Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
After being reborn, I chugged ten bottles of poison straight away and jumped into a shark tank.
It was all because, in my previous life, my husband's sister, Finley, was diagnosed with a "terminal illness."
She ate and drank lavishly…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
After inheriting a multi-million dollar fortune, I decided to quit my job at my brother's company.
When the intern Katherine found out, she panicked and blocked my way, begging, "How will you live after you quit?"
"I've already…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
My husband Caleb Cole’s first love, Grace, died in a car accident. After that, he set the house on fire and locked us both inside.
“The biggest regret of my life is marrying you! If it weren’t for you, I would’ve been with Grace! She…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After My Miscarriage, My Husband Wanted Me to Donate a Kidney to His Mistress
After my unexpected miscarriage, my husband took a long leave from work to take care of me.
He looked at me with eyes full of pity.
"Children will come…
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English · Contemporary · School
I’d been dating Ethan for three years, and we promised we’d go to the same college.
So when the recommendation list was posted, everyone shot us knowing looks.
“You two are totally using your recommendation spots to get into the same…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
I was the designer behind the show.
Vanessa Reed pointed at my secretly married husband and ordered her assistant around like she was picking something off a menu:
“That male model, I’m booking him tonight, so tell him to clean himself…
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English · Contemporary
My name was Chloe Miller, the most unremarkable middle child in my family.
My older sister was a piano prodigy. My younger brother was the family's golden boy. My existence seemed to be solely for the purpose of highlighting their…
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English · Contemporary
It was the eighteenth time a street photographer had stopped us.
The photographer, as usual, pulled Nathan and my sister, Chloe, to the side, then handed their stuff to me.
Chloe looked uncomfortable, pointing at me:
"No, my sister…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The anniversary cake on the wall hadn’t even been cut when he pushed a divorce agreement toward me and said his first love was back, and he wanted me to spend her final six months with her.
“When she’s gone, we’ll remarry.”
I gripped…
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English · Contemporary
"Look at you, smelling of the kitchen. How can you even compare to my Seraphina? What was I even thinking, getting involved with you?" My husband, Marcus Thorne, threw down his fork, his eyes full of unconcealed disdain.
For him, I'd…
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English · Contemporary
I lived with my CEO boyfriend for three years. Every day, I'd make him a homemade lunch and bring it to his company.
The young receptionists all knew me. They'd see me and smile, "Here comes Mrs. Blackwood!"
I'd smile back, never…
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English · Contemporary
I cut my London project short and returned to the States, not telling anyone.
I'd planned to pick up my younger sister, Summer, from school and surprise her.
But just as I reached the back entrance of the auditorium, I heard some…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I agreed to go abroad with my mafia boyfriend to hide from the mob chasing him, but the day before our flight took off, he changed his mind.
His friend teased him:
“Not bad, man. To trick Hailey Bennett into leaving, you pretended for…
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English · Contemporary
Three years of marriage, and my husband spent every single night texting his "girl bestie" until the early hours of the morning.
The screen of his phone would light up until 2:00 AM, the notification sounds buzzing non-stop like a…
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English · Contemporary
I had worked my fingers to the bone at Aura Tech for eight years. Every single year, my annual review rating was a straight A.
Yet, I was downsized under the guise of "corporate restructuring" because I was thirty, single, and deemed…
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English · Contemporary
My husband, Ethan Vance, suffered from severe panic disorder.
Whenever his phone rang, he would experience uncontrollable heart palpitations and tremors.
Because of this, his phone was permanently on silent.
I had been with him for…
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English · Contemporary
I make ten thousand dollars a month, but right now, I’m standing at the hospital pharmacy counter, burning with embarrassment. My card was declined.
I quickly opened Snapchat and messaged my husband. "Send me fifty dollars, fast. My…
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English · Contemporary
My twin sister, Serena, always claimed to be a modern-day feminist icon.
Ethan Sterling, the sole heir to the Sterling empire in New York, had a horrific car accident and ended up in a vegetative state.
The doctors said he wouldn't…
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English · Contemporary
After I was paralyzed from the waist down, my boyfriend, Julian, and my best friend, Chloe, dragged me out of the house, claiming I needed some fresh air.
Julian pushed my wheelchair right in front of a huge box of fireworks. Before I…
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English · Contemporary
On his birthday, I brought a cake to Julian's private VIP lounge. Standing right outside the door, I heard his best friend ask him:
"Julian, you've been with Evelyn for ten years now. Isn't it about time to put a ring on it?"
Julian…
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English · Contemporary
I fainted during a meeting from low blood pressure. The moment I woke up, my supervisor, Victoria Vance, accused me of faking it. She slapped a $1,100 disciplinary deduction slip right onto my face.
"Faking an illness to disrupt the…
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English · Contemporary
My mom’s favorite phrase was, "You’ll make us look bad."
On Christmas Eve, I hired a professional cleaning service for a deep clean.
But Mom insisted we clean the entire apartment ourselves before they arrived. She said she didn’t…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
At our seventh-anniversary party, Scarlett shared an intimate, arm-locked toast with her childhood best friend, Christian.
I watched coldly and clapped. Scarlett sneered and mocked me in front of everyone.
"It’s just a harmless game…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My grandfather was terminally ill. His only wish was to see me play our family’s legendary piece, *The Tempest*, on our heritage cello at Lincoln Center.
But on the night of the performance, I was blocked outside the theater.
Only…
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