Rena started playing the piano once again. After finishing one song, she said, “I’m just trying to protect the people who are important to me, Waylen.”

Waylen stared at Rena for a long time.

Then, he began loosening his tie and ascending the stairs.

Waylen and Rena had dinner and put Alexis and Marcus to bed without talking to each other. They lived in the same house, but they treated each other like strangers.

Rena didn’t care anymore.

It was late at night.

Waylen and Rena began retiring to their own respective bedrooms.

In the corridor, Waylen grabbed Rena’s hand and said, “We need to talk.”

After Waylen said that, Rena’s phone rang, and she answered.

It was a call from one of her bodyguards that she sent to watch Mavis. The bodyguard reported hesitantly, “Sorry to bother you this late, ma’am, but the woman we were watching just jumped out of a third-story window. She shattered her legs.”

Jumped out a window.

Rena replied calmly, “Take her to the hospital. And keep your eyes on her.”

Waylen knocked the phone out of Rena’s hand and threw a fit of pique.

“She has already been expelled from school. What more do you want?

Rena… Have you always been this cold-blooded? Do you not trust me, or do you not trust your own decisions?

Is this how our marriage is going to be now?”

He confronted her with so many questions.

Rena was in a trance. Then, a smile tugged on the corners of her mouth.

“Yes. I suppose I have always been cold-blooded when circumstances necessitate it.

I can’t allow that woman to stay in Duefron.

I don’t care where she ends up as long as she’s nowhere near my family.”

Waylen looked at Rena with eyes burning with fury.

He walked to the end of the corridor, dialed a number, and ordered his assistant a series of things.

His assistant was a little startled but still went to do what he was told.

Rena stood under the light in the corridor. She overheard Waylen’s phone conversation with his assistant. He was going to help Mavis get back to school and pay for her medical expenses. ©

He would keep Mavis in Duefron.

At this moment, Rena felt extreme exhaustion, both physically and emotionally.

She felt that she and Waylen weren’t on the same page at all. Waylen didn’t know and would never know the kind of pain and fear through which he was putting her.

The crystal light in the corridor was bright.

Gnashing her teeth together, Rena picked up her phone and sent a message. It read, “Don’t watch her anymore. Leave her alone this instant.”

Waylen turned around after he hung up.

Rena was no longer there. The spring chill was all that was left in the long, luxurious corridor.

Waylen thought of what he had said and felt that he had spoken too strongly.

He didn’t want to have a falling out with Rena. He was willing to coax her and compromise with her. He was willing to put this matter about Mavis to bed.

Waylen knocked on Rena’s bedroom door and said, “Rena, open the door. Please.”

He waited for a few minutes, but no sound came from inside the room.

She obviously didn’t want to speak with him.

Waylen patiently waited for a few more minutes before he said in a low voice, “Please open the door. Let’s talk this over. It’s late. Do you want me making enough noise to wake up my parents? Can you please be reasonable, Rena?”

Still, there was no response.

After standing outside for a long time, Waylen decided to give up and go back to his bedroom.

Their relationship was almost at a breaking point.

It was rare for them to see each other after that night. Rena seldom gave Waylen the chance to spend time with her, and he was too proud to talk to her first.

It was the dead of night, and Waylen couldn’t fall asleep.

All he could think about was Rena. He was still deeply and madly attracted to her, and he still wanted her sobad. ©

Waylen had to attend a social engagement for work one day.

He was in a bad mood, so he drank a little too much at the banquet. After the party, he got in the car tipsy and dizzy.

The chauffeur knew nothing about Waylen’s private life, so he commented while he was opening the car door for his boss, “You’re drunk, Mr. Fowler. Mrs. Fowler won’t be pleased.

Women don’t like their men coming home to them intoxicated.”

Hearing the chauffeur’s remark, Waylen just leaned against the back seat.

He took out a cigarette from his cigarette case and lit it. Exhaling the smoke, he smiled bitterly and asked, “Are you sure she even cares?”

