Have you ever been awake993Please respect copyright.PENANAHgMbVBzlZX
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart993Please respect copyright.PENANAbX9NPL2dLR
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwvjyygP0f0
day goes on?993Please respect copyright.PENANAfTWU90rLmv
That's how I felt right at this moment.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFYk3DCGavV
I tossed in my bed, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAl2oZl8asue
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 993Please respect copyright.PENANArYcdkl9Ysm
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun993Please respect copyright.PENANA8bSslw9x5O
could come up so that I could meet my end already.993Please respect copyright.PENANAY5DWtEoRC8
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAl7fvEF1e9z
I fell back on my bed, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbLX9IL9JxB
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 993Please respect copyright.PENANAq9hmyjKNxJ
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 993Please respect copyright.PENANA5kMoIXZfo4
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXEsjRkPB5u
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 993Please respect copyright.PENANA97GaNPj9mR
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwOR4FTeQ2m
mind even to dream.993Please respect copyright.PENANAsnVPxW0ztT
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.993Please respect copyright.PENANAE7UzBXhM5I
How I wish I could fall 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwU13sCBXhy
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I993Please respect copyright.PENANAzqV4a731LL
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I993Please respect copyright.PENANAbqHzjlgrIb
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.993Please respect copyright.PENANATvLE6mVjGV
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQts91wqYjr
I knew I now had to face993Please respect copyright.PENANA9dZgcdnmc5
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 993Please respect copyright.PENANApOfdkokzhU
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even993Please respect copyright.PENANA5jWBRwX8lZ
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 993Please respect copyright.PENANAmhXajEukOv
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGA7iqhDy8K
I knew her persistence 993Please respect copyright.PENANALTRvLOwhp9
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxBhw3seyzL
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 993Please respect copyright.PENANASFVT7iCWfH
her if I had to tell her the truth.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHOMIlHaU4D
I know sometimes we 993Please respect copyright.PENANAm9raXFR27f
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxge9IzXrrb
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwzOu9ymO8e
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAweAr4AqrNo
had now reached that point.993Please respect copyright.PENANAfatCi0sRff
I sighed again as I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPZGiKxhwW4
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAALAmcAuDnt
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?993Please respect copyright.PENANAONE6svB6xe
If it came to G-Dragon, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjqrpGjluHg
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I993Please respect copyright.PENANAm8Qdsk4B84
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 993Please respect copyright.PENANArqd44tuOLL
lot harder.993Please respect copyright.PENANAUr4ONtEIHW
How was I going to tell 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6AlkPgnGQE
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAy8JRyklsZA
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 993Please respect copyright.PENANATO4i7V5BUZ
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 993Please respect copyright.PENANAiD3FiH8GlN
either.993Please respect copyright.PENANArkgwx8qwNH
I kicked out the bed 993Please respect copyright.PENANAphKMEgqLtD
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbWautUTmxB
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room993Please respect copyright.PENANA99Qgdxa1GQ
in my purple pyjamas.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGOU4vv51vT
I went straight for the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZYtICSiHVm
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcvFETPRvAz
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAdxQBEq1Xjg
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my993Please respect copyright.PENANAakUkrh5JzR
mum.993Please respect copyright.PENANArebvKNsKET
Hopefully, I was calling993Please respect copyright.PENANAWKaZnhabAc
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlV2h8epBIu
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 993Please respect copyright.PENANAm4ASgM3pm1
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?993Please respect copyright.PENANADd5j038RWh
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.993Please respect copyright.PENANAOOuBJB2WF0
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.993Please respect copyright.PENANA08W8BrRq5a
"Hello, Sam?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAPljpTSetw5
"Hi, mum."993Please respect copyright.PENANAMjybyT5CYL
"Sam, how are you, dear?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAE5UKuZtMZg
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAp44cn8Jy3y
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAoUho4McDvm
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 993Please respect copyright.PENANAdHBwQ0PzFp
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."993Please respect copyright.PENANAhEjfD8jDLc
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."993Please respect copyright.PENANAa1ArlxGt0K
"Ya, I can see you guys 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ85Gx2jIc
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxy0KzsniZp
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwmmijvqCAc
her computer as she looked at the pictures.993Please respect copyright.PENANAXb31xyVOgF
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."993Please respect copyright.PENANAU34U23jYcP
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."993Please respect copyright.PENANAkhzxtr7Q3o
"I'll check out the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAW8Yfplq8Tr
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbNZQ0D8km4
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 993Please respect copyright.PENANAISiRiTmhkm
Why aren't you asleep?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAU4I5KcRBeS
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAkrAYefhPaO
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."993Please respect copyright.PENANAO9z12AGz2D
I could imagine my mum 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxTTYbMZjQV
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on993Please respect copyright.PENANA4TgGeAfEYb
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 993Please respect copyright.PENANA2DV6JBgbTn
her arms folded.993Please respect copyright.PENANAuZv3GNUmwV
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"993Please respect copyright.PENANACX90Y0Zv89
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.993Please respect copyright.PENANAVPYo6rVHmp
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."993Please respect copyright.PENANAdA6Z5tDw5W
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."993Please respect copyright.PENANAlnXaelP15A
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAzk9pzioDDC
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAUfyqnF1yfy
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."993Please respect copyright.PENANAlFmZ0WUvJD
"I've been lying to Zoey993Please respect copyright.PENANAYrEPfBqOsz
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 993Please respect copyright.PENANAexGofzts10
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWfG883TMCi
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."993Please respect copyright.PENANA3xex71G0LB
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."993Please respect copyright.PENANA5mHz2hFaX2
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAkN7KJ9NRwb
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAuuYA7m8FJ9
"Trust me, mum, Collins 993Please respect copyright.PENANArLYtyz4wAc
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXaaCqxgFLW
that you shouldn't say a word either."993Please respect copyright.PENANAE3yEl5IKpz
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.993Please respect copyright.PENANAtIgZubZ9pu
"You know I can never 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwASUQUWBtW
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUTSfVYcwzI
matter of life and death. I've no choice."993Please respect copyright.PENANAwgzy8w2deq
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA0EGAyVYVuC
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."993Please respect copyright.PENANAWFJh25bjX6
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."993Please respect copyright.PENANAKt2O6lBP9J
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.993Please respect copyright.PENANAuERIpQKR4f
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."993Please respect copyright.PENANATVy9Cka2DL
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."993Please respect copyright.PENANAjPsZMP0zIV
There was silence at the other end. Until....993Please respect copyright.PENANAirFyqrNFTH
"WHAT!"993Please respect copyright.PENANASbfQgk3h8C
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."993Please respect copyright.PENANAGTF6nmuGan
"Then what is it? The 993Please respect copyright.PENANAdwHwub907Q
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 993Please respect copyright.PENANAd3LVczOxkC
feel like you're betraying your best friend."993Please respect copyright.PENANALkS6JjjvRD
"It was like that at 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6LLmUY9cdQ
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close993Please respect copyright.PENANAfXcMF6T92C
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHsFO4bWOFh
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining993Please respect copyright.PENANA0jPrZ9nwvQ
fingers.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmz1If3f6ks
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAO9MOrHmPio
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."993Please respect copyright.PENANAbTYKM7Uync
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."993Please respect copyright.PENANAKxtsiRy9U8
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."993Please respect copyright.PENANAmdQXQscHdI
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwLt6g55DrY
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."993Please respect copyright.PENANAOjfSHXerhw
"And that's not the worst part."993Please respect copyright.PENANAiVaJ3z7Qwd
I told her what happened993Please respect copyright.PENANAFuxvBfpEF5
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in993Please respect copyright.PENANAStzWUvMJA3
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 993Please respect copyright.PENANA75FKejhdKr
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung993Please respect copyright.PENANAdJQRRfb4VM
and the kiss.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQwyPhxZLk1
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.993Please respect copyright.PENANAs0gahjoZcB
"Ssh, and listen."993Please respect copyright.PENANAJRPgbqocIK
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFsSPGC2QGq
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."993Please respect copyright.PENANA5MNQLKfWti
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."993Please respect copyright.PENANAMs2BnnfpjE
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAJfsu4jnOkt
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."993Please respect copyright.PENANAY5U0ShgS8x
