Have you ever been awake987Please respect copyright.PENANAj98VaQVi8N
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart987Please respect copyright.PENANANwH6pD6aW8
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAputK7cs4Jp
day goes on?987Please respect copyright.PENANATiSnPc0MUL
That's how I felt right at this moment.987Please respect copyright.PENANAabfSFhKCZv
I tossed in my bed, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjrWT1CcSjI
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEhmWpVu7K6
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun987Please respect copyright.PENANAa6NE6vNP2I
could come up so that I could meet my end already.987Please respect copyright.PENANAg74NyrQXO3
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANAdkjPoeAKql
I fell back on my bed, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQKbMUwPLGI
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 987Please respect copyright.PENANAnkYxJlqUn6
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 987Please respect copyright.PENANAbTgKg0nWJf
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 987Please respect copyright.PENANAquEGWDyTc6
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 987Please respect copyright.PENANAfNxnPRj9UV
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 987Please respect copyright.PENANAL3Hf9raR72
mind even to dream.987Please respect copyright.PENANAQNtUxFexw7
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.987Please respect copyright.PENANA47pMfdLlo9
How I wish I could fall 987Please respect copyright.PENANA78u7tLofHt
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I987Please respect copyright.PENANAlNGMHNBZIO
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I987Please respect copyright.PENANAI3YRVFIBNy
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.987Please respect copyright.PENANAmQakhdk5tp
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANAQhed4VLqJk
I knew I now had to face987Please respect copyright.PENANABybBLtSjwt
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 987Please respect copyright.PENANAWxr8aRx4Eq
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even987Please respect copyright.PENANAh0zC1JI3Mg
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 987Please respect copyright.PENANAdARDDKvQwO
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.987Please respect copyright.PENANAUGizITK41o
I knew her persistence 987Please respect copyright.PENANAchCldTLY7k
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAgQzqjVaocT
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 987Please respect copyright.PENANAJDTVCHWiYz
her if I had to tell her the truth.987Please respect copyright.PENANATozj4DH2TZ
I know sometimes we 987Please respect copyright.PENANA3oQUMK7lHa
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 987Please respect copyright.PENANA8C1gxxZdYm
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAKXmEx704lb
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 987Please respect copyright.PENANA8teUJneSvH
had now reached that point.987Please respect copyright.PENANAtuJhbiyRAo
I sighed again as I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAfUN9vc6am1
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 987Please respect copyright.PENANAKRvOYkFH7f
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?987Please respect copyright.PENANAsJqRr3Zt0I
If it came to G-Dragon, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAPxsK7doBuO
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I987Please respect copyright.PENANAqm9UrIIPuM
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 987Please respect copyright.PENANAkoZ06XCrFs
lot harder.987Please respect copyright.PENANAZLw0l0xlmL
How was I going to tell 987Please respect copyright.PENANAobR4o4PVtU
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAZ11FBEdpWO
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 987Please respect copyright.PENANApYmzQvRZDh
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQVqDtYQrcT
either.987Please respect copyright.PENANAE0ZG9nuUAk
I kicked out the bed 987Please respect copyright.PENANANrHO232q0E
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 987Please respect copyright.PENANAbwYpVQo927
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room987Please respect copyright.PENANANllZ9TQj5r
in my purple pyjamas.987Please respect copyright.PENANAF7nhUy2gxk
I went straight for the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAlzPybdWEss
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 987Please respect copyright.PENANACXXJYKhSFN
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 987Please respect copyright.PENANAksEnD7HB3q
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my987Please respect copyright.PENANARyuN40TPhH
mum.987Please respect copyright.PENANAdeSyEbu76S
Hopefully, I was calling987Please respect copyright.PENANAThnTd5lPp9
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 987Please respect copyright.PENANAVO2WB7K6eX
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 987Please respect copyright.PENANA4ntq81EMop
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?987Please respect copyright.PENANAepecIgHktp
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.987Please respect copyright.PENANAku2zKnXvIj
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.987Please respect copyright.PENANAmKTKhb83f1
"Hello, Sam?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAeoW8UbUPPU
"Hi, mum."987Please respect copyright.PENANAZnuJ4V1ynm
"Sam, how are you, dear?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA6IqkP3OlNx
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAtYb2c81SP3
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAXAbBpgeA5b
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 987Please respect copyright.PENANAUzsDIAbMbn
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."987Please respect copyright.PENANAaGjF41ATgI
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."987Please respect copyright.PENANATqQoC9ECwy
"Ya, I can see you guys 987Please respect copyright.PENANA2RXpNeQE2q
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAXBqDkXv6RY
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 987Please respect copyright.PENANAgXEmTZEmwf
her computer as she looked at the pictures.987Please respect copyright.PENANATIY9seLgjh
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."987Please respect copyright.PENANAE7U100ru07
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."987Please respect copyright.PENANAt1LvBIUbLL
"I'll check out the 987Please respect copyright.PENANADyu9OR4NjY
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 987Please respect copyright.PENANAwCRZyDZizx
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 987Please respect copyright.PENANAsBH8ei3Mcp
Why aren't you asleep?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8xhCzbV1S
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAuwN2iMoGz4
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."987Please respect copyright.PENANAp34usgNa5X
I could imagine my mum 987Please respect copyright.PENANAe3OrYpFnL2
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on987Please respect copyright.PENANAFtJpkOLBGL
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 987Please respect copyright.PENANA4W8IbScSMe
her arms folded.987Please respect copyright.PENANANkg6r8S9MF
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA5NPa19n5Jy
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.987Please respect copyright.PENANAD0GWJsZsep
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."987Please respect copyright.PENANAp5J9grupO0
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."987Please respect copyright.PENANAgjK5XXUcdq
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAbbcj1ANSo5
"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."987Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ0eDD1VH9
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."987Please respect copyright.PENANANLmxaR863R
"I've been lying to Zoey987Please respect copyright.PENANA9WLzRWg4zt
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 987Please respect copyright.PENANAyVaiQOWNZK
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 987Please respect copyright.PENANAkZDM8ZiThj
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."987Please respect copyright.PENANATmYeYPQE8I
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."987Please respect copyright.PENANAS9xSj8hRQh
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAKxSVu9Byf1
"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."987Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5UBERv2Pr
"Trust me, mum, Collins 987Please respect copyright.PENANArgJhyyBZlA
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 987Please respect copyright.PENANAXf12PIyVQC
that you shouldn't say a word either."987Please respect copyright.PENANAgmq3v0t4wT
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.987Please respect copyright.PENANAtm2jL3Gg68
"You know I can never 987Please respect copyright.PENANAv42fYAeQ6k
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAtchgWxDQP4
matter of life and death. I've no choice."987Please respect copyright.PENANAnM6tfNsCAh
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAEbzDnprMX9
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."987Please respect copyright.PENANARTrPtlv735
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."987Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9Am9FU2Ki
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.987Please respect copyright.PENANAL0SVxEgjvD
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."987Please respect copyright.PENANAPcMHAEN6Z2
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."987Please respect copyright.PENANAFIIQ83wErP
There was silence at the other end. Until....987Please respect copyright.PENANAvJh4IKCEEJ
"WHAT!"987Please respect copyright.PENANADYj6TLZEkC
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."987Please respect copyright.PENANASXZdNROe8B
"Then what is it? The 987Please respect copyright.PENANAR2J9IRvCA4
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 987Please respect copyright.PENANAz7iAsaDpqk
feel like you're betraying your best friend."987Please respect copyright.PENANAGnmG7IpgmP
"It was like that at 987Please respect copyright.PENANAPA4PYBFu3k
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close987Please respect copyright.PENANACXULRByaLy
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 987Please respect copyright.PENANAxg0paBX4Hc
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining987Please respect copyright.PENANAPkhIV7STbZ
fingers.987Please respect copyright.PENANAMNfaQyiPfZ
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA7dP6l9nwU7
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."987Please respect copyright.PENANAV4HXOgFYEG
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."987Please respect copyright.PENANAkZKL4QCrfo
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."987Please respect copyright.PENANA0Eh7O6HdKI
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.987Please respect copyright.PENANAPSNSjRY7HR
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."987Please respect copyright.PENANAx7AG19bnUn
"And that's not the worst part."987Please respect copyright.PENANAVkrtlQd5Or
I told her what happened987Please respect copyright.PENANAkdTQ9cBwyx
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in987Please respect copyright.PENANAXouMKygMzw
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAW6iTZrPpEs
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung987Please respect copyright.PENANASgTaDuMsnq
and the kiss.987Please respect copyright.PENANABfm8p8pW1M
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.987Please respect copyright.PENANAQWVMKo5Xgy
"Ssh, and listen."987Please respect copyright.PENANADN9mUw05sY
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.987Please respect copyright.PENANADNLxR7r2Fc
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."987Please respect copyright.PENANAir15LOq8jW
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."987Please respect copyright.PENANAZmqrkxRkcF
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAE2AEzyZjNN
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."987Please respect copyright.PENANAJJyuBetoQN
"Are you scared?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAMYmwLM6pBd
