Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

River had deleted the photos because the ones taken secretly showed clear,

frontal shots of the two children.

He was doing it to protect them.

"Mr. York, I understand. I'm sorry," the entertainment reporter said quickly.

River warned coldly, "Don't let it happen again. If you do, I'll make sure you're blacklisted from this industry."

With that, River turned and walked away with his two bodyguards.

The reporter watched him leave, then nervously opened his phone's photo album.

To his surprise, River had only deleted the photos that showed the children's faces. All other photos-ones of River and Romina together, even ones where the kids' faces weren't visible-remained untouched.

What did that mean?

the public knowing he and

be true-they

Romina had been the one to insist on

in mind, the reporter's thoughts

someone inside-River-who rose up through the ranks and became the second-largest shareholder. Maybe his whole rise to

was just a well-placed pawn. The reporter was

brink of collapse. If the Lafond Group really wanted to buy it, they could have done so easily. There was no need for a long game of infiltration. Back

photos while we were shopping. He thought we were a family of four-said maybe we were secretly married," River said. Romina's expression darkened.

She clung to Romina and kept calling her "Aunt." Romina's

said gently, "when Auntie has time, I'll ask your mom to bring you out to play. But I've got

response, then waved her little hand to say goodbye. Romina kissed her

out just to buy clothes for River and

River waited until the kids finished