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00:00Down on your knees, Natalie, and apologize to Lily.
00:02Don't make me say it twice, this is your final warning.
00:04Charles, I must have been blind. I actually saved an ungrateful snake like you.
00:08Charles' eyes flashed with a cold, dangerous glaring, his grip tightening even more.
00:13Since you're too stupid to appreciate kindness, let's see how you handle this.
00:20I'm gonna show you exactly what it costs to betray you.
00:24Today was my fifth wedding anniversary with Charles.
00:27Charles, ten years ago, he was the adopted son of the Summers family.
00:34He was shot three times in a gang feud and almost died in the hospital.
00:38I took care of him day and day, pulling him back from the brink of death.
00:41After my father passed away, Charles naturally took over the entire Summers group,
00:45becoming the undisputed ruler of the city's un-wur.
00:48Natalie, the only reason I've gone from a worthless man to who I am today
00:51is because I've had you my side.
00:54Soon he he's faking, his phone rang.
00:57It was the orphan girl he saved.
00:59Three years ago, her youthful voice was panicked.
01:04Charles, there's trouble at the docks.
01:06Someone's raiding our turf.
01:08Our men are hurt.
01:10I can't control the situation.
01:12You can't even handle this?
01:14Send people over now.
01:15Don't embarrass me.
01:17I watched his retreating finger without saying a word.
01:20Late at night, Charles returned, reasing of blood.
01:24It's handled.
01:25Lily's still too inexperienced.
01:27She's only 18, after all.
01:30Natalie, don't think too much.
01:32Lily's still just a kid.
01:33She said she needs someone to look out for her.
01:34I messed up today.
01:35I admit it.
01:37Next time, I'll send Tony to deal with stuff like this.
01:39Take care of her.
01:40Always that word.
01:42He keeps telling me I should understand why he has to take care of Lily.
01:45Because she's still just a kid,
01:47clueless about the rules of our world.
01:49Because she's got nobody else.
01:50So we have to make her feel safe.
01:53So he took the necklace he had custom made for me
01:56and put it around Lily's neckstead.
01:58No matter what I said,
02:00he'd act like I was just being petty and jealous.
02:03Charles was the king of Harbor City's underworld.
02:06His word was law.
02:08Of course, he'd just write off my pain as childish
02:10and pretend it didn't matter.
02:14Let's get a divorce.
02:18Natalie, a divorce agreement?
02:20Are you serious?
02:22You're doing this just because I treat Lily a little better?
02:24He never understands what's actually going on.
02:26The so-called trouble at the domps?
02:28Just a handful of school drop-ups acting out,
02:30barely more than a childless scuffle.
02:32On the security cameras, all Lily got was a light shove.
02:35She didn't even have a mark on her.
02:39Charles, I thought I'd never see you again.
02:42You're safe now.
02:44I'm here.
02:46Looking at them,
02:47anyone would think they were the real couple here.
02:50Meanwhile, I, the wife, felt like the odd one out.
02:58Natalie, you had someone spying on me?
03:00She's just barely an adult.
03:02How could you scheme against her like this?
03:04Does your heart even know mercy?
03:06He slammed his fist hard on the marble dining table.
03:09The crystal anniversary wine glass beside me shattered instantly.
03:12Shards flying across my lap and cutting my ca open.
03:16Thin blood seeping through my silk dress.
03:18He didn't spare a single glance at my bleeding wound,
03:21his eyes only burning with rage.
03:23I pressed the gach tightly with my palm,
03:26the stinging pain nothing compared to the cold hollow in my chest.
03:30Ten years ago, when he was shot and bleeding out,
03:33I'd wrapped every wound his with my own hands without flinging.
03:36But now, he'd hurt me without a shred of remorse for a girl who only put on a fake cry.
03:42I kept silent and just sent the video straight to a few old shareholders at Summer's Group.
03:47Fine.
03:48Each word he spoke was slow and sharp, like a knife.
03:51You want a divorce or an alley?
03:53You'll pay for this!
03:54He snatched up the pen and signed his name across the divorce papers with a flourish.
03:59Bold and unapologetic.
04:01Before the ink had even dried, Lily's call came through again.
04:07Charles, I had a nightmare.
04:08I dreamed someone was trying to kill me.
04:10Can you come be with me?
04:12Charles didn't even spare me a glance.
