Have you ever been awake984Please respect copyright.PENANADAfxowB8Yh
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart984Please respect copyright.PENANAs7Eiym7vFc
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEcpyHDjsG6
day goes on?984Please respect copyright.PENANAopwKJ6ZLYM
That's how I felt right at this moment.984Please respect copyright.PENANA1RE9fIijQG
I tossed in my bed, 984Please respect copyright.PENANAMGPmO6uGOw
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 984Please respect copyright.PENANADtNqCD1AL5
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun984Please respect copyright.PENANAtbbUyLDIjw
could come up so that I could meet my end already.984Please respect copyright.PENANAFKX0vZuEI6
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANAdv81yjuwuQ
I fell back on my bed, 984Please respect copyright.PENANA4mOwCnEovE
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 984Please respect copyright.PENANAUhucZer5DG
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 984Please respect copyright.PENANAMocskvoTDU
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 984Please respect copyright.PENANAg2LPB4VOOv
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 984Please respect copyright.PENANAruwpzExSec
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAI0JBCH51oa
mind even to dream.984Please respect copyright.PENANACiSuP33zCQ
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.984Please respect copyright.PENANAoWR5fGRncL
How I wish I could fall 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEiZHeiHaA7
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I984Please respect copyright.PENANAe6rnCFrdCD
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I984Please respect copyright.PENANALbLMC5KpYb
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.984Please respect copyright.PENANAWT9xFdC8wG
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANACUhqreLqzD
I knew I now had to face984Please respect copyright.PENANAZrZjsrAZtY
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 984Please respect copyright.PENANAiIw6lH2Xvs
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even984Please respect copyright.PENANABHMUf6C09W
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 984Please respect copyright.PENANAVBWOwC8zQV
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.984Please respect copyright.PENANAih89bQ8UUq
I knew her persistence 984Please respect copyright.PENANA6H270tE7lJ
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAgdvMLFvLBp
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 984Please respect copyright.PENANANhdTB4Wbef
her if I had to tell her the truth.984Please respect copyright.PENANArmase5Awd5
I know sometimes we 984Please respect copyright.PENANANlgjpl8H8K
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 984Please respect copyright.PENANAN5ejhWPQ6B
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAZXQXpUunZC
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAiMRNRrNkKa
had now reached that point.984Please respect copyright.PENANAgOQG8SBSDq
I sighed again as I 984Please respect copyright.PENANApfzXxXU4Rd
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 984Please respect copyright.PENANAigIoC2d6IJ
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?984Please respect copyright.PENANAkXY6LdlUZP
If it came to G-Dragon, 984Please respect copyright.PENANAVBj6VoDpRH
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I984Please respect copyright.PENANAMg1UgH1OGN
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 984Please respect copyright.PENANADKHknit1Ko
lot harder.984Please respect copyright.PENANAYt2WEwBxcB
How was I going to tell 984Please respect copyright.PENANAfTdo4zZ5xl
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAgCVvs4u0EW
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 984Please respect copyright.PENANA8hONZVwxAy
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 984Please respect copyright.PENANAmKnOMfmiqv
either.984Please respect copyright.PENANA83rqJlDJ81
I kicked out the bed 984Please respect copyright.PENANAMkQavWvxZA
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJP5XjukRaw
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room984Please respect copyright.PENANAa6rCqjciqA
in my purple pyjamas.984Please respect copyright.PENANA3BaWiMQ8lr
I went straight for the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAOg9IYcSR0k
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAhj9uCo0JJb
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAK6L7fcWoit
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my984Please respect copyright.PENANAV51u2Kigwd
mum.984Please respect copyright.PENANAAOhdqnkV90
Hopefully, I was calling984Please respect copyright.PENANAnvyvhHugqs
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 984Please respect copyright.PENANAoxsf66vhSv
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 984Please respect copyright.PENANAC0LGwcdCWu
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?984Please respect copyright.PENANApq8VRDDFYd
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.984Please respect copyright.PENANAs42I3ZqF68
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.984Please respect copyright.PENANACnDpZ9GKNZ
"Hello, Sam?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ux8cHkuW5
"Hi, mum."984Please respect copyright.PENANAqlRw6tEiRf
"Sam, how are you, dear?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAj4fdV69jJ9
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAENzfE1lqw5
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAOnxzJ0SOjp
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 984Please respect copyright.PENANAIfdzBmbwjW
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."984Please respect copyright.PENANAhlYCgXdnZX
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."984Please respect copyright.PENANAx1UGAPWjgb
"Ya, I can see you guys 984Please respect copyright.PENANAsqLTdqtYn5
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnIYlH1TSeb
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 984Please respect copyright.PENANAubiIzfwKnG
her computer as she looked at the pictures.984Please respect copyright.PENANAbWFgl8IQz2
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."984Please respect copyright.PENANAWDpuOC8cqG
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."984Please respect copyright.PENANA3zLIlo6kYv
"I'll check out the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA7BYlZDiLaA
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAkpjZojGyk1
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 984Please respect copyright.PENANA84GrMaAvNz
Why aren't you asleep?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAnz2lxgL1sG
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA2gCDrtgxb5
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."984Please respect copyright.PENANA9hN8AoLXkW
I could imagine my mum 984Please respect copyright.PENANAaFcF2hIR5z
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on984Please respect copyright.PENANARUHOcxIE3v
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 984Please respect copyright.PENANAoAJZ8RhWkB
her arms folded.984Please respect copyright.PENANA6vFIwDZPz2
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAT70f4pBB26
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.984Please respect copyright.PENANAQuTKqlCQLH
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."984Please respect copyright.PENANAqL9h36lkG1
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."984Please respect copyright.PENANAImu6YggL79
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"984Please respect copyright.PENANABsmJX0qB9v
"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."984Please respect copyright.PENANAqIG8x8Sq4g
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."984Please respect copyright.PENANARZYsaUCBUf
"I've been lying to Zoey984Please respect copyright.PENANAynMRLJSI0P
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 984Please respect copyright.PENANAt1LNjFi7kx
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 984Please respect copyright.PENANASkoXlCf650
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."984Please respect copyright.PENANAJKDWsETfzo
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."984Please respect copyright.PENANAsPZrmKmy8Q
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAxVA5PZx4UY
"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."984Please respect copyright.PENANAFApQpJHysa
"Trust me, mum, Collins 984Please respect copyright.PENANAH7lWT4xehS
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 984Please respect copyright.PENANAB2leIAH8Ud
that you shouldn't say a word either."984Please respect copyright.PENANA4tDQSXvPnq
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.984Please respect copyright.PENANAvEixuteW8M
"You know I can never 984Please respect copyright.PENANA8KUyboQJfc
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAmVEdaRi8aS
matter of life and death. I've no choice."984Please respect copyright.PENANA6Roth7bOXQ
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAn5jHtHjyqi
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."984Please respect copyright.PENANA54DpIXZYoH
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."984Please respect copyright.PENANA3lDQHOhlY2
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.984Please respect copyright.PENANAJiuCgVviPB
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."984Please respect copyright.PENANASSikfoqSTf
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."984Please respect copyright.PENANAcz4i85hUeb
There was silence at the other end. Until....984Please respect copyright.PENANAXAe9JCY2Ku
"WHAT!"984Please respect copyright.PENANArs4x0gmPDR
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."984Please respect copyright.PENANAs5dpbmiGPU
"Then what is it? The 984Please respect copyright.PENANAMPQ3gyiFIG
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 984Please respect copyright.PENANA5BL3XssQ2T
feel like you're betraying your best friend."984Please respect copyright.PENANATq1K3eUxwA
"It was like that at 984Please respect copyright.PENANAosZX6a0Uzz
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close984Please respect copyright.PENANApeDc4YEOEN
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnTGc7d4CNM
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining984Please respect copyright.PENANAWvrqTb4sa8
fingers.984Please respect copyright.PENANAegaT43nolu
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAv9TTXmcdVI
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."984Please respect copyright.PENANA97MNiMra0t
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."984Please respect copyright.PENANAX8gnTm6qtb
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."984Please respect copyright.PENANAqyiFhEGWvB
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.984Please respect copyright.PENANAjm709obrKt
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."984Please respect copyright.PENANAr0BKLyz9Uf
"And that's not the worst part."984Please respect copyright.PENANAMZtkQ6RPWb
I told her what happened984Please respect copyright.PENANAwx7TC2KJ9S
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in984Please respect copyright.PENANARSpl3IyPs7
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEZYypldbUG
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung984Please respect copyright.PENANAcuQ1JEe9BJ
and the kiss.984Please respect copyright.PENANADQW5CuBYfo
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.984Please respect copyright.PENANAucJoFpq67f
"Ssh, and listen."984Please respect copyright.PENANA5giNfrP3Dt
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.984Please respect copyright.PENANA2uzdjlWegz
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."984Please respect copyright.PENANALhOKCD2z86
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."984Please respect copyright.PENANARRUrwY2FRq
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAr7daTKb4HR
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."984Please respect copyright.PENANA0l1ALLngnq
"Are you scared?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAPSm2MPOLAG
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAzxm7NKk5NU
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."984Please respect copyright.PENANAJfird0c2sg
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.984Please respect copyright.PENANA1YLxnERSoG
