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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she tried to fake being oblivious so she could run.

out an arm and held himself up against

lurched, her pulse racing.

Eric… is there anything

second. His gaze seemed to bore into her, piercing through her no matter how hard she tried to

presence was overwhelming.

of alcohol, making

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

“N-no…”

her hands balled into fists as she kept her head bowed.

But… why does it feel like

because of Vera?”

mmm?”

and he would be able to see all of Eileen under her thin

too,

else as

knows how many men

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

said in a firm

was still terrified of him, two

head, her gaze pitiful and

made Eric want to

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back at her, staring into her

reason, his gaze felt

was how Eric was supposed to

cold, disgusted and angry at

been like

gone wrong?

had done nothing.

thinking so generously for her. What about

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

was Eric on something today?

he acting so strangely?

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

“Nothing!”

She was about to escape at last, but at the very

hand.

you

want?”

hungry. Make me

“Huh?”

hadn’t learnt how

knew that she was terrible at it. She might blow up the kitchen just frying ant egg