The Doormat Wife’s Ultimate Glow-Up novel Chapter 408

As the smoke finally faded in the old Meyer family home, Jose and Danny moved in with a dozen men at their backs, each gripping a club, eyes full of menace.

Karter stood ready, dagger in hand, his two teammates flanking him. Together, they formed a tight triangle, calm and alert.

“You really think the three of you can stop all of us?” Danny scoffed, signaling his guys forward. “After him! Don’t let Hank get away with that stuff!”

The men surged ahead, trying to slip past Karter’s team. But Karter moved like a panther. He sidestepped, his dagger catching the light, and blocked the first man in his tracks.

“None of you are getting through me today.”

A scream echoed as the man dropped his club, clutching his injury as he stumbled back.

“Then knock them down and keep moving!” Jose shouted, rage twisting his face.

The attack grew fiercer. Clubs swung down like rain. Karter ducked and dodged, his dagger quick and precise, each strike landing true. In seconds, three men were down, groaning on the floor.

Still, they were outnumbered. Karter couldn’t cover every angle. A heavy club slammed into his back. He grunted, staggering forward.

Jose saw his chance. He lunged, throwing a punch at Karter’s face. “Let’s see how much longer you last!”

Karter’s eyes flashed cold. Instead of backing away, he moved in, twisting to dodge the punch while driving his dagger toward Jose’s stomach.

Jose’s face drained of color. He stumbled back, but the blade still caught him, tearing a deep gash across his abdomen. Blood soaked his shirt in an instant.

“You’re dead!” Jose roared, pain and fury mixed in his voice. He yanked a short knife from his belt and threw himself into the fight.

Their blades clashed. Karter took another cut to his arm, blood dripping down his fingers, but his eyes only grew sharper. He just needed to buy enough time for Hank to get safely to the rendezvous point.

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Back at the old Meyer house in Brookfield, Jose sat slumped on the sofa, white as a sheet, his hand pressed to his bleeding side while Danny did his best to bandage him.

On speaker, Bailey’s voice thundered through the room. “That boy really had the nerve to team up with others and betray me!”

If Bailey hadn’t noticed Hank acting strange lately, hadn’t kept tabs on him, and hadn’t sent Jose to check the house, he might’ve ended up in jail without even realizing what hit him.

The thought sent a cold chill down his spine. “That ungrateful kid. He has no sense of what’s really at stake.”

“What, does he think he’s the only one who cares about Reese and his mother? Like I don’t care?” If Hank wasn’t his only son, the only heir to the Meyer family, he’d have kicked him out and never let him come back.

Jose winced, gritting his teeth against the pain. “Mr. Meyer, his still just a kid. He must’ve been led astray by someone.”