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English · Contemporary

They Tried To Sell Me. I Sold Their Future

The day I was set to leave the country with a full Ivy League scholarship, customs officers stopped me in front of everyone and declared my passport invalid on the spot. The officer coldly informed me that not only did I have a million…

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English · Contemporary

My Husband Had Me Arrested Ten Times

At the police station, my husband Ethan's mistress sobbed like she was the victim: "She attacked me, Ethan. It hurts so bad." Ethan didn't say a word in my defense. He just wrapped his arms around her and walked out. I was held for…

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English · Contemporary

I Refuse to Be the Second Choice

When my fiancé Ethan was picking out wedding jewelry, he bought two pieces — and let my sister Ava choose first. One was a pink diamond necklace he'd tracked down across three cities, paying a fortune at auction. The other was a cheap…

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English · Romance · Contemporary

I Left His Cage and Married His Rival

For seven years, Hudson Calloway — the crown prince of the capital's elite circle — had spoiled me rotten. On the day we were supposed to walk into the county clerk's office with the whole city's media watching, he didn't show up.…

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English · Romance · Contemporary

They Thought I'd Walk Away With Nothing

At my own engagement party, the man I'd spent three years loving hurled a lab report at my face. The words "High-Risk HPV Positive" blazed across the giant screen behind him. In front of the entire city's elite, I was reduced to…

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English · Romance · Contemporary

The Woman Who Always Got the Fish Head

I'd spent a lifetime eating fish heads. My son actually believed I loved the damn things — all bones, no meat. Every time the family sat down to a nice dinner, they'd pick through the tender fish flesh together, then shove the bony…

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English · Romance · Contemporary

The Daughter She Used to Love

I was Mom's favorite. The one she spoiled rotten. On her deathbed, she lay propped up against the hospital pillows, surrounded by my older sister, my brother, and a room full of relatives. With trembling hands, she pressed a bank card…

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English · Contemporary

He Chose His First Love Over Our Baby

Eight months into my pregnancy, Jason's first love, Mia, shot me in the stomach. Blood spread from beneath me. Jason called in the best doctors he knew. The anesthesia had barely worn off when I struggled to sit up — and caught the…

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English · Contemporary

The Wrong Road My Wife Told Me to Take

The mountain road had collapsed. My son was trapped. I was the only rescue driver who could get a vehicle up there. My wife was on the phone, screaming herself hoarse — the only one who knew exactly where our son was: "West road! Our…

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English · Contemporary

He Let His Intern Take My Place

On the 3,600th day of my relationship with Ethan Sinclair, his parents came to inspect the company. I handled the reception personally. Every detail, from the tour schedule to the welcome refreshments. I had stayed up through the night…

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English · Contemporary

A Debt You Could Never Repay

"Ethan, I'm scared of fire..." Zara curled into Ethan's arms, trembling. I stared at the back of my own hand --- skin split and raw from the scalding soup --- and heard only his cold, flat voice. "Claire, you knew Zara was terrified…

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English · Contemporary

I Raised Their Daughter, They Stole My Life

It was my daughter's tenth birthday. The cake had ten candles on it. But in front of thirty family members and friends, my daughter pointed at me and said, " Vivian, I want my mom." My husband laughed it off, said kids say the…

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English · Contemporary

His Heart Never Left Her

George's first love, Eve, was back. She'd fallen so far that even her villa was up for auction. I asked him if he still had feelings for her. He frowned and said that was all in the past. I believed him. Until his phone lit up in…

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English · Contemporary

The Girl in His Lens Wasn't Me

During the group photo, I crouched down to pick up a lens cap I'd dropped on the floor. When I looked up, Dylan had already raised his camera and pointed it straight at Wendy. I was about to move closer, but I could already see there…

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English · Romance · Contemporary

The Heir She Never Saw Coming

My daughter was dead set on marrying a broke man twelve years older than her. Not only was he drowning in debt from online loans, he also came with a deadweight son suffering from kidney failure. I froze her accounts to force the…

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English · Romance · Contemporary

They Tried to Bury Her Name But He Came Home

"Sis, if your husband won't come home, that still doesn't make it okay to video chat naked with some random guy!" It was Christmas Eve in the countryside, and my aunt's gloating voice cut through the air like a knife. That was when I…

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English · Romance · Contemporary

The Intern They Tried to Freeze Out

Just because I carried a limited-edition bag on my first day of the internship, my department manager had the nerve to pressure me into personally funding a company-wide trip to the Maldives — chartered flight included, two million…

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English · Romance · Contemporary

The Debt I Paid in Snow

I held my daughter close, her breathing gone ragged, and knelt in the snow, pounding on the door like a man possessed. On the video doorbell screen, my wife Susan was raising a glass with her high school sweetheart. "Susan! Nora can't…

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English · Contemporary

Stopped Chasing the Two Who Ignored Me

While we were out shopping, I stopped to tie my shoelace. When I looked up again, my boyfriend Robert and my best friend Nia were already ten feet ahead. I was about to step forward to catch up, but the space between them — the space…

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English · Contemporary

His Wedding Gift to Me Was Betrayal

The night before the wedding, I was trying on my wedding dress when my fiancé spoke up, his tone completely casual: "I helped make your mom's dying wish come true, so I need you to do something for me — just deal with this clingy girl…

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English · Contemporary

The Password That Locked Me Out of Love

The day we moved into our marital home, Rodriguez asked me to set the door lock code. I typed in our wedding anniversary: 0521. He glanced at it, then casually changed it to a different string of numbers — 0912. "This one's easier to…

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English · Contemporary

Hid My Identity as the Company Heir

My parents wanted me to keep a low profile, so they swapped out my Maybach for a used station wagon. I didn't think much of it — until the first day I drove it to work, and my boss snatched the keys right out of my hand. "Thomas, I…

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English · Contemporary

My Billionaire Husband Married Me for Her Face

In my life, I've been someone's mistress twice. The first time, I was young and naive. I got involved with a ruthless mob boss. Back then I was soft and foolish. I thought if I was good enough, he'd give me his heart in return. When I…

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