"To the world, billionaire heir Dominic reformed his playboy ways to marry ordinary Stella. But five years in, Stella puts on his AR glasses and discovers a sickening reality: he has spent their entire marriage projecting his first love, Vivian, onto her face.
When she demands a divorce, Vivian frames her for an illicit affair. Blindly believing the lies, Dominic permits his family to beat Stella until she miscarries, standing by as Vivian subjects her to a barbaric, unanesthetized hysterectomy.
Shattered and betrayed, Stella flees to London. A year later, Vivian’s schemes unravel into madness, while Stella returns as a powerhouse CEO—ruthlessly shorting and seizing Dominic’s family empire. As her bankrupt ex-husband falls to his knees begging for mercy, Stella coldly turns her back, stepping into her own empire."
He Took Me as Stand-in for Five Years is an English short drama in 31 episodes, originally released on GoodShort in September 2026. Each episode runs about 1 minutes, and the whole series takes around 40 minutes to watch. It falls under Divorce & Exes, Cheating & Betrayal, Heir & Heiress and Billionaire & CEO. Every episode is free to watch on DramaDog, with no app or sign-up.
