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,

Eric would never

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tried to fake being oblivious

arm and held himself up against the wall, blocking her off

her pulse racing.

there anything you

the second. His gaze seemed to bore into her, piercing through her

presence was

also recked of alcohol, making Eileen squirm

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

“N-no…”

hands balled into fists as she kept

does it feel like you’re avoiding me,

it because of Vera?”

mmm?”

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

seen it too, her waist that night.

everything else as well…

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

do now. That’s why I think

at me.” Eric said in a firm

terrified of him, two lifetimes

her head, her gaze pitiful

Eric want to play with

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her, staring into her soul.

gaze felt gentle

was how Eric was supposed to look at Vera

looked cold, disgusted and

had never been

had gone

done

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

and shocked. What did Jasper

on something

acting so strangely?

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

“Nothing!”

about to escape at

wrist was grabbed by a scorching hand. “Eric… what’s the

you

want?”

me some

“Huh?”

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