"Good afternoon, Jada, Maya. Long time no see," Chloe greeted.
Jada and Maya glanced at each other, seemingly communicating with their eyes, and crossed their hands.
"I didn't expect that you still have the guts to come here, Chloe. After all, I heard from Vincent that you ran away to be a decaying old man's sex toy," Jada said. She had a smirk on her face, thinking she was above Chloe and had the chance to marry Vincent. "Right, Maya?"
"Right," Maya added her support to Jada's statement. "He also told me that you ran away with his money. How shameless can you be? He has been an amazing husband to you."
"An amazing husband who slept with the two of you?" Chloe retorted.
Jada and Maya weren't surprised that Chloe knew about their affair with Vincent. After all, Vincent instructed them to tell their kids to bully Mackie in school.
Of course, they did it willingly without questions. After all, Vincent was their breadwinner now since they separated from their husbands.
"And what's wrong with that? Sorry if we're better than you in bed," Jada and Maya giggled simultaneously.
"Vincent told many things about you, including how you are so ugly, and it's gross to see you naked."
"Yeah, he also said that you can't even give him a good head. Do you need a lesson from us?"
"I don't need a lesson from two whores who cheated on their husbands just to be Vincent's side chicks," Chloe said ruthlessly, poking at the sore spot of Jada and Maya. "How does it feel to be his side chick? I bet you're his side chick #80 and #81."
"You— ugly bitch!" Jada and Maya wanted to grab Chloe's hair and arm, ready for a catfight, but Chloe retreated immediately. Maya and Jada tried to grab her again, but the school bell rang, and waves of little children rushed out of the school gate.
Mackie saw her Mommy was being cornered by Jaden and Mia's mothers. She rushed to the rescue;
"MOMMYYYY!!!"
Mackie stood right before Chloe and protected her Mommy against the two witches. She might have a small body, but her courage was commendable.
"Back off of my Mommy!" Mackie yelled, which attracted the attention of everyone, including the other parents who picked up their children from school.
Jada and Maya looked around uncomfortably as they were put in the spotlight. They backed off, and once Jaden and Mia came to them, they quickly grabbed their kids' arms and returned to their respective cars.
Jada and Maya were pissed off, but they didn't dare to make a fuss in this school, as this school was technically owned by Vincent Gray.
Besides, Vincent told them they couldn't lay their hands on his daughter but could deploy their kids to bully her instead.
…
Mackie glared at them until Jada and Maya drove off.
Then, she turned around and looked up at her Mommy, "Mommy, are you alright?"
Chloe smiled. She crouched in front of her daughter and patted Mackie's head gently, "Mommy is alright, dear. You were so brave to protect Mommy."
"Of course! Mommy, you don't need to worry when Mackie is around! I will always protect you!" Mackie puffed her chest proudly. It gave her a sense of pride when she could protect her Mommy.
Because she always thought Mommy was so weak, she needed to be constantly protected by her!
"Thank you, dear. Why don't we grab an ice cream on our way home? It's my treat~."
"Yay! I want banana flavored ice cream!"
Chloe stopped for ice cream and then drove to the apartment. Mackie was eating her ice cream in the car when she asked, "Mommy, have you called Daddy?"
"… Yes, dear…" Chloe replied. She knew Mackie would throw a tantrum if Chloe said she hadn't called Vincent.
"Really?! Does he want to talk with Mackie?" Mackie looked so expectant. "I have been a good girl for so long, Daddy should've rewarded me!"
Chloe bit her lower lip. She was trying hard to find a good alibi. She didn't want to lie every time they talked about Vincent.
But she also didn't have the heart to tell Mackie the truth about her father.
"Dear, Daddy told Mommy that he is still dealing with his problems. But he does congratulate you for excelling in class!" Chloe said. "Oh, he also sent money to us, so if you want to buy anything, then you can tell Mommy, okay?"
Mackie was disappointed that her Daddy was still too busy to talk. She had been studying hard because she wanted her Daddy to praise her and spend more time with her.
"Daddy always gives Mackie money, but he rarely plays with me…." Mackie lamented. She stopped eating her banana ice cream and lowered her head depressingly.
Chloe knew this would happen and was well prepared to handle this.
"Oh, Daddy sent you a fairy letter too, do you want to read it later?" Chloe said.
"OH, a fairy letter!" Mackie's eyes sparkled with joy once she heard about the fairy letter. It was a term coined by Chloe to support Mackie's relationship with Vincent.
When Mackie was four years old, Vincent went on full throttle on his promiscuity. He would fuck one woman after another every night and didn't even give a crap about his real family waiting for him at home.
Mackie was innately attached to Vincent, and started missing her Daddy a lot and threw many tantrums just to be on call with her Daddy, but Vincent was just out of the picture back then.
So, to calm her daughter down, Chloe tricked her by writing a letter he called a fairy letter.
Chloe practiced copying Vincent's handwriting and wrote a letter for her daughter. Disguising Vincent, Chloe wrote that she was very proud of Mackie and promised they would go and play somewhere together.
Chloe also wrote that Mackie should focus on studying, so she would make Daddy proud.
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