CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54: JUST THINKING ABOUT IT MAKES ME EXCITED!

Chloe Simpson froze for a moment, then immediately got up and fled in panic.

Having been told to get lost, of course, she had to leave quickly.

Escaping from Alexander Johnson’s grip was not easy at all.

Outside the door, Lucas Hughes was eavesdropping intently, not knowing why Alexander Johnson suddenly got angry and shouted to get out.

Frightened, he quickly turned and hid around the corner.

However, before he could hide, Chloe Simpson dashed out, spotting him immediately.

"Lucas? Why are you..."

Chloe halted her steps, full of doubt, and as soon as she began to speak, she recalled what Alexander Johnson had just said: Lucas Hughes might be outside listening. Her words abruptly stopped.

"I was worried about you, Chloe, so I came to check on you. Are you okay? What’s going on, why are you out of breath?"

Having been discovered, Lucas Hughes immediately tried to cover up.

"I’m fine, I was just... just coming to find you. There’s nothing going on with Director Johnson, he said I should go rest since there’s work tomorrow. Since you’re here, let’s go home together."

Chloe, on the contrary, felt somewhat guilty and stammered out a reason.

"Oh, okay."

Lucas Hughes awkwardly smiled and took Chloe back home.

Only, tonight again was a failure, leaving him a bit irritable.

This can’t continue. He must find an opportunity to let Chloe and Alexander Johnson have a confrontation.

Preferably with him hiding in the room, so he could listen and watch more directly.

The excitement of it, just thinking about it was intoxicating!

Maybe it would just take one thrilling instance to satisfy his needs.

All the way home, Lucas Hughes kept planning this without noticing anything unusual about Chloe.

Meanwhile, Chloe kept watching Lucas, images of him backing away when she was threatened by the AIDS patient earlier flashed through her mind repeatedly.

Alexander Johnson’s words also echoed again and again in her ears.

People are like this—once a seed of doubt is planted, it’s hard to remain calm.

Especially between a couple, not to mention all the things that happened between Chloe and Lucas Hughes.

By the time they got home, it was already two in the morning, but Chloe tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

Lucas Hughes, already irritable, grew even more annoyed from listening to her toss and turn.

"We’ve got work tomorrow, can you stop moving around so much?"

Lucas’s impatient tone only made Chloe more anxious.

"Lucas, if Alexander Johnson hadn’t come to rescue me when I was threatened by that AIDS patient, would you have come to save me?"

She turned over, staring fixedly at Lucas in the dark, finally voicing her question.

"!"

Lucas Hughes was taken aback, not expecting Chloe to ask such a question. Could it be she saw him backing away today?

"Lucas?"

Seeing Lucas’s silence, Chloe grew even more uneasy.

"Silly, what are you thinking? Of course, I would save you, you’re my wife, how could I not rescue you?"

Lucas Hughes pulled himself together and drew Chloe into his arms.

Whether Chloe saw him retreat or not, he needed to soothe her first.

Right now, she still held significant value to him.

Besides arousing him, there was also the fifty thousand every month from Gabriella Dyer.

Fifty thousand is no small amount for ordinary people like them!

"Really? But... I saw you back away."

Lucas’s embrace was as warm as ever, but it no longer warmed Chloe’s heart.

She had indeed seen Lucas stepping back, ready to escape.