ShortMax Dramas
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Defiant Heiress: Never Cross Me!Sable is engaged. Her fiancé keeps up an unclear relationship with a woman he calls his best friend, and the woman starts needling Sable. She sends Sable a video of herself and the fiancé together. At the wedding she makes a scene, and she does it again at a birthday party. She hires people to set Sable up. Sable does not let any of it pass. With her own head for these things and her family's money behind her, she makes the affair public, arranges a livestream in which the two of them show themselves up, and gathers evidence of what they have done.
The woman then throws a paternity test at Sable and says she is not the family's real daughter. Videos made with AI and a switched DNA result both turn out to be part of a plan to get hold of company shares. As the fight goes on the woman's own background comes out. She is a criminal's daughter, and she got close to Sable's fiancé for revenge.
Years Apart, Hearts ReturnFor seven years, Kevin Carter was forced away from Harvest Hill, leaving Jenny Foster and their baby daughter, Ella, behind. In his absence, Jenny's health deteriorated while her sister-in-law, Donna Foster, schemed to seize their home, snatched Kevin's jade pendant, and even plotted to sell Ella. Until the day Kevin finally returned.
Reborn to Fight Back: Make the Traitors Pay with BloodGood news, I reborn.
Bad news...
My cheating wife, Seraphina.
Julian, nominally the son of my father's comrade-in-arms, but actually my half-brother.
My greedy mother.
And my bastard father. Everyone was reborn!
In this life, everyone has their own agenda!
High-energy, melodramatic throughout! This is a dark, thrilling romance novel!
The ending after rebirth: My wife livestreams herself killing her lover—Julian.
The livestream was already at 50,000 viewers when I clicked the link.
Julian was tied to a chair in the center of the frame.
And standing behind him, holding a knife, was Seraphina.
""Hello, everyone."" She crouched in front of the camera, her face filling the frame. ""My name is Seraphina Hawthorne, and I'm a murderer.""
The viewer count spiked. 75,000. 100,000.
The Late StarlightLaura Mitchell discovers her husband Robert Carter's infidelity througha routine physical exam: both have type O blood, yet their son Jack hastype A.A DNA test confirms Jack is not her biological child, uncoveringa baby-switching conspiracy from a decade ago.
Abyss Tycoon: My Empire Spans Two WorldsEvan Cross was reborn into a ghost-infested apocalypse. Using a mysterious system and memories from his past life, he flipped his fate, becoming the owner of ShadowMart. Sharp and strategic, he invested wisely, repaying massive debts and turning struggling businesses into gold. Amid cutthroat rivalries, he outsmarted loan sharks and competitors, amassing huge wealth and building powerful alliances. In the end, he engineered the collapse of GrimLoan, shaking Duskfall City to its core—and cemented his rise to dominance.
The Notorious Lady Takes OverSkylar returns to the Sutton family as the long-lost biological daughter. Her parents favor the adopted daughter Brianna more? She couldn't care less. She has one goal: claim her share of the family fortune and restore the village’s ancestral hall. Anyone who stands in her way will be crushed. This time, she plays for keeps.
My One Night with My Ex’s DadAdora Turner accidentally discovers a secret affair between her ex Brian Walker and his own sister. Not only does Brian feel no remorse, he coldly abandons her. Heartbroken, Adora has a one-night stand with a stranger, Victor Walker, unaware that he is actually Brian’s father.
Reborn: Break the Cage of Your Open MarriageReborn from a tragic end of betrayal and ruin at the hands of her playboy husband Ryan, Anna Taylor is forced to relive the worst choice of her life: an open marriage with his mistress, or a divorce. This time, she chooses divorce—no more obedience, no more silence. As she builds her empire and fights back, long-buried lies about Ryan’s "kindness" surface, and a mysterious wealthy ally stands by her side. Will Anna’s revenge destroy the Carter family for good? And what fate awaits her in this new life, far from the cage of her past?
The Sister He BetrayedBrandon Carter and his sister, Eleanor, clash over the Lakeview Group and Scarlett Dalton's influence. Eleanor reveals Brandon as an adopted son, herself the true heir. Following Scarlett's sway, Brandon betrays his family. Scandals unfold, Eleanor inherits, Brandon seeks forgiveness, and the family power struggle ends.
Divorced, Now a Billionaire’s GranddaughterFor three years, Lena Lee hid her status as the world’s richest heiress to serve as Jason Harlan’s perfect wife and secretary. After enduring his family’s abuse and Jason’s icy indifference, Lena finally discards her "commoner" disguise to reclaim her throne at the Lee Group.
