Love in the Limelight Novel

Chapter 23

Elios sudden proximity took Astrid by surprise

His breath invaded her personal space, and Astrid stood rigid, feeling awkward

But Elio just stood there in the same pose, not saying a word. His brow furrowed at the memory of Astrid playing cards with Colton. She was always anxious around him, but she could laugh so freely in front of Colton Did she hate him being near that much? “Why do you hate me so much?” Ello suddenly asked.

Astrid was taken aback, she hadn’t expected Ello to ask this question. She mumbled, “I don’t hate you. Who said I hate you?”

Elio heard her perfunctory response and his tone became colder, “Then go home with me.”

Astrid blurted out, “No!”

mouth, she felt a chill envelop her and quickly explained, “I’ve already arranged for a place with an agent.

is appropriate?” Elio’s eyebrows twitched, “Boyfriend and girlfriend? Husband and wife? If we need a relationship to live together, we can go register for a marriage now.” Register for marriage??? Astrid was dumbfounded. What was going on? Why would he

He was fine during the day, so why had he become so weird all of a sudden? “Is this elevator too slow? Why hasn’t it reached the ground floor after such a long time“” she thought.

head to look at the elevator button and realized that they hadn’t pressed the ground floor after

door suddenly opened, and Colton appeared at

Astrid felt like he was her savior. She

thinking that since

left her side. She let out a long sigh of relief… and moved to stand next to

when did she become so close to

saw a text message from her father, “Star, no matter what you say, I’m not calling off the bodyguards this time. If it wasn’t for Sandra raising you for eighteen years, I could have

simply agreed, “Alright, alright. You can arrange as many bodyguards as you like, just make sure It’s not as high–profile as before, okay?” Half a year ago, when she first returned to Sunhaven, her dad had arranged dozens of bodyguards for her. They would follow her everywhere she

her. It was deliberate because she needed to get close to Colton to make him cancel the engagement. Otherwise, If this issue wasn’t resolved, Sandra would cause trouble.