Enough. I don't want to.
Get…
What are you doing?
-Mama, I feel like I'm wasting my time. -Really?
Come on.
I told you, I'm not going to. Enough.
Jude, don't give up.
Mama,
you must conquer your fear,
before it conquers…
I was like…
Oh, really?
Wow! Now you're laughing!
Come on.
Show me how good you are, beautiful. Come on.
Stay calm.
Yes, baby! Come on.
Come on.
Do you see? I told you!
First it was pigeons,
then horses.
Is there anything you can't tame?
Yes.
Teenage girls. And one of them in particular.
-Yes. -This is Jude.
You're not supposed to be here.
What do you mean? Will you tell on me?
Yes.
-I'm an important member of this club. -Really?
We can't let the club's standards slip.
Isn't that right, lady?
Indeed.
Yes.
By the way, I don't know if you've heard or not,
but Alpha got back on its feet after it went down in the Cairo summit.
So, thank God, we benefited in the end.
But unfortunately,
it's a shame that you and Saud backed out.
I wanted to work with you.
Who told you
that Saud and I are backing out?
I don't want to cross the line,
but I advise you to talk to Saud.
Sometimes things work out with some give and take.
Munira, you haven't told me.
What do you think about the new bedsheets I put in your room?
If your intention was to kick me out of the house, then bravo to you.
You've succeeded.
Dad, I wanted to ask you,
any updates on my terms with Qassar?
-No. -Good.
Because I have an update.
It could affect us and Qassar.
Affect us how?
Someone wants to marry me.
And he can elevate our family's position further.
Who is he?
Rakan Saad.
Sabiha's son.
I see the standard is now higher than Saud Salim.
Good. That's a good thing.
But unfortunately, I'm hearing some talk
that he's a man with a delicate personality.
-Why is he rushing to get engaged to you? -I'm very good at handling their IPO.
And if I stand beside Rakan, Alpha will rise to the top.
Plus, his mother adores me.
Of course, my love.
She adores you, but she adores her son even more.
Be cautious if that's what you're thinking, Munira.
And tell me this.
Would you really prefer someone weak like that man
over a well-known and respected man?
I'm so lucky.
When I hear you talking to me like this, I feel that you love me so much.
And you even let me choose who I want.
Why do you want to do that?
Do you want to fail us and embarrass your father?
Dad, don't you want Qassar to invest in your new business?
I can guarantee you that Rakan will invest instead of him.
For your happiness and your comfort,
I accept.
But can you assure me that Rakan will stand by his word?
Soon.
Soon I will get an answer for you.
Excuse me, I have to get to work.
My legs are hurting.
That's Rose.
I feel like we should say hi, right?
Mama, my clothes are dirty.
So…
Go. You go say hi to her, okay?
Okay.
How are you?
Good. How are you doing?
Pretty good.
-You have a new trainer? -Yeah!
-Really? -Hopefully.
-I will let him train you someday. -Hopefully.
-Okay. See you. -See you.
Okay? She's hiring a trainer for her young horse.
And she named the horse Calista Fire.
Calista Fire?
What does that even mean?
I don't know. But it sounds pretty cool.
And there's another thing.
Rose asked me if I'm going to the wedding.
How lovely.
And did she say when the wedding will be?
It's soon, I guess.
Yeah.
I'll take you shopping and get you a dress.
Or, sorry, you'll go shopping with the one you love so much, Rose.
Why you don't like Rose?
Oh no! I like Rose. What do you mean?
You know?
She has nothing to do with me staying at Dad's house.
Of course not. Your father is responsible for that.
Even though, until now, I don't understand how he convinced you,
but whatever.
He didn't convince me, but I didn't have any other choice.
I'm worried about you. I really love you, you know.
I want to protect you.
After all, I don't know this Rose.
But you have to get used to it.
Because Rose will become a part of the family.
Family.
Yeah. Right.
You are right. I have to.
FAILAKA REAL ESTATE
After the success that we achieved on our last day in Cairo,
we managed to reach 33,171,200 dinars.
And thankfully,
Munira was the voice of reason that day.
God bless her.
And yet
the gap is still huge.
Until now, we don't have an anchor investor.
I…
I met Laith Nasir over the weekend by accident.
He implied that Al Fajr Holding Company
may still be interested, despite what happened in Cairo.
You met Laith by accident?
