However, Jessica and Carl who were equally surprised to see her alive, sounded genial and friendly when they saw her.
In contrast, the tone of the woman before her was the same as Vicky’s.
Be it Vicky or the woman before her, Summer could hear the hidden message in their tone, “You should have been long dead.”
It seems like the woman in front of her hates her as well.
Summer could not remember who she was, but seeing how similar she was to Leonardo, with that arrogant air around her, she was probably a member of the Emerson family.
Summer nodded slightly and normally greeted her, “Ms. Emerson.”
Kate almost toppled over with that “Ms. Emerson” greeting.
In her mind, Summer was a dead person, and now she was not only alive, but she was also found by Leonardo.
She was surprised, angry yet terrified.
“Leonardo, I’m your elder sister, and we have the same blood within us, no matter what I did, I did it for you, for the Emerson family.”
By now, Kate could not find anything else to say.
She could only hope that she had a position somewhere in Leonardo’s heart.
Leonardo did not have a trace of a smile on his face, nor did he look particularly angry. He only raised his hand to motion the servants to bring Rosie away.
Rosie was focused on her toys, and when she was picked up by the servant, she noticed that Summer had come.
The moment she saw Summer, her black grape-like eyes lit up and struggled as she wanted to get down and go to Summer.
“Aunt Jarrett!”
The servant glanced at Leonardo with a difficult expression.
Summer gently coaxed her. “I have something to do now, you go and play with the other aunties for now. I’ll look for you later, okay?”
Rosie’s little face sank. Clearly, she was reluctant, but she still said, “Okay.”
A clever and sensible kid would be particularly doted upon.
With Rosie carried away, the atmosphere in the hall became even heavier.
Tim handed two copies of the DNA report to Leonardo, and Leonardo threw them before Kate. “My dear sister, care to explain why you have been telling me that Amber was Rosie’s biological mother?”
Kate had already noticed long ago that Leonardo was getting real this time, but she did not expect him to be so blunt and direct, or for him to do it before Summer.
Kate clenched her fist tightly, her expression turned even more hideous, as she said in a panicked tone. “I… I thought… Summer… was dead. A child cannot be without her mother, plus you needed a wife. My intentions were all for you, believe me.”
At first, she found it difficult to speak, but the more she spoke, the smoother she became.
Kate got more and more agitated, and even more determined.
Compared to Kate’s agitation, Leonardo looked completely calm.
He looked coldly at Kate, his face still expressionless. The corner of his lips raised in a tiny arc, as if he was mocking her. “I remember when I asked you if you had lied to me, what did you say back then?”
Kate’s expression froze.
She looked up at Leonardo in disbelief. “You were already doubting me since that time? You’ve found Summer already, then? You never trusted me did you?”
“If I never trusted you, would I be fooled by you for three whole years?”
There were finally some emotions on Leonardo’s face, with an imperceptible glint of disappointment flashed across his eyes, as he said resolutely. “I don’t know how I used to get along with you back then, but I gave you a chance, Kate.”
He was only two minutes younger than Kate, and be it in the past or now, he had never called Kate elder sister before.
Kate felt like all of her strength had been sapped, as she simply sat there, unable to say anything.
She felt that until the end, she never understood Leonardo enough, but she could sense the resoluteness in his voice.
She knew that what happened when they were young was probably the cause of their distant relationship.
Nevertheless, she had been trying to mend the relationship between her and Leonardo.
She felt that Leonardo should find a wife better suited for him, was she wrong?
No, she was not wrong.
It was Leonardo who was being stubborn!
Kate shook her head and hissed bitterly. “Leonardo, you’re bewitched!”
She stood up and pointed at Summer as she screamed hysterically. “What good is this woman? She’s not fit for you! You were like this three years ago, and you are still like this three years later even when you have amnesia, you…”
Leonardo had a flash of impatience in his eye, and could not be bothered to look at her.
Tim made an eye-gesture to the bodyguard, and someone came to take Kate away.
Emerson Corporation was a family-run business, and the person in charge of the company had the greatest say.
The current CEO of Emerson Corporation was Leonardo, and his position in the Emerson family was naturally the highest. While Kate’s position was slightly lower than him, she was not the heir to the family.
In the end, even Kate had to listen to Leonardo, but Leonardo had not cared much for the past few years.
With Kate out of the way, only Leonardo, Summer, and Stanley were left in the hall.
Leonardo looked up at Stanley, his dark eyes were somber. “Mr. Bates, care to explain how my wife became your fiancé?”
Stanley curled his lips and smiled in a rather cheeky manner. “Your wife? Didn’t your brilliant sister help you with the divorce procedures to keep the charade up?”
As he said that, Summer felt the temperature of the room had fallen by a good few degrees.
She held her forearm and raised her eyes to look at Leonardo’s gloomy face before bowing her head quickly.
She could feel that Stanley was deliberately irritating Leonardo, and the latter seemed to be really pissed off.
“So what if we are divorced? She is still the mother of my child.” Leonardo squinted. “Mr. Bates, for you to be so bold-faced after taking advantage of others’ misfortune, that’s quite a rare spectacle.”
“Mr. Emerson, you jest. This was the first time I saw someone being so miserably deceived by his own sister, such a rare occurrence.” Stanley’s voice bore a trace of a chuckle in it as if he was talking with a friend.
The two were diametrically opposed, and the atmosphere in the hall became really tense.
Leonardo sneered, “So what of that? I suppose for a person without a family like Mr. Bates, it would be difficult even if you want to be deceived.”
“Heh.”
Stanley’s laughter was forced, and one could tell he was royally pissed now.
Summer turned to look at him and saw that his expression had turned extremely hideous.
He took a deep breath and stood up before turning to Summer. “You have a talk with him, I’ll go take a breather outside.”
While he had tried his best to suppress his anger, his tense look still betrayed him.