1 00:00:01,769 --> 00:00:06,010 Every time the bed gives the slightest creak, my 22-year-old stepdaughter's 2 00:00:06,010 --> 00:00:10,330 hands inch a little farther beneath the hang of my disposable spa broofs. I bite 3 00:00:10,330 --> 00:00:15,090 down on the towel, terrified of making a sound, because my 45-year-old husband is 4 00:00:15,090 --> 00:00:18,910 on the table beside me, less than three feet away, taking a work call with his 5 00:00:18,910 --> 00:00:19,910 headset on. 6 00:00:20,530 --> 00:00:23,930 If I'd known the anniversary massage Matthew booked to make it up to me would 7 00:00:23,930 --> 00:00:26,350 turn into this, I never would have walked through that door. 8 00:00:31,820 --> 00:00:37,280 To save money, Matthew canceled the anniversary trip he'd promised me and 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,600 brushed me off with an employee discount from work. 10 00:00:40,460 --> 00:00:42,940 He didn't even want to pay for a massage therapist. 11 00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:45,500 Ava, you just got licensed. 12 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,820 Might as well get some practice in on your stepmom. And don't charge me, I'm 13 00:00:48,820 --> 00:00:49,820 your father. 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,360 Matthew, I'm not really comfortable getting a massage from family. Can I 15 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,700 just wait outside? You can say no if you don't want to. 16 00:00:58,120 --> 00:00:59,820 But I doubt he'll pay extra for someone else. 17 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,040 Absolutely not. 18 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:04,420 Ava's good at this. Chloe, honey, every other therapist costs extra. Just let 19 00:01:04,420 --> 00:01:07,680 Ava take care of you. You want me to do a full-body oil massage on her? Are you 20 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:08,680 serious? 21 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:10,260 She'd just turned 22. 22 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,100 Tall, cold, dangerous. 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,500 The kind of presence that takes over a room. 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,260 Most days, she barely even looked at me. 25 00:01:17,980 --> 00:01:22,180 She probably thought I'd married her dad for his money and whatever he'd leave me 26 00:01:22,180 --> 00:01:23,180 when he retired. 27 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:27,300 I shifted, trying to get away from that kind of touch. 28 00:01:27,980 --> 00:01:28,980 Don't move. 29 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,520 Ava's hand closes around my waist. 30 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,820 Her palm is so hot I can feel it through the fabric. 31 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,200 I freeze. 32 00:01:36,220 --> 00:01:38,120 Every muscle in my body is locked tight. 33 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,060 Truth is, she scares me a little. 34 00:01:40,460 --> 00:01:42,740 I just hope she doesn't hate having me this close. 35 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,740 But the tension fades fast. 36 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,980 I can't stay on guard forever. 37 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:49,100 My body starts to loosen. 38 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,820 Ava, you're pressing the wrong spot. 39 00:02:02,060 --> 00:02:04,640 No. This is where you're holding the most tension. 40 00:02:05,420 --> 00:02:06,900 How can she do this to me? 41 00:02:07,140 --> 00:02:08,360 Right in front of Matthew? 42 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:20,120 How much 43 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,160 longer are you planning to stand outside that door? 44 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,640 I was just passing by. 45 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,040 This is ridiculous. 46 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:28,340 I'm straight. 47 00:02:28,570 --> 00:02:32,290 I shouldn't be reacting to her like this. Why is the Wi-Fi so damn slow in 48 00:02:32,290 --> 00:02:36,870 here? That feeling that scares me. Is it because of her? The thought hits me like 49 00:02:36,870 --> 00:02:41,190 a jolt, filling me with shame and an excitement I don't want to admit. 50 00:02:44,070 --> 00:02:48,230 These bloodsuckers are just like Chloe, always finding some new way to squeeze 51 00:02:48,230 --> 00:02:49,230 money out of me. 52 00:02:51,430 --> 00:02:55,490 Look at the lines around his eyes, the gray at his temples. 53 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,660 That cheap, miserable look on his face. 54 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:00,480 Stop. 55 00:03:00,620 --> 00:03:01,700 He's still your father. 56 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:05,560 And he's the old man who treats you like his live-in help. 57 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,440 Chloe, you've wasted the best years of your life on a loser who can't even be 58 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,440 bothered to look at you. 59 00:03:18,060 --> 00:03:22,340 Matthew, you're hurting me. Just hang on, Chloe. Give me a second. I'm almost 60 00:03:22,340 --> 00:03:23,340 done. 61 00:03:37,349 --> 00:03:40,490 I'm exhausted. I have work first thing tomorrow, so don't toss and turn all 62 00:03:40,490 --> 00:03:41,490 night and keep me awake. 63 00:03:41,510 --> 00:03:43,430 Matthew, our third anniversary is this week. 64 00:03:43,750 --> 00:03:46,050 Can't you just stay with me a little longer? 65 00:03:46,330 --> 00:03:49,650 Come on, Chloe. I booked you a nice massage. What more do you want? I pay 66 00:03:49,650 --> 00:03:51,810 for this whole household. Can I please just get some sleep? 67 00:03:58,390 --> 00:04:02,910 Under the covers, my skin feels like it's on fire, and there's no one there 68 00:04:02,910 --> 00:04:03,910 to take care of me. 69 00:04:14,510 --> 00:04:16,029 I can't get Ava out of my head. 70 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:28,530 You've been standing out here a long time. 71 00:04:36,650 --> 00:04:37,690 You look hot. 72 00:04:37,990 --> 00:04:39,410 Want me to cool you down, Chloe? 73 00:04:43,660 --> 00:04:46,360 And now... Finally sent. 74 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:47,920 Idiots. 75 00:04:51,140 --> 00:04:54,860 That burning touch presses right against me before I can even brace for it. 76 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,440 Ava, take your hand away. 77 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,160 Chloe, these muscles are way too tight. If I don't work the tension out, the 78 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:06,160 whole treatment is pointless. 79 00:05:09,890 --> 00:05:13,090 Chloe, what are you complaining about now? Ava's doing you a favor. Just 80 00:05:13,090 --> 00:05:15,730 cooperate. Dad, her muscles are really tight. 