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1. Amelia West was the youngest expert in pharmacological research in the world. During a campus awards ceremony, she used her veto power to disqualify Brooke Ryan's Best Research Award for stealing someone else's work. That same day, her husband, Damian Hart, blocked her path in the parking lot with his car. The front of the car screeched to a halt just inches from Amelia's knees. She stumbled backward in terror, falling to the ground as a sharp, unfamiliar pain shot through her lower abdom

My husband went to the bathroom, and his phone started buzzing on the nightstand. I saw it was a call from his younger brother, Zack. I frowned but decided to pick it up. "Hey, bro, where is the fifteen hundred for Mom and Dad this month? Mom was just asking me about it," Zack said. The moment I hung up, my blood turned to ice. My husband, Jordan, was standing by the bathroom door. His hands were still wet. I forced a twisted smile and looked him in the eye. "You make four thousand a month

In the fifth year of our marriage, Garrett Morgan brought a pregnant woman to my doorstep. He looked at me with a sense of duty that felt like a slap in the face. "Lyra's father saved my life on the battlefield. She was his final request on his deathbed. I have to take responsibility for her," he said. To protect her reputation, Garrett handed me legal separation papers. He claimed he promised Lyra she wouldn't be a mistress. He said once they were married, he would bring me back into the ho

1 Three years ago, Preston sent me away to live abroad for the sake of his so-called white moonlight. The first year, I snuck back, hoping for a reconciliation. He chased me away without mercy, warning me never to return. The second year, I fell critically ill. I sent him a message from my hospital bed, begging to see him one last time. Preston never replied. In my third year abroad, I got married. Preston had no idea. When the three-year term was up, he finally decided to send

I woke up on the very day my wife, Selena Thorne, embezzled corporate funds to pay off her childhood friend Zachery Cross's gambling debts. In my previous life, I sold my most valuable patents just to fill the hole she had dug. This time, I didn't hesitate. I headed straight to the court to file for divorce and cut all ties with her. I had loved her with every fiber of my being for fifty years in that past life. If she told me to go east, I never dared to look west. She claimed she wanted a

At our seventh wedding anniversary party, my wife, Valerie, linked arms with her childhood best friend, Brody, drinking a cross-armed toast. I clapped with cold detachment. In front of everyone, Valerie scolded me. "It's just a harmless game between friends. Why are you so uptight? If anything was going on between me and Brody, you wouldn't have had the chance to marry me in the first place." She stormed off in anger. That night, Brody changed his social media cover photo to an intimate shot

I was scrolling through videos on my ride back from a business trip. A clip suddenly stopped my thumb. A newborn baby had been abandoned by the roadside in the freezing winter, his skin cracked and raw with frostbite, crying his tiny heart out. As a new father, I felt a heavy ache in my chest and zoomed in. My breath hitched. The baby looked identical to my newborn son, Theo. That made no sense. I had booked a presidential VIP suite at the most prestigious postpartum retreat in the city, sta

My six-year-old son was diagnosed with a fatal illness. He cried and told me that only the System could save him. "Mom, the System said I can only live if Aunt Jojo marries Dad." Later. When I took my son's medical reports to Jace's company, I heard him on a video call with our son. "Once Mom and I get a divorce, you won't have to fake your illness anymore. You can finally call Aunt Jojo your mom out in the open!" "Yay! The annoying mom is leaving soon!" Hearing their cheerful voices, my

My wife's first love was trapped on the snowy mountain, and she shoved me like a madwoman. "Aren't you an elite search and rescue specialist? Go up there and save him!" A massive blizzard was rolling in, and even the local mountain rescue team had called off their operation. Seeing me hesitate, my wife sneered and issued a cold ultimatum. "Our daughter was just diagnosed with a brain tumor. If you don't go up that mountain, I won't participate in her surgery." For the sake of my daughter, I

On our wedding anniversary, my wife organized a massive drone light show for her first love. Under the glowing night sky, they held each other in a passionate embrace. Someone recorded the scene and posted it online, where it instantly went viral as netizens gushed, "This is what true love looks like!" I snapped a picture of our marriage certificate and dropped it into the comment section. "If I wasn't being cuckolded right now, I'd probably find it romantic too." 001 The moment I posted o

