Have you ever been awake753Please respect copyright.PENANA5gRitZB17x
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart753Please respect copyright.PENANAtaE7HTIyyG
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAaKurAt4Idp
day goes on?753Please respect copyright.PENANAoy5s7JPaqv
That's how I felt right at this moment.753Please respect copyright.PENANAZbfaTyqMw2
I tossed in my bed, 753Please respect copyright.PENANA2H5RZfzuG8
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 753Please respect copyright.PENANATG1dzrZn8S
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun753Please respect copyright.PENANAZXb4ibgzd0
could come up so that I could meet my end already.753Please respect copyright.PENANAkCcpUhiSP5
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAgtAT8ZuYhl
I fell back on my bed, 753Please respect copyright.PENANApqSlZOmQk6
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 753Please respect copyright.PENANALJSXxVoUIU
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 753Please respect copyright.PENANAiqAbCOeGTn
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHCknVYQjSY
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 753Please respect copyright.PENANAon5ZwpO4wx
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEuq7do3pGy
mind even to dream.753Please respect copyright.PENANAjBIBIbCzHz
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.753Please respect copyright.PENANA8NkEf0vTGu
How I wish I could fall 753Please respect copyright.PENANAMhEA82Te6S
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I753Please respect copyright.PENANANKbMa1Gi7h
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I753Please respect copyright.PENANAhFdPJD96T7
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.753Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZUfU9VkGi
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAYS0kM3Xqlz
I knew I now had to face753Please respect copyright.PENANAThz5lY5Nzz
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 753Please respect copyright.PENANAgtijUlHc0R
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even753Please respect copyright.PENANAVgxU6AEN7t
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 753Please respect copyright.PENANAG0k9uvpa6O
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.753Please respect copyright.PENANALsKAJOAm2p
I knew her persistence 753Please respect copyright.PENANA2808I2Qc70
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 753Please respect copyright.PENANArabRA6NpF8
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 753Please respect copyright.PENANAsLZBEXj7cA
her if I had to tell her the truth.753Please respect copyright.PENANAccaAMtnnDG
I know sometimes we 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEu5RpToxbf
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 753Please respect copyright.PENANA8Lyy34G1cd
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHoVjdCGEw2
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAWaVohfkH6k
had now reached that point.753Please respect copyright.PENANAJvAnUTOMHJ
I sighed again as I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAuiIU9KEbBm
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAxwsn2OMiRh
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?753Please respect copyright.PENANAJFKxOTcKTo
If it came to G-Dragon, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAJzMm2s8LrR
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I753Please respect copyright.PENANAxMIn6UeJnf
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 753Please respect copyright.PENANA38ZmlsSxpi
lot harder.753Please respect copyright.PENANAB5JETtAbGt
How was I going to tell 753Please respect copyright.PENANAhHGnC2nv0i
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 753Please respect copyright.PENANA3vk0400oSB
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAgJcA8zXvc9
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 753Please respect copyright.PENANAdiexbehS5F
either.753Please respect copyright.PENANAlTeEkQjaRN
I kicked out the bed 753Please respect copyright.PENANA9yfdEmXxVL
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 753Please respect copyright.PENANA6R00CALUND
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room753Please respect copyright.PENANAV0PKeV2wxI
in my purple pyjamas.753Please respect copyright.PENANA05NfnGq58A
I went straight for the 753Please respect copyright.PENANA18FAwPsQDq
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 753Please respect copyright.PENANATsOZWRCPgm
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 753Please respect copyright.PENANASU9AtQ6wXn
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my753Please respect copyright.PENANABkJ1EoKBH0
mum.753Please respect copyright.PENANAkTeBwkLXwU
Hopefully, I was calling753Please respect copyright.PENANAgv0yyZDxwS
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 753Please respect copyright.PENANA0p7lOX44hc
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 753Please respect copyright.PENANAznfnpcJ1y7
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?753Please respect copyright.PENANAKRd5D06o0u
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.753Please respect copyright.PENANAijL8Nc2n4L
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.753Please respect copyright.PENANAIPkBY5dGcQ
"Hello, Sam?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAkG35iovHWD
"Hi, mum."753Please respect copyright.PENANAMjMhgTRr8f
"Sam, how are you, dear?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA9jcmIISXRU
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAICkKVUnyPl
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 753Please respect copyright.PENANA92xaPwBrH5
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 753Please respect copyright.PENANAH0203FNlBx
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."753Please respect copyright.PENANAEk1E6g4fdt
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."753Please respect copyright.PENANAlyZNMjtq4u
"Ya, I can see you guys 753Please respect copyright.PENANAu59jaCCK3w
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAXfPcPYT1Xi
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 753Please respect copyright.PENANAVvBWBXV0Ya
her computer as she looked at the pictures.753Please respect copyright.PENANAo0HiYDSaky
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."753Please respect copyright.PENANAMH1jU9Wkwc
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."753Please respect copyright.PENANApJxrAcoeic
"I'll check out the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAkV3UEQoZEO
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 753Please respect copyright.PENANACS5Uba4ck3
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEpM6MVyXEe
Why aren't you asleep?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAU3tP0jdEE3
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAbMvBVClmkY
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."753Please respect copyright.PENANAiHzxi6xSxw
I could imagine my mum 753Please respect copyright.PENANAcMoa7Iq7Y6
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on753Please respect copyright.PENANAojHr01naRj
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 753Please respect copyright.PENANAeeBU6VsGlc
her arms folded.753Please respect copyright.PENANACtXBCB8DmF
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA7hbdu2AcCG
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.753Please respect copyright.PENANARp4dDaHIOd
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."753Please respect copyright.PENANA3n2swYK5ul
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."753Please respect copyright.PENANA61inPI6ew6
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAu2JgLq3bEF
"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."753Please respect copyright.PENANALuGvLuBz5s
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."753Please respect copyright.PENANAYq3lQZgE8U
"I've been lying to Zoey753Please respect copyright.PENANAlaGWenUD4i
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 753Please respect copyright.PENANAO4GND0orhH
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 753Please respect copyright.PENANApdOcCi7F1J
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."753Please respect copyright.PENANAUwlaik9zN8
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."753Please respect copyright.PENANAadRj4Uoirk
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAW28CNRCqzp
"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."753Please respect copyright.PENANAYjuUGsBCQU
"Trust me, mum, Collins 753Please respect copyright.PENANAaupeCVnJ4h
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 753Please respect copyright.PENANA5rq6PYas7r
that you shouldn't say a word either."753Please respect copyright.PENANAzNEArYeGAY
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.753Please respect copyright.PENANA4iMp4i06GU
"You know I can never 753Please respect copyright.PENANAg1bwrkkJXh
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 753Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZvxsBRE5e
matter of life and death. I've no choice."753Please respect copyright.PENANAzYbHrM6f94
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAPMR3MMs2AQ
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."753Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7xNQGVTKE
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."753Please respect copyright.PENANAg5YssP4yqM
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.753Please respect copyright.PENANAzDh8BEfRem
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."753Please respect copyright.PENANAK0SmYZnaBT
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."753Please respect copyright.PENANAzIZqXSUnX8
There was silence at the other end. Until....753Please respect copyright.PENANAxg3eScNvwb
"WHAT!"753Please respect copyright.PENANAIZzJJMhcjc
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."753Please respect copyright.PENANA8CHWdFu5kF
"Then what is it? The 753Please respect copyright.PENANARLejxPbMcO
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 753Please respect copyright.PENANAszmuEcXE4p
feel like you're betraying your best friend."753Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0Amjsmu8a
"It was like that at 753Please respect copyright.PENANATxleJxSNhS
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close753Please respect copyright.PENANAoxEIwI0Bpv
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 753Please respect copyright.PENANA6hV8AyTAM1
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining753Please respect copyright.PENANAyrZR2iV5kG
fingers.753Please respect copyright.PENANASmyeXFpfnL
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAIg3TnkDDM0
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."753Please respect copyright.PENANAG0W6LktIe8
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."753Please respect copyright.PENANAWLUl1MpA54
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."753Please respect copyright.PENANAOmjgFdCNz3
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.753Please respect copyright.PENANASEF8nrCrgh
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."753Please respect copyright.PENANAOxac1bGsOo
"And that's not the worst part."753Please respect copyright.PENANABnjbedZMAx
I told her what happened753Please respect copyright.PENANATZ3uXrBwxf
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in753Please respect copyright.PENANA9N4WMIFP3j
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAC6syBvQQVI
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung753Please respect copyright.PENANA44Qdfe4He5
and the kiss.753Please respect copyright.PENANAdEXB0H6FZP
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.753Please respect copyright.PENANArxvKqbqEqh
"Ssh, and listen."753Please respect copyright.PENANAsrqxLhdJZ7
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.753Please respect copyright.PENANAhvDgC53XbO
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."753Please respect copyright.PENANAAeH8hjCQtL
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."753Please respect copyright.PENANAG1xrBXzJbA
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAmjcjRxcAaK
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."753Please respect copyright.PENANAf11g4Cymsh
