Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
I was once the girlfriend of Alexander Thompson, a billionaire tycoon.
However, my scheming cousin Chloe Sanders interfered, constantly fabricating lies about me.
Alexander believed her, grew to despise me, and ended up marrying my…
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English · Contemporary
I found myself trapped in a flood with Sophia Hart, my husband's first love.
My husband, Lucas Reed, a usually calm and steady firefighter, was unusually anxious at this moment.
He told me, "There's not enough room on the boat. You…
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English · Contemporary
On Christmas Eve, my parents once again left me alone at home for triple overtime pay.
Thinking of the past twenty years when they always did this, I no longer wanted to spend the holiday alone and cold. So I packed some dumplings and…
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English · Contemporary
I thought my fiancé and I, childhood sweethearts, had a true connection unlike other business marriages.
Who knew that on the day we announced our engagement, the real heiress would be found.
My fiancé, who once treasured me, now…
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English · Contemporary
Smoke billowed everywhere as flames engulfed the cockpit. I struggled desperately to escape, but the thick smoke stung my eyes, making it impossible to see. The feeling of suffocation grew stronger until my consciousness began to…
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English · Contemporary
On our seventh wedding anniversary, Ethan publicly slapped me in front of everyone.
"It's Olivia's birthday, how dare you come here and ruin it?" he sneered.
Looking at the mockery in his eyes, I knew he had intentionally invited me…
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English · Contemporary
I accidentally saw a "mistress registry" in the company group email.
Next to my husband Ethan Parker's name was his childhood sweetheart, the same age as him.
In the evidence column, there was a screenshot of a chat.
The childhood…
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English · Contemporary
I developed mutism due to childhood trauma.
My parents, ashamed of my condition, forced me to marry my sister Olivia's comatose fiancé, Ethan, in her place.
After three years of my devoted care, Ethan miraculously woke up.
But the…
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English · Contemporary
When I learned that my husband had gone to deliver a coat to his young assistant, ignoring me as I lay unconscious in the hospital, I proposed a divorce.
Mark agreed instantly: "What's there to worry about? She's a woman who married…
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English · Contemporary
Before deciding to remarry, I had transferred the property rights of my house to my daughter as a guarantee for her future.
Little did I know that when this news reached the ears of my future mother-in-law, she would lose control and…
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English · Contemporary
Every year, my sister-in-law's family of three would expect a free ride back home for Christmas in my car.
This year, when I asked her to chip in for gas, she turned around and posted about me online.
"Help! My sister-in-law is…
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English · Contemporary
I held back my anger and called her, wanting my daughter to see her one last time.
"Jack, are you sick? Ethan is ill and needs me. If you're going to be like this, we should just divorce."
As she wished, after the divorce, she…
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English · Contemporary
When my best friend, a doctor, diagnosed me with cancer, my life fell apart.
My wife, Emily, drained our savings, sold our house, and even took out a loan with a sky-high interest rate—all to save me.
I was deeply moved by her…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I financially supported the person I’d secretly been in love with for years.
But her heart belonged to someone else—a man who had been dead for years.
When she was happy, she went to his grave. When she was sad, she went to his grave.…
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English · Contemporary
The night my son had a high fever, I overheard Jack flirting with his secretary, Scarlett, in Spanish on the phone.
Jack's lips curved into a smirk as he said, "Emma's had a kid. She's not as tight as you are. Don't worry, she's busy…
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English · Contemporary
That summer when I was 18, Ryan took my virginity.
I endured the pain, but secretly felt happy all night long, thinking my six years of secret love had finally come to fruition.
Until the next day, when I overheard his friends teasing…
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English · Contemporary
I couldn't believe my eyes as I stared at the divorce papers in my hands, my stomach churning with pain.
"You know damn well I took the fall for Aaron's crime! Why are you doing this to me?" I shouted, my voice cracking with…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
I spent three years as a doormat for the ice-cold campus queen.
She shamelessly spent my money while pretending to be a high-class beauty.
Until that night, when a rich kid pinned her down in the backseat of his luxury car.
Hearing…
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English · Contemporary
On my birthday, my dad gave me a car. I posted about it on social media to show it off a bit.
But when my boyfriend's father saw it, he came over pointing at me and yelling: "What's a girl buying a car for? What a waste of…
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English · Contemporary
I had been married to James Sullivan for two years, and he spent almost every day in the lab doing research.
Everyone around me joked, "James is just focused on his research, that's why he's not good with words when it comes to…
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English · Contemporary
At my birthday party, Ethan couldn't stop praising his friend's model girlfriend.
Then he turned to me as I was eating cake, his words dripping with sarcasm:
"Stop eating! You're as fat as a pig!"
"When are you going to lose…
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English · Contemporary
I used the money from my fruit stand to help my boyfriend's company go public.
But on Valentine's Day, he drugged me.
Right in front of me, he had sex with his young assistant.
Afterwards, the assistant taunted me by sending me the…
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English · Contemporary
My cold female boss asked me to help her escape her wedding.
As her assistant, I could only follow her orders.
But the night before, I drank too much and forgot about it.
So on the wedding day, I watched helplessly as she ran away…
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English · Contemporary
During the New Year's dinner, my cousin Arlo started boasting about his girlfriend, claiming she was a billionaire CEO, all while subtly flashing his knockoff Rolex.
Then my other cousin, Hazel, jumped in to say her boyfriend was a…
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