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The screens in the security room were blinding. Fifty-two cameras across the entire complex flickered simultaneously. Infrared dots blinked in the dark like a pack of eyes lurking in the shadows. Gus, the security guard, pointed at a man in a gray hoodie on the screen. “Look at this guy. He leaves every morning at six and comes back at ten at night. He never says a word to anyone.” “I’ve worked here for six months, managing over four hundred units, and he’s the only one who never orders takeou

For the third year of our secret relationship, and the twenty-seventh year of knowing each other, Sterling moved out in the middle of the night. It was simply because he discovered that I was a man. Sterling hated that I had posed as a woman to date him. He locked me away and tortured me, forcing me to watch him be intimate with other women, night after night. Later, I died. And he went absolutely insane looking for me. 1 I died on the night of Sterling’s wedding. Looking at my own transpa

Ethan, a renowned actor, married me out of spite. His long-time girlfriend, Olivia, had stormed off to Europe after a fight, and he'd impulsively walked down the aisle with me. Three years into our marriage, their drama continued to unfold. On-screen hugs and kisses, off-screen flirtatious interviews ― the internet was abuzz with pity for me, the "pathetic stand-in." I never reacted, always plastering on a smile and diligently managing his PR. Then, I unexpectedly got pregnant...

1. Five years as Damian's fated mate. Five years. And then he got himself wounded on a hunt. They said the toxin destroyed his memory. He forgot everything about me. But he remembered Clara with perfect clarity. The girl who grew up beside him in the pack. The girl everyone assumed he would marry. He threw me out of the Alpha's residence for her. Then he poured the poison down my throat with his own hands. Silver powder and wolfsbane. The two oldest, cruelest recipes there are. It burned th

Three months before our wedding, I worked late shifts and DoorDash delivery gigs every night to save up for Hazel's dream bridal jewelry set. On this day, I grabbed a high-tipping rush order to deliver a luxury proposal bouquet. The destination was the new condo I had fully paid for and put under Hazel's name. When I arrived, I caught my fiancée passionately kissing her childhood best friend. Someone in the crowd chuckled and asked: "Aren't you worried your simp fiancé will find out?" Hazel

Chapter 1 After my daughter passed away, I became the most perfect wife Landon Chase could ever ask for. When he spent time with Sierra Young, I smiled and told him to have fun. When he stayed out late into the night, I never called or texted to disturb him. I even booked the flights and hotel when he took Sierra to the tropical resort he and I had once promised to visit together. Everyone praised me for finally growing up and being sensible, including Landon. So, on the day of our daughte

1 Three years with Jason, and still no ring. Then, he falls head-over-heels for my stepsister. Total whirlwind romance. This time, I didn't cry. I didn't wait around for him to get it out of his system. Instead, I chucked every gift he ever gave me. I shredded the wedding dress I secretly bought. On his birthday, I ditched D.C. Right before boarding, Jason texts me. "Where are you? Everyone's waiting." I just laughed and blocked him. He had no clue. Two weeks ago, I said "yes" to my

To make his first love smile, my boyfriend shoved my face into a peanut butter cake. My allergic reaction blew my face up like a balloon, and the whole room burst into laughter. "Zack, you should go comfort your girlfriend," someone called out. He sneered, "No need. She can't live without me. Give it a few days, and she'll come crawling back to beg for my forgiveness." Six months later, he received my wedding invitation and tracked me down with bloodshot eyes: "How dare you?" 01 Zack Powe

On the day my father-in-law was cremated, Selene promised she would make it back for the funeral. I stood in the cemetery for a day and a night, clutching the urn, but she never showed up. Instead, I saw a post from the guy she always called her "best friend." It was a photo of them kissing passionately on a beach. The caption read: "Love until the end of time." I looked at the radiant, happy smile on her face. She had clearly forgotten that today was the day her own father was being laid t

Chapter 1 On the day of my husband's ten-year anniversary pact with his childhood sweetheart, I had a fatal heart attack. I begged him to take me to the hospital. Instead, he looked at me with pure disgust and sneered. "Wren, can you stop using these pathetic tricks to get my attention?" "A selfish, narrow-minded person like you would be doing the world a favor if you actually kicked the bucket." Later, when he returned from his date and found my cold, lifeless body, he knelt and wept, begg

