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?”

I was wondering, what else don’t I know about your investigation into me? Such a thing happened, and you wouldn’t even say a word to 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, I will respect your choice. Giving me the silent treatment won’t solve anything. Father has already informed me that

unknown reason, Jasper suddenly felt an inexplicable

something was slipping away, something he wanted to hold on to but couldn’t.

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

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me if I wanted to

only one spot available. Not

fact, Eileen was also contemplating whether or not to

she went, it would be a long time before they saw

yes to him. We’re setting off the day after tomorrow, and I’ll be back in three months. By then, if you still want to be with me, we’ll be together. Three months is enough time for us to figure things out… to see if we’re still right for each other and if we should continue being together. I’ve never asked you to forget her. It’s okay

curved into a gentle smile, her eyes as tender as ever. “It’s getting late. I have classes tomorrow, so I’ll head back to rest. We can talk

room, Eileen took a bath, turned off the lights, and quickly fell

empty. Without it around, Eileen felt as

state between sleep and

heard a faint noise. She felt the bed beside her

you. Eileen… I love you! The more I love you, the harder it becomes for me to accept

He didn’t want to lose the only person he truly cared about as

that none of this is real even if it’s a

her tightly.

pitch-black room, Eileen opened her

person in the photo was never me.”

“All right!”

promise not to keep things

in the photo was not her. The last time she was forced to wear those clothes was against her

“All right!”

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going to sleep. You’re not smelling very

me hug you a

really should go to