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My wife had no idea that the cryogenic vault was holding the final viable sample of Devon Hayes, the sole heir to a multi-billion-dollar empire who had lost his fertility. She indulged her childhood friend, an intern at our firm, letting him install cheap bootleg security software from Temu. The pirated program corrupted the entire system, causing the freezing vault temperatures to spike out of control. In my previous life, I did everything to protect my wife from liability. I hacked into th

In the third year of our marriage, my wife, Sienna, got drunk and told me she wanted us to have a child. Three months later, her wish came true. I was at the clinic with her for a check-up when she asked me to go grab her a hot latte. Just as I turned the corner of the hallway, I heard her voice, choked with tears, threatening her first love. "Ian, the fact that you followed me to the hospital proves you still care, doesn't it？" "If you just say you love me, I'll end this pregnancy right no

I was dying of terminal bone cancer while my husband was traveling across the country with his depressed first love. With only a few days left to live, I called him from my hospital bed. He only snapped at me through the phone. “Can’t you be a little more understanding? Macy is severely sick. What’s wrong with me keeping her company?” I was wheeled into the operating room completely alone. The surgery failed, and I drew my last breath on that freezing operating table. A whole month passed b

1 My ex just hit the freaking lottery for millions and told me he wanted a divorce. That night, I packed up my stuff and hightailed it back to my family's old place in the country. Two weeks later, the heatwave started. People were dropping like flies. Me? I was chilling in my renovated farmhouse, the pantry stocked to the ceiling, sucking on a Bomb Pop. Meanwhile, my ex, the jerk, was groveling in his fancy suburban neighborhood with his kid and his bimbo girlfriend, practically licking th

On Thanksgiving Eve, my stingy Uncle Silas actually sent a hundred-dollar gift card in our family group chat. I was quick enough to snag eighty-eight dollars of it. Tommy, Silas's son who just got married, immediately started acting snarky. "Percy sure is fast when it comes to grabbing free money. Too bad he isn't that fast at getting married. Unlike me, I actually have a life." He then posted a wedding photo in the group. A three-hundred-pound slob hugging a pretty girl―he did look smug. I

Just because I wore the same designer suit as Sierra Langford’s boy toy, she had my clothes torn off in front of everyone and locked me in a walk-in freezer. She didn't let me out until six hours later. Right before I passed out from hypothermia, I heard her vicious voice echoing above me. “Stop faking it. If I catch you bullying Hayden again, it won’t be as simple as a little cold air.” I closed my eyes and gave a faint nod. The day I was discharged from the hospital, Sierra threw a lavish

The new lead developer at my firm was a self-proclaimed genius with a massive chip on her shoulder. She claimed she was here to fix the toxic corporate culture. During a high-stakes dinner with our biggest investor, she didn't just refuse to play along. She flipped the table and slapped the client across the face. "My value lies in my technical skills, not in playing hostess," she declared. "Pandering to these archaic social games is an insult to my dignity." Jasper Vance, our CEO, watched in

1 In our seventh year of marriage, my husband fell madly in love with a young intern. She came from a poor background but carried herself with fierce pride. When he offered her company shares, she turned him down cold. "Whatever I want, I will earn with my own two hands," she had declared. That single sentence completely captivated him. Nathan Miller chased after Avery Hayes so aggressively that the entire city knew about it. He completely forgot about the wife at home, the woman he had onc

On the day of our wedding photo shoot, my girlfriend never showed up. I waited at the studio until it was pitch black outside. The only thing I got was a text saying she had to fly out for an urgent archaeology project. That same night, a video posted by her first love went viral on social media. "A lover's eyes are the eighth ocean; they will always swell for a first love." In the video, the two of them were locked in a deep embrace in front of the Swiss Alps. In the comment section, my gi

On my way to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday, I was dragged into a dark alley and subjected to a horrific ordeal. When I finally woke up, I scrolled through social media and found a photo of my boyfriend, who had been unreachable, kissing his "little sweetheart" on a secret account. "Even though there is a little one on the way, you will always be my only baby," the caption read. The comments were full of people praising their beautiful love. Only one comment stood out: "Your girlfriend is

