Love in the Limelight

Chapter 26

After signing the lease, Astrid and Alan sent their new address to Gracle Just as Astrid was about to hit the sack, a video call invitation popped up: Magee wants to FaceTime.

Astrid pressed accept and saw Magee’s giant nostril on the screen. “Astrid, I’m your dad”

Astrid was already used to Magee’s weird angles during video calls, so she replied somewhat speechlessly, “Of course I know you’re my dad. What’s up? If there’s nothing, I’m hanging up. I’m bushed.”

Magee “Hold on, I heard you moved to a new place I’m sending someone from the cleaning service over tomorrow.”

Astrid groaned, “No need, I‘

Before she could finish her sentence, the video shifted to a bespectacled gentleman, ‘Astrid, are you sure you don’t want me to fly over and pick you up? It’s a jungle out there, I’m worried about you. If you don’t want to fly, I can sail over”

Astrid

They’re always trying to lure her back to take over the family fortune. She won’t fall for it!

“I don’t think we should send a cleaning service to Astrid. She’s so attractive, who knows what might happen?” The voice came from Astrid’s brother, Robb Brooke, who was not in the video.

Astrid rolled her eyes. It seemed Robb and Brandon Brooke had been taken fishing by Magee again and were all sunburnt.

“Exactly, we can’t send a cleaning service. But Astrid can’t clean herself, she’ll be knackered. Just wait, honey, I’m sending

hung up

The one who’s been messing with you is Fannie’s dad Wes Santos. What’s up with this big shot director?

it’s really scary. He evaded taxes totaling 10

directors had tax issues, but she

“Collect the evidence and leak

it to the tax

only make a difference by leaking It and letting it blow

it!!! arrange it right away!!!”

set her up? Ha.

afternoon, Astrid quit her job.

the Internet and the relevant departments started Investigating soon after. Fannie’s career was also

words muffled, “The bigger they are,

Fannie. When her dad was not in trouble, she couldn’t stop mentioning him. Now that her dad is in trouble, she immediately announced she

for himself in times of crisis,

broke out, Gracle hadn’t stopped badmouthing. Astrid just stayed quiet

the elevator, Astrid saw an uninvited guest by her door,

brother’s names. Their dad was a huge

her dad

of them. He was about 6 feet tall, very handsome, dressed in a white T–shirt and ripped jeans.