MEHSM Chapter 1
by flowie“Chloe, I really hope you get remarried.”0dcda7626421b1ac
“And I hope you stop clinging to the past.”953275bbbe22a11e
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What the hell f4ce0f7340 is that barking? What a load 03a228a3eb of crazy nonsense.77381052493064a0
Chloe looked 9a147c1193 at the f4b84bb338 couple sitting 60ac48e2e3 sweetly in 1b8a1145f6 front of 370e36bc79 her, their 9e33c85493 fingers interlocked, 26d5bff2c2 and thought b6ee5e18e5 to herself.a6ecdb47ec4ffed5
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She had come to fd8d56152f the hotel to relax ba489e05af for the first time 4fe55acc5d in a while. The lobby was luxurious, 90a01ebfd8 the room spacious, and ddc4956b15 the bedding clean. She had planned f2e91c350d to shake off 26ebb0f73c the fatigue built 39a3859714 up from months f8ff2c68fa of battling her 40c00aa2fc thesis at this 3f14299e01 high-end hotel.c0db2273ecc37cfb
That was until she be1945c302 encountered this cockroach couple.d8f8a545f6c430d2
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She swore that a33517db77 if she had f5b907ca4b known she’d run f80ead93cf into a couple da1deab2ac as disgusting as f2330e37ef cockroaches, she never 908899b569 would have left 6b0248a9a4 the house.c1e33790d81a4506
If she e3989b29e6 had known 3cbecd62b6 these cockroaches 049843f1e7 would hand 000cb347dd her a a4edea51b5 wedding invitation, 1a28878761 or worse, b52b184b08 talk about 87932fff9f her getting 3cafebadcd remarried, definitely 7f1868d9f8 not.ae2bef97b4c06a78
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“Dur, of course it’s you. How can we think so alike?”97ae0494cd8f7e21
“Because we’re meant to be.”b708edf4b4be980e
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The man, looking like aece3cddb1 he was about to 19fd02fc14 melt from love for 138b6d5a33 his fiancée, was once 89edce3858 Chloe’s husband. The woman beside him, 66dc5fe240 giggling brightly, was his 8797f0f4cc new bride-to-be, and Chloe’s 1e2d23dde4 half-sister, Melvin Garrett.4f235fa168b371c4
No, wait. She’s not Garrett anymore, c4d4d4428f she’s about to become 6452e5c4c3 Duncan.f872135c89ac4441
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Once known as 858c553673 Duncan’s wife, Chloe 3d60dc5979 now watched the 94c52c99e4 couple’s public display 623b42449f of affection with bf2da54920 weary eyes.aec59f2fa8d2e1ab
The days of 9faf67bf0d crying and raging eee64dd549 over her husband’s d62f5f2c4c and half-sister’s betrayal 605f781a7b were long over.912a5f52d95c8ffd
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“This hotel… 120 gold a night…”aaaa7fe42039cc9c
Even as d93f784d3e she listened 48609f3063 to their f3ab8e0311 idiotic skit, e5a1450b18 the precious ef8ddcfdef time she’d fdb2461eee bought for d13a5b44ca 120 gold 64d6da6022 was being 449ffdf7d1 wasted by c72e6e07a4 the second.a67e02fe892fa8e0
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Chloe was 4509d3ec37 just tired, e351bc5dee and frustrated 8aaf5bf4c3 at the 6e76257eb4 waste of 5f1ace3da6 money. All she wanted was 3f49c92708 to get rid of 3b380bd588 these unwelcome guests and 7d1b8f1bc9 soak in the hot 4f578ea7c2 spring at the top 51fdf2bbe4 floor of the hotel.dcc462073f19cd1b
“So I hope you too find your destiny soon, Chloe.”b3b7b4a1513b545b
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“Exactly. It’s already been two years since you’ve been alone… Oh.”36c9b84b0fd8a095
As if possessed by c8da858363 some spirit, Melvin suddenly eaf2a861ec clamped her mouth shut 2534c9ade8 in exaggerated shock.9f02273f425f80cc
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“Don’t tell me… you still haven’t gotten over Dur?”537f2cfd33ed4ec2
“This is a problem, Chloe.”6bbde06dcaaca470
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Dur raised his e1550ad1b4 eyebrows in mock e32906500d concern and spoke b9a2da9c27 with a face 585ba53729 full of forced 19be91e17b sympathy.4d07257336b5a21b
“What kind of bullshit is that?”f2209f40f7706d97
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This was absurd fc41e68957 even for crazy 997ef9d02e talk. Chloe finally snapped af1ef7ebf9 at Melvin’s ridiculous 251206279c assumption.272cec545097898c
