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

it be true-they

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

in mind, the reporter's thoughts began

Yantail outright, maybe they planted someone inside-River-who rose up

well-placed pawn. The reporter was practically buzzing with excitement over

the brink of collapse. If the Lafond Group really wanted to buy it, they could have done so

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

Bethany wasn't ready to say goodbye. She clung to Romina and kept calling her "Aunt." Romina's heart melted again. Honestly, she

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

tiny "Oh" in response, then waved her little hand to say goodbye. Romina kissed her

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

she left, River waited until the kids finished