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Six years ago, Nora Reed was framed by her stepsister and unexpectedly spent a night with billionaire CEO Adrian Blackwood. Pregnant and deeply humiliated, she disappeared without revealing the truth. Years later, their daughter Lily travels alone to New York, hoping to find her father and save Nora from a forced marriage. A black diamond ring uncovers their hidden connection, drawing the family into a dangerous world of betrayal, inheritance battles, and a love that may finally heal the past.
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00:00:00Tickets out, please. Anyone without a ticket, now's the time to pay.
00:00:05I have money, sir.
00:00:09Five dollars?
00:00:11New York is fifty dollars.
00:00:13Sir, when I get to New York, I'll have my dad pay you back.
00:00:18And who is your dad?
00:00:22Adrian Blackwood.
00:00:24Listen, kid, if you're his daughter, I'm the mayor of New York.
00:00:30I'm not lying.
00:00:33My mom said he's in New York.
00:00:37Where's your mom?
00:00:39She was taken by bad men.
00:00:42Tonight, they're forcing her to marry someone terrible.
00:00:47Don't leave me here.
00:00:49It's raining here!
00:00:52Next time you go out, remember to bring enough money.
00:01:01Mom, wait for me.
00:01:07I will find dad.
00:01:12Adrian, you're thirty-two.
00:01:15You can't stay single forever.
00:01:18It's not that I don't want to get married.
00:01:22I just don't want to waste my time.
00:01:25Then at least give me a grand cloud.
00:01:28Mother.
00:01:30The Blackwood family cannot be without an heir.
00:01:33Daddy?
00:01:35Dad!
00:01:35Dad!
00:01:36Save Mom!
00:01:41Wait.
00:01:42She looks just like you did, is it, Chuck?
00:01:44Mother, don't be ridiculous.
00:01:46Daddy!
00:01:47Daddy, please!
00:01:49Mom is going to die!
00:01:51Stop the car!
00:01:55She's just a stranger.
00:01:59I said stop the car.
00:02:08Who did you just call dad?
00:02:11You.
00:02:14I don't have a daughter.
00:02:17You do.
00:02:18My name is Lily Reed.
00:02:20My mother's name is Nora Reed.
00:02:22Who taught you to say that name?
00:02:26Mom said if one day she couldn't protect me,
00:02:30I should take this and come find you.
00:02:37This ring.
00:02:38Where did you get it?
00:02:40Mom always kept it hidden in a box.
00:02:43Every time she looked at it, she cried.
00:02:46Adrian, isn't this the ring you had six years ago?
00:02:49I only ever gave it to one woman.
00:02:52Then you are my dad.
00:02:55Where is your mother now?
00:02:57Great aunt is forcing her to marry Grant Harlan.
00:03:00Mom said he used to beat his wife.
00:03:03Look up Nora Reed.
00:03:04Now.
00:03:08Sir, there really is a private wedding tonight.
00:03:12The bride is Nora Reed.
00:03:14The groom is Grant Harlan.
00:03:18Dad, save Mom.
00:03:31Nora Reed, you'd better still be alive.
00:03:36Put on the wedding dress.
00:03:38I won't.
00:03:39Mr. Grant's men are already waiting outside.
00:03:41Then tell them to get lost.
00:03:42Nora, do you really think you get to choose?
00:03:44You're a woman with a child.
00:03:44You should be grateful and is willing to marry you.
00:03:46He's not marrying dollars to me.
00:03:47His bride price has already arrived.
00:03:49You will marry him today whether you want to or not.
00:03:53You took that money.
00:03:55It has nothing to do with me.
00:03:57Of course it does.
00:03:59That money is paying for my house and wedding.
00:04:03You've lived under our roof for years.
00:04:06It's time you paid us back.
00:04:09I've supported this family since I was 16.
00:04:12Every dollar you spent came from me.
00:04:15Spare us the victim act.
00:04:17Six years ago, you climbed into Adrian Blackwood's bed.
00:04:20That paid pretty well, didn't it?
00:04:24How do you know it was Adrian that night?
00:04:26Everyone in town knows your dirty little secret.
00:04:30No.
00:04:32I never told anyone what happened.
00:04:35Enough!
00:04:36Stop pretending you're innocent!
00:04:38You set me up, didn't you?
00:04:41Prove it.
00:04:43Chloe, you were the one who tricked me into going to that suite.
00:04:49I gave you a chance to change your life.
00:04:52Too bad you weren't smart enough to take it.
00:04:56You ruined my life.
00:04:59Your life was worthless to begin with.
00:05:06Let go of me!
00:05:13Tie her up.
00:05:19Where's Louie?
00:05:24What did you do with her?
00:05:26The little prat ran off on her own.
00:05:28Someone's probably picked her up by now.
00:05:30Jason!
00:05:31Say that again!
00:05:35You should be worried about yourself right now.
00:05:44Is my bride ready?
00:05:47I'm not your bride.
00:05:50I paid for you.
00:05:54I'm not property.
00:05:56After tonight, you'll learn to obey me.
00:05:59Touch me.
00:06:01And I'll make you regret it for the rest of your life.
00:06:05Your own family sold you.
00:06:07What could you possibly do to me?
00:06:12My daughter will find her father.
00:06:18Her father, Adrian Blackwood?
00:06:23If Adrian Blackwood wanted you, would you be standing here in that cheap wedding dress?
00:06:29A man like him wouldn't even remember you.
00:06:36He'll remember.
00:06:41Where's the ring?
00:06:43Who did you give it to?
00:06:45Someone none of you will ever be able to touch.
00:06:54Aunt Linda!
00:06:55There are cars everywhere!
00:06:58Who dares interrupt my wedding?
00:07:04Release Miss Nora Reed.
00:07:06And who the hell are you?
00:07:10Mr. Blackwood's executive assistant.
00:07:19Mommy!
00:07:22Lily?
00:07:33Who did this?
00:07:39Mr. Blackwood, this is a family matter.
00:07:43A family matter?
00:07:46I paid for her.
00:07:49Tonight, she belongs to me.
00:07:51Say that again.
00:07:53I said I bought her!
00:07:54Adrian.
00:07:56Mason.
00:07:59Yes, sir.
00:08:10Don't touch me!
00:08:16You didn't believe me six years ago.
00:08:20I don't need your pity now.
00:08:23I'm not here to pity you.
00:08:27Then why are you here?
00:08:35She isn't your possession.
00:08:39I'll find out whether she's my daughter.
00:08:45This is where we're going with now.
00:08:48Sir, the hospital is ready.
00:08:51They can run the paternity test immediately.
00:08:56If she really my daughter, you owe me an explanation.
00:09:02I won't let you take Lily.
00:09:06You don't get to keep me from the truth.
00:09:08The truth?
00:09:10Six years ago, I begged you to hear me out.
00:09:15Did you?
00:09:17Six years ago, you walked into my room carrying my ring.
00:09:21That ring was the insult you throw at me.
00:09:25You could have come to me.
00:09:27For money?
00:09:29So you could call me a whore again?
00:09:35Mommy, daddy isn't bad.
00:09:38He came to save you.
00:09:43Sweetheart, saving you once doesn't mean someone won't hurt you again.
00:09:51Mr. Blackwood, don't let her fool you.
00:09:54She's been a liar since she was a child.
00:09:59Did I ask you?
00:10:04Mr. Blackwood, Mr. Blackwood, Nora targeted you on purpose.
00:10:09She hid the pregnancy because wanted to wait until the child was older and demand more money.
00:10:15Chloe, shut up.
00:10:19Am I wrong?
00:10:20You've spent years pretending to be poor, all for this moment.
00:10:27Pull her financial records for the past six years.
00:10:31Already on it.
00:10:36Mr. Blackwood, even if the kid is yours, I paid for her mother.
00:10:41She's my bride.
00:10:47You like buying people?
00:10:50That's not what I meant.
00:10:53As of today, every loan held by the Harlan Group is frozen.
00:10:58You can't do that!
00:11:02I can.
00:11:03Over one woman?
00:11:07Over the mother of my daughter.
00:11:16Mommy, he just stood up for you.
00:11:21Sweetheart, not now.
00:11:29Sir, the car is ready.
00:11:33We're going to the hospital.
00:11:36I'm not going.
00:11:40Afraid of the result?
00:11:42I'm afraid you'll take her from me.
00:11:47If she's my daughter, she should have the Blackwood name.
00:11:50She's my daughter first.
00:11:52Then come with us.
00:11:53You can watch the results come in yourself.
00:11:58Mommy, I want to know if he's really my daddy.
00:12:05But listen to me, Adrienne.
00:12:07Whatever that test says, Lily is not leaving me.
00:12:12That depends on whether you've been lying to me.
00:12:26Mr. Blackwood, the fastest we can have the results is two hours.
00:12:36I want an airtight result.
00:12:38Of course.
00:12:42Mommy, will it hurt?
00:12:44No, sweetheart.
00:12:46Just a tiny pinch.
00:12:49You can hold my hand if you're scared.
00:12:54Your hand is so cold.
00:12:59I'm not used to children.
00:13:02Then you'd better get used to them.
00:13:07Mommy, was I brave?
00:13:08You're the bravest little girl in the whole world.
