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.

he easily cornered her with nowhere to retreat. He leaned in close, his voice simmering with

Who was the man last night who made you moan non–stop, the one you clung to, begging him not to leave?”

The

underperforming, are you saying a ninety–year–old man who’s good to go once every three years should

exception, and besides, her husband wouldn’t even kiss

Remington’s forehead; this woman dared to mock his manhood. Her pushing only fueled his anger

lean back; years of dance training made her back as flexible as a willow branch against the desk, her hair spilling across it. This position

were so needy. Who are you planning to find to satisfy you after the divorce,

her leg was trapped by his long limb. His legs were like iron bars, and Lizetta couldn’t break free, accidentally brushing

and Remington was getting a

was red–faced with

this exactly what you’ve been scheming for? You trapped me four years ago; you should

he had

night, I truly didn’t

to enter the bedroom besides me.

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

as siblings to complete strangers. She felt as if she was back on that morning, waking up to his fury and his piercing