Hidden Horns

why do you have to be rude?

"You can do it, Molly!" Chloe yelled so loudly with her hands lifted in the air and shaking them to cheer for the kid.

"Are you ready?" Yohan asked while they are both in position, inside one sack and lined up along with the other parent and children contestants.

"I was born ready." Molly said smugly.

"Great. Now let's win this." Yohan said and she glanced at Chloe and smiled.

"Okay listen up guys, I want y'all to be careful, please. This is for fun only and we don't want anyone to get hurt, let's just enjoy this sack race, but whoever gets back in this line after spinning around to that chair over there, will be the winner. Understand?" The teacher said and everyone nodded their heads.

Yohan snapped her fingers to make Molly levitated so she won't have a hard time jumping, but the kid slapped her arm. "Don't do that, let's play fair."

"Oh uh okay." Yohan chuckled and put down Molly.

"On your mark.." The teacher prepared to start the race. "Ready, set.." She looked at everyone before pulling the trigger of the gun. "Go!"

Yohan and Molly jumped simultaneously, arms wrapped around each other's waist. They are both dedicated to winning. Losing is never in the choices so they are doing their best.

They jumped and jumped until they reached the chair and they have to jumped around it two times then back to the starting line. They are too ahead of the other students and parents. Chloe was yelling and shouting in too much excitement, seeing the two almost reaching the finish line.

"We already have a winner!" The emcee announced after Molly and Yohan arrived at the finish line first.

Chloe jumped happily and she ran to Yohan and Molly, throwing her arms around Yohan, who froze in her spot but immediately recomposed herself when Chloe pulled away and she turned to Molly.

"You did it!" Chloe said and she pulled Molly into a hug. "You did great!"

"Of course, Dad helped a lot, she—I mean, he did great too!" Molly sneakered while covering her mouth with her small hands.

"Yeah, she did." Chloe mumbled amd looked down after she realized what she did earlier.

"Let's keep winning today, okay? Then we'll treat you at your favorite restaurant." Yohan said and Molly nodded her head vigorously with excitement in her eyes.

As the day continues, every race against the other participants, Molly and Yohan will always win, sometimes, Chloe will take a part in it and everyone was just amazed watching her play the games. It's really rare to see some famous personalities in a simple gathering like family day and so on, especially if you have a busy schedule.

That's why people at the event were so lucky to have a chance meeting Chloe in person. They are even hesitant at first to greet her since she was well known as a non friendly because she has a rest b***h face.

"We have come to the last game of this event and I'm expecting all of you to join, so please listen." The emcee said which caught everyone's attention and looked up to him at the stage. "This game will need three people, so I guess everyone is participating." He chuckled and signalled one of the school staff to release the materials for the final game which is a paper, but it's not an ordinary paper. As the game goes on, it'll be folded and the participants have to step on it without letting their foot touch the ground.

So in order to win, as the paper becomes so small, the person who can carry their family until the given time will step on the paper.

Everyone protests but Yohan and Chloe, even Molly is excited, knowing she has strong allies. Yohan can even lift the two with her index finger, but she's not gonna do that since she has to hide her identity with ordinary people around them.

"Dad, I know you got this." Molly said with a thumbs up.

"But you want to play fair, right?" Yohan asked playfully, which made the kid frown.

"I want you to show how strong you are!"

"Then let's do this!" Yohan said.

Every participant positioned in front of the given paper for each family, the music blasted at the speaker and the emcee encouraged them to dance, and once the music stop, they had to step on the paper.

It was so easy for everyone until the paper began to fold into smaller one. There are family who got disqualified after accidentally stepping their feet outside the paper.

"It's getting smaller." Molly said and she looked up to Yohan. "You need to carry aunt Chloe and I'll ride on your back."

"Okay—."

"Wait, no. We can still step on that paper, we can do this." Chloe said. Molly and Yohan exchanged glances then both shrugged their shoulders. When the music started to play, Molly danced giddily while Yohan and Chloe were just swaying their bodies and watching the kid.

The music stopped and since Chloe doesn't want to get carried, she stepped on the paper with her one foot and her hands grabbed Yohan's shoulder but looked away immediately by ,,, while Molly rode on Yohan's back.

"Okay! I'll count to ten, just stay in your position." The emcee said and he walked around to check every foot of the participants. "Aw sorry Hedisson family but you're out." He said then walked around again. He stopped in front of Yohan, then he looked up and smiled upon seeing Chloe. "I'm still glad to see you here, Ms. Smith."

"Can we stick to the game? People won't hold on for so long." Yohan sneered.

"Uh right. Sorry." The emcee said embarrassedly and turned his heel. "Okay we're clear, start the music again!"

When the music started to play, Chloe could finally release her breath she was holding since she was too close to Yohan and she could feel her cheeks burning hot.

Did she feel jealous? Chloe asked herself and hide her smile by looking at Molly, who's dancing with Yohan.

The music stopped again after the paper folded into a much smaller piece. The emcee gives them three seconds to have their best position on top of the paper. And without asking for permission, Yohan bent over and she picked up Chloe in a bridal style and Molly jumped on her back before she stepped on the paper.

Because of her shock, Chloe automatically wrapped her arms around Yohan's neck and buried her face into the latter's neck to hide her flustered face. The emcee walked around again and he found four families disqualified and there were three more left including Yohan's company.

After ten seconds countdown, the music blasted again and Yohan put Chloe down carefully. They didn't talk but they smiled at each other.