04:14He grabbed his coat and walked out, not looking back once.
04:18Lily's little games were always so transparent.
04:21And yet, Charles fell for them every single damn time.
04:25I called the movers and left Kingston Manor that same night.
04:29After all, this place was never my home.
04:32The Summers family, the one that truly belonged to me,
04:35was still waiting for me to come home.
04:38Mrs. Summers, if I may speak frankly, we can't take on this case.
04:42You know better than anyone how much Mr. Chris Kingston has in Harbor City.
04:46If we cross him, our firm could be shut down by tomorrow.
04:49I'd already expected this.
04:51Charles had been running the Summers group for ten years.
04:54He's got contacts on both sides of the law in Harbor City.
04:57Nobody would ever dream of taking him on.
04:59Trying to sue him?
05:00You'd be digging your own grave.
05:07So, hitting a wall everywhere you turn?
05:10Natalie, I've told you before.
05:12Without me, you're nothing.
05:13Be a good girl and come back to apologize.
05:15Act like nothing ever happened.
05:16He spoke to me like trying to tame an unruly pet.
05:19He seems to have forgotten.
05:21The Summers group has always belonged to the Summers family.
05:24Ten years ago, I was the golden girl of Harbor City's business scene.
05:28But Charles was just an abandoned boy that the Summers family picked up off the street.
05:32I was the one who stuck by him when he was hanging by a thread.
05:37After my father passed, I was the one who handed him the reins and stepped aside to play the role
05:42of the duty wife.
05:44All of it, because back then, he took my hand and said,
05:50Natalie, my life is yours.
05:52I'd never betray you.
05:54I actually believed that bullshit.
05:56Now, he's become the undisputed king of Harbor City's underworld.
05:59And me?
06:00I'm just a piece of trash he no longer needs.
06:02That evening, I returned to Kingston Manor to pack up my last belongings.
06:06Soon, I stepped into the live room.
06:07I saw Lily sweating in my usual spot.
06:10She was trying to her I'd limit edition dress with my jewelry hanging around neck.
06:14She saw me.
06:15She didn't even bother get up.
06:16Just gave me a cool and different glance.
06:18Back already?
06:20This isn't your place to call the shots yet.
06:23Lily took her sweet time getting up, saundered over, and stopped right in front of me.
06:29Come on, don't kid yourself, Natalie.
06:31You really think Charles still has any space for you?
06:35If you know what's good for you, back off now.
06:37It's the only way you leave with a shred of dignity.
06:40I looked at her cocky young face and suddenly laughed.
06:43Not bothering to respond, I whipped out my phone and hit play on a recording.
06:47It was the call she made to Charles, right at the exact moment he was signing those voice papers.
06:53Her smug look vanished in an instant.
06:57You recorded my call?
06:58Kid, before you try playing mind games, you'd better learn your place.
07:03Lily wilted under my era and scurried off, no longer so cocky.
07:06I sat alone in the empty living room, and my father's warnings echoed in my mind.
07:10Early the next morning, Charles stormed in.
07:13With a single angry swipe, he flipped coffee tables, sending the coffee cup crashing into pieces.
07:19Natalie, how dare you lay a finger on Lily!
07:22His eyes burned with rage.
07:24His voice was a low, animalistic round.
07:27You sent that recording to her school.
07:29Now the whole school is saying she's a homewrecker.
07:31She cried all night and couldn't even show her face at school today!
07:35I stared at him, completely unfazed.
07:37So what?
07:39Charles grabbed my wrist, his grip so tight it felt like he was trying to crush my bones.
07:43Natalie, when did you turn so cold-hearted?
07:47Lily's only 18.
07:49How could you ruin her like this?
07:51Is there any humanity left in you at all?
07:53You're just bitter over her youth, jealous of how naive she is!
07:56You really think being the Summers family's princess makes you special?
08:00Take away your family name, and you're nothing!
08:02His words pierced straight through every memory I clung to.
08:06I remembered the day he woke up from surgery,
08:09trembling and clutching my wrist,
08:11swearing he'd devote his whole life to repay me.
08:13I remembered how I gave him full control of my father's enterprise without a single condition,
08:19how I endured countless underwear vendettal alongside him,
08:22how I endured gossip from the whole city just to stand by his side.
08:26All my devotion was reduced to a meaningless family title in his mouth.
