Have you ever been awake755Please respect copyright.PENANAUCXdZp6nMP
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart755Please respect copyright.PENANA7sFaVG28vV
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUPzXEoEIjl
day goes on?755Please respect copyright.PENANAx0c1ycTqDd
That's how I felt right at this moment.755Please respect copyright.PENANA8FoK8IV2oa
I tossed in my bed, 755Please respect copyright.PENANAE52Uj4423V
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 755Please respect copyright.PENANA4HpIr0cHu6
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun755Please respect copyright.PENANAUwWu9UaGKz
could come up so that I could meet my end already.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYqKngCTxMl
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANApvvCtuUpHA
I fell back on my bed, 755Please respect copyright.PENANAfsfj8z6XTq
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 755Please respect copyright.PENANADRoviqlYYo
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 755Please respect copyright.PENANAStc3T5XakM
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 755Please respect copyright.PENANAViIdTbLZCs
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZkmkiIZQsv
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAS1hlxchWCh
mind even to dream.755Please respect copyright.PENANArZqyjw09uc
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.755Please respect copyright.PENANAwY1ANZUVrJ
How I wish I could fall 755Please respect copyright.PENANAle6oi1IcIX
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I755Please respect copyright.PENANAkpRhJFnULg
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I755Please respect copyright.PENANAouWfY2EOvS
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.755Please respect copyright.PENANAbDJdO3utcf
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANA1Bbnu6WALD
I knew I now had to face755Please respect copyright.PENANAoVTz6B8avG
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnBFtEb33Uj
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even755Please respect copyright.PENANAqidPYoD3tG
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgKwo04J8ln
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.755Please respect copyright.PENANAEtCJzoWOAK
I knew her persistence 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVgnM9Tc95X
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgUj3SbZMSL
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkkhuhQ6M3l
her if I had to tell her the truth.755Please respect copyright.PENANAnjR4sYw8yi
I know sometimes we 755Please respect copyright.PENANABcLSvv7yAH
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 755Please respect copyright.PENANAICMph9uGwi
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAi4LYjHIsFX
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 755Please respect copyright.PENANA4qPNU3BJFm
had now reached that point.755Please respect copyright.PENANANtXwWiQmUX
I sighed again as I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAGvWlrSUeC7
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAfg38Rx2ef5
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?755Please respect copyright.PENANALnxnQvbKhg
If it came to G-Dragon, 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8L0IIDy7ky
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I755Please respect copyright.PENANAmDQoJlS8b9
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxSEaDbUnn9
lot harder.755Please respect copyright.PENANAGSa8hDwlMt
How was I going to tell 755Please respect copyright.PENANA56oTPtYfoR
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAETkbajtWal
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAIX4KYxcUXP
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMPLXJP4qpB
either.755Please respect copyright.PENANAK6CCKt5UAV
I kicked out the bed 755Please respect copyright.PENANABvmhnLkTsM
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAd2JDO1bA5Z
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room755Please respect copyright.PENANAuGdAFdg9FV
in my purple pyjamas.755Please respect copyright.PENANAbyfeDIjmNV
I went straight for the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8BJozwhOEQ
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAWmTVN0aZXL
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAYqBDB50X5q
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my755Please respect copyright.PENANAWiRZzU0isU
mum.755Please respect copyright.PENANApI8M9EdX6w
Hopefully, I was calling755Please respect copyright.PENANAoJfGb146Z4
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 755Please respect copyright.PENANAGD8ZOxBSDu
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 755Please respect copyright.PENANAXF4qtM6nOR
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?755Please respect copyright.PENANA5ago0bH2yB
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.755Please respect copyright.PENANAVPlM6pyUbz
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.755Please respect copyright.PENANAW9eTYMkgGL
"Hello, Sam?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAqoZfloGEUQ
"Hi, mum."755Please respect copyright.PENANApDoJv1g9Nt
"Sam, how are you, dear?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA0Z1fVfIse2
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA2b3Cohoz6Y
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbzQR2nihzI
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9remGzdvOy
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."755Please respect copyright.PENANAPyzcmkqvtt
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."755Please respect copyright.PENANApUIzA2jlmw
"Ya, I can see you guys 755Please respect copyright.PENANAPj5No0dZ1w
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbGA4Fr6LhX
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgbOHXLX9KG
her computer as she looked at the pictures.755Please respect copyright.PENANAirQhjsaqug
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."755Please respect copyright.PENANAGwBiKCzgtT
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."755Please respect copyright.PENANA2bmrTwDph3
"I'll check out the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxRW2Ag2BI0
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 755Please respect copyright.PENANANGnSi1UG0m
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 755Please respect copyright.PENANAiazL1pP6ux
Why aren't you asleep?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAO1zvnyWSKJ
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAgZQgifyXsb
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."755Please respect copyright.PENANANkhmNvFSAk
I could imagine my mum 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMuHiUzbUmt
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on755Please respect copyright.PENANAwCj7fB4SMH
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 755Please respect copyright.PENANAO7M1ERBJrO
her arms folded.755Please respect copyright.PENANAQUTjqqxzBe
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAnZXtDoXy9P
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.755Please respect copyright.PENANAL6OKi1s218
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."755Please respect copyright.PENANAHO21xk2kAN
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."755Please respect copyright.PENANAtDJjENCSKM
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAdrRQLXtfOQ
"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."755Please respect copyright.PENANA5eZFqcK8qu
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."755Please respect copyright.PENANAbGlVS8IB81
"I've been lying to Zoey755Please respect copyright.PENANANmmUEDaMlV
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 755Please respect copyright.PENANAlJLM53vX4V
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 755Please respect copyright.PENANA1paVwjJxiy
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."755Please respect copyright.PENANAZUboWJGeqc
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."755Please respect copyright.PENANAnyi8pSJl5r
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAtvz3I6csjA
"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."755Please respect copyright.PENANAOskS5paAjm
"Trust me, mum, Collins 755Please respect copyright.PENANADrx07sGLhK
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOfagXvNOGM
that you shouldn't say a word either."755Please respect copyright.PENANAoHEJ8rSxOe
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.755Please respect copyright.PENANAn1tqyKTK2f
"You know I can never 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQaYqlAIP9n
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAN2XrCqTvsg
matter of life and death. I've no choice."755Please respect copyright.PENANAJoHMJSAuX6
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"755Please respect copyright.PENANARIgXOcGvOV
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."755Please respect copyright.PENANAAopk31HWJF
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."755Please respect copyright.PENANAqKEZ6W8ETy
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.755Please respect copyright.PENANAbuL2QJ1kGk
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."755Please respect copyright.PENANAY3WmfF4JRy
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."755Please respect copyright.PENANA0dil29uu7o
There was silence at the other end. Until....755Please respect copyright.PENANANRdJ6fxbFa
"WHAT!"755Please respect copyright.PENANAC6qV7XoSoG
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."755Please respect copyright.PENANA2OTclRe5aM
"Then what is it? The 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZW3IeWCl4C
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 755Please respect copyright.PENANArfRYC32t5I
feel like you're betraying your best friend."755Please respect copyright.PENANAtC4wgF80wq
"It was like that at 755Please respect copyright.PENANAjKwsBDqVyj
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close755Please respect copyright.PENANAPbDQSqubJi
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 755Please respect copyright.PENANA6y1LtpTZ1p
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining755Please respect copyright.PENANATLWa7HRBeA
fingers.755Please respect copyright.PENANAKtSZ07u0g0
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA7bf2rA5AkW
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."755Please respect copyright.PENANAwmmzdqfhmL
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."755Please respect copyright.PENANAH4Q99jfLjZ
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."755Please respect copyright.PENANA95WBS8hRKV
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.755Please respect copyright.PENANAUMHTlQyCDp
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."755Please respect copyright.PENANAtfnTEwSk5w
"And that's not the worst part."755Please respect copyright.PENANAvUr5X29JKZ
I told her what happened755Please respect copyright.PENANAhHHFhil5Te
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in755Please respect copyright.PENANAOxrNn5ouSF
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 755Please respect copyright.PENANALRmlJNhNyR
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung755Please respect copyright.PENANABmJcONp6oK
and the kiss.755Please respect copyright.PENANAkOoyouxNl9
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.755Please respect copyright.PENANAsno3IX3f9j
"Ssh, and listen."755Please respect copyright.PENANAmwD0dV8Mep
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.755Please respect copyright.PENANAg7f08cRk8r
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."755Please respect copyright.PENANA5UBE6H7Yoj
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."755Please respect copyright.PENANAm7OJdlcv8r
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"755Please respect copyright.PENANABcdRVj8yu9
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."755Please respect copyright.PENANAKT41o3AIF5
"Are you scared?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAynpCDWSI3m
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAjtmxNQB3UQ
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."755Please respect copyright.PENANAifThR56Kg9
