:56And I didn't want to go
00:06:58Grandpa wants you at the gala tonight
00:07:00Get ready
00:07:01If he was pulling Grandpa out
00:07:03Fine
00:07:03I'd go with him
00:07:05At eight o'clock that night
00:07:06The driver came for me
00:07:07I was used to simple clothes
00:07:09In a custom gown like this
00:07:10I felt awkward
00:07:11The second the car door opened
00:07:13I thought I saw a flicker of amazement
00:07:15In Adrian's eyes
00:07:20The second I got in
00:07:21He could tell I was nervous
00:07:22You look beautiful
00:07:23Be confident
00:07:28I didn't know
00:07:28How much he meant it
00:07:30But at least
00:07:31I didn't feel quite so small anymore
00:07:33It was my first time
00:07:34At one of these society events
00:07:36The second I walked into the ballroom
00:07:38Behind Adrian
00:07:39Every eye turned to us
00:07:41My hearing is sharp
00:07:42I could already catch the whispers
00:07:43Oh
00:07:44So that's the mute wife
00:07:46The family's heir married
00:07:47She's pretty, sure
00:07:48But she doesn't exactly carry herself
00:07:50Like she belongs here
00:07:51You can tell she's some small town girl
00:07:53Who's never seen a room like this
00:07:54Adrian actually brought her here
00:07:56Isn't he embarrassed
00:07:57My palms were slick with sweat
00:07:59I just wanted to hide
00:08:05Don't be afraid
00:08:05Anyone who laughs at you
00:08:07Won't have a family business left
00:08:10He actually made me smile
00:08:11I straightened up
00:08:12And kept walking
00:08:15He handed me an apple juice
00:08:17The smell hit me
00:08:18And I suddenly gagged
00:08:19I covered my mouth
00:08:21And barely fought it down
00:08:23I hurried toward the restroom
00:08:24Behind me
00:08:25Two women dropped their voices
00:08:26Oh
00:08:26Is Mrs. Marchino
00:08:28Having morning sickness?
00:08:29But isn't Adrian infertile?
00:08:30Then how is she pregnant?
00:08:32What the hell are you talking about?
00:08:34My wife just has an upset stomach
00:08:36We were just joking
00:08:37Mr. Marchelli
00:08:38Don't take it personally
00:08:41When I came out of the restroom
00:08:43Adrian was already waiting in the hall
00:08:45You're not feeling well
00:08:45So I'll take you home
00:08:47Next time
00:08:47If you don't want to come to one of these galas
00:08:49Just say no
00:08:50I nodded and went home with him
00:08:52The second we got home
00:08:53Adrian had the family's private doctor
00:08:55Check me over
00:08:56I waved him off to show I was fine
00:08:58I went back to my room to rest
00:09:00The second I walked into the bathroom
00:09:02The pregnancy test on the sink was gone
00:09:04I ran downstairs to ask Martha
00:09:05If she'd seen it
00:09:06Because on the stairs
00:09:06I ran straight into Adrian
00:09:09He was holding the pregnancy test stick
00:09:15Sage
00:09:16You're pregnant?
00:09:17So I can't hide it anymore
00:09:19I never touched you
00:09:20Whose baby is that?
00:09:22He never touched me
00:09:23But I touched him
00:09:25I stayed silent
00:09:27I didn't know where to begin
00:09:28How could I tell him that three months ago
00:09:30While he was burning up and unconscious
00:09:32I took advantage of him?
00:09:35There's nothing honorable about that
00:09:36I couldn't say it
00:09:38And I didn't have his consent
00:09:39We were married
00:09:40But I still went against his will
00:09:42It was my fault
00:09:43I lost my head
00:09:44I wanted him
00:09:45And I crossed a line
00:09:47I'm guilty
00:09:48I sighed
00:09:49I'm sorry
00:09:51I'm sorry
00:09:52His face darkened even more
00:09:54Maybe he thought I was admitting there was another man
00:09:57He stayed silent for a long time
00:09:59Before he finally spoke
00:10:02You're keeping the baby?
00:10:03I'd already gone to the hospital
00:10:04It was twins
00:10:05And the doctor said they were healthy
00:10:07Yes
00:10:07I'm keeping them
00:10:09Adrian's eyes were red
00:10:10Like he was holding back a storm
00:10:13I respect your choice
00:10:14But I'm not raising another man's children
00:10:16I'll send you abroad until they're born
00:10:18Then we'll get divorced
00:10:20He brought up divorce
00:10:21Maybe it wasn't just the baby
00:10:23He never liked me
00:10:24He never wanted this marriage
00:10:27The pregnancy just gave him an excuse to ask for a divorce
00:10:30I pushed it down and nodded
00:10:33If he still wanted a divorce when the time came
00:10:36I'd let him go
00:10:36I'll keep it from my grandfather for now
00:10:38To everyone else
00:10:39We'll say you're going abroad for voice treatment
00:10:41I made the okay sign
00:10:43Then he got up and left my room
00:10:46Adrian kept my pregnancy quiet
00:10:47He'd already warned the family doctor
00:10:49And everyone at the gala
00:10:52He sent me to Switzerland
00:10:54And settled me in a villa on Lake Geneva
00:11:00On top of the three nannies
00:11:02He hired a driver and two doctors
00:11:05One handled my prenatal care
00:11:06The other was there to treat my vocal cords
00:11:10He even gave me a no-limit card
00:11:12He was taking good care of me
00:11:15I could tell Adrian was warm underneath it all
00:11:19And decent
00:11:21Even believing I cheated on him
00:11:22And was carrying someone else's child
00:11:25He still took care of me and the babies
00:11:28Maybe it was easy because he didn't love me
00:11:31Or maybe this was compensation for agreeing to the divorce
00:11:34And not fighting him
00:11:38Right after I moved into the villa
00:11:39The driver brought me a form for an emergency contact number
00:11:43Without thinking
00:11:43I wrote down Grandpa
00:11:46Grandpa was too old
00:11:47And too far away
00:11:48A call from the hospital would only scare him half to death
00:11:52When I still hadn't filled it up
00:11:53The driver took the form and stepped outside to make a call
00:11:56A moment later
00:11:57My phone lit up
00:11:58Adrian had sent three words
00:12:00Use mine
00:12:03Use my name
00:12:07I stared at the screen
00:12:08Then texted him back
00:12:11I'll answer the call
00:12:14I wrote down his name
00:12:15Then froze at the last line
00:12:17It asked what he was to me
00:12:19I wrote husband
00:12:20Then I remembered what he'd said about divorcing me
00:12:23After the babies were born
00:12:24And my pen drifted back
00:12:30You don't need to cross that out
00:12:31Mr. Adrian specifically said so
00:12:34I gripped the pen and stopped
00:12:37He wouldn't let me cross out that word
00:12:39I didn't dare think about why
00:12:42That night
00:12:43The nanny put my two pregnancy meds beside my vitamins
00:12:45And snapped a photo
00:12:48I reached out to stop her
00:12:50She took it the wrong way
00:12:54He just wants the names on the bottles
00:12:55So he doesn't buy the wrong ones
00:12:58He said if you feel sick
00:12:59Text him
00:13:01Even in the middle of the night
00:13:03After she left
00:13:04I opened our chat
00:13:07It was still sitting on his last message
00:13:09Telling me to get ready to go abroad
00:13:12I wanted to ask if those two kids
00:13:14Really didn't bother him
00:13:16I typed half of it
00:13:17Then deleted it
00:13:19In the end
00:13:20I sent one line
00:13:24Send me a picture
00:13:27He replied fast
00:13:28I sent a photo of the list
00:13:30And then nothing
00:13:33The next day
00:13:34The doctor came by to examine me
00:13:37When she opened the folder
00:13:38That form was right on top
00:13:41Husband
00:13:42Adrian
00:13:45The babies weren't even here yet
00:13:46And he'd already made himself
00:13:48The one they'd call when I needed someone
00:13:54A month later
00:13:56He flew to Switzerland
00:13:57And moved into the villa
00:14:03I'm here on business
00:14:04I don't like hotels
00:14:08I'm here on business
00:14:10I don't like hotels
00:14:12Adrian was always busy
00:14:16On every other trip
00:14:17The second he finished work
00:14:18He'd book the first flight back
00:14:20But this time
00:14:21He stayed at the villa for three days
00:14:26During the day
00:14:27He handled the family business
00:14:35When he finished up
00:14:36He asked me like it was nothing
00:14:40I'm thinking of going out
00:14:41Want to come?
