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

Elio suddenly snapped back to

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

know when, but this girl’s every move

didn’t understand why this girl was so

keep calm and composed but now all of that had gone.

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

why don’t you join us for a game? It’s pretty boring with just the two of us Elio looked at the two seated opposite him and

He actually agreed?

a bit surprised. She was just asking casually and hadn’t expected

seem like

three of them played for a while, and Astrid clearly felt that since Ello joined, the atmosphere had become weird.

since Elio arrived, he stopped talking

continue playing.” After a round, Astrid got up and made

and grabbed hold of the corner of her clothes, “Will we

swept across Colton’s face, and Colton’s pupils contracted slightly. He then

by Elio’s unexpected speech. She looked at him

he assuming authority

she really didn’t want to see Colton again, 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

obediently nodded, “I