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.

Vicky feel as if a giant boulder was pressing against her chest and making it hard for

did not continue the conversation, neither

so long—was feverish. The emotional shock of seeing Tyler had subsided, leaving her feeling sleepy

had no energy left. Her resistance

does, so why are you still acting

dirty…and I’m worried that I’ll

for the past several days without a chance to shower, and only god knew what

always been a clean freak, so

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

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 him see her like

did not look at

be,’ she thought in a bid to

Vicky’s evasive behavior

at the fact that I was

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