Have you ever been awake890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mOHcW5zOP
for so long in your bed with no thought or sign of sleep and your heart890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9OpHWkQhy
isn't at peace because you're afraid of what's going to happen as the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8gFgQJUWy
day goes on?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexGnosJCkL
That's how I felt right at this moment.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ5yzlCIqs
I tossed in my bed, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonqa0yrIz7
turning to the side and looking towards the curtain. There was still no 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tf87qlNiJ
sign of the sun coming up and I was getting frustrated. I wished the sun890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYnmq4ZSRq
could come up so that I could meet my end already.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlPSFkZL3K
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJI13sLanvY
I fell back on my bed, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIi5TzzenGT
the back of my head hitting the pillows real hard. I clenched my teeth 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveUQePe12L
in irritation. Sunrise felt like forever and I was already tired of 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjIsWwRhLO
sleeping. This had been the third time that I had to wake up and only 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeMzPuqGWI
realise that I had only slept for a few minutes. I wish I could sleep 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQMovboMcQ
till sunrise, but waking up three times meant I was too bothered in my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2srZSTlm1l
mind even to dream.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKaz6quvyU
I turned to my other side where my stuffed panda lay beside me and I cuddled it in my arms.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Su0YcsMil
How I wish I could fall 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdvs0mhEQx
asleep. I admired Zoey whom I could hear snoring slightly in her sleep. I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGU2zMbqldS
stared up at the dark ceiling trying to picture things in my mind but I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxBKYGGMSU
couldn't. Even my imagination wasn't working.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l8WpmY1Da
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOpr7L7aIC
I knew I now had to face890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccTCddkUlr
the music. And even though we had quite a hectic day yesterday, Zoey 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSO47K0zpi
hadn't given up on me about what happened with G-Dragon and me. And even890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHutC5woUj
though she was tired when we got back, she still hadn't stopped 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJqF5a0ytB
bothering me until she finally gave up and went straight to bed.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg46rvM63n6
I knew her persistence 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb48FyPUuPd
was far from over and I had to prepare myself for more of it today. I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyi9rhFEfy
know Zoey must be very worried about me, but I was more worried about 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbK7XqdpZX
her if I had to tell her the truth.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa03SkDhk7F
I know sometimes we 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxBzBM39lE
people lie to prevent the others we love and care about from getting 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoQqOPHvS8
hurt. But there will come a point in time when you can't keep it to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeD9ARr1id
yourself any longer because the guilt will eat you up inside. Sadly, I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMue0PU3QuO
had now reached that point.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KEgwWAQXL
I sighed again as I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLijPck6GX
turned again to the other side, taking the panda in my arms with me. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWJxZnZdmG
What wrong did I ever do to be in the position I was in right now?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtGzxbqpxf
If it came to G-Dragon, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYUxINAl9v
he was going to be one person who will be difficult to talk to. I know I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZeECq5niT
betrayed his trust, and trying to convince him was going to be a whole 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV09fgDv5S
lot harder.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRforwF3Ps
How was I going to tell 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZOPmIPt6r
him that yes, Daesung and I did kiss, but all of that happened due to a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZPlj1lM4c
completely different story? I know how bad he must be feeling and if I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CIC1yAT8O
was in his shoes, I probably wouldn't believe anything I would say 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafjqumsvpK
either.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWUzrvFOOH
I kicked out the bed 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbsIkbWvN9
covers and got up from the bed. And taking Mr Panda with me and my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xEPHBBpZB
phone, I slipped my feet into my bed slippers and walked out of the room890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0QrljpvWy
in my purple pyjamas.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63WUqvFjg2
I went straight for the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXvbZz1jRx
dark, empty lounge and I turned on the lights. I went to sit on the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAcXZ451aB
comfortable couch and with my feet up and folded with Mr Panda in my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WqjQ11oRr
arms, I unlocked my phone and went straight to my contacts and called my890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuZ7fmBjii
mum.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3bfDgIZ21
Hopefully, I was calling890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Tk5zrKxcD
her at the right time. I wasn't really sure what time it would be back 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcb1GmLx4Tw
home in the U.S. I was too bothered to even try and figure out all this 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWjSDvuYA9
time zones nonsense. I just had to talk to someone. And why not my mum?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoexDILpDjy
I put the phone to my ear hoping she would pick up. I just hope she wasn't busy at work or something.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWq2sF3ttT
She finally picked up the phone on the fourth ring.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrmeDb2dm1
"Hello, Sam?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwC2q1OqryK
"Hi, mum."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4hHs9pUab
"Sam, how are you, dear?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSjd1kKJh6
"I'm good. How are you? Are you at work?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO8kmsqeFc
"Yes, I am, sweetie. I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfErKieNzwO
am just looking at photos online on the computer. A friend of mine just 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTny1tA0afC
told me you guys went out bowling with BigBang."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhUvE1KeH4
"Ah.." I scratched my head. "We did, mum. And we had fun."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qzkIFqL64
"Ya, I can see you guys 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IDRsL02LX
smiling and laughing on the photos." I could hear clicking in the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieAEtpwYcK
background and that confirmed that she was tapping away on the mouse of 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb68BIKciDX
her computer as she looked at the pictures.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ073rfKsyz9
"So, was it more like a competition?" she asked. "It's says here that you guys won."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDDL0hKard
"It was mum. We won," I said with a smile. "You should have seen what happened. It was awesome."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOun9pTFfb
"I'll check out the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ3z70Uu3t
videos later on and see everything for myself, dear," I could hear my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwv8luXKQI
mum clicking quickly on the mouse. "Now tell me. What's bothering you? 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBx2fC5TfG
Why aren't you asleep?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebP2PVijM0
I raised an eyebrow. "You know what time it is here?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Umtlk4I8f
"I'm your mother, Sam. Of course I know what time it is."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74z7sNBG0l
I could imagine my mum 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFQRUGCX4h
with a stern look on her face as she said that. If we weren't talking on890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSu1F3dWzq
the phone and I was standing in front of her, she probably would have 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39n9NmMLyX
her arms folded.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dcWV23KRY
"I know its way too early in the morning for you to be awake right now," she continued. "What's up?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u7HMUMM5H
"I feel my whole life has been nothing but a lie, mum," I said as I tugged at Mr Panda's ears.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdu5qjFkexK
"Your name is Samantha Glasson and you're a famous pop star. That my child, is not a lie."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRLCSoMSGr
"Mum, you know what I mean when I say that."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bfLjDlPNQ
She sighed. "What did you lie about this time?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf7e7z6X5b
"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."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8tL3zce0k
"Tell me. I've all the time to listen."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZyGz8xlgb
"I've been lying to Zoey890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEchIjXyiMg
and everyone else about G-Dragon and I, and I don't now how to tell 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0ZTPQtTq0
them, especially Zoey since she likes G-Dragon so much. It would crush 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMns4SrBZh
her if she finds out G-Dragon likes me and not her."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yjUBtf5Jp
"I thought you girls weren't supposed to date any one of those guys."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7w1mZskv1G
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Wow. Collins really does tell you everything, does he?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHLu6QZdmB
"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."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR5LlTz2en
"Trust me, mum, Collins 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YNKdHvVk3
has no clue with what's going on in our private circle and I suggest 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1NJNCxH2H
that you shouldn't say a word either."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIDoIx1Zgw
"Is that a threat?" I imagined my mum's eyebrow raised.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hnswtd1sj
"You know I can never 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5fao5J7SQ
threaten you, mum. It's just for now until we come back home. It's a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOK13VAfCAR
matter of life and death. I've no choice."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6apbAEdxG
"I know. But why does Zoey like him?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H1zBgRSTG
"Knowing Zoey, you must know by now the kind of guy she would fall for, mum."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnyw2EO2fy
"True. But how come she likes him but he likes you? Don't tell me you also like him too."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuFfu7pXH4
"Well....." I hesitated, trying to figure out what to say next.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllzFdHrIWL
"Samantha Glasson," my mum's voice sounded stern now. "Tell me the truth."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7dkBV7apx
I sighed. "I also like him, mum."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw38FUfC4Pa
There was silence at the other end. Until....890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByhygQ2wN5
"WHAT!"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkrxhVhiqH
"Mum, calm down. It's not what you think."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvRXMGJQ0N
"Then what is it? The 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhMrYkMbRM
way I'm seeing it, you also like him and you feel guilty because you 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYhlyAotFw
feel like you're betraying your best friend."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EAV5yazbA
"It was like that at 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5d5JY7ydTA
first. I really do like G-Dragon but I'm learning to like him as a close890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJShoIMSXSo
friend because I know how Zoey likes him and because of Collins' 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPtRtwb5x6
'golden rule'." I put "golden rule" in quotation marks with my remaining890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SrD1wRXHQ
fingers.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EkgjxiAR3
"What do you mean it was like that at first?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWAVryMxZn
"I like G-Dragon, but he isn't the only one."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIYBljAzba
"Don't tell me you like someone else from the same group too."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP8YJHbHaM
I closed my eyes as I winced. "Yes, mum."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsLOc9pLrM
She didn't say a word. I wondered what she was thinking right now.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXebvFleEv
"You're really in one hell of a mess, dear."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlR5CPayv3b
"And that's not the worst part."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs8yEEerRI
I told her what happened890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC89nEe4kfn
the day Zoey went missing, making sure I didn't mention the stranger in890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIs2NkgR1NB
the suit. I talked about what G-Dragon and I had talked about in the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsRUQE21b7
park and what we agreed upon. Then I told her what happened with Daesung890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhHRmVfKkb
and the kiss.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLIjrX2Nm1
"You kissed?" my mum sounded surprised.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gIWy9wZeQ
"Ssh, and listen."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4FwHq0rQ0
I told her that G-Dragon and Zoey saw us but they didn't witness the kiss. And I told her what happened afterwards.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUStxnLZXFh
"You're in a real mess, Sam. You now have two people to tell the truth to."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K3FduGURS
"If it's not Zoey and G-Dragon, then it's the entire group."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA1IN3F6OF
"I know. But you can't lie forever now, can you?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIohIFFBYf
I thought of what she said. "You're right. We all deserve to know the truth someday."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPDXoaGAFD
"Are you scared?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp2tmoESKS
"I am. Maybe that's why I can't fall asleep." I hugged Mr Panda close to me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2VAWnnI3Q
"It's okay to be scared, sweetie. And it's good that you decided to come out clean."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxCzXZtHdg
"I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I could now feel tears coming up in my eyes.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S2ycVWTqS
"We all get hurt at some890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYQql8ggNJ
point in our lives, sweetie. That's why there is a time for everything.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0OMCkuKyv
Just wait and see. After the storm, everything will be back to the way 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe68XpLrSqV
it was and everyone will forget about it. Besides, no one can stay mad 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBIuZRWfIC
at you forever, Sam. Not even me."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrT4vKMTSs
I smiled as a tear ran down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡik56UDa4Bc
"Thanks, mum." I sniffed.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9p3BeJAOO
"Don't cry, okay? You're890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiIAaNojgv
a brave girl. Now, do me a favour and get a few minutes of sleep. You 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjD84EiVLP
will need all the rest you can get."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQkB9oFrka
"Yes, mum. I will."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzVYH5cDAK
"Bye, Sam. Tell me what happens, okay?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2mVRSaKSj
"Okay. Bye."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y62BytmMF
I hang up and I quickly 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUeREAvLXB
got up from the couch with Mr Panda and went back in the room, straight 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZwGOlxpQy
into the bed covers. I fell asleep in an instant with Mr Panda in my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGy754VJmq
arms.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9W9efECuPq
It must have been some 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJTJeFKJ4l
time around 7:40 when I finally woke up. The sun rays shone brightly 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRdigKLUlb
into the room that I had to shield my eyes with my hand from the light.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKTsUsTkDn
"Wakey! Wakey!" Zoey came over and sat next to me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPYwvje9lO
"Mmmm." I murmered as I turned around and covered my head with a blanket. "Leave me alone."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhX3524fEZk
"You've to get up, Sam. We have a big day ahead of us."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfvUWlXjAv
"Isn't it a Sunday today?" I asked as I removed the blanket from my head.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcB5UGudLI
"Sadly, it isn't, my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFYFIulRoM
dear kitty," said Zoey as she placed her hand on my head. "Looks like 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4w8U5FImAZ
you weren't the only one praying for it to be a Sunday."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFEBKBs6Gb
"Okay." I muttered as I sat up on my bed and rubbed away the sleep in my eyes.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6QjK4NvlE
"You know you have a lot of explaining to do, right?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAo8y2hgUfc
I yawned, then sighed. "I know. You don't have to tell me."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmvVTskkOA
"So, start talking right now."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjyTcOaN9K
I looked at Zoey with wide eyes. "You want to talk now?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rdH4Su5rB
"Ya. I'm still really worried about you."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHwXTSVVZ0
Looks like I had no choice. This was it. Time to tell the truth.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4srjantW1
"What I'm about to tell you, is going to crush you completely, Zoey."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFQIcVkr9y
Zoey turned to look at me with a serious look on her face. "What are you saying, Sam? Is it that serious?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNkICeh40j
"It really is, and I feel bad that I have to tell you."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S2ZphCBmq
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveZlwiFp6Z
"Just tell me, Sam. Even if it's going to hurt."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzRBJCfI8P
I closed my eyes bracing myself for impact. My heart was pounding so hard.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvLKT06blM
"It's about G-Dragon and I," I said. "I'm sorry to say this but...."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMRCffRuZ6
"You like him, don't you?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpESQfKRr1Y
I opened my eyes in shock. That wasn't supposed to happen. And what made Zoey say all that?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNLVGrnpst
"I..uh...no, that's not it."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo1PyKnnbt
Zoey laughed. "Don't worry, Sam. I know how much you also like him. I'm not mad."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd00Qb8Iro1
"Zoey, that wasn't what I...."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKIwYw0pWW
"Expected from me?" Zoey890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1ufPeu60c
grinned as she flipped her hair to the side. "I know, you're surprised.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn6N8MRVdX
I like him, you like him, the whole world likes him."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RfkjWGC4w
"Zoey, I..." Zoey placed her index finger on my lips to keep me from talking further.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gOpypDhHU
"I know you feel guilty 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsnsWjy0hw
that you like him because I do too. Don't worry about it, because I know890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4hquMqR7e
that you wouldn't try to steal him away from me."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VdPQjGQ52
I gulped. What was I going to tell her now? How was I going to her that G-Dragon liked me and not her?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV0WWm2U3w
"Aren't you worried that G-Dragon might just like someone else and not you?" I asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPNY0LuFTH
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."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLxK8vjof9
I wanted to slap my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRJOshxRZT
forehead in frustration but I gave Zoey a weird look instead. I couldn't890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WUvzCy2OW
blame her when you were blindly in love. But I had to stop this before 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmrPlKbpLd
it gets out of hand.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9Itn0Di9u
"Zoey, listen to me," I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDF3qu3bvD
said as I looked at her in the eye. "I admit that I like G-Dragon, but 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmd29MdTTF
not in the way you think. You on the other hand, need to know that...."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJcm36z2vD
I paused. That was odd. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cSNYEuJES
The words were spilling out of my mouth just fine. What's happened now? I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaC5C8wlst
felt someone had just cast a spell on me and now I was tongue tied.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mHLheRLOk
Zoey looked at me, irritated that I had stopped talking. "What do I need to know?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrwwqClX9r
What was wrong with me? I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRVMIPy8F3
had so much confidence when I was talking just now and I still do. But 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPbmc929UW
now, I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but still 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSloAdOc0V
nothing came out. Zoey shook her head.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfi7y39WpG
"You're weird, Sam," 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9l2g31Bid
Zoey stood up from my bed and went straight for the bathroom. "When you 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloDyZdPKDe
finally have the courage to tell me what you wanted to say, I'll be 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1tgHykoIN
waiting."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2H6xtEMqb
Zoey closed the door and890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGapi9zh5rC
I heard the shower tap turn on. Oh no! I blew it this time and that 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd7pypN65T
just proves that telling her the truth was going to be a whole lot 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheFUNM48SY
harder than I thought.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcenv2OV8IL
At least Zoey knew that I once liked G-Dragon, that's if she really took what I said seriously.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedYAhk3x8X
This was all so messed up and I felt like I was going nuts.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCRZJvVL00
I stood up from my bed 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctFWLVnbXT
and started to pace up and down, thinking. What happened to me a few 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhSzsMCP9q
minutes ago? Why couldn't I tell Zoey the truth? Well, half of it, which890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYDuylPl3v
is the most important part.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy7Fkn1N9S
"It's not your portion to say anything to Zoey. And you know it."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIQ3uLUgtV
Whatever my conscious 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgekTpQC86
was saying inside my head was true. G-Dragon did say that he will end 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwzAV765as
things with Zoey and tell her the truth. Was that why I was tongue tied 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuqZqI9Y5I
and I couldn't say anything? I had no any other reason as to why.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EPYiCinXm
If that was the case, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GtX2XDsrx
then G-Dragon better do it fast. The earlier it was, the better. Before 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBxdRqL8gn
Zoey really gets too much involved with him or else she would be 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEW9lxBVdW
shattered completely.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHK7i7oMaHn
While I was trying to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7sdj7tJ1G
figure out what to do next, my phone rang and I went on the bed to reach890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvZKrX1DH9
out for my phone that laid on top of the drawer next to the lamp.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEdxPrfWzy
When I checked the caller ID, I raised an eyebrow. An unknown number. I wonder who it was?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXfZRYyfHH
I answered the call. "Hello?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGgek0xtST
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," came a deep husky voice from the phone. The man had a French accent.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYcWCMIOY2
I held my breath. That 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0VXAdOwSV
sent a chill down my spine. Who was this? Dang it! I'm supposed to be 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQTTy9bb08
asking that question, not thinking it.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFPZCu5toe
I cleared my throat. "Hello? May I know who this is?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94PSnmSm10
The man chuckled. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that we talk."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpIO3Yo56D
"Talk? Talk about what?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXL77A0QeB
"Did you check the photo I sent you?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApDqD38PJf
"Photo? What...?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWZ3ZeZS6s
I paused when I realised the photo he was talking about. I had completely forgot about it.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQip38JHEi
"Oh!" I slapped my forehead. "I never downloaded it to see what it was." I raised an eyebrow. "What's the photo about?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81V69veKYJ
"If you haven't seen it,890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkY8PRD7xU
then it's best you see it for yourself. I can't tell you over the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqGhoCNfIM
phone. When you see it call me or text, will you, sweetheart?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6hwF21PDM
Sweetheart? What was this guy playing at? What was the photo all about?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ76m1a549S
"Are you trying to blackmail me with the photo?" I asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZn1JvbnT5
"I wouldn't call it blackmail. But everything would be more interesting if you're involved."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldRKfwGyQD
"If I'm involved? What do you mean?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1r1YRX7wQ
I could soon hear the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4ZwI7ukuf
person hanging up and I growled. I looked at my phone like I wanted to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM5H96hBNQ
break it. What was going on today? First, I had G-Dragon and Zoey to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hRTLsWXB7
handle and now, I had this stranger calling me and making things worse.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3SR1fwCXl
I looked back at my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf90lFrJtUt
phone and started to go straight to my messages. I checked the message I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX94NJPA2iU
had received from the unknown man and I realised that I still hadn't 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw84587rjf
downloaded the picture. I switched on my mobile data and started to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZfn1gB0sX
download the photo.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasGfeNCxJk
"Sam! Zoey!" Lee came all of the sudden into the room. She almost scared me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8htZQ17Cl1
"Goodness, Lee!" I held my chest as my heart beat fast. "There is a thing called knocking, you know?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdexBTvPmO2
"I know, I thought you guys were still asleep."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7huoZzvTL0
"No matter," I said. "We're all awake as you can see."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDODH6Io82Z
"Okay. Get ready, we have to leave for the studio."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsC8pk44ZU
I nodded and Lee left. I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9PLxfWquB
went back to looking at my phone. I frowned. The internet was so slow 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSLehxYNzW
today. The photo hadn't finished downloading yet.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGQMnlaAm0
"I'm done," said Zoey as she came out of the bathroom in her towel. "You go get ready."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohIw2CPFju
"I just want to see something first," I said as I pointed at my phone.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi0WNdt6C9
Zoey walked up to me, took my phone and threw it on her bed.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKDzl7MsES
"Zoey!"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYMgWIY48j
"Not a word, Sam. You're890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzmvz7mIQT
always the one telling me to get ready and be punctual, but you don't 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0qegP5iSu
want anyone telling you anything. Just go take a shower. I wonder what's890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34S1ni5VR6
up with you today."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQ6uVSH5m4
If only she knew. So 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso1uiGWUUQ
many things were running in my mind that I couldn't seem to focus on one890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Cy4bmCfXv
thing because something else would just pop up all of the sudden.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5y5Bcv6wC
I went to the bathroom 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzPOM0T2aR
