Have you ever been awake751Please respect copyright.PENANAOKXsPTMO7W
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart751Please respect copyright.PENANAxSu4DnctT2
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgVOoOx57x3
day goes on?751Please respect copyright.PENANAvPD8CnY8Tt
That's how I felt right at this moment.751Please respect copyright.PENANAatkJr4bjhr
I tossed in my bed, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0BgPrwi8O
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhAYmpLP3nq
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun751Please respect copyright.PENANAkBMgImltZE
could come up so that I could meet my end already.751Please respect copyright.PENANAWhLHNBP8B4
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANArb1O5fs5bm
I fell back on my bed, 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8k0TzVTQsh
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 751Please respect copyright.PENANAmvZ9CVa6lU
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqBmnGPsJ3H
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiFguZiJWKe
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 751Please respect copyright.PENANAFEOLY37VWC
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVVEv85AY1S
mind even to dream.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPpNYMX2Iyu
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.751Please respect copyright.PENANAoisjMsHlPr
How I wish I could fall 751Please respect copyright.PENANA7kxUFR3r1c
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I751Please respect copyright.PENANAw0mePaDK8T
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I751Please respect copyright.PENANALmEDFQOPq4
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.751Please respect copyright.PENANAc78WySiBPR
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAvu7iexjjMI
I knew I now had to face751Please respect copyright.PENANAqmQHBLAe0x
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 751Please respect copyright.PENANAx5D7xx45BS
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even751Please respect copyright.PENANAitZnpWQmuv
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 751Please respect copyright.PENANAcabhTgCt4r
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.751Please respect copyright.PENANAmAtne39E4s
I knew her persistence 751Please respect copyright.PENANATlFweVmlrV
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKixpWDJLde
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKXRXpT8idI
her if I had to tell her the truth.751Please respect copyright.PENANAsYBRbXcP67
I know sometimes we 751Please respect copyright.PENANA5kInTNagZV
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUC04R01F9c
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAtqJ3AXOwSV
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAlOuIRDvJvX
had now reached that point.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9E8OHgeAwD
I sighed again as I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAlGXfvSbAx1
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAr3fe8eYrwU
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?751Please respect copyright.PENANADUVKdc2nqB
If it came to G-Dragon, 751Please respect copyright.PENANASdQ0HUbJFt
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I751Please respect copyright.PENANAaQQvYB6hzc
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 751Please respect copyright.PENANAO9biOlhBWO
lot harder.751Please respect copyright.PENANANiodaknGE4
How was I going to tell 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOiw6W5CfIp
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAt1FtntZAku
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1sku18putD
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 751Please respect copyright.PENANAFOSkNuiXKF
either.751Please respect copyright.PENANANmMj6crlZD
I kicked out the bed 751Please respect copyright.PENANAoUtiLVQPRj
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxrCrQfAqWx
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room751Please respect copyright.PENANAbsrig8wqoR
in my purple pyjamas.751Please respect copyright.PENANAufachBhhES
I went straight for the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA3LyEsO4nEp
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfbZxvmFSSt
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAYhna0T9Jrd
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my751Please respect copyright.PENANAWpZWYFReSY
mum.751Please respect copyright.PENANApXfQHur012
Hopefully, I was calling751Please respect copyright.PENANAb8aJwC7gUj
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 751Please respect copyright.PENANAoyIrCYFOmB
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 751Please respect copyright.PENANA15wNv1YVzM
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?751Please respect copyright.PENANAPVXFItctm7
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.751Please respect copyright.PENANAFtLtHH2d7r
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.751Please respect copyright.PENANAUzakDoGBWw
"Hello, Sam?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA4bdePRNpnx
"Hi, mum."751Please respect copyright.PENANA5fPGFkjhn8
"Sam, how are you, dear?"751Please respect copyright.PENANANHYG2wJOGQ
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAI6Cr6Uvefy
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAX0PEvVMMis
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJqBtKUqEgo
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."751Please respect copyright.PENANAFLUbVr3YLA
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."751Please respect copyright.PENANAeyA9YaoFqG
"Ya, I can see you guys 751Please respect copyright.PENANAd4E1iyYFro
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsvP8904C2P
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 751Please respect copyright.PENANABtnDoRizQE
her computer as she looked at the pictures.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPC1iovyolf
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."751Please respect copyright.PENANASmJM4Po1Nb
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."751Please respect copyright.PENANA7yoGSslaGO
"I'll check out the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVpDTDM8l8m
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 751Please respect copyright.PENANANZ0DkLV0US
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 751Please respect copyright.PENANASavd9uBc3E
Why aren't you asleep?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA8KZAzjpTVH
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1JTnk6nQJ
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."751Please respect copyright.PENANA95BK1xl3gb
I could imagine my mum 751Please respect copyright.PENANAT4gq3d72ND
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on751Please respect copyright.PENANA3ITHFNrmtV
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 751Please respect copyright.PENANAz6sS04n15g
her arms folded.751Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ5trToRMp
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAUdWJKDX5cX
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.751Please respect copyright.PENANA34ccvQXRiH
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."751Please respect copyright.PENANA8vEKceW1Ch
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."751Please respect copyright.PENANAeYykILJTOe
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAWNESczEn7x
"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."751Please respect copyright.PENANAr1nJzvS4dr
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."751Please respect copyright.PENANADszCBRCfve
"I've been lying to Zoey751Please respect copyright.PENANAEH0NmJJnCG
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHznWXNP40E
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 751Please respect copyright.PENANAI575BRrnLE
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."751Please respect copyright.PENANA0VKHOn0tkr
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."751Please respect copyright.PENANAhcuV81rK7J
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA1Qdxb4x7fV
"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."751Please respect copyright.PENANAvst7HpOLyd
"Trust me, mum, Collins 751Please respect copyright.PENANAIcvOymHcKd
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 751Please respect copyright.PENANAu4PtvednSf
that you shouldn't say a word either."751Please respect copyright.PENANAdGkX4wLDwY
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.751Please respect copyright.PENANA2UPqkehfvM
"You know I can never 751Please respect copyright.PENANAL7mK1JfIyx
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8kYhopl0Z4
matter of life and death. I've no choice."751Please respect copyright.PENANAMMuDMLIa5r
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA4d2o9Iiw3J
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."751Please respect copyright.PENANAlTqDzeSnRO
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."751Please respect copyright.PENANANukc616j3G
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.751Please respect copyright.PENANAa4k5kjc9ZF
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."751Please respect copyright.PENANAV9uAq9s2As
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."751Please respect copyright.PENANAFJJ3dUFuWw
There was silence at the other end. Until....751Please respect copyright.PENANAaNO10rJwWA
"WHAT!"751Please respect copyright.PENANA9QHvWOugX3
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."751Please respect copyright.PENANAUtGlgFiJd7
"Then what is it? The 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbKHcFBLWtS
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXigtrywZZ9
feel like you're betraying your best friend."751Please respect copyright.PENANA3UEd3kAXx8
"It was like that at 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVoR8wiGexW
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close751Please respect copyright.PENANAarq0gyNHgs
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqRYnJWbuMG
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining751Please respect copyright.PENANAHKXCUm6wRv
fingers.751Please respect copyright.PENANAeT5dYwVIRj
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAXXmInnpR0z
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."751Please respect copyright.PENANApstI5QRjIj
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."751Please respect copyright.PENANAY2OT5DuX5O
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."751Please respect copyright.PENANALso0XZlw1t
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.751Please respect copyright.PENANAbD6JIjeV2z
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."751Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2LqAtheaz
"And that's not the worst part."751Please respect copyright.PENANAx3lxpbECKQ
I told her what happened751Please respect copyright.PENANAJsDhzYjruP
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in751Please respect copyright.PENANAeHVOMHgZMh
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAQuzDHCG4kH
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung751Please respect copyright.PENANA3LNvijnc7a
and the kiss.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdUH4ZhOdlR
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPsYzGb8X0a
"Ssh, and listen."751Please respect copyright.PENANAbEIxZKtC8U
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.751Please respect copyright.PENANAr9lCKF81pr
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."751Please respect copyright.PENANAbE9BXXVUQF
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."751Please respect copyright.PENANAU2tglgmts6
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAlWs9DjLZiv
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."751Please respect copyright.PENANA9DWxIA8vNI
"Are you scared?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA0zhAmw3Gj3
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAp0It0RI8yU
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."751Please respect copyright.PENANAM83Fl4MqRo
