Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 247

Lionel wasn’t out of his mind, his thoughts were crystal clear, and every word he uttered was well thought out.

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He looked at Edda and Alaric seriously and sincerely, saying, “I honestly didn’t see things moving this fast, Daphne being pregnant was indeed a shocker. But I want to marry her, I want to give her a stable home, I mean it.”

“What were you doing before then? Why did you have Daphne take part in a sham marriage with you? You even mentioned sending her abroad for her childbirth, you said that, didn’t you?” Edda asked.

Lionel didn’t deny it, Daphne tugged on Lionel’s arm, signaling him to keep quiet.

But he gently patted her hand, soothing her as he said, “My family situation is a bit complicated.”

Lionel gave a brief rundown of his family situation.

Alaric had thought that Lionel’s family being a ‘bit complicated’ was just that, a bit. He had no idea just how complicated it was.

He was even more surprised to find out that Lionel’s father was the notorious media tycoon, Fabian.

Fabian’s multiple marriages and family issues were the talk of the town, and his media empire was a household name.

But no one could have guessed that Lionel, an actor who had started from a minor role, was actually the eldest son of the media tycoon.

Daphne was even more shocked.

As someone who worked in the magazine industry, she was quite familiar with the name Fabian:

Ever since Lionel decided to pursue Daphne in Cuzco, he hadn’t thought about hiding anything from her anymore. To be precise, he initially wanted to keep things from Daphne, sort out everything, and then tell her the truth, but a phone call with Kieran last night was quite enlightening.

After revealing all the secrets to the Flores family and Daphne, Vicente in front furrowed his brows even deeper.

Before Lionel came here, he was already prepared to leave the entertainment industry, and his agent, Vicente, was about to complete his final mission.

In fact, Lionel was not originally Vicente’s client, but was nurtured by Lionel’s ex-girlfriend, Albertine.

Vicente only took over halfway and was chosen by Lionel as his agent because Albertine married Babur Farrell.

When Vicente first found out Lionel was Fabian’s son, his expression was even more surprised than Daphne’s current one.

Daphne was completely dumbfounded.

Lionel, “So, you didn’t want to marry me before because you were all in, trying to reclaim the property?”

was about to explain when Daphne waved her hand and

at Alaric as if blaming him.

Daphne a helpless glance,

at first. I wanted to propose to her after I sorted out Fabian’s issues. I was also

front seat, “Mr. Lionel was going to

reproachful look, and Vicente immediately shut up.

complicated, and he understood Lionel’s desire to protect Daphne.

you

get the property back? Isn’t it yours and your

her daughter, “It’s not yours,

it made sense, she nodded and kept

wouldn’t have left the Kemp family on my own, let alone give

experience that Lionel might not be as simple

who pose a threat. Just like ancient princes, if they want the throne, they

must reclaim this property. Only by making Fabian lose his ability to control everything,

slow on the uptake, she only caught one point from Lionel’s words, “So, you will definitely get the property back?” “Do you only care about money?” Edda looked helplessly at her daughter, then asked Lionel, “Are you okay from the

realize something, she looked at Lionel

explained the reason and process of everything, Alaric started to feel that his previous

apologize, so he said to

to

ain’t your dad, don’t pretend

back, glaring

quickly switcheri gears, “Mr. Lionel, he’s

back to their hotel for some shut-eye, while he went to handle

coming from a mile away, and was planning to

provided Lionel with a platform to exit the entertainment industry, and they also did a good job of promoting the show, which was a very happy thing for the director.

her she was okay, she heard about Alaric’s dojo almost getting mobbed by fans.

to calm the situation. But fearing the impact on Alaric’s reputation, Daphne immediately booked a

back home.

things with the production team, Lionel also hopped on the flight with Daphne.

the time they got back to Whispering Pines, it was already a good couple

to tag along, but Daphne’s situation was a hot mess, so Julie decided to meet up with Daphne first.

the appointed time, Kieran headed straight to Feliz Gastro House, where he was supposed to meet Harding and Dr. Brice at the

self. Granted, Kieran was technically

towards Julie.