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.

Waylen ran his hand through her curly brown

against

cheek and

to remain

her and instead held

want to speak. As a father, he felt a deep sense of remorse for her struggles, willing to do everything in his power

happiness couldn’t be bought with

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

telling her that he got

in his arms from 7 a.m, to

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

hanging up, she gazed

a depth of understanding

a.m. finally arrived, Alexis emerged from under the quilt,

Rena and Waylen

a somber ambiance hung in the

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

in her seat, her body weighed down

Alexis in such a vulnerable state. Alexis, typically vibrant and full of life, seemed like a completely different child

tears welled up, unspoken remorse flooding her

out the cigarette and

wiped away her tears, but more came rushing

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

shut, Rena sought to collect herself, to find a glimmer of

for space and time

an eternity, Rena managed to regain

gently clasped her hand, his voice tender and

it’s not your

phone buzzed, and it was Waylen on

steady,

come to the

causing hot coffee to spill onto the back of her hand. The pain momentarily forgotten, she

atmosphere within the villa was

kindergarten. She had sought refuge in the confines of a small wardrobe, and Waylen had

quick but careful. A soft-spoken servant showed

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

of her pink wardrobe, clutched her teddy bear tightly,

cramped space. In his hands, he held a worn fairy tale book, reading the familiar stories to Alexis with

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

struck Rena to her

sacrifices Waylen had made

as Alexis’ mother, couldn’t bear to

would

gentle steps, Rena removed her shoes, her voice soft as a whisper.

her, his eyes revealing a mixture

and quietly stepped out of the wardrobe, allowing Rena to take his

quivering with emotion as she leaned in to

spoke carried a heartfelt weight, her love and concern evident in every inflection. The presence of

lit a cigarette, the smoke curling around him in wisps. Taking a deep drag, he realized that he didn’t need to

had reminded him of just how much he needed her by

was then that Waylen fully comprehended that Rena had been

them both

nine in the evening, Alexis finally stepped out

late dinner, savoring each

extra love and attention, personally bathing her, drying her hair, and even sharing a bedtime story. Aware that

dimmed the bedside lamp, Leaving Alexis

her to Waylen. She found him in his study, sitting in quiet solitude amidst the

called out softly,

her, closing the door behind him with a deliberate motion.

intent to have a serious conversation lingering in

utter a word, Waylen pulled her into his embrace, pressing her

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

Absentmindedly, Waylen responded, “Okay.”

his head, burying his face in Rena’s

seemed to stand still as their bodies melded together, an intimate

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

that moment, she realized that Waylen

he, too, had

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

Waylen’s body tensed.

hers

the atmosphere that enveloped them

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

growing ragged with each passing

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

more, the taste of tobacco lingering as he kissed her with

intentions were far

and comfort her, to

his chest, rediscovering

urge to kiss her without any

continued to kiss her, savoring the intimate

as he fervently sought to please her in every

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

her legs weakened by the intensity of

not for Waylen’s hand supporting her waist,

her waist, whispering, “If you desire

her

Lexi. You can get me

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

her clothes and headed to the guest room

by

atmosphere between

and affection, as if a shift had

morning routine

a cheerful mood, clung to

carried a hint of nonchalance as he told his daughter, “You can handle these things

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

a mother spoils her child excessively, the child may

as a man prone to explaining and dictating. After all, age had a way of

Her sole focus was showering Alexis with all the

feeling a twinge of unease, relinquished her grip on Rena’s legs and

an instant, Alexis abandoned her

then climbed onto Rena’s lap,

Alexis’ actions with a fleeting glance, adhering

her dearly, but he believed in instilling

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

Rena said, “She’s

his black coffee,

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