Have you ever been awake1021Please respect copyright.PENANAc7Yqj823dv
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart1021Please respect copyright.PENANAm1jtCPKSiJ
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdPxAYbILIy
day goes on?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaYlvsDwkuf
That's how I felt right at this moment.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACXHIzzHoIE
I tossed in my bed, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVRs31C5xri
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACVBEtYbj2u
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun1021Please respect copyright.PENANABgLAA1WSP1
could come up so that I could meet my end already.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHRTgpfu0SG
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAb2pZmaEaXp
I fell back on my bed, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEfcr8XFjiI
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAToottPJmX8
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyGb1pe1Iep
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 1021Please respect copyright.PENANADesrvhsKnm
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGFEOi0nzWE
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASXtsmO0fLT
mind even to dream.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASAhIuYfNks
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9IErarjhdj
How I wish I could fall 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8zJRxyGU9U
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAunqknW75z1
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUciw2sOLgX
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdQN9xUdMQY
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMy85zgamxX
I knew I now had to face1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvvU1mERymg
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAf2Fk8wsVYI
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZKU00alg9c
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6On0woU10H
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmRmn6CauER
I knew her persistence 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAng81gv9PLV
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaB0XQRu4H5
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGCyCVGLE5F
her if I had to tell her the truth.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwANEQga34l
I know sometimes we 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAD7eqfHJ2Vj
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0F0Th8hRC3
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvYvxF7zTbL
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk1RbITJpOX
had now reached that point.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9hr0383TQe
I sighed again as I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjF6rYXSIjv
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAW9juN6WyHn
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?1021Please respect copyright.PENANApzWORtqw02
If it came to G-Dragon, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnmTXlSLNFq
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6CBKcfiRWk
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdqD1MVtSkj
lot harder.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI2zf4F1Tsc
How was I going to tell 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZp0FVSjfzP
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvEFme5oRTE
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARZoOIYcMrU
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbOgKcdqkcA
either.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAn9wzSxInYv
I kicked out the bed 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKHzqMvqX4M
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMG4bNwDhP1
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQQ5lnywvrK
in my purple pyjamas.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiVZRbOpyKY
I went straight for the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJLwNfeOf4I
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASxD17OJX3k
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5I1XmBw55Z
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8vcWs9ryER
mum.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlyKgZ0UJb8
Hopefully, I was calling1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMn1MlCmWAk
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAF2ES1XtF8w
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACJLTm3zSNd
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGgfKgLBn06
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdDmwWembso
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEleWxUnOJu
"Hello, Sam?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANApupoudTXGz
"Hi, mum."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ko4JWPzR8
"Sam, how are you, dear?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPNvkE2FNza
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMkx9tQ8ZA4
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5bxbkPwHVc
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARutcKzftuO
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."1021Please respect copyright.PENANATO916xUvxW
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMJje0V1CjB
"Ya, I can see you guys 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhkfvIpPatd
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACcnPebTUTk
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmogVbcLkUa
her computer as she looked at the pictures.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4L1zCKVkmq
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqRZGxehv1D
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUMtrCiUS7Y
"I'll check out the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA61ZA49lVZ2
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA99S3W9BXjz
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyFa6COMFNy
Why aren't you asleep?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANACHyxudiyIt
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI6XOsPpO2Z
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8nlHCiLmpD
I could imagine my mum 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsf0g2iicjg
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXjCsSZdbKr
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyV4t6cLR8u
her arms folded.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3lI6hK4hdz
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANANUjv9exSqk
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFuj0uwACT6
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAU4vToJiZWh
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAR7717gRQe5
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAx9pbMN9AIZ
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPEQ1GXJxuF
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAg0dXRdIIN8
"I've been lying to Zoey1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcmILSKRkxs
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAa8Yqob127M
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWmqKQ3UW0C
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2HXlUU8HvJ
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9yEeqjnkJ
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcpXROJm534
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOWVMcIoiLK
"Trust me, mum, Collins 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdlRAsO9xK6
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6V51bAqYji
that you shouldn't say a word either."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAD02WiUCqvC
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIHbzREdTOC
"You know I can never 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0aNtp055bE
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3glpkgAGfy
matter of life and death. I've no choice."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHrewEewYQh
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANATx0RWII0iV
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAq7XL9zht3V
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAf4b4EktIhk
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4xzhwILwhn
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFp26c3cItw
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAs6ejQurZkM
There was silence at the other end. Until....1021Please respect copyright.PENANADmzKp5E7gL
"WHAT!"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHWaDU5OgBy
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ9vBQoImL
"Then what is it? The 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWMVFlzlx0V
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFfoFg8R7Vh
feel like you're betraying your best friend."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9ToMpAWipv
"It was like that at 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxAcHNjzZbr
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close1021Please respect copyright.PENANACMp1Xj57Yc
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8yOO5EBQVk
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtczX1IJF1D
fingers.1021Please respect copyright.PENANApFMRaGEVAv
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAstohJqhk3E
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAX5kO3nxwN0
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."1021Please respect copyright.PENANANNKvejgRAi
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAw2eF0db4mk
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0SQEgLA7G
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFOBQmQCo60
"And that's not the worst part."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAisNNv5F15E
I told her what happened1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYDomblNqaA
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in1021Please respect copyright.PENANAa2wG27FTtV
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcmnC0Hmyjr
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVfD9psQYjz
and the kiss.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3LKkbZ70Ri
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACdlK1vNsFU
"Ssh, and listen."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3A4MRlj02F
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfAMIIW9SVB
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdYU4Y33Llq
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwtSxZ9ZUKb
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuXSloda0DO
