"I LOVE YOU" CHAPTER 16

James Moreau

3 Years Before

       I’ve always been in love with Choi Eun Sun from the first day we met in the lobby of HSP, she greeted all her new employees this way she said, because the first day shouldn’t be filled with nervous anticipation; so she would treat all us newbies to breakfast to get acquainted in a more comfortable atmosphere. Her smiled could light up the darkest space in persons heart, she was always very energetic and never treated me unfair as other team leaders had to their younger counterparts. Her eyes held a sadness in them, and there were times when I would catch her staring off into space deep in thought, which always looked more like deep in agony, that beautiful smile would disappear along with the sparkle in her eyes.

       I had always wondered what troubled her so much and it took two years before she would open up and tell about her past and how she came to be in Paris over a several bottles of a Korean drink that I had never tried, she had called it Soju. Her sister had brought several cases to Eun Sun during one of her many visits. We had left the office earlier than expected. I hadn’t any idea that Eun Sun would ask me over for a drink, her daughters were away on a birthday sleep over, she said that her mind was always fuzzy when the children were away and this night she felt like drinking. During the twenty-minute drive to her home she explained to me that had she been home in Korea she would have gone to a street restaurant alone and drank but because these do not exist back in Paris she is forced to drink at home but only when the children are away. The drink she poured into shot glasses as we sat at her kitchen table.

       Eun Sun asked questions about my childhood, my family and then the touchy subject of why I had not settled down with a family. I explained to her that after breaking up with a woman I loved I couldn’t bear to date again, but how badly I wanted to tell her how much I like her. By this time we had made it to the fourth bottle of soju and Choi Eun Sun was visibly tipsy on the verge of being drunk, that look came over her face again and her smile went away, her gaze into nothing was long, extremely quiet; she took a deep breath and another shot of the wine and began to spill her heart out to me about her past life, breaking in between to take a shot of soju. As she talked her tears came undone, the tone of her voice changed as she cries, drank and told her story. As I listened to in my mind I had already vowed to watch over and protect her.

       Eun Sun and I talked until talked until she could no longer hold her eyes open and in the midst of our conversation her head slowly gravitated to the table. I lifted into my arms and carried her to the sofa and gently laid her down, before I could removed my arm from under her head she grabbed my free hand; stunned I thought she had awaken but she was clearly sleeping, in a soft voice she say,

“Please don’t leave.”  A single tear drop rolled from her eye down her soft cheek and landed on my hand. I left quietly locking the door behind me.

The Visitor at the Gates

Present Day

       As the gates became visible, on the opposite side the visitor sat waiting inside a black 2013 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class, heavily tinted windows and on the other side sat no other than the CEO of Kym’s Fashion Mr. Kim Young Min; Eun Suns ex-fiancé. I waved for the Chief of Security to open the gates.  Kim young Min stepped out of his vehicle as I approached, he didn’t bow to a greeting as I did, he was tall 191 cm, cleans shaven, broad shoulder, fair skinned, hair combed back from his forehead, no blemish and firmly fit.

       “I am Kim…”

       “Yes I know who are Mr. Kim. What can I do for you?”

       “And You are?”

I reached into my breast pocket f my blazer and pulled out my business card and handed it to Mr. Kim.

       “I am Mrs. Choi’s personal assistant, James Moreau. I handle all things prevalent to her inside and outside of office hours.”

       Mr. Kim gave a slight grim, sliding his hands into his trousers. I could tell this man had no intent on backing down. He took a step forward standing just a inch taller than me, This was Kim Young Min’s part offensive mechanism his height and broad shoulders.

       “Well Mr. Moreau, I am not here to have a conversation with you. I would like to see Mrs. Choi.”

I took a step closer to him, “Mrs. Choi is not taking visitors at this hour and she specifically doesn’t want to see you.”

       “Did Mrs. Choi say specifically or did you?”

       “If you are part of this Kim Family that owns Kym Fashion, then you are not on the list of visitors. That includes outside these premises.”

       “ James Moreau is it… until Eun Sun tells me herself that she doesn’t want to see me I will continue to come.”

“And I will continue to meet you at these gates, and any where else you may show up with out being invited. At every corner, every day, every hour and every minute, I will be with Choi Eun Sun. What she wants I give!

       “She will see me. Don’t stand here and pretend to know her or our history. You can’t be with her every second and when you slip up I will be there to finish the business her and I have. Now run along errand boy and pass my message along.”

       Kim Young Min turned to get back into his car, and I wondered if he would use force to get past any security to get to Eun Sun. Although she had explained her reasons for leaving Kim Young Min she felt seeing him as a threat, he didn’t seem to be a bad guy but this was what she wanted. The Kim family was not allowed any where near her or her children. To make that perfectly clear to Kim Young Min, I had one more thing to say, I confidently stepped in front of him cutting his path to his car.

“You should know why she doesn’t want to see you. It’s been five years already. Has she contacted you since leaving your home? Did she call you to let you know she was coming back into the country? You must have spent a substantial amount of cash to find her. She didn’t come back unprepared. We know what happened. Oh one more thing tell Detective Jang to be more inconspicuous next time. You may also want to check how much you can trust him. How do you think your mother found out Eun Sun was back?”

       Kim Young Min looked puzzled, he stood there with anger written all over his face. I stepped back behind the gates as the shut, Mr. Kim standing there. I knew he wouldn’t be easily defeated and he would try again.

After Eun Sun saw the ma with the camera taking pictures earlier I took it upon myself to get security to work right away.

       Patrick warned me before leaving Paris that first and foremost business comes first. Hot Star was doing good but he wanted to bring the Korean office percentages up and that meant reorganizing from top to bottom but his second command protect Choi Eun Sun.