Unexpected (14 page)

“
Pal
means arm.”

 “
Pal,
” she moaned.

Lips slid seductively over hers. “
Ipsul
means lips,” he said huskily before he captured her mouth, his tongue dancing
with hers. From lips he trailed kisses down her neck.

“
Mok
means neck.”

 Noel opened her mouth to repeat
but the words halted and then froze in her throat when Kai nibbled at the pulse
at the base of her throat and he tasted Noel’s answering hungry moans. She
writhed against him as her fingers buried themselves in the thick silk of his
hair. When his dark head drifted to her breast and his tongue snaked out to lap
at the taut buds of her swollen nipple, her back arched which sent the pleasure
point deeper into his mouth.

“
Gaseum
means breasts,” he
murmured as he began to suckle upon one breast as his thumbs stroked the other.
Noel was sure she’d never had a language lesson as unforgettable as Kai’s but
she also wondered if any of it would register in her mind later. He taunted and
teased her breasts while she rubbed her wet heat against his hardness. She
wanted him inside of her badly, but Kai was taking his time.

He slid down her body, warm breath on
feathered against her stomach. “
Baekkop
means belly button.”

“Kai please,” she begged as his lips
delved down farther still.

“Patience
Jahgi
.” he smiled
against her parted thighs. The stroke of his tongue sliding down the inside of
her legs made her spread them wider.

“
Heobeokji
means thigh
Jahgi
,
and I love being between them.”

Kai proceeded to prove that when his
fingers parted her wet core and took a long and leisurely lick.

“This is
sship
,” he breathed into
her silken depths. “Oh
Jahgi
, you taste so good.” His arms clamped
around her thighs and positioned them over his shoulders for greater access.
Her hips rode his mouth and his tongue delved as deep as he could while she
moaned above him. Noel’s clit throbbed hard and insistent and he suckled on it,
listening to her sighs, cries and pants which spurred his actions. He licked
and sucked and breathed in the heady fragrance that was his wanton and
beautiful
Jahgi
. Her juices bathed his tongue.

“Oh Kai, so good…so good,” she moaned as
she clutched the sheets. “Oh Kai…I’m so close baby…oh don’t stop.”

Kai moved faster and faster, spread her
lips wider and feasted like a starving man. She threw her head back, arched
against the lips and tongue and screamed his name. Noel exploded and flooded
his mouth with honeyed sweetness and he drank of her until he was satisfied.

Gathering her into his arms, he cradled
her shuddering body until it calmed. Her eyes opened slowly and he kissed her
quickly yet deeply.

“There will be a test tomorrow,” he
teased thickly. “I hope you remember your lesson.”

Her voice was hoarse from screaming. “I
might need a refresher course.”

“Class is not over quite yet
Jahgi
,”
he said. Kai retrieved a condom and tore the foil package open with his teeth.
Just as he was about to put it on, Noel’s gentle fingers lightly gripped his
cock. He growled at her sensual touch.

 “What is this called teacher,” she
asked, stroking him even harder.

 Her touch felt so good that if it
lasted any longer he’d come in her hand. Clenching his teeth against orgasm he
replied with a groan, “
Jot
, bay-bee.”

Noel parted her legs and guided him into
her. “
Jot
,” she sighed as Kai sank into her. She wrapped her legs around
his waist and they began a slow easy rhythm, a dance as old as time. Pleasure
swept through her like a raging fire as he took her deeper. They kissed and she
tasted herself on his lips, his hips surging against hers. Unlike the first
night, they made slow love, whispering passionate words of need as they rode
the rising sensations.

“Come for me
Jahgi
,” Kai urged
her, his husky baritone sang against her skin. Her sweet walls tightened and
squeezed his cock and he knew he couldn’t last. His thrusts increased in tempo,
penetrated her deeper as Noel arched underneath him and cried out. Her
explosive orgasm sent him over the edge and he kept thrusting until they were
utterly spent.

