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He Slapped Me at the Wedding, Then Begged Me to Stay Episode ENGSUB Wedding Betrayal, Regret Romance, ASM
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00:00across the face all for his bridesmaid right at my wedding my fiance slapped me across the face
00:06all for his bridesmaid right in front of our parents that same day i threw my ring away and
00:11called off the wedding everyone thought i was just throwing a tantrum after all caleb and i
00:16had grown up together i'd been in love with him since we were kids i followed him around like a
00:21shadow for 20 whole years but this time i was dead serious later when he finally tracked me down
00:29why just because of one slap yes just because of one slap
00:36the second his hand connected with my face a sudden metallic taste of blood flooded my mouth after the
00:42sharp echoing crack of the slap the entire ballroom fell dead silent the left side of my face went numb
00:49then it burst into a burning pain i looked up at him my fiancee caleb westbrook all because i caught
00:57natalie hawthorne trying on my wedding dress without permission all because i refused to let
01:03her be my bridesmaid even caleb looks stunned by what he'd done enough vanessa stop making a scene
01:11the ceremony's starting can you just be reasonable for once natalie stood right beside him biting her lip
01:18her eyes turning glossy and red oh my god caleb don't it's my fault i shouldn't have tried it on
01:25without ass i just loved it so much i'm so sorry i didn't mean it just step down as your
01:30bridesmaid
01:31please can you guys just stop fighting caleb shot her look vanessa if you don't want to do this then
01:38leave we have guests waiting out there this is not the place for your tantrums humiliation hurt fury
01:45they all surged up at once lodging themselves in my throat tears burned in my eyes but i refused to
01:51let them fall in front of all the guests i slid the diamond ring off my finger then turned around
01:58and
01:58walked away i was done explaining myself and i sure wasn't staying there to be humiliated in front of
02:06everyone honestly caleb had never been prince charming but that was the first time he hit me
02:12more than that in my entire 25 years of life that was the first time anyone had ever struck me
02:20caleb and i went way back his grandpa walter and my grandpa served in the army together we grew
02:26up in the same neighborhood literally next door neighbors i had been in love with him since i was
02:31a little girl when i was five a boy at the playground snatched my toys he pulled my hair
02:37dumped bugs straight into my backpack i ran crying to my mother eleanor she went to confront the boy's
02:43parents but they just brushed it off as kids will be kids grandpa walter was having dinner at our house
02:49that night when he heard what happened he called caleb over he told him to watch my back out there
02:55from now
02:55on caleb was two years older than me when he heard i'd been bullied he caught that boy by the
03:00playground
03:00slide pinned him to the dirt and beat him up caleb had always been big for his age he had
03:06this mean
03:07untouchable edge to him by the time he was done that boy and his two friends were bawling their eyes
03:13out
03:14anyone touches vanessa they deal with me that was the exact moment i fell for him from that day on
03:22i became his shadow i followed him every single day wherever he went i was right behind him caleb
03:30hated it at first but i never stopped trailing after him eventually he got used to it and stopped
03:36telling me to leave he would carry my backpack tilt the umbrella toward me when it rained and whenever
03:41i called his name he'd turn around right away at my 18th birthday party walter joked around well if
03:48these two are this and separated maybe we should just make it official one day i saw his ears turn
03:53red and i'm marrying caleb but six years ago everything shattered that fall natalie hawthorne
04:04arrived she was the daughter of his mother's friend she had just moved back from london and was staying at
04:10his house temporarily she was gorgeous with perfect natural curls and a soft breathy accent the very
04:18first day she moved in caleb brought her along to pick me up from campus oh my god so this
04:25is your
04:25little sister vanessa she's so cute literally covered in pink wait how old are you again you're
04:32in college right you still dress like a little girl and no one's ever said anything my face instantly
04:38burned red i loved pink i was obsessed with it my clothes my tumblr my hair clips my jewelry my
04:46phone
04:47case even my fingernails were pink people had teased me for it plenty of times but no one had ever
04:53talked
04:54down to me like that before with such fake over-the-top pity my face burned i just stood there
05:01completely
05:01tongue-tied relax i'm just super blunt don't tell me i offended the princess already seeing my reaction
05:10natalie just smiled and winked all right that's enough caleb cut through the tension impatiently
05:15i turned around he was staring at natalie brows drawn tight clearly annoyed ooh the princess knight in
05:24shining armor what i can't even make a joke seriously what's your problem that night caleb told
05:30our parents what happened diana smoothed it over immediately she told natalie to lay off the jokes
05:36and she pushed caleb to take us both out on weekends so we could bond from that day on natalie
05:42was always
05:43around i didn't know exactly when she and caleb got so close every afternoon caleb used to bring me a
