Have you ever been awake964Please respect copyright.PENANA7Tbe2RbL8W
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart964Please respect copyright.PENANAjJomdzO4GD
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAEJhgnpGKek
day goes on?964Please respect copyright.PENANAoF4IFIDkrB
That's how I felt right at this moment.964Please respect copyright.PENANAoa1USKW5SW
I tossed in my bed, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAevDfYJycsO
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 964Please respect copyright.PENANAFPChy9GI54
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun964Please respect copyright.PENANAcbDlzvWSnk
could come up so that I could meet my end already.964Please respect copyright.PENANAQE3lEgTjMo
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANAXWlK9EBt1Q
I fell back on my bed, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAaPfwNNMlbp
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 964Please respect copyright.PENANAJaEN8VrQQH
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 964Please respect copyright.PENANAcwlQmRzhqZ
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 964Please respect copyright.PENANAkIVCVE6O6O
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 964Please respect copyright.PENANA3d0nJlWpAC
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAxHrUhEnaP4
mind even to dream.964Please respect copyright.PENANAT6DMYkuXVm
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.964Please respect copyright.PENANAsIae3K7zWJ
How I wish I could fall 964Please respect copyright.PENANApOl8fUSMa5
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I964Please respect copyright.PENANASO12T65qTo
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I964Please respect copyright.PENANARjZTmcuMLK
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.964Please respect copyright.PENANAGmzvqJi71H
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANApgN6Ap1IzY
I knew I now had to face964Please respect copyright.PENANAcgjJbXpO26
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 964Please respect copyright.PENANAw63v9zDb3p
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even964Please respect copyright.PENANAyjhsFo9THx
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 964Please respect copyright.PENANAAsQaa49a2n
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnjP0S09gV8
I knew her persistence 964Please respect copyright.PENANAc0zunwDEEq
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAyGqBYcSTOv
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 964Please respect copyright.PENANAaaYyL3z7xx
her if I had to tell her the truth.964Please respect copyright.PENANA9YM3hunUvV
I know sometimes we 964Please respect copyright.PENANA0vfmQi8qHu
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 964Please respect copyright.PENANALK0v6p2Hg3
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 964Please respect copyright.PENANApxd0Eejh8d
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 964Please respect copyright.PENANA3xlEncQ8hi
had now reached that point.964Please respect copyright.PENANAdh9kHItGVd
I sighed again as I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAynMJeREyTJ
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 964Please respect copyright.PENANAI8ymz1TO7h
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?964Please respect copyright.PENANACERgbS1yev
If it came to G-Dragon, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAdvx0CeV7ed
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I964Please respect copyright.PENANA9zZ22EV9SS
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 964Please respect copyright.PENANA3tm9prJnN6
lot harder.964Please respect copyright.PENANAP23MZRWSqV
How was I going to tell 964Please respect copyright.PENANAypmGt4NaaF
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 964Please respect copyright.PENANApwcQxsjKMs
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 964Please respect copyright.PENANA8HQQd8KzU8
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 964Please respect copyright.PENANAQll8CmZ3FO
either.964Please respect copyright.PENANAzwYu1czzy9
I kicked out the bed 964Please respect copyright.PENANATMB02jHdiy
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAl2zBq8PE8f
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room964Please respect copyright.PENANADsAFqaTbJY
in my purple pyjamas.964Please respect copyright.PENANAog3qnX3drv
I went straight for the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWziX1WirNQ
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAv8Of8V8K43
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 964Please respect copyright.PENANApG5MOlOkSO
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my964Please respect copyright.PENANAEFh4dfJRPP
mum.964Please respect copyright.PENANAjohD0waQAf
Hopefully, I was calling964Please respect copyright.PENANAPQHVlyyu8u
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 964Please respect copyright.PENANAyowoDHK4RR
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 964Please respect copyright.PENANApOz0JTW8Rm
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?964Please respect copyright.PENANAbXpeKGr8Gl
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.964Please respect copyright.PENANAGPoTcxca5P
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.964Please respect copyright.PENANAhsDyW2ZvJV
"Hello, Sam?"964Please respect copyright.PENANALtjqXvqvCU
"Hi, mum."964Please respect copyright.PENANAMiLD93vpGp
"Sam, how are you, dear?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAttOEf049uT
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAj7J5zw1KUa
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAXVeS95u9C8
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 964Please respect copyright.PENANACmC2OCUEdi
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."964Please respect copyright.PENANAPjVRPAzNAQ
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."964Please respect copyright.PENANAFTqPMwI4iP
"Ya, I can see you guys 964Please respect copyright.PENANAN3Gf7Shb4P
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPL5d8icxGB
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 964Please respect copyright.PENANAxF0sRpfyAI
her computer as she looked at the pictures.964Please respect copyright.PENANARMgEnybPZ9
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."964Please respect copyright.PENANA3tpEgfV8Dj
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."964Please respect copyright.PENANA2sJLTxyD9B
"I'll check out the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAsacJ96vEck
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPpGfe6ChTY
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 964Please respect copyright.PENANAsZaKZRCOPB
Why aren't you asleep?"964Please respect copyright.PENANADxppdUmggC
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA296P3HG8My
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."964Please respect copyright.PENANA6DTQZcVttG
I could imagine my mum 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZrS5eiLmAP
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on964Please respect copyright.PENANA7uJU3R1O7b
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 964Please respect copyright.PENANAQFR55HBmfD
her arms folded.964Please respect copyright.PENANAb7GfomorAh
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAKogoyweMsz
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.964Please respect copyright.PENANALbMscNnQyO
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."964Please respect copyright.PENANABuzuP1O1Ak
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."964Please respect copyright.PENANAI0BLG2CijD
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAK7Yvy8VLXR
"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."964Please respect copyright.PENANAMV4HiswcSs
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."964Please respect copyright.PENANAKQswMkKHJ7
"I've been lying to Zoey964Please respect copyright.PENANA0tBBgGpjHV
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 964Please respect copyright.PENANAb1qaJH6AXt
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPDI0yi1axM
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."964Please respect copyright.PENANAiGs6Zw8s7S
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."964Please respect copyright.PENANAA3wndT3xpA
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAzQfiWhWuFY
"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."964Please respect copyright.PENANAf6sIrvDtwq
"Trust me, mum, Collins 964Please respect copyright.PENANAwRUhM5d2zp
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 964Please respect copyright.PENANAkugGovyNd4
that you shouldn't say a word either."964Please respect copyright.PENANAOeP0wu5UZ4
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.964Please respect copyright.PENANANKyBFpciat
"You know I can never 964Please respect copyright.PENANAecDy4tmBLt
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAFS09mQRPXw
matter of life and death. I've no choice."964Please respect copyright.PENANAR9L3BH6msX
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAGJOjuiN3r8
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."964Please respect copyright.PENANAbcqhkpBaJc
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."964Please respect copyright.PENANAyHJS7qYDEc
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.964Please respect copyright.PENANA5BJRaxrFMn
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."964Please respect copyright.PENANAAMq7wLnSGO
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."964Please respect copyright.PENANAbmgqFXQQvh
There was silence at the other end. Until....964Please respect copyright.PENANAVhZKxs9fLm
"WHAT!"964Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9f7O8XfZ0
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."964Please respect copyright.PENANA4qCahcXJUp
"Then what is it? The 964Please respect copyright.PENANANCEh6wWEUs
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 964Please respect copyright.PENANAHAlqbrRqBN
feel like you're betraying your best friend."964Please respect copyright.PENANAF4Wg5FtbC6
"It was like that at 964Please respect copyright.PENANArlcWfYoxkA
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close964Please respect copyright.PENANAalWjQKfAKY
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 964Please respect copyright.PENANAP8czrnSTRZ
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining964Please respect copyright.PENANAOchHL7DIm6
fingers.964Please respect copyright.PENANAL8Loxtrdn6
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAEM0DVAzdyy
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."964Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3OB4Tl2ta
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."964Please respect copyright.PENANALyaIB1U0qR
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."964Please respect copyright.PENANA7xktHG1kU3
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.964Please respect copyright.PENANANC1I97b2NN
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."964Please respect copyright.PENANAEHAoGAA036
"And that's not the worst part."964Please respect copyright.PENANAey1rYXP1rN
I told her what happened964Please respect copyright.PENANAW4palsAYoy
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in964Please respect copyright.PENANAsufEE1Wg01
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 964Please respect copyright.PENANALPblQDRS6S
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung964Please respect copyright.PENANAIxD4WiTQmX
and the kiss.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnQb7Vojxwf
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.964Please respect copyright.PENANASZtUrsHXiJ
"Ssh, and listen."964Please respect copyright.PENANA5S5AioP9g6
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.964Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ3JjmISgn
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."964Please respect copyright.PENANAtJ79qTxJod
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."964Please respect copyright.PENANA3iNhiF1uxb
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAWs3G2Abc6b
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."964Please respect copyright.PENANAK4TtFCcMNF
"Are you scared?"964Please respect copyright.PENANARXUJU6BQjg
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAoPNU9yjlXu
