Have you ever been awake783Please respect copyright.PENANAV8MfMvidkh
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart783Please respect copyright.PENANAzMVh1hLg9f
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAqXGF451CqG
day goes on?783Please respect copyright.PENANANtQptlPso6
That's how I felt right at this moment.783Please respect copyright.PENANAVsh3iNRQvy
I tossed in my bed, 783Please respect copyright.PENANA61eAvZvB6y
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 783Please respect copyright.PENANA4ujSXcdLAm
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun783Please respect copyright.PENANABKyLxGGNd7
could come up so that I could meet my end already.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbKzSidvtgg
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANABM92E16ado
I fell back on my bed, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAA9c6wJgUHc
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 783Please respect copyright.PENANAsm7RdHXQov
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 783Please respect copyright.PENANALBlnMtZMie
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8TxLeUhoEm
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 783Please respect copyright.PENANA5oalvOtiZ6
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 783Please respect copyright.PENANATKj00qsm9N
mind even to dream.783Please respect copyright.PENANAosw5DP7e4i
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.783Please respect copyright.PENANAJEOQX2nZtJ
How I wish I could fall 783Please respect copyright.PENANA75gCpY0boV
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I783Please respect copyright.PENANAGnWLoGrnUd
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I783Please respect copyright.PENANA6eO5WfjnNJ
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.783Please respect copyright.PENANAFpZngPZrdI
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANAawAY57FEXG
I knew I now had to face783Please respect copyright.PENANAaUK4Ol6bSz
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 783Please respect copyright.PENANAfwjgtMIuzG
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even783Please respect copyright.PENANA8wFKBgIT9s
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 783Please respect copyright.PENANA0lHHzzlR9t
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.783Please respect copyright.PENANAdJFkmBRgqk
I knew her persistence 783Please respect copyright.PENANASPecEW92UV
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQUxJozV3ig
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 783Please respect copyright.PENANAdvLpE17qCw
her if I had to tell her the truth.783Please respect copyright.PENANAUzLC3VAzn2
I know sometimes we 783Please respect copyright.PENANAR0lNXtfBnR
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 783Please respect copyright.PENANAsRhYP51tK6
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAmxuiYiXxHs
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 783Please respect copyright.PENANA41ld2HQy3f
had now reached that point.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzVcQJwf7qt
I sighed again as I 783Please respect copyright.PENANA0wHrFAy6yx
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 783Please respect copyright.PENANAnJPQw9yzkK
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?783Please respect copyright.PENANAdD3RcR0w8f
If it came to G-Dragon, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQcmP18pz3l
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I783Please respect copyright.PENANATTH7u3XDAy
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQOwJz32OaL
lot harder.783Please respect copyright.PENANAk9iys2ERRO
How was I going to tell 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8SnuGoXHcT
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAbCmBBmpa1Y
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAdqURtdUfpY
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 783Please respect copyright.PENANAnAPOhFV2RU
either.783Please respect copyright.PENANAvS0Fnn9A68
I kicked out the bed 783Please respect copyright.PENANAzgPKR2aqjR
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 783Please respect copyright.PENANAVtyQNm83fZ
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room783Please respect copyright.PENANAdejVoK6WUw
in my purple pyjamas.783Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qs4LXpz6v
I went straight for the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAj1r0f5o2Ql
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 783Please respect copyright.PENANApYBlscNdRZ
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 783Please respect copyright.PENANAydWxgO9Dpw
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my783Please respect copyright.PENANAzTtoYE8WoO
mum.783Please respect copyright.PENANAFmpMh0KYCR
Hopefully, I was calling783Please respect copyright.PENANAe8sqVvb3l1
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 783Please respect copyright.PENANAEYjlg7Fti7
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 783Please respect copyright.PENANAmlHAbtg89w
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?783Please respect copyright.PENANACbdckFxpxi
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.783Please respect copyright.PENANAGM6gxpD0dj
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.783Please respect copyright.PENANAvQzm41xxdd
"Hello, Sam?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAaVNIDmmWJI
"Hi, mum."783Please respect copyright.PENANAD2Yk4CYk3X
"Sam, how are you, dear?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAFrizUZMcwD
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAxcMCJGiwYy
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAX3wQY9jnXd
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 783Please respect copyright.PENANAB2LntcdroE
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."783Please respect copyright.PENANAHncw3QE2Ps
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."783Please respect copyright.PENANAaFnLWWEhH2
"Ya, I can see you guys 783Please respect copyright.PENANAHkPSFnLxgw
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAthmsR49rPg
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 783Please respect copyright.PENANAD1BfWa2gpf
her computer as she looked at the pictures.783Please respect copyright.PENANArn51h4Enyk
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."783Please respect copyright.PENANAJOme6ZQ3lR
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."783Please respect copyright.PENANAUF3uTft6aH
"I'll check out the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAwJmyK6Y2Zd
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 783Please respect copyright.PENANAWrpZNU7BJk
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 783Please respect copyright.PENANA7fGyyQ8PKf
Why aren't you asleep?"783Please respect copyright.PENANASkEzgidf3l
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAK12Dkowmmo
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."783Please respect copyright.PENANAMCBBItP1Ub
I could imagine my mum 783Please respect copyright.PENANA6Y24wNyi7u
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on783Please respect copyright.PENANAGpHKXfTWcn
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 783Please respect copyright.PENANAKWGw0DIzfm
her arms folded.783Please respect copyright.PENANAX2FEnomIm0
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAqjivOrAPqt
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.783Please respect copyright.PENANAjWBCGT22zH
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."783Please respect copyright.PENANAmfBlKwxLZR
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."783Please respect copyright.PENANAPxuT3mP1Nv
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAqtQpvFnfJg
"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."783Please respect copyright.PENANAXsXJT5gwMD
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."783Please respect copyright.PENANAaJ8t41jIIb
"I've been lying to Zoey783Please respect copyright.PENANAT3tGcjv5HW
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcb3cj5y6CZ
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 783Please respect copyright.PENANA1WA4IoalWq
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."783Please respect copyright.PENANAw7Mz6KI2i3
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."783Please respect copyright.PENANAhRO5GAy71e
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAIprM5RrKCW
"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."783Please respect copyright.PENANA8Hlm95TzbJ
"Trust me, mum, Collins 783Please respect copyright.PENANAUQDAAi0827
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 783Please respect copyright.PENANA1NaZU0lHy7
that you shouldn't say a word either."783Please respect copyright.PENANAlIfDQnWaxK
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.783Please respect copyright.PENANA1Crk9eFXV3
"You know I can never 783Please respect copyright.PENANA3SFwn3d2gw
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAyqm3TU7v2J
matter of life and death. I've no choice."783Please respect copyright.PENANABqrkX8LkQT
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4oSysYUZA
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."783Please respect copyright.PENANA9GJOPUXyo2
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."783Please respect copyright.PENANATQNIrPPMZr
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.783Please respect copyright.PENANARraqeWBV6g
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."783Please respect copyright.PENANAmOeANtGq1w
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."783Please respect copyright.PENANArUC0LJ1Onc
There was silence at the other end. Until....783Please respect copyright.PENANAni7lAXqlSl
"WHAT!"783Please respect copyright.PENANACO2jf905nl
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."783Please respect copyright.PENANABPR2RBogSh
"Then what is it? The 783Please respect copyright.PENANADKWHPew64U
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 783Please respect copyright.PENANANee2XzarvC
feel like you're betraying your best friend."783Please respect copyright.PENANAwDStEydU7j
"It was like that at 783Please respect copyright.PENANAtOcNFDV8jy
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close783Please respect copyright.PENANAjYolSaUimf
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 783Please respect copyright.PENANADbGt3igSRY
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining783Please respect copyright.PENANAptj4FvePaJ
fingers.783Please respect copyright.PENANAmZDS4GHwNb
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAWYtTedGHPD
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."783Please respect copyright.PENANA5FzUNzPEsc
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."783Please respect copyright.PENANATouGya58y7
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."783Please respect copyright.PENANAeMhc9lrkE8
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.783Please respect copyright.PENANA0rBSbELIZB
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."783Please respect copyright.PENANAXevZuPaAMY
"And that's not the worst part."783Please respect copyright.PENANAaU6DZ0OT2r
I told her what happened783Please respect copyright.PENANAkSyhU5L062
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in783Please respect copyright.PENANAh9ixa0HQu8
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAsfNphCkDfk
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung783Please respect copyright.PENANA5NutXfcFak
and the kiss.783Please respect copyright.PENANA3053puwbYX
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.783Please respect copyright.PENANAVZtwZ8URuM
"Ssh, and listen."783Please respect copyright.PENANAC3pvJB6swn
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.783Please respect copyright.PENANAAfOcFh0Pwd
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."783Please respect copyright.PENANAiekLTaWBG4
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."783Please respect copyright.PENANApcvaZhAOmC
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAnJHKtqom2H
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."783Please respect copyright.PENANAhv3mEKGtdG
"Are you scared?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAEaeOs7lKE8
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAJQprCzPgrX
