Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

After a brief silence, Holden repeated himself. "You're not dead, just slightly injured. It's not that serious." Kathryn almost laughed at his words.

Sure, she wasn't dead-just "slightly injured."

But did that change the fact that her brothers had tried to kill her?

She looked at Holden and asked, "Dad, if I had tried to kill your three sons but failed, leaving them just 'slightly injured,' would you tell them it was just a family dispute? Would you ask them to forgive me, not press charges, and not send me to prison?"

Holden responded instinctively, "You would have already shown the intent to kill. I couldn't let you make the same mistake again. Of course, I'd send you to prison for a few years... Kathryn, I'm old. I only have my three sons to rely on in my later years. Do you really want me to end up alone with no one to take care of me?"

Kathryn's voice turned ice-cold. "Dad, I'll cover your living expenses. You won't starve. Even the housekeeper can stay-I'll pay their wages. Believe me, I want nothing to do with you.

you don't live long enough to see your sons get out of prison and you pass away, I'll make sure to arrange your funeral.

body and dumped it in the sea to feed the fish. Dad, do you ever think about me?

her, his face contorted in rage. "Kathryn, you're heartless!

gaze was icy. "If God thinks I've done wrong, then let Him strike me down. I'm not

day, you'll have children of your own. What will you do if they turn out like you

out

exists, let it come. I'm not afraid Dad, you and my brothers have done so many terrible things yet none

wouldn't the heavens just strike

home, Dad. I will never forgive my brothers. The law will punish them. They kidnapped me, injured me, and hurt others. They won't be getting out anytime soon. You should start coming to terms with that