Have you ever been awake752Please respect copyright.PENANAnLTiYfbVPC
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart752Please respect copyright.PENANAdUsHDRU5jq
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAE6ctzzyqss
day goes on?752Please respect copyright.PENANAdCguasV7uX
That's how I felt right at this moment.752Please respect copyright.PENANAgxBLoLSiQ2
I tossed in my bed, 752Please respect copyright.PENANA6j2VD9QK8J
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 752Please respect copyright.PENANAWGGDKpOmOL
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun752Please respect copyright.PENANAhOlq8kr4qN
could come up so that I could meet my end already.752Please respect copyright.PENANASS7h4kVWzI
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANARMObiSBvpw
I fell back on my bed, 752Please respect copyright.PENANATRUEFA9Pbb
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 752Please respect copyright.PENANAniZVcX7qVK
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 752Please respect copyright.PENANAaB4Vm6wGCe
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 752Please respect copyright.PENANA1traFkbdO1
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 752Please respect copyright.PENANARX285t88d0
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 752Please respect copyright.PENANAoL7eusveIK
mind even to dream.752Please respect copyright.PENANA2mPysl6n4j
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.752Please respect copyright.PENANAlZHZGAejNb
How I wish I could fall 752Please respect copyright.PENANAFr15xOe1Ka
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I752Please respect copyright.PENANAlhevWvLhly
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I752Please respect copyright.PENANAhOslF6hOWZ
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.752Please respect copyright.PENANA9L1T51sVG6
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAUe6Xx8Iebf
I knew I now had to face752Please respect copyright.PENANAkPBsGAPvfj
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJbCkXCh51a
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even752Please respect copyright.PENANAb96kWTU1nk
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 752Please respect copyright.PENANAVce2iTaAKV
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.752Please respect copyright.PENANAPuU4K1jUAc
I knew her persistence 752Please respect copyright.PENANAHE2ogXGDRc
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYdeIaEb9OX
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 752Please respect copyright.PENANAcW6kQ0y3g7
her if I had to tell her the truth.752Please respect copyright.PENANAvUZdAbWNhZ
I know sometimes we 752Please respect copyright.PENANAfKCG0wBgtV
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 752Please respect copyright.PENANALf3yFTuf2Z
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAR0YDtV36Qd
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAeC7rWSYDpn
had now reached that point.752Please respect copyright.PENANAuA7Lui9Wj1
I sighed again as I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbONT3WMhcH
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYKEyT6AUYq
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?752Please respect copyright.PENANA5HVO9HykMP
If it came to G-Dragon, 752Please respect copyright.PENANALt8HN6KMTP
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I752Please respect copyright.PENANAkctKbWJE5K
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 752Please respect copyright.PENANAHNQvJfbfMe
lot harder.752Please respect copyright.PENANAqgDLmcrwaB
How was I going to tell 752Please respect copyright.PENANAaISZslVzIO
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbkGKpjGd5e
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAmH273qixw0
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 752Please respect copyright.PENANA4NO4pzAwM5
either.752Please respect copyright.PENANARnuqNEwVDo
I kicked out the bed 752Please respect copyright.PENANAfK6RqaGoBY
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 752Please respect copyright.PENANAG2wWr8TGOs
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room752Please respect copyright.PENANAz6rJOverdB
in my purple pyjamas.752Please respect copyright.PENANATJs2BcKurE
I went straight for the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8b2dUDDzzy
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAT7SZhXXFcm
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 752Please respect copyright.PENANAVv40Ar2Aph
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my752Please respect copyright.PENANArMZ2IrNLlO
mum.752Please respect copyright.PENANAUP1W7jIX6X
Hopefully, I was calling752Please respect copyright.PENANAv8OVKcpTKS
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 752Please respect copyright.PENANAs9HOeirABU
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbbZC88KGh3
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?752Please respect copyright.PENANAtsxkdpiw5H
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.752Please respect copyright.PENANAczy7781qd5
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.752Please respect copyright.PENANAUBvG5cSMCK
"Hello, Sam?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAhz0XqzZW0v
"Hi, mum."752Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0Md1upV0y
"Sam, how are you, dear?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA2mFKsbceO2
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAwOcwtYRflO
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAymI1id57d1
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 752Please respect copyright.PENANA2ziYtZa0o5
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."752Please respect copyright.PENANAhbu8MdAnEa
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."752Please respect copyright.PENANAqZZGsWuAU5
"Ya, I can see you guys 752Please respect copyright.PENANAuakoH7vnbS
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAjni61Wi3In
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8OXqLY0c4D
her computer as she looked at the pictures.752Please respect copyright.PENANABy1xUsMMMa
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."752Please respect copyright.PENANAF3YBq9sUFh
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."752Please respect copyright.PENANAYvSGCdmaGX
"I'll check out the 752Please respect copyright.PENANATt8aq3xndG
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 752Please respect copyright.PENANA0eSuhodvsi
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 752Please respect copyright.PENANACCWc9nV1Wk
Why aren't you asleep?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAZtT1nckXLq
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA5xmH24GI5A
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."752Please respect copyright.PENANA2QCCfxvluO
I could imagine my mum 752Please respect copyright.PENANAQa22P8R56q
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on752Please respect copyright.PENANAOYjpjA79VY
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8MwT7JKfh7
her arms folded.752Please respect copyright.PENANAVKhqP4kY5l
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAkgNHyrVsRv
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.752Please respect copyright.PENANAX2iJLJuY6M
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."752Please respect copyright.PENANA9YdvzUjBYk
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."752Please respect copyright.PENANAsC9wzkOdBk
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAH43Ed0zAXz
"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."752Please respect copyright.PENANAl2wMdPOHNx
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."752Please respect copyright.PENANAD7A7UfjE4F
"I've been lying to Zoey752Please respect copyright.PENANAEvOgEHZgyk
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 752Please respect copyright.PENANANZlZWA8a1h
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 752Please respect copyright.PENANAIkK5Hj6etY
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."752Please respect copyright.PENANAmFUvJLgMey
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."752Please respect copyright.PENANATfQ8YOkdBM
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"752Please respect copyright.PENANASAK9qhA9jn
"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."752Please respect copyright.PENANAuE9OkYUQfu
"Trust me, mum, Collins 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqSEAEdEJZZ
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJeoxbFzhBr
that you shouldn't say a word either."752Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZENFR5HRV
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.752Please respect copyright.PENANA3V3gcF7grE
"You know I can never 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqbxLbOZAVH
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAh3JbwsEKtv
matter of life and death. I've no choice."752Please respect copyright.PENANA6OkWUYkvVW
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA1mxTxogKNa
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."752Please respect copyright.PENANA114rNdG5XB
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."752Please respect copyright.PENANAaaplPEIGgn
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.752Please respect copyright.PENANALxvSDGun1u
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."752Please respect copyright.PENANAzk1EGJGhvQ
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."752Please respect copyright.PENANASwBP5mL2Cx
There was silence at the other end. Until....752Please respect copyright.PENANA8wAjg6Lsg2
"WHAT!"752Please respect copyright.PENANAMcUjEAc0uC
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."752Please respect copyright.PENANAM5mc8fhXRW
"Then what is it? The 752Please respect copyright.PENANAh9xL1zElqk
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 752Please respect copyright.PENANA9q6rn3e0Au
feel like you're betraying your best friend."752Please respect copyright.PENANArzrjLU5NGM
"It was like that at 752Please respect copyright.PENANAzCz2c7XdLS
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close752Please respect copyright.PENANADZzpUrE6wr
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 752Please respect copyright.PENANANEphztHMdW
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining752Please respect copyright.PENANAkwSIof4jnw
fingers.752Please respect copyright.PENANA9NxFoKE9Li
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAgoGljwZK67
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."752Please respect copyright.PENANA6a0rBO0SyO
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."752Please respect copyright.PENANA6ngcQvUjQ9
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."752Please respect copyright.PENANAcEIOaLvwJ3
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.752Please respect copyright.PENANA6NXG0Mf61c
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."752Please respect copyright.PENANAK9YjqBVj7b
"And that's not the worst part."752Please respect copyright.PENANAkgL4bZP5T7
I told her what happened752Please respect copyright.PENANAap0IthDwsG
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in752Please respect copyright.PENANArADOPjRnrT
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAWtzT5w9HpG
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung752Please respect copyright.PENANAI5Fq4bBaNc
and the kiss.752Please respect copyright.PENANAjOoTKgkBNH
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.752Please respect copyright.PENANAUTwbeWdQfS
"Ssh, and listen."752Please respect copyright.PENANAl8LGKESw9i
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.752Please respect copyright.PENANAcA7ocT2WyM
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."752Please respect copyright.PENANAx3Ieydo7IQ
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."752Please respect copyright.PENANAHnElb4lBUi
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"752Please respect copyright.PENANACBl3FVdILo
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."752Please respect copyright.PENANAiQulGIa6Ss
"Are you scared?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAk4EAYER2D8
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAb6SLTDL3lG
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."752Please respect copyright.PENANA6OlPhnALZY
