Heard It, But Too Late

After her sister Betty suffers an allergic reaction, Catherine’s brother Ralph forces mango juice into her lungs as a cruel punishment. Locked away in the basement for two days without medical help, Catherine perishes from the assault. Her parents finally decide to release her, casually planning to buy her forgiveness with gifts. However, they are unaware that Catherine is already dead. Her spirit now clings to them, waiting for the moment they discover her cold body in the dark.

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"Betty's right. We can't feed that bad habit," Laura agreed at once. "So, what do you think we should get her?"

"Doesn't she like bunnies? How about a bunny hair clip?" Betty replied. "I saw some in that lifestyle store we passed."

"Sounds good. We'll go with that." Laura nodded, but then her phone rang.

It was my aunt, Olivia Walton. Her voice was thick with emotion, making me freeze. She trembled, trying to hold it together. "Laura, where are you?"

Unable to hold back anymore, I wailed in agony, though no one could hear me.

In the two years since I had returned, only Olivia had always stood by me, trusting and loving me unconditionally. I hadn't wanted to die at all. I had wanted to grow up, earn money, and pay her back.

Life had been hard on her, but she was tough, never asking her wealthy sister for a cent, yet she often secretly slipped me money to buy things I liked.

Betty and I were both their daughters. Yet she got 100,000 dollars a month just in allowance, while I only got 500 dollars.

That had been Betty's idea too. "It's easy to get spoiled going from rags to riches. We can't let her develop bad habits."

Back then, I already felt inferior. Standing next to her, I looked like a scrawny, ugly duckling. Kids at school said all kinds of crap, calling me an illegitimate kid, the nanny's daughter, or an adopted orphan.

Betty would always look troubled and say, "Don't talk nonsense. Blood-related or not, she is my sister."

Though years of malnutrition had stunted my growth, there were similarities in our faces. Yet no one believed we were twins.

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"Poor Catherine... She is still so young!" Olivia let out a piercing wail. "If you don't want her, give her to me! I will raise her! Why did you kill her? Hurry back! Come see her!"

My spirit touched the ground for the first time. I knelt, clutching my chest.

Ralph snatched the phone. "Aunt Olivia, can you stop playing along with her act? How many times has this happened? You're always on her side. Aren't Betty and I family too? She made Betty have an allergic reaction. What's wrong with locking her up for a couple of days?"

"Ralph!" Olivia shouted. "How can you say that? She is your sister! She died! Her whole body turned blue from suffocation. She bit through her tongue, her mouth full of blood. How could you be so heartless?"

A flicker of panic crossed Ralph's face, but it vanished quickly. "Since she is my sister, maybe you should stop interfering in our family affairs. I'm disciplining her for her own good."

He hung up and stared at the phone for a moment. "We've shopped enough. Time to go home."

Betty suddenly stumbled, pressing a hand to her forehead.

Laura rushed over. "Betty, what's wrong?"

She shook her head weakly. "Nothing. Maybe low blood sugar from shopping for so long."

Ralph grabbed her arm, steadying her. "Let's get you something to eat. Then we'll go home."

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On the fifth anniversary of my father' s death, I discovered my fiancé, Graham, was having an affair with my sister, Hollie. The betrayal was compounded by a second, more devastating secret: Hollie was pregnant with his child. All this, while I was secretly carrying his baby too. He swore his loyalty to me, calling betrayal the ultimate sin, all while planning a future with her. He dismissed her as a "childish infatuation" to my face, then rushed to her side for a "family emergency." I followed him and watched them embrace, heard him promise her fireworks and my life. I saw her hand him a gift, then he carried her inside. The door closed on their shared secret, and on my entire world. My sister then sent me a picture of her ultrasound, taunting me to leave quietly. She thought she had won. But she didn't know I had already made a call. Three days later, as Graham stood with a visibly pregnant Hollie at the chapel where we were supposed to get married, he saw my car speed past. His face twisted in horror as he realized I was gone. Not just leaving, but disappearing completely. Three years later, I returned, no longer his fiancée, but Dr. Cross, a powerful strategist he couldn't touch. And he was just a man desperate to get back what he had destroyed.

