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.

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

was about to explain when Daphne waved her hand and said, “Lionel, I support you, you must reclaim the property. I hate men who neglect their

Alaric as if blaming him.

helpless glance, “Will you

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 to give up

“Mr. Lionel was going to

a reproachful look, and Vicente

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

asked Lionel, “What are you planning to do

to get the property back?

not yours, why are you

she nodded and

left the Kemp family on my

from years of experience that Lionel might not be

Just like ancient princes, if they want the throne, they would stop at

by making Fabian lose his ability

“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

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

reason and process of everything, Alaric started

he said to Lionel somewhat petulantly, “Young man, what

room to fight back, he just politely took

your dad, don’t pretend

shot back, glaring

switcheri gears, “Mr. Lionel, he’s my

had Vicente escort Daphne and her parents back to their hotel for some shut-eye, while he went

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

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

was okay, she heard about Alaric’s

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.

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

Gastro House. Julie was planning to tag along,

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

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

towards Julie.