"We all get hurt at some984Please respect copyright.PENANAmhA8T3408I
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.984Please respect copyright.PENANAJyw2rqWCnj
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 984Please respect copyright.PENANAhwpgyWHRTk
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 984Please respect copyright.PENANAA6eZdn9quz
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."984Please respect copyright.PENANAFD4vVSevwl
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.984Please respect copyright.PENANAEZuII97ePz
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.984Please respect copyright.PENANAKX8jk1cZDy
"Don't cry, okay? You're984Please respect copyright.PENANAjWhtl033DX
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 984Please respect copyright.PENANAcfvaXbn6N7
will need all the rest you can get."984Please respect copyright.PENANA832IPUb0G2
"Yes, mum. I will."984Please respect copyright.PENANAjkJCevSWku
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAkDgRAjDrgY
"Okay. Bye."984Please respect copyright.PENANAZttyEZdn4S
I hang up and I quickly 984Please respect copyright.PENANADBe9KPyv8Z
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 984Please respect copyright.PENANAQb6rE03yLr
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAjSJ3SkOdKI
arms.984Please respect copyright.PENANAgdEoAkEvas
It must have been some 984Please respect copyright.PENANAshotxYtEpW
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 984Please respect copyright.PENANAm6hYZMyCzf
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.984Please respect copyright.PENANAUuCxht4Gsq
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAbp1BTnbOGl
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."984Please respect copyright.PENANAs4DXTjFFWl
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."984Please respect copyright.PENANAqUKx8N2jsX
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.984Please respect copyright.PENANAVhp8vsdX0L
"Sadly, it isn't, my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAIx5eZ2KXnb
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 984Please respect copyright.PENANA4qSjPmEj4a
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."984Please respect copyright.PENANAfiQXU3f3fb
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.984Please respect copyright.PENANA2WtQEXCYBs
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA1KQx2GbEaa
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."984Please respect copyright.PENANAsfYODjLwiF
"So, start talking right now."984Please respect copyright.PENANAKc8FCs9LIz
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAOkcZqYJZfc
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."984Please respect copyright.PENANAP1ZU3S9aGM
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.984Please respect copyright.PENANAT75aYUA07J
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."984Please respect copyright.PENANAZNk8hYVp5c
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"984Please respect copyright.PENANANwq6kRdaZs
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."984Please respect copyright.PENANANizqXLaTKA
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANAvAI3fvsGOM
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."984Please respect copyright.PENANAkl8Xnr89ln
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.984Please respect copyright.PENANAALdTSLd7Cy
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."984Please respect copyright.PENANASyeemv2boK
"You like him, don't you?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAoTlL6Skk48
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?984Please respect copyright.PENANAoAvNjc6q82
"I..uh...no, that's not it."984Please respect copyright.PENANAMAgw1bo6oI
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."984Please respect copyright.PENANAVji5dCqXg7
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."984Please respect copyright.PENANAlhRm1fENQ6
"Expected from me?" Zoey984Please respect copyright.PENANAf7B43wraFM
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.984Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4B8SBqLv8
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."984Please respect copyright.PENANA2m36Z7PoIv
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.984Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZpmnMc37F
"I know you feel guilty 984Please respect copyright.PENANA2aF6Pot36G
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know984Please respect copyright.PENANAnZNliVm9xw
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."984Please respect copyright.PENANAXZMvd7DajQ
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?984Please respect copyright.PENANA2hTtFlEEmF
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAxqCyeiuolK
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."984Please respect copyright.PENANARsyUNMeghn
I wanted to slap my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAuR46UYcCYx
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't984Please respect copyright.PENANA9K36UJ88uB
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 984Please respect copyright.PENANAPwjz5uMfxQ
it gets out of hand.984Please respect copyright.PENANAIxUk1QIgrI
"Zoey, listen to me," I 984Please respect copyright.PENANA9FxzQmqIe7
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 984Please respect copyright.PENANAyvJox8wHZr
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."984Please respect copyright.PENANAso4pbmU0oE
I paused. That was odd. 984Please respect copyright.PENANABukynBz6UW
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I984Please respect copyright.PENANAlQRg8qzdRs
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.984Please respect copyright.PENANAHdd8MVNvd4
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"984Please respect copyright.PENANATL8zXzovN7
What was wrong with me? I984Please respect copyright.PENANA0xDgNE292b
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 984Please respect copyright.PENANAgSYSQ18YEM
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 984Please respect copyright.PENANAUywcOQfytI
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.984Please respect copyright.PENANAQfIt1gSsgX
"You're weird, Sam," 984Please respect copyright.PENANA29bWL7TfSF
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEvbOXK55Fz
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 984Please respect copyright.PENANAVXtf2Veplk
waiting."984Please respect copyright.PENANAfG6aOEmF66
Zoey closed the door and984Please respect copyright.PENANAO2pR4mowhv
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 984Please respect copyright.PENANAitQAaZa3Ue
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 984Please respect copyright.PENANAZhAf2X9jzR
harder than I thought.984Please respect copyright.PENANAZJS35bLyzB
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.984Please respect copyright.PENANAobfm7aXnkb
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.984Please respect copyright.PENANASHuFLaJ9hH
I stood up from my bed 984Please respect copyright.PENANA2yvhG5j6rJ
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 984Please respect copyright.PENANA9Zwjw0uffH
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which984Please respect copyright.PENANApAAVuFVI38
is the most important part.984Please respect copyright.PENANAZstTAiprFG
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."984Please respect copyright.PENANA6ulCg1Breo
Whatever my conscious 984Please respect copyright.PENANAhbmVxG82hU
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 984Please respect copyright.PENANAO93BTAISdc
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 984Please respect copyright.PENANAOh6xQMHCEq
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.984Please respect copyright.PENANAp1Cj27kxMA
If that was the case, 984Please respect copyright.PENANA14JDR4uo2P
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 984Please respect copyright.PENANAy2I6ps3Koy
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 984Please respect copyright.PENANAGjZxadGTIn
shattered completely.984Please respect copyright.PENANAC63g7uEASg
While I was trying to 984Please respect copyright.PENANA7rB8DAriXc
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach984Please respect copyright.PENANAQlJHYhBk8O
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.984Please respect copyright.PENANA9glrQKUDNZ
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?984Please respect copyright.PENANAa4S8aphQLd
I answered the call. "Hello?"984Please respect copyright.PENANASPLEXOE15G
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.984Please respect copyright.PENANACOptwtupWP
I held my breath. That 984Please respect copyright.PENANAtBWh72Y0g6
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 984Please respect copyright.PENANApJQkTwMiee
asking that question, not thinking it.984Please respect copyright.PENANAgHZFBogztf
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAnSPTWEoUQM
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."984Please respect copyright.PENANAt2BtDn4r2B
"Talk? Talk about what?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA5u9OKYiAvw
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAmynUiNbwzH
"Photo? What...?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAUWFczkH0Vr
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.984Please respect copyright.PENANAKngDv75Des
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"984Please respect copyright.PENANABpwxv0FLj3
"If you haven't seen it,984Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6xpw03Vui
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAv0ivoX1qAG
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAgVQJs9wSOl
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?984Please respect copyright.PENANA5DubS3MA3B
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAu33Abza2I9
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."984Please respect copyright.PENANAetrLq8cSzg
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAauG45mXcRJ
I could soon hear the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAIjfhZB1ovz
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAgAmqQ8wTGa
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAstrV6ZkoGR
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.984Please respect copyright.PENANAmJa54xEC3m
I looked back at my 984Please respect copyright.PENANABbNovQxqLD
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I984Please respect copyright.PENANA2SJG06lDYH
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 984Please respect copyright.PENANATNHRetKZcA
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAb6QTmXUqbv
download the photo.984Please respect copyright.PENANA0EI7vhaERV
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAznuMoJU4af
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA6IGQGMg4kY
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."984Please respect copyright.PENANA1C98iAVvtM
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."984Please respect copyright.PENANA0v3okSMlk4
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."984Please respect copyright.PENANAIJJnwJ6sBP
I nodded and Lee left. I984Please respect copyright.PENANAynbA7C6NPG
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 984Please respect copyright.PENANArDdJpeYivo
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.984Please respect copyright.PENANAwm6FLI17VN
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."984Please respect copyright.PENANAuxDgnAwHBS
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.984Please respect copyright.PENANAKVxvKfLYFK
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.984Please respect copyright.PENANAFpHy7tBV8p
"Zoey!"984Please respect copyright.PENANAlK8kcNuao2
"Not a word, Sam. You're984Please respect copyright.PENANAUBlkAzZ0RU
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 984Please respect copyright.PENANABT0ZCW6vh3
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's984Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZVUVcwI1O
up with you today."984Please respect copyright.PENANAMkBUW9iO66
If only she knew. So 984Please respect copyright.PENANA9mONaPTCrQ
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one984Please respect copyright.PENANA7fdMDjFwpV
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.984Please respect copyright.PENANA8SksETrIrJ
