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00:00Dante Moretti noticed that I had not submitted a spending request to the family finance office for three days.
00:06He thought I had finally learned how to be a well-behaved Mrs. Moretti, as if bestowing a reward.
00:11He sent me a message.
00:12I've resumed your adoptive mother's treatment.
00:15Be smarter from now on.
00:17Stop lying just to ask for more money.
00:19I know life isn't easy for people from the bottom like you, but the Moretti family's money isn't that easy
00:24to cheat out of us.
00:25What he didn't know was that by the time I received that message, I had already finished drafting the divorce
00:31agreement.
00:32Before leaving, the only things I could take with me were the white t-shirt and old jeans I had
00:37worn when I married into the family.
00:39No one would believe that the glamorous Mrs. Moretti, admired by everyone on the outside, could not find four decent
00:46pieces of clothing in her closet.
00:48After three years of marriage, every cent I used in private had to go through the finance office first.
00:53All my clothes and jewelry were locked in a sink.
00:56Whenever I needed them, I had to apply to Dante Moretti's private secretary, Serena Bale.
01:02All because Dante looked down on my background.
01:04He was always convinced that someone from the lower class, suddenly married into the Moretti family, would develop a habit
01:10of spending recklessly.
01:12Three days ago, my adoptive mother was critically ill.
01:15I applied to him for $200,000 for her surgery, but Serena deliberately delayed the financial approval, causing my adoptive
01:22mother to die in her hospital bed.
01:24Dante never knew that the only reason I had endured him for so many years was because he controlled the
01:30private medical resources that could save her.
01:32Now that my adoptive mother was gone, I had no reason to stay.
01:38I asked Dante for a divorce.
01:40He refused.
01:41He answered me coldly with only one sentence.
01:43Stop making a scene.
01:44As he spoke, his eyes stayed fixed on the financial statements on the table, as if those cold numbers were
01:49more worthy of his attention than I was.
01:51I lowered my eyes, but my voice remained calm.
01:54I'm not making a scene.
01:55I want a divorce.
01:57Dante stood up, his expression as cold as ice.
01:59I was the one who agreed to suspend your adoptive mother's treatment.
02:02It had nothing to do with Serena.
02:04She was only following my rules.
02:06If you hadn't gone to the meeting room and caused trouble, I wouldn't have had to teach you a lesson.
02:11I already had someone resume the treatment yesterday.
02:14My time is valuable.
02:15I don't have time to watch you throw a tantrum.
02:17Without waiting for my reply, he turned and left.
02:19He was certain that, just like before, I would lower my head before long and go back to beg him,
02:23even when he said to my face,
02:24Don't act so fawning.
02:26It's disgusting.
02:27I would only smile in silence and continue serving him like a tireless housekeeper.
02:30If this had happened three days ago, perhaps I really would have continued bowing and scraping before him, doing everything
02:35I could to please him.
02:36But now, my adoptive mother was dead.
02:39All because Serena had said,
02:42Is Madam upset because I reminded her to follow the rules?
02:45I was only afraid that she still carried those bad habits from a poor place and would embarrass the Moretti
02:49family.
02:50Because of that one sentence, Dante ignored all my begging and ordered coldly,
02:53Do as Serena says.
02:55Don't bother me with such trivial matters.
02:57It had always been the same whenever I needed him.
03:00I'm busy.
03:00If you need anything, go to Serena.
03:02Listen to my secretary.
03:03Do whatever she tells you to do.
03:05I was his wife, yet I had no dignity at all.
03:07Forget going out normally, even if I wanted to attend a family dinner with him.
03:11I had to submit an application to Serena.
03:13She would always smile gently and properly, then reject my request as if it were nothing.
03:18Madam, your reason isn't specific enough.
03:20Please rewrite it.
03:21The dinner only lasts until ten.
03:23Your request says you'll be out until midnight, so it doesn't meet the rules.
03:27She always waited until the very last moment to approve my requests.
03:31Then she would smile as she watched me rush to the event in a humiliating mess,
03:35scrambling for a piece of jewelry or an outfit.
03:37Sometimes, because of that, I would arrive late.
03:39Dante would look at me with displeasure.
03:41Elena, do you have no sense of time?
03:44You can't even handle such a small thing.
03:46In what way are you better than Serena?
03:47But the reason I could never arrive on time was Serena, the woman by Dante's side.
03:53He could not see it.
03:55Or perhaps, he simply did not care.
03:58Just as he knew perfectly well that my adoptive mother's illness could not withstand a halt in medication or any
04:03delay in treatment.
04:04Yet he still snapped at me impatiently over the phone, as if it were only natural.
04:08Haven't I told you many times?
04:10If you need money urgently, go to Serena.
04:12Do you really think she would refuse you?
04:17Getting money from Serena was as difficult as ever.
04:19What kind of emergency requires $200,000 all at once?
04:24Madam, you aren't making up an excuse just to get money, are you?
04:27$200,000 isn't a small amount.
04:30Please attach an itemized list before I approve it.
04:34For now, I'll reject the request.
04:36I explained to her that it was a prepayment for surgery, and that the detailed bill would only be available
04:40after discharge.
04:42Serena curved her lips into a smile.
04:44So that's how it is.
04:46But spending requests are very strict.
04:49We can't break the rules like this.
04:51I'll reject it for now.
