Have you ever been awake983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbujVw9lj5L
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MleKtWvcp
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsvHJXxklp
day goes on?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSnd89ZTeb
That's how I felt right at this moment.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuwPmie7DN
I tossed in my bed, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBtJG3F5a4
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaj53zJ2ET
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTpCrHBBxY
could come up so that I could meet my end already.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp2TMCF6Xr
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMmNE6vrHt
I fell back on my bed, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1ugGyZ2B0
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgA1nii9khi
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jkqN0NnXY
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmg48yGfR71
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYamNgcIcS
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjzRB7CH7j
mind even to dream.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh8andH3IR
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5z25XAM7r
How I wish I could fall 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7orwNOT3Ql
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaZSZsm3s0
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUPN0cTLWJ
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzTEYOJTsB
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAenXQZAW9t
I knew I now had to face983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjI5ObsFyd
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5XyIKvRU5
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FmWmSjt96
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvp7C2gVNh
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZBIa5Y5WD
I knew her persistence 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXYUtya1dY
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXNzdzwxin
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjbkRH9hKk
her if I had to tell her the truth.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHRitSZmq4
I know sometimes we 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRl374qKfu
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Bq1RHaAzl
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMYLbFoW3U
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvUBs10RG3
had now reached that point.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Gwh48xtj5
I sighed again as I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3C344PiQBV
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6MKpdnUAZ
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeahTc1Rbm
If it came to G-Dragon, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmAKwqctqM
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jZB6pXsbw
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxtY7A7XzF
lot harder.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXcEqR4RsN
How was I going to tell 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7Y4m9Piiy
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHikOCxTczR
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPN9UsNJvy
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEdH6ONRH6
either.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDnBD6fmFQ
I kicked out the bed 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfJGB3cQui
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdCYmEfbo3
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2ZSucd8e1
in my purple pyjamas.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRWRpukNiE
I went straight for the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U8sCaHs7n
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrd6ZFQc5Fr
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFhEPkaiuc
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFrPImG1ev
mum.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlk3o0qqSJv
Hopefully, I was calling983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt28YOI01PV
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy7ZoucYjF
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvmQCNmbuI
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMA5SKchTW
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXCvYrQxEI
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkhESWGzC4
"Hello, Sam?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMpxrx9rIg
"Hi, mum."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88Q1QqwsTA
"Sam, how are you, dear?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZQ84UDOY2
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMj43xgMocp
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIytjzRY6d
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyB4HTjzeN
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaTWSGFVes
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPxfreOCXG
"Ya, I can see you guys 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgo5SRt7mz
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxoAXkYsCK
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXmzfdqUxV
her computer as she looked at the pictures.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOpIY3KMuj
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KvBa2EG5t
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XjOmKYCkO
"I'll check out the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdOBcRa6LO
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G5UfNcJM1
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1Rf8FLdMA
Why aren't you asleep?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgwhS0UdYn
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFASybJ92hp
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmgdwkVFVU
I could imagine my mum 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdQpuSQPPg
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTv9wlAA8j
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Zw04ZOSJB
her arms folded.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPOA1eEiUD
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmM6Xynrx5
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Rw5ogHQS1
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38XPAZO0ZI
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckFGDm8jzD
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtm0ijtN3d
"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."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoo6Z7k4P9
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QtJi38ihN
"I've been lying to Zoey983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cdxroTRLn
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qYHGcSsXZ
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4Vf5uRjeZ
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCU0Z187eP
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2rh4gMU39
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XnMGEd5U9
"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."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80WhvWl8ka
"Trust me, mum, Collins 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4mifh5P7j
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡek0A0OJ6ud
that you shouldn't say a word either."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNVbwH848S
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4CX9Sp8pr
"You know I can never 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFoGfQIZ7L
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Bke9c9Oqu
matter of life and death. I've no choice."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUhzvj6yYu
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87Dl0JEs92
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINsj6caacX
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyG6CoxeNf
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqiIOG2Mhu
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2qQfj3GwN
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRTKbFiDZM
There was silence at the other end. Until....983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWAiojThh9
"WHAT!"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvq5cDokAz
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhhZ5MGbN0
"Then what is it? The 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjUlxAlL4V
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwWvgAh8ct
feel like you're betraying your best friend."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPOK6XXIJ5
"It was like that at 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPo6UDUyBT
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQLp8LZYbm
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXe9CUjeeDf
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4MTyG9wNv
fingers.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4TqwgFUEG
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb24p6BTwUs
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpF8Hr88CJ
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvcE3Ze9oM
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4n4FvWF7p
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0MwSlb8XR
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogZV4OCqtU
"And that's not the worst part."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnGsETELRJ
I told her what happened983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLMgVCucvU
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOowFcgKqUT
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoc822oxXY
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpes3SL3UFi
and the kiss.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFYTRR9nVM
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpclWZDyxhS
"Ssh, and listen."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3seETHGjt
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9hlM7nMRs
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RW0AVtIwo