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwMZWrmDm6Z
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."987Please respect copyright.PENANANUyXjHHBjU
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.987Please respect copyright.PENANAU7FAnEN3y2
"We all get hurt at some987Please respect copyright.PENANA1R6Vmo6ci3
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.987Please respect copyright.PENANAcO1930kGxa
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjzHrfmo7yf
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 987Please respect copyright.PENANAdxLl7WS8hZ
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."987Please respect copyright.PENANA1uLKbCZI9U
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.987Please respect copyright.PENANA7ohUMdYBx4
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.987Please respect copyright.PENANAoCwhNc2rib
"Don't cry, okay? You're987Please respect copyright.PENANAqtL5IkVSS8
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 987Please respect copyright.PENANAhQuSQcpJSt
will need all the rest you can get."987Please respect copyright.PENANAeHtWp83ptI
"Yes, mum. I will."987Please respect copyright.PENANAkg0H6PROJS
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAq1GQjlMtiC
"Okay. Bye."987Please respect copyright.PENANAKPDV0GnYSw
I hang up and I quickly 987Please respect copyright.PENANA1lPmwLsLeg
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 987Please respect copyright.PENANA64BjBVR0tL
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 987Please respect copyright.PENANAHqBjBEPEIk
arms.987Please respect copyright.PENANAnmHqyQiZ8O
It must have been some 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7fjfbSPgj4
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 987Please respect copyright.PENANA77gWHfijFb
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.987Please respect copyright.PENANABglNx81HTh
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAUr3z8NFUgc
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."987Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ks7CznS4t
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."987Please respect copyright.PENANAj52ie20Shl
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.987Please respect copyright.PENANA5u7eVdNK41
"Sadly, it isn't, my 987Please respect copyright.PENANALM9FqfofwS
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 987Please respect copyright.PENANAb0aW1S5Cv1
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."987Please respect copyright.PENANAVjanWyQRGa
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.987Please respect copyright.PENANAJZooegIjkL
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"987Please respect copyright.PENANARiVuTS3uXX
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."987Please respect copyright.PENANAb0pOENdYfn
"So, start talking right now."987Please respect copyright.PENANAIlUd5E1GRE
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAzwubvobjFq
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."987Please respect copyright.PENANAZLuaJNA7cG
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.987Please respect copyright.PENANA98qWuEi3Kr
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."987Please respect copyright.PENANApvJEYOO0xA
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAbT3nBuDvgh
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."987Please respect copyright.PENANA7aqaDBadGT
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANA1QxAoF8Ql1
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."987Please respect copyright.PENANAEHpJUuXzeH
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.987Please respect copyright.PENANAU6BcWNo2DT
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."987Please respect copyright.PENANAIRtzqwPx3C
"You like him, don't you?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA7zoqHBLwAn
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?987Please respect copyright.PENANAMt5chWkYhQ
"I..uh...no, that's not it."987Please respect copyright.PENANAfK8TekHZFE
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."987Please respect copyright.PENANAWuSx3adBWO
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."987Please respect copyright.PENANAFxTChsDKfr
"Expected from me?" Zoey987Please respect copyright.PENANAh72Zhm2RvC
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.987Please respect copyright.PENANA6di0Yw8AiW
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."987Please respect copyright.PENANAtsU9YEQOwm
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.987Please respect copyright.PENANAyJEslPh1F8
"I know you feel guilty 987Please respect copyright.PENANAAwkN9ngTvL
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know987Please respect copyright.PENANAJBMAqZQqtx
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."987Please respect copyright.PENANAuTRwqtzion
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?987Please respect copyright.PENANAxGdZtXKVFu
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwhZ040vdm3
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."987Please respect copyright.PENANAWH8UIsI088
I wanted to slap my 987Please respect copyright.PENANAIvixMCykAZ
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't987Please respect copyright.PENANAFFtrf4wwxt
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 987Please respect copyright.PENANAg2amDmxoxo
it gets out of hand.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjwPZtPwpMm
"Zoey, listen to me," I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAoR2la6KA9J
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 987Please respect copyright.PENANAb9ShMITnVG
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."987Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y7hYPRjL5
I paused. That was odd. 987Please respect copyright.PENANAgYIoDnGFLw
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I987Please respect copyright.PENANAEPAJiOVcqk
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.987Please respect copyright.PENANAsDdLqpUSAQ
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA754KSqGGSA
What was wrong with me? I987Please respect copyright.PENANAFy9fKL6tq8
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 987Please respect copyright.PENANARHi1l9H95E
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 987Please respect copyright.PENANA86kJWtMVLX
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.987Please respect copyright.PENANA6O9nqebgrS
"You're weird, Sam," 987Please respect copyright.PENANAk0L25dGBG9
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 987Please respect copyright.PENANATW0ktnuI5Y
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 987Please respect copyright.PENANAiOwV2Mloxa
waiting."987Please respect copyright.PENANAt6SJuu9Bed
Zoey closed the door and987Please respect copyright.PENANAqPX2JH9FZG
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 987Please respect copyright.PENANAmLrroaQEx9
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 987Please respect copyright.PENANAwDiHoUtXmJ
harder than I thought.987Please respect copyright.PENANAU0cg1ubvXZ
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.987Please respect copyright.PENANAViEbKq19FO
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.987Please respect copyright.PENANAWd3UNm9qgd
I stood up from my bed 987Please respect copyright.PENANAbkk1Fa5Lk3
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 987Please respect copyright.PENANAlRkqwNyOc5
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which987Please respect copyright.PENANAnGvrIHkKIe
is the most important part.987Please respect copyright.PENANAWWJNveCXGl
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."987Please respect copyright.PENANAlGWLV6yrvH
Whatever my conscious 987Please respect copyright.PENANASJIKvVx91y
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 987Please respect copyright.PENANAideBU1oAyF
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 987Please respect copyright.PENANA39nQV8wRS4
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.987Please respect copyright.PENANA7mhLQ6vUeH
If that was the case, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAaHHfljwflL
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 987Please respect copyright.PENANArWpclOhhwH
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 987Please respect copyright.PENANAKLj8DKKVEl
shattered completely.987Please respect copyright.PENANAV4L8RcfNpK
While I was trying to 987Please respect copyright.PENANASM7svtEFbk
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach987Please respect copyright.PENANAnIhrI8hOUe
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.987Please respect copyright.PENANAnOFFFCTHfV
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?987Please respect copyright.PENANA7hDMXQJt5r
I answered the call. "Hello?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAf0NWB2Aa0r
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.987Please respect copyright.PENANAZIlcHG23nr
I held my breath. That 987Please respect copyright.PENANA1QtCd1poBV
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 987Please respect copyright.PENANAg48kfw1RjR
asking that question, not thinking it.987Please respect copyright.PENANAoAE2F4WIm0
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAh4yELmLQz9
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."987Please respect copyright.PENANAie7AJDaHib
"Talk? Talk about what?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAuxLxe8Kgxp
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAeAdzqdcPnu
"Photo? What...?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAnp6NUaImyK
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.987Please respect copyright.PENANAbAeet6t9yc
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAY1V0V3veKj
"If you haven't seen it,987Please respect copyright.PENANApjYcWdpo87
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAsLh6dyYaJn
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAus0VQXHLDV
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?987Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1RfeTbiUm
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAbTQFLmHGaO
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."987Please respect copyright.PENANAPRS7U5DTxb
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"987Please respect copyright.PENANADQ4bKj15eq
I could soon hear the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA05NKv4Szs0
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6WhASDQcs
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAOFHWkDQLIg
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.987Please respect copyright.PENANABOqrXKCDQl
I looked back at my 987Please respect copyright.PENANAGphHT94h0S
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I987Please respect copyright.PENANANGgLZwUgKq
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 987Please respect copyright.PENANABejDb8bbua
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAFr2ox3TFZe
download the photo.987Please respect copyright.PENANAiV1cXdDqMS
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAxmWzh295mG
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA5braCE7N4l
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."987Please respect copyright.PENANAOChekNogFb
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."987Please respect copyright.PENANA5JHno3dLv0
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."987Please respect copyright.PENANA2MZbrjl4ty
I nodded and Lee left. I987Please respect copyright.PENANAzhBII2EhSi
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 987Please respect copyright.PENANATtlEra9gM9
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.987Please respect copyright.PENANA92Zr6r1SW1
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."987Please respect copyright.PENANAJgiPiZH0U3
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.987Please respect copyright.PENANALOamEqt20J
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.987Please respect copyright.PENANAxe46k2HdgD
"Zoey!"987Please respect copyright.PENANAw7MHYU3KOv
"Not a word, Sam. You're987Please respect copyright.PENANAeyTphXYtMi
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 987Please respect copyright.PENANA8zni7nBQis
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's987Please respect copyright.PENANAGaIg4mViw5
