Ch. 136..140: Divorced My Scum Husband, Married His Evil brother Chapter 136-140

Chapter 136

"Vernon, put me down! Put me— Ah, MY ROBE!" Chloe's night robe accidentally slipped and fell on the floor, leaving Chloe wearing nothing but her thin lingerie that barely covered her slit.

Vernon didn't answer, nor was he interested in answering anything. He was out of his mind and did everything based on instinct. His desire instantly surged alongside his strength when he saw his woman under him.

He walked straight to his bedroom with his woman on his shoulder. Chloe continued struggling as she was naked with only lingerie that would not cover anything.

BAM!

Vernon kicked the door and entered. He slammed the door behind him and headed to his large bed.

"V—Vernon— PUT ME—"

"I never know you're this eager, my love," Vernon said. He dropped Chloe on his bed, and her body bounced on the soft bed. The scent of manly musk wafted around her nose instantly. This was Vernon's natural body odor that Chloe noticed instantly whenever she entered Vernon's bedroom to clean it, the smell was particularly strong around the bedsheet that he used, and now she was lying on his bedsheet.

"V—Vernon, Ah!"

Chloe was surprised when she saw the big man suddenly covering her body from above.

Vernon's hands were on each side of her shoulders, and he locked Chloe's lower body by doing the same, putting his knees on each side.

Under the dim light from the ceiling, Chloe felt like she had been pinned down by a big eagle— or hawk, especially when she saw his hawk-like hunter eyes full of obsession.

His gaze was hot and made her uncomfortable because nobody had ever looked at her with such a passionate hot gaze.

Chloe was hypnotized for a good while, like a small, terrified rabbit. Her body trembled a bit when the eyes of the prey and the hunter met.

'Vernon… he stares at me as if I'm the only one in his eyes. As if… I'm the one he puts in his heart…' Chloe thought for a few fleeting seconds.

It was like an intrusive thought— maybe wishful thinking because no man ever looked at her as if she was the most beautiful woman on earth.

She wouldn't lie that she wanted this. She wanted to be prized by a man of her choice…

But Chloe snapped out of her daze quickly, knowing that gaze wasn't supposed to be for her.

'He is definitely drunk out of his wits. Why else would he look at me that way?' Chloe thought.

She was panicked because she realized that Vernon was dead drunk right now yet still had the monstrous strength that made her absolutely powerless under him.

"V—Vernon, wake up. This is me, Chloe— your sister-in-law," Chloe said.

But Vernon was not budging, no matter how much she tried to remind him and tried her hardest to push his pecs.

Chloe slipped her hand and reached Vernon's chiseled jawline. She slapped his cheek gently, trying to wake him up, "Vernon, I'm your sister-in-law. I am Chlo—"

Before Chloe could finish her sentence, Vernon suddenly grabbed her wrist and kissed her palm. His eyes didn't leave Chloe's eyes at all, and he murmured amidst his drunkness;

"My woman. You are my woman."

"No, you're mistaken—"

"I'm not mistaken," Vernon interrupted. His head leaned closer until their foreheads and nose tips touched, his eyes were staring deeply at hers, making sure he wasn't mistaken.

Their breaths were entangled, and Vernon added, "You are my woman."

"Wait—Mmff—!" Chloe was unable to string up a word when Vernon suddenly kissed her lips. She struggled a bit but soon gave in when she realized she had no chance to refuse him because he skilfully took the chance when she parted her mouth slightly.

"Mmhh— Ah— Vernon— Mmff!" Chloe tried to push him again but gave in soon after when his kiss was so domineering. He explored her mouth with his tongue, their saliva mixed into one, and Vernon wasn't grossed at all, much to Chloe's surprise.

Because she thought that he'd be super grossed out by her body even when he was drunk.

But maybe that alcohol did something in him because he got more dominating in his kiss until Chloe was breathless.

Vernon finally stopped kissing her after realizing that Chloe was getting weaker. He stared at his beloved, who was like a fish out of water, and chuckled as he saw an amusing expression he liked so much.

"I should kiss you every day, so you will get used to me," Vernon said, acknowledging that his passionate kiss might be too much for her.

Chloe's chest rose up and down as she tried to catch her breath, but Vernon didn't give her a break. He kissed her chin, then went down to kiss her neck.