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.752Please respect copyright.PENANAl548Ouj3FQ
"We all get hurt at some752Please respect copyright.PENANAkyU3EiIQk4
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.752Please respect copyright.PENANAGhzwRlqFEe
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 752Please respect copyright.PENANAGqbQlryY6b
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 752Please respect copyright.PENANA1lKDBLTxue
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."752Please respect copyright.PENANAAnNHzgOdH4
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.752Please respect copyright.PENANAxiodgo0Y0G
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.752Please respect copyright.PENANAHv3YhJvUVl
"Don't cry, okay? You're752Please respect copyright.PENANA0V4eNHHhQQ
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 752Please respect copyright.PENANAXwip91Gx1X
will need all the rest you can get."752Please respect copyright.PENANAOS6hdJ4lqC
"Yes, mum. I will."752Please respect copyright.PENANAthUWySbjwl
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAeU8AoORPX5
"Okay. Bye."752Please respect copyright.PENANALokC1eQdQC
I hang up and I quickly 752Please respect copyright.PENANAwbSNsTYvIH
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 752Please respect copyright.PENANAhwwGaUhGmO
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 752Please respect copyright.PENANA32ZM6QnFft
arms.752Please respect copyright.PENANAupCSz0kQcz
It must have been some 752Please respect copyright.PENANARyyU4qN20O
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 752Please respect copyright.PENANATHMCU2chq8
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.752Please respect copyright.PENANAfpFNmiPwGw
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAIs1K2SvTpd
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."752Please respect copyright.PENANAsIjoatwSzl
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."752Please respect copyright.PENANA3fS5LAaWUP
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.752Please respect copyright.PENANAYyAo8dXIl1
"Sadly, it isn't, my 752Please respect copyright.PENANAM2X2W4EEtC
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 752Please respect copyright.PENANAH3UQjrsS8f
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."752Please respect copyright.PENANAzPmqUu307X
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.752Please respect copyright.PENANAQXAGCco6nP
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAlOtWUsaKwG
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."752Please respect copyright.PENANADuelQ9tHbc
"So, start talking right now."752Please respect copyright.PENANAd0oFJTVwCn
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"752Please respect copyright.PENANATv3vgx8LpQ
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."752Please respect copyright.PENANANZGaOmsLLg
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.752Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6Vy1dvBQd
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."752Please respect copyright.PENANAEhscpAAkmS
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAxguaX2UkdN
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."752Please respect copyright.PENANAPXlIS5IzsE
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAcj7F0R7a1i
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."752Please respect copyright.PENANAesEXaOsuAv
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.752Please respect copyright.PENANAPDTEdZMf06
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."752Please respect copyright.PENANALizNKoLlMU
"You like him, don't you?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAZS92sr3Bve
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?752Please respect copyright.PENANA3Lu7WfxALs
"I..uh...no, that's not it."752Please respect copyright.PENANAi9Qnl7Z5zn
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."752Please respect copyright.PENANA8I6oAXYmI4
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."752Please respect copyright.PENANAReAOuVaMpy
"Expected from me?" Zoey752Please respect copyright.PENANArqTpG1aXLe
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.752Please respect copyright.PENANAkJEUOPOzIX
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."752Please respect copyright.PENANAyD3us1sKpa
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.752Please respect copyright.PENANAzeWwEKTFuw
"I know you feel guilty 752Please respect copyright.PENANA7bmmVeG9hC
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know752Please respect copyright.PENANADhLPpMUbDC
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."752Please respect copyright.PENANALJ9HfD3xJ9
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?752Please respect copyright.PENANAgK0vmd7GXj
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANA1FWKbhxKa5
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."752Please respect copyright.PENANAdZMwgNkwHg
I wanted to slap my 752Please respect copyright.PENANA0z46OONyIh
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't752Please respect copyright.PENANAK0CVMAKqBw
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 752Please respect copyright.PENANAPKfme5j2UD
it gets out of hand.752Please respect copyright.PENANAJfXIZJEv07
"Zoey, listen to me," I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYTew9SULov
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqq7WQy8HYI
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."752Please respect copyright.PENANAcWNBEuCJWk
I paused. That was odd. 752Please respect copyright.PENANArs581gQK3m
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I752Please respect copyright.PENANAYSlk7qddFZ
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.752Please respect copyright.PENANAtuYCDNZ0Zl
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAVH3iLCgh1y
What was wrong with me? I752Please respect copyright.PENANAvFnJxhKay1
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 752Please respect copyright.PENANAN50ULIIlWH
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 752Please respect copyright.PENANAk4vKsJxugu
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.752Please respect copyright.PENANA1t4LykqEJJ
"You're weird, Sam," 752Please respect copyright.PENANAyteXUwngP3
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 752Please respect copyright.PENANAOmdOP2ugMB
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJdZiF0AEik
waiting."752Please respect copyright.PENANADMsHoLQWsN
Zoey closed the door and752Please respect copyright.PENANAOZezph9Pq8
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 752Please respect copyright.PENANAtF8GlKUsWj
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJlZa57ehS0
harder than I thought.752Please respect copyright.PENANAbvxksNN8bB
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.752Please respect copyright.PENANAq2UB2EqaAy
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.752Please respect copyright.PENANATlyskGPTJW
I stood up from my bed 752Please respect copyright.PENANAC87VseHAov
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 752Please respect copyright.PENANAmJFERiYJVk
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which752Please respect copyright.PENANArgQqYdFwt1
is the most important part.752Please respect copyright.PENANAA6U9lCEdcH
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."752Please respect copyright.PENANAZHJ9K2Wwtq
Whatever my conscious 752Please respect copyright.PENANAhc6NpaTnZw
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 752Please respect copyright.PENANAfkuh32pWrN
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 752Please respect copyright.PENANAc4b8vDRYhO
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.752Please respect copyright.PENANAE6CODJZfCG
If that was the case, 752Please respect copyright.PENANA4ny9f6VjJg
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdv93NQfmHU
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 752Please respect copyright.PENANA9Zvj5w8xWz
shattered completely.752Please respect copyright.PENANAQtHECjdsou
While I was trying to 752Please respect copyright.PENANADOLvbqUJH1
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach752Please respect copyright.PENANAmW3W9MTdvW
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.752Please respect copyright.PENANAVGjtOLmqzV
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?752Please respect copyright.PENANA3VPsm0bBTM
I answered the call. "Hello?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAZkKenT8U07
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.752Please respect copyright.PENANAh1up7ScHUz
I held my breath. That 752Please respect copyright.PENANAMkzijagfbt
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 752Please respect copyright.PENANAIODd7EcNHl
asking that question, not thinking it.752Please respect copyright.PENANAWaBQy30OeD
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAWnJWzhch7y
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."752Please respect copyright.PENANApNa8RzgWKq
"Talk? Talk about what?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAdvOFtr0lC3
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"752Please respect copyright.PENANACtbfvneABW
"Photo? What...?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAMfYVgLwA86
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.752Please respect copyright.PENANAwkmcfcm3N6
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAGDqp0uHppK
"If you haven't seen it,752Please respect copyright.PENANAvk0NyhDEHq
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 752Please respect copyright.PENANApVhSQAKg0p
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA93CKCampek
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?752Please respect copyright.PENANAEEpVh1O5QO
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAjlpFJrPJQ6
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."752Please respect copyright.PENANAnCCTeiYL14
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAIYjp5RBBv6
I could soon hear the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAsuhNsO3VUh
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAxGZz59lHGg
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJmPq3rAHHV
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.752Please respect copyright.PENANAa12TKyCxUp
I looked back at my 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdRIg0TG0RZ
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I752Please respect copyright.PENANA8pLaTrvQLI
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 752Please respect copyright.PENANADan6thN4jF
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8G0ZwPhoB
download the photo.752Please respect copyright.PENANAGqeecfTqcE
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.752Please respect copyright.PENANARp1Zbhrdkq
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAaLo3A7dEoW
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."752Please respect copyright.PENANABlA5qx4Ae4
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."752Please respect copyright.PENANAGy1rrjLObk
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."752Please respect copyright.PENANA8xXl3rwIVJ
I nodded and Lee left. I752Please respect copyright.PENANAQsCz7hEERa
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 752Please respect copyright.PENANAR8g3TmrXgt
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.752Please respect copyright.PENANAPXp28i1SsK
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."752Please respect copyright.PENANA0i9MxFjY2U
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.752Please respect copyright.PENANA1yXuqcbCC1
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.752Please respect copyright.PENANAhf493Ln2QZ
"Zoey!"752Please respect copyright.PENANAGwkIEnsoqo
"Not a word, Sam. You're752Please respect copyright.PENANAIkKvj1wuXc
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 752Please respect copyright.PENANAIb1qdDFdpM
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's752Please respect copyright.PENANAuPn1YH7s8P
up with you today."752Please respect copyright.PENANADCqOlJNbYq
If only she knew. So 752Please respect copyright.PENANA053hWYwU2r
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one752Please respect copyright.PENANAlrQtdt25gJ
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.752Please respect copyright.PENANAeoePs30wBz
