The Doormat Wife’s Ultimate Glow-Up novel Chapter 290

Once the audio file and Nicole’s photo finished loading, Reese’s phone lit up. She took a steadying breath and answered the call.

“Ms. Meyer, we’ve received the recording. With this evidence, I’ll be working with my colleagues to set up a special task force and reopen the investigation from back then,” the officer said, voice crisp and professional. “We also got the documents you sent about Dylon shorting Ramos Corporation. The police have officially launched an investigation.”

When the call ended, Reese stared out the car window, watching the scenery blur by. She finally let out a shaky sigh.

After the police reopened the case, it would be only a matter of time before the truth behind her mother’s accident came to light.

Her phone rang again. Bailey’s name flashed across the screen. Reese hesitated before picking up. Now that she’d tracked down Alex and uncovered the truth, she knew she owed the Meyer family a call—no matter how complicated things were.

She barely had time to say hello before Bailey’s furious voice exploded through the line.

“Reese, what the hell were you doing? Why didn’t you answer your phone?

“Did you find out your brother and I were trying to win the civilian side of the Blade project? Did you go behind our backs and say something to the project lead? Is that why Vista Tech got rejected?

“Do you just not want the Meyer family to succeed?

“As if it wasn’t enough that you caused your mother’s death—now you’re pretending to agree to have a second child with Sebastian just to get your hands on the Meyer shares, all while sabotaging Vista Tech’s Blade deal behind our backs!

“Reese, what exactly are you after?”

Reese blinked, stunned.

She’d actually arranged for Matthew to meet Vista Tech’s representative today. But George had called that morning to say Grace’s people had left Alex’s place, and Reese knew her window to meet Alex was closing fast. So she’d handed off the Vista Tech meeting to Matthew.

But the Blade project meant everything for Vista Tech, and for the Meyer family’s future. He forced himself to calm down. “Secure the partnership and get pregnant with Sebastian’s child, and I’ll transfer the shares to you. That’s my promise.”

Reese’s lashes trembled. “Those shares were always meant for me. Mom left them for me,” she said quietly.

“You have no right to talk about her!” Bailey snapped.

Marie’s death was the wound Bailey could never let heal. Hearing Reese mention her mother, something in him snapped. “If it hadn’t been for you, she’d still be alive!”

Reese’s throat tightened. After a long silence, she finally spoke, voice barely above a whisper. “All these years, you’ve ignored me. Is it because you’ve always believed I was the reason Mom died?

“What if… what if I told you it wasn’t me? Would you regret how you’ve treated me all these years?”