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Three Years as a Substitute, My Ex Regrets Deeply

80 episodes · originally on Nebuluxe · English

While her husband kept a shrine to his missing first love, the stand-in wife signed the divorce papers and walked out with the payoff.

Why watch

  • The payoff of the ex-husband realizing exactly what he discarded
  • A stand-in wife who leaves on schedule instead of begging to stay
  • The second man's quiet power shutting down every attempt to reclaim her

Story

Ivy is the illegitimate daughter who gets handed to Alexander's family in her sister's place. For three years she plays the stand-in wife, tolerated only because she resembles Serena, the woman Alexander actually wants. She keeps her head down, serves his household, and counts the days until the contract runs out.

When the term ends, Ivy takes her money and disappears. Abroad she meets Leonardo, a European noble who treats her like a person instead of a substitute. Meanwhile Alexander learns what Serena really is and what he threw away, and he comes after Ivy. She doesn't need rescuing anymore, and she has someone standing beside her who can match him.

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