Broken (of) Love - Uncut/Early Bird

The second episode starts right after the big reveal as Lalin wants to talk with Arisa. They accuse each other of lying, then Arisa mentions she has to protect herself from people like her, and mentions they’re both liars anyway. But Lalin admit to only lying for her mother’s sake, and claims she would have told Arisa the truth someday, anyway. But to know that Arisa is one of her mother’s rivals that came as a shock to her – but perhaps Arisa knew all along, she speculates. She suspect they date because of her mother’s business. But Arisa doesn’t care what she thinks and just didn’t tell her about her other job – but she lied about everything. And now she’s standing there – does she have any truth left? But Lalin argues that are her feelings were real – but wants to know whether hers were, too. But Arisa argues that her feeling don’t matter, because they will never work. A relationship built on lies can’t have a good ending, she argues. There’s nothing worth to remember, and she claims to be an easy-to-forget person. Lalin leaves stating that she never knew Arisa after all. After the credits. Arisa channels her rage and frustration into some kick-boxing training with Mek, who argues that she is upset that her Lyla is actually Lalin, her enemy’s daughter, but Arisa argues that he needn’t worry, and she broke up with her, never having taken her seriously. Mek is not sure that she really doesn’t have any feelings for Lalin, but Arisa remains adamant, the revenge for her parents remains the most important thing. Then, they train some more. Arisa is talking to Kevin on the golf course, who is arguing the Weiling is their long-time partner. Arisa tries to position herself as the new player, shaking things up and offering new business opportunities, but Kevin argues the trust isn’t gained easily and needs time – and she is too new in this business. She might have won the auction – butt Weiling influenced his mother to choose her, and his mother forced him. Arisa understands this her hasn’t got enough power, so, she has to target his mother. And he advises her that she just can’t use her gut to make business decisions – you must target their hearts. She argues that she may need to develop new techniques to satisfy him, but her claims he is a simple man, she just needs to hit the right spot. He looks after a lady going through the club with a wealthy man on her arm – and Arisa notices that he’s interested in her. Meanwhile, Lalin is at the jazz bar drowning her sorrows in alcohol, with her friend vowing not to clean up her mess if she pukes. She wants to drink it all to forget it all, but her friend reminds her that liquor only helps temporarily with that plan. Lalin vows to drink very day, then, and asks her what else she could do, is she supposed to think that all these months happened only in her imagination? But her friend argues that they are impossible, and that she focus on being the heir to her mother’s business. But Lalin argues she knows nothing about her mother’s business. And she laments that she can’t do anything she wants and her love is just a lie. But her friends argues that she still got her – just as Arisa descends into the bar. Arisa wants to talk to her, but she initially wants to continue drinking with her friend, but they leave for a quiet corner. Arisa wants to get back with her like they used to be, but Lalin argues that mere days ago she broke up with her, and now she wants to make up? But Arisa claims she needed to learn her true feelings, after they both had lied for different reasons. That day, she claims to be unable to lie about her own feelings anymore. She argues that their relationship was nice, so nice that she doesn’t want to lose it. She pleads with her to give her a chance, and promises to never make her cry again. And Lalin sets a rule: from now on, no more lies. Arisa thanks her, and they hug. From the off, we hear Mek’s voice arguing that Lalin might be their chance to use as a weapon against Weiling, because she’s already in their lair. Ai meets her “driver” from last week again in her hallway, but she isn’t spying on her she argues – she lives there. She thought she was some psycho, but she is satisfied with the explanation. Miss Somsak – that’s the name given to her now – calls her an alcoholic for carrying trash containing empty wine bottles, but Ai helps her with carrying a few boxes to her apartment, anyway. Ai takes the boxes to her flat where she notices a note scribbled onto paper dealing with Kevin and a few ladies, so she takes a photo without Miss Somsak noticing. Arisa gets dressed with Lalin lying in their bed and arguing that she shouldn’t worry about her mother, because Weiling cannot force her. Arisa argues she’s persistent, but Lalin mentions that they have to talk to her the daughter way. She’ll be the first one to respond to all her wishes, but she has to let them date in return – or she will go back to Lyla, run away and never let her see her again. Arisa doesn’t want Lalin to upset her mother, and perhaps Arisa has to prove herself, that she can take care of her only daughter. Lalin argues that she doesn’t have to prove anything, it’s her life, and she chooses her way, and she argues that she made the right choice. Later, Arisa is in her office as Lalin texts and asks her out to dinner, and Arisa claims to have a meeting but she will rush to her when she’s finished. She smiles to herself as Ai comes in with good news for her, she found out how they can defeat “W empire”, as she found Kevin’s weakness. Later that night, Arisa visits a bar and talk to Miss Kratai the lady form the golf club in whom Kevin was interested. They are talking about her job, her real job as Lalin’s friend is