(G)I-DLE: Dahlia (18+)

16. Lady Luck

"Wait what?" My dad slipped up. "I apologise but what's all this about?"

"Well... It is a meeting between CEOs. We should discuss the main ideas and then we will join you for the final details. Does that sound good?" Psy responded looking back at us while placing his hand on the golden coloured railing.

The chilling presence of anxiety that has appeared again and again these past few days reared its ugly head up once again with Psy's request. We were so prepared to brainstorm and gain courage from one another and suddenly we are splitting up last minute.

"Just a second... If you may. I had planned to give Y/n a gift. May I give it to him now?" Dad asked.

"Of course." Psy responded.

Dad walked up to me after letting Yoora hold his drink. He then pulled a small paper envelope from his pocked and handed it to me.

I was thinking through everything at that point so I just awkwardly stood there holding the rectangular envelope that was a little smaller than my palm.

"Aren't you gonna open it? This took me ages to set up. Now is no time to be a statue." Dad said rolling his eyes.

I opened the loosely closed envelope just to see a piece of black plastic inside it. I pulled it out thinking he was just taking the piss with some gift card or something.

Then, in all shiny silver characters were four groups of four random numbers in each one accompanied by my name on the bottom and an expiry date.

A black card. I used to see these credit cards in K-dramas and suddenly I am the owner of one.

Dad smirked and said "Yup, really snazzy isn't it? I thought you may want to get some chips today and possibly you had a company to run too, but that's secondary."

"I see why you live with them." Hyuna blurted out, making everyone chuckle, even her own CEO.

"How do you think I got this dress unnie?" Yuqi replied smugly.

"I think it's about time you went, Y/n. I will protect the girls. Oh and also, you got this my son."

"Thank you dad. I won't let you down."

He patted my shoulder and turned around. "Yuqi-ya, Yoora-ssi. Do you feel lucky? Why not help an old man make some money tonight?" he said walking towards the roulette table.

"He really is something else isn't he?" Psy said from behind me.

"That's what makes him fun..." I blurted.

"Let's go upstairs shall we?"

"Of course."

Despite feeling a little better by my father's little gift... Actually, it was anything but little. Anyway, despite that I still am feeling a little angsty about everything. My drink was cold and with every step up the stairs I was worried that it would slip through my hand. Maybe I should have bought an alcoholic drink after all. Could've helped with the nerves.

The upstairs area had the same black white and gold aesthetics but was like an outdoor veranda overlooking the ground floor of the casino.

What a view... You can literally pinpoint to where everyone and anyone is. So many different reactions, some happy, some sad and some furious. Someone who was happy was my dad in the roulette. He probably won some money and was celebrating next to Yoora. Yuqi was close by in a conversation with Dawn and Hyuna.

"Take a seat, mr Kim. Can we drop the honorifics?" Psy asked leading me to a poker table which I think was private.

"Of course, thank you for getting us here safely." I said sitting down.