04:53And hospitals can apparently help people fake documents.
04:56I'm not saying Madam would do that, of course.
04:58I'm only saying there's a possibility.
05:00Just like that, Serena delayed it again and again, making us miss the best window for emergency treatment.
05:06By the time I finally received the money, my adoptive mother was already dead.
05:09Hatred and suffocation pierced my heart, like countless fine needles.
05:14This marriage was a cage.
05:16I had to escape.
05:18So when I saw the dinner photo Serena posted, I felt nothing at all in the photo.
05:23She was wrapped in Dante's coat, looking like the mistress of the house.
05:26I saved a screenshot and casually gave it a like.
05:29Sure enough, whenever Serena was involved, Dante's messages always came quickly.
05:34Serena has handled things beautifully lately.
05:36I only treated her to dinner.
05:38Don't play dirty tricks and make people misunderstand.
05:40Then he added,
05:41Since you liked it, don't take it back.
05:43Leave her a comment.
05:44Praise her ability.
05:45At first, I had no intention of responding.
05:48But the more I thought about it, the more I could not swallow the anger in my chest.
05:51So I left Serena a comment.
05:54Serena is diligent and professional.
05:57With a single financial approval, she managed to put on a perfect display of authority.
06:03Every penny you save for the Morelli family now will become your bargaining chip when you
06:08become Mrs. Morelli in the future.
06:10Giving you a like.
06:11After replying, I tossed my phone aside.
06:13Then I calmly began packing my things.
06:15During that time, my phone kept ringing nonstop.
06:18But I ignored it.
06:19Packing did not take long.
06:20After all, every valuable item in this house that was supposedly mine had been locked away
06:25tightly in a password-protected dressing room or inside a safe with three layers of security
06:30locks.
06:30For all these years, I had lived here like a temporary guest.
06:34Only now, after letting go, did I finally understand.
06:37I had never truly been treated as a wife.
06:42Dante came back quickly.
06:43It was as if he did not even see the small suitcase by my feet.
06:46Anger sat plainly between his brows.
06:48Didn't you hear me calling you?
06:49I answered indifferently.
06:50I heard it.
06:51I didn't want to pick up.
06:52Dante looked as if he had just heard the most ridiculous thing in the world.
06:55Didn't I already tell you?
06:57Serena has performed well recently, so I invited her to dinner.
07:00Do you know how many people in the family already misunderstand her?
07:03After you posted that comment?
07:04How is she supposed to hold her head up here?
07:06At that, I could not help laughing coldly.
07:08Looks like not everyone is blind.
07:10Besides, I'm not her mother.
07:11Why should I care whether she has an easy time here?
07:14In an instant, Dante's face darkened.
07:16Elena, you know exactly how hard it is for a young woman to gain a foothold in the Moretti
07:20family.
07:20Why would you humiliate another outstanding woman?
07:22The look he gave me was full of exhaustion and blame.
07:25If you want to live as a pampered canary, I don't blame you.
07:27I'm willing to support you.
07:29But not every woman is as short-sighted and useless as you.
07:31If you keep being so malicious towards Serena and slandering her, don't blame me for being
07:34harsh.
07:35Think about your adoptive mother.
07:37At last, I could not hold back my laughter.
07:39But there was nothing in that laughter except despair and pain.
07:42Right in front of Dante, I opened my suitcase.
07:45Pampered?
07:46Look at the kind of life I've lived in your house.
07:48I'm leaving.
07:49And I can't even pack four decent pieces of clothing from my closet.
07:53Even if I wanted a haircut or a bottle of medicine, I had to apply to your secretary first.
07:58I dragged him to the dressing room and pointed at the password lock.
08:02Do you know how this lock opens?
08:04First the passcode, then a fingerprint, then voiceprint verification.
08:07Even your underground armory isn't locked up this tightly.
08:10What kind of wife has to live like I do, begging for scraps under a secretary's hand?
08:13Like some mistress with no standing?
08:15Dante's face was full of confusion.
08:17He even asked.
08:19Just because of this?
08:20So you got jealous of Serena?
08:22Went to the meeting room to make trouble and ruined her reputation?
08:25The moment I heard his question, my heart sang.
08:27Even after I said it out loud, he still could not see how wronged I had been.
08:31Forget it.
08:32Think whatever you want.
08:33We're getting divorced.
08:35Hearing how certain I sounded, Dante laughed instead.
08:37It was as if he had finally figured out what I was doing.
08:40That's enough.
08:40I don't have the patience to cope you.
08:42Aren't you only making trouble with me because you're jealous of my secretary?
08:45Tomorrow, I'll have the best doctor come to treat your adopted mother.
08:48In a while, I'll have Serena give you the passwords to the dressing room and the safe.
08:52I'll change the fingerprint access to yours too.
08:54From now on, I'll have finance transfer $100,000 to you every month without approval.
08:59Is that enough?
09:01To him, this was already the greatest concession he could make.
09:04But I was truly tired of this marriage of three people.
09:06He had promised me many things, yet he said nothing about what Serena had done.
09:10Because he did not care.
09:12That meant, if I took even one step back today, Serena would continue crushing me tomorrow
09:16in the name of rules.
09:17I don't want anything.
09:20I only want a divorce.
09:22Dante finally realized that I was not making a scene.
09:25His anger poured out all at once.