I went to the bathroom 752Please respect copyright.PENANArC3ZfWhvpb
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA01PM0yMdOm
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 752Please respect copyright.PENANAhdu1W2ebL9
reflection.752Please respect copyright.PENANACEY9uIocv0
I looked like I hadn't 752Please respect copyright.PENANAUKjMgi6QGp
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 752Please respect copyright.PENANA1wmdKgK1NX
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 752Please respect copyright.PENANAGwl8z8my80
if not by two.752Please respect copyright.PENANALXr24wBD2H
G-Dragon and Zoey were 752Please respect copyright.PENANALL1YxTxXiR
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbsXC6rwCj0
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqfBOSh3X0O
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 752Please respect copyright.PENANAI8cYEqqRle
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?752Please respect copyright.PENANA75wWxPi2Ku
After I took a quick 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYvGF2uU5ZR
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone752Please respect copyright.PENANAzhWrN1r6wh
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 752Please respect copyright.PENANAezbPKrR4NT
the bathroom to get her makeup done.752Please respect copyright.PENANAI7n4t6FfAf
I unlocked my phone. I 752Please respect copyright.PENANA6wkUZMQFLf
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 752Please respect copyright.PENANAOu24a0B0i1
photo must be done downloading by now.752Please respect copyright.PENANAJUP0hijrjH
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?752Please respect copyright.PENANA53dhgJgzJp
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?752Please respect copyright.PENANAgODev4ZJsE
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.752Please respect copyright.PENANAoD6Zxcbedz
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.752Please respect copyright.PENANAnHkHhwor5X
"Morning. How was your night?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA5zjU4TYQjD
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."752Please respect copyright.PENANA6rHP8fo0dD
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANA8JA6YjDJOK
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.752Please respect copyright.PENANA6ScjUuZ4v5
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."752Please respect copyright.PENANAd0iusohRSA
I smiled a little. At 752Please respect copyright.PENANAPaDgNA1kDe
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 752Please respect copyright.PENANA1K1rnmUl6F
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 752Please respect copyright.PENANAK46i1yONB6
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.752Please respect copyright.PENANApKW2DSX7gQ
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."752Please respect copyright.PENANA9RhqGbGotJ
"You too."752Please respect copyright.PENANA7yJDNnjjdI
He cut the line and I 752Please respect copyright.PENANA2IEAAcfIoy
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 752Please respect copyright.PENANAnGpfrZOcOC
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 752Please respect copyright.PENANASbuGDbqK9l
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.752Please respect copyright.PENANAEMu1lE11Z9
After I dressed up and 752Please respect copyright.PENANAGg0LpyN9GE
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbPUa2xzcCI
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 752Please respect copyright.PENANA9Neq1utKET
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAXzWN2nAP3h
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAkLU7Z60aJN
room.752Please respect copyright.PENANAuTrA37nopg
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.752Please respect copyright.PENANAnCeISj0WCS
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.752Please respect copyright.PENANAAr5GGIOIQW
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.752Please respect copyright.PENANAhayfMbxrgX
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."752Please respect copyright.PENANAeFb6DlJEIh
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."752Please respect copyright.PENANAbXbkkwj4Mc
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.752Please respect copyright.PENANAmNcMy4oxdD
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAbuXt4DTfF8
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAIonu00IfSv
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.752Please respect copyright.PENANAhQYQMJenBi
"What?" I asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANA6H9Cjs89Zd
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."752Please respect copyright.PENANAbdTslPZVX1
I frowned. "So?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAyU0pUWY1i7
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.752Please respect copyright.PENANAmdpXreZkDu
I was still confused. "So?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAXA60yRyMdE
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.752Please respect copyright.PENANAoXqBiuLWRh
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.752Please respect copyright.PENANA4NfddZ0zKU
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?752Please respect copyright.PENANA2MoxXISvhL
"I don't see the harm in752Please respect copyright.PENANAE9mXnoRYa7
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8zGGQ3EMKc
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 752Please respect copyright.PENANAPXRgV9xago
that wrong?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA8KnCR177jF
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.752Please respect copyright.PENANAD9btKbGKXX
"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."752Please respect copyright.PENANAP7kpBT8YXM
"I can see that," said 752Please respect copyright.PENANA01pFtC7Hqp
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 752Please respect copyright.PENANArMgiGgRQA7
me but I decided not to say anything.752Please respect copyright.PENANAC7sZrF1DKb
When we were done with 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqsGMngvMb1
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 752Please respect copyright.PENANAngTdeoRghG
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 752Please respect copyright.PENANAaqCPSTe4D4
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 752Please respect copyright.PENANAwNCM43BrgO
looking at my phone.752Please respect copyright.PENANAghfO4y4qc8
When everyone in the car752Please respect copyright.PENANAiP48yvclMk
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in752Please respect copyright.PENANAMH0mVjjcTA
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8FxjDhUxFF
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.752Please respect copyright.PENANASZ2JwWaG7Z
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAodVMXqK9Wy
I quickly pressed the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAY1wiURGljm
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 752Please respect copyright.PENANA2I5M3N7vlX
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.752Please respect copyright.PENANAUS3zxiiSjX
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.752Please respect copyright.PENANAaKsBWlpsaX
"May I see?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAvVa1dQm6a4
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."752Please respect copyright.PENANAdvDamEch4L
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."752Please respect copyright.PENANAtPiiFaiUb8
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.752Please respect copyright.PENANA98avXLKw47
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."752Please respect copyright.PENANACcwFbrAt57
I wish I could tell him 752Please respect copyright.PENANAmqzvHJa3LZ
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 752Please respect copyright.PENANAxv3VdvMc85
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.752Please respect copyright.PENANAl6AqOGQIw0
Now that I had seen the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAn0wFyYXwDF
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 752Please respect copyright.PENANAkkD1kCLh3R
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 752Please respect copyright.PENANAuzvN5xIzAk
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.752Please respect copyright.PENANAC3BBxLgJJv
Speaking of which, I 752Please respect copyright.PENANA7cvHIGsFDr
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was752Please respect copyright.PENANAMfOZNR5wnP
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAtEKEQs0MwB
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdgjhWAT5Nt
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 752Please respect copyright.PENANAkb3SGCLfWI
further onto the edge, I would burst.752Please respect copyright.PENANAYrqT4gscDe
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAdcyfurr4QV
My heart skipped a beat.752Please respect copyright.PENANAlpXrRrUt6J
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting752Please respect copyright.PENANAdOKTKNpAqP
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 752Please respect copyright.PENANAoFpunmMA2Y
choice.752Please respect copyright.PENANAyoQAE6q7gZ
As soon as I stepped out752Please respect copyright.PENANAsuLuT6ydAO
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAk68oKvJkzi
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAH66DUGakDo
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.752Please respect copyright.PENANANZWFhh2qkj
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."752Please respect copyright.PENANAM02It0FQGT
"You're aren't the only 752Please respect copyright.PENANA6mWSTfXBkS
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 752Please respect copyright.PENANAb8wWX1gCoB
to work on that when we get in there."752Please respect copyright.PENANA3tx7LEMeHn
I managed to put up a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAFOpJjSoLxp
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How752Please respect copyright.PENANAFmRYOHdgO8
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.752Please respect copyright.PENANA5SoYQfnwr1
As I came into the lobby752Please respect copyright.PENANAg3EkeW8gH3
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 752Please respect copyright.PENANAtNwaIng9NY
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.752Please respect copyright.PENANAjWGHcVQrhh
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."752Please respect copyright.PENANAejoVSIfpMa
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.752Please respect copyright.PENANA6Mt3gFQJTi
We all got in the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAF0e3TMM3uV
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up752Please respect copyright.PENANAhKWSkkszr6
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 752Please respect copyright.PENANAay5xAhYrJ5
things.752Please respect copyright.PENANAb9wX0aZaP2
We got to the dance 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYCQSPv2XkC
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 752Please respect copyright.PENANAiLQtGfeEB1
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.752Please respect copyright.PENANABwN7sMhx6M
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.752Please respect copyright.PENANAnARq9Urvj9
I was too lost in 752Please respect copyright.PENANAo6XjCTHWmu
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 752Please respect copyright.PENANA3vO4XrTXn2
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.752Please respect copyright.PENANAFxdg8pymI1
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAxZmtuUvpxu
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.752Please respect copyright.PENANAz2NbEBykeF
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.752Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ8TtdaBFu
"Tell me about it," said752Please respect copyright.PENANAwCR49mRBu0
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her752Please respect copyright.PENANAcPY2T4hrJp
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."752Please respect copyright.PENANABbz5MdOTb6
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAiOi6rQvmVg
"Too weird," said Daniel.752Please respect copyright.PENANAgSfYSltugY
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."752Please respect copyright.PENANAeevblzZN3y
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.752Please respect copyright.PENANAWxMowoSUTC