00:13:14She's like you.
00:13:17You don't get to say that.
00:13:20Nora, I didn't know you were pregnant.
00:13:23And if you had, would you have written me a check and told me to disappear with the baby?
00:13:29Have you always hated me this much?
00:13:31I hate that you never believed me.
00:13:35Sir, Harold's people.
00:13:38Have started moving assets.
00:13:40Shut them down.
00:13:42Yes, sir.
00:13:45Switch the samples.
00:13:48And everything on that card is yours.
00:13:51This is Blackwood's private hospital.
00:13:54They'll destroy me.
00:13:59Once those results come out, you're finished anyway.
00:14:05Do what I say.
00:14:07Replace the child's sample with someone else's.
00:14:28What are you doing?
00:14:32I was just checking the label.
00:14:36You need to hide it in your pocket to check the label.
00:14:44Sir, someone tried to switch the sample.
00:14:48Who put you up to this?
00:14:52I can't tell you.
00:14:55You don't have to.
00:14:57But after today, no hospital in New York will ever hire you again.
00:15:04It was...
00:15:05Chloe Reed!
00:15:08Chloe?
00:15:10Looks like your sister is terrified of this result.
00:15:13She's not afraid of the result.
00:15:15She's afraid we'll uncover what happened six years ago.
00:15:18It's me.
00:15:34What does it say?
00:15:37Mommy, is he my daddy?
00:15:41No matter what it says, mommy will always protect you.
00:15:47The test confirms parentity.
00:15:53So, you really are my daddy?
00:15:57Yes, sir.
00:16:01Then why didn't you come find me before?
00:16:04Because I didn't know you existed.
00:16:07Mommy wasn't lying to me.
00:16:09No.
00:16:11She wasn't.
00:16:15Are you going to leave me?
00:16:18Never.
00:16:21Daddy.
00:16:37You've been through so much, sweetheart.
00:16:44Where are you going?
00:16:46You have your answer.
00:16:48Lily is your daughter, but she's still coming with me.
00:16:51You think I'll let my daughter?
00:16:53Keep living in a place like that?
00:16:56That's our home.
00:16:59That isn't a home.
00:17:02It's a house full of people feeding off you.
00:17:05You have no right to judge how I survived these past six years.
00:17:11I'm her father.
00:17:13You've been her father for five minutes.
00:17:19Nora, the child needs somewhere safe.
00:17:22What she needs most is her mother.
00:17:26Mommy, can we live with daddy?
00:17:28I don't want great aunt Linda to find us again.
00:17:31Blackwood Manor has doctors, security, a school, and rooms no one can get into.
00:17:38And a house full of people who look down on me.
00:17:44That's fair.
00:17:48Sir, Chloe Reed is here.
00:17:51She claims the paternity test is fake.
00:17:54And says she's calling the police.
00:17:57She actually had the nerve to come.
00:17:59Let her in.
00:18:02Mr. Blackwood, you can't trust Nora.
00:18:06She's always forging things.
00:18:08That child may not even be yours.
00:18:11That's a lie.
00:18:14Shut up, you little bastard.
00:18:17The adults are talking.
00:18:25What did you just call her?
00:18:27I didn't mean it like that.
00:18:29Mason.
00:18:30Yes, sir?
00:18:32Notify every company that does business with the Reed family.
00:18:35Effective immediately, all ties are terminated.
00:18:40No, you can't do that.
00:18:43And reopen the investigation into that night six years ago.
00:18:47I want to know who sent Nora into my room.
00:18:53Chloe, it really was you.
00:18:55You think you've won because you're inside the Blackwood home?
00:18:59Don't forget.
00:19:01Adrian already has a real fiance.
00:19:05You think you've won because you're inside the Blackwood home?
00:19:08Don't forget.
00:19:10Adrian already has a real fiance.
00:19:14A fiance?
00:19:16There is no engagement.
00:19:17Mr. Blackwood, everyone in New York knows Celeste Ward is your perfect match.
00:19:21That's what my mother and the Ward family want.
00:19:24It isn't what I want.
00:19:29She's the woman who belongs at your side.
00:19:32What is Nara?
00:19:33A broke single mother?
00:19:38She's the mother of my daughter.
00:19:42So what?
00:19:43She climbed into your bed six years ago!
00:19:46Because she wanted exactly this.
00:19:50Mason, show her out.
00:19:52You'll regret this, Adrian!
00:19:55Nora isn't the woman you think she is!
00:19:59I don't need you telling him what kind of woman I am.
00:20:06Just wait!
00:20:07I'm taking back everything you owe me, piece by piece.
00:20:12Miss Reed, this way.
00:20:22Mommy, she's scary.
00:20:24Don't be afraid.
00:20:25Mommy's here.
00:20:30Sir, Grant Harden is still at the Reed house.
00:20:33Linda and Jason are there, too.
00:20:36We're going back.
00:20:37What are you going to do?
00:20:39Show them what it costs.
00:20:43To sell the mother of my child.
00:20:57Aunt Glinda, are we really running?
00:20:59You'd rather stay here and die?
00:21:02This is the Blackwood family we're dealing with.
00:21:05I don't care where you run.
00:21:07I want my money back.
00:21:09We've already spent some of it.
00:21:11Then give me Noah instead.
00:21:17Mr. Blackwood.
00:21:20Who took the money?
00:21:22This is all a misunderstanding.
00:21:24I asked who took the money.
00:21:29She did!
00:21:33It was all her!
00:21:34You ungrateful little snake!
00:21:38Mason.
00:21:40The payment account has been frozen.
00:21:43We've also recovered the funds Harlan tried to move.
00:21:47What gives you the right to touch my money?
00:21:49The fact that you tried to buy a human being.
00:21:52I didn't!
00:21:53Her family took the money willingly!
00:21:58So you admit you knew
00:22:01she wasn't marrying you willingly.
00:22:05Call the police.
00:22:07No, Mr. Blackwood!
00:22:10I raised Noya.
00:22:13I only wanted to make sure she had a husband.
00:22:17Say you raised me one more time
00:22:19and I swear I'll throw up.
00:22:22Nora, how can you be so ungrateful?
00:22:26I'm ungrateful?
00:22:28When Lily had a fever?
00:22:31I sat alone at the hospital.
00:22:34Where were you?
00:22:38When I worked three jobs a day,
00:22:40where were you?
00:22:42When you took my paycheck
00:22:44to buy Jason a car,
00:22:46why didn't you call me family then?
00:22:55Is this how you've lived
00:22:56for the past six years?
00:22:59That's none of your business.
00:23:03It is now.
00:23:06It is now.
00:23:27Miss Celesta, it's me.
00:23:30Nora is back with Adrian.
00:23:33And she brought his child.
00:23:35If you don't return now,
00:23:38she'll be the next Mrs. Blackwood.
00:23:53I've arranged for a doctor to examine her.
00:23:58She's just exhausted.
00:24:00She was thrown off a bus
00:24:02and ran who knows how far by herself.
00:24:04She's getting checked.
00:24:06Now you decide to worry?
00:24:09Nora.
00:24:10Don't say my name.
00:24:14I didn't know she existed.
00:24:19But you knew I existed.
00:24:21Six years ago,
00:24:23you threw me out like garbage.
00:24:27I was drugged that night.
00:24:29No one was supposed to be in my room.
00:24:33So you decided I must have been sent there for you?
00:24:36Yes, sir.
00:24:39Thank you for being honest
00:24:42and for reminding me that you never believed me.
00:24:49I'll make it up to you.
00:24:53With money again?
00:24:56You can have anything you want.
00:25:01I want that night six years ago
00:25:02never to have happened.
00:25:04Can you give me that?
00:25:09I want someone beside me
00:25:11when Lily was born.
00:25:13Can you give me that?
00:25:18I want a father to stand up for her
00:25:19every time someone called her fatherless.
00:25:21Can you give me that?
00:25:23It will never happen again.
00:25:28The future doesn't repay the past.
00:25:34Sir, the suite is ready.
00:25:37I'm not staying in a hotel.
00:25:40Then where do you want to go?
00:25:43I'm taking Lily and leaving.
00:25:49You don't have anywhere safe to go right now.
00:25:52I'll find somewhere myself.
00:26:06Use this.
00:26:07Pick a house, a car, a school,
00:26:11whatever you need.
00:26:16Sixties years ago
00:26:17you gave me a ring
00:26:19and told me to go to your house for money.
00:26:22Six years later
00:26:24you're handing me a card.
00:26:25That's not what I meant.
00:26:30This is how you've always seen me.
00:26:37Adrian Blackwood,
00:26:38I didn't come here for your money.
00:26:40Lily found you to save me
00:26:42not to sell me.
00:26:44I'm not trying to buy you.
00:26:49But every time you look at me,
00:26:51money is the only solution you see.
00:27:02Nora, don't misunderstand him.
00:27:05Adrian simply doesn't know
00:27:06how to take care of people.
00:27:07Mrs. Blackwood,
00:27:08I can accept your family
00:27:10acknowledging Lily.
00:27:11Lily, I won't accept your family buying me.
00:27:15Then what do you want?
00:27:18Respect.
00:27:25All right.
00:27:26And Lily sleeps with me.
00:27:28Of course.
