Short Reads

"My mother-in-law brings a woman from the countryside. She looks like she's up to no good when she asks my husband and I to care for the woman.My hu..."

"After eight years of marriage, my husband ignored my protests and brought his so-called cancer-stricken first love into our home. “You heartless w..."

"My husband’s friend’s widow uploaded a picture of her pregnancy report. [Thank you for letting me have my own baby.]I responded with a question mar..."

""Whose illegitimate child are you pregnant with?" My parents demand to know, looking crazed. They want to know whose child I'm carrying.I..."

"Everyone in Vallermoore knew I was Cole Mitchell and Finn Archer's most treasured princess. At 12, Cole saved me from my abusive dad's grip and gav..."

"On my birthday, my husband of five years accompanied his childhood sweetheart to celebrate her dog's birthday. Avery Simpson published a loving pos..."

"At my graduation ceremony, I finally gathered the courage to confess my feelings to my longtime crush.But before I could, I was hit by a car.When I..."

"Our seventh wedding anniversary. I sat at the dining table—alone. My phone buzzed, lighting up with two messages. First, from Tom: [Working late at..."

"After working abroad for several years, I returned home, only to have my parents arrange a blind date for me.He was tall and strikingly handsome, h..."

"My boyfriend of six years, Liam Sherman, proposes to his long-time crush, Vivi Johansen, on my birthday. With that, the passionate love between us ..."

""Ms. Medici, you've officially purchased the island. It's completely off the grid—once you're in, no one can find you. Also, the custom-made f..."

"The year was 1983. The sun had set. It was dark outside. Only one dim light was in the Foster family’s living room. “Dad, Mom, I’m willing to live ..."

"Everyone knows I'm Brooke River's bootlicker—I've stuck by her side for the past ten years. Now, she's getting engaged to someone else, and everyon..."

"My boy friend Caleb Ford's childhood sweetheart, Julia Leclair, is losing her hair from chemotherapy. So, he orders me to cut mine off and make her..."

"I'm about to marry Andre Lawson, a Waller Street tycoon, while my boyfriend of ten years, a blue-blooded attorney, still has no idea.His first love..."

"A post asked: "What did it feel like to marry someone you didn’t love?"My husband answered, "No fun in bed at all. Every day, I thin..."

"To make up for past regrets with his first love, my husband, Pierce Ronan, lied that he could see everyone’s lifespan.He told me I had sixty years ..."

"To save money for a house, I had been living a frugal life with my boyfriend, Desmond Wood. When Desmond received a twenty-thousand-dollar bonus, h..."

"On my husband's birthday, I poured my heart into preparing a feast and selecting the perfect gift. Yet, he didn't come home.Instead, I received a p..."

"My boyfriend is summoned away by a phone call on the day he proposes to me. Once he's gone, his true love forces hard liquor down my throat with ev..."

"On the highway, when the vehicles of drivers on the same stretch of road went out of control and rushed towards us, Wynn Lloyd protected me by hold..."

"It had been five years since I started dating Ross Jenner. His family invited my mother and me to their family home in Fellaton to discuss our wedd..."

"On my son’s birthday, my husband had asked his first love to pick our son up from our home. While I stubbornly refused to let him go, a huge fire b..."

"I was the last one to find out that Rowan River was going to be a dad.When I arrived at the hospital, I saw him giving orders to his staff. "D..."