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."783Please respect copyright.PENANApBp6SbVNrF
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.783Please respect copyright.PENANAf39FDE4dv7
"We all get hurt at some783Please respect copyright.PENANAiTYRHzuZdh
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.783Please respect copyright.PENANAnV2oI7mbRA
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 783Please respect copyright.PENANAbZs4KeFRN1
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 783Please respect copyright.PENANAfW2yOb67kx
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."783Please respect copyright.PENANAuWyAEhncw7
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.783Please respect copyright.PENANAxHhuxuzkUz
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbRRg9uPIHE
"Don't cry, okay? You're783Please respect copyright.PENANAQth0aTlNjw
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8BY2IAbX4u
will need all the rest you can get."783Please respect copyright.PENANAtLZUD6NzKN
"Yes, mum. I will."783Please respect copyright.PENANADEfTbz6kk1
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAH216xvAdQU
"Okay. Bye."783Please respect copyright.PENANA0wXtiZiahp
I hang up and I quickly 783Please respect copyright.PENANABsix1lJSPx
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 783Please respect copyright.PENANAYeXlvDoWZ8
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 783Please respect copyright.PENANAoOlBSLMqeA
arms.783Please respect copyright.PENANAfKbVrB2gEX
It must have been some 783Please respect copyright.PENANARc80NZ7XTK
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 783Please respect copyright.PENANAVFog7YoxbE
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.783Please respect copyright.PENANAOQQfAKLWqZ
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.783Please respect copyright.PENANABaGLIW6awW
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."783Please respect copyright.PENANAGPv3NSFabe
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."783Please respect copyright.PENANAfCnVB4rpW2
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.783Please respect copyright.PENANAqnNphYJNQq
"Sadly, it isn't, my 783Please respect copyright.PENANAAJSTymLUja
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 783Please respect copyright.PENANAm1LjhjS6j5
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."783Please respect copyright.PENANAPdDXOI9v47
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.783Please respect copyright.PENANArNyBl29YiP
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"783Please respect copyright.PENANApWFTqrAHoj
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."783Please respect copyright.PENANAo4XS4YQu80
"So, start talking right now."783Please respect copyright.PENANAKga7jhIqtu
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA2HN3YW1vdh
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."783Please respect copyright.PENANAbFnTks4KTn
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.783Please respect copyright.PENANA0WNxCqhtfS
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."783Please respect copyright.PENANAjsEzNoC3ht
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAnTvIe1mPgd
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."783Please respect copyright.PENANAJmt4tQBhlu
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANApAB2n0mRbj
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."783Please respect copyright.PENANAflOmRavrWm
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.783Please respect copyright.PENANAsxzpMK5DaO
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."783Please respect copyright.PENANA7timmlLexT
"You like him, don't you?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA6WATiueGut
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?783Please respect copyright.PENANAFcOASu60Yw
"I..uh...no, that's not it."783Please respect copyright.PENANAqkqvUB21fU
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."783Please respect copyright.PENANA6hvYsLFbdz
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."783Please respect copyright.PENANAfTpaGmNpBJ
"Expected from me?" Zoey783Please respect copyright.PENANAdZlRObVD74
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.783Please respect copyright.PENANA5ykMRWFz6l
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."783Please respect copyright.PENANA8IaoIfDNzS
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.783Please respect copyright.PENANAQlqQ7FDDgf
"I know you feel guilty 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5Q2XlaI5d
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know783Please respect copyright.PENANAGLFoooEg8m
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."783Please respect copyright.PENANAnJI2oB8bzl
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?783Please respect copyright.PENANABVRUoZN8lS
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANARUnRMHEL8Z
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."783Please respect copyright.PENANAKn2DuoBvys
I wanted to slap my 783Please respect copyright.PENANAB40jAJkRIa
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't783Please respect copyright.PENANADhqdNPYcda
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 783Please respect copyright.PENANAGAyeEtzt8U
it gets out of hand.783Please respect copyright.PENANAmAmWP1Ixsq
"Zoey, listen to me," I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAE7HOtSu8Ma
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 783Please respect copyright.PENANArSmTyDcCQ8
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."783Please respect copyright.PENANA8YZtSo3HCy
I paused. That was odd. 783Please respect copyright.PENANAPN6iS0bw2w
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I783Please respect copyright.PENANAwk4SvBsdUD
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.783Please respect copyright.PENANAwRLDgH3y3L
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAHqeqm4E9HN
What was wrong with me? I783Please respect copyright.PENANAta2cF77fqS
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 783Please respect copyright.PENANA2P7xp1u3NO
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcRwzQGltU5
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.783Please respect copyright.PENANAMIVX0uIXlz
"You're weird, Sam," 783Please respect copyright.PENANAD7bl5knHAA
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 783Please respect copyright.PENANA52sBg4jx7N
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 783Please respect copyright.PENANA7EGYH6Nlfr
waiting."783Please respect copyright.PENANAcdE5F06hm6
Zoey closed the door and783Please respect copyright.PENANAEmJdAIt1cn
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 783Please respect copyright.PENANAmapECcvokv
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZoTcDqpuLc
harder than I thought.783Please respect copyright.PENANAmt46vygMk0
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.783Please respect copyright.PENANANvhRlQLlgY
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.783Please respect copyright.PENANAkRAgBwYncU
I stood up from my bed 783Please respect copyright.PENANAeAzaXzvWhs
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 783Please respect copyright.PENANAXVjXUvSOk4
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which783Please respect copyright.PENANAuJSGfXAuD1
is the most important part.783Please respect copyright.PENANAusHCbHzNlP
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."783Please respect copyright.PENANARvGE6aUJ3g
Whatever my conscious 783Please respect copyright.PENANAI45wlx0XyO
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 783Please respect copyright.PENANAMYERooQmzG
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 783Please respect copyright.PENANA5UNtsE7rm3
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.783Please respect copyright.PENANANycrgbUEsW
If that was the case, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAk1acBJBo7r
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZMUu5afgPO
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 783Please respect copyright.PENANAWYzEY5qMua
shattered completely.783Please respect copyright.PENANAq5GuyAT4hF
While I was trying to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAtnWRJKimZP
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach783Please respect copyright.PENANADsQoutWGj8
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.783Please respect copyright.PENANAEDwDTMKHLq
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?783Please respect copyright.PENANAeBJWN0OfrD
I answered the call. "Hello?"783Please respect copyright.PENANACTftITh8Qv
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.783Please respect copyright.PENANAaz3tRoG7Qk
I held my breath. That 783Please respect copyright.PENANAIAdqyJ1XHP
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 783Please respect copyright.PENANAvICHhqihm5
asking that question, not thinking it.783Please respect copyright.PENANAowctsbccKW
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAh2fKoRh5YA
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."783Please respect copyright.PENANAnUzFTClW6T
"Talk? Talk about what?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA1jSBnf3W9z
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA2rvcpMzEeE
"Photo? What...?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAVHEYOcAlho
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.783Please respect copyright.PENANAmiX0JPAStk
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"783Please respect copyright.PENANACploP4yHgs
"If you haven't seen it,783Please respect copyright.PENANA6SQI2VGQiz
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 783Please respect copyright.PENANA1ckR4Aq4br
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAWObBLtuoQz
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?783Please respect copyright.PENANAceQN5pTkUs
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAGngB42tpIT
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."783Please respect copyright.PENANADxsY0kFKaH
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAL8EdXjUeGW
I could soon hear the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAEATkpScOlM
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcE5dIW8W6S
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 783Please respect copyright.PENANA7Rypv6D1bO
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.783Please respect copyright.PENANAOf48NWddPk
I looked back at my 783Please respect copyright.PENANADwArXyT5Eh
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I783Please respect copyright.PENANAfWEpAlicnA
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 783Please respect copyright.PENANAIiUcXkBCYx
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAGECjFPJZCg
download the photo.783Please respect copyright.PENANA9Otkfg5yb4
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAeQnxrDIxCd
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAFmVYPXRcWG
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."783Please respect copyright.PENANAidFZ1WhGaT
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."783Please respect copyright.PENANAF5OIMJzUcX
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."783Please respect copyright.PENANAYSz3be8zrb
I nodded and Lee left. I783Please respect copyright.PENANAJBhQJnYEHY
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 783Please respect copyright.PENANA3z3vPe758e
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.783Please respect copyright.PENANAfdD9WiQLaS
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."783Please respect copyright.PENANAYv4soAR0dB
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.783Please respect copyright.PENANAkbSGIUdYeS
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.783Please respect copyright.PENANAM9diKCNIZo
"Zoey!"783Please respect copyright.PENANASZG0LbybWv
"Not a word, Sam. You're783Please respect copyright.PENANADr8NFWVKiy
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 783Please respect copyright.PENANAURiIWMS9Pm
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's783Please respect copyright.PENANAc5Uc3Sr7Qf
up with you today."783Please respect copyright.PENANAaGETVJkCGl
If only she knew. So 783Please respect copyright.PENANA2QzJEA8fj4
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one783Please respect copyright.PENANAseY3UDltVQ
