Ch. 491..495: Divorced My Scum Husband, Married His Evil brother Chapter 491-495

Chapter 491

"Bored?" Vernon's frown got even deeper, his eyebrows scrunched together until they almost formed a straight line. He was about to say, 'that's bullshit,' but Mackie was with him, so he had to refrain from cursing.

He wasn't satisfied with that answer, but Mackie was just a kid, so she would believe all her mother's lies.

'Where did she go? There's no way she can drive with only one hand,' Vernon thought. He didn't want to have any kind of suspicion to Chloe. But he couldn't help it, especially when he knew that Chloe's life was always in danger.

'I'll ask her later,' he thought.

Chloe finished taking a bath and walked to the stair. She heard the sound of plates and metal utensils clanking and also the giggle of her daughter.

Her lips curled up as she realized that Vernon must've come home earlier today, 'That's good, he really needs some rest,' she thought.

Chloe went up, and her curled-up lips bloomed into a gentle smile when she saw Mackie and Vernon eating dinner together.

She joined and ate with them without hesitation. As her connection with her new family improved each day, she regained some of her appetite. Thus, she didn't need Vernon to coax her to eat anymore, though she still ate a small portion each time.

Vernon glanced at Chloe, who was eating without any problem. He lived with Chloe long enough to know that she would lose all of her appetites whenever she was stressed out and would regain them when she was happy and relaxed.

'She doesn't seem to be nervous,' Vernon thought. 'Does that mean she didn't get into any trouble today? But what about the four hours' disappearance? Is it really just her walking around the apartment because she was bored? I found that weird.'

There was a lot of suspicion in Vernon's heart, but he kept it all until dinner ended.

"Mommy, will you tell Uncle about it?" Mackie opened the conversation.

"About what?" Vernon interrupted. "Tell me."

Chloe and Mackie looked at each other and giggled at the same time. They thought it was funny, not knowing that Vernon's mind was running wild.

There were so many theories— even the illogical ones because he was driven by fear. The fear that Chloe and Mackie reconciled with Vincent somehow and would leave him alone.

That was the worst nightmare that could happen, and he would do anything to prevent that from happening, even if he had to abandon his long plan and kill that bastard right now.

But his fear was proven to be false.

Because Chloe smiled at him and said, "We had a talk before, I asked Mackie if she wants to transfer to another school since the current school is not… uhm… not proper for her study, and she said yes."

"Wha-?!" Vernon stood up from his seat and darted his eyes at Mackie. "Is that true?"

"Un!" Mackie nodded happily. "I want to change school, so the bullies won't find Mackie and Mommy anymore!"

"That's amazing!" Vernon's eyes were glimmering with hope. All his suspicion and fear vanished instantly as he finally got good news from Mackie and Chloe.

"She doesn't mind getting transferred as soon as possible," Chloe said. "So, if you don't mind..." Chloe let her words hang as she wanted an answer from Vernon.

She was worried that Vernon might be too busy, so he couldn't help Mackie transfer.

"Are you kidding? Of course, I'll help!" Vernon answered. He tapped his chest proudly as he volunteered, "In fact, I will be the one who finds the safest and best school for Mackie, so you two don't need to worry about a thing!"

"Yay! Uncle is the best!"

The atmosphere became so much better after that. Vernon ate his dinner with relish while they chatted about random stuff, of course in moderation, as Mackie was still there.

After they were done with dinner, Vernon asked, "Mackie, can you go to your room first? I have to talk with your Mommy about your transfer."

"Un! I'm also sleepy," Mackie jumped from the seat and walked to the stairs. She turned her head, looked at Uncle and Mommy, and grinned from ear to ear, "Mommy, tell me if Uncle bullied you again with a big police stick tonight, okay? Mackie will beat him!"

"M—Mackie—" Chloe's cheeks reddened instantly. Mackie was still too young to understand what Chloe and Vernon were doing privately, but that only made this even more embarrassing.

Mackie went downstairs without looking back and giggled along the way.

"Geez, that kid," Chloe complained. She glanced at Vernon, and her rosy cheeks turned rosier as she started to fidget uncomfortably. "Um… don't listen to her. She's too young to understand."

