YSLM 10

Chapter 10

Fortunately, Kevin did not seem particularly upset or uncomfortable. With a little more courage, Lea spoke honestly.

“Besides, didn’t we clearly talk about this while making the contract? When I said we should add a no-skinship clause, you said there was no need to go that far. You told me you were the safest and most harmless man in the world—”

“That’s right. I did.”

“Huh?”

Under the faint moonlight, Lea could see Kevin’s vague smile.

“It was difficult to add the no-skinship clause.”

“……What? No, why?”

“Who knows.”

Kevin pressed his lips together and said nothing more. She could not tell if he was joking or serious. The bedroom, which had been filled with overflowing love, suddenly became filled with a strange atmosphere.

‘What does he mean it was difficult to ban skinship?’

Lea’s thoughts began spinning.

As far as she knew, Kevin was definitely a homosexual. Then why was he trying to have physical contact with her—

The thing that stopped her endlessly running thoughts was Kevin’s low voice.

“Because I wanted to practice?”

“Huh?”

His upper body moved closer to Lea in one step. Close enough that she could feel the heat from his skin.

Feeling the distance between them shrink, Lea became much more nervous.

“Kiss practice.”

“Kiss practice? What do you mean—”

“We did it before the wedding too. You agreed to it back then.”

“That was true, but…… the wedding is over now. There won’t really be a need to show it to anyone anymore—”

“That’s something we don’t know.”

Unlike his playful smile, the strange flicker in his eyes bothered her.

“Someone might doubt our love again. And there is nothing better than a kiss to prove that we are lovers.”

Well, Oscar had been convinced in a similar way before.

Lea’s judgment began to lean slightly, and Kevin pushed his persuasion further.

“So wouldn’t it be even more necessary to practice? I don’t know about you, but I’m not very experienced in this area.”

‘He doesn’t look inexperienced at all.’

As Lea recalled her kiss with Kevin, her face suddenly became hot.

Kevin smiled faintly and tucked her loose hair behind her ear.

“Do you really need to think so seriously about just a kiss? Besides, I…… as you know, I have that kind of preference.”

His finger, which had somehow come up, gently touched Lea’s lips.

“Really…… is it not okay?”

His slightly hoarse voice.

The breath brushing against her neck and his sweet scent.

It was so tempting that she almost swallowed unconsciously.

In reality, Lea could not even breathe properly. Inside her head, reason and instinct were fighting fiercely.

‘You two are only in a contract relationship! Practicing kisses with your homosexual friend makes no sense!’

When reason shouted that—

Instinct replied in the voice of a suspicious old man.

‘Come on, it’s only a kiss. He says he’s bad at it and wants to practice. Why not help him? Don’t regret it later because you missed your chance.’

Lea Flynn.

She did not believe in love but was faithful to her instincts.

She had no romantic fantasies about relationships, yet she had mastered every “red book” about adult romance to an expert level—

And now, she was slowly moving away from reason and closer to instinct.

‘If such a beautiful person asks to practice kissing, wouldn’t refusing be a waste?’

That thought passing through her mind was just an extra bonus.

“Is this perhaps…… a ‘wish’?”

At Lea’s question, Kevin’s eyes curved more deeply.

“No.”

“……”

“It’s just a suggestion. You can refuse whenever you want.”

Then he gently lifted both corners of his mouth.

That smile somehow looked like a gentle yet sensual cat.

Since he had completely handed the choice over to her, Lea reached one conclusion.

“Then only a kiss.”

‘Right. I practiced kissing with him before too.’

Practice. It was just practice.

Thinking that, she raised her head.

Kevin’s face, which looked even more beautiful than usual—almost pure and innocent—filled her vision.

Lea became slightly nervous and closed her eyes.

‘Think of the feeling of hitting your lips against the tree planted in the garden.’

Wasn’t that exactly how she had felt during their previous kiss practice?

Because she thought that way, she relaxed a little and slightly pushed her lips forward.

When her lips began to feel embarrassed from waiting—

Kevin suddenly let out a clear laugh.

‘Was I being teased?!’

The moment Lea opened her eyes in surprise, Kevin gently kissed her.

And a moment later.

Her relaxed mindset from before was shattered completely.

The smooth feeling of his lips touching hers, along with his familiar scent.

