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.

him to touch her

normal for a couple to 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

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

“Mr. Fowler!”

out the window and saw

a crutch and hobbling

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

saying that, she put on her victimized

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

hadn’t shown

couldn’t come see her,

just nodded at Mavis and ordered the chauffeur to

road. Watching the lavish black vehicle

deliberately dropped her crutch and let herself fall to

sure to appear

He frowned

dithered about following

her get

Fowler isn’t

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

no choice but to get out of the car and

sat next to

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

quietly turned to stare

sharp and perfect, and he exuded

car

inhaled the air around

her against the mattress? Would his handsome face contort

mere thought of it made her hot and

at his snow-white shirt, she leaned in and planted a soft kiss on his collar, making sure

put on a

she would be able to spot Mavis’ kiss mark

he could fully

hour later, they arrived at Mavis’

helped Mavis get

and walking Mavis to her door. Mavis bowed to meet his gaze and said in a soft voice, “Thank you for giving me a ride home, Mr.

looked at her face, smiled,

drove away, Waylen stared out

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

would possess her the moment he

a young and

could be Elvira’s

himself and Mavis earlier was a test he

how much he cared about

the piano with such vigor and passion.

the pros

time, Waylen chose Rena and his

of the Fowler

the middle of the night, so most of the

through the foyer and ascended the stairs

and Marcus, he opened

door was left unlocked, so he

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

exposed skin gleamed like crystal under

Waylen liked her body.

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

her, softly at first and then more

Rena didn’t even stir.

less resistant of him in her

her for a while, Waylen

was what woke

at the big,

kiss mark on the collar of his white

left

was still fired up. He

go of me!” Rena’s face turned

with him and didn’t want to sleep with him, so he gently nibbled

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

Mavis today,

Waylen was stunned.

he looked at her and explained, “Yes, I did, but nothing happened. I just gave

her

of his shirt

white shirt stood out like

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

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

straight in the eye. “I didn’t betray

even bother to

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

Waylen. How is that any different from keeping a

help.

want to have this

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

have already

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

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

lit it. He was shaking so badly that he

didn’t have to say such

didn’t quarrel with

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

heart ached as she

was indeed

drink, Waylen couldn’t stand

stared at Rena’s back and thought arguing tonight

his forehead and muttered, “Let’s talk about this tomorrow.

Rena stood still.

called after him, “Take your

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

or not she

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