Eva Basista

— I could’ve forgotten you, — Podolskyi says, his gaze shamelessly locked on mine. — But it seems fate brought you right back to me… so I could settle the score. — Settle the score? — I ask flatly, hiding the fear twisting in my gut. Is he really going to punish me… for that slap? — Why not? — he smirks slowly. — You’re not getting away this time. We’re tied together now, in more ways than one. Sure, you could turn around and walk away… but I doubt your father, Natalia, would be too happy to see a video of his daughter dancing on a bar, showing off her juicy little assets. — Video? — I whisper, stunned. — Where did you get that?

— You’re pretty, — he says with a smile. — Very pretty, actually. But you do need to fix that little lack of attention. — And how exactly? — I blink my long black lashes at him. — Should I wash your shirt? — No, little fish, — he suddenly switches to a teasing tone. — I happen to have a free evening… So I’m inviting you to a quiet little place, where I’ll teach you how to drink coffee properly—without splashing it on people in the street.

Solomiya: I have ten days to seduce him. If I fail… my family loses everything. This isn’t a game. It’s a sacrifice I have to make. I have no choice. Yuriy: All I want is ten days away from everything. That’s why I came to the Carpathians. Peace. Silence. But now this stubborn, irritating girl shows up out of nowhere. What does she want from me?

I’m just a simple math and physics teacher, but fate has it that at night I work as a stripper. I do it all for my sick mother, as her treatment costs a fortune. I had come to terms with my fate, knowing I would eventually quit this job and live a quiet life. But one night, a clash with a powerful rich man during a dance turned my life upside down. He began to blackmail me and forced me to obey his every whim…

My boyfriend’s birthday ended with me unable to sleep. My mind keeps drifting back to him— that blond man with piercing blue eyes who bewitched me completely. But we can’t be together. He has a wife. I have a boyfriend. So what now? What do you do when your heart is screaming…

Larysa Petrivna Kucheniuk worked hard for many years to finally start her own business. Only after turning forty did she succeed—opening several shops in the city of Zhytomyr. But her success didn't sit well with one person: her daughter-in-law, Liliya. When Larysa stopped giving her money, Liliya’s frustration turned into open resentment. What began as a quiet family tension soon escalated into an all-out war between two women— each determined not to back down.