I went to the bathroom 984Please respect copyright.PENANAm4NeTsUtAf
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAm6SgkoJDBr
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 984Please respect copyright.PENANAzJt2aAzQpQ
reflection.984Please respect copyright.PENANAuvHktDtPLX
I looked like I hadn't 984Please respect copyright.PENANAzfW1EciMwC
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 984Please respect copyright.PENANAKgrurjq5XX
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 984Please respect copyright.PENANAHqMAyHNJob
if not by two.984Please respect copyright.PENANANTrXRXOTbb
G-Dragon and Zoey were 984Please respect copyright.PENANAjbTmCxG8r5
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 984Please respect copyright.PENANAbJQhXe3CgR
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 984Please respect copyright.PENANAjta6B7Rclj
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 984Please respect copyright.PENANAwqQMo44zXH
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?984Please respect copyright.PENANAEPkvV8dqga
After I took a quick 984Please respect copyright.PENANALrsxoOmnSt
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone984Please respect copyright.PENANAQb0mMos9kU
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 984Please respect copyright.PENANAX6vHrlvSez
the bathroom to get her makeup done.984Please respect copyright.PENANARK2dMUGVx2
I unlocked my phone. I 984Please respect copyright.PENANABtGKH1sunO
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 984Please respect copyright.PENANA5lxyN0cHib
photo must be done downloading by now.984Please respect copyright.PENANANlkPkHyLCI
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?984Please respect copyright.PENANAAxjjE2OUN8
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?984Please respect copyright.PENANAKiD8X112rZ
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.984Please respect copyright.PENANAAcf5LrK5pe
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.984Please respect copyright.PENANAZy85vdjEj8
"Morning. How was your night?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA2nGVTqckMt
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."984Please respect copyright.PENANA5hGvf1NJYV
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANA7ihOy6w36y
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.984Please respect copyright.PENANARxCiKRAvPa
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."984Please respect copyright.PENANA2VETLFJ1tR
I smiled a little. At 984Please respect copyright.PENANA6XKosty6Rk
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 984Please respect copyright.PENANA35ITn4pP3U
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 984Please respect copyright.PENANAqg2lEzSYq8
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAkKKEHWdQ2x
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."984Please respect copyright.PENANAsgqPgtUdnt
"You too."984Please respect copyright.PENANAS1M2bZFjc6
He cut the line and I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAsd5e6rjWm5
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAe51GQ2c6qw
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 984Please respect copyright.PENANAyoNWaMHnL2
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.984Please respect copyright.PENANA8R2slw0ePQ
After I dressed up and 984Please respect copyright.PENANASaOsIlfaRN
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 984Please respect copyright.PENANAiTaQcx4YBv
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAQNljdQibtI
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAu8hnlNjagk
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA9e6abooBKF
room.984Please respect copyright.PENANARdmcG669yZ
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.984Please respect copyright.PENANA8DjGKG5pBK
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.984Please respect copyright.PENANA12l7GvQR8n
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.984Please respect copyright.PENANAR3tRZZKqR7
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."984Please respect copyright.PENANAV8HiKiFtCk
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."984Please respect copyright.PENANAbrdL5cXBfv
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.984Please respect copyright.PENANAO76GbnSkJp
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANAvIqflwe8ep
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANAmptdqqNhtr
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.984Please respect copyright.PENANAjSssLT6dO2
"What?" I asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAgnjPgzoVj4
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."984Please respect copyright.PENANA0ekneNlTBE
I frowned. "So?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAZWhLSJo7U9
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.984Please respect copyright.PENANAPloD3G3KAQ
I was still confused. "So?"984Please respect copyright.PENANABfuw1R9jwg
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.984Please respect copyright.PENANAQi8d5Ydoyj
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.984Please respect copyright.PENANADjnLoysoui
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?984Please respect copyright.PENANAXhnWz7vmNz
"I don't see the harm in984Please respect copyright.PENANARKsl1SD5j6
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 984Please respect copyright.PENANAxwQBxRfq9z
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 984Please respect copyright.PENANAX8orgWcOnH
that wrong?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA9nq9lkz4YP
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.984Please respect copyright.PENANA5ge09snRx3
"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."984Please respect copyright.PENANAtMZJXtUw6R
"I can see that," said 984Please respect copyright.PENANARJMECVWhqu
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 984Please respect copyright.PENANAQTfrKYgu5g
me but I decided not to say anything.984Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ux5LFDnoK
When we were done with 984Please respect copyright.PENANANMgg7cCwz6
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnKJJcQKdNr
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 984Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ir2TjafFg
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 984Please respect copyright.PENANASDTpvP2L26
looking at my phone.984Please respect copyright.PENANASdp5lSSAaV
When everyone in the car984Please respect copyright.PENANAsA0B3PvX3z
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in984Please respect copyright.PENANA5r4uxyzNWN
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 984Please respect copyright.PENANAdwYrxlxDcS
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.984Please respect copyright.PENANAMz8lB0ALgF
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAoZgvqTg0Kv
I quickly pressed the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAiGX9hRWf2A
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 984Please respect copyright.PENANA6W4qKtYiLP
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.984Please respect copyright.PENANAz0EMhwb4E9
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.984Please respect copyright.PENANAhAUD90ofsY
"May I see?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAzW9g75LBCt
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."984Please respect copyright.PENANAPfLZ9u3gQ0
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."984Please respect copyright.PENANAq3IaTdv39P
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.984Please respect copyright.PENANArCE9G0YWb2
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."984Please respect copyright.PENANANfhwPPTFkX
I wish I could tell him 984Please respect copyright.PENANAxSI2ZMcVA0
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 984Please respect copyright.PENANAw6sF4YTyP2
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.984Please respect copyright.PENANABssqS818zR
Now that I had seen the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAZs4hzw0COz
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 984Please respect copyright.PENANANROk6m6vUQ
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 984Please respect copyright.PENANATBkOjzLUrW
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.984Please respect copyright.PENANAGImxI5YyDa
Speaking of which, I 984Please respect copyright.PENANANc4yCUmv5C
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was984Please respect copyright.PENANAySZYU3xuGV
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAuOiyMtblkr
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZnHIehxu5
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 984Please respect copyright.PENANAgK55MHHjTD
further onto the edge, I would burst.984Please respect copyright.PENANAUdzBZVu1WY
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANAhCSCM50Wdl
My heart skipped a beat.984Please respect copyright.PENANAhqOPaGl923
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting984Please respect copyright.PENANAVmr9d5dehq
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 984Please respect copyright.PENANAAXPtOSFcQR
choice.984Please respect copyright.PENANAjChN6uf1as
As soon as I stepped out984Please respect copyright.PENANAzoAEIohifU
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAwmDqOcazex
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.984Please respect copyright.PENANA6l59ol9WH8
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAzjbby5DiZN
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."984Please respect copyright.PENANAyLgHH5qgq8
"You're aren't the only 984Please respect copyright.PENANA6G3axuLB0V
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 984Please respect copyright.PENANAY4ifNjkdkc
to work on that when we get in there."984Please respect copyright.PENANA0TJcUgYitz
I managed to put up a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAy9gZXXDjpQ
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How984Please respect copyright.PENANA1IONELjq5a
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.984Please respect copyright.PENANAAv9r3k2gah
As I came into the lobby984Please respect copyright.PENANAABEkzWJ6Vw
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 984Please respect copyright.PENANA0jJ1rqdhRC
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.984Please respect copyright.PENANArwQ5zfvB1C
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."984Please respect copyright.PENANAYXIqxVMfFB
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.984Please respect copyright.PENANA6JXx2d16A2
We all got in the 984Please respect copyright.PENANATeVaY83lEs
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up984Please respect copyright.PENANAs6QTVOnxJP
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 984Please respect copyright.PENANAWrbBxXU20R
things.984Please respect copyright.PENANAoTVCzwu0Pv
We got to the dance 984Please respect copyright.PENANA4TraubY24L
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 984Please respect copyright.PENANAVhWKoARlO8
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.984Please respect copyright.PENANA9L9TZXCfHz
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.984Please respect copyright.PENANANlWk5eTOc2
I was too lost in 984Please respect copyright.PENANAwGeH6E4C8o
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEo4FW4jwlj
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.984Please respect copyright.PENANAB2cywH7mCE
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.984Please respect copyright.PENANA3uhMIuHsSB
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.984Please respect copyright.PENANAKMGeCAZLoA
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.984Please respect copyright.PENANAuCteD7Wh7D
"Tell me about it," said984Please respect copyright.PENANAzxy4iYIN0e
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her984Please respect copyright.PENANA2eXRxe0dha
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."984Please respect copyright.PENANAKlM0fu6BNT
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAPVenlCNgcZ
"Too weird," said Daniel.984Please respect copyright.PENANAoyWn8C5GhX
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."984Please respect copyright.PENANAebhgnACwK0
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.984Please respect copyright.PENANAwkIYeSIKyr
