Love in the Limelight novel Chapter 36

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?”

Elio nodded and opened the lid of the box, asking softly, “Hmm, do you like it?“:

She looked at the jewelry in the box 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.

Could this guy be more serious? Did he think she’s one of those naive girls who would fall for sweet nothings?

How naive.

She gave Elio a look and tossed the gift back into the box, “Mr Lampard, this gift is too expensive. I can’t accept

Elio: “…”