Contemporary stories
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was strolling through the mall when a middle-aged woman suddenly lunged out and slapped me across the face. "You home-wrecker!" she shrieked. "I'll kill you! I'll absolutely kill you!"
Stunned, I clutched my stinging cheek, staring…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When I saw Dominic Thorne again, he was the high-flying CEO of a publicly listed company.
And I was just a bottle girl in a club.
He stared at me, his eyes cold and disdainful, a smirk even in the curve of his brows.
Later, when he…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After successfully winning his heart, I chose to stay for Liam.
But three years into our marriage, he changed.
Later, when it was time for me to leave this world, I chose to fall into the sea, an apparent accident.
The prenatal scan…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My sister-in-law gave birth to twins, kept the boy, and abandoned the girl.
I couldn't bear it and helped raise my niece.
As an adult, my niece coveted my property, staged an accident, and killed me.
Reborn, I'm only living for…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My wife, Seraphina, has been paralyzed for six long, agonizing years since our son, Leo, was born.
To take care of her, I walked away from a high-flying career at a top tech company – a future many would kill for – to take on odd jobs,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My wife claimed she wanted the purest, most spiritual love, making a pact that we wouldn't be intimate after marriage.
On our wedding night, she accidentally drank some strong liquor. I tried to help her, but she shoved me…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My best friend’s aunt and I had been secretly in love for three years.
I planned to finally go public with our relationship on our third anniversary.
But the day before, I went with my best friend to her company to congratulate her on…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Rushing to get my mom's asthma medication, my husband's secretary, Chloe, insisted I take her to the salon first.
I explained the emergency and refused.
Before I could even start the car, Damian yanked me out.
"You know Chloe just…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I married the man I had secretly adored for seven years.
For three years of our marriage, he brought different women home every night.
It made me a laughingstock among our peers.
Finally, I decided to let myself loose and started…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I watched the whole thing unfold, not in a panic, not screaming for help. Instead, I stood there, utterly calm, a silent observer.
I watched Mr. Peterson, my father-in-law, gasp his last breath, his struggles fading into silence.
In…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My daughter hired someone to kill me after her college entrance exams.
Before I died, I asked her why. I’d dedicated myself to getting her into a top university, helped her smoothly inherit the family business, and cared for her more…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My Sicilian crime boss boyfriend, Dante Volkov, and I had been together for ten years.
I shielded him from blades ninety-nine times.
On the hundredth time, he was finally moved.
He decided to go straight and immigrate to the US to…
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English · Contemporary
My sister called, battered and bruised, begging for help. Protecting her, I accidentally killed her husband. But in court, she refused to testify for me.
She blamed me for taking Leo's father away.
Mom and Dad joined in, accusing me…
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English · Contemporary
My sister gave up studying to work in a factory, all for a man.
In my past life, I became a billionaire because of that very man.
She wanted to copy me, but ended up getting sold for marriage money instead.
She never anticipated that…
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English · Contemporary
My wife had been on a business trip for two days. I was cleaning up, and I casually told our smart speaker, "Aura, play some music."
Instead, a male voice, completely unfamiliar, replied.
"Alright, my little Moonbeam. And a reminder…
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English · Contemporary
I stayed because of a single sentence from Seraphina after my mission was complete.
But three years into our marriage, her heart changed.
The system told me I was here *for* Seraphina.
The moment she no longer needed me, I would be…
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English · Contemporary
When Adrian proposed to me, everyone said it was a blessing I’d earned in a past life.
But five years of his cold indifference eventually wore down every ounce of my love and passion.
His first love, Serena, returned with amnesia. He…
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English · Contemporary
I discovered my wife was having an affair.
Instead of confronting her, I played it cool. I didn't expose her. In fact, I became even more doting and attentive, and far more generous with her parents.
It was only later that she finally…
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English · Contemporary
For nine years, after we got married, Scarlett Hayes had an endless stream of admirers.
She reveled in having young, impressionable guys fall head over heels for her.
I pretended to be understanding and tolerant, letting her enjoy…
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English · Contemporary
They called me a bastard, a filthy whore.
Until I ranked first in the entire city and got into college, all the insults and rumors stopped dead.
My biological parents, who’d sold me away, suddenly showed up, fighting over who got to…
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English · Contemporary
The night before my sister was set to leave the country, her birth parents, who'd abandoned her years ago, suddenly showed up, demanding to be recognized.
To keep her from being sidetracked, I secretly sent them away.
But on their way…
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English · Contemporary
The five poorest years of Liam Thorne’s youth, I spent with him, living in a cramped basement apartment.
He earned his first thirty million, but I died of illness.
Later, on the day he became the wealthiest man in Northwood City.
I…
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English · Contemporary
Everyone called me Declan Thorne's most pathetic doormat.
Even he believed it.
But what he didn't know was that I only chased him, fawned over him, all because of another man.
The moment I received my overseas study admission letter,…
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English · Contemporary
After the redemption arc finally concluded, my husband grew tired of me.
We had been married for eight years, the perfect picture of a couple, a flawless façade for all to admire.
But then, the heroine of the original story suddenly…
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