-What a coincidence. -Yeah.
It was a brief encounter at the equestrian club with my daughter.
Honestly, they are the most important and logical partner.
I agree with you that Laith is the perfect partner.
But I think the time has come for us to talk with Saud.
Go on. You can take the lead.
No way. You're the hero of the summit.
But you got us Laith.
Come on, Mannour. Go ahead.
Live the moment. Go on.
None of us are in charge. We're both pursuing the same partner
who left us in the middle of the party.
You went dancing in Cairo to spite me, didn't you?
Listen, my situation with Saud is very delicate.
It'll be better if you talk to him.
Huh?
Please, Munira. I beg you.
I can't take responsibility for anything, not even my daughter.
What? Didn't you say in Cairo I was a terrible mother?
It's all right. Turns out everyone else agrees.
By the way, I heard about what Omar did at the competition.
Honestly, I feel for you.
You had to fly back from Cairo to deal with that?
That's fine. I'm used to it. He's always liked to make drama.
Don't be upset. It's all right.
Everyone is saying that the horse upstaged him.
Everyone can. Even he wants to.
I want to talk to you.
After you.
Come on.
Let me see what the crystal ball says.
The problem is nothing is clear.
It says
that you're desperate,
and that you're looking
for an anchor partner.
No.
-I'm not desperate. -Yes, you are.
We'd like to--
We'd like to talk to you without an audience.
Excuse me.
Speaking of audiences,
I was talking to Nabil about the press conference.
Rakan was going there looking very proper with his hair styled,
and suddenly he looked like a towel drenched in water.
But what's good about it is that our own Hijazi daughter
took care of the whole situation.
And everyone now knows only one thing. Rakan no longer has just one mother.
He has a second mother now.
Have you gotten it all out of your system? Or do you need another minute?
Nabil,
let's have our little talk later.
-So, you bumped into Abu Nasir? -Yeah. At the equestrian club.
You ran into him, or vice versa?
Guess he hasn't gotten it out of his system yet.
Saud, come on now.
Laith told me there's still hope between you and us,
which means there's still some fire left.
So, you've come to fan the flames?
Anyway, Laith's a man of his word.
And you've sparked our interest again.
Why? What changed?
Nothing has changed.
Why did you get nervous?
I should've grabbed more pistachios.
What changed is,
you have a project compelling enough to capture major international funding.
Even though your CEO is a joke.
But what I want to know is, how did you pull that off?
FAILAKA REAL ESTATE
Anyway, congrats.
We'll work together again.
But wait.
I have a small condition.
What is it?
He's coming for Rakan?
He's coming for Rakan.
He said they're open to anchoring the IPO
if Rakan leaves the co-CEO position.
Why is Saud so angry at Rakan?
TARABESQUE RECORDS
The importer just brought a shipment.
Like my mother?
Walid or Hasan?
Better I don't make problems.
Can you tell me why you didn't come?
I didn't come here, but I did work outside.
What is this? Wow!
Wow! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Take all the tapes you like.
Take whatever you want.
It's all for you.
Wow!
Thanks for accepting my invitation.
I invited you first.
Though, I would've preferred meeting in a more private place, but it's okay.
I used to worry about people and what they would say,
but not anymore.
This is a business dinner, right?
I'm a 35-year-old single man.
You're single, we're the same age.
We share the same professional interests,
the same indifference, and we never get attached to anyone.
A union seems profitable. What do you think?
You're so romantic.
And you're so smart.
Well, can you explain what our partnership would be like?
We'll be equal.
Equal partners.
Equal.
There's no such thing in marriage.
Most men would never allow it. But I have no interest in controlling you.
What are you interested in, then?
You can call me humble, but I'm surprised you're interested in me.
I'm not sure if I'm interested in you.
It may change over time,
but my mother and I are definitely interested in making money.
Especially as my mother knows what people think of me.
And she doesn't want this to affect
our first IPO.
When she met you, she saw a solution.
I thought she chose me for the IPO team because I'm good at my job.
Turns out I was wrong.
No, listen. Mother would have never let you go near Alpha or me
if you weren't good at your job.
But you have better qualities.
Does that mean I'm a pawn for Alpha?
I can't get married to the company.
Now you know where we stand.
What about your family? What do they think about this partnership?
Do they know about it?
Yes, they know.
But it's my decision.
