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00:00The day Julian rear-ended another car with his mistress beside him,
00:04a pamperazzi was right outside his window.
00:06He rested an arm on the window and smiled at the camera.
00:09Got your scandal shot? Go see my wife.
00:11She loves cleaning up this kind of mess.
00:16Whenever people brought up Mrs. Sterling, they all said the same thing.
00:20You came from nothing.
00:22Everything you have today is because you married into the Sterling family.
00:27No one remembered how Julian introduced me seven years ago, when he married me.
00:32This is my wife. Nobody messes with her.
00:36Back then, he stood in front of me. Now he sends the pamperaz to my door.
00:40Everyone thought I'd do what I always did, pay off the pamperaz, kill the story,
00:44and go back to pretending Julian and I were still happy.
00:48This time, I went straight to Julian's grandfather's study.
00:53It's been three years. It's time to let me go.
00:58New York tablets had an unspoken rule.
01:01If a paparaz was short on stories by month's end, they'd go stake out Julian.
01:06He changed women every month, never hit it, and made himself easy to photograph.
01:10In that world, a man's affairs barely registered.
01:13His wife was the one expected to keep things respectable.
01:16They'd catch her husband with another woman, bring her the photos, name a price, and she'd pay.
01:22That wife was me.
01:23This one was new. First time tailing him, and he already had the nerve to knock on Julian's window.
01:28The paparazzi sent the video just as I got home from work.
01:31Mrs. Sterling, it's only $200,000. That's what one bag cost you.
01:34For $200,000, your husband's scandal disappears. It's a steal.
01:37If you're interested, call this number.
01:39In the video, Julian rolled down the window. There was a barely-dressed woman in the passenger seat.
01:44Last month, that seat belonged to a young actress on the rise.
01:46Julian's cars were usually hard to track.
01:48He switched them constantly, and his garage was full.
01:51But these past few days, he kept driving the same one, like he wanted to get caught.
01:54He beckoned the paparazzo closer.
01:56You knew? Learn how this works.
01:58Shoot it, then go to my wife.
02:00Come to me, you get nothing.
02:02You don't have my wife's number?
02:04He scribbled down a number and shoved it at the paparazzo.
02:07Then he looked at the woman beside him.
02:11Get out.
02:13Mr. Sterling, you promised me three days.
02:15It's only been a few hours, and you're already throwing me out?
02:19Julian tossed her a black card.
02:20You got caught within hours.
02:22Get out before I throw you out.
02:25I shut off the video.
02:26I didn't cry. I didn't throw my phone.
02:28I'd seen too many like it over the last three years.
02:32I sat down at the dining table.
02:33Dinner was served, one dish at a time.
02:36The hall clock struck eight.
02:38I looked up at it.
02:39Julian brought it back from France for me seven years ago.
02:42Three years ago, I made a deal with Julian's grandfather.
02:45After three years, he'd let me leave.
02:50I got into Colombia at 17.
02:52I met Julian a year later.
02:53Back then, he passed himself off as a regular student.
02:56He knew the material cold, but he played dumb so I'd tutor him every day.
02:59I thought he was actually stupid.
03:01Later, I realized he just wanted to see me every day.
03:03One time, I explained the same problem three times and he still said he didn't get it.
03:07Then I looked up.
03:08He wasn't looking at the book.
03:09He was looking at me.
03:10Less than two weeks later, someone quietly told me who he was.
03:13The sterling heir from one of the richest families in New York.
03:17After Julian graduated, he went to Wall Street.
03:19Every night after work, he'd drive back to campus just to see me.
03:22Back then, I really did love him.
03:24We fought all the time and we always found our way back.
03:27I tried to break up with him once.
03:29You don't get to decide who you marry.
03:31Sooner or later, your family will pick someone they approve of and you still have the nerve to date me?
03:36Says who?
03:36If I want to marry you, I'll make it happen.
03:38I was gone a few days and you're already trying to marry me off?
03:41You think I'm helpless?
03:43I didn't believe him.
03:44With his whole family against it, what could he possibly do?
03:48He never brought it up again.
03:49He just took over sterling group, step by step, until his word carried weight at home.
03:55After I graduated, I joined sterling group too.
03:57I started as an intern.
03:58I trained by day and Julian coached me after hours.
04:01By the time he brought up marriage again, he was already in control.
04:04No one in the family dared object.
04:06I married him at 25.
04:08That wedding was in every paper.
04:11One tab lead wanted the spotlight, so it went with the nastiest headline.
04:14It was meant to humiliate me.
04:16The next morning, Julian read the paper, set his water glass on top of it, and said nothing.
04:21I found out later that was the tabloid's final issue.
04:23Back then, if anyone humiliated me, he shut them down.
04:27Back then, I thought he was the one.
04:29For life.
04:30And that clock.
04:31He brought it back from France the year we got married, and it stayed in the hall ever since.
