Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
Eight years ago, I dropped out of college and worked tirelessly to pay for Valerie’s tuition.
She clung to me, tears streaming, swearing she’d never betray me, not ever.
Years later, she built her own empire, becoming a…
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English · Contemporary
The wedding countdown stood at twenty-two days when I walked in on Liam Hayes and his secretary, Chloe, tangled together, stark naked, in my own bed.
My fury erupted, and I demanded to break up right there, cancelling our long-planned…
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English · Contemporary
I was the perfect corporate wife in our elite circles.
When Blake Sterling got a model pregnant, I stepped in to make it all disappear.
When Blake was caught sneaking into hotels with an A-list actress, I greased palms and made…
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English · Contemporary
My half-sister was reborn. She predicted a zombie outbreak, the end of the world, in two months.
My husband and his whole family believed her. They went crazy hoarding supplies, even spending a fortune to turn their out-of-town estate…
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English · Contemporary
Just because she lost a game of Truth or Dare, my wife was passionately kissing her assistant in my car. The moisture even soaked my son’s car seat.
The male assistant sent me the video, and I immediately forwarded it to my…
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English · Contemporary
Seven days before the wedding, my fiancé, my childhood sweetheart, proposed to the impoverished student he'd been sponsoring.
I didn't cry, didn't make a scene. I simply stood there, in front of everyone, and wished them eternal…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Damien Thorne, the ruthless underworld kingpin, confessed his love for the ninety-ninth time. And for the ninety-ninth time, I rejected him.
That very night, he drugged me and held me captive.
Damien's eyes were wild, possessive. He…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Sixteen years of chasing him, yet his heart remained untouched. Then, one drunken night, I unexpectedly ended up in bed with my sworn enemy.
My rival, tracing the marks I'd left on him, cornered me. "Alex, are you really going to keep…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The night before my wedding, Asher’s first love was betrothed to Veridia City’s most notorious, ruthless heir.
He felt so sorry for her, supposedly crying her eyes out every single day. So, he ditched me to save her.
At the wedding…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I got into a car crash, slamming into the guardrail on my way to deliver medicine to my firefighter husband.
The car doors were jammed, and smoke billowed from outside.
I called Leo for help, but he was out on a mission.
To keep him…
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English · Contemporary
This Assassin Thinks I Can't See Him, But He Always Undresses In Front of Me
He hears me swallowing repeatedly.
Assassin: "Are you hungry?"
I nod: "Mm-hmm."
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He came back reeking of blood.
Although the scent was faint, I could still…
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English · Contemporary
Three Years After My Boyfriend's Death
I picked up a man from the black market who looked exactly like him.
Day after day, I carefully trained him.
Hoping he could become a perfect substitute.
To replace the deceased Jack.
To become my…
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English · Contemporary
I knew Rachel had also come back to the first day of senior year when she tore up our couple's notebook in front of the entire class and handed it back to me before sitting next to Tyler, the new transfer student everyone was crushing…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
To please his new girlfriend, Alex made me run three laps around the city barefoot.
"Is this your 90th demand?" I asked.
He scoffed. "You're such a doormat anyway. Perfect for entertaining Serena."
I insisted, "Is it the 90th…
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English · Contemporary
I broke off our engagement without hesitation the day my fiancée's family went bankrupt.
Later, she rebuilt her fortune with the help of a mysterious benefactor, while I struggled to save my family's failing business.
After she snatched…
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English · Contemporary
It's been three years since Lily started treating me as a replacement, and she still doesn't love me.
She replaced all our travel photos with those of her deceased childhood sweetheart.
She even turned these photos into a travel diary…
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English · Contemporary
Introduction:He tore my sincerity apart with his own hands, but whispered in my ear in the middle of the night: 'Your waist is softer than before... Who touched my thing? '"
Astrid was once the most perfect daughter of the moon god in…
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English · Contemporary
Introduction:
"You gave me to a Beta like some common whore," I whispered, tracing the scar where our bond used to be.
Mother flinched. "While you knelt for Selene like a devoted dog."
Now Jarek's hands shake when he reaches for…
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English · Contemporary
Introduction:"He sneered and said I was unworthy when he tore up the contract, but now he pinched my waist and growled: 'Why is your scent... stained with other wolves?'" Five years. I bled for him as Luna, but watched him mark someone…
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English · Contemporary
Introduction:"Other hands hold me as I push my way into the depths, and the night of the moon's night my lower back roar: 'Your blood, your breath, your breath—the city just belongs to me.'" Since then, I have been blessed with a…
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English · Contemporary
Just before my wedding, my fate mate, my Alpha fiancé, Fabian, stripped me of my wedding dress—our wedding dress—and handed it to his mistress, Yolanda Porter.
Not only that, but he locked me in the dressing room like some rabid wolf…
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English · Contemporary
Introduction: "When he marked my sister in public, I swore - one day, I will make him kneel down and lick my high heels." At the funeral three years ago, my destined partner tore my dignity apart in public. I thought his brother was…
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English · Contemporary
Before the wedding, Alpha Lawrence’s first love, Sandra Barlow, was betrothed to none other than Emmett Wright—the most infamous rogue Alpha along the Mississippi River. A wolf so ruthless, even the werewolf Council preferred to pretend…
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English · Contemporary
The day I found out I was pregnant, Ryan was tenderly cradling Chloe, who was supposedly blind. Then, he turned and *slammed* my pregnancy test report right into my face.
"You abandoned me without a second thought when I crashed my…
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