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.783Please respect copyright.PENANA4L1dsuQO6f
I went to the bathroom 783Please respect copyright.PENANAd0AI34Jg1k
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 783Please respect copyright.PENANA7wwt20ddiT
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcpEonitQhq
reflection.783Please respect copyright.PENANAHkAsWSJWe9
I looked like I hadn't 783Please respect copyright.PENANATgtofW3sCK
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 783Please respect copyright.PENANA5q8hjGOhbl
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 783Please respect copyright.PENANAf9addm1hNW
if not by two.783Please respect copyright.PENANABVeM2l97vY
G-Dragon and Zoey were 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZmgz80higR
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 783Please respect copyright.PENANAi9t3zzUzgK
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 783Please respect copyright.PENANARnzaw3ceRo
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8nRvr1emXY
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?783Please respect copyright.PENANAWrfI4ABNzQ
After I took a quick 783Please respect copyright.PENANA01U9OWzTGK
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone783Please respect copyright.PENANAX35T5ybMLV
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 783Please respect copyright.PENANA0ftuOj7t1k
the bathroom to get her makeup done.783Please respect copyright.PENANAevvSSfabld
I unlocked my phone. I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAUGEH7I13j4
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 783Please respect copyright.PENANALux1zLe8ij
photo must be done downloading by now.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbqOStUqcex
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?783Please respect copyright.PENANADkD6PgzuRo
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?783Please respect copyright.PENANAHrI0SfanN2
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.783Please respect copyright.PENANA7B6l2sCkTn
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.783Please respect copyright.PENANAF93ETK2Pdl
"Morning. How was your night?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAqxxoYSJbjn
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."783Please respect copyright.PENANAFgurvNrq4a
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANA3oAxXhfo1D
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.783Please respect copyright.PENANAZKRQ5QS7Ot
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."783Please respect copyright.PENANAQi74GETCYm
I smiled a little. At 783Please respect copyright.PENANAfKuJcn2pwT
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAezh7VwKUSa
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 783Please respect copyright.PENANAWOPi6n9oVv
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAr7bnQO63OM
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."783Please respect copyright.PENANAZHsfOwpGuK
"You too."783Please respect copyright.PENANAM4bLfu5Dqp
He cut the line and I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAPF3HqlQV3i
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 783Please respect copyright.PENANAYbcrsKVeYb
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 783Please respect copyright.PENANAWlZrsmNwRv
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.783Please respect copyright.PENANA8XABJKHCDy
After I dressed up and 783Please respect copyright.PENANAjpWr6Hr14q
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 783Please respect copyright.PENANAiQrDLuhbWC
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAsDMxDZ9XOp
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 783Please respect copyright.PENANASYnzhe9EYi
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 783Please respect copyright.PENANApmprEl7bL5
room.783Please respect copyright.PENANAqym1EErbe4
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.783Please respect copyright.PENANA3r9v78pQBE
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.783Please respect copyright.PENANAlVGlxKuTiP
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzXQh6qZGhm
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."783Please respect copyright.PENANA9yZODc2kS7
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."783Please respect copyright.PENANA3FHWyur7zw
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.783Please respect copyright.PENANAHleIbmM8pr
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANAuv5Z3Hk4JV
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANAp2ZVAluzO1
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.783Please respect copyright.PENANAM9HVdvoC0X
"What?" I asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAutx0a8rHI1
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."783Please respect copyright.PENANArvL7B1cZi9
I frowned. "So?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA0VvOAF1FCn
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.783Please respect copyright.PENANA3JsfSaeIc3
I was still confused. "So?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAZJ2bA9OnKh
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.783Please respect copyright.PENANAl0qXJLoz6C
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.783Please respect copyright.PENANA5LkFjFtZsO
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?783Please respect copyright.PENANA3UDTp53bwB
"I don't see the harm in783Please respect copyright.PENANAOOU5AWUtug
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 783Please respect copyright.PENANAhi00zS4HsY
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 783Please respect copyright.PENANAqo1Ocsj8Wg
that wrong?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAUr13eYS3FW
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.783Please respect copyright.PENANAE14LDw3c0r
"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."783Please respect copyright.PENANA2Gh8amdgDa
"I can see that," said 783Please respect copyright.PENANAuxlBsb0026
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 783Please respect copyright.PENANAj9l7ei1KOL
me but I decided not to say anything.783Please respect copyright.PENANAVa9j0QhcKn
When we were done with 783Please respect copyright.PENANADVY23IM6eX
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 783Please respect copyright.PENANAFPgMafGoxF
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 783Please respect copyright.PENANADYi77FKCU9
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 783Please respect copyright.PENANAODMKFxbBii
looking at my phone.783Please respect copyright.PENANALhe1v3thWF
When everyone in the car783Please respect copyright.PENANAyDEnfKmjVn
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in783Please respect copyright.PENANAAWnFsXLkhI
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 783Please respect copyright.PENANAyE26GX78Zc
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.783Please respect copyright.PENANAWsxDYGkiNw
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAMwvkiUB3Ri
I quickly pressed the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAPu8Co12pKD
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 783Please respect copyright.PENANAW4VPwUXtJh
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.783Please respect copyright.PENANA55vSyJV6bB
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.783Please respect copyright.PENANAy0OQjM0qmH
"May I see?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAP2Jps17Xzq
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."783Please respect copyright.PENANA6smBHzmLAH
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."783Please respect copyright.PENANAeXY0c1McXz
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAuOWqWTWFty
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."783Please respect copyright.PENANAOfRNf2MGCJ
I wish I could tell him 783Please respect copyright.PENANA2FEnPwk0Gb
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 783Please respect copyright.PENANAWCtW7gCEGQ
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.783Please respect copyright.PENANAYgO8Zvmgp5
Now that I had seen the 783Please respect copyright.PENANA3V2W2VpR9A
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 783Please respect copyright.PENANAvyDKDjpe33
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 783Please respect copyright.PENANAfCBNoXza1k
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.783Please respect copyright.PENANAN3s2vl5ZyN
Speaking of which, I 783Please respect copyright.PENANA0exfnSihYg
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was783Please respect copyright.PENANAV8GyKbCq7w
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 783Please respect copyright.PENANApuiNOfPMe9
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAioEtoOLxiI
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 783Please respect copyright.PENANARGtuFQyTsP
further onto the edge, I would burst.783Please respect copyright.PENANAs6BChur9Wx
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANAxkbZudTV67
My heart skipped a beat.783Please respect copyright.PENANA4FNFqOw25U
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting783Please respect copyright.PENANAtZKv54Ipsy
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 783Please respect copyright.PENANAtOG6CZ3fph
choice.783Please respect copyright.PENANApT0hgeBKiF
As soon as I stepped out783Please respect copyright.PENANAwwyC3dI9EX
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAEAPtDmuLAP
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAV0Sl94MtnX
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAAto1v1WaWy
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."783Please respect copyright.PENANAuaF56wNv7T
"You're aren't the only 783Please respect copyright.PENANASl7AkqncQg
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 783Please respect copyright.PENANAzfJTPfzIKG
to work on that when we get in there."783Please respect copyright.PENANAk1bdweczke
I managed to put up a 783Please respect copyright.PENANA9SGpxBRVxb
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How783Please respect copyright.PENANALArGmotFGl
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.783Please respect copyright.PENANAiHOhl3PCuV
As I came into the lobby783Please respect copyright.PENANAFovWrRsH2V
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 783Please respect copyright.PENANAaDmeS79FIV
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.783Please respect copyright.PENANAFw5NuXWBgX
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."783Please respect copyright.PENANAJSKNQ8C5Cj
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.783Please respect copyright.PENANAIJ7msUhBBy
We all got in the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQcy6ac3rQj
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up783Please respect copyright.PENANAPN1GI2fGnI
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 783Please respect copyright.PENANAip8z6B4DsH
things.783Please respect copyright.PENANAmD3a8GLzd8
We got to the dance 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8o0v83UDXi
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 783Please respect copyright.PENANAbTx9KapU5o
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.783Please respect copyright.PENANA8nzVmrK7cb
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.783Please respect copyright.PENANAwQfTWnCFdF
I was too lost in 783Please respect copyright.PENANAHGTRNhx4tn
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAD4eY2N3jTa
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.783Please respect copyright.PENANAaargkO6wgd
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.783Please respect copyright.PENANA5Kq6F0YeUz
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.783Please respect copyright.PENANARHunwkY2lf
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.783Please respect copyright.PENANAjzNxdenWQu
"Tell me about it," said783Please respect copyright.PENANAQTq3tjfZsY
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her783Please respect copyright.PENANADQwfSWKjvN
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."783Please respect copyright.PENANASLdgrEO6s5
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANA5KOy8YDPLq
"Too weird," said Daniel.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzddKDqUQZS
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."783Please respect copyright.PENANACXXesP3RMJ
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.783Please respect copyright.PENANAxLhVjQPVSR
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.783Please respect copyright.PENANAjZXaq6xV3Z
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.783Please respect copyright.PENANAlUKzSayDeM
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.783Please respect copyright.PENANAFPmW3Egds8
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."783Please respect copyright.PENANA17mR8aiSkR
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAcAlFew9vVn
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.783Please respect copyright.PENANAyOpLuk374E
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."783Please respect copyright.PENANARs4KFYbp5t
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."783Please respect copyright.PENANAhIP7gcYvTJ
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."783Please respect copyright.PENANAHe8nvvrDjU
"I'm not."783Please respect copyright.PENANAUzIsp5ycEd
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.783Please respect copyright.PENANA4USXmtepIt
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAqRzdiVeFBR
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.783Please respect copyright.PENANATl5mfhaIAl
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.783Please respect copyright.PENANAwfm56HRt7H
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAPKj1Rmax7V
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."783Please respect copyright.PENANAlDub9ZFAxc
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."783Please respect copyright.PENANAcFYM7hrVll
Before I could turn 783Please respect copyright.PENANAfm3t96CF3v
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 783Please respect copyright.PENANA7jakmKyP9V
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.783Please respect copyright.PENANAq3cxfDbiUa
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.783Please respect copyright.PENANAovUfY0A0Bv
I took the crown from 783Please respect copyright.PENANAAswy2AMNh4
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was783Please respect copyright.PENANAoXo52qqJsX
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 783Please respect copyright.PENANAOXuiZE4WUD
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 783Please respect copyright.PENANAEjf1npY8Bz
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.783Please respect copyright.PENANA8iNaHslHxo
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.783Please respect copyright.PENANAU4lsyuIopA
"It is," said Seungri 783Please respect copyright.PENANASxhfbJKQUf
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 783Please respect copyright.PENANAuxKuRwcjke
stones because it's your birth stone."783Please respect copyright.PENANA2eI22H8NwT
"Aww! Thank you so much,783Please respect copyright.PENANAHKBzB7nxZs
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew783Please respect copyright.PENANAQkEgNk9qbu
he was going to brighten up my day today.783Please respect copyright.PENANAW7XHT1bNWQ
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"783Please respect copyright.PENANASVcDYzVVdk
"I want to wear it," 783Please respect copyright.PENANANTTWAkkBXy
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5rD5WyZsG
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.783Please respect copyright.PENANAdKAzi7fnDA
"Don't I look like a 783Please respect copyright.PENANABydRllR6Xw
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 783Please respect copyright.PENANArhgvhfeWkw
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.783Please respect copyright.PENANA3GwOHYML82
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.783Please respect copyright.PENANAJEWsMu0a4f
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.783Please respect copyright.PENANAvwjZvyaiao
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.783Please respect copyright.PENANAluwWn1lmml
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.783Please respect copyright.PENANAO0LILYUlpv
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."783Please respect copyright.PENANA37VuwlJKYn
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.783Please respect copyright.PENANAh36o9pUljN
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.783Please respect copyright.PENANAxDJnaHF1wE
"May her royal majesty 783Please respect copyright.PENANATOty2f9opA
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 783Please respect copyright.PENANAYkSsYFtvgF
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.783Please respect copyright.PENANAjnR4uxnD3h
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.783Please respect copyright.PENANAmmzKndnkb0
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.783Please respect copyright.PENANAO4Btgks4hw
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.783Please respect copyright.PENANAASbOK9OSrV
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.783Please respect copyright.PENANAUTvazGsBri
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.783Please respect copyright.PENANAm4XVJTl9nZ
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.783Please respect copyright.PENANAsOXsj2kIas
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAGDG48LAE1u
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."783Please respect copyright.PENANANL9Ukwg56F
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."783Please respect copyright.PENANAJQW0BsZ4hR
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."783Please respect copyright.PENANAMXiPcoCw0e
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.783Please respect copyright.PENANAyRYwVzAuA1
She couldn't tell the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAH0BQZ8VqKq
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took783Please respect copyright.PENANAcD1SsC8UJi
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group783Please respect copyright.PENANAUWQ6yffKWT
photo with me in the middle.783Please respect copyright.PENANAW7DcQ3HMEz
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.783Please respect copyright.PENANAMHPJstOmyj
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.783Please respect copyright.PENANAGgkDwtc3SU
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."783Please respect copyright.PENANASsdMAnREqj
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."783Please respect copyright.PENANAPZw9omTmel
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.783Please respect copyright.PENANAVI8NxrCazi
Zoey smiled. "Even better."783Please respect copyright.PENANAZhXmPD0y6C
G-Dragon turned to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAw3Sidk7lEA
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAFq2GTDX2Ks
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 783Please respect copyright.PENANAsyslAjitAL
him and he will find us."783Please respect copyright.PENANArTCmJFDY70
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.783Please respect copyright.PENANAdJLDqXzvI0
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."783Please respect copyright.PENANAESjJNnYkYh
We all stood on one side783Please respect copyright.PENANAgbVOjx3gLI
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2xLQYBrvp
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 783Please respect copyright.PENANAAdAWHPfkPt
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.783Please respect copyright.PENANAuiddH3Y9pa
"So, I was thinking, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAHWbhkixwBs
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZOFMOS87v1
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 783Please respect copyright.PENANA5Go5QWDrPk
guys."783Please respect copyright.PENANA5wT5oH5frm
Christine came forward 783Please respect copyright.PENANAtos70908Tz
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 783Please respect copyright.PENANANEAOMKgbsk
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.783Please respect copyright.PENANAezVYtYX9gm
With Christine and Mike 783Please respect copyright.PENANAyALKsEwUY3
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 783Please respect copyright.PENANAFqlD2CXImj
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 783Please respect copyright.PENANASCOISvMqpe
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 783Please respect copyright.PENANAje2GkgU8FO
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 783Please respect copyright.PENANA9xYsFptkS5
themselves back and they again their backs touched.783Please respect copyright.PENANAwbgXMGH6Rb
With a bit of skilful 783Please respect copyright.PENANAyNkKT3RN5x
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew783Please respect copyright.PENANAsFqGbRylO4
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAXEUo7WMjCr
air.783Please respect copyright.PENANACBEKBvr5xZ
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."783Please respect copyright.PENANAvS0kbwhANz
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.783Please respect copyright.PENANAfMCTbLV3JH
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.783Please respect copyright.PENANAF3lVNmrrED
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.783Please respect copyright.PENANAMxvqIMw8ZP
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.783Please respect copyright.PENANAcmdruRpc2W
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAvYk4mf66RO
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.783Please respect copyright.PENANAs4bvdiBKG5
The door soon opened and783Please respect copyright.PENANAdWTfv4TqWL
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 783Please respect copyright.PENANA00SQqn8f0J
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.783Please respect copyright.PENANApke4dJVu31
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.783Please respect copyright.PENANAdEB3S2MyoX
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.783Please respect copyright.PENANAPPU6sc7CJ0
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."783Please respect copyright.PENANAY7YCp5XWOA
Mike and Christine 783Please respect copyright.PENANA52Ptcf2y0k
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance783Please respect copyright.PENANAofiGy5xubh
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 783Please respect copyright.PENANA03OIUeBBwu
us will come in the scene.783Please respect copyright.PENANAP3zWL52aOj
"Mmmm," the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAULAgJwc8wK
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAfMm2ldtYuF
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.783Please respect copyright.PENANANYPPgS3Mk0
"I like it," said the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAN0ekA2jKpZ
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 783Please respect copyright.PENANAf454M2NhNH
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQHEFMNT8Dg
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 783Please respect copyright.PENANAAopz0KXBA3
comes in."783Please respect copyright.PENANA8JejXxu3CB
Zoey and G-Dragon took 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcaCaWMnzpl
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 783Please respect copyright.PENANAty5DWOh3UY
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcKN3SiqMEk
were perfect.783Please respect copyright.PENANAL0ppM38mC3
"Excellent," said the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAly9KbCSbyL
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAIfvO9Ubw4N
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 783Please respect copyright.PENANAx6356m8mwv
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAB4WyCRUwus
formation in front of them."783Please respect copyright.PENANArP3mCij3Pt
We did as the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAeYe2XzYlOx
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 783Please respect copyright.PENANATsqiVtMKHE
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 783Please respect copyright.PENANAVJ0kEe0UZw
the hang of it.783Please respect copyright.PENANApCYT4mjhcA
A few minutes later, 783Please respect copyright.PENANA44hqa6ywaU
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 783Please respect copyright.PENANAe4Jlnud4v2
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and783Please respect copyright.PENANAF3KiywfkQr
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.783Please respect copyright.PENANAUnRm4OIYE1
