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Today is our third anniversary.

Kara told me to wear this mermaid costume and wait for her in Central

Park.

She said she had a surprise for me.

A proposal that would make all of New York talk.

She said it would prove I'd do anything for her.

Oh my god!

Kara, I can't believe she actually fell for it!

She really showed up wearing that ridiculous thing.

I told you Chloe was easy to manipulate.

She'd do anything to make that stupid proposal dream come true.

Kara?

What's going on?

Lexi, will you marry me?

Kara.

That ring.

You used the money from our joint account?

The money we saved for three years to buy our apartment in Brooklyn?

Chloe, you could dance your whole life away and you still wouldn't afford a

square foot in Manhattan.

Buying that ring is the only thing you're good for in Lexi's eyes.

Welcome to my life!

Everyone take a look at this loser who thinks she belongs in our world.

You're just a nobody dancer, yet you always acted like you were better than

everyone else.

Today, millions of people are going to see the real you.

How many times do I have to say it? I like women.

No more Wall Street men. I pretended to be broke today and they ran for the

hills.

Fine.

I'll marry a woman just to make all of you stop.

Will you marry me right now?

We can make it a marriage contract.

I don't care if you're broke.

Oh my god!

She actually married some grease-covered nobody?

Two broke losers together?

What a perfect match!

This is yours now. It seals our contract.

There's no turning back.

I'm Elena.

I'm willing to do this.

I accept.

Boss, that's the multi-million dollar sterling crystal necklace.

The symbol of our empire's authority.

You actually gave it to some girl? You just met at the plaza as a token of your

commitment?

She worked three jobs to support her ex and even gave up her dream of dancing.

No schemes, no hidden agenda.

She's just a good person.

She deserves it. That necklace means more than just a contract.

It's her protection.

Get the car ready.

I'm going to see Chloe and her mother myself.

Kara, you seriously hit the jackpot. You ditched that broke dancer and upgraded

to Lexi Vance. Once her family trust fund comes through, you'll be

unstoppable on Wall Street.

Wait. Chloe actually proposed to that grease-covered mechanic in public

yesterday?

She didn't really end up with someone like that, did she?

No way.

She's obsessed with me.

She worked three jobs just to pay my Ivy League tuition.

She even threw away her Broadway dreams for me.

Just wait.

She'll be back on her knees begging for me.

Maybe I'll keep her around as my little secret.

Kara, you're so full of yourself. I can't even stand hearing your voice

anymore.

Mom, calm down.

Wait, what?

Your employer on the Upper East Side accused you of destroying a $100,000

painting. And the police actually handcuffed you?

Is that some cheap

knockoff from your mechanic girlfriend?

You really think wearing fake jewelry is going to change who you are?

You'll never be one of us.

Know your place.

Babe, that fake jewelry doesn't matter anymore.

Her housekeeper mom just ruined Mr. Smith's priceless painting and got

herself arrested.

Mr. Smith?

Oh, he's actually one of my dad's golf buddies.

If Kara asks him for a favor, he might just drop the charges.

Kara, please.

My mom took care of you when you were sick.

Please, just help me this once.

She could be facing felony charges.

That's how Manhattan works.

If you can't afford to keep up, you pay the price.

Why don't you get a hotel room and spend the night with Mr. Smith?

Maybe he'll drop the charges against your mom, if you make it worth his

while.

Look at you.

That cheap knockoff is the only thing you have left.

No money, no connections, no one on your side. You're at our mercy.

What makes you think you can fight us?

You'll all go to hell.

Mr. Smith, please wait. I'm Mary's daughter.

You reported my mom to the police today because of that antique painting.

My mom has worked for wealthy families as a housekeeper for over 10 years.

She's always been careful and reliable. She would never do something like this.

Please, I'm begging you, drop the charges.

Save your breath, sweetheart.

The camera's caught everything.

Your mother is facing felony charges, and there's no way out.

I'll sign anything you want. Just drop the charges.

I'll do whatever it takes to pay back the $100,000.

There's another way to make that $100,000 debt go away.

Get a hotel suite, make me happy tonight, and I'll have my lawyer drop

the charges tomorrow morning.

Don't touch me! You make me sick!

Don't be so naive, Chloe.

This is New York.

Someone like you doesn't get to say no.

Be a good girl, go to a hotel and spread your legs.

Your mom won't end up on Rikers Island.

Kara, you're really going to stand there and watch them ruin my mom?

She took you in and treated you like her own daughter!

You'll all pay for this.

Chloe?

Miss Lexi, please give my regards to your father.

I'll see him on the golf course.

Babe, I saw you hesitate back there.

Don't tell me you're feeling sorry for your broke ex.

No, Lexi, I can explain. I was just... Listen, honey, if you still have

feelings for that trash, we're done.

I'll call my dad and have him cut off your funding.

You can go crawling back to the slums. It was just a reflex, Lexi. I swear, she

means nothing to me.

You're the only one I want.

So. What's it gonna be, Chloe?

Go to that hotel and do what Smith wants?

Or watch your mom rot in jail?

