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.”

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Eileen nodded. “Understood.”

left, Eric took one last look at Eileen, who was sitting on the bed. gazing out

quiet and well-behaved as

that, he left and closed

the living room, where Vera was pestering

the sound of the

the layout of the room. The grey and Blake tones of the room gave off

was a photo of Eric

hairpin, the toy alarm clock she had placed on the table….

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

She wanted to

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

staying on at the Swan

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

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case, Eileen had nothing holding her back.

anymore.

she walked to the window, opened it, and stretched out her hand. Before the snowflakes could land in her palm, they had

had gone to City Hall with Eric to get their marriage certificate, the weather had been

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

we didn’t grow old together.

not even a trace of the love you once had

memento I have is that when it snows, I remember

was just an ordinary girl, and her desires had always

before becoming his wife, Eileen’s only mistake was driving

and unruly, but not anymore.

she used to bully and

matter what happened to her, she endured

of cause and effect, the

no longer watch the snow, nor would she find joy in it.

the small couch, staring blankly at the

received a text

Happy birthday,

was the first time she had received a text

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many people knew about her birthday, not even Eric. The birthday on her ID card was incorrect. Her actual birth date was

quickly swept away as a beam of

to the message: How did you know today

secret. What do you want

huge, oversized, pink, limited edition

she refrained from sending that message as Eric’s warning echoed