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.

kept away from him,

shared a bed

to touch

chose to move into another bedroom. It was

walked around the car, and hopped into the driver’s seat. He gunned the engine and was about to pull away when

“Mr. Fowler!”

out the

was on a crutch and

at her leg with grievance. She explained, “The doctor said my leg should recover within two

that, she put

visit her more often now that he and Rena were no longer

he hadn’t shown

see her, then she would just come see

at Mavis and ordered the chauffeur

toward the main road. Watching the

and let herself fall to the

to

He frowned and barked, “Stop the

chauffeur dithered about following

low voice, “Help her get in the car and

isn’t going to

then she won’t find out. Besides, we’re just sending the

no choice but to get out of the car

next to

ignored Mavis, rested his head on the back of his seat, and closed his eyes. Meanwhile,

quietly turned to

sharp and perfect, and he exuded

this car was extremely

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

the mattress? Would his handsome

of it

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

put on a light orange lipstick

she would be able to spot Mavis’

opened his eyes. Before he could

later, they arrived at Mavis’

chauffeur helped Mavis get out of the

to meet his gaze and said in a soft voice, “Thank you for giving me a ride home, Mr. Fowler. If

at her face,

drove away, Waylen stared out the window

Mavis leaned in earlier and kissed his collar. She was Elvira’s biological sister, and they had a striking resemblance to each other. Such a young

possess her the moment he let her

would have a young and obedient

could be Elvira’s

Mavis earlier was a test he set for

see how much he cared

with such vigor and

the pros and cons of

chose Rena and

of

the night, so most of the

passed through the foyer and ascended the stairs to the second

Marcus, he opened the door to Rena’s

door was left unlocked, so he

with a book

gleamed like crystal

Waylen liked her body.

a long time. He didn’t know if it was just the alcohol, but every

at first and then more and more hungrily. He

Rena didn’t even stir.

resistant of him

while, Waylen finally gave in

caress was what woke up

eyes and stared at the big, handsome

kiss mark on the collar of his

must’ve left it

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

of me!” Rena’s face

angry with him and didn’t want to sleep with him, so he gently nibbled on her earlobe

lay back on the sofa. Her body was alluring and attractive, but her words

saw Mavis today, didn’t

Waylen was stunned.

a while, he looked at her and explained, “Yes, I did, but nothing happened. I just gave her

began putting her pajamas back

his shirt and showed

stain on his white shirt stood

we didn’t do anything. You

mark that Mavis left on him without his consent, he took off his shirt and tossed

straight in the

to lose her

After a few heartbeats, she said calmly, “No, you didn’t do anything unfaithful. You just helped that woman get reinstated in college, rented

How is that any

help. I don’t have

to have this conversation

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

already crossed

you today, I bet

would’ve gone to her apartment and let her take your coat. You would’ve let her touch you and kiss you. You would’ve taken

was shaking so badly that he almost burned himself while

a while, he said, “You didn’t have to say

quarrel

a home is that we no longer share a

ached as

was indeed

much to drink, Waylen couldn’t stand his alcohol-induced headache

thought arguing tonight wouldn’t

forehead and muttered, “Let’s talk about

Rena stood still.

heard Waylen turn the doorknob, she called after him, “Take your

the chest, Waylen turned and looked at Rena’s

or

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