Vernon started kissing and sucking around her neck and collarbone, and she was scared that he might make a mark. Chloe's skin was thin, so a simple hickey would last for days, forcing her to cover her neck to hide it.

"P—Please don't make a mark—AH!"

When Vernon was warned by his woman, he got even more excited. Instead of stopping, he kissed and sucked deeper on her neck until a crimson kiss mark appeared.

Vernon marveled upon his creation on Chloe's skin, "Why should I not make a kiss mark on you? You're my woman. I will make sure everyone knows that you're mine."

"Ah— Vernon— Ahnnnn!" Chloe moaned sweetly when Vernon continued making marks all over her neck and upper body until he was fully satisfied with his work.

"Guess I will be the only one who can stare at your neck now, huh?" Vernon commented.

"Vernon… snap out of it. I'm not your woman…." Chloe said weakly. Though she wished to be one, at least for this night. Because no man had ever been this eager to touch and taste her body. She constantly tried to cover her body because she was scared that Vincent would be grossed out.

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But Vernon— at least the drunk Vernon— wanted her body, lusting over her as if she was a goddess he took from heaven.

And she liked it…

'Ah, what are you doing, Chloe? Vernon is so drunk right now. Of course, he'll do stuff. All men do this when drunk— no matter who is the woman on their bed…' Chloe thought.

But Vernon didn't allow her to overthink her worry. Because he suddenly pinched her chin and stared deep into her eyes, "Don't make that self-deprecating expression. My woman… my woman, is the brightest woman I've ever met. She is the most beautiful. No matter how many women I've met, she is irreplaceable."

'Yeah, that's not me at all…' Chloe thought. She was quite bright when she was young, but her fire fizzled out when she married and got bullied into total submission to Vincent.

"Vernon…" Chloe bit her lower lip, fighting between morality and pleasure. Because Vernon was drunk out of his wits right now, if she allowed him to go deeper into this entanglement, she was taking advantage of her drunk brother-in-law.

'Yet, I can't help but feel so guilty about this. Because Vernon would never be this passionate and loving towards me when he is not drunk….'

Vernon got annoyed when he realized his woman was dazed and seemed deep in thought, "Tch, stop thinking and let's have more fun."

"But— Ahh—mmffhh…. "

Vernon kissed Chloe's lips again, and he went down from her lips to her cleavage. He used his big hands to grab Chloe's plump tits and separated them against each side.

"Vernon, what are you— Ahhhnnnnn!" Chloe moaned again when Vernon suddenly stuck his tongue out. He trailed his tongue from the collarbone down to the cleavage.

His tongue licked through her cleavage-- the rift between her boobs. She never realized that spot was very sensitive for her because she felt a surge of jolts entering her body, making her twitch out of shock and pleasure.

Vernon didn't stop after he finished licking her cleavage. His tongue started swiping around her under boobs while his hot palm squeezed her boobs gently.

The pleasure, ticklish, and a little bit of pain made her feel so weirdly intoxicated that Chloe couldn't mutter a word other than sweet moans that she couldn't control.

"Ah—uhh… ann! I—It's ticklish, Vernon— it's too ticklish!" Chloe said, hoping that would deter Vernon a bit.

Vernon finally stopped licking and sucking her under boobs. He lifted his head to check on his beloved, and a satisfied smirk formed on his lips, "See? It's fun when you don't think too much."

Chloe's breath was getting too heavy, so she breathed out from her mouth instead.

She looked at Vernon, who still had his devilish smirk filled with mischievousness, and then looked down to see her boobs that he fondled so carelessly.

She couldn't believe that she would allow a man to be this unscrupulous to her, 'I don't think I can call myself modest anymore….'

Thus, Chloe allowed the devil to whisper in her ear and drowned in pleasure as she stayed quiet and stared at Vernon's eyes intently, silently giving him permission to do more.

"Now, let me taste your nipples~," Vernon hummed as he lowered his head again. He started by fiddling with her nipples with his thumbs.

Chloe bit her lower lip, her body jolted a few times when he pinched her nipples, and a few moans escaped her mouth, "Nnnhhh! Ah, ahhnn! T—Ticklish— ahh—!"

Vernon stared at the nipples, which had turned reddish after he fiddled with them. The mischievous grin turned even more perverted. He kissed Chloe's left nipple a few times until he contained her nipple inside his mouth.

