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The Mafia Boss Was Faking It

The Mafia Boss Was Faking It

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Betrayed by her fiancé, her father, and her own sister, she marries the man the whole city believes is a vegetable after two years in a coma. Except he isn't sleeping — he's the most dangerous predator in town, and he calls her his equal. Now two empires answer to her, a child grows inside her, and her sister is aiming a gun straight at her stomach.

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My Son's Bride Framed Me

An hour before closing a $2.5 billion deal, a status-obsessed bride humiliates a quiet woman in a faded coat she mistakes for a cleaner — never guessing this is the mother of her billionaire fiancé. Every slap is endured with icy dignity and silently remembered. And that deal is worthless without one signature: her son's.

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My Sister Stole My Husband Pregnant

Thrown into the rain by the husband who chose her scheming sister, a pregnant woman survives the night that was meant to break her — and quietly picks up the phone to the billionaire grandfather no one knew she had. While her in-laws toast their victory, a four-billion-dollar empire is already moving to bury them. A slow, ice-cold reckoning where every humiliation will be paid back in full.

My Sister Stole My Husband Pregnant

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I Texted His Rival Instead

At her own wedding on center ice, the captain she loves seats her so-called best friend on the bridal zamboni and leaves the bride stranded in her dress before a roaring arena. But as the clock counts down to puck drop, she's already texted another man a desperate ultimatum—and his reply just lit up her phone: "On my way." Twelve minutes to stop waiting for a man who always chooses someone else.

I Texted His Rival Instead

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Son Won't Sign Her Deal

A status-obsessed bride humiliates a shabby 'deckhand' on her billion-dollar yacht, never guessing the quiet woman in the faded jacket is the mother of her own groom. One signature stands between her and a $1.8 billion deal — and it belongs to the son she just watched her insult. The widow says nothing, remembers everything, and the crew's cameras are already rolling.

Son Won't Sign Her Deal

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They Sold Me To Death

Cast aside as the clan's cursed, voiceless daughter, she's sold off to wed a dying dragon prince in her favored sister's place. But her silence hides a secret: every word she speaks comes true, and one whisper can pull a man back from death. When the prince rises healed and her family arrives to claim her corpse, everything they threw away comes back to haunt them.

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His Mistress Expelled My Son

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His Mistress Expelled My Son

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My Son Blackmails Billionaires

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Handcuffed In My Own Airport

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My Son Remembers Everything

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My Son Remembers Everything

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Prettier Than My Famous Sister

For nineteen years a celebrated family of artists called her a stain and hid her behind a mask — never guessing a beauty was underneath. Now the rejected daughter is back, armed with a cold plan and a voice that shakes her cruel mother to the core. The day they finally see her face, every insult will be repaid word for word.

Prettier Than My Famous Sister

  • Revenge
  • Drama
  • Romance
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The Mafia Boss Was Faking It has 70 episodes, each about a minute long.

Betrayed by her fiancé, her father, and her own sister, she marries the man the whole city believes is a vegetable after two years in a coma. Except he isn't sleeping — he's the most dangerous predator in town, and he calls her his equal. Now two empires answer to her, a child grows inside her, and her sister is aiming a gun straight at her stomach.

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The Mafia Boss Was Faking It is a Detective, Drama, Intrigue, Romance short drama series.

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