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,

now, Eric would never dare to do much

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fake being

and held himself up against the wall, blocking

chest lurched, her

Eric… is there anything

her, piercing through her no matter how hard she tried to avoid it.

was overwhelming.

alcohol, making Eileen

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

“N-no…”

were pressed to the wall, her hands balled into

so? But… why does it

because of

mmm?”

and he would be able to

seen it too, her waist that night.

else as

she was gorgeous and breathtaking. God knows how

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 going on between

at me.” Eric said

was still terrified of him, two lifetimes

head, her gaze pitiful and

Eric want to play with her even

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at her, staring

gaze felt

was supposed to

cold, disgusted

had never been like this

had gone

done nothing.

you’ve been thinking so generously for her.

did Jasper

on something today?

he acting so strangely?

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

“Nothing!”

relief. She was about to escape

by a scorching hand. “Eric… what’s the matter? What else

you

want?”

me some pasta.”

“Huh?”

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