81 00:05:15,970 --> 00:05:18,070 Deep tissue work can be a little intense. 82 00:05:18,930 --> 00:05:21,770 Then she can deal with it. Ava, ignore her and keep going. 83 00:05:30,370 --> 00:05:31,370 Hear that, Chloe? 84 00:05:32,190 --> 00:05:33,830 He told you to tough it out. 85 00:05:34,470 --> 00:05:36,430 Is the AC broken in this dump? 86 00:05:36,650 --> 00:05:38,390 It's unbearably hot in here! 87 00:05:44,490 --> 00:05:45,490 Don't move. 88 00:05:45,530 --> 00:05:48,550 The second you start struggling, he'll pull that curtain open and see exactly 89 00:05:48,550 --> 00:05:49,550 what we're doing. 90 00:06:00,990 --> 00:06:04,910 In a room where nothing appropriate is supposed to happen, I realize with 91 00:06:04,910 --> 00:06:08,790 horror the thin fabric of my massage shorts is already wet. 92 00:06:15,210 --> 00:06:16,770 These numbers are a complete mess. 93 00:06:17,430 --> 00:06:19,950 My hips start moving before I can stop them. 94 00:06:20,410 --> 00:06:21,410 That's it, Chloe. 95 00:06:22,150 --> 00:06:23,150 Don't fight it. 96 00:06:30,630 --> 00:06:31,850 You're a fast learner. 97 00:06:32,430 --> 00:06:33,550 What am I doing? 98 00:06:35,390 --> 00:06:37,770 This place doesn't even have a glass of ice water. 99 00:06:38,310 --> 00:06:40,270 I'm leaning into his daughter's touch. 100 00:06:41,210 --> 00:06:42,490 Right in front of my husband. 101 00:06:42,770 --> 00:06:47,610 I'm completely consumed by this dangerous desire So lost in it that I 102 00:06:47,610 --> 00:06:52,070 don't even notice what her other hand is doing Chloe? 103 00:07:00,750 --> 00:07:02,090 Why aren't you answering me? 104 00:07:11,980 --> 00:07:14,780 If he pulls that curtain open, Ava and I are done for. 105 00:07:24,340 --> 00:07:27,780 Dad, Chloe's muscles just entered a deep relaxation phase. 106 00:07:28,060 --> 00:07:29,620 She's extra sensitive right now. 107 00:07:29,860 --> 00:07:31,440 Sudden light could disrupt the treatment. 108 00:07:31,820 --> 00:07:33,220 Oh, got it. 109 00:07:33,540 --> 00:07:34,580 Fine, keep going. 110 00:07:35,050 --> 00:07:38,250 I won't bother you. The second the danger passes, all the strength drains 111 00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:42,370 out of me. I go completely limp under Ava's hands. You were terrified, Chloe. 112 00:07:42,870 --> 00:07:45,710 But look at him. He doesn't even care whether you're really asleep. 113 00:07:45,970 --> 00:07:50,330 Once the fear passes, the emptiness comes rushing back even harder. And when 114 00:07:50,330 --> 00:07:54,350 Matthew turns away, I hate how relieved I am that Ava hasn't pulled her hand 115 00:07:54,350 --> 00:07:55,650 away. Don't be afraid. 116 00:07:56,010 --> 00:07:57,890 If you're uncomfortable, I'll stop immediately. 117 00:08:02,540 --> 00:08:05,880 Big client's calling. The signal in here is garbage. I have to take this in the 118 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:10,340 hall. The second the door closes, Ava pulls her hand away without hesitation. 119 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,520 She stops too quickly, too cleanly. That's enough deep tession work for 120 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:15,960 today, Chloe. Go get changed. 121 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,220 The sudden emptiness makes me shiver. She barely did anything, and somehow she 122 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:21,600 still left me right on the edge. 123 00:08:25,780 --> 00:08:30,980 I slide down the door, gasping like I've finally broken the surface after being 124 00:08:30,980 --> 00:08:31,980 underwater. 125 00:08:32,250 --> 00:08:37,250 I look down. The thin fabric is stained dark in a way I can't possibly hide. 126 00:08:37,470 --> 00:08:41,950 Every time I close my eyes, all I see is Eva. It isn't the rough possessiveness 127 00:08:41,950 --> 00:08:42,950 I've known from men. 128 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:45,630 It's a softness that feels unmistakably feminine. 129 00:08:53,750 --> 00:08:57,350 You've lost your mind, Chloe. She's a woman, and she's Matthew's daughter. 130 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,120 My mind is screaming at me in shame, but my body is terrifyingly honest. 131 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:12,340 The rush of being overwhelmed by a woman's beauty. 132 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,680 The shiver of being treated like something priceless. 133 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,160 I finally admit it. I'm desperate for her to touch me again. 134 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:22,320 Desperate for those hands to pull me under. 135 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,500 I stare at the flushed, glassy-eyed woman in the mirror and barely recognize 136 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:31,100 her. She isn't Matthew's wife. She's a woman who's finally awake and aching to 137 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:31,739 be touched. 138 00:09:31,740 --> 00:09:34,460 My hand drifts down from my collarbone before I can stop it. 139 00:09:34,730 --> 00:09:38,230 I can still feel the warmth of Ava's fingertips on my skin. That soft, 140 00:09:38,430 --> 00:09:39,910 unmistakably feminine touch. 141 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:50,230 Three years with Matthew left me feeling dead inside. 142 00:09:50,610 --> 00:09:52,910 Ava made me feel something again in a single afternoon. 143 00:09:53,410 --> 00:09:57,320 Ava? All I can see is her long, pale neck through the steam, and the way she 144 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,740 looks at me, barely holding back all that hunger and tenderness. The beauty 145 00:10:00,740 --> 00:10:03,200 of being this close to another woman, the feeling of being completely 146 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,220 cherished. I can't make myself stop. 147 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,460 Chloe, are you okay? 148 00:10:08,740 --> 00:10:09,740 It's Ava. 149 00:10:09,820 --> 00:10:13,360 She's right outside, with nothing but a thin wooden door between us. 150 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:14,620 Dad just called. 151 00:10:14,860 --> 00:10:16,940 Something came up at work, so he left. 152 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:19,820 He left you alone again. 153 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,940 The ache in her sigh cuts straight through the last of my defenses. 154 00:10:34,580 --> 00:10:40,240 The aftershocks roll through me. 155 00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:43,680 My legs won't stop shaking and I can barely stand. 156 00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:47,820 I just came in a clinic changing room with my stepdaughter right outside the 157 00:10:47,820 --> 00:10:48,940 door listening to me. 158 00:10:59,150 --> 00:11:00,670 How am I supposed to face her? 159 00:11:01,010 --> 00:11:03,430 She had to hear me trying to hold back every breath. 160 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:08,310 My head is telling me to run, but my heart is pounding, waiting for the woman 161 00:11:08,310 --> 00:11:09,410 on the other side of that door. 162 00:11:11,830 --> 00:11:12,950 She doesn't leave. 