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.984Please respect copyright.PENANAtWGFia88Rp
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.984Please respect copyright.PENANA8oVPAw1ht6
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.984Please respect copyright.PENANAKTBb8N2rXQ
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."984Please respect copyright.PENANAcXWsGNqEip
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAK3sQDO2fAD
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.984Please respect copyright.PENANAA7DtpYtZtf
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."984Please respect copyright.PENANAZO2rJsgjjN
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."984Please respect copyright.PENANAMdN63Bpg9I
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."984Please respect copyright.PENANAPyxBE77ObG
"I'm not."984Please respect copyright.PENANAAKbcGKdtBm
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAmDax8GLXNH
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAjC1W7VzZRL
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.984Please respect copyright.PENANATPaOxEHUJ6
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.984Please respect copyright.PENANA7zgIdzWhQB
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.984Please respect copyright.PENANACrCj3XWwEZ
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."984Please respect copyright.PENANAVXuAejhu1W
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."984Please respect copyright.PENANAtYrPCBPMil
Before I could turn 984Please respect copyright.PENANANRSa5CKutG
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAREJL5LAjNU
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.984Please respect copyright.PENANAUKlER20BK6
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.984Please respect copyright.PENANADqvdTw6Gue
I took the crown from 984Please respect copyright.PENANAwkb3KfF5vI
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was984Please respect copyright.PENANA4etYq3QaiD
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 984Please respect copyright.PENANAPzKUgCu9P9
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 984Please respect copyright.PENANAqEnVZYj3a1
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.984Please respect copyright.PENANAdPqVF2pmrO
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.984Please respect copyright.PENANASR7X0sSLL7
"It is," said Seungri 984Please respect copyright.PENANAU7dYGg9F3H
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 984Please respect copyright.PENANAB2xicwjtFx
stones because it's your birth stone."984Please respect copyright.PENANAh3XtwHBSM6
"Aww! Thank you so much,984Please respect copyright.PENANAbiwY4uK5oK
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew984Please respect copyright.PENANAvN2Y3gAz2w
he was going to brighten up my day today.984Please respect copyright.PENANA7u6HAmbI6n
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"984Please respect copyright.PENANAT8uKlYwNG1
"I want to wear it," 984Please respect copyright.PENANASM9ANq6kDc
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 984Please respect copyright.PENANAyzOWGRDrso
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.984Please respect copyright.PENANA8dq3iFTugl
"Don't I look like a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAER6RAsP57b
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAZfKZVNZXw6
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.984Please respect copyright.PENANAjBDePFMolQ
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.984Please respect copyright.PENANAuTTiTxE0dB
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.984Please respect copyright.PENANAmkNzjxPr70
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.984Please respect copyright.PENANA3OABBtORMM
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.984Please respect copyright.PENANAuJvlIxBqUD
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."984Please respect copyright.PENANAtLcLeI8lm2
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.984Please respect copyright.PENANA20Wn8PJLh2
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.984Please respect copyright.PENANAZZDPrQA8wy
"May her royal majesty 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEoLrkDeDvL
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 984Please respect copyright.PENANAK5H6NBTx7Z
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.984Please respect copyright.PENANApeGe5nOxEo
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.984Please respect copyright.PENANAWuPYSzoqtr
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.984Please respect copyright.PENANAXANw7fKC8Q
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.984Please respect copyright.PENANAw1rlm06kDG
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.984Please respect copyright.PENANAssR4QqvPcD
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.984Please respect copyright.PENANAP9AqWOtWbo
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.984Please respect copyright.PENANATx5mRuj3l4
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAIWMWsFBZ6z
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."984Please respect copyright.PENANAkfQX5b4nYA
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."984Please respect copyright.PENANAhlujE7v50j
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."984Please respect copyright.PENANAqqRJ6vAsoV
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.984Please respect copyright.PENANAaMq4zHqHcZ
She couldn't tell the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAAzgTd8JOPU
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took984Please respect copyright.PENANAv0rRcQatwF
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group984Please respect copyright.PENANAKCGRn36yjC
photo with me in the middle.984Please respect copyright.PENANAl8tVijJ60i
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.984Please respect copyright.PENANAgGb4Sw9ThV
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.984Please respect copyright.PENANAtCJ0Gvp4MB
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."984Please respect copyright.PENANAeXh8ZzEkPo
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."984Please respect copyright.PENANAoRe1flJdG2
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.984Please respect copyright.PENANA9X5jd45JMJ
Zoey smiled. "Even better."984Please respect copyright.PENANAIReMqAwVkD
G-Dragon turned to 984Please respect copyright.PENANA3ipviQfpc7
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAGOmWn1t5Q8
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 984Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ3Q2LUBSx
him and he will find us."984Please respect copyright.PENANAzNRJbZKgzX
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.984Please respect copyright.PENANATNSoZsX28s
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."984Please respect copyright.PENANABr7F0TbmRO
We all stood on one side984Please respect copyright.PENANAKwmuNcZ2dE
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 984Please respect copyright.PENANA4FhbXZogjA
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 984Please respect copyright.PENANAlALfitYSsP
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.984Please respect copyright.PENANAMouMUnCeSa
"So, I was thinking, 984Please respect copyright.PENANATo2MeDR0LH
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA4gzwQE43tf
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 984Please respect copyright.PENANASWniWeZuT2
guys."984Please respect copyright.PENANATiM2n2lNhu
Christine came forward 984Please respect copyright.PENANAu3sfha19Ju
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJXrfa8ZA2I
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.984Please respect copyright.PENANAWCUDk4zfe0
With Christine and Mike 984Please respect copyright.PENANA8RVHPkw03d
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 984Please respect copyright.PENANAvPcQRAbGtC
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAoGO8muuDMf
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 984Please respect copyright.PENANAamEsZn7aPo
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 984Please respect copyright.PENANAiixhGGue1y
themselves back and they again their backs touched.984Please respect copyright.PENANAxtq58Fig74
With a bit of skilful 984Please respect copyright.PENANAum53iL2IwI
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew984Please respect copyright.PENANAohTY3wyfYZ
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAak9kVnf0e9
air.984Please respect copyright.PENANABttyV5jPLg
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."984Please respect copyright.PENANAD5CoO509Is
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.984Please respect copyright.PENANABMUbA3YX9C
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.984Please respect copyright.PENANAzcwOLhKTTS
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.984Please respect copyright.PENANAa2iVe4GWbm
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.984Please respect copyright.PENANA1dZq2xKQkT
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.984Please respect copyright.PENANANTU1eT12WY
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.984Please respect copyright.PENANAPC32WBOht4
The door soon opened and984Please respect copyright.PENANAVoe5a17QMH
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 984Please respect copyright.PENANAKTcoNV98PD
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.984Please respect copyright.PENANAE4lsMmDb7g
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.984Please respect copyright.PENANALB0xGfY2hO
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.984Please respect copyright.PENANAVTHkHZKSPV
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."984Please respect copyright.PENANAkqQn2zcfeN
Mike and Christine 984Please respect copyright.PENANA2Zdsfanhm9
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance984Please respect copyright.PENANAyE2673inYM
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 984Please respect copyright.PENANAWlJ69mJfvp
us will come in the scene.984Please respect copyright.PENANA0ycy0bu77r
"Mmmm," the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAQiUO88YWSZ
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAfFncaF4CpW
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.984Please respect copyright.PENANAcVDyiGq0bx
"I like it," said the 984Please respect copyright.PENANACKhj3zwc6R
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 984Please respect copyright.PENANAZKvUAIYJQl
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 984Please respect copyright.PENANAZJi1aAFrHx
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnCxP6rApEW
comes in."984Please respect copyright.PENANA02Mn74MOvy
Zoey and G-Dragon took 984Please respect copyright.PENANAyoY9FDvKSA
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 984Please respect copyright.PENANAirDi50E6DS
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 984Please respect copyright.PENANAQJtn824LG4
were perfect.984Please respect copyright.PENANAJW0mPhhgGs
"Excellent," said the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA7THpenaxnI
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 984Please respect copyright.PENANApbjzSUIZeq
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 984Please respect copyright.PENANAUztR1IITJM
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAbTXzN4bwnt
formation in front of them."984Please respect copyright.PENANAAAEiWprTIn
We did as the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAcLQv8v6dwz
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 984Please respect copyright.PENANABgbRRqp3wi
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 984Please respect copyright.PENANAcjoyLCi6sV
the hang of it.984Please respect copyright.PENANAhN7lXfRNK0
A few minutes later, 984Please respect copyright.PENANAduhqFEFfaI
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJUyeRmuzQD
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and984Please respect copyright.PENANAxYDgmlNhov
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.984Please respect copyright.PENANAlPs5T0ubrk
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.984Please respect copyright.PENANAS8VmmeYmK6
I laughed, also staring 984Please respect copyright.PENANAXDmCoMXv7M
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your984Please respect copyright.PENANAgyU3db9MFp
