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I was at the bank when the robbery happened. The gunmen took our phones and the standoff lasted the entire day. I had prepared for the worst, even writing out several goodbye letters in my head. After I was finally rescued, I told my boyfriend about the terrifying experience. He just looked at his phone and said, "Okay, I get it." "Since you're done talking, go make me some dinner." The words "I was so scared I'd never see you again" were on the tip of my tongue, but I swallowed them. Lat

I had been in love with Callum Sterling for three years. On the night he celebrated discovering a new star, he hugged everyone in the research lab except me. He even stood by while Sienna mocked me, saying I looked like a mess and it was no wonder I was nearly thirty and single. My heart turned to ash, and I accepted a deep-space mission departing in seven days. Later, the golden boy of the astronomy world named that very star after me. But the only thing he received was a series of video m

Chapter 1 01 My mother was literally angered to death. She collapsed the moment she realized that the bride at my wedding had been replaced by Garrett's female business partner. As my mother drew her final breath, my dream wedding turned into her funeral. Yet Garrett ordered the banquet to proceed as planned and demanded that I slip the wedding ring onto Natalie's finger myself. "Hurry up! Put it on her," he hissed through clenched teeth. "I'll give you an explanation tonight." I ignored h

Caleb and I had been married for five years when his first love posted a wedding photo on social media. The caption read: "Day 9,999 with my favorite guy. Finally took our wedding photos! The candlelight dinner tonight was so sweet!" Our mutual friends flooded the comments with well-wishes for their eternal happiness. I stared at the screen, stunned by Caleb's affectionate expression in the photo. Without a word, I snapped a picture of our marriage certificate and posted it, tagging both

Three years after I withered away, my husband finally remembered me. It was all because his childhood sweetheart, Lorelei, had a relapse of her chronic hemorrhaging. She desperately needed my blood to stay alive. He went to the old house where I used to live, intending to force me to donate for her again. But the house was cold, silent, and empty. He stopped an old woman living next door to ask about me. The old woman sighed. "Are you talking about Sera? She's been gone for a long time! I h

1 My mother-in-law and son were kidnapped by pirates while on a cruise. The pirates demanded my husband hand over a priceless, one-of-a-kind fossil. The Coast Guard found my husband's yacht nearby and urged me to call him for help. I refused. He'd already given the fossil to his secretary, and they were on their way to a private island getaway. In my past life, I'd contacted John through a satellite phone, urging him to bring the fossil and save my family. His secretary, Melissa, stayed be

In the seventh year of our relationship, Selena picked me up from work in the middle of a torrential downpour. I opened the passenger door, only to find the leather seat soaking wet, with a stray strand of short hair clinging to it. She kept both hands on the steering wheel, not even bothering to look at me. "I gave the new intern from the project team a ride home. He didn't bring an umbrella and got completely drenched." I sat on that cold, wet seat, my heart turning to ice. "Selena, you k

My husband pressured me into quitting my job to take care of his paralyzed mother. For three years, I was her shadow. I bathed her, fed her, and cleaned up her waste every single day for over a thousand days without a break. On the day she finally passed away, he claimed he had to work overtime and didn't even come home. Three months later, I caught him making out with another woman in his car. When I went home and demanded a divorce, he just leaned back on the sofa with his legs crossed. His

My husband is perfect in every way, except for one thing. He is absolutely useless in bed. My best friend recommended a specialized holistic clinic that focuses on women's health. I thought I was going for a check-up. But once I got there, I realized the doctors weren't actually doctors. They were something else entirely! 1 My husband is a great man, but our sex life is non-existent. I have been married to him for three years. For three years, I have lived like a nun, never experiencing the

Silas Thorne and I were Savannah's most infamous couple. We were bound by a hatred so deep it felt like a curse. To please Rosalie, the fake sister who took my place, he destroyed my company and sent my parents to prison. I retaliated by driving his obsession to the brink. I watched her jump from a rooftop while Silas screamed in agony. This forced marriage was a battlefield where we both eventually bled out. Yet, on the day of the car crash, Silas did something I never expected. As the car w

