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00:00My family went bankrupt, and my parents made me marry the heir everyone praised.
00:04But I fell for his hot-tempered, unpredictable younger brother.
00:08Ivy, have you lost your mind? The one you're supposed to marry is my brother.
00:14In my last life, his brother beat me over and over,
00:17passed me around to his business partners, and finally staged a car crash,
00:22cashing in my death payout while playing the heartbroken husband.
00:26Only his despised younger brother held my body and wept until he shook.
00:30And made everyone who'd hurt me pay.
00:38Logan, you're crazier than I am.
00:41This life. I'm back on the day of the Marriage Alliance dinner.
00:44Ivy, Adrian is talking to you.
00:50I don't like Adrian. I like Logan.
00:56Do you even know what you're saying?
00:58Don't make a scene here.
01:00I know exactly what I'm saying.
01:02My family's company went bankrupt, and my parents were counting on the Marriage Alliance for capital.
01:06Meanwhile, their family's project still needs my father, who's still serving in politics, to help.
01:10So even if I switched to the younger brother, they wouldn't dare make a fuss.
01:15Is that so?
01:16That's fine, too.
01:17If you two really like each other.
01:19Logan.
01:20Long time no see.
01:25After dinner, I was just leaving the restroom when Logan followed me in.
01:30What was that supposed to mean?
01:32I don't like your brother.
01:33I like you.
01:34If I have to marry one of you, I choose you.
01:38Are you sick or something?
01:40In his mind, he'd always be second to his brother.
01:43Why would anyone choose him over Adrian?
01:45The second I smiled, he was sure I was messing with him.
01:48I don't care what you're after.
01:51Stay away from me, or you'll regret it.
01:54He looked vicious, but all I could think about was my last life.
01:57Him holding my body, crying so hard he could barely speak.
02:02I'd been dead for three days.
02:04No one touched my body.
02:05He was the one who found me.
02:08Ivy, don't be afraid.
02:09I'm taking you home.
02:11I'll never let anyone hurt you again.
02:18If he doesn't believe me, I'll say it again.
02:20This time, I won't choose anyone else.
02:23Why do you get to want me, but I can't want you?
02:30Too bad.
02:31I do.
02:34When did I ever say I liked you?
02:37Still pretending.
02:39If I hadn't lived this life twice and seen how insane he went over me, I might have bought it.
02:44I slid my hand down his shirt, just to see how long he could keep lying.
02:51You really don't like me?
02:53Then what's this?
02:54He flushed clear to his ears, shoved me away, and backed off.
02:58That only made me want to tease him more.
02:59He so obviously liked me, but kept pretending he didn't.
03:03Are you crazy?
03:05Yeah.
03:05I like you.
03:06Your parents told me to pick, so I picked you.
03:09What the hell is wrong with you?
03:11Yeah.
03:12I've got this condition.
03:13Without you, I'd die.
03:16Logan, what's going on?
03:18I don't like you.
03:19And don't go around saying you picked me.
03:21I knew why.
03:22He was afraid he'd lose control.
03:25Afraid he'd hurt me.
03:26More than anything, he was afraid I'd choose him and regret it.
03:30What he didn't know was, in my last life, not choosing him was the one thing I regretted most.
03:36He didn't even go back to the living room.
03:38He just fled upstairs.
03:40I watched him go, still smiling, while my heart twisted.
03:44This is the man who, in my last life, died for me so completely there was barely anything left.
04:01The second I got home, my parents came at me from both sides.
04:05Adrian was their golden boy, and I'd chosen the brother they saw as a failure.
04:09Mom even wanted me to meet Adrian alone and apologize.
04:13What if I told you Adrian's a two-faced bastard?
04:15Would you still make me marry him?
04:17How is that possible?
04:18He's been exceptional since he was a kid.
04:20Besides, who doesn't have flaws?
04:22Just live with it.
04:23In my last life, he beat me half to death.
04:26I begged them for help, and they told me the same thing.
04:29Just endure it.
04:31Adrian grew up under his parents' thumb, forcing himself to be perfect.
04:35And all that rage he couldn't show in public came down on me after we were married.
04:45His parents didn't just enable him.
04:47They helped him threaten me.
04:48And when I begged my own parents for help, they told me to endure it.
04:55Then he got tired of me and started using me to curry favor with his business partners,
04:59even the company's old shareholders.
05:05He drove me over the edge, then staged a car crash.
05:08He took the insurance payout and earned himself a reputation as a devoted husband.
05:14After I died, my soul stayed behind.
05:16I watched my parents accept it as an accident and never investigate.
05:19Only Logan went mad trying to avenge me.
05:22He drove every last one of them into ruin.
05:25Then he took my ashes in his arms and walked into the sea.
05:31Logan's a loose cannon with nothing to offer.
05:32Marry Adrian, and the whole Blackwood fortune is yours.
05:36She's still counting what I'd get out of marrying into that family.
05:39But all I remember is this.
05:40When everyone abandoned me in my last life, Logan didn't.
05:44I'm not apologizing.
05:45I choose Logan.
05:47I kept going after Logan, using Adrian as my excuse.
05:51He brushed me off a few times.
05:53When that didn't work, he started avoiding me.
05:56But this time, I knew him better.
05:59I found him at the racing club fast.
06:01Black racing suit, broad shoulders, narrow waist, legs for days.
06:05I couldn't look away.
06:06And someone beat me to him.
06:08That girl was about to throw herself at Logan.
06:11I chased this man for days.
06:12No way was I letting someone else get there first.
06:18Sorry.
06:19My fiancé doesn't like other women touching him.
06:22Don't talk nonsense.
06:24We're just friends.
06:28Just friends, huh?
06:29Then why are his ears so red?
06:31Logan, want to take me for a ride?
06:33He hesitated and looked at me.
06:35I smiled.
06:36If we're just friends, he had no right to stop me.
06:39Let's see if he can hold back this time.
06:41Can you take me?
06:42I've never done this before.
06:44Looks exciting.
06:46Sure.
06:47Just like I thought.
06:48I barely got two steps before Logan dragged me back, glaring.