Kai was spooned against Noel’s body. They
lazed around, his hand stroked her curves.

“I don't know if I’ll ever be able to
walk again,” Noel murmured sleepily. “But I don’t think there’s a better way to
learn Korean.”

Kai’s laugh was a low growl. “There’s
nothing to do tomorrow, so you don’t have to worry about walking. We can make
love all over the apartment if you want.”

She snuggled against his body, his cock
nestled between her buttocks. “Hmm, that sounds like a plan.”

Nature’s insistent call woke Noel from a
sound slumber. She gently removed Kai’s arm from around her waist and slid from
his warm embrace. Padding barefoot towards the bathroom, she took care of her
very full bladder and winced a little as muscles that had long been in disuse
let her know Kai had worked them out and then some.

As Noel made her way back to the bed,
something on his desk caught her attention. In simple silver frames were
pictures of her. One was taken on the Santa Monica Pier with Kai. Another
showed her about to take a bite of pizza and she had to laugh at the rather
ecstatic expression on her face. She didn’t remember who took it or why. The
last one was black and white and showed her sleeping.

“Young took the one with you eating
pizza,” Kai said, his eyes half-lidded with sleep and his voice a soft rumble.
“He’s got one of everybody.”

“Who took the one of me sleeping?”

“I did.” His gentle declaration made her
smile. “You were so beautiful and I wanted something to remember you while I
was away.” Kai pulled the covers back, welcomed her back to their warm and
private world. Once there, he wrapped his arms around her and dropped a light
kiss on her bare shoulder. Noel leaned into him with a contented sigh as they
lay together, the sun slowly rising through the drawn curtains.

“Where did your uncle go again?”

Kai stiffened. “He went to Gwangju on
family business. Why?”

Noel turned to face him, concern on her
features. “Your uncle doesn’t know I’m here does he?”

“There’s no reason for him to know.
Besides, he would have just ruined your trip.”

Noel began to nibble on her bottom lip.
“Kai, I don’t want to come between you and your family…”

His eyes darkened. “You’re not. And I
don’t want to discuss my uncle or anything right now.” His hands trailed down
her waist to her hip, traced circles around her navel. Once his lips found
hers, Noel didn’t want to talk about anything else either.

At first Noel thought it was the alarm
clock on her phone that was making the insistent chiming in her ears. After a
few moments she realized it was the doorbell again.

“Ignore it,” Kai murmured as his arm
tightened around her waist. She was inclined to do just that, but the noise
wouldn’t stop.

Kai swore and tried to bury the both of
them underneath the covers. “If we don’t answer they’ll go away.”

The doorbell continued to ring and Kai
grumbled. “I’m going to kill them.”

Noel rose slowly as she grabbed the
fluffy bath robe. She ruffled his hair. “You are so not a morning person.”

Kai groaned and rolled back over. “Get
rid of them then come back.”

She made her way to the front door,
ready to get rid of Kai’s bandmates in a nice way once again. She certainly
hoped Young wasn’t in one of his caffeine-fueled effusive morning moods and
shook her head with a grin. Whoever his girlfriend might be, she’d better be as
animated as he was.

When she opened the door, she was
instantly taken aback at the thunderous expression on the face of a relatively
handsome man of middle age. This was not how Noel wanted to be introduced to
Kai’s uncle.

“Young woman, I demand to speak with my
nephew right now!”

“
Jahgi,
did you get rid of them
or do you need reinforcements?” Kai paused and the huge grin on his face
quickly morphed into coldness. “What are you doing back so soon, uncle?”

The man stalked right in, practically shoved
Noel out of his way. His eyes were focused solely on his nephew. “You dare
bring
her
here without my consent?”

Kai raised an eyebrow, his jaw tensed as
he gritted out, “Her name is
Noel
. I will not tell you again.”

The older man ignored the outburst. “I
take it the company has not been informed.”

