Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

— Mr. Labbe thought he was far better than young men.

In fact, they couldn’t compete with him.

He had status, money, power, and influence.

Young men, unless they were born into wealthy families, couldn’t match what he had.

Even many rich heirs didn’t have his level of power.

“I'm really busy right now and can't visit.

I do miss you a bit, though,” he said.

“I won't be able to visit during the New Year.

I have a lot of events to attend, and I need to be with my family.

My wife doesn’t care much about me most of the time, but during the holidays, she expects me to be with her for family gatherings.

You understand, right?” Carrie knew he was married with kids.

He never hid it from her.

wasn't sure if he still loved his wife or

for each other, she didn’t fully believe

other woman take his wife’s place, nor did he allow his mistresses to have

grown children, and they had been raised

his kids weren't so accomplished, he might have done something about his wife, but for now, they were

felt a

Labbe provided for her made

torturing her in bed—Carrie worried she might

Carrie asked softly,

little sweet talk from a

“It’s hard to say.

I have

some upper-class events in Wiltspoon and make new connections.” “The more you

when you're free,” Carrie said in a

to send her

Carrie was pleased.

let out a quiet sigh

got a notification from the bank—$500,000 had been deposited into her

Labbe had sent it for her to

Carrie realized that being scolded