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?

River okay with the public knowing he and Romina were

true-they

was the case, maybe Romina had been the one to insist on secrecy. Were they really a

that theory in mind, the

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

well-placed pawn. The reporter was practically buzzing with excitement over his speculation, convinced he had uncovered a hidden

If the Lafond Group really wanted to buy it, they

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

her "Aunt." Romina's heart melted

has time, I'll ask your mom to

her little hand to say goodbye. Romina kissed her soft cheek

originally come out just to buy clothes for River and then

kids finished their