Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 371

Ever since she got pregnant, they hadn't slept together once. She had even asked the doctor right in front of him, and the doctor explicitly stated it was perfectly safe.

Yet Xavier absolutely refused to touch her.

Was it because she was pregnant? Was she getting ugly and losing her sex appeal?

Or had Xavier's mind started wandering? Had he suddenly realized how capable Summer was and started regretting the divorce?

Did he want to go back and eat his leftovers?

It was a well-known fact that when a wife was pregnant, men struggled with their urges. A massive percentage of affairs happened during pregnancy.

Lilith was terrified of exactly that.

After all, Summer was just as beautiful as her, and honestly, Summer's body was currently in better shape.

More importantly, Xavier and Summer had been married for seven years. They knew each other's bodies perfectly. There was an innate, primal attraction between them.

Lilith made up her mind that they were going to sleep together tonight, no matter what it took. But in the end, it was a total failure.

Xavier firmly refused, insisting that since she was carrying twins, they needed to be extra careful and he could endure it.

Lilith's chest ached with fury, but she couldn't act too desperate or like a slut. It would only make her look cheap.

The next morning, as Lilith walked downstairs, she heard Xavier instructing the maid. "Prepare some light, detoxifying meals for the Madam over the next few days."

"Is the Madam not feeling well?" the maid asked.

Lilith heard Xavier give a vague hum of agreement. Her hand gripped the banister, her expression twisting into a vicious sneer.

In the United States.

Miles arrived in the US, only to discover that the contact he had bribed to protect Xenia had died in an accident a few years ago.

Left with no other options, Miles hired investigators to dig into Xenia's time in prison.

Meanwhile, in Julian Vane's office.

His assistant reported, "Mr. Vane, someone is digging into Madam's past."

Julian signed a document without even looking up. "Who?"

"The CEO of Sutton Heights Capital, Miles Sutton."

Julian's pen paused for a fraction of a second. He finished his signature, looked up, and said, "Let him look."

Because Julian quietly permitted it, Miles's investigation went relatively smoothly, though it wasn't without its hurdles.

After pulling numerous strings, he finally tracked down Xenia's former cellmate—the only one who was still alive.

As for the inmates who had actively tormented Xenia, they had long since perished in a string of bizarre 'accidents.'

From the surviving cellmate, Miles finally learned exactly what Xenia had endured during her early days in prison, before Julian Vane took an interest in her.

Beatings were a daily routine. If she dared to fight back, she was thrown into solitary confinement.

She had even nearly been sexually assaulted, saved only because Julian Vane intervened at the last second...

However, regarding anything related to Julian Vane, no one dared breathe a word to Miles without Julian's explicit permission.

Miles only needed to know one thing: the sheer hell Xenia suffered in prison was entirely his and Lilith's fault.

Even though Miles had suspected she suffered, hearing the graphic details straight from her cellmate's mouth was something else entirely.

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