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Which is more lethal―a high fever while seven months pregnant, or a meat locker set to thirty below? When he locked me in that freezer for the sake of that woman, the poisoned vows in my digital recorder were hissing like a snake. "Is a termination even considered a surgery?" "Your prenatal report will show the fetus is deformed." "This is the only Lockwood heir. Even if it dies, I will have it preserved as a specimen." I touched my bleeding thigh and smiled. The 178 fertility shots I endu

1 Xavier handed me the divorce papers the moment his childhood sweetheart's depression flared up again. I signed my name without a word and told him I was moving to Europe. He looked at me with surprise, which quickly turned into a smirk. "So you've finally realized that throwing a tantrum doesn't work? Is this your new way of trying to win me back?" he asked. "Actually, it's better if you leave. Your presence only triggers Nina. Once she's better, I'll come get you." I handed him back my

1. The morning after our sixth wedding anniversary, a December blizzard turned Chicago into an icebox. My husband, Liam Bennett, said he was running to Dunkin’ to get my favorite Boston Cream donut. In his rush, he left his iPhone on the marble island in the kitchen. The screen lit up. A notification floated to the surface: "My Sweet Sophie: Voice Message." I shouldn't have tapped it. But six years of marriage gave me a sinking feeling in my gut―that urge where you know you shouldn't look,

The day the funeral ended, I asked Madeline Vance for a divorce. "Stop being ridiculous, okay? I'm busy enough as it is. Can you stop adding to my mess?" I heard the sounds of playful laughter coming through the phone, and suddenly, I just smiled. "Madeline, this is getting pathetic. Just let me go." 1. The other end of the line went silent instantly. You could have heard a pin drop. "Why?" Madeline's voice sounded like it was dipped in ice, her tone heavy. "What's your reason?

1. My wedding was only a month away. But I was starting to wonder if I should even walk down the aisle. The reason was the same as always―my fiancé wanted to have a child with his best friend's widow. Caleb Sterling looked me in the eye and said, "Jeremy was my brother. He's gone now, and he left Serena all alone. She's tried to end her life several times." "If she had a child to focus on, maybe she could finally move past this grief," he added. I couldn't wrap my head around it. I looked

After I was reborn, I took the initiative to give the chance for the rural service program to my cousin. Next, I personally pushed away the engagement ring Jackson Reed offered me. I handed it straight to my cousin instead. I did everything in my power to set them up as a couple. In my past life, while I was still fighting for my breath in the ICU, Jackson was already busy preparing to marry her. In this life, I chose to grant them their wish. Now that I have a second chance, my only goal i

I set up my phone on a tripod right in front of the Metropolitan General Hospital's ER entrance. The viewer count in my livestream was exploding. I grabbed a heavy metal trash can from beside a fire hydrant and slammed it into a black Mercedes parked in the no-parking zone. The comments section went wild. People were shouting "She's insane!" and "Call the cops!" I just opened my arms wide to the security guards and nurses rushing out of the building. "Hurry, arrest me. Take me to the police s

My husband, Lucian, had been pulling back-to-back shifts through the entire holiday weekend. I felt so bad for how hard he was pushing himself that I took over every single household chore to make his life easier. But while I was doing the laundry, I felt a piece of paper in his coat pocket. It was a delivery receipt for a high-end meal prep service. The entire order consisted of premium prenatal meals. There was organic honeyed oatmeal, lemon-herb sea bass, and steamed seasonal greens. Every

1 Senior year, I fell head-over-heels for Jake. Then graduation went south, and he threw my pregnancy test in my dad's face. "Mr. Thompson, your precious little princess is knocked up by me. Congrats on becoming a grandpa!" "But I'm not sticking around to play daddy." Then he took off for Europe, leaving me with the mess. Turns out, he thought my dad indirectly killed his high school sweetheart, so he wanted to drag me down to hell to get even. My dad had a heart attack and died. My mom w

1 The king told me to pick a mate from either the vampires or the werewolves. I was instantly drawn to Darian, the werewolf. No hesitation, I chose him. On our wedding day, Darian marked me in front of his entire pack, binding us as partners. His childhood sweetheart, Finny, freaked out and ran off. Stupid bitch wandered right into the path of hunters who tore her to shreds. Afterward, Darian showed up at the scene, stared at Finny’s mangled body, and said nothing. Just scooped her up and b

