The Empty Slide
The Empty Slide is a novel in English; you can read chapter 1 free here on EditWrx Reads.
Your code
Keeps your place in the official app
- 1Install the official app — it’s free on iPhone and Android.
- 2Open it and enter 623101 when asked for a code. The Empty Slide opens right where this site leaves off.
Story
The story
After a year of grinding at her corporate job, Mia realizes she no longer loves Carter. At the firm's milestone celebration, she claps along when coworkers chant for Carter and his work wife Chloe to kiss, then deflects Carter's anger outside the venue by inventing a birthday-shopping excuse for Chloe. Six months earlier, Carter had inserted Mia into the company without an interview, and the office rumor mill branded her a senior executive's mistress. Carter refused to announce their marriage, cut off her credit cards, and stayed away from home, and Mia once found him leaving Chloe's apartment building. Now, with an Employee of the Year nomination at stake and a strategy meeting at dawn, Mia has no energy left for tantrums. Carter reappears at home and insists on driving her to work, but she wants to keep their marriage hidden from the gossip mill.
Opening excerpt
After grinding for a year at my corporate job, I realized something important: I didn't love Carter anymore.
So, at the firm’s milestone celebration, when my coworkers started chanting for Carter and his "work wife" Chloe to take a celebratory shot together with their arms linked, I didn't cause a scene like I would have in the past.
These are the opening lines of chapter 1. Keep reading →
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Questions
Can I read The Empty Slide for free?
Yes — the first chapter of The Empty Slide is free to read right here on EditWrx Reads, no sign-up needed. The rest of the story continues in the official app.
How many chapters are free here?
Chapter 1. Your place is saved on this device as you go, so you can stop and pick it up later tonight.
What happens after chapter 1?
Chapter 2 onward lives in the official app. Install it, enter the code 623101, and the story opens where this site leaves off.
What's The Empty Slide about?
After a year of grinding at her corporate job, Mia realizes she no longer loves Carter. At the firm's milestone celebration, she claps along when coworkers chant for Carter and his work wife Chloe to kiss, then deflects Carter's anger outside the venue by inventing a birthday-shopping excuse for Chloe. Six months earlier, Carter had inserted Mia into the company without an interview, and the office rumor mill branded her a senior executive's mistress. Carter refused to announce their marriage, cut off her credit cards, and stayed away from home, and Mia once found him leaving Chloe's apartment building. Now, with an Employee of the Year nomination at stake and a strategy meeting at dawn, Mia has no energy left for tantrums. Carter reappears at home and insists on driving her to work, but she wants to keep their marriage hidden from the gossip mill.
EditWrx Reads carries only the sample chapters and story details the publisher has cleared for preview. To read the whole book, use the official app.
Chapter 2 is in the official app
The free chapters on EditWrx Reads end at chapter 1. Install the official app and enter this code — it opens The Empty Slide where you left off.