Reader X Cheater Novels & Stories

"That doctor is fake! Dakota, you hired someone to lie to me and make me look guilty! You're the one with the STDs, not me!" I had expected Laurence to react this way. Calmly, I pulled up the hospital's official website and found the contact details for the doctor I had spoken to earlier. Seeing the identical phone number, Laurence scoffed. "You went this far to set me up, even making a fake official website." His reasoning had so many holes, but at that moment, none of the netizens were paying attention to his words. Instead, they all turned their anger on me. [This woman has a poisonous heart!]

I burst into tears and was struck with the realization that my parents were the only people I could trust in this world. I thought about all the times I had fought them for Wayne, and overwhelming guilt drowned me. Dad seemed to see straight through my thoughts. He affectionately ruffled my hair and offered me endless understanding and tolerance. … A week later, I met Mason Frost, the heir to one of Jynxwood's elites. I had heard a lot about him, but back then, I despised marriages of convenience, which were built on interests and gain. I had been determined to find true love, only to end up paying for my mistakes in blood.

Could you please tell me why I cannot read the next page or any other page? [Host has understood 1% of the content of the First Page] [The Second Page will be accessible after the Host gains 100% on the first page] You!! AGGHH! Why aren't you letting me be overpowered! [I've overpowered the host enough. Get to work!] As I thought of destroying the book, I became furious, but I calmed down immediately. Relax, it's nothing to worry about. There is no free meal available. I got a gist of how the book works, the reader moves onto the next page once they have understood 100% of that page.

The doctor told the women, Steven watched in pity as they shook their heads in agreement. Whatever has gotten into them was really bad. The good doctor wrote in the book and then passed it to Steven. What is this? Did he think I can't read? He snickered. "You did well. If you can read this, we have a letter for you. It is from David, do you want to read it?" Steven carefully read through the wordings line by line to be sure he never missed a thing, he was sure he read some words twice or more to be cleared.

I read the titles out loud. “The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle. The October Country by Ray Bradbury. Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes. Last Days by Brian Evenson.” I curl up my lip in disgust. “This is your reading style?” I frown. He glances up. “I like horror.” I widen my eyes. “Boring.” His jaw ticks in annoyance. “What do you like to read?” I purposely bend over, revealing my naked ass. “I like raunch.”

My voice did not shake. The man tilted his head. He didn't have a face, just a shifting darkness where his features should be. "You can call me the Reader," he said. His voice sounded like paper rubbing together. "I am the one who pays for the ink. I am the one who decides if your story ends here or keeps going." Bryan stepped in front of me, his hand on his pistol. "He’s another code, Hazel. Don’t listen to him." The Reader laughed. It was a dry, thin sound. "A copy thinks he has a choice. How cute."

Absolute. And in return? “I was in trouble at the time too,” Linda admitted, her voice quieter now. “My life was... falling apart. So, Alpha Jay sent me $200,000 to help.” The number rang in my ears. $200,000. Suddenly, I remembered the missing funds from the Red River Pack’s accounts. The ones brushed off as a bookkeeping error. It hadn’t been an oversight. It hadn’t been a mistake. It was a secret. A carefully concealed piece of Alpha Jay’s life with Linda—one I was never meant to uncover.

She looked down at me from above, all the tenderness in her eyes completely drained away. "And now you're giving me attitude over a ring?" I lifted my head to look at her, my eyes red-rimmed. "Emma, is it really so hard to love just one person?" She furrowed her brows irritably. "What did I do? Is cheating against the law? Which law says cheating is illegal? Vince, stop being so dramatic, alright?" The word "dramatic" hit me across the face like a slap. I couldn't stop my whole body from trembling.

My Cheating Mate Emma pov The words on the page blurred together for the third time in as many minutes. I wasn't really reading anymore—just staring at the same paragraph, my mind replaying the same circular thoughts I'd been having for weeks. I love him. He hurt me. I love him. He betrayed me. I love him. But is love enough? Jeremy shifted in his sleep, a small sound of discomfort escaping his lips. Without thinking, I reached over and adjusted his pillow, smoothing the blanket across his chest. His face relaxed, the lines of pain easing.

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