{"id":12354,"date":"2026-01-22T13:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/?p=12354"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:52:48","slug":"married-at-first-sight-chapter-553","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-553\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Chapter 553"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fpm_start\"><\/div>\n<div>Chapter 553<\/div>\n<div>After removing all the moveable items, only a few belongings that Hank had purchased with his own money remained.<\/div>\n<div>Everyone pitched in to carry the appliances Hank bought to the entrance of the house before starting to smash the floor tiles and tear down the drywall.<\/div>\n<div>The sounds of drilling, shattering, and breaking combined to create a cacophony.<\/div>\n<div>This disturbance affected the residents both upstairs and downstairs.<\/div>\n<div>Liberty and Serenity felt embarrassed and quickly went to a store to buy fruit for their immediate neighbors. They apologized and assured them that the work would be completed before dark.<\/div>\n<div>Since the sisters brought fruit as a peace offering and the neighbors were familiar with them, the noise was temporarily tolerated.<\/div>\n<div>For families with children who could not bear the noise, the adults took the kids out for a walk.<\/div>\n<div>The sisters also purchased a generous amount of food to provide for the workers tearing down the house.<\/div>\n<div>With a cheerful Liberty around, the helpers worked efficiently.<\/div>\n<div>By evening, everything that could be dismantled was taken down, and the remaining items were smashed.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cMs. Hunt, do we need to clean up the debris?\u201d a worker asked Liberty.<\/div>\n<div>Liberty surveyed the house and replied, \u201cNo, I hired people to clean during the previous renovation as well. I\u2019ll let them handle the cleanup now. I\u2019ll consider this a reimbursement for the cleaners I paid for back then.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Serenity walked through the house, noting that the drywall had been removed neatly and the floor tiles had been pried up and shattered. Since Liberty had indicated that cleanup was unnecessary, the workers complied, leaving it for Hank and the others to address when they returned.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThank goodness we took your advice and let your cousin arrange for workers to help out, Jas. Professionals not only\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet the job done quickly; the results are quite impressive,\u201d she remarked. Jasmine smiled in response. \u201cThis is their job, so it\u2019s only fair to ask for their assistance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease check with your cousin about the labor costs and send me the invoice. I\u2019ll cover their expenses,\u201d she continued. Jasmine hummed in agreement. \u201cI\u2019ve already done that. He\u2019ll inform me of the amount, and I\u2019ll pass it along to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two returned to Liberty, where Serenity inquired, \u201cIs there anything else we need to address?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s also the wiring. I paid for it, but it\u2019s dark now, making it inconvenient to remove. Just have the workers cut the wires, and we\u2019ll leave,\u201d Jasmine replied.<\/p>\n<p>Serenity quickly communicated this to the workers, and they set to work. Once completed, the items that Hank had purchased were moved back into the house. The team worked efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>When Zachary arrived, everyone was already downstairs, assisting with loading the items onto the trucks. He exited his car and approached Serenity, with Josh stepping out of the vehicle beside him.<\/p>\n<p>Josh deliberately lagged a few steps behind, maintaining some distance from the couple until they had exchanged a few words. \u201cHello, Serenity,\u201d he greeted her with a smile. <\/p>\n<p>Serenity studied him for a moment and realized he seemed familiar. It dawned on her that he was Zachary\u2019s colleague, someone with whom Zachary had a good rapport. Although she hadn\u2019t met Josh in person before, she had seen him with Zachary on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Josh introduced himself, \u201cMy last name is Bucham. I heard from Zachary that your sister is moving, so I thought I\u2019d come by and see if there\u2019s anything I could assist with.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, Mr. Bucham, but we\u2019re mostly finished,\u201d Serenity replied, recognizing him as Zachary\u2019s colleague.<\/p>\n<p>She was introduced to Jasmine as soon as she learned the man\u2019s last name. She quietly observed Josh for a moment and sensed that he would be a great match for her best friend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fpm_end\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"text-chapter-toolbar\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"><i class=\"icon ion-md-settings\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 553 After removing all the moveable items, only a few belongings that Hank had purchased with his own money [&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-12354","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\/12354","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=12354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12421,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12354\/revisions\/12421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}