Love in the Limelight novel Chapter 8

"Can anyone just claim they're Aster? Rumor has it that Aster is a man in his thirties. You, are a young girl. How dare you pretend to be him? What's your endgame?"

Astrid glanced at the man before her, a tad annoyed, "I can cure her."

"Cure her?" The experts present burst out in laughter. "We're the top dogs in the medical field. If we can't treat her, how can you?"

Another expert chimed in, "Looking at your age, you're probably a Uni student still, right? You're just here to catch the eye of the rich bloke Wylie, hoping to bag yourself a wealthy hubby. Girl, get lost. This ain't your playground."

"Scram before you make a fool of yourself."

"If you actually manage to cure the old lady, we'll bow down to you!"

"Bow down and hail me queen, you mean?" Astrid raised an eyebrow, "Deal."

She didn't necessarily want to clash with these folks, but she couldn't stand their short-sighted attitude.

Astrid turned to Elio, "Sir, will you be my witness?"

Elio didn't know what Astrid was up to, but he too was fed up with the so-called experts. So he nodded, "Sure."

The experts didn't expect Elio to side with the young girl and exchanged surprised glances.

Astrid led everyone to the balcony and started treating the old lady.

Wylie was a nervous wreck, "Elio, is she really Aster? Isn't she too young?"

"Do you have any other options at this point?" Elio asked back, and Wylie just shut up.

Indeed, his mother was on her last legs and he was out of options.