163 00:11:13,250 --> 00:11:17,910 She just waits there, patient as a hunter, and gentle. 164 00:11:18,510 --> 00:11:20,410 As if she's guarding something precious. 165 00:11:21,210 --> 00:11:22,370 I'm dressed. 166 00:11:22,650 --> 00:11:23,650 We should go. 167 00:11:26,450 --> 00:11:27,450 She knows. 168 00:11:28,050 --> 00:11:29,330 She knows everything. 169 00:11:32,050 --> 00:11:37,350 You can barely stand, Chloe. If she asks me even one question, I'll fall apart. 170 00:11:41,430 --> 00:11:42,630 Matthew leaves you behind. 171 00:11:42,830 --> 00:11:43,950 He always does. 172 00:11:44,630 --> 00:11:46,610 But I won't. No teasing. 173 00:11:47,290 --> 00:11:52,230 No cheap lines, just patience and tenderness slowly breaking down every 174 00:11:52,230 --> 00:11:55,750 wall I built out of guilt. Matthew said he won't make it home for dinner 175 00:11:55,750 --> 00:11:56,750 tonight. 176 00:11:59,110 --> 00:12:02,850 It'll just be the two of us. Want me to finish what we started? 177 00:12:03,170 --> 00:12:04,250 With your treatment? 178 00:12:06,610 --> 00:12:11,290 One look at Ava's beautiful profile, and I can't make myself say no. 179 00:12:16,420 --> 00:12:19,980 Matthew being gone used to make this house feel unbearably lonely. 180 00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:25,080 Tonight, with Ava here, even the air feels warm and heavy. 181 00:12:25,460 --> 00:12:27,320 I've never looked at a woman this way before. 182 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:32,280 Watching her from behind makes my mouth go dry, enough that I almost forget my 183 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:33,280 husband's name. 184 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:35,800 What are you looking at? 185 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:40,100 Nothing. I was just thinking Matthew will probably be stuck at the office all 186 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:41,059 night. 187 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:42,160 Don't talk about him. 188 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,420 In this room, it's just us. 189 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:45,960 Your hands are cold. 190 00:12:46,340 --> 00:12:47,620 Want me to warm them up? 191 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,400 She never says anything crude. 192 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:54,720 But the tenderness in the way she tests the boundary is more dangerous than any 193 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,620 blunt come-on. I feel like a prisoner waiting for a verdict. Every breath 194 00:12:58,620 --> 00:13:02,620 tightens the knot of guilt inside me, even as secret anticipation makes me 195 00:13:02,620 --> 00:13:03,620 tremble. Lie down. 196 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,780 No curtain tonight. No keyboard. 197 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,440 Just me. 198 00:13:07,580 --> 00:13:12,600 The second her palm settles against my lower back, my whole body starts 199 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:13,600 shaking. 200 00:13:14,990 --> 00:13:16,290 You're too tense, Chloe. 201 00:13:19,010 --> 00:13:20,010 Relax. 202 00:13:20,190 --> 00:13:21,550 Let me take care of you. 203 00:13:22,070 --> 00:13:24,230 There's none of a man's impatient taking. 204 00:13:24,510 --> 00:13:29,050 She touches me like something precious she thought she'd lost, cherishing every 205 00:13:29,050 --> 00:13:35,450 inch of skin Matthew ignored for three years. Ava, I'm right here, and I'll 206 00:13:35,450 --> 00:13:38,390 tell you as many times as you need to hear it. You deserve to be loved. 207 00:13:42,890 --> 00:13:47,170 This huge bed Matthew bought felt like a prison through countless sleepless 208 00:13:47,170 --> 00:13:48,170 nights. 209 00:13:48,890 --> 00:13:53,150 Now it's where I'm choosing to let myself fall. The muscles here are still 210 00:13:53,150 --> 00:13:54,150 trembling. 211 00:13:57,330 --> 00:13:58,850 Are you still scared? 212 00:13:59,410 --> 00:14:01,650 What scares me isn't the taboo. 213 00:14:02,310 --> 00:14:04,150 It's how badly I want her. 214 00:14:07,730 --> 00:14:10,630 Her fingers are warm. 215 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,560 as they brush with rightening precision over my weakest spot. 216 00:14:15,180 --> 00:14:16,180 Look at me, Chloe. 217 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:19,280 Tell me who's touching you right now. 218 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:22,560 Ava. 219 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:24,100 You are. 220 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,700 The second I say her name, every ounce of shame disappears. 221 00:14:29,260 --> 00:14:31,300 Then she starts really treating me. 222 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:35,580 She reads every tiny tremor in my body with terrifying ease. 223 00:14:35,860 --> 00:14:37,040 Give me all of you. 224 00:14:38,730 --> 00:14:43,190 Too much, too hot. Matthew has never taken me this far. Under a woman's 225 00:14:43,190 --> 00:14:47,590 fingertips, I finally understand what it means to drown. I feel like I've melted 226 00:14:47,590 --> 00:14:50,270 into water, giving her my body and my soul. 227 00:14:50,790 --> 00:14:53,410 Ava! I can't take it anymore! 228 00:14:57,510 --> 00:15:01,950 Three years of pent-up mood finally breaks loose all at once. 229 00:15:16,660 --> 00:15:19,840 The aftershocks still move through my limbs like tiny electric currents. 230 00:15:20,180 --> 00:15:22,180 I don't even have the strength to lift a finger. 231 00:15:23,980 --> 00:15:27,940 Whenever Matthew is done, he just pulls up the covers and goes to sleep, leaving 232 00:15:27,940 --> 00:15:28,940 me alone with the mess. 233 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,220 Ava handles me like fragile glass, cleaning me up with care. 234 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,460 You did so well, Chloe. 235 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:38,199 Don't go. 236 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:39,200 Stay tonight. 237 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:40,700 I'm not going anywhere. 238 00:15:41,230 --> 00:15:42,890 I'll stay right here until you wake up. 239 00:15:47,910 --> 00:15:51,130 Those idiot clients kept me out drinking until after midnight. 240 00:15:52,050 --> 00:15:55,950 Chloe, get me a black coffee. His voice shatters the beautiful dream of last 241 00:15:55,950 --> 00:15:59,570 night. Just hearing him in this house makes me feel trapped. 242 00:16:03,950 --> 00:16:05,170 Why are you dodging me? 243 00:16:06,750 --> 00:16:10,310 I... I just made coffee. That's probably what you smell. I can't stand him 244 00:16:10,310 --> 00:16:13,230 touching me. The thought of those hands that pound keyboards and grip whiskey 245 00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:15,550 glasses touching my skin makes my stomach turn. 246 00:16:15,750 --> 00:16:19,310 You don't smell like coffee. You smell like rose oil. A lot of it. What were 247 00:16:19,310 --> 00:16:20,310 you doing last night? 