Have you ever been awake965Please respect copyright.PENANAypvf7dtMb1
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart965Please respect copyright.PENANAvwvrnG6VlR
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAQptmutKyfJ
day goes on?965Please respect copyright.PENANAA4Kse1YaFf
That's how I felt right at this moment.965Please respect copyright.PENANAlwIJYIkLJ0
I tossed in my bed, 965Please respect copyright.PENANALYGJCBps4Q
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 965Please respect copyright.PENANAxMchUDUcQz
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun965Please respect copyright.PENANAUgYNwoaSPI
could come up so that I could meet my end already.965Please respect copyright.PENANAtXLvKuKiW0
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANARzmJXXVQOz
I fell back on my bed, 965Please respect copyright.PENANAg2lbZy2Jfo
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 965Please respect copyright.PENANAvQpcSx3OX0
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 965Please respect copyright.PENANAwBo36fiYcJ
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 965Please respect copyright.PENANA9EWASSZhzy
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 965Please respect copyright.PENANAt7EO6u6waq
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 965Please respect copyright.PENANAaFFgWpDWSh
mind even to dream.965Please respect copyright.PENANAquWHJTwsou
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.965Please respect copyright.PENANAcI5OFleq4A
How I wish I could fall 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbAN7QaUzbd
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I965Please respect copyright.PENANALF3vXUH8to
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I965Please respect copyright.PENANAgYo6YTWTfr
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.965Please respect copyright.PENANAquh73vosU5
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANA6a6QfLkfn2
I knew I now had to face965Please respect copyright.PENANA0w9uwQuT4k
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 965Please respect copyright.PENANAeNbvHkw7PP
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even965Please respect copyright.PENANAYB5RLhjCV9
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 965Please respect copyright.PENANADZpsP1Cd8u
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.965Please respect copyright.PENANAMptFt69BOF
I knew her persistence 965Please respect copyright.PENANAiGfMgtxRVy
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAiCT9QxZen8
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0JQ5rP7Vys
her if I had to tell her the truth.965Please respect copyright.PENANAebdWE11Rzy
I know sometimes we 965Please respect copyright.PENANAF4WxBRyj9f
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 965Please respect copyright.PENANAAtyXnj8uI5
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAxzb6xF1pKb
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6HRssghf2m
had now reached that point.965Please respect copyright.PENANAyykdB64vb9
I sighed again as I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAe7fu7kCwQh
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 965Please respect copyright.PENANACZNMSn5uBI
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?965Please respect copyright.PENANA3UWIJHYFIj
If it came to G-Dragon, 965Please respect copyright.PENANAPFYHZe1MJ1
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I965Please respect copyright.PENANAQnnSO923VG
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 965Please respect copyright.PENANAVugHkgcRSe
lot harder.965Please respect copyright.PENANAD4TQFAdT2D
How was I going to tell 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcVjU2bSSBV
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2XcjAOS1Tj
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAFAHRRktiFI
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 965Please respect copyright.PENANAqlpDJTGBir
either.965Please respect copyright.PENANANhQuc7ItdP
I kicked out the bed 965Please respect copyright.PENANAGGxmUVi2oy
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 965Please respect copyright.PENANAHo9ppZZMiY
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room965Please respect copyright.PENANA1jlYXoXWOc
in my purple pyjamas.965Please respect copyright.PENANACNrLpSgRZG
I went straight for the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAyCBAisJ9Sr
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 965Please respect copyright.PENANArcRmcwv6Pk
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 965Please respect copyright.PENANAYkSQ0upCvp
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my965Please respect copyright.PENANAFWiyyt28hx
mum.965Please respect copyright.PENANAqXRHoRFoRK
Hopefully, I was calling965Please respect copyright.PENANASlLgCb9xBx
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 965Please respect copyright.PENANAv79THtn7qt
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 965Please respect copyright.PENANAorLXhrJ11a
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?965Please respect copyright.PENANADPDQKqQihq
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.965Please respect copyright.PENANAllwD6GEoMI
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.965Please respect copyright.PENANAwR8LYojhnS
"Hello, Sam?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAfA8xpSj0qJ
"Hi, mum."965Please respect copyright.PENANAjZwparaM9Y
"Sam, how are you, dear?"965Please respect copyright.PENANADchLjjT02x
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAFK9JnjQRGo
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 965Please respect copyright.PENANA5dUfVBF6cL
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 965Please respect copyright.PENANAnVh79DvmBG
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."965Please respect copyright.PENANAPNnr3MTZQe
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."965Please respect copyright.PENANA9I2H3ar98C
"Ya, I can see you guys 965Please respect copyright.PENANAWQAol4tFAJ
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAlRijmBHqh4
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 965Please respect copyright.PENANAp4jPRsi17W
her computer as she looked at the pictures.965Please respect copyright.PENANAChedW52dkQ
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."965Please respect copyright.PENANA6gKda5QPQy
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."965Please respect copyright.PENANAQJ4xJwuPh2
"I'll check out the 965Please respect copyright.PENANApDlIAgayyG
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 965Please respect copyright.PENANAg4fTy0MPHJ
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 965Please respect copyright.PENANAhGyDgijY9h
Why aren't you asleep?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAkAd8xZ6Zru
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAGqBvHBwSN5
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."965Please respect copyright.PENANALn2t3MeDtG
I could imagine my mum 965Please respect copyright.PENANABxhrsdDM3k
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on965Please respect copyright.PENANAt02fshMWgt
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 965Please respect copyright.PENANAlPZOfnJzB0
her arms folded.965Please respect copyright.PENANAwl0T1DN222
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"965Please respect copyright.PENANArRyZLJG7el
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.965Please respect copyright.PENANAIziewNMzyd
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."965Please respect copyright.PENANAeax29SX67F
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."965Please respect copyright.PENANAj7U27tCtGu
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAx77nAQvu8N
"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."965Please respect copyright.PENANAhC1yUUcrUo
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."965Please respect copyright.PENANAdo2HkkBEOY
"I've been lying to Zoey965Please respect copyright.PENANAC23xiw3ysW
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 965Please respect copyright.PENANAP0MNSdHdPb
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 965Please respect copyright.PENANATdEE3tM2Vo
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."965Please respect copyright.PENANAB6swm50ds4
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."965Please respect copyright.PENANA30OtXYBwrN
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA56IAjGXFka
"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."965Please respect copyright.PENANAJLw16kh3Xb
"Trust me, mum, Collins 965Please respect copyright.PENANAfTwuKBAAg5
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 965Please respect copyright.PENANAOp3CWHHMzV
that you shouldn't say a word either."965Please respect copyright.PENANAV5vUxLhfRt
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4EbdMvrLBe
"You know I can never 965Please respect copyright.PENANAsBPUJtNoD9
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 965Please respect copyright.PENANAXVZxPx2Yiw
matter of life and death. I've no choice."965Please respect copyright.PENANAegAliHHR92
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA0yu3BWrxHx
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."965Please respect copyright.PENANANDHgjFC643
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."965Please respect copyright.PENANAQvnFkB9kDi
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.965Please respect copyright.PENANAftqpR6a58L
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."965Please respect copyright.PENANA2l7VGJSEXc
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."965Please respect copyright.PENANAjoecfr8Asq
There was silence at the other end. Until....965Please respect copyright.PENANA5j9WbERa1F
"WHAT!"965Please respect copyright.PENANA7kBWVrrcWb
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."965Please respect copyright.PENANApYaBGQwqtm
"Then what is it? The 965Please respect copyright.PENANAVfnCnSLB3K
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 965Please respect copyright.PENANAZhY7LTbXeM
feel like you're betraying your best friend."965Please respect copyright.PENANAlMX4WKZYdD
"It was like that at 965Please respect copyright.PENANAQNLvblts6l
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close965Please respect copyright.PENANAVX3JH0ewXe
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 965Please respect copyright.PENANAAf6fgev8Ex
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining965Please respect copyright.PENANAjjFheHdse9
fingers.965Please respect copyright.PENANAUugBew9IZm
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAYRG7ifqqUY
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."965Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8Ib3QQSJu
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."965Please respect copyright.PENANAzcavSP80Dh
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."965Please respect copyright.PENANAqrAxOnB0iu
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.965Please respect copyright.PENANA5rYswiv0ga
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."965Please respect copyright.PENANAUTzRMuLFDs
"And that's not the worst part."965Please respect copyright.PENANAzsxGAUfGpm
I told her what happened965Please respect copyright.PENANA8ADOijWbGT
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in965Please respect copyright.PENANAbCrDajoxvn
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 965Please respect copyright.PENANA7HuFXSmuxS
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung965Please respect copyright.PENANAwaTjfCjkwE
and the kiss.965Please respect copyright.PENANA55iVaR6pYe
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.965Please respect copyright.PENANAOQDLf9eyDs
"Ssh, and listen."965Please respect copyright.PENANAN7iWL536im
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.965Please respect copyright.PENANAYtP8bDnAqW
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."965Please respect copyright.PENANA1uET3AzOle
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."965Please respect copyright.PENANAAAYwkABWqF
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAPasEJM583p
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."965Please respect copyright.PENANAXyFvKTQboE
"Are you scared?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAnZIobTYYGZ
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAVkglZoBPFK
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."965Please respect copyright.PENANAqDUlUGTmZY
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.965Please respect copyright.PENANAVYIF3KmcNe
"We all get hurt at some965Please respect copyright.PENANA0WQPJU7Yh6
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.965Please respect copyright.PENANAoaXbWWxyjh
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 965Please respect copyright.PENANAlz9oaFItNP
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 965Please respect copyright.PENANArCKW6Txvvn
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."965Please respect copyright.PENANAwBfIZNVfxl
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.965Please respect copyright.PENANAoQQ33AlVXc
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.965Please respect copyright.PENANABoSpowEU7W
"Don't cry, okay? You're965Please respect copyright.PENANAnE89MVxz8z
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 965Please respect copyright.PENANA84GTu6V1vo
will need all the rest you can get."965Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ34gF0Vs6
"Yes, mum. I will."965Please respect copyright.PENANAO4ZfCo5P4U
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAtGurFD6tmR
"Okay. Bye."965Please respect copyright.PENANAF5ZmRU2qHY
I hang up and I quickly 965Please respect copyright.PENANADtpbOXddIZ
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 965Please respect copyright.PENANAPQnZ2IYpzJ
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 965Please respect copyright.PENANAxMl0Gg4vBo
arms.965Please respect copyright.PENANAIWl7M6ZUto
It must have been some 965Please respect copyright.PENANAhUWIptbhA3
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 965Please respect copyright.PENANAYvU7ByOWO8
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.965Please respect copyright.PENANALNg7PkscmC
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAsu2PcinxdZ
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."965Please respect copyright.PENANAKqtQX5nj5E
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."965Please respect copyright.PENANAZrN7fOEGny
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.965Please respect copyright.PENANABAO8oG7NJc
"Sadly, it isn't, my 965Please respect copyright.PENANA8uy7cy799g
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 965Please respect copyright.PENANAgNxaIyVdhX
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."965Please respect copyright.PENANAfTpDEVnpyb
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.965Please respect copyright.PENANAHaicoMwJdG
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAgJz8AGbm03
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."965Please respect copyright.PENANABxcnxGiMd0
"So, start talking right now."965Please respect copyright.PENANAIFO4rLOf0W
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"965Please respect copyright.PENANACYo66X0d1l
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."965Please respect copyright.PENANACOOqUioL25
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.965Please respect copyright.PENANAw80njcYrLk
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."965Please respect copyright.PENANAfq3l7DGZAK
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAarnCFaVyyZ
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."965Please respect copyright.PENANAa1KubtTaJt
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANA0fteVIukgw
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."965Please respect copyright.PENANAICh27YQsYa
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.965Please respect copyright.PENANAUpUpUV1SJf
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."965Please respect copyright.PENANAf3d6pHQHfd
"You like him, don't you?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAcYrg4yXCMN
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?965Please respect copyright.PENANAu2yCGe5VI8
"I..uh...no, that's not it."965Please respect copyright.PENANAx3eDawQ4lO
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."965Please respect copyright.PENANAm42V1rt5jO
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."965Please respect copyright.PENANAlt963p8TdC
"Expected from me?" Zoey965Please respect copyright.PENANATX1AYPfRuF
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.965Please respect copyright.PENANAMJ3vCEC35a
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."965Please respect copyright.PENANAhz2HALfwVY
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.965Please respect copyright.PENANAoxKam8VYL1
"I know you feel guilty 965Please respect copyright.PENANAVETTOuL5w6
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know965Please respect copyright.PENANAgcdawVJjRQ
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."965Please respect copyright.PENANAKSaa9rsOly
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?965Please respect copyright.PENANA2DsSFnHNGW
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4WJtwEjLAI
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."965Please respect copyright.PENANAYhgjEkZ6SC
I wanted to slap my 965Please respect copyright.PENANA77Bgu9OHpE
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't965Please respect copyright.PENANAm2yAZXrnFR
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 965Please respect copyright.PENANAdXHJUCBPNK
it gets out of hand.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4cSIYTlm9I
"Zoey, listen to me," I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAwOxa3ZLuzd
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 965Please respect copyright.PENANAVNoTAgaKV1
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."965Please respect copyright.PENANAN31d6vFpWi
I paused. That was odd. 965Please respect copyright.PENANAldm0a0yHGO
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I965Please respect copyright.PENANAzO3DsnjMGW
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.965Please respect copyright.PENANA5sLe0Ymf0D
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAqzKVrDrCAZ
What was wrong with me? I965Please respect copyright.PENANASF59YioIKS
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 965Please respect copyright.PENANAQYH7jUd8dK
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 965Please respect copyright.PENANAudYESiqEcN
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.965Please respect copyright.PENANAJxTOUAuqnq
"You're weird, Sam," 965Please respect copyright.PENANATxy0MDibNI
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 965Please respect copyright.PENANAsUDG6ZMGPX
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 965Please respect copyright.PENANAEnMDuJnwdx
waiting."965Please respect copyright.PENANAwxYUyp7pBN
Zoey closed the door and965Please respect copyright.PENANAc1v2uLbnCh
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 965Please respect copyright.PENANAi3g74cgzdI
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 965Please respect copyright.PENANAGdEYoH2zI3
harder than I thought.965Please respect copyright.PENANAeARJT43Eqd
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.965Please respect copyright.PENANAtyk4FwNToR
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.965Please respect copyright.PENANAkSPljMJeWM
I stood up from my bed 965Please respect copyright.PENANAHp9uYETwRp
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 965Please respect copyright.PENANAqiJoWfVKVJ
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which965Please respect copyright.PENANAPPUbGy4bTf
is the most important part.965Please respect copyright.PENANAPLlOJKLPX3
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."965Please respect copyright.PENANATTkx3Kc1HD
Whatever my conscious 965Please respect copyright.PENANA5QHyZEffZF
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 965Please respect copyright.PENANASiKZUWzjL2
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 965Please respect copyright.PENANAx7zO1sdQMc
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.965Please respect copyright.PENANARNYYwHXBqy
If that was the case, 965Please respect copyright.PENANAuZaYM2hGkG
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 965Please respect copyright.PENANAGK4wzqCsry
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 965Please respect copyright.PENANAqSgWuopyJR
shattered completely.965Please respect copyright.PENANAdbLBgunicv
While I was trying to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAhysH5oMGe3
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach965Please respect copyright.PENANACOEB4YNgeP
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.965Please respect copyright.PENANA2IShwHhaTd
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?965Please respect copyright.PENANAKN7nOTXfkg
I answered the call. "Hello?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAezresQA9Ff
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.965Please respect copyright.PENANAATKCEcw8Wg
I held my breath. That 965Please respect copyright.PENANAYamnsSg8z9
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 965Please respect copyright.PENANAfEpcLWxGAK
asking that question, not thinking it.965Please respect copyright.PENANAQKLnQt5ReU
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAiosC7QCspG
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."965Please respect copyright.PENANAUI3USC96V7
"Talk? Talk about what?"965Please respect copyright.PENANANIET8WNZBp
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAx7scf2ehkA
"Photo? What...?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA6zq665AQCk
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.965Please respect copyright.PENANAISBvlo0znl
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA3wpaGABGgv
"If you haven't seen it,965Please respect copyright.PENANAG0Xx2YoIdc
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAYXYibhh7hu
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"965Please respect copyright.PENANATXrbEb0Pqi
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?965Please respect copyright.PENANAZ43ojDWqSR
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAhwQJTTjMtr
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."965Please respect copyright.PENANAtbJogF6fRM
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"965Please respect copyright.PENANACuzhS0gE39
I could soon hear the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAzj5VMV9vj7
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAPcahlG7Qme
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAZFCtuDbS17
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.965Please respect copyright.PENANA30SXCAYBAo
I looked back at my 965Please respect copyright.PENANAHrjBvvjQXk
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I965Please respect copyright.PENANANJLyATYT3U
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 965Please respect copyright.PENANADGCsZMPKqO
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAjpYr12wAiy
download the photo.965Please respect copyright.PENANA7sr3qkI8QJ
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.965Please respect copyright.PENANA9foODOB6rv
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"965Please respect copyright.PENANASAM3dIjOHB
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."965Please respect copyright.PENANACYK6YWOBhl
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."965Please respect copyright.PENANAIXLVc2elV7
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."965Please respect copyright.PENANAljpGFIqASD
I nodded and Lee left. I965Please respect copyright.PENANAKdKAMbnJVo
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 965Please respect copyright.PENANAjMEvqqGQYA
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.965Please respect copyright.PENANAZveVhylG6a
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."965Please respect copyright.PENANAXZbVrzovo2
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.965Please respect copyright.PENANAoLcL3WE7RU
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.965Please respect copyright.PENANACdrihv1Rbr
"Zoey!"965Please respect copyright.PENANAzLROkdG5UK
"Not a word, Sam. You're965Please respect copyright.PENANAVCowg1wguC
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 965Please respect copyright.PENANAiNgFWwr55t
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's965Please respect copyright.PENANAVeEZT36lNR
up with you today."965Please respect copyright.PENANAN4b9V0fImc
