Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
When I brought my third boyfriend, Tyler, home to meet my mother, I repeatedly warned him not to eat her homemade macaroni.
But he just ruffled my hair, smiling dismissively.
"Maybe the first two guys were just a coincidence, Chloe?…
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English · Contemporary
I was looking at the interior design blueprints for our future house with Ethan.
He insisted on installing a suspended swing chair on the south-facing balcony.
I reminded him, "I have severe acrophobia. Even a tiny bit of suspension…
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English · Contemporary
I rushed into the roaring fire to pull Ethan out, leaving myself with horrific, permanent burns.
At the hospital, Ethan swore to God: "V Vivi, I will never let you suffer a single day for the rest of your life."
But the moment his new…
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English · Contemporary
When I was eight years old, my mother lost her life protecting me.
My father hated me to the bone. He shipped me off to my uncle’s house, where I stayed for ten miserable years.
He only brought me back because his adopted daughter…
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English · Contemporary
In front of his precious first love, Melanie, my husband laughed and said my stomach looked like I was five months pregnant.
Melanie giggled, leaning softly into his chest. She glanced at me with a smirk, though her voice remained…
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English · Contemporary
Five years after my parents kicked me out of the Bennett family mansion, my ex-boyfriend, Ethan Carter, knocked on the door of my cramped studio apartment.
"Your parents are getting old, Chloe. They want you back home."
I was about to…
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English · Contemporary · Thriller & mystery
I married a mute girl who was nothing but a stand-in. For three years, I treated her with absolute coldness.
On the day she died, she left me with only three things: a voice recorder, a diary, and a sign language translator.
That…
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English · Contemporary
On Christmas Eve, my husband’s secretary, Chloe Bennett, updated her Instagram.
"Ugh, what kind of company makes you travel on business on Christmas Eve? Every single hotel in town is fully booked! Thank god my handsome CEO is here to…
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English · Contemporary
Every year on my birthday, I wanted my boyfriend to take me to an amusement park once.
He always said next time.
Until the fifth year, when he finally agreed.
But before we even got to the amusement park entrance, the car turned…
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English · Contemporary
During a meeting, my son's preschool teacher called to say he had a 102-degree fever.
I couldn't get away, so I texted my husband to pick him up.
It wasn't until the meeting ended that the teacher called again.
"What kind of parents…
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English · Contemporary
When I was three months pregnant with my second child, I met Ethan Clark's canary.
She wore expensive jewelry, carried a Hermès bag, and walked into the VIP consultation room.
Ethan Clark's secretary followed behind her and…
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English · Contemporary
Just because I spent a little too long shopping with my daughter Ellis at the mall under my wife Ford’s name and didn’t buy anything, the mall manager called us broke losers.
The man looked me up and down with contempt, his chin lifted…
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English · Contemporary
After I got married, my wife and I always slept in separate rooms.
At first, I asked her if she could move into the master bedroom.
She refused me without hesitation.
"No need. Caleb would mind."
"If it weren't for you back then, we…
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English · Contemporary
I had Alzheimer’s disease.
My son Albert said that instead of dragging on like this, half-dead and half-alive, I might as well die and be free.
My mind had always been foggy, but Albert’s words pierced through me and jolted me…
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English · Contemporary
The plan I had spent half a year perfecting finally won over the wedding contract for the top celebrity.
That directly turned our struggling company into a huge overnight success.
Right after the wedding ended, I collapsed from days…
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English · Contemporary
I was pregnant. Just as I was about to go to Julian’s office to share the amazing news, his mother blocked me right outside his door.
She screeched, calling me a cheap gold digger who was trying to use a baby to trap her son and climb…
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English · Contemporary
My husband's mistress was madly in love with him.
She actually believed his pathetic lie that he was a single, divorced dad. Naturally, she saw me as the evil homewrecker.
She even brainwashed my daughter into giving me a teddy bear…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I participated in a viral Snapchat trend, pretending to make a "space-time call" to my 17-year-old self.
Filled with hope, I whispered into the phone, "Ethan, what is our life like at twenty-eight? Are we married? Are we...…
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English · Contemporary
On my wedding day, my fiancée, Chloe, made an excuse and sent me to the front desk to pick up our wedding rings.
When I got back, all I saw was my mother, covered in blood, being rushed into an ambulance.
The doctor declared her dead…
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English · Contemporary
After three long years of agony, I finally got the call. A perfect kidney match was available.
But a few moments later, my primary doctor, Dr. Evans, walked into my hospital room with a conflicted look on his face. My parents followed…
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English · Contemporary
"Is Julian checking up on you again?"
My friend Howard and I married the Franklin sisters.
We’ve been married for five years now, and each of us has a beautiful little daughter.
I married Georgina, the older sister who runs the…
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English · Contemporary
At the company team-building dinner, our CEO, Arthur Sterling, invited the core management team.
As the Head of Tech, I arrived right on time, only to find there was no seat left for me.
Chloe Ward, the Head of Sales, covered her…
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English · Contemporary
The new female coworker was gorgeous.
But my childhood friend, Victor, told me she was nothing but a "bitch."
That was until I had to pull three all-nighters in a row just to clean up her work disasters.
Instead of apologizing, he…
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English · Contemporary
"Thank you to my forever mentor for this amazing early birthday gift! I’ll work hard to be worthy of this beast!"
My heart sank.
I instantly remembered the blurry bank transfer screenshot Austin had shown me last week when I demanded…
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