Have you ever been awake1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPbHhQ1s9v0
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7ISJ7PGAYd
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmm38iceBYD
day goes on?1056Please respect copyright.PENANABPypC8wKDY
That's how I felt right at this moment.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8igiP9Djkm
I tossed in my bed, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANARRyzyLJRlx
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHng7BjV5Hu
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhOkvrGafrH
could come up so that I could meet my end already.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAroaD63A6HW
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdcdo6PGDDv
I fell back on my bed, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1An2dloXUh
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAoL7X8SdS49
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA43dy0koyNl
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKIQtgz8Ugo
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 1056Please respect copyright.PENANANvKhLtgPfE
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKqvrR0h9yR
mind even to dream.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdRAHUh5Kpa
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAt4CqjDqpoO
How I wish I could fall 1056Please respect copyright.PENANArg3zHhIerj
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjzjFPUXify
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUUzIpACND7
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3bD7gVRSLU
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWMVG7sF9mu
I knew I now had to face1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKLQAIkBsoq
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsh8RlqCt0B
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even1056Please respect copyright.PENANADJMyFQCpzs
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5dr9xFetIP
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.1056Please respect copyright.PENANATuRRNkM1WR
I knew her persistence 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYvYx6Oe4le
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANASCk9VVrQi4
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA66ofL6lbI8
her if I had to tell her the truth.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVzpV7kyXkJ
I know sometimes we 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcXRk3jempI
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjmMhxSzFK6
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxptGkdg6gm
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlXikFCLG4C
had now reached that point.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAa5Zp6ohQQB
I sighed again as I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfnHL5lbvGO
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAegixiWN2zk
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHHLhydiouO
If it came to G-Dragon, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmWSzO4Yudv
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWOb1GwdGNA
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGDD2PSsAXa
lot harder.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAW0t1EVKOnn
How was I going to tell 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA127WqGpg2G
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGehC3QNxDp
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhWsTH6nVLS
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWAYi7EXms0
either.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdcUiOMnl6Z
I kicked out the bed 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6jdAHxTWpT
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPKnReh1JUK
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtCZU7BccUk
in my purple pyjamas.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA67Ev7r5UGo
I went straight for the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANATksCkYJRRs
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANALyWQmq5U6Q
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxlwEjopgMz
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHZHxolvIVP
mum.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMqlPDSZDe3
Hopefully, I was calling1056Please respect copyright.PENANATOGuGoxk2a
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4bIQcJAXVV
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ6Myw5SBV
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9mvgqD5yZM
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjzxOhuHLE8
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.1056Please respect copyright.PENANALH5ZxAkrQM
"Hello, Sam?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANArcwKxxbzvX
"Hi, mum."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAh1RjF4MicS
"Sam, how are you, dear?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZvuDGIQ0bE
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIHZfuRa9EE
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbFEGf6O2ZO
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0BIIGyEzbn
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvs8x4TJdZL
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhL9zbFDd9M
"Ya, I can see you guys 1056Please respect copyright.PENANARfIRm86dsR
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMCaUehwW6A
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfkW1MXcANr
her computer as she looked at the pictures.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuLxvbbDiTb
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3HkNVN1KHz
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAoaAW92fRSK
"I'll check out the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANARzjyqUjjye
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmXabE6Sc6I
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHmZJzemSTH
Why aren't you asleep?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjY04SmHmf9
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwJPUBceqW3
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWRMNqEneZq
I could imagine my mum 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhIN3Kie7JJ
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on1056Please respect copyright.PENANAb7HpGa2e3j
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 1056Please respect copyright.PENANATifVcpOIHW
her arms folded.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmKWGocRpj4
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAj0DabdGPKS
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfmAZEdlfFi
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcgYUtolg95
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3x9nB39KnV
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANATYD1lClTPa
"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."1056Please respect copyright.PENANACpxvYcQWdr
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7iOT6ds95b
"I've been lying to Zoey1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkbJ7I5vTyQ
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdVDLrAI5Fj
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfVPOACt1nq
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAB3MVpaHS65
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWmdRKgPx8W
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKHacb4ql8R
"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."1056Please respect copyright.PENANApnLW5hrV8H
"Trust me, mum, Collins 1056Please respect copyright.PENANATx21p5jM1W
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGvR4MysM3d
that you shouldn't say a word either."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzxT4ZILjnZ
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAw0BuPe07sP
"You know I can never 1056Please respect copyright.PENANALxkK4JrpIM
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAca7aMRRKFa
matter of life and death. I've no choice."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMsx6KTfWfA
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0uHRRSD7Il
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHKd21vB2d1
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAp9J4mV11Xh
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsMc6lEtPhT
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiAIPSX1W7n
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."1056Please respect copyright.PENANACRKizsL03F
There was silence at the other end. Until....1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7IP8XCxlYu
"WHAT!"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAofDdauIHGY
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAV3qQHOQ7We
"Then what is it? The 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0GLcQpiHHm
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAo2N3nRALZq
feel like you're betraying your best friend."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0Vd6jbtYLL
"It was like that at 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8BdOEQ4jSA
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close1056Please respect copyright.PENANAb9EMeNKzLy
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYH4RpQ57Dp
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEN4SJ77n7y
fingers.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAh6g3dt4bE4
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1a39OiKNWv
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAn7kkRYHPDL
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZozBP6QiZ7
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtX3nn0oFDU
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAU32NLkOYUV
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."1056Please respect copyright.PENANARP5EGFKzmz
"And that's not the worst part."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6UBjKzhyji
I told her what happened1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqRlknirNTG
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0wwBPVZ60I
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJpLqVt3m0c
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3GsQjUzgCD
and the kiss.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqIx5b7K71q
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.1056Please respect copyright.PENANARbJAFt7LO2
"Ssh, and listen."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6CN8oh4J2K
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.1056Please respect copyright.PENANACVT69XyjaN
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6JfW7pTiJk
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEQKX4vTkBB
