An unwanted kiss is something distasteful. It is a violation of someone's intimacy. Even if the person being kissed does not object, it does not mean that he or she feels pleasure. He simply fears that the consequences of objecting will be even more terrible.
Adam closed his eyes.
The consequences of his objection could mean that Halski would redirect his interest to Krystian, and that was something the lawyer's heart would not tolerate. Although Adam felt defiled, he decided, like Queen Victoria's daughter, to close his eyes and think of England.
Lechoń's England at that moment was Krystian.
Halski satiated his first hunger and separated their tongues and lips. He moved his face away and touched Adam's moist cheek. Lechoń opened his eyes and saw above him a second bright bulb, which illuminated him with an incomplete circle of light that crossed with that s of the first bulb.
"I have longed for that taste," Halski announced with a dreamy smile. "Did you?"