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

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Waking up this Monday 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsrwWFWIZU
morning was hectic. I didn't want to get out of bed, but in one way or 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8tyfvaPXj
another, I would have to. I lay awake, thinking. I didn't want to face 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyR5RiexvQv
off the challenges for today knowing that one of them was dealing with 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILDyR6gGHz
Jehan. Since I still have the teddy bear, I wasn't as free as I expected835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CeG8F67Hx
myself to be.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9A1MHE3VJ

I couldn't stop 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7xFBXmm3c
wondering what Seungri and TOP were doing at the mall yesterday. As much835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVAm8jdu2Y
as I wanted to believe that it was a coincidence, I couldn't help but 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiJx4MtUmX
feel that something was wrong.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfeb0ki8jK

Could they have known 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAf5diLRFA
about Jehan? And if they did, then how? I shook my head. Maybe all that 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWy3slsp8OO
was nothing but a coincidence and I was just being paranoid. If they 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7lgUBhn6i
really had found out about Jehan, they would have been asking questions 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbnLAwmE0T
about him and what he does while we were shopping. But they didn't. We 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn4AR29mA5
just had our usual conversation.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYe3PydEiW

I brushed off all those 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQPZ3pxciT
thoughts aside when the alarm on my phone rang telling me to get up. The835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmGg3xbkio
last time I had ever put up an alarm was the morning of my last day of 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFb2m8dGYU
high school. Eversince I became a musician, I never put up an alarm when835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGM0pttbvf
I knew I had someone around to wake me up. Like Sam.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZOHJobEdo

But now that she wasn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTUwXsWP81
here, I had to wake up on my own. Most of the time, I would do so 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHWbRnDZ4s
without her help. But when I overslept, she was always there to wake me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9yxuorqG3
Anyway, right now, I was just too troubled in my sleep that I must have835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiKXW1QLUG
woken up early before the alarm rang.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxy648Vd345

I sat up on my bed and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZrjkMXfMI
switched off the alarm. I checked the empty bed beside mine and I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhKV3OY9J9
couldn't help but realise how much I miss Sam. I don't know why I was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJdKMnzXMu
feeling this way, but I hated the fact that I was missing her so bad. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINLluipGUE
Not after what happened yesterday at the mall and all over social media.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC6tQcf3x1

After seeing her with 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2elijLgnyz
G-Dragon yesterday broke my heart further into tiny pieces. As much as I835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2VyAzotWw
knew she was only there just to try and resolve things with G-Dragon, I835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx4o1red9z
was filled with fury seeing the two of them together. And to make 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6MNhM1onw
matters worse, after I had left the mall, I went online and there were 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6CnEpjH2s
pictures of the two everywhere. They were a trending topic for the whole835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV1IW0jxvd
day. That left me devastated.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHJpyVrY9T

I couldn't stop looking 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrdaWxLlm4
at pictures online even when I came back to the hotel. I read so many 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lUx1hJePt
comments. As much as there were so many haters around (like myself), so 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgBewjpsCp
many people couldn't stop talking about how adorable the two looked 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR51S8vcDmQ
together. I couldn't help but admit to myself that they were right. They835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaauqctKrjH
really did make a cute couple. And that left me envious. I wished it 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zwjVLUV0J
was G-Dragon and I. Not G-Dragon and Sam.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tDRCm0WIw

That sent me boiling to a835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1T2zfIj8g
point where I almost threw my phone away. When Christine came to see me835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScOWD6uKIB
in my room and found me in an angry fit, I told her how painful I felt 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5NPF6SvRj
seeing G-Dragon and Sam together.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwImCEWK2P

Christine had told me to835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRWPmAIqxB
cool down and that I shouldn't be jealous. She told me that Sam was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbUkpEHkZD
only with G-Dragon because she was only trying to resolve things. I told835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwh1aSc8kJi
her that I already knew that. Christine quickly left me to myself when 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6V5DaTvn9
she realised that she couldn't calm me down. So I was alone for the rest835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT031gJBuCG
of the day, not speaking to anyone. I didn't even join the others for 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXSTjOt7UY
supper. I had ordered for my supper to be taken up to my room.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ3iBihWqK

And now, I had to face 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX23Bp7myqD
another challenge of seeing everyone today, most especially Sam, since 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgeak0Zz99
we have to finish up on the dance routine and start working on the music835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY91MbHPo5y
video as soon as possible. I have to put up with all this today when I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVacqYWEOnz
was still so upset.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLX2MPd0IY

I quickly got out of bed and went in the showers, hoping the cool water would cool down all the boiling anger in me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObJO3fZRs6

After I was done, I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzjeY6wELE
quickly dressed up. And carrying my purse with me, I went to meet the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpsg9c1UFQ
others at the dining table for breakfast.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf319SM2Ms

I found them already 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwsjfXFOaW
settled. When I came to sit, everyone mouthed out a "good morning" to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPgYiXQB7r
me, except Sam. And I replied back with a smile on my face.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZwIDlfCsN

I felt a little awkward 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUjJEVahAm
when I looked at Sam who sat across the table next to Collins and hadn't835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iBOnPHHKE
said a word. She was busy with her breakfast, her usual bacon, eggs and835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iqX3QFxya
toast with juice. I realised she hadn't even looked up at me once and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlAmRQnDwh
that also felt weird.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniXCp0vRCt

I know that she and I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLFwSZL2PL
aren't talking to each other at the moment, but I expected her to say a 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkEXclputc
"good morning" or even look at me to acknowledge that I was around. She 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqAsfiqmf4
was one person even if we ever had an argument, she would at least try 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPqy7980b5
to say something to me. The fact that she didn't greet me, made me feel 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmcjwHFhLX
like something was wrong.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXtWjTj6oM

I poured myself a cup of835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUZv8W31Fe
coffee, trying to ignore what I was feeling at the moment. I got some 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsbL0qTaix
slices of toast and ate my breakfast.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DctGVXDVg

"Hey, Sam," said Mike, who sat right next to her. "Have you seen what people have been saying about you and G-Dragon?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EMgQUuOzd

My heart almost skipped a835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVASYUlzDUi
beat and I almost choked on my coffee. What was Mike getting at? I know835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6dG7bQ4XE
he does things just to annoy me sometimes, but this time, he's gone way835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqGi43TTDj
too far. I was over here! Hello!835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryrOnEZYfX

"You don't have to remind me," Sam said as she looked at her brother. "I've decided not to go online today."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRq8ufJTpcm

"For one who doesn't like attention, you might just disappear off the face of the earth," said Collins.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXFkPh7azE

"I can do that," said Sam, staring up at the ceiling obviously building castles in the air.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjclZWycFEW

"I have no doubt about it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y9e1vkGJx

"But I don't see why you835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOX85wwOPF4
have to," said Daniel. "Just because people make stories about you and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDVIGJETuS
G-Dragon dating, doesn't mean that you are."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyzr7eqyAm

"One thing about fans is835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwTQRg33tG
that they can make a story so believable, even those who don't know 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPyceZC3Hf
what's going on, might end up believing it," said Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRon0eaph3o

"I know," said Lee. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlgjL6Buq9
"Right now, some k-pop news sites are already taking this to the next 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZVXK53G81
level. But they all say they couldn't be too sure about it until they 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4KnNY3FEC
get an official statement from you and G-Dragon."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXXR2Th7xM

"Wow, that's serious," said Sam.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RO3MYiMIH

"But right now, we have no time for interviews," said Collins. "We have a music video to work on."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL96dREMom

"I can work with that," said Sam, with a smile on her face.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6ieP2S0Gs

"Alright, guys, finish your breakfast. You know the drill."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaBJTCBAeO

"Aye, aye," said Daniel.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDw8MURGVit

