“Did you see the news?” my mom blurts out. “Misha Zverev is back in the city!” The name I tried to forget all these years hits me like thunder out of a clear blue sky. I freeze, trying to stay calm.
“Who?” I ask, trying to sound indifferent.
“What do you mean ‘who’?” Mom exclaims, waving her hands. “It’s Misha Zverev! Did you forget who he is? A star champion. The pride of the country. Everyone in the city talks about him!”
And he is the father of my daughter… ours with him. A daughter he will never learn about.
Mikhail Zverev is my brother’s friend and my first man. My first love and first disappointment. He was my partner at graduation— and then he slept with my best friend and left the city for four long years.
Now he’s back, and I’ll do everything to keep him away from me and make sure he never finds out about our daughter. But fate brings us together one more time, and it becomes harder and harder for me to keep my secret—especially when Misha finally sees our daughter.