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.

if he still

they didn’t have feelings for

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

grown children, and they had

something about his wife, but for now, they were part of

felt a

Labbe provided for her made her somewhat attached to

hadn't shown his cruel side—pinching her neck and torturing her in

come?” Carrie asked softly, sensing his change

talk from

“It’s hard to say.

I have time, I'll

some upper-class events in Wiltspoon and make new connections.” “The more you attend these events, the closer you'll

you're free,” Carrie said in a pitiful

Labbe sweet-talked her a bit, promising to send her some money to

Carrie was pleased.

call ended, Carrie let

after, she got a notification from the bank—$500,000 had

sent it for her

balance, Carrie realized that being