Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 328

Summer and Xavier had been married for seven years. Lilith had always lived in constant fear that as Summer became increasingly exceptional, Xavier would eventually regret his choice.

Moreover, the two of them shared a son together, and the Sterling family thoroughly despised her.

Even though she was now legally married to him, the persistent anxiety gnawed at her, leaving her entirely insecure in her relationship.

And the root cause of her insecurity was simple: she knew exactly how she had acquired this romance in the first place.

Xavier cherished her because he believed she was the young girl who had saved his life all those years ago. But she wasn't.

It was exactly how Miles Sutton had cherished her, believing she was the sister who had saved him. But she wasn't.

The moment Miles discovered the truth, he turned his back on her without a shred of hesitation, discarding their years of sibling affection like garbage.

What about Xavier?

If he ever uncovered the truth—if he realized she had manipulated him—would he be just like Miles?

Would he abandon her with the same ruthless, cold-blooded finality?

Just the thought of it sent a paralyzing ache through her heart.

What made matters worse was that ever since Summer returned to the Sutton family, Xavier seemed to harbor suspicions about whether he had identified the wrong girl back then.

The day after Summer was formally recognized by the Suttons, Lilith had visited the Sterling Group to bring Xavier lunch. While approaching his office, she accidentally overheard him ordering Paige to conduct an investigation.

He wanted Paige to find out the name of the orphanage Summer had lived in, track down childhood photos of her, pull her old school records, and dig into the details of her facial reconstructive surgery.

Thankfully, Lilith overheard the conversation and immediately alerted Lydia Sutton to intervene.

Lydia beat Xavier's investigators to the punch and intercepted the Vance family.

Because so much time had passed, and the Vances had never cared enough to know which orphanage Summer originally came from, they possessed zero childhood photos of her.

Lydia bribed them to synchronize their stories, feeding the investigators the name of an orphanage that had been demolished years ago. The director had long passed away from illness, and the archives were entirely incomplete.

Xavier couldn't locate Maeve Vance because Summer had hidden her away, fearful that Xavier would use her adoptive mother as leverage again.

With Summer's adoptive father dead, the only living person who knew which St. Jude's Children's Home Summer originated from was safely tucked out of reach.

As a result, Xavier's investigation yielded absolutely nothing to prove Summer was the girl from his past.

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