Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Chapter 1032
He had probably just arrived and seeing the shop was not open, he stood at the door for a moment before turning to leave
Once he turned around he saw Liberty approaching as she rode the e-bike with her son.
“Liberty!” Hank Brown shouted.
Hearing her ex-husband’s shout, Liberty had the impulse to make a U-turn and leave.
Her ex-husband and his family simply seemed to keep haunting her.
She had never seen Hank so concerned about her and her son even before they had divorced.
The little guy sitting in front, however, was very happy when he saw his father and yelled, “Daddy.”
Liberty did not turn her bike around and leave in the end. She had not done anything wrong, after all. She did not need to feel
guilty.
Hank walked down the steps and waited for the mother and son to reach him.
“Sonny”
Liberty parked the e-bike and Hank walked forward to carry his son down from the child’s seat He asked Sonny, smiling. “Sonny,
did you miss Daddy?”
“I did.”
Hank lowered his head to kiss his son’s cheek and Sonny kissed his cheek in return.
After the affectionate moment between the father and son, Hank asked Liberty, “Were you busy today? I came by a few times but
your shop wasn’t open.”
He did not dare call Liberty.
Liberty did not like receiving calls from him.

Liberty was expressionless as she walked up the steps and asked him, “Why are you looking for me? Are you still trying to get
me to transfer ownership of the shop to you? Or are you trying to borrow money from me on your sister’s behalf?”
Carrying his son, Hank followed Liberty into the shop after she unlocked the door.
“Your breakfast place opens the day after tomorrow, right?” Hank asked as he looked around the shop. and indiscriminately
found somewhere to sit.
Liberty said to him, “Hank Brown, just tell me frankly what you came here for But if you want my shop or want me to lend your
sister money to start a business, the door’s right there. Go back to wherever you. came from. If you came to see Sonny, then you
should take Sonny shopping. He’s almost three and as his father, you’ve never taken him shopping.”
Hank hurriedly said, “Liberty, I’m not here to borrow money from you. Whether or not my sister has money, I’m very aware that in
the past when I had high earnings, I didn’t have to care what my sister did. Since we were young, my parents told us siblings that
we would be family for the rest of our lives and had to love each other.
“Now, I’m not working and I don’t have any income. I still need whatever savings I have left to pay wedding. There’s no way I’ll
lend it to my sister if she still tries to ask me for money.”
Liberty said mockingly, “How rare! Mr. Brown still has moments of clarity. I thought you would continue enabling your sister. It
seems Ms. Yates is capable indeed.”
She had been too kind after all.
As a daughter-in-law and a wife, she felt she ought to learn from Jessica. Although Jessica was the third wheel who had
managed to successfully become the new lady of the house, she was aggressive enough with Hank and knew how to cry, pout,
and pretend that she was aggrieved, making Hank unconsciously biased in her favor.
When it came to a malicious mother-in-law and a trashy sister-in-law, Jessica did not give even an inch and would not enable
Chelsea’s behavior of taking advantage of her maiden family.
Hank’s face was a little red. He did in fact enable his sister a lot in the past and was very obedient towards her, which was how
his relationship with Liberty worsened until they ended up divorcing.
“Jessica... has a lot of flaws too. There are many areas in which she can’t compare to you.”

Hank only realized the flaws in Jessica after moving in together.
“Anyway, let’s not talk about that. Liberty, I’ve ordered flowers for your shop’s opening.”
Hank was thoroughly annoyed by his wife and his mother’s arguing, which was why he had come to Liberty’s diner for some
peace and quiet. Ordering flowers to congratulate her on her new shop’s opening was merely an excuse.