04:35Thinking through it all, piece by piece, I finally saw how deeply Julian and I had loved each other once.
04:41I just don't know how we ended up here.
04:43The elevator stopped on three.
04:44The doors opened, and Julian stepped out.
04:48Julian came in with his suit jacket over one arm.
04:51I looked up once, then went back to my dinner.
04:54A minute later, I heard his jacket hit the couch.
04:56His cologne and body heat closed in.
04:58He braced both hands on the table, boxing me in.
05:01Evening, Mrs. Sterling.
05:03Let's see what this one costs.
05:04My phone was on the table.
05:06He tapped it and opened the text.
05:10200,000?
05:11That's one of your bags.
05:12People think my price is dropping.
05:14He was smiling.
05:16He smiled because he knew I wouldn't make a scene.
05:18I set down my fork and straightened up.
05:20I didn't lean back into him.
05:21I used to lean back when he held me like that.
05:24Now I kept a gap between us.
05:25I didn't answer him.
05:26I'm vetoing Chloe Bennett's appointment as head of PR.
05:30Just as I thought.
05:31The second he heard her name, Julian straightened up.
05:34He sat across from me, arms draped over the chair, staring out the window.
05:38You don't need to worry about her.
05:40Or do you just have a problem with her?
05:42I looked into his eyes, trying to find something of who he used to be.
05:45There was nothing.
05:46People knew Julian went through women.
05:48What they didn't know was it was all for show.
05:51Chloe was the only one he ever cared about.
05:52Three years ago, he sent her to study in Switzerland.
05:55Now she's back, and Chloe's about to walk straight into a department head job at Sterling Group.
06:00It wasn't personal.
06:01It was policy.
06:02Unless your bachelor's degree is from an Ivy League tier school, Sterling Group won't consider you.
06:06Chloe finished high school and worked at a department store cosmetics counter at 18.
06:10That school in Switzerland lets anyone in who can pay.
06:13This is business, not personal.
06:15Julian said nothing.
06:16After a long pause, a voice message played on his phone, soft and flirty.
06:21Julian, I left my panties in your car.
06:24When can I come get them?
06:26He cranked the volume so I'd hear it.
06:28It was deliberate.
06:29We were in our seventh year of marriage, and he made me listen to another woman's voice.
06:34Julian looked at me and raised the phone to his lips.
06:37You've got the wrong guy, miss.
06:39I looked at him, trying to remember what he looked like when he loved me.
06:43At first, Julian would at least admit when he was wrong.
06:46The store only holds pieces for a few on-time clients each year.
06:50Julian gave mine to Chloe.
06:52High society is a small world.
06:54I found out fast.
06:56Julian drove straight home.
06:57He laid everything out for me.
06:59His passcode, his schedule, every message.
07:02She did me a small favor.
07:03My assistant picked the gift.
07:05I'll set him straight later.
07:06That thin excuse was enough.
07:08I believed him.
07:09I had no reason not to.
07:11But that day, Chloe somehow heard that Julian and I had had a huge fight, and she knelt outside
07:16the townhouse in the rain.
07:17Mrs. Sterling, Julian and I really aren't involved.
07:20Please believe us.
07:21I was furious that day.
07:23I didn't see it then.
07:24Later, I remember Julian standing at the window, looking down at her with concern in his eyes.
07:28When a man can't bear to see a woman suffer, that can be the start of a romance.
07:32Add a wife to the picture, and it becomes dangerous.
07:34None of that was the worst of it.
07:36What came later was harder.
07:39That year, I landed in the hospital.
07:41Julian made it look like he'd sent Chloe away.
07:43In reality, he sent her to school in Switzerland.
07:46While I was in that hospital bed, he kept flying between New York and Zurich.
07:50When I found out, I was done.
07:52I went to see Julian's grandfather.
07:54He gave me three years.
07:55Today is November 27.
07:57Five days left on the three-year deadline.
07:59I looked at Julian.
08:00I was about to speak.
08:01His phone rang.
08:02I could faintly hear Chloe on the other end.
08:05My power's out.
08:07It's black, and I'm scared.
08:08Stay there.
08:09I'm coming.
08:10Julian stood up and looked at me.
08:12I swallowed the words.
08:14He walked out without looking back.
08:16Chloe was scared of the dark, so he went.
08:19Three years ago, while I was in the hospital, he flew overseas to be with her.
08:23I didn't stop him.
08:24Not three years ago, and not today.
08:28After Julian left, I drove out to the Sterling Estate.
08:31The Sterling Estate had been on Long Island for over a century.
08:34When I walked in, Julian's mother, Marion, was on the sofa, with a maid massaging her shoulders.
08:39She heard me, glanced over, then closed her eyes again.
08:42I didn't bother her.
08:44I went straight up to the study.
08:49Grandfather, the three years are up.
08:50I want to leave the Sterling family.
08:53Three years ago, the Sterling family was under pressure from every side.
