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English · Contemporary
I had been with her since I was eighteen.
From a kid washing cars to the Head of Finance at her company, and from a damp basement into the luxury villa she bought.
She never brought up marriage. I always thought the timing just wasn’t…
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English · Contemporary
The day my mother underwent a lobectomy, the executive recovery suite I had booked and paid for two weeks in advance was hijacked by a woman claiming to be a "city commissioner’s relative."
She was draped in silk pajamas, sprawled…
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English · Contemporary
While I was at home recovering from childbirth and resting on maternity leave, my former college roommate Jessica—a girl who had hated my guts since freshman year—suddenly announced her wedding in our college alumni SnapChat group.
She…
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English · Contemporary
On the very first day the Vance family brought me back, their fake heiress threw herself down the grand staircase.
She lay sprawled at the bottom, her forehead dripping with blood.
Conveniently, the house’s security cameras had just…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Prologue:
I loved Julian Sterling for seven years. I humbled myself to the bone for him.
Three days ago, hitmen ambushed our car on a winding mountain road. Julian took a blow to the head and fell unconscious.
To keep him alive, I…
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English · Contemporary
I was the true heiress, yet I fell head over heels for a fake golden boy. I was so blinded by love that I actually agreed to marry Julian.
I never imagined that on our wedding day, Julian would pull a bridal bait-and-switch.
While I was…
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English · Contemporary
A hurricane was hitting the city. The floor-to-ceiling glass in the corporate lobby shattered with a deafening crash.
Instinctively, I moved. In my past life, I reached out to grab my coworker, but she used my momentum to tumble right…
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English · Contemporary
I had a compulsive clapback disorder. If anyone said anything to me, I had to snap right back.
The day I was brought back to my biological billionaire family, the fake heiress cooked a lavish feast for me. My parents told me I should be…
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English · Contemporary
I caught my boyfriend’s female coworker unlocking his front door with her own key.
She dangled the key chain in my face, looking completely smug.
"I’m just here to feed his cat and tidy up a bit. You don’t mind, right?"
I froze for a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I had been unconscious in the hospital for three whole days.
When I opened my eyes, my phone screen was still glowing, stuck on the pinned chat on SnapChat.
Three days ago, I had bombarded him with voice messages.
My final text had been…
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English · Contemporary
At the pre-IPO gala, right before our multi-billion-dollar Nasdaq listing, I was turned into the biggest joke in the room.
"Ethan, your technical architecture is completely obsolete."
"We hired a new CTO. Ivy League grad."
"He…
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English · Contemporary
When my live-in nanny asked if her grandson could move in with us, I felt bad for her and agreed. I even bumped her pay by five hundred dollars a month.
At first, things went well. She was quick with her chores, and the two boys had…
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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend was an extreme germaphobe. If my lips so much as brushed against his mug, he would throw it out and buy a brand-new one.
That afternoon, I stopped by his office to drop off an umbrella.
Through the glass door, I saw a woman…
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English · Contemporary
He wouldn't let me wear skirts above the knee, yet he bought black lace lingerie for our next-door neighbor.
Four years of marriage, and every skirt I owned that ended above the kneecap was shoved to the bottom of the closet, all…
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English · Contemporary
Damian Vance was gorgeous, wealthy, and born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
I was nobody. Just a broke girl pouring drinks in a VIP lounge to survive.
Because of one careless thing he said, I willingly stayed by his side as his…
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English · Contemporary
In the blistering 110-degree summer heat, I was kicked out of the luxury celebrity apartments.
Inside, the reigning superstar Sean—the very man I’d been fake-dating for PR—was shouting furiously into his phone at our boss.
"With my…
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English · Contemporary
My best friend Hailey was always broke. Every time I went out to eat, I dragged her along so she wouldn't have to scrape by on instant ramen at home.
On this date, I brought her again.
My boyfriend, Ethan, was visibly annoyed:
"How many…
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English · Contemporary
I was sitting on the lobby couch, waiting for my dad—the bank's president—to finish work. In my hands, I was quietly playing with a collectible model sports car.
Out of nowhere, the floor manager stormed over. With one violent smack,…
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English · Contemporary
After I proposed to my girlfriend, Samantha, for the nineteenth time, she finally agreed to marry me.
But on our wedding day, a man named Lucas Wright showed up at the venue. He was Samantha’s legal husband.
He tried to force me down…
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English · Contemporary
I was exactly seventy-two hours away from hitting my ten-year milestone and cashing out my twenty-one million dollar equity payout.
Then, our brand-new Gen Z vice president slapped a "Voluntary Resignation Agreement" right across my…
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English · Contemporary
After waiting for over a year, my daughter finally got a matching kidney.
Just as they were wheeling her into the operating room, my husband secretly gave her kidney away to his first love's son.
I called him, furious.
He acted like I…
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English · Contemporary
Brandon Hayes slammed a hundred-million-dollar check right across my face.
For the twenty-eighth time, he was demanding a divorce—all to give his precious mistress a legal title.
"Serena, a hundred million in cash is enough for you to…
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English · Contemporary
We were out at sea on a chartered boat. My wife insisted on diving in a dangerous reef area.
I begged her not to, warning her that these waters were infested with lethal sea snakes.
Her childhood best friend, standing beside her,…
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English · Contemporary
On the day we were supposed to get our marriage license at City Hall, a rare blizzard hit the city.
My fiancé, Julian, sent me a text.
"There’s a massive pileup on the highway. I’m completely stuck. We won't make it to City Hall today.…
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