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.

looked like she was checking her phone, but she was actually

all suspicious. Astrid pretended not to notice

suspected, when she passed by the van, a group of burly men jumped out and pulled her into the vehicle.

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make you better than me?

to one of the men in the car. He covered Astrid’s mouth and nose with a

Astrid had passed out, Sandra told the man to let

Elio was about to leave when Wylle rushed over with an

said, ‘Chuck

Lampard, wouldn’t it

it!” Elio raised his

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