Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
After working for ten years, I sent money home every single month. The amount grew from $500 to $5,000. All of it went down the drain to feed my useless brother.
At the end of the year, my mom called to give me an order. "Your brother…
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English · Contemporary
At the grand gala of the International Academic Summit.
I was sitting in the audience, scrolling through my phone, when I saw Serena Vance going absolutely wild in our lab’s WhatsApp group chat.
"Some people have zero moral boundaries.…
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English · Contemporary
On Christmas Day, I came home carrying the holiday gift basket my company had given me.
My mom smiled and said, "Ethan, honey, I made all your favorite dishes for dinner tonight."
Hearing this, I was so happy that I slipped her a…
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English · Contemporary
My husband, Ethan Vance, loved me to the bone. To marry me, he once swore a solemn oath.
"If I ever betray Rowan, let me lose everything and end up with nothing."
After we married, he indeed put me first in everything.
During my third…
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English · Contemporary
Ten years ago, to pay for my mother's chemotherapy, I left everything behind and took a job at a high-security research lab in Europe.
I buried myself in my work. Every single patent royalty, project bonus, and paycheck I earned went…
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English · Contemporary
My daughter is a somewhat famous fashion director, but she always looked down on me. She thought I was too "white trash" and ruined her high-class aesthetic.
I used to think she was just joking.
Until one day, she left an important file…
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English · Contemporary
After my daughter lost her job, I started sending her $3,500 out of my $4,000 monthly retirement check to cover her expenses.
I survived on stale toast and instant ramen, too stingy to even buy myself a five-dollar carton of…
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English · Contemporary
Reunited with my brother Christian after ten years, I was instead sold to the cartel by his rivals.
I tried to run, but every attempt only brought worse punishment.
My fingers were broken, I was electrocuted, locked in an iron cage to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I’ve always had a bit of a gender identity crisis—deep down, I’ve always identified as one of the boys.
So when Xavier Sinclair, the billionaire heir to the Sinclair empire, offered me $20,000 a month to be a paid stand-in for his first…
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English · Contemporary
The SAT scores were finally released. I, who had always been a straight-A student, scored a miserable 580.
For the first time in my life, my parents actually held me in their arms, gently comforting me: "It's okay, sweetie. We'll pay…
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English · Contemporary
After the car crash, I lost seven years of my memory.
I went from a fresh college graduate to the mother of a six-year-old boy overnight.
My husband, Julian Vance, was a complete stranger to me. He was the CEO of a tech startup, wore…
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English · Contemporary
The moment we decided to try for a baby, my husband suggested we split the labor pain 50/50.
He held my hand, looking deeply into my eyes, and said, "Vivian, bringing a child into this world isn't just your job. I want to share the pain…
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English · Contemporary
I used to be the ace of the elite Special Forces. During a high-risk mission, I took a bullet to protect my old General, leaving my legs paralyzed and putting an end to my career.
After being discharged, I returned to my hometown. My…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
It was the tenth time my girlfriend and I showed up at the civil‑affairs bureau to get our marriage license. We were only one final step away — the stamping of the official steel seal — when she got a phone call from her long‑time…
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English · Contemporary
On my wedding night, I pushed open the door, only to find eight men standing inside.
It was my husband, Sean, and his groomsmen.
Emily, my sister, smiled wickedly.
"Chloe, to prove you really love Sean, let's play a game."
"Blindfold…
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English · Contemporary
Married for ten years, I held my wife and son in the palm of my hand.
Until one afternoon, while watering the roses in the garden, I looked up.
Through the glass balcony opposite ours, I saw my wife pressed against the window.
She was…
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English · Contemporary
At my engagement banquet, my fiancé’s foster sister, Lily Grant, suddenly went onstage.
She smiled and said she wanted to play the full record of my love story and growth with my fiancé.
The big screen lit up.
My face appeared, but it…
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English · Contemporary
The night before the engagement banquet, my fiancée’s childhood friend said he had prepared a surprise for the groom-to-be.
He tricked me up to the rooftop glass conservatory of the hotel, locked the door from the outside, and turned on…
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English · Contemporary
Three days after I got the divorce papers, my ex-husband showed up at my door with the police and said I had embezzled eight million from his company during our marriage.
“Babe, just take the blame for now. I promise I’ll get you out…
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English · Contemporary
Because I was such a master of slacking off, my parents sent me to a reality show that was supposed to turn me into a perfect child.
On the show, it took me half an hour just to stand up with both hands on the bed rail.
I liked dragging…
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English · Contemporary
I was eight months pregnant when my mom tricked me into taking an abortion pill.
Lying weakly in the hospital bed, I confronted her, my voice sharp: "Mom, the baby almost didn't make it. You could have killed us both."
My mom nervously…
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English · Contemporary
My friend, Evelyn Vance, was a notorious villainess.
When I met her while volunteering, Evelyn had already signed a euthanasia agreement.
Her mental issues were severe.
Only in the week before her death did she have brief moments of…
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English · Contemporary
The day the approval for Lucas Corporation's IPO came through, everyone assumed the VP position was mine for the taking.
After all, I wasn't just his fiancée.
I was the one who single-handedly pulled him back from the brink of ruin.
But…
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English · Contemporary
When I found out my childhood friend was going to meet his arranged marriage partner, he was lying on my bed, casually flipping through a financial magazine.
I thought he was joking, so I ran my fingers gently over his…
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