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A smile lingered on his face—light and fleeting, as if happiness had brushed against him for a moment before slipping away. For several minutes he stood in the doorway without leaving.“Is something wrong?” I finally asked, unable to bear the tension hanging between us.“Don’t you want to do anything?” Max asked, folding his arms across his chest.Why all these riddles? Why couldn’t he just say what he wanted from me? He needed to go to work, not stand on the threshold of his own house. I had already wished him a good day, our son had kissed him on the cheek… what else?“Max, you need to go. You said yourself you’re running late,” I said, then paused thoughtfully.I had a few important things to take care of today as well. During breakfast I’d managed to call a couple of kindergartens, and one of them had offered to let me bring Sasha in for a few hours to see how he behaved around other children and unfamiliar adults. Nastya had probably already dressed him, and now they were just wa

A stack of papers absorbed all the anger that had been building inside him over the past few days and went flying to the floor. White sheets scattered everywhere in chaotic disarray, adding even more mess to the office.The internal phone rang. After he pressed the button, an unpleasant female voice came through the speaker.“Mr. Darvin, Galeev is here to see you.”“Let him in,” the man growled, leaning back in his chair.The office door swung open, and a tall, broad-shouldered man in a business suit walked in.“You seem to be in a foul mood, Darvin. Something happen?” the man asked as he sat down in the chair opposite him.“Someone’s muddying the waters. I can’t find the rat in my own company who’s leaking information about upcoming contracts.”“And who’s intercepting them?”Vlad rubbed his tired eyes and fell silent in thought. After several moments, he finally answered the question that had been bothering him the most.“Habirov.”“I see,” the man chuckled quietly. “So that’s why yo

Loud laughter echoed through the hall where an important meeting was about to begin. Of all the participants, only two had arrived so far, creating a striking contrast in mood. One looked as dark as a thundercloud, as if ready to tear the entire building apart brick by brick, while the other was clearly amused by the situation.“She outplayed you!” Eldar said, barely holding back another burst of laughter. “I still can’t believe it. A woman you planned to deceive for your own purposes ended up deceiving you instead. Vlad… oh, Vlad… There was something between you two, wasn’t there?”Darvin lifted his gaze to his friend, and his anger flared up once again. Just imagine it—he had started skillfully playing with that girl and, confident of his victory, hadn’t even noticed how cleverly she had been playing him all along. A soft female voice echoed in his mind, the memory of her words striking him again and again.“What a bastard you are, Darvin.”The sparkle and desire in her eyes had bee

What was Vlad’s fiancée doing here? If she was here, then he had to be here too…“I didn’t know you were here as well,” I said, already dreaming of returning to our little cottage and locking myself inside for the entire weekend. My vacation hadn’t even started yet, and my mood was already completely ruined.“We were invited at the very last moment. But I’m glad we came. It’s absolutely magical here.” The girl smiled contentedly and slipped a hand into her pocket. “Right! Here, take this.”Alina handed Sasha a lollipop, and he accepted it happily.“Thank you,” the little boy said cheerfully as he began unwrapping it.“You carry candy in your pocket?” I laughed when I noticed just how much of it she had stuffed in there.“To be honest, I have quite a sweet tooth myself. But this time I came prepared to meet Alisa and Sasha. I knew there would be children here, so I decided to bring them a little treat. You mothers probably try not to spoil them with sweets too much.”“You’re right. Too

At last, your time has come, my dear. I had so many plans for you, yet I only remembered them after my husband disappeared without a trace. And the worst part was that I couldn’t even call him to ask where he’d gone.I finally picked up my camera and started trailing after my son.We ate — one good shot.We went for a walk — another.And it went on like that until the moment I suddenly wanted to go home. I could have howled with boredom. My child had more than enough joy for both of us, but his mother was bored out of her mind.Nadya was still feeling unwell, Alina had flatly refused to leave her room until evening, and the remaining candidates didn’t interest me in the slightest.“If you’re bored, I’d recommend walking deeper into the forest along the path,” an unfamiliar girl from the staff said as she passed by.“What’s interesting there?” I asked, watching my son play near the swings. He was afraid to ride them and was now simply pushing them with his hands, making them sway back