up with you today."987Please respect copyright.PENANAqo86aus2s7
If only she knew. So 987Please respect copyright.PENANASYFMwyqFpg
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one987Please respect copyright.PENANAcxOBINhtwD
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.987Please respect copyright.PENANAQTN3BjWbur
I went to the bathroom 987Please respect copyright.PENANAsDZTqtcOnU
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAIzTOorkC2j
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 987Please respect copyright.PENANAZHpSi2mBkb
reflection.987Please respect copyright.PENANAUOefceIYME
I looked like I hadn't 987Please respect copyright.PENANAuZkXr9QG2O
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 987Please respect copyright.PENANA8RuYc2LJYH
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 987Please respect copyright.PENANA5MTWjNQjeA
if not by two.987Please respect copyright.PENANAC9YNnVliDC
G-Dragon and Zoey were 987Please respect copyright.PENANAc4YIZQ5iBS
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 987Please respect copyright.PENANAVqFdjVFzgA
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 987Please respect copyright.PENANANEZWWQHrwF
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 987Please respect copyright.PENANAm28SNC1Ija
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?987Please respect copyright.PENANAlzovPTFZsn
After I took a quick 987Please respect copyright.PENANAUL4uGwu9pM
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone987Please respect copyright.PENANAauedHR2HW3
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 987Please respect copyright.PENANAq7NltyiGJA
the bathroom to get her makeup done.987Please respect copyright.PENANA9jJ5UGOT8W
I unlocked my phone. I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAb2ApiKqxVm
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 987Please respect copyright.PENANAxCUHYdmJKc
photo must be done downloading by now.987Please respect copyright.PENANA2jIwcMqOQk
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?987Please respect copyright.PENANA2MeijuuNvd
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?987Please respect copyright.PENANAqm5sEFC2xD
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.987Please respect copyright.PENANArUvNQ1JSvI
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.987Please respect copyright.PENANAgtfcPbKIXV
"Morning. How was your night?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA2Pf1Qrpwtf
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."987Please respect copyright.PENANAre2SgPyTZ0
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANAPkdJSvEDU0
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAEKMefw9wB
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."987Please respect copyright.PENANAnKMD0NeAwE
I smiled a little. At 987Please respect copyright.PENANAFy8rKT3Qqr
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 987Please respect copyright.PENANA536adU0RCy
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 987Please respect copyright.PENANAAjb6yJq574
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.987Please respect copyright.PENANA2bW4oTLYgq
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."987Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZwuSvRrVw
"You too."987Please respect copyright.PENANALZBRShCmwq
He cut the line and I 987Please respect copyright.PENANA8hjjoXBbIi
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 987Please respect copyright.PENANApVkcLjfJ93
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7g5Gx7w3Hn
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.987Please respect copyright.PENANA7zHqhYvSKE
After I dressed up and 987Please respect copyright.PENANAeqaIS00XpL
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 987Please respect copyright.PENANAa6aGEeSEht
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjS3HI4CBr7
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAmgAunv4T9V
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAF21ps9PvZn
room.987Please respect copyright.PENANAP0roits9lJ
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.987Please respect copyright.PENANAtwJUPFINUK
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.987Please respect copyright.PENANA3ScQIFOuvO
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.987Please respect copyright.PENANAhP8RNCjf9x
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."987Please respect copyright.PENANAEeD71qbXaQ
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."987Please respect copyright.PENANAymVeg3844e
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.987Please respect copyright.PENANA0posUvpul8
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANAac15Txqd7V
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANA8sK9xnodt4
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjEsYcsKmEE
"What?" I asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAxYyLeFiS1K
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."987Please respect copyright.PENANAdeuLOoginq
I frowned. "So?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAISwkW4Ihkh
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.987Please respect copyright.PENANAI6iJoMDZ1X
I was still confused. "So?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAVSCHwDJawV
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.987Please respect copyright.PENANAswyyUvffLc
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.987Please respect copyright.PENANAaB0RWBY8Jv
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?987Please respect copyright.PENANA5QV3r0q0nI
"I don't see the harm in987Please respect copyright.PENANAfZXhNTFWoi
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 987Please respect copyright.PENANALubpWHB0hX
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 987Please respect copyright.PENANAtYLf2coYhh
that wrong?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAgMWHtcQdkX
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.987Please respect copyright.PENANAcHPxev57n3
"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."987Please respect copyright.PENANAECUx9Z11hp
"I can see that," said 987Please respect copyright.PENANAqd1NS99u6g
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 987Please respect copyright.PENANAA1UbxVpoQa
me but I decided not to say anything.987Please respect copyright.PENANAXJp7mB4tOu
When we were done with 987Please respect copyright.PENANAm62CUsR7K6
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 987Please respect copyright.PENANAgA6n2TsHaL
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQXosb7z8MY
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 987Please respect copyright.PENANA480WHCNuUb
looking at my phone.987Please respect copyright.PENANAErz31Ziq73
When everyone in the car987Please respect copyright.PENANA9KtFs5NdJS
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in987Please respect copyright.PENANAdtJAQDlqtm
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEgxWS9jUuL
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjb37iYxVzX
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAuHKAIJZhEW
I quickly pressed the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAw5awqM2MeC
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 987Please respect copyright.PENANAyETOLJAbXf
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.987Please respect copyright.PENANAVsn5LWm6Qb
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.987Please respect copyright.PENANAxtkQd3VBm3
"May I see?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAFQpQ6ifa1I
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."987Please respect copyright.PENANAavImBkeWQR
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."987Please respect copyright.PENANAKesauuEKnK
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.987Please respect copyright.PENANA1hNcVmGxzB
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."987Please respect copyright.PENANAEfhchxFkTS
I wish I could tell him 987Please respect copyright.PENANANf1g6tO7qj
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 987Please respect copyright.PENANAB8fQdEDNb0
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.987Please respect copyright.PENANAye9nFo3OGG
Now that I had seen the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA5bYOmcSmdd
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 987Please respect copyright.PENANAe0ruu1lez5
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 987Please respect copyright.PENANAAv9Oio5aRj
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.987Please respect copyright.PENANAFQ2IbF5TDK
Speaking of which, I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAtpkOBpn9DH
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was987Please respect copyright.PENANAwJkzz8pAHW
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAZv6XWFm2CL
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAYTQcfWWkBD
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 987Please respect copyright.PENANA8i5VUlDdOr
further onto the edge, I would burst.987Please respect copyright.PENANAuBNyzfDlDN
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANAF8JjvJw1m7
My heart skipped a beat.987Please respect copyright.PENANAXC5Kjmr2YK
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting987Please respect copyright.PENANAatad15w7VP
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 987Please respect copyright.PENANAz9EBZZMqFi
choice.987Please respect copyright.PENANA6xEkkA6Lqj
As soon as I stepped out987Please respect copyright.PENANA55otG53RWV
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 987Please respect copyright.PENANA47BD2gCWd0
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.987Please respect copyright.PENANASL7XityffR
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAVhjO9bO8ZR
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."987Please respect copyright.PENANADl0SzLC9ku
"You're aren't the only 987Please respect copyright.PENANAb75L9MbSb1
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 987Please respect copyright.PENANAaKZ0dFMhVP
to work on that when we get in there."987Please respect copyright.PENANARU4xQnzyx5
I managed to put up a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAP5IaEKXEBU
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How987Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5NrEFcLoC
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.987Please respect copyright.PENANA3UvK0kjsUt
As I came into the lobby987Please respect copyright.PENANA3SVsXKKRgE
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 987Please respect copyright.PENANAbB3cvHWWeD
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwTnJCi9iLC
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."987Please respect copyright.PENANArn4iOunL7b
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.987Please respect copyright.PENANAPCBaJYkReT
We all got in the 987Please respect copyright.PENANACYuI1Q0Suo
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up987Please respect copyright.PENANAV3MZ2FuDaK
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 987Please respect copyright.PENANAbdvZOl14vq
things.987Please respect copyright.PENANA4BKUEXFDk0
We got to the dance 987Please respect copyright.PENANAqt9BFP9xpU
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 987Please respect copyright.PENANAgZykeTK6yj
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjCKi0aOiEF
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.987Please respect copyright.PENANA596fXU1Zbu
I was too lost in 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjypKVtyPFQ
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEYlVZECW3r
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.987Please respect copyright.PENANAEVTrkdgpCL
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.987Please respect copyright.PENANA5HNgHUAc1n
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.987Please respect copyright.PENANA1grGH7eelQ
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjiDPZlpcjd
"Tell me about it," said987Please respect copyright.PENANAq7M6Zvn4Ur
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her987Please respect copyright.PENANAg7B1Zyho87
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."987Please respect copyright.PENANAoTNgcNQ6IZ
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAcEgEiEb6Zo
"Too weird," said Daniel.987Please respect copyright.PENANABhsuj3nl62
