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Hidden Identity · 80 episodes · SagaBox

The CEO's Temporary Intern Bride

Name: The CEO's Temporary Intern Bride
Genre: Contract Marriage, CEO Romance, Workplace Drama, Hidden Identity

She signed a one-year divorce agreement with a man she never met. A year later she walked into his company as an intern.

80 episodesSagaBoxContract MarriageCEO RomanceWorkplace DramaHidden Identity

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The story

The short version. Hidden Identity, 80 episodes on SagaBox. The ultimatum lands in the first minute: the heir to Hastings Group must marry before twenty-six or leave the company. Mr Hastings's answer is a pre-arranged bride and a cold contract.

The ultimatum lands in the first minute: if the heir to Hastings Group is not married before he turns twenty-six, he walks out of the corporation. Mr Hastings's only answer is a flat "Enough nonsense" and a pre-arranged bride. Sophia arrives ready to shut the wedding down — then the hospital calls about her grandma, and the stranger across the table becomes the only way she can cover the surgery.

A year later Sophia shows up at Hastings Group as a wide-eyed intern. She gushes that if she can reach the secretary department she might get close to Mr Hastings — the same Mr Hastings who, on their anniversary, cancels a board meeting to watch his wife get ready. They pass in hallways, feel a strange familiarity, and never connect the dots. The little red marriage certificate, propping up a table leg at home, is still waiting.

They meet at the license office and realize they are the two strangers who bumped into each other on a rainy street. Mr Hastings dismisses her as not worth three million — then slides the card across anyway: "Save my number. I'll contact you for divorce in a year." Neither expects to see the other again.

Series facts checked against the SagaBox listing. Notes cover the opening episodes only; nothing here reveals the ending.

Who carries it

Mr Hastings, Sophia Carter and Anna carry the opening arc.

Mr Hastings

Chairman of Hastings Group · her husband.

Dark-haired, controlled, used to being feared in a boardroom. He arranged the whole marriage as a cold transaction — then starts canceling his own meetings just to watch his wife get ready.

Sophia Carter

The broke intern · his wife.

Bun-haired, earnest, broke. She signed the arranged marriage for her grandma's surgery, then interviews at Hastings Group dreaming of reaching the secretary department — with no idea the chairman is her husband.

Anna

The scheming senior colleague.

Sharply dressed and well-connected, she has watched the chairman from across the floor for years and sees every new female intern as a threat. Her whole strategy is quiet sabotage.

Scenes worth the episode

Moments from the opening run that set up the rest.

Episode 1 · The Arranged Bride

Mr Hastings is handed the marry-before-twenty-six ultimatum. Sophia arrives ready to shut the wedding down — then the hospital calls about her grandma.

Episode 2 · Three Million and a One-Year Divorce

They realize they are the strangers who bumped into each other on a rainy street. He dismisses her as not worth three million — then slides the card across anyway.

Episode 3 · The Chairman Cancels His Meeting

An aide reminds him of a board meeting. "Cancel it. I need to see my wife get ready." He is falling for a woman he still calls a contract obligation.

Episode 5 · The Intern Who Defies Anna

Anna's followers try to humiliate the new girl in the lobby; Sophia stops to help an elderly visitor up instead — and the chairman watching from the elevator notices.

Frames from episode one

Captured from the opening episodes — not promotional art.

The arranged bride in a floral dress — Ep 1 · the civil office

Mr Hastings handed the ultimatum — Ep 1 · enough nonsense

The card slid across the table — Ep 2 · three million

The one-year divorce deal — Ep 2 · divorce in a year

The chairman canceling his meeting — Ep 3 · cancel it

The anniversary gift boxes — Ep 3 · give them to her

Sophia as a wide-eyed intern — Ep 4 · the intern

Anna's followers in the lobby — Ep 5 · the sabotage

Sophia helping the elderly visitor up — Ep 5 · kindness seen

Our notes

Written from the opening arc. These are editorial impressions, not audience scores.

WebShorts notes · on the hero

"He orders a cold contract on sight and then personally cancels his own meetings to watch his wife get ready. The melt from 'not worth three million' to quietly handing her the gifts lands fast."

WebShorts notes · on the fuse

"It is a misunderstanding with a built-in fuse: the one-year divorce clause, the rainy-street accident they forgot, the table-leg marriage certificate. Two people who already signed papers circle each other as strangers."

Best for viewers who like contract-marriage office romance where the couple already married but don't recognize each other; if you want them to connect quickly, the opening arc stretches the missed-connection game. Compared with most CEO-intern shorts, the husband is soft only in private and the heroine saves herself — that balance is both its strength and, for viewers wanting faster recognition, its limit.

Before you press play

How long is The CEO's Temporary Intern Bride altogether?

The official listing shows 80 episodes.

What is The CEO's Temporary Intern Bride really about?

Sophia signs a one-year contract marriage to pay for her grandma's surgery, then joins her husband's company as an intern — without recognizing the stern chairman as the man she married.

Why does Sophia marry Mr Hastings?

Her grandma needs urgent surgery and cannot wait, so she accepts an arranged marriage that comes with a settlement and a one-year divorce agreement.

Do they recognize each other at work?

No — they feel a strange familiarity but never connect the stern chairman with the stranger they signed papers with a year earlier.

Who are the leads in The CEO's Temporary Intern Bride?

A senior colleague at Hastings Group who sees the new female intern as a rival and quietly sabotages her first weeks.

Which platform carries The CEO's Temporary Intern Bride?

SagaBox hosts the series; playback runs in the browser, no separate app needed.