Rebirth of the Wife in Despair

Chapter 78 Growing Old Together

“Look at the size of that wound! If Mr. Snow hadn’t noticed that you hadn’t returned home so late and went out to fetch you out of concern, what would you have done if something had happened to you outside?”

Eileen smiled in response. “I slipped and fell.”

“What? How did you fall? It’s such a big cut!”

“While I was practicing my dance, I accidentally cut myself.”

Sharon immediately frowned and said, “No, this is unacceptable. I need to inform Mr. Swan and have him move you to a different class. What kind of irresponsible teacher is this? You got hurt and she just ignored you! I wonder how she even became a teacher.”

A warmth spread through Eileen’s heart. Whenever she was hurt, Sharon was always the first one to think of her.

“Sharon, I’m really okay. Please help me call Alan to come pick me up!”

Vera said, “Eileen, it’s already quite late. Why don’t you stay here for the night and leave tomorrow? Eric and I can’t help but worry if you go out alone.”

Eileen had drunk half a bowl of soup and was already feeling much better.

“That’s right! You, my dear, are always up so late and constantly skip dinner. You must be starving now. Let me cook you a plate of pasta.”

Eileen sat up to lean against the headboard, only to realize she was in Eric’s room.

“I’m not very hungry, so there’s no need to trouble yourself.”

Vera smiled warmly and said, “Eileen, you don’t need to be formal here. Just treat this place as your own home. It’s only right for Eric and me to take care of you. Or is it that you don’t want to eat pasta and would prefer something else? Should Eric and I go buy something else for you?”

Eileen was getting a bit of a headache from all the noise.

This was Vera and Eric’s home, not hers.

She would only feel increasingly suffocated if she stayed here.

Eileen lowered her gaze, her long hair loose around her shoulders. She looked down to see herself dressed in pajamas that belonged to Vera.

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She didn’t know when her clothes had been changed.

Her wallet and phone were both placed on the bedside table.

“I just need a moment to rest; I’ll be fine. You don’t need to worry about me.”

Eric spoke in a stern tone. “Vera, Sharon, let her rest properly. Boil some water and have her take the painkillers first.”

you feel unwell at

Eileen nodded. “Understood.”

Vera and Sharon left, Eric took one last look at Eileen,

as quiet and well-behaved as

left and closed

closed, Eileen could still hear the laughter from the living room, where Vera was pestering Sharon to teach her

was also the sound of the

room. The grey and Blake tones of the room gave off a warm feeling.

bedside table was a photo of Eric and Vera.

left-behind hairpin, the toy alarm clock she had

You know how to do everything! I can’t even make the simplest ravioli. I’m

wanted to learn too, and in the end,

was thinking that if Sharon was doing well by Eric and Vera’s side, then there was no need for her to insist on Sharon leaving the

years, so staying on at the Swan residence is actually not a bad

due to

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that case, Eileen had nothing holding

anymore.

and stretched out her hand. Before the snowflakes could land in her

her previous life, when she had gone to City Hall with Eric to

she had said, “We’re together in this snow, and we’ll

in the end, we didn’t grow old

a trace of the love you once had for

is that when it snows, I

and her desires had always been simple to marry him and become

only mistake was driving Vera to

and unruly, but not anymore. Even the sharpest

how she used to bully and oppress Vera in her past

happened to her, she

and effect,

the window. From then on, she would no longer

the small couch, staring blankly at the corner of the wardrobe wall.

midnight, Eileen received

Happy birthday,

the first time she had received a

Jasper know that

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not even Eric. The birthday on her ID card was

in Eileen’s heart were quickly swept away as

How did you know today was

What do you want for

a huge, oversized, pink, limited edition Nini teddy bear,

sending that message as Eric’s warning