It was my wife's birthday, so I drove all night with our daughter to surprise her. I wanted to give her an unforgettable celebration. Instead, I caught her locked in a passionate embrace with her first love. That was the moment I realized every single business trip had just been a secret getaway with her lover. 1 Knowing my wife, Chelsea, had a business dinner tonight, I sat in the hotel lobby holding our daughter and waiting for her. Time slipped by, and Annie eventually fell asleep in my

I am a urologist. I just found out that a patient who came in for a fertility check-up is actually sharing a wife with me. I went home and asked my wife for a divorce. She refused and looked at me like I was crazy. "We never even signed a marriage license, so how can we divorce?" she asked. That was the moment I realized the truth. I was never the husband. I was the side-piece. 1 "My wife is stunning, especially her doe eyes," the man said. "I really hope our child looks just like her."

1 The earthquake hit like a sledgehammer. Both my husband's childhood sweetheart and I were caught in the chaos, and the shock sent us both into premature labor. My husband, Hudson, is a surgeon. He arrived at the scene within minutes to save us. But there was only one ambulance available. To save his precious Skylar, Hudson chose to physically drag me off the stretcher and leave me behind in the middle of the aftershocks. I grabbed his sleeve, begging him through the pain, but his face rem

1 I'd been married to Sarah Armstrong for eight freakin' years. And she'd brought home ninety-nine guys. I stared at the hundredth one， this young punk in front of me. He gave me this cocky look， then turned to Sarah. "Sarah， is this your…husband? The one who can't get anything right?" Sarah leaned back in her chair， all bored. "Yep， that's him， Mikey." Mikey swaggered over and actually patted my cheek， laughing. "Listen close tonight， old timer. You might learn something about how real

1 My husband, Garrett, is a judge. To save his dying first love, he signed an order that practically sentenced my kidney to her. I tried to explain to him that I was already suffering from kidney failure. If I gave up one more kidney, I wouldn't survive the night. Garrett only looked at me with pure disgust. "Savannah is fighting for her life, and you're still here playing these pathetic games for attention!" he roared. "Do you even have a heart?" Under his legal authority and forced mandate

1 My husband's first love was held at knifepoint by a desperate criminal. To ensure her safety, my husband, Chase Sterling―a lead crisis negotiator―offered me as a replacement hostage. The moment the trade was made, Chase abandoned the negotiation. He rushed his trembling first love back home, leaving me alone with a madman. I begged him to save me through the comms. But his heart was only for her. "Can't you just be reasonable for once? She's traumatized! I need to prioritize her right

My husband, Dominic Sterling, built a criminal empire from the ground up. During a turf war with a rival family, I was caught in the crossfire and spent ten years in a coma. I woke up with only one person on my mind: my son, Leo, who has autism. I went to the headquarters of The Iron Syndicate, the gang Dominic founded. Instead of seeing a well-cared-for child, I found my son cowering in front of a woman holding a small boy's hand. She was mocking him, her finger inches from his face. She e

The Battle of Crimson Creek was a massacre. My senior packmate, the woman I had loved for centuries, searched through ten thousand corpses before finding me at the edge of death. I foolishly believed she had finally been moved by my years of devotion. Instead, she took advantage of my shattered state and reached into my chest, brutally ripping out my Alpha Spark. Xaviera looked down at me with cold, piercing eyes. "You were born with the divine bloodline. Ripping this out is just a temporary

This was the third time my girlfriend and I were at the altar. Her first love stood up yet again. "Jade, do you want to leave with me?" Jade Miller nodded without a second thought and placed her hand in Levi Young's. The crowd waited for me to beg. They wanted to see me lose my mind. But I didn't go crazy like the first two times. I just stood there, calm and silent. "Go ahead," I said. "I'm done. This wedding is over." 1 "Jade, will you come with me!" The venue fell into a deafening si

1 The night before our engagement, my boyfriend went behind my back to find his precious childhood sweetheart. When I finally tracked him down at the dive bar, he was sobbing in her arms. "In our next life, let's make sure we don't miss each other again," he whimpered. I stood there, my heart cold. "And what about me?" I asked quietly. Bennett turned around, his face flickering with a moment of sheer panic. "Lyra, it's just a joke. Don't take it so seriously." I let out a soft, sharp la