CEO, Your Wife Has Left Chapter 178: The Wedding

But Ethan Yates’s expression was firm. Sumr Lancaster herself wasn’t sure if she should take this final gamble.

Ethan Yates grabbed Sumr Lancaster and, without asking for her opinion, pulled her away. Perhaps she hadn’t yet faced her own heart, which was why she needed soone to give her a push at a ti like this.

Sumr’s hesitant heart finally cald down. She would go see him one last ti. At the very least, she had to ask him why he didn’t co over last night.

The two of them were silent in the car, but Ethan Yates was worried sick seeing Sumr Lancaster in this state, his eyes constantly wandering over to her. A truck suddenly barreled toward them, appearing in their path without warning. By the ti Sumr saw it, it was too late. The massive impact knocked them both unconscious.

When she woke up again, Sumr Lancaster found herself in a world of pure white. ’That’s right, we must have been taken to the hospital.’

But... what about him?

Sumr sat up with a jolt. The nurse beside her saw she was awake and hurried over.

"The man who was brought in with , is he okay?!" Sumr grabbed the nurse’s arm, her voice tight with a nervous energy. The nurse shook her head. "He’s still in surgery, not out of the woods yet. He’s your husband, isn’t he? He was only hurt so badly because he was trying to protect you."

Sumr felt her thoughts grind to a halt. Ethan Yates... that little boy who used to follow her around all day was now hovering between life and death, and it was all because of her. Overco with self-bla, Sumr leaned forward, buried her face in her knees, and began to sob.

"You mustn’t get too emotional. You’re pregnant, but thankfully, the baby is fine!" the nurse carefully reminded Sumr.

Sumr’s eyes flew wide open. She instinctively covered her stomach. ’Am I carrying that demon’s child? What do I do now?’ She got out of bed and went to the waiting area outside the operating room. Lianne Vance and Lawrence Yates were there. The man she was looking for was leaning against the wall, his face a mask of sorrow. Sumr’s heart was in turmoil. She walked over to him and hugged him.

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry! This is all my fault!"

The man’s slightly dazed eyes flickered. With a sudden shove, he pushed her away. Sumr instinctively shielded her lower abdon, her face a picture of terror!

"Are you still going to pretend? This was all your design, wasn’t it? I’ve already seen that will. Stop the act, it’s utterly disgusting. Do you have any humanity at all? Ethan was your childhood friend! How could you be so ruthless!" Kenneth Yates’s eyes burned with a fire that looked ready to tear Sumr Lancaster to shreds.

"What will? I don’t know what you’re talking about." Sumr carefully got to her feet. She had originally planned to tell him she was pregnant, hoping that their relationship might still have a chance, but now it seed she had been too naive.

Kenneth Yates crudely threw the papers in his hand at Sumr’s face. "See for yourself!" Sumr picked up the papers, her expression growing heavier with every word. She had no idea this docunt even existed. It was a will her mother had written before she died, stating a desire to obtain the "single bloodline of the Yates Family." This ant Sumr was to marry Kenneth Yates and bear his child. The reason was shocking: her mother had been in love with Lawrence Yates, but after he married soone else, she married Gregory Lancaster in a fit of pique!

’So to secure a single bloodline, I had to destroy Ethan? Is that what he thinks of ?’ Sumr’s expression was blank. This was all new to her. ’Could it be that her father had pushed her to get close to Kenneth Yates since childhood all for this? All to obtain the inheritance and title her mother left behind?’

"No, Kenneth, you’ve misunderstood! I didn’t know about this will. My feelings for you are real!" Sumr clutched the corner of Kenneth Yates’s shirt, pleading desperately, but he acted as if he hadn’t heard a thing.

"Get out. The sight of you makes sick!" Kenneth Yates said coldly, looking at her with disgust. The CLACK-CLACK-CLACK of high heels sounded, and a woman in a fiery red trench coat arrived, looking as if she had rushed over from a long journey.

"Kenneth, how’s Ethan? I rushed right over as soon as I got your call!" Thea Shaw said, breathless. Sumr Lancaster, standing to the side, was stunned. ’She’s back. Looks like I really am the abandoned wife of a rich family now.’

’Wait a minute... she has a tiny rose tattoo on her ankle.’ Sumr Lancaster would never forget the tattoo she saw by soone’s foot on that day when she had been utterly helpless.

’Does that an she was the one who frad ? The person who wanted to destroy was Thea Shaw?’

Kenneth Yates carefully steadied Thea Shaw, told her not to worry, and helped her to a seating area to rest. He, on the other hand, went back to wait outside the operating room.

"Kenneth, I know who frad that day! It was Thea Shaw! She has a rose tattoo on her ankle, I saw it!" Sumr Lancaster grabbed Kenneth Yates’s arm tightly. Even if she couldn’t be by his side anymore, she couldn’t let a venomous woman like that be with him.

Kenneth Yates ruthlessly flung her hand off. "Haven’t you caused enough chaos? Now you want to fra Thea?"

A deep fear enveloped Sumr Lancaster. ’He... he doesn’t believe ?’ She had to leave. Right now. She was afraid he would soon find out about her pregnancy, and then he would never let her keep the child.

