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

a bed

didn’t allow him to

to resolve their problems and 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

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

“Mr. Fowler!”

looked out the window

crutch and hobbling toward

explained, “The doctor said my leg

that, she put on

often now that he and Rena were

hadn’t

he couldn’t come see her, then

just nodded at Mavis and ordered the

driving toward the main road. Watching the

dropped her crutch and let herself fall to the

made sure to appear

Mavis falling. He frowned and barked, “Stop

dithered about

voice, “Help her get in the car and give

“Mrs. Fowler isn’t going to like

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

logic, the chauffeur had no choice but to get out

next to

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

to stare

perfect, and he

car was extremely

inhaled the air around

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

thought of it made her hot and

soft kiss on his collar, making sure her lipstick marked

a light

would be able to spot Mavis’ kiss

he could fully wake up, Mavis immediately sat

arrived at Mavis’ apartment, which was located in a

chauffeur helped Mavis get out

voice, “Thank you for giving

her face, smiled, and said

out the window and let

in earlier and kissed his collar. She was Elvira’s biological sister, and they had a striking resemblance

her the

a young and obedient

be

Mavis earlier was a

wanted to see how much he cared

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

always weighed the pros and cons of

chose Rena and

the house of the

out of the car and looked up at the house. It was already the middle of the night, so most of

and ascended the stairs to

Alexis and Marcus, he opened

unlocked, so he was able to

the sofa with a book

like crystal under

Waylen liked her body.

didn’t know if it was just the alcohol, but every fiber

then more and more hungrily. He began tracing her bottom lip

Rena didn’t even stir.

less resistant

for a while, Waylen finally

was what woke up

stared at the big,

orange kiss mark on the collar

must’ve left

he was still fired up. He had already started

of me!” Rena’s face

was going on. 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

Her body was alluring and attractive, but her words

saw Mavis

Waylen was stunned.

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

began putting her pajamas back

undid two buttons of his shirt and showed him the

stain on his white shirt

“I swear we didn’t do anything. You can ask the

consent, he took off his shirt and tossed

he turned around and looked Rena straight in the eye. “I didn’t

bother to lose her

“No, you didn’t do anything unfaithful. You just

that

was just trying to help. I don’t have

want to have this conversation

window. Gazing at the blackness outside, she murmured, “You

already crossed the

today, I bet you

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

grabbed a cigarette and lit it. He was shaking so badly

a while, he said, “You didn’t

quarrel with

home is that we no longer share a

ached as

truth was

Waylen couldn’t stand

at Rena’s back and thought arguing tonight wouldn’t do either of

his forehead and muttered, “Let’s talk

Rena stood still.

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

the chest, Waylen turned and

or not she truly

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