Chapter 176: This Is Not a Warm Lover
Chapter 176: Chapter 176: This Is Not a Warm Lover
Summers held Crowe up to the screen and said dotingly, "Come on, Crowe. Say hello to everyone."
"Meow~" Crowe meowed obligingly.
To Summers and the audience, it was just an ordinary meow.
But Renee Jennings heard Crowe saying, "Summer, you’re an idiot! You’ve been tricked by a bad man!"
Renee Jennings’s brow furrowed slightly, a hint of confusion in her eyes. "Crowe, who is this bad man you’re talking about?"
Summers blinked in confusion. "What bad man?"
There were 30,000 people watching the stream, and when they heard what Renee Jennings said, the chat exploded with excited comments.
[Something’s up!]
[Got my popcorn ready!]
[This is getting juicy!]
[Calling it now: Summer’s wedding is off!]
Summers felt a little uncomfortable seeing the viewers’ comments. She forced a smile and said, "To be honest with you all, my partner and I have already registered our marriage."
[Have the betrothal gifts been exchanged?]
[Girl, you’re being so foolish!]
[Speaking from experience, I really don’t recommend registering the marriage before the banquet!!!]
[To be honest, I registered the marriage before planning the wedding too. But then we clashed with his family over the preparations, the wedding was called off, and we just got divorced...]
Seeing so much advice from people with experience, Summers’s heart sank, and a sense of unease shot through her.
She looked at the serious expression on Renee Jennings’s face in the other half of the screen and asked nervously, "Streamer, what did Crowe say?"
"Summer, don’t panic just yet." Renee Jennings’s expression softened as she spoke. "Let me find out the details first, and then I’ll tell you. Is that okay?"
"Okay," Summers nodded.
Crowe realized that the other human on the phone could understand him.
He leaned closer, his round eyes fixed on the pretty human. "Can you help Crowe tell that idiot Summer something?"
Renee Jennings said seriously, "Of course. Go ahead."
Crowe began to meow, "One day, when Summer was away on a business trip, the bad man brought a little boy home..."
"Wait a moment, Crowe," Renee Jennings interrupted him. "Who is this bad man? What’s his name?"
Summers nervously clenched her hands, her lips pressed into a thin line.
Crowe said, "The bad man’s name is Caleb Hughes."
"Summer, do you know a Caleb Hughes?" Renee asked.
Summers felt her heart clench. "Caleb Hughes is my partner. Why?"
"He’s the bad man Crowe was talking about," Renee Jennings said in a gentle voice. "Crowe, please continue."
Crowe blinked, glanced back at Summers, and meowed again, "Summer is a huge idiot!"
He looked away from her and back at Renee Jennings on the phone, continuing to meow, "Crowe heard that little boy call the bad man ’Daddy’."
Renee Jennings raised an eyebrow. Just then, Blueberry and Cici leaped onto her desk, settling down beside the phone stand.
She glanced down at her feet, where Bella and Pippi were lying lazily on the floor.
Slider’s protest came from outside the room: "Family, I’m being ostracized! I want to come into the room, too!"
Renee Jennings’s lips curled into a slight smile. "Sorry, Crowe, one more interruption."
With that, she got up, left the room, and brought in the tank from the living room.
Slider was content now. "I knew it. Renee’s love for me is the real deal."
Renee Jennings flicked the glass with her finger. "Alright, no need to butter me up."
Slider said leisurely, "Nonsense. You’re not a piece of toast."
Renee Jennings: "..."
She returned to the screen and gave Crowe an apologetic smile. "Crowe, you were saying a little boy called the bad man ’Daddy’?"
"A child?" Summers looked completely lost.
"Yes," Crowe nodded his fluffy head. "The bad man called the little boy ’son,’ and the little boy asked the bad man..."
That day, Caleb Hughes had brought a little boy to Summer’s house.
"Daddy, when can Hugo be with Daddy every day?"
Caleb Hughes hugged his son and said dotingly, "Soon. Daddy won’t make Hugo wait too long. We just have to wait until after Daddy’s wedding, okay?"
"Daddy, why do we have to wait until after your wedding?" Hugo tilted his head, his little face full of confusion. "Can’t I stay now?"
Caleb Hughes ruffled his hair and said with a smile, "After the wedding, your new mommy won’t have a chance to back out."
"But..." Hugo looked worried. "What if my new mommy doesn’t like me?"
Caleb Hughes said, "How could she not? My son is so well-behaved. Who wouldn’t like you?"
Hearing this, Hugo broke into a brilliant smile. "Daddy, when is your wedding?"
Caleb Hughes was also beaming. "Very soon. When your kindergarten lets out for summer break. You can come to the banquet then."
"Yay!" Hugo was thrilled. "But my teacher said kids can’t drink alcohol."
"Then you can have juice."
"Daddy, will you let me meet my new mommy that day?"
"Maybe a few days later. I’ll tell your new mommy that you’re a child I adopted..."
As Summers listened to Renee Jennings relay the story, her heart pounded violently with anxiety, and her entire body began to tremble uncontrollably.
[Damn, that scumbag is vicious!]
[Is that bastard really so confident Summer won’t divorce him after the wedding?]
[He’s probably counting on her being too embarrassed to get a divorce after having a big wedding with all her family and friends.]
[What century are we in? Divorce is no big deal nowadays.]
"Summer, are you okay?" Renee Jennings’s gentle voice drifted over.
Summers’s brow was furrowed tightly, her voice choked with sobs. "I just remembered something. I told my partner I didn’t want to get pregnant for a while, and he was so incredibly considerate about it..."
One evening, Caleb Hughes was lying on the sofa, holding Summer, and said gently, "It’s okay. If you don’t want to have children, then we won’t. We can just adopt one. To be honest, I really couldn’t bear to see you suffer through a pregnancy. It’s such an ordeal."
At the time, Summer had been incredibly moved by his words.
She had squeezed his hand, a sweet smile on her face. "Kyle, I always thought no man would be willing to go without having his own kids, so I was afraid to bring it up. I never imagined you’d be so considerate of my feelings."
"You’re my future wife. Shouldn’t I consider what’s best for you?" Caleb Hughes’s voice grew even gentler. "You’re so afraid of pain, and you value your appearance so much. You wouldn’t be able to stand having a long scar on your stomach."
Summer hugged him tighter, her voice thick with emotion. "I must have done something amazing in a past life to deserve such a warm and loving partner like you."
Looking back on it now, Summers felt that she had been so stupid and naive.
"I was so stupid!" Summers said, filled with regret.
"Don’t blame yourself," Renee Jennings comforted her in a gentle voice. "He’s just an expert at deception."
[Yeah, Summer, don’t blame yourself!]
[He’s not a loving partner, he’s a damn sworn enemy!]