Have you ever been awake995Please respect copyright.PENANA2jGeBo8dak
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart995Please respect copyright.PENANA7pRwsF2Ck3
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAKSJvv3M6hq
day goes on?995Please respect copyright.PENANAXZhMx57E2D
That's how I felt right at this moment.995Please respect copyright.PENANA5BEX827XfO
I tossed in my bed, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAw5eQsUhKvw
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 995Please respect copyright.PENANASPvOaYyw1U
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun995Please respect copyright.PENANAnOWBW7XVsw
could come up so that I could meet my end already.995Please respect copyright.PENANAVs3HHZm4k8
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANAgt6ttpqgIE
I fell back on my bed, 995Please respect copyright.PENANANLeZHkBJjJ
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 995Please respect copyright.PENANAXd9qfSPhbG
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJwjBou0G0u
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 995Please respect copyright.PENANAayZDfLDaLo
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 995Please respect copyright.PENANA28IZNaquWx
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0BMcNmPCV
mind even to dream.995Please respect copyright.PENANA0bqolN4pzL
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.995Please respect copyright.PENANAGz0qOPbMcQ
How I wish I could fall 995Please respect copyright.PENANA7gl22WeNKz
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I995Please respect copyright.PENANA56OG9MlOpB
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I995Please respect copyright.PENANAkYOnTsdgQj
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.995Please respect copyright.PENANAcVmOkVVXfr
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANAQAvXvmfiie
I knew I now had to face995Please respect copyright.PENANAEy4MM29eWu
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 995Please respect copyright.PENANATDWvsYpxCL
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even995Please respect copyright.PENANAmMqWpXvEYG
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 995Please respect copyright.PENANAeXn3WNjUVa
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.995Please respect copyright.PENANAIUow1pNr8P
I knew her persistence 995Please respect copyright.PENANAHRrILotoKc
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAZAFpX0GMmH
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 995Please respect copyright.PENANAhGKEAZpPJ0
her if I had to tell her the truth.995Please respect copyright.PENANAMHjXU8hax1
I know sometimes we 995Please respect copyright.PENANAVnRp5BnjdJ
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 995Please respect copyright.PENANAmdYnfMmEkY
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAfHJWntvgFg
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAasbBcZ73Ct
had now reached that point.995Please respect copyright.PENANAqrKe8xt8v2
I sighed again as I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAj88dhx9eqj
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 995Please respect copyright.PENANA8t8ZQqyGQ6
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?995Please respect copyright.PENANAqZ1NEmJZU4
If it came to G-Dragon, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAW2kKUNLITF
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I995Please respect copyright.PENANAMX7mXlLbhQ
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 995Please respect copyright.PENANAgMM0O31CIq
lot harder.995Please respect copyright.PENANAQC67RLy5ke
How was I going to tell 995Please respect copyright.PENANA5kCkaxSDl9
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAZaTTPbp2tp
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAV9dYYoMJgI
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 995Please respect copyright.PENANAnSTGjTehXt
either.995Please respect copyright.PENANArVeSWkt3Ep
I kicked out the bed 995Please respect copyright.PENANAzMi3OieMd2
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAnKZSLDAYJQ
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room995Please respect copyright.PENANAhLt4byoglB
in my purple pyjamas.995Please respect copyright.PENANAbSdV3i2I2X
I went straight for the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAdPkYjVSyqN
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAaNEvOuiFiW
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqGUG0dXF0a
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my995Please respect copyright.PENANA5Mr14I6MDk
mum.995Please respect copyright.PENANAGz5iwRbuSy
Hopefully, I was calling995Please respect copyright.PENANAEIhKS0a7lr
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 995Please respect copyright.PENANAYFv1GUqDd6
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 995Please respect copyright.PENANA4hZpdcYzKk
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?995Please respect copyright.PENANA7aRo5nWrxr
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.995Please respect copyright.PENANAJZkvZ41Rnp
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.995Please respect copyright.PENANAscGh0FNQMx
"Hello, Sam?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAOoXS1RuoLC
"Hi, mum."995Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ9948u2OE
"Sam, how are you, dear?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAbDjVvivpO3
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAEefKgQ1Qs1
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAPr7kc574Bj
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 995Please respect copyright.PENANAWMqBn0oJMb
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."995Please respect copyright.PENANAg1vOnyHSo6
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."995Please respect copyright.PENANAQQ4ageukVw
"Ya, I can see you guys 995Please respect copyright.PENANAFNaWBloLbk
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 995Please respect copyright.PENANA6gnqe2w9QK
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 995Please respect copyright.PENANA0BSQZJdf8W
her computer as she looked at the pictures.995Please respect copyright.PENANABhbdGcprk0
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."995Please respect copyright.PENANAdkt6eVAuXr
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."995Please respect copyright.PENANADYQUnNzfWp
"I'll check out the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAK1NZWX5F9a
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAAyImelYbRU
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 995Please respect copyright.PENANAglsU2uUEaD
Why aren't you asleep?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA1IQ4mjuNGD
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAGZB5YtY4cH
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."995Please respect copyright.PENANAzWSyPoHc8e
I could imagine my mum 995Please respect copyright.PENANA1aorUmYNC0
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on995Please respect copyright.PENANA49JaPdwdaw
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 995Please respect copyright.PENANAunyMsGcqVF
her arms folded.995Please respect copyright.PENANAD4ZjYr0EwC
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAuapRZlxaHW
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.995Please respect copyright.PENANA8NUL148WSI
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."995Please respect copyright.PENANA6q93AoiYxT
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."995Please respect copyright.PENANAHdfVmKo17v
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAkwxKIyv95B
"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."995Please respect copyright.PENANAWZSRQBuv0Z
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."995Please respect copyright.PENANAFNDJL3J3Nh
"I've been lying to Zoey995Please respect copyright.PENANAW6xPjkh2Hv
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 995Please respect copyright.PENANAnDYdIiWixT
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 995Please respect copyright.PENANAA8QcKGmWrY
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."995Please respect copyright.PENANAcfIzNrGWlw
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."995Please respect copyright.PENANAIDX9FFvot3
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAjOGTtkiRQI
"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."995Please respect copyright.PENANASgzHZ5bexL
"Trust me, mum, Collins 995Please respect copyright.PENANAh4yjwh2tNQ
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 995Please respect copyright.PENANAjcrmSGT2Ar
that you shouldn't say a word either."995Please respect copyright.PENANAIUVGsjHtzA
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.995Please respect copyright.PENANAYSvHdVKdUC
"You know I can never 995Please respect copyright.PENANAl7C3UkLuKK
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 995Please respect copyright.PENANABxtSvTQXwi
matter of life and death. I've no choice."995Please respect copyright.PENANABJpLlph2h4
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAzBrtIbAxdX
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."995Please respect copyright.PENANAPgf2gwuOdh
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."995Please respect copyright.PENANAoIk0fuhQgn
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.995Please respect copyright.PENANAGTmv3Ke2cf
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."995Please respect copyright.PENANAvYqs60PuTa
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."995Please respect copyright.PENANA736yw0hAFY
There was silence at the other end. Until....995Please respect copyright.PENANAeEQNwzZrde
"WHAT!"995Please respect copyright.PENANA5uqHJdcyVQ
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."995Please respect copyright.PENANAapCmW77S3G
"Then what is it? The 995Please respect copyright.PENANArTEtWGVtYd
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 995Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3RCEGPEze
feel like you're betraying your best friend."995Please respect copyright.PENANA7ajkYi5Wn8
"It was like that at 995Please respect copyright.PENANA3kBTkxmCR1
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close995Please respect copyright.PENANASS5bDFluhv
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcfENRG2JHp
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining995Please respect copyright.PENANAxc3H5aTWPq
fingers.995Please respect copyright.PENANADCTqKu7Pt3
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAVuCBjlMlRD
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."995Please respect copyright.PENANAr7CoNmnqXj
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."995Please respect copyright.PENANAaM2AKjxN5F
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."995Please respect copyright.PENANAkSNhZCVV3a
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.995Please respect copyright.PENANAi7lTLaEUJd
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."995Please respect copyright.PENANA95HUY59jWw
"And that's not the worst part."995Please respect copyright.PENANA3vx0mshzGF
I told her what happened995Please respect copyright.PENANAJB3q5lsp4b
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in995Please respect copyright.PENANARduNJsHMKS
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAxPvD5Ejwbi
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung995Please respect copyright.PENANAL5El46MrNu
and the kiss.995Please respect copyright.PENANAA7v5OWXld0
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.995Please respect copyright.PENANAlGI9ELiLhZ
"Ssh, and listen."995Please respect copyright.PENANAxzeFAxVSYJ
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.995Please respect copyright.PENANAm2zj8QcZvk
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."995Please respect copyright.PENANA6KqnIyzWhZ
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."995Please respect copyright.PENANA5PhWB84fpw
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAJvPP5WGLbU
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."995Please respect copyright.PENANA6mAky4MvkL
"Are you scared?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA3Nng90Ufua
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAJVu2fKm8eC
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."995Please respect copyright.PENANAY9SqPOwUfw
