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00:00your grandfather he sounds like a good man he's really cool i think i was like four or five i was
00:10i was young don't get a little stupid annoying little kid you were probably chucky doesn't
00:14no no no chucky doesn't turn into this okay
00:21now i know i'm going to go down with the bird
00:45so
01:02eric price does not deserve you at all
01:06so
01:11what
01:14i never mentioned that his name is eric
01:24how did you know his name was eric
01:26i'm sorry layla but i lied i lied to you i
01:42i looked into you before i took you on as a client why would you do that it's just a
01:49standard background check all my co-workers they all do the same but i saw that you were
01:57married to this eric guy he didn't see my good news but it was none of my business and i figured
02:03that you wouldn't want to talk about it so i lied and i'm sorry would you please forgive me
02:12i forgive you
02:21but only if you promise you're an asshole because i have plenty of assholes in my life already
02:30i promise oh god how do i tell her that i am one of those assholes
02:35yeah you look tired
02:40okay all right i'll back up
02:48all right
03:04so
03:22hey two of you over there what are you doing out here this area is restricted
03:28we need to see some ideas
03:31is
03:44hey stop it right there
03:49what's going on
03:56he did what i guess i shouldn't be surprised that he's like running from the cops right
04:00it's a cool boy makes sense girl it's because he's lying about who he is
04:07and you're still not pregnant that's proving to be harder than i thought
04:13uh so let me get this straight you two have been hooking up non-stop and will
04:19keep hooking up until you are pregnant uh yeah i mean something like that and you haven't seen
04:28his face i can't see his face it's part of his thing i mean hooking up with a stranger
04:35that's not a character for you i mean what is it about him he's good he's
04:42good i don't know i guess i feel like i've known him for forever you like him
04:57yeah you know i guess i do that is terrible
05:02huh uh terribly awesome what about the store the deal with matt didn't it all through it's weird
05:15he emailed me and he said that he has some new deal he wants to talk about
05:20so we're gonna have a meeting next week oh my god hey he's in love with you what uh nothing
05:25um can i borrow this you know it's really not borrowing if you never bring it back well it's
05:31not like anyone's gonna come in and buy anything you're funny
05:53what do you want now okay yeah you gotta stop stealing my books
06:02oh wow that is up and i see what are you doing here for a local bookstore that doesn't even have
06:16a website oh yes that chapter's bookstore has a part sir this is a multi-million dollar investment
06:24do you guys remember when we had that heart
06:31chapter's bookstore has a part
06:34do you guys remember when we had that heart
06:38gary remember my name is joey of course not scary of course you are sir with all due respect
06:45heart doesn't generate roi we need to be realistic about building our new location
06:50talk to you later the devil's here sir as you can see the numbers just don't make sense
07:00it's eric
07:05we gotta run what yep gotta go keep up the good work
07:10okay what are you doing here wow your stock is so old i can literally see dust
07:26probably like you i'm here for you to beg me to come back in person
07:33what makes you think that i want you back well come on leila your store is dying
07:37your grandpa's dying and without your inheritance you have nothing so let me get this straight you
07:42want me to be your wife well you have your little girlfriend on the side on the side i'm not gonna
07:49be on the side who do you think you are please there's no need to fight over me there's plenty
07:56oh no eric we're done
08:01facts
08:07i don't want anything to do with you anymore and i would much rather lose my inheritance
08:11than be fake married to you for one more divorce oh your grandpa's really not gonna like that
08:18i can't wait to leave everything to you and your kid i love you i love you too
08:24grandpa was best for me and you were the furthest
08:28really divorced without me there's no baby there's no inheritance
08:31your grandpa's gonna despise you because you'll be a fucking failure that's not true
08:36i'm gonna tell everyone the truth though that you are a lying cheating disgusting
08:42bitch who the fuck do you think you are
08:52get out of my store
08:57get out of my store this shit
09:02i guess it doesn't matter if i do this then
09:12oh
09:35please tell them all about your stupid ass books
09:38wow so pretty
09:49fuck your bookstore
10:08so
10:20what are you doing my business partner