I was ordered to retreat into the mountains for three years. My mission was to focus on restoring a lost ancient technique of wood carving. Once the project was finished, my mentor granted me leave to visit my family. When my fiancé heard the news, he didn't come to welcome me. Instead, he showed up at my doorstep with his new girlfriend. He had only one goal: to break off our engagement. His mother stood there with her arms crossed, screeching at my grandmother. "Your granddaughter has been

1. Staring at the two pink lines on the pregnancy test, I sat in the waiting room of a private clinic in Manhattan, my mind a complete blank. Spencer and I hadn't spoken in two months. We were in the middle of a cold war. Just then, my phone buzzed with an Instagram Story notification. It was from Vicky. The video was shot at a beachfront mansion in the Hamptons, music blasting. In the frame, Spencer was playing Truth or Dare with Vicky. When it was Vicky's turn, someone dared her to kiss S

To keep my drowning family afloat, I practically handed my gorgeous wife over to my boss. While I watched the live feed of their intimacy from just outside the door, another married woman showed up at my doorstep. Together, we engaged in some filthy business of our own. 1. “Hey babe, what do you think of this apron? Do you like it?” I held up the sheer lace apron, dangling the nearly transparent fabric toward the bedroom door. “Stop it, Harlan! That’s way too…” Chloe’s voice drifted out,

I stayed up for seventeen nights straight to finish that proposal. Then my boss stole the credit, and my best friend sold the data to our biggest competitor. The entire office pointed their fingers at me, calling me a corporate spy. The company fired me on the spot, blacklisted me from the industry, and didn't even pay my overtime. I was huddling under a bus stop in the pouring rain when a mechanical voice echoed in my head― 【Karma Countdown System successfully bound. First Target: Kevin S

It had been three years since I had my vasectomy. Today, I found a pregnancy report in my wife's designer bag. Three years of marriage and six years of being together turned into a cruel joke in an instant. I stood in the shadows, listening to Nora Shepherd talking to her best friend. "It must have happened that time at the hot springs," Nora whispered. "Honestly, I really want to have Austin's baby." "Leo? I'm obviously not going to tell him," she continued. Nora glanced at me while I wa

During the Labor Day weekend, I took Skye, my boyfriend Xavier's younger sister, to the opening ceremony of his new influencer marketing hub. Skye had just undergone a major brain surgery, and I wanted to take her out to get some fresh air. At the event, a streamer named Bianca was aggressively promoting a face cream. "Listen up, family! My man is feeling generous today. This cream usually retails for five hundred dollars, but today, you can get it for just fifty!" Skye tugged on my sleeve a

My wife, Janelle, had her own personal luxury sales rep. Every time she shopped with him, she bought me a watch on the side. I used to think it was a sweet gesture of love. That was until I got off work early to pick her up at the mall. I caught her flirting shamelessly with that young salesman. I even watched them walk into a hotel together, hand in hand. Janelle didn't come home until three in the morning. And in her hand was the hundredth watch she had bought for me. 1. At three in t

1 I was burning the candle at both ends, working three dead-end jobs just to keep my biological parents afloat. I wanted to ease their burden, you know? But all the ramen and skipped meals caught up with me, and I ended up with stomach cancer at freakin' twenty-three. Then, when I finally went to use my savings for treatment, I discovered my folks had already swiped the ten grand I'd been killing myself to save. "Honey, we had to use it to pay off some debts. We're tapped out right now. Can

Chapter 1 For the seventh time, Landon stood me up at City Hall. I sat on the cold bench with our appointment slip in hand, waiting to finally sign our marriage license. Just as I pulled out my phone to ask when he would arrive, an algorithm update pushed a video from his childhood best friend, Maisie, right to the top of my TikTok feed. "Happy 999th day of marriage to my sweet husband. From our past to our future, it has always been you." Right in the center of the photo carousel was an of

After burning my hand, I took an Uber to the hospital alone. A doctor I knew saw me and asked, "How is your wife's recovery after her procedure to end the pregnancy?" I froze in shock. It turned out she had gone behind my back to get rid of our child. I opened my phone and saw a post from her best friend: "It is so good when there is no toxic man stalking your every move. Sasha is so devoted to Leo." The attached photo showed Sasha Quinn looking tenderly at her childhood sweetheart, Leo Kan