Criminal Love

Epilogue - Family

"What did we do wrong? We must have done something wrong!" Yue complains, looking outside to her family and friends who are gathered around the pool, chatting and having a good time under the sun.

Dylan strides towards her and hugs her from behind, gently resting his puzzled face on her shoulder. "What do you mean, sweetie?"

Yue sighs and her arms fall to her sides. "Well, shouldn't we have an empty nest by now?" she asks with a defeated tone. "They're all grown up, and still here! Living with us!"

Dylan cracks a laugh. He honestly does not understand what the problem is. Their five children decided to go to college in the Miami area, therefore, there was no need to go to a campus. Besides, even though they are intelligent, compassionate, and driven, the five Wang-Shens are also used to living in luxury and comfort. Why in the world would they move out when they are completely comfortable at home?

There's also the fact that, after Daniel started high school, their parents were gone every other weekend—for work, they said— leaving the entire house to the kids and Rosa, who always hanged around to keep an eye on the teenagers. Is there better accommodation than a fully equipped Miami mansion with a cook and no parents? Absolutely not. It is a dream come true.

Dylan, still devilishly handsome in his early fifties, decides to tease his lovely wife, as he's used to. "Cookie, if you want to be alone with me, you can just say so, and I will take you to the penthouse right now. We can ditch everyone right here and disappear!" he playfully whispers in her ear, making Yue's knees give in a little.

Darn it! This man still holds a power over her that she can neither deny nor control. All these years and she's still like a schoolgirl—weakened by and smitten with the hottest boy around.

"Whoa! Cookie, we should get your knees checked... Again!" he taunts, triggering Yue to elbow him in the stomach. "Ouch." Dylan knows perfectly well that the effect he has on his lovely wife has not decreased one bit.

"What's that about the penthouse?" a female voice coming from behind them inquires. "You still own the penthouse after all this time, huh? Your love lair, the place where you hole up to let Fifty Shades of Grey come to life! I thought you mentioned selling it after you moved here. I wanna go see it! You two are naughty, naughty," she teases, but something in her tone makes the couple uneasy and blush of embarrassment.

"Shhhhh!!!" both quietly scream in unison, Yue's eyes pointing at the young ones by the pool.

"Don't tell me the kids don't know about the penthouse!" Taylor exclaims in a low voice, a wicked smile plastered on her face, eyebrows wiggling. She is definitely scheming something.

"Darling! Did you find my phone?" Darren interrupts, shouting from afar.

"He's always losing his phone..." Taylor exhales. "We'll continue this conversation later... I won't forget!" she exclaims as she walks away in her black swimsuit covered by a sheer black dress. She still conserves her figure after the three pregnancies of her and Darren's girls.

"So..." Dylan turns to Yue again, but his eyes show now a pensive state caused by Taylor's words. "Do you think we're going to hell for keeping the penthouse to fulfill our lust?"

"What?!" Yue swivels to face Dylan, not understanding his question.

"Well, what we do there... What we have done all these years, and the hiding, lying to our family about where we would be..." Dylan seems truly concerned.

Yue cups his face with her hands and looks at him straight in the eyes with determination. "First, it's not lust, it's passion. Lust is when someone doesn't belong to you, and we definitely belong to each other."