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English · Contemporary
The night before my wedding, someone sent me a VIP resort hotel room key card.
The room number was the same one where Xavier had proposed to me.
I thought it was a romantic surprise he'd prepared for me before the wedding.
But when I…
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English · Contemporary
Halfway through sex, my wife Cindy suddenly pulled away and grabbed a condom, telling me to put it on.
I was stunned. In our three years of marriage, we'd never used protection—we were trying for a baby.
She kissed my forehead, her…
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English · Contemporary
Claudia was dead.
She left a suicide note saying I drove her to it.
At the funeral hall entrance, Emmett shoved me down, demanding I kneel before her.
The Simpson family wept and cursed me as a murderer. Claudia's fans blocked the…
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English · Contemporary
At my boyfriend Ethan's birthday party, I managed to snag two VIP tickets to Taylor's concert.
Our friends started cheering: "Ethan, didn't you swear you'd propose to Sophia at this concert?"
My heart fluttered as I looked at him…
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English · Contemporary
Mom disappeared ten years ago, and Dad has hated me for ten years.
He hates me for causing Mom's disappearance. He hates my face that looks nothing like hers.
So he adopted a girl who resembles Mom eighty percent, and spoiled her…
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English · Contemporary
My younger sister Ella and I liked the same person for ten years.
Ethan White said he liked gentle and considerate girls.
Ella was a natural at acting cute. I couldn't pull it off.
Whenever the three of us were together, he only…
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English · Contemporary
My husband Ethan Chase was sent undercover.
No lavish wedding for me, no honeymoon either.
When I had complications giving birth to our daughter, he was on a mission.
Our daughter is seven now, and she's only seen him in…
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English · Contemporary
The day before my wedding, I was driving a friend to their hotel when I ran into my fiancée and her ex-boyfriend checking into a room together.
Just ten minutes earlier, she'd texted me: "Babe, can't wait for you to make me your wife…
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English · Contemporary
Caldwell crushed his cigarette butt on my dining table, looking at me with a lecherous grin.
"Juliet, rent's going up 50% starting next month. Unless you don't want it to go up." He leaned close to my ear, his hand landing on my…
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English · Contemporary
My husband's mistress is pregnant.
My mother-in-law Mrs. Gibson urged me to be understanding: "Men will be men. It's normal for them to stray."
My husband Calvin even ordered me to vacate the master bedroom to welcome his…
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English · Contemporary
After my roommates found out I was the daughter of the richest man in the country, their attitudes toward me changed.
Every month when my dad transferred me a hundred thousand dollars for living expenses, my roommate would make snide…
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English · Contemporary
On our tenth wedding anniversary, my husband took me to see the ocean.
We were caught in a maritime disaster.
In my dying moments, he used his last bit of strength to hold my hand.
"Thank you. I'm so lucky to have you."
Through…
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English · Contemporary
After being reborn, I burned every photo I had with Ethan Rivers.
I also tore up the love letters Lucas Knight had written for three years.
Because in my previous life, I became a complete joke between these two men.
Ethan said he…
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English · Contemporary
I spent three months grinding away at a ten-billion-dollar acquisition deal, and finally succeeded.
At the celebration banquet, Ethan Pierce took all my credit and handed it to his first love, Lily Hayes.
He said, "Lily just came back…
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English · Contemporary
I'm a child my parents adopted from an orphanage.
They treated me well. Every night before bed, I would pray, begging God not to send me back to the orphanage.
Then Mom got pregnant with a baby. I hid under my blanket and cried all…
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English · Contemporary
On the red carpet of the Starlight Awards, my agent ripped off my haute couture shawl in front of millions of live viewers.
She pointed at a sweaty delivery driver outside the security barrier.
"Let me share some hot gossip,…
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English · Contemporary
The groom Sebastian lifted my veil in front of everyone at the wedding.
After seeing my face clearly, he threw his wine glass on the spot, saying I wasn't the person he was supposed to marry.
He was furious:
"Who are you! I'm…
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English · Contemporary
On the day we got our marriage license, I placed the certificate beside our candlelit dinner, ready to take a photo for Ins.
My husband Hendley suddenly spoke up:
"Billson, actually, this certificate is fake."
I froze.
A woman's…
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English · Contemporary
On New Year's Eve, my water suddenly broke. My husband was so frantic he didn't even put on shoes before rushing me to the hospital.
His feet were scraped raw and bleeding.
I was moved to tears, until I found an opened condom wrapper…
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English · Contemporary
The day the doctor diagnosed me with premature ovarian failure, a whole table of food.
I waited until midnight before my husband Ethan finally sent me a FaceTime call.
He was wearing matching pajamas, sitting in another woman's living…
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English · Contemporary · Werewolf
The day I gave birth to my daughter, my Alpha husband Gareth slapped me across the face with a DNA test report showing no blood relation:
"Clara, I've been so good to you. How could you cheat on me? Let's get divorced! Break the mate…
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English · Contemporary
My sister Olivia owed three million dollars and then died in an accident.
At the funeral, my parents cried and said to me, "Even though Olivia is dead, the debt still needs to be repaid! Jenna, please help her pay it back! Otherwise,…
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English · Contemporary
After our first time together, Ethan gently wiped the sweat from my forehead.
He spoke softly, "Baby, let's give our school's Stanford acceptance to Sienna."
I looked at him in disbelief. "What did you say?"
"Sienna was having sex…
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English · Contemporary
The day my mother died, I watched helplessly as my father brought his mistress and her daughter Rose into our home.
So on my wedding day with Alexander, when I saw Alexander and Rose rolling around in bed together, I wasn't…
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