Married At First Sight By Gu Lingfei

She opened the door and went inside the house to find her sister was already up. Liberty was busy in the kitchen.

“Liberty.”

“Seren, you’re here.”

Liberty came out of the kitchen and was happy to see her little sister. “Have you eaten? I’m making a pot of pasta. Do you want a plate?”

“I’m good. I had breakfast. Have you started cooking? You don’t have to if you haven’t because I brought you and Sonny breakfast.”

“Not yet. Sonny had a fever last night. I didn’t sleep much the whole night, so I got up late. Your brother-in-law had to get breakfast from the shop. He wasn’t happy about it. He accused me of doing nothing all day and I could’ve made him breakfast since all I did was look after a child.”

Liberty was hurt.

Serenity was furious for her sake. “Why did Sonny have a fever? You should take him to see a doctor later even if the fever’s gone in case it comes back. Seriously. I can’t believe your husband didn’t bother to help and even yelled at you when your child was sick.

insisting on going Dutch

food. She dug in and said, “I’ll take Sonny later. He’s still insisting on splitting the expenses. He said that all I do is spend money rather than earn my keep. He mentioned that I have no idea the pressure he’s under. As part of the family, I should

sister-in-law can’t stop poking her face into our affairs after she got married.

to handing in her resignation letter, Liberty worked her way up to the financial chief position. She was paid handsomely. Liberty gave up a lot for love and marriage but

money. The shopping only came once in a while, and buying things like

bought new clothes and cosmetics. Even if Liberty explained that it was with Serenity’s money, her in-laws would argue the gifted money was a joint asset with her

pick up your career again and earn as much as, if not more than your

felt sorry for her sister.

and family, Serenity would take on all the housework to help her sister out. Now that she

Liberty was interested to return to the workplace. If nothing else, the burden of a

the sense that Liberty’s husband was treating Liberty like cr*p, and it was only getting worse. Serenity had to

so. I know how much he’s making. He doesn’t have extra money to keep a

about your future. Don’t be a misunderstood stay-at-home mom without an income.”

silent for a moment before stating, “We’ll see. Don’t worry about me, Seren. I’ll be okay. How are you

while. He can be busy since he’s

the new home in detail. She was able to relax once she was sure her little sister was doing well.