09:27Elena, don't forget the agreement we signed when we got married.
09:30If you leave, you won't get a single cent.
09:33And your adoptive mother's treatment.
09:35Without me, do you think that adoptive father of yours will care about her?
09:39Of course he would not.
09:40I knew very well that if that heartless man had not abandoned her, I would never have
09:44married Dante in the first place.
09:46We had once been two parallel lines.
09:48Now, everything was simply returning to where it should have been.
09:53Whatever.
09:53I zipped up my suitcase and said coldly, Dante froze.
09:56He could not understand why the threat that had worked every time before had suddenly failed.
10:00But his pride would not allow him to lower his head again.
10:03So he watched in silence as I walked toward the door.
10:05The moment he saw me pull it open, he almost called out to stop me.
10:08But then he remembered what Serena had said.
10:11Madam has too much free time.
10:13She just wants to copy those dramatic love stories and make a fuss.
10:18Don't pay attention to her.
10:19Leave her alone for a few days and she'll come back on her own to apologize.
10:23She's just throwing another tantrum.
10:25He shoved his hand into his pocket in frustration.
10:27Convincing himself of that.
10:33When she comes back, I'll make sure she admits her mistake properly.
10:39After leaving Dante, I hesitated for a long time before finally going to find my mentor, Dr. Margaret Holt.
10:45I lived in the oldest stone-walled apartment building in the north of the city.
10:49When she saw me dragging a thin little suitcase, she asked nothing.
10:53She only stepped aside to let me in.
10:55The moment I crossed the threshold, my tears fell.
10:58Back then, when I gave up my studies and accepted this marriage, she had opposed it more fiercely than anyone.
11:03On the day of my wedding, she kept sending me messages.
11:06Elena, hardship is only temporary.
11:08Don't bet your entire life on a marriage contract.
11:11As long as you live by holding out your hand to someone else, you will always have to bow your
11:15head.
11:16Later.
11:17Time proved that every word she said was right.
11:20Dante had once admired my ability.
11:22Then Serena appeared and said that I had no background and that even though I had studied, I could never
11:27get rid of the bad habits I picked up in a poor place.
11:29So I became the person who needed approval for everything.
11:32He could decide to give.
11:33He could decide not to give.
11:34He could even give in a more humiliating way.
11:36I cried until I could hardly breathe.
11:39Only then did Dr. Holt pour me a cup of hot water.
11:42I hope you haven't lost your specialty.
11:45I have a project here.
11:47We need to enter an abandoned mining area near the border to collect data on iridium tailings and groundwater contamination.
11:54We'll have to go into the water, climb mountains, stay up late and suffer.
11:58She lifted her eyes to me.
11:59Will you go?
12:00I froze.
12:00Not only did she not blame me, she was willing to pull me back to the place where I truly
12:05belonged.
12:05Standing on my own feet, she frowned.
12:07What?
12:08Have you gotten too used to being Mrs. Moretti?
12:11Can't endure the hardship of ordinary workers like us anymore?
12:15There were still tears on my face.
12:16But for the first time, I smiled sincerely.
12:19Professor, for the sake of starting over, I'm willing to endure any hardship.
12:24Under her arrangements, I soon set off with the team.
12:27At first, I was not used to it.
12:29There was no heating at the camp, and the night wind cut through the tents like knives.
12:33I carried equipment over the mountains and woke at three in the morning to catch the most stable sampling window.
12:38But the knowledge carved into my bones slowly rose back to the surface.
12:42The more I worked, the smoother everything became.
12:45Even Grant Mercer, the team leader who usually spoke very little, rarely praised me.
12:49At first, I was worried you'd be too delicate.
12:51But now I see you really can endure.
12:53I smiled and replied.
12:55Everyone has been taking care of me.
12:57Otherwise, I wouldn't have adapted so quickly.
12:59Elena?
12:59Before I could finish, an untimely voice sounded behind me.
13:03I turned around.
13:04Serena stood at the edge of the forest line, dressed sharply, holding the newest designer suitcase in her hand.
13:11Her gaze swept over the mud-stained team members beside me, and a mocking curve lifted at the corner of
13:17her lips.
13:17I was wondering why you suddenly started making a fluff about divorce.
13:21So, it's just the same as before.
13:23The moment you leave the Morelli family's sphere of influence, you immediately come running to mix with these lower-class
13:29workers.
13:29When she said the words, lower-class, it sounded as if she were talking about something filthy.
13:34My face went cold.
13:36We were indeed covered in dirt.
13:38But that was no reason for her to insult people.
13:40Serena.
13:41I said, looking at her.
13:42Did you come here specifically to cause trouble?
13:43You really are everywhere.
13:45Serena's expression stiffened.
13:46In the next second, a figure I knew all too well appeared behind her.
13:49A long, black coat.
13:51Straight shoulders.
13:51A cold, hard presence that seemed to quiet everything around him.
13:55Dante Moretti.
13:56As he approached, several members of the team instinctively tensed.
13:59Dante's gaze landed on me, and he said, as if it were only natural.
14:02Elena.
14:03Are you picking on Serena again?
14:05If you're here to admit your mistake, apologize to her first.
14:08I rolled my eyes at him and turned to leave.
14:10A girl beside me asked in a low voice.
14:12Elena.
14:13Who are they?
