{"id":12318,"date":"2026-01-22T13:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-517\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:52:12","slug":"married-at-first-sight-chapter-517","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-517\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Chapter 517"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fpm_start\"><\/div>\n<div>Chapter 517<\/div>\n<div>Hank waited outside, anxiously watching the two women in the caf\u00e9, worried that Liberty might suddenly lose control and attack Jessica.<\/div>\n<div>He felt a wave of relief when he saw Jessica coming out and quickly rushed to meet her.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cJessica, she didn\u2019t do anything to you, did she?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Jessica touched her face and replied, \u201cJust the slap from earlier. After you left, she didn\u2019t touch me again.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Hank had also been slapped by Liberty.<\/div>\n<div>Distressed, he said, \u201cJessica, I won\u2019t let her hurt you again.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>He then asked, \u201cWhat did she say to you?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Jessica glanced around. They were standing on the sidewalk amid many passersby, yet no one seemed to notice them.<\/div>\n<div>Seeing the concern in Hank\u2019s eyes, she asked, \u201cHank, do you want to see me suffer?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhy would I want to see you suffer? I want to divorce Liberty because I don\u2019t want you to endure any more pain.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Hank took her hand. \u201cJessica, did she yell at you? I\u2019ll go in there and confront her.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cNo, it\u2019s not that.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Jessica gently pulled Hank back as he prepared to enter the caf\u00e9. \u201cHank, I don\u2019t want to be Sonny\u2019s stepmother.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Hank turned to face her.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cDidn\u2019t you say that Sonny is cute? You mentioned that you like him a lot and that you\u2019re willing to help raise him with me.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>Hank raised his voice slightly. Concerned that others might notice him, he quickly lowered it and said, \u201cJessica, I realize I\u2019m placing you in a tough situation by making you Sonny\u2019s stepmother before we\u2019re married. However, Sonny is my son, my flesh and blood, and he needs to stay with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry. I\u2019ll send Sonny back to my hometown so my parents can take care of him. They have also agreed to this arrangement, so he won\u2019t interfere with us. We can still maintain our privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessica paused for a moment before responding, \u201cDo you think I can\u2019t have a child? One day, I will have my own, and I know I\u2019ll naturally favor my child since Sonny isn\u2019t mine. I can\u2019t treat Sonny fairly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOthers will label me a cruel stepmother. Is that what you want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour parents can help with Sonny now, but they are getting older. How many more years can they care for him? Ultimately, Sonny will have to return to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hank remained silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s not battle over custody of Sonny, okay? I really don\u2019t want to step into the role of a stepmother right after we marry. If you give up custody, you only need to pay three thousand dollars a month in child support. You won\u2019t have to do anything else, just let Liberty raise your son for you. Doesn\u2019t that sound appealing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSonny will always be your son, regardless of who has custody. He\u2019ll still call you \u2018Dad\u2019 as he grows up. As long as you provide child support, he will also fulfill his responsibilities as your son when you get older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t have to worry about so many things! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiberty mentioned that if you relinquish custody of Sonny, she won\u2019t seek your assistance when Sonny goes to college or gets married. As his mother, she plans to handle all those expenses on her own. That amounts to a significant sum.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fpm_end\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 517 Hank waited outside, anxiously watching the two women in the caf\u00e9, worried that Liberty might suddenly lose control [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-married-at-first-sight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}