Rena remained silent for a while.

Then, she smiled faintly and said, “Of course, things are different now that we have a child. We can’t keep quarreling like before.”

As she spoke, her demeanor exuded gentleness—a side of Rena that Waylen had always admired.

They were alone together in the middle of the night, and their child was sleeping peacefully in the next room.

Waylen swallowed, his eyes filled with desire as he looked at Rena.

Noticing his gaze, Rena tried to maintain her composure and said calmly, “Find a chance to have a good talk with her. It’s getting late…”

She intended for him to leave for now and come back to pick Alexis up the following morning.

Waylen raised his hand to check the time, and then looked back at Rena.

She had no intention of letting him stay overnight, but he longed to. He whispered, “I’m exhausted. And I have an important meeting tomorrow morning. Can I sleep in the guest room? I won’t disturb you.”

Rena nodded silently.

She led him to the guest room, but she didn’t enter herself.

Waylen tossed his coat onto the bed and turned around. Observing that Rena hadn’t followed him in, he asked with a faint smile “Are you afraid of me?”

“I’LL get you some towels,” she replied, avoiding his question.

He stared at her without saying anything.

After she left, he sat at the edge of the bed and loosened his tie with a sense of frustration.

As he rummaged through his suit, he failed to find his cigarette case. Instead, his hand landed on a small box-the gift he had purchased for Rena in Hondrau.

However, Rena had refused to accept it.

Waylen tossed his coat onto the bed and turned around. Observing that Rena hadn’t followed him in, he asked with a faint smile “Are you afraid of me?”

“I’LL get you some towels,” she replied, avoiding his question.

He stared at her without saying anything.

After she left, he sat at the edge of the bed and loosened his tie with a sense of frustration.

As he rummaged through his suit, he failed to find his cigarette case. Instead, his hand landed on a small box-the gift he had purchased for Rena in Hondrau.

However, Rena had refused to accept it.

Waylen held the small box in his hand, his eyes reflecting an unreadable mix of emotions.

Rena returned to the room, finding Waylen smoking at the edge of the bed.

With one hand resting on the bed and the other holding a cigarette, he emanated a distinctly masculine aura. Upon seeing Rena enter, he narrowed his eyes and asked, “Do you have a razor?”

Softly, she replied, “No.”

“Okay.” Waylen exhaled a stream of smoke slowly, extending his hand.

Without hesitation, she handed him the towel and a new toothbrush, but Waylen didn’t take them. Instead, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her gently, causing her to fall onto the bed.

Before she could react, he pressed himself against her.

“Waylen!”

Rena exclaimed, her anger simmering, but she didn’t dare to speak too loudly, fearing she might awaken Alexis.

Waylen grabbed her hand, pressing it onto the bed with one hand while stubbing out his cigarette with the other. Then, he produced something.

Rena lay on the bed, her long brown hair cascading around her face.

Waylen released her hand but exerted more pressure to keep her pinned beneath him. They were so close that Rena hesitated to make any movement.

With some clumsiness, he placed something on her.

It was the pair of pearl earrings.

Waylen, inexperienced in helping a woman put on earrings, accidentally poked her earlobe. Wincing, Rena unhappily said, “Ouch! Waylen, can you be more gentle?”

Her ambiguous words made her appear deeply provocative.

If he disregarded her feelings, he would have already succumbed to his desires and taken her.

Waylen gingerly fastened the earrings for her.

Afterwards, he said in a low voice, “I still remember that after we made love in the hotel, you left first, and one of your earrings fell at the end of the bed. The earring had a similar style to this pair. Rena, these earrings look exquisite on you!”

She was left speechless.

Waylen had turned such a simple remark into an erotic innuendo.

He yearned for the feeling of being intimate with her.

He didn’t want to miss this opportunity tonight.

He had been too busy, and his fear of going too far and upsetting her had prevented him from acting upon his desires.

Drawing closer, he buried his face in her neck and asked, “Rena, haven’t I made you happy in so long?”

Rena attempted to push him away but failed.

Biting her lip, she turned her face away and said, “Waylen, I won’t lie to you. It’s true that you have many advantages. We used to be together, and now we have a child. But… right now, all I want is to take good care of Alexis. I really don’t want to think about anything else.”

As she spoke, her eyes glistened with tears, yet she remained undeniably captivating.

Waylen couldn’t resist caressing her eyes with his slender fingers. Deliberately, he traced her eyes slowly, causing Rena to nearly lose her composure. In a low voice, she murmured, “Waylen…””

He suddenly chuckled. “Your voice is so melodious!”

It took her three seconds to grasp the meaning behind his words.

Unable to control herself, she kicked him and said, “Let me go!”

Unexpectedly, Waylen released her.

Rolling to the side, he clenched his jaw, his Adam’s apple enticingly bobbing, and his voice growing hoarse. “Go to sleep!”

As quick as lightning, Rena fled the room.

As her fingertips brushed against the doorknob, Waylen whispered in a low voice, “I’ve missed you so much over these years!”

