Anna had never trusted her husband. Therefore, she had to rely only on herself. That’s how things had turned out in their married life. Her husband Viktor was as handsome as a poppy flower. He was also the life of any party. He drank alcohol in moderation, didn’t smoke, and wasn’t obsessed with football, fishing, […]
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Natasha was sitting in her spacious studio, bathed in soft light. She had set the paintbrushes aside and had been trying for the second hour to figure out the baby monitor she had bought for her friend Irina. Irina had given birth to a girl named Sveta a couple of months ago, so Natasha wanted […]
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Natasha and her husband were leaving the restaurant where they had celebrated his birthday. The evening had been wonderful. Many guests had come, including relatives and colleagues. Natasha met many of them for the first time, but if Dmitry had invited them, he knew what he was doing. Natasha was one of those people who […]
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Alla was strolling with her dog along the deserted street near her house. Her mood was so downcast that even her neighbor Natalia, glancing briefly out of the window, noticed it. “Alla, hello! What are you doing out here alone at this hour?” “Hello, Natasha. I didn’t have time during the day. We had a […]
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She felt that she had become a burden to everyone, including her son, grandson, and granddaughter. She knew that all her subordinates in her vast office referred to her as “the old woman.” She involuntarily walked over to the mirror: “Am I really that old? Seventy, but I look fantastic,” she twirled around, examining herself […]
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When Will This End?” I shouted, and saw Sergey let out a theatrical sigh and stare at the floor again. “Tanya, why are you yelling?” he mumbled, avoiding my gaze. “Mom’s not asking for that much.” “Not that much? You really think another transfer for Vera Petrovna isn’t much? We’ve been barely scraping by for […]
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I suggest we live together as a threesome,” my husband declared to me. “I’ve always dreamed of this. Tanya, why are you being so stubborn? I’ve thought it all through! Look, Alya will move in here, into your house. You’ll help her until the baby is born, and then the three of us will raise […]
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So, is your darling husband sprawled on the couch again?” came the sharp voice of the mother-in-law from the kitchen, like metal scraping against glass. “Go check on him, sweetheart, maybe he’s not even breathing anymore!” Marina sighed deeply and glanced at her husband, who was indeed lying on the couch, glued to his phone. […]
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Yeseniya worked as an accountant in a modest construction firm. A nondescript office building on the outskirts of the capital. An average income. A routine life. Yet deep inside, she always held a cherished goal — to launch her own business. In the evenings, like many of her colleagues, she studied financial management software, devoured […]
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nobody’s going to take your apartment away? really? and when your ex-husband turns up at your door with his mother and suitcases, sure that he has every right to live here—what will you do? smile and step aside, clearing the way? or will you find the strength to slam the door in their insolent faces? […]
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