
Hanging out at Times 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAqKwYVX6mQs
Square was super duper fun yesterday. The positive reactions we got from1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhuEQpLYF1V
the fans sent us trending all over Twitter within hours and soon, 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhKPe5HFSyD
everyone got to know that BTW meant BlackPink, The Toxins and WINNER.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA44JxYMbpvN
But that didn't matter. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlhgnzNFw9N
The three groups together with Lee and TOP had a ton of fun stuff to do 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9l6kIARpJH
at Times Square soon after we had lunch. We first went to watch a movie 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA3X8UERLC2G
on the largest screen in the world, which was amazing. Then we went and 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFODWOzd8KK
had fun at the "I Like Dalgi Children's Theme Park", meant for little 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvbQbhZ97WD
kids. But hey, who says grown ups can't have a little fun too? Don't 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgQYG4OzWO8
worry, we weren't actually playing on the swings or anything. We 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFjKiT01cUA
actually played around with the adorable kids.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsDBvjpsIiE
There were plenty of 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvBIlOevCaX
open outdoor spaces like the ecology park, a fountain and a rooftop 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAakFCQ6XUYr
garden that we visited. We even took group pictures and selfies with the1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlcfYDgMkRp
beautiful nature around us. And we managed to get pictures with a few 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAswrAX3Ap53
fans too.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJZUenhahg9
The time we were done 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJGTl16alDt
having fun at Times Square was in the evening and it was completely 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA5mONsGD2ZT
unbelievable when we stepped out into the parking lot and found three 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXTG5lV5YLQ
black SUV cars, for each of the three groups waiting to pick us up. What1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1I54VHLoHp
made the scene even more dramatic yet terrifying, was that our two 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAm0M4q1BYLb
managers were there, waiting for us. They had received the message 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHVGxJRKjik
through social media alright and they didn't look too happy that we had 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdBhMmtp0hY
all met and decided to hang out. It was surprising to them that we had 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfDd56N2v0R
all met "by coincidence." The rest of us never said a word about how 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQzRVqQH1ZC
everything came to be. Especially with WINNER visiting The Toxins the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANASBUoQh9qFe
previous day, of course.1063Please respect copyright.PENANALe7Cu2rFNo
As much as the managers 1063Please respect copyright.PENANATFrz2TBrdV
kept their cool and didn't say a word afterwards meant they weren't 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAVp8y5dOlX4
really mad at all and we managed to drive away from Times Square without1063Please respect copyright.PENANAVPjnPIEY4v
any complaints. I knew my plan would work but I also knew we were in 1063Please respect copyright.PENANApljfG9djWA
for a serious talk from our two managers after they take this all in.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkLvl9GEAA0
Right now, this very 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAluc3biHtMR
morning, I was bending over, tying my shoelaces and wondering what they 1063Please respect copyright.PENANApNGKH8FN2D
could possibly want to talk to the three groups about as we meet with 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkHTVQlG6ay
them. Collins told us a few minutes ago during breakfast that he and 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHj7L9AWE7C
Yang Hyun-suk want the three groups to go to YG and talk. I hope it 1063Please respect copyright.PENANABuSx3chnOR
isn't that serious because yesterday, they didn't seem so mad at all. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHUQn1xqt9f
But why was I so worried? I couldn't figure out what was bothering me 1063Please respect copyright.PENANADf5kvPvlkO
and I just couldn't take it.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAT90cQLmN5w
I stood up straight after tying my shoelaces and I noticed Zoey approach me as she came out of the bathroom.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6EoirlOc2a
"Do you think they are mad?" Zoey asked as she stood a few feet away from me.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxO21g085AV
"You're worried, aren't you?" I asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA2EwIuW0ijZ
"Aren't you?" Zoey folded her arms.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZBzktymB3K
I sighed. If Zoey could be as worried as I was, the rest of The Toxins were too.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZEkv3SkOfW
"I am," I said. "It's pretty troublesome that they would want us all to meet at YG."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMPk2Z25ebt
"I thought you said your plan would work."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFFO99QSTkm
"In some way, it did, because they would have been so furious at us, but they weren't."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAqS3agephwG
"Do you think they would want to talk about this BTW thing?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAOppn7E0Wtx
I felt like slapping my 1063Please respect copyright.PENANApVjnfAPzMI
forehead because I realised I was such a complete idiot. Of course. BTW.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7W324A3F0N
Now that Zoey mentioned it, it all made sense. The managers would 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA80004q4er4
probably want to talk about BTW because as far as the three groups 1063Please respect copyright.PENANABX6zgvi1WZ
meeting "by coincidence" was concerned, they had completely brushed it 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwzPlcfxuNG
off.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAuhuH5mCnp9
"Ya, you're right," I said. "They obviously want to talk about that."1063Please respect copyright.PENANATjVwfkZ2kW
"Do you think they would want to make it a real thing?" Zoey was getting anxious.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwJGwF9uft3
"I would hold that thought for a while if I were you and see what the managers have to say."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAqjjJu1jAef
Zoey raised an eyebrow at me. "You're worried that they wouldn't agree, aren't you?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAm6uIrS9eW0
I shrugged. She read my 1063Please respect copyright.PENANARxfqrLlteB
mind really well. "I can't lie. I thought about it yesterday and now 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAP6wCqZ3xiS
that you bought up the BTW thing, I realise it's what's been bothering 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPRLmDUkmmS
me the whole time."1063Please respect copyright.PENANALw3iviqGbQ
I sat down on my bed as 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAh0uBZCRpJK
my mind kept spinning around the issue. I shouldn't have told Zoey how I1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6BCJzUngQ8
felt about all this but I had to let it out somehow.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWdwEvwBDr9
"You know, you should have given us a heads up about it, Sam," said Zoey as she also sat on her bed facing me.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlr69A9lrLr
"Gosh, you really should1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQgjr5jZW3n
have seen the looks on all of your faces when we were having fun 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeacaPhVW6N
yesterday. I just couldn't burst your bubble and tell you whats likely 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJFfK0O5w4i
to happen to BTW. We all weren't going to enjoy ourselves when it really1063Please respect copyright.PENANAIaS2InyzIN
mattered so I kept quiet. I for one even forgot about it too."1063Please respect copyright.PENANACwJ8gBoPEG
"Ya, you're right not to have brought it up or I would've killed you."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMED6WPZo91
"Like you almost did to Mike?" I smirked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAX3mAmZxijG
"Mike is annoying 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgVQHrX0sMi
sometimes," said Zoey as she expressed her irritation with her hands as 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6J9MPOyhfO
though they were bear claws. "You could scratch his eyes out."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHuINl5gQzY
"You've been planning to do that ever since we became best friends and he knew the essence of being annoying around you."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfhcCSp4wF8
"You're right. I should burn him instead."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQMFIbd88cv
I laughed. "The drama between you two never gets old."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAqT4oM7ivda
"And what about the drama between you and Seunghoon?" Zoey's eyebrows were raised and she had a crooked smile on her face.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAL6VPNdZuIn
