Chapter 494


    Fans were frantically snapping screenshots, but Maddox quickly pulled on his mask. “Alright, alright,


    the mask''s off, screenshots are taken, now scatter, will ya?”


    Maddox wasn’t one for the limelight, always feeling awkward in front of the camera. He returned to his


    His lips twitched involuntarily, and he couldn’t help but retort, “Cut it out. That mutt isn’t in my league,


    and besides, he’s a married man.”


    The chat exploded with excitement. Chatments started rolling in.


    [Are you implying Dale’s got married secretly?]


    [There goes another dream hubby.]


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    [Holy smokes, I always thought Dale would be a bachelor for life!]


    Maddox hadn’t meant to spill the beans on Dale, so he mmed up and stopped responding.


    On the way back, Astrid was lost in thought.


    Elio noticed her daydreaming and reached out to take her hand.


    The warmth of his touch jolted her back to reality, and her instinct was to pull away, but Elio’s grip


    tightened.


    Astrid said, “Let go, stop fooling around.”


    Elio responded, “I’m not fooling around. I want to hold your hand, for eternity.”


    This unexpected disy of affection left the viewers dazed, [Damn, I did not see thating. A simple


    walk and here we are, fed with PDA.]


    [Mom won''t worry about me being bored!]


    [If I’m depressed, me it on these two and their lovey-dovey antics.]


    [Life''s tough for us singles, avoiding couple shows, reality dating, picking the least likely PDA adventure


    show, and still, BAM, face-pped with affection! Where’s the justice?]


    [Mr. Lampard’s stepping up his game, from the first episode to now, bravo!]


    […And now he’s gone and muted the mics?]


    [They wanna whisper sweet nothings and don’t wanna rub it in our faces.]


    [I’m not afraid of a little PDA, so bring it on!]


    Elio wanted to discuss something with Astrid without the audience eavesdropping, so he muted the


    mics, hers included.


    The camera zoomed out, giving them space.


    Elio whispered, “Astrid, the ghost prank is just the start. Jay will definitely make more moves.”


    “I know, don’t worry. I’ll be fine,” Astrid assured him, then turned back with a yful smile. “And I won’t


    let anything happen to you either.”


    Elio felt a warmth in his heart, which was quickly doused with her next quip, “I don’t want the hassle of


    finding a new stepdad for Roman if something happened to you.”


    Elio was speechless. Life was never easy for him.


    Because of the incident, Jay was sted by fans online, and the image of Morgenster Corporation took


    a hit.


    But Jay never responded publicly. Although everyone knew he was behind the Serenity Peaks ghost


    prank, since it caused no real harm, the online outrage eventually subsided.


    Since the incident, Chad was on edge, gued by nightmares of Astriding back from the show to


    haunt him.


    One night, as he drifted off, a distinctive notification from hisputer stirred him awake.


    He sat up, clicked open the message, and there it was, an email. “We’d like to hire Aster to investigate


    something. The fee is 1.5 million dors.”