248 00:16:24,370 --> 00:16:25,590 I used it on her, Dad. 249 00:16:26,390 --> 00:16:28,190 Chloe's been sleeping badly and she's run down. 250 00:16:28,410 --> 00:16:32,110 I came over last night and gave her a deep relaxation massage with rose oil. 251 00:16:32,370 --> 00:16:34,090 Oh. That explains it. 252 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,020 Look at her today. She looks like a different person. Her cheeks are 253 00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:37,959 practically glowing. 254 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:38,960 Guess your treatment works. 255 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:47,900 Yeah, she slept really well last night. Matthew has no idea the rose oil on my 256 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:51,520 skin is the most intimate proof of what his daughter and I did in our bedroom 257 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:52,520 last night. 258 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:58,160 Matthew stayed home with a hangover instead of going to the office. 259 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,660 He's working less than 15 feet away. 260 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,520 while Ava uses a follow-up treatment as an excuse to stretch me on the living 261 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:06,520 room floor. 262 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:11,940 Dad, Chloe's leg is still pretty tight. I'm going to stretch it out for her. 263 00:17:12,099 --> 00:17:14,260 Thanks, Ava. Make sure she gets a real workout. 264 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,020 She can't spend all day acting like she's made of glass. 265 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:21,660 He wants you to work up a sweat. 266 00:17:22,060 --> 00:17:25,720 Was last night not enough? How can she say that with Matthew right there? All 267 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,800 he has to do is turn around, and he'll see how tangled up we are. 268 00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:33,480 That project's margin needs to go up two points. 269 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,580 If it doesn't, you can all start packing your desks. 270 00:17:37,580 --> 00:17:41,140 Right under my husband's nose, his daughter hides the dirtiest temptation 271 00:17:41,140 --> 00:17:43,080 behind a perfectly professional pose. 272 00:17:43,580 --> 00:17:46,000 The wrongness of it makes my starved heart race. 273 00:17:48,020 --> 00:17:50,020 Dad, your neck and shoulders look tight, too. 274 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:51,760 Want me to work on them? 275 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,340 No. I'm slammed. 276 00:17:54,580 --> 00:17:57,620 Just take care of your stepmother. She's so delicate, she needs a massage every 277 00:17:57,620 --> 00:17:58,620 five minutes. Hear that? 278 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:00,680 He told me to take good care of you. 279 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,760 Ava, please, not here. But your pulse is racing right here. 280 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:11,240 Chloe, you're even more sensitive than you were last night. 281 00:18:11,460 --> 00:18:14,400 One whisper from her destroys the last of my reason. 282 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:18,820 With Matthew only a few feet away, I realize in horror that Ava's touch has 283 00:18:18,820 --> 00:18:20,040 already left me wet again. 284 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,200 Matthew's keyboard is clacking less than 15 feet away while I'm in another 285 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,200 woman's arms. 286 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,220 burning up from the inside out. 287 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,660 The damn internet is down again. I'm going to reboot the router in the study. 288 00:18:33,820 --> 00:18:34,820 He's coming over. 289 00:18:34,860 --> 00:18:38,560 If he looks down, he'll see exactly where Ava's hand is. Chloe, why are you 290 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:39,560 sweating so much? 291 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,560 Ava must really be putting you through a workout. 292 00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:43,420 Dad, her fascia is really tight. 293 00:18:44,020 --> 00:18:45,640 Sweating like this is a normal response. 294 00:18:47,260 --> 00:18:50,880 Watching my husband's back while his daughter touches me, the thrill of 295 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,240 almost getting caught wipes out the last of my resistance. 296 00:18:57,350 --> 00:19:00,410 You spend your whole life holding everything in for him. When are you 297 00:19:00,410 --> 00:19:02,390 going to let yourself make a sound? For me? 298 00:19:02,870 --> 00:19:07,290 I escape to the kitchen, hoping a glass of warm water will cool the unnatural 299 00:19:07,290 --> 00:19:08,450 heat inside me. 300 00:19:11,490 --> 00:19:15,290 Ava, I already drank from that. I know. I wanted to taste you. 301 00:19:16,910 --> 00:19:20,990 Every move, every word makes it obvious she loves me. Matthew has never given me 302 00:19:20,990 --> 00:19:22,170 that. Not once. 303 00:19:22,930 --> 00:19:24,950 Chloe, stop looking at him. Look at me. 304 00:19:25,570 --> 00:19:26,570 Please? 305 00:19:33,580 --> 00:19:36,300 The click of the lock hits me like a hammer. Matthew's coming out. 306 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:39,699 Router's fixed. 307 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:42,640 Chloe, make me an ice americano and a couple of sandwiches. 308 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,680 I don't even have time for lunch. Okay, right away. 309 00:19:46,140 --> 00:19:47,140 I'll help you cut them. 310 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:51,460 You just finished stretching, and your muscles are still relaxed. You shouldn't 311 00:19:51,460 --> 00:19:53,000 be on your feet too long. Ava's right. 312 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:56,920 Sit down and rest. See how thoughtful she is. Matthew's voice is right behind 313 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:01,640 me, while Ava stands at my side, using the kitchen island to block his view. 314 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:03,250 Is she insane? 315 00:20:03,390 --> 00:20:06,730 All Matthew has to do is look up and he'll see where her hand is. With 316 00:20:06,730 --> 00:20:10,590 nothing between us, her bare palm presses directly against my sensitive 317 00:20:10,590 --> 00:20:16,330 skin. That soft, precise touch sends electricity through my whole body. 318 00:20:16,570 --> 00:20:19,650 What's taking you so long over there? I need that coffee to stay awake. 