Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1) - Chapter 23: Swapped

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Waking up this Monday 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaY7efHAZq
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMhTtTHTS9
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE9DWDI3pU
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuu9gCh28m
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24cbPzuCZs
myself to be.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphe31UliWU

I couldn't stop 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPqrYBzlW1
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsOsB8o1sU
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B4yq4VSZp
feel that something was wrong.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6CjNVoev1

Could they have known 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGI0HiVfHd
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eisSwTmBR
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pScyOSeoS
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVptRxnZ2R
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTsE0wx5Sr
just had our usual conversation.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDfasiI8CD

I brushed off all those 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWKZP93BLM
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQqc5zbKCU
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLDT9VYS3V
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLXtNcu8E4
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTAqYbOcV1

But now that she wasn't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfH55wkFl5
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshYYk4nKoF
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOE3AxjHf1
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwI2Lfl3Il
woken up early before the alarm rang.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMB8PA8xUC

I sat up on my bed and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpmKIPLZFg
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoNOHV9a37
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqVNHh6eN0
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Fs3fZf0yC
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ggYR3bFcD

After seeing her with 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnncX8R6LSc
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIEnTU4vW1
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu557OTsD2
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYBl97mCWY
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5BuiuDdcT
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGdO1APTeq
day. That left me devastated.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Y9HVIl5qO

I couldn't stop looking 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYodU8G9CG
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OdE6wL8ys
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Pph3tliVV
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXtntEpP88
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDUFsutwiP
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMnfo9Wnwl
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIUkippUTe

That sent me boiling to a955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkv0VUJsSl8
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCCl4H9V4Y
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMWQmSh6Zc
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWircoNzwbp

Christine had told me to955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNiaoWeeQG
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OBHUuLiUz
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjht17AXjPG
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz389UbG6C
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1rQH1crC5
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rgn3i1WoC
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfueL1jNy1c

And now, I had to face 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4PY6eAIvc
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxbJd2f41U
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxKGWeJVPY
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDBXPsEAR2
was still so upset.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBhXmaMRuy

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbEQJpZWku

After I was done, I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVaT6xQdB5
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBTPUJvcS4
others at the dining table for breakfast.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaMvZLlzZZ

I found them already 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoSrxa0qKC
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcnPeiWTff
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW0YtrW5nv

I felt a little awkward 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3SXtfrKZf
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASPZtaopp0
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GcwW0Bakb
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6m1Kb2A2D
that also felt weird.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz2MnJOWF5

I know that she and I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YK1uLavfU
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhdIHv2QDV
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdKsaHaBFU
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrB4lJFJ37
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu58oQfcQxV
like something was wrong.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNebpktRjiI

I poured myself a cup of955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUtBZlJznx
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1df7icqwMD
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6sBEi8Lqb

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTdSJyO9dd

My heart almost skipped a955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrVhILH3km
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzsVIYRh2U
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0IeaK9BhY
too far. I was over here! Hello!955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziN4Ld2pi3

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmiMAbZDav

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjIUvrQdBb

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWda3TFUqQ2

"I have no doubt about it."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwnda0Rv6u

"But I don't see why you955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6ZdAI3qTg
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYqwOYPc4E
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetQ8M7QVxg

"One thing about fans is955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsle0gi55pH
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurCTrvd79v
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNCQQaRCW0

"I know," said Lee. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ9gpprrHO
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡav4tcnx7ie
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dDntALOL6
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjCCCJcZf8

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WmdSkOIlq

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIuKDjk5zg

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nNspdvTpA

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXktTx12Bx

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ot8c8vwz9

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUa9ipLP2jV

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApsolUfCBb

"You're just too quiet, that's all."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgmY85zBuZ

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9J9OtZfaAL

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5dJiNA55G

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM2HDCXNVB

I stuck my tongue out at955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1fgRy08xv
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZibZWBiwIL
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmQqVDPApK
still wasn't looking in my direction.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFr6AcTEqo

Soon after breakfast, we955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJU8EJDfZd
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMz0KxMWJ4H
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyppJvqCudh
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2Evf7s7VN
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FseuyDwJO
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYRA6OX2gQ
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYogvuV62ju
she would.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP29SVJVk6

We arrived at YG and we 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8WsZNYdGI
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7PGFtZ8IK
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2L5kVwfIqP
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1fBTg0LNt

When everyone was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSbdudTlGw
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyMYnzPDpw
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqPpk0ABtV
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l1wz50MOU
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr38UmeDafL

