Rebirth of the Wife in Despair

Chapter 26 You’ll Be A Qualified Wife

“Thud!”

All of a sudden, a loud noise echoed from upstairs, causing Eileen to glance upward in concern. Reacting quickly, she slipped on her slippers and hurriedly ascended the stairs, fearing that something might have happened to Eric.

Apprehensively, Eileen pushed open the door to the room where the noise came from, and anxiously asked, “Eric, are you alright?”

Inside, she found Eric lying on the bed, seemingly trying to pick up the shattered pieces of a bowl on the floor.

“Eric, let me handle this. Just lie down and rest,” Eileen said gently, rearranging the pillows. behind him. She fetched a broom from outside and cleaned up the mess on the floor, though some stains remained.

Squatting down, Eileen used a few tissues to wipe away the remaining stains.

Eric watched her from behind, squinting his eyes, feeling amazed.

He never would have believed it if he had not seen it himself – Eileen knew how to do the work of a servant, something she had never done before.

Eric could not understand what caused this change in Eileen. He wondered if something had happened to her.

However, he knew that the reason for Eileen’s transformation was because of him.

After graduating from university, she married Eric. During their eight years of marriage, his company flourished and established a strong presence in Hulbury. While everyone else. feared him, Eileen remained confined to their home, waiting for his return.

As a housewife, she had servants to assist her, but it left her feeling unfulfilled and restless. In

her

spare

time, she would often find herself lost in thought, yearning for something more.

meaningful.

and even trying to fit into her own social circle. She invited her neighbor’s wife over for tea, visited the beauty salon, and even went to the gym. However, Eric did not take kindly to her newfound activities and asked her to stay home, fearing that

was one time she went to the gym, a few good-looking men wanted to walk

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a defeated family, much like a neglected concubine in a palace. Her life was filled with waiting for Eric’s occasional attention, and the word that best described her previous existence was

reason for her reckless behavior. He never cherished her love as he should have. In another

cleaned the mess up, brought him another bowl of porridge, and sat by the bed. “Eric, this porridge isn’t this

voice was hoarse, and he

felt that Eric’s palm was incredibly hot. Seeing that he was this weak, she was afraid that he would not be able to hold onto the bowl and Sharon might need to clean

don’t mind, let me feed

knows that

and said, “Eric, if you’re sick,

spoonful of porridge to his mouth, and Eric obediently

not to let her emotions get in the way as

finish feeding him and leave, but to her surprise, it took

coughs, leaving Eileen with no choice but to be patient.

when Eileen was feeling slightly anxious, Sharon returned, providing her a sense of

your temperature first!” Sharon said worriedly, taking the

discomfort, Sharon suggested, “You have a high fever, maybe we

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to go to the hospital, I’ll just take

sure to tell Eileen if you can’t bear it. If

you won’t get into trouble. Carry on with

Mr. Eric his medicine after half an

Eileen nodded, “Okay.”

look after Eric, putting