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJV69aAyBDQ
"Are you scared?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeqTwGVJ77P
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzM6yc6N3aF
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJoEAlTRypQ
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0Hg16YkKj4
"We all get hurt at some1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmVnj5M9QGn
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAisT18r6I8N
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYltT1SPibP
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZMFbbozRpO
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjL2mAJ20pG
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAT5NzihZ2op
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA57ajaJA1nT
"Don't cry, okay? You're1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxThvGTCMI0
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGU4dLTw8Qm
will need all the rest you can get."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPx5RVVSpIF
"Yes, mum. I will."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAS4UfzlLEtP
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJXltzPOOMp
"Okay. Bye."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMUkAQKUIg1
I hang up and I quickly 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmSEJFRAJ8a
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0JTGkAjqfE
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9cGS3yC0wp
arms.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwR6QQ9TqQO
It must have been some 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWdYRvqkMD2
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAU7pUM5hdsA
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA369Nk34w1m
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqswb1YphIC
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeKljwY7U1w
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz3UnNw7y31
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIRhqJZtg6W
"Sadly, it isn't, my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvwruPvjqko
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 1021Please respect copyright.PENANABCJBVSkjOC
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFmnKyB6xtF
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5RfVflBlgn
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAya1CWql2nx
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAj5eKfyIlgH
"So, start talking right now."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxFkP88q4cy
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAtr2YFGbyL
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuODkjQRrq8
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0hR3XjEY5x
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3l6SC7zNBY
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeX9tS3wZ4f
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhCPzqfcyA3
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA28e3I9rOks
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMbwPMecaoq
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtVLzJp1E9U
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA12b1KIardC
"You like him, don't you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAC75w133YaE
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOxbLvSLknk
"I..uh...no, that's not it."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXN3Be8D0nY
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAd1bjAlHRWo
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA005rEI8LS5
"Expected from me?" Zoey1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXOrUhrj4h3
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjWSV5bQ8pr
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0V7IF9lz8
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyzsYOshbOJ
"I know you feel guilty 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkIHwp9TwiW
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know1021Please respect copyright.PENANALL4TKB9Pgx
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjnm5WnkIOQ
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAPvNAqNfal
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANABf69n7Dslr
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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsg8vVLCdur
I wanted to slap my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATwTg0jZlU0
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiBKqIKU2Ag
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAavpv0tl32E
it gets out of hand.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaK1a8r8snL
"Zoey, listen to me," I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxdnnSbPzxi
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAG0fM0YDQpm
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2xBJyBHaup
I paused. That was odd. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdnqcz3XHBs
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVIvCWYLuHc
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAE1FySacH2q
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA30CdtFPzGw
What was wrong with me? I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmddmcOO03f
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAncKhdmHXqj
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAki3Y5bsr3H
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6XTvnXIQSU
"You're weird, Sam," 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPweT1mN4LJ
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8BYeWR3c6j
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAH9nTiBFmar
waiting."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXL3AAtOZri
Zoey closed the door and1021Please respect copyright.PENANArzwdOwBg3w
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOOc6x3S9Fd
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnWtxwUjoMC
harder than I thought.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWtyjyDrfR5
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAB1hIGZ5kEw
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMxJk9bGftJ
I stood up from my bed 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmJgbh4Ack5
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaWhGr1pVFK
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMQujIXmP26
is the most important part.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkbTXoZIK5X
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgBOzRGrbl5
Whatever my conscious 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmdG3pJgwKV
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAixINCtcB8o
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMlqSEfo1tE
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYeFddOJ1UU
If that was the case, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFf2HpieiEp
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwsSIClQqj8
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoHVdFUPoKH
shattered completely.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2yUsydHtxC
While I was trying to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ts81GkpnD
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach1021Please respect copyright.PENANAA7kd1JDkmv
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.1021Please respect copyright.PENANALg54UQqIq2
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgkyMxbAf9D
I answered the call. "Hello?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy7RGoiV5a1
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.1021Please respect copyright.PENANALvqJzJbvfc
I held my breath. That 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoTyFTiSIm5
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQoJdXDRAjp
asking that question, not thinking it.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUqltiVC4E4
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkHBy4EviwH
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."1021Please respect copyright.PENANATdO5jWviwA
"Talk? Talk about what?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANApdQp8MFeCz
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANApthsUQGKEP
"Photo? What...?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnJkmn2lOiP
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlYgOLd64vj
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOPQJDJEt2f
"If you haven't seen it,1021Please respect copyright.PENANAG5CvYgFXlp
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYNdb3W2LIc
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA67tN3fhIFS
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzf9XBa1h05
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAP7oDONIYKE
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."1021Please respect copyright.PENANARqzPbLyxkf
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANARZnul4J0RW
I could soon hear the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6kcPaInwvI
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANVq0MdBsLc
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWviOSinyrA
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGTb7pVUcoS
I looked back at my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4vMWQF6xzt
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGVSvj8ZNMe
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAf2cKJXj9wB
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARQXF7g4upP
download the photo.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOOJ4f0WM2M
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYadnvFtqV3
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYf3Fd4VwO6
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1nezW1A4Ty
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAR9yaOyZtjo
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJzI1jkCxJQ
I nodded and Lee left. I1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5PjBj4ORis
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6FipCY790i
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACWUDaQe9nt
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkeWah83wBO
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1p7Kv72Wh2
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYts8FzRyWz
"Zoey!"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVZDdzWN4Ad
"Not a word, Sam. You're1021Please respect copyright.PENANAA7NvQzy2I2
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANADveoZAjua7
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsv0Ogps9oy