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.783Please respect copyright.PENANApLTdB90E7h
I laughed, also staring 783Please respect copyright.PENANAMfnGRLQIRH
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your783Please respect copyright.PENANAgtfChjqKxH
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."783Please respect copyright.PENANAR7oixB3UYw
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.783Please respect copyright.PENANARQCso1v9FO
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.783Please respect copyright.PENANAGoWGoOcA3D
I quickly scrambled up 783Please respect copyright.PENANAJaTbGvwXEE
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and783Please respect copyright.PENANAgTvPoA0cXN
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 783Please respect copyright.PENANAjxcNHlcHOp
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 783Please respect copyright.PENANAm0vwOZ8Grq
and removed my phone.783Please respect copyright.PENANAvjt2Y9L0Jd
I sent a message to the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAU5NfgQO45i
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he783Please respect copyright.PENANAhBbLShjP6I
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAjf0Aa4kAEN
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.783Please respect copyright.PENANAv7HsMeg5Xt
"Good. We should meet."783Please respect copyright.PENANAtdHelwNHfm
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.783Please respect copyright.PENANAFVO4eEP3I2
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."783Please respect copyright.PENANAc2IblwxrXb
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."783Please respect copyright.PENANAgxOfnjhKel
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.783Please respect copyright.PENANAI0MtA5BSEs
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAOO8SyjXxdk
"You're one smart 783Please respect copyright.PENANAzE7dNGzj6G
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the783Please respect copyright.PENANAh1zKXNHkAm
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 783Please respect copyright.PENANAb6utfnlqas
consequences."783Please respect copyright.PENANA3phBIdKuUq
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.783Please respect copyright.PENANAqTdmBy9rli
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."783Please respect copyright.PENANACmJykQOeJT
"That's my girl."783Please respect copyright.PENANA9OqwSMmRAA
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.783Please respect copyright.PENANAqkdlcH3Lh4
As I tucked my phone 783Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4kACNz3zj
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 783Please respect copyright.PENANAJMhLoTTvKK
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAIEmbdbwBWz
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 783Please respect copyright.PENANA3cwe7W2cfg
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.783Please respect copyright.PENANAHey5wRe55N
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.783Please respect copyright.PENANAge25cz1pRh
When they both turned to783Please respect copyright.PENANAFCXsPVEbua
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 783Please respect copyright.PENANASazvkHYzYH
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 783Please respect copyright.PENANArGDr7Zp6M0
couldn't help but feel that they were.783Please respect copyright.PENANAF1RlLaz1aQ
I laid back down 783Please respect copyright.PENANAbmdiiidXA6
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 783Please respect copyright.PENANAancb3MyHpE
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 783Please respect copyright.PENANA7Rcwfen9ZI
two of us had in our room this morning?783Please respect copyright.PENANAfx488jty2d
Yikes! If she did, then I783Please respect copyright.PENANAYdRB63dXzh
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 783Please respect copyright.PENANAnFsvYu9izv
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcuzexKha6d
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 783Please respect copyright.PENANAm0RUd1zSBa
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.783Please respect copyright.PENANAHdA7zZOULF
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.783Please respect copyright.PENANAiX3iOM7P79
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.783Please respect copyright.PENANAiGg3GHsXVj
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.783Please respect copyright.PENANAtVWdPjMoIT
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbq3SDD8M8M
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbEqGVSu7fG
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.783Please respect copyright.PENANA1run9N62L4
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.783Please respect copyright.PENANAMsQBRJ6zY3
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.783Please respect copyright.PENANAHesQSPFTXN
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.783Please respect copyright.PENANALE4SCLHvQ7
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAoypDYtzpaY
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAj3ER6hx8XT
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAzz7LNTtorQ
"No. It sounds great."783Please respect copyright.PENANAhT7qufXSZ3
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."783Please respect copyright.PENANAwHGomxU2L6
"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.783Please respect copyright.PENANAg8m8gMgHlL
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.783Please respect copyright.PENANA9OjUTlEK5Y
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."783Please respect copyright.PENANAcrQ6fMdBWP
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAlU8DW9LSNq
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.783Please respect copyright.PENANAUcgoyafMpz
"True," said Taeyang.783Please respect copyright.PENANA1RBuEJMkY1
"Okay," I said, feeling a783Please respect copyright.PENANA8rBjPdRZVg
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 783Please respect copyright.PENANA09c3ys8CiJ
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.783Please respect copyright.PENANALKiCiAPtfR
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.783Please respect copyright.PENANAlr5EJHfB78
After the three had 783Please respect copyright.PENANA5rw2Pszlgy
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 783Please respect copyright.PENANAe5iEcWzmlq
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.783Please respect copyright.PENANAfEtTwoCezP
While we waited, 783Please respect copyright.PENANASxtBnncwRW
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid783Please respect copyright.PENANApQMwfZyXXM
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAB4nM3UAHZg
expression on his face.783Please respect copyright.PENANAa9wTEAjGSo
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAgZCSjWhpv3
He sounded serious and I783Please respect copyright.PENANAtTrsIsYvTr
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel783Please respect copyright.PENANAJuoXvoDixT
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.783Please respect copyright.PENANA9iHwOz3HLG
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.783Please respect copyright.PENANADGi2qT4BWN
I got up from the floor 783Please respect copyright.PENANAtA1uKv2MDJ
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 783Please respect copyright.PENANAUAkaufJbZg
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAlcUdldKHV8
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzhgqugoCT5
I found G-Dragon three 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQlagtpCecv
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAj2qnMvlroR
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAyyDUYCOLvL
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 783Please respect copyright.PENANAB63UdiT2WP
close.783Please respect copyright.PENANA7skjUM2LNH
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAhhWocStHMj
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANAjTG5n4MsSL
"It's about Zoey," he said.783Please respect copyright.PENANA6rt1B5pp1V
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAV5ek9FfiEO
"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?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA3sLSeoboLF
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."783Please respect copyright.PENANAFIhzqPcuZD
"Really? That's all you can say?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAHleD0ZgjvO
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."783Please respect copyright.PENANACiYrnWHkzF
"But you almost had."783Please respect copyright.PENANAYNCedxMKvx
"Yet I couldn't."783Please respect copyright.PENANArSgKBCy0OP
"Zoey is right. You're 783Please respect copyright.PENANAoctyBAxM4Z
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 783Please respect copyright.PENANAplgQDibll8
you know I was supposed to do it."783Please respect copyright.PENANAT2XBKrwJ5I
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."783Please respect copyright.PENANAdRMkeZenG5
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAb9txm1z4lZ
I paused before I could say, "what?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAh9iu75pbR5
"You heard me loud and 783Please respect copyright.PENANA3z5WHLPC1z
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 783Please respect copyright.PENANA6VZZlEUhSr
to take matters into your own hands."783Please respect copyright.PENANAFRPucqbLGO
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANAwxQvr7FALP
"Wait, that's not true," I said.783Please respect copyright.PENANAkUtv9XNyy6
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAOKwjGeqqNc
I now realised that I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZy3pHQpZfD
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 783Please respect copyright.PENANAvzFTahvd7R
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his783Please respect copyright.PENANA0b2UBb4hEw
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 783Please respect copyright.PENANAe2lsZHICrl
bound to come up sooner rather than later.783Please respect copyright.PENANArrM4JTSRNM
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAxnuBngoDfp
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."783Please respect copyright.PENANASCenDB14aq
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA4bsloRhSTt
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."783Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZxypTcgGS
G-Dragon took a step 783Please respect copyright.PENANAw9c3lBtny4
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 783Please respect copyright.PENANAxkgOq1aAKE
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"783Please respect copyright.PENANABAfu8PvLcU
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."783Please respect copyright.PENANADSSPvzgKyH
"Then what did happen?"783Please respect copyright.PENANApE3LCOXLLh
"All of this is nothing 783Please respect copyright.PENANAhYBYkWlhMs
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 783Please respect copyright.PENANApndGKyCW7q
happened that I myself couldn't control."783Please respect copyright.PENANA2uQUscPYb7
"Don't lie to me, Sam."783Please respect copyright.PENANAlh3jI5TyeK
"You know what, I'm 783Please respect copyright.PENANA4u9vnww1qh
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like783Please respect copyright.PENANABvVuyks8yD
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 783Please respect copyright.PENANAvJPEL03Dny
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I783Please respect copyright.PENANAjCSr2IJIQa
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."783Please respect copyright.PENANAngvJsyps0q
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAMALD375fut
"Yes. But I know you 783Please respect copyright.PENANAAWDiax5ObN
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 783Please respect copyright.PENANAYpk9f2qYBn
for himself that he and I could never be together."783Please respect copyright.PENANAXvS8wLxVfI
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.783Please respect copyright.PENANAikgxwwqKcg
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.783Please respect copyright.PENANAHUEYoPvdaK
I turned around to head 783Please respect copyright.PENANATU2rssgP16
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or783Please respect copyright.PENANAju50lOecmx
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.783Please respect copyright.PENANA4LGRjVgUoO
