Chapter 77 - Drinking Contest

"Have another one" Dan-Han said shooting her a daring look. He was tempted to see to deep her pride ran. And again he wasn't surprised when Eun-Sun picked up the glass and gobbled it down, but this time she let the wine linger in her mouth for a little longer. She had to admit that the wine tasted great.

She hasn't had much red wine, but this one sure tasted different and expensive.

Rich people are indeed able to afford only the best of things. She reasoned in her mind.

Dan-Han's daring gaze on her didn't waver even though he didn't show any interest on pouring her another glass. But Eun-Sun took that as a silent way of daring her to. She hissed and poured herself another glass, making hers three.

As if it was a challenge she glanced at Dan-Han with a evil smirk on her face, "President Lee you're lagging behind" She said with a sardonic smile.

A smile played on Dan-Han's lips. He liked this side of her too. How could one girl intrigue him this much. Even before the incident which took place years ago, he has never had much interest in a woman and somehow this girl shows up and she catches all his fancy...why?

"Miss Eun-Sun, you might want to go easy on that. Though it might have some low alcoholic level, it's still an old wine and it can still knock you down" He told her.

"So you're scared?" Eun-Sun tilted a brow. It was her turn to make fun of him.

Dan-Han simply looked at her quietly, amusement written all over his eyes. Eun-Sun tsked, "I guess it's president Lee who's scared after all" She said in a condescending tone.

"So what if I'm scared what will you do?" Dan-Han decided to humor her.

"Then I'll know that my boss is all talk and no action" Eun-Sun declared boldly. She knew she shouldn't be talking that way to her boss, but she couldn't help it. There was something about this man that made her want to scratch his face with her fingers.

Dan-Han slightly leaned forward "So what if I'm not scared and I drink up and we finish this whole bottle and then maybe we get another, what will you give me in return?" He asked, with his gaze intently fixed on her.

Eun-Sun narrowed her brows in confusion. Why would she give him something in return? Wasn't he the one who had started this?

"What do you mean?" She asked back.

"I'll drink while you tell me something about yourself" He told her firmly.

"With all due respect I won't do that. why should I do that?" She cocked a brow at him. She wasn't understanding this anymore.

"Because I like to know my staff.." He paused and intensed his gaze on her face, "And see this as your welcome party" He added.

Eun-Sun continued to stare at him in confusion. This man always spoke so oddly. Before she could say something else Dan-Han had gulped down his wine.

"You can start" He told her in a quiet yet commanding tone. Eun-Sun just kept staring at him, she didn't like this attitude of his at all.

Why does it feel like she was playing with fire. Dan-Han looked up at her and found her staring at him, unwilling to say a word.

"Miss Eun-Sun?"

"Mister Lee I think every information you need you can easily find in my file which I submitted to the HR department" She said almost in a polite tone. In as much as she wanted to say hiss at him right now, she still tried to hold her tongue. Dan-Han didn't reply her and gulped down another glass of wine. Before returning his gaze back to her.

"I want something that's not in the file" Something that makes me know you better, he said the latter part in his mind.

"Why?" Eun-Sun asked in annoyance.

"Because I want to know. And miss Eun-Sun it's your turn to drink" He told her raising his chin to her glass.

Dan-Han had finished up his second glass, and it was Eun-Sun's turn to take her third.

Eun-Sun frowned slightly. What has this turned into? A game of shots? A drinking contest perhaps?

Dan-Han tilted his head to the side in a way that told her he was waiting for him, and for a second she thought she saw a smug smile on his face.

Eun-Sun furrowed her brows at Dan-Han. She didn't appreciate the way he was looking at her like she was some frail woman of some sort with no balls.

Eun-Sun picked up her glass and after gobbling it down she said reluntanctly, "I'm an only child" Her eyes squared at Dan-Han, who also drank his. Then he picked up the bottle and poured them another, his face has returned back to it's inscrutable nature as he waited for her to continue.

"I live with my friend, I'm not a serial killer but that doesn't mean I'm nice"

"Obviously" Dan-Han said under his breath.

"What?" Eun-Sun thought she heard something.

"Continue" He urged, not wanting to repeat himself, and he didn't say that so she could hear it in the first place.

"That's it" She said as she poured the next glass down her throat. That was indeed her life. Empty, was the word for it. Empty, boring, and maybe cursed like her mother called it.

She thought about how great her life would have been if she has her father and mother in it, then maybe she would have been able to talk about them. She couldn't even say she was living a happy life because she wasn't.

There was nothing happy about her life and it made her more sad. The alcohol was slowly seeping in, making her vulnerable and bringing out these taunting thoughts and pain which she had tried to bury. Eun-Sun's eyes fell on Dan-Han's glass and before he knew it she had picked it up and chugged it down her throat.

The thought of her mother and their last meet at the hospital came flashing through her mind. She knew she had decided not to be bothered about her anymore, but that was still her mother.

These thoughts just had to come now. No matter how she tried to shake them out of her head, they just kept coming, making her want to bury herself in more alcohol.

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