"I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry. I've done such a disgraceful thing—I don't deserve to be your daughter."
Meanwhile, Chloe Simpson's suppressed guilt and regret over the infidelity on her wedding night resurfaced once again.
Suddenly, she started slapping herself furiously across the face while facing Emily Sterling.
"But Mom, I really didn't mean for it to happen. That night, I genuinely got drunk. I didn't even know how I ended up in Alexander Johnson's bed."
As Chloe slapped herself repeatedly, she tried to explain to Emily Sterling.
Watching her daughter punish herself so desperately, Emily Sterling's heart ached unbearably. She couldn't bear to look at Chloe anymore and turned her head away.
After Chloe finished speaking to Emily, she then turned to Lucas Hughes.
"Lucas, regarding the HIV scare, let me explain—it's not what you think. I just found out that during the prior blood tests, the hospital mixed up my sample with one from an HIV-positive patient."