00:14:44I was scared of strangers
00:14:45Usually I'd make a list for the nanny
00:14:47Or order things online
00:14:49I couldn't handle crowds
00:14:51Or eating out
00:14:52I was scared people wouldn't understand
00:14:53My sign language
00:14:54And would laugh at me
00:15:06We can just go to the grocery store
00:15:08Or dinner
00:15:08A movie
00:15:09A walk in the park
00:15:10A museum
00:15:11Don't stay shut up in the villa all day
00:15:14So that was it
00:15:15He'd gone the long way around
00:15:17Because he wanted to take me out
00:15:19Then
00:15:20Can we go to the grocery store?
00:15:22Hmm
00:15:24Going out with Adrian
00:15:25Made me feel safe
00:15:33He understood all my signs
00:15:36He could speak for me
00:15:38After the store
00:15:39We got lunch
00:15:41While we were waiting for the food
00:15:42I asked him something
00:15:46Adrian
00:15:46How do you understand all my signs?
00:15:50I learned it
00:15:53No wonder he was so good at it
00:15:55I took a sip of the juice
00:15:56It was my favorite flavor
00:15:58When did you learn?
00:16:01Five years ago
00:16:03I thought back to the first time we met
00:16:06Five years ago
00:16:07I was at the aquarium alone
00:16:08That aquarium was enormous
00:16:10Packed with people
00:16:11Barely any signs
00:16:12I was exhausted
00:16:14And still couldn't find the exit
00:16:17I worked up the nerve
00:16:17And asked for directions
00:16:18In sign language
00:16:22Are you mute?
00:16:24What's a mute girl doing at the aquarium by herself?
00:16:27What are you doing?
00:16:28Directing traffic?
00:16:29You look ridiculous
00:16:30Not everybody understands sign
00:16:32Next time
00:16:32Tape a note to your forehead that says mute
00:16:36Pretty cute, aren't you?
00:16:38Call me big brother
00:16:39And I'll show you the way
00:16:43I let my hands fall
00:16:45Swallowed my tears
00:16:46And turned to get away
00:16:49Then someone pushed through the crowd
00:16:50And called out to me
00:16:53Can't find the exit?
00:16:54I'll take you out
00:16:59That was the moment I remembered the kind stranger
00:17:02Who showed me the way
00:17:05He walked me to the aquarium exit
00:17:07And waited until I got into a cab
00:17:11A year and a half ago
00:17:13Walter said he wanted me to meet his grandson
00:17:16I had no interest in marrying into a family like his
00:17:23Sage, this is my grandson Adrian
00:17:26The second I saw Adrian, I recognized him
00:17:29He was the man who'd given me directions
00:17:31So I said yes
00:17:33I didn't know if Adrian recognized me
00:17:36He'd never brought it up after we got married
00:17:38I figured it had been so long he'd forgotten
00:17:42But now he was saying he'd learned sign five years ago for someone
00:17:47Could that really be a coincidence?
00:17:49After that, he started coming by more and more
00:17:53Always for a business trip
00:17:55Always staying at the villa
00:17:58The first time, my phone was charging on the coffee table
00:18:01I came downstairs and saw him holding my phone
00:18:03Scrolling through my contacts
00:18:05There were only four numbers in it
00:18:07Grandpa, Martha, Chloe, and him
00:18:11It buzzed
00:18:12I was just checking if someone was trying to reach you
00:18:15My phone never buzzed
00:18:17I didn't call him on it
00:18:19He was looking for that man's number
00:18:22These are the only four people in your phone?
00:18:24Yeah
00:18:26What about friends?
00:18:27Just Chloe
00:18:30That night, I went out to the garden for a walk
00:18:33My belly was already big enough
00:18:35That I couldn't reach the back of my shoe
00:18:38He crouched down
00:18:39Held my ankle in his hand
00:18:40And slipped my shoe on
00:18:43His palm was so warm
00:18:45I didn't dare move
00:18:46Next time, call me
00:18:51When he looked up at me, there was no warmth in his eyes
00:18:54Only scrutiny
00:18:56Like he was searching my face for traces of someone else
00:19:03He was looking for someone who didn't exist
00:19:10The second time he came, I was asleep
00:19:14On my way downstairs, I heard him questioning the nanny in the kitchen
00:19:17I stepped back to the stairs and waited for him to come out
00:19:22Has anyone come looking for her these past few months?
00:19:25No, sir
00:19:25She hardly ever even leaves the house
00:19:28What about deliveries?
00:19:30Mail?
00:19:31We signed for all of it, sir
00:19:33Phone calls?
00:19:34She can't speak, sir
00:19:35She doesn't make phone calls
00:19:38Got it
00:19:40That afternoon, he took me to a baby store
00:19:43At checkout, I noticed two extra items on the receipt
00:19:51A pair of baby socks
00:19:52And a baby towel
00:19:54I held up two fingers and pointed at my stomach
00:19:58Two?
00:19:59He grabbed another pair of socks
00:20:01Then after he paid, he stopped at the counter
00:20:07Did that man know there were two?
00:20:08I nodded
00:20:09He'd just found out
00:20:13He knew it was twins and still left you to carry that alone?
00:20:16That night, I was curled up on the couch with a book
00:20:19He sat beside me, staring at my belly
00:20:24After a while, he reached for me
00:20:25Then stopped himself
00:20:30I took his hand and laid it on my belly
00:20:33Even through my sweater, his palm felt hot
00:20:35He didn't pull away
00:20:37How far along are you?
00:20:39A little over five months
00:20:41He did the math
00:20:42His brow freddoed
00:20:44Where were you five months ago?
00:20:47Nowhere
00:20:48He was counting back the dates
00:20:55My heart leapt
00:20:56He was one step away from the truth about that night
00:21:00But it never crossed his mind
00:21:01That it could be him
00:21:03The third time
00:21:04The night before he left
00:21:06The baby kicked for the first time
00:21:08I took his hand and pressed it to my belly
00:21:11Once
00:21:12Then again
00:21:14He went completely still
00:21:15Then his eyes slowly reddened
00:21:20He's moving?
00:21:23He didn't move his hand until the baby settled down again
00:21:25He kept his head down
00:21:26His voice soft
00:21:27When he's born
00:21:28What will he call me?
00:21:30My hand lifted
00:21:31Then fell
00:21:31He didn't ask again
00:21:33But I saw the hurt in his eyes
00:21:34He was their father
00:21:35He just didn't know it
00:21:39The next day
00:21:40He left
00:21:42But after he left
00:21:43A black car showed up outside the villa
00:21:45It sat across the street for three days
00:21:49One man got out once to smoke
00:21:50Black suit
00:21:53The engine stayed running
00:21:59The driver was taking me to my prenatal checkup
00:22:02That car hung back the whole way
00:22:06Ma'am
00:22:06That car's been following us the whole way
00:22:10I glanced at it in the rearview mirror
00:22:17Want me to call the police?