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5GdMNVAbsz
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHJ8SRIN6dA
"Are you scared?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjEVHfVTwcz
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsMwnibFTQl
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAycplqLUpUv
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4SOk0qBBcq
"We all get hurt at some1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFXiH8iZnsj
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAogzZm2QWVs
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAU4eNKRoFYI
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhFil9E9PKv
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlzCDpNtTOB
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOHgdVQnpec
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPh5rhet3e4
"Don't cry, okay? You're1056Please respect copyright.PENANASbGxbKqwga
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA26qnehtBxK
will need all the rest you can get."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiHhoZzSAuM
"Yes, mum. I will."1056Please respect copyright.PENANACFH6WdwKGP
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAK6nytdaFHN
"Okay. Bye."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAesGjmb6BoX
I hang up and I quickly 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuyq6B2Sykg
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA46c3v5a5GU
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVGtB04wdzB
arms.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdJUJlclZYF
It must have been some 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAh0UnKkiKR3
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAV0k7SSxRh7
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMxmDTSylsw
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7FC7JTnGZM
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzXmiyebGgc
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqLhsESsEiw
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOyivcLIxfw
"Sadly, it isn't, my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMxUATKwkPy
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA240RnGoa6B
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeuW5dWxEY8
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.1056Please respect copyright.PENANARpYG3ksL0R
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcJLr519Zj9
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHhByYFJHG4
"So, start talking right now."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmBj2iZsIRO
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANABOE2YKdJWa
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAc4Ieb84CaJ
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXDE4sIZXbC
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAymTLWqwJxE
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAHaejtpLaa
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxF8q2DndsM
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsRZqcCKW1k
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAo882qNiT4v
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.1056Please respect copyright.PENANATDzHUIJLZu
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."1056Please respect copyright.PENANACljgjOcDwj
"You like him, don't you?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQaCKWDwwlo
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAolL9HwQ8H1
"I..uh...no, that's not it."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyLEe0sn4zh
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZfo91LUPc8
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGbkmK35nYk
"Expected from me?" Zoey1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPzLhceW16T
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.1056Please respect copyright.PENANALFq9AIHgoF
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFykSylHXZB
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeTac75pVoG
"I know you feel guilty 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZcMJNefENr
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxSdpeb4eKF
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwkxqiWPRmF
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAu4JcLMB5da
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQBq65SaKjG
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."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgAgPMqePUQ
I wanted to slap my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZOiGE1cYTr
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't1056Please respect copyright.PENANATLZm1iPRk8
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4KVjg1ER7j
it gets out of hand.1056Please respect copyright.PENANARKoV7UaWvi
"Zoey, listen to me," I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAly4CBVI5nw
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnDeczMnBdM
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGc3mm13GNp
I paused. That was odd. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOpUL1rrDJH
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcTU2w6aFWf
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4AGoHZ6AY3
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANABisDM7X3Hf
What was wrong with me? I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAg2wtdiHr2E
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXBe07Yr7Tj
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 1056Please respect copyright.PENANASmq8xz5Nl5
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAl7rS84S8j6
"You're weird, Sam," 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZc35s0PzCf
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJA34IzVHvm
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKNEMZj6xaS
waiting."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzqk39ZFcMY
Zoey closed the door and1056Please respect copyright.PENANALSRmMgHo8N
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 1056Please respect copyright.PENANATNXuLjKGDP
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzhYQlHQwi0
harder than I thought.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2qOUTyNQot
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVM1Id3jpMB
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxgwzR3pOBb
I stood up from my bed 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUnL22qvOUW
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAf60qp3O0Ve
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which1056Please respect copyright.PENANAi8RhldY44a
is the most important part.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6uvoPAyft6
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwIYvA53t1N
Whatever my conscious 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPMjP1w9HYQ
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeEJLh5VaRJ
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMmjq4Tllln
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAusXYccyrQd
If that was the case, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXRNupeqOZL
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7hz8kknUgg
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAypKfpSqnh8
shattered completely.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXTU7TMWhbA
While I was trying to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgcHReKQA1z
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8Sgt9ouG3f
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuO6a6YeYvV
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?1056Please respect copyright.PENANARjVq0z03WA
I answered the call. "Hello?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeb9VpmBcCm
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnaP3UODp0J
I held my breath. That 1056Please respect copyright.PENANABzO6dtMXQF
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA41POj5tUhf
asking that question, not thinking it.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGV3k60cSFk
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQa1gFLiCFg
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtJFq0kAfZa
"Talk? Talk about what?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUb3J9u9BS0
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXyQeVa0t1q
"Photo? What...?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbjpe4IYK9w
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXSDLexLfPG
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmM4Hv4kEvZ
"If you haven't seen it,1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtovD3RCi50
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuqWeuzqVmZ
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7QbYIC4zuz
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0Cr4vHm0tN
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAw4I32in4tr
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxCvmRFQU9i
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0IDuuOczRE
I could soon hear the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAC4onUV2vIo
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWaur8BELSn
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVLsQWllSfO
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6qG6xZlQAF
I looked back at my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANALsa9FQaJuU
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtWVbdITts9
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwObAUAf0Qo
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAftcSGqWDMk
download the photo.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAthZ9OGAU0Z
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQa77DsyTic
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzuPBGDAYXH
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFIBiBdzUAV
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnD0T0La85J
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6EVxMUjizO
I nodded and Lee left. I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqoHwFV7SZn
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9ya1dftdaL
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtRy1fuy5bF
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."1056Please respect copyright.PENANALsYKs45XdN
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9hAwbN0eI
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAZfXeEf9a2
"Zoey!"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVRHLVq01xB
"Not a word, Sam. You're1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGtuYFn19pb
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAUBbLXwCJR
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdFshC7krad
up with you today."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyiIPHti8m2
If only she knew. So 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXlGcVlmfOY
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOXI5OMcWH6
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZlXu95RtJn
I went to the bathroom 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiwWR5N6aFf
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANADVI4XswwWO
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAy3rN5Y9xAO
reflection.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAspmEQRiswY
I looked like I hadn't 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAm1t80bV1os
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuorp1cvVmo
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGDPPH2Z3Eo
if not by two.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMdwqYxwCPn
G-Dragon and Zoey were 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvaN88e6DBF
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3LRqHLB9xl
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAz2u4rNgKK3
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyjiMTMqLlT
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHNeqtzClJm
After I took a quick 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA21tYllWh39
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone1056Please respect copyright.PENANACAPaHcqJAz
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVIJgKLD8Qy
the bathroom to get her makeup done.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdxGubv27DO
I unlocked my phone. I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeSOFTJ1ek0
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAj5nCVYxeqW
photo must be done downloading by now.1056Please respect copyright.PENANANFlSUrPAuB
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOfGu0EwHDI
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPvQsJuoTgp
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1U9eIB6zEj
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZbcgWsWrMz
"Morning. How was your night?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgDo1w1DT9i
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAl7IwEscfEX
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3M8ybMAVGr
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGDyVtslqWl
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtHFW3ErN7w
I smiled a little. At 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAye26Uq4u0g
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAF85m8BLYdg
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAe8nn9aTXZ9
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcsO2KjUx2f
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMvZ8QEnPrx
"You too."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAX85e2j6txi
He cut the line and I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANASB7SmQMMwg
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFheVIZlFgZ
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAZfz9RB1ya
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA02b6F7ylVD
After I dressed up and 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3c2UZwJtiw
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 1056Please respect copyright.PENANACkFwfLIy4e
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANASPgA65pwYz
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA68JPx1FlEl
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAS67rL3EaHV
room.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2eO9UiKa56
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.1056Please respect copyright.PENANALkhO0H4T9c
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIpHW8ON4W4
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtOhibefadD
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5HDn2yMXi6
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."1056Please respect copyright.PENANANmLoPqDvkY
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAaW67ArnAjY
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANALhP3KvfkyR
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9YwsQyGhl6
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKrwry8QT1U
"What?" I asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUFctI1BNG8
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYMMVfKPi4b
I frowned. "So?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKxv4cED2r6
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.1056Please respect copyright.PENANATJ70J75zMz
I was still confused. "So?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANACoZU8HvF6N
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYcSiLvwvat
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwl8PoDJjAo
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?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWOHS1mjFHn
"I don't see the harm in1056Please respect copyright.PENANArlG3hj8jMp
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiFgqJfPfmX
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHXMCyDkMx3
that wrong?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2XvBf9gvNE
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.1056Please respect copyright.PENANALaYrUydxJH
"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."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0PQig4JeBV
"I can see that," said 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHHIqCwmje5
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdoQZPXdp34
me but I decided not to say anything.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAt8GJDomr6X
When we were done with 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXg0wQvujtj
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuPVysI1WV7
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVibotAP5SY
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxIo8sqm2fZ
looking at my phone.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdQVLUezgaQ
When everyone in the car1056Please respect copyright.PENANATfiSMU7902
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVnL5m5HnQv
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWxpllt6tOn
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2dpA1sRCL0
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUsxOz0nVFf
I quickly pressed the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeM9ol4IIAm
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgSQ8P6aFcF
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMaMT2Q4gTo
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAymkPdqVipx
"May I see?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtaqmn54oVS
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."1056Please respect copyright.PENANArWnwm5rc6x
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAncrq0pcdZ
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAN7xbp3MuGQ
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwpczgdysc3
I wish I could tell him 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAygxrTWyqAp
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPJGZZprCCo
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfMWc4mooSn
Now that I had seen the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyXf344FUcn
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAe4RxvlXOLm
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVFAJiNWK2T
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAG9dWW5jo4G
Speaking of which, I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdS1Ve9oLVx
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcWbAgvNi9A
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuc0YDnQ0pU
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmcMg46PeXl
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmXsQ5QgLOj
further onto the edge, I would burst.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxuWVLNvAXV
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzKsFBvefJF
My heart skipped a beat.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJs8wywG0dM
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUibVfCzVvf
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7Mbqfaeu0
choice.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAv2Mleh7HL
As soon as I stepped out1056Please respect copyright.PENANACmSH7YqU4Y
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXyC3oDl9cE
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAT7gdaSlC65
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhKJhVmwVYc
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAv9vvcP7oak
"You're aren't the only 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvc8lOmpLoq
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAX9MomhiMKE
to work on that when we get in there."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4KG4ECZtLd
I managed to put up a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6f3YJsHo71
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmMmBVehYFk
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtvMHzucdAj
As I came into the lobby1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXmOWc3YN88
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAi4cqHpje5q
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3QOKIyEuWS
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGTbKdZkDd0
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8eatNr0B72
We all got in the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAueZurRlo5C
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0LMaKVC5Ff
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAD7Gg7ov3Lu
things.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwbfBm3Enyx
We got to the dance 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuc7ZTtoHfT
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXZIIXYwL9O
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.1056Please respect copyright.PENANARZ9Dz4d1uT
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYJlVfAqX9n
I was too lost in 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkXYa4Y1YzA
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5fTkmZ6ceP
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXbp7paYNqa
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAg7QrlUUJmN
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeGig9BAMjX
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFZeSaM0L10
"Tell me about it," said1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfPzJTR6O07
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyirXpPjxZE
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmX9vRmFf8z
