Love in the Limelight

Chapter 6

Seeing that expression, Astrid felt a pang of sadness. But when she looked up at the stone–faced man next to her, she swallowed her words. “Thank you” Elio’s voice was ley, and even though it was only a word of gratitude, it still gave Astrid a jolt.

Astrid quickly shook her head, “No need.”

This guy was too harsh No wonder the kid didn’t want to go with him

Ello bent down to lift Roman into his arms, then turned to leave. He looked as cold as ever.

Roman leaned on Elio’s shoulder, looking back at her His tears fell, and watching them, Astrid felt like she’d just handed a lamb over to a wolf. Her guilt was intense

Astrid closed the door, her phone was buzzing non–stop. Looking at it, she saw a string of memes from her dad, ending with a message, [‘I’m thinking of retiring. When are you coming back to take over the company?“]

read, [“Can’t hear you, too windy.“]

to find a group photo from a company event. She circled Simon’s face, then sent it to Chad, [“Find someone to teach this

emoji, [“Chief, what did he

go, don’t ask so many

[Alright, I’m on

could hold her liquor, so she drank heavily tohight. Gracie was on her period and couldn’t drink, so Astrid had ended up drinking way too much. Otherwise, she wouldn’t

about to go to sleep when her phone rang again. The screen displayed a name, Dr. Conrad. Just the sight of the name gave Astrid a headache. She rubbed her temples and picked up the call, “What now? Over the line, laughter rang out “Astrid,

“Dr. Conrad, how many times have you called

in by her biological father, he hired his old friend to take care of her health

had no children and treated her like his own daughter, passing on all his medical knowledge to her. But, his countless ex–girlfriends

this

asked me to save last time was

paused for a few seconds. “The last one was my