10:26the callaway group is looking to acquire chapter's bookstore what is he talking about
10:33what are you talking about since when we're gonna incorporate into that town
10:40we're gonna keep everything as is wait that's the dumbest shit i've ever heard
10:45nothing's gonna change
10:48eric stop pretending that you and i are still friends you and i haven't been friends for a
10:52very very long time now look i've been tolerating you for as long as i can
10:58but i'm not gonna do that anymore what the fuck you're gonna throw away our friendship over this
11:02bitch i see how it is you're fucking my wife she's not your wife
11:18you know i always thought you were just some boring prude but it turns out you're a
11:22fucking slut huh watch your damn mouth she's fucking your friend just to get back at you
11:28i'm not fucking him you may feel like you just wanted to jackpot with this one but let me tell
11:32you about him he sleeps with his clients i saw him texting one so so you got your new target
11:39figured out that makes sense that you sleep with somebody for money that's basically gonna do that
11:43with me hey come on here let's go hey what are you gonna do
11:52that's actually a good idea oh and hank do me a favor blacklist mr price at his uh
11:57play thing from all of our properties restaurants and mall included
12:10are you okay
12:14leila why are you so mad at me i'm not yeah why am i so mad you know i kind of
12:21put it all out there for you eric knows how i feel and it's probably gonna sue me
12:27and um you don't even have a thank you
12:35are you jealous no
12:39no i'm not jealous why would i be jealous why are you fucking your clients
12:47well why do you care i don't well i'll share if you will here's the guy that you keep bringing
12:55my hotel at night stalker
13:01no i'm not sleeping with my clients i'm not sleeping with anyone but
13:08anyone but
13:14anyone but
13:15it
13:21thank you for everything and all of that
13:29thank you that might be the kindest thing that you've ever said to me yeah well cherish it
13:38what are you even doing here oh hey i brought you soup for your hangover
13:45how do you know i'm hungover well when a ten-year acquaintance buys a
13:49whole bottle of dom at the callaway but then proceeds to
13:55well i tend to find out
13:58you know what i'd like to purchase these i wouldn't want to forget the memory
14:03you know keep up
14:10keep a jacket and uh matches your eyes
14:17i can't
14:20i'll take this i got this for him for christmas thank you
14:34so
14:41can we stop staying in callaway i hate it
14:45but what about all the memories we've made there he just had a sad face
14:55so
15:16all right sir where to back to the meeting or the callaway hotel
15:24oh the casters
15:29bingo
15:33who do you want me to meet
15:38firefighter
15:54so
16:24so
16:35so
16:54well the events just go all the way from paris good i got it
16:58you take the outfit please thank you sir did you even prep for this meeting no of course i did
17:04you know these investors flew all the way from paris okay so please to paul here yeah
17:14we zoomed with them the other day remember it was um okay oh it was last week yeah you had that
17:23so french investors yes we uh and they're buying uh our our no they want to rent they want to rent
17:32so i'm comfortable in my whole life yes you have gotten this and i've zoomed with
17:38them before so you'll be familiar with their face we are over here
17:47sir
18:02foreign
18:11thank you so much miss have a wonderful day
18:19so
18:31who says this matthew kimberly here are the projections from the french investor
18:38oh thank you so much yeah you'll have a look absolutely okay do that you're doing a great
18:43thank you
18:52it has to stop now
18:57i mean i signed a contract with layla you know well this this whole thing with miss reed is
19:03it is bonkers i honestly don't know how she hasn't already found out and now it's too late to tell her
19:09i mean you've seen how she holds grudges plus she's gonna think that i did the whole thing
19:14just to get her to sell me her bookstore or something and you didn't sir sir if you did not
19:20do this for business then what was it for oh sir are you in love okay yes i am i am i i am
19:35and i think i have been for a long time
19:39what am i gonna do back all right let's go
19:43we're very hard
19:58welcome to callaway thank you she's coming
20:04stand up guys
20:04down miss reed is here miss reed is here hi he did all of this just for a meeting with me
20:17what is this well i'm proposing a new business collaboration but one that truly benefits us both
20:27benefits us both meaning mostly you and a little bit for me no we have actually
20:34all for you here i'll show you have a seat