"Well, you're quiet today, Zoey," said Christine as she looked at me. She sat directly across from me on the table.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEnFO64HYp

"Do you have a problem with that?" I asked, eyeing Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYb2s3xJHr

"You're just too quiet, that's all."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiuJsjmvAM

"You should be quiet more often," said Collins as he got up from the table. "It kind of suits you."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9oZM3MlIF

I frowned at Collins. "Thanks. I'll try doing so more often. That's if I really want to."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q1UXqJU2G

"Now that's the Zoey I know," said Mike, raising his eyebrow at me and smiling.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarnv1BxhnY

I stuck my tongue out at835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTfcTLs6iY
him but he continued to smile mockingly nonetheless. I noticed that the835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiTqRD5WZM
others were laughing and smiling at the whole thing, except Sam. She 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfk1yCAowX
still wasn't looking in my direction.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzoDNANppA

Soon after breakfast, we835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjW9UDMrGYS
left for YG. In the SUV, Sam sat at the back with her brothers. We were835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vWeWQVMcr
all chatting happily in the car but she was quiet the whole way. She 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVnszUBhC9
was like that nowadays, always lost in thought. I wondered what she 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3iJaEZ7g4
could be thinking about. Sam was one person who never really shared what835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1e88sVPucB
she thought. When you asked her about it, she would usually say 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErMzlwK8cK
"nothing" and say no more. But if she really wanted to share with you, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmt9yNux4q
she would.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zbhOiKP0L

We arrived at YG and we 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjv8PPPiP9Z
found ourselves back at the dance studio we were practising in on 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMxnVLehvo
Saturday. We found our dance instructor and all the BigBang members with835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3svrBRhfdW
the rest of the backup dancers, waiting for us.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4uccKu7n3

When everyone was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdADXNlK23
exchanging greetings with each other, G-Dragon didn't respond to me when835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82hTYgqfl9
I said "hi" to him. Given with what happened yesterday, I bet he was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7C2PgqlVjT
still mad at me for how I behaved towards Sam. He didn't even want to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGuwiZ3p6Q
hang out with us soon after Sam had left.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iA3oZVxcn

He not responding to me 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5tI4WblHq
felt awkward and I longed for him to at least give me some attention. He835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsbgzANAyp
didn't say "hi" to Sam either but just nodded his head when she greeted835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabIXUVeyad
him. At least that was acknowledging someone even if they weren't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzukrsVDVzv
talking to each other. And he was staring at her the whole time even 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPOTIBEcl7
when she wasn't looking. I thought of throwing a shoe at him, but I just835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2AAal829V
looked away instead.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVBub5o8Yh

We went straight to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7y9uSgCSq
practising for almost a good five hours. And those proved to be the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd5QIAZkca
hardest five hours of my life. Since the dance routine starts with 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtesuR2dNlX
G-Dragon and I, it was really hard having him so close. I realised that I835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwlBQRa9e5
still had feelings for him. At some point during practise, I almost 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwXHaG95Dz
hugged him, but I brought myself not to. And that wasn't the worst part.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSEeEWK8da

During pratice, I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsxMpDy7Pd
noticed that G-Dragon still couldn't take his eyes off Sam. This was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDD4xzrTLo3
getting to the point where I wanted to scream at him to snap out of it. I835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfigZf9l4DF
wondered what he saw in Sam and that sent me thinking.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ61o9i66tF

G-Dragon wasn't the only835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVQUxiJs4P
one who liked Sam. Come to think of it, Daesung also liked her. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04WPDzucvn
Probably even Seungri and TOP, given that Seungri had a beautiful crown 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEtBo3PbVs
made just for her and TOP flirts with her whenever he gets the chance 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCCoUwUMhG
to. Taeyang already had Hyo-rin and always takes Sam like a sister. What835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5s802dIgT
did Sam have that even most of the BigBang members like her so much?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTAWgbMYTK

As her best friend, I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrDyoQsSp8
should be aware of her qualities. She was nice and friendly to whoever 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs631runhM
approached her. She is very pretty and had a great body, though she was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MQkBZ38tK
never ever fully aware of her physical beauty. She always thought she 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHO3mjIFSIT
was like any other ordinary girl but she was more than that.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dl7TIrL6I

She is also smart, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygXYd5wtvx
caring and always understanding. She is a great leader and one who 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AFDGoLN7w
always had our backs whenever we needed it. I don't know how many times 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyjAxtLSTw
she had always tried to get The Toxins out of trouble. I agree that even835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNJtKDw4Ys
if it looked like we don't appreciate what she does, we really do.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxz170vHwf

Sam has a lot of good 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bajoWYHJ4
qualities. Maybe that's why she is liked and loved by everyone. Even her835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFQOa0rQq7
fans. She is honest, when she wanted to. She is also a pretty good 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFNtYVXhdd
liar, only when it was necessary to do so. And she is one who wouldn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKwFeJ38UI
want to hurt anyone around her.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWvm8yo451

Realising this made me 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccoLmJGwX4
feel a little guilty as I looked at Sam who was dancing in front of me 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOX4nlr91V1
with Taeyang beside her. I looked at her face and she had this smile 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAwG7alcwa
that reflected her innocence. I realised that I had been giving Sam a 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7yqmpr51o
real hard time after I found out G-Dragon likes her and not me. She is 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxwUP2KTd6
my best friend and would do nothing to hurt me. I know she was only 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhvVQoEWu6
looking out for me like she always does, but I am just too ignorant to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WOuwCvmC8
realise it till now.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPJV3D1uWz

"Wait, hold on a minute guys," said the choreographer. We all stopped dancing as instructed.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZNaGwE947

"Zoey, you aren't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y1nR2lewi
concentrating," said the choreographer as he looked at me. "This is the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3nwURHahX
second time you have made the same mistake."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPQxDjO5jQ

"Oh, sorry," I said, scratching the back of my head feeling embarrassed. "I'll try to be more cautious next time."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrx0jUhzI5

"Okay. Let's continue from where we left off."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGorrm923hx

It was lunch the time we835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwd0SkdMEN
broke off for a break. The choreographer left and the others were 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbkLftdQOE
talking to some of the backup dancers. I noticed Sam at the corner of 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVu3SRSmYZ4
the room with Christine and some of the backup dancers talking. It 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRpPfE2vo6
looked like they were having one hell of a funny conversation because 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9u1mulsHn
they were all laughing.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzknu4ppAq

"Hey, why are you here all alone?" came TOP as he came to stand right next to me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdOgmlxKMA

"Nothing," I replied, looking down at my sneakers. "I just want to be alone today."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqN1n1Q3y7

"Still not talking to Sam?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PldcRQ9mH

"Nope."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAJtrJCStm

TOP's lips rose to a smile. "You really are stubborn."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4g92rVBSB4

"Too bad it's in my DNA." I smirked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1DrTCinDb

"And how long do you think you're going to put up with it?" TOP folded his arms as he looked at me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdvjZ9YBNb

"Maybe till we go home." I shrugged my shoulders.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYzGO84WTj

"I doubt it. Judging by the way you performed today, you looked really preoccupied that you made several mistakes."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamSRbTlELY

"Being preoccupied is Sam's thing."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGiLeoHdzy

"I know. But you aren't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh5q8QtjX1
yourself, that's for sure. The Zoey I know wouldn't be here all alone. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznJ0HrSSgp
You would be chit chatting like you always do."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHTxcUW3uj

"What if I just want to be alone for today?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9768dpdM9

"It's okay. Everyone has those kinds of days. But you make it look like being alone sometimes is a bad thing."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jXnAMunPN

I frowned. "Why?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vGJLdAlxc

"Because you look miserable."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7QBY6HhJK

