Have you ever been awake1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzMyVN02bNp
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXoFLODzUlP
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAY8YqbCXUA2
day goes on?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbIUWkAQrAi
That's how I felt right at this moment.1048Please respect copyright.PENANASRX28e9dCZ
I tossed in my bed, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANACRdeCYDwi9
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABd2i8xYuyA
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcFD3XHYoAn
could come up so that I could meet my end already.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcIrtM4IEOI
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhzzkakVwz8
I fell back on my bed, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzWnLN86rAv
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAaC1Dpd3YBs
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMBk4VxSryo
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 1048Please respect copyright.PENANApgiTztBGEd
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAslFPfCL20p
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANARoY09jFqfE
mind even to dream.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOoS7YRCzi0
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlhsTlEKN3F
How I wish I could fall 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIc5ut6zZmU
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0XBrWhIj4Q
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5EwCPkkAFj
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtVfnleWOlq
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlT4IFrf0nH
I knew I now had to face1048Please respect copyright.PENANAI91b9p6iB3
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAfdZD4QYKO
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even1048Please respect copyright.PENANACaPhMFQAt7
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAiwZvkN2Pmc
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAw4oFUdR8ox
I knew her persistence 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAChbJAqPbBC
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAiNZk8e4ozf
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8YwdJtdiep
her if I had to tell her the truth.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuTlqrdVhHQ
I know sometimes we 1048Please respect copyright.PENANArOg2g3znX1
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAh2VYlwcNnF
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJKBftsNwub
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANATf4XqRKM2b
had now reached that point.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8F5CfsZFwA
I sighed again as I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwtJRR7Azil
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAceYr4IrDtu
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvnxszCqloz
If it came to G-Dragon, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ee9V2rr69
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I1048Please respect copyright.PENANAyDuXNErIma
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdx1qzWsPLf
lot harder.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFhPYR5FsC4
How was I going to tell 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAexm0uzkMjF
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuKAd9LSzdI
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3Zldau3gKZ
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwQUmzbHXog
either.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMmFX4LbkQN
I kicked out the bed 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAc3YYsPXc4c
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzKU17k39as
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZTZeVWKLX
in my purple pyjamas.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAI61wleI7IG
I went straight for the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZWKfhn9jby
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJkwJ0RH4X6
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANATLt2zoqR5K
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOv7sgfeQM6
mum.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbZg1vUTnHz
Hopefully, I was calling1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhOboKNuph1
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA254JH76iLA
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYjWQHluP3x
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKwJaUdTkyq
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.1048Please respect copyright.PENANArNnEjFWlCQ
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcJVsOziGtf
"Hello, Sam?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGmPw8cPIwH
"Hi, mum."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVLuWlj0wNv
"Sam, how are you, dear?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAN6Q7BKIt2H
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAV7keQPQyHw
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAeKtOLd15Sx
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXGzOypXrC9
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3qTyDS3Iec
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."1048Please respect copyright.PENANADr9T472Yd1
"Ya, I can see you guys 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6bZx8NEXct
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlxoNaFgfiB
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAW5HBvi4V95
her computer as she looked at the pictures.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPPRdLv4ray
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEYqjX3Myba
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhW1Ev7VsGN
"I'll check out the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAM4U5qdo5i
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUUw7JeMWP7
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAG1WmlXNC4J
Why aren't you asleep?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvF3mELCuHK
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAeiUPQItYN7
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZpK0KVqqKd
I could imagine my mum 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAs1voYh4H2G
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvpSbPtBDEf
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtOl3IsZRuL
her arms folded.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzcsHzapYzi
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmFWEa24yDS
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgh0urEkUPE
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYpJfDMvCvR
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuvyrKklE7h
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAc80gZmHgzF
"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."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbVCe06i6Do
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXN7UetJAn8
"I've been lying to Zoey1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8UD5ur9RjB
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAswl74pKH4i
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 1048Please respect copyright.PENANADflFsrBUUB
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXHVunDeLhP
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0TasAXZxfs
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcuYJBBAxJM
"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."1048Please respect copyright.PENANACJa98uI7hY
"Trust me, mum, Collins 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAe71nM8l8gE
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 1048Please respect copyright.PENANALdSS3gBJB0
that you shouldn't say a word either."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmpfUNts2Ux
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlV0PIclO7g
"You know I can never 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0fM6b68jiM
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAomvSLOmAS5
matter of life and death. I've no choice."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAV79T1T2aqf
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAzmWApP5Rc
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvof1oB0oPF
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7dVhBODUcu
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIfTDDeC96m
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7D6i1Gbwcy
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2UHJmk8HHl
There was silence at the other end. Until....1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAxYzviwOlN
"WHAT!"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAm5BXfTA58P
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."1048Please respect copyright.PENANABqmJTutiJ2
"Then what is it? The 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbj6h2yBOZM
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAfgFoJlwkdC
feel like you're betraying your best friend."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbg6a3cohEq
"It was like that at 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwMWzH2o3tc
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close1048Please respect copyright.PENANAC3HRO8gwzh
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtfLlV112ZM
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbCsHV7emDO
fingers.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAN877kWAlVC
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZhLkQXgpKj
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHrUFBB9ZnF
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYlCORG3ZHJ
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5Q0brCsg1z
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbiabacM8QR
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoN9kLKW2Tz
"And that's not the worst part."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUziZJyErjv
I told her what happened1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsR6CWpe3ny
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVhAIbO9b0S
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKwiEEOLEQD
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4joeKLdvy1
and the kiss.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGABdwo6MAy
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFqJ4U0U9g7
"Ssh, and listen."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMWIycNNlFM
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPoQOBSQjho
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2wn0M3kiJ6
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAN95Jcf9HYa