"Are you scared?"993Please respect copyright.PENANARRzyeVEUWE
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZWKRn0e7qh
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."993Please respect copyright.PENANAGsDcKs44LU
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.993Please respect copyright.PENANAuZOWFyg62i
"We all get hurt at some993Please respect copyright.PENANA7E5mMqfkPz
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.993Please respect copyright.PENANACFt3d5gvk9
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 993Please respect copyright.PENANAkSv6r3vjsi
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPnSebiKGB1
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."993Please respect copyright.PENANAXyZm2uhuxT
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.993Please respect copyright.PENANAfK0OY9oEQ6
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.993Please respect copyright.PENANAvArK16s4ne
"Don't cry, okay? You're993Please respect copyright.PENANAtnBTLX6khi
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 993Please respect copyright.PENANANI3CT8U4sp
will need all the rest you can get."993Please respect copyright.PENANAaigbFfCaXd
"Yes, mum. I will."993Please respect copyright.PENANAE3zRVAhjRj
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"993Please respect copyright.PENANASiFG3JT1CZ
"Okay. Bye."993Please respect copyright.PENANAwOMulyrVhj
I hang up and I quickly 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8xKea65Hxi
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 993Please respect copyright.PENANAftgTolbrhp
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6cek8U4dZS
arms.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdhGjiOlcbj
It must have been some 993Please respect copyright.PENANAiUCFndK88J
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgXhmIJ8J5w
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhJRmQ9fURp
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAt7eszDLn30
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."993Please respect copyright.PENANAcM5en64O3f
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."993Please respect copyright.PENANAQIqd1MgrVV
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.993Please respect copyright.PENANAyW0PeWWngM
"Sadly, it isn't, my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjVeMSroBpL
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbzVaO7zJyi
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."993Please respect copyright.PENANA7iIKooK8Rx
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.993Please respect copyright.PENANAiwrYjol8Bm
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAf8rGAzCHJ8
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."993Please respect copyright.PENANA285IWUz7ZU
"So, start talking right now."993Please respect copyright.PENANA2Yxh8EMi1I
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAayKz6Luhq8
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."993Please respect copyright.PENANADWDQUiKqB8
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8W7H01oYDf
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."993Please respect copyright.PENANAXsU8RX1etl
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAquraQ8y0qC
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."993Please respect copyright.PENANAtIYrpT0D8V
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANA0QLp8ReaR6
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."993Please respect copyright.PENANAy3kTgX9rOK
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.993Please respect copyright.PENANAs5z1xOZpE4
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."993Please respect copyright.PENANAoJOMygQ8EW
"You like him, don't you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAICtT2uXHs9
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?993Please respect copyright.PENANAImCFdFk3ll
"I..uh...no, that's not it."993Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ7210KP28
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9crIWmL14l
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."993Please respect copyright.PENANAXwbaD9ndl4
"Expected from me?" Zoey993Please respect copyright.PENANACrW67zbORi
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.993Please respect copyright.PENANA5E7QY5rHD4
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."993Please respect copyright.PENANAf8nP5CW03s
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.993Please respect copyright.PENANABNwIJLlKEB
"I know you feel guilty 993Please respect copyright.PENANApg3gU7fwio
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know993Please respect copyright.PENANAX95T8K6vXl
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."993Please respect copyright.PENANA48iHh4pIjw
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?993Please respect copyright.PENANAg2d4ugu3Gz
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAT1Ugo0mvs9
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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAskB0VXplDn
I wanted to slap my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPN32xkMFGY
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't993Please respect copyright.PENANA0rExWZe60M
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqSJKuewMIn
it gets out of hand.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGM9OT2AovM
"Zoey, listen to me," I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAAFeAOPAXkJ
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 993Please respect copyright.PENANAky5VGo2opH
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."993Please respect copyright.PENANAiGePR2LaAd
I paused. That was odd. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcE9653TK3h
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I993Please respect copyright.PENANA6Hdz2xOb3M
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.993Please respect copyright.PENANAvgEFygcYh8
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA7CKH5n1xSR
What was wrong with me? I993Please respect copyright.PENANAo7YIej748l
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3lwkrUfkf4
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbJPl01V5eU
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.993Please respect copyright.PENANAUi11i3Rl6H
"You're weird, Sam," 993Please respect copyright.PENANA7MwsIb6gZt
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 993Please respect copyright.PENANAre5Uvok6j3
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 993Please respect copyright.PENANATWfjjiOgUY
waiting."993Please respect copyright.PENANA5akYE9mHLH
Zoey closed the door and993Please respect copyright.PENANAFfDMwVWO20
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqkScznmmUv
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 993Please respect copyright.PENANARTW8wH6KAi
harder than I thought.993Please respect copyright.PENANAr366y4y1r8
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.993Please respect copyright.PENANArdQnLFF0g7
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.993Please respect copyright.PENANAcWn3hEWwT0
I stood up from my bed 993Please respect copyright.PENANAioPlsZ5ps8
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 993Please respect copyright.PENANA2GqEcoJA26
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which993Please respect copyright.PENANAOxtdWshXJM
is the most important part.993Please respect copyright.PENANAYqgLtYFEqe
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."993Please respect copyright.PENANAOg9aro3Zwg
Whatever my conscious 993Please respect copyright.PENANAIl2laumnme
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMI2v9lxCx7
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHoTuCwBPga
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.993Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ1O4pWVWb
If that was the case, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAynVTqPJGpP
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 993Please respect copyright.PENANAFNQBQIiDQS
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 993Please respect copyright.PENANAieyKyCM2Vj
shattered completely.993Please respect copyright.PENANAXe9GgTQ39u
While I was trying to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzkglC3yX4S
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach993Please respect copyright.PENANAqF7rOaYqZi
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.993Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ka8ahS6Dv
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?993Please respect copyright.PENANAacHn8XvcrL
I answered the call. "Hello?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAbKaJ0K6YGn
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.993Please respect copyright.PENANAsLiGPd7d4l
I held my breath. That 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzOlS3zdA5I
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 993Please respect copyright.PENANAV4osYhJsMW
asking that question, not thinking it.993Please respect copyright.PENANAR2tSqwCIpq
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA6W2utOYYiu
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."993Please respect copyright.PENANAKxGQR2ZcFU
"Talk? Talk about what?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA7kVTDjQO7y
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAT6l4YmM1mK
"Photo? What...?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAdh4BjLsjx4
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.993Please respect copyright.PENANAatWviYTKVL
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAEm6UydHK7p
"If you haven't seen it,993Please respect copyright.PENANAiXsJOyZtaC
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAdeXAa9NPQ9
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA8ggqLINyWh
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?993Please respect copyright.PENANABRXTHybiJe
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANA86jlBT7s5V
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."993Please respect copyright.PENANANDC0w70FuC
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAIrC9vGF9KH
I could soon hear the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAynRSPmOn62
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 993Please respect copyright.PENANASTSKN9Tl06
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQk9M4ZCQXf
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1Ed8d9ZqG
I looked back at my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAaTzdNijryF
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I993Please respect copyright.PENANABTpxx7xinT
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5Tcekqkld
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 993Please respect copyright.PENANATwNHLbhXpD
download the photo.993Please respect copyright.PENANAyaqymUwC1b
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.993Please respect copyright.PENANABjs4w9M5ym
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAfm0f3uqk3g
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."993Please respect copyright.PENANA7tvOX76z1v
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."993Please respect copyright.PENANAxsI16F9BY6
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."993Please respect copyright.PENANAVPglzBr75a
I nodded and Lee left. I993Please respect copyright.PENANAlcn0lj4kUf
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 993Please respect copyright.PENANAFIDEw5Fd0B
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.993Please respect copyright.PENANA5ArdAqhlff
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."993Please respect copyright.PENANAGvXSE6fJEu
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.993Please respect copyright.PENANADteyLp5uzt
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.993Please respect copyright.PENANAW0UPAUtdFt
"Zoey!"993Please respect copyright.PENANA6RvaaBvLFP
"Not a word, Sam. You're993Please respect copyright.PENANA5mznC9zBOI