08:32Hot tears blurred my vision,
08:34but I refused to let them fall in front of him.
08:38His last words slighted through me, sharp as a blade.
08:41So to him, everything I am is just the glory of the Summers family.
08:46Charles froze.
08:47He pressed his burning cheek, staring in an utter disbelief.
08:50For ten years, I'd always been gentle and obedient around him,
08:53never once going against his decisions.
08:55I spoiled you for too long.
08:56You forgot your place.
08:58Today, I'll remind you, without the Summers family, you're nothing!
09:01I stumbled helplessly as he hauled me out,
09:03almost falling over with each step.
09:04Charles, what the hell are you trying to do?
09:06You'll see how Lily felt.
09:07You messed up.
09:08He utterly ignored my resinsed and pleas for help.
09:11The black Rolls-Royce tore through the streets of Harbor City,
09:14finally screeching to a stop outside an exclusive club.
09:17He dragged me straight up to a luxury suite on the top floor.
09:21Inside sat a handful of bloated businessmen,
09:25each one a major client of the Summers group.
09:28When they saw me, my clothes mussed and out of place,
09:31their eyes gleamed with greed.
09:33Charles, who's the girl?
09:34One of the men called out.
09:36Charles pushed me forward,
09:37that cold, detective smirk never leaving his face.
09:40She's mine, got too full of herself and pissed me off.
09:43Tonight, she's here to entertain you all as my apology.
09:45Have fun, anything goes.
09:47The fragrance in the private room was so sweet it was almost clunging.
09:50The light from the crystal lamp was so intense
09:51it made it impossible to keep my eyes open.
09:54The men's gazes moved like sticky insects,
09:56crawling over my exposed neck and arms.
09:59I instinctively pulled back,
10:01only to find my back hitting a cold wall.
10:03There was no escape,
10:04just like these past ten years,
10:06as I had gradually fallen into the web he had wove
10:08and could never break free from it.
10:11Each grinning as if they'd struck gold,
10:13one of them a bloated businessman,
10:14wiped his greasy hands and swaggered straight toward me.
10:16I've always heard the famous Natalie Summers was breathtaking,
10:19but seeing you now, it's really true.
10:21His grumpy fingers reached for my cheek, trying to touch me.
10:24I instantly recoiled, dodging away from his hand.
10:26The big man's face instantly turned sour.
10:29You think you're too good for this, huh?
10:31Charles leaned back on the leather sofa,
10:33eyes cold and indifferent, not even bothering to intervene.
10:36Mr. Zane, no need to hold back.
10:38She needs to learn her lesson.
10:40With Charzel's silent approval,
10:42the fat man started acting even more shamelessly.
10:46He suddenly grabbed my arm,
10:48trying to yank me closer into his greasy embrace.
10:52Get off me!
10:54The fat man's face twisted with anger
10:56as he lifted his hand to slap me.
10:58Just as things were about to hit rock bottom,
11:00the suite door flew open.
11:01Lily burst in, her eyes rimmed with tears.
11:03Charles, what the hell are you doing?
11:04Natalie, why are you here?
11:06She rushed over to Charles,
11:07grabbing his sleeve with pleading, innocent eyes.
11:10Charles, please don't treat Natalie like this.
11:12It's all my fault.
11:13I shouldn't have upset you.
11:15Please, just let her go.
11:16I'll take whatever punishment you want.
11:18Just don't hurt her.
11:19The men started to hesitate.
11:21Charles, maybe we don't want any part in a mess between you and your wife.
11:25Someone blurted.
11:26At last, those greasy hands finally let go of me.
11:29I slumped onto the icy floor,
11:30trembling all over and barely able to hold myself together.
11:33Down on your knees, Natalie, and apologize to Lily.
11:36Don't make me say it twice.
11:37This is your final warning.
11:38Lily leaned weakly against Charles's arm,
11:41wiping fake tears with her sleeve.
11:43But her eyes shot me a triumphant taunt under her lowered eyelashes.
11:49Charles, don't push Natalie too hard.
11:52It's my fault for making her angry.
11:54I can bear all the grievances.
11:55Just don't force her to kneel.
11:57It'll ruin her pride as the summer's air known.
12:00Her soft words only made Charles's temper burn hotter.
12:05His grip my chin's temper.
12:08His grip on my tightening until I could barely breathe.
