The Doormat Wife’s Ultimate Glow-Up novel Chapter 1

“Ms. Meyer, the baby is gone.”

Reese Meyer came to slowly, blinking up at the hospital ceiling for what felt like forever before finally sitting up. The memory of what brought her here pressed in on her from all sides.

Just a couple of weeks ago, she’d stumbled across IVF consent forms in the study. That was how she found out Sebastian Ratcliff—her husband—had someone else’s embryo implanted in her. Without her knowledge. Without her consent.

She’d refused to believe it at first. The idea that Sebastian would do something so cruel to her was too much to accept.

But sixteen weeks into the pregnancy, she went behind his back and got an amniocentesis. The results shattered her.

The baby inside her wasn’t hers.

She remembered lying on the exam table, staring at her slightly rounded belly, the faint stretch marks already spreading across her skin. The tears came then, hot and silent, slipping down her cheeks no matter how hard she tried to hold them back.

She’d actually wanted this child. To bear this baby, she’d gone through hormone shots, surgeries, and every exhausting appointment Sebastian asked of her. She’d done everything. And now, none of it mattered. The baby wasn’t hers at all.

They had been married for seven years. They had known each other since they were both practically kids themselves. Even if there was never real love, she’d thought there was at least something between them. A little loyalty. Maybe even friendship.

But to Sebastian, she was just a means to an end.

The nurse’s voice brought her back. “Ms. Meyer, the pregnancy has ended,” she said softly.

Reese focused, pulling her clothes together, her voice calm and steady. “Please get me all the paperwork about this child as soon as possible.”

“It’ll take about a week to finish the legal and genetic reports,” the nurse replied. “We’ll mail everything to you once it’s ready.”

Reese nodded.

She’d given up her degree for Sebastian, spent seven years running his life, making sure he had everything he needed. Now, she was done. This humiliating marriage would finally end. And the evidence that Sebastian made her a surrogate would be her only bargaining chip.

Her lower abdomen still throbbed as she called a car service. She set the pickup at the shopping center near the hospital.

As her ride pulled up, she spotted a familiar black sedan parked by the curb, the familiar flashy plates impossible to miss.

In all of Bridger Lake, only Sebastian would ever dare drive around with a plate like that. Anyone else wouldn’t dream of it.

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