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English · Romance · Contemporary
My in-laws’ family got bitten by venomous snakes while camping. Only my husband’s company had the antidote.
I called my husband, but faint, suggestive moans and the unmistakable sound of splashing water came from the other end.
Before…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Victoria’s phone home screen had a counter, and for three years, I watched it tick from 001 to 999.
The night before our wedding, I curiously asked her what it meant.
She just stared silently at her phone for a long time, then faintly…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was beaten to death by my husband, Alex, all because a paternity test claimed the child wasn’t his.
But then, as he was about to throw our son from the sixteenth floor, my mother-in-law, Brenda, dropped to her knees, sobbing, "He’s…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When Liam loved me most, I broke up with him.
Our next meeting was an accident. He, in his Porsche, hit me, riding a rental bike.
I stared at the ripped knee of my jeans, clutching the critical prognosis in my hand.
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When Liam…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Right in front of everyone, Caleb let his childhood sweetheart, Seraphina, douse me with scalding hot soup.
And then, he demanded I apologize.
All because I'd said a few blunt words to her.
I cried, asking him if my life was worth…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I woke up from a vivid dream, and it was like the entire plot of a book had been laid bare to me.
Turns out, I was nothing but the villainess, and my non-blood related, obsessive brother was the one and only male lead.
I was madly in…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day I died, the man I loved most married the woman he adored.
I sat among the guests, smiling through my tears, applauding their union.
Twenty-five years of my youth taught me one bitter truth:
Turns out, even a lifetime of…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I broke his heart the year Caleb loved me most.
Six years later, he came back to this city.
Mom suddenly found him, asking urgently, "Did Hazel come back with you? How is she doing? Can I see her?"
He scoffed, a bitter, hollow sound.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My boyfriend had a heavy nicotine addiction.
I hated second-hand smoke and had talked to him about it countless times. But he’d just brush it off, or even grin and deliberately blow smoke right into my face.
“Come on, baby, I can’t…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was kidnapped. The abductors demanded four million dollars from my mom.
I scoffed. Four million? Chump change.
But my mom? She wouldn't spare a single dime, completely cutting ties with me.
“Your mom’s a real piece of work!” the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In the darkest year of his life, Alexander Thorne was forced to abandon his first love and marry me in a strategic alliance.
For seven years, we fought. For seven years, he despised me.
He would often curse, "Why don't you just die…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
While Julian was with the woman he always loved, at her prenatal check-up.
I was scheduling my own abortion, alone.
Our eyes met.
I forced a small smile.
"What a coincidence."
Later, I wished them a long and happy life together,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My wife, Chloe Miller, was a dance teacher. Sweet-faced, with a figure that could kill.
To make her mine, I agreed to three cohabitation demands during our first meeting.
For the dowry, her mother didn't mince words: two houses and…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For the sake of the kingdom and its people, the Crown Prince sent his heavily pregnant wife to the enemy.
And I was his wife.
Two lives gone, in one cruel sweep. My body, merely a discarded battlefield casualty.
That very day, he…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My sister has always been a liar, always setting me up since we were kids.
She stole money, got caught, and said I took it.
She accidentally tumbled down the stairs, but claimed I pushed her.
She ran off with strangers who turned out…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The scion of a powerful family, Caleb, was pushed down the stairs by his sister and fell into a coma.
Caleb’s parents demanded that his sister marry into their family and take care of Caleb for the rest of his life.
His sister,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Julian Blackwood had adored Rory Vance for over twenty years.
She always thought they’d naturally end up together, marry, have children, and live happily ever after.
Until Julian brought home a woman and told her, “Rory, she’s your…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Our fifth year of marriage. That’s when Julian Sterling fell madly in love with a college student.
They said she was poor, but carried herself with a cool pride, refusing Julian’s black card with a defiant, “I won’t be anyone’s kept…
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English · Contemporary
I, Eleanor, made a decision Julian would never approve of. Behind his back, I sent Seraphina, the young woman he had taken in, to a top music academy abroad.
Julian Sterling, a man always described as aloof and unapproachable, a…
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English · Contemporary
After five years in prison, the first thing Anya did was book a sky burial.
“Ms. Anya, this is for your sky burial service. After your death, your body will be sent to the Tianshan Mountains for the ceremony. You need to pay the…
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English · Contemporary
I loved Julian Hayes for seven years. When I was kidnapped, he refused to pay the ransom, all because his secretary suggested this was a perfect chance to teach me a lesson and make me *behave*.
I endured hellish torment. Finally, I…
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English · Contemporary
“$50 million. Leave the country within a week. And stay away from my son forever.”
Mrs. Harrington sat opposite me, her perfectly maintained face etched with undisguised contempt.
If this were years ago, my eyes would have welled up,…
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English · Contemporary
When Iris married Julian, she was 22, and he was 32. He wasn't just older; he was *more* in every way that counted. For three years, he showered her with endless tenderness, giving her everything she desired, promising her the moon and…
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English · Contemporary
I was known in our circle as the ultimate little vixen, with my lips always curled into a knowing smile and eyes that could charm anyone. Julian Sterling, on the other hand, was the most brilliant heir of the elite families, an…
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