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.751Please respect copyright.PENANAmH5kyzHkDD
"We all get hurt at some751Please respect copyright.PENANABRDx3zkBA5
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.751Please respect copyright.PENANATnCkvHnAO3
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 751Please respect copyright.PENANAL3jR3Q9e19
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXxcLscyzq3
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."751Please respect copyright.PENANA1jVECCONTW
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3uZKE1qbO2
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.751Please respect copyright.PENANAzSqftyZdNC
"Don't cry, okay? You're751Please respect copyright.PENANAwHjy8G94Eq
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 751Please respect copyright.PENANAwOHwTEqVNv
will need all the rest you can get."751Please respect copyright.PENANAR4xsMzILwE
"Yes, mum. I will."751Please respect copyright.PENANAfuhVsIDSJv
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAV4lf6gxavv
"Okay. Bye."751Please respect copyright.PENANAPyifTwVd7l
I hang up and I quickly 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6KWZ1UsFp1
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 751Please respect copyright.PENANATLAUH0mUER
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 751Please respect copyright.PENANA57voXFlfYn
arms.751Please respect copyright.PENANAAunmx67yhG
It must have been some 751Please respect copyright.PENANAuSIGcOuuIT
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 751Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ou3V2UsFR
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.751Please respect copyright.PENANAZCHGu24jj6
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9dZunPMQp1
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."751Please respect copyright.PENANAZkE97EVotE
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."751Please respect copyright.PENANA5fARtB1UWe
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.751Please respect copyright.PENANAMv4gsVBzTU
"Sadly, it isn't, my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAC2YALZYIJt
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 751Please respect copyright.PENANACAOL3aMOon
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."751Please respect copyright.PENANAQTkBpThn53
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.751Please respect copyright.PENANAt5HMGes2z4
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAgkKhmDUb8q
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."751Please respect copyright.PENANAYMNEKaEQ3C
"So, start talking right now."751Please respect copyright.PENANA4Q5ukXoz6t
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0CLTKxBfy
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."751Please respect copyright.PENANAaogQQurNLF
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.751Please respect copyright.PENANASe17vZjpH8
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."751Please respect copyright.PENANAvY0Zw9oTSl
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAY51AvPcHFJ
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."751Please respect copyright.PENANA9wilsARcLo
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAXAdkXnNxbn
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."751Please respect copyright.PENANAvSvOzMDADg
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.751Please respect copyright.PENANA7dIX5IuH4z
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."751Please respect copyright.PENANA8aJ275j84X
"You like him, don't you?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAmwoscCI99H
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?751Please respect copyright.PENANA6rJkg4E6dr
"I..uh...no, that's not it."751Please respect copyright.PENANAh7KB4DKGnU
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."751Please respect copyright.PENANA9iO1SWMdIK
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."751Please respect copyright.PENANAY5A7FXWvcf
"Expected from me?" Zoey751Please respect copyright.PENANA70nZbFmVAI
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIflnvtDvQa
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."751Please respect copyright.PENANAGJJOnjOBLo
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.751Please respect copyright.PENANADSbmVrsanU
"I know you feel guilty 751Please respect copyright.PENANAWAXS2x2NSF
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know751Please respect copyright.PENANAYNnQFwHT9i
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."751Please respect copyright.PENANAZPgEhHS7Pl
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?751Please respect copyright.PENANA7KxS2Ryex2
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAQOFs423Yzc
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."751Please respect copyright.PENANApPQyX1412i
I wanted to slap my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAu3JMiSV5qX
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't751Please respect copyright.PENANAwFEXy6cpzY
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 751Please respect copyright.PENANAwYb3sR9cO5
it gets out of hand.751Please respect copyright.PENANAVzXG6ED8GD
"Zoey, listen to me," I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAvo3oQ4HdjA
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 751Please respect copyright.PENANANepU6Wm3kI
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."751Please respect copyright.PENANAUUTfKQRlnV
I paused. That was odd. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUgvgad14wz
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I751Please respect copyright.PENANAqCAscmwF9I
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.751Please respect copyright.PENANA4tMBb8fY1I
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAe5rucLkQdE
What was wrong with me? I751Please respect copyright.PENANAeteun7HYsm
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 751Please respect copyright.PENANApROkm0VSGQ
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6Yf3SQlC58
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.751Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZSsHlYUYb
"You're weird, Sam," 751Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ir73LC9zH
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 751Please respect copyright.PENANAc07nEvBFZF
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 751Please respect copyright.PENANAD5BJSqxtwG
waiting."751Please respect copyright.PENANAUPpWh2II4c
Zoey closed the door and751Please respect copyright.PENANAN9UXdZo0MD
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 751Please respect copyright.PENANAIFzYz6UAUz
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiJf7DjXjek
harder than I thought.751Please respect copyright.PENANArp0HgiO5eX
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPy9DhdPL82
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3Dq8lufLZb
I stood up from my bed 751Please respect copyright.PENANAobJzxabTbc
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 751Please respect copyright.PENANAeGfcO4e1fA
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which751Please respect copyright.PENANARsbvSS0br5
is the most important part.751Please respect copyright.PENANA4gNY2IcLvy
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."751Please respect copyright.PENANANBrh5NjZ0w
Whatever my conscious 751Please respect copyright.PENANAQGumlBAXzm
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 751Please respect copyright.PENANA4QLWWsVqCp
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 751Please respect copyright.PENANAyzhz0bAssj
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPDDbllZoqk
If that was the case, 751Please respect copyright.PENANArnEmVGavf8
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 751Please respect copyright.PENANAA1VQKoR3m1
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 751Please respect copyright.PENANALv8nqgZ5Yb
shattered completely.751Please respect copyright.PENANAgDgD5AIpbK
While I was trying to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAE9dB54zwh3
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach751Please respect copyright.PENANAvVUEo1HuxR
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.751Please respect copyright.PENANAq2RaypEzPx
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?751Please respect copyright.PENANASHEjQaL5pM
I answered the call. "Hello?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAz0u38OLkhz
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.751Please respect copyright.PENANALbkn9q7T2Y
I held my breath. That 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhl5OMvht9s
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 751Please respect copyright.PENANASIo90QPhHf
asking that question, not thinking it.751Please respect copyright.PENANAb0QLYMFfgj
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA0nz5v7XjEc
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."751Please respect copyright.PENANA7HTJBeMVLi
"Talk? Talk about what?"751Please respect copyright.PENANACE9pbMXhgd
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"751Please respect copyright.PENANARDf9YDndCf
"Photo? What...?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAndQ1K0qCbL
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.751Please respect copyright.PENANASXIJjaNGTc
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"751Please respect copyright.PENANACZ7Uttzqso
"If you haven't seen it,751Please respect copyright.PENANAUBAHGI3S7Z
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAWucXaFEEGE
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA2MwsNC8Ys8
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?751Please respect copyright.PENANAyVtpcjUA4u
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAnfUmZdQ2FM
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."751Please respect copyright.PENANA7J8mqTAVIa
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAGb0xvNeTqH
I could soon hear the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA5dExvrukdM
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKefDL0PTKZ
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAv2HFdR9n7h
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.751Please respect copyright.PENANAl0VhENlHLQ
I looked back at my 751Please respect copyright.PENANADZ8olitupb
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I751Please respect copyright.PENANAWIqCv71pFW
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhRdSjuxW0j
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 751Please respect copyright.PENANA5NsqDRdLk6
download the photo.751Please respect copyright.PENANAkd322x65Q3
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAxmTDLHbWhy
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAgxZUXplZ37
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."751Please respect copyright.PENANAK2O8458wDY
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."751Please respect copyright.PENANAlN1IkYYPaJ
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."751Please respect copyright.PENANAp7t9qACHH6
I nodded and Lee left. I751Please respect copyright.PENANAvvEk1JSaBZ
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 751Please respect copyright.PENANAyyzx2KQ1wF
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.751Please respect copyright.PENANAbXbw85mxUR
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."751Please respect copyright.PENANA570cSGiNA9
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.751Please respect copyright.PENANAbHw1gPUBJe
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.751Please respect copyright.PENANAoTZ4PgmneF
"Zoey!"751Please respect copyright.PENANAa1kwvnebkq
"Not a word, Sam. You're751Please respect copyright.PENANAf7qE3OBHBx
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqvLQgO12LE
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's751Please respect copyright.PENANAVstWxigmUO
up with you today."751Please respect copyright.PENANABtUmJCKSjy
If only she knew. So 751Please respect copyright.PENANArK9DQCHPeD
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one751Please respect copyright.PENANAyZsjik6yeK
