A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love

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.

from him, her

a bed

him to touch

But Rena chose to move into another bedroom. It was difficult for Waylen to talk to her, much more sleep with her. Because

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

“Mr. Fowler!”

the

on a crutch and hobbling

her leg with grievance. She explained, “The doctor said my leg should recover within two months, and there will be no

that, she put on her victimized

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

hadn’t shown

see her, then she would just come

just nodded at Mavis and ordered the

toward the main road. Watching the lavish black vehicle

dropped her crutch and let herself fall

made sure to appear frail and

see Mavis falling. He frowned and barked,

chauffeur dithered about

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

chauffeur hesitated, “Mrs. Fowler isn’t going to like

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 nothing wrong with

refute his boss’ logic, the chauffeur had no choice but to get out of the car and then help

sat next

back of his seat, and closed his

to stare

and perfect, and he exuded such a beautiful, noble

car was

her blood boil with desire. She greedily inhaled the air around Waylen and

the mattress? Would his handsome face

of it

leaned in and planted a soft kiss on his collar, making sure her lipstick marked the

on a light orange lipstick

able

frowned and then opened his eyes. Before he could fully wake up, Mavis immediately

they arrived at Mavis’ apartment, which

get out of the

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 that nothing

at her face,

the chauffeur drove away, Waylen stared out the window and let

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

that he would possess her

have a

could be

happen between himself and Mavis earlier

how much he

Mavis leaned toward him earlier, 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

weighed the pros and cons of

chose Rena

of

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

the foyer and ascended the stairs

on Alexis and Marcus, he opened the

unlocked, so he was able to

with a book in her hand. She

gleamed like crystal under the

Waylen liked her body.

if it was just the alcohol, but every fiber of his being ached to touch her, take her, and own

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

Rena didn’t even stir.

way less resistant of

a while, Waylen

caress was what woke

her misty eyes and stared at the big, handsome face in front of

mark on the collar of

must’ve left it

was still fired up.

me!” Rena’s face

and didn’t want to sleep with him, so he gently nibbled on her earlobe and whispered, “Are you still

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

Mavis today,

Waylen was stunned.

explained, “Yes, I did,

her pajamas back

his shirt and

orange, lip-shaped stain on his white shirt stood out

his brows and said, “I swear we didn’t do anything. You can ask the

consent, he

straight in the eye.

to

sat there quietly, her eyes starting to burn 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,

that any different from keeping a

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

want to have

Gazing at the blackness outside, she murmured, “You allow her to get close to you. You allow her to provoke your legal

have already crossed the

hadn’t been with you today, I bet you

You would’ve let her touch you and kiss you. You

and lit it. He was shaking so badly that he

“You didn’t have to say

didn’t quarrel with

has always been harsh, especially to those unprepared to hear it. Waylen, the only reason we still share a home is that we no longer share a bed. It’s only a matter of time now before our bond breaks completely and Mavis gets her chance to be with you. Honestly, I think you

heart ached as

was

Waylen couldn’t

thought arguing

forehead and muttered, “Let’s

Rena stood still.

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

wife just stabbed him in the chest,

wondering whether or