I didn't expect that coming from TOP. My mouth was agape as I looked at him.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xvt1GqiR5

"Miserable!"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzHwJmTQ6A

"Ya." TOP nodded his head. "It clearly shows."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXXIfo0LrX

I thought for a moment 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mujk28Tpr
and went back to looking at Sam and Christine with the backup dancers. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAlTvkDUil
Mike, Daesung, Seungri and Daniel had also formed their own little 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS09aQCXDPP
circle and were laughing and chatting too. Taeyang and G-Dragon were 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNkwK2qTCS
with some of the backup dancers, having a normal chat.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStkk4JFHPm

Seeing all this in front835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6TNehXXd2
of me made me realise that TOP is right. I am definitely miserable. By 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSF5mF9dR2
now, I would be with the others, chatting. But here I was, all alone. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtztcD0mmd
Until TOP came to talk to me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7CStbdEDn

"I guess you're right," I said. "I am miserable."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3t3hHra4L

"Don't worry about it. Aren't you going to resolve things with Sam?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTSRx9BQdh

"I don't know," I said 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw2YPU2y2p
as I looked at Sam who was laughing out loud. "I'm still mad at her, but835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFQS84TwUA
something in me says that I can't stay like this for long."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPprfXsmBC

I told TOP what happened in the morning and how it felt weird that Sam didn't say a word to me nor even looked at me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx8UcYt0q1

"I felt so bad about it," I said, shaking my head.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFZYNQwKpe

"Then why don't you talk to her?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Gc0AJOTQx

"Pfft!" I rolled my eyes. "Why should I? Sam always does all the talking."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pe48m3DBW

"Really? You think Sam would do that this time around? Besides, she wasn't really at fault with all this."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIll73AEOW

"I know."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTE7sqryro

"So? Are you going to try and talk to her yourself?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbFr4rpx3y

"I'll think about it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZNI39WsYO

"Hey, guys," came Seungri, suddenly calling out to everyone in the room. "Who wants pizza?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR8yYogrgd

Everyone muttered out "me!" really loud. Seungri smiled and said he would bring the pizza.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWh77EQzin8

"Mind if you guys can help me?" Seungri asked as he came up to TOP and I.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPrwR8hg3y

"Sure," I said. I really needed to get out of here for a while and breathe.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBwl9rdzOl

The three of us went out835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRZe3hCtmD
of the room and headed to the elevator to take us downstairs. Seungri 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JV6rNBk2R
already had his phone out calling the pizza parlour to take the order.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TzO1ZVIWT

As soon as we reached the ground floor, we stuck around in the lobby waiting for the pizza.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zmVYiNoTh

"I'm so hungry," said Seungri, staring at his watch.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVUkyYyPRq

"Chill, you just ordered835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bCXzkMKC3
pizza like right now," said TOP who was sitting right next to me on one835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapURzEVU9C
of the chairs in the waiting area of the lobby.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnDIz9xKXt

"But I'm so hungry."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8XMoka5kP

"Trust me, you aren't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygJEOvms3r
the only one," I said as I looked at Seungri who was still standing. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXKJ3GJux2
"Sit down or else you're going to drain the last remaining blood you 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNhDPA4k0G
have."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTQkqOMTns

"Well, that's mean," said Seungri as he sat next to me. "What's up with you?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsuwJUTssq

"Nothing," I said as I folded my arms.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMZNZXUug0

"She's cranky, don't mind her," said TOP.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9f524UzQlS

"I'm not cranky. Just having an awful day."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TihyW9jRn

"Ya, we can see that," said Seungri with a smirk on his face.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pz9B7yyNw

I didn't say anything as835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxKBA9BP0H
I shook my head. All of the sudden, I felt my phone vibrate against my 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9T6Zneaxwf
thigh in the pocket of my sweat pants. I took out my phone. Jehan was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgcNCgsGdQ
calling.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0DgsCnkZb

"Isn't it that French guy we met yesterday at the mall?" TOP asked, looking at my phone screen.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgmnGEVzuq

"Can you please not look!" I said as I turned the phone screen away from TOP's eyes.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHqCoIyWYI

"Okay, well you better answer that call."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNOmeeeZlz

I stood from the chair and answered Jehan's call when I was a few feet away from the two.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjQrRHNehQ

"Hello," I answered.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLRgaCrzRN

"Hey, Zoey," said Jehan. "Are you busy today?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3C0dkspv5

"Ya, I'm very busy," I answered. "Why?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuflrXLIFY

"We have to meet today, ASAP."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOZAemb319

"But I can't. I have a lot to do today and I don't think I'll manage to meet with you."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8HaJVZ0Ik

"I don't care. I need that teddy bear today. Not tomorrow, but today."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSnOmPDLAR

I knew Jehan was going 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50T9J162Iq
to call and demand for the teddy bear. Luckily, I carried my purse with 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNGZihGNzj
the teddy bear in it. I hadn't removed it from my purse since yesterday 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf8dLD9xc1
and I checked to see if it was still in there this morning. The purse 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOROmL4V6q5
was upstairs in the dance studio.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdYI2d2AjW

"Okay, what time do you want to get the teddy bear?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQYv7pDF5B

"I'm coming to YG to get it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyFYZEKrm1

"What!" I was horrified and equally surprised. "No way. You can't come here."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3uVqWQphe

"Fine. If you have a better idea, then call me or text in the next thirty minutes. I have to get that teddy today."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD6jlebOrc

"You don't have to remind me," I snarled.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL95yG6av39

He cut the call and I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqYzkpofCj
looked at my phone like I was ready to throw it out of the lobby through835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfCpRGJWfI
the open entrance doors. This was bad. Real bad. He wanted to come here835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0UH3ZPbCm
to get the teddy. That was going to be dangerous. If anyone were to see835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0n7Xp0Nw3C
him they would start to ask questions.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzBPpcZw1i

"Zoey," came Seungri's voice behind me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDssJzaZ9LR

I turned around and there stood Seungri and TOP staring at me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqfm5dnXxC

"What?" I asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotL5mtbbYf

"Was that Jehan you were talking to?" TOP asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtffyckNXY

"Um, ya. Is there a problem?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQS4yVVO0l4

"You two didn't seem to be having a normal conversation," said Seungri. "It sounded like you were arguing or something."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrE8CDWCAQY

"Arguing? Pfft. No," I gave out a small laugh trying to hide my fear. "It was just some silly misunderstanding."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73ULuRqjxs

"Come on, Zoey," said TOP. "That was no ordinary misunderstanding and I know an argument when I see one."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR3I2E8SDS

"Guys, it's nothing. You're worrying for no reason."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPX7tnq5eI

"Oh, ya? Then why were you talking about that teddy bear then? It's that small cute teddy he had sent you, right?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWypFWSkAh

Dang it! I was cornered 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM2twAOFwV
now. They had heard about the teddy. I couldn't come up with a lie. If 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohxksydri8
anything, I'm a terrible liar. Looks like the truth will always come to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZk39QH70oa
light no matter how much you try to hide it.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj993Zd8pBw

"Tell us, Zoey," said Seungri softly. "It can show on your face that something is wrong."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqIVnHZN88

I sighed as I looked down on the floor. "Fine. But don't tell anyone."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYn9cBBLHk

"Okay. Now tell us what's going on," said TOP.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhfxtCUuQZ

We went back to settle down on the chairs. We were at a reasonable distance away from the receptionist so I could talk quietly.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX4iNKBLZ5

I told them everything 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuNvPDonLo
from what happened in Paris till now. They listened carefully and hadn't835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvVnS0f1M9
said a word until I finished the whole story.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzgYjk2yLX

"Have you told anyone about all this?" Seungri asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPsk9ytV11

"Just you two," I answered.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRRjr4rUEg

