My preppy, picture-perfect childhood sweetheart, Ethan, fell for Lily, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. He went against his entire family, broke off our engagement, and married her. Heartbroken, I left for Paris to pursue my art. Years later, I returned. At my welcome-back party, Ethan, the guy who once defied the world for Lily, stood there, a cold, almost disgusted look on his face as he watched her fumble with a conversation. "I told you to stay home," he said, his voice laced with ice. "Why are you embarrassing yourself?" 1. I wasn't expecting Ethan at the party. Seven
I pushed open the clinic door, momentarily stunned. Sitting there was Ethan Grant, my ex from five years ago. Back then, he wasn't exactly into me; I was the one who'd relentlessly pursued him. So when I broke it off, he didn't try to stop me. Years later, he seemed even more reserved. He didn't appear to recognize me, glancing only at the child in my arms. "What seems to be the problem?" I remembered then that Noah, burning with fever, was still nestled against me. "He has a fever. I gave him some Tylenol, but it hasn't gone down." Ethan took Noah
My wedding day. It was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. Instead, it turned into a complete disaster, a scene straight out of a bad soap opera. It all started with Jason's ex, Chloe. She’d “accidentally” spilled red wine on my dress at our college reunion a few weeks earlier. "I’m so sorry, I’ll pay for it," she’d stammered. Jason, ever the smooth operator, just smiled. "This dress is a vintage piece from last year's auction. It went for a cool million." Chloe went white as a sheet. The room erupted. "A million bucks for a dress? Damn, Jason.
I took the million bucks the Shen family offered and broke up with Jake Shen. Five years later, Jake was a major movie star, and I was a newly-returned entertainment reporter. We met at an interview, and I read from my notes: “So, Mr. Shen, can you give us any scoop on your love life?” Jake twirled a ring on his finger, his tone casual. “Yeah, there was this girl once. She dumped me for the money, though.” He looked at me directly, a smirk playing on his lips, "Reporter, uh…Sarah, you think she was a real piece of work, right?" The live stream exploded. Viewers
Liam was broke, and I used my family’s connections to pressure him into being with me. Someone told me they were interested in dating me. "Liam, you don't mind, right?" He just chuckled, "Wouldn't have it any other way." I stood outside the door, my fingertips icy. Five years later, when we met again, Liam was a hotshot businessman, a real titan of industry. And he was going toe-to-toe with me. “Liam, what do I even owe you?” “Five years,” he said, his eyes dropping low. "You owe me five years, and I'm gonna collect, little by little.” 1 I never thought I’d see Liam again. It was a
I stole my sister's man. While she was abroad for a year, the man she'd been pining over for ages showed up at my door with her picture. "Do you know this girl?" he asked. I pulled down my mask, revealing a face identical to my sister's, and smiled sweetly. "Are you looking for me?" Part 1 Ethan Hughes was skeptical at first. I didn't have the mole by my eye. "Two years ago," I said, "we were trapped together in a blizzard in the Rockies. The rescue team was delayed. You said if we survived, you'd find me." "You wrote your name on my palm," I
My roommate claimed her boyfriend was the crown prince of Chicago, a notorious bad boy. Street fights, drag racing, showering her with gifts – he’d even get her the moon if she asked. The other two roommates were starry-eyed, completely buying it. “So romantic! You’re so lucky!” “It's like a dream come true!” “I hear the ‘Chicago Crew’ are tough, but he’s so sweet to you, Mandy. You’re so blessed!” Mandy, basking in the attention, giggled, "It's nothing really, just our everyday stuff. Oh, he said he’ll take you all out to dinner sometime." Their eyes lit up. “Really? Will the whole ‘Chicago Crew’ be
Just when I thought Orion wouldn't pay attention to me anymore, he asked hoarsely, pointing at Uma: \"During these years abroad... you got married and had a child?\"\nI raised my head, looking directly at Orion, and nodded.\n\"I got married a while ago. Sorry I didn't tell you.\"
I was deep in a cheesy drama, you know, the kind with a ridiculously rich CEO. Except, this time, I'd accidentally brought a prop from set home - a fake cancer report. During dinner, my "husband," Finn Hawthorne, who was more like a stranger with a shared address, suddenly asked, “How many months do you have left?” I figured he was talking about our one-year marriage contract. “Almost done. Probably two months, tops.” Finn went silent. Later, I took off to Europe for a low-key three-month acting intensive. When I got back, I heard Finn had gone completely nuts looking for his "dead wife"