Another Spring
Eight years after I broke up with Greyson Tromp, we met in the hospital. He brought his wife for a prenatal checkup and happened to have their consultation with me.
I wore a mask and carefully examined the condition of her baby. The intern beside us asked how they ended up together.
Elise Jacob said smugly, "You have to fight for a handsome guy. To get the best, you have to fight for it! He used to like someone else. To win his heart, I stirred up trouble between them, causing them to misunderstand each other and gradually drift apart.
"Later, they had a really bad argument, and I hid the apology letter he asked me to pass on to that woman. I still keep it as our token of love. That woman was pregnant at the time, and I used every means to get rid of her baby!"
After they left, I removed my mask. My hands instinctively rested on my stomach. There was an ugly scar beneath my clothes. It was from when Greyson forced me to abort our baby.
A few days later, Greyson came kneeling before me, holding that apology letter and a divorce agreement.
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Bullets and Roses
When I first met Thomas Hilton, he was still a street punk covered in blood.
The only good thing about him was the clumsy sincerity when he tattooed my name on his chest.
Later, when he rose to power, with a wave of his hand, he gave me half of Bronze Bay as a wedding gift.
Everyone in Harborwood knew that I, Jessica Shaw, was more important to him than his own life.
That was until today, when the celebrity Thomas kept finally walked into our house.
With a big belly, she said to me with a smile, "Ms. Shaw, are you going to leave with dignity now, or wait until my son grows up and throws you out of this place?"
I just raised my hand and ordered a subordinate to help her "give birth".
When Thomas saw the pool of blood beneath her, he flew into a rage.
He pressed a knife to my neck and said, "Jessica, you should know when to be satisfied!"
I laughed softly and pressed the muzzle of a gun against his heart.
"You really had a change of heart. Good thing my heart didn't change. My truest self is my ambition."
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
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A Heart Imprisoned by Compassion
After my father died, the illegitimate daughter he had been raising abroad immediately returned to the country to fight me for the estate. Her name was Alma.
I was his only legitimate child, and I even had a will on my side.
However, I still failed to keep my rightful inheritance.
My fiancé Wayne, who could command the entirety of North City with a flick of his wrist, insisted on helping Alma.
He stood protectively in front of Alma’s wheelchair and asked me impatiently, “With the money I gave you, you could buy plenty of houses like that. Are you really so heartless? Why would you fight a disabled person over it?”
I confronted him, my voice trembling with disbelief.
“Fighting? That house is the only thing my mother left me.”
In the end, Wayne helped Alma win the lawsuit.
He looked at my red, swollen eyes with a trace of guilt and said, “Jocelyn, I’ll make it up to you in the future.”
However, I knew then that there was no more future between us.
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Beneath the Same Old Moon
Rivergate's most elite social circle had always shared an unspoken rule.
Men were free to play the field as they pleased, drifting from one woman to the next.
Women, on the other hand, were only allowed a single, discreet indulgence on the day they came of age—a privately hired "life assistant" meant to take care of their physical needs.
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On my coming-of-age day, I picked Elliot at first glance from a hundred applicants who came in for interviews. He wore gold-rimmed glasses, looked composed and restrained, and carried himself with a calm maturity that set him apart.
He was steady, meticulous, and obsessively clean. The only condition he agreed to was that there would be no bodily contact—hands only. And after every encounter, he would scrub his hands with disinfectant alcohol a hundred times.
Over five years, the empty bottles alone were enough to circle the villa seven times.
I used to think that one day, I'd help him overcome his barriers and truly make him mine. That illusion shattered the night I got drunk and accidentally wandered into Elliot's room.
Hidden beneath his pillow was a DV camera, and inside were several videos of him pleasuring himself.
On the screen, the same man who had always been calm and rational with me was staring at the lingerie of the adopted sister who had caused my mother's death, his Adam's apple bobbing as he moaned her name, "Chloe… I love you…"
Only then did I realize that every step he had taken toward me had never been about me at all. It had always been a carefully concealed, long-nurtured love for her. So, it was very odd that he cried when I took my adopted sister's place in marrying someone else.
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The Moon Won’t Shine On Me
I had been sneaking around behind my brother’s back with Eden Smith, his best friend's brother.
He pulled me close by the waist and drove us wild in all kinds of places.
At bars, in the wild, and in even empty public restrooms, he was always eager for more. It was like unlocking new levels in a game.
He was five years younger than me. He always called my name in his pitiful and innocent tone while gripping my waist with renewed vigor. He never let me escape.
“L-let me go!”
