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English · Romance · Contemporary
To pay off Derek’s debts, I took the dirtiest, most exhausting job in the kitchen of our son’s elite preschool: washing dishes.
Hands that once wore multi-million-dollar diamonds were now soaked in icy water every single day, skin…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband left his flash drive at home.
When I plugged it into my laptop, I found it packed with photos of him and another woman.
And every single picture was taken right here in our apartment.
On our living room couch, on the kitchen…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Tags: Workplace Rumors, Secret Heiress, Identity Reveal, Revenge, Satisfying Slapdown
It was pouring the day I drove to work, and a male coworker spotted my car.
By lunchtime, he was spreading rumors that I was a kept woman with an old…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Tags: Wrong Name on Invitations, Pick-Me Coworker, Female Lead Awakening, Flash Marriage, Regretful Ex
While writing our wedding invitations, Wesley wrote the wrong name for the ninth time.
My name is Clara. He wrote Lauren.
Lauren was…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The night before our engagement party, Damian Pierce buried his face against my neck and whispered huskily:
"Little stutterer... you should really learn from Chloe how to make sounds in bed. She’s ten times better than you."
My blood…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Tags: Matrilocal Husband, Infidelity, Wrongfully Imprisoned, Male Lead Awakening, Regretful Ex-Wife, Single Dad, Rebirth
Chloe Frost had a reputation for running wild, yet I fell head over heels for her the moment we met. After chasing…
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English · Contemporary
"Look at you, dressed like absolute white trash. You really came all the way to Australia just to humiliate me?"
My daughter, Chloe, jabbed her manicured finger into my face, her features twisted with venom.
The cashier's check in my…
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English · Contemporary
On April Fools' Day, I had just found out I was pregnant.
My husband, Carter, brought me a cup of hot prenatal tonic, smiling warmly as he watched me drink every last drop.
Five minutes later, excruciating cramps ripped through my…
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English · Contemporary
At my younger brother’s engagement party, his fiancée pointed at me and screamed that I was a walking curse.
She despised me for being a mortician, claiming the stench of corpses clung to me and brought bad luck to her party.
When my…
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English · Contemporary
In the fifth year of my husband's affair with his assistant, I stormed into their corporate office.
I stripped them bare.
I broadcasted their sex tape across the massive LED screen in the lobby.
With bloodshot eyes, my husband screamed…
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English · Contemporary
Three years into our marriage, my husband shredded my positive pregnancy report.
"We agreed on no kids. Did you lie to me?"
He slammed the door and headed straight to another woman's place.
The woman he always called his "little…
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English · Contemporary
This afternoon, I received a text message from seven years in the future.
The sender was listed as me—Julian.
I assumed it was some sick new scam. Without even thinking, I muttered, "Nice try, psycho."
Then a photo popped up on my…
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English · Contemporary
For the three years I was studying abroad, the black card with no spending limit that I left for my son was maxed out every single month.
At first, I told him that as long as he spent more than five million a month, I’d grant him any…
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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend brought me back to his family estate. His adopted sister had just gotten out of the pool when the strap of her bikini snapped.
With hardly any fabric to begin with, she let out a sharp gasp, clutched her hands over her…
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English · Contemporary
My husband actually encouraged me to sleep with another man, claiming it was the only way to turn him on.
Step by step, he coaxed me into indulging his twisted fantasy.
Yet the moment I actually crossed the line, he pulled off his mask…
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English · Contemporary
I took a gig as a college cheerleader just to cover my living expenses. The pay was insane—twenty grand a month.
I never imagined that our job wasn’t just hyping up the crowd on the court.
Behind closed doors, we were expected to take…
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English · Contemporary
On the third day my daughter was in the hospital, I went home to look for my bank cards.
Hidden deep in the closet was a Cartier box.
A necklace. The receipt was still tucked inside. One hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
The purchase…
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English · Contemporary
Before my mother passed away, she begged for a grandchild. My wife refused because she despised children.
Yet when her first love returned from abroad holding a little girl and posted on Instagram about wanting to give her a home, my…
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English · Contemporary
Just because I wired my wife $13,140 for her anniversary gift, I was dragged down to the police precinct on suspicion of running an illicit escort ring.
I tried to explain, desperate and confused, that we were legally married.
Then the…
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English · Contemporary
On the sweetest night of our honeymoon, a strange man showed up in our bedroom.
My husband told me he specifically found this hot younger guy for me—to spice up our sex life and bring us closer together.
Hearing those words left me…
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English · Contemporary
At seven months pregnant, Logan had me climbing up and down ladders in the living room, hanging Christmas decorations.
All to welcome his friends and his childhood bestie, Amber, who had just returned from abroad.
He claimed it was to…
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English · Contemporary
I fell in love with my handsome landlord, Ethan.
On the night of our sixth anniversary, he rented out an entire restaurant to celebrate.
When we were about to get intimate that night, I accidentally saw a message pop up on his phone…
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English · Contemporary
My dad was a well-known billionaire. But last year, out of nowhere, he lost his damn mind over romance.
He claimed he was going to transfer all his assets to his brand-new young girlfriend, insisting it was true love.
I almost laughed…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Tags: Floating Chat System | Sibling Rivalry | Luck-Stealing System | Academic Comeback | Sweet Revenge
At the college decision hall, my sister shoved a pastel pink gel pen right into my face.
A glowing line of text suddenly floated…
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