After My Arranged Engagement, My Ex Begged for Me Back…

After six months abroad, Mia returns to find her boyfriend Ethan and best friend Chloe wearing matching black ear studs—and behaving like a couple. When she discovers Ethan sabotaged her career and handed her dream opportunity to Chloe, Mia walks away for good. But just as she agrees to an arranged marriage with Lucas Whitmore, Ethan shows up begging for her back.

Quick Info

• Platform: ShortMax
• Genre: Romance, Revenge, Drama, Betrayal, Coming-of-Age

That black stud wasn’t jewelry. It was a receipt.

Mia steps off the plane after six months abroad—jet-lagged, hopeful, heart still half-packed in memories of Ethan.
Then she sees it: a matte black ear stud glinting coldly on his lobe.
She reaches out—instinct, not thought.
He jerks his head away. “Don’t touch it.”

Chloe laughs, pulls Mia into a hug—and says, lightly, “Ethan, did you forget what I taught you?”
He tilts his ear toward Mia. Not for her. For Chloe.
And there it is: the exact same stud, gleaming on Chloe’s ear. Matching. Intentional. A silent language only they speak.

After My Arranged Engagement, My Ex Begged for Me Back - That black stud wasn’t jewelry. It was a receipt.

Three years of love? More like three years of emotional infrastructure.

Ethan wasn’t just Mia’s boyfriend—he was her mentor, her sounding board, the man she spent 11 nights hand-polishing a custom cufflink for, cutting her fingers, burning her palms.
But when she hands him the box? He doesn’t open it. He snaps it shut. “I don’t wear things like this.”

Meanwhile, he remembers Chloe’s favorite tea order. Brushes stray hair from her plate. Flinches when she stumbles on uneven pavement.
Yet tells Mia—calmly, firmly—“You’re too emotional,” and “No one owes you endless patience.”

The betrayal isn’t just personal. It’s professional: he withdrew Mia’s recommendation for HQ leadership training—the role she’d bled over—and gave it to Chloe instead. His text read: “Just focus on finishing your exchange program. Don’t overthink things.”
He wasn’t soothing her. He was shutting her down.

After My Arranged Engagement, My Ex Begged for Me Back - Three years of love? More like three years of emotional infrastructure.

She didn’t scream. She signed.

Mia doesn’t beg. Doesn’t bargain. Doesn’t cry—even when Ethan critiques her presentation in front of the entire team, voice sharp, tone final… while Chloe sits quietly beside him, eyes downcast.

Mia flips to page three of the report. Points to the anomaly she flagged weeks ago. Says, clear and quiet: “If someone had followed up, it never would’ve gotten this far.”

Then she resigns. One email. No CCs. Read receipt on.

She clears her apartment with quiet precision—no drama, no hesitation. Finds an old love letter. Tears it. Drops it in the trash—alongside her engagement ring.

Then she calls her mother and says: “Tell the Whitmores I’ll meet him.”

No fanfare. No speech. Just Lucas, waiting at the door with steaming tea before the marriage contract is even printed—and saying, simply: “You look tired. Drink.”

Ethan shows up after the RSVP is sent.
Begging.
Too late.

Watch Mia trade tears for tenure—and see what happens when “I’m sorry” arrives after the wedding date is set.

After My Arranged Engagement, My Ex Begged for Me Back - She didn’t scream. She signed.