new york travel: Excerpt Monday ? Saranghae (I Love You) by Imari Jade ...

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Excerpt

?Right this way, Mr. Lee,? a very tall French female chauffer said to Yi-jun after they made it through customs and out of the airport. Yi-jun escorted Cristal over to a stretch white limousine and past the stunning brunette driver with legs that just went on forever as she held the door open for them.

?Thank you, Beatrice,? Yi-jun said to the young woman. ?Take us to Hotel Ritz.?

?Oui,? Beatrice replied.

He said something else to her in French that made Beatrice chuckle and close the door. She walked around and climbed into the front seat. ?Take the scenic route.? He lifted the partition and snuggled back into the seat.

Cristal secured the seatbelt across her shoulder and waist. If he was trying to impress her he?d done that by not attacking her while she slept aboard the plane. Anything else would just be a waste of time. She was only there for the interview and to cover the fashion show?nothing else.

Yi-jun reached over and touched a couple of buttons. Soulful French music filtered out through the speakers, and an ice bucket containing a frosty bottle of wine and two glasses appeared between their seats. He handed her one of the glasses, popped the cork and filled her glass before filling his.

?Isn?t it a bit early for wine?? she asked as he made a toast.

?Not in Paris,? he responded pronouncing it like the natives with a hint of Korean accent.

Cristal sipped. It was the good stuff. He was using the big artillery. ?Thanks.?

?You?re welcome.? He sipped from his glass.

?So is this what movie stars do on a regular basis??

?I don?t know about anyone else, but yes, I do like to travel in style.? He paused. ?You don?t like it??

?Don?t get me wrong. It?s nice but I try not to get accustomed to things I won?t be doing on a regular basis.?

?Can you at least give me a smile??

Oh, well she guessed she could do that. Cheese, she thought giving it her best effort. Did his eyes flicker when she smiled? It made him look wicked sexy.

?Beautiful,? he said not taking his eyes away from hers.

Cristal blushed and looked away.

?What?s wrong, don?t you like me?? Yi-jun asked.

?That?s not it. I?m just not used to all this attention.?

Yi-jun refilled her glass. ?I can?t believe that your boyfriend does not spoil you.?

Cristal chuckled. ?What boyfriend??

?You?re kidding, right??

?No, I?m not joking and it?s a question you should have asked me before you whisked me away for a week. If I had one he?d be pretty pissed off by now.?

?Probably,? Yi-jun agreed. ?But at the moment I wasn?t thinking about anyone else but me and you. Sometimes I like to seize the moment. It?s one of my weaknesses.?

Cristal bit her bottom lip to keep from smiling. The great Yi-jun was admitting that he wasn?t perfect. ?Do you have any other weaknesses??

?Yes, pretty female journalists with red painted toes.?

?A foot freak. Groovy.? He tried to refill her glass a third time but she stopped him. ?Two is my limit before breakfast.?

?A wise decision. I will stop too to save room for the scrumptious breakfast awaiting us after we cheek into our hotel room.?

Cristal raised an eyebrow. ?I hope you just omitted the ?s? of that last word by accident.?

He smiled smugly. ?Just checking to see if you were awake. Yes, we have two rooms.? He chuckled. ?You can?t blame a man for trying.?

?Yes, I can.? She emptied he glass and put it back into the compartment. ?Do you always take women on fancy trips??

Yi-jun put his empty glass back next to hers. ?No, you?re the first.?

She eyed him suspiciously. ?How come I don?t believe you??

?I can?t answer that. For some reason you have this pre-conceived idea of what my life is like.?

?Let me see, if I have it down. You?re a young, gorgeous movie star with enough money to do anything you choose to do with it. You?re rich, spoiled and surround yourself with beautiful and expensive toys. You date one specific type of woman, big-bobbed and empty-headed ones that look good on your arm walking down the red carpet, but who aren?t smart enough to know that they?re only there to make you look good.?

Yi-jun stared at her, guarding his emotions. ?True,? he replied.

?So why am I here with you? I?m not big-boobed or empty-headed.?

?Because I got an erection the moment you called me a jerk. I knew right at that moment that I had to find out everything I could about you.?

Cristal smirked. ?So you orchestrated all of this just because you got a hard-on??

Yi-jun nodded. ?Not just any hard-on, the mother of all hard-ons. It took several hours for it to do down.? He smiled.

?You are so crazy,? Cristal said with a chuckle. ?It would have been much easier just to pick yourself up a groupie. There has to be millions of women who would die just to spend a night in your bed.?

Yi-jun stopped smiling. ?I didn?t want a groupie in my bed. I wanted you.?

Cristal stopped laughing. ?Why??

?Because you are the last woman on earth who would sleep with me willingly. You aren?t impressed with my money, my job or my extremely good looks. In fact, you despise everything about me.?

?So you kidnapped me for revenge??

Yi-jun shook his head, sending a spray of black hair across his forehead. ?No, I arranged all of this because you?re the woman I plan to spend the rest of my life with.?

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2^nd book in a series

1^st book in Deep Kimchi