I Married My Ex's Father

In the Rolls after the reception, Julian lays down the contract rules—but adds a personal bet. At Ashford Manor, Constance makes her hostility clear, and Julian gives Ella the Ashford necklace for the gala.

Ella and Julian appear as a united front at a charity gala, deflecting Alex and Olivia's attempted humiliations. A slow dance turns into a near-kiss that neither can ignore.

The tabloids explode with the contract clause. Ella turns the scandal into a controlled interview, exposing Alex's affair. But Constance receives a private investigator's report with a darker secret.

Ella discovers Alex bought her father's old debt to control her. When she confronts Alex and Olivia, Olivia drops a pregnancy bomb to protect their position.

Alex called an emergency board meeting to remove Julian. Ella uses her new spousal seat and evidence of Alex's leak to block the coup. Julian finally admits why he needed this marriage.

Julian and Ella trace the shell to Alex's personal account and see Olivia's pregnancy claim is shaky. Julian clears Ella's debt, but Constance arrives with an old accusation against Ella's father.

Ella searches her old flat for evidence and finds her father's hidden ledger proving he was framed by Julian's own father. The revelation rocks everyone.

Constance refuses to believe the ledger, but Hugo's forensic tests confirm it. Alex and Olivia push their fake pregnancy to force Constance's hand. Julian declares he will stand with Ella.

Sofia records Olivia admitting she paid a doctor to falsify a sonogram. When Ella and Julian confront her, Olivia turns vicious, and Alex makes his desperate move. Constance drops an ultimatum.

Julian takes Ella to the library and tears up the contract—he's falling for her. They almost kiss just as Constance sees them and calls an emergency vote to strip Julian of everything.

At an emergency board meeting, Alex and Olivia present fabricated fraud evidence. Constance casts the deciding vote to remove Julian and annul the marriage, leaving Ella and Julian stripped of power.

Ella packs to leave Ashford Manor to protect Julian, but he follows her to her old flat in the rain and refuses to leave her. Hugo arrives with news that Alex has filed a police report accusing Ella—and the police are outside.

In a final boardroom showdown, Ella and Julian expose Alex and Olivia with the original hotel video, the forged ledger, the fake pregnancy evidence, and the shell company forensic trail. They win back Ashford—and each other.