"Are you scared?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAdBDUnMUlf9
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAyYEHJZIxf4
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."753Please respect copyright.PENANA9AOs31ha3y
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.753Please respect copyright.PENANAMv9xsSnqDt
"We all get hurt at some753Please respect copyright.PENANAlidpq5zNq3
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwqcKctpNqU
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4sfY2MdRrZ
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 753Please respect copyright.PENANAqEFxG0J1Cz
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."753Please respect copyright.PENANAlbt3wO0eBF
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.753Please respect copyright.PENANABiAJnsEpiD
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.753Please respect copyright.PENANAqkK3ULPvIZ
"Don't cry, okay? You're753Please respect copyright.PENANAJn1vjDdjoh
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 753Please respect copyright.PENANAaqA90csQm8
will need all the rest you can get."753Please respect copyright.PENANAC2ItWSuS56
"Yes, mum. I will."753Please respect copyright.PENANAAZMXlvsJcz
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAje2X5L5PN1
"Okay. Bye."753Please respect copyright.PENANARdmelkcVLr
I hang up and I quickly 753Please respect copyright.PENANA0Pe21AQxVy
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 753Please respect copyright.PENANAKGopfbbpIX
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 753Please respect copyright.PENANAraZmW2LQ02
arms.753Please respect copyright.PENANAJUru5nU4wv
It must have been some 753Please respect copyright.PENANAwDPNvyHn7O
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 753Please respect copyright.PENANADeJEPYBcjo
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.753Please respect copyright.PENANAIbqwOS1LhV
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAOJsURbNlO8
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."753Please respect copyright.PENANA0iGffxblNs
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."753Please respect copyright.PENANAYaPdtBEqZs
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.753Please respect copyright.PENANAnpit1PrOPz
"Sadly, it isn't, my 753Please respect copyright.PENANA8Vmv69cozS
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 753Please respect copyright.PENANAd66lkq6noc
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."753Please respect copyright.PENANAJwByDX3KEu
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.753Please respect copyright.PENANAFws1OnUbQl
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAbsjvVCkD7p
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."753Please respect copyright.PENANALAv0EVczAL
"So, start talking right now."753Please respect copyright.PENANAadODbA1AP1
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAZuKO0Rg7kN
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."753Please respect copyright.PENANATOhliKwfsd
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.753Please respect copyright.PENANABa9xyPAo8y
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."753Please respect copyright.PENANAuwtL4rMWDf
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAXUX0NfLknV
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."753Please respect copyright.PENANAbjHSzsDDZz
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAW8DHz25KhE
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."753Please respect copyright.PENANAIRjlL5d5Ky
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.753Please respect copyright.PENANAw1CnKlY06P
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."753Please respect copyright.PENANA39aXjlqDtG
"You like him, don't you?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAIafUfR9uEs
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?753Please respect copyright.PENANA5D6jvoi6Ad
"I..uh...no, that's not it."753Please respect copyright.PENANARMJFEOCFx4
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."753Please respect copyright.PENANAAAOkhwFl0G
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."753Please respect copyright.PENANAHsbjsBtBz9
"Expected from me?" Zoey753Please respect copyright.PENANAbnLWWLDCxZ
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.753Please respect copyright.PENANALYeDzPILQC
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."753Please respect copyright.PENANAoGS5ReVsWQ
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.753Please respect copyright.PENANAupldwFg8Vj
"I know you feel guilty 753Please respect copyright.PENANAYdL5wJUYQI
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know753Please respect copyright.PENANArk4NG6ddVg
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."753Please respect copyright.PENANA5LgxfZ7zJp
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?753Please respect copyright.PENANApzuWF81M7a
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAELTJ26Ojft
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."753Please respect copyright.PENANAxMhCriGSza
I wanted to slap my 753Please respect copyright.PENANAI82dlnKOb0
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't753Please respect copyright.PENANAi1X26TaLD5
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 753Please respect copyright.PENANAPHWPTlNkhp
it gets out of hand.753Please respect copyright.PENANAPaKoETxroW
"Zoey, listen to me," I 753Please respect copyright.PENANA5F5MT4waJw
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 753Please respect copyright.PENANAE2tEE59Vwu
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."753Please respect copyright.PENANASdzgQqNnuS
I paused. That was odd. 753Please respect copyright.PENANA5Z1pxhrLtE
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I753Please respect copyright.PENANAC2A0xaHbqF
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.753Please respect copyright.PENANAORc4Cju9uY
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAxoFN7nFER6
What was wrong with me? I753Please respect copyright.PENANAOs4Tfzgkcj
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 753Please respect copyright.PENANAWFEt5hoeSv
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 753Please respect copyright.PENANAhMrrJkVljJ
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.753Please respect copyright.PENANAu92Tj82ZuY
"You're weird, Sam," 753Please respect copyright.PENANAqAzN9SwF9h
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 753Please respect copyright.PENANAe5Q18GvhIp
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 753Please respect copyright.PENANAGUHZbfZ8uL
waiting."753Please respect copyright.PENANAA9JtJQyxLj
Zoey closed the door and753Please respect copyright.PENANAL9Zqu03RU4
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 753Please respect copyright.PENANAjfbyFbt9Zw
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 753Please respect copyright.PENANARdgnWNK8Zs
harder than I thought.753Please respect copyright.PENANAdg9T9TQ0KO
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.753Please respect copyright.PENANA53IayF71Qh
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.753Please respect copyright.PENANA89qzjD62aT
I stood up from my bed 753Please respect copyright.PENANACcb7kkxF1d
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 753Please respect copyright.PENANAtpnk4nF4h0
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which753Please respect copyright.PENANAu5NRfRAj6s
is the most important part.753Please respect copyright.PENANA5ohOYp98ji
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."753Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ2B2D7jb6
Whatever my conscious 753Please respect copyright.PENANAp7mgtOV0lN
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 753Please respect copyright.PENANA8dNAtKvlLj
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 753Please respect copyright.PENANA6sXPk2XrWG
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.753Please respect copyright.PENANApoGfBYq4AT
If that was the case, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAz07iqrnUPY
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 753Please respect copyright.PENANAKX3qzAopJH
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 753Please respect copyright.PENANAdnvO5rKvE2
shattered completely.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwlyYirRbqu
While I was trying to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAewSvcjtJdu
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach753Please respect copyright.PENANADrIoZr67i4
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.753Please respect copyright.PENANAgZeiIjGVkF
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?753Please respect copyright.PENANAB2u1nu7QXp
I answered the call. "Hello?"753Please respect copyright.PENANALrbhHRYMB8
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.753Please respect copyright.PENANA3NOTUiMirW
I held my breath. That 753Please respect copyright.PENANACm75GQLW4q
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 753Please respect copyright.PENANAjwKCjHfRY3
asking that question, not thinking it.753Please respect copyright.PENANAMY0B6LhWnm
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA2QshY061wr
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."753Please respect copyright.PENANAfTCe5k5p78
"Talk? Talk about what?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAqJ6XsPY44S
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAJGcxZGCIt1
"Photo? What...?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA5a4XSugNx4
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.753Please respect copyright.PENANASWTcvW8i3a
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"753Please respect copyright.PENANABHgEtg5YN8
"If you haven't seen it,753Please respect copyright.PENANAQCEKrHEp5s
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 753Please respect copyright.PENANA75xORH2jrg
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAXEbLNfxuWz
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?753Please respect copyright.PENANAgYz8nsijON
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAVL6AfjhQVj
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."753Please respect copyright.PENANAPwFVZgWfGy
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAP2e7Gkk1Sv
I could soon hear the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEYeLigd9re
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmFOfUNIJ3H
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAdha7iIn2fZ
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.753Please respect copyright.PENANA8Kd6lr4GHe
I looked back at my 753Please respect copyright.PENANAnJpMvOo84T
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I753Please respect copyright.PENANAK73illR4kv
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 753Please respect copyright.PENANAcM9SKXnota
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAtZtFc3iOxV
download the photo.753Please respect copyright.PENANAtU04g7Q2d9
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAdUwxKthLTK
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA5tEOhuczlq
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."753Please respect copyright.PENANASauMCy5DDc
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."753Please respect copyright.PENANAGwAJBEOzyw
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."753Please respect copyright.PENANA67TwynxJIy
I nodded and Lee left. I753Please respect copyright.PENANAqNV9acrQww
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 753Please respect copyright.PENANANBrwxtPY0v
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.753Please respect copyright.PENANASH7UGfZ6oK
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."753Please respect copyright.PENANAVBUsqktVym
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.753Please respect copyright.PENANARaLXUbx9FX
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.753Please respect copyright.PENANA84rxs7XmpF
"Zoey!"753Please respect copyright.PENANAsAyHdvagTN
"Not a word, Sam. You're753Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0BS0SeuZK
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 753Please respect copyright.PENANAA9eDyXuOvR
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's753Please respect copyright.PENANATuaYFBab1x