up with you today."1021Please respect copyright.PENANADmpU0ry3fZ
If only she knew. So 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsG8jC0bjRc
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIq5rSIzZyW
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAijnmgMQ1HQ
I went to the bathroom 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAp9KQv9gE27
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlibUkfogZ4
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAS9K1GInvKN
reflection.1021Please respect copyright.PENANATWQCfxhCrA
I looked like I hadn't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAu9LJlbvBOY
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASnmVTsoWIo
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8cA5njWm1j
if not by two.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqhlS5LCV14
G-Dragon and Zoey were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnAvCjKdK51
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANIvQOOOvwb
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcqi0VmCZtH
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEzPCgvbZrV
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?1021Please respect copyright.PENANApj5Iswj9l6
After I took a quick 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz6Cki8BvEi
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone1021Please respect copyright.PENANAB285oWeENC
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3Fg2HMUk4c
the bathroom to get her makeup done.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFUxCnRBaqz
I unlocked my phone. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwwVQxfQpkY
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 1021Please respect copyright.PENANADueo7hDgbb
photo must be done downloading by now.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiDryBrLqos
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWLaylw9LdX
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?1021Please respect copyright.PENANASm2Jiin1X6
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiUqfhSjNhq
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeyHzzBZrRI
"Morning. How was your night?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9VY2yt7LcE
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5WADfDIzb4
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxc6IwBy1vL
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0XKFUba5ut
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y9EOXuJYH
I smiled a little. At 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA36yH3cR0CJ
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkkjaA3yRjc
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAp6uVEaUmZb
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADlGJr5nZ2m
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYpC3nIJ4ky
"You too."1021Please respect copyright.PENANALkuiuUaY4s
He cut the line and I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwPEEnkTbNM
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8MNL7JXBgR
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZJgRqVCtcX
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4bZtR4mBJX
After I dressed up and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANArrAwUBAEpd
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATjW4EK0eqC
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmSQGJDr36A
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlaIuz18hHK
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPdmFBJ0oWt
room.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9SiJcu6rPq
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArMhclQXsrY
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVd8jpyPrY5
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAONPJWc94Ch
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA72kGr6fStU
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9jiGFCYlbv
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7U2gRWXNMm
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyRrXMsfDyT
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAv4F6b4lwDf
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADEbTiNa2ca
"What?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYsxhMuBGQW
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAs8gATX1nM4
I frowned. "So?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAECCCcB5lZg
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqTHS7taYOy
I was still confused. "So?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANArnZkM55HHb
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAckimS9C2zL
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAc51rE2JEP4
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?1021Please respect copyright.PENANALrz63AbdGX
"I don't see the harm in1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYCFX2W7SZR
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHGb9zeU83r
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAojdFFlMbfq
that wrong?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAt8RIeCAyxt
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOTj09PtdUM
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA05KS3Bdf9j
"I can see that," said 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKCZByrYC4t
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfJvBde7hhP
me but I decided not to say anything.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPhK4qQ2611
When we were done with 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk41FoIIM1d
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcXlu9tfTh1
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxlHGsloFyy
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASOCcIdyCyf
looking at my phone.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdEPBeFCmSJ
When everyone in the car1021Please respect copyright.PENANA223i6sKxkw
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdOUrF5DedO
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 1021Please respect copyright.PENANADSRupw3aUx
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3YTttJcil6
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgUNS9aD9WG
I quickly pressed the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaRUNRxC7tN
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtkdka76ZZX
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAx7t1pjGmqo
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAU3buHG1d50
"May I see?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFETnZylLJU
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOjEwwtj7U5
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqhdZCxiZw7
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeMoK8j03PZ
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz7E0pcdfEt
I wish I could tell him 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaphiOFgAIF
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqb5DJfsUvT
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0htrRWu3u0
Now that I had seen the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUCbtXLEoeN
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvvBaU9uWSS
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxD7LHVREfJ
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEZIAgksUBp
Speaking of which, I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARTDHpY5zsQ
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkL3KNn09gt
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoU8stAGq8V
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAru8IMaqnJ6
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMYlPpBzw0R
further onto the edge, I would burst.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4hxXQq7NUb
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqcDpL8swKB
My heart skipped a beat.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfFW2HUuSLV
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9tZ3Hqk5t3
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnMhjPqcDu1
choice.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbGFzo8KiFd
As soon as I stepped out1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVQwbcEn4Vs
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeRwzqPB79q
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjNJVwV6PrA
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0fkD4SbFkc
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8e9Ly1AOV1
"You're aren't the only 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUMsYI7x5QM
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsDvZK8IHjX
to work on that when we get in there."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6cFFa9lGiS
I managed to put up a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXx1qnNkhTA
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How1021Please respect copyright.PENANANm6gxUx12Y
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkPpFjviYmH
As I came into the lobby1021Please respect copyright.PENANAf01FbdUP7i
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOs9Js7q9Wa
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoJa5kHj29I
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQPopKNh344
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAZosmBNRjh
We all got in the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsWHuhNN3zj
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up1021Please respect copyright.PENANAObheue62dK
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgZAXcaUrxN
things.1021Please respect copyright.PENANATEo4VhsuM8
We got to the dance 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy1eGmLrNnh
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0l9tLSo7Wb
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKx6SFoqPqW
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQvFz5JoPRV
I was too lost in 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATdCHtfjxO6
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYLQ7N0Y7v3
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAx3lXWWrR3J
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAl0gomg9AEh
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWoynIrQMQH
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhU3AFAtEs6
"Tell me about it," said1021Please respect copyright.PENANALhCW6mQLt8
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her1021Please respect copyright.PENANATHSdqGeHfa
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAODlqNNfXuv
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAB5ru3ncBhR
