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.

quickly agreed, “Exactly, we can’t send a cleaning service. But Astrid can’t clean herself, she’ll be knackered. Just wait, honey, I’m sending someone over

Astrid hung up

I found out. The one who’s been messing with you is Fannie’s dad Wes Santos. What’s up with this

really scary. He evaded taxes totaling 10 billion

shot directors had tax issues, but she didn’t expect this guy

“Collect the evidence and leak it

report it

can only make a difference by leaking It

arrange it right away!!!”

to set her up?

next afternoon, Astrid

evasion 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 screwed this time. Wonder who

at Fannie. 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

in times of crisis,

news broke out, Gracle hadn’t stopped badmouthing. Astrid just stayed

she stepped out of the elevator, Astrid saw an uninvited guest by her door, her third

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