up with you today."753Please respect copyright.PENANABJiWXFd8SP
If only she knew. So 753Please respect copyright.PENANAuR1aBoKyXA
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one753Please respect copyright.PENANAC5M1y6lMkn
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.753Please respect copyright.PENANAK4u25wQ3zl
I went to the bathroom 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4IjyOXTyuX
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAUo2qj63NiZ
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 753Please respect copyright.PENANA8OfTjemI5N
reflection.753Please respect copyright.PENANA2RR6M2YaPY
I looked like I hadn't 753Please respect copyright.PENANA37d4tdDox8
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAN5FcEzVIbW
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 753Please respect copyright.PENANA8BkEGdabZF
if not by two.753Please respect copyright.PENANAfPDas5z6vP
G-Dragon and Zoey were 753Please respect copyright.PENANAg9Rp8mhwpL
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 753Please respect copyright.PENANAcDadeqIFWQ
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 753Please respect copyright.PENANAA38HPzJqaW
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 753Please respect copyright.PENANA7WGXqE4ict
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?753Please respect copyright.PENANAyLxA03RP03
After I took a quick 753Please respect copyright.PENANAt4ouG2dvXf
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone753Please respect copyright.PENANA7KVm6DFo9B
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 753Please respect copyright.PENANAdnENpSKuYm
the bathroom to get her makeup done.753Please respect copyright.PENANAORWq0HhdoU
I unlocked my phone. I 753Please respect copyright.PENANA6J7Cm4lC6s
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 753Please respect copyright.PENANAyZkRDfp55w
photo must be done downloading by now.753Please respect copyright.PENANAKj0E1m72Uk
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?753Please respect copyright.PENANAFNNBtdE0Cr
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?753Please respect copyright.PENANASYLngIB181
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.753Please respect copyright.PENANAXKP40o5SFp
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.753Please respect copyright.PENANALvAHsfJbAP
"Morning. How was your night?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAsxbQFqh2JY
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."753Please respect copyright.PENANAFNd2OlxacW
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAMxc8u7vIVL
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.753Please respect copyright.PENANAc5zoiQwb3N
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."753Please respect copyright.PENANA9HjMWqcY61
I smiled a little. At 753Please respect copyright.PENANAhMNZYGsLEu
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAs7x4kCSlmN
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAr0J8fGPHzV
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAi9kvxE3OQV
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."753Please respect copyright.PENANANP7h4GNPpp
"You too."753Please respect copyright.PENANAca0hFcM4QT
He cut the line and I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZj7hcxGJ6l
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 753Please respect copyright.PENANACtDfLqFn7U
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 753Please respect copyright.PENANAjnThsd7G9b
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.753Please respect copyright.PENANAv5TLM02l1g
After I dressed up and 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEgH8yah4oz
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEbSO35WneJ
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAl0MxmsVpkj
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 753Please respect copyright.PENANASY6x6LxL9U
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAO752ttxhzU
room.753Please respect copyright.PENANAmUynLVTG33
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.753Please respect copyright.PENANAYy10GCE0YJ
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.753Please respect copyright.PENANAsitAI8Yf41
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.753Please respect copyright.PENANAaG9H0MZMxl
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."753Please respect copyright.PENANAArZleS0B87
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."753Please respect copyright.PENANATB1pce9SML
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwc04zE8GAx
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAlaGLy2wxEJ
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAZQfb2FEbbN
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.753Please respect copyright.PENANAg1QKXCajJX
"What?" I asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAY1kK9eUbGK
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."753Please respect copyright.PENANAjRK4nNMzJT
I frowned. "So?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAxppMlJXPjE
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.753Please respect copyright.PENANASFUpbxV9vI
I was still confused. "So?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAXUT8KQxSsC
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.753Please respect copyright.PENANAJLPeHuEsbR
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.753Please respect copyright.PENANAoItkbn6wvE
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?753Please respect copyright.PENANAvbsvdlSGgJ
"I don't see the harm in753Please respect copyright.PENANAlat7hsrltB
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 753Please respect copyright.PENANAESVS3j8kjm
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 753Please respect copyright.PENANARmSuwl4An4
that wrong?"753Please respect copyright.PENANARR8eAyKlbL
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.753Please respect copyright.PENANA3opeI13gN5
"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."753Please respect copyright.PENANAIbyl41F7vC
"I can see that," said 753Please respect copyright.PENANAXSSlr0SB7z
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZNSENe0glE
me but I decided not to say anything.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwYDzYrDdU3
When we were done with 753Please respect copyright.PENANA47c9otr7dY
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAwRcbzqkYvN
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 753Please respect copyright.PENANAYV0rvG7HkU
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 753Please respect copyright.PENANArsXvdUopFM
looking at my phone.753Please respect copyright.PENANAKmi9a2R6DN
When everyone in the car753Please respect copyright.PENANAwpCEKn5fBQ
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in753Please respect copyright.PENANANs2lNeTOk5
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 753Please respect copyright.PENANALA55wBEL99
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.753Please respect copyright.PENANAbKmdSfuwtL
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAeUMn1wWWW7
I quickly pressed the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAaVrhd0OTYC
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAv7i7oDIB1x
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.753Please respect copyright.PENANAaRdHmnwKoj
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.753Please respect copyright.PENANADiDmIyL4Ft
"May I see?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAI5GB09lTLG
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."753Please respect copyright.PENANAIoU5HXFfpk
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."753Please respect copyright.PENANAKrAqewCcvq
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAw4x7OzIkEv
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."753Please respect copyright.PENANA6XcNwAO1fz
I wish I could tell him 753Please respect copyright.PENANARbWFvmx0ei
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 753Please respect copyright.PENANAt98v8ZSaqp
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.753Please respect copyright.PENANACzAqv9nY23
Now that I had seen the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAPzSkXMf76C
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 753Please respect copyright.PENANARfAXST1Tzo
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZjttxy3lRy
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.753Please respect copyright.PENANAh6nTk1mtQD
Speaking of which, I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAqHu8wsg8pC
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was753Please respect copyright.PENANAd0a6GdZBsX
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHhJqxcN6Pm
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAcxVzuxBZlq
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 753Please respect copyright.PENANAPFfssNI8zC
further onto the edge, I would burst.753Please respect copyright.PENANASOAD14BuvH
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAaH1v0NsKMB
My heart skipped a beat.753Please respect copyright.PENANAaOUaNdZLzM
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting753Please respect copyright.PENANAUlqDjXHSDz
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmr1hvgNmJ7
choice.753Please respect copyright.PENANAOYGKlPghQ6
As soon as I stepped out753Please respect copyright.PENANAV0lz9CocJh
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAN7nkuzBu50
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAI1JBT62ER8
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAqe6o5HBU7n
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."753Please respect copyright.PENANA39HdyiLo8a
"You're aren't the only 753Please respect copyright.PENANADxSDcXFeig
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 753Please respect copyright.PENANA9zypM0Ncr0
to work on that when we get in there."753Please respect copyright.PENANAzKmeLvv59z
I managed to put up a 753Please respect copyright.PENANACN4z8OjGXu
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How753Please respect copyright.PENANAqZvRn9BtmF
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.753Please respect copyright.PENANAjo23IiecSa
As I came into the lobby753Please respect copyright.PENANAf7dCT4rEYB
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 753Please respect copyright.PENANAhEmedEW8ca
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.753Please respect copyright.PENANATknJz5cCzp
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."753Please respect copyright.PENANAwflzgFcYA4
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.753Please respect copyright.PENANAmHgNLPziMk
We all got in the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ75cGOf7i
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up753Please respect copyright.PENANAfYDbLt25Z2
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 753Please respect copyright.PENANAh0GN7wgDHX
things.753Please respect copyright.PENANAeKtzPU5wHk
We got to the dance 753Please respect copyright.PENANAgptyRB1NKF
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 753Please respect copyright.PENANANpB5otpMij
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.753Please respect copyright.PENANAvbF93dAhQm
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.753Please respect copyright.PENANAkXdTt9S2Lg
I was too lost in 753Please respect copyright.PENANA83qL0L4t8I
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 753Please respect copyright.PENANACcl6nzuBzP
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.753Please respect copyright.PENANAXH3hV4y7b9
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAOr1U5GgX5h
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.753Please respect copyright.PENANAx2OeBY67mv
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.753Please respect copyright.PENANAQfGLtadWNp
"Tell me about it," said753Please respect copyright.PENANA8VJJrYJZxE
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her753Please respect copyright.PENANAZrxxGlUVa4
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."753Please respect copyright.PENANA17LyxTi6r2
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANA8JQIW3rGmJ
"Too weird," said Daniel.753Please respect copyright.PENANA3aIp1Gubm6
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."753Please respect copyright.PENANAO54mICL1er
