Chapter 60

“What do you mean?” Sebastian narrowed his eyes at Reese.
“Exactly what I said.”
Reese walked right past him into the elevator. “Sebastian, my lawyer will be in touch about the divorce. Let’s not see each other again.”
Sebastian’s expression tightened. He stepped forward, about to say something, to clear things up.
The elevator doors slid shut before he could. Reese kept her eyes down the whole time, not even looking at him.
“Boss.”
Brady hurried over with Sebastian’s phone. “Ms. Meyer is calling.”
Sebastian didn’t answer. He just watched the elevator, staring at the floor numbers as they blinked up to the top.
After a long moment, he finally took the phone from Brady. “Hello?”
Whatever was said on the other end made his brow crease. “Alright. I’ll head back now.”
He’d barely hung up on Sofia when the phone rang again.
“Did you find Reese?” Mr. Ratcliff sounded tired, but he wasn’t about to let it go. “Did you take her to the doctor? Is the baby okay?”
“Yeah, I found her.” Sebastian got in the car, hand pausing on the door before shutting it. “We did the checkup. The baby’s fine, you don’t have to worry.” The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the
“I just dropped her off at work.”
“She went back to work?” Mr. Ratcliff clearly didn’t approve. “Why didn’t you take her home to rest?”
Sebastian stared out the window at the city rushing by, his voice a little flat. “Grandpa, who do you care about more-Reese, or the baby?”
There was a pause. “Obviously, the Ratcliff family’s grandson comes first.”
His grandfather’s tone got sharper. “Listen to me, Sebastian. You need to stop messing around with that woman. Don’t upset Reese, and stop talking about divorce. Even if you two end up splitting, it can wait until after the baby’s born.”
“Grandpa, I’m not divorcing her.”
The words came out before Sebastian could stop himself, like he’d finally let go of something heavy weighing on his chest.
No matter what his reasons were for marrying Reese in the first place, after all these years, her presence had just become a part of his life. He’d never really thought about letting her go.
Still…
Just remembering how cold Reese was earlier made his face darken.
Upstairs, the elevator stopped at the R&D floor. As soon as the doors opened, there was a dull thud. A little girl with two uneven pigtails had fallen right onto the shiny tile floor.
Reese jumped, hurrying over to help. Before she could reach her, the girl was already picking herself up, brushing off her dress. Her lopsided pigtails bounced as she moved.
Reese’s heart clenched when she saw the girl’s scraped knee, a bit of blood seeping out.
“Are you alright?”
The girl pouted and shook her head. Her eyelashes fluttered, wet with almost- tears, but she didn’t cry.
“Can I help you clean that up?”
Reese put her wooden box on the ground, dug through her bag for some
antiseptic and a bandage, and started unwrapping them. Her fingers accidentally brushed the girl’s knee, and the little one flinched, but didn’t say a word.
“Sorry, honey. Just hang in there for a second.”
Reese made her voice gentle, dabbing the wound carefully with a cotton swab. The girl’s shoulders gradually relaxed.
Watching her bite her lip, fighting back tears, Reese couldn’t help thinking of Robbie. If he were here, he’d be wailing for a hug, totally inconsolable.
“Are you here by yourself? Where are your parents?”
Once the bandage was on, Reese gave the girl’s soft hair a gentle pat.
The girl pointed at the glass doors marked BlackOak, her voice sweet and tiny. “Daddy’s in there. He told me to wait here.”
“You’re such a good girl.”
Reese found a fruit candy in her bag and tucked it into the girl’s hand. “Want me to help you find your dad?”
The girl nodded, clutching the candy, and followed Reese into the R&D department.
Alan was coming down the hall, arms full of files, when he saw the little one trailing behind Reese. His face lit up. “Whose kid is this? She’s way too cute!”