"Too weird," said Daniel.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxqXVMnLcbj
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA61f5QX9nCY
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOVEkG74mta
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZgMqaMkG01
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAqRFFSGpui
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAsyMb3jevG
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoCGEhiq1BF
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAc4LODMAWXg
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1rVTUprxqT
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeAtSsr3lsd
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGDjHB0nfkC
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGnwbLd5yaY
"I'm not."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbpOBfkkd6f
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwr7meaBOi8
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhSi6OigiaQ
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA38ptJA3BtV
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4p3Y1lIa7L
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArJE4dV9hBC
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHjOKxvMMeI
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwvoeN1ElhW
Before I could turn 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxlbfipykEQ
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmMA1ys2uDh
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZyARZQpFDO
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYF25rDnLj3
I took the crown from 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAjENTFQG3z
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2XlVAF661A
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZTdfbs0Cs7
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOSeEkDa5OW
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJw2wQxF9Tg
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAppCgswpUey
"It is," said Seungri 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZiv6fPZ6hP
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAygxAvmqGyA
stones because it's your birth stone."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6JFy80sMAX
"Aww! Thank you so much,1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5YlxC7dSwF
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbRSEiHZ6U5
he was going to brighten up my day today.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZxZojC9q0m
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0S82f7AiVz
"I want to wear it," 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASbcdmzw11N
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbOMy3PmX3G
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvLDgEojQAY
"Don't I look like a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANABYtbtoGGID
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnWf83zqWqu
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.1021Please respect copyright.PENANANuvNZ35gX8
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAB0bAObLTIO
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACZw6kM3dql
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0bjhSbkhjc
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5KkimA0znb
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAL5X8CCAfrO
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaLRCDLbyfw
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5eTUzDfEF1
"May her royal majesty 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjauHCNSNNE
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEbHE7wbUdF
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6EBipZ3tan
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArlibtaBTi3
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIdcJI1kDnw
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQdyI5boaFX
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAt6kLee3JQX
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAALbRtjl34y
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAJrzkSlYRd
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsXzqHO1zy8
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdoURVyoq0N
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7eAa6Rp3nH
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2iORe4Ul6N
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4qhvMeEvWC
She couldn't tell the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAePnkUd1h4A
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQgWKFRXZnd
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAV3ZkTFjy4
photo with me in the middle.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwrGQiz0A0Z
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAT7AhUwtQhM
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA90uND2rms6
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkAG3dCtMIC
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgVNjffyz4C
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANANhH8bEgF0l
Zoey smiled. "Even better."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKRrUc1rZDM
G-Dragon turned to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANArhbXJNGHsT
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJFonUbN5OJ
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAneCBWn5XZH
him and he will find us."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAP5eyWUawOk
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.1021Please respect copyright.PENANANZM1JM0wjj
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAh2Ovx7AGvt
We all stood on one side1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6KhrYxMfe8
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKMyUbvh54o
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeXSLW11v9s
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7uTEeRfd9V
"So, I was thinking, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAawiqlrQtQl
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA23eBG1GHqJ
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAefAzam6vvU
guys."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA93KsuQ5ydU
Christine came forward 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGERByDndeG
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGlHFxEDQtp
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIBkHk6qUPe
With Christine and Mike 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnRLbbssmQi
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUYsatbL5tv
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEmAk2LoYVc
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARQnv2jeI9o
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAh9HdbBgfBi
themselves back and they again their backs touched.1021Please respect copyright.PENANALM59GqdLOF
With a bit of skilful 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAofzGlZtwrY
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdD0Nq9tnMn
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA91Jd9wDnkv
air.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuiOC9PtyAi
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAivGEtZ18Ou
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFdXhtZfNYC
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGduRonIx0B
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0kBi1sqc1s
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQKKb8V7Kzl
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAn5xbGi63F2
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACuoODoMHaq
The door soon opened and1021Please respect copyright.PENANAF7nmym9hba
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhZg43E26N2
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk9o0TmN81a
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA61F6JHJLEA
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKNFm59oQPl
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."1021Please respect copyright.PENANARIRi50nRNa
Mike and Christine 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVX3yP3ApaR
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2yrl8huU4I
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcgNSLqNwm2
us will come in the scene.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPrbdvLEExq
"Mmmm," the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1ntkSGkBp1
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtyR1jva0uK
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnz6skJF9eI
"I like it," said the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcEqQFx32hj
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAd8BjohQOiu
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdPsOvl955w
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeUZM93LOgx
comes in."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFByOiwXDwp
Zoey and G-Dragon took 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAV5g4015nJD
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAz3rgSo8shd
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZKIlv4evtP
were perfect.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcLgY2mol8u
"Excellent," said the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUM57MyrIda
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWaNHqZhdYx
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAq9N2mtbiiP
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKatrp59PAU
formation in front of them."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsZCVosAlNN
We did as the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeJvTdbZHrR
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAniBMJSF6Mu
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdqCVngEPMF
the hang of it.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2WVX9tWhmP
A few minutes later, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqowQfFx5eD
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6jZHzzkikN
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxhh2TAIWjY
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADG0KB6NUD2
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3Yt2hIZw55
I laughed, also staring 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1P3dm96d3U
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcPBJSyiEwW
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."1021Please respect copyright.PENANATBSKQKuluO
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAs8G5NJhSsg
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAw8CjxuM6ma
I quickly scrambled up 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoXeeTZDQOY
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdon5urZxWp
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOb9CMC0ofo
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA03oY1E54lm
and removed my phone.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjNkWDfnhGe
I sent a message to the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbzJNPKmE1r
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvj9hxyhmsl
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAekFRgrUu0I
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZlVfkkuQKd
"Good. We should meet."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAognIivQHcN
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvFr4Y4lvYA
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoLZaZmoXeo
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtA6oMmFMBQ
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIVR9UWrBlB
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfUEBusFRFt
"You're one smart 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEVk1HB6mHa
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtbLPBBgxWg
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjA7RIeJrqV
consequences."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXOQtTpcD7y
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAG4qA8hSmFl
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcxRLkd9io0
"That's my girl."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkufDn5LdGf
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.1021Please respect copyright.PENANATML017tqmD
As I tucked my phone 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAT54lB2blCz
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIj9J3VUo7q
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJgjS2DFhCZ
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAqEFINRTpP
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA24NMopoY9r
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAawKAXULyfw
When they both turned to1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUc9ZoPwpCU
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2NmqWTyzsO
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfulKTdwkVM
couldn't help but feel that they were.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVSfemiRbOC
I laid back down 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXmmO9vBpIt
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZcxVG141s
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4tVy7hn6N0
two of us had in our room this morning?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOB0SyTK3ot
Yikes! If she did, then I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFQ26jbYK30
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAp5uYNc2kwY
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 1021Please respect copyright.PENANApcM8lD49ji
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWn9rGzMcq0
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAE7wIuKRova
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOen672Aid5
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPZXoKaJFLi
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUGpFh1yfo0
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5ScozNYcxV
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwRQZCXTOeE
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvPnJsUoBoz
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiYnEWMDT9m
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAildMOMTgSX
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmXlTOC0Fnd
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADdNbNfwl5o
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUCF16oNqLS
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7urUVp2mlk
"No. It sounds great."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7Qrcods9e0
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4uWu8zOIic
"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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8FspolIUap
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVLind69x8C
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5OWj78qU0r
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHxzjwMbpba
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvf89Sp0E1I
"True," said Taeyang.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsoU0LKzrPR
"Okay," I said, feeling a1021Please respect copyright.PENANAK2Vo6DzeaB
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwuInUolOOg
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqHQy8wpQu1
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAF62QKErN1C
After the three had 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKX1x51WE7t
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyjQ8b9rkef
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAokw6kbKO12
While we waited, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATxBHqUviEp
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGb7BUhjiJ9
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyHRsYHPD0F
expression on his face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZITFo5AtZk
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfkPvYEq637
He sounded serious and I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaOfvHQjT7b
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel1021Please respect copyright.PENANACUCo3l0vEA
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgv0i7lXPzI
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACh2dO6hh9Y
I got up from the floor 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVXNJxMSlKy
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAV1EEBjSA51
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4SHqKdjyX3
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuIWatk80dJ
I found G-Dragon three 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAA5SZasYlEm
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANALJ2QrrNLnB
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZPXaFDp5qo
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARJJF2NI5E2
close.1021Please respect copyright.PENANABHq05KyzKJ
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAugH2nlYiAg
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOBLypABRKO
"It's about Zoey," he said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8U5YyAIKbT
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzxpupCsf7p
"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?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxKI81XfxfX
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWMau1V1lr7
"Really? That's all you can say?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3WHa7xAnD
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0iG74jdmdZ
"But you almost had."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAraViz5NmU
"Yet I couldn't."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbilEAA8aO0
"Zoey is right. You're 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA15ApDE2m9s
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFRa20sieOc
you know I was supposed to do it."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4fFks4j0vt
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuwquvgSliI
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3Qt8cm6pbb
I paused before I could say, "what?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI1NsmLr5cF
"You heard me loud and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAycF8HDSaQl
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtIC1tDu6n6
to take matters into your own hands."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAN2Yci5u5SI
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAo79bHiLHTy
"Wait, that's not true," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGOOxj4IqhO
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXhi1fgXMxi
I now realised that I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASYvyM1dH8k
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcBM8tSGnvD
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his1021Please respect copyright.PENANAx8YZBa3oJO
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQuNAEiJ0xX
bound to come up sooner rather than later.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQGidUE4Dal
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZpi0ciGy8m
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7AtSgK5ZR7
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANATHe4eHRKk9
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgGWoyNCEor
G-Dragon took a step 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAK2gHdZQVMo
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyqHhvYOPbV
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"1021Please respect copyright.PENANArPaZ1OGZ74
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQd14mviTfX
"Then what did happen?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhwVq125qr3
"All of this is nothing 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAi8bHqO2NWs
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2PeElGLTPG
happened that I myself couldn't control."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2lpJt6GpEk
"Don't lie to me, Sam."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFhMScRt39I
"You know what, I'm 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvtDrjOzyp3
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like1021Please respect copyright.PENANABwWvYEFqQE
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAboOn86EcsS
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzh9CSn6ROl
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."1021Please respect copyright.PENANATGjTKVEXns
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANALTFRZrCiEj
"Yes. But I know you 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsptuU9OX3g
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARQIR6fwiPS
for himself that he and I could never be together."1021Please respect copyright.PENANADdaMJ0KM79
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACrYHhlEpBt
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEovB2wabdU
I turned around to head 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9YcxNac64t
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiACyNfIt4d
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6xteKniiU8
When I came back in the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA07QTfhZtiw
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATtbRdoKrsD
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8ij8NlQvr3