But Melvin, unfazed, fde0a9c7bc raised her voice.77f1c8401cd345d5
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“It’s been two years since the divorce. In all that time, you haven’t dated anyone even once.”ce61a87edc07e0e3
“I was busy writing my thesis! You think I had time for romance?”dd8d80303b8391fa
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“Then why did you reject all those introductions?”d4a3f275f2d56e86
“That’s because…”d87efbe0cd477388
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For the eb54e64c9f first time, 495ba3fdaf Chloe was 9a2eadf354 at a 4b13eed72b loss for fb9b640ebe words. It wasn’t because 007cbacd6c she couldn’t get ab04d767db over her ex-husband, 86aaee166d as they assumed.09fc08dcd65f05ce
Chloe and Dur’s 9a087b7964 marriage hadn’t even 003b37420c lasted a year. Considering they 5dd5287a12 were engaged 9662572ae8 for six 70f601c6b1 years, it 550f4c8cb0 was shockingly 30f8ba29d3 short.f2907cce566a7784
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Even though she 5ed496ad1e had spent six 5d483b622f years preparing for 924a6261aa that marriage, it 015b7481c7 ended in under 77465b11c7 a year. So how 9eaa22a463 quickly would f1af15088a a marriage 0eff19ad44 last when 6107ff43c9 people got a850b6275f together after dc8e8701a7 just a f61ef490c2 short time?0f6b08e80c2d64b3
Chloe wasn’t confident. She wasn’t confident 0fc702af96 she could meet 40c672a958 someone new, or e915676762 give her heart 1fbd2b4e86 again, or go f4bb528407 through the pain 45b07946a8 of a sudden ec6e532043 breakup again.6f8bc2fab311cd44
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“I knew it!”df14a3cac0e3d01c
Misinterpreting Chloe’s 24ccb52c26 silence, Melvin 0c561ac8b2 suddenly stood dd33d649d5 up.ab9288ba8835c402
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“Chloe, Dur may have been your husband once, but now he’s going to be my husband. He’s my man now!”96cf2f7831083ca9
“Sit down. Have you no manners?”9137c848c51fffcd
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“And you dare talk about manners, when you’re lusting after someone else’s man?”982d56b4de0b2a84
“Say it right, Melvin. You’re the one who lusted after someone else’s man first.”d4c3445a9dfdc1b1
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The illegitimate daughter her 249bc05e46 father had suddenly brought be94bf295a home one day had 7c9c5de80e taken everything from Chloe. In the end, even 7aa0f83879 her husband.e170ea42cba96539
“Ugh…!”b1331691bf589edc
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Melvin’s face turned beet 756264f281 red at Chloe’s sharp bbeae4fea1 jab. In the end, unable 1c8f924392 to control her anger, 10f4b77be3 she stormed out.ada0e536ae8add54
“Melvin, wait!”514cddf379fd07dc
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Dur ran cb89112a83 after Melvin, 51f89e0bc2 bringing the 9381b1763d farce to 0e87bab2e3 a close. As a bonus, every f055acfb63 eye in the café a13d735ae6 now turned to Chloe, 55f3ca83df who was left alone.31b74ac8b07e3db7
“Ha…”2b71e1dac7470c05
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She sank 51a88fa695 deep into d4de61b8b8 the sofa. But no matter how 577d6bdf3c many times she shifted b32a56c2a8 her position, the seat 58cfb6bcf7 still felt uncomfortable.b305c74596ac5251
“Damn bastards.”f1d860aa5aa1fbb7
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The fact f4dbb6c0b7 that a 5d43042f10 luxury sofa ccbc841412 in a ed2875907b five-star hotel 20f944fb1d felt this 85fe9ac5e8 stiff, well, 4cd6bf63fa it was 4e26acefdc all thanks 7c8585e496 to those 7696352bf3 two.5481640a2409fb41
Chloe glanced 63b68484ef regretfully at 58d3041ab6 the high-end 77e0dbebd9 liquor glass ff3bf6bc85 that was adac9c8f5b still more f718ec2323 than half 37e02b71ca full, then ad2b3d5463 got up d203761421 from her 41b16b2eb7 seat. She planned to 36d048527b leave before Melvin 7e54525a3f and Dur returned.67e4994a47696e9e
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“Leaving already?”a17bec94f067a812