319 00:20:21,750 --> 00:20:27,070 Coming. With my husband barking orders at me, I let his daughter touch me. My 320 00:20:27,070 --> 00:20:31,150 body betrays every boundary I ever had, answering with an even deeper need. 321 00:20:31,550 --> 00:20:33,130 All he knows how to do is yell at you. 322 00:20:33,790 --> 00:20:35,530 But with me, you bloom. 323 00:20:37,890 --> 00:20:40,110 I don't even have the strength to resist anymore. 324 00:20:40,830 --> 00:20:44,150 As long as I'm trapped in this house with Matthew's coldness, Ava's 325 00:20:44,150 --> 00:20:46,230 tenderness feels like my only way out. 326 00:20:48,250 --> 00:20:49,370 Dad, here's your lunch. 327 00:20:50,410 --> 00:20:51,930 Chloe's muscles are cramping a little. 328 00:20:52,230 --> 00:20:54,250 I'll help her back to the bedroom so she can rest. 329 00:20:54,510 --> 00:20:56,050 Fine. She's all yours. 330 00:20:56,610 --> 00:20:58,670 Make her lie down and keep her from bothering me. 331 00:21:02,860 --> 00:21:07,220 Her arms are strong, holding me securely against her through my sweat-soaked gray 332 00:21:07,220 --> 00:21:10,700 yoga clothes. You can't even handle something this simple. What am I paying 333 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:11,700 you people for? 334 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,820 Don't listen to him. Listen to my heartbeat. 335 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:20,220 Through her black camisess, I can feel her young, powerful heart pounding, and 336 00:21:20,220 --> 00:21:21,880 every beat feels like it's for me. 337 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,520 Matthew's angry sheeting is outside the door. 338 00:21:26,740 --> 00:21:30,380 Ava's endless tenderness is right in front of me. The contrast destroys what 339 00:21:30,380 --> 00:21:31,460 little reason I have left. 340 00:21:32,060 --> 00:21:35,200 Your clothes are soaked. You'll get cold in them. Let me take them off. 341 00:21:35,540 --> 00:21:37,460 I... I can do it myself. 342 00:21:37,780 --> 00:21:39,260 You can barely lift your arms, Chloe. 343 00:21:39,540 --> 00:21:42,620 You don't have to be strong with me. Her voice feels like a spell. 344 00:21:42,820 --> 00:21:46,960 I finally let go and let her peel away my defenses as if she's unwrapping 345 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:47,960 something precious. 346 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,820 That look in her eyes is possessive, but never rough. 347 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,640 Somehow that makes it more dangerous than any direct touch. 348 00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:55,300 You're so beautiful. 349 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,800 Sometimes I'm jealous of the air in this room. 350 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,860 Because it gets to touch you whenever it wants. 351 00:22:01,340 --> 00:22:05,820 In that moment, marriage, morality, all of it stops mattering. 352 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,380 My husband is only a few steps outside the door, while his daughter kneels in 353 00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:17,100 front of me, worshipping my skin with her lips. The contradiction makes my 354 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:17,919 head spin. 355 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,160 Chloe! Where'd you put my blue shirt? I've got a video call this afternoon. 356 00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:23,460 Don't! Quiet. 357 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:24,680 He's right outside. 358 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,260 The sound of the doorknob turning cuts through my nerves. My whole body goes 359 00:22:28,260 --> 00:22:30,180 rigid. My heart nearly stops. 360 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,060 Why is the door locked? Chloe, did you hear me? 361 00:22:33,260 --> 00:22:36,700 She's lost her mind. Matthew is knocking, and her hand is still moving 362 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:39,600 lower. Every knock comes with another movement of her fingers. 363 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,300 Fear and pleasure twist together until I can't think straight. 364 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:45,760 Chloe, tell me. 365 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,900 Who do you belong to now? 366 00:22:50,260 --> 00:22:53,080 Damn it! If you don't answer, I'm getting the spare key. 367 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,460 Where the hell is that spare key? 368 00:22:58,990 --> 00:23:00,830 I can never find anything in this house. 369 00:23:01,050 --> 00:23:03,050 The sound of him searching becomes a countdown. 370 00:23:03,330 --> 00:23:07,030 If he opens that door, he'll see his daughter kneeling on our silk sheets 371 00:23:07,030 --> 00:23:09,310 with her fingers buried inside me. 372 00:23:09,790 --> 00:23:13,810 Answer him, Chloe. Tell him why you locked the door. She looks untouchable, 373 00:23:13,850 --> 00:23:18,370 yet she's using the most shameless ways to push me over the edge. The contrast 374 00:23:18,370 --> 00:23:19,890 leaves me wetter than ever. 375 00:23:23,370 --> 00:23:27,870 Found it. Chloe, I'm counting to three. If you don't open this door, I'm coming 376 00:23:27,870 --> 00:23:28,870 in myself. 377 00:23:29,570 --> 00:23:31,610 Don't come in. I'm changing. 378 00:23:31,950 --> 00:23:35,490 Why lock the door just to change? Why is your voice shaking like that? 379 00:23:35,710 --> 00:23:39,830 My husband is questioning me through one thin door while his daughter drives me 380 00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:40,830 out of my mind. 381 00:23:41,070 --> 00:23:44,690 I bite my lips, terrified one moat will give everything away. 382 00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:47,370 I got sweaty during the treatment. 383 00:23:48,090 --> 00:23:50,210 Then I got cold and I almost tripped. 384 00:23:52,650 --> 00:23:54,710 You're such a hassle. Forget the shirt. 385 00:23:55,270 --> 00:23:57,390 I'll wear something else. Hurry up and come out. 386 00:23:58,410 --> 00:23:59,650 Don't pass out in there. 387 00:24:02,250 --> 00:24:03,250 He's gone. 388 00:24:03,410 --> 00:24:08,410 The man who claims he gave me a stable life couldn't even be bothered to open 389 00:24:08,410 --> 00:24:10,050 the door and check whether I was okay. 390 00:24:12,530 --> 00:24:13,530 See? 391 00:24:13,970 --> 00:24:15,590 He doesn't even care if you're okay. 392 00:24:15,970 --> 00:24:18,030 The kiss tastes faintly salty. 393 00:24:18,650 --> 00:24:20,010 mixed with my own scent. 394 00:24:20,230 --> 00:24:25,130 I close my eyes as tears slide down my face and wrap my arms around her narrow 395 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,090 waist, surrendering completely. 396 00:24:30,910 --> 00:24:34,050 The room is so quiet I can hear only our tangled breathing. 397 00:24:34,270 --> 00:24:38,150 The mark she left on me burns like a brand, cutting the last thread tying me 398 00:24:38,150 --> 00:24:39,150 to this empty marriage. 399 00:24:39,310 --> 00:24:41,590 Chloe, don't ever cry over him again. 