One night with her CEO boss left her pregnant—she fled, but he caught her and kissed her weak.

“Something’s wrong. Claire’s in trouble! Come this way! Come! All right, card that. Brace yourselves for what you’re about to see.”

“Oh my god, is that Claire? How dare she hook up with a guest!”

“Wait, that’s Claire’s ex-fiance. Don’t tell me they never broke up.”

“Sir, ma’am, we’re truly in love. I… I… I don’t care if Claire’s pregnant, just let us be together.”

“You bastard! What are you trying to do, ruin her life?”

“I’m going to go wait outside. You get Claire out now.”

“Claire, Mrs. Blackwood, let us be together. I promise I’m going to treat her right.”

“And what about the other one under there? Too scared to show her face? Get out of here, all of you! Now!”

“But tell me, what is happening here? Weren’t you two really in love?”

“What’s happening? What?”

“Who’s in there? What the hell is going on here?”

“Claire? Vic, is that you? How could you sleep with him? Everybody get the fuck out of here now!”

“So what? She’s a Blackwood too. That’s all that matters. My dearest mother-in-law, Vic and I are truly in love. Let us be together and I promise I’ll treat her right for the rest of her life.”

“Are you insane? When did we ever say that we were in love?”

“Vic, they’ve already seen us. Well, you two are quite the couple. You should just go get married.”

“Claire’s right. You two must get married.”

“What a fucking disappointment. A humiliation.”

“Dad, no! I cannot marry him!”

“If you refuse him, you’re no daughter of Mom or mine.”

“Mom! Mom! Mom! No!”

“Seems my dear little sister doesn’t want to leave home after all.”

“Claire, I didn’t mean to intrude. Victoria’s wedding is coming up, just think about it, all right? I won’t force you. Come in.”

The Final Christmas Miracle

“That little princess is back, demanding the presidential suite.”

“Excuse me, Miss Blackwood, I’m sorry, but all our presidential suites are currently booked, and the last one is not available for public reservation.”

“Not available? Fuck off, I’m taking it! Only the presidential suite is fit for someone of my status.”

“Miss Blackwood, we can offer you a superior suite at half price.”

“You think I’d settle for scraps? You low-ass scum!”

“Miss Blackwood, what exactly is your status? You came from an orphanage, didn’t you? Wouldn’t that make you the same scum that you despise?”

“You! How dare you treat me like this? As your older sister, since nobody taught you manners, allow me—”

“Shut up, you bitch! You don’t deserve to be a Blackwood. You should be the one being pawned off. How dare you hit me? I’m going to tell Mom!”

“No need. She’s been here the entire time and has heard every word you said.”

“You set me up! Wait, Mom, that was not what it looks like.”

“Laya, calculate the damages. Make sure Miss Blackwood pays us back every single cent.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“You idiot! If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have to marry that loser.”

“I don’t know what went wrong. Claire definitely drank the drugged wine I prepared. Then why the hell was I the one that ended up sleeping with Jasper?”

“Cheers! Cheers!”

“It was you! You spiked my drink!”

“Well done, sister, you finally figured it out.”

“I have treated you like family. How could you betray me like that?”

“Family? Really? Ever since we were kids, you treated me like a dog, okay? You fed me scraps when you were happy and… and kicked me when you were down. You are just an orphan. How dare you speak back to me?”

“We’re both orphans, so why don’t you get to live like royalty while I have to rot in the shadows?”

“You two were in this together, weren’t you? You told her to poison me. Now you’re paying the price.”

“If you would have just left me alone, you would still be Blackwood’s precious little princess. And now? Now what? Now I won’t have a ticking time bomb by my side. You’re leaving the Blackwood family.”

“Oh, please, Claire. You will forever be a Kingsley. I am the princess of the Blackwood family, the one my parents have adored for 20 years. You think that your word is going to change that?”

“Is that so? Let’s put it to the test.”

“What are you doing?”

“Well, since it’s Victoria’s wedding day, I thought I’d share something. Victoria is also pregnant.”

“What? Claire, stop lying!”

“This is your medical report from last week. You’re over two months pregnant. And do not tell me that the baby’s not Jasper’s. Or did you and Jasper start sleeping together even earlier?”

“Okay, this isn’t mine!”

“The hospital confirmed that that is in fact your report. And one more thing, you also tested positive for HPV.”

“Shut up! Stop talking!”

“Vic, is this true?”

“This is all Claire’s fault! If she had never come back, then I would have never been in this mess!”

“This is who you are. Don’t blame me.”

“Yeah, in fact, it was Victoria who plans to drug Claire and kill her babies.”

“I didn’t! I didn’t!”

“I have evidence.”

“Oh, so you’re all just ganging up on me? You brought this on yourself. So your real daughter’s back, so you’re just going to throw me away now? You—”

“Enough. It’s not worth it. She’s unstable, and she’s way beyond saving.”

“Victoria Blackwood, we’ve raised you for over 20 years. Given you everything that should have belonged to Claire, and still you lied and you betrayed us.”

“Lies! You never saw me as your real daughter! Tell me, why did I get plastic surgery? Because of you! I have always been living in her shadow.”

“How did it come to this? All right, Mom, make your choice. If she stays, then I’ll never set foot in this house again.”

“Claire is our real daughter, and we treated you as one until now. It’s gone too far, Vic. Go marry Jasper while you have some dignity left. And by the way, your last name will be Holtz from now on. Jasper’s on his way. Make up your mind now.”

“What is going on? I’m just not ready to say goodbye to Mom and Dad.”

“Do you think I’ve changed?”

“I used to worry you’d always let people walk over you.”

“I don’t want to be weak anymore. With you by my side, I feel like I finally have strength. You’re the reason I’m brave enough to be myself.”

“And I’m honored to watch you become the woman that you were always meant to be.”

“One more piece?”

“No, I’m good.”

“Your wedding is in a month. Are you ready?”

“I look terrible in a wedding dress like this.”

“No, you’ll look perfect. And adding our little ones will mean even more.”

“Ethan’s right. The car is waiting.”

“Do I look okay?”

“Our destinies have been bound since childhood, but it took every twist of fate for us to be here. I love you. I want to walk beside you. I want to face every storm together. Ethan, will you marry me?”

“I do.”

“I feel okay for—okay, he’s tired of people.”

“Hey! So your parents really cut you off? Well, go beg them already, or I’m going to have to work through the holidays.”

“It’s because of you! You gambled away everything that they gave us! We wouldn’t have to be here if it weren’t for you.”

“Didn’t you think about the child?”

“Quit it with the kid thing already, I don’t even know if it’s mine.”

“Hey, where are you going? What, are you ashamed to see me selling trees?”

“How—hello. Can you point us to a 7-footer? Oh, not too wide.”

“Well, look who it is. Blackwood’s loyal couple. I got to admit, I never thought I’d see you two here, shopping for your own tree.”

“Victoria, what are you doing here?”

“Buckles! Shut up, bitch!”

“Stop! I hate Victoria, but you cannot hit a woman, especially your wife.”

“So what? It’s none of your business. Save your pity.”

“Oh, you think you’re better than me now? ‘Cause I can’t have the good life, neither will you!”

“It’s over, Victoria. You won’t ruin our Christmas. Not this time, and not ever again.”

“No, you protected us… us.”

“I was just going to tell you tonight… that’s not just us milking quintuplets anymore.”

“Then this Christmas, you really do want that pizza. Let’s go home. Amy’s waiting.”