A Woman’s Lot Is Never Easy

Any Short Stories That Are Climactic All the Way Through, Sweet at First Then Heartbreaking and Suffocating?

Single Female Lead, Everyday Urban Life

I don’t want the male lead to start out as some xxx’s doormat, then suddenly wake up and stop fawning over them 😆. Don’t have him get cheated on or dumped by someone, then fall in love with the female lead afterward.