Chapter 795: Chapter 795 Platonic Relationship_1
Purple Summers didn’t have an uncle complex, but upon seeing Old Master Summers’ photo, she couldn’t help but feel emotional. If this man was so charismatic when he was old, how many women must have swooned over him in his youth?
“Isn’t he handsome?” Atra Blanc said proudly, her eyes lingering with fondness on the photo. “He was even more handsome in person, but it’s a pity he didn’t like taking photos, so there aren’t many left.”
“I think… my brother is still the most handsome,” Purple Summers said, taking a photo of Alexander Summers’s bare behind and placing it next to Old Master Summers’ photo.
The two women glanced at each other and smiled in tacit understanding.
No matter the difference in aesthetics, in one’s own eyes, the beloved is always the most handsome.
Purple Summers picked out some of Alexander’s childhood photos and took copies with her phone. Before going to sleep that night, she lay in bed flipping through these photos, feeling utterly content.
Alexander wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and deeply inhaled the fragrance of her hair.
Purple Summers turned around with her phone in her arms and asked him, “If Old Master Summers and mom had such a good relationship, why didn’t he divorce Mrs. Summers and then marry mom?”
“Why this sudden question?” Alexander was taken aback.
“Just curious,” Purple Summers snuggled into his chest and whispered, “I found some of Old Master Summers’ photos while sorting things out this afternoon. You should have seen mom’s expression back then, like a girl in the throes of first love… Their relationship back then must have been really good, right?”
Alexander was silent for a while, then said, “It’s not that he didn’t want to divorce, it’s that at that time, it was impossible to do so.”
Alexander had always been presumed to be the child of a mistress, and no one cared more about his origins than he did. Thus, when he grew up, he specifically sought out the old servant of the Summers Family to inquire about the past.
The servant said that the old master and his wife had been living apart for many years, and their marriage was essentially over in all but name. Mrs. Summers had a male model kept on the side, and the old master was fully aware. The reason he didn’t divorce her was only not to embarrass the second young master.
The second young master, Clyde Summers, was the son Old Master Summers valued most. It would be a great loss of face if his mother were to be sent away from the Summers Family.
Latterly, the old master’s health deteriorated, and they hired a private caregiver, Atra Blanc. She was not only skilled in modern medical emergency care but also had a foundation in traditional medicine and was good at medicinal diets. Everyone thought she was the best choice to care for the old master, but unexpectedly, he developed a relationship with his private caregiver.
At first, Old Master Summers thought Atra Blanc was too young and didn’t want to disrupt her life, planning to dismiss her. But Atra’s intentions were simple: her beloved didn’t have much time left, how could she abandon him?
They held a modest feast at the old house, without pomp or grandeur. Only when they were about to register their marriage did they realize Mrs. Summers stood between them.
Old Master Summers informed Mrs. Summers to come back for the divorce proceedings. After several prompts with no response, Mrs. Summers suddenly returned one day, pregnant, claiming she had previously frozen some of Old Master Summers’ sperm and had recently become successfully impregnated.
Everyone was skeptical, but for someone like Mrs. Summers, who was fighting to maintain her position, such tactics were not surprising.
The law stipulated that a husband cannot divorce his wife while she is pregnant or nursing.
The divorce was postponed, and Old Master Summers, worried about his limited time and Atra’s future, asked her if she’d be willing to have his child, to which Atra committed without hesitation.
So, Atra also underwent artificial insemination and gave birth to Old Master Summers’ fourth son, Alexander Summers.
Purple Summers finished listening to this convoluted and secretive tale of a wealthy family, feeling utterly bewildered.
“You mean to say, mom and Old Master Summers, they actually… actually never had a relationship?” she murmured.
“The old man was in poor health, so what?” Alexander Summers looked at her askance, thinking Purple Summers was focusing on something strangely peculiar.
Purple Summers gradually came back to her senses, her emotions slightly stirred, “Oh my God… They, they had a platonic relationship!”
This was the kind of spiritual romance she had always pursued and longed for!
She was so envious!!!
“…” Alexander Summers was speechless and wore a dark expression.