Short Reads

"The housekeeper’s daughter, Selena Greene, deliberately chose to get married on the same day, at the same hotel as me.When our cars passed each oth..."

"I bought a million-dollar set of gold as my bridal accessories at the jewelry store. The wedding date was fast approaching, but the pieces still ha..."

"In my last life, my sister and I got adopted into two very different worlds.My mom? The "cool" type. Let me perm my hair in elementary sc..."

"I was finally pregnant after three years of marriage. I was going to head to where my husband works with a lunchbox in my hand to tell him the good..."

"My neighbors across the hall had a nasty habit of stealing. This included my food deliveries, my shoes from the cabinet, and even my clothes drying..."

"My husband, Matthew Lorenzo, dies unexpectedly. Soon after, my in-laws come to me with an outrageous suggestion. "Why not let Matthew’s twin b..."

"My sister-in-law, Esmerelda Black, hates that her mother, Ruth Jennings, favors me. To make things worse, she has the ability to hear Ruth's though..."

"It was the holiday season and I was on my way home when the traffic on the highway came to a standstill. Suddenly, a Maybach came speeding down the..."

"Valentine's Day. I was stuck on ER duty at Brighton City Hospital.Theodore Madoff, who was supposed to be working late, strolled in carrying his st..."

"Just after stepping out of the shower, I received a private message from my so-called uncle, Hank Shephard—a distant relative I barely ever spoke t..."

"During a weekly meeting, a new intern suddenly swapped the projection.The screen lit up with my attendance records, and all my colleagues’ eyes tur..."

"My so-called best friend pretends to be me and steals my identity as the CEO. She spends money recklessly and announces she'll buy apartments in th..."

"In eight years together, my boyfriend—Shayne Raffield—blocked me eighty-eight times.This time? Because I missed his call. At my best friend's birth..."

""Pregnant patient, corpus luteum rupture, heavy bleeding! We need a consent form signed—now!"I stood there holding the clipboard, waiting..."

""I always thought I had found the perf'Once she gives birth, I’ll divorce her.' 'When I have sex with her, I cover her head with a pillow beca..."

"My twin sister, Audrey Goodwin, was obsessed with romance novels about rich heirs. All she wanted was to marry into money and live like some perfec..."

"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,..."

"A curse is cast upon everyone in this village, reducing us to mutes. But once a villager's lover takes three laps around the back mountain and marr..."

"Over the weekend, I went with my best friend to one of the premium auto shops owned by my company to get her car serviced. Just as we were about to..."

"There's a little shop downstairs that sells organ soup. It's always packed with customers. People line up as if bewitched, eager for a bowl.I've of..."

"Just as the Silverwolf Pack was about to fall into ruin, Blaise Larkin approached me and asked me to be his mate.I'd had a crush on Blaise for as l..."

"When my roommate learned that getting pregnant in university came with special treatment, she brazenly posted on the campus forum, openly recruitin..."

"During a kindergarten parent-teacher conference, a rich wife accuses me of stealing her bag.I'm baffled. I bought the bag myself abroad, and it eve..."

"On my wedding day, my groom's sister, Nadia Lawson, wears an elaborate ball gown and comes on stage to snatch the emcee's microphone.Before all the..."