400 00:24:41,810 --> 00:24:42,890 He doesn't deserve it. 401 00:24:45,140 --> 00:24:48,040 Matthew only cares that I keep the house looking respectable. 402 00:24:48,660 --> 00:24:53,080 This 22-year-old woman only cares whether I'm hurting, whether I'm 403 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,080 unhappy. 404 00:24:54,140 --> 00:24:55,560 To hell with morality. 405 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,380 To hell with boundaries. 406 00:24:58,260 --> 00:25:02,400 For once, I just want to be a woman in the arms of someone who sees me. 407 00:25:04,180 --> 00:25:06,500 She doesn't make me clean myself up alone. 408 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:10,400 She stands under the water with me, fully clothed. 409 00:25:10,730 --> 00:25:14,370 washing away the sweat and mess as if I'm something rare and precious. 410 00:25:14,710 --> 00:25:19,330 The reflection in the mirror takes my breath away, her long, graceful body, 411 00:25:19,490 --> 00:25:24,070 water tracing her neck and shoulders, before dripping onto the marks on my 412 00:25:24,070 --> 00:25:29,230 collarbone. It's a pure, dangerous kind of beauty no man has ever made me feel. 413 00:25:30,010 --> 00:25:32,130 Chloe, I'm heading to my meeting. 414 00:25:32,450 --> 00:25:33,710 Don't wait up for dinner. 415 00:25:34,690 --> 00:25:37,410 See? He can't wait to leave you. 416 00:25:39,210 --> 00:25:40,250 Come with me, Chloe. 417 00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:42,930 Leave this cold glass box behind. 418 00:25:46,050 --> 00:25:51,030 The words come with me. Split open the dead, dry world I've been living in for 419 00:25:51,030 --> 00:25:51,889 three years. 420 00:25:51,890 --> 00:25:56,030 I look into her dark eyes through the steam. Every rule I've ever lived by is 421 00:25:56,030 --> 00:25:59,510 screaming in my head, but my body greedily drinks in the warmth of her 422 00:25:59,510 --> 00:26:01,230 skin. You're scared. 423 00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:04,890 Or of what you really want. 424 00:26:07,090 --> 00:26:08,090 Ava. 425 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,360 I'm older than you. 426 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,300 And I'm... I'm Matthew's wife. 427 00:26:19,140 --> 00:26:23,640 The second her lips meet mine, every doubt burns away. That careful, feminine 428 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,360 attention tears down every defense I've built. In this room, you don't belong to 429 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:28,920 anyone. You're just Chloe. 430 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,200 A woman who deserves to be cherished and loved. She looks at me like I'm 431 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,060 priceless. Matthew has never looked at me that way. He only complains that I 432 00:26:37,060 --> 00:26:38,700 take too long in the shower and keep him awake. 433 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,040 That ring has trapped you for three years. 434 00:26:45,180 --> 00:26:48,620 All it's given you is silence, neglect and pain. 435 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,080 The second I take it off, I'm crossing that line for good. There's no going 436 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:53,080 back. 437 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:05,700 From today on, your hands, your body, Every part of you belongs to me. 438 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,860 Without that cold diamond ring weighing me down, my left hand feels lighter than 439 00:27:13,860 --> 00:27:18,520 ever. Ava's lips are wildfire, setting every dead part of me ablaze. You're so 440 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:19,520 sweet, Chloe. 441 00:27:20,020 --> 00:27:22,020 So much sweeter than I ever imagined. 442 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:23,560 Ava, slower. 443 00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:27,340 There's a softness and precision to a woman's touch that no man has ever given 444 00:27:27,340 --> 00:27:31,140 me. She controls my breath, my trembling, even my soul with terrifying 445 00:27:31,140 --> 00:27:32,140 ease. 446 00:27:33,450 --> 00:27:36,990 One night of being truly touched washes away three years of withering. 447 00:27:37,370 --> 00:27:39,650 I'm not that meek, neglected wife anymore. 448 00:27:40,210 --> 00:27:41,870 I'm a woman who's finally loved. 449 00:27:42,070 --> 00:27:44,570 That meeting was a disaster. I never should have gone. 450 00:27:46,650 --> 00:27:50,170 Chloe, you look different today. 451 00:27:53,370 --> 00:27:55,090 Why are you pulling away? I'm your husband. 452 00:27:57,150 --> 00:27:58,530 Where is your wedding ring? 453 00:28:04,050 --> 00:28:07,090 Dad, Chloe got really sweaty during her treatment this afternoon. 454 00:28:07,750 --> 00:28:08,850 Her ring was slipping. 455 00:28:09,210 --> 00:28:11,570 Treatment, so I had her take it off and leave it by the sink. 456 00:28:15,410 --> 00:28:18,390 Right in front of Matthew, her fingertint traces my palm. 457 00:28:19,010 --> 00:28:23,430 That quiet protection, that dangerous little secret, gives me a sense of 458 00:28:23,430 --> 00:28:25,630 safety I've never felt in this suffocating marriage. 459 00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:33,210 Matthew's suspicious stare used to terrify me. But now, with Ava standing 460 00:28:33,210 --> 00:28:35,950 between us, there's something almost thrilling about fear. 461 00:28:37,130 --> 00:28:38,130 A treatment. 462 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:39,670 She's just too delicate. 463 00:28:39,890 --> 00:28:41,190 Chloe, put your ring back on. 464 00:28:42,150 --> 00:28:46,090 Walking around barehanded makes you look like some desperate housewife looking to 465 00:28:46,090 --> 00:28:47,090 cheat. 466 00:28:47,190 --> 00:28:48,190 The ring. 467 00:28:48,490 --> 00:28:50,010 Ava threw it away this afternoon. 468 00:28:50,290 --> 00:28:51,930 Dad, her muscles are still really sore. 469 00:28:53,330 --> 00:28:56,070 I'll go with her and help her look for it. 470 00:28:58,750 --> 00:29:01,710 Then hurry up and make me something for this hangover when you're done. 471 00:29:06,410 --> 00:29:07,410 Ava, what do we do? 472 00:29:07,870 --> 00:29:09,110 The ring isn't in the trash. 473 00:29:09,550 --> 00:29:14,250 If Matthew finds out... She's not helping me look for the ring at all. 474 00:29:14,610 --> 00:29:15,890 She's staring at my neckline. 475 00:29:19,250 --> 00:29:23,210 Are you really that scared of him finding out? 476 00:29:24,730 --> 00:29:26,230 Ava, stop. He's right outside. 477 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:29,500 Chloe! 478 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,840 Does it take all day to find one damn ring? 479 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,680 My husband is shouting on the other side of the door while his daughter has me 480 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,540 pinned against the sink, my knees going weak. 481 00:29:42,940 --> 00:29:46,540 The danger of being caught any second sends sweat prickering across my skin. 482 00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:49,240 I wasn't going to let you get in trouble. 