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.

kept away from him, her own

a bed

him to

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, they couldn’t

say anything more. He shut the car door, walked around the car, and hopped into the driver’s seat. He gunned the engine and was about to pull

“Mr. Fowler!”

the window and saw

a crutch and hobbling toward

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

put

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

he hadn’t

If he couldn’t come see

just nodded at Mavis and ordered the chauffeur to

main road. Watching the lavish black

crutch and let

made sure to appear frail and

see Mavis falling. He frowned and barked, “Stop

dithered about following

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

hesitated, “Mrs. Fowler isn’t going

she won’t find out. Besides,

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

next

rested his head on the back of his seat,

quietly turned to stare

facial features were so sharp and perfect, and he exuded such a

this car was extremely

She greedily inhaled the air around Waylen and then imagined what sex

press her against the mattress? Would his handsome face

thought of it

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

a light

would be able to

and then opened his eyes. Before he could fully wake

arrived at Mavis’ apartment, which was located in a

chauffeur helped Mavis get out of

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

her face,

out

aware that Mavis leaned in earlier and kissed his collar. She was Elvira’s biological sister, and they had a

knew that he would possess her the

he would have a young and

be

he let happen between himself and Mavis earlier was a test

see how

her playing the piano with such vigor and passion. Then, his heart started racing. The ‘only woman who could make him feel that

the pros

time, Waylen chose Rena and

of the Fowler

of the night, so most of the lights

passed through the foyer and ascended the stairs to the second

on Alexis and Marcus, he

was left unlocked, so he

a book in her hand. She had on soft

like crystal

Waylen liked her body.

like this in a long time. He didn’t know if it was just the alcohol, but every fiber

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

Rena didn’t even stir.

less resistant of him in her

Waylen finally gave in and began touching

caress was what woke up

misty eyes and stared at the

orange kiss mark on the

must’ve left it

was still fired up. He had already started

go of me!” Rena’s face turned

angry with him and didn’t

Her body was alluring and attractive, but her words were

Mavis today, didn’t

Waylen was stunned.

at her and explained, “Yes, I did, but nothing happened. I just gave her a ride

began putting her pajamas

she undid two buttons of his shirt and showed him the lipstick

his white shirt stood out like

and said, “I swear we

that Mavis left on him without his consent, he took

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

bother to lose

unfaithful. You just helped

me, Waylen. How is that any

just trying to help. I don’t have a

didn’t want 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

have already crossed the

with you today, I bet you would’ve pushed your

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

and lit it. He was shaking

he said, “You didn’t have to

quarrel

only reason we still share a home is that we no longer share a

heart ached

was

Waylen couldn’t stand his alcohol-induced

stared at Rena’s back and thought arguing tonight wouldn’t

muttered, “Let’s talk about this

Rena stood still.

doorknob, she called after him, “Take

wife just stabbed him in the chest, Waylen

whether or not she truly

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