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My Wife and Daughter Left Me for a Fake Tycoon ASR
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00:00It was the night before Thanksgiving. I had prepared a feast. Looking forward to the first quiet holiday in years.
00:08But halfway through our drive, Alexia's phone buzzed. She looked at me with fake tears in her eyes.
00:17Honey, pull over.
00:21What's wrong?
00:24My father. He's alive.
00:26I looked at her, then at our ten-year-old daughter.
00:30Yes, Daddy! I need to see Grandpa!
00:34I knew for a fact that my father-in-law had been declared dead ten years ago. I had even
00:39paid for the funeral.
00:42Go then. Family is important.
00:44A cold smile tugging at my lips.
00:54Taxi!
00:54As I watched them hail a taxi and speed away, I took out my phone. I didn't call a hospital.
01:00I called my head of security.
01:03Follow them. Find out who this grandpa really is.
01:06I sat in my empty car, laughing softly. They left a billionaire for a con man with a rented suit.
01:12Happy Thanksgiving, Alexia.
01:14You just traded a diamond for a piece of broken glass.
01:18And I'm gonna make sure you feel every jagged edge.
01:23I didn't have to wait long.
01:25An hour later, a messenger arrived at our humble apartment with a thick envelope.
01:31It wasn't a thank you note for the dinner.
01:33It was a divorce settlement. Alexia didn't even have the courage to tell me to my face.
01:45Her voice echoed from a pre-recorded voice note.
01:49Willy can give Cora everything you can't. Private jets, world tours, a legacy. You're just a delivery driver, Ethan.
01:56Bye bye poor daddy. I'm a princess now.
02:02I'm not coming home.
02:04For six years, I had worked three jobs to keep them comfortable, hiding the fact that I owned the very
02:11company I delivered for.
02:15I stood up and walked to my hidden wall safe.
02:22I pulled out a black titanium card and a Patek Philippe watch worth more than their fake tycoon's entire life.
02:29Let's see how long your prince lasts.
02:32When I cut off his air supply, I dialed my CFO.
02:37The man in the Hilton penthouse, Willy Vance, he's using a line of credit from our subsidiary, cancel it, now.
02:47And by the Hilton, I want to be their landlord by sunrise.
02:53The next morning, I walked into the Hilton lobby.
02:57I wasn't wearing my delivery uniform.
02:59I was in a bespoke Italian suit that cost $30,000.
03:04Good morning, Mr. Westfold.
03:14But to Alexia and Cora, who were heading to the breakfast buffet with Willy, I was just an eyesore.
03:26Ethan? What are you doing here?
03:29Alexia hissed, trying to block me from Willy's view.
03:34Ew, is poor daddy trying to be fancy? You look like a clown in that suit.
03:39Listen, son. I know it's hard losing a woman like Alexia.
03:44Here's a hundred bucks. Go buy yourself a dignified meal.
03:50He tossed a hundred dollar bill on the floor.
03:53I didn't pick it up.
03:55I looked at the hotel manager, who was sweating profusely as he approached us.
04:01Mr. Vance, there's been a change in ownership.
04:05The new owner is here and he's requested your immediate eviction for credit fraud.
04:11Willy's smile froze.
04:13Alexia looked confused.
04:15Owner? Who?
04:18I stepped forward, stepping right on that hundred dollar bill.
04:24I am Alexia.
04:30Mr. Vance, you are under arrest for credit fraud.
04:37Ethan, stop this! You're scaring Cora!
04:51It's a long walk down from the penthouse.
04:55Willy didn't stay to fight.
04:57As soon as the word fraud was mentioned, he vanished through the service exit, leaving his daughter and granddaughter with
05:04a $5,000 room service bill and 10 suitcases they couldn't carry.
05:14Alexia pleaded as the security guards piled their bags on the sidewalk.
05:19Ethan, stop this!
05:22So Willy had some business trouble, big deal!
05:25We'll just go back to our apartment and talk!
05:30You're scaring Cora!
05:37I want to go home! I hate this! Daddy, tell them to stop!
05:43I looked down at her, the child I had spoiled.
05:46You don't have a home, Cora.
05:49I sold the apartment this morning.
05:51And your grandpa didn't just have business trouble.
05:54He's a career conman who was using your mother's vanity to access my secondary accounts.
05:59What?
06:02You wanted a Tycoon?
