Passionate Devotion: Master Fudd's Beloved Wife novel Chapter 1136

12:00 a.m., Lunar New Year Eve. Sounds of countless fireworks and firecrackers being lit could be heard while people welcomed the Lunar New Year, creating a lot of festive noises.

However, that cold winter night highlighted the loneliness of that lone figure standing below the building.

Glowing cigarette butts were littered near his legs, shimmering in the cold wind.

Shayne stood beneath the building, looking up at the second floor. The small dull table lamp in that small room switched on, then off, then on, and off again. Finally, it eventually went dark.

The outhouse in the mansion’s backyard was a gift from the developer when he had the mansion built. It was built following a fusion of eastern and western styles. Shayne used to like collecting garage kits and antiques. He collected quite a lot of rare goods and they were all placed in that small building.

That outhouse was supposed to be for him to keep his treasured items. However, at that moment, it turned into a cage for him to imprison his wife.

Shayne took out a box of sparklers. He promised that he would light up fireworks for her on Lunar New Year’s Eve.

He took out a lighter from the pocket of his jacket. Lighting the flame with a click, he then used it to light up a sparkler. The sparkler then sizzled as it burnt, seemingly shooting off stars from his hand.

He lit one sparkler after another. The floor was littered with black sticks after the sparklers had been burnt through.

He remembered the time back at Oz City’s beach, she said that lighting up fireworks to cheer up a woman was such a stupid thing. She even told him not to do it for other women in the future as they would be disgusted.

Back then, he thought he would light up a lifetime of fireworks for this woman. Only for her.

However, fireworks were fleeting. Right after they bloomed, no matter how nice they were, loneliness would ensue.

More often than not, things that were highly expected would always be thwarted by fate. He should not have promised her to light her fireworks when he returned.

Shayne did not know when would that kind of torture end. However, he kept reassuring himself that it would eventually come to an end.

As long as she was by his side, he would eventually find a chance and reason to forgive her. It did not matter if it was forced, or out of self delusion.

No matter how much it hurt, he would never let go.

That was because he loved her too much. His love was deep, dirty, and it came along with a sense of possessiveness and compulsive obsession. It also came with a lot of darker emotions like sadness, insecurity, fear of loss, and despair.

He would always be defeated by those negative emotions. It felt like he was sinking into a swamp. The more he struggled, the deeper he sank.

Meanwhile, he loved Yanny, and had to drag her along, yet at the same time, he wished for her to save him.

He was waiting. Waiting for Yanny to save him, waiting for Yanny to give him a reason to forgive her.

All those negative and violent emotions had nowhere to go, therefore it could only be vented at her. Upon seeing her being badly hurt by his torture, Shayne was finally able to momentarily let go of his hatred for her. He convinced himself to pity her, even if it was to treat her a little better.

The clock rang as it reached 12:00 a.m. on Lunar New Year.

Shayne stared at the dark room on the second floor and muttered softly, “Yanny, happy new year.”

At that moment, he still could not bring himself to face her calmly. Not seeing her was the best option.

However, Shayne did not know that very night that he stood downstairs for the whole night, Yanny was waiting on the second floor. She waited the entire night for the fireworks.

People who stay true to their words would never forget their promises just like that.

At 7:00 a.m. the following day, the sky began to brighten up.

Yanny walked up to the window and looked downstairs. There were no fireworks, nor the person she waited for.

She hoped that Shayne would suddenly appear with fireworks lining the entire lower floor, then during the moment those fireworks ignited, he would walk out of the colorful show of lights toward her.

However, she knew that she did not deserve it.

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On the first morning of the Lunar New Year, Cindy and Samantha came to visit.

Cindy stood angrily behind Samantha, shouting with her neck outstretched, “Shayne Jinn! What did you do to Yanny?! This is a warning. You better hand Yanny over right now! Otherwise… otherwise, I’ll call the cops!”

Shayne’s expression looked terrible. It was cold and emotionless, wrapping himself in a chilling aura. No matter how courageous Cindy was, it was all a bluster. She tugged at Samantha’s clothes and hid behind her, speaking softly, “Samantha, your brother is scary. Why does he look like someone just died?”

Shayne frowned, then glared at Cindy with a sharp look. “How did you learn of this matter?”

“I… You don’t need to know how I heard of it! If you don’t let me see Yanny, I’ll… I’ll call the cops!”

Samantha was also afraid that Shayne might really do something horrible. Although her brother did look terrifying at the moment, she still braced herself and said, “Brother, just let us see Sister Yanny! No, you both are married now. She’s my sister-in-law. Brother, please let us see my sister-in-law! If you have any misunderstanding with her, Cindy and I can try to talk to her. Maybe we might be able to help you!”