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.995Please respect copyright.PENANAjFlBPURhRO
"We all get hurt at some995Please respect copyright.PENANAoffT1eLiWZ
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.995Please respect copyright.PENANAXiNneZm3v0
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 995Please respect copyright.PENANA3uaLDMG1I7
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 995Please respect copyright.PENANAREMfeeBYti
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."995Please respect copyright.PENANAUAHitcvL8H
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.995Please respect copyright.PENANAHko1yQcfhh
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.995Please respect copyright.PENANAG23s3yql8f
"Don't cry, okay? You're995Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8OnfXRRpQ
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 995Please respect copyright.PENANAFK7mUWjzpQ
will need all the rest you can get."995Please respect copyright.PENANAvnOqnTrN9j
"Yes, mum. I will."995Please respect copyright.PENANAUemWf6UySm
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAZuXd82dglh
"Okay. Bye."995Please respect copyright.PENANARNfaS982D1
I hang up and I quickly 995Please respect copyright.PENANAuqyJJegm6D
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 995Please respect copyright.PENANAkPEAYiLuDM
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAIxCmC7rFvq
arms.995Please respect copyright.PENANARwGAzafbWw
It must have been some 995Please respect copyright.PENANA34nAhh8kgZ
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 995Please respect copyright.PENANAmcVkTEmxoY
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.995Please respect copyright.PENANAKrNkZJMmUz
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAtiac9d9FxB
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."995Please respect copyright.PENANAzTb2FM9upX
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."995Please respect copyright.PENANASYZjIRfGHI
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.995Please respect copyright.PENANA6ayIFr9tZM
"Sadly, it isn't, my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAbXGim1JKpz
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJUuN30ZKj1
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."995Please respect copyright.PENANAMiVwgbev8z
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.995Please respect copyright.PENANAhBqFrj0jA4
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAkhruXttGFX
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."995Please respect copyright.PENANA5BEpZ19uRU
"So, start talking right now."995Please respect copyright.PENANAq10595WjQ3
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAO18WsFcaw8
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."995Please respect copyright.PENANAsazqjTXTji
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.995Please respect copyright.PENANAyCtKfLBBkH
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."995Please respect copyright.PENANArOIeVy6iBk
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAfKpSx5xpat
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."995Please respect copyright.PENANAXPZp3o7DIy
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANAWyvxSyCGlY
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."995Please respect copyright.PENANAvAsIYJyQGJ
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.995Please respect copyright.PENANA2bKpDW1hPI
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."995Please respect copyright.PENANAQeEPxtngAY
"You like him, don't you?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAmqwg7YXuEe
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?995Please respect copyright.PENANAGQiHeSivhL
"I..uh...no, that's not it."995Please respect copyright.PENANApikIZ5TSC1
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."995Please respect copyright.PENANAcrugTCpBPY
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."995Please respect copyright.PENANAoaePNLrc4x
"Expected from me?" Zoey995Please respect copyright.PENANA35Gjz2SBZC
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.995Please respect copyright.PENANAalb2ot26yB
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."995Please respect copyright.PENANADPGJimL4QK
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.995Please respect copyright.PENANAat3BSvra91
"I know you feel guilty 995Please respect copyright.PENANAIziv4iOAyo
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know995Please respect copyright.PENANA4nQQxeSQL3
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."995Please respect copyright.PENANATb3hUZ2lpa
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?995Please respect copyright.PENANAU6Cvzulo0y
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAgU2nRIeqjK
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."995Please respect copyright.PENANAibhDkZDArX
I wanted to slap my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAo1knIn58yu
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't995Please respect copyright.PENANAtDzdJySmlu
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 995Please respect copyright.PENANAE9tL5dKmJH
it gets out of hand.995Please respect copyright.PENANAFDS3uMpjKZ
"Zoey, listen to me," I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAbLaMNxOrbX
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 995Please respect copyright.PENANAv0dC2Kk39y
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."995Please respect copyright.PENANACHIakwSsdR
I paused. That was odd. 995Please respect copyright.PENANAmh2B8exrb3
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I995Please respect copyright.PENANA6hRwVjtITJ
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.995Please respect copyright.PENANAaWivPYyyxh
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAZJCFc1fJXN
What was wrong with me? I995Please respect copyright.PENANACoVYNege4W
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 995Please respect copyright.PENANAaAJqURcmyA
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 995Please respect copyright.PENANA1hEzgCP2uE
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.995Please respect copyright.PENANApvar9nagzP
"You're weird, Sam," 995Please respect copyright.PENANAXVyMQjDcsm
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 995Please respect copyright.PENANAbfZk93y2kX
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 995Please respect copyright.PENANA4aVX7SaYZI
waiting."995Please respect copyright.PENANADjUH6zFEqO
Zoey closed the door and995Please respect copyright.PENANAMrj7C6BahT
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 995Please respect copyright.PENANAHbzXgm0Zyi
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 995Please respect copyright.PENANAgX5NPGg2uv
harder than I thought.995Please respect copyright.PENANApsL43nIK3s
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.995Please respect copyright.PENANA08ktHy4DUi
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.995Please respect copyright.PENANAulmmZ8ZxzM
I stood up from my bed 995Please respect copyright.PENANAaPt6QZFR9W
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 995Please respect copyright.PENANAoL6kWoKgTB
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which995Please respect copyright.PENANAKHPvtAzgqJ
is the most important part.995Please respect copyright.PENANAsmeNIGntZi
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."995Please respect copyright.PENANAj1KCRh8BDH
Whatever my conscious 995Please respect copyright.PENANA93CQ7Rlgnu
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 995Please respect copyright.PENANARr0eUVas2W
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 995Please respect copyright.PENANAuEIrwsPJZp
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.995Please respect copyright.PENANA7OwxlIMtUH
If that was the case, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAzDihqMRCj2
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 995Please respect copyright.PENANAVy4e3cjv7R
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 995Please respect copyright.PENANADwylpzIsBE
shattered completely.995Please respect copyright.PENANAW1f3ojvnDv
While I was trying to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAZHx8rQ8vV7
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach995Please respect copyright.PENANAakfF4g5QaT
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.995Please respect copyright.PENANAai3rMBQkJz
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?995Please respect copyright.PENANAX96YmwZW5b
I answered the call. "Hello?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAYicIPoD7TM
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.995Please respect copyright.PENANAdg7Da3iWo1
I held my breath. That 995Please respect copyright.PENANAZUw05JBl9y
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 995Please respect copyright.PENANAitFP6MTjw7
asking that question, not thinking it.995Please respect copyright.PENANAuRbo7z0j1i
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAQUHq68t4sv
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."995Please respect copyright.PENANAE7XtqF6ZmC
"Talk? Talk about what?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA0z2abPWdyE
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA8LWzN6GVKP
"Photo? What...?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAvs3G0jbd9V
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.995Please respect copyright.PENANA5ppqEfcAqN
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4RGYfq85Z
"If you haven't seen it,995Please respect copyright.PENANAzEbELjB2RU
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 995Please respect copyright.PENANACJVLIkuRyB
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAHPbUApNfgx
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?995Please respect copyright.PENANAuLOyt8grbR
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANA1o2yiwr993
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."995Please respect copyright.PENANAYPMHgDTa6f
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"995Please respect copyright.PENANATh5CTXa4ih
I could soon hear the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAGI2aC30zRE
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 995Please respect copyright.PENANA9bwY8moUCg
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAP00ifF9M6h
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.995Please respect copyright.PENANAh3WszFkOjJ
I looked back at my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAzVcjlLy7fc
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I995Please respect copyright.PENANAFwZvjYYMzw
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 995Please respect copyright.PENANAHakWv9A7Gp
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAGOonfTmbiH
download the photo.995Please respect copyright.PENANA5XH89ZeLsE
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAlauTtzRxde
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAIeoX8JKOnf
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."995Please respect copyright.PENANAUmAq4dLXqI
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."995Please respect copyright.PENANAJqf7o5Dcxl
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."995Please respect copyright.PENANAOJ047X0Qll
I nodded and Lee left. I995Please respect copyright.PENANAD7o8eI7h8z
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 995Please respect copyright.PENANASraQhymWSq
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.995Please respect copyright.PENANAnstzqTE7bo
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."995Please respect copyright.PENANA8jDo8qOeKI
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.995Please respect copyright.PENANAmVUAiP8fHp
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.995Please respect copyright.PENANAcQtxjqqx6y
"Zoey!"995Please respect copyright.PENANAtjDks1Ms0h
"Not a word, Sam. You're995Please respect copyright.PENANAedLplFxpm6
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 995Please respect copyright.PENANABQKqjwvYJL
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's995Please respect copyright.PENANANCN5tqmDLv
up with you today."995Please respect copyright.PENANAEZhzNJ3AyP
If only she knew. So 995Please respect copyright.PENANAj20d03xEKS