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."987Please respect copyright.PENANAGrmOjxeGVF
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.987Please respect copyright.PENANAeIz4xKXprg
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.987Please respect copyright.PENANAgMUdI4CM3e
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.987Please respect copyright.PENANAFThxN0Tzvn
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.987Please respect copyright.PENANAGzeHBI3lRf
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."987Please respect copyright.PENANA993GtvvA9W
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAgmHcr2cvVF
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.987Please respect copyright.PENANAQzwxOWGPQr
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."987Please respect copyright.PENANASuLZoTsYMb
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."987Please respect copyright.PENANAswLzJqhfQw
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."987Please respect copyright.PENANAJwkvdBNQbY
"I'm not."987Please respect copyright.PENANAWZBoib2NEZ
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAkH6kqPrnPj
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANALSulI0rGCM
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.987Please respect copyright.PENANAisVmpiXXjK
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.987Please respect copyright.PENANA4tGPjPWBoI
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjDDBWm1DPh
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."987Please respect copyright.PENANAMM0jciRlLx
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."987Please respect copyright.PENANAzV5efWUFt5
Before I could turn 987Please respect copyright.PENANAGGePnlk8S5
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 987Please respect copyright.PENANArqQFwZImfP
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.987Please respect copyright.PENANAV6eDpYDP1h
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwSvPKanOlW
I took the crown from 987Please respect copyright.PENANA9BnVsIWmaA
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was987Please respect copyright.PENANAksYJF6DdpM
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 987Please respect copyright.PENANAKWk1DjjRCG
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 987Please respect copyright.PENANA24WzyocjiT
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.987Please respect copyright.PENANAKuGU38JKFy
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.987Please respect copyright.PENANAlx0SASlQtJ
"It is," said Seungri 987Please respect copyright.PENANAyJt7LVCIt5
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 987Please respect copyright.PENANAF02ZipkJGD
stones because it's your birth stone."987Please respect copyright.PENANAGCirKjhttb
"Aww! Thank you so much,987Please respect copyright.PENANA9yGvpEftAe
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew987Please respect copyright.PENANAbCuIZkyYdt
he was going to brighten up my day today.987Please respect copyright.PENANAmqPYyMsgwc
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"987Please respect copyright.PENANAesnSuTwLu2
"I want to wear it," 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQCzjCT8i0Y
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 987Please respect copyright.PENANAmGRYqSRvfZ
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.987Please respect copyright.PENANAP9CBIxsT2Z
"Don't I look like a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAWycUX4abAi
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAfl7NOh3vB7
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjvwLbOW46F
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.987Please respect copyright.PENANANI04AccD7Y
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.987Please respect copyright.PENANAHHR4dWdGOV
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.987Please respect copyright.PENANA8WgQKiK0l9
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.987Please respect copyright.PENANAw7hWE21rEW
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."987Please respect copyright.PENANAd82miRs1hT
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.987Please respect copyright.PENANApOslYvZ9qD
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.987Please respect copyright.PENANAJCZuP8UBpD
"May her royal majesty 987Please respect copyright.PENANAorrHmWBW5e
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 987Please respect copyright.PENANAByUBIDNCHX
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.987Please respect copyright.PENANAplA5htTJ00
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.987Please respect copyright.PENANAHKN1ZAouCU
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.987Please respect copyright.PENANARsUEooZyUv
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwyvgoXTaNR
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.987Please respect copyright.PENANA8qXKnkSC7I
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.987Please respect copyright.PENANAp7Tkzlx4T0
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.987Please respect copyright.PENANAEfDli1d0Yu
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANABrdhflHTOl
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."987Please respect copyright.PENANAsO29iVhS29
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."987Please respect copyright.PENANAG4lkJAHSYq
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."987Please respect copyright.PENANAtWMdYYkleL
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAjhFwAqLc9
She couldn't tell the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ac2nZiEoV
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took987Please respect copyright.PENANA351734nwgF
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group987Please respect copyright.PENANAS81o8n3pGF
photo with me in the middle.987Please respect copyright.PENANAE9Zn2DUVY3
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.987Please respect copyright.PENANAgBHtOaSlvb
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.987Please respect copyright.PENANAtrdCfawmrR
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."987Please respect copyright.PENANArfCdKB4xbe
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."987Please respect copyright.PENANAx6q8JmzD1X
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.987Please respect copyright.PENANAVosOeBICXA
Zoey smiled. "Even better."987Please respect copyright.PENANAkOWXDIiYLH
G-Dragon turned to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAUexU4yisMc
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAonPiirlhoD
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 987Please respect copyright.PENANAO2zDj5b3es
him and he will find us."987Please respect copyright.PENANAqcOjWK7u2z
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.987Please respect copyright.PENANAOlvCaRq5zJ
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."987Please respect copyright.PENANAohf01o2VYC
We all stood on one side987Please respect copyright.PENANAtLhRr8s8EV
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 987Please respect copyright.PENANAhV2n2iTTbb
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 987Please respect copyright.PENANAMzoHCsMy80
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.987Please respect copyright.PENANARwn87sgJ6e
"So, I was thinking, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAhQlTgctH71
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 987Please respect copyright.PENANABhbGPjIVNs
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 987Please respect copyright.PENANAkqbe60l89J
guys."987Please respect copyright.PENANAiStBQQZUaN
Christine came forward 987Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZDKyQl7ZA
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 987Please respect copyright.PENANAN1hgJs1wg1
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.987Please respect copyright.PENANAxIoYfljpT2
With Christine and Mike 987Please respect copyright.PENANAh1E0znFizC
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 987Please respect copyright.PENANAyYUfTsOvLr
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA31qWlQ4Ddr
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 987Please respect copyright.PENANA8Nlk8ZB3yt
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 987Please respect copyright.PENANARVSF3Sbh7i
themselves back and they again their backs touched.987Please respect copyright.PENANAiWAcN4O0Px
With a bit of skilful 987Please respect copyright.PENANAPF8HuJ7JCN
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew987Please respect copyright.PENANAiczNUu1sQN
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAH6PCr4U4lm
air.987Please respect copyright.PENANAYh1hnUy3dX
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."987Please respect copyright.PENANAfzHHGFOpmu
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.987Please respect copyright.PENANAzW4TuRYCIi
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjsc6Kz2kTG
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.987Please respect copyright.PENANAS9NxFaxl24
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.987Please respect copyright.PENANA7JwsA3ki9I
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAGCQ6EFHmUJ
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.987Please respect copyright.PENANAmwB5NMoDQl
The door soon opened and987Please respect copyright.PENANAILY6B6Hris
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 987Please respect copyright.PENANAKaJmRMFbpn
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.987Please respect copyright.PENANA1WOD4DaSFy
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.987Please respect copyright.PENANALrby0kVXVY
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.987Please respect copyright.PENANAscmglAh21K
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."987Please respect copyright.PENANAukJK8JO1Cq
Mike and Christine 987Please respect copyright.PENANAfmjx7PhkhW
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance987Please respect copyright.PENANA505zfkI0iL
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 987Please respect copyright.PENANAKtBHu5Joas
us will come in the scene.987Please respect copyright.PENANA3pZIb3dlqU
"Mmmm," the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAykKtqxHyCo
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAsJ6AuvSRjy
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.987Please respect copyright.PENANAMHbrci7ISc
"I like it," said the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAxqltPwMfHx
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 987Please respect copyright.PENANAE5jRUKNf8c
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 987Please respect copyright.PENANAxMRDUW5qLz
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7w5Io2jCsq
comes in."987Please respect copyright.PENANAqtHBPJQxKq
Zoey and G-Dragon took 987Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3IWDibCEr
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEiD0ecTBOx
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjDeJqeBnPl
were perfect.987Please respect copyright.PENANAtyyQwBPSgI
"Excellent," said the 987Please respect copyright.PENANATOJTspCEBC
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAx111H16l4X
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 987Please respect copyright.PENANAqjYXLt7GNM
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAlHZlY5gM5K
formation in front of them."987Please respect copyright.PENANApaFijqejdZ
We did as the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA5Mqsn4ZZAM
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 987Please respect copyright.PENANA0ek1dQ6oSl
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 987Please respect copyright.PENANAL9Lub3k1UT
the hang of it.987Please respect copyright.PENANAE0UQDbJqya
A few minutes later, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAW0qnebBe75
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 987Please respect copyright.PENANAP1Ojjq7OaC
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and987Please respect copyright.PENANANTycwHb5mV
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.987Please respect copyright.PENANA3owtMtg1eI
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAapIqdAMds
I laughed, also staring 987Please respect copyright.PENANA9N7TCWiEZI