00:22:18I shook my head and signed three words
00:22:21Adrian's men
00:22:22By the third evening
00:22:23I was at the second floor window
00:22:25Watching it
00:22:27Whoever was in that car
00:22:28Was watching the villa too
00:22:33A street separated us
00:22:35And neither of us moved
00:22:48Then the car drove away
00:22:50Three months passed
00:22:53His people found nothing
00:22:57Because no one was ever coming for me
00:23:02Adrian never realized
00:23:04The answer had been with him all along
00:23:09The fourth time
00:23:11I woke up from my nap
00:23:12And saw him in the garden
00:23:13A file in his hand
00:23:15He kept flipping through it
00:23:16Back and forth
00:23:18For a long time
00:23:20Then he set it on the stone table
00:23:22The wind flipped the pages open
00:23:23It was blank
00:23:24Every page
00:23:27I guessed it was what his people
00:23:28Had turned up
00:23:28After three months
00:23:29Of digging into me
00:23:30Who I'd seen
00:23:31Where I'd been
00:23:32Who I'd called
00:23:34Nothing
00:23:35He sat there all afternoon
00:23:36Until dark
00:23:39Ma'am
00:23:40He won't even eat dinner
00:23:41What do we do?
00:23:44Let him
00:23:46After dark
00:23:47He came in
00:23:49The nanny brought over
00:23:50A few crib layouts
00:23:51And asked how I wanted
00:23:52The nursery set up
00:23:55The two cribs
00:23:56Were by the window
00:23:57With a single bed
00:23:58Beside them for an adult
00:24:00Adrian took one look
00:24:01And asked who the bed was for
00:24:03For night time feedings
00:24:04And diaper changes
00:24:05Someone has to stay in here
00:24:07I picked up a pen
00:24:08About to write my name there
00:24:14She just had two babies
00:24:15And she's still supposed
00:24:15To get up at night
00:24:17We'll have staff rotating in sir
00:24:18She just needs to rest
00:24:20Only then did he let go
00:24:21And move both cribs
00:24:22Farther into the room
00:24:25I pointed at the single bed
00:24:27Trying to say
00:24:28We could get rid of it
00:24:29The room was crowded
00:24:30Enough already
00:24:32Leave it
00:24:37In case they can't manage
00:24:38On their own
00:24:39I suddenly wanted to ask him
00:24:41Once the babies are born
00:24:42Is he still leave?
00:24:45And yet he just spent
00:24:46An entire afternoon
00:24:47Staring at an investigation report
00:24:49That had nothing in it
00:24:51I set the pen down
00:24:52On the sketch
00:24:53Beside the two cribs
00:24:54The spot I'd saved for him
00:24:55Was still empty
00:24:57He never asked me
00:24:58To erase it
00:24:59I was tired early that night
00:25:00I fell asleep
00:25:01As soon as I lay down
00:25:05Sometime after midnight
00:25:05I cracked my eyes open
00:25:07And saw someone
00:25:08Sitting by my bed
00:25:09Adrian never turned
00:25:10On the light
00:25:11He just sat there
00:25:12I stayed still
00:25:13And he didn't know
00:25:14I was awake
00:25:16After a while
00:25:16He reached over
00:25:17And tucked the blanket
00:25:18Around me
00:25:19Sage
00:25:20Who is he?
00:25:22His voice was so low
00:25:23I could barely hear it
00:25:25It wasn't really a question
00:25:26He wasn't expecting
00:25:27An answer
00:25:29I closed my eyes
00:25:30And pretended to be asleep
00:25:32But my heart
00:25:32Was pounding so hard
00:25:33I thought he'd hear it
00:25:35He'd been looking that whole time
00:25:36And come up empty
00:25:38The answer was right in front of him
00:25:40But he didn't know
00:25:41I did
00:25:42And I said nothing
00:25:46A month after he went back
00:25:47To the States
00:25:47He flew to Switzerland again
00:25:49Business trip again
00:25:52Couldn't get used to the hotel
00:25:53This time either
00:25:57I didn't call him out on it
00:26:00Before he came
00:26:01Walter called me
00:26:02That's how I found out
00:26:03Adrian was spending the weekend
00:26:04Here with me
00:26:05That weekend
00:26:06Adrian took me to the aquarium
00:26:08It wasn't crowded
00:26:10Still he kept hold of my hand
00:26:12Like he was afraid
00:26:13I'd get lost
00:26:14When we passed the exit
00:26:15He stopped
00:26:16And pointed at the sign
00:26:19That's the exit
00:26:19Got it?
00:26:26He remembered
00:26:27He remembered meeting me five years ago
00:26:30I went to the restroom
00:26:31Adrian was waiting outside
00:26:33When I came out
00:26:34I saw him talking to a woman down the hall
00:26:37If I was seeing it right
00:26:38It was Vanessa
00:26:40I recognized Vanessa
00:26:41From Adrian's graduation photo
00:26:42In his study
00:26:43She was standing right in front of him
00:26:45Vanessa was here too
00:26:47At the aquarium
00:26:50That didn't feel like a coincidence
00:26:55I stayed in the restroom a little longer
00:26:57Before I went back out
00:27:01Vanessa left first
00:27:02Adrian kept staring after her
00:27:03Until I walked up to him
00:27:09In that moment
00:27:10I thought I knew what that look meant
00:27:12The day after we got back from the aquarium
00:27:13Adrian flew back to New York
00:27:15Then I got a photo from an unknown number
00:27:18In the photo
00:27:18Adrian was asleep in first class
00:27:20From the angle
00:27:21Whoever took it
00:27:21Was sitting right next to him
00:27:22I searched the number on social media
00:27:23The profile bader was Vanessa
00:27:24So it was her
00:27:25That photo sent my mind spinning
00:27:26I figured Vanessa had flown back with Adrian
00:27:28Was that why he came to Switzerland?
00:27:29To pick up Vanessa?
00:27:30Did he just stop by for me
00:27:31So Grandpa would get off his back?
00:27:33And I almost let myself believe him
00:27:35After Adrian flew back
00:27:36Our mutual friend Chloe texted me
00:27:38She said she spotted Adrian and Vanessa
00:27:40Having coffee while she was out shopping
00:27:41So she took a picture
00:27:46Sage
00:27:46If you don't come back now
00:27:48Vanessa's going to steal Adrian from you
00:27:51I stared at the message
00:27:53It only made me more sure
00:27:54Adrian wanted a divorce
00:27:55Because he still couldn't let Vanessa go
00:28:02Adrian and Vanessa had history
00:28:04If he wanted to go back to her
00:28:05I had no right to stop him
00:28:10Three days after Chloe sent that text
00:28:12She showed up
00:28:13Sage
00:28:13I came to keep you company for a couple days
00:28:17You out here all by yourself is just sad
00:28:20I had the housekeeper get the guest room ready
00:28:24At breakfast the next morning
00:28:25Chloe set down her fork and said
00:28:28Vanessa had dinner with him last week
00:28:29Right downstairs at the family hotel
00:28:30I saw it myself
00:28:32I looked down and kept drinking my soup
00:28:35You're not even mad?
00:28:37It's his choice
00:28:39Sage
00:28:39You're way too easygoing
00:28:41If it were me
00:28:42I'd have flown back already
00:28:43I didn't answer
00:28:44Chloe stayed two days
00:28:45When she left
00:28:46She hugged me
00:28:48If you need anything
00:28:49Call me
00:28:50I'm on your side
00:28:55After Chloe left
00:28:56The housekeeper found something
00:28:57Under the nightstand in the guest room
00:28:58And brought it to me
00:28:59It was a photo booth strip
00:29:01Two girls
00:29:02Pressed cheek to cheek
00:29:05One was Chloe
00:29:06The other one
00:29:08I stared at her for a long time
00:29:12Then I remembered the graduation photo
00:29:14In Adrian's study
00:29:15The girl standing in front of him
00:29:18It was Vanessa
00:29:20Vanessa was a little fuller in college
00:29:22Her eyes crinkled when she smiled
00:29:24Chloe knew Vanessa
00:29:26Close enough to cram into a photo booth together
00:29:29And Chloe never told me
00:29:31I put the photo strip in the drawer
00:29:33I didn't throw it out
00:29:36I didn't believe a word Chloe said
00:29:37But I couldn't prove she was lying
00:29:40I only knew one thing
00:29:42Chloe and Vanessa were both wrong
00:29:44About who the baby's father was
00:29:45When I was eight months pregnant
00:29:47Adrian came back
00:29:50That evening
00:29:50We were walking in the garden
00:29:51When Adrian stopped and asked me
00:29:53Sage
00:29:54Tell me the truth
00:29:55Who's the father of these babies?