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."964Please respect copyright.PENANAkXPePs5yy5
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.964Please respect copyright.PENANAL3LiJsul0X
"We all get hurt at some964Please respect copyright.PENANAysl7bEwgSi
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.964Please respect copyright.PENANAR0p4RkEkjX
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 964Please respect copyright.PENANAyb9UNn2HFz
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 964Please respect copyright.PENANAs0qRDBHGXF
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."964Please respect copyright.PENANATGgyDhb7ND
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.964Please respect copyright.PENANAQRjgOLDoqs
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.964Please respect copyright.PENANARRsZXKPVFv
"Don't cry, okay? You're964Please respect copyright.PENANAjmUEeKgzVU
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPKF5crKebj
will need all the rest you can get."964Please respect copyright.PENANAIxCcvQHSJO
"Yes, mum. I will."964Please respect copyright.PENANAJtlxRdFveH
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAyXQqilC7TO
"Okay. Bye."964Please respect copyright.PENANAeBuLBggvmj
I hang up and I quickly 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZR3Wi17tGX
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 964Please respect copyright.PENANAgiGe07p2cn
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5iAgvBl3TF
arms.964Please respect copyright.PENANAUrj6T160qB
It must have been some 964Please respect copyright.PENANAa4lV5H1GEu
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 964Please respect copyright.PENANArA9r3vmYSH
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.964Please respect copyright.PENANAAx4pxqwLfo
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.964Please respect copyright.PENANA3oAVDZDWib
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."964Please respect copyright.PENANAfm9szBYfVO
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."964Please respect copyright.PENANA0fgfRzFhWK
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.964Please respect copyright.PENANA4fcqdi97z6
"Sadly, it isn't, my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZsfQ1dZb4E
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 964Please respect copyright.PENANATVTtzSMw5u
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."964Please respect copyright.PENANADt35hDvDF4
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.964Please respect copyright.PENANArfp34PKRrD
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA2csqKKF9bK
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."964Please respect copyright.PENANAYuHqFxe2t2
"So, start talking right now."964Please respect copyright.PENANABH7wj8voDq
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAVLoYezBvGV
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."964Please respect copyright.PENANAhb0xghl0T8
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.964Please respect copyright.PENANAoG3KC5TPxA
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."964Please respect copyright.PENANAD0dfNTPCkM
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAXgjpgTs3dp
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."964Please respect copyright.PENANANSkog8z5z5
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANAt2lDeRf5oP
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."964Please respect copyright.PENANA11GmfSxZz0
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.964Please respect copyright.PENANACt9jQ163FG
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."964Please respect copyright.PENANA32UNWkT4Vu
"You like him, don't you?"964Please respect copyright.PENANADd9nkStXGC
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?964Please respect copyright.PENANA93GqEB01tS
"I..uh...no, that's not it."964Please respect copyright.PENANAB8q9LWElRh
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."964Please respect copyright.PENANAEOTqJhXWMv
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."964Please respect copyright.PENANAlSgzMTuzYD
"Expected from me?" Zoey964Please respect copyright.PENANAr9V8glUDbr
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.964Please respect copyright.PENANAoNq5NjI7Iv
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."964Please respect copyright.PENANAYAGTIAeL9o
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.964Please respect copyright.PENANANT0LjZMbNQ
"I know you feel guilty 964Please respect copyright.PENANAAAOEqdLaI9
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know964Please respect copyright.PENANAdvvxaZmtiG
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."964Please respect copyright.PENANAs5cjs5NNr6
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?964Please respect copyright.PENANAn8BJdKC132
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAdlfI2vbTmD
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."964Please respect copyright.PENANA9FBldLZ0RD
I wanted to slap my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAbhbMNF4qok
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't964Please respect copyright.PENANAS89e4Wff81
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 964Please respect copyright.PENANAC7JJzLuS9Q
it gets out of hand.964Please respect copyright.PENANA543iY9hrQF
"Zoey, listen to me," I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAyYGe0nLqrF
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 964Please respect copyright.PENANAAH82GsJjBk
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."964Please respect copyright.PENANAMA5zkNQ3qa
I paused. That was odd. 964Please respect copyright.PENANAlQnT0VmFqH
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I964Please respect copyright.PENANAU9umJVzgY6
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.964Please respect copyright.PENANAW77e6EUxaU
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA7ePaOOeAAs
What was wrong with me? I964Please respect copyright.PENANA5qlNV4K9NU
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 964Please respect copyright.PENANAsyS3CTqspd
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 964Please respect copyright.PENANAHor5LQllpP
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.964Please respect copyright.PENANASrxX3OPyTm
"You're weird, Sam," 964Please respect copyright.PENANAhNg6OiBeJa
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 964Please respect copyright.PENANA4W8VL8Tjf9
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 964Please respect copyright.PENANAAgU2ugpwrE
waiting."964Please respect copyright.PENANAHaDHwopd7W
Zoey closed the door and964Please respect copyright.PENANAj0VrXjdcqR
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 964Please respect copyright.PENANAAAiBPVaYn7
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 964Please respect copyright.PENANArk1P2a1Yks
harder than I thought.964Please respect copyright.PENANAOp1AziqIFw
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.964Please respect copyright.PENANAYuQcio9Tdl
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.964Please respect copyright.PENANAzWUS48S1QD
I stood up from my bed 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9tV8ke6E6I
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 964Please respect copyright.PENANADGfTxLQzPj
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which964Please respect copyright.PENANAfsPaLx2xCd
is the most important part.964Please respect copyright.PENANAn56hU97K20
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."964Please respect copyright.PENANAK17ztWJtC0
Whatever my conscious 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWOeB1qgbRN
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 964Please respect copyright.PENANA0eGq8ls5Y7
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 964Please respect copyright.PENANAX7P3u9qw9X
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.964Please respect copyright.PENANAmVdsDbdO6R
If that was the case, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAajEl499mms
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 964Please respect copyright.PENANAaFvlhwNuV2
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 964Please respect copyright.PENANAde7cn3mpdd
shattered completely.964Please respect copyright.PENANARnWXj1xjEb
While I was trying to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAEKLqBgaTK8
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach964Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9EcBzPmFT
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.964Please respect copyright.PENANAMylvej2Lox
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?964Please respect copyright.PENANAoJIrNngQhN
I answered the call. "Hello?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAeMZ03GXyjQ
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.964Please respect copyright.PENANARe0GWJbpeV
I held my breath. That 964Please respect copyright.PENANAOyHFv0J72J
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 964Please respect copyright.PENANAljmfaoeZoc
asking that question, not thinking it.964Please respect copyright.PENANAs5Yroel6OV
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAsrZCG1luv5
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."964Please respect copyright.PENANAPKm7Spfs8J
"Talk? Talk about what?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAV7uz5WOT9Q
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAZL12ieO0O0
"Photo? What...?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAa1ob7KGLwE
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.964Please respect copyright.PENANA7uyOtUENQB
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"964Please respect copyright.PENANARUR4tT0w6V
"If you haven't seen it,964Please respect copyright.PENANA7jQpiemFJQ
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAeEqQh6Cn44
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"964Please respect copyright.PENANApG7tCf646E
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?964Please respect copyright.PENANAold66ge0NE
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAKCgfTtebNi
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."964Please respect copyright.PENANAEhx5Ct0ANc
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAjoiNs8uq3P
I could soon hear the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAJbwqNoUeM8
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAhNTYZykbOv
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAB5zYfcENVl
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.964Please respect copyright.PENANAIAjsUQwZBS
I looked back at my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAKFmuP0zFSD
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I964Please respect copyright.PENANAdWIqEtpP8D
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 964Please respect copyright.PENANAChq2cwtr6Z
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 964Please respect copyright.PENANABkBVjt4rpr
download the photo.964Please respect copyright.PENANAPUiXIfUEza
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAGt2O308onY
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAtzN9MkahXJ
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."964Please respect copyright.PENANAHnj4PtohgT
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."964Please respect copyright.PENANAyxe7FFkooq
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."964Please respect copyright.PENANAKtQWYYr7PD
I nodded and Lee left. I964Please respect copyright.PENANAoQgvtrHQRk
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 964Please respect copyright.PENANAjt3a5cgtFS
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.964Please respect copyright.PENANAKpathPvQ3h
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."964Please respect copyright.PENANAXKCQXHA3R2
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.964Please respect copyright.PENANA1vtBsmxTFL
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.964Please respect copyright.PENANAYkqrKloHTi
"Zoey!"964Please respect copyright.PENANA7K9lzZ4pR9
"Not a word, Sam. You're964Please respect copyright.PENANAaYRenE7QVj
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 964Please respect copyright.PENANAzB9Cp3s9gf
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's964Please respect copyright.PENANAjlaxLybH85
