Finally, she was standing in front of her husband. She said, “I can ask Uncle Mark to send a chopper. You don’t have to take care of it yourself.”

Waylen looked at Mark.

Taking a drag on his cigarette, Mark concurred, “I can help.”

Waylen then looked back at Rena.

Rena smiled. “See? You can rest assured with Uncle Mark’s help. Waylen, you promised me that you wouldn’t interfere in Mavis’ business anymore, so leave this matter to me. What do you say?”

Rena wasn’t stupid.

How in the world could such a coincidence happen?

Mavis was just pretending to be in danger.

She was really going to the extreme to get Waylen to her side. What if he didn’t show up?

Had she consider that possibility? She could have died!

Rena didn’t care about Mavis’ life. She had her own family to think about though, and she certainly wouldn’t let Waylen risk his life to save Mavis’.

After saying that, Rena stared at Waylen.

Waylen reached out and gently stroked her face. He said gently, “It’s rare for Uncle Mark to visit here. I can’t have him taking care of something for me when he should be here with you and the rest of the family. I have to go. I’ll be back tomorrow morning, okay?” ©

After saying that, Waylen turned around and started for the front door.

Holding his hand, Rena said in a soft voice, “Isn’t your happy family enough to keep you here? Or do you just not trust me? You don’t think I want her to be saved, do you?”

Waylen frowned slightly.

“It’s not that, Rena.”

Rena lowered her head and scoffed. She didn’t want to frighten Alexis, and she didn’t want to make things difficult for the elders during the celebration of the holiday either.

She lowered her voice. “You just told me earlier that you could be a good husband to me.

Have you already forgotten that? Why are you hurrying out now to save a woman who obviously wants to seduce you and take you away from me and your children? Are you really an emissary of justice, Waylen, or do you just see someone in her?”

Rena didn’t care anymore.

In the end, she decided to speak her heart.

Waylen’s face darkened, and he said, “Stop it, Rena.”

Rena loosened her grip on him. The moment she let him go, she went in a trance.

She forced a smile, walked over to pick up Alexis, and sat at the dining table.

Rena whispered to her daughter, “Daddy has to leave. He has something to deal with. It’s just going to be us having dinner.”

Feeling disappointed, Alexis pouted.

Rena coaxed her little girl.

However, she never looked at him again.

There was nothing left to say. Rena was as disappointed as Alexis.

Korbyn couldn’t stand it anymore and snapped, “If you leave right now, Waylen, I will break your legs.”

Waylen replied, “Someone’s life is hanging in the balance, Dad.”

Then, Waylen looked at Rena.

He waited for her to say something more to him. He wanted her to look at him, even blame him. But she didn’t. She just focused on Alexis, acting as if he wasn’t even in the room anymore.

Like he said, Korbyn was about to hit his son.

Rena stopped him, though. “Let him go.”

Korbyn felt sorry for Rena. Rena waited for Waylen to come back as he asked. And now that he had returned, he was a different person and not in a good way.

Waylen finally left the Fowlers’ house.

Outside, it was snowing heavily.

In a matter of seconds, his whole body got covered with ice dregs.

Sitting in his car, Waylen made some calls and had someone prepare and dispatch a rescue helicopter. Soon, the rescue mission for Mavis began. ©

After making the necessary phone calls, he looked at his phone in a daze. Still in the parking pad of the Fowlers’ house, he decided to call Rena.

But Rena didn’t answer. ©

‘She was understandably angry.

Waylen thought for a while and sent a message to Rena that read, “I promise I’ll come back tomorrow morning.”

After sending the message, he waited for a moment, but Rena didn’t text him back.

Waylen put out the cigarette that he lit before making the arrangements for Mavis’ rescue.

He took a look at the villa, which was brightly lit and looking very warm.

With an expressionless look on his face, he rolled up his car window.

Then, he shifted gears and stepped on the gas.

He wasn’t back for a few days. ©

After Mavis was saved, she was admitted to the ICU.

It was early morning on New Year’s Day.