06:04Well, you found one.
06:06He just wasn't the one you expected.
06:13Got into my Rolls Royce.
06:15Ma'am, please step back.
06:16The door being held open by a man in white gloves.
06:19Alexia tried to grab the handle.
06:23Ethan, wait!
06:25To the office. I have a merger to finish.
06:27And tell the legal team to start the process for full custody.
06:30I won't have my daughter raised by a woman who sells her soul for a fake gold watch.
06:36Alexia spent the afternoon at a public library.
06:39Using the free wifi to search for Ethan Westfall.
06:43She had always known my last name.
06:45But she thought I was just another poor kid from the suburbs.
06:48When the search results loaded, her world collapsed.
06:52He...
06:52He was the real one.
06:54Wait, so daddy is richer than Grandpa Willy?
06:57Does that mean I get my pony now?
07:00No, Cora.
07:02It means daddy is never coming back.
07:04And we have nothing.
07:06Just then, her phone buzzed.
07:08It was a text from an unknown number.
07:11I'm in the park across the street.
07:13Come alone if you want to see Cora's future.
07:16Alexia grabbed Cora's hand and ran.
07:19Come on.
07:19Hoping for a second chance.
07:24Ethan?
07:27But sitting on the park bench wasn't Ethan.
07:30It was Willy.
07:32Surprise.
07:41Please.
07:44One billion, Ethan!
07:46I know you're listening!
07:48Send the money to my offshore account!
07:50Or your precious girls become history!
07:55Please, Willy, stop!
07:57Ethan will give you whatever you want!
08:01I already gave him everything he deserved, Alexia.
08:05A one-way ticket to hell.
08:19You're a fake, Willy.
08:21And fakes always break under pressure.
08:28Hands behind your back!
08:33Ethan!
08:34Oh, thank God!
08:36We were so wrong!
08:38Take us home!
08:43I told you, Alexia, the home is sold.
08:46You're free to go.
08:48Anywhere but near me.
08:49Thanks for coming!
08:55The Westfall tower touched the clouds, a monument of glass and steel.
09:13I walked through the lobby, and every head bowed.
09:21The staff chorused, I ignored them
09:25My mind on the merger, but at the entrance, a scene was unfolding
09:35Ma'am, you cannot enter
09:37Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am?
09:41My daddy owns you
09:46But the divorce decree was finalized this morning
09:57Alexia looked up and saw me watching from the mezzanine
10:12I turned and walked into the boardroom
10:14Closing the heavy oak doors on her screams
10:17But inside, a new problem awaited
10:20My rival, a man who had been secretly funding Willie
10:24Was sitting in my chair
10:26Welcome back, Ethan
10:27Hope you enjoyed your vacation in the slums
10:29Now, let's talk about who really owns Westfall
10:41Two weeks after the eviction
10:44This is what princess life looks like
10:50She still tells herself it's not her fault
10:57But someone else has been watching
10:59Marcus Thorne
11:01The man who wants to destroy Ethan
11:04He doesn't see a victim
11:05He sees a weapon
11:10Desperate people make desperate choices
11:14And Marcus knows exactly which buttons to push
11:20You look like you've had a rough morning
11:22She doesn't take it
11:24But her hands are shaking
11:26Ethan lied to you for years
11:27He treated you like a social experiment
11:30Don't you want to make him pay for that humiliation?
11:32There it is
11:33The moment she sells her soul
11:36Can I have a TV in the back?
11:38And ice cream?
11:39Anything you want, little princess
11:40As long as your mother tells me everything she knows
11:42About Ethan's private bank codes
11:44And security protocols
11:46He threw us out like trash
11:48I'll give you everything
11:49I want him to crawl in the mud like I did
11:59From the top of his tower
12:01He watches everything
12:06Release phase two
12:10No one knows what that means
12:13She thought this was her chance to rise again
12:15But she didn't know the lights tonight
12:18Would only reveal another lie
12:22But the trap was already set
12:24And she walked right into it
12:27She was looking for him
12:29The man she once abandoned
12:33But what hung around her neck
12:34Was never real diamonds
12:37Ethan had seen her long ago
12:39He just didn't care
12:40His eyes looked at her like she was a joke
12:46Ethan
12:46I believe you remember your wife?
