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.

he opened his eyes, Waylen ran his hand through her

face against his

and asked, “Do you

continued to

her and instead held her in

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

couldn’t be

way to cook things the

silently telling her that

in his arms from 7 a.m,

those two hours, Jazlyn called Waylen, and Rena answered the phone for

hanging up, she gazed at

of

from under the quilt, clutching her

Rena and Waylen accompanied her, showering her with kisses

sat in the car once more, a somber ambiance hung in the air, a touch of

cigarette, the smoke curling around him as he whispered, “She has experienced moments like this before. This isn’t the most severe

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

witnessed Alexis in such a vulnerable state. Alexis, typically vibrant and full of

unspoken remorse flooding

the cigarette and handed

away her tears, but more came rushing down

own world with only Waylen by

eyes squeezed shut, Rena sought to collect herself,

need for space

an eternity, Rena managed to

her hand, his

it’s not your

that afternoon, Rena’s phone buzzed, and it was

steady, pierced through Rena’s

come to

back of her hand. The pain

the villa was

had retreated into her own world upon’ returning from the kindergarten. She had sought refuge in the confines of a small wardrobe, and Waylen had

servant showed her the way. “Mr. Fowler and Miss

to Alexis’ room open, her eyes

within the depths of her pink wardrobe, clutched her teddy bear tightly, her voice lost in

his hands, he held a worn fairy tale book, reading the familiar

Waylen’s gaze briefly flickered in her direction, his focus soon returning to the pages of the book, resuming the tales he had read countless times

poignant scene struck Rena

that moment, she fully comprehended the immense sacrifices Waylen had made

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

would be

soft as a whisper. “The wardrobe

glanced at her, his eyes revealing a mixture of relief and

and quietly

with emotion as she leaned in

her love and concern evident in every inflection. The presence of

curling around him in wisps. Taking a deep drag, he realized that he didn’t need

of just how much he needed her

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

them both ran deep,

clock struck nine in the evening, Alexis

dinner, savoring each

showered Alexis with extra love and attention, personally bathing her, drying her hair, and even sharing a bedtime story. Aware that Rena would be staying the night, Alexis drifted off to sleep with a

lamp, Leaving

his study, sitting in quiet solitude amidst the dimly lit room, his

out softly, her

door behind him with a

have a serious conversation lingering in her

Waylen pulled her into his embrace, pressing her gently against the

caused a slight discomfort in Rena’s back, but sensing his troubled state, she suppressed her pain and said with gentleness, “We need

Absentmindedly, Waylen responded, “Okay.”

burying his

their bodies melded together, an intimate connection reigniting between

that initially unsettled

realized that Waylen was

of her own emotional battles, he, too, had endured

responsibility they now shared as parents that softened Rena’s heart. She gently cupped the back

Waylen’s body tensed.

met hers in the dimly lit

the atmosphere that enveloped them felt

to the overwhelming emotions, he couldn’t resist lowering his lips to hers, initiating a soft and tender kiss that

ragged with

pressed against the door, confusion etched across her face. She had intended to discuss about Alexis, yet Waylen’s kisses stole away

lips found hers once more, the taste of tobacco lingering

were far

her, to

heart raced within his chest,

urge to kiss her without any

a long while, he continued to kiss her, savoring the intimate connection they

irrelevant as he fervently sought

hoarse voice, he murmured, “It’s late. Go take a shower

the door, her legs weakened by the intensity

her waist, she might have crumpled to the

her waist, whispering, “If you desire more, we can

his offer, her voice soft as a

will sleep with Lexi. You can get

“Take a shower in my room. Your clothes are in the closet. I

his instructions, Rena retrieved her clothes and headed to the guest room

spent the entire night by Alexis’ side, providing comfort

the atmosphere between Waylen

and affection, as if a shift

attempted to disregard it, focusing on her early morning routine of preparing breakfast

mood, clung to Rena,

of nonchalance as he told his daughter, “You can handle

his assertion, but his gaze met

mother spoils her child excessively, the

moment, Rena likened Waylen to Korbyn, seeing him as a man prone to explaining and dictating. After all, age had a way

focus was

unease, relinquished her grip on Rena’s legs and attempted to eat independently.

instant, Alexis abandoned her

climbed onto Rena’s lap, yearning to be held

glance, adhering to his own set

loved her dearly, but he believed in instilling independence

Rena’s lap and resuming her meal independently. Food scattered around

Rena said,

of his black coffee, his

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