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.

to touch

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, they couldn’t

anything more. He shut the car door, walked around the car, and hopped into the

“Mr. Fowler!”

looked out the

crutch

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

put on

come visit her more often now that he and Rena were no longer

hadn’t

see her, then she

and

the main road. Watching the lavish

dropped her crutch and let

sure to

He

about following

her get in the car

chauffeur hesitated, “Mrs. Fowler isn’t going to like this,

spinning, aching head, Waylen retorted, “If you don’t tell her, then she won’t find out. Besides, we’re just sending the poor girl home.

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

next

of his seat, and closed his

turned to stare

sharp and perfect, and he exuded

car

all those things, Mavis felt her blood boil with desire. She greedily inhaled the air around Waylen and then imagined what sex with

Would his handsome face contort in sweet agony

it

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

a

be able to spot Mavis’ kiss mark on

frowned and then opened his eyes. Before he could

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

helped Mavis get out of the

said in a soft voice, “Thank you for giving me a ride home, Mr. Fowler. If you

her face,

out the

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

that he would possess her the moment

he would have a young and

be

Mavis earlier was a test

to see how

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

weighed the pros

time, Waylen chose Rena and his

of the Fowler

middle of the night, so most of the lights in the house had already been turned off. However, the lights in Rena’s

through the foyer and ascended

checking on Alexis and Marcus, he opened

so he

had fallen asleep on the sofa with a book in her

skin gleamed like

Waylen liked her body.

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

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

Rena didn’t even stir.

resistant of

for a while, Waylen finally

what woke up

her misty eyes and stared at the big,

orange kiss mark on the collar of his

left it

fired up. He had already

go of me!” Rena’s face

didn’t want to sleep with him, so he

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

Mavis today, didn’t

Waylen was stunned.

her and explained, “Yes, I did, but

her

buttons of his shirt and

white shirt

we didn’t

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

turned around and looked Rena straight in the eye.

didn’t even bother to lose her

anything unfaithful. You just helped that woman

How is that any different from keeping a

“I was just trying to help. I don’t

to

the blackness outside, she murmured, “You allow her

already

today, I bet you would’ve

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

Waylen grabbed a cigarette and lit it. He was shaking

“You didn’t have to say such harsh

quarrel with

the only reason we still share a home is that we no longer share a bed. It’s only a matter of time now before

heart ached

truth was

drink, Waylen

thought arguing tonight wouldn’t do either of them any

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

Rena stood still.

she called after him, “Take your shirt.

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

whether or not she truly

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