— Hello, Irina Pavlovna, — Alina rarely called her mother-in-law. They lived in different cities and hardly communicated. Irina Pavlovna wasn’t particularly interested in her son’s family, and Alina tried to keep her distance from Irina Pavlovna, scared by stories about evil mothers-in-law. They congratulated each other on holidays, and Irina Pavlovna came for the […]
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Aleksey, my husband, and his mother have settled in very well. Until recently, they almost wiped their feet on me, calling me a ‘worthless flower’, but as soon as they learned about my inheritance, they suddenly showed increased interest. But again, not in me, but in the prospects that this inheritance gives. I regretted a […]
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Виктория стояла у окна своей квартиры на пятнадцатом этаже, в руках она держала чашку ароматного кофе. На столе лежали чертежи нового проекта — торгового центра, над которым архитектурное бюро трудилось последние полгода. Виктория повернулась к жениху. Андрей всё это время был поглощён телефоном. — Может, закажем пиццу? — предложила она. Андрей поднял голову и улыбнулся: […]
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A cold winter morning had enveloped the land with the thinnest layer of frost, as if someone with an invisible hand had dusted it with tiny diamonds. The sky was just beginning to lighten, and the air was so clean that it seemed crystalline. Each breath stung the nose and cheeks, a reminder: winter was […]
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Why Inna was knitting booties, she herself did not know… Her daughter was 40, had been widowed two years ago, and had never had children. Last year, she remarried. Her husband was younger and wanted to live for himself. Her son had long ago moved to America and had no plans to return. The nephews […]
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Very bright, beautiful, I would say, quite unusual,” Vadim thoughtfully said, carefully examining his wife’s drawings. “Do you like it?” Natasha asked with a smile, sitting down next to him on the sofa. “Unusual,” the man admitted, flipping through the sheets with illustrations. “Children love everything bright; it’s the adults who later prefer something gray, […]
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Dear, you can’t even imagine who I really am,” Anna whispered quietly, looking at the ceiling. “You are better than anyone for me,” Vadim mumbled sleepily, hugging his wife. If only he knew how prophetic these words would turn out to be. Anna smiled faintly, remembering how it all began. How she, the daughter of […]
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Anna, don’t forget to check the revenue before you leave,” Margarita Ivanovna’s voice echoed from the corner. “Of course, I’ll check,” Anna automatically responded, wiping the glass surface of the display case. She had worked at this household appliance store for five years. Each workday repeated itself like clockwork: opening, serving customers, explaining discount terms, […]
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My husband looked at me with childlike innocence, and I barely restrained myself from slapping him across the face. After all this time, my nerves were stretched to the breaking point and finally snapped. When I was in college, my classmates and I often went to a small cozy bar where live music played on […]
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I never considered myself a simpleton. On the contrary, I had a lot to be proud of in this life. I managed to get out of a tiny town, move to a big city, get a good job there, and even buy a three-bedroom apartment. Then I got married, and it seemed like my happiness […]
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