and locked the door behind me. Before I could undress and get into the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyjA5OvecD
shower, I went over to the mirror above the sink and looked at my own 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWqEG7hTuc
reflection.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJgbBBEZBK
I looked like I hadn't 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJina9GM8Qe
had sleep in days with all the dark circles underneath my eyes. I was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1lRlSweTn
deeply troubled, that's for sure. My problems just got increased by one 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIc7NURJzW
if not by two.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx58uOP5eYf
G-Dragon and Zoey were 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7egFez9j8I
my main problem to tackle today. And all of the sudden, an unknown 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93jV4Ofkn4
stranger calls and tells me about the photo which I had no idea or clue 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaxogZNn1y
about. And why he sent it to me was the most confusing part. If he 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xWzC9n2Sz
wasn't blackmailing me, then what was this charade about?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZS89Bc8zi
After I took a quick 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6lrkhkXdR
shower, I quickly went back in the room and I went straight for my phone890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdjY2ELlev
on Zoey's bed. Zoey had already dressed up and she went past me into 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEItV6rulqF
the bathroom to get her makeup done.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItTv8MAGk9
I unlocked my phone. I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvxPM5U439
was pretty anxious about the photo that even my hands were shaking. The 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGcDEJCNuF
photo must be done downloading by now.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoQU3P73tV
Just as I unlocked the phone, it vibrated. Someone was calling me. Oh no! What now?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQTKYLhcr1
Seungri was calling. What could he probably want to talk to me about this early in the morning?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCCFs6fFLz
"Hello, Seungri?" I answered.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuCyo2xOBI
"Morning, my panda," said Seungri.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2Ys4L28Fe
"Morning. How was your night?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivy6nFftun
"My night was perfect, since I dreamt of you."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9APSph6x3
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZpc4ae02N
"Oh, wow," I said, trying to act a little surprised. I hope he bought it.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30aGkN2WeH
"I've a little something I want to give you when you get to YG."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0QAeHdBf2
I smiled a little. At 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ7Kzk111k
least out of all that was going on, Seungri managed to make me smile, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMalpcF8Yj
which was quiet peculiar because he didn't say anything funny. I was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcGzcZpG5M
already imagining another huge stuffed panda waiting for me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyflNZ75IvX
"Can't wait," I said with a little laugh. "See you."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFaqHQLliS
"You too."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzb9Wm0tRJ
He cut the line and I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpKM4jfYtQ
threw my phone on the bed. I decided to dress up first and have my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACFuxTaauO
breakfast, before Zoey came back in the room and start to pressurise me 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRqV23YLtP
again. I had already pissed her enough this morning.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iazNmW9rY
After I dressed up and 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbme3V7ZlQj
Zoey had left for breakfast, I went in the bathroom to get my hair done 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPT3FCOlAl
and applied a bit of makeup to hide my dark circles. When I was done, I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqm8osU5fv9
went back in the room and without a thought of making my bed, which I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6ggIpmvtN
always did, I wore my black pumps, grabbed my phone and went out of the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3s5xZ1I5x
room.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoai0Leb6K
Just as I got into the lounge, I made a bee line to the dining table. Everyone was at the table eating their breakfast.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuneGTQuvou
"Someone isn't themselves this morning," said Collins as he watched me approach the dining table.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTQfEw4Yzr
I knew he was talking about how late I was today. I was usually the earliest to be at the dining table.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58xWtlZ9VW
"Sorry," I said as sat down next to Lee. "I was pretty bummed up, that's why."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOmHGVPg0l
"No pressure, just eat up, we have a lot of work to do today."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vEkugzSRv
There was a variety of breakfast options today and I decided to take some cereal, which I haven't had in a while.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5McmQwl9jj
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidC1CR6Lqz
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NzRlj6HU1
I looked at everyone at the table and when they didn't say a word, I shrugged my shoulders.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxuRaNWL3Y
"What?" I asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncAhD0lKPN
Mike who sat opposite me cleared his throat. "You're eating cereal."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRIcUb6E1K
I frowned. "So?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJu4ojoubVm
"But there is bacon and eggs with toast," said Daniel.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qz2qotO0G
I was still confused. "So?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa9oxX9Sop
"You usually don't eat cereal when there is bacon, eggs and toast," said Collins.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fIs5T9zah
"And cereal is kind of like my thing," said Daniel.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZJy7xNBdK
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?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl6UbhVW5y
"I don't see the harm in890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh00i1bPYZ0
eating cereal. I have oatmeal whenever I feel like it and that's still 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Om0FULObC
cereal," I said. "I just wanted something different for a change. Is 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXMchmJHpo
that wrong?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0e1wz9Eabe
Everyone else looked at each other and then they looked back at me, shaking their heads.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmERBnxq1gU
"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."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5kcDA67z2
"I can see that," said 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnObr4jjky
Zoey as she drank from her cup of coffee. I knew she was making fun of 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXG0Djeost
me but I decided not to say anything.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfdESnJWLF
When we were done with 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoigZtKKG1k
breakfast, we headed downstairs in the lobby and the black SUV was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDES0YwmMY
waiting for us as usual. When we got in, I made sure to take the back 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY87e7gONEd
seat with my brothers next to the window so that I would avoid people 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLB1JTrw1La
looking at my phone.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkvrcKylPw
When everyone in the car890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwANMvoTO5x
was engrossed in some conversation that I had no interest in joining in890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUsEZVIHu2
or listening to, I decided to check my phone. The photo was done 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡca5aTSWMMw
downloading and what I saw made my mouth drop and my eyes pop.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDzkBLZle1
"What's wrong, Sam?" Mike who sat next to me asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu7vah17Um
I quickly pressed the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZYkOomClo
power button on the side of the phone and blacked the screen. Mike was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCBThY3pyF
already leaning onto my side to see what was on my phone.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUa1EZjG9J
"Nothing, just some scary video," I said.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvd4dahUMU8
"May I see?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZAYhK8odN
"No. You won't be sleeping for the next two days."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPuU6eTAxc
"I've watched horror movies before. I can handle a little scare."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88Ecua3RIr
"No can do, bro," I said as I put my phone into my purse that I had decided to carry with me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsy0Zsit9O
Mike leaned back and folded his arms. "Whatever."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fCIH8h7oi
I wish I could tell him 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw5EtUa6u4
and everyone else what was going on. But at the moment, I felt like 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0r8ea4iEc
keeping everything to myself, not after what I had seen.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC1kbi7xew
Now that I had seen the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZo2Tac8ywk
photo, I had to meet up with the stranger and talk about all this. But 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYMAum6kyw
where to meet the person and when was going to be a hustle. It was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXu0yG55b2
pretty obvious that I had to meet him alone.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoIPsXquVr
Speaking of which, I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu6hGG0awI
still had to convince G-Dragon about telling Zoey the truth. Now how was890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FYnvw5QjL
I going to do that given the little time I had in my hands? We had a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6QzP2H7DY
music video to prepare for and we had to start working on the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DBLPWEG1o
choreography today. This was hectic. And I knew that if I was pushed 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5NUGd8KqJ
further onto the edge, I would burst.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlI9oDqOnDP
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9i17B8QdB
My heart skipped a beat.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPrUTCmOgf
I swallowed. This was it. G-Dragon was probably with the others waiting890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7HHPc31S4
for us inside. For a moment, I didn't want to go in. But I had no 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtNGocqvW4
choice.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYla3UZmG3I
As soon as I stepped out890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgph8oSmBpk
of the vehicle, I took a deep breath as I looked at the entrance. I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5DsmGoc0U
felt like I was about to walk into hell and that frightened me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3UAjjtNNc
"Are you okay, Sam?" Christine asked as she came to stand in front of me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsM9aw4lMHg
"I'm fine," I said. "I just realised that I haven't really thought of any ideas for the music video."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lDw4OFXKA
"You're aren't the only 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiDLVY8EoT
one," Christine said with a smile. "Let's just hope our minds will get 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdarmVT0yOZ
to work on that when we get in there."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnhmfuqIfN
I managed to put up a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGtMfmUpph
smile, but I knew my mind wasn't going to be on full throttle today. How890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkkrxqRs2b
I wish this wasn't happening to me right now.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtd913Cab1
As I came into the lobby890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfy7PFnc4mq
with Christine, we found Collins talking to the receptionist. The rest 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BkMyk3mjJ
were heading towards the elevator and we joined them.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDe7z6J1Sa
"You will be going up to the dance studio," Collins said as he turned to us. "The others are waiting for you there."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa6Ub9qptZ
"Okay," the others responded. I for one felt really jumpy at the moment.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoohkE9rhcr
We all got in the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGlb7MCafM
elevator and Mike was busy talking about some dance moves he had come up890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJucNbXXlEd
with and I wasn't really paying attention though I did get one or two 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fSTgUl9bY
things.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXY1VZ8k8Y
We got to the dance 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmX5b1diea
studio while Lee and Collins decided to go upstairs to meet with Yang 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdbrK1NVM3
Hyun-suk. We checked a few dance studios before we finally found them.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx70NAfULzP
"Hey, guys!" Zoey greeted so enthusiastically as we came in the room.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBEDnjOKrr
I was too lost in 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWiga3ixWk
thought to even reply to the other's greetings until Seungri came up to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpOWXx0aon
me and hugged me. That brought me right back down to earth.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVJDqQyfHk
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Seungri asked, still hugging me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0JIk57GEF
"I'm fine," I said, as I pulled myself away.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVukEvcj0h
"If I know you well, you look pretty occupied in that head of yours," said TOP as he walked up to us.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcXgPkkdGe
"Tell me about it," said890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JqRnBqJT4
Zoey as she was now on the floor with Daesung standing right beside her890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDApUxrdDbY
and she was removing her shoes. "She's been weird all morning."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVF3PEqwf9
"How weird?" Taeyang asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlUAoXW6oA
"Too weird," said Daniel.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0ntjuhAiu
"Cut me some slack, guys," I said. I looked at Taeyang. "They are just saying nonsense."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaMjw01voL
"Says the person who was so late to wake up today," said Zoey.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LrlqT6Otk
"And ate sweet cereal for breakfast instead of bacon, eggs and toast," said Christine.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAwuD33MXC
"And refused to give me her phone to check out what she was watching," said Mike.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96t7d25Sfp
I shrugged. "So? And Mike, seriously? Just over a phone?" I shook my head at my brother.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFiUHarDD4