She had expected that much.

But—

“……….”

Kevin kissed her thick lips as if he wanted to devour them.

His soft yet hot lips soon pushed through her tightly closed mouth and invaded beyond it.

‘Why—’

Lea’s shocked mind screamed for a moment.

But before she knew it, his movements entered and freely explored everywhere, causing all strength to leave her body.

Kevin searched every part of her mouth, from the firm places to the soft and delicate ones, as if exploring every corner.

Perhaps because of his persistent and passionate movements, a strange sound escaped through her slightly opened lips.

Although her thoughts had stopped, Lea’s body welcomed the pleasure she had not felt in a long time.

Her body lost all strength and began trembling, and Kevin naturally pulled her into his arms.

Completely held within his embrace, Kevin’s thick and long fingers moved past her neck and slowly slipped into her hair.

A strange, cool yet thrilling sensation flowed down Lea’s back.

‘This feeling is so unfamiliar.’

A rough sound escaped from her mouth without her realizing.

Her entire mind focused on that sensitive and sharp pleasure.

The feeling of his presence filling her mouth until it was hard to breathe was unfamiliar, yet pleasant.

A dangerous pleasure that felt like she would fall into an abyss if she took only one more step.

Perhaps because her brain was not receiving enough oxygen, her thoughts spun and she felt dizzy.

“Wait…… I need to breathe……”

The deep kiss continued for a long time.

Lea unconsciously breathed heavily.

Was it because the kiss was too intense and she lacked air?

When she finally came to her senses, she noticed that her nightgown had become completely loosened.

Kevin smiled kindly and gently fixed her messy collar.

“Lea, I think this is enough practice.”

“……Huh?”

“You woke up early and must be tired. Let’s sleep.”

“So, this is…… all?”

Looking at Lea, who could not continue her words because of her confusion, Kevin raised one corner of his mouth.

“My Lea, I told you it was ‘practice.’ I said we would only kiss as practice.”

“……”

“What? Were you expecting more? Aren’t you expecting too much from your ‘safe friend’ like you said?”

“I, when did I—”

“Then, good night.”

Kevin smiled brightly and kissed Lea’s neat forehead once more.

“……My beloved wife.”

Kevin immediately turned around and lay down.

‘What is this feeling of being played with?!’

Lea stared blankly at the man whose back was beautiful even while lying down.

Her head felt dizzy.

Only after her reason returned did she shake her head once and turn around to lie down as well.

With the moonlight entering through the wide window as the only source of light, she became strangely aware of whether her breathing sounded unusual.

‘He really turns my whole mind upside down.’

Kevin seemed completely unaffected by the situation and soon fell asleep. Only after confirming that his breathing had become steady did Lea turn her body toward his back.

His back looked thin at first glance, but surprisingly, it was quite broad.

Without realizing it, she examined it like an observer.

Then she suddenly became startled by her own actions and muttered.

“Lea Flynn, get a grip!”

Lea lightly slapped her own cheek.

Was it because she had read too many of those “red books”?

Even if her feelings had been stirred for a moment, thinking about doing something like that with her ten-year-old friend—especially Kevin—was crazy.

She shook her head repeatedly and sighed.

‘Besides, Kevin really doesn’t seem normal right now.’

When Kevin returned to his senses later, he would surely be shocked.

Ever since their days at the Mage Academy, he had been famous for being extremely pure and strict about romance.

Perhaps because of his parents, who had been called the couple of the century and married after a passionate romance, Kevin also dreamed of such a pure love.

However, maybe because he had everything—family background, wealth, intelligence, and even an overly beautiful appearance—

He suffered greatly from women—and sometimes men—who approached him only wanting something other than love.

After that, he became disillusioned with romance, saying that true love could not exist in this corrupted world.

The reason his sexual orientation became what it was now was probably because of a shocking experience during his teenage years.

‘Right. Once, he was seriously seduced by a woman twenty years older than him.’

Did something happen during his business trip?

He seemed emotionally unstable.

Saying that kissing was okay as practice—how did that even make sense?

……Of course, she herself was not exactly in her right mind for falling for it.

‘Reflect, and reflect again, Lea Flynn.’

Only after tossing and turning for a long time did she finally fall asleep.

Lea and Kevin returned home after finishing their honeymoon without any problems.