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.755Please respect copyright.PENANASgr987Ne4N
"We all get hurt at some755Please respect copyright.PENANADnUoBb4Pfl
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.755Please respect copyright.PENANAzWyhV5Oyxk
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkTorGySQHL
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 755Please respect copyright.PENANA48dblZQlIV
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."755Please respect copyright.PENANAlWVwnfNpap
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.755Please respect copyright.PENANAz2ITyIs8I5
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.755Please respect copyright.PENANAajF597oC1I
"Don't cry, okay? You're755Please respect copyright.PENANAucWlxTAhcr
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZTcj25asAE
will need all the rest you can get."755Please respect copyright.PENANA6lYvR10kLx
"Yes, mum. I will."755Please respect copyright.PENANAAKoccbicvU
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAfhBy5ISlHe
"Okay. Bye."755Please respect copyright.PENANAHCNWUzXTuk
I hang up and I quickly 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUz5DB3PSem
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 755Please respect copyright.PENANAknEGjLBHaZ
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 755Please respect copyright.PENANA5oDZHhLJtv
arms.755Please respect copyright.PENANAUpw17NpSDl
It must have been some 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbwMRdbnLTs
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9526snDJVx
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.755Please respect copyright.PENANADyQQBECf8V
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.755Please respect copyright.PENANA3DwPdTtWRL
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."755Please respect copyright.PENANA9FwcxWhtIM
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."755Please respect copyright.PENANA27oXjk6Qbb
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.755Please respect copyright.PENANAijtyE7T6b1
"Sadly, it isn't, my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKmicuEi4IZ
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 755Please respect copyright.PENANAqQSS1Z9rnw
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."755Please respect copyright.PENANASC9PLsIBqF
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.755Please respect copyright.PENANASjFSgmWLTe
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"755Please respect copyright.PENANANyr7m0OO31
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."755Please respect copyright.PENANAPOd5R1xdu6
"So, start talking right now."755Please respect copyright.PENANARpYREDkBYk
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAVh6WmbS0SL
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."755Please respect copyright.PENANAJyLsS4de92
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.755Please respect copyright.PENANA8b3Ojw8NZs
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."755Please respect copyright.PENANAKuR1I9m4V0
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAUA7UlW0cNB
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."755Please respect copyright.PENANAWnuVtOe57r
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANA20a0nFL63X
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."755Please respect copyright.PENANAwswRGKHLed
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.755Please respect copyright.PENANAaS6DQVIaxP
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."755Please respect copyright.PENANABGomc2cydU
"You like him, don't you?"755Please respect copyright.PENANArN6PAcFGGG
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?755Please respect copyright.PENANA1QmFRHLV9A
"I..uh...no, that's not it."755Please respect copyright.PENANAo2mqqosvZ5
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."755Please respect copyright.PENANAN9IDYvsFUt
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."755Please respect copyright.PENANACG0K9JQHkD
"Expected from me?" Zoey755Please respect copyright.PENANAcigGJfzFOT
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.755Please respect copyright.PENANAEwYP6CLFRK
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."755Please respect copyright.PENANAr45dCBIsFp
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.755Please respect copyright.PENANA5yUjKzqJMX
"I know you feel guilty 755Please respect copyright.PENANAIuSFvSeOQh
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know755Please respect copyright.PENANArQysCGqzPl
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."755Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1LYKTBiVF
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?755Please respect copyright.PENANAvwi0WG7Kn6
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANA3VLf8Iiuk8
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."755Please respect copyright.PENANAGu1ORacWv0
I wanted to slap my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAD5djTqPuOF
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't755Please respect copyright.PENANAy6dwDLC5EW
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 755Please respect copyright.PENANARv3MBUrEnZ
it gets out of hand.755Please respect copyright.PENANAWMFVkovGbK
"Zoey, listen to me," I 755Please respect copyright.PENANALRceEcyWR4
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbYR7qttcL5
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."755Please respect copyright.PENANARNUh2DIA0w
I paused. That was odd. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAvQe54M4TGJ
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I755Please respect copyright.PENANAJjNdkluDa8
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.755Please respect copyright.PENANAavoZkbCZLt
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAa6rZxJ0zSV
What was wrong with me? I755Please respect copyright.PENANA8S2WmbwXzR
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVeCCBTYnnQ
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKMCd4c62TK
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.755Please respect copyright.PENANAcpSgdibek6
"You're weird, Sam," 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKPnpmN9O5j
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 755Please respect copyright.PENANARBiKw1o0BZ
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 755Please respect copyright.PENANANMOC8eS2a2
waiting."755Please respect copyright.PENANAi6UDqu36E3
Zoey closed the door and755Please respect copyright.PENANAM35TYt3HUV
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 755Please respect copyright.PENANAcVrL27muUr
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQN39CUumJ0
harder than I thought.755Please respect copyright.PENANAbwA2Zw7S33
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.755Please respect copyright.PENANALt34W9XV2R
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.755Please respect copyright.PENANABwbVNX3QUC
I stood up from my bed 755Please respect copyright.PENANAIy1zmOoce3
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 755Please respect copyright.PENANAuZln5Gozv4
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which755Please respect copyright.PENANACg2tUvTbba
is the most important part.755Please respect copyright.PENANAFy9NKCpaJy
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."755Please respect copyright.PENANAxOJvOfpU8G
Whatever my conscious 755Please respect copyright.PENANA3GNgdfD9zb
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 755Please respect copyright.PENANAN5r30ovtjY
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 755Please respect copyright.PENANAuDGytzxmWQ
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.755Please respect copyright.PENANA3HVmUdJhjA
If that was the case, 755Please respect copyright.PENANAlnDZZShAZL
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 755Please respect copyright.PENANAsosAqiWdq6
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 755Please respect copyright.PENANALlbQZOh9jr
shattered completely.755Please respect copyright.PENANAM4O9N8devv
While I was trying to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxZQEy2tRsc
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach755Please respect copyright.PENANA7r7wKHCVET
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.755Please respect copyright.PENANA0vdo1Lzo0N
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?755Please respect copyright.PENANAWAjzs1jDpU
I answered the call. "Hello?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA7QSWUWuVv6
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.755Please respect copyright.PENANAt9t7c5jBm5
I held my breath. That 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9IlZ6Y9xAw
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 755Please respect copyright.PENANAF0LG6RL4bo
asking that question, not thinking it.755Please respect copyright.PENANA7jEDY17em5
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAWdWWO7Mavt
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."755Please respect copyright.PENANAftsoRnA8kU
"Talk? Talk about what?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAnT8Z0ayWei
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAyjkoHYzzWW
"Photo? What...?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAQf8YYrqMvY
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.755Please respect copyright.PENANAl5Fv6tlXwm
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAxxDrRqiFTY
"If you haven't seen it,755Please respect copyright.PENANA2iPrIMbqVG
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAfCFNp4Jzqy
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9VOMXwdwQ
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?755Please respect copyright.PENANA0OT5R2lcmg
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANANI0EwxZlOj
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."755Please respect copyright.PENANAiWb29t6qtc
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAC5HMNuXkOa
I could soon hear the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA7SFgdvBqfM
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 755Please respect copyright.PENANATnJDKY6HYS
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAAcK5lwbnXo
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.755Please respect copyright.PENANAs5aUG0ZScH
I looked back at my 755Please respect copyright.PENANANbUNRw74Lr
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I755Please respect copyright.PENANAKmiVOyNqOS
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 755Please respect copyright.PENANAG9aHJKARCf
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 755Please respect copyright.PENANA1Yd7Wb167f
download the photo.755Please respect copyright.PENANAZJYCPhXV8G
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAa9zGOoQFNX
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA06hU6hc62q
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."755Please respect copyright.PENANA7SFK1zoFRc
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."755Please respect copyright.PENANAFKTmZWKdW1
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."755Please respect copyright.PENANAxS8rM1Clk4
I nodded and Lee left. I755Please respect copyright.PENANAvjdiW4oc9K
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 755Please respect copyright.PENANAsHxEbSkc8E
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.755Please respect copyright.PENANAMHRcg6LVrz
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."755Please respect copyright.PENANAP8M3YfAg64
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.755Please respect copyright.PENANAJEpXPfN9C7
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.755Please respect copyright.PENANAFrj2EHe2eS
"Zoey!"755Please respect copyright.PENANAMDVvKGMP3p
"Not a word, Sam. You're755Please respect copyright.PENANAS0X1F7P2Bz
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMBx5yaVGjF
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's755Please respect copyright.PENANAZYSnhqAU6t
up with you today."755Please respect copyright.PENANADrYVp2ywUu
If only she knew. So 755Please respect copyright.PENANATEvcxb9laK
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one755Please respect copyright.PENANA2PbaEN2XjF
