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02:47We've met before.
02:50Five years ago, I went with my grandmother to volunteer at a children's home.
02:54I happened to hear a girl crying.
02:55A staff member told me it was the girl the Bennetts had recently claimed as their illegitimate daughter.
02:59She'd been falsely accused of stealing and sent back to the home as punishment.
03:02She was the Bennetts' seventh illegitimate child.
03:04Salar, thin, still wearing a flimsy dress in the dead of winter.
03:08Head down, timid, afraid of everything.
03:09I felt sorry for her.
03:10I started visiting regularly, bringing her clothes and food.
03:13The children's home was near our family's horse ranch.
03:15I took her riding to lift her spirits, taught her to read, taught her to shoot.
03:19Then my grandmother got sick.
03:20We had to rush back to Boston to see a doctor.
03:23I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to Rosa.
03:25I never imagined she'd turn out to be Nathaniel's future sister-in-law, Rosa Bennett.
03:30She'd changed so much.
03:32No wonder I didn't recognize her.
03:35You told me that in life you have to fight for what you want.
03:38So I fought for the truth.
03:39Fought for the treatment I deserved in the Bennetts family.
03:41When I came back to Boston, I tried to find you, but I never got the chance.
03:45When I heard you'd be on this trip, I came along.
03:47I've been trying so hard to get closer to you, Miss Asheville.
03:51It hit me then.
03:52The colors Rosa wore were the colors I liked.
03:55Her accessories, her makeup, they were styles I always used.
03:58No wonder Nathaniel said I looked like her in our past life.
04:01She's imitating me.
04:02Suddenly, someone blocked my view.
04:04Nathaniel had his back to me, shielding Rosa, as if he was afraid I'd bully her.
04:08Miss Bennett had a scare from the fall.
04:10She needs rest.
04:11I'll take you back.
04:11Rosa blinked, confused.
04:13Miss Asheville fell in too.
04:14You're her fiancé.
04:15Shouldn't you be taking care of her?
04:17Why are you sending off a stranger instead?
04:19At this point, Rosa hadn't been engaged to Nathaniel's brother yet.
04:22I couldn't see Nathaniel's expression.
04:24Nathaniel and I already called off the engagement.
04:28He's not my fiancé anymore.
04:30With that, I got into the club.
04:37As the door closed, Nathaniel's figure flashed past.
04:40Tall, straight-backed.
04:41Standing like a statue.
04:43Not like the man from my past life.
04:44The one I'd put in a wheelchair.
04:46I exhaled.
04:47This time around, I wasn't the one who ruined everything.
04:52The truth is, I always knew.
04:55Nathaniel never wanted to marry me.
04:56The day the engagement was announced, he'd been out riding.
04:59He actually rode his horse straight into the courtyard of our family estate.
05:03One hand gripping the reins, he looked down at me.
05:06So you're Elena Ashfield?
05:07I'm never marrying some pampered princess.
05:09I had a temper back then.
05:10I grabbed a riding foot right out of his hand and yanked him off the horse.
05:13Swung myself up into the saddle.
05:14Even circled him once, just to rub it in.
05:16And I, Elena Ashfield, wouldn't waste my time on a spoiled brat who can't even keep hold
05:19of his own horse.
05:20Nathaniel didn't get angry.
05:22Instead, he stared at me blankly for a long time.
05:24He couldn't help asking.
05:25What else can you do?
05:27Golf.
05:28Skydiving, shooting, too many to list.
05:29As the Ashford family's eldest daughter, I'd been groomed from childhood.
05:32Academics, extracurriculars, everything.
05:34I had to be the best.
05:36After that day, he kept asking me to hang out.
05:38He'd often just look at me and smile without saying a word.
05:41I asked him what he was looking at.
05:43I'm looking at my future wife.
05:46My heart sped up against my will.
05:48For the first time, my hands shook while holding a shotgun.
05:51Smooth talker.
05:52Only for my wife.
05:57Nathaniel came over to help me load the shells, then glanced at my hand.
06:01Most people shoot right-handed.
06:02You're just like a friend of mine.
06:04She likes to shoot left-handed, too.
06:06I thought she was the only one.
06:07With so many people in the world, there are bound to be some who are similar.
06:11I didn't think much of what Nathaniel said.
06:13I spent every day with him.
06:14We even planned a trip around the world after the wedding.
06:17And then the accident happened.
06:19The Nathaniel, who once loved horseback riding and competitive shooting,
06:23would never get on a horse again.
06:25Everyone mocked him, called him a cripple.
06:27My parents wanted to cancel the engagement, but I stubbornly married him anyway.
06:31I'm the one who ruined him.
06:32I couldn't abandon him.
06:34The accident changed Nathaniel into a different person.
06:36No more smiles.
06:37Dark, hollow eyes.
06:39On our wedding night, he sat in his wheelchair and spoke flatly.
06:42I'm disabled.
06:43I can't do that.
06:44But the Sinclair family needs an heir.
06:46Go to my brother.
06:48You look like his late fiancé.
06:51You could ease his grief.
06:52You owe him this.
06:53The day I fell into the ocean, Rosa had fallen too.
06:56The friend Nathaniel always talked about.
06:58His brother Julian's fiancé.
07:00Thunder cracked outside the window.
07:02My mind went blank.
