Eight Years as His Second Choice

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For eight years, Nora endures humiliation to earn enough points for her boyfriend Ethan to marry her, while he always puts his childhood sweetheart Lily first. When Nora finally reaches the required score, Ethan takes her points away for Lily. Heartbroken, she deletes the app, leaves him, and opens an inn in a quiet mountain town. Only after losing her does Ethan realize his mistake. But can his regret erase eight years of treating her as his second choice?

Eight Years as His Second Choice has 25 episodes, each a few minutes long in vertical short-drama format.

Eight Years as His Second Choice has 25 episodes of about one to three minutes each, so you can watch the whole series in roughly 25–75 minutes.

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