06:52And honestly, that only made me happier.
06:55I'll take her.
07:00For the next few days, I followed Logan everywhere.
07:03If he was home asleep, I'd go upstairs and rip the covers right off him.
07:10Why are you here again?
07:11I missed you.
07:16I loved watching him get all worked up when he still couldn't bring himself to really go off on me.
07:21And when he told me to leave, I never took it seriously.
07:26Keep following me, and you'll regret it.
07:32I wanted to see what he'd do.
07:34That night, he went to the bar, and I followed him anyway.
07:41This time, he didn't throw me out.
07:43He let me stay, drink with them, even play truth or dear.
07:47But the girl next to him was practically draped over him.
07:51Dare.
07:51Kiss Logan.
07:54Isn't that a little much?
07:58That was when I got it.
08:00He was using her to push me away.
08:02I knew why.
08:04He thought he couldn't control his temper.
08:05He was scared he'd hurt me, and scared I'd regret choosing him.
08:10In his eyes, Adrian was the better man.
08:12The safer future.
08:14But what about him?
08:15Did he really think watching me marry someone else wouldn't destroy him too?
08:22Sorry.
08:23He's mine.
08:25The second I climbed onto him, Logan went stidic.
08:28A minute ago, he was trying to have someone else throw me out.
08:31Now he didn't even know what to do with his hands.
08:34What are you doing?
08:35You.
08:45His chest was burning up, his heartbeat pounding through his shirt.
08:49I was just trying to tease him.
08:50Then all at once, my heart hurt.
08:54He kissed me in my last life too.
08:57But by then, I was already cold.
08:59I couldn't feel how much he cared.
09:03Get down.
09:06Where are you going?
09:08Bathroom.
09:09Don't follow me.
09:12I leaned back and couldn't stop smiling.
09:14How was he this cute?
09:16How did I never see it before?
09:19So what exactly are you to Logan?
09:22Didn't you just see for yourself?
09:24But he never mentioned you before.
09:27So you thought that meant he liked you?
09:30Don't kid yourself when it comes to feelings.
09:34I wasn't about to fight over him, so I moved.
09:36Then some other Iliad came up to me.
09:42Can I buy you a drink?
09:49I barely had time to frown before a punch came from behind.
09:59Are you out of your damn mind?
10:01I just offered to buy her a drink.
10:03What the hell is it to you?
10:04Let go.
10:09Say that again.
10:10I dare you.
10:11Something in his face changed, and I shot to my feet.
10:14But the guy kept going.
10:16One insult after another, calling him crazy.
10:19One more second, and this would have gone too far.
10:21I threw my arms around him.
10:23His elbow caught my face, but I still didn't let go.
10:26That's enough.
10:26Stop.
10:30Look at me, Logan.
10:31He finally saw me.
10:33I pulled him into my arms and kept telling him it was okay.
10:38After the cops came, we gave our statements and paid the fine.
10:41He was unnaturally quiet the whole time.
10:44Then, the second we walked out, he asked if I was scared of him.
10:48You're not scared of me?
10:52There's something wrong with me, you get that?
10:54I can't control my violence.
10:57You chose me, and you're not scared I'll beat you to death someday?
11:01You won't.
11:02Why?
11:04Without you, I can do whatever I want.
11:06With you, I have to hold myself back every second.
11:08You're a burden.
11:10My chest tightened.
11:12He was afraid he'd hurt me, so he used the cruelest words he could to push me away.
11:16Do you really mean that?
11:18Then what if I told you your brother's a sanctimonious bastard?
11:24I waited, but he still said nothing.
11:27Suddenly, I didn't want to explain anymore.
11:30Fine.
11:30You want me to pick your brother, right?
11:33Fine.
11:34Have it your way.
11:36Three days after Logan and I fell out, his family threw Adrian an early birthday party.
11:40My parents brought me here without telling me both families had already set me up.
11:45And there's more good news tonight.
11:47Ivy, come up here.
11:48Before I could react, my parents shoved me off stay.
11:51The whole room started clapping.
11:53Everyone thought I was about to marry him.
11:54The Bennett daughter?
11:55Are the two families making it official?
11:57Her family went bankrupt, and she still gets to marry Adrian?
12:00Lucky her.
12:01I'd seen this before, in my last life, at our wedding.
12:04The night before the wedding, I caught him cheating and tried to end it.
12:07In the dressing room, he slapped me.
12:12You have nowhere left to run.
12:14When I walked down the aisle, I was barely holding back tears, praying someone would take me away.
12:19But Logan had already left heartbroken, and I never even saw him.
12:22They shoved me back into this spot, and I could barely breathe.
12:26Adrian knew I wouldn't make a scene.
12:28If I did, my parents and I would be humiliated.
12:33What are you waiting for?
12:35Tell them the date.
12:36That fake smile made me sick.
12:38I looked at the door.
12:40Logan, you have three seconds.
12:41Show up in three seconds, or you'll regret it.
12:44Three, two, one.
12:50A black supercar tore into the hall and skidded to a stop by the wall.
12:53The whole ballroom exploded into chaos.
12:57Security!
12:58Someone just drove in here!
13:00I told you to come.
13:01Not fly in like that.
13:03Logan got out, his black jacket slung over one shoulder.
13:06He pulled off his helmet, ignored everyone else, and looked straight at me.
13:11Damn, why is my man so hot?
13:13The younger Blackwood's son?
13:15He drove into the party?
13:17Does he have any manners at all?
13:18I'd heard he had a violent treat.
13:20Now I see it for myself.
13:22Logan, you wait till I'm gone, then steal my girl?
13:27That's out of line, don't you think?
13:28Everyone waiting to hear the engagement date just froze.
13:31Logan only looked at me and kept coming.
13:34Unless I remember this wrong, she picked me.
13:38What do you say, Ivy?
13:40His hand was right there.
13:42My heart was pounding, and suddenly my eyes burnt.
13:45It felt like two lifetimes collapsed into one.
13:48I was back at that wedding, desperate to leave, and no one came for me.
13:56But this time, someone came to save me.
14:02Yes, I chose you.