07:04I'd ruined three people's lives.
07:08That night, I walked to Julian's bedroom in my wedding dress, numb and hollow.
07:12When Julian heard what Nathaniel had said, he sighed.
07:15My brother's always been reckless.
07:17Don't take it to heart.
07:18I'll sleep in the guest room.
07:20You rest here.
07:20Before leaving, Julian poured me a glass of wine, steam curled upward, dampening my eyelashes.
07:25I opened my mouth, but my throat was so dry no sound came out.
07:28I'm sorry felt too small.
07:30Too useless.
07:31The guilt ate at me.
07:32I knew Nathaniel resented me, so I threw myself into taking care of him.
07:35Every morning at dawn, I'd get up and cook something nutritious.
07:38Bring it to him while it was still warm.
07:39The doctor said your body is proper nourishment.
07:41I learned some new recipes from the nutritionist.
07:43They're really good.
07:44Do you want to try it?
07:44Don't bother with lunch.
07:45I'm not hungry.
07:46He was talking to the housekeeper.
07:47He didn't hear me.
07:49Didn't see me.
07:49I walked over carefully.
07:51When did you get here?
07:52Just now.
07:53Hmm.
07:54No responses after that.
07:55He sipped his water in silence.
07:57I was invisible.
07:58Then a commotion came from outside.
08:00It was faint.
08:00I couldn't quite hear it.
08:02Nathaniel set down his cup and spoke to the housekeeper again.
08:04If they want to set off fireworks, let them.
08:06Don't worry about disturbing me.
08:07So it wasn't that he couldn't hear me.
08:09He just didn't want to.
08:10Ditterness flooded my chest.
08:11But what right did it I have to feel hurt?
08:15Sometimes Nathaniel would look at me with an expression I couldn't read.
08:18Like he was remembering.
08:19Or mourning.
08:21Rosa liked wearing vintage dresses with pearls too.
08:24Too bad she never got to see the custom dress my brother ordered for her.
08:27Or the pearl necklace I won for her at auction.
08:29Rosa liked putting cinnamon and honey in her coffee too.
08:32She said it was like dessert in a cup.
08:35Elena, stop copying her to get my attention.
08:39You'll never compare.
08:43But I'd been doing those things long before I ever met Nathaniel.
08:46Now it was called imitation.
08:48I choked back tears and gave up everything I loved.
08:51Why did I have to be the villain?
08:53Then one night Nathaniel was drunk.
08:55He bet my lip and murmured tenderly.
08:57Rosa.
08:58That's when it all clicked.
08:59Why Nathaniel was so angry at me for copying Rosa.
09:02He wanted his brother's fiance.
09:04If I hadn't looked like her, he never would have agreed to marry me in the first place.
09:07The night air was cold.
09:08It seeped into my bones.
09:09I became the second Nathaniel.
09:11Quiet.
09:12Hollow.
09:13Dark.
09:15The one time I was happy was my first birthday after the wedding.
09:18My parents came to celebrate.
09:21The table was full of my favorite foods.
09:24My mom even made pasta by hand.
09:27I smiled for the first time in ages.
09:31Nathaniel happened to wheel past.
09:34Tomorrow is Rosa's death anniversary.
09:36How can you still have the nerve to laugh?
09:38Like a bucket of ice water, it drowned the last spark like of joy I had left.
09:43The pasta didn't taste good anymore.
09:45I thought to myself, if God exists, could I please go back and do it over?
09:50Save Rosa.
09:51I don't want to be the villain anymore.
09:53I didn't expect it.
09:54But when I opened my eyes again, my wish had actually come true.
09:58Nathaniel and I had both started over.
10:00In our past life, he'd held back because she was his brother's fiancé.
10:03Now, Rosa hadn't been promised to Julia yet.
10:06Nathaniel had his chance.
10:07So let him and Julia compete.
10:09In this life, we go our separate ways.
10:11Whatever happens, happens.
10:14I got back to the hotel.
10:16Someone was waiting in the hallway, holding a cup of coffee with cinnamon and honey.
10:19Miss Ashford, this is from Mr. Nathaniel.
10:21He said this is your favorite.
10:23Since it's cold, and you're prone to catching a cold,
10:25he hopes you'll rest early and stop wandering around.
10:27Was Nathaniel warning me not to cause trouble for Rosa?
10:30When had I ever had a problem with her?
10:32I shook my head with a tired smile.
10:34Throw it out.
10:34I don't like it.
10:35I didn't go looking for Nathaniel like I had in our past life.
10:38He didn't come looking for me, either.
10:40Every day, he went to the floor where Rosa was staying.
10:42I heard he personally cooked dinner for her yesterday.
10:44This morning, he'd sent over a huge bouquet of flowers.
10:47In four years across two lifetimes, I was just now learning that Nathaniel could cook.
10:51Good.
10:51He could finally chase the person he wanted.
10:53The next day, Mr. Sinclair organized a shooting event.
10:56Everyone headed to the outdoor range.
10:58Rosa arrived early.
11:00When she saw me, her eyes lit up.
11:01Like she was presenting a prize.
11:03Miss Ashfield, I cleaned it for you.
11:05She handed me a shotgun.
11:07She frowned, looking uneasy.
11:10Lately, Nathaniel keeps coming to see me.
