Ch. 266..270: Divorced My Scum Husband, Married His Evil brother Chapter 266-270

Chapter 266

Shailene bit her lower lip as she tried to defend herself by doing the right thing;

"But it's true. There is a big chance that woman has groomed Vernon, right?" Shailene said. "I refuse to believe there's a woman who could make a scum like Vernon become so obsessed without any kind of mental manipulation when he was a child."

"Especially with how she was portrayed like an angel by Vernon. That misogynistic bastard has no right to put one woman in a higher position than the rest!" Shailene spouted out of spite. She felt it was unfair to her and all the exes that Vernon had hurt before.

She knew she was being very unprofessional here and would never do this if his client wasn't Vernon.

"But I guess… I am still in love, so much in love with that bastard…." Shailene murmured. "I don't even know why I am like this…."

Shailene was thinking about whether she should drop the case and stop helping Vernon altogether.

However, deep inside her heart, she still wanted to communicate with Vernon. Hopefully, one day, there would be a moment when he finally realizes his mistake and apologizes to Shailene.

"…And love me once more…."

Shailene knew there was no place for her, but was it wrong for her to hope?

After all, men's interests are erratic. They could love a woman in the morning and another in the evening.

"At least I know he will return here eventually. I know well that he's not the type to open up easily to someone else," Shailene said. "The only reason why he chose me is because I already know the identity of his Big sis Chloe. So he has a little courage to contact me again."

"Chloe, what a terrible woman…." Shailene murmured the name of the woman who destroyed her relationship with Vernon. "I wonder what manipulation you used to be able to trap Vernon for more than a decade."

**

Vernon drove to his apartment and rushed to his penthouse on the top floor. He felt antsy as he wanted to meet his Big sis Chloe to confirm his feelings.

He unlocked the door with his fingerprint and slammed the penthouse door open.

"Chloe!" Vernon called her name out loud. His voice echoed inside the now-clean but empty penthouse.

Vernon checked the time, and it showed half past ten.

"Damn…" he cursed in a low voice. "Did she fall asleep already? But isn't it too early for that?"

Vernon walked to the kitchen and didn't see any food on the table.

He knew that it was his fault who said he would eat outside, so Chloe didn't need to cook anything for dinner for him.

But he still felt wronged.

He realized the absence of Chloe and her dinner had ruined his mood completely.

Usually, he would see Chloe sitting on the sofa while waiting for him. Once he returned home, she would reheat the dinner and let Vernon eat before she returned to her room.

Now it was empty. There was no Chloe and also no dinner.

"Urgh!" Vernon ruffled his hair frustratedly.

He was already in a bad mood when he yelled at Shailene. But now his mood worsened with Chloe's absence.

Vernon sat on the sofa in the living room. He turned on the TV for background noise but stared emptily at the screen.

His mind was flooded with fear.

A fear that his feelings were false, and everything he had done up until now was just a byproduct of manipulation because he knew well that his Big sis Chloe wasn't an evil woman.

He sat in a daze until he heard a voice coming from the kitchen.

"Vernon?"

Vernon turned his head immediately and saw Chloe wearing a simple pajama. Her hair was still damp. It seemed that she had just taken a bath.

"Big sis…" Vernon murmured slowly.

Chloe looked at Vernon with worry. She approached him and stood before Vernon, who sat on the sofa. "I heard someone shouting when I took a bath, so I went up here."

"Are you okay? Your face looks a little red…." Chloe gently placed her soft palm on Vernon's forehead to check his temperature. She was shocked by the result because Vernon usually had a natural warm temperature, but tonight was slightly different.

Thus she asked, "Vernon, what happened to you? Why is your temperature so hot?"

Vernon didn't react. He kept staring at his Big sis Chloe, who looked so anxious just because he was a little warm.

It reminded Vernon of when he was just a kid and Big sis Chloe was only 17 years old.

Vernon caught a fever after stubbornly running around outside during winter and didn't wear any winter jackets.

He was a cocky child who would defy anyone's order and suggestion to prove that he was a strong boy.

Which led to him getting a bad fever.

Big sis Chloe was the first person to realize that he was sick, and she would always place her palm on his forehead to check before saying;

"I think you have a fever. Maybe you're too tired of work. Let me make chicken noodle soup first, and then you should drink medicine and sleep, okay?"