"Don't even go there," I warned as I pointed a finger at her.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUPYfINRpx6
"Sorry, but just so you 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAO6okDLKk8
know, all the guys on social media were kind of jealous when he posted 1063Please respect copyright.PENANACYAxoFyy4Q
that pic of you and him together."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAr6ojPXwlrE
"Pff! That's not true." I rolled my eyes.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHsW38KTTtQ
"Well, you can ask Seungri and TOP who made a comment on Instagram last night."1063Please respect copyright.PENANACakkHKSYA2
I blushed and at the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAODxLcCBXaS
same time felt so confused. Zoey had a silly smile on her face and I 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0WcsAADhFD
couldn't tell whether she did that to intimidate me or there was some 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAA9eyTQvTBj
other hidden agenda.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAc2Ku85gAft
"You weren't on Instagram last night, were you?" she asked this time with a surprised look on her face.1063Please respect copyright.PENANARmW4NM45br
"I was," I said as I stared at the ceiling to avoid her eyes."But only for a little while."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAE544svm2YW
"Or you weren't really there at all. If you did, you wouldn't have that look on your face."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAflBswSgkCa
I sighed in surrender. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAKaLNiaar8C
"Fine. You caught me. I logged out of Instagram because I wanted to. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPqu6ocV17u
Besides, I knew all the notifications I was bound to receive were going 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAnJlVO2CVin
to be endless, so I did what I had to do."1063Please respect copyright.PENANABDxyIBlpBC
Zoey shook her head. "You really surprise me how much you aren't really a fan of social media when most of our peers are."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXLYOnicjZj
"You know me already, Zoey. I like social media when it's necessary."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAtnTn8vAXY5
"And hate it when you hit the headlines. Ya, I know you very well."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA8qgQUL8iI1
"Okay, enough. What happened on Instagram last night?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWF7uj4G35Y
Zoey had an excited look1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPIZT7RlfKb
on her face that for a moment, I was surprised that she was ever even 1063Please respect copyright.PENANACOLA6Votjc
worried about us meeting with the managers at YG. Something hot was 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAcJfcy5h7IH
cooking about Seunghoon and I being called a couple. And it could 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA5CTLvfKJZp
clearly show all over her face.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPmhJsbAccb
"There was a debate last night whether you made a compatible girlfriend for Seungyoon," said Zoey as she excitedly bit her lip.1063Please respect copyright.PENANACz4BUeZdCR
I shook my head. "And?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsQt5Aq9TI8
Zoey folded her arms, 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJV1lUbLZHL
still smiling. "Some people thought you and Seunghoon made a lovely 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAtkstlyhFFi
couple, but others, mostly guys, didn't."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7AjmpF1UA2
"Hold that thought. This1063Please respect copyright.PENANADTb4MboCb5
wouldn't have come up unless someone said something about the two of us1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz5HgrRexjq
after Seunghoon posted that picture."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAasDSFSIb7W
"Don't look at me." Zoey looked the other way. "I didn't say anything."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAqL0bwIJOCx
I snapped my fingers. "Seunghoon."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAzRSMRjD3e3
"Bingo!" Zoey clapped her hands.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAYwAB0www1t
"Gosh, what's wrong with him?" I rubbed my forehead feeling like I might just develop a headache.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwDnJFUAXxT
"He's a fan. Is that so wrong?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANALjCfmqIUZ6
"Well, he hid in our closet."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAm1tdpxZumD
"That was just the closet. Even I would do that for my bias."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA40Y65FwwAG
"Wow!" I leaned back in surprise. "Did you just say bias?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANARIgfhQOfCc
"Ya, why?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwY6r7Zrfnc
"Looks like we just 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhkHgW9dvdo
developed the k-pop culture where we refer to our favourite celebrity, 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhllnUaDaFi
whom we consider perfect as our bias."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfO2YkM4vLN
Zoey thought for a moment over what I said as she looked at the floor and then back at me. "Mmmm, I guess you're right."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeOblTNU8lr
"But anyway, Seunghoon hiding in my closet wasn't the only thing that he has done."1063Please respect copyright.PENANArXVapDesjl
"What do you mean? You 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZuL6mtN3D
got to meet Seunghoon for the first time when he jumped out of our 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA85gft6MRPZ
closet. What else could he possibly have done before that?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAT76cWtHsAu
"We had a few encounters before though I never knew it was him."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAEYgxpCz0WL
Zoey's eyes bulged out in surprise. "He was stalking you?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANArdNSIxqrc1
"Not really. But I can say he was. Just a little. If he was a full time stalker, he would've been doing so everyday."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhejd2N7KmV
"When did that happen and when were you ever going to tell me?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAaxJaA5OCRM
"I wanted to but I kept 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAK40zT55RsG
it to myself. And when other issues started to arise, especially with 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXfVuCVv1We
Jehan, I even forgot that I even had a stalker."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9Abl7ywiTh
"Jehan. Don't remind me," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgomvg2Prfs
"Ya, I shouldn't. But now you know. And for the record, don't tell anybody."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAek3DNsrx8l
"My lips on this one are sealed. I won't tell anyone, not even G-Dragon."1063Please respect copyright.PENANARTvWIMamfA
I looked at Zoey with a questioning look. "Why would you mention him in all of this?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0fSrZba7i2
Zoey quickly got up from the bed. "Pretend I never said that."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHM25cldjKv
I quickly stood up and 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAERBkgDHiL6
Zoey made a beeline for the door. I followed her and just before she 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAy9PtMua8he
could hold the door knob, I reached her, held her by the hair and pulled1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWXEl4CnrII
her back.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAEbYlLYcfUk
"Ow, ow, ow!" Zoey yelled as she held the back of her head from where I pulled at her hair.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6gh7L30hch
"Zoey, you're going to 1063Please respect copyright.PENANARsNuFCwE0O
tell me right now what you mean," I said, pulling her hair even more. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAG863ww7gjr
"Or else, I'll pull your hair out and you will not think of dying your 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAq9PJsmFpFK
own hair pink in the next ten years."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAK0pDotD1Xf
"Ouch! Sam! You're hurting me!" Zoey complained. "I was just joking around."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAzNc1D40Js0
"You're lying."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4Xkvmgmx6h
"I'm telling the truth!"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAnuiM7Prjwd
"Come on, Zoey. You personally had a talk with G-Dragon, didn't you?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAbGUmJypHcC
I felt Zoey pause as she stopped struggling to get away. "How did you know?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHWjIx0W3IZ
"I know because I know. So, what did you two talk about?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAS8eL4R6P1J
"I can't tell you that."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeScQylGfAM
"Why?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsGetX3Fj9p
"Because it's 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAM1xn4UbL7N
confidential. Owwwuch!" I made sure I tightened my fist even more under 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAue2QyAanRn
her hair pulling at her roots. "That really hurts!"1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9Z0cfpDf5u
The door in front of us suddenly flew open. Lee came in the room and paused upon seeing the scene in front of her.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWtaeziuqSe
"Is it me or is Sam trying to braid your hair?" Lee asked Zoey with an unbelievable look on her face.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1IdcZuh5Nw
