Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Clarissa's expression changed instantly. She lowered her phone and realized she was the one in trouble tonight.

She glared at Audrey and the others, wondering how they had set her up. They hadn't appeared before tonight, and even when they did, they only wandered around the yard and argued with her-nothing serious enough to raise suspicion. It hit Clarissa that she had fallen into their trap. Audrey and the others had given her false hope that she could eliminate them, but it was all part of their plan, and she had walked right into it.

Now, with the police here, there was no escape. She and Mr. Dunn were stuck, and her plan to die along with her enemies had failed. She was furious.

Her gaze swept over everyone until it landed on Liberty.

Clarissa stepped forward, smiled coldly at Liberty, then suddenly lunged, grabbing Liberty's arm to pull her over. Out of everyone there, Liberty seemed the least likely to fight back, so Clarissa saw her as an easy target.

standing next to Liberty, reacted faster. She grabbed Liberty's other arm and

grabbed another woman from the Farrell family. It didn't matter to

a gun she had hidden upstairs, held the woman by the neck with one hand, and pointed the gun

were

but Clarissa yelled, "Step back! If anyone comes

"Mom!" Kathryn cried out.

pushed her to such extremes. Who had called her on the phone just before this? The police had

the lead officer said gravely. "Mrs. Farrell, you can't escape. I urge you to release the hostage, put