Have you ever been awake1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9q7CO51jtv
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart1060Please respect copyright.PENANANouXKQs5hC
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUxBGDq68Jt
day goes on?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY6Tc9zGLXF
That's how I felt right at this moment.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGCpQLTo7Tq
I tossed in my bed, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsEo3QPPYDm
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA88S9Qk5nLA
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun1060Please respect copyright.PENANALBhmDnCwAo
could come up so that I could meet my end already.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvTofWIeewa
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANArDoxBh7d49
I fell back on my bed, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcsWefXJBXw
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArq2DPdVj6v
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhigZQWjLUm
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6LbM2jskZv
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9lUCnD9f70
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyjn0dSECsI
mind even to dream.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8ubo4r6JNZ
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAA1u8bP0f05
How I wish I could fall 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADIN7pzkCOz
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXvrfIHWDE2
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qe4TPhuWB
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQoNmxOLAFb
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5VQQED8U3R
I knew I now had to face1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEqatz7mB0d
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7k8qmkjLxe
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even1060Please respect copyright.PENANABmru7D2h4Z
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAME6243AI8w
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgibvT53R1m
I knew her persistence 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMySEDEVvmo
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHPEnVqO38J
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA22BieLFm5M
her if I had to tell her the truth.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAheLeqVaU92
I know sometimes we 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA052Dpe9BWj
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANTmi2Nyntt
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtNMC3EUW41
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVOGPc9KrEw
had now reached that point.1060Please respect copyright.PENANArploqCR1TC
I sighed again as I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArNeYAhbLOZ
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgyMkIuRvNm
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXHhwTRUI8X
If it came to G-Dragon, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtMp7uiRnxk
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwHXdeadCqt
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQZVm2AqQ7t
lot harder.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAl5x9IeUCQ
How was I going to tell 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACNc7mHbOfi
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADSzOCQh55l
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAseyqcWt4sf
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIKUwvK39FD
either.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAs2hNZjCeMj
I kicked out the bed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaA7NkoreqI
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXBDQIYfwPQ
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUmbIK0I3UL
in my purple pyjamas.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqKvOvphplV
I went straight for the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcmuLMoibU0
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXPdpgB7rb9
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4e7MJcRogt
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9zikYZDSkT
mum.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfY8XDYLR0y
Hopefully, I was calling1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8YHAGYrO10
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdwwZ3KSCjz
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkwzBsN5ITE
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1fss2OILH8
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbfv4RWPXDs
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiua8800ft5
"Hello, Sam?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWNpXEEr3H9
"Hi, mum."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr62TxTiEgA
"Sam, how are you, dear?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVq2EiliTBe
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKTYnvozbVd
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvva3Slkod9
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZsgyU1n6MB
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."1060Please respect copyright.PENANALOpWZz64Wa
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAckZOtltx08
"Ya, I can see you guys 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8dKThcxHSg
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEtusRAVClO
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqWcffrATam
her computer as she looked at the pictures.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu6DI0sMbxr
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKJBTpMzg80
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiWt59nlLxn
"I'll check out the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANo2cFclYD1
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAo7DWdJfsee
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1Co8YEwGIB
Why aren't you asleep?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQaHpEJRPim
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoWIhGwBjhj
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtyIwAT9y9p
I could imagine my mum 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0ABKEeR3y0
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on1060Please respect copyright.PENANA530eJB94OB
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwfrF0beAKD
her arms folded.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsqX5AoerKr
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxUrWjPkXSs
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGdXiBx8wmx
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMhnMv62QOc
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxPqlx2kTVz
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGNZQiSlat6
"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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuwjDLeULMI
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj4xJ4Zb7zZ
"I've been lying to Zoey1060Please respect copyright.PENANArUSbYweu1N
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjTPsAL9B3K
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANdBfD6AwSh
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5J9jaSqMWr
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXcaDDhe7E6
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdN3qs8O3HL
"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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC1JZ9T9Z3w
"Trust me, mum, Collins 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANwWEgUfA4O
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAN93Z6DaaSx
that you shouldn't say a word either."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAllHVFclAen
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuO3tRgYmpn
"You know I can never 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXt9dy0Q3O0
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt6r9EY6aCl
matter of life and death. I've no choice."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeqoDKUn5dw
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYKNjeEldWy
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjARTdN87xv
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdybIkU4bjY
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOmVEymWSh2
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtmtVP6UNPa
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOlQ6xljvNC
There was silence at the other end. Until....1060Please respect copyright.PENANAU2KYG09B65
"WHAT!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6KKYeio9z
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."1060Please respect copyright.PENANALiZytSxDwn
"Then what is it? The 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlcq1iAnFIg
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbwm7fZacwK
feel like you're betraying your best friend."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAh95Jz9ILJm
"It was like that at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaMNsl4DX1m
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close1060Please respect copyright.PENANAU5HttPMcNT
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsvKXVg58KG
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining1060Please respect copyright.PENANAM18PIxpmyJ
fingers.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADNyJILhtEt
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVM0GhXfLzt
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmF263BBspa
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2lk6OWYXND
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfWkfqCPHwO
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkDCogJ68pL
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."1060Please respect copyright.PENANABg4Yp0bRoV
"And that's not the worst part."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxNiml0bJJ3
I told her what happened1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMnj4VNBZyh
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in1060Please respect copyright.PENANALT3nPUI7bD
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfpkf1Z2SRC
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung1060Please respect copyright.PENANAE8y0FtGUuI
and the kiss.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9bUikqAzKp
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIXJy6p6knI
"Ssh, and listen."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt5UasbVPUS
