Contemporary stories
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Five months into my pregnancy, I was still working.
Just before signing a major contract, the new intern, Amber, handed me a cup of almond tea.
I have a severe almond allergy. I went into anaphylactic shock on the spot.
When I woke…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband brought his mistress home for the night.
Finding our son an inconvenience, he locked him inside an airtight closet.
Twelve hours later,
the child’s fingernails were torn, bones exposed,
and he died alone in the dark.
When…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After the divorce, he barged into my home with a knife in his hand.
He said, “You think getting divorced means you can get rid of me?”
“I’m telling you right now—you’ll never escape me for the rest of your life.”
In that moment, I…
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English · Contemporary
After losing my baby, I spiraled into a severe mental illness.
My husband, Ryan, brought in the best psychologist and meticulously cared for me for over half a year.
To stop being a burden to him, I diligently cooperated with my…
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English · Contemporary
My husband, Blake, dragged me to the tribunal.
If convicted, I'd lose everything, face ten years in prison, and never be able to interfere with Blake and his beloved, Seraphina.
Blake, on the other hand, would get all my assets and move…
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English · Contemporary
I broke up with my girlfriend of three years.
Everyone thought I'd be the one crawling back, begging for forgiveness, just like always.
Even Chloe thought so.
Until she showed up at my doorstep, asking when I'd stop throwing a fit and…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In the seventh year of our marriage, he made the decision for me and agreed to put us on a divorce reality show.
The reasons were impeccable—high ratings, high returns, a reliable way to stabilize the company’s stock price.
In short,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the third day of the nationwide livestream, I became the person everyone wanted to strangle with their own hands.
Paralyzed in a wheelchair, I watched my sister work three jobs a day until her kidneys failed—yet I offered not a…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
I was working overtime, and my blood sugar crashed.
My fiancée's male assistant gave me a piece of chocolate.
Turns out, it had peanuts. I'm severely allergic. Soon, my body was covered in hives, and I struggled to breathe.
I…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
That year, the one where we were practically broke, I followed Alexander to Germany for his studies.
He casually mentioned Christmas was coming.
I washed dishes at a local diner for half a month, then spent twenty euros on a small…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I’d just wrapped up a cross-continental meeting when my phone buzzed with an unfamiliar number.
"Are you Dennis Miller's mother? Please come to the school. Your son led a bullying incident today, and the other parent is demanding…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I caught my wife, Sera Hayes, cheating.
Before I could even speak, she laid out her three proposals:
“Option one: You pretend nothing happened. My extramarital life won’t affect our married life.”
“Option two: We divorce, and I’ll…
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English · Contemporary
I have aphasia.
My parents, ashamed of my inability to speak, pressured me into marrying Aria, my brother Brandon's vegetative fiancée, to save him from a difficult situation.
For three years, I devoted myself entirely to taking care of…
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English · Contemporary
Seraphina Vance had found the perfect excuse to legitimize her blatant infidelity.
Before we got married, I signed a non-disclosure agreement, which meant I could only be her secret husband.
If I initiated the divorce, I'd walk away…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
The company’s layoff list went public, and my husband’s name was on it.
To secure his future, I voluntarily resigned, ensuring the company kept him.
He climbed the corporate ladder, while I became a housewife for forty years.
Until, in…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
At the hospital, I found our emergency fund empty while my husband toasted Christmas in a five-star suite with his sweetheart and her dog.
The photo showed her in lingerie, straddling my husband over a game of strip poker.
The doctor…
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English · Contemporary
It had been ten years since Damien Thorne bullied me into dropping out. I ran into him at a food truck.
He swaggered out of a BMW, arm slung around my ex, Tiffany. Spotting me hunched over a burger by the curb, he sneered.
"Look how…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Avery’s POV
“Mrs. Sterling, I’ve reviewed the supplementary clauses for your divorce agreement. There are no legal loopholes.”
Mr. Davies’ voice was calm and professional over the phone.
“The marriage contract you signed with Mr.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
To test my husband's management skills, Dad sent me to do a surprise inspection of the company he was running.
As soon as I walked in, I noticed a new, peculiar room in the office. Inside, there was a large pink bed and a vanity…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the day Channing got engaged, fireworks lit up the entire city.
I was on my knees, scrubbing floors in a high-end club, clutching the medical report that confirmed I had terminal stomach cancer.
He was there, holding that woman…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
That evening, I got home and pulled open the bathroom door, only to find my mom’s new, younger boyfriend stepping out of the shower.
He was stark naked, a condom dangling from his mouth.
He looked at me and chuckled.
“Like what you…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I gave him a child and spent seven years in this marriage,
yet even seeing my own son depended on the mood of him and his assistant.
They thought I would never leave this marriage.
Until the day I overturned every last bit of their…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Seven years after the breakup, I was stopped at the entrance of an ultra-exclusive private gala—by my ex.
He looked immaculate in his tailored suit, his smile laced with pity and mockery.
“I didn’t expect you to fall so low,” he said.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I went to prison for my husband’s company for three years.
The day I was released, he gave his mistress a one-million-dollar bonus—and handed me a one-dollar check.
He said it was for the company’s image.
Our marriage had to stay…
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