Love in the Limelight

Chapter 3

She tried to get the kid to stand on his own, but he just clung to her neck for dear life Clearly, the little one was pretty attached to her.

She’d had a bit too much to drink tonight and was feeling knackered She couldn’t hang around here forever-

Astrid had been patiently trying to persuade him for half an hour, but the kid just wouldn’t let go.

The bouncer tried to make a call but couldn’t get through, leaving him at a loss for what to do next

Out of options, Astrid remembered she had her business card with her from her meetings earlier in the day. She pulled one out of her pocket, placed it on the reception desk and told the receptionist, “Miss, If his parents come looking for him, please give me a ring”

The receptionist was frozen by Roman’s icy stare’not even daring to pick up the card

Word had spread around the hotel about Roman’s tantrum today. After being mocked by a boy his age for not having a mother, he threatened the CEO’s assistant, Carson Fisher, to tweet a message to find his

mother

with calls, had he realized what had gone down

being mocked, Roman cried, ran off, and said he was going to find his mom himself.

other, completely clueless about what had just

Roman in her arms, the bouncer

the hotel staff saying that the child’s parents would be picking him up

on the TV, playing a cartoon to

He just sat quietly by her side, staring at her, still holding

Roman really liked it here, and he was like a little–sidekick. Wherever Astrid went, he would follow closely, tightly holding onto the corner of her shirt. Looking at her little shadow, Astrid felt her heart melting. “Sweetheart, you can’t be stubborn

can’t just follow strangers. There are a lot

and stayed

a knock at the door. Astrid thought it might be the kid’s parents, so she hurried

the people standing there were not the kid’s parents. It’s the two people that she least wanted to see in

mother Sandra and sister Lucinda.