If only she knew. So 965Please respect copyright.PENANABZDufHdJnk
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one965Please respect copyright.PENANA8UmIyeTIPy
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.965Please respect copyright.PENANAzmN24uzKjJ
I went to the bathroom 965Please respect copyright.PENANAZYFUZdd9hw
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 965Please respect copyright.PENANA1gw5TzEmGg
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 965Please respect copyright.PENANAQlFRly1cWQ
reflection.965Please respect copyright.PENANA5cYhvlxJhy
I looked like I hadn't 965Please respect copyright.PENANAhbwuMmNaGD
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 965Please respect copyright.PENANA7bOVU4wSVh
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 965Please respect copyright.PENANAUdbjs7Xzd3
if not by two.965Please respect copyright.PENANAuerZxmiKwl
G-Dragon and Zoey were 965Please respect copyright.PENANATaGGvgnf0x
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 965Please respect copyright.PENANABF1irGSbMD
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 965Please respect copyright.PENANAQKQn9uihkA
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 965Please respect copyright.PENANAldnuOyyV33
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?965Please respect copyright.PENANAE591GZOqNi
After I took a quick 965Please respect copyright.PENANAqBI0LUqbf9
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone965Please respect copyright.PENANAy2gyKAKtfo
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 965Please respect copyright.PENANAe80BuSGXCB
the bathroom to get her makeup done.965Please respect copyright.PENANAgpFlUKdYkO
I unlocked my phone. I 965Please respect copyright.PENANA8aNcZMfoou
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 965Please respect copyright.PENANAN1SiPND8LW
photo must be done downloading by now.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4FB9cEb8m9
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?965Please respect copyright.PENANAynEix0KE1k
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?965Please respect copyright.PENANARMIduAn3vC
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.965Please respect copyright.PENANAoAmx3eXCv9
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.965Please respect copyright.PENANAnY3vWOwrhH
"Morning. How was your night?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA5Nn6cUtIb7
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."965Please respect copyright.PENANAdaT8TUmFXO
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANAxdatMtCE68
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.965Please respect copyright.PENANA7gMckDmRBi
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."965Please respect copyright.PENANA8OdvYCWq6V
I smiled a little. At 965Please respect copyright.PENANAvRttz0zKh7
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 965Please respect copyright.PENANAi976kk1BeT
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 965Please respect copyright.PENANAE2T6WItil3
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAdT8V0R6j06
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."965Please respect copyright.PENANAgUZWaGB9Xx
"You too."965Please respect copyright.PENANAEkPudtflPT
He cut the line and I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAvpH0d33VSE
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 965Please respect copyright.PENANABcqlBpCwfm
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 965Please respect copyright.PENANAg9gCpNbRka
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.965Please respect copyright.PENANAjfOD7YbhdP
After I dressed up and 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0cjQSuqy11
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2SypNrYRm0
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAZOVhpchQd8
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAPJ9FH08yd3
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAM9l7Gjn37y
room.965Please respect copyright.PENANARgvzoe7cA9
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.965Please respect copyright.PENANAYjrFOzqswX
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.965Please respect copyright.PENANA2tmT396PYP
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.965Please respect copyright.PENANAX9TvbJcDIP
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."965Please respect copyright.PENANA8rOAt3Cd7k
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."965Please respect copyright.PENANAWQ8pbfE3PJ
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.965Please respect copyright.PENANAFm51PuUoSn
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANAIhDAW66xfw
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANAO0gVm9X4wt
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.965Please respect copyright.PENANA7gLvejUKit
"What?" I asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAHdZAtBuxYP
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."965Please respect copyright.PENANA6QRf6qipNQ
I frowned. "So?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAf9Xwr3HWuY
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.965Please respect copyright.PENANAwi1y1ryn7K
I was still confused. "So?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAY9lzTMFggH
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.965Please respect copyright.PENANAz0hZXV8i4i
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.965Please respect copyright.PENANA1JEI30ZHjh
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?965Please respect copyright.PENANAlqafIQPmmZ
"I don't see the harm in965Please respect copyright.PENANAZsiHNFTj5C
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 965Please respect copyright.PENANArVdt7CJMoZ
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 965Please respect copyright.PENANAecinPkmJMB
that wrong?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA0pJaZoJ41l
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.965Please respect copyright.PENANA1hWBDfgCGp
"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."965Please respect copyright.PENANATmkRfnM8G0
"I can see that," said 965Please respect copyright.PENANA1M5FZT3D1N
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 965Please respect copyright.PENANAoqQkj3xDrR
me but I decided not to say anything.965Please respect copyright.PENANAjLDaE2MnyN
When we were done with 965Please respect copyright.PENANAlg0T8B9aQL
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 965Please respect copyright.PENANAR3EncvYdD5
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 965Please respect copyright.PENANAvHhjM9uNm2
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 965Please respect copyright.PENANAuNki5LebqS
looking at my phone.965Please respect copyright.PENANAmJaCLwHnyc
When everyone in the car965Please respect copyright.PENANATtlkBMqmpy
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in965Please respect copyright.PENANA5OgPAFsEHA
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 965Please respect copyright.PENANA12fxXONlkB
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.965Please respect copyright.PENANAN7J5TlG4Hp
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAAg68wgQH1q
I quickly pressed the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAf6ipAonoTz
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 965Please respect copyright.PENANADbvDWlh5JY
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.965Please respect copyright.PENANAittrG0LXsF
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.965Please respect copyright.PENANAb05rNas3qK
"May I see?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAeRZffIpIqT
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."965Please respect copyright.PENANASANzpClQUP
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."965Please respect copyright.PENANA8AgYO1eJPt
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAJxo0cpVh9v
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."965Please respect copyright.PENANAPQLj2l5jqP
I wish I could tell him 965Please respect copyright.PENANAYcYBITiK1I
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 965Please respect copyright.PENANAztyaTmytC6
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.965Please respect copyright.PENANAAiIbwGebBv
Now that I had seen the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAXGfQxa269Y
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcfN4MY89Qg
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 965Please respect copyright.PENANAtuzd2UMoqM
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.965Please respect copyright.PENANAIiXBXCabqZ
Speaking of which, I 965Please respect copyright.PENANABjRzfhh2dV
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was965Please respect copyright.PENANAeiIt8V1Mit
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0wjHOJail4
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAFyvpMu1HrE
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 965Please respect copyright.PENANAfyXu102Ib2
further onto the edge, I would burst.965Please respect copyright.PENANA2CFfsRydzs
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANAMdWYHILk1w
My heart skipped a beat.965Please respect copyright.PENANAXiO9Yhc06d
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting965Please respect copyright.PENANAd15c46l7Tc
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2N2OUkyidz
choice.965Please respect copyright.PENANAt84ZA1BmeQ
As soon as I stepped out965Please respect copyright.PENANAmuk48bq0ja
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 965Please respect copyright.PENANA7yTo8Q5gth
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAnFY7RvVdGO
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAA92gBXVmnD
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."965Please respect copyright.PENANAxBZIN1bjD0
"You're aren't the only 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2ksXYcICu9
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 965Please respect copyright.PENANAreTUPm0Wrb
to work on that when we get in there."965Please respect copyright.PENANAAlmnV687xe
I managed to put up a 965Please respect copyright.PENANAtAq0rFtY36
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How965Please respect copyright.PENANAAfbDfAuZsd
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.965Please respect copyright.PENANANSJN2QUsOI
As I came into the lobby965Please respect copyright.PENANAqNrtHNcGyl
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 965Please respect copyright.PENANApJxwnsTXvA
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.965Please respect copyright.PENANA1NqTbgIfJM
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."965Please respect copyright.PENANA9POLv3Kf9X
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.965Please respect copyright.PENANAgg121PFSJY
We all got in the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAswhT6hIfjU
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up965Please respect copyright.PENANAL6lGPecU2m
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbRVlgDrsB9
things.965Please respect copyright.PENANApBobRGAAaM
We got to the dance 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6ppMG79jRg
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 965Please respect copyright.PENANAOIqTO5Rcgz
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.965Please respect copyright.PENANAiBfnGECzWv
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.965Please respect copyright.PENANAhBlimBUjY7
I was too lost in 965Please respect copyright.PENANAqdcYvM6Hiq
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 965Please respect copyright.PENANARDzutRdNVC
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.965Please respect copyright.PENANArq9dZdDC2h
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.965Please respect copyright.PENANA3PFnejFEkx
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.965Please respect copyright.PENANAr3SkYAPpbW
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.965Please respect copyright.PENANAA7BfCmDofM
"Tell me about it," said965Please respect copyright.PENANAv0LJGavEMf
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her965Please respect copyright.PENANAS7aVwsqOLP
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."965Please respect copyright.PENANA3niSie7Wbq
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAatSKPR3Us8
