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

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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

My husband left me with our child in his ancient, half-ruined shack. He had no idea that a secret room full of gold lay hidden beneath this house.

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— Do you really think this place is suitable for living with a child?” My gaze drifted over the leaning walls of the house, which seemed to be held up only by a miracle and rusty nails. “— Olga, let’s not be dramatic. I’m leaving you the whole house with its land, even though I … Read more

I came to the class reunion with my husband, but he ended up leaving with one of my former classmates. They talked, laughed, and then started dancing. Later, he said, “I’ll walk her home.”

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They talked, laughed, and then began to dance. Later, he said, “I’ll walk her home.” He only returned in the morning. Without a single word of apology. Katya sat in the kitchen, absentmindedly stirring the cooled oatmeal in her bowl with a spoon. Her face was frozen, like a mask. Fifteen years of marriage, two … Read more

Having set about cleaning her husband’s office, the wife discovered strange papers in his desk and, after reading them, filed for divorce.

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Valentina stood in the middle of Yuri’s office, clutching a rag in her hands. The shelves, overloaded with old magazines, smelled of dust and something sour—like forgotten tea left in a cup. Tomorrow Yuri would turn sixty-six, and she had decided: it was time to tidy up his den. “There will be a surprise,” she … Read more

— You need it, so you go buy your mother her presents yourself. That woman hasn’t said a single kind word to me, so you’ll have to manage without my help.

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Ksyusha, you won’t believe it! Mom’s decided to throw a huge birthday party!” Vitalya burst into the kitchen, waving his phone. “Fifty‑nine years old—quite a landmark!” Ksenia didn’t so much as lift her head from the laptop as she sorted through work documents. “What’s so surprising? She goes all‑out every year,” she said, sipping her … Read more

Anna had never trusted her husband. Therefore, she had to rely only on herself. This was the way their family life had turned out.

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Anna had never trusted her husband. Therefore, she had to rely only on herself. That’s how things had turned out in their married life. Her husband Viktor was as handsome as a poppy flower. He was also the life of any party. He drank alcohol in moderation, didn’t smoke, and wasn’t obsessed with football, fishing, … Read more

— I already told you, and I’m not going to repeat myself! Your sister and her boyfriend are not staying with us for a week! — Olesya turned away from her husband and kept arranging stuffed toys on the shelf in the nursery.

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— I already told you and I’m not going to repeat myself! Your sister and her boyfriend are not staying with us for a week! — Olesya turned away from her husband and continued arranging plush toys on the shelf in the nursery. — Lesya, why are you being so stone-hearted? — Anton leaned against … Read more