Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Chapter 1165
Duncan’s mother had mentioned Liberty to Lily before.
Lily was most focused on Serenity though, as she wanted to get into Mrs. York’s good graces.
Nevertheless, Duncan was certain that Lily kept an eye on Liberty since Liberty was Mrs. York’s sister.
“I own the space and rent it out,” Duncan added in case Lily thought he was standing up the restaurant owner.
Lily smiled. “No wonder you have breakfast there. You own the place.”
“I’m full. I can’t eat anymore. Ms. Harmon, thank you for the breakfast, but I don’t need it.”
The last thing Duncan wanted was to take Lily to the office.
Lily uttered with a smile, “I’ll bring it back later. I want to get a tour of your office, Duncan. I didn’t just come to Wiltspoon for this.
I’m here to talk business with a few major corporations too.”
The Harmons operated their business on a large scale.
Mrs. Lewis was hoping to have a union with the Harmons while Lily wanted to penetrate Wiltspoon’s market by having business
ties with major corporations like Lewis & Co. Not only could Lily bring profit to Harmon Corporation, but she could also bond with
Duncan over the business collaboration.
The way she saw it, although Duncan may be a brusque man, he had a delicate side to him. Lily would find her happy-ever-after
with Duncan if she could conquer his heart.
Having dwelled in the business world for many years, Lily loved a challenge, and the conquest for Duncan’s heart summoned
her interest and gave her great motivation.
Since Lily wanted to visit Lewis & Co. under the guise of a tour, Duncan was not in the position to turn her down. She was the
daughter of his mother’s best friend after all.
Duncan got into his car and hit the accelerator, driving away pretty fast.
Lily quickly went in pursuit of his car.

In the diner, Liberty had no idea what had happened outside.
Not long after Duncan left, the Browns paraded into the diner.
The whole circus was here, including Chelsea, her husband, and Lucas. Mrs. Brown called everybody to the city so they could
take a trip to the zoo.
Lucas was supposed to attend kindergarten, but now that he was away from his grandparents’ care, he often fell ill. Since he
was sick again, Chelsea took him out of school for two days to see his grandparents.
Jessica was not too happy about so many coming along to the zoo. On second thought, the Browns invited themselves. The
heat would be taken off Jessica, as the stepmother, if the kidnapping plan was a success.
It would be the Brown family’s fault for not having a closer eye on Sonny.
“Sonny.”
Seeing that Sonny was playing with Lucas let go of his mother’s hand, ran, climbed up the stool like a monkey, and sat next to
Sonny.
“What are you playing with, Sonny? I want to have a go.”
The familiar voice pushed Sonny to stuff all the unassembled bricks back into the box.
By the time Lucas sat next to him, Sonny had packed away all the things. Sonny clung to the box and replied, “Dunc gave me
Lego.”
“I want to play with Lego too.”
Lucas put his hand out to grab Sonny’s bricks.
Leaning to one side, Sonny dodged Lucas’s grubby hands. He jumped off the stool and took cover by his mother’s side.
Lucas always took his stuff and picked on him. There was no way Sonny would want to play with Lucas.
Although his mother and aunt’s love and concern helped Sonny move past the trauma at the Reptons’ last year, Sonny had
never forgotten about the incident.