All language subtitles for VID_20260910_213351_921

If your nephew had even half your
composure, I'd feel a lot better about

today. Luke doesn't deserve your trust.

What?

Don't keep him waiting too long.

Luke Cole, do you take Emma Reed to be
your wife?

In good times and in bad.

I... Luke?

Say I do.

Look at me. What's going on?

I'm sorry.

Noah, you said you weren't going to make
it. I just...

I just came to say goodbye.

I'm leaving Ravenport tonight. You can't
leave.

Let go.

This is your wedding.

If you walk out that door, I will regret
it for the rest of my life. And marrying

her, you won't regret that?

What are you two talking about?

I tried to forget you. So you married my
sister? I thought it would make me the

man my father wanted.

I'm sorry, Emma.

It's always been Noah.

The groom is in love with the bride's
brother?

Get this on camera.

How

long?

How long have you loved him?

Noah, answer me.

Three years.

Three years?

You watched me pick the dress, book the
venue, write my vows, and neither of you

said a word until today?

I came today to leave for good. I
stopped him. This is on me. No.

Every day you stayed quiet, you both
lied to me.

Together.

Emma, did you know about considering
your fiancé and your brother? Your

fiancé and your brother?

Was this whole wedding a setup?

Put it down.

This is a private family matter.

Security, get these people out of here.

Get back up there and marry her.

Or you won't see a single cent from me.
I'm done using her to cover for me. You

think this is love?

Without the Cole name, he'll be gone by
tomorrow.

Maybe your father's right.

Every time you choose me,

It only lasts a few minutes.

Noah.

If you came to watch the show, it's
over.

You were never a joke to me.

You knew, didn't you?

I knew Luke was lying.

I didn't know he'd pick today to come
clean.

Everyone knew! I was the only one who
didn't!

Head up.

I don't have the energy for orders right
now.

Then take it as a request.

Don't let them see you break.

You did nothing wrong.

None of this shame belongs to you.

But I'm still the one who got left.

Then don't be.

Victoria, what the hell are you doing?
Cleaning up the mess that Cole's made.

That's the Cole family ring. I know.

Aunt Victoria?

Have you lost your mind?

Five years.

I watched you give everything you had to
someone who never deserved any of it.

I can't erase today, but I can give you
a different ending.

Emma Reid, will you marry me?

I do.

Why does it fit perfectly?

Maybe it's been waiting for you. Enough!

This circus ends now.

Emma, she's just using you to get back
at Richard.

If I wanted revenge, I wouldn't bet my
own marriage on it. Then why are you

willing to marry me?

Because you deserve someone who chooses
you today.

No application, no license. This
marriage isn't legal.

The electronic application has been
confirmed by the county clerk's office.

Miss Cole was the legal witness for
today's ceremony, and all identification

has been verified.

Emma never signed anything.

She can sign right now.

You actually had the paperwork ready?

I prepared a contingency.

Not a trap. So you knew something was
going to go wrong today.

I never walk into a fight without an
exit strategy.

So what am I?

Your exit strategy?

No.

I'm not sure I can win against.

I signed.

Don't come to me just because you said
yes to someone else.

You were never second place.

Then what am I?

Someone you hide in hotel rooms?

Someone you can't save under their real
name?

Someone you go back and kiss my sister
after every time you see You're the

first person I want to see when I wake
up and the last one on my mind before I

sleep and you almost married her Because
I'm a coward

This is the ring you gave back to me
three years ago, I never

stopped wearing it Noah Reed, will you
give this coward one last chance?

Now's the time.

Are you regret it?

Are you regret it?

I'm giving you a choice.

Everyone made choices for me today.

Luke chose to lie. Noah chose to hide
it. Richard chose to use me.

This time, I choose for myself.

Father, please continue.

Today's events...

were not part of the original ceremony.

I'm a wedding planner.

I know better than anyone that the
ceremony was never the most important

part.

The choices.

Victoria Cole, do you take Emma Reed to
be your lawfully wedded wife?

I do.

Emma Reed, do you take... I do.

Luke Cole?

Do you take Noah Reed to be your
lawfully wedded husband?

I do.

You better never leave me alone again.

Never again.

I do.

You may now kiss your partners.

Is this part absolutely necessary?

Say the word and I won't touch you.

Don't make me look like I'm backing
down.

With pleasure.

You're a very good actress.

I wasn't acting.

Turn it off. Leave it. Let everyone see
how pretty a lie can look.

You're tougher than I thought.

Regretting this already?

Quite the opposite. Give back the ring
and end this marriage.

Now.

Don't touch my wife. Two hours ago, she
was my son's fiancé.

Not anymore.

Does it not disgust you?

Marrying your ex-boyfriend's aunt?

Luke, your mom doesn't seem to
understand where we stand now.

Emma, I know you hate me. Wrong name.

What? You should call me Aunt Emma.

Are you seriously doing this? Come on,
sweetie. Say it.

Aunt Emma.

Good.

Sister. Don't call me sister.

Not today.

I never wanted to hurt you.

But every time you saw him, you knew
he'd come back to me. You think I liked

keeping that secret?

At least you knew the truth.

I didn't.

I told him not to say anything. That's
on me.

How touching.

Now you can protect each other out in
the open.

You don't have to be polite while you're
bleeding.

Am I terrible?

No.

You're captivating.

Since Luke has chosen to abandon his
responsibilities, I'll be freezing his

trust fund and revoking access to all
properties and accounts.

I can take care of you.

You were behind on rent last month. Then
we'll be behind together.

As for Emma Reed, her wedding planning
company will lose every contract it

holds with Cole Group Properties.

Effective immediately.

Are you threatening me?

I'm... Simply reminding you that
impulsive decisions have consequences.

Then let me announce my own.

Effective immediately, every Cole Group
hotel and estate under my control will

work exclusively with Emma's company.

Then tell them to come find me.

As my lawful spouse, Emma holds
residential rights to half of Cole

Estate and is fully protected under my
spousal agreement.

Half. If that's not enough, I'll give
you the other half, too.

She's using you to take the company.

Can't you see that? Even if she were
still more dignified than what you put

her through at that altar.

I don't need anyone's charity. This
isn't charity.

It's a bride's price.

We're not strangers.

The worst day of my life and the whole
internet is laughing. Not all of them

are laughing.

You actually read the comments?

Some people said we looked good
together.

When we kissed.

That was just for the ceremony.

Of course.

You sure you're steady?

Not really.

But if you don't let go, it's only going
to get worse.

You can let go now.

This was supposed to be my room. Mine
and Luke's. I had them switch rooms.

So you picked this one?

I requested the highest security level.

I didn't ask about the bed situation.

I'll take the couch.

In that dress.

Then you take it.

This is our honeymoon suite.

And? Your zipper is stuck.

You're going to need my help getting out
of it.

You can turn around now.

Put this on.

There's a robe in the closet.

You're surprisingly well-behaved.
Nothing like the Victoria Cole I've

heard about.

And what have you heard?

Cold, arrogant, takes whatever she
wants, no matter who gets hurt.

You're not a thing to be taken.

And I won't touch you.

Not without your permission.

Left side's yours, right side's mine.
Only an asshole crosses over.

You're actually sleeping on the couch?

One Cole already hurt you today. I won't
be the second.

I figured you'd pull the whole spousal
rights card.

There's only one thing I care about
right now.

What?

That you're safe tonight.

Luke? Let me see your baby.

Why is there nothing?

Luke, more.

One wedding, two same-sex couples and
the Cole family's succession may never

look the same again.

How did you know this is what I drink?
You had three of these during the

rehearsal in one day.

You notice a lot.

I notice what matters.

A three-month marriage agreement.

Once signed, it establishes marital
spility for the board and protects both

parties' assets.

There it is.

You need a legally recognized marriage
before the board's annual meeting to

qualify for any control of the company.

Correct. So saving me at the wedding?
That was all about the inheritance?

That's the safe answer.

For both of us. I'm not asking for the
safe one.

You're not ready to hear the other one.

Not yet.

Why not? Because yesterday you lost a
five-year relationship.

I won't take advantage of that.

I won't let you mistake gratitude for
something else. You sound pretty sure

I'd develop feelings for you.

Honestly, I'm more worried about myself.

Three months.

Shared residence, joint public
appearances, and no interference in each

other's personal lives. Personal lives?
So you can date other people? If it

bothers you, we can remove it.

Why would it bother me? Your tone says
otherwise.

I just don't want cameras catching my
wife on a date with her ex a week into

our marriage. I've had enough
humiliation.

Relax. There's no one. What about Sophia
Grant?

The word is you two almost made it
official.

You ran a background check on me?

Occupational habit. Wedding planners do
their research.

Or a wife's instinct.

Next clause.

I'm adding something.

Should either party fall in love, a
confession is mandatory.

So no one spends another three years
hiding it. And if someone breaks it?

They walk away with nothing.

You just got half the estate and you're
already going after the other half?

Scared?

The only thing I'm scared of is you
refusing to admit it when the time

comes. Not a chance.

I won't fall for you.

Then you have nothing to worry about,
Mrs. Cole.

Who let you in?

Aunt Victoria.

Some wounds don't heal on their own.
They just get worse.

I'll be right outside if you need me.

Stay.

Okay.

Emma, I'm sorry.

When did it start? I want the whole
truth.

Three years ago.

One week before you and Luke got
engaged.

I went to the hotel to confirm the venue
for your engagement party.

Luke was drunk. I walked him back to his
room and then... And then you slept

together?

I kissed him first.

Don't go.

You're proposing to my sister tomorrow.
Right now, all I want to do is kiss you.

And you still propose to me the next
day.

My father had already arranged
everything.

I was terrified of losing my family.

Terrified of admitting who I really was.

So you made me pay for it instead.

I thought about telling you. When?

When you were picking out my dress?

When you were writing my vows?

Every time I tried, Luke promised it
would be over. You trusted him for three

years but couldn't trust me once?

Because you loved him!

I love you too!

I worked two jobs at 17 to put you
through school.

You were the only family I had.

And you stood right beside me.

And watched me walk into a marriage with
a man who never loved me.

Because you gave up everything for me.

I couldn't bring myself to take away
what I thought was your happiness.

That wasn't happiness. That was a lie
you both built for me.

Emma, this is on me. Hate me all you
want, but don't blame Noah.

You actually love him?

Yes.

That's for five years of lies.

And you... I can't even stand to touch
you right now.

Emma.

Get out.

Getting close to you in the beginning,
that was my father's arrangement.

But I never wanted to hurt you.

What do you mean, your father's
arrangement?

Why did Richard arrange for you to get
close to me?

I don't know. All I know is he insisted
I marry you.

He never pushes for a marriage unless
there's something in it for him. What

else are you hiding?

I genuinely don't know.

Go.

You already made your choice at the
altar. Don't pretend you care about both

of us now.

What I felt for you was never romantic
love.

But you were family to me, the most
important kind.

Then you should know family doesn't push
someone into a fake marriage.

Don't say I told you so.

I won't.

And don't feel sorry for me.

I just wanna hold you.

Just one minute.

Take as long as you need.

My mother wore this dress when she
married my father.

She said it would bring me good luck.

Maybe it did.

My fiancé walked out on me at the altar
and that's good luck?

It showed you the truth before you made
the biggest mistake of your life.

And it gave me you.

Only time will tell if this is a
blessing or a curse.

Which one are you hoping for?

What is this?

Daniel Reed.

Your father's initials. I've gone
through this dress a hundred times. I've

never seen it.

Someone hid it here on purpose.

My father's been gone for 15 years. Why
would he hide a key inside my mother's

wedding dress?

Maybe because he knew someone would come
looking for it.

Did she find the key?

We're not sure yet. The dress is inside
Victoria's estate.

Daniel hid that ledger for 15 years, and
I am letting his daughter get to it.

The estate's security is tight.

Then leave no witnesses.

Looking for this?

You have three seconds to get out of my
wife's room.

Victoria.

Lock the door and call security.

He took the dress.

My mother's dressed down.

Your hand. Eyes on me.

Back up.

Give me the key.

Come and take it.

Stop. You're bleeding.

He saw the key.

He can't leave.

You're the one who's hurt.

Answer me first.

No, I'm fine.

Deep cut, but the artery's intact.

Someone needs to watch her tonight for
fever. I'll do it.

Claire can arrange a nurse.

You took a knife from me and now you
want me to leave?

I just don't want you to see- That you
bleed too?

That I'm not as strong as you think I
am.

I never asked you to be bulletproof.

Did you take that one for someone else
too?

That was a long time ago.

Another secret you can't tell me?

When you're ready to hear it, I will.

It's an internal badge. Cole Group
Security Division.

Supervisor level only.

So the attacker is actually someone from
the Cole family? Or someone wants us to

think that.

He knew exactly where the cameras were
and where the dress was.

Not many people knew you brought the
dress to the bedroom tonight.

You suspect your own brother?

I trusted family once.

Look how that turned out. Suspicion
isn't proof.

Don't let Richard turn you into him.

Why are you so sure it's Richard?
Because in this family, he's the only

one who kills to keep it secret.

The doctor already wrapped it.

It's bleeding through.

No. Then why did you flinch?

I didn't.

You're shaking.

Side effects from painkillers. You took
it less than a minute ago.

Keep pushing and you'll be in trouble
tonight.

You're barely holding it together. What
exactly are you going to do?

Come a little closer and find out.

Why did you step in front of that knife?

My body moved before my brain did.
That's not an answer.

Then what do you want to hear?

The truth.

The truth is, when I saw that blade
coming for you, I didn't think about

myself at all.

We've only been married two days.

Some people you know your whole life and
they're still not worth one instinct.

Don't ever do that again.

That's one promise I can't make.

Then at least don't die in front of me.
Is that concern for your contract wife?

I'm protecting my property rights.

Mrs. Cole.

How long have you been awake?

Long enough.

Why didn't you let go?

You said you weren't leaving.

You were talking in your sleep.

What did I say?

Classified.

I'll pay for it.

You already paid me half an estate.

Apparently not enough.

Looks like the boundary line is gone.

Last night was medical observation.

That doesn't count.

So the blushing is part of the procedure
too?

My

coffee.

Doctor's orders.

No coffee with painkillers.

Since when do you manage what I eat?
Since you took a knife for me.

Didn't know getting stabbed had perks.

Say another word, and I'm spoon-feeding
you oatmeal.

My arm.

I can barely lift it.

Your left arm is injured.

You hold a spoon with your right hand.

You notice everything.

I notice what matters.

What did you find?

Something a lot more interesting than a
ledger.

You knew who I was five years ago.

Yes.

Then why did you write, she doesn't
remember me on the back?

Because you didn't. Then remind me.

At that gala, the floral wall collapsed.
You pushed a little girl out of the way

and took the glass yourself.

Accidents happen at every event.