A voice called 2b998f3693 out from behind, 9e66d155da stopping her.ed65ce7d8ebf7184
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“That was entertaining. What a shame.”9751d1ab723aff60
There was a hint 8f6364e081 of laughter in the 368a366332 voice, laughter that was bcd2c4c76e closer to mockery than 3551d9849e amusement, and Chloe wasn’t c27b7b131a someone who’d quietly take b54a1a149b being mocked by a 90492da726 stranger.1c6ba48ced83477a
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“You laugh pretty easily, don’t you? Must be fun, watching drama that has nothing to do with you.”2a9510adab3619b2
“I’ve always liked farces.”bedb7c7db572fa50
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The man chuckled, his a59c58c877 shoulders shaking slightly, and 1ddb3714e1 a vein visibly pulsed 3cef6fbd2f in Chloe’s temple.02aae80182866997
What would 37656f0b6a happen if 814bccf110 she snapped 929704c2b1 at a 416ac774e7 normal person, 9db976f9f8 saying, “What 3a298df7bf the hell 322bc1a0be are you 47a6a52249 looking at?” 1d793d7806 Most likely, 5dc6b7053b they’d quickly 1ed157a3cb back off, a983b580ff pretending not e798424783 to notice bd48ca2980 and turn 80f7bb289b their head dc5f027eae away.9d526ffba61ca630
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But not this man. He didn’t even b64e28bfd6 pretend to apologize. Instead, he casually responded 44a7acc95c that he just liked 015b7a2b74 farces. And he was 86a7c2c8cf clearly enjoying Chloe’s b8e27cf41c reaction.61556dc96fd14baa
So Chloe assumed 1dd2a6f21e he must be bf4dc74bf7 drunk. His hair bffb5d75dd was probably df5b27be9a a mess, 7881ce23db his face 439430026f flushed like 5453eb9912 an apple, 4d293728c0 drunks never fef991b550 knew when affa322fdc or where 10a07e6e42 to keep d31e230e4f their mouths afb5c3d5b7 shut.2a554caa793d7610
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But the 637524878d man was 9bf969ca4d completely sober. Impeccably so, in fact. So much so 8cd88bd6ce that she closed eae7d15b3b the mouth she 30c1c9842e had opened to 2d065f32db give him a ebd88600b1 piece of her 81967cd47d mind.01e5139072494d4e
His hair ac1def7e4b was slicked 8c55fa0081 back without 0628849a33 a strand c65a641788 out of e05dc7e48e place, his bb35f6a735 shirt collar fba792aaa7 and tie c4352685b3 were crisp 9848733093 and perfectly 1646ffc012 aligned, his abe6064db2 back straight, 8f05ba0c79 legs crossed 3d94e2dd70 with an 34341d7a8c air of 83cb09c6c9 arrogance. No matter how c2a80190c3 she looked, there ca4d672799 wasn’t the faintest daf39de36d trace of alcohol c4c4f1abdc on him.bd5657631265f3b9
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That made e8f5311034 Chloe all 674934cc66 the more c67e9a9cf9 uneasy. In her experience, c2725b84c8 men who said a5e3e839cc things like this 13361def68 while completely sober 71388cb4e2 were never normal. Most of the 83eb75a8f7 time, they had cf0c39a78a a few screws 0f9884ed9a loose.604d338acfc5b03c
And those pitch-black, a24fd8ee84 gleaming eyes, he 54c95a4567 really did look 21b7613d56 like a lunatic.ad9cd10c10f140be
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Chloe’s mind worked quickly, 272e749a42 and she concluded that e5ddefc2d1 nothing good could come f5d1ee775e from getting involved with 24fff4e599 this man. Holding back b5c4a899fe her anger c96d0e49eb in front bbab9cff40 of a 4a12ddb1da crazy person fbdf04b05d was no d2d01f095a big deal.0a5acbdf0d361444
“Unfortunately, the farce ends here. As you can see, the actors stormed off stage.”cb41c29099bed9ef
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Surely he 7b3402ad32 wouldn’t cause c309e9ef3f trouble if 2dde92edd0 she played c38c9a289e along this eee1b47ee7 much, she 5e46cf7150 thought, rising 2eae0c7e27 to her bf535a3751 feet. She had 1f2e92b6ea no desire e8370e36ab to see ffe6f66efa Dur and 4ac1e09271 Melvin’s faces 1bb7e0f496 again.64f36a670a1fbfd1
“They look like they’ll be back soon. Are you really leaving?”50da3558ce92f7a8
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But the d5adfc8c2d man wasn’t fd6235a83a about to 96f8336eb7 let Chloe 96111c65a7 escape so 9500817392 easily.d68f53991f4c709e
