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.”

“Eileen, if you feel unwell at any point, make sure

Eileen nodded. “Understood.”

Eric took one last look at Eileen, who was sitting on

and well-behaved as a

closed the

the laughter from the living room, where Vera

the sound of the television.

grey and Blake tones of the room gave off

table was a

Vera’s presence her left-behind hairpin, the toy alarm clock she had placed on

You know how to do everything! I can’t even make

wanted to learn too, and in the end, she ended

was thinking that if Sharon was doing well by Eric and Vera’s side, then there was

at the Swan residence is actually not a bad

things difficult for Sharon due to the latter having spent most of her life serving the Swan

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Eileen had nothing holding her

anymore.

to the window, opened it, and stretched out her hand. Before the snowflakes could land

life, when she had gone to City Hall with Eric to get their marriage certificate, the weather had been the same, with

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

we

even a trace of the love you once had for me was left behind.

that when it

had always been simple to marry him and become his

mistake

and unruly, but not anymore.

endured now was no less than how she

matter what happened to

and effect, the wheel of

on, she would no longer watch the snow, nor would she find

her arms, Eileen curled up on the small couch, staring blankly at the corner

at midnight, Eileen received

Happy birthday,

time she had received a text

was taken aback. How did Jasper know that today

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birthday on her ID card was incorrect. Her actual birth date

quickly swept away as a beam of light pierced

message: How did you

secret. What do you

huge, oversized, pink, limited

she refrained from sending that message as