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.

into Elio’s eyes. Suddenly Elio couldn’t see and

at Elio’s

had no idea this was

he known it would blind Elio, he would never have casually pressed

you should only shine this at the bad guys‘ eyes,

Roman pouted, tears streaming

shook her head reassuringly, “No, he’ll be able to see again soon.”

at him,” Astrid approached and gently grabbed Elio’s arm, “Come sit and rest a bit. Close your

soon.”

a glass of water?” She asked. Roman immediately went to fetch a glass of

Roman was

by his grandparents, gaining quite a bit of weight, which made him look even

cheeks jiggled as he walked, making Astrid want to squeeze

about to get

her hand before his eyes,