Have you ever been awake963Please respect copyright.PENANAGd5pxGpBCy
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart963Please respect copyright.PENANAJSelXPaF4F
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAusM4O4tVKS
day goes on?963Please respect copyright.PENANAUR1OimClXC
That's how I felt right at this moment.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxWcBet27AH
I tossed in my bed, 963Please respect copyright.PENANASvGuE4jJmY
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 963Please respect copyright.PENANAv0dq6YfZso
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun963Please respect copyright.PENANA0BTU3xhDqF
could come up so that I could meet my end already.963Please respect copyright.PENANAWQV2k8MYh1
I quickly sat up and went for my phone on the drawer close to my bed. I checked the time. It was only 4 AM.963Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ2BbFfPdF
I fell back on my bed, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAOKNrNlTVth
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 963Please respect copyright.PENANAuURkyyC31t
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 963Please respect copyright.PENANAH06pW8foGu
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 963Please respect copyright.PENANAv2l9edpRlR
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdtmK7gLhvh
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAmWUQ3fy9a
mind even to dream.963Please respect copyright.PENANA5nZnk1ozNb
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7nYpiDI6UY
How I wish I could fall 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAf5mnwxWV8
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I963Please respect copyright.PENANAwujIJNfd7V
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I963Please respect copyright.PENANAdgYAGzctpS
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.963Please respect copyright.PENANA8UJYHLXvEL
I sighed as I looked at the panda. I couldn't stop thinking of what I was going to do today, especially with G-Dragon and Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2FRyzBWUBD
I knew I now had to face963Please respect copyright.PENANAmMZgaN9Rnb
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 963Please respect copyright.PENANAqJn9Gku8J0
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even963Please respect copyright.PENANAuZjOgqAeIG
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJaxhi129GW
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.963Please respect copyright.PENANApkhPWlPjnh
I knew her persistence 963Please respect copyright.PENANAqVpo7IoDyx
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANANkauPOuJ2m
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 963Please respect copyright.PENANAigFpxsZTFF
her if I had to tell her the truth.963Please respect copyright.PENANANbx6s9LT01
I know sometimes we 963Please respect copyright.PENANAfbor3JQiut
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5R0lI6NpU5
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAhb2w2n0mT
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAfx3LualGVk
had now reached that point.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGHutD3BRGJ
I sighed again as I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAhHTJ9mDv3L
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 963Please respect copyright.PENANABRLZRspbOf
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?963Please respect copyright.PENANA3fU4NwOmc0
If it came to G-Dragon, 963Please respect copyright.PENANA74dSUMAKkB
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I963Please respect copyright.PENANAYjhPrHFz6z
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 963Please respect copyright.PENANAqsTVy0T2Z4
lot harder.963Please respect copyright.PENANATObTMGao3i
How was I going to tell 963Please respect copyright.PENANADeU7DkztjD
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgazZi2uyCu
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAihndcTfnmr
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 963Please respect copyright.PENANAqbb9uAxI3Z
either.963Please respect copyright.PENANAzo2EoTMQcY
I kicked out the bed 963Please respect copyright.PENANADCHPhaMcLU
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 963Please respect copyright.PENANABvsPr7ql5p
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room963Please respect copyright.PENANA54UDN9QhLb
in my purple pyjamas.963Please respect copyright.PENANAFlS1n3adCT
I went straight for the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAhNnpzOqktL
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAX4GjhoVMq9
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwR0KiDjMq0
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my963Please respect copyright.PENANA0R8kv4YteB
mum.963Please respect copyright.PENANAIib0M0WQ1C
Hopefully, I was calling963Please respect copyright.PENANAomnMxG9iKe
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxcSvfIR0kT
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 963Please respect copyright.PENANAIJT1Vg5RUc
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?963Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ctl7aBewO
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.963Please respect copyright.PENANAU3Dwj5u0ui
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.963Please respect copyright.PENANAKw57mexbMC
"Hello, Sam?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAprBElbUBJa
"Hi, mum."963Please respect copyright.PENANARCukozAExA
"Sam, how are you, dear?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA2Eaet4afyU
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAdEZNC7WhVv
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANA0X7iUaPC2R
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 963Please respect copyright.PENANALTEht9IN2h
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."963Please respect copyright.PENANAn0kO57lbKS
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."963Please respect copyright.PENANAwLG4UOzaUE
"Ya, I can see you guys 963Please respect copyright.PENANAF7YLssKCY7
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoQXeV6Q9QL
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 963Please respect copyright.PENANADNzt4EtfOu
her computer as she looked at the pictures.963Please respect copyright.PENANAADa2RkDgq9
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."963Please respect copyright.PENANATUftUDsual
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."963Please respect copyright.PENANAD1Fw7ESEZA
"I'll check out the 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6efOCUzYg9
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAywC8hjjTml
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ko8IFzq9i
Why aren't you asleep?"963Please respect copyright.PENANACVSOA2F9Hw
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAyIUzUO6JP1
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."963Please respect copyright.PENANAVbcPRLOMRr
I could imagine my mum 963Please respect copyright.PENANABN3a0JQj20
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on963Please respect copyright.PENANAwcQ1UAP9Lf
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 963Please respect copyright.PENANADgATjdlz1C
her arms folded.963Please respect copyright.PENANAC0oGjwJiUg
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAR9PbaF6Ffl
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.963Please respect copyright.PENANA9STUdvIQqc
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."963Please respect copyright.PENANAqS0wsdCRzD
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."963Please respect copyright.PENANAwKsIw66GVm
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAwUz0iS2awP
"I've lied way too much in my life, but this time, I think I'm in a really big mess that I can't seem to get out of."963Please respect copyright.PENANA0weEnUjfEq
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."963Please respect copyright.PENANAhabvie7ZD9
"I've been lying to Zoey963Please respect copyright.PENANAPk2ziiXq4R
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJqZ8YYvQW3
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHazFCj3yTz
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."963Please respect copyright.PENANA4Xdlu0qmxv
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."963Please respect copyright.PENANAwmcAdbd1vb
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAE8xF4djhtE
"Whatever he tells you, we as parents have to know too. I hope Zoey's mum isn't going to freak when she finds out."963Please respect copyright.PENANAubGKsAcRx6
"Trust me, mum, Collins 963Please respect copyright.PENANApxfurgNveO
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVHLpLtmNSJ
that you shouldn't say a word either."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXSVs3Id2wj
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPMsUkqK8FD
"You know I can never 963Please respect copyright.PENANAYRMXmCwHMB
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAswBR4kfvOa
matter of life and death. I've no choice."963Please respect copyright.PENANAzQVLTVAlgS
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAa4oxAzrsqV
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."963Please respect copyright.PENANAzgHDFqisjp
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."963Please respect copyright.PENANAYGUF0t5WZl
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqBNbAU4IPb
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."963Please respect copyright.PENANAR8iu2g0HPz
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."963Please respect copyright.PENANAbhVHvaBQiE
There was silence at the other end. Until....963Please respect copyright.PENANADk2tAnidTN
"WHAT!"963Please respect copyright.PENANA53meeVJL8F
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."963Please respect copyright.PENANABh2NzzU2dB
"Then what is it? The 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1AWggBmgrz
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9joMmHheRa
feel like you're betraying your best friend."963Please respect copyright.PENANADQKCcCrCX6
"It was like that at 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHZLJLMjA09
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close963Please respect copyright.PENANAYUByTdI2Zb
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 963Please respect copyright.PENANAE7g0g85ZUc
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining963Please respect copyright.PENANAUBONGEP2jr
fingers.963Please respect copyright.PENANA38VPjgzcPM
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAyJ8hnJSrGO
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."963Please respect copyright.PENANAr7RARvfpXh
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."963Please respect copyright.PENANAWJZdghcBDJ
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."963Please respect copyright.PENANANev5BdjcBy
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.963Please respect copyright.PENANAuuTigCVB1q
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."963Please respect copyright.PENANA0FoyiyMVF0
"And that's not the worst part."963Please respect copyright.PENANAFWVGF0J68R
I told her what happened963Please respect copyright.PENANAyvrbo4zTIN
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in963Please respect copyright.PENANA5X4cpwL3VK
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 963Please respect copyright.PENANArbY7xuqy9X
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung963Please respect copyright.PENANAwLWh5OsSjs
and the kiss.963Please respect copyright.PENANAV8hmSZxsof
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.963Please respect copyright.PENANAcsLpcrxc7f
"Ssh, and listen."963Please respect copyright.PENANACTJyRykrqJ
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.963Please respect copyright.PENANAOigWyVBDbE
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."963Please respect copyright.PENANAKP7Zcofnc9
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXNMirr9miR
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA7E6Wj2QQJd
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."963Please respect copyright.PENANAHCRjBaDBws
"Are you scared?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAvVigxeAK5a