Vernon kept staring, and his eyes glinted with an obsession for Chloe.

Before Chloe removed her palm from his forehead, Vernon suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her to his side.

"AH—"

Chloe lost her balance and fell towards Vernon's embrace. Her boobs hit his face, and he quickly wrapped his hand around her waist to ensure she couldn't escape.

"V—Vernon?!"

"Stay like this for a while. I want to feel you," Vernon said firmly while he buried his face in Chloe's boobs.

"B—But—" Chloe tried to wiggle her way out of Vernon's embrace because it was embarrassing, but the more she tried to escape, the more Vernon tightened his arm around her waist, and he buried his face even deeper until she could feel his breath circulating around her cleavage.

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Vernon's breath started tickling her skin, especially when he bit one button off the pajama to take it off, so he could bury his face until the tip of his nose nudged on the depths of her cleavage.

"Um— uhh…" Chloe moaned softly as Vernon's breath continued tickling her skin.

She didn't know why Vernon suddenly wanted to do this to her. After all, it had been a while since he requested to be serviced by her.

'Did something happen between him and that new woman? I know he's not really the type who can hold a relationship for too long…' Chloe wondered. 'Maybe they fought, and he felt like he wanted to wind up? So, he used my body to relieve himself.'

'After all, I'm just a stand-in…' Chloe thought, as she already acknowledged her contract as Vernon's bed warmer.

Vernon's tight embrace around her waist forced Chloe to spread her leg and sit on top of Vernon's lap.

They were still wearing trousers and pajamas that separated their skin. But the fabric only made Chloe and Vernon feel more sensitive than usual as her labia rubbed against his cock, which had gotten rock hard after hearing Chloe's soft moan.

Chloe's face turned red instantly. She thought Vernon wanted her to do something because he had just fought with her girlfriend and wanted to release his pent-up tension.

So Chloe shyly asked;

"V—Vernon, do you want me to— um… do something?"

Chloe gathered enough courage to start rubbing her pussy lips back and forth against Vernon's rock-hard cock, thinking it was what Vernon wanted.

But Vernon took a deep breath and held Chloe's waist in place, stopping her from doing more.

"Stay still, I don't want that," Vernon instructed.

"Eh, really?" Chloe was quite confused by Vernon. She thought he was a sex-crazed beast, thus why he started having sex with his new girlfriend.

Meanwhile, Vernon was thinking of a different thing.

Obviously, he had a reaction down there, and he was also sexually frustrated.

But no matter what, he WOULD NOT touch Chloe until she was fully healed of her trauma.

'I want to paint a sweet memory when we're having sex, Chloe…' Vernon said in his heart. 'I am a scum, but I will never be one when I'm with you.'

'Besides, what I want to do right now is to feel your warmth, your heartbeat, and your presence all around me….'

They stayed in this position in silence until Chloe started panicking because Vernon's hot temperature started affecting her, making her sweat, especially inside her cleavage.

"Um... V—Vernon, please release me. I'm sweating. You will feel gross—"

"It's not gross," Vernon said. 'Everything about you is not gross,' he added in his heart.

"But—"

"I said it's not gross, so stop struggling," Vernon repeated, but Chloe kept on struggling because she felt her body start sweating here and there.

Vernon finally lifted his head from Chloe's cleavage and looked up to see the beautiful woman with flushed cheeks staring down at him with her anxious doe eyes.

She looked cute, even if she was a thirty-five-year-old woman, but she still looked youthful and beautiful in Vernon's eyes.

She was the woman who filled Vernon's dream every night.

The woman that became his daydream and nightmare.

The woman who drove him to be a powerful CEO.

Now she was in his embrace, yet her heart wasn't his.

She was still dealing with her trauma that she tried to hide, even though Vernon was desperately pleading with her to open up.

So Vernon was willing to wait and support her behind her back if that meant she would recover.

Vernon knew that he would never do this to another woman. It was only for Chloe. His Big sis Chloe whom he fell in love with when he was only ten, continued to love through the years.

Vernon continued staring at the beauty in his embrace until he noticed the scar on her cheek. It would take a while to recover, and it hurt Vernon's heart whenever he saw it.