00:27:33Tomorrow morning,
00:27:34I'm taking her and leaving.
00:27:36No.
00:27:37You just promised to respect me.
00:27:39Respect doesn't mean
00:27:40letting you walk back into danger.
00:27:42Then what exactly do you want?
00:27:46Come to Blackwood Manor with me
00:27:49until I learn what happened
00:27:50six years ago
00:27:52and know no one can hurt Lily again.
00:27:56I don't trust you.
00:27:59Then keep your eyes on me.
00:28:05Daddy.
00:28:07Don't go.
00:28:19Daddy?
00:28:21You're awake.
00:28:23You really stayed.
00:28:26You asked me not to leave.
00:28:29When I was sick,
00:28:31Mommy used to stay up with me like this.
00:28:36She took care of you alone
00:28:38all these years?
00:28:39Yes.
00:28:40Mommy is really strong.
00:28:42Shh.
00:28:42But sometimes she cries
00:28:44when she thinks I can't see her.
00:28:49Does she cry often?
00:28:51Only when she looks at that ring.
00:28:57Daddy, did you hurt Mommy before?
00:29:01Yes, sir.
00:29:03Then you have to apologize.
00:29:07I will.
00:29:11Daddy, did you hurt Mommy before?
00:29:14Yes, sir.
00:29:16Then you have to apologize.
00:29:19I will.
00:29:24What did you just promise her?
00:29:28Daddy said he's going to make you
00:29:30stop being sad.
00:29:36You can't believe everything
00:29:37grown-ups say.
00:29:43Castles have traps, too.
00:29:51You can believe me this time.
00:29:56I'm taking Lily today.
00:30:02Mason learned last night
00:30:03that Grant's men are still
00:30:04looking for you.
00:30:06Chloe has contacted
00:30:07outside help, too.
00:30:08And?
00:30:11Right now,
00:30:12the safest place
00:30:13for you and Lily
00:30:15is Blackwood Manor.
00:30:17If I go there,
00:30:18even more people
00:30:19will humiliate me.
00:30:20Anyone who humiliates you
00:30:22will deal with me.
00:30:25You can't be there
00:30:26every second.
00:30:27Then I'll make sure
00:30:28they remember
00:30:29they can't touch you
00:30:30even when I'm gone.
00:30:37Nora,
00:30:38the manor has a private suite.
00:30:39You and Lily
00:30:40can stay together.
00:30:42No one will force you
00:30:43to share a room
00:30:44with Adrian.
00:30:48Mommy,
00:30:49I want to see
00:30:49Daddy's house.
00:30:52It isn't our home.
00:30:53But if Daddy is there
00:30:55and you're there,
00:30:57wouldn't that make it
00:30:58a little like home?
00:31:02One week.
00:31:04Stay for one week.
00:31:06If you still want to leave
00:31:07after that,
00:31:08I won't stop you.
00:31:10Do you swear?
00:31:14I swear.
00:31:16One more condition.
00:31:19Lily keeps the Reed name
00:31:21for now.
00:31:23Agreed.
00:31:25You don't take her
00:31:26anywhere alone.
00:31:29Agreed.
00:31:30And you don't reveal
00:31:31her identity publicly
00:31:33without my consent.
00:31:39You can't agree to that?
00:31:42I want to protect her.
00:31:44So do I.
00:31:52Fine.
00:31:54We keep it private
00:31:55for now.
00:32:02Sir,
00:32:03the manor
00:32:03has already been notified.
00:32:07Who notified them?
00:32:08Your mother.
00:32:12My granddaughter
00:32:14is coming home
00:32:15for the first time.
00:32:18Of course,
00:32:18I had to prepare.
00:32:20Mrs. Blackwood,
00:32:21I said we weren't
00:32:22making this public yet.
00:32:23I only had them
00:32:24prepare rooms
00:32:25and clothes.
00:32:28Clothes?
00:32:30And a few toys.
00:32:32Yes.
00:32:59Mommy.
00:33:00Daddy's house
00:33:01looks like a castle.
00:33:06Nolly.
00:33:16Welcome home,
00:33:17young miss.
00:33:20Welcome,
00:33:21Miss Reed.
00:33:24Mommy,
00:33:25it's huge.
00:33:27Sweetheart,
00:33:28sweetheart,
00:33:29this is your home now.
00:33:30Mrs. Blackwood,
00:33:31we're only staying a week.
00:33:33Then you should be
00:33:34comfortable for that week.
00:33:37The young miss's room
00:33:38is ready.
00:33:40Miss Reed's room
00:33:40is a guest room
00:33:41on the second floor.
00:33:44A guest room?
00:33:48Sir,
00:33:48Miss Reed isn't...
00:33:50Isn't what?
00:33:55I'll change the arrangements
00:33:56immediately.
00:33:58There's no need.
00:33:59The guest room is fine.
00:34:02No,
00:34:02it isn't.
00:34:03Adrian,
00:34:04I don't need you
00:34:05fighting over this for me.
00:34:07It's a matter of protocol.
00:34:10Whose protocol?
00:34:12Mine.
00:34:16Put Nora's room
00:34:17next to Lily's.
00:34:20Yes, ma'am.
00:34:32Mommy!
00:34:33Look at all the dresses.
00:34:36Do you like them?
00:34:38I do,
00:34:39but there are too many.
00:34:41Grandma owes you
00:34:42six years of presents.
00:34:45This isn't nearly enough.
00:34:49Mrs. Blackwood,
00:34:51she doesn't need
00:34:51all of this.
00:34:53She needs to know
00:34:54she's loved.
00:35:02Did you see her?
00:35:04She really thinks
00:35:05she's the lady of the house.
00:35:07I've seen plenty of women
00:35:09use a child
00:35:09to get through the door.
00:35:13I heard she used
00:35:14to be so broke
00:35:15she couldn't even pay rent.
00:35:18Then she certainly
00:35:19knew what she was doing.
00:35:21One baby
00:35:22and she landed
00:35:23the Blackwood family.
00:35:29Getting a glass of water.
00:35:32The kitchen is closed
00:35:33to guests at night.
00:35:38Guests?
00:35:40I'm sorry.
00:35:41That's not what I meant.
00:35:43The manor has rules.
00:35:46If you need something,
00:35:47ring for staff.
00:35:49You don't need
00:35:50to come downstairs yourself.
00:35:54I'm not even allowed
00:35:56to pour myself
00:35:56a glass of water.
00:35:58It's not forbidden.
00:36:00It's simply
00:36:02inappropriate.
00:36:03Then tell me,
00:36:04what is appropriate
00:36:06for me here?
00:36:08Staying out of sight?
00:36:10Keeping my head down?
00:36:13Pretending I didn't hear
00:36:14you talking about me?
00:36:19Miss Reed,
00:36:20we were only talking.
00:36:24And I'm only reminding you
00:36:25that I'm not deaf.
00:36:29who gave you permission
00:36:32to teach her the rules?
00:36:35Sir.
00:36:42Sir,
00:36:43we didn't mean any harm.
00:36:47Butler.
00:36:55Bring everyone
00:36:56to the main hall.
00:37:01Let it go.
00:37:05No.
00:37:12I don't want to humiliate
00:37:14the entire staff
00:37:15on my first day here.
00:37:16You aren't humiliating them.
00:37:20They forgot their place.
00:37:31From this moment on,
00:37:32anyone who disrespects her
00:37:34will never work
00:37:34in New York again.
00:37:37Look up.
00:37:41I said look up.
00:37:45Look at her.
00:37:46Remember her face.
00:37:48Adrian,
00:37:48that's enough.
00:37:51Not even close.
00:37:55Sir,
00:37:57I was wrong.
00:38:00I shouldn't have said
00:38:01those things.
00:38:03What exactly
00:38:04were you wrong about?
00:38:07I shouldn't have said
00:38:08Miss Reed used her child
00:38:10to get into this house.
00:38:16What else?
00:38:18I shouldn't have said
00:38:19she was only
00:38:20the child's nanny.
00:38:23Apologize to her.
00:38:26Miss Reed,
00:38:27I'm sorry.
00:38:34Miss Reed,
00:38:35I'm sorry.
00:38:38I accept your apology.
00:38:42I don't.
00:38:47Mason.
00:38:49Yes, sir?
00:38:52Fire both of them.
00:38:55No Blackwood Company
00:38:56will ever employ them again.
00:38:59Sir,
00:39:00please give me
00:39:01one more chance.
00:39:03My family needs
00:39:04my income.
00:39:08You gave her
00:39:09no second chance
00:39:10when you humiliated her.
00:39:13Adrian,
00:39:14they've apologized.
00:39:16You can choose kindness.
00:39:19I won't let anyone
00:39:21use that kindness
00:39:22as permission
00:39:23to hurt you.
00:39:27Adrian is right.
00:39:30the Blackwood household
00:39:32has no room
00:39:32for people
00:39:33who flatter the powerful
00:39:34and abuse the vulnerable.
00:39:35I'll handle it immediately.
00:39:39I'll say this once.
00:39:41Lily is my daughter.
00:39:45Nora is Lily's mother.
00:39:49Anyone who makes her
00:39:51uncomfortable
00:39:51makes me uncomfortable.
00:39:54Yes, sir.
