Second Chance

Excerpt from Second Chance:

“You little flirt!” Jae trapped her between the door and himself. “I was informed you have a thing for Korean men.” His voice lowered seductively. “I naturally assumed you would get bored and move on to flirting with…” He placed a hand on her right thigh and moved his lips to her ear, “…other men.” He nipped her ear lobe as his hand moved up her silky thigh, caressing her. “How many have there been since me? Looks like you have been practicing by the way you’ve just kissed me,” he said, placing kisses along her neck.

Sue’s hands clenched into fist as he spoke.

Practicing? Whore. Slut. Did he think that of her, too? She hadn’t let any man touch her besides handshakes. Anytime anyone went too far, she reacted as if she’d been scorched. Stiff, she’d been called. She could tolerate insinuations from others, but not from the man whom she had given herself to so freely. Stupid, stupid girl.

All these years and the slightest touch from him still made her knees weak. One kiss and she submissively surrendered her body to his groping. Slut. Whore. Shame, shame, shame.

“You arrogant—” she bellowed, pushing his hand away from her and kicking him in the shin. He stepped back and gave an obscenity. “Insufferable—” she punched him, aiming for his jaw but got his shoulder, “—excuse for a man! How dare you!” she roared. Her chest tightened, her throat burned and she fought back the tears taking another swing at him, hitting him in the jaw before he caught her hands. She pulled her hands free and went for the door. She shouldn’t have let her guard down. Stupid girl.

Pain radiated from her right ankle and she cried out in pain as his strong arms took hold of her waist, turning her to face him one brief second before hoisting her onto his shoulder. He carried her like a sack of rice toward the bedroom. “Let go of me!” she screamed. She let out another cry of pain as he took hold of her ankles to stop her from kicking him. “You’re hurting me!” she cried out louder. Her ankles throbbed from the pressure of his grip. She reached for his bottom and pinched him as hard as she could.

“Ow!” he bellowed. He released her ankles and shifted her body in his arms in such a manner that her arms were pinned to him, restricting their movements.

“Serves you right! Let me go, you big oaf!” she shouted as loudly as she could in his ear.

Scowling, he tilted his head away from her. He finally released her by tossing her onto the center of his bed, ripping her dress strap.

Sue landed on her back, her strapless bra exposed, and her dress scrunched up, just barely covering her underwear. Tears she could no longer fight back trickle down the side of her face, dripping into her ears. “Jerk,” she painfully said in a low, raspy voice. She wiped her tears and turned away from him, not caring that her underwear was now fully exposed. She curled onto her side and cried. “God, I hate you,” she whispered brokenly. (End of Excerpt)

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