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.

to her senses and looked at Lionel, “So, you didn’t

Lionel suddenly felt a sense of helplessness. He began to question what he saw in this clueless woman in the first place, He was about to explain when Daphne waved

Alaric as

Daphne a helpless glance, “Will you quiet down?”

didn’t want to involve Daphne at first. I wanted to propose to her after I sorted out Fabian’s issues. I was

“Mr. Lionel was going to give up the property for Daphne.”

reproachful look, and Vicente immediately shut up.

he understood Lionel’s desire to protect Daphne. If Lionel was telling the truth, his impression of him

Lionel, “What are you

this, Daphne immediately asked, “So you’re not going to get the property

daughter, “It’s not yours, why

made sense, she nodded and

I wouldn’t have left the Kemp family on my own, let alone give the house my mother lived in to Fabian

that Lionel might not be as

but people are alive. Those who want power would ruthlessly calculate against those who pose a threat. Just like ancient princes, if they want the throne, they would stop at nothing to kill

Only by making Fabian lose his ability to control everything, could he truly protect

will definitely get the property back?” “Do you only care about money?” Edda looked helplessly at her daughter, then asked Lionel,

did Daphne realize something, she looked at Lionel apologetically, “Did you have

had explained the reason and process of everything, Alaric started to feel that his previous actions were a bit too

he was too proud to apologize, so he said to Lionel somewhat petulantly, “Young man, what harm

In fact, Lionel still had room to

look, “He ain’t your dad, don’t pretend to

shot back,

switcheri gears, “Mr. Lionel, he’s my dad, not

Vicente escort Daphne and her parents back to their hotel for some shut-eye, while he went to handle the director and the photographer at

coming from a mile away, and was planning to use this opportunity to announce

was quietly accepted by Lionel and the heads of the show’s producers. They 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. Once back at the hotel, Daphne immediately started charging her phone. As soon as she turned it on, Julie was already blowing up her phone. On the other end of the line, Julie bombarded her

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

stepped in to calm the situation. But fearing the impact on Alaric’s reputation, Daphne immediately booked a 2

back home.

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

Pines, it was already a good couple of

Feliz Gastro House. Julie was planning to tag along, but Daphne’s situation was a

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

Brice remained his usual courteous and classy self. Granted, Kieran was

towards Julie.