Get out of the car. Go put your ex in her place.

Chloe! Stop making a scene!

Can't you just give in to Mr. Smith?

You ungrateful piece of trash.

When you couldn't afford to keep the heat on, my mom treated you like family.

She even saved her Thanksgiving meal for you. And now that she's facing felony

charges, you won't even speak up for her.

Chloe, this is Wall Street, not a charity. Only the strong survive here.

Your mom made a mistake, and that's on her.

Why should I throw away my future to save her?

Chloe, don't lie to yourself.

You're still in love with me.

All this attitude is just your way of getting my attention.

Just spend one night with Smith for our future.

Once I get Lexi's family's investment and make it on Wall Street, I'll leave

that idiot and come back to you.

I'll give you everything you want.

Get off me!

You make me sick! Don't touch me!

She's asking for it.

out of your mind?

You actually found some low-life mechanic to protect you from Smith?

You really think this grease-stained mechanic can take on Lexa? In the Upper

East Side, Lexa's family could crush you two like bugs!

Say one more word, and I'll make sure you end up at the bottom of the Hudson

River.

Just you wait, Chloe.

If you don't go to that hotel, I didn't give Smith what he wants.

Your mom will rot in Rikers Island.

I'm so sorry, Elena.

I got so caught up in everything with my mom, I forgot we were supposed to go see

her tonight.

What happened? Tell me.

My mom was framed by her employer, Mr. Smith. He accused her of damaging a 100

,000 painting while cleaning, but she would never do that.

The NYPD has already arrested her.

He has money and power. Now she's facing felony charges.

In New York, nobody touches my people.

Call Manhattan's best criminal defense team. Get them to the fifth brink sink

now. I want Chloe's mother out on bail within five minutes.

Don't worry.

Mary will be just fine.

Alina, you don't understand.

Smith and Lexi's families have deep connections on the Upper East Side.

They can hire the best lawyers in New York.

People like us, with no power or backing, don't stand a chance.

Lexi's family is just a newcomer with money.

Compared to the Sterling Group, the most powerful financial empire on Wall

Street, they're nothing.

The Sterling Group runs Wall Street.

Lexi's family doesn't even come close.

But someone like me, a nobody from Brooklyn, they could ruin me so easily.

In this city, people like them think they can treat people like us however

they want.

If those lawyers hadn't shown up today, my life would have been ruined.

What about Kara?

You supported that leech for three years, and she didn't even show up when

you needed her most!

Mom, don't bring her up again.

I finally realized what Kara is really like.

What we had was just toxic.

Mom, this is Alina.

We made it official at the Fountain Plaza in Central Park.

We're together now.

You're Alina?

How old are you?

What do you do in Manhattan?

What's your family like?

Listen, my daughter just got rid of one selfish leech.

I won't let another Manhattan scammer take advantage of her.

Elena, you work as a mechanic at an auto shop in Brooklyn?

Listen, New York rent and bills can break anyone.

My daughter just got away from a selfish parasite.

All he did was take from her.

I won't let her suffer with another deadbeat.

You can't even take care of yourself.

What kind of future can you give her?

Mom, Elena saved us tonight.

I understand your concerns.

I may not have much right now, but I promise you I can take care of Chloe.

I'll never let her be hurt again.

I hope you keep your word.

Chloe, see her downstairs.

Elena, thank you for everything tonight.

If it weren't for you, since we made that promise at the Fountain Plaza,

you're basically my wife now.

Why not move into my apartment?

We can split the bills.

Once my mom's case is resolved, I'll move in.

We'll build a life together in New York.

If you're ever in trouble, Call me.

Chloe!

Have you lost your mind?

You're really with some low-life mechanic now?

You're only doing this to get back at me, aren't you?

I'm warning you.

End this relationship now.

Or you'll regret it.

I have a thousand ways to make sure you don't last in Manhattan.

Tara, you're a hopeless idiot.

Get out of my life.

Boss, you actually caught feelings over this whole marriage deal?

So when are you going to tell Chloe you're the one running Sterling Group?

I've had too many people come after me for the money.

I want Chloe to get to know me first.

Then I'll tell her everything when the time is right.

I don't want my status getting in the way of knowing how she really feels.

That broke little bitch!

I failed to ruin her, and Kara's still obsessed with her!

And she even humiliated me outside that cafe!

Keep eyes on Chloe, grab her, and take her to the soundproof warehouse in the

meatpacking district.

I'm handing her over to that pig Smith.

Set up the camera.

I want the whole BDST set up on video, make it as humiliating as possible, and

put it online.

I want her completely ruined.

Chloe? Don't touch me! Elena, help me!

Trace the call. I want an exact location in three minutes. Now.

Drink it, bitch.

Once it kicks in, I want you begging for it on camera, like a dog in heat.

Boss, she speed dialed this number right before we shoved her in the van.

Listen up, loser.

That stuff's about to kick in. Your lover is going to kneel and begging for

it on camera.

She's going to be the biggest BDM star on the internet.

What are you going to do about it, you useless mechanic?