14:04His hand was warm, and for the first time, I felt it.
14:07The nightmare of my last life was finally fading.
14:09This time, I held on.
14:10Ivy!
14:12I was going to stay and clean up the mess, but one look at him, and none of it mattered.
14:16Right now, nothing matters more than Logan.
14:20You really got her out?
14:22Out.
14:24Your car's inside, go get it.
14:27Before I could figure out the whole two-car thing, he shoved me into the passenger seat.
14:31Then he saw I wasn't buckled in and leaned over with a scowl.
14:35He looked so untouchable at the party, and now his seatbelt had him beat.
14:39I laughed, and my chest brushed his arm by accident.
14:43Buckle yourself in.
14:47He drove like we were being chased.
14:49His face was still bright red, and the more I looked at him, the harder it was not to laugh,
14:53so I stopped teasing him.
14:57That day, you called Adrian a monster.
15:01What did he do to you?
15:03You're asking now?
15:05Isn't that a little late?
15:07He already blew up the party and dragged me out of there.
15:09It's too late to pretend we're not tied together.
15:12After what you pulled back there, we're tied together now.
15:14I didn't mean to make that big a scene.
15:16If that bastard hadn't dragged me into a street race, I wouldn't have shown up late.
15:19So he won this car.
15:20Then I remembered.
15:21In my last life, Logan crashed the day I married Adrian.
15:24After that, he never raced again.
15:31And don't get the wrong idea.
15:32This doesn't mean I like you.
15:34I'm just helping you.
15:35And I want to know what you really know.
15:37There he goes again.
15:39He already dragged me out of there, and he's still making excuses.
15:42So I waited to hear what he'd say next.
15:45I'll do what I can about your family.
15:47I'm not as rich as they are, but I'm not out of options either.
15:51If you don't want to marry me, fine.
15:53I'll figure out something else.
15:54Logan, say one more word, and I'll fuck you right here.
15:57I hadn't meant to come at him that hard.
15:59But he kept handing me an out, like he wanted me gone.
16:02If you don't want to marry me, why'd you come take me?
16:04If it's that miserable, take me back.
16:07That's not what I meant.
16:09Even if it's a dead end, that's better than sitting here while you act like you can't stand me.
16:15Don't talk about dying.
16:16I don't hate you, I just...
16:17Seeing him panic like that, I couldn't stay hard on him.
16:20I knew better than anyone what he'd done for me in my last life.
16:23Enough.
16:30Do you have any idea how dangerous that was?
16:32I do.
16:33If you're taking me back, I'd rather die with you.
16:36I climbed right over him, pinned him back in the driver's seat, and watched him want me while he fought
16:40it.
16:41His whole body was tight as stone.
16:43Under the heat, something dangerous was coiled up.
16:46Better a lustful ghost than a bitter one.
16:48Ivy, get off me.
16:50He told me to get off, but his hand on my waist was dragging me closer.
16:54His palm was so hot, it left me unsteady.
17:00You can't park here, didn't you see the...
17:06Just move along, and take care of the ticket.
17:10Still taking me back?
17:12Not anymore.
17:14Do I really have to say it again?
17:16I want to be with you.
17:18You don't.
17:19Then drive, I'm tired.
17:21I looked out the window and finally smiled.
17:23He'd finally decided to listen.
17:25After we left, Adrian cleaned up the mess.
17:27He told everyone I'd chosen Logan all along, and he only stepped in because Logan was late.
17:30Logan has his good points, too.
17:32I hope you'll all wish them well.
17:33Just like that, he came off as the gracious, decent brother.
17:36Logan and I looked like the ungrateful ones.
17:37She actually passed on Adrian and chose that troublemaker brother?
17:39Big Brother's always cleaning up after him, and he still dares to steal the bride right in front of everyone.
17:42Some people said I had bad taste.
17:44Others dragged up Logan's past and swore we'd break up sooner or later.
17:47After my last life, gossip like that is nothing.
17:50What matters now is getting Logan back into the company and taking back what's his.
17:54Otherwise, they'll keep us under their thumb.
17:57I haven't seen him in two days.
17:58I miss him.
18:00And I miss watching him blush when I tease him.
18:06Where are you going?
18:08To see Logan.
18:09Ivy, how long are you going to...
18:11I didn't need to hear the rest.
18:12I knew she was about to tell me to choose someone else.
18:14I already gave up my marriage for them once.
18:17Don't worry about the family.
18:19They still need Dad's help.
18:20They won't cut you off.
18:22As for me, you never really cared what happened to me before.
18:25You don't need to now.
18:27We're doing this for your own good.
18:29I'll make sure you live comfortably.
18:30Beyond that, nothing.
18:31I don't expect them to understand anymore.
18:33I've seen how they lived after I died.
18:36In my last life, I didn't move on after I died.
18:39So I saw more than Logan.
18:40I saw my parents too.
18:43They grieved for a while.
18:44Then they went along with the Blackwood family's arrangements,
18:47moved overseas, and took in a godson.
18:49Before long, they'd moved on.
18:51I should have known.
18:52They never wanted a daughter.
18:54To them, girls just marry out.
18:55If my father hadn't had health problems, I wouldn't have been their only child.
18:59I didn't expect them to grieve forever.
19:01But seeing how fast they moved on still broke me.
19:03It made this second chance feel pointless.
19:05Until I saw Logan.
19:08For me, he went to war with his whole family.
19:10He even got on his knees to beg for help.
19:13And they still beat him half to death.
19:15The leg he'd already injured was crippled for good.
19:19I watched him and couldn't do a thing.
19:21That's when I swore that if I ever got another chance,
19:23I'd never let him be hurt like that again.
19:28Then get out!
19:29Without this family, you're nothing!
19:30The second I walked in, I heard his father tearing into him.
19:32And Logan didn't say a word back.
19:34Then I saw the cut on his forehead.
19:36Blood was still running down, and he was standing there beside the shattered glass.
19:39Who did this to you?
19:41Why are you here?
19:43I'm asking you.
19:44Who did this?
19:45I did.
19:46Problem?
19:46Pick.