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your987Please respect copyright.PENANA6bkTCqaxkj
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."987Please respect copyright.PENANAHmfP8zUehh
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAYBF2SR7cWf
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.987Please respect copyright.PENANAWNjwg8NtyO
I quickly scrambled up 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjlFcdYKYbm
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and987Please respect copyright.PENANANTx33xjJ1o
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 987Please respect copyright.PENANAET8gFNUGac
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 987Please respect copyright.PENANAXkPYWETy8O
and removed my phone.987Please respect copyright.PENANABPecv1N7JO
I sent a message to the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAxLL1QoZZhu
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he987Please respect copyright.PENANArqZZPjuQDd
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAipvOtUXoUI
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.987Please respect copyright.PENANAWNPtQoxVM5
"Good. We should meet."987Please respect copyright.PENANAMivLnASoU4
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.987Please respect copyright.PENANAuOh2Jc9jIk
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."987Please respect copyright.PENANAxCrRjEiuSB
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."987Please respect copyright.PENANABIF6hGScr1
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.987Please respect copyright.PENANAh0lvHWnmAa
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAiKYsyXGmA9
"You're one smart 987Please respect copyright.PENANAaCQAl5trXr
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the987Please respect copyright.PENANAjN7qCcrl7f
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 987Please respect copyright.PENANA0fwNu033BD
consequences."987Please respect copyright.PENANAQ883l38UAJ
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.987Please respect copyright.PENANAzdaiDbzC7L
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."987Please respect copyright.PENANAAFq3IINQ20
"That's my girl."987Please respect copyright.PENANAxjsN7NoNb3
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.987Please respect copyright.PENANATAC8sfxLCL
As I tucked my phone 987Please respect copyright.PENANA3RYM5CqbZv
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 987Please respect copyright.PENANAlUCkKeLzRa
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAZhqGl9Vgx5
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 987Please respect copyright.PENANAn0IOWlePzc
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.987Please respect copyright.PENANA2DikiPFiTo
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.987Please respect copyright.PENANAoAfl2cqvKg
When they both turned to987Please respect copyright.PENANAN0rZXrqOhL
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAOQSub8dbbD
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 987Please respect copyright.PENANA9TTAau2QNA
couldn't help but feel that they were.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAciNdToP1Z
I laid back down 987Please respect copyright.PENANAlx3o0xrbV6
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 987Please respect copyright.PENANA9F47YJhoxw
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7xUaf9t0xI
two of us had in our room this morning?987Please respect copyright.PENANAj0W57yokjr
Yikes! If she did, then I987Please respect copyright.PENANAeVWE1phMHR
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 987Please respect copyright.PENANAMsj5hxSMjy
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 987Please respect copyright.PENANAnOeJAILGHC
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 987Please respect copyright.PENANA3iOCjQX3la
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAGOHt4X6yc
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.987Please respect copyright.PENANA6wOPVQVwqr
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.987Please respect copyright.PENANA7kRAJUT3R0
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAXtd9LMzly
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.987Please respect copyright.PENANA3MgFKB0wyR
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.987Please respect copyright.PENANA8qNwpl9MR5
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.987Please respect copyright.PENANAnVmqjf4R6f
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.987Please respect copyright.PENANA8JTYRoU4fJ
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.987Please respect copyright.PENANA2WmT8sgbmM
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAFDOwxJ3ER
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.987Please respect copyright.PENANADlw2ePbUQH
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAlH8amYTn67
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAxcNAxDv0UY
"No. It sounds great."987Please respect copyright.PENANAchZYJndoaJ
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."987Please respect copyright.PENANA5jgkvwh9nm
"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.987Please respect copyright.PENANAhK72sUrSOv
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.987Please respect copyright.PENANAQeCuCCEeeV
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."987Please respect copyright.PENANAJCOPRSsk1l
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAh1bO2QtTMO
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.987Please respect copyright.PENANAWQf9v8Eiqy
"True," said Taeyang.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAAD6Asko0n
"Okay," I said, feeling a987Please respect copyright.PENANAyse8mKqlK5
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjLf1GJoLSj
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.987Please respect copyright.PENANAhYrLSueysg
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwG6kOzcFCK
After the three had 987Please respect copyright.PENANALraH9aqF32
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 987Please respect copyright.PENANAOmNVNcFRea
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.987Please respect copyright.PENANAq1fyghhUfs
While we waited, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAcc6Dc3xlRt
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid987Please respect copyright.PENANAOdHvExIc9v
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAbWrpxCjelx
expression on his face.987Please respect copyright.PENANAbqm8c3N136
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.987Please respect copyright.PENANA2sd0Fiod98
He sounded serious and I987Please respect copyright.PENANAaUSJ2sU7mJ
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel987Please respect copyright.PENANALxaGXZIBeL
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.987Please respect copyright.PENANAnnkld6h85T
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.987Please respect copyright.PENANAZ05UNwQKiA
I got up from the floor 987Please respect copyright.PENANARBrs6C6tqq
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 987Please respect copyright.PENANAw7q5hfjJO3
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 987Please respect copyright.PENANALeFNJwGYfK
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjYryw7qfXI
I found G-Dragon three 987Please respect copyright.PENANAzxc7ENspcE
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAmU1TZN9Q2m
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAb1rsTvzeTn
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 987Please respect copyright.PENANAZvR4waQkVn
close.987Please respect copyright.PENANAFBllzJz3AU
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANABQyalHAhvi
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANA2oR5HctbLf
"It's about Zoey," he said.987Please respect copyright.PENANAkrzEjrHjC8
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAGQofKrFguH
"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?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAwJpGqyjC01
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."987Please respect copyright.PENANAArHmxPymky
"Really? That's all you can say?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAio9v8Tvc5R
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."987Please respect copyright.PENANA5tvwZ6Os6R
"But you almost had."987Please respect copyright.PENANAEcur3ffKne
"Yet I couldn't."987Please respect copyright.PENANAKUCOZdFgge
"Zoey is right. You're 987Please respect copyright.PENANAj84ydTJipA
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 987Please respect copyright.PENANAnW4FhRrlEK
you know I was supposed to do it."987Please respect copyright.PENANAcSsxhDL0wC
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."987Please respect copyright.PENANAC5URpPzV0v
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAheGVjFnKyH
I paused before I could say, "what?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZdQpUOzMp
"You heard me loud and 987Please respect copyright.PENANANMT0a9Vgla
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 987Please respect copyright.PENANAAvgLivcb3I
to take matters into your own hands."987Please respect copyright.PENANAQbHkucRjB6
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANAxJB3xAR1UN
"Wait, that's not true," I said.987Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9DURYNrGE
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAOwdyjuP4Cb
I now realised that I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEDtZJInJWp
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 987Please respect copyright.PENANAY1wH2CIRsR
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his987Please respect copyright.PENANACA3E5eTAS5
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 987Please respect copyright.PENANAdkNYfHscPZ
bound to come up sooner rather than later.987Please respect copyright.PENANAL8203LsXTJ
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAuIxWCIaNZJ
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."987Please respect copyright.PENANAINVpJ9Wyj7
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA9oDOCR5yH0
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."987Please respect copyright.PENANAtDK4XFZW3G
G-Dragon took a step 987Please respect copyright.PENANAZmXPoQyGpy
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 987Please respect copyright.PENANAK1BUvb4npo
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"987Please respect copyright.PENANA9HWwkmVHph
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."987Please respect copyright.PENANAIoLjX1iE1Y
"Then what did happen?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6eSm8nhx9
"All of this is nothing 987Please respect copyright.PENANAsgqfQeQX83
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 987Please respect copyright.PENANA3VJfpY6g2C
happened that I myself couldn't control."987Please respect copyright.PENANAq6FMOWOQM4
"Don't lie to me, Sam."987Please respect copyright.PENANABfffBQhnrw
"You know what, I'm 987Please respect copyright.PENANAIXpPujSDnx
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like987Please respect copyright.PENANAj3Tj1FCkVa
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 987Please respect copyright.PENANAMnUA8CUGuf
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I987Please respect copyright.PENANAOXWpX1b5lD
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."987Please respect copyright.PENANADnl6UKQDhI
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA1hOhiuRkLr
"Yes. But I know you 987Please respect copyright.PENANA960lJAP4jd
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 987Please respect copyright.PENANAA7coLQ2RKF
for himself that he and I could never be together."987Please respect copyright.PENANAdsxF0gpFXL
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.987Please respect copyright.PENANAFDeBKg5dRj
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.987Please respect copyright.PENANADKlozAOIi3
I turned around to head 987Please respect copyright.PENANAgHnCWohwBD
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or987Please respect copyright.PENANAqP1zzrd9Wo
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.987Please respect copyright.PENANABQsddCeh8O
When I came back in the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAqJgq8rSN0E
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 987Please respect copyright.PENANAX93xK8cTYS