Chloe couldn't help but wrap her hands around his shoulders and try to pull him deeper so he could suck her nipple.

"T—Tongue, Vernon, your tongue— Ahhhnn!" Chloe felt such a strange but wonderful sensation when Vernon sucked her tits— mostly her nipple. He also used his tongue to circle around her nipple before making a few light bites.

Then, he did the same on her right nipple, ensuring they got the same treatment.

Chloe was on cloud nine. She felt that her lust had beaten her logic.

After Vernon was done, he opened his mouth and lifted his body to see the end result.

Chloe's left boob was wet with his saliva, and her nipple was red and a little swollen after being nibbled by him, "Hehe, I love this look on you."

"Vernon… you're so…" Chloe was speechless. Even when he was drunk, Vernon still retained his playful side, which might have been a personal trait for him, to be playful with everything, including women.

Vernon's smirk retained… until his hot palms went down and started caressing her hips and waist. Vernon frowned instantly, and there was an obvious dissatisfaction in his eyes, much to her fear.

'He is disgusted with me. He is totally disgusted with my body, right?' Chloe guessed as her brain was soon filled with fear.

"My love, why are you so thin?" Vernon asked.

"T—That's…" Chloe knew that 'my love' call was not actually for her. Because she was not the one in Vernon's heart. She assumed it was a chick he met when he lived in Europe. After all, he stayed there for ten years, so it would be weird if he didn't find the one he truly loved there.

"You're so thin, my love…." Vernon started complaining. There was a deep sadness in his eyes as if he was truly disturbed by the fact that 'his woman' was so thin. He was so distracted and distressed that he suddenly stopped his sexual advance on her.

Instead, he kept rubbing and kissing her stomach. It was so gentle and loving, "Why are you so thin? Answer me…"

Chloe tried to stay silent, but when he asked for the third time, she couldn't hold back and finally reply, but as. Chloe Gray, as she spoke about her experience, "I... I've been bullied until I can't eat anything….

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"Why are you so thin? Answer me…"

Chloe tried to stay silent, but when he asked for the third time, she couldn't hold back and finally replied, but as Chloe Gray, she spoke about her experience;

"I… I've been bullied until I can't eat anything…." Chloe replied weakly, hoping that Vernon would just forget about it and continue with what he was doing.

But Vernon froze for a few seconds before lifting his shoulder instantly. He stared at Chloe with such a dangerous gaze that she got intimidated immediately.

"Bullied?"

Chloe gulped nervously. She didn't want to delve further into this topic because she was ashamed of herself and her body. But Vernon's focus was completely on this thing…

"Who bullied you?" Vernon asked, his voice half grunting at this point. He looked angry— very angry, in fact, that his eyes turned bloodshot, scaring the fuck out of Chloe even though he didn't intend to scare her.

"I—It's…." Chloe halted before she mentioned the man who had been the bane of her life.

The man who hurt her so much until she had no self-worth of herself. The man who made her believed she was always fat and ugly. He had damaged her self-worth so much that she didn't even dare to divorce him much sooner, thinking nobody would accept her if she left him…

But, that man was also Vernon's big brother— whom he seemed to have a good relationship with. What would happen if she vilified Vincent in front of Vernon?

"Answer me, my love," Vernon urged. His eyes looked angry and also concerned at the same time. How he looked at Chloe gave off the idea that he was ready to rough up anyone hurting his woman.

'He... He won't remember anything in the morning, right? He won't remember that he is not talking with his real woman. He was talking to his ugly sister-in-law that he hated so much…' Chloe was attracted to the idea of telling her story to Vernon, hoping he'd understand.

'I want to tell him of what really happened and how bad I was treated by Vincent. I want him to know that Vincent is a horrible man, not only because he is a cheating bastard but also a gaslighter and an asshole that bullied his wife until she had suicidal thoughts!'

'He will forget everything after he woke up, and I can have someone to tell my story with, though that someone was drunk as hell,' Chloe thought.

Fueled by the rage inside her heart, she finally braced herself and told Vernon slowly, "I was bullied by my ex-husband."

"Ex-husband…" Vernon went silent for a while. He seemed to be thinking about something and showed a displeased expression soon after.

In his mind, he knew that his woman left with a bastard he had never seen as a family member. Vernon had a personal hatred towards that guy, and the hatred would continue growing until he got the chance to ruin that bastard's life and take what was rightfully his, which was his woman.

