Short Reads

"I had moved out of our house, but my boyfriend—the one I had given up everything to run away with—had no idea. Neither did his possessive younger b..."

"My friend, George, and I are both knocked unconscious by a basketball. When I wake up, I suddenly hear my late mother's voice."Tam, don’t let ..."

""Pregnant patient, corpus luteum rupture, heavy bleeding! We need a consent form signed—now!"I stood there holding the clipboard, waiting..."

"I brought home eighty dollars’ worth of durian. When my sister-in-law, Lily Ward, saw me, she clutched her stomach and screamed from the couch.“Ugh..."

"My Mafia husband, Alessio, was sleeping with his stepsister, Sophia.In the car, the study, the bathroom, even on the dining table, they left eviden..."

""I always thought I had found the perf'Once she gives birth, I’ll divorce her.' 'When I have sex with her, I cover her head with a pillow beca..."

"My twin sister, Audrey Goodwin, was obsessed with romance novels about rich heirs. All she wanted was to marry into money and live like some perfec..."

"After my sister, Mona Ramsey, and I graduated from college, our family went bankrupt.Our father gave us two options: One was to marry into the Whit..."

"Don Ettore Vitale's lover, Viola Serra, and I are abducted at the same time.When it's time for Ettore to make his choice, he doesn't hesitate to ch..."

"Due to one phone call, Carl Lorde left me behind in a deserted area on the highway, even though I had been pregnant for four months.I walked to a r..."

"I loved eating cakes.My dad would bring me one every day after work, and my mom bought a full set of oven and baking tools, patiently learning how ..."

"When I was three months pregnant, Stella Falcone, the principessa of an allied family, was also carrying another man's child.To preserve the allian..."

"When an earthquake strikes, I'm trapped under one end of a collapsed slab. On the other end is the student I've been sponsoring.My husband, Sebasti..."

"My boyfriend, Sam Gibson, had a childhood best friend named Tina Lincoln. She was a star medical student.On the day Sam and I were supposed to get ..."

"After I bought my new home outright, my relatives organized a housewarming party to celebrate.During dinner, my nephew Leo suddenly said, “You’re j..."

"Yvonne Sunderland married Zach Frank, who had been with her for ten years. In the second year of their marriage, Zach passed away due to a plane ac..."

"I happened to come across the filming of a popular variety show, where a celebrity attempted to forcefully take over my greenhouse for a task. Afte..."

"“Ms. Summers, Mr. Quinn has already approved your resignation. He didn’t realize you were the one leaving. Should I let him know?”Hearing the news ..."

"I used to be the apple of my family's eye, but Suzanne Nilson changed that when she showed up on my birthday with a DNA test result.The Nilson fami..."

"The day before New Year's, my younger brother announced he was bringing his girlfriend home for dinner.Excited, I drove my new car to pick them up,..."

"On the company's designated monthly day off, Gigi Lott, Donald Hoover's secretary, posted an Instagram story.The caption read, "So what if you..."

""Sorry, Chloe. I really have an emergency!"After ten years of dating, my Alpha mate, Aiden Rothschild, made yet another excuse about hand..."

"On my wedding day, my sister was drugged by my fiancé's best friend and viciously assaulted by a group of groomsmen.When she came to, the shame and..."

"On the day I was supposed to try on wedding dresses with Charles Jaspier, the mafia leader I had loved for seven years, I walked into the boutique ..."