Chapter 34

BANG!

A loud noise echoed from upstairs, causing Madelyn to glance up at the ceiling. She quickly slipped on her slippers and raced up the stairs, fearing that something had gone wrong with

Zach.

Filled with concern, Madelyn pushed open the bedroom door, her heart pounding with the anticipation of an accident. “Zach, what’s the matter?”

Zach was hunched over on the bed, as if trying to gather the shattered pieces of a bowl from

the floor.

then fetched a broom from outside, swiftly

have believed that Madelyn would stoop to performing such menial tasks. After

reason Madelyn had transformed into her current self

married Zach shortly after graduating from college. After eight years of marriage, Zach’s company had skyrocketed, firmly establishing itself in Ventropolis and striking fear into the hearts of

as a housewife.

years, Madelyn sought other activities to occupy her mind. She couldn’t bear to remain idle, as her thoughts would wander. Thus, she took up cleaning the rooms, tending to the flowers, and managing household chores. She even contemplated building her own social circle. It was during this time that she invited the neighbor’s wife over for tea, pampered herself with beauty salon treatments, and

as Zach discovered her newfound independence, he insisted that she stay at home, claiming that her actions would bring

her going out; rather, he simply didn’t want anyone else coveting what belonged to him. Whenever she visited the gym, a few young men would express interest in her, but what Zach failed to realize was that in her eyes, no man could ever compare to him. Gradually, Madelyn became a prisoner, confined within the decaying walls of their already defeated household, akin to a canary trapped in a gilded

a fallen consort in an ancient Oriental palace, waiting each day for the

were to sum it up succinctly, Madelyn’s past existence could only be described as

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