Ekaterina Pavlovna put the kettle on and sat down at the table. Her hands were trembling. Today was the fortieth day since Mikhail had passed away. His children were coming. And she didn’t even know how to call them now — stepdaughter and stepson? She had spent only five years with Misha, but for her, … Read more
— Can you believe he actually said that? — Victoria slammed the car door so hard it nearly came off its hinges. — “Maybe we should make Anton deputy?” Anton! The guy who can’t even tell oil from antifreeze! She stood in the middle of the parking lot, wearing the dealership’s branded suit with the … Read more
Mom, wait! I asked you not to touch my documents!” — Marina burst into the study, but it was already too late. Galina Petrovna was standing by the open safe, holding a folder, her face frozen in shock. In her trembling fingers, she gripped a notarized document — the will of Marina’s late grandmother, which … Read more
“Turns out our Petya is infertile!” — blurted out the sister-in-law after a brief silence. — “What do you mean — infertile?” — Lidka genuinely wondered, looking at the fruit of their love lying in the crib, happily smacking his lips. — “And what about Vitya?” — “Vitya’s not his!” — Ira declared flatly. Tell … Read more
Lera, have you by any chance seen my container with cutlets? The blue one, Maksim looked into the fridge and scratched the back of his head in confusion. What blue one? There was only my green one this morning, Lera looked up from her documents and glanced at her colleague. And now it’s gone too. … Read more
Mom said again that you have to give us the bigger room!” Svetlana burst out right from the doorway, not even saying hello. Her face was burning with righteous indignation, and in her hands she clenched the apartment keys as if they were a weapon. I froze with a cup of tea in my hands. … Read more
Lidochka’s heart, the little girl with big brown eyes and braids, seemed to ring with hope as she hugged her mother’s waist and, pressing her cheek against her mother’s worn sweater, whispered: — Mommy… can I play with the doll while you’re at work? We’ll wait for you together like real friends! I’ll put her … Read more
The sun, like a huge blazing disk, was slowly sinking behind the rooftops of the high-rises, painting the sky in crimson, golden, and honey hues. The air was filled with the scent of autumn — a mixture of damp leaves, smoke from occasional chimneys, and the distant smell of coffee from street stalls. People hurried … Read more
Snezhana: The Journey from Village Silence to the Heart of a Wealthy Heir and a Love That Overcame Prejudice Deep within the green expanses, where forests whisper ancient secrets and rivers flow like silver ribbons, among cozy houses with thatched roofs and smoke curling from chimneys, a girl named Snezhana grew up. Her childhood passed … Read more
Nadya did not know what it was like to feel the warm touch of a mother’s hand, to hear her father’s laughter, to see eyes reflecting love. Her childhood did not begin with a lullaby, but with the cold walls of an orphanage, where every day was like the one before — monotonous, devoid of … Read more