'You are under my protection, but why can't I protect you from a simple attack?' Vernon asked himself. He raised one hand to touch the scar, but Chloe quickly dodged before Vernon touched her cheek.

She covered her cheek with one hand to hide the scar, "S—Sorry, I should've worn a mask."

"Why?"

"Because of the scar," Chloe said, adding an awkward laugh in-between. "D—Don't worry, it will be healed soon— I think. Did it disgust you?"

Vernon noticed that Chloe always said something degrading about herself without much thought.

As if she was hard-wired to think that she was ugly and worthless, and Vernon knew who the culprit was.

'My god, what did Vincent do to you, Big sis Chloe?' Vernon asked in his heart. 'You were so confident with yourself when you were young, what had he done to you?'

There were lots of questions in Vernon's mind. However, he couldn't get any answer because Chloe was still ultra-defensive about the things she experienced.

"It's not ugly," Vernon said sincerely.

"Um— Pardon?"

"I said the scar is not ugly," he repeated. "You are beautiful, Chloe. The most beautiful woman I've ever met in my life."

Ba-dump!

Chloe's body stiffened as her heart started beating fast. The way Vernon said it— it sounded so genuine.

It gave off the idea that Vernon seriously thought she was the most beautiful woman, and his statement flustered her. Even though she knew well she wasn't pretty.

She was old, and haggard stay-at-home jane doe mom at best.

Besides, Vernon had met so many women in the past ten years. She heard from Diamond that Vernon even dated a real princess once.

"Ahaha— um… t-t-thank you, I guess…." Chloe said as she didn't know how to accept a compliment.

Besides Diamond and Mackie, she had never received compliments for the past ten years. The only thing she got was a bunch of insults from Vincent anyway.

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"Ahaha-- um... t-t-thank you, I guess...." Chloe said as she didn't know how to accept a compliment.

Vernon realized that Chloe didn't take him seriously. Even though Vernon was genuine with his words.

He truly saw Chloe as the most beautiful woman on earth. He met many women growing up, and nobody was prettier than her.

Even after ten years and already a 35-year-old lady, she still held that one and only special place in his heart.

So he concluded that he was in love with her.

But then, he remembered what Shailene said about his Big sis Chloe.

-

"I think your 'Big sis Chloe' is a groomer who manipulated you to fall in love with her when you're a kid. That's why you're hopelessly in love with her now. Everything is just part of her manipulation tactic because she's a pedophile."

-

Vernon hated how Shailene judged and slandered his Big sis Chloe without knowing her personally.

In Vernon's eyes, his Big sis Chloe was an angel that could do no wrong!

She was the best woman, the only one who could make him feel at ease, and he still firmly believed that he was in love with Chloe.

But he also wanted to confirm it himself.

Thus, he asked;

"Chloe..."

"Y--Yes?"

"Can I kiss you?"

Chloe's eyes widened instantly. Vernon's words were straight to the point, and he didn't even stutter with his request.

Vernon kept staring at her with his determined eyes as if he knew that was what he wanted.

Chloe gulped nervously because a kiss felt way too intimate for her, especially when Vernon was fully sober.

'I thought he only wanted to use me as a stand-in. But why did he ask for a kiss now? Isn't that too personal?'

"O--On the cheek?"

"No, on your lips," Vernon replied with no hesitation. "I want to kiss you on the lips, Chloe."

"Um... that's-- W-what for?" Chloe asked again. She knew she was just delaying, hoping that Vernon would eventually drop the idea and do something else. Because she was afraid that she might enjoy the kiss and want more from Vernon, something that she wasn't supposed to do.

...

Vernon didn't answer this time. If he had to be honest, he wanted to kiss Chloe to make sure whether the feeling in his heart was love or simply a feeling of wanting to have sex with her.

Because Vernon had kissed many women before, and the sole intention of kissing them was to get him in the mood to have sex.

'If I feel something more than just my dick getting hard, then I know I am in love with you, Chloe...' Vernon replied in his heart.

"Vernon?"

"No real reason. I just feel like it," Vernon replied.

"N--No real reason? Then, shouldn't a kiss on the cheek be acceptable as a replacement?"

...

"I want to kiss your lips," Vernon's hand crawled from Chloe's waist up to her shoulder, and he pushed Chloe deeper into him until their faces were close to one another.