12:12I spat out the metallic taste of blood,
12:14throwing him a cold, cocking smile.
12:16Charles, I must have been blind.
12:17I actually saved an ungrateful snake like you!
12:20Charles's eyes flashed with a cold, dangerous glaring,
12:22his grip tightening even more.
12:25Since you're too stupid to appreciate kindness,
12:27let's see how you handle this.
12:31I'm gonna show you exactly what it costs to betray me.
12:34Under the weight of everyone's stunned, unkeasy stares,
12:36Charles grabbed the crying lily and strode out,
12:38never sparing a backward glance.
12:40Soon, photos of me getting humiliated at the club
12:42were splashed all over the internet.
12:44Shocking.
12:45Harbor City Summer Summer's family hi-res exposed.
12:48Scandalous private life.
12:49Seen getting cozy several men in trash.
12:51Poor Charles stuck with it like money to let you do whatever you want.
12:53Public orgies, huh?
12:55This spoiled prince has to be thrown out.
12:58Charles, dump her already.
13:00Charles knew better than anyone what really happened,
13:03but he just let the rumors rampage across the internet.
13:06Lily called, practically squeaking with excitement.
13:08Natalie, I've got some awesome news.
13:10Charles officially named me vice president of Summer's group.
13:13By the way, Charles wants to make up for the Hartschussack-Faisley
13:15and has transferred ownership of your luxury apartment in Centralton to me.
13:19When I didn't give her the reaction she wanted, she only got nastier,
13:22her voice suddenly dripping with poison's delight.
13:24I just snitched on Gary Hughes to the Chamber of Commerce,
13:27told him he's been quietly slifing off the company's money for years,
13:30even faked your dad's will.
13:31And guess what?
13:32Charles himself put a signature on it.
13:34Can you believe that?
13:35She sent over a picture for the document,
13:37the signature at the bottom, neatest day.
13:39My blood ran cold.
13:40Gary was my dad's most trusted confidant,
13:42and he treated me like his own granddaughter ever since I was a kid.
13:44He held all the Summer's family's secrets,
13:46and now, he was literally the only family I had left in the world.
13:49And now, because of me,
13:50he had to take the blame for something he never did.
13:53I went completely frantic and dashed straight towards the Summer's group building.
13:57But the moment I reached outside,
13:59a horde of reporters mobbed me from all directions.
14:01Miss Summers, how do you respond to Miss Young's a castiation?
14:03Mr. Kingston has already Lily backed up in public.
14:06Are you willing to confess to what you've done?
14:08There was Lily, standing right in the middle of the lobby,
14:10surrounded by a bunch of board members like she owned the place.
14:13He finally showed up, here to pleady for Gary?
14:15How pathetic.
14:16Too late for that now.
14:17The auditors have already taken over the Summer's family estate,
14:20his reputation, his whole life.
14:23Strode over, looking clearly displeased.
14:25I hoped just for a second that he'd at least feel some guilt.
14:28Gary had always been like a respected elder to him.
14:30But all Charles did was yank me aside,
14:31his grip cold and his words even when I'm patient.
14:34Natalie, what the hell are you doing here, trying to stir up more drama?
14:36Haven't you shamed yourself enough already?
14:37Gary screwed up and whatever's happening to him now, he brought it on himself.
14:40Just quit causing trouble already.
14:42I stared at him.
14:43Come completely stunned.
14:45Seriously, Charles?
14:46Did you forget who saved your life?
14:48It was Gary!
14:49He's the one who drove you to the hospital when you were bleeding out.
14:52For a split second, Charles hesitated.
14:54A flick of doubt crossing his face,
14:56but then he shut it all down, looking cold and unyielding again.
14:58He was just doing his job.
15:00That's what a loyal employee should do.
15:01Still sticking up for that old man, Natalie?
15:03Seriously?
15:04Something inside me just broke.
15:06Gary wasn't just an employee.
15:09He'd been like family to me since I was a kid,
15:11teaching me what it meant to live and to be a good person.
15:15He was the only warmth left in this cold, unincaring world,
15:18and honestly, my softest spot.
15:19Now, even that final piece of hope was getting destroyed by them.
15:24Before I knew it, tears were spilling down my cheeks.
15:27Lily clicked across the lobby in her heels,
15:29standing over me with nothing but malice in her eyes,
15:31looking down like she couldn't wait to crush me.
