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 loved his

claimed they didn’t have feelings for

wife’s place,

wife already had grown

might have done something about his wife, but for now, they

felt a bit

her made her

neck and torturing her in bed—Carrie worried she might have actually

Carrie asked softly, sensing his change in

talk from

“It’s hard to say.

have time, I'll

don’t you gather a few friends and take a trip? Or attend some upper-class events in Wiltspoon

you're free,” Carrie said in a pitiful

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

Carrie was pleased.

the call ended, Carrie let out a

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

had sent it for her to buy whatever she

balance, Carrie realized that being scolded