Posing as a bride, an intern doctor marries a mob boss who hates liars.
#202 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama SeriesCW: domestic abuse
Shattered Contract: Return of the Queen
Adeline has hidden her fortune for five years, and her husband has no idea who she is.
NetShort · 40 episodes · about 1.1 h
FreeEp 1–10on NetShort
Locked30of 40 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
To fund her brother's medication, Adeline pretends to be a nobody and puts up with abuse from her contract husband, Damian. When his ex, Vivian, frames her, Damian throws her out on the night their contract expires. Adeline drops the act and returns with her real fiancé, Eric, and the backing of Wall Street. Now she is set on making Damian pay.
Revenge & paybackMarriage & divorcefierceglamorouspayback
Who will like it: viewers who liked contract-marriage revenge where a hidden heiress takes back control.
Main characters
- Adeline: heiress posing as a nobody
- Damian: contract husband who abuses her
- Vivian: his ex who frames Adeline
- Eric: Adeline's real fiancé
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 10 free. Grey: 30 locked. About 1.1 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 40
- Free
- 10
- Locked
- 30
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 40 | 10 | 30 | — | 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
- 40 episodes is longer than 59% 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 25% 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, German
- App tags
- Contract Lovers, Female Empowerment, Romantic Marriage
- NetShort
- 2.4K likes, 4.4K 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.