Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 361

Ever since the restaurant incident where Hunter falsely accused Leo, Summer had equipped Leo with a hidden lapel pin camera.

However, since she hadn't been with him at the Sterling Estate, she didn't know if he was wearing it.

It wasn't until he fully woke up that he confirmed he had been wearing it. The explosion had destroyed the physical camera, but it didn't matter—everything it captured had been uploaded to the cloud in real-time.

Furthermore, Leo remembered exactly what happened. Someone had stuck a foot out to trip him; he had reacted fast enough to dodge it, only to be ambushed from behind.

Someone had shoved him hard. Based on the size of the hand and the sheer force of the push, it definitely wasn't a child.

This meant it wasn't an accident at all—it was attempted murder!

The little boy who had tried to trip Leo undoubtedly saw the person who shoved him, but the kid flat-out refused to name names.

No matter what psychological tactics the police used, the boy kept his mouth shut.

That was until the culprit turned herself in.

Shockingly, it was the boy's own mother.

Because Leo was so blindingly brilliant, her son was constantly made to look like a useless idiot by comparison.

Her son worked incredibly hard, doing nothing but studying and attending endless extracurricular classes until midnight every single day.

He ranked first in his school every semester.

Yet, whenever he went home, his grandparents mocked and cursed him, and his father even beat him.

His mother adored and protected him, which only resulted in her husband beating her black and blue.

They called her a stupid pig, blamed her 'inferior genes,' called her worthless, and threatened to bring his illegitimate sons into the house to replace them.

The boy was consumed by jealousy. Why was it that, as a Sterling, Leo got to be so naturally gifted?

The boy had only wanted to play a prank and trip Leo so he would fall flat on his face.

He never imagined his own mother would shove Leo into the blast radius.

The mother turned herself in voluntarily because her husband was on the verge of beating her to death. He blamed her for making him lose face and, worst of all, for offending the main branch of the Sterling family.

Because of this incident, their branch of the family would likely be stripped of all executive roles at Sterling Group and completely marginalized within months.

So, rather than being beaten to a pulp, she figured confessing and going to prison at least guaranteed she would stay alive.

The police relentlessly interrogated the battered woman, demanding to know her motive.

She offered a bleak, tragic smile, rolling up her sleeves to reveal arms completely covered in horrific bruises. "Jasper is an abusive monster. Ever since I gave birth to our son, he despised my postpartum body. He cheated on me constantly. When I confronted him, he beat me."

"Eventually, I learned to shut my mouth and stop complaining. But whenever he was in a bad mood, he still used me as a punching bag. If he wanted to make my life hell, I was going to drag him down with me! By ruining Leo, I completely destroyed Jasper. He'll be exiled by the main family, and his life is over, hahaha..."

Driven to insanity by a torturous marriage, the woman laughed maniacally before breaking down into gut-wrenching sobs.

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