19:47Don't get the wrong idea.
19:48Logan poisoned my father's fish.
19:49He just lost his temper.
19:50He sounded gentle, like he was covering for his brother.
19:53But he was already pinning it on Logan.
19:55The drug they found is the same one Logan takes to control his moods.
20:00Then I remembered Adrian took that drug too.
20:02Looking at that fake face, I wanted to tear his mask off.
20:06Did you do it?
20:08No.
20:11Forget it.
20:12Blame me.
20:13I don't care.
20:13He was really letting it go.
20:15But if he didn't do it, why should he take the beating and the blame?
20:18Adrian takes that drug too.
20:20Why not suspect him?
20:21Since when are you taking medication?
20:22She rushed to worry about her one son.
20:24But not one person asked if Logan was being framed.
20:28I don't know where you heard that.
20:29I'm perfectly fine.
20:31You told me yourself.
20:34Then search his room.
20:36Are you saying I framed Logan?
20:38Wouldn't a search settle that?
20:41Go check!
20:42I pushed him into giving the order.
20:43Adrian finally dropped the act and tried to stop it.
20:45But he was too late.
20:47Sir, we found it in Adrian's room.
20:52Work's been rough lately.
20:53My doctor gave me something for it.
20:55It's nothing serious.
20:56A second ago, that bottle was proof against Logan.
20:59Now that it came out of Adrian's room, suddenly it's just work stress?
21:01Enough!
21:02No more digging!
21:04Fine.
21:05Blame me then.
21:06My father's not well.
21:07Don't upset him.
21:08And don't make us a joke.
21:09I almost laughed.
21:11A minute ago, he was framing Logan.
21:12Now he's the wronged one, making this noble sacrifice for the family.
21:15No.
21:16Let's make this clear.
21:17Then what do you want?
21:19If you're so determined to take the blame, apologize to Logan.
21:22Ivy!
21:22Sorry, Logan.
21:23I shouldn't have accused you.
21:29After we left the living room, he didn't say a word.
21:32I thought he'd finally ask why I trusted him so much.
21:34Why I kept protecting him.
21:36And if he wanted to hold me, maybe steal a kiss, I wouldn't have minded.
21:42How do you know what meds he takes?
21:44You've been in his room?
21:47What exactly is he to you?
21:48The jealousy in that car was thick enough to choke on.
21:51He wasn't questioning me anymore.
21:52He was damn near losing his mind.
21:54He came at me like a mad wolf.
21:55His kisses trailed from my lips to my neck, my collarbone.
21:58Then he grabbed at my skirt.
22:00Logan, are you insane?
22:02Don't move.
22:03I sucked in a breath, and my mind went blank.
22:06This man who blushed from a single kiss was suddenly kneeling before me.
22:08His touch was so intense it made me numb.
22:10Every move felt punishing and worshipful at once.
22:12The car filled with muffled sounds and my helpless shivers.
22:15You gonna talk or not?
22:16If not, I'll make sure you can't keep quiet right here.
22:19I will.
22:20I'll talk.
22:22Adrian was my upperclassman.
22:24Even back then, I knew he wasn't clean.
22:26Before the marriage talks, I had him checked out.
22:28I know exactly what he is, and he makes me sick.
22:30Got it?
22:32It wasn't much of an explanation, but it did the trick.
22:34His back finally relaxed.
22:36I had just breathed easier when his thumb brushed my inner thigh, and he muttered,
22:40I went to that school too.
22:43If you looked into him, why didn't you look into me?
22:49Who says I didn't?
22:52Otherwise, how would I know someone who acted so mean to me had a crush on me since freshman year?
22:59When did I ever say that?
23:00Don't make stuff up.
23:08After that, no matter how much I teased him, he clagged up.
23:11But his flushed face, and the way he lost control under me, had already said enough.
23:15They won't let us go.
23:17If you don't take back your power at the company, they can strip anything from us, anytime.
23:21He has shares, but he won't touch them.
23:23They were his mother's inheritance.
23:25Every time he does, he has to remember her.
23:26But last time, those shares were taken from him.
23:29That's when everything got harder.
23:30I can't let him go through that again.
23:32I know you hate this.
23:34Once we get through it, you can do whatever you want.
23:37I'll take care of you.
23:38I'll stay with you.
23:39Always.
23:41I wasn't even done before he pulled me in.
23:43He held me so tight.
23:44I didn't know whether to keep soothing him.
23:46Who says I need you to take care of me?
23:47I can handle myself.
23:50It's not that I didn't want to fight.
23:52I was afraid if things blew up, your family would get dragged into it.
23:54Your parents are probably worried sick.
23:56If anything really happens, run.
23:58Go as far as you can.
24:01That's when I understood why he put up with them.
24:03It wasn't because he was afraid to stand up to his father.
24:05He was afraid they'd take it out on my family and put me in the middle.
24:11I already chose you.
24:12Where would I even go?
24:15Where you are, that's where I am.
24:17Last time, he carried everything for me alone until the end.
24:19This time, there's no way I'm leaving him behind.
24:22Ivy, I won't let you lose.
24:25The next day, we made our move.
24:27In my last life, Adrian handed me off to his business partners.
24:31They probably never imagined this,
24:33but the faces I wanted to forget most were the ones I never forgot.
24:39I remembered exactly who was clean and who wasn't.
24:41With my help, Logan quickly got dirt on several of them.
24:45Then he took me straight into the shareholders meeting.
24:53What are you doing here?
24:54You haven't touched this company in years,
24:56and now you remember you're a shareholder?
24:59I haven't been involved, but I still own shares.
25:02Better than sitting here every day and lining your pockets.
25:04What the hell are you saying?
25:06The second Logan spoke, the man panicked.
25:09A few others jumped in, too.
25:11This isn't a racetrack.
25:13Don't come in here and make a scene.
25:14Adrian, are you really just going to let him stay?
25:16Throw him out!
25:20Logan, you can see how this looks.
25:22Go home for now.
25:22I'll talk to Dad tonight and find something else for you.
25:26Why?
25:27Since when is this company yours alone?
25:31You think I'm framing you?
