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Whispers in the Halls (Part 2)

Hawthorne Academy – Lunch Period
Courtyard – Ethan flops down onto a bench beside Clara and Julian . Vivian’s sketching quietly nearby.]
Clara Montague
Clara Montague
So… when’s the big “I do”?
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
Do I look like someone who has a wedding Pinterest board?
Julian Cross
Julian Cross
Actually… yes.
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
(kicks his shin)
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
Bite me.
[Vivian glances up from her sketchpad, hesitating.]
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
Do you… hate him?
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
Adrian?
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
Yeah. If this is arranged... it must feel like being pushed off a cliff, right?
[Ethan goes quiet for a moment.]
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
It’s not that simple.
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
We were best friends. When we were kids.
Clara Montague
Clara Montague
So what happened?
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
He left.
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
Without saying goodbye.
[Flashback – 10 years ago, rainy day, young Ethan at the gates of Vale Estate]
YOUNG ETHAN
YOUNG ETHAN
(yelling)
YOUNG ETHAN
YOUNG ETHAN
You promised!
YOUNG ETHAN
YOUNG ETHAN
You said you’d never leave me!
[Adrian is in a black car, face unreadable, window slowly rolling up.]
[Back to present – Ethan forces a smile.]
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
Guess I’m the lucky winner of an emotionally repressed CEO husband.
Julian Cross
Julian Cross
Romance! 💖
Clara Montague
Clara Montague
Tragedy.
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
(quiet)
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
...Still sounds like there’s something left between you two.
Upstairs hallway – Naomi Lin walks past with her tablet. Vivian looks up from the railing.]
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
(calling)
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
Naomi!
Naomi Lin
Naomi Lin
Langford.
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
That’s Vivian to friends.
Naomi Lin
Naomi Lin
Didn’t know we were friends.
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
That’s okay. I’ll earn it. Slowly.
[Naomi pauses, then… she smiles. Just a little.]
Naomi Lin
Naomi Lin
You’re stubborn.
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
Takes one to know one.
Vivian Langford
Vivian Langford
Later – Ethan sitting alone in the art room, staring at his phone.]
📩 Message from: Adrian Vale
Adrian Vale
Adrian Vale
Tomorrow. 8 PM. Vale Tower. We sign the contract.
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
Should I wear white, or bring a lawyer?
Adrian Vale
Adrian Vale
Just bring yourself. And be on time, for once.
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
(thinking)
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
So cold. Always so cold.
Ethan Grey
Ethan Grey
Why does that still… hurt?

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Terms & Conditions
Episodes
1 The Sculpture in the Hall
2 The Proposal
3 Whispers in the Halls
4 Whispers in the Halls (Part 2)
5 Terms & Conditions
6 The Quiet Before the Storm”
7 Ice Beneath the Surface
8 It’s Just a Contract... Right?
9 Old Flames and New Trouble
10 Chemistry
11 Interrupted
12 The Venue Visit
13 Tension
14 Unread Messages
15 The Catch-Up
16 Cups & Clarity
17 The Quiet Hours
18 Finals & Fiancés
19 Something Borrowed
20 Before the Vows
21 Until the End
22 Honeymoon, Not a Holiday
23 Salt, Rain, and Something Soft
24 Under the Stars
25 your home
26 Settling Back, Starting Forward
27 Wrong Time, Right Stranger
28 Afterglow & Curiosity
29 Caps, Gowns… and Chaos
30 In the Crowd
31 Toss of my future
32 Dinner for Two
33 Foundations
34 Cracks in the Calm
35 Tension Unleashed
36 My one and only
37 Before You Go
38 Eyes on You
39 Euyes on you P2
40 Not What It Looks Like
41 I Was Starting to Miss You
42 After you
43 Things We Don’t Say
44 the silence
45 What Did You Do?
46 Same Eyes, Same Flame
47 Ours Again
48 After the Storm
49 Japan?
50 In Between the Lines
51 In Between the Lines P2
52 Welcome to My World
53 The Day Was Always You
54 Sunday Dinner
55 Something Like Us
56 Lines Crossed
57 Behind Closed Curtains
58 Away From Me
59 Complications in the Office
60 Dinner With the Nakamuras
61 What Are You Not Telling Me?
62 Shadows in the Mirror
63 In the Details
64 Buried Ties
65 Back Without Goodbye
66 The Uninvited Piece
67 Crossing Oceans
68 The Safehouse
69 Shadow Play
70 Broken Signal
71 In the Aftermath
72 Your Name, Again
73 What Happens Next
74 YES
75 Answers, Changes, Secrets
76 Burn After Reading
77 Everything You Missed
78 Out of Sight
79 The Meeting
80 Queen’s Gambit
81 Everything Falls into Place
82 Strike First
83 Father’s Secrets
84 Unknown Number
85 Before the Storm
86 The Fall Of Giant
87 Ashes and Echoes
88 Soft Sunrises
89 Can’t Get Enough of You
90 Family Table
91 Love lingers
92 Planning Begins
93 Rooftop Dreams
94 Waves and Whispers
95 Whispers at Midnight
96 Valley of Us
97 The Day She Said Yes (Again)
98 After the Vows
99 City of Echoes
100 Distances
101 EPISODE 100 SPECIAL MESSAGE
102 Whispers of Goodbye
103 Coming Home, Again
104 Uninvited Feelings
105 You’re Mine, Remember?
106 Invitations
107 Fire
108 A Mother’s Question
109 Long-Distance Clarity
110 His Answer Is You
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Updated 110 Episodes

