Punching Bag Synonym Novels & Stories

On Valentine's Day, I set up a candlelit dinner and waited. At 9 PM, my husband, Alfred Johnston, finally texted. [Something came up at work. Don't wait for me.] Then I saw her post. [On a business trip with the CEO for Valentine's Day. Every hotel is fully booked—awkward...] Vivian Bianca, his secretary. Attached was a photo of a guy in a bathrobe, standing by a floor-to-ceiling window. The comments were all 'ooh, CEO's so hot and girl, you're in for a night.' Vivian? Just dropped a smug emoji. So that's what "something came up" meant—a romantic getaway with his secretary. I screenshotted it, posted it on my own feed, and added a smiling emoji. A second later, Alfred called, fumin

For sixteen long years, Eulalia Clearwater gave everything to Percival Dunraven, her first and only love, only to be cruelly pushed aside for his new infatuation. Percival believed that without Eulalia, a world of happiness awaited him, a fresh start with a new love. But when he stumbled upon Eulalia's devastating medical diagnosis, panic set in. Rushing to her side, he found her hand entwined with another's, her eyes filled with a resolve he had never seen before. "Why didn't you tell me about your stomach cancer?" he demanded, his voice trembling with fear and regret. Eulalia's response was a bitter laugh, her eyes gleaming with a mixture of pain and liberation. "Didn't you wish f

Unable to take it anymore, I upload a photo of my husband, Johann Garner, holding hands with his secretary, Eva Ford, to the company's group chat. A long while later, Johann finally replies, "It's just something we do when we're working together. Those who are vile in nature will always view things differently from others." Messages from his colleagues begin flooding the group chat immediately. They all discuss whether or not I'm delusional. But I'm the only one who knows just how skilled Johann is at manipulating others as an expert manipulator. After muting the group chat, I look down at the ring Johann has slipped onto my finger when he first proposed to me. When exactly can I escape

But as much as I loved him, there were cracks in our perfect marriage. Damien didn’t want children. He’d been clear about it from the start, even though I had always dreamed of being a mother. He’d smile that charming smile of his and say, “Pups will tie us down, my love. You’re so beautiful and vibrant and pregnancy would change that. I want you to stay just as you are.”

Jason’s world felt like it collapsed the moment he discovered that the woman he had loved so deeply had only deceived him—and that the son he believed was his, wasn’t really his at all. All of his wealth and properties ended up in the hands of those two manipulators. But what he didn’t expect was that the woman he had once left behind would be the very same person who stayed by his side during his final moments. She never left him and took care of him, even though he hadn’t treated her well in the past. Jason regretted everything he had done to Catheryn. But would his regrets change anything now? "If only I could be given one more chance to change everything I’ve done, I wouldn’t choose to l

Three months after I give birth, Nicholas Faulkner finally makes his choice between his mistress and me. He agrees to marry me. Everyone thinks I am hopelessly in love with him and would never give up the chance to secure my position as his wife with our child. But I refuse, give up my son, and leave on my own. Nicholas doesn't take it seriously and says nonchalantly to his friends, "She's just throwing a tantrum. She even poked holes in condoms just so she would end up having my child to make me marry her. How could she possibly let go so easily?" No one expects that I would be gone for five whole years. When we meet again, I am accompanying my husband to a birthday banquet for an elde

The night my husband crowned another woman as Luna, I realized the cruelest betrayal wasn't losing my title. It was discovering that I had been nothing more than a tool. For five years, I sacrificed everything to build the Crescent Moon Pack into the richest territory in the region. I balanced the books, secured the trade routes, and kept every family fed while Alpha Azriel accepted the praise that belonged to me. Then, in front of the entire pack, he discarded me for my own twin sister. He thought I would break. Instead, fate handed me something far more dangerous. Matteo Russo. My ex-husband's estranged nephew. The ruthless Lycan enforcer every Alpha fears. Th

Cornton playboy Justin Swanson openly declares that he only keeps girlfriends around for one month at a time and never falls in love. Women hoping to marry into wealth line up from one side of the city to the other. After all, when he is in a good mood, he rewards them with a villa. Even when he isn't pleased, there is still a million-dollar breakup payout. I am a joke to everyone in Cornton. They say I'm the most humiliated rich man's wife in all of history. They all assume I will put up with him forever. That is, until Justin brings home a college goer named Kayla Holt. She looks pretty ordinary, yet she becomes the first woman to make him break away from his vow of only having one wo

Betrayed by her boyfriend and backstabbed by her stepsister, Sarah’s perfect world comes crashing down in one humiliating night. When she thinks she has nothing left, a man steps forward, cold, powerful, and untouchable. He is Nathan Moore. The heir to one of the top five families in the country. To everyone else, he’s ruthless and unreachable… but to Sarah, he’s the man who has secretly loved her all along. And though the world doesn’t know it, Nathan carries a secret that may tear them apart. Bound by betrayal and swept into a powerful agreement that binds her to Nathan, Sarah is thrust into the ruthless world of power, wealth, and hidden enemies. With whispers of Nathan’s weakness

To cheer up his pretty assistant, my boyfriend brought her to attend a party. I had to bail him out after he was arrested by the police. The charge? Public indecency after consuming illegal substances. When I arrived at the police station to pick him up, he was still trying to comfort his assistant, paying no heed to the possibility that I might have seen the lipstick marks on his neck. After seeing that I wasn’t saying anything, my boyfriend assumed I was upset and explained impatiently, “Winnie was in a terrible mood that day, and I was just there to keep her company. We didn’t take part in any public indecency! It was the other guests who were messing about!” What a terrible excus