"Yes, I was," I said as I let go of Zoey's hair and Zoey blew out a sigh of relief. "Turns out, I'm not that good at it at all."1063Please respect copyright.PENANACYIapOmalW
"No, you aren't," said Zoey as she massaged her scalp from where I had pulled her hair and she looked at me with a frown.1063Please respect copyright.PENANApGXNHpMPJy
"You can tell me about your drama later," said Lee. "The car's here and we have to go."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAOgqZsLtthx
Zoey whined as though she was about to cry. "Do we really have to go now?" she asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkrGry5dfDN
"I know it feels like you're going for a trial, but you don't have a choice."1063Please respect copyright.PENANARHJ3ZYiyaH
"Lee's right," I said. "We do have to hear our managers out. Though we all know it won't be pretty."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAesIhGvjtjT
"Fine," said Zoey. "Before we get there, I better prepare for the worst."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAant9lk7gPQ
"Think positive," said Lee. "You can never know what might happen."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPsRaxz8xZq
"No, Sam's already spoiled my mood with her own premonitions."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAyAItfWAw4
"And she did the right thing," said Lee with a smile.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFszgzP7EXz
I playfully rolled my 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1wUMQ5KrIJ
eyes and didn't say a word as I walked out of the room with Zoey and Lee1063Please respect copyright.PENANArftOZDNdPx
following suit. I found the other Toxins waiting by the elevator. They 1063Please respect copyright.PENANALvtBmtiWod
also looked worried.1063Please respect copyright.PENANApKaMxyTGI1
"You all look like you're going to a funeral," said Zoey.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA5KHERwwBgm
"And you were sounding like your hair's caught fire a minute ago," said Mike, folding his arms and looking at Zoey.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgx26sp4Zt0
"I fell on the floor." Zoey looked at Mike with wide eyes.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0uy2WX6Zp
"Never mind. Just like you guys, we are also worried," I said.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAm2UmcAaSbU
"Where is Collins?" Daniel asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAghum6akYOL
"He left soon after breakfast," Lee answered.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdJkWBEXGsU
The five of us turned to look at Lee. "What?" we said at the same time.1063Please respect copyright.PENANATKYEmkBa9E
"He left early," said Lee, shrugging her shoulders1063Please respect copyright.PENANACiKIFOZflR
"Why? Is he really that mad at us that he wants to go ahead to prepare a death trap?" Zoey asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAywzvlGbf3N
"Death trap? Seriously, Zoey?" Christine asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAiV0m0m8Eee
Zoey shrugged. "Couldn't think of any other way to say it."1063Please respect copyright.PENANApg3GSY4zss
"Okay, first of all," 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUYKYaCHz2Y
said Lee grabbing our attention. "There is no death trap. Secondly, 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAf2PJ9wfpYv
after we came back from Times Square, I personally talked to Collins and1063Please respect copyright.PENANAjT7t4c8SAJ
he wasn't mad at you."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfiLuTYTpdm
"Then do you know why he wants BlackPink, WINNER and us to meet?" Mike asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0YeoDGGvqa
"That, he couldn't say."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAmlYg3oitCm
"I thought you were his assistant," said Daniel.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAzNQDyJOBfy
"You know, Collins doesn't tell me everything. He treats me like I'm part of you guys too."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAk2WKsOReZc
"Welcome to the monkey side," said Zoey as she rolled her eyes and scratched her head.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeMVh0aFblW
"Ya, I now know how that feels. But right now we better go."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAl135CsllZf
Christine pressed the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANALUpis8kazV
button to the elevator and when we all got in, we headed downstairs and 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAn1UODtq3Vu
went in the black SUV waiting for us. There were a few fans who stood 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA96bWFAdevo
outside the hotel premises and for a moment, it felt a little awkward 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPsGxArxtQb
that they were here in the nearly hours of the morning. I know it's 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1y1T7uByX3
normal for every fan to do so but today I couldn't help but feel that 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAlPbHHVHgI
something was a bit odd about it. Then I remembered BTW.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA2DkIlhs9c9
We got to YG right on 1063Please respect copyright.PENANACiC8iTmFwz
time and immediately we stepped into the lobby, we found all four 1063Please respect copyright.PENANApRL1QvebKT
members of WINNER heading for the elevator. Looked like they had also 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAzc59SiqCpc
arrived a few seconds earlier.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAiK4XtMrt46
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted loudly so that she could grab their attention.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAjJaUQffefb
"Zoey!" Mino turned around and had a huge smile on his face. "Hey, guys."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6erOHar0ST
"Hi," the four of us responded and not in a way people would like to hear.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA2thFhmKNoJ
"You all look down," said Seungyoon. "What's wrong?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAu4uvrlTaCi
"It's nothing really," I said. "We just don't like how this meeting is going to turn out."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGvNQhodlQB
The four members of WINNER all muttered at the same time.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAt0btoEKGzi
"Guess we're not the only ones feeling that way," said Jinwoo.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAPrdMq0bEC
"Are BlackPink already here?" Mike asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA86hdJiEISo
"The receptionist says they are waiting in the conference room," said Seunghoon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkW7fv5hGP4
"Okay," said Daniel as he rubbed his hands together. "Let's go meet our fate."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA39ZwSBzWq5
"If this comes out as a death trap, I'm going to say I told you so," said Zoey.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAL1XdAr8SW9
"There will be no such 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGuxV2jGjjg
thing," said Christine. "You're just exaggerating what might come up 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeGQZ95YzjU
that we won't like at all so you refer to it as a death trap."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhuolP8Tedo
"And you're making it 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfSAFE7y8x2
sound ten times worse than it already is, Zoey," said Seungyoon, as he 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMCtI5ruA0k
pouted his lip and scratched his head.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxN8knZ3XFl
"Wonder where that came from," said Mino.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAA85PDKnV5l
"Trust me, you don't 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkniF5xoDk0
want to know," said Lee as she pulled out her phone from her purse. "You1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvyovaYDStI
guys go ahead and I'll give your managers a call that you're here."1063Please respect copyright.PENANArylFnbOvaU
"You aren't coming with us?" I asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAG8uQPYK8Px
"I might have joined the 'monkey's club' but I'm not going to be there when they drop a bombshell."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHgk8A4QAiC
"See, death trap!" Zoey emphasised.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAYoPGAI43CO
"Zoey!" everyone muttered loudly that Zoey quickly covered her mouth and looked away.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAtA86VqXcUD
"Look, whether they are 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJbsvNUkj8k
going to say what we might not like, a death trap as Zoey likes to put 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9poeqABv9a
it. Or not, you'll be fine," said Lee. "We all have gone through this 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHa5J8D8IAH
where you never like the decisions the managers have to make."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFk2ZPKNE7u
"Please, don't remind us," said Mike as he rubbed his forehead.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxoYohzVB6u
"Either way," Lee continued, "you better go. You don't want to be late."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA3rX2HrEQ98
"Won't you wish us luck?" I asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeQUx5Vgw58
"You don't need it when you already know what's going to happen."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXG5dojsKqO
I gave Lee a sad smile 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAEpBrmEB2gt
and turned towards the elevator. I started to feel the way I always felt1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1EGj3nlhZb
whenever you had to hear a decision that might just cost something in 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhqE8pnLhJc