00:29:57I tested him with a half-serious answer and sign
00:30:01What, you think I got you pregnant with my mind?
00:30:04For a second
00:30:05I almost told him the truth
00:30:07But I stopped myself
00:30:08If Adrian found out what happened
00:30:10While he was asleep
00:30:10He'd hate me
00:30:13I didn't want to ruin how he saw me
00:30:15I didn't want him to hate me
00:30:19The next day
00:30:20Adrian took me shopping
00:30:21For baby clothes and supplies
00:30:23He took it seriously
00:30:25And again
00:30:25I wanted to tell him the truth
00:30:29I was just about to sign
00:30:31When his phone rang
00:30:35I caught a glimpse
00:30:35Out of the corner of my eye
00:30:36It was Vanessa calling
00:30:43I watched Adrian from across the store
00:30:45It sounded like he was arguing with Vanessa
00:30:48Arguing with someone
00:30:49I couldn't even imagine it
00:30:52My voice treatment wasn't going well
00:30:53The doctor said it would take time
00:30:59Adrian wanted someone who could talk to him
00:31:00Tease him
00:31:01Even argue back
00:31:03Something that simple
00:31:04And I still couldn't do it
00:31:10After that call
00:31:11I lost the nerve to tell him
00:31:14What were you about to say?
00:31:16Nothing
00:31:18Adrian went to pay
00:31:19I couldn't even look at him
00:31:22When he talked to me
00:31:23I just nodded or shook my head
00:31:25I didn't even want to sign
00:31:30When we got home
00:31:31I went straight to my room
00:31:32And locked the door
00:31:35Thinking about Adrian on the phone with Vanessa
00:31:37Made my chest ache
00:31:39My eyes burnt
00:31:42Sage
00:31:42Open the door
00:31:44What is it?
00:31:45Have you been crying?
00:31:47No
00:31:48Did that call upset you?
00:31:50I'm not upset
00:31:51I'm just tired
00:31:53No
00:31:54I know you're upset
00:31:56Don't hold it in
00:31:57And don't shut me out
00:32:00Talking isn't the only way to say it
00:32:03Then Adrian took out his phone
00:32:04And opened his call log
00:32:05He tapped Vanessa's new number
00:32:06An option popped up on the screen
00:32:08Will you block her for me?
00:32:11I think I finally got what Adrian meant
00:32:14If I'm jealous
00:32:15I don't have to keep it in
00:32:17I tapped block
00:32:18Turns out Vanessa's usual number
00:32:20Was already in Adrian's block list
00:32:22She called him from a new one
00:32:24The second I blocked her new number myself
00:32:26I felt better
00:32:27Adrian pulled me into his arms
00:32:29If I ever upset you again
00:32:30Bite me, okay?
00:32:32Let me know how you feel
00:32:33Adrian used to say we'd divorce
00:32:34After I had the babies
00:32:41We'll get a divorce once the baby is born
00:32:43But everything he's done these past few months
00:32:44Says otherwise
00:32:47Like he really wants to make this work
00:32:50In that moment
00:32:51I wanted to hold him too
00:32:52So I did
00:32:55Adrian smiled
00:32:56His hand gently stroking my back
00:32:58If you can't say it
00:32:59Then show me another way, okay?
00:33:00He never asked me to become someone who could speak
00:33:02He was just learning how to understand me as I am
00:33:04Okay, I know now
00:33:06Then I went into labor
00:33:08I only found out later
00:33:09Adrian was down at the docks that night
00:33:14Someone owed the family money
00:33:20You finish this
00:33:23Adrian dropped everything
00:33:24And booked the first flight out
00:33:33He came all the way here
00:33:45I gave birth safely at the hospital
00:33:46To boy-girl twins
00:33:52They'd just been born
00:33:54It was too soon to tell who they looked like
00:34:01Three days later
00:34:02I pulled out the divorce agreement
00:34:03I'd already drafted and handed it to Adrian
00:34:06Truth was
00:34:06I didn't want to divorce him
00:34:07I just wanted to see what he'd do
00:34:12It said I was voluntarily giving up any claim to the family fortune
00:34:15Didn't you say we'd divorce after I had the babies?
00:34:17I already drew it up
00:34:18If you don't have a problem with it
00:34:19Sign it
00:34:21When Adrian finished reading it, his eyes went red
00:34:23The babies are only three days old
00:34:25And you already want a divorce?
00:34:27What, their father can't wait for me to get out of the way?
00:34:29This has nothing to do with their father
00:34:31I just want to set you free
00:34:32You deserve someone better
00:34:33Then he tore the agreement to pieces
00:34:36We're not getting divorced
00:34:37We're not?
00:34:38You want me to step aside for that man?
00:34:39Not happening
00:34:40I've thought it through
00:34:42Since I can't have children of my own
00:34:43I was always going to adopt
00:34:44I'd rather raise your kids than someone else's
00:34:49I'm not about to raise another man's kids
00:34:54I froze
00:34:55Wasn't he the one who said
00:34:56He wasn't about to raise another man's kids?
00:34:59How did he talk himself into this?
00:35:02What, is he waiting for me to step aside?
00:35:04He never showed up once while you were pregnant
00:35:06That guy's a deadbeat
00:35:07Is he really worth giving up this life?
00:35:12I can let the past go
00:35:15I can accept these two kids and raise them as my own
00:35:17But from now on
00:35:18Stay with me
00:35:20No more seeing other men
00:35:21I hadn't said a word
00:35:22And he'd already said all that
00:35:25I've been trying to get better
00:35:26Drinking tonic soup every day
00:35:28And if that still doesn't work
00:35:30I'll buy you whatever you need
00:35:33I almost laughed
00:35:34What was he even thinking?
00:35:36Did he want to stay married this badly
00:35:37Because Grandpa was pressuring him?
00:35:42Okay, no divorce
00:35:44But my voice treatment is slow
00:35:46I won't be able to talk for a while
00:35:48So don't start looking down on me
00:35:51I've never looked down on you
00:35:53I've got my own flaw too
00:35:55Can you not hold it against me?
