Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Clarissa had arranged an all-around assistant for Kathryn early on because she initially believed Kathryn was a hopeless case. Without someone capable by her side, she thought it would be difficult for Kathryn to establish her authority. So, she asked the base to assign an all-around assistant. Unexpectedly, one day, she would consider entrusting Kathryn to Pedro as a lifelong partner.

If Kathryn left the Farrell family, married Pedro, and lived as an ordinary couple, it wouldn’t be a bad outcome. Both were competent, and their combined strengths as a couple might even lead to a better life than what they had now.

Having been the head of the family for decades, Clarissa clearly understood the current state of the Farrell Group and the family. Another reason she wanted Kathryn to be with Pedro was that Pedro came from the training base, where loyalty was absolute. No one from the base had ever betrayed their master. They were loyal for life, doing whatever the master asked, whether good or bad. Even if the master died, their loyalty remained unwavering.

nineties, is still driven by the desire to avenge his matriarch and reclaim the position for her lineage, ensuring it goes to Audrey, or Liberty. The Farrell family had a tradition of training such loyal assistants

He thought she intended to dismiss him. But Clarissa’s

and I don’t have a deep mother-daughter bond, but I do feel sorry for her. After giving birth, I was weak, and I failed to recognize the loyalty and deceit of those around me,

years loving a daughter who wasn’t mine, while my real daughter suffered in someone else’s home, beaten, scolded, and abused. When I think about the life Kathryn endured, it breaks my heart, and I

At first, I didn’t see it. I assumed her tough upbringing in the countryside made her frail. I didn’t like her and even cursed God for giving me such a weak and