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.752Please respect copyright.PENANAQea9BzJsmV
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.752Please respect copyright.PENANALZmmB8JHzn
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.752Please respect copyright.PENANA6vnC0y7IwJ
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."752Please respect copyright.PENANAFrPiiPFhWE
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA0cRLIsNN3a
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.752Please respect copyright.PENANAXfhIDDOTTj
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."752Please respect copyright.PENANAsN7uiQWbGl
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."752Please respect copyright.PENANAuK4dTFGPOS
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."752Please respect copyright.PENANANsiIiTFSu2
"I'm not."752Please respect copyright.PENANArNuR3pVEPl
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAFRt2bmbuM3
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAqMjGB8Kq7t
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.752Please respect copyright.PENANATSywN02J9N
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.752Please respect copyright.PENANA9BC2UGrrG6
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAegEJAXegnx
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."752Please respect copyright.PENANAD8Kcfxuopu
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."752Please respect copyright.PENANApRZK390wzy
Before I could turn 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdA41pPoyM8
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 752Please respect copyright.PENANA1FAhtFFiIe
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.752Please respect copyright.PENANA66naMwmX8W
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.752Please respect copyright.PENANAtq2hcNxJah
I took the crown from 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgxb7PtOMJe
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was752Please respect copyright.PENANAk7o1RPPeLE
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 752Please respect copyright.PENANAR7k4zHvqDK
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 752Please respect copyright.PENANAh3RFTjRFUF
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.752Please respect copyright.PENANAcpp3expsyt
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.752Please respect copyright.PENANAjdsy7XZjL9
"It is," said Seungri 752Please respect copyright.PENANABoqET3YTSC
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 752Please respect copyright.PENANA47Dk0i7hei
stones because it's your birth stone."752Please respect copyright.PENANAVhGDdY1xB6
"Aww! Thank you so much,752Please respect copyright.PENANAsKSo5qnVpD
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew752Please respect copyright.PENANACBjrzDmvfP
he was going to brighten up my day today.752Please respect copyright.PENANAfxwSWfjjrV
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"752Please respect copyright.PENANASTWxHdlJWI
"I want to wear it," 752Please respect copyright.PENANA4TatmUSgLp
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 752Please respect copyright.PENANAORTKR1Fw38
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.752Please respect copyright.PENANAkrtkvZtdCo
"Don't I look like a 752Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZZ8S5OkoI
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAEm6e7zfi6g
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.752Please respect copyright.PENANAT70sD21KF3
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.752Please respect copyright.PENANAbDb1iWmZrr
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.752Please respect copyright.PENANADjGupIICKa
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.752Please respect copyright.PENANAuLBfXnOgo4
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.752Please respect copyright.PENANAzrGYcJgNes
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."752Please respect copyright.PENANAIS6ni77lzy
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.752Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ5J6FQvnq
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.752Please respect copyright.PENANA5EQ0sBNWAb
"May her royal majesty 752Please respect copyright.PENANA9l0cJmy4lC
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 752Please respect copyright.PENANAEcopHf139d
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.752Please respect copyright.PENANAZT2MmRPm2u
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.752Please respect copyright.PENANAl17tFzfhC0
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.752Please respect copyright.PENANAFequmHzQph
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.752Please respect copyright.PENANA0jc6xfrdhn
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.752Please respect copyright.PENANAo60CK1uBVi
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.752Please respect copyright.PENANAUc8N7rzSGY
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.752Please respect copyright.PENANAUrsD1mNcpA
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAlrSKADSYOo
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."752Please respect copyright.PENANAJxttAQmaBz
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."752Please respect copyright.PENANAhTS1916rBU
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."752Please respect copyright.PENANA2sYzRO82Ce
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.752Please respect copyright.PENANAsvEC9zu7GL
She couldn't tell the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA2YeEpy6aR7
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took752Please respect copyright.PENANAoEMs92eb8B
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group752Please respect copyright.PENANAs6sxL6I94l
photo with me in the middle.752Please respect copyright.PENANA4w00bRmkpY
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.752Please respect copyright.PENANAGHmK7jtRZA
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.752Please respect copyright.PENANAc5LlZgtnsM
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."752Please respect copyright.PENANAW0OahSMNhV
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."752Please respect copyright.PENANA2opmN6czR7
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.752Please respect copyright.PENANAgQeE4RgRCg
Zoey smiled. "Even better."752Please respect copyright.PENANA9VhLmm8YWW
G-Dragon turned to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAckC2Py7IHq
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAsNSmUSp4EA
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgGh9h8PDdI
him and he will find us."752Please respect copyright.PENANArjsSyWDiTv
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.752Please respect copyright.PENANApJAhyDLofP
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."752Please respect copyright.PENANAR44WWXRPpF
We all stood on one side752Please respect copyright.PENANAlSUc3P6eJo
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 752Please respect copyright.PENANATkaZzjPaMo
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 752Please respect copyright.PENANAZkc6SKMatu
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.752Please respect copyright.PENANAFng3gojrue
"So, I was thinking, 752Please respect copyright.PENANApJr7JtjcNo
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA7gI83nhHZ6
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 752Please respect copyright.PENANAeaEJVOBxbL
guys."752Please respect copyright.PENANAnxkvOSy8tU
Christine came forward 752Please respect copyright.PENANAoWkw1H1kGd
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 752Please respect copyright.PENANA307dvVIeQE
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.752Please respect copyright.PENANAmvq99ISUnr
With Christine and Mike 752Please respect copyright.PENANANpZ42QCRDn
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 752Please respect copyright.PENANAL18HTMqfmr
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA7gCiCcD5YT
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 752Please respect copyright.PENANAr3JqUKA2um
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 752Please respect copyright.PENANAfz0wiGOg41
themselves back and they again their backs touched.752Please respect copyright.PENANA9JZoNn7zpS
With a bit of skilful 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgwvgWPl6ev
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew752Please respect copyright.PENANAQqp75FsBOj
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA84V9Q1gGT7
air.752Please respect copyright.PENANAH7TvtW9y6V
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."752Please respect copyright.PENANATvoWyx0Rec
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.752Please respect copyright.PENANAn5KU95RTrT
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.752Please respect copyright.PENANAbWOdD5P72h
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.752Please respect copyright.PENANASxSLzyBcci
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.752Please respect copyright.PENANAOJDoO2RF1a
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.752Please respect copyright.PENANATrHGkyBRKL
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.752Please respect copyright.PENANAwZh1AjIUik
The door soon opened and752Please respect copyright.PENANAQXFpqGFiNv
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 752Please respect copyright.PENANAxgk5prYJjw
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.752Please respect copyright.PENANAYqiQ43X2Kg
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.752Please respect copyright.PENANASjeVWPKHKF
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.752Please respect copyright.PENANAZf9mRBkdf3
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."752Please respect copyright.PENANAHo3TiMrGZX
Mike and Christine 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbcU87mzI2g
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance752Please respect copyright.PENANAIECWNBi7qt
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 752Please respect copyright.PENANAyK1XQFX0rx
us will come in the scene.752Please respect copyright.PENANAYMPqU6t6hE
"Mmmm," the 752Please respect copyright.PENANALrsmNvc0rF
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 752Please respect copyright.PENANA3HwMpdZMgj
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.752Please respect copyright.PENANAG8Gb6ukVM9
"I like it," said the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA6WD24C0eEU
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 752Please respect copyright.PENANAISHTgstjr9
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdClvxetT5Q
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 752Please respect copyright.PENANAtUOAgbmqx8
comes in."752Please respect copyright.PENANABQC51r8L30
Zoey and G-Dragon took 752Please respect copyright.PENANAASNTOTjSUC
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 752Please respect copyright.PENANA3sbrtv0uxK
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 752Please respect copyright.PENANAsdmQVo1Dtb
were perfect.752Please respect copyright.PENANA9BK7hybyv9
"Excellent," said the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAyrysrzaQZx
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 752Please respect copyright.PENANAjeBniKsWZu
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 752Please respect copyright.PENANAxHA6VkzeT2
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAQZqim8GMdJ
formation in front of them."752Please respect copyright.PENANAloGo99nBMO
We did as the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAtrrIuklswy
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 752Please respect copyright.PENANAKiB5iXAjiy
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 752Please respect copyright.PENANAyzPqfBLKin
the hang of it.752Please respect copyright.PENANAuoV1Lf7tLm
A few minutes later, 752Please respect copyright.PENANACV2fVRfBWe
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 752Please respect copyright.PENANAETHJ0djrB2
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and752Please respect copyright.PENANAT2RsntIbHn
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.752Please respect copyright.PENANA9gyVngawiN
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.752Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7QlZjncMd
