The Doormat Wife’s Ultimate Glow-Up novel Chapter 168

“No!”

Zach snatched the phone from Reese, his eyes wide with disbelief.

The screen lit up, revealing everything hidden in that encrypted folder. The transfer receipts—the amounts, the dates—matched exactly what Tara had told him about the Ramos Corporation’s investment in Iron Financial. Even the time Tara had promised to help send the money was identical.

Zach’s pupils shrank. He scrolled through the evidence over and over, desperately hoping to find some mistake. But every detail was there. The official bank stamp and the chat timestamps were real and undeniable.

He kept whispering, “No way… This can’t be true…” His voice grew smaller with each word until it nearly disappeared.

Deep inside, something told him Reese was telling the truth. She hadn’t abandoned him. She had actually been fighting for him in ways he’d never realized.

Memories flooded back. Back then, when he was overseas, the Wiles family was after him, his company was about to collapse, and he was stuck in a hospital bed with nothing left. Tara had held his hand and said, “Don’t worry. Ramos Corporation just sent you two million. You’ll be okay.”

After he got better, Tara kept reminding him about that money, always saying it was the Ramos family’s kindness, always telling him to remember what they’d done for him. Eventually, that gratitude turned into something more—maybe even love.

But now, with the truth right in front of him, he finally saw it: the money that saved him, the money that got him back on his feet, had come from Reese—the woman he’d doubted and hurt again and again.

“You…” Zach’s throat felt tight, his voice rough. “Why didn’t you tell me back then?”

He’d believed she’d left him when he needed her most, that she’d married Sebastian and betrayed him without a second thought.

So when he came back home, he made sure her life was as hard as possible. He couldn’t stand seeing her happy, and he made it his mission to give her trouble every chance he got.

He didn’t even realize how his tone had changed. He wasn’t saying her name the same way anymore.

Reese let out a short, bitter laugh.

“Seriously, Zach? Are you really that blind? She got exactly what she wanted. She made you think she was your savior. She made you grateful, loyal—so loyal that you hurt me again and again for her.

“And the Ramos family? Because of you, they got in good with the Wiles family. Their status in the city went through the roof. Do you really think they didn’t get anything out of this?”

Her words hit him like a punch.

Zach staggered back, his face drained of color, still trying to deny it. “No… Tara isn’t like that…”