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English · Romance · Contemporary
The first time I caught Derek Hayes cheating, he cried, swore on everything, and begged for my forgiveness.
I caved, but what waited for me was his second affair.
That time, he dragged my family into it, playing the victim, and I had…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was the human shield, personally chosen by *him*, the unhinged prince of the underworld, to protect his precious childhood sweetheart.
Five years into our marriage, I was captured for the nineteenth time by one of his former business…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
That day, when they drugged me with the most potent aphrodisiac, I bought every single antidote on the market, desperately trying to delay the inevitable.
It wasn't until I heard the breathless moans and cries from next door, echoing…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day the zombie horde hit, I ripped up my assignment slip, refusing to evacuate Sector C.
I clung to life until dawn the next day, listening as Landon blared across the comms, announcing that Seraphina had found a new oasis.
Her…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
( succubus : Succubus is a spiritual demon that exists in European and Middle Eastern mythology and is said to invade male (female) dreams at night to draw strength and satisfy their own needs, causing the affected male to gradually…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Liam Cross forced me into a revealing bunny costume for our university farewell gala. He swore it was just a costume party.
The moment I stepped inside, the room exploded with cruel laughter.
“Wow, the valedictorian? More like the…
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English · Contemporary
On the day we were supposed to get married at the registry office, my girlfriend Sophia had me kicked out and went in with her childhood sweetheart instead.
She looked at me nonchalantly and said, "Lucas's child needs to be registered.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was a Blessed Bearer, chosen by the System. After fulfilling 999 fertility wishes for people, I should have been able to sleep for a century, but instead, a mystic cult leader from the East kidnapped and imprisoned me.
He screamed…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was a Blessed Bearer, chosen by the System. After fulfilling 999 fertility wishes for people, I should have been able to sleep for a century, but instead, a mystic cult leader from the East kidnapped and imprisoned me.
He screamed…
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English · Contemporary
The day after my sister Olivia gave birth to her child, she was ready to quit her job to focus on taking care of her family. I advised her to return to work after her maternity leave, telling her that financial independence gives women…
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English · Contemporary
Ryan, my brother-in-law, was bitten by a venomous snake while collecting firewood in the woods behind our house. His life hung by a thread.
The local hospital was short on antivenom, and the key to the office storing it had been taken…
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English · Contemporary
I turned away after witnessing my childhood friend, drugged and burning with desire, drag the principal's daughter into the bathroom.
In my past life, I had rushed in to stop his violent act. But that only put me in danger.
By the…
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English · Contemporary
My father gave me a choice between inheriting the family's $30 billion trust fund or receiving a $1,500 monthly allowance. Without hesitation, I chose the $1,500 allowance.
I wasn't panicking, but my rich roommate was going crazy.
In…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I gave up my identity as the heir to a multi-million dollar corporation, all to live a simple life with my wife.
Then, my five-year-old son collapsed at kindergarten, his nose bleeding uncontrollably. At the hospital, he was diagnosed…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For our graduation trip, my boyfriend Jake chose South Korea, the country where Chloe, his first love, the one he always looked up to, was studying.
I had my reservations, obviously.
He just shrugged it off. “I’m just dropping by to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Caleb, the billionaire who’d pretended to be dirt poor for seven years, crashed his Maybach, killing my mom and my daughter. A month later, the man finally realized something was off.
He asked his assistant, “After I ran over those…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My billionaire wife, who'd been pretending to be poor for seven years, ran over my mom and daughter with her Maybach. A month later, it finally dawned on her that something was off.
She asked her assistant, "After I ran over those…
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English · Contemporary
A muffled voice crackled through the bus speakers, announcing the next stop.
1. **Rule number one:** Never give up your seat to someone holding a baby. Break this, and you'll regret it forever.
2. **Rule number two:** If you…
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English · Contemporary
After showering, I lit a cigarette.
Halfway through it, the hotel room door pushed open.
I looked at the man in the doorway, startled and panicked.
My twenty-eighth john was my husband.
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I finished my cigarette, stubbed it out,…
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English · Contemporary
A low whimpering sound reached my ears from a secluded room in the warehouse.
I gestured for my subordinate to pull open the door. The sight inside made my pupils shrink.
*This* was the shipment!
More than twenty women, barely…
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English · Contemporary
One year into our marriage.
I found out my husband was actually a rich guy.
It’s just… he looked exactly like a guy in the financial newspaper.
When I confronted him, he just laughed and said, "Lots of people look alike, but not…
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English · Contemporary
“I’m going on a business trip for a month. Could you feed my cat at my place? Oh, and the mango juice in the fridge is about to expire.”
It was two in the morning, and the vibration of my phone jolted me awake.
I picked up my phone…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
To donate bone marrow to my husband's *nominal* sister, I was forced to terminate the baby in my womb.
After the surgery, my husband appeased his *nominal* sister with company shares, yet he trivialized my pain.
"Don't cause a scene…
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English · Contemporary
I could always hear intimate sounds coming from next door.
Men and women, a chaotic mess.
It kept me awake all night.
But he lived alone.
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My new roommate’s room often made strange noises at night, and there was always a strong,…
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