Amidst the schemes of Serena Chase, Jason desperately tries to bridge the gap, revealing that his coldness was a shield for a deep-seated love Lena never saw. Will Lena forgive the man who broke her heart?
Rebirth: My Alpha Drank His Own PoisonIn my past life, my Alpha fiancé and his mistress poisoned me to death, stealing my status, ruining my fertility and using my family’s power to seize the throne. Reborn at our mating ceremony, I tricked him into drinking the sterilizing wolfsbane by swapping cups. I tore off the mistress’s mask, broke the engagement, and married the border war god. I exposed his baby-stealing and dark magic plot, having him imprisoned for life. This life, I protect my family and take revenge!
The Wedding ExecutionMargery Flynn, branded a ruthless lunatic, is forced into a strategic marriage—only to discover betrayal before the vows. Instead of breaking, she turns her wedding into a public execution, exposing her fiancé’s affair and triggering the collapse of his empire. As enemies retaliate with schemes and violence, Margery stays steps ahead, dismantling every trap with precision. In the end, she rises from pawn to power player—cold, untouchable, and free.
Home Is Where the Hotpot IsMahjong-loving Jiang Qinghe learns that she is the missing daughter of an elite Beijing family and agrees to meet them at her adoptive father's urging. Her birth parents favor their adopted daughter, Wen Yuxi, and answer Qinghe's return with humiliation. They do not know that the father who raised her is chairman of Jiang Capital—and that he is coming to Beijing after hearing how they treated his child.
Wait, My Husband is a CEO!Larissa’s father wants to marry her off to a brutal old man, so she ran. On the way, she bumps into a young, strikingly handsome mechanic. To escape, she tells her father he’s her boyfriend. “Yes,” he says, “and I’m marrying her.” What starts as a lie becomes a sudden marriage, but soon Larissa discovers her “mechanic” husband is actually...
Redemption’s PriceInheritance disputes and dark conspiracies tear a family apart. To save her cursed daughter, Claire enters a world of dangerous wish trades. As secrets surface, every wish comes at a cost, and redemption may be the final price.
The Son I Raised Wasn't MineMarried to William for ten years, Jennifer dotes on their six-year-old son Rob—until his essay "My Real and Fake Mom" calls her the "fake mom." A hidden photo reveals William’s betrayal: he’s secretly in love with Sarah Anderson, vowing devotion before their wedding.Jennifer investigates, finding a DNA test proving she’s not Rob’s mother. She learns Sarah, who gave birth the same day, colluded with William to swap their babies. Her real son Charlie was abandoned at an orphanage, while she raised Sarah’s child.On Rob’s birthday, Jennifer exposes the lies. William and Sarah are imprisoned. She rescues Charlie, takes him to a coastal home, and with love helps him heal—turning betrayal into maternal redemption.
[Dubbed]In Sickness, In LoveFive years of deep affection turned into sorrow! A journey of love and redemption! If I could turn back time, I would give you lots of love, and even be willing to die for you.
Apocalypse Is Coming: 749 BureauAmid apocalyptic chaos and supernatural threats, 749 Bureau agents probe paranormal cases and battle monsters. When Alan Ford awakens to his transformation, he learns teammates face deadly peril. Ignoring a nuclear order, he rescues them and slays a dragon. What dark secrets lie behind this hidden supernatural world?
The Wedding ReckoningAfter being humiliated and slapped by her fiancé at a party, Lavinia is rushed to the hospital—while he celebrates with another woman in her home. Betrayed and broken, she cancels the wedding. But on the big day, she walks down the aisle… with a different groom.
My Pup was stolen by my mateScarlett, the world’s only Silver Wolf, rejects her mate, Alpha King Kael, after realizing he swapped her powerful newborn with a weak, illegitimate pup. Despite pack-wide scorn, Scarlett exposes Kael’s affair with her maid, Bella, and her father’s complicity in the deception. Although the Moon Goddess strikes Kael down for his betrayal, Scarlett finds her true child has perished. Following a lethal confrontation that claims both her mate and father, Scarlett is left to lead alone, haunted by the tragic cost of the truth.
Vengeance After the Cradle FellNine months of hopeful anticipation ended in the cruelest betrayal inside the delivery room.
The man she believed to be her loving husband pushed her and their unborn child to the brink of death, all for the family's so-called male heir.In the freezing basement, bleeding out, with her baby gone forever, she buried every last spark of love for him.
When the world thought she died in childbirth, she returned as the mafia queen. A meticulously planned revenge has only just begun.Every debt owed to her will be collected, with ruthless interest.
