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."