Rebirth of the Wife in Despair by Tess Munoz

Chapter 17 Her Going Missing Might Be A Good Thing

Sharon said, “Yes. The driver went to pick her up after school, but she never came out. I called all the classes she was supposed to go to as well, and they all said she never showed up. I’ve just made a police. report. Do you think anything could’ve happened to her?”

Eric

spun the steering wheel with his other hand. “Probably not. She called me just now, but I didn’t pick up. How about… I’ll go looking around the places she usually goes to, and call you back if I find

her.

“Yes, of course!”

Sharon hung up the phone. Vera had heard the call, and knew what happened. “Why would Eileen go missing all of a sudden? Did something happen to her?”

“She’s probably just hiding somewhere. Don’t worry, she’ll be fine.”

“I can go looking for her with you, Eric!”

Eric shook his head, turning Vera down at once. “That’s alright. I might just know where she is.”

Eileen was stuck-up and stubborn, and had always been a selfish person. She might just be throwing a

tantrum.

still. Eric was not too worried about this. He even felt like her going missing might be a good thing. He stopped the car in front of Vera’s apartment

hair falling over her shoulders. “You should get

bags from just now. They weren’t very heavy, all of them containing the year’s newest

get some rest, don’t wait

know, I

then. I’ll

you leave.”

Eric’s gaze. Her heart was racing, and the wind did little to cool down

ever since coming back from healing abroad she had been hanging out with Eric like a

they went to bed. Eric

Her and Eric…

much present in her and Eric’s lives, and Vera would never be together with Eric as long as

she had feelings for

only family Vera had known.

from begging on the streets to getting

did have feelings for

Eric

her back, too?

up her footsteps, as if terrified of being called out to by the man behind her.