Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Of course, Kathryn would never reveal her deeper involvement in the situation. Only a handful of people knew the full truth.

Even Holden and his sons had no idea that their supposed victory had been part of Kathryn's plan all along.

They despised her, wished her dead-but without her, they never would have succeeded in their schemes in the first place.

"After I came back, my father wasn't kind to me. He adored Shiloh more, but he never openly harmed me."

Holden simply didn't have the power to make Kathryn's life difficult.

When she first returned, she played the role of the weak, helpless daughter. Everyone believed she was a lost cause, incapable of achieving anything. She let them think that.

Her father and brothers favored Shiloh, conspired with her against Kathryn, and tried to trip her up in secret.

But they never openly attacked her.

they never saw her as a threat. By the time she revealed her true self, it was too late-she had already secured her place. Her father and brothers no longer had the means to harm her. The Shiloh they had loved and protected? She lost Clarissa's favor, little by little, until

ties

as

two nurses exchanged glances before praising

compassionate than a fake one. Everyone in Jensburg had heard of Shiloh's

family was buried, her

nurses finished changing Kathryn's bandages, Pedro spoke to

to leave. He stood at the entrance, complaining

arrested! I'm an old man, begging for mercy, and she won't even see me! She had me thrown out

dramatically. "Have you ever seen such a cold-blooded daughter? I haven't! And

of me and is sending me back to the countryside! Sometimes, when she cuts off my living expenses, I don't even have food to

him-he just wanted to