Adopted at six, Noelle spends her marriage as Daniel's 'blood bag' and then walks away.
#298 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
My Son Chose a Fake Dad So I Fired His Mom
Taken hostage in his wife's lover's place, a billionaire heir comes home to a stolen life.
NetShort · 34 episodes · about 2 h
FreeEp 1–10on NetShort
Locked24of 34 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Jareth, a billionaire heir, rescues his wife Priya and their son Aiden from a kidnapping. Then he is forced to take the place of his wife's lover as a hostage. After three years of hardship, he returns to discover his life has been stolen. Cold and determined, Jareth sets out to take back his trillion-dollar empire and expose the villains.
Revenge & paybackMarriage & divorceruthless reclaimstolen-life payback
Who will like it: viewers who liked rich-heir revenge stories where the unfaithful wife learns what she has lost.
Main characters
- Jareth: billionaire heir forced into captivity
- Priya: wife who is later his unfaithful ex
- Aiden: son Jareth saves from a kidnapping
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 10 free. Grey: 24 locked. About 2 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 34
- Free
- 10
- Locked
- 24
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 34 | 10 | 24 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 34 episodes is longer than 29% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 10 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 29% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, ar_AE
- App tags
- All-Too-Late, Karma Payback, Underdog Rise
- NetShort
- 2.2K likes, 2.6K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.