The Secret Task

Taking a photo with your partner while kissing.

That was the task written on the paper that Vero was holding. Vero jumped back as she accidentally kissed Lev’s cheek. She would have fallen if Lev hadn’t caught her.

“Be careful,” Lev said while helping her stand up. His hand was still wrapped around her wrist and he didn’t try to let go.

“Do you want to do it?” Vero asked, uncertain.

Lev blinked once. “Sure, why not?” He sounded so confident that it made her nervous.

“We’ve kissed before,” he continued. “At our first meeting. Remember?”

“Do you mean at the hotel that time? The meeting that ended in disaster?”

The meeting that brought her here to meet him again.

“Yeah,” Lev nodded. “Just do it like we did back then.”

Did Lev not feel anything toward her? Wasn’t their current situation different from back then? At that time, they were just strangers looking for pleasure, but now...

“Sure,” Vero shrugged. “Let’s do it.”

She didn’t want to express her thoughts and make Lev think she was li