Rebirth of the Wife in Despair by Tess Munoz

Chapter 23 I Can Make It For You Anytime You Want

Vera waited until Eric emerged from the study, walking up to him. “What’s the matter, Why do you look so upset? Did he… give you a hard time?”

Eric?

Eric had a blazer draped over one arm, brightening up at the sight of Vera. “I’m alright. Let’s go back.”

On the way home, Eric’s grip on the steering wheel tightened as he thought about the conversation in the study just now.

“This is an invite to the charity gala happening in a week. I’ll send some people over to help you out. You know what to do!”

Eric took the invite from Will. “Do you want to network with the Friedman family?”

“No, I’m thinking of an arranged marriage. You’re not getting any younger; it’s time you start a family of your own. From the looks of things, the Friedmans seem like a pretty good pick.”

“Yes. I won’t let you down, Dad.”

Eric stopped the car abruptly for some reason, and Vera looked at him. “What’s the matter,

Eric?”

The next second, Eric reached out and pulled the girl into an embrace, deeply inhaling the scent of jasmine on her.

Vera was frozen to the spot, not knowing what to do. She had been with Eric for so many years, but there seemed to always be a barrier between them that neither of them was unwilling to cross.

Something was definitely off about Eric in the way he reached out to hug her on his own.

The tension in the car took a shift, and Vera slowly relaxed her body. She raised her head, propping her chin on his shoulder and stroking his back softly with her hands. “Eric… what…. what’s gotten into you? Did anything upset you?”

Eric eventually let go of her. “Vera, I’ve got some things I need to sort out. I’ll need you to live at your school dorm for a while.”

Vera was shocked. She had not expected that Eric would have asked for something like this, and could not help the sinking feeling in her chest. “Was I a burden to you?”

Eric smoothed out her tousled hair. “Of course not. You’re wonderful. Give me a little more time, alright? I promise I’ll tell you everything you want to know after you’ve graduated.”

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gaze, and felt her heart rate kick up on its own as she lowered her head and blushed. “Eric… alright then.

you up from

Vera nodded. “Alright.”

after sending Vera home, and Gavin reported to him what

personal assistant. He took out several documents for

a black vest and gold-rimmed glasses and radiating an air of authority, Eric looked through the reports and the upcoming

did not look away, focusing

miss you so much!” A female voice rang from the

documents in his hand, leaning back in his chair and

sound of splashing water from the call.

and you’d better

you guess what I’m doing? I’ll go and keep you company if you get it right, you can do whatever you want to me…how about

can just turn me down outright, there’s no point testing

phone, when a message popped

it was a text from

Mont Blanc cake you made was really good.

soon

can make it for you anytime you want, just hit me

Sure.

r

2/4

looked at the message on the screen, his gaze a little dark.

reason, watching Eileen reply

belonged to him, and it made his chest thump in

messages had come from spying on

downloaded the surveillance app when he was at the hospital before.

hour talking to Jasper, mostly about

and dull, but Eric still read all

realized that Eileen had indeed changed quite a bit from before.

way until they finished talking, feeling a little frustrated out

nine. He had spent over an hour on Eileen…

the

unclear when he would be back. Eileen was

it hardly mattered where he spent

Eileen went upstairs to