up with you today."964Please respect copyright.PENANAqjDkRAgxij
If only she knew. So 964Please respect copyright.PENANA3oGObeqcPF
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one964Please respect copyright.PENANAn6BLKGIEDO
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.964Please respect copyright.PENANAMbhgkp1Oxy
I went to the bathroom 964Please respect copyright.PENANAvNtwcdMz8l
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAFW2vUwdj2r
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 964Please respect copyright.PENANA6iqz906EFW
reflection.964Please respect copyright.PENANAIeyVuY4BzB
I looked like I hadn't 964Please respect copyright.PENANA7SZyMQc3Fb
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 964Please respect copyright.PENANA0mj4G8JmS8
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZxZGF25aDh
if not by two.964Please respect copyright.PENANAauV3k58v6O
G-Dragon and Zoey were 964Please respect copyright.PENANAFJfPEs5GOI
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 964Please respect copyright.PENANATIqBIIZRjT
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 964Please respect copyright.PENANAy3yBNg5ueB
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 964Please respect copyright.PENANAsda1CTZ4wp
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?964Please respect copyright.PENANAN11TxkqY4D
After I took a quick 964Please respect copyright.PENANAEdHIjgIPGG
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone964Please respect copyright.PENANAw0Qeg7xdnq
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 964Please respect copyright.PENANA0COgrb8lH6
the bathroom to get her makeup done.964Please respect copyright.PENANAzxAeHJGIKw
I unlocked my phone. I 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5p2T3OFxJj
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 964Please respect copyright.PENANARdA3GZp8iR
photo must be done downloading by now.964Please respect copyright.PENANAms7xQ8GiNx
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?964Please respect copyright.PENANACowIvKEalA
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?964Please respect copyright.PENANANTu5wVj8WF
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnNvwxQNKxL
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.964Please respect copyright.PENANALq15W58gem
"Morning. How was your night?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAD9XA3GQMKT
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."964Please respect copyright.PENANA8vC5Vfaqua
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANAQXhnIExQHP
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.964Please respect copyright.PENANAtwyDBRvNKn
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."964Please respect copyright.PENANAU7fPBo8rLu
I smiled a little. At 964Please respect copyright.PENANAHDFozS5SoO
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAKqd8dCog6S
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 964Please respect copyright.PENANANpiLnaChjE
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAdb2qNlf0yC
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."964Please respect copyright.PENANAZfYe0O8QSz
"You too."964Please respect copyright.PENANAtSsC5Fjd4Y
He cut the line and I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWONQV3OcaW
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 964Please respect copyright.PENANANzrqpPyFr9
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 964Please respect copyright.PENANA0hcMnqYUZG
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.964Please respect copyright.PENANAPYJcQEo6dM
After I dressed up and 964Please respect copyright.PENANAsgwoGxXpFC
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 964Please respect copyright.PENANAE4Tq5YGLWi
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAjwq7pNXBhL
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAIubHszNw50
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 964Please respect copyright.PENANALKbv2kWYjc
room.964Please respect copyright.PENANAloNHyrsRT1
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.964Please respect copyright.PENANAHeEmW4q48c
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.964Please respect copyright.PENANA6dljv73DPA
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.964Please respect copyright.PENANAURZqJQtRYJ
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."964Please respect copyright.PENANAQtSfY12P0g
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."964Please respect copyright.PENANAMfBD9xP2HQ
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.964Please respect copyright.PENANAafgNUgOrpE
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANAOAXKj51zdN
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANAhS17LXTRZI
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.964Please respect copyright.PENANAxTBN6YfxNd
"What?" I asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAmzONbDtOkt
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."964Please respect copyright.PENANAvfeE3mst0g
I frowned. "So?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAPUUZsmzyyP
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.964Please respect copyright.PENANAwDbCrwc0eR
I was still confused. "So?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAM2U6N2z5Cb
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.964Please respect copyright.PENANArfMrVDqZ1m
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.964Please respect copyright.PENANALlrnLw2V28
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?964Please respect copyright.PENANAORPjUAZAK6
"I don't see the harm in964Please respect copyright.PENANAMb2Aprphb2
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 964Please respect copyright.PENANAqtDQKCZeZC
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 964Please respect copyright.PENANA75xVWbBBQP
that wrong?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA0fihzaJ3wX
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.964Please respect copyright.PENANAscMEG94AhI
"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."964Please respect copyright.PENANAS2w7H7imUM
"I can see that," said 964Please respect copyright.PENANArq7Fq9f5lv
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 964Please respect copyright.PENANAicLKvz5JiY
me but I decided not to say anything.964Please respect copyright.PENANAwF5Hu96mBH
When we were done with 964Please respect copyright.PENANAqoZPTIQopD
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 964Please respect copyright.PENANAduuFIiE6cp
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 964Please respect copyright.PENANABLVLLppl7f
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 964Please respect copyright.PENANANUqgH7fHyg
looking at my phone.964Please respect copyright.PENANAeS3NIlPp7Q
When everyone in the car964Please respect copyright.PENANANeVp85tVl9
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in964Please respect copyright.PENANATJAFioVK80
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 964Please respect copyright.PENANAU70BU3j8Bp
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.964Please respect copyright.PENANAXdjlrNhudK
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAiQaTO9q6VA
I quickly pressed the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAHuyCxfvozU
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 964Please respect copyright.PENANAbFF3JymKcw
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.964Please respect copyright.PENANAhxtAEpifs4
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.964Please respect copyright.PENANAbG58y9H8mA
"May I see?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAd8OJjjVcNS
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."964Please respect copyright.PENANATfwv4D16Ne
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."964Please respect copyright.PENANAWOigeogSWz
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAsQzEsDjkIx
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."964Please respect copyright.PENANAzsyw0oMlK4
I wish I could tell him 964Please respect copyright.PENANA2eb94dLReP
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 964Please respect copyright.PENANAhzPISgLDeq
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.964Please respect copyright.PENANA8HGuSejErS
Now that I had seen the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAxtDUcjsI5p
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9edKhuI73N
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 964Please respect copyright.PENANAVw8dhnAVXC
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.964Please respect copyright.PENANAPI1rDQfTNQ
Speaking of which, I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAF3sFaZryej
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was964Please respect copyright.PENANAVjXUmt9Ia3
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAxtZAMuFtuq
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAFJJMh9F47k
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 964Please respect copyright.PENANAhNudvggBR5
further onto the edge, I would burst.964Please respect copyright.PENANAt45mSHFnUA
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANA6Y4RJgX4z3
My heart skipped a beat.964Please respect copyright.PENANAPggzG7JJy0
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting964Please respect copyright.PENANAeEdUM6l5eF
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 964Please respect copyright.PENANASnRdcnFRbt
choice.964Please respect copyright.PENANAX84AUwhCZ9
As soon as I stepped out964Please respect copyright.PENANAO8xbaUxJ2Y
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAdGVmeD8RAn
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAfSHkyNptUq
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAk67WJt4Js2
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."964Please respect copyright.PENANATY6IQjl5Gb
"You're aren't the only 964Please respect copyright.PENANASGvaRBIipa
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 964Please respect copyright.PENANALBCHSfkR6o
to work on that when we get in there."964Please respect copyright.PENANA1D44AkS7xQ
I managed to put up a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAyJR2hdBuD5
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How964Please respect copyright.PENANAbEU3tLo7ng
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.964Please respect copyright.PENANAiUwSkOTWLy
As I came into the lobby964Please respect copyright.PENANAJZifV3zjXQ
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 964Please respect copyright.PENANA2QPRbyLNrh
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.964Please respect copyright.PENANAt3aEubZtFB
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."964Please respect copyright.PENANAiG0qXe1LYm
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.964Please respect copyright.PENANA05JbLpx84X
We all got in the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAu25TVLfk1Z
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up964Please respect copyright.PENANApwCt0ULI8y
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 964Please respect copyright.PENANA8gJFWsIscA
things.964Please respect copyright.PENANAp8nPOnMjOi
We got to the dance 964Please respect copyright.PENANA64w08aJ7jO
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 964Please respect copyright.PENANAClrWrvKV7X
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.964Please respect copyright.PENANAxuQLbKk7Cr
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.964Please respect copyright.PENANAig5kgqj9Fy
I was too lost in 964Please respect copyright.PENANATljSDStzlz
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAVoBrReQhAg
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.964Please respect copyright.PENANAB4Ny3ky9X0
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAD7vpg1QniF
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.964Please respect copyright.PENANAfpYpReCRLa
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.964Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ7v1tauYK
"Tell me about it," said964Please respect copyright.PENANANsJgFSqHCQ
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her964Please respect copyright.PENANAAMNIfwQBoU
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."964Please respect copyright.PENANA8hZraMPSvP
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANArsYAjXePml
"Too weird," said Daniel.964Please respect copyright.PENANApmSORu5QVT
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."964Please respect copyright.PENANAbEcOjOot76
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.964Please respect copyright.PENANAI73Vm0wwhD
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.964Please respect copyright.PENANAEQ4HjeFJKh
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.964Please respect copyright.PENANAva3PzsWLAP
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.964Please respect copyright.PENANAsibHMnSCVD
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."964Please respect copyright.PENANApQufeqSC4g
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"964Please respect copyright.PENANApmVTB6CoHw
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.964Please respect copyright.PENANA55QHX7Xxjl
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."964Please respect copyright.PENANAeXTTTBsYzV
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."964Please respect copyright.PENANAV9EP4xJLXy
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."964Please respect copyright.PENANAEq918G7Ppm
"I'm not."964Please respect copyright.PENANAKvImeXbvO7
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAlEwe103cCp
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANA37UZhBI0Ge
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.964Please respect copyright.PENANA8amvgfUy2y
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.964Please respect copyright.PENANAKtrBpbhYmr
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.964Please respect copyright.PENANABYiVdA3wnZ
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."964Please respect copyright.PENANAyaoQMWbBBk
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."964Please respect copyright.PENANA2iOeYiu3nI
Before I could turn 964Please respect copyright.PENANA8vX91fmLHu
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAtgoE95TH6y
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.964Please respect copyright.PENANAk2ugyF2Q5I
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.964Please respect copyright.PENANAUHp42k3vvl
I took the crown from 964Please respect copyright.PENANAGWJHP7jf5Z
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was964Please respect copyright.PENANAs9Kxug0XUr
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 964Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9YjMEnjHT
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 964Please respect copyright.PENANA7HsnvoHrp4
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.964Please respect copyright.PENANA6tIKclJJQH
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.964Please respect copyright.PENANAkzxR7zGOsj
"It is," said Seungri 964Please respect copyright.PENANAnwlkFMOS3j
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 964Please respect copyright.PENANAm3ZgCGYKIH
stones because it's your birth stone."964Please respect copyright.PENANAbR0A7Wfbum
"Aww! Thank you so much,964Please respect copyright.PENANAzWjlRmqsf5
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew964Please respect copyright.PENANAw5PzNciloV
he was going to brighten up my day today.964Please respect copyright.PENANALDXkQCO74R
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"964Please respect copyright.PENANA78HX59CcRh
"I want to wear it," 964Please respect copyright.PENANA19Pu00dYd3
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 964Please respect copyright.PENANAEDptXvhO2h
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.964Please respect copyright.PENANASAXojtYxzv
"Don't I look like a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAngLgRChQ0k
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAlwcVMI4r5C
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.964Please respect copyright.PENANAOTDbJDG1mO
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.964Please respect copyright.PENANAsx6yFaIXhL
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.964Please respect copyright.PENANAcTyA2SQbuQ
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.964Please respect copyright.PENANA0fye2Q7Hqg
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.964Please respect copyright.PENANAmhTQFgmHhg
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."964Please respect copyright.PENANA9NUtMzy55O
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.964Please respect copyright.PENANAN4Yngl1RqE
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.964Please respect copyright.PENANAKLmXCpNhnG
"May her royal majesty 964Please respect copyright.PENANAsFr050ribh
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 964Please respect copyright.PENANAdbWODGgNRm
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.964Please respect copyright.PENANAwF0PZ4EOsR
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.964Please respect copyright.PENANA5jxR9Vs4VV
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.964Please respect copyright.PENANAbN17BKVMNq
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnk7WJYqoCE
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.964Please respect copyright.PENANAQIDC9Sxc6t
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.964Please respect copyright.PENANAiYNSB9OU4s
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.964Please respect copyright.PENANA3C5S9V32pu
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAm5HI9XyaG4
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."964Please respect copyright.PENANA1iNtQNgcy7
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."964Please respect copyright.PENANAbEIguNYbz6
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."964Please respect copyright.PENANAUhcqjUBaHE
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.964Please respect copyright.PENANAVDwCKpqBr8
She couldn't tell the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAmEAzkpRMW9
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took964Please respect copyright.PENANAea0gnw5KCm
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group964Please respect copyright.PENANAJsUNIJoZlz
photo with me in the middle.964Please respect copyright.PENANAorYu5z68gW
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.964Please respect copyright.PENANAqPR6ED19za
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.964Please respect copyright.PENANAAMwvUCLcw3
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."964Please respect copyright.PENANA8Unh1s21Pl
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."964Please respect copyright.PENANAYIEM5CRNRs
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.964Please respect copyright.PENANAsbvXj51sTb
Zoey smiled. "Even better."964Please respect copyright.PENANAtDkvAGNheg
G-Dragon turned to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAsloHJP5Xme
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAzsZw3EaskR
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9OZv4KKi7H
him and he will find us."964Please respect copyright.PENANALFTosYSrCe
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.964Please respect copyright.PENANAfTbYWMBivn
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."964Please respect copyright.PENANARwIyFRoCT4
We all stood on one side964Please respect copyright.PENANAeMfDCRBhlr
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 964Please respect copyright.PENANAymysPzA4DD
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 964Please respect copyright.PENANAwHHe7HAXTE
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.964Please respect copyright.PENANAVK70y5alEu
"So, I was thinking, 964Please respect copyright.PENANARQvX3a4BfU
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 964Please respect copyright.PENANACSggY8gxL8
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 964Please respect copyright.PENANAD95tmG4eSm
guys."964Please respect copyright.PENANAym0LOw5r7J
Christine came forward 964Please respect copyright.PENANAmSfvX6KWbe
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 964Please respect copyright.PENANABfhMZ1NyRQ
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnIHzij11Pg
With Christine and Mike 964Please respect copyright.PENANAfoYts5H5NB
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 964Please respect copyright.PENANA7alVY20UnD
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAO9eqqYlEtU
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 964Please respect copyright.PENANA50TBG5BrQu
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 964Please respect copyright.PENANAnbWbL2lByx
themselves back and they again their backs touched.964Please respect copyright.PENANAwhmBAh3c3f
With a bit of skilful 964Please respect copyright.PENANAp42G1wU9gx
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew964Please respect copyright.PENANAwm0mkGrnn5
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 964Please respect copyright.PENANApBQ8QoNEDO
air.964Please respect copyright.PENANAJhosijuQDw
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."964Please respect copyright.PENANAfespY2alt4
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.964Please respect copyright.PENANAaXnLde6H7G
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.964Please respect copyright.PENANALO8CwlmuEd
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.964Please respect copyright.PENANAIMAAwR8Cly
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.964Please respect copyright.PENANAuHmDoVeDPn
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAdxhemPY0aN
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.964Please respect copyright.PENANAaaPg7ZvCKI
The door soon opened and964Please respect copyright.PENANABEyAoO66MK
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 964Please respect copyright.PENANAfhRJVJPrOv
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.964Please respect copyright.PENANAmtETQuU1Xb
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.964Please respect copyright.PENANA3jB1RxoFZW
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.964Please respect copyright.PENANArXqB3TGlu6
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."964Please respect copyright.PENANA7v2gzCVDII
Mike and Christine 964Please respect copyright.PENANAt4NnZzFLKf
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance964Please respect copyright.PENANA2DooF1lQ77
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 964Please respect copyright.PENANAXyxcDr8phJ
us will come in the scene.964Please respect copyright.PENANAjdyc48cMut
"Mmmm," the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAGlJHGFbX6h
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWqFM5N7QWF
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.964Please respect copyright.PENANA2hrz0vMyNP
"I like it," said the 964Please respect copyright.PENANA6k3rjkgNRl
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 964Please respect copyright.PENANA8T1bgtt8Lt
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 964Please respect copyright.PENANASOH2jXSs4a
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 964Please respect copyright.PENANArOmxq8Vxxt
comes in."964Please respect copyright.PENANAR8nANTyh4E
Zoey and G-Dragon took 964Please respect copyright.PENANAN0Xwvz4bYl
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 964Please respect copyright.PENANACjgYtU70fR
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5cTNDU2EiO
were perfect.964Please respect copyright.PENANA8zxGWo8nAF
"Excellent," said the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAzdceVSNkff
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAgOsxjJspTp
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 964Please respect copyright.PENANASARUCo6lVb
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 964Please respect copyright.PENANA0NvU6kIf0l
formation in front of them."964Please respect copyright.PENANAYJ0EHKCvBa
We did as the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAMn9w3TtthH
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 964Please respect copyright.PENANAo1NP4xWXxC
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 964Please respect copyright.PENANANQApnDYpdh
the hang of it.964Please respect copyright.PENANAU2cG9arm3M
A few minutes later, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAA2GEfe6doO
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 964Please respect copyright.PENANA27ZceO7b4A
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and964Please respect copyright.PENANAfuDKAt0YMH