14:14I replied coldly.
14:15My blind, brainless ex-husband, and the secretary he trusts most.
14:19Dante's face darkened.
14:20You followed us all the way here, and you still want to keep making trouble?
14:23You haven't gone home for so many days, and you haven't asked a single question about your adoptive mother.
14:27Where did your conscience go?
14:28Just like countless times before, he used the words that could hurt me most to threaten me.
14:33Are you really trying to force me to stop her treatment?
14:36I looked at him.
14:37There was nothing left in my eyes but exhaustion.
14:40Then stop it.
14:41Isn't that what you're best at?
14:42Dante's expression froze for a moment.
14:44He quickly suppressed his emotions.
14:46As if determined to prove that he could still control me, he immediately took out his phone.
14:51Serena's face changed slightly.
14:52Perhaps afraid that the truth would be exposed, she raised a hand to stop him.
14:58Dante, don't.
15:00Madam is only as...
15:01Dante shook off her hand and said coldly,
15:03She needs to learn her lesson.
15:05Otherwise, she'll never know when to stop.
15:07The call connected quickly, and his assistant Luca's voice came through.
15:10Duel.
15:11Dante's voice was steady, as if he were handling official business.
15:13Stop all treatment and medication supply for Elena's adoptive mother immediately.
15:17Stop it now.
15:18There was a two-second silence on the other end of the line.
15:21Then Luca's voice became very low.
15:23Dante, Madam's adoptive mother passed away last month.
15:26The treatment fees had already been stopped three days before she died.
15:31Dante froze in place.
15:35How is that possible?
15:36He murmured in disbelief.
15:40Why didn't I receive any news about it?
15:42His assistant sounded deeply troubled, as if the words were difficult to say.
15:46I did report it to you at the time.
15:48You said,
15:49When I'm in a good mood, don't tell me a single thing related to that woman Elena.
15:54In that instant, Dante remembered what he had been doing back then.
15:57He had arranged for 52,000 drones to perform over the city center.
16:01All to comfort Serena,
16:03who had been frightened after Elena blocked her at the entrance of the firm and questioned her.
16:07He felt dizzy.
16:08His head began to ache.
16:09Why had the usually obedient Elena suddenly gone to the firm and caused such a scene?
16:14She seemed to have said that Serena had deliberately held up the approval
16:17and refused to release the money.
16:19At that thought, Dante suddenly turned to look at the woman beside him,
16:22whose face was full of concern.
16:24Serena was startled and explained pitifully,
16:27Dante, I didn't mean to hide it from you.
16:29I just didn't want you to feel too guilty.
16:32After all these years of medical support,
16:34you've already done more than enough for Madam.
16:36At that moment, Dante did not want to hear another word from her.
16:39For the first time, his voice toward her was ice cold.
16:41Give me your phone.
16:42I want to see your travel records.
16:44Panic instantly filled Serena's face.
16:46She began explaining incoherently.
16:48Dante, that's my privacy.
16:50Have I not been doing my job well?
16:53By then, there was nothing left to explain.
16:55So everything I had said back then was true.
16:58I had not been slandering Serena.
17:00I had not been jealous.
17:01Dante realized with painful clarity
17:03that when I insisted on divorcing him at the manor,
17:06without asking for a single cent,
17:08I had not been trying to manipulate him.
17:10I had truly wanted to divorce him.
17:12How ridiculous that he had believed all along
17:14that if he left me alone for a while,
17:16I would return and apologize.
17:17The one who had been wrong was clearly him.
17:21When I got up in the middle of the night
17:23and came out of my tent,
17:26I was startled by Dante standing not far away.
17:28Realizing he had frightened me,
17:30he quickly walked closer and called my name.
17:33Elena.
17:33By the faint nightlight,
17:34I saw that Dante's face was full of exhaustion.
17:37It had only been one afternoon since I last saw him,
17:40yet he looked as if his soul had been drained away.
17:42He opened his mouth,
17:43lowered his eyes,
17:44and said quietly,
17:45Elena, I've already driven Serena away.
17:47I didn't know about your adoptive mother.
17:49Give me a chance to make it up to you, alright?
17:51Hearing such rare gentleness from him,
17:53I felt dazed for a moment,
17:54but very quickly,
17:55I came back to myself.
17:56I did not know what had happened
17:58between him and Serena that afternoon,
18:00but that did not stop me from knowing one thing clearly.
18:02I no longer loved him.
18:04Dante, do you really think the problem between us
18:06was only Serena?
18:07Dante looked confused.
18:08He did not understand why I would ask such a question.
18:11In a fluster, he tried to explain.
18:13I know what I did before was wrong.
18:15I shouldn't have used you to please other women,
18:18and I only saw other people in our circle doing the same thing.
18:21I thought it was normal.
18:23I never imagined it would hurt you,
18:25and I never truly intended to abandon your adoptive mother.
18:30As long as you forgive me,
18:32I can arrange more drone shows for you.
18:34I can also give you more jewelry,
18:36more expensive gowns.
18:38I knew that the man in front of me
18:39still did not understand what I was disappointed in.
18:43That's enough, Dante.
18:45We're already over.
18:47I don't need anything from you.
18:48After I go back this time,
18:50the only thing I hope to receive
18:52is the divorce agreement with your signature on it.