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.755Please respect copyright.PENANAZSqK1gxAzB
I went to the bathroom 755Please respect copyright.PENANAReE0yqLBck
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQVca9D4ibw
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 755Please respect copyright.PENANAjIPiLodF9d
reflection.755Please respect copyright.PENANAA7I4r7ds6w
I looked like I hadn't 755Please respect copyright.PENANA2gNTGCByDO
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAb658wEyXtB
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 755Please respect copyright.PENANANCdY0nmY04
if not by two.755Please respect copyright.PENANATXbZLwiogV
G-Dragon and Zoey were 755Please respect copyright.PENANA1Uhe8Fd9fy
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 755Please respect copyright.PENANAW36VKz2o4g
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 755Please respect copyright.PENANAmLxIjVNzaI
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 755Please respect copyright.PENANAtlnvduqyD1
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?755Please respect copyright.PENANAnBZjcfEge8
After I took a quick 755Please respect copyright.PENANAj1Jm87wVsI
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone755Please respect copyright.PENANAqSZg90ffMJ
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 755Please respect copyright.PENANAo5zrKIipgC
the bathroom to get her makeup done.755Please respect copyright.PENANAB7860nTZi3
I unlocked my phone. I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAH2yhw1yvvl
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 755Please respect copyright.PENANAM2DbES390M
photo must be done downloading by now.755Please respect copyright.PENANAyKPjBuUyWz
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?755Please respect copyright.PENANAwJBxGC4DbI
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?755Please respect copyright.PENANAzTesq0aq6J
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.755Please respect copyright.PENANAc8P42a9ugT
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.755Please respect copyright.PENANAh8lhlEZFtT
"Morning. How was your night?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAbNNoVblrO1
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."755Please respect copyright.PENANAqBwuCPk91a
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANAPyo1tLCJQu
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.755Please respect copyright.PENANA6gRnFD8Iq5
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."755Please respect copyright.PENANAJcn2Gc1y80
I smiled a little. At 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxTvLfNr0sY
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 755Please respect copyright.PENANArBqEaFxkYZ
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAAqs9Q3XEFc
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAiTUYKAWY4o
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."755Please respect copyright.PENANArnIQIwEPdV
"You too."755Please respect copyright.PENANAoZxniaoYXB
He cut the line and I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAXdb7Zs8Gxy
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7QhnkTnDI
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 755Please respect copyright.PENANALk3EXV7uOI
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.755Please respect copyright.PENANAvQtmGeIQBs
After I dressed up and 755Please respect copyright.PENANAAiXBuU4kTS
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 755Please respect copyright.PENANAliJkNiX28Z
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnZrOVm1RtS
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 755Please respect copyright.PENANATe5sTrwQAM
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAT5cEYdJmwD
room.755Please respect copyright.PENANAz7qbK3zI9A
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.755Please respect copyright.PENANABQqeoCC6JZ
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.755Please respect copyright.PENANAijnI53KNti
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.755Please respect copyright.PENANAtiPKfI08pj
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."755Please respect copyright.PENANAakQu1rp5FZ
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."755Please respect copyright.PENANANjXdu6dVzD
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.755Please respect copyright.PENANATkwkxJ9GaW
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANAKSsJ6JubY0
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANA3tDZWJRBu7
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.755Please respect copyright.PENANA8m5IkBeR5s
"What?" I asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAZzQnUDl6br
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."755Please respect copyright.PENANAdYH8zhbFbY
I frowned. "So?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAVlBTCSQar6
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.755Please respect copyright.PENANAu3QWfRJaxB
I was still confused. "So?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAVLoYCAwRkF
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.755Please respect copyright.PENANABMkWa6cN7K
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.755Please respect copyright.PENANAP99gtk2tvl
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?755Please respect copyright.PENANAv4T9LNnUCY
"I don't see the harm in755Please respect copyright.PENANA9NLOlsXapO
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 755Please respect copyright.PENANAU919OvYXvI
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 755Please respect copyright.PENANAP7AefF4zpY
that wrong?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAFaqbMPmSTQ
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.755Please respect copyright.PENANAqKOuUdtKfE
"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."755Please respect copyright.PENANAHWDU5eh4rR
"I can see that," said 755Please respect copyright.PENANAqNwDCX9wAI
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 755Please respect copyright.PENANA92vCMU9xA0
me but I decided not to say anything.755Please respect copyright.PENANAG0SvfqdzOY
When we were done with 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnslRAEAINs
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkTv7WESO6P
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 755Please respect copyright.PENANAHLwfjHrF7u
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 755Please respect copyright.PENANAAgEecxjJLr
looking at my phone.755Please respect copyright.PENANA0OBi8cDYOS
When everyone in the car755Please respect copyright.PENANAscQbn6mzLZ
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in755Please respect copyright.PENANAN6U7EFn2lN
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 755Please respect copyright.PENANACXzspdlulh
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.755Please respect copyright.PENANAVhWyQd8Hty
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANARXtwMinHI7
I quickly pressed the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkcB7v9AySX
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgJzkVU0XvD
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.755Please respect copyright.PENANATRSli7Ox5k
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.755Please respect copyright.PENANAJLm8ZHc0BD
"May I see?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAdB8F6pQN0C
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."755Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4w51AkgMG
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."755Please respect copyright.PENANAV9nMyFQoRt
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.755Please respect copyright.PENANASNNwziU1z3
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."755Please respect copyright.PENANAPeUWfhAJS0
I wish I could tell him 755Please respect copyright.PENANA47qXsJuwQY
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9yZHQr8yku
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.755Please respect copyright.PENANAJD9DKiyqHe
Now that I had seen the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA04IozHEarZ
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 755Please respect copyright.PENANA72pAAKfj0M
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAt154DnmBtG
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.755Please respect copyright.PENANABi2hXScqXI
Speaking of which, I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9kTbOAYE7
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was755Please respect copyright.PENANA8rf31T20KJ
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 755Please respect copyright.PENANANHjAWmGKRZ
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0g4Dp4q6AT
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 755Please respect copyright.PENANABNH8HtDPTe
further onto the edge, I would burst.755Please respect copyright.PENANA0yFP8KBrbb
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANAnujo3YT18U
My heart skipped a beat.755Please respect copyright.PENANAr2EPn6wqGR
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting755Please respect copyright.PENANAxBjsDL5R78
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOKanmZX9Cr
choice.755Please respect copyright.PENANAAZMSj6LPw5
As soon as I stepped out755Please respect copyright.PENANALbTrrlJ6tL
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 755Please respect copyright.PENANACYKL7KGmtV
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAZA8mONXC0b
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAgsKXsFz5XD
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."755Please respect copyright.PENANA7zVoQmnUBr
"You're aren't the only 755Please respect copyright.PENANAiccJxg4ek3
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 755Please respect copyright.PENANALE8zlsrg1Z
to work on that when we get in there."755Please respect copyright.PENANAaOEN4KMevG
I managed to put up a 755Please respect copyright.PENANA6CvbNcVcET
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How755Please respect copyright.PENANAHcOaH34wz8
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.755Please respect copyright.PENANAdqdEE9ALby
As I came into the lobby755Please respect copyright.PENANA2E1i4q5efA
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 755Please respect copyright.PENANAfNcNN1OZsB
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.755Please respect copyright.PENANAmtAMTEk8cd
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."755Please respect copyright.PENANA7EwxKfpprN
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.755Please respect copyright.PENANAeQXXbQ1XjE
We all got in the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAA7CAsSOPig
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up755Please respect copyright.PENANA2LmW7c05mU
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 755Please respect copyright.PENANAhoosFV68i0
things.755Please respect copyright.PENANAT0GGE46JxB
We got to the dance 755Please respect copyright.PENANAmDfEyuaHpz
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxavzUXHcTi
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.755Please respect copyright.PENANAeTWmfItpBn
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.755Please respect copyright.PENANAG7E3prX03N
I was too lost in 755Please respect copyright.PENANAu84YqfiEIE
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAN6ThqmWyh9
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.755Please respect copyright.PENANAnBS4UfXZip
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAdGbrRtvzxS
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.755Please respect copyright.PENANAl39h7VatBr
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.755Please respect copyright.PENANAvPCN9202Sx
"Tell me about it," said755Please respect copyright.PENANArMs02EhwaL
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her755Please respect copyright.PENANAXnslYpRjQu
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."755Please respect copyright.PENANA5LqQhTPceB
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAXpp3YfHfXC
"Too weird," said Daniel.755Please respect copyright.PENANAhga6ksZJmO
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."755Please respect copyright.PENANA24Ta7NkKyG