Vernon raised one brow and teased, "What if I actually want to bully you with a Big police stick today? Are you willing?"

Chloe lowered her head as she couldn't handle the shame.

No, she wasn't ashamed of the question. They had done it a few times, and she'd love to have some fun with Vernon.

She was more ashamed of the fact that she was actually willing— no, very eager to play with that big police stick again. She felt lecherous.

"W—Well, if you insist…." Chloe murmured.

"Fuck—" Vernon cursed as his trousers got tighter instantly. He was teasing Chloe, but her willingness was like a dopamine rush. His instinct told him to pounce on Chloe and eat her clean. That would be the best dessert he could get.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath to calm himself down. He wanted to do it, but they had to address the most important thing first.

"We can do that later," Vernon said. "We have to talk about Mackie's transfer."

"Ah, yeah," Chloe straightened her back and raised her head to look at Vernon. "Um, just like what I said before. I asked Mackie if she wants to find another school, and she said yes."

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​ "I see, hmm…" Vernon hummed for a moment. "What's her reason? Usually a child wouldn't want to transfer school. They'd be upset and refuse to do it willingly."

"It's bullying…." Chloe replied. "She has been bullied by two children whose mothers slept with Vincent. She had a good homeroom teacher who could protect her in school. Not anymore, though. Vincent must've arranged Mrs. Allison-- the previous homeroom teacher, to be replaced by a less-caring homeroom teacher that won't give a crap even if Mackie gets yelled at by her bullies."

"Sadly, I can't do anything to prevent the bullying because the Principal, Mrs. Andrew, is Vincent's lapdog. She'll do anything to appease Vincent because she's afraid that Vincent will pull his funding and also take back the land."

Vernon nodded. He looked calm, but there was a raging storm in his head. His mind replayed that moment when Chloe returned to his office covered with bruises. It was his fault because he gave in and allowed only two bodyguards to protect Chloe, even though he should've sent ten at least.

When Mackie said that changing school would stop the bullies from finding her and her Mommy, she really meant it. Because of this, Vincent will lose track of Chloe and Mackie's whereabouts, which would make him frantic.

'I have to be prepared if Vincent becomes frantic. He'll become very unpredictable,' Vernon thought. He opened his eyes and stared at Chloe. He sighed and muttered;

"Honestly, I've been trying to find a good time to suggest transferring Mackie to another school. That school is owned by my family, and currently under the hand of Vincent. So he can do whatever in that place," Vernon said. "As long as Mackie is in that school, you two will still be under his control, and I don't like that. I don't feel safe knowing that Vincent can take both of you easily."

Chloe was stunned by Vernon's statement because that statement was eerily similar to what Dorothea said.

As long as Mackie was still in that school, she was still under Vincent's control and was at his mercy.

"You're right," Chloe agreed. "I thought about it while taking a walk around your apartment today, and realized that I have to take decisive action to transfer Mackie, or else we will never be able to escape Vincent."

"For four hours?" Vernon questioned. "Mackie told me that you went out for four hours."

"Haha, yeah… I was just bored. So I walked to each floor to check the corridors. Nothing much," Chloe said. She averted her gaze subconsciously, even though she tried her best to look natural in front of Vernon.

…

Vernon went silent instantly. His eyes darkened, staring at Chloe, who was fidgeting uncomfortably in front of him.

"V—Vernon?" Chloe called his name. "Are you okay? You look… angry…"

"Oh, sorry," Vernon tried to act nice to hide his anger. But he couldn't smile at all. "I was thinking about what happened to you during that Autumn Festival."

"Ah, please forget that, I don't want you to think about bad memories too much," Chloe said. She stretched her hand, trying to reach Vernon, but Vernon didn't even budge, which made her feel awkward.

"I can't forget it, I refuse to," Vernon replied. "I feel like my pride as a man has been trampled when I saw you getting bruises all over. It hurts me too much that I keep thinking about it day and night."

"Chloe, your pain is my pain. We have a connection, and I want to know everything about you, got it?" Vernon said. He was trying to give a signal to Chloe to come clean about her four hours of absence today, so things wouldn't escalate because Chloe was a bad liar, and she wasn't fooling anyone right now.