Checked Into My Marriage, Stole My LifeHer fairytale marriage crashed overnight. Betrayed by her cold husband, framed by a scheming mistress, humiliated and expelled in public—this gentle billionaire wife finally snapped. Now she’s back with ruthless power, ready to destroy every liar and claim brutal revenge.
The Dying Prince's Defiant BrideShe Loved Him. He Destroyed Her. Now She's Marrying His Dying Brother.
Victoria's sister Alyssa never stops tormenting her. Her ex-lover Lord Ashford? He joined in. So when Victoria's forced into marriage with the Crown Prince, a man everyone says won't survive the year, she expects nothing.
But unexpectedly, what she gets is someone who fights for her.
The Bridge She Never BuiltFramed for a bridge collapse she didn’t cause, architect Irene Walker serves ten years in prison. After release, her ex-husband Julian destroys her hard-won peace, pushing her to the brink of death. Rescued and hidden by a childhood friend, she fakes her death and rebuilds her life—finally finding redemption not in vengeance, but in a quiet new beginning.
[Dubbed]I Saved You, You Forgot MeA supposed rescuer appears after a bride is framed and abandoned at her wedding, but she discovers that he engineered the disaster to benefit the woman he truly loves. She joins another ally to investigate him, survives his counterattacks, and gathers evidence of his crimes. His remorse in court cannot undo the manipulation, and she chooses a new life with the partner who helped expose him.
[Dubbed]Should Reject HimIn order to pay off her brother's debts and buy a house for him to get married, she was forced by her family to work in a club, where she accidentally had a one-night stand with the richest man. Later, he found out that she was pregnant and took her to his villa as his "wife" to nourish the fetus. From then on, she began a sweet daily life with the doctor.
Dream Slayer: I Level Up AloneTransmigrated into a world where humans and the Anomaly coexist, Zephyr Thorne grows into a high-tier Martial Artist by slaying monsters in his dreams. After dominating the Genius Training Camp, he secures a spot in the National Tournament, poised to become a legendary genius.
However, his rise has provoked a malicious dark force. Now, Zephyr and his family are in the crosshairs. The crisis has only just begun...
Ctrl+Z: Undo the BetrayalFramed for a disastrous tech failure by his treacherous boss, Susan Snake, and the VP, Kole Glenn, brilliant developer Dylan Patel faces ruin. Armed with the real code, he dives deep to expose their massive embezzlement web. Can Dylan save the Cloud Peak Project and clear his name, or will his career be permanently deleted?
Reaper of the Life-Pay EraA freak accident transforms Jasper into a cat, but Mercy rescues him and awakens his powers as a Tamer. Guided by the System, he grows stronger through repeated interaction with various beasts and is pulled into the turf wars of Decadence Street, where conspiracies connect the Cloud Group and other factions. Mercy meanwhile discovers extraordinary talent of her own and begins a path toward martial-arts mastery.
A Group Of Spartan outcasts ruined meNine years ago, I was framed by my ex‑lover’s mother. My family was destroyed, and my left arm was permanently disabled. I survived quietly by selling vegetables in the market. One day, I overheard her proudly bragging about ruining me. Pregnant and broken, I went to her son—now a respected Spartan healer—and asked to end the pregnancy. When the truth finally came out, he was overcome with regret. But I felt nothing but numbness. I no longer hated, nor did I forgive. I just wanted to walk away and never see them again.
Apocalypse Survival GuideAs a deadly freeze descends on the world, the Taylor family, under the leadership of Martha Taylor, gathers supplies and fortifies Star Bay. They worked together to survive in the apocalypse. What problems would they face and would the weather and resource shortages be their only problem? How would they survive?
Wait… I Have a Kid With My RivalAt 18, Ryan Scott wakes up in his 25-year-old body, already a husband and a father, yet everything is falling apart. A choice he doesn’t remember making is tearing his family and career apart. As he struggles to fix a life he never lived, one question remains: can he become the man everyone needs before it’s too late?
Rich Son, Wounded FatherBacked by his father and a “Make-Your-Kid-a-Star” system, Liam Foster becomes the nation’s top scorer, then drops out to build a business empire in Grandvale. When village redevelopment injures his resisting father, he returns home, facing a rift and a choice between ambition and family.
You Chose Him? Your Loss.Owen Armstrong sacrifices for his family but is neglected by Sarah Faulkner, who grows close to Julian Fletcher. Disheartened, Owen seeks divorce, reveals Julian's scandal, and leaves Riverside, becoming CEO of CoreTech. Sarah regrets too late. Explores broken marriage, emotional entanglements, career battles, personal rise, betrayal, and growth.