"It's not like you, Sam," said Daniel. "That's all we are trying to say."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ4MavDERX
I rubbed my forehead. "Look, guys, I'm just a little bummed out because of yesterday. Is that so wrong?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJvhOeSe7n
"No, I think something is bothering you," said Zoey, still on the floor.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjrP07tlqm
"I'm fine. Trust me. My mind is pretty tired."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jWv5LZgD1
"Come on, guys, let's not stress her out because of this," said Daesung. "If she says she is tired, then she is."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4VEnc9hj5
Zoey slapped Daesung's leg with her hand and Daesung looked down at her. "Don't try to defend her."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRc7DH919wt
"I'm not."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrHx26tBaX
Zoey snickered at him and I knew why. She still remembered the little incident yesterday with Daesung and me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTmjmIvHUD
"Where is G-Dragon?" Daniel asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyYXXChP2H
I looked around the room and I noticed that GD was the only group member who wasn't here.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt2rnsChJF
"He went to get the choreographer," TOP answered.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNzmWyDDTH
"Now, Sam, about your little problem...." said Mike, turning to face me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrylXgQdVA
"Not now, Mike," I said as I folded my arms. "You can attack me later, just not now."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwHRXxT27J
"Not to worry, my little kitty," said Seungri who stood right behind me. "Maybe this will cheer you up."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12J64gRTSY
Before I could turn 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbanPNg3x6M
around to ask what he meant, I felt something settle at the top of my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSbjFo3jfD
head. My hand reached up for whatever it was.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWp6LIemqX
"A lovely crown for the lovely queen of k-pop," said Seungri.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopzjTdyIOL
I took the crown from 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnShXNbXF2A
the top of my head to look at it. It looked more like a tiara but it was890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T0hGFBaua
big enough to be called a crown. It was silver and studded around with 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1AioZl3KZ
what looked like real diamonds. Perched in the middle surrounded by 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3Ui1mHx4L
diamonds was a sapphire stone in an oval shape.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwJNBsf9fR
"Wait, are these real diamonds?" I asked as I turned to look at Seungri with a surprised look on my face.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQfIiV9XA0
"It is," said Seungri 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8tfLhIEUv
with a huge smile on his face. "And I know how much you value sapphire 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYUZ2RRQJ3
stones because it's your birth stone."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbJ7L8kFgK
"Aww! Thank you so much,890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu5Ii03znk
Seungri!" I gave him a hug and I couldn't stop smiling. Somehow, I knew890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWuBGk4nwa
he was going to brighten up my day today.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyE9awlm0R
"So pretty, let me see," said Christine, as she came and took the crown from my hand. "Wow!"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpFE3jVkY1
"I want to wear it," 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7wsFWxI5i
said Zoey as she got up from the floor and rushed to look at the crown. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdaoNMDj20
Christine put the crown on Zoey's head.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoHxRl2RBw
"Don't I look like a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSHx8N2VPW
true queen?" Zoey asked as she looked at her reflection through the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fxNm3T4yU
studio mirrors that lined up the walls of the room.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98lF3j3WmM
"You look like that evil witch in those fairy tale fantasy movies," said Mike.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61GQ2zfRZL
"Haha, very funny," Zoey said as she turned to look at Mike.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cOcmNvfET
"When did you even have the time to get it done, Seungri?" I asked, still a little surprised.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyKusP1HlU
"I have my way of doing things just to impress you," said Seungri with a corky smile.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWB0580Rfy
"Thank you. You don't know how much you just made me smile."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9S8XALg6x
"It can clearly show on your face." Seungri softly pinched my cheek and I blushed.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33Xbd7z7Yv
"I should get my own crown," said Christine who also wore the crown and was looking at herself in the mirror.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGJZ3EfOvn
"May her royal majesty 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPB7GY1Pjy
get her crown back?" Taeyang asked as he came behind Christine and took 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3Pdl74OLD
the crown from her head. He came up to me and put the crown on my head.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBPLPsl5ZK
"Oh, hail the queen!" Taeyang chanted and I broke into a laugh, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgEYtIViMS
"Stop it, will you? You're making me blush," I said, trying to cover my laugh with my hand.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUHYNO0AyT
"You look just like a real queen, Sam," said TOP.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJQO0FwxxT
"Thanks." I was still blushing like crazy.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTE9iqVDZSX
"Let me take a photo," said Daesung, pulling out his phone.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bGr8bDVqc
"Ya. The whole world should see the queen of k-pop," said Zoey.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E1MMy8OFF
"Are you really calling me that?" I asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCssB5Xatta
"We did win last night, didn't we?" Zoey asked. "Of course I'm calling you that."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE2QFaijIy
I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't really taking it that seriously. It was nothing but a game."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH58hykOT5y
"A game we won. Cheer up. We are all kings and queens with you."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jYAsGzuFW
I looked on at Zoey trying to smile as best as I could, but somehow I couldn't.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm5lcnBqFl
She couldn't tell the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweunHnpeYe
look on my face because she didn't even ask. Daesung went ahead and took890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgdgksnt91
pictures of me, and then we huddled together as a group to take a group890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfqtyBAFqM
photo with me in the middle.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEjMo4BsDs
"Hey, what's going on here?" G-Dragon asked as he came in the room.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Rnfqgv4rZ
"Taking photos with the queen," said Daniel.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquUegUZNm2
"The queen?" G-Dragon looked confused until he saw the crown on top of my head. "Oh..."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eNenyqiLz
"It's pretty, isn't it?" Zoey asked. "You should also get me one."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3dQfu3Xhp
"I can make a gold one if you want," said G-Dragon.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKYTH6Gy6m
Zoey smiled. "Even better."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryHirrWPOQ
G-Dragon turned to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqFotxzYbz
Taeyang. "The choreographer is going to be here any moment now. So I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6W7jJC6FW
suggest we bring out your ideas if you have any. We can start without 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuINZaKfBwY
him and he will find us."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqw0FQ50vRJ
"Mike told me over the phone earlier that he had some brand ideas," said Taeyang.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtrJB8cT0G
"Ya, I do," said Mike. "You guys just watch. I have the song in my phone so I'll play it from there."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAFPL9lMgb
We all stood on one side890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKChx6PrC5X
of the room while Mike took off his jacket and got his phone to search 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1bs7YlsBm
for the track. He gave Daniel to hold the phone and when he positioned 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrsoubKNZv
himself in the middle of the room and turned to look at us.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyjcQwDqTs
"So, I was thinking, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx1SrVw7Wb
since G-Dragon and Zoey start the first verse, they should open up the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw87lEb1sKA
dance floor. So, I need someone to act as Zoey so that I could show you 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZCfBwcuA0
guys."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1oCgr92zA
Christine came forward 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiufz2AFfe0
and Mike gave her a few instructions on what to do. She nodded her head 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmA3l0Cnge
and Mike told Daniel to press the play button on cue.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUldzlDUk31
With Christine and Mike 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyCi8aCuKN
each facing opposite directions with their backs touching, the music 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTZWo0DmGl
started to play. Still not looking at each other, the two started the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ537NbEWSxN
dance with each of them taking a step forward, breaking the contact 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W6cY6uocV
between them and then like a powerful force pulling them, they dragged 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4sy1JnNj5
themselves back and they again their backs touched.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuIu2ohXAH
With a bit of skilful 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFIGEKSeR1
footwork, they turned to face each other and with their hands, they drew890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoC2ZWNZKw
closer and then skidded away from each other with their hands in the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0bdaocdsq
air.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6GlYCbf5U
"Then you guys will come in through the middle then make a formation in front."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82rK7xGmtB
"That's pretty awesome," said Taeyang.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWxCrvvXSF
"Very smart," said G-Dragon.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcArGnYqaMI
"Let's practise that," said Zoey taking G-Dragon's hand and taking him in the middle of the dance floor.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZB8Oe6LGw
"I'll take you through the moves," said Mike as he faced them.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1LdQWZ4Js
"Your brother is a total genius, isn't he?" TOP asked as he stood next to me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65pPo6WcSS
"Ya, he is," I said with a smile.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTP8Tcms7Q
The door soon opened and890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OqMthzpgK
the person who I guessed was our choreographer walked in. We stopped 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJfi5Jk1FY
what we were doing and bowed as he came further in the room.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6mSMnvloO
"So, I see you guys are already getting started," said the choreographer.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnrXzl2RbS
"Yes, we are," said Seungri.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvPp6qxBhY
"Okay, let me see what you have done so far."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfem6FySIiO
Mike and Christine 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l9kDxV9xC
stepped forward and the music playing on Mikes phone, they did the dance890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSrvaXVBVH
routine. After their hands broke apart, Mike explained how the rest of 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGacTH4gPyd
us will come in the scene.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPZ1xQErd7
"Mmmm," the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlmhrAV0Af
choreographer looked on at Mike as he tapped his chin. For a moment I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9u6JH36w8m
thought he was going to say something bad, but he didn't.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmUK8k5ZFS
"I like it," said the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QGxguDVL7
choreographer. "So far, the starting part is brilliant. I wouldn't have 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h2APiKXZ4
thought of anything better. Now let's see if Zoey and G-Dragon could 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzxM9Pslvt
quickly work on their moves then we will come to the part when everyone 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPexN6EMEF
comes in."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiSgx9zJ8x
Zoey and G-Dragon took 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4VybH0yzI
to the center and with Mike telling and showing them what to do, they 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3RqWCkZG6
did so accordingly. After a few tries, they got the hang of it and they 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSxqLwBJwn
were perfect.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN7G1dEBIx
"Excellent," said the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx218dzJGc6
choreographer as he stood in front of us. "Now, when they break apart, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTFQCXyJdH
that's when the rest of you guys come in through the space in between 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIi6ijH0AF
them like a doorway. We will come in a straight line and then make a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9QBlBWwxi
formation in front of them."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLd5RIUpRt
We did as the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtf5WXWWz8N
choreographer said and the next hour, we were practising our hearts out 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sid1sdvN6
for the music video. We made a few mistakes here and there, but we got 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY5adJoguw
the hang of it.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXUS6bvQja
A few minutes later, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFd97aJfDq
most of us were splayed on the floor after the choreographer announced 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6xa6lhiD0
that we can take a break with some of us with our backs on the floor and890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWMNnIFLLx
staring at the ceiling. Others were seated.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCJCo77DVC
"This is why I hate dancing," said TOP, laying opposite me staring at the ceiling.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWU4Nb3aCJ
I laughed, also staring 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrQDaqsTDJ
at the ceiling. "I love dancing. It just makes you forget about all your890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfJEYxhJUP
problems for a while. It's kind of like sleeping."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjevgrvDye5
"Ya, true," said Christine who also had her back on the floor and laid a few feet away from me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY3mGrxChB