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8a02525jf5
"Too weird," said Daniel.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiu03CoA0L5
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkYJ1bztsgQ
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8K5zA6lD9q
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2hYypY2cTF
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1rF2BmErYU
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7aPY4E4d1h
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."1056Please respect copyright.PENANANgZsZuyfgJ
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfnkJyU1kfA
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiz5lEQrDKP
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAv54jDfQrCV
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdERsLjQ9Bo
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJV7mJVxR1K
"I'm not."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMroKqSWMz0
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANADJFfMvSehC
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHlEFG6JWUe
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAht1aOcTeKm
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAspDlasyD2E
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAg3vhhGgXWj
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6ars64313u
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHeL8ZPXTga
Before I could turn 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmrzXau3nhF
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAk2lP5AFBJH
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuSj6CzxwOS
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAa5KIZvFlOC
I took the crown from 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzon1bSeVsA
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfPQami1caA
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxz1VGeIekZ
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6Leg9LQszp
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3gyW7lbsGR
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcKx4q22MUc
"It is," said Seungri 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3AU3ncbj3s
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYYWHnPO26k
stones because it's your birth stone."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAITFsX7jlCd
"Aww! Thank you so much,1056Please respect copyright.PENANAj2DDw0nteB
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYhxnON9z2h
he was going to brighten up my day today.1056Please respect copyright.PENANApNIIneFHOj
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAxPQuogvOt
"I want to wear it," 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEr2EfX9prd
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANApL5ofHul1N
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAq1BC1dYwsm
"Don't I look like a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7lAhS0hura
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsFnMfVaS1y
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyoxHGBCJ9r
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbmA7g4A7CS
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOsLaeuomKN
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcahUm6KQhT
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzK14ng3nmd
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwC6PBZQ2yo
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.1056Please respect copyright.PENANASxQzWkayfO
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhIDPyW1LYV
"May her royal majesty 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJzjQ1OQFJt
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqzsra8an8m
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzOGWm3ayTC
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAA3WyN2kvo4
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfruCWIC7px
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAleitWkj6I
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzn3VVqM7fT
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKUgdoPj7ve
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFzWsFYXg5Y
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMuDhH3p0xp
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJKT0ergL9T
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAefCx8P4tQb
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAaIDVCTJ6x3
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmyU5DYxakT
She couldn't tell the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAud8ANM7Slv
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVR4u0vjlXv
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsUYNpAifpo
photo with me in the middle.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHMa3hJcRJP
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAli58h13zUW
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwyBcj4aXht
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."1056Please respect copyright.PENANApCMbn4xVHm
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgsxDrfX0MC
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQsMUAhPRz5
Zoey smiled. "Even better."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsd9Xuz1Zyz
G-Dragon turned to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhEf9nY6hPI
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANApy4pKS658N
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbBVBebSFnZ
him and he will find us."1056Please respect copyright.PENANATrcO5HON6d
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKEIE7T4c3c
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0R4JQ8V3JR
We all stood on one side1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGreNpTBSAu
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiVae8ssmvy
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAR2m5f3CmwC
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXC4pYbILsg
"So, I was thinking, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAn3P5hJ7CrF
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAydgrKUkz8C
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkoTcgTB7sf
guys."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAc39vuQT8Wf
Christine came forward 1056Please respect copyright.PENANASSqMmvVbkc
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZYOtuRFkuo
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGpVMtPI5UG
With Christine and Mike 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2WS7lCLJdF
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 1056Please respect copyright.PENANANVIP0Xf2jr
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmi48ouaZK2
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGfkW4Flmja
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMTLsHH14j3
themselves back and they again their backs touched.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxzVII22XvX
With a bit of skilful 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmHGOjYp1cB
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8w8VtxrFBB
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlDuUC7w7mY
air.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYr4FcdhoVB
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKamfU6glUo
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0C51xeqwxs
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAclMI6HadGU
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUS8rDtZwNS
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmX6c4zQfLP
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAk4UCJf2oKg
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4jBF00vBm3
The door soon opened and1056Please respect copyright.PENANAilsSLXJ3XF
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 1056Please respect copyright.PENANASD3fRGaBPE
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEkhalcIbr0
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWIZ9RjbTgM
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOjM7wlwcKT
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."1056Please respect copyright.PENANANvJfGCIWyY
Mike and Christine 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4SkYHksSQH
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6qNwBNdwF2
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 1056Please respect copyright.PENANABO9RaHjIOI
us will come in the scene.1056Please respect copyright.PENANALCblKm5MP2
"Mmmm," the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3WFMGyDjxK
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJc65A1TTms
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAN0Xa9MGMaa
"I like it," said the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfGRvf9IiMR
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtwvVQe3H0I
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUhnDqGRegW
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzsCOnVUjjc
comes in."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvElnPUZL1q
Zoey and G-Dragon took 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJX3nQLneA9
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUeyfmtOdtz
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 1056Please respect copyright.PENANALJ6PP2VLps
were perfect.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIX1e13Ijc5
"Excellent," said the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfvO0YDvvFN
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6OzahkbwXb
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGSFXy7eQC6
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzRk873Cn6b
formation in front of them."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuyv9puHy7i
We did as the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAlkYVtMQhK
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAw59uK5lmMD
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAENgnb8yI6B
the hang of it.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVSeywtWm4r
A few minutes later, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANADRSmpbccAH
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOQHe6EaIlP
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and1056Please respect copyright.PENANApCaRH0XNPO
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAu7RnZu6sGA
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAa1Y5oJkP2I
I laughed, also staring 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAm9rv1dJ09t
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPjmSIk3RyA
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVNVWMMjKwz
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAv44VHK2Ss8
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWI7qATpoIe
