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.

and looked at Lionel, “So, you didn’t want to marry me before because you were all in,

He was about to explain when Daphne waved her hand and said, “Lionel, I support you, you must

looked at Alaric as if blaming him.

gave Daphne a helpless glance, “Will

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

seat, “Mr. Lionel was going to give up the

a reproachful look, and Vicente immediately shut up.

a family like Fabian’s must be complicated, and he understood Lionel’s desire to protect Daphne. If

asked Lionel, “What are you planning to do now?”

immediately asked, “So you’re not going to get the property back? Isn’t it yours and your mother’s? You must get it

not yours, why

made sense, she

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

experience that Lionel might not be as simple as just

princes, if they

by making Fabian lose his ability

wasn’t stupid, just a bit 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

then did Daphne realize something, she looked at Lionel apologetically, “Did you have insurance?”

Lionel had explained the reason and process of everything, Alaric started to feel that

too proud to apologize, so he said to Lionel somewhat petulantly, “Young man, what harm can a little injury do?”

In fact, Lionel still had room to fight

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

Lionel shot back, glaring at Daphne dangerously.

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

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

mile away, and was planning to use this

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

Daphne assured her she was okay, she heard about

Kieran stepped in to calm the situation. But fearing the impact on Alaric’s reputation, Daphne

back home.

production team, Lionel also hopped

to Whispering Pines, it

with Professor Fred at Feliz Gastro House. Julie was planning to tag along, but Daphne’s situation was a hot mess, so Julie decided to meet up

time, Kieran headed straight to Feliz Gastro House, where he was supposed to

self. Granted, Kieran was technically his love rival, but thankfully,

towards Julie.