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At my childhood friend Landon’s new book launch, he walked straight toward the VIP audience seats and took my fiancée Valerie’s hand. He praised her as his muse, the true love of his life. Right in front of me and hundreds of guests, he pulled her into a passionate kiss. After the crowd dispersed, I found the two of them backstage to demand an explanation. Valerie just brushed it off like it was nothing. “Landon has been so busy with work that he hasn’t had time to date. His parents are get

The owner of the ramen shop downstairs is a fallen socialite with curves that could kill. To boost her sales, she is willing to do anything. She even launched a deal: spend four thousand dollars, and you can experience being the boss for a night. If you upgrade to a permanent membership, the benefits are endless... 1. A new ramen spot opened up downstairs, and the business is booming. There are always long lines wrapping around the block. People say it is all because of the owner's incred

1. "Lucia, are you really going to Chicago to handle the family's 'business'? It's a real shitshow over there. If you go, what about Vincent?" At the mention of Vincent's name, Lucia Moretti froze for a moment. Countless intimate memories flashed through her mind. It felt like an invisible hand was squeezing her heart, a sharp, bitter ache. But after a moment of silence, she took a sip of her bourbon and repeated her decision. "He'll have my people watching him. Stop asking. Get it done."

1 My sister, Sarah, was a self-proclaimed do-gooder. A passenger was groped just as our plane was about to take off, and Sarah stepped in to "do the right thing." The captain practically begged her to wait until we landed before calling the police, not wanting to disrupt everyone else's travel plans. But Sarah insisted on calling the police right then and there. The resulting delay caused significant losses for the airline, and one passenger missed seeing her father before he passed away. I

1. Elias's ex-girlfriend Savannah Pierce, post an ultrasound picture on Instagram. The caption read: "Thank you to my closest friend for giving me the most amazing gift when I needed it most. I'm finally going to have a baby of my own. #NewChapter #Blessed #SecretAngel" I quietly liked the post and left a comment: "Congratulations to you both." Less than a second after I hit send, my husband, Elias, was on the phone. He was screaming, his voice frantic and chaotic: "What the hell is wrong wi

1 My husband, a high-profile judge, didn't know I was already cold and stiff in the morgue. After a night of drinking at the bar, he lazily sent me a voice note. "Where the hell are you? I won the case. I'll give you a little treat tonight as a reward." When I didn't reply instantly, he sent two more. "Ignoring my messages? Stop playing hard to get!" "Is this still about me not helping you with that lawsuit? Don't be so petty!" I still didn't respond. Fuming, he blocked my number immedia

I am the eldest legitimate daughter of the Gallagher family, a prominent military household. Since childhood, I stayed by my father's side, guarding the rugged borders of the North. When I returned to the Capital for my arranged marriage, I discovered my older brother had taken in a distressed showgirl from a high-end burlesque club. He was completely whipped, doing whatever she asked. He even agreed to let her steal my identity and marry the young Marquis in my place. The two of them conspire

Bad move, raising a wolf pup. That was the only thought in my mind as Caspian pinned me to the mattress. His hand wrapped around my waist, tightening slowly. His fingertips traced a path down my skin, inch by agonizing inch. With his other hand, he toyed with the ends of my hair, his touch no longer the innocent gesture of a student. His obsidian eyes overflowed with a maddening, predatory hunger. His voice dropped to a dangerous, gravelly rasp: "Sir, how could you ever think of abandoning

Chapter 1 "Kaelen, are you really leaving Elias?" In the quiet cafe, Kaelen put down her spoon and looked at her shocked best friend. Her voice was flat. "We're divorced." "Wait―what did you say?!" Megan nearly knocked over her cup, her voice shooting up. "You're actually divorced? Does he have any idea how much you've done for him these past three years? Even an idiot would have noticed something by now! Does he even have a heart?" Kaelen managed a small, sad smile. To be honest, she wasn

After becoming the heir to the prestigious Silk Tapestry Heritage, I decided to quit the National Artisan Showcase. Mia Hart, the most popular craft influencer right now, immediately requested a live split-screen with me. "You've been stealing my ideas over and over again, and I've been patient! Why are you quitting now?" she sneered. "Are you getting cold feet because you're afraid the world will see you for the fraud you are?" In my past life, at this exact showcase, Mia submitted a piece

