The Caged Bird’s Checkmate

The Caged Bird’s Checkmate is a 12-episode short drama in English. Search it free on DramaWatch. On Toonory the first episodes are usually free and the rest unlock with coins.

Vera Hart, from the slums, sacrificed herself to Lex Vander, heir to the Vander family, to save her childhood sweetheart Evan Cole, and became his caged bird for ten years.Lex was extremely controlling and humiliated Vera, while having an affair with Lola Mills, a young model.When Vera decided to divorce and leave with the newly awakened Evan, Lex ordered Lola to expose the truth, driving Evan to commit suicide in despair.Grief-stricken, Vera turned into a revenge queen, laid an elaborate trap, and sent Lex to prison with solid evidence, stripping him of his inheritance. Lola also got her just deserts.In the end, Vera broke free completely, fled far away, and regained her freedom.