My Ex-Husband Always Knew That I Had Cheated on Him
Chapter 136 She Still Went to Look for Alexander Johnson

Chapter 136: Chapter 136 She Still Went to Look for Alexander Johnson

Chloe Simpson held the phone in her hand, hesitating for a long time before finally making the call.

Meanwhile, Lucas Hughes was still asleep in the hotel room. Last night had been incredibly exhausting but thrilling.

It was a rare chance for him to release the tension, and this was the most successful breakthrough in treating his erectile dysfunction in five years.

As he started to notice some improvement in his condition, he had increased the dosage of his medication.

Combined with the stimulation from Chloe Simpson, Alexander Johnson, and others, he finally managed to release years of pent-up frustration.

The feeling was exhilarating—so much so that he slept for a full ten hours.

In the past five years, he had never had such peaceful or long-lasting sleep.

Waking naturally and feeling utterly satisfied, he received a message from Mark.

Mark didn’t explain much; he only mentioned that Gabriella Dyer was taking action. If Chloe Simpson called her, Lucas simply needed to ignore it.

Mark said Lucas could come up with any excuse later—just make sure not to answer Chloe’s call that day.

Lucas thought it didn’t seem like a big deal and casually agreed.

After all, Gabriella Dyer was his financial backer, giving him half a million every month. Doing something this minor was hardly a problem.

So, when Chloe, after much deliberation, finally called Lucas...

Lucas just stared at the phone, which vibrated incessantly without stopping, pretending not to see it at all.

Chloe was growing desperate, dialing his number several times in a row, but each time, all she heard was the automated message indicating that no one was answering.

She felt helpless. If Lucas didn’t answer, the marital home they shared couldn’t be used as collateral for the loan, and she’d have no way to secure the 1 million dollars.

She had only three hours left. Where could she possibly find the money?

Ah!

Chloe sat on the couch, clutching her head, feeling like she was about to break down.

Her mind raced through countless money-raising strategies, over and over again. Emily Sterling’s house could potentially be used for a loan, but there was a problem—the house was registered under her mother’s name.

With Emily now absent, there was no way to use it as collateral at the bank.

She and Lucas still owned a car, but the car was registered under Lucas’s name.

Even if they used the car for collateral, it wouldn’t fetch enough money—the car had only cost 20 thousand when purchased.

She currently had less than 10 thousand on hand, leaving her 90 thousand short.

Ninety thousand! Where could she possibly get that kind of money?

Chloe had really thought through every possible avenue—online loans, private lenders, any option she could think of.

But none of these seemed reliable. What if something went wrong?

In the end, Chloe came up with one safest, easiest solution: calling the police.

And yet, in the moment she was about to dial the police, she dismissed the idea.

If the police got involved, those desperate individuals might provoke her mother. What if her heart condition acted up? That would be the end of everything.

Heart conditions could be serious or trivial. Although her mother’s condition wasn’t particularly severe, Chloe couldn’t afford to take the gamble. If something happened, she would regret it for the rest of her life!

Reflexively, Chloe began searching on Bing for solutions—hoping to find some reliable way to quickly raise 90 thousand dollars.

Yet, as she browsed the internet, most options still seemed untrustworthy.

The more she searched, the more agitated and uneasy she became. Finally, she quit the browser and returned to the main menu to shut off her phone.

But just as she navigated back, the interface from her earlier call to Lucas popped up, along with the name Neil Johnson.

Alexander Johnson!

Suddenly, Chloe felt a surge of hope.

Why hadn’t she thought of Alexander?

The illustrious Crown Prince of Capital Circle—surely raising a mere 90 thousand dollars would be a trivial matter for him.

But the relationship between her and Alexander...

She recalled the harsh words she had said to Alexander just this morning. Barely a few hours had passed, and now she was about to call him herself...

Still, her mother’s situation was critical—she couldn’t afford to dwell on such concerns.

After much hesitation, Chloe finally made the call to Alexander Johnson.