Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

River knew Romina's character all too well.

She was popular with everyone, yet she always showed him her worst side.

It left a bitter taste in his mouth. Everyone else got the best version of her, but not

him.

Didn't he deserve her kindness too?

Then again, he had stolen her business. And he had stolen her. If she treated him too nicely after that, she'd look like a fool.

That thought made him feel better.

After all, he hadn't exactly treated her with kindness either.

"Oh, I've known you for five or six years, and this is the first time I've ever heard

you say I'm a good person," Romina said, pretending to be touched.

call yourself a bad person, go ahead. I won't

and I'm not about to go around saying I'm not. I still need to get

thirty and still single. No boyfriend. Guess no one's into you. Sure, you've got a pretty face and a great figure-but

like that,

Back to bickering.

fired back. "I'm twenty-nine, not thirty! And if I wanted a boyfriend, I could get ten or twenty in a minute. Tons of guys like me-I just don't like them. You wanna talk about

after you —so what, you too scared to date because you can't...

Serenity's eyes widened.

liked Romina's fiery

River found out, would he call her a traitor

River's face darkened instantly.

quietly

scooted closer to Serenity and whispered, "Mom, Uncle River's face is like thunder. Super dark. Kinda

had never seen Uncle River look like

Romina. "Oh, so I don't have a girlfriend-what about you? No boyfriend. What's the deal? Are you into women? Is that it? You wanna come out now? I can hook you up with

furious. "River! That slap earlier wasn't hard enough! You really are the worst! Nothing but garbage comes

I'll bring my pet dog over and we'll

forward, his voice full of fire. "You think I can't