He not responding to me 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFf9MSM4GqR
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQE9Vi5s8Ek
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24nIxi4fn3
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrKZqGKM2y
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd7rzw5RuT
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuA176DNen
looked away instead.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5Vp3ONnwD

We went straight to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tswbv8zPw
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVWUClxC0b
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZQxGJgFsJ
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLY5UVOkt7
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ483O9bRHlw
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUbo8obchk

During pratice, I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoJisDnHlM
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGXRmCQ9l6
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKtysJ1jgn
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcmY0jRY69

G-Dragon wasn't the only955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7xGtH0LF9
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdvWFO9Zhi
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Pl8sXSQDk
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaKobEKi6V
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYceed9pdh
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyLlsgpH3L

As her best friend, I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBwYXMTE82
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKOvXUsOIU
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMq1HGeM4C
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkI2BkXB5Mc
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5x90DbN6R

She is also smart, 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKr913UdqX
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBGU133T29
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTccluSqFo
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAMY8C3y9k
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvJeYaDcrH

Sam has a lot of good 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SNwzMQsmT
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7lLk0wmiq
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3lNZMQqrM
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qDrr4AQqZ
want to hurt anyone around her.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFH9HGIOn8

Realising this made me 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4ltam95a4
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDBMWEGTqf
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwdSmnccaZ
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrT2uujQoq
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwEuXq2Ypq
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JUp4ibty9
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuy4psvvc1Q
realise it till now.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTaLz7Xruw

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPNvkzOMMk

"Zoey, you aren't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTwg2TapLh
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TLZkewF7a
second time you have made the same mistake."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoY9D1Jqn8R

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzos6IPBf6

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVWsem0Eh7

It was lunch the time we955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8plWn5Xhq
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NsgNvPhvR
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvjnkPm05x
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGPtyy6bQF
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhb86eXv1RF
they were all laughing.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LDrJ3FFjl

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAWSvoawJu

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgZEcyEfTl

"Still not talking to Sam?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE56kaqK99C

"Nope."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93szoy16p7

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vCj7677Vc

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVII2hbIqDw

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVZ59jzRb2

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5y1sB5c7rO

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsBr2k36Q9

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdohWqL93p

"I know. But you aren't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B4mrUYmJy
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZaUcHFSta
You would be chit chatting like you always do."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDqAGumPel

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2ksOzPuHb

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkCrecR6F8

I frowned. "Why?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqIvJlXG0V

"Because you look miserable."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmwAmn0HDg

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvPgMQGvxt

"Miserable!"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1gFQVzWiU

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPqEqHJX6J

I thought for a moment 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwwcoe2I3u
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2iRCKYwiS
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0cWiRIFNU
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfNhid8QWG
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9oKsB9Jhh

Seeing all this in front955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVI5DBk4c1
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d4mbRsBJX
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cEOb0Ynfc
Until TOP came to talk to me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHWjIEm9kH

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkIOc064NJ

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgrCOt4wCZ

"I don't know," I said 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ5lDFzJXL
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fjkNI4aJZ
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUgv1NmEuh

I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfU6hPsaTk

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9bKdJtJZz

"Then why don't you talk to her?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASJYQw0dNu

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEQyfdiG24

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPss088iAg

"I know."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkxQH2h76q

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQP2QNlBb8p

"I'll think about it."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhWhLxZ49z

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz1tlCE9B4

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aWaceC7yq

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOnJ1xV7QX

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvdbERcaF4

The three of us went out955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbDvC1q6Id
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Loeu91iAM
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kCcm6Dnhx

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP5vM9hcQt

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1cEIDBkqj

"Chill, you just ordered955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGLqcrnJaH
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolD5etqHF3
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzI0uQ7e1f

"But I'm so hungry."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZKm2jU7OP

"Trust me, you aren't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwtWRRD925
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJaj8JcOQq
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1f0DJXUnZ
have."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKY4d00ejv

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG1G8BrODD

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbsHj4cQgv

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J2OSQSIP7

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYtdLcSuXD

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw8bHXyz27

I didn't say anything as955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyEkjNX8nQ
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL04QLSUBov
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnG90crv3c
calling.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIGMYf35Qw

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ln6oXwL93

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMb1bvk3Y9t

"Okay, well you better answer that call."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75uT3FM1Aq

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiBroi1AHO

"Hello," I answered.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4dmYFf5AH

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8g6IpLeMrG

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwp3IfgPvm

"We have to meet today, ASAP."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImLd7NivAT

