Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
My mom has severe OCD. Because I weighed three ounces more than my twin sister at birth, she disliked me from the start.
I would cry from hunger, but my mom would store my sister's leftover milk in the fridge. She'd feed her eight…
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English · Contemporary
Eight months pregnant, I was forced to kneel on the cold marble floor in the snowy night, all because my husband's childhood sweetheart falsely accused me of killing his mother.
Alexander Foster, my husband, was in the glass greenhouse…
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English · Contemporary
On our way home for New Year's, my husband Felix Shaw and I were involved in an accident.
When I opened my eyes again, we had gone back in time to before we started dating.
In our previous life, we had been married for 7 years, living…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was about to give birth to our second child, and my husband was off to tend to his first love.
In a moment of desperation, I shouted, "Aren't you worried that I might die giving birth?"
He dismissed me as being dramatic and walked…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was Declan's long-time secret "white moonlight," the idealized love he cherished from afar.
The day I accepted his proposal, he was so overwhelmed that he broke down in tears. Later, when a mysterious illness left me in a coma, he…
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English · Contemporary
Zoe and Jack were once the most talked-about couple in our elite social circles.
But at my birthday party, he was drawn to another girl.
He said she was exactly his type, and even found her little schemes endearing.
He broke off our…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I lost my ability to speak due to childhood trauma. My parents, not wanting me around, arranged for me to marry my sister's fiancé, Jasper, who was in a coma. Through three years of dedicated care, Jasper eventually emerged from his…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My stepsister, Esme, has dissociative identity disorder and becomes violently aggressive whenever she sees me. She once attacked me with a knife, leaving me severely injured. Yet, my father and brother blamed me for provoking her.
"You…
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English · Contemporary
On the third day after I broke off my engagement, my ex-fiancé committed suicide in our would-be marital home, leaving all his assets to me.
As I sorted through his belongings, I saw walls covered in photos of me and bloodstains on the…
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English · Contemporary
I snapped a photo at the high school reunion of my ex-boyfriend with his arm around his fiancée as they announced their engagement.
Just as I was about to hit send on a message to his mother saying "They look perfect together.…
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English · Contemporary
Nathan was ashamed of my stammer and never brought me into his social circle.
At a gathering with friends, his buddy joked, "How do you argue with a stammerer?"
His childhood sweetheart laughed and said, "It takes her three minutes to…
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English · Contemporary
Six months ago, my daughter was diagnosed with kidney failure and needed me to donate a kidney for her transplant.
But on the eve of the surgery, I accidentally discovered that my daughter wasn't sick at all!
The one who really needed…
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English · Contemporary
After I was forced to donate my kidney to my sister, she finally got pregnant with my husband's child. My parents and brother took my savings, my car, and my house to congratulate the newlyweds. On their wedding day, my best friend -…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In the third month of my pregnancy, my husband, a forensic expert, once again left me to attend a prenatal checkup alone.
This wasn't the first time. During my first checkup, his assistant was called out to a case, and I ended up…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My wife was a well-respected pharmacologist.
To spend what she thought were the last days with her first love, who had been diagnosed with cancer, she deceived me into taking a drug that wiped out my memory. During that time, she left…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In the third year of our marriage, my wife sent me to a remote island.
This was all because her idealized love claimed I had caused his blindness. My wife was furious with me and insisted I spend time on the island to reflect on my…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On our fifth wedding anniversary, Emily went hiking and didn't return all night. It was pouring rain, and I was frantic with worry. After alerting the police, I organized a search party. We discovered her sharing a sleeping bag with her…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
At Finn's birthday party, Daphne burst in with no clothes on.
"My sister cut up my clothes and said I’m nothing but an adopted stray in the Carter family, unworthy of attending Finn's birthday..."
Finn believed I was being…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In my previous life, when I was gravely ill and hospitalized, my wife cut off all contact and vanished for two years.
From the moment I fell sick until I passed away, it was my sister who took care of me.
But after my death, my absent…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Before the wedding, Gideon suffered a relapse of an old injury, resulting in temporary blindness, which made him irritable.
He frequently went out late at night to drink with friends and only returned at dawn.
On the night of the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
All my friends say Nolan loves me as if his life depended on it.
And it's true. He once took a knife for me.
He chose to marry me even after learning I couldn't have children, despite his family’s disapproval.
I thought he would love…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Ever since I became pregnant, my health hasn't been the best.
Once my mother-in-law found out, she moved into our marital home, under the guise of taking care of me, along with my younger brother-in-law's wife.
Her demeanor changed…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When I was young, I lost a leg saving Jasper.
Later, because of that leg, I was bullied and lost my hearing.
Jasper rushed back from thousands of miles away and promised with tears in his eyes to take care of me for life.
But ten…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Just as I was about to smash the ashtray over my sister's head, a string of comments flashed before my eyes.
[Seriously? Plot-induced stupidity? Why would anyone treat a fake sister better than their real one?]
[Right? And isn't she…
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