Novels

The kid I tutored was a real creep, a total snake in the grass. He was failing all his classes, so I started giving him free tutoring sessions. He was physically unfortunate, you know, kinda disfigured, and got bullied relentlessly. I stepped in, chewed out those punks for picking on him. I even tried to build up his confidence, telling him to stop putting himself down. Then, one day when I was sick with the flu, he snuck into my apartment and brutally violated me. The bastard even filmed it. After that, he took the edited video and plastered it all over the internet. “So much for

Three days after her death, Jake received the call to identify the body. He was casually holding a woman close, his words dismissive. “She’s dead, so she’s dead. Just cremate her and then call me.” My body was sent to the crematorium. After turning to ash, they called Jake again. He let out an annoyed sigh. “Alright, I'm on my way.” When Jake arrived, it was two hours later. His clothes were rumpled, and there was a glaring lipstick stain on his collar. It wasn’t hard to guess he'd just left a battlefield. He found the staff member and sneered, “Where’s Chloe’s ashes? That’s why

Mrs. Thompson offered me a cool million to walk away from her son. I thought Michael and I had something real, a deep connection. I was going to joke about the offer with him. Then, after a particularly tender night, I accidentally answered his phone. "Honey, are you leaning towards gold foil or matte for the wedding invites?" a bright, unfamiliar voice chirped. My blood ran cold. Michael was getting married. What did that make me? On Michael's wedding day, I boxed up every memory of us, every little thing, and shipped it all to him before boarding a plane to Europe. Two years later, Michael pulled

My mom’s a medical examiner. One day, while she was at the farmers market, she noticed something seriously messed up at the butcher's stall—it looked like they were selling human meat. After she reported it, her first instinct was to call my cousin, telling him to be extra careful. Her best friend told her, “Hey, you need to watch out for your own kid too, right?” Mom just scoffed, “He's better off dead. I never want to see him again.” What she didn’t know was, she’d already seen me. She just didn’t recognize that the pile of flesh she was about to examine was her

It was the sixth year I'd been crushing on Ethan, and we were still just friends. When I got sick and was hospitalized, he was all in, paying the bills and visiting more than anyone else. When my cousin got engaged, he came with me to the party, handing over the biggest envelope at the event. Everyone figured it was just a matter of time before we got together. Finally, I worked up the courage and confessed my feelings. But he just glanced at me, almost bored. Then, he started fiddling with his lighter, a little smirk on his face. “You

The day Jake confessed his feelings to the new, gorgeous transfer student, everyone was sure I was gonna lose it. They thought I'd come barreling in, screaming and trying to stop it. But by the time he was done, I still hadn’t shown up. What Jake didn't know was, I was actually wearing his roommate’s hoodie, sitting on his roommate’s bed, asking with this totally innocent look, “Uh, I kinda got your sheets wet, how are you gonna sleep tonight?” Myles looked away, his Adam's apple bobbing, and just tossed me a towel. “Go dry your hair. I'll change the sheets before you

It's been five years since I married Jake Harrison. My mom was gravely ill, needing surgery urgently. My brother, Liam, had scraped together almost everything, but he was still short two grand. I was just about to transfer the funds when Jake casually tossed me an invitation. "The charity auction is Friday, right? Amber loves that ten-million-dollar necklace. Use your name to bid on it." My finger hovered over the "send" button, but then I punched in my banking password. My account was frozen. Seeing my face, Jake finally elaborated. "I didn't want you getting distracted. I put a hold on your account. You want some money from

My famous actor husband, Jake, went completely bonkers when he found out I was pregnant. Like, next-level bonkers. The guy actually posted online, asking: "My wife’s expecting! What can I get her besides a yacht, a mansion, and a private jet?" I saw the picture of the pregnancy test he’d plastered all over his socials and thought, "Well, might as well roll with this." So, I chimed in, all sweet and innocent: "How about a plane ticket? We need to be attached at the hip!" Next thing I knew, my Twitter feed exploded. I was getting roasted alive: "Seriously, Riley? You’re like a barnacle! Trying

"Who are you people?" I asked, feigning confusion. It was a total act, of course, but after the car accident, I figured I’d have some fun with my husband and son. My son's eyes lit up with a mischievous glint, and he pulled a woman standing outside the hospital room in. "This is my mom and dad," he announced, "They're just visiting you, lady.” My husband, standing off to the side, didn't say a word, seemingly okay with my son's new nickname for me. 1 "This is my mom and dad, they’re just visiting you, lady.” The sweet, sing-songy voice echoed in the sterile room. I