A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love

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

him to

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

He shut the car door, walked around the car, and hopped into the driver’s seat. He gunned the engine and

“Mr. Fowler!”

out the window and saw

a crutch and hobbling

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

she put on

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

hadn’t

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

nodded at Mavis and ordered the chauffeur to

chauffeur started driving toward the main road. Watching

deliberately dropped her crutch and

made sure to appear frail and

Mavis falling. He

dithered about following

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

isn’t going to like

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

boss’ logic, the chauffeur had no choice but to

sat next to

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

turned to stare at

and perfect, and he exuded such

this car was

greedily inhaled the air around Waylen and then

the mattress? Would his handsome face contort in sweet

of it made her hot and

and planted a soft kiss on his collar, making sure her lipstick

put on a light orange lipstick

would be able to spot Mavis’

Before he could fully

Mavis’ apartment, which was located

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 giving me a ride home, Mr. Fowler. If you need me to explain to Mrs. Fowler, I’ll tell her that

looked at her face, smiled, and said

chauffeur drove away, Waylen stared out the window

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

possess her the

have a

be

happen between himself and Mavis earlier was a

see how much he cared about

With his mind’s eye, he saw her playing the piano with such vigor and passion. Then,

always weighed the pros and cons

Waylen chose

of the Fowler

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

ascended the stairs to the second

Marcus, he opened the door to

left unlocked, so he was

book in her hand. She

gleamed like

Waylen liked her body.

a long time. He didn’t know if it was just the alcohol, but every fiber of his being ached to touch her, take

kissed her, softly at first and then more and

Rena didn’t even stir.

way less resistant of him in her

her for a while, Waylen finally gave in

what woke

and stared at

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

must’ve left it

stared at Waylen quietly, but he was still fired up. He had already started taking

me!”

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 earlobe

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

saw Mavis today, didn’t

Waylen was stunned.

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

her pajamas back

his shirt and showed

stain on his white shirt stood out like

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

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

straight in the eye.

even bother to lose her temper

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

How is that any

replied, “I was just trying to help. I don’t

want to have this

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

have already crossed the

chauffeur hadn’t been with you today,

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

cigarette and lit it. He was

said, “You didn’t have to say

didn’t quarrel

especially to those unprepared to hear it. Waylen, 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 our bond breaks completely and Mavis gets her

ached

truth was

too much to drink, Waylen couldn’t stand his

back and thought arguing tonight wouldn’t do either of

rubbed his forehead and muttered, “Let’s

Rena stood still.

after him, “Take your shirt. I don’t want

stabbed him in the chest, Waylen turned and

help wondering whether or