11:13I have no idea what he wants.
11:15I try to send him away, but he won't leave.
11:20Rosa was sensitive.
11:21She overthought everything.
11:23I understood she was worried I'd misunderstood.
11:26Nathaniel and I were in an arranged marriage.
11:28There was no affection between us.
11:29Now that the relationship is over, I'm actually relieved.
11:33If you like him, go ahead and accept his attention.
11:38I'm just glad you don't hate me, Miss Ashford.
11:40We haven't shot together in so long.
11:42You go first.
11:43Okay.
11:45I just chambered around.
11:47I heard a scoff.
11:48Nathaniel walked up beside me.
11:50You got a second chance and you're still copying people.
11:52Everyone else shoots right-handed.
11:54Only Rosa likes to use her left.
11:55And you just have to do it too?
11:56All to get my attention?
11:59He didn't bother lowering his voice for that second part.
12:02Rosa heard it.
12:03Her brows nodded.
12:04Copying me?
12:05Miss Ashfield is the one who taught me to shoot.
12:07She's basically my teacher.
12:08Rosa looked at me, eyes full of admiration.
12:11Nathaniel froze, like he wanted to ask something.
12:15Someone interrupted.
12:16The restaurant has lunch ready.
12:18Mr. Sinclair wants everyone to come over.
12:20Julian walked toward us.
12:21Unlike Nathaniel's brask energy, his brother was calm and reserved.
12:27I remembered now.
12:28When we first arrived at the island, Julian had gotten sick and had been bedridden.
12:33He couldn't even go on the yacht trip.
12:34The first time he came out in our past life was when he received the news of Rosa's death.
12:39Watched them cover her with a white sheet.
12:42Now Julian was well enough to be outside.
12:44But his fiancé was being pursued by his own brother.
12:47I looked at Julian with something close with pity.
12:49Miss Ashford, let's go.
12:51After lunch, we'll come back and shoot some more.
12:52Before she finished, we were separated.
12:54Nathaniel squeezed between us and held out the jacket he'd brought to Rosa.
12:58Temperature's dropping.
12:59Put this on.
13:00No thanks, I'm not cold.
13:01No thanks, I'm not cold.
13:02It's warm though.
13:02Rosa took the jacket and tried to drape it over my shoulders.
13:05I instinctively stepped back.
13:06I didn't want to touch anything of Nathaniel's, but I lost my foot.
13:08Stumbled.
13:09Someone caught me from behind, arms firm and steady.
13:11Julian's hand rested on my shoulder.
13:13Careful.
13:14There's a step behind you.
13:15Thanks.
13:16I steadied myself and pulled away from Julian.
13:18The jacket ended up back in Nathaniel's hands.
13:21His face was dark.
13:22He was not happy.
13:24Julian didn't seem great either.
13:26His eyes were lowered.
13:30Only Rosa was oblivious, chatting away to me.
13:33She had no idea two men were losing their minds over her.
13:36I let Rosa ramble in my ear as we walked into the hotel restaurant.
13:40She sat beside me.
13:41Nathaniel and Julian sat across from us, alongside other heirs and socialites.
13:46This island trip wasn't just for fun.
13:49Mr. Sinclair was also playing matchmaker.
13:51After all, the Sinclairs were the top family in Boston.
13:54One word from him, and any match could be sealed.
13:57So before long, a young couple who'd hit it off came over,
14:00hoping Mr. Sinclair would speak to both their families about an engagement.
14:04Nathaniel walked over too.
14:07Dad, actually, I've liked Rosa for a long time.
14:10Could you talk to Mr. Bennett?
14:12Ask him to let me marry her.
14:13It's all I want.
14:14I wasn't surprised.
14:15With a second chance, there was no way he'd let himself live with regret again.
14:19While Rosa sat there, stunned, Julian walked over.
14:22Dad, please. I want to marry Elena Ashford.
14:24My eyes went wide.
14:26Nathaniel whipped around and blustered out.
14:28No! You can't marry her!
14:32Mr. Sinclair looked at Nathaniel, confused.
14:35Why can't your brother marry Elena?
14:37She's rough.
14:39Not exactly ladylike.
14:41Julian is the future head of the family.
14:42He's handsome.
14:43His wife should match him.
14:44I'm asking Dad, not you.
14:46Nathaniel's throat clenched.
14:48He couldn't find another angle of attack.
14:50My head was starting to throbe.
14:51Was Julian doing this to get back at Nathaniel?
14:53Did he think Nathaniel and I still had something, so he'd use me as leverage?
14:57Julian seemed like the type who didn't compete.
14:59But he held grudges.
15:00In our past life, Nathaniel got angry at me for dressing like Rosa and knocked all the breakfast I'd made
15:04onto the floor.
15:04Julian happened to walk in.
15:06His sleeve got stained.
15:07It was a new shirt.
15:08His first time wearing it.
15:09Julian said nothing.
15:10But for seven straight days, Nathaniel didn't have a single clean shirt.
15:13Every one of them somehow got coffee spilled on it by Julian.
15:15I didn't want to get dragged into their mess again.
15:17So I walked over.
15:18I'm still young.
15:20I'm not ready to get married.
15:23Mr. Sinclair set down his glass.
15:25One of you wants to marry this one.
15:27The other wants to marry that one.
