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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to fake being oblivious so she could

an arm and held himself up against the wall, blocking her off

chest lurched, her pulse racing.

there anything

into her, piercing through her no matter how hard she tried to avoid it.

presence was overwhelming.

of alcohol, making Eileen squirm

of Eileen’s hair behind her car. “Eileen,

“N-no…”

arms were pressed to the wall, her hands balled into fists as she kept her

that so? But… why does it

because

mmm?”

leaned forwards. All he had to do was look down, and he would be

had seen it too,

everything else

tell the truth, she was gorgeous and breathtaking. God knows

the start that it was Vera you liked… I didn’t know any better before, but I do now. That’s why I think it’s better we keep a distance from each other, so Vera doesn’t think anything’s going on

Eric said in a firm

terrified of him, two

her head, her gaze pitiful and

made Eric want to play with her even

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at her, staring

his gaze felt gentle

how Eric was supposed to look at

only looked cold, disgusted

had never been like this before…

had gone wrong?

done

so generously for her. What about

was confused and shocked. What did Jasper have to do with

Eric on

was he acting

her wordlessly, waiting for a reaction from her. 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

“Nothing!”

relief. She was about to escape at last, but at the

was grabbed by a scorching hand. “Eric… what’s the

you

want?”

me

“Huh?”

learnt how

was terrible at it. She