1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:08,460 In this world ruled by women, women inherit the conglomerates, while men are married off 2 00:00:08,460 --> 00:00:13,660 by their families. Yet the only heir of the Hawthorne family happens to be a man. 3 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:17,520 Miss Hawthorne, now that your mother has passed, will you be taking over the conglomerate? 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,260 Is it true the board is challenging your eligibility as heir? 5 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:23,540 Hawthorne stays Hawthorne. It always has. 6 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:32,620 The Hawthorne family has no daughter. The moment I die, Martellite will swallow the entire conglomerate. 7 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,980 I am your son. I can protect Hawthorne too. 8 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,940 This world will never hand the right of inheritance to a man. 9 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:42,980 From this second on, Adrien no longer exists. 10 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:45,540 I'm doing this for your own good. 11 00:00:46,740 --> 00:00:51,140 If anyone discovers you are a man, you'll become nothing but a sacrificial offering of the family. 12 00:00:52,460 --> 00:00:53,660 Don't end up like me. 13 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:59,280 Until your real hair grows past your shoulders, you must never take it off. 14 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,500 Whatever your name is, I will watch over you. 15 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,120 Then don't let anyone see through me. 16 00:01:06,780 --> 00:01:08,900 Ada, you'd better not slip up. 17 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,520 The Hawthorne group needs stability. 18 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,840 I've arranged a marriage alliance with Landing Capital for you. 19 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,820 Arranged for me, or paving the way for yourself. 20 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,600 You need a husband. That's what's best for the group. 21 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:29,820 Aunt, you're so eager to marry me off. 22 00:01:30,140 --> 00:01:33,700 Are you afraid Hawthorne will falter, or afraid I'll secure my seat? 23 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,300 Don't forget how this miss of yours came to be. 24 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,380 You don't care, he's irony in the house. 25 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,520 To leave you this disheveled at our first meeting, that's my failure of duty. 26 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:49,500 Who are you? 27 00:01:50,140 --> 00:01:50,860 Beautiful lady. 28 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:52,580 My name is Even Landon. 29 00:01:54,140 --> 00:01:55,520 Your collar is too tight. 30 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,180 You can barely breathe like this. 31 00:01:57,540 --> 00:01:59,040 Mr. Landon, you've crossed the line. 32 00:01:59,340 --> 00:02:01,040 And what if I insist on crossing it? 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,460 I see you've already met. 34 00:02:02,940 --> 00:02:05,300 A toast, then, to Hawthorne's future. 35 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,060 No, something's wrong with the wine. 36 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:19,920 Miss Hawthorne? 37 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:25,520 Stop forcing yourself. 38 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:28,000 For now, at least, you can lean on me. 39 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,060 Who changed them? 40 00:02:34,860 --> 00:02:35,580 I did. 41 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:36,920 And the cameras? 42 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,240 Taken care of. 43 00:02:38,580 --> 00:02:40,640 The wine glass has been sent for lab testing. 44 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:44,020 Marceline wanted footage of my disgrace. 45 00:02:44,660 --> 00:02:46,040 Disgrace isn't all she was after. 46 00:02:47,420 --> 00:02:50,140 Ten years, and I still fear making a single mistake. 47 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,720 Miss Hawthorne, the new secretary has arrived. 48 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,420 Miss Hawthorne, what a pleasure to see you again. 49 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,320 One of Landon's people? 50 00:02:59,620 --> 00:03:00,860 You may put it that way. 51 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,200 Are all undercover agents this forthcoming? 52 00:03:05,260 --> 00:03:06,500 Your collar is crooked. 53 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,140 And have you always disliked people getting close? 54 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,560 A secretary's hands touch nothing but documents. 55 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,080 And what if the documents happen to be on you? 56 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,200 Stay away from Ada. 57 00:03:23,460 --> 00:03:25,280 Are you his lawyer or his bodyguard? 58 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:26,480 I'm the one warning you. 59 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:28,360 Warning me of what? 60 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:31,440 Hawthorne is not a place Landon may touch. 61 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:33,400 And he is not someone you get to play with. 62 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,040 Miss Gray, what you feel for Miss Hawkeny seems like more than loyalty. 63 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:41,840 In what capacity are you warning me? 64 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,360 What are you doing? 65 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:49,880 Where did he touch you? 66 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:50,800 Juliet. 