Short Reads

"Richard Lorde’s childhood friend had just become a widow. On our fifth wedding anniversary, he brought his childhood friend and her daughter into a..."

"I'd been gone three months, growing our turf.Came home to find some chick in my robe, on my couch, sipping my wine.I called security. Lesson time.T..."

"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..."

"I was reborn on the day my sister, Tilda Wright, and I had to pick our husbands. That was when I realized I could hear people’s thoughts.I heard Ti..."

"Maverick Spencer, my husband's older brother, sacrifices himself just to save my husband from a car accident. In order to repay him for his benevol..."

"The admissions office calls and says my daughter's admission fee has been paid, asking when I'll come to handle enrollment.I'm completely stunned.M..."

"When my husband, Louis Banks, was caught in a traffic accident, I was at an interview out of town. By the time I got to the hospital, he had alread..."

"On our fifth dating anniversary, my boyfriend, Luke Bolton, gives me a cheap bracelet worth less than a hundred dollars.On the same night, he splur..."

"The year the Lawson family was on the edge of bankruptcy, my father made a deal with Rory Lawson and arranged for me to marry him.I didn't know he ..."

"It's my seventh anniversary with Chase McGregor.I hide in his car's trunk while holding a pregnancy report. In my other hand, I hold a limited-edit..."

"By year's end, I'd closed a huge deal and snagged a $2.5 million bonus. The company even sent me on early maternity leave—nice perk for being eight..."

"When my mother went into kidney failure and needed a transplant, it was Pauline Maynard—on the brink of death herself—who gave my mom a second chan..."

"After our eighty-eighth canceled wedding, I called my business partner."I'm taking the Haviana market project."There was a beat of stunne..."

"I fell in love with my nanny's son in my past life. However, he used my brother's identity as the company's heir and took over my family's villa. T..."

"The new colleague at my company is a stingy mother.On her first day, she shows up with a huge pile of expired snacks that her son refused to eat an..."

"My pregnant colleague told me to get her a drink. However, she had severe stomach ache after the drink and suffered a miscarriage. In the hospital,..."

"Three months after Pete took his foster sister as his mistress, I terminated my marriage, chose to die on paper, and vanished from his life entirel..."

"The day before our wedding, Luke Murray got wasted.On the ride home, he looked right at me and slurred, "Cassie, don't bring the kid to the ce..."

"A week before summer break, my boyfriend’s childhood sweetheart threw a fit, insisting on going to Tanond to watch a strip show.She even convinced ..."

"I was sitting at the police station. My landlord scolded me harshly and pointed at my nose. Out of nowhere, my mother called and berated me mercile..."

"Sebastian Pena hates me for a whole decade after his true love's death. I try to please him at every turn, but he merely scoffs. "If you reall..."

"Tristan Moreno and I are asked when we're getting married when we attend a class reunion."We're undecided.""1st of October."Our..."

"Ever since she was two, Elara Vane became her twin sister's personal blood bank after the girl was diagnosed with a rare genetic defect.Doctors pre..."

"On the day I tried on my wedding dress, a stranger burst into the VIP fitting room and slashed me with a knife.She tore my dress to shreds, her fac..."