00:35:57Adrian still didn't know
00:35:59He'd actually recovered
00:36:01The twins were born healthy
00:36:02And I got pregnant the first time
00:36:05I don't look down on you
00:36:07We don't hold each other in contempt
00:36:09Something crossed Adrian's mind
00:36:11And his ears suddenly turned red
00:36:14Sage, actually I
00:36:15I waited for him to finish
00:36:20I think I like
00:36:22He cut himself off
00:36:25It's nothing
00:36:26Just focus on getting better
00:36:27We can talk later
00:36:29Before I could figure out what he hadn't said
00:36:31The nanny came in with the bassinix
00:36:35Lily was asleep
00:36:36But Tio was scrunched up and fussy
00:36:38Nothing calmed him down
00:36:40Adrian reached out
00:36:41Then hesitated and pulled back
00:36:44He took off his watch
00:36:46And rolled up his sleeves
00:36:47The nanny showed him how to support the baby's head
00:36:50Adrian stood ramrod straight
00:36:51He'd never been this careful
00:36:53Not even with the family business
00:36:55Theo's tiny hand slipped out of the blanket
00:36:57And wrapped around his index finger
00:36:59Adrian lowered his head
00:37:01And stayed that way for a long time
00:37:04Leaning against the headbed
00:37:05I saw the torn divorce agreement
00:37:06Still on the floor
00:37:08One piece by his feet
00:37:09Showed my signature
00:37:13Get it out of here
00:37:16Then Adrian came over to my bedside
00:37:18With the baby in his arms
00:37:21I typed on my phone
00:37:23Asking if he wanted to put him back
00:37:24His arms would get tired
00:37:29I can still hold him
00:37:30I pointed at Lily
00:37:31There's still one more
00:37:33Adrian looked at the baby in his arms
00:37:35Then at the basserie
00:37:36Finally he set Theo down
00:37:37And washed his hands
00:37:39When he came back for Lily
00:37:40She opened her eyes
00:37:42Like she'd answered him
00:37:43The tension between his brows eased
00:37:46I lifted my phone
00:37:47And took the picture
00:37:49He saw the camera
00:37:50And didn't look away
00:37:52Once both babies were asleep
00:37:54Adrian finally held out his hand
00:37:55For my phone
00:37:58I thought he didn't want the photo kept
00:38:00And my fingers tightened around the phone
00:38:03Send it to me
00:38:08After I sent it
00:38:09Adrian stared at the photo
00:38:10For a long time
00:38:11I couldn't help asking
00:38:15What if their father
00:38:16Comes back for them someday
00:38:18Adrian's previously softened face
00:38:19Hardened again
00:38:22Then he can come to me
00:38:24I looked at Adrian
00:38:25My heart racing
00:38:29You're not allowed to see him
00:38:30Behind my back
00:38:33Don't go see him
00:38:34Behind my back
00:38:36I nodded
00:38:38Only then did Adrian
00:38:39Sit down again
00:38:43When the twins were a month old
00:38:45And cleared to fly
00:38:47Adrian brought me home
00:38:54Adrian told Walter
00:38:55This was our adopted child
00:38:57Walter didn't say a word
00:38:58He just sighed
00:39:00Fine
00:39:01This family line can't end here
00:39:03Adopted or not
00:39:03They're family
00:39:04Then he started talking himself into it
00:39:06Well
00:39:06I'm a great grandfather after all
00:39:08That's worth celebrating
00:39:09Looks like Adrian got that generosity from Walter
00:39:11Walter named them himself
00:39:12The boy was Theo
00:39:13The girl was Lily
00:39:15This one's Theo
00:39:16And this one's Lily
00:39:20Walter called my grandpa
00:39:21With the news right away
00:39:23Henry
00:39:23You're a great grandpad
00:39:26Sage and Adrian adopted twins
00:39:31Sage told me
00:39:32We should celebrate
00:39:34That night
00:39:35The two old men
00:39:36Opened a bottle of whiskey
00:39:37They'd been saving for decades
00:39:47Walter adored Theo and Lily
00:39:51He brought them to the family estate
00:39:53And hired four nannies
00:39:56I went to work at grandpa's herbal shop
00:39:57Mixing prescriptions in the back room
00:40:00No talking required
00:40:02It suited me
00:40:04Every day at five
00:40:05Adrian picked me up from work
00:40:08We'd go to the family estate to see the kids
00:40:10On weekends
00:40:11We brought them home
00:40:27I brought herbal prescriptions home from the shop
00:40:29And made Adrian tonic soup every day
00:40:34He finished every bowl
00:40:36That Sunday
00:40:37We went to the family estate for dinner
00:40:40The relatives were there too
00:40:43I was pushing the stroller
00:40:44When I got to the dining room door
00:40:48The mute wife's here with the adopted kids
00:40:51Look at that
00:40:52The whole little family showed up
00:40:53Maybe it's better they can't call her mom
00:40:55She wouldn't answer anyway
00:40:59Adrian came up behind me
00:41:00And took the stroller
00:41:04Those are my kids
00:41:05If you can't handle that
00:41:06Leave
00:41:10Adrian come on
00:41:10We're family
00:41:11I was just joking
00:41:11A joke?
00:41:13You think my wife and kids
00:41:14Are your dinner entertainment?
00:41:15I wasn't saying anything against the kids
00:41:17Don't twist it
00:41:18Then take it back
00:41:20Right here
00:41:20Everyone heard you
00:41:24I spoke out of line
00:41:26Please don't take it to heart
00:41:29Sit next to me
00:41:30If anyone's got something to say
00:41:31Say it to me
00:41:33It was the first time
00:41:34Adrian had ever said it in public
00:41:37My kids
00:41:40He thought he was defending someone else's family
00:41:43I almost cried
00:41:45Those two were his to protect all along
00:41:51After dinner
00:41:51Walter pulled out an old photo album
00:41:56Sage
00:41:56Come look at Adrian as a kid
00:42:01Walter pulled out a photo
00:42:02And held it next to Theo
00:42:05Adrian used to scrunch up his face like that too
00:42:08This kid looks a little like you
00:42:12Adrian leaned in for a look
00:42:13And smiled
00:42:15If you like somebody
00:42:16They all look like me
00:42:18Move
00:42:18Let me look again
00:42:20Adrian move over
00:42:20You're blocking the light
00:42:24I reached for the album
00:42:25But Walter covered the photo with his hand
00:42:28Leave that one out
00:42:28Don't put it back
00:42:31Bring him over again tomorrow
00:42:32I want another look
00:42:38He'd just defended his own son
00:42:40And still had no idea
00:42:42I wiped Theo's mouth
00:42:43And said nothing
00:42:47That weekend
00:42:47Adrian came to pick me up from work
00:42:49He brought Theo
00:42:51Lily was asleep
00:42:52Back at the family estate
00:42:53Theo wouldn't sleep
00:42:54So the nanny was holding him by the car
00:42:57I'd just put the medicine in the trunk
00:42:59When a customer stopped to coo at the baby
00:43:01She saw me signing
00:43:02Looked at Adrian
00:43:03And recognized us
00:43:06So this is the adopted one?
00:43:07Cute kid though
00:43:09My hand froze
00:43:11Have you found his real parents?
00:43:13What if they come back for him
00:43:14After you've raised him?
00:43:16Adrian took Theo from the nanny
00:43:18If you're here for medicine
00:43:19Ask inside
00:43:21He never raised his voice
00:43:22But she didn't dare ask again
00:43:24She slipped away
00:43:25Embarrassed
00:43:26That word didn't hurt me
00:43:28But when I saw Adrian take Theo
00:43:30My nose suddenly sterk
00:43:35Adrian thought I was upset
00:43:36By what she'd said
00:43:37So he put Theo in my arms
00:43:40Hold him tight
00:43:40I'll block the wind
00:43:42Theo squirreled in my arms
00:43:44And drool smeared across Adrian's shirt
00:43:46My hands were full
00:43:47So I pointed at the wet spot
00:43:49After I changed
00:43:50I came back out
00:43:51He still had that shirt on
00:43:55Adrian was holding Theo
00:43:56Trying to put a soft ball in his hand
00:43:58Theo couldn't hold it
00:44:00The ball kept dropping
00:44:01And Adrian just picked it up
00:44:02And tried again
00:44:05Don't take it to heart
00:44:07How many times have you heard that?
00:44:09I couldn't answer
00:44:11Adrian set the ball down
00:44:12And handed Theo to the nanny
00:44:16If anyone says that to your face again
00:44:17Don't hold back
00:44:18Cuss him out
00:44:21If that happens
00:44:22By the time I finish typing
00:44:24They're already gone
00:44:30Take a picture
00:44:31Send it to me
00:44:32They're my kids
00:44:33I'll deal with them
00:44:35I couldn't stop looking at him
00:44:39My child
00:44:43He said it like it was the most natural thing in the world
00:44:46That night
00:44:46I went downstairs for water
00:44:48Adrian was in the kitchen too
00:44:53When I finished
00:44:54And turned off the light
00:44:55To go back upstairs
00:44:58Adrian pulled me into his arms
00:45:00Babe
00:45:01Sleeping in separate rooms
00:45:01Is bad for a marriage
00:45:04Sleeping apart was my idea
00:45:05After we got married
00:45:07Was he trying to share a room now
00:45:09To get closer to me
00:45:12But I wasn't ready
00:45:13Not yet
00:45:15When Adrian got no response from me
00:45:16He didn't push
00:45:18But he didn't let go either
00:45:20He kissed me softly
00:45:21Like I might break
00:45:24His kiss deepened
00:45:25Easing my lips apart
00:45:28My heart raced
00:45:29Like something was pulling us closer and closer
00:45:32I don't know how long it went on
00:45:33Before he suddenly got a nosebleed
00:45:38I turned on the light
00:45:39And grabbed tissues
00:45:39To wipe the blood from his nose
00:45:43Looks like I should cut back on his tonner soup
00:45:46Before it works a little too well
00:45:50Adrian went back to his room
00:45:51And took a cold shower
00:45:54For a long time
00:45:57The next morning
00:45:58I went downstairs for breakfast
00:45:59And found Adrian shoving the sheets
00:46:01Into the washer
00:46:03Martha usually took care of that
00:46:06He wouldn't be washing his own sheets
00:46:08Unless there was something on them
00:46:09He didn't want anyone to see
00:46:11I looked at him
00:46:12And Adrian's ears went red
00:46:13He wouldn't meet my eyes
00:46:15On the way to drop me off at work
00:46:17Adrian said quietly
00:46:19We don't need the tonic soup anymore
00:46:22So he's all better now?
