Love in the Limelight Novel

Chapter 26

After signing the lease, Astrid and Alan sent their new address to Gracle Just as Astrid was about to hit the sack, a video call invitation popped up: Magee wants to FaceTime.

Astrid pressed accept and saw Magee’s giant nostril on the screen. “Astrid, I’m your dad”

Astrid was already used to Magee’s weird angles during video calls, so she replied somewhat speechlessly, “Of course I know you’re my dad. What’s up? If there’s nothing, I’m hanging up. I’m bushed.”

Magee “Hold on, I heard you moved to a new place I’m sending someone from the cleaning service over tomorrow.”

Astrid groaned, “No need, I‘

Before she could finish her sentence, the video shifted to a bespectacled gentleman, ‘Astrid, are you sure you don’t want me to fly over and pick you up? It’s a jungle out there, I’m worried about you. If you don’t want to fly, I can sail over”

Astrid

They’re always trying to lure her back to take over the family fortune. She won’t fall for it!

“I don’t think we should send a cleaning service to Astrid. She’s so attractive, who knows what might happen?” The voice came from Astrid’s brother, Robb Brooke, who was not in the video.

Astrid rolled her eyes. It seemed Robb and Brandon Brooke had been taken fishing by Magee again and were all sunburnt.

can’t send a cleaning service. But Astrid can’t clean herself,

Astrid hung up the video call.

room, she received a message: “Astrid, I found out. The one who’s been messing with you is Fannie’s dad Wes Santos. What’s up with this big shot director? Why is he targeting you?‘ Astrid scoffed, “Don’t worry about it. Just look into Wes‘ tax issues.”

did, it’s really scary. He evaded taxes totaling 10 billion

issues, but she didn’t expect this guy to be so audacious. 10 billion

and

Shouldn’t we report it to the tax office?”

have protection. You can only make a difference by leaking It and letting it blow up. Got it?”

it right away!!!”

set her

Astrid

had blown up on the Internet and the

God, 10 billion dollars!!! I’m green with envy!” Gracle was sucking on a lollipop, her words muffled, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall. He’s

Now that her dad is in trouble, she

for himself in times of crisis, even

Gracle hadn’t stopped badmouthing. Astrid just

the elevator, Astrid saw an uninvited guest by her

brought back to the Brooke family, she was shocked by her brother’s names. Their dad was a huge Game of Thrones fan and named his four sons Robb, Brandon, Jon, Rickon,