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Love Died In Autumn
The night before my wedding, my best friend flew back from overseas to attend my bachelor party.
We were just having a few drinks when his stomach started acting up, so I quickly reached into his bag for his medication. Instead of pills, I found a naughty remote control.
I grinned mischievously and waved a hand toward him.
“Didn’t know you were getting this wild overseas, man.”
He smiled awkwardly and told me to just hand him the medicine and not to touch anything else. Alas, his reaction made me even more curious.
So I purposely pressed on one of the buttons.
The next second, my fiancee, who was sitting right next to us, shuddered.
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I Played Dead and She Went Crazy
After Penelope Hart, a rich socialite, loses her memories, she starts pursuing me relentlessly. Having played the role of her boyfriend for the next three years, I realize that I've developed actual feelings for her.
When Penelope gets pregnant, I plan on proposing to her. That's when I hear Jonathan Parker, the high school senior who used to bully me, tell her, "Penelope, thank you for pretending to be amnesiac and pull a prank on Edward for 99 times just to get revenge for me.
"Once you've pulled the 100th prank on him, I'll date you."
Only then do I find out that Jonathan is the man Penelope has been yearning for but can't date the whole time. As for me, I'm just the clown whom she uses just to please Jonathan.
Later on, I die in a plane crash.
After searching for my remains like a lunatic in the wreckage, Penelope finally locates a ring. A message is carved on the band.
"For the 100th prank, I bet you love me."
Rumors have it that Penelope has cried her heart out while on her knees to the point that her body goes into shock, resulting in her getting sent to the hospital. When she wakes up, she decides to get revenge on everyone who's involved in the pranks that were used on me.
I, on the other hand, burn my medical records with a smile on my face on a winter night in Ferentia.
Since Penelope decides to toy with my feelings with her fake amnesia, I decide to fake my death so that I can teach her a proper lesson in life.
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Fade with the Wind
When Ivy Yarley learned that Jason Hough had been in an accident due to speeding and lost a massive amount of blood, she rushed to the hospital without hesitation and donated a full liter of blood for him.
His friends all urged her to go home and get some rest. Reluctantly, she agreed, but the moment she reached the exit, worry hung heavily in her heart, so she turned back.
That was when she saw the nurse dumping all five full bags of blood that had just been drawn from her into the trash can.
Before she could even process what was happening, a burst of laughter erupted from a nearby room.
"Hahaha! That idiot Ivy Yarley fell for it again!"
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Reborn to Rewrite the Throne
I was the legitimate firstborn daughter of the King of the North.
After my mother’s death, my aunt married the King of the South and became his Queen Consort.
She brought me to her court, raising me beside her own sons.
The Southern King adored me—He would seat me upon his knee and gesture toward the princes, laughing lightly:
“When Hazel comes of age, whichever prince she chooses as her husband shall inherit this throne of the South.”
“Stay here, child. The South could be your home.”
In my previous life, I chose the Crown Prince—Ethan.
I stood beside him during the War of Succession. I funded his armies with Northern gold. I silenced rival lords. I secured the throne for him.
And when he was crowned king—He repaid me with imprisonment in the White Tower.
And an order signed in his own hand.
The North burned.The court was purged.
Before I was forced to take my own life, he came to watch.
“If not for you,” he said coldly, “Ava would still be alive.”
“She died alone while I could not even mourn her. You will suffer tenfold.”
“The Nouth falls because of you. Their blood is your dowry.”
Then I died.
When I opened my eyes again, I was seated once more in the Great Hall.
The King was smiling.
“Hazel, today you will choose your husband.”
The princes stood before me.
This time, I did not look at Ethan.
I pointed instead to the Queen’s third son.
“I will marry Alexander.”
And this time—I would decide who burns.
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Back to Where Our Dreams Began
In the fifth year after migrating to a new country, my wife, Nyra Sinclair, brings her first love, Jacob Griffin, and his daughter, Zoe Griffin, home with her.
"Jacob and Zoe are new to this country, so they shall be staying with us for the time being."
I get into a huge fight over this matter with Nyra.
On my birthday, Nyra hands me a divorce agreement. She urges, "Hurry up and sign it. Jacob needs a green card. We'll have to go through a fake divorce first."
With a frown on my face, I try to pry for more details from Nyra, only to get accused that I don't have any sympathy for Jacob at all.
A short while later, I see Jacob's latest post on Instagram.
"Nyra is getting a divorce for my and Zoe's sake! We finally have a place to call home!"
I just leave a like there quietly. After leaving my signature on the divorce agreement, I lodge a request to my company so that I can fly back to my home country, Myrthia.
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