08:57Julian's grandfather asked me to stay and keep both the company and the family together for three more years.
09:01If Julian still hadn't changed by then, he would let me leave.
09:05Three years ago, I cried in this room.
09:07Not today.
09:07The high-beckered chair rocked once.
09:09Then he opened his eyes and looked at me.
09:11I thought three years would be enough for you to learn to live with this.
09:15Why do you still want to leave?
09:16I said nothing.
09:18He let out a sigh.
09:19When you married into the Sterling family, you knew what came with it.
09:22Look at Marion.
09:23She had a worse temper than you, yet she held on to the title of Mrs. Sterling.
09:27Her husband fathered plenty of children outside their wearage, but none of them ever threatened her position.
09:32Julian is still the family's only heir.
09:35Do you know what protected her position?
09:37What?
09:39Because I said so.
09:41As long as I say you're Mrs. Sterling, no one can take that from you.
09:45With me behind you, those women can't touch you.
09:49I'm not talking about love.
09:50I'm talking business.
09:52You've held this family and the company together for years.
09:55Replacing you would take time and effort.
09:58Is leaving worth it?
09:59Do the math.
10:01If this were only about money, staying was the smartest choice.
10:05He was right about all of it.
10:06He just didn't know what those three years had cost me.
10:10Grandpa, if love didn't matter to me, I wouldn't be here asking you to let me go.
10:14I thought about that too.
10:15As long as I stayed Mrs. Sterling, none of those women could take my place.
10:19But I married Julian, not the title of Mrs. Sterling.
10:23I gave the two of you my blessing.
10:25And now, just a few years later, you're asking for a divorce?
10:29Let me be clear.
10:31If you leave the Sterling family, you're not coming back.
10:34Think it through before you decide.
10:38I lowered my head and went back over all seven years.
10:41I've waited three years to leave this family.
10:43He waved me off.
10:44Wrap things up.
10:45Someone will contact you when it's time.
10:48When I came downstairs, Marion was still on the sofa.
10:51I got to the door, then turned back.
10:54I won't be able to visit during the holidays anymore.
10:57I hope you stay well.
11:00Then I turned and left.
11:02First, I dealt with the story.
11:05That night, I told the Pamparasi to pick up a check the next morning.
11:08I paid to bury every part of Julian's latest scandal.
11:13A few days later, Julian texted.
11:15He was at the private club.
11:17Remembering my deal with Grandpa Sterling,
11:19I had the driver detour to pick him up.
11:21When I got there, the door was open.
11:23A crowd was playing cards.
11:24Chloe was there, too.
11:26She'd just won a hand.
11:27The man across from her started fawning over her.
11:29Mrs. Sterling, you're on a lucky streak tonight.
11:32You've been winning all night.
11:33At this rate, I'll lose the shirt off my back.
11:36Go easy on us.
11:37Mrs. Sterling.
11:38He'd called Chloe Mrs. Sterling.
11:41Chloe smiled and was just about to speak.
11:43Julian looked up and saw me in the doorway.
11:45Then he took a drag.
11:48The real Mrs. Sterling is in the doorway.
11:51Can't tell them apart?
11:52No wonder you've lost all night.
11:54The second he saw me, he shot to his feet.
11:56Mrs. Sterling!
11:59The second Chloe saw me, all the color drained from her face.
12:03Not one person in that room dared look at me.
12:05The second I saw it, I knew Julian had done it on purpose.
12:09Everything he did was meant to force me to ask for a divorce and give Chloe my place.
12:13But he'd never say the word himself.
12:16His reason was simple.
12:17She's young, naive.
12:19Fine for a fling, sure, but who'd seriously marry her?
12:21Mrs. Sterling?
12:22You're enough.
12:23I looked around the room, left the driver behind, and told him to take Julian home later.
12:28Then I gave a polite nod and walked out.
12:32I had just reached the door when Chloe stopped me.
12:35Three years ago, she was 18.
12:37Now she was only 21.
12:38She was a little out of breath, her voice thin and soft.
12:42Mrs. Sterling, I'm sorry.
12:43I never meant to break up your family.
12:46I tried to leave.
12:47I tried to forget him.
12:48I couldn't.
12:49I can't forget Julian.
12:50I love him.
12:51Please believe me.
12:52I never meant to destroy your marriage.
12:54Julian and I, we just met too late.
12:57If he'd met me back then, I'd be Mrs. Sterling now.
12:59I really am sorry.
13:00I know I owe you.
13:02I could never repay it in this lifetime.
13:04But I can't give Julian back to you.
13:06I'm sorry.
13:07She said a lot.
13:08I said nothing.
13:09I looked her over from head to toe.
13:11Three years ago, she wore $30 clothes.
13:13Now she was dressed in quiet luxury.
13:15Those shoes cost more than three years of her old salary.
13:18A poor girl marrying into money was nothing new in our circle.
13:20I used to be that girl.
13:22Now Chloe wanted her turn.
