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 him, her own

shared a bed in months.

to touch

bedroom. It was difficult

around the car, and

“Mr. Fowler!”

out the window and

crutch and

She explained, “The doctor said my leg

that, she put on her victimized

that Waylen would come visit her more often now that he and Rena

hadn’t shown

he couldn’t come see her,

and ordered

the main road. Watching the lavish black vehicle pass

and let herself fall

sure to

to see Mavis falling. He frowned and barked, “Stop the car.”

about following Waylen’s

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

“Mrs. Fowler isn’t going to like this,

spinning, aching head, Waylen retorted, “If you don’t tell her, then she won’t find out. Besides, we’re just sending the poor girl home. There’s

the chauffeur had no choice but to get

next

Waylen ignored Mavis, rested his head on the back of his seat, and closed his eyes. Meanwhile, Mavis savored Waylen’s scent that was

quietly turned to

facial features were so sharp and perfect,

this car was extremely

those things, Mavis felt her blood boil with desire. She greedily inhaled the air around Waylen and then

mattress? Would his handsome

it made

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

a light orange

closely enough, she would be able to spot

eyes. Before he could fully wake up, Mavis

at Mavis’ apartment, which was located

Mavis get out of the

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

at her face, smiled, and said

away, Waylen stared out

and kissed his collar. She was Elvira’s biological sister, and they had a striking resemblance to each other.

her the moment he

he would have a young and obedient

be Elvira’s

he let happen between himself and Mavis

see how

her playing the piano with such vigor and passion. Then, his heart started racing. The ‘only woman who could make him feel that way was his

always weighed the pros and cons

Waylen chose

of the

looked up at the house. It was already the middle of the night, so most of the lights in the house had already

ascended

Alexis and Marcus, he opened the

was left unlocked, so he was able

sofa with a book in her

exposed skin gleamed like crystal under the

Waylen liked her body.

didn’t know if it was

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

Rena didn’t even stir.

way less resistant of him

kissing her for a while, Waylen finally gave in and

what woke

eyes and stared at the big, handsome face

orange kiss mark on the

left it

at Waylen quietly, but he was still fired up. He had already started taking

of me!”

what was going on. He thought that Rena was still angry with him and didn’t want to sleep with

sofa. Her body was alluring and attractive,

saw Mavis

Waylen was stunned.

“Yes, I did, but nothing happened. I just gave

her pajamas

his

lip-shaped stain on his white shirt stood out like

“I swear we

left on him without his consent, he took off

turned around and looked Rena straight in the eye.

even bother to lose her

with tears. After a few heartbeats, she said calmly, “No, you didn’t do anything unfaithful. You just helped that woman get reinstated in college, rented her a nice apartment, paid for her education, and found her a good

Waylen. How is that any different from keeping

just trying to help. I don’t

didn’t want to have this

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

have already crossed the

with you today, I

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

He was shaking so badly that he almost burned himself while lighting

while, he said, “You didn’t

quarrel

we still share a home is that we no longer share a bed. It’s only a matter of time now before

ached as she

was indeed

too much to drink, Waylen

back and thought arguing tonight wouldn’t

muttered, “Let’s talk about this tomorrow. Go to

Rena stood still.

doorknob, she called after him, “Take your shirt. I don’t want it

chest, Waylen turned and looked

help wondering whether or not she truly

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