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.751Please respect copyright.PENANAzl1Cm81Jod
I went to the bathroom 751Please respect copyright.PENANAraOipF91Vw
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAFlDx15EAgL
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 751Please respect copyright.PENANAuNo8QwimNp
reflection.751Please respect copyright.PENANAMl70iGJZZR
I looked like I hadn't 751Please respect copyright.PENANAe6u9QAka4s
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZGK6bRVPxx
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgcR4CipQ2w
if not by two.751Please respect copyright.PENANAz9cUGXWj0v
G-Dragon and Zoey were 751Please respect copyright.PENANA5bCyD8SPru
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 751Please respect copyright.PENANAyfxPeyuyso
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 751Please respect copyright.PENANA9PHsilVNzg
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZqbRiNbZOr
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?751Please respect copyright.PENANAyx1lwYD9q9
After I took a quick 751Please respect copyright.PENANAWZ7hQqbzPm
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone751Please respect copyright.PENANACnSqT5Oxkg
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHpnUmB2hwQ
the bathroom to get her makeup done.751Please respect copyright.PENANArzxrkcb0Ij
I unlocked my phone. I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAIHhRkaQlDQ
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 751Please respect copyright.PENANAFrwcSADNAz
photo must be done downloading by now.751Please respect copyright.PENANAqzg9Bg89Lo
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?751Please respect copyright.PENANAdBqlxSRg7D
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?751Please respect copyright.PENANAdkOVsnTCH4
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.751Please respect copyright.PENANAuLtNgco1ux
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.751Please respect copyright.PENANAwXVOrMPL3S
"Morning. How was your night?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAKYveBY1Vf6
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."751Please respect copyright.PENANAbkxlPBDXwo
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANA8n0D4VtWfw
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.751Please respect copyright.PENANAHfFUhuhWfr
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."751Please respect copyright.PENANA08vN5uaVVa
I smiled a little. At 751Please respect copyright.PENANANcXLn8kh3V
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 751Please respect copyright.PENANA5tj7ddKH0B
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAEDuoKq4wql
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAuSQnWYvewV
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."751Please respect copyright.PENANACZ4VZvjuaH
"You too."751Please respect copyright.PENANANy1qy8akhs
He cut the line and I 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0xVejbwttx
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZGJM4kT2cS
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 751Please respect copyright.PENANAryQmY5gfaJ
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.751Please respect copyright.PENANAVhTB8glueT
After I dressed up and 751Please respect copyright.PENANATfyF6IX1T1
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAH6ulejx6U
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAyRjhyH0sGZ
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAzaZFQ2HZcc
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPF4fZmNfBa
room.751Please respect copyright.PENANAmmkiMs8IOE
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.751Please respect copyright.PENANAkQIaJN2VMK
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.751Please respect copyright.PENANAvnW5OxD4HY
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.751Please respect copyright.PENANAcgtYgSbIO3
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."751Please respect copyright.PENANAaFNLfp18ye
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."751Please respect copyright.PENANAK7mOIbuiMy
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.751Please respect copyright.PENANAQ951WCuVZO
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAfBr9nDXmFl
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAZUEPLHnriy
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIddwwhhL1n
"What?" I asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANALpU9vG7IM2
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."751Please respect copyright.PENANAxGveSVeGWH
I frowned. "So?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAo99YIWJENr
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.751Please respect copyright.PENANAJejn2SHW95
I was still confused. "So?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA3HnN1kWoxi
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIxwMtw1241
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.751Please respect copyright.PENANAN4hor83nI3
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?751Please respect copyright.PENANAdGEmxU6Nne
"I don't see the harm in751Please respect copyright.PENANA58Z0NibeqE
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 751Please respect copyright.PENANAojRGgHyeex
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZlmx0ASLfe
that wrong?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAmahiXSYsOD
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.751Please respect copyright.PENANAgVa0HbAGr1
"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."751Please respect copyright.PENANAyFYIGUeooR
"I can see that," said 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXheX995Lod
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 751Please respect copyright.PENANAK1oL8PKvJC
me but I decided not to say anything.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdP6YZ5O9B9
When we were done with 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6BmJGJX1YH
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAF8EgdDPwDE
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiGunUlLz1E
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 751Please respect copyright.PENANAR2q5CTvTf7
looking at my phone.751Please respect copyright.PENANAI6ljrzyvs9
When everyone in the car751Please respect copyright.PENANAouGXrTimIg
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in751Please respect copyright.PENANA0Kp84q1pwL
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 751Please respect copyright.PENANAh2zL3Xx7pB
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.751Please respect copyright.PENANAR4s0oQ4Hzz
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANA6E15d5Utv0
I quickly pressed the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAdpk0i4Q1va
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJMgWdU9ygF
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.751Please respect copyright.PENANA5jfJrDC1Y3
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.751Please respect copyright.PENANAwtkQEJBy46
"May I see?"751Please respect copyright.PENANASEddKSXnhK
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."751Please respect copyright.PENANAC9SZfpztCr
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."751Please respect copyright.PENANA9WWvwcFrUY
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAObU7BNsVWB
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."751Please respect copyright.PENANADran85RhA3
I wish I could tell him 751Please respect copyright.PENANAYOAcsMV06Z
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 751Please respect copyright.PENANAkZJgalmSp3
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.751Please respect copyright.PENANA8dpe1KhfdZ
Now that I had seen the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXOHA2aMqeV
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgxAtKSTQOR
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 751Please respect copyright.PENANALRbAfYtZdH
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.751Please respect copyright.PENANATiOpdIj60f
Speaking of which, I 751Please respect copyright.PENANACPhdhn5Es3
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was751Please respect copyright.PENANAt1OqDUnKn1
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAfFe7DkY05
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6jYi2AgFqr
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAhcc9l03Mb
further onto the edge, I would burst.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdMnF5ms94k
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAXa9J3Yepez
My heart skipped a beat.751Please respect copyright.PENANAqoLOyAUjqm
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting751Please respect copyright.PENANAglu6pKqcE1
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 751Please respect copyright.PENANAwYnWswIsDi
choice.751Please respect copyright.PENANADalPl8dLZV
As soon as I stepped out751Please respect copyright.PENANAicMmvtBUeJ
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAFxwUzJCcvg
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.751Please respect copyright.PENANA7pSY6KSow7
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.751Please respect copyright.PENANALZ9nGV5ljo
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."751Please respect copyright.PENANAslCGFUR9rU
"You're aren't the only 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfzh2nLZL1n
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 751Please respect copyright.PENANACodsngd5dC
to work on that when we get in there."751Please respect copyright.PENANAldYx17M3Ly
I managed to put up a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhFVyM8Zin9
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How751Please respect copyright.PENANA43IbChHn93
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.751Please respect copyright.PENANAiq7DmT2OL2
As I came into the lobby751Please respect copyright.PENANAeZIQUIiW5P
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 751Please respect copyright.PENANADKWDHBM5Tu
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.751Please respect copyright.PENANAJhU6V4mDrI
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."751Please respect copyright.PENANAlumYkCUWvu
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.751Please respect copyright.PENANAlxANxtvw65
We all got in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANATKJAy3Ne6k
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up751Please respect copyright.PENANAE2DNNGoUqB
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 751Please respect copyright.PENANA4sscEHrrMB
things.751Please respect copyright.PENANAN5kmP55ZmX
We got to the dance 751Please respect copyright.PENANAE1NyZwEnFO
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 751Please respect copyright.PENANAvjfo7ccstI
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.751Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1cuz1ntvD
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.751Please respect copyright.PENANAMM9ooEuhXm
I was too lost in 751Please respect copyright.PENANAMNweklg8bY
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAaYCEUbaEhW
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.751Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ1j5TOsxf
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.751Please respect copyright.PENANADyjuRuDjkk
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.751Please respect copyright.PENANABa4nZnZbFL
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.751Please respect copyright.PENANAp7hysYsDLG
"Tell me about it," said751Please respect copyright.PENANAObgJA54ii2
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her751Please respect copyright.PENANAKbvcNVCpcr
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."751Please respect copyright.PENANAK3MPkrqzPX
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANA6XbuzjQA2e
"Too weird," said Daniel.751Please respect copyright.PENANAMtVkCJx5ql
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."751Please respect copyright.PENANAKX5mnDUUVv
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.751Please respect copyright.PENANAkJmVSLYdNx
