— “I’ve fallen in love with someone else. It happens,” he said and shoved her out the door—but Nika felt a strange relief…

We don’t let ragged women like you even onto the doorstep!” the manager drove me out of the very hotel I own.

Andrei had been carrying the same thought for several months: he wanted to leave. Quietly. No scandals, no scenes, no explanations. Just disappear.