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My love story with Everett Hayes was the envy of all of Manhattan. To propose to me, he spent millions buying up every digital billboard across the city to play our song. I loved roses, so he planted an entire garden of them with his own two hands. Yet, this was the exact same man who found a replacement while I was studying in London and kept her by his side for three full years. I did not cry, nor did I throw a scene. Instead, I quietly erased every trace of my legal identity. I set the

Less than ten days after our wedding, my husband, Stellan, secretly drained my credit card. He transferred every cent to his ex-girlfriend, a famous actress. He even took the money meant for my mother's life-saving surgery. Outside the movie set, I knelt on the ground and begged them for the money back. "My mom will die without this surgery. Please, just give it back to me." Before they could answer, a crazed hater of his ex-wife rushed forward with a knife. To protect Nadia, Stellan actua

1 It was the 999th time I touched Ethan. Even just brushing against the back of his hand. And like always, he absolutely lost it. "Audrey, is it physically impossible for you not to touch a man?" He wanted to make damn sure I remembered the "cleanliness" agreement we signed right after getting married. So, ignoring my begging, he threw me into the pool full of disinfectant and made me stay there for two hours. It was the butler, James, who saw how bad I looked and secretly pulled me out.

1 I was eighteen when I caught my sister, Sarah, lifting up Chase's shirt and touching his abs. His shirt was loose, allowing her to do whatever she wanted. I was twenty-two when Chase, pressured by his family, married me. But everyone knew that even after the wedding, he still couldn't let go of his intense love for my sister. Later, I filed for divorce. He was silent for a long time before signing the papers. "If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask," he said. At twenty-eight,

1 Dad always had a flair for the dramatic. When he heard his high school sweetheart had passed, he went completely off the rails. He donated his entire stock portfolio �C every single penny! �C and decided to become a monk. Left Mom high and dry with me and my little brother, practically homeless. Mom, though, she's a freaking superhero. She started from zero, collecting cans, flipping burgers at the county fair… worked her tail off. She not only kept a roof over our heads, but she opened her

"My sister makes so much money. She can definitely cough up the extra twenty grand for the wedding car. Once the ceremony is over, we'll make her transfer the house title to Hudson." I stared at this message on my brother's laptop. It was a notification from a group chat titled "The Inner Circle." There were five members. My dad, my mom, my brother, his fiancée, and my aunt. Everyone was there except me. I scrolled back through two hundred and seventy messages. Not a single person had asked

Ever since my coworkers discovered I was a wizard in the kitchen, our office dinners always ended up at my place. Chloe, the girl from accounting, always volunteered to organize the Venmo requests for the groceries. Because of that, I never felt right saying no. On the day I resigned, everyone gathered at my house for one last meal. Chloe flashed a sweet, dimpled smile at me. "Elena, your cooking is seriously to die for. We all decided to send you five hundred dollars each this time. Just a

During the Labor Day weekend, a viral thread about honeymoon trips started trending on my feed. The top comment had the most likes: 【Brothers, how are you planning to spend your honeymoon?】 【With my side piece, obviously.】 【Holy crap, you're a legend! Can you teach us your ways?】 I frowned, looking at those disgusting comments. Then, a reply appeared below. 【There are so many girls trying to travel for free these days. Just act broke enough to trick your wife, and a romantic getaway for t

1 Dad gave my scholarship money to my cousin as a Lunar New Year gift. I cried and tried to snatch it back. He slapped me to the ground. Mom, as always, told me not to hold it against him. That night, Dad ended up in the hospital. ... When I was born, Dad cried on the roof for two hours. He never changed a diaper, never fed me. He barely even looked at me. Then my cousin, Ethan, was born, and Dad showered him with all the love and attention I craved. Every holiday, Dad would come home

1 My mom was pregnant with my little brother, Liam. During a checkup, they discovered he had XYY syndrome. Everyone told Mom she should terminate the pregnancy. She refused, crying her eyes out. I asked her what XYY meant. She told me it meant Liam would be "extra strong, a real man's man," and that he'd protect me. I sort of understood, until Liam was seven and started bashing my mom's head in with a brick. Then I think I really understood what she meant. ... I was six when Mom got pregnant.

