Love in the Limelight

Chapter 100

His rank in the family has been sinking lower and lower; he used to be the top dog, but now he’s ranking even lower than the family pet.

Robb reached out and gently patted Astrid’s head with his big hand; his touch was incredibly gentle. “That’s right, Star’s a delicate little flower who can take on ten big blokes all by herself. She’s so fragile.”

“Buzz off…” When Robb took off, Astrid had just gotten out of the car with her drink.

She looked at the empty and somewhat desolate street, left speechless. She turned towards the parking lot, where Gracie still awaited her in the car.

She hadn’t even reached the car when her phone started ringing.

When she saw it was Roman who was calling, she immediately picked up, “Hello, Roman.”

“I miss you.” A soft voice came from the other end of the phone, sounding weak and feeble.

Astrid immediately felt something was off and asked, “What’s wrong, Roman? Are you feeling unwell?”

voice trailed off, and

Wylie and the maid’s panicked

up! Roman!”

and she

number, so

a while, Elio picked up, “Astrid,

hospital is he in?” Astrid

He’s taken Roman to the nearest hospital; I’m on my

up the phone, immediately kicked off

Astrid in such a hurry, Gracie asked, “Astrid, what’s

the bottle into Gracie’s arms and jumped into

from Astrid’s face, Gracie didn’t dare to ask further and hurriedly got into the car.

wasn’t any traffic then, the hospital was pretty far. It took them forty minutes to get

bit earlier. Seeing Astrid huffing and puffing, he

of relief, “What happened

one noticed when he started to have a fever. His temperature had risen to 39.8°C when he was brought