"He told me that I'm a fat, ugly whale. A fat woman like me doesn't deserve to be loved…." Chloe said weakly. "So I… I want to make him satisfied. So I had various extreme diets until I developed bulimia. I will throw up my food because my body refused to eat anything."

Chloe wanted to tell more. He wanted someone to protect her and listen to her worries, "He told me I have no worth because I'm just a stay-at-home mom. But he also won't allow me to work because he said I'm too stupid to work outside."

"Vernon, he told me that a woman like me deserved to be cheated because I'm not attractive for him—"

"That's enough," Vernon suddenly interrupted her.

"Ah, s—sorry…." Chloe apologized weakly. She thought Vernon's interruption was because he didn't want to listen to the truth about his big brother. Maybe despite his drunken stupor, he still remembered his big brother fondly.

Vernon suddenly got up from the bed and stood at the edge of the bed.

"That's enough. I don't want to hear more. It makes my blood boil. I will go to him now. I will smash his head open," Vernon said calmly. His eyes were cold, and he didn't hesitate when saying those murderous words.

Vernon turned around, intending to walk to the front door and go— somewhere.

"Wait!" Chloe quickly jumped towards Vernon and wrapped her arms around Vernon's waist. She hugged him from behind to prevent him from doing stupid things when he was drunk.

"Let me go, my love. I will kill him, then we can be together," Vernon said. It should sound romantic, but it sounded too psychopathic and crazy for Chloe. Besides, she believed that Vernon was no match against Vincent— money-wise, of course.

She didn't want to ruin a perfectly good man just because of one wild night when he was drunk.

"D—Don't do anything crazy, Vernon!" Chloe raised her voice, hoping that Vernon would listen.

"Why not?" Vernon asked. "He hurt you. He hurt my woman. I'm not a man if I don't kill him now."

"L—Let's just return to bed, okay? Let's rest, and uhm… if—if you want, s-s-sex…." Chloe said. She felt too embarrassed to even say something so vulgar.

…

Vernon seemed to have calmed down, but he didn't move from his current position and asked, "Do you still love him?"

"No, I don't—"

"Then I don't see a problem," Vernon said. "Though, even if you still love him, I will do anything to ruin him and take you back."

Vernon grabbed Chloe's hands and separated them from his waist. He turned around and looked down to stare at his woman who was on the bed, looking up at him with her beautiful eyes.

She was beautiful. Even if everything around him was so blurry, her face was still clear in his eyes. He caressed her cheek with his finger and rubbed her lips with his thumb, "Tell me, my love, why did you stop me?"

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"Tell me, my love, why did you stop me?" Vernon asked.

Chloe was dazed while staring at Vernon's eyes for a while. He showed those eyes full of passion and love, making Chloe feel she was the one Vernon was in love with.

However, it actually excited her, and she blinded herself as her morality was questioned. Because she took her drunken brother-in-law for granted, using him as an escapade because she wanted to be loved by a man.

Chloe rubbed her cheek on his hot palm and answered, "I don't want you to get hurt…."

"I will not get hurt," Vernon insisted. "Even if I did, I don't care. I must kill him."

"Vernon, I don't want to talk about him. Let's just rest, okay?" Chloe said. She grabbed Vernon's hand and pulled him to the bed.

"Tsk, you still haven't answered my question," Vernon said. "But whatever, I will still deal with him later…."

Of course, Chloe had no strength compared to Vernon. However, Vernon was willing to be led to the bed by his beloved. He was a daredevil who would never bow down nor obey anyone in his life.

But it'd be different if Chloe was the one who led him to bed…

Chloe lay sideways on the bed and shyly waited for Vernon to come toward her.

Vernon's eyes trailed from her beautiful feet up to her thighs and hips — which were too thin, and then her boobs with swollen nipples.

Chloe's neck, collarbone, and upper chest were filled with crimson hickeys that looked so obvious, but at this point, Chloe didn't care much about it. She'd think about it tomorrow.

Chloe pulled down her lingerie and threw it out of bed. She was now fully naked in front of her brother-in-law.

Vernon's breath got heavier, and his cock, which had been rock hard since the beginning, was swollen until it was too painful inside his trouser.

Vernon unbuckled his belt and pulled down his trouser. His big cock with a big tip bounced in front of Chloe when he pulled down the underwear.

