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 been

who truly cared about her were

Kathryn had been preparing for

followed

soon as the truck behind us catches up, we get

the danger—they couldn't risk being trapped between

survival would be nearly

didn't want to die.

she would be the only

driver pretending to

but Marco and his men

backup the truck that had

soon, Kathryn might still be

headlights appeared in

was getting

the first

bodyguards and

they sprinted across the emergency lane, jumped over the guardrail, and

team

it was

into the bodyguards' car, which then lurched forward,

car hurtling into the stationary truck

of deafening crashes

her team had gotten out in

they would have

and his men stepped out

from their headlights, the road was pitch

no houses nearby, no businesses,