20:46you guys can sit okay
20:50so i'm thinking a three million dollar investment full marketing staff
20:55and e-commerce we'll also expand your stores add a cafe we could call it ink to
21:01go along with the chapters well what about your hotel we'll build around don't worry about it
21:08why well because we're a company that has heart i guess i've got a heart too
21:16contract right let's go over the details
21:31so
21:37if you're ready this is for you
21:52all right
22:05can i ask you why are you doing all this and not just today but
22:12everything because i'm in love with you
22:17you know what i'll tell you another day but for now partner
22:28now you be safe okay we'll talk soon
22:34but will you ever be in love with me
22:40i was like a deer in headlights that's ridiculous and
22:44i don't know i just it didn't even seem like it could be real it was so
22:48crazy it's just like they're gonna give me so much and i can't believe it happened
22:54choppers is gonna live and it's gonna do better than live it's gonna thrive
22:58so uh this matthew guy he's pretty nice here yeah i guess he changed i always thought that
23:05he was just like eric i don't know he doesn't sound like him at all but uh i'm happy for you
23:12really thank you
23:16i do have some other news
23:23i had a surgery it went really well
23:29and he's cancer free that's amazing
23:34so
23:39that is amazing i'm so happy for him i always knew that he could do it but it feels like a
23:45miracle so we're gonna have a party for him in his favorite park and i'm gonna talk to him about
23:51the bookstore and um
23:58i was wondering
24:02if you would want to go with me as my date
24:10i mean you've just you've helped me so much these past few months
24:17and i like you
24:22i think that i'm gonna like you even more
24:27you know um i would really love to i really would i just don't know if that's the best idea
24:36just because you know i mean i'm a cowboy i don't think your grandma would like that very much
24:43i don't think your grandma would like that very much uh but you could ask matthew calloway
24:48i bet he'd go with you he seems like a good guy right
24:55i'm sorry i thought that there was something between us but this was just work for you
25:03this entire time no you know no my grandpa's healthy now and i think that he would very
25:09much prefer if i had a baby with someone that i actually love instead of someone that i am paying
25:17what are you saying i'm saying our contract is over no layla wait let me go you know it was real
25:25for me i'm sorry
25:40so
25:53i have some exciting news to share with you is it true you're divorced
26:11you've reached the voicemail please leave your message after the tone
26:17god damn it why is this heart of no business
26:32layla matt get your ass over to grandpa's party right now
26:36last chance as matthew mark either both this is ridiculous they're both just you
26:47i can't believe layla didn't tell you how long were you gonna keep dad in the dark
26:52till you could inherit his assets what kind of granddaughter are you this is not true
26:58but you are divorced eric told me all about it are you or are you not divorced
27:06it's not what was best for me grandpa eric was cheating on me the entire time he loves somebody
27:12else oh ho ho but are you a teenager marriage is about much more than just love it's about
27:20responsibility and stability just because you're stuck in a loveless marriage with a dipshit son
27:26doesn't mean that i need to be what did you say that's enough the both of you
27:36i'm sorry i'm really really sorry i wasn't happy it wasn't good for me
27:46did you find someone that made you happy
27:58oh she sure paid someone to make her happy
28:05oh she sure paid someone to make her happy what oh did i not mention
28:13your baby granddaughter is paying a man to get her pregnant what
28:23layla what is this is that true it's not like that i swear don't even try to deny it now
28:31you didn't even bother to be discreet how shameless people saw you you know at the callaway
28:39it's how pathetic you couldn't keep your husband loyal and now you're paying
28:46a man to sleep with you who's gonna want you me
28:56i want her
28:57it's an easy choice but of course i want her it's good to see you hi mr reid i'm so sorry
29:11that i'm late my name is matthew callaway i am layla's boyfriend wait a sec callaway as in yes
29:17sir uh i run a small corporation called uh callaway group matthew callaway it's great
29:25that is so great how'd you meet our layla hey hey guys hey it's nick here again with my very
29:33good personal friend matthew callaway super rich guy um and me and my boys like we like
29:40stay a night at the cavalry stay a whole week on me i told you we're super he's such a nice guy
