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.

allow him to touch her

have fights sometimes, but they should be able 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 the wedge that Rena drove between them,

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

“Mr. Fowler!”

out the window

a crutch and hobbling toward

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

saying that, she put

now

he hadn’t

see her, then she

Mavis and ordered the chauffeur to

road. Watching the

crutch and

sure to appear

falling. He frowned and

about following Waylen’s

her get in the

isn’t going to like

“If you don’t tell her, then she won’t find out. Besides, we’re just sending the poor

the chauffeur had no choice but to get out of the car and then

next

head on the back of his seat, and closed his

quietly turned to

so sharp and perfect, and he exuded such a beautiful,

this car was

her blood boil with desire. She greedily inhaled the air around Waylen and then imagined what sex with him would be

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

thought of it made her hot

soft kiss on his collar, making sure her

on a light orange lipstick

closely enough, she would be able to spot Mavis’

his eyes. Before he could fully wake up, Mavis immediately

an hour later, they arrived at Mavis’ apartment, which was located in a

Mavis get

bowed to meet his gaze and said in a soft voice, “Thank you for giving

her face,

Waylen stared out the window and

sister, and they had a striking resemblance to

he would possess her the moment he let her

a

be

between himself and Mavis earlier was a

wanted to see how

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

pros and cons of

Waylen chose Rena and

of the Fowler

already the middle of the night, so most of the lights

through the foyer and ascended the stairs to the

and Marcus, he opened the

unlocked, so he was able

fallen asleep on the sofa with a book in her hand. She had

exposed skin gleamed like

Waylen liked her body.

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

kissed her, softly at first and then more

Rena didn’t even stir.

less resistant of him in

her for a while, Waylen finally gave in and began

what woke up

misty eyes and stared at the big, handsome

orange kiss mark on the collar of his

must’ve left it

still fired up. He had already started taking off her

go of me!” Rena’s

was still angry with him and didn’t want to sleep

body was alluring

saw Mavis today,

Waylen was stunned.

at her and explained, “Yes, I did, but nothing

her pajamas

his shirt

lip-shaped stain on his white shirt stood out like a sore

we didn’t do anything. You can ask

left on him without his consent, he took off his shirt and tossed it

he turned around and looked Rena straight in the eye.

didn’t even bother to

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,

me, Waylen. How is that any different

replied, “I was just trying to help. I don’t

want to have

stood up and 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 your legal

already crossed

you today, I bet

coat. 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

was

while, he said, “You didn’t have to say such harsh words,

didn’t quarrel

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

ached

truth was

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

thought arguing tonight wouldn’t do

forehead and muttered, “Let’s

Rena stood still.

heard Waylen turn the doorknob, she called after him,

just stabbed him in the chest, Waylen turned and looked at Rena’s back once

wondering whether or not she truly

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