Pua Chua Krao

Kotkrit (Fluke Jira) works as a waiter in a luxury restaurant. He struggles to support himself through school, living hand-to-mouth. He also has to care for Ampai (Ampha Phoosit), his mother who is heavily addicted to gambling, and Oui (Air Phantila), a neighbor whom Kotkrit loves like a real younger sister.
Lampao-pha (Nusba Punnakanta) is a divorcee. Although she has a grown daughter, she maintains her youthful beauty. She is a socialite with several close friends, including Wimon (Passorn Boonyakiart), an older woman who enjoys dating different younger men, and Cindy (Dee Chanana), a beautiful and sexy widow willing to spend unlimited money on men she likes. Lampao-pha often dines at the restaurant because it belongs to Wimon. She becomes infatuated with Kotkrit because of his attentive nature and excellent service, calling for him every time she visits.
One day, Kotkrit's mother, Ampai, falls critically ill and needs hospitalization. Lampao-pha happens to be driving Kotkrit home and helps take his mother to the hospital. Kotkrit is deeply touched by her kindness and helps her whenever possible. Lampao-pha asks Kotkrit to join her for a meal. They drink until they are drunk and end up sleeping together. Kotkrit feels regretful. Lampao-pha gives him money as compensation; although he tries to refuse, she gives it to Ampai instead. When Ampai learns that Lampao-pha likes her son, she tries to convince Kotkrit to date Lampao-pha for her own comfort, unlike Oui, who tries to stop them because she secretly loves Kotkrit.
Lampao-pha considers supporting Kotkrit seriously and paying for his education until he graduates, but Kotkrit refuses. However, Lampao-pha persists. Feeling guilty, he agrees to work at her pub. Out of gratitude and obligation, he accidentally sleeps with her again. Lampao-pha becomes obsessed with Kotkrit, constantly pampering him with expensive gifts to please him.
Kotkrit wants to forget the past and live like a normal person. He intends to finish his bachelor's degree and gets a job at a company. There, he meets Wilipda (Fah Arisara) and falls in love with her at first sight. Kotkrit shows sincerity and kindness, helping her without trying to flirt, which intrigues Wilipda. Meanwhile, Wilipda has Putinun (Shane Thana), an old school friend who has always secretly loved her. Putinun applies for a job at the same place to be close to her, but Wilipda sees him only as a friend. Putinun becomes Kotkrit's rival at work. Wilipda begins to have feelings for Kotkrit due to the sincerity he demonstrates.
Kotkrit does not know that Wilipda is actually Lampao-pha's daughter, though they live in different houses. Lampao-pha moved into a condo to live like a carefree single woman with Lily (Kate Thanya), a gossipy housekeeper. Lampao-pha gave Wilipda to her younger sister, Lamphoeiphan (Jeab Pijittra), to raise from childhood. Lamphoeiphan is forced to keep the mother-daughter relationship a secret according to Lampao-pha's wishes.
Lampao-pha is opening a fashion clothing store and chooses Dufong (May Orawanasa) to manage it. Dufong is a sexy woman having a secret affair with Cherdsak (Petch Karoonpon), a partner in Lampao-pha's pub. Cherdsak is married but is charmed by Lampao-pha. He has also been supporting Dufong since she was a student. Lampao-pha asks Kotkrit to help at the shop, but he doesn't want to rely on her for everything and refuses, making Lampao-pha want to conquer him even more.
Kotkrit continues to work part-time as the manager of Lampao-pha's pub out of gratitude, keeping his distance to avoid any more romantic entanglements. However, many people misunderstand and think Kotkrit is Lampao-pha's "boy toy." This misunderstanding is fueled by his close friend Athip (Tack Pharunyoo), a man willing to go with older widows who pay him, including Wimon and sometimes Lampao-pha. Other influences include Frank (Boy Piya), a young man who will do anything for money and lives a dissolute life of gambling, and Ohm (Tor Ruengrit), an older man forced to do wrong things to support his wife and sick daughter, Noo. This leads people to believe Kotkrit is in the same profession as them.