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 993Please respect copyright.PENANAEECK6XSZ1r
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's993Please respect copyright.PENANAqjcGZrJvZR
up with you today."993Please respect copyright.PENANAEJNW4gYHaF
If only she knew. So 993Please respect copyright.PENANAg5UPcKrHM3
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one993Please respect copyright.PENANAnvNBXVS3d9
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.993Please respect copyright.PENANAIay6zZAZyH
I went to the bathroom 993Please respect copyright.PENANAATy9al9uME
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQaW0tuDxmC
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYJKMvKmrnP
reflection.993Please respect copyright.PENANALmiZGU0bFG
I looked like I hadn't 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhnDOmOZp2P
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWCQ49soXW0
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 993Please respect copyright.PENANADSjSZmUkCL
if not by two.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmgFxWdrBEs
G-Dragon and Zoey were 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqaf9Ym8h3w
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3UIPjahmZx
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXrFCGEA0FY
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 993Please respect copyright.PENANANBGSPo84X3
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?993Please respect copyright.PENANAUUv2Jqy7lL
After I took a quick 993Please respect copyright.PENANACyTdqzL0vd
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone993Please respect copyright.PENANABvNtgqW8RD
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 993Please respect copyright.PENANAvEL2PcPJFp
the bathroom to get her makeup done.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3keOHMzmyh
I unlocked my phone. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANA76T5Ocph2D
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 993Please respect copyright.PENANA5e8drHy0M9
photo must be done downloading by now.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQBD0PMYK39
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?993Please respect copyright.PENANAG0v0St0rSD
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?993Please respect copyright.PENANAEdkiNTcmUS
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.993Please respect copyright.PENANAJDtaGZzn65
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHgkuk58Qb8
"Morning. How was your night?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAqy0RQvWc85
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."993Please respect copyright.PENANAytaQB09jmX
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANA6HxEfjN06A
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhWbLQYCvf9
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."993Please respect copyright.PENANAVmbEvP8m3S
I smiled a little. At 993Please respect copyright.PENANAG4LXeMcZ8o
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgLow6Sv2zz
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlnvIeYSln0
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAiMeJgjojYB
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."993Please respect copyright.PENANAul3lbDosch
"You too."993Please respect copyright.PENANA5iqfgAXfrn
He cut the line and I 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1xLiJ8MAXG
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 993Please respect copyright.PENANANtHjFgF7tN
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 993Please respect copyright.PENANAaoJgJve2hd
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHOzn06xEn2
After I dressed up and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAVkCGs15YMD
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqa4DN19Z7Y
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 993Please respect copyright.PENANA0VoHWsfOf9
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAV3AgUZqmch
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAssRhFtrkaD
room.993Please respect copyright.PENANAS5CvVJWDIA
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQRZSCyC18a
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3W88MNzNNP
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.993Please respect copyright.PENANAU4pnnIsf9k
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."993Please respect copyright.PENANADnWpJsIuk6
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9fTlD2n7mb
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.993Please respect copyright.PENANAPsUlWgGh34
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAyc8iYOv0mR
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhmlNEiSgnp
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.993Please respect copyright.PENANAklQjLs2oQl
"What?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAOA2EKR0tJo
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."993Please respect copyright.PENANAP22jsM9ccy
I frowned. "So?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAah74Ec3jQu
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.993Please respect copyright.PENANACuVJOArUpd
I was still confused. "So?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA8tpyThhoYp
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEsktzrATkE
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.993Please respect copyright.PENANAiyTUBvZK3a
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?993Please respect copyright.PENANAHQ9FwkX0q1
"I don't see the harm in993Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6YhpEZthq
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwqHszfc5D9
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 993Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ4BkGBEHR
that wrong?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAMvCZ8gfRyI
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9z63WIgRjQ
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAeumrXWVJcm
"I can see that," said 993Please respect copyright.PENANA9zcmkWHhQu
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhbZrofEt7g
me but I decided not to say anything.993Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rb8hX7UCP
When we were done with 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHJvXHxPUEJ
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAd4jhWv0A8x
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 993Please respect copyright.PENANATWSrOCyzfW
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXAeBzO0Zox
looking at my phone.993Please respect copyright.PENANA4BVijDJuER
When everyone in the car993Please respect copyright.PENANAoTcfLS74BR
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in993Please respect copyright.PENANA8BUQ4RR5W6
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWCueioNlzF
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwxYo7FbRYc
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAapjTwAIR5H
I quickly pressed the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAtqN1ghhNuB
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3w2wNlyImt
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.993Please respect copyright.PENANAYv53cOBhHD
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmeOTJ3xcIf
"May I see?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA2VPqMutwXr
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."993Please respect copyright.PENANAm4HTXsrNut
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."993Please respect copyright.PENANArXWdM3rxLp
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdfu57OPozj
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."993Please respect copyright.PENANAHguWbaIepm
I wish I could tell him 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6m82nRyZcE
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4gld7uo09A
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.993Please respect copyright.PENANAIG4D0Psrki
Now that I had seen the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxdaiP9FMrR
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 993Please respect copyright.PENANAsQYYcNT1ew
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 993Please respect copyright.PENANACM7rBc1nFt
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.993Please respect copyright.PENANAzURH4Ark2z
Speaking of which, I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqqhfZlgQAS
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was993Please respect copyright.PENANA1Qhy8waCZj
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKO2I0PA0e1
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAvxE6Ao1fDV
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWT6ygRTurK
further onto the edge, I would burst.993Please respect copyright.PENANATgL0YqZyMM
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANArpPPXcmRII
My heart skipped a beat.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZOLQFyiBzM
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting993Please respect copyright.PENANA5XcUzr7RaV
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6yx5s7LMsH
choice.993Please respect copyright.PENANAMH6DZrRA3S
As soon as I stepped out993Please respect copyright.PENANAavSyPiALOW
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4fMXTuGbEK
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAtLf7Myfdc4
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAfEPQFBUQNQ
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9xrypHI5qz
"You're aren't the only 993Please respect copyright.PENANAikN3aDDjAm
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 993Please respect copyright.PENANAGq9lBGwc9P
to work on that when we get in there."993Please respect copyright.PENANA3dyAki8KeS
I managed to put up a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAT1TUDDL49U
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How993Please respect copyright.PENANAfdL1qpETXR
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEWAE3nF65E
As I came into the lobby993Please respect copyright.PENANARluo3iSZhN
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 993Please respect copyright.PENANAk0lgnv5FoU
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.993Please respect copyright.PENANAVgCTXozkf9
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."993Please respect copyright.PENANAuCMgop386I
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEFLw7wMk2W
We all got in the 993Please respect copyright.PENANANvCKaliirs
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up993Please respect copyright.PENANAH0IQoT1DSK
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 993Please respect copyright.PENANAmJtt2uqCMF
things.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9gUXgBRVB7
We got to the dance 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcjfFGJYY6N
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 993Please respect copyright.PENANAy2hPeEwyuT
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGLRLzMwBvx
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.993Please respect copyright.PENANAM9UlLZPEvE
I was too lost in 993Please respect copyright.PENANAtxrutAhriJ
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 993Please respect copyright.PENANARTlaRr6ggs
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1e5uniJSbr
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZJS5UCufy
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.993Please respect copyright.PENANAiSnpoZHg6q
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdPf7ZisKPP
"Tell me about it," said993Please respect copyright.PENANA1NE5RogOYR
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her993Please respect copyright.PENANAFC4v3wzOTm
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."993Please respect copyright.PENANAfSWGXx9WQG
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAS7xZWKtqtj
"Too weird," said Daniel.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdZHgyLB88s
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."993Please respect copyright.PENANAMjQYEucjnI