The night before the National Robotics Championship, I did the unthinkable. I smashed my masterpiece to pieces and announced my withdrawal from the competition. Everyone called me a fraud, claiming I was too scared to face the heat. The internet trolls were relentless, tearing my reputation to shreds. Only Gabriel Thorne, the so-called 'Golden Boy' of Silicon Valley, played the saint. "I believe in Leo Reed's talent. He is the only rival I truly respect. Whatever he's going through, I hope he

My elder sister inherited our Lemming clan's ultimate blessing―boundless fertility. She was the most delicate, breathtaking princess in our entire realm. Yet less than a year after she was married off to the Pride Kingdom, news of her tragic demise arrived. Her maid whispered that the lion shifters craved heirs above all else, so the King had cherished her deeply. However, his tyrannical Noble Consort grew violently jealous of my sister's fertile womb and orchestrated her brutal murder. When

1 The day I went to pick up our wedding rings, I discovered there were two. One was mine. The other belonged to Summer, the college student my boyfriend, Ethan, was sponsoring. I confronted him, only to overhear his phone call: "Help me buy an apartment in your name for Summer. Don't let Olivia find out." A pause, then his choked voice: "I love her. I can't give her up." That was it. I let him go. I let them have each other. ...... Finding two identical wedding rings felt like a punch to the g

On Labor Day I was pulling overtime at the office when my buddy, who works at a hospital, dropped a piece of gossip into our group chat. “These young couples really don't know when to stop.” “Eight months pregnant and still going at it rough―she nearly lost the baby!” I was never one to skip a good story, so I typed back, “Who knows? Maybe that's their kind of fun!” A few seconds later, my buddy messaged me privately. “Hey, Zane... this woman kind of looks like your wife.” I zoomed in on th

The day before we were supposed to sign our marriage license, I hid in my fiancé's office lounge. I was holding a pair of custom rings I'd designed myself, wanting to give him a surprise. Instead, I heard his first love, Maddie, ask a question that chilled me to the bone. "Bennett, will Cassie really agree to give me blood transfusions every week?" My fiancé's voice was cold and ruthless. "She'll agree whether she wants to or not. If her blood type didn't match yours, I would never have agr

Chapter 1 My husband's childhood best friend made a critical error during a search and rescue mission, which cost a young college girl her life. To protect his precious darling, Wesley Gallagher―the captain of our search and rescue unit―demanded that I take the fall for her crime. I refused on the spot. Furious, he yelled in my face. "Kendra is up for a promotion! Do you really want to ruin her entire future? How old are you, acting so petty and throwing tantrums like a child?" Without my

My wife brought her best friend home to drink with us. A few rounds in, my wife was completely wasted, passed out on the couch. Her friend wanted to keep drinking, but the next second, she collapsed straight into my arms. Looking at her soft, flawless skin, a wicked impulse surged through me. Just as I hesitated, her eyes fluttered open. A soft, breathy moan escaped her lips: “I feel so uncomfortable... Can you help me?” 1 My name is Chase, and I married a stunning woman named Nina. Nin

Chapter 1 My fiancé wanted to leave an heir for his dead best friend. Exactly a month before our wedding, he insisted on having a baby with his friend's widow. I asked him hysterically why it had to be him. Couldn't she just adopt a child? But my fiancé brushed it off without a care. "Carter was my absolute best friend, and his sudden death broke her," he said. "She couldn't take it and has tried to harm herself several times." "Can you stop being so sensitive? She doesn't know anyone e

1. I was driving to meet my real estate agent for the down payment when the group chat exploded with a video of a man biting someone. In the shaky footage, a group of hazmat-suited responders were hoisting a blood-drenched body onto a stretcher. The man on the stretcher twitched, then suddenly lunged at a responder, sinking his teeth into the man's neck. A spray of blood hit the air. Screams and gunfire erupted simultaneously. The thing that could no longer be called human took a dozen shot

My pregnant sister-in-law became a widow overnight, so my husband brought her into our home to take care of her. My usually stingy parents-in-law treated her like royalty, giving her everything she asked for. When I returned from a business trip, I found her lying in my husband's bed. She looked me in the eye and claimed the child in her belly belonged to him. My mother-in-law even tried to persuade me to accept it for the sake of the family legacy, telling me I should be more "generous" sin