Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Although Liberty still showed Kathryn some respect, and they were in the middle of the transition period, she often had to consult Kathryn on various matters. This plan was her way of protecting her three brothers at the very least, ensuring they could keep their homes, shops, and other properties.

She didn't want them to lose everything.

"Mr. Lewis is here. You should go."

As they entered the hotel, they saw Duncan approaching slowly. His two bodyguards pushed a wheelchair behind him, walking at a measured pace.

Guests coming and going cast curious glances at Duncan.

The lobby manager stepped forward, offering to assist him, but Duncan politely declined.

Liberty took a deep breath before turning to Kathryn. "Call me if anything happens. I wish you good luck." "Thank you!" Kathryn smiled. "We'll both need it."

Liberty walked toward Duncan.

Kathryn turned and headed out.

"Duncan."

him. "Come on,

walked out together at a slow but

"Miss Farrell

to me, but I'm sure it's happening tonight. Her three brothers

late. They finished all the tasks assigned

voice. "They have a few helpers-two of them are the

she sighed. "Kathryn is a good person, but she has very few people she can call family. Her adoptive parents treated her terribly, and even after reuniting with her biological parents, her father and three brothers never truly accepted her. If it weren't for the Farrell family's century-old rule of passing leadership to daughters instead of sons, even her biological mother, Clarissa, wouldn't have supported

no other way to secure her daughter's survival. She had wanted to

by the family's rigid traditions. Kathryn was

raised and groomed for over twenty years, wasn't a blood relative. That

for leadership either, and they also fell short of the family's strict inheritance rules.

wouldn't have mattered to them-even after returning to her biological family. Their loyalty would

twenty years with them. She had been their daughter in every way

hand, had been a sudden addition to