Love in the Limelight

Chapter 186

“Her door’s open; she’s back! Awesome!” Roman’s sweet voice echoed from outside the door. Astrid turned around and saw the little guy running towards her.

Dropping what she held onto the couch, she squatted down to pick up Roman, kissing his chubby cheek. “Long time no see, Roman. I’ve missed you!”

“I’ve missed you too!” Roman responded, hugging Astrid’s neck happily. Spotting the odd items on the sofa, he exclaimed, “What are these? Tiny flashlights?”

“Hm? Oh, it’s nothing.” Astrid replied with a smile. Elio, however, had already moved to pick up the can of pepper spray.

Raising an eyebrow, he asked, “Did you buy this?”

“Nope, the guys gave it to me,” Astrid responded, noticing a slight change in Elio’s expression.

Elio frowned, “So, you think this stuff would be useful to me?”

“Well, we wouldn’t know unless we try, right?” Astrid said, gripping a taser, a smirk on her face.

curious, picked up the powerful flashlight and directed it into Elio’s eyes. Suddenly Elio couldn’t see

sorry!!” Roman, terrified at Elio’s reaction,

idea this was no ordinary flashlight.

would blind Elio, he would never

“Roman, you should only shine this at the

Roman pouted, tears streaming down his

he’ll be able to see again soon.”

don’t yell at him,” Astrid approached and gently grabbed Elio’s arm, “Come sit and rest a bit. Close your

soon.”

you get your dad a glass of water?” She asked. Roman immediately went to fetch a glass

something wrong, Roman was unusually

his grandparents, gaining quite a bit of

as he walked, making Astrid want to squeeze and kiss him.

guys take a break; I’ll make dinner,” Astrid was about to get up when Elio suddenly grabbed her by the wrist.

her hand before his eyes, “You can see