00:39:58Mommy?
00:40:01Did we wake you?
00:40:05Were they bullying you?
00:40:08No.
00:40:11Daddy,
00:40:12did you protect Mommy?
00:40:15I did.
00:40:18Good.
00:40:23My mommy isn't a bad woman.
00:40:26She works really hard
00:40:27every day.
00:40:29You shouldn't talk
00:40:30about people that way.
00:40:38I'm sorry,
00:40:40young miss.
00:40:41You should say that
00:40:42to my mommy.
00:40:47Miss Reed,
00:40:49I truly am sorry.
00:40:56You've raised her beautifully.
00:40:59Nora raised Lily beautifully.
00:41:07You didn't have to do
00:41:08all this today.
00:41:09No one stood up
00:41:10for you before.
00:41:14From now on,
00:41:15someone will.
00:41:19Is this your way
00:41:19of compensating me?
00:41:23It's more than that.
00:41:27Then what is it?
00:41:38Mommy,
00:41:38I'm hungry.
00:41:43Grandma will have the kitchen
00:41:44make you something.
00:41:47I want the noodles
00:41:49mommy used to make.
00:41:51They won't have
00:41:52the ingredients here.
00:41:55Then we'll buy them.
00:41:57You don't have to go
00:41:58to the trouble.
00:42:02Mason,
00:42:04buy every ingredient
00:42:05she needs.
00:42:11Yes, sir.
00:42:23This house finally feels
00:42:25like a home.
00:42:31Looks like I came back
00:42:33at exactly the right time.
00:42:35Adrian,
00:42:36no one told me
00:42:37you'd brought
00:42:37another woman home.
00:42:39Adrian,
00:42:40no one told me
00:42:41you'd brought
00:42:41another woman home.
00:42:43No one asked
00:42:43my permission
00:42:44before you came back
00:42:45either.
00:42:48So this is
00:42:49Nara Reed?
00:42:51You know who I am?
00:42:53All of New York
00:42:54is talking about
00:42:55the single mother
00:42:56who suddenly moved
00:42:57into Blackwood Manor.
00:43:03And this is the child?
00:43:07Watch your tone.
00:43:09I'm only curious.
00:43:11After all,
00:43:12everyone considers me
00:43:13the woman best suited
00:43:14for you.
00:43:16Then the two of you
00:43:17can talk.
00:43:17I'm taking Lily upstairs.
00:43:18Don't leave yet.
00:43:19If you're going to live here,
00:43:20you should understand
00:43:21where you stand.
00:43:25Celesta.
00:43:25Am I wrong?
00:43:26Adrian,
00:43:27our families have discussed
00:43:28this marriage for years.
00:43:29She appears out of nowhere
00:43:30with a child.
00:43:31Doesn't she owe us
00:43:32an explanation?
00:43:34I don't owe you anything.
00:43:36Of course you do.
00:43:38You're living
00:43:38in the Blackwood home now.
00:43:40Not that run-down
00:43:41little town you came from.
00:43:43Don't talk about
00:43:44my mommy like that.
00:43:46The adults are speaking,
00:43:47sweetheart.
00:43:49Don't interrupt.
00:43:50You're being mean
00:43:51to my mommy,
00:43:52so I will interrupt.
00:43:55What a poorly raised child.
00:43:58Apologize to her.
00:43:59You want me to apologize
00:44:01to a child?
00:44:02Apologize to my daughter.
00:44:06Your daughter?
00:44:07Lily is Adrian's
00:44:09biological daughter.
00:44:12Biological?
00:44:15A paternity test confirmed it.
00:44:22I see.
00:44:24Nora Reed,
00:44:25you're more capable
00:44:26than I thought.
00:44:27I never tried
00:44:28to use my child
00:44:29to gain anything.
00:44:30Every woman
00:44:31who uses a child
00:44:32to climb the ladder
00:44:33says that.
00:44:34Enough.
00:44:35Adrian,
00:44:35are you really going to
00:44:36destroy our family's
00:44:37engagement over her?
00:44:39I never agreed
00:44:40to an engagement.
00:44:42Everyone has always assumed
00:44:43I would be the future
00:44:44Mrs. Blackwood.
00:44:47Then everyone
00:44:48was mistaken.
00:44:49You'll regret this.
00:44:50Humiliate Nora
00:44:51or Lily again,
00:44:52and you're the one
00:44:53who regretted.
00:44:57Don't celebrate yet.
00:44:58Getting into
00:44:59the Blackwood family
00:44:59doesn't mean
00:45:00you'll get to stay.
00:45:05Why did you call me
00:45:06in here?
00:45:15What's this?
00:45:16A marriage agreement.
00:45:19You really haven't changed.
00:45:22You still need to put
00:45:23everything in a contract?
00:45:25Lily's identity
00:45:25will become public
00:45:26eventually.
00:45:27When it does,
00:45:28everyone will come
00:45:29after you.
00:45:30So you want to protect
00:45:30me with a marriage?
00:45:32I want to protect
00:45:33Lily.
00:45:34And you.
00:45:37That sounds noble.
00:45:40What's the catch?
00:45:42One year.
00:45:44For one year,
00:45:45we're husband
00:45:45and wife in public.
00:45:47You and Lily
00:45:48live at the manor,
00:45:49and I guarantee
00:45:49your safety.
00:45:52And after a year?
00:45:54If you want to leave,
00:45:56I won't stop you.
00:45:57What about Lily?
00:45:59Joint custody.
00:46:01No.
00:46:03Lily will not
00:46:04become a weapon
00:46:05in your family's
00:46:05fight over the inheritance.
00:46:07She's my daughter,
00:46:08not a weapon.
00:46:10Six years ago,
00:46:11you called me a liar, too.
00:46:17I'm not signing it.
00:46:19Salit knows Lily exists.
00:46:21Grant and the Reed family
00:46:22won't leave you alone, either.
00:46:24Do you really think
00:46:25rejecting me
00:46:25will keep you safe?
00:46:26I survived for years
00:46:28without you.
00:46:30You were nearly sold
00:46:31to a violent man.
00:46:33That doesn't give you
00:46:35the right to control me.
00:46:37Mommy.
00:46:41What are you doing here?
00:46:44I heard you arguing.
00:46:47We weren't arguing.
00:46:51Mommy,
00:46:52are you taking me
00:46:53away again?
00:46:55If you don't like it here,
00:46:57we'll leave.
00:46:58I like it here.
00:46:59Grandma is here,
00:47:00in my big room,
00:47:02and Daddy.
00:47:03But if you're unhappy,
00:47:04I don't want to stay either.
00:47:08Nora,
00:47:09I'll add another clause.
00:47:10No one can take Lily
00:47:11anywhere without your permission,
00:47:12including me.
00:47:13And if I ever hurt
00:47:14either of you,
00:47:15you can terminate
00:47:15the agreement immediately.
00:47:18You'll honor that?
00:47:19A contract signed
00:47:21by a Blackwood
00:47:21is never broken.
00:47:24Fine.
00:47:24I'll sign.
00:47:25But I'm not your wife.
00:47:27You are in public.
00:47:30Not in private.
00:47:34Not yet.
00:47:37There is no yet.
00:47:42Sir,
00:47:43the media has the story.
00:47:47Someone leaked
00:47:48that Lily
00:47:48is your illegitimate daughter.
00:47:53An anonymous source
00:47:55claims Blackwood Group
00:47:56CEO Adrian Blackwood
00:47:57has a secret
00:47:59six-year-old daughter.
00:48:00Mommy,
00:48:01what does
00:48:01illegitimate daughter mean?
00:48:03Nothing.
00:48:04The TV is making
00:48:05things up.
00:48:06Are they saying
00:48:08bad things about me?
00:48:10No.
00:48:13You're lying, Mommy.
00:48:15Your voice always
00:48:16gets quiet
00:48:16when you're sad.
00:48:20Mason,
00:48:21find out who leaked it.
00:48:22Already on it.
00:48:26We can't let this drag on.
00:48:28The less clear her identity is,
00:48:31the uglier the rumors will get.
00:48:34So you want to announce it?
00:48:37I'll publicly acknowledge her as my daughter.
00:48:39And what about me?
00:48:41Are you going to announce that I'm the woman
00:48:43from six years ago?
00:48:44That I had a child out of wedlock?
00:48:47Let everyone say Lily
00:48:49has a disgraceful mother?
00:48:52No one will dare insult you.
00:48:54You can control the press?
00:48:56Every person in New York?
00:48:57I can.
00:48:59No, you can't.
00:49:01You have no idea what it's like
00:49:02to hear people whispering about you
00:49:04everywhere you go.
00:49:05Mommy,
00:49:06why are they saying bad things about you?
00:49:11Your mother did nothing wrong.
00:49:14Neither did you.
00:49:16Then whose fault is it?
00:49:20Mine.
00:49:22If I'd believed her six years ago,
00:49:24none of this would be happening now.
00:49:26Adrian.
00:49:29Call a press conference.
00:49:30What are you going to say?
00:49:31That Lily is my daughter
00:49:33and that you aren't my mistress
00:49:34or an outsider.
00:49:36Then what am I?
00:49:38My wife.
00:49:40Your contract wife.
