Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Farrell Mansion

In the master bedroom, Liberty suddenly jolted awake after barely two hours of sleep.

Her abrupt movement startled her husband beside her.

"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

Duncan sat up, turned on the bedside lamp, and looked at her with concern.

"I dreamt that Kathryn was in danger," Liberty said, her voice filled with unease. "She wouldn't let me go

with her. She planned to get hurt on purpose. I'm afraid she might have risked her life."

After spending so much time with Kathryn, Liberty had come to admire her.

If not for the deep-seated grudges of the previous generation, she and Kathryn could have been the best of friends.

Even now, there was a mutual respect between them.

Out of everyone in the Farrell family, Kathryn was the only one Liberty truly liked.

Not just her-Hayden felt the same way.

At one point, Hayden had even considered setting Kathryn up with Hugh.

But Hugh wasn't interested in Kathryn, and Kathryn had no feelings for Hugh either.

admired Hayden-but Hayden was

have Hayden, Kathryn slowly

be an orphan, but his

them were a

said, grabbing her phone. She didn't care that it was past three in

The phone rang.

the call connected, Liberty

turned off, it would have meant she was still in danger-likely

few seconds later,

"Miss Hunt."

It was Pedro.

relief was short-lived. Her heart clenched

Kathryn?" she asked

"It's over,"

Pedro said, his voice

hospital-she's in the emergency room now." The pain in his voice was unmistakable. He had seen the knife wound on Kathryn's right arm, the bruises on her face, the swelling on her nose. He had no idea how severe her injuries were, but they were bad enough.

never agreed with Kathryn's plan, but she had

that by setting this trap, they could take her brothers down

be

were released

maybe even a decade, the Farrell family would

would be immovable. Connet

brothers wouldn't

And Kathryn?