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English · Contemporary
On the fifteenth day after I gave birth, I received a text from an unknown number.
It was a photo.
My husband Martinez and a woman lying in my bed, covered with my wedding quilt.
Below the photo was a line of text: "Your husband says…
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English · Contemporary
On our wedding night, Mario finished his drink and leaned close to my ear, whispering, "Aurora, that worker who raped you years ago—I was the one who arranged it."
My deepest scar was torn open. I raised my head in disbelief, but Mario…
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English · Contemporary
As the only expert capable of completing a rescue at a depth of one thousand meters, I received a salvage order worth millions.
Over a decade ago, I had dove into those same waters.
My son Alvarez's research submarine was damaged on…
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English · Contemporary · Rebirth
I took three days of sick leave for a minor surgery.
When I returned, the whole school was spreading rumors—that I'd gone to get an abortion.
Ava posted my photo from behind on the forum with a caption: "If you know, you know."
I tried…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Grandma was on her deathbed, barely able to speak, but she managed to whisper that her only wish was to see me get married.
I sobbed uncontrollably, and my entire family's eyes turned to Fudge standing behind me.
Fudge sighed, gently…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
To catch the last design project before Christmas, I'd been on business trips for three straight days.
On the high-speed train back, I absentmindedly scrolled into a livestream titled "Daily Life of a Kept College Girl."
"My sugar…
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English · Contemporary
After my husband cheated, I ended up sleeping with the deaf-mute college student he was sponsoring.
When my husband brought his secretary home to have sex, I was in the next room having sex with the guy he was sponsoring.
He bit his…
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English · Contemporary · School
My son had his leg broken at school by the chairman of the school board's son, all because he accidentally spilled soda on his limited-edition sneakers.
To smooth things over, the school gave my son a suspension instead.
The other…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the day I got out, two people were waiting at the gate.
One was my fiancée, Sophia Kane—the industry's youngest female CEO of a publicly traded company.
The other was my sister, Lucy.
Five years ago, they personally sent me to…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The year I hated Lucas Carter the most was also the purest.
Lucas Carter tortured and killed my dog that I had raised for ten years, all for his little secretary.
To get revenge, I stabbed the little secretary five times, relishing…
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English · Contemporary
My dad is a murderer.
He had top-tier medical skills, but on the day my mom was hemorrhaging to death, he turned around and ran off to give another pregnant woman a prenatal massage.
Later, that pregnant woman successfully gave birth…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The neighbor across from me doesn't like to close his curtains.
Every evening, I can see him working out in his living room.
Black compression shirt, gray sweatpants.
V-shaped torso, lean muscles, long legs, and a face with perfect…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
"Ethan, if she takes this medicine, she won't live past next month, right?"
"When she's dead, that huge insurance payout will be our baby's formula money."
I stared at the smart fish tank's surveillance feed on my phone, listening to my…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
After I got out of prison, my brother and I opened an auto repair shop together.
He put up the money, I provided the technical skills, and we agreed on a seventy-thirty profit split.
With my exceptional car modification abilities, I…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Two months after my boyfriend went missing, I suddenly received a transfer of two hundred thousand dollars.
That night, Asher Ford called me from an unknown number.
"You're just a fish seller. Two hundred grand is more than enough.…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My son had just turned seven months old when my wife and my brother died together in a lovers' suicide.
They leaped from a high mountain, their bodies never recovered.
Just as I was reeling in shock, several lines of text suddenly…
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English · Contemporary
I'd been secretly married to Charlie for six years, and this was the eighteenth time he'd refused to take wedding photos with me, using his busy work schedule as an excuse.
As I removed my makeup and changed out of my wedding dress,…
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English · Contemporary
After I got pregnant, my husband became obsessed with his young, sexy secretary.
On New Year's Eve, my husband was "welcoming the new year" with his secretary, who was wearing sexy lingerie, in a private room.
When I caught them, the…
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English · Contemporary
After being reborn once, I still chose the wrong husband.
In my past life, my fiancé James Foster broke both my legs for the fake heiress Claire Shaw and took away my position as principal dancer.
After my rebirth, I married his…
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English · Contemporary
Ten minutes before the product launch, I discovered my name badge had been switched.
The spot that originally read "Chief Algorithm Architect" now said "Project Consultant."
And the surgical navigation algorithm I'd spent three years…
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English · Contemporary
The night before my wedding, I opened the smart security camera in our new home, but the feed accidentally connected to five years in the future.
Ethan sat on the sofa. I smiled and pressed the intercom button.
"Ethan, my grandfather…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My wife, Vivian Wright, was drugged with an aphrodisiac at a cocktail party and had sex with a male college student who looked a lot like me.
I gave her three chances.
The first time, to prove her loyalty, Vivian immediately sent…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Six years ago, I went to prison for Ethan's accidental assault.
Six years later, I stood at the prison gates and watched Ethan ride past in a wedding car.
And his bride was the very person who had landed me in jail all those years…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On All Souls' Day, my parents went home to sweep the graves. I was home alone and starving.
I couldn't resist eating a piece of bread from the offering plate.
That afternoon, I started feeling nauseous. The next day, I was vomiting so…
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