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.755Please respect copyright.PENANArVMjBZgXbB
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.755Please respect copyright.PENANAmMVOlPwiTr
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.755Please respect copyright.PENANAZxKZCv63mF
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.755Please respect copyright.PENANAGvX4MdPQr6
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."755Please respect copyright.PENANAk4xXio82tu
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA9PQnKdATFD
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.755Please respect copyright.PENANAMqLb8MkwLD
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."755Please respect copyright.PENANAOtahoQgFNN
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."755Please respect copyright.PENANA9PJmZf7aLH
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."755Please respect copyright.PENANAzTWw4fF8D8
"I'm not."755Please respect copyright.PENANAv5xvFiUeNr
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAlB0yvngK8R
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAznYXDTBN7y
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.755Please respect copyright.PENANAU9UHbmuC42
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.755Please respect copyright.PENANAOlAjjXr5KC
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAxbwkZNOH8H
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."755Please respect copyright.PENANAHq9mPWnrrm
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."755Please respect copyright.PENANAn5IBnsmzO5
Before I could turn 755Please respect copyright.PENANAjaMEy8ICCn
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAH8O6YjGc2v
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.755Please respect copyright.PENANANScUalHvtv
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.755Please respect copyright.PENANAhNOzD0QdRr
I took the crown from 755Please respect copyright.PENANAX137R4QGGv
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was755Please respect copyright.PENANAWtVtjJ27ER
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1bUp4NlDX
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 755Please respect copyright.PENANAIussOHQfIU
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.755Please respect copyright.PENANAiGWLfcsLVl
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.755Please respect copyright.PENANAnHp7KU9DpN
"It is," said Seungri 755Please respect copyright.PENANAyEC41h2eoS
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 755Please respect copyright.PENANAj0Jbrl9dBw
stones because it's your birth stone."755Please respect copyright.PENANA15upeoKSUP
"Aww! Thank you so much,755Please respect copyright.PENANAmBp6t7pI6M
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew755Please respect copyright.PENANA4jNtRzlB6n
he was going to brighten up my day today.755Please respect copyright.PENANAKEGY7AvEOC
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"755Please respect copyright.PENANAhiX2S9lDKS
"I want to wear it," 755Please respect copyright.PENANAecaR5KXEEE
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAngIHw7wFIK
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.755Please respect copyright.PENANAya2XJ2XMnq
"Don't I look like a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAElkGkjHwMR
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAmmKMcqvOg7
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.755Please respect copyright.PENANA1a53rRq500
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.755Please respect copyright.PENANAT2bymFZVVq
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.755Please respect copyright.PENANAqnrewxsnCV
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.755Please respect copyright.PENANAf0BQMaxWBU
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.755Please respect copyright.PENANAkgxBZbymDY
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."755Please respect copyright.PENANAshWWy7fC5P
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.755Please respect copyright.PENANA3kBE6cY15i
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.755Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZIwm8TXfK
"May her royal majesty 755Please respect copyright.PENANAHW5VJnVlM9
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 755Please respect copyright.PENANABIk31GLXEZ
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.755Please respect copyright.PENANATvtqkcdRGW
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.755Please respect copyright.PENANAy4EfMQvRpM
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.755Please respect copyright.PENANAklV5dePrbI
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.755Please respect copyright.PENANAIRDHxITR2w
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.755Please respect copyright.PENANA80tUL1MoXj
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.755Please respect copyright.PENANAeOraAK2z49
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.755Please respect copyright.PENANAfWGzIZryM5
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANA8MyhRaBGpd
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."755Please respect copyright.PENANAewEf752kKl
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."755Please respect copyright.PENANAWNcWDxGp8H
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."755Please respect copyright.PENANATiDf0tK4fK
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.755Please respect copyright.PENANAGQJfbrrOCf
She couldn't tell the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVuCy0ADUwb
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took755Please respect copyright.PENANAo1mBCUO8vS
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group755Please respect copyright.PENANAk99PYAz5qZ
photo with me in the middle.755Please respect copyright.PENANAZ19agqHfd6
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.755Please respect copyright.PENANANiK3K30qVh
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.755Please respect copyright.PENANAHcdEJ5oyRc
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."755Please respect copyright.PENANAKe5EXUjhyC
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."755Please respect copyright.PENANA4upyG31ZIh
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.755Please respect copyright.PENANACNpvi5TvYP
Zoey smiled. "Even better."755Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1WDEpB7bj
G-Dragon turned to 755Please respect copyright.PENANA4OnI0uBukB
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQKxINDxBV0
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 755Please respect copyright.PENANAANtMr04WhY
him and he will find us."755Please respect copyright.PENANABNe30nE6pz
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.755Please respect copyright.PENANALcBu7sK7SH
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."755Please respect copyright.PENANAUa978cXN7O
We all stood on one side755Please respect copyright.PENANAkbibugOnQt
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 755Please respect copyright.PENANAuQsgOHzU30
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0asMCx1yMC
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.755Please respect copyright.PENANAUNw5U8xs59
"So, I was thinking, 755Please respect copyright.PENANA2ajOL81Jfh
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0X67xsjgBf
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 755Please respect copyright.PENANACRqvkrJZaS
guys."755Please respect copyright.PENANAu4Pj0hQgow
Christine came forward 755Please respect copyright.PENANAr3NIKxP2TJ
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0RwEeezVD5
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.755Please respect copyright.PENANAA3jDEX8nwG
With Christine and Mike 755Please respect copyright.PENANANr4KPaJqAo
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 755Please respect copyright.PENANA02Wdg48FTB
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAP4RVr4SkKD
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 755Please respect copyright.PENANAWHtf9CJzty
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 755Please respect copyright.PENANASTerGHKHpP
themselves back and they again their backs touched.755Please respect copyright.PENANANFYVOyrN40
With a bit of skilful 755Please respect copyright.PENANAyeLOcQwPIm
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew755Please respect copyright.PENANAZHoFnxrpxF
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAqUuBnKOP2K
air.755Please respect copyright.PENANAb7QAwoVJg2
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."755Please respect copyright.PENANALRbAH6rpPg
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.755Please respect copyright.PENANArt3g5xRadD
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.755Please respect copyright.PENANAQ43qQeTboH
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.755Please respect copyright.PENANAyaF2cZdJcv
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.755Please respect copyright.PENANAixVWlDwjbg
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.755Please respect copyright.PENANArOxrRuWk47
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.755Please respect copyright.PENANApER6XmC0Cf
The door soon opened and755Please respect copyright.PENANAtI3c9VmFVX
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 755Please respect copyright.PENANAXiI4JFqgNM
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.755Please respect copyright.PENANAdoxRGdXkyc
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.755Please respect copyright.PENANA4XGbwoHbRR
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.755Please respect copyright.PENANAiu0qyas7vc
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."755Please respect copyright.PENANAtfgZUA699k
Mike and Christine 755Please respect copyright.PENANAhGrd6Gm0yE
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance755Please respect copyright.PENANA7bUNMfVfAi
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 755Please respect copyright.PENANAh1eoMo0YoH
us will come in the scene.755Please respect copyright.PENANA9btPQXE18I
"Mmmm," the 755Please respect copyright.PENANApqcX2Nw2YS
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAmzvGRWkBXv
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.755Please respect copyright.PENANA3fQszYcwEp
"I like it," said the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAPlRCZaNM7M
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbyYYSoJR0n
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQsfw24ZsI4
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 755Please respect copyright.PENANAfW8CnYhKl5
comes in."755Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4jrEI6RK6
Zoey and G-Dragon took 755Please respect copyright.PENANA2QGyHReFyL
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 755Please respect copyright.PENANAmIN6JC203G
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 755Please respect copyright.PENANArNgy8WajlK
were perfect.755Please respect copyright.PENANAvDX8ogCIAj
"Excellent," said the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAdyAAdPrDMa
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 755Please respect copyright.PENANAggId5iJioj
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 755Please respect copyright.PENANAmZBrxtp6KE
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAdzC16vX4WV
formation in front of them."755Please respect copyright.PENANAwVLa0GItO9
We did as the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8XoekdFQtZ
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 755Please respect copyright.PENANA91f4IAFywg
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 755Please respect copyright.PENANALIgf5odiqd
the hang of it.755Please respect copyright.PENANAMtqfFd2CAr
A few minutes later, 755Please respect copyright.PENANARaSkvqEOJv
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 755Please respect copyright.PENANAIapaoAyG7F
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and755Please respect copyright.PENANAL6FvtLjdTl
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYHS8DjYNJm
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.755Please respect copyright.PENANAAznwAThdeg