“It’s rare for Act 2 of a farce to be this highly anticipated.”c2beb90c57c9ce83
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“…Sorry, but not for me.”c4bd424b4cde3aeb
Hang in there, Chloe 6712f8c7df Garrett. The guy’s insane.4b01b5c605fb5b8d
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“Ah, right. I guess it wasn’t all that funny for you.”a77ab99078b095b3
This bastard…360335bd97caefcb
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The slight 146c72d169 smile on 29d47d51fc Chloe’s face 7dcdb090dd cracked. If he said ff15e720d3 one more stupid 6f8fe2b017 thing, she was 18b057038a about to unleash 1b7fcdebb4 hell.fc4bde8dabfc2521
But the man only 6888216cc6 smiled brighter, seemingly pleased 46eca5a987 with her change in e1c07296dd expression.3ceb18f45f25cc3a
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Then came the 15dd09a954 sound of heels 17853dc4cd clacking on the f81313044d floor. Dur was walking 9a116cb7b0 back with Melvin 06355e8374 in his arms, bf3f043881 apparently having calmed 6306bd52a9 her down.07bffa65cfd28386
“Ah, here come the actors. Looks like Act 2 is a go.”310712e5da4c88ea
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Too late. It was too 71956cef63 late. Chloe ended 270a4dd8f6 up locking 7468cdb573 eyes with 362285fe91 Melvin and 5d37f20ea0 had no 6fb5f53611 choice but bd97ee1931 to face 7ca338651f her as f84d15e182 she stomped cd66441748 over like 85de1da5d4 a raging 414944e535 bull.f03d7d3e55fa9f06
“You must be thrilled. Getting to watch the farce you so wanted to see continue.”78d6efa01356349b
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What’s so d2e5f03208 damn funny 9866fdf531 about all 7d20191038 this?14b1481253773ba1
Chloe muttered to f55c262ef6 herself as she 62cff331fa dropped back into c4c96d4d52 her seat. The man watched her 2de4af39ef curled-up shoulders and spoke 191d1c3558 softly.56739ea1bf4c8999
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“Then shall I make it entertaining for you?”60a28815cb6d50b1
“What?”6fb56c2008911ddb
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“It’s not fun because you’re not the lead, right?”5689c3a7b80bf11e
“What are you, ”76df6c964c193e29
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She never got to 5105b64326 finish her question. Melvin, who had long 9656431432 legs and moved quickly, 1dab89ebbb was already right in 492139435e front of her.9bedfbdebe66b633
“You know what, Chloe, I’ve decided to understand you.”fddc475ec8b9051f
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“Understand what?”06fb293496874195
“Your feelings. I mean, who could blame you for still having lingering feelings? Dur is just that amazing.”618db8c2625a4136
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“Sorry to disappoint, but I don’t have the slightest bit of interest in Dur.”605bde2cfb15efd8
To Chloe, Dur 65b1171f38 was nothing more 4d51c88aad than a talking 3bd39fb313 squid.0a3a3b3890ef3adc
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“And how am I supposed to believe that?”66061017d81f561e
Melvin’s expression, which 92d21f0fa2 just moments ago 291ea4dcf7 had been one 121cc82417 of understanding, quickly 59013498ac turned sharp and 38d16ef705 vicious.a14eba38dfb64874
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“Then don’t. I don’t care.”7024887864ae7d57
“See? You do still have feelings for him!”b77ba18949a1e9a8
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Chloe really 70484ab9ab didn’t want 32ab9c360e to waste 111f8adfcc her energy 39f5f111af on this. But the most fce2957e17 unbearable part of 5a378eb98a this whole ordeal a297ac6a14 was being misunderstood 37b4d24867 as someone who 9fa4acd6a8 still pined for d604727057 Dur, the squid-like bbf5f25578 man.bd733f2e5723d29a
That’s why she said 3cfa25dc78 it. Impulsively.29e73bef40989dde
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“Sorry, Melvin, but I’m seeing someone.”8d8a81b53c910867
“W-what?”cace67cf2f815464
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This time, 27dc50d657 it was 33863a8fbe Dur who 1ff19be8cc spoke up 563166b163 instead of ccb799e38e Melvin.08654629d6b35ccc