Speaking of problems, I completely forgot about that French guy.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMF645a9BX
I quickly scrambled up 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyj0q1BgyiD
from the floor passing Mike and Taeyang who were seated on the floor and890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIjn9DYAfA
still talking about the dance moves. I went to the corner of the room 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa9Jtxg2OI
where we had piled up our shoes and phones and my crown. I got my purse 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujipHfDEdf
and removed my phone.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKfdFtQfEH
I sent a message to the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrgJ3SB6rD
stranger telling him that I had already seen the photo. Thinking that he890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oXT3m2IPP
would reply later on, he repiled in an instant. That was fast. I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTGlEPlufD
imagined he had been waiting for me to either call or text.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqf20sxs6O
"Good. We should meet."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVSmEmpP29
Was this guy serious right now? I was really busy and meeting him didn't sound like a good idea. I texted back.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LI88sPGea
"I can't see you today. I'm kind of busy."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwYkqxtzUq
"But this is a very important issue, Sam."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7c8Of0KpjT
Great. He was calling me by name now? How I wished I knew his.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzbjwFpCIS
I texted, "what happens if I don't meet with you today?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1FsdGYpDn
"You're one smart 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyOdkuLlx4
girl. I don't have to explain because you know what will happen when the890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bLdfNLZfw
whole world sees this. It's today or never. And never comes with 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10YFZu9VtH
consequences."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK23U5b1Rx
I growled. This guy had put me in a tight corner and I couldn't refuse.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA26Ar0QSnN
"Fine. I'll tell you when to meet when I'm done."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlxhj73SV6
"That's my girl."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiqvdjPZ8i
I wanted to throw up. I bet this guy was way older than me and him calling me his girl made me nauseous.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiB5P9Hbaas
As I tucked my phone 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdIEuvzmWb
back into my purse, I looked up and everyone was still resting. Luckily 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkyJ61Xbch
their eyes weren't on me. I went to lay back down with TOP when I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiMPCXdsz8
realised that Mike and Taeyang weren't the only ones engrossed in their 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLD4b4K6Un
own conversation. G-Dragon and Zoey were too.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07cLxMjht0
I looked at them and unlike the others, they were whispering. I wondered what they were talking about in secret.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcceMdtLaFR
When they both turned to890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs0XiTAXVn
look at me, they quickly looked away again. My face turned pale. Oh, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8VTrWIR7e
no. Were they talking about me? Their look sent me weird vibes and I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn2l1NU3GJ
couldn't help but feel that they were.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7S5wx2a5Sh
I laid back down 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQOZKfKvRh
pretending that all was alright. I stared up the ceiling as I thought. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWWZZk4AVB
Could it be that Zoey was telling G-Dragon about the conversation the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5Luty10TB
two of us had in our room this morning?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ObdwET4Vx
Yikes! If she did, then I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2CxCJB34p
had just made a bigger mess for myself, again. If I'm right, (hoping 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZwydHwlkk
that I'm wrong) G-Dragon wouldn't like this at all. We agreed that he 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztGAobHu3K
would tell Zoey everything. And just a few hours ago, I had almost told 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOiYgybr5o
her the whole truth. So much for trying to be honest.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcEHptuSTE
Still in my own thoughts, the door to the studio opened. Collins, Lee and Yang Hyun-suk came in.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bBojbLBGL
"I see you guys are bummed out," said Collins with a smirk on his face as he looked at each of us.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr7DKHjsZb
"Ya, we are," said Seungri, his back also on the floor.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsabNxizbe
"Okay, guys, sit up, we have something to tell you," said Yang Hyun-suk.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5or8OHy43
Most of us who were on lying on the floor sat up and looked on intently at our managers and Lee.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8OrMsdnYa
"We came up with where we will be shooting the music video," said Yang Hyun-suk.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKa3bDQWWI
"Where?" Christine and Daesung asked at the same time.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgO8W22oUz
"Caribbean Bay," answered Collins.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwqcgVmwHR
"Caribbean Bay?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1q4hMi7sh
"It's not the only place we would be shooting the video," said Lee, tilting her head at me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DZzqQkOVj
"But it would be more likely that we would shoot it at Caribbean Bay?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArERjhgMph
"That's right," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Do you think it's a bad idea?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AUdSd8eyq
"No. It sounds great."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXrICzISrv
"Well, the song is based on fun," said Zoey. "And we did have fun there."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpkYKo2vRD
"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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7haIIpr8M
"Haha, that was fun," said Daniel, staring off into space with a smile.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp4ZFQ4vah
"So, you finish up the choreography today and then we can start shooting the video on Monday."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgCrx92RMk
"But can't we meet tomorrow?" I asked. "You know, to perfect the dance and all?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyInlymkjN
"I don't think people will like to meet on a Sunday," said Collins.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aUbxYQw7H
"True," said Taeyang.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGxjnmFqk9
"Okay," I said, feeling a890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX361zFRRJh
little disappointed. That meant we had to finish up and perfect the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvSCMSBS67
dance routine today. And I don't know what time we will be done.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67JKGYQGzk
"Okay, we'll leave you guys," said Yang Hyun-suk.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvbEeFMHmz
After the three had 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMo7wccoXW
left, we went back to what we were doing, waiting for the choreographer 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI15KEEPmbS
to show up because he was coming in with some backup dancers.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbMjsLVKFJ
While we waited, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPHwlx0hSJ
G-Dragon came over to me, his head hovered over my sight as I still laid890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyajTYvGGh
down on the floor. I looked up at this face and couldn't make up the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEMIUP0Kdn
expression on his face.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MDpY278VV
"Sam, we need to talk," he said, as he looked down on me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSynzXCwXZ
He sounded serious and I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMKXoaiLvn
couldn't say no. I tried not to show that I was scared but I could feel890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaagmZsdbf
my body tremble. All I did was nod my head.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuq2j2fdFR
"Let's talk outside," he said and he went ahead of me out of the room.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX9uWvwBDp
I got up from the floor 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0EOoSjZAO
and I realised that everyone was looking at me now, obviously wondering 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3xBNKtZG9
what was going on. I ignored them and none of them asked anything as I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3HxgdlzhO
stood up from the floor and walked out of the room.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKUG6BY8Hp
I found G-Dragon three 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTOWffEbr1
doors down the hall, obviously trying to avoid anyone from listening to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7HSBMLfGT
our conversation. I quickly walked up to him with his back facing me. I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6751yJrcV
stopped a few feet away from him taking extra precaution not to be too 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXY0dVWZVMi
close.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQfZb8CpGP
"I'm here. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMho3dYWEGI
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWY8v9Etwi
"It's about Zoey," he said.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK2J1mD11E
I gulped. "Zoey must have told you what happened this morning, didn't she?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAGd62JwFv
"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?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fYUmtKl5v
"Sorry, I just.... I couldn't keep lying anymore."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9nb7JTc5i
"Really? That's all you can say?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIYcPNwE1D
"Well, it's the truth. And besides, I never told her that you liked me, because I couldn't bring myself to."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNdYbynW8e
"But you almost had."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXT5AgEdCP
"Yet I couldn't."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETKWrIheRK
"Zoey is right. You're 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuK4zBAMFa
been acting really weird today. Weird enough to tell her the truth when 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWFaXHGwoQ
you know I was supposed to do it."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Nmq9SNHcL
"Well, you were taking too much time and I couldn't help myself seeing the way how angry you were yesterday and now."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOnpTuqbnk
"And so telling the truth would help solve my anger issue? Or are you jealous of Zoey because she is happy with me?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90TPtID30F
I paused before I could say, "what?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTVNReWQ14
"You heard me loud and 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AsQsiZWkp
clear, Sam. As though kissing Daesung wasn't enough, you're now trying 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m0VD91bfV
to take matters into your own hands."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAJ3R65UId
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUsmQ4xnXf
"Wait, that's not true," I said.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PqyoycYxE
"Which one? You kissing Daesung or taking matters into your hands?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2VqlVIoOG
I now realised that I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIsuMtpBwm
was stuck. This time I couldn't tell if he was sure that I had kissed 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFstp3X4rIi
Daesung or he was trying to test me to see what I would say to prove his890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWsMygzfwJ
assumption right. But there was no point in hiding now. The truth was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpxpkYVIbO
bound to come up sooner rather than later.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yCuPdlUwk
"Aren't you going to answer? Which one of the two?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDqkOLQDW8
I sighed. "You're being ridiculous, GD."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFE0oMd8Km
"But I'm not and you know it." He took a step closer. "Now answer the question. Which one?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEaEzlzZJo
"If you want to hear it, then fine. I did kiss Daesung but it's not what you think."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRE8NV11gJ
G-Dragon took a step 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xiIIrATYd
back. "I knew it. You tell me you want nothing to do with me and then 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1YkwK0JaZ
you kiss my best friend who is like a brother to me!"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu82ji6siGL
"You wanted the truth, didn't you? You got one! But backstabbing you wasn't what happened."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DdVzeNZy2
"Then what did happen?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCqCd1tcvh
"All of this is nothing 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUD2YI8rf15
but a misunderstanding. I never went back on my word. Things just 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgSh23xrXy
happened that I myself couldn't control."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQq0RVXOIgW
"Don't lie to me, Sam."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxubIiRbe7z
"You know what, I'm 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uQCzPFOW0
trying my best here to try and tell you the truth but you're acting like890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8CtoBb7Mx
a deaf person blocking my words out. I knew from the very beginning 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRjIzpOeO4
that I could never be with you nor with Daesung and I have accepted it. I890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDw2QaRg6R
talked about that with him yesterday. That's why he kissed me."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQH5tZGdlMt
G-Dragon shook his head. "So you're saying that he kissed you and not that you kissed him?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhB7rQEqKF
"Yes. But I know you 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6dtn1GAmw
won't believe me. Unlike you, at least Daesung realised and accepted it 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzFc6MOCHM
for himself that he and I could never be together."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFoB1n0TdI
I looked at G-Dragon and I knew I hit the spot. I just hope that what I said would make him understand.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHlKrzLM9G
"The sooner you accept all this, the better it would be for all of us," I said.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP15fVr7vQ
I turned around to head 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynZwG4gbNP
back for the studio. As I walked away, I realised that I wasn't upset or890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnOBXtW8uW
angry. I was frustrated and my problems were far from over.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgATed8sL9C
When I came back in the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbH2CmZoTq
studio, all eyes were on me as soon as I walked in. I could tell on 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXY9FyvhjA
their faces that they had heard the entire conversation.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUh5GsNBXte