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANASggasnJnlH
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1052fJ5FFi
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.993Please respect copyright.PENANAbSRPNhbbFU
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.993Please respect copyright.PENANADU3uvF9Dib
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."993Please respect copyright.PENANARxAlMRsj60
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAzy3sI4pTAI
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGRZhjiCePD
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9WoaB9YYpH
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."993Please respect copyright.PENANArrfaLtWVUw
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."993Please respect copyright.PENANA2Bv6JPLccK
"I'm not."993Please respect copyright.PENANAbQnn4IbS1B
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAVQgKhSE0FM
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANA0liyTE4PvE
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9qG4Gggij5
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.993Please respect copyright.PENANAe7nEr1HsHZ
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.993Please respect copyright.PENANA7ke1zSC8Vf
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."993Please respect copyright.PENANAiI0SeqBMue
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."993Please respect copyright.PENANAH7ZG5En2bI
Before I could turn 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQn9gMmmNwx
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUn4PsdbkAc
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.993Please respect copyright.PENANAUz6hm5bqkE
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.993Please respect copyright.PENANAnKjnCk5uoq
I took the crown from 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjzQjrJClCk
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was993Please respect copyright.PENANAIu0pLNkAcz
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPJYrSbPzRe
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6VqQS07TbD
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.993Please respect copyright.PENANAoy5Lo23CvB
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFH7pEGve9R
"It is," said Seungri 993Please respect copyright.PENANAldGEoI63Zp
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 993Please respect copyright.PENANAoGneQRmzkT
stones because it's your birth stone."993Please respect copyright.PENANAUKDK2zbUod
"Aww! Thank you so much,993Please respect copyright.PENANAjzooillv4X
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew993Please respect copyright.PENANAKrXJOExqhD
he was going to brighten up my day today.993Please respect copyright.PENANA4eCEfWJ9wL
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"993Please respect copyright.PENANAQUh2ejoMNZ
"I want to wear it," 993Please respect copyright.PENANAY9OFW2DlfJ
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzMwGrel1EP
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.993Please respect copyright.PENANAURyvkLVlxQ
"Don't I look like a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAtmAEMhFhAq
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 993Please respect copyright.PENANADmiSGj3ia8
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.993Please respect copyright.PENANAbIuaF2YTmR
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.993Please respect copyright.PENANADTdF2E4eDL
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.993Please respect copyright.PENANAU04dz9oZlW
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.993Please respect copyright.PENANAnOgdDYE3ZB
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEzcGPTdj8z
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."993Please respect copyright.PENANACWVpTjyCbm
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9hcBJqqQCw
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.993Please respect copyright.PENANAsx7EJiVvPu
"May her royal majesty 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhpIMsgSgUO
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 993Please respect copyright.PENANAEXzDKtRk3L
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.993Please respect copyright.PENANA0QxcLdug3g
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.993Please respect copyright.PENANAyaxVaDczWj
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.993Please respect copyright.PENANAkcBNyFcF32
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHECmjJ7jTw
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.993Please respect copyright.PENANA7H03qWKsIM
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8PFyNqtgDk
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.993Please respect copyright.PENANAih2HT9Q3ne
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1o6nPhso1U
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."993Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6dGoCwXW5
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."993Please respect copyright.PENANAmj5AgnBCN4
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."993Please respect copyright.PENANAOhfFvUQA5q
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqmoHacrgpj
She couldn't tell the 993Please respect copyright.PENANACzqS05OflL
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took993Please respect copyright.PENANAi9AyHPGhwR
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group993Please respect copyright.PENANATeY3LOs8IN
photo with me in the middle.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqjUckwgD7C
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3Z1cUUTK3K
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.993Please respect copyright.PENANAUG4TFujTU1
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."993Please respect copyright.PENANAivS7WnGIiX
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."993Please respect copyright.PENANAsHLHKaILmn
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQLN4RdSkZm
Zoey smiled. "Even better."993Please respect copyright.PENANAcqP67H4MtN
G-Dragon turned to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAGeA5LOax13
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAmKm1VWoJ14
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZjHyy6R6zA
him and he will find us."993Please respect copyright.PENANAnEG2l7ymbY
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.993Please respect copyright.PENANAkEkWTkL5tV
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."993Please respect copyright.PENANAgwwHxjCcPP
We all stood on one side993Please respect copyright.PENANALtleiXoNcR
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJNVRJyArIT
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3zDUSVkGsN
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1REmvDnZ2P
"So, I was thinking, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAL6WJTUXGqr
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3BvftFUiBT
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 993Please respect copyright.PENANACnKrq1voet
guys."993Please respect copyright.PENANASJ7SajgmBK
Christine came forward 993Please respect copyright.PENANAVrq8iyMWrY
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 993Please respect copyright.PENANAw6x7iMe75Y
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.993Please respect copyright.PENANA9WZYMsMUVm
With Christine and Mike 993Please respect copyright.PENANApAFTkxY8p0
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 993Please respect copyright.PENANAC7u9x2b74t
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKZvYEBjVan
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWOqlsCWumB
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 993Please respect copyright.PENANANC2dBQ3Tm2
themselves back and they again their backs touched.993Please respect copyright.PENANA4ly3QG3rBC
With a bit of skilful 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3Xn7CO72B
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew993Please respect copyright.PENANAkmAdG9f9R5
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWGfMxNyIST
air.993Please respect copyright.PENANADEAXC8GTfU
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."993Please respect copyright.PENANAH1W5IwLF2m
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.993Please respect copyright.PENANAobHwgeWcgf
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAyYWq9317cp
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.993Please respect copyright.PENANAn7c2NU4m8w
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.993Please respect copyright.PENANAssVAMBe08L
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAsFzr0ZK47i
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.993Please respect copyright.PENANAq6wl5lKFML
The door soon opened and993Please respect copyright.PENANAYYrgaJejDJ
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 993Please respect copyright.PENANADam92yiMSR
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3UlqAAdUgF
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.993Please respect copyright.PENANAbzURkaQSoo
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGbKGZ1kDBF
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."993Please respect copyright.PENANASAZlXPnznX
Mike and Christine 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPoNw21mqON
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance993Please respect copyright.PENANAANnQs37Ufr
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPRYAuudWpt
us will come in the scene.993Please respect copyright.PENANAvxJVFpQByg
"Mmmm," the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlZrs85t9eQ
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 993Please respect copyright.PENANABqonihITg6
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.993Please respect copyright.PENANAgPJAIXt1I4
"I like it," said the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcPhztJc0Qa
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 993Please respect copyright.PENANARlvcGZa63N
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 993Please respect copyright.PENANAS7jj6uD1Nx
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 993Please respect copyright.PENANALb5QAhGWii
comes in."993Please respect copyright.PENANAWbKCwxhbln
Zoey and G-Dragon took 993Please respect copyright.PENANA0xjZRakamg
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPxQKSJlLrW
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 993Please respect copyright.PENANAFMxTkSnIIL
were perfect.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1mV5qe1apo
"Excellent," said the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAkRJF7RFFQx
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 993Please respect copyright.PENANArGQXzFdPDQ
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 993Please respect copyright.PENANAC9YLBJxvUo
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlvrzwMQfUJ
formation in front of them."993Please respect copyright.PENANAA5O3WKzMit
We did as the 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3MYpl8AfNY
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 993Please respect copyright.PENANAEILT275n1m
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 993Please respect copyright.PENANALI4zeSB775
the hang of it.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZPd3H3tWfs
A few minutes later, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAVBHazCSD0Q
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 993Please respect copyright.PENANAazbMz9rVeO
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and993Please respect copyright.PENANAS2FlCknFSX
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqbDdGKt9lL
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8ifXyFomZW
I laughed, also staring 993Please respect copyright.PENANAnFAKV7rjhc
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your993Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3T0jV334p
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."993Please respect copyright.PENANAQQHDTVgTDv