I laughed, also staring 755Please respect copyright.PENANAldA0yuRIk1
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your755Please respect copyright.PENANAZrNMjosEBJ
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."755Please respect copyright.PENANAEAgr9L1xCs
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.755Please respect copyright.PENANALdrd2szGj1
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.755Please respect copyright.PENANAO6KffmvmKx
I quickly scrambled up 755Please respect copyright.PENANAvvTbwwDcon
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and755Please respect copyright.PENANAsKHclxIGfh
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 755Please respect copyright.PENANAtSd3twxyhK
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 755Please respect copyright.PENANAhVrZnhxHXS
and removed my phone.755Please respect copyright.PENANA6L6yaP2eLh
I sent a message to the 755Please respect copyright.PENANACUfqwdLoOc
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he755Please respect copyright.PENANA8aTzsIbMpo
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 755Please respect copyright.PENANARrYEzduNdP
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.755Please respect copyright.PENANAD3AXosUfXn
"Good. We should meet."755Please respect copyright.PENANASVUYUMmaBF
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.755Please respect copyright.PENANA7w7ireaVyv
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."755Please respect copyright.PENANAAyLNkqJtPQ
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."755Please respect copyright.PENANAw787Gt7x5U
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.755Please respect copyright.PENANAhfBEzvVYvF
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAw4N89DdG7c
"You're one smart 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkm6ummtLGl
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the755Please respect copyright.PENANAXdSDCJWiWR
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVXb8uQJY1R
consequences."755Please respect copyright.PENANAX7hylc92C6
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.755Please respect copyright.PENANAEP6GQrh8GE
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."755Please respect copyright.PENANAIG4RclEJav
"That's my girl."755Please respect copyright.PENANAaZh1goIDqm
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.755Please respect copyright.PENANAMeDC0jXFmH
As I tucked my phone 755Please respect copyright.PENANA1qqDQNY0Kb
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKLmPYDyFs6
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAIRcOMsyH4S
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0hbTneCFzp
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.755Please respect copyright.PENANAIOZlRP2xy1
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.755Please respect copyright.PENANA9JXJOzlOP4
When they both turned to755Please respect copyright.PENANAlI581XWyIj
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 755Please respect copyright.PENANATVvXBXS5vA
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 755Please respect copyright.PENANACZ7lH93Ii4
couldn't help but feel that they were.755Please respect copyright.PENANASCKx68auBr
I laid back down 755Please respect copyright.PENANA673K4zUXBr
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwuHyrCEdvO
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAYYGEn6aaX3
two of us had in our room this morning?755Please respect copyright.PENANAlu1DzrXQZD
Yikes! If she did, then I755Please respect copyright.PENANArJVFVloz55
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0fTAqStzgx
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 755Please respect copyright.PENANAcYhyehwkvJ
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 755Please respect copyright.PENANAWODm9MGqYw
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.755Please respect copyright.PENANABgLAllBtK1
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.755Please respect copyright.PENANAtPJ1LnRO7A
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.755Please respect copyright.PENANAmY9UdO8nJl
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.755Please respect copyright.PENANASLsXtNBBR9
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.755Please respect copyright.PENANAUMbmyABK5r
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.755Please respect copyright.PENANAwPuh9ixbZL
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.755Please respect copyright.PENANA7iMPswewYP
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.755Please respect copyright.PENANArzF7QNZAWQ
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.755Please respect copyright.PENANAspyKh1QDFo
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.755Please respect copyright.PENANAF8AvagBA1a
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAkETe4SQORZ
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAVHfxEGEKBC
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAAjVtfGExiE
"No. It sounds great."755Please respect copyright.PENANAxzvCEo69q3
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."755Please respect copyright.PENANAHimytDvCAF
"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.755Please respect copyright.PENANAGsostGeLxd
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.755Please respect copyright.PENANA5q87Jl6E9A
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."755Please respect copyright.PENANA2mf8QnBFXt
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA7MXnRLiEHK
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.755Please respect copyright.PENANARRowe2Pe70
"True," said Taeyang.755Please respect copyright.PENANAlHeREeRFrV
"Okay," I said, feeling a755Please respect copyright.PENANAbzdDiD2U5Q
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAiXFBAF3BtS
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.755Please respect copyright.PENANAZyNHiWrPjX
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.755Please respect copyright.PENANAohIGNXmAM8
After the three had 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgwLMGKXRW1
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 755Please respect copyright.PENANAo9j4oXtw5j
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.755Please respect copyright.PENANAKW28NYZE6V
While we waited, 755Please respect copyright.PENANABmbKINriIQ
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid755Please respect copyright.PENANAIBWrEkwqze
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAsz4SJcyuCS
expression on his face.755Please respect copyright.PENANAkrpsTUsLOS
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.755Please respect copyright.PENANACz7wRUrDG4
He sounded serious and I755Please respect copyright.PENANAVXCtz0HeZj
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel755Please respect copyright.PENANAcFxpyNCECn
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.755Please respect copyright.PENANAySTnK2JkiR
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYZuVBl61rL
I got up from the floor 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKfoU7dUCCD
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKJHQrOAm3w
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOOxucBVvVI
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.755Please respect copyright.PENANAmJyYa1o3H2
I found G-Dragon three 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOvKBrWppdu
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 755Please respect copyright.PENANA1NOmPL9SsL
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9tjvPRhCHw
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 755Please respect copyright.PENANAGLi5JRcKHQ
close.755Please respect copyright.PENANAR82u4b4lFT
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANA7TcSLfDZVY
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANAF3fy9wrzt8
"It's about Zoey," he said.755Please respect copyright.PENANAVJk8qQ8LDN
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAzHpz2lq6Iv
"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?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAfk5J01yjWR
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."755Please respect copyright.PENANAly93vaCzh5
"Really? That's all you can say?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAD4T0N4y6UN
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."755Please respect copyright.PENANA2mfjnXGHg7
"But you almost had."755Please respect copyright.PENANA00EDf9fSPa
"Yet I couldn't."755Please respect copyright.PENANADCqOBWp6ar
"Zoey is right. You're 755Please respect copyright.PENANAI7XFUSc8a8
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 755Please respect copyright.PENANAAkhrJXJoIA
you know I was supposed to do it."755Please respect copyright.PENANANPD6FLq5gj
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."755Please respect copyright.PENANAPfM0NSTAWr
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAD5oHfADfRg
I paused before I could say, "what?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAHPA2anDPnI
"You heard me loud and 755Please respect copyright.PENANAGt0k8ZYAyj
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 755Please respect copyright.PENANAtm7n1KdDiI
to take matters into your own hands."755Please respect copyright.PENANAx0NQKIm4nd
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANAZnFXGrfeaU
"Wait, that's not true," I said.755Please respect copyright.PENANAHXmzms2YNC
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAqIL57GTiSP
I now realised that I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAEnDN0S7ooS
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOW7mCslMon
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his755Please respect copyright.PENANA0C81e6gHtM
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAHJuMrBXbh8
bound to come up sooner rather than later.755Please respect copyright.PENANAri6YtukbEJ
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAlqPZpDwRyc
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."755Please respect copyright.PENANA4zdrBK99FF
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA8QVQPoWw06
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."755Please respect copyright.PENANAsMbbbaRSzx
G-Dragon took a step 755Please respect copyright.PENANAX4ZAhCw3iP
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 755Please respect copyright.PENANAS8UsJXVdtH
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"755Please respect copyright.PENANA6YceHTa6SR
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."755Please respect copyright.PENANAf4thIK25VG
"Then what did happen?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAMvnMJIxvsi
"All of this is nothing 755Please respect copyright.PENANAx2VHcp2EH8
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 755Please respect copyright.PENANAK7izYu64N8
happened that I myself couldn't control."755Please respect copyright.PENANAcmJlIbEaqX
"Don't lie to me, Sam."755Please respect copyright.PENANAR7rZMs4e3D
"You know what, I'm 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbhh1qYQZpq
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like755Please respect copyright.PENANAK843bkA0Al
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 755Please respect copyright.PENANAhO1terWgK5
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I755Please respect copyright.PENANA2ukflqiimB
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."755Please respect copyright.PENANArVXf2KlDCo
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"755Please respect copyright.PENANArvyJhL7RUU
"Yes. But I know you 755Please respect copyright.PENANAoxUiONmROE
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 755Please respect copyright.PENANAyqDXI98y1W
for himself that he and I could never be together."755Please respect copyright.PENANAj4YWf0LFXo
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.755Please respect copyright.PENANAlg409AyGhB
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.755Please respect copyright.PENANAcmdz9sHJDE
I turned around to head 755Please respect copyright.PENANA17Y2SRpNLd
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or755Please respect copyright.PENANAw34hZrEpKE
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.755Please respect copyright.PENANAirnIiwWek9
