Love in the Limelight

Chapter 22

“Ding‘ The elevator door opened, and Ello hurried out, quickly found room 2109, and gave it a few hard kicks

“Bang, bang, bang!” After a series of loud noises, the door opened

He immediately clenched his fists

But when he saw what the two people in the room were doing, he was stunned.

“Mr Lampard? What are you doing here?” Astrid looked at the man who had suddenly appeared in front of her, then glanced at the damaged door, looking puzzled. Elio looked into her perplexed eyes and said casually, “Just passing by

Colton said. “Your turn to play”

Astrid turned her head to look at Colton, a lollipop in her mouth, and she smugly placed down her hand: “Royal flush! You lose, pay up!”

She happily thumped the table and extended her hand to Colton, smiling.

“All yours, I’m wiped out again. You’re mally good!‘ Colton pushed all the money in front of him to Astrid and continued clapping.

the money her eyes squinted from smiling so

Elio suddenly snapped back to

as smart as a five–year–old. What could a child do to her?

girl’s every move was unconsciously affecting

were too intense, even he himself didn’t understand why this girl was so special to

always believed he could keep calm and composed but now all of that

joking scene in front of him to be quite

you join us for a game? It’s pretty boring with just the two of us Elio looked at

He actually agreed?

was just asking casually

all, Elio didn’t seem like the type

of them played for a while, and Astrid clearly felt that

Elio. Ever since Elio arrived, he stopped talking and

playing.” After a round, Astrid got up and made her way towards

clothes,

Colton’s pupils contracted slightly. He then let go of

unexpected speech. She looked at him in surprise. What was he

he assuming authority over her decisions?

on him for not being smart, but because she didn’t want to be used by Sandra as a tool. “We’ll see each other again if it’s meant to be.” Astrid responded. “Did you remember everything I told you?”

obediently nodded, “I remembered.”