15:29You think I'm playing house with you?
15:31The entire room went silent.
15:33After all, the Sinclairs could bankrupt any of their families with a single phone call.
15:38The tension didn't ease until Mrs. Sinclair walked in.
15:41But the marriage arrangement was still finalized.
15:45Rosa would marry Nathaniel.
15:46I would marry Julia.
15:48The sister-in-law from our past life became the young brother's wife.
15:52The younger brother's wife became the sister-in-law.
15:55What kind of a mess was this?
15:57My headache got worse.
15:58I stepped outside for air.
16:00Julian followed.
16:02Nathaniel is impulsive.
16:03He doesn't think about consequences.
16:05I didn't want you going back to Boston and being the butt of everyone's jokes.
16:08That's why I brought up the arrangement to my father.
16:12A brother should fix what his brother breaks.
16:14But I'd rather be laughed at than marry into the Sinclair family again.
16:18I rubbed my temples.
16:20Nathaniel came outside too.
16:21He glanced at me.
16:23Scoffed.
16:24You're quite adept at juggling two men.
16:26But stop copying Rosa.
16:28Stop trying to get my attention.
16:29I was about to snap back when Julian spoke first.
16:32Show some respect to Elena.
16:35Nathaniel choked.
16:36His face twisted.
16:37If being reborn wasn't so insane,
16:40he would have told them everything about their past lives right then and there.
16:43You really going to marry her?
16:46You know, Dad, once he makes a decision when he's angry,
16:49nobody changes his mind.
16:51Just focus on marrying Rosa and stay out of my business.
16:56Mr. Sinclair was staying on the island a while longer.
16:59Everyone else drove back to Boston.
17:01At a rest stop along the way,
17:03Rosa came to find me.
17:05Miss Ashford, I've been thinking about it for days.
17:07I need to talk to you about this engagement with Nathaniel.
17:10He was your fiancé before.
17:12Now he's mine.
17:14I...
17:14Rosa looked miserable.
17:17But I understood what she was feeling.
17:19I don't mind.
17:20I told you at the shooting range how I felt.
17:23But do you like Julian?
17:25In our past life, they were a couple.
17:27If this life kept them apart again, I'd feel guilty.
17:30I barely know Julian.
17:31I can't call that like.
17:33So was it one-sided on Julian's part?
17:35I was still guessing when I saw a familiar face.
17:38Julian carrying a box of pastries.
17:41I heard you like chocolate mousse cake.
17:43I sent someone to pick some up.
17:45Something to hold you over.
17:46I just ate.
17:48I'm not hungry.
17:49Actually, I hadn't eaten at all.
17:51Over the past two days heading back to Boston,
17:54Julian would occasionally find an excuse to bring me things.
17:56I didn't want more contact with the Sinclairs.
17:59Every time, I politely declined and kept my distance.
18:02Julian was used to it by now.
18:03He pulled his hand back.
18:05I didn't dwell on it.
18:06Turned around and walked away.
18:09That night, a sudden downpour hit.
18:11Everyone who'd been outside scrambled back to their cars.
18:14I was about to make a run for it when a flash of blue-gray caught my eye.
18:18Julian, holding an umbrella over me.
18:20His shirt half-soaked.
18:22Raindrops still clinging to his eyelashes.
18:25No rush.
18:26I brought you an umbrella.
18:27The rain was too heavy.
18:29For first time, I didn't refuse to him.
18:31I thanked him quietly and walked with him toward the RV.
18:34Once I climbed inside, I looked down and realized Julian was completely soaked through.
18:38He was taller than me.
18:39He'd tilted the umbrella so far over to cover me that he'd taken the full force of the rain.
18:43While I stood there, dazed, Julian's bodyguard ran over and produced a travel cup he'd been keeping dry under his
18:48jacket.
18:49He popped the lid.
18:50The smell of cinnamon and honey hit me.
18:52A coffee.
18:53Made exactly the way I liked it.
18:55I had someone grab this for you ahead of time.
18:57Drink it while it's hot so you don't catch a cold.
18:58I froze.
18:59I liked my coffee with cinnamon and honey.
19:02Julian shouldn't have known that yet.
19:03He only learned about it in our past life.
19:05After I married into the Sinclair family.
19:07Julian?
19:08Had been reborn too?
19:09Then why did he still want to marry me?
19:12My thoughts tangled into knots.
19:14Julian didn't leave.
19:15He stood at the RV door, like he was waiting for me.
19:18I shifted to the side.
19:19I can't finish all this.
19:21Come up and have some too.
19:22Wait until the rain lets up before heading back.
19:24Sorry to intrude.
19:26He climbed into the RV.
19:27Right then, Nathaniel walked past with an umbrella.
19:30His eyes darkened.
19:32But he said nothing.
19:33He kept walking.
19:34I faintly heard someone ask.
19:36Where are you going in this rain?
19:37There's a bird over there with a hurt wing.
19:39Rosa feels bad for it.
19:41I'm going to move it somewhere dry.
19:43I didn't catch the rest.
19:45Julian closed the door.
19:47Shut out Nathaniel's voice.
19:49Rain was getting in.
19:50Closing the door helps.
19:51After that night on the RV, Julian started showing up more.
19:54He gave me an expensive diamond necklace.
19:56And he would also lower himself to make funny faces to cheer me up.