I laughed, also staring 752Please respect copyright.PENANAuZenigSOQl
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your752Please respect copyright.PENANAkfRTD0VrCD
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."752Please respect copyright.PENANAb7zXAjz6nw
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAIx3xwvqOub
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.752Please respect copyright.PENANAVyeVN0SvAR
I quickly scrambled up 752Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ2ChpPyLq
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and752Please respect copyright.PENANAopP3P31Wgt
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 752Please respect copyright.PENANAHoLzRSRpXc
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgzTBMgGQWd
and removed my phone.752Please respect copyright.PENANAcMeoUmkBUk
I sent a message to the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAZRM5q4Ri6f
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he752Please respect copyright.PENANAsDGvKBaiIW
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAcURdDlnVGm
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.752Please respect copyright.PENANAPtwvbhaf2h
"Good. We should meet."752Please respect copyright.PENANAmeIxGtRRGH
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.752Please respect copyright.PENANANZ5PuTrwEU
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."752Please respect copyright.PENANAKu1ilxf5Hc
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."752Please respect copyright.PENANAM4CpDWYVdw
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.752Please respect copyright.PENANAuYnfWDsQfX
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAXshIcXyb1C
"You're one smart 752Please respect copyright.PENANA1ilMn7UXPf
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the752Please respect copyright.PENANADYySPe90HS
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbqbpoo4LWX
consequences."752Please respect copyright.PENANAkATPBhUHvH
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.752Please respect copyright.PENANApqVcEqiBcM
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."752Please respect copyright.PENANAbKos82i2L2
"That's my girl."752Please respect copyright.PENANAeXQqpYGUyy
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.752Please respect copyright.PENANA5EohFSuRh8
As I tucked my phone 752Please respect copyright.PENANAt39m4HGbh0
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 752Please respect copyright.PENANAUdVttDfuSC
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbbT0Wdq04U
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 752Please respect copyright.PENANAVmGLm1N5yo
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.752Please respect copyright.PENANAiMnVjIc8JK
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.752Please respect copyright.PENANAmc9gQacegv
When they both turned to752Please respect copyright.PENANAQlPVnvd7rg
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJH75uRgCIO
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAsMZxmHX8Pz
couldn't help but feel that they were.752Please respect copyright.PENANAZyT6TRmDdH
I laid back down 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqzRaKCjLwP
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ua97pv0Bx
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA9YsMwXOSx2
two of us had in our room this morning?752Please respect copyright.PENANAlAfWSn5HQa
Yikes! If she did, then I752Please respect copyright.PENANAZlyf2vtuEr
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8AEkSbNnJ0
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 752Please respect copyright.PENANAztNUuwFm6d
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 752Please respect copyright.PENANAnQo9Y1So42
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.752Please respect copyright.PENANAcvPi6jDp1E
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.752Please respect copyright.PENANAdCBsbxvjye
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.752Please respect copyright.PENANA0iu87To15p
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.752Please respect copyright.PENANA3cGYUZeMis
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.752Please respect copyright.PENANA8wBzOaDEzO
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.752Please respect copyright.PENANA88TLDNR0mz
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.752Please respect copyright.PENANA52geyDIUjP
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.752Please respect copyright.PENANAs0WsMFIbPr
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.752Please respect copyright.PENANA2sMkZKavCN
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.752Please respect copyright.PENANAlVKaEdHOAG
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAgLDY3LDMno
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"752Please respect copyright.PENANABD26dGOV8u
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAiyqAU9RU40
"No. It sounds great."752Please respect copyright.PENANAXGIPQC15fb
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."752Please respect copyright.PENANAfCtNS5oBN3
"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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAWuumsvDBVO
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.752Please respect copyright.PENANAjLSIL9ZTfy
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."752Please respect copyright.PENANA6yH948RVMh
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAAQUJtRPsgf
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.752Please respect copyright.PENANATrOo9baw7j
"True," said Taeyang.752Please respect copyright.PENANAhNUzAsQceN
"Okay," I said, feeling a752Please respect copyright.PENANAHDXxau2MoK
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAmIRG9SgZIN
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.752Please respect copyright.PENANA4D2jboo3Cv
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.752Please respect copyright.PENANA3mmeQov7yR
After the three had 752Please respect copyright.PENANALLrpxBk9Dz
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 752Please respect copyright.PENANAUUQY2PX3By
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.752Please respect copyright.PENANAFMOo6l6405
While we waited, 752Please respect copyright.PENANAzZsloyvezm
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid752Please respect copyright.PENANAyHGKIbfYgN
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAzFnzPOuubl
expression on his face.752Please respect copyright.PENANAlC5RfRw5FT
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAVSWVZlru1o
He sounded serious and I752Please respect copyright.PENANAudZaLtjsBe
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel752Please respect copyright.PENANAmNaTOcJ7iJ
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.752Please respect copyright.PENANAuW56qQLm3C
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.752Please respect copyright.PENANAYGg9sC3UJd
I got up from the floor 752Please respect copyright.PENANA2Fc1992Zcb
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 752Please respect copyright.PENANARCdmBOARfQ
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAhksiXeXm1Z
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.752Please respect copyright.PENANA69zq5kNYMn
I found G-Dragon three 752Please respect copyright.PENANAEEJUx6u90s
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAArG1q2UTBW
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAaEkPDQUzaH
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 752Please respect copyright.PENANAwONVsMz1wN
close.752Please respect copyright.PENANAyBdRLmDDvc
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANANZwsOeMrl4
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANA1FcwbXPF0c
"It's about Zoey," he said.752Please respect copyright.PENANAFVXhLkyiEH
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAoGCyMptX2G
"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?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA2AGvthWd3S
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."752Please respect copyright.PENANAb6hPnGAHlZ
"Really? That's all you can say?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAgcI5v58mdm
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."752Please respect copyright.PENANA49JpW7WI6E
"But you almost had."752Please respect copyright.PENANA7tAxsV9F3g
"Yet I couldn't."752Please respect copyright.PENANAI9TO5Gn39l
"Zoey is right. You're 752Please respect copyright.PENANAykgfb5plbr
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 752Please respect copyright.PENANAwiq5KTgZPu
you know I was supposed to do it."752Please respect copyright.PENANAOMPX70WpXJ
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."752Please respect copyright.PENANAiQJgGPDiei
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAZhJXKB5LZS
I paused before I could say, "what?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAuyrKEJLfJw
"You heard me loud and 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdxqmO4stnB
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 752Please respect copyright.PENANAz3AXaJU7v5
to take matters into your own hands."752Please respect copyright.PENANAYLFvgbFukJ
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAVrCAcUgEmZ
"Wait, that's not true," I said.752Please respect copyright.PENANAWXsJn2CTYD
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA1lDUjFwEvJ
I now realised that I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJiV8aocG9I
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgRZlTSh8iB
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his752Please respect copyright.PENANAENhDdPnHdc
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 752Please respect copyright.PENANAt3HJTY9Ycq
bound to come up sooner rather than later.752Please respect copyright.PENANAnviLNOcHCv
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAsjo4ylOHHG
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."752Please respect copyright.PENANAuBviycbNE7
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA9HIGXRWNEt
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."752Please respect copyright.PENANA73pd9SmdiZ
G-Dragon took a step 752Please respect copyright.PENANAOO7DZ33hvT
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 752Please respect copyright.PENANAXINlIgQyOr
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"752Please respect copyright.PENANAnkjhyFQIUs
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."752Please respect copyright.PENANA5KqdPbt2o6
"Then what did happen?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA5KLhew2hIB
"All of this is nothing 752Please respect copyright.PENANAS2FhLF9gAH
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 752Please respect copyright.PENANAR0gQHWyKhr
happened that I myself couldn't control."752Please respect copyright.PENANAdNasoKG8zC
"Don't lie to me, Sam."752Please respect copyright.PENANA4AFNwXzjqn
"You know what, I'm 752Please respect copyright.PENANAmyWaKc9YO1
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like752Please respect copyright.PENANAc0xS4GN7vt
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 752Please respect copyright.PENANAnqPrnbpcif
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I752Please respect copyright.PENANATFMQJwtQph
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."752Please respect copyright.PENANA0uSIAwlzIF
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAaxSHmWjvwT
"Yes. But I know you 752Please respect copyright.PENANAE1bwjdPzDL
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 752Please respect copyright.PENANAp4qSZrJfI4
for himself that he and I could never be together."752Please respect copyright.PENANA8jkxauALAh
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.752Please respect copyright.PENANAg3Yt1KIhjB
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.752Please respect copyright.PENANAdQIn4Oubjt
I turned around to head 752Please respect copyright.PENANAS98Se0cs5d
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or752Please respect copyright.PENANAGPn7RGopiM
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.752Please respect copyright.PENANA2SwxgsNLPq
When I came back in the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAipi4WnjeBl
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 752Please respect copyright.PENANA6ajQY6sSls