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one995Please respect copyright.PENANAEHYYnqdU4v
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.995Please respect copyright.PENANAV04TN9w7bo
I went to the bathroom 995Please respect copyright.PENANAyDf4xKUJnr
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAW04nAIADrv
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 995Please respect copyright.PENANAtDEreAq9Lh
reflection.995Please respect copyright.PENANAXq5ugUcA0s
I looked like I hadn't 995Please respect copyright.PENANAn2VwxATivF
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcgScEmssSa
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 995Please respect copyright.PENANAXD4ZggssNW
if not by two.995Please respect copyright.PENANAAxThGAGrXO
G-Dragon and Zoey were 995Please respect copyright.PENANAa3HJY1TrxD
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 995Please respect copyright.PENANA6UCy19YDDU
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 995Please respect copyright.PENANAPay3dYN3t4
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 995Please respect copyright.PENANAWRFtixCKCL
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?995Please respect copyright.PENANAI3yAN7Dsfo
After I took a quick 995Please respect copyright.PENANALzJcUdkls1
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone995Please respect copyright.PENANAaZ8R2XBdN7
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 995Please respect copyright.PENANA8HbCHw3wCt
the bathroom to get her makeup done.995Please respect copyright.PENANAq4WHbOkyjd
I unlocked my phone. I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAT3HrQchale
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 995Please respect copyright.PENANAaIXH2TWgwH
photo must be done downloading by now.995Please respect copyright.PENANALAQX4xFdvf
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?995Please respect copyright.PENANAYCZEwkMY6i
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?995Please respect copyright.PENANAI2FlX0NOwe
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.995Please respect copyright.PENANAsOGYsmjYUs
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.995Please respect copyright.PENANAMVtPcX3lg0
"Morning. How was your night?"995Please respect copyright.PENANATrcXn5wtwJ
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."995Please respect copyright.PENANAcMJARM9Euh
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANAW4jhMgf1yX
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.995Please respect copyright.PENANAlpuNuuaCIn
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."995Please respect copyright.PENANA2HNSTSvGij
I smiled a little. At 995Please respect copyright.PENANAexfXNCAzef
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAH5g6aSq43F
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8wGuqqqI2
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAUCI27L0rw3
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."995Please respect copyright.PENANAClnwdKHvMr
"You too."995Please respect copyright.PENANAHpHoThghuA
He cut the line and I 995Please respect copyright.PENANABGMAQfXIdk
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAXi4mdqv4Xz
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 995Please respect copyright.PENANAb9k4ZLQ6fo
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.995Please respect copyright.PENANAthGPgAzLED
After I dressed up and 995Please respect copyright.PENANAW7grIWwQyp
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 995Please respect copyright.PENANANMuTEDGoiJ
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 995Please respect copyright.PENANASysr7uVX4s
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqrcmBTb9Kt
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAstXGdWAXsW
room.995Please respect copyright.PENANAnuJAHvdaDk
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.995Please respect copyright.PENANAxTx2w3kOQb
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.995Please respect copyright.PENANAF7EnKxShYP
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.995Please respect copyright.PENANA8XTyBQ3VuB
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."995Please respect copyright.PENANAQnqyBpBxEU
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."995Please respect copyright.PENANAN213Gaiefu
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.995Please respect copyright.PENANAcIMStnEqTH
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANA9LfagdJKkF
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANAeVmtkia9BR
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.995Please respect copyright.PENANAUOOca33O8B
"What?" I asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAdsaxmpFkII
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."995Please respect copyright.PENANAuC7YjqXdTC
I frowned. "So?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAQqJklscyGF
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.995Please respect copyright.PENANA9pDoSIBq6o
I was still confused. "So?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAtwz2cyZ0pC
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.995Please respect copyright.PENANAQZr7bIX5dA
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.995Please respect copyright.PENANAvxtBln75lk
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?995Please respect copyright.PENANAybxUF71bE3
"I don't see the harm in995Please respect copyright.PENANAlBmomfkPWr
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 995Please respect copyright.PENANAvVTROxRq9u
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 995Please respect copyright.PENANA7wGxAQVDQG
that wrong?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAB9vpiJv4ot
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.995Please respect copyright.PENANA9OImDLDkqK
"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."995Please respect copyright.PENANAizNmcY1Hd7
"I can see that," said 995Please respect copyright.PENANARQhCzm1ZpG
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 995Please respect copyright.PENANAdHPNqBC5zj
me but I decided not to say anything.995Please respect copyright.PENANAG94gK1fy7F
When we were done with 995Please respect copyright.PENANAy7cTE2DqyX
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAjqDsZiiCxQ
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 995Please respect copyright.PENANAotFY7kPdS2
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 995Please respect copyright.PENANAOwKY0LFMa4
looking at my phone.995Please respect copyright.PENANAmCKMBfom18
When everyone in the car995Please respect copyright.PENANAJFzK0nhjhT
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in995Please respect copyright.PENANANKGHhNPqYk
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 995Please respect copyright.PENANAxIPErRmUvE
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.995Please respect copyright.PENANAweRy3zxe6c
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAt94jqI16Xo
I quickly pressed the 995Please respect copyright.PENANARJdFmlXcS3
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 995Please respect copyright.PENANABNyiOotocj
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.995Please respect copyright.PENANAxJhFO96qmJ
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.995Please respect copyright.PENANA86A1kINbeE
"May I see?"995Please respect copyright.PENANANwiZVOmd0a
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."995Please respect copyright.PENANAbCa3ZBEqhn
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."995Please respect copyright.PENANAyLxia4N6FD
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAOex93ezQI6
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."995Please respect copyright.PENANALjmqKXKMHi
I wish I could tell him 995Please respect copyright.PENANAvjWVDfUsuH
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 995Please respect copyright.PENANA4krpnOvOwm
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.995Please respect copyright.PENANA1ciCCEM4Z0
Now that I had seen the 995Please respect copyright.PENANANjDn8o1PcU
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 995Please respect copyright.PENANAsKFPlrsdJH
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAoDwrkvFhXh
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.995Please respect copyright.PENANACVbafBb7Fw
Speaking of which, I 995Please respect copyright.PENANA7A12k5QYPD
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was995Please respect copyright.PENANAD1YabijvfK
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJgH0oDbe3m
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAyuoTZuqu8I
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 995Please respect copyright.PENANAf8jt8KFtq7
further onto the edge, I would burst.995Please respect copyright.PENANAOtcNlsVafZ
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANAIAV0JE1MH4
My heart skipped a beat.995Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ok2gX53KZ
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting995Please respect copyright.PENANALIKij9d75U
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 995Please respect copyright.PENANALDox8havzA
choice.995Please respect copyright.PENANA4Dkc19lyHp
As soon as I stepped out995Please respect copyright.PENANAhmgAV1KwpL
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 995Please respect copyright.PENANA7KL97S5dM3
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAt9ZHRBBUj0
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAE68Ihc81Tf
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."995Please respect copyright.PENANARmWkDnHVsZ
"You're aren't the only 995Please respect copyright.PENANACDtCgXMH1n
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 995Please respect copyright.PENANAAfmQLWk4wt
to work on that when we get in there."995Please respect copyright.PENANAcggNrazkhN
I managed to put up a 995Please respect copyright.PENANA9xzWwC3ER0
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How995Please respect copyright.PENANAthQXxs0pcb
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.995Please respect copyright.PENANAWNGlx8R0Y1
As I came into the lobby995Please respect copyright.PENANAiRbWTN9do1
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 995Please respect copyright.PENANAgjidzp8eoJ
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.995Please respect copyright.PENANATY4zA5Tdhc
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."995Please respect copyright.PENANAyUrR6QxUYD
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.995Please respect copyright.PENANAF5da1eaPSj
We all got in the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAaLPzYStmLp
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up995Please respect copyright.PENANASbN3MYoAf9
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 995Please respect copyright.PENANAhOft2RyINQ
things.995Please respect copyright.PENANADaUxdHeob0
We got to the dance 995Please respect copyright.PENANAK3zdW5hiOI
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 995Please respect copyright.PENANAyKZTXU1w0D
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.995Please respect copyright.PENANAixnjan3LIm
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.995Please respect copyright.PENANAWyiu5cMB1V
I was too lost in 995Please respect copyright.PENANAXSb8VTkVrO
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAhBmFRZ4rLf
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.995Please respect copyright.PENANAow3Ra1scTi
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAt8uuhtMHWI
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.995Please respect copyright.PENANA9AdoR2HsRR
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.995Please respect copyright.PENANAaV64cC3oRe
"Tell me about it," said995Please respect copyright.PENANA0JEqKUwF7z
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her995Please respect copyright.PENANA8DarehakDS
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."995Please respect copyright.PENANAIyJSKL8HSH
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAYuweJZ3nWE
"Too weird," said Daniel.995Please respect copyright.PENANAaZaN2hCqXd
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."995Please respect copyright.PENANA1rJCyCGevB
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.995Please respect copyright.PENANAirIxBgUoc1
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.995Please respect copyright.PENANABBgFqxkEHz
