Three Years and Eighteen Goodbyes
For three years, we held a wedding in name only—my husband, Kit Rutgers, a pilot, canceled our marriage registration eighteen times.
The first time, his female trainee, Katy Ferguson, had a test flight.
I waited outside the county clerk’s office the whole day.
The second time, he got a call from her mid-drive, made a sharp U-turn, and left me standing on the side of the road.
After that, every time we planned to make it official, some crisis with Katy mysteriously arose.
Eventually, I chose to walk away.
But the moment I boarded a plane to Solara, he lost his mind—and chased me there.
Tamat
The Illusion of Happiness
I got pregnant after a relationship lasting eight years, only for my fiance to call off the wedding the night before.
When I arrived, I found him changing it to a celebration of his son's first month.
I heard his parents speak ill of me, "That Rachel Stone really embarrassed us, getting pregnant even before you got married. I refuse to have such an immoral daughter-in-law like her."
Several days later, Sean Wickham let his son's mother put on the most exquisite wedding dress to get their marriage registered.
"I have a son anyway," he chuckled. "Whatever happens to the thing in your belly ain't any of my business."
The illusion of happiness utterly shattered, I left without hesitation, heartbroken.
I didn't want this marriage or the child anymore. I’d go back to my real home in the distant north.
Tamat
The Saint Goes Nuts
After Cynthia Musich causes a surgical accident, my husband of eight years, Xavier Goodwin, forces me to take the fall for her.
"Being suspended won't have any effect on you, but Cynthia's just starting out! Leaving a mark on her record this early in her career will ruin her!"
The accident victim's family cause a scene and stab me thrice in my pregnant belly. I call Xavier and beg him to save me, but he says coldly, "Cynthia was stabbed, and her life is at stake, so can you please stop making trouble? Just come out on your own."
Later, when my dead body is brought to his department, Xavier loses his mind.
Tamat
Begone, Imposter
My husband and his twin brother get into an accident during a test drive. To protect his older brother, my husband is thrown from the car and dies on the spot.
Hearing the news of his death, I, four months pregnant, collapse in tears outside the hospital morgue.
When I come to, I overhear my sister-in-law, Gloria Quinn’s voice outside the door. "Mason, are you sure Celine won't find out about this?"
Mason? Isn't that my husband, who died in the crash?
A familiar male voice replies, "Gloria, you're the one I truly love. If I hadn't mistaken Celine for you that drunken night, I'd never have let you end up with Jason. Celine loves me so much and is carrying my child.
"If I take on Jason's identity and look after her, I swear she'll never leave me. Then, all her family's money will be ours."
I smirk coldly as I listen to their conversation. He cheats on me, yet expects me to keep his child?
Since he's already "dead", he's lost everything.
Tamat
Back to the Past: Setting Him Free
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 really want to make me happy, you should go to hell."
That hits hard. However, when a truck hurtles toward me, Sebastian throws himself at me. He saves me, but he dies in a pool of his blood.
Before he breathes his last breath, he looks into my eyes and says, "If only… I'd never met you…"
His mother is devastated at his funeral. "I should've given Sebastian and Gillian my blessings. I should never have forced him to marry you!"
His father resents me. "Sebastian saved you three times—he was a good person. Why weren't you the one who died?"
Everyone regrets having Sebastian marry me, myself included. I'm kicked out of the funeral.
Three years later, someone invents a time machine, and I travel back in time.
This time, I'm going to sever all ties with Sebastian. Everyone will get the happiness they deserve.
Tamat
Left in Darkness
Wendy staggered forward at the hospital entrance. She held the Seventy Thousand Dollars she had received for selling her kidney. Her pale face carried a satisfied smile.
That was enough to cure Lucas. She thought it was worthy to sell off her kidney for his life.
She ignored her post-surgery weakness, and stumbled all the way to the hospital ward. Her heart ached even more as she looked at the frail man lying in bed.
"Lucas, your lowly girlfriend is not around. Why put on a show?"
"Shut up! I'm perfecting my acting. How else could I fool her?"
A familiar, teasing voice came from inside. Wendy's hand froze on the door handle.
What did he mean... by fooling her?
Laughter and exclamations erupted from the room.
"You're smart, Lucas! A fake medical report was all it took to make that woman believe you had cancer!"
"I heard she handed over all her savings; all she had was only Eight Thousand Dollars!"
"Eight Thousand Dollars? Lucas could simply spend more than that on a single bottle of liquor at the bar. Her money is worthless, yet she actually offers it."
Tamat
Filling In the Wrong Shoes
My fiancée steals my designs to help her senior win a competition. She's not ashamed in the slightest when I confront her.
"You're talented, so you can come up with a new design in an instant. This competition means a lot to Avery, so stop being so petty."
I drop out of the competition and head home to inherit the family fortune. That's when my fiancée panics.
"Don't be so unreasonable, Yarrow. Design is your life's dream and the only thing you want to do. How can you give up on it so easily?"
Her senior panics, too. "This design is the product of your blood, sweat, and tears. Can you bear to give up on it at this juncture?"
I hang up, unmoved by their words. My fiancée doesn't know that her family's company is the one handling the blueprints for my design.
I can't wait to see how her senior is going to handle the situation without my help.
Tamat
My Baby's Blood, Your Hell
My husband, Steven Garrett, was always "busy" overseas. So I thought I'd surprise him with a visit.
Instead, I found him shacked up with my best friend, Peggy Shane. That day, my heart snapped—I filed for divorce and let my family set me up with someone new.
Two years later, I bumped into Steven outside the hospital.
He ripped the prenatal report from my hands. "How dare you cheat on me! You think you can play me?"
Tamat
Forsaken Bonds
My wife's childhood guy best friend came back to the country. He raised a toast to me, thanking me for taking care of her.
I turned him down, but my wife blamed me for embarrassing him.
To punish me, she stopped our daughter's treatment and demanded I kneel and apologize to her childhood friend.
That night, our daughter's condition got worse.
I held her as her body kept twitching, calling my wife over and over.
But I could never get through.
In my arms, our daughter's body grew colder.
Meanwhile, her childhood friend posted a picture of them looking cozy on his social media.
"Even the northern lights can't outshine you by my side."
Tamat
His Vows and My Silent Exit
After my family went bankrupt, I begged my fiancé Ryan to pump cash into our business.
He didn't just refuse. He turned around and got engaged to someone else.
When I was at the end of my rope, Ethan Brooks stepped up, tossing all his savings into my family's mess.
Sadly, we missed our shot, and our company crashed. My parents couldn't handle it. They jumped off a building.
Even so, I was thankful to Ethan and married him to pay him back.
Three years later, at Lily Carter's birthday party, I overheard her talking to him.
"You tanked the Harper family so I could win that bid. Won't Kelly blame you?"
"For you, I'd give up everything. I'll just make it up to her."
My blood ran cold as I realized our marriage was all a lie. The one he loved was Lily all along.
I turned and left. If he was that hooked, I'd set him free.
Tamat