I'm Alina Sterling, and I run Sterling Group.

Touch her, and I'll make sure your families are wiped off the map in New

York. If you're the CEO of Sterling Group, then I'm the President of the

United States.

Sit there and listen to your fiancé scream, loser!

Get Sterling Security moving.

Lock down every street in the Meatpacking District.

I want that signal found in three minutes.

Even if you have to tear through every abandoned warehouse down there.

Boss, they're using a signal jammer.

There are more than 20 abandoned warehouses in the area.

It takes time searching all of them. Then get every drone and thermal unit in

the air. Three minutes. I want the exact location.

CEO of the Sterling Group? Please.

That mechanic isn't just broke, she's delusional. If she's the CEO, then I own

Wall Street.

Forget the mechanic, Lexi. The drug's kicked in.

She's probably begging for a touch by now.

Get the camera rolling. I want everyone in North America to see her beg on her

knees.

Look at the lens and beg, Chloe.

Tell everyone you surrender.

In your dreams, you disgusting pig.

You ungrateful little bitch.

Let's see how long you can play tough.

Who

the

hell are you? How dare you ram our door like that?

the broke mechanic.

Put on a black suit, hired a few extras, and now you think you're Sterling's CEO?

Take her down! Let's see her play hero now!

You're that mechanic from the phone?

Wait, calm down. I'm Smith from Wall Street. This is all just a

misunderstanding. Name your price.

A hundred grand?

A million?

Keep your dirty money.

You psycho.

My father is Richard Vance.

If you touch me, Vance Capital's legal team will make sure you rot in prison

for the rest of your life.

Vance Capital?

Nothing but rats compared to Sterling Group.

Restrain them.

Turn them over to the NYPD Major Case Squad.

Elena, you came.

I'm here.

Close your eyes.

No one's going to hurt you again.

Get the doctor here right now. Hurry!

Elena, I'm burning up. I can't take it.

Please, help me.

I'm freezing, but I'm burning up inside.

You look so good in this suit. I really like it.

Am I going crazy? I just really like you.

Hold me, okay?

Chloe, look at me.

You're not yourself right now.

Then let me go crazy.

Kiss me, Elena.

No, Chloe. If I touch you now, I'd be taking advantage of you. Just hold on

for me, okay?

Give her the shot.

Get a car ready.

Move her to a regular VIP room at Mount Sinai before she wakes up.

Quietly.

Babe, dad's lawyers bailed me out, but I'm still facing kidnapping charges.

Last night, Chloe went to sell herself to Smith just to pay off her debts.

Then when they couldn't agree on a price, she called the cops and blamed

me.

That bitch is just jealous of us and wants to use these dirty tricks to ruin

me.

Honey, she's at Mount Santee Hospital.

Go over there right now, get her to sign this NDA, and drop the charges.

If you can't handle this, my dad will cut off every dollar he's put behind you

and your Wall Street career is over.

Still hurt?

It's much better.

Last night, if you hadn't shown up in time, I don't know what would have

happened.

Thank you, Elena.

You're safe now.

As long as I'm here, nobody touches you again.

But it's not that simple, Elena.

The Vance family has too much power in New York, and she's already out on bail.

Even with the police involved, these charges might never stick to her.

Don't worry.

The law can't deal with them.

Capital will.

So you went to that warehouse and tried to sell yourself to Smith over just a

hundred grand?

Then called the cops and framed Lexi when the deal went bad?

Chloe, when did you get so shameless?

Sign it.

Drop the charges and go live to clear Lexi's name.

Refuse and I'll use every media contact I have to blacklist you.

You'll never dance again.

Kara, they drugged me last night.

I almost died.

Do you have any basic humanity left in you?

You brought it on yourself.

Maybe you should have known your place.

Oh, a low-life mechanic like you dares to stick your nose into this?

Don't think wearing a suit lets you pretend to squeeze into high society.

Lexi's family owns one of Wall Street's top 30 investment banks.

They could crush both of you without breaking a sweat.

Top 30?

Vance Capital lives off the scraps Sterling leaves behind, and you call

that?

Top lean?

Top 30?

Vance Capital lives off the scratches Sterling leaves behind.

And you call that top lean?

Who's been running their mouth about the Vance family?

In Manhattan, very few people are stupid enough to talk to me like that. Dad,

it's her.

That trashy little dancer.

She won't leave Kara alone.

And last night, she even got the cops to believe I kidnapped her.

So you're that Chloe who dared to call the cops and frame my daughter?

Listen, girl.

Sign the NDA and drop the charges.

This letter gets you a principal role on Broadway.

Take the deal and keep your mouth shut.

And remember, you can't afford to mess with the Vance family.

I didn't frame anyone.

I almost died in that warehouse.

You can't cover this up with money.

I'm not dropping the charges.

Don't push your luck.

One phone call from me... I can make sure you and your janitor mother never

find work in the state of New York ever again.

Blacklist her?

You don't have that kind of power, Mr. Vance.

And once I'm done here, your family is next.

Who are you?

Why do you look so familiar?