"Too weird," said Daniel.965Please respect copyright.PENANAgaEEg43wZw
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."965Please respect copyright.PENANAf0IO5zAblT
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.965Please respect copyright.PENANAkkXagzF5rY
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.965Please respect copyright.PENANAcqRXCbZyM0
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.965Please respect copyright.PENANAXMW2QAWbD6
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.965Please respect copyright.PENANAg2VQYqRMNg
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."965Please respect copyright.PENANAfViiaYC360
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA90UomLY3dK
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.965Please respect copyright.PENANAjd1buE5g7P
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."965Please respect copyright.PENANAMceRgcKdE3
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."965Please respect copyright.PENANAwPVuTnJXne
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."965Please respect copyright.PENANAMD2NnaLIhQ
"I'm not."965Please respect copyright.PENANAtTMewT2zuE
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAmZ4C5e8O5Q
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANACBeRqb4Aqz
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.965Please respect copyright.PENANA0edmVcYH3L
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.965Please respect copyright.PENANATTjoNpZJWH
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.965Please respect copyright.PENANANdZiYtJoM8
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."965Please respect copyright.PENANA7HAny6CHtB
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."965Please respect copyright.PENANAS61SIVYota
Before I could turn 965Please respect copyright.PENANAJedy6p8hUe
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0MumHQepsW
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.965Please respect copyright.PENANAF8qcHfAN4S
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.965Please respect copyright.PENANAb6DyZAgZAu
I took the crown from 965Please respect copyright.PENANA12UXAm3Ww5
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was965Please respect copyright.PENANABKsvSX9KpJ
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 965Please respect copyright.PENANAKnkodPolZs
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 965Please respect copyright.PENANAhR61jgytuo
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.965Please respect copyright.PENANASZhpzuq7As
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.965Please respect copyright.PENANAxG91YkfrVy
"It is," said Seungri 965Please respect copyright.PENANA59FbOGwppz
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 965Please respect copyright.PENANAUXbJjte5Pa
stones because it's your birth stone."965Please respect copyright.PENANALz78u4BpVQ
"Aww! Thank you so much,965Please respect copyright.PENANAaXkDziULs6
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew965Please respect copyright.PENANAa5NXThUism
he was going to brighten up my day today.965Please respect copyright.PENANAkvffY808AD
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"965Please respect copyright.PENANASMT9NGj0rN
"I want to wear it," 965Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7plK0rTX2
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 965Please respect copyright.PENANAUfR0SA43lt
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.965Please respect copyright.PENANAY3RIykwPtK
"Don't I look like a 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6XPQTEXxcf
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6iQMvFdzCh
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.965Please respect copyright.PENANANxdRWaxtHK
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.965Please respect copyright.PENANAMRZlXfYcpy
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.965Please respect copyright.PENANAIYw3cBKo4y
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.965Please respect copyright.PENANAgcb1mwFxne
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.965Please respect copyright.PENANAkyanyH502I
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."965Please respect copyright.PENANAnRw0UEvNFC
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.965Please respect copyright.PENANAr3Vr8Bd3lT
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.965Please respect copyright.PENANArn4qIx7awz
"May her royal majesty 965Please respect copyright.PENANAQQGeWIXOap
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcZ9ouEUr36
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.965Please respect copyright.PENANAnmncSLKN8N
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.965Please respect copyright.PENANARg5A22pHPu
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.965Please respect copyright.PENANA1mbcgywM5K
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.965Please respect copyright.PENANAehn7ZpiQgF
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.965Please respect copyright.PENANAIgw59YXFKl
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.965Please respect copyright.PENANA07Y1IIZNPJ
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.965Please respect copyright.PENANA6noQ6P8TCy
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAW1OLC5FDWp
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."965Please respect copyright.PENANAbozupQvzmy
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."965Please respect copyright.PENANA47sfQ4rFhg
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."965Please respect copyright.PENANA3NInKc4sxy
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.965Please respect copyright.PENANAzfPByPsZYa
She couldn't tell the 965Please respect copyright.PENANALBlIutAA7I
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took965Please respect copyright.PENANAxfZNSwmoIu
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group965Please respect copyright.PENANApBpJZVjpSC
photo with me in the middle.965Please respect copyright.PENANACNgMKZ4wBO
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.965Please respect copyright.PENANADlZox8Mbjm
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.965Please respect copyright.PENANA5CTxGTXpwE
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."965Please respect copyright.PENANAE2gJrawmgN
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."965Please respect copyright.PENANAVdnhU6UtAi
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4RMqlWwHHt
Zoey smiled. "Even better."965Please respect copyright.PENANABxiZ4ffEw7
G-Dragon turned to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAlwk7Sjlne7
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAAoznwtPeaI
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 965Please respect copyright.PENANA1HR71iKEyT
him and he will find us."965Please respect copyright.PENANAQGEVegZDZF
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.965Please respect copyright.PENANA32oxDIUiqW
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."965Please respect copyright.PENANAd91ZjPd7iN
We all stood on one side965Please respect copyright.PENANAfeNObHhNwT
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 965Please respect copyright.PENANALFf3amqzUV
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 965Please respect copyright.PENANAtHG8HZeIUx
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.965Please respect copyright.PENANAUpPw0giXRO
"So, I was thinking, 965Please respect copyright.PENANA92cr5EzYFS
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 965Please respect copyright.PENANA4O5Q3ecqtq
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 965Please respect copyright.PENANAYfpBJXBtYC
guys."965Please respect copyright.PENANA56MQH8QJl2
Christine came forward 965Please respect copyright.PENANAIzZD1u9a12
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 965Please respect copyright.PENANAZNnqSAAqdG
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.965Please respect copyright.PENANAgmjoSXqWSC
With Christine and Mike 965Please respect copyright.PENANAc2z9ljgwSf
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 965Please respect copyright.PENANAZNGxFwXXUi
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 965Please respect copyright.PENANACSiLBLZ3mf
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 965Please respect copyright.PENANAmhMGxtgstH
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcVXuO17qKn
themselves back and they again their backs touched.965Please respect copyright.PENANAdtN52sxFhe
With a bit of skilful 965Please respect copyright.PENANAytyICkPeBA
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew965Please respect copyright.PENANAxufOCLeRuv
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAoEqQthP9nx
air.965Please respect copyright.PENANAjzmUKRVi5z
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."965Please respect copyright.PENANArcaLZHkPLi
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.965Please respect copyright.PENANALkXeRYssWp
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.965Please respect copyright.PENANApAL5JEKTOQ
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.965Please respect copyright.PENANAt9H1GxnJch
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.965Please respect copyright.PENANAEYPktJHg8C
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAzERuQOthbm
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.965Please respect copyright.PENANAGEjekNOvM8
The door soon opened and965Please respect copyright.PENANA1AIqLHyKfY
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 965Please respect copyright.PENANA9DCobLKm7g
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.965Please respect copyright.PENANANE9ezxLOvo
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.965Please respect copyright.PENANAvTmPuBZQ7U
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.965Please respect copyright.PENANA2MbiRzSnka
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."965Please respect copyright.PENANAH9qucKiV1i
Mike and Christine 965Please respect copyright.PENANAvkbuxUC3r8
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance965Please respect copyright.PENANATeDnKUurDl
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6hSQZMQsau
us will come in the scene.965Please respect copyright.PENANAPHX69vKxIf
"Mmmm," the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAPtJQgMhXNu
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 965Please respect copyright.PENANA7R8YDl3xcE
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.965Please respect copyright.PENANAHvrNAmV330
"I like it," said the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAB9quyb76v1
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 965Please respect copyright.PENANAyR38PGUNZu
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 965Please respect copyright.PENANAruoBAjKVgI
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 965Please respect copyright.PENANAu1vAjQOrAw
comes in."965Please respect copyright.PENANAUEBi6a3gbV
Zoey and G-Dragon took 965Please respect copyright.PENANAPuSFsEAT7z
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 965Please respect copyright.PENANASiK18D0XuN
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 965Please respect copyright.PENANA3eXMX5k1Us
were perfect.965Please respect copyright.PENANAq9GYLlJzh6
"Excellent," said the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAp6TzGbvNYP
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 965Please respect copyright.PENANA1zynv2yjvr
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 965Please respect copyright.PENANA5KCPHUsLNZ
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 965Please respect copyright.PENANAs4Mk7yfW8J
formation in front of them."965Please respect copyright.PENANAXnRCTnV5a0
We did as the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAfVPnNrX3rf
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 965Please respect copyright.PENANA70tC4bxiiy
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 965Please respect copyright.PENANAub5lgNbjJX
the hang of it.965Please respect copyright.PENANAOksBWdy3Kf
A few minutes later, 965Please respect copyright.PENANA3WfKfS3Z75
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 965Please respect copyright.PENANAD5zVFuJAV1
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and965Please respect copyright.PENANASj2wLBUhQh
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.965Please respect copyright.PENANAXLuufad68l
