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Second Chance · 45 episodes · YourChannel

The Ex: Back With A Kid

Name: The Ex: Back With A Kid
Genre: CEO, Contract Marriage, Single Mom, Second Chance, Child Reveal

Five years gone, one contract wife, one four-year-old with his eyes. He wants all three back.

45 episodesYourChannelCEOContract MarriageSingle MomSecond Chance

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The story

The short version. Second Chance, 45 episodes on YourChannel. Five years ago, billionaire CEO Roman treated his contract wife Aria like a cheap substitute. Heartbroken and pregnant, she disappeared into a blizzard.

Five years ago, billionaire CEO Roman treated his contract wife, Aria, like a cheap substitute. Heartbroken and pregnant, she disappeared into a deadly blizzard — and he let her go.

Then everything changes. A sassy four-year-old girl with Roman's exact eyes bumps into him in the lobby, and the truth comes crashing down. The cold-hearted tyrant becomes a desperate father on his knees — and when a kidnapping threatens the family he destroyed, the question is how far he'll go to win back the woman he once threw away.

Five years later, Aria returns to the city as a struggling single mom, only to accidentally end up working for the devil himself. Roman thinks she's a scheming gold digger and makes her work life a living hell. She needs the paycheck for her daughter, and she needs it badly.

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

Who carries it

Aria and Roman carry the opening arc.

Aria

Contract wife turned single mom — the ex who came back

Pregnant and heartbroken, Aria walked out into a blizzard five years ago rather than stay a substitute. She comes back a struggling single mother working to pay for her daughter Mia, only to find the boss is the husband who threw her away.

Roman

Billionaire CEO — the ex-husband who never let go

Cold, tyrannical, and convinced Aria is a gold digger, Roman makes his ex's return a living hell — until a four-year-old with his own eyes walks into his lobby. From there the tyrant becomes a father begging on his knees.

Scenes worth the episode

The station plot moves in four beats: a contract marriage thrown away, a mother returning broke, a child in the lobby, and a father on his knees. Four editorial picks across the opening arc — no ending spoilers.

Episode 1

The Contract Wife Gone

Roman treats his contract wife Aria like a cheap substitute. Heartbroken and pregnant, she walks out into a deadly blizzard — and he lets her vanish into the snow.

Episode 3

Back Working for Him

Five years later Aria returns as a struggling single mom and accidentally ends up on Roman's payroll. He still thinks she's a scheming gold digger and makes her work life hell. She just needs the paycheck for Mia.

Episode 5

The Girl With His Eyes

A sassy four-year-old bumps into Roman in the lobby. The eyes are his exact eyes. He has no idea who she is — and the single mom on his floor is the one who knows.

Episode 8

The Truth Comes Down

Everything crashes at once. The cold-hearted CEO who threw his wife away becomes a desperate father begging on his knees, as a kidnapping threat forces him to choose between his empire and the family he destroyed.

Frames from episode one

Captured from the opening episodes — not promotional art.

Aria years ago as the contract wife — Ep 1 · the marriage

The blizzard she walked out into — Ep 2 · the disappearance

Aria returns to the city — Ep 3 · back after five years

Working under Roman again — Ep 3 · the boss

Roman treats her like a gold digger — Ep 3 · the hell

The four-year-old in the lobby — Ep 5 · his eyes

The father on his knees — Ep 8 · begging

Our notes

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

WebShorts notes · on the premise

"It's the old contract-wife-returns engine, and it leans all the way in: blizzard, years gone, a kid with his eyes in the lobby. The show doesn't overthink it — it just turns the tyrant into a desperate father as fast as the reveal lands."

WebShorts notes · on the lobby reveal

"The child-reveal is the whole hook, and they stage it as a random lobby bump rather than a dramatic confrontation. That casual 'wait, those are my eyes' beat is what sells the regret arc."

Best for viewers who like CEO second-chance romance with a secret child and a tyrant humbling himself; if you want a slow, earned reconciliation, this one runs on regret-on-speed and a kidnapping crisis. Compared with most baby-reveal shorts, this one front-loads the reveal in the lobby and spends its hours on atonement rather than hiding the child — that fast pivot is both its strength and its limit.

Before you press play

How many episodes are there in The Ex: Back With A Kid?

All 45 episodes sit on YourChannel's official player.

What actually happens in The Ex: Back With A Kid?

Five years after Roman threw his contract wife away, she returns as a struggling single mom and ends up working for him again — until a four-year-old with his exact eyes bumps into him in the lobby and the truth comes out.

Who are the leads in The Ex: Back With A Kid?

Aria's four-year-old daughter, the little girl whose eyes give her away. In the opening episodes Aria says she needs the paycheck for Mia.

Why does Roman not recognize his own daughter?

Aria was heartbroken and pregnant when she walked out into a blizzard five years ago, and Roman treated her as a stranger on her return until the child with his eyes walks into his lobby.

How would you tag The Ex: Back With A Kid?

A CEO contract-marriage second-chance romance with a secret child, a baby reveal, and a revenge-and-redemption arc.

Which platform carries The Ex: Back With A Kid?

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