[Dubbed]Hidden No MoreShe wakes up in an old-time household as the mother of four children, in the body of a woman far heavier than she has ever been. Until a moment before she was a bodyguard, one of the top-rated in the modern trade, with the nickname Living King of Hell. On her last job the client was taken at gunpoint and a bullet hit her in the crossfire. She takes the four children as hers to protect, and anyone who comes at them gets flattened.
Her husband is not there. She opens a business selling soup. A woman nearby keeps provoking her, the royal house is fighting over power, and her own household has its quarrels, and she handles all of it. She still has her ability to move through time and a magic energy she learns to draw on. She loses the weight. Her husband comes back, and that starts new trouble. Several people's identities come out, and after an incident at the autumn hunt the fight between her family and the court gets worse.
What He Hid for 10 YearsSarah accepts public blame for a childless decade to protect her husband's secret infertility, only for him to divorce her as 'barren' and arrive with children he claims are his heirs. He leaves Sarah penniless without realizing another man fathered those children. At his next wedding, she releases his medical records and proof of his mistress's affair, collapsing the lie that destroyed her reputation.
Handcuffs for the Perfect HusbandChloe's final confrontation proves Julian maintained two marriages and built his life on corruption, sending him and his collaborators into the justice system. She refuses his pleas, raises their son outside his influence, and rebuilds with the reliable love her husband never offered.
Beg Me, My Alpha Ex (updating)Leia Lockwood dedicates seven years of her life to her Alpha husband and bears him a son, only to discover that her husband gets engaged to another woman, and that her own son hates her. Devastated and shattered, she drowns herself in the lake. Rather than dying in despair, she accidentally gains the boundless power of an ancient magic ring. Given a second chance by fate, Leia decides to take revenge. She gets a divorce, crushes the homewrecker, and decides to move on with her life. However, the cheating ex-husband begs her not to leave. The noble wolf prince is obsessed with her. Even the Vampire King pursues her relentlessly...
Revenge for My Lost ChildMara expected a miracle on the delivery table, but she received a death sentence instead. Her husband, Dante Harwick, held her hand not out of love, but to keep her trapped while he whispered the coldest command: "Don't let her give birth until Vivienne does." To secure the Harwick family’s billion-dollar inheritance for his mistress’s "posthumous son," Dante drugged Mara, stalling her labor and throwing her into a filthy, blood-stained hospital basement. Left to rot in the shadows while her enemies celebrated her "death," Mara’s world shattered—but her spirit didn't.
Ditched My Cheater Husband For His Billionaire BrotherGolf prodigy Lydia Rowan abandons a Grand Slam career to coach and manage her secret husband, Vincent Hawthorne, then wakes from a fall to find him preparing to marry her best friend. When Lydia feigns amnesia, Vincent claims she was never his wife at all but belongs to his brother Sebastian. She answers the humiliation by staging a marriage with Sebastian—an alliance that becomes genuine while Vincent discovers he has erased every way to prove the marriage he now wants back.
The Forsaken WarlordExiled after decades of guarding the realm against monstrous threats, Logan Drake faces betrayal and doubt from those he protected. As demons and rival forces encroach, he must confront mounting danger, proving that a lone hero’s vigilance can shape the fate of civilizations.
Cold Storage RescueAfter her daughter Emma freezes to death, Helen Brooks is reborn at the moment the girl calls for help from her kindergarten's cold storage. Racing to save her, Helen faces manager Vera Hamilton's insistence that no one is inside, along with conflict involving her husband Edward and the rescue team. As lies and deliberate delays cost precious time, she realizes Emma's entrapment is part of a planned conspiracy.
Overthrow the Wraith WorldPercy awakens his talent in a new world. He leads his teammates to challenge dungeons and enemies, unlocking special abilities to evolve. Amid conflicts and adventures with Veda, Zack, and Kyla, he fights through Octasaint and a decisive battle in Havenix. Finally, he defeats them, vows to challenge the God of Wraiths. But a terrifying secret scheme is waiting for him...
The Lie Detector Killed MeShe Died at Her Mother's Hands. Then She Got a Second Chance.
In her first life as Stella Bennett, she suffered brutal abuse from her mother until it killed her, destroying her entire family. Reborn as Lena Harper, she wakes up in a home filled with warmth, safety, and unconditional love.
As Lena compares her two lives, the contrast is staggering. Surrounded by a family that actually protects her, she begins healing wounds she thought were permanent.
Two lives. Two mothers. One question: Can love erase what trauma carved into her soul?