The Unexpected Heir: The Cinderella Who Bore the Prince’s Heir: All Episodes

The Story

Irene, Viscount Arthur’s illegitimate daughter, endures abuse from stepmother Sylvia and stepsister Clara while working as an attic servant. Her sole escape is studying at the Royal Academy. At a prince’s bride-selection banquet, Prince Rivell, drugged, forces himself on her. She assumes the incident is over, thinking him sterile, until pregnancy becomes apparent three months later. Her stepfamily attempts to abort the child and force a marriage to Count John, who killed three wives. When Irene claims the child belongs to the prince, no one believes her. As a knife approaches her belly, Rivell and royal knights intervene, saving her and elevating her to princess. Irene enters the Royal Academy and wins a design contest with a gown made of burnt cloth and starlight thread, defeating plagiarist Laina. Later, Clara, Count John, and Arthur kidnap her at a palace banquet, nearly causing a miscarriage. Rivell exiles the Ambrose family. Irene rises from a trampled servant to a royal mistress standing on her talent.