Mr. Vance, she's nobody. Just some mechanic who dressed herself up for the

day. Dad.

She's a broke loser, and she's even been going around pretending to be the CEO of

the Sterling Group.

CEO Sterling. Vance Capital works closely with Sterling Group.

I saw CEO Sterling several times at a private gala last month.

You think a tailored suit is enough to pass yourself as her?

Ridiculous. Mr. Vance is right.

She's just a low-life mechanic putting on an act.

Dad, stop wasting your time.

Call security and have this grease-stained fraud thrown out.

Richard Vance?

If I remember right, 70% of Vance Capital's levered funding depends on

liquidity from Sterling.

Oh, CEO Sterling, I am so sorry. I have Vance Capital's proposal right here.

Sir, watch where you're going.

Yes, right. I am so sorry.

It's fine. I'll go change.

I remember now.

I remember now.

Dad, do you know her?

Elena, don't mess with them. The Vance family is too powerful.

I know why you look familiar now.

Six months ago at the Met Gala, I saw the real CEO Sterling from across the

room. No designer label, cheap knockoff suit. You copied her look and thought

you could pass yourself off as her?

Pathetic! Please, she's just a broke mechanic.

A broke nobody who works odd jobs, pretending to be Mrs. Sterling.

If you're really the CEO, I'll get on my knees and shine your shoes.

Chloe, you see that?

This is the greasy loser you chose.

Since you picked a fraud, you've got nobody to blame but yourself.

Get off that bed, kneel down, and apologize to Lexi.

I might still be able to convince Mr. Vance to let you off easy.

Otherwise, you, your mom, and this fraud can all get the hell out of Manhattan.

I did nothing wrong, and I'm not apologizing.

What? So you really want to back me into a corner?

I can do a lot worse than that.

For the Vances?

Crushing trash like you is as easy as squashing a bug.

I guarantee you, Vance Capital will be gone from Manhattan before I am.

What are you doing here? You're not welcome.

And who the hell are you?

Dad, who is this guy?

Mr. Vance. He's that driver. He was driving that Maybach the other day.

Oh, so that's who you are.

A driver with access to a few nice cars.

Let me guess. You took your boss's Maybong for a joyride so the two of you

could play billionaire?

Our boss.

Three days, Chloe.

Drop the charges.

Then stand outside Vance Capital and apologize to Lexi in public.

Or you, your housekeeper mother, and this idiot driver can all get out of New

York.

Boss, should I launch the short attack on Vance Capital?

Boss, should I launch the short attack on Vance Capital?

Their funding runs through our trusts.

The second you sign off and we pull liquidity, they'll be facing margin

calls and forced liquidation within 24 hours.

Elena, tell your friend to stop.

You don't have to make up stuff like this just to make me feel better.

We're ordinary people.

We couldn't even get a meeting with a Sterling executive, let alone take on a

Wall Street upstart like Vance Capital.

Richard's right.

People like them could crush us without even trying.

Boss, how much longer are you going to keep this up?

They nearly ruined Chloe last night, and they just stood here and humiliated her

right in front of you.

Are you seriously still not going to tell her the truth?

The truth? What truth?

Chloe, look at me.

Chloe, I'm sorry.

I did keep some things from you. I am not some low-life mechanic, and I don't

need anyone else's power to protect you.

I'm Elena Sterling, the sole heir to the Sterling Empire, and I run Sterling

Group. On Wall Street, people answer to me.

I know your name is Alina Sterling.

I saw it on my mom's bail paperwork yesterday.

You signed as the guarantor.

You were smart, though. Sharing a name with Wall Street's most powerful woman,

plus that suit?

No wonder a new money snob like Richard was shaking in his shoes.

But someone like Richard has to have seen the real CEO Sterling at some

Manhattan gala.

Once he figures out we were bluffing, we're in serious trouble.

No, ma'am.

She's not using anybody's name. She is Elena Sterling, the CEO of Sterling

Group, the real one.

I'm not dreaming, am I? You really are.

Does it hurt?

It hurts.

Not a dream.

Ma'am, from now on, you're the lady of the Sterling family.

People like Kara and Lexi aren't even worthy of standing in your presence.

Hello? A gang of Lone Steaks has trapped your mother in the hallway of your

apartment building.

They're armed with weapons!

What?

Thank you for telling me. Please call the police for me right away.

I'm coming back right now.

Elena, Lone Hawks have my mom cornered outside our building.

They've got pipes.

They're going to kill her.

Get Sterling security moving. Lock down the block on 9th Avenue in Brooklyn.

Three minutes.

Nothing gets out.

Not even a fly.

Red alert.

Deploy the tactical convoy. Target Brooklyn.

Listen,

old lady.

Your daughter owes us half a million.

Her name and this address are right here on the IAU.

You don't pay today, I'll tear this dumb part and break every bone in your body.

That's impossible.

Chloe works three jobs. She'd never borrow money from Lone Starks.

You've got the wrong person.

I knew there was something off about those two. Always acting like they're

better than everyone, but they can't even afford the heat. And now they owe

money to Lone Knox?

Get them out of this block!

