Contemporary stories
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Until I went to pick up cash for my husband, I had no idea his actual salary was twenty thousand dollars, not the five thousand dollars he always claimed.
Five thousand dollars he gave to me. The remaining fifteen thousand, every first…
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English · Contemporary
My daughter always said I lived like a scaredy-cat.
She was fearless, a renowned extreme adventurer, mastering everything from rock climbing to deep-sea diving.
On her 20th birthday, to "fix" me, she deliberately cut off the main power…
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English · Contemporary
During a company video conference, a young guy's face popped up on my wife, Veronica's screen.
He was messing with her computer, completely oblivious to the active camera, his expression innocently playful.
It wasn't until Veronica…
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English · Contemporary
To repay my uncle's kindness for raising me, I took my cousin's place.
I married into the powerful Harrison family.
Their eldest daughter, Elara Harrison, has autism.
For seven years, she was nothing but cold to me.
I swallowed my…
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English · Contemporary
I've always been conservative. I follow the rules.
But today, out of nowhere, I received a package.
There was a note inside that read: "Tonight at 10 PM. Wear this. Come to Lush Bar."
I opened it. Inside was an outrageously sheer…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My father had just been buried when the woman who abandoned us returned, insisting her new children should inherit everything he left behind.
She tore my mourning clothes, grabbed my hair, and ordered me to hand over the house my…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
She rushed toward me before I even entered the courtroom, grabbing my wrist and sobbing that she couldn’t live without me, that she only wanted peace between us.
Cameras circled, recording every desperate word she uttered as she…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The first thing I heard at my own wedding was blame.
They accused me of ruining the day, urged me to apologize, and even defended the mistress dressed like a bride.
Liam raised his voice, ordering me to “behave.” I answered by…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I hit the $8.8 million jackpot, but the lottery center refused to pay out.
“Fake!”
I was completely floored.
“No way! I just bought it yesterday. How can it be fake?”
The clerk looked annoyed.
“Still putting on a show? Don’t you…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband loves animals. He often brings stray cats and dogs home.
I've always supported him.
Until one night, he brought a young woman home.
“This is Sera Hayes, a college student I’ve taken in. She’s an orphan, homeless. She’ll be…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Three years after we broke up, my ex sued me.
He demanded I return every penny he'd spent during our relationship.
It wasn't because he was short on cash; it was because his current wife couldn't stand me.
He knew I was battling…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I used to tell myself that snakes were cold-blooded creatures, which was why my adopted shifter didn't want to be close to me.
It wasn't until later that I realized she liked my brother.
Because my brother, Caleb, was tall and…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I disappeared from Sean Parker’s life without a word, and for five years, he believed I had walked away without a second thought.
Five years behind bars, a mother lost, a life broken—I carried it all alone while he assumed I had simply…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Gabe’s parents praised his public lover as their future daughter-in-law, and called me their “goddaughter,”.
When I questioned the humiliation, Gabe defended them, told me to “learn from Serena.”
That was the moment I understood: in…
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English · Contemporary
My appendix burst.
I woke up from surgery at the hospital, only to find the baby in my belly was gone.
Chloe, Liam's childhood friend, was giggling gleefully nearby.
"I took care of the little bastard in your womb for you. No need to…
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English · Contemporary
I tried to report Brandon’s shady dealings to my fiancée, but she fired me instead—and planned to promote him to VP.
Facing my furious questions, Summer looked utterly annoyed.
"You slandered a colleague and still expect a promotion?…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Perceiving Channing's recent coldness, I agreed to his somewhat kinky request.
In the car, let's do something exciting…
I changed into the sexy lingerie I’d bought and even took an aphrodisiac before getting into the car.
As the car…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
A year after I was confirmed to be the fake heiress.
My friends all said I’d changed.
I was no longer arrogant or extravagant, no longer desperately chasing after a moment of genuine attention from my mom and dad, nor was I trying to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I never went easy on my billionaire husband's lovers.
One woman was cheating with him in his car, so I drove my own car and broke her leg.
Another woman had dinner with him, so I made her chug an entire bottle of chili sauce.
And…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
At the company's annual gala, my wife's assistant, Caleb, had a couple of drinks, then suddenly mocked me in front of everyone.
"Alex," he slurred, "Serena told me you last three seconds in bed, is that true?"
"Are you sure about…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Two girls in court. One was our daughter. One was his first love's daughter. As a lawyer, my husband chose to defend hers.
Later, his first love's daughter, the defendant, walked free. Our daughter, the plaintiff, lay dying in a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After being killed by my sister, I could only watch as she wore my face and stepped over my corpse to return to my husband.
She copied my voice, stole my habits, and forced herself into my life.
But the moment Adrian came home, his…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When the woman I had supported for seven years publicly accused me of stealing, handed my hard-won project to her new assistant, and allowed the entire office to mock me, I realized I had never been her partner—only her stepping stone.
…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I once believed Asher and I would grow old together, until Lila returned, Buddy died at my feet, and I realized I meant nothing to him. My project was taken, my reputation crushed, and even my mother’s last keepsake was desecrated. In…
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