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.987Please respect copyright.PENANAczWr6CUvSu
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAm5vKtxC0xq
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."987Please respect copyright.PENANAkTqkV5DcF3
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.987Please respect copyright.PENANANvmjS9S5LG
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAOzoZXG5sMn
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."987Please respect copyright.PENANANIN5cPqAko
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.987Please respect copyright.PENANAho6vkpi85P
I heard the door open 987Please respect copyright.PENANAs8WXizDmMX
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 987Please respect copyright.PENANAuChe9ezARZ
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.987Please respect copyright.PENANAiEhmnVMIyH
"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."987Please respect copyright.PENANAWT1woIMnjC
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.987Please respect copyright.PENANACNRiUXfuAa
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.987Please respect copyright.PENANAuYkTxeWMuu
"Look guys," I said as 987Please respect copyright.PENANAe32jo0G10Z
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm987Please respect copyright.PENANAP5bnS9WMqe
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"987Please respect copyright.PENANABIuF7gwfjj
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.987Please respect copyright.PENANA4O9hBZiuag
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."987Please respect copyright.PENANAo7KNTF9HVK
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAPwY3U37O54
I didn't say anything 987Please respect copyright.PENANAq4542Enngh
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others987Please respect copyright.PENANAEZYOe9hX2s
who were waiting for either of us to say something.987Please respect copyright.PENANA8l6qmn90x2
Before anyone could 987Please respect copyright.PENANAtXUkUZ3gH1
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 987Please respect copyright.PENANAkh7xfqqXiK
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAGU05JYcgRG
we went back to practising.987Please respect copyright.PENANAJv1XoK1h9c
I don't know how I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAd5SxhG2qqg
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.987Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ofoz22uOu
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 987Please respect copyright.PENANAHgDlFw2qkO
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 987Please respect copyright.PENANAI6VWLm0bWX
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my987Please respect copyright.PENANAF0J0MMGoq2
head in the real world and not mess things up.987Please respect copyright.PENANASmvw2vFdxX
It was lunch time and 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6GpO26WyU
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 987Please respect copyright.PENANA4tffOEZ79c
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 987Please respect copyright.PENANAv2cdzLu6bV
stranger.987Please respect copyright.PENANAOYQB9tkFg5
Now that we were on a 987Please respect copyright.PENANA3US1DQXNm2
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 987Please respect copyright.PENANAkUzAqjKqmv
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 987Please respect copyright.PENANAfTLDDp0Sb6
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just987Please respect copyright.PENANAzRvUTzMaLL
too awkward for me.987Please respect copyright.PENANA5oHxALvZRy
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4YasbOg3W
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.987Please respect copyright.PENANAGa3pkBKA7T
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.987Please respect copyright.PENANA8MKpQY0413
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAWXIeY4aSU
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."987Please respect copyright.PENANATJGx9LfIRu
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.987Please respect copyright.PENANAnO9TzrbaZI
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.987Please respect copyright.PENANAcHHGpXAYpT
"Good idea," said Taeyang.987Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZStobqcZ5
As though they couldn't 987Please respect copyright.PENANAVQHlxdUOnm
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 987Please respect copyright.PENANANNUNtNYQvX
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 987Please respect copyright.PENANAZW7J2TiFYv
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.987Please respect copyright.PENANAT6fckxaQAa
A few seconds later, 987Please respect copyright.PENANATERXE08Z5R
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse987Please respect copyright.PENANAlBPNDiP3iH
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking987Please respect copyright.PENANAat3jJEUzhy
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 987Please respect copyright.PENANAiapnOaZJ05
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.987Please respect copyright.PENANAbRvX3oV6vs
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.987Please respect copyright.PENANAsNKq3Y0nQ7
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANABuybej6h6c
"A lot has happened 987Please respect copyright.PENANA1y2uNBnCap
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 987Please respect copyright.PENANAMDIxeLZ43d
case there were any people snooping around.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwPIzMlXL2l
"What? What's happened?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAGwCNM7dfkH
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."987Please respect copyright.PENANASmv5egq3Q7
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."987Please respect copyright.PENANA8KVAhLS7tV
"That's not the worst 987Please respect copyright.PENANA6OBRLEyNf6
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAT0U5MqXEPH
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."987Please respect copyright.PENANANOHuVp8ZVW
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"987Please respect copyright.PENANANdPD8cbFcq
"Like I said, he is 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7wOYcntCbc
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 987Please respect copyright.PENANA5y6IbTisRd
are going to be toast especially with the press."987Please respect copyright.PENANAFxomojyFjG
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAuTce9nAvIn
"I'm not sure if I can 987Please respect copyright.PENANAqVz6AlEmG7
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7G2hBktli
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."987Please respect copyright.PENANAycpR0jNmmz
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA6UWtMVDVIF
"I've no choice and I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAwx5gPHiCj6
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until987Please respect copyright.PENANAANlSOTNjjo
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAImrX08YI2a
cap and a scarf."987Please respect copyright.PENANATycT54CKRo
"What will you need that for?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAjirpUbRwNz
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.987Please respect copyright.PENANA3RyNGFGiEP
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."987Please respect copyright.PENANA7fDwFnzUKM
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."987Please respect copyright.PENANAwZvDdtEOKR
I cut the call and this 987Please respect copyright.PENANAJFJtPct9wY
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 987Please respect copyright.PENANAcH7ARL55oL
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAZhL66RJAy2
I reached the bottom of 987Please respect copyright.PENANAB27A9eyTe1
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 987Please respect copyright.PENANAL4puSkqghY
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 987Please respect copyright.PENANAlDdKRhXAxl
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 987Please respect copyright.PENANA4l8JDLk6wB
voices that I could recognise.987Please respect copyright.PENANA6yz2ygaPsb
I went over to look, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAW1msoWhagK
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 987Please respect copyright.PENANAG0YUPAIfrN
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 987Please respect copyright.PENANA2zHwKGWN7C
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 987Please respect copyright.PENANAWBoGNRLNCp
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.987Please respect copyright.PENANAt5JTbaeQeg
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.987Please respect copyright.PENANAHFcz1s9QWB
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."987Please respect copyright.PENANADDTEotqb1b
"I'm just surprised that987Please respect copyright.PENANAHW1ZTaTZLc
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that987Please respect copyright.PENANApE0MVTaMUz
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.987Please respect copyright.PENANAiGqil9Zk3C
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."987Please respect copyright.PENANA4NX35rOc74
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAIdKpfwUFJN
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.987Please respect copyright.PENANAZOMY1MOgwT
"I think so too," said 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjLH2ozCdkq
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 987Please respect copyright.PENANAV9g647YsIP
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."987Please respect copyright.PENANAMcUETbGd2w
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.987Please respect copyright.PENANAnB2AsLqul3
I was expecting them to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAf9oyQo0erQ
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 987Please respect copyright.PENANAECfIQdqGgc
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 987Please respect copyright.PENANAJg3infH9pn
Who knows?987Please respect copyright.PENANAcqlYRQEb4m
Throwing that thought 987Please respect copyright.PENANAGLGYgTr0XX
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 987Please respect copyright.PENANATYA6xgdPXv
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAFEVUZeusWM
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.987Please respect copyright.PENANA5zPdRXlnGH
There were still more 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3Dk2n9VDu
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery987Please respect copyright.PENANATrp8aXrMMN
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAoerQVo3PG1
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 987Please respect copyright.PENANANBpYbyOdTE
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 987Please respect copyright.PENANAUd4ZELoyo1
away.987Please respect copyright.PENANA1OfhLx8Ztu
In what seemed like 987Please respect copyright.PENANAs0XQbKTn0h
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQOlhSYVR1K
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.987Please respect copyright.PENANAIHCT9CbnMv
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.987Please respect copyright.PENANAva0YWttLvE
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."987Please respect copyright.PENANAoEI0REaZ09
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."987Please respect copyright.PENANAxpp9Q1QIcl
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAzebLeP9ojw
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwANYxgfghf
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."987Please respect copyright.PENANAQbMCQZLSqo
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.987Please respect copyright.PENANAsqgtvCeMod
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA8OMdxlakGx
"They have gone out for 987Please respect copyright.PENANAuPTrfBoPZE
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things987Please respect copyright.PENANAziDgxc9qRy
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."987Please respect copyright.PENANA5KHWt7g8Vb
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.987Please respect copyright.PENANAMJMwXorkSu
"Ya. And they are about 987Please respect copyright.PENANAMveumoB733
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the987Please respect copyright.PENANAqkckmG6Cdj
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.987Please respect copyright.PENANAXW1js0mw99
