Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband Chapter 1674: She Is Not Your Sister-in-Law

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Previously on Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband...
Ethan Barnes rescued Samuel Barnes and was injured in the process. Ethan's subordinates arrived and mistook Celeste Linden for Ethan's wife, referring to her as "sister-in-law." While traveling with Ethan and Danielle, Celeste received a text message from a man asking if she was asleep, prompting Ethan to question if it was her boyfriend.

Celeste Linden nodded gracefully, "Yes, my boyfriend, we are dating."

She admitted calmly and openly.

Ethan Barnes looked outside through the gleaming glass car window; it was nighttime now, and the cold dew made it hard to see the direction clearly.

Actually, it’s normal for her to have a boyfriend, she told him three years ago when she left that she would find someone she loves and create a perfect home.

She has always been this way, bravely climbing upward even in adversity. The trials and hurts she has encountered cannot crush her, nor will she lose the courage to love.

She will love bravely and steadfastly, find someone wonderful, and harvest her own love and marriage.

Ethan Barnes tugged at the corner of his lips, "Is he good to you?"

"Yes, very good, completely accommodating to me."

Ethan could hear satisfaction in her tone, and he focused his gaze on the little Danielle in the middle, who had already fallen asleep as it was very late.

She was wrapped in a soft, goose-colored blanket, her rosy little face sleeping sweetly.

Ethan reached out to touch his daughter’s little face, with tender affection and reluctance, "Does he like Danielle?"

"Yes, he treats Danielle as his own daughter."

He really is someone who has no flaws to pick on; her judgment is always spot-on.

Ethan said nothing more, and Celeste Linden also remained silent, the car quickly sunk into a quiet stillness.

...

The car stopped again at dawn the next day, and as Celeste Linden got off, Morgan Ashworth and Willow Crawford quickly came over, "Sister, are you alright?"

Celeste Linden shook her head, "I’m fine."

"Where’s Danielle?" Willow Crawford asked, looking for Danielle.

At this moment, Ethan Barnes got off the car, holding little Danielle in his arms, "Danielle is here."

Danielle was still sleeping; despite the bumps along the way, she slept soundly next to daddy and mommy.

"General Barnes, let me hold Danielle," Willow Crawford reached out to take Danielle.

Ethan Barnes was reluctant to part with the soft little body in his arms; this was the first time he held Danielle since she had grown this big.

He really wished he could keep holding his daughter like this, unwilling to let go.

Ethan passed little Danielle to Willow Crawford.

Willow Crawford gently held Danielle in her arms, softly comforting her, and then she noticed the blood on Celeste Linden’s body and quickly said, "Sister, let’s go back to the hotel room and clean up first."

"Okay." Celeste Linden took one last look at Ethan Barnes, "General Barnes, goodbye."

Then she left with Willow Crawford.

Ethan Barnes stood where he was, watching the mother-daughter pair leave, as his subordinates gathered around him, asking eagerly, "Hey boss, why did sister-in-law leave?"

"Yeah, boss, isn’t sister-in-law coming back with us?"

Morgan Ashworth stepped forward at this point, blocking Ethan Barnes’ gaze, and spoke with a slight lift of his lips, "She’s my sister, my sister is not your sister-in-law, your general’s wife is someone else."

What?

The few close subordinates immediately looked at Ethan Barnes.

Morgan Ashworth glanced at Ethan Barnes, raising his brows, "General Barnes, I’m right, aren’t I?"

The mother-daughter figures had already disappeared; Ethan Barnes withdrew his gaze indifferently, responding, "Yes," "You misunderstood, she is not your sister-in-law."

The close subordinates were very disappointed, "But she is sister-in-law."

In their imagination, sister-in-law should be like Celeste Linden, a composed, calm, brave, and determined woman capable of standing beside their boss.