Книга 2. Руководство по соблазнению сестры лучшего друга

Pervoe, o chem stoit vspomnitʹ Kholdenu, kogda on vpervye zadumyvaetsi͡a soblaznitʹ mladshui͡u sestru svoego prii͡ateli͡a: ėtogo delatʹ ne nado. Serʹezno. Vo-pervykh, takovy uzh pravila. A vo-vtorykh, Kholden daval obeshchanie prismatrivatʹ za neĭ, a sam on uzh i͡avno nepodkhodi͡ashchai͡a dli͡a nee partii͡a - malo togo, chto babnik, tak eshche i muzykant s nei͡asnymi perspektivami. A Lala samai͡a nastoi͡ashchai͡a umnit͡sa: dobrai͡a, ponimai͡ushchai͡a, talantlivyĭ uchenyĭ - neudivitelʹno, chto u nee uzhe estʹ zhenikh. Tak chto ruki prochʹ. No vot Lale predlagai͡ut grant na issledovanie v Nʹi͡u-Ĭorke, i na blizhaĭshie neskolʹko mesi͡at͡sev oni stanut sosedi͡ami v mnogokvartirnom dome, okazavshisʹ v opasnoĭ blizosti drug ot druga. Kholden prilagaet vse usilii͡a k tomu, chtoby igratʹ po pravilam, no kazhdyĭ denʹ chuvstvuet v ee slovakh, vzgli͡ade chto-to takoe, ot chego vskipaet krovʹ. No chto ėto? Vsego lishʹ zhelanie? Ili zhe vse serʹeznee?I chto budet, esli oni poĭdut protiv pravil?

The first thing Holden should remember when he first thinks about seducing his friend's younger sister is that you don't have to do this. Seriously. First of all, these are the rules. And secondly, Holden promised to keep an eye on her, and he himself is clearly an unsuitable match for her - not only is he a womanizer, but also a musician with unclear prospects. And Lala is a real smart girl: kind, understanding, talented scientist – no wonder she already has a fiance. So hands off. But now Lala is being offered a research grant in New York, and for the next few months they will become neighbors in an apartment building, finding themselves dangerously close to each other. Holden does his best to play by the rules, but every day he feels something in her words and looks that makes his blood boil. But what is it? Just a wish? Or is it more serious?And what happens if they go against the rules?