Contemporary stories
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On our wedding day, desperate to pay for my mom's emergency surgery, I made a demand to my fiancé:
"Give me $500,000, or this wedding is off!"
Caleb froze for a moment, but then quickly wired the $500,000 to me.
That same night,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My fiancée was a respected doctor.
Right before our wedding, she suddenly claimed a critically ill patient needed her urgent care, forcing us to postpone.
I readily agreed, fully supportive of her demanding career.
But then, I caught…
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English · Contemporary
I was born with a cognitive disability.
The day my sister Audrey came to pick me up from school, a man dragged her into an alley. She was assaulted, and killed.
I was the only witness.
My parents seized my shoulders, their faces…
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English · Contemporary
My only daughter trashed my office, all for some gold-digging opportunist.
I refused to make him Vice President of the company, and she absolutely lost it.
"Mom," she wailed, tears streaming down her face, "you can't just hog the…
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English · Contemporary
In a Miami yacht marina, Alex appeared before me.
"Olivia!" He pushed through the crowd, rushing towards me. "I finally found you."
I took off my sunglasses, eyeing the tanned man for a good two seconds.
"Do we know each other?"
He…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband cheated on me and was kicking me out. Heartbroken, I was ready to jump.
As I climbed onto the railing, the baby in my belly suddenly spoke:
【Mom! Don't do it!】
【We've already died once! Both you and I have been reborn. In…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
That New Year's Eve, I received a mysterious blind box gift.
When I opened it, I found Barry's assistant lying inside.
She wore a nearly transparent dress, pointing at me and snapping:
"You ignorant housekeeper! Who told you to open…
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English · Contemporary
After the college reunion, my ex and I, both completely drunk, ended up sleeping together.
When I woke up, guilt overwhelmed me, and I decided to confess everything to my husband.
But when I got home, he wasn't there.
His laptop screen…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
On my birthday, a sudden brain tumor episode left me disoriented. The doctor, while trying to stabilize me, picked up my phone to call my family.
My husband, Victor Sterling, answered, clearly annoyed:
"Are you kidding me? Seraphina…
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English · Contemporary
I’d spent my entire life living in the shadow of my popular sister, Ava Hayes.
Everyone saw me as the odd one out—the black sheep of the wealthy Hayes family.
On my eighteenth birthday, one of Ava’s admirers locked me in a walk-in…
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English · Contemporary
At a family dinner, Lila suddenly announced, "I'm pregnant. The baby is Chase's."
Chase was my fiancé. Lila was the widow of his deceased older brother.
I stared at Chase, dumbfounded, but he just nodded.
"That's right, the baby is…
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English · Contemporary
In the supermarket, my daughter unwrapped a chocolate before we'd paid.
I immediately took her to the checkout to apologize and offered to pay. But the cashier pointed at the security monitor and screamed.
"So you're the thief who's…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My sight returned, and I immediately went looking for my husband, Caleb Sterling.
But instead, I overheard one of his friends say to him:
“Caleb, Iris has been blind for two years. To be with Scarlett, you had Leo impersonate you.…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
Evelyn, who I had been in love with for ten years, was the perfect girlfriend.
Beautiful, capable, successful – her only flaw? She loved tearing me down.
If I got second place instead of first, she’d tell me I wasn't "smart…
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English · Contemporary
My husband had what I thought was bipolar disorder.
Every time he hit me, he'd remorsefully transfer ten thousand dollars to my account.
I never resisted.
I simply collected the money in silence, then used foundation to cover the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I dialed my wife's number from the operating room.
"Vanessa, I need you to come to the hospital right away."
Her voice on the other end was faint, as if she was holding something back.
"Marcus, I really can't leave right now… My…
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English · Contemporary
I found a cat's pregnancy scan in my husband's car.
The cat was named "Luna," and the owner listed was my husband, Julian Vance.
I froze. I'm allergic to cat fur, and we'd never had a cat at home.
I called him: "Since when did you get a…
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English · Contemporary · School
The scholarship student I sponsored stole my earrings.
When I demanded them back, my boyfriend, Alex Knight, actually threatened me.
"Scarlett is the Summerbrook heiress. Why would she steal from you? Apologize to her now, or I'll…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Aria POV
I’m Aria, notorious in our circle as Hunter’s biggest simp.
I practically gifted him opportunities, literally put my life on the line for him on that treacherous mountain. For three whole years, I laid my heart bare, and…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
One month after the baby was born, my wife's male best friend got drunk.
He pointed at my son, sleeping soundly in his crib, and chuckled at me.
“Do you know where your son got that heart-shaped birthmark on his arm from?”
I shook my…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
The city's billionaire mogul publicly announced his search for all 100 children born from his past sperm donations.
My best friend, Leo Maxwell, knew he was one of them and was thrilled to claim kinship.
I, Liam Blackwood, kindly…
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English · Contemporary
I was getting my car serviced at Serena's auto club.
When they were done, I told the staff, "Just charge it to Serena's account."
The employee nodded, about to process it, but a male manager I didn't recognize blocked him.
"We don't do…
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English · Contemporary
I spent the night partying naked with three models.
The next morning, Katerina, the Godmother, shoved a gun into my hand, her face a storm cloud.
"Come back to me, or kill me."
But I just smiled and shot her in the leg.
"I won't kill…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My fiancée let her first love finish inside her,
all because he wanted a child to fulfill his mother’s dying wish.
She asked me to be understanding of her “kindness,”
told me to wait for her to finish that wedding before returning to…
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