Love in the Limelight novel Chapter 6

Seeing that expression, Astrid felt a pang of sadness. But when she looked up at the stone-faced man next to her, she swallowed her words.

"Thank you." Elio's voice was icy, and even though it was only a word of gratitude, it still gave Astrid a jolt.

Astrid quickly shook her head, "No need."

This guy was too harsh. No wonder the kid didn't want to go with him.

Elio bent down to lift Roman into his arms, then turned to leave. He looked as cold as ever.

Roman leaned on Elio's shoulder, looking back at her. His tears fell, and watching them, Astrid felt like she'd just handed a lamb over to a wolf.

Her guilt was intense.

...

Astrid closed the door, her phone was buzzing non-stop. Looking at it, she saw a string of memes from her dad, ending with a message, ["I'm thinking of retiring. When are you coming back to take over the company?"]

Astrid replied with a meme that read, ["Can't hear you, too windy."]

Closing the chat, Astrid scrolled through her gallery to find a group photo from a company event. She circled Simon's face, then sent it to Chad, ["Find someone to teach this guy a lesson."]

Chad responded with an emoji, ["Chief, what did he do?"]

Astrid, ["Just go, don't ask so many questions."]

Chad: ["Alright, I'm on it."]