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,

would never dare to do much to

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tried to fake being

himself up against the wall, blocking her

chest lurched, her pulse

Eric… is there

by the second. His gaze seemed to bore into her,

presence was

also recked of alcohol, making Eileen

pushed a lock of Eileen’s hair behind her car. “Eileen, have I done anything wrong recently to upset you?”

“N-no…”

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

that so? But… why does it feel like you’re

because of Vera?”

mmm?”

he would be able to see all

seen it too, her

else as

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

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

Eric said in a firm

was still terrified of him, two lifetimes

raised her head, her

only made Eric want to play with her even

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back at her, staring into her soul.

reason, his gaze felt gentle to

how Eric was supposed to look at Vera

cold, disgusted and

had never been

gone

had done nothing.

for her. What about you, then? Do you

Jasper

on something today?

was he acting so strangely?

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

“Nothing!”

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

hand. “Eric… what’s the matter? What else do

you

want?”

hungry. Make me

“Huh?”

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