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

this clueless woman in the first place, He was about to explain when Daphne waved

Alaric as

a helpless glance, “Will you quiet down?”

to involve Daphne at first. I wanted to propose to her after I sorted out Fabian’s issues. I was also worried that Fabjan would use Daphne to threaten me

Lionel was going to give up the

gave Vicente a reproachful look, and Vicente immediately shut

he understood Lionel’s desire to protect

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

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

yours, why are you so worked up?”

she nodded and

power. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have left the Kemp family on my own, let alone give the house

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

like ancient princes, if they want the throne, they would stop at nothing to kill other successors. So, if a prince wants to protect himself, he must

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

she only caught one point from Lionel’s words, “So, you will definitely get the property back?” “Do you

realize something, she looked at Lionel

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

said to Lionel somewhat petulantly,

room to

ain’t your

Lionel shot back, glaring at

switcheri gears, “Mr. Lionel, he’s

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

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

good job of promoting the

was okay, she heard

stepped in to calm the situation. But fearing the impact on Alaric’s

back home.

team, Lionel also hopped on

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

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

he was supposed to meet

remained his usual courteous and classy self. Granted, Kieran was technically his love rival, but thankfully, he

towards Julie.