Rena’s eyelids flew open. She lay quietly on the big bed and reflexively reached out beside her. There was nobody there. She was alone.

The grandfather clock downstairs chimed eight times.

Rena jumped out of bed, went to the bathroom, and performed her morning routine. Then, she went to nurse Marcus and keep Alexis company.

At ten o’clock in the morning, Rena gave the servants some gifts. The servants liked Rena very much, and they spoke many words of blessing to her. They wished that Rena and Waylen would live the rest of their lives together happily and harmoniously.

servants, “Help me clean up the bedroom

already asked someone to finish the design drawing of

a master suite into which she intended to move. From now on, she would no longer share

surprised, they didn’t dare

Cecilia about Rena’s plan

afternoon, Cecilia locked herself in her bedroom and called

still

Cecilia’s call in the corridor. He asked a bit hesitantly, “How’s your sister-in-law? Is she still angry with

answering his calls or texts. He’d been trying to reach her since

that it wasn’t

Cecilia’s voice. “Dad has blown his lid, Waylen. You have got to come back here right now. Rena is clearing out a room and moving into it. She’s

going to start sleeping

Waylen was stunned.

he whispered, “I see. Ihave

sister and immediately dialed

after a few

After a while, he said in a hoarse voice, “Happy

silence, Rena replied,

back this afternoon,” Waylen said in

the situation and how it was

and directing people where to place the furniture and other things. After Waylen stopped talking, she said to him coolly,

the phone, Rena finally hung up

half a day, a suite was fully

against the sofa

of the afternoon made her yearn for Waylen even

the diary he

with tears as she thought

She missed him deeply.

their relationship, and all the

slowly pulled up.

quiet. Waylen

their quarrel and

way

ago, appearing neat but in need of a shower. However, before freshening up,

was

Rena lying on the sofa, asleep and

he got closer, he noticed tear stains in the corners of

Did she cry?

a gentle hand on her side and leaned down, intending to

But Rena stirred awake.

to regain her composure. She sat up, her tone carrying a hint of coldness. “You’re

felt the distance

surveyed

with me, but you don’t

the book slowly, a sneer

this marriage for

Waylen was taken aback.

just stayed

You can

said softly, acting as if

expression on her face. “Waylen, I want

couldn’t bring

Rena’s wrist, preventing her from escaping. He still wanted to

touch me,”

her resistance, Waylen was

froze and then plucked a long black hair from his shoulder with

didn’t

the strand,

other woman. The only time he could think of was when Mavis hugged him

it have

turned

couldn’t believe that Waylen would fall for Mavis’ shameless trick to sabotage

a sigh, clearly tired of dealing with all

her, “I don’t know when I got that hair. Trust me, I haven’t done anything to hurt you or the

a smart move to

Rena couldn’t

to kiss her, hoping to dispel the indifferent look in her eyes, as if she was on the

her hand landed with a

but she couldn’t

Waylen was stunned.

his face darkened. He stared at her, saying each word

her eyes, her voice sounding

important. But doesn’t my life and Alexis’ life

She chuckled softly.

thoughts. I really want her to die. If she died,

“Renal”

off. He couldn’t allow

But Rena seemed undeterred.

her voice, she said, “She’d better not play tricks

raced, realizing the depth of her

he

magazine at him and retorted,

teeth, feeling the tension between

he slammed the door behind him, Rena’s

master bedroom, he took a

coat, he thought about the hair on

discarded the

closet in the cloakroom, he was taken aback. Half of the closet, where their clothes used to hang together, was now empty. The absence of her beautiful dresses made

moved all her things away,

that moment, Waylen’s realization hit him like a wave crashing onto the shore. Rena wasn’t

was still living under the same roof as the

more than a facade, held together only by their two

he couldn’t

if Rena still felt anything when she

the same house, they barely

own space

Marcus’ nursing sessions, she politely asked him to leave, treating him

Waylen offered to

sitting there, calm and composed. The soft glow of the light accentuated

as Rena read fairy tales with

voice was sweet and slightly hoarse, reminding Waylen of the intimate and romantic nights they once shared, when she would whisper

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