"Wow, this is serious," said TOP, trying to take it all in. "He's a diamond smuggler?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0q7lb9lLUm

"Surprising, right?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kki1gUgS2

"He seemed so nice when we met him," said Seungri.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3vi0PB8gb

"We should involve the police," said TOP.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISOvMM2cKj

"No! We can't!"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4Pst53Fwp

"Why?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLlRec7THa

"You know word goes out 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1a5usJpoM
fast. The next thing we know, it's going to be all over social media and835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgadxGIHbbb
might give The Toxins a bad name. I would rather do this quietly."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAz6bfvB8nx

"And how are you so sure he isn't going to use you again?" Seungri asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuUBWzuY3H

"He assured me that this835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQI4MFVhWZ
will be the last time he will ever use me to do any of his dirty 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqfi4QueVC
business. I just have to give him the teddy bear and that's it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDwJtY70LY

"Give who the teddy bear?" came Christine's voice.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FJgvPvCQZ

The three of us turned 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmbXUUnlbq
and we saw Christine standing a few feet away from us. We hadn't heard 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WuTqPMEA1
the elevator doors open nor her footsteps. How did she get here unheard?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFc6bR6qsEN

"Christine, you're here?" I raised my eyebrows.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90jbVtxBlY

"Ya, I came to check up on you guys since some of us are really hungry," said Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDerHesUya2

"The delivery guy hasn't arrived yet," said Seungri with a smile.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7mN6IMRJ7

"What's this about some guy and a teddy bear?" Christine asked as she looked at me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpgkKpIluT

"Ummm, it's nothing, Christine," I said, waving my hand in the air. "Just talking about some random stuff."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7udZN7DlO1

"Random stuff involving a835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEg31uo5E8h
teddy bear?" Christine shook her head at me as she folded her arms. "I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdyFCRjyXa
clearly heard you talking about giving some guy a teddy bear and that 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIm5pIJyUn
you won't have to do his dirty business anymore. I know you're hiding 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0amrNDWhL
something from me, Zoey. So you better start talking."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgqF2jP8SY

I rolled my eyes and sighed so loud in frustration. How many people was I going to tell the truth to today?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhysxj0NPn

"Fine," I said, looking at Christine. "But please don't tell anyone about this."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU7NqMmUgB

"Okay, I won't."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK60MK1X2Fd

"Sit down."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEm93zs4Hh

Christine sat right next to TOP and she looked at me with anticipation.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYE70hCVDC

"I got myself into trouble," I started.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAkUTeExSe

"Great!" Christine threw her arms in the air. "What did you do now, Zoey?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEijD71XtHD

"I got involved with a diamond smuggler."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBgR5O7jGD

Christine's face soon 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbqoNastl0
drained of colour and she looked as white as a ghost. She tried to open 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsV81aNMGC
her mouth to say something but she couldn't. Until....835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sqd7HfGSo

"What!"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn04kgJqUBE

TOP quickly covered up 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0sOwxrzMz
her mouth before she could shout out anything else. The receptionist 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNoiHfbrHd
looked our way and soon went back to work. When he was sure she had 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f7kxxgzgy
cooled down, TOP removed his hand from Christine's mouth.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG9dccvy8j

"Are you cool now?" TOP asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU8oTz62FZ

"Cool?" asked Christine, sounding anxious. "I come here and hear about some diamond smuggler. How can I be cool?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ue8BhuAYM

"I know you're really mad at me right now, but you asked what was going on," I said, looking apologetically at her.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tbY99IGRf

"Of course I'm mad!" 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY8Cl6UNoP
Christine whispered angrily at me. "I know you always get in trouble, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbzE40YTqd
but this by far is the worst one of them all."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS7e9MjGxa

"At least it's not a drug dealer," I said shrugging my shoulders.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2jSfiF93D

"Is there a difference? Seriously, Zoey. How the heck did this happen?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjRSXQuK6V

"It happened in Paris," I said. "Remember the guy I introduced you to at the fashion show?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtvczazPg8

"Ya, I remember. What about him?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApIux7HF5L

"He's the diamond smuggler," said TOP.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOj07WZBw8

"WHAT!"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcDEYCJjoB

"Ssh!" TOP, Seungri and I hushed at her at the same time, putting our fingers on our lips.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskcErjcWMh

"Guys, I can't help it, sorry," said Christine. "Wait, that handsome guy is the diamond smuggler?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZKIetZkvQ

"And the one I met at the café," I said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLnvOHw5HR

"So he is the one who sent us the teddy bear?" Christine asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeYsm2qewf

"Yes," the three of us answered at the same time.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeqrnO6zDv

"But why does he want the teddy bear back?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtsokGK4Nv

"Because the teddy has diamonds in it," said Seungri.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡua132RZePk

"Wow, seriously?" Christine's eyes bulged out with surprise.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMP4eks6ph

"Ya," I said. "I planned835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkO4UkLxHU
on giving him the teddy bear yesterday but I couldn't because these 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXLOMsXJbT
guys showed up." I pointed at Seungri and TOP with my two thumbs.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZeBiqZRI1

"So you're the one who 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HeEv6AC1K
got the teddy from our room yesterday," said Christine. "Lee was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMQzLI0i0U
searching for it and couldn't find it. She thought she must have 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAiTA9Ypg9
misplaced it somewhere. You even went to meet him? I thought you went 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVRiFmRpQj
out with Seungri."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBRzEJGvyS

"I lied."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xc1xL6Qmt

Christine shook her head. "I knew something was up. You are really not good at lying."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZiJ6IzmPD

"I know." I gave Christine a grim look, not feeling impressed about myself at all.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1mAJ5UXrq

"Why didn't you tell us you were being threatened by this guy?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RIIHrPjqQ

"I wasn't supposed to. And besides, it was too dangerous. He threatened me with a gun in Paris not to tell anyone."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqY7nQ3TWu

"That's great. There are guns too. Blackmail would have been so much better."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJfBXW5cdu

"I know. Now he wants the teddy bear back today. And I don't know what to do. He wanted to come here and get the teddy himself."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5t2MuPRfXp

"Then why didn't you let him?" Christine asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPbVajf2Ci

"That was going to raise a lot of questions if anyone saw him," said Seungri.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctWj2qkm2e

"Now where is she going to meet him now? She has to take that teddy bear away or else it could land us into more trouble."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpO07VvUeF

"He said I should have a location as to where we meet," I said. "And I haven't thought of anything yet."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrZR3gJIpB

"Why don't you meet after practice?" TOP suggested.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlmSjnwqDg

"But where?" I asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gr1ki9YJX

"Tell him you will meet at the café. The one you had met him in last time. TOP and I will take you there," said Seungri.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5avjA6OexM

"I'm also coming with you," said Christine. "And don't refuse." She pointed her finger at me when I opened my mouth to object.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQ3kAYKUFc

"Fine, but remember, don't tell anyone," I said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3RQhYmcUw

"Got it," said TOP and Seungri at the same time. Christine nodded her head.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5XkupL4SQ

I took my phone out and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iGyGiwACr
texted Jehan that we should meet at the café after practise some time in835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMqegXMtXv
the evening. He replied saying that he would be there.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbG8DbSZoM

"Okay, it's settled," I said as I put my phone back in my pocket.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCHGe0cZcv

"Yay! The pizza is here," said Seungri as he stood up and approached the pizza delivery man coming in through the entrance.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpde1EuXrD9

Seungri had ordered ten 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVHshatMgU
large sized boxes of pizza, enough for everyone upstairs. And the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OwMn05irW
flavour, mac and cheese. Sam's favourite. Well, almost everyone's 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkyPD1BBXc
favourite.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjJnph7y0j

