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.

opened his eyes, Waylen ran his hand through her

against

and asked,

continued to

from forcing her and

push 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

couldn’t

of her way to cook things the little girl liked. She then found Alexis

silently telling her that

in his arms from 7 a.m, to

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

up, she gazed at

shared a depth of understanding that words

Alexis emerged from under the quilt, clutching her beloved

Rena and

once more, a somber ambiance hung in the air, a touch

him as he whispered, “She has experienced moments like this before. This

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

first time she had witnessed Alexis in such a vulnerable state. Alexis, typically vibrant and full of

tears welled up, unspoken remorse flooding her

and handed her a tissue.

her tears, but

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

sought to collect herself, to find

respected her need for space and

Rena managed to regain

her hand, his

not your

and it was Waylen on the other end

calm and steady, pierced through Rena’s

come to

spill onto the back of her hand. The pain momentarily forgotten, she swiftly hailed a taxi, her heart racing as she headed to

the villa was heavy with unspoken

utmost caution, aware that Alexis 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 rushed back from

A soft-spoken servant showed her the way. “Mr.

to Alexis’ room open, her eyes

her teddy bear tightly, her voice lost in

space. In his hands, he held a

Rena’s entrance, Waylen’s gaze briefly flickered in her direction, his focus soon returning to the pages of

scene struck Rena to

comprehended the immense sacrifices Waylen had made for Alexis

couldn’t bear

would

soft as

revealing a mixture of relief and

word, he handed the well-worn fairy tale book to Rena and quietly stepped out of the wardrobe,

leaned in to kiss her

in every inflection. The presence of her mother brought solace to Alexis’ troubled

outside the room, leaning against the corridor wall. He lit a cigarette, the smoke curling around him in wisps. Taking a deep drag, he realized that he didn’t need to face these challenges alone

how much he needed

Rena had

his love for them both ran deep,

Alexis

late dinner, savoring

sharing a bedtime story. Aware that

bedside lamp, Leaving

in his study, sitting

softly, her

up and approached her, closing the door behind

nodded, her intent to have a serious conversation lingering

before she could utter a word, Waylen pulled her into his

back, but sensing his troubled state, she suppressed her pain and said with gentleness, “We

Absentmindedly, Waylen responded, “Okay.”

burying

still as their bodies melded together, an intimate connection

a moist warmth that initially unsettled

realized that Waylen

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

this shared understanding or the responsibility they now shared as parents that softened Rena’s heart. She gently cupped the back of his neck, her

Waylen’s body tensed.

met hers in the

features were obscured, the atmosphere that enveloped them felt ethereal,

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

ragged with each

pressed against the door, confusion etched across her face. She had

lips found hers once more, the taste of tobacco lingering

intentions were far from

and comfort her, to remind her of the

his

had that urge to kiss her without

he continued to kiss her, savoring the intimate connection they

seemed irrelevant as he fervently sought to please

Go take a shower and get

leaned against the door, her

hand supporting her

you desire more,

offer, her

sleep with Lexi.

hand tenderly grazing Rena’s arm. “Take a shower in my room. Your clothes are in the closet. I need to attend to something

instructions, Rena retrieved her clothes and headed to the

spent the entire night by Alexis’

day, the atmosphere between

treated her with newfound tenderness and affection, as if a

her early morning routine of preparing breakfast for Alexis

mood, clung to Rena, seeking her

a hint of nonchalance as he told his daughter,

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

child excessively, the

Korbyn, seeing him as a man prone

was showering Alexis with all the tenderness

grip on Rena’s legs and attempted to

an instant, Alexis abandoned her

onto Rena’s lap,

adhering to his own set of principles in

her dearly, but he believed

apprehensive, slowly sliding down from Rena’s lap and resuming her meal independently. Food scattered around

Rena said,

a sip of his black coffee, his

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