13:23I said nothing.
13:24She wasn't worth an answer.
13:26I wasn't about to preach morals to a mistress.
13:28If she had any conscience, she wouldn't be so happy being one.
13:31Divorce Julian.
13:32Just let him go.
13:33She shouted it after me.
13:34I didn't look back.
13:37Julian, you're not going after Renk?
13:39Once a woman's mad enough, she'll ask for a divorce.
13:41Would divorce be so bad, I'd be free.
13:44Julian was the last person in the Sterling family to hear that Ren wanted a divorce.
13:49Tessa was the one who told him.
13:51When is divorcing you?
13:53Grandfather has already agreed to let her leave the family.
13:56In seven years, Julian had never imagined Wett would be the first to walk away.
14:01You've got to be kidding me.
14:05Who's joking?
14:06Everyone knows but you.
14:08And come on, you've spent the last two years tearing this family apart just to get divorced.
14:13If you ask me good, get divorced.
14:17Men always end up thinking their wives are too old anyway.
14:20Julian rubbed his fray and told her to get out.
14:23Tessa grabbed her bag and nearly ran straight into Chloe on the way out.
14:27Chloe must have heard.
14:29She hadn't wiped off her smile yet.
14:32Wow.
14:33You really can't stop smiling.
14:35Keep dreaming.
14:36Grin could divorce him a hundred times and you'd still never be Mrs. Sterling.
14:40Then who does?
14:41Whoever it is, it won't be a mystess.
14:43Have some shame.
14:46Chloe watched her walk away.
14:48Julian sent her abroad to study, bought her an apartment, and gave her a taste of high society.
14:52He was even divorcing Wen for her.
14:54It used to be Wen.
14:55Now it was her.
14:57If Wen could be Mrs. Sterling, why couldn't she?
15:00Three years ago, Chloe knelt at the foot of the townhouse steps and looked up at the house.
15:06Back then, she thought the Sterling's doors would open for her one day.
15:13The day the three years were up, Julian's grandfather had his attorney call me.
15:18I had all of Julian's things cleared out.
15:20Anything valuable went to his Hamptons house.
15:22I left the clock in the hall.
15:24It had hung there for seven years.
15:26I couldn't take it with me and I didn't want to.
15:28Once Julian's grandfather agreed to let me leave the family,
15:31I never got a chance to discuss the divorce with Julian.
15:34I knew he'd heard.
15:36I thought he'd come straight to me to negotiate.
15:38But days passed and he stayed in Las Vegas.
15:42Still, the Sterling's wouldn't let this drag on.
15:44Sooner or later, he'd have to come back.
15:47So I waited.
15:49Then one day, the elevator stopped on the third floor.
15:52He was finally back.
15:53Small talk was pointless.
15:54He got straight to it.
15:56If we divorce, you won't get a dime from the Sterling family.
15:58Is this just your way of getting back at me?
16:03He was right.
16:04After the divorce, I wouldn't get a cent from the Sterling family.
16:08Before we got married, Julian's grandfather had one condition.
16:11I had to sign a prenuptial agreement.
16:13If we ever divorced, I would have no claim to the Sterling family fortune.
16:17Julian refused.
16:18His grandfather wouldn't budge either.
16:20His grandfather didn't trust Julian.
16:22He would never risk tying Sterling Group's vast interest to Julian's personal life.
16:26In the end, Julian gave ground.
16:28He set up a trust for me with his own money.
16:30The trust had been created before the marriage and remained my separate property.
16:33It held cash, stocks, and real estate.
16:36Over the years, it grew to nearly $1 billion.
16:38This townhouse was part of it, too.
16:40Against the Sterling family fortune, $1 billion was nothing.
16:44But back then, that was all the cash Julian could access.
16:47He gave me every cent.
16:48I wouldn't take it.
16:49He just smiled and said,
16:51A woman's real security isn't a man.
16:53It's money.
16:54Maybe I'll betray you.
16:55Money won't.
16:57Back then, I thought he was joking.
16:59Now I know every word was true.
17:02I looked at Julian and remembered how insane I used to be.
17:07That first year, I said the cruelest things.
17:10I wanted him dead.
17:11I wanted him to get run over the next time he stepped outside.
17:15He destroyed everything I believed about love.
17:17Why should he get to live like nothing happened?
17:20At my worst, I thought about driving us both off the road.
17:23If we both went to hell, at least it would end.
17:28When I came to my senses, I had one thought.
17:32Thank God we never had children.
17:34Thank God that child from three years ago was never born.
17:37I'd already screamed.
17:39I'd already gone mad.
17:40All that was left was calm.
17:43You should thank me.
17:45At least now you won't have to cheat in secret.
17:48He lit a cigarette and looked at me through the smoke.
17:51Fair enough.
17:52Thanks on Chloe's behalf.
17:54So generous, making room for her.
17:55I ignored the sarcasm.
