The strange marriage - Chapter 1

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The strange marriage - Chapter 1

Gu Lingfei: Married At First Sight Novel

Chapter 1

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[Serenity & Zachary]
Wiltspoon’s hot weather in October was a killer. Still, the mornings and evenings were
eased by the late autumn breeze.
Serenity Hunt got up first thing in the morning to make breakfast f or her sister’s family of
three before grabbing her birth certificate and slipping away in the silence.
“We’re going Dutch from now on, and I’m talking about everything – the living expenses,
the mortgage, and auto loans! Your sister should be splitting th e cost since she’s
staying at our place. Sure, she pays two thousand bucks a month, but it doesn’t stretch
very far. She’s basically mooching off us.”
Serenity overheard her brother - in - law’s comment during the couple’s argument last
night.
She had to move out of her sister’s place.
However, there was only one way to put her sister’s mind to rest, and that was to get
married.
Since Serenity wanted to tie the knot on short notice without ever having had a
boyfriend, she decided to take up on G randma May’s offer. Serenity had saved the old
lady by chance and came to know that Grandma May was trying to marry off her
grandson, Zachary York, who had trouble settling down.
Twenty minutes later, Serenity got off to her pit stop at City Hall.
“Serenit y.”
A familiar voice summoned her attention the moment she got out of the car. It was
Grandma May.
“Grandma May.”
As Serenity hurried over, she took notice of a towering yet distant figure standing next to
Grandma May. He must be Zachary, her husband - to - be .
At a closer distance, Serenity was dumbstruck after getting a load of Zachary’s face.
According to Grandma May, her eldest grandson, Zachary had no luck with the ladies
despite hitting thirty. Needless to say, Grandma May was worried sick.
Serenity had a lways assumed that he must be hideous.

After all, she heard that Zachary had a high - paying job up the corporate ladder in a
major group.
Now that they had met face - to - face, Serenity realized that she got it all wrong.
Zachary was attractive and carried him self with an air of aloofness. Standing next to
Grandma May with a sour face, he appeared standoffish and gave off vibes to stay
away from him.
Serenity’s gaze strayed to a black MPV parked nearby. Judging by the logo, it was a
national car rather than som e multimillion - dollar vehicle. Serenity deduced that the
economic difference between her and Zachary was not that far off.
She and an old friend from school had started a bookshop at the entrance of Wiltspoon
School.
During her free time, Serenity would al so knit little knick - knacks to sell online. The sales
were not too bad.
In a month, she could bring home a steady income of twenty thousand dollars. The
same amount in Wiltspoon would position her among the white collars. That was why
she could afford to h and her sister five thousand bucks for living expenses.
Nevertheless, her brother - in - law had no clue about her earnings. Serenity told her sister
to pocket three thousand bucks and only disclose the remaining two thousand to her
husband.
“Serenity, this is my oldest grandson, Zachary. He’s a thirty - year - old man and can’t
even get himself out there. Although he’s not the warmest person, he’s attentive and
considerate. You saved my life, and we’ve known each other for three months. Trust me
when I won’t recom mend a bad man to you.”
Taking in his gran’s description of him, Zachary looked askance at Serenity, icily and
profoundly without saying a word.
Perhaps he had grown immune to her grumbles.
Serenity knew that Grandma May had three sons, and each gave her t hree grandsons,
blessing her with nine grandsons. Since a granddaughter was missing in Grandma
May’s life, she sought that affinity with Serenity.
Although blushing in the face, Serenity openly extended her right hand to Zachary and
introduced herself with a smile, “Hello, Mr. York. I’m Serenity Hunt.”

Zachary’s penetrating gaze scanned Serenity from head to toe and back. With Nana
clearing her throat, he reached out his right hand for a shake, albeit his voice reflected
an icy tone. “Zachary.”
After the ha ndshake, Zachary raised his left hand to look at the time before informing
Serenity. “I’m a busy man. Let’s get it done and over with.”
Serenity hummed in acknowledgment.
Grandma May jumped in. “Go on inside to sort out the paperwork. I’ll wait for you her e.”
“Gran, get into the car. It’s a hot day out.”
Zachary said as he helped Nana into the car.
Through his actions, Serenity was able to agree with Grandma May’s statement that
Zachary might be callous, but his heart was in the right place.
Although they were strangers, Grandma May mentioned that Serenity could move out of
her sister’s place into a house Zachary owned and paid for in full after the marriage. It
could reassure her sister that Serenity was in good hands and end the arguments in the
house because of her.
It was only a marriage of convenience.
Soon, Zachary returned to Serenity’s side and uttered, “Let’s go.”
“Sure.” Serenity quietly followed him into City Hall.
At the registry office, Zachary urged Serenity. “Ms. Hunt, you can st ill change your mind
if you don’t want to go through with this. It doesn’t matter what my Nana says. Marriage
is a huge commitment, not to be taken lightly.”
He was hoping Serenity had second thoughts.
Because he had no intention to marry a woman he had on ly met.