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlTOKmktLEs
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdlW4dth7jF
"Are you scared?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtm2cj3umMO
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlUp2hylLaj
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."1048Please respect copyright.PENANADl2vyeWQjm
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlgFIGToKZT
"We all get hurt at some1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtWZYq4dMDG
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlzUz4K7tiU
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAziJrczaHZ4
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUw7r1jhT8j
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQMLDSJhf5b
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUZuRiuurab
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzLo7Tzzuj7
"Don't cry, okay? You're1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgIofkgPxtl
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqbFaMu2EgW
will need all the rest you can get."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUXnnnV1ndR
"Yes, mum. I will."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1hTnxA9sQ2
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoiITP634kM
"Okay. Bye."1048Please respect copyright.PENANARi2u0Eb5XM
I hang up and I quickly 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7TeqnQQudL
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwiYbMe2vBa
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAiYlUUQzbtI
arms.1048Please respect copyright.PENANACYrbvFhzuY
It must have been some 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAo3TIN7pxtN
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcFMlUDUVf0
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxeOdzEff7s
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1PZl98E0Hm
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAiDQYAAk2Qo
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxEdCJdtQBx
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZOZMLBjl2i
"Sadly, it isn't, my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9lK1g6OSDz
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAT2EKZvPHaN
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYM7bDkioaG
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAW7bJWANePT
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEe9bCNqkpB
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhMEj2V01GJ
"So, start talking right now."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4TGKwXOa9s
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAaEi89S0pyB
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAie1AXf29k7
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwxo6kwVmBt
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAt0XMTxXQcQ
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdXygIXnXNf
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzc0XWn0lhr
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtU2YR7jY3i
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbFvexRp1xm
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFg2LtPKzwf
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKHkQl5i1c5
"You like him, don't you?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAbj1atOdCH
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAA60KHWqABn
"I..uh...no, that's not it."1048Please respect copyright.PENANARLBz54KsEn
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."1048Please respect copyright.PENANANj5AmWhO2y
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5DpFQwVRgP
"Expected from me?" Zoey1048Please respect copyright.PENANAG8DrRW1YjR
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnPl4KLyM99
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVkZqrMaSJ2
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAN2PQHd6jTp
"I know you feel guilty 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3Tktshr8yT
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOkdYX9aaZ9
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1S2MIbywgl
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXI4N7SCkpS
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA99xkWyPNSG
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."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzvNs36KGfy
I wanted to slap my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAX3FEPcdeOA
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't1048Please respect copyright.PENANAc7ou4kBhGY
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 1048Please respect copyright.PENANALsWgVzcCrk
it gets out of hand.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAee5EjzteQi
"Zoey, listen to me," I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANALe9aOnK3jb
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlPapUE80Pi
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEpjSslknRD
I paused. That was odd. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4wgKIG2vIJ
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I1048Please respect copyright.PENANAL9IauHKkKe
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVHpf4p7ewy
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZWoLG8dAec
What was wrong with me? I1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPmIjh0MZw8
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJGOTfX30yY
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHvn4qgao5X
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsuQsIKnST0
"You're weird, Sam," 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuGp7AjazsU
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJeyd3HT56K
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAq4hoKL1quE
waiting."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZx9gWNOG3W
Zoey closed the door and1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgDYZvQIyJL
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAooZe91Yz7S
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOcCKLj4gPu
harder than I thought.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPmZ6CCRKw6
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmsVbNrn0vc
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAByvAFDv3t7
I stood up from my bed 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdadJqqBqaa
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkfDp4rXFq3
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcEwS12ofmq
is the most important part.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAWa0dEhEFg
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."1048Please respect copyright.PENANApPeVk8hMRj
Whatever my conscious 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXIqAjRTjwn
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4gLnwMDKSi
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwwBuN1W2pG
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvaPPlPuegL
If that was the case, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAP5p7Lcq2AP
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAupb3ROJfRP
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 1048Please respect copyright.PENANArn3jg5zrKg
shattered completely.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgCGbjTw3bG
While I was trying to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAeBP9PA9NTp
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkwfzFdy5wv
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAryEqxcUmMh
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4hIPJEjKFb
I answered the call. "Hello?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAA57TXne2Ko
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPi9ZWi8dNw
I held my breath. That 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAE57DMhztXz
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2pHccuXpOX
asking that question, not thinking it.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAToFdIZ9fRi
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8l0RewAra2
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWeY7cOfscx
"Talk? Talk about what?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMoeii1NPSh
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbcVYNytmRG
"Photo? What...?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANARO0mxyY1Hs
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwZ52TsQNr7
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkYzPUdBg8Z
"If you haven't seen it,1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFLTL5R9KTm
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAa5aaqdTFRQ
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjyDc2FyWPV
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGR40EHgLJP
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuJejh9rJq4
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAO7m82UStB3
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbC08pFwIx8
I could soon hear the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABZCIV6CupZ
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAfUE4kYBqqn
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAi8N0PBjhia
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxK0V1o9QzJ
I looked back at my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAr4nfPI82vr
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I1048Please respect copyright.PENANAn1VDGHvglU
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUQlDMlKzmu
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmKf8D521i0
download the photo.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIFbRJArA5B
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYnLBst9JLq
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgpfgAaAqeW
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA78UnegucY0
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFvKbqPHMle
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6PFi5d02xC
I nodded and Lee left. I1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGHm8ZTdp0A
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 1048Please respect copyright.PENANALK5hkRZpa8
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.1048Please respect copyright.PENANArDyu60oqyV
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbPBQ04vtbK
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOKkcpSkDXU
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHtRQV6z0ba
"Zoey!"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYrP1ZO3Wch
"Not a word, Sam. You're1048Please respect copyright.PENANASt6qjyb8qI
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQn01xF4i1H
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's1048Please respect copyright.PENANAH4zzT7Fvvg