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2JQboTi4jh
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4fHnCdBEg8
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWZeDoSEyKv
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaJucDAQXBx
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEXFckHKQev
"Are you scared?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJF8cLjaYAz
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANARmCUNdIrBT
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqrqyIl8EjU
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKeBeAxOt6j
"We all get hurt at some1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKYcXQasK3J
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjgz0V0Smir
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzwPfb7lDrO
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuYXnQvpQ03
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEWZx6DVBfE
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwWWzW6fIp4
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApnbdStIMd8
"Don't cry, okay? You're1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgrip9jnMIF
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKxloXKOJel
will need all the rest you can get."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzTA6zAOZrh
"Yes, mum. I will."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC1m3p99Qyq
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANABVYpiptTYJ
"Okay. Bye."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtbFDVY1cpQ
I hang up and I quickly 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6G8UL8udCe
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAb0N8n6zeZ1
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdzQ5kJhmZe
arms.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoXMcEly0yN
It must have been some 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7DVxALpML7
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADEoAFphyNl
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHQCrKpjKp9
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA44Gr5sEuA0
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXZwL4Ks0Mv
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvKL4cZVcuv
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASyksNDepzS
"Sadly, it isn't, my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUS2Kju0JhU
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsXzLA2QwC4
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9XGP2zE4ib
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAL5rcqeshmx
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAphgfdsop8
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."1060Please respect copyright.PENANANqI6Xqi6VJ
"So, start talking right now."1060Please respect copyright.PENANACjkQpZSr7b
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3N31MP5BYi
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtcuCwfTLSX
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATrjLEHdKq5
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcqik3jjysn
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAK5EoJMRIyf
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoI2B7N4tE1
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYRk8Ss4qpp
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxiHYCZsW1p
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAL8Qw8AACew
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxk6krmoHd4
"You like him, don't you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJIR7NIgsd0
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQrTGBDq9FU
"I..uh...no, that's not it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA14oDmjvt2T
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIQxgznzVz7
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVtTJWWEqI4
"Expected from me?" Zoey1060Please respect copyright.PENANAH9cLUNRiZ4
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0beEQuEbnz
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1ittHqC1wj
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAar1mA43v9N
"I know you feel guilty 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdSuAsQ5zP5
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqxxUVTvXPU
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiTABdU857o
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhTTlDIhRTm
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYwxed09crz
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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOHsE6Y2u6X
I wanted to slap my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYbH7ynzVCe
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0kBuRT51yT
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAd9wm4KNxAw
it gets out of hand.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUAtc1SU0Al
"Zoey, listen to me," I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfnR3m9sLLL
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3jYLkBaEgF
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADnIzjPKvre
I paused. That was odd. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA54b7VqjsKz
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I1060Please respect copyright.PENANADYBjxN7wOM
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu4rTb6s0t6
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8nm1H1mUwp
What was wrong with me? I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVMnu6dUVR3
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWhCfvLh4Ak
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATusRfaayPR
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR8TuTlmO62
"You're weird, Sam," 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiPcbbdHDHR
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlvtJGakUK2
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAQusjNQ9rM
waiting."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAomppgh2XM6
Zoey closed the door and1060Please respect copyright.PENANA94186JQU25
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABuxC9BLBdn
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxByz3yl0dv
harder than I thought.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJdiEpCO7Sc
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkZwn4V5BBl
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhGRKv9AYfg
I stood up from my bed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA796eoWrhXt
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYMpUBGSdZL
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXjFWESxuCl
is the most important part.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjHg5QKKYVt
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwlKVQtgiOW
Whatever my conscious 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC29Q3xScR4
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQVNFvn0uWs
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxoPbq2Ex6D
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzZjjWI2ZDH
If that was the case, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvNJosXAVRl
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMocHAYazdk
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8wfwBiXjIE
shattered completely.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwzbCfSXnx3
While I was trying to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8JsTvYwMCX
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKpBl5xzFiy
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcTefIDRWSU
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAed9esNWdYR
I answered the call. "Hello?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1uWN1f0FTn
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA23UR54Wz9K
I held my breath. That 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWS8mxq3mA7
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwmgNWl8r9h
asking that question, not thinking it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApcSIUR0dNm
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdpHbG2Zkd4
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmkzkFqz0Tp
"Talk? Talk about what?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANArickt7EWea
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAza9aUSKHSM
"Photo? What...?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9vTLXKE5Nb
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv4LcVCVhZj
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsbsmP0frK0
"If you haven't seen it,1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaa2GJiDJia
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5H0V6UHliB
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgX9SnJcgPu
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?1060Please respect copyright.PENANALgW82T7fu5
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9hL7CkC37W
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVMfsg3aJLm
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFxDFhmOYRy
I could soon hear the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAySZkaLJbfp
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvnMH2Hq9Di
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8ttLo3PTy1
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAayFi59j1Ib
I looked back at my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu3pBnCCWKn
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlxwJf3CyNQ
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj0oJ8Zuzfv
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjsCcXBwnfR
download the photo.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYwD282y4Xy
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASc90KRCb7l
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANALaqD9bCK9b
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFBEeMUcJkG
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHXRsztuOdc
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnV5cuqG7oX
I nodded and Lee left. I1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6N9ftv0EBm
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeVTPjLU2Nc
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbHiDU0iOe0
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."1060Please respect copyright.PENANActxVV0iLz1
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQFTM2Q4NnB
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAB65O6YKrvz
"Zoey!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY0271qcrfr
"Not a word, Sam. You're1060Please respect copyright.PENANAolzqJBfdGn