00:49:43The media doesn't need to know that.
00:49:46You're throwing me straight into the fire.
00:49:51I'll stand in front of you.
00:49:53Sir,
00:49:54reporters are already blocking
00:49:55the entrance downstairs.
00:49:57Mr. Blackwood,
00:49:59is the child really
00:49:59your illegitimate daughter?
00:50:01Did Nora Reed bring the child
00:50:02to you for money?
00:50:09Mommy,
00:50:10I'm scared.
00:50:15Don't be.
00:50:16Daddy's here.
00:50:24Are you insane?
00:50:26They came for a scandal.
00:50:31I'll give him a wedding ring instead.
00:50:47Mr. Blackwood,
00:50:48is this child really your daughter?
00:50:52Did Nora Reed become pregnant
00:50:53with your child six years ago?
00:50:55What happens to your engagement
00:50:56to Miss Ward?
00:51:02I'll say this once.
00:51:05Lily is my biological daughter.
00:51:07Then who exactly is Nora Reed?
00:51:14My wife.
00:51:16You're already married?
00:51:17Yes, sir.
00:51:19Why was the marriage
00:51:19never announced?
00:51:21Because I owe Nora
00:51:22and our daughter
00:51:23more than I can repay.
00:51:24And I wanted to protect
00:51:25their privacy.
00:51:27People say Miss Reed
00:51:28approached you for money.
00:51:31Anyone who repeats that lie
00:51:32will hear directly
00:51:33from Blackwood's legal department.
00:51:35Daddy is scary.
00:51:37Don't copy it.
00:51:42Does Miss Ward know about this?
00:51:48Of course I know.
00:51:51I wish Adrian well.
00:51:53I'm simply surprised
00:51:54that he was married
00:51:56and never told his friend.
00:52:00Celeste.
00:52:01Am I wrong?
00:52:02If Miss Reed is truly your wife,
00:52:04why was there no wedding?
00:52:07Why is there no marriage record?
00:52:09Why has the Blackwood family
00:52:11never acknowledged her?
00:52:15I'm only asking
00:52:16the question
00:52:18everyone wants answered.
00:52:21You're mean!
00:52:24Sweetheart,
00:52:25adults are speaking.
00:52:26Don't interrupt.
00:52:29Mason,
00:52:30escort Miss Ward away.
00:52:32That won't be necessary.
00:52:34I can leave on my own.
00:52:39A lie never lasts for long.
00:52:44Mr. Blackwood,
00:52:45please respond!
00:52:46Are the two of you
00:52:47legally married or not?
00:52:51What if I warned you?
00:52:53A lie would hurt Lily.
00:52:57Then we'll make it true.
00:53:01What are you talking about?
00:53:03We register the marriage tomorrow.
00:53:08Adrienne,
00:53:09you don't get to use my life
00:53:11to patch every mess you create.
00:53:13I'm not legally marrying you.
00:53:17The reporters won't stop.
00:53:19You should have thought of that
00:53:20before you made the announcement.
00:53:22I don't regret acknowledging her.
00:53:26Well, I regret agreeing to move in here.
00:53:29Nora.
00:53:31You keep saying you're protecting us,
00:53:33but you make every decision
00:53:33without asking me.
00:53:34I was trying to solve the problem
00:53:36as quickly as possible.
00:53:37I am not a problem.
00:53:43And Lily is not proof
00:53:44of your right to an heir.
00:53:46I've never seen her that way.
00:53:48Then learn to respect us.
00:53:55Mommy,
00:53:56don't you want to marry Daddy?
00:53:58Sweetheart,
00:53:59this is between the adults.
00:54:00But I want Daddy,
00:54:02and I want Mommy.
00:54:03Does that make me greedy?
00:54:09No.
00:54:10You're not greedy at all.
00:54:12Nora,
00:54:13the marriage licenses
00:54:14isn't meant to trap you.
00:54:16It's a shield against the filth
00:54:17they're throwing at you.
00:54:19Mrs. Blackwood,
00:54:20marriage isn't a shield.
00:54:22Then name your terms.
00:54:25Our assets remain separate.
00:54:27Joint custody of Lily
00:54:28must be spelled out in writing.
00:54:30And you promise
00:54:31never to use the Blackwood family's power
00:54:35to take her from me.
00:54:39Agreed.
00:54:41I want the truth about six years ago
00:54:43investigated to the end.
00:54:44Until we know what happened,
00:54:46you never again claim
00:54:47I approached you willingly.
00:54:53Agreed.
00:54:54And finally,
00:54:54if I want a divorce
00:54:55after one year,
00:54:57you let me go.
00:55:01Agreed.
00:55:04So you're not fighting anymore?
00:55:06Not for now.
00:55:08Please sign here.
00:55:10Both of you.
00:55:15You can still change your mind.
00:55:19I thought you were in a hurry.
00:55:21I am.
00:55:22But I don't want to force you.
00:55:26Congratulations to you both.
00:55:28Mommy really is Daddy's wife now?
00:55:33Only legally.
00:55:35Legally is still good.
00:55:38Mr. Blackwood,
00:55:40did you two really get married?
00:55:45How did reporters know we were here?
00:55:47Someone leaked the itinerary.
00:55:51Find out who.
00:55:54A marriage license changes nothing.
00:55:56I'll make her sign
00:55:57the divorce papers herself.
00:56:00Chloe,
00:56:01give me whatever you kept
00:56:02from that night six years ago.
00:56:04I'm going to destroy
00:56:05Nora's reputation.
00:56:06Sir,
00:56:07we found the hotel's
00:56:08surveillance footage
00:56:09six years ago.
00:56:10Play it.
00:56:15That's the night it happened.
00:56:17You said someone tricked you
00:56:19into going upstairs.
00:56:20Chloe told me to deliver
00:56:21the drinks to the suite.
00:56:23She said the guest
00:56:25had specifically requested them.
00:56:27The footage confirms
00:56:28Chloe was there.
00:56:33keep going.
00:56:37The crucial 20 minutes
00:56:38were deleted.
00:56:40Those are the 20 minutes
00:56:41when I entered your room.
00:56:43Who deleted them?
00:56:45The hotel system says
00:56:47an administrator account
00:56:48was used.
00:56:49Who had that account?
00:56:50The manager on duty
00:56:51that night quit years ago
00:56:52and moved to Canada
00:56:53three years later.
00:56:55They covered their
00:56:56tracks well.
00:56:57No.
00:56:59The cleaner it looks
00:57:00the more it proves
00:57:01this was planned in advance.
00:57:04Do you believe me now?
00:57:06I believe you were set up.
00:57:09That's all you believe?
00:57:11Nora,
00:57:11give me time.
00:57:13Haven't six years
00:57:14been enough?
00:57:15I brought what you
00:57:16asked for.
00:57:18What is it?
00:57:23Another section
00:57:24of the hotel hallway
00:57:24footage from that night
00:57:25six years ago.
00:57:27You said all the footage
00:57:29had been erased.
00:57:30I kept a copy
00:57:31in case someone ever
00:57:32tried to deny
00:57:33what happened.
00:57:34What's on it?
00:57:36Nora entering
00:57:37Adrian's room.
00:57:39Cut off the beginning.
00:57:42And it looks like
00:57:43she went in willingly.
00:57:46That's enough.
00:57:48Truth doesn't matter.
00:57:50People only see
00:57:51what they want to see.
00:57:52And what about
00:57:53your promise to me?
00:57:54Once Noah is driven
00:57:55out of the Blackwood family,
00:57:56I'll put the Reed family
00:57:58back on its feet.
00:57:59I want her
00:57:59completely ruined.
00:58:02Don't worry,
00:58:03I want that even more
00:58:04than you do.
00:58:06Tomorrow morning,
00:58:07let all of New York
00:58:08see how eagerly
00:58:09the future Mrs. Blacklone
00:58:10entered his room
00:58:11six years ago.
00:58:13Mommy,
00:58:14can I play
00:58:14in the garden today?
00:58:15Yes,
00:58:17but the security guards
00:58:18have to stay with you.
00:58:20I don't like
00:58:20the security guards.
00:58:24They walk without
00:58:25making any sound.
00:58:26They're there
00:58:27to protect you.
00:58:28But I'm not a princess.
00:58:30Your grandma's
00:58:31little princess.
00:58:36Sir, we have a problem.
00:58:40Tell me.
00:58:42A video has appeared
00:58:43online.
00:58:44The headline says,
00:58:46poor girl
00:58:47seduced
00:58:47billionaire CEO
00:58:48six years ago.
00:58:52Take it down.
00:58:54We're working on it,
00:58:55but it's spreading fast.
00:58:57Who posted it?
00:58:58The account
00:58:59is anonymous,
00:59:00but the source
00:59:01traces back
00:59:01to a Ward family
00:59:02media company.
00:59:09Celeste?
00:59:10Where's the video?
00:59:11You don't need
00:59:12to watch it.
00:59:13Show me.
00:59:17Mommy,
00:59:17is that you?
00:59:19Sweetheart,
00:59:20go upstairs.
00:59:21They're insulting
00:59:22you again,
00:59:22aren't they?
00:59:24No.
00:59:24You're lying to me again.
00:59:25Mason,
00:59:26take Lily to the garden.
