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Late that night, my next-door neighbor accidentally cast his screen to my living room TV. A high-definition video popped up, showing him tangled intimately in bed with a woman. I sighed at the sheer recklessness of the younger generation and reached for the remote to disconnect. Suddenly, my head began to buzz. On the screen, a distinct, faint birthmark caught my eye on the woman’s lower back. It was identical to the one on my wife. 1 The miscast video was abruptly shut off from the oth

1. After the car crash, Lily Parker lost her memory. She remembered everyone―except for Spencer Ashford. Her best friend, Sophie Ashford, who had been by her side for days, froze when she realized Lily genuinely didn't recognize the name. "Lily, it's just us. Be honest with me―is this another one of your tricks to get my brother's attention?" Lily looked completely lost. "What? No, I really don't remember. Who is he?" "You're not messing with me? Then swear on it―hand on your heart, tell m

Chapter 1 My brother was bullied by his roommate. He acted in self-defense, but the other guy ended up in critical condition. My husband, the only witness who could save him, refused to show up in court. He had a ten-year reunion pact with his first love that he wouldn't miss for the world. I knelt on the floor, begging him to testify. He just shoved me away with a look of pure disgust. "Are you really trying to compete for my attention right now? This ten-year anniversary only happens once.

1. "Luna, are you certain you wish to proceed with the Bond Severance rite? Once it begins, the sacred connection between you and the Alpha will be permanently severed. Your power, your station, everything you hold within the pack―it will all be forfeit." The aged she-wolf priestess held Faye's hands, her ancient eyes clouded with worry. Faye nodded. Her voice was calm. Absolute. "I'm certain." The priestess tried once more. "This will bring you unimaginable pain. And the Alpha will suffer

1 Ashley had spent five years in prison. On the day of her release, two men came to pick her up. One was her ex-fiancé, Ethan, whose perjury had sealed her fate. The other was her childhood sweetheart, Noah, a lawyer whose first case had, ironically, been Ashley's prosecution. They stood together, expressions complex, gazing at her frail figure. "Ashley, it's over now. You've paid the price…" A sardonic smile played on my lips. They didn't know Ashley was gone. She had died two days before her

Chapter 1 My office was on the top floor of a glass-walled skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, overlooking Central Park. The nameplate, Executive Vice President, was still on the door. But my husband, Callum, the company's CEO,It was given to an intern named Brielle. My assistant, Kate, sent me a screenshot over an encrypted messaging app. It was from Brielle's Instagram Story. In the photo, she was sitting at what used to be my desk, with the magnificent view of Central Park behind her. The

My wife locked our daughter in the car on the day of her big audition just to help her first love's daughter land the lead role. "Acting has always been Winnie's dream. Don't try to take this away from her," she told our girl. Because of that, our daughter was killed when a runaway truck smashed into the car. Later, when my wife finally saw the death certificate, she completely lost her mind. 1 On the day of my daughter Cece's audition, I caught an early flight back from my business trip ab

It was our seventh wedding anniversary. Xavier Hunt brought the little mistress he had been keeping on the side back to our home. The girl's eyes were brimming with tears. She knelt before me without a second thought. "Mrs. Hunt, love isn't about who got there first. Xavier and I are truly in love. Please, I beg you, let us be together!" I turned my head to look at Xavier. He picked Gia up, looking heartbroken. Usually a neat freak, he was now frantically wiping her tears with his bare hand

When we got married, Gavin Cole couldn't afford a diamond ring for me. He promised to make it up to me with a blue diamond on our fifth anniversary. I waited five years. On that anniversary, the blue diamond showed up on the hand of his secretary, Jolene Raine. Jolene posted it online to show off. “Who has a boss this generous? He bought his employee a ring worth over seventy thousand dollars.” The comments were wall to wall praise and envy from Gavin's staff. In the past, I would have scre

My wife, who used to hate stuffed toys, suddenly became obsessed with a cotton doll. She started calling it her husband and told our daughter that the doll was her only father. I became the invisible man in my own home. At our daughter's parent-teacher conference, I finally reached my breaking point and handed my wife the divorce papers. The crowd around us began to hiss and curse at me. My wife didn't hesitate; she slapped me right across the face. "It's just a plushie, for God's sake! Wh