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdEeaTRCrS

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiLPDj9LxO

I knew Jehan was going 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp8QkMMpjZ
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6mw50YTE3
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPrWNzFI92
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcMLT39X9t
was upstairs in the dance studio.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygztM8jUXI

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IYBpS1jSv

"I'm coming to YG to get it."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyDoheJyqi

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzR3opUASOL

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZFSt0p0qD

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLP1IIgspM

He cut the call and I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZATpVEMvwu
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AvHQUhh2g
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQFi6Jgr7X
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIFGJ36N3p
him they would start to ask questions.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkAWR4KoqX

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjg5uMJAxp

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxCuSjmuD7

"What?" I asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWh57GmU0eL

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzpAcq1mME

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2U2X18sTIe

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbI9oXWoOB9

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUePGfWP27s

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQoXQg79lu

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWOtZIzAvB

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MBablMbtK

Dang it! I was cornered 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizrSqnTm46
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GdbCC0l7N
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJvfJOIcNU
light no matter how much you try to hide it.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3WgR5ETKW

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2uy5zKyd2

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsti6FwsYkA

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUutrDaXozb

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsZdKRpmVO

I told them everything 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFVDQq9YPx
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u6wuQ4r9O
said a word until I finished the whole story.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6LjHb9jo3

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZMMuvlGK0

"Just you two," I answered.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbX3neAzxeS

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRMGBHPHPU

"Surprising, right?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2iKjHluvq

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0Ax2X8Xit

"We should involve the police," said TOP.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMNgZZlxOl

"No! We can't!"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6zsrUYNJJ

"Why?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jvJKnNyYq

"You know word goes out 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xQl6Ezxsb
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV84ggJXW3S
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ396tMsDpMz

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGDm3kG8ib

"He assured me that this955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwB86ufMos
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAunV36TF0x
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJ41dOjO3w

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6M8v4AmKF

The three of us turned 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaqdVV157B
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0dH7GQmMr
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiAhOJXsmL

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQb3NSDo4Pq

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxzDm1RF2Z

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccpi7rqRkX

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fbER8geGo

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkkNVfXvo7

"Random stuff involving a955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sy8xnZGab
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2kPpRA3TV
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn8beJoM5S
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LwEirrykr
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5TkZW9xhn

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PPNd8PK1W

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2mLU5OyuB

"Okay, I won't."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLuHQPmHtl

"Sit down."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZvZrBGlTI

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkHyuO05is

"I got myself into trouble," I started.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCdhIQnE4o

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydWJ5W9BtO

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UGdqXSCUh

Christine's face soon 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3cK7pAew0
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPKxYtqKNC
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEODMeAKSJ5

"What!"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteXbQ7JQb0

TOP quickly covered up 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHPZesSqaC
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs22Dde65X
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagIWtzIAAb
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84mCkRQcf5

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6W3ZxneZCO

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzBr8d4uHw

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxtxZfNwoZ

"Of course I'm mad!" 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhEjGqy2ke
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HgVLveZO4
but this by far is the worst one of them all."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInBFWsaBW3

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA1L4xz9Y9

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdEYooiE5g

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJqQwRQ5sa

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ90jZUpMRh

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLREk4pKaS

"WHAT!"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgehhFSrUji

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqWZSLXqhn

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfKCZwTHli

"And the one I met at the café," I said.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmbEHjdWzw

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTqcFcMdwG

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fUGNae6IU

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKvXGqHAq7

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GgOAh1xSk

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAj4rV7N2n

"Ya," I said. "I planned955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnTwqxRBT0
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2L6DsdAzVl
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BRLAyAA1s

"So you're the one who 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxteTH4aPBA
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkbI2lF9ZE
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzZrZ215It
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhzCGXyD7Y
out with Seungri."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpJnCiC1qj

"I lied."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWHD6NO9qQ

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW48Ht2dJLr

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyDddJn7KZ

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6efdyIVpj

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpcFnnDQ2H

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5lenXxXEv

"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWiMCdvuUV

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9zyqyTwL7

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2fmFeOkw7

"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5ntaZgFv5

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr9GWlAC3w

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3evzyN2Ua

"But where?" I asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FgPTivn11

"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGxPmVv0zq

"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclhbi5ftWz

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkRog0ACdG

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6bXKLFB4S

I took my phone out and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJYCKzh738
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVN0qzETRIY
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bPm85HITN

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeni67BzxGP

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTP4VBWKg2N

Seungri had ordered ten 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7w1ZzS8ic
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H1TNsmZyp
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdbIqUDCUu
favourite.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJqgqNWcut

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkC23JeT8g

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLz8PRXuho

"I'll be ready for 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJqiLY38Uj
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡND7t9HhCVC
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2RIHiw8RP

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5vxMvvlQy

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73nOjgNQmq

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFASsgtY30

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMGjR3p18k

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUu0ZB1DZL

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfxozDMlYp

We found ourselves back 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTndzbfveaz
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCsJnPuqmb
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWUpa4zWMb
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9sw4m9SDN
paranoid?955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8MHgRhuks

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCkmCEpJBa

"What?" I asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lhhByfGSJ

"You were frowning," Christine answered.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaFTgTou0G

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnD7dbkc9h

"Says the person who 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPjd997erI
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUZm6CSMvj
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8S1Kf0uqs
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibKpSeQyqV

Soon after lunch, we 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40MJqRmFtM
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4xZ9obtuh
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR8Fy320uw
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9QbqESTcw
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfsexTn8lR
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPAgIajXIA
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3X8BNPegx

At some point in the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh0oV9vmiT
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcN4S2SnZsa
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxd4myf2Jf
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTw1VZEdPU
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HWtOpn8G9
back to practising until we could pratice no more.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvx96QxW2gy

It was five and the sun 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4ErmrBEsU
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoYCSPa4Zn
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiixVR0icBU
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FUkweeDIA
side of me. We were all pretty tired.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHjjwYyJs9

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmdFNjlrbg

While I was resting and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pWD2BgDww
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1sV5x2aem
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXhUYaWaxj
look on my face.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBriWVPQo3x

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXds0SkYgZ

"Go? Go where?" I asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXp0Y017wWB

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5u56Js14g

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolusKYcsfT

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU8PKgFLFL

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4M6bWe7Up

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXumk65MVX

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhG1yXDTNK

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w1wYz4opp

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUDPt07oXc

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAD1hdJFPHy

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1YRr6MOid

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqK8Nvw9smT

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUP3UTdbTX

"Ya, me too," said Mike.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZWFzDVZ6F

"Why don't you want 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsQNi9BnUA
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNfqNViH99
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecWz8DGnR5
not to follow."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYX5dSxRDy

I wanted to protest and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4w2CXfybZ
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkx4ubWnobJ
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzu1fIAMKKK
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefj6awtGce

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgt9jOdjMIj

Dang it!955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvYZ5bnaAR

"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFfjZ4SBEy

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6IQE0eNOZ

"Thanks, that's nice of 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLzYi4fWX8
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjxNMUCw4u
the others. "Have fun you, guys."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFgaJxMNyV

Sam and Daesung left the955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkI8oxEEyX
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynoCDvCyJ3
myself that the two also made a nice pair.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fmfqudvu9

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCTyWlAcFG

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYUrQ2uR5v

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUrSx0KYvq

Christine stood up from 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm84z25xh8o
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9s9eJSR6kD
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uz5wiC4Bp

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbGyX11a3J

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfsfwh9b1s

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexBSLURsYg

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ491ZDOHb2T

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlh50qGbWR

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3ae9CI4q9

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQUdmBNG33

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQS0oubdu5

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxhokvAisN

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pc6H7xpTw

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLH1A6czr0d

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH12UpJCwkI

"I know," said Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz7tzhCVEd

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bStJ5mblz

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfKvf5nwEG

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpNoQOIcmt

"So that she can judge me? No way."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdDDOncI4b

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBTwsaa3S9

"Don't try to convince 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfEfhohSxu
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VE49W167o
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYzFE4sdZW
like she could hit me with a hammer.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUpTUXZYl0

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdAIIUL0wu

I got up from the floor 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHcfQRxjcH
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNe9cCKSZw
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVzyIkb4zz
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiKNOQ4FUG
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6RFV8eVG0

The cars soon left the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKA1BmcqCK
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjk5f24yeQK
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3ULDydMnB
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBonqZ7bNR

"Can you you please stop955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlHu2bDpmk
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGRb9yIXrs
the teddy and lose it in the car."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1ySwxUUjm

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CnxWWUrrd

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhP7d3DWrw

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mQLt7xc4U

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCZXSDIR8o

"I just want to get this over with."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzYhtKBrDw

We were soon packed 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoENVak4sbB
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyslVLhPvML
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC46xSTCddl
turned to look at her.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWSp3sL8CT

