Lera was standing by the mirror in the hallway, touching up her lipstick, when the doorbell rang. She glanced at the clock — half past six in the evening. Sergey hadn’t come home from work yet, and she was supposed to meet a friend at a café. The bell rang again, more insistently. “Lera, open … Read more
— Semyon, you didn’t even ask! — Margo slammed the bags down on the table, and apples rolled everywhere. — You just told Mom, “Of course, live here,” but did you think about me? Semyon scrambled to catch the rolling fruit. — Margosh, what could I do? Her pipe burst, the apartment is flooded. She … Read more
Irina was sitting at her desk when someone knocked on the office door. Oleg peeked inside, looking at the familiar space with a somehow new gaze. “May I come in?” he asked, though he had already stepped over the threshold. She nodded without taking her eyes off the screen. The house had been inherited from … Read more
— Arina! Open up already, what are you dithering for? I’m not a stranger standing here! Lidiya Ivanovna’s voice thundered in the silence of a Saturday morning just as Arina was fumbling for the key in the lock. Apparently, her mother-in-law had been lurking by the door—otherwise, how else to explain her materializing on the … Read more
Kristina carefully arranged the documents on her desk. The whole day had been tense. Negotiations with new clients had stretched into the late evening. But it was worth it — a major contract was signed. At home, she was greeted by silence. Roman was sitting in the kitchen in front of his laptop. His face … Read more
She knelt beside his table on the busy sidewalk, gently holding her baby close. “Please, I’m not asking for money—just a moment of your time.” The man in the suit looked up from his glass of wine, unaware that her simple request would unravel everything he thought he knew. The city buzzed all around—honking horns, … Read more
My Husband and His Parents Demanded a DNA Test for Our Son — I Agreed, But What I Asked in Return Changed Everything I never thought the man I loved—the father of my child—would ever look me straight in the eye and doubt that our son was his. Yet, there I was, sitting on our … Read more
— Are you absolutely sure you couldn’t be mistaken? — Oksana gripped the phone tightly, trying to keep her voice calm. — Oksana Nikolaevna, the results are positive. Congratulations, you are pregnant, approximately six weeks along. She thanked the doctor and ended the call. The world around her froze. Six weeks. Exactly the amount of … Read more
He walked into the bathroom just as I was standing in a robe, rubbing cream on my legs. Without knocking, just like he used to. Only now, his face didn’t have that confident “man of the house” smirk, but an expression as if he had just entered a mall restroom where the lights were out. … Read more
“Can I Clean Your House for a Plate of Food?” — What the Millionaire Saw Left Him Speechless Rain hammered steadily against the glass roof of Julian Maddox’s sprawling mansion just outside Seattle. Inside, the billionaire stood by the roaring fireplace, black coffee in hand, his eyes lost in the dancing flames. Wealth had filled … Read more