Love in the Limelight

Chapter 23

Elios sudden proximity took Astrid by surprise

His breath invaded her personal space, and Astrid stood rigid, feeling awkward

But Elio just stood there in the same pose, not saying a word. His brow furrowed at the memory of Astrid playing cards with Colton. She was always anxious around him, but she could laugh so freely in front of Colton Did she hate him being near that much? “Why do you hate me so much?” Ello suddenly asked.

Astrid was taken aback, she hadn’t expected Ello to ask this question. She mumbled, “I don’t hate you. Who said I hate you?”

Elio heard her perfunctory response and his tone became colder, “Then go home with me.”

Astrid blurted out, “No!”

mouth, she felt a chill envelop her and quickly explained, “I’ve already arranged for a place with an agent. We don’t have any special relationship, it’s not

eyebrows twitched, “Boyfriend and girlfriend? Husband and wife? If we need a relationship to live together, we can go register for a marriage now.” Register for marriage??? Astrid was dumbfounded.

had he become so weird all of a sudden? “Is this

head to look at the elevator button and realized that they hadn’t pressed the ground floor after entering! The elevator was still on the 21st floor!

suddenly opened, and Colton appeared at the door

Astrid felt like he was her savior. She greeted Colton Immediately, “Colton, we meet again!”

that since someone had

let out a long sigh of relief…

frown. Since when

no matter what you say, I’m not calling off the bodyguards this time. If it wasn’t for Sandra raising

as before, okay?” Half a year ago, when she first returned to Sunhaven, her dad had arranged dozens of bodyguards for her. They would follow her everywhere she went, making her the

her. It was deliberate because she needed to get close to Colton to make him

elevator finally reached the ground floor, and Astrid

elevator, Farrah approached them with a few