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.965Please respect copyright.PENANAJZS0QwJmbA
I laughed, also staring 965Please respect copyright.PENANA8WA4bxoEDr
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your965Please respect copyright.PENANAC7kQA0OuuO
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."965Please respect copyright.PENANAeG9AksbSNv
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.965Please respect copyright.PENANATzca76glxd
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.965Please respect copyright.PENANAt1minCsZfN
I quickly scrambled up 965Please respect copyright.PENANAP0zetAfAyp
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and965Please respect copyright.PENANAy6SsN2w5Jy
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 965Please respect copyright.PENANAPbBekqwcYx
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbKMk6cHNGA
and removed my phone.965Please respect copyright.PENANApgN2bpndR0
I sent a message to the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAJK9PNE3Uph
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he965Please respect copyright.PENANAn22UYOb2zt
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0DBGxWOpK0
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.965Please respect copyright.PENANAbcx7gaS18r
"Good. We should meet."965Please respect copyright.PENANAihCqiI5PgC
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.965Please respect copyright.PENANAaykutoc8K7
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."965Please respect copyright.PENANAqPJZ3wZ13p
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."965Please respect copyright.PENANAHd1yWjqmIo
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.965Please respect copyright.PENANAjgyMybNMhu
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA59FuKvXnZW
"You're one smart 965Please respect copyright.PENANALHrPn6vMmE
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the965Please respect copyright.PENANAKgvIwt9JOD
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 965Please respect copyright.PENANAhbj17l3KSi
consequences."965Please respect copyright.PENANApsoJZym2Oi
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.965Please respect copyright.PENANAgbQc6MnTW5
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."965Please respect copyright.PENANArowcPGoyLx
"That's my girl."965Please respect copyright.PENANA8ipfKIvgW6
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.965Please respect copyright.PENANAGK4U9QGsht
As I tucked my phone 965Please respect copyright.PENANAS1SO6Qw9aW
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 965Please respect copyright.PENANAi2O3Ek6tkn
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAAL8mA8z7nY
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 965Please respect copyright.PENANA55iaVM9E2f
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.965Please respect copyright.PENANAN7SWIQdjR4
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.965Please respect copyright.PENANAdWa7YI7PFr
When they both turned to965Please respect copyright.PENANAxZp2p5cJFw
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 965Please respect copyright.PENANACKdoqviIUk
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAdltOqQzHiZ
couldn't help but feel that they were.965Please respect copyright.PENANAdcBz28w48j
I laid back down 965Please respect copyright.PENANA9NmKQ0T6a4
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 965Please respect copyright.PENANAFB5BfBsSmD
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAFy8DEi4ujO
two of us had in our room this morning?965Please respect copyright.PENANAvmnKfAqeWf
Yikes! If she did, then I965Please respect copyright.PENANA7JXwbmpcia
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 965Please respect copyright.PENANAnfp0FlUWRn
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 965Please respect copyright.PENANAOBrZFfDpsb
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 965Please respect copyright.PENANAGbM5pRG9jp
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.965Please respect copyright.PENANAkBvs5E1hic
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.965Please respect copyright.PENANAR7IwXpUSsT
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.965Please respect copyright.PENANAWO9B47woyr
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.965Please respect copyright.PENANAFcS0bTjUgs
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ubs7Ay57r
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.965Please respect copyright.PENANAkgbwEzpLdr
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.965Please respect copyright.PENANAhnX4jJX2jB
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.965Please respect copyright.PENANA5Lbp8GV4fj
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.965Please respect copyright.PENANAaKtHNnCpbf
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.965Please respect copyright.PENANAFW41p0NhwY
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAy4XQITEeIG
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA3lrirXWy20
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAiVY43eAKst
"No. It sounds great."965Please respect copyright.PENANAEWIHFTc2qy
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."965Please respect copyright.PENANA5PPJvipyeb
"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.965Please respect copyright.PENANAju2Yn3NoRg
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.965Please respect copyright.PENANAVVtGAPTmHq
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."965Please respect copyright.PENANAcPD1PYH4M1
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAzxMP52PL8t
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.965Please respect copyright.PENANALzSGIU1hUU
"True," said Taeyang.965Please respect copyright.PENANADFH9y9RShy
"Okay," I said, feeling a965Please respect copyright.PENANAYdzjccJmH8
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAVfOyXrbkMt
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.965Please respect copyright.PENANAnkTdQuNPgT
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.965Please respect copyright.PENANACEfkcBMnQu
After the three had 965Please respect copyright.PENANAOk5eIzirrs
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 965Please respect copyright.PENANAvwijePyIGg
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.965Please respect copyright.PENANAbxaJ7tZPRO
While we waited, 965Please respect copyright.PENANAa8Y0Ip7GyT
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid965Please respect copyright.PENANAgfTAPGSGlA
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAWa78W5aPs2
expression on his face.965Please respect copyright.PENANAISTYuc8uGz
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.965Please respect copyright.PENANA8KrgDDaWfc
He sounded serious and I965Please respect copyright.PENANAUi8YHlVANT
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel965Please respect copyright.PENANAuB1bK7MCSe
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.965Please respect copyright.PENANABiuICRItP9
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.965Please respect copyright.PENANAuSfwOuZ0sJ
I got up from the floor 965Please respect copyright.PENANAFIQU8Oql5h
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 965Please respect copyright.PENANAkpLhelYSyP
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAWx9oz6sbOz
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.965Please respect copyright.PENANAftkmsPHuG8
I found G-Dragon three 965Please respect copyright.PENANATIubV2NMUc
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAa9qR1UJ8OB
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAXGR7xJIjrS
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 965Please respect copyright.PENANAibhAVOYPBp
close.965Please respect copyright.PENANA5yki78sRJr
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAZAXo42kWbf
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANA6vJMkJnNGP
"It's about Zoey," he said.965Please respect copyright.PENANAAHVq90ItAt
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAzMkw3iT5SU
"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?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAFGJUhLq2Xt
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."965Please respect copyright.PENANADwbNuHcWA2
"Really? That's all you can say?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAiG7qjOEbH0
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."965Please respect copyright.PENANANAP3nwo3zI
"But you almost had."965Please respect copyright.PENANAOcuzE6Ctr5
"Yet I couldn't."965Please respect copyright.PENANAKhbaNKOEWU
"Zoey is right. You're 965Please respect copyright.PENANADGAiNTlXkN
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 965Please respect copyright.PENANAQOq2aqwfR3
you know I was supposed to do it."965Please respect copyright.PENANAFq8R9PDHGb
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."965Please respect copyright.PENANAzuiHQD3tjM
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAYJZTfUltqd
I paused before I could say, "what?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAkdACzkzPhL
"You heard me loud and 965Please respect copyright.PENANA1Xi99ZLckL
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 965Please respect copyright.PENANAfi34rCuxiP
to take matters into your own hands."965Please respect copyright.PENANA3ahj8McIO4
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANATs6hXB9Rg0
"Wait, that's not true," I said.965Please respect copyright.PENANAZSBVFgYQwX
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAPulhoi765t
I now realised that I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAvpHHLsPFln
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 965Please respect copyright.PENANAyHmkH9nW0R
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his965Please respect copyright.PENANALfPXY6FzfV
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 965Please respect copyright.PENANAJLUGgkusDd
bound to come up sooner rather than later.965Please respect copyright.PENANARYabU3ikIG
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"965Please respect copyright.PENANASurSNBJJ88
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."965Please respect copyright.PENANAc1VXjmRpr1
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAqYHB5SYGLv
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."965Please respect copyright.PENANAGrZTjgSIpi
G-Dragon took a step 965Please respect copyright.PENANAb8xgGUhVZT
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2krIaMysCK
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"965Please respect copyright.PENANAG8LOWtBURG
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."965Please respect copyright.PENANA7rcptfo6ed
"Then what did happen?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAlq7AP65Iaw
"All of this is nothing 965Please respect copyright.PENANALDmZL4X1Sj
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 965Please respect copyright.PENANAGjmkrPoLs4
happened that I myself couldn't control."965Please respect copyright.PENANA4A199gJey8
"Don't lie to me, Sam."965Please respect copyright.PENANA34Aeqo0AnQ
"You know what, I'm 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0qAIhpxAHl
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like965Please respect copyright.PENANArAJVPormEL
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 965Please respect copyright.PENANAm49KceGAvS
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I965Please respect copyright.PENANAbsafWnyNej
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."965Please respect copyright.PENANA2veOVJiSp1
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAiZkRnqXj7d
"Yes. But I know you 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2smpNsfTJv
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 965Please respect copyright.PENANAHNDoq4xWLr
for himself that he and I could never be together."965Please respect copyright.PENANAUGrOkEyewR
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.965Please respect copyright.PENANAfwOdzKZeJu
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.965Please respect copyright.PENANALMk0G5IidK
I turned around to head 965Please respect copyright.PENANApCWmLPoSwe
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or965Please respect copyright.PENANAbWgtdu84J6
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.965Please respect copyright.PENANAi3EprZ9rNt
