Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
I was shopping at the mall when my period suddenly started, the blood staining my entire white pants.
I had no choice but to hide in the mall bathroom and ask my boyfriend Ethan to buy me tampons and clean pants.
But I waited for…
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English · Contemporary
The day SAT ended, my class decided to throw a party.
At one point, someone suggested we play a "love compatibility game."
When it was Liam's turn, the party room went quiet for a moment.
Four words flashed across the screen: "Total…
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English · Contemporary
I was discreetly escorting a criminal suspect onto a plane.
Mid-flight, a flight attendant approached the suspect and started chatting him up.
I subtly warned her of the danger and requested a secluded corner away from other…
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English · Contemporary
After maternity leave, I was heading back to work, scrambling to find a reliable nanny. Then, my mother-in-law, Brenda, suddenly walked in with her luggage.
"Audrey, I'm here to help you with the baby. No outsider can be as careful as…
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English · Contemporary
My husband, Ethan, recently became obsessed with miniature landscapes. He set up a massive ecosystem tank in our master bedroom and strictly forbade me from touching it.
One night, getting up to use the restroom, I thought I heard…
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English · Contemporary
Six years ago, I saved a girl named Scarlett in a remote mountain village.
I sponsored her education, and we became the best of friends.
Yet, because she fell in love with my husband, Ethan Miller, she drove a car and ran me over.
To…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
On my wedding day, Ethan and his twin brother, Noah, appeared at the same time.
They wore identical wedding suits and had the same hairstyle.
"Lily, can you tell which one is me?"
In my past life, I recognized Ethan at a glance.
He…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Three years into our marriage, I thought Ethan was just naturally cold and incapable of love.
Then I saw the texts he sent his first love:
"Fall for her? No way. She's just a stand-in for you."
"Baby, when you come back, we'll get…
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English · Contemporary
On my way home from work, a luxury car hit me, fracturing my arm. The driver then falsely accused me of trying to extort money.
Halfway through my emergency surgery, the male driver forcefully dragged me to court.
“Do you know how…
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English · Contemporary
My husband Giovanni and his first love, Christine, died in a car accident, leaving me with a pair of illegitimate sons.
Eighteen years flew by. I painstakingly raised those boys, even sending them to Harvard.
But the day they got into…
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English · Contemporary
I ran into my husband Howard's mistress, Scarlett, at my prenatal appointment for our second child.
I was expressionless, but she looked absolutely terrified.
Scarlett was overthinking it, though. Howard had three or four mistresses…
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English · Contemporary
Marcus Thorne, the serial killer responsible for nineteen deaths, was finally caught.
A reporter asked him, "Which victim left the deepest impression on you?"
He remained silent for a long time, then suddenly chuckled.
"The fifteenth…
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English · Contemporary
My classmate, Sarah, saw me and happily pointed at my engagement ring.
"You and Ethan are getting married, congrats!"
Then, she gave a sly smile:
"You know what? Olivia, who bullied you in high school, is now someone's side piece."
Out…
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English · Contemporary
My fiancé, Ethan, won a raffle for a couple's trip to an island resort.
The host asked, "Dr. Ethan, who will you be taking?"
Everyone's gaze turned to me, and murmurs of my name filled the room:
"Chloe! Chloe!"
My heart pounded faster.…
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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend Ethan makes forty thousand dollars a month, and every month he puts thirty thousand dollars into an account for me. Everyone says I found a great guy.
But only I knew he never gave me the card's PIN.
He said it was for…
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English · Contemporary
For the sake of avoiding any appearance of favoritism, or perhaps just to avoid my "dirty" touch, Dr. Eleanor Vance, my mom, left me, severely injured from a car accident, in her office.
She turned to check on the other students, who…
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English · Contemporary
My son, Andy, and I were on our way to confront my husband about his affair when we got into a car accident and lost our memories.
Meanwhile, Steve, my husband and a psychologist, prioritized caring for his depressed first love,…
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English · Contemporary
Austin brought her childhood friend, Glenn, home to care for him after he was paralyzed, always prioritizing him above everything else.
She completely ignored my feelings, even forcing me to help him bathe.
Six months later, I took in…
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English · Contemporary
The night before my engagement, I was gagged and dragged into an alley by several men.
Just as I was stripped naked and about to be violated, my fiancé, Ethan, suddenly appeared:
"Enough, stop it! Don't hurt her!"
I stumbled into…
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English · Contemporary
My husband, Liam, had barely been involved in our family life for the nine years we'd been married.
He never celebrated our anniversary, never celebrated our daughter Lily's birthday.
Every time I confronted him, he'd self-righteously…
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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend, Ethan Thorne, had a severe hearing impairment.
To afford a cochlear implant for him, I worked multiple jobs, sometimes seven a day.
But I didn't mind. All that mattered was for him to be happy, to experience the beauty…
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English · Contemporary
The day of my heart transplant, my mother locked me in the dark basement.
It was all because Chloe, the girl she treated as her own daughter, also needed a heart transplant.
To ensure Chloe got the heart that was a perfect match for…
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English · Contemporary
The day my parents ran away with my sister, Lily, they handed me over to the debt collectors as collateral.
"This kid's got issues, always glued to books, talking nonsense like an idiot."
"If you can take her, fine. If not, just sell…
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English · Contemporary
The first time was my arranged marriage to billionaire Julian Maxwell.
On the day of my prenatal appointment, I walked in on him having sex with a college student by the 23rd-floor window.
He didn't apologize. Instead, he threw me,…
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