THE DARE

My blood is already boiling with these people; I thought Christoff was the only one who was arrogant but also his sister. I turned to Christy.

"What kind of sports do you play?" she asked me.

I am embarrassed because I had all the attention. I looked at Christoff and he just shrugged. I took a deep breath. "Name it and I'll play."

I saw the shock on his face. "You can play them all?"

I am not in a mood but Mr. Kang is looking at us and waiting for my response.

"Okay fine. Let's play, if I win you have to stay away from my Oppa. If you win you have to date with him."

I looked at Christoff. I am so annoyed, give me a break! What did he feed to his sister?

"Let's play fair tomorrow." I heard her again and left. "Oppa let's go."

"I'm sorry..." Christoff apologized to me before following her sister.

They are crazy.

MARKNELL and I accidentally went in together the next day.

I ignored him. "Good Morning Manong Guard."

Manong also greeted me while looking at the watch. "Ten minutes, Miss Jhin."

I continued inside, followed by Marknell. We were about to enter the elevator when Christoff suddenly appeared and accompanied us.

"Good Morning Sir." Marknell greeted him.

"Good Morning Sir." I also greeted him, we are in the office and he is my boss. He bowed to us as his response.

"Miss Jhin, when will you forgive me? Is just a kiss, okay?"

"Just a kiss? Because of that stupid kiss, I was dumbfounded." I looked at Marknell. I'm really pulling something.

"I'm sorry ... just give me a chance. I really like you. Pure love, you know... love love love."

The elevator opened and Christy stood in front of us. I thought I was saved but it is another disaster.

"Oppa!" she pulled her brother next to her.

"Hey ... be careful."

She looked at me. "Let's do the shooting."

"Are you really that serious?" I exclaimed. "Shooting?"

"Yeah. Basketball shooting."

"I told you. I have many works to do." I don’t have time for any child play.

"Coward," Christy whispered, enough for me to hear what she said.

She said the worst word in the world for me. "You know what? Coward people are the lowest class in the world." I look at Marknell at the same time, because he is worthless to me. I saw the pain registered on his face but I ignored him.

“I am not a coward person, but I have no reason to play with you. I told you, I do not like your brother."

"If you don't want to bet, then you are afraid to lose? What a loser!”

I looked at Christoff, but he avoided looking at me. His sister is getting my nerve now.

"Fine! Let's play."

SHOWING MY LOVE

For me, it's a waste of time to play here for no good reason. He took us to the basketball court on the side of the building.

"Don't worry Miss Jhin, we are here, you can do it!" John.

All I have to do is beat myself up so I can't date her arrogant brother. Whoever has the most points in ten times shooting will be the winner.

"Before we start, there are changes. If I win, you have to stay away from my Oppa, which means the one-week trip vacation of your department will be canceled." I heard them gasps, especially John because he's preparing for the trip already and bought some stuff.

"They are out from this. If I will lose, then I will not go with them."

“Nope. You have to win over me. Think about your teammates. This is my rule."

"Miss Jhin please, we deserve a vacation!" John is acting on the side as if he's dying.

I have to beat Christy if I don't want my teammates to hate me, but when I win I have to date Christoff. Oh, shits!

She was the first, she made 6 points out of ten. She's good. It's my turn now. I took a deep breath. Why is all this happening to me?

I looked at Christoff. In his face is the hope that I will win. Let's just see who will give up first.

I got a perfect score of 10 points. When I was a child, my father practiced basketball so it was not difficult for me to shoot the ball. John rolled over in happiness while I saw Christy's annoyance.

I approached Christoff. Happy now Sir?" and I step on his feet.

"W-wow you surprised me, I didn’t know you are good in balls." He commended while writhing in pain.

Christy approached me, holding out her palm. "Congrats, take care of my Oppa."

I accepted her palm and whispered, "What should I do? I don't really like him."

She smiled. "But I like you for him Unnie." I looked at her in surprise. I thought she hated me. When I looked at Marknell, sadness was on his face and there seems to be a pinch in my heart.

No no no, it can’t be. Never, never again.

"DID you do that to date me?" Christoff tease me when we got back to the office.

Lord, why did you bring this person to life? I confronted him. "Spell, in your dreams."

"I L O V E Y O U." while spelling the word.

I covered my ears when I entered our office. Some Good Morning employees greeted him and he just smiled, he kept on following me.

"Answer me." he insisted. "Did you do that to date me?"

"Sir-"

"My name is Christoff, not Sir."

This man really has a lot of energy. "What do you want to hear? A good lie? Or a painful truth?"

He looked at the ceiling, maybe his brain could not understand what I said. I sat down at my desk and he just stood in front of me. Disgusted I looked up at him because I could not work properly!

"What do you want?"

"I want you."

My teammates screamed in excitement, except for Marknell. Wait? I smiled sweetly … they said, tooth to tooth, eye to eye, pain in pain!

You can feel the pain of what you did to me then Marknell! Why did I just think that I could use Christoff to get even with Marknell?

I wrote my number on a sticky note then gave it to Christoff. "Call me later and let's talk about our date." and smile sweetly.

He could not believe it, but then again he was happy and like a child trained to punch in the air. Is he really that serious about me? But boys are boys, you are just a princess in the beginning, after a while you will be thrown away.