When I came back in the 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0LfveaCx7A
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 965Please respect copyright.PENANAf1baPSMT0N
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.965Please respect copyright.PENANAmHBkuEaFMb
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAKB9OehcZoN
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."965Please respect copyright.PENANAl8B1a1vkUS
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.965Please respect copyright.PENANAVr0PN0kwAW
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAaBQsJKu6Sw
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."965Please respect copyright.PENANAfOuLx223yt
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.965Please respect copyright.PENANAf59Zydmqpj
I heard the door open 965Please respect copyright.PENANAu23fSsV4sD
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 965Please respect copyright.PENANAaCWiBmeqY9
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.965Please respect copyright.PENANAOti6o8bBJ8
"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."965Please respect copyright.PENANA5X0BMTHxhm
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.965Please respect copyright.PENANAjci7gkESkB
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.965Please respect copyright.PENANAGuWsiyUBWf
"Look guys," I said as 965Please respect copyright.PENANAReYOzxx6bF
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm965Please respect copyright.PENANA4rcVAsXrfc
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7PfNBXPKr
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.965Please respect copyright.PENANAct4p5mF6CH
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."965Please respect copyright.PENANAFA49htY4Cx
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAxmzh1EjdUH
I didn't say anything 965Please respect copyright.PENANAFRYFdsdWCM
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others965Please respect copyright.PENANAKuBst2V30M
who were waiting for either of us to say something.965Please respect copyright.PENANAwg7NgxzLtP
Before anyone could 965Please respect copyright.PENANAgVtwC9ioQT
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 965Please respect copyright.PENANAG7uOGy0MwU
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2q58UAYXpW
we went back to practising.965Please respect copyright.PENANAGNBaUAe4nL
I don't know how I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcjtJ3Pfa5I
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.965Please respect copyright.PENANAo1bwmaHfqe
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 965Please respect copyright.PENANAsqR7ihxjuc
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbWylOwWdQK
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my965Please respect copyright.PENANAmDBnGinYnL
head in the real world and not mess things up.965Please respect copyright.PENANAvthjkKE7s3
It was lunch time and 965Please respect copyright.PENANASlROr2deU7
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAh1KEFN3QDz
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 965Please respect copyright.PENANA426GX7l2Zc
stranger.965Please respect copyright.PENANAtaZpIrKHaT
Now that we were on a 965Please respect copyright.PENANADCLkCHiNAV
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 965Please respect copyright.PENANAeT9dmqQC2S
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 965Please respect copyright.PENANAd9wpdAiuTz
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just965Please respect copyright.PENANAuxmhPJs1tF
too awkward for me.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4hPnqnYxaZ
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAslXul7qv5o
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.965Please respect copyright.PENANAM16NZSgquk
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.965Please respect copyright.PENANADrMNrt1fro
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.965Please respect copyright.PENANAe3aUJP71Tv
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."965Please respect copyright.PENANA8mJsqJNTik
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.965Please respect copyright.PENANAtTnNkxrOdH
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.965Please respect copyright.PENANAn7HXc3exnF
"Good idea," said Taeyang.965Please respect copyright.PENANA3CCPxq08Wk
As though they couldn't 965Please respect copyright.PENANAj92EbvmENL
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2zUTuStFbQ
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 965Please respect copyright.PENANAkELKbi6AnC
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.965Please respect copyright.PENANAuXSX0wtQCU
A few seconds later, 965Please respect copyright.PENANA8PqAvX7goT
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse965Please respect copyright.PENANA6O8ixpF83u
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking965Please respect copyright.PENANAogK5iXWznW
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 965Please respect copyright.PENANADgeDeTTW5w
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.965Please respect copyright.PENANArmyhNtXrvb
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.965Please respect copyright.PENANAM1P2Pk1RT1
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAgOQrxj5Brb
"A lot has happened 965Please respect copyright.PENANAV4j97mHakP
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6PHTR6rsTg
case there were any people snooping around.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4x5YEzpboi
"What? What's happened?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAODeUPA55MG
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."965Please respect copyright.PENANAhqa2Tdg3Qr
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."965Please respect copyright.PENANAgd8yI3TE7h
"That's not the worst 965Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ9g01xNXr
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6Zu7xp2sVX
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."965Please respect copyright.PENANAMfGkE4woXA
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA66vzsqsjCq
"Like I said, he is 965Please respect copyright.PENANAKpg2pDY7KU
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 965Please respect copyright.PENANAryzdAuWBLV
are going to be toast especially with the press."965Please respect copyright.PENANAG6ciHUeZMB
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y8NYrtyEG
"I'm not sure if I can 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcVz2YW52Xj
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 965Please respect copyright.PENANAKj1F1pmLdx
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."965Please respect copyright.PENANABkfeDPcDBD
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAt8q0Ve5l7t
"I've no choice and I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAhPqIE4W8Xw
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until965Please respect copyright.PENANAJC7yzLiBOB
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 965Please respect copyright.PENANAWyWFskBpJ6
cap and a scarf."965Please respect copyright.PENANAec7uTK6Gsv
"What will you need that for?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAd2yXy2ad6R
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.965Please respect copyright.PENANAqCoxw4MJrm
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."965Please respect copyright.PENANA71skuiwrGP
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."965Please respect copyright.PENANAnFsrv64Ncf
I cut the call and this 965Please respect copyright.PENANAeD17fiNSf9
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 965Please respect copyright.PENANAKaumo6g185
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAHRq8GZ6JQA
I reached the bottom of 965Please respect copyright.PENANA70quvuqQIO
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 965Please respect copyright.PENANAENzW38m7Pf
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 965Please respect copyright.PENANAyRVrk20mCr
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 965Please respect copyright.PENANABeixoYTF3W
voices that I could recognise.965Please respect copyright.PENANAsHAvto1rgb
I went over to look, 965Please respect copyright.PENANAu6et1lh6uu
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 965Please respect copyright.PENANATOEb2AoWjc
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 965Please respect copyright.PENANAwFKBTnC3BM
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 965Please respect copyright.PENANAyI6maDpL1A
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.965Please respect copyright.PENANA7XGN5SFrne
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.965Please respect copyright.PENANAG85d6EHsEc
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."965Please respect copyright.PENANAq04DQbj97B
"I'm just surprised that965Please respect copyright.PENANASd6xHUuGfL
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that965Please respect copyright.PENANAL8UVhATd22
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.965Please respect copyright.PENANAcZR7itNdPx
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."965Please respect copyright.PENANAHHKdD7u3PF
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAUjZ0kGCB5k
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.965Please respect copyright.PENANAlXAftred93
"I think so too," said 965Please respect copyright.PENANA1mVRE3hPo9
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 965Please respect copyright.PENANAx3WpCx6d5M
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."965Please respect copyright.PENANA2H4KCmX8Y0
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.965Please respect copyright.PENANAmXbnvPKZIt
I was expecting them to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAL3mzz3klQl
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 965Please respect copyright.PENANA3Er7c7J65b
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 965Please respect copyright.PENANAwKyOwSHuWG
Who knows?965Please respect copyright.PENANAsO5P2KBlPb
Throwing that thought 965Please respect copyright.PENANAFWwEcAn2fw
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 965Please respect copyright.PENANAqfMWY2HicI
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.965Please respect copyright.PENANA2cJecDWRBZ
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.965Please respect copyright.PENANAdIPTcXzXOE
There were still more 965Please respect copyright.PENANAF9kiT4TDTp
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery965Please respect copyright.PENANAkdV8jNe5F3
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 965Please respect copyright.PENANABtFLhx8ci6
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 965Please respect copyright.PENANA4aW9MPX0ar
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0iTTkikvrM
away.965Please respect copyright.PENANAzmaWgWLwTY
In what seemed like 965Please respect copyright.PENANARCCdrROTBg
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 965Please respect copyright.PENANAxA0398jHC0
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.965Please respect copyright.PENANAtIW5klxLcZ
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.965Please respect copyright.PENANAdCfa1BmuY0
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."965Please respect copyright.PENANAyVBdfjuQFI
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."965Please respect copyright.PENANA6gPRSMXpIu
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAqX5Jpg6kRd
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.965Please respect copyright.PENANA1QDCbGL0FI
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."965Please respect copyright.PENANAHP2jxL3cXn
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.965Please respect copyright.PENANA0UI83F3e7F
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAGRQdUGQEnS
"They have gone out for 965Please respect copyright.PENANAJlTDjMf7gE
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things965Please respect copyright.PENANAS6i4cVABda
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."965Please respect copyright.PENANAX6oCTmNAs6
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.965Please respect copyright.PENANARSpWgpSPJs
"Ya. And they are about 965Please respect copyright.PENANA4t8YIdBmHZ
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the965Please respect copyright.PENANApjDotxNKe7
