Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 9

Remington looked up, his gaze icy cold.

“I don’t have time for your make–believe games. Take it back.”

“I’m serious.”

Remington tossed the pen he was holding without a hint of emotion. The steel pen clattered on the desk, striking a chord in Lizetta’s heart.

“Divorce reasons, huh? Bad breath and azoospermia? You know spreading rumors comes with consequences,” his voice was chilly.

Lizetta felt a twinge of guilt about this, her eyelashes fluttering slightly.

“I didn’t start those rumors. I’ve spelled out the reasons for the divorce clearly.”

Remington flipped through the papers, his eyes landing on the annotated reasons for divorce, his look growing even colder.

“Huh, care to explain what ‘no love, no sex, a marriage in name only‘ means?”

Lizetta pressed her lips, “Just stating the facts.”

Remington stood up, his long legs taking him around the desk. His towering presence forced Lizetta to sidestep until her lower back was pressed against the solid desk.

to retreat. He leaned in close,

you moan non–stop, the one you clung to,

Lizetta’s eyes. The more fiery the start, the more desolate the

put her hand against his chest, “Severely underperforming, are you saying a ninety–year–old man who’s good

and besides, her

in Remington’s forehead; this woman dared to mock his manhood. Her pushing only fueled his anger further. He gripped her

of dance training made her back as flexible as a willow branch against the desk, her

you were so needy. Who are you

by his long limb. His legs were like iron bars, and

discussing divorce, and Remington was getting a

was red–faced with

you’ve been scheming for? You trapped me four years ago; you should be prepared to atone for

pale; he had always blamed her.

night, I truly didn’t

to me by you, and only you registered your fingerprint to enter the bedroom besides me.

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would work. He was convinced she had betrayed his trust, and she

to complete strangers. She felt as if she was back on that morning,