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!”

soon as the words left her 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 appropriate for me to stay at your place”

can go register for a marriage now.”

why had he become so weird all of a sudden? “Is this elevator too slow? Why hasn’t it reached the ground floor after such a long time“” she thought.

that they hadn’t pressed the ground floor after entering! The elevator was still on the 21st floor! Oh

elevator door suddenly opened, and Colton appeared at the door with an

felt like he was her savior. She greeted Colton Immediately, “Colton,

relief, thinking that since someone had entered,

out a long

Elio frown. Since when did she become so close

you say, I’m not calling off the bodyguards this time. If it wasn’t for Sandra raising you for eighteen years, I could have made her

It’s not as high–profile as before, okay?” Half a year ago, when she first returned to Sunhaven, her dad

because she needed to get close to Colton to make him cancel the engagement. Otherwise, If this issue wasn’t

ground floor, and Astrid bolted out, disappearing

elevator, Farrah approached