25:33Then look at these.
25:36Go.
25:37Throw it in his face.
25:43He told me to slap him, so I did.
25:44From the look on his face, he never thought I'd really hit him.
25:48How dare you lay a hand on me!
25:52Wait, these accounts...
25:54The man who picked up the papers was already with us.
25:56He played it like he'd just found a problem, then read every entry out loud for the whole room.
26:00They're fake!
26:01All of it!
26:02Too late.
26:03He was loud enough a second ago.
26:04Now he just looks pathetic.
26:05His face had gone dark.
26:07All I could think was, not so fast.
26:09We're just getting started.
26:12Over the next few days, Logan stopped holding back at Blackwood Group.
26:15He had a temper and no patience for fake office politeness.
26:18If someone challenged him to his face, he shut them down on the spot.
26:21Anyone with something to hide wanted him gone.
26:23So they dumped every flawed proposal, rigged assignment, and dead-end project on him.
26:27They were waiting for him to crash and burn.
26:30Instead, I watched him fix their proposals, dodge every trap, and clear out a few freeloaders.
26:34The screw-up they kept mocking outperformed every one of them.
26:37Only one project was still stuck.
26:39Someone was blocking it from behind the scenes.
26:41Ever since I came back, I've wanted to meet him.
26:44Grant was the deal Adrian had been chasing.
26:46In my last life, he even tried to hand me over to him.
26:49But Grant loved his wife.
26:50He never touched me, and Adrian's filthy deal fell apart.
26:54This time, as Logan kept closing one deal after another, people started seeing him differently.
26:58He used to be the screw-up.
27:00Now they think he's more than he lets on.
27:02More and more people wanted to work with him.
27:04Some thought he was new to the business and easy to control.
27:06Either way, they were finally seeing him.
27:09Grant agreed to meet.
27:13Adrian heard about it, and he was in a foul mood.
27:15When he saw us, the malice was still in his eyes.
27:17Then he smiled and started praising Logan.
27:20You've been doing well lately.
27:21Looks like Ivy's your lucky charm.
27:23Say what you mean.
27:26I heard you're meeting Grant.
27:28He's not easy to win over.
27:29What are you taking to the table?
27:31The Old Harbor District parcel.
27:35That land's a dead end.
27:36Buying property isn't like playing with cars.
27:38If this goes sideways, Dad will...
27:39If it has no future, I'll make one.
27:42Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't.
27:46Logan shut Adrian up fast.
27:47I looked at his back and almost smiled.
27:49I picked the right man.
27:53We got to Grant's company, and he still wouldn't show his face.
27:56I knew why.
27:57He hates the Blackwood family, and this was his way of putting us in our place.
28:00Five minutes was enough.
28:01If he didn't want to work with us, fine.
28:03I wasn't letting Logan sit there and take it.
28:05Please, just a little longer.
28:06No. Tell Grant he'll learn soon enough what regret feels like.
28:09The second I got up, Logan followed.
28:11No questions.
28:12Then Grant finally decided to show himself.
28:16I'd heard Logan had a temper.
28:18Nice to finally see it for myself.
28:25This parcel has a bad reputation, and this is what you're pitching me?
28:29Believe it or don't.
28:30That land gets developed later.
28:32I knew that from my past life, and I told Logan.
28:34He believed me right away and never wavered.
28:36You know who I am, so you know we didn't come to over one parcel.
28:41We're coming for the whole Blackwood family.
28:43We've shown you we're serious.
28:44The question is whether you're willing to bet on us.
28:50You're done looking?
28:51I almost laughed.
28:52In the middle of a negotiation, he got jealous again.
28:54So I leaned in, took his arm, and soothed him.
28:58I'm married.
28:59Either you're in or you're out.
29:00If not, we'll find someone else.
29:01Fine.
29:02We're in.
29:02The more I looked at Logan, the more I liked him.
29:04When he leaned over to buckle me in, I kissed him.
29:10Forgot how dangerous it is in a car.
29:11So I can when we get home?
29:15You don't want me turning you on like this?
29:19I should be the one making the first move.
29:23I forgot how to respond.
29:24His kiss was light, but his hand held me steady.
29:27He wasn't pulling away like before.
29:30I was always the one teasing him.
29:31But when he really took the lead, my heart pounded harder than ever.
29:36We bought the land fast.
29:37The second word got out, they started in again.
29:39Logan doesn't know business.
29:39He'll lose the family fortune.
29:42The people inside the company were even worse.
29:44They brought in Logan's father to push him out.
29:46Sorry for the embarrassment.
29:47He's been out of line lately.
29:52Stay out of company business for now.
29:53Go do whatever you want.
29:55What about my shares?
29:57Your shares?
29:58Those belong to the family.
29:59The second he said it, Logan's face went cold.
30:02I knew it.
30:03Richard had just hit the one thing Logan would never give up.
30:06I'll say this once.
30:08That's not yours.
30:09It was my mother's.
30:10Don't touch it.
30:14Who gives a damn about those shares?
30:16Adrian, cash him out and get him out of here.
30:18I don't want the money.
30:21Everyone thought he'd keep fighting, but he only asked his father for one thing.
30:25His father agreed almost instantly.
30:27Adrian looked like he wanted to stop it, then glanced at his father and swallowed the words.
30:31Logan, let's go.
30:35Even in the car, he didn't say a word.
30:37He just kept squeezing my hand.
30:40I knew he was thinking about his mother again.
30:43After I came back, I looked into his past.
30:46His mother was a beautiful dancer.
30:47She had a mental illness, and she died when he was still little.
30:51That winter, his mother died.
30:52Then his father brought home another woman and an older brother.
30:55The betrayal had started long before that.
30:58No matter how much he hurt, he was still just a child.
31:01He kept living because his mother told him to.
31:04But no one ever held his grief.
31:07Logan?
31:08I'm okay.
31:12If it hurts, say it.
31:13If you're angry, let it out.
31:15You don't have to hold back with me.
31:18I'm sorry.
31:18I hurt you.
31:20It's okay.
31:20I know you didn't mean to.
