CHAPTER TWO
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' I really can get these clothes at really cheaper prices and with less stress if I was on my own'. Chloe muttered almost to the stylist's hearing while staring at a pale blue gown that looked almost like the one she bought a month ago at a 'pick me' store.
" I so much love to shop here, it's like my second hobby".
She heard from a lady who was walking in holding her lover's arm and squeaking like a child.
'how can shopping be your hobby?! Lot's of things to do in this life and you chose to shop! Rich people's problem '. Chloe was already getting annoyed. The stylist had been dragging her from one mall to another since she got to work in the morning and it's past 8 in the evening already and the clothes they picked can barely fill a traveling box.
"...and we are done!"
"Huhn, what'd you say?"
"I said we're done" the stylist repeated with a broad smile on her face.
How she was able to still be smiling after this tedious job of looking for outfits was none of Chloe's concern at the moment...
"So you're telling me that the whole of my day was used to pick clothes that can't even fit in half of my closet?" Chloe asked, raising her voice a little higher than usual.
"Well, ma'am, these were the best we found and I believe they looked gorgeous on you"
"Who cares about looking gorgeous" Chloe yawned and rubbed her eyes, "I haven't had a meal since and you're telling me about looking gorgeous?"
"We can find a restaurant to eat"
Chloe paused for a while before looking up and smiling at the lady in front of her, " let's eat! ". With that Chloe packed the clothes together in a bag and walked off with the stylist trailing behind her.
" I don't have enough money for two ma'am "
" I didn't ask you for money either. Hurry up and meet me at La cuisine" she responded while dropping the bag in front of the lady and running off.
Soon as the stylist got to the restaurant she saw Chloe eating from a large plate with the people around staring at her like she had gone crazy.
Chloe looked up from her plate while excitedly waving at the stylist to come and join her, who hastily looked else where so it wouldn't seem like she knows her.
After a few moments of eating like a starved chicken, Chloe finally looked up at those who were on the same table as she was,
"Thank you so much for the meal, I hope we meet again" she said with a wide smile and a belch, stood up with a little bow and walked off without bothering about the payment for the food.
Well apart from her work life, Chloe is a really wild lady. She would uninvitedly sit on people's tables and eat from their meal as long as they were looking well-to-do and leave the payment for the people to sort, she would get into fights with hoodlums and gamble with anything she had with her at any point as long as she was not staking her life. On weekends when she was lonely she would go to strip clubs, intentionally arouse men and once they struck a deal and she was paid, she's out of the club house and gone for good, so this incident was more of a normal lifestyle for her.
"Stop there young lady!" A huge man thundered at the door of the restaurant Chloe just came out from.
"Oh oh...Ruuuunnnn!!" Chloe screamed at the stylist who had no idea what was happening but immediately ran after Chloe with the bag of clothes hanging around her shoulder with the men in black trailing behind them.
"Oh my goodness! What is going on?" She screamed between laps
"Exercise, my darling. We're having fun. Just follow me alright. We'll be out of their sights soon" Chloe responded while laughing on the run.
"This was so not what I planned for"
"Relaaxxx... Just a few more seconds" Chloe said while looking back to check the distance between them and the men chasing them, "Okay maybe a few more minutes. Follow my lead!!". With that Chloe ran into a street, cornered beside a house and dragged the stylist with her while covering her mouth to prevent her from talking.
'Urgh, we lost them" one of the men said
"Who were they anyways... Lady thieves?"
"We'll just tell the boss we dealt with them already"
" Crazy New Jersey yutes"
the men in black said and finally walked away with their shoes leaving trailing sounds behind them.
"Phew..." Chloe breathed out in relief
"What the heck was that?! We could have gotten into trouble!! That was way too nonchalant and risky of you to have done!!" The stylist thundered in anger while staring fiercely at Chloe
"Uhhh, You're welcome" Chloe responded and smiled and in an attempt to walk away, the stylist grabbed her back
" I didn't say thank you!"
"Oh so you're not going to thank me for saving your life?"
" What is wrong with you?!"
"Chill out mamma mia. How was I suppose to know they would chase us, I just went for a nice meal that's all"
" A nice meal?! "
" Yeah a nice meal "
" Do you even know what could have happened if we got caught. Do you know the implications it would have caused?! "
"Alright fine. I'm sorry for the stress but you gotta admit that was fun yeah?" Chloe said while trying to tickle to stylist
"Don't just touch me"
" I'm sorry" Chloe said while pouting
"It's not as if I can beat you anyway"
"Of course you can" Chloe said with a wink
"Oh please...How do we get back to work? "
"My apartment isn't really far from here. You wanna come or you're still going back to the company?"
"No, I'm not. Let's go"
They walked a little distance from the street to the road before boarding a cab to Chloe's apartment. Entering inside they both fell on the bed lying down, giggling and smiling. Looking up at the ceiling, Chloe, who really had no friends, smiled at the thought of having someone else in her room to converse with, while the stylist on the other hand, could not shake away the affinity she felt towards Chloe as she was the first person to blend with her and act natural without condemning anything about her...
"You know I don't really know your name yeah?" Chloe said while looking at the stylist
"Right..." The stylist said and chuckled. "I'm Stephanie, most people call me Steph but you can call me anything you want"
"Well... Let's name you snowball" Chloe said with a wide smile.
" Alright then Clover " Steph responded
" Oh so you're calling me Clover now huhn"
" Uhn huhn... " Steph hummed with a hint of sarcasm.
" Well... I'm glad we're friends"
" I appreciate it too"
" But damn girl, you are hella crazy" Steph said and laughed
" You can't blame a lady" Chloe said also and laughed
"Well what would you like to eat...
- Writer