I quickly scrambled up 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAouuZPAYpNe
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhLlK1D8Gub
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA27znC66t5i
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAokSo8tVRhF
and removed my phone.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7DsytivZdy
I sent a message to the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKhwJTS86ul
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he1056Please respect copyright.PENANAF4ZwVMubK7
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZXBCa4djqW
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAL1T7L146V5
"Good. We should meet."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUvc7bdoZgD
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.1056Please respect copyright.PENANANv1l5nrUY9
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAi01uPZlCLG
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8wHmgyFi3w
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4kEwQiBeOn
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQC4dPkPsOQ
"You're one smart 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAw4rvvVVwzH
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the1056Please respect copyright.PENANAd3InSZATCZ
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYBvpceuJst
consequences."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcdoRXo9odV
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAz4wgiSB8ky
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAmbB1EEnq9
"That's my girl."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxdrXUDqv1u
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAs7CgO1N598
As I tucked my phone 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOwRBffV7XG
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlxDwoMUKG6
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4gHhL280pO
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4NpL7fCG9k
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAonjDpMiRpS
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.1056Please respect copyright.PENANArPMUMgwvEw
When they both turned to1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9xYsk8zPUu
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8uLUZIG6uu
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAYIFIAuQ51
couldn't help but feel that they were.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQoeOHVSd8L
I laid back down 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAx4uZggMwSn
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcjElaNNADJ
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvAfQSEMnnl
two of us had in our room this morning?1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3h2E2I9G2M
Yikes! If she did, then I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfO25RnvPEo
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAA1AvbJ9gnm
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA47gfRPesA4
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQxQwA5TfUh
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZARSzwNhKe
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA78Fb1uq0E4
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVT2x8fR1fS
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAf3V2m3ky0s
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOh5EUsK8ER
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKfZKprfUD8
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAroEruPDBWn
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOPCsaV6GAh
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAS17ZxrKlmy
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqxW3Y5XW3G
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAit1OTQVj6T
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeJrPcQFhUM
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAo2CN3P2EOk
"No. It sounds great."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQrkfhwjdEK
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVXYV7k0Nts
"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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJTkdmA9qVS
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.1056Please respect copyright.PENANALLGJNbcn6b
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIUOAq3CSA8
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGcI74GZsnr
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdf48PrZn23
"True," said Taeyang.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcglYLL60F3
"Okay," I said, feeling a1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtR4euXv9Eo
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAu1aKoUhOSc
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkK4foqpAft
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxEAgKsmLkW
After the three had 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMqrFbngs59
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHogpO5IMSn
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.1056Please respect copyright.PENANARd6B5Jr4jl
While we waited, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8kutDCf1bB
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuqX3to2L8x
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPYBZUn8L1D
expression on his face.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfOo1bWSTF2
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2iI3cQSOcH
He sounded serious and I1056Please respect copyright.PENANAR0QYhWEekA
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKBNG0rECZt
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.1056Please respect copyright.PENANApktu2yMCIU
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtols2Zwdi5
I got up from the floor 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhKbMtSFvFI
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2BXbZEmEzF
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAzWIVQm3pD
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAewT9Mz81Zf
I found G-Dragon three 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4oisXxQl6v
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfTDBjJOB0N
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzM2GfjRNNE
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAT6u4FAyZul
close.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAs1EM7Pq4G9
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0Go5IAKMyM
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlpbDwY2K0N
"It's about Zoey," he said.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQ55gijMYAT
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8ymdOevBh9
"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?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcLWNGX1Uyh
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAI6kDXwUTnZ
"Really? That's all you can say?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZfllvlXWTs
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzEACu77Bhb
"But you almost had."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUokI8Xk1pP
"Yet I couldn't."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGR2OZHih3e
"Zoey is right. You're 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQEPRoNF9BM
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAw1emMhBrDo
you know I was supposed to do it."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYRCMUlSKOo
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjLiwtKCd9E
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANATEiNkDkgyu
I paused before I could say, "what?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANARMc7iwjFJS
"You heard me loud and 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAb15OaNgBkR
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6fvO67548K
to take matters into your own hands."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhWNiycwSaC
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUD0ZDtcwC8
"Wait, that's not true," I said.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQWWNG9Ikon
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANApniPnNG5t8
I now realised that I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcFuUYtF1Gd
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGlQo52ChhJ
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his1056Please respect copyright.PENANAX1tGcPale6
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsTNFvCdlmg
bound to come up sooner rather than later.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAk068BZjAeB
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAF5eCNfHjS2
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsKkNSAPgha
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKJbZQbxPt3
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqt41OkHncg
G-Dragon took a step 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwgN7CTHIQR
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAh48VSyfKWD
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxXs4jdGb9N
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAW9eUcF1b0x
"Then what did happen?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA76IRXi9mVQ
"All of this is nothing 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAx9hknQfdJ7
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvMwFFOrt5U
happened that I myself couldn't control."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAokJVW6oEiP
"Don't lie to me, Sam."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJVeBn5W2fu
"You know what, I'm 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA88R7TCXQW4
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsMU6j5yDu1
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAB3DCT5EA7Z
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I1056Please respect copyright.PENANArMwZyx3y8N
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIxHxypyOkn
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0LPLakcPk2
"Yes. But I know you 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAl5piJ6HxQF
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 1056Please respect copyright.PENANACnCh7ygKje
for himself that he and I could never be together."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAu06RnZbWsv
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvSsQJitQmy
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAaqQQx0J0vU
I turned around to head 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAaptsQVuWLG
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdVuvjvuMQP
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJLmhZLMKVl
When I came back in the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeTPBrbm0wA
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1cVH8IwT4a
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.1056Please respect copyright.PENANACmlWl7LV97
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgnr9prdkCe
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmXYUoeiDc0
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvBdHbD1Bl3
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyB9GMTTtJ3
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVAhbyLXBbR
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKINnyynzke
I heard the door open 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFfUQiS9WyL
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkj8ILePzrF
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1PwSHxGiUO
"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."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAz1VWQ6xpt0
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAks7wmOdKOK
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4By68b5s2
"Look guys," I said as 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAw82439GI2q
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmPYSaHq8bZ
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtYZwbYiIRP
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.1056Please respect copyright.PENANANYvCRqpTKA
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdQGKLP3HsP
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQb4JlgYyeB
I didn't say anything 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAurs5qzxgsc
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others1056Please respect copyright.PENANAk4uuIRSPw2
who were waiting for either of us to say something.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVA9pWLVXDm
Before anyone could 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcARCIOBHez
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAf7afHbz0Xp
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyGf2lPtiFE
we went back to practising.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYIOFVYYAXe
I don't know how I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhYYBwF70sS
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0eGSTZXi3q
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3y66mGOgd6
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAcR4fftH3u
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVDIzhIC3A0
head in the real world and not mess things up.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvJYacL2O5I
It was lunch time and 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOVVKLexzNo
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANACK5wSKF34M
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfjVRZvVQoK
stranger.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKk3LjUVt0s
Now that we were on a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8oxaleKXWN
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfAhQbbptWZ
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtyHIcTyQxz
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4nYmwmBCYe
too awkward for me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4szPlq14He
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsF3UP3f9Mp
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgreyH8tCo3
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfOOofCrDsX
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ufv53JmkK
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAw6wKkxjFg5
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAf6k1c2CUlc
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeMo6WaMknk
"Good idea," said Taeyang.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2r8UXzzX4c
As though they couldn't 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAigLmIQuiv3
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeDG8eA8F9Z
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7I0G8BtCKE
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAymNMABQjpO
A few seconds later, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6Sq8hGKVol
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse1056Please respect copyright.PENANALslAPxzdeJ
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFtfpXKKlTz
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEL4zHLmBa1
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAshvhzSRixx
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAcX8ILNt6xy
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA67HtsUiGMm
"A lot has happened 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUoNZ19kgnC
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAq1pSxWFq4l
case there were any people snooping around.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4AxDF6xoq1
"What? What's happened?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlmc0uhp5Rv
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbdM2ZRagTE
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjoxA7cDbzp
"That's not the worst 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAosGyT8eELS
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA81z23l5HKx
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGnwgn4wce4
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqwGS8mp0PM
"Like I said, he is 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOiWbZSUljX
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA59pLRAjHOB
are going to be toast especially with the press."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAW0LgkauGCV
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANANEiCI8cvG5
"I'm not sure if I can 1056Please respect copyright.PENANASuPxPdr0y3
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWd39ax66jK
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAW0rYKCYf2U
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAE2HKGJE5HG
"I've no choice and I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANApKGZ9ZXpDP
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until1056Please respect copyright.PENANAX5dB0rvcwB
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlGo4Og1udY
cap and a scarf."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5BA9mkS656
"What will you need that for?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJbDKa2qllG
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUny7cglwnQ
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEJZTi7lDjb
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMFonJ5PwrA
I cut the call and this 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAD9BIxjCVdC
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAabglt9Ew1R
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAU04AbxmiFl
I reached the bottom of 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOO2XW0zREc
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHnf08Db8CG
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXf9CfusfUI
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAs2sWhrRoWS
voices that I could recognise.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9uAVyow8cm
I went over to look, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwUd7KDz7xt
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzZNVK8dkW8
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmV5rs4VFEi
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuxrUQuk6rp
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAw7aPQfDS5x
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGMNAaxaJqh
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYOVJsxmL5c
"I'm just surprised that1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIEKTpWcDPT
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that1056Please respect copyright.PENANArjtsWRujLr
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA58AnrmApkd
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."1056Please respect copyright.PENANALryJn2GRMO
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANADGxKxT7OWV
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlfY2mE1hsw
"I think so too," said 1056Please respect copyright.PENANApsMDOcVMX5
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVrAE27r4Qj
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnw2kRnOOvg
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0By0Din4Db
I was expecting them to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJggd1EdCJ1
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAopNOJelh4b
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5jyeLY95Am
Who knows?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQZ7pkbJrFi
Throwing that thought 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfFAOQpVviS
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA82AlWUXWeN
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHQICW2abNF
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJQo0iGINzi
There were still more 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAg59kafi1Fz
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery1056Please respect copyright.PENANAA4B76cQhu1
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgkL9gRaAJU
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9ADnSoq71C
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOoZhamCdRJ
away.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzf3X87j8Rk
In what seemed like 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnfmDAyg1NZ
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7YM4JlF16g
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQHJ1ECuOBz
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAh19jVlbOIo
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhTWZh7GHMb
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7mf1SU0WT3
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKJiDPUbqCH
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.1056Please respect copyright.PENANANNCkbA8COP
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbk57pzx0SM
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAlTXqkwREXK
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgKF0Ikm6D4
"They have gone out for 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwHXVHrRIlI
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things1056Please respect copyright.PENANADyK8Z4sYUP
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIpPNuwQ91d
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeylUje6Hep
"Ya. And they are about 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQsCGyaNZwq
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGa72cDRKKl
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4lpVNX5WeG