19:59I couldn't figure out his angle.
20:01I didn't dare accept any of it.
20:02But Nathaniel seemed determined to one-odd him.
20:06Whatever Julian gave me, Nathaniel gave Rosa the same thing.
20:10Rosa wasn't thrilled about it.
20:15Rosa came to my home one day to chat and suddenly let out a heavy sigh.
20:19Miss Ashford, do you think, like everyone else, that Nathaniel is really into me?
20:23Because I don't see it, there's not a shred of real feeling in his eyes.
20:27I think he doesn't actually like me at all.
20:29Every time he gives me something, he looks competitive.
20:34That's it.
20:34There's always this distance between us.
20:37Maybe he's just bad at expressing himself.
20:39Because in our past life, Nathaniel's heart was full of Rosa.
20:43He'd mirror her name in his sleep.
20:45Awake, seven out of ten sentences were about her.
20:48Rosa rested her chin on her hand, sulking.
20:52Even if he does like me, he likes the version of me that's confident and bright.
20:57The Rosa you created, not the real me.
21:02Scared, insecure, overthinking everything.
21:04The first time I complained to him about the long drive back to Boston,
21:07that the road was bumpy and I was tired, he frowned, said that wasn't like me.
21:10In his head, I should always be carefree.
21:13Always smiling.
21:15Just like you, Miss Ashford.
21:16But the real me is exactly what he doesn't want.
21:19My hand paused mid-pour.
21:21I'd never considered whether Nathaniel loved the real Rosa
21:24or the version of me he saw reflected in her.
21:27I heard you and Nathaniel spent six months together,
21:29always hanging out around Boston.
21:31You never liked him?
21:33Not even for a second?
21:35No.
21:38The moment I said it, there was a bang.
21:40Something hit the ground outside.
21:42I opened the door.
21:43Nathaniel stood there, stone-faced,
21:45picking up a fruit platter he'd dropped.
21:49Slipped out of my hand.
21:50I'll go get another one.
21:53He walked away.
21:56I don't even like fruit, but he thinks I do,
21:58so he keeps sending baskets of it every other day.
22:00I didn't like fruit either.
22:02Some looked beautiful but tasted sour.
22:04Left a bitter aftertaste.
22:05A lot like my marriage to Nathaniel in our past life.
22:08Thinking about it, all I tasted was bitterness.
22:10Not worth remembering.
22:11Back in Boston,
22:12Rosa and I went our separate ways.
22:15I told my parents about the broken engagement with Nathaniel.
22:19You two were fine before you left.
22:21You'd already planned a trip around the world after the wedding.
22:24What changed?
22:27She has her own mind.
22:28Let's not push.
22:29Julian's not bad either.
22:30Harvard grad.
22:31Future head of the Sinclair family.
22:33Clean, personal life.
22:34I've dealt with him before.
22:36Steady, reliable.
22:37Miles better than his brother Nathaniel.
22:40But I refused to make the same mistake.
22:43Marrying another man whose heart belonged to someone else.
22:46Except Mr. Sinclair's word was law.
22:48Going against it would hurt my family's business.
22:51Out of options,
22:52I had someone leak news that I was sick.
22:55Stall the wedding.
22:57I counted the days.
22:59When one illness ran its course,
23:00I'd invent another.
23:02Stayed home.
23:02I heard Nathaniel's side was already getting wedding suits tailored.
23:06Meanwhile, Julian and I hadn't even seen each other since we got back.
23:09I was living comfortably in my bubble.
23:11A full two weeks passed.
23:12Mama came in with breakfast and couldn't help sign.
23:17Why are you faking sick?
23:20If Julian finds out,
23:21he'll think you look down on him.
23:24When you marry in,
23:25life will be harder for you.
23:26It won't be.
23:27Clear, quiet voice interrupted Mom.
23:30I looked up.
23:31Julian stood there.
23:32Apologetal.
23:33I heard Elena's allergic reaction was severe.
23:36I had someone fly in specialized medication from overseas.
23:38I was in a rush to deliver it,
23:40so I came in without ringing the bell.
23:41Mom made polite small talk and left,
23:43giving us space.
23:50I sat up straight,
23:51guilty,
23:52getting caught faking sick.
23:54Who wouldn't be embarrassed?
23:56But Julian didn't mention what he'd just overheard.
23:58He set down the medication.
24:00I've used this before for allergies.
24:02Works well.
24:04No side effects.
24:06Then he went quiet.
24:07I didn't know what to say either.
24:11Until he looked up and met my eyes,
24:13like he'd made some kind of decision.
24:15Elena,
24:16we've both started over.
24:18Why won't you give me a chance?
24:19Just try.
24:20I'm no worse than Nathaniel.
24:21He came right out and said it.
24:23Reborn.
24:24I took a deep breath.
24:26You're in love with Rosa.
24:28I don't want a husband
24:29who's dreaming about someone else
24:31while lying next to me.
24:32Julian went still for a second.
24:34Who said I'm in love with Rosa?
24:36The person I love has always been you.
24:38The timing was just never right.
24:40I couldn't say it.
24:41I stared at him.
24:42Julian told me everything.
24:43Years ago,
24:44he'd gone to the children's home in Savannah
24:45for a charity event.
