What does a successful, beautiful, and—most importantly—intelligent woman want at forty-two? Not marriage. The goal of Amalia Eduardovna Kornilova is to have a child. And to have it—necessarily—from a man who is smart and at least as successful as she is, and only for herself. She can’t delay any longer.
And what does a lonely man, nearing forty-five, want who’s already made something of himself? Not a family. The goal of Demid Petrovich Uzhakov, who with ease justifies his surname, is to increase his income. A wife, children, family holidays—those are definitely not about him.
Where is the truth, and where is the game?