When I came back in the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0hceQSAEHS
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgBp41O6Bwq
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.755Please respect copyright.PENANABa92BYFqAk
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAbChSaEzBBC
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."755Please respect copyright.PENANAs5kuV7MT40
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.755Please respect copyright.PENANAneAtwqaLCX
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAB0b7Hu8J4W
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."755Please respect copyright.PENANAnek6qpbjBO
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.755Please respect copyright.PENANAIhhTgdvtGG
I heard the door open 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9SGJkf2mSO
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 755Please respect copyright.PENANAStjadgnuoV
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.755Please respect copyright.PENANA7aOjpnPV5r
"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."755Please respect copyright.PENANA4jlFrFpo7K
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.755Please respect copyright.PENANAmOHN31W9sd
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.755Please respect copyright.PENANAvCn6ab5Yd6
"Look guys," I said as 755Please respect copyright.PENANAWtih0bdEBi
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm755Please respect copyright.PENANA5SertSP6Ih
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAfG0BB8Yrqj
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.755Please respect copyright.PENANAN4Ui2DSu5l
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."755Please respect copyright.PENANA7lZL47ZFck
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAmsxkaHxoBs
I didn't say anything 755Please respect copyright.PENANAJfqGButJI5
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others755Please respect copyright.PENANAPTueaWCHIP
who were waiting for either of us to say something.755Please respect copyright.PENANA0UgXJjfh3I
Before anyone could 755Please respect copyright.PENANAiocgLMIHWA
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOXAS5wUZKv
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 755Please respect copyright.PENANARK9DPVd9lN
we went back to practising.755Please respect copyright.PENANAeJiuiaRyRN
I don't know how I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAo9P61SscMK
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.755Please respect copyright.PENANAfrbcdFdzMy
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 755Please respect copyright.PENANA06Vxc2wHfQ
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 755Please respect copyright.PENANARjVdYtOYjr
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my755Please respect copyright.PENANAQyXpSc2jn8
head in the real world and not mess things up.755Please respect copyright.PENANAvvCLm2ge1z
It was lunch time and 755Please respect copyright.PENANAk3T2auLCpv
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAmLn6su2r4B
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 755Please respect copyright.PENANAm58nOz13rb
stranger.755Please respect copyright.PENANA7i8v5Fclgi
Now that we were on a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAJgqgiEACip
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMbIjsTBGuA
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 755Please respect copyright.PENANAAj0xTT0qff
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just755Please respect copyright.PENANA6TVTxx3rTl
too awkward for me.755Please respect copyright.PENANA1gjAhvfw9O
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAc1rIDxBxdo
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.755Please respect copyright.PENANASrQsDdIhyS
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.755Please respect copyright.PENANAOU55RrZ6QN
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.755Please respect copyright.PENANAc5xqKlKKR2
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."755Please respect copyright.PENANAGqvOnaXrga
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYu6yyeXkZO
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.755Please respect copyright.PENANADMVLjE7h5Q
"Good idea," said Taeyang.755Please respect copyright.PENANAiXLkwRIZoH
As though they couldn't 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9x2gne5uGO
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 755Please respect copyright.PENANAI2QNd3M5LU
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 755Please respect copyright.PENANAzleu1wXD88
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.755Please respect copyright.PENANA0kFe8ly1oO
A few seconds later, 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9rDfk1oolC
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse755Please respect copyright.PENANAkp2eAbxaYg
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking755Please respect copyright.PENANAV3GkSMAYtx
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 755Please respect copyright.PENANAyHrSnCf4mp
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.755Please respect copyright.PENANA6489ewE5Ud
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.755Please respect copyright.PENANAacYN7ndIvP
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAM6l0iTNWxX
"A lot has happened 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8qurnYrrYs
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 755Please respect copyright.PENANAzTNLx27Q1a
case there were any people snooping around.755Please respect copyright.PENANA4u89o2UBCg
"What? What's happened?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAssti1uPi2n
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."755Please respect copyright.PENANAph3eWk1ScL
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."755Please respect copyright.PENANARjBtI7KGnH
"That's not the worst 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxunLcUzjr6
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0kc1wUe0uj
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."755Please respect copyright.PENANAHEkqTNZye6
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAHk9uTezSDz
"Like I said, he is 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZf0YPdZ0QV
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 755Please respect copyright.PENANAaZgiwWvPiC
are going to be toast especially with the press."755Please respect copyright.PENANA9u43Kc4LrI
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA6QgPTEBrax
"I'm not sure if I can 755Please respect copyright.PENANAcmQnd55WFf
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAPRLrU0XyUo
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."755Please respect copyright.PENANA6vGN7PfdAx
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAnqocSs8xAK
"I've no choice and I 755Please respect copyright.PENANABwJgpkiebz
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until755Please respect copyright.PENANA7SIy3KgkYc
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQySK1kscsp
cap and a scarf."755Please respect copyright.PENANApS6J3atxGw
"What will you need that for?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA2sJV4nLQIz
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.755Please respect copyright.PENANATgyFcjVc1f
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."755Please respect copyright.PENANABloIot1zHr
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."755Please respect copyright.PENANAlST8QjS69n
I cut the call and this 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwMH3YvCss8
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8HkgMSPhXO
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.755Please respect copyright.PENANArbMwZzOVEG
I reached the bottom of 755Please respect copyright.PENANA4yVWEGPFxv
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 755Please respect copyright.PENANAuin34ujQzY
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 755Please respect copyright.PENANATWJE9hKMXd
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMd9RMMRXM0
voices that I could recognise.755Please respect copyright.PENANAg9j5zi0Io8
I went over to look, 755Please respect copyright.PENANAszBFlj24MV
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 755Please respect copyright.PENANAcx9xbnBQ3v
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 755Please respect copyright.PENANAm2kGiMXP0N
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 755Please respect copyright.PENANA3zSROLoMYT
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.755Please respect copyright.PENANAz5n3ewbF7Y
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.755Please respect copyright.PENANAnr1WD6Ugg5
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."755Please respect copyright.PENANAXI5c4OYKpu
"I'm just surprised that755Please respect copyright.PENANADxwQZlvJXp
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that755Please respect copyright.PENANAYLAiQDETsO
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.755Please respect copyright.PENANAaibCzFPi2f
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."755Please respect copyright.PENANAReEf1GKUNU
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAy64nQRshjs
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.755Please respect copyright.PENANAHuLd6ZQnqd
"I think so too," said 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQDC6VAkzEZ
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAlacq6bPgK9
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."755Please respect copyright.PENANAwxBipzH7gD
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.755Please respect copyright.PENANA8VOC8VuPvq
I was expecting them to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAPeIbECEWeS
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwrAEj3BkQi
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwpV9USt3Gb
Who knows?755Please respect copyright.PENANAUWKWoKoQPl
Throwing that thought 755Please respect copyright.PENANAjJY6miCeoZ
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 755Please respect copyright.PENANAGmnOB8YiNZ
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAg0qEr8IcmK
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.755Please respect copyright.PENANAqNqk4lxABg
There were still more 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOgkLYqVE0T
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery755Please respect copyright.PENANANJzqq8liCq
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUumdyNOm3V
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 755Please respect copyright.PENANARywu9v0z6D
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 755Please respect copyright.PENANATsAQJWMzJk
away.755Please respect copyright.PENANAyL5vyyXoIS
In what seemed like 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkDJekubiD2
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 755Please respect copyright.PENANAEk77KBmp0H
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.755Please respect copyright.PENANAjOgvn7knVv
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.755Please respect copyright.PENANAiyTq1PhuTe
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."755Please respect copyright.PENANAtL6nMfFvlt
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."755Please respect copyright.PENANAZPeNDIRook
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAxZwEyXo8yi
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.755Please respect copyright.PENANAjEAQwmiRJq
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."755Please respect copyright.PENANAF9z6BnV4hD
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.755Please respect copyright.PENANAp9VgqeVhqB
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"755Please respect copyright.PENANACXgkLSYQ8a
"They have gone out for 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMQCpiNpvZR
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things755Please respect copyright.PENANAf5O0DxGEXx
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."755Please respect copyright.PENANA84IeofFu7L
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.755Please respect copyright.PENANAPBQvYYxO7X
"Ya. And they are about 755Please respect copyright.PENANANM10hzeTTn
