The illness had chained the wealthy heiress to her bed for years, until a chance meeting uncovered a terrifying conspiracy.

Alyna, Alyna, it can’t be, is it really you?” – a male voice sounded. She flinched and slowly turned around. Standing before her was Andrei. The same Andrei, her first love, the one who had nearly gotten her stepfather to kill her. Alyna glanced at her husband, who was talking to the doctor at that … Read more

So, listen up, Viktor.” His wife stood in the kitchen, looking at him with contempt. “I have an important conversation. Don’t even think about interrupting me.

Alright, Viktor,” — the wife stood in the kitchen, looking at her husband with disdain. — “I have an important conversation. Don’t even think about interrupting me.” During their entire marriage, the man had already understood perfectly what such an introduction meant. Thunder and lightning would rain down on him in droves. “Well, well, go … Read more

She forgot to tell her husband that she was coming home. When she entered the apartment, she almost fainted from what she saw.

— Dasha? What are you doing here? — Svetlana was so shocked she could hardly speak. Her thoughts were tangled, and jealousy and resentment bubbled up inside her. Why were they treating her like this? Hadn’t she loved her husband? Was she a bad wife and mother to their son? But what happened next was … Read more

“Auntie, would you like to take my little brother? He’s only five months old, terribly thin from hunger, and he wants to eat.”

Sitting on a bench outside the shop, I was mindlessly scrolling through my phone, paying no attention to the bustle around me. People hurried past—some talking on their phones, others simply going about their business. I would probably have stayed indifferent if I hadn’t heard a child’s voice—thin, weary, yet astonishingly serious. “Auntie, do you … Read more

My mother-in-law, who works with me, humiliated me in front of the entire office, but she didn’t know that I am the daughter of the CEO.

— It’s strange that with such credentials they even hired you for this position,» Natalia Andreevna said disdainfully as she handed me back the folder of papers. «I’m amazed how some people manage to advance without proper experience.» A chill ran down my spine, but my expression remained unreadable. This was the fifth reprimand today. … Read more

«Do you seriously think that I will sell my apartment for you?» my wife asked with astonishment.

The dinner I had spent all evening preparing sat untouched, instantly losing all meaning. I slowly lifted my gaze to Andrei, who sat across from me at the kitchen table. Our cozy kitchen, which I had lovingly arranged over the past three years, suddenly felt like a suffocating, cramped roach nest. «Do you seriously think … Read more