No, not that!” Margarita Petrovna exclaimed irritably, throwing her fork down beside the half-eaten lasagna. “Kira, apparently you need to be taught everything from scratch. This isn’t food, it’s a nightmare. Sorry, but Vlad would be better off marrying a woman who knows how to cook and run a household. And you… between you and […]
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Andrey sat across from Olga, tapping his fingers on the tabletop. His feigned nonchalance only emphasized the tension in the room. Behind him, leaning against the kitchen cabinet, stood Valentina Petrovna—his mother—with her usual expression of concerned benevolence on her face. “So here’s the deal,” Andrey finally broke the silence, his voice sounding almost casual, […]
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Katya seemed to have opened her eyes. Everything suddenly and unexpectedly fell into place, as it only happens in moments of revelation. Now she knew exactly how she would spend this day. The decision was made firmly, definitively, irrevocably. Nothing else mattered to her anymore — neither her husband’s resentment, nor the children’s confusion, nor […]
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Marina stopped at the kitchen doorway and felt the unspoken words stuck in her throat. Her hand involuntarily clenched the phone — still warm from the message from her boss about the bonus. Three voice messages from Lena, her friend, with whom they had almost already bought tickets for a two-week vacation in Turkey. “What?” […]
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