Chapter 226


    Sure, he had some clout, but it wasn’t worth a hill of beanspared to Elio.


    He’d heard about Elio’s tricks and now he was kicking himself, “Mr. Elio. Mr. Elio! It’s a


    misunderstanding! It’s all just a misunderstanding. I was just joking around with Ms. Irvine. I was only


    joking, I swear. I meant no disrespect!”


    At this point, Lambert was groveling at Elio’s feet and was a picture of total humiliation.


    Seeing Elio unmoved, Lambert turned to Astrid for support, but she quickly stepped away, “Don’t kneel


    to me; it makes me sick.”


    Elio nced at the nonchnt Astrid and softly asked, “You alright?”


    “Do I look like I’m in trouble? Rx, I’m fine.” Astrid gave Elio a small smile, “By the way, it’s almost


    time for my ‘show; let’s move to another ce to continue my makeup; you can deal with this guy.”


    “Sure.” Elio’s gentle tone when speaking to Astrid was so unexpected that it nearly knocked Ca’s


    socks off.


    “Ca, let’s go.” Astrid called out to Ca at the door, and Ca finally snapped back to reality and


    scurried out with her makeup box.


    Elio looked down at Lambert on the floor like he was a bug, “Carson, you know what to do, right?”


    Carson nodded, “Chief, don’t worry, I got this.”


    Lambert was scared witless, “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I know I was wrong!”


    “You shouldn’t be apologizing to me; you should apologize to the girls you’ve hurt.” Elio left him with


    those words and walked away.


    Lambert copsed in despair.


    The variety show recording took several hours, and by the time Astrid was done, the rumor mill was in


    full swing.


    Lambert’s good guy image crumbled overnight, and someone even dug up his affair with Fannie.


    In the car, Astrid was reading the news and couldn’t help but sigh, “That’s why you shouldn’t build up a


    fake image, because when it copses, you’re


    toast.”


    “Mm, Elio agreed, then asked, “Why didn’t you scream for help when he entered the dressing room?”


    Astrid smiled, “I could handle it myself; there was no need to cry wolf.”


    “By the way, why did youe?”


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    “I…” Elio hesitated, “Today is my birthday; I wanted to have dinner with you after the show.”


    Astrid gripped her hands tightly and quickly changed the subject, “How did you know I would agree to


    have dinner with you?”


    “If you didn’t agree, I would announce on Twitter that you talk in your sleep and grind your teeth, and


    your goddess image would be shattered.”


    “You’re shameless.”


    “I’m ttered.”


    Astrid had no response.


    In all the time she had known Elio, aside from a tiny Pikachu, she didn’t recall ever giving him a gift.


    Astrid thought for a moment and sent a message to Chad. “Chad,e out,e out, it’s urgent!”


    There was no reply.


    Astrid sent another message to Hank. “Hank! Come out,e out; it’s urgent!”


    Still no reply.


    Feeling hopeless, she sent out a gift card in their group chat.


    The gift card was quickly snapped up.


    Chad replied. “Wow, Chief, are you ying us? Why’d you send out such a low–value gift card?”