The manager quickly said, "Come on, that's just being a buzzkill. I'll arrange for a designated driver—just drink up!"Jouri seemed to have been watching them too and took a moment while singing to run over, "Exactly. Why aren't you drinking? Just let them send us home."Frank was naturally happy that he did not have to drive and allowed the manager to pour him a full glass."I'm Meg Quill. Nice to meet you," the manager introduced herself while raising her glass. "Do take good care of me from now on."Perhaps by accident or otherwise, Frank could feel her brushing against himself."Nice to meet you. I'm Lugh Frankton," he said, shrugging. Even if Meg had ulterior motives in getting cozy with him, people were not all black and white.And as a manager of an entertainment outlet, it was natural for Meg to be eager to please, so Frank did not take offense."So, where are you from?" Meg then asked.Frank gave her the address of his fake ID, and she exclaimed, "What a coincidence—
The clothes maketh the man—Meg certainly proved that after she got changed.Taking everyone's looks of envy or lust as flattery, she catwalked her way back to the private room.Jouri was singing as she sat beside Frank, and seeing that Meg was making a play, she smiled as she whispered to Frank, "I'm shocked. You really have a way with the ladies!"Frank ignored Jouri, while Meg took her seat, brushing her hair behind her ear flirtatiously as she picked up her dice cup elegantly. "Come on, let's get started."Frank picked up his cup as well and shook it randomly.Meg shook her dice for a while before slamming the cup on the table. "Three threes!"Frank lifted his cup to check his dice and said, "Four threes!""Six!" Meg even held up her hands to gesture."Showdown!"Frank lifted his dice cup, showing that he only had a single one, and none of the others were threes.Meg's face fell as she lifted her cup too.And there were three threes!Frank smirked.Meg had done her best
It was no flattery—Meg earnestly thought that Frank was amazing.Still, they were both cunning, and Meg soon guessed that Frank was just doing this on purpose.Smiling while being earnestly impressed, she said, "Let's play something else!"Frank nodded. "Alright. I'm listening.""I'll hold three dice and roll them as you watch. If I get a pair, the remaining dice will be my scorer… Like this!"Meg flipped the dice cup bottom-up and threw the three dice into it.Getting two threes and a five, she said, "That's five points!""Got it." Frank nodded. "So it doesn't matter what the pairs are—the odd one out is the score, and keep rolling if there are no pairs, right?"Meg nodded. "One glass if you can't get pairs from three rolls, and you can pass on a score you don't like to keep rolling!"Frank smiled. "Then what are you waiting for? Let's get started!"Meg took the first roll, still impressed that Frank had managed to flip the dice without contact earlier.However, this one wa
Frank gestured with his palm. "Your turn!""I'm definitely luckier."Meg pressed the start button, and the wheel turned to 'kiss the first person on the right'.Meg's eyes lit up—she would have bemoaned her terrible luck if this had happened on any other day.But now, things were different—the one on her right was none other than Frank, whom she really wanted to hook up with!"Now, now. I'm not being mean, but rules are rules."Then, she kissed Frank's left cheek, catching him off guard."Really enjoying yourselves, I see!"Jouri was grinning broadly when she inadvertently spotted the two.Frank ignored her and told Meg, "That's neither fair nor fun. Most of the punishments wouldn't work if it's just us two."There's a dice game in this app too. We can prevent cheating since we're playing on our phones.""That's true!"Meg pretended to realize that just then—having worked here for so long, would she really not know about the app's functions?The reason she did not do it wa
"Then let's get started. How are we going to do this?" Jouri asked, having already whipped out her phone."There's an app where we can play dice. See here…"Meg walked up, helping Jouri and Alda get the app, and Alda asked, "So how do four people play this?""We will split into two groups," Jouri suggested. "Meg and I will be on one team, while Lugh and Alda will be on the other. That way, the team can decide the punishment, don't you agree?"Alda and Frank nodded, but that was not the same for Meg—if the punishment was not random, then why would she bother playing?Regrettably, Jouri was famous while Alda was the Ingram's sole heiress, so Meg could not mess with them.While she agreed to it reluctantly, she also suggested, "How about I take the first roll, Ms. Yelin?""Sure." Jouri spread her hands, sitting down in amusement.Alda smiled then. "You know I'm bad with dice games, Jouri. Let Mr. Frankton roll.""Whatever, it's your decision. Also, you shouldn't ask for their opi
"Got it!" Alda looked up as she exclaimed. "You will both… dance together!"Jouri and Meg traded glances, with the former shrugging. "I have no issues with that. It depends entirely on the manager.""Always at your service, Ms. Yelin," Meg said—she would like to show off, but she was not going to reveal her goals directly either."Good. I'll pick a song, and you girls can stand in the center."Alda went over to the karaoke machine, picking a random song and gesturing with her palm.Jouri did not waste her breath and started dancing to the rhythm, but she was clearly not that good—Alda was left giggling as she looked like a zombie, what with her stiff moments.Meg was totally different, however, as she had six months of ballet training. It was a solid foundation, and a little lap dance was certainly right up her alley."That's hot!" Even Jouri was impressed after seeing it.Meg ignored her and calmly returned to her seat when the song finished.Jouri was laughing in turn. "That
While Jouri and Alda were busy joking around, Meg finished her push-ups."Let's continue!"Frank and Meg both rolled their dice, and it was a dramatic reversal this time—Meg had five threes, while Frank had two sixes, two, five, and four.It was a really bad roll, and Alda was left wondering if the program was unreliable… Why would there always be five-of-a-kind in every roll?"Five threes!" Meg exclaimed, confident now that she had a good roll."Six threes!"Frank did not have threes, but it was never about one's roll—bluffing worked on occasion."Seven threes!"To no surprise, Meg fell for it.Despite having a good roll, there was no way she was getting a bet—Frank's poker face was just that good, and the odds were in her favor, so she decided to bet on Frank."Showdown."Meg was chuckling in exasperation when she saw that Frank did not have a three.There were plenty of newbies who got ahead of themselves because they had a good roll, and it was surprising that a veteran
And as long as Jouri did not mind, Meg had no reason to worry.It did not matter what she wanted either—she had what she wanted and everyone was happy, so what was there to hesitate for?Jouri took her phone just then. "My turn! Let's keep this up!"Alda nodded. "Mr. Frankton will do the honors this time."After rolling, Jouri snapped, "Five sixes!""Six sixes!" Frank bet, since she already had five sixes, and he definitely should not bet on that."Showdown."Jouri showed her phone, ignoring a dumbfounded Meg as she revealed she did not have any sixes.There was no helping it—she had bet it so awkwardly that Frank would lose anyway."My loss. "And while Meg won, she was less calm than Frank who lost.After all, she clearly saw that Jouri had rolled three threes and a one, but somehow that changed when she showed her hand.She was still using the same app on her own phone, and Meg was left wondering how impressive she was that she could tamper with the programming at any ti