24:46He saw me walking past
24:48and fell for me on the spot.
24:49He was planning to visit my family
24:50and propose an engagement
24:51as soon as the event ended.
24:53But when he called Mr. Sinclair,
24:54he learned I was Nathaniel's
24:55newly arranged fiancé.
24:56He had to let it go.
24:57But he kept putting off marriage,
24:59which drew questions.
25:00Then Nathaniel started asking
25:02if he had anyone he liked.
25:03Julian fumbled.
25:04He couldn't say my name.
25:05He happened to spot Rosa,
25:07pointed at her,
25:08just to get Nathaniel off his back.
25:11But Nathaniel took it upon himself
25:13to go to the Bennett family
25:14behind Julian's back
25:15and arrange the engagement.
25:17Bro, it's great
25:18that you've got someone you like.
25:20You're too shy to go yourself,
25:21so let me handle it.
25:22Think of it as me trying something new.
25:25Julian was furious,
25:26but he couldn't exactly say
25:27he was in love
25:28with his brother's fiancé.
25:30Before he could figure out
25:32how to undo the engagement
25:33he never asked for,
25:34the accident happened.
25:36Nathaniel crippled.
25:38Rosa drowned.
25:40If I just told you
25:41how I felt that day
25:42at the children's home,
25:44maybe none of it
25:45would have happened.
25:46In our past life,
25:47you were my brother's wife.
25:49I had to keep my distance.
25:51Otherwise, people would have
25:52talked about you
25:53behind your back.
25:54Now I understood
25:54why Julian never blamed me
25:56for costing him his fiancé.
25:58Why he looked after me.
25:59Why he remembered
26:00I liked cranberries
26:01and my ginger tea.
26:02I thought he was just
26:03kind and attentive.
26:04I didn't know it was
26:05because the person he loved
26:06was someone else entirely.
26:08Then I remembered
26:09that new shirt of Julian's
26:11from our past life.
26:12It was near Christmas.
26:13I'd given him one as a gift.
26:15He and Nathaniel each got one.
26:17Nathaniel's went straight
26:18to the bottom of a drawer.
26:19Julian kept his
26:20for nearly a month
26:21before he finally wore it.
26:24He wasn't holding a grudge
26:26about the shirt getting ruined.
26:28He was angry
26:29because the gift
26:30I gave him was ruined.
26:39while I sat there
26:41frozen
26:41someone burst into the room.
26:43Elena
26:44I found you
26:45the allergy medication.
26:46Take this
26:46and you'll be fine
26:47whatever the reaction is.
26:48Nathaniel stopped dead.
26:50His eyes locked
26:51onto Julian
26:52sitting beside me.
26:54What are you doing
26:55at her house?
26:57Elena's my fiancé.
26:58why wouldn't I be here?
27:00The real question
27:01is what you're doing
27:02barging into her home.
27:03Nathaniel faltered.
27:04I...
27:05I came to drop off medicine.
27:07Fiancé or not
27:08you don't just show up
27:09at a woman's house
27:10unannounced.
27:11You're not married yet.
27:13If someone gets
27:13the wrong idea
27:14how's that gonna look for her?
27:16Funny how you didn't
27:17think about that
27:17when you were trashing
27:18her reputation
27:19on the island.
27:20Nathaniel had nothing.
27:21He wanted to argue
27:22but there was no argument
27:23to make.
27:24He slammed the box
27:25of medicine down
27:26and left.
27:26Julian left too.
27:27Before he walked out
27:29he said to me
27:29Elena
27:30I already lost you once.
27:32Everything I'm doing now
27:33is just so I don't
27:34lose you again.
27:35My head was spinning.
27:36I couldn't name
27:36what I felt about Julian.
27:38After thinking it over
27:39I decided to send
27:40the medication
27:40back to Nathaniel.
27:41I didn't want
27:42to owe him anything.
27:44I'd barely stepped
27:45outside the house.
27:47Nathaniel appeared
27:48from behind a tree.
27:49He hadn't left.
27:51He turned his face away.
27:52His voice was low
27:54and tight.
27:55You can't marry
27:55my brother.
27:56You can marry
27:57someone else
27:57but I can't.
27:59Just because I was
28:00married to you once
28:01I'm bound to you
28:02for every lifetime?
28:03The color drained
28:04from his face.
28:05After a long pause
28:06he forced out a sentence.
28:08My brother loves Rosa.
28:09Wasn't that obvious
28:10enough in our past life?
28:12He wasted away
28:13after she died.
28:14But Julian wasted away
28:15because Nathaniel
28:16made it impossible
28:17to eat or sleep.
28:18In our past life
28:19Nathaniel's leg
28:20would ache every night.
28:21He'd moan
28:22and groan for hours.
28:23During the day
28:24he'd throw fits
28:25and smash things.
28:28Let alone Nathaniel
28:29even in my past life
28:31I was skin and bones.
28:33Besides
28:33the person Julian loved
28:35had always been me.
28:37For the first time
28:38I looked at Nathaniel
28:39like I was looking
28:40at an idiot.
28:42I called security
28:43to escort him out.
28:45I wanted to keep
28:46stalling the wedding
28:47but Mr. Singler
28:48asked why a date
28:49hadn't been set yet.
28:50I couldn't keep it up.
28:51I announced my recovery.
