Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Kathryn looked up at Pedro. "I want to touch your face," she said.

Pedro's expression was tense, his features hardened with anger. But after a moment, he leaned down, letting her reach him easily.

She ran her fingers across his face. "Your face is as hard as marble. So handsome, yet so rigid. I don't like seeing you like this. I prefer when you're gentle, like jade."

Pedro's voice was low and firm. "Miss, I'm not gentle like jade."

Years of brutal training at the base had shaped him into a hardened soldier. Gentleness was not in his nature.

Yet, when he was in a good mood, his sharp edges softened.

To her, he was always handsome, always polite. To her, he was gentle like jade.

And as she spoke, the tension in his face eased.

be angry," Kathryn said, her tone light. "Look at me I'm fine. I still have both my legs, my arms, and my head. They didn't chop me up and feed me to the fish. I knew their timing. I let them scratch my arm, nothing more. They were first-time killers, inexperienced and mentally weak. They panicked and

sparkled mischievously. "Of course, I

knew her brothers had never killed

Neither had she.

to the fish!" His voice was cold and sharp.

to make sure those three brothers never

gave him a reassuring

to go through with it Pedro, let's put this behind us. My plan worked perfectly. I won't worry about them anymore.

have my own company. I want to move out of Jensburg. Aside from visiting my

freezing. Last night, I thought 'd die from the cold. When I was little, no

to

to haul water from the well to scrub

her hands with