We helped Seungri with the pizza and went to the elevator which took us back up to the floor of the dance studio.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ROzASCGLm

"When all of this is over, Zoey, you're going to get a scolding from me," said Christine, as we walked down the hall.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9tuSOicqz

"I'll be ready for 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCt9Y7WnAxE
that," I said as I rolled my eyes. "I just can't wait to have everything835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCPwn8jDj6
back to the way they were. Before all the threatening."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JYJAZEuIc

"No, they won't," said Seungri. "You still have Sam to resolve things with."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIYonVqv07

"And G-Dragon," TOP added.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmBGBVvyd8

"Can we please not talk about that?" I asked. "You don't have to remind me all the time."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5XvX4kBLZ

"Well, someone has to," said Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZwRLPYngp

"Just so you know, I'll agree to resolve things on my own terms."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwxhsPqiHj

"Jeez," said Christine, rolling her eyes at me. "When you say that, I have to get ready for the unexpected."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp3EsJPEbK

We found ourselves back 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJGF6MAHmK
at the studio and this time, I found Sam talking to Taeyang. G-Dragon 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfvtRjlRSh
was still talking to some of the back up dancers and I could see him 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5BO9cqi7s
staring at Sam through the corner of his eye. Or was that me being 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvtKuF6Rf6
paranoid?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5L1WpCYbLl

Christine snapped her fingers right in front of me and I turned to look at her.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMWSOovIOd

"What?" I asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z1wimmTwH

"You were frowning," Christine answered.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv66IrdOiqO

"Frowning? I wasn't frowning."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefxsOgEQnv

"Says the person who 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7TwMwGxWy
couldn't stand seeing G-Dragon looking at someone else." Christine gave 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXYiBhm09O
me a smirk and left me standing all alone by the door, while she joined 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPOVWsYpXl
the others who had soon formed a circle around Seungri and TOP.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrvNT0IEDb

Soon after lunch, we 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVMQMis6vA
went straight back to practising. This time, for a good six hours. We 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTCraegV2d
had to do the dance routine over and over again to perfect it. This time835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVkibBRqyq
around, I made sure not to make any mistake like I had been doing 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFkEetOHWH
earlier. This time, everything was coming out perfectly and I don't know835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QVhMfXF7B
how many times we had to do the routine all over again. But despite the835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJugCM05Xet
number of times we did it again, we had a whole lot of fun.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpl6kUbIHzx

At some point in the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob0XzkBBRz
afternoon, our two managers and Lee came over to check on us and they 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOCEIFuVZw
were really impressed. Yang Hyun-suk thought filming the dance practise 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1QrZ5bSK2
will be helpful and that they would release it after the music video. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQK6Gi2yOf1
The dance practise was shot and it came out perfect, but still, we went 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCFXcGpxkw
back to practising until we could pratice no more.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ota1se3bb

It was five and the sun 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehJ7bTIkzC
was setting when we were finally done for the day. I was so tired that I835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFRqC6burK
was lying on the floor. My body aching everywhere. Luckily, I wasn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2UV5BGOLT
the only one on the floor. Christine and Daniel were lying on either 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsyGnP8HLz
side of me. We were all pretty tired.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzjVkQgFAz

The choreographer had already left and the backup dancers also started to leave. G-Dragon and Taeyang left together.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCKA2HNQ6p

While I was resting and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xKPt0LRnh
gathering up any ounce of energy I had left, Seungri was standing next 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS28d4a2SV
to my head and looking down on me. I looked up at him with a puzzled 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPOwaxAwMT
look on my face.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfjzdeQCyD

"Get up, Zoey, we gotta go," he said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrpTAVGzYE

"Go? Go where?" I asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6wjFlKF8F

Christine roughly nudged me on my side with her elbow, I looked at her with a whining look on my face.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3jBI9byBm

"Ouch, that hurt!" I said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlYCn5mIiI

"Are you forgetting, Zoey?" Christine asked, raising her eyebrows. "We have to go somewhere to do something."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk0T1lioiR

It was then that I remembered that I was supposed to meet Jehan at the café. I totally forgot.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvY2otKQdze

"Oh, ya!" I quickly sat up on the floor and Christine followed. "We have to go."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhr8RcLN5Gj

"Go where?" Daniel asked, still lying down on the floor and looking at us.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kjJ7Yjbrh

"No where," I answered quickly. "We're just planning on going around the city for a drive."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOI23Mkl2nF

"I want to follow too," said Daniel.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhtSP0Ib5w

"Where did you say you were going?" came Mike who had been talking with Sam and Daesung.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfDh4bwM8W

I rolled my eyes. Seriously? The last thing I want is for everyone to follow and find out what's going on.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57wBAELgEM

"It's nothing really," said TOP. "We were planning to drive around the city. You don't have to follow."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfZDhTC0CK

"But this is not fair," said Daniel, sitting up quickly. "I also want to come along."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qLmT9SPL9

"Ya, me too," said Mike.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HsPdTzJ3a

"Why don't you want 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1drYPqI9R
these guys to go along?" Sam asked. I noticed that she still wasn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy6tXZV4xo
looking at me. "You're just going for a drive. I see no reason for them 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3NZAwrBUW
not to follow."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YwFEAeRca

I wanted to protest and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuDh2g8T45
refuse but then I realised that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sam. And 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBCO9K52OZ
refusing her was going to be pointless because I already know Seungri 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmwmOFYJW1
and TOP weren't going to deny her so easily.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeF10atxbt5

"Okay, they can come along," said Seungri.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikDB6N3GyD

Dang it!835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxdhc6eM02

"Okay, you'll find me back at the hotel. I'll tell Collins that you had to go out," said Sam to the others, giving them a smile.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSE1ikjBO2

"I can take you back to the hotel if you want," said Daesung, addressing Sam.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgnFvBVvmn

"Thanks, that's nice of 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGFpuuD83v
you, Daesung," said Sam giving him a sweet smile. She turned to look at 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhulDiSB3U
the others. "Have fun you, guys."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPxKFUOExL

Sam and Daesung left the835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbGIIkRmIR
room together and I couldn't help but look at the door and think to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSynYNi3XYK
myself that the two also made a nice pair.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5ecgDjzMV

"So, where are we going?" Mike asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhZSIfVNWK

"Please, don't ask any questions," I said as I turned to face him. "It's none of your business."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC3nXJg2fq

"Mmm, seeing the look on your face, something's up," said Daniel.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1fJ6lkoQ7

Christine stood up from 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8sMZ5YGcM
the floor and said, "look guys, if we tell, you have to promise not to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bH6JfPfsw
tell anyone. Not even Sam. No one."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gTJ6NXxmD

I looked up at her with my eyebrow raised. "Are you seriously going to tell them?" I asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMlaq9EZd8

"Do I have a choice? You know how persistent these two are and they are probably going to find out anyway."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeeuxaYwDE

"Ya, Christine's right," said Seungri. "And we also couldn't refuse Sam for them to come along."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATkPGZ2qsS

"You just couldn't refuse because you like her too much," I said, turning to face Seungri.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm86uHuBOIp

Seungri shrugged and smiled. "What can I say? I've to obey the lovely queen, right?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVigkjKvR6

I almost snapped back at him but I controlled myself and looked away.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPMcabuewc

"Okay, can we focus on telling us what's going on?" Daniel asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEGLViR1ko

"Fine," I said. "Someone tell them. I can't keep repeating myself with all this."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ICCxbUqZD

TOP told Mike and Daniel what was going on. The two brothers were shocked after what they heard.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt9tAJeTiK

"Oooh, you're in a lot of trouble now, Zoey," said Mike, looking at me and shaking his head.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlTxw2oVwp

"You don't have to remind me," I said rolling my eyes.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlu9F2nzVd

