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

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she tried to fake being oblivious so she

himself up

lurched, her pulse

there

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

was overwhelming.

of alcohol,

a lock of Eileen’s hair behind her car. “Eileen, have I done anything wrong recently

“N-no…”

her hands balled into fists as she kept

that so? But… why does it feel

it because of Vera?”

mmm?”

leaned forwards. All he had to do was look down, and he would be able

it too, her waist that night.

everything else as

truth, she was gorgeous and breathtaking. God knows how many

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

Eric said in a firm

still terrified of him, two lifetimes later.

her head, her

she looked only made Eric want

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looked back at her, staring into

gaze

how Eric was supposed to

looked cold, disgusted and angry at Eileen…

never been like this before…

gone wrong?

done

thinking so generously for her. What about you, then? Do you have a crush on Jasper Smithi

shocked. What did Jasper have

on something

acting so

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 head.

“Nothing!”

to

wrist was grabbed by a scorching hand.

you

want?”

Make me some pasta.”

“Huh?”

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