And my terms.
Rakan.
I want to ask you, what would our lives be like?
Two strangers living under one roof?
We don't speak to each other?
And if we meet, we just compliment each other?
Free.
We'd be free.
I know that this marriage would be beneficial to us,
to our families, and even to our business.
But what about us?
What about what we want?
What do you want?
I want someone who wants me.
Forever. Not for a day.
These are all from the shop.
Umish let me take them knowing I sell a lot.
I have a question.
Did you know about your dad's engagement?
Your dad didn't tell you about the engagement or about Rose?
No.
But I should have seen it coming.
-How? I don't understand. -Rose's mother is friends with Mama Jinan.
Mama Jinan had Dad sign me up for lessons at the equestrian club
so he could get closer to Rose.
But it's fine. At least I got riding lessons out of it.
I thought he got the horse for you.
Me too.
He doesn't need to give me a horse as a gift.
I'm his daughter. He doesn't have to impress me.
Yeah.
Hello.
Good morning, beautiful.
Did you sleep well?
I need to get Jude to school before I head to work. What do you want?
Mishari just called. There's been a change of plans.
He said Saud wants us to meet at Laith's farm.
-His farm? -Hmm.
I can smell the animals already.
Anyway,
I don't want my new car to get dusty, so can you pick me up?
What? What if I don't want my car to get dusty?
Farida!
Your car is already old. Swing by after you drop off Jude. Bye.
How did dinner go last night?
It was fine.
The Saads are quite interested in me.
-And in Dad's new business. -Really?
Soon, I'll have them wrapped around my finger.
-Just give me some time. -How much time?
Right, I forgot to tell you.
While you were in Cairo,
I gave Laila some ideas.
-Laila? My interior designer? -Yes, exactly.
Laila Botros.
In the flesh.
We found that your room needs some sprucing up.
We decided to make use of the extra space.
Laila designed an amazing walk-in closet for me.
For you?
Yeah, what's the problem? I'm not doing it right now.
Obviously, I won't begin till you're out of the house. I'll wait.
How generous of you to wait till I'm gone.
So I told her a month. Does that seem about right?
You know all the disasters I've been dealing with,
but what's new with you?
Anything changed since Cairo?
Other than my dear mother converting my bedroom into a closet for herself,
nothing.
No!
Your Diva den is gone.
What a shame.
It's gone.
But on the other hand, a new suitor has entered the scene.
Right on!
See? I told you you'd find a solution.
Just like what you did at the press conference.
You always fight fire with fire, Munira.
I was only doing my job at the conference.
The problem is, we haven't found an anchor investor.
Well, now it seems like Laith and Saud are in.
Or we wouldn't be meeting again.
But something is missing.
We must know what game they're playing.
-And how we play with them. -We?
One of us has to take charge.
Because, as usual,
Sabiha and Amir will fight like a pair of roosters,
rather than finding a solution.
As for Rakan…
The only thing he will care about is to remain CEO.
And now, Laith and Saud have the ball in their court.
We're at a disadvantage against them.
-They've backed us into a corner. -Told you.
So, tell me, how's Jude?
She's back home with me, of course.
Although, I feel she might want to be
with her friend and stepmom,
Rose.
Does Jude accept her?
You didn't tell me what Rose is like. What does she look like?
Tell me about her.
I don't know what to tell you, Munier.
She's a clean slate.
Omar liked that about me in the first place.
Don't blame yourself. You were young and naive.
And he took advantage of that.
-That Omar is not to be taken lightly. -Yes.
The problem is that we realize too late
that marriage isn't about love, infatuation, passion,
or romantic relationships.
Since when, Munier?
Since when don't you believe in love, jealousy, passion,
and all the good things in life?
People change.
And great ones like myself also change.
Oh, really?
-Welcome! -Thank you.
Hello.
-Hello, my lady. -Hello.
Hello, Um Rakan. Welcome.
-Thank you. -Hello, Mr. Amir.
-Thank you. -Hello.
Come on in.
I thought the place would be fancier.
You know,
you get what I mean.
Laith is wealthy.
Very wealthy.
I don't know.
I like the place.
It has character, a kind of pattern or a story.
But it could use a softer touch from here or there.
I'm guessing his wife took the main house.
And he chose this house.
The bachelor pad.
Bachelor?
After the divorce,
he chose to live here.