When I came back in the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAqfH65NWfoq
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 783Please respect copyright.PENANAMqHUwyH8xV
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.783Please respect copyright.PENANA39MpHrlZWp
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANA8to7kIrq4k
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."783Please respect copyright.PENANA2383tLXMe3
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.783Please respect copyright.PENANAlXtzTBJ5Le
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAjpJMYQEVw8
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."783Please respect copyright.PENANAiAuEG90Lja
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.783Please respect copyright.PENANAd6wsoqwTDc
I heard the door open 783Please respect copyright.PENANAtNPcre3Lkz
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 783Please respect copyright.PENANA7FOowMAC5k
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.783Please respect copyright.PENANAZpjTbngSf0
"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."783Please respect copyright.PENANANMQNkHqV1u
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.783Please respect copyright.PENANAxO8DhqtsOy
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.783Please respect copyright.PENANAKWGFsj2tmj
"Look guys," I said as 783Please respect copyright.PENANAL6w94gvomw
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm783Please respect copyright.PENANAQN3SgYqtFF
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAgqw05YYRFl
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.783Please respect copyright.PENANAkleIHMLfes
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."783Please respect copyright.PENANA4qx4fisJMS
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzI6LNm0VU9
I didn't say anything 783Please respect copyright.PENANAsekUdOrH0F
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others783Please respect copyright.PENANAGhWkwrgPSp
who were waiting for either of us to say something.783Please respect copyright.PENANAviQu1zLysN
Before anyone could 783Please respect copyright.PENANA4Yz7KPMjIP
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 783Please respect copyright.PENANAN5LijcU4aR
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 783Please respect copyright.PENANA4JmTYYQijJ
we went back to practising.783Please respect copyright.PENANAWERQ6YoW1w
I don't know how I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAIMT95AzKUz
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.783Please respect copyright.PENANANJLD5VUtDu
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 783Please respect copyright.PENANAMHMUULI1Vy
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 783Please respect copyright.PENANAs2RKJhCWdV
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my783Please respect copyright.PENANAgXyMcxJD8D
head in the real world and not mess things up.783Please respect copyright.PENANA7D4Aj3IO0O
It was lunch time and 783Please respect copyright.PENANAmpkg7eeXjx
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAW2vpTx3MI9
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 783Please respect copyright.PENANAr5yfOx9tT8
stranger.783Please respect copyright.PENANA9r7tjSoh9D
Now that we were on a 783Please respect copyright.PENANATpYuB3vz8q
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 783Please respect copyright.PENANArf7Dym8bDi
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 783Please respect copyright.PENANA9me8osjRZb
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just783Please respect copyright.PENANAzNvr6NOORa
too awkward for me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAFIDr2notj1
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA5VZWFicfTE
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.783Please respect copyright.PENANASs44Xgal7u
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.783Please respect copyright.PENANAf6XwBb47T1
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.783Please respect copyright.PENANAaskz2yYDcU
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."783Please respect copyright.PENANAQZR3Fjw1hs
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.783Please respect copyright.PENANAldkl2XSh1k
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.783Please respect copyright.PENANAVbVewyCmwn
"Good idea," said Taeyang.783Please respect copyright.PENANA2vXQ3qnTo1
As though they couldn't 783Please respect copyright.PENANAzdEKncAwsr
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAnrfHPfQKUc
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 783Please respect copyright.PENANA6hdNAoOCQ8
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.783Please respect copyright.PENANAV5PdwKc9sW
A few seconds later, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAK7eMz3fLCw
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse783Please respect copyright.PENANA0UcwcrKPdx
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking783Please respect copyright.PENANAOcOzKZzUji
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 783Please respect copyright.PENANAOCBr0FQgbS
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzKH7N0iuia
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.783Please respect copyright.PENANAnDkHolYbnN
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAHyCnfG7oXY
"A lot has happened 783Please respect copyright.PENANAD8DO9I5mwK
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 783Please respect copyright.PENANAYSV4kxNJXY
case there were any people snooping around.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzIS0x8041D
"What? What's happened?"783Please respect copyright.PENANARVTnMQZEGI
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."783Please respect copyright.PENANAMcOftSzMdi
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."783Please respect copyright.PENANAdtU9LGNwp8
"That's not the worst 783Please respect copyright.PENANAvVFxoayHlk
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAHx3swjTNKn
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."783Please respect copyright.PENANAlPSbjiAUfW
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAaOACafc9sg
"Like I said, he is 783Please respect copyright.PENANAOUEwKAAfNn
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 783Please respect copyright.PENANA6aYinjeTpb
are going to be toast especially with the press."783Please respect copyright.PENANA5w8pL6atJa
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAfzovpHBgqz
"I'm not sure if I can 783Please respect copyright.PENANAKFhiqAcPvV
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 783Please respect copyright.PENANAXyb2I0W2EV
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."783Please respect copyright.PENANAqU54DvxP74
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAVrXrA2hML3
"I've no choice and I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAgrKY2qRobH
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until783Please respect copyright.PENANA12F4sl8s2B
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 783Please respect copyright.PENANACjIfXuZsxm
cap and a scarf."783Please respect copyright.PENANA0vNF4p9QJh
"What will you need that for?"783Please respect copyright.PENANANO3qChmvyh
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.783Please respect copyright.PENANAn4pppIGUqM
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."783Please respect copyright.PENANAl6ONhzxlcl
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."783Please respect copyright.PENANAwtTMx8Gzjr
I cut the call and this 783Please respect copyright.PENANAu8tSCl1ozK
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 783Please respect copyright.PENANAfLdtDH379Q
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAmAQCw7WyoK
I reached the bottom of 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8xsAGFLXgJ
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 783Please respect copyright.PENANAPQeB6gxwC7
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 783Please respect copyright.PENANANyLGhNd2IE
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 783Please respect copyright.PENANAjK69Tqq4oG
voices that I could recognise.783Please respect copyright.PENANAjsBdORPuYd
I went over to look, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAAhRudB1FgL
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 783Please respect copyright.PENANA650TaGXEoB
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 783Please respect copyright.PENANADn2FR54WPU
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 783Please respect copyright.PENANAHZCrdvohSI
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbovjyyLPIs
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.783Please respect copyright.PENANAqpL8AkYi9r
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."783Please respect copyright.PENANAVKzbnvgUYT
"I'm just surprised that783Please respect copyright.PENANAb9lkug6DQc
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that783Please respect copyright.PENANAxBSF5d4gfO
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.783Please respect copyright.PENANAcq5yGWeO9z
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."783Please respect copyright.PENANAf19kJIugNY
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAYBHbCyVqor
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbaZDwOA0EX
"I think so too," said 783Please respect copyright.PENANA2k5P8hCPO7
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 783Please respect copyright.PENANADl9A6dy89H
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."783Please respect copyright.PENANAFB8O3advHp
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.783Please respect copyright.PENANAvC768xZuof
I was expecting them to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAVpxCsZley1
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8VW8mdiuE3
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 783Please respect copyright.PENANARD8ByoaBgm
Who knows?783Please respect copyright.PENANAkKF1h0BXoO
Throwing that thought 783Please respect copyright.PENANAm0K2M4c8V9
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 783Please respect copyright.PENANA0ndzwLcsyO
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.783Please respect copyright.PENANABtKUS4vdqA
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.783Please respect copyright.PENANAYrbASgc82A
There were still more 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZuwCMilsky
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery783Please respect copyright.PENANARboMgnrwLC
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAU926ZAHeX3
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAo3EMox0066
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 783Please respect copyright.PENANAsSuxBeQNaE
away.783Please respect copyright.PENANA8VGTa7RMIo
In what seemed like 783Please respect copyright.PENANAMhJqj8Zex0
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8cQBgP7AhP
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.783Please respect copyright.PENANAg7FoUVfaNM
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzjjWjoQHea
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."783Please respect copyright.PENANAnnvBwDSlZ6
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."783Please respect copyright.PENANAytFYki9a3B
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAytUtW5vp0B
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.783Please respect copyright.PENANAZdyeWzK4nv
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."783Please respect copyright.PENANAJWBnQ1rGCh
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.783Please respect copyright.PENANALPfu0Co4rg
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAkLro9BBPGX
"They have gone out for 783Please respect copyright.PENANANyg2CeCMQr
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things783Please respect copyright.PENANAJUlfHXlcPa
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."783Please respect copyright.PENANAKNT0NxMEay
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.783Please respect copyright.PENANAiE6dgfNeNB
"Ya. And they are about 783Please respect copyright.PENANAlxbnbPphcF
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the783Please respect copyright.PENANAKLH23lGVYF
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.783Please respect copyright.PENANAxxemmXLeNW