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6AZtmWUibi
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMThGCuAXp8
up with you today."1060Please respect copyright.PENANACHAD3wyBmH
If only she knew. So 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARpWU3k8CXC
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn5QdwiFRaz
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAH0Ao1tKOsG
I went to the bathroom 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2hLFjsq5yL
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5WI4LrANgx
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARMAQuIBze6
reflection.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiyuAo54ueS
I looked like I hadn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ86AhA3zfT
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdwaHSLGDWZ
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAddAhmdbQGs
if not by two.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASzw6hvWjnC
G-Dragon and Zoey were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2y2AECIKtn
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyyDwfF94aY
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApQQD1FUbMJ
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 1060Please respect copyright.PENANALQsWA2dbHr
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAom8dnTKTE8
After I took a quick 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFL6IlcazJB
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6CEHHxu6GD
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbXxafCRS0U
the bathroom to get her makeup done.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVmRY1Lo6Ln
I unlocked my phone. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgFiGuxuQW4
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvhWag5nv86
photo must be done downloading by now.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJzoNu6TATQ
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?1060Please respect copyright.PENANADR2HTzPjGR
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAa8lVrS2Nul
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXFvSUKLthI
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbHdgjTK1QE
"Morning. How was your night?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxaMYG0eZSA
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjXXqg6CfGl
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7zGtjFdoSS
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZWVmzqiunB
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUNQCKXqcyE
I smiled a little. At 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiIDyIZNmEv
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhONT65x0ng
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwHndwp6W2t
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXgra6vV32f
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA90FwECDRm9
"You too."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6KNyNxukTV
He cut the line and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAd4c62SuPMr
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA08scevF6cy
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8svxNLRkPH
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyRaK3TKyLQ
After I dressed up and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2FPKE0ioJ4
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwfKsFbiQjw
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxlJOFBcMxF
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKyh8yDdEGX
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5m6PimpL5W
room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASAZXNrkLwY
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAHBoWaf3p0
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcDTvkvYUM2
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUBvuuom4VQ
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIRYAMBqaFj
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxfLx5kYVsq
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPbnF22zx4t
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxMac7ov084
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvxunm6h5Jv
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASwGHgOPyUk
"What?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPhFEtfvSuQ
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzhAb9W86qf
I frowned. "So?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANANgKhyP1z4Z
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmSfK43xbPx
I was still confused. "So?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr4Lh2rVfWh
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWjG9j0MgPJ
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj1BAkj6qXM
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?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoQ9krcWmhV
"I don't see the harm in1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr96skRZVlI
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKR9QTwUcTr
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7NWhMIyRDU
that wrong?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2uKGJ2GdOU
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQepSUsec4a
"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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4kQmOmVuN1
"I can see that," said 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkydEgBohHX
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkCSGb2Pqky
me but I decided not to say anything.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhLSxnU8U4n
When we were done with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7yZIweRm6X
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbE9pmBBuYP
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhnnpRlbhw0
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9sPwCYDGG
looking at my phone.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApxCsUZffO1
When everyone in the car1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4oKaUlJt45
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgbCyEzfv2a
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADwiYjA6Fqk
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIMGvZtf6zt
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASkzHjaueL8
I quickly pressed the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZu7HQoVIAB
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAi0EN58Uk4n
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbU88jGFdUp
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANARKTspH3yQ7
"May I see?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlnNnatpQ8D
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWiJu3gmODA
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXKEbCXVQkO
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2ikpLyxxMY
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2zZ3uTqfi0
I wish I could tell him 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApOGLHeiukc
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAf13oI6yUV8
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjbZLrqFtz7
Now that I had seen the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5kYDCtpUxz
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3DrLm8RHVq
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIOVmPOiNif
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADvM73xaZmm
Speaking of which, I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyvhSxranur
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZl9KzxaNU0
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfjKXJKmf0U
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASVNGAd6DUC
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoPULz74aCT
further onto the edge, I would burst.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATBfolN452b
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgGIVR06wsC
My heart skipped a beat.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIWOWwCbvSV
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYTE1o9svWz
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAT83fzmK6QF
choice.1060Please respect copyright.PENANACeSH5MRt6Z
As soon as I stepped out1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR71obDBHtM
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAa8de4U18tk
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcyIkLG6dRw
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJgmxeG4Wwo
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuT4XHyolaK
"You're aren't the only 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAV7wXziFIew
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXAPVD2zKNb
to work on that when we get in there."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyhEv06KtQj
I managed to put up a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9AqSvpNnDF
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How1060Please respect copyright.PENANArVRdfwA9d1
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAnY6Ude7qa
As I came into the lobby1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8D8W7Bp6bk
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQVtaQdDDvs
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqkL4ZKGfxI
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."1060Please respect copyright.PENANACqsRrVh0jN
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoWUs9nMJrD
We all got in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFcGKnK2Ufc
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPCmCAdXmxP
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbh6dLCEANw
things.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2D0nA3BRR
We got to the dance 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMO6vAgJ8CN
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdBXRFowBEM
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt23CIFVILZ
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5hcT4ggwRD
I was too lost in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKLwdQA62SY
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaCcIb9Eo89
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv911UfkaCC
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1EhDO7PZvm
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6M7egwJ8PB
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMoEPk6IXk9
"Tell me about it," said1060Please respect copyright.PENANAh2d5sDdg1t
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvucek2H3WF