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANANbaRNqovDs
"Ya, that will be a good1056Please respect copyright.PENANAoE0MqJPwEv
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAA7eovr9Nmi
the guards might think when they see me."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkRrmsqc4Ft
Lee and I started to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y9pS3gtFq
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKrDCXLUjaJ
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIImkdLAFr5
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ5998xcZV
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 1056Please respect copyright.PENANArf2kAWuNon
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAB2uRqgzTdf
When I finally managed 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAaP2X62B87x
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxW66ZWhYHk
away from the YG gate and down the street.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiAHpE5Rycg
I had to admit, I was so1056Please respect copyright.PENANAp0s2BMsufq
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 1056Please respect copyright.PENANApIBMZ5tyTL
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWRFlGwUJQV
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGwaB7tVg0a
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMGiwAwMaCf
After walking a few 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeONi6eX9kM
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAH2NHRUwiPy
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIyAATGjdVo
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyPEpqMyWym
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAS9ZafhJ77Y
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAshyEfqFvaq
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAA0LoPI4Dmf
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face1056Please respect copyright.PENANAK0ZYQ25KaA
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfsviwe57YT
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwBswAnByjm
I froze as I soon looked1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYJVQQwlCYP
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkleS83ROs0
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 1056Please respect copyright.PENANANvnknkJWJ4
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAc38rqRLTm
I heard him laugh 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqkZbltq4py
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANADZwIoFKYIN
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHiNIhZFtGO
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANALxk4nVT0dQ
"I'm right here."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAE8J1vFC0Ul
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAokB7QnTPq6
My sentence was cut 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA23Ugq8jtwI
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtH9WZejoRX
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuSviMk93BH
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvThnvbQGSt
A smartly dressed 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVxU8E5yVTP
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6YtZuWQKpX
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjf44XVvdVI
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsqPJZ6FvDF
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAj2HCCWD6qO
A few heads turned my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmmS7bq8NdU
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvmLqWNMNrO
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXvPKtQ6ofN
and a little suspicious too.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAe378nPpMxy
I managed to awake from 1056Please respect copyright.PENANASpt70ewNOK
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAc8OhIcSWxF
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1lARw20JC9
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAPwhx5enxC
driver's seat.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkMwLUWRNDv
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbihB6X5eSM
With my eyes, I looked 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAo21EO7OSJu
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAwDB55x8gR
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVNbEPLxtL6
He looked to be in the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzXsu7tl656
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAa2z8eIHpqV
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuyjd59RV8d
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfwkBtaSuC7
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAobDM1NULBx
who had one heck of a body.1056Please respect copyright.PENANASEkOIfpwQu
I hadn't said a word and1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQy3ohxwW0Q
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZFp1A05oaP
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAm9eEw85nbN
wrist. Who was this guy?1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6OSHjtJ0Ub
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjxLH6IUM9W
I opened my mouth but 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAeFWeNoqUKm
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtfYgnk1EYe
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkcD9nf4GmY
contact.1056Please respect copyright.PENANASetlRpglQm
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANApcFvW5fW89
"Yes, a pleasure to meet1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPwoe0IK3ts
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnnMy2k8ioN
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXi9ZSZlHMK
"I'm sorry we had to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANApYkeUtLK5w
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwDcekfsQDr
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjOxjzuONgD
I looked at him and 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVnr2psCsGO
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwRZC8zxBfn
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiOHYxPlaD1
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwf91NDJdIO
hear about in mythical tales.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqQUYSNRq0n
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9ukyY7FkjK
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAagFRYUPUXe
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA6AJcGamhl7
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."1056Please respect copyright.PENANArrE9otifyY
There was silence and I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAa3QCWpaetv
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made1056Please respect copyright.PENANAUeYi2Ba9Bb
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAQK0oxOQiR5
something.1056Please respect copyright.PENANALAfR23Ywcy
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAG2Fkjw0kz7
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAb3JQvXRTGj
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1hao4RRvGv
"I was born in the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANADo0qVU5wFK
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are1056Please respect copyright.PENANAd4b2J2Fv1Q
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAyazy6Czrl
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAd2FRkOjH7p
business empire is what's so important to them."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmcQ3mHE3qu
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKZC1X5hC5x
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAtvSUOtK2kN
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.1056Please respect copyright.PENANARaKciKmC7s
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANArthLeri1ow
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAELnUaVM9UR
"Lunch?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbt6i5owSav
"Yes, lunch."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJIEBbLPUFz
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8bmKttbPas
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAujEywNVgpA
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1dIS7CbiAz
I raised an eyebrow at 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAM3wUXj65jm
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEL4XvQQMX2
you have been able to find me on the street."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfB5Gh0tXAw
He gave me that dashing 1056Please respect copyright.PENANALANNUJ1k2i
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0nu8SyFzow
would meet. I had to come prepared."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAd11GBwiTge
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkgzP1ADhZV
"My apartment. It's much safer there."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1qvRwAw0c4
"You own an apartment?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAy1Y2Vji5ML
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqSw7V5b3Jd
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4BoC78B7gc
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHIfJJkb6Rf
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.1056Please respect copyright.PENANATIVCqT6UPF
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFjsmiXIuOn
It was a huge apartment 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8pftSDP3ro
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAH0VC4JeS6V
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAalvY07CJvY
After the car parked, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANACa1P5E6JDs
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAW56dv9pvx9
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8OKT0MlhRy
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbwOK6KJb7A
came out of the car.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOvi43YzhYd
Derrick lead the way, 1056Please respect copyright.PENANARUd0vGlRNL
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmmx2dx1YYD
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOhNHO2gcgi
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdnkPjlESEQ
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.1056Please respect copyright.PENANApBfNGgYAIM
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOdbZA0LT72
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAF9KqPBzQq8
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbOwSgqBQ2R
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAaDQMCgd4r0
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfKspmHN4NP
"Well, ya, I do! You're 1056Please respect copyright.PENANALYMxadz9gt