18:55In an instant,
18:55his face filled with incomprehensible confusion.
18:58He did not understand why,
18:59after he had already humbled himself this much,
19:01I still refused to forgive him.
19:03The way he looked at me
19:04suddenly became full of grievance.
19:06Dante asked carefully,
19:08I've never once thought about divorcing you.
19:10You are the Mrs. Morelli I chose myself.
19:13What do I have to do for you to forgive me?
19:16Communicating with him was always exhausting.
19:18At that moment,
19:19my voice must have been full of impatience.
19:22Dante,
19:23you are always this arrogant.
19:25Whoever you choose must accept you.
19:27Whoever you dislike must leave.
19:28You thought my adoptive parent status
19:30was good enough for you,
19:31while my own background
19:32was not enough to interfere with you.
19:34That was why I was the most suitable Mrs. Morette.
19:37If all you needed was a decorative vase to display,
19:40then you should never have treated me well in the beginning,
19:43made me fall in love with you,
19:44and then,
19:45once you were satisfied,
19:46fallen in love with another woman.
19:48Yes,
19:48I had once loved Dante
19:50because of the tenderness he showed me,
19:51but his love
19:52was like a bubble under sunlight,
19:54beautiful on the surface,
19:55spawned before I could truly feel it.
19:57You think everyone should follow your will,
19:59but why should they?
20:00I'm not your mother.
20:02I don't need you to do anything.
20:03I only need to divorce you.
20:05Dante looked devastated.
20:05He staggered one step and grabbed my hand,
20:08all color draining from his face.
20:10Almost pleading, he asked,
20:11Can't you give me even one chance?
20:13Elena, you can't do this.
20:15Even criminals get a second trial.
20:17You can't sentence everything to an end
20:18after just one mistake.
20:19I firmly pulled my hand out of his palm.
20:21Then I said softly,
20:22Dante, I gave you many chances,
20:24but you never cherished a single one.
20:28I knew very well how stubborn Dante was.
20:30I knew divorcing him would be a long, exhausting battle.
20:33I had thought this tiring tug of war
20:35would only begin after we returned.
20:37But soon after dawn,
20:38he arrived at our camp,
20:40which we had not finished taking down,
20:42with a group of people carrying supplies.
20:44When he saw me,
20:45there was no trace of defeat on Dante's face.
20:47Instead, he was smiling.
20:48I'll be following up on an investment project
20:50for the sanatorium at the foot of the mountain.
20:53I know research teams like yours
20:55are often short on funding.
20:57I had my assistant take care of your sponsorship last night.
21:00As he spoke,
21:01he took a carefully packed box,
21:02out from among the supplies.
21:04In a cautious voice, he said,
21:06This is cake from the East District.
21:08I had it made especially for you.
21:09Your favorite flavor.
21:10I did not reach out to take it.
21:12Dante's voice could not help taking on a hint of pleading.
21:14Elena, I know what I did before was wrong.
21:16I was wrong.
21:17I'm willing to change.
21:19Will you give me a chance to pursue you again?
21:21I'll make up for everything I missed.
21:23Looking at the beautifully packed cake,
21:25I felt a strange absurdity rise in my heart.
21:29I could not understand why some people never knew
21:31how to cherish you when you loved them.
21:33Yet once you left,
21:34they acted as if they loved you deeply.
21:35I lifted my eyes and looked at Dante,
21:37whose face was full of expectation.
21:40His eyes brightened.
21:41Go on, eat it.
21:42I remember you used to go buy it even late at night.
21:45It was raining that night too.
21:46No need, I said coldly.
21:47I don't like cake.
21:49I went out to buy it late at night back then because Serena liked it.
21:51You forgot, didn't you?
21:53I bought it for half a week before I finally found out it was for her.
21:56When I asked you about it,
21:57you said she had worked overtime too late,
21:59that she was so hungry her stomach hurt,
22:01and that she refused to trouble the household assistant.
22:04So you made me drive through the heavy rain to buy it for her!
22:09At first, I thought it was Dante who liked the cake because he was working late.
22:12It was not until I saw through the glass door the two of them sharing one piece bite by bite
22:18that Serena lazily told me I would need to buy two pieces from then on.
22:24Because after Dante tasted it, he also thought it was quite good.
22:27Only then did I suddenly understand who the cake I had driven halfway across the city to buy every night
22:32truly belonged to.
22:33Back then, it was not as if I had never argued with Dante over it.
22:37But no matter how much I protested,
22:40all I ever got from him was,
22:41Are you done being annoying?
22:44Didn't I only ask you to buy some food for a few days?
22:46You're my wife,
22:47and Serena is someone who handles Family Matters well.
22:50What's wrong with me rewarding her a little?
22:51Look at yourself right now.
22:53Do you want your adoptive mother to know you're this hysterical too?
22:57I did not want my adoptive mother to know that my marriage was so unhappy,
23:01so I could only swallow my grievances obediently.
23:04In the past, whenever I thought of these things,
23:06I always felt terribly wronged.
23:08Now, remembering them again,
23:09I only felt a little wistful,
23:11so there had once been a day when I, too,
23:13had loved someone that deeply.
23:15Dante froze in place.
23:17With difficulty,
23:17he forced out a smile uglier than crying
23:20and admitted his mistake.
23:21I'm sorry.
23:22I remembered it wrong.