Sumr Lancaster turned and left the area outside the operating room. The only thing she could do now was pray that Ethan Yates would wake up.

Sumr Lancaster took out her phone and dialed Caleb Bell’s number. "Caleb, help . I need to get away!" The urgency in her voice made her desperation clear.

「Six years later.」

A woman’s heart is as tender as water, but not nearly as fickle. All these years, Sumr Lancaster had been living on her own, raising two children. She never once thought of remarrying, because her heart already belonged to soone. Every ti she saw her son’s strikingly familiar face, she would be reminded of Kenneth Yates. Finally, one day, after six years had passed, she mustered the courage to go back and find him. If he was already married, she would offer her sincere blessings and never let him know of the children’s existence. But if he was still single, she was determined to explain the truth of what happened back then.

A major figure arrived at the Yates Group: a woman known as Alimry, the CEO of a Francelian multinational corporation. Everyone thought she looked incredibly familiar, and after a long while, soone finally placed her. She was Sumr Lancaster, the forr CEO’s wife!

Sumr Lancaster didn’t knock, walking straight into the CEO’s office. The man inside wasn’t too surprised to see her.

"I’m back," Sumr said, calm and composed. She had already done her research; he was still single, with no rumored girlfriends to be found.

"Mm. I knew you’d be back." Kenneth Yates stood up, walked over to her, and hugged Sumr. "I’ve been waiting for you. Thank goodness you didn’t let down."

"Why..." Tears welled up in the corners of Sumr’s eyes, dripping onto Kenneth Yates’s shirt and blooming into a shape like a small cloud.

"After Ethan woke up, I learned everything. I’m so sorry. I’ve been keeping an eye on you this whole ti, but I didn’t know if you had forgiven , so I didn’t dare to co looking for you." Kenneth Yates gazed deeply at Sumr Lancaster before kissing her.

When the kiss ended, they could both feel the years of longing and affection they held for one another.

"And the children? Did you know? I gave birth to two adorable children for you!" Sumr finally rembered the children and quickly straightened up to ask him. Kenneth Yates stroked her head dotingly. "Of course I know. I fly to Francelia every year to see them."

"Then how did I not know?" Sumr looked at him in surprise. He just gave her a mysterious smile. "Because they promised they would keep it a secret!"

The door opened, and two adorable little kids walked in, both of them throwing themselves into Kenneth Yates’s arms. "Daddy, we kept our end of the bargain, didn’t we? We kept your secret for so many years! You promised to take us to the amusent park, so you can’t go back on your word!"

Sumr Lancaster’s tears turned to laughter. So he had been there all along, watching over her, and yet she had made him wait for so long.

Sumr hugged Kenneth Yates and their two children. "Thank you, Kenneth. If it weren’t for you, I might have just given up. But because you were in my heart, I was willing to fight. I love you!"

"Mommy, does that an you don’t love us?" the little boy asked, grabbing the corner of Sumr’s shirt as if he were jealous.

Sumr smiled. "Of course, I love you guys too, and Daddy loves you. From now on, the four of us will never be separated again!"

One month later, a wedding of the century was held, watched by the entire world. Kenneth Yates said he owed Sumr Lancaster a wedding and was determined to make up for it.

"lody Donovan? Who did you co with?" Sumr Lancaster was a little surprised to see her. They had lost touch and hadn’t contacted each other in six years. She had no idea what ended up happening between her and Dominic Thorne.

lody Donovan smiled and pointed to Dominic Thorne, who was happily playing with a little girl not far away. "That’s our precious daughter. The other one is my personal punching bag!" Her face was filled with sweetness and joy.

Sumr Lancaster hugged lody Donovan excitedly. "That’s so wonderful, lody. You ended up with the man you love most!"

"And aren’t you just as happy? You two went through so many trials, but the important thing is you’re finally together. You’d better hold on tight to him from now on and don’t let go. Your best years can’t afford to be wasted six at a ti..."

"Mm, I will." Sumr squeezed lody’s hand. This all-consuming love was finally culminating in a sweet and happy marriage. The years of entanglent and mutual misunderstandings would finally co to a perfect end today. All those seemingly absurd resolutions and grand ambitions from their college days had actually co true. The greatest happiness was having the person you love most standing right by your side. Now, they no longer had to watch the people they loved from a distance, too afraid to approach.

Now was their ti.

On the eve of the wedding, Sumr felt she still had to ask, "Kenneth, what happened to Thea Shaw afterward...?"

"I sent her to Francelia. She’s Noel Lynch’s half-sister on their mother’s side, so naturally, she should be handed over for him to discipline." Kenneth Yates said it so casually, it was clear he had truly let go of anything related to Thea Shaw. Even if she couldn’t have his blessing, Sumr still hoped Thea could find happiness.

The bells rang. The radiant, perfect couple smiled as they accepted everyone’s blessings. Seated among the guests, Ethan Yates felt the most gratified. Now, his decision to step aside finally felt truly aningful.

Champagne Rose: My heart belongs only to you.