Just when Vicky was about to repeat herself, Tyler answered, "Six."Vicky was relieved. "What do you feel like eating? I'll cook for you.""Anything," came Tyler's indifferent response before he hung up, giving Vicky no room to say anything.Vicky's heart no longer hung on a thread. Luckily, he did not consider having a divorce because of this, even though he was unhappy.In fact, it was normal if he wanted to divorce her. The law did state it was part of the right and obligation for a married couple to have regular intimate moments. If one party refused to fulfill the obligation of being a married couple, the other half had the right to request a divorce.Vicky did not want that to happen, but…she was just not ready.…Other than spending that night in the study, Tyler did go back to sleep in the bedroom for the rest of the night, though he never touched her again. If it was unnecessary, he would not even say anything to her—not even a word.This was to the extent he would go

Vicky nodded in agreement. "Yes. She must at the very least have ten years of piano playing experience behind her."Cece turned to look at Vicky. "Vicky, you know how to play the piano, too?"The question caught Vicky off guard. "I don't know."She just said that reflexively.Cece did not think too much of it. It would not be anything out of the ordinary for Vicky to know to play the piano since she came from a wealthy family. However, Cece had never seen Vicky play the piano during these years by her side.They were in the midst of their conversation when they heard a gruff voice coming in the front row."Oh please, you can drop the innocent act. You should know what performing in the bar entails very well!"Vicky looked over in the direction where the sound came from and saw a fat middle-aged man clutching Nikki's wrist."Why won't you drink with me? Is it because I'm not rich enough?" said the man belligerently."Mister Larson, it's not part of my job to drink with the patr

Judging from the way Nikki's eyes looked dull and unfocused, she was probably traumatized. After noticing her torn-up clothes, Tyler casually threw down his suit jacket on her."Put this on."Only then did Nikki realize how she looked. She quickly put on Tyler's suit jacket. "Thank you," she said with her flushed face lowered.Mister Lidell, the bar manager, who had been struck dumb all those while finally came to his senses. He quickly thanked Tyler before leading Nikki away.Seeing this, the patrons began to whisper amongst themselves."I didn't know Tyler Hart was here too…""Yeah. Nikki is so lucky. Things would have ended up really badly for her if Tyler wasn't here to save her.""I wouldn't chalk it down to luck though. He's been here every night for the past few weeks. How do I know? Well, I saw it with my own eyes.""So she's with Tyler… No wonder that old pervert Mister Larson let her go in the end.""Huh? But isn't there a rumor going around saying Tyler is getting b

The surprise only lasted for a while.Tyler was a good CEO and would never allow personal matters to affect his work. Vicky never got him to break this ethic, and neither did Sheila. It seemed Nikki could not do it, too.Vicky had not discovered any similarities between Sheila and Nikki. They did not look the same, and their temperaments did not match. The only similarity was that they were both skilled in the piano.However, Vicky did not think Tyler treated them differently just because they could play the piano very well. Thus, she had a feeling it would be something else, one she did not know of.That was probably why Vicky showed up here every day.The bar was popular, but Nikki was not the only one who performed for the establishment. There were other performers who would showcase their talents, too.After finishing a song, Nikki bowed to the audience. When she was leaving the stage, an affluent young man dressed in branded apparel stopped Nikki with a glass of wine in his

As Nikki dug more deeply into the matter, she chanced upon numerous gossip articles saying Vicky was the one who broke up Tyler and his first love by seducing him into her bed. There was a lot of news about them, but weirdly enough, not a single photo of Vicky could be found.It would be hard-pressed for people who were not from the circle to get to know Vicky. In other words, the masses did not have the right to talk about her.Thus, Nikki could only get a generalized idea about what was really going on between Tyler and Vicky: Vicky loved Tyler, but he did not share the same feelings, and she would rather hold onto the dead marriage than let him go. Therefore, Nikki thought that Vicky was a crazy woman who was paranoid, lunatic, and frantic.In fact, before talking with Vicky, Nikki even thought she was like one of those desperate housewives whose life revolved around their husbands and instead of looking to themselves for the problem in their marriage, they would rather stalk the