Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

She opened the door and went inside the house to find her sister was already up. Liberty was busy in the kitchen.

“Liberty.”

“Seren, you’re here.”

Liberty came out of the kitchen and was happy to see her little sister. “Have you eaten? I’m making a pot of pasta. Do you want a plate?”

“I’m good. I had breakfast. Have you started cooking? You don’t have to if you haven’t because I brought you and Sonny breakfast.”

“Not yet. Sonny had a fever last night. I didn’t sleep much the whole night, so I got up late. Your brother-in-law had to get breakfast from the shop. He wasn’t happy about it. He accused me of doing nothing all day and I could’ve made him breakfast since all I did was look after a child.”

Liberty was hurt.

Serenity was furious for her sake. “Why did Sonny have a fever? You should take him to see a doctor later even if the fever’s gone in case it comes back. Seriously. I can’t believe your husband didn’t bother to help and even yelled at you when your child was sick.

brother-in-law still insisting on going Dutch after I moved

She dug in and said, “I’ll take Sonny later. He’s still insisting on splitting the expenses. He said that all I do is spend money rather

can’t stop poking her face into our affairs after she got married. My husband used to be good to me, and his sister

letter, Liberty worked her way up to the financial chief position. She was paid handsomely. Liberty

The clothes she bought were with Serenity’s money. The shopping only came once in a while, and buying

about Liberty’s spending whenever she bought new clothes and cosmetics. Even if Liberty explained that it was with Serenity’s money, her in-laws would argue the gifted money was a joint asset with her husband, so

pick up your

felt sorry for

and family, Serenity would take on all the housework

kindergarten.” Liberty was interested to return to the workplace. If nothing else, the burden of a car loan, mortgage, and

it was only getting worse. Serenity had to ask, “Do you think

how much he’s making.

been increasingly rude to you. You must think about your future. Don’t be a misunderstood stay-at-home mom without an

before stating, “We’ll see. Don’t worry about me, Seren. I’ll be

be busy since he’s working in a major corporation.”

She was able to relax once she was sure her little sister was doing