Dumped at the altar, Claire vanished. Now she is back as the wife of her ex's biggest backer.
#48 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
The Wolf King Hired Me as a Stepmom, Then Made Me His Luna
Broke and divorced, Erin takes a stepmom job. Her new boss is North America's most powerful Wolf King.
NetShort · 28 episodes · about 1.3 h
FreeEp 1–7on NetShort
Locked21of 28 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Werewolf & shiftersRevengeContract & fake marriageUnderdog rise
Story
Erin, penniless after her divorce, takes a stepmother post for a place to stay. Her employer turns out to be a powerful werewolf leader, and she helps heal his four-year-old boy, who has suffered trauma. A contract marriage gradually grows into real affection. Her ex bumps into her again, decides she is merely the help, and demands that she crawl back and say sorry.
Werewolf & shifterMarriage & divorceslow-burn contract romancewarm and fierce
Who will like it: viewers who liked a practical heroine hired as a stand-in mother who ends up at the center of a wolf king's world.
Main characters
- Erin: divorced woman hired as a stepmother
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 7 free. Grey: 21 locked. About 1.3 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 28
- Free
- 7
- Locked
- 21
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 28 | 7 | 21 | — | 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
- 28 episodes is longer than 8% 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 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, Japanese, Korean
- App tags
- Karma Payback, Love After Marriage, Underdog Rise
- NetShort
- 2.1K likes, 3.0K 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.