Yohan could notice the glare they were receiving from the opponent's family on their left. But she decided not to engage since she didn't want to spoil the happy day for Molly, and the radiant smile she kept seeing Chloe since they arrived at Molly's school. She would never trade that smile for a raging soul on her left.

Raging soul is Yohan's least favourite to take. She's a Devil, and all she wants to witness is people doing bad things. So for her, taking a raging soul is not good.

"We're down to three families, who do you think will win?" The emcee asked the crowd and everyone cheered.

"Oops, careful." Yohan said when the son of the parents on their left intentionally bumped Molly while dancing. Fortunately, Yohan gets ahold of the kid before it stumbles down on the floor.

"Well, it's not my son's fault if you have a lousy daughter." The father of their opponent said.

"How annoying." Chloe scoffed and rolled her eyes. "I saw your son did it intentionally."

"Oh look, the most famous model is here, I didn't know that you have a daughter wherein you're selling your body for fame. Aren't you a little ashamed of your daughter?" This time, it was the mother.

"Why would I feel ashamed if I have this perfect body? Aren't you the one who should feel ashamed? I mean, look at your body." Chloe fired back and Molly coos mockingly.

"Let's not mind them." Yohan said to stop Chloe from fighting with the other team.

"Why? Scared of us? Not because you have a famous model wife, you can act like you're untouchable." The father said.

"She's— I mean, he's really untouchable, I'm telling you mister, so please shut up and let's just see who will win." Molly butted in.

The paper was folded once again and this time, one foot won't fit on it so they have to tiptoe just to squeeze their bodies in. The music stopped and just like earlier, Yohan carried Chloe while Molly is in her back. The family on their right got disqualified after the father lost his balance and they fell.

"Wow! We still have two teams! Who do you think will win? Is it team yellow or team blue?!"

"We're gonna win so you better start crying now." The kid on the opposing team said to Molly but the latter just looked him dead in the eye.

"You wish." Molly scoffed and she started to dance again.

"Let's see." The boy scoffed back and he pulled his father's hand and whispered something to him. Yohan noticed it so she turned around to Chloe.

"Be careful, no matter what happen, don't let go." She said and Chloe, though confused, she still nodded her head.

The time has arrived when finally, the music stopped and the two teams were given five seconds to find the most comfortable position for them before the emcee started counting 1 to 10. He's still in the middle of the countdown when the father from another team loses his balance while he's carrying his wife in his arms. He tried to maintain his balance but couldn't hold on so he aimed for Yohan when his body fell back, but Yohan knew he was up to something so she leaned back to avoid the guy and they fell on the floor with heavy thud.

People were too amazed on how Yohan maintained his balance and even leaned back to avoid the guy. Then when the music blasted on the speakers, the people screamed and cheered for the winner.

"Wow! We have a winner!" The emcee announced and he lifted Molly's hands in the air, the crowd applauded and cheered for them.

"How the hell on earth did you do that?!" The guy asked raggedly after he stood up from the floor, he didn't even help his wife, who's wincing in pain while rubbing the back of her head.

"Balance." Yohan shrugged her shoulders and she grabbed Chloe and Molly's hand and the three of them walked to the stage to receive their trophy.

Molly was so undeniably happy, she even proudly introduced Yohan as her Dad and Chloe is her mom. People are surprised to hear it for the first time. They didn't know that Chloe already has a daughter. There were murmurs from the crowd but Chloe chose to ignore it and just ride with Molly.

She will deal with the backlash later, she knows that it'll be big news once the media finds out about Molly, but since she doesn't want to upset the kid, she just rides along and introduces herself as Molly's mom.

After the awarding ceremony, Yohan excused herself for a bit, then Molly went to her friends to brag about her trophy. Chloe was left alone at the table while sipping her wine.

"Where's your husband?"

Chloe looked up to the person in front of her and she smiled slightly when she saw the emcee.

"In the bathroom."

"I didn't know that you were married and has a daughter?" He asked as he took the seat across Chloe even if he were asked to sit down. "Don't get me wrong, I was just surprised as a fan, because the last interview you had was not in a relationship."

"Well, you can't tell everything in the media, especially your private life, right?" Chloe said with a shrug.

"Right, sorry. I was just really hoping that Mr. Ceyx isn't your husband."

"Why? Don't we look good together?"

"No no, please don't get me wrong. It's just that, I was really shocked, because I really like you and—."

"You seriously are not confessing with my wife right now, aren't you?" Yohan suddenly appeared out of nowhere and she took the seat next to Chloe, she wrapped her arm around the brunette's waist and she glared at the emcee.

"What? No!" The emcee chuckled awkwardly while shaking his head. "I'm just telling her that I'm a fan of hers."

"Yeah? I'm a fan too, now f**k off." Yohan growled. The emcee stood up quickly and bowed his head before leaving the table.

"Why do you have to be rude?" Chloe asked, though she was a bit annoyed, but couldn't hide the bit of happiness seeing and hearing how a Yohan Ceyx could be so possessive.

"I wasn't rude, I'm just protecting you because I'm still your driver and bodyguard." Yohan reasoned and she leaned back to her chair. "We have to go now, your dad called me and he wants you to go to their house ASAP."

"I guess they heard about Molly now." Chloe chuckled as she stood up. "Molly, let's go, we're going home!"

"Coming!" Molly yelled back and she bid to her friends before running to them. As the three walked towards the gate, there were loud horrifying screams coming from a few people. "Dang! You killed someone again." Molly whispered so low but Chloe didn't miss it and she snapped her head to Yohan.

Her eyes widened upon seeing the real image of Yohan Ceyx. The Devil's face.

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