"Come back! Come back!" Chloe shouts anxiously. She can't get up due to the high heels, so she takes off her high heels and hurriedly runs after him.
However, she loses sight of Coffey soon. She looks around but in vain. The street is very quiet. She stands there in a thin halter skirt.
In darkness, Chloe bursts into tears, "You jerk! I can explain. I didn't mean to!"
She didn't know they were siblings at that time.
Chloe feels wronged and squats down, crying loudly.
He has gone too far!
How could he leave her here and go away?
A few blonde youths pass by, laughing and talking. They suddenly notice Chloe, who is crying. They look at each other and walk over.
"Hey, why are you crying?" A youth squats down and asks Chloe in poor English.
Chloe raises her head only to see several roguish guys. She feels disgusted. She replies in English, "It's none of your business. Go away!"
She gets up and wants to leave.
"Don't go. Let's have fun together!" They stop her.
"Don't touch me!" Chloe screams and slap their hands. But they surround her, pretending to be very intimate with her, drawing little attention from passers-by.
Just as they are about to take Chloe away, a tall man stands in front of them. He seems angry.
"Let her go."
"Who are you?" One of them says grouchily, "She's ours. Piss off!"
Coffey punches him in the face before he finishes his words.
Coffey also beat others up. Then, they lie on the ground and groan in pain.
After that, Coffey expressionlessly drags Chloe and walks quickly.
"Slow down. I can't catch up." Chloe staggers and to looks at him. She doesn't expect him to come back and save her.
She sniffs and says to Coffey, "I'll go apologize to your sister after returning home. Don't leave me, okay? I know I was wrong."
Coffey ignores her.
"Ah!" Chloe screams in pain as she almost falls.
Coffey supports her impatiently, "What's wrong?"
He is really stupid. He has already gone, but he is worried about her safety. So, he comes back.
She's really a trouble-maker. It's stupid to squat on the road and cry and attract those guys' attention. If he hasn't come back, she would have suffered a lot!
Chloe says grievously, "It hurt."
Coffey realizes that she is not wearing her high heels. Her white and tender feet were dirty. Her right foot is pierced by shards and bleeding.
"Why don't you wear shoes? Are you out of your mind?" He says angrily.
"Don't blame me. I'm angry too!" Chloe gets annoyed. She says sullenly, "You walked too fast. I couldn't catch you up with the high heels on. I could only throw them away."
Then, she pulls his arms and pleads, "Don't be angry with me, okay? I can do anything for you."
"Don't touch me."
"No! My feet are bleeding. I can't walk now. Carry me please."
"I'm going to the roadside to hail a taxi."
"I'm dizzy. I don't want to take a taxi!"
Regardless of Coffey's words, Chloe hugs him tightly, lest he run away. In the end, Coffey has no choice but to carry her all the way back to the hotel.
Coffey says with a dark face, "Can you stop messing around?"
"I'll touch it only once!"
"Stop doing this, or I won't cook for you."
Chloe purses her lips and feels aggrieved, "You can touch me too."
Coffey manages to use the limited ingredients to cook two dishes and one soup for Chloe.
She eats them up and stays quiet for a while. But ten minutes later, she wants to take a shower.
Coffey refuses her, "You must take a shower tomorrow. Can't get your wound wet."
"But I'm sweating. If I don't feel comfortable, I can't sleep well." Chloe says, "Those guys even touched me before. It sucks. I want to take a bath!"
"No."
"You jerk!"
Chloe screams and hits him. Coffey has to let her take a bath. He tells her to put her feet out of the bathtub so that they won't get wet.
Coffey helps Chloe into the bathroom and walks out to get her a bathrobe.
Chloe takes off her clothes fast. When he brings in the bathrobe, he happens to see her take off her sling skirt.
Her skin is so fair. Her figure is slender but perfect. Her back is beautiful, but there is a long scar on her waist that impairs her beauty.
Coffey only takes a glance and quickly turns around. "Here's the bathrobe."
"Don't leave!"
Chloe says, "You have to fix your eyes on me. What if I drown myself in the bathtub?"
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