The tips of their nose touched as Vernon asked for the last time, "May I?"

Chloe was still hesitating. She didn't want to drown in this forbidden feeling.

But the mood that Vernon set was too effective, weakening her body, and she finally replied with a light nod.

Vernon finally smiled, full of relief. Usually, he wouldn't ask any woman in his embrace for a kiss. He just naturally kissed the woman.

But Chloe was different. He didn't want to scare her, as she was fragile, and a slight coercive action might trigger her trauma of being forced.

"That's what I want," Vernon said. He leaned forward and kissed Chloe on the lips.

He closed his eyes, enjoying the kiss of the lips he had longed for so long.

Chloe's lips were thin and soft, with a hint of sweetness that made Vernon want more. His hand crawled up again until he reached the back of her head.

He gently pushed Chloe's head deeper to intensify their kiss.

"Ummh-- ah... Ver--nohn..." Chloe was passive at first, but the more Vernon kissed her lips, the more she drowned in pleasure.

She started opening her mouth and proactively participated in the kiss.

Their lips smacked against each other in perfect harmony, and none of them hesitated to stick their tongue out and share their saliva. Vernon and Chloe tried to deepen their kiss even more until Chloe was short of breath.

"Ah-- umhh... Vernon, I--" Chloe separated herself, and Vernon opened his eyes reluctantly.

He stared at Chloe, whose eyes were glazed with tears, and the red hue around her cheeks made her look even more enchanting than before.

"My angel..." Vernon murmured in a low voice, but since they were so close, Chloe could hear his voice.

She felt even more embarrassed because she realized Vernon was now fully erect beneath his trousers.

She thought Vernon wanted to kiss her as an opening for them to do something.

But Vernon continued holding Chloe so tightly, making her stuck inside his embrace for so long.

"V--Vernon, do you want--"

"No, Chloe," Vernon replied. "Not now."

"Then, why did you kiss me?" Chloe asked. "T--There must be a reason, right?"

"Why?" Vernon chuckled. He felt a warm sensation engulfing his heart when they kissed, and the feeling lingered inside him.

It was the feeling of contentment. When Vernon tasted her lips, he realized she was all he needed in his life.

He could have everything in this world, but if there was no Chloe in his life, everything could be burned in hell for all he cared for.

"Because I want to confirm something," Vernon replied.

"Confirm something?"

'Yes, I want to confirm whether my feelings for you is genuine love, or simply a feeling of physical attraction because I just want to have sex with you.'

'But after I had my kiss, I realize that I seek validation as a man from you, I want to be a powerful man because of you.'

'Chloe Gray, my heart beats for you, and will continue to do so until my last breath

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Vernon didn't answer Chloe's question when she asked what kind of thing Vernon wanted to confirm.

All he did was stare at her with his deep hot gaze. If Chloe was given the right to fantasize, she would fantasize that Vernon was deeply in love with her, thus why he kept staring at her with that longing gaze.

As if he only had Chloe in his eyes and heart for a long time.

Chloe bit her lower lip, she knew this feeling was wrong, and she should be happy that Vernon was finding love after he had his heart broken by this woman who kept haunting his dream.

'But I can't escape the feeling of wanting more,' Chloe said in her heart. 'I feel greedy, and wished that someone would see me with those eyes.'

Chloe was still trying to deny it, but deep down, she knew that she wanted VERNON to be the one looking at her with such love.

'Maybe because he is the only man other than Vincent I've ever grown close with? Or maybe because I just find him handsome?' Chloe asked herself. 'I don't really know. But what I know is this forbidden feeling needs to be exterminated. I should not have this feeling towards the boy I raised ten years ago.'

'I am just an old lady preying on young men, know your place, Chloe!'

Chloe scolded herself for feeling a certain way about Vernon. She kept reminding herself that she was just a stand-in for Vernon to relieve himself. Once he found the woman he wanted, Chloe would probably get kicked out of the apartment anyway.

They were in another long silence until Chloe couldn't handle it anymore and struggled to push herself away from Vernon's embrace.

Vernon was enjoying the moment right now. He didn't intend to do more than this because he knew that he would only hurt Chloe if he fucked her now.

So he was visibly annoyed when Chloe tried to separate herself.