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKeFkoP6uZ

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WV9PJkrU8

Seungri also turned to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Zav4cWhsX
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRBoOovKlC
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0Ly9j9LJl
chest and I wished Sam was here too.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1NfULKm6m

I soon got out of the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdwOYG5m3y
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfktAgqTr4x
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSy8lbLtL2
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLlT8QjRd3

Before I could find my 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxFpckYuAl
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDR3q2W9hs
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuDmpvEWYQ
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeONiNMKAa

I quickly went in the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH6YdD5we7
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsTwzFyd3J
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmiDLf9XOn
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsLeENDq9O

I slowly approached the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICDdkVcfhf
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5bjdgASWR
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7K1kVxXtWy
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwkIGo709t
hesitate to end my life right here.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9aJbbZhJs

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7ySGZ4xPD

"I was practising today," I answered.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51YnGhnb4L

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgDnh6FJ97

"Thanks," I frowned at 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo87cRvcq5X
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHVdSrb2AO
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GZoDetdsE

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzHjrxzIci

I quickly reached out 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVHbqQ322T
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhiW3oKPb2
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfndzKqSiK

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFORd6oNC7y

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfqogrTmcx

"What now?" I complained.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oMeWnD9Pt

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNsrAUrTFQ

"What do you think? That955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJF9mA89YL
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2jOyz7jSt
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfBkYLDa0z
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCar988HKCn
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoeIJT1LXC

Jehan raised an eyebrow 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGXlBN24tI
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY3DiUyZW9
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDNQd2WTjS
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHH7G2tL3ev

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjwlI7jOJM

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8mWVF7Ma4

I went back to looking 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx9sH5vHYH
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxn43UldMo
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9lgt23tbl
surprise me that he carried that thing around.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TgQQcSKvO

Jehan slowly laid the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGziUNGV3L0
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8GuV8y6r0
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YsqxQTFhZ
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMwSkyv64N
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LlaHuzcO0
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ldFfsbRer
the teddy bear.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5E7YzuduGj

Wait. I frowned. This 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDFZcnZoKq
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsiewJVkIJ
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wi9YlJ1IG
diamonds!955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMzIh6IHfP

I stared horrified at 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEkUui2s5u
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQU77BCRx2s
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54HqY8DSFN
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZMDrI96ZQ

I looked up at Jehan and955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bdGZaLBN0
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI12EVQ3Apz
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGNViZ4u3b
that, he was going to end up traumatised.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYaJmiFxlm

"Je-Jehan," I said 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wiKG0kGeF
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHZfbqh6oz
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcQhtpcVY7
there."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46PCaptoAI

Jean neither moved nor 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneLDXzvfr0
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAncNbsqCls
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaj897mus2a

But how could this be? 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yXhBtNXRC
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5f0qKJAJH
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoO0XWX1ft
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBrwAZqBjn

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSilhyYzFh8

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzyjSqmnOa

He banged his fists on 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw9ZTG1lID
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZd1mS791a6
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMeeQepGDd
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTLQl6Euop

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJbejgDxXr

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9W3uevdB8

"I don't know. I don't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOT410GMx1
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5KRaLI6MM
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vp9NwqlOV

"How did the diamonds go missing?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS16tcG9qBV

"How am I supposed to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGkgIF2DIS
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ302MbRumvd
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuKPi1uZM5

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ4Kx6fCIz

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRFG0xLBMH

Jehan rubbed his 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwyFya4g6u
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUjRYfQusE
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlAQb6nLk3

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQElFGFwiJ

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TkU6pA524

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBoC82bN4v

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ia5kG3A7g

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAZ2SlpuVN

"I don't know."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolSB3CKzux

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM9WHH9S0L

"Ummm," I looked down 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0VW6YDZcu
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59GVNBNbep
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cNtGeltk3

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCps8sttgyu

"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKUYiY6OfX

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4p1z1FyAX

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7CRWTm9Ke

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwhjHxVG4b
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHMIyFc9sd
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNxyHLsN68

"I don't think so. Lee 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGdMapzYEy
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaifNxjuL1
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwTQH3w1DQ

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvn1BVc5j2

"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oBZSbP8Ts

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYafaPr8wd

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eZg0H83Uf

After I said that, Jehan955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgz7yWiB3vh
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOq88GDcp6
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98IIrrh5Kh
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOxzdJgXLJ
look on his face.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡND9NSxvChq

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ307Fy8bjmA

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQPgQv8IdE

"I remember one of my 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2KwAdna88
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfckS9NJhXD
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUMK5aKYh7