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.751Please respect copyright.PENANAh5UZNI8jJj
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.751Please respect copyright.PENANAg2QoLuHjAU
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.751Please respect copyright.PENANAt1JoInNcWP
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."751Please respect copyright.PENANAAZYN20C5uP
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAvzDl8UtWuL
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.751Please respect copyright.PENANAKhM1imrrNA
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."751Please respect copyright.PENANA7GTYt68y8T
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."751Please respect copyright.PENANAIWG872VQTa
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."751Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4UHuTXcBR
"I'm not."751Please respect copyright.PENANA43VaFqbaf5
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAY6tTdNqkwQ
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAbVTze1oimI
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.751Please respect copyright.PENANARVoEjDMr0i
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.751Please respect copyright.PENANAYitO4ovcPL
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.751Please respect copyright.PENANARGZIUx0Koj
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."751Please respect copyright.PENANAdVJ6rS2U75
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."751Please respect copyright.PENANAzRYUYy7s1w
Before I could turn 751Please respect copyright.PENANAcvWPdooife
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiCv4XNdRPu
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.751Please respect copyright.PENANAfgvrmaIyz0
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.751Please respect copyright.PENANAODjs41QpUT
I took the crown from 751Please respect copyright.PENANAG4fjeegzsO
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was751Please respect copyright.PENANA1qA22Vhv3F
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 751Please respect copyright.PENANAWfvZUXJpwM
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 751Please respect copyright.PENANAuyOKF3TwyT
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.751Please respect copyright.PENANAnqjAaZ517o
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.751Please respect copyright.PENANAfF5MR2da49
"It is," said Seungri 751Please respect copyright.PENANAw9bRAB3qyZ
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOJ7YluzCej
stones because it's your birth stone."751Please respect copyright.PENANAUXmqmU4yba
"Aww! Thank you so much,751Please respect copyright.PENANAYoKDQM3yGq
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew751Please respect copyright.PENANA9k6ndNvBQZ
he was going to brighten up my day today.751Please respect copyright.PENANA0XtxHzfLqp
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"751Please respect copyright.PENANAXIKnrv7uf7
"I want to wear it," 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0dwG8IR1kQ
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 751Please respect copyright.PENANACNgJmEkNBW
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.751Please respect copyright.PENANAGkcr1Px4Xy
"Don't I look like a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAoeuahTMGgF
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAuUYQCmikCx
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.751Please respect copyright.PENANAnPUnqu6eHU
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.751Please respect copyright.PENANAazvb2H7hI1
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.751Please respect copyright.PENANAz5tiUUuRSR
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.751Please respect copyright.PENANAtLrEWyD7Cf
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPaRWcs6A3O
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."751Please respect copyright.PENANA01JuDKEIve
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.751Please respect copyright.PENANAg0BGxcRuWt
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.751Please respect copyright.PENANAy12lvnXqf6
"May her royal majesty 751Please respect copyright.PENANAy4JYsWF3AP
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 751Please respect copyright.PENANArZUiBX9JA5
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.751Please respect copyright.PENANAoA3AK0OKoM
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.751Please respect copyright.PENANAYeMaVn0PDm
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.751Please respect copyright.PENANAQxeKgBnS9W
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.751Please respect copyright.PENANAmRa4dOoWUe
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.751Please respect copyright.PENANAAhAhJsSWet
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3DNnB9bG2Q
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.751Please respect copyright.PENANAfPvQe343YN
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAockvgYa8yM
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."751Please respect copyright.PENANAwCEWu8x8Hu
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."751Please respect copyright.PENANALVMexH5qk9
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."751Please respect copyright.PENANAlXXTkGiVB2
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.751Please respect copyright.PENANAV9czqodKPE
She couldn't tell the 751Please respect copyright.PENANASuTiQKjik1
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took751Please respect copyright.PENANAehfwooBPEt
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group751Please respect copyright.PENANA1MbBn3UlF0
photo with me in the middle.751Please respect copyright.PENANAHc7mtTCTJZ
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3L5h0oZk15
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.751Please respect copyright.PENANAvsaE02lXYS
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."751Please respect copyright.PENANAqWZ9Xw7LuT
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."751Please respect copyright.PENANAlYI9wVmkqE
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9591bqpmBd
Zoey smiled. "Even better."751Please respect copyright.PENANArzQqHMuG3j
G-Dragon turned to 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6MrRJ0ECHQ
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbn1Hq6533o
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1pYQduedUr
him and he will find us."751Please respect copyright.PENANAv74ouMWeZ8
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.751Please respect copyright.PENANAkHKMm9o0Vd
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."751Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZRC8dk5Ls
We all stood on one side751Please respect copyright.PENANAIyHbzDsRUU
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 751Please respect copyright.PENANAYHgLa2qKgT
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfhTXZlW40J
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.751Please respect copyright.PENANA90yhDRcfS0
"So, I was thinking, 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1J7eFGQQrw
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAGeIZ2JxcMk
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8FyRRzqwxE
guys."751Please respect copyright.PENANAvfo3exTKQO
Christine came forward 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgDwnvsD7WE
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 751Please respect copyright.PENANA9R8hdrTJkT
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdLfQj7Z2pY
With Christine and Mike 751Please respect copyright.PENANAwzCbs1Q4hj
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 751Please respect copyright.PENANAi2UzX5Nhr8
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAw5SOBdF0LK
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 751Please respect copyright.PENANABVMdVtyAFM
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 751Please respect copyright.PENANA7LGZ8j3bpc
themselves back and they again their backs touched.751Please respect copyright.PENANAXCf2DlKVHE
With a bit of skilful 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJQ3LO9JQHe
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew751Please respect copyright.PENANAEsqyU7tMNv
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAk0soBt93Ty
air.751Please respect copyright.PENANAMMITX2V2yG
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."751Please respect copyright.PENANA9rArC7btSR
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.751Please respect copyright.PENANAq5i5BGMZXe
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.751Please respect copyright.PENANAju6wTBvq7M
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.751Please respect copyright.PENANApXDKVE8bAK
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.751Please respect copyright.PENANAf79UnzUJg2
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdIkSfmyiUk
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3nvA5qPxkt
The door soon opened and751Please respect copyright.PENANAkWF0U1A49O
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOK5JPEnsua
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.751Please respect copyright.PENANAXOJNg8c7JU
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIZHrhrJJ7t
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.751Please respect copyright.PENANAmAvpee6nUY
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."751Please respect copyright.PENANAS7Am1YzjnG
Mike and Christine 751Please respect copyright.PENANAti7dkJncym
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance751Please respect copyright.PENANAZaL2UKPxsW
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfzYkLaLMnf
us will come in the scene.751Please respect copyright.PENANAqKYIz1Y0wl
"Mmmm," the 751Please respect copyright.PENANATiJYE5z7JI
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAoqaojuXv6e
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.751Please respect copyright.PENANAM3ieA7Whz6
"I like it," said the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAU6mEOpvJkP
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 751Please respect copyright.PENANAdM3PWNwChK
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 751Please respect copyright.PENANAukgMme1Prh
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 751Please respect copyright.PENANAmshJv6uWtY
comes in."751Please respect copyright.PENANAHAjbAJNso4
Zoey and G-Dragon took 751Please respect copyright.PENANAWguc8wP8hW
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 751Please respect copyright.PENANAR02VeaO0TM
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8JocucjURN
were perfect.751Please respect copyright.PENANAACk17vArRx
"Excellent," said the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8aGsKJxmhn
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 751Please respect copyright.PENANA4Viyf9wZfF
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJumBGLdpD2
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbLLfdf6ahK
formation in front of them."751Please respect copyright.PENANADCQZbOLn4G
We did as the 751Please respect copyright.PENANASZ1dvg9jFT
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0jM5UCESUJ
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 751Please respect copyright.PENANAv3NW8NJPwH
the hang of it.751Please respect copyright.PENANAwPBH98exaB
A few minutes later, 751Please respect copyright.PENANACvlwVGpMZD
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 751Please respect copyright.PENANABSg7xQyZ2G
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and751Please respect copyright.PENANAW5xEqWBazV
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.751Please respect copyright.PENANAICpSy4JRIX
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.751Please respect copyright.PENANA6kJrDouNqE
I laughed, also staring 751Please respect copyright.PENANA40xR7ubXUr
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your751Please respect copyright.PENANAFwgRnsnm3v
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."751Please respect copyright.PENANAAproczjGdS