"I can't believe that guy is the diamond smuggler," said Daniel.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkD0ffMvZ1

"I know," said Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsikAWaFhlj

"You haven't told Sam about this?" Mike asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8fbKb7YJd

"No. No one has to know," I said. "Not even the police."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXtgNEolKM

"I think you should have told Sam," said Daniel.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyRbxw4fyJ

"So that she can judge me? No way."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3r4pPXl4l

"You know Sam can never do that," said Seungri. "She would have helped in any way possible."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHG0rlw5lh

"Don't try to convince 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiP10FNPinF
her of anything," said Christine. "She probably won't listen like she 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ66vwRpCpF
always does." I raised an eyebrow at Christine and she looked back at me835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUggvTNnmS
like she could hit me with a hammer.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBnsad6fqF

"Okay, let's go," said TOP.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5ZrJm2THi

I got up from the floor 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpey0kS2zoE
with Daniel and I took my purse. We soon left the room and headed 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTyXOYdHaz
downstairs. Sam and Daesung had already left since there was no sign of 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVHLzbnxLO
Daesung's car in the parking lot. Christine and I went with Seungri in 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SAL0qTtiI
his car while Daniel and Mike went in TOP's car.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsD58mXlHb

The cars soon left the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1B0PIFghe
YG premises and in the car, I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUz4bF67e2z
things didn't work out like it did yesterday? I hope not. Every now and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNPDH8Pt8D
then, I would open and check if the teddy bear was still in my purse.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhf5IHYoHIU

"Can you you please stop835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuJKHaUzn4
doing that?" Christine asked from the back seat. "You might just drop 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hkBrESl05
the teddy and lose it in the car."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqKUKqUZ0Q

"Stop joking around," I said as I turned to look at Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6sBYS3o8v

"Well, then stop getting nervous. We're all here with you so there is nothing to be worried about."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJekEgqlxvR

I leaned back on the chair and tried to relax. "You're right," I said. "I need to relax."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvswtn4ItN

"Don't worry, we're almost there," said Seungri as the car took a turn.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPMCsE7QqL

"I just want to get this over with."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7fJi3ZKjS

We were soon packed 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNzeXlCZnS
right outside the café and TOP's car parked right next to us. I took a 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbFVmKnXmY
deep breath. Christine came over and put her hand on my shoulder. I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgxnDhx0zy
turned to look at her.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2XOK9CRXq

"Everything is going to be okay," said Christine giving me an encouraging smile. "If anything happens, we'll be here."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj1g1Pi8hz

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "I'm glad you guys are all here."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk7NSXWIvr

Seungri also turned to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKnxjgPW8n
smile at me. I don't know what I would have done without them. Their 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLvjo9nRQj
presence here gave me a little comfort. But I felt a small hole in my 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNjx9DTyPj
chest and I wished Sam was here too.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtO8pfg8qe

I soon got out of the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv3dIv6tRy
car and there was a sudden chill in the air. Maybe it's because the sun 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8L9q3Tlvp
was setting that it started to get cold. I had my purse in my hand and I835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bNCEMDy7r
looked towards the café. I hope everything will go as planned.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOTH767hmv

Before I could find my 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZZvFWxrtQ
way into the café, TOP, Mike and Daniel waved at me through the windows 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFoPM6A8zR
of TOP's car and giving me a thumbs up. I smiled a little and waved 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoLdWsXZpZ
back. At least that gave me the confidence to go ahead.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1H6nxbdTU

I quickly went in the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxMrbQ8u2t
café and when I slowly stepped in, I looked around for Jehan. I spotted 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPByaAO1bt0
him right next to the huge glass window where we had last sat down 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXpauErVwU
together. He was alone in his smart pressed black suit, as always.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuLz93xwh4

I slowly approached the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKQdhcFroa
table. His eyes never left me since I walked in the café. When I got to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jVuUwLtHn
the table, I sat facing him. My heart was beating so fast. I don't know 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvXejwz3CK
why I was so scared that things might go wrong and Jehan wouldn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr77OgsHOFv
hesitate to end my life right here.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEk7NdUFFkN

"I'm glad you could make it," said Jehan. "I was almost about to call my driver to come pick you up."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmv03K1Sh3

"I was practising today," I answered.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVnHlb9WX4

"You look really tired. It could show all over your face."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwyKEFzweo

"Thanks," I frowned at 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOH8BbJaoHE
him. "Can we get this over with? I still have a busy day tomorrow and I 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmxoqI66q1
would like to get this teddy bear off my back."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYevrVO6FLn

Jehan smirked. "Certainly."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR5jadn2z5

I quickly reached out 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZathlQ61wZ
for the purse on my lap, opened it and gave him the teddy bear. Jehan 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEXuUJjwS6
reached out to take it and I couldn't help but feel relieved.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ98b0pIBy

"There! You have your teddy," I said. "Can I go now?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8elcVD8Fxy

"Wait." Jehan held up a finger when I was just about to stand up and leave. I sighed.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPTwiCQadT

"What now?" I complained.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlMsbX3pUT

"I need to check if all the diamonds are in here," said Jehan, shaking the teddy in his other hand.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dZCo853XG

"What do you think? That835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYmUscNiGD
I would steal from you?" I was really surprised that he didn't trust 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99n5kk6G7U
me. "You pointed a gun to my head in Paris and I have done everything 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkghmU6xHxZ
you have asked until now. What makes you think I would steal your 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82ufujbE2g
diamonds? I have a life to live, may I remind you."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4atBAm95c

Jehan raised an eyebrow 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYW1l2m1FC
at me. "Nice one, Zoey. You almost had me convinced. But I'm still going835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qpl4vcqvn
to check. I've to make sure all the diamonds are in here before I make a835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfZbv9FVV3
fool of myself in front of my clients I'm selling these to."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9M3bTMVQVD

"Fine." I folded my arms on the table. "If you don't believe me, then check it yourself. I know I'm innocent."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLUJ8VvOOO

"I know you're." Jehan gave me a smile and I looked away facing the window. It was getting really dark outside so fast.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1w96YvtTer

I went back to looking 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrY0kNUV9s
at Jehan who had laid the little teddy bear on the table and he dug into835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWTXvY02rj
the pockets of his suit and removed a small pocket knife. It didn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNsTbQoyCj
surprise me that he carried that thing around.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIsPCTgZju

Jehan slowly laid the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76IG9ZeCJr
blade onto the little teddy's belly and cut through its tiny suit, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EVNfNCzBD
dissecting the teddy bear. This reminded me of science class back in 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPht4q3Pd2
high school when we were told to dissect a frog. Doing that was so 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFbrKtS1oC
disgusting that I ended up purking all over Sam's shoes, who was my 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzizfvB7lxB
science partner. This time, it was just cotton stuffing that came out of835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OggN2E8HX
the teddy bear.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdxKs2hit5

Wait. I frowned. This 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9O6Qf8H3E
isn't right. I raised an eyebrow when Jehan kept on removing cotton 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lF3O7TqAO
stuffings and there was no sign of the diamonds. Where were the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iLkIFPxuk
diamonds!835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoCzoTpHv4

I stared horrified at 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJvdn2sAPx
the scene on the table. There was tiny cotton stuffings everywhere and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZ1BHWMTGb
the bear that laid stuffless on the table was a sad site to see because 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUo5GSB3Rl
there was nothing in it. No diamonds.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOiADVeYNL

I looked up at Jehan and835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRWsDsKoXB
he was as surprised as I was. His mouth was wide open and he couldn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0U6l37blf4
stop looking at the dissected teddy. If he kept on looking at it like 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQdHbl3OW2
that, he was going to end up traumatised.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3I2b945YAf