00:46:24I kind of wanted to find out for myself
00:46:27I shut that thought down fast
00:46:29After that
00:46:30Adrian didn't touch me for three days
00:46:32Not even my hand
00:46:36He sat stiff
00:46:37Staring straight ahead
00:46:38Like he was holding his breath
00:46:41The next night
00:46:41I came out of the bathroom
00:46:43Just as he was heading upstairs
00:46:46The hallway was narrow
00:46:47As we squeezed past each other
00:46:49Our shoulders brushed
00:46:51We both stopped
00:46:52He didn't look back
00:46:53Neither did I
00:46:54It lasted about two seconds
00:46:59Then he gave this awkward little cough
00:47:00And went back to his room
00:47:02I just stood there
00:47:03My face on fire
00:47:05On the third day
00:47:06I switched it to plain chicken soup
00:47:07No herbs at all
00:47:11No herbs in the soup today?
00:47:13Mm
00:47:14Why?
00:47:16You said you didn't need it anymore
00:47:19Adrian took another sip
00:47:20Then he set the bowl down
00:47:21And stared at me for a long moment
00:47:23He thought he'd only just gotten better
00:47:24But he'd been fine a year ago
00:47:26I knew
00:47:27I never told him
00:47:29Before I knew it
00:47:30It was Walter's birthday
00:47:31The gala was at the family hotel
00:47:37Vanessa's family had been doing business with ours for two generations
00:47:40They were invited too
00:47:43I saw Vanessa at the gala
00:47:46I saw Vanessa at the gala
00:47:48Four years ago
00:47:49The two families had planned a marriage
00:47:52After Vanessa called off the engagement
00:47:53She quickly married Adrian's best friend from college
00:47:56I heard she got divorced a year ago
00:48:00When I went to the restroom
00:48:01Vanessa followed me in
00:48:02And touched up her lipstick in the mirror
00:48:04She gave me a sideways look
00:48:10Sage
00:48:10You've got some nerve
00:48:11Cheating was one thing
00:48:12But having another man's kids
00:48:14And letting his family raise them
00:48:15I said nothing
00:48:17Right
00:48:17I forgot your mood
00:48:20If Adrian and I hadn't broken off our engagement
00:48:22You never would have married into this family
00:48:25I'm divorced now
00:48:26What do you think happens if I go after Adrian?
00:48:30He dumps you and comes back to me?
00:48:34You know men never forget the first woman they loved
00:48:39I ignored her
00:48:39When I came out
00:48:40Vanessa was still by the sink
00:48:43Sage
00:48:43I may be divorced
00:48:44But at least I'm not broken
00:48:46Unlike you
00:48:47You can't even talk
00:48:50Being with you must be exhausting for Adrian
00:48:51He can't stand the silent treatment
00:48:53When we fought
00:48:54If I ignored him for more than three hours
00:48:56He'd come running
00:49:00So what's it like with you?
00:49:01One long silent treatment?
00:49:03He'll lose his mind
00:49:05Adrian told me not to shut him out
00:49:07He meant it
00:49:11Don't give me the silent treatment
00:49:18I typed a line in my phone and held it up for Vanessa
00:49:21You done?
00:49:22This desperation is pathetic
00:49:26You think this is funny?
00:49:28Fine
00:49:28Just wait
00:49:29In front of everyone I'll humiliate you so badly you'll never recover
00:49:34Then she swept out
00:49:37When I came out of the restroom
00:49:38Adrian was waiting for me in the hall
00:49:41I just saw Vanessa come out of there
00:49:44What did she say to you?
00:49:47I pulled out my phone and played the recording
00:49:49Right
00:49:50I forgot your mute
00:49:52If Adrian and I hadn't called off our engagement
00:49:54The recording started there
00:50:00Spend your life with a mute
00:50:01It'd be one endless cold war
00:50:03He'd go crazy
00:50:04Adrian listened in silence
00:50:06His face kept darkening
00:50:09I was the one who refused that marriage
00:50:12She's not the one I couldn't forget
00:50:13You are
00:50:16She wasn't the one I couldn't let go of
00:50:18You were
00:50:23I fell for you five years ago
00:50:24The first time I saw you at the aquarium
00:50:27I knew you were shy
00:50:29And with my own condition
00:50:30I kept my distance and watched over you
00:50:50My grandfather didn't bring us together
00:50:51Because he was close to your grandfather
00:50:55He knew I'd been in love with you for years
00:50:57I'm the one who asked to marry you
00:51:01So that was the truth
00:51:03I had him all wrong
00:51:05When we first got married
00:51:06I thought he didn't like me
00:51:15That man who always looked so cold
00:51:17Wasn't staying away because he didn't want me
00:51:19He wanted me too much
00:51:21He just thought something was wrong with him
00:51:22And if he got too close
00:51:23He wouldn't be able to hide it
00:51:27Then what was going on with you and Vanessa at the aquarium?
00:51:31At the aquarium?
00:51:31In Switzerland?
00:51:33We just ran into her
00:51:34She saw us there
00:51:34And when you went to the restroom
00:51:35She came over and asked me to take her off my block list
00:51:37I said no
00:51:53Later when I went with you to the baby store
00:51:55She called me from an unknown number
00:51:58She begged me to take her back
00:52:00Said if I didn't she'd tell my grandfather you were pregnant
00:52:05That's what we fought about
00:52:07Her threats don't work on me
00:52:09Vanessa and I never dated
00:52:10We were barely even friends
00:52:12And I climbed that tree to grab an apple
00:52:13Not to help her save a cat
00:52:22Everything I'd believed would have made sense
00:52:24If Adrian had just explained it
00:52:28But neither of us asked
00:52:31But I still had one question
00:52:32I pulled up the photos Vanessa and Chloe had sent me
00:52:35The first was from first class
00:52:38Vanessa wasn't on that flight
00:52:40The passenger next to me took that picture and sent it to her
00:52:43The second was at a coffee shop
00:52:46I was never at that coffee shop with her
00:52:49That photo was doctored
00:52:51Chloe and Vanessa were best friends in college
00:52:54What they were after is obvious
00:52:56So Vanessa got Chloe to drive us apart
00:52:58That photo booth picture in the drawer had been telling me that all along
00:53:02Adrian had come clean with me
00:53:04It was my turn
00:53:05My hand stopped midair
00:53:07Mr. Adrian, Mrs. Adrian
00:53:09Vanessa's causing a scene
00:53:10Mr. Walter wants you in the ballroom
00:53:13Again, the words were right there
00:53:14And I never got the chance to say them
00:53:19I only heard what happened in those few minutes afterwards
00:53:21From the estate butler
00:53:23Vanessa pulled out a stack of candid photos
00:53:24In them, I was in Switzerland
00:53:26Visibly pregnant
00:53:28While Adrian and I were gone
00:53:29She told Walter everything
00:53:31Walter, Sage lied to you
00:53:33She said she and Adrian adopted those kids
00:53:35They did not
00:53:36Sage gave birth to them herself
00:53:38She was with another man
00:53:39She deceived your whole family
00:53:42No way
00:53:42Seriously?