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAgKbbtotT5L
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAidlmWU6HkW
"Why?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqwkEFIsLl5
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqmTN9DTlnq
The elevator doors flew 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0JQMUCz47J
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAebjrvwKQNT
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKSOtYefM4p
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGSOeKXQXe2
into heaven.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAekj3ks38o5
I stepped out of the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAd0FZjxPApA
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3qFbe3YJZ
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA19HuFlEeKr
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjDEn9OqB3I
soft red carpet.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAp3yhovmhmN
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAin8PV3RIpw
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPcFQ3TTR3q
I looked down the hall 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3bfbJVkpdT
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZJm6aN8beL
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 1056Please respect copyright.PENANArKDHeOJlpJ
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAuC8uYA7L14
coming.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyKvRpcQjVt
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAghjRol8XO7
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvOn23sb9vk
"Ladies first," said Derrick.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWb6Fl1NVCE
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVz1h5Ztvz8
"This place is very 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdEl7CIT7ag
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJdBGHm149p
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAR8tNDK9wfS
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the1056Please respect copyright.PENANAX8J7bms2tn
wall.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2jsWivOwVd
I looked to the other 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAT6klafP9iU
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZsvghUNJMB
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEf3YOWkE14
beautiful flower vases with orchids.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAGjr4v7nZEm
"I see you like 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAabXzwws84P
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5yoDvO03Uv
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA1M0i2eTqXA
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWQqx8pW4oA
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAC5DD72Y4II
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAoJn2FcPpK0
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAM1uXgWIcsb
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYhJszCMPjO
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.1056Please respect copyright.PENANArAxgH2f3xN
The butler bowed and 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAYsfqsujn1H
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAfMvndDuzgU
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAe3e212sa32
ground.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxVuO5MjmOR
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEWj3wWbuVw
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5e8QpZLl8q
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.1056Please respect copyright.PENANASz3zue7ZTL
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqnl0A7pLnM
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANASgEME4kmZD
As we got to the dining 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAoykpThJ0fv
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7MDVB0zrc9
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and1056Please respect copyright.PENANAapSJ99eJY9
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAqGHbpIdmqn
The butler had served 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwRTvGJvNGI
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAVtDENn4HAA
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvAwAKSsgCA
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA3IqK0C03rg
next to the plates were spotless.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0UurdWOzLh
Dishes of food were 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAipHkFxaT3b
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA4zypfosY6v
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhNEtxxBuSe
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANABn9muiJozw
lady.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMf4mmWBUsZ
The butler helped to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsDTFyLX0qC
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7faIfOnsOU
sure not to eat too much and take my time.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXw0fQ2z9Q0
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAObih9Jondz
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAB8yfUpHfmv
"Now, about the issue at1056Please respect copyright.PENANASqoiogbsAO
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdzACtfmQey
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAzY6776NtTU
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvMFTFiUi8z
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxk82GHo7I8
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAwZYrtSYMAE
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA0VyQgW0OUs
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.1056Please respect copyright.PENANApfBJVVylVT
The photo showed Zoey in1056Please respect copyright.PENANASCTrjx5aOf
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAdw5LPHpcVn
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAunxpUGowLA
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2PjMB99KFH
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvCoi01ql4K
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAmPHH1PUrcT
"I know this isn't 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkyRTeLiHIn
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 1056Please respect copyright.PENANARYnhacqSGM
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANALtae1fH7Sn
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2CXTPsJdFh
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyxhh5dApyJ
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA2h5hsUIfdI
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.1056Please respect copyright.PENANATydisGb8XP
I looked at the photo 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAHXT4KW2z9c
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAoMHLIn6Caj
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your1056Please respect copyright.PENANAWBLuvgLzXH
brother?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAiA7DjSTnv9
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAX0TOVnjGGg
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA9QGuh3cEW0
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAK0brcs6zwB
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAkkByYPe5SJ
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAbWGmNSHKd6
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANARGf4XYDgsB
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOrPyuhPzy3
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnW0JlLqEgJ
"I know my brother very 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJIN0YBiECb
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAyYPrfQYhhu
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAJkcgIDiDbb
I then remembered the 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4Qc0SGzni
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvsil6AgxuA
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvkpNZoWwkh
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7JeZ7OhA7f
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA108Nqll9jU
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAjvJUqwf6NH
"But that's strange. If 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAEnIZ85yosE
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA11EuW9w0lG
don't see the reason why they would hide."1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5bEG4dxumb
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhrXW78yKDa
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANABMpk7m5AXE
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAOc4D5ByPM5
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAPhDXBGmL2e
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANARFhdzlFRkd
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAvYpDLxR5dG
"Wait! That was him?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAKMv7v0NtRZ
"Yes. I was there."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAm1hLYrITPY
"You were there too?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAIjTN1xltz6
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."1056Please respect copyright.PENANArGdv4prMBP
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms1056Please respect copyright.PENANAukFzzb33Bv
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7OqaIFon57
"She is."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAhu1So6aXGE
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAioGwoGuDy8
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAXroQ5nkHGf
"And do you really think she would?"1056Please respect copyright.PENANAE6iCT7QqoS
I thought about his 1056Please respect copyright.PENANA7AKbuUAtvs
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth1056Please respect copyright.PENANAsSFRGWWzPe
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what1056Please respect copyright.PENANAnWTdTatl6o
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAxITl7TO2WS
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.1056Please respect copyright.PENANATVZehy9Eif
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA8n8yYdXSVl
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."1056Please respect copyright.PENANAka0oYOqvms
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.1056Please respect copyright.PENANA5hOidLa4Ok
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.1056Please respect copyright.PENANAAkGvpuph6q
"Before I go, tell me 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAFH5VGRFBx3
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 1056Please respect copyright.PENANAMhORIh3mwE
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."