Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

"Close the doors, butler, close the mansion doors!" Clarissa suddenly shouted, ordering the butler to shut the doors. She quickly pulled out her phone and called Mr. Dunn. As soon as he answered, she gave a firm order: "Mr. Dunn, do what I told you to do."

Clarissa had no intention of living any longer. She wanted to take everyone down with her. Many of the capable people from Wiltspoon and her own clan were present tonight. They were all going to be caught in one go. "Mom!" Kathryn cried, "Please stop being so stubborn."

Clarissa turned and slapped Kathryn. "Get out! You ungrateful daughter! Get out of my sight!" she yelled, pushing Kathryn away.

Kathryn, with tears in her eyes, hugged her mother, pleading, "Mom, wake up. You have to face the consequences of your actions."

Clarissa shoved Kathryn away again, angrily shouting, "What did I do wrong? I did nothing wrong! If you don't look out for yourself, you'll suffer! If I hadn't killed them, how could I sit in this position and get what I want?" Then she turned to Audrey and Liberty, yelling, "You brought all these people here, but what can you do to me? None of you are leaving here alive tonight!"

Clarissa's threats, Audrey and the others remained calm. They didn't react to her outburst, and there wasn't any fear on their faces. Instead,

close it as Clarissa had ordered. But just then, several police cars arrived, blocking the entrance to the

quickly headed toward the mansion. There was no way for the butler to close the

choice but to let them in. He hurried over to Clarissa and said, "Ma'am, there are many police officers here, and they said they need to see Mr. Dunn." Clarissa, who had been so confident moments earlier, suddenly looked shocked. "What do they want now?" she asked

there should have been flames by now. He was supposed to use the gasoline

that their entire scheme had been exposed so

butler said, "but the police are