31:23He wrapped his arms around my waist and finally cried.
31:25Hearing him choke it back made my eyes sting too.
31:29It's okay.
31:30I'm here.
31:33Ivy, I can't breathe.
31:36I glanced at my rumpled shirt, then at the way he couldn't meet my eyes.
31:39I couldn't resist messing with him.
31:41Can't breathe?
31:42Looked to me like you were enjoying it.
31:45I finally laughed.
31:46Some of the hurt from earlier eased with it.
31:50When we got back, Logan moved out.
31:52He'd already made good money street racing, trading stocks, and investing, so he bought his own place.
31:58I helped him unpack, pick out furniture, and turn the place into a home.
32:01He let me decide everything.
32:02Said he wasn't picky.
32:04Swap the tub for a two-person one.
32:06And make the bedroom-bathroom glass clear.
32:10And this bed's too small.
32:11We need a bigger one.
32:13Why?
32:16What if it breaks when you really lose control?
32:23The room spun, and he threw me onto the soft bed.
32:26Logan came down over me, pinning me beneath him.
32:28His knees forcefully parted my legs to hold me firmly in place under him.
32:33Fine.
32:34We'll get the strongest one they make.
32:36Today I'll show you whether it can handle us.
32:38That obsessive side he'd kept buried finally tore loose.
32:41His hot kisses fell like rain, nipping from my brows and eyes down to my ear, then to my collarbone,
32:46leaving deep red marks that belonged to him without a trace of mercy.
32:49Every shiver of mine only earned a deeper, more aggressive plunder from him.
32:53Logan, too deep.
32:55Slow down.
32:57Ivy, what kind of engagement party do you want?
33:01Two weeks later, the day before the engagement party, news broke about the Old Harbor District redevelopment.
33:07I saw the news.
33:08Thanks to both of you.
33:09If you ever need anything, call me.
33:14Logan had his own company now.
33:16What he asked his father for that day was his mother's equity.
33:20His father thought he'd finally gotten rid of a problem.
33:23He had no idea that was our plan.
33:24We had to separate from them before the whole family went down and took us with it.
33:30What do you want to do to Adrian next?
33:32His reputation's tangering and his partners are already pulling away.
33:35Want to take him down now?
33:37Not enough.
33:38Taking his company and his business would only knock him down.
33:41He still hides behind that good guy act, and I wasn't the only one he hurt.
33:44I want him to know what despair feels like.
33:47Whatever you want, I'll do my best.
33:49Don't frown.
33:49My chest tightened.
33:51I was thinking about revenge, and all he cared about was whether I was hurting.
33:55I need to go out this afternoon.
33:59There was one place I had to go back to.
34:01It held what could destroy Adrian for good, and the past I least wanted to face.
34:07In my last life, Adrian brought me here over and over.
34:10Even standing at the door now makes me shake.
34:12He kept women here for himself and those so-called big shots.
34:15I saw more than one girl dragged out of those rooms covered in blood.
34:18But I have to go in.
34:21After I came back, I planted someone inside.
34:23I've waited long enough.
34:24Today, I finally get the evidence out.
34:28Every door took me back to my last life.
34:30Wounds that should have healed started hurting all over again.
34:34What they got on camera was even sicker than I expected.
34:37I wanted to shove that evidence in everyone's face.
34:45If I left now, everything I'd planned would still work.
34:48But if that girl stayed, I knew exactly what tonight would do to her.
34:52We need to go.
34:54Go back.
34:55Get her out.
34:56If we move now, we could expose ourselves.
34:58We probably won't kill her.
34:59He will.
35:00I know that better than anyone.
35:03Just as I thought.
35:05We were too late.
35:06By the time we got near the room, she'd already taken a beating.
35:09Nothing had gone his way lately, so we took it all out on her.
35:12Just like he did to me in my last life.
35:14There's trouble downstairs.
35:15Someone's threatening to call the police.
35:17But the second he heard that, he calmed down.
35:19He knew exactly when to lose it and when to put the mask back on.
35:23Clean this up.
35:24I stayed hidden and watched him walk right past me.
35:27My chest felt like it would explode.
35:29And people still called him gentle.
35:31We got her out.
35:32Decent.
35:37Are you okay?
35:39I'm fine.
35:40Easy to say.
35:41But even after we pulled away, I couldn't stop shaking.
35:44I thought I was ready.
35:45Walking back in proved I wasn't over any of it.
35:47Not going back to the Bennett house?
35:48You have the engagement party tomorrow morning.
35:50No.
35:51Take me to Logan.
35:52Right now, I just want to see him.
35:53I don't want to think about the evidence or the engagement party.
35:55I just want him to hold me.
35:58But the second I got to the door, I knew something was wrong.
36:01The house was dark and Logan didn't answer.
36:04Then I smelled blood.
36:10A naked woman lay by the bathroom door, dried blood on her forehead.
36:14Logan sat beside the tub, soaked.
36:15A knife clenched in his hand.
36:17But the knife wasn't pointed at her.
36:18It was aimed at his own injured arm.
36:25I grabbed him with everything I had.
36:27He was terrifyingly strong, but he didn't shake me off.
36:30Get the sedative!
36:31Now!
36:34Logan, it's me.
36:35I'm back.
36:38Ivy?
36:39It's me.
36:41Go.
36:42Don't come near me.
36:43I'll hurt you.
36:44He was clutching me while telling me to leave.
36:46It hurt so hard I could barely breathe, but I couldn't let go.
36:49Right now, he had to know I was here.
36:51I'm not leaving.
36:52Look at me.
36:53Don't look anywhere else.
36:57He didn't let go of me, even after he passed out.
36:59I had them get him onto the bed, and I kept holding his hand.
37:06Check the woman.
37:07See if she's still alive.
37:10I recognized her.
37:11Blair, the rich girl who'd been hanging all over Logan at the bar.
37:14I still didn't know why she was here.
37:16But if she was dead?
37:17Ivy, she's alive.
37:19She has a head injury.
37:20Looks like she was drugged.
37:24Get a doctor.
37:25Run a blood test.
37:28It was starting to click.
