You Looked Down on Me Once Now You Look Up (Patricia and Oliver) novel Chapter 727

“Why are you up so early?” Oliver asked, his voice still a little rough from sleep.

Patricia shrugged. “I woke up, so I got up. Did you go play basketball with your brothers?” She tossed the question out, hoping to change the subject before Oliver could dig deeper.

But Oliver wasn’t ready to drop it. He answered her first, then circled right back. “Is it the bed? Or are you just not used to being here?”

“I slept fine,” Patricia replied, glancing at him. Before he could slip away into the bathroom, she caught him with another question. “You seem kind of annoyed that I’m up early.”

“Not annoyed,” he said. “I just worry you’re not comfortable here.”

“And if I’m really not?” she pressed.

“Then we’ll go back to Riverdale,” he said simply.

“But this is your home,” she reminded him.

He looked at her, his expression so serious it made her chest tighten. “It’s my house, but it isn’t our home. As your husband, I should give you a place where you feel safe and comfortable, not somewhere that makes you uneasy or anxious.”

“If you keep acting like this, your parents are going to think I’m difficult,” Patricia said, trying to lighten the mood.

Oliver paused in the doorway, turned to face her, and let out a slow, heavy sigh. “Pattie, you always look at me like I’m just any other man. Let me say this again.”

He kept his voice low and steady. “You’re my wife. For the rest of your life, the only person you ever need to care about making happy is me. Don’t bother worrying about anyone else.”

Patricia blinked, caught off guard. She knew Oliver could be bossy, even overbearing sometimes, but when it came to looking out for her, he never failed. He took on every responsibility a husband should, and even the ones he technically didn’t have to. If she needed something, he’d move mountains to get it done. He had firm values and always stepped up. Just those two things alone put him above most men she knew.

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