1. My husband, Julian Moretti, is the uncrowned king of New York’s underworld. On our wedding day, a rival cartel planted a C4 bomb in his Rolls-Royce. The explosion threw him twenty feet and shattered his mind. Dissociative Identity Disorder. That was the doctor’s calm, clinical death sentence for my marriage. The main personality, Julian―my Jules―still loved me to death. But his alter, Jax, only remembered his college sweetheart, Chloe. To him, I was just some slut who had seduced his ot

My sister died in a brutal war, leaving behind a newborn child fathered by the King of the Shadow Realm. For the sake of that infant, the powerful Shadow King, Silas Blackwood, married me. I was nothing but a low-rank wolf with no noble blood. Yet, to ensure my sister's son was my only priority, I endured the agony of a ritual to hollow my vessel every single year. For a century, I gave everything I had to Silas and the boy, Caspian. But Silas was like the ice on a mountain peak. He never gra

1 My wife, Sarah, threw my stepson, Jake, the biggest eighteenth birthday bash you ever saw. And her gift to him? My job as head of design. Yeah, real classy. Then Jake's first line of bags got called out for straight-up plagiarism. The company was lookin' at a serious lawsuit. And Jake, the little weasel, tried to blame it on me. "I just put Mark's designs into AI to, like, polish them. I had no idea it would turn into a total rip-off." "Honestly, it all comes down to Mark's original de

1. It was our third wedding anniversary. My husband, Lucas Sterling, a Commander in the Navy SEALs, told me he had an urgent deployment order. I smiled and kissed him goodbye, watching his black Ford F-150 pull out of the driveway. The moment he turned the corner, I walked back inside and activated the GPS tracker I’d planted in his wheel well. The dot on the screen didn't head toward Norfolk Naval Base. Instead, it stopped at the most expensive private maternity hospital in the city. I s

In the seventh year of our marriage, Logan Quinn looked down on me for being nothing but a woman who raised pigs. He was obsessed with his old flame, Bianca, who had just been transferred to the base's PR department. "Willa is just a farmhand, after all. Bianca is the only woman I've ever truly loved." Even our son, Quincy, clung to Logan and acted spoiled. "Dad, I want Auntie Bianca to be my mom. Why don't you just divorce that old, frumpy woman?" In that moment, I decided to throw both of

1 My brother, Jace, was getting married. He even bought me a first-class ticket to fly back from London so I could witness his big day. When I landed, he was there to pick me up, grinning ear to ear. We took a selfie and he posted it on his socials. "The most important person in my life is finally by my side," he captioned it. That night, my future sister-in-law, Raina, burst into my hotel room without a word of warning. She looked like a woman possessed. "You shameless slut! How dare you t

At a fake socialite gathering, Marilyn Sterling pointed at my nose and laughed mockingly. "A woman with your body type doesn't deserve to stand here. You don't deserve to be on the same level as these girls using Ozempic. You don't even have the right to drink from the same glass as them― Because your very existence lowers the class of this entire circle. Being fat is the original sin. Being fat means you deserve to be looked down upon. Being fat means you deserve to be alone. Being fat mea

1 Caleb and I grew up together. We were the couple everyone expected to last forever. But on the day of our engagement party, he left me standing there in front of everyone. He chose my so-called best friend over me. While the guests looked at me with pity, I didn't cry. Instead, I picked up the microphone and walked onto the stage. I kept my head high and my voice steady. "Thank you all for coming. Today isn't actually an engagement party. It is a celebration for my new house. Please, enjoy

When my fiancé proposed to the woman of his dreams, they finally found my body. I had been dead for three long years. My remains had been hacked into pieces, and my face was destroyed beyond recognition. Not a single person who once loved or knew me could identify me. Not even him. Everyone who saw my body felt a chill down their spine. What kind of deep-seated hatred would drive someone to do this? The killer had mutilated me so badly that I didn't even look human anymore. They

1 My sister and I were in a car crash. My heart was ruptured, and I needed immediate surgery to survive. But my mother, the director of the hospital, summoned every specialist to my sister's room. She wanted a full-body scan for my sister, who only had a few minor scratches. I begged my mother to save me, but she just roared at me with pure annoyance. "Can't you stop acting out for attention for once? Don't you know your sister almost broke a bone!" In the end, I died in a cold, forgotten