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.753Please respect copyright.PENANAOkHUWHi1tA
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.753Please respect copyright.PENANAZGH4GhzYmC
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.753Please respect copyright.PENANAayQeHHdKzR
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.753Please respect copyright.PENANASqj51GhoFA
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."753Please respect copyright.PENANAsgG7lD27EI
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAaRmfbTGnUq
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.753Please respect copyright.PENANARJXgqiw9uR
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."753Please respect copyright.PENANAimFqF1Zza9
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."753Please respect copyright.PENANAy8FOvOedfR
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."753Please respect copyright.PENANAGcGnBDaUVs
"I'm not."753Please respect copyright.PENANAk6lB3tS3ln
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAk0wISTjY9T
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAfLgFQhpuv4
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.753Please respect copyright.PENANAiunJFPDp9E
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.753Please respect copyright.PENANAn7ticdkRxT
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.753Please respect copyright.PENANApjnRkSlL7l
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."753Please respect copyright.PENANA7vT5GMwsz5
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."753Please respect copyright.PENANAHUDfvEX0m4
Before I could turn 753Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZtnMas4Jy
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 753Please respect copyright.PENANAsvOmnHLAqi
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.753Please respect copyright.PENANAmN3J5H7K0E
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.753Please respect copyright.PENANAXAd7YmLMpT
I took the crown from 753Please respect copyright.PENANA9ytejQRK96
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was753Please respect copyright.PENANAWPdr0r0OSp
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 753Please respect copyright.PENANANr9QWaCoLF
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 753Please respect copyright.PENANAVoLWsz40ol
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.753Please respect copyright.PENANA3niAnB6Zdo
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.753Please respect copyright.PENANAL978DXi5Za
"It is," said Seungri 753Please respect copyright.PENANAupmAuEBw1y
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 753Please respect copyright.PENANAsnie5bsfhm
stones because it's your birth stone."753Please respect copyright.PENANAtln7tMigt8
"Aww! Thank you so much,753Please respect copyright.PENANAOB9cLCILws
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew753Please respect copyright.PENANA0JIGW6sQvq
he was going to brighten up my day today.753Please respect copyright.PENANA9JheECcfkU
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"753Please respect copyright.PENANAzs0THDJfM7
"I want to wear it," 753Please respect copyright.PENANAolyMsCqTRn
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAIYp9wIwMlA
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.753Please respect copyright.PENANABuwJIsL14v
"Don't I look like a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAnnyweLEkb2
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 753Please respect copyright.PENANA5sluZVoCQS
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.753Please respect copyright.PENANAjbpvqLxibD
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.753Please respect copyright.PENANANo89q2goF6
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.753Please respect copyright.PENANAnxCgP7X5Py
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.753Please respect copyright.PENANALLllgS23TA
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.753Please respect copyright.PENANAi0qQF3ECKG
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."753Please respect copyright.PENANA9KKK40mAR0
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.753Please respect copyright.PENANAOFuP0sv0Pz
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.753Please respect copyright.PENANAEJabIXib24
"May her royal majesty 753Please respect copyright.PENANA0TOUuvNuNk
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 753Please respect copyright.PENANASi3dviETTL
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.753Please respect copyright.PENANAkWxHkSu71q
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.753Please respect copyright.PENANAEApDQr0iEZ
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.753Please respect copyright.PENANAMpgVTYfXTX
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.753Please respect copyright.PENANAnIgfPKWqBD
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.753Please respect copyright.PENANAirj45QBr1l
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.753Please respect copyright.PENANAr3z1xI1vfN
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.753Please respect copyright.PENANApQWKbnjAsA
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAX9ZqjcXlub
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."753Please respect copyright.PENANAjtUSiWTHOw
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."753Please respect copyright.PENANAWZmMpiJSPW
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."753Please respect copyright.PENANAOZOZDftfmG
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.753Please respect copyright.PENANANOdMEb6Jyn
She couldn't tell the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAkk3nzw9uCY
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took753Please respect copyright.PENANAAmHA72hXqb
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group753Please respect copyright.PENANA4e4qFCIqsB
photo with me in the middle.753Please respect copyright.PENANAP3KgaVTNp4
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.753Please respect copyright.PENANA2XdqG2OPOl
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.753Please respect copyright.PENANAdjsLNaVv51
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."753Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y8q85Stir
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."753Please respect copyright.PENANAanBXrSLanT
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.753Please respect copyright.PENANAUyLnjV8oXW
Zoey smiled. "Even better."753Please respect copyright.PENANA5YkIeLWaL4
G-Dragon turned to 753Please respect copyright.PENANASavZs6sj0q
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAuF9e1koi5u
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 753Please respect copyright.PENANAtQe8Hj3pp1
him and he will find us."753Please respect copyright.PENANAOWFKUKNA03
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.753Please respect copyright.PENANAqWqeKCtxIV
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."753Please respect copyright.PENANAqDyEqJATaJ
We all stood on one side753Please respect copyright.PENANAfobx8SUnVU
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 753Please respect copyright.PENANAFdFoDdzlZt
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 753Please respect copyright.PENANANkiytaayil
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.753Please respect copyright.PENANAuLWxyGwC3v
"So, I was thinking, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAynybpdfWXr
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHFnNjhlTHW
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 753Please respect copyright.PENANARfjEInyIRr
guys."753Please respect copyright.PENANABmLOxS6rtS
Christine came forward 753Please respect copyright.PENANAKOYxGn1NQY
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 753Please respect copyright.PENANAKjSRnRwzDM
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.753Please respect copyright.PENANAx85sBN1ZSD
With Christine and Mike 753Please respect copyright.PENANANiJOrLGOCt
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 753Please respect copyright.PENANAq5qloWMx1J
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAaL8BE4fxzF
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 753Please respect copyright.PENANAayI1pa2zDK
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 753Please respect copyright.PENANAahxrKq9Fb0
themselves back and they again their backs touched.753Please respect copyright.PENANAvKsc4tkv5K
With a bit of skilful 753Please respect copyright.PENANADanA9Sd717
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew753Please respect copyright.PENANA5RmzBqgjw1
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 753Please respect copyright.PENANApVVl7sn4kZ
air.753Please respect copyright.PENANAxJnF7sGswB
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."753Please respect copyright.PENANA0hFCCRbon7
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.753Please respect copyright.PENANAtYhjT39WFo
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.753Please respect copyright.PENANAV1GEtDEAaO
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.753Please respect copyright.PENANA5OyLvTboKc
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.753Please respect copyright.PENANAhidOih2tIG
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAgtDc6YT5Dg
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.753Please respect copyright.PENANAfijXQf57bQ
The door soon opened and753Please respect copyright.PENANAyCfBPmH8Ue
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 753Please respect copyright.PENANADlpeRVeo6e
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.753Please respect copyright.PENANAdxUUIdjRPL
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.753Please respect copyright.PENANAutuaPvz0se
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.753Please respect copyright.PENANAkt8XQYZak5
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."753Please respect copyright.PENANAhvd4pg4Lje
Mike and Christine 753Please respect copyright.PENANAbh13UH0z4J
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance753Please respect copyright.PENANABpRBJH6XKU
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 753Please respect copyright.PENANAPHPgwm6906
us will come in the scene.753Please respect copyright.PENANAETsdzt5KN0
"Mmmm," the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAeMbCgfx9tZ
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAVUhGVGGNzi
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.753Please respect copyright.PENANAPs8GoVh4gY
"I like it," said the 753Please respect copyright.PENANA6EsmCt63aF
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 753Please respect copyright.PENANARcLqqPeEQ4
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 753Please respect copyright.PENANAWEJw2H40Lx
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZNfxHDv0Qw
comes in."753Please respect copyright.PENANAgsqyl6gbKb
Zoey and G-Dragon took 753Please respect copyright.PENANAUoqYDcLrrg
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 753Please respect copyright.PENANAJcEbm3YEwS
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4rbEz8qOWA
were perfect.753Please respect copyright.PENANAoj1MLe4qKR
"Excellent," said the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAJcvTfoPHQY
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAfzl46IDpqB
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 753Please respect copyright.PENANADtf1Bfqdj5
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOGTRNqVjOb
formation in front of them."753Please respect copyright.PENANAahrWBP2GFm
We did as the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAIAPwKSflDK
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 753Please respect copyright.PENANAVLugmVx5c2
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4aJ7QVlBMP
the hang of it.753Please respect copyright.PENANAaLsX7xiUZt
A few minutes later, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAjuwBL2U4E9
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 753Please respect copyright.PENANA52PsDGntZU
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and753Please respect copyright.PENANAnBx7RPQum8
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.753Please respect copyright.PENANAmufWOwRZCI