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAe0BISz7ewJ
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeupPiCV1Ef
"Too weird," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGvSFCy0Osh
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlXVhoGMZmz
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAal2qNiZxbD
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7ja0iXOei1
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADmN0pTd12T
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkEc8GBEPMc
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKPcOoLD2mJ
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAccSQKgbp4w
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9p3IZMkPfp
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAliBkP6izMa
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjRXFXuhT7X
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAM53P56Cusf
"I'm not."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyo0km39aAG
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANArALVpNhPMR
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2RojdCd8ns
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAquDMCP9O9V
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv0K0uxhrdY
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZwgNKtxAgj
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXm0Nadqn5w
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."1060Please respect copyright.PENANADfrvWleTN2
Before I could turn 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAanFZrOlFJh
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAavHkV93NfH
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.1060Please respect copyright.PENANANk88Gun0yt
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9557hKUC2D
I took the crown from 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ26OMvTtD
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was1060Please respect copyright.PENANAw93H9pgNti
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGjSXw6jiTn
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwHS91iYrvO
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAifwYRGaHVn
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyZYuScsYWg
"It is," said Seungri 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7GG1bfMJPt
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsKrq7tdbT2
stones because it's your birth stone."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5SLCVIUD7v
"Aww! Thank you so much,1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiCk45i8lSO
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcnU7WMZprU
he was going to brighten up my day today.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAycs3VK6JWg
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQWJdb9XBQ4
"I want to wear it," 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKxfYXQrPwK
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4SZGoDGtcB
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANABpeJ44LQbz
"Don't I look like a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxUDCoNgjSn
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANPi0W1yXVd
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMGOIO5IVga
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA53FGeFgEn8
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYfYlM5w2YT
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPXaqDcHpJC
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjfOgdOBzx0
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3m1qu5qc94
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApKMynuScP4
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzCC3AtYrn8
"May her royal majesty 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKE0iLeVnrg
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADlbBDGYKK7
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9lInHMnO5f
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAca4bbmaLTz
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAel2M02A1rQ
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkeS5NNOV1o
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnCslGtcrjK
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.1060Please respect copyright.PENANACNfntSGFgc
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbCBtrjPhlY
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAg1z56g8iUn
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPQXPFrEelE
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAak4spq3FK9
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlksYd1dWSd
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQYMGb7rL2S
She couldn't tell the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANtGolsffj9
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5G9Q9QFlCT
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6ADfOvz5qT
photo with me in the middle.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoCKcfmJhSH
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv7LS5sgeCF
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANABpVIaCAiKT
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOcCtzg2c6A
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVh7LVCSlpc
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYqo81KPnJm
Zoey smiled. "Even better."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv27wLJZma8
G-Dragon turned to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMJQVo4s4s8
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAH2HC6mkDuQ
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhluwfDSfIV
him and he will find us."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEaplk9uWHV
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqQGzaDvBhj
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUbGVODsujZ
We all stood on one side1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzQWxCEs1oJ
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZZHzL5iO3a
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn7yVUf8LyA
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYxmT54CWOS
"So, I was thinking, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAD0b4Gmx1jZ
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ3g5jq1DU
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2ngKX2mFsp
guys."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAP8PuWjaCUl
Christine came forward 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA10g8KZRDZH
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAG4unyxQCT2
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPVo3M8vHui
With Christine and Mike 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAElv3QyM2tS
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFn7iTaBD6c
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6cOFeucELk
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeUFr0yORbJ
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0u6o9Fhjbl
themselves back and they again their backs touched.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5OOstVXv4F
With a bit of skilful 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANwxGGmcUbg
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhrzcxw2wX9
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1J8N8wCfIv
air.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAueaqNJCBTy
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwmcp8FT5Xs
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6bPfIF6vQJ
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6bUX1FYJRW
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApvrWIZyzVd
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYOMLgJyPtt
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATt09gRhTQW
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfNClv7PU6Y
The door soon opened and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsOdXogFNF7
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 1060Please respect copyright.PENANALMbiWnvYB1
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdnFK2nJxkK
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAguPD5Ff9DN
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATWjzd8SxNT
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."1060Please respect copyright.PENANASkM0DMXp7L
Mike and Christine 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfRJ1ajages
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance1060Please respect copyright.PENANAW9Bh322XPr
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQU42wCoynp
us will come in the scene.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHzBIGBrKrP
"Mmmm," the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhSzl95HcUJ
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9HAp57MzYr
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlTOW6qvKyd
"I like it," said the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZDLDh2iFet
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUgl0Ujv8MW
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy43emZSRdj
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyUVyZwAra2
comes in."1060Please respect copyright.PENANARbtqKQ4QYN
Zoey and G-Dragon took 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAORNoCNOY1A
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPE1UL57e0u
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFvBVmJFjRq
were perfect.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7hfvtcMsZJ
"Excellent," said the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjQV48KdFtc
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAh7VtDaAE5W
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGb9dZzyJST
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyBjTLMEPRA
formation in front of them."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPVo6286bYn
We did as the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmX9w2fr3sD
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA09Uq1hCv5u
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4USl6S9c90
the hang of it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAx9RjssDTNc
A few minutes later, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATPqlCB8512
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnuNW1bZ3LN
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFKlcaVwNbl
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAltgT9Y1X6m
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsVlMVPiwQd
I laughed, also staring 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcvC0Sw6LEc
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8PSgC1zifr
