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During a live television interview, my husband announced that he had already finalized the division of his entire estate. The host teased that he must have left a massive fortune for his wife and son. He smiled gently and gave a soft denial. “I only left them enough to cover basic living expenses.” “The rest of my assets will go entirely to my adopted daughter.” “It was a promise I made to her mother at her grave. I swore to ensure her daughter would live a life without a single worry.” My

1 It was the thirty-eighth time Hudson had brought up divorce for the sake of his first love. Then, I found a pair of matching designer swimsuits he'd bought. Hudson said calmly, "I wanted to surprise you for our anniversary. Since you've seen them, I'll see you at the beach." I arrived at the pier early, but I sat by the shore all night and he never showed up. Pulling out my phone, I saw a post from his first love, Shelby. "Even though we didn't make it to the beach, someone took me on a

Chapter 1 It was our engagement party. The woman my fiancé had pined for years, Clementine Miller, looked him dead in the eye. "If I crashed this party right now, would you leave with me?" she asked. Beckett Hayes didn't even hesitate. His eyes were rimmed with red as he whispered, "I would." The ballroom fell into a suffocating silence. Everyone expected me to flip the tables and scream. Instead, I stood up and started clapping. "Go ahead then. I won't stand in the way of true love!" The

The day the Sterling family went bankrupt, Brooks Sterling left a goodbye letter and vanished into the snowy peaks of Aspen to end it all. I risked everything to find him, scouring the frozen wilderness for ten agonizing hours. Just as my heart was turning to ice, I saw his secretary's Instagram Live. She was broadcasting Brooks' romantic proposal to her on that very same mountain. His friends joked in the comments, "Going to be a groom soon? Aren't you afraid your little rich girl will get

As I lay dying on my hospital bed, my parents were at their beloved foster daughter's sold-out concert. My childhood sweetheart, Caleb Reed, held a bouquet and dropped to one knee on stage. "Lila, marry me!" he shouted. Amidst my parents' thunderous applause, they shared a passionate kiss. Finally, they were a real family. And I, in that moment, took my last breath. I had spent my whole life fighting her, competing for every scrap of affection. In the end, I died alone and filled with resentme

My husband returned victorious from the northern battlefield. The man everyone called the untouchable, icy hero lost all his composure in front of the entire crowd. He pulled my personal maid into a desperate, crushing embrace. “You are alive! Do you have any idea how much I missed you?” The moment he saw the infant in her arms, his eyes turned bloodshot. Right then and there, he vowed to petition the Emperor to take my maid as his first, legitimate wife. Before I could even utter a word to

1. We were married for two years, and my husband, Julian, was just a junior medical examiner with an uncertain future. I ignored his desperate pleas, abandoned our newborn daughter, Lily, and ran off with a mobster, disappearing without a trace. Years later, he became the top medical examiner in the country and found a gentle, caring stepmother for our daughter. At the party celebrating his promotion to Chief Medical Examiner, someone brought me up. "When Ava Morrow ran off with that gangst

1 The karaoke room was dimly lit, and there, in the middle of the room, my boyfriend of three years, Liam, was doing a sake bomb with this girl, Tiffany, who he’d always had a "thing" for. The second I pushed open the door, everyone turned and stared like I was crashing a party I wasn't invited to. Liam, trying to sound calm, told me to "chill out." I just laughed. Did he really think he was that irresistible? Any guy who’s got his head turned like that isn't worth my time. I’m outta here.

My mentor, Arthur Blackwood, the Alpha of the Moonshadow Pack, is dead. He was murdered by his own daughter, my younger pack-sister, Sienna Blackwood. Now, Sienna has used a stolen sacred treasure to climb her way into the arms of the most powerful werewolf in the country, High Alpha Gideon Sterling. I watched my pack-brothers and sisters, their eyes bloodshot, cursing Sienna's cold-blooded cruelty. They slumped in despair, mourning their own helplessness. Without a word, I dug up the

When my mother asked my sister and me to choose our future husbands, my sister did the unthinkable. She gave up on the brooding tech genius she'd been chasing for four years and chose the notorious playboy heir instead. My mother's face paled instantly. "Lyra, he's rich, but he's a walking disaster. Are you not afraid of catching something from him? You've always loved Silas. Don't make a mistake you'll regret." But Lyra remained unshakable. Her eyes were cold and determined. In that moment,

