After her brand is stolen by her ex-husband, a designer rebuilds from scratch and reclaims it.
#50 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
The 50-Year-Old Billionaire Wants Me
Hale Corp's chairman disguises his wealth as a limping, penniless old man.
NetShort · 32 episodes · about 1.3 h
FreeEp 1–7on NetShort
Locked25of 32 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Leon, widowed for years and chairman of Hale Corp, pretends to be a destitute old man to find someone who loves him for himself. Clara, 50, runs her own auto repair shop in Queens. Two decades after her divorce, she is a blunt, warm mechanic who has raised her son alone while running the shop.
Billionaire & CEO romanceHidden identitygrown-up romancedisguised billionaire
Who will like it: viewers who liked a disguised tycoon falling for a blunt, hard-working woman who runs her own shop.
Main characters
- Leon: widowed Hale Corp chairman in disguise
- Clara: blunt mechanic who runs her own shop
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 7 free. Grey: 25 locked. About 1.3 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 32
- Free
- 7
- Locked
- 25
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 32 | 7 | 25 | — | 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
- 32 episodes is longer than 25% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 7 free episodes is fewer than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 22% 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
- App tags
- Midlife Romance, Modern Romance, Multiple Identities
- NetShort
- 2.2K likes, 3.4K 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.