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.753Please respect copyright.PENANAMmTStjGv90
I laughed, also staring 753Please respect copyright.PENANAepMXSJf13y
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your753Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ku4xiLqwY
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."753Please respect copyright.PENANAvVNRpP2NsP
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAWnonKqkP9T
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.753Please respect copyright.PENANAYvxFoSHLGi
I quickly scrambled up 753Please respect copyright.PENANAp1LUmwXjcy
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and753Please respect copyright.PENANAkzndh6e3kZ
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 753Please respect copyright.PENANA5au2EuJP6w
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHzVuvF0YmT
and removed my phone.753Please respect copyright.PENANADQD2ZOHyIY
I sent a message to the 753Please respect copyright.PENANABwz9VsN77d
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he753Please respect copyright.PENANA4MumQb19Nr
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 753Please respect copyright.PENANA0oV0BwP3fE
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.753Please respect copyright.PENANAWSwQ2YyKDI
"Good. We should meet."753Please respect copyright.PENANANXbCBD4dEK
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.753Please respect copyright.PENANAsKMy6O0Vaq
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."753Please respect copyright.PENANAfFfvyFN4rE
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."753Please respect copyright.PENANAEZFcN0ahLd
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.753Please respect copyright.PENANAgi8SIm1lzN
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAsEBfT4xPwX
"You're one smart 753Please respect copyright.PENANAMbpvUGuPhZ
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the753Please respect copyright.PENANAyUQsfyANHt
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4J3QYxNxSs
consequences."753Please respect copyright.PENANADUpNI3Df9M
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.753Please respect copyright.PENANAFoysv1A6vy
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."753Please respect copyright.PENANAPN3ptEwV70
"That's my girl."753Please respect copyright.PENANAZzvsLAZSAW
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.753Please respect copyright.PENANA51Xaa2gpcZ
As I tucked my phone 753Please respect copyright.PENANAPm6pA7Zouk
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 753Please respect copyright.PENANAV5zTGDx3cj
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAhcFbRWxkwX
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 753Please respect copyright.PENANAP0YuSZimU1
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.753Please respect copyright.PENANAz3UdUBNT0Q
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.753Please respect copyright.PENANAa9k48xql7l
When they both turned to753Please respect copyright.PENANA3HANcNBWul
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 753Please respect copyright.PENANA9itvLEN2yw
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAgRPXFp2LU4
couldn't help but feel that they were.753Please respect copyright.PENANAPwtiC0gAB2
I laid back down 753Please respect copyright.PENANAB4II3t2jpZ
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAfAPsbtytZF
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAgeGzR7IKkX
two of us had in our room this morning?753Please respect copyright.PENANAaEy7uVtgnC
Yikes! If she did, then I753Please respect copyright.PENANA41s5kBHO30
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 753Please respect copyright.PENANAIIBX0ouCVh
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 753Please respect copyright.PENANAiAgPbIJtX0
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 753Please respect copyright.PENANAlMaCkWwTy1
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.753Please respect copyright.PENANAFKbXknnskn
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.753Please respect copyright.PENANAFHCSrUCnS2
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.753Please respect copyright.PENANAAUgZDqPy0l
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.753Please respect copyright.PENANAE6nqqfe6nk
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.753Please respect copyright.PENANAxMT3oMUxnb
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.753Please respect copyright.PENANA6hHlHNpKaJ
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.753Please respect copyright.PENANAHWFGLBQjc1
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.753Please respect copyright.PENANAeSGjoM75F9
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.753Please respect copyright.PENANAHNY2kkFLlx
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwHWijm0XKS
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAVpTcCk7dMt
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAf2KMnqqsW6
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAiq98fodDvp
"No. It sounds great."753Please respect copyright.PENANAUqbMsyX6l6
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."753Please respect copyright.PENANA0GzMk984u6
"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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAVpA74uXphM
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.753Please respect copyright.PENANAiAhAgjAXqS
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."753Please respect copyright.PENANAQtA5XC0x9U
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAujRo1qGXTq
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.753Please respect copyright.PENANAh6zzNfKnHe
"True," said Taeyang.753Please respect copyright.PENANAsdAwh3OmgX
"Okay," I said, feeling a753Please respect copyright.PENANAsnI0AmedVo
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAx4luz7fvtB
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.753Please respect copyright.PENANAmZvepUIYSz
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.753Please respect copyright.PENANA1WzPAvxnEA
After the three had 753Please respect copyright.PENANAFkQnwnaSVA
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 753Please respect copyright.PENANAcLuCe6uISk
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.753Please respect copyright.PENANA6Vayf6qbeL
While we waited, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOI6vg7lORm
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid753Please respect copyright.PENANAeP8IqfxEeD
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAfQTwYdJTEL
expression on his face.753Please respect copyright.PENANAPm4NQPhjsq
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAUBsrru3qtf
He sounded serious and I753Please respect copyright.PENANAYPZDcheVof
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel753Please respect copyright.PENANAB8YmeR7YlJ
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.753Please respect copyright.PENANAQaH0BrXwbK
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.753Please respect copyright.PENANAQWUU7tHKu8
I got up from the floor 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4WVtwhKHbA
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 753Please respect copyright.PENANA49LaPxjuCd
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAWAWydfIWgg
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.753Please respect copyright.PENANAcmewGKcUZ1
I found G-Dragon three 753Please respect copyright.PENANATynbVUxzb8
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAqabYbylZud
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAbhQw31o6Pd
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 753Please respect copyright.PENANAghXCADdgAr
close.753Please respect copyright.PENANAeGTxoFuCI7
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAB4Qr4CE9O0
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAJFVa5y4h0Z
"It's about Zoey," he said.753Please respect copyright.PENANAPrvUn5lPSz
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAQvsJpBQbxt
"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?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAmdpJKG3RuX
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."753Please respect copyright.PENANAGCtPPlrELt
"Really? That's all you can say?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAMHfHw0LBf1
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."753Please respect copyright.PENANA5qfDW5Ccto
"But you almost had."753Please respect copyright.PENANAHMGxBceLPq
"Yet I couldn't."753Please respect copyright.PENANA4pZsd5Ss9m
"Zoey is right. You're 753Please respect copyright.PENANAMuryT41QNL
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 753Please respect copyright.PENANA7YiismMLHL
you know I was supposed to do it."753Please respect copyright.PENANAzCuNyqfXdE
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."753Please respect copyright.PENANAvzqNrUASSN
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"753Please respect copyright.PENANASN4iKdKDeW
I paused before I could say, "what?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAN18TCO2d8g
"You heard me loud and 753Please respect copyright.PENANAFBZ0BG5y7L
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 753Please respect copyright.PENANAW4N5pWQAka
to take matters into your own hands."753Please respect copyright.PENANAR0gZ9ISsTq
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANABx5WSPGMbT
"Wait, that's not true," I said.753Please respect copyright.PENANAa0XGApiVNh
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAt8RHoC3Ung
I now realised that I 753Please respect copyright.PENANA3BaJZXcU3y
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 753Please respect copyright.PENANA7kZnpCVayr
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his753Please respect copyright.PENANAQedFpqhcpm
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOGlL7x7VrK
bound to come up sooner rather than later.753Please respect copyright.PENANA0b1wTqVAUt
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"753Please respect copyright.PENANABGpbWaZqez
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."753Please respect copyright.PENANA7b8RKw6FXc
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAU9KlqdSlbe
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."753Please respect copyright.PENANAiRY2cvTp9d
G-Dragon took a step 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHlS626uXW4
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 753Please respect copyright.PENANAQIYzHHXh6F
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"753Please respect copyright.PENANAMT7orBXyfA
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."753Please respect copyright.PENANAzWw0m1om4k
"Then what did happen?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAEbLOIeWoPB
"All of this is nothing 753Please respect copyright.PENANA3XRhUAkrCd
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 753Please respect copyright.PENANATHinOaFPiM
happened that I myself couldn't control."753Please respect copyright.PENANA9Fs0vaNaLR
"Don't lie to me, Sam."753Please respect copyright.PENANAvaWIBNwK4n
"You know what, I'm 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZ78AL8F9Ee
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like753Please respect copyright.PENANAAxvkpOtpo2
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 753Please respect copyright.PENANApE2hBolD2l
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I753Please respect copyright.PENANAxENVqyS8vD
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."753Please respect copyright.PENANAuUTo6NUpeU
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"753Please respect copyright.PENANABfbqnWdZHe
"Yes. But I know you 753Please respect copyright.PENANA1wa5Qyc9LM
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHBULP5flZ3
for himself that he and I could never be together."753Please respect copyright.PENANAu3xAgUKCmQ
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.753Please respect copyright.PENANAQPEt1boEOE
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.753Please respect copyright.PENANApRaQSJQ7Kb
I turned around to head 753Please respect copyright.PENANAMruiYexF3h
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or753Please respect copyright.PENANAP7aybjGNhx
