Though she was home late, Tyler rarely returned home before midnight as of late, too.After changing into her slippers, she was about to head upstairs when she caught a faint scent of tobacco from the living room.She looked over and saw a red dot flashing in the darkness.Her heart threatened to leap out of her chest, and she came close to screaming.After taking a few deep breaths, she calmed herself and turned on the lights in the living room.Snap! The chandelier above her lit up in blinding light, and she frowned in discomfort.After a while, she got used to the light and asked, "Tyler, what are you doing here?"The man stood before the balcony, his towering figure casting a long shadow over the wall.From where she was standing, she could only see the side of his face.He held a cigarette between his fingers absentmindedly; white smoke curled and rose around him, blurring his face.Tyler did not turn around. "Why are you home so late?""Why are you home so early?" Vick
Tyler stared into Vicky's eyes and gritted out, "Say that again, Vicky."In a fit of rage, his eyes reddened as he began panting heavily. His fingers around her wrist were trembling ever so slightly, threatening to snap her wrist in half.Her heart sank and wondered for a moment as to why she would risk enraging him after all that she had put up with in the past.She knew that she would only suffer if she provoked Tyler. On top of that, she was still undertaking hypnosis in secret, so it was the worst time possible to be in a conflict with Tyler.She pursed her lips and turned her head around in silence, but her silence did not appease his anger.He lifted her chin and glared at her with rage burning in his eyes. "Who was that man, Vicky?""I don't know," she answered. "It was late, and I couldn't catch a taxi. That man happened to drive by, so I asked for his help to give me a lift.""Didn't you say he is your lover?"She closed her eyes. "You've been spending days and nights
Vicky sneered inwardly as she was wondering why Tyler got home early.She lowered her gaze. "Tyler, you know my body better than I do. I don't really think... I can get pregnant again." She felt a lump in her throat and continued, "If you love children that much..."She took a deep breath and met his brooding, dark eyes. "You might as well try it with someone else."He stared at her coldly as he said emotionlessly, "Who should I try to have a child with, then?"Tension rose, and after a while, Vicky smiled. "I think my cousin, Gloria, is the perfect candidate.""Is that so?""Yeah," Vicky said calmly. "She is a beauty from a once-powerful family and is also a famed pianist... On top of that, she once had such a romantic history with you. I'm sure she's a worthy match for you.""She does sound like a perfect candidate." Tyler stared at her. "But I doubt she'll be willing to sleep with me without being married to me.""It's simple if you want that resolved, isn't it?""How shoul
[Don't worry. He didn't know it was me. I pointed all the leads to a female driver. You wouldn't be able to reach me now otherwise.]Vicky stared at the text and frowned.Tyler was far too sharp, and it was extremely challenging for her to lie to him, so she managed to persuade him with a half-truth the night before.Vicky knew that Tyler would get to the bottom of anything if he wanted to, yet the mysterious man claimed that he managed to point all evidence to a female driver instead.'Is he really that capable?' she thought. 'If Tyler finds out about the truth, isn't that going to deepen the misunderstanding between us?'While Vicky was absorbed in her thoughts, the man sent her another text.[Oh, I forgot to mention. Alex was caught last night.]Vicky jolted and thought, 'So Tyler returned home early last night because Alex was caught?!'Vicky ignored the text and hastily made a call to Harvey.It took some time for Harvey to pick up, but when he did, she could sense how ex
Vicky had frequented Tyler's study in the past, but at the moment, she hesitated as she stood outside the door.Though they were married, it would be rude to pry on another person's privacy.The last time she went through his study, Tyler found out and insulted her harshly over it.Not long later, Vicky recalled how Tyler chatted with her friends with her phone and deleted people from her contact lists, and the last bit of hesitation faded.She did not want to pry, but she did not want to remain a clueless fool either.She walked over to the desk and flipped through the documents on the desk.Since they were all contracts and documents related to work, she was not interested and placed them back right away.She then proceeded to open the drawers to find confidential documents as well.After searching for over half an hour, Vicky found nothing and was about to leave when she noticed the bookshelf behind the desk.There were all sorts of books related to finance and foreign lang
It was the photo taken from the front camera, so their faces were close to the camera.Tyler had a reluctant frown on his face while Vicky smiled brightly with her arms around his.The second photo was her kissing the man on the cheek, and the third photo was her in Tyler's arms. In the fourth photo, she was seen in a garden with Tyler, and the fifth one was of her and Tyler underneath a Ferris wheel.The photos after that were all of Vicky. Some were taken by herself, but most were taken by someone else when she was playing the piano.Some were taken from the front, the side while others were taken from the back.As Vicky flipped to the last page, Vicky froze and dropped the album.The woman in the photo had her back facing the camera as she played the piano.It was a familiar photo as she had once seen it in Tyler's study.She once thought that the photo was of Tyler's first love, and when she first saw Gloria, she mistakenly thought that it was Gloria in the photo. Never had
After some time, Vicky leaned in Tyler's arms weakly.She had not shown Tyler any care lately and would either ignore him or act distant, so it was rare for her to behave so obediently.Confused, Tyler stared at the blush on her face and asked, "Why are you so obedient today?""..." Vicky mocked how Tyler seemed confused by her obedience inwardly and said, "Will how I behave change anything?""No," he said without hesitation."So why would I make things difficult for myself?"Tyler did not speak for a long time after that and Vicky turned around to go to sleep, only to be pulled backward.Tyler planted another kiss on her lips and said, "I suppose you're right. Let's do it again, then."Vicky did not resist and her obedience seemed to please him, so he even bathed her afterward.It had been so long since he bathed her.The night was quiet and peaceful, but Vicky could not seem to fall asleep.Though she did not move, Tyler sensed that she was awake and asked, "Are you not sl
Vicky rarely acted so calmly toward him, so Tyler was not as forceful as he usually was and planted a kiss on her cheek as he explained, "Nothing is going on between me and Gloria.""I know that you got the wrong person back then, and now..." Vicky forced a smile. "She helped you out when you were drugged, and since you can't marry her, it only makes sense that you should take care of her at the very least."Though Selene was responsible for drugging Tyler, Vicky was partially responsible as well. Had she not gone to Gloria to help Alex or agree to Gloria's terms, Tyler would have never walked into the trap.Vicky would be overwhelmed by disgust whenever she thought back to it to the point that she no longer wished to be touched by Tyler. However, the more she resisted, the more forceful Tyler would become.In the end, Vicky came to realize that Tyler forced himself on her to conquer, not to satisfy his need.Whenever she gave up on resisting, he was more than capable of being gen