After his fiancée’s funeral, he couldn’t find a place for himself. He loved his dear one, and the wedding was just two weeks away, but an unhinged truck driver took her life in an instant.

“Soon we’ll get to the finishing work. It’s almost done,” my husband said to me that evening as we were getting ready for bed. “So that means the renovation is next, and that’s it?” I rubbed cream into my hands, working it into my fingers and wrists. “Yes. Hard to believe, right?” Arkady settled in … Read more

Be patient—your wifey will finish building the house for us, and then you can leave,” I read in my mother-in-law’s letter.

“We’ll start on the finishing work soon. We’ve almost completed it,” my husband told me in the evening as we were getting ready for bed. “So the renovation is soon, and that’s that?” I said, rubbing cream into my hands and wrists. “Yes. Hard to believe, isn’t it?” Arkady settled in more comfortably, pulling up … Read more

I’ll send my wife on vacation, and while she’s away I’ll sell her apartment—I’ve already found buyers.” — I overheard my husband saying this.

He just used me. It’s like my eyes finally opened. Why didn’t I notice anything before? I was probably too naive. I trusted people too much. Now I’ll be more cautious. For some reason I thought something like this could happen to anyone—just not to me. But no: it turns out no one is safe. … Read more

— “My parents are not going to lock horns with your mom and your sister! They’re above that cheap squabbling,” I told my husband

Ekaterina was setting the table, trying to make everything look perfect. Today was Dmitry’s thirty-fifth birthday—a milestone—and for the first time in a long while both families were getting together. The crystal glasses her mother had given them for their wedding took pride of place beside the porcelain dinner set. “Katya, maybe we shouldn’t have … Read more

— “Your salary is too big for one woman. You’ll transfer it to me—I’ll make better use of it,” her husband’s father declared.

“Here, write this down,” Pyotr Petrovich put a sheet of paper with neatly written numbers on the kitchen table. “Your salary is too big for one woman. You’ll transfer it to me—I’ll manage it better.” Olga froze, gripping a paring knife. She blinked several times, trying to process what she’d heard. Her father-in-law, who had … Read more

Seeing her husband’s photo online with a young pregnant stranger, Nadya decided not to start a scandal…

“This can’t be happening!… It can’t!” Nadezhda thought, staring at the photo where a young, pregnant girl had her arms around her husband’s neck, perched on his lap and beaming. Twenty-five years of marriage… was it all going down the drain now? Her heart clenched painfully as she stared at the image, forgetting she’d even … Read more

Watch where you’re going, chicken,” my ex-husband shoved me in the office hallway, not knowing I was the new wife of his CEO.

“Watch where you’re going, chicken,” my ex-husband shoved me in the office hallway. His shoulder was as bony and unpleasant as it had been five years ago. The smell of cheap cologne mixed with sweat and stale tobacco hit my nose. I staggered, and the heavy folder with documents for Viktor slipped from my hands … Read more