Unfortunately, Chloe only shook her head, "I have nothing to hide from you."

"You sure have nothing to hide from me," Vernon said sarcastically, though Chloe didn't seem to catch any of his hints. So he tried to shift the topic, or else he'd get infuriated, "Anyway, I have a few private elementary schools in mind. It's not in a gated area like Mackie's current school, but it's not too far from our current location."

"Besides, I've been thinking about moving out as well," Vernon said.

"Moving out?!" Chloe jolted.

"Yeah, I mean, I live in this penthouse because I don't really have a family. This is just a place for me to rest in New York before you and Mackie come to my life," Vernon said. "Now that I have a family, I prefer a landed house, a house in a gated neighborhood, with proper security and a nice garden. I know that you like gardening, right?"

"Mm…" Chloe nodded. "I love gardening, I've been doing it since I was a child."

"I know. I watched you gardening in Gray mansion when I was a kid," Vernon said. "I can buy a house near Mackie's new school. I don't even mind if we have to move far from here, maybe a state away?"

Chloe remembered Dorothea as Vernon kept on talking about moving out. Dorothea was trying to heal herself from such a traumatic life experience. She was trying to get better, and Chloe knew that Dorothea needed her as a support.

She couldn't just leave so far away and leave Dorothea alone. Something bad might happen if Dorothea's depression spiraled out of control!

"What do you think?" Vernon asked.

Chloe swallowed her saliva.

Honestly, she wanted to live in a landed house with a spacious garden, so she could do gardening in her free time. Vincent's mansion was beautiful, but the fact that Vincent lived there turned the beautiful mansion into a prison she couldn't wait to escape.

But Dorothea's mental health was her utmost concern now. She also wanted to help mend Dorothea and Vernon's relationship, so moving to another place was out of the question.

"I—I don't think we need to move out, Vernon," Chloe said. "We can transfer Mackie to another school, but I want us to stay here, in your apartment, at least for a while."

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"Huh? Why not?" Vernon asked. "I thought you love a spacious garden."

"I—I do, but…. Um… I think I've started to like this place…." Chloe pointed at a random spacious spot near the laundry room. "See that spot over there? I can build a small garden with potted plants in that area. I can also put many potted plants on the balcony. I bet it'll be even more beautiful!"

…

'She's lying,' Vernon said in his heart. It was so easy to tell due to her nervousness.

He also remembered clearly how much Big sis Chloe wanted to have a spacious home so she could grow lots of vegetables and flowers. She told him she had wanted that since she was a kid because she was born and grew up in New York, where everything and everyone was squeezed so tightly together.

She even mentioned a few times that the Gray family mansion would look better if the garden had more variety. Now, Vernon had all the money to buy her a spacious mansion if she wanted to, but she preferred to stay here? In this regular-sized penthouse?

'There must be a reason that she doesn't want to move out of this apartment. Either something… or someone…' Vernon theorized. He started having dark thoughts, mostly about the possibility that Chloe was meeting someone— someone more special than him when he was working. 'I don't want to think that you're cheating on me, my love. But why do you need to hide something from me? Why do you need to lie?'

'Is our story so short-lived that you grow bored of me after seven months?'

Vernon's heart was crushed on the inside, but he kept his straight face and acted as if nothing was wrong.

Because if he let his temper override his logic, he'd definitely yell at Chloe and force her to tell the truth, or he'd explode even more.

"I see, so you want us to live in this penthouse for a while?"

"Um…"

"How long would that be?" Vernon asked. "I actually don't want to live in this penthouse for too long. You should give me a time frame so I know how long I would have to live here."

Chloe remembered that Dorothea said she'd stay for a while, probably about two months. She believed she could mend the estranged mother-son relationship between Dorothea and Vernon.

"Two months," Chloe stated. "I need two months and we can move out."

"You NEED two months?" Vernon peered suspiciously. "What for? Surely there must be something that's keeping you here."

"Ah— I— um… I just need to prepare myself. Moving out is not easy, especially when you already feel safe in the area," Chloe reasoned. Vernon was forced to accept the lie, or else he'd start arguing.

"Fine, two months, and we will move out," Vernon said. "I will prepare for Mackie's transfer to the new school."

