Chloe Simpson felt a wave of anxiety the mont she dialed the number.
All she could see in her mind was the incident from years ago, when she had been cornered by a group of thugs in that narrow alleyway.
If that woman truly wasn’t Lucas Hughes’ cousin, then along with those events from the past...
Chloe stopped herself before she could let such thoughts take root in her heart.
She really didn’t want to analyze this any further.
Nor did she want to face such a possibility.
To her, the last five years with Lucas had been deeply filled with love, and Lucas had treated her exceptionally well.
She refused to believe that Lucas could have been secretly engaging in anything wrong.
The phone rang for a while before Kiki Woods answered.
"Hello? Sis-in-law, why are you calling so early? Did sothing happen?"
Kiki sounded like she was still in bed; her voice was tinged with the hoarseness of soone who had just woken up.
"Kiki, I wanted to..."
Chloe opened her mouth, ready to ask about the woman from last night, but her words faltered and she stopped abruptly.
Her lips parted and closed several tis, and in the end, she swallowed back the words she wanted to say.
If she rashly brought up such a topic with Kiki, it probably wouldn’t be appropriate.
She had only t the woman briefly and couldn’t confirm her identity, let alone had any photographs of the woman.
Better to wait until everything was certain and she had gathered more information.
"Hmm? Kiki, oh, nothing. I was just searching through my contacts earlier, planning to call a colleague from the hospital. Your na happens to be very similar to theirs, and I accidentally pressed the wrong number."
"Sorry for waking you up so early. It’s really nothing. Go back to sleep."
Chloe casually made up an excuse, hung up the phone, then got up to wash and prepare for work.
anwhile, Lucas Hughes had arrived at the hospital early in the morning.
He went to Orion Miller’s departnt to check his work schedule.
After inspecting Orion’s schedule, Lucas compared it to Chloe’s schedule, and a smirk appeared on his face.
It was almost too perfect—two days from now, Chloe and Orion would both be scheduled for the night shift.
Ah, just like the saying: "You search high and low only to find it effortlessly in the end."
It seed that even fate was on his side this ti.
How marvelous!
For the rest of the day, Lucas was in an exceptionally good mood.
The thought of finally executing his plan two nights from now had his excitent soaring unbearably high.
And Chloe? She remained completely oblivious.
She was still focused on figuring out more about the woman who had accompanied Lucas ho last night.
But no matter how hard she racked her brain, she couldn’t co up with any good ideas.
If this were back when she and Lucas were still married, she could have gone to his parents to fish for information indirectly.
But now that the two of them had already signed the divorce papers, and things had escalated to such a state—especially after Lydia Woods had stord into her ho and made a scene—this approach was no longer viable.
She would have to think of another way.
Two days passed, with Chloe still unable to think of a solution, but Lucas had ticulously finalized every detail of his plan.
On the third evening, after work, Lucas headed straight to Orion’s departnt to wait for him to finish his shift.
Once Orion was done for the night, Lucas followed him out of the hospital.
Orion’s ho was very close to the hospital, so there was no need to take a car—he could walk there.
Lucas followed him all the way, and when Orion had walked far enough from the hospital, passing by a quiet alley, Lucas quickened his pace and rushed forward.
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