An accountant who finds mafia money laundering hides at a mountain inn owned by the last grizzly shifter.
#123 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
MY WIFE WANTS TO KILL ME EVERYDAY
A CEO who learns that his beloved spouse has been dosing him for years decides to vanish.
NetShort · 30 episodes · about 0.8 h
FreeEp 1–10on NetShort
Locked20of 30 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Ethan Vance, a billionaire CEO, discovers that Olivia, his devoted wife, has been poisoning him and sabotaging his car. She is also plotting to seize Apex Dynamics. With an ally's help, Ethan stages his own death in a plane crash and resurfaces as Liam Black. From the shadows, he watches his enemies turn on each other and quietly sets up one last trap.
Thriller & mysteryRevenge & paybackundercover revengecorporate noir
Who will like it: viewers who liked faked-death tycoon stories where the hero watches the schemers destroy each other.
Main characters
- Ethan Vance: billionaire CEO who fakes his death
- Olivia: wife who schemes to take Apex Dynamics
- Liam Black: the alias Ethan takes on
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 10 free. Grey: 20 locked. About 0.8 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 30
- Free
- 10
- Locked
- 20
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 30 | 10 | 20 | — | 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
- 30 episodes is longer than 9% 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 33% 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
- English, Japanese, Korean, ar_AE
- App tags
- Crime, Mystery, Revenge
- NetShort
- 2.1K likes, 2.8K followers
The apps' own counts, shown as printed, never folded into the reader rating.
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.