Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

"Miss." The bodyguard turned to Kathryn, waiting for her decision.

Kathryn opened her eyes, her expression calm.

"Stop the car, but don't get out.

Wait for them to make the first move.

Only step out if you have no other choice.

And remember-protect yourselves." "Miss." "I'll be fine.

Don't worry.

I value my life.

I still have a long road ahead, and my best days haven't even started yet.

How could I bear to die now?" She gave a faint smile, but it didn't reach her eyes.

There was sadness buried deep in them.

She never imagined it would come to this-a fight for survival against her own brother.

Her family ties had always been been fragile.

ar felt warmth.

She had been swapped at birth, raised by strangers who never truly cared for her.

She never ate well, never dressed well, never felt And when she finally returned to her biological family, she had hoped for love.

had

many relatives, she had always

people who truly cared about her were

Kathryn had been preparing

followed her

catches up, we

the danger—they couldn't risk being trapped

survival would be

didn't want to die.

would be the only one injured

still, its driver pretending

car had come to a stop, but Marco

for their backup the truck

attacked too soon, Kathryn

appeared

truck was getting

the first to

and driver

lane, jumped over the guardrail, and

and her team exit the

was too

force of inertia sent the truck crashing into the bodyguards' car, which then lurched forward, slamming

car hurtling into the

of deafening crashes echoed through the

Kathryn and her team had

would have been crushed

his men stepped out of their

their headlights, the road

were no houses nearby, no