1 It was our anniversary, and Mark was taking me to a Chanel show. But the moment we stepped into the venue, some random girl smacked me across the face. I went to retaliate, but Mark held me back. He insisted she must have mistaken me for someone else, that I should just let it go, and "respect the rules of an international event." Later, I caught him cornering her in a back hallway. The girl's eyes were filled with a mix of love and smug satisfaction. "Thank you, Mark, for bringing me t

In the delivery room, my wife's first love stared at the newborn and asked her: "Who do you think the baby looks like more? " Melody didn't hesitate for a second before answering: "He definitely looks just like you. " The doctors and midwives shot me looks of pure pity. Melody suddenly looked anxious and tried to explain: "Honey, I was just kidding. Don't take it seriously. " I let out a cold, mocking laugh. "Oh, don't mind me. Congratulations to you both. I wish your little family a lifet

Maisie, our scholarship-case nanny, has a dark secret. She can cast curses. Whenever she gets hurt, the pain transfers directly to me. The first time, she took a knife for my husband, Adrian Sterling. I was the one who spent a month in agonizing pain. The second time, she was hit by a car while saving my in-laws. I collapsed at home, waking up unable to move my arms or legs. The third time, she 'tested' some bad pills for my sister-in-law. My internal organs felt like they were being incinera

Question: If your husband gave you fifteen thousand dollars a month, never came home, and didn't require any "marital duties," would you be willing to live such a lonely, miserable life? Answer: This kind of life is simply too painful. Please, let me suffer through it alone! But wait, what's going on? Why is my superstar brother-in-law looking at me with such intense, burning eyes? 1. My name is Riley Ford, and I'm the one who answered that question. I was a girl as ordinary as they come. B

1. My husband, Tom, lives in a fantasy bubble. He genuinely believes he’s just one killer investment away from becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg. He brings home four thousand dollars a month after taxes from his accounting firm, which barely covers the mortgage and our bills. Yet, he had the audacity to throw our entire twenty-thousand-dollar emergency fund into a crypto project called "MetaGold." I saw the glaring transaction on our joint account that night. $20,000.00 Recipient: MetaGold

1 My daughter is a saintly hypocrite. When my husband brought his side piece home, she said he was just pursuing his true love. When I was assaulted by a thug, she said he just made a mistake that any man would make. When I tried to call the police, she said everyone deserves a second chance. Then, she tied me up and sent me back to that monster's house. I died in a hit-and-run while trying to escape. My daughter graciously forgave the driver and even paid him for his "emotional distress" u

My sister and I were both adopted from the same orphanage on the same day. Cassie, my sister, chose the Pierce family. They were the unofficial royalty of the city, headed by a man everyone called the Crown Prince. But the Crown Prince was a monster who delighted in tormenting her every single day. I chose the modest Sterling family. They weren't nearly as wealthy or powerful, but they treated me like their own daughter. Their youngest son, Xavier, eventually became a tech mogul. He married

Ever since I moved into this apartment, a man has been haunting my dreams. He whispers that he's my husband. But that's impossible because I've only just started my freshman year of college. Every morning, I wake up with a dull ache in my back and a strange soreness in my limbs. My neighbor, a handsome psychiatrist, gave me some medication to help me sleep better. Instead of helping, the dreams became terrifyingly real. It wasn't until I felt his hot breath against my ear that the nig

Chapter 1 After ten years together, Finn still had no intention of proposing. Late one night, I finally broke the silence. "Finn, do we... do we have a future? I mean, a legal one? Will we ever sign that piece of paper?" He avoided my eyes, brushing me off with his typical Wall Street jargon. "Honey, you know the company is in its quiet period before the IPO. Any major life changes right now could be seen as instability and affect market sentiment. Let's just focus on getting this done, okay?

I woke up and realized I was lying in my bedroom from eighteen years ago. My SAT admission ticket was right there by my hand. It had been eighteen years, but those exam questions felt as fresh as if I had just seen them yesterday. I thought about how I ended up back here. I had literally worked myself to death just to save up for my younger brother's future wedding fund. That is right. In my past life, I was nothing more than a sacrificial lamb for my brother. Whenever I refused to help him,