your life. Like suicide.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAI269MbeFzJ
We started our way 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdaS53uFikC
towards the elevator when all of the sudden, I stopped when I realised 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAYxHXij8sta
that I didn't have my phone with me. I checked the pockets of my jumper 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz18MKjlFFx
and my jean trousers. Nothing.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAzbgGNZysFd
"Gosh, I think I left my phone in the car," I said. "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvYRxfbYrir
I quickly ran out of the1063Please respect copyright.PENANA90hjtZKQRL
lobby as the others made their way into the elevator with Lee. When I 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0ITS0PjuVW
got to the parking lot, I made my way towards the SUV we had driven in 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWg2FFYEEQe
and luckily, I met the driver who was almost about to leave the car. I 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAV02CvbaZ9m
told him about my phone and he unlocked the doors for me so that I could1063Please respect copyright.PENANAINAHtu1fWT
check for it inside.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsYvUmPmQIp
When I got to the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMGMsSJRBC2
passenger's seat, I saw the phone in between the seats I sat on with 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAqG7m5n0YAJ
Zoey on our way here. I got in the car and sat in just to get it. When I1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAhgzbxKhEP
did, I checked to see if I had any missed calls or messages. There were1063Please respect copyright.PENANATiqjtsfqVs
two missed calls and a message. I opened my inbox to read the message 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGLEyKq53wS
and it was one short sentence with only four words. I looked at the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZKBO3eAEek
message again not believing what I read. There was only one logical 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAC1Zt8dV9ZT
explanation to this and I was going to find out why.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7H18OnHnB9
Just as I was about to get out, I jumped in fright when I saw who was standing right outside the car. Seunghoon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAj27bNBTMWZ
"Seriously, I can sue 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9AjBDRkRcU
you for stalking me," I said as I held my chest. My heart was beating so1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9IilUaz5zU
fast. I never even heard him coming.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQrVWGOR5Tr
"Just came to check on you," he said with a smile.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgzaiqDqrmm
"You're not my bodyguard1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz0l87DpOk0
that you've to follow me around," I said as I came out of the car and 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsTEshsoVv1
banged the door shut. "How did you get here? I never heard you coming."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0TwTWYPavM
"Maybe I have kitty attributes like you." Seunghoon raised his eyebrows up and down and leaned towards me.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgfLsP4D2mQ
I blushed. "You know about that?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUcfRcFn2VF
"Everyone knows you have1063Please respect copyright.PENANAjuZNct0hYs
cat feet, Sam. No one ever hears you coming unless you want them to. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXtJVKpVTGU
Zoey once mentioned that in an interview, I remember."1063Please respect copyright.PENANANy1DYfRvrK
"Never mind. I just came to get my phone and you didn't have to follow me."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAx1hNbMwNP9
"Looks like I did the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4G0ukJcLx1
right thing because you look like you're about to punch something right 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAm3YbsQssya
now and I'll be the one to control your anger."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGt3BB2u6Sq
"If I wanted to, can you be my punching bag?" I folded my arms.1063Please respect copyright.PENANATuvkiwNJAV
"You wouldn't even if you wanted to." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.1063Please respect copyright.PENANASI8BkDZxPi
"You're right. I don't want to be sued by YG for breaking your face."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAll1k85TqCV
"And because you're a 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMQU2vS3kU1
lady and you don't have to punch anyone unless it's necessary. You might1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxk0j0XDbE0
have punched that school mate of yours but that was years ago. So, 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4ga8jSdhjI
what's up? It looked like you just received a bad message."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAVOIleZAlF0
"It isn't a bad message. Just something that needs a little sorting out. Come on, you'll see."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMYI75zve1S
I quickly started my way back to the YG building and Seunghoon was up to pace with me with his long legs.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9dsMMDdBaT
"Can you at least tell 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeGW6YaT7ni
me what's going on?" Seunghoon asked when we finally got in the elevator1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWB1uIJKyXE
and he pressed the button leading to the floor to the conference room.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAb0c4OggYeO
"Nope, if I tell you it won't have that wonderful dramatic effect," I answered.1063Please respect copyright.PENANACXbwmkNntB
"What dramatic effect?" 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAYtdK3xaxFA
Seunghoon looked me in the eye with a curious look on his face as he 1063Please respect copyright.PENANApnxEDD109O
came closer. I took a warning step back.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPl0bOtfBIK
"If you hadn't followed 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA8CLS75AGhQ
me to the parking lot, you would know what I mean and you would be 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAKYsUxTlaTA
trying to recover from the little surprise you'll find in the conference1063Please respect copyright.PENANAk81zWwzfzo
room."1063Please respect copyright.PENANANn5TZ2goWk
"What surprise?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6BYh6tS3VO
The elevator stopped and1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4WXOOBHSBq
the doors flew open. Just as Seunghoon and I turned to look down the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANANLlRgVdjWo
hall, there was Zoey coming out hurriedly through the door of one of the1063Please respect copyright.PENANA8ivL1BcXQz
rooms, into the hall and running towards the elevator upon seeing us. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfk4WhiV3gw
Seunghoon and I stepped out.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0qhNCPB6tj
"Zoey, what's wrong?" Seunghoon asked when she reached us and she had a horrified look on her face.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZtQUxFQiRd
"You will not believe what's going on," said Zoey.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAKmQoiOX6U2
"I already have a guess," I said.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAIWIe39BwIu
"You know?" Zoey grew shocked as she looked at me.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQskv9bHfaz
"Yep. And we are going to sort this out right now."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwVCBlT94TS
I made my way towards the conference room. Seunghoon and Zoey follow.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6IWyOJsW4c
"What's going on? Can someone please tell me?" Seunghoon asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANANQczYDx1dN
"You're about to find out," said Zoey.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9NZSOgzUiB
When we reached the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAuQo4PmgzCG
conference room, I took hold of the door knob, turned it and opened the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANACt4Av2URMe
door. The conference room was quiet and there was a weird aura that I 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHmgV3rLiVg
felt immediately I stepped in. I didn't have to ask why.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAA7zHsdQOgU
In the conference room 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPy4qYluAgL
was a huge round mahogany table. It's polished surface shining bright 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxSQQKFt66z
under the tiny light bulbs embedded in the roof. There were black office1063Please respect copyright.PENANAbVk2FQkyMT
chairs around the table. The other Toxins, BlackPink and WINNER were 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7cJADMnn8S
all seated at one half end of the rounded table. When they saw me enter 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAG7AhXLLQ6v
the room, the look on their faces was so worrying that I grew horrified 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAKrkB8vZ2ku
though I did my best not to show it.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAaHwDKS0DoG
"Sam," said Mike and I stopped him short before he could say anything else with my hand raised.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAtzlJsY1jwE
I looked to the opposite1063Please respect copyright.PENANApzLgaIEsg8
half end of the table from where the others sat and I noticed that one 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGMp2iEMgcW
