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

shared a bed

didn’t allow him to

move into another bedroom. It was difficult for

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

“Mr. Fowler!”

the window

on a crutch and hobbling

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

she put

come visit her more often now that he and

he hadn’t

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

just nodded at Mavis and

driving toward the main road. Watching

crutch and let herself fall to

made sure to appear frail

Mavis falling. He frowned

about

get in the car and

isn’t going

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. There’s nothing wrong with

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

sat next

rested his head on the back of his seat, and closed his eyes. Meanwhile, Mavis savored Waylen’s

quietly turned to

sharp and perfect, and he exuded such a

this car was

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

of it made

shirt, she leaned in and planted a soft kiss on

on a light

closely enough, she would be able to spot Mavis’ kiss mark on

Before he could fully wake up,

Mavis’

chauffeur helped Mavis get out of the

his gaze and said 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

her face, smiled, and said

the chauffeur drove away, Waylen stared out the window and let

his collar. She was Elvira’s biological sister, and they had a striking resemblance to each

that he would possess her the moment he let

a young and obedient

be

let happen between himself and Mavis earlier was a test he

to see how much he cared

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 feel that

pros

chose Rena and

of the Fowler

the night, so most of the lights in the house had already been

the foyer and ascended the stairs

Marcus, he

door was left unlocked, so

a book in her hand. She had

skin gleamed like

Waylen liked her body.

was just the alcohol, but every fiber of his being ached to touch her,

her, softly at first and then more

Rena didn’t even stir.

resistant of him in

while, Waylen finally gave in

was what

misty eyes and stared at the big, handsome face

noticed the orange kiss mark

must’ve left it

Waylen quietly, but he was still fired

of me!” Rena’s face

didn’t 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

sofa. Her body was alluring and attractive,

saw Mavis today, didn’t

Waylen was stunned.

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

her

two buttons of his shirt and showed

lip-shaped stain on his white shirt stood out like a

we didn’t do anything. You can ask the

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

straight in the eye. “I

bother to lose her temper

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

is that any different from keeping

just trying to help. I don’t have

to have this

up and walked to her bedroom’s French window. Gazing at the blackness outside, she murmured, “You allow her to get close

have already

hadn’t been with you today, I

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

grabbed a cigarette and lit it. He was shaking so badly

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

quarrel

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

heart ached as

truth was indeed

had too much to drink, Waylen couldn’t

back and thought arguing tonight wouldn’t do either

muttered, “Let’s talk about

Rena stood still.

doorknob, she called after him,

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

couldn’t help wondering whether or not she truly

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