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlW2sJumKc3
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVxae0TDV6
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYpsoDHNjI
"Are you scared?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS4xUQEdnt
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1rc46rs6O
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBy0VOfc2r
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVDmdo9YYs
"We all get hurt at some983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLsSfRlSom
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXOJcxDzh6
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolq8RLsT6u
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9XZXFOWBW
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBtYWDj36B
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOXziCcj9m
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvbxNsMtMh
"Don't cry, okay? You're983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIQa7n2I3H
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa33fae3lLq
will need all the rest you can get."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj4AxH9egI
"Yes, mum. I will."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGDlvgyso2
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHtVOSsAws
"Okay. Bye."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwChdMOZUwc
I hang up and I quickly 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhag8Lrtoq
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOosIV08C9W
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jIYHRwbrR
arms.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqjrc4mBID
It must have been some 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5XXD110ep
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsLof1n2pF
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGzO7AI2gN
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qN5l1nbJT
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg74BqklMEx
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvt1TWeXzzh
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bwvekeiQu
"Sadly, it isn't, my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapSLRiI7nL
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWpfwtkG4b
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl3RjfS10r
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SIEb1FrsF
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxD5QvERbv
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bE0hwdF7q
"So, start talking right now."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKff6Nzbbg3
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2F5PbS0hpf
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwQXnOs2pd
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aYk4Eqq12
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLr8Y8JJEL8
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLf7cb5nUa
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQtt8vDuzx
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxGL6w3Q2Y
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKg5a8TjhL
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JDoyEzcGD
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSzVChoG27
"You like him, don't you?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3RdwCBqio
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1B96EJ3VqX
"I..uh...no, that's not it."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2Mobx5fgG
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99fhRUF0Wi
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3ibhKuVzu
"Expected from me?" Zoey983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QvnVR6UhM
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lmV4ixyP5
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49wPMQCESw
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwOmbmLBMd
"I know you feel guilty 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54uKGljFdd
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQma2nUPQ3
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpkBvuRhC8
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthPOTjNNpR
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU35pFzz5P
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."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL9Kd0yC12
I wanted to slap my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWrKgWVny7
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuI6R2S5XTf
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC6YLZ6Bak
it gets out of hand.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5poJcPA0f
"Zoey, listen to me," I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwchoJJWWF9
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsXNY5tY55
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqGXyiLUyi
I paused. That was odd. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3IkQHFPth
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAKf5hkQN1
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4X3pInBfl2
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6i67Df7sLv
What was wrong with me? I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTmpP2o97x
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfG4AqCEor
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYcnwUCKAx
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMsz80zHek
"You're weird, Sam," 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTn46IfQu2
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1mjgxBdaJ
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybZLFQz9xR
waiting."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkcAZw3B6r
Zoey closed the door and983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6LfT2Rowz
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5ZwjAyLkZ
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv9vv7HQrN
harder than I thought.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7w57ZGEcjJ
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMloR3CMWGI
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjstlu4NtyI
I stood up from my bed 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LtuRX5O91
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLtbHPDrSA
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0e80zjuXg3
is the most important part.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlfqtWDtP5
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdChKBO0vme
Whatever my conscious 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PAsGfngf7
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpItlB8vHJ3
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRNL0ParKP
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj0RLj9caO
If that was the case, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4GEfPUEHD
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAjazpzV5l
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuwwFr1kAM
shattered completely.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWe4kV3wsxu
While I was trying to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqm1nnqFyP
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VfGJhyEsu
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzieFhx1kI
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhgGY7eyCM
I answered the call. "Hello?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivekNU7Yiw
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKUCY2sVph
I held my breath. That 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5MXcZfbZb
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNbzXIjz7Y
asking that question, not thinking it.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpTSTheSSk
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsIW7wM9vm
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfN2EwRvnJ0
"Talk? Talk about what?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KyI8vVoP1
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR51cKzHnK5
"Photo? What...?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveMEf0UzyK
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7ngMFaICO
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSV3RESjsH
"If you haven't seen it,983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYbhaOcjND
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WT13Cpu3V
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YMTgyFIPj
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFPxWHx6RL
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72fN8xZBtN
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKJjtasr40
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvGKrCsaHZ
I could soon hear the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IZaUEAMkt
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfttzyPlQYz
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzXyvOBCVv
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVIvRvMnDM
I looked back at my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXuQBcyNZf
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSo3p94Utj
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjYecXNzD7
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrsj9ENudG
download the photo.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFxYtWBnpj
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc0uTV9fUC
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyivf0saPs
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DUKYp17zh
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnW4KYR984
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xuiGulevl
I nodded and Lee left. I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPMN5WGDGn
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz97LwVeUvV
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvo6YNT1a3
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUNasFrJZ8
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZCRwAV4gY
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrketCDI7B
"Zoey!"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb9KVRpvcW
"Not a word, Sam. You're983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhAo22b8LA