15:33Why don't you get on your knees and beg?
15:35Maybe if I'm feeling generous, I'll just take back my report.
15:39She deliberately pulled out a document and waved it in front of my face like she'd just won a prize.
15:44See this?
15:45It's Gary's official detention notice.
15:48In that instant, my whole mind went blank,
15:50and a high-pitched buzz drowned out everything else.
15:53Natalie, get a hold of yourself!
15:54Suddenly, Charles caught on, all the color draining from his face.
15:57But by then, I couldn't hear anything anymore.
16:00All I wanted was to make things right for Gary.
16:03I didn't care what it would cost me, even if I lost everything.
16:06Without a second thought, I gripped the dagger hidden in my pocket and lunged at Lily.
16:09You're going down to pay for everything you did to Gary!
16:12The knife didn't slash into flesh, its tip stabbed into the stack of papers Lily Young was clutching in her
16:17hand.
16:17Terror washed over Lily.
16:19She crumpled onto the marble floor, shaking from head to toe.
16:22You're insane! You crazy woman!
16:24Lily's whole body was trembling as she screamed.
16:27Charles grabbed wrist out of nowhere, his fingernails nearly breaking the skin.
16:31Natalie, were you trying to kill her?
16:35He pulled Lily tightly behind his back,
16:38shielding her whole body with his figure,
16:40as if if I was a vicious murderer about to harm an innocent girl.
16:45Look at how cruel you've become.
16:48Lily only told the truth about Gary!
16:50You want to stab her in public!
16:53All the kindness I gave you over ten years was wasted on a cold-blooded madwoman!
16:57The surroundings and reporters whispered and pointed at me.
16:59All eyes filled with disgust and judgment,
17:01every gaze stabbing like a knife.
17:03I stood alone, isolated by the man I loved for a decade.
17:06I wrenched my wrist free.
17:07I'm not out of my mind.
17:08I'm warning you.
17:10Warning you.
17:11People from the Summers family aren't just anyone you can push around.
17:14The crowd of employees and reporters left, too stunned to react.
17:17Charles forced himself to stay cool and started to assert control over the scene.
17:21Security!
17:22Get this dangerous troublemaker out of here.
17:23The Summers group doesn't want anyone stirring up drama like that.
17:26A couple of suited bodyguards looked closer to Natalie,
17:29and a deep magnetic voice echoed her way.
17:30Let's see who dares lay a fender on her.
17:32The crowd instantly stepped aside,
17:34as a man with indeniable commanding preyed on Strodin.
17:36Every gesture he made ooze the air of someone born...
17:38Mr. Lane!
17:39How come you're in Harbor City?
17:40Edward Lane completely ignored him,
17:42strooting straight towards me,
17:43and his eyes soft as they languered on the wounds on my hand.
17:46Sorry you had to suffer through all of this.
17:48I looked up at his face,
17:49a face I hadn't seen in so long,
17:51and tears well up at my eyes.
17:53Edward.
17:55He was the one who called the shots at Lane Global Group,
17:57and he was also my childhood best friend.
17:59He'd spent years making a name for himself overseas,
18:01and now he was the CEO of a multitational giant.
18:04Edward's sudden appearance completely flipped the script.
18:07He swept his gaze across the room,
18:09then fixed his icy stare on Charles.
18:12Mr. Kingston,
18:13when did you get the idea that you could bully a Summers?
18:16Mr. Lane, please don't understand.
18:18It's just a personal matter between me and my wife.
18:21Natalie got a bit emotional and almost did something reckless.
18:24Marital didn't skewds?
18:25Since when did you start treating Ellie
18:27like she's just your property to be stepped on whenever you please?
18:29On the screen was the surveillance feed from the club's private suite,
18:33showing Charles shoving me directly into the hands of those businessmen,
18:37letting them do whatever they wanted.
18:39The whole place erupted in an uproar.
18:41No wonder Miss Summers snapped.
18:43Any woman would break down after that.
18:45How did you even get access to that surveillance footage?
18:48Charles, did you really think you could call all the shots in Harbor City?
18:51When it comes to real power,
18:53you're nothing but a jumping clown.
18:54Come with me.
18:55We're leaving.
19:00Next!
19:07Let's get your wound checked out first.
19:09I'm fine, Edward.
