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?

with the public knowing he and Romina were

be true-they were secretly

case, maybe Romina had been the one to insist on secrecy. Were

theory in mind, the reporter's thoughts began to

they couldn't acquire Yantail outright, maybe they planted someone inside-River-who rose up through the ranks and became

so-called business prodigy, was just a well-placed pawn. The reporter was

Group really wanted to buy it, they could have done so easily. There was no need for a long game

He thought we were a family of four-said maybe we were secretly married," River said. Romina's expression darkened. “You idiot. Secretly married? Please. Anyway, now

She clung to Romina and kept calling her "Aunt." Romina's heart melted again. Honestly, she wanted to take this sweet baby

mom to bring you out to play. But

in response, then waved her little hand to

out just to buy clothes for River and then meet Maddox for dinner at the

until the kids finished