If those tugs torch the place, the rest of us are screwed.

Those two are nothing but trouble.

Babe, this is your plan? Hiring a bunch of street thugs on them?

Damn, that's dirty. To cover the financial hole left when your dad pulled

his investment?

I had no choice but to get that 500 grand from underground lenders.

But I put that idiot Chloe's name and address on all the paperwork.

The tugs are already at their door.

They can't come up with 500 grand.

So Chloe will have no choice but to beg you to drop the charges if she wants to

save her mom.

And the debt?

Gone. Two birds with one stone.

Good job, honey.

Broke losers should be dealt with the broke way.

Come on, let's go down and enjoy the show.

Last chance.

Call that bitch Chloe and tell her to bring the money if she wants you walking

away from this.

Mary, stop covering for her.

Don't listen to her!

Last night, Chloe sold herself to some rich guy so she could buy designer crap

and climb her way into Manhattan's high society.

She failed, took out a loan ham debt, and ran, leaving her own mother to deal

with the debt.

She's trash.

Bullshit. You ungrateful snake.

Back when you couldn't afford rent, you lived under my roof for three years

without paying a dime.

Chloe worked late every night to support you, and now you slander her like this?

You will burn in hell!

Boss, they're just a bunch of shameless, broke losers.

They're not gonna pay unless you make them. Enough talking.

Do it.

In that case, I'll break your arm first!

Down on the ground.

Now.

First you had that broke driver steal her boss Maybach so you could play rich

and now you hired a bunch of guys in suits too? You really think this is

going to make a half million dollar debt disappear?

Who the hell are you to lay a hand on someone under my protection?

Kara Smith, we traced the full $500,000 straight to your account.

You used Chloe's name and address on fraudulent loan documents.

Sterling Legal has already tied the entire debt and every dollar of interest

to you.

Get ready to spend the rest of your life behind bars.

I know exactly what you're doing.

Your boss is gone, so you snuck out the Mabon to pretend you're rich?

You're just the damn driver.

Since when do you get to order the security team around?

You think a fake screen is enough to frame me?

Chloe is the one who borrowed that $500,000. I'm an Ivy Keyes graduate.

Your cheap tricks won't fool me.

Put Chloe down as the guarantor.

Go to Brooklyn and collect from her. Keep it clean.

We've already sent the NYPD the transfer records and this recording.

Sterling Legal has already filed everything.

The debt with interest is now in your name at twice the amount.

Your accounts have been frozen, and your passport's been flagged.

You're looking at federal prison time.

No. No, this can't be happening. I don't have that kind of money.

Lexi, please!

You have to help me!

Just you wait. The second my dad hears what you've done, Vance Capital will

make sure you never work on Wall Street again.

Clear the block sterling group just bought this entire block from now on it

belongs to Chloe Anyone who mocked her just now consider your lease terminated.

You have 30 minutes to pack your things and get out

You know we didn't mean anything by it. We're practically family.

Don't throw us out over a little misunderstanding.

Exactly. We always wanted to help, but we were terrified of those guys.

Chloe, now that you're doing well, don't be mad at us. We're still neighbors,

right?

When my mom was in trouble, you all stood by and watched.

When you told us to get out, you meant every word.

So don't come here pretending it was all a joke.

Spare me the act you have 30 minutes to get off my block

Mary

I'm sorry you were put through this Let's get you home

Elena, I feel so out of place here.

Your family is old money and I'm just not from this world.

What if they look at me and think I'm not the right person for you?

Chloe, the Sterling family has never needed a marriage to prove our worth.

We don't care about where someone comes from. We care about who they are.

And you?

You're more than enough.

So relax.

They'll see that.

Oh, sweetheart.

Welcome home.

Grandma, I... Just call me Grandpa.

I know what you've been through.

Working three jobs, caring for your mother and still refusing to give up on

your dream.

That kind of strength is rare.

Chloe is lucky to have you.

You raised an amazing daughter.

What matters to us is the person, not where they come from. We're honoured to

have you here. Come inside.

I had some tea made for you.

Tonight, I proudly introduce Chloe, the woman Elena chose to stand beside her as

part of the Sterling family.

This emerald ring has been passed down through our family for four centuries.

It represents our legacy, our trust, and the bond that holds us together.

From this day forward, Chloe is a true member of the Sterling family, and no

one will ever question her place here.

What's on your mind?

You have everything you've always wanted now.

No one will ever treat you like you're beneath them again.

Elena, I'm truly grateful for everything you and your grandmother have done for

me.

But I don't want to be someone who just lives off you or have people think I

only got here because of your name.

Kara and Lexi always treated me like I was nothing.

I want to prove that I can make it on my own.

I'll keep my identity private and start from the bottom at Sterling

Entertainment.

I want to earn my place and stand beside you.

I promise, whatever you want to do, I'll support you every step of the way.

Elena. Lexi's aunt runs the entertainment division Chloe is joining.

The Vance family still has people there backing her.

Do you want me to take care of it before Chloe starts?

If they're still there, let Chloe deal with them herself.