Chloe clamped her pussy spontaneously. Just looking at that thing made her shudder out of fear and excitement.

Vernon threw his underwear and was fully naked right now. He approached Chloe on the bed, and Chloe thought he wanted a blowjob.

She wanted to get up, but Vernon's hand held her shoulder, preventing her from lifting her body, and gave Vernon a head.

"I won't touch you until you've fattened up," Vernon said, still deeply worried that Chloe's bony body would be so much pain trying to contain his size. "I don't want to hurt you."

"Ah…" Chloe nodded meekly, but she wouldn't lie that she got a little disappointed. She was scared of that big cock, of course. Since she had only done it with Vincent— whose dick was… not even half the size Vernon had.

Vernon smirked when he saw the disappointment on his beloved's face. He laid sideways right beside Chloe. He wrapped his arms around Chloe's hips and looked down at her because of the significant height difference.

Vernon smiled at her and said, "I know you want it, my love."

"W—What did you mean?" Chloe asked shyly.

"My love, lift one of your thighs," Vernon said. Chloe's cheeks reddened instantly because the moment she lifted her thigh, her wet pussy would be exposed.

"Vernon, what do you want to do?" Chloe asked.

"I don't want to hurt you. I will feed you until you've fattened first, so I will fuck your clit, pussy lips, and thighs for now," Vernon replied without filtering his vulgar words.

Chloe's body started trembling, and she nodded weakly. She lifted her leg a little, and Vernon did not hesitate to slam his cock between her thighs.

The bulbous tip of Vernon's cock rubbed her wet labia clean in one thrust outside;

"AH!" Chloe shrieked out of surprise. She didn't expect the ticklish feeling around her labia and clit.

Vernon's big cock was wet around Chloe's thighs, and his thick shaft was rubbing around her pussy lips.

"You're so thin, my love. I will make sure you eat a lot," Vernon said. Then he chuckled, "By the way, you're wet already. So excited to greet me, huh?"

"I'm sorry…." Chloe apologized. She knew it was natural when you got excited. At least that was what she read in erotica before.

But when she got excited with Vincent, and her pussy got wet, he called her a whore…

"Why apologize?"

"It's… dirty…." Chloe replied.

"Dirty? HAHA!" Chloe's answer somehow brought happiness to Vernon. He started moving, thrusting back and forth slowly, and Chloe's pussy started leaking again, making it really easy for Vernon to thrust between her thighs. The friction made a squelching sound.

Squelch… squelch… squelch…

"This is not dirty, my love," Vernon said. "This means you're excited to have me, and I am more than happy to give it to you."

Chloe bit her lower lip again, enjoying the friction between her wet pussy lips and Vernon's throbbing cock. She closed her eyes and buried her face in his chest, sniffing the manly musky scent of Vernon's natural body odor.

Meanwhile, Vernon wrapped one hand around his beloved's waist to ensure that she stayed in place while his hips thrust back and forth.

"Ahnn… mmm… mhhhh…" a few sweet moans escaped Chloe's lips.

It was mostly ticklish around her pussy lips, but whenever Vernon's shaft rubbed on her clit, it made her feel so good that she wanted Vernon's cock inside her pussy instead.

Vernon started thrusting faster and harder until there was a plopping and squelching sound heard for each thrust.

Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!

"Ahhh…. Ahhnnn… V—Vernon!" Chloe called his name, feeling so good when her clit was rubbed so hard by Vernon's thick shaft as Vernon increased his tempo of thrusting.

"URGH! I can't hold it, fuck!" Vernon didn't know why he was so quick to cumming when he was with his beloved. But he was at the edge of cumming already. Vernon he hugged her tight— so tight that she wanted to bury Chloe inside him as he ejaculated;

"ARGH! FUCK!"

Spurt! Spurt! Spurt! Spurt! Spurt!

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Spurt! Spurt! Spurt! Spurt! Spurt!

Vernon's big cock twitched and throbbed between Chloe's thighs. He ejaculated a lot of thick cum on the bedsheet behind Chloe's body. He was breathing heavily after experiencing such bliss.

He had never felt this good when doing it with other women, even if it wasn't real sex yet. He let his cock clamp between Chloe's thighs and rubbed on her pussy as he felt it was such a comfortable place.