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.753Please respect copyright.PENANAtiJqAaTIwA
When I came back in the 753Please respect copyright.PENANA8vFzXTfeVo
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 753Please respect copyright.PENANABRKSZgFZh2
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.753Please respect copyright.PENANA8iTWAcpK2m
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANADmMRu6gFG3
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."753Please respect copyright.PENANAUzHF1xLY1d
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.753Please respect copyright.PENANAOcxpHnfv7M
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA2qUhQcM9QZ
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."753Please respect copyright.PENANAj7A66cow5O
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.753Please respect copyright.PENANAn4u3fkaYi9
I heard the door open 753Please respect copyright.PENANACU3QjUN9JU
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 753Please respect copyright.PENANAR2WeiUOKGZ
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.753Please respect copyright.PENANAr4r2DjI6ZA
"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."753Please respect copyright.PENANAg3RU9Jdq6A
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.753Please respect copyright.PENANAGtA2cYLUDR
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.753Please respect copyright.PENANABa3wdNk5h0
"Look guys," I said as 753Please respect copyright.PENANA5mwaN2NrKg
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm753Please respect copyright.PENANABECjscnR3j
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAia9kqTlFFd
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.753Please respect copyright.PENANAecHdsboUWy
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."753Please respect copyright.PENANADuggqnKpKR
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAEgqIgo1r1z
I didn't say anything 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4ci0Sw85Yb
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others753Please respect copyright.PENANA8eOqhoWN1e
who were waiting for either of us to say something.753Please respect copyright.PENANAGn71wmFJtS
Before anyone could 753Please respect copyright.PENANAaUVHzsNd9v
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOt9wxVqeKT
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 753Please respect copyright.PENANA5QX8fUREnL
we went back to practising.753Please respect copyright.PENANAKc08D9GtL1
I don't know how I 753Please respect copyright.PENANA6jdj4gp1oJ
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.753Please respect copyright.PENANAucDWYEd3Mc
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 753Please respect copyright.PENANAH7dYvwXyHv
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 753Please respect copyright.PENANAm0Y5NCqwzO
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my753Please respect copyright.PENANADpcwNv3PvU
head in the real world and not mess things up.753Please respect copyright.PENANATguUA1b3PX
It was lunch time and 753Please respect copyright.PENANADMToQv1PuH
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAGzWs9rocMK
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 753Please respect copyright.PENANAbv1rreUTAS
stranger.753Please respect copyright.PENANAtAt0yHpiA2
Now that we were on a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAyCIcSHQN28
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 753Please respect copyright.PENANA2Yk7hnCUW9
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 753Please respect copyright.PENANAdvlIRcftIt
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just753Please respect copyright.PENANA1rNeEo5a2U
too awkward for me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAznKSU825Ow
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAjKYeYrpumD
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.753Please respect copyright.PENANAgNA7zsmsNG
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.753Please respect copyright.PENANAakXI2mV6VU
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.753Please respect copyright.PENANAnnELEfgAmV
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."753Please respect copyright.PENANASbwiqUUquL
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.753Please respect copyright.PENANAYKI01d53Kn
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.753Please respect copyright.PENANA86pfcQFO30
"Good idea," said Taeyang.753Please respect copyright.PENANALSyiGWmzt4
As though they couldn't 753Please respect copyright.PENANAbdiRcNkDj1
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAxXb3exmZUk
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 753Please respect copyright.PENANAkQAnPXVKer
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.753Please respect copyright.PENANANxZsv1x5O7
A few seconds later, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAs4g8U81fHx
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse753Please respect copyright.PENANAwvZW5qR3jn
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking753Please respect copyright.PENANAMNhzHfYPeF
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 753Please respect copyright.PENANAJXtMQaChUw
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.753Please respect copyright.PENANADlXARCIBcr
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.753Please respect copyright.PENANAoAQ14He7aD
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANARtYRWmfFXg
"A lot has happened 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOQAhocJxcD
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 753Please respect copyright.PENANACuTstUldl5
case there were any people snooping around.753Please respect copyright.PENANAbe6Lb9A0tj
"What? What's happened?"753Please respect copyright.PENANACop1Hg7obr
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."753Please respect copyright.PENANAkSwc2tsKAD
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."753Please respect copyright.PENANA42rBWGVnSG
"That's not the worst 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4OYOZV0SW0
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAo7dN6n20fs
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."753Please respect copyright.PENANA0AX2gJ9teP
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAkfWz94aeB3
"Like I said, he is 753Please respect copyright.PENANAQBUOPCccvo
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 753Please respect copyright.PENANAJVs1o8eik2
are going to be toast especially with the press."753Please respect copyright.PENANAZrQL8js6Qn
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAyKhfHtpruT
"I'm not sure if I can 753Please respect copyright.PENANAkBBFhqGeSM
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAJEptkzVFoy
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."753Please respect copyright.PENANA6ctb14Z38W
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAt1aZC8cZsr
"I've no choice and I 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4mZF0IAzmx
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until753Please respect copyright.PENANAzxlhZIxmXx
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 753Please respect copyright.PENANA3oOnks0mSo
cap and a scarf."753Please respect copyright.PENANAazSkrhPNb6
"What will you need that for?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAYmtGYzMoMj
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.753Please respect copyright.PENANAHnqu1CCRW7
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."753Please respect copyright.PENANAptOemF7rp7
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."753Please respect copyright.PENANARMre3pp79H
I cut the call and this 753Please respect copyright.PENANA8BQx1Yi9Eg
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 753Please respect copyright.PENANALNr6v0sQK7
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAnjNe5cMTtm
I reached the bottom of 753Please respect copyright.PENANAgd2kdRnCtm
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEzc8Zz7WHj
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 753Please respect copyright.PENANALEQVXDbPva
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmsSmEXJXZv
voices that I could recognise.753Please respect copyright.PENANAawez0PBtOr
I went over to look, 753Please respect copyright.PENANAS85eFyEmck
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 753Please respect copyright.PENANAwbwZvIx5fM
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 753Please respect copyright.PENANAjHiGoEDJcq
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 753Please respect copyright.PENANANcKvcLiVzW
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.753Please respect copyright.PENANAvOmanPW6GX
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.753Please respect copyright.PENANAL2RoPR5STI
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."753Please respect copyright.PENANANNxZMshp7a
"I'm just surprised that753Please respect copyright.PENANAJp0cBPCZRk
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that753Please respect copyright.PENANAkToyDPHBFJ
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.753Please respect copyright.PENANA2hho6QTRuQ
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."753Please respect copyright.PENANADpiyWnC6pX
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAa5I6r86BIw
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.753Please respect copyright.PENANAdfDjQSQ1fO
"I think so too," said 753Please respect copyright.PENANAuk1OnRt6Nk
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAs2nAn5A0V1
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."753Please respect copyright.PENANA0yvc7FdKdB
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.753Please respect copyright.PENANA38kCpg85BA
I was expecting them to 753Please respect copyright.PENANACNqohFXBUW
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 753Please respect copyright.PENANATO8Urf6lq1
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZiWqLVw4Yv
Who knows?753Please respect copyright.PENANAIfJCKuzYE6
Throwing that thought 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHQsEKRn1hJ
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 753Please respect copyright.PENANAtFgtTG82IY
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.753Please respect copyright.PENANABVAlcoRNbD
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.753Please respect copyright.PENANABJokoJ7WDT
There were still more 753Please respect copyright.PENANAx2A5YLo844
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery753Please respect copyright.PENANAh8Dqmap74n
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAcfxqX8J1Ew
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZgVL6sVEYl
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 753Please respect copyright.PENANAXe9dGxGDqI
away.753Please respect copyright.PENANAUfe4gONaJC
In what seemed like 753Please respect copyright.PENANAdeCOzCsmZz
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 753Please respect copyright.PENANAc688azPpyN
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.753Please respect copyright.PENANAGZCmmEoxG4
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.753Please respect copyright.PENANAv8CJ1dimZK
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."753Please respect copyright.PENANA5nx3PfogJM
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."753Please respect copyright.PENANAkEvT4Xy6tw
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAmWfDKqn6N5
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.753Please respect copyright.PENANAV0ApVXNiKx
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."753Please respect copyright.PENANAUtGNuOZyRX
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.753Please respect copyright.PENANADJf1SQRysh
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAEvtk42cunU
"They have gone out for 753Please respect copyright.PENANAeNmp92RtI7
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things753Please respect copyright.PENANAG99hJbfvpn
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."753Please respect copyright.PENANAkVuLM2RRJR
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.753Please respect copyright.PENANAapo2n5By0r
"Ya. And they are about 753Please respect copyright.PENANAi7GjaFjGXA
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the753Please respect copyright.PENANAdCn3RxRZct
