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Return of the Dashing Runaway Bride

100 episodesEN-USRevengeRomance

Return of the Dashing Runaway Bride is a 100-episode JoyReels short drama. A famous gaming company developed a mysterious project called The Phantom Project. All the staff members who participated in it died mysteriously, and Erica Ellis’ mother was also one of the people in charge who passed away. Her mother's death led to the downfall of the Ellis family. Erica strongly opposed it when the Ellis family wanted to give up investigating her mother’s death. She sacrificed her own happiness by having a contract marriage with Noah White just to avoid her family going bankrupt and to continue the investigation of her mother. Noah was upset about his arranged marriage, and in order to avoid being pushed by his grandmother, he decided to marry Erica for three years. After their marriage, Erica decided to go abroad. In just three years, she became a famous gaming designer and changed her name to Emily. She returned to her country to search for the truth, and at the same time, she wanted to get a divorce with Noah to go after her own happiness. After three years, Erica hid her identity as the most mysterious gaming designer and changed her name into Emily to return to her country. She ran into Noah during a gathering in the bar, and they had a one-night stand. She mistook him as a gigolo. They were having all sorts of misunderstanding and arguments as they met each other over and over again. And they tried to hide their identities from each other. After working together to settle office politics, they accidentally found the truth of their families’ past. Their lives together became sweet, and they worked together to destroy enemies. They worked for a long time until they exposed the truth behind the Phantom Project, realizing that her mother died protecting it from bad people. Erica and Noah found the truth, protecting the hard work of the developers of the project and keeping the technical information safe. In the end, they announced their loves to each other to the world…

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A famous gaming company developed a mysterious project called The Phantom Project. All the staff members who participated in it died mysteriously, and Erica Ellis’ mother was also one of the people in charge who passed away. Her mother's death led to the downfall of the Ellis family. Erica strongly opposed it when the Ellis family wanted to give up investigating her mother’s death. She sacrificed her own happiness by having a contract marriage with Noah White just to avoid her family going bankrupt and to continue the investigation of her mother. Noah was upset about his arranged marriage, and in order to avoid being pushed by his grandmother, he decided to marry Erica for three years. After their marriage, Erica decided to go abroad. In just three years, she became a famous gaming designer and changed her name to Emily. She returned to her country to search for the truth, and at the same time, she wanted to get a divorce with Noah to go after her own happiness. After three years, Erica hid her identity as the most mysterious gaming designer and changed her name into Emily to return to her country. She ran into Noah during a gathering in the bar, and they had a one-night stand. She mistook him as a gigolo. They were having all sorts of misunderstanding and arguments as they met each other over and over again. And they tried to hide their identities from each other. After working together to settle office politics, they accidentally found the truth of their families’ past. Their lives together became sweet, and they worked together to destroy enemies. They worked for a long time until they exposed the truth behind the Phantom Project, realizing that her mother died protecting it from bad people. Erica and Noah found the truth, protecting the hard work of the developers of the project and keeping the technical information safe. In the end, they announced their loves to each other to the world…

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