Mr. CEO's Substitute Bride

Violet Zimmerman was stunned by Daxton Lancaster’s words, her mouth slightly open in shock as she looked at him, forgetting to react.

Daxton Lancaster’s slender fingers continued to caress Violet Zimmerman’s cheek, his phoenix eyes seemingly looking through her at something else.

"Violet, I know this idea is absurd. You’re my wife, and I don’t want you to be with another man, but I’m the Family Head. There are things beyond my control; I can’t be without heirs. I can’t let the inheritance my grandfather passed on to me fall into someone else’s hands!"

He’s not very clear about the grievances of the previous generation, but one thing he knows very well: his grandfather warned him to protect the position of Family Head and not let outsiders take it away!"

He knows who these "outsiders" are — it’s none other than those from the second branch.

The position of Family Head might just be a symbol of power for himself, but for his grandfather, it’s a heritage, a responsibility.

"But..." Violet Zimmerman found her voice again. Speaking with some trembling, she raised her eyes to meet Daxton Lancaster’s hazy phoenix eyes, expressing her confusion.

"Even if you borrow someone else to have a child, it’s not really a Lancaster Family descendant."

Daxton Lancaster smiled, the curve of his lips was exceedingly bleak.

Leaning slightly closer to Violet Zimmerman’s face, Daxton Lancaster spoke again, his voice seemed distant.

"Violet, you forget, we Lancaster Family have more than just one man."

Daxton Lancaster’s words were like a thunderbolt exploding overhead. The Lancaster Family has more than just him as a man... yes, there are several other men in the house, uncles and others, not just Daxton Lancaster.

"No, no, Daxton, I don’t want to..." Violet Zimmerman shook her head repeatedly. She refused to commit incest with her uncle, didn’t want to...

Violet Zimmerman broke down crying on Daxton Lancaster’s shoulder.

Daxton Lancaster’s phoenix eyes remained hazy; having his wife do this pained him more than anyone else. He’s a man, yet he’s forced to command his wife to betray him.

A sigh echoed, it was Daxton Lancaster’s helplessness.

"Violet, I know you care about me, we are a couple. Just consider it as helping me."

"Daxton, I don’t want to, don’t force me, sob..."

Violet Zimmerman cried on Daxton Lancaster’s shoulder, Daxton neither comforted nor stopped her. It was only when Violet had cried enough that he stood up and walked toward the large bed.

The bedroom’s crystal lamp was on, the lighting not particularly bright. In the hazy glow, Violet Zimmerman realized that Daxton Lancaster’s back suddenly seemed much more bleak, like a helpless old man, lonely and pitiful.

With Daxton Lancaster’s proposal last night, Violet Zimmerman felt guilty and didn’t dare to raise her head at breakfast, while behind her were the second uncle’s family and her three younger uncles.

Daxton Lancaster showed no reaction, continuing to eat normally with his head down.

Eva Hayes was still bustling between the two dining tables. Though the dishes on both tables were the same, she always picked Victoria Thornton’s preferred dishes and placed them on her plate, saying her timeless line.

"Victoria, eat more. You’re not alone now! We can’t let my grandson go hungry."

Opposite, Lorelei Howard shot a resentful glance, her father-in-law also appeared displeased.

Violet Zimmerman lowered her head, under the table, she spontaneously grasped Daxton Lancaster’s hand.

The latter continued to eat calmly, neither rejecting nor reciprocating.

However, Aurora Lancaster couldn’t suppress her anger, this second mom never knows when to restrain herself, intentionally provoking when she knows sister-in-law hasn’t conceived yet.

The nineteen-year-old girl wasn’t happy, she put down her chopsticks, "Second mom, you gave all the meat dishes to second sister-in-law, what will the main sister-in-law eat? Haven’t you already started your own household, can’t you even afford to support a pregnant woman?"