Love in the Limelight

Chapter 36

Anyone with half a brain can see that Elio’s got a thing for Astrid. If Fannie pissed him off with her nonsense, she could be dead meat!

“Sorry, Mr. Lampard, I’m so sorry…” Paula apologized repeatedly, then forcibly dragged Fannie out of the lounge.

The lounge got quiet, and the atmosphere turned a bit weird.

This was the first time Astrid had seen Elio angry, and it was just as scary as the rumors had made it out to be.

Elio turned around and saw Astrid staring at him, dumbstruck. He immediately softened his tone, “Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.”

“No, no, I wasn’t scared.” Thinking about Elio’s words to Fannie, Astrid felt a bit uncomfortable. She pointed at the gift box in front of her, Is this for me?”

Elio nodded and opened the lid of the box, asking softly, “Hmm, do you like it?“:

jewelry in the box and gave a small smirk, “Looks nice, but there’s no such thing as a free lunch, Mr. Lampard. What’s your angle?” “Obviously… I like you,” Elio whispered in Astrid’s ear. Astrid blushed

more serious? Did he think she’s one of those naive girls who would fall

How naive.

the box, “Mr

Elio: “…”

for you. He even sent you a

checked her WhatsApp. Sure enough, there was

guy’s voice was choppy, but Astrid knew he

I’ll borrow it for now. I’ll return to you after the press conference.” Astrid picked up the gift and hugged it, immediately sending Roman a voice message: Thank you, Roman. I love the gift you picked out.

felt a bit sour. Did he really have no place in Astrid’s heart? He had to

out a decent–looking gift from the pile in the room and was about to change when she remembered something. She turned around

naturally

is as deceitful

door closed, and Elio thought back to the way Astrid had rolled