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.

Astrid can’t clean herself, she’ll be knackered. Just wait, honey, I’m sending someone over

hung up the video call.

is Fannie’s dad

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

billion dollars? She knew a lot of big shot directors had tax issues, but she

evidence and

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

“Are you nuts? People like Wes have protection. You can only make a difference by leaking It and letting it blow up. Got

it right away!!!”

her up?

afternoon, Astrid quit

tax evasion had blown up on the Internet and the relevant departments started Investigating soon after. Fannie’s career

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 screwed this time. Wonder who leaked

When her dad was not in trouble, she couldn’t stop mentioning him. Now that her dad is in trouble, she immediately announced she has nothing to

of crisis, even between

since the news broke out, Gracle hadn’t stopped badmouthing.

saw an uninvited guest by her door, her

family, she was shocked by her brother’s names. Their dad was a huge Game of Thrones fan and named his four