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.964Please respect copyright.PENANAKf6TSo6tmt
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.964Please respect copyright.PENANAViaq44K8yY
I laughed, also staring 964Please respect copyright.PENANAzZvDaGcNTz
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your964Please respect copyright.PENANAGyr9VntqiL
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."964Please respect copyright.PENANAy5i4GKmkho
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAf1l3R5F74n
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.964Please respect copyright.PENANA4e1B2zvFFK
I quickly scrambled up 964Please respect copyright.PENANASW4A7dDbQf
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and964Please respect copyright.PENANAMZTZI27DaS
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 964Please respect copyright.PENANASaWSf8jMqL
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 964Please respect copyright.PENANACfx9z8fslB
and removed my phone.964Please respect copyright.PENANAaUFylb2B4A
I sent a message to the 964Please respect copyright.PENANArv0ceIjKtJ
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he964Please respect copyright.PENANAXbX36ZmYl1
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 964Please respect copyright.PENANASc6XkYy7VV
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.964Please respect copyright.PENANAgSt8XDlLoR
"Good. We should meet."964Please respect copyright.PENANAjzC9s2wswG
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.964Please respect copyright.PENANAGe1wjPeuN4
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."964Please respect copyright.PENANAdraL1gK2GZ
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."964Please respect copyright.PENANAlMLMyzWsSD
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.964Please respect copyright.PENANAHaHhfUcqSW
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAEpfz7qv0rs
"You're one smart 964Please respect copyright.PENANAY2r2S1aiQS
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the964Please respect copyright.PENANAN1HyyNRbxR
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 964Please respect copyright.PENANAHqd4LFKr9r
consequences."964Please respect copyright.PENANAXo4GF7TIvf
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.964Please respect copyright.PENANA3h5zfNNlSt
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."964Please respect copyright.PENANA2knEaM2jUl
"That's my girl."964Please respect copyright.PENANAUFtjGu6ImA
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.964Please respect copyright.PENANA43gjff6n9c
As I tucked my phone 964Please respect copyright.PENANAhFF8Wvj0S4
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 964Please respect copyright.PENANAHDSKc9NPIX
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 964Please respect copyright.PENANA7Qno5KSWCM
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPOyCZ5TVgX
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.964Please respect copyright.PENANApHvR6BzuMP
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.964Please respect copyright.PENANARsum58FJnQ
When they both turned to964Please respect copyright.PENANA0DfGxVH0Z7
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAXqeBcCZRQe
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 964Please respect copyright.PENANASmhXShvFnM
couldn't help but feel that they were.964Please respect copyright.PENANAuxX3TodRvF
I laid back down 964Please respect copyright.PENANADIJ0oCG6NQ
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 964Please respect copyright.PENANAvDSRUMr2jy
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAT4JqkSKZNz
two of us had in our room this morning?964Please respect copyright.PENANA5YmiCAdRfs
Yikes! If she did, then I964Please respect copyright.PENANAtdhLRvbhix
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 964Please respect copyright.PENANABtXfAOLmvs
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 964Please respect copyright.PENANAYrYIzB1nxp
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 964Please respect copyright.PENANAbj73CDFxgR
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.964Please respect copyright.PENANAmZHep2X8Lw
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.964Please respect copyright.PENANAzfGTOPp52O
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.964Please respect copyright.PENANA8EOtHMAQJZ
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.964Please respect copyright.PENANAuCKSKwXbIF
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.964Please respect copyright.PENANAGRfhY9bhAl
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.964Please respect copyright.PENANAUWbBN0Qt8h
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.964Please respect copyright.PENANAsaE9vQE5Ew
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.964Please respect copyright.PENANABOopMJVrvA
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.964Please respect copyright.PENANAOdXyml2GBR
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.964Please respect copyright.PENANAaogx6hGXcL
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAHblywHXLtL
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAlzfCfzV67K
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAM3zIyHK1PU
"No. It sounds great."964Please respect copyright.PENANAM6jRdm4P2r
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."964Please respect copyright.PENANAsPB0TsPSkO
"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.964Please respect copyright.PENANAtaQSGN2bia
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.964Please respect copyright.PENANAwdhOBNjzAP
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."964Please respect copyright.PENANACbz9yOwUGz
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAj40xoXsemI
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.964Please respect copyright.PENANAEpQSw5yyzT
"True," said Taeyang.964Please respect copyright.PENANAX0Z9BNOFGT
"Okay," I said, feeling a964Please respect copyright.PENANAo1cRixVLE3
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAv6hTlmpVHe
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.964Please respect copyright.PENANASQP42VoQlQ
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.964Please respect copyright.PENANAukc8GFzNzT
After the three had 964Please respect copyright.PENANADcMirEBh7s
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 964Please respect copyright.PENANAbtWVXruu4u
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.964Please respect copyright.PENANASsQP8vgEq8
While we waited, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAKPsagzBD3z
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid964Please respect copyright.PENANAxYkgfrzvPL
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAp45AAdT90y
expression on his face.964Please respect copyright.PENANAsvOc6o6cJf
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAuZjnC42QfX
He sounded serious and I964Please respect copyright.PENANAxcCnUN00KL
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel964Please respect copyright.PENANAa9FZsEt6Qz
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.964Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7w2pRiWoF
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.964Please respect copyright.PENANAEm4dbLC3fr
I got up from the floor 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5GuCn26kTx
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 964Please respect copyright.PENANAnWbX15BQ9F
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 964Please respect copyright.PENANA1aNypAvCCU
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.964Please respect copyright.PENANA5MLqkAMPFP
I found G-Dragon three 964Please respect copyright.PENANAQoM1Hf1GOV
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAEG3j1iTtU0
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZwsRtad6U3
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 964Please respect copyright.PENANA63bRrJj3x4
close.964Please respect copyright.PENANA1S8Bp5GuI1
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANA2VYdjPW982
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANAVEhCdS2URH
"It's about Zoey," he said.964Please respect copyright.PENANABdIJklimSQ
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAo3MyisoPkp
"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?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAMPan1GLhZf
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."964Please respect copyright.PENANAuadWqESA4s
"Really? That's all you can say?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAeIvLSbvjfY
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."964Please respect copyright.PENANAdpRhXESuhm
"But you almost had."964Please respect copyright.PENANAW7j4T0c1Lz
"Yet I couldn't."964Please respect copyright.PENANA0hYtBnL9sn
"Zoey is right. You're 964Please respect copyright.PENANAieK91FXGSu
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 964Please respect copyright.PENANA7xRYddgOPq
you know I was supposed to do it."964Please respect copyright.PENANA8aaxHKBoYB
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."964Please respect copyright.PENANArdWrXjgpZj
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"964Please respect copyright.PENANArjW9wJw9pg
I paused before I could say, "what?"964Please respect copyright.PENANARgMaBvUK2b
"You heard me loud and 964Please respect copyright.PENANAfVU1oZIshg
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 964Please respect copyright.PENANA12wBzBidLf
to take matters into your own hands."964Please respect copyright.PENANAO0CCQFfY5M
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANALgWOpdKUF6
"Wait, that's not true," I said.964Please respect copyright.PENANAWXjUounA1K
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAhxfopiRdZh
I now realised that I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWbduEMOFRv
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 964Please respect copyright.PENANAAhXdcBRcme
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his964Please respect copyright.PENANAFBRbSKorFP
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 964Please respect copyright.PENANABomCTb362a
bound to come up sooner rather than later.964Please respect copyright.PENANArgyTU1AJHX
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAFJGpc6nlZU
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."964Please respect copyright.PENANA2b4kT8EQw8
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAg5hX72SKnQ
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."964Please respect copyright.PENANAnT2HwWAPrM
G-Dragon took a step 964Please respect copyright.PENANAtqdjpHg0MI
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 964Please respect copyright.PENANACgXtTZOguh
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"964Please respect copyright.PENANAeTeuNF92e9
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."964Please respect copyright.PENANA7LRasQzYXc
"Then what did happen?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA0OAlKSqXN3
"All of this is nothing 964Please respect copyright.PENANAd77VAZoklq
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 964Please respect copyright.PENANANO0iXcvauf
happened that I myself couldn't control."964Please respect copyright.PENANA7mYd2h6VBX
"Don't lie to me, Sam."964Please respect copyright.PENANALShEM0AmBQ
"You know what, I'm 964Please respect copyright.PENANAN1SETr4CJo
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like964Please respect copyright.PENANA1h1VaMZGQ9
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 964Please respect copyright.PENANA8d1aK41OQJ
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I964Please respect copyright.PENANAt3cdfqStMY
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."964Please respect copyright.PENANAATsZ8D390A
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAu20KlMQT0D
"Yes. But I know you 964Please respect copyright.PENANApgcHmmgCll
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 964Please respect copyright.PENANA1wFbnOQe3T
for himself that he and I could never be together."964Please respect copyright.PENANA4JcCAQxGEG
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.964Please respect copyright.PENANArLjqs0YHsN
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.964Please respect copyright.PENANAqFb17bd8ZQ
I turned around to head 964Please respect copyright.PENANAQnHE9ot9iX