Seven stitches in your hand, and you
stayed to redo the whole setup.

No one even knew you were hurt. How did
you know?

Because I drove you to the ER.

There was a woman that night.

She put her coat over me. You spent the
whole ride complaining about the event

budget. That was you?

And you threw up on my shoes before you
got out.

No wonder you never brought it up.

Why did you keep this photo for five
years?

Because after that night, I looked into
you.

Why?

Your father used to work for Kohl Group.

And what does that have to do with the
way... You looked at me? You had

feelings for me? Back then?

You were with Luke. That's not an
answer.

Then why did the ring fit perfectly?

Why were the marriage documents already
drawn up? Emma, was the proposal a last

minute save?

Or something you'd been waiting to do?

If I said I'd been waiting, would that
scare you?

I don't know.

Then I'll wait until you do.

The board just sent notice.

Tonight's Cole family dinner. They're
requiring you to attend with your legal

spouse. Reason?

Richard is challenging the validity of
the marriage.

and pushing to spend your inheritance
vote.

At least three board observers will be
there tonight.

So they want to see if we're faking it?

It goes further than that.

Celestio personally arranged the seating
and press interviews.

She's clearly planning to humiliate you.

Cancel the press.

Don't. They want to see your wife? Fine.

Let them get a real good look.

This isn't your fight.

You took a knife from me. I think I can
handle a few nasty comments for you.

Those people have mouths filthier than
any knives.

Perfect.

I've got a pretty filthy mouth myself.

Need help?

Do we always end up having important
conversations around zippers?

Maybe zippers are more honest than you
all.

Too tight?

No. Then why aren't you breathing?

Because you're too close.

The agreement says no hiding feelings.
It says nothing about keeping distance.

Are you testing the terms?

I'm reminding myself not to cross the
line.

Wear this.

When did you get this? Five years ago.

Kidding. It arrived this afternoon.

Victoria Cole, you actually know how to
make a joke? Only for people who matter.

Tonight, make them regret every time
they underestimate you.

Regret underestimating me or regret
pushing me into your arms.

Those aren't mutually exclusive.

Why is everyone staring at us?

Because you made them forget how to
breathe.

And including you.

Especially me.

Get a little closer.

Stay close tonight.

Is that an order?

A wife's request.

Then I'll obey.

Sorry, seating is based on family
seniority. Emma is new to the house,

after all. New, perhaps.

But as Richard's sister-in-law, my
status outrides yours.

By seniority, I should be ahead of you.
A real Mrs. Cole doesn't fight over a

chair at the dinner table. The real Mrs.
Cole sits next to me.

Victoria, you're breaking the rules.

Rules are made by the living, not carved
into someone's headstone.

Don't get upset, sweetheart. She just
hasn't gotten used to calling me her

sister yet.

This set came from 19th century French
royalty, only brought out for truly

important occasions.

I imagine those budget weddings you plan
have never seen anything like it. Yes,

indeed. At least you know your place.
Because a professional would never put a

fake on the table. Excuse me!

Laser-etched logo, not introduced until
1998.

Machine-pressed rim, not hand-painted.
And that royal crest?

Party rental.

12-piece set, $2.99, free shipping on
bulk orders.

The staff must have grabbed the wrong
ones.

But you just said these are only brought
out for truly important occasions.

Guess tonight didn't make the cut.

I did warn you.

She's something else.

When did you figure out the plates were
fake?

Three minutes in?

Why wait until now?

A comeback needs a full audience.

I'm starting to think they're the ones
who need protecting.

Regretting marrying me already?

I'm considering making it permanent.

Don't forget the agreement.

I didn't say I was in love with you.

But you're implying it.

You picked up on that?

All I know is you're dangerous.

And yet you're still here.

Tonight isn't just a family dinner. We
have three board observers in the room.

Victoria, you've been claiming your
marriage is real and stable, but

everyone in the city knows it's nothing
but a temporary arrangement.

The marriage license is real.

Documents can be real.

Feelings can be faked. How do you want
to prove it?

Check which side of the bed we sleep on?

Belt's empty.

Kiss your wife.

We're not your circus act.

Refuse and you're admitting it's a
contract marriage.

The board will freeze your inheritance
status immediately.

I won't put her through that for stock
shares.

What if I want to?

I don't have to prove anything.

I'm setting him up.

Did

we just walk

in at the wrong moment? First time I've
ever seen her forget there's an

audience. What, jealous?

No. I just finally get what that look
meant.

The way she's always looked at Emma.

You're only figuring that out now?

I used to only see what I wanted to see.

Real enough for you?

I think no one has any further
questions.

One performance doesn't prove a thing.
Then why couldn't you watch?

Your heart is racing.

Everyone is staring at us.

When you kissed me, you weren't looking
at anyone.

I was sticking to the plan.

Are you?

Is this part of the plan too?

You never answered me.

Answered what?

Whether that kiss was just for show. The
board believed it, that's enough. I'm

not asking the board.

Last clause of the agreement.

No hiding the truth.

That clause says love.

Not kisses.

So you're admitting the kiss was real?
I'm admitting you're very good at

finding loopholes.

Maybe one more time would make things
clear.

I picked quite the moment to come back.

No welcome hug, Vicki?

Nobody told me you were coming.

Surprises are more interesting.

That ring is still gorgeous.

Last time, it almost ended up on my
finger.

Too bad it chose mine instead.

Rings don't choose people.

Victoria does.

At least when she sees something worth
her while.

Then I must be worth quite a lot.

Priceless. The board has hired me as
independent legal counsel to investigate

the validity of this marriage and last
night's attack on the estate.

You never take a case you can't win. I
prefer the ones that bring me back to

you.

Long flight.

You must be thirsty.

Thank you.

You're even prettier than the press
photos.

And you're even more hands-on than the
rumors say.

Occupational habit.

I always make sure my clients aren't
being coerced.

Emma isn't a witness. She's my wife.

Legally, of course.

But emotionally?

You saw the kiss.

Does that answer your question?

I've seen Victoria put on a more
convincing performance than that.

Emma, do you know why she got engaged to
me?

Because you were in love?

Because the Grant family holds two board
votes and she needed them to go up

against Richard.

That engagement was a business
arrangement. We both knew what it was.

So I'm surprised she has you believing
this is something more.

i never told emma this marriage was only
about love you never said it wasn't

either victoria doesn't believe in love
she believes in contracts leverage and

calculated risks then why did you almost
marry her because i used to think i'd be

the one exception she couldn't control
then i realized there was already

someone else she was holding on to

You sure this won't set off the alarms?
Not really. That's your whole plan? My

father usually handles the planning.
This is my first time doing it alone.

That explains a lot.

Someone's coming.

You planning to keep your hand there all
night?

What if I said I don't want to let go?

Stop it.

Find the files.

Right here a $250,000 security payment
made out to a shell company authorized

by my father one week before the wedding
There was no extra security at the

wedding none. This wasn't about
protecting the wedding It was about

watching Emma the attack on the estate.
It could have been the same people I

Knew your plan was terrible at least we
found something if we end up in jail

tonight You better not let me take the
fall alone.

Whatever happens tonight. I'm right here
with you

You're angry. No, I'm not. You've said
I'm fine three times since we left. That

usually means it's serious.

You were engaged to Sophia.

Why wasn't that in the agreement? The
agreement doesn't require a list of

exes. She calls you Vicky. That's what
bothers you? A nickname? I'm bothered by

how close you two clearly are. You're
jealous.

I just don't like being kept in the
dark. Then let me be clear.

I never loved Sophia and I have no
intention of going back to her. Is that

the honesty clause talking? It's me
reassuring my wife.

I don't need reassurance. But you're not
pulling away.

Sorry to interrupt your wedding night. I
forgot to leave one of the files with

Victoria.

Aunt Victoria, we found a payment of
$250,000 made by my father before the

wedding. The project code was bride. You
need to be careful. Send everything to

Claire and get out of the building now.

You actually think she kept your photo
for five years because she fell for you

at first sight? What are you trying to
say? Victoria has a reason for

everything she does.

Looking into you, protecting you, having
those documents ready at the wedding.

None of it was a coincidence.

She cares about me.

Maybe. But that's not how it started.

Victoria came to you because of your
father.

What does my father have to do with
Victoria?

Daniel Reed was a financial auditor for
Cole Group.

Fifteen years ago, he was investigating
the charity fund accounts. Then he died

in a car accident.

It was a normal accident.

You really believe a man about to hand
evidence to federal investigators just

happened to have an accident the day
before his testimony?

Sophia.

Enough. No, let her finish.

In the last week before the crash, every
project Daniel was investigating tied

back to Richard. And the first person
who found out... Was your wife.

Is that true?

Answer me.

Yes.

You knew.

You knew his death might not have been
an accident.

I suspected. I had nothing solid enough
to prove it.

So you spent five years investigating
me?

At first, I needed to know if Daniel had
left any evidence with his family.

At first?

Then it wasn't.

And the wedding?

The ring? The documents? The lawyers all
lined up? Was that for evidence, too?

Before the wedding, I found out
Richard's people were watching you.

I had to get you out of his reach.

Immediately.

So you made me your wife. I gave you a
choice.

A choice?

I had just been humiliated on camera by
my fiancé and my own brother, with every

lens in the room pointed at my face.
That's not a choice!

You're right.

You weren't free in that moment.

And you used me anyway.

Get out.

She was gonna find out eventually.

Not like this.

Not with you using the truth as a
weapon. And silence works so much better

for you, doesn't it?

Ask her. Ask her who in the Cole family
was the last person your father

contacted before that crash.

Who was it?

Who was the last person to contact my
father?

Me.

I was auditing old company records.

Daniel reached out.

He said he had evidence of Richard's
crimes and wanted to meet.

By the time I got there, the accident
had already happened.

And you never told the police?

Richard controlled the investigation.

I was 21.

No evidence, no power.

So you stayed silent for 15 years.

I chose to survive.

And to keep looking for something that
could take him down. That sounds exactly

like what Luke said.

You know what I hate most?

Not lies. It's that everyone says they
kept secrets to protect me. I never

expected your forgiveness.

Why didn't you explain that photo?
Because love at first sight sounds

better than I was surveilling an
auditor's daughter? That photo had

nothing to do with the investigation.

I don't know what's real anymore.

The way I look at you is real.

Taking you to the hospital five years
ago was real.

Not wanting to watch you get humiliated
at that wedding was real.

Taking that blade for you was real.

Then do you love me?

The agreement says you have to be
honest. I won't use I love you to trap

you when you're angry and scared.

Another safe answer.

Yes. Because the only respect I can give
you right now is letting you leave.

Don't touch me.

I'm sorry. Saving my life doesn't mean I
owe you my trust.

You don't owe me anything.

And including this marriage?

And including me.

Emma.

Emma.

Last night you said you wouldn't leave.

Take these.

I don't know how to use a gun. Safety's
on the left. Grip tight. Aim for the

chest. Don't fire until you have no
other option.

You think Richard would actually kill
me? I think he's already tried.

Twice.

Then why are you letting me walk out?

If I lock that door to keep you safe,
I'm no different from Richard.

Only Claire and I know this address.

When you get there, send me a period.
Nothing else. What if I don't? I'll find

you. We're in the middle of a breakup.
That's your choice. Protecting you is

mine.

Victoria. I'm here.

If my father was actually murdered, I
will find out who did it.

I'll be with you.

I didn't say I forgive you.

I know.

And I didn't say I need you.

I can wait.

My hand is bleeding.

That doesn't matter.

You could have gone down with that car!

But you're still here.

You're shaking.

Because I almost didn't make it in time.

Plates are fake.

Vins been scraped clean.

Richard's people again?

Not until I have proof.

But you already know the answer.

Yes.

Whoever it was, they made the same
mistake tonight.

What mistake?

They touched my wife.

Ms. Cole, are you publicly accusing a
member of your own family?

I'm putting out a reward.

$500,000 for any information that leads
to an arrest.

Anyone who touches my wife will pay for
it.

The doctor said it's just a scrape.

The doctor also said to keep weight off
my arm. I still drove a car into

someone.

So you actually knew that?

I thought you were leaving me.

Saving my life and forgiving you are two
very different things.

So there's still a chance?

Don't try to work the fine print while
I'm still in shock.

You called my name.

Because you were the only one who could
save me that doesn't sound like denial

Victoria are you always this confident
only when you're in my

We found something in the back seat.

That's impossible.

His prints are on the badge, and there
are texts on the burner phone addressed

to him.

Numbers can be faked.

Badges can be stolen.

But right now, every piece of evidence
points to Noah Reed.

My brother would never try to kill me.
Your brother just betrayed you at your

own wedding. Family, Miss Reed. That's
where the most extreme motives come

from. Don't let him get in your head.
You know Noah.

I also thought I knew Luke.

Then trust yourself, not the way someone
else arranged the evidence.

We just got married and you've been out
two nights in a row. We don't exactly

have a home. Your accounts are frozen
and my apartment still leaks.

As long as I'm with you, a leaky ceiling
is home enough.

Rich boy, stop making poverty sound
poetic.

Then teach me how regular people live.

Lesson one, don't touch anything in the
dark room.

You'll ruin the film.

I'm touching my husband.

Noah Reed, you're under arrest for
attempted murder.

Get off him! He was with me all night!

You're his husband.

Your testimony doesn't hold up on its
own.

Luke, don't.

I'm getting you out of there.

This time, don't just say it.

Noah!

Emma, I didn't do this.

Then why was your badge in that car?

I lost it three days ago.

I thought I left it at the venue.
Someone set him up. He has an alibi. I

can prove it. The driver hasn't been
found. Until we rule out the possibility

of an accomplice, Noah stays.

Do you believe me?

I believe you wouldn't kill me.

Just this one thing?

Everything else we'll talk about later.

How unfortunate.

Two scandals from the Reed family in a
single night.

You got here awfully fast.

My son and his spouse are here. Of
course I came.

Noah isn't your anything. He's Luke's
husband.

If I choose to, I can have the DA charge
him with first-degree attempted murder.

The evidence is solid. He'll spend the
best 20 years of his life behind bars.

Dad, if you touch him, I swear... Shut
your mouth.

Or I can have the witnesses recant.

Make the badge disappear as a simple
theft case.

What do you want?

Divorce Victoria.

Sign away every right that comes with
being a Cole and publicly admit the

marriage was nothing but a revenge
scheme.

Emma, don't.

Sign it. Your brother walks out tonight.

Don't sign.

He gets formally charged in the morning.

Choose.

Your brother or your wife.

You've been taking care of Noah since
you were 17.

You're really going to throw him away
for a marriage that started two days

ago?

If I sign, you guarantee the charges get
dropped?

I guarantee he walks out before sunrise.

He has no power to drop criminal charges
unless he's the one who planted the

evidence. Believe what you want. Emma
doesn't have time for this.

