Short Reads

"What was even more humiliating than discovering her fiancé’s affair was hearing him claim he’d lost interest in her, and that he had gotten another..."

"Hanging in the living room is a drawing of Julia Graham's husband, son, and younger sister, Juliette Graham.Julia's son tells her, "If I add a..."

"At twenty-eight, I held the dubious honor of being the last unmarried socialite on New York's Upper East Side. Everyone around me was growing incre..."

"I didn't think much of her during the interview but my boyfriend decided to hire her.Not only was her work substandard, but her attitude toward me ..."

"I dated my lawyer boyfriend for five years. He canceled our wedding. Fifty-two times.First time? His intern messed up some paperwork. He ditched me..."

"To cure our daughter's pancreatic cancer, I made a deal with the System, trading the rest of my life for a miracle drug.My husband called me insane..."

"I was dying soon. However, both of my childhood friends, who swore to protect me forever, did not realize that. It was because they were busy throw..."

"On the day of our wedding, Maverick Lowe sacrificed me as bait to save his childhood sweetheart, Janet Stewart, from her kidnappers.I was left behi..."

"Blaire Presley goes to the Carter residence, battered and bruised after being tormented by the three Carter brothers for three days."Mr. and M..."

"I lose a kidney after an accident, but my one-year-old son dies on the spot. The months after the accident are when I'm most depressed, but my CEO ..."

"I had just become an adult when my neighbor, Connor Grayson, started flirting with me. We kept our relationship a secret year after year.After a wi..."

"My sister aims her camera at my face as she livestreams. She forces me to get on my knees before her as everyone in her class watches. Then, she te..."

"In my past life, I worked at a secret research lab abroad. From there, I learned the pyro-calypse was approaching, so I quit my job, intending to g..."

"At graduation, I invited my classmates to attend my engagement party, but what I didn’t expect was the total meltdown one of my classmates had when..."

"I once made a promise to the top actress in the industry. If I publicly proposed to her 99 times on livestreams, she would, on the hundredth, offic..."

"A client splashes water in my face. I'm trembling as I endure his insults and mockery while Wayne Gale stands and watches calmly. His arm is around..."

"My mother-in-law lives alone. One day, her house suddenly catches on fire. It's a life-threatening situation.I call my firefighter husband several ..."

"Caleb Larson used to be the most insignificant member among my subordinates. That was, until he blocked a stab meant for me. That blade was 0.4 inc..."

"Everyone knew I was hopelessly in love with Hendrick Sam, willing to sacrifice my dignity for him.In the two years we were together, he would drop ..."

"During a company team-building event, I collapse from a seafood allergy. Yet my fiance, Frederick Scott, rushes Beatrice Sutton, who only twisted h..."

"Everyone is envious of me for having someone like Dominic Cruz, who's love-brained, as a husband-to-be. He's rich, handsome, and highly educated.I ..."

"My family was the wealthiest in River City, with assets worth trillions.On my eighteenth birthday, my brother, Calvin Chester, gifted me an entire ..."

"Despite a decade of marriage, Simon never once shared my bed, claiming that he had pledged himself to ascetic practices and that it was beneath him..."

"On the day of my wedding with my girlfriend, I was unexpectedly informed by the hotel that our ceremony had to be postponed by a couple of hours.Wi..."