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqV8wClo91S
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQjuVdtjRpP
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAY0ECHQUKEb
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA93bYNyJvAh
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkPsuMloGbf
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXtT91JKtsz
I heard the door open 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJmlmikLdkv
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfhCzjekf8P
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAs2z1sfubvA
"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."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAu4cmepico4
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.1021Please respect copyright.PENANACbY2Vm0Xwb
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy6y7bUvBfa
"Look guys," I said as 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5a9DAtjLh6
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWCR0aLsw7S
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKnTIYMC45F
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASy5hjjUeVI
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."1021Please respect copyright.PENANADiNRDklPOF
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAS9JYEjL7zq
I didn't say anything 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1UzwOABHVZ
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVIqskrvKTl
who were waiting for either of us to say something.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASDkNwfM8UV
Before anyone could 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAymISE1qYyk
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAY9gvWCSq5O
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvNXTOL88kz
we went back to practising.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuigKeFz8WV
I don't know how I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA05PqUZ5R47
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqRDHAcTF95
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfjjnNpmF7l
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfqN1yMGRR2
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlFFhdIZgKU
head in the real world and not mess things up.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoYVPzynesJ
It was lunch time and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAl22o5MouWL
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAj6qJf0TA9d
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUcIcsgABGp
stranger.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4tsJH7KqTA
Now that we were on a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7R6Jq4RDZ8
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAq6PrCuVZhH
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5eYkJDULUt
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMs97wreu1G
too awkward for me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtrrjPCk0tk
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6G8xFNpapx
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8WGYJrHVsa
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJjj1cclj0z
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvdMzjEmvz2
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKghLLpXRdw
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiBymsobqRt
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.1021Please respect copyright.PENANANyH9Sh0dh8
"Good idea," said Taeyang.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAp0OSCBkafr
As though they couldn't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHhVGsk7mPa
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3ADS7od4A6
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWOodocdyDW
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQMN217WdJB
A few seconds later, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6O6MnXqR9d
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse1021Please respect copyright.PENANA24v6b9nv5c
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking1021Please respect copyright.PENANATIx8t2UOma
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6ryfWzRkoF
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXhMe3T59pB
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9sLEmwHGK7
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhckRBlgIIX
"A lot has happened 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAh8DPVhSW5l
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtgJpq3wTOO
case there were any people snooping around.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoGwuHosoyI
"What? What's happened?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAItNCCCUnTQ
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsdRi8gZ7rq
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVFJsPhBI3u
"That's not the worst 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9RYcixtmic
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAav7F4HZBgh
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxaFm4QUcZ3
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6fgfUvzZ6k
"Like I said, he is 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3ug6wMAL4D
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASz7nCLQOeH
are going to be toast especially with the press."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcK9BZnYisg
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2uwirHZ5L
"I'm not sure if I can 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzaViVf80JF
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ2FuEj9aK
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6hrFpfFTrY
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAB2Jhbb6etk
"I've no choice and I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgHdtFlKmA8
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUVNXXXnE07
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEwHLkj4UuK
cap and a scarf."1021Please respect copyright.PENANALXyDLG04nb
"What will you need that for?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxFNMfL4t1L
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4zInZwfxKF
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAFgrSfkuwd
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMF86GTUybM
I cut the call and this 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnlQssnmDwe
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGN78sOLktB
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaWJ16K6arR
I reached the bottom of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAU77kpwkjzE
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyNDjtb3EI3
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfJqb9gxmY8
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9AWN4w2dDd
voices that I could recognise.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXg3FtnsR7E
I went over to look, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhLHTGJOom5
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMk2YyIlqCd
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnHDVIBnjTA
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASAqSsOFri3
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6R9yXzKeBB
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.1021Please respect copyright.PENANALzOxYriJv5
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOZn1Xi90J4
"I'm just surprised that1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3QeMstafys
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFI0Tk0KemB
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHLKfEqp1fQ
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5lfShiFmF2
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANABCXzYOsgue
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQGMzCObfw1
"I think so too," said 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUXhf6ishSw
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZF7PApStER
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7sr1GLVPUh
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtwMWjTon2K
I was expecting them to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAR1wXaJR2FW
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANKzchg45ja
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsWkrJcvH96
Who knows?1021Please respect copyright.PENANARXErSm0nAO
Throwing that thought 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAV2rX8WcdPR
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZcKb1ZS426
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAq1HrajAIo3
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9cbvjki5Gg
There were still more 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEbIaMOOVnn
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYVpXNFmpb6
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPPtGOGEvRm
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfooUgEXyRF
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnlyLAOPaAQ
away.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArC0TkpPFDB
In what seemed like 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1lLYnKxlCf
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlNmsvQX2KZ
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAChKBzX4XYS
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxRiVGS5bMN
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA6XqlSW3lDP
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdNmQM0IKrx
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOdUsGZye1N
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtaFzYO2YQQ
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxt9w8pXiHx
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkDbghwXlKi
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKPMi5KYbbI
"They have gone out for 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMulXzdYw1X
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGVR2aERdqj
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgr4E1ElVmV
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAW3Ae33GK5n
"Ya. And they are about 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAV6hUxEHjm8
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVwYvkkPOJu
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4W58eRI2DJ
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmLi3nsX5Gd
"Ya, that will be a good1021Please respect copyright.PENANApbpj3pYr4e
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAivPEN3wKJ7
the guards might think when they see me."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFbDRPg6Oi6
