"To make it fair, I will draw the ticket myself." Kyle said after the host passed the microphone to him.
He walked towards the raffle ticket drum. He first gave Clyde a meaningful look before inserting his hand inside the raffle ticket drum.
Clyde nodded at Kyle though he's getting suspicious about it.
Meanwhile, Lynn stopped herself from getting interested in the raffle.
"Ladies, it's time to look on to your ticket because the number is 7-"
"Oh my god! Wait!"
She quickly covered Meng's lips.
"Don't get ahead of yourself, for all ticket numbers start at 7."
"Oh right."
She bit her lips, reminding herself to be patient with her friend.
"7-0-0-"the vice president resumed, she knows that he's dragging the announcement of the ticket number intentionally.
"0-"
"Gosh, wait-wait-wait!"
She already adapted herself from also looking at the tickets. She needs to, or else this friend of hers would run on the platform and ask the numbers again.
"Lynn, hold these two."Meng asked her with bated breath.
She had no choice but to accept right away even though they're already attracting attention.
"2!"
"2, not 8." Meng spoke in dismay. While she looked at the ticket in her hands.
"Meng, this ticket has 2."
Meng quickly clung to her and put her finger on the paper she was holding.
"7-0-0-0-2 --- 8!"the vice president finally completed the numbers that made her friend wild.
"Oh my gosh, Lynn! You won!" Meng hugged her tightly.
"Meng, I didn't buy it-"she protested.
"Lynn, this is what I'm talking about to you! There's no harm in trying, and look, you won."
Meng could no longer hear what she was saying since she's already out of control.
Meng was still not satisfied and pulled her to the front.
People around them began to applaud.
When they reached the front, Meng pushed her onto the platform. She could do nothing but climb on it.
The vice president approached her and immediately offered his hand to her to shake hands.
"Congratulations." he also greeted her, and he smiled, but she only gave her stub in exchange.
"I think you still need to verify my ticket, sir."
"Oh, right." The vice president said as if he had forgotten it. He immediately looked at her stub.
"7-0-0-0-2-8, it's matched. And your name..." he looked at her ID card.
"Your name is also accurately matched. You win the raffle." he smiled at her again.
"Clyde, please come over here to meet your date for three days until New Year's eve."
Clyde approached her. He removed the black cap he was wearing when he arrived in front of her.
"Is this coincidence or fate?"
The vice president said that she almost raised her brow. What gibberish is he saying now, she thought.
"Nice to meet you."
Clyde stretched his arm to shake hands with her. But she didn't move.
Instead, she stared at him. She looked first at his v-line jaw up to his perfect lips then to his nose, and she stopped at his plain eyes.
"Wow. Not bad..."she mumbled, then giving him a coy smile.
At that moment, Clyde narrowed his eyes. This is not the first time he has been observed like this. But now, he's uncomfortable, especially her eyes. It had a strange effect on him.
"Miss Lynn-"
"Yes?" Lynn quickly looked at the vice president.
"Care to accept my superstar's hand?" The vice president said teasingly to her with a silly smile on his face.
"Your superstar?" She vaguely asked, but before the vice president could answer her, she also got what he was referring to.
"Oh, your superstar."she said as she brought her hand close to Clyde's palm.
"I'm sorry, I haven't come to my senses. I'm also not sure if I'm allowed to hold your hand."
Clyde was uncertain, but he felt like his jaw was already tightened.
He doesn't mind the woman on the rooftop who spoke highly, but he can't be wrong that she's the same woman.
And now, she's acting like a fan of his.
"Don't worry, Miss Lynn. You have the right to touch my superstar, but only for three days. But if you want it even for life."
She can read between the lines of the vice president that implicated another meaning to her.
Now, she wonders if Meng will still like the vice president if she finds out how goofy he is.
Clyde cleared his throat, for he's getting more uncomfortable by just listening to the two.
The vice president turned serious as soon as he received Clyde's implicit warning.
"Miss Lynn, I would like to invite you to my office so that we can talk about your date." his face was serious, but he was still talking smoothly to her.
She nodded as she thought how passionate the vice president towards the event.
There were staff who accompanied them as they headed to the office.
"Sit here."
The vice president offered the two-seater leather sofa to her and Clyde as soon as they reached the office.
Without a melodramatic reaction, she walked towards the sofa and sat on it.
The vice president smiled at her as he beckoned Clyde authoritatively.
She looked at Clyde, "What's wrong with him?It's not even a bed."
Clyde could only gazed at her in astonishment.
The rest gaped at her as if a crazy woman came out of nowhere.
Yet, she just stared at them openly and shrugged her shoulders.
The vice president laughed awkwardly. "Okay-okay, that's good, you have a great sense of humor."then leading Clyde to the sofa.
Clyde made sure that there was a space between them. He's not really comfortable with the woman.
"Again, congratulations on winning the event."
Lynn smiled at the vice president. Even though something else is running through her mind. Honestly, she wants to know the person who bought the ticket for her. And more surprisingly, she won. She feels strange about it.
"Thank you so much for this opportunity. Who would have thought that I could be with the sought-after actor in the country." She glanced at Clyde.
But she's not a fool, so as not to feel the actor's cold treatment to her. She had been feeling it a bit a while ago, but she just chose not to pay attention to it. Did she do something wrong with him?
"You deserved it, more than anyone. Anyway, we plan to broadcast your date on television. That's why..."vice president looked at the staff.
"The producer and the crew of the New Year's special are here to make you understand everything that will happen."the vice president added carefully to her.
She suppressed a snicker, for she almost forgot that this event was for promotion.