67 00:03:51,460 --> 00:03:52,240 The collar? 68 00:03:52,780 --> 00:03:53,560 The throat? 69 00:03:54,340 --> 00:03:55,600 Or did he see something? 70 00:03:55,980 --> 00:03:57,120 Are you interrogating me? 71 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,120 Marceline drugged you last night, 72 00:03:59,260 --> 00:04:01,480 and today Landon's man walks into your office, 73 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:02,780 and you let him get that close. 74 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,000 I need to know what he wants. 75 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:06,480 He wants your life. 76 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:07,880 Many people do. 77 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:10,540 Juliet. 78 00:04:10,940 --> 00:04:11,640 Enough. 79 00:04:12,180 --> 00:04:13,220 I'm sorry. 80 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,260 Miss Hawthorne's lawyer keeps a remarkably tight leash. 81 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:22,600 Does it hurt? 82 00:04:23,660 --> 00:04:24,920 You're only a secretary. 83 00:04:25,580 --> 00:04:26,640 Do a secretary's job, 84 00:04:26,780 --> 00:04:29,140 instead of prying into your superior's private affairs. 85 00:04:30,780 --> 00:04:32,200 She cares about you deeply. 86 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:33,720 That's none of your concern. 87 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:35,120 If she is your weakness, 88 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:36,400 then it concerns my work. 89 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:37,880 Touch her, 90 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,280 and see what happens. 91 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:49,440 She's no ordinary support in it. 92 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,520 More like a loyal hound guarding his side. 93 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,420 The Landons are coming tonight. 94 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,120 You must look like a young lady willing to marry. 95 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,220 I am not merchandise. 96 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:05,460 A young lady's marriage has never been hers to decide. 97 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,380 As Adrian, I had no choice. 98 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,460 As Ada, still none. 99 00:05:10,260 --> 00:05:11,420 Your mother is dead. 100 00:05:12,340 --> 00:05:13,760 Marceline will grow more desperate. 101 00:05:14,020 --> 00:05:15,300 If you refuse the alliance, 102 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:16,580 she'll turn the board against you. 103 00:05:16,820 --> 00:05:17,860 Suspect me of what? 104 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:19,980 Of not being woman enough. 105 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:29,840 Miss Hawthorne, 106 00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:31,820 Mr. Celestrian asked me to... 107 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:34,880 Get out. 108 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,280 Are those injuries? 109 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,820 Or the reason you never let anyone touch you? 110 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:40,960 I said get out! 111 00:05:41,340 --> 00:05:42,520 Does Marceline know? 112 00:05:44,060 --> 00:05:44,600 No. 113 00:05:44,660 --> 00:05:45,200 No. 114 00:05:49,380 --> 00:05:50,960 What exactly did you see? 115 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:54,060 I saw someone binding himself far too tight. 116 00:05:54,740 --> 00:05:55,800 Spare me the fake concern. 117 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:58,260 If I meant to report it, 118 00:05:58,340 --> 00:05:59,460 I'd have taken photos already. 119 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:01,580 Ada, 120 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:03,000 the Landons have arrived. 121 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:05,800 Breathe one word of this, 122 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:07,140 and you're out of Hawthorne. 123 00:06:09,740 --> 00:06:10,560 After tonight, 124 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,940 House Hawthorne and House Landon will be much closer. 125 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,380 If our two houses unite in marriage, 126 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,580 together we will build a new commercial empire. 127 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,380 Your business dealings do not entitle you 128 00:06:22,380 --> 00:06:24,620 to write Hawthorne's inheritance into a marriage contract. 129 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:25,980 Your mother is gone. 130 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:27,020 You do need a husband. 131 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,360 What I need is a silent board, 132 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:32,100 not a man to prove I'm a woman. 133 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,180 Warm water instead of wine. 134 00:06:37,380 --> 00:06:38,180 You look unwell tonight. 135 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,020 The mole playing secretary now? 136 00:06:41,260 --> 00:06:42,520 I've always been professional. 137 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:43,600 Get to the point. 138 00:06:44,940 --> 00:06:46,220 You need a fake fiancé. 139 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,760 Marceline wants to control you through marriage, 140 00:06:48,940 --> 00:06:50,300 so pick someone she can't control. 141 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:50,960 First. 142 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:52,380 Someone like you? 143 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:53,180 I'm handsome. 144 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:54,180 My name is Landon. 