Early in the morning, when Alexis woke up, she discovered a limited edition teddy bear beside her pillow.

She should have been overjoyed, but today she didn’t feel happy at all.

Clutching the teddy bear to her chest, she ran to the guest room in search of Waylen. Still groggy from sleep, Waylen hadn’t awakened yet, and Alexis crawled under the covers.

his eyes, Waylen ran his hand through her curly

against his

pinched her cheek and asked, “Do

to

and instead held her

when she didn’t want to speak. As a father, he felt a deep sense of remorse for her struggles, willing to do everything in his

happiness couldn’t be

went out of her way to cook things the little girl liked. She

Rena, silently telling her that he

cradled Alexis in his arms from 7

Jazlyn called Waylen, and Rena answered the

hanging up, she gazed at

eyes shared a depth of understanding that words couldn’t

finally arrived, Alexis emerged from under the quilt, clutching

and Rena

a somber ambiance hung in

solace, reached for a cigarette, the smoke curling around him as he whispered, “She has experienced moments like this before. This

back in her seat, her body weighed down by a mixture of

the first time she had witnessed Alexis in such a vulnerable state. Alexis, typically vibrant and full of life, seemed like a completely different child that morning, and it broke

up, unspoken remorse

cigarette and handed her a

her tears, but

her, Alexis had endured countless moments of isolation in her own world with only Waylen by her side. Rena had been oblivious, lost in

to collect herself, to find a glimmer

her need for space

Rena

her hand, his

it’s not your

and it was

steady,

to the

back of her hand. The pain momentarily forgotten, she swiftly hailed a taxi,

the villa

retreated into her own world upon’ returning from the kindergarten. She had sought refuge in

soft-spoken servant showed her the way. “Mr. Fowler and Miss Lexi

Rena pushed the door to Alexis’ room open, her eyes widening at

pink wardrobe, clutched her teddy bear tightly, her voice lost in

sat beside her, stooping low within the cramped space. In his hands, he held

his focus soon returning to the pages of the book, resuming the

scene struck Rena to

the immense sacrifices Waylen had made for Alexis over

mother, couldn’t bear to watch her daughter suffer silently. She couldn’t ignore the responsibilities that

she would be too

with gentle steps, Rena removed her shoes, her voice soft as a whisper. “The wardrobe is quite small. Let me

eyes revealing a

to Rena and quietly stepped

emotion as she leaned in to kiss her daughter before

and concern evident in every inflection. The presence of her mother brought solace to

Waylen stood outside the room, leaning against the corridor wall. He lit a cigarette, the smoke curling around him in wisps. Taking a

just how much he needed

then that Waylen fully comprehended that Rena had been his emotional anchor throughout the

Alexis was their shared responsibility, his love for them both ran deep, transcending the boundaries of time and

Alexis finally stepped

devoured her late dinner, savoring each bite

sharing a bedtime story. Aware that Rena would be staying the night, Alexis drifted off to sleep with a smile

the bedside lamp, Leaving Alexis to rest

to Waylen. She found him in his study, sitting in quiet solitude amidst the dimly lit room, his usual

out softly, her

and approached her, closing the door behind him with a deliberate motion. “Is she

her intent to have a serious conversation

could utter a word, Waylen pulled her into his embrace, pressing her gently against

a slight discomfort in Rena’s back, but sensing his troubled state, she

Absentmindedly, Waylen responded, “Okay.”

lowered his head, burying his face in Rena’s

bodies melded

unsettled her,

she realized that

she had carried the weight of her own emotional battles, he, too, had endured his share

as parents that softened Rena’s heart.

Waylen’s body tensed.

met hers in the

features were obscured, the atmosphere that

resist lowering his lips to hers, initiating a soft and tender kiss that transported them back to

growing ragged

face. She

tobacco lingering as he kissed her with

were far from

and comfort her, to remind her of

raced within his

urge to kiss her without any sexual

a long while, he continued to kiss her, savoring

irrelevant as he fervently sought to please her in every

“It’s late. Go take a shower and get ready for bed.

still leaned against the door, her legs weakened by

hand supporting her waist, she might have crumpled

gently stroked her waist, whispering, “If you desire more, we can go to the master

Rena declined his offer, her voice soft as

will sleep with Lexi. You

other hand tenderly grazing Rena’s arm. “Take a shower in my room. Your clothes are in

and headed to the

spent the entire night by Alexis’ side, providing comfort

the atmosphere between Waylen and Rena

and affection, as if a

on her early morning routine of

mood, clung to Rena, seeking

voice carried a hint of nonchalance as he told his

assertion, but his gaze met hers, and he offered a

a mother spoils her child excessively, the child

prone to

Rena refused to be intimidated. Her sole focus was

legs and attempted to eat independently. Rena, unable to resist, began feeding

instant, Alexis abandoned

climbed onto Rena’s lap, yearning to be held and

actions with a fleeting glance, adhering

loved her dearly, but he

apprehensive, slowly sliding down from Rena’s lap and resuming

herself, Rena said, “She’s

his black coffee, his tone

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