Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
This year, Liam and I planned to get engaged, so on New Year's Eve, I went home with him.
Many relatives and friends came for dinner.
At the table, one of Liam's good friends suddenly greeted me.
"Hey, aren't you the number 18…
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English · Contemporary
My mom, Brenda, has kleptomania. She just can't resist stealing.
But she's terrified of getting caught, so she's always used me as her scapegoat.
When I was little, she'd stuff candies from the grocery store into my pockets.
When the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I supported my husband's startup for 10 years, but when his company went public and threw a celebration banquet, he refused to bring me.
Before leaving, he reassured me:
"You stay home and take care of the kids. Once I'm done with all…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On New Year's Eve, my in-laws returned from abroad to have dinner at our house.
But the housekeeper only prepared two plates of cold shrimp,and this was after I'd specifically reminded her that Sophie was allergic to shellfish.
The…
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English · Contemporary
The day before my wedding, my fiancé got drunk.
On the drive home, he mistook me for my best friend.
"Claire, don't bring the kid to the wedding tomorrow. We can't let Rowena find out about our child yet."
I slammed on the brakes.…
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English · Contemporary
On my way to a prenatal checkup, I got caught in a massive snowstorm.
Eight months pregnant, I was trapped on the highway when my water suddenly broke.
I immediately called my husband, a traffic police captain.
But he barked into the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I'm the middle child in my family, the invisible one nobody ever sees.
My older brother Marcus and younger sister Lily's birthdays are marked on the calendar, but Mom and Dad can never remember mine.
Marcus and Lily always have new…
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English · Contemporary
After a car accident, my wife lost her memory and fell in love with the man who took her to the hospital.
Three years later, she demanded I leave the marriage with nothing, claiming she was pregnant with her lover's child.
I…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My wife's male best friend lost a game and was dared to choose a woman present to grind against face-to-face for ten seconds.
Without hesitation, he chose my wife.
"We're most familiar with this position, aren't we?"
I froze,…
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English · Contemporary
I stopped by my brother's company to drop off some documents, only to get stopped at the entrance by a woman I didn't recognize.
"I'm here to see Cameron White. I'm his sister," I explained calmly.
She scoffed. "Since when does he…
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English · Contemporary
After I insisted on divorce, my ex-wife suddenly became a millionaire and got together with my best friend.
Meanwhile, I ended up working three jobs a day as a waiter.
When we met again, it was at an upscale club.
My friend said with…
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English · Contemporary
Everyone in our circle knew I was a professional gold digger.
I married Holt Sterling purely for his money.
He treated me like a substitute for his true love, and I treated him like an ATM.
Then Holt's first love—his stepsister—came…
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English · Contemporary
I'm the illegitimate daughter the Sullivan family keeps hidden—a dirty secret whose only value is to marry into the Garrett family in my sister's place, to that man rumored to be violent and wheelchair-bound.
At the wedding, when the…
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English · Contemporary
At the welcome-home banquet for his first love, Ashton made me drink an entire glass of liquor just to make her happy.
I was pregnant, and the pain in my abdomen was unbearable.
Blood stained my white dress.
But he was too busy…
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English · Contemporary
New Year's Eve, my husband drove me—eight months pregnant—back to his hometown.
When we hit traffic, he suddenly pulled the car over to the side of the road.
"Get out!"
I didn't process what he said. "What?"
He stared straight ahead,…
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English · Contemporary
During a zombie clearing mission, I got infected protecting my team.
My girlfriend, Chloe, who was also our captain, used "fairness" as an excuse to give the only antidote to a team member who'd snuck out and gotten infected.
Her eyes…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When I was young, my husband died in an accident.
I became a high-rise window cleaner, risking my neck daily, dangling hundreds of feet in the air, sacrificing everything to put my son through school.
After thirty years of relentless…
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English · Contemporary
My sister Scarlett has always had this thing about taking what's mine—started when we were kids and never stopped.
When we were little, she pointed at my trophy and spoke her first real sentence.
"I want it."
Before I could even…
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English · Contemporary
After developing anorexia, my weight plummeted from 120 pounds to a terrifying 70 pounds.
Mom and Dad poured everything into my treatment, bringing home boxes of outrageously expensive supplements and tonics.
Before long, our savings…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Five years after I severed ties with my family, I finally earned enough money to buy an apartment by moving bodies.
While waiting for my paycheck, I ran straight into my brother, Brandon.
He was there to pick out a burial plot for…
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English · Contemporary
The night before my wedding, Liam Caldwell's adopted sister, Chloe, suddenly turned pale and nauseous.
He frantically scooped her up and rushed her to the hospital.
Half an hour later, my phone rang. "She's pregnant," Liam's voice was…
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English · Contemporary
The day I had my traumatic delivery, Damon Thorne was globe-trotting with his mistress.
When he finally came back, he just handed me divorce papers.
"Sign them, Ashley. I specifically waited until you recovered before bringing up the…
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English · Contemporary
My dad, Commander Grant, was a rescue team captain. He was leading his crew on a training expedition in the snowy mountains when they stumbled upon human remains, half-buried in a snowdrift.
After reporting it to the police, his first…
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English · Contemporary
It was the tenth year since Chloe, my best friend, and I transmigrated to this world.
She told me that if she died, she could return to our original world.
With those words, she jumped from the top of a skyscraper.
Blood splattered…
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