up with you today."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUNIfTqyDzU
If only she knew. So 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMiNL3Un6b6
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYyfcnoRwDu
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQUM4nLdRDP
I went to the bathroom 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVTION6bWYr
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFnVsuuuRsr
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYd9yoqbuhK
reflection.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAG3PejcDT9W
I looked like I hadn't 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4fpaNdua5i
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAESJCk2FMzx
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAK59kQmqSXJ
if not by two.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjUpS4s7bu8
G-Dragon and Zoey were 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbSKIuk2Kd0
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAp3Vi3xWidt
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 1048Please respect copyright.PENANATS0CcTAEHY
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIG5KdhZ9am
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4t8bV6IgWf
After I took a quick 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQvi8YthlCE
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvBqu6f4X60
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKNGMgeUQOR
the bathroom to get her makeup done.1048Please respect copyright.PENANATUN1W5iZs5
I unlocked my phone. I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0ACkofH1tQ
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 1048Please respect copyright.PENANARLsIHqULA7
photo must be done downloading by now.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuUJIVgO8lw
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAr6RRhmxoL0
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQ869Xp5Nc8
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAI6eZAuF1et
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsmTxTvYTte
"Morning. How was your night?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA46lVW73gHB
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmNLdeb92p2
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANArHjCpfFiiE
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4C8s32ikiu
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."1048Please respect copyright.PENANArJPOuciKCK
I smiled a little. At 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKNhTA2HsAF
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqepnugjm2d
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAM2myaRWX1U
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAe3if3j8p3B
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjNfKKO2Ysi
"You too."1048Please respect copyright.PENANANwiGmibPli
He cut the line and I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAB5JtzlyA0a
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhKhIzcEF97
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdKzmcBIoU2
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsIqkPFhs6j
After I dressed up and 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAprFTSRRH1x
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 1048Please respect copyright.PENANARjZb1sDURE
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkSWu3zPaz7
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1AbG6DWSMo
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhQOFQ8MZPs
room.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzcUwWC6qC5
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUj7zAqkqs2
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtyvGPLqiHV
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAG6YFOiBh9k
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAF1BSY5mh9a
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsE202ZbpLF
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhQMmUByHkf
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmB8CPUvgwa
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAA0ImdnYuYo
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbmrKG25KSu
"What?" I asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAY6KFqYgwV4
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."1048Please respect copyright.PENANASWHS6RXb9n
I frowned. "So?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWyrr2UQw7h
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1GDkUavsjO
I was still confused. "So?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjFb839ZwOv
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.1048Please respect copyright.PENANArQEhAfZTtN
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2CLVzZUUjj
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?1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2VfiQAxq4y
"I don't see the harm in1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxbFWrhrfzh
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkVFgNdSGeq
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAb75A8JsA30
that wrong?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAei0PlxakB9
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3eYvcOtbS8
"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."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEtaViMnwp5
"I can see that," said 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAakLQmECkix
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAG5LB3EgnRT
me but I decided not to say anything.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvkeXRjDQ82
When we were done with 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlO6dCYBiO4
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGAq0vzV3JI
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA90chRKw1sj
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAA1cV0OJ6Jw
looking at my phone.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAK7enk1wEia
When everyone in the car1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGsgkaJBBi1
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFWzv5Lx3A8
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5T5YjX8JSn
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9gaLX3B5jG
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANASJqE8zB0at
I quickly pressed the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAq5oOr266M0
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9D7cbe69GC
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWop6xYyvJK
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAeiNdr3iPt8
"May I see?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsf3Ed9poRt
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEhI9E9EL2D
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1Isf9dUw1
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGiA5xD0ega
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."1048Please respect copyright.PENANApdveuiKHLr
I wish I could tell him 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhAlJ7J0nHK
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9LDm8XY1eq
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgpPRNpAUdN
Now that I had seen the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANATV37FI3ZAn
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7XNyquO4Zu
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAo3lwytqmSI
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYJlE32AW6W
Speaking of which, I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANArGLSOedk17
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOx8J9H62Ve
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABikeVbzgDK
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIrG0ji0N4R
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2RBrxdyxCM
further onto the edge, I would burst.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAM9m5PT3VDh
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEdyJmopCZn
My heart skipped a beat.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMgXTDFJBSF
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKyIr47DhR3
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFZ8lAvzver
choice.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8QAOGMb0HJ
As soon as I stepped out1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwOC6k9yIar
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANACCPOdIwTxS
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQZaaP0i0ht
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJpne2Hs2aT
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlQhpV173Pb
"You're aren't the only 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgCkDVOPvMU
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAryMIZEzYwN
to work on that when we get in there."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7zS5wAiN5F
I managed to put up a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnSeXTJZm6u
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnJ1ulIAZ87
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuQNkFz7VgF
As I came into the lobby1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmSIQRhackO
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA566jaDPLUP
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAs6MCEUymr
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."1048Please respect copyright.PENANABfPj6TWxVq
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsxkRwi7i2L
We all got in the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMqBAXj0q7h
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQ02M4dVHcG
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAg68qURFTV4
things.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEgDod7XNHU
We got to the dance 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6J67KnVxHw
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 1048Please respect copyright.PENANANS8Irbtv5M
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvLaliG9nPG
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAfbvS5Xxo4j
I was too lost in 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1IAVz0pd5n
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0oPT7Oq1RX
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGZs5UBqWA0
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAW27umpDTsn
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.1048Please respect copyright.PENANANAkXS32oHu
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAERWb8OoSfD
"Tell me about it," said1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6A82GxzPsv
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her1048Please respect copyright.PENANACCUMIQGDrP
