Waylen offered a faint smile and put his arm around his wife. “I was tied up with some work, not out being with another woman,” he joked.
Rena blushed at his words.
With no one else around, Waylen took the chance to reassure her, “You know how much you mean to me. No other woman, no matter how young or beautiful, could ever compare to you.”
Rena, focusing on a different aspect of his comment, playfully asked, “Are you saying I’m old?”
Waylen laughed and said, “Of course not!”
He looked at her tenderly under the corridor Light.
His admiration was sincere. Rena had managed to maintain her youthful appearance over the years. The children were a big help, the older ones taking care of the younger, and with his support, Rena had fewer worries.
She still looked as delicate as she did in earlier years.
Waylen, as her husband, felt extremely content.
Upon entering the living room with his wife, Waylen’s eyes immediately fell on Alexis and Leonel.
Leonel, who he had drove away before, was now lounging on the sofa, flipping through a magazine as if he had always belonged there.
Waylen felt a surge of mixed emotions but kept his face expressionless.
“You’re back, huh?” he said, addressing them.
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Leonel quickly set aside his magazine and stood up. “Yes!”
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Waylen removed his coat, which Leonel smoothly took to place on the sofa. Waylen, with an easy smile, teased, “Hey, when did you become so thoughtful?”
Rena cast a glance his way, chiding, “Leonel’s just returned. Let’s not dredge up past mistakes.”
Although Waylen kept smiling, a hint of his fury from meeting Kenneth lingered in his expression, a detail only Rena, being so close to him, could pick up on.
Rena’s eyes flickered with realization about where he might have been, but she chose to remain silent.
Waylen settled down, sipped some tea, and then declared, “Time to eat!”
Elva, their little daughter, clung to his arm. “Dad, I’m so hungry!
You were gone all day, and Mom thought you might’ve found yourself another woman!”
Gently patting her head, Waylen seated her beside him for dinner, with Leonel on his other side.
Leonel seemed a bit uneasy.
Uncorking a prized bottle of liquor, Waylen encouraged, “Let’s have a drink.”