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."984Please respect copyright.PENANAsUkg0VSxdK
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAr356iN4Z4k
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.984Please respect copyright.PENANApyI7HMo2uR
I quickly scrambled up 984Please respect copyright.PENANAQQJgu73yvh
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and984Please respect copyright.PENANA4RGODUh9Dy
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 984Please respect copyright.PENANArFHWY2Vfh1
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 984Please respect copyright.PENANAeRkr0jqkpv
and removed my phone.984Please respect copyright.PENANAdn1okHFGVy
I sent a message to the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAfWPoaTmSJt
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he984Please respect copyright.PENANACfp6okQtSZ
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAFS0B3fxlkv
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.984Please respect copyright.PENANA03mopuTO7g
"Good. We should meet."984Please respect copyright.PENANAq7gMmmqjmm
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.984Please respect copyright.PENANAgtf5ZlpJbA
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."984Please respect copyright.PENANA2kelxF2RQU
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."984Please respect copyright.PENANANYZuYOOXZL
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.984Please respect copyright.PENANAH4GmPtCWNf
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA9waRy0wP4x
"You're one smart 984Please respect copyright.PENANAeejjQpcreH
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the984Please respect copyright.PENANAoB9SWRAkRz
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 984Please respect copyright.PENANAWKSrjj7kXF
consequences."984Please respect copyright.PENANAzhWzJQkNeJ
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.984Please respect copyright.PENANA80xxEYoiZj
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."984Please respect copyright.PENANA4UP2Ka0qFp
"That's my girl."984Please respect copyright.PENANAQkEUt6nuDX
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.984Please respect copyright.PENANA8AlMXnPnBf
As I tucked my phone 984Please respect copyright.PENANAxLNmwL6JYw
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 984Please respect copyright.PENANAK8WuO7CcdW
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAGQK1lwl9ed
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 984Please respect copyright.PENANAXQxKJSokTX
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.984Please respect copyright.PENANAmCBtUvsdWB
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.984Please respect copyright.PENANA25bEhwQUR5
When they both turned to984Please respect copyright.PENANAf16Q2tPEDm
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8PDY1EC7p
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 984Please respect copyright.PENANABFUlj3PhX1
couldn't help but feel that they were.984Please respect copyright.PENANAcq9An8qZND
I laid back down 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJIU4B9Wow3
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 984Please respect copyright.PENANAICoJKh7dOI
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 984Please respect copyright.PENANACzwpsIyNUs
two of us had in our room this morning?984Please respect copyright.PENANAi8VDw0YlmV
Yikes! If she did, then I984Please respect copyright.PENANAo1QFqn8KKh
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 984Please respect copyright.PENANACy6C8ibxy0
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 984Please respect copyright.PENANA0UQbszTkVN
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnyKaoWBgsc
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.984Please respect copyright.PENANALEVhEXIIL6
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.984Please respect copyright.PENANAZJZyE9JUIk
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.984Please respect copyright.PENANAwBq8y3kKAG
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.984Please respect copyright.PENANAI2vmg0pZNN
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.984Please respect copyright.PENANASISAeJvwj1
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.984Please respect copyright.PENANAFnSQ0n9nI8
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.984Please respect copyright.PENANAwvA6NXbBoV
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.984Please respect copyright.PENANArzi7O8h4vV
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.984Please respect copyright.PENANA9atDl77I5Z
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.984Please respect copyright.PENANAF3wKydNzw7
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.984Please respect copyright.PENANASOD0hRKtH9
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAhCldfSuuBV
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAvxkoktGDkq
"No. It sounds great."984Please respect copyright.PENANAB78jMsbE0S
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."984Please respect copyright.PENANAibgbMS66wd
"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.984Please respect copyright.PENANAh4LUgaKhoP
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.984Please respect copyright.PENANAASJkmS5jW0
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."984Please respect copyright.PENANAlbP8pICpre
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA76BC8KUEdM
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.984Please respect copyright.PENANAbStMCIca6W
"True," said Taeyang.984Please respect copyright.PENANAZn3xwZYHU1
"Okay," I said, feeling a984Please respect copyright.PENANAQmXihVr4Im
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA4EC9mlO8ed
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.984Please respect copyright.PENANA0HxuykTxs1
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.984Please respect copyright.PENANAZF8eASuqFT
After the three had 984Please respect copyright.PENANAbq4XN4gY1c
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 984Please respect copyright.PENANAwDmqexN3wd
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.984Please respect copyright.PENANAxg2cpaBgiS
While we waited, 984Please respect copyright.PENANA2H7rf2FyUs
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid984Please respect copyright.PENANAM8lJ6Qo2M9
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 984Please respect copyright.PENANADN6PMSRefB
expression on his face.984Please respect copyright.PENANACs1L0vAgJ2
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAj2emRPQhf7
He sounded serious and I984Please respect copyright.PENANASKoKSbI2Q8
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel984Please respect copyright.PENANAIgPXIBUpPR
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.984Please respect copyright.PENANARLE0eRBPk8
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.984Please respect copyright.PENANAr5bcrd77xc
I got up from the floor 984Please respect copyright.PENANAkbDKqLjaGE
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 984Please respect copyright.PENANAS2v5My5CP4
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAizJoa1RDyv
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.984Please respect copyright.PENANAw4bb2C7JeB
I found G-Dragon three 984Please respect copyright.PENANA3A4TKy9Yy1
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 984Please respect copyright.PENANApgZoBYGtZ1
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 984Please respect copyright.PENANA4zGLDLn2IW
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 984Please respect copyright.PENANA2XrF1I8AaS
close.984Please respect copyright.PENANAHjbaslVddY
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAKMKA0PwFdO
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANAYZXxEnis14
"It's about Zoey," he said.984Please respect copyright.PENANA8hNUX8mUOz
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA6st9RTSfk4
"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?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAfBy6GwexLG
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."984Please respect copyright.PENANAk4zxlERjf4
"Really? That's all you can say?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAmaoft7QyDI
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."984Please respect copyright.PENANAaWTNws1uEa
"But you almost had."984Please respect copyright.PENANAuxStfqu492
"Yet I couldn't."984Please respect copyright.PENANAjfCAxXty0D
"Zoey is right. You're 984Please respect copyright.PENANAvzmFgUgJ6T
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 984Please respect copyright.PENANAz5cYJAvOob
you know I was supposed to do it."984Please respect copyright.PENANA1q6IwwuzPv
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."984Please respect copyright.PENANAfzKyrrDYoh
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"984Please respect copyright.PENANADKCjrRqQVw
I paused before I could say, "what?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA4QfsDh5aJD
"You heard me loud and 984Please respect copyright.PENANAeOtPTIhWul
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 984Please respect copyright.PENANAUP1ThAZFrp
to take matters into your own hands."984Please respect copyright.PENANA7Mp8Qf9TTp
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANA3gvR9zON9S
"Wait, that's not true," I said.984Please respect copyright.PENANA2UwX2PhmwJ
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAEITQwMG5nl
I now realised that I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAFbnTEMdXjJ
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 984Please respect copyright.PENANA2GPSgrlgQs
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his984Please respect copyright.PENANACeIo3Udu5U
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 984Please respect copyright.PENANAWWGrMJ41lR
bound to come up sooner rather than later.984Please respect copyright.PENANAqswjEWJHU6
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAXmNufUrVOa
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."984Please respect copyright.PENANAecp5piQqqI
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA3tUZkyit1B
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."984Please respect copyright.PENANAIDbSveW83I
G-Dragon took a step 984Please respect copyright.PENANATTttHWEvbJ
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 984Please respect copyright.PENANAxhJtjL0Njb
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"984Please respect copyright.PENANAUBMUlNwG41
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."984Please respect copyright.PENANAOGMAaQgHkK
"Then what did happen?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAhlAXtc4TsX
"All of this is nothing 984Please respect copyright.PENANAfgyFLYD7Tj
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 984Please respect copyright.PENANASbXgiKugki
happened that I myself couldn't control."984Please respect copyright.PENANA8HrKwnQYFL
"Don't lie to me, Sam."984Please respect copyright.PENANApTNyW4XyYt
"You know what, I'm 984Please respect copyright.PENANA75hZFY7yoV
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like984Please respect copyright.PENANAkYU7zxrA1U
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 984Please respect copyright.PENANA1M2y8TOjnp
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I984Please respect copyright.PENANA6uDbltDF8L
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."984Please respect copyright.PENANAyIGORQkLOE
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAEzgfFzJAsk
"Yes. But I know you 984Please respect copyright.PENANAl9Rj7uRwEE
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 984Please respect copyright.PENANAaLVV6OA5gK
for himself that he and I could never be together."984Please respect copyright.PENANAQEHvfMI2eK
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.984Please respect copyright.PENANApO97a8Zogr
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.984Please respect copyright.PENANAENuL03DOcY
I turned around to head 984Please respect copyright.PENANAVKLOhtEZxD
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or984Please respect copyright.PENANAV4HPG4VPBn
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.984Please respect copyright.PENANAPKQbfFXKAx
When I came back in the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAg4H7h3ceJX
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 984Please respect copyright.PENANAICo3rYHnj5
