Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
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"Mom—"
Those two, mother and daughter, had actually killed my only blood-related mother, all because Elara's new fling was upset!
She was already on borrowed time, yet she had to endure such a brutal blow.
I stumbled, hoisting my…
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English · Contemporary
Everyone in the city knew Julian was utterly obsessed with Eleanor.
They’d been married for eight years, but Eleanor still faced constant criticism from Julian's family elders for not having children. Julian's grandma, in particular,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Blakely Corp.'s new diamond mine in Africa was officially launching, and my wife, Chloe Blakely, bought me a first-class ticket to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
But here I was, tied up in a chair, bound hand and foot.
Before me,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Julian hated me. He hated me for usurping Blair’s life for eighteen years – Blair, the true daughter of the prominent Hamilton family.
Then I died. It was a month after he forced me into an arranged marriage with Gary, a domestic…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On Valentine's Day, my husband took his ex-girlfriend and her daughter out to dinner.
And I, like an idiot, waited all night in a rundown shack with no electricity in the middle of nowhere.
What I got instead was the joyous news of…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Two years ago, Jessica threw a fit and tried to end her life. That’s why my adoptive brother sent me deep into the remote mountains.
Two years later, I was finally allowed to come home.
And I had completely gotten over Liam.
But no…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The maid's daughter in our house somehow got her hands on three magic chickens that could swap things.
The first one, she used to swap my perfectly healthy baby for her own deformed one.
The second, she swapped her identity as the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The SAT Showdown: They Called Me Wretched
The SATs were just around the corner when they finally brought me home – the real daughter.
On SAT day, I was the first one to hand in my paper and walk out of the exam hall.
A reporter asked…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My Eight-Year Marriage: A Scapegoat No More!
I’d been with my husband for eight years.
He was the perfect husband, attentive to my every need.
Until the news broke that my best friend was back in the country and had been hurt.
At…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The year I loved Julian Thorne the most, I was forced to personally attend to his pregnant mistress.
When his mistress faked an illness, Julian was convinced I’d tampered with her soup.
He condemned me to three days and three nights…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On my wedding day, a sex tape of Julian Hayes and my cousin, Sera Reed, suddenly flashed across the big screen.
Every friend in the industry, every media reporter, spun around to stare at me, camera flashes going off like crazy.
The…
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English · Contemporary
When the doctor told me I might never be able to have children again, Julian’s first reaction was pure agony: "How could this happen to Scarlett? She wants a child so badly!"
Scarlett. She was the one he’d always yearned for, the…
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English · Contemporary
My mom was a DEA agent, lost in the line of duty. Since I was a little kid, I had one dream: to reclaim her badge number.
The moment I found out my scores were high enough for the police academy, I called my dad, buzzing with…
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English · Contemporary
My wealthy wife would 'gift' me an investment property every time she spent the night at her male assistant's place.
Two years into our marriage, I held titles to 96 properties scattered across the city.
Each one a stark reminder of the…
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English · Contemporary
To repay Aunt Clara for her kindness in raising me, I stepped in for my cousin. I married Mira Sterling, the eldest daughter of the prominent Sterling family, who suffered from autism.
For seven years, she was nothing but cold to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Five months pregnant, my husband, David Miller, secured approval for family relocation on base, yet he had no intention of bringing me.
"Audrey, Leah's husband died saving my life. I owe them everything."
"Just wait a little longer.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
It was almost eleven PM when Jaxson Hayes announced he wanted homemade soup.
Despite a raging fever, I dragged my exhausted body, carrying the hearty corn and rib soup that had simmered for three hours, to the entrance of the bar.
The…
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English · Contemporary
Married for six years.
It was a union between our families, but also a love story that began in childhood.
Watching him now, holding a girl who looked somewhat like me, but was so much younger, so much more innocent.
Tears streamed down…
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English · Contemporary
After the game, my boyfriend held the championship trophy and publicly declared his love. The girl? My rival roommate.
Seeing my face turn ashen, Liam Harrison didn’t even bat an eye.
“It was just a bet. What’s the big deal?”
“Worst…
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English · Contemporary
I found a pair of battered-up lingerie stockings in my girlfriend's bag.
My gaze locked on the irregular yellowish stains on them, and I froze.
I stayed silent, doing nothing but secretly pouring some fiery hot chili oil into the…
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English · Contemporary
In my past life, I was the one he chose, becoming the most humiliated bride at the wedding.
Everyone thought I'd struck gold, that my luck was beyond belief.
Only I knew it was a complete and utter nightmare.
The night before the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
To save my husband, I sacrificed the leg I, a dancer, was most proud of, and the child in my womb.
Liam worried I hadn't fully recovered, so he never slept with me again.
That was until I was on a FaceTime call with my best friend…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day I was announced as the heir to the family empire, someone stormed the stage, brandishing fabricated leaked documents.
They claimed I'd embezzled project funds and colluded with competitors.
My father, right there on the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The instant a five-million-dollar transfer hit my bank account, my mind went blank.
The note on the transfer read: "Leave my husband."
I thought it was some kind of mistake, a wrong transfer, and my first instinct was to tell…
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