"Je-Jehan," I said 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWKFgycWPH
softly. Hoping he wouldn't bite at me like a dog with rabies. "Jehan. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoX2RCIZpv
I...I have no idea what has just happened, but, there are no diamonds in835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSb8m1LJGJ
there."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNcev1AIqv

Jean neither moved nor 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1MnUmKyu7
said a word. I was getting worried. Should I move him to try and snap 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GBXd9jhKx
him out of it? I didn't know what to do.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CnEq6jLmJ

But how could this be? 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFjqwRtJmP
Where did the diamonds go? It's not like the teddy bear could just poop 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhyQ6im5p0
out diamonds since it wasn't alive or anything. Something weird was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHisF6O5BN
going on. And I wasn't like liking it at all.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdZ0902h68

"Where are my diamonds?" Jehan muttered silently, still looking at the scene before him.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwJyyJJlca

"I...I don't know," I said shaking my head. I was scared of his reaction and I prepared myself for it.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jfmEIKbcG

He banged his fists on 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15mcZ0V4dO
the table so loudly that he startled not only me, but everyone else in 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hm3toD9n3
the café. Everyone turned to look at us and I looked around then back at835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBMsMskY5m
Jehan, whose eyes were as red as a bull's, staring at me.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLcYfnuet0

"Jehan, chill," I said, putting my hands up to calm him down. "Let's not try to get angry here."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4r63b2W7G

"Where are my diamonds, Zoey?" This time he didn't shout but the anger in his voice got me shivering.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEueYHUAZt

"I don't know. I don't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGOULxlayD
know what's going on right now. This is the same teddy bear you sent us.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdPTej5KZw
I don't know why it doesn't have diamonds in it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt7YJNhE4Y

"How did the diamonds go missing?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgzIjzc8zP

"How am I supposed to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uNPrbc5Fr
know? I just kept the teddy for you. Maybe you sent me the teddy without835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZXOiAHFkl
diamonds in it and you probably never noticed."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7acXhBocZl

"Don't doubt what I do, Zoey! I made sure I made no mistake."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspRoGxB2Kc

"Okay, chill, I believe you. Look, why don't we try to sort this out calmly? Getting upset won't do us any good."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFPYGeUX2K

Jehan rubbed his 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQgOJdhZGX
forehead and sighed as he leaned back further into his seat. He seemed 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoveuIOQvho
to have calmed down when he looked at the teddy bear again.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lCySBi2om

"I need my diamonds back, Zoey."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLRnPitPTz

"I know. You've said that like almost a hundred times now."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCncNxqbecA

"Let's not joke around here. What happened? Why does this bear have no diamonds in it?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNPaTB9n4d

"I didn't do anything. I swear. That teddy was just the way it was eversince you sent it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DGXF8fZI2

"Then why doesn't it have diamonds in it?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡythhVVuDJY

"I don't know."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvNfGNBEuo

Jehan looked at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who else had this teddy apart from you?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VRkmy2tUI

"Ummm," I looked down 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljxotXZKna
and played around with my fingers. "Uh....I wasn't the one who had been 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRwZm8msWB
taking care of the teddy bear this whole time."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLxYNQa2qf

"What?" Jehan sounded surprised. "What do you mean?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzhbgsxvLc

"I didn't have the teddy bear with me at the hotel the whole time," I said, looking at him fully in the eyes now.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YKI2Rx2J2

"Who had the teddy bear?" Jehan leaned closer, his eyes not leaving mine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCav806JHt

"Lee had it before I took it from her yesterday."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkKUZIJDiZ

"Oh, my gosh!" Jehan 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85W0WWKLrg
covered his face with his hands and I could see this wasn't going too 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9X89pQHc2A
well for him. "Could she have the diamonds?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNgZVRqiNz

"I don't think so. Lee 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zU0sugsdw
is an honest person. If she did notice there were diamonds in the teddy,835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfKm5a6z9P
she would've said something. No way. She can't have the diamonds."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwYAXXaDUf

"Then how do we explain all this! She was the last person to have the teddy, correct?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnlwNdTMLz

"You're right. But if she did find out about us and all this diamond business, she wouldn't keep that to herself. I know Lee."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreyE48BPer

"Maybe you don't know Lee well enough. If this is the same teddy I had sent, where could the diamonds be?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxE4BenAqd6

"Maybe this is just another teddy bear and the actual one with the diamonds is still at the hotel."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfspNbfuWP

After I said that, Jehan835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsYBLtuqar
quickly took the dissected teddy bear in his hands and looked at it 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElJAkCwrZ8
carefully. He turned the teddy, looking at its back side and tearing the835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHiwu1MiDQ
suit away. I wondered what he was looking for because he had a serious 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupNIPCMhrZ
look on his face.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKVMN1hStx

"You're right," said Jehan. "This is definitely another teddy bear and not the one I sent you."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqJXN8wyVp

"Wait, how do you know?" I asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfSFv9DDo1

"I remember one of my 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSY057OAxs
men who sewed the teddy bear after putting diamonds in it at the back. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKEHzZdcTQ
There should have been some stitching here but this one doesn't."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpK9NykqEiP

"Ha!" I snapped my fingers. "I knew I was right!"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEmqJBcMi3

"Don't snap your fingers and be all happy about this," said Jehan, back to giving me that angry look. "I need that teddy, now!"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lgQ0O8tZE

"Huh? I can't start 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC36NU1Zuo
searching for it now. It would look suspicious. And I can't start asking835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvOcC42KNa
Lee if she bought another teddy just like this one. She already knows 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ygSEzcKkz
that the bear is missing."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK7oQfDjLn

"Then maybe, Lee isn't the only person you should be asking."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwbN1vVmUt

"What do you mean?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvSgOsuhkm

"Someone else must know where the other teddy bear is. Your group members perhaps."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW8M5reIGK

"No. I highly doubt it. Lee must have bought another teddy and we just didn't know about it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2EWvkkhce

"Now that, makes no 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3CxxUlvIB
sense. If I were you, I would go back and find out what happened to that835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrH6KvXTnw
teddy and ask around for it. I'll need that teddy tomorrow."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡww7h2XOOTy

"Tomorrow! Are you nuts!"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc2CdV4kdA

"Maybe I am because I'm desperate to have those diamonds back."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7Nw397bet

"I might not be around tomorrow. I have a music video to shoot."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxWaTRXWbw

"Find those diamonds and you will be scott free, Zoey. Or do you want everyone to mourn over you when they find you dead?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyr6qtK7jV

I completely forgot that835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w8DrhQb04
I was being threatened by this guy. Though his threats didn't scare me 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQzqk6PQ5A
anymore, I just had to abide to everything. Who knows, he might not have835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzwyCCh2YL
me killed, but he could hurt the others and it would be all my fault.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV1YkBUgbg

"Okay. I'll see what I can do."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjBZiwCRap

Jehan gave me a smile. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnNOR2SI28
"That's more I like it. I would start working on this soon if I were 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRdNva26Ex
you. Try your best to find the bear by tomorrow, will you?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfKrAw4ytn

I nodded my head and 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTasORiYqs
that made him smile even more. He soon stood up from his seat and looked835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uMoQWbsfu
down at me. I looked back at him without a saying a word.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2AoL1wQ6d

"See you tomorrow," said Jehan and he quickly walked out of the café.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkQGRnonXj

I sat there as I buried 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywP09VlPSG
my face in my hands, thinking of what to do. Again, everything was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8142hrO8Q
ruined. First, the interruption from TOP and Seungri yesterday. Now, the835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAL690ynaQ2
teddy bear had been swapped with another. My life couldn't get any 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSLcuLBHR1
worse than this. What was going on? Who was putting me into so much 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIiBaWlJ0G
drama that might just ruin my life?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwELQwaYjVf

I hadn't noticed the bell of the café ringing because I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, there stood Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVLSN79lIP

"Zoey, what happened?" Christine asked, as she turned to look on what was on the table.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM71nPssqHp

I could hear footsteps 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFMQEiH2dR
behind me. The others had come in the café too. They all looked worried 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFQiHPjYAP
when they saw the look on my face.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbJvLMHI1J

Christine sat where Jehan had been a few minutes ago and looked at the tattered teddy bear on the table.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SCRPxOW1b

"What's going on?" Daniel asked. "And what happened to Mr Teddy?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe87gLWMvY8

"Jehan didn't look happy when he left the café," said TOP. "Didn't he get his diamonds?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo34g9s286S

"No," I answered. "He didn't."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLn1hoPl1R

"What?" Seungri sounded surprised. "What do you mean he didn't get his diamonds?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0F8m5SVdO

"This teddy isn't the teddy he had sent us," I answered. "Someone swapped the teddy with another."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRmCuOtLIz

Mike shook his head. "But who? We didn't know what that teddy bear had until now, so, it couldn't be anyone of us."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPYsmXxK6B

"And what about Lee?" 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmw8ZD8qA8
Christine asked. "She was the one who last had the teddy before Zoey 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPi8c2Zx8r
took it. But what doesn't make any sense is why she would want to get 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRC7VuqyXV
another teddy when she had asked me last night where Mr Teddy had gone 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRas8Xp2z1
to."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdyGkx1Hsx

"This is bad," I said, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3pPBDEWbW
leaning my elbows on the table and holding my head. "Whoever has the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU83PbapPJ
teddy, knew what must have been going on this whole time."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JbCbJn2zd

"Ya, but who could have known?" Seungri asked. "It couldn't be Lee because all she knows is that the teddy has gone missing."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEESuTd9tik

"Maybe Sam has it," said Mike.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrrovSuSGL

We all turned to look at Mike with grim looks on our faces.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzzv5gCcVh

"Sam?" I wondered for a 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauOvnsCO6N
little while. "Why would Sam have the teddy? And if she did, how could 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY9Pja543w
she have swapped it with the other one?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJXfRAwATj

"Okay, wait," said TOP. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4M2jIP56y
"This is all too confusing. Does Sam even have any idea or clue as to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bzi88E0Pg
what's really going on in the first place?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFccBTfon2l

"I doubt it," I said 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUzizknlAx
shaking my head. "If she knew what was going on she would have 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt7fRkeIN1
confronted me. And besides, she was also at the mall yesterday and would835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SW8aiwE1k
have probably seen Jehan and I together. But she didn't."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi4eODzFiy

TOP and Seungri looked 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcwyDtHiTl
at each other after I said that. What was up with them? The look they 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq0de904kC
gave each other made me feel that something was up but I quickly brushed835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMuippvQeR
it away.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzXBHWc51o

"I highly doubt it too,"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1jpLN7U0K
said Daniel. "If she knew Zoey was into some kind of serious trouble, 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDERqAU4qU
she would have asked us about it."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaPvavo9IZ

"That's true," said 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTW7ZPahan
Mike. "Come to think of it, I don't think Sam has it. For her to swap 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2WtdR5drl
the teddy, she would have bought it from somewhere."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmG5t3n692k

"And I checked out the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMD7aByeJU
shopping bags, Lee came with yesterday when she went shopping with Sam. 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14v2Hc8w8j
There was no sign of a small teddy in any of them," said Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHuN6sChvX

"She must have bought it when she was with G-Dragon," I said.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHFQB9r1TW

"No, I highly doubt it,"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf5Bs4ZwhQ
said TOP. "There are some dedicated fans who followed those two 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ562QM9FezT
yesterday, describing which store they went to and taking pictures. They835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4wTsyREas
said nothing about them entering a toy store."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNkZOiCanx

"Now that's what I call a dead end," said Daniel.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdATCZWSq4

"Fine, so Lee and Sam have been cancelled on the list," said Seungri. "Who else could have swapped the teddies?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGA4VpeXGI

"Collins?" Mike asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EqV6qpSbx

"Ha! No way," I said, almost laughing in a such a serious situation. "How could he have known about Jehan and the diamonds?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNIFgovQO0

"Mmmm, good point," said Seungri. "He's been really busy these past few days."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhBAkRXxwG

"But who knows? Maybe he835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6N6uPrsQ5
has been spying on me this whole time and I haven't noticed. He 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLb5sv62JEL
considers me the black sheep that has to be kept an eye on at all 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtyIGLmaQ3
times."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluU8gKC6Rw

"You're definitely the black sheep, Zoey," said Mike.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHvQZzhZb1

"Hey! May I remind you, I'm not the only one here who gets into trouble here."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHpoSwxYyt

"Okay, guys, focus," said TOP. "What makes you think Collins might have been the one who swapped the teddies?"835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrO6dtjtr8Z

Daniel suddenly snapped his fingers. "I remember now. Yesterday when he came back with Sam, something happened."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLC7vvB378

"Wait. Collins was with Sam?" I asked.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuAaE7lhIz

"He was the one who went835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnodjERmYmM
to pick her up from the mall," Daniel answered. "Back to what I was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEIAgA6su3
saying, Collins had something delivered to him at the hotel. He even 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZ600lNxZD
went to get it himself from the delivery man who was coming up the 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5itYYZIcU
elevator."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7hD3vo0tu

"What was it?" We all asked Daniel, looking at him anxiously.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiffmUYyP4O

"It was a small box. And if you ask me, it was kind of like the one Jehan had sent that teddy bear in."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlr46mTGBb

"Gosh, it's been Collins this whole time," said Christine.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KMMMhLkgH

"I couldn't be too sure," I said. "But after what Daniel has said, I don't know what to believe."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfPWvpbQHu

"We really have to go," said Seungri. "We can't stay here."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfVwrXocDq

"You're right," I said 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeX4OHquHY2
as I stood up from the seat taking my purse. "I've to search for that 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgtqej0wJk
teddy if I want to make it out alive tomorrow."835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡER0ZwaABri

"Wait, we can't leave all this here," said Christine, taking what was left of the teddy bear in her hands.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dRzE1Jwhj

We all walked out of the835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yvV7PkUux
café, hopping no one had heard our conversation. There were a few 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsZpQPdfD0
people in the café and I highly doubt if they really heard anything.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNntuKjVq1w

While I was in the car 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBkseQryzw
with Seungri driving and the others in the other car behind us, I was so835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujPgge6mY8
troubled about the missing teddy. I couldn't help thinking that Collins835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r1WdxVyyi
is involved. But that didn't make any sense. As much as I wanted to 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7V2CnHcQM3
believe that Collins could have swapped the teddies, I shook my head at 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbBcNSsmKI
the thought of it. Maybe it really wasn't Collins.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwDvqEjX0D

If it isn't him, then 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHvvNhDrD2
who? It couldn't be Lee because she had the teddy with her the whole 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgcf3NDLOI
time and she couldn't buy another teddy for no reason. And I couldn't 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk4b5nV7Tb
picture Sam doing anything like that either because I had never seen her835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ekSljyOTk
near that teddy after Jehan sent it to us that day.835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NNgv8vKMS

What if I had the wrong 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIW3Opat0EW
teddy the whole time and I had never known till now? All this was too 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFRAXTVis4
confusing. Who swapped the teddies? And when did the swapping ever take 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpGFCGPbzz
place without any of us noticing in the first place?835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnvukOhBOM

I hope I could be able 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw04CZsEj5k
to find the teddy soon. Jehan might threaten to kill me, but I was 835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AHL4pipmv
pretty sure he would try to hurt the others too. And I wouldn't let that835Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCEYdUh5FX
happen.

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Chapter 23: Swapped

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