Short Reads

"Vincenzo Moretti was Stonehaven’s youngest financial titan— a tech mogul commanding a multibillion-dollar empire, gracing the covers of business ma..."

"The property manager, driven by greed for kickbacks, rallied the residents to dig a deeper underground parking garage for profit.But as a geologist..."

"For the sake of my happiness with my boyfriend, I decided to go to the hospital to treat my congenital narrowness.But the attending physician turne..."

"During the three years after I'm diagnosed with a malignant tumor, my husband performs over 30 major surgeries on me so he can keep me around to do..."

"In my previous life, my boyfriend's younger sister came to the CT room for a check-up.As always, I asked the routine questions about whether she wa..."

"On my way home from the night shift, a patient who held a grudge against my husband, the hospital director, forced half a bottle of pesticide down ..."

"Six months ago, I was accidentally poisoned by wolfsbane. The poison is deadly, and my days are numbered. My body gradually weakens. Today, my wolf..."

"I’d just wrapped up a short trip with my daughter, Elara. On the way back, I figured I’d swing by the Hale, our family’s casino, to check in on my ..."

"The moment they released the year-end audit notice, I just stared in disbelief at the mention of my car, which I had paid for in full and in cash.I..."

"Two weeks ago, my family and I went hiking and camping.When the storm hit and the mudslide erupted, my adopted sister shoved me into a ravine. My p..."

"My cousin, Sonia Sanders, only trusts OmniGo Maps, or OmniGo, for everything.While waiting for the bus during a trip, the bus that we are supposed ..."

"I was in the office bathroom stall when I heard them trash-talking me.The intern I'd trained for three months whined, "She's a heartless witch..."

"The day after the new year, during a family gathering, my aunt sneered at me as I worked overtime, reviewing a proposal."Why are you pretendin..."

"My husband and I have been married for a decade. When I finally conceive for the first time in ten years, I realize my worst enemies are my family,..."

"My father loved silence. He believed noise was the mark of lesser people, so he installed a decibel meter in our home.Speaking above 40 decibels me..."

"The day Alpha Marcus and I marked each other, his first love, Cecilia, threw herself off a cliff into a ravine overgrown with wolfsbane.The pack se..."

"At the team dinner, everyone started hyping Peggy Madoff and me up to call our partners.Before I could even move, Peggy—runner-up to my top spot—wh..."

"I discovered my Alpha mate Ethan's secret. The ring he gave me on our wedding day was actually used to track and monitor me.But I didn't cry. I pre..."

"Two weeks before my wedding to Alexander Hayes, he invites his friends over to our small home.During dinner, Alexander keeps groping me, whether in..."

"The butler's son took my secondary credit card and burned through my money so he could play the part of a trust-fund prince everyone envied.He made..."

"My sister had always despised school. So when she suddenly declared she wanted to go to college—and even urged our parents to marry me off to a hig..."

"I secured a big deal for the company and was promoted to manager. However, I overheard my boss' secretary gossiping in the pantry, saying that I wa..."

"I am a miserable nurse.During the Halloween season, there was a three day break but I was not given any days off. Upset, I decided to join a game f..."

"After pulling an all-nighter to finish a group assignment, I wanted only one thing: sleep.I did not even get 10 minutes.My roommate, Ronda Jones, b..."