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#296 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series

Seven years too late

Her brother killed Adrian's sister, so Claire weds Adrian to atone for it.

NetShort · 35 episodes · about 1.2 h

FreeEp 1–13on NetShort
Locked22of 35 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site

Open on NetShort (official)

Second chance & regretSweet romance

Story

Adrian and Claire were lovers until her brother killed Adrian's sister at their wedding. Claire marries him anyway to atone, and seven years of hatred follow. On her birthday, Adrian and Leo celebrate someone else, and her world starts to give way. He forces her to confess to lies and destroys her father's remains, and Claire stops fighting for her own treatment.

Marriage & divorceForbidden lovetragic regretbitter enemies

Who will like it: viewers who liked forced marriages between enemies, where guilt keeps two people under one roof.

Main characters

  • Claire: heroine who marries Adrian to atone
  • Adrian: man whose sister was killed
  • Leo: figure who cuts Claire off

Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.

Episodes

Mint ticks: 13 free. Grey: 22 locked. About 1.2 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).

Where to watch

NetShort
Episodes
35
Free
13
Locked
22
Checked
Oct 18, 2026
AppEpisodesFreeLockedCost to finishChecked
NetShort351322—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
35 episodes is longer than 32% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
Free episodes
13 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 37% 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, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, ar_AE
App tags
All-Too-Late, Modern Romance, Tragic Love
NetShort
2.5K likes, 6.3K 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.