“It’s not the company’s business how I
choose to spend my private time, uncle. I didn’t realize that I was a child or
that I needed a babysitter.”

“Hyunki, this behavior of yours is
unacceptable.”

“What is unacceptable about it,” Kai
demanded defiantly as he took Noel into his arms to protect her. “If I had told
you I wanted Noel to visit Seoul, you would have done everything to stop me.”

His uncle glared at them. That glare
settled firmly upon Noel. “This situation is not acceptable to
me
. If
you insist upon her being here, the company will pay for her lodgings
elsewhere. Have her packed within the hour.”

“Excuse me,” Noel began, the only words
she could manage to sputter. Her fingers balled into fists.

“There’s no need for that. Noel’s been
perfectly safe right here.”

“We will not argue about this Hyunki. It
is improper to have her here. Your fans will not approve. What will they say
should this indiscretion of yours come to light?”

Noel jerked herself from Kai’s embrace
and got into the older man’s face. “I am not a damn indiscretion,” she spat.
“I’ve had enough of being disrespected by you just because I’m black…”

His uncle stood his ground. “Young
woman, you are not aware of how things are done in this country. Here we care
for tradition and it is highly improper for my nephew to be alone with you.
More importantly, he must consider his fans. What will they think if the press
finds out about this situation?”

“That I am a man,” Kai answered
sarcastically.

“A man with an image to uphold, Hyunki,”
his uncle warned.

“A man with
needs
, uncle.”

Just as the argument was about to
escalate further, Noel held her hand up. “Enough! Fine,” she said, meeting the
older man’s withering gaze head on. “I’ll move to a hotel. But it had damn well
better be five-star with a first-class spa and world-class cuisine that I won’t
have to pay for. I don’t do Motel Six.”

His uncle nodded as if her acquiescence
was a foregone conclusion. “Of course. I will not have it said that you were
treated badly here. I will make the reservations for The Renaissance personally
and our driver will take you there this afternoon. That should be enough time
for you to collect your things.”

After his uncle had left, Kai faced her.
“You didn’t have to agree to go.”

Noel nodded slowly. “Yes I did. I don’t
think I could enjoy myself knowing your uncle is around. Besides, if he wants
to put me up at a world-class hotel, who am I to stop him? Besides, I’m sure
you’re good at sneaking into places like that and think of how much fun we
could have in a suite.” Noel winked at him. “Remember L.A.?”

The guys joined them later for breakfast
and heard the news. They were all rather somber and somewhat upset at their
manager, especially G.K. who couldn’t believe how unreasonable his father was
acting.

“I thought he was going to be gone until
next week,” said Kwan through a mouthful of fluffy omelet, courtesy of Noel and
Boom who worked together to whip them up, filled with shredded cheese, the
leftover shredded barbeque and scallions.

“He was,” Kai said, anger on his face.
“He didn’t bother to go to his apartment, but showed up right here.”

Young’s fork clattered against his
plate. “It’s like he knew Noel was here or something.”

“It wouldn’t surprise me if Chunhei was
responsible for this,” G.K. said slowly, his eyes on Noel’s. “After all, she
did
forget
to pick you up.”

Kai threw down his napkin. “Well uncle’s
not allowed to ruin your trip
Jahgi.
We’ve still got plans to go to
English Village and Lotte, our amusement park.”

After breakfast, Noel showered, dressed
and re-packed her suitcase. She wouldn’t rush on the rude old man’s account,
and if the hotel wasn’t four-star, she’d make certain Kai knew about it.

“Are you sure Noel,” Kai asked once
more, his hand enfolding hers. “You don’t have to leave. I can deal with
uncle.”

She gave him a quick kiss. “It’s okay,
really. Maybe if your uncle sees I’m being cooperative, he’ll make an effort to
be nicer to me.”

Kai grumbled but said nothing. Once she
closed and locked her suitcase, he lifted it and the two of them walked to the
living room where James patiently stood, apology clear on his face. The rest of
the guys were there to see her go and their expressions were filled with
sadness and in G.K.’s case, simmering anger.

