Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 508

Seeing Leo looking so heartbroken made Xavier feel terrible.

"Leo," Xavier reached out, wanting to pat the boy's head to comfort him.

*Slap!* Summer smacked his hand away. "Don't touch my son. You don't have the right."

Silas stared at Xavier with freezing eyes. "You can leave now, Mr. Sterling. I'll give you a very clear answer: Absolutely not."

"I promised Leo I would get revenge for Summer, and I never go back on my word. Whatever tricks you have up your sleeve, feel free to use them."

In a foul mood, Xavier stormed out of the private room.

As soon as he was gone, Leo called his great-grandfather, crying over the phone. "Great-Grandfather, I'm not going to your birthday party anymore. I'm never going to the Sterling family's house again!"

Hearing Leo sob sent Carlson into an absolute panic. "Leo, what's wrong? Did someone bully you? Are you crying?"

"It was Uncle Xavier! Waah..."

Leo sobbed as he completely sold Xavier out to Carlson. The second the call ended, his crying stopped instantly. His face was perfectly dry, without a single trace of tears.

Summer smiled and placed food on his plate. "Alright, let's eat."

Silas set a de-boned piece of fish onto the boy's plate as well. "My son is a genius. Xavier is going to get beaten half to death by old Mr. Sterling now."

At the Sterling residence.

Carlson had fainted, and Xavier was summoned back immediately.

At the entrance, he ran into Xander, who had also just returned.

Xander was back in a wheelchair.

He looked noticeably thinner, his features etched with deep exhaustion. When he initially took over the company, the agreement was that he would focus on learning the ropes first.

Xavier was supposed to handle all the actual heavy lifting.

But ever since the hundred-day banquet, Xavier had completely derailed, spiraling into a hopeless drunk who spent his days drowning in alcohol, entirely abandoning his corporate duties.

Overworked to the point of exhaustion, Xander had collapsed, taking a bad fall and injuring his leg.

"Xander, why are you back in a wheelchair?" Xavier called out in shock.

Xander ignored him. He was still furious with his brother.

Without any hard evidence after so many years, Xander couldn't legally hold the Suttons accountable for the drugging incident.

But the person he resented most was Xavier.

If Xavier hadn't covered up the truth, none of the subsequent nightmares would have happened.

The moment the truth came to light, the Sterling family would have destroyed the Suttons and driven them out of Empire City, ensuring Lilith never became Xavier's fiancée.

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