483 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:50,560 I picked it up. 484 00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:56,800 But I want you to ask for it. 485 00:29:58,210 --> 00:30:01,490 Use that pretty voice and beg me to give it back. 486 00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:07,050 Please, Ava, give it to me. 487 00:30:11,590 --> 00:30:13,530 That's the ring that says I'm Matthew's wife. 488 00:30:13,850 --> 00:30:16,790 Now it's become something his daughter uses to make me submit. 489 00:30:17,050 --> 00:30:20,350 The cold metal and her burning fingertips make my whole body tremble. 490 00:30:20,870 --> 00:30:21,990 Beg me for what, Chloe? 491 00:30:22,190 --> 00:30:23,149 Say it. 492 00:30:23,150 --> 00:30:24,890 Please, give me the ring. 493 00:30:28,350 --> 00:30:29,630 Ava, I can't take anymore. 494 00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:34,850 What are you two doing in there? Fall into the toilet or something? 495 00:30:35,070 --> 00:30:36,070 He's coming. 496 00:30:36,150 --> 00:30:37,490 The door isn't even locked. 497 00:30:38,150 --> 00:30:40,790 If he pushes it open, it's over. 498 00:30:44,110 --> 00:30:45,110 Don't. 499 00:30:49,710 --> 00:30:53,290 The turning doorknob, my husband's angry breathing, and the waves building inside 500 00:30:53,290 --> 00:30:54,290 me all crash together. 501 00:30:54,910 --> 00:30:57,130 Ava sends me over an edge I've never reached before. 502 00:30:58,540 --> 00:31:03,240 Found it It 503 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:09,800 took you that long to find a ring 504 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,660 Chloe why is your face so red? 505 00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:17,480 It slipped into the gap by the drain Chloe panicked and crouched down too 506 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,180 long her blood sugar dropped 507 00:31:19,180 --> 00:31:25,360 Finally 508 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,060 Lose it again, and I'm cutting off your credit card. 509 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,580 He looks at the ring on my finger like it's proof he owns me. He'll never know 510 00:31:34,580 --> 00:31:38,740 that minutes ago, his daughter used that same ring in the most intimate way. 511 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,200 She's savoring it. 512 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:42,640 Right in front of Matthew. 513 00:31:43,020 --> 00:31:45,120 She's savoring what just happened in the bathroom. 514 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,260 The cold metal still seems to hold the heat of Ava's fingertips. 515 00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:52,140 This ridiculous wedding ring has become the secret symbol of our conspiracy. 516 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,660 My head is killing me. Chloe, come rub my temples. 517 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,820 The stale mix of alcohol and cheap afterbirth closes around me like a 518 00:32:06,820 --> 00:32:07,759 suffocating net. 519 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,080 I used to do everything a wife was supposed to do. Now the thought of his 520 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,040 cold hands touching me makes me sick. 521 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,480 Dad, Chloe split a nail looking for the ring. I'll do it. I'm the professional. 522 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,320 You always know what you're doing. 523 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,600 Chloe, sit down and take off my shoes. 524 00:32:24,060 --> 00:32:25,060 Rub my legs. 525 00:32:31,660 --> 00:32:35,560 Matthew closes his eyes and enjoys his daughter's care, while I kneel at his 526 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,920 feet, feeling like prey, on display under Ava's gaze. 527 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:42,600 Ow. 528 00:32:43,980 --> 00:32:45,220 What the hell was that? 529 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,880 Nothing. My dress caught on something. 530 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,420 Matthew's breathing is right above me while Ava's bare toes slowly tease past 531 00:32:53,420 --> 00:32:54,339 my defenses. 532 00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:58,580 The wrongness of it, with him this close, sets my throat on fire. 533 00:32:59,129 --> 00:33:02,750 Between the alcohol and the massage, Matthew falls asleep almost as soon as 534 00:33:02,750 --> 00:33:03,750 he gets back to the bedroom. 535 00:33:03,910 --> 00:33:07,170 But the heat Ava stirred up in me keeps eating away at my sanity. 536 00:33:13,310 --> 00:33:16,270 You had a hard time holding back in the living room, didn't you? 537 00:33:19,850 --> 00:33:22,310 Ava, he's right there on the bed. 538 00:33:22,990 --> 00:33:26,550 Matthew's snoring fills the room. Instead of backing off, Ava pins me 539 00:33:26,550 --> 00:33:28,730 against the closet door with almost reckless intensity. 540 00:33:33,850 --> 00:33:35,590 Keep wearing the ring he gave you. 541 00:33:36,370 --> 00:33:39,670 Feel it while you decide who you really belong to. 542 00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:49,270 Every rustle from Matthew turning in bed explodes in my ears. 543 00:33:50,540 --> 00:33:54,240 I'm standing right beside him while his daughter steals the breath from my 544 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,240 lungs. 545 00:33:56,180 --> 00:33:59,120 Tell me, what is that ring doing now? 546 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,140 Don't, Ava, please. 547 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:10,080 Cold metal presses against burning skin. Pleasure tears through my reason while 548 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,340 the fear that my husband could wake up any second drags me deeper. 549 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:20,880 In a room filled with his scent, I use the ring he bought me to betray him 550 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,639 completely. And the worst part is, I love how far I've fallen. 551 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:33,219 I look at myself in the mirror. I don't see that withered, numb version of 552 00:34:33,219 --> 00:34:34,219 myself anymore. 553 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:38,739 Last night's terrifying surrender woke up a body I thought had died years ago. 554 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,300 My head is killing me. Chloe, get me some ice water. 555 00:34:46,510 --> 00:34:47,790 Why do you look so weird today? 556 00:34:49,850 --> 00:34:52,290 I probably didn't sleep well. I'll get your water. 557 00:35:01,750 --> 00:35:06,010 Who would have guessed someone who looks this restrained could be that wild in 558 00:35:06,010 --> 00:35:07,010 this very bedroom? 