12:50She thought this would hurt him
12:51It's a beautiful piece
12:53Too bad the diamonds are synthetic
12:56And the gold is copper alloy
12:57Her smile shattered in that moment
13:02On the screen
13:03The death certificate of Marcus' company
13:06I bought Marcus' firm an hour ago
13:08He's bankrupt
13:13Marcus Stone
13:14You are under arrest
13:15She opened her mouth
13:17But no words came out
13:19Ethan left without looking back
13:21His revenge was only half done
13:24Next episode
13:26The Last Dollar
13:27She thought she had hit rock bottom
13:31But she didn't know there was deeper down
13:36The Last Dollar
13:39Three days ago
13:41She wore fake diamonds
13:43Now
13:43This was all she had
13:46I'm hungry mommy
13:48Why didn't daddy save us?
13:51Why is everyone a liar?
13:53She opened her mouth
13:54But found no answer
13:58Above her
13:59The man she abandoned
14:01Was looking down
14:02His wealth was real
14:04Hers was all lies
14:14Need a ride to the shelter ma'am?
14:21But she didn't know
14:22A pair of eyes
14:23Was watching her
14:25Am I done yet?
14:26Or is there one more lesson
14:28They need to learn?
14:36She thought last night
14:37Was the lowest point
14:41But the morning sun
14:42Brought deeper shadows
14:46Ms. Victor
14:47Mr. Westfield has filed
14:49For emergency full custody of Cora
14:50Given your current lack
14:51Of stable housing
14:52Employment
14:53And your involvement
14:54With two known felons
14:55In the past week
14:55We believe you are
14:56An unfit mother
14:57Mr. Westfield is not here
14:59He is currently
14:59At a charity gala
15:00In London
15:01He sent a private jet
15:02For Cora
15:02You have ten minutes
15:04To say goodbye
15:04Or we call the police
15:05To enforce the order
15:10He can't do this
15:12I'm her mother
15:14Is daddy in there?
15:15Tell him I'm sorry
15:16I want my room back
15:18She wouldn't give up
15:20Her daughter
15:23Even if it meant
15:24Dragging her into hell
15:27Stop them!
15:34She thought she was
15:35Protecting her daughter
15:36But she was becoming
15:38What she feared most
15:46I won't let them take you
15:48And for the first time
15:50She was afraid
15:51Of the woman holding her
15:55They traded their last dollar
15:57For one night in hell
15:58The bugs weren't picky
15:59Even the last shred of dignity
16:01Was being eaten away
16:03I'm itchy mommy
16:04The bed has bugs
16:05Why can't we just call daddy?
16:06He's a billionaire
16:07He has a jet
16:08Why are we living like rats?
16:09The child's cry
16:10Cut into her heart
16:11Like a knife
16:13Exhaustion
16:13Turns people into beasts
16:17She finally exploded
16:23That slap shattered
16:25The last trace of warmth
16:26The room was small
16:27But the tension filled every corner
16:29Because your father
16:30Wants to take you away from me
16:31He wants to turn you against me
16:33Don't you see?
16:34He's the villain
16:35Willie was a liar
16:36But at least he gave me ice cream
16:38You just give me bruises
16:39In that moment
16:40The child became someone else
16:41The phone buzzed
16:43Like a warning from the dark
16:49I know where you are Alexia
16:50I escaped custody
16:51During a hospital transfer
16:52I have a plan to get us both
16:54Out of the country
16:54But I need Cora
16:55Ethan will pay anything
16:56To get her back
16:57Meet me at the old docks
16:58At midnight
16:59And just like that
17:00She chose the devil again
17:06I needed Alexia
17:08To show her true colors
17:09Completely
17:11So she could never claim
17:12To be a mother again
17:14My heart broke
17:15For the child I had raised
17:16But I knew I couldn't
17:17Step in yet
17:25The wind at the docks
17:26Was freezing
17:27Smelling of salt
17:28And rot
17:37You promised Willie
17:39Fifty thousand cash
17:40And a passport to Brazil
17:41Just take her
17:42And call Ethan
17:42I can't do this anymore
17:44You're selling me
17:45To him
17:45But he tried to hurt us
17:46It's for your own good Cora
17:47Ethan will give him the money
17:48And then you'll be back
17:49In your palace
17:50It's the only way
17:50She was trying to convince
17:51Herself more than her daughter
17:53You're a piece of work Alexia