Horror Mystery Romance

8.2

I Killed My Family After Getting My Inheritance

8.2

After recovering from a long-term mental illness, a young woman is welcomed back into the Schmidt household by her tearful parents and supportive sister. She slowly reintegrates into a normal life, eventually being named the sole heir to the family business on her sister's eighteenth birthday. However, despite the affection and wealth bestowed upon her, she executes a calculated and cruel massacre of her entire family. This dark mystery explores the chilling reality behind her sudden, violent turn.

Action Horror Modern Mystery

8.0

No More, Never Again

8.0

Three years into her marriage, Samantha is thrilled to discover she is pregnant. Her happiness is shattered by news of her husband Shawn's accidental death, leading to a tragic miscarriage and her own suicide. However, her spirit remains to witness a horrific reality: Shawn is alive and mocking her with friends. He staged his death as a cruel prank, dismissing her pregnancy as a lie. Now, Samantha must face the devastating truth that her life and child were lost to a heartless game.

Horror Modern Mystery Romance

8.4

One Night, His Unseen Legacy

8.4

After ninety-nine failed attempts to win the heart of the brilliant but cold Dr. Julian Burke, I drugged him for one night of passion. It didn't make him love me. I fled to London in shame. Three years later, a photo surfaced. It was Julian, smiling tenderly at a younger woman-a dead ringer for his deceased first love. I flew back to New York to end our sham engagement, but he destroyed me first. He publicly accused me of leaking his research, and his testimony sent me to prison. While I was inside, I was brutally attacked and lost a kidney. My father, crushed by the scandal, died of a stroke, and I wasn't there to say goodbye. I was just collateral damage in his twisted atonement for a ghost, a convenient villain to protect her manipulative sister. He let me rot, believing I was a monster. But he didn't know the secret I carried from that one night. After my release, I took our son and vanished. I would build a new life, and he would never know the son he abandoned or the woman he truly broke.

Horror Modern Romance

8.4

See You in University—Or Not

8.4

Larissa Clarke once thought she was doing the right thing by ensuring her genius neighbor didn't skip a life-changing physics competition for his sick girlfriend. Her interference led him to elite success and billionaire status, but it also fueled a dark vendetta. Years later, he destroys her life in a cold act of vengeance. Given a second chance at life, Larissa awakens in the past, desperate to navigate this young adult mystery and avoid her previous tragic end.

Action Billionaire Horror Modern Mystery Romance Young Adult

9.3

The Alpha's Regret: My Hidden Fortune.

9.3

To the outside world, I was the envy of every she-wolf as the fiancée of Alpha Kael. But inside the gilded cage of his pack house, I was a ghost. I molded myself into perfection for him, wearing the colors he liked and suppressing my own voice. Until I walked past his study and saw him with Lyra-the orphan he called his "sister." His hand rested intimately on her thigh as he laughed, telling her, "Elara is just a political necessity. You are the moon in my sky." My heart shattered, but the physical blow came days later. During a training exercise, the safety cable snapped. I fell twenty feet, shattering my leg. Lying in the dirt, gasping through the pain, I watched my Fated Mate run. Not to me. He ran to Lyra, who was burying her face in his chest, feigning terror. He comforted her while I bled. Later, in the infirmary, I heard him whisper to her, "She won't die. It will just teach her who the real Luna is." He knew. He knew she had sabotaged the rope with silver, and he was protecting her attempted murder. The final thread of my love incinerated into ash. The next morning, I walked into the Council Hall, threw a thick file on the table, and looked the Elders in the eye. "I am dissolving the engagement," I stated coldly. "And I am withdrawing my family's silver supply. I will starve this Pack until you beg." Kael laughed, thinking I was bluffing. He didn't notice the lethal Beta from the rival pack standing in the shadows behind me, ready to help me burn Kael's kingdom to the ground.

Horror Romance Werewolf

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