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

against

and asked, “Do you

to remain

from forcing her and instead held her in

to push her when she didn’t want to speak. As a father, he felt a deep

couldn’t be

cook things the little girl liked.

telling her that he

in his arms from 7 a.m, to nearly 9

and Rena answered the phone for

up, she gazed at

shared a depth of understanding

arrived, Alexis emerged from under the quilt, clutching her beloved

expressed her desire to go to school, and Rena and Waylen accompanied her,

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

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 fatigue and

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

welled up, unspoken remorse flooding her

put out the cigarette and handed her

wiped away her tears, but more came rushing down her

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

to collect herself, to find

for

like an eternity, Rena

her hand, his voice tender

it’s not your

Rena’s phone buzzed, and it was Waylen on the other end of

voice, calm and steady, pierced through Rena’s

come to the

to spill onto the back of her hand. The pain momentarily forgotten, she swiftly hailed a

atmosphere within the villa was

She had sought refuge in the confines of a small wardrobe, and Waylen had rushed back from work to be with her, their silent

her steps quick but careful. A soft-spoken servant showed her the way. “Mr.

bated breath, Rena pushed the door to Alexis’ room

clutched her teddy bear tightly,

in a formal suit, sat beside her, stooping low within the cramped space. In his hands, he held a worn fairy

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

poignant scene struck Rena to

she fully comprehended the immense sacrifices Waylen had made for Alexis

and devotion. Rena, as Alexis’ mother, couldn’t bear to watch her daughter suffer silently. She couldn’t ignore the responsibilities that came

she would be too

as a

her, his eyes revealing a mixture of relief and

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

emotion as she leaned in

spoke carried a heartfelt weight, her love and concern evident in every inflection. The presence of her mother brought solace to Alexis’ troubled

around him in wisps.

of just how much

Rena

responsibility, his love for them both ran deep, transcending the

struck nine in the evening, Alexis finally stepped out of the wardrobe, her

dinner, savoring each bite with a newfound

bathing her, drying her hair, and even sharing a bedtime story. Aware that Rena would be

dimmed the bedside lamp, Leaving

him in his study, sitting in quiet solitude amidst

called out softly, her voice

door behind him with a deliberate motion.

a

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

troubled state, she suppressed her pain and said with gentleness, “We

Absentmindedly, Waylen responded, “Okay.”

his head, burying

seemed to stand still as their bodies melded together,

felt a moist warmth that initially unsettled her, yet she refrained from pushing

she realized that Waylen was not

of her own emotional battles, he, too, had endured his share of tribulations

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

Waylen’s body tensed.

met hers in the dimly

were obscured, the atmosphere that enveloped them felt ethereal,

to hers, initiating a soft and tender kiss that transported them back to the days

mingled, growing ragged with

face. She had intended to discuss about Alexis, yet Waylen’s

lips found hers once more, the taste of tobacco lingering as he kissed her

intentions were far

to please and comfort her, to remind her

raced within his

had that urge to kiss her

he continued to kiss her, savoring the intimate connection they

seemed irrelevant as he fervently sought

take a shower and get ready for bed. I’ll fetch

leaned against the door, her legs weakened

supporting her waist, she might have

desire more, we

offer, her voice soft as

sleep with Lexi. You can

the study lights, his other hand tenderly grazing Rena’s arm. “Take a shower in my room. Your clothes are in

clothes and headed to the guest room for

the entire night by Alexis’ side, providing

the atmosphere between Waylen and

with newfound tenderness and affection, as if a shift had occurred

focusing on her early morning routine

mood, clung to Rena, seeking her mother’s

voice carried a hint of nonchalance as he told his daughter, “You can

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

excessively, the child

prone

refused to be intimidated. Her sole focus was

grip on Rena’s legs and attempted to

instant, Alexis abandoned

then climbed onto Rena’s lap,

observed Alexis’ actions with a fleeting glance, adhering to his own

loved her dearly, but he believed in instilling

down from Rena’s lap and resuming her meal independently.

Rena said, “She’s

of his black coffee,

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