Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
On Christmas Eve, my sister, Chloe, had a mild allergic reaction to mangoes. My parents frantically rushed her to the emergency room.
Yet, I had been severely allergic to fish since childhood, but fish was served on our dinner table…
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English · Contemporary
My adoptive sister pushed me off a balcony just because I refused to hand over my inheritance and my fiancé. I was severely injured.
When I finally woke up, I found myself chained in a dark, damp cellar.
A drooling, limping man named…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My boyfriend told his friend in French that the twelve-carat diamond ring was for the woman he had never been able to forget.
As for me, he said he’d keep me by his side with no real commitment.
But Shawn Foster didn’t know I grew up…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After Austin stood me up for the fifth time, he finally cleared his schedule for our sixth attempt to get our marriage license.
I wore a custom designer dress I made myself, holding a fresh bouquet of peonies, and stood outside City…
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English · Contemporary · Thriller & mystery
The night my brother, Logan, went to his fiancée’s house to finalize their wedding date, I invited him out for hotpot to help him destress.
Once we sat down, I teased him casually.
"Wow, Logan, since when do you have such a big…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I had been with Chloe for five years. My love for her was the worst-kept secret in the entire city.
Everyone sneered behind my back, calling me her loyal golden retriever—always on call, discarded the second she was bored.
On the day…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Before the car even cleared the bustling streets of downtown Manhattan, Ethan demanded to pull over.
His precious little ward, Clara, was having another panic attack. Or a "heart flare-up," as she liked to call it.
I gripped his…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I hid my identity and married a poor guy, all because his mother told him from day one of our relationship: *A man who treasures his wife gets blessed by fortune.*
My husband, Ethan Barlow, treated her words like a holy…
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English · Contemporary
On the night the Vance family held their grand homecoming banquet, I, their biological son, was not even allowed to walk through the front door.
My biological mother, Victoria, threw a maid's uniform through the iron gate, her face…
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English · Contemporary
The day the college admission letters were released, I was the only student in our entire small town to get into an Ivy League university.
The town mayor, thrilled by the news, personally came to our house to present me with a $10,000…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I used to think Theodore Foster and I were each other’s everything.
Twenty years as childhood sweethearts, seven years in a marriage forged through hardship—we went from having nothing to building a fortune worth hundreds of billions…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I stayed by Carter’s side during his hardest five years, only to finally get his proposal.
The night before our engagement party, I made him a plate of handmade spaghetti.
It was his birthday.
I took half a day off work, simmered the…
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English · Contemporary · School
The sensation of falling into a bottomless abyss suddenly stopped.
I opened my eyes, gasping for air.
In my arms was a warm, fluffy ball of fur.
Nugget, my Golden Retriever, was shivering, burying his wet nose into my palm.
I was…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Ethan was always sharp-tongued. From the very first day he moved into my house, he never spared me.
He complained that I dispensed herbs too slowly, and mocked me for being too stupid to identify species.
He scoffed at how I, a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Three years of being Chloe Sinclair’s ghostwriter and secret boyfriend.
Three years, only to watch her hand my three-month labor of love to her newly returned Ivy League ex, Julian Thorne.
I stood in the hallway, watching through the…
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English · Contemporary
I spent five years struggling alongside Rob, staying by his side through his poorest days.
But on the very day his company was about to go public, he handed me divorce papers and a bankruptcy filing.
He told me he wanted to be…
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English · Contemporary
Eight months pregnant, on a hurricane night, I accidentally slipped and fell.
A pool of dark red blood stained the floor beneath me.
In a desperate panic, I called my husband, Nathan. But his new assistant, Chloe, answered.
"Oh,…
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English · Contemporary
After three years of fighting in divorce court, Julian suddenly withdrew the case.
It was hard to believe. Just a while ago, because I slapped his cheating assistant, Chloe, he pinned me down and beat me black and blue, forcing me to…
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English · Contemporary
I shared the exact same face with my twin sister, Vivian, but our personalities were worlds apart.
Everyone always said Vivian was the sweet, gentle angel who deserved the best of everything.
And me? I was the competitive, loud…
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English · Contemporary
The day before my wedding, I was kidnapped.
My eyes were blindfolded, but I could smell the sharp scent of fresh roses mixed with the salty tang of the ocean breeze.
I knew this smell. It was the coastal estate where I was supposed to…
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English · Contemporary
Tyler had severe sensory issues. After his car accident, Tyler couldn’t stand even the slightest noise.
To accommodate his illness, I wore noiseless slippers at home. I even held my breath whenever I walked past him.
One night, I…
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English · Contemporary
To pay off my boyfriend’s debts, I sold Scout—the rare, purebred Akhal-Teke stallion who grew up with me, the last of his kind in the world.
On the day of the transfer, Howard held me tight, his eyes red and tearful.
"I’m so sorry,…
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English · Contemporary
My Son Ruined His SATs to Label Me a Killer
During the two-and-a-half-hour SAT exam, my son wrote only one essay.
The title was: "My Mother is a Cold-Blooded Killer."
It detailed, step-by-step, how I allegedly murdered my husband ten…
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English · Contemporary
"Which home is programmed in your GPS?"
I stared at his dashcam logs.
For the past month, he took a detour after work every single day, driving past his ex-girlfriend’s apartment.
He claimed it was just on the way. But our house is…
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