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr33iGf2v57

"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBIzfJ8iTA

"Huh? I can't start 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzBdAwUJCa
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6CTeUCr4I
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHjlN92kpQ
that the bear is missing."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGneW5UaHiW

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pb8pv1zLB

"What do you mean?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxl2DSkS7n

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOVDWLFGKl

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUSNql3tiN

"Now that, makes no 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w0BlIanJ0
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGaW4cpSV0
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DwrJtDUbd

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZzaT1uvJB

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZj0R1Rc4j

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2XUHPk0Or

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡug7rD5R0uv

I completely forgot that955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFHLPygkE9
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQXmrhFkNV
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp9ZAsSX0C
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvxOID6zVo

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidfRF5Pw6x

Jehan gave me a smile. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQIPgizMW7
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7fHbe851U
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWiXPOcdVu

I nodded my head and 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtjEnQ6TYq
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpkdanz5qP
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuwsdWFqDl

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9ViJ6Sk7O

I sat there as I buried 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg97NVTTMpR
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2wArFE7F7
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCpzu6WprF
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUqFKukfAT
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS5CixQbar
drama that might just ruin my life?955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAhVyVDEou

I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESOrAtmJvw

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQbkyXbpAN

I could hear footsteps 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUGaurWTOY
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoXcSxRcfL
when they saw the look on my face.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAx7ud9meKf

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOpEG4KAoc

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpDI6lUDky

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyFbfs9kqO

"No," I answered. "He didn't."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx3VTtSTtw

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAMwx59LEM

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ugVBtFuuV

Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOCwreBsl3

"And what about Lee?" 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxdfbiFND6
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lvfdd5Sdh
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrQP2zKbRZ
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqZkYJw463
to."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD62Eu6Ezl5

"This is bad," I said, 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX8c8jRqZI
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHAfG1fqPv
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcsTiEPMNX

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxVbgBWxZT

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFMmz08ara

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WBYr2wEHE

"Sam?" I wondered for a 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQqtYX03Bl
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcyQcmuQcu
she have swapped it with the other one?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04BxrJeVwM

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDj3fcdOLBY
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHGwcbmVAl
what's really going on in the first place?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgCiHLsps7

"I doubt it," I said 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOO2BXacWw
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9wfoW3I6W
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KdOH0XeWb
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0F4IePnRY

TOP and Seungri looked 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5B0ZjJNIPm
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvllhyRPGo
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3rklqFb3M
it away.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bZkW1SsPI

"I highly doubt it too,"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fl3NvOXOj
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33DUMRK1VV
she would have asked us about it."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla5lHlsNP4

"That's true," said 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxZMxLFRPX
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1Kvnf6xnh
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VvUHsE1wU

"And I checked out the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaaMLwimiI
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOsNTeYhBp
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscz82kOsK6

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUUAxyISy2

"No, I highly doubt it,"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KEb8VRQbE
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5o1G8zM0Bv
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHoP5NweeL
said nothing about them entering a toy store."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH1xEOarjG

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvZ4ICoCgg

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRJ2H4C9pc

"Collins?" Mike asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1jhos0pLU

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKia1al7n3

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn40nqox8ep

"But who knows? Maybe he955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMzACiC7EB
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXKCZrNQsM
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgGxoFowwS
times."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qXrIabgxL

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRef4mYFUIX

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0p4O13sY8

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptVuPBwJxn

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0CoMMGlFz

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCfrCDVFv5

"He was the one who went955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7sg7ltuPI
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkeGiCAy8R
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz7dQWsDza
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLdS5UgGCG
elevator."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEz0cqoH8g

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0lFdC5GdK

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqlJ70EogG

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEZf2s09ZQ

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oaeYdLcyU

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpExXvGKQHn

"You're right," I said 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9XMlWs7se
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2JgjdIdMy
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpyloTA89W

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAEuSLUIuH

We all walked out of the955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1utQMUskW
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXitOxqOTp
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIAgilK9g7

While I was in the car 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VUePDPfus
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLa6s1ofUr6
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZQcLztHON
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeRbPubr7S
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78UHSVbSDj
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5AjiAr0To

If it isn't him, then 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4JtBQJyo3
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxljvC7OCu
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4DtMtTKjK
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3gKG3hI1M
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2XXo7K7tg

What if I had the wrong 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwLCGdxu7r
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5jnXleQgl
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtikgy2YCq
place without any of us noticing in the first place?955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SNrOrdSdp

I hope I could be able 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXCVF7ZjAt
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePFJ7mq2d7
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that955Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vZhzMR1Aq
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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