The Doormat Wife’s Ultimate Glow-Up novel Chapter 197

“Why are you so flustered? Did something happen to Grandpa?” Reese asked, her eyes quickly scanning the nurse from head to toe. The woman’s anxious look faded, replaced by awkward embarrassment.

“No, no, he’s still sleeping,” the nurse answered, her voice shaky. Reese’s stare made her uncomfortable, so she bit her tongue and forced herself to calm down. “Ma’am, it’s just, um… My period comes. I wanted to run to the store to pick up a few things.”

Reese shot a suspicious glance at the half-open door to the hospital room. Through the gap, she could see Mr. Ratcliff still lying in bed. The nurse didn’t seem to be faking, so Reese nodded. “I’ll stay with him. Come back as soon as you can.”

“Okay, thank you,” the nurse replied, nodding several times before hurrying off.

Reese watched her rush away, frowning. Something about this felt off.

She sped up, heading toward the hospital room, when a security guard came running around the corner, out of breath and sweating.

“Ma’am,” he panted, stopping in front of her.

“Where were you? Why are you just getting back now?” Reese checked the time. She hadn’t seen him since she arrived, almost an hour ago.

The guard wiped the sweat off his forehead. “The smoke detector in Mr. Ratcliff’s room kept going off for no reason. I tried resetting it a few times, but it wouldn’t stop. Just to be safe, I put an oxygen mask on him and collected some air samples to send for testing. Then the control center called to say the detectors on this whole floor were going off. I had to check the hallway and the rooms next door to find the source. That’s what took so long.

“Before I left, I told Mr. Ratcliff. He said he’d send more people over.”

Reese nodded. The guard was Sebastian’s arrangement, and if he’d kept Sebastian in the loop, there wasn’t much to argue about. Besides, you couldn’t be too careful with fire safety. The guard had done nothing wrong.

She let it go and pushed open the hospital room door.

“Grandpa?” She called softly, about to step in, when the door to the room next door opened and Robbie peeked out.

When he saw Reese, a flash of confusion crossed his face, quickly replaced by a cool, distant look.

“I thought you were too busy with work to even come home. How come you have time to be at the hospital?” he asked.

Reese didn’t bother answering. Instead, she asked, “Why are you here?”

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