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.963Please respect copyright.PENANA5oD5dGepyN
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."963Please respect copyright.PENANAgajgXA4oax
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.963Please respect copyright.PENANAy9ikuoJgpd
"We all get hurt at some963Please respect copyright.PENANALiK0GyA6eX
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2GzYewvmKk
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 963Please respect copyright.PENANAi6zhUdkQ6Q
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 963Please respect copyright.PENANAYI8xvayH7y
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."963Please respect copyright.PENANAFXJt6F0EaM
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7OaPTmOFNr
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.963Please respect copyright.PENANAIhEmCuGcOM
"Don't cry, okay? You're963Please respect copyright.PENANAm3BX3nicrH
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoCG9JhC6vx
will need all the rest you can get."963Please respect copyright.PENANAvr6aj3Ug5Y
"Yes, mum. I will."963Please respect copyright.PENANAbWCTrKFuAh
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAh10Z0ic4dW
"Okay. Bye."963Please respect copyright.PENANA9jtsFMpL5d
I hang up and I quickly 963Please respect copyright.PENANAmHYftNy5Cq
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 963Please respect copyright.PENANATbIxbHFjyg
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 963Please respect copyright.PENANASKiIiGYncl
arms.963Please respect copyright.PENANA5vvyDrEylg
It must have been some 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1NvDAIfTF6
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6s8ECRtyhv
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.963Please respect copyright.PENANAyQvZGlYJAF
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.963Please respect copyright.PENANANxTb93fnPo
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."963Please respect copyright.PENANAj9V2fmvPFT
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."963Please respect copyright.PENANAby3VIkPRJL
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.963Please respect copyright.PENANAeOsj1O5W8a
"Sadly, it isn't, my 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9AkJ8LkWXP
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 963Please respect copyright.PENANAj2SXoHSWR1
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."963Please respect copyright.PENANA4x3JhKphmy
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHpK1WBbxZi
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAgYGrPMaeVJ
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."963Please respect copyright.PENANAhhdBu3VNRI
"So, start talking right now."963Please respect copyright.PENANAAPab3w8pEf
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"963Please respect copyright.PENANADc24rvvJth
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."963Please respect copyright.PENANAiZif3cIyKJ
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.963Please respect copyright.PENANAOyBIwylyul
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."963Please respect copyright.PENANAFd3ZwkXC7c
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA6744C256gL
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."963Please respect copyright.PENANAc37GdWeeWx
I hesitated as I looked down at my hands and played with my fingers. Zoey put her hand over mine and I looked at her.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGtPnnj7pVT
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."963Please respect copyright.PENANAOUs2Q9dSCv
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.963Please respect copyright.PENANAQdMBV2Uomt
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."963Please respect copyright.PENANAYV1S35e68m
"You like him, don't you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAMQpI13yVsH
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?963Please respect copyright.PENANAaAhSQX0fiL
"I..uh...no, that's not it."963Please respect copyright.PENANAKxEHy5rls8
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."963Please respect copyright.PENANAcYnIU4FsYn
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."963Please respect copyright.PENANAI4d6iYlKhl
"Expected from me?" Zoey963Please respect copyright.PENANAE4jZJfgPMC
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.963Please respect copyright.PENANAaUZk6SHy3i
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."963Please respect copyright.PENANA9XxF4etvzR
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.963Please respect copyright.PENANAK15poyPGuE
"I know you feel guilty 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoJGGvfadCY
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know963Please respect copyright.PENANANnjKFopmsi
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."963Please respect copyright.PENANAyUvNEAr1Ru
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?963Please respect copyright.PENANAnqPKd9KrDc
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAkNOEPgduT7
Zoey shrugged as she was deep in thought. "I haven't thought of it that way. I know that he only has eyes for me."963Please respect copyright.PENANAzrHgDn36eR
I wanted to slap my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ5DKTCOuI
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't963Please respect copyright.PENANASvjHZ6guAm
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 963Please respect copyright.PENANAETovlkeBDY
it gets out of hand.963Please respect copyright.PENANAx1OQ7UrhYj
"Zoey, listen to me," I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAWtQzkv8Oqb
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1Fs3BjAy4I
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."963Please respect copyright.PENANA7L5XPjLG7j
I paused. That was odd. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAC7VhJzftxT
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I963Please respect copyright.PENANAWdHF3PUwNF
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.963Please respect copyright.PENANAtfIJoE9mSY
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA7ifuQPZPI1
What was wrong with me? I963Please respect copyright.PENANA9CccvLPyC5
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 963Please respect copyright.PENANABm1fE1AQwQ
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGHX55fy7bV
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.963Please respect copyright.PENANA9ok6FyX0UJ
"You're weird, Sam," 963Please respect copyright.PENANA6JpIm8FZER
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXEiupveFWw
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 963Please respect copyright.PENANAbHRWYHQjnL
waiting."963Please respect copyright.PENANAq7a2HsqkTj
Zoey closed the door and963Please respect copyright.PENANAr3bmzESuum
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwGMr3yYbjd
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9YzxxpNTfB
harder than I thought.963Please respect copyright.PENANAu0kbZdDTSc
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.963Please respect copyright.PENANAC0m4uXMAgg
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.963Please respect copyright.PENANAWzkvsZuKIk
I stood up from my bed 963Please respect copyright.PENANAehNab2N4Ri
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzRSfBKMVys
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which963Please respect copyright.PENANAPqEXroLLrw
is the most important part.963Please respect copyright.PENANAsNRHtoac9r
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."963Please respect copyright.PENANAwijGNfOJ4V
Whatever my conscious 963Please respect copyright.PENANA8hExnzBhME
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 963Please respect copyright.PENANAq7SltGr07T
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 963Please respect copyright.PENANAupUxnOchzU
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.963Please respect copyright.PENANAbwXBTCblnQ
If that was the case, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZ58UfKrRi6
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 963Please respect copyright.PENANAWd5QBsDxjJ
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVR5H9AS2rL
shattered completely.963Please respect copyright.PENANADXJraWQPBJ
While I was trying to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjSGktSc8lb
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach963Please respect copyright.PENANA7eKgrt34QY
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.963Please respect copyright.PENANAFMmovsrxwo
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?963Please respect copyright.PENANAfDH1SU4kZD
I answered the call. "Hello?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAnmbTo4VgDe
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.963Please respect copyright.PENANA233yGSge2i
I held my breath. That 963Please respect copyright.PENANA7oiLkPsPDQ
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 963Please respect copyright.PENANACK9amFMrQq
asking that question, not thinking it.963Please respect copyright.PENANAfYH2iOAs6v
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAq6OZsSzfM2
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."963Please respect copyright.PENANAa9drxoU0Rg
"Talk? Talk about what?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAwVFJcjoZ3u
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAjoYu4Toh1W
"Photo? What...?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAAMNIFPEYr4
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.963Please respect copyright.PENANAggEJjlcL7M
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"963Please respect copyright.PENANARm8BP7VgWU
"If you haven't seen it,963Please respect copyright.PENANAPW2MetuvZT
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgSOVfRQhxp
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA9GpVSR4pvA
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?963Please respect copyright.PENANAkYC8tL2XEL
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANA4pGdqTv7uj
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."963Please respect copyright.PENANA7TlsaBAClg
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"963Please respect copyright.PENANANXIuD9LZOP
I could soon hear the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPNiwwssDI4
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHpWDYP41my
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 963Please respect copyright.PENANA7AWqpYycjq
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGFyFmJBcic
I looked back at my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHH43o2KFG3
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I963Please respect copyright.PENANAAzXD55oYHS
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 963Please respect copyright.PENANAWx46Yo4vk7
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAbZ8JtehEiF
download the photo.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPofSjKOWsL
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.963Please respect copyright.PENANATAJVJYWssb
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA9TJxiDxxmC
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."963Please respect copyright.PENANAQfBLUg8sbU
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."963Please respect copyright.PENANATFXQsTVs0z
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."963Please respect copyright.PENANAuUVqtr4PmQ
I nodded and Lee left. I963Please respect copyright.PENANARy2pMhcnPw
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 963Please respect copyright.PENANAi4DSjqyepH
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.963Please respect copyright.PENANA9WW63ZAUFO
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."963Please respect copyright.PENANAzc7LrhbBBu
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.963Please respect copyright.PENANAA5N2TvM6qi
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.963Please respect copyright.PENANAnl0B1w4klQ
"Zoey!"963Please respect copyright.PENANApS0CyWsQQR
"Not a word, Sam. You're963Please respect copyright.PENANAXtpUGMV9bj
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXYvXutLvx1
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's963Please respect copyright.PENANArNDOQvYbaR
up with you today."963Please respect copyright.PENANAay3YXYoZmT
If only she knew. So 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjG1wduau4f
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one963Please respect copyright.PENANAYoQRa7Ivjz
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.963Please respect copyright.PENANA13GiMmCr8T
I went to the bathroom 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtWcJ5bfDE7
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 963Please respect copyright.PENANADt7WpKMqOr
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 963Please respect copyright.PENANABXkelSi4LO
reflection.963Please respect copyright.PENANARC60vl0ake
I looked like I hadn't 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPWJLt4Tkjq
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAqzikC0Xyf1
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 963Please respect copyright.PENANAKaYTYgQYRp
if not by two.963Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0RhLdm3LZ
G-Dragon and Zoey were 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZjbr99PK0Q
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1yIwdlspMy
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 963Please respect copyright.PENANAFzIwihXzow
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgGB2NRqFgY
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?963Please respect copyright.PENANAq3kvlUOZVZ
After I took a quick 963Please respect copyright.PENANAUrZgFMZpjZ
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone963Please respect copyright.PENANAHUk8AqNnWG
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 963Please respect copyright.PENANADCoHVdUs1z
the bathroom to get her makeup done.963Please respect copyright.PENANAwJJ6kHFs47
I unlocked my phone. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAETMgJlXN2D
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 963Please respect copyright.PENANANHXjmViQ0J
photo must be done downloading by now.963Please respect copyright.PENANAvwZvY0sEX0
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?963Please respect copyright.PENANAmNytKuaPzz
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?963Please respect copyright.PENANAViNq9rp6I6
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0qBtk3ndH5
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.963Please respect copyright.PENANABOiqM5xrTP
"Morning. How was your night?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0yAJ9zYGf
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."963Please respect copyright.PENANAERvecTO3CN
If I was myself, I would have blushed by those words. But now, I was as confused as ever and I didn't know what to say next.963Please respect copyright.PENANASkCKzjfXcT
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.963Please respect copyright.PENANAAdw42D7t1q
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."963Please respect copyright.PENANAr8iEEgt9xL
I smiled a little. At 963Please respect copyright.PENANAx1Qjalo1Tt
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 963Please respect copyright.PENANABxBUmxI9tc
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwP9xMFSb7P
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAmFYVSFgdTP
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."963Please respect copyright.PENANApHbA3hwZgm
"You too."963Please respect copyright.PENANA952DQH58d8
He cut the line and I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvXnooYCwZh
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1F4UrKUXM5
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 963Please respect copyright.PENANAMshcs6cbDi
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.963Please respect copyright.PENANApXfPWAIBSq
After I dressed up and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAy8Jtc76zz3
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXoGTislnIZ
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1gYZA0zVWw
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAh9Ns2wMVOc
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZiesEHuGGj
room.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0fH5sdZ1wg
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0saDD1UUo5
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.963Please respect copyright.PENANABk0anhrxcW
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.963Please respect copyright.PENANAK47h5br2rE
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."963Please respect copyright.PENANAiqA1qfMdru
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."963Please respect copyright.PENANAUcEvBfpijR
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.963Please respect copyright.PENANAyNRcqAUAE2
As I got the box of cereal and poured the contents in the bowl in front of me, I couldn't help feel all eyes were on me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAA9uhaFEiFw
I looked up and just as I had guessed it, all eyes were definitely on me. What had I done now? I put the box of cereal down.963Please respect copyright.PENANAfmkocjhAiz
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.963Please respect copyright.PENANANKvEUvZzgx
"What?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAM4ImX4a9kA
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."963Please respect copyright.PENANAfLinp3cJUC
I frowned. "So?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAhzwE6jUtPd
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.963Please respect copyright.PENANAUmA5jrxPJ0
I was still confused. "So?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAlliJ4n7nfO
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.963Please respect copyright.PENANAhejnyWyPHg
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.963Please respect copyright.PENANAkhv0gYZ4pO
I don't know if I just hit my head or I had now landed in Crazy Town. What was wrong with just having cereal for a change?963Please respect copyright.PENANAEqGacVW3EL
"I don't see the harm in963Please respect copyright.PENANALbA2UalggJ
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 963Please respect copyright.PENANABPsHhin2pS
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7qDLYpdAf
that wrong?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAv0yURipHOy
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.963Please respect copyright.PENANAsyWlo5fJFc
"Thank you," I said as I got a jug of milk and poured into the bowl. "I haven't had sweet cereal in a while and I miss it."963Please respect copyright.PENANAEfZbb1Hsls
"I can see that," said 963Please respect copyright.PENANAEieTNqST1s
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkzqqKqXJEN
me but I decided not to say anything.963Please respect copyright.PENANAbqRVkhwu10
When we were done with 963Please respect copyright.PENANA3jmiyQ7tna
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5vbFriAX1f
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 963Please respect copyright.PENANA3PfK4tJPtG
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 963Please respect copyright.PENANAeMoNVWeLKr
looking at my phone.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1atQpZvnR
When everyone in the car963Please respect copyright.PENANAkwu6MksvK4
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in963Please respect copyright.PENANAGHXiQxap5W
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoUUIt6jgV6
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.963Please respect copyright.PENANALe9CteL87r
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAtRbZL9Cy9e
I quickly pressed the 963Please respect copyright.PENANATZgBnUvpBr
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAFqj0HrZSpI
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.963Please respect copyright.PENANAEhdc7I5qkd
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANAcOhx6CQ9zU
"May I see?"963Please respect copyright.PENANATdkviKLPpi
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."963Please respect copyright.PENANAr63RIPZv6y
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."963Please respect copyright.PENANAyfSgV4x0ld
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPzTfKhHdym
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."963Please respect copyright.PENANA6o1K81YSqv
I wish I could tell him 963Please respect copyright.PENANANpcE0S2Skm
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 963Please respect copyright.PENANAnUK3AB6bCO
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.963Please respect copyright.PENANAbZphsPB2ZG
Now that I had seen the 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5RYHNM8NSN
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 963Please respect copyright.PENANAx4VKtIpkuv
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjdELGtXisU
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.963Please respect copyright.PENANAG27qczdKzL
Speaking of which, I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAWReDzBbhQs
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was963Please respect copyright.PENANAqd4OGGPwOL
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyvRJPbEZyu
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAL3dIL8ql6Z
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 963Please respect copyright.PENANAupVibm4VCu
further onto the edge, I would burst.963Please respect copyright.PENANAtrCsQqezmF
Time seemed so short, given that I was thinking of ways to do things today. The next thing I knew, we had finally arrived at YG.963Please respect copyright.PENANApvfoSaRBRC
My heart skipped a beat.963Please respect copyright.PENANAdv6o1PYZip
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting963Please respect copyright.PENANAZWbSpG2DrM
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 963Please respect copyright.PENANAo4h0eDStcc
choice.963Please respect copyright.PENANATy4EQoCSs0
As soon as I stepped out963Please respect copyright.PENANADvMfehCQiY
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdEGbsVn3Ez
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAzap8gl9dKr
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.963Please respect copyright.PENANA6KgjYIXSGG
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."963Please respect copyright.PENANAMAdNIspIrf
"You're aren't the only 963Please respect copyright.PENANAapM9xhV0iL
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 963Please respect copyright.PENANAsEdiTmHHBV
to work on that when we get in there."963Please respect copyright.PENANAgEeDVmypOZ
I managed to put up a 963Please respect copyright.PENANA02vwqG9mWW
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How963Please respect copyright.PENANAGqrUQeUJQs
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.963Please respect copyright.PENANAwfEDfbxzoN
As I came into the lobby963Please respect copyright.PENANAXBXTZd8ffX
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvO0nWBPyWY
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.963Please respect copyright.PENANACYz3h2p52k
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."963Please respect copyright.PENANARWTqN23A4H
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHlIj9rTiCW
We all got in the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAa8l9HkPRZs
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up963Please respect copyright.PENANADIG9eEp6nG
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 963Please respect copyright.PENANAmqTR8l7sm9
things.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7jyz75grTP
We got to the dance 963Please respect copyright.PENANA17WofavN5v
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 963Please respect copyright.PENANAS9wVySBbZK
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.963Please respect copyright.PENANAULNffBIRkz
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.963Please respect copyright.PENANA8obAdysKAQ
I was too lost in 963Please respect copyright.PENANAMnD3l1vWMr
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAIGcAkF0RWB
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqjmF24b8SA
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAa2QCm8TL04
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.963Please respect copyright.PENANAOHbiHg0A08
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.963Please respect copyright.PENANAvEINo10QNC
"Tell me about it," said963Please respect copyright.PENANA4XMYL4kxgV
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her963Please respect copyright.PENANAlcuSBxTjnF
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."963Please respect copyright.PENANAkXN74rLZ5i
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAkkNiY6Ws11
"Too weird," said Daniel.963Please respect copyright.PENANAjCMd9qAlx6
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."963Please respect copyright.PENANAtm7U680zsi
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANAuofwJmqC0r
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.963Please respect copyright.PENANAo3u7x5qIZ7
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.963Please respect copyright.PENANAhNcQyFmCx1
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.963Please respect copyright.PENANAE9DrjnvNUU
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."963Please respect copyright.PENANAKvPvwIL8aN
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZsJo6V36x
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.963Please respect copyright.PENANARz7v4T9T3k
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."963Please respect copyright.PENANA8kgPlwm8L0
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."963Please respect copyright.PENANATCqQcKbba4
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."963Please respect copyright.PENANAwfTAyVaB9d
"I'm not."963Please respect copyright.PENANAjnnEgz7EDh
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAtiIUtWs80q
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAhPdE3iyfbI
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.963Please respect copyright.PENANAKwKoE0GQYw
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.963Please respect copyright.PENANAbaKLOd1v8C
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAT2iHN6u9mm
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."963Please respect copyright.PENANAshkTsYQ8JI
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."963Please respect copyright.PENANADhN5lkPXx9
Before I could turn 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGJ7i2RCIfN
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPMve4YAWET
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.963Please respect copyright.PENANArdbnP7vcZF
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.963Please respect copyright.PENANALpPxfqmnar
I took the crown from 963Please respect copyright.PENANA02rFpF5CSf
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was963Please respect copyright.PENANALi6wcFYSTm
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGYj9isK5XR
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 963Please respect copyright.PENANANiQXQoeFPo
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.963Please respect copyright.PENANAAJOx3RF6jz
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.963Please respect copyright.PENANALlzMfu13He
"It is," said Seungri 963Please respect copyright.PENANA60x3mg2yWg
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 963Please respect copyright.PENANAenfTyBksb4
stones because it's your birth stone."963Please respect copyright.PENANAnezaz3aaqY
"Aww! Thank you so much,963Please respect copyright.PENANAR6J1m4e8hC
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew963Please respect copyright.PENANAqXav05EJtY
he was going to brighten up my day today.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2QhJxwgfDQ
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"963Please respect copyright.PENANAeMiLzqIxCc
"I want to wear it," 963Please respect copyright.PENANA2BkQ59eSBA
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAY6BtUAaOl8
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.963Please respect copyright.PENANAdS7wuRNH1p
"Don't I look like a 963Please respect copyright.PENANA0oDrBGb1NK
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 963Please respect copyright.PENANARk6FZfwJJE
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.963Please respect copyright.PENANAK3TlQDWNzC
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.963Please respect copyright.PENANAbdMGpTmJtD
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2CD3EeCzvz
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.963Please respect copyright.PENANAE0E52HJd1F
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.963Please respect copyright.PENANAgzkzXcorc6
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."963Please respect copyright.PENANA7py7SDcQ59
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.963Please respect copyright.PENANAyElUSZcI4a
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.963Please respect copyright.PENANAeAlFovbqh2
"May her royal majesty 963Please respect copyright.PENANAUyWxAg8FIA
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgqicZBsSeK
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.963Please respect copyright.PENANAC62NzOxp45
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.963Please respect copyright.PENANARBFAYbZNy0
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.963Please respect copyright.PENANApl4jrGTtv8
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.963Please respect copyright.PENANA6KLVnlmoxN
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.963Please respect copyright.PENANAXhyUL1LAIL
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.963Please respect copyright.PENANADw3Uy686wa
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANA39fUgIIKb1
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAq5toPweCiT
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."963Please respect copyright.PENANA8dwEAUPyYE
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."963Please respect copyright.PENANAexrDxmqpwu
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."963Please respect copyright.PENANAVJm7M0088k
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.963Please respect copyright.PENANAl5CckXlJL4
She couldn't tell the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAhgQo9NVM34
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took963Please respect copyright.PENANAEHAQ5bpB52
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group963Please respect copyright.PENANAI2b7INhNL3
photo with me in the middle.963Please respect copyright.PENANAA4KspBJUi4
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.963Please respect copyright.PENANAg8gUJ7gkiz
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.963Please respect copyright.PENANA51iLIzCDjB
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."963Please respect copyright.PENANAfnf1ElXF2u
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."963Please respect copyright.PENANABaU7KZX0Nu
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAbiHOTsrsy8
Zoey smiled. "Even better."963Please respect copyright.PENANAHENFX2LSvO
G-Dragon turned to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAv2pDHGiWUs
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5E7w86oEum
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgBXpRURss1
him and he will find us."963Please respect copyright.PENANAAicX2vuMfg
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7JyjkcJMv0
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."963Please respect copyright.PENANAi7Qoh5PiLh
We all stood on one side963Please respect copyright.PENANA1uEXD4EPtG
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 963Please respect copyright.PENANAH6LeoqiSom
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 963Please respect copyright.PENANAcQizFKbmdk
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPwCULwuZAC
"So, I was thinking, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHZeZbVPA24
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAskazjGmCuz
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 963Please respect copyright.PENANAL4K3Z5gvAC
guys."963Please respect copyright.PENANAiIe9bWPuop
Christine came forward 963Please respect copyright.PENANATkNKewmNAA
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVvvmTu2kPQ
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.963Please respect copyright.PENANA386Z7yUlp1
With Christine and Mike 963Please respect copyright.PENANAErB6KGtcW6
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 963Please respect copyright.PENANAK4RsgdcHOh
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAFal70yWaxi
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 963Please respect copyright.PENANA76DeBERLwg
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQygIvrBvhz
themselves back and they again their backs touched.963Please respect copyright.PENANAaI6OeulbVg
With a bit of skilful 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ10fg8wbu
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew963Please respect copyright.PENANAaRuVqcQLAP
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 963Please respect copyright.PENANACxkcUGx74N
air.963Please respect copyright.PENANAR0E8zNSYkA
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."963Please respect copyright.PENANA582b1apCFF
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.963Please respect copyright.PENANA1VDQB8b8UW
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANA4xpGftv2K3
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPcBeWKxRiu
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqXVUt0g9zf
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAu38sSpwfkv
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.963Please respect copyright.PENANAIeWHJGdL2D
The door soon opened and963Please respect copyright.PENANAhJVYLYlLT6
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkHmNQtxAB8
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMHYphPPiTj
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.963Please respect copyright.PENANAomskW1qpeE
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0aV0AKJhNZ
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."963Please respect copyright.PENANAH732E3oTMu
Mike and Christine 963Please respect copyright.PENANATF1nMFxh15
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance963Please respect copyright.PENANA0XM9mNVBZW
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 963Please respect copyright.PENANADWBPuOJXIo
us will come in the scene.963Please respect copyright.PENANATkNaLfG0lb
"Mmmm," the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkP4inz9LJQ
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAuo2kMPS2mU
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.963Please respect copyright.PENANAuA56S56ckg
"I like it," said the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAYVmXzq3rlG
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoVoLp6ePax
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 963Please respect copyright.PENANAEuztWsvMeh
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 963Please respect copyright.PENANAsatGycbZ8X
comes in."963Please respect copyright.PENANArabpmh5uhn
Zoey and G-Dragon took 963Please respect copyright.PENANAL1i1Evhk8I
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 963Please respect copyright.PENANASQMZ6eMdfv
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 963Please respect copyright.PENANAKhbxgoqIVo
were perfect.963Please respect copyright.PENANAKqoM3UFDh2
"Excellent," said the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlgr977A4Q4
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 963Please respect copyright.PENANA8MaZsZwEUw
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 963Please respect copyright.PENANANL8YiEeyaD
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAltDHOH3BrY
formation in front of them."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXhXZUoJOcl
We did as the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvNRVgmmGn2
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 963Please respect copyright.PENANARFvG0aY6pj
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHoPtBqw4sH
the hang of it.963Please respect copyright.PENANApMpmyBzcWi
A few minutes later, 963Please respect copyright.PENANABoeQYVik0Q
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPnzb8CcJ4S
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and963Please respect copyright.PENANAHTtFdtfQqs
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHddQN7k8WB
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0akxeLgwq0
I laughed, also staring 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQTVypUb1Zl
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your963Please respect copyright.PENANAeluqooWn2J
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."963Please respect copyright.PENANA2S7uT135ns
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAE3DwAegEzY
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.963Please respect copyright.PENANAdQhHCG2x4H
I quickly scrambled up 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxEvkhWAhp9
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and963Please respect copyright.PENANA3GMqp3jd5O
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 963Please respect copyright.PENANA7BFTk13zAy
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 963Please respect copyright.PENANAev6icherSv
and removed my phone.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMGCTND5Nr6
I sent a message to the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAiK6BTk0VVd
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he963Please respect copyright.PENANAqpNikUI4u0
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9CrOlX6KtN
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHOxP22pxMx
"Good. We should meet."963Please respect copyright.PENANAMbY5TczVWE
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5G5MeR7he
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."963Please respect copyright.PENANAyLZEdhlyMd
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."963Please respect copyright.PENANAABVH0Mh6lX
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.963Please respect copyright.PENANAm9VWujEcfu
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA5V8KgTJOue
"You're one smart 963Please respect copyright.PENANACE6DgzHtNX
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the963Please respect copyright.PENANAordUfx0ecy
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 963Please respect copyright.PENANAs6uVv3xau6
consequences."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXLFAVrCqyt
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.963Please respect copyright.PENANAIuVWHguaAf
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."963Please respect copyright.PENANAVVrltC6OPH
"That's my girl."963Please respect copyright.PENANAB7T9BRGwGG
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.963Please respect copyright.PENANAecteAMbn4b
As I tucked my phone 963Please respect copyright.PENANAp4zHXChVhS
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVJEoNo5kir
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 963Please respect copyright.PENANARkahWwLLKg
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdHbXp1bic4
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.963Please respect copyright.PENANASICD53P8cO
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.963Please respect copyright.PENANAysp0cde9sh
When they both turned to963Please respect copyright.PENANAAIpjsyQXVX
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAUW33PujotJ
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 963Please respect copyright.PENANASrKiLiS4dd
couldn't help but feel that they were.963Please respect copyright.PENANAEgFwrS0R22
I laid back down 963Please respect copyright.PENANAboLjWW2YHa
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAN5bIHdyejY
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAju3KfYSI2O
two of us had in our room this morning?963Please respect copyright.PENANAMa8SbFx66J
Yikes! If she did, then I963Please respect copyright.PENANAE7VIl4mdMp
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQyiXlf8ju0
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 963Please respect copyright.PENANAneJcYxJ51S
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 963Please respect copyright.PENANArqXlLfNrhU
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.963Please respect copyright.PENANAG0yGqonbJC
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqsrqIgVA2R
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0orOOAwLeT
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0PuyIVA01K
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.963Please respect copyright.PENANA617rPpDAuE
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.963Please respect copyright.PENANAiqzeOd8E2K
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.963Please respect copyright.PENANAb4nLwxPJHf
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.963Please respect copyright.PENANArE8TE7tK3n
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.963Please respect copyright.PENANAUAvgQmsS4b
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHvZsnUf2lZ
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.963Please respect copyright.PENANADWWrceFAFG
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAKu91uAY3xX
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAn44rVQ3JDj
"No. It sounds great."963Please respect copyright.PENANASU7OQZPcei
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."963Please respect copyright.PENANAkbRjxI7IeB
"Well, not for some of us who ended up playing cop," I said, replaying in my mind what a hectic time I had that day.963Please respect copyright.PENANAgQoT4KZ4ss
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.963Please respect copyright.PENANAIhVmZFPCQv
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."963Please respect copyright.PENANACYC1bb9RYn
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAjngssE5s9O
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.963Please respect copyright.PENANA6h3E8s6C06
"True," said Taeyang.963Please respect copyright.PENANA42bw2WB92x
"Okay," I said, feeling a963Please respect copyright.PENANAj38Pghi9Ya
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 963Please respect copyright.PENANADuE5MX2CCN
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.963Please respect copyright.PENANARCz6zJEwQW
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.963Please respect copyright.PENANAQUrStgMW67
After the three had 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9HldNx1i9J
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 963Please respect copyright.PENANA11NDmEfWT5
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.963Please respect copyright.PENANAXYsu51Veci
While we waited, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAt894TCm7xr
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid963Please respect copyright.PENANAR6WhiPzBmS
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7MlGhltQJ
expression on his face.963Please respect copyright.PENANA4lmnoHZvA8
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAmwVJWisBo7
He sounded serious and I963Please respect copyright.PENANAuXeW0E5zO8
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel963Please respect copyright.PENANASnrSKVQcoJ
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.963Please respect copyright.PENANA9phUzS3jao
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.963Please respect copyright.PENANADYChYriBF1
I got up from the floor 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAUgKlMaEAe
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxUwf2ImTtN
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAeM645YoGWM
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.963Please respect copyright.PENANA5bln9p5AOs
I found G-Dragon three 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVScKumaUv0
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtAVf6zSl0n
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAOrvhul4ycu
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGEOH1ePw4f
close.963Please respect copyright.PENANAUy30nuKDsg
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAs421CtP6Ct
G-Dragon turned to look at me and I could see he was upset. It was good that I wasn't that close to him in the first place.963Please respect copyright.PENANATVFelCHF5b
"It's about Zoey," he said.963Please respect copyright.PENANA38r9P4S3KW
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAAlDNmHKdeN
"She did," he said as he nodded his head. "What's up with you lately? Didn't we agree that I would tell her everything?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAbMeO16SCka
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."963Please respect copyright.PENANAsGP67vV0ze
"Really? That's all you can say?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAXy47Gbl0lQ
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."963Please respect copyright.PENANAnw7r7pgd6K
"But you almost had."963Please respect copyright.PENANA6tp6TwQmjb
"Yet I couldn't."963Please respect copyright.PENANAsBCC8QQ4ZJ
"Zoey is right. You're 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvvA6Pdv4yC
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 963Please respect copyright.PENANArBR04N0sV7
you know I was supposed to do it."963Please respect copyright.PENANAsMFXGUDbZY
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."963Please respect copyright.PENANAlcmoQte5A1
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAcMFFE7sLRm
I paused before I could say, "what?"963Please respect copyright.PENANACZJI6Yp7Pb
"You heard me loud and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdpyGUJtQ4D
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 963Please respect copyright.PENANAmMD9wEl8R1
to take matters into your own hands."963Please respect copyright.PENANAQQOYx5CCyq
Oh no. He knew Daesung and I kissed. I wonder how he found out because I didn't tell anyone about it. Not even Zoey.963Please respect copyright.PENANAa7MVtadec4
"Wait, that's not true," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANACBGRlmeQgy
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAMlMqxTILe8
I now realised that I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXVonvYFCRY
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 963Please respect copyright.PENANA68DBwgiF7b
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his963Please respect copyright.PENANAd4rjHtgp9p
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAG2RP9P9dk7
bound to come up sooner rather than later.963Please respect copyright.PENANAfmuutXV46K
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA5LqMgyBVdH
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."963Please respect copyright.PENANAJa4OOwpF3x
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"963Please respect copyright.PENANApiWscPzN33
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."963Please respect copyright.PENANA0o5k8MfkKF
G-Dragon took a step 963Please respect copyright.PENANAP1rYNxqgKs
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 963Please respect copyright.PENANAEQBHA9alfU
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"963Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7v39lzfSZ
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."963Please respect copyright.PENANA3fpOO6FFIO
"Then what did happen?"963Please respect copyright.PENANApnSUJ543Q8
"All of this is nothing 963Please respect copyright.PENANAmHskPuS4wK
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGplgDi3I7C
happened that I myself couldn't control."963Please respect copyright.PENANAa0XwhZkwnD
"Don't lie to me, Sam."963Please respect copyright.PENANArko3l4xhoD
"You know what, I'm 963Please respect copyright.PENANAqwJd6y7LR1
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like963Please respect copyright.PENANAxwSHIESHfz
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 963Please respect copyright.PENANALPBDlSLQ3V
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I963Please respect copyright.PENANAt4dMSiLqBb
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."963Please respect copyright.PENANAnwRvirKLtF
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAEpMNKH9Zzx
"Yes. But I know you 963Please respect copyright.PENANAT74ibPtrz0
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlKXUwArdPd
for himself that he and I could never be together."963Please respect copyright.PENANAYd1HVWChDz
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.963Please respect copyright.PENANApAFqaHZMa2
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.963Please respect copyright.PENANAmKfyO1yW1k
I turned around to head 963Please respect copyright.PENANALgjUR51jXS
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or963Please respect copyright.PENANAtMSpSE1ikl
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZsO3dR3BkJ
When I came back in the 963Please respect copyright.PENANA2EEWXkg2Ey
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 963Please respect copyright.PENANAE61I9qLNiL
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.963Please respect copyright.PENANAdDY7p5mtsC
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAy8wD3nytVv
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."963Please respect copyright.PENANA8UPpVFQ4vp
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.963Please respect copyright.PENANApswjOabRIw
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA71pczRgZQw
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."963Please respect copyright.PENANA3m5PUNsZZl
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.963Please respect copyright.PENANAJolOEItDAL
I heard the door open 963Please respect copyright.PENANATkAfoM2onY
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlhYdXgADpX
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.963Please respect copyright.PENANAAzw24CuTYZ
"Care to explain to us what's going on?" Mike asked G-Dragon. "You two argued and we could hear you guys down the hall."963Please respect copyright.PENANAsRJlc965m9
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHQ14pWdm3S
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.963Please respect copyright.PENANAtPhAda0LoB
"Look guys," I said as 963Please respect copyright.PENANAfEJVn2T5fQ
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm963Please respect copyright.PENANAxRXO7dPZD0
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA5mV4Igk2Ne
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.963Please respect copyright.PENANAhYjXvpxpSo
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."963Please respect copyright.PENANAdjm9j5t8Uv
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAadEuMxNEQJ
I didn't say anything 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyOquSWC7nv
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others963Please respect copyright.PENANAQLG48RhAjX
who were waiting for either of us to say something.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0HjdAn0GRM
Before anyone could 963Please respect copyright.PENANAEhJ9JD8d1u
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 963Please respect copyright.PENANANLD4KL5Gs2
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPkb3m9hSYP
we went back to practising.963Please respect copyright.PENANAR4ktU0D5Pw
I don't know how I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAbiDH5jMRIc
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGnDYDWtTgZ
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 963Please respect copyright.PENANAStd1frYb9G
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ2CATQh0i
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my963Please respect copyright.PENANAkpsCwmoPKS
head in the real world and not mess things up.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7898THhP0n
It was lunch time and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAWay77uwnLZ
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 963Please respect copyright.PENANA764uF9Nh31
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlkXBs7K4A3
stranger.963Please respect copyright.PENANA4j1QLIpTip
Now that we were on a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAMKTFvweqNE
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 963Please respect copyright.PENANA4chqiNqnhU
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzKy2hqfNZY
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just963Please respect copyright.PENANAydmIDEIhoI
too awkward for me.963Please respect copyright.PENANALLwFzOkqP7
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAQvTagfLRHZ
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAkEc2mpZjK4
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.963Please respect copyright.PENANAgpENCiZhNR
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGcyR3geDCk
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."963Please respect copyright.PENANAZyF04g0rTP
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.963Please respect copyright.PENANAYw9o5x9n0E
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.963Please respect copyright.PENANAM9qDpspmuT
"Good idea," said Taeyang.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPmiVGTBmI2
As though they couldn't 963Please respect copyright.PENANAk34Bou6tVa
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAfaYXHADkLX
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkf6A8hogRs
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.963Please respect copyright.PENANAy5Zbs08ZJ5
A few seconds later, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgzPtbe8TwD
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse963Please respect copyright.PENANAkdSWicle04
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking963Please respect copyright.PENANA8zZ8LRP7Jw
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGZTaOFPYO0
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.963Please respect copyright.PENANAu7A6dnRW2G
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.963Please respect copyright.PENANAjV53tHT3Vu
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAXzwRF4aRxq
"A lot has happened 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAlRdPXpBWr
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 963Please respect copyright.PENANAV4fXPgBpHg
case there were any people snooping around.963Please respect copyright.PENANAXHCXpAcdIX
"What? What's happened?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAJeL04kiN9b
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."963Please respect copyright.PENANAT3Kcw11cDt
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."963Please respect copyright.PENANAS1wyLG04lC
"That's not the worst 963Please respect copyright.PENANAXGCUzpqwyf
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAb0PcOEdwkA
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."963Please respect copyright.PENANAwGAO5tDlEZ
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAb5c5db1JmB
"Like I said, he is 963Please respect copyright.PENANAryElFfpB4J
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 963Please respect copyright.PENANAEI3mdnTMf5
are going to be toast especially with the press."963Please respect copyright.PENANAUaqXaptV72
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAv5k4vLQ2OM
"I'm not sure if I can 963Please respect copyright.PENANAiiF3tWAcRU
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAl880d4AYCa
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."963Please respect copyright.PENANAB4yAGOMYpQ
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANATZ4Fpq0Jo3
"I've no choice and I 963Please respect copyright.PENANA0HZs7a6Kve
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until963Please respect copyright.PENANANpxewMXMug
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAq66fZeRiVA
cap and a scarf."963Please respect copyright.PENANAf791qJyzVJ
"What will you need that for?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA1qwLuK92mO
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.963Please respect copyright.PENANAu0V7PcwLnQ
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."963Please respect copyright.PENANABDAQwgpIye
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."963Please respect copyright.PENANAaSF5Oo2bHd
I cut the call and this 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPJSulExt6j
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 963Please respect copyright.PENANArxlldC5aPX
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAAGbMTV5l8q
I reached the bottom of 963Please respect copyright.PENANAC0ZhLuc7XV
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 963Please respect copyright.PENANAsZ8dp2rEcD
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 963Please respect copyright.PENANAM2SzWfQifc
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 963Please respect copyright.PENANAD2yGWsdliK
voices that I could recognise.963Please respect copyright.PENANA8vYou3MPNK
I went over to look, 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoq4a25oLQU
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 963Please respect copyright.PENANAh8SSJdQHXe
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 963Please respect copyright.PENANAsGEgJ5Tylo
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQa5ZQQcpdG
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.963Please respect copyright.PENANAnEfYDuBsj1
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.963Please respect copyright.PENANAvUWhQ4IfxH
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."963Please respect copyright.PENANAfoOGvaSyUJ
"I'm just surprised that963Please respect copyright.PENANA21fnhzxIdh
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that963Please respect copyright.PENANAdiu37n4h9D
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.963Please respect copyright.PENANASknQBcPkfc
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."963Please respect copyright.PENANAn7OnEBitGB
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAzSeZcORcRe
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.963Please respect copyright.PENANAlJIwtrAC34
"I think so too," said 963Please respect copyright.PENANAX0CkYQH3GV
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAF4gCrd1Kcz
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."963Please respect copyright.PENANAjqP2SrIgue
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.963Please respect copyright.PENANArkYUPTUo6a
I was expecting them to 963Please respect copyright.PENANACf9uchesLs
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 963Please respect copyright.PENANALrpUho4tbM
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9iIikD8728
Who knows?963Please respect copyright.PENANAEzvuujAQMn
Throwing that thought 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPS9QgTUWUz
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzmOSNNd1td
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAusrHWsIMcL
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.963Please respect copyright.PENANA11T78L3nON
There were still more 963Please respect copyright.PENANAZJ6tzc4KrC
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery963Please respect copyright.PENANAeSf71OG8iu
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjBFtRnrK1L
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAODMNVCxY49
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 963Please respect copyright.PENANA49zwFpqujw
away.963Please respect copyright.PENANA44WZg10rTm
In what seemed like 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQZV4G70Hmm
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 963Please respect copyright.PENANAglZX1E7cJj
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.963Please respect copyright.PENANATiGe7KV3QU
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.963Please respect copyright.PENANAWhocPipqR2
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."963Please respect copyright.PENANArCefkAgR1L
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."963Please respect copyright.PENANAm1YVcCNXcS
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA8IK5FALZTZ
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.963Please respect copyright.PENANAc3X5c1hEqS
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."963Please respect copyright.PENANAOeJlYnrdX4
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.963Please respect copyright.PENANA10ADvJn50E
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAtuMxzK149O
"They have gone out for 963Please respect copyright.PENANAbVb9OtSCbo
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things963Please respect copyright.PENANASlkqXvRDHD
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXDZQB3eNCh
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.963Please respect copyright.PENANAGvKSPFRFT5
"Ya. And they are about 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwysTlqi7pC
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the963Please respect copyright.PENANAKrkplMJfwH
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.963Please respect copyright.PENANA9rRi1ecrOk
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAVJkxSTAvgE
"Ya, that will be a good963Please respect copyright.PENANApDcl6Agtl7
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 963Please respect copyright.PENANArxaS7QpRxa
the guards might think when they see me."963Please respect copyright.PENANAIw8b9VWSHE
Lee and I started to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAnZBM3IezbK
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front963Please respect copyright.PENANAdQLJ8WLsGP
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 963Please respect copyright.PENANAd1TfPHqdkE
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 963Please respect copyright.PENANAlI80Wyovki
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGQbdpdpDVJ
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7GMzdH63RW
When I finally managed 963Please respect copyright.PENANAhGOOS1q91M
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 963Please respect copyright.PENANAfgkjRtWJbf
away from the YG gate and down the street.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZxxvnFDIUa
I had to admit, I was so963Please respect copyright.PENANAelidpamVa1
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 963Please respect copyright.PENANAFSqJyXkrYT
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxixuEGtiD8
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 963Please respect copyright.PENANAs6gV6hZmJ3
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.963Please respect copyright.PENANApObwo0Odlz
After walking a few 963Please respect copyright.PENANAoRKmEUnskZ
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 963Please respect copyright.PENANASxcrbNzfTu
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 963Please respect copyright.PENANAUkup5Fysgu
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 963Please respect copyright.PENANASEKdnHx7uv
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMzLWXekjbN
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0F93YZFb6U
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."963Please respect copyright.PENANAMDznUtezod
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face963Please respect copyright.PENANAzSK8ckSGQw
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."963Please respect copyright.PENANAdnzsUhJrFY
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."963Please respect copyright.PENANAHlupYf8SAR
I froze as I soon looked963Please respect copyright.PENANAIQCGC7rWDQ
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1yxE5XoFY0
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 963Please respect copyright.PENANAK8uiB9foMs
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.963Please respect copyright.PENANAwcXwuseqsk
I heard him laugh 963Please respect copyright.PENANAquvXTz68EJ
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 963Please respect copyright.PENANA8YYveY9sHU
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."963Please respect copyright.PENANAH6bmeknZKI
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAQV89xzMI4m
"I'm right here."963Please respect copyright.PENANAfmEA2sLQlE
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"963Please respect copyright.PENANAqdafXvdblY
My sentence was cut 963Please respect copyright.PENANAaqLIcMZof3
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge963Please respect copyright.PENANA2FhMTmhgrO
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 963Please respect copyright.PENANAEEKHsOColM
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.963Please respect copyright.PENANAkIZRZYvfE6
A smartly dressed 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQbEcmlo4Ve
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgpgHmxOtaw
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.963Please respect copyright.PENANAzegFz14fnm
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.963Please respect copyright.PENANAWMEGCIfmn0
At first I was dumbfounded and I didn't know whether to run and head back to YG, or just go in and get this over with.963Please respect copyright.PENANAlHHjtPkLMb
A few heads turned my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwobLEGVppE
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwx7iHRx7X9
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkZSA0GVOdF
and a little suspicious too.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxZVf2MJAuJ
I managed to awake from 963Please respect copyright.PENANAN8lX1TAn6K
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 963Please respect copyright.PENANA4OQKgPXM2k
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAdaLk0wxoSB
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 963Please respect copyright.PENANACcdN8ds2DV
driver's seat.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHaILcZjRZn
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.963Please respect copyright.PENANAwXUGUAcNoe
With my eyes, I looked 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9kwDI7JC5
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAo8XaLrB750
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.963Please respect copyright.PENANAksHhGn3t5e
He looked to be in the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAsfQijw1Hbu
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 963Please respect copyright.PENANAOGIgHWUddg
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxNaDuAskoy
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into963Please respect copyright.PENANAO1OfURndE7
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 963Please respect copyright.PENANAgUP3ipK8tw
who had one heck of a body.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHcBqWrNYPf
I hadn't said a word and963Please respect copyright.PENANAZyIWn8kY7P
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 963Please respect copyright.PENANArJGrYlMCf8
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxKonbyXjlX
wrist. Who was this guy?963Please respect copyright.PENANAiWrAcQ5Bvd
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAurGRreHGzO
I opened my mouth but 963Please respect copyright.PENANACJ0mQkRCfQ
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 963Please respect copyright.PENANA5MNEjICEKX
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtuyoYkXcuz
contact.963Please respect copyright.PENANAID0UYFBuxU
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAaKnkjwWvjl
"Yes, a pleasure to meet963Please respect copyright.PENANAya2l8ImO5H
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 963Please respect copyright.PENANAET1EK4pqqj
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.963Please respect copyright.PENANAKSLAEXJ3iq
"I'm sorry we had to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAwahe6GeVfi
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the963Please respect copyright.PENANAAOdThw5ObP
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."963Please respect copyright.PENANAKyX8EeQLNP
I looked at him and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAUkcmTlKueL
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 963Please respect copyright.PENANASANQGkBIIz
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVz7zErfdMF
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we963Please respect copyright.PENANAYIWnpY4acM
hear about in mythical tales.963Please respect copyright.PENANAFWbrLC3Ix0
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMiM9GqP6vN
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAb59JvmxSS2
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 963Please respect copyright.PENANAeYyohqqKWm
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."963Please respect copyright.PENANAIODyqCsAYd
There was silence and I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJGPJ49s3a2
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made963Please respect copyright.PENANA3oIyKqxlvI
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtn07LkYCXY
something.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqxBopRtc01
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqUlcaubv8q
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."963Please respect copyright.PENANAIDsHcy1hbx
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."963Please respect copyright.PENANA5hrdOTi7GE
"I was born in the 963Please respect copyright.PENANA1FZBhuxF1p
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are963Please respect copyright.PENANA6KzHkc9QNF
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvMegbwzJYM
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVxbYa6hu5e
business empire is what's so important to them."963Please respect copyright.PENANAowUfwYYcm2
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.963Please respect copyright.PENANAcCKxPi7rWJ
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.963Please respect copyright.PENANASdGRAPml8D
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2R2ClZoQqY
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAb6bmXiPQcy
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAyeEXEanyr1
"Lunch?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAkx0kyKboVg
"Yes, lunch."963Please respect copyright.PENANAWVhqztdM7R
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.963Please respect copyright.PENANABdHgI6dGQC
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."963Please respect copyright.PENANAXzTLTHvlIZ
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."963Please respect copyright.PENANAMAWwuHQ0YT
I raised an eyebrow at 963Please respect copyright.PENANA9an3U93aaP
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 963Please respect copyright.PENANAA1QVwWDadW
you have been able to find me on the street."963Please respect copyright.PENANAPkJxfhW4Q3
He gave me that dashing 963Please respect copyright.PENANA37iFg1ni9G
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 963Please respect copyright.PENANAV0442RA5dE
would meet. I had to come prepared."963Please respect copyright.PENANANyLTz70Y4U
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAYu5xMHGu5y
"My apartment. It's much safer there."963Please respect copyright.PENANAm3Wrv0bFSk
"You own an apartment?"963Please respect copyright.PENANARr5odB6w2v
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."963Please respect copyright.PENANAxOv0YOgBiV
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."963Please respect copyright.PENANAk4rKyHNK1c
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."963Please respect copyright.PENANAeUxMJbwByZ
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.963Please respect copyright.PENANAcjWZzfziBw
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.963Please respect copyright.PENANAC9LlbqY0cQ
It was a huge apartment 963Please respect copyright.PENANAedc1ZEprz0
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 963Please respect copyright.PENANA76aJHtOKjX
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPPqTXDxjtd
After the car parked, 963Please respect copyright.PENANA29dGiqdofH
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxDBDQ64HP3
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtvrH97pUGz
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAASlVmf2Xoo
came out of the car.963Please respect copyright.PENANAgDwXxtGSdx
Derrick lead the way, 963Please respect copyright.PENANA4iqaiI7cEb
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 963Please respect copyright.PENANAtghs7tBXCv
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAjaO8KHCk3Q
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.963Please respect copyright.PENANAEudXssYUP7
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.963Please respect copyright.PENANApASvikRxd9
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.963Please respect copyright.PENANAPfqFd6UuFo
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.963Please respect copyright.PENANAK97Nh3LUsW
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAKknONlwtUF
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."963Please respect copyright.PENANAwKi5A8kyQP
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA2b9cwtdZw7
"Well, ya, I do! You're 963Please respect copyright.PENANAVOKtP0hWpJ
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6TfmvLRNJ
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."963Please respect copyright.PENANArow5XajS7z
"Why?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA4qvpj4HplN
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."963Please respect copyright.PENANAkOWe0EwLvn
The elevator doors flew 963Please respect copyright.PENANASlJw7dPToX
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 963Please respect copyright.PENANAGQSipQIMai
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 963Please respect copyright.PENANAvjRaIEN0ow
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHYCLIB5xvm
into heaven.963Please respect copyright.PENANAeTWA7hFfBw
I stepped out of the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAEwA0c6C666
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 963Please respect copyright.PENANALsRa4y8do1
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 963Please respect copyright.PENANAAuh5XV6NOm
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAeWSohCRZvy
soft red carpet.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqnM0Nt4Ddt
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.963Please respect copyright.PENANATaSCrv1T6I
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."963Please respect copyright.PENANAF0glNSFd3V
I looked down the hall 963Please respect copyright.PENANAaDRquWJBlr
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 963Please respect copyright.PENANA4PioKtHj2p
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 963Please respect copyright.PENANAhjOxbfbb2f
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 963Please respect copyright.PENANAntyKTut0AF
coming.963Please respect copyright.PENANA7SG2ec7ZT8
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.963Please respect copyright.PENANAIqSyh7nvRo
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAKsAr2FxuYL
"Ladies first," said Derrick.963Please respect copyright.PENANAoUTkwM88yy
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZPppCC1jz
"This place is very 963Please respect copyright.PENANAkyrbIIMhud
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the963Please respect copyright.PENANAbBSkkqYTy2
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 963Please respect copyright.PENANAiPrHCfalJN
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the963Please respect copyright.PENANAG1kOq6xI4Q
wall.963Please respect copyright.PENANAZmLMsds4Bu
I looked to the other 963Please respect copyright.PENANABTVF4p6vHB
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 963Please respect copyright.PENANA8FGcdjdmW8
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 963Please respect copyright.PENANA60GctMJM3G
beautiful flower vases with orchids.963Please respect copyright.PENANAR0SjXvkQbv
"I see you like 963Please respect copyright.PENANATi1ustZtOG
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 963Please respect copyright.PENANAasJ4gxDwN1
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.963Please respect copyright.PENANAXZiBgPfvgk
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAhClZuBsXNa
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.963Please respect copyright.PENANAvgmi0N8NNI
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."963Please respect copyright.PENANAWSYNFuTDa0
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.963Please respect copyright.PENANA22FNGohVyD
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAtuJLAQ8i3B
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.963Please respect copyright.PENANAmrcbJtbLV3
The butler bowed and 963Please respect copyright.PENANANrwpVTxPIu
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 963Please respect copyright.PENANA0NhcG2Qscc
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAnydkdEwS2v
ground.963Please respect copyright.PENANAIoVeJBMNbo
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAayhz1FSXeA
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAZu1jG9oD5o
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.963Please respect copyright.PENANAvAD4ibJ6xD
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.963Please respect copyright.PENANAxWtKFG0LsH
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAyyrQLYH1nr
As we got to the dining 963Please respect copyright.PENANAU25iLXKy0g
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 963Please respect copyright.PENANAIqjDMo2vVH
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and963Please respect copyright.PENANALPy133LTI4
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.963Please respect copyright.PENANA6EVVgD6BXB
The butler had served 963Please respect copyright.PENANAI7zqi6gAGr
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 963Please respect copyright.PENANARYOBMxaNNe
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 963Please respect copyright.PENANA7egB8UUwgy
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 963Please respect copyright.PENANALmlqa4Z3iT
next to the plates were spotless.963Please respect copyright.PENANAhUhbF1HtVU
Dishes of food were 963Please respect copyright.PENANABTXYZf0JUD
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 963Please respect copyright.PENANAh0sJoQkNfq
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 963Please respect copyright.PENANAMDcitYbo56
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 963Please respect copyright.PENANAHR59tGkAFs
lady.963Please respect copyright.PENANAcu74ZMT39j
The butler helped to 963Please respect copyright.PENANACEs40so568
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made963Please respect copyright.PENANAf3Y2Kzzuqf
sure not to eat too much and take my time.963Please respect copyright.PENANAHeycWUD1sF
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.963Please respect copyright.PENANAbBduf6iSvD
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.963Please respect copyright.PENANAX2mXWWzhmq
"Now, about the issue at963Please respect copyright.PENANAe18yQ6AYuI
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 963Please respect copyright.PENANAJdsriz8biD
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.963Please respect copyright.PENANA2Hy5b42owJ
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.963Please respect copyright.PENANAEJTCHeVjk8
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."963Please respect copyright.PENANAViyoMVeaun
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."963Please respect copyright.PENANAeOrVZz6qgU
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.963Please respect copyright.PENANAFXneBcfAnt
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.963Please respect copyright.PENANAaAh55DmoK8
The photo showed Zoey in963Please respect copyright.PENANAkNuzxPmuDn
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 963Please respect copyright.PENANAPqGgrJlYBt
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 963Please respect copyright.PENANABhXzcvoJos
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 963Please respect copyright.PENANALWairfBf0V
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 963Please respect copyright.PENANAg5JO5wko8P
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.963Please respect copyright.PENANA46mfoa9nBS
"I know this isn't 963Please respect copyright.PENANAg1OyxEVhny
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 963Please respect copyright.PENANACpj8Dzy0sh
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA63Vlbs2jQD
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.963Please respect copyright.PENANAO86PwmLqJx
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?963Please respect copyright.PENANA9hnkwXG99k
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.963Please respect copyright.PENANA0rC7hSl5LI
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.963Please respect copyright.PENANAfzOUkgXf7u
I looked at the photo 963Please respect copyright.PENANAzNNbn3CarO
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 963Please respect copyright.PENANAyBZ4E2oEIw
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your963Please respect copyright.PENANAPc348IJ3KM
brother?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAVS2lpJUAAh
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.963Please respect copyright.PENANAMk8GOP3ZWc
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.963Please respect copyright.PENANAvTnb0LNTPn
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.963Please respect copyright.PENANAfb6hsIi00m
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAGolIsiZMDD
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."963Please respect copyright.PENANAqHcAzxWcOa
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAduTLzxM1V6
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."963Please respect copyright.PENANA9c3l6RZVfU
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"963Please respect copyright.PENANALTdAsVQocu
"I know my brother very 963Please respect copyright.PENANANZaT7lX1d5
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 963Please respect copyright.PENANAcQZ67Jhmt8
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."963Please respect copyright.PENANAsmN49bieS3
I then remembered the 963Please respect copyright.PENANALV1nVxsBiW
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 963Please respect copyright.PENANApsE2TZWFSa
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 963Please respect copyright.PENANA36RC7lNZEw
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?963Please respect copyright.PENANAonHTOQeA2i
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAm75JKZwYrX
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."963Please respect copyright.PENANAsAdIbEy6GG
"But that's strange. If 963Please respect copyright.PENANAt8kdbdYbyp
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 963Please respect copyright.PENANAQuQT7vAzYf
don't see the reason why they would hide."963Please respect copyright.PENANAYcUrRuWbVV
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."963Please respect copyright.PENANARWDJ24GaI2
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAcm5j6XiMOc
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.963Please respect copyright.PENANA8Vrug3K0lO
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."963Please respect copyright.PENANAOoNgnGQeoJ
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAiW1RvNWMDi
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"963Please respect copyright.PENANATQmbebKx0a
"Wait! That was him?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA0NNAOoNFQR
"Yes. I was there."963Please respect copyright.PENANA8VEApQcijZ
"You were there too?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAbHBbflFyXx
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."963Please respect copyright.PENANAqZdtPKHPC9
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms963Please respect copyright.PENANAtVEdvwEud4
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAxRgVbtH5AZ
"She is."963Please respect copyright.PENANABg4ctN7opu
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"963Please respect copyright.PENANA33NA8oCHzf
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."963Please respect copyright.PENANAdsrtJ5q0vS
"And do you really think she would?"963Please respect copyright.PENANAnPQPM0Dkkj
I thought about his 963Please respect copyright.PENANAxrYAYshmUT
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth963Please respect copyright.PENANAGlcg7A4Hb2
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what963Please respect copyright.PENANAKKwc9r48qG
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.963Please respect copyright.PENANAQv8jViCBwf
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.963Please respect copyright.PENANAnmiApBSILI
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.963Please respect copyright.PENANAu3WfpsYGN2
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."963Please respect copyright.PENANAp7QRtnuopx
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.963Please respect copyright.PENANAG2ggdqBFPf
I had to think of something fast and I was running out of time. I had to get back to the studio within thirty minutes.963Please respect copyright.PENANAqGB3TI4Rrm
"Before I go, tell me 963Please respect copyright.PENANApiMEqIQrbL
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 963Please respect copyright.PENANARtfDnjkiOT
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."