145 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:56,180 Enough to convince the world you're smitten with me. 146 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:57,560 And what do you want in exchange? 147 00:06:57,940 --> 00:06:58,820 Greater power. 148 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,220 To rise above everyone. 149 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,540 The rats in the dark are rather entertaining. 150 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:10,980 Did you arrange this? 151 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,920 If I had, I'd be standing far more intimate. 152 00:07:24,940 --> 00:07:27,660 Only in the water can I briefly stop being Ada. 153 00:07:28,260 --> 00:07:28,780 Ada. 154 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:34,640 Miss Hawthorne, you're... 155 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:37,620 Get out. 156 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,020 You do this to yourself every day? 157 00:07:41,620 --> 00:07:43,780 Is the pool now part of a secretary's duties? 158 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,480 Not a secretary's, but it is mine. 159 00:07:46,860 --> 00:07:48,460 You're binding yourself half to death. 160 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:50,660 What are you trying to prove? 161 00:07:51,780 --> 00:07:54,440 I want to know why you'd rather hurt than let anyone touch you. 162 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:01,640 Let go of him. 163 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,460 Miss Hawthorne grabbed me first. 164 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:08,340 Both of you, out. 165 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:16,760 How much did he see? 166 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:18,540 Only the marks. 167 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,320 Are you sure? 168 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,060 He doesn't know yet. 169 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:27,040 What I fear isn't him seeing your scars. 170 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:29,540 It's you starting to let him close. 171 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:31,860 I'm merely using him. 172 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,260 You'd better be. 173 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,760 Why would a woman hide herself this thoroughly? 174 00:09:00,620 --> 00:09:01,700 Where did you find it? 175 00:09:02,260 --> 00:09:02,800 The pool. 176 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,460 You left in a hurry last night. 177 00:09:08,020 --> 00:09:09,560 Forget what you saw last night. 178 00:09:10,620 --> 00:09:13,660 All I saw was a Miss Hawthorne who doesn't take very good care of herself. 179 00:09:15,580 --> 00:09:16,320 Three months. 180 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:18,660 You fend off the marriage alliance for me. 181 00:09:18,660 --> 00:09:20,240 I let you stay at Hawthorne. 182 00:09:26,580 --> 00:09:27,500 Is there a problem? 183 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,740 If I can't touch you in public, how will anyone believe we're intimate? 184 00:09:31,300 --> 00:09:33,040 Acting does not entitle you to cross lines. 185 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,560 Then I request an exception for public appearances. 186 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,460 You cannot keep him by your side. 187 00:09:43,660 --> 00:09:44,560 I've already decided. 188 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:46,360 His name is Landon. 189 00:09:47,660 --> 00:09:50,460 If Miss Gray is uneasy, she's welcome to watch me around the clock. 190 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:51,380 I will. 191 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,140 This is only a transaction. 192 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:56,320 I hope Mr. Ivan won't take it too seriously. 193 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,460 Miss Hawthorne, are you and Mr. Ivan in a relationship? 194 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,980 If you want a show, then look closely. 195 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,800 Miss Hawthorne, please relax. 196 00:10:23,260 --> 00:10:24,360 I'll take it from here. 197 00:10:24,660 --> 00:10:27,180 I know my fiancé's measurements better than any outsider. 198 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:36,280 You don't actually know them, which is why I'm learning. 199 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:41,920 Does the gown fit? 200 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:45,040 Perfectly. 201 00:10:45,460 --> 00:10:45,760 Good. 202 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,300 The board is concerned about Ada's health. 203 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:50,960 A family physician will examine her tomorrow. 204 00:10:52,660 --> 00:10:54,120 Just a routine checkup. 205 00:10:54,340 --> 00:10:55,560 You won't refuse, will you? 206 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:01,680 Last month's health report was already submitted. 207 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:03,620 A repeat investigation is unnecessary. 208 00:11:03,940 --> 00:11:05,140 It's a routine physical. 209 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,860 Ada, surely you're not on guard against a doctor too? 210 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,260 I can't let her touch me. 211 00:11:10,580 --> 00:11:13,300 The moment this collar loosens, every secret comes out. 212 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,280 My apologies. 213 00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:16,760 The press conference has been moved up. 214 00:11:16,900 --> 00:11:17,800 The reporters have arrived. 215 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:19,660 What press conference? 216 00:11:22,660 --> 00:11:24,920 Miss Hawthorne is announcing our engagement tonight. 