Rebirth of the Wife in Despair by Tess Munoz

Chapter 24

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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to fake being oblivious

and held himself up against

chest lurched, her pulse racing.

Eric… is there anything you

her, piercing through her no matter how hard she tried to

was

of alcohol, making Eileen squirm uncomfortably.

car. “Eileen, have I done anything wrong recently

“N-no…”

balled into fists as she

does it feel

because of

mmm?”

All he had to do was look down, and he would be able to see all of Eileen under

it too, her waist that

everything else

the truth, she was gorgeous and breathtaking. God knows how many men she would. conquer as she grew older.

do now. That’s why I think it’s better we

up at me.” Eric said in

terrified of him, two lifetimes later.

her head, her gaze

looked only made Eric want to play

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her, staring into

some reason, his gaze felt

was how Eric was supposed

cold, disgusted

had never been

had gone wrong?

done

been thinking so generously for her. What about you, then? Do you have a

and shocked. What did Jasper have to

was Eric on something today?

he acting

up as his gaze went back to cold and cutting again. As if everything just now had been

“Nothing!”

of relief. She was about to escape

was grabbed by a scorching hand. “Eric… what’s the matter? What else

you

want?”

hungry. Make me some

“Huh?”

hadn’t learnt how to cook

at it. She might blow

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