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.

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

didn't change that. They were denied

Labbe left, but Timothy stayed behind

had called and messaged Tinsley every day, claiming he

outside Ormond's company daily, waiting for her to get off work. He sent flowers, invited her

he wasn't

To his credit, he had a keen eye for business. The projects he was interested in

overlapped with Qaxun Group, which

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

the entire high society of Annenburg was talking about

had

of the richest man in a neighboring city had fallen for the

gossiped that they were a perfect

asked the Ormond family's second wife if the

didn't give a public

spoken to her daughter-and Tinsley

between their families was out