I was skydiving with my wife and her secret obsession. Suddenly, my parachute jammed. It wouldn't open. My wife, a professional instructor, saved me in a heartbeat. But in doing so, her lover's chute failed, and he plunged to his death. From that day on, she looked at me with nothing but pure hatred. She claimed I had planned the whole thing to kill him. To get her revenge, she lured me back into the sky years later. She sabotaged my gear and watched as I fell four thousand meters to my d

1 The day my husband, Jake, brought his 20-year-old self home, I, at 30, watched him burst from the bedroom and punch himself square in the jaw, tears streaming down his face. "No wonder she wants a divorce! You're treating my future wife like crap!" ... Jake's unexpected return meant I had to shove 20-year-old Jake into the closet. Thirty-year-old Jake was in the entryway, setting down a plastic bag of meat and veggies, loosening his tie as he kicked off his shoes. Spotting the pair of men

Chapter 1 In the seventh year of my mission to win Landon's heart, he married his childhood sweetheart. A friend asked him about me. "You're just going to get married like this, but what about Valerie? She loves you so much, she's going to lose her damn mind." Landon's eyes were full of cold indifference. He sneered, "Let her go crazy then. We've been sleeping together for years, and I'm bored of her anyway." So on the day of his wedding, I lay in a hotel room and drew a sharp blade across m

1. "Sign it, Elena. You get nothing." Julian slid the divorce papers across the conference table. They stopped right in front of me. He spoke with the same cold detachment he used when closing a business deal. His personal lawyer sat beside him. And next to the lawyer was his new girlfriend, Sienna, her belly already showing a slight curve. Sienna looked at me with the pity of a winner. "Elena, Julian is being generous. The agreement doesn't even make you share the company's debt. Just sign

Falling into the water was an accident, but what I discovered after was a nightmare. I was the toxic villainess in a classic, soul-crushing corporate romance novel! “Sienna, you will never leave me!” “Damon, did you ever love me, or was I just a pawn in your sick games?” Recalling the melodramatic and brain-dead plot from my memories, my mouth twitched in annoyance. What a trashy story! Get out of my way, everyone! 1 “Miss, it’s getting windy. You haven’t fully recovered yet. Why don’t

Prologue 1 The tenth time I got down on one knee, Foster Mason walked away before I could even finish the sentence. He did it for her. Again. Eight years of history, and I was still second place to his "sick" childhood bestie. This time, I tried to hold him back. I gripped his sleeve, my heart hammering against my ribs. "Just take the ring before you go, Foster. It won't take more than a few seconds." "Is she really so important that you can't give me those few seconds?" Foster looked at

1 On the night of our engagement, my fiancé was taking a shower when he suddenly shouted, "Yvonne, come in and scrub my back for me." I was about to walk in when it hit me like a physical blow. My name isn't Yvonne. Yvonne was his little childhood sweetheart who was crashing at our place for the night. Before I could even open my mouth to question him, Yvonne marched from the living room straight into the bathroom. She didn't even bother to knock. She looked at my naked husband-to-be with a

I had been married to Seraphina for five years, and every night, she brought a different man home. She did it just to get a rise out of me. Even when she forced me to my knees, I never got angry. Instead, I served them like a loyal butler. It wasn't until she threw the divorce papers at me and I signed my name without a second thought that she truly lost it. "Why are you different now? Do you not love me anymore?" she screamed, her eyes frantic. Of course I was different. I wasn't actuall

1 Rain was coming down in sheets when I rushed Jessica's pain meds to her. I could hear her and her friend, Ashley, talking before I even knocked. "Jess, you're such a drama queen. You've been faking being in that chair for five years, right?" "And poor Peter is such a sap. Five years he's been waiting on you hand and foot and still doesn't realize your legs are perfectly fine." "How many times has he braved the storm to bring you medicine? I can't keep count anymore." Jessica's voice was

My mother-in-law's brain was bleeding out, and my husband, Conrad, the city's top neurosurgeon, was the only one who could perform the surgery to save her. In that desperate race against time, I called him over and over, my heart hammering against my ribs. But when the line finally connected, it wasn't his voice I heard. It was his obsession, Willow Vance. "Oh, is that you, Natalie? Conrad is here celebrating my birthday. He accidentally spilled a drink and ruined his shirt, so he's in the sho