Contemporary stories
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Scarlett Hayes was the golden girl of her city’s most influential circles, known for her impeccable manners and pristine reputation. The most outrageous thing she’d ever done?
Secretly dating her brother’s sworn enemy for three…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Julian Blackwood was the notorious, unhinged heir of the city's elite circles. Yet, he was utterly consumed by love for Anya Hayes, a girl with no power or connections.
She was the young, impoverished girl he'd found on the streets,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Seraphina pushed open the booth door, just in time to hear a group of men inside discussing the brutal impact of first love.
“Your turn, Julian, we've all spilled, you can’t back out now.”
Hearing that name, Seraphina’s hand on the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Seraphina pushed open the booth door, just in time to hear a group of men inside discussing the brutal impact of first love.
“Your turn, Julian, we've all spilled, you can’t back out now.”
Hearing that name, Seraphina’s hand on the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Everyone said Julian loved Anya more than his own life.
He pursued her for ten years, spoiled her for ten, and would ache for hours if she even frowned.
Yet, this same Julian betrayed her, not once, but three times.
The first time,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
"Cassidy, Julian's been hurt. He's at St. Mary's Hospital! Get here, now!"
The sudden ring of my phone ripped me awake from my sleep.
I threw on the first clothes I could find and bolted out the door.
The night was deep and heavy…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My wife had a best guy friend, and I hated it, but she just brushed it off, claiming there was such a thing as pure friendship between men and women.
One day, this best guy friend invited Stella to an overnight private party. I said…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
While I was giving my wife a bath after we got intimate, I accidentally touched her new tattoo.
My wife, who was always so sweet-natured, absolutely exploded at me.
"What are you doing, touching there? What if you scratch off my…
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English · Contemporary
I ate a snack bar because I was starving from working overtime, and my manager slapped me with a $600,000 fine!
She pointed a finger right at my face, absolutely fuming. "Alex, don't think you're hot stuff just because you closed that…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
The moment I opened my eyes, my father, John, snatched the university acceptance letter right out of my hand.
“Alright, what’s there to look at? Even if you got into a top-tier university, you’re still a worthless drain on…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, I locked myself away, waiting for death.
Every day, waves of agonizing pain tormented me endlessly.
To distract myself, I downloaded an AI digital avatar app.
This AI was peculiar; it seemed…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Julian Blackwood was a name whispered in fear across the city's underworld. The night before he was set to finally leave that life behind and marry me, Isabella Hayes, I stumbled upon a phone in his closet I'd never seen before.
The…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My parents always favored my sister, Vivian, ever since we were kids.
The most desperate time in my life was when Julian Thorne, my father's much younger acquaintance, appeared.
He was eight years my senior, a top-tier magnate in the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My roommate, Brandon, under the guise of assisting me, systematically swiped 99 of my discarded code drafts from my computer.
After that, he entered various coding competitions, raking in awards left and right, quickly becoming the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My parents, behind my back, took out a three-million-dollar accidental death insurance policy in my name.
That weekend, my dad took me fishing for the first time, out in the secluded area by the reservoir. He even bought me a hotdog,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My period was two months late, so I went to the OB/GYN.
The doctor, pushing up her glasses, looked at the report I'd just received.
"Where's your husband? Didn't he come?"
I shook my head, a sinking feeling growing in my…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Five years into my marriage with Julian Thorne, the golden boy of the city's elite, everyone whispered about how fiercely he adored me, how he'd give his life for me.
But because I couldn’t get pregnant, his parents’ subtle hints…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
"Professor Thompson, I'd like to apply for the Orion Project."
Jade Miller's voice echoed with crisp clarity in the silent room.
Professor Thompson, on the other end of the line, sounded utterly surprised.
"Jade, didn't you turn it…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Deep inside the plush Maybach, I was utterly lost in Julian’s dizzying kiss.
My clothes were gone, scattered around us, yet Julian remained impeccably dressed. The stark contrast made a blush creep up my neck.
He reached out, pulling…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband, Julian, and I had been together for ten years—six years dating, four years married. We were a DINK couple, our combined income easily hitting seven figures. To everyone looking in, we were the ultimate power couple, a match…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After seven years of practically worshipping Julian, he finally agreed to be with me.
Everyone said Julian only kept me around to kill time, a mere distraction.
Even he believed it.
So, when he abandoned me again to face three drunk…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband's sister, Chloe, went for a swim in the ocean and accidentally drowned.
My husband, Asher, a senior lifeguard who'd saved countless lives, instead sent his fragile female intern, Luna, to retrieve her.
Dressed in a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For eight long years, I was married to Caleb Hayes, the man who was blind, all because I felt bound by a debt of gratitude.
But the moment his cornea transplant bandages came off, he was instantly smitten by the nurse who removed…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
That night, my biological parents finally found me.
Isabelle’s fiancé, Caleb Blackwood, had gone out to battle. He returned with his legs shredded by zombies, leaving him paralyzed. Doctors had delivered a grim verdict: he’d never…
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