Rebirth of Billionaire's Wife (Eveline)

Chapter 77 77: Why did it feel so real?

With a nervous gulp, Tiffany dropped the food and turned to face Susan. She sensed that her mother was suspicious of her motive for carrying this picture, and Susan would not believe her explanation, whatever it might be.

"M-Mom I..." Tiffany was about to say something, but before she could get her mouth working, their house door burst open and Jacob entered.

Tiffany stared in shock at her father, who looked slightly drunk but not nearly drunk enough to collapse any time soon. Still, his arrival gave her a brief window of opportunity to flee.

"I appreciate the supper. I am going to bed," Tiffany said as she hurried from the dining area, racing into her room and shutting the door behind her.

Sensing her intention, Susan sighed and quickly looked away to tend to her husband.

"Why do you not give up drinking? Are you unaware of how seriously it is harming your health?" Susan spoke as she observed Jacob take a few steps to balance on the chair in front of the table.

Despite his inebriation, he was able to understand what she was saying and the moment she asked him to stop drinking, he let out a humorless chuckle.

"Did you forget why I started drinking in the first place?" he asked, staring at her with a brooding expression.

Susan paused, her face hardening as his words struck a chord deep inside her.

"How long will you allow your suffering to overcome you? Did you not do that some years ago? Perhaps our lives would not have to be like this," she remarked.

"You still think I made a mistake? I was this close to getting what I wanted, but he ruined it and you cheap women ask him for help," Jacob said, sounding disgusted as he recalled Susan's decision to work for Jonathan even though she was aware of his intense dislike for the man.

They too would have been wealthy, just like them, had he not betrayed him.

"Years have passed since that incident occurred, and since I simply forgot, you ought to follow suit. Rather than being angry with him, you ought to be grateful that he still gave your wife a job even after knowing what you did to him." Susan stated it.

Seeing his wife remain faithful to the man who was the cause of their life's decline in quality infuriated Jacob.

Thud!

"I am not hungry anymore," Jacob declared as he got up and left the house, leaving Susan speechless.

"How long will you continue to hold others accountable for your errors?" she muttered accusingly as she got up, becoming disinterested in the dinner.

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[Study Room]

her books and gets ready to go. But Gabriel stopped her before she could get to the

is it?"

her some thought, Eveline turned to face Gabriel. In a matter of seconds,

shocked, Eveline quickly composed herself and cleared her throat, to which Gabriel responded

condition." She clarified further, saying, "I

especially when it came to him, Gabriel had no idea why she was so thoughtful in her remarks. But now that she wanted to take a moment to gather her thoughts, who was

deep breath and forced her gaze to meet Gabriel's, saying, "I will be grateful for your help this time, even though you did not need to get involved in

unthankful remarks. Still, he bided his

do not waste your time attempting to assist me in the future." She concluded only to find Gabriel's face void

surprising Eveline, but all she could do

leave," he said, turning to leave the study and shutting the door behind him, leaving

moments to come out of her daze before she hurried outside and

Gabriel agreed with her or not; however, she considered the

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[Hayes Mansion]

yours that you are not paying attention to what you are eating?" Nancy observed Stefan occupied

flashed a small smile before he cut the conversation short to focus on

casual conversation," he winked at

someone?"

throat, seizing both his

he had been acting silly for a while, and this is

refrained from going overboard and getting any girls pregnant, even though he was aware of his playful nature. However, as he entered the real world, he wanted his son to

that?" Nancy said, glaring at Marcus, who immediately

as he observed his father act like a dutiful child in front

am not dating anyone, Mom. I am just talking to a friend, so do not make any assumptions." After clearing the room and consuming his meal rapidly, Stefan headed upstairs

collapsed onto the springy mattress, opened his phone,

refrain from considering that your words affect me, because they don't. I simply removed my glasses because I no longer felt the need to

grinning as

didn't lie when

her reaction would be this time. It was unusual for him since he never planned to compliment someone on their appearance, but with Ella, he

minute passed and he didn't get a response, so he assumed that Ella would

out his laptop from its case, placing it on

obtaining the college footage, but he needed to