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAnSAfhkm5qe
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.751Please respect copyright.PENANAUoUB5Pqdn2
I quickly scrambled up 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOjTKZm0WW3
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and751Please respect copyright.PENANAv4lkOuBkMk
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 751Please respect copyright.PENANAY28PMsXo0i
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 751Please respect copyright.PENANAjfPDLAUibN
and removed my phone.751Please respect copyright.PENANAiGFAe5rZQy
I sent a message to the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0Lbva7B8rR
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he751Please respect copyright.PENANAwImJ2cXD52
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAlDEG9xbCU3
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.751Please respect copyright.PENANAnVcowHC0fU
"Good. We should meet."751Please respect copyright.PENANAupShrjGmyp
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.751Please respect copyright.PENANAHPoQ5MYGfX
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."751Please respect copyright.PENANAxKinCapw41
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."751Please respect copyright.PENANAtoXBY9cZPw
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.751Please respect copyright.PENANAA6kHppJxaU
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAjfZcjpRvzR
"You're one smart 751Please respect copyright.PENANA3V49kNAtRL
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the751Please respect copyright.PENANAaT0MCM17sn
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsT0DDzi6RL
consequences."751Please respect copyright.PENANAbngPVLUonn
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.751Please respect copyright.PENANAZwq2NCT3wS
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."751Please respect copyright.PENANADnw8zWtogZ
"That's my girl."751Please respect copyright.PENANAqttFVNaCVo
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.751Please respect copyright.PENANAOfsCkvUA4o
As I tucked my phone 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiLLHPOaR4e
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 751Please respect copyright.PENANAczC2V3t28O
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 751Please respect copyright.PENANARTFlGBCGcb
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 751Please respect copyright.PENANA40GVfVjKRt
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.751Please respect copyright.PENANABF9E2yNVzq
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPi8VCRHfze
When they both turned to751Please respect copyright.PENANAE2H4ArIWAW
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAS1LqAy7F1a
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 751Please respect copyright.PENANA3JiPHMQZIi
couldn't help but feel that they were.751Please respect copyright.PENANA0lJgqkaqmi
I laid back down 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKBKxDQ7hgz
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 751Please respect copyright.PENANABdnnGmFQoc
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAIfpgFhlC6s
two of us had in our room this morning?751Please respect copyright.PENANAxsvnRVSsY3
Yikes! If she did, then I751Please respect copyright.PENANArNslBqZp3i
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 751Please respect copyright.PENANASaBoz2M6Uw
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 751Please respect copyright.PENANALVTt33Zqul
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 751Please respect copyright.PENANAaDemlW90nQ
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3HG1x65POl
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.751Please respect copyright.PENANAzJsUJaUqML
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.751Please respect copyright.PENANA7MP1zSjnhC
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.751Please respect copyright.PENANAvXzQZLJuGp
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.751Please respect copyright.PENANAFLbhNulEVQ
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.751Please respect copyright.PENANAO5qs21wpGl
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.751Please respect copyright.PENANAI0UVgr3JTs
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.751Please respect copyright.PENANAmsw6VYrcL4
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.751Please respect copyright.PENANAWqb0GbgAqc
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.751Please respect copyright.PENANAFDDDrK0FHx
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIvNiNqGlyI
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"751Please respect copyright.PENANApnlnszGNc6
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAmkMp1XeCus
"No. It sounds great."751Please respect copyright.PENANAexfPCPOerB
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."751Please respect copyright.PENANANx57XgDIeV
"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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAQjeqWrUPIX
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.751Please respect copyright.PENANAgGUU2scQQJ
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."751Please respect copyright.PENANASEzb8pT4w6
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAjHIu0q0s4x
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.751Please respect copyright.PENANAGDgdVvVfuH
"True," said Taeyang.751Please respect copyright.PENANAzB97JVvQ1G
"Okay," I said, feeling a751Please respect copyright.PENANAWMgm1m834i
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAw2BHTUT6LB
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.751Please respect copyright.PENANAmdxEAribXR
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.751Please respect copyright.PENANASNNvK7cCQV
After the three had 751Please respect copyright.PENANAk9fvt9OiCR
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVuOJ5nw72n
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.751Please respect copyright.PENANAwDUGUDNEIM
While we waited, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZaghqGaxuf
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid751Please respect copyright.PENANAiq2DPzpE20
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAkqtQ4Gx28H
expression on his face.751Please respect copyright.PENANAU7VhqyeuHC
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAUs1AuNIXL9
He sounded serious and I751Please respect copyright.PENANAaTK4s84t3G
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel751Please respect copyright.PENANAILHIgkOpD4
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.751Please respect copyright.PENANAuJ6yEsH7nb
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.751Please respect copyright.PENANAupFBOoLBCm
I got up from the floor 751Please respect copyright.PENANAWn2Ezmu93d
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 751Please respect copyright.PENANAzV7o1tTQDr
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAk6ILE9KXqZ
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.751Please respect copyright.PENANAYCkN7ejVQ0
I found G-Dragon three 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVFpnnAhpMC
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKl21sVyrww
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAEN9j4AUlqC
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbgm0PZ2ULG
close.751Please respect copyright.PENANAMLYnYKAd3d
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANA7TAUaiDUcc
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3WMI2kNV72
"It's about Zoey," he said.751Please respect copyright.PENANA28Gvfma0aD
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAG74ztFm84b
"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?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAtb9MEGwZcb
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."751Please respect copyright.PENANANHtgeILIfm
"Really? That's all you can say?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAIePuW2qxve
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."751Please respect copyright.PENANAbuCIZ6uIF1
"But you almost had."751Please respect copyright.PENANAHvGPA6wUaF
"Yet I couldn't."751Please respect copyright.PENANAOaWBSoGEB8
"Zoey is right. You're 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6JcADFvsR4
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 751Please respect copyright.PENANAtWZPPwhtP4
you know I was supposed to do it."751Please respect copyright.PENANAJJEIJb6r3e
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."751Please respect copyright.PENANArYidrwxTe1
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAY9g5zIegXO
I paused before I could say, "what?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAC6sO8vM9TN
"You heard me loud and 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAI1bckbtfn
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 751Please respect copyright.PENANA9wTFZUwUHB
to take matters into your own hands."751Please respect copyright.PENANAt2ENG42YkA
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAJccEjjNqLA
"Wait, that's not true," I said.751Please respect copyright.PENANALvzl1DacIi
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"751Please respect copyright.PENANApoFgQN733E
I now realised that I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAjIk7Iw5lbS
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 751Please respect copyright.PENANAThcSjGXJZg
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his751Please respect copyright.PENANAfk9whVgUBI
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHYmWXwWGHl
bound to come up sooner rather than later.751Please respect copyright.PENANADLuZ1dHMBU
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA1N5wkzS4oN
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."751Please respect copyright.PENANAsJISrpjJQn
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAPnbA9ATSd2
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."751Please respect copyright.PENANA9yce4Imbgv
G-Dragon took a step 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJtpWZAMzvx
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6x4vW9Nw5T
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"751Please respect copyright.PENANADWviLHBMUs
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."751Please respect copyright.PENANA3LOnzITBtt
"Then what did happen?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA3keQeN9wX0
"All of this is nothing 751Please respect copyright.PENANAd63Bvsrx6Z
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 751Please respect copyright.PENANAmIXFNrJpIF
happened that I myself couldn't control."751Please respect copyright.PENANAAW2Rw91otw
"Don't lie to me, Sam."751Please respect copyright.PENANAcJTmWPYn6O
"You know what, I'm 751Please respect copyright.PENANAwzBm84Q1qs
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like751Please respect copyright.PENANAvFez5niDDT
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 751Please respect copyright.PENANAueFaDMh5B5
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I751Please respect copyright.PENANAVyDd8AqAl4
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."751Please respect copyright.PENANAlPt8lk0Ke8
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAmU0uXvLszc
"Yes. But I know you 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1F7nWeU924
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 751Please respect copyright.PENANAinUosR6pBY
for himself that he and I could never be together."751Please respect copyright.PENANAJebatrYAK8
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.751Please respect copyright.PENANA8P2IrqiM5N
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.751Please respect copyright.PENANAtTITZEO7ac
I turned around to head 751Please respect copyright.PENANAFlcPxboKPg
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or751Please respect copyright.PENANAsgkQJbkmKW
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.751Please respect copyright.PENANACkXgKGh2S4
When I came back in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgJn9997UT2