00:59:27I'm not leaving.
00:59:28I want to stay
00:59:29with Mommy.
00:59:30Mommy's fine.
00:59:31Every time you say
00:59:32you're fine,
00:59:32something is wrong.
00:59:34I'll handle it.
00:59:36How will you handle it?
00:59:38Say I'm your wife?
00:59:39Say that night
00:59:40was a misunderstanding?
00:59:41They won't listen.
00:59:43Then we give them
00:59:44the whole truth.
00:59:46Do you have
00:59:47the whole truth?
00:59:49No.
00:59:49All you have
00:59:50is my word.
00:59:51Enough.
00:59:52I didn't believe
00:59:53you before.
00:59:54I was wrong.
00:59:57Adrian,
00:59:58the reporters
00:59:59are already outside.
01:00:01Sir,
01:00:02they're demanding
01:00:02a response from Nora.
01:00:04She's not responding.
01:00:06I'll respond.
01:00:07No.
01:00:07I've been hiding
01:00:08for six years.
01:00:09Whenever I hide,
01:00:10someone else writes stories.
01:00:13Nora,
01:00:14is the woman
01:00:14in that video you?
01:00:16Yes, it's me.
01:00:17Do you admit
01:00:17you willingly entered
01:00:18Adrian Blackwood's room
01:00:19six years ago?
01:00:20I admit I entered that room,
01:00:21but I did not go there
01:00:21to seduce him.
01:00:22Then why did you have
01:00:22a key card?
01:00:23Someone asked me
01:00:24to deliver wine.
01:00:25Someone gave me
01:00:26the key card.
01:00:26Someone deleted
01:00:27the rest of the footage.
01:00:28Who is this?
01:00:31I'm looking into it.
01:00:34Let me add something.
01:00:36Nora Reed hasn't taken
01:00:37a single cent
01:00:38from me in six years.
01:00:40These are her
01:00:41employment records,
01:00:42rental records,
01:00:43and medical bills
01:00:43from the past six years.
01:00:45At one point,
01:00:46she worked three jobs a day.
01:00:47When her daughter
01:00:48was hospitalized,
01:00:49she finished her own
01:00:50IV treatment
01:00:51and went straight back
01:00:52to delivering food.
01:00:56If someone like that
01:00:57is a gold digger,
01:00:58then all of you
01:00:59need to relearn
01:01:00what that word means.
01:01:02And six years ago,
01:01:03I was wrong about her.
01:01:05Mr. Blackwood,
01:01:05are you admitting
01:01:05that you hurt Nora
01:01:06six years ago?
01:01:08Yes.
01:01:11I owe her
01:01:12a public apology.
01:01:14Nora,
01:01:14I'm sorry.
01:01:16One apology
01:01:17can't give me back
01:01:18six years.
01:01:19I know.
01:01:19And it can't give Lily
01:01:20back the six years
01:01:20she spent without a father.
01:01:22I'll spend the rest
01:01:22of my life
01:01:23making it up
01:01:23to both of you.
01:01:27How touching.
01:01:29Nora,
01:01:30I sympathize with you,
01:01:31but if you're accusing
01:01:32someone of setting you up,
01:01:33you need evidence.
01:01:35Without evidence,
01:01:35it's slander.
01:01:36There will be evidence.
01:01:37Celise,
01:01:37you better pray
01:01:38this has nothing
01:01:38to do with you.
01:01:39Of course it doesn't.
01:01:40I'm only certain
01:01:40about the black family's
01:01:41reputation.
01:01:42No, no, not!
01:01:43You only want
01:01:43to drive my mommy away!
01:01:44Anyone who publishes
01:01:45a clear image
01:01:46of my daughter's face
01:01:47will hear from
01:01:47my legal team.
01:01:48Sir,
01:01:49we found the former
01:01:50hotel manager,
01:01:50but he was just
01:01:51in a car accident.
01:01:52He's been rushed
01:01:52to the hospital.
01:01:56Tonight is the family
01:01:57dinner and your
01:01:58first formal meeting
01:01:59with the Blackwood
01:02:00family's inner circle.
01:02:01Sounds like a trial.
01:02:03More or less.
01:02:04At least you're honest.
01:02:06I hope you can
01:02:07handle it.
01:02:08I survived six years.
01:02:10I can survive
01:02:10one evening.
01:02:16Put this on.
01:02:18I don't need
01:02:19jewelry to hold
01:02:20my ground.
01:02:22It's not for show.
01:02:24It's for status.
01:02:26My status doesn't
01:02:27come from a necklace.
01:02:29I know,
01:02:30but they don't.
01:02:36Is that Nora?
01:02:38Nora?
01:02:38She doesn't look special.
01:02:40Maybe she's especially
01:02:40good at having babies.
01:02:46Nora,
01:02:47you look beautiful tonight.
01:02:49Adrian certainly
01:02:50spared no expense.
01:02:53You put in a lot
01:02:54of effort tonight,
01:02:55too.
01:02:57Effort,
01:02:58smiling as though
01:02:58nothing happened.
01:03:00Mr. Blackwood,
01:03:02have you truly decided
01:03:03to bring her
01:03:04to the board dinner?
01:03:05She's my wife.
01:03:08But her background,
01:03:10what about her background?
01:03:13I'm concerned
01:03:14about the group's image.
01:03:16Are you concerned
01:03:17about the group's image?
01:03:18Or that I wasn't
01:03:19born to a pile of money
01:03:20like the rest of you?
01:03:22Miss Nora,
01:03:23I meant no offense.
01:03:26People usually say that
01:03:27right after they've
01:03:29finished being offensive.
01:03:34Mommy is amazing.
01:03:38Sweetheart,
01:03:38this may not be
01:03:39an appropriate event
01:03:40for you to attend
01:03:41all evening.
01:03:42Why not?
01:03:44The adults are
01:03:45discussing serious business.
01:03:50Then why do you
01:03:51keep discussing
01:03:52my mommy?
01:03:57Mrs. Blackwood,
01:03:58we're only concerned
01:03:59that uncertainty
01:04:00around the air
01:04:01could affect
01:04:01the share price.
01:04:04The share price
01:04:07is not your concern.
01:04:08But Miss Reed
01:04:09remains highly controversial
01:04:11in the public eye.
01:04:13Then the public
01:04:14can get used to her.
01:04:16Adrian,
01:04:17you can't turn
01:04:17everyone against you
01:04:18for her.
01:04:19Why can't I?
01:04:22She isn't
01:04:23worthy of you.
01:04:28What if I told you
01:04:29she was suspected
01:04:30of stealing
01:04:31confidential Blackwood
01:04:32files six years ago?
01:04:35Would she still
01:04:36be worthy then?
01:04:38Six years ago,
01:04:39confidential Blackwood
01:04:40group documents
01:04:41were leaked.
01:04:41The last person
01:04:43to enter Adrian's
01:04:44suite that night
01:04:45was Nora Reed.
01:04:48Is that true?
01:04:50No wonder
01:04:51the incident
01:04:52was never solved.
01:04:53I didn't steal anything.
01:04:55Every thief
01:04:56says that.
01:04:58My mommy
01:04:59isn't a thief.
01:05:02Children
01:05:02don't understand
01:05:04adult matters.
01:05:06I understand.
01:05:07Bad people
01:05:08always use papers
01:05:09to tell lies.
01:05:11Sweetheart,
01:05:12that's enough.
01:05:14Nora,
01:05:14if you were
01:05:15innocent,
01:05:16why did you
01:05:17disappear six
01:05:18years ago?
01:05:19Because I was
01:05:20humiliated,
01:05:21thrown out,
01:05:23and then learned
01:05:24I was pregnant.
01:05:26How convenient.
01:05:28You disappear
01:05:28for six years
01:05:29carrying a billionaire's
01:05:30child,
01:05:31then come back
01:05:32as his wife.
01:05:34Soliste,
01:05:35shut up.
01:05:37I'm trying
01:05:37to help you.
01:05:38you can't
01:05:39keep a woman
01:05:40who may have
01:05:40stolen company
01:05:41secrets at your
01:05:41side.
01:05:44Mr. Blackwood,
01:05:45the matter
01:05:46does warrant
01:05:47a new investigation.
01:05:48Then investigate it.
01:05:53But you will
01:05:54not humiliate
01:05:55my wife.
01:06:02You're still
01:06:03defending her?
01:06:04I told you,
01:06:06she's my wife.
01:06:08Even if she
01:06:09stole from you?
01:06:10No.
01:06:12Then show me
01:06:13proof.
01:06:14The document
01:06:15is right here.
01:06:17That isn't
01:06:17proof,
01:06:18it's scrap paper.
01:06:23Sir,
01:06:24we've completed
01:06:24a preliminary
01:06:25review.
01:06:26Miss Board's
01:06:27document is a
01:06:27copy,
01:06:28and the
01:06:28signature page
01:06:29was replaced.
01:06:30That's a lie!
01:06:31The original
01:06:32records show
01:06:32the leak
01:06:33occurred at
01:06:338.40pm.
01:06:34Miss Reed
01:06:35didn't enter
01:06:35the suite
01:06:36until 9.10,
01:06:37which means
01:06:38the files
01:06:38were leaked
01:06:39before Nora
01:06:39ever saw me.