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr52TJjMbsx
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsOSS4qvdcp
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAT8itt6PbbT
I quickly scrambled up 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnfCRJqJLm2
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAM18BXvxlN4
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy52M5QqXi4
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAePYIabnKCl
and removed my phone.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhrFR046bdT
I sent a message to the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAS6TTK6FYjF
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgiIAH1JLAS
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATBaHh38h4E
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAinzRdN26z7
"Good. We should meet."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlp9QA3YIp6
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdfVTTHMyl3
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9nJwqwsVGr
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvwDZrecdgu
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjOkkl76lnb
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAojFYwhF4Ii
"You're one smart 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmplg8xnTjc
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdI6f3uw7w3
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8bFplEseic
consequences."1060Please respect copyright.PENANACdqUMpKEf6
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0uhVASNALx
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."1060Please respect copyright.PENANABDzahmm09v
"That's my girl."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAthvCauMOHK
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlqati17WAP
As I tucked my phone 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAA3qqRnR957
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOXPbLhhmLC
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANzBwO5Xr0t
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYG7e2x9BsS
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIMddrRfmVF
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA89K5Oa2TWo
When they both turned to1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzmC5IYsZIQ
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuHGM0rZUCq
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQaOp9duIWv
couldn't help but feel that they were.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVMf0Eus0ce
I laid back down 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqSxACNT7v2
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqlUPH3kzaH
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKFD7bZXVRx
two of us had in our room this morning?1060Please respect copyright.PENANARmV6gS7EHe
Yikes! If she did, then I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnVjjKgxVrt
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbPUnRfRad5
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5WFMh2JC7U
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAm3Dsy6eRIO
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQRi2yG079e
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZmz9sYd7r7
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7hKyLHtwIh
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfgoXRb2zdn
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6iTgKGoCcn
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3EFcAADZUb
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApbE0RyRSwU
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsBfIS0TuGt
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfhemz80O74
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASl5HiRmFf7
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEWazWDM0jS
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv4zN1Ocwxs
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7gb1ZIJWPc
"No. It sounds great."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHO3XmAM7Ze
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKIO1aHi9E2
"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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3KAFBLT4hg
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAO2kKnVWKMV
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlK7myGWh1w
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiWoRZa1fVZ
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsnyr05Qv07
"True," said Taeyang.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdfN6WLxOXH
"Okay," I said, feeling a1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKfRiDV3Fl8
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArdHqvaCCCs
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyAo9VR3XAb
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFNYfAu6zND
After the three had 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJUpHdfUasO
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARQIgPRofwN
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKr6HE8TeoF
While we waited, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvFQebVVCHP
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnM76hOQL3E
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiLuYbWcFv9
expression on his face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzG5cLSNZKh
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcW7rTGBJCw
He sounded serious and I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOsTNKtKNCz
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuLcBwOuhBt
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvA8j598JUF
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANALckbIZrWwp
I got up from the floor 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj4wstsgreU
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUahFu3E53J
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAk5TU7rxLCs
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5UInmHQfFR
I found G-Dragon three 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQqKJX3daxe
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARne1xXGiMC
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANVqE4ySZQR
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAS3epqitHQr
close.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATWNc3OdcMg
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsgf02MKZwW
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0q6bosq72d
"It's about Zoey," he said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANALdbXSGnL4T
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEnRAoZT6pf
"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?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANALOFeH0HkT6
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQMuimSOyxF
"Really? That's all you can say?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGDQFQevVCR
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvlUqaRPe7p
"But you almost had."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmzQiitZi0f
"Yet I couldn't."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYjh0zmFVX2
"Zoey is right. You're 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7stx5BaMcE
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaHEqfBuQDF
you know I was supposed to do it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANApEdExPC9HK
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIGd9iIbdKS
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6V7ImWYtyE
I paused before I could say, "what?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVQAN10rduM
"You heard me loud and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApaupqcysip
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3b0fBHe0c5
to take matters into your own hands."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ4Yu09q93
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqXTOYVoUVN
"Wait, that's not true," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFb6YhIBRIv
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAEk3RWbJGD
I now realised that I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAE9Gop8ASjN
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjsXhQsRDQp
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3hAKxwm95z
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqopDRE5jF1
bound to come up sooner rather than later.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAntm5YUYT23
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcfdHGmF7v7
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcVK95HHgCw
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqZHcbnaTbq
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVJc3GpMc9Z
G-Dragon took a step 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1O2CpIyRJN
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAC5KVWSg106
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR9LJEdle27
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8PQRpr4CQC
"Then what did happen?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnkOpnLoBhC
"All of this is nothing 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkIkNUpanHF
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9Z2Cpa0LnZ
happened that I myself couldn't control."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXyzRHnucJ4
"Don't lie to me, Sam."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKtbRXY0PdG
"You know what, I'm 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAf0kjfIf6TI
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfpYPzfWN08
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUs3iyvOfP1
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcwtfZ0sNji
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAX9PNJSPoGu
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjWWIoTryvo
"Yes. But I know you 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMfHMaNdPOz
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABo050z09Bc
for himself that he and I could never be together."1060Please respect copyright.PENANArnPsXNFqgM
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA18BjCAmjMq
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6mLrkgVZMa
I turned around to head 1060Please respect copyright.PENANABw0mPxOlgD
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVNq8A6mE08
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFlSKYfgTao
When I came back in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyUHWMwuBXb
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnD4TWRoHcz
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4qtNeEHwBK
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7pmWAZTICm
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAh5N3BXia1j
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9B1oKAiaYn
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGoYe0HCPyg
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5h98V2sZM4
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADlBAJZPDg4
I heard the door open 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvf75ZdYpk2
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0pUrBZeylM
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATKyYUYDx9B
"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."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWpRHWNmaQh
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAioCQEZY4VE
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgvhn3MicZX
"Look guys," I said as 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWnL4B5W4xZ
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm1060Please respect copyright.PENANAog5GSyOSls
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAc1EsUGfSvO
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.1060Please respect copyright.PENANARssxssGQOq
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFE8o3d6c6E
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHQRfIpFzBR
I didn't say anything 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZNzwAFI0VB
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others1060Please respect copyright.PENANAobLuyYriAN
who were waiting for either of us to say something.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4gIf3hHxe7
Before anyone could 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAi7XIEYdQBY
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7HSSmehs8G
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMoRjcA8q9F
we went back to practising.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHiwb5rAWsX
I don't know how I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAllymkvpLaF
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjIXSTKy92Y
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0RUoR5xg0V
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmNB6a6qmWo
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWZIZYs11iT
head in the real world and not mess things up.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAj0QZuCAsN9
It was lunch time and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVHITwrzI3J
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhRQYjwudpl
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAE6hwU1nEMG
stranger.1060Please respect copyright.PENANALKWMKr1I6x
Now that we were on a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4P3KDOXqos
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJtOdje0ino
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyv7duFqm8o
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwkSiUG196o
too awkward for me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMpkD4fE9xq
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7X9GgacZnS
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhrJtszcVtl
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhp0AoLje4O
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWQ2KdzySrc
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbTqf0dyHF9
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAv3UkOlMfpd
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyPppTfVY7Z
"Good idea," said Taeyang.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAArKQFR05Xt
As though they couldn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfnrCeuRf1x
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnyIy1KOslT
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATY7HflvzCi
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAixQ7rfXZsY
A few seconds later, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAV3wEQYiu8Z
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZaoR3cA5Dx
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking1060Please respect copyright.PENANAb7CljD1MaX
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPWNuPhTnHO
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1DHcamsQNr
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAb85Pw4Fsy3
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASBDiNm0tcS
"A lot has happened 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYnvYllkAfE
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgOgWi8p1Ab
case there were any people snooping around.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1pwQ335kKD
"What? What's happened?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtNgybFqQiz
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ci6fYyKew
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaRZyRZiDil
"That's not the worst 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY4PlS0XgQJ
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANADTzKBg5fgy
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAB6rV1Rhdfs
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANALxxAtPqGHZ
"Like I said, he is 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXLVuIGmoqy
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAb4iWQPdm9h
are going to be toast especially with the press."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJRW79OIGXe
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmvAXnwqmPt
"I'm not sure if I can 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyOMXrPgk7b
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvWjdzC9HLa
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeHMTTng5Gq
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4h705Qqm6R
"I've no choice and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgTEPGyH2XU
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQLLCSg5vdY
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYe27XlH1M9
cap and a scarf."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAf1uyjGmM7M
"What will you need that for?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfaWpobuV2B
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqJiN0pVZcJ
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdq6dOp7IJU
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoYfOj5Alyp
I cut the call and this 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACPsv4GxSz9
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGXDUuyiGhk
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXgrNbTfXAk
I reached the bottom of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFY6s9YLZJo
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAruhrHBg2vd
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhQjy4RVX8a
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 1060Please respect copyright.PENANALgzYPA8c2w
voices that I could recognise.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOM2nvpLHOW
I went over to look, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMFaFw9WxPP
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoOSU8HXjgU
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAA9bu4MDMug
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAD9ZzQuWmIV
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAl7mk33zhrK
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiVGWMwGpIw
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwGk9t5zRfC
"I'm just surprised that1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3uk6dBFkVK
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that1060Please respect copyright.PENANApWrsGKSYyi
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApLIwIgZnTr
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."1060Please respect copyright.PENANARF6he4PHnj
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJ35lF8Jtqr
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwb564pByuv
"I think so too," said 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACY32UnKSjZ
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqKO91h1Kxa
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAnI7zqJMOP
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWJWJOkO7FF
I was expecting them to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ho5DShoem
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArjh3oj9lnf
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfEGsjDVjme
Who knows?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAA2hRb2rSly
Throwing that thought 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA81QUB4vK0M
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJziE8ox0Nn
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhI1Whe4gHA
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZxiw444sZy
There were still more 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJPXEkLBZoE
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery1060Please respect copyright.PENANA14JZ6RyjZe
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3z19ClG7P7
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5OykKpeBZ5
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAkxA5UwMcba
away.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAscP394LlWE
In what seemed like 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyXdyICNuGJ
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAK3ZCXqjNWy
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoMsND9jRwP
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAThgarh0cu3
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAox86oyeAq1
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA1l9Yv2daQb
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA55MKsDozyI
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAStzum3R9KQ
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfDce2MwmOt
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfCRm0dVjbA
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA887COx47x5
"They have gone out for 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHu5YgnaoZi
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhtv4g3YQ19
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAITPeS3COy2
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu0L7Cvohhn
"Ya. And they are about 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIiH5RYMl2t
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZSr68qNdRO
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwGbPon4pj1