1. My husband was sent to the Alaskan North Slope oil fields for two hundred days. We promised to video call for half an hour every day. It was our agreement, my only comfort during the long winter nights. On day 199, my son pointed at the tablet screen, his face full of innocence. "Daddy, the tree outside your window was bare yesterday. How did it grow leaves today?" The screen went black. He cut the feed. ... The second the screen went dark, my heart skipped a beat. A familiar coldness

After my father spent another night away with his long-lost first love, my mother pulled her traditional folk-healing robes from the bottom of her closet. People used to mock her back in the day. They said it wasn't worth leaving her home in the deep southern swamps and giving up her title as a Matriarch for a man. My mother would always say, "I am with him because I love him. Don't worry about whether it is worth it." But now, looking at her cold eyes, I knew she didn't love him anymore. I

I had been reduced to nothing. Hardly out of the surgery room, I was viciously kicked in the groin by my own wife, shattering what was left of my manhood. All because I stood up to her precious lover during the board meeting. Even my younger sister, whom I had pampered since we were kids, only sneered at me after finding out. “You have a foul mouth. If you ever disrespect him again, don’t expect me to forgive you.” They had accumulated massive debts through high-stakes gambling and predatory

I only found out Jared had taken a club dancer as his secret lover after their child was already born. Inside the quiet sanctuary of the chapel, his close friend asked how he planned to explain things to me. Jared only gave a cold scoff. “A man of my standing having another woman by his side is completely normal. She has no right to demand an explanation from me.” “Josie is notoriously petty, though. Keep this quiet for now, or she might get vicious and try to harm my son.” We had been chil

At the annual company gala raffle, I walked up onto the stage. My supervisor, Garrett Cole, suddenly shoved a crumpled piece of paper into my hand. "Here is the exclusive prize for our top sales champion! Open it up and show everyone!" Under the expectant gaze of the entire room, I unfolded the paper. Scrawled across it in messy handwriting were the words: Clean all company restrooms for three days. Amid bursts of roaring laughter, Garrett crossed his arms and smirked at me. "Pretty genero

I was a medical student at Northport Medical Academy, specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology. My roommate, Ria Russo, once contracted a shameful, incurable infection. I was the one who hid it from the school and treated her in secret. Later, when she got pregnant, I helped her cover that up too. A month after she gave birth, my own mother went into labor. It happened right in the ward where Ria and I were interning. My mother gave birth to a baby boy who had a strange, long tail. To pay

My sister-in-law, Kendra, lived for bragging and spreading malicious gossip. One day, she would claim the woman next door was sleeping around behind her husband’s back. The next day, she would boast that my brother was about to be promoted to vice president. The day after that, she would publicly shame a teenage girl down the hall for being loose. She dragged every neighbor and acquaintance through the mud, utterly thrilled with herself. Whenever I warned her to stop spreading baseless rumors

My best friend just got dumped. I was at the bar with her, trying to drown her sorrows, when I saw my own fiancé cheating. Under the dim neon lights, I saw him holding a young girl. They were locked in a kiss so intense they seemed inseparable. I wondered if he even remembered our wedding. It was supposed to happen in exactly two weeks. Later, he would beg me with bloodshot eyes. He would say, "Maya, please give me one more chance." I would just hold my new fiancé's arm and smile. I would ha

1 I deactivated my million-follower Instagram account. Everyone went nuts. Theories flew around, mostly about my account being hacked. But Olivia, my biggest rival in the beauty influencer space, actually DMed me: “Are you insane? Why would you throw this away?” I ignored the drama and booked a one-way ticket to Yosemite. I needed to breathe. See, in my past life, Olivia and I were putting out identical content. People called me a copycat, a parasite, worse. They sent hate mail, even showed

The last time I fought with Quinn, she slammed the door and walked out. The anger was too much for my weak heart, and I passed away right then and there. She spent the next week traveling with her old flame and his son, claiming she needed to clear her head. Meanwhile, our young daughter stayed home alone, guarding my cold body for seven days and nights. When Quinn finally remembered us, she found me dead and rotting. Our daughter was pale, skeletal, and on the verge of death. After realizing