19:11Really, thanks a lot for helping me out today.
19:13Hey, no need to act like a stranger with me.
19:17I'm sorry for all the hardship you had to do with the Kingston family.
19:20It was my fault for leaving so suddenly back then.
19:24Richard trusted me to take care of you before he passed,
19:26and I wasn't there for you.
19:29So, what's your next move?
19:30Charles may have lost in a quarter of Puebla pin,
19:32but he's the type to back down easily.
19:34In this divorce battle,
19:36he'll do everything he can to make sure you end up with nothing.
19:38I'm taking back everything the Summers family had,
19:41and after that,
19:42I'm making them pay for every wrong they've done.
19:43You've got my full report.
19:44Whatever you need, I'm in.
19:45You've got the top little team in Harbor City at your just vote.
19:47No need.
19:48This war, I'm fighting it with my own hands.
19:50This isn't just about money.
19:51It's about clawing back the ten years Charles robbed from me,
19:54and taking back the dignity he crushed beneath his feet.
19:58I understand what you're thinking.
19:59Whenever you need backup, just say the word.
20:02In the days that followed,
20:03the video of Charles humiliating me blew up all over social media.
20:06Trust me, weepily, Tom, for then she miss Ben, sure, plate.
20:12Charles was falling apart,
20:14and eventually he was the one who reached out to me.
20:17On the phone,
20:18there was a level of desperation and humility in his voice I'd never heard before.
20:23Natalie, can we meet?
20:24I messed up and shouldn't have treated you that way.
20:26If you could meet me and get Mr. Lane to remove the videos,
20:28we can forget this happened.
20:30Charles, didn't you once claim I was nothing after leaving this family?
20:33Thought I could only hang to you just to get by, right?
20:35So what's changed now?
20:37Natalie, I know I was wrong.
20:38Are all these years together really not worth more than Edward?
20:40If you just come back, I'll send Lissy away.
20:42We can start over.
20:43Not a chance, Charles.
20:45You better get ready for that Spatina.
20:46In court, I'll show you what real Summers' family power looks like.
20:50After the call ended,
20:51I began sorting through all the files and records on Charles,
20:54Lily, and anyone else tied to the mess.
20:56Mrs. Summers, Mr. Lane asked me to pass this along.
20:58He said this could be a game changer for your case.
21:01I tore open the envelope, curiosity nodding at me, then froze.
21:06What I saw hit me like a bolt of lightning.
21:08Inside the folder was nothing but the truth about the case that almost took Charles' life a decade ago.
21:13This was the key event that catapulted Charles from adopted son to Summers' group leader.
21:20Laying his Harbor City Ritation Schinfeldaukdation.
21:25But now, in the section marked as the report's commissioner,
21:29my father's name was right there.
21:31My hands shook as I turned each page,
21:33feeling the weight of secrets that had been buried for a decade come rushing back.
21:37A decade ago, as the Summers' family's charred daughter,
21:40Charles' near-fatal attack was the last hurdle before I inherited the family legacy.
21:44My father spent three lengthless years weaving his web,
21:46chasing every lead, hunting the mastermind did all,
21:49until he finally uncovered the true villain.
21:51But the night before everything was supposed to end,
21:53Charles was shot.
21:54Whether he would survive was anyone's guess.
21:57I was still overseas, studying, when I got the call.
22:00I dropped everything and flew home,
22:02watching over him day in and day out.
22:05Natalie, if you hadn't saved me this time,
22:08I'd be dead for sure.
22:10From this day forward, my life belongs to you.
22:12I swear I'll never let anything happen to the Summers' family.
22:15I handed over all the al-they-had-that,
22:17trusting Charles to finish what my father started
22:20and let him take charge of everything.
22:22The way he settled that crisis
22:24earned Charles serious respect from everyone, Harbor City.
22:28When my father was gone,
22:29Charles was already seen as the one destined
22:32to inherit the Summers' group.
22:34Charles held me tight,
22:35tears threatening to spill from his eyes as he whispered,
22:39Natalie,
22:40before Richard left this world,
22:41he put you in my care.
22:42I swear,
22:43I'll spend my whole life protecting you.
22:46Later,
22:47Charles proposed,
22:49splurging on a huge diamond ring,
22:51the first reward he earned after surviving that ordeal,
22:55dazzling enough to blind anyone who looked at it.
