Vicky looked up at Tyler and answered, “Because…I’m your wife?”

Tyler laughed. “Wrong. It’s because I’m still useful to them.”

“How are you still useful to them?” asked Vicky with a puzzled expression on her face.

“I can help their adopted son to successfully get the position of being the heir to the entire Hart family’s fortune.”

Vicky was a little taken aback. “They want you to help him? But aren’t you their real kid…?”

“So what?” Tyler asked back indifferently.

Vicky fell silent.

Tyler was right—what did it matter that he was their biological child? He had long been labeled as the ‘rebellious one’, and it was all because of her. If she was not in his life, he would not have been hated by his parents nor would he have to suffer through so much torture.

a giant boulder was pressing against her chest and making it hard for

Vicky did not continue the

so long—was feverish. The emotional shock of seeing

had no energy left. Her resistance made Tyler’s eyes darken because he realized she would only be nice when she needed

why are you still acting like we are strangers?” asked

knew he had misunderstood her. “I’m dirty…and I’m worried that I’ll get your

days without a chance

been a clean freak, so she was

face softened after having heard her explanation. “It’s

always want to present her best side to the man they loved. Therefore, Vicky could not imagine just how unkempt and unsightly she must have looked at the moment.

to avert his gaze, thinking that as long as she did not look at him, she could pretend he was not looking at

must be,’ she thought in a bid to comfort

Vicky’s evasive behavior

I was the one who got you out of

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