Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 271

He worked so hard every day that he only slept for two or three hours.

Yet despite his exhaustion, he still patiently coaxed Lily Sutton, gently wiping away her tears. "Alright, don't cry. It's over now."

Lily felt incredibly guilty. "But I caused Sterling Group to suffer massive losses."

This incident had indeed dealt a devastating blow to Sterling Group. Xavier Sterling's net worth plummeted straight from third to fifth place on the national billionaire rankings.

In contrast, Silas Sinclair climbed into the top three.

After coaxing Lily to sleep, Xavier returned to his study to continue working.

During a break from his overtime, he lit a cigarette and stared silently at the space across from him.

At that moment, he suddenly felt the study was too empty, and his heart felt empty as well.

The study originally had two large desks, but after Summer Vance left, only one remained.

Unbidden, the image of Summer sitting across from him, smiling, surfaced in Xavier's mind—she was so gentle, yet so resilient.

Back then, Summer's eyes had always been filled with a starry, deep affection when she looked at him.

Xavier pinched the bridge of his nose, finished his cigarette, and went back to work.

The next day.

In an attempt to salvage her image, Lily deliberately went to apologize to everyone on the project team.

"I'm so sorry. Because of my negligence, everyone's hard work went down the drain. These coffees and pastries are just a small token of my apology. Please don't hold it against me and accept my apology."

Her assistant and bodyguards considerately handed out the drinks to everyone.

Summer glanced at the packaging—it was an afternoon tea set from a six-star hotel, complete with designer luxury carrier bags.

Naturally, no one dared to offend Xavier who stood behind Lily, so they smiled, said it was fine, and enjoyed the treats.

"Lead Sutton, you don't need to blame yourself. The code that was sold was fake anyway; Pax swapped it out early on."

"Pax was so incredibly visionary."

Lily hadn't known about this.

Hearing it now and piecing together the tracking program and the fake code, she realized the truth.

It finally dawned on her that Pax had known she was going to make a move all along, which was why she took precautions beforehand.

But how could she have known?

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