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANANROWL4ZzKg
"Ya, that will be a good1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMVPhR0dndt
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 1060Please respect copyright.PENANARt78bdyg6c
the guards might think when they see me."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9ku4AUGzVc
Lee and I started to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKNdiWRRLIy
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnFnCuqTMJc
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdOIlU9JDtJ
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUM6Xniiglb
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACmlFBLiL6D
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAbJZGyt2et2
When I finally managed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGVWTqbRbNN
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAh2ncNsPbcB
away from the YG gate and down the street.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6aiVKaYBRG
I had to admit, I was so1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqPGMWV79vz
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGGOByOohGW
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApIhth8nuUm
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKg3MsBiG6c
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVEQK5rkdme
After walking a few 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJqaBX8VCDA
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3nLLxmtR0u
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu6FHIUFBUB
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAs5yRsRCmHQ
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.1060Please respect copyright.PENANATOFyGO2D86
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEXanKrhwMn
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQCAks9JKHn
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0vmLe9Yg6c
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFcUJbBhWb7
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAE7um02R9nY
I froze as I soon looked1060Please respect copyright.PENANAB1yISQoQXJ
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8XsizuCoag
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAK4nwHW0Ysw
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAh9jgJA1k2g
I heard him laugh 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnUu8rGY34z
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZvAKFoKuK
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAd5xHshbD5k
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuyzbO9CCWb
"I'm right here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANALUVtdwFEur
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAGhNxZ5Sm3h
My sentence was cut 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAy00ei3PW8k
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5Q1uUbNaMx
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAm71bsEJ0pG
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.1060Please respect copyright.PENANANAnLYmW3MI
A smartly dressed 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnIMULRWYyD
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAflSFhavdOW
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQSKGMxnPwk
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3Y1m3NWdND
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJGEfoENujk
A few heads turned my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8Dp6UhCSbC
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYXbEEfiOAe
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAB8tG47cVxg
and a little suspicious too.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3OqGZKk0qC
I managed to awake from 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAL5IdU1RjD3
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHBqqcjkMnc
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANANViGs02fOV
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgUipJ48KAQ
driver's seat.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaISmT7e3TT
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxXIWOUTjeD
With my eyes, I looked 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArpHsKtFwdk
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArN86GCrwuM
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4XjnLWlOIg
He looked to be in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzoU08nVkot
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWzLCR1G1K9
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAg0o8sEUizm
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMGfQsEPFSb
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACMMbXWyzkh
who had one heck of a body.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6lTgP8Bxkg
I hadn't said a word and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmi95btieGg
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAc3bOwni0CU
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA534QzgAF47
wrist. Who was this guy?1060Please respect copyright.PENANANJuvPIWQPZ
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAu25l6kcDJt
I opened my mouth but 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlGPGRLjQVU
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAb1J0BnTRfs
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9UfizEJzcy
contact.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYfosXUfMKc
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr7M57ZnZQK
"Yes, a pleasure to meet1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdHZ7gLLjUX
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfitYRUrvw9
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.1060Please respect copyright.PENANARrFB0SdcQ5
"I'm sorry we had to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMnQoRUtm0Y
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAexcsjFhqs7
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZEGZvxRgxB
I looked at him and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzLctjWoSx8
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUih4cPe3qo
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxawPi1n4um
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUmx1HnVGvQ
hear about in mythical tales.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEvKNLdjem5
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7v1egHVQDD
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAySFmaAegBE
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6906YbGm4d
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ15dZmOdj
There was silence and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANApMHiY65DEb
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made1060Please respect copyright.PENANARLiqknjk7h
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcoxiwfQt8P
something.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAERLATHGEFR
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAFxK636QTJ
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."1060Please respect copyright.PENANACSA4Sj2Bp9
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAeT616hZoMl
"I was born in the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFJiinYCN29
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5cSFRUHTFc
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPzj3DsX6cy
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdEOgNs4vso
business empire is what's so important to them."1060Please respect copyright.PENANALdeAHeHiRB
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyzyXDsBPVW
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZWSRJFY3PB
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5KyJVINyq
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA2nTLBK7e04
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAKTSAzgteLc
"Lunch?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqe4t5N2zFo
"Yes, lunch."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWV1cS7KLBR
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzo25jCEhVv
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAs7q0gMN8mu
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAT202fesJat
I raised an eyebrow at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAflOzLRw6YD
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlfDLtHiYUd
you have been able to find me on the street."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAr34z5Qog2D
He gave me that dashing 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsgnvnpROYg
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6RA1lAGicu
would meet. I had to come prepared."1060Please respect copyright.PENANApRrA6R9D1m
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAylQMZlyMl5
"My apartment. It's much safer there."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMri062vRWJ
"You own an apartment?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA86yY44OfCd
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6ODPLJqtht
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPdgsvMeid8
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4JFDRCDnmk
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAU5tuLpjvEH
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzsLMdcz2I5
It was a huge apartment 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASIyCQeUkbO
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFwRIuHl8EK
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcumtbPirbI
After the car parked, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiPBu6TYfDf
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA8n3Tk8H1X5
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFBzINd1gvn
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAO3KmjrdUo4
came out of the car.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAJpAGvjuHqG
Derrick lead the way, 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsq2o79fNg6
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFKZht8pP2C
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuiV8gIaskb
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAK5eDYAiyxc
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADgYo1ZhT3O
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPWvBGN4hmL
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAee7cblUKjW
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfiNqtEPZ61
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfdBG6kNSCS
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANA36FaUTJEwu
"Well, ya, I do! You're 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhYy2tB02oq