of the chairs faced the other way. Someone was sitting there and had 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAYvX8hS9eAv
turned their backs to us facing the wall.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsEMdRiq9Ed
"You don't have to act all high and mighty, you know?" I said to the person facing the wall. "I know it's you, GD."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWAB8QIP1QI
G-Dragon quickly turned 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAy8DcdPWNe7
around on the chair and he had that smile on his face that was somewhat 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAl2qhOpICAG
annoying and yet so cute that my heart almost melted.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlUveZ87ZnB
"Hi, Sam," said G-Dragon as he leaned his elbows on the table and his hands under his chin. "How did you know it was me?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFY3q869b7w
"The message you sent me wasn't too hard to figure out that you would be here," I answered as I held up my phone.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1P4LeDvet3
"Huh?" Seunghoon looked surprised at seeing G-Dragon and also confused at what I said. "What did it say?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAc74y4ZBcbd
"Just a simple, 'hi, are you coming?' was all," I said as I looked at Seunghoon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXhIU2UMxjg
"Wait," said Lisa who 1063Please respect copyright.PENANATgOw4iUnX2
sat with the others at the other end, looking at me also with a confused1063Please respect copyright.PENANArxpy2i6DGW
look on her face. "You knew just like that? Through his message?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAmLBWikaBB3
"It felt simple and 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfB9fvsBBe8
straightforward. For all we know, only BTW were supposed to be here to 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsINfW0HH9A
meet with our managers. And I for one didn't make any breakfast date 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAuvB1ugyzhL
with G-Dragon today."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsL9DdF0jqx
"Smart," said G-Dragon as he winked at me."Looks like you're really referring to your little group as BTW then."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlSrd8sDoZr
"I don't have a choice." I raised my eyebrow at him. "With you around, I just have to rub it in your face." 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFuSS5I1IjC
"We will see about that. Because we're going to have a serious talk about BTW."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMrSH6GMQx8
"I had a feeling you would be on the managers' side the second we came here," said Mino.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAa6584pRPDS
"Ya, I know I'm a 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAULrH2Yyjjt
threat," said G-Dragon as he grinned. "I did say all this was going to 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA5K9ZRQUVvo
have consequences if you guys keep on meeting each other."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvow3SB3GX1
"If you mean us getting 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz1juVj7MTW
into trouble with our managers, you're sadly mistaken," said Jessie. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANARSWR73XoRu
"They weren't even mad at all because all they know is that we all met 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAzgdYxlgzGY
by coincidence."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA49988n37Kd
"You're right." G-Dragon stood up from his seat. "They aren't mad, just yet."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAd987uoa4cQ
I didn't like his last sentence and something told me he had something up his sleeve.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAD2pMbNcT76
"We wouldn't be having this meeting if it wasn't for you, am I right?" I asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdrfTj30uKC
The rest of the BTW crew1063Please respect copyright.PENANAuMwzrlIlic
grew confused and started muttering. And I could tell their eyes were 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHrioV79sdA
flying from G-Dragon to me, wondering who would say something next.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZlluiT7ARb
"You know me so well," said G-Dragon as he stood up and came around the table to get to me.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAezsr5bVTMS
"I just know how the human mindset works," I said. "I don't really know you at all."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA16bxs3Dq6C
"Hold up," said Zoey who1063Please respect copyright.PENANA3bEkfqeEh1
stood beside me as she looked at G-Dragon. "So, you're saying, you 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGyww2BRZut
called for this meeting to get us in trouble?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfnP9yvvc1M
"That's a simple way of putting it," said G-Dragon as he smiled at Zoey.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAKE1HiwobEQ
"Told you we'll 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAOWoyPpam9K
experience a death trap," Zoey muttered loud enough for everyone to hear1063Please respect copyright.PENANAYJI0A1ZdxQ
as she went to stand beside the others at the other end of the table.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAioX9PJKQmJ
"But is he going to do 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAcinhXuUISA
that?" Rosé asked. "He will need a lot of evidence to show that we all 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZeyvHajDx4
didn't really meet by coincidence."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz5FqUV2qG0
There was silence in the1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGGGm4yytey
room until Daniel and Mike murmured "oh no" at the same time. I knew 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz7EkuPdf89
that just like me, they had already figured out what G-Dragon was 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdBOy45WI6q
planning to do.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWjuOxn9wYg
"He doesn't need any evidence to trap us," said Mike.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAnmugpKxCLw
"What do you mean?" Jisoo who sat beside him asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgMTLessbNU
"The managers would believe him if talks about what happened the day before yesterday at the hotel," said Daniel.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUcSRpJ2dQo
"The time WINNER came to see us," said Christine as the realisation settled in.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJD5EerojHq
"And they would take his word because he has Daesung and Seungri to back him up," I said.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHlwvJLvwkj
"And also because he's 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAEP8StNeMi2
our senior," said Zoey as she folded her arms. "That's how he even 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhgRtK15Rir
managed to set this meeting up in the first place."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAbBkfglJuyb
"Well, you Toxins did your homework," said G-Dragon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAF0XWcEh5jE
"Why do I feel like I'm in court?" Seungyoon asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAI3WK3mbMMb
"It's because we are and we have to take defence," I said.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAtripIkBpiC
"Can't we just settle this matter somehow?" Jinwoo asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGKcBlaLF27
"Why do I feel I just entered an episode of Suits?" Mike asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANACuOVRgkT2V
I turned to look at Mike and I wasn't the only who did. Mike shrugged his shoulders.1063Please respect copyright.PENANABU0om3DupN
"What? I watch Suits from time to time."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGzpDusJNnV
"What will it take so that you won't tell our managers?" Seunghoon asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA3fuLtjQ8Xn
G-Dragon smiled. He had 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA3Toe4U7PQO
us right where he wanted. I was so not liking this right now. When I 1063Please respect copyright.PENANABfBEiIMjZs
thought we would be dealing with our managers, we actually were meant to1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvc36XrGt2H
deal with G-Dragon instead.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAB9PPG4qYP2
"I'm glad you brought that up because I was thinking of the same thing," said G-Dragon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA49Br4BQZ08
"What do you want?" I asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA8x6NmVVE90
G-Dragon looked at me as1063Please respect copyright.PENANARHUNYVaYXi
he bit his lip. I looked straight at him in the eye wondering why he 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAbBqt9gxZ2g
was doing all of this. I had a hunch, but I had to be sure of it before I1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfKdtxc2uu7
came to any conclusions.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA8BNMyBmamF
"To make things clear 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAsesVGVxetO
with all of you," said G-Dragon. "I might have brought up this idea of a1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdXjc2QG0XT
meeting in the first place concerning BTW, but the managers had been 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlKdpk6bBx6
thinking about doing the same thing."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZzSMSYAlVY
"That still doesn't change the fact that all this was your idea," said Seungyoon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAVtfhuoLIbl
"You're right. And just to give you a heads up, the managers aren't going to let BTW be a group."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZlhc4CWByJ
