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The Layover by midnightbluewriting
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Minutes before Mariah gets married, her maid of honor shows her a viral video titled 𝑰 𝑴𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆. A woman tells the story of a mystery man she met the month before. They danced, they kissed, he told her he'd never felt like this about anyone before, and they spent the entire night together. By morning, he was gone, and she's desperate to find him and asks the internet for help. Mariah knows exactly where he is. Waiting at the end of the aisle for her. After having a viral moment of her own, Mariah spends months trying to hide from her unwanted internet fame-until she meets a handsome stranger on a flight who has absolutely no idea who she is. And she learns that sometimes the people who hurt you are just layovers on the journey home... ✈️ One Night Stand 🩵 Right Person, Wrong Time ✈️ Country Boy x City Girl 🩵 Unexpected Reunion ✈️ Cheating (Not between MCs)
Split by TheSallyB
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Danny Verdago - recruited straight from the Military and trained to become a highly specialised undercover operative. For eight years, he's devoted his life to a single case- one that has demanded everything and cost him more than he ever imagined. What Danny never planned for was Tia. For the past four years, she's been his wife, his rock, and the one constant in a life built on secrets. She's the reason every sacrifice has been worth it and the reason he's ready to walk away from his career. Now, one final undercover deployment, the climax of everything he's worked for stands between Danny and the desk job that promises a future beyond the secrets and the double life. But as the operation hurtles toward its end, Danny is dragged deeper into the life he's spent years trying to keep separate. With the case closing in and the stakes higher than ever, he faces an impossible choice. How far is he willing to go to finish the mission he's sacrificed so much for? This time, the price of success won't be measured in years, careers, or half truths. It could cost him Tia, the family they've dreamed of, and everything that truly matters to him.
✔️ The Affair  by Sariena_Writes
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She was 24, a broke student working nights at a bar. He was 52, a powerful lawyer with a wife, kids, and a life already built. It was supposed to be simple-just stolen hours in hotel rooms, a secret no one could ever know. But secrets have a way of bleeding into the light. Clara thought she could handle being the other woman. She thought she could survive on stolen kisses and whispered promises. But she didn't expect to fall in love. And she never expected how dangerous love could be.
The Price of An Heir by LushAlly
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Sayana My fated mate is the Alpha King, Neo Keita. I have given him four beautiful daughters. But in our kingdom, an Alpha King must have an heir, and an heir can only be a son. As Luna, it is my duty to give my mate that son. If I fail, I am considered cursed. The punishment for a cursed Luna is death. Now that I've given birth to our fourth daughter, the Assembly has begun to speak openly. They want me gone so Koda can take another mate and produce the heir they demand. I know what my fate is. I just never imagined it would cost me my family. Neo I love my Luna. I cannot imagine a life without Sayana or our daughters. The Assembly thinks tradition is more important than my family. They believe I'll stand by and let them sentence my mate to death because she couldn't give me a son. They couldn't be more wrong. I will protect my Luna and my daughters with everything I have. If I have to defy the Assembly... If I have to lose the woman I love to keep her alive... Then that's exactly what I'll do.i
Sugarcoat by midnightbluewriting
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Blossom Brooks expects a proposal from her boyfriend of three years, Henry Harrington, any day now. They've talked about it for a year. He kisses her and tells her "soon." He smirks and calls her Mrs. Harrington. And then one night, on a romantic date, Henry drops the ball. He tells her he never wants to get married. Never. 🍭 Second Chance Romance 🍭 HEA Original Couple 🍭 Betrayal and Grovel 🍭 Sweet FMC x Sour MMC 🍭 Miscommunication
Mutual Friends (A short story) by RubyMica
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When my friend set me up with one of her guy besties, I didn't expect much - even though she said we were perfect for each other. I wasn't looking for anything serious, but he swept me off my feet and showed me how perfectly suited we were. Until he failed to protect our relationship from her and my life was turned into an online spectacle of heartbreak and betrayal. TW: - TSTL Hero but no cheating - Reference to parasocial relationships with online content creators
A Foolish Infatuation by Canderpdx
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Emily Calloway runs the village surgery of Dr. Hartley and Dr. Hargrove with quiet, unfailing competence and asking for very little in return.'What would I do without you?' Dr. Hargrove says more than once. But when a beautiful blonde arrives at the surgery one afternoon with monogrammed luggage and every appearance of belonging at Dr. Hargrove's side, Emily discovers there are some heartbreaks no amount of discipline can keep neatly contained, and Dr. Hargrove will discover exactly what life without Emily Calloway is like. This is a vintage old school Mills & Boon-style inspired tale, but with a stronger heroine, and a little grovel thrown in.
