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

himself up against the wall,

chest lurched, her pulse

Eric… is there anything you

gaze seemed to bore into her, piercing through

was

also recked of alcohol, making Eileen

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

“N-no…”

her hands balled into fists as she kept

does it feel

because

mmm?”

leaned forwards. All he had to do was look down, and he would be able to see all of Eileen under her thin

too, her waist that

else

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

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

said in a firm tone.

of him, two lifetimes

her

only made Eric want to play with her even more!

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looked back at her, staring into her

some reason, his gaze

was supposed to look at

only looked cold, disgusted and angry at

never been like

had gone

done nothing.

generously for her.

confused and shocked. What did Jasper have to do

Eric on something

was he acting

go all of a sudden, backing up as his gaze went back to cold and cutting again. As if everything

“Nothing!”

sigh of relief. She was about to escape

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

you

want?”

Make me some

“Huh?”

hadn’t learnt how to cook

knew that she was terrible at it. She might blow