00:53:44So that's why Sage disappeared for over half a year
00:53:47She went abroad to have the babies
00:53:49She's got some nerve
00:53:50Having another man's babies and bringing them into this family
00:53:54Adrian's a real saint raising another man's kids
00:54:04Walter shut her down cold
00:54:08What other man?
00:54:09These children are Adrian and Sage's
00:54:11Adrian got better a long time ago
00:54:17That's impossible
00:54:18Didn't the doctor say he'd never have children of his own?
00:54:21How could he be better?
00:54:23Vanessa, shut up
00:54:24Stop
00:54:25Vanessa wouldn't stop
00:54:26She was all in now
00:54:28Walter
00:54:29If you're going to protect Sage
00:54:31There should be a limit
00:54:33With this much family money at stake
00:54:34How can you just name an heir like that?
00:54:36Shut up!
00:54:39Vanessa's father turned to Walter with a strange smile
00:54:42Walter
00:54:42My daughter has lost her mind
00:54:44I'll take her home and discipline her
00:54:45Please don't hold this against us
00:54:49Our partnership ends today
00:54:50From now on, we're not partners
00:54:53We're enemies
00:54:58Guards
00:54:59Throw them out
00:55:00One word from Walter
00:55:01And it was over
00:55:08The bodyguards threw Vanessa and her parents out of the hotel
00:55:13Vanessa never saw it coming
00:55:15Walter backed me without hesitation
00:55:20By the time Adrian and I got there
00:55:22She'd already been thrown out
00:55:24I was about to explain
00:55:25But Walter spoke first
00:55:30These two children are Adrian and Sage's biological children
00:55:33Adrian has recovered
00:55:35Anyone who spreads rumors again is against this family
00:55:40The ones who just called me a cheater all dropped their heads
00:55:43None of them could look at me now
00:55:48Walter took out a ring and had Adrian put it on me
00:55:51This was your grandmother's ring
00:55:54Now they finally believed me
00:55:55That's his grandmother's ring
00:55:56Only the woman of this family wears it
00:55:58If those two kids weren't Adrian's
00:56:00Why would Walter give Sage that ring?
00:56:01My grandpa pulled me aside
00:56:04Sage, before we came to the banquet
00:56:06I already told Walter
00:56:07The kids are yours and Adrian's
00:56:10After we got back
00:56:11Grandpa started to suspect the twins were mine
00:56:15He asked who their father was
00:56:17I told him it was Adrian
00:56:20He looked relieved and didn't ask anything else
00:56:23The day before the gala
00:56:24I went to the family estate
00:56:28Grandpa said Walter was waiting for him in the estate study
00:56:31The tea had gone cold
00:56:32Once he sat down
00:56:33He said just one thing
00:56:39The children are Adrian's
00:56:44How do you know?
00:56:47Sage told me herself
00:56:49I shot grandpa a look
00:56:50I signed it
00:56:52Since when does that count as saying it out loud?
00:56:55Grandpa said Walter didn't say a word
00:57:02Grandpa said Walter got up
00:57:05Pulled a jar of liquor from the cabinet
00:57:06And dragged him into a drink
00:57:13The two old men drank deep into the night
00:57:19By the time grandpa left
00:57:22Walter was still there alone
00:57:24Staring at the bottle
00:57:26He cried
00:57:28That old man has never cried in front of me in his entire life
00:57:33My eyes started to sting
00:57:36Grandpa patted my hand
00:57:37What he said tonight was backing you
00:57:39And Adrian
00:57:39Adrian still doesn't know, does he?
00:57:44When are you going to tell him?
00:57:46Soon
00:57:47Grandpa sighed and let it go
00:57:50No wonder Walter was so sure Adrian had recovered
00:57:53Adrian was the only one still in the dark
00:57:56He thought Walter was just saving his pride in front of everyone
00:58:02I was waiting for the right moment
00:58:04To tell Adrian the truth
00:58:06As the gala broke up
00:58:07The same guests who'd been whispering earlier
00:58:09Came crowding back around us
00:58:13Those kids are clearly part of this family
00:58:17Then why didn't you see it before?
00:58:21Adrian didn't bother with them again
00:58:22He just took me to the car
00:58:26I turned the ring on my finger
00:58:27And held it up for him to see
00:58:30Grandpa's willing to protect you
00:58:31You don't have to be afraid anymore
00:58:33I looked at him
00:58:34My chest tight with hurt and urgency
00:58:43Everyone else heard the answer
00:58:45He was the only one who wouldn't believe it
00:58:49He thought Walter was just covering for us
00:58:52Even the ring
00:58:53He thought Walter was only standing up for me
00:58:59Once Walter stepped in
00:59:00Vanessa's family business fell apart fast
00:59:05Vanessa wasn't a rich girl anymore
00:59:06To make quick money
00:59:08She became an escort
00:59:10I saw the story while I was filling prescriptions
00:59:12At the herbal shop
00:59:14She got caught in a prostitution stick
00:59:16And it made the news
00:59:18Her reputation was ruined
00:59:21Hey, isn't that the iris from that family?
00:59:25I heard them talking
00:59:26But I didn't look up
00:59:28Theo and Lily were starting to grow into their faces
00:59:31Lily looked like me
00:59:32Theo looked more and more like Adrian
00:59:34Walter kept pulling out Adrian's baby pictures
00:59:36And comparing them to Theo
00:59:39Aren't they identical?
00:59:41Adrian saw it too
00:59:43The kids looked like him
00:59:44And he couldn't make sense of it
00:59:46Walter spent longer and longer comparing the photos
00:59:48At first, he'd just glance and laugh
00:59:50Then he got out a magnifying glass
00:59:52And compared every feature
00:59:54Later, those two 100-day photos
00:59:56Ended up framed side-by-side in the living room
01:00:00Look at that ear
01:00:00Exactly like yours as a baby
01:00:03Grandpa, cut it out, we're home
01:00:06Who's putting on an act?
01:00:09Adrian didn't answer
01:00:13But every time he passed that frame
01:00:15He'd stop and stare
01:00:18One night
01:00:19I got up to feed Lily
01:00:21The nursery door was a john
01:00:23Adrian was standing by Theo's crib in the dark
01:00:25He leaned over
01:00:26Brushed Theo's hair aside
01:00:27And looked at his ear
01:00:29Theo had a tiny fold on his right ear
01:00:31Adrian had the same one
01:00:35He looked at it for a long time
01:00:37Touched his own ear
01:00:38And went back to our room
01:00:40A few days later
01:00:41We were having dinner
01:00:43When he suddenly set down his silverware and asked
01:00:45What month was Theo born?
01:00:48March
01:00:49Was he premature?
01:00:51No, full term
01:00:54He lowered his head
01:00:55And tapped his fingers on the table
01:00:56Counting back
01:00:58All the way back to that night
01:00:59He had the fever
01:01:01That night
01:01:04Never mind
01:01:06He counted it right
01:01:07I knew it
01:01:08But I didn't say anything
01:01:11A few days later
01:01:12The driver picked me up after work
01:01:13And we made small talk on the way home
01:01:15Ma'am
01:01:16Mr. Adrian went to the hospital this morning
01:01:18I don't know which department
01:01:19But it wasn't internal medicine
01:01:21He had me wait in the car
01:01:22While two bodyguards stood watch outside for two hours
01:01:27He went to find out
01:01:28I'd waited a year for this
01:01:30But when it finally came
01:01:31I was scared
01:01:35That evening
01:01:36I was folding the kids' clothes
01:01:38When I looked up
01:01:39And saw Adrian in the doorway
01:01:41He was clutching a piece of paper
01:01:43The hospital's name was printed across the top
01:01:46He didn't come in or say a word
01:01:48He just looked at me for a long time
01:01:50Then went into the bathroom
01:01:52I knew what that paper said
01:01:54Now he did too
01:01:57That night
01:01:58Adrian came to my room after his shower
01:02:00Sage
01:02:02Are Theo and Lily really mine?
