Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

"Take these leftovers with you and heat them up for dinner. If you don't want them, just toss them after you leave. But don't waste the wine-you two drank from it, none of us touched it. And trust me, this is top-shelf stuff. In your countryside, even if you had the money, you wouldn't be able to buy the real thing. If you did, it'd probably be fake."

Shiloh's eldest brother took the leftovers and the half-finished bottle of wine from Noel's hands.

That wine was no joke.

Even if Noel hadn't offered it, he would've asked for it himself.

He had never tasted anything this smooth in his life.

Marco checked the time before turning to them. "Whenever you're ready, you can go. We still have work to do at the company."

Then, he motioned for his younger brothers to carry the two suitcases out. Walking side by side with Shiloh's brothers, he spoke in a measured tone.

"Shiloh may not have been our biological sister, but she grew up in our family. Until she was twenty-five, we had no idea she wasn't actually related to us. We always treated her as one of our own.

Losing her... it hurts.

help. We won't turn you away. But things aren't like they used to

A lot of them are brand names, barely worn. Even secondhand, they'll fetch a good

their minds, clothes were

and country folk didn't

another way to

them was

sw novel

along. "We understand things aren't the same for you. We appreciate anything

sure to speak loudly enough for Marco's household

the nanny to believe they had

to Shiloh-perhaps even beyond what was appropriate for a brother-his willingness to help her

rolled out of his small villa, heading