"Sam, are you okay?" Taeyang asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3151lIO5G
I didn't want to beat around the brush. "No. I'm not."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LEF738cEM
I came in further into the room and sat down on the floor, not looking at the others.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H2D7JRmES
"You and G-Dragon were arguing," said Zoey as she came to sit down beside me. "Would like to talk about it?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xkyKVgir3
I looked at Zoey. "I'm certainly not the one to tell you what's going on."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpJxo5nxqO
I went back to looking at the floor. My chin rested on my knees and I hugged myself, lost in thought.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd8PjUynqK
I heard the door open 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXN3o3WbOms
behind me and I knew G-Dragon had come into the room. At the corner of 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZLvWIGKNm
my eye, I could see Zoey turn towards the door.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLO81M7WcL
"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."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRwjUjg8uI
"It's nothing," I heard G-Dragon say.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCdJ83eAOm
"It's nothing? Looking at both of your faces, something did happen," said TOP.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCPlzsfUUW
"Look guys," I said as 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAz9H2YbOJ
quickly stood up from the floor and turned to face them. "Tell me if I'm890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QXXP8aJFP
wrong, but you guys heard the entire conversation, right?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGpgGjcmF7
No one said anything and they had guilty looks on their faces. That settled it.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWter0WjILc
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that," I said as I scratched my head. "We shouldn't have been so loud."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzORbP6jyyO
"Why didn't you two tell us all this before?" Seungri asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DDZIXF96q
I didn't say anything 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwF6xIWdjzu
and neither did G-Dragon. We looked at each other and then at the others890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3AXFPWBVZ
who were waiting for either of us to say something.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XK9Jk5jMq
Before anyone could 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu52DBMW954
break the silence, the door to the studio opened and the choreographer 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3cjVkNl3I
came in with some backup dancers and pretending like nothing happened, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkAmd2FFuT
we went back to practising.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx65fxn6mTA
I don't know how I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N9FNvPCAG
managed to go through the entire dance session without making a mistake.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOYeg4dGZ7
Not after what happened some minutes ago. Now that everyone knows 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ05nmgvB9M
what's been going on between G-Dragon and I, it was supposed to affect 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZMvbw9AZd
me in some way but it didn't. I felt bad, but right now I had to keep my890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6kuNe0lGl
head in the real world and not mess things up.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2fkrdKfUV
It was lunch time and 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10fo1AxzYV
again we took a break. We were almost done with the dance routine but I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXU8nLXqbVH
was so tired, I wondered if I would be able to meet up with the unknown 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0beR4GW6t
stranger.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDnFl7J0TI
Now that we were on a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwxSLrnZS9
break, no one said anything to each other even after the choreographer 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKXH6cPRnm
left with the backup dancers. As much as I would have loved to say 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTguBbpym7
something to the others concerning the argument, I couldn't. It was just890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVp0vCGAmB
too awkward for me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3PYO4kxxW
Zoey cleared her throat first. "Mmmm, so are we going to talk about this or are we going to have lunch?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYStUJK7yvB
I looked at Zoey. "You and G-Dragon have a lot to talk about." I then turned to face G-Dragon.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOer9dLJkHD
"Sam's right, Zoey," said G-Dragon.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8lvMzLffA
Zoey looked a little downcast as though she knew to expect the worst.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJRfVjTr78
"Well, you guys can talk if you want," said Seungri, "but I'm hungry."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvORbEXYwo
"Ya, me too," said Daniel.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoYykKD12g
"We can order a pizza," said Christine.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySlgKM4y4j
"Good idea," said Taeyang.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5vgKFmxp1
As though they couldn't 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWx1SxGR7mV
stay in the room any longer, the others walked out, leaving Zoey, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlRXuVHZfW
G-Dragon and I in the room. I couldn't blame them. There was too much 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGukyWvIFGz
tension going on and I couldn't help to think it was entirely my fault.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcm65qYeFN
A few seconds later, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyty3sayGr4
when I knew that the others had gone, I also left the room with my purse890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcREv0KMhrL
and crown without saying a word. Zoey and G-Dragon had a lot of talking890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uGoZv8BjV
to do and I would come back for that later. And while the others had 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvsbCPZGSl
plans for lunch, I had other plans of my own.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosyfUE90Vg
As I walked down the empty hall, I called Lee and she picked up immediately.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2mdAMWVH6
"Hey, Sam, why are you calling?" Lee asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1wKB4sWhd
"A lot has happened 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUgPNpjLLX
today that I need to tell you, Lee," I said, keeping my voice down in 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO0nLsFDEI
case there were any people snooping around.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yx8JpgUh0
"What? What's happened?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIV0StXR3F
"Everyone now knows the truth about G-Dragon and I. They heard us arguing."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTheFCy3GjU
I could hear Lee gasp and I pictured her ready to drop and faint. "For real? Oh, gosh, this is bad."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ0U0N7zM3
"That's not the worst 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtO7xw3a01d
part," I said as I found myself at the end of the hall going down a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmgx483KG6
flight of stairs. "A weird guy called me today and I need to meet him."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5x7LkPwewj
"Huh? What for? Who is this guy?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWkowSWEjf
"Like I said, he is 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVUzlrRIFm
weird. Something bad came up and if I don't meet him soon, a lot of us 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3HWDWcifc
are going to be toast especially with the press."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2HPafzHsO
"Is he blackmailing you or something?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Iaz1HJ0dL
"I'm not sure if I can 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkozKPxStna
call it that. But if I'm affected too, then it kind of looks that way. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8YCvcxLyo
Do me a favour and meet me at the back of the building."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdfCf0DsTb
Lee paused. "Why? You aren't going to meet him, are you?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMOvJ1jAlT
"I've no choice and I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBVjExSSqH
would better do it now because we are going to be here for a while until890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mqNXIi2qe
we are done with the dance routine. Bring me a pair of sunglasses, a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlciJvFhoDF
cap and a scarf."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NMZBz3UZ6
"What will you need that for?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ100oi7shbE
"Trust me," I said as stopped on the stairs. I wasn't too sure which floor I was on at the moment.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtG55DsC5Kh
"Okay, fine. I'll see where I can get those."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilvIUrZ8nn
"Thanks, Lee. Don't tell anyone."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMizEf5gMjT
I cut the call and this 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNpxXZR1zS
time, I ran down the stairs with a new found energy. I was tired from 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u1j6NelrO
all the dancing but I had some reasonable ounce of energy left in me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunqw4nzlKB
I reached the bottom of 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcBRLGGgf6
the steps. I had reached the ground floor. There was a passage behind 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4XK7qSPVJ
the stairs which lead to a door. The back door, I presume. And in front 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAzisnPUHI
of me was a short passage which lead to the lobby. I could hear a few 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rTKwYhosx
voices that I could recognise.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIGjveuTMF
I went over to look, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BYebgjeMA
making sure I had my back against the wall. I took a peek and I saw The 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqXtblqy9K
Toxins and BigBang in the lobby heading out. They were going out for 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLmVWgmt9C
lunch instead of ordering it from here. Before I could turn around and 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGAASVjNSZ
head for the back door, I ended up hearing their conversation.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsG5oJXnPg
"I wish Sam could have told me what was going on," said Christine.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFynZhpx8g
"How could we have known?" Daesung asked. "Sam and I just talked about it yesterday, but she never mentioned G-Dragon."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaiFffmZMa
"I'm just surprised that890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DMeMLHS6o
you kissed my sister," said Mike. For some reason, I was surprised that890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZR1R1659u
he wasn't upset like I thought he would.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfVIxDYwl8
"Well, whatever she did that for," said Taeyang, "she will tell us eventually."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBiFn4Pqmh
"Should we go back for her and see if she would come with us for lunch?" TOP asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlj87fBQFPe
"No, I bet she wants to be alone for a while," said Seungri.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPD3e67ZHq
"I think so too," said 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdMVob2yGa
Daniel. "But just in case, we would order her and the others a takeout. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YgLotq1UW
Sometimes Sam would starve herself without even realising it."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJa8vXAayW
The next thing I knew, their voices became distant. I peeked again and I saw that they had already walked out of the lobby.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTinGZiTZko
I was expecting them to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWE08hfNr7
be mad and all, but they didn't seem like they were. Maybe they were 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5VOS7WhRZ
just hiding it and they would throw all of their anger on me later on. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISVoErTKEf
Who knows?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcZP875EVd
Throwing that thought 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7xGR1ZbUR
out of my head, I quickly went back down the hall, heading for the back 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIVvG74eHg
door. I hope it wasn't locked. I swung the door and it opened. Lucky me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6sCmrJnRV
Now I had to wait for Lee to show up.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MojFgxfGR
There were still more 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7Clph2agl
vehicles parked at the back of the building. Some of which were delivery890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5lnFxJlMG
trucks. I waited for Lee on the slab with my back leaning against the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJ4S1NxFx0
wall. I could hear the sound of the vehicle's engine coming from the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqw0XHD2tQ
front and I knew the others were leaving until I heard the noise fade 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaLLPyeLaF
away.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CoVXjEeha
In what seemed like 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HdbvuQniF
forever, Lee appeared around the corner of the building with her 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOtjoquYvL
handbag. When she spotted me, she quickened her steps.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmImXqnqPsX
"It's about time," I said with my arms folded.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTErHngE1bQ
"Don't act all grumpy on me," said Lee. "So as to let you know, finding what you wanted wasn't all that easy."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbTynlsCAz
"Okay, thanks," I said as Lee gave me her bag and I gave her my crown and purse to hold. "Hold this."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHoMEDLPFQ
"Oh, wow!" Lee marvelled as she looked at my crown. "Who gave this to you?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9BO6jzpdX
"Seungri," I answered as I rummaged through the bag to get the items out.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb0BJo9xWY
"This is so pretty. These diamonds look so real."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jDLHHX66m
"They are," I said as I put the blue baseball cap on.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirxx1mOllC
"So sweet of him to do this," said Lee. She looked at me. "Are they all still inside?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxkef5x5Jn
"They have gone out for 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcg3BdYGMl
lunch. But Zoey and G-Dragon are talking in the studio. Hopefully things890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Jd71uEdrn
will work out okay. Though I highly doubt it will."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPOhf8Isqw
"Things are really bad, huh?" Lee asked with a sad expression on her face.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6pjZWxAsm
"Ya. And they are about 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kywNYjmu9
to get a whole lot worse. Wish me luck." I put on the sunglasses and the890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7WFFyNCkn
light scarf around my neck. Lee gave me back my purse.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uIzICRCu5
"Okay. Tell me how everything goes," said Lee. "Want me to escort you out of the gate?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK5h1n0sqe
