Love in the Limelight Novel

hapter 36

Anyone with half a brain can see that Elio’s got a thing for Astrid. If Fannie pissed him off with her nonsense, she could be dead meat!

“Sorry, Mr. Lampard, I’m so sorry…” Paula apologized repeatedly, then forcibly dragged Fannie out of the lounge.

The lounge got quiet, and the atmosphere turned a bit weird.

This was the first time Astrid had seen Elio angry, and it was just as scary as the rumors had made it out to be.

Elio turned around and saw Astrid staring at him, dumbstruck. He immediately softened his tone, “Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.”

“No, no, I wasn’t scared.” Thinking about Elio’s words to Fannie, Astrid felt a bit uncomfortable. She pointed at the gift box in front of her, Is this for me?”

box, asking softly, “Hmm, do

and gave a small smirk, “Looks nice, but there’s no such thing as a free lunch, Mr. Lampard. What’s your angle?” “Obviously… I like you,” Elio whispered in Astrid’s ear. Astrid blushed and pushed him away.

think she’s one of those naive girls who would fall for

How naive.

back into the box, “Mr Lampard, this gift is too expensive. I can’t accept

Elio: “…”

was Roman who picked it out for you. He even sent you a

her WhatsApp. Sure enough, there was a voice message from Roman: Hope

choppy, but Astrid knew he

out, I’ll borrow it for now. I’ll return to you after the press conference.” Astrid picked up the gift and hugged it, immediately sending Roman a voice message: Thank you, Roman. I love the gift you picked out. Love you!

Did he really have no place in Astrid’s

She turned around and asked Elio seriously, “Mr Lampard, did you send someone