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,

that with Will around now, Eric would never dare to do much

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tried to fake being oblivious so

an arm and held himself up against the wall, blocking

lurched, her

is there anything you need?”

the second. His gaze seemed to bore into her, piercing through her no matter

presence was overwhelming.

alcohol, making Eileen

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

“N-no…”

arms were pressed to the wall, her hands balled into fists as she kept

that so? But… why does it feel like

it because of

mmm?”

down, and he would be able to see all of

it too, her

everything else

and breathtaking. God knows

but I do now. That’s why I think it’s better we keep a

Eric said

still terrified of

head, her gaze

Eric want

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back at her,

his gaze felt gentle

was how Eric was supposed to look at

only looked cold, disgusted and angry at Eileen…

never been like this

gone wrong?

had done nothing.

you’ve been thinking so generously for her. What about you,

was confused and shocked. What did Jasper have to do with any of

Eric on

acting so

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

“Nothing!”

was about to escape at last, but at the very last

grabbed by a scorching hand. “Eric…

you

want?”

me

“Huh?”

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