Contemporary stories
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My mom always said that to give my sister and me fair love, we’d use a lottery system.
Whoever drew the long stick, my sister or I, would get what they wanted: favorite food, new clothes, even a hug and a kiss from our parents.
But I…
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English · Contemporary
I'd just given birth when I saw Julian Albright's stepsister, Tiffany, snapping photos of me on her phone.
"Stella, you look absolutely repulsive after giving birth. Julian will probably be scarred for life just seeing you like this,…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
On our seventh wedding anniversary, my wife, Scarlett, drove us straight off a cliff.
Just before the explosion, Scarlett screamed:
"Liam! I'm here to die for you!"
Only then did I realize she had never truly let go of her first love,…
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English · Contemporary
I left when my girlfriend was diagnosed with kidney failure.
I even took most of our shared savings with me.
Three years later, Victoria not only recovered but became a formidable figure in the city's business world.
At her engagement…
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English · Contemporary
The Campbell Group's celebration gala was handing out dividends.
My husband, Julian, and his mother, Eleanor, publicly shamed me, calling me worthless, a failure who only dragged everyone down.
They even forcibly gave my nearly…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My wife, Chloe, rushed back to work even before her maternity leave was over.
Out of 30 days a month, she was working overtime for 29.
She’d come home well past midnight, every single night.
So busy that she barely had time for our…
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English · Contemporary
Drunk and reckless, I ended up in bed with Serena, the woman I'd secretly loved for years.
It happened the same night her ex, the guy she always put first, left the country to pursue new ventures.
The next morning, concerned about her…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
To buy a New Year's gift for my brother, I took a part-time job, only to be drugged on my way home.
When I woke up, I was a bride-to-be.
The traffickers, to prevent me from crying for help, lied to the buyers that I had severe mania…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After six grueling years, my boyfriend, Brett, and I finally made our startup a success.
That also meant I’d passed my parents’ test and was about to become the next heir to the family fortune.
Tonight, I planned to introduce him to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After my billionaire parents found me, they asked if I was interested in getting married.
Looking at the ring my boyfriend had given me, I should have refused, but I decisively said yes.
Just two days before, when I went to see my…
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English · Contemporary
After our breakup, I decisively quit my job.
I was ready to leave the country when my ex-boyfriend and ex-boss, Mark, suddenly appeared at the airport, trying to win me back.
He said he'd fired his assistant, Chloe, and from now on,…
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English · Contemporary
I have a special mind-reading ability: I can hear the thoughts of anyone who doesn't truly love me.
But right before my wedding, I suddenly heard my fiancée's thoughts:
"Julian is crashing the wedding tomorrow. Is wearing these heels a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was celebrating my son’s fifth birthday when my late husband’s brothers arrived.
“You… didn’t you die in that fire five years ago?”
I froze instantly.
My husband was the one who died, the whole team knew it.
But the new…
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English · Contemporary
The student I'd sponsored for three years wanted a summer job, so I casually arranged for her to work at my husband's company.
A few months later, she burst into my office, heavily pregnant, tears streaming down her face as she…
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English · Contemporary
Every time Liam slept with his assistant, I'd scrawl a number in his diary.
He'd ask what it meant, and I'd play it off with a sarcastic smile:
"Each mark is a time you broke my heart. When it reaches a hundred, I’ll disappear."
Even…
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English · Contemporary
During the Christmas holidays, my wife Chloe insisted that I attend her class reunion.
When we arrived at the hotel, the parking lot was filled with luxury cars.
Ours, by comparison, looked utterly pathetic.
Before we even stepped…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
Three o'clock in the afternoon. Robin, a new colleague who'd just joined, suddenly tagged me in the company's SnapChat group with hundreds of people:
[That bitch at workstation 203, can you PLEASE stop typing? The noise is making me…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
At the company's new product launch event, the massive screen suddenly started playing a video of me being sexually assaulted years ago.
Whispers rippled through the crowd as I frantically snatched the remote control, only to have my…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The moment the explosion went off, my wife snatched the blast shield that was supposed to be mine and turned to protect her first love.
Three years of marriage. Six years fighting side by side. She never even looked back at me.
She…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day I lost my job, I walked ten kilometers home in a torrential storm.
When I pushed the door open, I saw my wife, my mother-in-law, and my daughter taking a “family photo” on the couch—
with her first love.
My daughter threw a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The night I asked for a divorce, I walked into his room wearing lingerie.
He didn’t hesitate—one hand pinned my wrist above my head, the other slid slowly down my waist, deliberate, possessive.
I was forced against him, fully aware of…
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English · Contemporary
After work.
The stunning woman I’d seen earlier that day stopped me, pouring out a heartfelt confession.
“I was merely a cook, smeared in grease, earning very little.”
I didn’t take it seriously.
Who knew she’d show up at the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I knew my true identity: the real heiress of an elite family. So I hurried to find my parents
After the DNA test, Mom and Dad immediately announced my return to the public.
Even Seraphina, the adopted daughter, didn't make things…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
Five years into our marriage, Clara still didn’t love me.
One day, we were arguing in the car, and I didn't notice the truck speeding towards us.
Before she died, she told me, guilt clouding her eyes:
"I'm sorry, Fitzgerald. I tried…
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