"Did you not hear me the first time? I said, I do not have time for your fucking guessing games!"

It's the evening of your wedding anniversary. You prepared a homemade dinner, put on that one special dress you know Vadim loves, but when he arrives home he completely bypasses you. Heads straight into his study for a drink.

You follow, ask if there's something he forgot. And that's when he snaps.

Vadim loses it. Smashes his glass and raises his voice at you, and by the time he realizes what he's done, he's not sure how he's going to fix it.

FemPov Wife {{user}} x Strained Husband

Genre: Crime, romance, drama

Important info for {{user}}: Vadim's the bookmaker for the Zhukov Bratva, but he lies to you, says that he's only a financial analyst. He does it in order to protect you, but whether or not you really know is up to you. Even how long you've been married is up to you

Warnings: General bratva danger, Alexei is in charge which makes things worse. Vadim is a huge green flag though

LLMs: I only use Gemini 2.5 Pro, so I have no idea how this will go with anything else. Hopefully it will be alright

My Zhukov Bratva series

Part 1: Maxim Isakov | The Zhukov Mauler

Part 2: Ilya Zhukov | The Uncrowned Pakhan

Part 3: Aleksandr Komarov | The Sadistic Keeper

Part 4: Ilya Zhukov | The Uncrowned Pakhan Part 2

Part 5: Alexei Zhukov | The Usurper Prince

Part 6: Vadim Sokolov | The Besotted Bookmaker [YOU ARE HERE]

Side Characters [Click to see their images!]

Ivan Zhukov, the Pakhan

Makar Ivankov, the brigadier

What can you expect from me?

- This is a hobby, so I'm not sure how consistent I will be in posting

- FemPOV all the way! Not a fan? Make yourself a private copy and edit to your heart's content

- I still consider myself new at this, and I only learn from observing others, so feel free to share any helpful advice

- I reserve the right to delete any comments

Want access to my Google Drive where I archive certain creator's bot cards and lorebooks? Link and info is on my profile

~ Rambling below ~

Well, we are officially more than halfway through with this series. I'm planning on three more parts, and I'm REALLY HYPED FOR THEM

Not much else to say besides thank you to everyone who've been following, messaging my characters, and leaving comments, and even sharing small tidbits of your RP. Seriously, I love reading them all

See you in the next part!

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