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAySEa7T3vPm
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA30kNLskBV9
"Too weird," said Daniel.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhv8riHN9Td
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAZfgZPI2Si
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhN9u5CgKSK
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAa2kOuCu4WD
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAq0d4MCZW2A
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAyzZSMPjGLT
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAs34auUmRiK
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAY9AGe4J7RU
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqZd86G8fD7
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqdcsYRsUpn
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAM0MUHSkdLX
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUVNXy4qQ1m
"I'm not."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8Mo4avkteS
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzn2Lb3vBRN
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxjROlk2SbP
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.1048Please respect copyright.PENANApGQN1ACtCV
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9QqmKQckLm
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANARLh9DoAuhs
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnNmji4qvI4
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."1048Please respect copyright.PENANANi8shaZLCI
Before I could turn 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6NoeTTIw8y
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANApMMHLmsPln
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlP6jBpv96E
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOmZEy2rkWO
I took the crown from 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3IJDm3qUdN
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOEw506aUr1
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxvozP1A5lD
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 1048Please respect copyright.PENANASRH7rQNkhM
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIXQdyPJFIM
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuzwMDEgETn
"It is," said Seungri 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgBDtuD0ZoV
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFYozV2tYcb
stones because it's your birth stone."1048Please respect copyright.PENANASme4jhhDWO
"Aww! Thank you so much,1048Please respect copyright.PENANAL9fVRoDGFB
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOrwu94BLDj
he was going to brighten up my day today.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkZdpyd1yTa
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUHRDQ6YMRw
"I want to wear it," 1048Please respect copyright.PENANARxTtKdggSu
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAagCGfmqoIV
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAfLv1RjLGW7
"Don't I look like a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAp8loP4m5kW
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnlMpvpJ1m2
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgQl4jQLudQ
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQjuYhaMMlq
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAE0ICZP62QG
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAg89aCGJNjA
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZiOC502R3u
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2JY8DRStCf
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAS4uVs8WrWQ
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2daTHuVQig
"May her royal majesty 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAemaCZhqyaf
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 1048Please respect copyright.PENANARfqI86htVL
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAm9QCfgYfR9
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIx3G6slWSf
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9qvod0MSRf
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.1048Please respect copyright.PENANADOzcba3lVB
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4Uk3HxMXWj
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAETzie9iG7n
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnokVCilemj
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAACSquDxp8d
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgZPddP3I93
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAH4YYApJCJ8
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXK6SYYuTN5
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAumoQdwJgyY
She couldn't tell the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdr9WKSZC61
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXahM9papK4
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group1048Please respect copyright.PENANACdQD6CyjqN
photo with me in the middle.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVP0uwFsTuD
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHadvZz3FZy
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAR1zUzpkYeA
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKGZoCGpOfR
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAyfFqmZ8atS
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbsJrBW1xyX
Zoey smiled. "Even better."1048Please respect copyright.PENANArymgKhfQrB
G-Dragon turned to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6amyJRLlO7
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAe7knhztFvi
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAunOmnlkUTA
him and he will find us."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAamtfyUHIEg
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0GbDeV1cyO
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4ftetXfNZl
We all stood on one side1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGgVa61T1LB
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 1048Please respect copyright.PENANASQJVnA6nsU
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVVMiBlo2nv
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAn4xqq4z8Ms
"So, I was thinking, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABso4zlnP26
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1kPzCkq9eh
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3lwa16wall
guys."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAITMHidmvCJ
Christine came forward 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgPYOInNATd
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkmwvdPm9uk
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhp3rE9fcN5
With Christine and Mike 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXuW8mlLYhy
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6cbjiAvyby
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoxYbSm2e7W
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKzDSWpkwus
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZb1b1bFwZh
themselves back and they again their backs touched.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0zfTkhSA9D
With a bit of skilful 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6j1adAdXr
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvDaF4ppRcm
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANADjRDR0ZumC
air.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsttiFcDRXR
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoogqXIakTw
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAaPse86jICp
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.1048Please respect copyright.PENANABZFXcjDF0r
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8gA09AKhI
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.1048Please respect copyright.PENANACRuJIabsJe
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAd2GY4V02QH
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.1048Please respect copyright.PENANANBXMPsQYC4
The door soon opened and1048Please respect copyright.PENANAiiQlKU9Zqu
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAm7JJTWqtBf
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAL303TLACHN
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAudw14SHV6Q
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxA9xEK3Fyt
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnaBV9nK7kx
Mike and Christine 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAaHVtvmQ4la
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqdzsDTbYLy
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 1048Please respect copyright.PENANANR8vbxLfk2
us will come in the scene.1048Please respect copyright.PENANANCAGRsB6WQ
"Mmmm," the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAk39iTs0BuE
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwXDes05WYD
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAI9B82gOzti
"I like it," said the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7Rh0c4HvCf
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbCFBY0v7xS
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1FwZbhPyvJ
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAypikfGUTyj
comes in."1048Please respect copyright.PENANADqtIx6Iglh
Zoey and G-Dragon took 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgFmhXPg44a
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 1048Please respect copyright.PENANArMppma3YMZ
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAH0pRU3L6uA
were perfect.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1lx7lIk3WT
"Excellent," said the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAfEYUZzmITV
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAiD53Qcr2S
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbfSKJ8KHbh
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOaOPqDHRx4
formation in front of them."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcifCN9oHpB
We did as the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANANBOjaaevfW
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAE5eeSMtnUe
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAk3JL9RBY27
the hang of it.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvjYKRXyQ1G
A few minutes later, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFXzBYOQ4Mu
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAObdXzRLHmn
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and1048Please respect copyright.PENANA781ItwSPNG
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZZiYYMqoWb
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.1048Please respect copyright.PENANATDqyMpAGIU
I laughed, also staring 1048Please respect copyright.PENANARITPF8gHg8