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgO5Dx8dFHp
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn00FBLPSJV
"Why?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAc1BT0ytTVM
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."1060Please respect copyright.PENANATfJmBjFBwI
The elevator doors flew 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAuAbdV81XMH
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATiil07XQZR
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASAfS9trWFf
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAf85ERgMNMI
into heaven.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADgCbqTBZC9
I stepped out of the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAixjAVd5wac
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWwEVTMdnEb
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASzNFRmmK3z
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANASNSVDhg1yz
soft red carpet.1060Please respect copyright.PENANApqlBbAEgdx
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhzCbSMshyp
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAO5Xv9QeNEU
I looked down the hall 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAra6yt8QpGx
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQnDMVIkcu4
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAiXUqBlzFI4
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAimqzRUO4Ak
coming.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAU7KirGknPq
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaga2GUU39B
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAnubNYroMFn
"Ladies first," said Derrick.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA78sFrClxmT
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6sGYm1IwiN
"This place is very 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlzkBtfHNVx
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdBcBpFyWLx
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjL61flHg0d
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the1060Please respect copyright.PENANAK2w5czjoXN
wall.1060Please respect copyright.PENANASgY0K6gVrd
I looked to the other 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvtLNrjVsoM
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmrKCs8QF82
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqHSSMgSiqN
beautiful flower vases with orchids.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWm6YWFGo5F
"I see you like 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjlyjo8B2zY
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAR5yGGBOpJX
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.1060Please respect copyright.PENANADI3rl4JaGX
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaXN8v1zDQB
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAupOnoU1QU8
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4pVUpjLnpG
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAn0GBWTRixd
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVznqyYvget
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAp9YDcAVw0e
The butler bowed and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANALpjX3PW5Jh
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1a3FTJKAb
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA15LdYjdQYy
ground.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHPwDR0iKob
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAZcnndchxsT
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvUvyd4QWRc
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAz7vYzF1lzI
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIulxytxlcM
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAE3tYklYwrs
As we got to the dining 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAt3GkqEMKyz
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzdnT7oVIpH
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and1060Please respect copyright.PENANAoYb7Z8k1QY
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtheaOkx7WB
The butler had served 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAwaM8NOKYHJ
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQOa8oaqZat
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAyMvGRhbMgw
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAxFDVw97bGs
next to the plates were spotless.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAs8DicJp1RW
Dishes of food were 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAX1xZBElzn4
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsK2d0QWdm8
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 1060Please respect copyright.PENANArQHFSzlpjL
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAfHHHN1yQfu
lady.1060Please respect copyright.PENANABgcNj7lUCV
The butler helped to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXHt0k5SHgp
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAnkXFCSy1l
sure not to eat too much and take my time.1060Please respect copyright.PENANACTbIoTvdyh
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqf3P0t0G6z
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7hcXrT6qGK
"Now, about the issue at1060Please respect copyright.PENANAEDquXOP9KK
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3ME0UaZgMd
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAAZ8l3kfSZ
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAg7xfxCbHaM
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAK3lqGCKTJk
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYqpo7bYE37
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA66bC3WqZoY
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjkegz9ONSu
The photo showed Zoey in1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtCgDZkjd3R
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXAAM6klsGb
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 1060Please respect copyright.PENANACeMt6JA3tv
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAlucztXfsDK
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAgU9l13F0oQ
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAOAvYS7I0ir
"I know this isn't 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAqBucFcDG8w
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4ihZPO8c77
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWPxGDixeRJ
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXGCwFLlNhM
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAI4GVfbZlgC
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4slOBHgLZN
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAORvCS3iQg1
I looked at the photo 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAe0uxHTI1Ei
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHY1lIuBZxP
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjb9mZPXduF
brother?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANACrBU2e3GD4
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAvoXKI4X6ra
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAg35ce8HOvA
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA7y5QOg84Ys
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXCknFjEmUd
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAdABE1ptNr7
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANADyDeAV61hm
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAAQIDxiKpH6
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAjdBY3ONk5B
"I know my brother very 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA60CT7xqDyM
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA6Z2UHdURtc
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."1060Please respect copyright.PENANA9YPpepOPXn
I then remembered the 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAYgbahAHJV2
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATXBSmrQrUT
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAcu1e1oOnjA
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVBhT9tO1g3
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVe72741c5L
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAceebOyUcMY
"But that's strange. If 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAaEMTykYsIG
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 1060Please respect copyright.PENANA4oYODjnS7i
don't see the reason why they would hide."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAsaLhPdXeiV
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAmQAs4CSuSV
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAESH4xziWCR
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA0MGWHBNM9j
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMLNbeCK9WQ
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAFdJKkcvBPz
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAtLodWAerC6
"Wait! That was him?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAUU2Bz7Lk5o
"Yes. I was there."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQqH6G7LLOJ
"You were there too?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAQMX5Rv4Emi
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAhl6BfOFMzX
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms1060Please respect copyright.PENANAWNgGA4S9wv
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAl7VlRv3zOY
"She is."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAIQirbTL21P
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANANeJ4k3bj6S
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAzOh7IgmhV6
"And do you really think she would?"1060Please respect copyright.PENANAHJbruYLiTB
I thought about his 1060Please respect copyright.PENANATKmMz8CgMo
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth1060Please respect copyright.PENANAY2hdSdm04v
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what1060Please respect copyright.PENANAXof4hT3ZYP
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA5XeeRsLasB
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.1060Please respect copyright.PENANABGyZBrgJKx
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.1060Please respect copyright.PENANA3yeectMrW3
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."1060Please respect copyright.PENANAPEN8NLRUdH
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAriLqmAsOpX
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.1060Please respect copyright.PENANAVFsxHKkw3O
"Before I go, tell me 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAMYbKIcucpO
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 1060Please respect copyright.PENANAO40EWTHQHY
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."