Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Jessica sat silently for a moment before asking, "So you cried so hard because Liberty remarried? You know there's no chance for you to remarry her now."

"Jessica, no," Hank stammered, his voice rising slightly. "I've never even thought about remarrying Liberty. That's impossible. I'm going to wait for you to get out, no matter how long it takes. I'll wait for you."

Jessica didn't blink. She simply stared at him as he rushed to explain.

"I'm sad about Liberty's remarriage, yes, but it's because she took Sonny with her. My son will live with another man now. What if Sonny starts calling Duncan 'Dad'? I barely get to see Sonny as it is-I'm terrified he'll grow closer to Duncan than to me, his real father."

Jessica's cold gaze lingered on Hank before she finally responded. "Then spend more time with Sonny when you're free. Even if he's your son by blood, your bond won't mean much if you don't nurture it.”

She paused before asking, “Who did Liberty marry? The fourth young master of the Lewis family?"

said bitterly. “Duncan Lewis. He's been hovering around Liberty for years. Anytime a man so much as looked her way, Duncan

a couple-it's poetic, really. Duncan Lewis is reliable. Liberty made the right choice. She's far

on its hook. She stood up, her chair scraping the floor,

wait-" Hank called after her, standing up, but she didn't look

Please, focus on reforming yourself. I'll be here when

the guard, her

trembling. Did she hear him? Did it matter if

churned. Wrong

she had ignored Hank's advances back then. If only she'd left the company when she noticed his interest. None of this would've happened. Liberty, on the other hand, had escaped. She had clawed her way out of the toxic grasp of the Brown

the final nail in the coffin of Jessica's envy. Liberty, like her sister Serenity, had become a phoenix. They