Rebirth of the Wife in Despair by Tess Munoz

Chapter 281 Sarah Swire

“Are you leaving?” Eileen’s voice rang out.

Jasper looked at her impassively. When his gaze fell on her bandaged hand, his eyes darkened slightly. “The engagement will proceed as planned. After all, it’s something I sought. Abruptly canceling it would affect the Smith family’s reputation, but I can’t guarantee when I might call it off in the meantime. From now on, you are only allowed to go to school and stay at home, nowhere else.”

Eileen didn’t respond to his words. Instead, she walked over and placed the file she was holding on the table. In a calm tone, she said, “The car is broken and needs to be repaired. The housekeeper took this out of your car. Drink less. I’m going back to my room first.”

“Hold on,” Jasper called out to her the moment she turned to leave.

Eileen turned around. “Is there anything else?”

“Aren’t you curious about what’s inside?”

Eileen narrowed her eyes. “It belongs to you. I have no right to open it without your permission.”

Jasper walked up to her, towering over her, his aura icy as he looked at her. “I’m giving you this right now. Open it.”

Eileen remained motionless for a long time.

Jasper narrowed his eyes dangerously. “What’s the matter? You don’t dare to open it? Or are you scared?”

Eileen silently opened the file.

“Take out what’s inside,” he commanded.

Eileen did as told and pulled out a photo.

Jasper looked at her reaction intently.

To his surprise, she was calm.

“What do you have to say?”

me. I would have explained it to you if only you had questioned me. But you didn’t. Jasper, no matter what I do, is it not worth explaining to you? And yet, you can believe in Nancy. If we don’t even have the most basic trust between us, we won’t get far. If… postponing the engagement is your decision,

felt an inexplicable sense

something he wanted to hold on

fault, or for whatever other reason, if the engagement needs to be called off, then let it be

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me if I wanted to accompany

with only one spot available. Not everyone could secure this spot.

was also contemplating

a long time before they saw each other again.

you still want to be with me, we’ll be together. Three months is enough time for us to figure things out…

I have

a bath, turned off the

was nowhere to be found today, leaving the room feeling empty.

the middle of the night, Eileen lay in a state between sleep and wakefulness, listening to the

felt the bed beside her sink. A hand appeared around her waist, and an

filled with sorrow, he added, “I fear that once you know everything, you will leave without hesitation, and all I can do is watch you go. I’ve never had the heart to hurt you. I can’t even bring myself to say anything harsh to you. Eileen… I love you! The more I love you, the harder it becomes for me to accept the truth I’ve uncovered. I’ve never thought of letting you go. Even those remarks about ending the engagement were merely uttered to upset you. I… I only have you left! Please, don’t leave, okay? Whether this matter is true or not, I don’t care anymore. I just want you

had already lost so many people. He didn’t want to lose the

this is real even if it’s a lie that deceives

held her

room, Eileen opened

person in the photo was never

“All right!”

not to keep things

The last time she was forced to wear those clothes was against her

“All right!”

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a bath before going to

you a little

should go to