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.984Please respect copyright.PENANAhogjMydHEq
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAlYwjC6Natj
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."984Please respect copyright.PENANAmiwl6f8Nl0
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.984Please respect copyright.PENANAFtLt63Laf4
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAqekFUlJEsZ
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."984Please respect copyright.PENANAYg4T3sS8IR
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.984Please respect copyright.PENANAX2i7Eqrbaw
I heard the door open 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEmAe1HeEO1
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 984Please respect copyright.PENANATEztS491XU
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.984Please respect copyright.PENANAneKfeQz1KS
"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."984Please respect copyright.PENANAAwyu0D7qty
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.984Please respect copyright.PENANAvhNRzRgybj
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.984Please respect copyright.PENANAp4f9ZX8sHi
"Look guys," I said as 984Please respect copyright.PENANAwDXLJya4EF
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm984Please respect copyright.PENANA5B8mocu5se
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAht4jg51mOz
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.984Please respect copyright.PENANAx4r303QQDB
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."984Please respect copyright.PENANAZM1VxAujIL
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAYHMF0fD2Yx
I didn't say anything 984Please respect copyright.PENANAk2E2YYBCti
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others984Please respect copyright.PENANAoxL7bnRCZO
who were waiting for either of us to say something.984Please respect copyright.PENANAxI8uFMXgLP
Before anyone could 984Please respect copyright.PENANA5pap7dS3Zs
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 984Please respect copyright.PENANA8kp93unzyX
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 984Please respect copyright.PENANANV6IEmnONH
we went back to practising.984Please respect copyright.PENANALLs0DC7wHB
I don't know how I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAf1RNH1rOkY
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.984Please respect copyright.PENANAps7hwPW1jP
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 984Please respect copyright.PENANAiNPwwa2YsQ
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJu3GDcjJLC
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my984Please respect copyright.PENANAADUviqygyx
head in the real world and not mess things up.984Please respect copyright.PENANAa7l1uEUXNr
It was lunch time and 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEQ47H8SaUN
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAGupEr5iBy5
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnm5tw35EW9
stranger.984Please respect copyright.PENANAH6LKwejouB
Now that we were on a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAXI06ab6evg
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 984Please respect copyright.PENANAGQAP07mpLx
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 984Please respect copyright.PENANAXKVxKPuMyc
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just984Please respect copyright.PENANAxndV0iiPgZ
too awkward for me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAXZBuuHYeEx
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAutyK3vJY8e
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.984Please respect copyright.PENANApllkkM1Xju
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.984Please respect copyright.PENANAboy06gKRYN
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.984Please respect copyright.PENANAPknHeqUU4O
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."984Please respect copyright.PENANAPUGeIWGyin
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.984Please respect copyright.PENANAslQSk5jTxS
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.984Please respect copyright.PENANAXvYoETsp4n
"Good idea," said Taeyang.984Please respect copyright.PENANAeD5xSpCV1n
As though they couldn't 984Please respect copyright.PENANAAciAJkBdpb
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 984Please respect copyright.PENANADSHvutb1Zo
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 984Please respect copyright.PENANAxEKnLB7fp7
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.984Please respect copyright.PENANAEc4JqzVjLV
A few seconds later, 984Please respect copyright.PENANA3Xt4rRdnMk
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse984Please respect copyright.PENANApFsk6iXfq3
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking984Please respect copyright.PENANAtagEaOYwj4
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 984Please respect copyright.PENANAEfwRrjSekE
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.984Please respect copyright.PENANA0btfJwSNfK
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.984Please respect copyright.PENANAUtGEtRiNuu
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAeO96XViWDM
"A lot has happened 984Please respect copyright.PENANATrp22KC4cm
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 984Please respect copyright.PENANAP0XASWHiL3
case there were any people snooping around.984Please respect copyright.PENANA18wejBmRTd
"What? What's happened?"984Please respect copyright.PENANALyMKlx5nAo
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."984Please respect copyright.PENANAagK6AUKKja
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."984Please respect copyright.PENANArH3TMTz6Qs
"That's not the worst 984Please respect copyright.PENANAI8r7uCr32s
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAztvXV6DsDJ
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."984Please respect copyright.PENANArWujPz6XaS
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAICnEmm80Vc
"Like I said, he is 984Please respect copyright.PENANAR3hTTsQASp
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 984Please respect copyright.PENANA8ezk9hWtIB
are going to be toast especially with the press."984Please respect copyright.PENANABlfwQUkU6R
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"984Please respect copyright.PENANACFRUTNMfeO
"I'm not sure if I can 984Please respect copyright.PENANAaGW6yqcbDH
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 984Please respect copyright.PENANAtvVExjzIld
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."984Please respect copyright.PENANAUyrqdxpHU0
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA6U6nesfCnQ
"I've no choice and I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAhRbdAv9Hwb
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until984Please respect copyright.PENANA1sQ8DaGuAe
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAQLlfPKLzD2
cap and a scarf."984Please respect copyright.PENANAEc3T9d2ouK
"What will you need that for?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA8Lrl5s2trO
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.984Please respect copyright.PENANA477SDig4Zb
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."984Please respect copyright.PENANAALFeZBXvLX
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."984Please respect copyright.PENANAskbh9yC6N8
I cut the call and this 984Please respect copyright.PENANAYmsQ5m0dUO
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 984Please respect copyright.PENANA1dtpsk2ssG
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAPTD8WarRAv
I reached the bottom of 984Please respect copyright.PENANAuiNUx2xvla
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 984Please respect copyright.PENANABv81WfDGDZ
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 984Please respect copyright.PENANAHuKGblgHqj
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 984Please respect copyright.PENANAjFjkirXFgP
voices that I could recognise.984Please respect copyright.PENANAsRlSODKvNa
I went over to look, 984Please respect copyright.PENANAg71fYwbycJ
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnK1Z3zjF4A
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 984Please respect copyright.PENANA1scBEnnPwS
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 984Please respect copyright.PENANAl9kVweDAjs
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.984Please respect copyright.PENANAhGspjcjGbd
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.984Please respect copyright.PENANAn4Q8myw2zW
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."984Please respect copyright.PENANAMdhCyiU7Fx
"I'm just surprised that984Please respect copyright.PENANAyTGhE53q1s
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that984Please respect copyright.PENANASRpTZpCude
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.984Please respect copyright.PENANAeTNXEkFFpv
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."984Please respect copyright.PENANAdkBZoqHmtJ
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAnphcQK0KUV
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.984Please respect copyright.PENANAHthzi4P8tX
"I think so too," said 984Please respect copyright.PENANAag2udRUtGk
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 984Please respect copyright.PENANARaVsT5UQ8V
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."984Please respect copyright.PENANAU1QClgN6hR
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.984Please respect copyright.PENANAxtGmc1a7v3
I was expecting them to 984Please respect copyright.PENANA5VoQgeCoHY
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 984Please respect copyright.PENANAv1wRUkzcWR
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 984Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ttti2q3vu
Who knows?984Please respect copyright.PENANAJhuVRlFKmC
Throwing that thought 984Please respect copyright.PENANArVvhOmwGWT
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 984Please respect copyright.PENANAj9sNsrfISZ
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAb0YIDcvDES
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.984Please respect copyright.PENANAgTa5iJJtdC
There were still more 984Please respect copyright.PENANAOLNY8if4aC
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery984Please respect copyright.PENANAnuX4akLg3N
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAIZee4Y9Qyb
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAaPcKWroNEa
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 984Please respect copyright.PENANAuUdBv0H84t
away.984Please respect copyright.PENANAKa7MOG4MbL
In what seemed like 984Please respect copyright.PENANA3WeH58OMxE
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 984Please respect copyright.PENANAK6yPMRaNzz
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.984Please respect copyright.PENANArVdoE0dTV9
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.984Please respect copyright.PENANAz4z0aqKd1S
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."984Please respect copyright.PENANAXpDafuR04X
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."984Please respect copyright.PENANAn4cyXfNUly
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"984Please respect copyright.PENANALyxhf9Ut1E
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.984Please respect copyright.PENANA3eqh2GT8nY
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."984Please respect copyright.PENANArfclqUYkp1
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.984Please respect copyright.PENANAPChta6D5gg
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAUpBC2kEcqS
"They have gone out for 984Please respect copyright.PENANAR5bzDRS5Ny
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things984Please respect copyright.PENANAXDST0MhbcB
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."984Please respect copyright.PENANAuzQFpZ5dUz
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.984Please respect copyright.PENANAlBUnyF706l
"Ya. And they are about 984Please respect copyright.PENANAH8Vypvr1Bh
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the984Please respect copyright.PENANAnh76gywavf
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.984Please respect copyright.PENANA6OpH3BL5Tp
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAIsnWwAO4Q2
