Before the trip, Oleg and I decide to eat at the hotel restaurant on the ground floor. I take a shower and clean myself up, while Oleg is chatting on the phone with someone, going out onto the balcony. I watch him from the sidelines, grinning to myself. So busy, so important, even remotely does not stop working.

"Babe, are you ready yet?" Oleg comes up behind me, wrapping both arms around my waist. She buries her nose into my neck, covering my skin with kisses.

- Give me one minute. Good? I catch his predatory gaze in the mirror image and swallow the lump in my throat as a...