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 751Please respect copyright.PENANAV0ROcL4Wzo
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9FSnx6sVc2
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdBqm6Dc67y
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."751Please respect copyright.PENANAXBN1khNo5v
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.751Please respect copyright.PENANAE1DLRPhnwu
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAoU3Qtrad0N
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."751Please respect copyright.PENANArCEtn8oYsc
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.751Please respect copyright.PENANAcc5sdmbWvJ
I heard the door open 751Please respect copyright.PENANApc1JtgLyIP
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 751Please respect copyright.PENANALVKc0i7NF7
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.751Please respect copyright.PENANAAyPgMVSSrT
"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."751Please respect copyright.PENANAqhzR81YG0s
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9q4GRctQFI
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.751Please respect copyright.PENANA0ua3jrx2g5
"Look guys," I said as 751Please respect copyright.PENANASrKBGW7eIs
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm751Please respect copyright.PENANAGZejxUZXgr
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAl5qPQvTDRo
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.751Please respect copyright.PENANA4o7WJybQiC
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."751Please respect copyright.PENANAwvm8QOHXWf
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAP9OB6NWklz
I didn't say anything 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9KTB1iS03
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others751Please respect copyright.PENANAy3HtMHoOK9
who were waiting for either of us to say something.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9Gldns3hqR
Before anyone could 751Please respect copyright.PENANAphX2UcU6Wz
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 751Please respect copyright.PENANAvCEznoLKQ9
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAe9WMBS6J1O
we went back to practising.751Please respect copyright.PENANAHMU8pP5GDg
I don't know how I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHWJiMUN4TG
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.751Please respect copyright.PENANAbUsmhOLFPp
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 751Please respect copyright.PENANANCITUGzl0M
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 751Please respect copyright.PENANABGZulJpC2T
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my751Please respect copyright.PENANAHsN2ZSSAw5
head in the real world and not mess things up.751Please respect copyright.PENANAF1cwcy4UEb
It was lunch time and 751Please respect copyright.PENANAImZ1dL4avC
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiNOOgDQX2J
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfwKP2Ei1vP
stranger.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdV5hLBqE0U
Now that we were on a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAckUoTqtyow
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVCI83A0gwQ
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 751Please respect copyright.PENANACMuRhN9Mcl
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just751Please respect copyright.PENANAAEoXajn6OY
too awkward for me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAGs6ZSps8Va
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"751Please respect copyright.PENANASZn2Mv0DFd
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9uHGgxGEdo
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.751Please respect copyright.PENANAigzqCk9aTW
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.751Please respect copyright.PENANANIUwIufHII
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."751Please respect copyright.PENANAyB6HtfZold
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.751Please respect copyright.PENANAzosxmXioMa
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.751Please respect copyright.PENANA7qtzpeaSHO
"Good idea," said Taeyang.751Please respect copyright.PENANAuoYfYRqKLP
As though they couldn't 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJE5hfbrYJU
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAuvvssfElH9
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 751Please respect copyright.PENANAq14wPpz5dz
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.751Please respect copyright.PENANAUmWayDrdsN
A few seconds later, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAV5lW6NGd3H
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse751Please respect copyright.PENANAIpP3ME6aDY
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking751Please respect copyright.PENANAIqT6ZePmzU
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUuPiV6Kvlz
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.751Please respect copyright.PENANArfGm1QpoWJ
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.751Please respect copyright.PENANAc7Rw8c477W
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAy1PpdJci0k
"A lot has happened 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfTMD6UfsRJ
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 751Please respect copyright.PENANA7W4bbxwoC3
case there were any people snooping around.751Please respect copyright.PENANAtENsVu3qSA
"What? What's happened?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAjCIPIwlYCO
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."751Please respect copyright.PENANAmwWQ7iUSl6
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."751Please respect copyright.PENANATw38PNc2Zw
"That's not the worst 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1I7kTqSgVR
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXY0m89jTbY
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."751Please respect copyright.PENANAbYw0D0nHXW
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAqvsyhXjjMU
"Like I said, he is 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfy5qBQIWcz
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 751Please respect copyright.PENANA9eRLfIuuyx
are going to be toast especially with the press."751Please respect copyright.PENANA4dY8uImHxP
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAv8UdJbgZHK
"I'm not sure if I can 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6v54BN7RFY
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 751Please respect copyright.PENANA9p3X7PFmcd
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."751Please respect copyright.PENANAO10stZMKZB
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAEUKuz1TfHy
"I've no choice and I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJEheMRramu
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until751Please respect copyright.PENANAJYVjDGlClk
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 751Please respect copyright.PENANALiaKNIkPfX
cap and a scarf."751Please respect copyright.PENANAMY9NDgeMNV
"What will you need that for?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAQRyI32HHhw
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.751Please respect copyright.PENANAa2Jo7ZasaY
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."751Please respect copyright.PENANAg9ORmFCf13
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."751Please respect copyright.PENANAaUaJKwQFv4
I cut the call and this 751Please respect copyright.PENANAl8re6I0qvE
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 751Please respect copyright.PENANAc5uefCAbnv
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.751Please respect copyright.PENANATUmU82n8bG
I reached the bottom of 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8biikSrERa
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbwMEdYoQDw
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 751Please respect copyright.PENANABvn3n5joPk
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 751Please respect copyright.PENANACZqju8kPWh
voices that I could recognise.751Please respect copyright.PENANAkHt9KFNqvL
I went over to look, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAFgXKnLDUHm
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 751Please respect copyright.PENANAcuUpzDTQuz
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 751Please respect copyright.PENANAdmwkcFCCuw
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 751Please respect copyright.PENANA7QFgBXFDhG
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPHVAaJ8ZkE
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9Rz7p87z87
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."751Please respect copyright.PENANAonUwWkNw0P
"I'm just surprised that751Please respect copyright.PENANAVco0Zw6GuP
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that751Please respect copyright.PENANAYk2C1TEDoh
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.751Please respect copyright.PENANAB6VGQCIUU7
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."751Please respect copyright.PENANAohRDeDntfI
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANA27EJWg4qPy
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.751Please respect copyright.PENANAwp5Nav9JP3
"I think so too," said 751Please respect copyright.PENANAEOtgKaiVlF
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHNzvBJgIyC
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."751Please respect copyright.PENANAM3lsT7OJDz
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.751Please respect copyright.PENANA5sk2HS0URC
I was expecting them to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAdgd8MgEZAC
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXy9EoQrRNI
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAQiBsbs97pz
Who knows?751Please respect copyright.PENANApgEcLZ5UJX
Throwing that thought 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKuS85xUphk
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 751Please respect copyright.PENANArWtAL1U8F8
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAgtIjrlzTWm
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.751Please respect copyright.PENANAM8OYWEMRgY
There were still more 751Please respect copyright.PENANAp2SvQ6ryHa
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery751Please respect copyright.PENANAQwm5KCGClz
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAYvyME7FfD
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAd1MbqG2YEF
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 751Please respect copyright.PENANACn6WaENOnr
away.751Please respect copyright.PENANAXziF6Uqicq
In what seemed like 751Please respect copyright.PENANAb7Yqu0urn3
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 751Please respect copyright.PENANAIO3DEtqPSL
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.751Please respect copyright.PENANA5fjllllW2F
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.751Please respect copyright.PENANARbbXIRiOHs
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."751Please respect copyright.PENANAIbF4tp1y96
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."751Please respect copyright.PENANAMyHlPU8joW
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAAFriRSEuJw
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.751Please respect copyright.PENANApriMfXw6fg
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."751Please respect copyright.PENANAEy6JCFFBao
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.751Please respect copyright.PENANAP2sgqZ2Fkt
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAMdtqwafg0T
"They have gone out for 751Please respect copyright.PENANARKSwsW7rze
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things751Please respect copyright.PENANAakpBLfNfz9
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."751Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5IFS152b8
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.751Please respect copyright.PENANARSh0TxSCAn
"Ya. And they are about 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUX3x4QUGmY