"Oh, I'll have to go to Mackie's current school for administration."

"Don't," Vernon rejected quickly. "You'll get caught again. I'll go there myself—"

"Vernon, you can't," Chloe said. "That principal will report your appearance to Vincent. Diamond is also out of question, she has a close connection to you, Vincent will also recognize her."

"Besides, the one who can submit a transfer request is the guardian of the student. So it's only either me or Vincent."

…

"I will dispatch ten bodyguards with you, and there is no room for negotiation, Chloe. You must go with ten bodyguards or you're not going at all."

Chloe sighed and nodded reluctantly, "Alright, you can send ten bodyguards to protect me."

Vernon nodded and zipped his lips after that. He was still crossing his arms, staring intently at Chloe, which made the latter feel shy.

She thought Vernon was impatient for the 'fun' that was about to happen.

Thus, Chloe took the initiative to stand up and walked toward Vernon. She took the initiative to sit on his lap, and she could feel Vernon's whole body jolt a little when her butt sat on his thigh.

Vernon's breath became heavy, but his eyes were still staring straight, and his arms crossed together.

​

'Does he want me to be even more active than this?' Chloe wondered.

Of course, she was embarrassed right now. But she thought it was also her duty to show her interest in him. All this time, it was always Vernon who showed eagerness and took a more active role.

'I guess this is my first time to be the active one,' Chloe thought. She got even more nervous, though, because she never showed any kind of eagerness to Vincent before.

In fact, Vincent always wanted Chloe to be passive, like a doll he could fuck whenever he wanted.

Chloe was not allowed to show resistance or reluctance. She just had to lay and let Vincent do everything to his body, a whimper of pain was acceptable, though, and that was the only thing that Chloe did every time she had sex with Vincent.

She'd whimper and cry because she felt absolutely humiliated. She felt like a cheap prostitute whenever she had sex with Vincent.

But Vernon was different.

She felt wanted whenever she was touched by him. She felt a lot of new sensations whenever he ran his finger through her skin, and the way he looked at her as if she was the only woman he had ever loved in this world.

"Um… Vernon, d—do you need me to do something?" Chloe asked with a low voice. She tried to say more, but she was too shy.

…

Again, Vernon said nothing. He didn't even want to look at Chloe, even though his face was already flushed just like hers, and he lightly bit his lower lip a few times to control himself.

Chloe looked down to check and realized that Vernon's bulge was so big it must've been suffocating under his slim fit trousers.

"Um, I… I can take care of this," Chloe murmured. She placed her hand on his bulge, and his cock twitched instantly.

Chapter 494Vernon felt his blood rushing to his dick. The moment Chloe touched his rock-hard cock, he felt the dopamine rush that made his body almost reacted instinctively.

His savage instinct almost overruled his sanity. Had it not for the thorn in his heart right now, he'd definitely carry Chloe into his room and fuck her hard until the morning came.

But he didn't want Chloe to think that he was an easy man to please. He wouldn't yield just because she touched his dick and whispered sweet words.

Thus, when Chloe wanted to unbuckle his belt, he quickly caught her wrist and said, "I'm not in the mood."

"Eh? B—But—" Chloe looked at Vernon's face and then down to his crotch simultaneously. "Um… y—your thing is still hard. Are you sure you don't want to…"

"I'll just take a cold shower," Vernon said. "You should get up and go to sleep. It must've been tiring today."

"Ah, yes, it's very tiring today. But I… um… I can spare some of my energy for you…."

Vernon clenched his jaw as he tried not to lash out at Chloe. In his imagination, Chloe must've had some fun time with this new man, thus why she was tired.

Both his heart and mind were chaotic, and he didn't want to show it in front of Chloe. She was in the process of recovering her appetite and had put on a bit of weight over time.

Unfortunately, she was also prone to lose her appetite whenever stressed out, so Vernon tried his best to lift her mood daily for Chloe's gradual mental and physical health recovery.

Chloe thought Vernon didn't want to look at her because he was a little nervous, just like her. But he'd usually become so eager after Chloe touched him a little.

But today was different.

It seemed like he deliberately refused to look at Chloe for whatever reason, "Vernon?"

"What?"

