A Million Miles To Love

Chapter 7

There he was, standing right at the entrance to the hospital.

Chad.

Was I hallucinating? No. Crap!

The one person I thought I would never again see. No. The one person I wished I would never again see.

Why was THAT man here in Seoul...in the same hospital as me?

I began to feel the heat running to my face just at the sight of him. I thought I was hallucinating because of the pain meds. I could feel the heat surging in my face, my head began to ache, and my heart began to pound so hard that I thought it was going to jump right out of my chest. It wasn't a good feeling.

I tried my best to pretend I didn't even notice him there, but it was so hard to do with the panic attack he was inducing.

"Hanna, what a strange coincidence bumping into you here," Chad said while smirking.

Crap. He even has the nerve to speak to me?!

I grew to hate that smirk. It meant he was up to no good whatsoever.

"Yes, it is odd seeing you, seeing as how I had a restraining order placed against you," I retorted. "Why are you in Seoul, and why are you here at this hospital? Even more, why are you talking to me?"

"After we broke up, I decided to join the military, and I ended up getting stationed here at Camp Humphreys. I'm here at the hospital to take care of some...business," he said with a look in his eyes that I only saw when he was lying about something or up to no good...which was often for him.

I could feel the vomit starting to rise up in my throat, and Jae could see what looked like anger mixed with fear in my eyes. He placed his hand on my shoulder and gave a little squeeze to try and calm me. Jae was now glaring at Chad with a fierceness I've never seen on anyone before.

"Who's he?" asked Chad with a kind of nod to show he was talking about Jae.

"He's my boyfriend. We are living together," I replied, without even thinking. Seriously? Not just one lie, but TWO? I thought to myself. I was never going to recover from that one. I just knew it.

To my surprise, Jae went with it.

He slightly bowed (I'm sure it wasn't because he was showing true respect, but he wanted to imply he was a gentleman).

"Hello. I'm Hanna's boyfriend, Jae. I'm sure you probably know who I am," said Jae.

"I'm aware," Chad replied, "I'm not sure why someone as high as you would be with a nobody like Hanna, though." Chad glared over at me with his lip curled up on one side, making him look more sinister.

He added, "Don't let her fool you. She's not worth the hassle. She is a fun little play thing, though."

The anxiety started to become overwhelming, and Jae saw it. "Can we please just go? I don't want to be here any longer," I asked Jae.

Jae squeezed my hand again, and started to wheel me out of the building to the company car that was waiting outside.

"I'll be seeing you around," Chad called out, with our backs turned to him. He couldn't see the look on my face, but I'm sure he knew how he affects me. He always took pleasure in seeing how he many ways he could make me upset. I think it was a game to him, in fact.

An evil, twisted game.

Once in the car, Jae looked over to me with a worried look. "What was that all about, anyway? Who was that?" he asked.

"My abusive, manipulative ex-boyfriend," I responded. "Can we please not talk about it now? I just want to get away from here for now," I added.

"Yes. As you wish. I don't want to make you more upset than this person has already made you to be," said Jae in a sort of calm, hushed tone. He then patted my leg to show support and waved the driver on to take us back to the apartment.