05:50strawberry milkshake after class but one day he handed me an iced americano i barely drink coffee
05:56you know that i stared at the iced coffee my chest tightening come on you only like the milkshake
06:03because it's pink that stuff's basically melted sugar try drinking something healthier across from
06:09him natalie lifted an identical iced americano oops sorry shortcake i was craving coffee so i told caleb to
06:17grab these but honestly milkshakes are kind of a lot do girls like you seriously drink that stuff
06:25every day do you always give people nicknames for a second she froze then came the wounded expression
06:33why are you making it such a big deal i was joking you're being way too sensitive don't you think
06:40am i sensitive or did you do it on purpose enough vanessa caleb cut in sharply she just moved here
06:47sometimes she speaks without thinking stop taking it so personally my blood was boiling then maybe she
06:57should think before she talks hey hey all right my bad how about this tomorrow i'll get you avanta
07:06strawberry milkshake deal my little princess hearing that natalie's smile disappeared she stared dead at me
07:15from that day on natalie actively targeted me whenever i pulled out a pink pack of tissues
07:22she would gasp dramatically wow even your tissues are pink what are you trying to turn
07:28yourself into barbie at dinner whenever i wiped down my silverware before evening there it is princess mode
07:36activated during summer break i was hauling suitcases down from my dorm oh the princess can't carry her
07:44her own luggage someone get this girl a night every single time she did this her friends would crack up
07:52at first caleb actually stepped in he would tell her to knock it off relax i'm kidding vanessa's too guarded
08:03i'm helping her loosen up and actually bond with people she's a bit high maintenance
08:10is that just a girl thing natalie punched his shoulder playfully hey caleb don't lump me in with
08:16those girls i'm definitely not like them caleb laughed it was such a gentle smile my chest tightened
08:24with a sour ache i always knew he thought i was spoiled and through little tantrums maybe to guys like
08:31him liking pink hating germs and not being physically strong just meant you were a high maintenance princess
08:39but finally i snapped it was a friend's birthday party i wore a fitted pink button down over a white
08:46cami to the club
08:48when natalie saw me she practically shrieked oh my god vanessa are you serious right now pink with a white
08:57cami
08:58what's this a teen drama no seriously i'm dying do you think you're the main character
09:04character look at you you look like what's the word one of those girls crying way too hard to look
09:11cute
09:12like a barbie doll that wandered onto the wrong set hilarious she cracked up with a few guys who'd
09:19been mocking me since we were kids even caleb seemed genuinely amused the corner of his mouth twitched
09:26a tidal wave of humiliation and shame swallowed me alive while they were laughing i grabbed my glass
09:33and tossed my drink right into her face natalie gasped wiping furiously at her wet face her makeup
09:40melted black mascara completely streaked down her cheeks she coughed violently what the hell is wrong
09:48with you are you insane oh my god i mocked her tone perfectly look at your heavy contour fake lashes
09:56and
09:56that dress that barely covers your ass what are you a hooker some trashy little club princess caleb
10:01scowled and stepped between us he yanked the glass right out of my hand vanessa apologize he looked
10:10down at me his brow furrowed my eyes burned as i stared dead at him didn't you hear what she
10:15said to
10:15me she mocked me first that's not the point you already insulted her back now apologize for throwing
10:22the drink when you do something wrong you own it stop acting like a child he said it with such
10:29casual
10:30authority just say sorry she won't hold it against you fuck off vanessa what's gotten into you
10:38you leave for college and suddenly this is how you talk apologize right now i scoffed turned on my heel
10:45and walked straight out of the club three days later caleb showed up he brought my favorite
10:50strawberry milkshake to campus it had pink whipped cream on top with my favorite flamingo straw sticking
10:56out of it he stood below the balcony of my dorm building vanessa come down i owe you an apology
11:04i stood on the balcony looking down at him the wind made my eyes sting i went downstairs and took
11:10the
11:10shake from him i took a sip it was sweet but my chest still felt tight and heavy do you
11:17actually
11:17think i'm spoiled petty and making a big deal out of nothing he fell silent for a long time natalie's
11:24just blunt she doesn't mean any harm just let it go you take everything way too personally vanessa
11:30that's probably why you have no friends the milkshake sat heavy in my throat i couldn't swallow it
11:36couldn't spit it out so that was it no matter how badly i was hurt i was always the petty
11:41one with
11:42caleb always too sensitive too dramatic from that day on our relationship just went on autopilot we were
11:49together but something between us had gone cold after we finished grad school our parents started
11:55bringing up marriage more and more they thought it was time we settled down caleb didn't object so the
12:02wedding was set for my 25th birthday on the big day natalie was already standing in the bridal suite
12:08wearing my wedding dress she said she just wanted to see how it looked on her i let out a