I was born cold, a girl with a heart of ice. That changed the day my little sister was born. She was the only warmth in my miserable life. But then came that day. My sweet, obedient little girl was covered by a white sheet. Her chest and stomach had been hollowed out, leaving nothing but a void. I lost the only family member I ever truly cared about. My parents, two pathetic gambling addicts, were busy counting their cash. They claimed she died from a fall in the woods while playing. I didn't

Chapter 1 I am a Nine-Tailed Fox, a creature of legend. From the moment I was born, I was the auspicious omen every beast clan fought to claim. When I came of age, princes from every corner of the beast realm crowded my father's palace. The dowries and promises they offered grew more extravagant by the day. My father loved me dearly and promised I could choose whom I would marry. I rejected one noble prince after another. I set my heart firmly on the heir to the Wolf Pack, my childhood sweeth

In our seventh year of marriage, my wife Janelle's first love sent me a link to download an app. It was filled with her private, intimate videos, made for his eyes only. When I confronted Janelle, she snapped impatiently, "I never actually slept with him. Besides, this is the ninety-ninth task on his list. Just one more, and I will have repaid my debt to him." 1. "Click the link and download this app. It will show you who Janelle truly loves." Miles sent this text along with a link. Even t

1 The day my mom died, my boyfriend, Chad, got kidnapped for the twenty-sixth time. To save him, I dove into a freaking ice-water tank even though I can't swim. It was some sick game for those guys. Five minutes later, they yanked me out, and I passed out, blood pooling under me. Chad showed up, holding his phone, and said, like it was a joke: "Shelly, what'd I tell ya? That moron would totally save me to get her mom's hospital bills paid. Drowning's awesome on camera, right? Knocked her rig

On our seventh anniversary, Quinn Archer gave me a soda tab as an engagement ring. At the same time, he bought a luxury condo for his first love. When I rejected his proposal, he actually had the nerve to criticize me. "I thought my love for you was something money couldn't buy," he said with a straight face. "I only bought that place for Rosalind to repay a debt from the past. It doesn't mean I'm still in love with her." "Elena, your behavior today is beyond disappointing." I didn't hesita

At my own engagement party, my fiancé walked in hand-in-hand with his little damsel in distress. He stood there, center stage, and announced he was calling the whole thing off. Everett Ford looked me dead in the eye and said, "Serena, being with you is utterly suffocating." "Only Lily gives me the kind of love I crave. She makes me feel like a living, breathing man, not just your puppet." I actually laughed. The sheer audacity of it was hilarious. Everything he owned, every penny in his pock

My wedding was just around the corner, yet my girlfriend insisted on a last-minute business trip. When she returned, she frowned and hugged me, whispering, "How did you get so much taller?" I looked at the faint red marks on her neck and stayed silent. While she was showering, I caught a glimpse of her notifications. I couldn't help but check her chat with a stranger. "I wish I could have spent more days inside you. Don't take any pills. If you get pregnant, we'll keep it." "Don't let him t

1. The procedure is in an hour. I’m in a private hospital in Manhattan, the air a sick mix of antiseptic and expensive perfume. I sit alone in the waiting room, my fingers numbly scrolling through my phone, trying to distract myself. A hot post from r/AskReddit pops up on my feed: What does "Main Character Energy" mean to you? The top comment has a shocking number of upvotes. [I’m the expert on this. I'm the spoiled "fake heiress" of my family.] [While the idiot with the real bloodline su

Chapter 1 My father passed away after a long battle with illness. The day before his funeral, my fiancé went to the courthouse to get a marriage license with his first love. When I confronted him about it, he merely looked at me with impatience. "Her dad has terminal cancer, and his dying wish is to see her walk down the aisle," he snapped. "I am just doing a good deed. Can you stop being so selfish for once?" When I called him that night, his first love answered the phone instead. "Derek

My wife's secret obsession, her first love, fell into the wine cellar. The fall triggered a heart attack, leaving him in a deep coma. In a fit of blind rage, she had my legs broken. She shoved me into a wine barrel, demanding I pay for what I had supposedly done. "Donny almost died because of you! You need to feel every ounce of that pain!" I struggled desperately inside that suffocating, airtight barrel. In the end, I ran out of oxygen and died in the dark. It wasn't until her darling Donny