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#42 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
The Duke's Secret Mistress
Pressured in Everfrost, Eshe makes a secret deal with the ruler. Then the deal turns into love.
NetShort · DramaBox · 44 episodes · about 1.4 h
FreeEp 1–6on NetShort
Locked38of 44 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
In Everfrost, the lord lies comatose while Oliver presses Eshe for what he wants. Eshe secretly strikes a bargain with the ruler, Freeman, just to survive. What starts as a cold deal slowly becomes love, though Freeman keeps schemes of his own. Eshe's feelings for him grow, and so do her doubts about his plans.
Fantasy & magicSecret baby & single parentslow-burn romancepolitical scheming
Who will like it: viewers who liked a bargain-turned-love story between a secret mistress and a ruler hiding his plans.
Main characters
- Eshe: heroine who strikes a secret bargain
- Freeman: ruler who makes a deal with her
- Oliver: man who pressures Eshe
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 6 free. Grey: 38 locked. About 1.4 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
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.
Passes for DramaBox on the App Store: $5.99 to $19.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 44 episodes is longer than 72% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 6 free episodes is fewer than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 14% 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, ar_AE
- App tags
- Fantasy Romance, Love After Marriage, Plot Twist, Revenge
- NetShort
- 2.5K likes, 5.2K followers
The apps' own counts, shown as printed, never folded into the reader rating.
Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page); DramaBox (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app. Listings merged because: same title.