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAkmALiki0pU
"Ya, that will be a good783Please respect copyright.PENANArQYCA4IYfr
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 783Please respect copyright.PENANAYvKW4K21gq
the guards might think when they see me."783Please respect copyright.PENANA5VR5lmtuXW
Lee and I started to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAB90mAG75Jf
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front783Please respect copyright.PENANAaFa5RykbgK
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 783Please respect copyright.PENANAWRR9yCBO0z
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 783Please respect copyright.PENANACk0EcLu5Mv
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 783Please respect copyright.PENANAs6JlFNL5xR
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.783Please respect copyright.PENANAAPXVmzm0hP
When I finally managed 783Please respect copyright.PENANAMNTrhlM843
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 783Please respect copyright.PENANABvm5Zm7Gk4
away from the YG gate and down the street.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbpqBifDFQA
I had to admit, I was so783Please respect copyright.PENANAcFzPGd7BKj
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 783Please respect copyright.PENANAbXdYlsodqO
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZUWWgijYGK
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 783Please respect copyright.PENANAr4iWlrIRs4
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.783Please respect copyright.PENANADyC2a8vieQ
After walking a few 783Please respect copyright.PENANAS3XkzTrBv3
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 783Please respect copyright.PENANA3u1dvl8yVD
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 783Please respect copyright.PENANApCVRzty9Xj
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 783Please respect copyright.PENANAupFNzIKRUE
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.783Please respect copyright.PENANACBkMeKeaq1
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.783Please respect copyright.PENANArfzvcVrNuZ
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."783Please respect copyright.PENANAtlt3y5QFfh
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face783Please respect copyright.PENANARh0UpirxuD
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."783Please respect copyright.PENANAxa0E7a2yQI
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."783Please respect copyright.PENANAasxsW72btY
I froze as I soon looked783Please respect copyright.PENANAGZcyeNDEwi
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 783Please respect copyright.PENANAoCAsl0SYIx
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 783Please respect copyright.PENANApoeEX6nGyn
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.783Please respect copyright.PENANAFwCSMsvSE9
I heard him laugh 783Please respect copyright.PENANAqouixNdGYr
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 783Please respect copyright.PENANA9ATp756Hog
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."783Please respect copyright.PENANAaUEJvyRChr
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAUUhbhCnhWi
"I'm right here."783Please respect copyright.PENANARFGHzYR5s5
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"783Please respect copyright.PENANAer5Z3H6m9S
My sentence was cut 783Please respect copyright.PENANAeCZ0yaixOT
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge783Please respect copyright.PENANAUUbZYnQgUh
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 783Please respect copyright.PENANAEZ19aSklbU
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.783Please respect copyright.PENANAb01BFynXum
A smartly dressed 783Please respect copyright.PENANAle9rGCvVGl
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 783Please respect copyright.PENANANaTTOk3dqL
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.783Please respect copyright.PENANAS92laV62QZ
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.783Please respect copyright.PENANAY399DfhgUH
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANARxIUmdbpZS
A few heads turned my 783Please respect copyright.PENANABdEd5k1dbR
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAG5jotppJVK
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 783Please respect copyright.PENANADwcj54KSSU
and a little suspicious too.783Please respect copyright.PENANAXG7fNGxroo
I managed to awake from 783Please respect copyright.PENANA6RRqki9Mcn
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 783Please respect copyright.PENANAKbEzvAN6Ya
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAt6t5GKBbDN
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAF3BIh1klGD
driver's seat.783Please respect copyright.PENANAA9Q0mLx3Tu
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.783Please respect copyright.PENANAin3A1YfsOQ
With my eyes, I looked 783Please respect copyright.PENANAurSDhYDiSz
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAG2a7nN3j6S
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.783Please respect copyright.PENANABF2o1YQacH
He looked to be in the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAmLi9Hjcxb3
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 783Please respect copyright.PENANA0ckxOo389y
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 783Please respect copyright.PENANAOepvI25d0s
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into783Please respect copyright.PENANAzhyq9r0oUM
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 783Please respect copyright.PENANAa8lKyxf0Wf
who had one heck of a body.783Please respect copyright.PENANAiqPQkOqoh4
I hadn't said a word and783Please respect copyright.PENANAptyrXfB9ck
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 783Please respect copyright.PENANA1lE05RLllW
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 783Please respect copyright.PENANAggmo7eyNBL
wrist. Who was this guy?783Please respect copyright.PENANAF0O0j92pUI
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAsBgFyvNP2R
I opened my mouth but 783Please respect copyright.PENANAXMhq393pCz
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 783Please respect copyright.PENANAHBb91R9Awg
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 783Please respect copyright.PENANARINnMIMsI1
contact.783Please respect copyright.PENANAT31A8kwwk3
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAyixemPsiuG
"Yes, a pleasure to meet783Please respect copyright.PENANAyBc6pjazdb
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 783Please respect copyright.PENANAMDQVfVf74p
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.783Please respect copyright.PENANAyJ49yOshjH
"I'm sorry we had to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAIjzFfAHO6v
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the783Please respect copyright.PENANAcUaQx3QWhp
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."783Please respect copyright.PENANAKJSOqLVSY6
I looked at him and 783Please respect copyright.PENANAs9t3095jzw
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 783Please respect copyright.PENANAeTLODehWaL
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 783Please respect copyright.PENANAYER81kIqvG
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we783Please respect copyright.PENANAgAje3Ho30k
hear about in mythical tales.783Please respect copyright.PENANAM1eHrCEShf
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbpRNqiKSsJ
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 783Please respect copyright.PENANA5k0V0ewUx4
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0z2Oqheu4
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."783Please respect copyright.PENANAtijMxtFLz1
There was silence and I 783Please respect copyright.PENANASp7etEMa3P
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made783Please respect copyright.PENANAfuNa6PC4fF
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 783Please respect copyright.PENANAbiFT48Z4Uy
something.783Please respect copyright.PENANAfAF2tynTYa
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.783Please respect copyright.PENANAu9qL2bRCsK
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."783Please respect copyright.PENANAe12H3b0eFm
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."783Please respect copyright.PENANASXL5qX0EmN
"I was born in the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAjjB6tgwVfs
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are783Please respect copyright.PENANA9L3aKvingl
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 783Please respect copyright.PENANAH6IHYxVvIy
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 783Please respect copyright.PENANAKZ0vmuCIT8
business empire is what's so important to them."783Please respect copyright.PENANAmVP1WLKaM0
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.783Please respect copyright.PENANAe61y8mi1Wr
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.783Please respect copyright.PENANA7YhABjSBSH
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.783Please respect copyright.PENANAb35ftfbwaH
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA2XoLfy6T1c
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA7euu7xGK57
"Lunch?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA8dNAQAt2Z5
"Yes, lunch."783Please respect copyright.PENANAJgSH1I0erh
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.783Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7DRKWP5Sw
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."783Please respect copyright.PENANAfiiMjXC9Vq
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."783Please respect copyright.PENANAsXBKjeUhT0
I raised an eyebrow at 783Please respect copyright.PENANA5Bd8E9JQXx
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 783Please respect copyright.PENANAUOtgKqkhwe
you have been able to find me on the street."783Please respect copyright.PENANAXYtncflUZj
He gave me that dashing 783Please respect copyright.PENANAH8MR4klAxE
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 783Please respect copyright.PENANAX8fZpZum6X
would meet. I had to come prepared."783Please respect copyright.PENANAW9VxD9wBsM
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAfTfrxj53xw
"My apartment. It's much safer there."783Please respect copyright.PENANAZsj0yDdhhw
"You own an apartment?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAy8t4gq3zvh
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."783Please respect copyright.PENANAF7IAsSbPBJ
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."783Please respect copyright.PENANAOpKx3AONEO
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."783Please respect copyright.PENANAKmyId7eQQG
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.783Please respect copyright.PENANAuevXHd7CE8
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.783Please respect copyright.PENANAxiV1qci2ch
It was a huge apartment 783Please respect copyright.PENANAgkcxnOtdlZ
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAzJOTULet41
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.783Please respect copyright.PENANAaeyP6n32iY
After the car parked, 783Please respect copyright.PENANAPzGjXrlGHa
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 783Please respect copyright.PENANARGXFwPDonh
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9saWChcXT
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAw8rEE0mFRc
came out of the car.783Please respect copyright.PENANAZUbbWzkI3Z
Derrick lead the way, 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8vPYY73A25
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 783Please respect copyright.PENANAUaaucDhD05
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAnsv0pf3N0s
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.783Please respect copyright.PENANALIvNl2Hi2V
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.783Please respect copyright.PENANAMNFtBytYh9
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.783Please respect copyright.PENANA2wa3Jfnsqh
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.783Please respect copyright.PENANAE39WscCY7e
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.783Please respect copyright.PENANArZCcvSZrrW
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."783Please respect copyright.PENANAvqW2vTifsj
