{"id":12875,"date":"2026-01-22T14:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/?p=12875"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:03:20","slug":"married-at-first-sight-chapter-973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-973\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Chapter 973"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fpm_start\"><\/div>\n<div>Chapter 973<\/div>\n<div>Plopping herself into Zachary\u2019s embrace, Serenity yawned and said, \u201cI forgot to discuss something with you.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Zachary took everything his wife said seriously, no matter how trivial it might seem.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cMy money-hungry relatives are planning a switch. They want my cousin to undergo surgery to look like me and take my place as Mrs. York.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Zachary scowled.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cMy cousin is the same age as I am. Our fathers somewhat resemble each other, and we both take after them. I suppose you could say we have a similar appearance. At least, that\u2019s what people used to say when we were kids. I haven\u2019t seen her in over a decade since my parents passed away, so I have no idea what she looks like now.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Zachary frowned and said, \u201cThese people are delusional. Seren, is my father-in-law really your grandparents\u2019 son?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThat\u2019s not the main point when you have parents who have favorites. Sometimes, a biological child can receive less attention than an adopted one.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u201cHarriet must be planning to get plastic surgery, but I don\u2019t know where it will happen. Can you investigate and stop her from turning into me? I found out from Noah after your bodyguards caught him stalking and photographing me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Noah wasn\u2019t honest with Serenity; he only mentioned that the photos were for Harriet so she could imitate Serenity\u2019s mannerisms.<\/div>\n<div>It was easy to infer that the Hunts were trying to groom Harriet to pretend to be Serenity.<\/div>\n<div>Serenity and the Hunts were far beyond reconciliation. Now that Serenity was Mrs. York, the Hunts resented her for not letting them benefit from her success. Furthermore, Serenity was responsible for their significant financial losses.<\/div>\n<div>The plan to have Harriet replace Serenity was aimed at getting someone close to her.<\/p>\n<p>the bars. We need to protect ourselves while also keeping an eye on Serenity and Zachary.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Zachary quickly called Josh, appointing him to oversee the situation. Serenity watched him intently as he ended the call. With a glimmer in his dark eyes, Zachary said softly, \u201cI\u2019ve got your back, Seren. I won\u2019t allow them to get away with this.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosh has a point,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey\u2019ll harbor a grudge for losing everything they valued and will only seek revenge when cornered. Now that they have nothing to lose, they\u2019re likely to act recklessly.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re simply a nuisance,\u201d Serenity commented. Gently, she stroked Zachary\u2019s face. \u201cZachary, I want\u2014\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He leaned in closer, lifting her chin and narrowing his eyes as he leaned in for a kiss. Serenity smiled and met his lips, enjoying the moment. <\/p>\n<p>After several heated kisses and shared breaths, Zachary whispered something softly in her ear. Although Serenity didn\u2019t catch his words, his desires were unmistakable. He was excited, but given her time of the month, he would have to manage his urges. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cZachary, I\u2019m not upset about you secretly placing security around me,\u201d she reassured him. <\/p>\n<p>Zachary kissed her again, explaining, \u201cThey\u2019re not here to spy on you. I\u2019m just concerned for your safety. You\u2019re my wife, and now that your identity is public, there are many who may want to harm you. You can\u2019t stay cooped up at home forever. This is necessary for your protection.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He would rather die than admit he wanted to monitor her every move. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see your perspective. Without the bodyguards, we wouldn\u2019t have known what the Hunts were planning. We need more eyes on them. At least we\u2019ll have proof when they become desperate and resort to crime. They won\u2019t leave us alone until they\u2019re imprisoned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cbars.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Zachary was a formidable man; however, unlike the lawless heroes found in books, he had principles and knew where to draw the line.<\/div>\n<div>Serenity did not want her partner to violate the law because of these despicable individuals.<\/div>\n<div class=\"fpm_end\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 973 Plopping herself into Zachary\u2019s embrace, Serenity yawned and said, \u201cI forgot to discuss something with you.\u201d \u201cWhat is [&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-12875","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\/12875","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=12875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12951,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12875\/revisions\/12951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}