You'll go in first, stay hidden, and report back on everything.

Keep Chloe's identity hidden. But if they cross the line, gather every piece

of evidence.

Anyone who lays a hand on her will pay.

Look at you still pretending you belong here your little driver isn't here to

save you this time What makes you think you can show up here?

Lexi I'll see you at work

Everyone, listen up. This is Lexi, our new Associate Director of Projects.

Starting today, she's in charge.

You'll all report directly to her.

What are you doing here?

I got the internship here.

You? Seriously?

Your portfolio was a complete mess and now you're working for Sterling?

Don't tell me you actually earned this.

We all know you copied that proposal to get in.

Sterling Entertainment doesn't tolerate this kind of behavior.

Helen, you're making decisions based on rumors before looking at the facts.

Is this really how Sterling handles things?

Know your place, Chloe.

In this company, my aunt calls the shots.

Getting you pushed out of Manhattan's art scene would be the easiest thing in

the world. Is that so?

Go ahead, try me.

Talk is cheap.

If you're so desperate to prove yourself, fine.

Kara, bring me all the archive proposals from the last five years.

By the end of today, all 5,000 proposals better be in the system.

Not one missing file, not one mistake.

Otherwise, you're out.

No problem.

You'll have it on your desk by the end of the day.

Chloe, don't sit down.

Oops. Looks like holding on to your place at Sterling isn't as easy as you

thought. People like you need to know their place.

Go back to the life you came from.

This office is covered by cameras.

One call to security and we'll know exactly who did this.

Think carefully before you turn a prank into a criminal matter.

You actually dodged it?

Kara, stop with these pathetic little tricks.

All you're doing is making yourself look like a fool.

Helen used fake outwarsing contracts to funnel company funds, embezzling three

million dollars.

Everyone, stop what you're doing. I have an announcement to make.

We've received several complaints regarding intern Chloe's conduct.

She's been accused of using improper means to get this position.

This kind of behavior has no place at Sterling Entertainment.

Chloe is fired. Effective immediately.

Helen, you can't fire someone based on accusations alone.

Where's the evidence?

I'm the director here. What I say goes at Sterling Entertainment.

Security, get her out of here.

Who gave you the right to abuse your power at Sterling Entertainment?

And who exactly are you? This is an HR matter. You have no authority here. I'm

from corporate headquarters.

Helen, you made false accusations and terminated an employee without evidence.

That's a serious violation.

And you know better than anyone what you've done.

You'll be hearing from headquarters soon.

Lexi, I've seen him before. He's the guy who drove Alina's Maybach in Brooklyn

that day.

So he's just a driver.

He actually had the nerve to pretend he had orders from HQ, use company

resources, and come here to play hero for Chloe.

Next week is the Sterling Group's grand gala. When the real CEO shows up, we'll

expose this driver in front of everyone.

We won't just take down the driver.

We'll take Chloe down with him.

I'll make sure all of New York's elite see exactly what they are.

They've crossed the line.

I'll have headquarters terminate them immediately.

Get security ready to escort them out.

I have solid evidence that Helen

embezzled three million dollars from the company.

Elena, don't step in.

I want to handle this myself and make sure they pay for what they did.

Your wish is my command, my queen.

How is this possible?

Helen clearly fired her. What kind of dirty trick did that so-called driver

pull to keep her here?

A nobody driver actually thinks he can challenge me?

At the gala, I'll make sure the CEO sees exactly who they are.

Lexi, Sterling Group cut us off completely. We're running out of cash.

If we don't get that investment at the gala, the Vance family is finished.

Dad, don't panic.

Leave this to me.

I'll get the Sterling CEO's attention at the gala.

How did this have to happen now?

If we don't get an investment from Sterling, I'm finished!

That driver would do anything for Chloe.

Use her as leverage, and he'll have to go begging to Sterling's executives.

Vance Capital will be saved.

Control her?

Chloe isn't that easy to handle. What exactly do you have on her?

I secretly took these when we were together.

Chloe cares way too much about her reputation.

Once I threaten to expose her, she'll have no choice but to give in.

Good job, Kara.

Back her into a corner. If she won't listen, use this to destroy her.

Working late again?

What's the rush?

Going to see your little driver?

Move. I don't have time for you.

Take a look at this.

Do you really think your precious driver would still want you after seeing these?

Listen carefully, Chloe.

Get that driver to beg Sterling's executives to save Vance Capital, and

you'll pay me five million for my silence.

If you don't pay up, these photos go public.

I'll make sure everyone in Manhattan's arts even sees who you really are.

Kara, you're not just selfish.

You clearly have no idea how the law works.

Cut the act!

In New York, taking intimate photos without consent is illegal.

And with the threats you just made, you've crossed the line into blackmail.

Keep this up, and you'll be the one answering questions from the police.

The recording has already been uploaded to the cloud.

Send those photos, and the police will have everything they need.

Now get out before you make this worse for yourself.

I didn't panic.

I started recording immediately.

Under New York law, this is police evidence.

The recording's already uploaded to the cloud.

You're completely useless.