28:53For a brief moment
28:53I wavered.
28:54Maybe giving Julian
28:55a chance
28:56wouldn't be the worst thing.
28:59But the day
28:59Julian and I
29:00went to pick
29:00a wedding date
29:01something went wrong.
29:03The date they picked
29:04for me in Rosa
29:04isn't good.
29:05I need a new one.
29:06He pulled the consultant away.
29:07Then he nitpicked
29:08every suggestion.
29:10I don't like the date.
29:10Sounds unlucky.
29:11That one's no good either.
29:12Pick again.
29:13Julian told me
29:14to go home.
29:14He'd wait for Nathaniel
29:15to finish.
29:16I agreed.
29:17The next day
29:17I heard Nathaniel
29:18had been there
29:19until dark
29:19and still hadn't
29:20picked a date.
29:21Julian ended up
29:22going to someone else
29:23to finalize ours.
29:24I figured Nathaniel
29:25was just trying
29:25to annoy me.
29:26But when it came time
29:27to order the aisle runner
29:28for the ceremony
29:30he showed up again.
29:33Bought out
29:33every supplier.
29:34I switched
29:35to another store.
29:36Nathaniel bought
29:37that one out too.
29:38As if anticipating
29:39my question
29:40he spoke first.
29:41I want the aisle runner
29:42that goes all the way
29:42from Rosa's house
29:43to the venue.
29:44Is that a problem?
29:45You'd go this far
29:46just to stop me
29:47from getting married.
29:47Impressive commitment.
29:49Nathaniel clenched
29:50his fists.
29:51Then he scoffed.
29:53Don't flatter yourself.
29:55I want to give
29:56Rosa the best.
29:57I want her walking
29:58down that aisle
29:58like a queen.
30:00When Julian
30:01heard about it
30:02he said nothing.
30:04The next day
30:05he made a call
30:05and had materials
30:06shipped in
30:07from another state.
30:08As the wedding
30:08got closer
30:09Nathaniel appeared
30:10in front of me
30:11more and more.
30:12He'd snatched
30:13the jewelry
30:13I'd already picked.
30:14Poached my makeup artist
30:15with a higher offer.
30:17Julian handled it
30:18every time
30:18but Nathaniel
30:19kept coming back
30:20and it was getting
30:21unbearable.
30:22I finally snapped.
30:24You've got your own
30:24wedding to plan.
30:25Why do you keep
30:26sabotaging mine?
30:27What do you actually want?
30:29Nathaniel pressed
30:30his lips together
30:31said nothing.
30:33Just as I was
30:34about to storm off
30:35he asked
30:36What if I told you
30:36I can't accept you
30:37marrying my brother?
30:38I tried to forget you
30:38and start over
30:39but I can't.
30:40When I'm with Rosa
30:40all I see is you.
30:42At first
30:42Nathaniel had been thrilled.
30:44Rosa wasn't engaged
30:45yet.
30:46He had his shot
30:47but the more time
30:48he spent with her
30:48the more she felt
30:49like a second
30:50Elena Ashford.
30:51Rosa liked wearing
30:52purple vintage dresses.
30:54Elena liked
30:55purple vintage dresses.
30:57Rosa was a great shot.
30:59Elena was a great shot.
31:02Rosa dotted a beauty mark
31:04below her eye.
31:05Elena did the same.
31:06The difference was
31:07Rosa complained.
31:09She voiced her frustrations.
31:11Elena never did.
31:12Even when Nathaniel
31:13ignored her
31:13in their past life
31:14mocked her.
31:15She never once
31:16said she was hurt.
31:17Every time Nathaniel
31:18noticed these things
31:19something felt off
31:20like Rosa
31:21had torn through a veil
31:22and was standing
31:22before him
31:23as her true self
31:24but it wasn't
31:25what he wanted.
31:27Nathan gripped his head.
31:29I can't tell you
31:30and Rosa apart anymore.
31:31You're not sisters
31:32but you're so alike.
31:34Elena I think
31:35I might like you more.
31:37I'm about to marry
31:38your brother.
31:38How do you have
31:39the nerve to say this?
31:40Then I caught a figure
31:41in my peripheral vision.
31:42Rosa standing
31:43not far away.
31:44She'd heard everything
31:45Nathaniel said.
31:46You don't have to feel
31:47torn anymore Nathaniel.
31:48I already went to your father
31:49and asked him to call off
31:50our engagement.
31:50Nathaniel stopped breathing.
31:51I invited Rosa over.
31:53Put an ice tag on her knee.
31:54To get that engagement
31:55dissolved
31:56she'd knelt in Mr. Sinclair's
31:57office for a long time.
31:58Her knee was swollen.
32:00Does it still hurt?
32:01A little pain now
32:02is better than a lifetime of it.
32:03I don't want to marry Nathaniel
32:04and spend every day
32:05guessing what he's thinking
32:06getting more and more miserable.
32:07You taught me that
32:08Miss Ashford
32:09fight for what you want.
32:10This is the result I want.
32:12Actually
32:12I can tell
32:13the person Nathaniel likes
32:15is you.
32:15When he's with me
32:16he's always bringing you up.
32:17You're the only one
32:18who gets a real reaction
32:19out of him.
32:20Happy
32:20angry
32:21sad
32:21all of it.