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7cQlXYcGHk
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGkvS6aqT8Q
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuwrUlwSPOx
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXVpTq1fjIQ
I quickly scrambled up 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3pJUVFiE5C
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and1048Please respect copyright.PENANADWpwASQRNn
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhiiWr1xoJ0
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAr1uFujZhM8
and removed my phone.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAARfDAJ3nHf
I sent a message to the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAff9il4zJtN
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he1048Please respect copyright.PENANALrmZe3lAcH
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAk1eUYdA0NK
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAaiYq7ACoLQ
"Good. We should meet."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmydni5OC1z
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqMbac5G5Ah
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."1048Please respect copyright.PENANANuKdeo8YhB
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAaWv16p83Eh
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAB3r0E0wJh8
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGfVt1Ij6k0
"You're one smart 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwCXdmhuVNF
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsrHmnBYxQP
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7jRVgYGzfm
consequences."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFwQYOLHsgC
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhxJLD0uvtR
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJZxohmbgke
"That's my girl."1048Please respect copyright.PENANADDIqQH1jJC
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMRVxtfLOYu
As I tucked my phone 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkbGls5IBgZ
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPYHu744Qhi
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsVX66Alsob
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjXHkgVSSz8
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7NrXjCjjui
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.1048Please respect copyright.PENANABVpKEF17b8
When they both turned to1048Please respect copyright.PENANAK5E0xaHe40
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANADpL16sNulv
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwInFe1lDON
couldn't help but feel that they were.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKUS8JJl9VC
I laid back down 1048Please respect copyright.PENANArFdyjZagFr
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqyla6f77lo
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgR6cGqvlFT
two of us had in our room this morning?1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2EOEVoM2rL
Yikes! If she did, then I1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1QaTDrCli0
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMyHbKu2Els
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqor2D9dyRd
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlRjR8Xlb3I
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoct3b5Cptl
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbIGpUj7SMd
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXXvuCWPHfj
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAj9XOyx7Uah
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEckVPNCmel
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQIVvxcxtEx
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqOqlfFIOoN
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvUYkuDqki5
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5Z6OBFd8Zx
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUmdJCtF9aw
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA23bgvePoW2
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2IUJNrZMK6
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJMDqAYcu48
"No. It sounds great."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvcQiEtXsy3
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIoELWTZh4K
"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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA21BK92cEkn
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsIZWTOCrXf
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbzSC3L1WyV
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5Nw9Og8ABd
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.1048Please respect copyright.PENANABDMGHUE5Qn
"True," said Taeyang.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVHA8veM9nE
"Okay," I said, feeling a1048Please respect copyright.PENANAfAHSjTHky4
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAktkTtjJJEp
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcBz324agOC
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAm1Xnlmwpil
After the three had 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbGjmd3u4tt
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHzniPvW2LV
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcfsYF0QLnd
While we waited, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZrMrOHrOEL
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid1048Please respect copyright.PENANAn9TRLWuaCh
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQGGaTfCYm3
expression on his face.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8IuYml3Gwe
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQeb7aaPaWA
He sounded serious and I1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFyuqAyt9oC
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel1048Please respect copyright.PENANAaKossj7gX1
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAA0SLHcEoOo
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAplnDWEDuKP
I got up from the floor 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAehjzvFbOCU
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7w6ssmchP
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA60j6fa3q5X
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlHQc4oMaZP
I found G-Dragon three 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsnxg80nXRk
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2n0XmwaJ63
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAaAEZGyhbO9
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuwDD5xkiwo
close.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAczbsHqGBQ9
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1OEZfZAMrw
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3dGSMHZka7
"It's about Zoey," he said.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsqnqJNRUeU
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANALN2pVGLJkP
"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?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAiWhoiIxWhe
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAY2BPAaTSyO
"Really? That's all you can say?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9o22mnJwrO
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIj10vLvgmi
"But you almost had."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsc0CmBQ4zw
"Yet I couldn't."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXaYzTS053z
"Zoey is right. You're 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAx4wlEtKYsn
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAm4frkTD4PZ
you know I was supposed to do it."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3yLSTreizj
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVUyWziq6yG
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2rYXO9ooPC
I paused before I could say, "what?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEbdvULnnvA
"You heard me loud and 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0eQ3LpEJ2i
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPiHmUgG7Ez
to take matters into your own hands."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAeQvk2gYAsr
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzaNOEpxWPy
"Wait, that's not true," I said.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgHVZ5PViKZ
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8N2BTT73eG
I now realised that I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjltwggNSBE
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPPYj4ewk3t
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhiX2WFCBoF
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANADbDuBhD0YU
bound to come up sooner rather than later.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjeraJiLFkK
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANABY4UdSPXDu
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWEgNABRxet
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4QN9tIAlWS
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAn2dPrGGO3K
G-Dragon took a step 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6qqrtpxNCt
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHlOx8ib20Q
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4n6VqRBnRc
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhv0M4TQ9ty
"Then what did happen?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYI6oVfRPwP
"All of this is nothing 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhFQZMKtdbd
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzjtqh40znL
happened that I myself couldn't control."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0KSKN7wSWi
"Don't lie to me, Sam."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4vWpnI5eiU
"You know what, I'm 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkv9s8NN9ro
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8TRomRrSTF
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 1048Please respect copyright.PENANADbuuoe2e7e
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1KK4l582UT
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8pdBjeIPNM
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGZllrhdjBQ
"Yes. But I know you 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbkqLNOW9Sa
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEQGdV7ouQ6
for himself that he and I could never be together."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7ehRPFa5T6
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnztO2UiiCS
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwMPVUHbEHe
I turned around to head 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIUX3WBY9Zy
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZkUfg1mP7E