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.995Please respect copyright.PENANAi7QK6Gcqdg
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.995Please respect copyright.PENANA0BuQca3aOj
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."995Please respect copyright.PENANAEI4RjQbggE
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAzDDazaNhIj
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.995Please respect copyright.PENANA1iW3N0LPpQ
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."995Please respect copyright.PENANAKlRf7J2Xlp
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."995Please respect copyright.PENANAh41KXBlLkG
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."995Please respect copyright.PENANAzQGrSjEqn7
"I'm not."995Please respect copyright.PENANAtBIXFBzgNo
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAflKVBMtWky
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAAijvr0xSkZ
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.995Please respect copyright.PENANA595VcYJLR0
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.995Please respect copyright.PENANAPWyTeywCv0
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.995Please respect copyright.PENANASD3m1FDZp1
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."995Please respect copyright.PENANABtGdtxeQpE
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."995Please respect copyright.PENANA5uqgOTQwlt
Before I could turn 995Please respect copyright.PENANAHVz6Mxa6Kp
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAKovlW0bPzt
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.995Please respect copyright.PENANAX86T119fZ4
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.995Please respect copyright.PENANAzpYzA70iGL
I took the crown from 995Please respect copyright.PENANAweUNfEJpiU
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was995Please respect copyright.PENANAYrYOFAYPS1
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 995Please respect copyright.PENANAMciPLz0nAO
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 995Please respect copyright.PENANAlJqItRtASR
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.995Please respect copyright.PENANATb8AU2XV1F
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.995Please respect copyright.PENANAQiM5V9ZgSz
"It is," said Seungri 995Please respect copyright.PENANAxJZZdbvBQF
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 995Please respect copyright.PENANAyGNupJxA6I
stones because it's your birth stone."995Please respect copyright.PENANACXMNloev6i
"Aww! Thank you so much,995Please respect copyright.PENANAj1aZKnHKtF
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew995Please respect copyright.PENANAkxslCROGR1
he was going to brighten up my day today.995Please respect copyright.PENANATMcIHC1z9e
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"995Please respect copyright.PENANAPeVKWNY7aA
"I want to wear it," 995Please respect copyright.PENANAsBEEU7Xlzx
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 995Please respect copyright.PENANAdZuAewMajj
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.995Please respect copyright.PENANAtUdA475Kkc
"Don't I look like a 995Please respect copyright.PENANA1kdioQLZOK
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAQrklXVWwc6
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.995Please respect copyright.PENANAZsu8NkekmM
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.995Please respect copyright.PENANANc8lO7TVl1
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.995Please respect copyright.PENANAxNQEt8R0vh
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.995Please respect copyright.PENANA137gtVxX7F
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.995Please respect copyright.PENANAlc7f73Jub4
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."995Please respect copyright.PENANAkRPkyqM75K
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.995Please respect copyright.PENANA6PsuPY8z9h
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.995Please respect copyright.PENANACEpLdtWv84
"May her royal majesty 995Please respect copyright.PENANAYVK16ZVBQB
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 995Please respect copyright.PENANA6stKrKnnY1
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.995Please respect copyright.PENANAuyzf7c3FXZ
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.995Please respect copyright.PENANA9gI6N3oUkB
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.995Please respect copyright.PENANAWQgDn8Ks4P
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.995Please respect copyright.PENANAnEFtpNtcB8
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.995Please respect copyright.PENANAvI0b9I0Sm4
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.995Please respect copyright.PENANAkbNlKURkBr
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.995Please respect copyright.PENANAllboIezEi1
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAlkBRlWfdbE
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."995Please respect copyright.PENANAEm5FT4Utc9
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."995Please respect copyright.PENANA9yKYWO5ie1
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."995Please respect copyright.PENANAgBL4PxZ27k
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.995Please respect copyright.PENANAGGP5W2HNri
She couldn't tell the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAotDzFCcHar
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took995Please respect copyright.PENANA1IEmnhBP8H
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group995Please respect copyright.PENANAadqZnSikNG
photo with me in the middle.995Please respect copyright.PENANAqZAfNpxKs0
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.995Please respect copyright.PENANA5m9WjDFcOO
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.995Please respect copyright.PENANAqeHNgZ1YtA
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."995Please respect copyright.PENANAsHKyNwErp4
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."995Please respect copyright.PENANA6Jucu5Yfu5
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.995Please respect copyright.PENANAcITOkcwsr8
Zoey smiled. "Even better."995Please respect copyright.PENANAY9MikOveSX
G-Dragon turned to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJi3SI05fj2
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAN9gQVT0VqZ
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 995Please respect copyright.PENANAI9ZJUheGaM
him and he will find us."995Please respect copyright.PENANAY2toFYMLgZ
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.995Please respect copyright.PENANAhXsNI5upox
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."995Please respect copyright.PENANAO4fXHycHIb
We all stood on one side995Please respect copyright.PENANAFusw6TswCo
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 995Please respect copyright.PENANAsuI4F5bUgM
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 995Please respect copyright.PENANAFjw55Ehvm7
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.995Please respect copyright.PENANACv29kpLpjH
"So, I was thinking, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAS83GQpFheJ
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAKRzrcHtbXC
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 995Please respect copyright.PENANAO80c59LlGX
guys."995Please respect copyright.PENANAbBEmqDC7bF
Christine came forward 995Please respect copyright.PENANAHrt6mXElUm
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 995Please respect copyright.PENANA8lQdDUvexn
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.995Please respect copyright.PENANAZ15re85pW2
With Christine and Mike 995Please respect copyright.PENANAEcwAJ1DAQ2
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 995Please respect copyright.PENANASIKzP5EFeK
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAnwlgURsk0T
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 995Please respect copyright.PENANAsBVG7xDixO
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 995Please respect copyright.PENANAXjDlcdta2N
themselves back and they again their backs touched.995Please respect copyright.PENANAGtUa8B4kHX
With a bit of skilful 995Please respect copyright.PENANAI4xQh3tnWS
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew995Please respect copyright.PENANAQyqtv4ksao
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAaJlpoCcCBt
air.995Please respect copyright.PENANA7G9Fy1seUN
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."995Please respect copyright.PENANAWGeLQv3LaC
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.995Please respect copyright.PENANAOydNpHt3rF
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.995Please respect copyright.PENANATgMjKIKDHF
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.995Please respect copyright.PENANAV2Z8ggWdkh
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.995Please respect copyright.PENANAdDvUXUFf6y
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.995Please respect copyright.PENANA3YPFn9fgao
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.995Please respect copyright.PENANAS3Y6B24J6r
The door soon opened and995Please respect copyright.PENANAxlsT0yhLVT
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 995Please respect copyright.PENANAPzBbxbCD4b
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.995Please respect copyright.PENANAmNf6eT1xQq
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.995Please respect copyright.PENANA07XTH5iAux
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.995Please respect copyright.PENANAVIjnTyt7O5
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."995Please respect copyright.PENANAFAftcTi1Rk
Mike and Christine 995Please respect copyright.PENANAx99yU9Uy00
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance995Please respect copyright.PENANA2JiRlc0gGf
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 995Please respect copyright.PENANAvKiNcJzmI6
us will come in the scene.995Please respect copyright.PENANALxnh5CH8SK
"Mmmm," the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAn5nQei4M8c
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJcB15xxGTC
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.995Please respect copyright.PENANAUcMDzca524
"I like it," said the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAFIJ44VmhSY
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcQO0dSsSFY
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 995Please respect copyright.PENANApaA70gzw1P
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 995Please respect copyright.PENANA5CdruhxCGH
comes in."995Please respect copyright.PENANA43yDevBMQm
Zoey and G-Dragon took 995Please respect copyright.PENANAHLkFT7wp75
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 995Please respect copyright.PENANA2Gqf6xjMHZ
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 995Please respect copyright.PENANARBcpt4Vcxr
were perfect.995Please respect copyright.PENANAuuXyEyiKyU
"Excellent," said the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAV8C3cLHfsc
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 995Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZwkQiHasj
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 995Please respect copyright.PENANAAFT8kZTY44
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 995Please respect copyright.PENANA1zpSMk7hsm
formation in front of them."995Please respect copyright.PENANA7HI6SpMvby
We did as the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAwj0XkRCRzF
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqT2OaplNWq
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 995Please respect copyright.PENANAhNt5z7a3uj
the hang of it.995Please respect copyright.PENANAlLoJak0IJ5
A few minutes later, 995Please respect copyright.PENANA5HOtp5QVyg
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 995Please respect copyright.PENANAa867v3kT1W
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and995Please respect copyright.PENANAs8h9xdyn1Q
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.995Please respect copyright.PENANAYLTBfGhnQd
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.995Please respect copyright.PENANALKrIlnbbe8
I laughed, also staring 995Please respect copyright.PENANAuR5LijfjgV