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNL3kHZKYo
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflXDOn1DPd
up with you today."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha66eXtUn9
If only she knew. So 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj5UwWUH0t
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHwopMhTmo
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BQBt2PPAE
I went to the bathroom 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej2BsaGHca
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RioNLwbgh
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZhkKUDhmk
reflection.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5i08T6pZ3
I looked like I hadn't 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JXO72z8ph
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSy3Ey5VX5
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLU4SIj2Lf
if not by two.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuZxZhGrZN
G-Dragon and Zoey were 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Llp3RlTVw
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPnxSiPbhg
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOiSg2XZV3
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0MLMo1Jhr
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FcvpWIM7L
After I took a quick 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWkYQFKbeP
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJzQxHg47b
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNmakbJfj3
the bathroom to get her makeup done.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E8KIJM8aC
I unlocked my phone. I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkEIgh8ipA
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvxPYi6UfD
photo must be done downloading by now.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlvxhUbnaF
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ByK50tDvH
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2iRETRbPU
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzolzd2mYw9
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOWhTG9j6U
"Morning. How was your night?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdboG03E9gt
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7xl53p9Ue
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDBUbE9Mcm
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9JrogdiEW
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCr5laus14
I smiled a little. At 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiFL8IVvUO
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlszaBD5FY
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSj8Sm2Noo
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHneIfH2riH
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9BoLx4QZg
"You too."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3I0QDwzX3
He cut the line and I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXibATFvRa
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgibU99hGRV
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8cgGwv77l
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh6wT4tDEI
After I dressed up and 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLOXZSS67s
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGSqwwXzUX
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCofMyXxH9Y
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUrNQunv9P
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8EPWX88Nw
room.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm9a2VeGtH
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FHwIdo9BR
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbmkKSfogm
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG43O8W2Gb
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6W4ADVmBoF
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivMc0KebmE
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NEKB8d9Qs
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SLjVeC81j
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGdYqbnyDl
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeUha6559H
"What?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAPguljUky
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKmXEYZ0BN
I frowned. "So?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJPiFE8qUy
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaE7hKNxeqy
I was still confused. "So?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSECXFz5Lq
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj2JAs5GMj
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW6dpxUxPw
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?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6d6x1x4bL
"I don't see the harm in983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNASGT01JlR
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBhSy8rN7g
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRccqUg5W9u
that wrong?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL95kGiXXsa
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmrmG00gS7
"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."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWpmrDLVww
"I can see that," said 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSn63LXsTz
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5WKHcxmXS
me but I decided not to say anything.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLjHBARIdz
When we were done with 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdnVeX9VnP
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30GmhrOfAe
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PAJ5EqEds
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngqOofsnMj
looking at my phone.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyRlEitVtl
When everyone in the car983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrlOEY6i00
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULUwFTZLBm
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEmPQpBX9Y
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIlCOmwN2v
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAIc7tULhs
I quickly pressed the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkdfXCKBK4
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqI2owAoDH
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGfrzM2Vwc
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2W1YC3mnUU
"May I see?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdo9uI1NTl
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBmwkCSNKH
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIvkAwBWKl
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC0mQKlPjc
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP6i8EhoxV
I wish I could tell him 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGOkqdyiQz
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPFB2ptflj
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBLVjCgw4D
Now that I had seen the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAJTlLntQN
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0YHC39dM5
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9rV5NMEpZ
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QOOJO3nRE
Speaking of which, I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwB0ACFe3J
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1wLe1utkr
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYoINSsrE1
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUQSpxORlY
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUVw9DRNgw
further onto the edge, I would burst.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Kjovnw1y7
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOV5xFiANL
My heart skipped a beat.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPWgBwxoUU
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wEOeCHnLU
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXeq9z6cXQ
choice.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXw3BCoexn
As soon as I stepped out983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf1P1F4X0p
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQofl1xWM8N
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt3qkhs7cu
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNwmraTTHL
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sGrE8FE8i
"You're aren't the only 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDis4GR5kMP
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlwwPj5g1z
to work on that when we get in there."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQCsG9aJEg
I managed to put up a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoKSBWSRNB
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0OWgEnUtU
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQe25gfgc5
As I came into the lobby983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdj8lxKwF51
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylsLx9aH31
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolrQvuDhYZ
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf93AXC5J1c
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZp6V4CIRQ
We all got in the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gwObCENpY
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqApw8X9vaM
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNv4r6WK5kM
things.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMitnzt6Uq
We got to the dance 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1DwPW1Jqt
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGadglxDuF
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHiDS9SBkF
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucoFfLSa6D
I was too lost in 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCzhdkyjBB
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZFYvN7JKy
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9fargQMIY
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fVsFWZPLR
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ9wXRpeXC
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaIqrGEJPw
"Tell me about it," said983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODEjDSbajz
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPlh4gZzta
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsSjZ3XM0U
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsVjPsQpTR
"Too weird," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPGGqgnSQF
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrLgN9sFts
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EaxQ390eI
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXca8Gkpg3h
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡompmUEu6ka
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImriEKPx54
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgzEjK9c7t
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCiERTLMSZ
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5u0FASdHe
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP04W9robuc
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9PBTUQXto
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4ejbHrhPy
"I'm not."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMSvAKt6go
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZtOKgVews
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCi4pCeArRt
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzicfD8NXsf
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuxAsyowMw
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0c2l3H8A9
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3dWXBl72I
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIthtXeKJu
Before I could turn 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjCgvfgQ1e
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ktjg4lo3D
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegxd3xH1hL
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyunMmio1R
I took the crown from 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68DB8uSTe0
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv224uTPXje
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwBYH69gox
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1aXiqTO38
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpgG70j4oB
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGohyqI1NTC
"It is," said Seungri 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRgQ47DTgb
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMe2pmNTqv
stones because it's your birth stone."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBMEnx1Vfq
"Aww! Thank you so much,983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyLk74y4TW
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexbj8JNHOV
he was going to brighten up my day today.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCyVpHbIud
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIdwAtvLln
"I want to wear it," 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTMVkOpNrk
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYEi2t4Eku
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDCwzEdowA
"Don't I look like a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVUO79QdZp
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjZNwbheh7
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0JRmoVFuk
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bYIbF719s
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotJ7Y09pYa
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3arMZfr8b
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAfU9KsmBR
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qc671GC2o
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajBN679i62
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWz9wqVCaD
"May her royal majesty 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ncoEvrYGr
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzWMpoNXbe
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihZ6JZuEQk
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYmL5NCn7Z
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix2Ppky4T4
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNXs400pui
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogvSObrply
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuytv3ZuzM
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvf59g0lV1
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FQKD3mKY1
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNt1kNzOoLR
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0fQn2hBcR
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuJEIj3F3E
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTN0G9HnRO
She couldn't tell the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvK9DXD4J5
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3mmefkjK5
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE3qPracbq
photo with me in the middle.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwrMvjD0O9
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8OYY3tpEf
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl69seHTl2w
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8JaLhlajg
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD03iKlB37
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDgbp8a8Q5
Zoey smiled. "Even better."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQlNyUqXau
G-Dragon turned to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Q1RZ3s5O2
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaqs2Kd2TO
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLwAB6s9T0
him and he will find us."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviVrPqaEdS
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp2nHHWknj
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNO4OTGiO9
We all stood on one side983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTFfMtaSvl
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqL4UcWqqO
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WyLhXTfzq
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCD5tP2gXNS
"So, I was thinking, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KR5HqmZyP
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQ4cXRxmJh
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IhpPNIrPN
guys."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwRSplltr7
Christine came forward 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb30OpKM3c
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmDMzwlI4y
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmUCXPUZPW
With Christine and Mike 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpgQd66YBe
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtFvr8XrTz
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU38OTDBqqN
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4wg5ttB7t
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMk9jVzyPXg
themselves back and they again their backs touched.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpAsMYgrkX
With a bit of skilful 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCPQkNhNUA
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOXsiQLg91
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbrzS4qBsW
air.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaPTgGgeKO
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOsBU4usAA
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHIYpDWKSt
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShfFXtOocR
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuYsaHwzm2
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1BkIPkkoH
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDFxA42mtW
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0GjIJIK3O
The door soon opened and983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTsDCr8afI
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAwZsF2y8n
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaKzhJaRb0
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H9Oy35fV1
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNFYP6MFVH
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNDbHMBuah
Mike and Christine 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9Mon73e3y
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1x6CQ5ocE
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPSxNXzvYB
us will come in the scene.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJOQqQ401v
"Mmmm," the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsLxNxHybh
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiDB3tdyrA
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6xzd4JCNU
"I like it," said the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xa7kh1UW3
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkENORav8n
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYmdQv3KRY
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyqqJwC2a5
comes in."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MBx9YTiJe
Zoey and G-Dragon took 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSuUSgct8o
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuAE5KcCH2
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpGUvR9mQ2
were perfect.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxE4fAdNqaq
"Excellent," said the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMbWndpGkd
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlkr9FRqO4
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FSmJqBiX4
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmtbvOildU
formation in front of them."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcBAvEs9sG
We did as the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKfiQA3HDh
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQrpi7IlAM
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWPeldhcwA
the hang of it.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u1uc6oPSn
A few minutes later, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwn4EfhcAvc
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RbKKAH5iQ
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8ZmOl1hWH
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd00Hz0ntIZ
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe9ollE3RN
I laughed, also staring 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWw8SErwi7
