Semua Bab DANGEROUS HUSBANDS, BROKEN WIFES: Bab 41 - Bab 50

We enter the house, and Ivan heads straight to the bedroom, where he carefully sets Ivan Jr. down on the bed. He kneels down in front of him, their eyes meeting for a moment, and I catch a glimpse of the genuine concern in Ivan’s gaze. It’s a side of him that I haven’t seen often, and it tugs at my

She lifts her gaze to mine, distrust shining in her eyes. “And what do you suggest, Ivan? That we play house and pretend like our lives aren’t what they are?” “No,” I rise from the chair and make my way around the desk. “I’m not suggesting that we ignore reality. But we can try to shield them from

“Do it again,” Tatiana laughs, her eyes bright with innocent excitement, before Ivan bends on his knees and springs up, throwing her up, up, up in the air. Tatiana screams again. But it doesn’t sound like a panicked scream like it did in my room. Or maybe it never was, and I just imagined it. But st

Tatiana looks up at me with those innocent eyes of hers. “Okay, Papa. I won’t give her any reasons to worry.” I ruffle her hair affectionately. “That’s my girl. You’re a smart one, just like your mom.” Tatiana grins. “I wanna be just like Momma when I grow up.” “Well, you’re already on the right

“He’s not the only person responsible though,” no, my father was just as accountable for how my life turned out. The father I loved so much, the father I respected and would have done anything for at his one word. But what did he do? He sold me off to save his life, to pay off the debt he was under,