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.965Please respect copyright.PENANAC57p6nTA6v
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA48ByAO4313
"Ya, that will be a good965Please respect copyright.PENANACcNvgDIPHA
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 965Please respect copyright.PENANAtImry0Sbym
the guards might think when they see me."965Please respect copyright.PENANAgNULuYBC1G
Lee and I started to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAyiDQmMS07W
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front965Please respect copyright.PENANA04BSS6nYr4
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 965Please respect copyright.PENANAIFfsLJPcS6
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 965Please respect copyright.PENANAieJ3SYILkJ
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbFl9q8tJyn
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.965Please respect copyright.PENANAKliHczT0I4
When I finally managed 965Please respect copyright.PENANAgYo5royYOR
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6gTw3NHN5X
away from the YG gate and down the street.965Please respect copyright.PENANAbFtQTEOriG
I had to admit, I was so965Please respect copyright.PENANA2qZlmmNBnq
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 965Please respect copyright.PENANAiYsOuMnVO3
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 965Please respect copyright.PENANA7p8xvf9lMD
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 965Please respect copyright.PENANAxmFg2g5oI4
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.965Please respect copyright.PENANALaoeqkA3jK
After walking a few 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcYBYGFE5Hy
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAuvbR0e964t
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 965Please respect copyright.PENANAL4lsF6xWX6
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 965Please respect copyright.PENANAoEm5D9hfMd
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.965Please respect copyright.PENANAk2GO0nwIaX
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.965Please respect copyright.PENANAK535C78OGp
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."965Please respect copyright.PENANAblXZseL5iQ
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face965Please respect copyright.PENANAGfdxWsHUxD
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."965Please respect copyright.PENANAVqGkM5QYmq
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."965Please respect copyright.PENANAkeOqNE7aNC
I froze as I soon looked965Please respect copyright.PENANAa78jhg14Sv
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcVPY5cExpP
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 965Please respect copyright.PENANA7tIqGCkdrX
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.965Please respect copyright.PENANAVQUqOmjwLP
I heard him laugh 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcYWGuIRqmp
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 965Please respect copyright.PENANASlSXfmibAs
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."965Please respect copyright.PENANAeMNpqUKfUr
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"965Please respect copyright.PENANATAOgYzxPGE
"I'm right here."965Please respect copyright.PENANASZG4EOAjb8
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"965Please respect copyright.PENANAO8tEWFjrqD
My sentence was cut 965Please respect copyright.PENANAMYldckXqy1
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge965Please respect copyright.PENANAsTIR3sTiQR
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 965Please respect copyright.PENANAjjXMuYJyoH
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.965Please respect copyright.PENANARuqvfnz47i
A smartly dressed 965Please respect copyright.PENANAByxS1euGaq
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 965Please respect copyright.PENANAEfYUgSjbtc
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.965Please respect copyright.PENANAt0uOueT0VX
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.965Please respect copyright.PENANA6fVKm2wCmJ
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANAYSro145HfG
A few heads turned my 965Please respect copyright.PENANAsSbAMbqqY7
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 965Please respect copyright.PENANAIH3W8Aj16r
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 965Please respect copyright.PENANA3hJKNJUdEZ
and a little suspicious too.965Please respect copyright.PENANATQ0DKHcVXb
I managed to awake from 965Please respect copyright.PENANALtopynGQGn
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 965Please respect copyright.PENANAznTdlRoMcA
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 965Please respect copyright.PENANANlOvbStgyC
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAxczC0ydYui
driver's seat.965Please respect copyright.PENANAWnjmPb0cUn
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.965Please respect copyright.PENANAFToVimeREQ
With my eyes, I looked 965Please respect copyright.PENANAOgcsVohJOZ
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2ygf98qHyP
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.965Please respect copyright.PENANAFmptgHvUMd
He looked to be in the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAEAKJ5Ff4yw
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 965Please respect copyright.PENANAEadlNOiexh
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 965Please respect copyright.PENANATqBPWTzUaT
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into965Please respect copyright.PENANARwwQJO8H3q
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 965Please respect copyright.PENANA4nde2YkVKQ
who had one heck of a body.965Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6uVnWoR9Z
I hadn't said a word and965Please respect copyright.PENANAl3OfKuEqcT
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 965Please respect copyright.PENANAWUu3q1EpKb
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2GAu390TQf
wrist. Who was this guy?965Please respect copyright.PENANATr0FNmfA0x
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4uHF9io4Ng
I opened my mouth but 965Please respect copyright.PENANAvDzh6MzItw
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 965Please respect copyright.PENANAhIOPKByGnf
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAZVyK57ZzHj
contact.965Please respect copyright.PENANAFNop3XXTEN
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAIsxwBfEAQj
"Yes, a pleasure to meet965Please respect copyright.PENANA6ivKWawQmB
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 965Please respect copyright.PENANAtPpblE9DOf
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.965Please respect copyright.PENANAmny3C0Dlfg
"I'm sorry we had to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAaRwN6wKz01
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the965Please respect copyright.PENANAtY4bb0MLQy
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."965Please respect copyright.PENANAPLDZ1tUorm
I looked at him and 965Please respect copyright.PENANAn1RTtb1jxd
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 965Please respect copyright.PENANAgVYPYNaPK7
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 965Please respect copyright.PENANAPRZxNy7gqm
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we965Please respect copyright.PENANAL1TvhQVA5a
hear about in mythical tales.965Please respect copyright.PENANAMparMYpIPm
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.965Please respect copyright.PENANAGriIoaJMjx
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 965Please respect copyright.PENANAnMwXlLc1vG
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 965Please respect copyright.PENANANbXdlMHISh
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."965Please respect copyright.PENANAqw8hy51DwR
There was silence and I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAmqjjDN4Dif
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made965Please respect copyright.PENANA1XWXuEnUZC
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 965Please respect copyright.PENANAgFkfkLA611
something.965Please respect copyright.PENANAGwH5HGjbsN
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.965Please respect copyright.PENANAOwDhRdOnHx
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."965Please respect copyright.PENANA9cAiF4r4Vv
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."965Please respect copyright.PENANAzkcq7gqHVP
"I was born in the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAOh5wrFy5vN
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are965Please respect copyright.PENANAMH72jbTsZU
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6HVJA3QqCS
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 965Please respect copyright.PENANAKtEcXlcNDB
business empire is what's so important to them."965Please respect copyright.PENANADoz8N4iJdK
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.965Please respect copyright.PENANA6iSyakbWFF
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.965Please respect copyright.PENANAy3hCyRa8XC
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.965Please respect copyright.PENANA8k03GqF1kh
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAXXWvgIvLg0
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAoCqMQVZ0gs
"Lunch?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAlTyrfU0iqm
"Yes, lunch."965Please respect copyright.PENANAIdJHYiSV6I
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.965Please respect copyright.PENANA06LeQQup4T
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."965Please respect copyright.PENANAnHLN37ziWV
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."965Please respect copyright.PENANAegNZoPSUPk
I raised an eyebrow at 965Please respect copyright.PENANAFEMR1zYZWA
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 965Please respect copyright.PENANAS6WJ7u5ObS
you have been able to find me on the street."965Please respect copyright.PENANAHSE346Q6lf
He gave me that dashing 965Please respect copyright.PENANAnRmeqv8Uz4
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 965Please respect copyright.PENANA6gxc5v9qJu
would meet. I had to come prepared."965Please respect copyright.PENANAHv2Y9lPJ87
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAITgm41cfNp
"My apartment. It's much safer there."965Please respect copyright.PENANA8Bkp0cfo5B
"You own an apartment?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAV3pknVs28B
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."965Please respect copyright.PENANAHcAtTAOZ6i
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."965Please respect copyright.PENANASAqaYPzj0R
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."965Please respect copyright.PENANA7FCpOuuZOp
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.965Please respect copyright.PENANAqm6FjJFnKI
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.965Please respect copyright.PENANAfppl8dLzFJ
It was a huge apartment 965Please respect copyright.PENANAWT61RnqHC5
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 965Please respect copyright.PENANALsa9A7ZKZK
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.965Please respect copyright.PENANADJHVvK4jFC
After the car parked, 965Please respect copyright.PENANALgAfLFZeAs
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 965Please respect copyright.PENANAMIBAgwV94h
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAsTOGvyfTDF
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAHVrLUJVaQl
came out of the car.965Please respect copyright.PENANA1krxnaqCbc
Derrick lead the way, 965Please respect copyright.PENANARBUrTOhCxn
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 965Please respect copyright.PENANA5pByGOT6Lo
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAWKQj316ZVB
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.965Please respect copyright.PENANATio6b4ypNd
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.965Please respect copyright.PENANAtBvBY83yKP
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.965Please respect copyright.PENANAWEM89vaI0M
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.965Please respect copyright.PENANAXHWxCOZTav
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.965Please respect copyright.PENANA6lRxS0jozq
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."965Please respect copyright.PENANApamFdsHQU0