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAe8A7jHsZFh
"Ya, that will be a good987Please respect copyright.PENANAizz69H14Ej
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 987Please respect copyright.PENANAA7WKvqOGHp
the guards might think when they see me."987Please respect copyright.PENANAA97L85TYGP
Lee and I started to 987Please respect copyright.PENANA2cfVEgp2sG
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front987Please respect copyright.PENANAsyuI1p62Fc
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 987Please respect copyright.PENANA0vK94Acqj2
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 987Please respect copyright.PENANAkX4zqHQ9io
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 987Please respect copyright.PENANAOurlyeIizd
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.987Please respect copyright.PENANAoDb2iSfWIN
When I finally managed 987Please respect copyright.PENANAuxgVOkRaq0
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 987Please respect copyright.PENANAlzRjDFxY51
away from the YG gate and down the street.987Please respect copyright.PENANA2vtd2cRCVT
I had to admit, I was so987Please respect copyright.PENANABXz0aMHf2o
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 987Please respect copyright.PENANA9narlSkbdk
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 987Please respect copyright.PENANA1sKayV5LC2
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 987Please respect copyright.PENANANNGGRBmOTd
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.987Please respect copyright.PENANAYTpUV0ERJ3
After walking a few 987Please respect copyright.PENANAxJ3ANvI2DH
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAOMsqYnnF6v
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQVRoYeA5nb
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 987Please respect copyright.PENANARF1KQcREC3
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.987Please respect copyright.PENANAkk8DnJrRdk
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.987Please respect copyright.PENANAAHAbR8lc7d
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."987Please respect copyright.PENANAsS9gzYWouP
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face987Please respect copyright.PENANA1apyyPoq9D
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."987Please respect copyright.PENANAAFUIVHVu1A
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."987Please respect copyright.PENANA2jCYjFreYT
I froze as I soon looked987Please respect copyright.PENANA1UUAZotrBy
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEGRY9UnRJU
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 987Please respect copyright.PENANAihDK1j4Pzk
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.987Please respect copyright.PENANAZNyqPKXHPQ
I heard him laugh 987Please respect copyright.PENANAKuJoFMswmX
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAxqFb4b9y3E
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."987Please respect copyright.PENANAeKPROLsHeF
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAZZIE0mPv8o
"I'm right here."987Please respect copyright.PENANAK7ALeahMF3
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"987Please respect copyright.PENANAaYqoB3s959
My sentence was cut 987Please respect copyright.PENANAxrPQ3eNLXW
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge987Please respect copyright.PENANA3Cj4wihgwf
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 987Please respect copyright.PENANA0ds90fhAlk
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.987Please respect copyright.PENANAcr6R7dikYk
A smartly dressed 987Please respect copyright.PENANAaUDsq8n7uP
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 987Please respect copyright.PENANATnKlexyyIX
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.987Please respect copyright.PENANAGuQU4Y8XPV
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.987Please respect copyright.PENANA6roSvSvbeE
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANAru0mPZ65lB
A few heads turned my 987Please respect copyright.PENANA2ceOQC2Spz
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAiDoZYBRlwO
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 987Please respect copyright.PENANAmjeE1LhhoR
and a little suspicious too.987Please respect copyright.PENANAfzam7vwqmG
I managed to awake from 987Please respect copyright.PENANAfRrbZryDOU
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 987Please respect copyright.PENANAnh1H50XFk8
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA5aHVxpLOsL
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAklOiGkLhTG
driver's seat.987Please respect copyright.PENANAefif269LtE
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.987Please respect copyright.PENANATBa0iMPG01
With my eyes, I looked 987Please respect copyright.PENANAa3XJkQ7cGe
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAIKLLAiiayM
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.987Please respect copyright.PENANAvhriUH1AzY
He looked to be in the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA5DnPQBFtMH
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 987Please respect copyright.PENANAPtCJbPpnSV
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 987Please respect copyright.PENANAaN2ydczwcn
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into987Please respect copyright.PENANA6HGwKcup1B
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 987Please respect copyright.PENANAaBwsZZLukT
who had one heck of a body.987Please respect copyright.PENANAuMPnd7RXmW
I hadn't said a word and987Please respect copyright.PENANAjhBvqNuZGF
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 987Please respect copyright.PENANAYzFtmng5sW
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7VbmxmNYe6
wrist. Who was this guy?987Please respect copyright.PENANAb6ImvG1ImQ
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAO8qalpAhfm
I opened my mouth but 987Please respect copyright.PENANAiNTZVQRikV
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 987Please respect copyright.PENANAWs9ladhpnP
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAo2bBT6GgKt
contact.987Please respect copyright.PENANA6OXFx18dDd
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANALippghbxxF
"Yes, a pleasure to meet987Please respect copyright.PENANADPI2CnGtEQ
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 987Please respect copyright.PENANAY0AzhKR2PE
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.987Please respect copyright.PENANAsVQay8fA0B
"I'm sorry we had to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQXXeMRMNP8
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the987Please respect copyright.PENANAc9EqHaxWa7
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."987Please respect copyright.PENANAphbTDHJD0h
I looked at him and 987Please respect copyright.PENANA9rfCi19v0D
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 987Please respect copyright.PENANAmaCi8yzogL
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 987Please respect copyright.PENANAVqsvR8Ng7w
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we987Please respect copyright.PENANAmYot2K3nhC
hear about in mythical tales.987Please respect copyright.PENANAP8uM3HxdLd
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.987Please respect copyright.PENANA49jcVBzDJv
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 987Please respect copyright.PENANA5vBybWKs9b
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 987Please respect copyright.PENANASkluKflAvL
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."987Please respect copyright.PENANA5XvcUOHTMa
There was silence and I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAXREDhcsNth
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made987Please respect copyright.PENANAfLpInOZUZz
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 987Please respect copyright.PENANARrQKBAqnmQ
something.987Please respect copyright.PENANAKQmfEcEhuX
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.987Please respect copyright.PENANAXP09K6eakd
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."987Please respect copyright.PENANAQT2xcBTzwP
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."987Please respect copyright.PENANAnvRFAvxQ9K
"I was born in the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAP8lNgy01xc
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are987Please respect copyright.PENANAjC3DWAiKSU
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 987Please respect copyright.PENANAsRPgR5Mgcn
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 987Please respect copyright.PENANAu8zDNugWmO
business empire is what's so important to them."987Please respect copyright.PENANAyg9FJeqJzG
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.987Please respect copyright.PENANAXOpJug0oNU
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.987Please respect copyright.PENANARkWzNSMWbh
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.987Please respect copyright.PENANACflsN4QAZQ
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAv2HUM7G0SJ
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAm2962mJ3i1
"Lunch?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAlYPYPuvX8R
"Yes, lunch."987Please respect copyright.PENANAnba4XLPycp
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.987Please respect copyright.PENANAaS6dvx5fzT
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."987Please respect copyright.PENANAvRf3Ql7Uir
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."987Please respect copyright.PENANAfAu2JUrXGp
I raised an eyebrow at 987Please respect copyright.PENANApuit21P154
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 987Please respect copyright.PENANA6cdMy5xfzp
you have been able to find me on the street."987Please respect copyright.PENANAF2hAu5hpYH
He gave me that dashing 987Please respect copyright.PENANA0X3V4xoQhu
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 987Please respect copyright.PENANABlN423iMPy
would meet. I had to come prepared."987Please respect copyright.PENANAvQnGxO3ODC
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAGtGnUjUoMV
"My apartment. It's much safer there."987Please respect copyright.PENANAEY5CXJ0qk9
"You own an apartment?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAaw6SzhBy4R
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."987Please respect copyright.PENANAhu3te9nww8
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."987Please respect copyright.PENANARmg1wmK4PY
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."987Please respect copyright.PENANAvqD5VMcqk2
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.987Please respect copyright.PENANAj6VagwpJqn
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.987Please respect copyright.PENANAXtqK9nsyu4
It was a huge apartment 987Please respect copyright.PENANAThdcXKv53T
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 987Please respect copyright.PENANA0yRtWdGH3t
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.987Please respect copyright.PENANAP91gl37Xki
After the car parked, 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7ml74oXLK1
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 987Please respect copyright.PENANAsoywHFZdyk
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAmwbcvwYoNR
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEpsn7BuoZc
came out of the car.987Please respect copyright.PENANAEaT6PvzdDb
Derrick lead the way, 987Please respect copyright.PENANAnroqa0dTDt
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 987Please respect copyright.PENANAvFefbngNXp
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAKN4m7aWCSO
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.987Please respect copyright.PENANAnoIKHobE5z
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.987Please respect copyright.PENANAhFeMYhlsct
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.987Please respect copyright.PENANAPmzeIv6d5W
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.987Please respect copyright.PENANAjRwjry3ccC
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAm3YyuWBHVZ
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."987Please respect copyright.PENANAga2SPdlVY4
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAxAyrr55Ehn
"Well, ya, I do! You're 987Please respect copyright.PENANACEVqlo2XoT
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEZG45WIfwS
