Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
Early in the morning, my neighbor from next door, Lily Monroe, suddenly tagged me in the building's group chat:
"That whore from 1101! Have you no shame? Calling my husband to fix your pipes in the middle of the night---can't find…
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English · Contemporary
When the car pulled into the rest stop, I thought Ethan was just going to buy a pack of cigarettes.
I never expected him to yank open the back door and scoop up our daughter.
I tried to stop him. "Emma's asleep. Don't wake her."
Then…
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English · Contemporary
After my sister ran away from her wedding, I married the Face-Blind CEO in her place.
After another late-night sex session, I was scrolling through my phone before bed when I came across a trending post:
[What should I do after…
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English · Contemporary
I served three years in prison for my wife Juliet, and when I got out, all I received was a one-dollar bonus.
Just as I thought there must be some mistake, I noticed my male colleague Collins had received a check.
That evening, I…
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English · Contemporary
My roommate Russell saw my sister Marta give me a $20,000 membership card to the ice skating club.
She immediately came over and said, "We just finished exams. Let's go relax together."
I replied, "I don't have time recently. I need…
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English · Contemporary
I'd been married to Alex for five years.
He used to be the one who treasured me above all else.
In winter, he'd tuck my hands into his pockets.
When working late, he'd take a detour to buy me cupcakes.
When he proposed, he knelt on…
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English · Contemporary
I had just secured a $10 billion project for the company and was about to report this good news to the CEO.
But as I reached the CEO's office door, I heard CEO Adrian discussing me:
"That project Jade signed? Pure luck, nothing…
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English · Contemporary
To get to Florida for my medical appointment, I rushed to the airport early in the morning, only to be denied boarding by my husband, Captain Ethan.
"The flight's oversold. Take the next one."
I pulled out my appointment confirmation…
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English · Contemporary
My husband Ethan and I both cheated. The difference was, his was by choice. Mine was not.
After the intimate photos of him and his mistress Zoe went public, he got me drunk, stripped me bare, and had me placed in a stranger's bed in…
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English · Contemporary
On the day of my fifth wedding anniversary with Ethan Wright, I discovered he was cheating through the smart body composition scale at our house.
The scale's app showed a new guest record: weight 99 pounds, body fat percentage…
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English · Contemporary
I spent fifteen years working myself to the bone, handing every dollar I earned to my husband, Derek, to fund his PhD and launch his career as a professor.
Then one day, I walked into his office and found his student, Sienna,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The first time I caught Falcon cheating was one month before our wedding.
I called off the engagement on the spot and packed my things to go back to my parents' house.
But he refused to let go. He knelt in the snow outside my building…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My daughter Charlotte was five years old.
She was born with a congenital heart and lung condition, and she had a deadly allergy to strawberries.
One bite of anything made with strawberries would trigger full-body anaphylactic shock.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
That evening, we were at a party at a friend's villa. Diego, my husband, had his phone mirrored onto a screen the size of an entire wall, playing a movie.
While he stepped away to grab our food delivery, a private message notification…
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English · Contemporary
Liam had recently become obsessed with a girl who already had a boyfriend.
She was fierce and stubborn --- she would rather die than give in.
But Liam never failed to get what he wanted.
The day they finally slept together, he bought…
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English · Contemporary
After my adopted sister died, my brother Ethan became the person who hated me most in this world.
He hated me so much that he shipped me off to a casino in Las Vegas to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
I begged and pleaded, but…
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English · Contemporary
After my daughter Jessica was pulled by her pigtails for the third time by a boy at kindergarten, the teacher once again chose to sweep it under the rug.
Angry and anxious, I directly taught Jessica:
"Next time that Zack bullies you…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day after having sex with Ethan Chase for the 100th time, my private photos spread across the entire campus.
I ran to him in complete devastation to confront him, only to see someone who looked exactly like him, smiling as he…
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English · Contemporary
Three years after breaking up, I ran into my ex-girlfriend Michelle, with her new boyfriend Collins by her side.
"Well, well, if it isn't Mr. Howard," Collins sneered mockingly. "Three years since the breakup, and you've fallen so low…
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English · Contemporary
After my son was put to sleep, Fiona tucked in his blanket.
"William, you go to Marcus's parent-teacher conference tomorrow by yourself. I'm not going."
I froze. Her tone was helpless.
"Thiago's son also has a parent-teacher…
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English · Contemporary
My brother Ethan has been smart since childhood.
His SAT scores were excellent—good enough to get into Harvard.
But before I could feel happy about it, I overheard him on the phone in his room:
"Mia's going to community college, so I'm…
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English · Contemporary
On the third day of my business trip, I stumbled across a video online of my husband Jensen and my best friend Violet kissing at a concert.
Violet and I had known each other for twenty years. On the day I married Jensen, she blessed me…
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English · Contemporary
The first time I helped someone propose, it was helping my rival propose to my fiancé.
I wore a strawberry bear mascot costume, shivering in the cold on a winter street, personally handing the ring to Sophia.
She turned around and gave…
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English · Contemporary
I spent six years helping the down-and-out mafia boss Ethan Chase build his empire from nothing.
Everyone around me urged me to push for marriage, but he always said to wait---wait until everything was more stable.
Then, the night…
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