Marinette Dupain-Cheng’s Spite Playlist CH7
This chapter is a little shorter, but it kind of sets up stuff to get the ball rolling for future chapters. You’ll see what happens next time. I will say that I was so unsettled by my own cliffhanger that I started the next chapter immediately after finishing this one. XD
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Chapter 7
“Chloe?”
Adrien and Marinette stared at her with equally bewildered expressions as she glared daggers through them.
“What are you doing here? In my house? Who let you in?” Marinette instinctively bristled, but Chloe simply rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest.
“I came to your pathetic hovel to…ask for your help,” she said the last word with a hint of disgust.
“You want my help?” Marinette cocked a brow.
“Yes, don’t get all sappy on me. I still hate you, but I hate you less right now, so I’m calling a temporary truce,” she explained, shifting her weight a little.
“And just why should I help you?” Marinette asked, leaning back in her chair and crossing her arms.
“Because I think it will be mutually beneficial to both of us,” Chloe replied, glancing around the room with a wrinkled nose before settling back on Marinette.
“What exactly is it that you want, Chloe?” Adrien asked, and she flicked her gaze to him as if noticing him for the first time.
“Why are you here?”
“Adrien and I are friends, Chloe. He can hang out with me if he wants.” Chloe held up a hand to silence her mid-sentence, but Marinette ignored her as she waved her statement away.
“No, I know you two are friends; it’s a fact that has made me question Adrien’s sanity for quite some time now, but I just thought you ditched everyone at Francoise-Dupont,” Chloe said with a shrug. “We can discuss it later, right now I have bigger things to deal with. I know you hate Lila, and now I hate Lila because she’s getting in my way. You were the only real rival I had at school, so if anyone can help me destroy her it’s you, so I’ve been thinking-”
“Chloe, do you really think taking Lila down is the best way to go?” Adrien scolded, but she simply blinked at him.
“Adrikins, how long have you known me?” She laughed, placing a hand on her hip. “Taking people down is what I do.”
“So why do you need my help exactly?” Marinette asked.
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