Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Chapter 3619

On the way back to the office, Clarissa called Kathryn. As soon as Kathryn answered, Clarissa asked, “Kathryn, where are you right now?”

“Resting at home,” Kathryn replied.

“Thanks to you, Mom, I spent a few days in the hospital. I just got back home, and you told me to keep resting, so that’s what I’m doing.”

Clarissa’s voice trembled as she asked, “Have you done something behind my back to hurt me again?”

“Mom, what exactly are you talking about?” Kathryn asked calmly.

betrayed her countless times. Audrey once said this was karma, but Clarissa didn’t believe

was the one holding everything together. Her husband and sons lived off her money, and while they were

said weakly,

our mother-daughter bond mean anything to you?” Kathryn was silent for a moment before responding, “How much of

Her relatives were polite, but their affection was reserved for Shiloh. In their eyes, Shiloh was their true daughter (sister). Kathryn’s return disrupted their perfect family dynamic, and they resented her for

taken her place, enjoying everything that should have been Kathryn’s, yet the family blamed Kathryn. It

felt a little attachment to her mother, but it wasn’t deep. Her values and way of life were formed long before she reunited with her biological family and weren’t going to change just because

pause, she said, “No matter what you think of me, my love for you as your mother is real and pure.

trying to protect you, can’t you stand by my side? Even if you don’t, at