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9ORavevKd
When I came back in the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4gfPtlGYGU
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAf9ahsM288q
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAi7XoBcvswh
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhqmLDdpR82
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAl1bDRccskt
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.1048Please respect copyright.PENANATmqMTtrSf2
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxHYfRaVIZ2
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnSyNwRzN6L
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGAHaSPYlBn
I heard the door open 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHnzWjCtYJW
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 1048Please respect copyright.PENANACQzwApnoqg
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKc7LHYwGUC
"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."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQu9NgjMMIk
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKHZ1YP2Bg0
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAa9P2nKyJ8G
"Look guys," I said as 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0VAvsY3AKJ
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm1048Please respect copyright.PENANAY9dPryV0ph
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAejx9QLherg
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPzMvUWfjZo
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWCMH2ruXT0
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAa3uTZDQ0Fz
I didn't say anything 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAw82Ho112TO
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmFYCiBe7wJ
who were waiting for either of us to say something.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAr5ZELkQqcs
Before anyone could 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxtbbZKveYP
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsyNkigup1E
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2PmY5Q9VQg
we went back to practising.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmbWu3FnWDW
I don't know how I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9tRTBK1LsZ
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcUqXvKBDTK
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2ChDbiuvtB
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAIEX7uq8FkD
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkNg6tgMFXF
head in the real world and not mess things up.1048Please respect copyright.PENANACDOxD7UX5M
It was lunch time and 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6YDHcetxfx
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1KXpYScYWw
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhDT419yaTw
stranger.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0ePIMuaL7G
Now that we were on a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFGVgIoa8qI
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0laYuTavN7
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5kb7PrANVk
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just1048Please respect copyright.PENANAw0AcMMrB1Z
too awkward for me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAVnCKCSui6
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANACZtVGMrGi8
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFdzTlq8vYd
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAisVbt6Bbwd
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOXLWq0i5EE
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQmwLTa70cZ
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAX3AW7EjJSs
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVFynZ2Bn4E
"Good idea," said Taeyang.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAb47EbQphEZ
As though they couldn't 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAP76SGRDImt
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAySnTZLivJO
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1M3si7CaxD
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMgRMrBCD5H
A few seconds later, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZxI4tJWbgB
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3HjRDxzax8
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0sVVvRGVwp
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHGFCJbB6bp
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5eOpDK4uwd
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQBqCjenHvX
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtjiX5esDvz
"A lot has happened 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKfiW1Vrwg0
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPLUwXJZqJQ
case there were any people snooping around.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAD8VXz25BJf
"What? What's happened?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANApubPoC9zyM
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcKFMXguVO2
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."1048Please respect copyright.PENANALEOhmFK7cP
"That's not the worst 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA46znHgdsQs
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVnHKzTE2pT
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5zzuLIEDjS
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANALyBv85F4DE
"Like I said, he is 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQo3cl5bcx1
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8YayZ1xEfa
are going to be toast especially with the press."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAG9NRLM5xts
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlOKdO4MkVZ
"I'm not sure if I can 1048Please respect copyright.PENANALl3khcgfVv
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAY6GEYD3jNp
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxmYXkSktPJ
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANABytg0ewJ1C
"I've no choice and I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsjYLyQ7Hac
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until1048Please respect copyright.PENANAksZo44ES3V
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWjQEMGZwIW
cap and a scarf."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtbBc7TWB3s
"What will you need that for?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA74s9cQ89Td
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVjCII54q3J
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."1048Please respect copyright.PENANALfUTJsQncJ
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAs1pWHgHt5c
I cut the call and this 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABAsntiNLDQ
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVRVrjLmODI
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAw97qHXfbM7
I reached the bottom of 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFonMaQ3vhj
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 1048Please respect copyright.PENANADPH3czNKHC
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmXE3radHoN
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAl7Yz9VbYXY
voices that I could recognise.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdE0QHrdSbg
I went over to look, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAos2gbNU8x9
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABjNvlwdnVt
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAobujKajWDE
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKPqVANwQgW
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmZ7qtvjuv9
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgzM6RrKsLO
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqycUlzcuqV
"I'm just surprised that1048Please respect copyright.PENANAddYCuFzN35
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that1048Please respect copyright.PENANA32eKwJfvSl
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHwIiPcf90M
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjyEp09r0oU
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y8Ya3doz0
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAT6zmv5oZbU
"I think so too," said 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGGrdqFjIoA
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAo6iTjTiBmG
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhxDRapMaph
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnatSHcsJIe
I was expecting them to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANANFLXNgvCjx
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoPVZT2EHl9
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANACDR0PJQLQU
Who knows?1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1LoF4CuPj5
Throwing that thought 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAf2cxdKNHi7
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJLLjZR1bQa
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhPeN496Jok
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXIA0aX4hsY
There were still more 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOwvSQB7fwe
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhDIJ3prJ7G
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGxfui3RONe
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUcdXAg91K6
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwCMKuyXjmO
away.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAF44IYXP8fh
In what seemed like 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwFB6dK4lfq
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0fm8GjzTuS
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAno7aD5m04R
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.1048Please respect copyright.PENANATHahgA8x2j
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQRafWmH1hF
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzsvFBMC1Z8
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkA5W1Eex5d
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGldveBt19a
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHrCPxHAxp6
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJaRHraugq1
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9DuzoyZbj0
"They have gone out for 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYj2FwCgDN2
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things1048Please respect copyright.PENANAit6BF66kb6
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAorQozcNluJ
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYsBPuGHbfL
"Ya. And they are about 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOc0Y2tbapx
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdsXSRULn5a
