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, her

a

him to

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, they couldn’t tackle their difficulties and move

Waylen’s tone, the chauffeur decided not to say anything more. He shut the car door, walked around the car, and hopped

“Mr. Fowler!”

out the

was on a crutch and

gaze, Mavis looked at her leg with grievance. She explained, “The doctor said my leg should recover within two months, and there will be

that, she put on her

often now that he and Rena were

he hadn’t shown

matter. If he couldn’t come see her,

at Mavis and

toward the main road. Watching the lavish black vehicle pass her

her crutch and let herself

sure to

Mavis falling. He frowned and barked, “Stop

dithered about following Waylen’s

said in a low voice, “Help her get in the car

Fowler isn’t going

don’t tell her, then she won’t find out.

to refute his boss’ logic, the chauffeur had no choice but to

next

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

quietly turned to stare

facial features were so sharp and perfect,

car was extremely

all those things, Mavis felt her blood boil with desire. She greedily inhaled

he press her against the mattress? Would his handsome face contort in sweet

of it

she leaned in and planted a soft kiss on his collar,

on a

looked closely enough, she would be able

he could fully wake up, Mavis

they arrived at Mavis’ apartment, which was located in

chauffeur helped Mavis get out of

voice, “Thank you for giving me a ride

face,

chauffeur drove away, Waylen stared out the window

truth was, he was aware that Mavis leaned in earlier and kissed his collar. She was Elvira’s biological sister, and they had a

that he would possess her the moment he let

he would have a young and

could be

between himself and Mavis earlier was a test he

wanted to see how much

earlier, he instantly thought of Rena. With his mind’s eye, he saw her playing the piano with such vigor and

always weighed the pros and cons of

time, Waylen chose Rena and his

the house of

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

and ascended the stairs to

on Alexis and Marcus, he opened the door to Rena’s

so he was able to

fallen asleep on the sofa with a book

skin gleamed like crystal

Waylen liked her body.

to 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

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

Rena didn’t even stir.

resistant of

her for a while, Waylen finally gave

was what woke

eyes and stared at the big, handsome

orange kiss mark on the collar of his white

left

fired up. He had already started taking off her

of me!” Rena’s face

He thought that Rena was still angry with him and didn’t want to sleep with him, so he gently nibbled on her earlobe and whispered, “Are you still

was alluring and attractive, but her words were

Mavis today,

Waylen was stunned.

“Yes, I did, but nothing happened.

putting her pajamas back

his

on his white shirt stood out

and said, “I swear we

he took off his shirt and tossed it into

and looked Rena straight

bother to lose her

anything unfaithful. You just helped that woman get reinstated in college, rented her a nice apartment, paid for her education, and

me, Waylen. How is that any

“I was just trying to help.

didn’t want to have this

she murmured, “You allow her

already crossed the

chauffeur hadn’t been with you today, I bet

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

He was

while, he said, “You didn’t have

quarrel with

longer share a bed. It’s

heart ached as she

was

Waylen

thought arguing tonight

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

Rena stood still.

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

stabbed him in the chest, Waylen turned and looked

whether or

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