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3A1qLEEsB
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheSqYuWzz8
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10tEtDa2tM
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqmxWRtxj8
I quickly scrambled up 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54put7iq0V
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0jflesfbP
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjbjjKCfgR
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHB0j3erbI
and removed my phone.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQeSwFaqiW
I sent a message to the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CwhRf3NQq
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHGe819nNQ
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zVdiYnHsG
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhN8nPe0yip
"Good. We should meet."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHg1LHpa6A
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTGERMMhCm
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ34WrlIfb
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaAQqhe2oH
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr0VUpOnAq
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmmEexxja8
"You're one smart 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF4tclgazC
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML4sVKGrcG
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuyzeWrQ05
consequences."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhG3F41dap
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFtNcx6Z9v
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzPD0yZXhD
"That's my girl."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuye0o3tSf
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUAxLzYqND
As I tucked my phone 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zcZPpN0tS
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHULFFYkD9w
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPXixzFHwK
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGJ3jCn2Rn
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65DcbqnZ0C
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R2LNMugKm
When they both turned to983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CtPxUpl3v
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jTttbKozV
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafESfYovgH
couldn't help but feel that they were.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa68VpYRbfJ
I laid back down 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreo5FadNDX
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoHGDYkZwM
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrOWfGCxY9
two of us had in our room this morning?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JapGD8MTR
Yikes! If she did, then I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeKGDIQtad
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaQob08eik
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqQQrwlvI3
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaagrPMBKOv
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiDgokTKz4
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9iF7dgm30
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb86NgWO6f
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyDe9UslJc
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU58qv7AL5z
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5elTuCSI7F
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf6n7Y5Gnv
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEnLhkQV9u
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkiCJmTOO6
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTB6FAkl9m
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKbgv9I1O9
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNDxIuVQY5
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifIuFfuzTu
"No. It sounds great."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h9edFvaVk
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsYtkrZ13k
"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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1GGmAsSSY
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWH9fbh444F
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ186GJjBcjd
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmugWJiO5x
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZgzYXycKJ
"True," said Taeyang.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqJZuaSxH0
"Okay," I said, feeling a983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruniVsWWZY
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpUirY4FMU
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM5SIooscm
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Wu4s6qNPI
After the three had 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCXchAJbjq
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdOrQ7Ychs
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF93WZNHJ1S
While we waited, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BFS7pXLHW
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHFmsppmP6
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wa0zOt5l7
expression on his face.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3eKH5c0Rm
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYwiF3r27v
He sounded serious and I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ0NvZLYU4
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusM5jS7jVV
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjD6gh2pUR
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34M4W2jiBi
I got up from the floor 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcazyDEj5jr
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UJK284Kry
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJXM0p6PQi
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdxpGizXer
I found G-Dragon three 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQvAjoaFTq
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SoGeddIAH
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2J14Ss6CA
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGAbqGeO3s
close.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucyNNjftLU
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCHiAAD4dE
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBaGp08xu7
"It's about Zoey," he said.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6NQN14Xw7
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jjqC3XPuQ
"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?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFi22UoiJv
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcHtRqehqL
"Really? That's all you can say?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJRuqYnig2
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnpZ6BlKu7
"But you almost had."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RGigmRhBg
"Yet I couldn't."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYP1Fq9dMZ
"Zoey is right. You're 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJ2rTGckCT
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufQGkn3TRF
you know I was supposed to do it."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgFbs0gCi8
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjskQqG8srH
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfzG0wDSVj
I paused before I could say, "what?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QC6WR5Vyw
"You heard me loud and 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyaWMx6GLg
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E97rFrQA2
to take matters into your own hands."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eOG5Eqx9l
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeX4bZl3NU1
"Wait, that's not true," I said.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9x1xy4rpe6
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX0AUSLaCn
I now realised that I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9hPmgQghd
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uTdpZAbdk
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6udIh1S5cz
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFDjDHOOa0
bound to come up sooner rather than later.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KCKwsJxXb
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbTCQgf58k
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEoisCpvK8
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJtDGfjnll
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqVF3Jt4Rk
G-Dragon took a step 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoSzEDHTgk
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQIo0F1Wo6
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAeC0lzlrq
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskV9F5e27z
"Then what did happen?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Uextg73sp
"All of this is nothing 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCkXYxlWJh
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsiM5Nt8GG
happened that I myself couldn't control."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMwRMxFmhD
"Don't lie to me, Sam."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS261tXm0bA
"You know what, I'm 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUr3N36yXQ
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOa7o7rxpi
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjfJdmv1h1
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmWPKMKk0q
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5GalWs35F
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXslkbGPGbt
"Yes. But I know you 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡac1F9xmOqj
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmRVxQSIqb
for himself that he and I could never be together."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgShpmuSLrQ
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwEuFqYYF8
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYBGyE295o
