A five-year-old calls a dead man Dad, and his brother wants the child as heir.
#92 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
The Wife Who Took Back the Company
Six years into building her husband's company, Chelsea finds his affair and a plan to leave her penniless.
NetShort · 71 episodes · about 2.5 h
FreeEp 1–11on NetShort
Locked60of 71 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Chelsea Shaw spent six years helping her husband, Zion Chao, build Chao Group. Then she uncovers his affair with Yvonne Lee and a scheme to leave her with nothing. With allies Silas Foster, Jason King and David at her side, she moves to freeze the shares and fight for control of the company.
Marriage & divorceBusiness / rags-to-richesRevenge & paybackpower reversalbetrayed wife
Who will like it: viewers who liked a wronged wife who turns her husband's own company against him.
Main characters
- Chelsea Shaw: wife who fights for the company
- Zion Chao: husband who plots to strip her
- Yvonne Lee: woman in Zion's affair
- Silas Foster: ally backing Chelsea
- Jason King: ally backing Chelsea
- David: another ally backing Chelsea
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 11 free. Grey: 60 locked. About 2.5 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 71
- Free
- 11
- Locked
- 60
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 71 | 11 | 60 | — | 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
- 71 episodes is longer than 97% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 11 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 15% 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, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, ar_AE
- App tags
- Karma Payback, Modern Romance, Plot Twist
- NetShort
- 2.0K likes, 2.1K followers
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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.