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.

clean herself, she’ll be knackered. Just wait, honey, I’m sending

she could finish, Astrid hung

dad Wes Santos. What’s up with this big shot director? Why

did, it’s really scary. He evaded taxes totaling 10 billion dollars!!!”

shot directors had tax issues, but she didn’t expect this guy to

the evidence and

report it to the tax office?”

can only make a difference by leaking It and letting

it right

to set her

afternoon, Astrid quit her job.

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

lollipop, her words muffled, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall. He’s screwed this time. Wonder who leaked it. Serves him

couldn’t stop mentioning him. Now that her dad is in trouble, she immediately

himself in times of crisis,

stopped badmouthing. Astrid just stayed quiet

Astrid saw an uninvited

by her brother’s names. Their dad was a huge Game of Thrones fan

her dad to send

6 feet tall, very handsome, dressed in a white T–shirt and ripped jeans.

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