23:25Elena, what do you like?
23:28I'll go buy it for you.
23:29I finished checking the equipment we needed for the day
23:31and said coldly,
23:32No need.
23:36Dante was very stubborn.
23:37After that day,
23:38he continued sending me gifts with unwavering persistence.
23:44Sometimes it was a ring that was one size too large.
23:49Sometimes it was painting tools I would never use.
23:52Once,
23:53he even sent tulips,
23:54which I was allergic to.
23:55Occasionally,
23:56I could not help wondering,
23:58could someone like him,
23:59who seemed incapable of understanding human language,
24:02really manage the Moretti family's business
24:04and negotiate with other families?
24:06This continued until our data collection was finally complete.
24:09Dante came to me enthusiastically,
24:11with a beautifully wrapped gift box.
24:14He said,
24:15You'll definitely like this gift.
24:17I did not let him open it.
24:18I went straight to the point.
24:19It's a luxury handbag, isn't it?
24:21Dante's eyes lit up,
24:22and he said happily,
24:23How did you know?
24:24Because I saw Serena post about it on social media.
24:27She likes flashy, useless things like that.
24:30For example,
24:31dazzling rings set with large jewels.
24:33For example,
24:34materials ground from expensive minerals.
24:36And for example,
24:37tulips flown in from the Netherlands.
24:39With every sentence I spoke,
24:41Dante's face turned a shade paler.
24:43He probably had not realized that all this time,
24:45he had been trying to please me with things another woman liked.
24:48At this point,
24:48I felt genuinely puzzled.
24:50Look,
24:52You remember another woman's preferences so deeply,
24:55and because of that,
24:55you can divorce me smoothly.
24:58Wouldn't it be better for you to marry her?
25:01Dante answered without thinking.
25:03She doesn't even come from a decent family.
25:05She only likes my money.
25:07How could I be with her?
25:08In that instant,
25:09I understood his obsession with me.
25:10I looked straight at Dante,
25:12and gave him a mocking smile.
25:13So you think I didn't ask
25:15for a single cent because I loved you?
25:19And now my heart has been completely broken by you?
25:23So I want nothing?
25:25And only wish to leave this place of heartbreak?
25:28Under my pitying gaze,
25:29he could not help looking away.
25:30You're wrong.
25:31I married you because
25:33the private medical resources
25:35my adoptive mother needed
25:36were only available through the Moretzi family.
25:38I'm leaving you because she has passed away.
25:40I don't love you.
25:41So I don't need your money,
25:43I don't need your love,
25:44and I certainly don't need you,
25:45Dante Moretzi.
25:46I watched as Dante stared at me for a long time,
25:49his face deathly pale.
25:51It was as if,
25:52for the first time,
25:53he had truly taken in what I said.
25:55I calmly met his eyes,
25:56knowing that this time,
25:58the divorce would go very smoothly.
26:01Sure enough,
26:02after we returned,
26:03the divorce went smoothly.
26:04Dante did not do anything unnecessary,
26:06and divorced me.
26:07He did not appear in person.
26:09Lawyers handled the entire process.
26:11What surprised me
26:12was that Dante did not leave me with nothing,
26:14as he had once threatened.
26:15He gave me a large sum of money,
26:17an apartment,
26:18and the manor where we had lived before.
26:19I went back to take a look.
26:21Nothing in the manor had been moved.
26:23Even the clothes and jewelry
26:25that had once lived under the same roof with me,
26:27yet were never truly mine to dispose of,
26:29were still there.
26:30The safe's password had been changed to my birthday.
26:34I spent two days listing all the clothes,
26:37jewelry,
26:38and even the house on a second-hand luxury platform.
26:41Then my phone suddenly received a message.
26:44I did not reply.
26:45When it was almost dark,
26:47the doorbell suddenly rang.
26:48Dante's assistant stood at the door.
26:50He was holding a check.
26:51With a slightly guilty expression, he said,
26:53Don said the amount in the previous agreement was too low.
26:55He asked me to bring you another check.
26:56I looked at the luxury car outside,
26:58with its windows tightly shut.
27:00I took the check and walked to the car.
27:04Dante, I'm grateful that you didn't take things to the extreme
27:06and leave me with nothing.
27:08After all, I had signed that agreement before.
27:10If he had followed it, he would not have been wrong.
27:13But I continued.
27:14The money you gave me is already enough for me
27:16to live on for the rest of my life.
27:18But I will still sell these things.
27:20Because when I cut something off,
27:21I cut it off completely.
27:24At that, the car window finally rolled down.
27:26It revealed a haggard man.
27:27His voice was somewhat hoarse.
27:29Elena, I only want to make it up to you.
27:31I handed the check back through the window.
27:34I have already received enough compensation.
27:37Dante, we are even now.
27:38At that, he became somewhat agitated.
27:39How could we possibly be even?
27:42Your adoptive mother and the way I treated you before,
27:44I'm the one who wronged you.
27:45I did hate you.
27:47I admitted calmly.
27:48My adoptive mother's husband abandoned her.
27:51Her son abandoned her too
27:52and acknowledged another woman as his mother.
27:54But I have to admit that you gave her three more years of life.
27:57At the end of my adoptive mother's life,
27:59I hated both of them to death.
28:01I hated them so much I wanted to stab them with a knife.
