Love in the Limelight Novel

Chapter 20

Astrid had a hunch last night that Sandra was the one who torched her house to force her to return. And now, it seemed she was right.

After years apart, Astrid never thought Sandra would go batshit crazy enough to commit arson.

Who knew what kind of dirty tricks Sandra had up her sleeve to get the Irvine family’s business where it was today.

Astrid said, “Over my dead body, Sandra. I’m not marrying Colton. If you’re so eager to tie the knot with the Fortner family, why not marry off Lucinda?”

To which Sandra replied, “Astrid, are you still dreaming of being an actress? If you don’t show up at the engagement party tonight, I’ll spill all your dirty laundry to the media. You owe us, and if you don’t pay up, I’ll make your life a living hell.”

Astrid knew all about Sandra’s dirty tactics. This time, Sandra was just trying to drag her to the engagement party. But Astrid had a plan. If Sandra came after her, she would go to the Fortner family’s old house first, call off the engagement, and give Sandra a heart attack.

of the car. It looked like she was checking her phone, but she was actually

with a masked man standing by, who was eyeing her, looking all suspicious. Astrid pretended not to notice and kept walking with her eyes glued to

she suspected, when she passed by the van, a group

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around and saw Sandra’s smug face. “My dear daughter, did you actually think a few years abroad would make you better than me? You think I’d put up with you for all

plan, gave a nod to one of the men in the car. He covered Astrid’s mouth and nose with a rag soaked in some knockout drug. Astrid held her breath/ pretended to struggle for a while, then played

told the man to let her

about to leave when Wylle rushed over with an envelope. “Mr. Lampard, an Invitation from the Fortner

‘Chuck it.”

hesitated, “Mr. Lampard, wouldn’t it

hear me? Chuck it!” Elio raised his

Wylle’didn’t dare to press further and threw the invitation into