I can't let no one go to prison.

I know.

If someone has to pay the price, it's
always been me.

Not anymore.

Starting today.

You don't understand.

I promised my mom I'd take care of him.

Taking care of someone doesn't mean
destroying yourself.

It doesn't mean taking the fall for
everything he does.

He's my only brother.

Which is exactly why he should never ask
you to trade your marriage for his

freedom.

Don't dress up a contract marriage like
it's some great love story.

Someone who truly loves you doesn't ask
you to cut off a piece of yourself to

prove it.

What if Noah actually gets convicted?

I'll get the best lawyers.

I'll find the driver.

I'll put whoever framed him behind bars.

Why?

Because he's your family.

And you're mine.

But if you want a divorce, I'll sign.

Not because Richard says so.

Because it's your choice to make.

I'm done creating my marriage for my
family.

You'll regret this.

I already have one regret.

Letting people like you decide my life
for me.

Looks like you picked someone who'll
drag this whole family down.

I picked my husband.

Without your trust fund, you can't even
cover his bail.

The day before the wedding, Noah's press
credential was still in his bag. I saw

it.

By the next morning, it was gone.

The hotel and the church both have
surveillance.

I'll find it.

You walk out of here, I'll freeze your
last card.

Then freeze it.

You'll lose the house, the trust, and
your inheritance.

I almost lost him once because of all
that.

Never again.

Zoom in on his wrist.

Same badge as the one the attacker
dropped at the estate.

Send the raw footage to the precinct.

Mr. Richard has already ordered all
internal footage from the wedding day to

be deleted.

Who do you answer to?

This hotel belongs to Cole Group.

I'm Luke Cole.

At least for today.

Bail is set at $1 million.

Mr. Cole's accounts have been frozen. He
can't use personal assets as collateral.

I have the remaining interest from my
trust here.

I'm signing over my inheritance rights
to use as bail collateral.

You sign that and you're no longer a
Cole.

That's the first thing you've said that
actually makes me happy.

Are you insane?

That was everything you've ever had.

No.

You are.

Don't say that.

I haven't fully forgiven you yet.

Then I'll spend the rest of my life
earning it.

Did you run away from a multi-million
dollar trust for a same-sex marriage?

Noah, did you actually have nothing to
do with the attack on Emma?

Noah's being framed.

Any questions about the charges, you
come to me first.

I don't need you shielding me forever.

I know.

So let's face it together.

You okay?

I just realized Luke finally learned
something you've known how to do all

along.

What's that?

Pick someone and stand by their side.

Do you believe me now?

I'm trying to.

I was going to wait until I was sure
before I said anything.

What is this?

Old Dectative's mom left behind. When I
scanned them yesterday, one of them had

a shot of the scene from Dad's accident.

The image is too blurry.

I ran it through enhancement.

He said he was in New York that night.

He lied.

Dad's accident wasn't an accident.

Take me back to the estate.

We're figuring this out together.

Don't read into it. I'm here for safety
and to find out what happened to my

father.

Of course.

It doesn't mean I've forgiven you for
hiding the truth.

Understood.

And it doesn't mean anything has changed
between us.

Not at all.

What are you smiling at?

Welcome home, Mrs. Cole.

I'm only staying temporarily.

Your 50% ownership of this estate seems
to disagree.

Intrusion detected on the east perimeter
wall.

All personnel, initiate lockdown
protocol.

The safe room may still be compromised.

The master bedroom is the most secure
location.

Independent reinforced door, dedicated
alarm system.

I can take a guest room.

No.

You just said you respect my choices.

Every choice.

Except the one that makes you a solo
target.

There's only one secured entry point to
the master.

You two should stay in the same room
tonight.

Did he just smile?

Claire doesn't smile.

Then what was that look on his face?

Satisfaction.

Let's go roommate.

Same rules as last time. Cross the line,
you're the jerk.

If I recall you were the one who crossed
it last time.

That was a medical observation.

Tonight is a security observation.

You're taking the couch.

Bulletproof upgrade.

It's being replaced.

How convenient.

You think I had my own couch removed
overnight just to share a bed with you?

You had emergency marriage topics ready
in advance. I wouldn't put anything past

you.

If I wanted to share a bed with you, I
wouldn't need to spend that kind of

money to do it.

Then what would you do?

I'd just ask.

Lights off.

It was a nightmare.

The car stopped.

You're safe.

I can't move.

The lights are too bright. I can't see
and I can't listen to my voice. It's

just me.

Only me.

Breathe.

Follow me.

Don't let go.

I won't.

Do you comfort everyone who's scared
like this?

No one else has ever crawled into my
arms at midnight.

You pulled me in first, and you didn't
pull away.

Why did you stop?

Because you just woke up from a
nightmare.

Are you always this controlled?

Only when I want something very much.

If the agreement didn't exist, me?

Yes.

What if there was no case, no
inheritance, no Richard?

I still would.

Then why won't you?

Because I need you to choose me with a
clear head.

I'm clear-headed right now. You're
scared, you're leaning on me, and you

still question why I'm here.

If I kiss you now, I can't tell if
you're choosing me or just choosing to

feel safe.

Do you always analyze my feelings for
me?

I just refused to be another Cole who
took advantage of you when you were

vulnerable.

Get some sleep.

When it's morning, if you still want to
kiss me, tell me then.

It's not morning yet, but I'm done
waiting.

Emma.

The kiss at the wedding was for dignity.

The kiss at the dinner was for the
board.

This one is just because I want to.

Are you sure this is what you want?

Want me to prove it again?

Yeah.

Good morning.

You're up before me again.

I didn't want to miss the look on your
face when you woke up regretting

everything.

Sorry to disappoint you.

I don't regret it.

Not even a little.

Keep looking that smug and maybe I will.

Last night was that stupid of the act.

Not the board.

Not the deal.

Not revenge.

Just... We have to go to the bank today.

Victoria Cole, you're actually turning
me down?

Stay in this bed any longer and we won't
be going anywhere.

The Braz key belongs to Ravenport First
Bank. The number's worn off, so Emma has

to match it in person.

How did last night's security
observation go?

Very safe. No casualties?

What about pillows?

Claire! I'm just saying.

Personal feelings cloud judgment.

He's right.

So what do you think?

Until we find out the truth about your
father, we can't let our feelings get in

the way.

You're bringing this up now? After last
night?

Because last night was exactly why I
have to be careful.

Are you regretting it?

No. Then why are you pulling away?

Because you just decided to trust me,
and I've still kept things from you.

Every secret you find out from here,
you'll wonder if what's between us is

just another way I'm controlling you.

You think keeping your distance will
stop me from getting hurt?

I think it gives you a chance to see
things clearly before you choose.

Then let's set some ground rules.

No hiding evidence, no making decisions
for torture.

The third one seems a little unfair to
me.

You're welcome to negotiate.

A kiss can pause an argument.

I can't end one.

Approved.

This doesn't violate the agreement.

You always find the rules.

Daniel Reed and his wife rented this box
together 15 years ago. When payments

stopped, the contents were transferred
to Emma Redd per the will. Why was I

never contacted?

The contact address had been changed to
a warehouse that no longer exists.

Who changed it? The system only shows it
was authorized by the legal department

of Kohlgruber.

Richard. The box your key matches should
be somewhere on this lever.

Maybe the recording auditing has
something.

This is the last photo we ever took
together.

Comfort doesn't count as interference.

You sure?

Yes.

I've almost forgotten what his voice
sounded like.

Then we'll hear it together.

Massive money laundering through the
Cole Foundation.

Richard Cole knows I have the ledger. He
won't let me live long enough to hand it

over to federal investigators.

It really was Richard.

The ledger isn't in the box. The key is
only the first door. The real clue is

hidden in the thing your mother
treasured most. The wedding dress.

Someone's here.

If I don't make it back, don't trust
anyone in the Cole family.

Richard will lie.

Celeste will cover for him.

Luke is just a kid, but one day they'll
have him under their control too.

Victoria, whatever you do, don't trust
Victoria Cole.

Why would my father single you out?

I don't know.

Yes, you do.

She came to me.

She said she wanted to help, but what
she brought wasn't protection.

What did she bring?

Victoria, look at me.

What did you do to my father?

Someone cut out the rest. The safe
deposit box was accessed by Cole's legal

team. Richard had every opportunity to
tamper with it.

Maybe it's you.

My father specifically warned me not to
trust you. And now the recording gets

cut and you're standing here telling me
it was your brother.

Your suspicion is fair.

Stop giving me that calm answer!

Last night you said you wanted me to
choose you with a clear head.

I don't even know who you really are.

Then I'll tell you everything.

What is this?

Fifteen years ago, Richard sent me to
deliver an NDA to your father.

You told me you were going to trade
evidence with him.

That's what I wanted to do eventually.

But at first, I was there to silence
him.

For the company.

You threatened him.

I was 21, brand new to the company.

I thought it was just standard
paperwork.

You're a coal walking into a
whistleblower's office with an NDA?

And you didn't question that for a
second?

I did.

And I chose to comply anyway.

That's the part I can never forgive
myself for.

Daniel refused to sign.

Then he showed me photocopies of the
ledger.

That's when I found out Richard was
laundering money through the foundation.

If you actually want to help, meet me at
the old church tonight.

Ten o'clock.

I'll hand over the ledger.

I'll protect you and your family.

Then what?

Richard asked where I'd been.

I didn't mention the ledger.

But I told him Daniel would be at the
old church that night.

You told him where my father would be? I
thought Richard just wanted to stop the

handoff. But he did.

Noah's photos put him at the scene.

You're the one who led him straight to
your father. By the time I got to the

church, Daniel was already gone.

I followed the road and watched his car
go over the edge.

Why didn't you call the police?

I did, but the call log was deleted by
the next day, and the detective on the

case suddenly retired.

Why didn't you go to my mother?

Why didn't you tell us anything?

Richard warned me.

If I kept digging, you and Noah would be
next.

So you watched me for five years?

Protected you.

Damn protect again!

Luke lied to protect the family.

Noah hid things to protect my happiness.

You stayed silent to protect my life.

Why does everyone's protection always
end up costing me everything?

Because we were all too cowardly.

My father died.

My mother raised us alone and took her
secrets to the grave.

And you had 15 years to come forward.

I know.

No, you don't.

The estate isn't safe yet.

At least stay in the master room. I
can't share a bed with you anymore.

I won't use last night to make you stay.

When I kissed you last night, I thought
you were only hiding the investigation.

Now I realize you might be the reason my
father is dead.

Yes.

If I hadn't told Richard where he'd be,
Daniel might still be alive.

You're admitting that? I'm admitting I
made a mistake I can never undo.

But I did not kill him.

That's not what his recording says.

Then keep digging until you have enough
to prove I did it.

And if the proof points right at you,
I'll walk the evidence to the police

myself.

It's me.

I don't want to see you.

I'm leaving the kit by the door. Your
knee needs to be redressed.

Why are you still here?

You said you didn't want to see me.

You didn't say you didn't need medicine.

Stop being good to me.

Why?

Because it makes me forget I'm supposed
to hate you.

Then hate me.

Just don't let it stop you from finding
the truth.

From tonight, we will sleep apart.

Okay.

I love her, so I'm setting her free.

Claire said you wanted to see me.

You said you'd wait until I found the
truth.

Richard has come after you three times
for that ledger. As long as you're my

wife, he'll assume you know everything
about Cole. So you're deciding for me

again? No.

The choice is yours.

If I sign this, what happens to you?

I keep going after Richard. I keep
protecting you.

I just won't ask you to stand beside me
anymore.

Last night you said you'd wait for me to
choose you with a clear head.

Now I just want you to be alive, to make
any choice at all.

If leaving me keeps you safe, I'll let
you go.

close to the couple say emma reed and
victoria cole's whirlwind marriage was

nothing but an inheritance scheme and
the two separated just last night first

her groom walks out then she runs
straight to his rich aunt yeah that's

emma

you're two months behind pay today or
i'm changing the walks I'll figure it

out before the afternoon.

I'm not taking your money.

You're seriously reopening?

Eight years of planning headings. I'm
not shutting down because mine fell

apart.

It didn't fall apart.

Technically, two perfectly legal
weddings happened that day. Yes, Emma's

back. Cancel? But the deposit agreement
clearly states... I'm not letting a

marriage schemer plan my daughter's
wedding. The news doesn't have the full

story. But you did marry your ex's aunt.
That part is true. Then there's nothing

left to say.

Nine cancellations today.

Then we start fighting for the tenth.

Reed Weddings owes $420,000 in debt. The
creditors are filing for liquidation

this week.

Buy it all out.

Under your name? No.

Set up a separate investment entity.

No Cole's name on the board.

Anyone. When Emma finds out, she'll
think you're trying to control her.

Then she can't find out.

You signed the divorce papers and you're
still paying off her debt. That's not a

business decision.

It never was.

When did the estate security system
start covering her studio?

Last night.

Does she know?

No. That's usually called surveillance.
If Richard's people show up, it's called

saving her life.

You're still wearing it.

It's expensive. The apartment isn't safe
enough.

So the safest place is right over your
heart?

Ms.

Reed, regarding your company's
outstanding debt... I need two weeks.

That won't be necessary.

Your debt has been acquired by a new
investor. They're giving you a full

year's extension and waiting... Who
bought it?

Emma?

Did you buy out my debt? First time
you've called and it's to interrogate

me? Answer me.

It wasn't me. You promised no more
secrets.

Is that promise still valid? As long as
I haven't signed those papers, it is.

Then why haven't you?

Because I haven't had the time. Or
because you don't want to.

Don't change the subject. Did you buy
the debt or not? I said no.

When you lie, your voice goes colder
than usual.

You've been paying closer attention
since you left.

I just know my... Your what?

My creditor.

That creditor suggests you eat a real
meal.

You've had nothing but coffee today.

You're watching me?

Protecting you.

That word is exactly why we're apart
right now. But you're still alive.

I don't need a wife who hides behind a
camera.

Then what kind of wife do you need?

One who doesn't lie to me.

We got a client.

Two million dollar budget. They want a
full engagement party in two weeks. Two

weeks? Who does that?

They only left a last name.

Grant.

It's been a while, Emma.

We saw each other two days ago.

Two days feels like forever when your
heart is broken. My heart isn't broken.

Have you signed the divorce papers yet?

I'll take that as a no.

What do you want me to plan?

An engagement party that makes all of
Ravenberg believe in love again.

Hiring someone in the middle of a
divorce to plan a love story.

Interesting choice.

Exactly. You know better than anyone how
to make something fake look real. Double

rate.

50% up front.

As long as you personally handle it. I
don't take jobs that humiliate me no

matter the money. You don't even know
who my partner is yet. Doesn't matter.

I'm not interested.

She loves this color.