"Are you alright?"

"I am."

"Then why don't you look at me?" Chloe asked again. She got worried when Vernon replied to her with curt answers.

"I'm not in the mood," Vernon finally couldn't hold himself much longer. He grabbed Chloe's waist and gently propped her up, forcing her to get off his lap.

Vernon stood up and turned around. He walked to his bedroom without looking back.

Chloe was flustered by Vernon's cold attitude, "Wait, Vernon!"

Vernon halted his step, "What?"

"Y—You're acting so weird today. Did something happen in the office? You can tell me what's wrong, maybe that will make you feel better."

Vernon stood in silence for a while before he looked over his shoulder. His hawk-like piercing gaze observed Chloe from head to toe, and he muttered, "There is indeed a problem. But it's not coming from the office."

"R—Really? Then you should tell me, maybe I can help."

"Yes, you can help by stop asking me questions," Vernon said. "I'm tired."

"W--Wait--"

Vernon walked to his bedroom and ignored Chloe, who tried calling him several times.

SLAM!

Chloe jolted when the door slammed. She stood still like an idiot, staring at Vernon's bedroom door, trying to process what had just happened.

"He's mad," Chloe murmured. "But why?"

She wondered if her refusal to move out of this apartment immediately upset him. Or was it because she insisted on attending Mackie's school to handle the bureaucracy?

Or…

Chloe gasped, "D—Did he already guess that I'm meeting someone right now? Did she already guess about Dorothea?"

Chloe quickly covered her mouth and warned herself not to speak too loud, or Vernon might hear her.

She took a few steps back and returned to the kitchen, leaning on the wall near the fridge.

"I don't know why I have a bad feeling about this," Chloe murmured. "Obviously, I have a perfect alibi. I just walked around his apartment because I was bored, and I went on for four hours because I was thinking about transferring Mackie to another school. It's literally perfect."

"But what if… he can see through my lies? After all, people said that I'm a pretty bad liar…."

…

Chloe shook her head as she didn't want to think too much about it, "No, you're just overthinking, Chloe. Vernon would go into an uncontrollable rage if he knows about the meeting with Dorothea."

"That's right, I'm just overthinking. This is all just my anxiety running around," Chloe repeatedly chanted before she returned to her room downstairs. She tried to eliminate her anxiety since she had to spare most of her worries for two different topics.

1. Preparing herself to handle the bureaucracy in Mackie's school so she could transfer without a problem.

2. Finding a way to mend the estranged relationship between Vernon and Dorothea.

Chloe lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling as she thought about Dorothea and Vernon.

"I wonder if there is a way for Vernon to forgive Dorothea. He's not the forgiving type," Chloe thought. "Maybe Dorothea should do something that can make Vernon happy?"

Chloe continued pondering until her mind floated to dreamland. In her dream, she saw Vernon carrying Mackie on his back while she carried a baby in her arms.

Dorothea was standing beside Vernon, while Diamond was standing right next to her. Everyone had a smile on their faces, and it was a picture of a beautiful family that Chloe wanted.

Thus, she spent the night having a good dream.

Unlike Vernon…

BAM! BAM! BAM!

"FUCK!" Vernon cursed while continuously punching the bathroom wall as he was showering with cold water. He didn't care if his knuckles were bruised. He was in so much rage that the cold water somehow felt warm on him.

His teeth gnashed as he was unable to control himself.

"Why? Why are you hiding something from me, Chloe?" Vernon asked. This was the only place he could do such a thing, as he didn't want to scare Chloe. "Why do you need to hide something— or someone? Do I lack something, huh? CHLOE, ANSWER ME!"

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Vernon's voice echoed inside the bathroom. He wanted to grab Chloe and put her right in front of him. He wanted to intimidate her, just like he intimidated those who dared to play games with him.

He wanted the truth right out of her mouth. No need to play pretend.

He'd be lying if he said that he wasn't jealous.

He was so fucking jealous and angry right now. He wanted to force Chloe to spill it out and then find that man and end his life. He didn't even care about the consequences. To be jailed was better than having his heart crushed like this.

But he couldn't.