1
The Sculpture in the Hall
2
The Proposal
3
Whispers in the Halls
4
Whispers in the Halls (Part 2)
5
Terms & Conditions
6
The Quiet Before the Storm”
7
Ice Beneath the Surface
8
It’s Just a Contract... Right?
9
Old Flames and New Trouble
10
Chemistry
11
Interrupted
12
The Venue Visit
13
Tension
14
Unread Messages
15
The Catch-Up
16
Cups & Clarity
17
The Quiet Hours
18
Finals & Fiancés
19
Something Borrowed
20
Before the Vows
21
Until the End
22
Honeymoon, Not a Holiday
23
Salt, Rain, and Something Soft
24
Under the Stars
25
your home
26
Settling Back, Starting Forward
27
Wrong Time, Right Stranger
28
Afterglow & Curiosity
29
Caps, Gowns… and Chaos
30
In the Crowd
31
Toss of my future
32
Dinner for Two
33
Foundations
34
Cracks in the Calm
35
Tension Unleashed
36
My one and only
37
Before You Go
38
Eyes on You
39
Euyes on you P2
40
Not What It Looks Like
41
I Was Starting to Miss You
42
After you
43
Things We Don’t Say
44
the silence
45
What Did You Do?
46
Same Eyes, Same Flame
47
Ours Again
48
After the Storm
49
Japan?
50
In Between the Lines
51
In Between the Lines P2
52
Welcome to My World
53
The Day Was Always You
54
Sunday Dinner
55
Something Like Us
56
Lines Crossed
57
Behind Closed Curtains
58
Away From Me
59
Complications in the Office
60
Dinner With the Nakamuras
61
What Are You Not Telling Me?
62
Shadows in the Mirror
63
In the Details
64
Buried Ties
65
Back Without Goodbye
66
The Uninvited Piece
67
Crossing Oceans
68
The Safehouse
69
Shadow Play
70
Broken Signal
71
In the Aftermath
72
Your Name, Again
73
What Happens Next
74
YES
75
Answers, Changes, Secrets
76
Burn After Reading
77
Everything You Missed
78
Out of Sight
79
The Meeting
80
Queen’s Gambit
81
Everything Falls into Place
82
Strike First
83
Father’s Secrets
84
Unknown Number
85
Before the Storm
86
The Fall Of Giant
87
Ashes and Echoes
88
Soft Sunrises
89
Can’t Get Enough of You
90
Family Table
91
Love lingers
92
Planning Begins
93
Rooftop Dreams
94
Waves and Whispers
95
Whispers at Midnight
96
Valley of Us
97
The Day She Said Yes (Again)
98
After the Vows
99
City of Echoes
100
Distances
101
EPISODE 100 SPECIAL MESSAGE
102
Whispers of Goodbye
103
Coming Home, Again
104
Uninvited Feelings
105
You’re Mine, Remember?
106
Invitations
107
Fire
108
A Mother’s Question
109
Long-Distance Clarity
110
His Answer Is You

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