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your995Please respect copyright.PENANAIl3MO78qNI
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."995Please respect copyright.PENANAMWpb5SHliG
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAaDIMRlw4oA
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.995Please respect copyright.PENANA7cW141bkYS
I quickly scrambled up 995Please respect copyright.PENANAoy4cN6NXdV
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and995Please respect copyright.PENANAUu8mRV2B4J
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 995Please respect copyright.PENANARdSvlTmc76
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 995Please respect copyright.PENANAkprQSf7Ucm
and removed my phone.995Please respect copyright.PENANAGxSojBVy0b
I sent a message to the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAQZ4ANE0SIp
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he995Please respect copyright.PENANAh7xJ8WLdVa
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAriHbn5zCVJ
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.995Please respect copyright.PENANAzoSDtFGg5O
"Good. We should meet."995Please respect copyright.PENANA7zrNbn3Is6
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.995Please respect copyright.PENANA0UFGpQ1uV0
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."995Please respect copyright.PENANAlsJWqzwdDh
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."995Please respect copyright.PENANArFOY4nrLAn
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.995Please respect copyright.PENANAO2F6XOyc54
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAWLBjvdj5qz
"You're one smart 995Please respect copyright.PENANAr0E6dynfAm
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the995Please respect copyright.PENANAznTkLngT2P
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 995Please respect copyright.PENANArgf16HZNso
consequences."995Please respect copyright.PENANAokyPwvSbDR
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.995Please respect copyright.PENANAOIn5tuUX79
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."995Please respect copyright.PENANAwuSiYUkcXu
"That's my girl."995Please respect copyright.PENANAszR3nZXHN9
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.995Please respect copyright.PENANA4GznewuzaV
As I tucked my phone 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9vQrf6II7
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 995Please respect copyright.PENANAEydksR6IeM
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAV87jCrZy8O
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 995Please respect copyright.PENANAyaqh1jmZ2l
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.995Please respect copyright.PENANANf9OyJ37Ok
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.995Please respect copyright.PENANAd5NNkM7tkz
When they both turned to995Please respect copyright.PENANAsWhH27mcb9
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 995Please respect copyright.PENANALQn1WH5EQf
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAkCKCZwkW6D
couldn't help but feel that they were.995Please respect copyright.PENANAvEdqkWVw7R
I laid back down 995Please respect copyright.PENANAja7zXV9W75
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 995Please respect copyright.PENANA27kRrL98EP
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 995Please respect copyright.PENANATD4BBfCYjR
two of us had in our room this morning?995Please respect copyright.PENANA9KOg9aUGKM
Yikes! If she did, then I995Please respect copyright.PENANAzBSDvawUmY
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ2qYVscpa
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 995Please respect copyright.PENANAw0IZQZBudK
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqJapV2W28c
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.995Please respect copyright.PENANAAqRVV4tiqR
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.995Please respect copyright.PENANAK4umcDLzTi
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.995Please respect copyright.PENANARIhfVMaUbg
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.995Please respect copyright.PENANAv8Jz2Eg9Ry
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.995Please respect copyright.PENANAPHuU6Rfcnm
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.995Please respect copyright.PENANA97pneEUyJf
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.995Please respect copyright.PENANARpCRRsqJJG
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.995Please respect copyright.PENANA0OiQMpu54e
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.995Please respect copyright.PENANA9Wbo04sW7L
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.995Please respect copyright.PENANA3KbN4FIJFo
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAuvRCcg16hZ
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA4PolDKrCuk
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"995Please respect copyright.PENANARaMLJUhN8X
"No. It sounds great."995Please respect copyright.PENANAVWWJ73mzYr
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."995Please respect copyright.PENANAYHAJaSZoNc
"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.995Please respect copyright.PENANA9eQwUBSt5o
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.995Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZImLXrGIn
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."995Please respect copyright.PENANARwpskdWHjV
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"995Please respect copyright.PENANARWxngJJKIU
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.995Please respect copyright.PENANAploGvIvGWp
"True," said Taeyang.995Please respect copyright.PENANAvAAuVT6iHR
"Okay," I said, feeling a995Please respect copyright.PENANAg5rsOQr2x9
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJL7FbptLMd
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.995Please respect copyright.PENANAaQeNsmb61T
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.995Please respect copyright.PENANAfiSYVLuPWh
After the three had 995Please respect copyright.PENANAV9uaDHDxiT
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 995Please respect copyright.PENANAHCzVj5Ryu8
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.995Please respect copyright.PENANAAcMihkG9wa
While we waited, 995Please respect copyright.PENANApkKNkZmSR7
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid995Please respect copyright.PENANAiXWqXwc77k
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAV79GVYLU79
expression on his face.995Please respect copyright.PENANA0fi2qdhS6Y
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAc2utBQ5E9G
He sounded serious and I995Please respect copyright.PENANA9FfymCZZZk
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel995Please respect copyright.PENANAahLR6YIZWH
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.995Please respect copyright.PENANAau9663mzet
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.995Please respect copyright.PENANAH0Z1INiaj6
I got up from the floor 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJfAOwTp1Er
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 995Please respect copyright.PENANAQPstFnt8wu
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqY40PQylNa
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.995Please respect copyright.PENANAMWAImdKAqJ
I found G-Dragon three 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcf9VpTju8w
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAl06B50rL1d
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAdfnJ8KOhM3
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqh0EOT842F
close.995Please respect copyright.PENANAqvUHfUY028
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAA5mpM9PkGO
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANAT6SssA1xfS
"It's about Zoey," he said.995Please respect copyright.PENANAPVoyqFUlMh
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAVHW0rrHAXe
"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?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAXpAsnqwGRX
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."995Please respect copyright.PENANAtPWSMVIQAD
"Really? That's all you can say?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAWuMXC3j3vP
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."995Please respect copyright.PENANA7XMooRlyHo
"But you almost had."995Please respect copyright.PENANAbYtRDEneJi
"Yet I couldn't."995Please respect copyright.PENANAYmJa73gk9a
"Zoey is right. You're 995Please respect copyright.PENANAT2vplwZaRP
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 995Please respect copyright.PENANAkNcq5WXsdD
you know I was supposed to do it."995Please respect copyright.PENANA0xyWrVwj8u
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."995Please respect copyright.PENANA9h1PHrrdMQ
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA6K5NHl71mP
I paused before I could say, "what?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAbKsfa27NhA
"You heard me loud and 995Please respect copyright.PENANAfgvHyUX3iA
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 995Please respect copyright.PENANAwzy4WHviVR
to take matters into your own hands."995Please respect copyright.PENANAu6bFlLcko4
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANABMPTh0oVh5
"Wait, that's not true," I said.995Please respect copyright.PENANA6wOPMB2FZw
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"995Please respect copyright.PENANACK15OvRxEB
I now realised that I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAVW8qAofOX4
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 995Please respect copyright.PENANAvOp2NNsAaA
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his995Please respect copyright.PENANAz55OJsGWM6
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAlwRLlVcEIk
bound to come up sooner rather than later.995Please respect copyright.PENANAKvFf14wsen
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAPzG1vlUjWx
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."995Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7YOfJsOOv
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAHWwjckXupW
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."995Please respect copyright.PENANAZFjmR9Y1c8
G-Dragon took a step 995Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5iqMqlT8c
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 995Please respect copyright.PENANAWRqVjAa7c3
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"995Please respect copyright.PENANAdFUKaLI2rX
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."995Please respect copyright.PENANANr5V7mbWnw
"Then what did happen?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAfdqmqw6kwN
"All of this is nothing 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcBKqeeUHyk
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 995Please respect copyright.PENANA46TQn5avOr
happened that I myself couldn't control."995Please respect copyright.PENANA0yn4SfqaTo
"Don't lie to me, Sam."995Please respect copyright.PENANAurwQ5qIjfp
"You know what, I'm 995Please respect copyright.PENANA9dqJ3AqGh5
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like995Please respect copyright.PENANAgKEDuKnDrk
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 995Please respect copyright.PENANAKV34THNuW6
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I995Please respect copyright.PENANA7Cd87ElFcx
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."995Please respect copyright.PENANAiHkEtXkFiL
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAcAwfWAFoB6
"Yes. But I know you 995Please respect copyright.PENANA8ypuo0Dp1U
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 995Please respect copyright.PENANABVr5vQkWEk
for himself that he and I could never be together."995Please respect copyright.PENANA4QIDSTxcI8
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.995Please respect copyright.PENANA5DTSkISZx9
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.995Please respect copyright.PENANAGYvDjO9jnF
I turned around to head 995Please respect copyright.PENANAo70skFt6qQ
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or995Please respect copyright.PENANAQGI86qzceI
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.995Please respect copyright.PENANATLSgkzzBgh
When I came back in the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAzr1i5bnANH