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.752Please respect copyright.PENANARrPp8dHd3k
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAo8BL5bLxjn
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."752Please respect copyright.PENANAzF97FlSh9s
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.752Please respect copyright.PENANAS9K8VNkTcA
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"752Please respect copyright.PENANADjRtfKXEBu
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."752Please respect copyright.PENANAK4f2ydexxr
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.752Please respect copyright.PENANAI69pHFN9f5
I heard the door open 752Please respect copyright.PENANAkQawChSFru
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 752Please respect copyright.PENANAE60teaFI4E
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.752Please respect copyright.PENANAuVs8UMQZ9k
"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."752Please respect copyright.PENANA66VRMd3uPw
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.752Please respect copyright.PENANAVKoNuCl7R0
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.752Please respect copyright.PENANAM62l19Bg6S
"Look guys," I said as 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2z6SAhJuk
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm752Please respect copyright.PENANALIKIYSphe6
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"752Please respect copyright.PENANALbDheY6Sgu
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.752Please respect copyright.PENANA7D1g6q3Yx6
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."752Please respect copyright.PENANAq9efE282gh
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAJZYsCjqTlP
I didn't say anything 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgdtzlxULDP
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others752Please respect copyright.PENANA5ktZCsJvmA
who were waiting for either of us to say something.752Please respect copyright.PENANA2iDyCPWEUm
Before anyone could 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgLOs4oEWw3
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 752Please respect copyright.PENANABllnlbW5df
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 752Please respect copyright.PENANAoaTpzHyaAs
we went back to practising.752Please respect copyright.PENANA6qebMRetQ3
I don't know how I 752Please respect copyright.PENANALFq7C6Met0
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.752Please respect copyright.PENANAPT6i4z0HDS
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 752Please respect copyright.PENANAOchgPskqt4
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8EsJCpEQxY
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my752Please respect copyright.PENANAZr0amoQUPf
head in the real world and not mess things up.752Please respect copyright.PENANAALW9lcB2AV
It was lunch time and 752Please respect copyright.PENANARh7gPG527a
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 752Please respect copyright.PENANA5pIEU8nVZq
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 752Please respect copyright.PENANA9oacBxNQSP
stranger.752Please respect copyright.PENANAI7zj2EA0uo
Now that we were on a 752Please respect copyright.PENANApazMgAGeOI
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 752Please respect copyright.PENANAE6pWBFKPa5
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 752Please respect copyright.PENANARKYk1fwuMl
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just752Please respect copyright.PENANAT9NiJhxB2V
too awkward for me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAmqSbz7KTrP
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"752Please respect copyright.PENANApwES2LQbe8
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.752Please respect copyright.PENANAppMi14mHun
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.752Please respect copyright.PENANAKPROlpQYwj
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.752Please respect copyright.PENANAWAjIB18lQX
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."752Please respect copyright.PENANAF00cSErzqS
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.752Please respect copyright.PENANAUZ9LylxxMJ
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.752Please respect copyright.PENANAib872IHDZs
"Good idea," said Taeyang.752Please respect copyright.PENANAxtRWtYV8h8
As though they couldn't 752Please respect copyright.PENANALb6Vl58D7j
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 752Please respect copyright.PENANA6rvHjKSOAe
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 752Please respect copyright.PENANALbfIpFjQNa
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.752Please respect copyright.PENANAgBq1Uor1kE
A few seconds later, 752Please respect copyright.PENANAAFM5yfjq80
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse752Please respect copyright.PENANAAUDSjreFbA
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking752Please respect copyright.PENANAIqZpEsDkkh
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 752Please respect copyright.PENANAESp2d9hknp
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.752Please respect copyright.PENANASFbrY2yhZx
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.752Please respect copyright.PENANAjiRjwSRPs9
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAXWfbZzQTa7
"A lot has happened 752Please respect copyright.PENANAwsIUXJoxPw
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 752Please respect copyright.PENANAoZTUOCj0gO
case there were any people snooping around.752Please respect copyright.PENANA6p8t94yN9l
"What? What's happened?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAkFQd4dDX2P
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."752Please respect copyright.PENANA53WbhpDQYB
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."752Please respect copyright.PENANATGGiSJdRmS
"That's not the worst 752Please respect copyright.PENANAHuvaCO7yHo
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYjPY4Fylul
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."752Please respect copyright.PENANA7krjzD6ULf
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAVhG3qSePMe
"Like I said, he is 752Please respect copyright.PENANAxK35Qj84Co
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 752Please respect copyright.PENANAa8u5reFpvU
are going to be toast especially with the press."752Please respect copyright.PENANA7YMDRxkgEJ
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAXTRO88Wn2n
"I'm not sure if I can 752Please respect copyright.PENANAQJ2yPhO6ko
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 752Please respect copyright.PENANAR6gWcbigqe
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."752Please respect copyright.PENANAZOgyhpfwQx
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"752Please respect copyright.PENANACUSMtXYWFS
"I've no choice and I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAojzPbcgmKO
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until752Please respect copyright.PENANAju43BrDSOq
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAGiapNuWL0o
cap and a scarf."752Please respect copyright.PENANAWfixgOj6rz
"What will you need that for?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAPvjCMSyrE5
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.752Please respect copyright.PENANAI9w8Vf9jVq
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."752Please respect copyright.PENANAKXmFhJORD2
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."752Please respect copyright.PENANA7fKq4zHou1
I cut the call and this 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbHtmGjxjVi
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 752Please respect copyright.PENANAzyJMsJIut3
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.752Please respect copyright.PENANA0AHhUrP7DL
I reached the bottom of 752Please respect copyright.PENANA4Em6RUSHMm
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 752Please respect copyright.PENANAlo8QsAqdyC
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8MhzjGcnsi
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJz064ZnBAe
voices that I could recognise.752Please respect copyright.PENANAdDxHHctJ0W
I went over to look, 752Please respect copyright.PENANARNPjlwXCvn
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 752Please respect copyright.PENANABTSQTcp4Zz
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 752Please respect copyright.PENANANn7Tg9H784
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 752Please respect copyright.PENANAMFbmP2qPF0
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.752Please respect copyright.PENANArEOpKdq5ww
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.752Please respect copyright.PENANA8UCmmFl0ST
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."752Please respect copyright.PENANALaBVOEA16w
"I'm just surprised that752Please respect copyright.PENANAseyFSbnK1G
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that752Please respect copyright.PENANAgYhg8pp2UP
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.752Please respect copyright.PENANAMONgccxstG
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."752Please respect copyright.PENANAKabkDnL9i8
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAgVIIOzDEwW
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.752Please respect copyright.PENANAkvipZKc7Mz
"I think so too," said 752Please respect copyright.PENANAvXcW03UXaN
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 752Please respect copyright.PENANAPDLoBvqlFs
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."752Please respect copyright.PENANAJ07hmVkP2Q
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.752Please respect copyright.PENANA8nssTC1Nmx
I was expecting them to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAjj9VDTBfv3
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 752Please respect copyright.PENANAS9QGyZ0MQ7
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 752Please respect copyright.PENANAHblJzOKSv1
Who knows?752Please respect copyright.PENANAitfHVjUBJT
Throwing that thought 752Please respect copyright.PENANAsQWwyFKCzV
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYof1lpGJ09
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAIthy7VBEZ6
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.752Please respect copyright.PENANAcaHqhy40GN
There were still more 752Please respect copyright.PENANAHwkUCXNYK0
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery752Please respect copyright.PENANAq7idtHEuXe
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAhakyyemRH9
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdzcAnuzCJM
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 752Please respect copyright.PENANATp0QQYzC9M
away.752Please respect copyright.PENANAOAxlkYTAwt
In what seemed like 752Please respect copyright.PENANApEUbI2RGOX
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 752Please respect copyright.PENANAERtPgcI9Es
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.752Please respect copyright.PENANA3DTOm7COQX
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.752Please respect copyright.PENANAmpwXaq21Ya
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."752Please respect copyright.PENANAagVTcbYIjx
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."752Please respect copyright.PENANAr9ljBkWpgz
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAA6u11MA017
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.752Please respect copyright.PENANAhD2C3klwwK
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."752Please respect copyright.PENANAsJgWrCJV9f
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.752Please respect copyright.PENANAGx4QUrTmCx
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAdiUn4UkfuU
"They have gone out for 752Please respect copyright.PENANAcdkO2Wpp9q
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things752Please respect copyright.PENANAckiL1GnxIh
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."752Please respect copyright.PENANAwNU4euATJj
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.752Please respect copyright.PENANApyVyP9x425
"Ya. And they are about 752Please respect copyright.PENANAyMlXMpQFse
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the752Please respect copyright.PENANA9RhBYJWw2R
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.752Please respect copyright.PENANAI2138x0koE