"Ya, that will be a good890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6aSlapvxl
idea," I said. "Leaving me alone would be dangerous and who knows what 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp3o9sc2oD
the guards might think when they see me."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNvqUK1mbz
Lee and I started to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCRBRiWsl9
walk and we turned around the corner finding ourselves back at the front890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dxjFlfw7Y
parking lot. As we were heading towards the gate, Lee started some 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uv94rqYmG
random conversation and I played along making sure not to look 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoT5MIQSBz
suspicious in front of the guards who didn't seem to be paying much 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6l7mu3VEV8
attention. I made sure that they didn't notice my face.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXAbGdZTpU
When I finally managed 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiD6ROLVx7K
to get out of the gate, Lee wished me luck. I nodded my head and walked 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvkXTYf9w2
away from the YG gate and down the street.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBliBrGM48R
I had to admit, I was so890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Bo30gjz7X
scared. For one reason, I had no idea where I was going since I hadn't 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4eMxv3ZCr
fully known the place and this was the first time I had to walk around 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XrqlD53KA
in the streets by myself. Going around alone was too dangerous for me 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAb9ykNqBr3
and I was crazy to think I would manage on my own.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnT5uj1qBRw
After walking a few 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLFstVSyht
blocks away from YG, I reached the crosswords and I stopped at the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF4FSxa8aw
traffic walking sign. I looked around and so far, no one had recognised 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp4wtLSN1X
me under my little disguise. When the robot indicated 'walk' I crossed 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOPDS7z7Ha
the road with a few people and got to the other side of the street.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbEGIt0xki
As I walked, passing a shoe shop, I took my phone out from my purse and called the unknown man.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjXbAeFNfl
"Ah, you finally called," said the stranger who had answered after the first ring. "I've been waiting."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NotBNBuxa
"Ya, I figured," I said, looking around hoping that no one noticed me but the cap hid my face890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3rG7cLZRS
pretty well. "I've no idea where to meet you and I'm not so familiar with the place."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN5LU7CBxc
"Not to worry, dear. I already see you. Nice disguise by the way. I can hardly tell it is you under that baseball cap."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNDOB3prtt
I froze as I soon looked890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHRkQBdbOX
left and right and across the street hoping to see him. But I couldn't 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuFLTDNlHW
spot out any French native among the midst of Koreans. Feeling a little 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOScABXSzLX
out of place, I figured I might just be the odd one around here too.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aoGmJP15C
I heard him laugh 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbFZEUHO1W
through the phone and I could tell he was making fun of me. "Not to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7zIkd1tgr
worry, Sam. Be careful or you might just blow your cover."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTY4rjy5NA4
I gritted my teeth. "Just show yourself. Where are you?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyQUhpdCyv
"I'm right here."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhC8dpCAOl
"Right where?" I looked around and still nothing. People walked past me and I got frustrated. "Don't try play games with-"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfzc4AKy3d
My sentence was cut 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Eg9XfDrby
short when down the road, a fancy black shiny Bugatti parked at the edge890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQh8Dltmf3
of the concrete slab right in front of me. I looked on with my mouth 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEXG6Rn1RJ
agape. I have always admired fancy cars but this was one hell of a ride.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKCmXGWww9
A smartly dressed 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRFw05a95j
looking chauffeur came out of the driver's seat and came to my side. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJenOB2sya
With his white gloved hand, he opened the door to the passenger's seat.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWxnsc5eso
"You may go in, mademoiselle," said the driver in deep French accent, as he bowed.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EtAyOqj97
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfxL9ssDbd
A few heads turned my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlex7dOiHBX
way and I could only imagine what people must think of a Bugatti and a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKOiYmyV9Z
smartly dressed chauffeur waiting for me to go in. Strange, I suppose 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQiN4vT2jK
and a little suspicious too.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSPcmXmVMk
I managed to awake from 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2YXDv8KX2
my slumber and got in the car before people fully start to look at me 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMJC8zxeAk
and figure out who I was. As I got in, a nice car smell wafted in the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cDWjl83Bx
air and into my nostrils. The chauffeur closed the door and went to the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx96UB6le9G
driver's seat.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyFsIUyZQI
"Samantha Glasson, nice to finally meet you at last," came a deep voice.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FjsyJ9Pfy
With my eyes, I looked 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz3Za0XKVx
at the person sitting right beside me in the passenger's seat. For a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTUSqzQcC3
moment, I was scared. But when I looked at the man fully, my face fell.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHbfQ8yfpB
He looked to be in the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRQDX73JQI
same age group as me but maybe two years older. I guessed in my head 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrZzbrAuNK
that he must be 24 or 25. He had gorgeous blue eyes like the colour of 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkm3uBw5iva
the sea and brown short curly hair. His dashing lips were lifted up into890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97PJYnYYIK
a smile and under that navy blue suit of his, I could tell he was one 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFrLj4kyba
who had one heck of a body.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRADxVLc4IN
I hadn't said a word and890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gDDtD1PQA
the car started to drive down the road when the young man offered his 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri1KnPSOkU
open hand. I stared at it and noticed a shiny gold Rolex on his left 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttVkI9VUtB
wrist. Who was this guy?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkmGAfmjmB
"Aren't we going to shake hands?" he asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOQ1mysV2w
I opened my mouth but 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNpLqYwaUK
then closed it again knowing that it was pointless to argue. I took his 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2ynQpzxQU
hand and shook it, scared that I might receive a shocking zap from the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUUlGvpzme
contact.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyuiyHMWcE
"And you must be the guy I was talking to over the phone?" I asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WAqh2XXML
"Yes, a pleasure to meet890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lL15frAED
your acquaintance." He lightly pressed his lips on the back of my palm 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChBoKNz0gJ
and I blushed as I slowly withdrew my hand.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HNxC7z2Eq
"I'm sorry we had to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlhSatfEsk
meet under such awkward circumstances," he said as he leaned back in the890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGKCOpc06a
fancy leathered seats. "But I needed to talk to you, and fast."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6BPyjpQFJ
I looked at him and 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1oYokUPEG
realised that all his was just too surreal. This wasn't what I was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkjVaoNx20
expecting. I was expecting a man much older than me and rafia looking. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QfJWGHbzn
This guy right beside me looked like one of those handsome Greek gods we890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kqYB1TcPh
hear about in mythical tales.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDs2j19tLjS
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked with the corner of his lips raised up to a smile.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyf94lf27ja
"I...uh." Yikes! I was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD2tF7BOGE
caught looking at him. I blushed and turned to face the window beside 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7sgkmGOFA
me. "Nothing. This wasn't what I was expecting."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaAjLKPtTQ
There was silence and I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63Zc5ESigB
didn't want to look at him. He was obviously looking at me and that made890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3020eF03x
me play around with my fingers because I was nervous. Then I realised 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LRo2G7P8b
something.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsHwJB5BvA
"You never told me your name," I said as I looked at him. Dang it! I wasn't supposed to look at him.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxeJOWFnug
"Oh, silly me. Where are my manners? I'm Derrick."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQo14WJUGE
"That's a weird name, given that you're French."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxtVbzOIqv
"I was born in the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus7StOtcWn
States and my parents preferred giving me this name even though they are890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3HchZHZye
both French. I grew up in France almost my whole life and my parents 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pwrqI8Hrz
are people who like to travel a lot for business. Building their 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQJnqJVJ2e
business empire is what's so important to them."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qHKny0ETA
"I can clearly see that," I said as I wondrously looked around in the car.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLSIKDpFGO
My expression might have amused him because he chuckled. I blushed as I pushed my glasses further up my nose and folded my arms.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMVWbjZjGo
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhB1saidB9N
I changed the topic. "About the photo, why did you want to see me?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMujcJ2JO5
"Can we talk about this over lunch?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFOazWPwJa
"Lunch?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfq4cGhppQR
"Yes, lunch."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7t1dWJZqy
A moment ago, I wasn't in the mood for lunch. But now that he mentioned it, I was starving.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAVyBaCNbP
"Lunch sounds good. But not in the open. I don't want to grab any attention."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MF1ROVe8N
"Of course. I figured you would want that. Given that no one knows where you are anyway."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvPZKq6qyR
I raised an eyebrow at 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cxkjsVfQH
him. "You've been following me the whole time, haven't you? That's how 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dwmCJ5OzW
you have been able to find me on the street."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxc5na02v2h
He gave me that dashing 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6qOLlrDZv
smile of his. "Of course. I just had to. I knew sooner or later that we 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyHSNBWOBZ
would meet. I had to come prepared."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdxJCimQEG
"That's sounds creepy if you ask me," I said as looked out the window. "So, where are we going?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliGYAsHEwO
"My apartment. It's much safer there."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxCKNZhibD
"You own an apartment?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBV0TlkZxa
"Like I said, my parents travel around for world and South Korea, is one of their favourite spots."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaxJ29pR2D
"So, it's their apartment then and not yours."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0u6O9VtxA
"They have their own apartment and I have mine."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKBZCJSTqK
"Oh." I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtSZ8481OX
"Here we are now," said Derrick as he looked out of the car window on his side and followed suit.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqOqc9N16f
It was a huge apartment 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8J71hCTdT
building kind of like the ones famous people live in. The car took a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCae3G3zakc
turn and went down the road to an underground parking lot.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMmuSxwyGz
After the car parked, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPuVzXEqUA
the chauffeur quickly came out and opened the car door on Derrick's 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEAvbLQiSl
side. Derrick came out and I followed. Before I could step out of the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaljjBqFs2
car, Derrick held out his hand to help me out. I took his hand and I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0PTW3XLwE
came out of the car.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAYw7mwXKZ
Derrick lead the way, 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5AbPwd7UZ
still holding my hand, to the elevator and the chauffeur stayed behind 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznHaWTjY17
with the car as he watched us go. I couldn't help but feel that the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXeyfszEzu
chauffeur had been smiling at us from the time we got out of the car.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsWpUZd7Zn
Derrick pressed the elevator button and when they drew open, we stepped in at the same time.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYloxxNY6tT
When the door closed, I withdrew my hand from his. He pressed the button to his floor and I felt the elevator move.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQtvOrjy4g
"So, about that photo, I need to know what's going on," I said as stared at the floor.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6xJESWqGc
"What do you want to know?" Derrick asked. I could feel his eyes on me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEJAhAwaOv
"Everything," I said as I looked at him. "But one thing I don't get is why you're involving me in all this."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkBWkH31uT
