It’s simply amazing the lengths to which he went to win her. And what an irony of fate: the lie he invented turned out to be true! Yes, life can be unpredictable. Who could believe that this amazing woman would love him, a man whom, without even knowing, she already despised? Or maybe there is nothing unpredictable in this? Maybe everything is predetermined?..

Note 2022: Published under the pseudonym Leslie Marymont, but author Miranda Lee.