Lee and I started to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1prrC09WwD
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front1021Please respect copyright.PENANASKukRaM7NV
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACSFpRaTbna
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZfiwKx15io
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwpeJP4jiXu
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFGy9H9HVfh
When I finally managed 1021Please respect copyright.PENANArYSWXRdNk5
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKyqHzrZahB
away from the YG gate and down the street.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfhz1e1GIfd
I had to admit, I was so1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4D1Eg3z8i6
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVZOKBGdNRR
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATnDdqoR7du
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkv1IYLna4E
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.1021Please respect copyright.PENANALEg7XLZ1R1
After walking a few 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuJWeRAfttH
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAN0FwjiAzfR
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuy02hy2GkO
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfoxYTxv9cB
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.1021Please respect copyright.PENANATcZ8wD9qLy
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAenecD56CE5
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."1021Please respect copyright.PENANABSxrvJXybf
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzEcnPpYnNU
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIzZFz9NzAO
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAedt64v5MXf
I froze as I soon looked1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkQwlo9xxCR
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuW4JtQim1s
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAdPW6UPmas
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQJrE7OtWfW
I heard him laugh 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFYGlRCjFBS
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMoQwhD4BFQ
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGhhy1LXYWi
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyhdlrv2XLZ
"I'm right here."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAH4lCROeMtg
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"1021Please respect copyright.PENANATJW7lcH7qI
My sentence was cut 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0xKjnpFhMT
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge1021Please respect copyright.PENANA82baj0rUX3
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfhGcnyH1AG
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAluBb5UDfiR
A smartly dressed 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYnhV6TBMMS
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAix9cLhlwPw
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxc4bnK3lDa
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAShn3vAmL86
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAirMjW78Rkz
A few heads turned my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0CaNxT6JCC
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAL3XSSHMFlm
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAe8rs2JoDmt
and a little suspicious too.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAY38bDVc5qo
I managed to awake from 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9B4OcVH6CT
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFTDrAzi7k8
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA83DQJyZyeg
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuoFkQhANrD
driver's seat.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvc3wXhOjae
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiWx8ECPTlk
With my eyes, I looked 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvU5zZvpGKC
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtYxXFT8QaD
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAfJkMqC9Iuy
He looked to be in the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1JopEB5WyC
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEpX8ytKIuW
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANANp12YrVKEt
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAGr5iGT5e1
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAygh90afjkq
who had one heck of a body.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAY2ohBVqOW5
I hadn't said a word and1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoNKQW8p1y2
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtZFX1ezB1F
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKqMiitW7kj
wrist. Who was this guy?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAeK8keL3uxa
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAT7Pji21NLh
I opened my mouth but 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzHC1RVG9Lo
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqDOu1tdDru
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWNv6eWDhJ4
contact.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuvM9H1ka26
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2oIHgIyRZO
"Yes, a pleasure to meet1021Please respect copyright.PENANASgLMCOHzLA
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAMn5xZe1YT
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9haVqUr10h
"I'm sorry we had to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA23iOxN0LwU
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEEzCVS98I6
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsuVAoUR6ig
I looked at him and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANApdk7bu4r9u
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk7vASzjoa0
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAT9fM7J9HJu
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWxFrIE4dFI
hear about in mythical tales.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcIzu0iY6em
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.1021Please respect copyright.PENANALxQYSsHkXz
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXcT0X4ROFd
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWqGvdLy7me
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhdWQQfCytZ
There was silence and I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACkuxUAVM7a
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made1021Please respect copyright.PENANAyIfIscJqJm
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgldT6xYM5D
something.1021Please respect copyright.PENANApM3z4jDpbW
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.1021Please respect copyright.PENANANtyPiGcr6p
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."1021Please respect copyright.PENANARDKuOjvP0f
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqlKyVKyuX8
"I was born in the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3lrZDfUdLh
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are1021Please respect copyright.PENANAN6MHSsOD99
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXIW052tjDO
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIYPQuYIeiy
business empire is what's so important to them."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmFBjAj3mhl
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAHBDe50aYMk
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFlubxXN82P
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzzD2TSaZBX
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEkBstvoiZq
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiAUjICY2Ek
"Lunch?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAetbILxJf7U
"Yes, lunch."1021Please respect copyright.PENANALUtVz5vzQV
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1tWSN5s0tW
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzZ7FoUANgP
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnmhnM3zyWL
I raised an eyebrow at 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAljtKlktcuM
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmjNMdGMNuc
you have been able to find me on the street."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAYPe9ErIz5n
He gave me that dashing 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAx4mXxkeoaS
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAykZN6Gz5fK
would meet. I had to come prepared."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuEujrAhLZ6
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmMcnipBgJY
"My apartment. It's much safer there."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0Fc4PLZe3B
"You own an apartment?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAa8tqcM313T
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."1021Please respect copyright.PENANA46feDetQde
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZpdPSqTcOe
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAJXZIHl0LxN
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIvsnpNEod2
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAixbfaljdTz
It was a huge apartment 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuHs1WsOuL8
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAu8xrHSHg1P
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3g6stQxf69
After the car parked, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAm67WWto0zG
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4kH13uUq2g
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIVYY2GuRKT
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhlRraJlIzk
came out of the car.1021Please respect copyright.PENANANRf38bC6xh
Derrick lead the way, 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdQvSD4czfU
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAid9VxwZRmA
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAr5QKwTfOLK
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0jKct9QOJF
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQb8qsqNHrS
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWRzQsh8Jtr
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1TCp42iBbO
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAajZQ3KWN9H
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXXpZGRkrSQ
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANArP4vdPqbVZ
"Well, ya, I do! You're 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACckgZ89gYy
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAObXsNt6YK2