I turned around to head 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv9oRSZG7a
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgorFGGY3f
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaqK8UkoLQ
When I came back in the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26mQbrwoOn
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5xHXsPvQW
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FyRMugoWo
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsWq9bRII9
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1cOpgs1NZ
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPFbTU9Fx9
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRCL2h8ssc
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEeGjfu5UD
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmK7lcf5r9
I heard the door open 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOVaoXz3D6
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtg51l4Kkdh
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡra2eMutbT2
"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."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKJ4lUKTPm
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAwWvktLPY
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRbqOAe2Kn
"Look guys," I said as 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTKlPSJwbq
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ifvWhwFGt
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡummBoSo9yZ
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsIM7D8MIK
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7c1ZkZCci
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8o1gpWJRo
I didn't say anything 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aHShZP131
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGuASNlD6y
who were waiting for either of us to say something.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNwrDfvTTY
Before anyone could 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Yzkab4p95
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3jkGhzsUG
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQ8DYHFh0c
we went back to practising.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YIzsxCpcE
I don't know how I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGgr9LqtcM
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONtMcKBYBk
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8XjuKWSdZ
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPjtjdQxPJ
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2dCVv1Myi
head in the real world and not mess things up.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovxEPfOc9f
It was lunch time and 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwq5rHdfXY
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S8z8aDjV5
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLzOhNtmf0
stranger.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoM2OjQBD7
Now that we were on a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9dfuVseDh
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxVcLeoSDM
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UtAXicwxf
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCMnPY14mE
too awkward for me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezFd7hLCRl
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARWaspF5mq
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ybeZ4GOdZ
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1fxaz0OrZ
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbDYV7zvsP
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5XyXVQeWM
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUccfRotvN
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3N9mtBbNZx
"Good idea," said Taeyang.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQW2hfv1aI
As though they couldn't 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYN4VTpuqy
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhLFtgF77L
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXuCPCxyEw
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvuffslpk3
A few seconds later, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfzB7YasjJ
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuccAR6odv
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaMNA1MeQc
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKRsr9fRn1
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCRFY2zTEf
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvgYRwxTru
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbthaHb03xn
"A lot has happened 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc68Uezieio
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQqIvz8D6Z
case there were any people snooping around.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SVM7wprmX
"What? What's happened?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6aXEjuHLX
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOibPvL49QT
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a3dEadDkm
"That's not the worst 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7248MtJMo
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2RcBNItzR
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTKRBLgpFg
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscAid0Rfg4
"Like I said, he is 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPfEu8rcQA
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpLXRbqeAf
are going to be toast especially with the press."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsoikywJIk
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZi82ozGk2t
"I'm not sure if I can 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubIW56iqbZ
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wFpJ6HQMk
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidyp5SQXUT
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Geaw8orjG
"I've no choice and I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstEBdwupMA
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpVjAadoU7
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NijdnhIu3
cap and a scarf."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalT6D1Rc04
"What will you need that for?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY0luytDuf
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpU4RDUu9z
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7NP9d4dxZ
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvySr3l6645
I cut the call and this 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBGNPYQvKM
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPc6pIbneZC
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOUPF36Z0V
I reached the bottom of 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa6QLk6RrV
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bukaqKCj0
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ9RKhC9gb
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xcaCRPOt7
voices that I could recognise.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTlEB8Xtba
I went over to look, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpl2LQbPk9
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w6PzVkppj
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLDasfEFHv
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfdKdPPLXr
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0bnfno82K
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtrjKKLkuZ
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJcTUj3sOj
"I'm just surprised that983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPoe8wcpxV
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aSVffGLc7
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4lGYBJGNJ
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyN64kYIdm
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEAjS37U1F
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNaGZCSMVj
"I think so too," said 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHZM6flmfg
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KCCpvgKVD
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkddLupII3F
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0zjOlXtjr
I was expecting them to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTIlLR7xTp
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXAkEDNV3I
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8xneWh6os
Who knows?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa8GyhTvqE
Throwing that thought 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53REd6PGDz
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CER9P1Ec4
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVLW26W5Zt
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvObGMBJYzS
There were still more 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ShEm299Sp
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrN18BkeIEI
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTx1ck3OCD
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYrHpzHrhm
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5XVJKSeCS
away.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPpmUTD9R3
In what seemed like 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1DAbYCMas
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbHq0MEyod
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadkqdSSRBA
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mTgAEsWIM
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbRuiOBKbC
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc1HFDHLoc
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAR4c5Arow
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDwN8fttvn
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBPZ6tfZ7G
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkMRJcblUf
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lSkfMwh4d
"They have gone out for 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwSLQCes8K
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2toEedSVE
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2WtgQHAvH
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoq8pvRqoo8
"Ya. And they are about 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UftKLEdwB