"Ya, that will be a good984Please respect copyright.PENANArMAsOyatZg
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 984Please respect copyright.PENANAtkBXKzqTfP
the guards might think when they see me."984Please respect copyright.PENANAl0wv47r0Tx
Lee and I started to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAcLl9FF43L4
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front984Please respect copyright.PENANA0Lmtl8BI17
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnM4d05qE0u
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 984Please respect copyright.PENANAYqsR5nol2Q
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 984Please respect copyright.PENANAB2AXtp0M7F
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.984Please respect copyright.PENANAabiI1fILEQ
When I finally managed 984Please respect copyright.PENANADwQgsYDruM
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 984Please respect copyright.PENANAcTTtWrEbeL
away from the YG gate and down the street.984Please respect copyright.PENANAUPcljmD54A
I had to admit, I was so984Please respect copyright.PENANA7RgRoW2Vrk
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 984Please respect copyright.PENANAHvurdHzKqu
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 984Please respect copyright.PENANAUTDvqZ55s5
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 984Please respect copyright.PENANA8OBh7d1oac
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.984Please respect copyright.PENANACu2NJDUAiE
After walking a few 984Please respect copyright.PENANAWjoGIggPmr
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA4LEHM4rusB
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 984Please respect copyright.PENANAqLFfphFf1a
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 984Please respect copyright.PENANArcZIzNOsYg
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.984Please respect copyright.PENANArHrRoXU2LL
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.984Please respect copyright.PENANArrJYEsrRuz
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."984Please respect copyright.PENANAzKikqEQwoY
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face984Please respect copyright.PENANAtyoHxoDFVp
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."984Please respect copyright.PENANAVZolHhxrv7
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."984Please respect copyright.PENANA0C8sz5NTrF
I froze as I soon looked984Please respect copyright.PENANAxpz2y99XPX
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 984Please respect copyright.PENANA0nJyHEOzZI
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 984Please respect copyright.PENANAFnW17v3mX0
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.984Please respect copyright.PENANAjaH4p9Cyl6
I heard him laugh 984Please respect copyright.PENANAkDrv9gMehi
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAhlW8PUEW3M
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."984Please respect copyright.PENANA959Mbc9D02
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAAUIZhKXG6H
"I'm right here."984Please respect copyright.PENANAuupv91Fc5m
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"984Please respect copyright.PENANAlsUH5H82z7
My sentence was cut 984Please respect copyright.PENANAVrFIygUDLD
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge984Please respect copyright.PENANAISs5hx3fSX
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 984Please respect copyright.PENANATMzdydNWGU
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.984Please respect copyright.PENANAsuSpn64uLr
A smartly dressed 984Please respect copyright.PENANA0xIEPtoNRh
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 984Please respect copyright.PENANAKG4sPMXGzN
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.984Please respect copyright.PENANAeP9unA0RvO
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.984Please respect copyright.PENANAHwXvWAehSY
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANAJYOD8lSvcJ
A few heads turned my 984Please respect copyright.PENANAgVzIPnSbUO
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAj5Sfvq0QWO
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 984Please respect copyright.PENANASBnmvxyPwl
and a little suspicious too.984Please respect copyright.PENANA2dPagsEOnW
I managed to awake from 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJCATwS6Zwg
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 984Please respect copyright.PENANAlrWXED9gB5
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAUQHXvfcswI
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAmRbaiCSnBo
driver's seat.984Please respect copyright.PENANAPylOtRb6ES
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.984Please respect copyright.PENANAT66NMr8eq7
With my eyes, I looked 984Please respect copyright.PENANA3qWWZJMYl5
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAqX6sylVB1S
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.984Please respect copyright.PENANAFs5pUqPgOk
He looked to be in the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAwNUxvO9tvy
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 984Please respect copyright.PENANAuwWa1YzrjL
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 984Please respect copyright.PENANAPjNbeIOVoo
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into984Please respect copyright.PENANAxiViTK0UV2
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 984Please respect copyright.PENANAjVtAcZ61pw
who had one heck of a body.984Please respect copyright.PENANAG3hu2KML73
I hadn't said a word and984Please respect copyright.PENANA3efmA5IAEq
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 984Please respect copyright.PENANAdH76lWVgc5
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 984Please respect copyright.PENANAAgpgn714K7
wrist. Who was this guy?984Please respect copyright.PENANAyBq0Jkx6kX
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAk85cMSlyuq
I opened my mouth but 984Please respect copyright.PENANAoOeLw4VRAX
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 984Please respect copyright.PENANAINqRHNxYNh
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAnjelDjQG64
contact.984Please respect copyright.PENANAd9j0daSnb7
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANA7OwtlB0ITF
"Yes, a pleasure to meet984Please respect copyright.PENANAI7Cr7enuLa
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 984Please respect copyright.PENANAAhrEqgIWYo
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.984Please respect copyright.PENANAfcA55j6tvT
"I'm sorry we had to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAtE6ItNrqa7
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the984Please respect copyright.PENANAjyQwZ8Ihrc
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."984Please respect copyright.PENANAhBglfmZeGV
I looked at him and 984Please respect copyright.PENANAxbPQUcw0Em
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 984Please respect copyright.PENANAV3fLz5i8LB
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 984Please respect copyright.PENANAqG7MwDDWSq
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we984Please respect copyright.PENANAtir7XgQ08g
hear about in mythical tales.984Please respect copyright.PENANARvreLsXOSs
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.984Please respect copyright.PENANAj2bbxPhKQw
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJp1t13SpnK
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 984Please respect copyright.PENANAKKcPKKj51e
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."984Please respect copyright.PENANAlpqStHhmxt
There was silence and I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAjuDZbXEeob
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made984Please respect copyright.PENANAsHJlEYGoMW
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 984Please respect copyright.PENANA3k3foeFfwo
something.984Please respect copyright.PENANAQMDIPrGCz7
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.984Please respect copyright.PENANAVKsWvek4Nx
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."984Please respect copyright.PENANAvibXX7IWdt
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."984Please respect copyright.PENANAGCDNalHJOJ
"I was born in the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAKRrvaIxj1e
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are984Please respect copyright.PENANAJGPsjs8yVG
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 984Please respect copyright.PENANAGPg1XK5i4y
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 984Please respect copyright.PENANA8hI7amjhr7
business empire is what's so important to them."984Please respect copyright.PENANALLVxmyVhqT
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.984Please respect copyright.PENANAl1UWRkwsSQ
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.984Please respect copyright.PENANAccv3k3C5B2
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.984Please respect copyright.PENANAODLQXWNA1M
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA6QUxe74yaS
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAXS8lx53EIr
"Lunch?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAdhguNZyakY
"Yes, lunch."984Please respect copyright.PENANAGZCYgP3QPP
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.984Please respect copyright.PENANAgsRDTik2jp
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."984Please respect copyright.PENANAaEObu3Gpro
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."984Please respect copyright.PENANAQiewbqSkpX
I raised an eyebrow at 984Please respect copyright.PENANAOqK8LMqqrL
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 984Please respect copyright.PENANA6DRXpSKa5m
you have been able to find me on the street."984Please respect copyright.PENANAK8pjPodlny
He gave me that dashing 984Please respect copyright.PENANAUjmkbzkxvd
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 984Please respect copyright.PENANA351s08nqmF
would meet. I had to come prepared."984Please respect copyright.PENANAWIYanWtV7s
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAPoUhz4WAi3
"My apartment. It's much safer there."984Please respect copyright.PENANAEyPvwiNGl7
"You own an apartment?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAUdO3842YPH
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."984Please respect copyright.PENANAG0ZgZhpEcg
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."984Please respect copyright.PENANArgnxSqaa7Q
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."984Please respect copyright.PENANAGlNFNeuZAc
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.984Please respect copyright.PENANAqirNtxN5nb
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.984Please respect copyright.PENANAYuBMN3hS1s
It was a huge apartment 984Please respect copyright.PENANAbq5d13xw2C
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAERKdXkNVj4
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.984Please respect copyright.PENANARCDqEnEBR9
After the car parked, 984Please respect copyright.PENANABC4JyUi4bN
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 984Please respect copyright.PENANAafLntQqDBk
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 984Please respect copyright.PENANACo9Zlu6be1
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAWz8ld6kKqf
came out of the car.984Please respect copyright.PENANAfaRsDE5NkV
Derrick lead the way, 984Please respect copyright.PENANAQr77LvIGZP
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 984Please respect copyright.PENANATgLPnu2p1y
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA9GEfZRKfpX
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.984Please respect copyright.PENANAf99hZo2ihf
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.984Please respect copyright.PENANAh8fgK7vsvV
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.984Please respect copyright.PENANAmzEusjMTQw
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.984Please respect copyright.PENANA5j0qeXGjDe
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAI1DXlaqX32
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."984Please respect copyright.PENANAmZsZvoAVKq
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAc4PjP3cz5h
"Well, ya, I do! You're 984Please respect copyright.PENANAfgkD5TBjJl
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 984Please respect copyright.PENANAndyFZwkwOc