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.753Please respect copyright.PENANAcq12n0Mm16
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAXwfQcv1YDg
"Ya, that will be a good753Please respect copyright.PENANAm466amOKJY
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 753Please respect copyright.PENANADvjoWDevp9
the guards might think when they see me."753Please respect copyright.PENANA0A54859W0Q
Lee and I started to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAxRHz00LW90
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front753Please respect copyright.PENANAcUVt1InXNF
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 753Please respect copyright.PENANAi4XtnOsK3R
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 753Please respect copyright.PENANAAjZzDYrWit
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 753Please respect copyright.PENANAJnMKWMYnq9
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.753Please respect copyright.PENANAA6xK6GSh93
When I finally managed 753Please respect copyright.PENANABX7Zvva1Xw
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 753Please respect copyright.PENANAWicEd21P7O
away from the YG gate and down the street.753Please respect copyright.PENANAnmt1hgesoe
I had to admit, I was so753Please respect copyright.PENANAvmiF2vW5z6
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 753Please respect copyright.PENANAk4M2phWhN9
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 753Please respect copyright.PENANAtjiTNwg9p7
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 753Please respect copyright.PENANAswonv7dbbD
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.753Please respect copyright.PENANAkRVayOyL3y
After walking a few 753Please respect copyright.PENANAlLwdfkXfu5
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 753Please respect copyright.PENANA4MxmhknIdP
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 753Please respect copyright.PENANAcd6cTxKWmk
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 753Please respect copyright.PENANAKdk6SwtCzz
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.753Please respect copyright.PENANAVkckwbJMrC
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.753Please respect copyright.PENANAVz019rUe7x
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."753Please respect copyright.PENANAlwJTPDgZJa
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face753Please respect copyright.PENANA8evPmnd4s2
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."753Please respect copyright.PENANAsRgdZsSfkP
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."753Please respect copyright.PENANASfNuXX0IjM
I froze as I soon looked753Please respect copyright.PENANAodZOIbnoZW
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmVKNiP4lR4
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 753Please respect copyright.PENANA09xADE3HeQ
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.753Please respect copyright.PENANADIr9gUHfqf
I heard him laugh 753Please respect copyright.PENANAKgjI4Bnfj8
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAP9T1qe0GCt
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."753Please respect copyright.PENANAx6uUl8kUNG
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"753Please respect copyright.PENANANHYLxuB3aK
"I'm right here."753Please respect copyright.PENANAejvJLIJQIJ
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"753Please respect copyright.PENANAqcck5GCfwE
My sentence was cut 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHbQhO211Uc
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge753Please respect copyright.PENANAoS9e8cFFLm
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 753Please respect copyright.PENANAFo9H1QUOOs
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.753Please respect copyright.PENANAxhyMLnv3Je
A smartly dressed 753Please respect copyright.PENANAPlMBr9hoTd
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 753Please respect copyright.PENANACzq6kWLhGw
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.753Please respect copyright.PENANAiVwW0cmLcV
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.753Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZoyThDBdg
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAg9wDVt1gu0
A few heads turned my 753Please respect copyright.PENANAXpsSphImmE
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAxKvRZJDoyv
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 753Please respect copyright.PENANARkdloxvFuU
and a little suspicious too.753Please respect copyright.PENANAO319Uz9v5t
I managed to awake from 753Please respect copyright.PENANAAuoV2W1m7e
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 753Please respect copyright.PENANASDCSLF38oH
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAMPtPFCzbsa
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAWrua84FODD
driver's seat.753Please respect copyright.PENANAfvuEdJM1aM
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.753Please respect copyright.PENANAVFKV1wXO8K
With my eyes, I looked 753Please respect copyright.PENANAoPRRAfU9ji
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAfJvad0eAv1
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.753Please respect copyright.PENANAbEeIqHDoMF
He looked to be in the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAoeZlvoiAbE
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 753Please respect copyright.PENANAge4gfCziyl
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZWjLPH4vkG
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into753Please respect copyright.PENANAhdaRkl5y1l
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 753Please respect copyright.PENANAffajmIfMk3
who had one heck of a body.753Please respect copyright.PENANAF9mrEVpk6u
I hadn't said a word and753Please respect copyright.PENANAUWl2XnowW8
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 753Please respect copyright.PENANA7UeQb7Ne6o
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 753Please respect copyright.PENANA84QVVuMhQV
wrist. Who was this guy?753Please respect copyright.PENANAFuqowGIfvQ
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAEC0XM2Huzo
I opened my mouth but 753Please respect copyright.PENANAsfFrL8okN7
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 753Please respect copyright.PENANAGVWADvSldH
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAoBfiKjEzqV
contact.753Please respect copyright.PENANAq8p4gk9Wql
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwnWcSuCYX8
"Yes, a pleasure to meet753Please respect copyright.PENANACT2jkth6gF
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 753Please respect copyright.PENANAG3hAkqNkwW
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwGHymhOYIR
"I'm sorry we had to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAMrHdPln7Ax
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the753Please respect copyright.PENANAOBiTp61QMc
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."753Please respect copyright.PENANAt1K3oU1QKh
I looked at him and 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmAGgOlwa7v
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAkrzsiGtLIU
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAwpvzyCjnNS
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we753Please respect copyright.PENANAKTmCDDrrG5
hear about in mythical tales.753Please respect copyright.PENANAc5kkeACPcO
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.753Please respect copyright.PENANA0m8H0RA3cE
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAsqArjdY43F
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOBnTqZABYx
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."753Please respect copyright.PENANAhGa50mNRbc
There was silence and I 753Please respect copyright.PENANA8lwLrzz3La
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made753Please respect copyright.PENANA8LN8qpi4PY
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 753Please respect copyright.PENANAK9k74gwBnC
something.753Please respect copyright.PENANAHH8N9jSS57
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.753Please respect copyright.PENANA4I3hefZU9A
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."753Please respect copyright.PENANA5sMriQh7tA
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."753Please respect copyright.PENANAWXGfdRihd8
"I was born in the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAzeBhdAqiDP
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are753Please respect copyright.PENANA0XQdydUbxe
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 753Please respect copyright.PENANAM72qh8TeQC
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 753Please respect copyright.PENANAtXr69i4uml
business empire is what's so important to them."753Please respect copyright.PENANAUvVYbzcvdx
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.753Please respect copyright.PENANAEfXwEroVhX
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.753Please respect copyright.PENANAvU5hOdQeSc
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.753Please respect copyright.PENANAXjP068N4em
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA2OrbQ2k4eb
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAVfXWImhztQ
"Lunch?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAx3SvNZ9eFE
"Yes, lunch."753Please respect copyright.PENANA9oovUwQKix
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.753Please respect copyright.PENANAei4k20rNz8
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."753Please respect copyright.PENANAhT0sysDpwg
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."753Please respect copyright.PENANAkzSI83Qm1A
I raised an eyebrow at 753Please respect copyright.PENANATr9wBdUOOX
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOuBngMGzBF
you have been able to find me on the street."753Please respect copyright.PENANAyslXm60WX7
He gave me that dashing 753Please respect copyright.PENANATtgzYwY1DE
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOOjLDQqUqm
would meet. I had to come prepared."753Please respect copyright.PENANAmuObfl3g4l
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAaCexnBTG7o
"My apartment. It's much safer there."753Please respect copyright.PENANAVqAx67S62U
"You own an apartment?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAp6UFq52GgF
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."753Please respect copyright.PENANA7GAOnyEVzf
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."753Please respect copyright.PENANAfVLwpUt6n7
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."753Please respect copyright.PENANAWZ6Dd4qvy4
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.753Please respect copyright.PENANAhO8pMQvoEK
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.753Please respect copyright.PENANAUAJLVd6FJ9
It was a huge apartment 753Please respect copyright.PENANAtr4cj5pMhh
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOVopn9Q84C
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.753Please respect copyright.PENANAaRZZf7C5gt
After the car parked, 753Please respect copyright.PENANA2TfRq5Lccv
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 753Please respect copyright.PENANANt9ISqbWtA
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAfUll7hZIrW
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAMYhOTZnFb1
came out of the car.753Please respect copyright.PENANA5CJWiBmXKq
Derrick lead the way, 753Please respect copyright.PENANASCBp0e0B8d
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 753Please respect copyright.PENANAe0ut0aDUNP
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmjpGB91Tud
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.753Please respect copyright.PENANAgsx6MhhpcM
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.753Please respect copyright.PENANAf4XXqQ62Er
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.753Please respect copyright.PENANAdCC3sz6Zs7
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.753Please respect copyright.PENANA9GdVJVTMoN
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAb7IGzBGpFq
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."753Please respect copyright.PENANANEuT6VLfPu
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA2I59RqmFJp
"Well, ya, I do! You're 753Please respect copyright.PENANA5AVUD9h06d
