Lucas Hughes stood outside the door, his mind entirely consumed by the realization that Chloe Simpson didn't have AIDS.
As for what Chloe and Emily Sterling said afterward—all those gut-wrenching words about divorce—he couldn't bring himself to hear a single word anymore.
Who knows how much time passed before Lucas forcibly suppressed the urge to strangle Chloe out of sheer anger and reached out to knock on the door.
"Coming!"
Emily Sterling heard the knock, glanced at the door, and quickly got up to open it.
Chloe instinctively wiped the tears off her face.
"Lucas?"
Emily opened the door and saw Lucas, utterly shocked, as she hadn't expected him to come back.
But at the same time, a glimmer of joy arose in her heart.
Perhaps Lucas didn't really want to divorce her daughter and had come back after rethinking.
"Chloe, it's Lucas."
Emily excitedly turned back and called out to Chloe.
"..."
