Contemporary stories
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Liam, Kingsley University's undisputed campus heartthrob, had just landed himself in a massive mess.
The Prom Queen had gone live across every platform, calling him out for using her and throwing her away — and now millions of viewers…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
As a spy, I spent three years undercover in the Golden Triangle — and finally, the extraction signal came from my handler and boyfriend. Five minutes. That's all it would take for us to go home together.
Then his voice cut through my…
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English · Contemporary
I am an animal communicator.
A young woman reached out to me. She said her dog had lost its appetite lately, even though the vet found nothing wrong.
My senior dog, Lucky, was very sick and needed round-the-clock care.
So, I asked if…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In my last life, to please his first love, my scumbag CEO husband locked me in a freezer at twenty below zero and let me freeze to death.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day he forced me to donate a kidney to his first…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For half a million dollars, I sold myself to the most notorious pervert on Wall Street.
When I was forced to go up to the penthouse suite to deliver on that deal, the elevator malfunctioned mid-ride and locked up completely.
Trapped in…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Have you ever wondered if the person sharing the bed with you every night—the one you've been passionately tangled with—isn't actually who you married?
On our tenth wedding anniversary, Nathan pressed me against the floor-to-ceiling…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Jessica was losing her mind in the family SnapChat group, bragging that she was about to marry into a billion-dollar dynasty — and then had the nerve to demand I hand over the old mansion my parents left me as her wedding gift.
Her…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I'm blind. Yet I have a billion-dollar fortune and a husband I've loved for years.
I thought this was heaven's blessing.
But on our third wedding anniversary, my guide dog — dead for a week — spoke to me.
Master, don't go near the pool.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In New York's elite circle, everyone knew Vivian Vance was a ruthless, legendary defense attorney. She had never lost a single case, and she was too cold-blooded for anyone to dare cross.
No one knew she had a sensory soulmate of ten…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I used to think Oliver’s "baby syndrome" was just his way of showing how deeply he loved me.
We sent over two hundred SnapChat messages a day, and he insisted on eating my home-cooked meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
He would…
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English · Contemporary
While cleaning my son's room, I accidentally found his blood donor card.
The blood type was listed as B positive.
But my husband and I are both type O.
How is it biologically possible for two Type O parents to have a Type B child?
I…
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English · Contemporary
The year Victoria Vance—Vicky, my older sister—had her heart broken, she slapped me for the first time.
"Chloe, stop showing off your boyfriend in front of me!"
After that day, an invisible wall rose between Vicky and me.
Right before…
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English · Contemporary
At eighteen, I became Marcus Carter's exclusive kept woman.
I did it until I was twenty-eight.
He was about to get married, yet he still refused to let me go.
At his bachelor party, I went to pick him up.
Right outside the door, I…
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English · Contemporary
Victoria was once the most ruthless queen of New York's venture capital scene. I spent ten years building her empire from scratch, surviving the cutthroat corporate wars just to watch her ring the NASDAQ bell.
I thought that was our…
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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend was a soccer fan, so I went with him to watch the World Cup.
While we were lining up in ninety-eight-degree heat to enter the stadium, I went to buy him an iced Coke from a stand nearby.
But when I came back, my boyfriend…
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English · Contemporary
I’ve been painfully honest and hyper-paranoid about risk since the day I was born.
My mom can watch hundreds of millions of dollars evaporate in the stock market in a single day without even blinking.
My dad buys luxury high-rises the…
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English · Contemporary
My destination wedding with Mason was supposed to be a small, intimate getaway with both of our parents.
But on the day of our flight, I waited at the airport terminal for what felt like hours.
When Mason finally showed up, he brought…
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English · Contemporary
Five years ago, after being diagnosed with severe depression, an alter ego named Osman appeared in my body.
On odd-numbered days, I'm awake, and on even-numbered days, he is.
He's vibrant and charismatic, while I'm quiet and…
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English · Contemporary
Five years into our marriage, Chris knelt in the pouring rain outside my mansion, soaked to the bone, weeping as she begged me to save her.
She claimed a failed investment had buried her in colossal debt. If I'd just mortgage the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I spent five years with Julian. To support him, I spent my days dumpster diving and my nights pole dancing at clubs, and I was barely in my twenties when my body started falling apart from it all.
After finally waiting for him to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
For seven years, I was billionaire Sebastian Scott's dirty little secret in Washington D.C.
By day, I was his sharp, capable secretary. By night, I was his on-call plaything—always available, always giving him whatever he wanted.
I…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Five years into our marriage, I believed I had the most perfect life imaginable.
My wife was gentle and devoted—and she wore the same face as my first love, the woman who died years ago.
I told myself it was a gift from the universe.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I was bullied by the entire school. The only light in my life was the student council president — someone untouchable, someone I looked up to.
He stepped in for me again and again, gently telling me to stop being weak and letting people…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I'm an acoustic architect. I was testing a top-of-the-line bone conduction monitoring headset, and at two am in the morning, I switched on full-spectrum reception. I expected to hear the sleeping breath of the city. Instead, what I…
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