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Chapter 70

“How is she?” Vlad asked, leaning back against the countertop.“Not great. I wouldn’t be handling it any better if something like that had been hidden from me my entire life — the fact that one of my parents had lost their sanity. She’s asleep now. Her father stopped by not long ago with some of her things and asked that she not be allowed to return home.”Stas handed his brother a cup of coffee and settled on the edge of the windowsill, taking a slow sip of the bitter drink. It was nearly noon, yet his mind still refused to accept the events of the morning. Everything felt unreal — like a story that belonged to someone else’s life, not Nadya’s. Not theirs.He kept replaying the moment in his head: the fear in her eyes, the trembling of her hands, the way she had clung to him as if he were the only stable thing left in her collapsing world. The memory tightened his chest with quiet rage and helplessness.“I had a feeling something was off,” Vlad continued, “but I never imagined anythi

Chapter 71

I opened my eyes to blinding daylight. Stas’s apartment was incredibly bright — almost painfully so. I reached for my glasses on the nightstand and glanced around. My phone lay beside me on the bed, untouched. Not a single call. Not a single message.My fingers instinctively brushed over the snow-white bandages wrapped around my arm, and my heart tightened. If I had learned the truth sooner, would it have made any difference? Probably not.I dialed my father’s number and, after a few rings, heard his voice.“Nadya, is everything okay?”“Dad, how’s Mom?”“Sweetheart, it hasn’t been long enough for anything to change. You need to be patient. She’s at the hospital receiving the treatment she needs. If there’s any update, I’ll call you immediately.”“I want to see her.”He drew in a slow breath before answering.“Tomorrow we’ll go together. All right? And today, try to rest. I brought some of your things while you were asleep, so you don’t have to go back home. Sometimes a change of scene

Chapter 72

Juicy green grass stretched beneath my feet, and ahead stood a house so beautiful—so lavish—you could have stared at it forever… if you ignored the people in hospital pajamas wandering the grounds like ghosts. The place sent a chill skittering down my spine. I stayed close behind my father, not letting him out of my sight for even a second.“Nadya, did you bring the documents like I asked? On the way back, we need to drop them off with Natasha. We have to get everything finalized as soon as possible.”“Yes. I prepared everything.”“Mr. Victor, it’s a pleasure to see you,” said a man in a white coat—the same one I’d seen at our house. “Your wife will be brought out for her walk shortly. In the meantime, we can talk.”“How is she? Is there any chance of a full recovery?”I tried not to interrupt. I simply listened in silence, scanning the grounds for a familiar silhouette that should appear from the building at any moment.“You do have quite a sense of humor. Her condition is far too ad

Chapter 73

All this time, I had been nothing more than livestock fattened for slaughter. A pawn in the Darvin brothers’ twisted game — and it looked like Stas had won this round. Now their behavior finally made sense. Fate couldn’t have dealt a crueler blow. After what happened with Mom, I would have dragged myself through life for a long time, but this revelation knocked the air out of me and sent the ground crumbling beneath my feet.“How is this even possible?” I sobbed, fresh tears spilling over.“If I were you, I’d get as far away from those two as I could,” Sergey said evenly. “Do you really think marrying someone under circumstances like these will make you happy?”I handed the papers back to him and said quietly, “Please pull over.”True to his word, Sergey dropped me off on a crowded street. The moment I was alone with my shattered heart, I broke down, sobbing uncontrollably. I only managed to pull myself together when a cyclist nearly slammed into me.No. This can’t be how it ends betw

Chapter 74

“All the paperwork is in order, so we can close this case. Now it’s only a matter of time before Sveta and her crew are caught,” the investigator said, rising from his chair. “As soon as there’s any update, I’ll contact you, Stas. I have to run — there’s been an emergency call from the hospital. A street assault with serious injuries.”“Thank you for your help,” Vlad said on behalf of his brother, shaking the investigator’s hand.The officer left the office, and silence settled over the room. Stas remained bent over the documents, focused and tense; everything had to be finalized immediately. Too much work had piled up, and he couldn’t afford to waste a single minute.“You’ve been hunched over those papers for hours without even straightening your back. Maybe take a short break,” Darvin the elder said, leaning against the edge of the desk.“There’s no time. I have to get this done.”“Stas, I told you I’d handle it. Stop stressing yourself out.”After a few more attempts at persuasion,