22:58Natalie,
22:59you're the Summers' family's pride and joy.
23:01All this dirty business shouldn't touch you.
23:04From now on,
23:04let me shoulder everything.
23:06I was so caught up in losing my dad
23:07and falling for Charles
23:08that it never even crossed my mind to doubt him.
23:12I was convinced that he was just helping me run the family business
23:15and that the Summers' group was still ours together.
23:17Who would have thought he'd been wiping away
23:19every sign of me from the Summers' family since day one?
23:22Quietly claim everything my father left behind for himself.
23:25No wonder Charles had always found ways
23:27to keep me out of the company's business these past ten years.
23:30No wonder he'd fly off the handle
23:32every time I tried to learn more about my father's work.
23:36Snapping that I shouldn't mess with something so dangerous.
23:39He wasn't protecting me at all.
23:41He was shutting me out.
23:42Lily's arrival just handed him the perfect excuse
23:45to finally cut me loose once and for all.
23:47That naive, clueless girl was no threat
23:49to his control over the Summers' group.
23:51But as the true heir to the Summers' family
23:54I was nothing but a ticking time bomb in his eyes.
23:56I clutched the folder, my whole body shaking.
23:59All along the happiness I thought was real
24:00for the past ten years was nothing but one big, ugly lie.
24:04I spent the whole night wrestling with the truth.
24:06The next day I arranged to meet Charles at the Croninsula,
24:09my grip on the investigation tightening with every step.
24:11This was dad's favorite place,
24:13where he taught me everything about surviving in boardroom battles.
24:19Natalie, I'm really glad you agreed to see me.
24:21My name is Hadley.
24:23Charles, it's time we settled the score.
24:26This report, where did you find it?
24:28Did you really think you could destroy
24:29every art of the Summers' family
24:30and hide the truth forever?
24:32Charles, you must have forgotten.
24:33The Summers' family's been rooted in Harbor City for decades.
24:36Some things you'll never be able to wipe away.
24:38Edward worked his contacts overseas
24:39and pulled a secret backup of the report
24:41straight from a Swiss bank vault.
24:43I wanted him to finally see
24:45that the Summers' family's foundation
24:47ran far deeper than he could ever imagine.
24:50Natalie, please, just hear me out.
24:52Back then, everything was so complicated.
24:54I only took control of the Summers' group to protect you.
24:57If those enemies ever learned you were still alive,
24:59they wouldn't have stopped until you disappeared for good.
25:01He stammered helplessly,
25:03his words tumbling out in confusion
25:05as fat beads of sweat rolled down his face.
25:08Watching him so shaken and broken,
25:10all I felt was a cold, merciless disgust.
25:13So you stripped everything away from me,
25:15forced me to live like I was nothing for ten years,
25:18just to satisfy your pathetic accession, troll.
25:20Natalie, please, you have to believe me.
25:23I've always loved you.
25:24Every single thing I did was for you.
25:25Just give me one more chance.
25:27Let's burn this report and start fresh.
25:28I swear I'll never lie to you again.
25:29Charles, drop the act.
25:30The moment you betrayed the Summers' family,
25:32you'd destroy any chance between us.
25:33Never once looking back.
25:34Behind me, his cry of despair echoed through the room.
25:38Before I stepped out the restaurant door,
25:40a heavy crash sounded behind me.
25:43A wave of emotion swept over me.
25:45But I still decided to take one last look.
25:49I glanced back faintly through the glass window
25:51and saw Charles smash his head violently
25:53against the solid wooden table,
25:55blood oozing from his forehead,
25:57begging my name, Haxley, over and over.
26:02Yet my heart stayed completely cold.
26:05Every wound he inflicted on me over ten years
26:08could never be erased by this momentary self-harm.
26:11Soon, I formally took Charles to court.
26:14At Harbor City's most prestigious hotel,
26:16the Grand Peninsula,
26:17I called a preference
26:18and exposed the decade-old investigation report to the public.
26:21The entire business scenery was rocked.
26:23Charles tumbled from seat
26:24as Harbor City's underwar of Cain
26:26instantly came everyone's target.
26:27The Sam's Group board emergency meeting
26:28and did an argument.
26:29The Yanomar fleece Charles from every position he held.
26:31Major Banks move fast,
26:32freeze all his accounts.
26:33His business hurry-to-hurry ties.
