Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
I'm a twin, and my mother hates the introverted me while favoring my lively and cute sister.
She gives the best to my sister, raising her to be beautiful and adorable, while I'm treated more like a dog.
Until one day, my mother called…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
On my birthday, I was lying at home with a high fever while my girlfriend was at the hospital, carefully tending to her depressed ex-boyfriend.
She coldly hung up on my call and sent a message, "Why are you pretending to be sick?…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
I grew up with Ryan Parker, and we got married right after college graduation.
After ten years of marriage, I still couldn't have children. I felt incredibly guilty towards him and willingly quit my job to focus on getting…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
The day my sister ran away from her engagement party, I knew Marcus Lee would never truly love me.
So she left for another country without a care, leaving me behind to hold her place as Mrs. Lee.
I didn't cry or make a scene. While…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
Fiona was jealous of my beauty and caused me to fall from a building, but accidentally fell with me.
Unexpectedly, we were both reborn.
And this fool wanted to exchange her genius intelligence for my beauty.
Fine, you can be the pretty…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
My mom has always been a big spender, and over the years, our family hasn't saved a penny because of her extravagance. Whenever my dad asks about the money, my mom always says she spent it on me. When my grandma needed money for medical…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
My husband just sent a $1,000 gift to his mistress,
Who immediately forwarded it to me:
"Sis, this scumbag gave me $1,000. Let's go out for a nice meal tomorrow."
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While Derek was taking a shower, his phone kept buzzing.
Several…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
I rushed into the drug dealer's hideout, only to find my fiancée Rose held hostage by the mastermind behind it all.
In a moment of desperation, I shot him dead.
Five years later, on my wedding day with Rose, at what should have been…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When I was eighteen, Leo Parker gave me a bracelet.
"You promised to be my girlfriend if I got into the Police Academy, Haley Wilson. No backing out now," he said.
Ten years later.
At twenty-eight, Officer Leo Parker personally…
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English · Contemporary
I died, and the killer turned my corpse into a wax figure, giving it to my brother as a birthday gift.
That day, they celebrated wildly next to my body, even smearing cake on my face, laughing and saying "Happy Birthday."
It's as if…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
My niece was slandered by a male classmate at school.
However, my sister-in-law insisted on using an encouraging educational approach to resolve the issue, turning enemies into friends. She greatly praised the boy:
"Auntie wants to…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
My husband committed suicide on our wedding night.
My mother-in-law frantically tore at my clothes, telling everyone that I was responsible for her son's death.
Everyone thought she had gone mad.
Only I, smiling at her crazed state,…
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English · Contemporary
I received a call from the police, saying they needed my cooperation in an investigation.
Was this some kind of scam call?
"Yes, I went to Thailand. I used my card to buy an elephant," I replied dismissively before hanging up.
Not long…
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English · Contemporary
After graduating from high school, my adopted sister got into a diploma mill, while I was accepted into Oxford University. My dad rewarded her with an apartment, but kicked me out of the house.
Jade waved the property deed in front of…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Emma didn't do her winter break homework and got called to the principal's office.
I rushed to the school, fuming, only to discover her homeroom teacher was my arch-nemesis from high school.
Emma hid behind me, giggling: "I did my…
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English · Contemporary · Fantasy
Karen loved spreading rumors about me.
I said, "This meat doesn't seem fresh. Let's not eat it to avoid getting sick."
Karen told others, "My daughter-in-law won't let me eat meat."
I secretly bound Karen to a "Make It Real"…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
I was working at a bar when I saw my girlfriend dirty dancing with my trust fund roommate.
In a fit of rage, I went home and inherited a billion-dollar fortune.
Later, when my trust fund roommate publicly declared himself the young…
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English · Contemporary · Fantasy
I never expected that the day before the extreme heatwave hit, my husband Lucas would secretly bring his parents to live with us against my wishes.
My mother-in-law Evelyn, always doting on her son, pushed all the housework onto me.…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
In my past life, my stepmother secretly changed my college application, sending me to a bottom-tier school.
In my past life, my novel’s rights sold for five million dollars, only for my stepsister to accuse me of plagiarism.
In my…
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English · Contemporary
The day of my brother’s wedding.
I was all smiles, happily following my brother Brian to pick up his bride, but then I got slapped across the face by his future mother-in-law.
“Why bother spending so much money on a girl’s education?…
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English · Contemporary
Before bed, I habitually reached to unzip David’s pants, only to catch a faint whiff of cigarette smoke.
He rarely smokes, except for the occasional cigarette after intimacy when he’s exhausted.
And we hadn’t seen each other in two…
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English · Contemporary
A dating reality show decided to come all the way to our mountain town for filming, and they needed a guide.
As the only college graduate in the entire town, the responsibility naturally fell on my shoulders. I had planned to quietly…
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English · Contemporary
Ten years after the divorce, Brock Kingston showed up at our door with his three brats, asking my mom, Veronica, to take him back.
The first thing out of his mouth was a demand for our suburban mansion, a claim on Ivy's Smokehouse, and…
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English · Contemporary · Thriller & mystery
When the apocalypse arrived, the zombie outbreak began.
I sat comfortably in the cool, old, abandoned Cold War bunker, watching the people who had bullied me in school now turning on each other like dogs fighting over scraps.
The…
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