He had been living like he didn’t have a wife. Right now, he and Rena were more like roommates sharing a house.

away from

a bed

didn’t allow him to touch her at

kiss and make up. But Rena chose to move into another bedroom. It was difficult for Waylen to talk to her, much more sleep with her. Because of the wedge that Rena drove between them,

say anything more. He shut the car door, walked around the car, and hopped into the driver’s seat. He gunned the engine and

“Mr. Fowler!”

out the window and saw

was on a crutch and hobbling toward Waylen’s

with grievance. She explained, “The doctor said

she put on her

thought that Waylen would come visit her more often now that he and Rena were no longer in speaking

hadn’t shown

he couldn’t come see her, then she would

nodded at Mavis and ordered the

main road. Watching the lavish black vehicle pass her by,

deliberately dropped her crutch and let herself

made sure to appear frail and

to see Mavis falling. He frowned

chauffeur dithered about following

a low voice, “Help her get in the car and give her a

Fowler isn’t going to like this,

her, then she won’t find out. Besides, we’re just sending the poor girl home. There’s

choice but

sat next to

the back of his seat, and closed his eyes. Meanwhile, Mavis savored

quietly turned to

perfect, and he exuded such a beautiful,

car was

Mavis felt her blood boil with desire. She greedily inhaled the air

his handsome face contort in sweet agony

it

his snow-white shirt, she leaned in and planted a soft kiss on his collar, making sure

a light orange lipstick

be able to spot Mavis’ kiss mark on

he

later, they arrived at Mavis’ apartment, which

get out

out and walking Mavis to her door. Mavis bowed to meet his gaze and said in a soft voice, “Thank you for giving me a ride home, Mr. Fowler. If you need me to explain to Mrs. Fowler, I’ll tell her

looked at her face, smiled,

Waylen stared out the window and let his

was Elvira’s biological sister, and they had a striking resemblance to each other. Such a young and attractive girl

he would possess her the

have a young and

be

happen between himself and Mavis earlier was a

to see how much he cared about

he instantly thought of Rena. With his mind’s eye, he saw her playing the piano with such vigor and passion. Then, his heart started racing. The ‘only woman who could

weighed the pros and cons

Waylen chose Rena and his

house of the Fowler

was already the middle of the night, so most of the lights in the house had already been turned off. However, the lights in Rena’s bedroom were

and ascended

and Marcus, he opened

unlocked, so he was able

the sofa with a book in her hand.

skin gleamed like crystal

Waylen liked her body.

her like this in a long time. He didn’t know if it was just the alcohol, but every fiber of his being ached to touch her, take

over and kissed her, softly at first and then more and more hungrily. He

Rena didn’t even stir.

less resistant of

kissing her for a while, Waylen finally gave in and began

was what

stared at the big, handsome face

the orange kiss mark on the collar of his white

left it

still fired up. He had already started

go of me!” Rena’s face

Rena was still angry with him and didn’t want to sleep with him, so he gently nibbled on

body was alluring and attractive, but her words

saw Mavis today,

Waylen was stunned.

and explained, “Yes, I did, but nothing happened. I just

putting her pajamas back

undid two buttons of his shirt and showed him the

on his white shirt stood out like

and said, “I swear we didn’t do anything.

his consent, he took off his

looked Rena straight in

didn’t even bother to

“No, you didn’t do anything unfaithful. You just helped that woman get reinstated in college, rented her a nice apartment,

that any different from keeping a

just trying to help. I don’t have a romantic interest in

to have

bedroom’s French window. Gazing at the blackness outside, she murmured, “You allow her to get close to you. You allow her to

already crossed the

been with you today, I

take your coat. You would’ve let her touch you and kiss you. You would’ve taken her as your lover. You would’ve let her

He was shaking so badly that he almost burned himself while

he said, “You didn’t have to say such harsh

quarrel with

Waylen, the only reason we still share a home is that we no longer share a bed. It’s only a matter of time

ached

was

too much to drink, Waylen couldn’t stand his

and thought arguing tonight

rubbed his forehead and muttered, “Let’s talk about this

Rena stood still.

after him, “Take your shirt. I don’t want it in

him in the chest, Waylen turned

wondering whether or not

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