17:57The lawyers are drafting the divorce settlement.
17:59We sign in three days.
18:00I hope you...
18:02He picked up his coat and headed for the door.
18:04Whatever.
18:05The elevator doors opened.
18:06He paused and looked back at me.
18:09Went, you'll regret this.
18:10If you do, come beg me.
18:12You know I'll give in.
18:13We're still married.
18:14With me, no one comes before you.
18:16He still thought I was cellaring.
18:18He'd seen me throw a fight.
18:19He'd never seen me this quiet.
18:22Julian hadn't called in two days.
18:24On the day we were scheduled to sign the settlement, Julian didn't show.
18:27The lawyer brought the settlement Julian had already signed.
18:31An hour later, I had the divorce papers.
18:33The lawyer asked if I wanted to review the settlement one more time.
18:36I said no.
18:38Seven years of marriage.
18:39One hour to sign it away.
18:41My hand never shook.
18:43Sterling Group was handling a major deal, so we kept the divorce out of the public eye
18:47for the time being.
18:49I drove back to the Manhattan townhouse.
18:53There was an uninvited guest in my living room.
18:57I called security.
18:59He explained.
19:00She has Mr. Sterling's key card.
19:02Chloe looked at me like she belonged there.
19:03I'm here for the enamel jewelry set Julian bought at that auction.
19:07She ran a hand over the leather sofa.
19:09He said it was for me.
19:11You're hogging it.
19:12I didn't waste words on her.
19:14Get out.
19:16Wren?
19:17She didn't call me Mrs. Sterling anymore.
19:19The signed settlement had barely reached me, and she'd already dropped the title.
19:24We're both women.
19:25I know exactly what you're doing.
19:27You refused to divorce him for years, and now you suddenly ask for one?
19:33You want Julian to come crawling back.
19:35Push him away, then wait for him to chase you.
19:40That act won't fool anyone.
19:44I turned and called for Wanda.
19:46A moment later, someone came out of the kitchen.
19:49Wanda and Lydia had been with the Sterling family for years.
19:52Marion brought them from her own household.
19:54Lydia was calm and sharp.
19:56Wanda knew how to handle herself in a fight.
19:58They were Marion's two most trusted people.
20:01Back when Marion dealt with her husband's mistresses, Wanda scratched up more than a few faces.
20:07After I joined the Sterling family, Marion put Wanda at my side.
20:10Too bad I could never be bothered to make a scene.
20:13All those years, Wanda had nothing to do.
20:17Today, I let her relive her glory days.
20:19Wanda looked at me, lit up, dropped the rag, and dragged Chloe out.
20:23You psycho!
20:28Shameless little bitch.
20:30Desperate for a man already?
20:32Plenty of men in this city keep sides, deuces, but none of them show up at the wife's door.
20:36Even the dump wouldn't take trash like you.
20:40I thought Chloe was just shameless.
20:42Then I saw who she was online.
20:45Chloe had a following online.
20:46She'd built herself a whole persona.
20:48In her posts, she was the poor girl chosen by some rich, powerful man.
20:52He spoiled her, taught her, and helped her climb the social ladder.
20:56People who didn't know the truth envied her.
21:01She ate it up.
21:03He showed me the world and taught me how to navigate it.
21:06That way, even if we didn't last, I'd still know how to live well.
21:10She cast herself as Cinderella.
21:13When I came to New York at 18, I thought my future was here.
21:17I wanted to build a life here.
21:19After all those years, I found myself missing home.
21:24Once everything was settled, I went home to Ohio.
21:27Back then, it wasn't just the Sterling family against the marriage.
21:30My parents were too.
21:32Julian was the one who kept flying out, season after season,
21:34asking them to trust him with their daughter.
21:36They gave him their daughter.
21:38He made that trip for a year before my parents finally said yes.
21:41They gave him their daughter.
21:42Seven years later, she came home alone.
21:45After seeing my parents, I decided to start over in Chicago.
21:48I couldn't just sit still.
21:51After everything I'd learned and lived through,
21:52I wasn't about to waste the rest of my life.
21:57In my early years with the Sterling family,
21:59I couldn't even pick the right glass at a formal dinner.
22:03Back then, Julian stood behind me.
22:05His name carried enough weight that no one dared laugh.
22:09Back then, I thought as long as he was behind me,
22:11I had nothing to fear.
22:13But I refused to be left behind.
22:15Before long, I could hold my own among the society wives.
22:18When I was starting my company in Chicago,
22:21I still used the Sterling name, and Julian's, to open doors.
22:25It got a lot done.
22:27After seven years, I didn't owe him a thing.
22:29I used that name without apology.
22:31I had money.
22:33I had connections.
22:34In one month, I locked down every detail.
22:37And outside of work, I focused on myself.
22:40I have to admit, as terrible as that marriage was,
22:44the divorce still hurt for a long time.
22:46One night, I woke up and reached for the other side of the bed.
