Love in the Limelight

Chapter 11
Carson thought to himself, it seemed like money Talked Oh boy, the boss was really serious this time!
In an attempt to prevent the boss from scaring the lady off, Carson spoke again, “Boss, Ms Irvine is clearly a woman of her own
mind. She might not like being controlled by others. So, I suggest you take that into consideration
Elio caught his words He gave Carson a glance, fell silent for a while, and then nodded
Looked like he took the advice Carson heaved a sigh of relief
It was past ten in the evening when Ello finally got home.
As he arrived, the maid greeted him at the door, “Mr. Lampard, your mother is here.”
At the sound of that, Elio immediately stood upright and headed upstairs.
“Elio! How long are you planning to avoid me?” Amanda shouted at Ello who was on the stairs, “Are you planning to never talk to
me again?”
“Listen, the daughter of that family next door is a perfect match for you, and she can even help you succeed in your career!”
Amanda kept talking while Ello’s face darkened.
Amanda continued, “And there’s also the daughter of another family. She’s also a good match for you. It’s just that her temper Is
not that good. I brought photos of both of them, take a look”
Elio paused, turned around, gave her a cold look without uttering a single word, and went upstairs.
Roman, who just came out from the toy room, rubbing his eyes asked, “Grandma, what does “suitable” mean?”
“It means two people are a good match. Amanda answered with a broad smile, putting the photos in front of Roman, “You see.
Who do you think is more suitable to be your mom?” “No way!” Roman shook his head, “They’re not suitable for me!”
Amanda replied, “As long as they’re suitable for your dad, they don’t have to be suitable for you!”
“That won’t work either. I’ve already found the right person!” Roman grinned, happily skipping upstairs.
The old lady had no clue what Roman meant.

Back in his room, Ello stared at the night view outside the window. He was reminded of a night four years ago.
He was under great work pressure, relying on medication to sleep for years. That day, he took his medicine and went to bed, but
little did he know, someone had replaced the capsules with other drugs... After dealing with the person who switched the drugs,
he tried to find the girl, but the surveillance of the night was tampered with, and all Information about the girl was completely
deleted. As if she had never existed.
Nine months later, he found Roman by accident, but there was still no news about the girl.
He never gave up looking for her because she was Roman’s mother.
He also wanted to know if she had Intentionally appeared in his room that night,
“Elio! You little scoundrel!” The old lady’s voice echoed from downstairs: Ello continued to stare out the window, unmoved.
The reason their relationship had become so tense was that his mother had always tried to set him up with girlfriends. As time
passed, their relationship grew more and more distant.
The old lady hollered downstairs for quite a while, but Ello never came down. She sighed looking at the empty house, then
turned around and left the mansion.
The next day, Astrid returned to the office after finishing her business. It was almost time to get off work.
As soon as she entered the office, a colleague came over with a smile, ‘Congrats)“.
‘Congrats, Astrid!”
Astrid was puzzled, thinking, were they congratulating her on signing a big deal? But Isn’t signing deals a routine for a sales
champion like herself? Does that warrant a congratulation?
Everyone was looking at her with strange eyes, which made her uncomfortable.
Just as she got back to her seat, Gracle came over, asking with a puzzled face, “Astrid, are you really going to marry that dummy
from Dragon Entertainment?”
“No way.” Astrid shook her head, “How come I don’t know about my own wedding?”

Seeing Astrid’s confused face, Gracle put the invitation card in front of her, “Your mom just came to the office and handed out
Invitations to our colleagues. It says you’re getting engaged to that dummy young master of Dragon Entertainment tomorrow
night!”
Astrid quickly opened the invitation card in front of her. Her name and that of Colton Fortner were prominently displayed!
She never expected Sandra to send invitations to her office. She was trying to let everyone know she was marrying a dummy!
No wonder her colleagues were giving her those weird looks.
“Astrid, you really kept it under wraps, I had no idea you were the daughter of the Irvine family! Your family is so wealthy, why are
you living in that shabby place? Trying to experience life as a commoner?” Gracie was baffled.
Astrid felt a chill in her heart upon hearing this. A sarcastic smile appeared on her face, “I’m not worthy of the Irvine family.”
“What’s going on?” Gracie and Astrid had been friends since high school, and they had always gotten along well. But back then
Astrid lived a simple life and never mentioned her family.
Lucinda went to the same school as them and she was using LV bags in high school, making her a celebrity in school.
Although they shared the same surname, they had no Interaction and didn’t look alike at all. So no one would associate them
together, but it turned out they were sisters!
Astrid looked at Gracie, speaking in a calm tone, ‘The Irvine couple were childless for ten years after their marriage. When they
heard adopting a child could lead to having their own, they adopted me. Later on, they indeed got pregnant!
“I heard they wanted to send me back, but a fire broke out at the orphanage, so they had no choice but to keep me.”
Astrid stopped there.
However, Gracle knew that Astrid had been living a hard life all these years.
“Oh my God, this is just too much! They treated you so badly before, and now they plan to sell you off to some dimwit for money.
That’s horrible!” Gracie was a straightforward person. She was very direct when it came to criticizing others
After hearing this, Astrid shrugged slightly, “Clearly, they’re not capable of human emotions.”