1 The night before we were supposed to sign our marriage license, Gavin Quinton's intern posted a photo on her Instagram story. It was a shot of their hands intertwined, captioned: 【Finally found the one I'm spending forever with~】 I left a simple comment wishing them a happy life. Seconds later, the post was scrubbed from her profile. A few minutes later, Gavin called me. I could hear his little intern sobbing in the background as he barked at me for being petty. He told me to stop acting

On the night my wife, Giselle, won the National Literary Award, she stood on stage with tears streaming down her face and thanked her first love. “Garrett is my eternal muse. Without him, the Giselle Bennett you see today would never exist.” Six years of marriage and selfless devotion turned into a cruel joke in that single second. Watching the two of them gaze tenderly at each other through the screen, I quietly switched off the television. I signed my name on the freshly printed divorce ag

I spent an entire year grinding. I worked day and night to finish the State Science and Innovation project all by myself. When I won first place, I thought my future was set. The only Presidential Scholarship spot at our school was practically mine. I treated my best friend like family. I shared every line of code, every data set, and every draft of my thesis with her. But when the list was finally posted, my name wasn't on it. Hers was. She didn't just take the credit―she stole my entir

At twelve, my parents were burned alive. The trauma was so deep that I lost my memory and spent years in a daze. I moved into the Sterling estate with a hundred-million-dollar inheritance. Caden, who was eight years older than me, became my legal guardian. I called him Uncle Caden. At eighteen, I fell in love with him. Instead of a ring, he sent me to St. Jude's Reformatory to "learn the rules." Six years later, Caden finally brought me home. He ignored everyone's objections and knelt before

Valerie Prescott chose the day of my surgery to accept Bradley Cole's proposal. She said, "Mason doesn't know his place. If he ruins the proposal, Bradley won't be happy." Everyone assumed I would do whatever it took to rush back and stop Valerie from being with Bradley. Yet, I didn't. I quietly accepted every single arrangement Valerie made for me. Then, I went to meet the blind date she set up for me. The wedding was scheduled for one month later. I mailed back everything Valerie had gi

I spent ten whole years pouring my heart and soul into restoring a historic colonial estate that had been crumbling for decades. Before I could even celebrate, a massive firework display lit up the sky. Stray sparks rained down, turning my life's work into a roaring inferno. I barely escaped the flames with my life. When I found Cillian Sterling, sobbing and begging him to check the security footage to find out who did this, he wasn't alone. He was stepping off a private helicopter, his arm

Vivienne Sterling was obsessed with fairness. Because of that obsession, she had a specialized microchip implanted in my body. Every time her childhood best friend, Asher Montgomery, suffered a stomach cancer flare-up and vomited in pain, the chip would transfer every ounce of his agony to me. On the day of Asher's tumor removal surgery, I collapsed from the sheer intensity of the pain in the hospital hallway. While I suffered, Vivienne was in the recovery room, gently comforting him. "How d

1. "I’ve made up my mind. I'll marry the Ashford family's vegetable." Vivian Holloway leaned against the doorframe of the old Holloway mansion, a slight smirk playing on her red lips. The cigar in Richard's hand nearly slipped onto the priceless Persian carpet. He sprang up abruptly from the leather seat, his wrinkles smoothing out as he said, "Vivian, you've figured it out? Great! The Ashford family is pressing hard―they need you to marry into the Charleston family within half a month. Whate

1. On the day of our seventh wedding anniversary, my husband, Julian, gave me an orange kitten. I had just woken up from anesthesia. I called him and calmly asked for a divorce. The next day, his assistant, Sienna, showed up at my door. Her eyes were red and puffy. She was holding a basket of organic fruit from Whole Foods. "Nora, I am so sorry," she said, biting her lip, looking like she was about to burst into tears. "Julian said you just lost the baby... I thought a pet might help you

1. Landon Hayes and I swore we would make each other's lives a living hell. He hated me for scheming to have Misty Rivers marry into the Boston Irish Mob in my place. I hated him because even though he married me, his heart would always belong to someone else. For five years, we tortured each other in a marriage that was never real. But when we were caught in a street shootout overseas, Landon stubbornly shielded me with his own body. He bled out and died on the spot. "Don't overthink it,"