"What's wrong?" he asked while tightening his arm around her waist.

"Um… we have been like this for um…." Chloe turned her head to the right to check on the clock. "Almost an hour. Let me go, Vernon. I need to make chicken noodle soup for you."

"I'm not hungry," Vernon replied.

He hadn't had dinner yet but was full because of that kiss.

​ Though, he wouldn't mind going for a dessert… which was another kiss, 'On her tits, of course.'

Vernon wanted to say that, but he refrained because he didn't want to scare Chloe.

"Whether you're hungry or not, I still have to make you something to eat, so you can drink medicine after that and take a rest, okay?" Chloe said.

"It's just a simple fever. It'll go down tomorrow," Vernon said. Usually, he left something so mundane, like a small fever, by sleeping, and he would be healthy the next morning.

"No, you need to at least drink cold medicine, and also eat something to fill your stomach. Release me now, Vernon," Chloe changed her tone to be stricter, which reminded Vernon so much of Big sis Chloe trying to reprimand him for being stubborn.

The way she changed her tone made Vernon also respond by acting spoiled. He buried his face in Big sis Chloe's boobs again and replied, "Don't wanna!"

"Vernon—" Chloe sighed and patted his head. "Don't be stubborn, okay? You're a busy man, so you need to be healthy everyday!"

"Don't wanna! Let's stay like this for the whole night!" Vernon refused again.

"Hmm, then if you keep being stubborn, I won't cook you anything for breakfast tomorrow morning," Chloe said. Vernon lifted his head immediately, staring at his Big sis Chloe with a pout.

"That's not fair! I'll die hungry because of Big sis!"

Chloe giggled when she heard Vernon calling her Big sis again. Really reminded her of the good old days.

"Well, if you want your breakfast, that means you have to release me now."

Vernon was still reluctant but slowly loosened his embrace and allowed Chloe to get up from his lap. She took a few steps back and said, "Okay, you should change your suit while I'm making you a chicken noodle soup, okay?"

"Un…" Vernon hummed while his eyes followed Chloe's figure, who walked to the kitchen and started preparing food for him.

He had the urge to hug her from behind and simply fucked her on the kitchen counter like some kind of porn plot that he had fantasized about a lot.

But then shook his head, 'Okay, Vernon. I guess you could also take an ice cold bath right now.'

Vernon got up and went to his bedroom to take a cold bath. When he left the bedroom, only wearing his boxer, he saw Chloe already putting the chicken noodle soup on the table.

"Ah, Vernon, eat it while it's still warm, and this is the cold med and also paracetamol for the fever, don't forget to take a rest right after this, okay?" Chloe said as she put the meds with a glass of water on the dinner table.

"I will go downstair, good night—"

"Stay here, Big sis…." Vernon said like a spoiled boy.

"Eh? What for? Do you need something else?"

Vernon pouted again. If he had to be honest, he just wanted all the attention his Big sis Chloe gave him. It reminded him how much she cared for him when he was sick.

Chloe sighed, seeing that Vernon was in the mood to get spoiled. She heard that adult men were usually very sticky and spoiled when they were sick, so maybe it was just Vernon's way of showing that he wanted Chloe to accompany him for the rest of the night.

'But that's usually done by a wife— or at least a girlfriend, right? Why am I a stand in for literally everything?' Chloe sighed. But she gave in as she wanted Vernon to wake up fully recovered tomorrow morning.

"Okay, I'll accompany you. Go eat the soup."

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"Okay, I'll accompany you. Go eat the soup," Chloe instructed.

"Nice! Don't run away, Chloe!" Vernon said, and he smiled full of satisfaction, which was something that only happened once in a blue moon.

He was usually grumpy and would lash at anyone whenever he was in a bad mood.

The smile that he showed also put Chloe in a good mood. She was more than happy to care for this giant baby if that would make him feel better and less stressed.

Chloe sat on the dining seat, directly facing Vernon, who was eating the chicken noodle soup, sipping it eagerly.

Chloe observed Vernon for a while. When he wasn't intimidating and yelling at everyone, he reminded Chloe of the cute little Vernon she once nurtured from the age of seven.

He might've forgotten about many things since he was just a kid. But Chloe remembered how much of a detached kid he was.