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the751Please respect copyright.PENANACb8d94Tu7u
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.751Please respect copyright.PENANAgzP1QADFEB
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA9RmS5nCCI7
"Ya, that will be a good751Please respect copyright.PENANA5L8w3Hy9D9
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 751Please respect copyright.PENANA08OlHUoXcq
the guards might think when they see me."751Please respect copyright.PENANANbKFxHZd7A
Lee and I started to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAck30p2fTV9
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front751Please respect copyright.PENANAs3TNRa5vCt
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 751Please respect copyright.PENANAknfEKxQgmp
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 751Please respect copyright.PENANAIqg8KvBW6Y
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 751Please respect copyright.PENANAnaaCqpPmxl
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.751Please respect copyright.PENANAWUNPlV2SFm
When I finally managed 751Please respect copyright.PENANAaIsB5XLvqw
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 751Please respect copyright.PENANAcY37Tf4G4G
away from the YG gate and down the street.751Please respect copyright.PENANAtaGlCIWDOu
I had to admit, I was so751Please respect copyright.PENANABhMPSNlgVk
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1PF7mm4rNX
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 751Please respect copyright.PENANAG57xtORQRH
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8HfSedicFT
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.751Please respect copyright.PENANAhBxQfMlZdW
After walking a few 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPUNDmWzHXM
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAmbVyoV39rG
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 751Please respect copyright.PENANAluNd1T9bF0
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 751Please respect copyright.PENANAulIuvD7Q1s
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.751Please respect copyright.PENANAxnQ1xPRlpM
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.751Please respect copyright.PENANAj6BOCgStml
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."751Please respect copyright.PENANAgupWMx3zni
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face751Please respect copyright.PENANAV3VZUab9cS
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."751Please respect copyright.PENANAw8DU3MRyD2
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."751Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7sU7R1YDG
I froze as I soon looked751Please respect copyright.PENANAkuRr4Wqwhi
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfgcGCVCHRN
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgdrvLrPz8J
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.751Please respect copyright.PENANAwfgqrQ8hrA
I heard him laugh 751Please respect copyright.PENANAWnnvU6bpSP
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 751Please respect copyright.PENANA62Sj5PWkg8
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."751Please respect copyright.PENANA2oDWih9rjS
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAE4ION1fDwu
"I'm right here."751Please respect copyright.PENANAZc2GICzlUF
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"751Please respect copyright.PENANAEailgetEEv
My sentence was cut 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPfekHr21Oa
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge751Please respect copyright.PENANA1zsG99P7IG
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 751Please respect copyright.PENANAc8fW9gVeIv
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.751Please respect copyright.PENANATWeutj10Qr
A smartly dressed 751Please respect copyright.PENANAtWRlZCTvR8
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhj9E12P929
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.751Please respect copyright.PENANAvAjJP9J3VM
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.751Please respect copyright.PENANAssmKkIghPu
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAJHauX5GiRz
A few heads turned my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXtdbcJ3yL8
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 751Please respect copyright.PENANACaHyUgpEwu
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 751Please respect copyright.PENANAoEyLIYWXMf
and a little suspicious too.751Please respect copyright.PENANAX3Km5PYCan
I managed to awake from 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxCrRieIf9G
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJs3wPWR1E0
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqpCgP6fhv2
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAdgGHNu17Js
driver's seat.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdOoXXc8g6G
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.751Please respect copyright.PENANAspJYyv67KM
With my eyes, I looked 751Please respect copyright.PENANA3kuXjmZ3Kd
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 751Please respect copyright.PENANARg8CYad4cx
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.751Please respect copyright.PENANAcq2135Nj23
He looked to be in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA12NVQYx39k
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 751Please respect copyright.PENANAstciMk6CZg
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 751Please respect copyright.PENANA71t8YIzux6
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into751Please respect copyright.PENANAIeBnBU8nl2
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 751Please respect copyright.PENANAon4xrVrHPu
who had one heck of a body.751Please respect copyright.PENANA5Xp6jYi81s
I hadn't said a word and751Please respect copyright.PENANA7ulbGTnm55
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOUr9UqgcoV
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZDEKKN9Ez1
wrist. Who was this guy?751Please respect copyright.PENANATGw3v60Na2
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAHKyzWtJeXT
I opened my mouth but 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6mmRiF2ZTc
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 751Please respect copyright.PENANAw02sUhHxaB
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA76BHmYrjOF
contact.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3HlsPTrapZ
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAC03aLoRDIN
"Yes, a pleasure to meet751Please respect copyright.PENANAhJag84V104
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 751Please respect copyright.PENANAM5onYXugd0
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.751Please respect copyright.PENANAGiZOsgFmyo
"I'm sorry we had to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAggrfZHA2Il
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the751Please respect copyright.PENANAieffFDZJVt
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."751Please respect copyright.PENANAp7Ohz5MZY8
I looked at him and 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfUEIY7e9vJ
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiGTsAmgpNZ
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0TXGbQpWzm
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we751Please respect copyright.PENANABIlSTkw6oe
hear about in mythical tales.751Please respect copyright.PENANACISXcExcRU
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.751Please respect copyright.PENANAFUWEvkZq07
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOlnzKGzj4C
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 751Please respect copyright.PENANAK1jVUrbGta
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."751Please respect copyright.PENANAB7yvXxqeiP
There was silence and I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAase5LUlP60
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made751Please respect copyright.PENANAdCw0ZtgfCR
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfUIBVmiz7k
something.751Please respect copyright.PENANA9mLdcPxol1
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.751Please respect copyright.PENANAQfVNaDPZft
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."751Please respect copyright.PENANAz3wzChD156
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."751Please respect copyright.PENANAsbMJ4pwZ3n
"I was born in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAB7lmdDtEcC
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are751Please respect copyright.PENANA2XODzIJiey
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 751Please respect copyright.PENANAg6eDAnzlQu
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 751Please respect copyright.PENANA36Wk8wnuOl
business empire is what's so important to them."751Please respect copyright.PENANAF6c9EWV45f
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.751Please respect copyright.PENANAakIUKbGfe2
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.751Please respect copyright.PENANAiOfdUgqRUl
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIobC8FTjjp
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAXXktC83ozF
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAq5Y5RCzItz
"Lunch?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA6SLDuBYyWD
"Yes, lunch."751Please respect copyright.PENANArGLOqRiCKW
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.751Please respect copyright.PENANAefyXDmKutP
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."751Please respect copyright.PENANAcqVc0OZOnC
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."751Please respect copyright.PENANAUabyoDdQJY
I raised an eyebrow at 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8wFCvyhX8M
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 751Please respect copyright.PENANAMPXzfY5sw2
you have been able to find me on the street."751Please respect copyright.PENANA8Dss3fBSF6
He gave me that dashing 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiwFPBCtGGc
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgXdfTeKK3i
would meet. I had to come prepared."751Please respect copyright.PENANAxiiG0JovSA
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAc6zFg6Wj7m
"My apartment. It's much safer there."751Please respect copyright.PENANArXhl2qF7sH
"You own an apartment?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAXqZxNMr7sr
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."751Please respect copyright.PENANAOXbVv64bt2
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."751Please respect copyright.PENANAKITIBKEsBU
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."751Please respect copyright.PENANARBWMh4f4Ic
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.751Please respect copyright.PENANAwDHh6JNZ18
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3CKUEMvdaU
It was a huge apartment 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhuxkBZS1kk
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6PRfq4DjPB
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.751Please respect copyright.PENANA3gvJ8QWcmn
After the car parked, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOVKKvjGAxW
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 751Please respect copyright.PENANASij8iL10jk
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqDZ0y8jmGA
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXqv5tQJ68A
came out of the car.751Please respect copyright.PENANAeM2yal5YC6
Derrick lead the way, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPE6TLOIoEL
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 751Please respect copyright.PENANAd3EsHs7DYC
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0fZuEvXqg1
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.751Please respect copyright.PENANABC0z7i8CIp
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.751Please respect copyright.PENANA2vcVrGpbbq
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.751Please respect copyright.PENANAUCn6znkwnQ
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.751Please respect copyright.PENANAG3zMcy6g8a
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAdkH4p8y9G8