Dragon by kivey39
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One lesson I learned very early in life was to be cheerful, to be agreeable, to do as I was told and ask for nothing, and to never ever complain. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't make trouble and maybe they'll love you. I grew into an adult who took care of others and never expected that those I loved would take care of me in return. I gave and never asked, never expected, never demanded. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't make trouble and you'll find someone that will love you. And then one day, a Dragon walked into my workplace and turned my world upside down with a single wink. Having grown up watching his father treat his men like they were disposable, just meat bags to be fed into the grinder, Dragon was determined to be different when he became president of the Dragon's Inferno MC. He cares about his people. He takes care of them. He was upfront with me, taking care of his MC and those he considered to be his would always be his priority. And I agreed to that, I joined him in that mission, throwing myself into becoming the perfect old lady of the prez. Smile Maddie. Act happy Maddie. Take care of them and maybe they'll love you. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't complain and maybe he'll love you. I told myself I was independent. I was strong. And I didn't need my Dragon to take care of me. And I almost believed it. Almost. But now I'm watching him with her. I'm watching him comfort her. I'm watching him listen to her, support her, reassure her. I'm watching him take time from his day to check in with her. I'm watching him worry about her. I'm watching them become closer right in front of my eyes. I'm seeing every thoughtful gesture he does for her. And me? I'm not happy. I'm not smiling. I'm done being agreeable. Fuck not causing trouble. I'm about to set my Dragon's world on fire. And then I'm walking away. She can have him. For the first time in my life, I'm choosing myself.
The Golden Hour by theodoradarlingxx
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In emergency medicine, the golden hour is the crucial sixty-minute window after a traumatic injury-the brief span of time when the right care can mean the difference between life and death. Dr. Mason Carpenter lives for that hour. At St. Mary's Trauma Center, he is the golden boy of the Emergency Department. He's brilliant and calm under pressure. He's also addicted to the adrenaline, the thrill, and the absolute rush of saving patients knocking on death's door. At home, he's a devoted husband to his high school sweetheart-the love of his life-Honey. Or, he used to be. Honey Carpenter has loved Mason since they were fourteen, when he was the gangly boy with hearts in his eyes who stumbled through asking her out for ice cream. She stood beside him through medical school, residency, crushing debt, sleepless nights, and every sacrifice it took to build the life they dreamed about. Now Honey is pregnant with their first child. And Mason is married to his work. He misses ultrasound appointments, pregnancy milestones, and the baby shower. Worst of all, he is never there to support Honey through an increasingly difficult pregnancy. No matter how many times she tells him she is lonely, exhausted, and afraid, Mason gives her the same answer. "They need me." But Honey needs him too. As her pregnancy progresses and she feels something is deeply wrong, her doctor dismisses her symptoms as first-time-mom jitters. Her husband is too busy saving strangers to see his own wife fading away. Until Honey collapses at home and is rushed into Mason's emergency room, fighting for both her life and their daughter's. Mason must reckon with what he was chasing, what he ignored, and what his absence may cost him-the woman he loves more than anything. Now, the golden hour belongs to Honey. And Mason may already be too late. 💛 Marriage In Trouble 💛 Grovel 💛 High School Sweethearts 💛 No cheating 💛 Workaholic Doctor MMC x Neglected Pregnant Wife FMC 💛 Redempti