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.

her eyes squinted from smiling so much.

that Elio suddenly snapped back to reality.

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

when, but this girl’s every move was unconsciously

didn’t understand why this girl was

he had always believed he could keep calm and composed but

even found the laughing and joking scene in front of him to be quite an

Astrid felt uneasy and casually asked, “Mr Lampard, why don’t you join us for a game? It’s pretty boring with just the two

He actually agreed?

surprised. She was just asking casually

didn’t seem like the type

for a while, and Astrid clearly felt that since Ello joined, the atmosphere had become

of Elio. Ever since Elio arrived, he stopped talking and didn’t even dare to raise his

to do. You two continue playing.” After a round, Astrid

and grabbed hold of the corner of her clothes, “Will we meet again?” “No.” Elio said coldly, devoid of any sort of

pupils contracted

aback by Elio’s unexpected speech. She looked at him in surprise. What was

authority

not because she looked down 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

obediently nodded,