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.

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

Daphne waved her hand and said, “Lionel, I support you, you must reclaim the property. I hate men who neglect their families and mess around all the time, I

looked at Alaric as if

helpless glance, “Will you quiet down?”

to her after I sorted out Fabian’s issues. I was also worried that Fabjan

seat, “Mr. Lionel was going to give up

Lionel gave Vicente a reproachful look, and

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

are you planning to

the property back? Isn’t it yours and your mother’s? You must

not yours, why are you so worked

sense, she nodded and kept

wouldn’t have left the Kemp family on my own, let alone give the house my mother lived in to Fabian and Raleigh. But now I understand something.”

from years of experience that Lionel might not be as simple as just being good

they want the throne, they would stop at nothing to kill other successors. So, if a

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

Lionel’s words, “So, you will definitely get the property back?” “Do you only care about

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

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

was too proud to apologize, so he said to Lionel

Lionel still had room to fight back, he just politely

ain’t your

shot back, glaring at

“Mr. Lionel,

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

live-streaming disaster coming from a mile away, and was planning to use this opportunity

be said that the impact of this accident 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

her she was okay, she heard about Alaric’s

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

back home.

with the production team, Lionel also

to Whispering Pines, it was already a good couple

was planning to tag

to Feliz Gastro House, where he was supposed to meet Harding

Granted, Kieran was technically his love rival, but thankfully, he

towards Julie.