Could I possibly have known what my desire to have a bit of fun would turn into? Did I think about it when I made a deal with a charming stranger? No—and no again! And that’s a pity. As they say, “not all yogurts are equally healthy.”
The hero is an incorrigible egoist who’s used to taking everything life offers; the heroine… well, she’s what she is—with her virtues and flaws, with the weight of the past on her shoulders, and an inerasable optimism in her medical history. What does fantasy have to do with it? That’s exactly what Masha thought too when she went to a seaside resort—only to discover it wasn’t “none of her business” at all!