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.

as if a giant boulder was pressing against

not continue

feverish. The emotional

so he hugged her tighter. Instinctively, Vicky began to struggle even though she had no energy left. Her resistance made Tyler’s eyes darken because he realized she would only be nice

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

I’m worried that I’ll

a dirty and cold basement for the past several days without a chance to shower, and only

always been a clean freak, so she was

having heard her explanation. “It’s fine,” he

the man they loved. Therefore, Vicky could not imagine just how unkempt and unsightly she must have looked at the moment. Even though they were husband and wife, she was still embarrassed to have

lowered her eyes to avert his gaze, thinking that as long as she did not look at him, she could pretend he

this is how it must be,’ she

Vicky’s evasive behavior made

disappointed at the fact that I was the one who got you

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