Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 322

No wonder Pax joined the project the exact second Summer resigned.

No wonder Pax was so openly hostile toward him and Lilith.

No wonder Pax refused to speak Mandarin during their meetings.

No wonder Pax kept her face buried behind a mask and refused to show herself.

No wonder Pax refused to renew the Sterling Group's licensing rights, turning around and handing them to Silas Sinclair's empire for free.

Summer... Summer was Pax!!

Xavier was reeling in disbelief. They had been married for seven years, yet Summer had never once breathed a word about being Pax.

She had kept it hidden from him the entire time. She had been on guard against him.

A storm of conflicting emotions raged inside Xavier as he spoke up in fluent Italian. "Summer, I hope you address the actual issue here. My wife is simply in shock. Furthermore, both she and I have met Pax in person. She had emerald-green eyes. So, how exactly do you plan to prove that you are Pax?"

Summer seamlessly switched to perfect Spanish. "Mr. Sterling, what kind of venue do you think this is? Do you really believe just anyone can stroll up here to accept a national award? The fact that I am standing on this stage means the government has already thoroughly vetted and verified my identity. Do I really need to prove myself to you?"

Before Xavier could get a word in, Summer switched again, this time to flawless French. "Mr. Sterling, surely you remember our first meeting. Pax communicated with you in Italian, Spanish, French, and German."

"And today, I am speaking to you in those exact same languages," Summer finished, concluding the sentence in crisp German.

Then, shifting her gaze back to Lilith, she spoke in perfectly enunciated English. "My dear sister, I know you don't understand a word of Italian, Spanish, French, or German. So I'll say this in English: thank you for your concern, but please save it next time. I'm terrified that one more display of your 'care' will get me drowned in a tsunami of public outrage."

Her tone was light and humorous, but the absolute mockery laced within it was lethal.

It was incredibly satisfying to witness!

Laughter rippled across the auditorium.

Every chuckle felt like a physical slap across Lilith's face. All the color drained from her cheeks, her hands trembling as she clenched her fingers together.

Summer was Pax. How the hell could Summer be Pax?!

She had always believed she was vastly superior to Summer in every conceivable way.

She thought Summer was a plastic surgery freak who had copied her face—only to discover Summer was entirely natural, and her beauty effortlessly rivaled Lilith's.

She thought Summer was a pathetic, unwanted orphan with garbage origins—only to find out Summer was the true heiress of the Sutton family, while Lilith was the dirty little secret.

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