Chapter 75

The whole world had been swallowed by darkness, with no way out. I opened my eyes only to be met with an impenetrable night — cold, merciless, endless. It was the true ending of the beautiful fairy tale I had created for myself. I had crafted the perfect image of a family and believed in it with all my heart, yet reality had been entirely different. I had imagined love and a future with a man, but there too, reality proved painfully far from my dreams. Perhaps this was life’s way of punishing me — by taking my sight. After all, I had never truly seen anything clearly before…A quiet knock sounded at the hospital room door.“Go away!” I shouted, certain it was Stas again.He was the last person I wanted to hear right now. Our relationship was over, and even if there had once been the faintest, most fragile chance that he truly loved me, nothing could exist between us anymore. I was disabled now. In the worst case, for the rest of my life. Why would he want someone like me? There were s

Chapter 76

“What did the doctors say?” Vlad asked his brother. “It’s been a week already, and there’s still no improvement.”“She needs surgery,” Stas replied, continuing to unload groceries from the bags. The refrigerator was already packed, yet he kept trying to force something else inside.“Then why hasn’t it been done?”“Nadya refuses, and no one can convince her. To put it mildly, she’s not in the best state of mind. The doctors realized that too—they removed the window handles and took away anything sharp or breakable. And her former boss only made things worse when he showed up a few days ago. I barely stopped myself from smashing that bastard’s face in. Anyway, her modeling contract has been terminated. There’s still some time before the semester starts, of course, but I have no idea how Nadya is supposed to continue her studies.”The elder Darvin stared at his brother in disbelief as Stas stubbornly tried to cram an entire chicken into an already stuffed freezer.“Explain something to m

Chapter 77

Five Months Later“Maybe we shouldn’t,” I groaned again as Stas’s hands brushed over my breasts. “I still can’t see anything, after all.”The delicate fabric stretched, lifting and shaping the two soft curves before being fastened tightly at my back.“We absolutely should. I can see everything,” Stas replied evenly. “Nadya, your surgery date has already been scheduled, but that doesn’t mean we should keep putting this off. The dress is practically bursting at the seams. Besides, you already said yes.”“But why a dress? It’s uncomfortable, and there won’t even be that many guests.”I exhaled as the laces tightened against my spine.“That’s enough. Any tighter and I won’t be able to breathe.” Stas turned me toward him and kissed me, smearing what I could only assume was an overly generous coat of lipstick in some shade I couldn’t even begin to imagine. “There will be plenty of guests. Even your former boss showed up with colleagues, despite everything.”“Yes, and yet my friend didn’t. M

Chapter 78

I heard people enter the hospital room and instinctively tightened my grip on my husband’s hand. The moment of truth had finally arrived, and I was grateful that Stas had arranged for an interpreter. One day, I intended to learn German myself, but for now I had to rely on a stranger’s voice to understand what was happening.The doctor began speaking, his voice carrying across the spacious room, immediately followed by the interpreter’s translation into my native language.“The surgery was successful. We’re going to remove the bandages now, but your vision won’t be perfect at first. For the first few days, everything will look like blurred silhouettes and indistinct shapes, but that will gradually improve.”My heart took off at the sudden rush of happiness. Stas squeezed my fingers as the nurse carefully removed the bandage. With cautious anticipation, I opened my eyes — and gasped. There was no sharp focus yet, no clear detail, but even this was far better than what I used to see with

Chapter 79

UNLOVED VLAD AND NINA'S STORY The snow-white dress clung to my body like a second skin. I smoothed imaginary creases from the fabric and finally allowed myself to smile. Beneath the thick layer of makeup that softened my features and lent them an almost regal femininity, I could no longer see the naïve little girl I used to be. It felt as though, in a single instant, someone had switched off all childish laughter and mischief and thrust me headfirst into adulthood.Now I was a bride.Just a few weeks ago, I had been ready to howl like a wounded wolf, cursing my cruel fate and the injustice of it all. But now, somewhere deep inside, my heart felt strangely light. Could it be that my hatred for Max was finally beginning to fade? It had grown easier to breathe around him, easier to speak, to meet his gaze… Perhaps, in time, I might even grow used to him, and these five years of a forced marriage would pass before I even realized it.“Nina, are you ready?” Mom asked, peeking into the ro

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