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmXsuJy9POj
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."753Please respect copyright.PENANAQmV8kKG0JH
"Why?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA44KtFZDwig
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."753Please respect copyright.PENANAgBO6y9VvyT
The elevator doors flew 753Please respect copyright.PENANAj02mDGBNqQ
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 753Please respect copyright.PENANAhoOyWLUAkj
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 753Please respect copyright.PENANALEnw1KQceG
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 753Please respect copyright.PENANA2k7aR4LXUO
into heaven.753Please respect copyright.PENANAZZJXeeOxVa
I stepped out of the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmLKBKRaf6E
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAriPr06FNc2
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZWFtdWFlAj
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAfvuLurMGqt
soft red carpet.753Please respect copyright.PENANA83Luh3Z80o
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.753Please respect copyright.PENANAMOqFfOCxJA
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."753Please respect copyright.PENANATfC5GNl7SN
I looked down the hall 753Please respect copyright.PENANANwUQYVYcBd
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 753Please respect copyright.PENANANlZWH6oYPI
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 753Please respect copyright.PENANAzsC4c7BePd
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 753Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ5fMl80Sw
coming.753Please respect copyright.PENANAiz06BmhNKv
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.753Please respect copyright.PENANAFMcyihgpo5
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwVBUKbAbZP
"Ladies first," said Derrick.753Please respect copyright.PENANAnRubfTjuAJ
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.753Please respect copyright.PENANAaleaPHZ3aD
"This place is very 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEbsJnzkiFx
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the753Please respect copyright.PENANAaridVhMK20
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 753Please respect copyright.PENANAKY6tA70m27
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the753Please respect copyright.PENANAuniOS9t9ce
wall.753Please respect copyright.PENANA1Gp6urkZhf
I looked to the other 753Please respect copyright.PENANAS5y3eyIBHT
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 753Please respect copyright.PENANAgDxUOsraGL
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOL2u7UXPGp
beautiful flower vases with orchids.753Please respect copyright.PENANAxRoS4By9XM
"I see you like 753Please respect copyright.PENANAQFLBce7cym
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 753Please respect copyright.PENANABXOfaB8BXY
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.753Please respect copyright.PENANAOltdUQdf0T
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwdx0Ei1yQi
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.753Please respect copyright.PENANADD7cmcGmje
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."753Please respect copyright.PENANAnLg5mV5Z4S
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.753Please respect copyright.PENANAJnuoSXliQJ
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAypSSsAKXcg
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.753Please respect copyright.PENANAP2AAfcg9Em
The butler bowed and 753Please respect copyright.PENANAz39JIMalJU
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 753Please respect copyright.PENANArcr8RsROEV
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 753Please respect copyright.PENANA7OzmHIxmfj
ground.753Please respect copyright.PENANAeMAPDV2DAl
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAnZsx8df4eF
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAtphinx2Bu7
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.753Please respect copyright.PENANAeVRFOrfQ2F
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.753Please respect copyright.PENANADflIBJ5LTC
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAjXBFMTNoNW
As we got to the dining 753Please respect copyright.PENANA43v38BYsgd
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 753Please respect copyright.PENANAHiooi4NUPC
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and753Please respect copyright.PENANAvaH2dyobSZ
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.753Please respect copyright.PENANAaJVdBfANtz
The butler had served 753Please respect copyright.PENANARjrSrFkI2x
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 753Please respect copyright.PENANA2ri4UEfnFP
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 753Please respect copyright.PENANAEVWSOsFQTb
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 753Please respect copyright.PENANAZG9t1dJaB3
next to the plates were spotless.753Please respect copyright.PENANA92JM2ujAfC
Dishes of food were 753Please respect copyright.PENANATZECC3bL2G
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAe4UdK2JMPC
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 753Please respect copyright.PENANATAzOP91BRo
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 753Please respect copyright.PENANA7FRuudN4cR
lady.753Please respect copyright.PENANA4hjReyOWqx
The butler helped to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAOGvhKm8aHe
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made753Please respect copyright.PENANATe9ESXhvnc
sure not to eat too much and take my time.753Please respect copyright.PENANA2F7m8KQkOD
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.753Please respect copyright.PENANA2PxqH9S2qE
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.753Please respect copyright.PENANAlNEv8G6jRE
"Now, about the issue at753Please respect copyright.PENANAk1C8DS4Kmb
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 753Please respect copyright.PENANA7n50fxvsPn
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.753Please respect copyright.PENANAKWGw9Oz8n1
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.753Please respect copyright.PENANAUdau52i2Xg
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."753Please respect copyright.PENANADXXKFlHLT4
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."753Please respect copyright.PENANAdGBo0bXAv6
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.753Please respect copyright.PENANAGt8achrul7
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.753Please respect copyright.PENANAwqgTCiDUKi
The photo showed Zoey in753Please respect copyright.PENANA5d8TNiv7e7
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 753Please respect copyright.PENANAPrQER7KPuM
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 753Please respect copyright.PENANA3zjYHfn9h9
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 753Please respect copyright.PENANAVK0oogFQSk
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 753Please respect copyright.PENANAeF8zaq77jx
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.753Please respect copyright.PENANArWFGH1NCGW
"I know this isn't 753Please respect copyright.PENANAmW4U4neTgn
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 753Please respect copyright.PENANAbrmyxuQVcM
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"753Please respect copyright.PENANApftMRfFPMK
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.753Please respect copyright.PENANAC0UzYSgqLW
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?753Please respect copyright.PENANApv0dN8kyLr
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.753Please respect copyright.PENANAiRG9Gs4b4u
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.753Please respect copyright.PENANAtYbGxVTv2B
I looked at the photo 753Please respect copyright.PENANAhocQQXmMcM
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 753Please respect copyright.PENANAxVSOKDgLWj
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your753Please respect copyright.PENANAukivFXoX7T
brother?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAwL7cDBusa6
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.753Please respect copyright.PENANAyZwG8HCyjx
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.753Please respect copyright.PENANA2gNGvfqPGT
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.753Please respect copyright.PENANAtem7X4BYge
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAxnswgmDJ9f
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."753Please respect copyright.PENANAoz2g2jbfv1
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAibaAlCrchK
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."753Please respect copyright.PENANAsz5DsR7dk0
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAmHQOvx6OC4
"I know my brother very 753Please respect copyright.PENANAAaCdN5t8tX
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 753Please respect copyright.PENANAXtnA9PPupH
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."753Please respect copyright.PENANADXLXScghvj
I then remembered the 753Please respect copyright.PENANAQXNKXWOjiy
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 753Please respect copyright.PENANAnmuoB4fqAs
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 753Please respect copyright.PENANAR6ixNcoC38
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?753Please respect copyright.PENANAB5fawWVq7O
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAQKhv0gBnKD
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."753Please respect copyright.PENANAowGwIMfipr
"But that's strange. If 753Please respect copyright.PENANAIVQYPXnHca
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 753Please respect copyright.PENANAboHJq5Y1Hw
don't see the reason why they would hide."753Please respect copyright.PENANAXDhgO26yDI
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."753Please respect copyright.PENANAcYJNLomjqu
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"753Please respect copyright.PENANABxmXAWugwi
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.753Please respect copyright.PENANAiBXKlzbIQT
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."753Please respect copyright.PENANABe4oKZ6tdz
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAHL33ELXBRJ
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAYE4ac0M2P1
"Wait! That was him?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAzk5rhDZ5jx
"Yes. I was there."753Please respect copyright.PENANA634eQt9uca
"You were there too?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAU1IENBAlmR
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."753Please respect copyright.PENANAhYSRfoldC1
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms753Please respect copyright.PENANAO1uHeWkwmM
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAsOptZ9pouC
"She is."753Please respect copyright.PENANANoYNcv1zUC
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"753Please respect copyright.PENANAmh5b6A7CMS
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."753Please respect copyright.PENANAoU0aBQloD0
"And do you really think she would?"753Please respect copyright.PENANA6Vka2XmaG5
I thought about his 753Please respect copyright.PENANA0su1pcf1Jq
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth753Please respect copyright.PENANAzyHzSA1VPf
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what753Please respect copyright.PENANAyAJARLoCqm
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.753Please respect copyright.PENANA3uYqfGXqUH
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.753Please respect copyright.PENANAT7YKGTZWZS
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.753Please respect copyright.PENANAcUa4qvlZn4
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."753Please respect copyright.PENANAbKww1oYivM
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.753Please respect copyright.PENANAiqCg7OD8Te
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.753Please respect copyright.PENANAvDlKEXQD8e
"Before I go, tell me 753Please respect copyright.PENANAw2uX1sTt9v
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 753Please respect copyright.PENANAkVGJdgMfn1
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."