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.

the art of deception, 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

even severed ties

to care for my father, but as

nurses exchanged glances before praising

true daughter, they thought, was far more compassionate than a fake

of the Farrell family was buried, her grave covered

bandages, Pedro spoke to

He stood at the entrance, complaining

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

around dramatically. "Have you ever seen such a cold-blooded daughter? I haven't! And to think, she's my own

refuses to take care of me and is sending me back to the countryside! Sometimes, when she cuts off

him-he just wanted to badmouth Kathryn to as many people