"But don't you want to know what's going on?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq2tiZk3Rc
"Well, ya, I do! You're 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslgHmL0w0D
the one who sent me the photo so I'm curious. Do you know what? It was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3npDGqQow
best you didn't send it to me in the first place."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsprktXDS5N
"Why?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUmhpgaTxs
"Maybe then I wouldn't be here."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9EbVDTx9H
The elevator doors flew 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6URatwjLU
open and in front of me was a lavishly looking hall. The white painted 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uDhjZkjJJ
hall and the bright lighting above made the hall look angelic that if 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEV93jYqMx
you were to see it for yourself, you would think you had just stepped 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjFV9X2nDI
into heaven.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17jIacgP2U
I stepped out of the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgXCyrWWW0
elevator and beautiful paintings lined up the walls. I noticed that the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0LvPU4TT4
doors leading to other people's apartments were white doors with fancy 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCGJLdcyMA
looking gold plated handles. The floor of the hall was covered with a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreR03TfXi2
soft red carpet.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe53HICPJrX
"This place looks nice," I said as I walked down the hall.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0oq61Lp3w
"I know," said Derrick as he came up behind me. "My apartment is the door at the end of the hall."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0KYYJY2Oi
I looked down the hall 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa41LlmlqVW
and there stood two huge white doors. I walked up to it and just as I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WtY0SLpnl
was about to turn and look at Derrick, the right door flew open and in 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsbQg4R5gF
front of me stood a smartly dressed butler. It's like he knew I was 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk65ZRrL6Rg
coming.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkN0pF0eN3l
"Welcome, mademoiselle," said the butler as he stepped aside and and with his hand, he gestured to come in.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgkoo9ucnB
For a moment, I hesitated. Until I felt Derrick behind me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzErUy6EBAi
"Ladies first," said Derrick.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhbTRAN84e
I gulped and took a step into his apartment.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgnbhHamr3
"This place is very 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx27iYnXOk9
nice," I said when I looked around the foyer and I when turned round the890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmf8qBFOQF
corner, there was lavishly looking sitting room with creamed coloured 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eweCwdBPk
sofas with a glass coffee table and I huge smart screen TV pinned on the890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgGS79mDSc
wall.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqsk9keDZi
I looked to the other 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SWh2wVpyh
side and there was a fancy looking table with a beautuful chandelier 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiF2MdPe3J
above it. Beautiful artistic pictures filled the place and there were 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXitpABfwnt
beautiful flower vases with orchids.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQz3rGGtNO
"I see you like 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8TGqbIGL7
orchids," I said as I went over to the flower vase close to the sitting 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NDi6lyVoI
area and looked at the orchids. They were fresh and lovely.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzD0RSF1889
"I know you like roses," said Derrick as he stared at me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayFXyIEYv4
"Almost everything that celebrities like and don't like are always found on the internet." I rolled my eyes at him.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmLgBxZhaD
"True, but I can tell what a woman likes and doesn't."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFkDPDlUun
I gave him a smile that showed how impressed I was.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi4Y6Lknap
"Lunch is ready, sir," said the butler. "Should I serve the food?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2Y56kCbMp
"Yes, please," sad Derrick.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCtjkdg83C
The butler bowed and 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4sPifXq6z
left for the kitchen. I continued to look around and I went over by the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CTGEXOwGS
windows to look down at the city below. We were so high above the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzo7ku39VYx
ground.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kU1sS1Gid
"Is it just me or are we on the last floor of this building?" I asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uNHGkfmF6
"We are," said Derrick who came to join me by the window. "This place is lovely, isn't it?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYPxrNuwdU
"Ya, it surly is." I knew he meant Seoul.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQUUeLYpfL
"Food is ready, Master Derrick," came the butler behind us.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrT9hwYqZt8
"Shall we?" Derrick gestured his hand towards the dining table and I walked up to it with him following behind me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtluxxxLl8
As we got to the dining 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXu3DeJMirY
table, Derrick pushed back a chair for me and I took my seat, removing 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmK1WInI9Sc
my glasses and cap putting the glasses in my purse. I said thank you and890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OJkJ4wLtd
he sat at the head of the table right next to mine.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39Sg0R9wLb
The butler had served 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4axIuVitzY
our plates on the table and just by looking at the cutlery and napkins 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv4pHJvSjL
laid and folded neatly I couldn't help but feel I was in some kind of 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3pAhN6mqw
fancy fairytale. The table was set to perfection and the wine glasses 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHObUEg0aI3
next to the plates were spotless.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Jfq00WyAY
Dishes of food were 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7TIfJWW31
lined in the middle of the table and my mouth couldn't help but water. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS28KVkXYdl
If I wasn't in such an elegant apartment, I would have just dug in and 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUGYiNqfd9
started to eat. I was really hungry. But for now, I had to act like a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn9LiJP9I2
lady.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCRVMOhtmk
The butler helped to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qd3Wz3liX
serve the food and I didn't hesitate eating right there and then. I made890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA5nch5YUB
sure not to eat too much and take my time.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKdG9LD2vL
"This was really good," I said, after I was done with my food.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3z2wK4jRD
"France's finest traditional dishes," said Derrick with a smile.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0ustKfrGb
"Now, about the issue at890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3p03GXUZzp
hand," I said, wiping the corner of my mouth with a napkin as the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd6pnwCtwS
butler came to take away my plate and also Derrick's.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflXl0G2Xpo
"Let's talk then," said Derrick.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjyTxWNCYS
"First of all, I need to know why you sent it to me."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzUiG5f8A3
"Because as much as you don't want to get involved, it concerns you more than you can ever imagine."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCngjpygTeB
I shook my head as I got my purse and removed my phone. I went to the gallery and checked out the photo.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0UFQi4wek
"How does this have to do with me?" I asked as I showed him the photo.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3o0xQU4QB
The photo showed Zoey in890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2sznoZtjt
a some place that looked like a garden or a park and in front of her 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojZ39dfIou
stood a man I couldn't recognise. His face was hidden because his back 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8EZreonMa
faced the camera and whoever had taken the photo, took it behind some 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyBu7GLWGz
bushes so it was hard to make out who he was. But there was something 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepRjOdqdJz
completely odd about what I saw in the photo.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvMVUCj4EX
"I know this isn't 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9j9PiZReB
really supposed to concern me," I said as Derrick looked at the photo 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf4XfefA9O
and then back at me. "Who was Zoey with?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1s8cRriN2
"That's my brother," Derrick answered.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQm81EazcE
Now that was a surprise. Derrick had a brother?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqRrAa84BD
"Wait? Brother?" I raised an eyebrow.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69yLda4WuN
"Sadly, yes," said Derrick clearing his throat.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCt9isuo5A3
I looked at the photo 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKI7w4lzIb
again. "So, you're saying that, this happened the time Zoey went to 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpF49jYvcFG
Paris with G-Dragon and the others? And this person in the photo is your890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqdrs9tTnc
brother?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBNJszRISa
I still couldn't believe it when Derrick nodded his head at me.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3uVWF5U5b
"You never told me you had a brother," I said, looking at Derrick.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJT5yKaDyFW
"We don't really get along," said Derrick.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyymuhDzK2
"That figures," I said as I rolled my eyes. "Why?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzdVxzSMpP
"We have been different from each other since we were kids. You can't even tell that he and I are brothers."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTwppg110g
"So, what's do you think he wants with Zoey?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnDDUBZcOM
"I have no idea but I know it's something serious."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2N1LxctTx
"So, you're just assuming all this or what?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVC69aiOGo
"I know my brother very 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jy3ufTZMj
well. I know something is going on between the two of them. I had my 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDxDxMdIQC
suspicions during the Chanel fashion show."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiqRv9KUFa
I then remembered the 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNrwgjUygL
time Zoey came back to Korea the following day after the fashion show. 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPSOShWpJ6
She was acting all weird and the way she had hugged me surprised me a 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7bE9pqCcz
little. And so did the others. Were these guys really in trouble?890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoFnuT4mOY
"Are my brothers and Christine involved in this too?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NR9C87ISS
"I can't be too sure. You have to ask them."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84BBjePeqS
"But that's strange. If 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41ElBMgdwk
it's something so serious as you put it, they would have told me. I 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNr8uHZa6r
don't see the reason why they would hide."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2MIjrxlPe
"If it's anything concerning my brother, I suggest you find out what's going on and fast. I don't like it."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCJdO3Ra75
"But what if all this isn't that serious? In fact, what makes you think your brother is that dangerous enough to hurt us?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6ZabJzS66
Derrick leaned back on his chair as he looked at me and I waited for him to answer.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Qw6lX32AU
"My brother isn't one person to mess around with. He is one person who threatens when things don't go his way."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BgJoAxekM
"You think he is threatening Zoey?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPKuTZcqq4
"He did visit Zoey in that café, didn't he?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlupC2Co6FB
"Wait! That was him?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6dfQWYAWD
"Yes. I was there."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSJIYH8xVY
"You were there too?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOANIzWq0XZ
"Yes. That's when I thought you should help me out with this."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ngKbBZ6qW
"But what if I can't?" I folded my arms890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqf0ctb02Z
"Zoey is your best friend, isn't she?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrjukDwpVD
"She is."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IEh7EhwGT
"And wouldn't you like to help her out?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxuKporJAs
I was frustrated with the questions. "I would. But if she didn't tell me, then maybe it's not that serious."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeac7ZFnea
"And do you really think she would?"890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAsXoToc68
I thought about his 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1aqnEeQLW
question for a moment. He was right. Some people wouldn't tell the truth890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhAYxoNs4V
just to prevent the ones they love from getting hurt. Maybe that's what890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9SDuff1Ts
Zoey did and I was too silly not to have realised it sooner.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwO0LBlaUEv
"You're right," I said as I looked at my hands on my lap. She wasn't the only one who kept secrets.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2qfcLxbpD
"Have you tried talking to your brother about this?" I asked.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPiQdRawSX
"No. He doesn't know that I'm onto him. And knowing how he is, he isn't going to tell me anything."890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRmKCtPOmm
I tapped my fingers on the table and I took the glass of water that was next to me and I drank.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlJGk0Een9
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.890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepoQegvRbK
"Before I go, tell me 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXa6gfp1wf
all you know about what happened in Paris," I said as I looked at 890Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1lGZDwWnO
Derrick, giving him the eye. "And don't leave anything out."
