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English · Contemporary
On the weekend, my husband invited his female colleague over for dinner.
When the three of us reached the front door, she reached out and pressed her finger directly against the biometric scanner of our smart lock.
The door beeped and…
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English · Contemporary
After my divorce, I chose to work in the big city.
I couldn’t shake the worry of leaving my aging mother, Evelyn, and my young daughter, Lily, alone in our remote hometown. So, I hired a nanny to look after them.
But ever since the…
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English · Contemporary
I was born with a superpower: I could see the "Breakup Countdown" floating above every couple's head.
With this perfectly accurate number, I'd managed to avoid men who were destined to lead me to a dead end.
With Julian Sterling, my…
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English · Contemporary
On my birthday, I made a wish.
I wished that Ethan and I could finally have a real date, just the two of us.
The next second, the cake was flipped onto the floor. The unlit candles were crushed into the creamy mess.
My best friend,…
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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend, Julian, told me that once our paper got published in a top-tier journal, we would go public with our relationship.
For that promise, I practically lived in the lab day and night. For a whole year, I ran every single…
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English · Contemporary
My ex-girlfriend broke up with me but refused to move out right away.
She asked to crash at my apartment for a few days until she could find a new place.
Thinking about our three years together, I soft-hearted and gave her a temporary…
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English · Contemporary
The first day after I died, my wife brought her high school golden boy back to our house.
They made out in our bedroom, ate the prime ribeye steaks I had bought for her, used my computer, and spent my money online.
When he asked,…
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English · Contemporary
After loving Ethan for three long years, I finally got the ending I had been waiting for.
But on the night before our wedding, I couldn't fall asleep. Toss and turn as I might, my mind was racing.
I grabbed my phone and sent him a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was at the hospital, handling my mother’s funeral, when my mafia husband’s first love sent me a video on Snapchat.
In the video, an old woman in bloody rags, her head wrapped in a dirty scarf, was screaming in agony inside a guard…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
In my past life, I fell down the stairs and suffered a miscarriage. But even after that, I kept wearing a fake baby bump every single day, pretending I was still pregnant.
I did it because, in my previous life, my sister Chloe and I…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I had a silent agreement with Ethan Sterling, the billionaire CEO.
Every year on our wedding anniversary, we would drop all our work and spend the entire day together.
But on our fifth anniversary, he didn’t show up.
Instead, he flew…
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English · Contemporary
My family is filthy rich. But in my past life, I ended up dumpster diving and eating discarded food just to avoid spending a single penny.
All because of my snake of a colleague, Chloe Finch. She secretly installed spyware on my…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Late at night, the high school alumni Snapchat group suddenly blew up.
Someone had too much to drink and started a poll.
[If you could bring one high school couple back together, who would it be?]
In less than a minute, the votes…
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English · Contemporary
My butler told his girlfriend that I was just a cheap mistress trying to sleep my way to the top!
That day, I took my mother to The Zenith Club for dinner. I wanted her to try the new menu crafted by our newly hired French head…
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English · Contemporary
My client had a sudden heart attack, so I immediately performed CPR and gave him rescue breaths.
My husband actually posted the video of the emergency rescue on SnapChat with the caption:
"I know you were saving a life, but kissing…
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English · Contemporary
A new neighbor moved in across the hall. She was a fresh graduate from an elite university.
On her very first night, she knocked on my door at midnight.
"Ms. Vance, your footsteps are too loud at night. There’s a strict quiet-hours…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the night my boyfriend confessed his love to me, he gave me a jar containing ninety-nine origami wishing stars.
He told me he had seen our future and wanted to make a promise.
"Look, El. I’ll trade these ninety-nine wishing stars…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
Three years after my biological parents brought me back to the Sterling mansion, I died of a painful illness.
My soul floated in the air. I wanted to see how my family, who had always despised me, would regret their cruelty.
But…
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English · Contemporary
“My mom’s blood pressure is acting up. I’m taking her to Miami for a week to relax. Signal might be bad there, so just WhatsApp me if anything comes up.”
My husband, Robert, didn't even look back as he stuffed some shirts into his…
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English · Contemporary
My dad is the richest man in Los Angeles, but my monthly allowance is only fifty dollars.
My mom always told me that my dad despised me because I was born with a minor physical defect. She said he left a signed divorce agreement and…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
To lock in a fifty-million-dollar deal, my boss forced me to work through the entire Christmas holiday.
He promised me that if the contract was signed, he would pay me ten times my usual overtime rate, plus a two percent bonus on the…
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English · Contemporary
I was doing my husband Jack’s laundry when I found a crumpled hotel receipt in his pants pocket.
Condoms. Two boxes. Total cost: fifty dollars.
I didn’t cry. I didn’t make a scene. I folded the receipt back up, slipped it into his…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
My younger sister got pregnant out of wedlock, gave birth to a baby boy in a shady, unlicensed clinic, and then completely vanished.
The doctor tracked down my address from her intake form and dumped the newborn at my doorstep.
My…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the eve of my wedding, my fiancé died in a car crash.
Everyone thought I couldn't live without him, but I didn't shed a single tear.
Three years later, I ran into him again.
"Without me, you've really hit rock bottom? Fine, for old…
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