01:02:05I nodded
01:02:07Adrian was so happy
01:02:08He couldn't get the words out
01:02:10But we've never
01:02:12He pulled a crumpled report from his pocket
01:02:15The page unopened
01:02:16And two conclusions lay before me
01:02:20Both kids are mine
01:02:21I put my hand on the corner of the paper
01:02:23And didn't pull away
01:02:24Not this time
01:02:28And I trashed him right in front of you
01:02:30Every day
01:02:31I pressed my lips together
01:02:33I couldn't deny it
01:02:35After all that time
01:02:36He'd finally been cursing the right man
01:02:39So the divorce agreement was a test too?
01:02:43Don't ever test me with divorce again
01:02:46Even after bracing myself
01:02:48I still couldn't say it
01:02:50I didn't know how
01:02:52The bath's ready
01:02:53I'll go first
01:02:55My face burned
01:02:57I grabbed the excuse
01:02:58And ran into the bathroom
01:03:01When I came out of the shower
01:03:02Adrian was still there
01:03:05And he was on my bed
01:03:06With three buttons on down
01:03:09I'm sleeping in here tonight
01:03:11I knew now he'd wanted me for five years
01:03:14And he'd fought for this marriage
01:03:18So why were we still sleeping in separate rooms?
01:03:20I climbed into bed
01:03:21And slipped under the covers
01:03:24Adrian wrapped me in his arms
01:03:25And breathed me in
01:03:27You smell so good
01:03:29My ears burned
01:03:30But I didn't pull away
01:03:32I let him hold me
01:03:36Soon
01:03:36Holding me wasn't enough
01:03:38His hand slid up from my waist
01:03:41He kissed me gently at first
01:03:44When I didn't resist
01:03:45He got older
01:03:46Kissing from the corner of my mouth
01:03:48Down to my collarbone
01:03:50How do you think we got those babies?
01:03:52Let's do it again
01:03:53If you don't push me away
01:03:54I'll take that as yes
01:03:57I'm mute
01:03:58How am I supposed to make a sound?
01:04:01But Adrian told me
01:04:02If I couldn't say how I felt
01:04:03I could show him
01:04:07I wrapped my arms around his neck
01:04:10That was my yes
01:04:14Last time
01:04:16Did you make the first move
01:04:17While I was fevery and barely conscious?
01:04:20I kissed him to stop him
01:04:21From saying another word
01:04:23My kiss lit something up in him
01:04:25He kissed me back like he meant it
01:04:30His careful gentleness vanished
01:04:32He kissed me deep and hard
01:04:34Like he wanted me under his skin
01:04:36I remember that night clearly
01:04:38He kissed my forehead
01:04:39Then my eyes
01:04:40Then my lips
01:04:44He paused each time
01:04:45Waiting for me
01:04:46I held on and didn't stop him
01:04:49Then his kisses trailed lower
01:04:50From my collarbone
01:04:51To places I'd never let anyone near
01:04:53I undid his shirt myself
01:04:55My hands were shaking too hard
01:04:56To get the buttons open
01:04:57He laughed softly
01:04:58Took my hand
01:04:59And helped me undo them
01:05:01One by one
01:05:03Take your time
01:05:05But he was breathing
01:05:06Even harder than I was
01:05:07Then the lamp went out
01:05:09Moonlight slipped through the curtains
01:05:10And fell across his shoulder
01:05:12He pinned me into the pillow
01:05:13His voice rough and unfamiliar
01:05:16Look at me
01:05:18I looked at him
01:05:19His eyes were red
01:05:20Just like the night he had that fever
01:05:22But this time
01:05:23He was awake
01:05:24He knew it was me
01:05:26Outside
01:05:26The moonlight slowly faded
01:05:28Once
01:05:29Twice
01:05:29I lost count
01:05:32All I remember is him holding me
01:05:33Wrapping me in the blanket
01:05:35And kissing my hair
01:05:36Over and over
01:05:38By the time the morning light came in
01:05:39My whole body was sore
01:05:41I could barely close my legs
01:05:43Let alone lift a hand
01:05:44And he still had plenty of energy
01:05:47He was already thinking about round two
01:05:51At dawn
01:05:51He got up first
01:05:52And went downstairs
01:05:53To bring me breakfast
01:05:54I was lying there
01:05:55Too weak to move a finger
01:05:58He sat by the bed
01:05:59Fed me oatmeal
01:06:00And said with a straight face
01:06:02You worked hard last night
01:06:04From now on
01:06:05When you get home from work
01:06:06You've got another shift with me
01:06:08I shot him a look
01:06:11He leaned down
01:06:12And whispered in my ear
01:06:13I'll pay overtime
01:06:15How?
01:06:16Tonight
01:06:17I threw a pillow at him
01:06:18He caught it
01:06:19Grinning so hard
01:06:20His eyes crinkled
01:06:23I laid back down
01:06:25And thought of that night
01:06:25He had the fever
01:06:27Three minutes
01:06:27I was crying when it ended
01:06:29And he had no idea
01:06:31Now I knew
01:06:32He wasn't just good looking
01:06:34He was very good at it
01:06:35Good enough that I couldn't
01:06:36Get out of bed the next day
01:06:39Adrian told me
01:06:39He had felt it that night
01:06:40Even through the fever
01:06:42That night I had the fever
01:06:43I felt it
01:06:45I dream about you all the time
01:06:48So I thought I was dreaming again
01:06:50He thought it was just a dream
01:06:52He had no idea
01:06:53It had really happened
01:06:54After that
01:06:55I threw myself into voice treatment
01:06:57The doctor gave me
01:06:58A two year plan to speak again
01:07:00I couldn't wait for that day
01:07:05Once Adrian got a taste
01:07:07He couldn't get enough
01:07:09Every night
01:07:09He had to make up
01:07:11For what he'd missed
01:07:11That night he had the fever
01:07:13That night
01:07:14Adrian pulled me into his arms
01:07:16And whispered one thing
01:07:18Babe
01:07:19Do what you did to me last time
01:07:20Do it again
01:07:23Babe
01:07:24Do that thing you did to me last time
01:07:26Again
01:07:29Just thinking about last time
01:07:30Made me blush
01:07:31No
01:07:31I'm tired from work today
01:07:33Then lie down
01:07:34I'll rub your shoulders
01:07:36I lay face down on the pillow
01:07:38He really did just rub my shoulders
01:07:43It felt so good
01:07:44I was almost falling asleep
01:07:45He was so focused
01:07:47So careful
01:07:48I thought
01:07:49Maybe I wasn't that tired after all
01:07:55If I didn't have to do any work
01:07:56Maybe I wouldn't mind
01:07:59Then suddenly
01:08:00He stopped
01:08:03Babe
01:08:03Did you just make a sound?
01:08:05Did I?
01:08:06No
01:08:08Something shifted in Adrian's eyes
01:08:09Like he realized
01:08:10I hadn't actually spoken
01:08:12In the dark
01:08:13The moonlight fell across my face
01:08:16Adrian slowed down on purpose
01:08:17But each touch got heavier
01:08:21He kept watching my reaction
01:08:23I never made a sound
01:08:24But my body answered for me
01:08:27A tear slipped from the corner of my eye
01:08:29Right away
01:08:30He kissed the tear away
01:08:33What is it?
01:08:33You don't like it?
01:08:35I shook my head
01:08:36But hooked my arm around his shoulder
01:08:37And wouldn't let him pull away
01:08:39It was the first time I'd learned
01:08:41Pleasure could bring tears, too
01:08:43The corner of his mouth lifted
01:08:44And he leaned down to my ear
01:08:47Babe
01:08:48I heard what your body was saying
01:08:49You like it
01:08:50Gonna be until we're old
01:08:53It's called
01:08:53It's called
01:08:54It's called
01:08:54It's called