22:50Then I remembered he hadn't slept beside me in a long time.
22:55Seven years of marriage.
22:57The last three, I was an empty shell.
23:00Now I'm putting myself back together, piece by piece.
23:03Reading, traveling, socializing, becoming myself again.
23:09One day, my phone rang.
23:10When I answered, I heard a familiar voice.
23:13Carter, Mrs. Sterling, it's me, Carter.
23:15Mr. Sterling's drunk, and he made me call you.
23:18On the other end, I could hear faint mumbling.
23:20Tell her to come back.
23:21I glanced at the number.
23:24Carter?
23:25Yeah, Mrs. Sterling?
23:26Oh, right.
23:27Mr. Sterling wants you back in New York.
23:29When are you coming back?
23:31I didn't react.
23:32I've been busy, Carter.
23:33Forgot to block your number, too.
23:35What?
23:36Then I hung up.
23:42Call blocked.
23:43Mr. Sterling was first.
23:45I was last.
23:46Very thorough.
23:50A few days later, the office started getting strange deliveries.
23:54I opened them.
23:55Every piece was expensive.
23:56A Harry Winston diamond necklace, a Hermes lizard skin berlet, and more designer jewelry.
24:02I knew this routine.
24:03I'd seen it plenty of times before.
24:06Back then, Julian would coax me a little, and we'd make up.
24:09We were both happy.
24:12Now the act just made me sick.
24:14I checked the company books, sold the whole pile, and put the cash into the company.
24:19The deliveries kept coming for more than ten days.
24:21Then Julian showed up.
24:23At an investor's dinner, he showed up uninvited and stood in the doorway like a statue.
24:27One by one, the room rose to greet him.
24:29The wine in my glass trembled.
24:31Just once.
24:32Their eyes moved between Julian and I.
24:34No one said the word divorce.
24:37A few days earlier, Mrs. Whitmore filled me in on plenty of New York gossip.
24:42The Sterling family meant to call it an amicable divorce.
24:45Then some girl came out of nowhere and blew that up.
24:48The second Chloe heard about the divorce, she rushed online and posted a photo with Julian.
24:53It was just half his back, blurred.
24:55People still knew it was Julian.
24:57People matched years of her posts to Julian's schedule, made a chart, and it spread all over the internet.
25:03She used a burner account to fight back in the comments.
25:06People exposed that, too.
25:09He doesn't even love his wife.
25:10If she couldn't keep him, whose fault is that?
25:14That's rich.
25:15He doesn't love his wife, but he loves you?
25:17That necklace you flaunted in March was made from leftover stones from the set his wife wore on their anniversary
25:23last year.
25:24Touching.
25:25Follow the money.
25:26That's where his heart is.
25:27Last year, Julian Sterling donated $3 million to a church in his wife's name.
25:33It just went on and on.
25:35Eventually, I couldn't be bothered to listen.
25:37Then I looked at Julian.
25:39Divorce.
25:40Cheating.
25:41None of it seemed to touch him.
25:42When a man like Julian cheats, people call him a playboy.
25:46Somehow, it only makes him more attractive.
25:48And Chloe, guilty of the same thing, had already been torn apart.
25:51The same thing makes a man a playboy and a woman shameless.
25:55Like Julian now, smiling like nothing had happened.
25:59The footsteps kept coming behind me, slow and steady.
26:02I stopped.
26:04What do you want?
26:05I don't have time for games.
26:09Julian set down his glass, unhurried as ever.
26:13You have no idea how much the press loves you.
26:16They call you strong and say the Sterling family had a woman with real backbone.
26:20They praise you while tearing me down.
26:23The day you left, Wanda stood on the third floor and screamed at me for half an hour.
26:28I figured you'd made your point.
26:30The divorce, walking out, everyone taking your side after all these years.
26:34I thought you'd be over it by now.
26:38So I came to bring you home.
26:42I knew I was angry.
26:43But standing in front of him, I felt numb.
26:47That divorce cost me three years.
26:50To him, it was just me throwing a fit.
26:52Once I cooled off, it was like none of it had happened.
26:57For one brief moment, I understood.
27:00All those years with Julian, the love, the marriage.
27:04Maybe I was the only one who ever treated it like faith.
27:07Like everything.
27:08From beginning to end, I was the only one left devastated.
27:13Julian made vows at the altar too.
27:16But I don't think he ever believed marriage meant loving only one person.
27:22Once I saw it clearly, I turned away and wiped away my tears.
27:26After the divorce, this was the first time I'd cried in front of him.
27:33Divorcing you means this, Julian.
27:35From now on, we're nothing to each other.
27:36You think divorce is a game?
27:38I never used our marriage to play games.
27:40And I don't regret this.
27:41Not now.
27:42Not ever.
27:43He grabbed my wrist like my anger meant nothing.
27:46Fine.
27:47I'm the one who regrets it, okay?
27:49I brought up divorce too soon.
