"Humph!" Damien snorted when he saw Jack's not caring look. He asked, "Wanna have a competition with me?"r
Jack looked at him as if he was looking at an idiot before asking, "Aren't we already competing? Or, what are we doing in the court?"r
Hearing Jack's question, Damien was at first dumbfounded. It was only after a moment that he realized that what Jack had said was indeed true. They were already competing against each other. So, what was the use of the question?r
"Ahem. What I meant was that, we would compete between the two of us. I would like to see how good you are." Damien cleared his throat before speaking.r
"Not a problem. But you should know that you have already lost." r
"Let's see it then." Damien said angrily.r
….r
On the other side, Johnathan had arranged for Celine to sit next to him in the front row seats. He believed that since she was Jack's girl, she deserved the respect that Jack would receive.r
The others who were watching the game couldn't help but scrutinize Celine. They wondered who she was. After all, this was the first time that they were seeing her. And from the way that Johnathan was treating her, it was obvious that he had some kind of respect for her.r
Furthermore, she was a beauty. They wondered if she was Johnathan's lover or something. After all, to be able to sit beside Johnathan, this stated that he thought that they were at the same level.r
"Are you sure that the person that you called has already arrived?" The baldy asked. r
"Of course. He's my cousin. So, there is no need to worry about the game." Although he said these words, Johnathan was still worried about having a person that actually didn't like playing basketball to represent him.r
Baldy looked at Celine. There was a hint of lust in his eyes as he looked at her. But, he managed to restrain himself because he knew that although Johnathan had come to ask for partnership with him, it was not because they were in the same level or he was at a higher level than Johnathan.r
Instead, it was because Johnathan wasn't using his family influence in this deal that he was asking him for the cooperation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted a lot of time with the game.r
Suddenly, an idea popped up in his mind. He looked at Johnathan with bright eyes before asking, "Is this lady here your girlfriend?"r
"No." Johnathan's reply was short and straight to the point.r
Baldy's eyes shone even brighter as he asked again, "What about you give me a chance to take her out?"r
Johnathan's expression turned cold the moment that he heard these words. Celine on the other hand was already angry at the glances that baldy was throwing at her. Now, he was actually asking for an opportunity of courting her?r
Not to speak of the fact that he was already a man in his forties, he wasn't handsome at all. Not to mention that Celine wasn't into mature men, there was a fact that she loved Jack at this moment.r
For someone to look at her with lustful eyes, she couldn't help but want to slap him. It was just that Johnathan was between the two of them. Otherwise, she really would have slapped the baldy to make sure that he knew what he was talking about.r
Looking at the baldy who was already gazing at Celine lecherously, Johnathan snorted before speaking. "Although she's not my girl, she has a boyfriend. And, if you really want her, you should ask him first."r
"As for whether you can actually manage to deal with him, we can talk about that as long as you survive the moment that he knows that you were actually trying to hit on his girl." Johnathan continued.r
Celine who was so furious a few seconds ago immediately turned shy. She blushed intensely. But, from the fact that she was so angry that her face had turned red, nobody noticed that she was actually blushing. They all thought that she was simply so angry.r
Johnathan's voice was so cold that it gave the baldy goosebumps. He was now regretting the fact that he had actually crossed the line to ask Johnathan about Celine. If she could actually sit next to him and she wasn't his girl, it was obvious that her status wasn't low. Why would such a girl actually date an old guy like him? That would only happen if her aesthetics were strange.r
Although he knew that he wasn't supposed to actually mess with Celine any longer considering the level of her status, he couldn't hold in his curiosity.r
"I'm sorry about that. But…. Who's her boyfriend?" Baldy asked.r
"Humph!" Johnathan snorted and pointed towards the court. It was also at this point that the second quarter was about to begin.r
Baldy followed the direction that Johnathan was pointing and was stunned the moment that he laid his eyes on Jack. "He's your twin brother?"r
The corners of Johnathan's lips twitched as he spoke, "He's my cousin. He's the one that is going to play for you this time because he wanted to stretch his muscles a little. Even I cannot beat him, do you think that you can survive as long as he hears that you were having some kind of ideas on his girl?"r
The baldy was already soaked in cold sweat and his breathing had already become hurried. He knew about the Jesda family. He knew about Johnathan. And he knew for the fact that he couldn't compete against Johnathan.r