Pim-sanom (Ming Chalisa), Lampao-pha's secretary, secretly likes Kotkrit and always tries to please him. Kotkrit doesn't think of her romantically. Lampao-pha tries to keep Pim-sanom away from Kotkrit because she knows Pim-sanom acts innocent and pitiful to attract his love.
Kotkrit grows in his career and is quickly promoted to manager, while his relationship with Wilipda develops. During this time, Oui tries to expose Kotkrit's "true life" to Wilipda out of jealousy, not wanting them to be together. However, Wilipda continues to trust Kotkrit unchanged. Lampao-pha wants to buy a house for Kotkrit, but he refuses because he doesn't want to be tied down. However, part of him wants a house so he can marry Wilipda quickly. He puts a down payment on a house to live with his mother and plans to marry Wilipda soon.
Lampao-pha wants to get serious with " Krit" (Kotkrit). She encourages Wilipda to marry her lover and offers to buy them a house so they can move out, allowing her to show off Krit without embarrassment. Wilipda excitedly tells Kotkrit the news, but he feels it is strange that Wilipda's mother would agree to let her daughter marry a man she has never seen. He thinks it might be a test to see if he is greedy, so he refuses Lampao-pha's offer of the house.
When Lampao-pha learns her future son-in-law rejected her goodwill, she is displeased, even though Wilipda explains he wants to build his own wealth. Lampao-pha demands to meet him. Kotkrit accepts the invitation to explain why he wants to stand on his own feet so no one can look down on him. Wilipda waits anxiously for them to meet. However, the moment Kotkrit meets Lampao-pha as son-in-law and mother-in-law, both are stunned. Neither speaks of their past deep relationship, pretending they have never met before.
From then on, Lampao-pha obstructs Kotkrit's relationship in every way possible and encourages Putinun to pursue Wilipda. Knowing this, Kotkrit rushes to marry Wilipda. Wilipda argues with Lampao-pha, who forbids her from seeing Kotkrit, claiming he is poor. But Wilipda is stubborn because of her love for him.
Lampao-pha offers Kotkrit 20 million baht to break up with Wilipda, but he refuses. Pim-sanom suspects the relationship between Lampao-pha and Kotkrit. Knowing Kotkrit is distant from his girlfriend, she tries to intervene. Kotkrit almost sleeps with Pim-sanom but manages to stop himself.
Lampao-pha hires Dufong to seduce Kotkrit by renting a house in his neighborhood and getting close to him. Dufong often clashes with Pim-sanom out of jealousy, leading to physical fights. Wilipda hears about this and is furious with Kotkrit, turning to Putinun to spite him. Kotkrit reconciles with Wilipda until she softens. To end the problems, Kotkrit resigns from Lampao-pha's pub. Lampao-pha then manipulates Wilipda and stages a scene where Dufong is in Kotkrit's bedroom, filming a clip to make Wilipda misunderstand that he slept with Dufong. Wilipda breaks up with Kotkrit.
While Putinun comforts Wilipda, Kotkrit tries to prove his innocence regarding Dufong. Before Putinun can marry Wilipda, Kotkrit discovers Lampao-pha is behind everything. He threatens to reveal her relationship with Athip. Lampao-pha threatens to reveal her past with Kotkrit as well. However, Cherdsak sees the clip of Dufong and Kotkrit and believes they really slept together. Dufong is forced to clear the air, and Wilipda understands Kotkrit again.
Vengeful, Lampao-pha hires a hitman to kill Kotkrit, but the shot misses and kills Pim-sanom instead. Kotkrit and Wilipda decide to end all problems by getting married as soon as possible. On the morning of the wedding, Wilipda decides to go to Lampao-pha's condo to ask for forgiveness. Meanwhile, the police discover Lampao-pha's involvement in Pim-sanom's death and arrive to arrest her. She refuses to surrender, locking herself in her room. Wilipda arrives at the condo just as a gunshot rings out from Lampao-pha's room.
Catch "Phua Chua Krao" (Temporary Husband) every Monday-Wednesday at 08:00 / 11:30 / 20:00 on Channel 8. The drama premieres on Monday, June 30, 2014.