"We already know that," said Zoey. "We all had a feeling that it would come to this."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAN9dGztDzwq
"And we will not allow it," said Rosé.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAtrShfonqDf
"Most of us are up for this idea and some of the fans too," said Mino.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAzdbuRvRWuo
"That's the problem," said G-Dragon. "You guys aren't going to let it slide and this why I came here with a deal."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAClF13p1R2S
"You want us to agree or else you tell our managers everything," I said.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA8RPIxnfzEI
"All's fair in love and 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAiFHSuMSS66
war." G-Dragon gave a huge smile. "You guys are stubborn and they might 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhdGm9bnv21
just agree to your whims. So just accept what they bring up and we can 1063Please respect copyright.PENANApb4FTXt4pb
go and pretend we never even had this meeting."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAcHUBP1dsrb
"Come on," Christine 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlmDBk19GIb
complained. "As if BTW is even going to be an ongoing thing. The Toxins 1063Please respect copyright.PENANANataHtlZFu
won't be here for long and you know it."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7yJ7Y6iv9M
"Christine's right," said Lisa. "I don't think it's wrong if we make BTW temporarily."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkwN7fpL8YI
"BTW is nothing but a 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeC0euuY4wK
collaborative group on my part," I said. "It's almost in the same way 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAS6d2WPZqxn
artists collaborate. Like the way The Toxins and BigBang did."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeBkTYV8Kmh
"I firmly agree with Sam," said Jisoo.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAFy1wrRWsU
"We all do," said Seunghoon. "Just imagine what BTW can do."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAe0wALeljlc
"Who knows, we might just have our own show!" Zoey said excitedly.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAST0KTahLpf
"Which won't last long by the way," pointed out Mike.1063Please respect copyright.PENANATByxe6J63B
"And it's going to attract a lot of media attention like it did yesterday," said Jinwoo.1063Please respect copyright.PENANALfpEwxmJt0
"We might just make BTW involved in market promotions too," said Mino.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0excvaxv6s
"That's being business minded and I like it," said Jennie.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvmfixKXzrr
"See, there's a lots of things BTW can do though it might only be for a short while," I said as I smirked looking at G-Dragon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGWcvApFwwE
"Well, you guys can dream all you want but it isn't going to happen," said G-Dragon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAbYPwMiwJjB
Upon saying that, the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA48ov7Rfk7O
door to the conference room flew open. I turned to the door and coming 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkz9PbqhTCl
in were the two managers and Lee. For a moment I grew silent with 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvTLdUtcDQt
everyone else in the room due to their sudden presence. Those who were 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZrLoo3vis
seated stood up.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWN3RIZFKC3
I gulped. I hope the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAuhi3U0JUXz
managers hadn't heard the entire conversation. Especially the part where1063Please respect copyright.PENANAjJCVOm7mOU
G-Dragon was to get us in trouble by telling them the truth.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAka7adPK0Hy
The two managers had 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ8LMBMuIi
their eyes on me at first and I felt they had finally figured what was 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFi7eoiMxRs
going on. I wanted to break into a sweat when they looked at me. But I 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUvDoYW2Xha
kept myself calm telling myself that I maybe over thinking and nothing 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGThqZloHw2
is wrong.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlgsRvevHAO
"Good that you're all 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAyvdawvBv8q
here," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We have a few things to discuss. Zoey, 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwkXIb60XhQ
Seunghoon, Sam, Jiyong, take your seats, please. And everyone else too."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQ68oBEdxbq
I have always hated it 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxUdkWVJSg5
when managers have that serious tone in their voice that shook every 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA65xk23A49M
cell in your body. I quickly took the chair in front of me and G-Dragon 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAjS4e4TpGli
sat to my left and Seunghoon to my right. For some reason, I felt really1063Please respect copyright.PENANAX8FAWlNTbW
uncomfortable sitting in between them. The others sat back down on 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAiaezVhLUFY
their seats.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAEPZnnYM7Ia
The two managers and Lee1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZmvTYCHNsm
stood at the other end of the table and we all had our eyes on them. I 1063Please respect copyright.PENANABzlskvV5S3
started to silently tap my fingers on the polished wooden table as I bit1063Please respect copyright.PENANAOoOO8aUKHD
my lower lip. I turned to look at the others and even though some were 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwydNzXouzK
trying to put up a straight face, I could tell they were as nervous as I1063Please respect copyright.PENANAEPGkYhH9gj
was.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUGI3ov7LDB
"Everyone in here looks really tense," said Collins. "As though you weren't the ones laughing about yesterday at Time Square."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXyUu6tp0dj
"Well, we all know why we are," I said as I looked at Collins. "And we know it's something serious."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz3iH8cnrfi
"You're right, it is serious," said Yang Hyun-suk.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA91Oy6MHyE3
Zoey sighed loudly in 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdPgn57tqc5
frustration and everyone turned to look at her. "Please just say it 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAtAwAnY5TTT
already," she said. "'You created a huge mess yesterday, blah, blah, 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz0wE9TcLMz
blah you weren't supposed to meet, blah, blah, blah and so BTW was just a1063Please respect copyright.PENANANFRhLpvJOa
one day thing.' Some of us just want to go back to the hotel and watch 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAIJKh81Tjlc
some K-drama to forget the horrible aftermath of this meeting."1063Please respect copyright.PENANATz6FLOmyrO
The two managers 1063Please respect copyright.PENANASTX4O7zB4h
chuckled at Zoey's response and I couldn't figure out why they found it 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJWuCb1cqvm
so amusing when most of us in this room were grieving in the inside. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANABOeEaF47El
That was so not cool.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgujjfvHChi
"You never cease to amaze me, Zoey," said Yang Hyun-suk. "And you're right. This BTW thing was nothing but a one time thing."1063Please respect copyright.PENANANw9ETs7tP9
"Here we go," muttered Jessie as she leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes in despair.1063Please respect copyright.PENANALwx8XspzM7
"But that doesn't mean we can't reconsider it," said Collins.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUDhHRVNQo3
My ears perked up when 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxmcZjrGbxN
Collins said the word "reconsider." And I bet the others were all 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAq6voHsGiJM
attentive too. Could it be that they might just turn things around?1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQHVeLGEUpY
Seunghoon cleared his throat. "What do you mean?" he asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAG2IAs2yZ9o
"We heard you outside 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAjMJeoD9MWo
the door discussing or rather debating about making BTW a real group 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxCKKh0pe8Z
thing even if it's just temporary," said Yang Hyun-suk.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAa5hvjcg8q2
"And as stood by the door, we reconsidered giving BTW a shot," said Collins.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4cWSx9bCcq
"For real?" I couldn't believe my ears.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1Apr5eQTLf
"Yes, Sam. For real," 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0ascUhdNUn
said Yang Hyun-suk. "But don't get your hopes up because we have to go 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA8Me5eR6K90
through further scrutiny about this decision."1063Please respect copyright.PENANADDY7NtFFPQ
I smiled. Even if they 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAw4mguNXUrN
were saying we shouldn't get our hopes up, it was quiet clear they were 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAcv4TnJbk7Q
up for the idea themselves and that meant BTW was a go.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA5k97SAsFNh