Now, what would happen if the person who was stronger than Johnathan attacked him? Wouldn't he be doomed?r
What the baldy didn't know was the fact that Johnathan had decided to use this chance to scare the baldy so that he could accept the deal faster and not bring stupid conditions during the agreement.r
Celine on the other hand couldn't help but burrow her little head in her hands. At the same time, she was simply thinking, 'If this was true, perhaps I would be happier, right?'r
"Can… can you not tell him about the incident?" Baldy asked with a shaking voice.r
"Why don't you ask her if she's going to tell her boyfriend or not?" Johnathan shrugged and glanced at Celine before focusing on the court again.r
"Eh, miss…" Before baldy could even finish speaking, he was cut off by Celine's cold harrumph.r
….r
The ball was already in the Roosters possession. The moment that the quarter began, the guy who was holding the ball threw it towards Jack.r
When Jack received it, he saw that Damien was already rushing towards him. Damien seemed not to think that Jack would give the ball away because he could see how tense the Roosters were and how they hurried to pass the ball to him.r
Just from this, he could tell that they trusted Jack more. Jack had also stated that Damien was going to lose. In order to prove himself, he was definitely going to try and dribble past him, right?r
As this thought ran through Damien's mind, he saw Jack bouncing the ball. Seeing this action of his, Damien thought that Jack was a fool to dare to dribble the ball right in front of his opponent.r
He smiled and stretched his hand, ready to snatch the ball that was still in the air before Jack reacted.r
His hand managed to get closer to the ball. But, it was also at this time that something happened. Jack's hand moved so fast and knocked the ball onto the ground.r
It bounced off the court and between Damien's legs as it went behind him. As he was still stunned by such a shift in the event, he couldn't react before Jack got past him and took the ball and began dribbling it again.r
Tad! Tad! Tad!r
As the ball hit the ground three times, Damien reacted. He turned around as fast as he could and looked at Jack who seemed to be waiting for him.r
At this moment, Damien was both embarrassed and angry. He had just been humiliated. As one of the top players in the top teams, how could he be easily be defeated?r
What's even humiliating was the fact that, instead of dribbling and heading towards the hoop to score, Jack was actually waiting for him.r
As for the other players who were his teammates, apart from all of them having someone that they were actually blocking, they had never expected that Damien would actually fail to block Jack.r
Furthermore, it was so simple in that he didn't even react in time. Their mouths hang open, none of them moving forward as they waited for Damien to make a comeback and steal the ball. If Jack could beat Damien, what could they do when they were far inferior to Damien?r
The Roosters in the other hand were excited. They had never thought that they would actually see a person that was stronger than Damien. They no longer thought about how they were trying to make sure that Jack didn't actually play.r
"Why don't you try shooting from there?" Damien asked. He was obviously not willing to go after the ball after losing the chance. He would only work hard during the next period as long as Jack lost the ball.r
He also didn't believe that Jack would actually score from here because they were Already close to the center of the court. There was almost a half of the court to the basket.r
"Okay." Jack nodded before he aimed and shot the ball. It arced through the air and went through the basket smoothly. It didn't hit the backboard and neither did it even touch the rim. It was a perfect shot.r
There was silence in the entire arena as the only sound that could be heard was the one that came from the basketball hitting the ground as it bounced.r
"Am I seeing things?"r
"Of course. This must be us seeing things. That guy simply got past Damien and even scored from such a long distance?"r
"What nonsense are you babbling? How can there be a scene where three people have all seen the same thing?"r
"What three people? Don't you see that you can actually stuff a whole egg in the mouths of all the people around here?"r
"That's true. But hey, why have I never heard of this guy? He's such a good player."r
"What do you know? This is just a lucky shot. Look at him, he's so young. How can he be a professional basketball player?"r
"That's true. He must have gotten lucky because Damien underestimated him."r
As they talked, being that there were actually two opposing sides here, there obviously those that celebrated that Jack had scored. On the other hand, there were those that were not pleased.r
This wasn't a simple basketball game, it was a bet between two opposing factions and the stake was a piece of land and a project that was worth billions of dollars.r
On the court, Jack looked at Damien who was staring at him incredulously and asked with a faint smile, "What do you think? You haven't lost yet?"
