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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