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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend Ethan saved me from kidnappers, but afterward, he developed severe sleep disorders.
Every time he slept beside me, he would have panic attacks and convulsions throughout his body.
Desperate and anxious, I had no choice but…
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After photos of my director boyfriend hooking up with eighteen young models went viral, I was devastated.
I threw away my SIM card and cut off contact with everyone.
I accepted my family's arrangement and went abroad to marry Ethan…
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Ten days before the wedding, I pushed open the fitting room door to find my fiancé Ethan bent over, adjusting Chloe's wedding dress.
That dress—I was the one who ordered it.
The store clerk stood nearby, smiling as she complimented…
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My best friend, who I've relied on since we were kids, said she got into a big corporation and would soon be able to give me—an MC rider—a wealthy life.
I sneered and wished her good luck.
Because I knew clearly that during the day…
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When I came home from my business trip, Ethan, who was always clingy in bed, didn't touch me.
I was puzzled by his restraint and abstinence.
When I mentioned it to my best friend, she sneered.
"He's definitely getting satisfied by some…
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Three years after overcoming my depression, I applied to join a suicide prevention organization.
On the day my internship was about to end, I received a call from a man:
"Ma'am, I'm getting married tomorrow. But when I think about…
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To cancel the arranged marriage, I begged my mother to replace my photo with one covered in acne scars.
All because Angel Williams, the heiress of a wealthy family, was an extreme looks-obsessed person. Anyone ugly who came within…
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I'm the long-lost biological daughter of a wealthy family.
After returning home, I did only three things.
First, I installed surveillance cameras throughout the house -- no blind spots, 360 degrees.
Second, I dumped a whole bag of…
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On my wedding day, my bridesmaids decided to play a game and hide me among them.
They blindfolded my fiancé, Ethan Shore, and told him to find his bride using only his sense of smell.
Ethan and I had been childhood friends, dating for…
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My husband Adrian was in the late stages of a brain tumor and had fallen into brain death. Friends and family all urged me:
"Evelyn, let him go peacefully. Don't make him suffer anymore."
Grief-stricken, I went home to sort through…
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On our wedding anniversary, I put on lingerie and waited for Ethan to come home.
I waited from morning until late at night, until a news notification popped up.
"Movie star Ethan Lucas found dead after jumping from hotel rooftop,…
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My husband Sean cheated on me and brought his mistress home right after her miscarriage, forcing me to swap lives with her.
She would live in luxury in the city while I went to the countryside to do farm work.
My in-laws completely…
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I bought coffee and headed back to the parking lot.
From a distance, I spotted a couple holding up their phones, making out against my newly purchased Rolls-Royce.
They were disheveled, practically about to have sex on the hood.
The…
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I had just walked out of the massage parlor with my guide dog when someone shoved the back of my head hard. I fell flat on the ground.
The shrill scream of influencer Sophie Pierce pierced my ears:
"That's him! He's the pervert who…
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While washing my husband Adrian Clark 's suit, I found a box of condoms, an ultrasound photo of a baby, and plane tickets.
Several condoms were missing. The dates on the two documents were clear---right during the month he claimed he…
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My best friend got married, and it took a whole year before she found out her husband had a first crush he couldn't forget.
Later, that woman caused so much chaos in her home that my friend left the marriage with nothing. She was…
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On our seventh wedding anniversary, my husband Ethan brought his pregnant subordinate home.
After I caught the two of them in bed together, Ethan said disdainfully: "Unlike you, a dead fish, I have needs. Vivian is younger than you.…
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On my 29th birthday, Ethan White was once again called away by a single phone call from his adopted daughter, Lillian Lynn.
Furious, I posted on Ins with privacy settings so only he could see it---practically a marriage…
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In the seventh year of my marriage to Ethan, he spared no effort searching the entire country for renowned doctors to cure my muteness and hearing loss.
The last time, he found an extremely toxic folk remedy and drank it himself to…
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On my wedding day, the makeup artist saw that the venue was booked at a high-end hotel.
She suddenly changed everything from the look we had originally agreed upon.
My fiancé looked at her with amusement and asked, "What, you want me to…
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Eight months pregnant, and the housekeeper's daughter suddenly created a "pregnancy wellness plan" for me.
She required me to spend six hours every day in the scorching 108°F outdoor heat, sunbathing.
I was roasted until I nearly lost…
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My husband, Ethan Hayes, was diagnosed with cancer.
I decided to sell my premarital property to raise money for his medical expenses, but my mom stopped me.
"Don't tell him the truth yet," my mom said. "Tell him you're the one with…
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The day my billionaire parents came to take me home, everyone in the village reluctantly saw me off.
But as soon as I arrived at their house, they forced me to donate bone marrow to my sister, Claire.
I yanked out Claire's oxygen tube…
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Everyone in high society knew that the cold-hearted billionaire Jackson had given up on his childhood friend he'd waited seven years for and started dating.
More importantly, his new girlfriend was disabled, with only one eye.
When…
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