12:13disbelieving
12:13laugh she glanced at the red reception dress i had just changed into wrinkled her nose honestly red is
12:21definitely not your color vanessa it looks hideous on you take it off if you want to try on a
12:27wedding
12:27dress so badly go rent one that one is mine but she just did a little twirl in front of
12:33me oh come
12:34on you've already worn it for the ceremony caleb said he didn't mind why are you being so possessive
12:41that was it i reached out and grabbed the fabric it's my wedding dress give it back as we struggled
12:48her foot caught on something she tripped and fell hard onto the floor her carefully styled hair tumbled
12:55into a messy heap at that exact moment the door flew open caleb rushed in his eyes landed on natalie
13:02and without a single second of hesitation he raised his hand and slapped me straight across the face
13:10it was raining when i walked out of the ballroom a brutal august storm heavy drops smashed against the
13:16pavement i walked step by step into the freezing rain still wearing that red reception dress natalie had just
13:24mocked behind me my mother's voice tore through the storm vanessa vanessa come back
13:32oh for god's sake what is wrong with her throwing a tantrum throwing a tantrum at her own wedding
13:39this is so embarrassing i didn't look back my heel caught in a puddle my ankle twisted and i nearly
13:46fell
13:46so i yanked off both heels walked barefoot on the soaking wet pavement the muddy water was freezing and
13:54filthy but i couldn't care less when i walked past the main gates the hotel security guards stared at me
14:00like i'd lost my mind well a barefoot bride walking into a thunderstorm i probably did look insane my phone
14:09buzzed non-stop in my purse i pulled it out dozens of texts from relatives and friends what happened
14:16is everything okay why did you leave i powered the phone off and flagged down a cab the driver hesitated
14:23when he saw me dripping wet but eventually unlocked the doors where to i gave him an address an old
14:30apartment i shared with a friend back in college she had moved to san francisco but she kept the lease
14:35and left me a spare key the ride took 40 minutes i shivered the entire way i wasn't sure if
14:42it was
14:42from the cold or something else when i arrived i dug through my soaked purse i only had 200 in
14:50cash
14:50and a debit card my phone was completely dead my phone buzzed non-stop in my purse i pulled it
14:58out
14:58dozens of texts from relatives and friends what happened is everything okay why did you leave
15:05i powered the phone off and flagged down a cab the driver hesitated when he saw me dripping wet but
15:12eventually unlocked the doors where to i gave him an address an old apartment i shared with a friend
15:18back in college she had moved to san francisco but she kept the lease and left me a spare key
15:23the ride
15:24took 40 minutes i shivered the entire way i wasn't sure if it was from the cold or something else
15:31when i
15:32arrived i dug through my soaked purse i only had 200 in cash and a debit card my phone was
15:39completely
15:40dead i climbed the stairs and unlocked the door the apartment was dead empty just a bare mattress and a
15:49single folding chair i peeled off the heavy soaked dress crawled into an old blanket she had left behind
15:56curling into a tight ball finally the tears started falling it wasn't even heartbreak anymore
16:04it wasn't anger either it was just a suffocating emptiness i'd loved caleb for almost my entire life
16:12when i was five he beat up the boys who bullied me i thought he was the bravest person in
16:18the world
16:19when i was eight i scraped my me he crouched down and put a band-aid on it his hands
16:25had been clumsy
16:26but so careful when i was 15 i bombed a test he stayed on the phone with me for hours
16:33saying
16:34it's one test vanessa you'll be fine when i was 18 i got accepted into college he bought me a
16:41pink
16:42crystal bracelet my little princess finally grew up but when did everything change was it the day
16:51natalie showed up or was it even earlier than that maybe he'd never loved me maybe i was just a
16:58needy
16:58friend he had to look after a shadow he just couldn't shake off he treated me well not out of
17:06love
17:06but out of habit he was used to me following him around used to my clinginess but natalie was
17:14different she was independent fiercely opinionated and bluntly outspoken she didn't need him to act as
17:22her knight in shining armor she even challenged him to caleb maybe that was a mature equal relationship
17:29not a childish high maintenance princess who needed constant coddling those thoughts spiraled
17:35until i eventually passed out from exhaustion in my dreams i was five years old again after he
17:42finished beating up those boys he turned his head and looked at me sunlight hit his face anyone touches
17:50vanessa they deal with me but the very next second the dream shifted he was standing in the grand ballroom
17:57staring at me with an ice cold face before slapping me across the cheek i jolted awake sweat
18:05slicked my skin the storm had passed the sky was starting to turn pale i plugged in my phone powered
18:12it on it vibrated for three straight minutes flooded with messages most were from my mother starting from
18:21a panicked vanessa where are you to please answer me and finally do you have any idea what this has
18:30done to
18:31both families then there were a few texts from caleb where are you vanessa are you done with this yet
