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English · Romance · Contemporary
On our third anniversary, I planned to surprise Chloe with a proposal and take her straight to City Hall to get married. I even took a grueling red-eye flight back to the country just to make it in time.
I had been scrolling through…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My daughter was dying. The donor heart meant for her life-saving surgery was gone. And my wife, the chief surgeon who was supposed to perform the operation, had run off to another city to care for her ex-boyfriend’s daughter.
While I…
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English · Contemporary
I loved Edward. I loved him to the point of madness.
It didn't matter that he was a serial cheater. It didn't even matter that he slept with Chloe Vance, the notorious fake heiress.
I still couldn't let him go.
I pumped my body full…
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English · Contemporary
I was the last to know that my wife, Juliet, was pregnant with her second child.
My two-year corporate assignment in South Africa had finally ended. When I walked through the front door, Juliet was already about to pop.
I didn't…
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English · Contemporary
On Valentine's Day, my husband, Pierre Nicolas, sent flowers to every single female employee in the company.
Except me.
When Bella, the HR director, walked past my desk, her hands were completely empty.
She gave me a playful,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Prologue
On the eve of our wedding, my fiancé decided I was too conservative and boring, and cheated on me with an A-list actress.
He was certain I loved him so desperately that I would never escape his grasp in this lifetime. He even…
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English · Contemporary
My sister, Scarlett, had been glowing ever since her divorce.
She was radiating beauty.
Despite being in her early thirties, she looked like a twenty-year-old college girl.
Even I, in my prime college years, felt completely eclipsed…
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English · Contemporary
The first time my wealthy boyfriend, Carter, came to meet my mother, Eleanor, he brought a signature orange Hermès gift box.
Eleanor's eyes lit up. She couldn't stop showering him with praises.
But after Carter left, we opened the…
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English · Contemporary
For the five years we were married, Julian insisted on sleeping in the guest bedroom, which he had soundproofed with four-inch-thick acoustic foam.
He claimed his PTSD from a past car accident was so severe that he would smash things…
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English · Contemporary
My mom, Dr. Helen Miller, is the most famous cardiothoracic surgeon in Miami. She saves countless lives every year.
Yet, she never cared about my heart condition, nor would she ever let me get treated at her hospital.
She always told…
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English · Contemporary
Ethan was a cold man. He was the type who wouldn't even reply to a text because he thought it was a waste of his precious time.
Excitedly, I sent him the trending "Boyfriend Instantly Reports His Day" challenge that was blowing up on…
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English · Contemporary
Harris gave me the silent treatment for seven whole days just because I carpooled with a male coworker on the way home.
Late at night, I was alone in the ER, cold sweat dripping from the excruciating pain in my stomach.
I called his…
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English · Contemporary
Chris and I used a CoupleStreak app to track our relationship.
For 999 consecutive days, he sent me a "Goodnight" message every single day.
He said it was our special ritual.
Even when we fought, even when he went on business trips,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Every time I argued with my boyfriend, Ethan, he would call off our wedding.
We had been together for three years, and he had postponed our big day ninety-nine times.
On the hundredth time, during a severe storm, his ex-girlfriend’s…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My younger brother, Daniel, was in a horrific car accident and needed emergency surgery. Since I was stuck abroad on a business trip, I had to beg my wife to go to the hospital and sign the consent forms.
She promised she would. But…
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English · Contemporary · School
My twin brother and I look exactly alike, but our parents have only ever loved him.
Even after I got early admission to Harvard with a full ride, my mother got down on her knees and begged me to take the SATs for my brother, Dylan, who…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The yacht was going down. A massive whirlpool spun in the dark ocean, and water was rapidly filling the cabins.
My wife, Chloe, was already on the rescue boat with her childhood sweetheart, Julian. She tossed me a single…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Three years into our marriage, I ruined one hand for him, and Grandma sold off her jewelry for him.
But in the end, for the sister of his so-called lifesaver,
he gave my marital home to her for free, and for her sake, he drained…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For three years of marriage, I thought my husband was simply too busy with work.
Until late one night, I stumbled upon his Mental Deterioration Plan.
High-frequency noise at dawn. Slow-acting sedatives in the aromatherapy diffuser. Step…
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English · Contemporary
With my face pale as death from terminal cancer, I lay in bed and dialed my husband’s number.
"Miles, what’s up with those wedding photos of you and Lauren on Instagram?"
His voice over the line was nothing but cold impatience.
"It’s…
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English · Contemporary
Three of us were having dinner. Hudson took the menu and looked at Fiona first.
"Your stomach has been sensitive lately. Should we order something light?"
Fiona pouted, whining that she wanted something spicy.
He chuckled. "Fine, but…
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English · Contemporary
Three years ago, my husband, Julian Rodriguez, allegedly died in a car crash to save me. My own mother, Betty, immediately sued me on behalf of his family.
Wishing for death, I didn’t even hire a lawyer. I signed the plea deal and…
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English · Contemporary
On our third wedding anniversary, Liam cooked steak for me himself.
Under the flickering candlelight, his phone suddenly lit up. The name "Aurora" flashed on the screen.
He froze mid-cut, set his fork and knife down, and elegantly…
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English · Contemporary
One year after a near-fatal car crash left me with amnesia, I got married again.
I was on my way to the hospital for a prenatal checkup when a little boy suddenly blocked my path.
He frowned, his tone ice-cold.
"Julian told me to bring…
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