The Doormat Wife’s Ultimate Glow-Up novel Chapter 135

Reese ran her fingers through Annie’s soft hair, her chest tightening. How could someone so little already be so considerate? It made her heart ache.

Sebastian didn’t miss a thing. Reese walked right past him, not even glancing his way as she left. He watched Matthew pick up Annie and follow Reese down the hall, his own heart twisting with jealousy and something bitter he didn’t want to name.

“How is she?” Sebastian asked as he came into the ER, a pharmacy bag dangling from his hand. Reese’s face was pale and drawn and he caught the quick flash of hurt in her eyes.

“Where’d you go?” Reese asked quietly.

“Picked up some medicine,” he replied, holding up the bag. His gaze drifted to the bandage on her wrist, noticing the angry red edges and the faint yellow fluid.

“Come on. Let him rest in here. I’ll clean you up outside,” Sebastian said.

That’s when Reese realized she’d been ignoring her own injury. She glanced down and saw the mess at her wrist. It looked bad.

She nodded. “Okay.”

As they stepped out, Annie looked up at Matthew. She’d caught him staring after Reese, longing written all over his face.

“Daddy, do you have a thing for Aunt Reese?” she whispered.

Matthew jerked in surprise, his cheeks burning. “What are you talking about, kiddo? Don’t say stuff like that.”

She pouted at him. “But now we’re at the Ratcliff house, she is your sister-in-law, right?”

He tried to sound firm. “You’re too young to worry about grown-up business.”

Annie poked at his chin, unconvinced. She knew she wasn’t just a little kid, no matter what he thought.

The thing was, she’d seen it with her own eyes. Back at the old house, when Aunt Reese almost got hit by that swing, Daddy ran faster than she’d ever seen, even faster than when he was training with his soldier friends. When Aunt Reese got hurt, Daddy’s worry was written all over his face. It was like he felt her pain even more than his own.

Honestly, Annie didn’t want Aunt Reese to be her aunt at all. She wanted her to be her mom.

Outside the ER, Sebastian sat beside Reese, pulling out gauze and antiseptic. He caught her staring back through the ER doors, clearly distracted.

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