Short Reads

"I don't inform Hunter Nabb when I'm bitten by a rabid dog in the late stages of my pregnancy. Instead, I call the police.Why? Because he got into a..."

"I've been with my girlfriend, Erin Palmer, for five years. But the moment she finally lands the job she's always dreamed of, she dumps me.It feels ..."

"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..."

"The day I went to surprise my blood-bound, Damien, with my pregnancy report, I found out his childhood sweetheart, Lia, was also pregnant. But, wit..."

"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..."

"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..."

"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..."

"I'm eight months pregnant when I suddenly faint on the train. My husband panics and cries for help as he kneels beside me.An interning doctor hurri..."

"The eighth time I proposed to Jason, he shut me down cold and indifferent, just like all the times before.He said he needed more time, and I was re..."

"I return to my hometown after becoming the wealthiest person in the world. I stand beside a luxury car I bought for my father and call him—I want h..."

"My mother-in-law competed with me over everything.When she found out I was trying to get pregnant, she went as far as to use a folk remedy to get p..."

"After my death, my parents sign an organ donor consent form on my behalf. They have my corneas removed and transplanted onto their beloved adoptive..."

"The day Kris Flynn forced me to sign the divorce papers, a self-destruction system wired itself into my brain.The system ordered, [Slap him hard. T..."

"Three years ago, Samantha Jade and her parents were trapped in a raging fire. She watched with her own eyes as the flames devoured her mother and f..."

"Three years into my arranged marriage with the Valachi family heir, the one that got away came back.He left me for Julia eight times.The ninth time..."

"On my eighteenth birthday, the High King summoned the heirs of the four great clans—the Vampires, the Werewolves, the High Serpent Clan, and the Me..."

"When my parents got old, they needed someone to take care of them.Katerina—my younger sister—was off to Amiraka with her smug husband Chris. Meanwh..."

"At the Mafia Alliance Academy, reputation is the only currency—and mine was bankrupt in a single morning.One planted file, one flawless performance..."

"Upon returning home from completing a vital national project, I find out that my grandfather has been reduced to a cripple after being beaten up by..."

"On the day of the wedding, my best friend, Elena Hartman, can't bear to part with me, so she threads my wedding shoes with a string and ties them s..."