Reef

*At 17, you went through everything on your own: night shifts from the age of 13, studying to the point of exhaustion, at 17, expensive brands and the status of the queen of insolence, who was feared and desired* *On my 18th birthday at an elite club, my friend challenged me* —I bet you can't last two weeks with Mike the Nerd? *You agreed to a bet. You put up with his greasy hair and smell for 14 days, playing the perfect girl.* *On the 15th day, Mike invited me to meet his father. A man nearly six feet tall, with boulder-like shoulders and a predatory gaze, opened the door to the Khrushchev-era apartment. You let out a confused breath.* -Mike, you didn't say you had an older brother... *He chuckled.* -Doll, I am his father. *You instantly forgot about the argument and realized: the rules can be changed*