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friend Katie King and her fiancé Patrick Jacobson.”
    Jae nodded to
acknowledge the introduction. He wondered why she chose not to introduce his
relation to her. He acknowledged her friends then turned his full attention to
her. “Will you join me tonight?”
    “I’m afraid I
can’t,” she politely replied with a smile. “I was just saying goodnight.” She
turned to her friends. “Goodnight everyone.” She turned to Katie, silently
communicating she needed to leave. Katie nodded in understanding.
    She walked out of
the restaurant so quickly she forgot her coat and purse.
    “I apologize for
interrupting your evening. Do not fret. I will be taking her home,” Jae said
courteously and gave a slight bow to mark his departure.
    Michael was about
to go after them but Katie stopped him. “Let her go. She’ll be fine.”
    Michael scowled.
“Do not fret? Who’s the schmuck?” Michael asked Katie. “Now’s the time to talk,
Kate.”
    “Calm down, Mike.
There’s no need to use that tone with Katie,” Patrick commanded sternly.
    Katie sighed and
told Michael the relationship between Sue and Jae. Katie did not go into
detail, only enough to explain Sue’s reaction to Jae.
    “The man could be
a psycho and we just let her go with him?” He ran a hand through his hair.
    Katie scoffed.
“I’ll have more fear for him than for Sue. Sue has so much pent up anger toward
the man, she could cause some serious harm.” She hoped she was right. She
wanted to stop Sue but she could see the longing in Sue’s eyes, the pleading.
Sue needed to heal and perhaps Jae could help her. Katie glanced at the exit
and wished her friend well.

 
     
     
     
    CHAPTER
7
     
    Jae caught up
with Sue outside. She had her back leaning against the building and her face
turned toward the dark sky. Her eyes were closed and her breathing heavy. He
wanted to wrap his arms around her and warm her. He wanted to kiss her. He
wanted her to look at him the way she did those many years ago.
    Jae wanted to
tell her he was sorry for hurting her. He wanted to kiss her and tell her he
missed her. “Nice to see you, too,” he said instead, rubbing his cheek where
she had slapped him. His cheek still stung.
    She took a long,
shaky breath then pushed herself away from the building. Refusing to look at
him, she started walking in the opposite direction. He grabbed her elbow.
“Suzy.”
    “Let go, Jae,”
Sue said quietly.
    “No.” He could
feel her trembling. Swiftly, he swept her off her feet and carried her toward
his limo.
    She gasped and
automatically clung to him for balance. She saw the glimpse of his wily grin
and opened her mouth to scream but before she could bring herself to produce
any noise, he kissed her.
    Taken aback by
the kiss she stared at him speechless when their lips parted.
    A big, bulky man,
dressed in black, was standing by a black stretch limo. He was several inches
taller than Jae and Sue wanted to call for help but she didn’t. The man in black
opened the door and Jae all but tossed her onto one of the seats. He sat across
from her and stretched his long legs, loosening the top buttons of his shirt.
    “Nice legs,” he
commented, eyeing her from head to toe before fixing his eyes on her beautiful
face.
    Sue gasped at the
sight of her dress scrunched up her thighs, exposing her bare legs and wished
she had worn pants instead of the flimsy dress. “Let me go,” Sue demanded,
pulling her dress to cover as much of herself as possible.
    “Can’t, sweetheart.
Vehicle’s moving,” he answered as he poured himself a drink.
    “Then tell the
driver to stop.”
    “Can’t.” He took
a sip of his drink.
    “Why are you
doing this?”
    “I have no bloody
idea,” he said leaning back on the seat, one shoulder higher than the other. Stretching
an arm on the back of the seat, he took another sip of his drink before resting
it on his lap.
    He was here. She
had dreamt of this a thousand times before, but in her dreams, she had