He Stole Me From My Deadbeat Husband
Chapter 423

Chapter 423: Chapter 423

"Ahaha, no need, I don’t need anything in particular," Kate smiled. "Now go. Mackie must be waiting for you."

"Alright, do text me if you need anything, okay?" Chloe got up and grabbed her bag. She made quick steps to the main door where her bodyguard, Meyer, waited for her.

"Let’s go, Meyer. Mackie would sulk if we’re late to pick her up," Chloe said.

"Yes, Ma’am."

**

"Mommy!" Mackie’s face brightened when she saw her Mommy picking her up today. Usually, it was only Meyer who’d pick her up after club, but her mother promised to bring her to the mall today.

So she hopped into the backseat of the car and put her bag in the front passenger seat.

"We’re going to go to the mall today, right?" Mackie asked.

Chloe chuckled, "Why are you so excited? We visited the mall once a week at least."

"Yeah, but I want to give something nice to Aunt Kate," Mackie said. "She looks so sad these days. So I’ll use my pocket money to buy something to cheer her up!"

"Aww, alright then, let’s go."

**

Chloe and Mackie walked around the mall with Meyer guarding them from behind. He made sure to have a bit of a gap so it wouldn’t be too obvious to other mall visitors and to give the mother-daughter a space of their own.

Sometimes Chloe told her husband not to send a bodyguard for every daily activity she had, but Vernon insisted because of the unknown danger lurking around.

"Mommy, let’s go get a Teddy!" Mackie said. "I’ve saved enough pocket money to buy a small Teddy!"

"Teddy?" Chloe raised her brow. "Do you want a Teddy? I thought you said you’ve grown past that."

"It’s not for me, Mommy," Mackie pouted. "It’s for Aunt Kate’s baby! I saw that Valerie likes Teddy so much, so Aunt Kate’s baby will like it too!"

Chloe had a faint smile, knowing that Mackie had grown up to be such a sweet little girl. She was still somewhat naive, but it was for the best, knowing she had grown up in such a difficult situation.

A child’s innocence should be protected at all cost, that was Chloe’s personal opinion.

Thus, Chloe and Mackie entered the Build-A-Teddy store and got one for Kate’s baby.

Mackie picked Teddy with a superhero cape and named it, ’Superbear.’

"I thought you said you wanted Aunt Kate’s baby to be Mojo Jojo," Chloe chuckled as she remembered the funny moment when her daughter saw Kate for the first time.

"Oh, yes! But Mommy, Mojo Jojo needs protection too. Superbear will protect him until he’s old enough to be a supervillain!"

"Alright, I’m sure Aunt Kate will be very happy knowing Superbear will protect her son," Chloe said. "Let’s go. Mommy wants to buy a few things before we buy gelato and then go home."

"Un~!"

Chloe and Mackie easily went around the mall and stopped at the ice cream shop.

They went to the restroom before going home. As usual, Chloe told Meyer, her bodyguard, "Stay here, Meyer. Surely, you don’t want to be called a pervert by anyone inside, right?"

Meyer’s cheeks reddened, "Yes, Ma’am, I’ll be guarding outside, make sure to scream if you get attacked."

Chloe sighed, "The only dangerous thing in a mall restroom is probably a roach, but alright."

Chloe handed all of their shopping bags to Meyer and grabbed her daughter’s wrist as they entered the restroom

The female restroom was surprisingly empty, with all the stalls wide open and very clean as always.

Chloe let go of her daughter’s hand and said, "Stay in here, Mackie. I’m going to use the toilet first, okay?"

"Mhm~," Mackie nodded lightly. She saw her Mommy enter the furthest stall and close the door, leaving Mackie alone in front of a big bathroom mirror.

Mackie stared at herself in the mirror and began playing with her hair. She leaned on the sink and murmured, "Maybe I should ask Mommy to go to the salon. I want to cut my hair. It’ll be so hot when summer comes..."

She tiptoed as to lean closer, hoping to take a better look at her split ends as well. Her female friend told her that she should use a hair conditioner.

Mackie was still too young to really understand what was the use of a conditioner because she never had any problem with her hair before, but she saw the bottle in Mommy’s bathroom once.

It was mostly comments from her friend that made her begin to grow some consciousness about her appearance.

As Mackie was busy staring at herself, she noticed a woman walking into the bathroom.

The woman was in her mid twenties. She was wearing jeans and a jacket. Mackie had a weird feeling when the woman turned her head and stared at the mirror. Her eyes showed a certain malevolence that even a little girl noticed, but Mackie stayed silent as she kept checking herself.

Mackie was naturally a bright girl who was friendly to everyone, but her Mommy already told her many times not to talk with strangers, so she just zipped her mouth and tried to dodge her eyes.

The woman smiled at Mackie, and the little girl shuddered. She sensed something bad from this stranger.

"Mackenzie, right?" The stranger mentioned her name.

Mackie jolted.

She had never met this woman before. How could she know her name?

"Y—Yes, how do you know—"

"Your name? Well, I happen to be Aunt Kate’s sister and she told me about you," the woman grinned. "My name is Erin."

"Aunt Kate’s sister?" Mackie began to loosen her guard when the woman named Erin seemed trustworthy. "Really? How come she never talked about you? I only know Mai," Mackie asked.

"Oh-ho, she actually wants to introduce me to you today. Kate is already waiting in a restaurant in this mall, so she told me to come here to pick you up," Erin persuaded. She grabbed Mackie’s wrist and said, "Let’s go, Mackenzie."

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