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.993Please respect copyright.PENANA5gYfZ4xscu
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.993Please respect copyright.PENANA02sVANB1KI
I quickly scrambled up 993Please respect copyright.PENANAczKFVIXWOs
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and993Please respect copyright.PENANAqx5gicOPgN
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 993Please respect copyright.PENANALvW4B33J8W
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJf3d1oxu8Z
and removed my phone.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3g88oQyoWV
I sent a message to the 993Please respect copyright.PENANABmAdjBzUdB
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he993Please respect copyright.PENANAzu2IKn3t05
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAav7GGa2yYT
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.993Please respect copyright.PENANAdM2TBZbzqs
"Good. We should meet."993Please respect copyright.PENANAWHWSGfRqsd
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqHonIXvTct
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."993Please respect copyright.PENANAQnkoiJXwvq
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."993Please respect copyright.PENANAihrbLUk1m9
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjUNQdc0VSB
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA3xkMvQfvw4
"You're one smart 993Please respect copyright.PENANAAd3h1dtI27
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the993Please respect copyright.PENANAjGYvUMNOE4
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6Lbvbfsbuv
consequences."993Please respect copyright.PENANAPyOAuGd5rv
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.993Please respect copyright.PENANAcUrJfTOqKs
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."993Please respect copyright.PENANAm5sIkmCXtj
"That's my girl."993Please respect copyright.PENANAvmWmUksPL1
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.993Please respect copyright.PENANAO9MPYRnGxM
As I tucked my phone 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWu2lcjdpDz
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8mEL7WRQlM
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 993Please respect copyright.PENANACFmcmUYuHC
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 993Please respect copyright.PENANAooMbIIrHr6
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQe4zV0xLtf
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.993Please respect copyright.PENANAewY18Q70iQ
When they both turned to993Please respect copyright.PENANANOzOw83f2F
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMMekUXnOde
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 993Please respect copyright.PENANACmyoI8lIoP
couldn't help but feel that they were.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQVVECpSzHO
I laid back down 993Please respect copyright.PENANAT0PtqzfHeL
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAu4EEvQ6TGa
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAnMpuJbyCWj
two of us had in our room this morning?993Please respect copyright.PENANADSbI0CptI6
Yikes! If she did, then I993Please respect copyright.PENANAzWCRQ6cIQc
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 993Please respect copyright.PENANAn6cRuxlmNq
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZZSRdgoGjg
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgZJCswGgwR
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.993Please respect copyright.PENANAoe5x1m5sx3
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.993Please respect copyright.PENANAd97PsuZJbp
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8nsITsVMe
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.993Please respect copyright.PENANAbSU3Siz8mN
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmLZl9DakMP
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.993Please respect copyright.PENANAC5y5Nqr9lI
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.993Please respect copyright.PENANA459BkzPfRk
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1q5zvNzRSW
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.993Please respect copyright.PENANAxs50XgftmJ
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3VTzZVxexK
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.993Please respect copyright.PENANA4WH2HCK6vk
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA51yp2jllFd
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAVxSt8St7Lx
"No. It sounds great."993Please respect copyright.PENANAXKIOffICZR
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."993Please respect copyright.PENANAcKzF6RcDKA
"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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAe5d7GBQiMu
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmMot8wZ8ui
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."993Please respect copyright.PENANAe80O6WbWGx
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAyUC3I1CVMN
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjzp5e2euYC
"True," said Taeyang.993Please respect copyright.PENANAx8MaNaZUO7
"Okay," I said, feeling a993Please respect copyright.PENANAAfMrE83ID4
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8ddXek71Fs
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqt5lteIB8B
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjFbEnq7jOk
After the three had 993Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ps4Rn1JrH
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 993Please respect copyright.PENANAg4vS1J5Rrz
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.993Please respect copyright.PENANAclR9HGStil
While we waited, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAViD3h6LEIg
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid993Please respect copyright.PENANAj4b6josFpu
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAls2XJ9Ayfo
expression on his face.993Please respect copyright.PENANACAVaDVSY60
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAO09yF8ip7i
He sounded serious and I993Please respect copyright.PENANAezrXIzluRO
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel993Please respect copyright.PENANAettxu8VtJT
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.993Please respect copyright.PENANALQb8mrIAo8
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjGdemPADej
I got up from the floor 993Please respect copyright.PENANA5UtO5PVWtX
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 993Please respect copyright.PENANARKolL2Iaw9
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAFJmRRJRRmr
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.993Please respect copyright.PENANA6Nmeh1JR5I
I found G-Dragon three 993Please respect copyright.PENANANjAomJELuf
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 993Please respect copyright.PENANApgAQCp2Nmm
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAjNSey3N49L
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 993Please respect copyright.PENANATsrYnv8SAi
close.993Please respect copyright.PENANA2evleCZiW9
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAcd0idqTVD8
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAxkX0yJcJCH
"It's about Zoey," he said.993Please respect copyright.PENANA05qxKnfI8H
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAaGxkd7dRoJ
"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?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAQ35yVdWtKL
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."993Please respect copyright.PENANA5dNcWIal22
"Really? That's all you can say?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA2wpK7QicJB
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."993Please respect copyright.PENANA7hcP6Don1k
"But you almost had."993Please respect copyright.PENANAywXyTHiwCI
"Yet I couldn't."993Please respect copyright.PENANAgAie9VHkJr
"Zoey is right. You're 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3f7Sbj9hdE
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ez1aSkOUJ
you know I was supposed to do it."993Please respect copyright.PENANAealcM8528Y
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."993Please respect copyright.PENANAStJYvtHuaE
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAWINaqLK78w
I paused before I could say, "what?"993Please respect copyright.PENANATsIb5ffPKu
"You heard me loud and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAORAbIWwoLM
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXQmMHUvCpK
to take matters into your own hands."993Please respect copyright.PENANA47UZjooVil
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQu3k8EH2ZK
"Wait, that's not true," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANA2ynC22R1mR
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"993Please respect copyright.PENANApHuW6P6O1S
I now realised that I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAtTt5XIWF7p
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUvan3aeIZi
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his993Please respect copyright.PENANAVMRJt8Hag2
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAv0Mt3OEsyf
bound to come up sooner rather than later.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjS4u4D2Ft1
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAfNfWSiBaB4
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."993Please respect copyright.PENANA7AISxoShv2
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAz74nv4oNNm
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."993Please respect copyright.PENANAIF4BdExBep
G-Dragon took a step 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlrEQ6vFVE3
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 993Please respect copyright.PENANAaUcLu3IcIU
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"993Please respect copyright.PENANAYwy1EYVI9f
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."993Please respect copyright.PENANAUbKWJbREg9
"Then what did happen?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAbhu6af5wZU
"All of this is nothing 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4x8k5JUWKu
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQNQCF1F7Hc
happened that I myself couldn't control."993Please respect copyright.PENANAT5GyJ2gIO0
"Don't lie to me, Sam."993Please respect copyright.PENANAqK3t8dqyTl
"You know what, I'm 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzhIbeBOcV3
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like993Please respect copyright.PENANAEynZiOoEzx
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 993Please respect copyright.PENANAuPQLME2448
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I993Please respect copyright.PENANA6uJAjykkVv
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."993Please respect copyright.PENANAqA7B0Q02RP
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAmMwtKgxDFI
"Yes. But I know you 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHMQMi3bBJ6
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgNVmdjtQj3
for himself that he and I could never be together."993Please respect copyright.PENANAZyVVqdWQ2t
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.993Please respect copyright.PENANApG4Lrk06BG
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.993Please respect copyright.PENANAPmYLcvuy9M
I turned around to head 993Please respect copyright.PENANAsT5Wegijty
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or993Please respect copyright.PENANATLTwjDfciD
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.993Please respect copyright.PENANA7LsyKiysPR
When I came back in the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAnBZkqtNLEi
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 993Please respect copyright.PENANAT1NVIGjORX
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.993Please respect copyright.PENANAU6mhQ8rx71
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANA4olMA5hloz
