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.

was happily counting the money her

this moment that Elio suddenly snapped

crazy? He knew Colton was as smart as a five–year–old. What could a

but this girl’s every move was unconsciously affecting his emotions.

himself didn’t

could keep calm and composed but

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

staring at her, 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 of us Elio looked at

He actually agreed?

just asking casually and

Elio didn’t seem like the type to play cards.

clearly felt that since Ello joined, the atmosphere had

scared of Elio. Ever since Elio arrived, he stopped talking and didn’t even

continue playing.” After a round, Astrid

corner of her clothes, “Will we meet again?”

swept across Colton’s face, and Colton’s pupils

by Elio’s unexpected speech. She looked

authority over her decisions?

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 other

obediently nodded, “I remembered.”