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or964Please respect copyright.PENANAICaIe8PCtC
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.964Please respect copyright.PENANANjPtABQ8jO
When I came back in the 964Please respect copyright.PENANARUJtY0qhCf
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 964Please respect copyright.PENANARpdiPqMBay
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.964Please respect copyright.PENANAMx5s0xfwzN
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAHDMPRfXbKn
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."964Please respect copyright.PENANASdHjq9lQK3
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnZrcjOTamM
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAJmrLeBvpzW
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."964Please respect copyright.PENANAgs3vkXCQQ2
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.964Please respect copyright.PENANASZOAMeqK1j
I heard the door open 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9gL78xN2c2
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 964Please respect copyright.PENANAInBLTI3TqN
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.964Please respect copyright.PENANAMdbgVgNRpj
"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."964Please respect copyright.PENANAcDVgZxVpJM
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.964Please respect copyright.PENANADP7izrb6Hi
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.964Please respect copyright.PENANAieeG8eYLDo
"Look guys," I said as 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9oj6QWnw54
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm964Please respect copyright.PENANAptgLP3Qxn2
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAhRh2qPmeAA
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.964Please respect copyright.PENANA6KyVfXt9Pq
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."964Please respect copyright.PENANA7glnP6Cdd1
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAP5jymp1Ows
I didn't say anything 964Please respect copyright.PENANA1METJ7ZIQB
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others964Please respect copyright.PENANAMFtlhRPaB9
who were waiting for either of us to say something.964Please respect copyright.PENANAPM9AE9f3di
Before anyone could 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1bZZg5NOA
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 964Please respect copyright.PENANAqbQQz41HQi
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAtQQHFsiscO
we went back to practising.964Please respect copyright.PENANARue6bue7uw
I don't know how I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAY9rmS6YjgT
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.964Please respect copyright.PENANAlqGUfZfVQn
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 964Please respect copyright.PENANARgIDsCpuAQ
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 964Please respect copyright.PENANAboXhcv2dnW
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my964Please respect copyright.PENANARwhpVTNfoV
head in the real world and not mess things up.964Please respect copyright.PENANAvGLCu8X6wI
It was lunch time and 964Please respect copyright.PENANAyXq0i2K00E
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 964Please respect copyright.PENANACWYendxmHW
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 964Please respect copyright.PENANABJ55k23q1W
stranger.964Please respect copyright.PENANAk48fhUJ0RG
Now that we were on a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAH89aRSYAG3
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 964Please respect copyright.PENANAx7otvtiBW3
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 964Please respect copyright.PENANAjIm9ZPaQIR
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just964Please respect copyright.PENANAl0sq4qc0md
too awkward for me.964Please respect copyright.PENANA32mxDevMEc
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7iUGVTDEf
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.964Please respect copyright.PENANAqrt1jFMPHD
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.964Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nze3A1Gik
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.964Please respect copyright.PENANAFii3r1iomf
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."964Please respect copyright.PENANARmk1AAG4VM
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.964Please respect copyright.PENANAO03UEpLjH1
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.964Please respect copyright.PENANAx37DVoSkpZ
"Good idea," said Taeyang.964Please respect copyright.PENANAAJsBxpSaZp
As though they couldn't 964Please respect copyright.PENANAB1HErJSl1U
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAK6dnPi34Kj
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 964Please respect copyright.PENANANygX2gPOBy
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.964Please respect copyright.PENANARrrfV3xBpH
A few seconds later, 964Please respect copyright.PENANARrQrDmPaXI
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse964Please respect copyright.PENANA0UHE107d55
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking964Please respect copyright.PENANAedC9fk4Stf
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 964Please respect copyright.PENANAATDZxHHWZb
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.964Please respect copyright.PENANAC5TWvnQSfz
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.964Please respect copyright.PENANALk7HlwCBIW
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAtorh1WLrXz
"A lot has happened 964Please respect copyright.PENANAx9erESH0py
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 964Please respect copyright.PENANAXRz7x7trli
case there were any people snooping around.964Please respect copyright.PENANAzLY2MRaukL
"What? What's happened?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAtOu8mMHFLb
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."964Please respect copyright.PENANAfs8bnwehkg
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."964Please respect copyright.PENANAWesT2MzLPw
"That's not the worst 964Please respect copyright.PENANANgsyy7K5jJ
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAMgxMeHNfgW
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."964Please respect copyright.PENANA2TGzFPwHR8
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAakmi6etzcG
"Like I said, he is 964Please respect copyright.PENANAEbcIyLWdQL
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPLAw7EjPVD
are going to be toast especially with the press."964Please respect copyright.PENANAasR0g045Tu
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAGm63B5At6C
"I'm not sure if I can 964Please respect copyright.PENANAvZYjRxCFMq
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 964Please respect copyright.PENANAs2yVrLqiT3
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."964Please respect copyright.PENANAYue5kkaDO3
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"964Please respect copyright.PENANALY8jbBRXYo
"I've no choice and I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAKSeovgU2sY
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until964Please respect copyright.PENANAm8jS0IWuqE
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAll5SVgNTRV
cap and a scarf."964Please respect copyright.PENANAppfykXAIDv
"What will you need that for?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAN9Cjqeg7Dz
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.964Please respect copyright.PENANAv7FZ9KZ9Cs
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."964Please respect copyright.PENANAKWekaQmJgF
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."964Please respect copyright.PENANAZh3YmIH6cb
I cut the call and this 964Please respect copyright.PENANA7q8E3Z35dA
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPmu3cCWgat
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAtoaJ99upHv
I reached the bottom of 964Please respect copyright.PENANAcSHCMfjeBD
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5CrV3gvXNv
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 964Please respect copyright.PENANA4l4ssHE8yy
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 964Please respect copyright.PENANAkO8mopQtyi
voices that I could recognise.964Please respect copyright.PENANAAlj18OSjda
I went over to look, 964Please respect copyright.PENANA4W8jGTxQVM
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 964Please respect copyright.PENANAbUsefZvrcm
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 964Please respect copyright.PENANASmoo3NmmZ8
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPa7t3pIZ1k
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.964Please respect copyright.PENANAy9pwTEpZ05
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.964Please respect copyright.PENANAIB7V5IVFk8
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."964Please respect copyright.PENANAoFCMtOnWvJ
"I'm just surprised that964Please respect copyright.PENANA2EwLiYAOlp
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that964Please respect copyright.PENANAQGWfODWGXc
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnPnRUD3HxM
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."964Please respect copyright.PENANANFJSQYzRLy
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAkON9brsAGN
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.964Please respect copyright.PENANAjTKVxSGEaR
"I think so too," said 964Please respect copyright.PENANAskoCWb3oly
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 964Please respect copyright.PENANATouvbP8cZx
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."964Please respect copyright.PENANAyPyyyk3PcU
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.964Please respect copyright.PENANA4cByAWJZb2
I was expecting them to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAz1Eg6bkc2j
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 964Please respect copyright.PENANADZ5YcIuBh0
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 964Please respect copyright.PENANA2MtjChticZ
Who knows?964Please respect copyright.PENANAOPfssfx5TI
Throwing that thought 964Please respect copyright.PENANAz0QuuXQV5y
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 964Please respect copyright.PENANAnX5AYoK4IP
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAlYuUHylVzc
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.964Please respect copyright.PENANAAGUen1nIB9
There were still more 964Please respect copyright.PENANAhDIsw7ACjd
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery964Please respect copyright.PENANAZkPuzGxAyQ
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 964Please respect copyright.PENANArPB86TgnwN
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5SFAjAE9ba
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWb1xcgnHei
away.964Please respect copyright.PENANAKliQLwR7Rc
In what seemed like 964Please respect copyright.PENANAhyR4xlidkD
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 964Please respect copyright.PENANAdnWe9f6l48
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.964Please respect copyright.PENANAPgim7SuKSn
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.964Please respect copyright.PENANAtVoEQXtXbH
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."964Please respect copyright.PENANAV5k9HEDRnj
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."964Please respect copyright.PENANAMKFxdV2gya
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAEztOE2w395
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.964Please respect copyright.PENANAKTWzHZ93ly
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."964Please respect copyright.PENANAtmD0Jm8FJV
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnl9f03BCjk
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAlxxSIcAanV
"They have gone out for 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5O19uJVJBh
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things964Please respect copyright.PENANAHKafQOoZ6L
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."964Please respect copyright.PENANAciX4Rm5wAO
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.964Please respect copyright.PENANAE61uSUeXGu
"Ya. And they are about 964Please respect copyright.PENANANEnqdQ3ZUS
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the964Please respect copyright.PENANAlt0HixJFiv