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."993Please respect copyright.PENANA3SJ24DvRzs
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQx6TdAB49X
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"993Please respect copyright.PENANARmkZ92vwoE
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."993Please respect copyright.PENANAdc9ltkgM5S
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.993Please respect copyright.PENANAsau9Y7xHoM
I heard the door open 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgAIU1Wg3fK
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8nWaVFOdrX
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.993Please respect copyright.PENANAPK08MzGpoN
"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."993Please respect copyright.PENANAX9BZD1FbuN
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.993Please respect copyright.PENANA7orzWUqLpC
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.993Please respect copyright.PENANA7X92TXdcuE
"Look guys," I said as 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxnjdYJrzbU
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm993Please respect copyright.PENANApIJTaJUx71
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"993Please respect copyright.PENANArYAHLoqrjt
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.993Please respect copyright.PENANACmaG2DIcjD
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."993Please respect copyright.PENANAPR6hAlhqJ7
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANALxrW8zaFm1
I didn't say anything 993Please respect copyright.PENANAuIBsSrNIbx
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others993Please respect copyright.PENANAnQcEDU7e0p
who were waiting for either of us to say something.993Please respect copyright.PENANAMrNMJVehLS
Before anyone could 993Please respect copyright.PENANAPVt6Xir9Du
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 993Please respect copyright.PENANAgRKkZiFQ7B
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqVAOEvI4dI
we went back to practising.993Please respect copyright.PENANALHl25U5I6y
I don't know how I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7aHLvE40K
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.993Please respect copyright.PENANA2fVlIpdTGr
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 993Please respect copyright.PENANAeJSCucEy43
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 993Please respect copyright.PENANA7m8TRPEgVg
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my993Please respect copyright.PENANAxfoNmPXDIF
head in the real world and not mess things up.993Please respect copyright.PENANAeYgXfUmF0S
It was lunch time and 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZDGQ8lIth5
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 993Please respect copyright.PENANALtdatPUroW
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 993Please respect copyright.PENANAB4bwcu1gYR
stranger.993Please respect copyright.PENANAf2XLCv6Hhn
Now that we were on a 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4mkqiuOnJt
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 993Please respect copyright.PENANAVq4hai4qki
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwSDCK19s0P
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just993Please respect copyright.PENANAGQW8maIyhF
too awkward for me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqEii0n2RoN
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAy5gDGbyVeU
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAan9Q0H4v6V
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.993Please respect copyright.PENANAg1YSUIsC55
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQOLiyizStf
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."993Please respect copyright.PENANADa6Rp1jQca
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.993Please respect copyright.PENANAmd44GQ6wlM
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.993Please respect copyright.PENANAcy0SuMH7X2
"Good idea," said Taeyang.993Please respect copyright.PENANA7e13VEFfNG
As though they couldn't 993Please respect copyright.PENANAaDmmfTqzWd
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 993Please respect copyright.PENANANsY4kKd6wm
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 993Please respect copyright.PENANADJRZXFVzrp
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.993Please respect copyright.PENANA54j513CtQw
A few seconds later, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0gf6p0QbU
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse993Please respect copyright.PENANAWBNTM15iNs
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking993Please respect copyright.PENANAXoRvq6qUWb
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3C2OsjZuPM
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.993Please respect copyright.PENANAltmKfcVOGU
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3gzXpjCEe2
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANARwb04YCf4E
"A lot has happened 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWmTFE0ipYF
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUnWlSEs63H
case there were any people snooping around.993Please respect copyright.PENANAnLsVfYna9f
"What? What's happened?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAqqjrXP9KLj
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."993Please respect copyright.PENANALpYDise6m7
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."993Please respect copyright.PENANAxlLzQdpvYP
"That's not the worst 993Please respect copyright.PENANAEIvsXmE300
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKF93nfS6Mx
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."993Please respect copyright.PENANAXrogblRVAd
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAfiZQhPf9qy
"Like I said, he is 993Please respect copyright.PENANAAf1LjM0Lon
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1yqCmJDiut
are going to be toast especially with the press."993Please respect copyright.PENANAYFyPsGjOV9
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAHMkNai5T71
"I'm not sure if I can 993Please respect copyright.PENANAvcH486LtJn
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAyjms75uAqq
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."993Please respect copyright.PENANAeKD2PXm9U2
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA2Dzz4Qoc28
"I've no choice and I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxLVd7rEiDX
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until993Please respect copyright.PENANATWQwuU5FU3
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8No72JtFeA
cap and a scarf."993Please respect copyright.PENANAk7JL1dV7t4
"What will you need that for?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAiPWdH5TfLh
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZVzsD15ayg
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."993Please respect copyright.PENANAg4CK55ZlDJ
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."993Please respect copyright.PENANAtwAJvFjiRP
I cut the call and this 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8yhlV0Gaof
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 993Please respect copyright.PENANAApZVN7iNoy
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAZU3KsVuXme
I reached the bottom of 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKseyqL78zZ
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 993Please respect copyright.PENANAi05vGdnUWs
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 993Please respect copyright.PENANAH9MUmhRXtZ
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6kvErwN30Z
voices that I could recognise.993Please respect copyright.PENANA4ph8m07lL3
I went over to look, 993Please respect copyright.PENANATU6f56vhbz
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 993Please respect copyright.PENANAC5z3tsAAuI
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 993Please respect copyright.PENANAWuO55Lpphi
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4LNECqpd8D
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.993Please respect copyright.PENANAUktRlMS3MJ
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEfLKgVjtNn
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."993Please respect copyright.PENANAH3QU59XQuz
"I'm just surprised that993Please respect copyright.PENANAoaqGl6H8M6
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that993Please respect copyright.PENANAL8blZCwyhF
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.993Please respect copyright.PENANAxoCxJnjZEN
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."993Please respect copyright.PENANAOTfdQhkkmg
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAeAhwptBlaH
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.993Please respect copyright.PENANANhgRNr9ESI
"I think so too," said 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcBawNcByXB
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlnEUqosIk1
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."993Please respect copyright.PENANAegrWTf0MZe
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.993Please respect copyright.PENANAN4ap2jyqks
I was expecting them to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzPkyetKexc
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 993Please respect copyright.PENANA53Wo20Mkn9
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 993Please respect copyright.PENANA4K6ZjTRea4
Who knows?993Please respect copyright.PENANAIPc2RNYf2l
Throwing that thought 993Please respect copyright.PENANAAT8V0jBiQx
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxkH4yPzoAk
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAPx1n0FxxXf
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.993Please respect copyright.PENANANDE6Xv1Nn2
There were still more 993Please respect copyright.PENANAfK08ogmolY
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery993Please respect copyright.PENANADY5bj0s5ry
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAaiIUaLLK0J
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUycY1HSXPM
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 993Please respect copyright.PENANAs99ybveifg
away.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqliUmHGbjU
In what seemed like 993Please respect copyright.PENANAL0BAc4bhTU
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 993Please respect copyright.PENANAkZAN1Pna9o
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.993Please respect copyright.PENANAkSqsqBeiBy
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.993Please respect copyright.PENANAd29rky1ZYo
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."993Please respect copyright.PENANAdbVhMhAT8L
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."993Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4k9Fk5xr5
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA4XLz339vPY
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.993Please respect copyright.PENANAj4nB3TtllA
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."993Please respect copyright.PENANAkv9PB6t8fe
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3uexrVNsE6
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAPDVlP5WrW9
"They have gone out for 993Please respect copyright.PENANAvYPQX3y2XN
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things993Please respect copyright.PENANAO8W9OWunr4
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."993Please respect copyright.PENANAEniCMoklYQ
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.993Please respect copyright.PENANA0RaaSxdNwg
"Ya. And they are about 993Please respect copyright.PENANATAMTsgg60O
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the993Please respect copyright.PENANAeKN2BHtmiF
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQomtk8pUYl
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAvpmw7MGhpr
"Ya, that will be a good993Please respect copyright.PENANAVQsF1lQPKE