37:29A drugged woman shows up the night before our engagement party, and someone's probably
37:32already outside with a camera, waiting to catch the scandal.
37:35Adrian wanted tomorrow's engagement party to ruin us.
37:38But after what he did to Logan, I just wanted to make sure he never smiled again.
37:44Over an hour later, Logan woke up.
37:46He shot upright, every muscle locked, ready to swing at anyone who came close.
37:50Ivy.
37:52I'm sorry.
37:54You said you don't like people just coming into our home.
37:56My chest was still tight.
37:58I didn't expect that to be what he cared about.
38:00That someone had been brought into our home.
38:04I didn't touch her.
38:06I didn't even look at her.
38:08He was still explaining.
38:09Dead serious.
38:10Afraid I'd get the wrong idea.
38:11And all I could feel was how much he cared.
38:14So much.
38:14He forgot I can't stand seeing him hurt either.
38:17I know.
38:19Blair's awake.
38:23Blair was sobbing.
38:24She said she'd been set up, drugged, and that's when I learned the whole truth.
38:28I really was drugged.
38:31When Logan came back, he found Blair drugged.
38:33Logan, help me.
38:34Please.
38:35He almost walked away.
38:36Then he spotted a reporter in the dark.
38:38If those photos got out, Blair would be ruined and easy prey.
38:41He had no choice but to bring her inside.
38:42But helping her out of the car, he accidentally inhaled some of the powder.
38:46Stay here.
38:47Don't come upstairs.
38:48But she didn't listen.
38:50Instead, she took off her clothes and went upstairs to throw herself at him.
38:53Logan was already unstable, and he'd inhaled the drug powder.
38:55When she came at him, he didn't hesitate.
38:57He grabbed the nearest thing and knocked her out.
38:59But the blood and the drugs pushed him completely out of control.
39:02In the end, hurting himself was the only way he could stay conscious.
39:06Just thinking about those injuries makes my chest tighten.
39:08And she's still up here playing the victim after Logan told her to stay downstairs.
39:12No surprise.
39:13Adrian was setting you up.
39:14But don't forget this.
39:16If you hadn't gone after Logan, it might not have ended like this.
39:19There she goes again, acting all pitiful.
39:20I'm not buying it.
39:22If Logan and I hadn't stepped in tonight, think about what would have happened if those men got their hands
39:26on you.
39:27Logan got hurt because of you.
39:29If you know what's good for you, you'll do exactly what I say.
39:33Okay.
39:33I'll do whatever you say.
39:35The next day, the reporters outside the villa got no scandal.
39:38Just Logan and me leaving together.
39:41The second we walked into the ballroom, I saw Adrian in the corner.
39:44One of his men was briefing him, and his face kept darkening.
39:47He was still trying to contain it.
39:49But the second the engagement party started, another wave of calls hit his phone.
39:56When I saw the alert, I finally breathed.
39:58It was starting.
40:01You did this?
40:03What do you get if my family falls?
40:05If you want to marry Logan, then marry him.
40:07Who's stopping you?
40:10When the hell did I ever wrong you?
40:12In my last life.
40:14In this one, he hadn't had time to do those things to me yet.
40:17But what he'd already done was enough to make him pay.
40:21Let go of me!
40:22The second he touched me, my body panicked before my mind did.
40:26All that old pain came flooding back.
40:28Don't touch her.
40:33Logan, he's not worth it.
40:34He stopped for me, but the rage in his eyes didn't fade.
40:37I thought he'd lost control again.
40:38But it wasn't just about what Adrian did.
40:40The evidence is ready.
40:43Then let's start.
40:47First came the company's books from the past few years.
40:49Every problem they'd buried with connections was right there on the screen, page by page.
40:53Then came the illegal deals Adrian made with insiders after he took over.
40:56How he got all those achievements was finally out in the open.
41:00Shut off the screen!
41:02Then came the secret sex for power deals with executives and shareholders.
41:06Face after face from my last life flashed across the screen.
41:10Isn't that you up there?
41:12Watch your mouth.
41:13A second ago, they were crowding around Adrian, calling him the future.
41:16Now they were all backing away, scared he'd drag them down with him.
41:20So this is how they've been doing business all these years?
41:22They kept saying he was so capable.
41:24Looks like he's the one who wrecked the company.
41:26What mattered most to him was how people saw him.
41:29Now everyone was pointing at him, talking.
41:31He wanted to explain, but no one would listen.
41:34But it still wasn't enough.
41:35What came next was what he wanted hidden most.
41:40Isn't that Adrian's private club?
41:43Footage from the private club started playing.
41:44The girls' faces were blurred, but everyone knew exactly what had been done to them.
41:49What those men in suits do behind closed doors to other people was finally no longer a secret.
41:53One look at his face, and half the rage in me finally eased.
41:56Don't act like the victim.
41:58You earned this.
41:59Those animals.
42:00Those girls are about my daughter's age.
42:01How could you do that to them?
42:03That slap opened the floodgates.
42:05People shoved him, cursed him.
42:07Even the ones who just toasted him scrambled to prove they weren't like him.
42:10Move!
42:11Whether any of them were clean didn't matter anymore.
42:14Now they all had to play the good guy and condemn the monster.
42:18He finally knew what it felt like to be surrounded by people and have no one help him.
42:22The police are here!
42:25But when the police showed up, Adrian Blackwood slipped away in the chaos.
42:29Adrian ran.
42:30I wasn't surprised.
42:31I'd already cut off every other way out and left him one dead kin.
42:34Check the water.
42:35He's probably trying to get out that way.
42:40They had their doubts, but they sent people anyway.
42:42Logan and I stayed in the ballroom until the last guest left.
42:45Everyone else had already left, but he still remembered why we came here today.
42:51I never liked the idea of an engagement, but watching that ring slide onto my finger, I couldn't stop smiling.
42:56After all this time, I finally got him.
43:01Once this is on, you don't get to call us just friends anymore.
43:04I won't.
43:09He used to pull back the second I kissed him.
43:11Now when I try to, he won't let me.
43:16So you're not scared of me anymore?
43:18You still want me to pull away?
