Chapter 1

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"Honey, all you need to get laid!"

Yeji shuddered as she heard Lia's scream in the middle of the the small New Orleans Café, where they were eating their leftover lunch, consisting of red beans and rice.

Unfortunately for her, her friend's voice had a lovely high-pitched timbre that could be heard even in the middle of a hurricane. And which on this occasion, was followed by a sudden hush in the crowded room.

Glancing at the nearby tables, Yeji noticed that the men stopped talking, and turned around to watch them with far more interest than she would like.

Jeez, would Lia ever learn to speak softly? Or worse, what will she do next, take off her clothes and dance naked on the tables?
Again.

For the umpteenth time since they had met, Yeji wished Lia could be embarrassed. But her colorful, often flamboyant, friend did not know the meaning of the word.

She covered her face with her hands and did her best to ignore the onlookers. An irrepressible urge to slide under the table, accompanied by an even greater urge to to give Lia a good kicking, consumed her.

"Why don't you speak up a little louder, Lia?" she murmured "I guess the men in Canada couldn't have heard you"

"Oh, I don't know," said the handsome dark-haired waiter as he stopped by her table "They're probably heading this way as we speak"

A burning heat stormed Yeji's cheeks at the devilish grin the obviously college-aged waiter gave her.

"Can I get you ladies anything else?" he asked, then looked directly at Yeji "Or to be more precise, is there anything I can do for you, ma'am?"

How about a bag to cover my head with and a stick to beat Lia with?

"I think we're done here," Yeji replied, her cheeks burning. She would definitely kill Lia for this "We just need the check"

"Very well, then," he said, taking out the note, and writing something at the top of the paper. He placed it right in front of Yeji "You can give me a call if you need anything"

Once the waiter left, Yeji realized that he had written his name and phone number on the top of the paper.

Lia glanced at it and burst out laughing.

"Wait and see" Yeji told her, suppressing a smile as she
as she calculated the amount of half the bill with her Palm Pilot "You'll pay for it"

Lia ignored the threat and went to look for the money in her beaded purse.

"Yes, yes. You say that now. If I were you, I'd dial that number. He's cute"

"And very young," Yeji corrected "I think I'm going to pass. The last thing I need is to get locked up for corruption of minors"

Lia glanced at the exact spot where the waiter was waiting with one hip resting on the bar.

"Yeah, but 'Mr. I'm Just Like Brad Pitt' across the street deserves it. I wonder if he has an older brother?"

"And I wonder how much would be willing to pay Beomgyu to know that his wife has spent all lunch ogling a kid"

Lia snorted as she set the money on the table.

"I'm not doing that. I'm appraising it for you. After all, it was your sex life we were talking about"

"Well, my sex life is sensational and it doesn't interest the people around us"

And after dropping the money on the table, she picked up the last piece of cheese and headed for the door.

"Don't be angry," Lia said as she followed her out into the street,
crowded with tourists and the regular customers of the Jackson Square establishments.

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