There was an exciting 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPanccrNmVu
feeling in the air now that the whole BTW crew were all rejuvenated by 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXgW53UVDwm
the exciting news. We were all smiling to ourselves and already I could 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAahVrHbM35k
see that Zoey and Lisa who sat next to each other were ready to clap 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAElo5RlZgYU
their hands but they hid them under the table so that the managers 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAz8O0nQ9lG4
wouldn't notice as they clapped silently.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAB7biuimty1
"Are you sure about this?" G-Dragon asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA5u1pesqOEm
I turned to my other 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAc6u4qAMc3R
side and I realised that the whole time we had been talking to our 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAKk6NFLY0qb
managers, I had been so oblivious that GD was sitting next to me. Maybe 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9AEaq10B9k
it's because right now, he felt like a traitor and his presence right 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAsnfAFc1R3
now, didn't matter.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkCgayYoxWl
"You heard them when 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4gKlUk1ZxD
they talked to you about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "In such cases, it's 1063Please respect copyright.PENANArAfLXPDnbj
good to be business minded and see how all this goes."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9HbA9iLsRX
"So, you all agree to this, right?" Mike asked with his eyebrow raised just to be sure.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZPGyS9TtWK
"To be perfectly clear, yes, we agree," said Collins.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAmIqIae6Ap6
"And so even if we tried to object to it you would refuse us to do so because the decision came from you, right?" I asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAt4EJpX8E3o
This time it was me, or I1063Please respect copyright.PENANAcgetz9OvOX
can say, BTW, trapping G-Dragon. G-Dragon turned to look at me and he 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA5FEVDGugI3
knew it. The managers' plan in the first place was not to make BTW an 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAnd5OKqEZFx
official group and if we refused, they would G-Dragon would tell them 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1M4zmf61KW
our secret and there would be no BTW. And due to the condition G-Dragon 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAIMlGyXz10p
had laid out for us in the first place, there was simply no need for him1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMlrRtx1xNx
to reveal our little secret anymore. All he told us to do was to agree 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4c7qyXtfX5
to whatever the managers' decision was and we were doing just that. And 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4ITVn30lOR
there was no going back on his word. Look who's laughing now.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAT2DhOYCQuu
"Of course you should agree because whatever we decide is an order," said Yang Hyun-suk.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAo7YILdVfsk
"Yep, an order is an order," said Mino with a huge grin on his face.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkJu8umEvO9
"I really thought they wouldn't make BTW official," said Jisoo. "Now that it is, I agree."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA4wQLdSDJZE
"We all agree," said Daniel.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAnFDwUMWMB
"Hold your horses, people," said G-Dragon. "It hasn't been made official."1063Please respect copyright.PENANATGIDbE0bZ0
"But just because it 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA9x0ymLaLl9
hasn't, doesn't mean that it will," said Seunghoon as he looked over at 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGSft1yShmj
G-Dragon with a victory smile on his face. That made me smile even more.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAinzF2N6GoD
"Okay, so that's settled1063Please respect copyright.PENANAU4qTAVbPSA
then," said Collins. "We will discuss for now and see what the seniors 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAue0OQLe53c
have to say. Once they agree, we will begin with the paper work and make1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHC1GTgsjuw
BTW official."1063Please respect copyright.PENANATOFEoL3r6h
"Of course they will agree," said Rosé. "Who wouldn't?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeqfxkQovtC
I noticed that most of 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7qeytmvRiB
the eyes on the table especially from BTW flew to G-Dragon. Mine also 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdszf3aawwy
did the same. Luckily, the managers never noticed a thing. But Lee did 1063Please respect copyright.PENANATNyii7G1sa
when she looked at me and I grinned.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAq7H4j7I7RS
"Okay, then," said Yang Hyun-suk as he rubbed his hands. "Now that's been taken care of, you may go but, with one condition."1063Please respect copyright.PENANATJ38etx95S
There was dead silence in the room when Yang Hyun-suk mentioned he had one condition. My heart started to race.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQsczlrjc5p
"Before we make BTW 1063Please respect copyright.PENANALYrOZUhrCz
official, may I advise that you three groups don't meet each other too 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAISf8l60msd
often," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We don't want to raise a lot of people's 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA21K3fJe2Sq
hopes thinking that the group might be official so you better keep it 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAoF2lqjJEHr
low for a while. Is that good?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANASsG38TE231
"Fine by me," said Seungyoon. "As long as we can ask for your permission from time to time."1063Please respect copyright.PENANANWb3J2rhWk
"That's fair enough," 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1kbtwwpttB
said Collins. "But today, you won't go and hang out after this because 1063Please respect copyright.PENANArSWdLZ8j7u
already there are too many of your fans lurking around hoping for BTW to1063Please respect copyright.PENANAKHYyK5G8x9
be official and they can use anything just to let other people believe 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAtMUw7r68Is
so."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA44UluV1xk1
"So you want to crush 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAEyrj56miH
their hopes and later surprise them when you make the group official," I1063Please respect copyright.PENANAyp7OuSeHD6
said while I nodded my head. "I had to admit, that's a pretty good 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfv2Q3axteS
strategy."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAA5SzIC2Zh7
"Then if all is well and1063Please respect copyright.PENANAIe5FVQyX0Q
good, we will be leaving then," said Yang Hyun-suk. "We will keep you 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7QYaw0ueJO
updated and not a word on social media."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAM4x6LMhiSq
I stood up from my seat 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAKS48Ah3eQL
and everyone else did the same. As our managers made their way for the 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAIoPKdEl4Lj
door with Lee I couldn't help but smile and just as they were about to 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAFLoTUCNVTn
walk out, I stopped them.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkd71HZrflU
"Wait," I said and the two managers turned to look at me.1063Please respect copyright.PENANADT8rkHDpim
"What is it, Sam?" Collins asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAb3acfGZ8hl
"Thank you," I beamed and I bowed. "Kamsahabnida (감사합니다)."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAy82Xe9LhaR
The rest of BTW also bowed and also said thank you. The two managers smiled at our lovely gesture.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAus9kK4DKOz
"If it weren't for that I might just declare BTW official today," said Yang Hyun-suk.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgkdMDw3MR5
"You would?" Zoey, Jessie, Christine and Jisoo asked at the same time. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.1063Please respect copyright.PENANASbAPxUCuZf
"No." Yang Hyun-suk 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAo75FnlEUyG
smiled even more and he walked out of the room with Collins. Lee waited a1063Please respect copyright.PENANAq1j4x6xXXZ
few seconds by the door until the managers disappeared down the hall.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA3oV0aYqiu1
"Congratulations, BTW," she said quietly. She looked really happy. "You did it!"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgpEWjeRCna
"Another music collaboration for The Toxins," I said with a smile.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXXUqLM9nQ2
"And triple more of the fun," said Mike.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0dMDQvLNfh
"Now that I totally agree," said Daniel as he gave his brother a high five.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1aAC9FEdgI
"This is like the best 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAbs3ffq1v9l
news ever," said Zoey. "Thank you so much, Sam for making me feel like 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUJiPVb4qqX