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 993Please respect copyright.PENANAAWiKoJS6tp
the guards might think when they see me."993Please respect copyright.PENANAyB7G9eaHZv
Lee and I started to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAI8AtHkpd79
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front993Please respect copyright.PENANAqb7imko2xH
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 993Please respect copyright.PENANAncDMh1Cq29
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8zX3Qz8NEe
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqAKdd45ORM
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGfPA9lmtrK
When I finally managed 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1Wdhz89Ghr
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 993Please respect copyright.PENANAkw9Rej3xho
away from the YG gate and down the street.993Please respect copyright.PENANA890Lj5Zz1o
I had to admit, I was so993Please respect copyright.PENANAqjc0l3imyl
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqTGPJOApab
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 993Please respect copyright.PENANA38V0J6WiTf
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMELZiyu4Wx
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.993Please respect copyright.PENANAeNOMiuIPJm
After walking a few 993Please respect copyright.PENANAtvlKCDb05e
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 993Please respect copyright.PENANANnXk070L7N
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 993Please respect copyright.PENANAGNCGEoM0Jf
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6TzL6w9Ff4
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGfwjxxCK9r
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.993Please respect copyright.PENANAQ59Arz6SBP
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."993Please respect copyright.PENANATI46AV86uU
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face993Please respect copyright.PENANANy4gGD9ZUp
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."993Please respect copyright.PENANATNOICCRl5k
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."993Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4xm1q4QXk
I froze as I soon looked993Please respect copyright.PENANAmzqf1v631T
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQlIsTxMo8b
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 993Please respect copyright.PENANA7dtRdNiJHk
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.993Please respect copyright.PENANADA29dRkmIW
I heard him laugh 993Please respect copyright.PENANANdlk8wlMpt
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAdztUFJsgtK
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."993Please respect copyright.PENANAZjJ8iNmm0E
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAXZBw60SYfs
"I'm right here."993Please respect copyright.PENANAZjlClqKwV9
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"993Please respect copyright.PENANAE7FWY8ej7H
My sentence was cut 993Please respect copyright.PENANAytDrhd6EZp
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge993Please respect copyright.PENANAd9cjdygErp
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 993Please respect copyright.PENANAebcklRd050
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.993Please respect copyright.PENANAV2nLw98o1G
A smartly dressed 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYYjjaXBmIR
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAsxWti4krh2
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.993Please respect copyright.PENANAn8Kf2Ye4My
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.993Please respect copyright.PENANAuqX9sIBumL
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAxqz0w3pzli
A few heads turned my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbcBEUDfqxO
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAutZXx8daxO
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 993Please respect copyright.PENANAOcEpbgua1v
and a little suspicious too.993Please respect copyright.PENANAXSfiViTOOn
I managed to awake from 993Please respect copyright.PENANA6MbcGT5fcu
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUb0F4NYj5T
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHUrVma9ARS
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAaoFriGNAz5
driver's seat.993Please respect copyright.PENANAKmiqnfKO1f
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.993Please respect copyright.PENANAndnJbyBFtM
With my eyes, I looked 993Please respect copyright.PENANA3D8jIIBQo9
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQpsvbY85uJ
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.993Please respect copyright.PENANAW44Z71YTfm
He looked to be in the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAL6oOY8RV4N
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 993Please respect copyright.PENANAhLOeyHdAqA
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 993Please respect copyright.PENANAEZ4GSlsxrn
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into993Please respect copyright.PENANAoj3SCL782q
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 993Please respect copyright.PENANAavGebJg066
who had one heck of a body.993Please respect copyright.PENANA21R3vnoPy5
I hadn't said a word and993Please respect copyright.PENANAHVMfv4OG5b
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMqkU0bMmw7
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxIORN0qi0E
wrist. Who was this guy?993Please respect copyright.PENANAuF5zONiDE7
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANANnTS9pSuzh
I opened my mouth but 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHM0oUvh0KJ
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbau5llyIit
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAd8IVIebT8M
contact.993Please respect copyright.PENANAkItHXc4tuR
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANA8I2hhrnqEB
"Yes, a pleasure to meet993Please respect copyright.PENANAkrSyFjEPzk
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 993Please respect copyright.PENANAe0cZnt8Up0
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.993Please respect copyright.PENANAWDDyfQa33x
"I'm sorry we had to 993Please respect copyright.PENANApfHq4fEffA
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the993Please respect copyright.PENANAALmR2wfeYz
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."993Please respect copyright.PENANAji3LF0BJru
I looked at him and 993Please respect copyright.PENANACZisoTwwCu
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcnpAUAYbD5
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAalFiOcoMi5
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we993Please respect copyright.PENANA1eXSXLKBpf
hear about in mythical tales.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhnn5qNLfpX
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.993Please respect copyright.PENANALPAkrdTmgd
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAHpgBsoLUMj
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 993Please respect copyright.PENANAoYQ480IOcL
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."993Please respect copyright.PENANAZyJAfjRp19
There was silence and I 993Please respect copyright.PENANA9B0kpvyIcx
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made993Please respect copyright.PENANAz2C9aWVMJg
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 993Please respect copyright.PENANAk8jy26shWu
something.993Please respect copyright.PENANAkSKqn3uxUh
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.993Please respect copyright.PENANABCECvLmLZu
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."993Please respect copyright.PENANAltffzrkJGW
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."993Please respect copyright.PENANAAR3ECZkSIx
"I was born in the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbXNLaEREtz
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are993Please respect copyright.PENANAh2TdcASXO9
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMPfzzRKsZq
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzgkhDM7VMi
business empire is what's so important to them."993Please respect copyright.PENANAYk61eWnh7Q
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.993Please respect copyright.PENANAFUgBAgxEIV
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.993Please respect copyright.PENANAT1vAXaZHfn
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.993Please respect copyright.PENANAAG6YFvJuAM
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAWBRqctmW91
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"993Please respect copyright.PENANACjXjpbV7iq
"Lunch?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAniRJSQugBy
"Yes, lunch."993Please respect copyright.PENANA0PWP6FGjse
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.993Please respect copyright.PENANATgaRByKaCQ
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."993Please respect copyright.PENANA0gcpBYj6IA
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."993Please respect copyright.PENANA5Yuwr2tQPt
I raised an eyebrow at 993Please respect copyright.PENANALix5EBg4RR
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 993Please respect copyright.PENANAG2l4p5jQ0V
you have been able to find me on the street."993Please respect copyright.PENANA52UgdDDqIw
He gave me that dashing 993Please respect copyright.PENANAH0NUyW4SQ0
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKp8GxQkBrN
would meet. I had to come prepared."993Please respect copyright.PENANAjJldVSckvO
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAlinpZfGSpv
"My apartment. It's much safer there."993Please respect copyright.PENANARctkdt66es
"You own an apartment?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAHktJiSAyNQ
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."993Please respect copyright.PENANAaem20psQzz
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."993Please respect copyright.PENANAI8IJj2vVhw
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."993Please respect copyright.PENANATUaw6h2qtr
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.993Please respect copyright.PENANAbCQy4JgXuU
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.993Please respect copyright.PENANAvZOS1G2vby
It was a huge apartment 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbKEr5jZU5G
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAahQIjHwlLV
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.993Please respect copyright.PENANAEq6FQi8jhk
After the car parked, 993Please respect copyright.PENANAK8UaySAtOl
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 993Please respect copyright.PENANA1mB2SKhZMU
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 993Please respect copyright.PENANA618vft4aCo
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAujbSoLO21v
came out of the car.993Please respect copyright.PENANAF9CKMK41q1
Derrick lead the way, 993Please respect copyright.PENANA8dQFPsBB3I
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcCPIInx9NY
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAX74fQfk8uL
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.993Please respect copyright.PENANA12Ueg1y6nE
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.993Please respect copyright.PENANARLaBHhgnO8
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.993Please respect copyright.PENANAk6LIhsnE5h
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.993Please respect copyright.PENANAKIGRi3Sf0a
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAiHQzKEJnpP
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."993Please respect copyright.PENANADpjeR52Yzq
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"993Please respect copyright.PENANARNRG87cyLX
"Well, ya, I do! You're 993Please respect copyright.PENANAabwxSksN7v
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAkVBD0N0kBb
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."993Please respect copyright.PENANAhVLMrBHB8C
"Why?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8iolYc1CP