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.1048Please respect copyright.PENANACFzF4kNLr4
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEeMpQE2tQi
"Ya, that will be a good1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWm7sD0ClKU
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsk987xQZy8
the guards might think when they see me."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYwY4KsQKsY
Lee and I started to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAe1T6jN640J
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWiKe8QcMre
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFapD87gnPy
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3syVPx2QWo
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6tjCBonhxB
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtRsZaj7wPY
When I finally managed 1048Please respect copyright.PENANATMUvm2CGQy
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0l43LYmmz9
away from the YG gate and down the street.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAfH6QJ4Yzxv
I had to admit, I was so1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHkOwobl8mr
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAX2dyDnPQ98
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9iUg40pOdR
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAttvgQLVC5F
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6Mv5Ao76U7
After walking a few 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoKHvDOpFyl
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAt9DUPvJaH5
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVFIxIKkStj
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXMgf2GaKNl
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.1048Please respect copyright.PENANApBQ7cViBmb
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcTt2ny8qXG
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."1048Please respect copyright.PENANACOKPAe9twQ
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvj4Td2S7wH
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAd5tLZ7tYdU
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhNaqFiYOye
I froze as I soon looked1048Please respect copyright.PENANAy6Ubb0W0oc
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWyHnDxTXZ2
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAphb0glzC98
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAV1qMsusGSK
I heard him laugh 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABAgO0OgNpq
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAG49nW9bHw9
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."1048Please respect copyright.PENANACWQz7Ku6Hh
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAV2eeagtAou
"I'm right here."1048Please respect copyright.PENANASeqKwT8tHu
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAP0s0aIfS3c
My sentence was cut 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEBwWp6M2qK
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge1048Please respect copyright.PENANACn351j46y4
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnBgV1ysPag
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlAuJIIpN5e
A smartly dressed 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvDbo14N8Ar
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtrnM6XKtyM
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwEo4UaoKki
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOYxLINFd4Z
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjcVgIVUOgx
A few heads turned my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjUysO83BrQ
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGxEt29Iyrb
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcpneDtlqKD
and a little suspicious too.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgzEJKKh4Ol
I managed to awake from 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAd370GlSRc8
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 1048Please respect copyright.PENANASoQCo9DRex
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAi3BZnMcLrw
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZSYLUAz9zb
driver's seat.1048Please respect copyright.PENANACiIaaf7AKl
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAv5Bi58HrrZ
With my eyes, I looked 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXTWHI5WR66
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAd45UhJjRiL
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbhZ0xAFxg6
He looked to be in the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA4eTVBHxPZv
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2SQCq5S3bG
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqCHDr37sLm
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZA2iIDo2Gt
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABKqkZV3uB1
who had one heck of a body.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcXqj6ipxs4
I hadn't said a word and1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtDneD2ETFC
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5EQkAN0eTN
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmef44liow0
wrist. Who was this guy?1048Please respect copyright.PENANArepMCVhPv8
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5uh5EKXio2
I opened my mouth but 1048Please respect copyright.PENANApVAVQKgLzQ
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAK3uv23BOn
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7qW6NFSD9j
contact.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMjyhWwScMs
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMImpmRWxJL
"Yes, a pleasure to meet1048Please respect copyright.PENANAE1WkUwZ0Qv
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 1048Please respect copyright.PENANANVqI19ETaY
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtpXzyPSuLg
"I'm sorry we had to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoVrIMxH5gW
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the1048Please respect copyright.PENANATpu0ypgrQ2
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhzs2zS0kJo
I looked at him and 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAD6eSMIVsan
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsO2LFLcy5n
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJhx25rHsAA
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwmXHhm63pH
hear about in mythical tales.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA67V28hM0EB
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.1048Please respect copyright.PENANATAy9hiOJeF
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAyU49TtNgYN
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxNxCDOudpf
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6hu6NTqIUF
There was silence and I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxc6Woz2bCh
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuisVQnSXjI
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1DXsJ9dkL6
something.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEmH0oJxEQd
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbJCvRw7xj2
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvIVtQoU5YB
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUSjeE4EOuE
"I was born in the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3gLkGZUzx
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are1048Please respect copyright.PENANApsCeVK5nbw
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnPV1mUsY6b
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoRyCMiM21Z
business empire is what's so important to them."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAf8whepkYU3
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhFyqANEg0d
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.1048Please respect copyright.PENANARWrYTzELVx
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAM9m5domrJj
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAv6POUr00iw
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA24esHwvfU7
"Lunch?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUIdvHr2Jbo
"Yes, lunch."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8KMLTWnGQn
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxOm9DTHBLT
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGnprNVJyzR
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1CEuQKoo9p
I raised an eyebrow at 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAs2JKelAS7Z
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAo4CS66htAZ
you have been able to find me on the street."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnekDklUu4x
He gave me that dashing 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAI2CZ3cZW2M
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsC0rBZLkgC
would meet. I had to come prepared."1048Please respect copyright.PENANArtzRALXCti
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPvKcJhXZsA
"My apartment. It's much safer there."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA97Hho8adwK
"You own an apartment?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAs2qjguG0zG
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAzCThwzZfL8
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAH4RmJzOvBP
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAY9qFSGtNal
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKvbcY5dS6f
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.1048Please respect copyright.PENANALxSKyejAyx
It was a huge apartment 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAR8dNWyepmA
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANADf7NvXi97X
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFhfNpYzs0R
After the car parked, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAdPRuTTsFF
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAuVZWBWfmyF
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAyhMbaikfeO
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAT6NKwhr6Aj
came out of the car.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVzY9N5WM96
Derrick lead the way, 1048Please respect copyright.PENANArIL1QgS2Bh
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 1048Please respect copyright.PENANADFex4fM2ce
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKg2ayUoxhv
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.1048Please respect copyright.PENANARpasFkFNFS
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAojVtvSCtSH
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUVBGFv8llF
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVVtVzWbxZB
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsRZ4pzAN8q
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtj1Z9l211D