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAuF0ZLuc8hU
"Well, ya, I do! You're 965Please respect copyright.PENANAHktFx1OC57
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 965Please respect copyright.PENANAVM5frdYPFx
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."965Please respect copyright.PENANABro2zpWoNt
"Why?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAUIwN5rOUGS
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."965Please respect copyright.PENANA5zDx1wvIwW
The elevator doors flew 965Please respect copyright.PENANAamf96oMBLl
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 965Please respect copyright.PENANAmLNZs4jJfM
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 965Please respect copyright.PENANAcahecbDBwz
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 965Please respect copyright.PENANAMrplXlhhQc
into heaven.965Please respect copyright.PENANAMfaoCF4laV
I stepped out of the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAI3gh3ycGof
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAX6B37WUVce
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 965Please respect copyright.PENANAq25O55joxL
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 965Please respect copyright.PENANAXY0OKblOUy
soft red carpet.965Please respect copyright.PENANATrZNnJh30G
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.965Please respect copyright.PENANAE0wzbbky1h
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."965Please respect copyright.PENANAQydH7jJNNf
I looked down the hall 965Please respect copyright.PENANASqUtc31zfu
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAfv0QqmGZ0H
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 965Please respect copyright.PENANAIJGlUO5tgG
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 965Please respect copyright.PENANAMdSmvUIXst
coming.965Please respect copyright.PENANATPshBEMYOe
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.965Please respect copyright.PENANA8ezz17aVGM
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.965Please respect copyright.PENANA15We2TsW8F
"Ladies first," said Derrick.965Please respect copyright.PENANA3aGYEQ0K0O
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.965Please respect copyright.PENANAYAyEAUr0jd
"This place is very 965Please respect copyright.PENANAYfqqvGPPTE
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the965Please respect copyright.PENANAzR9guuzeTO
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbGx2HI0wWZ
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the965Please respect copyright.PENANA70xoge3pqp
wall.965Please respect copyright.PENANAX2S2Rrk9zo
I looked to the other 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0ezKLnMcci
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 965Please respect copyright.PENANAsqlRStZ2qH
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 965Please respect copyright.PENANA8RCEOmvjDL
beautiful flower vases with orchids.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4baJfak9Dm
"I see you like 965Please respect copyright.PENANA2OaUsKqnc7
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 965Please respect copyright.PENANAzsQEXcSzJ4
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.965Please respect copyright.PENANAZrUkGvmsCT
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAl280kx9WSl
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.965Please respect copyright.PENANAd8sYOT8rd5
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."965Please respect copyright.PENANAonHFUn3aMV
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.965Please respect copyright.PENANAto9as7JA4Z
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAoJenOUC9gD
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.965Please respect copyright.PENANAxtYmoo0SxL
The butler bowed and 965Please respect copyright.PENANAjp7b3zz0fk
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAs5qFRSDWP4
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAevlEKtJJN2
ground.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4SaH0HfKer
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAx4kqXjXeOh
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAjjawxAsUNk
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.965Please respect copyright.PENANA9DS8NQVGNY
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.965Please respect copyright.PENANAEoEcFlLQUf
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.965Please respect copyright.PENANAe19Q0BmM9j
As we got to the dining 965Please respect copyright.PENANAnVpX1a4pk4
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 965Please respect copyright.PENANA63t4WS1mmy
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and965Please respect copyright.PENANAoxnqpJEzBo
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.965Please respect copyright.PENANAHczuQr16RU
The butler had served 965Please respect copyright.PENANATnAwuIahhr
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 965Please respect copyright.PENANA83x6GBT99w
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 965Please respect copyright.PENANAO7uKOtSTI0
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 965Please respect copyright.PENANA9Zx1i0zxZI
next to the plates were spotless.965Please respect copyright.PENANAkMlP8yDOcQ
Dishes of food were 965Please respect copyright.PENANAxbGVdVVCQf
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 965Please respect copyright.PENANABkgIqijLt3
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 965Please respect copyright.PENANACrpaB8WunP
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 965Please respect copyright.PENANARbn3C3PShc
lady.965Please respect copyright.PENANASlXQYsfalt
The butler helped to 965Please respect copyright.PENANArwjSP9BNdt
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made965Please respect copyright.PENANAdTEdAZgOqq
sure not to eat too much and take my time.965Please respect copyright.PENANApx1NEZY4A9
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.965Please respect copyright.PENANAxkjiJzKqwK
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.965Please respect copyright.PENANANpHgMGlIqV
"Now, about the issue at965Please respect copyright.PENANAP6yWHJMCkf
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 965Please respect copyright.PENANAyWVomGWBUl
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.965Please respect copyright.PENANARvfNf2bKpm
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.965Please respect copyright.PENANAsTX22siPte
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."965Please respect copyright.PENANAvx4VzSJl44
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."965Please respect copyright.PENANA5vR8a6t9zO
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.965Please respect copyright.PENANAkxOs69HICg
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.965Please respect copyright.PENANA78IUo2HMhu
The photo showed Zoey in965Please respect copyright.PENANAbp1S6rIX9E
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 965Please respect copyright.PENANAfJH96WkiE4
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 965Please respect copyright.PENANAAmDMOo2sTC
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 965Please respect copyright.PENANAGz8zukR9eV
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbVwbrIlxCU
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.965Please respect copyright.PENANApCMt3yA9DA
"I know this isn't 965Please respect copyright.PENANAiM1nSFRJi1
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 965Please respect copyright.PENANAO1PmC3J2fs
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA1KbYUeSHeg
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.965Please respect copyright.PENANAXGoVowsn43
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?965Please respect copyright.PENANAkVnKA5V21Q
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.965Please respect copyright.PENANAlKC8SHt0Ie
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.965Please respect copyright.PENANA6qkD8m0rtI
I looked at the photo 965Please respect copyright.PENANAggpAGdFnVG
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 965Please respect copyright.PENANAIyriQzIzpN
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your965Please respect copyright.PENANAKlNGEHeZsa
brother?"965Please respect copyright.PENANASUtrYiOf57
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.965Please respect copyright.PENANA92yeyrU404
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.965Please respect copyright.PENANAxInYvqU55p
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.965Please respect copyright.PENANAtQkpTNcqo9
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAe4kBKPyhMq
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."965Please respect copyright.PENANAJtdVTZKVrf
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAdzZOdGqah8
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."965Please respect copyright.PENANAPXArVyZJTB
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAtkB8aQ47QY
"I know my brother very 965Please respect copyright.PENANA7Tl27MRyXU
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 965Please respect copyright.PENANAtv9qFiphVh
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."965Please respect copyright.PENANAlpcZmNwDtQ
I then remembered the 965Please respect copyright.PENANA0fK4j0trnM
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 965Please respect copyright.PENANA4eLNeEmBlu
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 965Please respect copyright.PENANA8sAQVPTQwy
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?965Please respect copyright.PENANAd2Khv984Pa
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA8UBnlhIRqk
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."965Please respect copyright.PENANAV8ckPIQI5M
"But that's strange. If 965Please respect copyright.PENANAWFKcYtK1jd
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 965Please respect copyright.PENANAsm3JQIblxb
don't see the reason why they would hide."965Please respect copyright.PENANAr7opTjuH09
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."965Please respect copyright.PENANAvrzmCnzNZF
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAkbfz4FNj89
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.965Please respect copyright.PENANA4BS8wyEjfb
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."965Please respect copyright.PENANAifyQNnEXKZ
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAn3iWOqxfVo
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAjEBoYNer5F
"Wait! That was him?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5A3UBMUBp
"Yes. I was there."965Please respect copyright.PENANAKIC7d1UWGS
"You were there too?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAQGUibf3PJZ
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."965Please respect copyright.PENANAhoF7vhJJCi
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms965Please respect copyright.PENANAnIcm2BzyfT
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"965Please respect copyright.PENANA0UwkMRbuUz
"She is."965Please respect copyright.PENANAwRoRJPTDKO
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAVJAWeFOvVX
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."965Please respect copyright.PENANAWvWMI0H9bt
"And do you really think she would?"965Please respect copyright.PENANAzry0EoEgtE
I thought about his 965Please respect copyright.PENANAA633kHr7hl
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth965Please respect copyright.PENANAQhMemO1LRs
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what965Please respect copyright.PENANAW9v9faFGJE
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.965Please respect copyright.PENANAQEYKlfbXDk
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.965Please respect copyright.PENANAK9mGVEiAw7
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.965Please respect copyright.PENANAPWQI3CzjTQ
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."965Please respect copyright.PENANAo1SyG7nfJs
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.965Please respect copyright.PENANAS0E3NpwjDe
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.965Please respect copyright.PENANAvGfkMy1twW
"Before I go, tell me 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbbjBL7D8xn
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 965Please respect copyright.PENANAbNwFPsZIci
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."