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99xbcUBAfW
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC07APO3JxC
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVpDAsOpw6
"Ya, that will be a good983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTynINN2OKc
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRID9tekne
the guards might think when they see me."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8XTIoPsOP
Lee and I started to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XdPv2tQoO
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVQBk8I32i
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNK4Kri6VM
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJqyTIcSXk
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VzIc1iJ1q
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3nKOK804G
When I finally managed 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAid3qfAjf
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZEQOsc3Nk
away from the YG gate and down the street.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIt0pdTYPIi
I had to admit, I was so983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOLiE5b0UP
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bkhP8wyHY
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDTRo8CAgr
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIKoMtdA3U
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrKhazKnwu
After walking a few 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUjuDuCOKq
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kSCFrt3Gp
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kR3jb1Vwu
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnSayCzrjE
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4z0MV7jP3d
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5VLlRmKXK
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxDIivHqHz
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKjsTRczsL
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT9iKRTKiP
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14FvZDJBLK
I froze as I soon looked983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeccxNQEqn
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4AhPG3rpe
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPe453gbXv
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOji2cEJAL
I heard him laugh 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeZm6E16zB
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfZ8AL6dlF
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlFsocfj3C
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp07yyaz5gu
"I'm right here."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOycV9SbX87
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMK7sBrRgl
My sentence was cut 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKYdsyc7ZX
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2J92H2zMQ
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv2i8VbLi1
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c6jIcGcES
A smartly dressed 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyweZ5wlDk
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8ntT8ZPLN
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8NSADWwDr
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkITZLqVP5
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxImsEajZJD
A few heads turned my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I07AMrXro
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7poyw4ZXs
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpFSEM7YCu
and a little suspicious too.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMCN06XFzj
I managed to awake from 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkpCrPM9VJ
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKZ22OtkVW
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCyE3ZLHlc
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlXFKkuwEW
driver's seat.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2THEYHCll
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCWyQ6i8L4
With my eyes, I looked 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSfa8BPw1b
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8XtXGyYAm
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ms3FnXgbj
He looked to be in the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtqcng7bXc
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQdjRmUlpu
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AaQzWJSqM
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCnriN1p1c
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafueH1tP23
who had one heck of a body.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3YNMd75ba
I hadn't said a word and983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpe7aOOxk7
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYo2jeFIvo7
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3POV3v8lPU
wrist. Who was this guy?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7GkH0ccKi
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CHNWDkhq3
I opened my mouth but 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bomBOu8hT
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDi2Cso4yv
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8Nj0JNmsc
contact.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1b8p7Qx5y
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4NBVzGjWV
"Yes, a pleasure to meet983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95Pq1WBBeg
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyJDqiFTzA
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThIyVI6083
"I'm sorry we had to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20wUybFAll
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YZ8vSVNbq
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pjVdNesCQ
I looked at him and 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoqZs5pCSs
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIpL060wyL
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGj6jR68ym
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugGtEFzZUx
hear about in mythical tales.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xmCDixpyn
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRYPNplMpm
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7W9IhivYX
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTL3QK1A0F
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92aI0Oy8sZ
There was silence and I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mYe8fABir
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5GXXN0RMX
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1j0A8NPQj
something.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuQWYi1Ao0
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiTm45WCZs
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMNuuwdFVz
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNGQYyFick
"I was born in the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfndWsqbHz
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJVoLiaEZd
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY6rx5W58A
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY84UYWenEP
business empire is what's so important to them."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r1vWPPlY4
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9G8MvQzLp
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9awlNSZzrd
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHvJunbw08
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFizjLXhWA
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eSAHzAcDU
"Lunch?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9O9sOmJ2y
"Yes, lunch."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcM1UIOdSv
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOzrfIMu56
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZxYg9ZIDe
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCSyL4SbF0
I raised an eyebrow at 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzdaRiRIRW
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqAbEplmBJ
you have been able to find me on the street."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0kpAAyms1
He gave me that dashing 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0De5s6OmC
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Uf0XTd8vK
would meet. I had to come prepared."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOFBr3wjvT
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqbKHYwaZK
"My apartment. It's much safer there."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrQCFTqLQK
"You own an apartment?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1O53uPH1a
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AxAPSaCBw
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8f5Fe3n3It
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1gDy4nXae
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ILmrZCW6y
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74kougCB92
It was a huge apartment 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPSSZMEkH6
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX67RnnNlR
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOSj2QzMnV
After the car parked, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebZPowZ5OO
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCE7o9EHdZ
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4raKzFw7I9
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjRoaJoS9x
came out of the car.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZehRtJu0Y
Derrick lead the way, 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHaoeHLsZb
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9YoddRU7q
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kNIUJ78xF
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eeKvNTboX
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptOcQHfkgR
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQGKq2B9ql
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59poTFhOA4
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jYCliFvjT