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 995Please respect copyright.PENANAvAVrr8e0Wb
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.995Please respect copyright.PENANArigIpIsRUm
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANARWu6fiwzkZ
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."995Please respect copyright.PENANAquFFdcN6lf
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.995Please respect copyright.PENANALalgOqhsxQ
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA8FRexZ7giw
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."995Please respect copyright.PENANAtD2pCWvmvG
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.995Please respect copyright.PENANAeOtoVU6RCi
I heard the door open 995Please respect copyright.PENANACSSJyK42bk
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 995Please respect copyright.PENANASZ3AuynhOh
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.995Please respect copyright.PENANA2eblpiNNQJ
"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."995Please respect copyright.PENANAQDniEbyipL
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.995Please respect copyright.PENANAHj6DsF4Ueu
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.995Please respect copyright.PENANAHk3Pj9Zp2E
"Look guys," I said as 995Please respect copyright.PENANArzrCBJDiTR
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm995Please respect copyright.PENANAcCMYiZrKui
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAdPQxwqZcAP
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.995Please respect copyright.PENANAnros6z1nlz
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."995Please respect copyright.PENANAvW1opoW8zo
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANA8unWwONw19
I didn't say anything 995Please respect copyright.PENANAGeEwtTb7rx
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others995Please respect copyright.PENANAe7y0b22oCq
who were waiting for either of us to say something.995Please respect copyright.PENANAJAO9NzlJnl
Before anyone could 995Please respect copyright.PENANACmSnB08zc8
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 995Please respect copyright.PENANALH0JV39GVs
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAjX2w1dDSdU
we went back to practising.995Please respect copyright.PENANAMZezGwjaps
I don't know how I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAm32KqaEW8h
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.995Please respect copyright.PENANAUi3bXJtOv8
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJavWP8PRUS
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcFN99GLKzD
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my995Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2HGTkpHjX
head in the real world and not mess things up.995Please respect copyright.PENANANJ7MJQLJ9Y
It was lunch time and 995Please respect copyright.PENANAQX1SGNOul3
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAAfoYeqKlPt
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 995Please respect copyright.PENANAiTphYetIoJ
stranger.995Please respect copyright.PENANAv5lnJNSJD4
Now that we were on a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAXpVtrfNhTP
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 995Please respect copyright.PENANAktbdH7umwL
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 995Please respect copyright.PENANAgmQEd18mbt
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just995Please respect copyright.PENANAy6cqgdAnPZ
too awkward for me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAbZjXhBgk6y
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAaIy5hpIIGF
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.995Please respect copyright.PENANAVhqpZ98LIr
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.995Please respect copyright.PENANAHPpaDUcJ1c
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.995Please respect copyright.PENANAhRUZ6A3PMD
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."995Please respect copyright.PENANAGWHx2XVCCv
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.995Please respect copyright.PENANAhB7RT08sdu
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.995Please respect copyright.PENANAolq44meKWG
"Good idea," said Taeyang.995Please respect copyright.PENANAnCFAQcROTn
As though they couldn't 995Please respect copyright.PENANAR6hlMoKi9v
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAZx2lCFghOT
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 995Please respect copyright.PENANAsMiu83XOZ9
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.995Please respect copyright.PENANACXgNrs3weo
A few seconds later, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAh91vO4pnJC
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse995Please respect copyright.PENANArgWmP15bwU
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking995Please respect copyright.PENANAE8zTq6D7cY
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 995Please respect copyright.PENANAvV3JxFnafj
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.995Please respect copyright.PENANANdi9wXAmkE
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.995Please respect copyright.PENANAfSP3sGuqd7
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANA1cmmO2GjnZ
"A lot has happened 995Please respect copyright.PENANAGoRm0queg9
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 995Please respect copyright.PENANAT7W4aoFA1Y
case there were any people snooping around.995Please respect copyright.PENANAkjnYSARUNO
"What? What's happened?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA5kxLwpzTIG
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."995Please respect copyright.PENANAlAwnf1fkvF
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."995Please respect copyright.PENANA2qxuWZxsJk
"That's not the worst 995Please respect copyright.PENANAPBxB8umRAh
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAj3diQ2hxTY
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."995Please respect copyright.PENANAMSKIN31QYa
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAMVAY0QWb7f
"Like I said, he is 995Please respect copyright.PENANA22SHdzOOob
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 995Please respect copyright.PENANA0naTcvEcxU
are going to be toast especially with the press."995Please respect copyright.PENANAhF6XoTnP6n
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAtvFr944Asa
"I'm not sure if I can 995Please respect copyright.PENANATwonmtvtZR
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 995Please respect copyright.PENANA5QxqIcnWbD
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."995Please respect copyright.PENANALxlvR45s7I
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAjQP4jXFtyo
"I've no choice and I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAhuEwNC6xzf
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until995Please respect copyright.PENANAO2gAEIppF9
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAUj69pBIEFy
cap and a scarf."995Please respect copyright.PENANA2AU8vLNFBd
"What will you need that for?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAIRF8aYehNd
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.995Please respect copyright.PENANApE8LcL7zdb
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."995Please respect copyright.PENANAezqAAcZDZq
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."995Please respect copyright.PENANAbJJpVOPoEt
I cut the call and this 995Please respect copyright.PENANAVYqy9zCHgo
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 995Please respect copyright.PENANAmAPmnSTNrU
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.995Please respect copyright.PENANANdC06JCPHf
I reached the bottom of 995Please respect copyright.PENANAVLD6iZOhW7
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 995Please respect copyright.PENANAPtNEB5I1Yr
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 995Please respect copyright.PENANApYGo3WK8Dn
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 995Please respect copyright.PENANAOBlkuQajm7
voices that I could recognise.995Please respect copyright.PENANAZNvhw2NDZL
I went over to look, 995Please respect copyright.PENANA9H7nwopCQg
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 995Please respect copyright.PENANA8uUyJkOhnD
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 995Please respect copyright.PENANAw44e1LdAA0
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 995Please respect copyright.PENANASkLmqoxBKp
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.995Please respect copyright.PENANAk3s9RJApo0
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.995Please respect copyright.PENANAhRNKqADENS
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."995Please respect copyright.PENANABULewpy87P
"I'm just surprised that995Please respect copyright.PENANA6KsnSMsUuG
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that995Please respect copyright.PENANAlFLsPLu69K
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.995Please respect copyright.PENANAjU2BrGl8YP
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."995Please respect copyright.PENANADFRE01tJGE
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANArj9VRVmpAs
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.995Please respect copyright.PENANAN1MzwMs84a
"I think so too," said 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcIJJzmSa6B
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 995Please respect copyright.PENANAiA2mTZkEJ9
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."995Please respect copyright.PENANAUrdsTBmD2f
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.995Please respect copyright.PENANAZvzCDCIFhR
I was expecting them to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAICUCsU3uWR
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 995Please respect copyright.PENANAwiaCcZQf2t
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 995Please respect copyright.PENANATieB9EiHmv
Who knows?995Please respect copyright.PENANAVkRIQKqdAz
Throwing that thought 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqpROYd6e70
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 995Please respect copyright.PENANAbKMNbsmuPP
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAuehK1mKszZ
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.995Please respect copyright.PENANAh9avoWN9ww
There were still more 995Please respect copyright.PENANAeG3tcF6eFy
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery995Please respect copyright.PENANA3B7XHBJoGI
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAgotlHOY0Xb
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 995Please respect copyright.PENANA2wzvJ40oAH
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 995Please respect copyright.PENANAH5nURtssEm
away.995Please respect copyright.PENANA5B3qf6ndaj
In what seemed like 995Please respect copyright.PENANAK2wGzbPm1a
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 995Please respect copyright.PENANAvGKuaBakjC
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.995Please respect copyright.PENANAilqJ1fhTUw
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.995Please respect copyright.PENANAuii1KYqTYv
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."995Please respect copyright.PENANAqlaXBzaSiT
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."995Please respect copyright.PENANAzxMGMnNRO3
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAfBYmwJwvvb
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.995Please respect copyright.PENANAXJjp5feRxZ
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."995Please respect copyright.PENANA8DWsIxp7jl
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.995Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fv4mkXPxd
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA5blcP4qfCE
"They have gone out for 995Please respect copyright.PENANAoUbs1nD1YS
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things995Please respect copyright.PENANA14Ba5t4szG
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."995Please respect copyright.PENANAhA5On3xaoP
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.995Please respect copyright.PENANAFWvBoiIiZW
"Ya. And they are about 995Please respect copyright.PENANADp79jsMSdG
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the995Please respect copyright.PENANAwEZimayaBb
