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Modern

I stood at my mother's open grave in the freezing rain, my heels sinking into the mud. The space beside me was empty. My husband, Hilliard Holloway, had promised to cherish me in bad times, but apparently, burying my mother didn't fit into his busy schedule. While the priest's voice droned on, a news alert lit up my phone. It was a livestream of the Metropolitan Charity Gala. There was Hilliard, looking impeccable in a custom tuxedo, with his ex-girlfriend Charla English draped over his arm. The headline read: "Holloway & English: A Power Couple Reunited?" When he finally returned to our penthouse at 2 AM, he didn't come alone-he brought Charla with him. He claimed she'd had a "medical emergency" at the gala and couldn't be left alone. I found a Tiffany diamond necklace on our coffee table meant for her birthday, and a smudge of her signature red lipstick on his collar. When I confronted him, he simply told me to stop being "hysterical" and "acting like a child." He had no idea I was seven months pregnant with his child. He thought so little of my grief that he didn't even bother to craft a convincing lie, laughing with his mistress in our home while I sat in the dark with a shattered heart and a secret life growing inside me. "He doesn't deserve us," I whispered to the darkness. I didn't scream or beg. I simply left a folder on his desk containing signed divorce papers and a forged medical report for a terminated pregnancy. I disappeared into the night, letting him believe he had successfully killed his own legacy through his neglect. Five years later, Hilliard walked into "The Vault," the city's most exclusive underground auction, looking for a broker to manage his estate. He didn't recognize me behind my Venetian mask, but he couldn't ignore the neon pink graffiti on his armored Maybach that read "DEADBEAT." He had no clue that the three brilliant triplets currently hacking his security system were the very children he thought had been erased years ago. This time, I wasn't just a wife in the way; I was the one holding all the cards.

Fantasy

Sam is just over a week away from Binding with Jared, and all she wants is to relax and prepare for the ceremony. However, fate has other plans for her. She's suddenly bombarded with distractions that could potentially postpone or even cancel the Binding. With a guarded fiancé to crack, a complicate

Mafia

Nurse Lisa is the best in the country until she's assigned to care for the arrogant and brooding Ace, who's been injured in a mysterious accident. Lisa is determined to treat Ace, but his stubbornness and attitude make it difficult. As Lisa works to heal Ace's body, she realizes that he may also

Romance

Seven years ago, Emerald Hutton had left her family and friends behind for high school in New York City, cradling her broken heart in her hands, to escape just only one person. Her brother's best friend, whom she loved from the day he'd saved her from bullies at the age of seven. Broken by the boy o

Literature

The Online Worldby Odd De Presno

Modern

Ever since I was a child, I had always been poor. Every time I came home from school, I would be met with the sight of my father busying himself in the kitchen. From my earliest recollection, I would always remember my father wearing his old factory uniforms in the house. His hair was snow-white an

Modern

I prided myself on being an exceptional AP Calculus teacher. My "Final Review Packets" were legendary, often predicting major exam questions with uncanny accuracy. I believed I was helping all my students achieve their best, providing every resource available. Then, a notification popped up from

Sci-fi

Online Game: Don't Heal the Others is a long fiction written by He Daozhang. Xiao Feng, the protagonist of the story was an ace at online games. By accident, he knew a game called Mystery which can reduce human’s energy consumption and improve the space-allocation on the earth.

Romance

Have you ever wanted to be someone else? To make up a new life and see what happens? Well you can be anyone you want to be online so Jacey does just that. Can she continue this lie and still have the man she has fallen for?

Modern

I have a double-door online dating partner. Every day, he sends me various half-naked videos of himself lifting weights, along with his sexy, low, husky voice. "I hope next time, I’m lifting you up, baby." One day, I was invited to participate in a variety show. I heard the aloof movie star gently s

Modern

My husband of three years, Arthur Vanderbilt, came home smelling of his mistress's perfume and threw divorce papers on our marble kitchen island. He demanded I sign away all rights to our assets for a five-million-dollar "severance," calling me a leech his family picked up from the suburbs to solve

Literature

The Story of the Britannia"" by E. P. Statham

Literature

Homer's epic poem The Odyssey is one of the greatest and most influential literary works ever produced. However, its complex language and dense web of allusions and metaphors can be difficult for some readers to untangle. In The Story of the Odyssey, author Alfred John Church presents a more straigh

Sci-fi

This is the story of the Mimosa, a black sailing ship (with red sails) that travels through space, and boldly appears where no space-faring, black sailing ship has appeared before, regardless of the colour of its sails.

Adventure

Certain chapters of this story first appeared in The Youth’s Companion. The author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in permitting her to republish them in the present volume. Messrs. L. C. Page and Company wish also to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in granting the

Fantasy

We were many in the army of Lucifer. He got rewarded for his rebellion with the throne of Hell and we took the punishment for helping him. Cast out of Heaven and locked out of Hell, the Earth is all we got. But it's not safe either. Our angelic blood is a beacon for demons, witches and warlocks. I d

Literature

The final novel in the beloved series about the adventure-seeking Bastable children, The Story of the Amulet follows the group as they are sent away to live at a boarding house while their parents are abroad. There, the children discover a mysterious charm that enables them to travel back in history

Romance

"I will seduce my hot bodyguard!" After two months of being the CEO of Williamson's Company, Savannah experienced a tragedy. A fire broke out on the floor where her office was located. But she couldn't go out to save herself because she had a fear of crowds! However, she couldn't stay inside either

Modern

I posted my beautiful photos online. Someone commented below calling me a scammer. I thought it was a joke to get my attention, but when I came back, my social media was exploding. Hundreds of people were mentioning and messaging me to return their money. I was confused and when I checked the commen

Modern

It would seem fitting for a Northern folk, deriving the greater and better part of their speech, laws, and customs from a Northern root, that the North should be to them, if not a holy land, yet at least a place more to be regarded than any part of the world beside; that howsoever their knowledge wi

Young Adult

Billy Louise has given up her childhood play and her schooling in order to run the ranch near the Wolverine River after her father dies in an accident. One winter she takes Ward, a young cowboy with mysterious past, to her ranch to work as hired man. After Ward shares his secret with Billy, strange