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.

visited several times, claiming he wanted to discuss business. But since the meeting date hadn't

eldest son didn't change that. They were denied entry every

Labbe left, but Timothy stayed behind

had called and messaged Tinsley every day, claiming he had fallen for her at first sight and wanted to

outside Ormond's company daily, waiting for her to get off work. He sent flowers, invited her to dinner and movies, and showered her with expensive gifts-anything a woman might like.

wasn't just

He was also busy networking around Annenburg, looking for investment opportunities. To his credit, he had a keen eye for business. The projects he was interested in had real

projects overlapped with Qaxun

she remained polite but distant. That

society of Annenburg was talking about

story had

neighboring city had fallen for the Ormond

they were a perfect

even asked the Ormond family's second wife if the elders

give a public

already spoken to her daughter-and Tinsley made

their families