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the755Please respect copyright.PENANAnBRMipICUy
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.755Please respect copyright.PENANAte4j4WheeV
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAWMnyhW01KB
"Ya, that will be a good755Please respect copyright.PENANAGkBR3tanzE
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 755Please respect copyright.PENANA15hGTiDtCQ
the guards might think when they see me."755Please respect copyright.PENANAhH2MCjfm4S
Lee and I started to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAo5P6NJApEJ
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front755Please respect copyright.PENANAEhMZwHi9wI
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 755Please respect copyright.PENANAqqKePHYVxK
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKroGzRsKRe
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 755Please respect copyright.PENANAlxPqTn8jaR
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.755Please respect copyright.PENANAyz32pGckwX
When I finally managed 755Please respect copyright.PENANAEn0c6duNcc
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgUvyKaohcM
away from the YG gate and down the street.755Please respect copyright.PENANAWEWeBtyH7e
I had to admit, I was so755Please respect copyright.PENANAerGAZC2e4e
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZzbgk7m2CX
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 755Please respect copyright.PENANAB1HNIQ0dyw
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 755Please respect copyright.PENANAKO2qMpJOwE
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.755Please respect copyright.PENANABgwFiVvh5Z
After walking a few 755Please respect copyright.PENANAju76jNaT5N
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAzkgXJrCWhU
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 755Please respect copyright.PENANAltv92NQCb5
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnS28CoWXaK
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.755Please respect copyright.PENANAkmD5EHx333
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.755Please respect copyright.PENANAGBlmaE3qRi
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."755Please respect copyright.PENANAIMNutcJ2M6
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face755Please respect copyright.PENANAi8TlclVRZM
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."755Please respect copyright.PENANAI133nmXqyt
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."755Please respect copyright.PENANAHchWmnpVNp
I froze as I soon looked755Please respect copyright.PENANAHwywm2wdZA
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 755Please respect copyright.PENANAeDyqsuOBpc
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUhlQrgtrwC
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.755Please respect copyright.PENANAdIGbq4CzHc
I heard him laugh 755Please respect copyright.PENANAAzULhjODlt
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZzRxvMn5Ac
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."755Please respect copyright.PENANAmwdDlZhKf1
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAKhxjm4zDE7
"I'm right here."755Please respect copyright.PENANAXtOVPX9S2D
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"755Please respect copyright.PENANAyd5s7uA4HZ
My sentence was cut 755Please respect copyright.PENANAqqh2JqGVMx
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge755Please respect copyright.PENANAsBK1RMKgDy
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 755Please respect copyright.PENANALMLsdRRETS
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.755Please respect copyright.PENANAPDH6g86jCx
A smartly dressed 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMd8i91e43N
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwF5hyO5Cjg
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.755Please respect copyright.PENANAgmXYZQBM9r
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.755Please respect copyright.PENANAWwMOCdUqcU
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANADN5hBYrr9L
A few heads turned my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAXirAzLIvpE
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOiysa2pqkl
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 755Please respect copyright.PENANA3QbLpF7V1h
and a little suspicious too.755Please respect copyright.PENANAybh9uBBj2F
I managed to awake from 755Please respect copyright.PENANAX9LWKXKX79
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 755Please respect copyright.PENANAghSByVeejX
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAa3lyNJY0P5
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAY4jgg74ymy
driver's seat.755Please respect copyright.PENANAdBjr9NKFqi
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.755Please respect copyright.PENANA9hUnlk34Xk
With my eyes, I looked 755Please respect copyright.PENANAFaWxOXKpGR
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAzkF84ixxez
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.755Please respect copyright.PENANAG90zPuKjRc
He looked to be in the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAHjqw21DAkG
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 755Please respect copyright.PENANANNGuuUBg7c
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZVpibjjNuK
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into755Please respect copyright.PENANAfUIIm8fH4I
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 755Please respect copyright.PENANAumo9CnFKgw
who had one heck of a body.755Please respect copyright.PENANA9zS2dMnDJL
I hadn't said a word and755Please respect copyright.PENANAdLt1hrmtUj
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 755Please respect copyright.PENANArc8ZjnFvpS
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 755Please respect copyright.PENANAR0H1d0TNkz
wrist. Who was this guy?755Please respect copyright.PENANAlnPRNVuJiT
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAfrq8w4H5Sw
I opened my mouth but 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9TLCyds8RZ
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOgMtBjykwp
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZodrAE1Odt
contact.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYzxNDEqwbw
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAUfUc7h89lj
"Yes, a pleasure to meet755Please respect copyright.PENANAOSe7wCRiRE
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 755Please respect copyright.PENANAhyNf8RebgH
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.755Please respect copyright.PENANA52Wfloyeyp
"I'm sorry we had to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAtyL5eHH7gB
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the755Please respect copyright.PENANAqC0xbDRzvt
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."755Please respect copyright.PENANA85FQGIZJXu
I looked at him and 755Please respect copyright.PENANAZGte6TVzmj
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVWhHv3birV
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMANGHc8o4k
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we755Please respect copyright.PENANA68zTGiNWyV
hear about in mythical tales.755Please respect copyright.PENANAcMF7ttL1z6
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.755Please respect copyright.PENANAu5AG7kWoXp
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 755Please respect copyright.PENANABlQvPtNGrI
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 755Please respect copyright.PENANAH2iamQqYNZ
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."755Please respect copyright.PENANAXwW9owKQlo
There was silence and I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVe9Zstm7aQ
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made755Please respect copyright.PENANASuILDUu98e
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 755Please respect copyright.PENANAirWpHoLyr0
something.755Please respect copyright.PENANAis8M6fOBH5
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.755Please respect copyright.PENANAgiXJsBWTGM
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."755Please respect copyright.PENANAzotO5R4ce4
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."755Please respect copyright.PENANAQY1260AjI4
"I was born in the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAd0nsVd2nQB
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are755Please respect copyright.PENANAef1JWK9eoW
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 755Please respect copyright.PENANA40wbqaVjad
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 755Please respect copyright.PENANAYwmklXCDsP
business empire is what's so important to them."755Please respect copyright.PENANAglFXPxYB0Y
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYyL9xg4AFx
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.755Please respect copyright.PENANAOlcVDnGCgb
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.755Please respect copyright.PENANAnbauIYX7zb
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAegqPoWe61x
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAKYGNE14sA4
"Lunch?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAFqMonxttKr
"Yes, lunch."755Please respect copyright.PENANATA1Oknsfrx
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.755Please respect copyright.PENANANGRVc82H2Q
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."755Please respect copyright.PENANAlz3zhZX7NM
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."755Please respect copyright.PENANArTo15inhyY
I raised an eyebrow at 755Please respect copyright.PENANAaMR5GwoHrA
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8NYqFWltqn
you have been able to find me on the street."755Please respect copyright.PENANAV7GB6yKxNB
He gave me that dashing 755Please respect copyright.PENANA063sMku8YJ
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 755Please respect copyright.PENANAHM4CjtJ8FV
would meet. I had to come prepared."755Please respect copyright.PENANA3vzDS0KjAr
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA5eV5X46x3o
"My apartment. It's much safer there."755Please respect copyright.PENANAhX9ijczZyZ
"You own an apartment?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA7KH5z7eWz8
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."755Please respect copyright.PENANAl15vatW0zx
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."755Please respect copyright.PENANArYJsjxN9Zb
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."755Please respect copyright.PENANAE4v7e6iKRY
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.755Please respect copyright.PENANAMT1deLDqaV
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.755Please respect copyright.PENANAARxW8PC1nT
It was a huge apartment 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgt4eSEpR9K
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAGS9hN82Lct
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.755Please respect copyright.PENANAeqYY8HKjzv
After the car parked, 755Please respect copyright.PENANAzBubDKZ2wo
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 755Please respect copyright.PENANA3XErxvPKBV
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAAylCXcBlnG
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwE8lg3rYLe
came out of the car.755Please respect copyright.PENANA2UxDFjTZ5A
Derrick lead the way, 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnCNP8vRNCn
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 755Please respect copyright.PENANAA1u4nTTO0E
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAeocUON8eSb
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.755Please respect copyright.PENANAqzF1IDdyUb
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.755Please respect copyright.PENANAx9BRaIAv57
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.755Please respect copyright.PENANAe9aACLcEfj
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.755Please respect copyright.PENANAgDk42jAx4s
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAVbtF5O8BBT
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."755Please respect copyright.PENANAsdHNfsQBr8
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAprnYk2vSWm
"Well, ya, I do! You're 755Please respect copyright.PENANAB3FP45foEF