You know that better than I do. Who is
she?

Victoria, I want you to plan my
engagement to your wife.

Victoria would never get engaged to you.

You know her that well.

Better than an ex she called off an
engagement with.

Then you know Victoria will do anything
for the company.

Richard filed an emergency motion to
freeze Victoria's voting rights. The

moment she's back with the Grant family,
my father's two votes go to her.

She's married.

Not for long.

You have seven days to sign. After that,
her attorney files for a default

regiment. She agreed to this. She sent
the ring size to the jeweler herself.

If this is real, why hire me to plan it?
Because no one knows her taste better

than you do.

And because I want to see if you can
hand her over to me yourself.

You still have it.

Just to give it back.

You haven't decided yet.

Keep it on.

You made your decision fast enough.

Congratulations.

Sophia told you?

Told me what? That you're getting
engaged the same day the divorce goes

through or that you want me to decorate
your new bedroom? It's not what you

think. Then what is it?

I can't tell you.

Another secret you can't tell me?

Your fiancé is watching.

You're my wife.

For seven more days.

A lot can change in seven days.
Including who you love?

That has never changed.

Then why are you marrying her? I told
you I can't explain.

You always ask me to trust you. You
never give me a reason to. The dress

designer is waiting for us.

Don't touch her injury. Her left hand
hasn't healed. Don't worry.

I know every scar on her body better
than you do.

Emma, don't be late. Bride.

Isn't White Roses Victoria's favorite?
She doesn't love them, she just doesn't

hate them.

How do you know that?

She never stops more than two seconds at
White Roses.

But dark red to heels, she always slows
down.

You notice all that, and you're telling
me you're not heartbroken?

It's called being a professional.

What's wrong with this one?

Victoria hates the violin.

Why? She was forced to practice for ten
years as a kid.

She actually told you that?

She said it in her sleep.

You've heard her talk in her sleep?

Work.

Emma, tell me, does the ring fit?

No.

The band is too thin for the center
stone?

Like a relationship built purely on
leverage, it looks expensive but breaks

easily. What do you recommend?

What fits her isn't necessarily what
fits you.

You're jealous.

I'm doing my job. You almost cut Sophia
with that ring.

Accident. And you cut the white roses,
changed her music. Because she doesn't

know you at all.

So you're admitting you do.

The Victoria I know wouldn't say she
loves me and plan to marry someone else

at the same time. You saw what I wrote
on the agreement.

I did.

Why didn't you ask me if I meant it? If
you meant it, you should say it out

loud.

Not now.

It's never the right time for you.

Victoria won't just be my wife.

She's going to be the mother of my
child.

I figured you didn't sleep last night.
Who gave you my address?

It was on the wedding planning contract.

That contract has my office address, so
who told you?

Victoria. She wouldn't give that out
without my permission.

Interesting. You still trust her that
much. And yet she never told you about

the baby. The report says Victoria is
the genetic source of the embryo. What

does that mean? We froze embryos when we
were engaged.

My eggs, her chosen donor, joint legal
ownership. When she called off the

engagement, I kept one.

You can't use it without her consent.

Who said she didn't?

The board wants stability.

A baby is more convincing than any
engagement announcement.

How far alone are you?

Six weeks?

So Victoria chose you.

And the baby. She chose reality.

You were just a moment of weakness.

What do you want? Sign the divorce
papers, give up your spousal shares, and

stay away from the engagement party.

You hired me to plan it. You'll get your
final payment.

And if I don't sign?

You really want this child growing up
being called illegitimate?

You'll have my answer by tonight.

Victoria's actually pregnant?

It's fake. How do you know? The blood
sample date is two weeks before the

embryo transfer date. The report
template is from a Canadian clinic, but

the doctor's license number is from
California.

And most importantly, Victoria's
signature always curves left on the last

stroke. This one goes right. Someone
traced it. You memorized the way she

signs her name? I watched her sign our
divorce papers.

Then why didn't you call Sophia out
right there? Because Sophia knows where

I live, and she got her hands on
Victoria's old medical records. Someone

is behind this. Richard?

I need her to think she has me
convinced.

You shouldn't have come alone.

I came to return this.

You've decided to sign?

You and Sophia are having a baby. Why
didn't you tell me?

What baby?

Don't do that. She showed me the
pregnancy report and the embryo consent

form. It's fake.

I never authorized her to use any
embryo. We never had a joint embryo to

begin with. Your signature is on the
document.

You trust me?

You finally said it out loud.

Is it too late?

Sophia's report is fake.

The dates don't add up.

You were testing me this whole time?

If I told you up front, your reaction
wouldn't have been real.

You're learning to use me against
myself.

I learn from the best.

So how are you going to make it up to
me? We agreed.

Personal feelings stay out of the
investigation.

You're the one who came here asking if I
had a baby. That was evidence

verification. Your eyes were red.

You were furious.

It was the wind.

There's no wind out here.

After we find out who's behind Sophia,
is that a promise?

Depends on how well you behave.

I'll be on my best behavior.

I'll sign.

Meet me at 8. I'll hand you the
original.

Did she take the bait?

She checked her rear view three times.
You're following too close.

This is my first time trailing someone.

You were terrible at your first
relationship, too.

And you still married me?

Because my judgment is terrible, too.

When this is over, let's go somewhere
nobody knows the Cole name. With what

money? You walked away from your trust
fund. I can learn photography.

You can't even take off the lens cap.

Then I'll be in charge of loving the
photographer.

She's turning. Drive, rookie.

Rookie?

Did Emma sign?

Tonight. Your fake report almost didn't
hold up. She sees what she's most afraid

of. Victoria leaving her behind.

After the engagement party, I want two
board votes and the shares we agreed on.

Once Victoria hands over the ledger,
you'll get everything.

Someone's coming.

Your heartbeat is so loud.

Because you're in my arms.

Seriously? Right now?

I'm scared there won't be a later.

Then make sure you live to see it.

Who's there?

Split up, I'll draw them off.

I am not leaving you alone again.

Those photos matter more than I do.

Not to me, they don't.

Take the photographer Let him go Didn't
you say you could

protect him without Cole's name Tell
Emma if she wants her brother back

alive. She better get ready for another
wedding

Your marriage to Noah was a mistake.
Then you take Emma back. You're out of

your mind.

If Emma refuses, Noah won't make it to
Sunrise.

Where is Noah?

On your knees.

Not a chance.

Then I'll have them break one of his
hands first.

He's a photographer, isn't he?

Should be interesting.

Wait!

Please.

Let him go.

You finally learned the most important
thing about being an heir.

Knowing when to kneel.

I'll give up everything.

I don't want you to give anything up. I
need you to be my son again.

Declare the marriage void.

Tell the press you were seduced by Noah.
Then marry Emma. Emma won't go along

with this. She will.

Because she's just like you. She'll
sacrifice herself for Noah.

Richard wants me to marry Luke again.

No.

If I don't, he'll kill Noah.

You can pretend to agree, but you're not
actually signing anything.

Richard will check every document.

Then I'll have them replaced.

And if he finds out, I'll find Noah.

Every time you say, I will, you're the
one who ends up bleeding.

Still better than watching you walk back
into a lie.

I can't lose another person I love.

You're not losing Noah.

And you're not losing me.

We're getting a divorce.

You haven't signed anything yet?

Weren't you about to get engaged to
Sophia?

It was a setup.

Sophia's father controls two board
votes. Richard believed she could help

me reclaim my inheritance, so he was
willing to move dirty money through her.

The whole engagement was bait to draw
him out? Yes.

The ring, the party, the press, all of
it. Why didn't you tell me? Richard had

eyes on you. Your jealousy had to be
real or he wouldn't buy it.

So you used my feelings to sell the
performance?

Yes.

That's for making the call without me.

Again.

I deserve that.

But if anything happens to Noah, I won't
forgive anyone.

Not even you. Then punish me after we
bring him home.

Save him first.

Yes, ma'am.

Luke, are you actually here to deny your
marriage to Noah? I do have a statement

today.

Over the past few weeks, I made a lot of
mistakes.

I hurt Emma. I let no one get torn apart
by the world. But my biggest mistake was

ever believing my father deserved my
loyalty more than the man I love.

My marriage to Noah is real and it
stands.

I love him.

And I am not taking Emma back.

Did Emma sign?

Tonight, your forged report almost
didn't hold up. Once Victoria hands over

the ledger, you'll get your shares.

Mr. Cole, what forged report are they
referring to?

Did you have Noah Reed kidnapped?

You knew the report was forged from the
beginning?

You got the date wrong.

You used me?

Let's just say Victoria taught me a
thing or two about contract lupos.

Where is Noah?

I don't know.

Richard never told me where they were
keeping him.

My marriage to Noah is real and it
stands.

I love him.

Move the asset.

If you have to, take care of him.

Looks like your husband chose coming out
over saving your life.

Good.

About time he got something right.

Noah, if you can see this, I made you
wait three years.

He took a bullet for me.

The shooter wasn't just targeting you.

If he dies what happens to Noah, he's
not going to die.

You can't promise that.

Then feel this.

My heart's still beating. So is yours.

Let's focus on what we can actually do
right now.

Find Noah.

Claire's already zeroed in on the
warehouse district.

I'm coming with you.

Stay here and wait for Luke.

So you're going in alone again?

Not alone.

This time I'm coming back.

Noah!

Where's Luke?

He was shot.

He's in surgery.

I need to see him. The ambulance is on
its way.

Now!

He promised he'd never leave me alone
again.

Then go remind him to keep that promise.

Noah.

Noah.

How's Luke?

The bullet grazed his heart and caused
severe internal bleeding. Surgery went

well, but the next 24 hours are still
critical.

He's such a baby about pain.

He's gonna complain the second he wakes
up.

Then let him wake up and complain for
the rest of his life.

I'm sorry.

This is all my fault.

No, it's not.

Loving someone is never a crime.

The people who kidnapped you and pulled
that trigger, they're the ones who are

guilty.

You're... I'm still here.

You still owe me rent. Did you really
think I'd just leave?

I'm probably even more broke now. Then
spend the rest of your life paying me

back. Is that a proposal?

We're already married, you idiot.

When I saw that gun pointed at me...
What?

There was only one thing on my mind. If
Emma died, you'd never forgive me. And

if you died, I'd never forgive you
either.

Guess I'll have to stick around then.

You're shaking because you're an idiot.

You're so easy.

Thank Emma.

Still cracking jokes. Guess you're going
to be fine.

I owe you the full truth.

Five years ago, my father told me to get
close to you. He said Daniel might have

left behind evidence against Cole Group
and that you were the only one who could

lead us to it. So our first meeting
wasn't a coincidence?

No.

No, that charity gala, he set the whole
thing up so I'd get close to you.

All I had to do was earn your trust and
find out what your mother left behind.

But then...

You stayed up all night when I was sick.

You stood up for me when my father
humiliated me.

You treated Noah and me like we were
actually family.

So you decided to marry me? I wanted the
home you gave me.

And I was terrified losing everything my
father had over me.

What I felt for you wasn't love, but I
was selfish enough to hold on to that

warmth for five years.

And you knew the whole time you were in
love with Noah?

Yes. And that I deserved to be truly
loved?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

I used to think that if you just
explained yourself, maybe I could go

back to who I was before that wedding.

And now?

Now I know the lie started long before
the wedding.

I'm forgiving you, not because you took
that bullet for me and not because the

past doesn't matter. Then why?

Because I refuse to spend the rest of my
life carrying your mistakes.

Can we still be family?

Yes.

But you will never be my husband again.

I already have one.

And I'm your aunt.

Is there any way we could lose that
title?

Absolutely not.

Tonight is my engagement party with
Sophia.

Richard's recordings have been exposed,
but the board still needs the original

documents proving he moved the illegal
funds, and they need to see them in

person. Only if the engagement goes
through will she bring Richard's signed

share transfer documents to the venue.

Have you considered that she wants more
than just the shares?

That's not relevant.

Not to you.

What about to her?

She was never the one I cared about.

When tonight is over, I'll tell you
everything.

And then you decide whether or not we
still have a future.

If you put that ring on her finger,
there might not be a future to decide

on. Are you asking me to call it off?

It's not my place.

You're my wife.

Victoria, it's time.

The engagement party already started.

Sophia moved the rings exchange up by 40
minutes without telling anyone. Why?

She probably knows Victoria's playing
her. She wants to force her to make it

official in front of everyone.

After tonight, Victoria and I will once
again be each other's only family.

No. What?

The first time, I married her because I
was terrified of looking like a fool. If

I stay silent now, that's when I
actually lose her.

Victoria Cole is my wife, and she's the
woman I love.

She asked me if I came back to that
engagement party out of jealousy or

because I loved her.

The answer is both.

I was jealous because I love her.

I was terrified of losing her because I
love her. I was afraid to say it because

admitting love means handing someone the
power to hurt you. But if that person is

you, I'll be brave one more time. Should
I have the car ready?

No. You're not going to her?

She said she's coming after me.

The least she can do is let me enjoy
this for five minutes.

As long as I haven't signed those
papers, she's still my wife.

You moved out of the manor yourself. You
took the divorce papers.

Isn't it a little late to come back and
claim her now? I'm not here to claim

anyone.

I'm here to stop my wife from making the
same engagement mistake twice.

Twice? The first was agreeing to marry
her five years ago.

The second was putting that ring on her
finger tonight.

This isn't the place to act out your
jealousy.

You're right.

It's the place to expose a fraud.

That's my private medical record!

Forged documents aren't protected by
medical privacy.

This report says you tested positive two
weeks before the embryo transfer.

Unless the grants have invented medicine
that produces a result before the

procedure, this report is fake.

The form uses a Canadian clinic
template.

But the doctor's license belongs to a
California dentist who retired seven

years ago.

Mrs. Grant, did you forge a pregnancy
report?

It's a clerical error from the clinic.
Then what about the embryo consent form?

Victoria's signature always finishes
with a leftward stroke.

This forgery flicks up to the right.

You actually memorized that?

I've watched you sign the marriage
agreement, the divorce papers, and the

acquisition contract when you bought out
my debt.

So it was you who bought it.

This isn't the time. We'll settle that
after. Fine.

Has Emma signed yet?

Tonight. She almost caught the problem
with the fake report.

Once Victoria hands over the records,
you'll get your shares.

That recording was obtained illegally.

It can't be used as evidence.

Whether it holds up in court, that's for
the DA to decide.

But tonight, it's enough to prove that
your so-called love, your baby, and this

engagement were all just bargaining
stucks in your deal with Richard. Ms.

Cole, did you know from the beginning
that the pregnancy report was falsified?

Yes. Then why did you go through with
the engagement ceremony?

Because the share transfer Richard
promised Sophie was sealed with an

encrypted digital stamp.

The original document would only be
delivered here once she completed the

engagement.

