Love in the Limelight (Astrid and Elio) novel Chapter 447

"Alright, sis, I better be going. You two seem to have a busy day ahead, don't you? I'll see myself out." Lucinda hoped to avoid any confrontation with Astrid, so she began to back away, but Astrid wasn't about to let her off that easily!

With a firm grip on Lucinda's arm and a smile that seemed amiable, Astrid said, "Now that you're here, don't rush off."

"Many of our followers know we're not exactly chummy. Let alone sisterly love. Your acting earlier was pretty poor. Did you really think everyone would buy your 'slip of the tongue'?"

Lucinda was taken aback by Astrid's blunt attack, as the relationship between them clearly meant nothing to Astrid now.

The viewers were thrilled beyond words, as if they had just chugged an energy drink. "Holy smokes, watching Astrid tear into her sister is even better than watching Mr. Lampard defending his wife!"

[Astrid is so bad, no beating around the bush, she goes straight for the jugular!]

[Formidable Astrid, as strong as Hades!]

[Astrid: Watch me rip apart this innocent act of yours.]

[LOL, loving it! Tear apart the innocent and the manipulative, Astrid is a pro.]

Lucinda turned deathly pale, nervously waving her hands and avoiding the camera, "That's not true, not true at all. We just asked to borrow money from you, not to take it for free. We lived together for eighteen years, sis, let's not air our dirty laundry in public."

Astrid, as if not hearing her, continued, "Firstly, I apologise for not being upfront about having a child. It was my mistake. Elio and I have a complicated relationship, and I didn't want to expose our child to unnecessary harm. All I wanted was to give him a happy childhood.

I did mention earlier that I had some good news to share with you all, and it's about me and my little angel. I just didn't expect Lucinda to spill the beans. She claimed it was an accident, but it was intentional. I'm grateful to my foster mother Sandra Irvine for adopting me from the orphanage. But when my biological father took me back, he compensated Sandra and her family.

My ties with the Irvine family were severed long ago, but Sandra and Lucinda have been trying to blackmail me for money. Lucinda's so-called accidental slip today was because they asked for money a few days ago and I refused. They're trying to ruin me. I have evidence to prove it."