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 755Please respect copyright.PENANA2Rz5tsxwgh
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."755Please respect copyright.PENANAWyDHL5FeBv
"Why?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAgHwT0ER6bY
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."755Please respect copyright.PENANAqVgYTIEBPi
The elevator doors flew 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8oGNMc47ZZ
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 755Please respect copyright.PENANAdO8wK20mjB
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 755Please respect copyright.PENANAaq03oepmDh
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 755Please respect copyright.PENANArealbkX7yw
into heaven.755Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ1iMOIbGd
I stepped out of the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVXDVkWdmuy
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAb5mSbcMtbF
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 755Please respect copyright.PENANA09geBTH8Vr
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAsoXTMyOH9k
soft red carpet.755Please respect copyright.PENANA2tAZpGqll4
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.755Please respect copyright.PENANAJvGFt3hYEE
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."755Please respect copyright.PENANAEScJv5qNMa
I looked down the hall 755Please respect copyright.PENANAk5etvT6ZH8
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAEWnBMG6bCh
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkIfQHasYk5
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 755Please respect copyright.PENANAoU5gqzgb5n
coming.755Please respect copyright.PENANAwQChLZyNZD
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYK82KN9KTo
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAKwW5M8ihlj
"Ladies first," said Derrick.755Please respect copyright.PENANAYH5u6gPiC2
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.755Please respect copyright.PENANAOzn0oppoPF
"This place is very 755Please respect copyright.PENANAGGlpDk6n6O
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the755Please respect copyright.PENANAdRacrT4A2g
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 755Please respect copyright.PENANAwvga3k3dvy
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the755Please respect copyright.PENANApfuoTXDdKC
wall.755Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZIyWdXCBR
I looked to the other 755Please respect copyright.PENANAHGHwciXVER
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 755Please respect copyright.PENANA85ziE6i9Z5
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 755Please respect copyright.PENANAsZrA0V6gUe
beautiful flower vases with orchids.755Please respect copyright.PENANAl0BoauO0Gt
"I see you like 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8naVrlC81D
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 755Please respect copyright.PENANAFBLicK4aZY
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.755Please respect copyright.PENANAFzcTvoEvxg
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAe1MJeNO2Xm
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.755Please respect copyright.PENANAyq1Fr3UZda
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."755Please respect copyright.PENANAQYenzwVpwe
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.755Please respect copyright.PENANAeuhmEpQwJg
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAD5zUFLF6ve
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.755Please respect copyright.PENANAFH5QCCt4eQ
The butler bowed and 755Please respect copyright.PENANAxmW8scQeYx
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAad9w9Q5Whb
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 755Please respect copyright.PENANA9RhvdpmFH6
ground.755Please respect copyright.PENANAmvdglYoSAq
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAeUPRFfgOeK
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"755Please respect copyright.PENANATFOIAzvvAE
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.755Please respect copyright.PENANASdoh2p4fHJ
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.755Please respect copyright.PENANAMtU2Zh5ZoN
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.755Please respect copyright.PENANAwtg70CHURO
As we got to the dining 755Please respect copyright.PENANA0924apu5Rj
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 755Please respect copyright.PENANAhgFO75xFms
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and755Please respect copyright.PENANAd26lB87DfN
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.755Please respect copyright.PENANAuTRU54acKG
The butler had served 755Please respect copyright.PENANA8Zp2oGPELH
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 755Please respect copyright.PENANA5vkuPTrmib
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 755Please respect copyright.PENANAbCgGlxe2uo
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 755Please respect copyright.PENANAnCldQm4Kp8
next to the plates were spotless.755Please respect copyright.PENANA1dJU3hG6OS
Dishes of food were 755Please respect copyright.PENANAMFcgcazlJw
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAETw44YvPap
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 755Please respect copyright.PENANAUOPD9ENXmC
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 755Please respect copyright.PENANASgceYboF6u
lady.755Please respect copyright.PENANA5UJMQ5C7YB
The butler helped to 755Please respect copyright.PENANARxE7fGrvw1
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made755Please respect copyright.PENANA1hWjYqJpv8
sure not to eat too much and take my time.755Please respect copyright.PENANAxKD9mxTaoX
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.755Please respect copyright.PENANAEzqGQQ8IkX
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.755Please respect copyright.PENANAOfpTTHPO1T
"Now, about the issue at755Please respect copyright.PENANAzlEI7xKZXg
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAoCTrXgCXoo
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.755Please respect copyright.PENANAk99uq64c1X
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.755Please respect copyright.PENANAa8TKvGJPPN
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."755Please respect copyright.PENANA0pnGm19SZg
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."755Please respect copyright.PENANATO5I4WYBMF
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.755Please respect copyright.PENANALHA7kdk0SZ
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.755Please respect copyright.PENANAlyKiiyHrRY
The photo showed Zoey in755Please respect copyright.PENANAxHU9YeYROe
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 755Please respect copyright.PENANAPbACsSxJLw
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 755Please respect copyright.PENANApDjhvlsJ8I
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 755Please respect copyright.PENANAh3jox1q3p9
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 755Please respect copyright.PENANAQhpKyFs2RM
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.755Please respect copyright.PENANAwc7iNQmWXm
"I know this isn't 755Please respect copyright.PENANA6ixDDkx07T
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 755Please respect copyright.PENANACF9rYqtYus
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAemgoeLU6Ti
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.755Please respect copyright.PENANAlOFWW40tHl
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?755Please respect copyright.PENANAlD7O01xVHO
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.755Please respect copyright.PENANAQhJEz8k40q
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.755Please respect copyright.PENANA322yDuvBGK
I looked at the photo 755Please respect copyright.PENANAny0WTZhBwB
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 755Please respect copyright.PENANAgKUoD7vvPH
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your755Please respect copyright.PENANA7zkPQFbXIC
brother?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAyeytRwmoDr
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.755Please respect copyright.PENANA4h2r2E3zQw
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.755Please respect copyright.PENANA0fmTOISWR5
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.755Please respect copyright.PENANArMIYwxR0Od
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAhqIU4T70mW
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."755Please respect copyright.PENANALNkD45mybI
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA7gO8yTcASC
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."755Please respect copyright.PENANAapiqN2jlO7
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"755Please respect copyright.PENANADTO9v8Qffr
"I know my brother very 755Please respect copyright.PENANAVT0H2XUCRA
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 755Please respect copyright.PENANAtDvo4tYJOq
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."755Please respect copyright.PENANAPwGbcgVu12
I then remembered the 755Please respect copyright.PENANAOp6WjWCrmx
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 755Please respect copyright.PENANAz2UGPqqxPg
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 755Please respect copyright.PENANAkiSe8V4yL7
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?755Please respect copyright.PENANAr9oXY06vko
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAJiHlMlLTiP
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."755Please respect copyright.PENANAAquWt9WOhL
"But that's strange. If 755Please respect copyright.PENANA6FLGhBeuQs
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 755Please respect copyright.PENANAcnHpugyLVL
don't see the reason why they would hide."755Please respect copyright.PENANAhmU7LO039N
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."755Please respect copyright.PENANAgLOhpnTvnj
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAumXMpvKJdj
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.755Please respect copyright.PENANAmzQyQrSxZa
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."755Please respect copyright.PENANAgMCdxcTD6P
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAMGlUiZTgM7
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZBeQdndvM
"Wait! That was him?"755Please respect copyright.PENANASWkMepZJzU
"Yes. I was there."755Please respect copyright.PENANAo3uKETViWj
"You were there too?"755Please respect copyright.PENANABFGejtz22c
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."755Please respect copyright.PENANAhwLau9XSOw
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms755Please respect copyright.PENANAPDiuuxFC45
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAmV14ZxQO8g
"She is."755Please respect copyright.PENANA8q48PeX3E8
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"755Please respect copyright.PENANA2IATmCNgwV
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."755Please respect copyright.PENANAhkFJ3iKJzz
"And do you really think she would?"755Please respect copyright.PENANAq2pkiO6Eck
I thought about his 755Please respect copyright.PENANASo8bhQ15Sj
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth755Please respect copyright.PENANAawOJJjMLF2
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what755Please respect copyright.PENANAKPi8JgKdHs
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.755Please respect copyright.PENANA3PZUayIHFf
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.755Please respect copyright.PENANAPtUcdsVmjC
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.755Please respect copyright.PENANAoWNdZ3OBty
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."755Please respect copyright.PENANAmZuwmm6bR8
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.755Please respect copyright.PENANAozSaSrUIkI
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.755Please respect copyright.PENANAl9vgqtK1qg
"Before I go, tell me 755Please respect copyright.PENANAA3NQ1j16ZW
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 755Please respect copyright.PENANAWGahq98yVb
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."