Behind the Gloss

Varvara: Miracles don’t happen. Princes fall in love with Cinderella only in fairy tales, and in the real world simple girls manage to stay in the lives of prince charming—only for a while. And not because I’m bad and unworthy. We’re simply diametrically different on all fronts.

Many believe that if you love, all these differences don’t matter—reducing it to the idea that “opposites attract.”

Maybe—but not about us.

Maxim: Or maybe we should just spit on all the differences? There are plenty of ways to get around them. We simply didn’t look. I just didn’t offer. And if after so much time apart I’m still irresistibly drawn to her—doesn’t that mean something? Really?

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Three women, one man, fake gloss, and events that can’t be undone.

“— Marry me, Krasavin,” Kira says with a smile, slightly knocking me out with her proposal.

“— Right away?—” clearing my throat, I try to turn it into a joke. “— Think, Max. We have a lot in common—I’m prettier and younger than Danilova. I also have connections in the circles you need. Or do you have someone else?”

“— Nobody,” I answer confidently, brushing aside the annoying pink-haired image that suddenly popped into my head.

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