17:55Selling your own
17:56Flesh and blood
17:57To a felfin
17:57No wonder Ethan
17:59Hit his billions from you
18:00You're hollow
18:01He thought the prey
18:02Was already in his grasp
18:04But in the darkness
18:05Another pair of eyes
18:06Had already locked onto him
18:11Step away from my daughter
18:14The game is over Willie
18:16And for you Alexia
18:17This is the end of the line
18:21He panicked
18:22Grasping for the last straw
18:24But she was no longer
18:26The princess
18:26Who let others control her
18:29She didn't cry
18:31She just looked with hatred
18:32At the woman
18:33Who was supposed to protect her
18:34I'm not a princess
18:37And you're not my mother
18:38She had lost everything
18:40But the child
18:42Had found herself
18:46The courtroom was packed
18:47The media was calling it
18:49The tycoon's betrayal
18:55Conspiracy
18:56Child endangerment
18:58And fraud
19:01I was under duress
19:02Ethan manipulated me
19:04He hid his wealth
19:05To test me
19:06And when I was vulnerable
19:07Willie stepped in
19:08I was just a woman
19:09Trying to find her father
19:10I did everything
19:11For my daughter
19:12The audience had already
19:13Heard the real tape
19:14Her tears meant nothing now
19:16He didn't flinch
19:17He had seen this coming
19:19A long time ago
19:20Your honor
19:21The defense will now
19:22Play audio evidence
19:2450,000 cash
19:26And a passport to Brazil
19:27Just take her and call Ethan
19:29I can't do this anymore
19:31Character isn't tested
19:32When things are easy
19:33Alexia
19:34It's tested when things are hard
19:35You failed every test I gave you
19:37And then you failed
19:37The one test that mattered
19:38Being a mother
19:39You didn't sell your daughter
19:40Because you were under duress
19:41You sold her because
19:42She was no longer a ticket
19:43To a palace
19:43Guilty
19:44On all counts
19:49Ethan
19:50I'll change
19:51I'll love you again
19:52Please
19:54Ethan
19:55Please
19:56I didn't even blink
19:58Outside
19:59The sun was bright
20:00But the child's heart
20:02Had already frozen
20:04Is she gone for good?
20:10Yes
20:14Then let's go buy that pony
20:18It wasn't a request
20:20It was a demand
20:23I moved Cora
20:24Into the Westfall estate
20:26A mansion with 30 rooms
20:28And a staff of 20
20:31I bought her the pony
20:32The private tutors
20:34And the designer wardrobe
20:36I wanted to give her back
20:38The childhood
20:38Alexia had stolen
20:40But every gift
20:42I gave her
20:42Seemed to make her colder
20:44This pony is the wrong color
20:46Daddy
20:46I wanted a white one
20:51The tutor you hired
20:52Is boring
20:53I want someone
20:55Who will just do
20:55My homework for me
20:56After all
20:57I'm a Westfold now
20:58Why should I work?
21:00I realized
21:01With a sinking heart
21:02That the damage
21:03Was deeper
21:04Than I thought
21:04She had learned
21:06The wrong lessons
21:06From it
21:09Tell the chef
21:10I want lobster
21:10For dinner
21:11And tell him
21:12Not to be late
21:14She saw my wealth
21:16Not as a tool
21:17For good
21:17But as a weapon
21:18To control others
21:19I sat in my study
21:22Staring at a photo
21:23Of the three of us
21:24From years ago
21:26Sir
21:26There's a problem
21:27Miss Victor
21:27She's not in prison
21:28There was a riot
21:29During the transfer
21:30And she disappeared
21:42Then I reached the room
21:43The window was open
21:45And Cora's bed
21:46Was empty
21:48A note was pinned
21:50To the pillow
21:50With a kitchen knife
21:55I knew where she
21:56Had taken her
21:57I drove to the old
21:58Derelicate department
22:00Where we had lived
22:01For six years
22:02The place was a ruin
22:03Smelling of dust
22:05And rot
22:12Look Ethan
22:13We're a family again
22:17Alexia had found
22:18Something shiny
22:19In the trash
22:19That morning
22:20We're rich
22:22We don't need
22:23Your Westbent money
22:24Willy is coming back
22:25For us any minute now
22:27Alexia
22:28Put the knife down
22:29He knew the truth
22:30Would break her
22:30But he had no choice
22:32Willy is dead
22:33He drowned in the harbor
22:34It's over
22:36Just let Cora go
22:37And I'll get you help
22:40Liar