43:20No.
43:21Good.
43:22Stay disobedient.
43:27After that, Blackwood Group collapsed for good.
43:30Richard went to prison.
43:31Victoria got a suspended sentence.
43:32My family got pulled down too.
43:34Most of our assets were seized and my father lost his office, but I'd prepared for it.
43:38Their reputation was all I could save.
43:40Once they were settled, I moved in with Logan.
43:43The house we'd made together was finally our home.
43:48You're still going after Adrian?
43:50I won't rest till he's caught.
43:52I knew he was worried.
43:53But throwing his life away over that piece of trash?
43:56It wasn't worth it.
43:57Lost interest in me already?
43:58Got me and now you don't care?
44:01One line and he was back.
44:03I stroked his hair and couldn't help teasing him.
44:06We just got engaged and you'd leave me to sleep alone?
44:10It's only nine.
44:11You sure?
44:11Then we'll sleep early.
44:12I'm not asking you to go till dawn.
44:15What, you can't?
44:22I used to chase him for a kiss.
44:24Now he's finally not pulling away.
44:26No way am I backing down first.
44:29What are you looking at?
44:30It's not like we haven't done this before.
44:35He's still so easy to fluster.
44:37I went in for another kiss and he shoved me back onto the pillow.
44:45Still teasing me?
44:46Then stop blushing.
44:48If you're backing out too late.
44:50Who said I'm backing out?
44:57That night, I slept like a rock.
44:59Logan had a nightmare.
45:11What's wrong?
45:14I'm okay.
45:16Ivy, I love you.
45:19When I woke up, Logan was already gone.
45:21I followed the sound into the kitchen and found him at the stove, stirring purge.
45:27Stay right there.
45:32He crouched down and put my slippers on.
45:34My heart melted.
45:35The second he stood up, I wrapped my arms around him from behind.
45:39You went out?
45:40You even changed your jacket.
45:42Yeah.
45:43Went to see someone.
45:44I saw the exhaustion under his eyes and remembered how he'd been drenched in cold sweat last night.
45:49What did you dream about last night?
45:53I dreamt about that dinner.
45:55You didn't choose me.
45:59You married Adrian.
46:00I'd been clinging to him, teasing him.
46:02Then he said that, and I went completely still.
46:07I knew Adrian was playing games, but I thought if that was what you wanted and he'd treat you right,
46:11I'd walk away.
46:17But before the wedding, you found out he was cheating and tried to call off the engagement.
46:21He hit you.
46:24And then?
46:25I tried to stop him, but I couldn't touch him.
46:29Or, or you.
46:30Later, you wanted to work and he hit you again.
46:33Then he took you to those places.
46:42I kept wondering why the me in that dream never saved you.
46:45Then I found out Adrian set me up.
46:47I injured my leg in a race.
46:54I felt useless.
46:55I couldn't even face you.
47:01Don't blame yourself for what happened in that dream.
47:04I know.
47:07But when we were kids, every time they picked on me, you came running.
47:11When it was you, I couldn't do a damn thing.
47:16When we were kids, I helped you?
47:18You don't remember?
47:21My mom was still alive then.
47:23Kids around there used her illness against me.
47:25They hit me, made me kneel.
47:29Your mom's crazy.
47:30You are too.
47:31You were wearing this pretty dress.
47:33You ran right over and chased them off.
47:35Pick on him again and I'm telling my dad.
47:39You didn't even ask my name, but I never forgot you.
47:42Not until I saw you again in college.
47:46I always thought he fell for me in college.
47:48But he'd remembered me long before that, even after I'd forgotten him.
47:53So when I saw in that dream that they'd pushed you so far you didn't want to live,
47:57I just...
48:00I kept calling for you.
48:01Telling you to hold on while I figured out how to save you, but...
48:05You couldn't hear me.
48:10You survived that time.
48:11I thought we still had a chance.
48:13Then Adrian set up the car crash.
48:16I found you in the morgue.
48:17Then when I reached for you,
48:19I could touch you.
48:26In that moment,
48:27it was like me and the man in those dreams became the same person.
48:30I held you.
48:31I avenged you.
48:32I destroyed that family and I killed Adrian.
48:38In the end, I went into the sea holding your ashes.
48:41I only wanted one thing.
48:43In the next life, I hoped you'd find me sooner.
48:48Everything I was too afraid to tell him, he'd already seen.
48:51I never wanted him to go through that pain again, but he even remembered that last wish.
48:58That's why I always need to touch you when I wake up.
49:01I'm scared you'll be gone when I open my eyes.
49:06I'm here.
49:07This time, I chose you.
49:12That same morning, I got news about Adrian.
49:15He was dead.
49:16Time of death, 5 a.m.
49:18Adrian died on the way back after they brought him in.
49:21Some said it was sudden illness.
49:22Some said poison.
49:23Others said he was shot.
49:25I don't know what really happened, and I don't want to.
49:28I just remember waking up this morning, and Logan had just come back.
49:32I stepped onto the balcony and let the sun hit my face.
49:34For the first time, it really felt like those sleepless days were over.
49:39Ivy, marry me.
49:41Okay.
49:43Then I'll have him get everything ready.
49:45We do the wedding tomorrow and make it legal.
49:47Tomorrow?
49:49I thought he was kidding.
49:51Turns out he can't even wait till tomorrow.
49:52We just got engaged, and he's already trying to marry me.
49:55Don't you think this is a little fast?
49:57I've been waiting a long time.
49:58A long, long time.
50:00This time, I knew exactly how long he'd been waiting.
50:10I was going to tease him, but my heart just melted.
50:13I worked hard to win him.
50:14If he wants to marry me, of course I want that too.
50:18Then let's get married.
50:23But isn't this proposal a little late?
50:28I chose you a long time ago.
50:30I chose you a long time ago.
50:31I chose you a long time ago.
50:31I chose you a long time ago.
50:31I chose you a long time ago.
50:31I chose you a long time ago.
50:31I chose you a long time ago.
50:32I chose you a long time ago.
50:32I chose you a long time ago.
50:32I chose you a long time ago.
50:32You