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,

Will around now, Eric would

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she tried to fake being oblivious

and held himself up against

chest lurched, her

there anything you

the second. His gaze seemed to bore into her,

was

also recked of alcohol, making

car. “Eileen, have I

“N-no…”

her hands balled

so? But… why does it feel like you’re avoiding me,

it because of Vera?”

mmm?”

do was look down, and he would be able

it too, her waist

everything else

she was gorgeous and breathtaking. God knows how many men

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 think anything’s

me.” Eric said in a

of

her head, her

Eric want to play with her even more!

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her, staring into

some reason, his gaze felt

was supposed to look

only looked cold, disgusted and

had never been like

gone

had done

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

What did Jasper have to do with

was Eric on something

acting so strangely?

He let go all of a sudden, backing up as his gaze went back to cold and cutting again. As

“Nothing!”

to escape at last,

scorching hand.

you

want?”

me some pasta.”

“Huh?”

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