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English · Contemporary
The night before my wedding, my fiancé took me to meet his friends.
He was all over me, showering me with affection throughout the dinner.
His buddies kept gushing, "Your fiancée is so pure, you really hit the jackpot!"
He smirked…
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English · Contemporary
At my graduation ceremony, I finally mustered the courage to confess my feelings to my crush.
But then, I was hit by a car.
When I woke up, my crush was standing in front of me, her face utterly cold.
"Awake? Perfect. Let's talk about…
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English · Contemporary
My girlfriend has a "boy best friend" who's attached to her at the hip.
On what was supposed to be our ninth engagement party, she left me standing alone at the venue.
All because it was the twentieth anniversary of the day she met that…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For seven years, I was a stay-at-home wife. Then, my husband brought his pregnant secretary right to our doorstep, ready to kick me out.
He carefully shielded her swollen belly, his voice dripping with venom.
“Seven years of marriage,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My entire family forced me to divorce because the girl they raised as their own fell in love with my husband.
Six years later, I ran into my brother and ex-husband at the park.
My ex-husband was holding my seven-year-old daughter, and…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day I found out Kevin, the head of our crime syndicate, had cheated for the first time, I filed for divorce.
But he locked me in our bedroom for five days and four nights, going through two boxes of condoms.
Afterward, he wore a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
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**Nova Hayes POV**
Everyone in New York knew I was head over heels for Ronnie Thorne.
He was my brother's best friend, six years my senior.
Eight years ago, when I was just sixteen, trapped by some thugs, he appeared and shielded…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day my five-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease, I heard my husband talking with his mother.
"It'll cost a fortune, and there's no cure. What's your plan?" Judy, my mother-in-law, asked.
"I never intended…
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English · Contemporary
I bought an apartment four years ago, never even moved in or furnished it.
Two years later, I suddenly got a collection notice for overdue utility bills.
Completely baffled, I went back to check it out. And found strangers living…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My mom, Eleanor, showed up still in her cleaner's uniform after a front-line rotation.
My boyfriend, Derek, took one look and lost it.
"Anya, You told me your mom was a high-powered executive. So what's with the janitor getup?"
I was…
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English · Contemporary
My mother was dying, and only a costly surgery could save her. So I broke myself for three months to fund it. I clawed my way to top sales rep and seized the million-dollar bonus.
But half an hour before her surgery, my bonus account…
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English · Contemporary
I was born a human lie detector. No lie could get past me.
When I was eight, the director of the orphanage gave us a tearful speech from the stage.
"Funds are tight! From now on, we can only afford meat once every three months."
I…
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English · Contemporary
I was born with a heart condition.
Doctors said I wouldn't live past eighteen.
When I was ten, my parents brought home a blind child, telling me she was my twin sister, Iris.
My family doted on me relentlessly, yet they were always…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I brought my three-month-old son and husband home for Christmas.
But my ten-year-old niece, Claudia, and her friend threw my son from an upstairs window.
I frantically scooped him up, my mind screaming for the hospital, but it was…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When billionaire Brett Thorne found me, I was literally rolling up my sleeves, about to sell my blood to save my mother.
“A hundred million dollars. Have my child, and there’ll be a bonus on top.”
He said.
Staring at the colossal sum…
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English · Contemporary
My daughter, Lily, has a severe peanut allergy.
But my brother-in-law, Jax, secretly tricked her into eating peanuts.
I didn't hesitate for a second.
I hailed the first car I saw and told the driver, "Hospital, now!"
In my previous…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was the fake heir. When the real one was found, he was thin and dark. My parents felt so bad for him they immediately offered compensation.
But he said,
"I'm their biological son. If you're going to compensate, just give me the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
At the wedding, I reached out my hand, but my fiancé, Ryan Carter, slid the ring onto the finger of Jessica Miller, my father's mistress's daughter.
My mother's heart seized up with fury, yet Ryan simply met my gaze, a chilling calm in…
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English · Contemporary
The day I won the National Photography Contest, Liam, my boyfriend of eight years, said he'd personally present the flowers on stage.
Standing on that podium, my heart was pounding with anticipation, ready to propose with my…
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English · Contemporary
When I was five, I begged my sister to fly a kite. The wind took it from me. Then, the string cut her throat.
At the funeral, my parents' grief turned on me.
"I just wanted to play with her," I sobbed, struggling to explain. "I didn't…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My Judge Husband Favored His First Love, Only to Learn the Shocking Truth After My Death
After my husband lost his memory, he fell for another woman.
He saw me as nothing but a nuisance. As a judge, he even sentenced me to death with…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My boyfriend was absolutely crazy about his cars, practically calling them his 'wifey'.
I respected his passion and rarely interfered.
Until one day, I overheard him and his friends playing a twisted game of 'sharing their prized…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Seven years after I vanished, my brother found me. Not through some private investigator, but on the organ donor registry.
“Where is this person?”
He asked the nurse.
“On the 12th floor, in the palliative care ward. She’s scheduled…
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English · Contemporary
On my eighteenth birthday, I was kicked out of the Davies mansion.
The true heiress, Tiffany, smugly watched me, her arm linked with the parents who once showered me with affection.
Mrs. Davies scoffed, "Stella, the DNA results are in.…
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