Free Unexpected by Sarah G. Page A

so they just let everyone
assume I am, like it’s some kind of horrible secret.”
    “You lost your parents too,” Noel said
softly. “Wow. Talk about having something like that in common.”
    Again the heavy silence fell between
them, each lost in their own thoughts, though Kai’s were far more salacious as
Noel tucked a leg underneath her body.
    “I started piano lessons when I turned
five. It took my mind off missing my parents and how unhappy I was living in
this strange country. Music became my outlet, though the instructors were
always complaining to my uncle about my habit of playing American songs rather
than all that boring classical stuff they insisted I learn.” Their eyes met as
they chuckled at the same time. “They wanted me to play Rachmaninoff and I
wanted to play The Jackson Five.”
    Noel wagged her finger at him. “Aha,
that explains why you like soul music so much.”
     “Guilty as charged. Anyway, by the
time I turned thirteen, my uncle decided to become my manager and started
pushing me to different companies.”
    “Companies?”
    “What you would call in labels over
here. I was supposed to be in two other boy groups before I met Boom, Kwan, and
Young. We got together when I was about 16, I think.”
    “What about G.K.?”
    “He’s my cousin.” The admission seemed
hard for him to admit.
    Noel’s mouth dropped. “G.K. is your cousin ?”
    “Yeah he is.”
    The new revelation caused Noel to
nervously chew on her bottom lip in light of his reaction to her presence. “Hey
what’s wrong? Why are you so quiet?”
    Deciding to tell the truth Noel said,
“It’s just that I don’t think your cousin likes me all that much.”
    Kai wasn’t certain if that were true,
but he also felt loyalty to his cousin. “G.K. has always been a little aloof
when it comes to meeting new people,” he replied offhandedly though deep inside
he harbored the same fear. “It seems strange considering what we do, but that’s
just his way.”
    Noel looked at him skeptically.
    “I’m serious. He’s always suspicious of
new people.”
    Noel shrugged, still not convinced but
willing to let the subject drop for the moment. There was little choice in the
matter since Kai was distracting her, his hand slowly and tantalizingly moving
up her thigh.
     “What are you doing?” His touch
made her shiver deliciously and she held her breath as the warm palm found its
way to the hem of her shirt. A few inches more and he’d be near the leg opening
of her shorts.
    “Trying to distract you.” Kai’s hand glided
against the sensitive skin of her inner thigh and Noel let out a deep sigh. She
hummed as he began tracing enticing swirls on her leg.
    “I take it that I’m making you happy, am
I correct Jahgi ?”
    Noel struggled to maintain her
equilibrium while that hand played havoc with her senses.
    “So, what instruments do you play?” she
asked breathlessly.
    His eyes were half-lidded, seductive.
“Piano, guitar, drums, and I’m pretty good at the saxophone. Why?”
    “You have beautiful hands.”
    “Is it just my hands you like or what
I’m doing with them?”
    Feeling daring, Noel placed a hand on
Kai’s chest, his quick heartbeat under his hard chest seemed to be her undoing.
     
    Moving closer to him, she leaned over
and placed her lips on his. Like a gentleman he let her set the pace. She
placed small nipping kisses along his mouth before settling her mouth firmly on
his. Kai’s fingers remained on her thigh, content for the moment just to have
that contact.
    Noel slid her tongue into his mouth
where it met his in sweeping strokes. Her hands left his chest to run through
his thick dark hair. Kai’s hand tightened on her thigh as he battled the
overwhelming need for more. Pulling his mouth away from hers Kai lowered his
head to her throat, biting the sensitive pulse there then soothing the sting
away. When Noel gasped he once again covered her mouth with his.
    She tasted like fresh fruit and
something