28:03I hated them so much I wanted to drive a car into them.
28:06But that old woman who had reached the end of her life
28:09struggled to raise her hand and cover my eyes.
28:11She said,
28:12What a pity.
28:13We said we would travel together
28:14and take a beautiful set of portrait photos.
28:17But we didn't manage to do a single one.
28:20My daughter will keep living well, won't she?
28:25In that instant,
28:26the person I hated most became myself.
28:28I hated myself for being incapable,
28:29for needing someone else's charity
28:31to keep my adoptive mother alive.
28:33I hated myself for not listening to my professor
28:35from the beginning,
28:36for not spending more time with my adoptive mother
28:38in the final years of her life,
28:39for not taking her to travel around the country.
28:42More than anything,
28:43I hated myself for being stubborn
28:45and unable to let go,
28:46forcing her to remain painfully confined
28:48to that tiny hospital room,
28:50bound to that hospital bed for three whole years.
28:53Even in the final moments of her life,
28:55she was still worried that I would do something extreme,
28:57worried that I would drown in hatred
28:59and refuse to live properly.
29:02Now everything is simply returning to where it should be.
29:05You gave me so much money,
29:06in a way I even profited.
29:08Perhaps because my voice was filled with self-mockery and regret,
29:11Dante could not say anything at that moment.
29:13We stayed silent for a while.
29:14Then, without any unnecessary farewell,
29:17we parted in silence.
29:19The items I listed on the second-hand platform
29:21suddenly sold very quickly.
29:23The buyers placed orders generously.
29:24They did not bargain.
29:25They did not ask whether the items were genuine.
29:27Even the house I listed sold just as quickly.
29:30I had no interest in finding out who bought those things.
29:32I knew very clearly that the person I was now
29:34had completely severed ties with the past.
29:37After that, I threw myself almost entirely into my career
29:40before I realized it.
29:41The time had come for me to take on students of my own,
29:44Professor Margaret Holt told me earnestly.
29:46You must choose your students carefully.
29:48I'm already old.
29:49I don't want to rescue my student,
29:51only to have to rescue my student's students, too.
29:53At that, both of us laughed.
29:54Just then, I suddenly received a call.
29:56They said Dante Moretti had been burned in an arson attack
29:58and was now in the hospital.
30:02After hesitating for a long time,
30:04I still went to see him.
30:05His burns were not too severe.
30:07Only half of his face was wrapped tightly in bandages.
30:09All the doctors and nurses felt sorry for him.
30:11They said he would probably be disfigured.
30:13When Dante saw me, he gave a bitter smile.
30:15After I drove her away, she kept pestering me.
30:18I put her on the Morelli family's blacklist.
30:20I only wanted her to behave herself.
30:21I didn't expect her to go to such extremes.
30:23I did not ask who she was.
30:26Like an ordinary friend,
30:27I offered polite concern
30:29and routine condolences.
30:31Then,
30:32when the next group of visitors arrived,
30:34I found the right moment to leave.
30:36Dante's voice came from behind me.
30:38Nothing from our past was preserved.
30:40She will receive the punishment she deserves.
30:44I did not turn back,
30:45nor did I ask.
30:46Serena had deliberately gone to the manor
30:48where we used to live and set it on fire.
30:50Whether she had wanted to burn Dante to death,
30:52or burn me to death,
30:53I no longer cared.
30:54In truth,
30:56the two of them were well matched.
30:57They were both stubbornly obsessed with people
30:59they should never have loved.
31:00Dante believed that as long as he preserved our marital home,
31:03I would return one day.
31:05Serena believed that he had abandoned her
31:07because he had chosen me.
31:08She believed that if I were gone,
31:10the two of them would return to how they used to be.
31:12Thinking of the furious curses
31:14she had hurled in the detention room,
31:16I could only sigh.
31:18Even in their refusal to leave the past behind,
31:20they were the same.
31:21What a pity
31:22that I had not seen it clearly before.
31:24The two of them were the ones
31:26who truly belonged together.
31:27Once is enough when it comes to regrets in life.
31:30From then on,
31:30I never visited Dante again,
31:32nor did I pay attention to any news about him.
31:34But I did not expect Dante's people
31:36to keep looking for me.
31:38Three months later,
31:39I took my students to an international conference
31:41on mining area pollution control.
31:43After the conference ended,
31:44someone stopped me.
31:45It was Luca Romano.
31:46He was thinner than before.
31:47He stood at the entrance of the venue,
31:49holding a document.
31:50Professor Russo,
31:51Dawn wants to see you.
31:52I continued packing my materials.
31:54No.
31:54Luca was silent for a moment.
31:56He's ill.
31:56I looked up at him.
31:57The doctor said his burns are not healing well,
31:59and he has been refusing to cooperate
32:00with follow-up treatment.
32:01Then you should see a doctor.
32:02He only wants to see you.
32:04I closed my laptop.
32:05Then tell him I don't want to see him.
32:06Luca did not try to persuade me again.
32:08He only placed the folder on the table.
32:10This is the new medical foundation
32:12established by the Moretti family.
32:13The first sum of money
32:14has already been transferred.
32:15Don said you can decide the foundation's name.
32:19I pushed the folder back.
32:20I don't need it.
32:22Professor Russo,
32:23Luca said quietly.
32:24This isn't to compensate you.
