Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 190

In the end, Daphne decided to hop in Lionel’s car because he threatened her, saying, “You can get in the car and pack your stuff yourself, or I’ll have Skyler Rex toss your stuff out.”

Skyler is Mr. Lionel’s assistant. Daphne gave Lionel a cute look and asked, “Can you give me Skyler’s phone number?”

“If you call me in an intimate way, such as Lion, I’ll tell you,” Lionel responded with a teasing grin, looking quite devilish. Without another word, Daphne opened the door, sat in the passenger seat, and buckled her seatbelt.

How much did she not want to call him? Wasn’t she pretty chummy with Skyler?

“Got your tongue?” Lionel wasn’t about to let the topic slide. He didn’t start the car, but instead turned to Daphne.

Daphne gave a fake smile and said, “In my mind, you’re like a god. Casually calling you by your name would totally diminish your status!”

“Then call me ‘Mr. Ideal.”

“Mr. Ideal!” Daphne called out in a low voice.

Only then did Mr. Lionel start the car, satisfied.

Lionel’s apartment had left a deep impression on Daphne, so when she stepped foot in the room, her legs were shaking.

“I’m not going to eat you!” Lionel opened the shoe cabinet and handed Daphne a pair of pink slippers.

Daphne remembered there were no women’s slippers in the house that morning, and she could tell these were new..

Seeing Daphne staring at the slippers, Mr. Lionel smirked, “I bought these for you. Feeling touched?”

Daphne wasn’t about to tell Lionel that she was staring at the slippers because she was thinking about how much effort Lionel put into trying to move her. She viewed him as a typical manipulative man.

swayed by sweet talk. So, she said, “Oh yes, I’m so

Lionel caught the wariness

about to walk further into the house,

so Daphne could smell his cologne, the same scent as his bedsheets.

stepped back, pressing her back

bent down, leaning his hand against the door next to Daphne’s

so she didn’t dare look up. She knew if she did, he might

Daphne not looking up didn’t mean Lionel was going to let

lifted her chin, forcing her to look up. Daphne’s heart raced, before she could say anything, she

wished she

man? Were your previous relationships only emotional? Or

he opened

She glared at him and said, “I’ve always been the one getting dumped!”

this quick-witted woman, Lionel found himself

a step back, and looked at her solemnly, “You didn’t get what you wanted because you

melancholic Lionel was new to Daphne. She felt he wasn’t trying to

he seemed to be surrounded by a glow, reminding Daphne of his appearance under the spotlight. But few people really knew the story behind the star Daphne knew about Lionel’s past relationship with Albertine, how they didn’t end up together, and that Albertine was now happy. While the man adored by countless fans shone in the

after he broke up with Albertine, he took a whole year off. She would never tell Lionel that she was always checking his social

one of his many girlfriends. But then, he never had another rumored girlfriend,

successful and well-off, while Daphne was just a journalist and a fan. She remembered jokingly discussing with Julie that the ideal love story was like her former boss Flavia and Kenton Jenkins, who, after hardship, reunited and lived happily ever after. A tragic

Julie didn’t know about Lionel and Albertine’s situation, so she asked Daphne, “Lionel and Ms. Albertine broke up, and does that mean

he became a better man for her,

that time, and Daphne felt pretty pleased with

Daphne never thought she’d end up with the guy they often talked about, let

Daphne suddenly looked up at Lionel and boldly asked, “Why did you break up with Ms. Albertine?”