Full backup secured, wire transfer
accounts, shell companies, and the

entire bribery list. All of it.

So this whole time you were just using
me? You knew what this was.

At first, yes.

But I could have made it real if you'd
let me.

The Grant family's two votes, the
funding, the connections, all still

yours.

Stay.

And I'll forget Emma ever walked in.
I'll forget all of tonight.

Sophia, this was never going to happen.

Not five years ago, not now.

Because of her?

Five years ago, I wasn't ready to admit
it.

I won't deny it anymore.

This engagement was never real.

Satisfied, Mrs. Cole?

Barely. The way you walked in here
didn't look like barely.

And you taking off that ring didn't look
forced either.

So you were...

Why didn't you tell me?

Richard was watching you. You had to
believe the engagement was real.

So my pain was part of the plan? No.

Then what was it?

Collateral damage?

The price I least wanted to pay.

Sophia said she was carrying your baby.
I didn't sleep.

Not for one minute.

Because you care about me. Because I
don't like being humiliated with a fake

report.

Then why did you keep wearing the ring?

Didn't want to lose it.

And why were you keeping it over your
heart?

Because you've given me too much hope
tonight.

Hope I'm not sure I should have.

The engagement was fake. The baby was
fake.

We have Richard's documents.

We can go back to the estate and keep
moving. In what capacity?

Your wife.

A legal title?

Or something you're actually choosing?

What's the difference?

If there were no Richard, no records, no
cameras, no Sophia, would you still

have walked in here tonight?

Are you here because you were jealous or
because you love me?

I don't want to watch you marry someone
else.

That's possession, not an answer.

You know I have feelings for you.

Feelings aren't an answer either.

I don't want to hold on to someone with
a contract.

Not if that person doesn't know whether
they love me.

You said you loved me, which is exactly
why I can't accept you coming back out

of fear of losing me.

The kiss at the dinner.

My heart was pounding.

The one in the bedroom at the estate.

That wasn't acting?

Isn't that enough?

I've never doubted that you wanted to
kiss me.

What I doubt is whether you'll still
choose me once the kiss is over.

Emma, I can wait.

But I can't say the answer for you.

What if I never figure it out?

Then I'll love you forever.

And let you go.

That engagement was nothing but a cover
for an investigation.

How are you this restrained, even when
you're waiting for me?

Keep staring at it like that, the apple
might actually confess.

Shut up. The doctor said no getting
worked up.

Then stop sitting so far away.

Should I come back later?

No. You need someone to remind him that
getting shot doesn't make him royalty.

I think I at least deserve a kiss.

That was a temperature check.

Then let's do a more thorough one. No
flirting in the hospital.

You're just jealous.

What happened to you and Victoria?

She asked if I loved her. I didn't
answer.

You don't love her?

I don't know if I even have the right to
say it.

You need permission to love someone?

I doubted her, walked away from her, and
crashed her engagement out of jealousy.

Sounds a lot like love to me.

You are the least qualified person to
judge love.

That's exactly why I know how much
damage running from the truth can do. It

took me three years to admit I loved
him. Almost destroyed three lives in the

process. You don't have to tear yourself
apart every time. It's the truth.

The truth is, you chose me.

So sweet.

That's the apple.

I meant you.

I take it back. Carry on. I'm leaving.

Emma, Victoria never needed you to be
perfect.

She just needed you to be honest.

Three more clients just cancelled. The
media's saying you crashed the

engagement party last night to go after
the Cole family's shares.

Then we hold a press conference.

To address the fake engagement? No.

To set the record straight about my
marriage.

You sure about this?

The first time I walked down that aisle,
I was running on humiliation and rage.

This time, I'm choosing her with my eyes
wide open.

What if Victoria still says no? Then
I'll be the one waiting.

Get every media outlet on the phone.
This afternoon, I want all of Ravenport

to hear my answer.

Mrs. Reed, are you admitting that your
marriage to Victoria was originally

motivated by revenge against Luke? Our
marriage started as an accident.

So it was a fraud?

No.

I said yes to Victoria at the lowest
point of my life. I wanted to save face,

protect what was mine, and make the
people who betrayed me regret it.

All of that is true.

So you're admitting your intentions
weren't pure?

I admit I had no idea what I was
actually walking into. And at my most

vulnerable, she never once used that
against me to make me stay. This

marriage started as a mess.

But everything that came after, that was
real.

Did your feelings for Victoria only
develop as a way to get back at Luke?

Did your feelings for Victoria only
develop as a way to get back at Luke?

Luke helped me see a mistake clearly,
but Victoria showed me who I actually

am. And who is that?

Not someone who exists to take care of
everyone else.

Not someone who only has worth when
she's chosen by somebody.

she made me see that i can be angry
scared and imperfect and still deserve

to be loved so you're refusing to sign
the divorce papers not a chance does

this mean you're officially calling for
a truce with victoria not a truce a

pursuit this time i'm going after her
victoria cole is my wife

and she's the woman i love she asked me
if i came back to that engagement party

out of jealousy or because i loved her
The answer is both.

I was jealous because I love her.

I was terrified of losing her because I
love her.

I was afraid to say it.

Because admitting love means handing
someone the power to hurt you. But if

that person is you, I'll be brave one
more time.

Should I have the car ready?

No. You're not going to her? She said
she's coming after me.

The least she can do is let me enjoy
this for five minutes.

Mr. Cole is cooperating with the
investigation, but he hasn't been

convicted. Under the company charter,
his board rights remain intact.

Emma's press conference last night made
things worse for the company's image.

Same-sex marriage, contract disputes, a
fake engagement, and a public wife

battle. Cole Group stock is down 12%.
The crime tanked the stock, not my

marriage. Publicly deny any real
feelings for Emma.

State the marriage was solely to protect
the company's succession.

The board will let you keep your
position.

It's a small price to pay.

Denying my wife?

That's what you call a small price?

A wedding planner versus the entire Cole
Group. You know which one to choose.

I already did.

Then the board will vote to three to
remove you as CEO effective immediately.

Before the vote, I have a share transfer
to announce.

My 27% stake in Cole Group is being
transferred, effective today, into an

independent charitable trust.

Who are the beneficiaries?

The victims from the charity funds
Daniel Reed investigated, and everyone

who lost their families because of Cole
Group's illegal operations. Have you

lost your mind? Without those shares,
you have no chance of taking control

from Richard. If I fight for this throne
using Richard's rules, I'm no different

from him.

Who manages the trust?

Three independent judges, one employee
representative, and Emma Red.

Emma has zero corporate management
experience.

Exactly. Which means she won't do what
you do and call it the cost of doing

business.

From this day on, even if Richard walks
free, these shares are beyond his reach.

The estate, your personal accounts, and
your dividends will all be frozen

pending the investigation.

You may not have access to most of your
assets for a while. The severance taxes

for the staff don't stop.

You're not CEO anymore.

Then use my personal collection to cover
it.

Including the limited edition car?

Sell it.

The wine teller?

Sell it.

The photo in your study? The one from
five years ago? No.

Sounds like you're not quite starting
from zero.

Her saying she loves me in public
doesn't mean I can just go back to her.

Not yet.

Why not?

Because she deserves someone with no
more secrets left to hide.

Then tell her the ones you're still
keeping.

Victoria Cole has refused to deny her
relationship with Emma Reed and has

transferred her entire stake in Cole
Group into an independent trust.

Go. Go find her. But your venue
contract.

A woman who just gave up billions for
her wife got tooked out of her own

company. Our centerpieces can wait.

Cars downstairs.

When did you call it?

The second the news said she refused to
deny you.

Miss Cole, did you give up your
inheritance for Emma? Do you regret

going public about this marriage?

No. Even knowing she only married you to
get back at your nephew?

She's already answered that.

You do know how an umbrella works?

I was in a hurry.

I watched the press conference.

Just watched.

And cried.

Claire told you that?

She wouldn't dare.

This is all that's left from your
office?

One photo, two books, and a coffee mug
you said was ugly.

It is ugly.

You gave it to me.

And you actually kept it?

What else would I do?

You really put all the shares into the
trust?

Under independent management for now,
Richard can't touch them.

Your CEO position?

Gone.

The car, the private jet, the accounts?

Probably all frozen.

The estate?

Half of it's yours.

You could take me in.

But I need to know what you said last
night wasn't a media strategy.

How else do you want me to prove it?

How else do you want me to prove it?

I haven't decided yet.

Then let me figure that out for you.

Was that a media strategy?

I need more evidence.

So now you have no company, no title,
and probably no money.

Sounds terrible.

Which means you finally don't have to be
the coal heir anymore.

Can you just be my wife?

If that's a formal invitation, I accept.

Security's been upgraded.

Can't they do anything tonight?

Technically, yes.

But I'd suggest you two handle something
a little more private first.

Claire. I'm staying in the security wing
tonight.

Unless this place is literally on fire,
don't expect me back.

Did she just smile again?

Openly this time.

What you said in the rain, does it still
stand?

Which part?

That you want me as nothing but your
wife?

You remember every word. Why ask?

Because I want to hear it again.

You're sure about this?

Clause one, separate rooms.

Already broken.

No interference in personal matters.
Also broken.

Automatic divorce in three months. Not
happening.

There's one more.

If either party falls in love, they must
confess immediately.

That one's been fulfilled.

Not completely.

Not to your face.

Emma Reid, I love you.

Not because of the wedding. Not because
of your father's case.

I was drawn to you five years ago.

I used protection and investigation as
excuses to stay close, and somewhere

along the Y I couldn't stand the thought
of you belonging to anyone else. That

sounds a little dangerous.

You can still walk away.

Too late for that.

One last thing. What now?

Not because of the reporters.

Not because I lost my position.

Not because you're afraid I'll leave.

None of the above?

Because every time things go wrong,
yours is the first name I call.

And every time I want to run, you're the
only one I actually want to come after

me. I'm choosing you, not because you
protect me, but because with you, I

don't have to pretend I don't need
protecting.

Your shirt?

Completely.

Ask me one more time and you're sleeping
in the study. Yes, Mrs. Cole.

Who put these here?

The staff probably still remembers the
old arrangement.

No more dividing line.

Not tonight.

The agreement is ash, you know what that
means.

It means you can't hide behind a
contract anymore.

I'm afraid if I stop holding back, I'll
scare you.

You took a blade from me, ran someone
down with your car, and put a public

bounty on a pillar.

A little late to worry about scaring me
now.

Going somewhere?

I just want some water. There's some on
the nightstand. When did you do that?

After you fell asleep.

You still had energy for that after last
night? I'm regretting every compliment

I've ever given you.

Too late.

We still have to deal with Richard
today.

Six in the morning. So?

Plenty of time to waste.

Where did this scar come from?

Don't tell me it was just an accident a
long time ago. It was a long time ago.

Fifteen years ago?

No.

Does it hurt?

Not anymore.

Then why are you shaking?

Because when you touch it, I'm back
there.

The night of my father's accident.

You didn't just watch from a distance,
did you?

When I got down that hill, Daniel was
still alive.

What?

The car had rolled into the trees.

He was trapped in the driver's seat. I
broke the window and pulled him out.

The ambulance is on its way.

Stay with me.

No hospital.

Richard will find me.

When I woke up, I was in the hospital.

Richard told everyone the police only
found charred remains.

Daniel was declared dead. You never saw
a body?

No.

Why didn't you tell me any of this
before?

The memory's been fragmented for years.

Last night when you touched the scar, I
remembered that after Daniel was knocked

away, someone dragged him into another
car.

So my father might still be alive.

It's only a possibility.

Emma, I can't give you another hope that
falls apart.

You tried to save him, and I thought you
might have been the one who killed him.

I did give Richard the location.

Pulling him out of that car doesn't
cancel that.

And you've carried that guilt for 15
years.

Keep doing that, and I'll forget we have
somewhere to be. This isn't comfort.

It's a medical examination.

Since when did an examination involve
tongue wrestling?

Standard procedure.

Who texted you?

Maya. A client wants to walk through a
venue last minute.

Today? The studio just reopened. I can't
turn away every client.

You can't look at me when you lie.

Where did you pick that up?

Last night. Gave me a lot of new data.
Last night is off the record.

Then look at me and say it.

You're safe.

I'm just going to work.

Be home by six.

Checking up on me already?

A perfectly reasonable request from a
newlywed.

Doctor said no raising your arms. I just
need to prove I can still function on my

own. You didn't even know how to run a
washing machine before. Don't talk to me

about independence.

Stop moving.

You're too close. I'm your husband and
your nurse.

Do nurses usually sleep in the same bed
as their patients?

Keep talking and you're on the couch
tonight.

Why is Emma's location heading toward
the old church?

Isn't she supposed to be checking out a
wedding venue?

That church has been abandoned for 15
years.

Protecting you.

Turn around.

The way you hold that gun.

Exactly like your mother the first time
she learned to shoot.

Who are you? When you were seven, you
wouldn't go to sleep, so I told you the

nightlight was the moon.

When you were 12, you planned your first
birthday party and burned half the

kitchen wall down. Your mother docked
your allowance for a month. I covered it

on the side.

Dad?

I'm so sorry, Emma.

You're alive. Why didn't you come back?

After the crash, someone pulled me off
that hillside.

A federal informant, your mother,
arranged.

Victoria said she was the one who pulled
you out of the car. She did.

That girl was covered in blood and she
still put herself between me and the

crash. But your recording said not to
trust her.

I made that recording before I ever met
her. She showed up with Cole Group NDAs

and I thought Richard sent her.

I found out later she was trying to help
me. I had it all wrong.

Then why did you let everyone believe
you were dead? Richard got to the

federal informant. He showed me photos
of you and Noah going to school and told

me if I ever surfaced, you'd both be
dead. So you walked away from us for 15

years? I wanted to come back every
single day. Mom believed you were dead

until the day she died. She knew.

The first few years, she helped me stay
hidden.

When she got sick, she cut off contact
herself so Richard wouldn't find out.

You've been watching us this whole time?

Only from a distance.

It wasn't until you married Victoria
that I felt safe enough to get close

again. Why?

Because I knew she would protect you.

Fifteen years ago, you warned me not to
trust her.

The Victoria from fifteen years ago was
afraid of Richard.

The Victoria today is willing to give up
the entire Cole group for you. I watched

her for five years.

The way she looks at you, it's exactly
how your mother used to look at me.

So you sent the anonymous text?

No.

I only ever contacted Noah through your
mother's old email account. Someone

intercepted it and used it to lure you
here.

Luke spotted Emma heading to the old
church. Her phone signal went dark five

minutes ago.

Because I promised to stop making
decisions for her.

Respecting your choices doesn't mean
switching off your judgment.

I know. I traced the anonymous text. It
was sent through Cole Group's internal

satellite network.

