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?”

the box, asking softly, “Hmm,

thing as a free lunch, Mr. Lampard. What’s your angle?” “Obviously… I

more serious? Did he think she’s one of those naive girls who would fall for sweet

How naive.

into the box,

Elio: “…”

who picked it out for you. He even sent you a WhatsApp.”

enough, there was a voice

choppy, but Astrid knew he

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

no place in Astrid’s heart? He had to use Roman’s name to

gift from the pile in the room and was about to change when she remembered something. She turned

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