sitting at the bar photographing the interior, then noticing Arisa talking to Kratai and taking a photo. She is later talking to Lalin about her getting back with Arisa, and she fears she is getting tricked – and shows her the photo she took. Ai isn’t convinced that it’s anything shady, and probably they are friends, but her friends argues what if not. But Lalin thinks it’s fine, as they promised to each other to stop lying, and her friend claims it’s up to her. But later, Lalin shows up to the same bar looking for Miss Kratai, and she sees Arisa and Kratai walking into the VIP area, but cannot follow them. At a business announcement, Kevin and Weiling meet again, and he praises her forcing to choose her through his mother, and argues there is a big scene coming today. The announcement is about Petra’s first hotel in Bangkok, the Cornerstone and the partner they choose for that project. Kevin than announces AList – the company of Arisa as their business partner, to Weiling’s astonishment… …and we get a flashback of Arisa talking to Kevin in the men’s restroom. She needs to project, she argues, but the one making the sacrifice is going to be him – and she hands him photos af Kevin and Kratai, an extorts him into choosing AList for the photos. After the meeting, Weiling meets up with Arisa, and asks her if she wants to make an enemy out of her, but Arisa argues that it’s just business and nothing personal. But Weiling argues she has no respect for her at all. She doesn’t know what she did to make Kevin change her mind, but is sure that it wasn’t clean. Arisa remarks that she sound like someone who did something foul, too. And Weiling argues that if she wants to play this game, she’ll play it with her – but she warns her that all her enemies have no good ending. Arisa claims to be prepared. Lalin catches Arisa going back from the announcement, and asks her if she realizes what she just did. At home, Lalin argues that they had promised each other not to lie again, and claims that now that they’re dating, all she can have is her. And she shows her the photo of her with Kratai, but she argues that’s just a customer. But Arisa argues that in business she has to be charming sometimes, and confirms that her beauty can sometimes win a customer’s heart. But she argues that Lalin is her only special person, and Lalin softens, but only to a point, because Arisa has just declared war on her mother. But Arisa tries to seduce her to forget that for one night, because she wants to recharge with her. Meanwhile, Weiling is licking her wounds – and trying to find out more about Arisa and her family, so she instructs a henchman to find everything there is to find about her. Then, we get the “obligatory bathtub scene™” with Lalin and Arisa taking a bath together, but Lalin fears that their relationship will suffer from Arisa’s was with her mother. Arisa won’t let her break them up, but Lalin want to know what she should do – she is torn between her mother and her loved one. Arisa wants to know if she heard right – “loved one” – and Lalin argues she wouldn’t bathe together with a mere crush. And Arisa argues that as a loved one, she can fight with her mother. Lalin wants to know what she is for her – a like or a love. But Arisa argues that there’s more than two options and argues who do you call someone you want to kiss, to hug, be near them, not wanting to let them go anywhere. She doesn’t want to get her in trouble, and she doesn’t want her to get on her mother’s bad side. She doesn’t want her mother to see her as an enemy, but she really wants to be in her life. The next day, Lalin comes to her mother to meet her lover – and Arisa comes in taking her hand. Weiling wants to know how long this has been going on, and Lalin claims “a while”. Weiling wants Lalin to wait outside, but Arisa claims she has to be there. Arisa wants to do everything right – and she wants to marry Lalin, something which surprises even Lalin. And on that literal bombshell, the episode ends. ___ This made it a hundred times messier, and I applaud Faye for choosing to play such a morally grey character. There are moments when she crosses into villain territory, like when she made up with the only – seemingly – innocent person, Lalin, and deceived her intentionally instead of accidentally. But the questions remain: what happened to her parents and why it she willing to risk even her own happiness for revenge? The rest of the episode were the opening moves in a game of chess, where the result is still up in the air. But I will watch again next Saturday (i.e. today). 😊

I think I am genuinely terrified of Arisa at this point, and we are only two episodes in. This show is already so messy and I honestly don't know how Arisa can redeem herself later.

I don't think Lalin knew about it, only that she'd be stepping in to work with her mom and move back in. Neither did Arisa, you can tell when she breaks down in the elevator how upset she is that she saw her. Think it was more so both thinking they knew, on top of basic 'youre my gf I should know youre real name and youre my gf I should know you also own a development company on top of the racetrack' The mom on the other hand... Think Arisa is taking all those feelings putting them in a box, throwing it WAY OVER THERE with the label OPEN NEVER 😅 I think she definitely has deep feeling for Lalin but blinded by the revenge. So many questions!

Arisa i don't believe knew who Lalin was beforehand, so in that regard she didn't lie to her. However, now that she knows who she is and her feelings for her, she is straight up using this girl to get back at her mother. In this episode, she is the epitome of a "red flag." I don't know how she will be able to come back from this type of betrayal.