Richard. There's something else. Police
just received an anonymous tip saying

you took cyanide from the estate's
medical storage last night. I didn't.

The records can be faked. The security
footage has your face on it.

It's a setup.

Emma isn't the only target.

Fifteen years of Richard's money
laundering accounts, bravery lists, and

payments to hired killers. Why not just
hand it over to the police?

It's double encrypted.

The first key is the embroidery serial
number on your mother's wedding dress,

the second one only I know. Once this
goes public, Richard can never touch you

again.

Come with me.

Victoria will keep us safe.

Dad?

Dad! Stay with me! The water. It's
poisoned.

Emma!

He's still breathing. Help him.

Victoria. Don't talk. The ambulance is
on its way.

This isn't your fault.

Bitter osmonds. Could be cyanide.

How do you know that?

The company lab used it.

Nobody move!

Call an ambulance!

My father's been poisoned!

Victoria Cole, you're under arrest for
the attempted murder of Daniel Reed. Are

you insane? She just got here. An
anonymous tip states Victoria stole

cyanide from the estate's medical
storage. We found a matching vial in her

car. Someone planted it. Your
fingerprints are also the only ones on

the glass.

She picked up the glass to identify the
poison.

Save it for the interrogation room.

You can't...

Emma, look at me.

Keep the ledger safe.

Don't trust the first evidence they put
in front of you. I'm not letting you go

in there alone.

Your father needs you.

Don't sacrifice yourself to save me.

Not this time.

It's not a sacrifice.

You're my wife.

I'm going to clear your name and I'm
going to bring you home myself.

The batch matches exactly what was in
Daniel's glass.

Someone put it there.

The estate pharmacy camera caught you
taking it.

The old church camera has you entering
before Emma arrived.

If I wanted Daniel dead, I wouldn't show
up on every camera in the same outfit.

Or you assume no one would dare
investigate Victoria Cole.

I'm not CEO of Coal Group anymore.

You still have motivation.

That ledger can destroy the coals, and
it proves you were involved in leaking

Daniel's location 15 years ago. I'd
rather Daniel live long enough to accuse

me than let Emma lose her father again.

Very moving.

How's Daniel?

Still unconscious.

Doctors say there's nerve damage, but
he's stable for now.

And you?

They're filing for remand.

No bail.

I'm not asking about the case.

I really want to hold you right now.

Now that's the right answer.

My wife's being framed for murder.
Sleeping wasn't really an option.

I told you not to sacrifice yourself for
me.

You're becoming more like me every day.

Is that a compliment?

Also a warning.

Then you better get out of here fast and
correct me yourself.

What are you doing here?

Submitting additional evidence.

Since when are you Richard's attorney?

I've always had my license.

I just preferred the boardroom over the
courtroom.

Richard is not my client. I represent a
whistleblower from inside Cole Group.

And that whistleblower is you?

I worked with Richard to obtain proof
that he and Victoria buried the old case

together.

That's not what you said on the doc
recording.

I had to play along to earn his trust.

If Daniel dies, legal ownership of the
ledger transfers to Emma. As her spouse,

Victoria could claim it under marital
property rights.

She gave up her shares. She has no
reason to want that ledger.

She needs it to erase her role in what
happened 15 years ago.

So you're saying she killed Daniel just
to get her hands on the ledger?

I'm not the one making the accusation.

The evidence is... The suspect's height,
gait, and facial recognition

are all consistent with Victoria Cole.

The footage resolution is insufficient
for a direct identification.

But the access card belongs to Victoria,
so does the vehicle.

Given the defendant's substantial
overseas assets and flight risk... No!

Don't be scared.

I'm not scared.

I'm angry.

Then Richard should be worried.

Facial recognition matches are 94%. What
about the other six?

Could be makeup, lighting, maybe
compression error.

Aunt Victoria's right shoulder always
sits lower than her left. She's walked

like that since the accident when she
was young.

The footage has that too.

Whoever did this studied her.

Even copied the way she walks.

Don't!

I got shot. I'm not paralyzed.

You tried to shower by yourself last
night and almost hit the floor.

You caught me, didn't you?

And then you just held on and wouldn't
let go?

Survival instinct.

When you two are done flirting, slow the
footage down for me.

Stop. What do you see?

She's using her right hand.

The whole time.

And Victoria is right-handed.

She was.

The impact 15 years ago damaged her
right shoulder and the nerve. She signs,

shoots, and grips a knife, all with her
left.

Especially under pressure, she'd never
use her right hand for something that

precise.

Opening the bottle, swiping the card,
wiping the surface, all right-handed.

She copied Victoria's walk, but she had
no idea how Victoria actually uses her

body.

So that's not her. Someone close to her
in height, with access to the estate,

and who knows the coals inside and out.

My mother. The original footage was
overwritten, but the system saves a

facial verification frame to an offline
server every 12 hours.

Zoom in.

Looks like the edge of a silicone mask.

A hypergroup security had them custom
made for executive kidnapping drills.

Who had access?

Richard, Victoria, and the former
chairman's wife.

Celeste.

Two weeks ago, a set was checked out
under a fire inspection order, signed

for Celeste's personal assistant.

I have proof the person on that footage
is not Victoria.

Emma knows Victoria better than we
expected.

Her figuring out hand dominance was only
a matter of time.

Then make sure she runs out of time
before that evidence reaches the court.

You promised me Luke wouldn't be
touched.

As long as he stays in line.

For Luke, there's nothing I won't do.

The DA agreed to reopen the case.

But until we find Celeste or the mask,
Victoria stays in custody.

At least they can't call the evidence
airtight anymore.

Give me 24 hours.

How much did you sleep last night?

Three hours?

You're lying.

Your right eye always gets redder than
your left when you don't sleep.

You're seriously analyzing me right now?

Thinking about you is all I have to do
here.

When you're out, I'll give you something
worth studying.

Is that a promise or a punishment?

Depends on how you behave.

24 hours. I'm holding you to that
myself.

I'm right here.

I dreamed about the warehouse.

The car.

Taking you away again.

Look at me.

No warehouse.

No Richard.

I'm right where you can touch me.

You didn't sleep again.

Someone woke up in pain three times last
night and refused to call the nurse.

That is the worst line I've ever heard.

And yet you're blushing.

Looks like I'm interrupting something.

You shouldn't be here.

Let me talk to her.

She's a suspect in Daniel's poisoning.
She could be here to finish what she

started. I'm his mother.

That word has never meant safe in this
family.

Noah, ten minutes.

Leave the door open.

Ten minutes, and I'm walking in, whether
you're done or not.

You're starting to sound just like Emma.

Because you Coles never make anything
easy.

Does it still hurt? Do you actually
care?

You're my only son.

Then why did you help dad kidnap Noah?

I didn't know Richard would go that far.

Did you poison Daniel, dressed as
Victoria?

They found the pickup record for the
mask.

Records can be destroyed.

So it was you.

If Daniel lives, everything from 15
years ago comes out. Richard loses the

company, and so do you. I walked away
from the trust a long time ago. You

think sharing a leaky apartment with a
photographer and calling it love is

enough? At least he's never killed
anyone in my name.

Everything I've done has been for you.
Including the money laundering? Those

accounts ran through my foundation.

At first, I was just covering for
Richard. By the time I realized, there

was no way out. You sent the people who
went after Emma? I just wanted her away

from Victoria.

That car almost killed her. The driver
lost control.

What about Noah's press credentials? My
people took them. I never thought

Richard would actually take him. You
keep saying you didn't know.

But somehow it's never you getting hurt.
You turned your back on your own family

for Noah.

You took a bullet for Emma. You let
Victoria walk away with what was yours.

What exactly did any of them give you?

A home I don't have to lie to walk into.

Your father was right.

That photographer ruined you.

No. He's the reason I finally stopped
wanting to be you.

Mom, don't do this.

I will not let you destroy this family.

Somebody help!

Get a doctor!

Luke, can you hear me?

No, no, no, no.

You promised me you'd stay.

You don't get to lie to me again.

Patients in cardiac arrest, prep the
defibrillator. If he dies, I will make

you pay for everything. You have nothing
on me.

No pulse. Keep compressions going.

Luke, please. Charging again. Clear.

One milligram of epinephrine. Keep
going.

Noah.

She pulled his oxygen and injected
something into the IV line.

By the time I got in there, he had no
pulse.

The doctors are going to save him.

I wasn't there when he got shot the
first time.

I was right outside the door this time,
and I still couldn't protect him.

This is not your fault.

If I hadn't let her in... Solis did this
to Luke, not you.

I can't lose him, Emma.

You won't.

Third shock, 300 joules. Keep
compressions going.

We've got a rhythm.

Pulse is back. Get him intubated and
move him to the ICU.

His heart is beating again, but he was
without oxygen for too long. We can't

say when he'll wake up or whether
there's any neurological damage.

Can I see him? One minute.

You always said you wanted me to make
the first move.

Wake up and I'll kiss you first.

Every single day.

You want to live in that leaky
apartment?

Fine. You want to learn photography?

Fine. You can smash every lens I own and
I won't say a word.

But you have to wake up to hear me say
it.

all the press credentials.

All I wanted was to drive Emma away from
Victoria.

Noah! This is enough to prove Celeste's
involvement in money laundering,

framing, and attempted murder. It also
dismantles the key evidence against

Victoria. There are procedures that need
to be followed. You arrested her

overnight on doctored footage, but now
that you have a full confession,

suddenly there are procedures?

I thought you'd lead with how long I
made you wait.

That comes later.

I gave you a hard time in there.

Nothing compared to the night you left
the estate.

This is not the time for that.

Two days in custody.

I deserve some compensation.

Luke almost died, your father's still
unconscious, and there's a problem with

the ledger.

What problem?

The convoy transferring Daniel and the
ledger was intercepted by a fake police

unit. The escorts were sedated and the
encrypted ledger was taken.

Richard. Most likely.

Daniel recovered in time, but he's still
unconscious.

The ledger has a two-layer encryption.

Richard can't crack it. But he can
destroy it.

Daniel spent 15 years risking everything
to keep that evidence.

He wouldn't leave only one copy.

Luke.

You said you'd kiss me first every day.

You were actually eavesdropping while
you were unconscious?

I only caught the important part.

He just came out of critical condition.
No overexertion. This isn't exertion.

He's my medicine.

Shut up.

I need to be at the anniversary board
meeting tomorrow night.

No. Richard is going to use my mother to
destroy the evidence and pin everything

on her. I'm the only one who can prove
how he controlled my marriage, had you

kidnapped and ordered the shooting. He
won't see me coming. Your heart stopped

less than 24 hours ago.

I'm not okay with this. I don't want you
standing in front of them for me

anymore. I'm not standing in front of
you.

I'm standing next to you. Then come with
me.

I'll be there.

But the second a doctor says no, I'm
strapping you back to this bed.

Is it wrong that that sounds kind of
hot? Luke!

The money laundering accounts, Daniel's
poisoning, the attack on Emma, the setup

against Noah, all of it was planned by
me alone.

Was Richard aware of any of this? No.

He spent years trying to stop me.

Luke, you're awake.

She's taking the fall for him.

Richard used you to make her do it. I
have completed the acquisition of Cole

Group's outstanding shares, outstanding
debt, and proxy voting rights.

What about the shares Victoria
transferred into a trust?

A trust can block a transfer. It can't
block a debt restructuring. After

tomorrow night's board meeting, and no
one will ever use me as this family's

dirty laundry interfere with operations.
If he pulls this off, every piece of

evidence inside that company disappears.

And we have until tomorrow night.

After Richard took the ledger, he shut
down the company's internal servers. The

doc recording only proves he dealt with
Sophia. It's not enough to pin the crash

or the money laundering on him.

My testimony proves he manipulated the
marriage and ordered the kidnapping.

But the company lawyers will say I'm
making it up to steal his inheritance.

And Celeste just took the fall for
everything.

Again. Daniel said the real evidence was
hidden in the one thing Emmy's mother

treasured most.

We thought that meant the key in the
wedding dress.

The key opened the safe deposit box.

We got the recording.

But the ledger wasn't in there. So the
dress was never just about the key. The

safest hiding place is somewhere
everyone's already looked, but no one

ever really saw.

The dress.

Dad wasn't just talking about the key.

There's something else inside that
dress.

Can't bring yourself to do it?

That's the last thing she left me.

It might also be the last way she's
protecting you.

When I first wore this, I thought I was
going to marry Luke.

And I used to go out with Son and Me
also.

Should I be jealous?

Didn't you say you've been jealous since
five years ago?

Back then, I had no right to admit it.

You do now.

In the end, it witnessed our wedding.

Also, the day you threatened the pastor
with a candlestick.

Let's leave that part out of the
anniversary book.

Mom hated lilies.

She would never have put one in the most
visible spot on this dress.

There's a second layer of stitching
right here.

A memory card?

From 15 years ago?

Military grade.

Waterproof. Back then, only company labs
and federal agencies could get their

hands on these.

The first one is the embroidery serial
number on the dress.

What about the second one? The product
number on the nightlight in my childhood

bedroom. Dad always called it our moon.

Make sure Daniel's car never reaches
that church.

Stage it as an accident.

Whether they find the body doesn't
matter.

The report has to say Daniel Reed is
dead.

Open it.

The topic of our first conversation.

The restaurant on our first date.

He planned all of it. But not everything
after.

What do you mean?

Falling for Noah.

Walking away from the trust.

Taking a bullet for me.

None of that was in his plan.

The parts that matter most.

Those are all yours.

The annual board meeting starts at 7
tonight.

If we go public with this before Richard
pushes through the privatization vote,

the regulators can freeze the whole
deal.

I'm bringing the original card to the
board meeting myself.

No. Here we go again.

Richard knows there's a backup.

He'll be watching your every move.

Do we run two convoys?

Three decoy cards?

You go in through the main entrance. I
take the staff entrance.

I am not using you as bait, and I can't
hide behind you forever.

I just got out of a cell. I am not
watching you through glass again.

Then trust me to come back.

You said something just like that this
morning, right before you went to that

church alone.

That was on me.

Just that once, when I get back tonight,
you can take all the time you want to

make that list.

That's a promise.

I promise.

Does this tie make me look like I'm
going to a funeral?

Pass out on that stage? And I will make
it your funeral.

I'll come back alive.

You've said that before.

This time you're with me.

Say it if you're scared.

I'm scared you'll throw yourself in
front of a gun again.

Then pull me back.

I will.

That's the reward in advance.

You'll get the rest when it's over.

Suddenly very motivated.

We're 12 minutes out.

I've got 15.

If you go more than a minute without
checking in, I want your location.

You really do sound more like a
suspicious wife every day.

Someone had to carry you out of that
church yesterday.

When tonight is over, let's go on our
honeymoon.

Where do you want to go?

Somewhere with no guns, no board
meetings, and absolutely no Cole family

headlines. As long as you're there.