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."984Please respect copyright.PENANA1TfxQpPlGc
"Why?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA8V7VLS5gnP
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."984Please respect copyright.PENANABlCE8AcdTv
The elevator doors flew 984Please respect copyright.PENANAf6GfRyHYaN
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 984Please respect copyright.PENANAWPSgJFiby8
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 984Please respect copyright.PENANAVhtjaJH4wQ
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 984Please respect copyright.PENANACMMxGuuA3I
into heaven.984Please respect copyright.PENANAShxgICzNrt
I stepped out of the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAxHfeCHgCCC
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 984Please respect copyright.PENANA0ws5NqorvK
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 984Please respect copyright.PENANAeECXQTksvj
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 984Please respect copyright.PENANA9Lm3F0oGgb
soft red carpet.984Please respect copyright.PENANAdVVE2fgKvY
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.984Please respect copyright.PENANAfbLBcLcv5d
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."984Please respect copyright.PENANAniOOYe3R3G
I looked down the hall 984Please respect copyright.PENANAqfWw7BoQa9
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 984Please respect copyright.PENANAKOGbvKSYTP
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 984Please respect copyright.PENANANOEgPCzBBP
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 984Please respect copyright.PENANAOzsUoJhDBz
coming.984Please respect copyright.PENANAV57B6f7xkm
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.984Please respect copyright.PENANAlJhJKgFJpX
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.984Please respect copyright.PENANA4gIACAsaaV
"Ladies first," said Derrick.984Please respect copyright.PENANAcnc2129saQ
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.984Please respect copyright.PENANAV1Sh92Y9Ii
"This place is very 984Please respect copyright.PENANAb06hH40IEq
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the984Please respect copyright.PENANAqL4ZVyMBmL
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 984Please respect copyright.PENANAOLX6RI8jXJ
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the984Please respect copyright.PENANAhO0q5MWrH2
wall.984Please respect copyright.PENANAfhm9B7xtn7
I looked to the other 984Please respect copyright.PENANAlm2t8LPkp5
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 984Please respect copyright.PENANAFpg6FDmxbl
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 984Please respect copyright.PENANAL87tYUVYba
beautiful flower vases with orchids.984Please respect copyright.PENANAvPblF9iChy
"I see you like 984Please respect copyright.PENANAmyc9TCN1I8
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 984Please respect copyright.PENANAgPZ8mlaJ6Q
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.984Please respect copyright.PENANAd8J0WGfTqI
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.984Please respect copyright.PENANAFdx4g2kNPZ
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.984Please respect copyright.PENANATuO6AtWU2T
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."984Please respect copyright.PENANAbOZoNBBOcY
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.984Please respect copyright.PENANA66q5wgcz5p
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAgI6QdqCxJn
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.984Please respect copyright.PENANAiHQyyp1KMV
The butler bowed and 984Please respect copyright.PENANA08eNDM1Gp3
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 984Please respect copyright.PENANABqWjpIX4mx
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAI8iytk24ix
ground.984Please respect copyright.PENANA3nJqHp8Uk4
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANA9zv8QZaHKF
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAL2b62sx11p
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.984Please respect copyright.PENANARZ3qAbSpP9
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.984Please respect copyright.PENANAtFcJQIvmy8
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.984Please respect copyright.PENANA1bYKKlbJtu
As we got to the dining 984Please respect copyright.PENANAgsOQ1h5iI8
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 984Please respect copyright.PENANASjD5lIhDo6
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and984Please respect copyright.PENANAgzv5vrSzEh
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.984Please respect copyright.PENANAyVwCtDtRqC
The butler had served 984Please respect copyright.PENANAfCF1PE0jT4
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 984Please respect copyright.PENANAh73cMvQm0V
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 984Please respect copyright.PENANA193Z3InDON
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 984Please respect copyright.PENANAqaQFg6sqUv
next to the plates were spotless.984Please respect copyright.PENANAO3ItNPsDkt
Dishes of food were 984Please respect copyright.PENANAFgBgKXlhF0
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 984Please respect copyright.PENANA91GZUHpNzF
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 984Please respect copyright.PENANAJUm7gaJTSj
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAuytpHvfezm
lady.984Please respect copyright.PENANAJHk15ekZv3
The butler helped to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAXuSLmeUrO9
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made984Please respect copyright.PENANAd3wKcz46AK
sure not to eat too much and take my time.984Please respect copyright.PENANAuGKda9yja6
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.984Please respect copyright.PENANAdPUttMVqql
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.984Please respect copyright.PENANAJp2SA4Njn2
"Now, about the issue at984Please respect copyright.PENANAt7cKme539q
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAvc5la0wkDE
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.984Please respect copyright.PENANAtSUPMQpBwM
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.984Please respect copyright.PENANAuv15IVJh6r
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."984Please respect copyright.PENANApkGNDMEmZ0
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."984Please respect copyright.PENANAzeFX5sC5ul
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.984Please respect copyright.PENANAfLcGZK50QU
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.984Please respect copyright.PENANA7pLlaUzJ6d
The photo showed Zoey in984Please respect copyright.PENANAcKLdY1zI9k
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 984Please respect copyright.PENANAhkX5tAMhw1
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 984Please respect copyright.PENANAmCFKRAT1uD
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 984Please respect copyright.PENANAPxMFazxeZg
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 984Please respect copyright.PENANA6lgcHpGQNR
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.984Please respect copyright.PENANAeWWCvAtxEu
"I know this isn't 984Please respect copyright.PENANAzRWZz8UGBh
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 984Please respect copyright.PENANAwZgeDrFiBs
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAG0NqbQ9vMP
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.984Please respect copyright.PENANARKm6jfzasj
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?984Please respect copyright.PENANAQUFrUqXCDH
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.984Please respect copyright.PENANAWneAqQOS2h
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.984Please respect copyright.PENANARH8DoO1jqR
I looked at the photo 984Please respect copyright.PENANATleezVTGSd
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 984Please respect copyright.PENANAVaZUX23rjL
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your984Please respect copyright.PENANAyqjjMXp3qT
brother?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA5YOnUqqh9l
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.984Please respect copyright.PENANA14ZUlm5vi6
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.984Please respect copyright.PENANAz2sieFIGf3
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.984Please respect copyright.PENANAzgLhhvioon
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAVeeLHBcSVF
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."984Please respect copyright.PENANAAW3iMG3AOg
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA72DDKwjF9n
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."984Please respect copyright.PENANAwKA5Ku4Lsg
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAVjiMLkXNJN
"I know my brother very 984Please respect copyright.PENANA8eT7spKi88
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 984Please respect copyright.PENANA3c5IqdsQwK
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."984Please respect copyright.PENANAuV5Umk72G6
I then remembered the 984Please respect copyright.PENANAD88FbTn5Nv
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 984Please respect copyright.PENANA2LJWhX3XWl
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 984Please respect copyright.PENANAdMxP09i226
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?984Please respect copyright.PENANAb0a5M11KjV
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"984Please respect copyright.PENANARuFfiauRw7
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."984Please respect copyright.PENANAMxNcFG0TQE
"But that's strange. If 984Please respect copyright.PENANASviR0Rzfr0
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 984Please respect copyright.PENANA87h2QoGttr
don't see the reason why they would hide."984Please respect copyright.PENANAbmdjWBWLUV
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."984Please respect copyright.PENANAYYkRwBaeFw
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"984Please respect copyright.PENANACwnKkiJmst
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.984Please respect copyright.PENANAoHjECYyYH3
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."984Please respect copyright.PENANA0pOAAkozRi
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"984Please respect copyright.PENANASFteMm1PNd
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAL1FZDGC3RM
"Wait! That was him?"984Please respect copyright.PENANA5JwBfVlYjE
"Yes. I was there."984Please respect copyright.PENANAhn6y8ZiTjN
"You were there too?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAxKdy88txDE
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."984Please respect copyright.PENANA8na0huBZn7
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms984Please respect copyright.PENANAJGj9zaHkPw
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"984Please respect copyright.PENANALaUN6qwhzi
"She is."984Please respect copyright.PENANA5Gv5wNUULR
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAObbwyNxNSt
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."984Please respect copyright.PENANAZSc1izgAay
"And do you really think she would?"984Please respect copyright.PENANAOxEX1FFcwO
I thought about his 984Please respect copyright.PENANAeOxKJ5wANV
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth984Please respect copyright.PENANA7KHBWaISB8
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what984Please respect copyright.PENANANm4Zx1RmKb
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.984Please respect copyright.PENANAyzHE8S1tei
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.984Please respect copyright.PENANA6RHWATPpcp
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.984Please respect copyright.PENANAMljcRR2EGt
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."984Please respect copyright.PENANAtQ980FPOgq
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.984Please respect copyright.PENANA9mcnV9msmp
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.984Please respect copyright.PENANA19XdfnL6du
"Before I go, tell me 984Please respect copyright.PENANACXopN2b0du
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 984Please respect copyright.PENANAfmX85DdFXD
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."