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAI3neOgsjGE
"Ya, that will be a good752Please respect copyright.PENANA5P3sKwaUwF
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 752Please respect copyright.PENANAPy5ii5KqWp
the guards might think when they see me."752Please respect copyright.PENANAvT3mV6NSkr
Lee and I started to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAjsind4tOpv
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front752Please respect copyright.PENANAdcZ3JTOQy1
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 752Please respect copyright.PENANAj2GODKejDT
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 752Please respect copyright.PENANA7zdjT9NzrF
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdy4oiypXc9
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.752Please respect copyright.PENANAJZxeWg57UG
When I finally managed 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJKbhA5o4NY
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 752Please respect copyright.PENANAT1b80IUtBE
away from the YG gate and down the street.752Please respect copyright.PENANAkR7JpGs0Yi
I had to admit, I was so752Please respect copyright.PENANAMqRRymHtwN
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 752Please respect copyright.PENANA1Vl4SgMHzS
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 752Please respect copyright.PENANAiUkRZfF97I
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgWHf7R1SUA
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.752Please respect copyright.PENANAHbYYmvc9MR
After walking a few 752Please respect copyright.PENANAOJT274f1JU
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAG4vhawthsd
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 752Please respect copyright.PENANApxAUdeZpAh
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdR36kY1IW7
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.752Please respect copyright.PENANAXHntIs78ic
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.752Please respect copyright.PENANAnXnO173xY2
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."752Please respect copyright.PENANA0emVVYDxT1
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face752Please respect copyright.PENANAfkyCVyWoXy
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."752Please respect copyright.PENANALUviAMLuPL
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."752Please respect copyright.PENANAPI8kZ1QkH3
I froze as I soon looked752Please respect copyright.PENANAyyH02ESiid
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 752Please respect copyright.PENANAUZt6HRYYZj
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 752Please respect copyright.PENANAuehp9bVNmK
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.752Please respect copyright.PENANAFsw6SHgAo4
I heard him laugh 752Please respect copyright.PENANASVqY4vgyrK
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8YCoJwTtHF
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."752Please respect copyright.PENANA6ba9k3Szrp
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA3G2XP5Volj
"I'm right here."752Please respect copyright.PENANAmhQEZcmLx9
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"752Please respect copyright.PENANAut35MXTSw0
My sentence was cut 752Please respect copyright.PENANAUrhbDc4OrK
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge752Please respect copyright.PENANARZykXDApVT
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 752Please respect copyright.PENANApj04pHkK8D
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.752Please respect copyright.PENANAdWlY1SE0oL
A smartly dressed 752Please respect copyright.PENANAgoifMaulwt
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 752Please respect copyright.PENANAjdzVWlAru2
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.752Please respect copyright.PENANAoymssbayQ4
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.752Please respect copyright.PENANAc2AscUvC5V
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAarGP8cxhNg
A few heads turned my 752Please respect copyright.PENANAC6IM845YIF
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAZDDPjwEXVR
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 752Please respect copyright.PENANAogG0PbtqtT
and a little suspicious too.752Please respect copyright.PENANAc5tdjaFKXd
I managed to awake from 752Please respect copyright.PENANAk8FpgTiY4c
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 752Please respect copyright.PENANAcvTs5WWVeg
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 752Please respect copyright.PENANABROVuqKc2b
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAivTd8igGl9
driver's seat.752Please respect copyright.PENANASS6OD8hObp
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.752Please respect copyright.PENANA3I6IzV55Aq
With my eyes, I looked 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8sJxvP6e6Y
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqEnGBJ8CN4
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.752Please respect copyright.PENANA9kGFv1Ouv9
He looked to be in the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAjE91TRVVLJ
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 752Please respect copyright.PENANA6AuMcfDkx8
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 752Please respect copyright.PENANASlFliVOPxa
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into752Please respect copyright.PENANA34PLawXcqx
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 752Please respect copyright.PENANAsHDP3dawov
who had one heck of a body.752Please respect copyright.PENANA3fs6P4PgHQ
I hadn't said a word and752Please respect copyright.PENANAGeNy14zs1J
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 752Please respect copyright.PENANAQVPMvj8Mbw
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 752Please respect copyright.PENANAfuKH0gO7Zz
wrist. Who was this guy?752Please respect copyright.PENANA4FoVjty2RY
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANA5UbQeVr7Mc
I opened my mouth but 752Please respect copyright.PENANAhOmwxcitUL
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 752Please respect copyright.PENANAeheb7fzhGX
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAEQUDs5eHRL
contact.752Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7nCNz9Jsa
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAoW2fIz1GNt
"Yes, a pleasure to meet752Please respect copyright.PENANA7Wq9n8GZON
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 752Please respect copyright.PENANA2qwCwYdMmf
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.752Please respect copyright.PENANA1bgvzb6DSE
"I'm sorry we had to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAHF7jS5lIyR
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the752Please respect copyright.PENANA4Bg1w3cy6M
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."752Please respect copyright.PENANAEvwra2wJGd
I looked at him and 752Please respect copyright.PENANA6nMuI8Jxtz
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 752Please respect copyright.PENANARTJ4xKTrXd
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 752Please respect copyright.PENANAEDfffL3tAm
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we752Please respect copyright.PENANAXeF7eg7M6o
hear about in mythical tales.752Please respect copyright.PENANAH5M9hoqxLt
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.752Please respect copyright.PENANABcXNPhOK2Z
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 752Please respect copyright.PENANASomTUZzW4L
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 752Please respect copyright.PENANAjoDsEgWa9v
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."752Please respect copyright.PENANAYn2CZI7t3z
There was silence and I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAl3pgPXt59P
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made752Please respect copyright.PENANACWHyTANdVQ
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 752Please respect copyright.PENANAZIuHODG9nH
something.752Please respect copyright.PENANAQO2uY8entC
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.752Please respect copyright.PENANAYus8QvWQWy
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."752Please respect copyright.PENANAfacqbHsnzn
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."752Please respect copyright.PENANA64lCd9SlFA
"I was born in the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAIFRiLKNtf7
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are752Please respect copyright.PENANANtumRXbPah
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 752Please respect copyright.PENANAmmX5M1Wzp2
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 752Please respect copyright.PENANAd06NAwClRI
business empire is what's so important to them."752Please respect copyright.PENANAiC3pIeM9cB
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.752Please respect copyright.PENANAzpSvRnb0X0
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.752Please respect copyright.PENANAYQKERTQJvf
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.752Please respect copyright.PENANA7BMirYabMz
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAnzexO37WPU
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAraHn1SURdJ
"Lunch?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAol9ZEHsmSH
"Yes, lunch."752Please respect copyright.PENANAkWpWKtqPzh
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.752Please respect copyright.PENANA4MbzeJx0b3
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."752Please respect copyright.PENANANknZ6bz8Bb
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."752Please respect copyright.PENANAgTpfb5q8xi
I raised an eyebrow at 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbj4u3HOMgw
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 752Please respect copyright.PENANAbKeRt0KRph
you have been able to find me on the street."752Please respect copyright.PENANA50mPf8KPfm
He gave me that dashing 752Please respect copyright.PENANAQxiukFlgFd
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 752Please respect copyright.PENANAVJDfWpPUw4
would meet. I had to come prepared."752Please respect copyright.PENANA4RnOVwaIDS
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAq9n4cZfK8v
"My apartment. It's much safer there."752Please respect copyright.PENANAqZhFJmiE8R
"You own an apartment?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAGmDuPZZfj0
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."752Please respect copyright.PENANA9f5tD9dYNe
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."752Please respect copyright.PENANAYnN3Z4zIWP
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."752Please respect copyright.PENANAAWVoonGVpv
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.752Please respect copyright.PENANAK7HMzA8Pvq
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.752Please respect copyright.PENANAVMUexxEVcT
It was a huge apartment 752Please respect copyright.PENANAjct6GbPdXH
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAz3UxNEnlm0
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.752Please respect copyright.PENANADLfEH70sgf
After the car parked, 752Please respect copyright.PENANA18m18hWr49
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 752Please respect copyright.PENANAsgx3hqqrTw
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA9sFAN7Im88
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 752Please respect copyright.PENANA4RAP27IYre
came out of the car.752Please respect copyright.PENANALRgCW9gQC0
Derrick lead the way, 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYxJUhqgAtv
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 752Please respect copyright.PENANAcrHsWTXeB8
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJanQLqa5Ro
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.752Please respect copyright.PENANAPl152UdtAh
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.752Please respect copyright.PENANAMsTmkeLubk
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.752Please respect copyright.PENANAAcvbfUbx88
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.752Please respect copyright.PENANAuDku4j5l5d
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAvUeTTBudaz
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."752Please respect copyright.PENANA5sChM1tus6
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA8gu8S9VZeQ
