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

hadn’t shared a bed

didn’t allow him to touch her at

into another bedroom. It was difficult for Waylen to talk to

car door, walked around the car, and hopped into the driver’s

“Mr. Fowler!”

looked out the

crutch and

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

she put on her

Waylen would come visit her more often now

hadn’t

he couldn’t come see her, then she would just

and ordered

main road. Watching the lavish

deliberately dropped her crutch and let

made sure to appear frail and

happened to see Mavis falling. He frowned and barked, “Stop the

dithered about

in a low voice, “Help her get in

isn’t going

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

no choice but to get out of the car and then help Mavis

next

the back of his seat, and closed

to

sharp and perfect, and he exuded such a

car was

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

the mattress? Would his handsome face

of it made

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

a light orange lipstick

Rena looked closely enough, she would be able to spot Mavis’ kiss

Before he could fully wake

at Mavis’

get

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 is

looked at her face, smiled, and

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 striking resemblance to each other. Such a young and

that he would possess her the moment he

have a young and

could be

and Mavis earlier was a test he set for

see how much

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 woman who could make him

pros and

Waylen chose Rena and his

of the

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

passed through the foyer and ascended the

checking on Alexis and Marcus, he

door was left unlocked, so he was

on the sofa with a book in her hand.

exposed skin gleamed like

Waylen liked her body.

in a long time. He didn’t know if it was just the alcohol, but every fiber of his being ached

at first and then more and

Rena didn’t even stir.

resistant of him in her

Waylen

caress was what woke

opened her misty eyes and stared at the big,

the orange kiss mark on the

must’ve left

was still fired up. He had

of me!” Rena’s face

know what 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 still

body was alluring and

Mavis today,

Waylen was stunned.

he looked at her and explained, “Yes, I did, but

putting her

his shirt and showed him

on his white shirt

and said, “I swear we didn’t do anything.

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

and looked Rena straight in the eye. “I didn’t betray our

bother to lose her temper

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

How is that any

to help. I don’t have a romantic interest in

didn’t want to have this conversation

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

have already

the chauffeur hadn’t been with you today, I bet you would’ve

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

a cigarette and lit it. He was shaking so badly that he almost burned himself

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

quarrel with

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

ached

was indeed

drink, Waylen

thought arguing tonight wouldn’t do

and muttered, “Let’s talk about this

Rena stood still.

him, “Take your shirt.

like his wife just stabbed him in the chest, Waylen turned and

couldn’t help wondering whether or not she

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