Maxim had no idea that his decision to push his wife out of their shared life would come back to haunt him. When they divorced, he gave her a failing farm, hoping it would be a burden she couldn’t bear. Little did he know, this move would lead to a series of events he never could have anticipated.
Tamara, once his partner in everything, had been left with nothing but a crumbling farm in a remote village. The business they built together, from selling her apartment and his share in a communal flat to scrimping and saving, had started to falter when Maxim’s ego took over. As he began to feel like a king, he cleverly moved assets into his own name, leaving Tamara with no legal claim if they ever separated. When the divorce papers were finally filed, he thought he had won.
Tamara, however, wasn’t the same woman she had been when they first started out. She had been blindsided by his betrayal, but now, she was determined to find a way forward. After he coldly handed her the papers and dismissed her with a parting jab about the inheritance, she took the one thing he couldn’t take away: her resolve.
She packed her belongings and drove to the farm, not knowing what awaited her. It could have been a wreck, a ruin, or just empty land—but it didn’t matter. She would start fresh, just like she had before. She didn’t expect much, but she was willing to take the chance.
Upon reaching the farm, she met two elderly locals, Valentina and Mikhail, who had lived in the area for years. They shared stories of the farm’s past—how it had once provided milk to many towns but had since been left to decay. Despite the farm’s condition, Tamara was determined to revive it.
Over the course of a year, she worked tirelessly, using every penny she had to buy feed and equipment. She sold her jewelry to keep the business afloat, and slowly, the farm began to show signs of life again. With 80 cows under her care, she had turned what was once a desolate place into a thriving operation. Sales increased, orders from surrounding regions started coming in, and she began planning for expansion.
Her breakthrough came when she found an ad for refrigerated trucks—something she desperately needed to distribute her products. But there was a twist. The contact number on the ad was linked to her ex-husband’s office. It seemed Maxim’s business was floundering, and she was about to get the trucks he desperately needed.
Tamara, ever the strategist, arranged to purchase the trucks. She had a mechanic inspect them first. Ivan, a skilled mechanic she had hired, quickly found issues with one of the trucks. Maxim, ever the schemer, had hoped to sell them without anyone noticing the problem. But Ivan’s keen eye revealed the truth, and Tamara wasn’t going to let him get away with it.
When Tamara and Ivan arrived at Maxim’s office to finalize the deal, Maxim was caught off guard. He hadn’t expected Tamara to come back—not like this. He thought he could simply sell the trucks and move on, but Tamara had a different plan.
After some tense negotiations, Tamara walked away with a great deal. The trucks were hers, and Maxim was left to stew in his frustration. The woman he thought he had cast aside had not only survived, but thrived. Meanwhile, Maxim’s new life with his younger wife was far from the fairy tale he had envisioned.
As Tamara drove away with the trucks, a new chapter of her life was unfolding. Within a month, she and Ivan, who had become more than just a business partner, got married in a lively ceremony at the farm. A year later, they celebrated the christening of their daughter, Sonya.
Maxim, on the other hand, found himself stuck in a life he had chosen out of convenience, surrounded by empty luxury and regret. He could only watch as the woman he had discarded lived the life he had always promised her—but this time, it was on her terms.