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!”

she felt a chill envelop her and quickly explained, “I’ve already arranged for a place with an agent. We don’t have any special relationship, it’s not appropriate for me to stay at your

can go register for a marriage now.” Register for marriage??? Astrid

had he become so weird

elevator button and realized that they hadn’t pressed the

door suddenly opened, and Colton appeared at

Astrid felt like he was her savior.

sigh of relief, thinking that since someone had entered, Ello would

let out a long sigh of

frown. Since when did she become so close to

vibrated, and she 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 made her regret ever

angry, Astrid didn’t dare to say much and 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 went, making her the

was deliberate because she needed to get close to Colton to make