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Chloe’s my top hater,always leading the charge—online roasts,offline glares.
She joined showbiz just to make my life hell.
This birthed a new fan type: “lick fans.”Whatever Chloe posts,comments call her “sister”, asking about “our dad”,or gush “our mom’s stunning”.
Comments flood:
Chloe’s lick fans:[Big Sow,you’r existence alone gets in the way of my sister thinking!]
Chaos lovers:[Tell Chloe:I love watching you hate me and can’t do squat!]
[She’s provoking Miss Moneybags?Not afraid of her career being ruined?]
Rational viewers:[Pearl seems harmless.]
I’m harmless.
I squat by Chloe,sighing, “Heard biking makes calves bulky.True or not?”
Chloe glares.
“Ten miles,and in such a hot day—will we tan?”
Another glare.
"I...”
“What do you want?”
Miss Moneybags snaps.
“I’ve got a tricycle.Join me?”
Chloe eyes the bike,then tricycle. “Huh, remember, you’re the one inviting me.I’ll humor you then.”
I climb into the back,settling in,only to see Chloe opposite me.
We lock eyes,saying in unison:
“You’re not making me do the labor!”
“You’re not riding?”
Maybe she’s not shameless enough.Chloe slides to the driver’’s seat.
She confidently turns the key,hits the throttle,and...whoops.
With a scream,the tricycle jerks backward thirty feet.
I pat her calmly. “Can’t handle it?”
Miss Moneybags,her pride stepped on,snaps, “Who says I can’t?Just a fluke.I watch our staff do it at our estate everyday.”
She’s sharp,figuring it out,and the tricycle moves forward.
I stretch my arms,squinting,feeling the breeze.
Only a day as a human,but I miss gliding as a pelican.
By arrival,the tricycle holds a farmer selling veggies,an aunt visiting kin,a young woman market-hopping,a student delivering food,and Ryan,ditched mid-road by a donkey.
Ryan was trying to reason with the donkey when we found him.
I suspect he’s a fake nerd.
That donkey was clearly saying, “No carrot?I’m done.Hmph!”
According to our deal—ride for food—the tricycle’s overloaded.
The crew’s eyes bulge at the packed ride.
Friendly locals spot cameras and gush:
“These girls are so kind!I’d have missed the market without them.”
“Prettiest gals in ten counties!”
An aunt offers to introduce her son to me.The student drags her away.
Chloe;s mortified yet shy.She has heard endless praise,but this flusters her.
I'm all calm though,munching a cucumber and tomato from the farmer.
Comments:
[Chloe:20+years,never dreamed I’d drive this convertible.]
[Pearl made Chloe her chauffeur?]
[Yeah,but Chloe looks happy.]
At the meeting point,we draw straws for rooms by arrival order.
I get the lux suite;Ethan gets a tiny room with just a bed.
Passing Ethan,System pops up: “Hey,you promised!Make him fall for you—give him your room!”
I snap, “Why?”
System,smug: “To do your job,you lick him!”
As I resist,a shock zaps me,agonizing.
I beg, “Lick,lick,I’ll lick!”
System huffs, “That's my girl—WHAT ARE YOU DOING?”
I grab Ethan”s left hand and lick it.
