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.
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It's Not Too Late
I had been hanging around with Mark Anderson for eight years. People in his circle said I had become addicted to loving him.To what extent had I become addicted?I had become addicted to the point where I didn't hesitate to get rid of any woman who got close to him.In the end, Mark sent me to rehab.Others went to rehab for smoking, drinking, or gaming addiction.But I went to rehab for Mark.Later, I did successfully overcome my addiction to him, but he expressed regret over it.
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The Last of 99 Goodbyes
When my appendix bursts, my parents, my brother, and even my fiancé are all too busy celebrating my sister's birthday.
I'm outside the operating room, frantically calling every family member I can think of to sign the consent form, but every call is either ignored or hung up on.
After hanging up on me, my fiancé, Joel Graham, texts back.
"Sophie, stop being dramatic. It's Yvette's 18th birthday today. Whatever it is can wait until after the party."
I quietly set my phone down and sign the consent form myself.
It's the ninety-ninth time they've chosen Yvette Norton, my sister, over me. This time, I choose not to care.
I'll stop letting their favoritism hurt me. Instead, I'll do everything they ask of me without complaint.
They'll all think I've finally learned to be obedient, and they'll never realize that I'm preparing to leave them for good.
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Heart in Ashes
Luna Baxter and Simon Fulmer have been married for five years. One day, she receives a provocative voice message and intimate photos from Simon's first love. They're sent from his phone, too.
"I've only been back in the country for half a year, but he took the bait as soon as I laid it. He's prepared blue fireworks for me tonight, but I don't like the color blue. To avoid wastage, you can have them on your wedding anniversary."
Luna and Simon's fifth wedding anniversary comes a month later. She looks out the window at the blue fireworks lighting up the sky. Then, her gaze lands on the empty seat across from her.
Simon's first love challenges her again. She sends her a photo of them having a candlelight dinner.
Luna doesn't cry or kick up a fuss. She silently signs a divorce agreement and asks Simon's secretary to prepare for a wedding.
"What are the bride's and groom's names, Mrs. Fulmer?"
"Simon Fulmer and Sophie Sutherland."
Seven days later, she flies to Naavi to give them her blessings. She throws them a wedding.
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My Love Brought Me to My Death
My husband’s childhood friend was trapped in an elevator for half an hour. In his anger, he stuffed me inside a luggage bag and locked me inside.
“You’re paying double for all the suffering Grace went through.”
My body was forced into a curled-up state. I had a hard time breathing. I cried as I apologized, but all I got was my husband’s cold reproach. “You’re going through the entirety of this punishment. Once you’ve learned your lesson, you’ll behave.”
He then locked the luggage bag in the closet.
I screamed in despair and struggled to break free. My blood seeped out of the bag and soaked the floor.
Five days later, he felt sorry for me and decided to end the punishment.
“Let this punishment be a warning for you. This time, I’ll let you go.”
Little did he know that my body was already rotting inside the luggage bag.
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Ashes of Betrayal
On my son’s birthday, my husband had asked his first love to pick our son up from our home.
While I stubbornly refused to let him go, a huge fire broke out in the hallway during our standoff.
I was struck by falling debris, and blood started streaming from my head. However, my son was unharmed as he lay beneath me.
My husband, who was a firefighter, came forward to rescue us. But he handed the only gas mask he had to his first love.
“Miss Leia has a weaker constitution. Dad, please get her out first. Mom, wait for the other firefighters to save you!”
I watched them leave with a faint, bitter smile.
It appeared that they had both forgotten my severe asthma and the fact that I would die without a gas mask.
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My Husband’s Regret After I Was Killed by His First Love
When the criminal tortured me to death, I was three-month pregnant.
But my husband Mark - the city's most prominent detective - was at the hospital with his first love Emma, accompanying her for her medical checkup.
Three days ago, he demanded me to donate my kidney to Emma.
When I refused, telling him I was two months pregnant with our child, his eyes had turned cold.
"Stop lying," he had snarled. "You're just being selfish, trying to let Emma die."
He pulled over on the dark highway. "Get out," he ordered. "Walk home since you're so heartless. "
I stood there in the darkness and was kidnapped by the vengeful criminal, whom Mark had once imprisoned.
He cut out my tongue. With cruel satisfaction, he used my phone to call my husband.
Mark's response was brief and cold: "Whatever it is, Emma's medical checkup is more important! She needs me right now."
The criminal let out a dark chuckle. "Well, well... Seems like the great detective values his ex's life more than his current wife's."
When Mark arrived at the crime scene hours later, he was horrified by the brutality inflicted on the corpse. He angrily condemned the murderer for treating a pregnant woman so cruelly
But he didn't recognize that the mutilated body before him was his own wife - me.
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Love, Broken, and Found
I married the same man seven times.
He had divorced me seven times for his first love, just so he could spend vacations with her freely, and so she wouldn't have to deal with rumors or gossip.
The first time we divorced, I tried to stop him by hurting myself. I ended up in the hospital, but he didn't even come to see me.
The second time, I lowered myself to apply as his assistant at his company, just so I could see him more.
By the sixth divorce, I had already learned to pack my things quietly and leave our apartment without a fuss.
My meltdowns, my constant giving in, and my numb compromises only led to one thing: him coming back to marry me on schedule, and repeating the same old games.
Until now.
When I heard that his first love was returning to the country, I handed him the divorce papers first.
As usual, he made a plan to remarry me later, but this time, he had no idea that I was leaving for good.
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The Price of Assumptions
My brother calls me his princess and transfers money to me as allowance; his wife-to-be misunderstands and thinks I'm his secret lover. She crashes my new apartment, which I've lovingly decorated, with a group of friends and family.
"I can't believe you're someone's secret lover when you're so young! I'll teach you a lesson on your parents' behalf! I'm going to spread your illicit relationship online so your teachers and classmates will all know how shameless you are!"
They trash my new apartment and rip my clothes off. Then, they make sure to get my student ID in the scene as they record me getting bullied.
My brother rushes over, his eyes red and bloodshot. "Have you guys lost your mind? How dare you bully my sister!"
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My Son Guards the Door for My Husband and Bestie
On the fifth anniversary of my marriage to Vicente Buckley, he violated my trust by sleeping with my best friend Kinsley Gilmore, on our bed.
Through the camera, my son Jamie Buckley's childish voice sounded. "Kinsley, I'll keep watch at the door. I won't let my mom come in!"
As if rewarding him, Kinsley pecked Vicente and suggested, "Your son is great. Don't you think about having another child with Patricia?"
Vicente responded by covering her face with a pillow, saying, "The scar on her belly disgusts me."
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