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.995Please respect copyright.PENANAkSSQ2RKrg7
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA72bxCzs1nq
"Ya, that will be a good995Please respect copyright.PENANA6Hhhp6IXvx
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 995Please respect copyright.PENANATFtK6Kvpxo
the guards might think when they see me."995Please respect copyright.PENANAh0SzlC93GL
Lee and I started to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAsTgXGDYG6A
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front995Please respect copyright.PENANATHMgc0h5T4
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 995Please respect copyright.PENANAwLmHRftUP9
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 995Please respect copyright.PENANAn5Q7aekAlM
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 995Please respect copyright.PENANAjmMkAmvBfz
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.995Please respect copyright.PENANAbhEWMYw7ZK
When I finally managed 995Please respect copyright.PENANABmhUzWKqT8
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqM1U9VEd09
away from the YG gate and down the street.995Please respect copyright.PENANACIDb8wkU2n
I had to admit, I was so995Please respect copyright.PENANAs7WsbjReeh
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 995Please respect copyright.PENANASccwASd9Fh
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 995Please respect copyright.PENANAT5bk8JG5OL
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 995Please respect copyright.PENANAWqJ14gzgow
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.995Please respect copyright.PENANAdW0OoEQJh9
After walking a few 995Please respect copyright.PENANAiOvnxBHs6i
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAK4z6tNsAin
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 995Please respect copyright.PENANAjtaU5EDHOO
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 995Please respect copyright.PENANAxSVFjy1UtW
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.995Please respect copyright.PENANA90QeJkhuYE
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.995Please respect copyright.PENANA6GcS8GbL6v
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."995Please respect copyright.PENANAQTuVfhyEVt
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face995Please respect copyright.PENANAO1YIKKXSFH
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."995Please respect copyright.PENANAElnDthdWBU
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."995Please respect copyright.PENANAJymUwWRSow
I froze as I soon looked995Please respect copyright.PENANAvDiFNWPUVA
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 995Please respect copyright.PENANACZcfqAkdr6
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 995Please respect copyright.PENANA33KQjKDhtd
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.995Please respect copyright.PENANAFUdgJCmk4T
I heard him laugh 995Please respect copyright.PENANAbiIR6fgVip
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAePaDQ6RDth
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."995Please respect copyright.PENANAEmaZxMj49h
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAeg1GCunThQ
"I'm right here."995Please respect copyright.PENANAbRjXTvXi08
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"995Please respect copyright.PENANAWuzD22wqQG
My sentence was cut 995Please respect copyright.PENANAG1OiFfUlph
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge995Please respect copyright.PENANAP6Tg3WV2Xs
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 995Please respect copyright.PENANAehueasNpOb
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.995Please respect copyright.PENANAUH1hIJY4Ls
A smartly dressed 995Please respect copyright.PENANAmOlOE4my2Z
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 995Please respect copyright.PENANAsInvK9A445
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.995Please respect copyright.PENANAAwcLfRqo12
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.995Please respect copyright.PENANA6NA39J6IiW
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANAUjOVrNZCqA
A few heads turned my 995Please respect copyright.PENANA2e2bd6qSwv
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAcVdc0pmADu
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 995Please respect copyright.PENANAOolJhUsVNa
and a little suspicious too.995Please respect copyright.PENANAjV6XMH1cFP
I managed to awake from 995Please respect copyright.PENANA9UqYVS01GA
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 995Please respect copyright.PENANARhA5pjxiQm
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAgfZuQes0nJ
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 995Please respect copyright.PENANA1BsDyDGjyj
driver's seat.995Please respect copyright.PENANAdu1feo701b
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.995Please respect copyright.PENANAVonv11vepv
With my eyes, I looked 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqnirvW9CuN
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAN592uefPIF
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.995Please respect copyright.PENANAjXNTvMYZkL
He looked to be in the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAIarcGFfRaV
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 995Please respect copyright.PENANANKwBvbS03O
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 995Please respect copyright.PENANA6IwdTPR87n
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into995Please respect copyright.PENANA91xN6J3pUH
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 995Please respect copyright.PENANAfkH7JqgnXR
who had one heck of a body.995Please respect copyright.PENANAgigIDVqc7F
I hadn't said a word and995Please respect copyright.PENANArv2VVgg8Ml
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 995Please respect copyright.PENANAlT3bvW1Ovj
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 995Please respect copyright.PENANAX6ozH3nRRD
wrist. Who was this guy?995Please respect copyright.PENANASNBz4XyTXP
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAW791KzfpnM
I opened my mouth but 995Please respect copyright.PENANAkR2I4biiry
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 995Please respect copyright.PENANA5oioKzrJBa
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAaOAu3fKqdH
contact.995Please respect copyright.PENANAiTO3XH1u8T
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANALFdOq6UIB6
"Yes, a pleasure to meet995Please respect copyright.PENANACY2yRL3dI3
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 995Please respect copyright.PENANA8UJ7n1YIKF
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.995Please respect copyright.PENANABX0ab2y4Tr
"I'm sorry we had to 995Please respect copyright.PENANA008K6tzuc8
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the995Please respect copyright.PENANAd1WOgJXRsm
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."995Please respect copyright.PENANAnMkZZmnI6y
I looked at him and 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqXwx6M9r6N
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAbITX2lm0tB
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 995Please respect copyright.PENANA7Zaw6jCHU0
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we995Please respect copyright.PENANAj77iniCWxB
hear about in mythical tales.995Please respect copyright.PENANA9Cl5moLLqs
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.995Please respect copyright.PENANAAUKXAINFIc
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAldDzxBcjjY
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 995Please respect copyright.PENANAPII5yct2yY
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."995Please respect copyright.PENANAHaRzHZa58i
There was silence and I 995Please respect copyright.PENANAHnK5c3KzjI
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made995Please respect copyright.PENANA50PjNwolCR
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 995Please respect copyright.PENANAW3Gj3jOosH
something.995Please respect copyright.PENANA0i3xOzLyUc
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.995Please respect copyright.PENANAo1VAGsq3wb
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."995Please respect copyright.PENANAY5Fl1EdLjk
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."995Please respect copyright.PENANAsukb3JiMn4
"I was born in the 995Please respect copyright.PENANABRr4Go63Iv
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are995Please respect copyright.PENANAwAju8Nhcmz
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 995Please respect copyright.PENANAgbPhgu990b
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 995Please respect copyright.PENANAeQnDoqMYkD
business empire is what's so important to them."995Please respect copyright.PENANAxgCJ6I5lOO
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.995Please respect copyright.PENANAPVhbpKZdxU
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.995Please respect copyright.PENANAdeQp5iNeNa
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.995Please respect copyright.PENANAoiQbfBxr5P
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA6rbGEcwd19
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAPNAr6dhU0G
"Lunch?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA5mfkbgHSmF
"Yes, lunch."995Please respect copyright.PENANAzgbf5BOtYw
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.995Please respect copyright.PENANARK4Njl9BpI
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."995Please respect copyright.PENANAggTjET2C9N
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."995Please respect copyright.PENANAwQUGn11PvW
I raised an eyebrow at 995Please respect copyright.PENANAVGJA08toIP
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 995Please respect copyright.PENANATqoxLYDE8M
you have been able to find me on the street."995Please respect copyright.PENANArALA95Rjtu
He gave me that dashing 995Please respect copyright.PENANABtU2GtaWm6
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 995Please respect copyright.PENANAS8veWNquH5
would meet. I had to come prepared."995Please respect copyright.PENANATyhdEyMAtX
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA6NHe8Exvnu
"My apartment. It's much safer there."995Please respect copyright.PENANA4nJGKS91Q1
"You own an apartment?"995Please respect copyright.PENANACBUu8btToS
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."995Please respect copyright.PENANAY4QrdeiJDI
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."995Please respect copyright.PENANAS7ntuvEP6S
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."995Please respect copyright.PENANAY8iCWU113e
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.995Please respect copyright.PENANALZTz2MoHQA
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.995Please respect copyright.PENANAtAsMYaAELN
It was a huge apartment 995Please respect copyright.PENANAoHCxMtffqT
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAzYUi4ZcKSz
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.995Please respect copyright.PENANAisSMxAmERC
After the car parked, 995Please respect copyright.PENANAYBG3LhVoGT
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 995Please respect copyright.PENANA8emOWzUEUj
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 995Please respect copyright.PENANACbSmWEiwve
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 995Please respect copyright.PENANANKjxUPoK46
came out of the car.995Please respect copyright.PENANAmm4M8RF7nd
Derrick lead the way, 995Please respect copyright.PENANARZYI9uChBX
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 995Please respect copyright.PENANAD26iwOnN6w
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 995Please respect copyright.PENANA3JLpjLrgvF
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.995Please respect copyright.PENANA0MtfVxwvej
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.995Please respect copyright.PENANAl9wUxSmrUn
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.995Please respect copyright.PENANA0TaI4UusmX
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.995Please respect copyright.PENANAyfo7TWeW90
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAuhbZwPxWtS
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."995Please respect copyright.PENANAmUEofy9nAI