32:25Compensate the people
32:26who could not be saved in time.
32:28That sentence made me pause.
32:30I did not take the folder.
32:31I only said,
32:32Have the lawyer send it
32:33to Research Institute's email.
32:34If it can help people,
32:35I'll review it.
32:36But don't use my name.
32:37And don't let Dante appear in the project.
32:38Luca nodded.
32:39I'll tell him.
32:40Not long after he left,
32:41I received a call from the hospital.
32:43Dante wanted to see me.
32:44I was about to hang up.
32:45But the doctor on the other end said,
32:47Mr. Moretti just refused
32:48his second skin graft surgery.
32:50He said that if you don't come,
32:51he won't sign.
32:52I let out a cold laugh.
32:53Even now,
32:54he was still used to
32:55threatening others with himself.
32:57In the end,
32:58I went to the hospital.
32:59Not because I had softened.
33:00Only because there were some things
33:01that had to be said face to face.
33:03In the ward,
33:04Dante was sitting by the window.
33:06Half of his face
33:07was still wrapped in gauze.
33:08The one visible eye
33:09looked exhausted,
33:10as if he had not slept for days.
33:12When he saw me,
33:13he instinctively stood up.
33:15Elena.
33:16Sit down.
33:17I said,
33:17I'm in a hurry.
33:18His movement froze,
33:19and he slowly sat back down.
33:21I'm already very happy
33:22that you were willing to come.
33:24Don't misunderstand.
33:25I placed the surgical consent form
33:27the doctor had given me
33:27in front of him.
33:28Sign it.
33:29Dante looked at the paper
33:31and smiled bitterly.
33:32Is this all that's left
33:33between us now?
33:35Yes.
33:35He was silent for a long time.
33:37Finally,
33:37he picked up the pen,
33:38but before signing,
33:39he still asked,
33:39If I have the surgery,
33:40will you come see me again?
33:43No.
33:44The tip of his pen stopped.
33:46I looked at him.
33:47Dante,
33:48you're refusing treatment now,
33:51but because you still want
33:52to use your suffering,
33:53but because you still want
33:54to use your suffering
33:55to make me turn back,
33:56I won't turn back.
33:58Whether you get treatment or not
33:59is your own business.
34:02Don't drag me into it again.
34:03His hand tightened
34:04little by little.
34:05I only want to make it up to you.
34:07Then stay alive,
34:08I said.
34:08Repay what you owe
34:09to the people who truly need it.
34:11Don't come looking for me again.
34:13Dante lifted his head
34:14and looked at me.
34:15His eyes read,
34:15What about us?
34:16There is no us anymore.
34:18I pointed at the consent form.
34:19Sign it.
34:20This time,
34:20he said nothing else.
34:21He signed.
34:22I picked up the document
34:23and handed it to the doctor.
34:25Before I left,
34:26Dante suddenly called out to me.
34:27Elena,
34:28if I had answered your call back then.
34:30I stopped at the door.
34:31There is no if.
34:32After saying that,
34:33I walked out.
34:35The medical foundation
34:36was eventually established.
34:37It was not named after me,
34:39nor was it named
34:39after the Moretti family.
34:40I used my adoptive mother's name.
34:42In its first year,
34:43the foundation funded 17 patients.
34:45Among them was a girl
34:46whose mother was also in the ICU,
34:48whose treatment fees
34:49had nearly been cut off.
34:50She sent a letter
34:51to the research institute.
34:52Her handwriting crooked
34:53and childish.
34:54She wrote,
34:55Thank you.
34:55My mom woke up today.
34:56I looked at that letter
34:57for a long time.
34:58Then I placed it in a drawer.
34:59In that moment,
35:00I suddenly felt that the regrets
35:01my adoptive mother
35:02had left behind
35:03had finally been mended,
35:05if only a little.
35:06After that,
35:06Dante never came to find me again.
35:08Luca would occasionally
35:09send quarterly reports
35:10for the foundation.
35:11I only looked at the data.
35:12On the day
35:13Serena's sentence was handed down,
35:15Luca also sent me a message.
35:16She had been sentenced
35:17to many years
35:18in prison for arson,
35:19intentional injury,
35:20and falsifying approval records.
35:22After reading it,
35:23I replied with only one word,
35:25received.
35:25That night,
35:26I worked overtime
35:27with my students
35:27until very late.
35:28A young girl lay across
35:30the lab bench
35:30and asked me,
35:31Professor,
35:32did you used to hate them a lot?
35:33I did,
35:33I said.
35:34And now?
35:35I finished organizing
35:35the last set of data
35:36and shut down my computer.
35:38Now I'm busy.
35:38She froze for a second,
35:40then burst out laughing.
35:41I laughed too.
35:42Yes,
35:42now,
35:43I am busy.
35:44Busy working.
35:45Busy mentoring students.
35:46Busy completing one project
35:47after another.
35:48Busy turning my life back
35:49into something that belongs to me.
35:51As for Dante Moretti,
35:52he was only a long rainstorm
35:53in my life.
35:54And after the rain stopped,
35:55I still had a road to travel.
35:56Busy learning students.
35:56Busy learning students.
35:56Busy learning students.
35:56Busy learning students.
35:57Busy learning students.
35:57Busy learning students.
35:57Busy learning students.
35:57Busy learning students.
35:58Busy learning students.