Rebirth of the Wife in Despair by Tess Munoz

Chapter 186 Free At Noon

Vera pursed her lips, gazing at the neatly bound notebook, feeling an indescribable sensation. in her heart.

“Eileen, I gave you the notebook. Why did you give it to Elm? Everyone in school is talking

about it. 1…”

Oh, she’s here because of that,

Eileen quickly apologized, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have given your notes to Elm. I thought he would make a copy, but I didn’t expect him to tear them up.”

“Eileen, I didn’t really want to tell you this. I just didn’t want Eric to misunderstand. You know, we’ve finally gotten together, and I don’t want him to be unhappy because of these things.”

“I understand. If Eric misunderstands, I will explain it to him.”

Vera noticed the workbook on her desk again. She picked it up and glanced at it. “Did you buy this workbook?”

“It’s from Mr. Gardner.”

“Is that so? This workbook seems to be newly released this year.”

“Really? I’m not too sure about that. If you want, I can make a copy for you. The problems in

it are a bit more challenging than the ones we had in the Olympiad Math Class. It’s been quite some time, and I’ve only managed to finish half of them.”

Just then, the school bell rang for class.

Eileen decided to lend her the workbook.

Vera would return it to her this afternoon. She still had a few pages from the previous workbook to complete.

The last class of the morning was the weekly break period on Monday.

Today, it was Class One, Class Two, and Class Three’s turn.

During the last class, Eileen sat in the classroom, flipping through fashion magazines to pass the time. The extra books for these extracurricular activities were randomly picked from the shelves behind the classroom.

“Eileen””

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her head to see a girl knocking on the window. She opened it, recognizing the girl with a ponytail

Natalie Scott, I’m in the class next door. Are you okay? You’ve been on leave for so long, I thought you wouldn’t return to school. I’m glad to see you’re fine!”

round, as innocent and endearing as a fawn. When she smiled,

you did last time!”

why aren’t you out having fun? I heard there’s a basketball

a slight smile. “I think I’ll pass.

sparkled. “There are a few questions I don’t understand. Can

her, “Sure.”

said cheerfully as she ran

a while, Eileen didn’t see Natalie coming over as expected. Instead, she heard

“Are you

foot

I didn’t mean to do it. I’ll

clean? Do you know how

out a pink wallet. “Calliope, I didn’t bring

who struck it rich. You only have a

thousand? But I don’t have that much money. Natalie bit her lip in grievance, her eyes suddenly becoming teary. She looked pitiful.

my shoes and told me she had no money. These shoes are a limited edition pair my mom gifted me for my birthday. They are imported from Friyx.” Calliope said coyly. She was sitting on Elm’s lap, her arms wrapped around

a pen in the other. Elm was reading at

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and nonchalant. Then tell her

clean,” he said.

was watching the show with smiles on their

you looking at? Kneel down and

“O-Okay.”

city. Her family had made a considerable fortune selling pork. It was only after they moved

as she had imagined. Instead of being welcoming to the

of income as

they didn’t listen and

kind of shoes are so expensive,

the voice at the door, Natalie smiled like

their conversation next door.

limited edition, with only five pairs released worldwide.

it because all five pairs were in her

were too expensive, though not as

out three hundred from her wallet. “This should