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAztHhIb77Lf
"Well, ya, I do! You're 995Please respect copyright.PENANAjhjyo3tkx8
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAxHJ6wtoApL
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."995Please respect copyright.PENANAwsIhZvnxvR
"Why?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAwbR4m8hKbz
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."995Please respect copyright.PENANAlnVVvWLkrm
The elevator doors flew 995Please respect copyright.PENANAiF3TJuIsLK
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 995Please respect copyright.PENANAWciiJPGN3h
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 995Please respect copyright.PENANARe9pMNN94i
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 995Please respect copyright.PENANALg3FGpKQ6B
into heaven.995Please respect copyright.PENANAjwKNeYDMnX
I stepped out of the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAWSSgqlscb8
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAT9NVaGChYH
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 995Please respect copyright.PENANAl0hKavlEe1
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAxpEazrCxzm
soft red carpet.995Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0LcKv48q7
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.995Please respect copyright.PENANAQWP6zMIQVP
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."995Please respect copyright.PENANAegnLsU77oY
I looked down the hall 995Please respect copyright.PENANAUrEs7QuNs3
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 995Please respect copyright.PENANABCFKC1umYM
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 995Please respect copyright.PENANAOwo0jmk2rC
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJBEXv3NTEV
coming.995Please respect copyright.PENANAJomzPUksWo
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.995Please respect copyright.PENANAj3lvzpg9Vz
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAc3sXwmBr36
"Ladies first," said Derrick.995Please respect copyright.PENANAi1ijuorgCG
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.995Please respect copyright.PENANA8THGWWKzdc
"This place is very 995Please respect copyright.PENANA3A24Pmktj8
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the995Please respect copyright.PENANAKLbZdcJj5G
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 995Please respect copyright.PENANATHu2N8iquo
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the995Please respect copyright.PENANAn1v5ODxrHN
wall.995Please respect copyright.PENANAg1yj4g90jQ
I looked to the other 995Please respect copyright.PENANACLTnNMRL2C
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 995Please respect copyright.PENANAoG57BaTRv1
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 995Please respect copyright.PENANAqil7nLMkRb
beautiful flower vases with orchids.995Please respect copyright.PENANASFPIc9dfMw
"I see you like 995Please respect copyright.PENANAQx1ERF7olF
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 995Please respect copyright.PENANAAXjBtL72DF
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.995Please respect copyright.PENANAIGDkiakd9j
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAOYPDvsQljf
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.995Please respect copyright.PENANAC7e0tHcxgd
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."995Please respect copyright.PENANA1VmVhaAiGP
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.995Please respect copyright.PENANANsi2Gnz9ki
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA74oEjZDIjO
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.995Please respect copyright.PENANAKAAkgvm7NC
The butler bowed and 995Please respect copyright.PENANARDQwTbpwtW
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAXCm7hxjOSw
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAbXtoandftw
ground.995Please respect copyright.PENANA5txyBjYkHx
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAkZwAS2mA3K
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAcwL1FIqQZS
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.995Please respect copyright.PENANAtZuwzK9tkg
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.995Please respect copyright.PENANAzBGDXmewxA
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.995Please respect copyright.PENANAbBaOkpKgdV
As we got to the dining 995Please respect copyright.PENANAVQgOJHfAQ1
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 995Please respect copyright.PENANAhUVTdkE7uM
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and995Please respect copyright.PENANAbrdvsC0F7z
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.995Please respect copyright.PENANAtdYjrsWGpj
The butler had served 995Please respect copyright.PENANAvtEJssbRcu
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 995Please respect copyright.PENANAPZbgU2HyMk
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 995Please respect copyright.PENANAxpFYfUcH1i
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 995Please respect copyright.PENANAderKrjyqQB
next to the plates were spotless.995Please respect copyright.PENANAl1xBXOjkX3
Dishes of food were 995Please respect copyright.PENANAjxv8Z8Z1Gq
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 995Please respect copyright.PENANAu0wLADhs36
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 995Please respect copyright.PENANAYRDSCMVcEH
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAt6eAU41EG6
lady.995Please respect copyright.PENANAppKiaZ48nX
The butler helped to 995Please respect copyright.PENANA4jSsht2QIj
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made995Please respect copyright.PENANAiIdnJhAjJb
sure not to eat too much and take my time.995Please respect copyright.PENANAzR6PE16vbL
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.995Please respect copyright.PENANAlx90pOLEYT
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.995Please respect copyright.PENANAHR9coREJ61
"Now, about the issue at995Please respect copyright.PENANAO5BM9ZcKic
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 995Please respect copyright.PENANA3dxZXBbFKT
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.995Please respect copyright.PENANAF6ROymcHCY
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.995Please respect copyright.PENANA6fY6g9pIWZ
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."995Please respect copyright.PENANAKOzgBXaFRO
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."995Please respect copyright.PENANAxRWlCVQZjN
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.995Please respect copyright.PENANAgI9EHHBqwF
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.995Please respect copyright.PENANAUojj0lBtfB
The photo showed Zoey in995Please respect copyright.PENANAchcVMASY6o
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 995Please respect copyright.PENANAFhLxppFRGF
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 995Please respect copyright.PENANAP9GN5OY6Av
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 995Please respect copyright.PENANAffeUgAkVHs
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 995Please respect copyright.PENANAGbICjvr8t5
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.995Please respect copyright.PENANAqKYXVNO1il
"I know this isn't 995Please respect copyright.PENANAajyS2pNuny
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 995Please respect copyright.PENANA7P08SVH7QG
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAE2ilvl8VXh
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.995Please respect copyright.PENANAK0rPkoDG4h
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?995Please respect copyright.PENANALApytI5en7
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.995Please respect copyright.PENANAvDGMxUStvB
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.995Please respect copyright.PENANAWjj1s1a1NF
I looked at the photo 995Please respect copyright.PENANAsgvfvDmASY
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 995Please respect copyright.PENANAtxQzJM7o7f
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your995Please respect copyright.PENANA5svIPmh998
brother?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA2M0ZIvzat1
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.995Please respect copyright.PENANACernhvHO6y
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.995Please respect copyright.PENANAOuK6dOSkJZ
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.995Please respect copyright.PENANAcEkAKnd6NI
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAZvmOacKWkg
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."995Please respect copyright.PENANAUgNOrmvx2Y
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAUbJmByHGi7
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."995Please respect copyright.PENANAX6QGoYYPUY
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAiYQJzkJ7FI
"I know my brother very 995Please respect copyright.PENANAyO0pcJCvIL
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJLOJk9LEam
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."995Please respect copyright.PENANA6uKRgz66RJ
I then remembered the 995Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2KYrx2J4h
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 995Please respect copyright.PENANABAnj6VNQqD
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 995Please respect copyright.PENANAO23u0COVYx
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?995Please respect copyright.PENANAgqxDdISuID
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAjL4U50tbMv
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."995Please respect copyright.PENANAQrWBfl9AYu
"But that's strange. If 995Please respect copyright.PENANA7VJsaplIE7
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 995Please respect copyright.PENANA89fePxdqfT
don't see the reason why they would hide."995Please respect copyright.PENANAVjGVt0lHsY
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."995Please respect copyright.PENANAhky65N84r3
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA1X14DJvOcD
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.995Please respect copyright.PENANAyF9GMfWSfd
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."995Please respect copyright.PENANA9XfGLzxwOd
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA6ea2iBv992
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"995Please respect copyright.PENANANsWG56HCOA
"Wait! That was him?"995Please respect copyright.PENANATbu4ARVifD
"Yes. I was there."995Please respect copyright.PENANAroy3DPwcje
"You were there too?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAvfo0TJ8QEb
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."995Please respect copyright.PENANArvNRVj3dUY
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms995Please respect copyright.PENANAmSRW2RyMD1
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"995Please respect copyright.PENANA6SXjV0myuH
"She is."995Please respect copyright.PENANAMqWQB4ZGSN
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAsqOXbYxz6d
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."995Please respect copyright.PENANA6oHC52jGBZ
"And do you really think she would?"995Please respect copyright.PENANAOJ1RA0q7V5
I thought about his 995Please respect copyright.PENANA15Dgy12mhQ
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth995Please respect copyright.PENANAZkRt4PY7LE
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what995Please respect copyright.PENANAdb5OM5e1xo
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.995Please respect copyright.PENANAq1QRab02Zk
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.995Please respect copyright.PENANAHziiuvXwgc
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.995Please respect copyright.PENANAoYJf2bPK4Z
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."995Please respect copyright.PENANAQLc1bQU6p5
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.995Please respect copyright.PENANAbmQuVtR2ES
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.995Please respect copyright.PENANADGlBeYi9dJ
"Before I go, tell me 995Please respect copyright.PENANAaqODy3bear
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 995Please respect copyright.PENANANXLT2sjoIo
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."