Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Annenburg, Province X.

Tinsley had just returned from an outing when her car was forced to stop at the company entrance.

A massive display of flowers blocked the way. Security guards had tried to disperse the crowd, but the people refused to leave. The guards seemed hesitant to use force, likely wary of causing a scene. Several cars were parked nearby, including a small truck loaded with even more flowers.

Tinsley didn't bother honking.

With so many people and flowers in the way, honking wouldn't help-unless she was willing to drive straight through.

Instead, she got out and walked forward.

"Tinsley."

A voice called out, unfamiliar yet recognizable.

She looked over and frowned slightly.

It was Timothy Labbe, the eldest son of Mr. Labbe, the acting head of the Labbe family from Havenmill.

to discuss business. But since the meeting date hadn't arrived, he wasn't given any special treatment, and Elora refused to see

son didn't change that. They were denied entry

but Timothy stayed

had called and messaged Tinsley every day, claiming he had fallen for her at

He sent flowers, invited her to dinner and movies, and showered her with expensive gifts-anything a woman might like. He

wasn't

also busy networking around Annenburg, looking for investment opportunities. To his credit, he had a keen eye for business.

of those projects overlapped with Qaxun Group,

they had crossed paths multiple times. Each time, she remained polite but distant. That didn't stop

the entire high society

had

city had fallen for the Ormond family's second daughter and was pursuing her with O

gossiped that they were a

Ormond family's second wife

didn't give

daughter-and Tinsley made her feelings clear. She had

between their families