01:06:41Why are you
01:06:42so afraid
01:06:42of me
01:06:43clearing my
01:06:43name?
01:06:46Someone
01:06:46fooled me
01:06:47with false
01:06:48documents.
01:06:50Who gave
01:06:51them to you?
01:06:53They came
01:06:54in an
01:06:55anonymous
01:06:55email.
01:06:57Good.
01:06:58Give Mason
01:06:59access to
01:07:00your inbox.
01:07:01Adrian,
01:07:02you have no
01:07:02right to
01:07:02search my
01:07:03email.
01:07:03Then you
01:07:04have no
01:07:04right to
01:07:05slander my
01:07:05wife in
01:07:06my home.
01:07:08Mr.
01:07:09Blackwood,
01:07:09even if this
01:07:10document is
01:07:10false,
01:07:11Miss Reed's
01:07:12presence still
01:07:12affects the
01:07:13group.
01:07:13I'll say
01:07:14this one
01:07:14last time.
01:07:16Nora Reed
01:07:17is my
01:07:17wife and
01:07:18Lily's
01:07:19mother.
01:07:20Anyone who
01:07:20believes she
01:07:21harms the
01:07:21group may
01:07:22sell their
01:07:23shares and
01:07:23leave the
01:07:24board.
01:07:25None of
01:07:25you gets
01:07:25to decide
01:07:26whether she's
01:07:26worthy.
01:07:29You didn't
01:07:30have to go
01:07:31that far.
01:07:32Yes,
01:07:32I did.
01:07:34Why not?
01:07:35Because six
01:07:36years ago,
01:07:37I didn't
01:07:38stand beside
01:07:39you.
01:07:42Sir,
01:07:43the hospital
01:07:44called.
01:07:44the former
01:07:45hotel manager
01:07:45is awake.
01:07:46He says
01:07:47Chloe Reed
01:07:48paid him
01:07:48to erase
01:07:48the footage.
01:07:54I knew
01:07:54it was
01:07:55her.
01:07:56Bring her
01:07:56here.
01:07:58Chloe is
01:07:58staying in
01:07:59an apartment
01:07:59owned by
01:08:00the Ward
01:08:00family.
01:08:01Celeste is
01:08:02sheltering
01:08:03her.
01:08:03They're in
01:08:04this together
01:08:04now.
01:08:05Then
01:08:06investigate
01:08:06them both.
01:08:07Who ordered
01:08:08you to erase
01:08:09the footage
01:08:09six years
01:08:10ago?
01:08:11I only met
01:08:13the woman
01:08:13once.
01:08:14Was it
01:08:15her?
01:08:17Yes.
01:08:18She paid
01:08:19me $50,000
01:08:20to delete
01:08:2020 minutes
01:08:21of video.
01:08:22Did she
01:08:22tell you
01:08:22why?
01:08:23She said
01:08:24the footage
01:08:25would destroy
01:08:25her sister.
01:08:27How noble
01:08:28of her.
01:08:31Did you
01:08:32see what
01:08:32was on
01:08:32the video?
01:08:33Some of
01:08:34it.
01:08:34Tell me.
01:08:36The young
01:08:37woman looked
01:08:37unwell before
01:08:38she entered
01:08:38the room.
01:08:39She was
01:08:40leaning against
01:08:41the wall
01:08:41as if
01:08:41she'd
01:08:42been
01:08:42drugged.
01:08:43I told
01:08:44you.
01:08:45I told
01:08:45you I
01:08:46wasn't in
01:08:46my right
01:08:46mind.
01:08:48I know
01:08:49now.
01:08:49Only
01:08:50now.
01:08:52I'm
01:08:52sorry.
01:08:56There
01:08:56was someone
01:08:56else.
01:08:58Who?
01:08:59I saw
01:08:59Chloe Reed
01:09:00speaking with
01:09:01a man in
01:09:01the emergency
01:09:02stairwell.
01:09:02He gave
01:09:03her a small
01:09:04bottle.
01:09:04What did
01:09:05he look
01:09:05like?
01:09:09Mid
01:09:1030s.
01:09:11Glasses
01:09:11polished.
01:09:13Crosscheck
01:09:14the Warden
01:09:14Reed
01:09:15families.
01:09:16Entire
01:09:16network.
01:09:17Yes,
01:09:18sir.
01:09:20The
01:09:20manager is
01:09:20awake.
01:09:21What do
01:09:21we do?
01:09:23Why are
01:09:23you panicking?
01:09:24He saw
01:09:25me.
01:09:26Then make
01:09:26him quiet
01:09:27again.
01:09:28What are
01:09:29you talking
01:09:29about?
01:09:30Do I
01:09:31really have
01:09:31to spell
01:09:32it out
01:09:32for you?
01:09:33No.
01:09:34If this
01:09:35gets any
01:09:35bigger,
01:09:35I'll go
01:09:35down
01:09:36too.
01:09:37You
01:09:37think
01:09:37you
01:09:38can
01:09:38still
01:09:38walk
01:09:38away?
01:09:45Mr.
01:09:46Blackwood
01:09:46wants
01:09:47to see
01:09:47you.
01:09:51Chloe
01:09:52Reed,
01:09:53Mr.
01:09:53Blackwood
01:09:54wants
01:09:54to see
01:09:54you.
01:10:00You
01:10:00can't
01:10:00go.
01:10:02If
01:10:03I
01:10:03refuse,
01:10:03they'll
01:10:04suspect
01:10:04me
01:10:04even
01:10:05even
01:10:05more.
01:10:06If
01:10:06you
01:10:06go,
01:10:07you're
01:10:07finished.
01:10:08You
01:10:09never
01:10:09wanted
01:10:09to
01:10:09help
01:10:09me.
01:10:11You
01:10:11wanted
01:10:12me
01:10:12to
01:10:12take
01:10:13the
01:10:13fall
01:10:13for
01:10:14you.
01:10:15Mommy,
01:10:16why are
01:10:16you crying?
01:10:19I'm not
01:10:19crying.
01:10:21Your
01:10:22eyes
01:10:22are
01:10:22red.
01:10:24The
01:10:25wind
01:10:25made
01:10:25them
01:10:25red.
01:10:27There
01:10:28isn't
01:10:28any
01:10:28wind
01:10:28in
01:10:29here.
01:10:31Lily,
01:10:32go to the
01:10:33garden with
01:10:33grandma.
01:10:35Are you
01:10:36going to
01:10:36talk to
01:10:36mommy about
01:10:37grown-up
01:10:38things again?
01:10:39Yes.
01:10:40Then don't
01:10:41be mean to
01:10:41her.
01:10:42I won't.
01:10:44And don't
01:10:45make her
01:10:45cry.
01:10:46I'll try.
01:10:48Not try.
01:10:49You have
01:10:49to promise.
01:10:51Fine.
01:10:52I promise.
01:10:56Your
01:10:57daughter
01:10:57communicates
01:10:58better
01:10:58than
01:10:58you
01:10:58do.
01:11:00She's
01:11:01like
01:11:01you.
01:11:03She's
01:11:03luckier
01:11:03than
01:11:04I
01:11:04was.
01:11:05I'll
01:11:05make
01:11:05sure
01:11:06she
01:11:06always
01:11:06is.
01:11:08Adrian,
01:11:08I need
01:11:08to ask
01:11:09you
01:11:09something.
01:11:10Ask.
01:11:10Six
01:11:10years
01:11:11ago,
01:11:11if I
01:11:11had
01:11:12brought
01:11:12that
01:11:12ring
01:11:12to
01:11:12you
01:11:13and
01:11:13asked
01:11:13for
01:11:14money,
01:11:15what
01:11:16would
01:11:16you
01:11:16have
01:11:16done?
01:11:17You
01:11:17would
01:11:17have
01:11:17paid
01:11:17me
01:11:18and
01:11:19made
01:11:19me
01:11:19disappear,
01:11:20wouldn't
01:11:20you?
01:11:20The
01:11:21man I
01:11:21was
01:11:21then
01:11:22would
01:11:22have.
01:11:26At
01:11:26least
01:11:27you
01:11:27didn't
01:11:27lie.
01:11:28But
01:11:29you
01:11:29never
01:11:29came.
01:11:30Because
01:11:31I
01:11:31wasn't
01:11:31a
01:11:31gold
01:11:32digger.
01:11:34I
01:11:34know.
01:11:35No,
01:11:36you
01:11:37didn't
01:11:37know
01:11:37that.
01:11:38You
01:11:38only
01:11:39believe
01:11:39it
01:11:39now
01:11:39because
01:11:40you
01:11:40have
01:11:40evidence.
01:11:41I'm
01:11:41learning.
01:11:42Learning
01:11:43what?
01:11:44How
01:11:44to
01:11:44trust
01:11:45someone.
01:11:47Sir,
01:11:48we've
01:11:48compiled
01:11:49Miss
01:11:49Reed's
01:11:49records
01:11:49from
01:11:49the
01:11:50last
01:11:50six
01:11:50years.
01:11:53What
01:11:54records?
01:11:55Employment,
01:11:56housing,
01:11:57medical
01:11:57bills,
01:11:58school
01:11:58tuition,
01:11:59and
01:12:00every
01:12:00bank
01:12:00statement.
