Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
During my senior year, I was staying with my aunt's family when my cousin Blake put me on blast online. All because I accidentally picked up a piece of meat from our dinner.
He cried hysterically, claiming that not only was I…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My patient had a fever of 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit, and because I refused to prescribe fever reducers without a blood test, her mother later live-streamed a furious attack against me online.
"Look at this heartless doctor, everyone! My…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Late that night, my wife stumbled home, disheveled.
Her stockings were shredded, her skirt barely clung to her waist, and her skin was a canvas of angry red marks.
The moment she walked through the door, she rushed into the bathroom,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Just five minutes ago, I opened my eyes and welcomed my fourth life.
In my first life, when I was five, my mom claimed I stole money and accidentally pushed me off the balcony.
In my second life, when I was fifteen, she locked me in…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Everyone hailed my fiancé, Julian Thorne, as the most principled and reputable attorney in New York.
Yet it was him.
He twisted my sister’s terrified cries during the assault, dismissing them as mere sounds of passion.
All because…
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English · Contemporary
It was my brother Julian's birthday gala, but he turned me away at the door. He smashed the carved pendant I had made for him with my own hands.
"Anything you touch is filthy to me."
Heartbroken, I wandered aimlessly, only to be…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband suddenly had an asthma attack, and I couldn't find his medication anywhere. Frantically, I called our son, begging him to buy the medicine and rush home.
But from the other end of the line, I heard my son's impatient…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the anniversary of my sister’s death, I received a resurrection card.
Eight months ago, my twin sister, Maeve, was pushed off a rooftop by school bullies and died.
That bullying, though, was originally meant for me. Maeve went in…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I opened my eyes and found myself back at eighteen.
In the grungy, faded classroom, someone was using me as a bet.
“...I think for just twenty bucks, you could get a touch of Chloe. Anyone want to try?”
They snickered, their voices…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
At the engagement party, just as I was about to slip the ring onto Chloe's finger, her childhood friend, Ryan, stepped forward, blocking my way with a stack of papers.
"Julian Sterling," Ryan declared, his voice firm. "You can marry…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I accidentally overheard my 'best friends' talking trash about me behind my back, calling me ugly and fat.
To test them, I lied and told them my family had gone bankrupt and I was broke. The result? They immediately kicked me out of…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The year I turned six and lost my sight, Mom and I found Zane nearly frozen to death.
I lied and said I wanted a companion. I begged Mom to save him.
After Mom remarried, Zane became my only support. He even gave up his extraordinary…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My fiancé, Liam Stone, died saving me, and I was utterly heartbroken.
Carrying my love and guilt for him, I vowed to remain unmarried for the rest of my life.
When I was seventy, I transferred all my assets to the children of Noah…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For three years of our engagement, Scarlett had been kidnapped eight times.
The night before our wedding, it happened again.
I sold off everything I owned, drained my accounts to raise the ransom, and even followed the kidnappers'…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When I was eighteen, I took a brutal hit to the head trying to save my younger brother, Jake, and my girlfriend, Chloe, after they fell through the ice. My mind froze, forever stuck at seven years old.
Jake knelt by my hospital bed,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
It was one in the morning when a frantic call from an unknown number woke me up.
The woman on the other end shrieked, her voice sharp and full of curses.
“You pathetic bitch! Did you call my husband ‘sweetheart’ just to flirt with…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
It had no physical form, just a handsome virtual avatar, interacted with through AR glasses.
She claimed it was the most perfect man in the world, the one who truly understood her.
After starting this relationship, her mental state…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day I married Julian Blackwood, the heir to a formidable criminal empire, I was kidnapped. My maid-of-honor and younger sister, Lily, was caught in the crossfire. She died protecting me, brutally assaulted by the kidnappers. My…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I loved Julian Thorne for ten years. To marry him, I went to extreme lengths, even driving away the woman he cherished, his first love. For six years of marriage, Julian had affairs with almost every woman he encountered. But no matter…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My best friend and I both married into the incredibly influential Montgomery family in this city.
I married Liam Montgomery, the heir to the family enterprise.
She married Noah Montgomery, the wildly popular A-list actor.
She stared at…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My boyfriend and I were on our post-graduation trip, when my roommate, with no shame, tagged along. As we headed to an Arabian country, the plane suddenly hit severe turbulence, plummeting towards the Pacific. Due to a malfunction, only…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I quit my high-paying job to support my husband Mark's startup for three years, but I never took a single cent from the company's accounts.
On our third wedding anniversary, I spotted a designer bag that cost a few thousand…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The year I turned eighteen, my parents were in a car accident on our way to my college move-in day.
They died instantly, and I was left paralyzed.
My brother, Jake, and his wife saw me as nothing but a burden, so they dumped me at my…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Not long ago, my girlfriend brought home a stray dog.
She completely adored it, even kicking me out of our room so the dog could sleep with her.
And that dog, emboldened by her favoritism, not only barked furiously at me and stole my…
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