32:22I didn't know what to say
32:23but Rosa hugged me.
32:24I like you too Miss Ashford.
32:27You're from a great family.
32:29You're beautiful.
32:29You ride
32:30you shoot
32:30you've got perfect grades
32:31you wipe my tears
32:32and taught me things
32:33I'd never understood.
32:34Who could resist liking you?
32:35So I hope you'll be happy
32:36from now on.
32:37I hope you never look back.
32:38Nathaniel doesn't deserve you.
32:40I went still.
32:41Then I lifted my arms
32:42and hugged her back.
32:43Rosa
32:44I hope you're sore.
32:45I hope you'll always be yourself.
32:46Then came my wedding to Julian.
32:48Nathaniel
32:48as Julian's brother
32:49had to attend.
32:50Tradition required him
32:51to address me formally now.
32:52He had to call me
32:53Sis.
32:54He stood in front of me
32:55for a long time
32:56refused to open his mouth.
32:58The guests kept urging him
33:00Sis.
33:01I nodded.
33:02When I turned
33:03to go toast the guests
33:04Elena
33:04someone called out behind me.
33:06I didn't stop.
33:07Walked away
33:08without looking back.
33:09That night
33:09Julian and I
33:10were in his private townhouse.
33:12I'll sleep in the guest room.
33:14Get some rest.
33:14He said the same thing
33:15he'd said in our past life.
33:17Julian grabbed his pillow
33:18and blanket
33:19and left.
33:22I exhaled.
33:23I'd married him
33:23because our families
33:24needed it
33:25but getting past the wall
33:26inside me
33:27would take time.
33:28I took off my dress
33:29and was about to lie down
33:30when I noticed something
33:32carved into the nightstand.
33:35roses.
33:36My favorite flower.
33:39Meanwhile
33:40at the reception venue
33:41Nathaniel had to stay behind
33:42to see off the ghasts
33:43on Julian's behalf.
33:44When it was Rose's turn
33:45he went quiet
33:46but Rose spoke for
33:47There's something
33:48I never told you.
33:49If I don't say it now
33:51it wouldn't be fair to Elena.
33:52She'd be carrying blame
33:53that was never hers.
33:54Nathaniel
33:55you liked watching me
33:56shoot confidently on horseback.
33:57You liked that I held my head high
33:58when things were unfair.
33:59You liked the beauty mark
34:00below my eye.
34:01That's all because
34:02I was copying her.
34:03I admired her.
34:04I wanted to be even a fraction
34:05of what she was.
34:05It's not that she looked like me.
34:07I looked like her.
34:08Nathaniel's ears were ringing.
34:09He couldn't hear
34:09whatever Rosa said after that.
34:11The reason he'd fallen for Rosa
34:12in the first place
34:13was seeing her on that horse
34:14raising a shotgun
34:15with her left hand.
34:16He thought she was different.
34:17He admired her brightness
34:18but she just told him
34:19she'd been imitating
34:19Elena Ashwind
34:20which meant from the very start
34:21the person he fell for
34:23was Elena.
34:23It was just that Rosa
34:24carrying Elena's shadow
34:25appeared first.
34:26Nathaniel felt a phantom ache
34:28in his legs
34:28the kind from his past life.
34:30out of habit
34:31he squeezed his thigh hard
34:32trying to ease the pain.
34:33He kept pressing
34:34until his hand
34:36drifted to his chest.
34:37Oh
34:37it was his heart that hurt.
34:41I'd been married before
34:42but this time
34:43everything felt different.
34:45I didn't have to wake
34:46at dawn to cook.
34:47Didn't have to walk
34:48on eggshells.
34:49Every morning when I woke up
34:50my favorite foods
34:51were already on the table.
34:53Whatever Julian did
34:54he asked my opinion first.
34:56Even pouring me
34:56a glass of water
34:57he'd ask if the temperature
34:58was right.
34:59Every time I turned around
35:00there he was
35:01watching me with those
35:02quiet smiling eyes.
35:03When he caught me
35:04looking back
35:04Julian blinked.
35:05I wasn't made of stone.
35:06Over time
35:07my walls came down.
35:08I heard it's getting cold
35:09this week
35:10maybe you should move back in.
35:11Sleep here with me.
35:12Two people
35:12warmer.
35:13Julian stared at me
35:14for a long time
35:15then suddenly pulled me
35:16into a tight hug.
35:17Okay
35:17whatever my wife said.
35:19Maybe Julian was
35:20blocking Nathanian
35:20behind the scenes.
35:22In the months
35:23after the wedding
35:23we lived in the same
35:25gated community
35:25but I never once
35:27ran into Nathanian.
35:28I heard he'd gotten sick
35:29after my wedding.
35:30Nobody knew why.
35:32But one day
35:33Julian came home
35:34with a faint bruise
35:35on his face.
35:36I asked.
35:38He said he tripped.
35:40That same day
35:41Nathaniel left
35:43the Sinclair house
35:43said he was going
35:45on a trip around
35:46the world
35:46alone
35:48completing the promise
35:49from a past life.
35:50I didn't see him off
35:52didn't even send
35:52a polite message
35:53through someone.
35:54This life
35:54we'd each chosen
35:55our own road
35:56no reason to look back.
35:57From here on out
35:58may our paths
35:58never cross again.