The Doormat Wife’s Ultimate Glow-Up novel Chapter 83

Jane sucked in a sharp breath, her hand flying to her chest as she stumbled back a step.

Reese didn’t even flinch at the tension crackling between Jane and Sebastian. It was like Jane’s scolding was aimed at someone else entirely. She’d been through enough with her mother-in-law to know better than to let it get under her skin. If she’d cared this much before, she would’ve been crushed years ago.

Still, a tiny part of her heart twinged with pain.

Robbie lingered behind Jane, his nerves obvious. The moment he realized the baby was gone, he let out a small, secret sigh of relief. A hint of satisfaction flashed across his face.

No more baby brother. That meant he was the only child of the Ratcliff family now. All the attention—finally—would be his.

But Sebastian caught that fleeting look.

“Robbie, what’s so funny?” His voice was cool, almost sharp.

Reese was his mother. Didn’t he care at all, seeing her so pale and frail in that hospital bed? Sebastian remembered how gentle and caring Robbie had been when Sofia was sick, and the memory stung in the worst way.

Robbie jumped, dropping his head. “N-no, I wasn’t laughing or anything.”

Sebastian’s stare was ice-cold. “Do you realize that if you hadn’t kicked your mom, the baby would still be here?”

“Why did you do it? Tell me!”

Robbie started shaking, his eyes filling with tears. “I didn’t mean to! I just didn’t want a little brother!”

“If Mom had another baby, Dad would stop loving me. Even Great-Grandpa was getting a room ready for him, and giving him shares of the company. I get nothing!”

Sebastian slammed his hand down on the nightstand, making the glass rattle. His anger was barely contained. “Who taught you to say things like that?”

Robbie had never seen his father so furious. He shrank back, voice barely above a whisper. “It—it was Aunt Sofia…”

Reese froze. Wasn’t Sofia the real mother of the lost baby? How could she have plotted this?

Sebastian’s expression darkened.

Sofia? Did she really tell Robbie to hurt the baby? Was she honestly that reckless?

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