27:51These last two months without you, I'm not used to it.
27:54Not used to it.
27:55After seven years, that was all he had.
27:57I'd had enough.
27:58I slapped him hard.
28:00The crack echoed down the path.
28:02Julian's face snapped to the side.
28:04He touched the spot I'd hit.
28:06Feel better now?
28:06If not, hit me again.
28:08When you're done being mad, come back to New York with me.
28:11I always cooled off before.
28:14He thought this time would be the same.
28:16He was still waiting for me to cool off.
28:18I didn't hit him again.
28:19I left.
28:21Who knows what got into Julian.
28:23Every few days, he'd fly to Chicago.
28:25No more women.
28:26Not even Chloe.
28:28It was like without me, none of it excited him anymore.
28:31Even the affair lost its thrill.
28:33I ignored him.
28:34When I got some time off, I took the Montana trip I'd planned.
28:38I was tired of the city.
28:40Tired of the nonstop messages.
28:42Sometimes you need open country.
28:44I chose a ranch.
28:45Wind, sunlight, prairie, a lake.
28:48Life moved slowly there.
28:50To my surprise, I ran into Tessa there.
28:52She clearly wasn't expecting me either.
28:54She got awkward, then said hello anyway.
28:57It wasn't exactly charming.
28:59You look a lot better without my cousin.
29:01My hat was over my face, so my voice came out muffled.
29:05Thanks.
29:06She dropped into a chair and never shut up.
29:08She told me everything the Stirlers had been up to lately.
29:12For the next two days, Tessa followed me everywhere.
29:16I thought she was there to make Julian's case.
29:18Oh, please.
29:19You're giving me too little credit.
29:21If he can't get you back, that's his problem.
29:25I'm not getting involved.
29:28A few days later, Julian turned up in Montana, too.
29:32He just wouldn't stay gone.
29:34There he was in a suit outside the cattle pen, completely out of place.
29:37With Tessa right there, I didn't bother being polite.
29:40I let him have it and walked away.
29:42He didn't leave.
29:44Tessa told me later he stood outside that fence until dark.
29:49Julian.
29:51What?
29:52If you're sick, see a doctor.
29:54Don't come all the way to Montana just to stare at cows.
30:00I never planned to spend the rest of my life alone.
30:03When work gets to be too much, I look for a pretty young man to keep me company.
30:07Leo was a new face at an entertainment company I invested in.
30:11Sweet.
30:12Beautiful.
30:13I made an exception and kept him close.
30:16The minute Julian heard I was seeing someone, he took a red-eye to Chicago.
30:20He looked calm.
30:21Then he gave his verdict.
30:23Pretty boy.
30:23Smooth talker.
30:24Then he flew straight back to New York.
30:26Leo wasn't rattled.
30:27He leaned against my shoulder, all innocence.
30:29He called me pretty.
30:30And smooth.
30:37On the phone, Julian had that tone like he was the only one who saw things clearly.
30:41Use your head.
30:42He's 20.
30:43He's after your money and connections.
30:45You really think it's love?
30:46How was I supposed to tell him that was the best-case scenario?
30:49I stopped believing in love a long time ago.
30:52All I have now is money.
30:53These days, I'd rather a man talk to me about money and connections than love.
30:57The next time Julian flew to Chicago, he saw a different man beside me.
31:02His brow twitched.
31:04New one already?
31:05Leo had everything going for him.
31:07He just wasn't honest.
31:09At first, I thought he was a nobody.
31:11A rookie.
31:12I felt sorry for him, so I backed him.
31:15Then I found out he was in Ashford.
31:18Old Chicago money.
31:19A rich kid playing at show business, and he thought I'd be stupid enough to buy it.
31:24Why would I let that slide?
31:26The day I ended it, he looked so wounded, standing there soaked.
31:30If I'd told you I came from money, you wouldn't have looked at me twice.
31:33That's not the point.
31:35Whatever the reason, nothing between two people should start with a lie.
31:39I'd already misjudged one man for seven years.
31:42That was enough.
31:43He was upset, hurt.
31:44I was calm like I'd passed on some minor investment.
31:46There was no shortage of pretty, obedient men.
31:49Lose one, and there were plenty more.
31:52I gave Julian a gracious nod.
31:55The last one didn't know how to behave, so I found one who does.
31:58Somehow, we could talk this calmly, like the divorce and everything that shattered had happened in another life.
32:04Julian's brow eased.
32:06He stayed perfectly calm as he gave his verdict.
32:08He's good looking.
32:09That's all.
32:10He looked smug, like he was thinking, go ahead, Wynn.
32:13Have your fun.
32:14You don't mean it.
32:15After me, you'd really settle for that?
32:18This one lasted a while.
32:20Long enough for Julian to keep pushing me to end it.
32:23Why are you still with him?
32:25Still so sure of himself.
32:27So far above it all.
32:28Like this was just me acting out, and it'd pass.