all hope was lost when actually things turned out alright."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAoy5JYKr8o
"I don't think you should be thanking Sam for that," said Jinwoo.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPKnQkYoDIy
"Jinwoo's right," I said. "We wouldn't have been able to get our managers to reconsider if it wasn't for G-Dragon."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAn4U22UFH69
The room grew silent as all eyes were on Jiyong. I looked at him through the corner of my eye and smiled.1063Please respect copyright.PENANALBjMHrZYSn
"I've to admit you played me very well," said G-Dragon with a look of defeat on his face. "Congrats."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAcguU6OwlUR
"All this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to trap us in the first place," said Seunghoon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1UMByf1wNV
"I knew there was a 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAPHkNWN1rGD
reason for G-Dragon to have called for this meeting in the first place,"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHvLmXMWVWf
said Lee. She shook her head in disappointment as she looked at 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgHb46ia90A
G-Dragon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAHyD9nCRt7p
"You knew?" Christine asked.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAUDiQdBzOw8
"I got to find out when I went to see the managers."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAVMAovpslC5
"But everything turned in our favour in the end," said Lisa. "So, I'm not even that mad at him at all."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGAE72wKct5
"You just got lucky because the managers happen to be eavesdropping on our conversation at the wrong time," said G-Dragon.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAZqfGxgNB4q
"At the right time on our part," said Mino.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7xYDicHm6D
"I'll just say, I'm mad at you, GD. But since you did us this huge favour, I forgive you," said Zoey as she smiled.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwQiNxlYryN
"Thank you, G-Dragon!" BlackPink said all together. "We love you!"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAMGfORHsHkf
"Well, you guys can tell1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJXGgFwF4Wm
me how this all went down from the beginning, but right now, you all 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXM6hQ5FMaT
have to go," said Lee. "And I'm supposed to see to it that you all 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAe5Zrvffk9d
aren't going to go into the same car."1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1uS7agF78l
"Don't worry, we won't disobey our managers after all this," I said. "Can I have a talk with G-Dragon alone, please?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANAk7ATyfQjd7
Everyone else started to1063Please respect copyright.PENANA376tdN8CDQ
slowly step out of the room and I made sure to say bye to BlackPink and1063Please respect copyright.PENANAfuvl65rbGn
WINNER. When everyone had left, Lee closed the door behind her. It was 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAEmcTXWt6hR
only G-Dragon and I.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7X30E70MQE
"I'm mad at you," I started.1063Please respect copyright.PENANABWhdKtcMWz
"I know," he replied. "Sam....."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAWnlHfHrhfj
"Save it." I held my 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxjguwHQOO2
hand up to silence him. "You know, you reminded me of all those times 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdLjFTuee62
you and I used to get into a fight and it seems you're bringing it all 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAdA5CzznhvL
back. I thought we were past that but now it's like you want to bring up1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1hXpEt89Tb
a war again."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAqI80NWohJB
"I'm not trying to bring up a war."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAYsH3Zuuwp6
"You put us in a horrible position and we had to fight against you. That my friend, is called a war."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAq7HZNkhPjC
"Look, Sam, you've already won and I admit that trying to rattle you out to our managers was wrong of me."1063Please respect copyright.PENANANGNwhhoDuG
I folded my arms. "Great! You realise it now when everything backfired on you and you didn't get what you want."1063Please respect copyright.PENANANT4VrhDVh5
G-Dragon looked at me 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAOr8pdWFirV
and me at him. Right now, I was fuming and I felt like I was going to 1063Please respect copyright.PENANATtY9AtyyXb
burst. I never knew he would turn on us like this and it hurt me like a 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAeQmPJ9mxYJ
stab in the heart.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAEfLF61wyPT
"You're right. I realise it now because I didn't get what I want. But I want us to forget that all this ever happened."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAuKlYqBnQb6
"You know, the others 1063Please respect copyright.PENANARzt14W5mdB
might forgive you because of the outcome but I am so mad that you could 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAAgfdivvdFx
ever do this just because you don't like it when we went out to hang out1063Please respect copyright.PENANAifZMGsLiSh
with WINNER yesterday."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAJNIxfa2olP
"If you're trying to say that I'm jealous, then yes, I am."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAXScaxz9o1f
I nodded my head. What I1063Please respect copyright.PENANA1MNrvBXdPa
thought from the beginning the time I came to the conference room was 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAkOZvMiPb5l
true. He was jealous. Not just of The Toxins hanging out with WINNER but1063Please respect copyright.PENANABAJvGASBem
of Seunghoon and I.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA3JXbgz6hac
"You know you and I can 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAjSLGVsVBFT
only be friends and that relationship can't go any further than that. 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAYzmrhZ8mek
It's the same thing with Seunghoon. And until you get over it, I suggest1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgSMGObdkee
you find a way for me to forgive you or this friendship might just go 1063Please respect copyright.PENANA7IgRpdUPE5
down the rocks."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAgy1EclMNsc
I headed for the door 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAaqKd3relK3
without a second thought and I didn't even get to look at him one. As 1063Please respect copyright.PENANADEGm758fEr
soon as I found myself in the hall heading for the elevator, there stood1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhwLqOC38ha
Zoey, waiting.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQqqyihKHbW
"I'm guessing you put him in his place," said Zoey as I approached her.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAN3iuRpzbDf
"I sure hope so," I said1063Please respect copyright.PENANA0HL8kI4ffG
with a sigh. I felt like I had just arm wrestled with a body builder 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAt3URlmZ86J
and emerged victorious, but at the same time came out exhausted.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAqt0BLmk4S3
"When you're this mad, trust me, you do know how to put people in their place."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAwG70eRd0ca
Zoey turned around and pressed the button to summon the elevator. When the elevator came, we stepped in and the doors closed.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAGPdGMgQoMM
"I guess you figured out what G-Dragon and I talked about last night," said Zoey as she looked at me.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAlvaV4gUlTo
"It wasn't that hard to figure it out," I said.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAaoOYP09WKO
"Just like it wasn't hard for you to know that G-Dragon would be here. Sometimes your mind works like a supercomputer."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAiQtndD88mS
"You know computers are 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhpsO2qi6Qa
just dumb machines, right?" I looked at Zoey. "They only do what they do1063Please respect copyright.PENANAxhAcAMVAti
because they have commands installed in them to work as they are 1063Please respect copyright.PENANAmLbBG8bQ55
supposed to."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAjJYw27wTz1
"You're right. You're like a detective who plays by her own rules and always connects the dots."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAvicjvfSJ7m
I smiled. "You always call me that."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAzmjJmqvs2m
"Ya, because you're smart too."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAC9d6vuEHCD
The elevator reached the ground floor and we came out of the elevator finding ourselves in the lobby.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAhiAIwY9tZO
"You know we should celebrate our victory," said Zoey.1063Please respect copyright.PENANA85N1sEoTZI
"How?" I asked. "The group hasn't been made official and we can't celebrate when the three groups aren't together."1063Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3jIN6mGpn
"We can figure something out," said Zoey. "We won't have to be all together in one place, you know?"1063Please respect copyright.PENANA99ZCj8ZMms
"I think I've an idea," I said as we walked out into the parking lot heading to the car.1063Please respect copyright.PENANAmNUjllnQob
"I knew you would," said Zoey as she wrapped her arm around my shoulders.
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