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 moved!” but she told herself not to believe

caught

as Daphne was about to walk further into the house, Lionel blocked her

smell his cologne, the same scent as

stepped back, pressing her back against

against the door next

move, so she didn’t dare look up. She knew if she did, he might mistake it for her

looking up didn’t mean Lionel was going to let her

up. Daphne’s heart raced, before she could say anything, she heard him ask, “Daphne, have you ever been

wished she

he started talking to himself, “Am I not your only man? Were your previous relationships only emotional? Or were you dumped before you could

he seemed like a playboy. But when he opened his mouth, she wanted to punch

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

this quick-witted woman, Lionel found himself speechless

looked at her solemnly, “You

Daphne. She felt he wasn’t trying to comfort her,

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

Daphne knew was that after he broke up with Albertine, he took a whole year off. She would never tell Lionel that she was always checking his social media. During his break, she occasionally saw his posts,

But then, he never had another rumored girlfriend, and without the rumors, he focused on his acting career and

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,

Albertine’s situation, so she asked Daphne, “Lionel and Ms. Albertine broke up, and does

that he became a better man for her, but she ended up

Daphne felt pretty

never thought she’d end up with the guy they often talked about, let alone share a tiny

at Lionel and boldly asked, “Why did you break up