Love in the Limelight novel Chapter 1

On Mother's Day night, Elio Lampard, the CEO of Morgenster Corporation, suddenly posted a message on his personal Twitter looking for his mom,

"Looking for Mom: I, Roman Lampard, am searching for my mom."

Minutes later, the message blew up on the internet, sparking a heated discussion among netizens.

"What? The heir to the Lampard Group is publicly seeking a wife for his dad?"

"Honey, look at me, I can be your mom!"

"I don't get it, who's this kid? Why has his search for a mom made it to the trending topics?"

"Baby, I'm a guy, but if you don't mind, I'd be happy to be your mom!!!"

"Do you guys not know how to read? He said he's looking for his mom. Probably means his biological mom?"

In a taxi.

Gracie was scrolling through tweets. She excitedly jabbed at Astrid Irvine who was passed out from drinking too much, "Astrid, Astrid, look... the heir to the Lampard Group is looking for a wife for his dad!"

"What's it to you?" Astrid mumbled, feeling sick to her stomach.

"How can it not concern me? If I got the chance to become his stepmother, would I care about what others thought? Who's Roman? He's the son of the richest man! I can use that money to deal with those who look down on me!"

"Astrid, you're amazing, how did you know we were going to have a hard time at the reunion? You even prepared a fake bank balance text to defend ourselves. But that fake was unbelievable, who would believe a balance in the billions..."

Astrid burped, "That was just pocket money..."

"Billions in pocket money? I can't believe it..." Gracie babbled on, only to find Astrid had gone silent next to her. Turning her head, she found Astrid had leaned on her shoulder and fallen asleep.