He was a little rich master of an old influential family who lacked love.

His parents were a mess that barely cared for their kids. They always thought that paying nannies and maids would solve everything.

'Vincent once told me that Vernon was a troublesome kid who would only give me hell, but what I saw was... a kid who just wanted to be loved....'

To think about it again, even his Big brother didn't know how to take care of Vernon, so he was left with a bunch of yes-maids and butlers who would allow him to destroy everything just for fun or make noises.

'I still remember how he cried when his parents fought, he would ask me to hide inside his room, and curled while hugging me. He would try to cover his ears as much as possible because he hated seeing his parents yelling at each other....'

Chloe remembered everything perfectly since she was already seventeen-year-old when she met little Vernon for the first time and continued taking care of him until she was busy with university, and then got married to Vincent.

'I also don't know why he is absent on my wedding day, I thought he would be happy for me....'

Chloe called Vernon, who was fifteen-year-old at the time. She wondered why her little Vernon wasn't attending her wedding, but Vernon didn't answer her call or text.

She asked Vincent, and Vincent took it as a joke, a painful one that was;

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"He told me that you look ugly in a wedding dress. You look better with a maid dress because it suits you more, haha!" Vernon joked, which Chloe could only gasp at as a response.

Because she never thought her cute little Vernon would be so cruel to say that.

"Don't worry about him. He is just a teenager, of course he will say something edgy here and there," Vincent reassured her. "Why don't we enjoy the wedding party instead?"

-

Chloe never saw him again after that because Vernon suddenly left New York to live somewhere in Europe just two days after her wedding.

'Well, look at the bright side. At least he turns out good. He becomes a successful CEO all by his own work, because Vincent repeatedly said that Vernon is mostly uncontactable.'

Vernon noticed Chloe's long stare and a thin smile at the edge of her lips. He finished drinking the broth and put down the ceramic bowl.

Clank!

"Chloe, what are you thinking about?" Vernon asked.

"Ah--" Chloe was surprised by the sudden question, and she shook her head in response. "N--Nothing."

"Really? You can always tell me if you need something, you know...." Vernon said gently, hoping that Chloe would open up a bit.

But Chloe didn't want to get caught reminiscing about the past, so she pointed at the medicine and said, "You should drink the meds and go to sleep, Vernon."

Vernon looked at the medicine reluctantly. He rarely took any medicine because he always brushed off all kinds of medication. He always happened to be a very tough young man with high immunity. One good sleep was all it took for him to be in great condition the next day.

"I don't need medicine. I'm all healthy now."

"Don't talk nonsense. You need to drink this!" Chloe insisted. She got up from the chair and helped Vernon by grabbing the medicine on the table and then putting it in Vernon's hand. "Drink it and go to sleep, okay?"

Vernon gulped as he stared at the meds. He disliked being forced to do something, but when his Big sis Chloe forced him, he started to think it was necessary as he didn't want to make her mad.

"Vernon."

"Okay, okay! I'll drink them! Sheesh, why are you nagging me?" Vernon complained. At first he was going to drink the meds and got it over with. But then he realized how worried his Big sis Chloe was.

So a devious idea popped in his head, "But if I drink these, you need to sleep with me tonight!"

"Sleep--" Chloe gasped out of shock. She thought Vernon didn't want to do anything to her tonight since all he did was lock her in his tight embrace.

Who would've expected that Vernon wanted to do more, and in bed!

Chloe took a step back defensively. She knew that she had to do it eventually because she was nothing but a bed warmer, a woman he could have sex with when he was feeling it.

But she was still nervous nonetheless.

Vernon's lips twitched when he saw her reaction, "Damn it, I'm not going to fuck you tonight!"

'Though, I wish I could,' Vernon added in his heart.

"But you can sleep on your own..."

"Tonight is different. I want someone to hug on my sleep, because I'm feeling sick right now!" Vernon insisted.

"Really? I thought you said it's nothing to worry about..." Chloe said. She still remembered how Vernon didn't seem to bother with his fever.

"W--Well, now I'm in total pain! I feel so sick! Very, very sick!" Vernon suddenly became dramatic all the sudden. "Oh, I think I'm going to faint, my head is spinning... ugh, I think I'm going to die soon, Chloe."