Emily Taylor

**A Date by Mistake** I stepped out of the office building and took a deep breath, filling my lungs with

Love Until Death Emma stepped out of the shop, adjusting the weight of the grocery bag digging into her fingers.

“What are you staring at me like that for? Yes, I don’t want kids. Aren’t we happy just the two of us?

Love Until the End Emma stepped out of the supermarket, shifting the heavy grocery bag in her arms.

Felix Jenny was studying at university and, like most students, worked part-time, mostly night shifts.

“We’re on first-name terms now,” whispered Dmitry close to her ear. Anna felt his warm breath against

Oliver belatedly realized he was standing on a stool with a rope in his hands—that his intentions might

*”Why are you looking at me like that? Fine, I don’t want kids. Is it so bad, just the two of us?”

Oliver realized too late that standing on a stool with a rope in his hands could be easily misunderstood.

**Belated Happiness** Boris wandered for hours through the unfamiliar sprawl of the city before finally