She didn't help us at all. She recorded everything and turned this around on us?

What do we do now?

We can't release those photos.

And Vance Capital has lost its funding.

If we can't take her down quietly, we'll do it in public.

That nobody driver won't be able to protect her.

Tomorrow night, all of New York's elite will be watching.

I'll put her photos up on the big screen at the perfect moment.

I'll expose that bitch in front of Sterling's CEO and make the whole city

see who she really is.

Once the CEO sees what the Vance family can do, Chloe will be finished.

Mr. Smith, about the Vance Capital Project... Richard, Sterling cut off

your funding.

Nobody's willing to touch your company.

Don't drag me into this.

Dad, did you see E.O. Sterling?

Not yet.

The CEO has always been mysterious.

She must be somewhere in the VIP area tonight.

Lexi, everything the Vance family has left depends on tonight.

This is impossible.

How is she here?

Chloe?

She's just some broke intern who can't even afford her own rent.

How did she get into the inner VIP zone of the Sterling Gala?

How else could she get in? She definitely sold her body and stole that

invitation from the executive she's sleeping with.

Come on a disgraced employee. I just fired dares to sneak into the elite

circle. Let's go show everyone who she really is

Wow

look who we have here A broke nobody who sleeps her way to the bargain shop,

wearing some cheap white dress you probably rented from a bargain shop,

actually dares to crash Sterling's Gala of the Century?

Chloe, you have been fired by Sterling Entertainment.

Someone with your reputation doesn't deserve to step foot in here. Hand over

your stolen pass right now and get out.

Don't ruin the atmosphere here.

Young lady.

Regardless of what dirty tricks you use to sneak in, people like you don't

belong in our world.

Leave on your own.

Don't force me to call security.

Mr. Vance, Vance Capital is filing for bankruptcy liquidation tomorrow, and you

still have the spare time to care about how I got in?

Maybe you should start figuring out how many lifetimes it'll take you to pay off

those debts.

Chloe You're still not done running your mouth today I'm going to let all of New

York high society see what a shameless piece of trash you truly are

Ladies

and gentlemen The Sterling Empire has always stood for integrity and

reputation. But tonight, a shameless parasite has managed to sneak in. Look

at the big screen and see for yourselves just how disgusting she really is.

Do you see it now?

That's who she really is. A disgrace to society.

Security, what are you waiting for?

Grab this nobody who's disgracing the Sterling empire and throw her out of the

building. If CEO Sterling sees this filth, you'll all be fired.

Chloe, this is what you get for crossing me. After today, I'm going to make you a

total outcast in Manhattan, hated by everyone in Manhattan.

Do you honestly believe this is a place where you can run wild?

Oh, my God.

Could that be the head of Sterling?

She almost never appears in public.

Move back quickly. Don't block her way.

How could it be her?

The resemblance is uncanny.

Could she really be?

So you, some nobody mechanic snuck into?

You think putting on a white suit makes you somebody?

How dare you bring that cheap driver to show up here just to freeload at the

gala? Dad, don't be fooled by her fake designer suit. We exposed her at the

hospital already. She's just a broke fraud.

She definitely stole an executive's invitation.

What nerve!

A piece of low-life garbage dares to fake her identity and come to Sterling's

Gala of the Century to con her way into Sterling's Gala?

Has the Vance family gone insane?

Who are they yelling at?

Security! Are you blind?

Grab this woman pretending to be the CEO along with that bitch Chloe and throw

him out immediately!

Yes! Throw them onto the streets of Manhattan.

Let everyone see the true colors of these broke losers.

Richard Vance, you dare point a finger on the head of the Sterling Empire and

call her a fraud?

What the hell are you talking about?

She is clearly a mechanic and you're just a driver and... Richard,

you're hopeless.

This is Mrs. Elena Sterling.

The Vance family is finished.

Dad!

What are you doing? There's broken glass everywhere. Get up!

She's just some nobody mechanic!

Shut up!

You stupid fool!

Do you want to kill our whole family?

Dad!

What are you afraid of?

She's just a low-life mechanic.

She's not a mechanic.

She is Elena Sterling.

The CEO of the Sterling Empire!

CEO Sterling, this is all a misunderstanding.

I failed to discipline my daughter.

Please forgive us.

Don't punish the Vance family for this.

Dad, why are you begging her?

CEO Sterling, she's been lying to you. Chloe is just a gold digger who slept

her way up. I have photos to prove it.

You'll kick her out once you see them.

You brainless fool.

How much more damage are you going to do?

CEO Sterling, I swear the Vance family never meant to offend you. It was all

this idiot acting on her own.

I beg you, please give her a chance.

That ordinary girl actually knows CEO Sterling? The CEO actually hugged her in

public.

Everyone, taking advantage of tonight's gala, I officially introduce, this is

Chloe Sterling, my one and only wife, and the woman who stands above Sterling.

This is impossible.

This can't be happening.

The liquidation begins now.

When the market opens tomorrow, Vance Capital will enter bankruptcy

proceedings. The Vance family penthouse in Manhattan, the Long Island estate,

and all family trust funds are frozen effective immediately to pay off

defaulted debts.