Because no matter how angry he was, he still wouldn't let the devil take his body and intimidate his beloved woman. After all, Chloe was very fragile regarding his appearance since he resembled the monster in her head— Vincent Gray, but bigger, scarier, and stronger.

He was, in nature, a man that Chloe should've feared the most. But he tried his best to keep his cool so Chloe would soon forget about his naturally intimidating appearance and only remember good memories with him.

"You're terrible, Chloe," Vernon grunted as he could not express his frustration. "You know I can't get mad at you, so you used it to lie to me. You're obviously hiding someone right now."

Vernon still didn't feel calm even after he took a cold shower. He jumped to his bed, staring at the ceiling, and the only thing that appeared in his mind was the face of Chloe smiling at him as if she didn't just lie through her teeth.

Then, the following image was Chloe lying naked on a bed, but with an unknown man that Vernon never saw before.

"Ugh, fuck that," Vernon quickly shook his head to throw that bad imagination out of his mind. But he couldn't help but groan in pain, "Ugh, I hope I won't dream a thing tonight, I don't want to have a nightmare again."

**

Vernon woke up groggily in the morning. He was in a terrible mood, waking up every hour last night.

Each time his consciousness floated, he'd soon dream of Chloe smiling at him while entangled with another man. He was screaming, struggling, trying his best to reach Chloe. Obviously, Chloe was meant to be with him!

But he couldn't reach her. He was trapped in a glass box until he woke up, feeling even shittier than an hour before.

"This is bullshit!" Vernon cursed as he readied himself to work.

It was still six in the morning, but he was already well dressed. He'd prefer it this way for now. It reminded him of when he was still dating so many women before he reunited with Chloe.

He'd be ready at six and stayed in the office from seven in the morning. Usually, he'd be done by eleven— almost midnight and drank one or two bottles of whatever alcohol he had in his fridge before passing out.

Usually, when his loneliness spiraled out of control, he'd stop drinking and work for almost 20 hours a day, only sleeping for two or three hours because it was his way to feel like he was doing something productive while his Big sis Chloe wasn't by his side.

"If I could manage myself without her seven months ago, I can also manage myself now. I want her to come clean somehow," Vernon said to himself. Though he wasn't even sure about his own statement.

Vernon opened his bedroom door and saw Chloe preparing his suit fresh out of the laundry. She looked surprised when she saw him already all dressed up.

"Vernon, it's only six in the morning. What's the hurry?" Chloe asked while staring at him with her sweet doe eyes. He clenched his jaw silently and replied;

"I have things to do."

He walked past Chloe and headed to the main door.

"W—Wait!" Chloe tried to catch up to Vernon's long steps. "I made a banana-apple smoothie for you and Mackie. If you're not in the mood to eat anything, you should at least drink that smoothie. It's not good to go to work with an empty stomach."

Vernon's hand that was holding his briefcase trembled. He clenched his briefcase's handle even tighter and spoke in a low voice, "I'm not in the mood."

"B—But, it's just a smoothie," Chloe insisted. "Hold on, let me pour it in a tumbler, so you can drink it in the office."

…

Vernon said nothing, but he didn't move from his current spot. So Chloe thought Vernon was waiting for her to bring him that smoothie.

She rushed to the kitchen to grab the tumbler.

It was hard for her to open the lid because she only used one hand.

She then poured the banana-apple smoothie carefully into the tumbler. Then she tried her hardest to close the lid again before giving it to Vernon.

Vernon watched the whole thing as he stood near the dining area. At first he wanted to leave right away, ignoring Chloe who was trying her best to please him.

But his heart told him to see what she was doing, and so he did.

He saw how serious Chloe was and how she tried her best to serve him his favorite banana-apple smoothie even though he was obviously not in the mood right now.

It might be a small, insignificant thing for most people, but for Vernon, who had been hungry for Chloe's attention, this kind of small gesture made him feel so weak, he was about to fall on his knees and beg Chloe to tell the truth, so he wouldn't be in so much pain right now.

"Vernon? Hey, Vernon!"

Vernon snapped out of his daze when Chloe called his name. She stood in front of him with a tumbler in her left hand.

"Here's your smoothie. I'm sorry that I can only make you this for now. I will cook a feast for you once I can use my right hand, okay?"