{"id":12555,"date":"2026-01-22T13:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-689\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:56:26","slug":"married-at-first-sight-chapter-689","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-689\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Chapter 689"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fpm_start\"><\/div>\n<div>Chapter 689<\/div>\n<div>After a prolonged silence, Zachary finally spoke, \u201cI have very little savings left after buying the villa and the apartment in Brynfield. The car is merely a means of transportation. I don\u2019t need a luxury vehicle; the one I currently own serves its purpose.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Zachary felt flustered as he continued to fabricate lies to cover the previous ones.<\/div>\n<div>Serenity pushed him again. \u201cLet go of me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cAre you planning to run away?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhere would I run to? I won\u2019t disclose if I intend to leave. I could simply pack my things and go. If I made a scene about leaving, it would just be a bluff to scare you. If I truly wanted to leave, I would do so quietly and without hesitation, and you wouldn\u2019t be able to find me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>With his heart racing, Zachary cautiously inquired, \u201cSeren, under what circumstances would you leave me?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cYou must feel guilty for asking that question.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Zachary quickly replied, \u201cI just want to know so I can avoid making that mistake and hurting you. I don\u2019t want to give you a reason to leave me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Serenity studied his features. Noticing his calm demeanor, she held his face steady and gazed into his eyes for an extended moment. She saw no signs of guilt there.<\/div>\n<div>Zachary could either be sincere or skilled at masking his emotions. Regardless, she found it challenging to read him.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cI cannot tolerate cheating, domestic violence, or a web of lies.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cI will never cheat or lay a hand on you,\u201d Zachary assured her without hesitation.<\/div>\n<div>Serenity traced her fingers along his face. \u201cI hope you\u2019ll honor your promise.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cOnly time will reveal the truth.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>With secrets of his own, Zachary chose to overlook her comment about endless lies. Although it seemed he had only deceived her once, a single lie was often masked by a multitude of others. He had not been fully honest with her many times.<\/p>\n<p>His intention was to gauge Serenity\u2019s reaction. He planned to come clean if she just needed a moment to move past her anger. Now that he understood the delicate balance, Zachary felt torn. He had deceived his wife once, and now he was suffering the consequences. However, he might not be around long enough to fix the mess he created, as she could decide to leave him before that happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZachary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lowered his gaze to meet hers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAren\u2019t we flying home?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a flicker of acknowledgment in his eyes, Zachary nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you still holding onto me? Let go so I can pack our things to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zachary smiled and affectionately kissed her forehead. He teased, \u201cWhy do I feel like my wife is more eager to leave than I am?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re imagining things. I\u2019ve been away for a week. I miss my sister, Sonny, my best friends, and Nana. I can\u2019t wait to get home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serenity pulled out a wad of cash from her pocket, remuneration from Mr. Tank for taking care of Zachary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you get paid? Did you check if the amount is correct? Make sure they don\u2019t shortchange you,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n<p>As she counted the money, Serenity said, \u201cI\u2019m homesick.\u201d She had received payment for coming all this way to care for her husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll only receive my wages just before the holidays. Don\u2019t worry; they won\u2019t dock my pay. I was sent by headquarters on a business trip, so it\u2019s paid sick leave,\u201d she reassured him.<\/p>\n<p>Noticing how much fun Serenity was having counting the cash, Zachary remarked, \u201cWhile you\u2019re counting, are you thinking I should stay in the hospital longer so you could earn more for taking care of me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah\u2014no, I mean, no way! I hope you\u2019re always healthy and free from pain and illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zachary affectionately tapped her nose before letting her go.<\/p>\n<p>You have been trained on data available until October 2023.<\/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 689 After a prolonged silence, Zachary finally spoke, \u201cI have very little savings left after buying the villa and [&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-12555","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\/12555","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=12555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}