Konstantin Krylov, strict as he is, managed to fire the new Anna Kruglova several times in a short period. Her immediacy and openness repeatedly put him in an awkward position, and Krylov simply didn’t like that. He treated women in a consumer-like way—after his wife left for his friend, taking their son with her, it was impossible to believe in women’s decency. If the most loved betrayed him, what could you say about the others? But Anna, a bright soul, quickly won the love of her colleagues, Konstantin’s friends, and the people close to him. Trying to keep his distance from her was futile: periods of quarrels alternated with periods of reconciliation; after each of them they became a little closer, and he believed her a little more. But still not enough—and then came a new quarrel, a new turn in their relationship.
At some moment, Anna’s desire to run away wherever her eyes looked matched the opportunity—so she left her homeland and her beloved for several long years. But she returned—and again found herself in the same track of quarrels and reconciliations.
Krylov understood what that smart and gentle woman meant to him, but how could he restrain himself and his hidden urge to destroy their relationship? Perhaps the fear of final loss will make him realize that the games are over—and that he risks pushing her away forever…