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

hadn’t shared a

to touch

they should be able to resolve their problems and kiss and make up. But Rena chose to move into another bedroom. It was

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

“Mr. Fowler!”

the window and

was on a crutch

gaze, Mavis looked at her leg with grievance. She explained, “The doctor said

that, she put on her

her more often now that he and Rena were no longer in speaking terms.

hadn’t shown

didn’t matter. If he couldn’t come see her, then she would just

just nodded at Mavis and ordered the

Watching the lavish black

and let herself

sure to

falling. He frowned

about

“Help her get in the

Fowler isn’t going

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

chauffeur had no choice but to get

sat next to

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

turned to

perfect,

this car

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

his handsome

of it made

she leaned in and planted a soft kiss on his

put on a

looked closely enough, she would be able to spot

his eyes. Before he could fully

at Mavis’

helped Mavis get out of the

intention of getting out and walking Mavis to her door. Mavis bowed to meet his gaze and said in a soft voice, “Thank you for

at her face, smiled, and said

stared out the window

sister, and they had a striking resemblance to each other. Such a young and attractive girl was throwing herself at

would possess her

a young and

could be Elvira’s

himself and Mavis earlier

how

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 woman who

always weighed the pros and cons of

chose Rena and his

of the

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

through the foyer and ascended the stairs to

and Marcus, he

left unlocked, so

with a book in her hand. She had on soft silk

gleamed like crystal

Waylen liked her body.

like this in a long time. He didn’t know if it was just

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

Rena didn’t even stir.

way less resistant of him

her for a while, Waylen

caress was what woke

at the big, handsome face in

instantly noticed the orange kiss mark on the collar of his white

left

fired up. He had

of me!” Rena’s face

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

on the sofa. Her body was

Mavis today, didn’t

Waylen was stunned.

and explained, “Yes, I did, but nothing happened. I

putting her pajamas

undid two buttons of his

his white shirt stood out like

and said, “I swear we

mark that Mavis left on him without his consent, he took off his shirt and tossed it into the trash

straight in the eye. “I didn’t

didn’t even bother to lose her temper

burn with tears. After a few heartbeats, she said calmly, “No, you didn’t do anything unfaithful. You just helped that woman get reinstated

that any different from keeping

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

to have this

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

have already crossed

hadn’t been with you today, I bet you would’ve pushed your

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

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

said, “You didn’t have

didn’t quarrel

no longer share a bed. It’s only a matter of time now before our bond breaks completely and Mavis

ached

was indeed

too much to drink, Waylen couldn’t stand his

Rena’s back and thought arguing tonight wouldn’t

and muttered, “Let’s talk about this tomorrow. Go to

Rena stood still.

she heard Waylen turn the doorknob, she called after him, “Take your shirt. I

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

wondering whether or not she

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