Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 229

After Paige Brooks left, Xavier pulled out his phone and made a discrete call to the head butler at the Sterling Estate, ordering a covert investigation into the food poisoning.

Simultaneously, he instructed his staff to doctor Summer's hospital records. If Carlson Sterling demanded to see the files, the modified data would prevent the patriarch from realizing they had lied, dodging unnecessary fallout.

As long as Summer remained their public shield, the Sterling family wouldn't come after Lily, allowing her to go through her pregnancy in peace.

In Summer's room.

Yates had just wheeled Summer back inside when his phone rang. Frowning slightly, he handed Summer over to her caregiver and answered the call. "Annika."

The woman's voice on the other end was piercingly sharp. "Yates! Where the hell are you?!"

Yates leaned casually against the window. "At the hospital."

"Did you really stay up all night taking care of some woman?!"

"I did."

"You bastard!"

*Bang!* A massive crash echoed as the hospital room door was kicked open.

A towering bodyguard stood in the hallway. He respectfully stepped aside, revealing a woman radiating pure, unadulterated fury.

She was dressed in impeccable, high-end couture, screaming old money.

Her eyes locked onto Summer with the precision of a radar. She stormed into the room. "How dare you try to steal my man!"

"Pin her down!"

Yates pocketed his phone and swiftly stepped in front of Summer's wheelchair, blocking the threat. "Did Julian tell you this?"

Annika commanded sharply, "Move!"

Yates didn't budge an inch. "You know exactly what kind of person Julian is."

"A gossiping hypocrite who thrives on stirring up drama—an utterly useless idiot. And you actually believed what he said, Ms. Addison?" Summer smoothly wheeled herself out from behind Yates.

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