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"783Please respect copyright.PENANADYh74i7i9O
"Well, ya, I do! You're 783Please respect copyright.PENANAaSABDlMOz6
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 783Please respect copyright.PENANAhQk3SqGoB7
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."783Please respect copyright.PENANAYiP5qj1rjG
"Why?"783Please respect copyright.PENANARt96Sr2Siv
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."783Please respect copyright.PENANAa3xCXoABRw
The elevator doors flew 783Please respect copyright.PENANArCzLmXHGIS
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 783Please respect copyright.PENANAFEsFKKZshw
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 783Please respect copyright.PENANALYcuKvUTQG
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 783Please respect copyright.PENANAvBkTr0tc5D
into heaven.783Please respect copyright.PENANAaIirqzg7kP
I stepped out of the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAEjqKKOiDlP
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAeTp51IXiXF
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 783Please respect copyright.PENANABcOzQd21ax
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAeoOFNVuQrc
soft red carpet.783Please respect copyright.PENANAoWaZy6Svm8
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.783Please respect copyright.PENANAMJSwUM3QXV
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."783Please respect copyright.PENANAZXxS41HpjF
I looked down the hall 783Please respect copyright.PENANAHZlASQpXAE
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAxvmzp9wrRr
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 783Please respect copyright.PENANASMQxWsensn
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 783Please respect copyright.PENANAR6SFpnHBj7
coming.783Please respect copyright.PENANAIvYCIplbek
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.783Please respect copyright.PENANAfkb7h3V3X1
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAS8Ixv8v3KF
"Ladies first," said Derrick.783Please respect copyright.PENANAydBFm5YnnE
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.783Please respect copyright.PENANAgUhB0zP8Gl
"This place is very 783Please respect copyright.PENANAxDhoImKbGi
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the783Please respect copyright.PENANAkdZB079Oa1
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 783Please respect copyright.PENANAV1jEoadild
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the783Please respect copyright.PENANA4OlyQdO5z7
wall.783Please respect copyright.PENANA2TzQyQxDTC
I looked to the other 783Please respect copyright.PENANAGlB1oRHJ8B
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 783Please respect copyright.PENANAARlni2JIoN
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 783Please respect copyright.PENANAk28UD1VrtM
beautiful flower vases with orchids.783Please respect copyright.PENANA038Wekjt4v
"I see you like 783Please respect copyright.PENANAvtH6vu289m
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 783Please respect copyright.PENANA8L2EUs8d0D
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.783Please respect copyright.PENANAqbbUCskA9l
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAkHt1NO0NlD
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.783Please respect copyright.PENANACpHOxORm2l
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."783Please respect copyright.PENANA3Cs37tDxN8
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.783Please respect copyright.PENANATvRZbmMaax
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"783Please respect copyright.PENANADAAsGXzkX3
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.783Please respect copyright.PENANA8ONzEpLY2L
The butler bowed and 783Please respect copyright.PENANAROGYBncSxE
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAAKCXQU9fm1
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAzwbPwJ7OgC
ground.783Please respect copyright.PENANAd9lXtUfzYD
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANAQb3Ax5Bdtp
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAzPJvV10s30
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.783Please respect copyright.PENANAipSJMRwsOJ
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.783Please respect copyright.PENANAmW4q51vSvI
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.783Please respect copyright.PENANATqo3bcBOSL
As we got to the dining 783Please respect copyright.PENANAH3IWH0pjq8
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 783Please respect copyright.PENANAXsd5fx6ub0
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and783Please respect copyright.PENANAWXxCj7znQA
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.783Please respect copyright.PENANAJrkaGzf3aL
The butler had served 783Please respect copyright.PENANAIH9aze8YhK
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 783Please respect copyright.PENANAH6L4P8FwuP
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 783Please respect copyright.PENANAFPWm1LXDNn
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 783Please respect copyright.PENANAiD4WCImr8I
next to the plates were spotless.783Please respect copyright.PENANA08vFi7Jdgi
Dishes of food were 783Please respect copyright.PENANAmpcM2WdFVH
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 783Please respect copyright.PENANAJYOxgAVFxx
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 783Please respect copyright.PENANAnciRwWxVr8
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 783Please respect copyright.PENANA37mcMs0lyY
lady.783Please respect copyright.PENANANA8LH2qMQ1
The butler helped to 783Please respect copyright.PENANAuzOiFkfW7W
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made783Please respect copyright.PENANAaCWR1TuoUk
sure not to eat too much and take my time.783Please respect copyright.PENANAzjtdQapq5m
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.783Please respect copyright.PENANA5Yk6AoQMKJ
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.783Please respect copyright.PENANAJMEugvTy8H
"Now, about the issue at783Please respect copyright.PENANAOKdneqRHkZ
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 783Please respect copyright.PENANA67Q4qEVsEB
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.783Please respect copyright.PENANA1BVjfzzuX2
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.783Please respect copyright.PENANAnzj7zy0eZ6
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."783Please respect copyright.PENANAP8Ps6gJR3T
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."783Please respect copyright.PENANA8KVIFKUyxp
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.783Please respect copyright.PENANAp6ArG2bCsI
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.783Please respect copyright.PENANAZjPqd42uBD
The photo showed Zoey in783Please respect copyright.PENANA1GtJha6QJV
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQJRYqZ5Ap8
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 783Please respect copyright.PENANAd5xvUe1BwH
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcdVfmxys7T
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 783Please respect copyright.PENANAWmt5RMy13o
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.783Please respect copyright.PENANA9pDHLmS22B
"I know this isn't 783Please respect copyright.PENANA5RvqBcnD63
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 783Please respect copyright.PENANAiKdC9Q11ZX
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAmqjSCwevxY
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.783Please respect copyright.PENANAxOpbsXFNtG
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?783Please respect copyright.PENANAXUZPbmtG84
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.783Please respect copyright.PENANA3HweCAmwb1
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.783Please respect copyright.PENANAumkGo7Vypd
I looked at the photo 783Please respect copyright.PENANAucf29QgDG2
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 783Please respect copyright.PENANA0Q2YS2tBRi
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your783Please respect copyright.PENANA8NBCcPIpX6
brother?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAdosFntBB0I
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.783Please respect copyright.PENANAbPbhNq9IbZ
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.783Please respect copyright.PENANAiLpp5VhWfY
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.783Please respect copyright.PENANAlNOgGtnfAQ
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"783Please respect copyright.PENANABO7Iq3pW0k
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."783Please respect copyright.PENANAgrTuyJ4BPL
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAPf9nUlhpP9
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."783Please respect copyright.PENANAhpKyOcg9Qh
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA34Jg1SXqHU
"I know my brother very 783Please respect copyright.PENANAcrhMcsL9UQ
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 783Please respect copyright.PENANARFjlPGtCAK
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."783Please respect copyright.PENANAYjGYYrAFJt
I then remembered the 783Please respect copyright.PENANAuMMfLQlMEt
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 783Please respect copyright.PENANAjEclBfigO5
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 783Please respect copyright.PENANAaZ68yEmSFN
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?783Please respect copyright.PENANAZkcydVPTyk
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAazI9U9WegT
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."783Please respect copyright.PENANARf0pczWC3K
"But that's strange. If 783Please respect copyright.PENANAQpKrqsbnwz
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 783Please respect copyright.PENANAd19MnGyJXf
don't see the reason why they would hide."783Please respect copyright.PENANAjRCjgpvzi0
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."783Please respect copyright.PENANA8mOGLmLraX
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAwRxslM0g4c
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.783Please respect copyright.PENANAw3r5ZEXPyX
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."783Please respect copyright.PENANA006SSr9ug9
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"783Please respect copyright.PENANA0ps1kw1qu2
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAfvnEOek11g
"Wait! That was him?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAG7d7IO14oL
"Yes. I was there."783Please respect copyright.PENANAhOyPV3zp5u
"You were there too?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAd9waZuKskA
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."783Please respect copyright.PENANAdBdD0Gopvz
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms783Please respect copyright.PENANA8twdfgQisC
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAq9pxYNaKwT
"She is."783Please respect copyright.PENANAkGFV0yGaiz
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAdCpXC1Y1Uk
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."783Please respect copyright.PENANAvnWz7bsKfO
"And do you really think she would?"783Please respect copyright.PENANAsnYTMmfd1K
I thought about his 783Please respect copyright.PENANALEuLetmpS5
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth783Please respect copyright.PENANAIJQ1R5yuqf
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what783Please respect copyright.PENANANQtPpMmPSE
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.783Please respect copyright.PENANAld0IFoRLvr
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.783Please respect copyright.PENANASNXX5YJmMc
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.783Please respect copyright.PENANA1LUd9FOibe
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."783Please respect copyright.PENANAHEvQzMO3q6
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.783Please respect copyright.PENANA8Z1PvOjUCn
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.783Please respect copyright.PENANAtCvKZiJMbv
"Before I go, tell me 783Please respect copyright.PENANAVuvoeV7TIy
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 783Please respect copyright.PENANAhyj5RpUrtX
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."