“I'll be back soon,” Kai said to the
group as he was about to escort Noel downstairs and to the hotel.

“Actually Kai you have to remain here,”
James said softly as he tried not to meet the other man’s gaze. “Your uncle
insisted upon that.”

“My uncle can go to hell! Noel doesn’t
leave this building without me.”

Noel too had reached her limit of being
accommodating. “What is your uncle’s problem?”

“Those were the orders he gave me,” and
James’ look was one of apology.

Kai grabbed his leather jacket from the
couch. “Unless you are planning to physically restrain me, I’m going with Noel.
She’s my guest and I want to make sure she’s all right.”

The guard turned around, sighing in
defeat. Noel and Kai followed.

As promised The Renaissance was a first-class
hotel and Noel seemed pleased. The problem was he hadn’t been able to escort
her inside due to the lack of forewarning to the management there. Noel left
him with a lingering kiss and a smile.

She caressed his cheek. “It will be all
right.”

He nuzzled his face in her palm. “I love
you,
Jahgi
. And don’t worry; we still have a lot of sightseeing to do.”

He watched her as she walked into the
ultra-modern hotel, his heart going with her, but determined to not let his
uncle beat him. Even when he received a text message ordering him to an
unscheduled rehearsal, Kai wouldn’t be cowed.

“This is ridiculous,” Young complained
as he pushed his sweat soaked hair out of his face.

 “We already know these routines
better than our choreographer.”

The group was drenched, their bodies
aching from nearly seven hours of grueling repetition which Kai was certain was
his uncle’s way of punishing them all for liking Noel. He looked over at G.K.,
whose thought processes seemed to echo his own.

“I think that is enough for today.”

Kai wished he could wipe the sound of
self-satisfaction he heard in his uncle’s voice. Taking a swig of water, he
slowly faced the man as if he hadn’t heard him.

“Father, was this extra practice truly
necessary,” began G.K. but his father held up his hand and the younger man went
quiet.

“Perhaps it was not, but I thank you all
for working very hard just the same. You’ve earned the rest,” he said
paternalistically. “However, you need to be ready around seven o’clock. It has
been some time since I have spent any time with you, so you all shall join me
for dinner.”

The group said nothing. They all wanted
to go home and soak away the stress and stiff muscles.

Boom bowed graciously to their manager. “Thank
you sir, but we really would like an evening just to rest.”

Their manager brushed the excuse aside.
“Nonsense, Kibum. I have invited a special guest. Jin Yung
ssi
will be
joining us, so please dress accordingly.”

Tired eyes widened in surprise. Jin Yung
was one of the two founders of their company, and while he managed a few
artists, it was the ones who proved extremely profitable whom he gave his
undivided attention. An added bonus was that he also gave these artists much
more freedom, artistically and personally.

Kai was bone-weary but determined to
impress Jin Yung. He had several reasons to do so now.

Noel wished Kai was there to share the
glorious view of a vibrant city sprawled out below her from the twelfth floor of
a master suite. As much as she disliked Kai’s uncle, he definitely knew how to
go all out.

If the extravagance of the room wasn’t
enough, she received a call from James telling her to be dressed formally for
dinner and that he would pick her up promptly at seven-thirty. Before she could
ask him if Kai would be there, the call ended.

“Bet this has something to do with that
uncle,” she muttered as she went into the spacious bedroom and riffled through
her suitcase for something to wear. Bet he thinks I’m going to show up looking
ghetto fabulous or something.” At that thought, a little mischievous imp put a
wicked thought into her mind, imagining what the man’s face would look like if
she showed up in something from Exotic Dancers r’ Us.

Kai and the rest of T4L walked into the
expensive restaurant, playing the part of young Korean musicians as expected.
They signed a few autographs, posed for a few pictures with some of the other
fashionably dressed patrons, and then were escorted upstairs to a private dining
area.