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,

with Will around now, Eric would never dare to do

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pupils trembled, and she tried to fake

out an arm and held himself up

lurched, her

is there anything

bore into her, piercing through her no matter how hard she tried to

was

alcohol, making Eileen squirm

“Eileen, have I done anything wrong

“N-no…”

the wall, her hands balled into fists as she

does it feel

it because

mmm?”

he would be able to see all of Eileen

it too, her

else

truth, she was gorgeous and breathtaking. God knows how many men she would. conquer as

said softly, I’ve known from the start that it was Vera you liked… I didn’t know any better before, but I do now. That’s why I think it’s better we keep a distance from each other, so Vera doesn’t

at me.” Eric said in a firm tone.

terrified of him, two lifetimes

her gaze pitiful and sad.

made Eric want to play with her even

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looked back at her, staring

gaze

Eric was supposed to look

looked cold, disgusted and

had never been like this before…

gone wrong?

had done nothing.

be really happy to know you’ve been thinking so generously for her. What about you, then? Do you have a crush on Jasper

Jasper have to do

Eric on

he acting so strangely?

up as his gaze went back to cold and cutting again. As if everything just now had been

“Nothing!”

sigh of relief. She was about to escape at last, but at the very

by a scorching hand. “Eric… what’s

you

want?”

Make me some

“Huh?”

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