Married At First Sight By Gu Lingfei

Serenity Hunt got up first thing in the morning to make breakfast for her sister’s family of three before grabbing her birth certificate and slipping away in the silence.

“We’re going Dutch from now on, and I’m talking about everything – the living expenses, the mortgage, and auto loans! Your sister should be splitting the cost since she’s staying at our place. Sure, she pays two thousand bucks a month, but it doesn’t stretch very far. She’s basically mooching off us.”

Serenity overheard her brother-in-law’s comment during the couple’s argument last night.

She had to move out of her sister’s place.

However, there was only one way to put her sister’s mind to rest, and that was to get married.

Since Serenity wanted to tie the knot on short notice without ever having had a boyfriend, she decided to take up on Grandma May’s offer. Serenity had saved the old lady by chance and came to know that Grandma May was trying to marry off her grandson, Zachary York, who had trouble settling down.

Twenty minutes later, Serenity got off to her pit stop at City Hall.

“Serenity.”

A familiar voice summoned her attention the moment she got out of the car. It was Grandma May.

“Grandma May.”

hurried over, she took notice of a towering yet distant figure standing next to Grandma May. He must be Zachary, her husband-to-be.

dumbstruck after getting a load of Zachary’s

her eldest grandson, Zachary had no luck with the

assumed that he must be

Zachary had a high-paying job

they had met face-to-face, Serenity realized that she got it all wrong.

an air of aloofness. Standing next to Grandma May with a sour face, he appeared standoffish and gave off vibes to stay away from

logo, it was a national car rather than a million-dollar vehicle. Serenity deduced that

and an old friend from school had started a bookshop at the

knick-knacks to sell online. The sales were not too

month, she could bring home a steady income of twenty thousand dollars. The same amount in Wiltspoon would position her among

had no clue about her earnings. Serenity told her sister to pocket three thousand bucks and only disclose the

get himself out there. Although he’s not the warmest person, he’s attentive and considerate. You saved my life, and we’ve known each other for three months. Trust me

his gran’s description of him, Zachary looked askance at Serenity

grown immune to her

her with nine grandsons. Since a granddaughter was missing in Grandma

right hand to Zachary and introduced herself with a smile, “Hello, Mr.

clearing her throat, he reached out his right hand for a shake, albeit his voice reflected an icy tone.

raised his left hand to look at the time before informing Serenity.