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Chapter 42

Maddie rolled her shoulder as she wondered back down the corridor of NCT's floor in the extensive SM building, she'd spent the afternoon with Sungchan doing a mixture of hardcore training and chatting, she got on really well him being only a month older than her. He showed her around the building and introduced her to some of the other people like him, the ones who weren't anyone yet. Sungchan had sort of taken her under his wing on the training side of things, preparing her for the training that would commence this week now that Jaehyun had left the country, showing her the rooms listed on the paper.

NCT 127 had been working that day too, which was what had prompted Maddie to text Sungchan and ask for extra training to save her from a day alone in the apartment battling her temptations, she found that it was best to keep busy, and keep her mind active doing anything to keep her from her thoughts. She knew that Mark and Johnny would be going to the famous casino tonight but she could get a ride home with them first. She entered the room where she knew she'd find her housemates and saw them talking to Taeyong.

Maddie wondered over to the three of them and caught their conversation.

"Do you think that's a good idea?" Mark asked, questioning his elders suggestion.

"Of course that's why I suggested it" Taeyong said rolling his eyes.

"Right of course, but she's so young" Johnny interjected.

"Jisung's younger" Taeyong replied unfazed.

"Is what a good idea?" Maddie cut in alerting them to her presence.

"Coming to the casino" Taeyong answered before the other boys could do anything about it.

"It's ok I don't mind coming, but what would I do" Maddie asked.

"Train" Taeyong replied simply, turning to face Maddie "Ten can train you in the ways of luring customers into losing a lot of money" he added a slight smile on his lips.

"Why?" Maddie asked baffled.

"Because we own a casino" Taeyong replied "that's sort of the whole point"

"But that's just the cover for the gang, to get money in and out" Maddie quoted from her training.

"True" Taeyong nodded "but it's best to play into capitalism's hands when they slap you across the face" he shrugged.

"Right" Maddie muttered, she was pretty sure he meant 'why not make more money', but he was far too poetic for that "Ok, I'll come" she nodded.

"Great, I'll see the three of you there at nine ready to start work" Taeyong said finally "questions?"

"What do I wear?" Maddie assumed her jeans would quite cut it and didn't want to look out of place.

"When you're working, you're not working" he explained only confusing Maddie more "when you're at work you need to seem like you don't work for us, you put pressure on our guests to bet high amounts, I haven't got a clue what a female would wear, a dress of some kind I'd assume, but I'd suggest that you speak to Ten"

And Maddie did just that, Ten was very excited about having a girl to help him out something about gay women being impossible for him, and he suggested Maddie wore evening wear, like a cocktail dress to which Maddie had to explain she hadn't bought a cocktail dress with her to Korea so Ten just took her by the hand and pulled her out of the room Mark trailing behind, after Johnny instructed him to watch Maddie.