29:46that's just a really nice guy
29:52thanks so much for having me hi guys how's it going
29:57it's beautiful so you're eric's friend actually i'm not you know we all went to school together
30:06you see back in the day and i always had the biggest crush on layla but i didn't do anything
30:10about it because well i didn't you know about bro code competition is good good
30:19my layla is the best prize i'm not a prize grandpa she's definitely definitely so much
30:26more than that um i think she's the whole champion and very strong but she is she's
30:34always been a tough one you know i think the same thing is going to be said for when we have a baby
30:41i'm not having your baby oh of course we are
30:50okay enough of the whispering you lovebirds so layla is this the surprise that you had for me
30:58did you have a wonderful boyfriend no no actually grandpa i i wanted to tell you that
31:06job dose is going to survive all without a penny from you
31:12oh how did you do that well you see her boyfriend loves her very much and what i ended up doing
31:24isn't that fun it's all her so crunchy um anyways i i made a deal with the callaway
31:31group that they're gonna build a hotel around a story so i don't have to change anything
31:42i just know your parents would be so proud of you
31:47your parents would be so proud of you well that's just amazing layla
31:54since you don't need the money anymore are you seriously trying to discuss grandpa's
32:00inheritance at his cancer-free party really let the adults talk layla dad i just need like
32:08200 000 i'm investing all of my life savings in chapters bookstore what what what i was always
32:17gonna do that layla kid or no kid i was always gonna leave everything to you i just hope
32:24i just hope you can have a family too
32:30we'll look after your investments sir and uh let's look after your granddaughter
32:37this is the best day of my life
32:42seems like it's time for a dance
32:47perfect chance to celebrate the new happy couple
32:54oh
33:13i have this dance layla reed i don't dance don't can't i don't
33:20do
33:22but i'll wait
33:51so
34:08are you him listen to me oh my god oh my god it's you
34:15you are you him layla oh my god it's you yes listen
34:29i'm so sorry everyone mr reed
34:34hey layla layla layla let me explain please please please let me explain this is a game to you
34:43no you like messing with my life you like playing with me like i'm some toy no that's
34:50not what i did that is literally exactly what you did i can't believe that i thought that you
34:56were any better than eric don't compare me to that guy okay i'm not like him at all you know
35:01i thought that mark was real and then i thought that you were real and then i thought i thought
35:09about someone who genuinely cared about me i do care about you you lied in my face for months
35:18i was vulnerable with you i know layla and i am so sorry is catherine in on this
35:28why
35:29why because i was scared okay okay i was scared layla i've never been in love before like this
35:39mark was the only way that i could be close to you okay i so badly wanted to
35:44be close to you i want to be close to you my entire life so i hid behind a mask and
35:51i'm so sorry i'd do anything i could to take it back
35:54and just because i'm not with eric fuck eric i'm nothing like him
36:00okay i would never do any of that to you layla you deserve the truth i love you
36:07i do please i love you i've loved you my entire life
36:24i'm so sorry
36:30please forgive me i don't know if i can
36:37layla do you want to know how crazy i am
36:42i want to marry you you want to marry me yeah you want to marry me
36:48fucking crazy yeah i'm crazy i'm just a billionaire who pretended to be a cowboy for
36:53months i'm just a guy who asked his assistant he used to look at me as a role model to bring
36:57him costumes because i wanted you to be happy i'm just a guy who fell asleep at all of my meetings
37:03and asked my team to put together a plan that cost me millions just because i wanted to see
37:08you taken care of whether you knew that it was me or not seeing how happy you were with
37:14your grandpa i want that for a lifetime so yeah i'm crazy i'm crazy about you
37:25i'm so sorry
37:45why did you have to make it so complicated
37:52a lifetime
38:00yeah i just wanna get back to you
38:21hey i'm looking for a cowboy at your service
38:29what can you do for me anything you want anything you want
38:51me
39:00i could get used to this
39:08say where are you
39:22i'm gonna call you mrs callaway
39:26are you well that depends
39:34would you say yes
39:38well i guess that depends how bad do you want it
39:49i'll show you
40:08i said where are you going