32:31What the hell is wrong with you?
32:33Yeah, lovesick.
32:35I ignored it.
32:36Hounding your ex-wife after the divorce is just embarrassing.
32:41Sometimes he'd call from a new number in the middle of the night,
32:43just to ask when I was coming back to New York.
32:46Maybe people are less guarded at night.
32:49His late-night apologies sounded a little more sincere.
32:52Not like the hollow ones during the day.
32:54A few times, his voice shook.
32:56Wynn, I regret it.
32:58I didn't hang up.
32:59I let him finish, then put the phone down.
33:02If he'd said that three years ago, I would have cried.
33:05Now I felt nothing.
33:06By morning, he was acting like nothing had happened.
33:09Every now and then, his mother would call.
33:11Her tone was always flat.
33:14Julian's hurt.
33:15Are you coming to New York to see him?
33:17Before I could answer, she kept going.
33:20Or not.
33:20He won't die.
33:22His life was no longer my concern.
33:25My life was back on track.
33:27The company was growing.
33:28I had close friends and a man I enjoyed being with.
33:31No more sleepless nights.
33:34For a long time after that, Julian and I stayed in something neither of us could quite name.
33:40If he wanted to fly to Chicago or back to New York, that was his business.
33:43I didn't interfere.
33:46I knew what he was waiting for.
33:48He was waiting for me to come to my senses one day, turn around and go back to him.
33:54But Julian, I'm never going back.
34:00After Sterling Group's year-end gala, Julian drove out to the Sterling estate on Long Island.
34:05He walked into the main hall.
34:07It was still dim and damp, as if sunlight had never reached it.
34:13He never liked the estate.
34:15The place he loved was the Manhattan townhouse they lived in after the wedding.
34:20When Wreck left, she sold the townhouse.
34:22He bought it back, but it never felt the same.
34:25The clock was still hanging in the hall.
34:28It had already stopped by the time he bought the house back, and he never had it fixed.
34:33For two years, he flew between New York and Chicago, shamelessly keeping tabs on Wreck.
34:38She was completely free now.
34:40Sometimes she'd disappear without warning, and he couldn't find her anywhere.
34:44They had been together since Wreck was 18.
34:46Back then, she was sweet, all wide eyes and earnest affection.
34:51Even when she got upset, she was easy to place.
34:54Sometimes he didn't even have to try.
34:57She'd talk herself around, wrap her arms around his waist, and warn him,
35:01trying to sound fierce but not convincing anyone.
35:05If you do this again, I won't forgive you so easily.
35:07That was all it took for him to do it again.
35:10And again.
35:11He was never afraid when she got mad.
35:13If she fought, she still cared.
35:16What scared him was when she didn't.
35:19He had never imagined Wenn could leave him so completely.
35:50For two years, she'd avoided him.
35:52Julian sat down and said nothing.
36:01Julian glanced at the invitation and casually used it to start a conversation.
36:05Who's invitation is that?
36:06Marian looked at him, surprised.
36:09Ritz, she's getting married.
36:10You didn't know?
36:13Julian froze.
36:14Then he bent down and touched it.
36:15It was just a thin card.
36:17He didn't open it.
36:18Marian read his face and took the invitation from his hand.
36:21I see.
36:22You weren't invited.
36:23As she pulled it away, one corner lifted.
36:25Wenn's name flashed before his eyes.
36:28Marian went to the stairs and Lydia helped her up.
36:31From the upstairs hall, they looked down.
36:33Julian still hadn't moved, sunk in the half light.
36:36How did it get this bad?
36:39Two days ago, he told me Wenn had finally softened toward him.
36:42Said, Lydia, she still has feelings for me.
36:45Grown man, happy as a kid.
36:47Don't waste your sympathy on him.
36:49Wenn's in Chicago, she doesn't know.
36:51But you do.
36:53When she was dating, you think he was alone?
36:56Julian didn't move for a long time.
36:58He sat there, numb.
37:00He thought there was an understanding between him and Wenn.
37:03No matter how bad it got, neither of them would ever really love anyone else.
37:07So when they divorced, he didn't think it meant much.
37:10Couples split and make up all the time.
37:12So when she dated other men, he looked down on every one of them.
37:16They were just distractions.
37:18Sooner or later, she'd get tired of it and come back.
37:21Divorced or remarried, he thought he'd be tied to Wenn for life.
37:25He thought Wreck would always be his.
37:27Today, he finally understood she hadn't been for a long time.
37:31At some point, Wien had already moved on from that marriage.
37:34He was the only one who still thought Wren loved him.
37:38Marion took the invitation upstairs.
37:40He had nothing left in his hand.
37:42Seven years ago, he shut down a tabloid over one headline that humiliated her.
37:46Today, his name wasn't on her invitation.
37:50He started to hate her.
37:53He had no one but himself to blame.
37:55And he still couldn't let her go.
37:57And he still couldn't let her go.