Rebirth of the Wife in Despair by Tess Munoz

Chapter 24 What Had Gone Wrong?

The moon shone gently into the window as Eileen walked downstairs in her pajamas.

She rarely got out of bed in the middle of the night, but wanted a drink of water and saw that her flask was empty.

Eileen bumbled down the stairs blearily, and got a fright at the black figure on the couch.

“Ahh!” She woke up at once.

The person on the couch got to his feet, turning the light on..

The brightness made Eileen squint, making out who it was.

“Eric? What are you doing here? Why didn’t you go home?”

The living room smelt faintly of alcohol. It was coming from Eric.

Was he back from a night of networking again?

Also… what was he doing here, instead of going home to Vera?

Eileen and Eric had been married for eight years, but she had no idea this time what he was

up to.

Eric stumbled over to her, getting closer.

Eileen was right in front of a wall, and there was nowhere she could run.

Eric walked right up to her. He glanced at the girl in front of him, and her flushed chest.

It was a brief glance, but Eileen still caught the glint in his

eyes.

The way his breathing was rushed.

This was the kind of gaze that had the power to break Eileen.

She knew that Eric was not the kind of person to sleep around.

At least, not before what happened to Vera.

Eric had lost himself in alcohol and sex after Vera’s death, and had had a good deal of

women,

Eileen knew that with Will around now, Eric would never dare to do much to her.

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pupils trembled, and she tried to fake

held himself up against the wall, blocking her off

chest lurched, her

Eric… is there anything

was increasing by the second. His gaze seemed to bore into her, piercing through her no matter how hard she tried to avoid

presence was overwhelming.

recked of alcohol, making

a lock of Eileen’s hair behind her car. “Eileen, have I done anything

“N-no…”

to the wall, her hands balled into fists as

so? But… why does it feel

it because of Vera?”

mmm?”

down, and he would be able to see all of

it too, her

everything else

and breathtaking. God knows how many men

it was Vera you liked… I didn’t know any better before, but I do now.

Eric said in a firm

was still terrified of him, two lifetimes

her gaze pitiful and

only made Eric want to play with her even more!

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at her, staring into her

gaze felt gentle

how Eric was supposed to look

cold, disgusted and angry

had never been like this

gone

had done nothing.

know you’ve been thinking so generously for her. What about

and shocked. What did Jasper have to do with any of

was Eric on something today?

he acting so

He let go all of a sudden, backing up as his gaze went back to cold and cutting again. As if everything just now had been in Eileen’s head.

“Nothing!”

a sigh of relief. She was about to escape at last, but

scorching hand. “Eric… what’s the matter?

you

want?”

me some

“Huh?”

how to

was terrible at it. She might blow