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleaFKKvSxO
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IHRqPBqjo
"Well, ya, I do! You're 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WGrfU1JJ3
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TNfM4EZhJ
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwH85rwJ4t
"Why?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9kh5tZ27b
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0qo9HQBjH
The elevator doors flew 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DcaKvUBkh
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCslLPmJw8
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhC6QfcWkp
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4X5azQXQa
into heaven.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNTdiCUcvX
I stepped out of the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7zeIh1kLN
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVNz7oQvCH
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EnHzZlCJa
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLzGvLs5Jv
soft red carpet.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxstUCOOWK
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSkso7lTfD
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbWbUaTrcn
I looked down the hall 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VHSWq1BC7
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXWK4Wy85v
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlnfbS5JNX
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvRcUfSqBM
coming.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKqPpTp5vw
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpa9exlHEs
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtojfAl73pn
"Ladies first," said Derrick.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBqybSjY7A
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9J27LcWI8B
"This place is very 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZnegrgSFQ
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMTrK7IWss
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHxFA0y1Mr
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4InWdZDBm
wall.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcxh5ftS3U
I looked to the other 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IpUG0yiH2
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesafyUbXy6
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHor7WyEEgb
beautiful flower vases with orchids.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1mFQmeC2r
"I see you like 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGzpV6Pm68
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHGBAXnek3
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWpP9CMJbU
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGiOwDP1jZ
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDaKSuDUb1
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTqfKe7jWu
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsh1nICce65
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtj0SY010jM
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCiFAuFadz
The butler bowed and 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w5CtnOrTZ
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoWmVgIDQ8
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyAdgcjGxX
ground.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG7p2r2yyG
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAftlkskkC
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qyi3k8ZKE
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxerWjRjsKW
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCx7fXEUVc
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aA8K4fUHv
As we got to the dining 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta84s7eQPy
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnZFTaW7mt
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrQXIPQOBA
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8D9umxEzQ
The butler had served 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKFCRaWve1
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAhUZDx6UO
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIETxwKIYWO
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcZqALdroe
next to the plates were spotless.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqenZpBpVwE
Dishes of food were 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5G6grKnrS
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFISNqtQ9d8
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWPofaonZi
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8WEDkEosp
lady.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfHUOLo2KI
The butler helped to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuQk1gzqw0
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLXj6A3wiq
sure not to eat too much and take my time.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0H0GfcjvwG
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdzm72jLiF
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji5Grbb9bP
"Now, about the issue at983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO7w14HyFL
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoeP2hg6Zm
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtPwyy2w8o
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuje3UX1OS4
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hIavdhGz0
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbpjYvyqrF
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmilwpfUtd4
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9PwdaELyi
The photo showed Zoey in983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhGU3NePa9
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1azQii1aLc
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTo92gSiKC
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qicm9APvb
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioyK2zQcui
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5N5UtSXJR2
"I know this isn't 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4vfXK0b9B
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVbhSY24IJ
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxnD7lIM11
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjl5MUWhw4
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuamm1Ej0I
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRF0NZ1sfp
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sQipNXfMk
I looked at the photo 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSEAUIu205
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHC6UVFGLb
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWv6vGisAc
brother?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ThdQbQj8i
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEVXSObLNz
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtblfQrmAV
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Lh7HiA9eO
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dnxkt3nQU
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn2J8eATFQ
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJVhXvuzAA
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8FgNodkJe
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCO5H3fS0B
"I know my brother very 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvCWAEqZwM
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcXUjt8NmJ
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4CZv6lBtR
I then remembered the 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAEyN2l6k0
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpyuRfsDEn
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tcFByb8Tf
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqdWE5oqMe
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaJ95L4T4q
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvmyqLb2TH
"But that's strange. If 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuNFDef5ah
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoX7MARCMQ
don't see the reason why they would hide."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7i96cevGB
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEySomH2e3t
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoQrRkSelo
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFpnyxEFzX
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjMQokVTBi
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAxe8XjpKa
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2XM9beRaU
"Wait! That was him?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig2v0hupeQ
"Yes. I was there."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fYCc2AmC9
"You were there too?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO7D6T2fmk
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hWCxy0WB3
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAMNM79Zci
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsM3ZLz5DCs
"She is."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFGNGLL4ke
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6pH7wHIKv
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhIzcYwUu2
"And do you really think she would?"983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96pZiRcLVg
I thought about his 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluoF3dfVey
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIkPtPqOQe
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhieb8zDMUR
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjdQCf4QP5
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYrD2aH9yR
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZxr79V7i9
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4BxAIwDMX
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5XY6aaFP3
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.983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06p449N2xa
"Before I go, tell me 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37NGo3a42T
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 983Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw2fOeIcKX
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."