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuFVEJWnUks
"Why?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2G80g6nH7Y
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."1021Please respect copyright.PENANArUQAHN4rOC
The elevator doors flew 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAu4WIuMCk96
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAtuuGW3D6ks
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVSwPyiDK93
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 1021Please respect copyright.PENANArYADPGQiRo
into heaven.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhEKftgNtNI
I stepped out of the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUA7jMeyFez
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqtW03zJQAl
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 1021Please respect copyright.PENANATt3u5txhPp
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAUvFFuOeuqu
soft red carpet.1021Please respect copyright.PENANASTpIFHwTMx
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgrHJGJEbyw
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMXDY54IULq
I looked down the hall 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoWsGICD2fM
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzmCdNMEbbD
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAAmn5KYykHk
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnd392pQILx
coming.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAXQV0ZOvO8V
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAc53bKwzKP2
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAi02yfxI4Pk
"Ladies first," said Derrick.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqLKYUxJ1Hz
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy8H8P7BWkd
"This place is very 1021Please respect copyright.PENANADXuZAwjk5v
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgPoRZPcSlD
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAWJdfG5RQOx
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the1021Please respect copyright.PENANANKXEkRq7LT
wall.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAboOkD5dWLn
I looked to the other 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAVJUcN9Jf3p
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjhVbPYUZsh
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANARmWR7lrei9
beautiful flower vases with orchids.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAC8M4A5XGwb
"I see you like 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAOCufgABxZq
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAK9m2o0aOLh
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAmA7uYHxdSe
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAMNaRta6lEV
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwzPaOxkc5t
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvtAdMCL9On
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.1021Please respect copyright.PENANADy2H5ZYYVS
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1ViuzOuUjC
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAADvKkyzfKf
The butler bowed and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANArZicxISeiK
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy40F6Tiewf
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQa5Ud3F3gF
ground.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy31s6Uey9G
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAjcWlDXfRo5
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGOFQmeSNk2
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAp4VVPCplwU
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhGFutfIr76
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgdeZxUpc22
As we got to the dining 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxsFj3RENlA
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAK41AWpNwqp
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoF7Fquq4a8
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk4pWgb1MQU
The butler had served 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdc0tlzC4xV
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnOI0MIX60N
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAy9hDonzZWn
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEWplbT32Eb
next to the plates were spotless.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwgD3elwIfo
Dishes of food were 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAEmv2zmUI8R
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAot6oAbMjpB
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaiTfIAPELY
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFFJOMxttFo
lady.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAca813tTCow
The butler helped to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAitPljG9TtQ
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0vw4udaUef
sure not to eat too much and take my time.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA21qujIjtAZ
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA50q0I7ew5I
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3FP0Qqo2Jw
"Now, about the issue at1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnFlG6jrBd5
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAo5jjjRYtJi
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAPMpqeKNLdP
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA9njsfVqKq9
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAvVRglHmpbN
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."1021Please respect copyright.PENANARntXRFImOq
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA0gbF7QChhw
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAhJZlc4RiYH
The photo showed Zoey in1021Please respect copyright.PENANAP6QavHhQD9
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1jisS3R2KL
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAB2ih9WZs7r
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA1qXpSLvF5q
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7jwyap3y4W
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAxPVsrllCjq
"I know this isn't 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsK0hJgmgs0
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAcFD66agO8M
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzTb6r9iU56
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGrroeJKfak
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?1021Please respect copyright.PENANA2BJOfQvXBn
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7QDod2BU1K
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.1021Please respect copyright.PENANA7pRAEERndd
I looked at the photo 1021Please respect copyright.PENANApTVBd0ad4G
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAzc4dzQoLAT
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your1021Please respect copyright.PENANAwY6LAiaLZc
brother?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAqAt2UfLtsx
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAex1nDE1gpA
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGG0CGNwNCS
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.1021Please respect copyright.PENANArTuJgtS7PM
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA4UMqowo05r
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZo7A5l6cCS
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAbpBJ1D7ZVf
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnRXPv2TpN3
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAn6FdBQ0ub2
"I know my brother very 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAdHufIaxqQt
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 1021Please respect copyright.PENANASKMnsDyGDD
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGEd7MTbTzs
I then remembered the 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAoinBoDLr9h
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAIu9nOyzaWx
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 1021Please respect copyright.PENANACSHK8owrPy
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?1021Please respect copyright.PENANAFxWTOOvblo
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8lOl9KI2q1
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuWJNj4u0lb
"But that's strange. If 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAiHI0L7V1Zy
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA3tr2lBIcJo
don't see the reason why they would hide."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkzmceP9OO5
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQzYpcjuTjg
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAk83LgabQAw
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAsFDpLu5KdO
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAZmQqJ8nTyG
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA8gWXkcut9Q
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANATzvNAm23Il
"Wait! That was him?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAm3YitRwTI0
"Yes. I was there."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAE5J4BOCJYa
"You were there too?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANApDmQ5xJ4eX
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkPXD4YR5MV
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms1021Please respect copyright.PENANAQNfZDatdxH
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5LwQNzimcQ
"She is."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAky8HaAFqak
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANApzuNmUqBhf
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAaez21UzDYB
"And do you really think she would?"1021Please respect copyright.PENANAGGphe8kotx
I thought about his 1021Please respect copyright.PENANAf8XElfMaHu
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth1021Please respect copyright.PENANAKlPytZEtCc
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what1021Please respect copyright.PENANAI18FfHkT2A
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAamhjgAlJCn
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAgXbQPL6N6O
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAkRzLWhAnG9
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."1021Please respect copyright.PENANAuIoMIeNuGb
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAnxHkE3jb2g
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.1021Please respect copyright.PENANAlRxzYeDvCs
"Before I go, tell me 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5xZ1QU0n9s
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 1021Please respect copyright.PENANA5WzNJg3ION
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."