Elegantly Wasted

Modern

I flew cross-country for my birthday, hoping for just one night of warmth with my husband and five-year-old daughter. But when I opened the door, I found my famous hockey star husband and my daughter acting like the perfect family with Dayna, a glamorous sports commentator. My daughter shrank away from my open arms. "Mama's boring. She never plays with me. Don't go, Auntie Dayna!" My husband didn't even look up from his phone to wish me a happy birthday. He coldly canceled our dinner plans, claiming he had an urgent, last-minute strategy meeting for his team. Hours later, a TMZ article popped up on my phone, featuring a brutal photo of the three of them sharing a steak at an upscale Manhattan restaurant. The headline praised Blake's "family dinner with rumored flame Dayna Nixon" and openly wondered where the current Mrs. Carlisle was. My daughter lied for this, and my husband publicly humiliated me, treating my five years of silent sacrifice like a pathetic, disposable joke. I didn't cry, and I didn't throw a desperate fit. Instead, I calmly walked into his study, signed the pre-nuptial divorce agreement he had prepared years ago, and booked a one-way ticket back to Boston. From now on, I am no longer Mrs. Carlisle. I am Corinne Sargent, and I am taking my life back.

Billionaires

After 10 years of waiting, Nicky finally felt her first pregnancy. But it turns out that Jackson -- her husband actually already has two other children from the affair. Nicky was abandoned by Jackson Moreno's family because it was considered too late to give offspring. A heated grudge eventually f

Romance

"You must die today!!!" That was the only sentence that rang in Mina's ears before she closed her eyes forever. Mina Namari's life changed drastically after her father died. Mina became ill and could not do anything. She was even sadder when she found out that her husband was having an affair with h

Literature

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce