Have you ever been awake757Please respect copyright.PENANAHnwqePbtJR
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart757Please respect copyright.PENANASFWMZUakNZ
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAwVlafGDcci
day goes on?757Please respect copyright.PENANAVzRzvtweyp
That's how I felt right at this moment.757Please respect copyright.PENANABNb5ScerHC
I tossed in my bed, 757Please respect copyright.PENANApg2FS40sYC
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 757Please respect copyright.PENANAhGC3PY1W2p
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun757Please respect copyright.PENANAvy6s2gyq9P
could come up so that I could meet my end already.757Please respect copyright.PENANAQzKp78mBIE
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAcIWiX0DcFN
I fell back on my bed, 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1B1yrZ1pnU
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 757Please respect copyright.PENANAM8zr8CqVLM
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 757Please respect copyright.PENANA2EgyCMAJc6
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8PXDAGOgkg
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 757Please respect copyright.PENANAuUDSvkr5P2
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1psGJYMVcj
mind even to dream.757Please respect copyright.PENANAlJvZuS41Z2
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.757Please respect copyright.PENANAczEc1v0xW8
How I wish I could fall 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQbXWnrX38B
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I757Please respect copyright.PENANAPEtr9Vb8P6
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I757Please respect copyright.PENANAZgY0Dch0qU
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.757Please respect copyright.PENANAz8U4T24u8v
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAT60g7zI0g0
I knew I now had to face757Please respect copyright.PENANArJsvhMgTNL
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 757Please respect copyright.PENANAj7V6GHGXds
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even757Please respect copyright.PENANATqEAKfZ6UZ
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 757Please respect copyright.PENANAunoeFwfadg
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.757Please respect copyright.PENANAgxTNinSjxp
I knew her persistence 757Please respect copyright.PENANAF4S91YxuJR
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 757Please respect copyright.PENANALbzIdYSQnv
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 757Please respect copyright.PENANAw8Yi6FqC9k
her if I had to tell her the truth.757Please respect copyright.PENANAJOrPJuyE4N
I know sometimes we 757Please respect copyright.PENANABz7VszAKUE
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0AcacDPL6x
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 757Please respect copyright.PENANACFAqabvHPt
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAuQQBcwLGEv
had now reached that point.757Please respect copyright.PENANAvsitWXLz0g
I sighed again as I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAsphSwbkKf1
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAgliS96pvLM
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?757Please respect copyright.PENANAzZNitliI9m
If it came to G-Dragon, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAn4hsgL7P9R
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I757Please respect copyright.PENANA8uQ1FOqk2r
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 757Please respect copyright.PENANAlVTdeo7OT1
lot harder.757Please respect copyright.PENANAQva9jzghwv
How was I going to tell 757Please respect copyright.PENANAX5DvKlkZgS
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQL8NkvfXkW
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAF1EQz2RvKj
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 757Please respect copyright.PENANAd43TTv4f00
either.757Please respect copyright.PENANAANdVt1rVHv
I kicked out the bed 757Please respect copyright.PENANA72o6ogvewJ
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0R8Q5739Mi
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room757Please respect copyright.PENANALOFBGmoiaX
in my purple pyjamas.757Please respect copyright.PENANAjnxB4BcwJH
I went straight for the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5mIksreXp0
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9tzuKIGMys
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 757Please respect copyright.PENANA96OdR60PAf
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my757Please respect copyright.PENANA3QKjTSKtW1
mum.757Please respect copyright.PENANAGpz6qgf0SO
Hopefully, I was calling757Please respect copyright.PENANAEgFalEIFzy
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 757Please respect copyright.PENANArftiHzexha
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQyuQ099sw4
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?757Please respect copyright.PENANAL3wS32v3eA
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.757Please respect copyright.PENANAe9YBF5AEwT
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.757Please respect copyright.PENANAPH3EzjqKpm
"Hello, Sam?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAnJXsQgsbg9
"Hi, mum."757Please respect copyright.PENANAj8gsykDAq3
"Sam, how are you, dear?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAS8ywj2PhZI
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"757Please respect copyright.PENANABBDVGAMerU
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdl49RgLaUP
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0SSsMCsGct
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."757Please respect copyright.PENANA2KqW4e1aXz
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."757Please respect copyright.PENANAANN0JYWTpW
"Ya, I can see you guys 757Please respect copyright.PENANAiWujVkDUC2
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0b8fJO795i
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 757Please respect copyright.PENANAjfX8FBE4wl
her computer as she looked at the pictures.757Please respect copyright.PENANAVv28h83koC
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."757Please respect copyright.PENANAB0tWOE0hVP
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."757Please respect copyright.PENANAJdl5evDnow
"I'll check out the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxISUKnpWdy
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 757Please respect copyright.PENANAW9kWWHq0Zy
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 757Please respect copyright.PENANABet0Kz70Wz
Why aren't you asleep?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAOsd7F0eAvh
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAaVbRnHT3dE
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."757Please respect copyright.PENANA8S8S9gvaNk
I could imagine my mum 757Please respect copyright.PENANAcS3yH3h0HR
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on757Please respect copyright.PENANA2xIma4wPRU
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 757Please respect copyright.PENANAWCEdMId0mN
her arms folded.757Please respect copyright.PENANAE2QzeYtO5A
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAS0y587LkQd
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.757Please respect copyright.PENANADnT9Vjf5Py
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."757Please respect copyright.PENANAKhssfPeXck
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."757Please respect copyright.PENANAPKsISE8Zbn
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAhyiV9XeBF4
"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."757Please respect copyright.PENANAfW5WmMgfGb
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."757Please respect copyright.PENANAPCXNvp9mo3
"I've been lying to Zoey757Please respect copyright.PENANARDRAUTNyM0
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 757Please respect copyright.PENANAL4NOM3TPj9
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 757Please respect copyright.PENANAPP16ghnZ6b
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."757Please respect copyright.PENANASX99eU83r7
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."757Please respect copyright.PENANA8bq5MPPkoA
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"757Please respect copyright.PENANASQ0ThBAfmw
"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."757Please respect copyright.PENANAYSZNSfKjTi
"Trust me, mum, Collins 757Please respect copyright.PENANAfq8hWp5VAp
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 757Please respect copyright.PENANASi0sHehKO0
that you shouldn't say a word either."757Please respect copyright.PENANArCZ9mkkAd0
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.757Please respect copyright.PENANAhB1iSkMHDK
"You know I can never 757Please respect copyright.PENANADxROPTCPar
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAK2Hoe3V2Y0
matter of life and death. I've no choice."757Please respect copyright.PENANA4T56shhZXj
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAieuMxA36eo
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."757Please respect copyright.PENANAbAseHQ9lEx
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."757Please respect copyright.PENANARnlM4sDV0D
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.757Please respect copyright.PENANA41csjt1TvN
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."757Please respect copyright.PENANAHK9n51aPzu
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."757Please respect copyright.PENANA08Dy47sWYF
There was silence at the other end. Until....757Please respect copyright.PENANAtiocfSSSV9
"WHAT!"757Please respect copyright.PENANAoMhXO3b14c
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."757Please respect copyright.PENANANLCyI24DfL
"Then what is it? The 757Please respect copyright.PENANAT7SYSlrdj9
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 757Please respect copyright.PENANAp4mjvi41qe
feel like you're betraying your best friend."757Please respect copyright.PENANAlC0FDF17zF
"It was like that at 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9L6Agi02Nd
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close757Please respect copyright.PENANA3GPmB260Mo
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQvQPK8Z1iP
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining757Please respect copyright.PENANALsGWA5npNQ
fingers.757Please respect copyright.PENANAkr4FKnaXQI
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAFIGyyaZ63i
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."757Please respect copyright.PENANAMRHpn7q1Gw
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."757Please respect copyright.PENANA0PuP1mlxIb
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."757Please respect copyright.PENANAtM3R1F0fFz
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.757Please respect copyright.PENANAviTLW87nZt
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."757Please respect copyright.PENANAPSkRgkhif2
"And that's not the worst part."757Please respect copyright.PENANACDjivExlI8
I told her what happened757Please respect copyright.PENANACUAiaBdrgT
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in757Please respect copyright.PENANAr1WhKc3twV
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA24xzlqPIYm
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung757Please respect copyright.PENANASz37rDOeYB
and the kiss.757Please respect copyright.PENANA0qqMdhxufl
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.757Please respect copyright.PENANAyevJ8WdN0Q
"Ssh, and listen."757Please respect copyright.PENANA3t1Z8gHkXD
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.757Please respect copyright.PENANA42q1QnR3WH
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."757Please respect copyright.PENANAnALgQI7Hsq
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."757Please respect copyright.PENANAr8LnYQvDtX
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"757Please respect copyright.PENANALV5tiF184T
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."757Please respect copyright.PENANAqD4oODZWCi
"Are you scared?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA9b0aErThvE
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAnky7QQUD4g
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."757Please respect copyright.PENANAOfFw4gcHmY
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.757Please respect copyright.PENANAmtEBYZCEEY
"We all get hurt at some757Please respect copyright.PENANAh0Z9XnKlIK
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.757Please respect copyright.PENANAavT1ieUkmc
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 757Please respect copyright.PENANACorv1zrmkf
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 757Please respect copyright.PENANAI1eXhAGGXu
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."757Please respect copyright.PENANAIY14qVgHHa
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.757Please respect copyright.PENANAyJvdcj4UjL
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.757Please respect copyright.PENANAjXPgZLpcYa
"Don't cry, okay? You're757Please respect copyright.PENANA4BJY9xlfU6
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzG28H6lhZv
will need all the rest you can get."757Please respect copyright.PENANAL78JrcMBdI
"Yes, mum. I will."757Please respect copyright.PENANAa6I1wnIFAo
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAckYjFmlpjZ
"Okay. Bye."757Please respect copyright.PENANAqJ0A3gTNmV
I hang up and I quickly 757Please respect copyright.PENANARAwgJ2o8uN
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0tiXW7pME7
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 757Please respect copyright.PENANAg6Ne1vQMHY
arms.757Please respect copyright.PENANAABlbRgxyPv
It must have been some 757Please respect copyright.PENANAh222NR7Ydd
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQZ9PW2v54a
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.757Please respect copyright.PENANAdh3dftDnx8
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAOejAQ0fKRh
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."757Please respect copyright.PENANATlxU5L6HBx
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."757Please respect copyright.PENANAio0mQTM5Xo
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.757Please respect copyright.PENANAKtgSZ6AXy1
"Sadly, it isn't, my 757Please respect copyright.PENANA35IWNfrUkR
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0yuksvmsAi
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."757Please respect copyright.PENANAEB3vKlCQUk
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.757Please respect copyright.PENANApQZvwBm7Um
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAVdzCeQwOQP
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."757Please respect copyright.PENANAwul3JBMztz
"So, start talking right now."757Please respect copyright.PENANAiv8FK9w3B2
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAh4sG9iLWrP
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."757Please respect copyright.PENANAE6cVQf9Lpu
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.757Please respect copyright.PENANAEFebfvj8PL
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."757Please respect copyright.PENANAnI7FcYPd8u
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAhntj2gkVNr
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."757Please respect copyright.PENANAlh18G82NnH
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAEp9MpZqc42
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."757Please respect copyright.PENANAk46jPIxKi7
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.757Please respect copyright.PENANApfNzhukZTu
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."757Please respect copyright.PENANASpTr0SwJ5O
"You like him, don't you?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAt9XIRixjdW
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?757Please respect copyright.PENANArlZrlAUmBw
"I..uh...no, that's not it."757Please respect copyright.PENANAk0MfnyheMP
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."757Please respect copyright.PENANAayR9kQvtGk
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."757Please respect copyright.PENANAmCHHWChYbq
"Expected from me?" Zoey757Please respect copyright.PENANA5080Po4CnL
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.757Please respect copyright.PENANAjimBlFi90d
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."757Please respect copyright.PENANA2dWmqa5Hy3
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.757Please respect copyright.PENANAwlLF5VWiZn
"I know you feel guilty 757Please respect copyright.PENANAYJRt5CBpYA
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know757Please respect copyright.PENANAZamDUslZFf
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."757Please respect copyright.PENANA4b4Xaz36VV
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?757Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2pWYK4Mms
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANA0mK4EGg8Ls
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."757Please respect copyright.PENANAHf0C9aVI62
I wanted to slap my 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzO6I7HDgx1
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't757Please respect copyright.PENANAQH0CW1Og4B
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7g4B3Ydw2
it gets out of hand.757Please respect copyright.PENANAt0t0dAKuw7
"Zoey, listen to me," I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAb10YVVdLEa
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 757Please respect copyright.PENANAnUPw1u6gPI
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."757Please respect copyright.PENANA8eSGprdHq3
I paused. That was odd. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqUcYCHJOex
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I757Please respect copyright.PENANAuLpl4fbyRV
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.757Please respect copyright.PENANA9OOcRove2U
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAOCX9HfaFZ7
What was wrong with me? I757Please respect copyright.PENANAFsB0M3XS1Z
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 757Please respect copyright.PENANAcWOidmiHJ8
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 757Please respect copyright.PENANAe1z69WQKBd
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.757Please respect copyright.PENANAvt2wl5wBPt
"You're weird, Sam," 757Please respect copyright.PENANAAEajekkKi2
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 757Please respect copyright.PENANAS1OFDZlUr8
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 757Please respect copyright.PENANAUh68xeRa4l
waiting."757Please respect copyright.PENANA6hjtC7FcYD
Zoey closed the door and757Please respect copyright.PENANAMeTQuMi7wh
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 757Please respect copyright.PENANA7tJ8jSYR07
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 757Please respect copyright.PENANAA7oW1vHDGj
harder than I thought.757Please respect copyright.PENANAwKFliWrPku
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.757Please respect copyright.PENANA8KEJR6vyS4
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.757Please respect copyright.PENANA6GfXKQbgxC
I stood up from my bed 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKGTLnxErSO
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 757Please respect copyright.PENANALnMZ12Ddki
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which757Please respect copyright.PENANAvc9VnsrCqw
is the most important part.757Please respect copyright.PENANAmcZrSW4k3Z
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."757Please respect copyright.PENANAVhzRapkBdr
Whatever my conscious 757Please respect copyright.PENANAl2vwzZP362
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 757Please respect copyright.PENANAz1JM8f3q3t
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 757Please respect copyright.PENANAeZubLyxUAP
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.757Please respect copyright.PENANA1tGaY4b36c
If that was the case, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdpIxf4uJKt
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 757Please respect copyright.PENANAoXHRReMds6
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3QqdQFZpkJ
shattered completely.757Please respect copyright.PENANASHADpoVnGM
While I was trying to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAtw55HQgetc
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach757Please respect copyright.PENANAmi3g3idfCp
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.757Please respect copyright.PENANANUkrVSh108
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?757Please respect copyright.PENANAyh2LSFD61y
I answered the call. "Hello?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAlkbsvQ60tG
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.757Please respect copyright.PENANAImWsAorekm
I held my breath. That 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJVXyNuJBWr
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 757Please respect copyright.PENANAuBKceVMuHx
asking that question, not thinking it.757Please respect copyright.PENANAcidSkX5N41
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ54xFWkcy
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."757Please respect copyright.PENANApCUWWPzMb0
"Talk? Talk about what?"757Please respect copyright.PENANATl5JT2uOMF
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAzHhyDciLSs
"Photo? What...?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAWYQVFjof4X
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.757Please respect copyright.PENANAAfE8kd7rDd
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAJSiuaGHWhQ
"If you haven't seen it,757Please respect copyright.PENANAGtqvhtZknC
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA6c75E49M2G
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAQlMTj0ZBCd
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?757Please respect copyright.PENANA9G0xWYl4cZ
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAxAzW01qZ3J
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."757Please respect copyright.PENANAiYEZwtlKPM
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAhxwrWkC60m
I could soon hear the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZvmmKvELyA
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 757Please respect copyright.PENANACTINCBDLFn
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAwrMyuDaIaT
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.757Please respect copyright.PENANAx07e1px3yv
I looked back at my 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9JWs09cyEt
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I757Please respect copyright.PENANAdpFw8s4j3V
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAXrHiSheuBQ
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAfqfSHhYeSl
download the photo.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFcpzcL1zyp
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAL1DFIjiqsO
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAHmhlMImGOM
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."757Please respect copyright.PENANA9fZBocLYHu
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."757Please respect copyright.PENANA2YILQytzYV
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."757Please respect copyright.PENANAIFCfrw6Ibm
I nodded and Lee left. I757Please respect copyright.PENANAapNXvyjYJp
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZuQ4wiOPH2
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.757Please respect copyright.PENANAsSmujgzaX8
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."757Please respect copyright.PENANA0eAnNHV1LE
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.757Please respect copyright.PENANAfrPXIGzlio
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.757Please respect copyright.PENANAT99UFVqIu4
"Zoey!"757Please respect copyright.PENANADibzVNFinc
"Not a word, Sam. You're757Please respect copyright.PENANAmmeunFcuyB
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAfIMm6VjrSP
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's757Please respect copyright.PENANAgeFNKgAPee
up with you today."757Please respect copyright.PENANADl67TdYrsm
If only she knew. So 757Please respect copyright.PENANAuY0K4owYWR
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one757Please respect copyright.PENANAFlYHhf2uvt
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.757Please respect copyright.PENANAzSBmxbfGuq
I went to the bathroom 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZmS6FS8rRw
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 757Please respect copyright.PENANApHUVr8Iwr2
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5JdBXiROfg
reflection.757Please respect copyright.PENANAnh9mgAIS7j
I looked like I hadn't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAEHGiUbAy5U
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 757Please respect copyright.PENANAIeWUkZAEFn
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8kM8t62sIZ
if not by two.757Please respect copyright.PENANAQWlkHgDelQ
G-Dragon and Zoey were 757Please respect copyright.PENANA7slsogKqw4
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFIPfxjqSFF
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 757Please respect copyright.PENANABFPL4kQGdy
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 757Please respect copyright.PENANAaei1XFYyC8
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?757Please respect copyright.PENANAaUNjBr84JT
After I took a quick 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxvLsqlFj6d
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone757Please respect copyright.PENANAxvFmAcECUa
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxXspZbKV2Q
the bathroom to get her makeup done.757Please respect copyright.PENANAMeQJu12Yt9
I unlocked my phone. I 757Please respect copyright.PENANApyOHIQxChX
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 757Please respect copyright.PENANA42H2E6s91t
photo must be done downloading by now.757Please respect copyright.PENANAp2cG8BfU6H
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?757Please respect copyright.PENANAH8Iaf355f0
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?757Please respect copyright.PENANACgeoEd23Pp
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.757Please respect copyright.PENANAlxGXkxpGbb
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.757Please respect copyright.PENANA1gZjQkj6LF
"Morning. How was your night?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA5KSTBdcmEB
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."757Please respect copyright.PENANAlCANEX3QQb
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANADXLose4MWH
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.757Please respect copyright.PENANA4xo9tfyd2A
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."757Please respect copyright.PENANAaAm4NDUZFt
I smiled a little. At 757Please respect copyright.PENANARAd3GovR9q
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAGsedxiZffQ
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxNntDLP42M
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAdEbQnvs8VM
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."757Please respect copyright.PENANAif6cuOh9IS
"You too."757Please respect copyright.PENANAPM1cd4lXJh
He cut the line and I 757Please respect copyright.PENANArBlTvsGGim
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFKPbeDeEmL
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 757Please respect copyright.PENANAXEUHEspSue
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.757Please respect copyright.PENANAlxC3dXsyxX
After I dressed up and 757Please respect copyright.PENANAsMDwgAmHaJ
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 757Please respect copyright.PENANAYXWT7JvK32
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAO1xSfaWotI
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJU7G0X7e4e
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAw5A4uPYn4l
room.757Please respect copyright.PENANAXL9YhTL9HE
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.757Please respect copyright.PENANAZjaYcquReU
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.757Please respect copyright.PENANAxXPXHvCjr8
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.757Please respect copyright.PENANAWWaaoRZy9S
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."757Please respect copyright.PENANAkzyOHXZ9YD
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."757Please respect copyright.PENANAP4SwLcsjxU
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.757Please respect copyright.PENANAHiNahvItW3
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAxYm4uMiL0G
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANALb6biu2BGr
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.757Please respect copyright.PENANAbedPXJNcuZ
"What?" I asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANA9gFVTyGEZ1
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."757Please respect copyright.PENANAMVaNNTanSw
I frowned. "So?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAuHhDdrX86s
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.757Please respect copyright.PENANA4Jra1ugTto
I was still confused. "So?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA4US3shUPU3
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.757Please respect copyright.PENANAKJNR53pU22
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.757Please respect copyright.PENANAhv3H3rMbq6
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?757Please respect copyright.PENANAtO6Lh1i0Ak
"I don't see the harm in757Please respect copyright.PENANA4q6sxCZL21
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 757Please respect copyright.PENANApkAOjAokwN
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3McskMSXQ2
that wrong?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA6whXA4NWz0
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.757Please respect copyright.PENANAPApfOcvL9X
"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."757Please respect copyright.PENANADkiI3ejEnv
"I can see that," said 757Please respect copyright.PENANAjwmBOncTC1
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 757Please respect copyright.PENANAualzRYE7bi
me but I decided not to say anything.757Please respect copyright.PENANAuu3nqge5BR
When we were done with 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxG7YgLLzVD
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 757Please respect copyright.PENANARKskbMUaHH
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8lkT0i2VgJ
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 757Please respect copyright.PENANAHEYNwyPK0S
looking at my phone.757Please respect copyright.PENANA5d0ARgKdVO
When everyone in the car757Please respect copyright.PENANAmZQ1s2d3e7
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in757Please respect copyright.PENANAIgVytBaLGc
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 757Please respect copyright.PENANAYB1gsiQ2gM
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.757Please respect copyright.PENANAiKUrqIINln
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAoBjgnUAjJD
I quickly pressed the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA87I0pPhOwf
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 757Please respect copyright.PENANAExW7890HHg
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.757Please respect copyright.PENANAUgTaZCOPlw
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.757Please respect copyright.PENANA4KO0aGjFqW
"May I see?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA2RxMg3hSGZ
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."757Please respect copyright.PENANA6zPP7NVgya
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."757Please respect copyright.PENANARGnMrnp7Rs
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAxVz0zhxfa1
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."757Please respect copyright.PENANA8kxSLOgrqM
I wish I could tell him 757Please respect copyright.PENANArxvA0MAU56
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFBX6YMvKI5
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.757Please respect copyright.PENANAKSZOxu2AWD
Now that I had seen the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAn0fwxAxsIC
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOpe1uX3nt0
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 757Please respect copyright.PENANAPca0nbbEqM
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.757Please respect copyright.PENANAVQESRBRgD9
Speaking of which, I 757Please respect copyright.PENANADKJosCn7Sp
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was757Please respect copyright.PENANAIWrcTbi3o4
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAWVFqwu6klX
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKz9VnIiuwY
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 757Please respect copyright.PENANAp2liVHHBn1
further onto the edge, I would burst.757Please respect copyright.PENANAa6JBNhgQMc
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAY2Pf4iBTF1
My heart skipped a beat.757Please respect copyright.PENANAa7iIgDDCjk
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting757Please respect copyright.PENANA2Kse9CkM48
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 757Please respect copyright.PENANAiZs7H47brN
choice.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFIAwxLnsru
As soon as I stepped out757Please respect copyright.PENANAOtxlOwuZEV
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAF4ZhgSiTcK
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAnGg7dFPmyU
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAaNcg78J0Dw
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."757Please respect copyright.PENANAioKZYSoVgA
"You're aren't the only 757Please respect copyright.PENANAorC5xcMmCD
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 757Please respect copyright.PENANAc9AOvDstZz
to work on that when we get in there."757Please respect copyright.PENANAqRMaNwuze7
I managed to put up a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAABMUcS9UBe
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How757Please respect copyright.PENANAxPTrx0bpQS
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.757Please respect copyright.PENANAgU5aq0KPwl
As I came into the lobby757Please respect copyright.PENANAM2NmqkuQMS
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8BOp1NC36Z
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.757Please respect copyright.PENANAO6f3sW0RAR
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."757Please respect copyright.PENANAyK4p1QXooT
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.757Please respect copyright.PENANAo0TDLb8Yo2
We all got in the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAx9G3LIXljG
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up757Please respect copyright.PENANApC8FBsB9l9
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFcivMElISn
things.757Please respect copyright.PENANA2158uSKbHQ
We got to the dance 757Please respect copyright.PENANAIeeI43n5yM
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 757Please respect copyright.PENANAWfNLW2YJkO
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.757Please respect copyright.PENANAuoIufEwkjl
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.757Please respect copyright.PENANAdDJQb2w5mJ
I was too lost in 757Please respect copyright.PENANA6jjWHssL1m
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8sJuwUioFt
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.757Please respect copyright.PENANAyLFFb8cnza
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAVZhkNEcj5s
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.757Please respect copyright.PENANAyWboHcZIhC
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.757Please respect copyright.PENANAD09PRDMGDA
"Tell me about it," said757Please respect copyright.PENANAtUPCnDJWfy
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her757Please respect copyright.PENANAjusvYcEXlW
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."757Please respect copyright.PENANASWWgW0mHXl
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAWM8eKSiEgA
"Too weird," said Daniel.757Please respect copyright.PENANAx5XXBjhPMd
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."757Please respect copyright.PENANAbuON9R6lVl
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.757Please respect copyright.PENANAvw2P5aIMvQ
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.757Please respect copyright.PENANACiiVp9Vm9p
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.757Please respect copyright.PENANArCjviHncG4
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFGgOmHNbRg
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."757Please respect copyright.PENANAc3S8T04gWg
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"757Please respect copyright.PENANASib08DsWDJ
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFiaAZ7j91A
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."757Please respect copyright.PENANA2GAkVA2PPz
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."757Please respect copyright.PENANAWG6X7fQvG7
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."757Please respect copyright.PENANAKUwxIRxVTu
"I'm not."757Please respect copyright.PENANAXXx4kKWCQ3
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAcQd6REPYIH
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAMKOcVOnfOS
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.757Please respect copyright.PENANAxm3htzBLzj
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.757Please respect copyright.PENANAWcUhxonPoH
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.757Please respect copyright.PENANA7bpKaGfxMv
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."757Please respect copyright.PENANAqvEcIO9tHa
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."757Please respect copyright.PENANAXzfU40pGNJ
Before I could turn 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQieAtTIoJz
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 757Please respect copyright.PENANAGe7zWDnRuC
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.757Please respect copyright.PENANAR9RbtVfkE2
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.757Please respect copyright.PENANAbBxMNzwUPd
I took the crown from 757Please respect copyright.PENANAwkKIYthJwj
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was757Please respect copyright.PENANAeiuFjcNPbx
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdozGot9eOV
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8woegkj4YZ
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.757Please respect copyright.PENANAUp7MU1q9AD
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.757Please respect copyright.PENANAiJOiMQEp1Y
"It is," said Seungri 757Please respect copyright.PENANAnOcIwKyOIF
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVxHKHpRFoy
stones because it's your birth stone."757Please respect copyright.PENANAZB7dOvOhz1
"Aww! Thank you so much,757Please respect copyright.PENANAZdBnLGFKF2
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew757Please respect copyright.PENANADqI8gXTDxZ
he was going to brighten up my day today.757Please respect copyright.PENANAG8oKOiZuqw
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"757Please respect copyright.PENANAcAAuog7Rwa
"I want to wear it," 757Please respect copyright.PENANANt6nlWjLQz
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAcQfpnTMJcs
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.757Please respect copyright.PENANArQf0bXiES3
"Don't I look like a 757Please respect copyright.PENANADIg0CB0EF9
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 757Please respect copyright.PENANADADiHoI5cl
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.757Please respect copyright.PENANAHS8HsEjzn6
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.757Please respect copyright.PENANASmdfjlEwHu
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.757Please respect copyright.PENANA1hwZ7lBDrF
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.757Please respect copyright.PENANATaLgLHiREb
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.757Please respect copyright.PENANAnmJNVboXsJ
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."757Please respect copyright.PENANAIvzijiaO1y
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.757Please respect copyright.PENANAAHd9rXkshb
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.757Please respect copyright.PENANAF5QZsDCWdT
"May her royal majesty 757Please respect copyright.PENANAsCT01St0ip
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 757Please respect copyright.PENANAEQFOpG2Sct
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.757Please respect copyright.PENANARnMoOJWjc2
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.757Please respect copyright.PENANAna86rN7p9J
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.757Please respect copyright.PENANAtMeILkHnKi
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.757Please respect copyright.PENANAp3kILwQfIe
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.757Please respect copyright.PENANAh4R1K7G763
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.757Please respect copyright.PENANABzQDScOcHy
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.757Please respect copyright.PENANAyoSpqxIKTS
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAcMhN44nuw2
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."757Please respect copyright.PENANAfVRFE0cNrD
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."757Please respect copyright.PENANAhkHTkfDFlu
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."757Please respect copyright.PENANAu2cAJhpI9o
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.757Please respect copyright.PENANAcKhc7ZFvj7
She couldn't tell the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAlEJc9Zc2fl
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took757Please respect copyright.PENANAZgX55AjYMM
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group757Please respect copyright.PENANAnBUP5tppZY
photo with me in the middle.757Please respect copyright.PENANAUQPvH7h5mC
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.757Please respect copyright.PENANA6FYCpqBPnn
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.757Please respect copyright.PENANAfaB2sX4nym
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."757Please respect copyright.PENANA25s7qkJLM5
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."757Please respect copyright.PENANAtBPxbwdf7s
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.757Please respect copyright.PENANA7T75LWh8sH
Zoey smiled. "Even better."757Please respect copyright.PENANAvjOASoJt87
G-Dragon turned to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJY7svG08Jp
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAC6yTdzWShX
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdxdF2Ri6zL
him and he will find us."757Please respect copyright.PENANAYEMetBsL6Q
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.757Please respect copyright.PENANAKGvMTWhYGJ
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."757Please respect copyright.PENANAcSLk9ZAToi
We all stood on one side757Please respect copyright.PENANAekiWfaIUhu
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 757Please respect copyright.PENANAtD5VsdUJzx
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqKyq3ltCSB
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.757Please respect copyright.PENANA05rwb0ZMEn
"So, I was thinking, 757Please respect copyright.PENANANG2O7PWKHs
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAPgEbaY8ZrC
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 757Please respect copyright.PENANA4VS3DMZHCd
guys."757Please respect copyright.PENANAaLEmh8lhLr
Christine came forward 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdvhsJqipIQ
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 757Please respect copyright.PENANA6VSdfLiQpC
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.757Please respect copyright.PENANADGbAXCpnCj
With Christine and Mike 757Please respect copyright.PENANAEk54cpw0gG
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 757Please respect copyright.PENANAPTuQ8UUS4P
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAeHg7QXZtka
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 757Please respect copyright.PENANAjtC5NjDXlp
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVidvcsqjdD
themselves back and they again their backs touched.757Please respect copyright.PENANANfX7RGUKIQ
With a bit of skilful 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJkepsR5OOg
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew757Please respect copyright.PENANAwzdtHKrm70
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8SIPPpfm8F
air.757Please respect copyright.PENANAfCREUdZWwk
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."757Please respect copyright.PENANAs7HM6HFS3l
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.757Please respect copyright.PENANAaE43PF0ly9
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.757Please respect copyright.PENANAeUmRyqc2pP
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.757Please respect copyright.PENANA0kpk7Ftrat
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.757Please respect copyright.PENANA036MpOcecW
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFqOUvYYiG3
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.757Please respect copyright.PENANAPXAAaij9cK
The door soon opened and757Please respect copyright.PENANAHwVhQwrrOd
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 757Please respect copyright.PENANAyKhyhjcx4x
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFYRPAc5JCk
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.757Please respect copyright.PENANA9ROqGDkVjt
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.757Please respect copyright.PENANAPDRbM6WtL1
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."757Please respect copyright.PENANAwFb3zfQVz2
Mike and Christine 757Please respect copyright.PENANAvmIX8mc04V
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance757Please respect copyright.PENANAIlnoAK8YT0
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3tBCckoI9c
us will come in the scene.757Please respect copyright.PENANAEByGiE0CPu
"Mmmm," the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAuNfLQuGyGf
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8UKXPkMnZf
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.757Please respect copyright.PENANAQYa8VReKSF
"I like it," said the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAe1129myrZo
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 757Please respect copyright.PENANAYgKNtPpvul
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 757Please respect copyright.PENANAoY7pBgffoK
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzsZRiXlTic
comes in."757Please respect copyright.PENANAjKmQkDQZbV
Zoey and G-Dragon took 757Please respect copyright.PENANAbcz8ZrB8gy
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKXGn38dZN5
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 757Please respect copyright.PENANAokcEbsfRU4
were perfect.757Please respect copyright.PENANAubZ10fCSxl
"Excellent," said the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9Tl2nQwHgj
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAX6A80P2Pkv
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 757Please respect copyright.PENANAgY1OlxHoSa
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3qTYagmPm3
formation in front of them."757Please respect copyright.PENANAnnmwiMfPRC
We did as the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAp67JhyNkU2
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 757Please respect copyright.PENANAw8oMKEnCGq
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 757Please respect copyright.PENANAyJQri1e30s
the hang of it.757Please respect copyright.PENANAoSRPcPYWPo
A few minutes later, 757Please respect copyright.PENANACxD7ElRCez
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 757Please respect copyright.PENANARVloaY0X4R
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and757Please respect copyright.PENANAGexdHAEpQx
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.757Please respect copyright.PENANAERHNiUNt6x
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.757Please respect copyright.PENANAbQiKbxPNUY
I laughed, also staring 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5rOkJFbBh0
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your757Please respect copyright.PENANAjpK4kbqpBI
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."757Please respect copyright.PENANAdK4YbmIDHI
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAq3APwI3O4X
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.757Please respect copyright.PENANABZdwo6j7TO
I quickly scrambled up 757Please respect copyright.PENANAM8rDWZgsHX
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and757Please respect copyright.PENANAkOkvuLMnkY
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 757Please respect copyright.PENANAcHmug7nezk
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 757Please respect copyright.PENANA2rjGZNzAbZ
and removed my phone.757Please respect copyright.PENANAZau3fToLLV
I sent a message to the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAadJKMb1Guf
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he757Please respect copyright.PENANA9PeHWN1QxC
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5YZw9Dg8Me
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.757Please respect copyright.PENANAC0nv8YZQQg
"Good. We should meet."757Please respect copyright.PENANAcUfFESRAZI
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.757Please respect copyright.PENANAIWhN0xXx2b
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."757Please respect copyright.PENANAgXk9UocNsb
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."757Please respect copyright.PENANA82zzOCE8ax
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.757Please respect copyright.PENANAQkrR7Ips0U
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAja6cQwbDIQ
"You're one smart 757Please respect copyright.PENANAwGdbjodP3O
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the757Please respect copyright.PENANA2XppGjuA6X
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 757Please respect copyright.PENANAArpBdBjIOs
consequences."757Please respect copyright.PENANA4wi9gP6eH9
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.757Please respect copyright.PENANAyc0TJQRIRH
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."757Please respect copyright.PENANAGdeWyx0sZ8
"That's my girl."757Please respect copyright.PENANAFgi8wMpvbt
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.757Please respect copyright.PENANAR8ojMDKiU2
As I tucked my phone 757Please respect copyright.PENANAAQwtPb1JpB
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 757Please respect copyright.PENANA4toRn1euX9
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxj171LWarb
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 757Please respect copyright.PENANAHoGEeNlf6n
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.757Please respect copyright.PENANAfFUgXC0i4x
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.757Please respect copyright.PENANAYXaOoKMuJ7
When they both turned to757Please respect copyright.PENANAG9SQEWLHLU
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 757Please respect copyright.PENANALyiiVk6cRA
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAMt7MfZYe1N
couldn't help but feel that they were.757Please respect copyright.PENANAD4CZ740XSK
I laid back down 757Please respect copyright.PENANARH4R1Td23n
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3C6I2wQDEN
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqdraTzXeUX
two of us had in our room this morning?757Please respect copyright.PENANAArCmKnC5si
Yikes! If she did, then I757Please respect copyright.PENANAEvqbbG1VnR
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 757Please respect copyright.PENANAhprejbIATE
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqmIhjysT0E
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJHIK4yrOFM
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.757Please respect copyright.PENANAw0wsFalsuY
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.757Please respect copyright.PENANAKbaecRezy4
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.757Please respect copyright.PENANAaHen1nU4r4
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.757Please respect copyright.PENANAyToGFk52EH
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.757Please respect copyright.PENANAZpOqsYJMtS
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.757Please respect copyright.PENANAv0FMwYlLHY
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.757Please respect copyright.PENANACHFxWZ7N6t
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.757Please respect copyright.PENANAMZPR5QdYqC
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.757Please respect copyright.PENANAaimsSwbt6r
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.757Please respect copyright.PENANA5QGpBPMRWN
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAGCK7riPwm9
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAOmbHFMUNie
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA19AVVDkPJo
"No. It sounds great."757Please respect copyright.PENANApyqvLrXrJn
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."757Please respect copyright.PENANAzHWN8apsOl
"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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAfsB3iLbUii
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.757Please respect copyright.PENANAPmHOLLCP0y
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."757Please respect copyright.PENANAMe84U84Sx9
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAqTzYRnBEnN
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.757Please respect copyright.PENANAUtVt3OkHOj
"True," said Taeyang.757Please respect copyright.PENANAWZRvKbsWJl
"Okay," I said, feeling a757Please respect copyright.PENANAI72A6pCdtc
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAbIZkW5MAsn
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.757Please respect copyright.PENANA2ArU80xtKX
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.757Please respect copyright.PENANA50d8bBaiZr
After the three had 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOPAblcNiyg
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzn38ZL854j
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.757Please respect copyright.PENANA7kh5OAK8dD
While we waited, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAvbpw2tAEjn
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid757Please respect copyright.PENANAaOd7YC9D6U
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAquC6XOj7Lv
expression on his face.757Please respect copyright.PENANAv9dLiCTHA9
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAHNxJwmxaYk
He sounded serious and I757Please respect copyright.PENANABXbKH8ZyRi
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel757Please respect copyright.PENANAaVhyYdlYyV
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.757Please respect copyright.PENANA7DFKde13WN
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.757Please respect copyright.PENANAHrJKSxYogv
I got up from the floor 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3rhl2BLQeY
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 757Please respect copyright.PENANAWuX5uBquMe
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8AbwLmLMR2
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.757Please respect copyright.PENANAMdtqrH9CIY
I found G-Dragon three 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5dIPuJolU4
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVLposSjtQJ
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 757Please respect copyright.PENANALFyf7tACDd
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 757Please respect copyright.PENANA4n6bhtmh7n
close.757Please respect copyright.PENANACXe5MYquio
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAuh9F1T6jeN
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAsZ3jhoR914
"It's about Zoey," he said.757Please respect copyright.PENANADDEsAxab1g
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"757Please respect copyright.PENANACXVDR9SaLs
"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?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAzt4HRfxD05
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."757Please respect copyright.PENANATLQJzynnkR
"Really? That's all you can say?"757Please respect copyright.PENANADn4G0Q5erY
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."757Please respect copyright.PENANArugVgttVKw
"But you almost had."757Please respect copyright.PENANARnDoatrV3O
"Yet I couldn't."757Please respect copyright.PENANAGOtQn0Pyh1
"Zoey is right. You're 757Please respect copyright.PENANAIeWuEEotpF
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 757Please respect copyright.PENANAbp6SKfPZax
you know I was supposed to do it."757Please respect copyright.PENANA8RwtZwAhyJ
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."757Please respect copyright.PENANAVjQRxfa0uc
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAIbIu6mM1wQ
I paused before I could say, "what?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAraKmbHk0Rs
"You heard me loud and 757Please respect copyright.PENANAo4UYeM47qM
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKpTE4Cy9nG
to take matters into your own hands."757Please respect copyright.PENANABcilry9nxJ
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAmiEgYTBKj1
"Wait, that's not true," I said.757Please respect copyright.PENANAy9wt6XEnOS
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA7yjPMPtn6k
I now realised that I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqXvtC3Of3s
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 757Please respect copyright.PENANA7qGr2ag6KP
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his757Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZwGTWqDsX
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3mVi2Iy2jZ
bound to come up sooner rather than later.757Please respect copyright.PENANA2hAFBa69VP
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAYdhqsKEVei
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."757Please respect copyright.PENANA5HfubOZJyL
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAaQo1jR5lB0
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."757Please respect copyright.PENANASgMfvi0RY0
G-Dragon took a step 757Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ97KpmfYD
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZnqNfYLlV2
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"757Please respect copyright.PENANAMu6OfVhomi
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."757Please respect copyright.PENANAM5MEEuJGLa
"Then what did happen?"757Please respect copyright.PENANABzuJpw8I4V
"All of this is nothing 757Please respect copyright.PENANAooVL4N37RY
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqHJEW4e6Bc
happened that I myself couldn't control."757Please respect copyright.PENANAhxreNZtmgC
"Don't lie to me, Sam."757Please respect copyright.PENANA0oMA10Tzhs
"You know what, I'm 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZyssJrRulJ
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like757Please respect copyright.PENANAgPDaLQ3OYC
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 757Please respect copyright.PENANAh1eutpelVJ
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I757Please respect copyright.PENANAxWw2g5qX3g
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."757Please respect copyright.PENANA2rLzxmwPBG
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAE65Ta1eY2e
"Yes. But I know you 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3jk7vBYv7o
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 757Please respect copyright.PENANAr2e6KyK7ct
for himself that he and I could never be together."757Please respect copyright.PENANA297O0cXJFV
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.757Please respect copyright.PENANANTOACQamzB
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.757Please respect copyright.PENANAoAdEEGnwkv
I turned around to head 757Please respect copyright.PENANArGX2aVi2Ed
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or757Please respect copyright.PENANAv74Fipk0wT
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.757Please respect copyright.PENANA5QrY93TQ6i
When I came back in the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAR1gqrQ1FEB
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 757Please respect copyright.PENANAnaGdPx3CFZ
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.757Please respect copyright.PENANARrtUv6xKpv
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAIIaud3FqB4
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."757Please respect copyright.PENANA7Xq17M5eOY
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.757Please respect copyright.PENANASMa8IJY7qB
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAcETY2UrvFN
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."757Please respect copyright.PENANA0OAUS0Qg9V
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.757Please respect copyright.PENANAciRKwAi9Is
I heard the door open 757Please respect copyright.PENANApEr0rd1kc8
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 757Please respect copyright.PENANA4RzbCVyAoA
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.757Please respect copyright.PENANAda63fOjK5o
"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."757Please respect copyright.PENANAhMK3bQBqdY
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFYUz2P3JL6
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.757Please respect copyright.PENANAg39pFlFvCK
"Look guys," I said as 757Please respect copyright.PENANAXGxy8rC61o
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm757Please respect copyright.PENANAzqF6gMzZAR
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAU5fga25QNY
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.757Please respect copyright.PENANAuA2VIAD6AF
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."757Please respect copyright.PENANAnmvCJoOdv6
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAYzeKs4phpb
I didn't say anything 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZAr6oCpe5R
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others757Please respect copyright.PENANA9TEubpKeCG
who were waiting for either of us to say something.757Please respect copyright.PENANANc1RlEB9G4
Before anyone could 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdsJZ69MaKw
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqucNjPEVZ1
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAo5jCEzRikA
we went back to practising.757Please respect copyright.PENANA82dH7fInFz
I don't know how I 757Please respect copyright.PENANA6BqdqOCTCn
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.757Please respect copyright.PENANAPesgUCVgYF
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJp9Pa5Bkiz
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdoi5Oq36ps
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my757Please respect copyright.PENANABVhpdJ2Ks1
head in the real world and not mess things up.757Please respect copyright.PENANA05Y1pxdboW
It was lunch time and 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9ciNHv00ms
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1aDc7AzaQY
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 757Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ4ne97LFT
stranger.757Please respect copyright.PENANAT8m7As04Rd
Now that we were on a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAHRvxtU3CSS
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 757Please respect copyright.PENANAXNW8QBwmeK
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJGdem4uRwS
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just757Please respect copyright.PENANAT1NBvzFOif
too awkward for me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFy0TRVHuys
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"757Please respect copyright.PENANASdO9BUSDV3
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.757Please respect copyright.PENANAfRGpBQCaLm
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.757Please respect copyright.PENANATVXMeNuhn8
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.757Please respect copyright.PENANANUemeOK2AS
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."757Please respect copyright.PENANAPkq4kj9A00
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.757Please respect copyright.PENANAqPISn0Sbkq
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.757Please respect copyright.PENANAWW8zKnsgWn
"Good idea," said Taeyang.757Please respect copyright.PENANAnrEldtmqaL
As though they couldn't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqgtUQBmKqE
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAF6WkkAxQha
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1woX6pRott
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.757Please respect copyright.PENANAXnl42lpNIK
A few seconds later, 757Please respect copyright.PENANACo1LdPnTOF
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse757Please respect copyright.PENANArbaGu5l7Jn
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking757Please respect copyright.PENANA0v9wplJzlQ
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 757Please respect copyright.PENANAGLhv6duNuP
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.757Please respect copyright.PENANAGlqXu5hVL9
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.757Please respect copyright.PENANAP9rOCopWCT
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAEfKWDnCAaw
"A lot has happened 757Please respect copyright.PENANAEP3mKxhrTY
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 757Please respect copyright.PENANANriDVd3Q38
case there were any people snooping around.757Please respect copyright.PENANAdB8UtOlgK8
"What? What's happened?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAWUHavNRGBk
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."757Please respect copyright.PENANA2boxrOQcB7
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."757Please respect copyright.PENANA03KKHxrC31
"That's not the worst 757Please respect copyright.PENANAMtTI1yoDhs
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAgFfLlZzfjO
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."757Please respect copyright.PENANA1AH7ZqbCaP
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAIV80kgKS8B
"Like I said, he is 757Please respect copyright.PENANAS7FZ1S7Wza
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 757Please respect copyright.PENANAz2BcjrHIxh
are going to be toast especially with the press."757Please respect copyright.PENANAsWLPm0rDl7
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA1y9PqpvH1D
"I'm not sure if I can 757Please respect copyright.PENANAhNw6BEYEfU
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8BRcqZWQds
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."757Please respect copyright.PENANAZoRPgQNHtJ
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAtzpHKaqHVf
"I've no choice and I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAGBFHMcwxqS
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until757Please respect copyright.PENANAZDaeHJAbQb
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5JZi7xSuxm
cap and a scarf."757Please respect copyright.PENANA07L7mteh10
"What will you need that for?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA8MqErnXJbg
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.757Please respect copyright.PENANArUMRmNtm6L
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."757Please respect copyright.PENANArXBzQFx6Bx
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."757Please respect copyright.PENANAKj8cFwLFYk
I cut the call and this 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdSRDOxsVp3
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 757Please respect copyright.PENANAYEn5g0vaa7
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAFp42ZzwOPH
I reached the bottom of 757Please respect copyright.PENANA9RUiapTYB5
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 757Please respect copyright.PENANAIFN3XmrIQJ
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 757Please respect copyright.PENANAR79XfsrNsL
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 757Please respect copyright.PENANAMqjHD4HGAm
voices that I could recognise.757Please respect copyright.PENANARCsAhQPlxt
I went over to look, 757Please respect copyright.PENANACW7Mc2tex3
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 757Please respect copyright.PENANAizqM3mdzmm
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 757Please respect copyright.PENANArB83awVHwS
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 757Please respect copyright.PENANAK0G27cpCSv
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.757Please respect copyright.PENANAgfGc1uWCPK
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.757Please respect copyright.PENANAHKf0zq4VMN
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."757Please respect copyright.PENANAENh2ZodJl5
"I'm just surprised that757Please respect copyright.PENANAk1HvbwC3oI
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that757Please respect copyright.PENANAE01wSZBRRc
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.757Please respect copyright.PENANAJW0dPaGymN
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."757Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6XvVIsEpX
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAS3zgpr6987
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.757Please respect copyright.PENANAZnD5r2llUM
"I think so too," said 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqUhZfllxDV
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAraH7gXLZpm
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."757Please respect copyright.PENANAT6OnwHPC1L
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.757Please respect copyright.PENANAofbDe8Sf3T
I was expecting them to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAW92jMmiAWW
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 757Please respect copyright.PENANAV1iyGBbhMi
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 757Please respect copyright.PENANA63wUhikpo1
Who knows?757Please respect copyright.PENANABkC2zylzMq
Throwing that thought 757Please respect copyright.PENANAlTpBG1FUuZ
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 757Please respect copyright.PENANAcuyCHECmv3
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAKEFVQAWvAv
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.757Please respect copyright.PENANA3zj3chdo4S
There were still more 757Please respect copyright.PENANA29toNvPoXr
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery757Please respect copyright.PENANApIVALrWwUF
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAA1B9Djc5MT
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAoV3x125dVc
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJoyJ9BrL8o
away.757Please respect copyright.PENANAMVurETWjDe
In what seemed like 757Please respect copyright.PENANAMNIgVPWGzw
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 757Please respect copyright.PENANA42RrLcSY88
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.757Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ9rgUTbiQ
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.757Please respect copyright.PENANA956WoyGnEW
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."757Please respect copyright.PENANAtHcR0OpSvi
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."757Please respect copyright.PENANAwbyUZoU74K
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAkJUOOdaxy3
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.757Please respect copyright.PENANANbmJtdhT9D
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."757Please respect copyright.PENANAGuZhC4HKte
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.757Please respect copyright.PENANA5OakKNc64g
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAh3UCl0gZvS
"They have gone out for 757Please respect copyright.PENANAMu6Pclo3jr
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things757Please respect copyright.PENANA7HlTRL3j9B
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."757Please respect copyright.PENANAgNWdhePOFZ
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.757Please respect copyright.PENANAJiYhlHyRZF
"Ya. And they are about 757Please respect copyright.PENANAM7RfhhcXo7
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the757Please respect copyright.PENANAtbwjJ0Ulto
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.757Please respect copyright.PENANAYeTZdtYo8y
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"757Please respect copyright.PENANANGN05qy9rI
"Ya, that will be a good757Please respect copyright.PENANAGZl5smvQ0i
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 757Please respect copyright.PENANALAhX9LObb9
the guards might think when they see me."757Please respect copyright.PENANAEPLLRuNwYY
Lee and I started to 757Please respect copyright.PENANANsZbsTpfG8
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front757Please respect copyright.PENANAD8w8Gis26e
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 757Please respect copyright.PENANA97DKzYdEb3
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7UipojLoi
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3y5Mp5Hxtq
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.757Please respect copyright.PENANA90oUvq0FyE
When I finally managed 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdu18ERnSZs
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 757Please respect copyright.PENANAye8IKnItpK
away from the YG gate and down the street.757Please respect copyright.PENANARgGDgnAExq
I had to admit, I was so757Please respect copyright.PENANAMFDr3NnsDU
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAG3iuQ6QJER
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 757Please respect copyright.PENANAkNBrKBGZZH
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3vgbz4n2jQ
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.757Please respect copyright.PENANA83G0S0UNxw
After walking a few 757Please respect copyright.PENANAE82AdauX2o
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 757Please respect copyright.PENANARWHV3tVXGp
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8p7OySaVlt
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 757Please respect copyright.PENANAS20KzClL1T
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.757Please respect copyright.PENANAcuOVqjkcet
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.757Please respect copyright.PENANAB6kUMevi3W
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."757Please respect copyright.PENANArIGnqlgL4o
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face757Please respect copyright.PENANA8iU9CgA86S
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."757Please respect copyright.PENANA1hGSsh7PMI
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."757Please respect copyright.PENANAalUs12IiG5
I froze as I soon looked757Please respect copyright.PENANAXjupi4wJvo
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAlxyHm5oSYx
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 757Please respect copyright.PENANAgfLq1iYZNy
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.757Please respect copyright.PENANAehRHbyEBTL
I heard him laugh 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZnBg0SKb7n
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAkyBYrilliR
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."757Please respect copyright.PENANA0IVg6c3IBa
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAmfweL7HYq7
"I'm right here."757Please respect copyright.PENANAKdRM6xbeeV
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"757Please respect copyright.PENANAApnzYSsjOB
My sentence was cut 757Please respect copyright.PENANAV7YqKDmi4V
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge757Please respect copyright.PENANAuECCfcZbnf
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 757Please respect copyright.PENANAWiZ1q30er4
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.757Please respect copyright.PENANAKQQlMBYH6M
A smartly dressed 757Please respect copyright.PENANAy58NR5qqqc
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAPhcDbmwGzd
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.757Please respect copyright.PENANAIfY4ctQrau
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.757Please respect copyright.PENANAku45BJ6Ogz
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAm9rJNhR08c
A few heads turned my 757Please respect copyright.PENANAmKCLzGOsVE
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 757Please respect copyright.PENANARDFFivht2e
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOqToK8t2lR
and a little suspicious too.757Please respect copyright.PENANAHtH2kETIBp
I managed to awake from 757Please respect copyright.PENANAXKDxBlOm8l
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 757Please respect copyright.PENANApyPj0udJ8c
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA1kaf1ZNOEw
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAi7v4EzRsiW
driver's seat.757Please respect copyright.PENANAPvo2oGqF6Q
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.757Please respect copyright.PENANA8LeqRSNWx1
With my eyes, I looked 757Please respect copyright.PENANAy9JV1iQdO2
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzvspWRoIrL
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.757Please respect copyright.PENANAtwFT5layL9
He looked to be in the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA28K2qtSeRb
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 757Please respect copyright.PENANAmyJ3vwKs1K
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOwfPGAQO73
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into757Please respect copyright.PENANA7uUmyZVZEt
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVJeuZL0WIg
who had one heck of a body.757Please respect copyright.PENANAIH88X6tiYk
I hadn't said a word and757Please respect copyright.PENANAulVdhA33Yd
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 757Please respect copyright.PENANA7orxGTnls2
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 757Please respect copyright.PENANAjcsy3HpEQh
wrist. Who was this guy?757Please respect copyright.PENANAA2KeRjN3CA
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAkKCIyHV0Tn
I opened my mouth but 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKRUaLKhDsW
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOC1X8l6WAe
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAS9TPdNjOaJ
contact.757Please respect copyright.PENANA4Iky20MnKt
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANABnMmDiS6uF
"Yes, a pleasure to meet757Please respect copyright.PENANAEbvyRAd00a
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVCpqlmuqnC
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.757Please respect copyright.PENANA0CgqviKYRH
"I'm sorry we had to 757Please respect copyright.PENANA6PGh8j2TO4
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the757Please respect copyright.PENANAQTFkbrlA2V
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."757Please respect copyright.PENANAsANwTo2FEn
I looked at him and 757Please respect copyright.PENANASVHKT2VnCU
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 757Please respect copyright.PENANA2qNa1gT6xw
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 757Please respect copyright.PENANASi1uvSKotm
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we757Please respect copyright.PENANAXfxtssRwLR
hear about in mythical tales.757Please respect copyright.PENANAGrIYFDjNlb
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.757Please respect copyright.PENANAsKvote1ncW
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 757Please respect copyright.PENANARS7ZmkZGMl
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 757Please respect copyright.PENANA2bx4Z0jeyk
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."757Please respect copyright.PENANAYVK0YUV1B0
There was silence and I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAAz5FcWyCir
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made757Please respect copyright.PENANAJdt5CjFmfy
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 757Please respect copyright.PENANAiSwrkE8eD1
something.757Please respect copyright.PENANAig9pI4w85i
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.757Please respect copyright.PENANAxhB2R02rbu
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."757Please respect copyright.PENANAdPEVsi9zaW
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."757Please respect copyright.PENANA1hyl367TPr
"I was born in the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAaKorflfvsr
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are757Please respect copyright.PENANA5RpaqWZqwc
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 757Please respect copyright.PENANACh94CG281O
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVJIVGHuyze
business empire is what's so important to them."757Please respect copyright.PENANAx3KuzWNJnF
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.757Please respect copyright.PENANAnMgqSUWibA
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.757Please respect copyright.PENANAVQfjQBhI8T
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.757Please respect copyright.PENANAZsMpp8IhXz
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAXdKTRPphKx
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAB3Ch3310Eh
"Lunch?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAtFgnVRMgQc
"Yes, lunch."757Please respect copyright.PENANA93bufXuvWE
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.757Please respect copyright.PENANAEmQmTbbbko
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."757Please respect copyright.PENANAcSsineOQdB
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."757Please respect copyright.PENANAMgsd9zZyp0
I raised an eyebrow at 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8RIIUhitsp
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZiT7oWUBom
you have been able to find me on the street."757Please respect copyright.PENANAwohY5Wnv8i
He gave me that dashing 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFZUtzEkTBX
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 757Please respect copyright.PENANATDx80GSz57
would meet. I had to come prepared."757Please respect copyright.PENANAiDnrpQ6qdZ
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ahze5VmVn
"My apartment. It's much safer there."757Please respect copyright.PENANAFFLMc6nRDf
"You own an apartment?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAfxyPg4FKWJ
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."757Please respect copyright.PENANAaIIrJ1M0Jj
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."757Please respect copyright.PENANAGNxb7nbfAQ
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."757Please respect copyright.PENANApcrjTZ7oFi
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.757Please respect copyright.PENANAg2DZdVxvkE
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.757Please respect copyright.PENANAg6BEFy6uRs
It was a huge apartment 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJGv1E1enow
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAII8aeHR9Uz
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.757Please respect copyright.PENANA8wKAP9p3bi
After the car parked, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAkCO9Zl1Jfo
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 757Please respect copyright.PENANAjAjUBLnEhJ
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdCQwGqUpll
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAwYcYGgL6LC
came out of the car.757Please respect copyright.PENANAoZjEuMJp66
Derrick lead the way, 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFWn4lWO054
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKtl9wXrnnr
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA2mDppW0jZ7
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.757Please respect copyright.PENANAHc5lhCrUoe
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.757Please respect copyright.PENANARh92tGuX1w
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.757Please respect copyright.PENANAqYlCrIAQhB
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.757Please respect copyright.PENANAbDAK3cojkf
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAvZAbymQMDs
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."757Please respect copyright.PENANAFKpFn29g2l
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"757Please respect copyright.PENANANx8Cs04IJh
"Well, ya, I do! You're 757Please respect copyright.PENANAnRBLsqTEbs
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 757Please respect copyright.PENANAq5FLMbVEVM
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."757Please respect copyright.PENANALAJG55OByA
"Why?"757Please respect copyright.PENANATv9gYAOc1v
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."757Please respect copyright.PENANAohRJfbrYo5
The elevator doors flew 757Please respect copyright.PENANAXiwgZt4Rvm
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 757Please respect copyright.PENANAmmCMgu1dUE
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 757Please respect copyright.PENANAbOHf31VMKT
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxeM5TrZzXc
into heaven.757Please respect copyright.PENANAU72eA92pft
I stepped out of the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0SnfzNUGJD
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAcybCOUlKTx
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdfO00c4K4L
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAHD9bBbI1lz
soft red carpet.757Please respect copyright.PENANABHoHE2gR1n
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.757Please respect copyright.PENANAOXcudaYbXm
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."757Please respect copyright.PENANA5H3pebrOJE
I looked down the hall 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzC3womaRdh
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 757Please respect copyright.PENANA8hGYWQwU26
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 757Please respect copyright.PENANAVanFrfUX8e
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdeTQnXdc0a
coming.757Please respect copyright.PENANAQco8xWeA98
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.757Please respect copyright.PENANAG1fKpy2UB8
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.757Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5HzBN9THM
"Ladies first," said Derrick.757Please respect copyright.PENANA6EDR5VDjwM
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.757Please respect copyright.PENANAu3ld4aW7Bm
"This place is very 757Please respect copyright.PENANACfAb7EH3UY
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the757Please respect copyright.PENANAV0Dv8mA4j6
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 757Please respect copyright.PENANAhr0WDm9isO
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the757Please respect copyright.PENANAH83tDR4ubz
wall.757Please respect copyright.PENANAzdUp7RPE5F
I looked to the other 757Please respect copyright.PENANApQGrz9s6wx
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 757Please respect copyright.PENANAqKa2GgB9SL
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 757Please respect copyright.PENANA3WhjA3DJPP
beautiful flower vases with orchids.757Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0ikvQjl71
"I see you like 757Please respect copyright.PENANAGol3RQavmI
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 757Please respect copyright.PENANAJK0OmTHE87
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.757Please respect copyright.PENANAzwD21OUjXk
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.757Please respect copyright.PENANACJrWeFwDgZ
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.757Please respect copyright.PENANAtaSLulT8yl
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."757Please respect copyright.PENANAhmdYhhgu4h
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.757Please respect copyright.PENANAEE6wBXl388
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAiwYqlhYNU9
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.757Please respect copyright.PENANA5qZ5JyqbgI
The butler bowed and 757Please respect copyright.PENANAyaKneSFSrN
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAFkJXNfGTux
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 757Please respect copyright.PENANA5aCvVaJLIj
ground.757Please respect copyright.PENANAolT0ML0lAG
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAniUiRprjDs
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"757Please respect copyright.PENANANpYFmvW5Ui
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.757Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ms1BmfyJr
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.757Please respect copyright.PENANAmB0J5y7WEp
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.757Please respect copyright.PENANALZKLgNY0cx
As we got to the dining 757Please respect copyright.PENANAOoRuh6Fx2I
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZBRbwNThZZ
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and757Please respect copyright.PENANAkkllNCowUA
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.757Please respect copyright.PENANAVGiZ1cVTE7
The butler had served 757Please respect copyright.PENANAZJmkMuW7kN
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 757Please respect copyright.PENANALqnyFByeli
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 757Please respect copyright.PENANAyFqqUhvkZW
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 757Please respect copyright.PENANAiKMjQghdzj
next to the plates were spotless.757Please respect copyright.PENANAlaBWOtobke
Dishes of food were 757Please respect copyright.PENANAt0K0UC67aN
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAdB5P86Md2m
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 757Please respect copyright.PENANA7d5YzVrQYj
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAzfDhbG0jCT
lady.757Please respect copyright.PENANAWcL728WgIZ
The butler helped to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAQpZtMrLPSe
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made757Please respect copyright.PENANAhR0TdfyZG1
sure not to eat too much and take my time.757Please respect copyright.PENANAy3f0qCXDUR
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.757Please respect copyright.PENANAKEWi5elKXW
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.757Please respect copyright.PENANAM2eZiM0ZV6
"Now, about the issue at757Please respect copyright.PENANACPVc3Zzps8
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAivYZrEQQuJ
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.757Please respect copyright.PENANAGsUpvPYxzt
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.757Please respect copyright.PENANA5w79oIlcwy
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."757Please respect copyright.PENANA6fHC4qa4zw
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."757Please respect copyright.PENANACRoaMNRbxP
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.757Please respect copyright.PENANAeso6QWEVME
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.757Please respect copyright.PENANAJugI4zyoGE
The photo showed Zoey in757Please respect copyright.PENANAp4NvcNzkZK
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 757Please respect copyright.PENANA7ft9Ni4TUN
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 757Please respect copyright.PENANAcmTiLvgsbU
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 757Please respect copyright.PENANAnTWgVhLEGn
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 757Please respect copyright.PENANACWF2nWZulm
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.757Please respect copyright.PENANAxoJTFTNjqt
"I know this isn't 757Please respect copyright.PENANAcaBgCvSoBz
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 757Please respect copyright.PENANAUdbG7E5FTA
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA67Grv6s10p
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.757Please respect copyright.PENANAoM7YiZu1w9
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?757Please respect copyright.PENANAci4OpuiZKL
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.757Please respect copyright.PENANAEN6JaMhrem
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.757Please respect copyright.PENANAa36nIZhMPW
I looked at the photo 757Please respect copyright.PENANAxeONZcleGd
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 757Please respect copyright.PENANAq4UbsFRa6Y
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your757Please respect copyright.PENANA8QPjKrQRky
brother?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAs0PboM9i0z
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.757Please respect copyright.PENANACLizGYRxnt
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.757Please respect copyright.PENANAjKDLTN0Nvz
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.757Please respect copyright.PENANANHnS60hAAP
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAsszNu3g7I0
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."757Please respect copyright.PENANAOqjliIPvk5
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAbfjOJGszfv
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."757Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2GUhSREde
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAvDgavU4jc7
"I know my brother very 757Please respect copyright.PENANANgzQ7dxC5C
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 757Please respect copyright.PENANAvsCbDBwATX
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."757Please respect copyright.PENANA2OVNPJJau1
I then remembered the 757Please respect copyright.PENANAumLLEJUXBh
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 757Please respect copyright.PENANAUEwCBiDVyE
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 757Please respect copyright.PENANAkt9QB37g8z
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?757Please respect copyright.PENANAG18THjVtVe
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"757Please respect copyright.PENANA2OhEMgaGeu
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."757Please respect copyright.PENANAtRYPnfbVB6
"But that's strange. If 757Please respect copyright.PENANA6vKB4zErul
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 757Please respect copyright.PENANAKr709ctD4A
don't see the reason why they would hide."757Please respect copyright.PENANAYerfphRmH9
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."757Please respect copyright.PENANAex36HhYMe4
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAnFzG3PXbDD
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.757Please respect copyright.PENANApA8Q5beY9u
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."757Please respect copyright.PENANAbiBsF8sSMD
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAaVLAAodvhE
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAISBUqusn2G
"Wait! That was him?"757Please respect copyright.PENANArMsabOVCO2
"Yes. I was there."757Please respect copyright.PENANAIYm4uYfY10
"You were there too?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAfHjyGwMlgs
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."757Please respect copyright.PENANAx0mBndZVMn
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms757Please respect copyright.PENANA2sodGCtfFj
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAMJ4VvdUSth
"She is."757Please respect copyright.PENANAUuKuDCHyhA
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"757Please respect copyright.PENANATaSciEX1J1
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."757Please respect copyright.PENANA6wAZSktTbr
"And do you really think she would?"757Please respect copyright.PENANAaO4T78XGsy
I thought about his 757Please respect copyright.PENANAl6Cz41xB33
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth757Please respect copyright.PENANAA71eogKyEa
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what757Please respect copyright.PENANAn4qOnclGnY
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.757Please respect copyright.PENANAGlgsdjYG6u
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.757Please respect copyright.PENANAhyMxDzPySI
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.757Please respect copyright.PENANAEmkE9Inq7D
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."757Please respect copyright.PENANA9iixf7wmSK
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.757Please respect copyright.PENANABwYapeZPOt
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.757Please respect copyright.PENANAhiyB3RkXBp
"Before I go, tell me 757Please respect copyright.PENANALpVMwwsrRO
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 757Please respect copyright.PENANA0nbMsGYl4H
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."