Chloe Hawthorne is forced to sign a six-year marriage contract to save her beloved Richard Vance, so she marries his twin brother, Edward Vance, in a wealthy alliance. During the six years, Edward allows his mistress Vivian Morrison to humiliate Chloe and makes Chloe, a rich heiress, care for Vivian’s three illegitimate children. Chloe endures everything silently, and when the contract ends, she divorces Edward and reunites with Richard. Only then does Edward learn Vivian’s true nature and realize he loves Chloe. He rushes to the sanatorium to find her, only to discover he was merely Richard’s substitute. In the end, the Hawthorne family and Richard join forces to defeat the Vance family, and Chloe and Richard live happily together.
"Luke gave up his photography career for his wife Audrey and worked as a stay-at-home husband for five years. He even got a vasectomy for her. Yet Audrey treated him coldly and carelessly, while bending every rule for her male coworker Ryan. When Luke’s father was critically ill, she refused to perform the surgery, and his father died during transfer to another hospital. But one phone call from Ryan was enough for her to drive three hundred miles to operate on Ryan’s aunt. On their wedding anniversary, Audrey forgot the date and rushed out late at night after receiving a call from Ryan.
Luke’s heart died completely. He placed the divorce papers among other documents for her to sign. Thinking they were paperwork for their new house, Audrey signed them without reading a word.
Luke went in for a vasectomy reversal. Ryan was assigned as the nurse in the operating room. After the surgery, Luke suffered severe bleeding. When Audrey arrived, she still defended Ryan. After leaving the hospital, Luke sold all the watches Audrey had given him. He left three signed documents on the nightstand and left alone. When Audrey came home and found him gone, she realized she had signed the divorce papers herself.
Ryan was exposed for academic misconduct and medical negligence, and Audrey lost her job in the fallout. She tracked Luke down along Silver Peak Highway and begged him to reconcile, but Luke turned her down. Later, Luke met Melanie and picked up his camera again. They married and had a daughter. Five years later, he became an internationally famous photographer. Audrey lived alone, only able to get basic care at a community clinic, and could never hold a surgical scalpel again."
He Postponed Our Wedding Seven Times. The Eighth Time, I Walked Away
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When we first became intimate, William promised that I would be the only woman he would ever love. Today, we’re supposed to have our seventh wedding. William: “Camille just got dizzy. Let’s put the wedding off, Vivian. We’ll do it another day.” This was the seventh time he had put off our wedding for Camille. The first time, Camille was attacked during a business meeting, and William had to rush to save her. William: “Camille’s life is in danger, and you want me to leave her for a wedding? Jealousy has its limits, Vivian.” The second time, Camille broke her leg while skiing, and William couldn’t bear to leave her alone. William: “Vivian, the wedding can wait. Camille’s badly hurt, and she’s all alone right now.” The third time, I made sure everything was ready. I even made sure nothing could happen to Camille. The wedding was finally going ahead—until William got a phone call. William: “Camille’s drunk. Damn it! She’s surrounded by drunk guys and troublemakers. She can’t handle this alone. I have to go get her!” This would be the last time he postponed our wedding. Because next time, he wouldn’t see me at his wedding.
My Fiancé Took My Best Friend to the Game, So I Canceled Our Wedding
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My boyfriend and I had planned to fly to LA to watch our favorite MLB team play at home. But on the day we were supposed to leave, I waited at the airport for three hours. He never showed. It wasn't until after dark that he finally called. “Sorry, Audrey. I forgot to tell you. Natalie found out we were taking engagement photos and got so excited she couldn't sleep. She insisted I fly out with her early to scout locations.” “You can make it here on your own, right? The three of us will meet at the stadium entrance tomorrow.” I stood frozen. Natalie Brooks was my best friend. She had watched Derek Sinclair and me go from high school sweethearts to planning our wedding, and always called herself our biggest supporter. Yet with one casual “fly out early,” Derek had left me, his bride-to-be, behind at the airport. “You two have fun.” I smiled faintly. “I suddenly don't feel like going anymore.” The next day, I saw Natalie's latest post. She had uploaded a photo of herself with Ryan Kane, my favorite player. The caption read: “Thanks to Derek for pulling strings to get me this photo. Location scouting complete. The things I do for my best friend!” I calmly liked the post. Then I called the wedding planner and canceled the wedding we were supposed to have in two weeks. Natalie never stopped talking about how much she cared about my happiness, yet she had already taken the trip and surprise meant for me. I was done sharing this relationship with a third person.
Alex Carter, a prominent Chicago trial lawyer, has been married to Ivy Morgan for six years. When intern Leah Foster joins his firm, Alex mentors her personally—they work late together, message privately, and Leah comes and goes freely from their apartment. Though Ivy voices concerns, Alex insists the relationship is purely professional.
After Ivy publicly warns Leah, Leah lures her to a parking garage with a fake distress message and hires Mason Reed, a violent ex-con, to attack her. Ivy, seriously assaulted, files a civil suit. What destroys her faith in the marriage is Alex's response: instead of believing his wife, he becomes Leah's attorney—and wins.
The day Alex celebrates his victory, Ivy arrives with a suitcase and two documents: a divorce filing, and medical records showing the pregnancy she had never told him about had stopped developing—and that she had signed the consent forms and undergone the procedure alone. That night he was preparing Leah's defense. On the same day, he won his case and lost his child and his wife.
The case soon unravels: Mason demands his payment, and deleted emails, secret videos, and voice recordings between Leah and Mason prove her goal was never to scare Ivy but to destroy her. Alex turns the evidence over to police and publicly admits his judgment was wrong. Leah is imprisoned; Mason faces charges; Alex loses his partnership and his license is disciplined. His boundary-crossing messages with Leah also surface, forcing him to admit he had enjoyed her admiration and dependence, allowing her to believe she could one day replace Ivy.
Ivy rebuilds through therapy and painting, finalizes the divorce, and leaves Chicago for an overseas opportunity. Alex finally accepts she had told the truth all along—but by then, it no longer matters. What truly destroyed the marriage was never Leah alone, but the moment Ivy needed her husband's belief most, and Alex chose the other side.
"""Plan a wedding for my husband and his mistress,"" I told my assistant. ""Seven days from now. The same night I leave him for good.""
People called Simon Fulmer the most devoted Don in Lake City. He lit up the sky with blue fireworks for our fifth anniversary. He knelt in the street to tie my shoelace. He swore he would die before he ever cheated.
They didn't know the fireworks were meant for his first love. She hated blue, so he gave them to me.
That night, while he posted ""I'll love you forever,"" she was in his bed.
So I signed the divorce papers he had once handed me himself.
On my birthday, his guests walked one floor up to his wedding with her. The giant screen showed them everything. By then, I was already on a plane home.
Five years ago, he had sworn to my father that if I ever came home heartbroken, he would never set foot in our territory. If he did, he would lose everything.
Then word came that I had died in a car crash.
He came anyway. He knelt at my coffin and lost his whole empire.
He never noticed the masked woman in the crowd, watching him cry."
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