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."751Please respect copyright.PENANAbyjhXUPIPi
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"751Please respect copyright.PENANARAdMjkcHxp
"Well, ya, I do! You're 751Please respect copyright.PENANANnmUFKvCtE
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1kqtCFKUFS
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."751Please respect copyright.PENANAOscnRkjAYW
"Why?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAs3UIXDn1da
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."751Please respect copyright.PENANAJBBoDWkSNN
The elevator doors flew 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfXPDJToS4s
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 751Please respect copyright.PENANAU4C9Wwr0k8
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 751Please respect copyright.PENANAQSFWZhPljr
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 751Please respect copyright.PENANAzvbPuwRFa8
into heaven.751Please respect copyright.PENANAItj3XuIE0B
I stepped out of the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAstfLxA10w0
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAlhE06FQuOt
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 751Please respect copyright.PENANAb1S60UuTzu
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 751Please respect copyright.PENANABdYm9J4C3x
soft red carpet.751Please respect copyright.PENANAcj6Ip5ZD3G
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.751Please respect copyright.PENANAqSVQgGcPPi
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."751Please respect copyright.PENANANsqrTkyKwf
I looked down the hall 751Please respect copyright.PENANAENRx8qz2Gu
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhDw46btpni
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 751Please respect copyright.PENANAllwrKWwiBe
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAapYlk9OTXu
coming.751Please respect copyright.PENANAkmvhi6FFbL
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.751Please respect copyright.PENANALB9UJX2ZAi
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAC8ZLF0JY5O
"Ladies first," said Derrick.751Please respect copyright.PENANAAgAYtWbhqh
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.751Please respect copyright.PENANA72iQdvqsNK
"This place is very 751Please respect copyright.PENANAW1FTLJt4k3
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the751Please respect copyright.PENANAPHYtsICuJM
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUupdxfQxor
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the751Please respect copyright.PENANADyAVc0ygpE
wall.751Please respect copyright.PENANA4lpBxjkSHj
I looked to the other 751Please respect copyright.PENANA3gVLzthurS
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 751Please respect copyright.PENANAr0f1WyXMON
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZKIecXbK8J
beautiful flower vases with orchids.751Please respect copyright.PENANA1FfyydsTLW
"I see you like 751Please respect copyright.PENANAITeguojcAb
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 751Please respect copyright.PENANA99o5wtsJYx
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.751Please respect copyright.PENANAV4T4WAMHQk
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIgcmbJnNu9
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.751Please respect copyright.PENANAVSouf3HaJn
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."751Please respect copyright.PENANAk8316fX7y0
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.751Please respect copyright.PENANASVxgzofKba
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA9vKhIDVRoN
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.751Please respect copyright.PENANAgY7P9daKEN
The butler bowed and 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfdDUVrIODG
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA4MIfjNrQXy
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 751Please respect copyright.PENANARuFLL76cHG
ground.751Please respect copyright.PENANAFVA03Xi3F4
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAkZ5OaNq8RU
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAzdEuC4IaL9
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.751Please respect copyright.PENANAGQYRKPSS7Q
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.751Please respect copyright.PENANAgjqqM33D0J
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.751Please respect copyright.PENANAjudDNziTxb
As we got to the dining 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqf9dYMpOHq
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 751Please respect copyright.PENANApri80Y6YiL
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and751Please respect copyright.PENANA28TSvwlFhJ
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.751Please respect copyright.PENANAsNhPWzYDlz
The butler had served 751Please respect copyright.PENANAErIfkGxxwq
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 751Please respect copyright.PENANAI8MDPChV9D
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 751Please respect copyright.PENANARMQaEwWLUN
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsAUX46UXDE
next to the plates were spotless.751Please respect copyright.PENANAA0h6ipzx16
Dishes of food were 751Please respect copyright.PENANATyoIZFuBMs
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUtP6Me91Nq
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 751Please respect copyright.PENANAoN9P00Rxia
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAGTzgAs46OH
lady.751Please respect copyright.PENANAl2j74HaN9H
The butler helped to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAvz0imAeqK1
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made751Please respect copyright.PENANA6dVLQFWCJi
sure not to eat too much and take my time.751Please respect copyright.PENANAV0k9ls4qP8
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.751Please respect copyright.PENANACQNctlMzHx
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.751Please respect copyright.PENANAqqvgtCkh9D
"Now, about the issue at751Please respect copyright.PENANAjLXoOlM3T9
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAGbhL4zHqJS
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.751Please respect copyright.PENANANhQsDHEZpb
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.751Please respect copyright.PENANAgBcGnrdxIu
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."751Please respect copyright.PENANAcSyO1e02yt
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."751Please respect copyright.PENANATp2Aj7xb7v
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.751Please respect copyright.PENANAS11hQOqsX0
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.751Please respect copyright.PENANANYtr33wBhd
The photo showed Zoey in751Please respect copyright.PENANAdXmYsB92OF
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0z4J9f5S8p
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 751Please respect copyright.PENANARk5JThm88V
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxtLVXrkoQt
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxbwtFo5TXZ
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.751Please respect copyright.PENANAnjAcAidLN5
"I know this isn't 751Please respect copyright.PENANAKYKJML8Ad6
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 751Please respect copyright.PENANAN2062VGovN
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAJZMATxIfaY
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.751Please respect copyright.PENANAg71cRRU5kP
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?751Please respect copyright.PENANA9GG7z1g0Wg
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.751Please respect copyright.PENANA4hcJT8Mqfa
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.751Please respect copyright.PENANA4EgMrDUTza
I looked at the photo 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxGymrmaWVd
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAH1RAlBkUaG
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your751Please respect copyright.PENANA97qu4lwKmX
brother?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAhEk90awJzo
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.751Please respect copyright.PENANACvs0i2cFMs
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.751Please respect copyright.PENANAMOCZVGFTKr
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.751Please respect copyright.PENANAHe0nC18uyp
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAojppxJrR5e
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."751Please respect copyright.PENANAtqwI9aOVJZ
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAmHBpua38Tm
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."751Please respect copyright.PENANAUleZLvR383
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA9q5O8FPsPO
"I know my brother very 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbI6qmYutot
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 751Please respect copyright.PENANAtK9OnypSo6
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."751Please respect copyright.PENANAMXsG8MLSmn
I then remembered the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAtGTm5Il2Xv
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAvZqwUYU1cM
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 751Please respect copyright.PENANA2pcqcP6gY5
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?751Please respect copyright.PENANAXaiBpJeRk6
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1Ced6dykK
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."751Please respect copyright.PENANAzhnuVkxn8t
"But that's strange. If 751Please respect copyright.PENANAkWvX4Sp1xj
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAaYxilHkXek
don't see the reason why they would hide."751Please respect copyright.PENANAqflxXMbNnx
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."751Please respect copyright.PENANAMD2F4mOp3D
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAW8vRXFzgwf
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.751Please respect copyright.PENANAHcJyiSyGNC
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."751Please respect copyright.PENANAZPNipXh0bY
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA08EMfSzXqa
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAbWoaw6ZM2z
"Wait! That was him?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAm6uG6XFFtc
"Yes. I was there."751Please respect copyright.PENANAsVWm2p0ZEs
"You were there too?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAdGWlke60NE
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."751Please respect copyright.PENANAutQs4yCayu
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms751Please respect copyright.PENANAFcwHGcG6dH
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAFigr2vnUw4
"She is."751Please respect copyright.PENANAwbnM9SKEcK
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAuBoQUyTYdE
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."751Please respect copyright.PENANAbRv7DkBbzb
"And do you really think she would?"751Please respect copyright.PENANArv5i43r2bG
I thought about his 751Please respect copyright.PENANAvG9NaidcE9
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth751Please respect copyright.PENANAs8XXGDLMU0
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what751Please respect copyright.PENANA9pELDymm0f
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.751Please respect copyright.PENANAy1qSVi5fgN
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.751Please respect copyright.PENANAHDXikIpsAz
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.751Please respect copyright.PENANAvIFZhVMldd
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."751Please respect copyright.PENANAdDKpvwessP
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIFGMvm3hZK
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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAZpMtKo2Z2Q
"Before I go, tell me 751Please respect copyright.PENANAC6sAq5q9YD
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbelmbDY3j1
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."