You are completely wiped out.

No, no.

You can't do this.

Without Sterling's guarantee, the banks will pull our credit line tomorrow.

We'll be forced into liquidation.

Mr. Smith.

Lend me 10 million. That's all we need to survive.

Get lost, Richard.

You're toxic right now.

Tomorrow when the market opens, Vance Capital will go straight into bankruptcy

liquidation.

The Manhattan penthouse and the Long Island estate and all family trust funds

are frozen, effective immediately to pay off defaulted debts.

You have nothing left.

Helen, this is irrefutable evidence that you embezzled $3 million with fake

outworking contracts.

Sterling Legal has officially filed criminal charges.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

This is a frame-up.

You can't charge me based on some unknown USB drive.

I am a sterling executive.

I have the right to remain silent, and I demand my lawyer.

Ma'am, you are under arrest for embezzlement.

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

Let go of me! You have no right to arrest me! My uncle is a state senator!

Kara Smith, Lexi Vance, you are under arrest for felony extortion, an unlawful

invasion of privacy.

Come with us.

Don't touch me!

Do you know how much this dress costs?

heir to the vance family you people have no right to touch me right

now you're just a felony suspect

you

spoiled brat out of all people You had to go after CEO Sterling's wife?

How did I raise such a fucking idiot?

Just because of your pathetic ego, you completely destroyed the Vance family.

Dad, I did it for our family. It was Kara.

She came up with this idea.

That's a damn lie.

You were the one who wanted to show off.

You forced me to corner Chloe in the garage.

Let me go.

Dad, save me.

Get the most expensive lawyer in New York to bail me out. I am not going to

prison. You're bankrupt.

Where do you think I'm going to get money for a lawyer?

Then you're on your own.

Please. I remember our days in Brooklyn. You stayed up all night taking care of

me when I was sick. I made a mistake. I don't want to go to Rikers Island. It's

full of violent criminals. I'll die in there. Please spare me.

Kara, when you listed my home address for those loan markers, and when you

used a private photo of me sleeping to blackmail me for $5 million, you should

have known this day would come. I'll pay you back.

Every single cent!

Just ask the CEO to drop the charges!

Can we please start over?

You have no right to negotiate with me.

The only thing left between us is the fact that you're a criminal and I'm your

victim.

The NYPD will teach you a lesson.

Save your fake tears.

You'll have plenty of time to reflect on your greed and jealousy in prison.

It's all over.

Now, go ahead and enjoy the rest of your night.

Chloe, we're truly sorry for everything we did before.

When Lexi and Kara were bullying you... We were terrified of losing our jobs, so

we turned a blind eye, leaving you all alone to deal with that mess.

We're deeply ashamed.

On Wall Street, staying silent to protect yourselves is how people survive

here.

It's not my place to judge you, but remember this.

Don't let fear turn you into a bully's accomplice.

Staying silent is one thing, but helping them hurt others will only drag you down

with them.

Everyone, the internship evaluations are complete.

The full-time offer decisions have been sent to your emails.

Good luck.

What are you reading?

You didn't even notice me coming in.

An invitation from the Paris Royal Academy of Dance.

It's the world's most prestigious institution for dance and the arts.

Congratulations.

You deserve this.

I'll be away for three years.

We'll be living so far apart.

I just started finding my place here and now I'm leaving.

Do you think I'm being selfish?

The woman standing beside Sterling is no caged bird.

Go claim the crown that belongs to you.

Go to Paris and show the world what you're capable of.

I will hold everything down for you here.

The penthouse on the Champollires is ready, and I've arranged a driver for

you.

The legal team will take care of all your contracts.

No one will ever dare to push you around.

Chloe, just say the word, and I'll move Stirling's European Operations Centre to

Paris.

I'll be there with you.

Elena. Don't give up your career for me.

You have your world, and I have mine.

I'll make my own mark in the arts.

It's a promise.

We'll become the best in our own fields.

Three years from now, we'll meet at the top.

I'll wait for you.

Always.

Miss Chloe, I'm the director of Universal Art Management. We'll pay

double the buyout fee. All we want is exclusive rights to your global tours

for the next 10 years. Metropolitan Entertainment will pay three times more.

Give us the word, and we'll build a Broadway theater with your name on it.

Gentlemen, I truly appreciate your offer, but unfortunately, my exclusive

representation was secured five years ago, and it's for life.

What who could possibly have the power to lock down all of your contracts

Oh

my god They bought out every billboard in

Times Stary? That must have cost a fortune.

ES? That's Elena Sterling's initials. The Sterling Group is making a statement

to the entire world.

We did it. My world-class dancer.

I'm back.

Elena?

What is all this?

Chloe.

Five years ago at the Central Park fountain, you proposed to me with a

broken bouquet.

Today, in front of all New York, I'm giving you the proposal you always

deserved.

Whether you were a dancer from Brooklyn or a world-renowned performer, nothing

changes. You will always be the only woman I choose as my wife.

Marry me again.

I do.