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."987Please respect copyright.PENANAbwvU48SbvM
"Why?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAYzxEnQJrFb
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."987Please respect copyright.PENANAogtF5macQ1
The elevator doors flew 987Please respect copyright.PENANAtuhAmCq6SA
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 987Please respect copyright.PENANApsz9Mj0pLd
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 987Please respect copyright.PENANAvLmin3uisC
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 987Please respect copyright.PENANA2zbGHlTYpt
into heaven.987Please respect copyright.PENANAsXWvBStjtR
I stepped out of the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAXFXclvircR
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAcfGC6E55uP
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 987Please respect copyright.PENANAdH3gj9SKn1
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 987Please respect copyright.PENANA6AoP8j8oKF
soft red carpet.987Please respect copyright.PENANAcqm5jiFQFx
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.987Please respect copyright.PENANA6d4XZbAE6o
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."987Please respect copyright.PENANA8TFV55r01N
I looked down the hall 987Please respect copyright.PENANAa6sxOdpAex
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 987Please respect copyright.PENANAwlG5s664Ou
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7E2TqVqEdI
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 987Please respect copyright.PENANAfgMIrAf4DJ
coming.987Please respect copyright.PENANA2GsjBNihhd
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.987Please respect copyright.PENANATHi7aPE5EV
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.987Please respect copyright.PENANA7Bl3xHIOrm
"Ladies first," said Derrick.987Please respect copyright.PENANARNhEWuH6c0
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.987Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ba4wfPE6C
"This place is very 987Please respect copyright.PENANAj26mitB9YD
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the987Please respect copyright.PENANAcccm8NRAT4
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 987Please respect copyright.PENANAMT8SlKpHRy
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the987Please respect copyright.PENANAocAJDePYrp
wall.987Please respect copyright.PENANAxTgEV6gwO5
I looked to the other 987Please respect copyright.PENANAVxZlwZNdmZ
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 987Please respect copyright.PENANAu5OlVofJKk
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 987Please respect copyright.PENANAXqFtrJpiIs
beautiful flower vases with orchids.987Please respect copyright.PENANAIcxt2KKWIm
"I see you like 987Please respect copyright.PENANAqKZDdd7ahH
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 987Please respect copyright.PENANAGyiJ3EhTjk
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.987Please respect copyright.PENANAchvTEGkFsy
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.987Please respect copyright.PENANABISbSE4pA5
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.987Please respect copyright.PENANAwcel4gFvfb
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."987Please respect copyright.PENANAHX8WszwcDY
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.987Please respect copyright.PENANAhAsvMuQD8p
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAYFY8bwfPSR
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.987Please respect copyright.PENANAGX3ZVXaetw
The butler bowed and 987Please respect copyright.PENANA2xGo74NdQz
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 987Please respect copyright.PENANArClhs9DhVq
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAAPNBwEaTzK
ground.987Please respect copyright.PENANAxEqDoypwCt
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAEIPbnQAZRu
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAACClv5DS7e
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.987Please respect copyright.PENANAna1jBKSveA
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.987Please respect copyright.PENANADnCB5HGlzU
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.987Please respect copyright.PENANAKPudcpk4ME
As we got to the dining 987Please respect copyright.PENANAEFiS2HW0KP
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 987Please respect copyright.PENANAbDmRZmyy1y
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and987Please respect copyright.PENANAcKH99q8eSz
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.987Please respect copyright.PENANAnv8rhiCETs
The butler had served 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQYb1st8QH5
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 987Please respect copyright.PENANADD8Mg08xjp
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 987Please respect copyright.PENANAVIBahiOOJt
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 987Please respect copyright.PENANA09xlY2EJHE
next to the plates were spotless.987Please respect copyright.PENANA5rKQbSZIHI
Dishes of food were 987Please respect copyright.PENANAwF8Ht0cxl0
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 987Please respect copyright.PENANAVMsjRL1Frx
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 987Please respect copyright.PENANA6dRLkHQIr0
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAarw0EqfBmf
lady.987Please respect copyright.PENANAcK93OiLBD5
The butler helped to 987Please respect copyright.PENANAQlOPOqdthT
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made987Please respect copyright.PENANAELI650GNbg
sure not to eat too much and take my time.987Please respect copyright.PENANA0WapMUWcAI
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.987Please respect copyright.PENANABd6w3ClX4H
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.987Please respect copyright.PENANAj7jrjD1OeF
"Now, about the issue at987Please respect copyright.PENANAS2xkU79c3g
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 987Please respect copyright.PENANA4XzUzSIWqS
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.987Please respect copyright.PENANARAW5Sheczy
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.987Please respect copyright.PENANAugmnsfolnZ
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."987Please respect copyright.PENANAXSI7XXkBz3
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."987Please respect copyright.PENANAeGgiST9nqQ
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.987Please respect copyright.PENANARWUkCoDPwL
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.987Please respect copyright.PENANAr3lOJhy6o4
The photo showed Zoey in987Please respect copyright.PENANAxyhWFgYhIS
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 987Please respect copyright.PENANACUzarxGCsK
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 987Please respect copyright.PENANAUH8dAnk8kZ
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 987Please respect copyright.PENANAfMU0TGQraK
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 987Please respect copyright.PENANAHxAJPr9KYf
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.987Please respect copyright.PENANAORY5WEOuYL
"I know this isn't 987Please respect copyright.PENANAVNdbH88UGB
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 987Please respect copyright.PENANA3oMtiv5H5O
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"987Please respect copyright.PENANABZKlRVX0xU
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.987Please respect copyright.PENANAusPRF3lHQc
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?987Please respect copyright.PENANAayb27xKqqp
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.987Please respect copyright.PENANA3UcbuYc3p6
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.987Please respect copyright.PENANAdUYepIJwxQ
I looked at the photo 987Please respect copyright.PENANA9zr1xYMtcg
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 987Please respect copyright.PENANA3TbEz7RBYo
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your987Please respect copyright.PENANADYbj65KcaC
brother?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAWqMZ4GOeoy
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.987Please respect copyright.PENANA5vVCLBV1B0
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.987Please respect copyright.PENANAGuFci4HXfE
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.987Please respect copyright.PENANArDjkIJXyQf
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAiB5LPPndrb
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."987Please respect copyright.PENANAVSZjOfWEd5
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAj729f9mAia
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."987Please respect copyright.PENANA0J7MusIWiE
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAp0IZNC9pg4
"I know my brother very 987Please respect copyright.PENANAjTaqe1pIZU
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 987Please respect copyright.PENANAqcVng9iBFH
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."987Please respect copyright.PENANA86ULvixCOb
I then remembered the 987Please respect copyright.PENANAOBCdtxmnH3
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 987Please respect copyright.PENANASC4qWx7xMF
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 987Please respect copyright.PENANAElwRFnro2N
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?987Please respect copyright.PENANAuzvO1IuVxN
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAY9wqWWqHzV
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."987Please respect copyright.PENANAZobVqrFHiO
"But that's strange. If 987Please respect copyright.PENANAnQFB1tABwG
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 987Please respect copyright.PENANArG9APhkLrq
don't see the reason why they would hide."987Please respect copyright.PENANABB3ncT5uTZ
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."987Please respect copyright.PENANAORRpGy8EV1
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAlYDMCCXGhX
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.987Please respect copyright.PENANAfi2XfkeBSd
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."987Please respect copyright.PENANAC2ytOOQixZ
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"987Please respect copyright.PENANA43ZnTYn7vQ
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAKFshVOWUB0
"Wait! That was him?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAi6Zf3bKRhj
"Yes. I was there."987Please respect copyright.PENANAPn6dWJrSjA
"You were there too?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAO4L57FKV6k
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."987Please respect copyright.PENANArm8cYfq8sc
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms987Please respect copyright.PENANAcFdewY9sVx
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAuWrJqkGdnS
"She is."987Please respect copyright.PENANA8nBIIj72Uw
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"987Please respect copyright.PENANAw6qWHlUdrE
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."987Please respect copyright.PENANAFzpjR8EIDB
"And do you really think she would?"987Please respect copyright.PENANACNXQSs7t2D
I thought about his 987Please respect copyright.PENANA5T0meuvMhL
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth987Please respect copyright.PENANAf1B5n9cljm
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what987Please respect copyright.PENANADMS0C0Snzd
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.987Please respect copyright.PENANA3XNMypHXhM
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.987Please respect copyright.PENANAkvb9EEv4AZ
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.987Please respect copyright.PENANAdkkUEeKCt6
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."987Please respect copyright.PENANAjaIHJD3GNb
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.987Please respect copyright.PENANAO0g0mfVthj
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.987Please respect copyright.PENANADiYmWEglqn
"Before I go, tell me 987Please respect copyright.PENANALhhsgTJi1h
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 987Please respect copyright.PENANA7dhGBb6EUj
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."