That was a little cheesy.

Love it?

Yeah, I do.

Victoria, something's wrong up ahead.

Your mother hit it better than I gave
her credit for.

The privatization is already finished.

The files are uploading right now.

If they were actually uploading,
Victoria would never have let you walk

out the door with the original.

Where's the card?

You'll never find it.

Victoria will tell me.

She won't give you anything.

Not for the company.

But for you she will

Emma

isn't here yet.

Her car was blocked at a construction
site.

Every guard has been knocked out

Bring the memory card, the trust
control, and every asset still under

your name.

Let me see her.

Is she hurt?

I'm fine.

Don't come.

Thirty minutes.

You call the cops, and she gets one last
look at the city from forty floors up.

It's a trap.

No. I'll get the police to trace the
location.

Claire, stall the vote. Luke, get the
evidence out. Where are you going?

To bring my wife home.

The shares in the public trust can't be
transferred directly, but you hold

emergency voting rights.

Prepare everything that can be signed.

Once you sign, you give up every
remaining right.

Even if Richard gets arrested, it may be
reversible.

Prepare them.

There's a tracking chip in that ring.
Take it off.

No.

He can take the company.

He doesn't get to take this.

Where's the card?

You're the expert at reading people.

Figure it out yourself.

Victoria will throw everything away for
you.

But when she has nothing left, will you
still love her?

I never fell for the CEO of Coal Group.

You enjoy her mansion, her power, her
protection, and call it love.

The day she lost everything, I waited
for her in the rain.

What a performance.

Of course you don't get it. I see it
perfectly.

Love is just a deal.

Nobody's made the right offer yet.

Is that why Celeste took the fall for
you?

Because you put a price on Luke's life?

Hit a nerve, didn't I?

Hold me up. You can't be on your feet
too long.

Does this count as hugging in front of
the entire board?

If you collapse, I'll kiss you awake.

Right here.

Well, I'm feeling a little dizzy right
now.

Don't even try it.

Five years ago, my father arranged for
me to get close to Emma Reed. She wanted

me to earn her trust and investigate the
ledger Daniel left behind. I deceived

Emma. I hurt Noah because I was a
coward. But Richard didn't just control

my marriage. He had Noah kidnapped and
sent a shooter to stop me from going

public. These documents could be forged!

The original card isn't here.

But every file has already been
uploaded.

Bring two. Take it off.

No. Let her keep it!

It'll be worthless to her soon enough
anyway.

You put your hands on her.

Didn't you say anyone who touches your
wife pays for it?

I did.

Sign. Don't!

Don't!

Now let me choose you with mine.

Emma, look at me. Do you remember?

In the bedroom at the estate, when you
asked me if I'd kiss you if there was no

contract between us? This is not the
time. You spent your whole life building

this- So did I. You're it.

Victoria, stop!

I've already lost you once.

Never again.

Everyone stop!

The regulators have received the
original evidence of Richard's money

laundering and market manipulation.

Why are you helping us? Richard planned
to wipe out the Grant family after the

deal closed.

I'm not going down with the sinking
ship. The card isn't here. Why is the

upload still running? Before she was
taken, Emma hit an auto-upload trigger

in the wedding planning cloud. If she
didn't cancel it within 15 minutes, the

files would be sent automatically.

She had a backup plan the whole time.

Just like Aunt. Just like herself.

Your father spent 40 years building the
Cole Empire.

You handed it to me in minutes, just for
a woman. You'll never understand.

Understand what?

Earning someone's trust is harder than
owning any building.

Trust doesn't win you a board vote.

I have her.

Not for long.

That's impossible!

You got the empire you wanted. Too bad
it's a crime scene now.

Where's the card?

I don't know. She gave it to you!

You played me?

The original card was hidden inside the
replica wedding dress on display at the

gala. Your own people walked it straight
into the room!

It's over, Richard.

Not yet!

Let her go! One more step and I pull the
trigger!

You have the documents.

Emma means nothing to you now.

She means everything to you. That's
enough for me.

Your shoulder can't hold.

Then grab me with your other hand.

How touching.

But why would a woman who lost
everything fight this hard?

Because she's not an asset.

She's my wife.

Victoria, look at me.

Do you remember the first time you asked
me to marry you?

I do.

You didn't seem like it was on impulse.

Because I'd been waiting five years to
ask.

Then you better not let me fall before I
get the full story.

I won't let go. She'll take you down
with her. That's not your call.

Let go.

Emma, on three, grab the cable on the
wall. What are you doing?

Trust me.

Always have.

My aunt and my ex-fiancé are both on
that roof. Hard to just sit there.

Aunt Emma.

She's corrected you on that many times.

You're correcting me right now?

Because every time you get it wrong, she
makes you haul her wedding centerpieces.

You can hold tighter, you know.

I don't want you tearing your stitches.

I didn't say it was for any other
reason.

The roof structure is unstable, and
Richard has a hostage. Nobody moves

without my order.

You should probably say that directly to
Victoria.

She never listens.

One.

Two.

Nobody moves!

Let her go.

Everyone keeps saying that to me.

Get the cops out, or I kill her first,
then you.

Are you hurt?

You're worried about that right now?

Answer me.

Scraped wrist, nothing broken.

Have you two forgotten I'm the one with
the gun?

Richard, those transfer documents are
useless. The company's frozen and

everything on that drive has already
been uploaded.

Without the original drive, any lawyer
can challenge where the evidence came

from. The original drive is inside the
wedding gown on the boardroom display.

Hundreds of reporters watched it the
whole time.

The safest place is somewhere everyone
sees but nobody actually looks.

You lost.

I haven't lost.

Victoria dies, the Cole name is still
mine.

You never owned Cole's name.

I built it!

You just mistook everyone's fear for
loyalty.

Father, you actually showed up?

Mom gave up the money laundering
accounts.

Daniel is alive.

The evidence, your manipulation of my
engagement, Noah's kidnapping, the

shooter you hired, the whole world has
seen it. Celeste will take the fall.

She didn't cover for you out of love.

You threatened my life to make her do
it.

That's not loyalty.

That's fear you threw away your name and
your inheritance for him No He's the

reason I finally felt worthy of my own
name Disgusting the one thing you can't

stand is love you can't control

That company is mine!

Richard Cole, you're under arrest for
murder, kidnapping, money laundering,

corporate fraud, obstruction of justice,
and multiple counts of attempted murder.

You think she'll love you forever? The
moment this is over, she'll remember the

life she actually deserved.

When this is all over, I still choose
her.

Though you almost ripped your shoulder
off back there. You almost fell 40

floors. So we're even? Not even close.

You owe me a lifetime.

Deal.

Miss Clare, we need your signature on
the chain of custody.

Dad? Emma.

Richard's been arrested.

The ledger and the drive are both with
the FBI.

It's not enough.

What do you mean?

Richard isn't the only one holding
silent shares in Coal Group.

There's a hidden account in that ledger.
For 15 years, it's been buying coal

shares through the Grant Family Fund.
The Grants? The real beneficiary has

been right beside Richard the whole
time.

Five years ago, when Sophia got engaged
to Victoria, she used the grant fund to

quietly acquire 3% of Coal Group under a
shadow account.

When the engagement fell apart, her
father sold those shares publicly.

That was the surface account.

The real shares were moved into the
Orpheus Trust, registered in the Cayman

Islands. Over the past few months,
Orpheus kept buying while the stock was

down. Add in the debt claims from
Richard's failed takeover that went into

receivership, and Orpheus may already be
the single largest shareholder. So

Sophia was helping Richard go after
Victoria while waiting for both of them

to destroy each other.

Richard thought he was using her.

She was using him right back.

Engagement, the fake pregnancy, the
murder evidence, none of it was just

personal. She wanted you locked up so
she could take the company out from

under Richard. The ledger only shows the
trust structure. There's nothing linking

her directly to Orville's.

Then make her say it herself.

The doctor said no strain for at least
six weeks.

The doctor also said you should have
stayed overnight for observation.

It was just a scrape on my wrist.

You fell from the 40th floor. I didn't
hit the ground.

Because I caught you.

You didn't sleep at all last night, did
you?

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw your
hand slipping out of mine.

I'm right here.

You held on.

Almost didn't.

But you did.

Next time you wake up from a nightmare,
you can check the same way.

Just the palm?

Your shoulder isn't healed.

Don't push it.

My lips don't need my shoulder.

Enough to make me the next chair?

If Victoria returns, the employee
representatives and the Victim Trust may

join forces to block you.

Then take away her reason to come back.

I have one final offer for you. There's
nothing to offer. We have no deal. I can

drop every civil suit against Victoria
and hand over the offshore compensation

accounts Richard has been hiding. The
price? Go away from her.

For good.

Where? Tonight.

The private jewelry salon where Victoria
and I first tried on rings together.

Audio is clean.

Video feeds through the necklace
pendant.

The live stream goes directly to the DA
and the board oversight committee. I'm

not okay with you going in alone.

Sophia only tells the truth when she
thinks she's already won and helped

Richard kidnap Noah.

Which is why I won't actually be alone.
Claire's team is downstairs, and you'll

be right next door. One wall away is
still too far.

Now you know how I felt every time I
watched you run a play alone.

I know.

I'm sorry.

That was fast.

I'll keep apologizing as long as you
call this off.

No.

Then at least promise me, the second
Sophia touches you, walk out.

Is that about safety?

Or are you jealous?

Both.

Funny. I've heard that before.

I'll just let her think she's getting to
me.

I don't like anyone thinking they have a
chance with you.

Then tonight you'll just have to listen
to me say I love Victoria a few extra

times through the earpiece.

You actually showed up? Tell me what
you're giving Victoria first.

I'll drop the breach of contract suits
from the engagement, and further the

dispute over the ledger, and transfer
5%. You're admitting Orpheus is yours?

There are no recording devices in here.
You don't have to be so careful.

Victoria lost the company because she
chose you.

Once you're gone, she'll find her way
back to where she belongs.

By your side? At least with someone who
understands power the way I do.

Do you actually love her?

Love and winning aren't mutually
exclusive.

You almost had her put away for murder.
Once Richard was convicted, I'd have

used new evidence to clear her name.

She loses a marriage, gains an empire.

She will lose a marriage, but gain the
entire group.

Keep waiting.

We still need her to directly admit to
planting evidence.

She made Emma take off the ring.

That's part of the plan.

I know.

Then why are you standing up?

Because Sophia touched her hand.

Emma said you can't go in early.

She also said the moment Sophia touches
her, it's over.

Sophia touched the ring.

That's my ring.

Two more minutes.

Sign this exit agreement.

Fifty million dollars, and you never
contact Victoria again.

And if I don't, I'll use my position as
majority shareholder to keep the

charitable trust frozen indefinitely.
The Victim's Compensation Fund Victoria

built is gone.

So the fake pregnancy report, the church
surveillance footage, the murder charges

of it was just business strategy?

Richard created the chaos. I just
positioned myself to benefit from it.

And you were the one who gave Celeste
the disguise for the surveillance

footage? I had my lawyers erase the
custom order records from Cole's

security department.

The cyanide came from Grant Forma's lab.

You knew Daniel could have died. He
should have died 15 years ago.

What about Noah's kidnapping?

That wasn't my idea. But I told Richard.

Luke would break for Noah every single
time. You treat everyone's love like a

weakness you can use.

Isn't it? Victoria signed away an entire
empire for you. That wasn't weakness.

That's something you will never have.

Sign this exit agreement, 50 million
dollars, and you never contact Victoria

again. You're wearing a live mic, and
the victim's representatives heard all

of it.

They can't prove anything!

Richard also thought that.

You think you've won?

As long as I'm the majority shareholder,
Cole, you can't get rid of me.

Richard thought the same thing.

Shut up!

Get your hands off my wife.

One more step.

And I slit her throat.

I can do that.

Get the DA to kill the broadcast and
restore Orpheus Trust's voting rights.

I can do that.

Victoria, stop trading things away from
me!

This isn't a trade. It's time.

Sophia Grant, you're under arrest for
corporate fraud, obstruction of justice,

evidence tampering, conspiracy to commit
murder, and kidnapping.

You can't touch me! I'm the largest
shareholder of Coal Group!

The moment your confession synced to the
regulatory system, Orpheus Trust was

frozen.

You'll regret choosing her.

She destroyed everything you had.

It's the opposite.

She's the one who showed me what's
actually worth having.

Richard Cole is charged with
orchestrating the Daniel Reed accident,

attempted murder, money laundering,
kidnapping, bribery, securities

manipulation, and obstruction of
justice.

Celeste Cole is charged with money
laundering, assault of Emma, theft of

documents, falsification of surveillance
footage, poisoning Daniel, and attempted

murder of Luke.

I was only trying to protect you.

Protecting me doesn't mean deciding who
I love or hurting the people I love.

One day you'll understand.

Family is the only thing that never
leaves.

No.

Real family doesn't stay out of fear.

I owe you both 15 years of explanations.

Explanations don't give us those 15
years back.

I know.

And we can't pretend none of it
happened.

But you're alive.

We still have time to start over.

Start small.

Like what?

Like remembering I take my coffee black
and Emma is allergic to lilies. I'm not

allergic. I just don't like them. You
sneeze every single time.

That's a psychological responses.

You two argue exactly like you did as
kids.

Not exactly.

Back then I was always the one cleaning
up his mess afterwards.

Now you have Victoria to clean up yours.

I heard that.

He's complimenting you.

I'm responsible for you, not the entire
Reed family.

Good.

She's always needed someone who puts her
first.

The company needs stable leadership.

We're unanimously asking Victoria to
return as CEO.

I'll come back, but there are
conditions.

First, Cole Group permanently eliminates
automatic board seats for family

members. Second, an independent ethics
and audit committee is established with

no family member holding a controlling
majority.

All assets recovered from illegal
operations plus 10% of the compensates

equitums, including the Daniel case, the
illegal demolitions, the cherry

laundering, and everyone else affected.

That would cost the current shareholders
enormously.

They profited from the silence.

They can pay for the truth.

And if we refuse?

Then I won't come back.

And the regulators will move to break up
the company.

Ivany.

Ms. Cole, please focus on the meeting.

I am focused.

She's just managing a more important
long-term priority at the same time.

Once you sign this, you permanently
forfeit your seat in the Cole family.

I'll keep the name, not the throne.

You didn't have to give everything up
for me.

I'm not giving it up for you.

I'm choosing a different life.

For us.

The studio probably won't turn a profit
the first year.

I'll handle clients.

You'd pitch on profit work like it's a
luxury package.

Fine, I'll handle cleaning.

You don't know how to use a mop.

I can learn.

And if I do, is there a reward?

Depends on how well you do.

I'll come back in five minutes.

Aunt Emma, you could knock.