"Well, ya, I do! You're 752Please respect copyright.PENANApbwC3ZWXXl
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 752Please respect copyright.PENANAsbf8AuhKh5
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."752Please respect copyright.PENANAoPRBXy8d0r
"Why?"752Please respect copyright.PENANArozODu9FvG
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."752Please respect copyright.PENANAoACoPE3nOn
The elevator doors flew 752Please respect copyright.PENANAcSImEHiieS
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 752Please respect copyright.PENANAOqxj9PVgxQ
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 752Please respect copyright.PENANASfpHYuP7oH
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 752Please respect copyright.PENANASY7eQsRQA4
into heaven.752Please respect copyright.PENANARSABNoQ9H0
I stepped out of the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA3LndXCpEF6
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqR0IEffT7T
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 752Please respect copyright.PENANARL8SdrTDWw
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 752Please respect copyright.PENANA21irlkGYjL
soft red carpet.752Please respect copyright.PENANA1hYoeng3mc
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.752Please respect copyright.PENANAZBSqUCEyoU
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."752Please respect copyright.PENANAouP7223Peg
I looked down the hall 752Please respect copyright.PENANAC0Kk1VAlaD
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAy513D6zwW0
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 752Please respect copyright.PENANANZCiiD7tfv
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 752Please respect copyright.PENANA1hGO9PB7iF
coming.752Please respect copyright.PENANA0lejOO9Ihc
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.752Please respect copyright.PENANARJPea12asT
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAZItkxndVAE
"Ladies first," said Derrick.752Please respect copyright.PENANAz3XbT8YKfE
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.752Please respect copyright.PENANA5DnXgIB6Jo
"This place is very 752Please respect copyright.PENANAoWUwnTyPS9
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the752Please respect copyright.PENANAbIn49fN3kz
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 752Please respect copyright.PENANAYwVWjPdbwN
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the752Please respect copyright.PENANA4mnvoEom4Y
wall.752Please respect copyright.PENANAOyZ68Muyon
I looked to the other 752Please respect copyright.PENANAWPAMmQHBoQ
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 752Please respect copyright.PENANAEmDnhiIX2k
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 752Please respect copyright.PENANAdx5F9hAnqM
beautiful flower vases with orchids.752Please respect copyright.PENANAmpTGxtlB0F
"I see you like 752Please respect copyright.PENANAcDnWhKImCj
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 752Please respect copyright.PENANA8enn5AwHQE
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.752Please respect copyright.PENANAEoogxHbFQ0
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAeRY8gVkYDy
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.752Please respect copyright.PENANACOgEkye5Sn
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."752Please respect copyright.PENANAq3t7EI20P8
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.752Please respect copyright.PENANAHUNz9VcYU5
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAOi0Re4HN93
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.752Please respect copyright.PENANAkFFF0zdCZE
The butler bowed and 752Please respect copyright.PENANAAjf3jnwCQ2
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 752Please respect copyright.PENANA7KY54Yz3Q0
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAwkbEb2bAXR
ground.752Please respect copyright.PENANAQr8nrmsOFt
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAvdAWHQ2ITU
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAhKfc4cbTPR
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.752Please respect copyright.PENANAbxrgnsirp8
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.752Please respect copyright.PENANAREDkeQp2Au
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.752Please respect copyright.PENANAVEZWBWOsum
As we got to the dining 752Please respect copyright.PENANADbZz9UWvKc
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 752Please respect copyright.PENANASpmS9AFs4M
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and752Please respect copyright.PENANA5NVLZEckpV
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.752Please respect copyright.PENANAPT3PEnhH4M
The butler had served 752Please respect copyright.PENANAWUxVrf8AUu
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 752Please respect copyright.PENANAuALfhB0Opj
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 752Please respect copyright.PENANAc0nbRNP1Qi
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 752Please respect copyright.PENANAimYxlYDCdl
next to the plates were spotless.752Please respect copyright.PENANAHoWIZMZup0
Dishes of food were 752Please respect copyright.PENANAIOXgGmoL04
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 752Please respect copyright.PENANATYoQpEkR6M
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 752Please respect copyright.PENANAJYquY1mtKF
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 752Please respect copyright.PENANA3XF0Ma8V5W
lady.752Please respect copyright.PENANArLHiAR9jf9
The butler helped to 752Please respect copyright.PENANAEcwgdmZdMf
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made752Please respect copyright.PENANAkl3EZarQv5
sure not to eat too much and take my time.752Please respect copyright.PENANAa4Zu0rUEFX
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.752Please respect copyright.PENANAb5OFNhoBCJ
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.752Please respect copyright.PENANACIDpZiNaNn
"Now, about the issue at752Please respect copyright.PENANA0twyqUvs99
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 752Please respect copyright.PENANAyoLjHHGc82
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.752Please respect copyright.PENANA3Aa2o4GuVa
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.752Please respect copyright.PENANAjqGLUxKgrK
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."752Please respect copyright.PENANASyqT6LdJmF
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."752Please respect copyright.PENANA9CL20t3ebr
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.752Please respect copyright.PENANAZmWv1DovEP
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.752Please respect copyright.PENANAkPnMkoDTJ2
The photo showed Zoey in752Please respect copyright.PENANAXQInl8DJMl
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 752Please respect copyright.PENANABT8IEXcJXV
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 752Please respect copyright.PENANAa7WBum6lGJ
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 752Please respect copyright.PENANAxGk0fX3wTA
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 752Please respect copyright.PENANAtxiasVOYZh
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.752Please respect copyright.PENANAKIeiebJ05K
"I know this isn't 752Please respect copyright.PENANAl1loqpu0gr
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 752Please respect copyright.PENANAcplWzIMZRG
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA1U14BZ1TdH
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.752Please respect copyright.PENANAoBSIBWmq9g
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?752Please respect copyright.PENANApyf3gMG8oJ
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.752Please respect copyright.PENANAJylpMOxbQl
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.752Please respect copyright.PENANAQinFhO8h32
I looked at the photo 752Please respect copyright.PENANANTQVKxcnYs
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 752Please respect copyright.PENANApVLXFeLYLM
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your752Please respect copyright.PENANADrfdIPMmJJ
brother?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA8pvTZuGdsn
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.752Please respect copyright.PENANA2wxhR0Cx1D
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.752Please respect copyright.PENANAZkxIJTUpHa
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.752Please respect copyright.PENANAGNbf8Oo2dN
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAEDK147WlT3
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."752Please respect copyright.PENANAm2NqQNbpb4
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAbwl2Lsct5h
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."752Please respect copyright.PENANAGt6XUZRvAV
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ypd5IUpt8
"I know my brother very 752Please respect copyright.PENANA3qMPBYpzVn
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 752Please respect copyright.PENANAiDPm9SKl10
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."752Please respect copyright.PENANA6zKgwUHGqQ
I then remembered the 752Please respect copyright.PENANABO5nx2hToV
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 752Please respect copyright.PENANAhracUe3HnG
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 752Please respect copyright.PENANAAFfH7Du29u
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?752Please respect copyright.PENANApE5dEV8RW7
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAQTohKOwzsm
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."752Please respect copyright.PENANA0NYI1WQZ6m
"But that's strange. If 752Please respect copyright.PENANAqcRrJXYwOk
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 752Please respect copyright.PENANAyI8NtvOn1U
don't see the reason why they would hide."752Please respect copyright.PENANA0jQ89dtj7l
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."752Please respect copyright.PENANA81S0shuNW9
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAfek7P3vYKC
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.752Please respect copyright.PENANAtY0IoNZmts
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."752Please respect copyright.PENANAk45YV9e0dp
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAXkxzafsd4V
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAGzo1QOGRni
"Wait! That was him?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAeNtdUJk5QK
"Yes. I was there."752Please respect copyright.PENANAquSRccqy8P
"You were there too?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAPbGWVpIhkf
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."752Please respect copyright.PENANAJpPnQKiFT8
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms752Please respect copyright.PENANAi66OMiX3Qr
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"752Please respect copyright.PENANA7MzZQ4Ofr0
"She is."752Please respect copyright.PENANAOJyGpXSbVz
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAWe9Bm9pKsL
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."752Please respect copyright.PENANA1u3YJSt9wL
"And do you really think she would?"752Please respect copyright.PENANAXaVYZl7Jhd
I thought about his 752Please respect copyright.PENANAGafISlo326
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth752Please respect copyright.PENANAlhPAOtb3PL
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what752Please respect copyright.PENANAUN3OhcEO1K
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.752Please respect copyright.PENANAMev77kAGkZ
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.752Please respect copyright.PENANA0F8vRpey9K
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.752Please respect copyright.PENANAw9oQGmK0ht
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."752Please respect copyright.PENANAN8vqOwqRr2
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.752Please respect copyright.PENANAcAfkbb3Ar8
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.752Please respect copyright.PENANAmBEIbpQNHk
"Before I go, tell me 752Please respect copyright.PENANAecDcZOvsvU
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 752Please respect copyright.PENANAlTSN7HrnlF
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."