Short Reads

"In the third year of my relationship with Dante Santoro, heir to the Santoro family fortune, I got pregnant.The night before the Don's birthday ban..."

"When the flood hit, my husband, Patrick Holmes, who was part of the rescue team, stood between me and his first love, Victoria Clarke, torn with he..."

"I'm rejected after asking for my boyfriend's hand in marriage for the 99th time. To my devastation, he turns and proposes to my best friend.I storm..."

"I made the decision to break up with Layla Freeman as I opened my eyes once more.She wanted to take Charles Jones and his son home so she could tak..."

""Chloe, when you were younger, our family arranged a marriage for you. Now that you're almost recovered from your illness, would you be willin..."

"On the day of Lucas' engagement, he managed to get a few lackeys to keep me occupied, and by the time I stepped out the police station, done with q..."

"On the eve of our wedding, Evelyn Gates fell to her death. Everyone believed that, since I had always been devoted to her, I would take my own life..."

"Everyone in our circle knew I had always been obsessed with Daniel Rothman.I followed whatever he did—went to school, learnt eight different langua..."

"Leo, my mate, wanted to spend Valentine's Day with Cheryl, his first love, on the night Victor and Vera, his parents, were abducted.But this time, ..."

"Dad attends a banquet with his ex-girlfriend, and they make headlines. Everyone mocks Mom for this, saying that she hasn't gotten anything out of h..."

"On my birthday, my fiancé used his supermarket points to get me a pair of dishwashing gloves.But at an auction, he bought a five-million-dollar gem..."

"I, Julian Manning, am the top salesman at a car dealership, and I never refuse any customer's request.But today, I turn away a regular customer who..."

"In my previous life, I was eight months pregnant when my mother-in-law and husband forcibly dragged me to grab decorative gift boxes from the Chris..."

"Silas Grant and I are renowned in our social circle for being a loving couple. However, a month before our wedding, he calls everything off. He wan..."

"I've dated Andrew Carter, my surgeon boyfriend, for seven years. We plan 66 weddings, and he cancels every single one for Selena Merrick.The first ..."

"My younger sister Ruth and I got a do-over, reborn to the day we were about to be adopted. Ruth clung to Jeremy, the butcher who'd taken me in duri..."

"When Neil Young brought up divorce again, I calmly signed the divorce agreement and began to cut off all contact between us.On the first day, I sol..."

"I'm diagnosed with late-stage cancer after undergoing a pre-employment medical checkup. My husband says the medication for my condition is expensiv..."

"The night before the company went public, my wife told me she had a surprise for me and reminded me to dress up for the occasion.I thought she was ..."

"I'm a dance major who's preparing for her exams. Everyone thinks I'm a good girl, but there's one thing they don't know about me—I've fantasized ab..."

"In the third year of our marriage, my husband's first love got a divorce. He gave her the forty-five thousand dollars we had saved for a house beca..."

"After helping the company secure a project worth 30 million dollars, the HR department suddenly tells me that I'm fired, and I will not be receivin..."

"On my wedding day, my best friend, Beatrice Hopper, buys a lottery ticket from a convenience store and gives it to me as a wedding gift. I initiall..."

"I am Novella Fontana. My sister-in-law, Carla Rossi, and I check into a resort owned by our family, intending to have a quiet vacation there.But wh..."