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English · Romance · Contemporary
I spent three years waiting for official status, but all I got from the man I loved was, “Take the blame for this first.”
The moment I hit send on my resignation email, I thought what I’d lost was love.
It wasn’t until I stood in the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For the ninety-ninth time, Austin drove straight to my boss Brooke's mansion.
And just like every other time, he blamed me.
"Why didn't you remind me we missed the turn?"
"Whatever. Since we're already here, I might as well drop…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My husband had recently become obsessed with filming "couple prank" videos for TikTok.
Late one night, he suddenly called me.
His voice was unusually serious.
"I cheated on you."
I thought it was just another one of his carefully…
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English · Contemporary
On the very first day of our honeymoon, I dragged my husband to a local photography studio to get some romantic couple portraits done.
As the camera lens panned over him, the photographer casually asked, "Hey, how come you didn't bring…
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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend, Wallace Vance, was the most ruthless designer in the fashion industry. He showed no mercy, not even to me, his exclusive runway model.
When my weight went over by less than half a pound, he kicked me straight off the…
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English · Contemporary
On the day of my wedding dress fitting, the zipper got stuck on my back. But instead of helping me, Carter took a phone call and walked out of the massive bridal boutique, leaving me all by myself.
His excuse? His ex-girlfriend’s…
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English · Contemporary
During the seventh year of my secret relationship with Brandon Vance, we attended our firm's annual ski retreat in Aspen.
During the team lottery, he cheated so he could pair up with Hailey Thorne, his first love who had just returned…
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English · Contemporary
My husband has split personality disorder. Or so I thought.
On our anniversary, he dragged me to his lawyer’s office for the third time to force me to sign the divorce papers. Right after, he forced abortion-inducing pills down my…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In the seventh year of my marriage to Julian Prescott, I accidentally discovered his secret.
He believed in a book, and that book had written all of our destinies in advance.
Serena Hale was the only heroine in the book, destined to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When Ethan Grant pushed the key card in front of me, the tape from last night’s ER visit was still stuck to the back of my hand.
“Spend one night with Michael Bennett and get the contract signed.”
He kept his head down, flipping…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
At the party, my husband had a gift for everyone.
He even gave his ex-girlfriend, Maya, a bottle of designer perfume worth over five hundred dollars.
But when he got to our daughter and me, his hands were empty.
Everyone at the…
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English · Contemporary
For two consecutive months, my clients backed out at the very last second before signing. Instead, they all chose Chloe Bennett, the newly hired intern.
No matter how much sweat and tears I poured into a project, she always managed to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I thought my online boyfriend and my college professor were the two biggest disasters in my life.
One argued with me online almost every day.
The other loved making me suffer in class.
Until the day I was kicked out of the lab.
That…
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English · Contemporary
On my daughter’s fifth birthday, my husband turned her party into a welcome-home bash for his precious ex.
I stood there, clutching the birthday cake, and looked at Ethan Reed.
He only frowned, his voice dripping with impatience. "We…
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English · Contemporary
I’m a strict vegetarian, but my best friend, Chloe, is a hardcore carnivore.
Brandon and I had been in a ten-year relationship. Just before our wedding, he said he wanted to take me out for a private celebration.
It wasn't until we…
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English · Contemporary
We had been married for five years, and my husband, Carter, had never once forgotten any of my preferences or allergies.
Everyone envied me. They said I had hit the jackpot with him.
Until I found a hidden, passcode-protected file on…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Early on the morning of our tenth wedding anniversary, a giant bouquet of ninety-nine red roses from my husband arrived at our company’s front desk.
My coworkers gathered around, squealing with envy, gushing about how we were still as…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My son was dying in the ICU, and I was pulling a double shift as a DoorDash driver at midnight just to pay his medical bills.
I accepted a high-priority, express order to deliver a box of condoms to the penthouse at the Westwood…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
As I was about to sign the papers and pay the $200,000 down payment for our future house, my girlfriend suddenly stared at the realtor.
"Only my name goes on the deed and the purchase agreement," she said.
I froze, thinking I had…
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English · Contemporary
My mom has severe mobility issues, so I hired a nanny to look after her. But my mom kept insisting that the nanny was verbally abusing her and stealing her money.
I installed security cameras all over the house, but the footage only…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
My biological mother thought my six-year-old self was a drag on her chances of marrying into a wealthy estate. So, she dumped me under a highway overpass.
To get a bite of food, I grabbed the leg of a passing street punk and wouldn't…
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English · Contemporary
My mom told me my dad had terminal lung cancer, and his treatment would cost $500,000.
So, I dropped out of middle school and went to work in an illegal, underground sweatshop.
I got paid ten cents for every part I assembled. I worked…
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English · Contemporary
The day I was kidnapped, the abductors called my fiancée of five years, demanding a $50,000 ransom.
But she only sounded irritated on the other end. "Ethan, you know I don't have that kind of money."
"I just lent our remaining fifty…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In the fifth year of my marriage to Chloe, she brought her first love, Ryan, right in front of me and asked:
"Ethan, if I divorce you and marry Ryan, would you be our best man?"
She had no idea that the man standing in front of her…
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