Love in the Limelight (Astrid and Elio)

Chapter 487

"Back off, back off! Let go of me!" Parrish yanked Joana away with force, cursing under his breath,

"Joana, what the hell is wrong with you, girl? Why do you always jump on guys like that? There are so

many people around, it's not like the boogeyman's going to eat you alive!"

Joana hadn't expected Parrish to react so harshly. Biting her lip, tears welled up in her eyes. "That's so

mean of you. I was scared, that's the only reason I held onto you. You think I wanted to?"

"What? So you're saying hugging me is some kind of hardship for you?" If they weren't live on air,

Parrish would have really let loose with some choice words from his neck of the woods.

He wasn't the kind of guy who didn't care for women; it's just that Joana was exactly the type he

couldn't stand, and he had zero patience for her drama.

While the two were bickering, Astrid and Elio had already found the source of the crying sound amid a

pile of leaves—a small tape recorder.

Astrid held up the device and said to Maddox, "Director, it was this thing making the noise."

Maddox took a look and his expression darkened, "This is clearly someone messing with us. We've

been filming here without stepping on anyone's toes or, you know, stealing their thunder."

"That's debatable," Astrid said with a raised eyebrow. "Our show's hot stuff now; wouldn't be surprised

if someone's green with envy over your success, Director."

The mention of this sparked an idea in Maddox's mind—he immediately thought of Vince, a rival reality

show producer who always seemed to be competing with him.

Seeing Maddox's program getting rave reviews, Vince had tried to replicate its success but ended up Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

with a flop. Vince had been taking subtle digs at him on air, leading Maddox to suspect Vince was

behind this stunt.

However, airing such accusations live wasn't a good move, so he simply said, "Let's all look around for

anything out of the ordinary, and Joana, stop your sniveling. There's no ghost."

Joana dabbed at her tears, head bowed, ignoring Mr. Maddox.

The viewers were getting irritated with her antics. [Joana really knows how to be a pain.]

[But who's behind this? I'm betting on Vince. The feud between him and Mr. Maddox is legendary. He

must want to see Maddox's show tank live!]

[It could also be Astar's rivals stirring trouble. After all, Astar's landed a ton of gigs thanks to this show.

Her calendar's booked till the end of next year, and she's got some top-tier productions. Lots of up-and-

comers are jealous!]

[Or maybe it's Mr. Lampard's love rivals. They don't want to see Astar and Mr. Lampard live happily

ever after!]

[It's tough for Astar and Mr. Lampard to even date, let alone bring little Roman Lampard on a family

show. Fingers crossed I'll live to see that day!]

[Wait... ah!! What's that?]

[Look at camera 36, check out camera 36!!]

The production team noticed something strange and immediately informed Maddox, "Director, bottom

left, camera 36, there's something up! We advise the faint-hearted to look away!"

Maddox's heart skipped a beat at the warning.

He glanced at the people around him, then said to Naylor, "Mr. Naylor, would you mind coming with me

to check it out?"

"Sure," Naylor nodded and moved ahead. Astrid noticed Maddox's concern and decided to follow them,

sensing something was amiss.