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English · Contemporary
On the eve of senior prom, an anonymous source sent me a screenshot of the varsity football team's Snapchat group chat.
In the chat, my online boyfriend, Blake, had shared a screenshot of an Amazon delivery confirmation.
"I just…
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English · Contemporary
Five years ago, to save Julian Vance from a raging fire, my head was struck by a falling wooden beam.
When I finally woke up in the hospital, a hideous scar stretched across my face, and my hearing was completely gone.
With tears in…
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English · Contemporary
Ethan had just sent me a Snapchat when the new intern handed me a wedding invitation.
"Working late tonight. Ordered takeout for you."
As I opened the envelope, I wondered which coworker was rich enough to use heavy gold foil.
But my…
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English · Contemporary
After I gave birth, Ethan was so worried I’d get postpartum depression and feel insecure that he went out of his way to replace our pretty maid with Bertha—a frumpy, two-hundred-pound housekeeper.
Even though his company was incredibly…
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English · Contemporary
I had a poor appetite and left half my bowl of rice.
My dad, Arthur, gently patted my head with concern. "Why are you eating so little, sweetie? You’re getting so thin."
My mom, Clara, chimed in from the side, her voice dripping with…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After Teacher Appreciation Week, my first-grade daughter came home and broke my heart.
"Mom, I don't want to go to school anymore."
I thought she was just having trouble adjusting to elementary school, so I gently tried to comfort…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Labor Day weekend was coming up, and my boyfriend, Ethan, told me he was going back home to visit his parents.
To make some extra money, I lied and told him I was staying in town to study, but instead, I took a gig as an on-the-spot…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
While cleaning out the attic of the old family estate, I accidentally found three candles.
Right after, a mechanical voice echoed in my head.
"Light one candle to make one wish come true."
Thinking of my boyfriend who had lost his…
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English · Contemporary
A sudden tremor hit our office building. I rushed into my girlfriend’s office, only to find it completely empty.
I held my head, panic-stricken, desperately calling Chloe’s phone.
Suddenly, someone grabbed my arm and dragged me out…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband is incredibly handsome. I chased him for three long years before he finally agreed to marry me.
But right after our wedding, he told me we were going strictly 50/50.
On our second anniversary, I spent the entire afternoon…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Following Ethan Vance around for ten long years, he finally asked me to marry him.
He even put a blindfold on me, whispering that he had a massive surprise waiting.
But the second I took a single step into the room, a bucket of…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Five years of marriage, and my husband "forgot" about my peanut allergy for the first time.
He dipped a spoon covered in peanut butter straight into my bowl of oatmeal.
Instantly, my throat closed up. I gasped, coughing violently,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I have a little flaw. My brain always runs a half-beat behind everyone else's.
Three years ago, on a rainy night, a man in a tailored suit was lying on the curb, reeking of alcohol.
I dragged him inside and made him a bowl of instant…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband crashed his sports car into a dump truck at midnight while speeding to deliver his first love’s cat. He was smashed into unrecognizable pieces.
The very next morning, I was the first person in line at City Hall to file his…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Eight months pregnant, I caught my father-in-law, Richard, walking out of my best friend Jessica's apartment.
Two of his shirt buttons were misaligned, and there was a prominent lipstick smudge on his collar.
I told my mother-in-law,…
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English · Contemporary
I have a severe panic disorder. The smallest things can trigger a massive attack.
Because of this, I've always lived my life with extreme caution.
But on the eve of my engagement, an old flip phone mysteriously appeared inside my…
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English · Contemporary
At the altar, the marriage officiant announced my sister, Lily, as the bride.
Just as I was about to step forward and protest, my boyfriend stopped me.
"The officiant made a mistake. Don't make a scene. Just let Lily walk the aisle…
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English · Contemporary
Chapter 1
On our wedding night, Luke handed me a box of birth control pills after it was over.
"Rosie, you can't have kids."
My brows knit slightly. "My body is fine."
He shook his head. "It’s not about that."
"I already have a son out…
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English · Contemporary
At the family banquet, my wife Catherine insisted on giving her first love Fred’s child a home.
She even publicly announced that Fred’s child was her child.
Even the photos on the big screen had been replaced with pictures of Fred’s…
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English · Contemporary
A week before the wedding, I was tortured by thugs for a day and a night on my way to pick up my engagement ring.
When they found me, my face was unrecognizable, and I was covered in blood from below.
My dad and my brother Harry…
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English · Contemporary
In order to scrape together the sky-high medical bills for my mother, who had leukemia, and also to train the healthiest possible bone marrow so I could donate it to her.
I went to the construction site without hesitation.
I ate the…
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English · Contemporary
I helped my wife, Rachel, start a tech company. I even served as the chief R&D engineer, pouring my heart and soul into the code.
At the launch event, Rachel was just about to credit me for the groundbreaking new software. But…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I never thought my fiancé was actually twins.
Until that day, when Chloe, the adopted daughter, framed me for theft, and I was completely blacklisted by high society. My father just stood by and watched. Desperate for help, I went to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the day of my wife’s first love's wedding, she went completely mad. She stormed the altar with a knife, stabbing him dozens of times until he was dead, and then she slit her own throat.
Standing in the crowd, watching the bloodbath,…
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