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.964Please respect copyright.PENANAKeZWkXZ49h
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"964Please respect copyright.PENANATRJihl6tmR
"Ya, that will be a good964Please respect copyright.PENANANzqpaKDW8H
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 964Please respect copyright.PENANApu6PvekUGZ
the guards might think when they see me."964Please respect copyright.PENANAuAh6Xv3reC
Lee and I started to 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9ucbmXjUGn
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front964Please respect copyright.PENANAj6qnM2s7Z2
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 964Please respect copyright.PENANA3kVOa1vky4
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 964Please respect copyright.PENANAP4rhIBpTvE
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 964Please respect copyright.PENANAfI8D59NPMT
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.964Please respect copyright.PENANAq5n885rpFI
When I finally managed 964Please respect copyright.PENANACJv2PAF23Z
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 964Please respect copyright.PENANApBWg06VGMM
away from the YG gate and down the street.964Please respect copyright.PENANAEf1WvtYXhT
I had to admit, I was so964Please respect copyright.PENANAZaKO6RBMVd
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 964Please respect copyright.PENANAML2ErAJcf3
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 964Please respect copyright.PENANA8iW1lnCYUG
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 964Please respect copyright.PENANALrPSsfPnFW
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.964Please respect copyright.PENANA4jvZ0aJ1mW
After walking a few 964Please respect copyright.PENANAdpLvqnkO82
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAujR3CqQFK9
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 964Please respect copyright.PENANAJKbyqfntRN
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 964Please respect copyright.PENANAMRmYWy7FNy
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.964Please respect copyright.PENANAqfxX0j9uX6
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.964Please respect copyright.PENANA17FiOT4kia
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."964Please respect copyright.PENANAextxgoCNkI
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face964Please respect copyright.PENANAaYBBFgXKn5
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."964Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6NmhFQNTw
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."964Please respect copyright.PENANAsBVCsEARNO
I froze as I soon looked964Please respect copyright.PENANAw74WOt6C2L
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 964Please respect copyright.PENANASYvjDKUOvd
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 964Please respect copyright.PENANAJjNKotCEXY
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.964Please respect copyright.PENANAK9MNYmU0nV
I heard him laugh 964Please respect copyright.PENANAek28feU0Qs
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAvyVG6HavcW
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."964Please respect copyright.PENANAOYKBVbI2Cn
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAZISk5NVhtJ
"I'm right here."964Please respect copyright.PENANAHsIXgCF0jE
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"964Please respect copyright.PENANAoh5cJpVgiw
My sentence was cut 964Please respect copyright.PENANAlmXHfUu6ZM
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge964Please respect copyright.PENANAslns9vptzb
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 964Please respect copyright.PENANAjnofIspVbj
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.964Please respect copyright.PENANAy3WwM8wA3s
A smartly dressed 964Please respect copyright.PENANAS501YZlbmN
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 964Please respect copyright.PENANAarTf6iAfMd
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.964Please respect copyright.PENANAMPmDU8Zyt8
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.964Please respect copyright.PENANASycuLk6qsx
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANANuFIOjdsae
A few heads turned my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAbhpHJ828PB
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZyUxvn9wdd
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 964Please respect copyright.PENANA1yUGIiXaU4
and a little suspicious too.964Please respect copyright.PENANAHzaJhlJ8v5
I managed to awake from 964Please respect copyright.PENANAqKYRuq7Jym
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 964Please respect copyright.PENANAlVteJwfL3x
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5uNMu7YDjr
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 964Please respect copyright.PENANA8qWP6Tf6cp
driver's seat.964Please respect copyright.PENANAs8SNyYbe3v
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.964Please respect copyright.PENANAEsGcD6Xyqr
With my eyes, I looked 964Please respect copyright.PENANACkJh4OkTZo
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAMDeuUv6Pqj
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.964Please respect copyright.PENANA6JqK15vLsX
He looked to be in the 964Please respect copyright.PENANArivQPcm0Ty
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 964Please respect copyright.PENANAwnzq4EmgZS
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 964Please respect copyright.PENANAak9zJimxz2
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into964Please respect copyright.PENANAttKXHx3IfD
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 964Please respect copyright.PENANAf5fWbpHhY1
who had one heck of a body.964Please respect copyright.PENANAcU3ECI75Oi
I hadn't said a word and964Please respect copyright.PENANA2p2aZan0Zr
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 964Please respect copyright.PENANAo1OYipXgZV
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 964Please respect copyright.PENANA6NEe9vnKQg
wrist. Who was this guy?964Please respect copyright.PENANAqgYV4tzAst
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANA96nsxob0lS
I opened my mouth but 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWznt9zRIz7
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 964Please respect copyright.PENANAAnd6t33U7c
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAf1kytg6PgA
contact.964Please respect copyright.PENANAWiUYAzwLrU
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANAZN9Pa7InMv
"Yes, a pleasure to meet964Please respect copyright.PENANArrX5d0Xznw
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 964Please respect copyright.PENANAkeo3tsjk8H
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.964Please respect copyright.PENANAVuJ0qZnxM3
"I'm sorry we had to 964Please respect copyright.PENANA3BhAdxcCds
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the964Please respect copyright.PENANAKrQ1RaVDZs
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."964Please respect copyright.PENANAyeUQ4bpZer
I looked at him and 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWSr4UrWTYp
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 964Please respect copyright.PENANAN4voI4ehH7
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 964Please respect copyright.PENANAv6L2bPzGEa
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we964Please respect copyright.PENANAdIUf1SRAt3
hear about in mythical tales.964Please respect copyright.PENANA6ydlAXi1S2
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.964Please respect copyright.PENANA2PLzv1tUA7
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4Z5Qyh33I
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 964Please respect copyright.PENANApwXcDbCFdO
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."964Please respect copyright.PENANAVU2r4KoYp3
There was silence and I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAqfh2jXLrYG
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made964Please respect copyright.PENANAthPlmBKqfK
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 964Please respect copyright.PENANAxognfj78wE
something.964Please respect copyright.PENANAzrl5xGyCoY
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.964Please respect copyright.PENANAL5Rl6nr1Nm
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."964Please respect copyright.PENANADh5TLulhiQ
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."964Please respect copyright.PENANAUq9mHzYZDe
"I was born in the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAll5wwbKFun
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are964Please respect copyright.PENANAAc5cMgLqyL
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 964Please respect copyright.PENANAGhwTv9GXJU
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZUHH5G8OBg
business empire is what's so important to them."964Please respect copyright.PENANAwdAYEpkF59
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.964Please respect copyright.PENANASw0OdwXFjV
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.964Please respect copyright.PENANAA4ZTFVuipl
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.964Please respect copyright.PENANAlqtpybnEz2
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA3aRXUlNtus
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAaWcTolCO7b
"Lunch?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA0QqMnC6O0y
"Yes, lunch."964Please respect copyright.PENANArv0tRwluG0
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.964Please respect copyright.PENANAMtWMbIwsmK
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."964Please respect copyright.PENANAhdSZcB6mV0
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."964Please respect copyright.PENANATiWnU467zv
I raised an eyebrow at 964Please respect copyright.PENANA6YapnGgeMS
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 964Please respect copyright.PENANAyHJsEF1UMN
you have been able to find me on the street."964Please respect copyright.PENANAIicHQ5viJo
He gave me that dashing 964Please respect copyright.PENANAK5gmLRiLe2
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 964Please respect copyright.PENANAuTin8HmuJM
would meet. I had to come prepared."964Please respect copyright.PENANAT2tO8n8JPI
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA8N55rraiRS
"My apartment. It's much safer there."964Please respect copyright.PENANAR9pVza5q67
"You own an apartment?"964Please respect copyright.PENANABqTrF7qRQz
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."964Please respect copyright.PENANA99pT2MxpPD
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."964Please respect copyright.PENANAhNp0buhIov
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."964Please respect copyright.PENANA0MSXcUqeaW
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.964Please respect copyright.PENANAqWmRwZlji5
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.964Please respect copyright.PENANAVHJ2pkYAKK
It was a huge apartment 964Please respect copyright.PENANA63xmbQSqSK
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAZnDAwc8kQZ
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.964Please respect copyright.PENANAapgGPPtRzA
After the car parked, 964Please respect copyright.PENANAC5vDB8RsCY
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 964Please respect copyright.PENANAtv07407v4S
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAxeCDd6ikS3
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAkNV3arC392
came out of the car.964Please respect copyright.PENANAeaI190gAvN
Derrick lead the way, 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9jVZcFMLMI
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 964Please respect copyright.PENANAchhgmkk7FI
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAolDKKfvAQl
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.964Please respect copyright.PENANA8mFdxw7iJG
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.964Please respect copyright.PENANAkm94srTe9A
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.964Please respect copyright.PENANAkN3FnrwuYC
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.964Please respect copyright.PENANAhwyOqTFWtS
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAMjbdLqH93U
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."964Please respect copyright.PENANAvV5lTnOrOR