01:12:03You
01:12:03investigated
01:12:04me?
01:12:04I
01:12:04asked
01:12:05him
01:12:05to,
01:12:05so
01:12:06I
01:12:06could
01:12:06prove
01:12:06you
01:12:06never
01:12:06took
01:12:07my
01:12:07money.
01:12:07Did
01:12:08it
01:12:08ever
01:12:08occur
01:12:08to
01:12:09you
01:12:09that
01:12:09I
01:12:09might
01:12:09not
01:12:09want
01:12:10you
01:12:10seeing
01:12:10any
01:12:10of
01:12:10that?
01:12:12Nora.
01:12:13I
01:12:13worked
01:12:13three
01:12:14jobs
01:12:14a
01:12:14day.
01:12:15I
01:12:15ate
01:12:15leftovers.
01:12:17I
01:12:17delivered
01:12:18packages
01:12:18with a
01:12:19fever.
01:12:20I
01:12:21was
01:12:21evicted.
01:12:23Those
01:12:23aren't
01:12:23exhibits
01:12:24for
01:12:24you
01:12:24to
01:12:24display.
01:12:25They're
01:12:25the
01:12:25wounds
01:12:26I
01:12:26survived.
01:12:27You
01:12:28want
01:12:28to
01:12:28help
01:12:28me?
01:12:29Fine.
01:12:30But
01:12:30don't
01:12:30put
01:12:31my
01:12:31worst
01:12:31moments
01:12:31on
01:12:31display
01:12:32for
01:12:32strangers.
01:12:33I'm
01:12:34sorry.
01:12:34The
01:12:35world
01:12:35shouldn't
01:12:35need
01:12:36proof
01:12:36of
01:12:37how
01:12:37miserable
01:12:37I
01:12:37was
01:12:38before
01:12:38it
01:12:38believes
01:12:39I'm
01:12:39not
01:12:39a
01:12:39bad
01:12:39woman.
01:12:40I
01:12:40understand.
01:12:41No,
01:12:41you
01:12:41don't.
01:12:42You
01:12:42were
01:12:42born
01:12:43a
01:12:43Blackwood.
01:12:44You've
01:12:44never
01:12:45had
01:12:45to
01:12:45prove
01:12:46you
01:12:46deserve
01:12:46to
01:12:47exist.
01:12:52Teach
01:12:52you
01:12:53what?
01:12:54How
01:12:55not to
01:12:55hurt
01:12:55you
01:12:56again.
01:12:58Sir,
01:12:59the
01:12:59matriarch
01:13:00has
01:13:00returned.
01:13:00She
01:13:00says
01:13:01she
01:13:01wants
01:13:01to
01:13:01meet
01:13:01Miss
01:13:01Reed
01:13:02personally.
01:13:02The
01:13:03matriarch
01:13:03is
01:13:03here.
01:13:05Which
01:13:06one
01:13:06of
01:13:06you
01:13:06is
01:13:06Nora
01:13:07Reed?
01:13:08I
01:13:08am.
01:13:09So
01:13:10you're
01:13:10the
01:13:10woman
01:13:10who
01:13:10barged
01:13:11into
01:13:11the
01:13:11Blackwood
01:13:11family
01:13:12with
01:13:12a
01:13:12child?
01:13:13I
01:13:13didn't
01:13:13barge
01:13:14in.
01:13:14Your
01:13:14grandson
01:13:15brought
01:13:15me
01:13:15here.
01:13:16You've
01:13:17got a
01:13:17sharp
01:13:18tongue.
01:13:18Softening
01:13:19it
01:13:19wouldn't
01:13:19make
01:13:19you
01:13:20like
01:13:20me.
01:13:23Interesting.
01:13:24Are
01:13:24you
01:13:24daddy's
01:13:25grandma?
01:13:27Come
01:13:28here.
01:13:29Let
01:13:30me
01:13:30look
01:13:30at
01:13:30you.
01:13:42So
01:13:43alike.
01:13:44It's
01:13:44uncanny.
01:13:45Who
01:13:46do
01:13:46I
01:13:46look
01:13:46like?
01:13:47Adrian
01:13:47when
01:13:47he
01:13:47was
01:13:48little.
01:13:48Grandma
01:13:49says
01:13:49that
01:13:49too.
01:13:50I'm
01:13:50your
01:13:50great
01:13:50grandmother.
01:13:51Hello
01:13:52great
01:13:52grandma.
01:13:54The
01:13:55child
01:13:55is
01:13:55truly
01:13:55his?
01:13:56The
01:13:56paternity
01:13:57test
01:13:57confirmed
01:13:57it.
01:13:59Then
01:14:00the
01:14:00child
01:14:00stays.
01:14:02What
01:14:03do
01:14:03you
01:14:03mean?
01:14:03Blackwood
01:14:04blood
01:14:04belongs
01:14:05in
01:14:05the
01:14:05Blackwood
01:14:05family.
01:14:07And
01:14:07what
01:14:07happens
01:14:08to
01:14:08me?
01:14:09You
01:14:09can
01:14:09take
01:14:10a
01:14:10generous
01:14:10settlement
01:14:10and
01:14:11leave.
01:14:12Grandmother
01:14:12enough.
01:14:13The
01:14:13Blackwoods
01:14:14really
01:14:14are
01:14:14all
01:14:14the
01:14:14same.
01:14:15What
01:14:16did
01:14:16you
01:14:16say?
01:14:18Six
01:14:18years ago
01:14:19he
01:14:19humiliated
01:14:20me
01:14:20with
01:14:20a
01:14:20ring.
01:14:21Now
01:14:21you're
01:14:21trying
01:14:22to
01:14:22get
01:14:22rid
01:14:22of
01:14:22me
01:14:22with
01:14:22money.
01:14:23I'm
01:14:23offering
01:14:24you a
01:14:24dignified
01:14:24way
01:14:25out.
01:14:25Taking
01:14:26money
01:14:26to
01:14:26abandon
01:14:27my
01:14:27daughter
01:14:27is
01:14:27your
01:14:28idea
01:14:28of
01:14:28dignity?
01:14:29That
01:14:30child
01:14:30suffered
01:14:31for
01:14:31six
01:14:31years
01:14:32with
01:14:32you.
01:14:32She
01:14:33didn't
01:14:33suffer
01:14:33because
01:14:34she
01:14:34was
01:14:34with
01:14:34me.
01:14:35She
01:14:35suffered
01:14:36because
01:14:36her
01:14:36father
01:14:36spent
01:14:36six
01:14:37years
01:14:37not
01:14:37knowing
01:14:37she
01:14:37existed.
01:14:38Are
01:14:39you
01:14:39blaming
01:14:39the
01:14:40Blackwood
01:14:40family?
01:14:41I'm
01:14:41stating
01:14:41a
01:14:41fact.
01:14:43I
01:14:43won't
01:14:43leave
01:14:44mommy.
01:14:45Child,
01:14:45you'll
01:14:46have
01:14:46the
01:14:46finest
01:14:46room,
01:14:47the
01:14:47finest
01:14:47school,
01:14:48and
01:14:48the
01:14:48finest
01:14:48teachers.
01:14:49I
01:14:50only
01:14:50want
01:14:50my
01:14:50mommy.
01:14:53Grandmother,
01:14:54Lily will
01:14:54never be
01:14:54separated
01:14:55from
01:14:55Nora.
01:14:55Ever.
01:14:57You're
01:14:57defying
01:14:58me over
01:14:58this
01:14:58woman?
01:14:59I'm
01:14:59standing
01:15:00up for
01:15:00my
01:15:00daughter
01:15:00and
01:15:01my
01:15:02wife.
01:15:02Your
01:15:02wife?
01:15:03I
01:15:03haven't
01:15:04accepted
01:15:04her.
01:15:05I
01:15:06didn't
01:15:06ask for
01:15:06your
01:15:06approval.
01:15:17Adrian
01:15:18gave
01:15:18it
01:15:18to
01:15:18me.
01:15:19I
01:15:19asked
01:15:19her
01:15:20to
01:15:20wear
01:15:20it
01:15:20before
01:15:20last
01:15:20night's
01:15:21dinner.
01:15:24Impossible!
01:15:25That
01:15:26necklace
01:15:26disappeared
01:15:27years
01:15:27ago.
01:15:28It's
01:15:28the
01:15:28one
01:15:28from
01:15:29Mother's
01:15:29safe.
01:15:31You
01:15:32took
01:15:32it
01:15:32from
01:15:32the
01:15:32safe?
01:15:33Mom,
01:15:34I
01:15:34thought
01:15:34it
01:15:34suited
01:15:34Nora.
01:15:36Suited
01:15:36her?
01:15:37Do
01:15:37you
01:15:37even
01:15:38know
01:15:38who
01:15:38it
01:15:38belonged
01:15:38to?
01:15:40If
01:15:41the
01:15:41necklace
01:15:41upsets
01:15:42you,
01:15:42I'll
01:15:42return
01:15:42it.
01:15:43Don't
01:15:44touch
01:15:44it!
01:15:47Great
01:15:47grandma,
01:15:48you're
01:15:48scaring
01:15:48mummy.