{"id":12482,"date":"2026-01-22T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-616\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:55:13","slug":"married-at-first-sight-chapter-616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-616\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Chapter 616"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fpm_start\"><\/div>\n<div>Chapter 616<\/div>\n<div>Duncan spoke up, \u201cI know I made things difficult for you at the company because I personally hired you, but you don\u2019t need to worry about what others say. Just focus on your work.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cMr. Lewis, I want to resign,\u201d Liberty replied.<\/div>\n<div>Duncan\u2019s expression turned serious as he asked, \u201cWhy do you want to resign?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Liberty paused, then looked up at Duncan, saying, \u201cIn the past, I was told that I got this job through favoritism, and I was secretly targeted by everyone. However, I endured it to secure a divorce and win custody of my son.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cI needed this job to fight for Sonny\u2019s custody.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cSo now that you\u2019re divorced and have gained custody of your son, you wish to resign?\u201d Duncan continued. \u201cYou haven\u2019t even completed your probation period.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>He added, \u201cYou are capable and skilled at your job. I trust you recognize this as well. No matter what others say, you don\u2019t have to heed their words as long as you maintain your integrity.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThey\u2019re also claiming that I have feelings for you, Mr. Lewis. I don\u2019t want to damage your reputation.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Where there are people, there are conflicts.<\/div>\n<div>Liberty understood that.<\/div>\n<div>Having previously served as a CFO, she was hired at Lewis &amp; Co. by Duncan. Many believed she had received preferential treatment. Her colleagues were wary of her, fearing she might take their positions.<\/div>\n<div>This led to her being targeted, ostracized, and often set up to fail.<\/div>\n<div>Moreover, Duncan was a single man of high status. If he showed too much attention to any woman, she would become a source of jealousy for many.<\/div>\n<div>Liberty didn\u2019t want to engage in conflict, so she decided to resign and pursue her plan to start her own business.<\/div>\n<p>Duncan paused before asking, \u201cWho said that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiberty, just focus on your job. I\u2019ll handle them. If anyone spreads rumors behind your back about you trying to pursue me, I\u2019ll fire them all. Don\u2019t think I\u2019ll let them off just because they have numbers on their side. If they annoy me, I can dismiss all of them!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He had given Liberty this position because of Zachary, so it wasn\u2019t entirely inaccurate to say that she had entered through the back door. <\/p>\n<p>However, it was outrageous to claim that Liberty was pursuing him. She had just divorced; how could she possibly covet him? <\/p>\n<p>Duncan was a busy man and preferred not to involve himself in the petty disputes among his employees. Nonetheless, he knew he needed to address the situation if it escalated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, Mr. Lewis, but I still wish to resign. I received a sum of money from Hank, and I want to invest in opening a small shop and starting a restaurant.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Liberty remained firm in her decision to resign. <\/p>\n<p>Given Duncan\u2019s comments, she believed that once she left his office, his orders would be communicated throughout the company, and the rumors would no longer reach her. <\/p>\n<p>However, she knew that others\u2019 opinions of her would still be distorted. <\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t want to tarnish Duncan\u2019s reputation alongside her own. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn that case, have you found a location yet?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Duncan pondered for a moment and replied, \u201cThere\u2019s a street called Westring Avenue 2 near our office. We pass that street to get to our building. Half of the stores there belong to me. It has high foot traffic, and in addition to Lewis &amp; Co., many small businesses and factories are nearby. It would be a great spot for your restaurant.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an elderly couple who can no longer work. They are retiring and plan to move out in a few days. If you truly intend to go through\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can rent that storefront to you,\u201d he said. Liberty was taken aback. \u201cDo you really own half the shops on that street?\u201d Duncan responded, almost playfully, \u201cWhy not? I have no other way to spend the money I earn, so I bought a few more stores to lease out. The monthly rent adds up, allowing me to use my money to generate more income.\u201d Liberty was at a loss for words. The world of the wealthy was beyond her comprehension. \u201cI usually don\u2019t handle the stores myself; I hire someone to collect the rent for me. However, I pass by there every day on my commute, so I stay informed about any available spaces.\u201d Aunt Audrey had mentioned that Duncan was skilled at making money, and she was certainly right.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fpm_end\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 616 Duncan spoke up, \u201cI know I made things difficult for you at the company because I personally hired [&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-12482","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\/12482","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=12482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}