18:39pick up the very last one was sent at 2 a.m just one line are you happy now i
18:47stared at that text a bitter
18:49laugh escaped my lips he slapped me across the face and now he actually had the guts to text me
18:57are you happy now just like always to him this was totally my fault i was being unreasonable i ruined
19:06our perfect wedding i didn't reply to anyone i opened door dash and ordered some hot chicken soup
19:13the buzzer sounded i assumed it was the chicken soup i pulled open the door but it wasn't the delivery
19:21guy it was caleb he was still wearing the same gray wedding suit dark circles bruised the skin beneath
19:28his eyes like he hadn't slept all night he took one look at my pale face and froze i knew
19:36exactly how
19:38pathetic i looked i was drowning in a baggy old t-shirt someone left behind and i still had the
19:44faint red
19:45handprint on my left cheek he stared at me for a few seconds his throat bobbed you stayed here last
19:51night i didn't answer him just turned and walked back inside he followed me inside scanning the
19:58completely bare room his brows drawing together you're staying here there's not even a bed none of
20:04your business i sat down on the mattress picked up a cup and took a sip of water he walked
20:10over and
20:11towered above me looking down come home let's finish the wedding we can pretend yesterday never
20:20happened i slowly looked up at him his face was so incredibly calm caleb do you honestly think i can't
20:27live without you what i said i'm not marrying you we're done his brow furrowed into a tight knot
20:40Vanessa do you even hear yourself i do i'm perfectly clear why just because of one slap
20:49i didn't mean it given the situation what situation you saw natalie on the floor and you hit me
20:59you didn't ask why you didn't ask what she did to me you didn't even give me a chance to
21:04explain you just
21:05hit me do you even know what she did she wore my wedding dress on my wedding day she put
21:15it on
21:15without my permission i told her to take it off and she refused we argued i tried to pull it
21:22off her then
21:24you walked in and you hit me for no reason tell me caleb what did i do wrong she'd never
21:32worn one
21:32before she was just curious did you really have to make such a huge deal out of it did you
21:39really have
21:39to hit me caleb i chased you for 20 years i loved you for 20 years i've been your loyal
21:49shadow for 20 years
21:51i thought you were just bad at expressing yourself
21:55i thought you loved me and didn't know how to say it but that slap yesterday finally woke me up
22:01you never loved me you got used to me i'm just an accessory to you someone you could snap your
22:08fingers at whenever it suited you but natalie you'll back her up in public you'll hit me for her because
22:15deep down caleb she is more important to you not true say it caleb tell me what it actually is
22:23he couldn't say a single thing i let out a bitter laugh get out i already threw the ring away
22:31the
22:32wedding is cancelled i'll deal with our families and the fallout from now on we're completely done
22:38don't ever reach out to me again he didn't move he stood there for a long time finally he muttered
22:46cool off for a few days i'll come back when you've calmed down then he turned around and walked out
22:52the
22:53second the door shut my legs gave out i sank to the floor burying my face in my arms i
23:01was the one who
23:01initiated the breakup who canceled the wedding but why why did my chest still hurt this much for the
23:10next three days i locked myself in that empty apartment ignored every call my mother was losing
23:18it she texted me that she and my father were already on their way i just replied i'm fine please
23:25don't
23:25come on the third afternoon the doorbell rang i checked the peephole it was her with no choice
23:31left i opened the door when she stepped inside her eyes welled up with tears oh sweetheart you've lost
23:40so much weight you look so pale have you even eaten anything as she scolded me she started pulling
23:48thermoses out of her tote bag i know you're hurting i know what happened humiliated you but starving
23:56yourself won't fix it my nose stung tears threatened again my father stood in the doorway
24:04his face was dangerously grim
24:08i've already talked to caleb's parents if you want to call the whole thing off just say the word
24:13i have your back drop it arthur
24:19what laying a hand on my daughter right in front of me who the hell does he think he is
24:25i didn't raise her to be his punching bag she let out a heavy sigh and didn't argue back i
24:31knew this
24:31had hurt them too decades of friendship between our families and now they were stuck in the middle of
24:37this mess the wedding ruined everything mom dad i'm sorry i'm sorry for putting you through this
24:48stop talking nonsense i don't care about any of that i only care that you're okay
24:54i only care that you're okay
24:58that night my mother stayed with me and my father checked into a hotel nearby
25:02she lay next to me on that bare mattress just like when i was little
25:08vanessa be honest with me okay do you still love him i stayed quiet for a long time
25:17i loved him for 20 years you don't just turn that off overnight
25:23but mom i don't want to love him anymore i know sweetie then take it slow i'm right here with
25:30you
25:31staring into the dark i cried without making a sound on the fourth day caleb came back but this time
25:38was with him he wasn't alone natalie was with him
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