Laith is divorced?
He's separated.
Permanently.
That's what the women are saying over their morning tea.
Oh, Mannour! Look, it's my pigeon!
How do you know it's your pigeon?
Maternal instinct.
Feeling better?
I told you I'd fix her up.
Wow! She's healthy again.
She's healed and ready to be released.
-Really? -Yes.
-When? -She was ready a few days ago.
But I can't bring myself to do it. It looks like I've fallen for her.
Laith and I
thought about it,
and we're ready to be the anchor investor.
But some things need to change.
-Can you give us a number? -This has nothing to do with numbers.
It has to do with the co-CEO.
Listen, maybe Rakan doesn't have the experience of a CEO,
but he doesn't have to run the company alone.
But we've seen it.
In Cairo, we've seen how a single misstep
can lead to severe consequences.
We can't ask Laith to invest millions
-in a company whose manager can't-- -No.
I'm quite aware of Rakan's reputation.
My husband has given him this reputation.
And I have to put a stop to that.
But my son will stay.
I see that we've reached a dead end.
Saud.
What if I gave you the shares at a 3% discount?
4%?
How about we go check out the horses here?
And also walk this meal off.
Farida.
I think that your daughter… Jude, am I right?
I'm sure she'll love the purebred Arabian horses we have.
You have to bring her for a visit someday.
Sure. Thank you.
I'm really busy with the falcons these days.
I have no one to take care of the horses.
It would help me a lot if you visited with your daughter.
Abu Nasir,
the food was absolutely delicious.
But unfortunately, we have to leave before the sun goes down.
No way.
Poor Farida can't drive in the dark.
She once hit my car at the stock exchange parking lot.
So, if you could give us your number, we could speed this up.
5%.
-I think we should have tea. -Bring us some tea, boy.
I'm sorry, but I didn't see it coming.
I mean…
They keep stalling because they know we're desperate.
The first rule of negotiation, never let your opponent set the price.
Listen, I don't care about the rules.
There's more than one way to win a deal.
Well, let's find a new way quickly.
It seems that the longer we stay here, the less leverage we have.
I have an old rule.
Divide and conquer.
It's clear that Saud is in charge.
So, I'll speak with him in private.
I want you to distract Laith with something shiny.
It can't be hard to find.
But most importantly,
don't talk numbers with him.
The numbers will be discussed with Saud.
Amir.
Finally, the young have left,
and now the adults will negotiate and plan.
Listen, Sabiha has a point.
Laith is taking us off topic intentionally,
to buy them more time and put pressure on us.
Exactly.
Sabiha's strategy is correct,
but her target is wrong.
She said that Saud has the final say, but no.
Laith is the one who has the final say.
And if Saud is the one in charge, then why are we here?
You want the truth?
Saud is still attached to me.
And who can blame him? You made him go crazy.
Unfortunately, Saud took my thing with Rakan personally.
I know Saud very well. So I'll talk to him.
As for you,
you talk to Laith and negotiate with him.
Good. Let's say I negotiate with Laith,
how will I do it?
He knows that we're desperate.
Farida.
You can do it.
You go to Laith and play the damsel in distress
who's waiting for the prince to save her.
Give me those puppy eyes.
Exactly.
I believe you were born to play this role.
Now it's your turn to steer Laith to your side.
Come on.
What a good idea.
We escaped the meeting.
I…
I love getting out in the open air.
The farm is so beautiful.
Well,
I believe we took enough time to think.
And thank God, Saud.
I guess now you have a final number.
I already said that the problem has nothing to do with numbers.
But if my role as co-CEO…
is the problem,
then cut to the chase and tell me everything.
Man to man.
First of all,
I want Nabil to be the preferred broker for the IPO.
I trust him.
I trust him, and I don't trust the others.
And second of all,
I want two seats…
on the board of directors.
I can manage Nabil.
But the other matter…
Why do you want two seats on the board?
One is enough. Why two seats, Saud?
One for Laith,
and one for me.
So I can watch you two closely.
So, this is about me?
I heard there's a relationship between you and the co-CEO.
I feel bad for you.
Which is why you jumped to Rakan's defense in Cairo.
Now it all makes sense.
I really feel bad for you.
Is it true or not?
No, listen.
Private life stays private.
Except
when it affects your professional duties as co-CEO.