559 00:35:08,110 --> 00:35:09,650 Morning, Mrs. Dutiful Wife. 560 00:35:10,310 --> 00:35:11,590 Satisfied with last night's treatment? 561 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,840 The shower is loud, but all I can hear is my own heartbeat. 562 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,180 The glass of ice water between us is slick with condensation, but her 563 00:35:24,180 --> 00:35:25,460 fingertips feel even hotter. 564 00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:27,100 You look beautiful today, Chloe. 565 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,620 Don't. Matthew could come out any second. 566 00:35:31,860 --> 00:35:36,240 The water is cold, but the way she looks at me feels like she could devour me. 567 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:40,320 Outside my husband's bathroom, I'm clinging to her like a woman starved for 568 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:41,320 affection. 569 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:44,360 Chloe! Where's my aftershave? 570 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,160 In the cabinet behind the mirror! 571 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:54,940 Why is this coffee so bitter? 572 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,520 Chloe, can't you even make coffee right anymore? 573 00:35:58,860 --> 00:36:01,600 He's always complaining, always talking down to me. 574 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,540 Before, I would have panicked and rushed to add sugar. 575 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,400 Now I just think he looks ridiculous. 576 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:10,980 Dad, you drank too much last night. 577 00:36:11,580 --> 00:36:12,800 Your taste is still off. 578 00:36:13,310 --> 00:36:17,770 Chloe's coffee is always good. Under the counter, where Matthew can't see, Ava 579 00:36:17,770 --> 00:36:22,010 slips off her slipper, her bare foot glides slowly up my calf. 580 00:36:24,830 --> 00:36:27,070 What are you doing? You've been spacing out all morning. 581 00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:29,910 Nothing. Some hot oil splashed on my hand. 582 00:36:31,070 --> 00:36:32,070 Careful, Chloe. 583 00:36:32,970 --> 00:36:34,330 Don't let yourself get burned. 584 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,040 Her kiss isn't rough or greedy. 585 00:36:43,420 --> 00:36:47,000 It's a fine, deadly net that slowly steals the last air from my lungs. 586 00:36:48,460 --> 00:36:49,820 Ava, too deep. 587 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,240 Chloe, did you fall in the toilet? Where's my briefcase? 588 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,580 Matthew's footsteps are getting closer to the bathroom. 589 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:57,800 One door away. 590 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,300 If he turns the handle, he'll see his wife and daughter doing the one thing he 591 00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:02,700 could never imagine against the sink. 592 00:37:06,820 --> 00:37:07,820 Don't hide. 593 00:37:08,180 --> 00:37:10,760 Tell him what you're doing. Why is this door locked? 594 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,000 Are you wasting time on makeup again? 595 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:14,980 Hurry up and get out here! 596 00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:16,620 I'll be out in a second! 597 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,980 Your briefcase is in the entryway cabinet behind the door. 598 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,980 I'm lying to my husband through the door while my body melts in his daughter's 599 00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:24,980 arms. 600 00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:29,960 The risk of being caught any second lights something inside me I can't even 601 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,220 name. Good girl. 602 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:35,000 See? He doesn't care what you're actually going through. In here. 603 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:38,760 Why is your face so red? 604 00:37:40,750 --> 00:37:43,170 How do you work up a sweat? Just washing your face? 605 00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:47,470 The water was too hot. It's stuffy in there. 606 00:37:49,110 --> 00:37:52,750 Dad, Chloe's pretty weak right now. I'll give her another recovery session later. 607 00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:54,250 Fine. She's yours. 608 00:37:54,610 --> 00:37:57,830 I'm working late the next few nights anyway, so at least she won't be 609 00:37:57,830 --> 00:37:58,830 bothering me. 610 00:38:05,030 --> 00:38:06,030 Hear that, Chloe? 611 00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:08,510 He gave you to me. 612 00:38:10,430 --> 00:38:11,430 Matthew is gone. 613 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:15,170 This house that held me prisoner for three years suddenly feels like it 614 00:38:15,170 --> 00:38:16,170 belongs only to us. 615 00:38:16,730 --> 00:38:19,370 All because of the 22-year-old woman in front of me. 616 00:38:23,610 --> 00:38:27,310 Ava. Without the fear of being caught, her kisses turn fearless. 617 00:38:27,530 --> 00:38:32,990 The softness and strength of another woman wrap around me, stripping away my 618 00:38:32,990 --> 00:38:34,110 reason bit by bit. 619 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,720 I fall back onto the cold silk sheets, still able to smell Matthew's 620 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:43,720 aftershave. 621 00:38:44,420 --> 00:38:47,080 But my body burns only for the woman above me. 622 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,940 This is where he lies every night with his back to you, isn't it? 623 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:02,600 Not anymore. 624 00:39:03,780 --> 00:39:05,520 She isn't just taking off a ring. 625 00:39:05,930 --> 00:39:09,670 She's peeling away the shell of being Matthew's wife, piece by piece. 626 00:39:20,750 --> 00:39:21,750 Ava. 627 00:39:22,590 --> 00:39:24,530 On this bed, I want you to forget him. 628 00:39:24,810 --> 00:39:25,950 Remember only me. 629 00:39:30,250 --> 00:39:33,610 This seduction disguised as therapy destroys the dead life. 630 00:39:34,890 --> 00:39:36,470 I've been living for three years. 631 00:39:37,790 --> 00:39:42,690 In Ava's arms, for the first time, I remember what it feels like to breathe 632 00:39:42,690 --> 00:39:43,690 as Chloe. 633 00:39:44,290 --> 00:39:45,290 You're free, Chloe. 634 00:39:53,570 --> 00:39:58,670 Damn it! 635 00:39:59,270 --> 00:40:01,330 I left an important contract in the safe! 636 00:40:01,630 --> 00:40:02,750 Chloe, where are you? 637 00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:05,600 The door is about to open, but I'm not afraid anymore. 638 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:12,880 If my old world is going to collapse, then let 639 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:13,880 it burn.