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."993Please respect copyright.PENANA9zkAhttJ86
The elevator doors flew 993Please respect copyright.PENANAuWR1IZYCx4
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzimwr5hzX8
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 993Please respect copyright.PENANAxnnoCCUkyE
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 993Please respect copyright.PENANAV9qnsnTKdZ
into heaven.993Please respect copyright.PENANADjLww9Wc8N
I stepped out of the 993Please respect copyright.PENANA7zXpA9Vn7S
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 993Please respect copyright.PENANALNI2EItGTE
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 993Please respect copyright.PENANAJdg2gchRYr
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAf9ZDZN5Aav
soft red carpet.993Please respect copyright.PENANAcxLGamZUre
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwxZiEj5pka
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."993Please respect copyright.PENANAcimYim45W8
I looked down the hall 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcWwUH1Hi3o
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAGTsUbLyC29
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 993Please respect copyright.PENANAKkoyovxRGE
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 993Please respect copyright.PENANAI38WtSapw0
coming.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1YixwF3FTB
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.993Please respect copyright.PENANA0ClLERDKrk
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.993Please respect copyright.PENANACPGsSrnl4s
"Ladies first," said Derrick.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1gjbaD4upo
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.993Please respect copyright.PENANA5hZvR85qlV
"This place is very 993Please respect copyright.PENANA0COGn74R30
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the993Please respect copyright.PENANAwPzCg89fKI
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 993Please respect copyright.PENANAUwuos53IKd
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the993Please respect copyright.PENANAHGF9DEsqq0
wall.993Please respect copyright.PENANAy4XPjmwccg
I looked to the other 993Please respect copyright.PENANAU71tU8sJAL
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 993Please respect copyright.PENANATbkKvHPxxT
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 993Please respect copyright.PENANAbxdsUi82JG
beautiful flower vases with orchids.993Please respect copyright.PENANAiWo44TOQSF
"I see you like 993Please respect copyright.PENANAMkMLkp8V31
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwE92YjRkeK
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.993Please respect copyright.PENANAWvmxbhLh9g
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAGndNAg6edw
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.993Please respect copyright.PENANAuWSkllfV1Q
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."993Please respect copyright.PENANATJLANc5YPu
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.993Please respect copyright.PENANAAuoOhovas3
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAqXBWHRzFlI
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.993Please respect copyright.PENANAo8jiOgtFvc
The butler bowed and 993Please respect copyright.PENANARMclRBxPJB
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 993Please respect copyright.PENANA0sYHs2aPH6
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAebS08eQoOx
ground.993Please respect copyright.PENANATw7dxWnxKN
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhyMgK6Zke4
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"993Please respect copyright.PENANA3KqMdVllBE
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.993Please respect copyright.PENANAHeC5qvfBjw
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.993Please respect copyright.PENANAlZZGAE6NZq
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAqUlQ4QcyzE
As we got to the dining 993Please respect copyright.PENANArtw7kWHg3V
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 993Please respect copyright.PENANAolnvqzGr4q
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and993Please respect copyright.PENANAHD8VYXME1e
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.993Please respect copyright.PENANAusio2WMhdC
The butler had served 993Please respect copyright.PENANASIct2Gfk31
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 993Please respect copyright.PENANAl4ZvbXlPZP
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 993Please respect copyright.PENANAwc9IUzsEpr
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 993Please respect copyright.PENANATT7JIgvL0C
next to the plates were spotless.993Please respect copyright.PENANAfzEMICtW5a
Dishes of food were 993Please respect copyright.PENANADXJHjiky3q
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 993Please respect copyright.PENANARqu4TIMBTl
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 993Please respect copyright.PENANA86ZMZWBvb2
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAEJ1UCys3Oz
lady.993Please respect copyright.PENANAlMMKLgytit
The butler helped to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAQYATSIdsCp
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made993Please respect copyright.PENANAfaUqz6aZl4
sure not to eat too much and take my time.993Please respect copyright.PENANA1f8m1jelLc
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.993Please respect copyright.PENANABu77kWQknk
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.993Please respect copyright.PENANAl8fG0mbJkG
"Now, about the issue at993Please respect copyright.PENANAjQWC3gxiNj
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAzCsuwrmkIH
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.993Please respect copyright.PENANAToQYPOMxcZ
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.993Please respect copyright.PENANAPvrC1ZU8EY
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."993Please respect copyright.PENANABc7tDMO0gc
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."993Please respect copyright.PENANAZn6r89ZEn9
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.993Please respect copyright.PENANAlOGoIpzBx6
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3FJ22iNKaP
The photo showed Zoey in993Please respect copyright.PENANAHXVB0LcXtl
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXhXfh1IIiP
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 993Please respect copyright.PENANAfqRgStz5Xa
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 993Please respect copyright.PENANAyBs5XVSd2S
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 993Please respect copyright.PENANAqNvKSJGuqK
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.993Please respect copyright.PENANAhtApwp5FC6
"I know this isn't 993Please respect copyright.PENANAB9RuSayzyd
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 993Please respect copyright.PENANA9ffctU1uT7
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAaGIIXoSpcB
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.993Please respect copyright.PENANA61opqNo8bX
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?993Please respect copyright.PENANASW9SckLyaC
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.993Please respect copyright.PENANAd9YIpkzhaW
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.993Please respect copyright.PENANAsGhDZuikzu
I looked at the photo 993Please respect copyright.PENANABMZcr64mJ1
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 993Please respect copyright.PENANAiyUVyOOttt
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your993Please respect copyright.PENANAJpdpNgncYB
brother?"993Please respect copyright.PENANALxjHkOvmiT
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.993Please respect copyright.PENANAtCttsAEtZ5
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.993Please respect copyright.PENANAwcAJW2hW22
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.993Please respect copyright.PENANAKmokmBXs96
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"993Please respect copyright.PENANALWtjoeSqsu
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."993Please respect copyright.PENANAmx1R7wMYjI
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAqBLE6eQlIL
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."993Please respect copyright.PENANAia3R1Y98Mi
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9ArJaJDDx
"I know my brother very 993Please respect copyright.PENANAYNgaYcyGB9
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 993Please respect copyright.PENANAmBDTHc4nYE
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."993Please respect copyright.PENANAe76QiRC9uJ
I then remembered the 993Please respect copyright.PENANAOpZmunizOn
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 993Please respect copyright.PENANAlodAEMpTSQ
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 993Please respect copyright.PENANAv0H9miXdDj
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?993Please respect copyright.PENANAPSm6ev8iAg
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAs4txoDjkja
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."993Please respect copyright.PENANALduavGTX7W
"But that's strange. If 993Please respect copyright.PENANAVohVhZfd5g
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 993Please respect copyright.PENANAZH1ENxBB4Z
don't see the reason why they would hide."993Please respect copyright.PENANAaZYPL6fijk
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."993Please respect copyright.PENANAGUGzZ9csqj
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAqhWuE2SGiR
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.993Please respect copyright.PENANAt4pL7lYu19
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."993Please respect copyright.PENANA5U9YVhCg9r
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAqcxFBoNwwK
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"993Please respect copyright.PENANADIy4uYflLX
"Wait! That was him?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAERfok4RweH
"Yes. I was there."993Please respect copyright.PENANAsOdSBuGcdL
"You were there too?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAPW7Afs4oh5
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."993Please respect copyright.PENANAbx53UVzspi
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms993Please respect copyright.PENANA80Eusu9JIq
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAdPfBDwnCEF
"She is."993Please respect copyright.PENANAtoj3Tw2Gun
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"993Please respect copyright.PENANArzeTQHenMm
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."993Please respect copyright.PENANADcsLLJP3QW
"And do you really think she would?"993Please respect copyright.PENANAhvIfqELggX
I thought about his 993Please respect copyright.PENANA7dJxVGdbNL
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth993Please respect copyright.PENANAi0gFGhb4cW
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what993Please respect copyright.PENANAniLYz7hKuW
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.993Please respect copyright.PENANA3Xoc9UrO2R
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.993Please respect copyright.PENANAbTyb95HCmH
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.993Please respect copyright.PENANALSaJkvdD4T
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."993Please respect copyright.PENANAG8IaHz5zpH
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.993Please respect copyright.PENANAIX4eBaQVaA
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.993Please respect copyright.PENANAjMaPCtfcFR
"Before I go, tell me 993Please respect copyright.PENANAXpTUUhDkp7
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 993Please respect copyright.PENANAcBxrFDxAnx
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."