I want to know who is in charge. Is it Sabiha?
Or is it Rakan? Or wait, is it Munira?
Mind your limits, Saud!
You've gone too far.
I'm the only one who knows that all of your terms are not even real.
You're just stalling
because there's no way Laith would give you the authority
to make the decision.
-You're just one of Laith's tamed horses. -I'm a tamed horse?
I'm a lion!
Abu Nasir chose me because I have a lion's heart.
I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth like some people.
You poor boy.
Your father lost all his money at Souq Al Manakh.
And I earned it back a hundred times over.
And I helped increase the capital of Bank of Tomorrow,
before they betrayed me.
You didn't do it all by yourself.
You had a team.
And your performance became excellent when I joined the team. Me.
And now I'm on Rakan's team.
No. Stop it, guys. No.
This way,
we can't reach a solution.
Two seats.
Two seats on the board of directors.
Two.
You know, with falcons, females are larger,
stronger, and loftier than males.
-Really? -Yes.
Birds of prey are exceptional creatures.
In most species, you'll find that males are larger than females,
except for these.
For these birds of prey, it's the opposite.
The female
is stronger than the male.
Really?
So, why won't
the male share the nest with the female?
-Is he intimidated by her power? -Maybe.
Or maybe because he knows she needs her own space.
Was that the arrangement with your wife?
We are
separated.
You heard about that?
I wanted a partner.
But
luck wasn't on my side.
And you?
How were things between you and your ex?
He always wanted me to stay three steps behind him.
So I had to walk away.
But our power struggle
is not over yet, unfortunately.
Who knows?
Maybe he is a tiercel,
eating carrion.
Yes. Totally!
You're right.
Your eyes are big.
Like a falcon.
I assume that our friends,
Sabiha and Amir, they have a number in mind.
Can you share this little piece of information with me?
Yeah.
You should have accepted the 5% Rakan offered.
He told me to tell you that it's his last offer.
So, you didn't come here to enjoy the fresh air with me after all?
Unfortunately not.
Either you accept the offer…
or we'll return to the stock exchange and enjoy the air with someone else.
6%!
Farida,
how many times did you bat your eyelashes to get Laith to accept 6%?
Stop! You know what?
I swear, for a moment, he was about to accept 5%.
I'd be riding on top of the car for that!
But look, 6% is very good.
We've come a long way, thank God.
Thank God.
And we haven't lost a thing.
What? One seat on the board? That's fine.
I knew from the start that Saud was all talk.
I'll treat you to dinner. What do you say?
I have to pick up Jude from her riding class.
-You're not going to congratulate me? -Congratulations, of course.
May God grant you happiness.
I'm sure I'll be happier than I was with my first marriage.
See, I'm trying very hard to remain calm, Omar,
while you don't want to be respectful.
And why didn't you respect yourself when you were there with that man?
What's wrong with you? Are you crazy? What are you talking about?
You threw yourself at him. Do you think I don't know what you're doing?
You've got someone spying on me?
No. Why would I do that?
You were in the open, and everyone saw.
And? What do you want?
You're obliged to respect me until the last day of your life.
Enough! Stop it! Your game has become very old.
Never. This is not a game.
No, it's just a game to control me as usual.
See, you're exposed.
You only took her to make me return early and see you propose to Rose.
You used the poor little girl just to humiliate me!
You're rude,
petty,
and low.
Is that what you learned at the stock exchange?
Is this how you talk in front of my daughter?
I swear, if you don't behave yourself,
you'll never see Jude again! Got it?
What is this? Are you showing off that you're a man?
A man doesn't insult a woman.
A man lets his daughter work with wolves, letting them bite her flesh?
I didn't leave my daughter to the wolves, as you're saying.
I raised her well.
My daughter is better than 60 of your kind, who are worthless.
The one who's worthless is the one who can't support his family.
Take me, for example.
I would never let my daughter or my granddaughter work
because I can't provide for them.
-This vulgar man dares address me! -Dad.
You know what?
You're right.
All the men I've worked with have been nasty.
They disrespect me and try to destroy me.
Actually, when I first started working there, I was shocked.
I felt insulted, even afraid.
But then I realized
that all the nastiness I've seen from them
is absolutely nothing compared to what I lived through with you.
That's what you provided me, Omar.
So I really need to thank you.
Seriously, thank you!
Come on, dear.