217 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,280 Keep the media waiting too long, and tomorrow's headline becomes 218 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,360 The Hawthorne Air Has Health Problems. 219 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:31,840 Come with me. 220 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:38,860 Who gave you permission to announce an engagement? 221 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,980 If I hadn't, that doctor's hand would already be on your collar. 222 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,280 Get into her dressing room tonight. 223 00:11:48,940 --> 00:11:49,820 To do what? 224 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,000 I want one photo that proves there's something wrong with her identity. 225 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:03,740 Seen enough? 226 00:12:06,780 --> 00:12:07,220 No. 227 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:13,160 Marceline sent you? 228 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:14,960 Didn't you know all along? 229 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:17,080 Why didn't you shoot? 230 00:12:21,020 --> 00:12:23,700 What I want is your secret, not you at your most wretched. 231 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:25,240 To you, is there a difference? 232 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:26,540 Yes. 233 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:31,680 Nothing at all? 234 00:12:34,060 --> 00:12:34,960 He caught me. 235 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:36,460 There was no opportunity. 236 00:12:37,580 --> 00:12:38,540 No opportunity? 237 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,400 Or you couldn't bear to shoot? 238 00:12:41,660 --> 00:12:43,960 I simply didn't want to spook the snake in the grass. 239 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,220 Why did he cover for me? 240 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,000 You have three seconds to explain. 241 00:12:58,480 --> 00:12:59,900 Marceline ordered me to take the photos. 242 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:02,040 I know. 243 00:13:02,580 --> 00:13:04,940 You knew and still left the door open on purpose? 244 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:06,900 I wanted to see what you choose. 245 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:09,960 And are you satisfied? 246 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:12,460 Not shooting doesn't mean you're on my side. 247 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,080 I was never your man to begin with. 248 00:13:16,900 --> 00:13:17,980 You want power? 249 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:18,780 You want power? 250 00:13:18,780 --> 00:13:19,760 Marceline wants Hawthorne. 251 00:13:20,340 --> 00:13:21,520 There's no difference between you. 252 00:13:22,980 --> 00:13:25,200 At least I never traded your wounds for power. 253 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,980 You didn't shoot because you haven't found a better price yet. 254 00:13:29,180 --> 00:13:30,480 Then why haven't you thrown me out? 255 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:33,260 Why admit you're a mole? 256 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,800 Because you knew all along. 257 00:13:36,220 --> 00:13:38,020 Keeping up the act would only make me look a fool. 258 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:40,340 How honest of you. 259 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:44,980 Don't trust me just because I covered for you once. 260 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:46,960 Rest assured, I've never trusted you. 261 00:13:53,940 --> 00:13:54,980 You're running a fever. 262 00:13:55,380 --> 00:13:56,100 Get out. 263 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,240 You can barely stand. 264 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,740 And you still have the strength to order me around? 265 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:05,560 Don't call the doctor. 266 00:14:06,340 --> 00:14:08,240 What exactly are you afraid a doctor will see? 267 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:14,520 Don't touch me. 268 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:17,160 If I don't, you'll burn out cold. 269 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,900 I look only at the wounds, not the secrets. 270 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:30,980 He's clearly Marceline's man. 271 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,220 Yet he seems to care for me more than anyone in House Hawthorne. 272 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,300 This time, I may truly have to betray you. 273 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:02,860 What did you take last night? 274 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:05,320 What did you hope I'd take? 275 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,300 Where is the seal of inheritance? 276 00:15:10,980 --> 00:15:12,120 I had no choice. 277 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:13,760 So you handed her the seal? 278 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,220 Don't dress betrayal up as grievance. 279 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:22,440 Well done. 280 00:15:23,460 --> 00:15:24,240 Juliet's charges? 281 00:15:24,540 --> 00:15:25,020 Withdrawn? 282 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:25,580 Of course. 283 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,560 You lied to me. 284 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:32,360 Lesson one. 285 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,500 A pawn has no right to negotiate terms. 286 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:35,740 You promised to spare her. 287 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,340 I promised to keep her out of prison. 288 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,000 I never said she couldn't perish outside Hawthorne. 289 00:15:41,020 --> 00:15:43,460 From today on, let's see who can still protect Ada.