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAH02aPXvrhk
"Well, ya, I do! You're 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwn318JHC0e
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJzgfhC93pG
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHznZeprGqZ
"Why?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbLF7d0qvns
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAFP72Mabd3k
The elevator doors flew 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAviN2gz3Evg
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYoRpx2sgty
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKfcFnCrQ5r
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMKrQeXhoro
into heaven.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3UwBWOcws8
I stepped out of the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABIQiXeV4dp
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANALzSqZxppn6
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAq3eKRTOjEc
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANATXLiyj3hwN
soft red carpet.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA0uwhRgue7B
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAE7uj5QmKvD
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQJwNSsqZGM
I looked down the hall 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEPwFqo04fI
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdHJwJvRMAt
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbPx764pdMo
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXHiEn64REG
coming.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA84pOKHp4eJ
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQpoSRdOtpm
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANABru6UHPv0X
"Ladies first," said Derrick.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAvHjjKryt35
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAa7rNYuwRVe
"This place is very 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAB2TQ60MdNF
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the1048Please respect copyright.PENANATDTSoGPMDb
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAez5dp9DrI9
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVKoUKi50uj
wall.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9hGVgOM8T6
I looked to the other 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABL6TPF7er6
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJYL1hIDuEs
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAe8XRT8liWz
beautiful flower vases with orchids.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAbo6qPE9CAB
"I see you like 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAtqN4a7eklJ
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAD9nQ14T8Wp
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA6s9qiC0T7Z
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZSpz0mwhWZ
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoO2xUU8EYz
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYnq6DytQnf
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQBefAmjq9y
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKa7rjnkUKG
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAC2eUTRtb1P
The butler bowed and 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAqVlpFa2jH1
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYWndvdopu0
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAVLg59S3qD3
ground.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAX6vVsnGYef
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA19RXFAASw2
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHCLQBWFtRb
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAICUC8wmyGO
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMzkDlKdM3H
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWUE8Pts7YY
As we got to the dining 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAEzclLoIdul
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 1048Please respect copyright.PENANANFabwCeSZQ
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and1048Please respect copyright.PENANAN8Zn2SQgun
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA144QASD5lh
The butler had served 1048Please respect copyright.PENANABMI3IuTUdJ
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAykNlzwW8r4
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXge8hB4mbz
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAXKkDgeBGB
next to the plates were spotless.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAS52J76A4YP
Dishes of food were 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAKp5GIcva79
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA73Xg0PchXd
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdYTZsneBaJ
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAmMHr3jdSSK
lady.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAMtMBJeWUxS
The butler helped to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1a0aC62E1e
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made1048Please respect copyright.PENANAhZaKClM0MT
sure not to eat too much and take my time.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAQLYZ7NxcTd
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAA97goyhTPD
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAydYuKyWVW5
"Now, about the issue at1048Please respect copyright.PENANAdbwgcYTkw6
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAsqYdp9G312
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxG164WhHoa
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjCG07xVcox
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1RmbmapdrI
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAm6rJCjdYM1
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcf1vvYoPPF
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2H9yqW6haz
The photo showed Zoey in1048Please respect copyright.PENANAP0rpC7j0Oa
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAOjzdC5dEk5
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5EUdD7rh4i
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA1VhvgNVmVq
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAnKEGSOWfuj
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA5fHFuRqeOt
"I know this isn't 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgavqkX29an
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 1048Please respect copyright.PENANANZ6Ai0Jr1D
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANArPYGT76OxC
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA9vUOX6EEoX
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGDwpwPgE0W
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.1048Please respect copyright.PENANARNP5b4XbE9
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAonfnAS6uX2
I looked at the photo 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3eCTWfhxVr
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAJZllGbfZ2v
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjKEsKUM4Zr
brother?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAo22zpAKnHU
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAjKwxjobF1E
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPHILhRE281
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA8QP86qiKNm
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAotuFxQsGNr
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."1048Please respect copyright.PENANANrdhbc8Ufz
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANALpyEp5VFJS
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxNxSC7murE
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAH9kyoe5h4g
"I know my brother very 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAg1m2MPhgeJ
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAGeTgEnIwGQ
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAn4STnXAt6O
I then remembered the 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAUB9IJc0wen
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAiUtl6cCi11
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 1048Please respect copyright.PENANALmAKBQ08Fj
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?1048Please respect copyright.PENANA2CQlGherwd
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANArhtgXWzMHh
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."1048Please respect copyright.PENANADf1arsyL0x
"But that's strange. If 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAgRGMFeUQb6
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAH2sYTpnmlU
don't see the reason why they would hide."1048Please respect copyright.PENANATSnQJaXIEh
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAwDRE7X439W
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAWoORYMqfK3
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7yBiWcAd4V
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."1048Please respect copyright.PENANALLieTriUc4
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAAUQYihuRUg
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAlkrDfR3Khr
"Wait! That was him?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANATT13CD3Gvi
"Yes. I was there."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAM8fk0fCAUZ
"You were there too?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAxlZwo8DNB7
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAd0WrKxEmgh
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms1048Please respect copyright.PENANAXRZmwU0v7a
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAS2vAwwZSCt
"She is."1048Please respect copyright.PENANApQcTiqTzW0
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoE84tfKHHB
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3PdFHuvcby
"And do you really think she would?"1048Please respect copyright.PENANA7b8FdFjC62
I thought about his 1048Please respect copyright.PENANA3JnV8wJ4o2
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth1048Please respect copyright.PENANAYoUx5eHsMb
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what1048Please respect copyright.PENANAPQlSkSYosx
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAkSrWuwth9I
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5Uygr45Yr
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAcVlqxL99oj
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHDRBbNs8mL
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.1048Please respect copyright.PENANAHPfZBPpEag
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.1048Please respect copyright.PENANA75KzOUkxN3
"Before I go, tell me 1048Please respect copyright.PENANANVgErelW3p
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 1048Please respect copyright.PENANAoYgL8q8svq
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."