7 of 60 episodes free · about 11 min
My Dead Ex sits inside the Heartfelt Romance Collection on reelshort movies, and it earns its place there. For three years, a devoted young woman has stayed loyal to a millionaire who once saved her life, brewing him a medicine that takes two full days to prepare. At his pool party he humiliates her in front of guests, certain she will crawl back like always. She doesn't. She takes the check he throws at her, cuts him off completely, and disappears into the night. That single choice sets the whole season in motion.
What keeps our team watching is the turn right after that walkout. The man who mocked her starts unraveling without the care she quietly provided, and nobody can replace what she did for him. Meanwhile, she reaches back into a life she left behind, calling on an old friend to return to a medical lab, and that friend's brother, a respected figure with his own public standing, drops everything the moment he learns she's back. Each episode ends on a decision that flips the power between them, and My Dead Ex never lets the tension rest for long.
This is romance drama free of filler, built for viewers who want short episodes that still carry real emotional weight. My Dead Ex rewards patience and pride, and it fits anyone scrolling the reelshort app for a story about walking away and being chased down. Our team keeps returning to My Dead Ex because the pacing never drags and the cliffhangers actually land.
Mark McClafferty plays men who take up the whole room.
McKenna Bridger plays the steady one.
Haley Lohrli plays the quiet wounds behind a family's front door.