22:40You're just like him
22:42You hid the truth
22:43To watch me crawl
22:44She had nothing
22:45Left to lose
22:47If we can't live
22:48In a palace
22:49We'll burn in this
22:50All together
22:51And she was ready
22:53To take them with her
22:55One match
22:57And it would all be over
23:00The first flame
23:01Caught the dry curtains
23:02And the room
23:03Turned into an orange furnace
23:04I tried to reach Cora
23:06But a fallen beam
23:07Blocked my path
23:08In that moment
23:09The spoiled princess died
23:11And a survivor was born
23:24I've got you Cora
23:26Don't look back
23:29Hush
23:30Little baby
23:39Daddy
23:39I don't want the pony anymore
23:42I don't want the diamonds
23:44I just want to be
23:46Your daughter again
23:47Can we go back
23:48To being poor
23:49If it means we're real
23:54From the ashes
23:55Something real
23:57Was finally born
24:01Alexia didn't die
24:02The firefighters found her
24:04In a bathtub
24:05Unconscious but alive
24:06But when she woke up
24:08She didn't know who she was
24:10Her mind was wiped clean
24:12Who are you?
24:13Are you my brother?
24:15Did I have a family?
24:16For a moment
24:17The ghost of love returned
24:18Then he let it go
24:20No
24:20I'm just a benefactor
24:22You had a difficult life
24:24And I'm here to make sure
24:25You're taken care of
24:26No greed
24:27No malice
24:28Just emptiness
24:29And maybe that was mercy
24:33Will I be a princess there?
24:37No, Alexia
24:38You'll just be a person
24:41And that's much better
24:51Is she happy now, Daddy?
24:54She's at peace, Cora
24:55That's more than she ever
24:57Gave herself
24:58She had finally found peace
25:00And they had finally
25:01Found each other
25:05The board will run the company
25:06I realized the empire
25:08Was a prison
25:09I appointed a professional board
25:11And took a sabbatical
25:13This is just like
25:14When we were poor
25:15I thought you were
25:16A billionaire
25:21She hated the mud
25:22The lack of Wi-Fi
25:24And washing dishes
25:26I am a billionaire
25:28But money is just a tool, Cora
25:30If you don't know how to live without it
25:32It will eventually own you
25:35Look at your mother
25:36Look at Willie
25:37They died inside long before their heart stopped
25:45Slowly, her eyes brightened
25:47She stopped asking for designer bags
25:50And started asking about the stars
25:59I did it myself, Daddy
26:01I didn't need anyone to help
26:05I felt a weight lift from my chest
26:07That I'd carried for a decade
26:09We were finally real
26:17Mr. Westfield
26:18I'm from the treasury
26:20We found Willie's secret vault
26:22And you're not gonna believe what was inside
26:26Inside Willie's vault weren't gold bars or stolen cash
26:30It was a single
26:31Dusty wooden box
26:33Inside were letters from my father
26:36The man who had built the Westfall Empire
26:38My son
26:39I've instructed Willie to test you one day
26:41I need to know if the woman you chose loves the man or the crown
26:43If he ever approaches you
26:45Know that it is my final lesson from beyond the grave
26:47Wealth is a filter, Ethan
26:49It filters out the fake until only the truth remains
26:53You hid the truth to watch me crawl
26:56Willie had gone rogue
26:58But the test had worked exactly as my father intended
27:03I looked at Cora
27:05Who was playing with the dog in the field
27:07She had survived the filter
27:09Everything happens for a reason
27:11Years later
27:12Cora would take over the foundation
27:14Becoming a leader known for her wisdom and humility
27:17Sometimes people ask if I miss the tycoon life
27:21I just point to the sunset over the mountains
27:23And the laughter of my daughter
27:24I found the real treasure a long time ago
27:27And it never needed a gold watch to shine
27:29I found a crazy apple
27:30And the sort of...
27:30To see the statue is nothing
27:30And on the side of my mother
27:31And the throne of my daughter
27:31The gold watch and their friend
27:31I found that there
27:31It's 1st week
27:31She added that Påon the issue
27:31I found that
27:32In some combinrah
27:32probably didn't say
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