Contemporary stories
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On my wedding day, I was assaulted by my fiancé’s best friend.
Afterward, everyone advised me to just let it go.
“They’ve been inseparable since childhood with your husband. If you make a fuss, how can you expect him to choose a…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
On the bus home, I suddenly got a message from a Q&A app.
"My younger daughter graduated college seven years ago and is still freeloading at home. Should I kick her out?"
I tapped on the app, and the comments section exploded.
The…
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English · Contemporary
On our fifth wedding anniversary, Nate Thorne locked me in an industrial freezer, forcing me to chisel out my discarded wedding ring from a one-ton block of solid ice with my bare hands.
My hands were frozen purple, blood dripping down…
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English · Contemporary
The day my wife, Fiona Blanchett, found out she was pregnant, she booked a flight abroad.
Her best friend saw the ticket and spoke in shock.
"Are you really going to find Oren? But you already have Mason Warhol's baby in your…
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English · Contemporary
It was the fifth year of our secret marriage.
At a get-together with old college friends, someone tried to set my wife, Sarah, up with another guy from our class, Jason.
Sarah and I were secretly married, so everyone thought she was…
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English · Contemporary
After Christina, my girlfriend, saw her massive garden wither overnight, she sued me, Ethan, Ashworth's top florist, and I was sentenced to three years in prison.
While inside, I heard about her ninth engagement to her ex, Raphael. A…
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English · Contemporary
"You come here every single day; if I'm not annoyed, I'm certainly annoyed for myself! Haven't you ever seen a decent spa before? You're practically living here, trying to squeeze every last cent out of that card! Look at you, you…
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English · Contemporary
I had kindly driven my neighbor's son to and from school for a whole year. After his final grades came out, she showed up with her entire family, blocking my garage.
She slapped a claim for fifteen thousand dollars into my hand,…
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English · Contemporary
To finally buy that panoramic ocean-view condo, I activated a "Get Paid If Rejected" system.
My target: Ethan, the brilliant but unapproachable law student, the ultimate campus heartthrob.
Every time he rejected me, the system…
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English · Contemporary
I sponsored my best friend, Chloe Taylor, who came from a really tough background, through college.
I even helped her become a teacher at a private school.
She'd always been incredibly grateful, saying I was the most important person…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
My cousin, Ivy, is thirty, but every holiday season, she's still made to perform for our older relatives in ridiculous costumes.
I've told Ivy more than once, "You're thirty, you're an adult. You don't have to act like a kid and do…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
On Christmas Day, my best friend, Sarah, had just popped open a bottle of champagne.
Then my husband’s call came in:
"Olivia, hurry home! Sophia’s depression flared up, and she's threatening to jump!"
"She won't listen to anything we…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
My vacation home. At the dinner table, the elders in my family started asking about my job in the city.
“Just running a small business,” I answered casually.
Hearing that, my cousin, Tiffany, sitting across from me, let out a…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
Ever since my mom, Brenda, became single, she turned terrifyingly obsessive.
She envied her neighbor, Mrs. Henderson, who was a high-ranking executive at a big company, so Brenda started imposing strict rules at home, indulging her own…
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English · Contemporary
I was touching up my lipstick when Nathan walked into the private suite of our engagement party, bringing that financially struggling college classmate with him.
"Chloe accidentally got her dress dirty. Could you lend her yours for a…
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English · Contemporary
For three years, my boyfriend Arthur had repeatedly suggested we live together, and I'd always declined.
Now that we were engaged, I asked him if he wanted to move in. But he said:
"It's not really convenient. There's a woman living…
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English · Contemporary
I paid $2,500 for a live-in housekeeper to look after my cat and house while I was away for eighteen days.
The night I returned, I stood at my front door, dragging two suitcases. I typed the password three times.
The screen flashed…
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English · Contemporary
When I was eighteen, Leo and I had our first time in a shabby motel room.
Back then, he was driven by a wild, untamed passion, leaving me so swept away that I lost all sense of direction in the rush of first love.
But when I was…
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English · Contemporary
The night my wife was on a business trip, her male assistant sent me a photo.
In the picture, they were naked, wrapped in each other's arms, sleeping soundly.
He even provocatively added a line: "Mr. Carter, your wife is mine now."
I…
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English · Contemporary
To save my brother, I willingly became Ethan Thorne's mistress for three years.
I thought if I was good enough, I could eventually melt his cold heart.
That was until I overheard him at a star-studded charity gala, laughing with his…
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English · Contemporary
My mother-in-law, Eleanor, was trapped in a fire, trying to save my treasured heirloom necklace. She suffered severe burns over 70% of her body, hanging by a thread.
She desperately needed $500,000 for skin grafts and anti-infection…
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English · Contemporary
My husband, earning a paltry five thousand a month, brazenly moved his pregnant mistress into my multi-million dollar penthouse, which I'd bought outright.
Not only did he try to kick me out, but he also allowed his mother to steal and…
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English · Contemporary
I was ten minutes late to the movie theater, stuck in the pouring rain and unable to get a ride.
I quickly apologized to my boyfriend, Liam Walker.
He impatiently said, "What's the point of apologizing?"
I froze. Every time I…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
"Alex, I'm buying you an apartment next year."
My mother, who always favored Chloe over me, suddenly announced this at dinner.
The entire dining table fell silent.
After all, we hadn't spoken properly in twenty years, ever since I…
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