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Chapter 46: Membership Training - Part 1

The best sleep of my life was suddenly interrupted by tiny voices asking me to wake up.

"Fairy godmother, it's time for dinner."

I opened my eyes and saw Eiji and Elle on my bed poking my cheeks.

"Eiji! Elle!" I said, shocked at their presence. "What are you doing here?"

"Ninang BJ." Eiji gave me a kiss, and Elle followed after. "Mommy said we should wake you up. There's a dinner party for everyone."

"Eiji!" I reprimanded him. "I told you not to call me ninang or fairy godmother!"

The two of them giggled.

"C'mon, ninang! We're hungry!" said Elle.

I glanced at the clock—it was already 6 PM. I'd slept right after the challenge and had the best, most satisfying sleep ever. I glanced around trying to see if Jiwoo was anywhere in the room.

"Your boyfriend's already there, ninang," Eiji said, laughing. The kid was too smart for his own good.

"He's not my boyfriend," I said sternly.

"But he looks more handsome than Tito JM," Elle interrupted.

"Elle!" Eiji said angrily. "Mommy said we should not talk about him. He's a bad tito!"

"Enough," I said as I scooped up the twins and carried them to the door. "Let's go eat!"

I was shocked to see the entire gang at the hotel. Well, minus Cassie, of course. They were all seated in a big makeshift table. Janus cheerily waved at us. Sitting beside him was Robert, who looked tired and annoyed. There was an empty seat beside him, which I presumed to be mine. Beside that was Faye with two empty chairs to her left for Elle and Eiji. Then there was Derrick, Vivi, Nico, and Jiwoo.

I approached Faye and put the kids down before giving her a kiss on both cheeks.

"What a surprise," I said. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Well," Faye said. "Your new friends invited us so we can all get to know each other."

"It should be fun," Nico said. "Jiwoo here planned these activities for all of us. I think it's called membership something—"

"Membership training," I said as I sat down. "It's a Korean thing, like their version of team building, only with lots of booze."

Nearly everyone laughed. Jiwoo and Robert resembled statues.

"Hey BJ, congrats on your dish!" Derrick said. "I heard you made all the judges cry."

I blushed. "It's nothing. I'll make it for you guys once we get back to Manila."

"Yeah!" Faye rejoiced, ladling food onto her twins' plates. "By the way, what did you guys put in this chicken? It's amazing!"

I almost choked on my food, but Robert tapped me gently on the back. Nico and Vivi burst out laughing.

"BJ and Jiwoo slaughtered too many chickens, so we had to force ourselves to eat the same thing for four days straight!" Nico said to everyone's amazement. "But because we couldn't possibly eat it for one more day, we told Jiwoo to find a way to deal with it. This was the idea he came up with."

"You made us come all the way here to eat chicken?" Robert asked in an arrogant tone.

answer him. "It's not just that. BJ wasn't feeling well, so we

I'm sure we'll have fun."

finish eating, and it also took Faye no time to get the kids

wine glass to find out who are

who looked

grouped with Nico, Vivi, and Janus.

announced. "It's called the Snake Challenge!" Nobody knew what he was referring to, so he continued. "The mechanics of the

a little when he saw me staring at

90 seconds each!"

and right were taking off their socks, belts, and accessories and placing them on the floor. The guys were taking their shirts off, with Jiwoo

shirt off, but I was thinking I couldn't possibly expose my underwear in front of Nico, Vivi, and Robert. They weren't as close to me

the same thing. They

of the unmistakable tension between Jiwoo and Robert. Vivi didn't care

and Jiwoo glared at

your boxers, too." It was Faye, my

you doing?!" I hissed at her angrily.

"Of course I want to add more fuel to

turned and saw Jiwoo with his hands on the waistband of his boxers, ready to strip. Robert was doing the exact

me—I mean, fuck! This shouldn't

that the time was

the clear winner!" Faye announced

seething. "I envy you for having teammates who

Janus. They were red in the face, looking as though they were about to protest. Derrick, meanwhile, was laughing his ass off at the corner. We all drank some beer and chatted for a

awkwardness between all of us. I'm sure you're all familiar

is this oily?"

to make it slippery," Jiwoo replied

right behind me and then herself. She signaled for Jiwoo to go

mean

saying anything,"

"Get lost," Robert said.

what to do,

said angrily.

be fair,

Once Faye had given him the card, he announced, "We have 3 minutes to finish this! Ready, get

didn't fall to the floor. He was supposed to transfer it to me using only his mouth, but the card slipped, so

eyes

up!" I heard Vivi

tried to suck hard to stop it from falling. I positioned my lips right in front of his to make things easier, and just as I

sounded more like a threat

did it! We did

the card in her hand, which meant her teammates had successfully passed it on to

"Sorry guys," Jiwoo said.

balled his hands into fists, and I was afraid something

with another round of beer before Jiwoo announced the last game of the

and gentlemen. Form a circle

the floor, knee to knee, forming a circle. Jiwoo joined us and put a

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