26:34Charles from Happens even faster than Nathalie accepted it.
26:37And naturally, Lily's own empire came crashing down, too.
26:40The second Charles' scandal broke,
26:41showbook cut ties.
26:42She rushed in front of cameras,
26:43sobbing and playing the victim,
26:44insisting she'd been deceived by Charles the whole time.
26:47Too bad for her,
26:48I'd already prepared a special gift just for her.
26:50I submitted a detailed financial report to the court.
26:53It laid out every single transfer
26:55Charles had made to Lily over the past three years,
26:58every luxury purchase,
26:59and even a multi-million dollar Oshrant billow.
27:02All of that money had come straight
27:03from the Summer's Group's accounts.
27:05With the evidence so clear,
27:07there was no way she could deny
27:08being both the mistress and a crook.
27:10After I cleared Gary's name,
27:12he returned to the Summer's family.
27:14He used his connections to dig into Lily's past
27:17and discovered her ID was fake.
27:19She wasn't an orphan at all.
27:21Turns out,
27:22her real identity was the daughter
27:24of one of Charles' old enemies,
27:26and she'd stuck close to him for three whole years,
27:29all just to get her revenge.
27:30That revelation left everyone stunned.
27:33Lily totally snapped.
27:34She called me in the dead of night,
27:36practically screaming her head off.
27:37Natalie, you vicious witch!
27:39I'm going to make you pay!
27:41You've ruined my everything!
27:42I listened to her rad,
27:44keeping my cool,
27:45and only replied with a single line,
27:47You brought this on yourself.
27:49All of Lily's ill-gone gains were seized,
27:52and she got three years behind bars
27:54on multiple charges.
27:55On the day of the trial,
27:56I saw Charles in court
27:58for the very last time.
28:00As the defendant in my divorce case,
28:02he insisted on making one last stand for himself.
28:05The once-feared king of Harbor City
28:07now looked like a shadow of his former self,
28:10gone and gray at the temples.
28:12When he saw me sitting calmly in the plaintiff's seat,
28:14his eyes were filled with nothing but regret and despair.
28:16The whole trial was basically a done deal.
28:19With all the evidence I threw on the table,
28:21Charles' defense fell flat,
28:22totally unable to prove his innocence.
28:23The court nailed him for stealing from the Summers group,
28:26and his cheating was officially put on record.
28:29Finally, the judge granted our divorce.
28:31Since Charles was at fault,
28:33he had to cough up a huge amount for my emotional pain,
28:36plus every asset he got from the Summers group
28:38was given back to me.
28:39Most importantly,
28:40after a thorough investigation,
28:42the business authority
28:42vaulted every last business right
28:44Charles had in Harbor City.
28:45He was banned for life
28:46from any kind of business dealings.
28:49After the trial,
28:50he blocked my way.
28:52Natalie.
28:53His voice was so raspy,
28:55it was barely audible,
28:56but his eyes still held a trace of desperate hope.
28:59I looked at the man I'd spent a decade with,
29:01and my heart was completely calm.
29:04Charles,
29:06do you know what your greatest mistake was?
29:09You never saw me as Natalie Summers.
29:11He staggered forward,
29:13trembling as he extended his hands,
29:15trying to grasp mine,
29:17tears streaming down his gaunt face.
29:19All his former arrogance and power
29:21vanished without a trace.
29:26I see you now, Natalie, only you.
29:28Give me one last chance.
29:30I'll give up all power,
29:31leave Harbor City with you,
29:33cut all ties with Lily.
29:35Just don't leave me.
29:36I glanced at his bludged,
29:37desperate eyes without a single waver.
29:40To you, I was just the Summers era you could use.
29:43But you forgot,
29:44I'm the true blood of the Summers family.
29:47I left his desperate pleading behind,
29:49took Edward's arm,
29:50and walked out of the courtroom with my head high.
29:52The sunlight parted the clouds
29:53and brayed me in warmth,
29:54just like it did in the past.
29:56I knew that from this day forward,
29:57the true legacy of the Summers family
29:58had finally begun.
30:00However, for Charles,
30:01he would completely destroy
30:03the Falverson's business of Dishans
30:05and underground power.
30:07The once all-powerful underground king
30:09would be completely defeated.
30:10and this is the Summers people that come here.
30:11Let's see.
30:13$200 million from the Steam