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.”

feel unwell at any point, make sure to speak up. Don’t bear it

Eileen nodded. “Understood.”

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

appeared as quiet and well-behaved as a ragdoll.

that, he left and closed the door behind

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

the sound of the

The grey and Blake tones of the room

table was a

traces of Vera’s presence her left-behind hairpin, the toy alarm clock

everything! I can’t even make

hand. She wanted to learn too,

was doing well by Eric and Vera’s side, then there was no need for her to insist

years, so staying on at the Swan residence is actually

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

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Eileen had nothing holding

anymore.

it, and stretched out her

her previous life, when she had gone to City Hall with Eric to get their marriage certificate, the weather had been the same, with heavy snowfall.

his arm while standing in the snow, she had said, “We’re together in this snow, and we’ll be together until our hair turns Blake. We’ll grow old together, I’m sure of

in the end, we didn’t grow old

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

I have is that when

just an ordinary girl, and her desires had always been simple to marry him and become his wife.

mistake was

willful and unruly, but not anymore. Even the sharpest thorn would one day be worn

no less than how she used to bully and oppress Vera in her past

matter what happened to

cycle of cause and effect, the wheel of

closed the window. From then on, she would no longer watch the snow, nor would she find joy in it.

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

Eileen received a text message.

Happy birthday,

the first time she had received a

did Jasper know that today was her birthday?

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knew about her birthday, not even Eric. The birthday on her

swept away as a beam of light pierced

replied to the message: How did

you want for your birthday

oversized, pink, limited

from sending that message as Eric’s warning echoed in her