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English · Contemporary
I once used dirty tricks to force the girl my parents sponsored to stay with me.
I spoiled her rotten. I cooked for her, washed her clothes, and even paid to cure her grandmother’s paralysis.
Later, my parents were framed and died in a…
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English · Contemporary
We had been married for five years, but my wife had never let me touch her because of her deep insecurity.
To test if I would cheat, she flirted with me using various burner accounts on Snapchat. She even asked her gorgeous cousin to…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
Everyone knew I had spent sixteen years shamelessly chasing after Julian Kingsley.
The two of us grew up in an orphanage together, founded Boundless Tech together, and fought side-by-side.
Yet, Julian had always kept me at arm's length,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was two hundred pounds when I fell in love with Julian Cross.
My sister, Scarlett, was barely a hundred and five. Whenever he looked at her, his eyes lit up.
When he looked at me, he only offered polite, evasive glances.
So, I…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day before we were supposed to sign our marriage license, we were at our new house trying on my wedding dress. My fiancé, Logan, took a quick phone call and rushed out the door.
Half an hour later, he Snapchat-ed me a photo of a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
During our seven years of dating, Ethan proposed to me seven times.
I was a firm believer in remaining unmarried, while he desperately craved the traditional family life.
From day one, we both laid our cards on the table, and the rest…
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English · Contemporary
I have PTSD.
Whenever I hear a sharp, crashing sound, my entire body shakes uncontrollably.
But Ethan always claimed he was an artist. He said smashing things was how he found his "inspiration."
In our three years of marriage, the…
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English · Contemporary
My parents were a toxic couple. They were deeply codependent, but they’d rather die than admit they loved each other.
Instead, they weaponized their cruelty toward me to hurt one another.
Later, they finally cleared up their…
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English · Contemporary
My husband, the A-list Hollywood star Austin Montgomery, and I had been secretly married for three years. But today, I found private photos on his phone.
In the picture, my husband was kneeling between his childhood sweetheart Vanessa…
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English · Contemporary
My stepson begged me to borrow Zephyr, the gentlest horse in my club, for just one day.
He said he was dating a sweet college girl, and she really wanted to learn how to ride.
To support his relationship, I personally brought this…
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English · Contemporary
My entire world revolved around Julian.
They told me that during a massive house fire five years ago, Julian carried me out of the burning ruins.
But in my memory, I was the one who pushed him out first, right before a burning wooden…
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English · Contemporary
This was the third time I had gone to City Hall with my boyfriend to sign our marriage papers, and his neighbor's daughter called him again.
He looked at me with hesitation, opening his mouth but saying nothing.
"Grace, can we do this…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My dad runs an elite matchmaking agency for the ultra-wealthy.
After I lost my job and couldn’t find a new one, I planned to just crash at home and live off his money.
But instead, he pushed me into a tech conglomerate to work as an…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In the Campus Eats delivery group chat on Snapchat, I was the one with the fewest deliveries.
Lily, on the other hand, had the highest delivery count and was the absolute darling of our department manager.
I watched Lily brag in the…
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English · Contemporary
In my heart, Ethan was never the adopted golden boy who stole my life. He was my dearest brother, the only one who truly cared.
When our parents refused to recognize me after I was brought back from that trailer park, Ethan knelt on the…
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English · Contemporary
In a horrific car crash, my identical twin brother, Justin, lost his life to save mine.
The only thing he couldn't let go of before he died was his pregnant fiancée, Chloe, and their unborn child.
To honor his memory, I proposed that…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My mother didn't bring the other man home.
Instead, on my dad’s birthday, she handed him a divorce settlement and a asset division sheet.
On that spreadsheet, next to my dad’s name, was a single, mocking number: "0."
For ten years, my…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My mother was fighting for her life in the ICU, but my husband used my entire annual bonus to buy ten of the most expensive virtual "Universe" gifts for a TikTok female streamer.
Looking at the bank card with a balance of zero, I rushed…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
The moment I opened my eyes, reborn, I saw my seven-year-old step-nephew, Leo, reaching his chubby hand toward my mother’s life support plug.
In my past life, he unplugged my mother’s oxygen pump just to charge his gaming console.
My…
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English · Contemporary · Thriller & mystery
I run payroll at a local food packaging plant. I make twenty-one hundred dollars a month.
Three years ago, I added a fake name to the active roster. David Miller, thirty-one, packaging department.
His driver’s license was photoshopped…
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English · Contemporary · School
My advisor hated that I never spoke up in class. He much preferred Evelyn Ward, my smooth-talking peer from the adjacent lab who was a master at playing the room.
To force me to "open up," he set a ridiculous rule: during our weekly lab…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On our fourth anniversary, Julian Vance finally agreed to go to Haidilao with me.
I brought the custom, one-of-a-kind diamond ring I had saved up for, put on a white wedding dress, and prepared to give him the surprise of his life.
But…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When I walked back from the restroom, I sat back down at our dining hall table. I instantly noticed Austin’s face had gone completely cold.
Wasn’t he perfectly fine just a second ago?
I reached out, gently took his hand, and asked,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The internet was flooded with doomsday rumors. My husband, Marcus, a hardcore prepper enthusiast, immediately started panic-buying emergency supplies.
At three in the morning, Marcus came back with a truckload of emergency drinking…
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