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAr9PbSPh4KA
"Well, ya, I do! You're 964Please respect copyright.PENANAOhVKzgfHx9
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 964Please respect copyright.PENANAAD89up1F1w
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."964Please respect copyright.PENANAcaik9saJBI
"Why?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAekj3uSIvRU
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."964Please respect copyright.PENANANjYRdEFbg6
The elevator doors flew 964Please respect copyright.PENANA8wy2P26B6K
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 964Please respect copyright.PENANAyHzwyNuPXb
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 964Please respect copyright.PENANAocRHwjPyxw
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 964Please respect copyright.PENANAvAOZcBRM8U
into heaven.964Please respect copyright.PENANAPbNLLQhnCG
I stepped out of the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAL3iaHVomPz
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAdzDE82TMwd
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 964Please respect copyright.PENANAWB6bTRNUSP
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAgG7IrZxgzC
soft red carpet.964Please respect copyright.PENANAxrLltfBcBP
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.964Please respect copyright.PENANAyl3vPoJ5Da
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."964Please respect copyright.PENANA7fVXxbSnQ8
I looked down the hall 964Please respect copyright.PENANA82YzEd18AC
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 964Please respect copyright.PENANAtwk7RlJQAp
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 964Please respect copyright.PENANArhuZnErMmC
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 964Please respect copyright.PENANAiAKXdnuqny
coming.964Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2qNqk5nYh
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.964Please respect copyright.PENANAV4TFEQsBHF
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAeJy1JGnxxL
"Ladies first," said Derrick.964Please respect copyright.PENANAHjPrMxdPg6
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.964Please respect copyright.PENANAjJC4JJDgn8
"This place is very 964Please respect copyright.PENANAkob8IwisP9
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the964Please respect copyright.PENANAWsGG2Zne6t
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9OeeGc7r5p
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the964Please respect copyright.PENANAcCar6hzfGq
wall.964Please respect copyright.PENANARLimJwbZTj
I looked to the other 964Please respect copyright.PENANAkSjvn1skcv
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 964Please respect copyright.PENANAtWXyVCl7ht
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 964Please respect copyright.PENANAW8pxOMeZfA
beautiful flower vases with orchids.964Please respect copyright.PENANAchwJbaZFSC
"I see you like 964Please respect copyright.PENANADga7S4n0Eh
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 964Please respect copyright.PENANAhOx0gqfRTR
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.964Please respect copyright.PENANACWx1nuJTiM
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAXqCGLjG15u
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.964Please respect copyright.PENANALx3MWpMLxP
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."964Please respect copyright.PENANAFiwRgWkN5J
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.964Please respect copyright.PENANARwuNue39qs
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"964Please respect copyright.PENANADr83vYwxkG
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.964Please respect copyright.PENANAiLKYHyVL4I
The butler bowed and 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5HmfdnG9Yo
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAjb4fZcFoRt
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAwHtZi5T16I
ground.964Please respect copyright.PENANAET23vlVgzl
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANA9a9iDOrcxu
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAx1ZUZlC9Ev
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.964Please respect copyright.PENANAONnHhnwYHh
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.964Please respect copyright.PENANAGVgBTVB9Xs
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.964Please respect copyright.PENANAo60VgM4iwV
As we got to the dining 964Please respect copyright.PENANADtIxh9NrIb
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 964Please respect copyright.PENANAynpjK8Wf3u
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and964Please respect copyright.PENANAYy8xChbI5c
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.964Please respect copyright.PENANAAgq071zUz3
The butler had served 964Please respect copyright.PENANAUweU03w3bV
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 964Please respect copyright.PENANAuxNDBRTvkO
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 964Please respect copyright.PENANAcgDa4g4foH
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 964Please respect copyright.PENANA1cB2dKJ6JC
next to the plates were spotless.964Please respect copyright.PENANAX9VxhsjoOc
Dishes of food were 964Please respect copyright.PENANA4xeCAJoc7i
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 964Please respect copyright.PENANAjnnC9pQomH
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 964Please respect copyright.PENANA2T024G3O7c
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 964Please respect copyright.PENANAjrXW3nu25f
lady.964Please respect copyright.PENANABF0gVTf2MU
The butler helped to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAP5lM3uoZ6b
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made964Please respect copyright.PENANAALLJA5rAWg
sure not to eat too much and take my time.964Please respect copyright.PENANAXSIThj5wdp
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.964Please respect copyright.PENANAxUTtgoNHzF
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.964Please respect copyright.PENANA4gvjtFnjoo
"Now, about the issue at964Please respect copyright.PENANA9DkFcdLDYS
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAVRCPQ4KWXE
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.964Please respect copyright.PENANA5xvZSFF0Gj
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.964Please respect copyright.PENANAZLsFTraMBA
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."964Please respect copyright.PENANA4e2ES7AK7H
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."964Please respect copyright.PENANAJUH6owAijZ
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.964Please respect copyright.PENANA6XZy8T2rKC
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.964Please respect copyright.PENANAh6ZRmGHWa6
The photo showed Zoey in964Please respect copyright.PENANAOyGvDELl6j
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 964Please respect copyright.PENANAI64tQzEZBX
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 964Please respect copyright.PENANAPfdRVMCLJX
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 964Please respect copyright.PENANAd5xoJGjTnh
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 964Please respect copyright.PENANAxwaImndyrG
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnw4uLzguOC
"I know this isn't 964Please respect copyright.PENANAIgXiEyzOEN
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 964Please respect copyright.PENANAODGdCe8NCf
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAUHFgywtsuB
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.964Please respect copyright.PENANAeLMMshnf8a
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?964Please respect copyright.PENANAAZIdofDmym
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.964Please respect copyright.PENANAdX5ezsLf43
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.964Please respect copyright.PENANAYpXsjSMs9K
I looked at the photo 964Please respect copyright.PENANAYW7zTTYisg
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 964Please respect copyright.PENANAcZx9unIsU8
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your964Please respect copyright.PENANAEg4BoRfodz
brother?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAp8FVfqat72
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.964Please respect copyright.PENANA4MMlQX0OVm
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.964Please respect copyright.PENANA903j7RKRxI
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.964Please respect copyright.PENANA27TpdvMN0L
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAchloc2FiCo
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."964Please respect copyright.PENANA3RDtFeoVJC
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAL69WE0Vp4O
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."964Please respect copyright.PENANACBml6wJcvj
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAzA4EpnuMy9
"I know my brother very 964Please respect copyright.PENANA1PbScNzPjg
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 964Please respect copyright.PENANAArYLkoA3fC
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."964Please respect copyright.PENANAjVaB2D0Rcs
I then remembered the 964Please respect copyright.PENANAsmhTdtkyxL
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9EaQ4Sobm5
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 964Please respect copyright.PENANA9g9Bcc2Vin
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?964Please respect copyright.PENANAnKAgpEhAYY
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAMQoxmeZ0Vb
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."964Please respect copyright.PENANAYumjt0h9bm
"But that's strange. If 964Please respect copyright.PENANA5R9WXdZmWJ
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 964Please respect copyright.PENANArfojLJVYqE
don't see the reason why they would hide."964Please respect copyright.PENANArW6gI38p2Y
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."964Please respect copyright.PENANAsEOxAatD6S
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAKXyQ2gcfmg
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.964Please respect copyright.PENANANFdzBA7ZRN
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."964Please respect copyright.PENANAVB0T4ADrXs
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"964Please respect copyright.PENANANLdj0f5kao
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAJAk1U0bfTv
"Wait! That was him?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA4ffhFRr8Vm
"Yes. I was there."964Please respect copyright.PENANAzLBx0dWBS3
"You were there too?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAihNkWRUgRY
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."964Please respect copyright.PENANA2hZ2QuU012
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms964Please respect copyright.PENANAXAz68rihxt
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"964Please respect copyright.PENANA9gAW7jyb1P
"She is."964Please respect copyright.PENANAxugVKaNwE1
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAqT7IviF3CH
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."964Please respect copyright.PENANA2SER1JLvBV
"And do you really think she would?"964Please respect copyright.PENANAUQ4M1Hu4x0
I thought about his 964Please respect copyright.PENANAdmOR7Kt0aj
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth964Please respect copyright.PENANAu0McQ9wuBA
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what964Please respect copyright.PENANAX4YJ4oTqnw
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.964Please respect copyright.PENANAWBHSB4pB6T
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.964Please respect copyright.PENANAnNXBZRSUPi
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.964Please respect copyright.PENANA6wOWQINeqC
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."964Please respect copyright.PENANAaYgDRcGVBa
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.964Please respect copyright.PENANAMUjQaR6qY5
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.964Please respect copyright.PENANAIL3boLsdjx
"Before I go, tell me 964Please respect copyright.PENANAljP1zs39Si
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 964Please respect copyright.PENANA0j6W9w0JJG
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."