By seniority, you should be protecting
my eyes.

Reed Weddings will donate 5% of our
annual profits to the studio to support

young people forced out of their homes
because of their identity or family

pressure. You just paid off the studio's
debt.

So we start at 5% and grow from there.

Does Victoria know?

It's my company. I don't need her
approval.

Why don't you ever knock?

I heard someone discussing my approval
authority.

Welcome to the club. Around here, Emma
calls the shots.

I've adjusted better than you have.

Emma. Yeah?

When I hid my relationship with Luke, it
wasn't just because I was afraid you'd

be angry. I was afraid you'd think I was
taking something from you again.

Luke was never mine to begin with.

And you don't have to sacrifice your
happiness to prove you love me.

Are we really okay?

Depends on whether you let me plan the
wedding.

We're not ready for a wedding.

I am.

What did you just say?

I said we'll talk about it later.

They agreed.

Congratulations, Madam Reform Chair.

It's a temporary role, subject to
independent review in three years.

That doesn't sound like terms the old me
would have accepted.

I used to think control was the only way
to be safe. Then someone taught me that

trusting people is an option, too.

She sounds very smart.

Also very stubborn.

Pretty?

The most beautiful bride I've ever seen.

What's wrong?

There's one last thing I have to do.

What is this?

Richard is in custody.

Sophia lost her shares.

Daniel is back.

Every threat that made this marriage
necessary is gone.

So you want a divorce now?

I want to give you a real choice.

Wasn't I clear enough at the press
conference?

You were still in the middle of a crisis
then.

After that, I was arrested.

You were taken.

We never once had the chance to decide
any of this with a clear head. The first

time, you married me because you had no
other way out. Every time you stayed

after that, it was evidence or
protection.

And love.

Because I love you, I can't let you
spend the rest of your life wondering if

you'd had another choice from the
beginning, whether you still would have

chosen me.

The danger is over now. You're free.

Did you sign it?

It's done.

The lawyers will file tomorrow.

Per your terms, you get half the estate.
The studio debt has been cleared through

the holding company. Do you run every
breakup like a board meeting? I just

don't want you walking away with
nothing.

I already did.

I lost a wife who always decided my
answers before I could finish the

question. Emma.

So I'm getting a new one.

The first time I married you, it was
because I had nowhere else to go.

I was wearing a dress meant for someone
else's wedding, and I grabbed the

lifeline you threw me while the whole
world laughed.

You don't have to make that day sound
noble. I had my own reasons for asking.

I know.

Five years of secret feelings, and you
swooped in the second your nephew

bolted. That's a deeply unflattering
summary. This time is different.

No inheritance, no Richard, no ledger,
no contract holding us together.

I want to make the choice again.

For real this time.

You already signed the divorce papers.

You're the one who said I needed a free
choice.

And your choice is to leave me first?

My choice is to end the marriage that
started out of desperation.

And then come after you properly.

And if I say no, you won't?

That confident?

You kept that ugly coffee mug I gave you
five years ago, and you hid my photo in

the back of your desk drawer.

Claire told you that?

She also told me you cried for 12
minutes after watching the press

conference. Not five.

I need to reconsider her position.

Consider me first.

Victoria Cole, will you give your
ex-wife a chance to win you over? The

papers haven't been filed.

Legally, you're still my wife.

Then call it courtship within a
marriage.

That sounds highly inappropriate.

You weren't this principal the first
time you proposed.

I'll give you one night to prove it. One
night is all I need.

Get changed. Come with me.

You light the fire and just walk away?

I don't like being in a moving vehicle I
can't see out of You have to trust the

driver The driver got kidnapped on a
mountain road last month.

That was an accident.

Your definition of accident is very
generous.

Scared?

Then what?

That when I opened my eyes, none of this
is real. That I wanted you so badly, I

dreamed it all up.

Then don't wake up yet. No flirting
while you're driving.

You started it.

When did you do all this?

Before you even handed me the divorce
papers.

You actually knew I was going to do
that? You always think loving someone

means giving her the freedom to leave at
any moment. Isn't that right?

It is.

But you should also give her the chance
to choose to stay.

These are the embroidery patterns from
your mother's wedding gown. And the moon

my father used to talk about.

This place used to hold the most painful
secrets my family had.

I wanted to remember something good.

Last time I stood here, I was still
wearing the dress I'd picked out for

Luke.

I desperately wanted someone to burn
that dress, but you kept it anyway.

Victoria Cole, you once asked me if I'd
marry you.

I said yes because I was terrified of
being left behind by everyone.

Then I refused to sign the divorce
papers because I was terrified of losing

you. But today has nothing to do with
fear.

I'm on my knees right now because I know
exactly what I want.

I want you cleaning up my messes with
that stone-cold face of yours, and I

want you to learn to come to me when
you're scared. I want you checking on my

breakfast and remembering that I can't
look you in the eye when I lie, and I

want you to accept that I'll mess up,
act on impulse, and pick fights with

you. That sounds less like a proposal
and more like a risk disclosure

statement. Occupational hazard.

I want a marriage that doesn't need a
contract to survive and a home where

neither of us ever uses love as a
bargaining kin.

Victoria, will you marry me again?

The first time I was the one who took
the bride. This time, the bride came

back on her own. If I say yes, you don't
go to this church alone, you don't hide

kidnapping messages from me, and you
don't fall off any more rooftops. I'll

do my best on that last one.

Emma.

Okay. I promise.

When did you all get here? Before you
said it was going to be just the two of

you? Security policy doesn't allow
unsupervised use of a historical

building. And I wanted to make sure the
bride didn't get swapped out again last

minute. You better shut your mouth.

I genuinely only planned this for two
people.

It's not home without them.

A year ago, our ceremony was interrupted
by the bride, the ex-groom, the press,

and a flying candlestick. You can skip
the candlestick part. So then, may I

proceed?

This time, yes.

Please continue.

In one year, Reed Weddings became the
most booked luxury wedding brand in

North America.

Yet you're putting nearly a third of
your profits into a non-profit.

Aren't you worried about slowing your
growth?

Weddings shouldn't only belong to people
who can afford an enormous bill. And

they should never be used as a tool for
families to control their kids.

I've heard you now turn down any client
who asks a couple to hide their identity

or sexuality.

I turn down shame, not family.

Ms. Cole, do you still interfere with
Emma's work?

I don't interfere.

She rewrote my vendor risk assessment
six times last night.

That's called assistance.

That word is why we separated, which is
why they now check in with you first.

Sounds like the Cole group restructuring
didn't change much between the two of

you. It did.

Before, she'd make the decision first
and tell me after.

Kisses me first.

Now she at least kisses me first before
she tries to convince me. Over the past

year, the group completed 27 internal
vouchers, contributed $1.2 billion to

the victim compensation fund, and
permanently eliminated all hereditary

board seats.

Employee equity ownership has also been
raised to 15%. Not a gift, what they're

owed.

Should I push back this afternoon's
acquisition meeting? Cancel it. Reason?

My wife is having her wedding today.

Technically, you legally remarried at
the old church a year ago. She said the

proposal was too rushed. No proper
reception.

So the most sought-after wedding planner
in North America planned herself a do

-over? She's been planning for 12
months.

Have you seen it? No.

She says the bride doesn't get approval
rights.

And you've managed to hold back?

No.

Which is why I'm heading to the venue
right now.

Fifteen years ago, I thought I'd never
get the chance to walk you down the

aisle. You missed the first one.

And at the second, you were still in a
wheelchair.

So today, we make up for it.

Your mother would have been so happy to
see this. She's been watching the whole

time. Have you ever blamed me?

Yes.

And sometimes I still do.

Thank you for not lying just to make me
feel better.

Victoria taught me that.

Love isn't pretending the hurt never
happened.

She does know how to love you better
than I do.

You still have time to learn how to be a
father.

That's the most important thing I have
left to do.

We're not the ones getting married
today. Why are you more nervous than I

am? Because Emma put me in charge of all
the photography.

One missing shot and she'll have me
shooting ten weddings for free.

You could let your assistant handle it.

Why?

So you can actually focus on me.

You're in front of me every single day,
but I look especially good today.

Your self-confidence has always been
remarkably consistent What

are you hiding painkillers show me
privacy

What's wrong All better

fake it one more time and I'm ignoring
you for the rest of the day Then I'll

just have to find another way to get
your attention

You stood in front of 200 shareholders
at the board meeting and didn't break a

sweat.

Shareholders don't get to decide whether
to choose me again.

Emma has chosen you more than once
already.

I know.

Then what are you afraid of?

Precious.

The more precious something is, the more
terrifying it is to lose it.

Fifteen years ago, you pulled me out of
that car.

And a year ago...

You kept saving my daughter over and
over again.

She saved me too.

So this time, no one is giving her away.

She's walking to you herself.

He's right.

Are you both ready to say your vows?

She's been ready for a year. She's the
one who's been preparing for a year. I

had no approval rights whatsoever.

You tried to sneak a look at the seating
chart today. Security review.

It seems like before the vows, we need
to settle some jurisdiction issues.

When I proposed the first time, I told
myself I was giving you a way out. It

took me a long time to understand that
you were the one giving me the courage

to leave everything the Cole family
stood for behind.

You showed me that protection isn't
control and letting go isn't the same as

giving up.

I promise to respect your choices.

And I promise that when I'm afraid of
losing you, I will never again make

decisions for you in silence.

The first time I married you, all I
wanted was to escape the humiliation.

By the second proposal, I finally
understood that love isn't about being

rescued.

It's about two people choosing to stay.

I promise to stop mistaking carrying
everything alone for strength.

and to stop shutting down my own heart
just because I'm afraid of getting hurt.

I also promise that whether you're the
CEO of Kohl Group or the wife walking

out in the rain with a cardboard box, I
will choose you. That last part can be

removed. Absolutely not. That's my
favorite part.

And now I can finally, officially
pronounce... Wait!

Anyone who's single, ready?

There aren't many of us left at this
point.

Being legally married doesn't mean you
can't be proposed to again.

What did you just say?

You said that was painkillers.

You are my painkiller.

That's even worse.

But you're crying again.

The first time we got married, we had no
family, no wedding, and we were too

afraid to let anyone know. This time, I
want to ask you in front of everyone.

Noah Reed, will you marry me again?

Shouldn't you have asked your two aunts
for permission before getting down on

one knee?

Aunt Emma, I'm already on the ground.

Proper protocol still matters.

Aunt Victoria, whose side are you on? My
wife's side.

Always.

Your chest still hasn't fully healed.
Don't stay down there too long.

So what's your answer?

We're already married, you idiot.

I want to hear you say it.

I do.

Your mother would have said the whole
ceremony fell apart.

I'm the planner. I'm officially calling
it a surprise segment.

You just don't want to dock your own
final payment.

That's mine, you know.

Legally speaking, everything we own is
shared property.

You just gave up your inheritance.

All you have left to share is bad logic.

And me.

That one's yours for life.

Then you better remember, for the second
wedding...

No being late and no running away.

I wasn't the one who ran the first time.
But you were the one who couldn't own it

in public.

So this time, I'll be standing in front
of everyone, waiting for you.

That shot goes on the front of their
wedding invasion.

Emma, you have not been hired yet. You
caught my bouquet.

That's an automatic contract.

Do we get a family discount?

No.

You still owe me for all the emotional
damage from before.

Is the great Chairman Cole hiding out at
her own wedding?

I'm just making sure all of this is
actually real.

Need a hand with that?

How would you confirm it?

Like this.

That wasn't exactly a scientific
confirmation.

Well, what do you suggest?

It requires repeated testing.

It doesn't hurt anymore. The doctor said
the scar would never fully go away.

But it no longer reminds me of what I
did wrong 15 years ago.

Now, it only reminds me that I caught
your father.

And I caught you.

Technically, Dad was still taken away
back then.

That's why I'm holding on tighter this
time.

Victoria, you don't have to hold on to
me to prove anything anymore.

Why is that?

Because I'm not going anywhere.

Mrs. Cole, may I have the stance?

I'm using Reed Cole now.

The marriage application clearly says
Cole.

The foundation, the studio, and the
media are all using the hyphenated name.

You should respect the brand
consistency.

I see.

I married a brand director.

Got a problem with that?

I'm perfectly satisfied, Mrs. Reed Cole.

Did you secretly change our honeymoon
itinerary again?

I just added a few backup routes and
security protocols.

We agreed on somewhere with no guns, no
board meetings, and no Cole family

drama. A private island fits all those
requirements.

Is there Wi-Fi?

No. Then how will my clients reach me?
They won't. So that was your real plan

all along.

I want my wife all to myself for seven
days.

Is that too much to ask?

I still love being in control of
everything.

I'm working on it.

Like how?

After the eighth day.

I'll let you decide when we come back.

I'll be on my best behavior.

When Emma was little, she wanted every
birthday party to be perfect.

If one single flower was out of place,
she wouldn't sleep all night.

She's still like that.

But today, she doesn't seem to care at
all that the schedule went out the

window. Because she finally realized a
perfect wedding isn't about where the

flowers are. What is it about, then?

It's about whether the person standing
beside you actually chose you.

Your mother would be so proud of you
both.

You can watch it all yourself from now
on.

No more hiding in the shadows.

If you'll have me.

The studio is hosting a family photo
exhibit next week.

Is that an invitation?

It's a notice.

If you're late, Emma will be furious.

I'll be there on time, I promise.

I'm still on security duty.

Richard is in jail, Sophia is awaiting
trial, and we have three security teams

on site.

You can take ten minutes off.

That's an order from the chairwoman.

Wasn't the first rule of the reform to
abolish absolute orders from family

members?

Fine.

Consider it a request from the bride.

Well, that's even harder to turn down.

I'm just practicing being a dependent
husband early.

We've been married for over a year.

Then consider it a review session.

Luke, hands off my brother.

Auntie, get out of my other aunt's arms
first, then we'll talk.

She is my wife.

And Noah is my husband.

The logic holds up.

Whose side are you on?

Yours.

That's cheating There's no rule against
that at a wedding

The

most

popular wedding planner in North America
and she still managed to mess up her own

wedding

A rigged bouquet toss, a proposal during
the vows, a photographer kissing on the

clock, and a chairwoman trying to audit
the seating chart.

Sounds like a total disaster on paper.

But I loved every second of it.

You don't have to do that.

I want to.

If the board saw this, they'd question
your authority.

There's nothing in the corporate
byrelots against the chairwoman rubbing

her wife's feet.

I'm sure Claire will add it in tomorrow.

Emma. That was the boldest and the most
worthwhile decision I ever made. The day

he walked away from you, I asked you to
marry me.

And my best decision was choosing you
the second time around.

Only the second time. And at the press
conference.

In the rain.

At the old church. On that rooftop.

And today, every day from now on, I'm
going to choose you again.

And I'll do the same.