"Damn, my love, you got me so hooked up. Everything about you tastes and feels amazing. I can't even imagine how good your body would taste once we did it for real next time," Vernon said. He didn't want to hurt his woman, Chloe Gray. She was too thin, and the size of his cock would probably rip her body in half.

'I don't think there will be next time…' Chloe thought. Because she knew that Vernon would forget about everything after waking up tomorrow morning. 'But… I love how gentle and caring he is for his woman. Even if that woman is not me….'

Vernon realized that his woman had gone very quiet after they were finished. He lowered his head to check on Chloe and asked, "What's wrong, my love?"

"Nothing…" Chloe replied weakly. But she realized that Vernon's displeased eyes lingered upon her. Maybe he wanted a clearer answer. Thus, Chloe braced herself and told what was in her head, "I… I'm just sad that you didn't come into my life sooner. Because if you filled my life sooner, I wouldn't be a used and broken woman…."

"You are never a broken woman," Vernon replied without hesitation. In his eyes, his woman was the most perfect because she was the one who filled the emptiness in his heart, something that could not be fulfilled even after he had so many past relationships and hookups.

No matter how many times he tried to forget her, he'd crawled back to her, with his mind always lingering about what was happening to her and whether she was happy with her choice.

It was pathetic, but Vernon could not lie…

"My body is the proof that I'm a broken woman…." Chloe replied. "I've lost so much weight trying to appease him, to the point that I cannot even eat normally, vomiting everything and developed bulimia..."

"But once a cheating husband, always a cheating husband. No matter how much I did for him to satisfy him, I was never enough," Chloe told everything that had always burdened her. She knew she was crossing her line, but if it could ease the burden in her heart just for one night…

Vernon tightened the arm wrapping around Chloe's waist and pulled his woman deeper in his embrace. There was an inextinguishable fire in his heart, knowing that another man had hurt his beloved woman.

"Why don't you allow me to kill him?" Vernon asked. "I will never let him off for hurting you."

"Don't kill him. He is…" Chloe wanted to say that Vernon was the father of her child. It would be devastating for Mackie. But if he mentioned her, Vernon might suddenly realize he was embracing his sister-in-law, not the real woman in his heart.

So, she was trying to find a good answer;

"He is not worth jail time," Chloe said. "I don't want you to be in jail. I don't want to be alone…."

"If you don't allow me to kill him, then I will make sure his life will be ruined in other ways," Vernon said. "He'll be ruined to the point that he cannot rebound."

"… Please do that," Chloe agreed, though she knew it was just empty talk. After all, Vernon and Vincent had a good brotherly bond.

Vernon nodded in silence, but he was far more determined than before. He thought he'd just make this man suffer the consequence of stealing his woman.

But now that his woman had been hurt, that bastard would pay with his life or everything he had until his life was the only one left for him.

"Look at me, my love," Vernon requested. Chloe finally tilted her head up and stared at Vernon's deep, hawk-like eyes that showed so much passion inside, a stark contrast to his daily self that looked like he wanted to tear everyone out of their bones.

Vernon was still distressed when he saw the protruding cheekbone. She was still beautiful in his eyes, but she was definitely not healthy in her current state.

""I will be the one watching you eat from now on. You won't be able to leave the dining table until you've finished your food, so you can eat more," Vernon said while slapping and fondling her butt cheeks. He chuckled as he found it quite funny. "I want my woman to be fatter and more tender, so I will be full when eating you."

Chloe's cheeks reddened when Vernon said, "Y—You speak like a big bad wolf…."

"Aren't I?" Vernon smirked. "The big bad wolf is often hungry for a meal, so I will have to eat you every night."

Chloe let out a carefree giggle. She had never been embraced like this by Vincent. She never thought that being embraced and joked around with your significant other could be this fun.

Though, she might have enjoyed this a little too much. She started believing the idea that Vernon was actually in love with his own sister-in-law and had been keeping the same feeling up until now.

It was a great fantasy that she wished could happen, but the reality was such a cruel mistress.

'Ah, you're so despicable, Chloe Gray. Vernon is obviously thinking of the woman that filled his heart. Yet, you take advantage of his drunken stupor…' Chloe blamed herself again. She stared at Vernon with eyes full of meaning. She caressed his cheek, 'This will be such a fond yet forbidden memory that I will never forget for the rest of my life, my cute little— uh… my big Vernon.'