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Six years after escaping her family and spending one night with a stranger, Grace Miller raises their son Leo alone. While selling hot dogs, her father and brother find her, steal her savings, and mock Leo for not having a father. Soon after, Ethan Lancaster—the same stranger from that night—approaches Leo with an offer to earn money. Neither Grace nor Ethan recognize each other. Needing a wife and son to please his aging father on his 88th birthday, Ethan hires them to pose as his family.
At the Lancaster estate, Baldwin quickly bonds with Leo, but Ethan's uncle Richard and aunt Margaret grow suspicious. They secretly obtain Leo's hair for a DNA test, intending to expose the arrangement as fraud at the birthday gala. During the event, Richard publicly accuses Grace of being a con artist and Leo an impostor, claiming that Grace's family is on their way. Baldwin turns on Ethan in anger. As chaos ensues, Richard announces that the DNA report has arrived.
In Fake Wife, Real Son, survival has always been the only goal for Grace Miller. Sold out by her own family and drugged, her desperate escape six years ago led to one passionate night with a stranger, Ethan Lancaster. She vanished afterwards, carrying more than just the memory—she carried his son. Raising Leo alone, Grace built a life from nothing, always telling her little boy that his father was out there, somewhere.
Fate, however, has a cruel sense of timing. A chance encounter throws Ethan back into their lives, though he doesn't recognize the woman from that night. What he does see is a solution: his father's 88th birthday is approaching, and a wife and grandson are the only gift that matters. So he hires Grace and the strangely familiar Leo to play the part. It's a simple, paid arrangement.
But nothing is simple in the Lancaster family. Ethan's scheming uncle and aunt, Richard and Margaret, see the hired family as their ticket to the fortune. They secretly obtain a DNA sample, confident it will expose Ethan's fraud and secure their inheritance. The plan backfires in a way no one could have scripted. The test meant to break them delivers a miracle instead, confirming what no one dared to believe: Leo is Ethan's biological son. The hired lie shatters, revealing a truth that forces Ethan and Grace to confront the connection they never got to explore, and the family they never knew they had.
Where to Watch Fake Wife, Real Son? (Full 38 Episodes)
Can a hired lie lead to a real family? A rigged DNA test reveals Leo is Ethan's son—and now the results are in Baldwin's hands. Will he tear them apart or give them a second chance? Unlock the full mini drama on ShortMax.
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