Contemporary stories
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English · Contemporary
All of New York was talking about it --- Lucas Hale, the guy who once won an international gold medal on the piano, was now nothing more than Serena Caldwell's pet.
The day the Hale family went bankrupt, I signed a three-year contract…
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English · Contemporary
Five months into my pregnancy, I received a letter from my past self — written five years ago.
The pages were filled with hope for the future.
"Dear Serena, have you married Ethan, the one who loves you most?"
"Are you two happy now?…
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English · Contemporary
On my thirtieth birthday, I walked out of prison.
Waiting for me were three letters — written by three men a decade ago.
The first was from Ethan: Ten years from now, I'll have married the only woman I'll ever love. That woman will be…
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English · Contemporary
The day I tried on the wedding dress, my fiancé Ethan called out the wrong name.
He was looking at my back when the words slipped out of him.
"Clara, you look beautiful."
Clara was my sister. She was also Ethan's first love.
She died in…
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English · Contemporary
The day my mother was diagnosed, I called my husband seventeen times from the hospital corridor.
He was the Deputy Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the provincial hospital.
He finally picked up on the eighteenth call.
"Ethan, Mom's…
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English · Contemporary
At a college reunion, my wife Brittany ran into her first love, Leonardo.
What I never expected was that after the party, all three of us got kidnapped.
When I opened my eyes again, we were locked inside an abandoned warehouse, with…
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English · Contemporary
Before my mother passed, she left me three matches — each one capable of taking me back in time.
I used the first match to return to the night Miller was drugged.
I knocked over his spiked drink before he could touch it. He never…
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English · Contemporary
My boyfriend Leon Finch was broke and cheating on me. I'd had enough.
"You can't even afford a house," I snapped. "We're done, you loser!"
Leon blinked, then looked down. His voice was calm. "Okay."
I was still surprised by how…
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English · Contemporary
I sponsored a poverty-stricken student for seven years. He finally graduated.
He sent me a message saying he wanted to come to my city to "repay" me.
On the day we met, he handed me a ten-page "repayment list" detailing every expense…
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English · Contemporary
For three years, my husband, a renowned nutritionist, doted on me. He even pre-sorted my daily vitamins.
But my best friend, Chloe, noticed my pallor, saying I looked like someone on long-term medication, and urged me to get…
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English · Contemporary
Julian was obsessed with me to the core; he had a miniature bio-chip implanted in the bone of my left ring finger.
If I moved more than a thousand meters away from him, or if my heart rate exceeded 120 beats per minute, he would drag…
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English · Contemporary
The moment my blind date sat down, she demanded I buy a luxury penthouse in the city center — in cash — and put her name on the deed.
She picked her teeth and looked me up and down like I was something she'd scraped off her shoe.
I…
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English · Contemporary
Ricardo said he had severe cardiac asthma. He couldn't handle stress, and strenuous physical activity was out of the question.
That was his excuse for not touching me. Three years running.
I felt sorry for him. I took over every…
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English · Contemporary
Another heavy rain. The company security guard politely handed me an umbrella.
"Miss Smith, you're lucky. Your boyfriend's here with an umbrella again."
I took it with a bitter smile.
The truth was, I had left mine at home on…
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English · Contemporary
I had just unveiled the centerpiece of my shop to three million viewers online — pulling back the red silk with a flourish — when Selena, my top-donating fan, kicked my front door open and walked in with two bodyguards at her back.
She…
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English · Contemporary
My husband bought beef trimmings every day but never ate them himself.
After I cooked them up, he'd only put pieces in my bowl and our daughter's.
"Eat more, you two. I'm useless — this is all I can give you right now. Once I make…
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English · Contemporary
Ethan Thorne, at the lavish baby shower for his son from an affair, announced to all the high-society guests that he was sending my ten-year-old daughter, Lily, to boarding school in Switzerland, all just to impress his new love.
He…
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English · Contemporary
My divorce battle with Lawson had been dragging on for six months.
We'd gone from the couple everyone envied to the couple everyone pitied.
Thirty minutes before the third hearing, Lawson asked to meet me.
He pressed his fingers…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
Before the motorcycle race, my fiancé Lucas stopped me just as I was about to take the starting line.
"Nora, you're giving up your spot today. Lina rides first — you're her backup."
I froze.
This was the most important race of my…
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English · Contemporary
The day of my engagement, my sister Tiffany got into a car accident and lost her memory, mistaking my fiancé Liam for her boyfriend.
Everyone immediately ordered me to give Liam to her.
Seeing my diamond ring, she sniffled, forcing a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I begged my wife for seven years, and finally, she agreed to come home with me for Christmas.
My mom happily prepared the turkey, just waiting for Sarah to arrive.
But by midnight, I'd called her dozens of times, and she hadn't picked…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
"Alex, we accidentally set your house on fire with the fireworks! Your parents are trapped inside!"
It was a holiday evening. My old friend, Liam, invited us out to catch up. He insisted on setting off some fireworks to liven things…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
“Chloe, you must’ve had a wild time overseas, didn’t you?”
My sister-in-law, Fiona, whom I was meeting for the first time, suddenly blurted this out when I came home for the holidays.
“That necklace looks familiar. Black for in-person,…
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English · Contemporary
"Just a tool for my pleasure. A kept woman, fine, but Mrs. King? No way."
Those were the words of the man I'd protected with my life for five years.
Three years ago, I found him bleeding in an alley, dragging him back from the brink of…
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