Rebirth of the Wife in Despair

Chapter 24

Chapter 24 What Had Gone Wrong?

The moon shone gently into the window as Eileen walked downstairs in her pajamas.

She rarely got out of bed in the middle of the night, but wanted a drink of water and saw that her flask was empty.

Eileen bumbled down the stairs blearily, and got a fright at the black figure on the couch.

“Ahh!” She woke up at once.

The person on the couch got to his feet, turning the light on..

The brightness made Eileen squint, making out who it was.

“Eric? What are you doing here? Why didn’t you go home?”

The living room smelt faintly of alcohol. It was coming from Eric.

Was he back from a night of networking again?

Also… what was he doing here, instead of going home to Vera?

Eileen and Eric had been married for eight years, but she had no idea this time what he was

up to.

Eric stumbled over to her, getting closer.

Eileen was right in front of a wall, and there was nowhere she could run.

Eric walked right up to her. He glanced at the girl in front of him, and her flushed chest.

It was a brief glance, but Eileen still caught the glint in his

eyes.

The way his breathing was rushed.

This was the kind of gaze that had the power to break Eileen.

She knew that Eric was not the kind of person to sleep around.

At least, not before what happened to Vera.

Eric had lost himself in alcohol and sex after Vera’s death, and had had a good deal of

women,

Eric would never dare

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she tried to fake being

stuck out an arm and held himself up against the wall, blocking her

her pulse

is there anything you

by the second. His gaze seemed to bore into her, piercing through her no matter how hard she tried to

was overwhelming.

also recked of alcohol,

of Eileen’s hair behind her car. “Eileen, have I

“N-no…”

were pressed to the wall, her hands balled into fists as she kept her head bowed.

why does it

it because of

mmm?”

do was look down, and he would be able to see all of Eileen under

seen it too,

everything else as well…

breathtaking. God knows how many men she would. conquer

was Vera you liked… I didn’t know any better before, but I do now.

up at me.” Eric said in a firm

of him, two lifetimes later.

head, her gaze pitiful and sad.

she looked only made Eric want to play with her even more!

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at her,

reason, his gaze felt gentle

Eric was supposed to look at Vera

disgusted

been

had gone wrong?

done nothing.

so generously for her. What about you, then? Do you have

did Jasper have to

Eric on

acting

waiting for a reaction from her. He let go all of a sudden, backing up as his gaze went back to cold and cutting again. As if everything just now had been in Eileen’s

“Nothing!”

of relief. She was about to escape at

was grabbed by a scorching hand. “Eric…

you

want?”

me

“Huh?”

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