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English · Romance · Contemporary
I went diving with my boyfriend during vacation. Underwater, his classmate Keira yanked off my mask.
After barely making it back to shore alive, I immediately called the police and had her arrested.
My boyfriend watched everything I…
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English · Contemporary
“What’s with this tie?”
I tossed the brand-new tie, tags still attached, onto the coffee table.
Ethan Gray glanced at it without even frowning.
“The new management trainee slipped it into my bag when I wasn’t paying attention.”
“Mia…
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English · Contemporary
The day my wife divorced me for the ninth time, she attended a charity gala with her new assistant, making quite the public statement.
I didn't make a scene. I just looked at that man's face—it was identical to mine before the car…
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English · Contemporary
After attending my best friend Mary's birthday party, I had just lain down when my phone pushed a hot post notification.
[Help me think of a disgusting birthday gift, around $200, I need to give it to my bestie the day after…
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English · Contemporary
The first thing my foster brother Joey did after getting his driver's license was ask to borrow my sports car to pick up girls.
I said no, so on my wedding day, he drove off with my wedding car.
Amidst the roar of the engine, he sent…
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English · Contemporary
To earn medical expenses for my six-year-old autistic son, my wife Anna took on the high-risk job of river dredging through my brother Brandon's introduction.
During a flood season, she and my brother accidentally fell into the water…
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English · Contemporary
After the SAT exam ended, my boyfriend Ethan's mother gave his old books to my brother Mason.
Mason found Ethan's secret crush diary among the pile of books.
The notebook was thick, documenting three years—a full one thousand and…
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English · Contemporary
When my fiancé and my best friend drugged me and forcibly dragged me into that notorious New York mob boss's penthouse suite, I finally let out a sigh of relief:
"Finally home."
My fiancé thought I was delirious from fear and grabbed my…
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English · Contemporary
My ex-husband, the pilot, died saving me. For five years, I've spent every night in my dreams dying to be with him.
Until the ninth time I was rescued from slitting my wrists, my mom reluctantly showed me my sister Ava's wedding…
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English · Contemporary
When I was seven months pregnant, my husband and my sister faked their deaths together.
They leaped from a high mountain, leaving no trace behind.
Just as I stood there in shock, lines of text suddenly floated before my eyes.
"Poor…
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English · Contemporary
The first twenty-four years of my life were destroyed by two men with their own hands.
The first was Ethan, my childhood friend.
To vent his anger for Vivian Knox, he personally broke my legs.
Making it impossible for me to ever step…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My best friend Sophia's pregnant with my husband Ethan's child. She's already three months along.
Meanwhile, I've just been beaten by him until I miscarried, now lying in a hospital bed.
Ethan told me that as long as I accept it,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In the third year of our long-distance relationship, I stumbled upon Ethan's alternate account.
In his post, he shared a story about being saved during his youth.
At the end, he asked in distress:
[What should I do if I can't forget…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
In my past life, Ethan fell into ruin because of me—imprisoned, his family destroyed.
Before he died, he spat blood and begged me: "In the next life, please don't cling to me anymore."
Reborn back to senior year before everything went…
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English · Contemporary
During the onboarding training for new interns, my boyfriend Ethan was assigned as the training group leader.
He utterly despised that rebellious girl who refused to follow the rules.
He said she showed up late and left early every…
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English · Contemporary
Before the holiday break, my colleagues swarmed around me, pleading persistently:
"I heard you got a new car. Can you take us to the West Coast for vacation?"
"You're the steadiest driver! We trust you! We definitely won't let you…
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English · Contemporary
My husband was a famous philanthropist. His monthly salary of thirty-eight thousand dollars—he donated every single cent to charity.
The household expenses, my in-laws' medical bills, our son's tuition—all of it fell on my shoulders…
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English · Contemporary
Ever since my husband started staying at his late teammate's widow's house during every leave.
I noticed my daughter began writing "My dad disappeared" in her essays.
The teacher called to confirm.
I was silent for a moment. Yes,…
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English · Contemporary
Discovering my husband's affair was actually a small matter.
I was at a parking lot with my best friend, Rachel, checking out a high-end maternity care center, when I spotted his car.
I walked to the front desk:
"Excuse me, could you…
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English · Contemporary
The night before my wedding, my fiancé and I went to try on wedding dresses.
The legendary store owner, Sophia---who had studied abroad but never showed her face---personally attended to us.
When I saw her in person, I didn't miss the…
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English · Contemporary
I traded three years of my life to buy a lifesaving miracle drug from a black market doctor, only to have my fiancé Ethan North casually feed it to his first love when she twisted her ankle.
"Vanessa's foot is badly swollen. She needs…
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English · Contemporary · Inspiring stories
During the holiday break, I brought my boyfriend home to meet my parents.
My dad is a retired detective. Throughout dinner, he kept serving my boyfriend food and pouring him drinks, being incredibly courteous.
The moment my boyfriend…
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English · Contemporary
The day my parents got divorced, I pushed away my loving mother and clung desperately to my cheating scumbag father's leg.
In my previous life, I chose my mother without hesitation.
But because the family wouldn't accept me, I dragged…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Holden and I were in an arranged marriage.
In these five years, he never even touched my hand.
I was sick of this marriage in name only.
So I deliberately staged a fake affair.
I took some suggestive photos and sent them to Holden…
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