Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 17

Lizetta frantically waved her hands, “Grandma Fiona, you got it all wrong. I just caught a chill and got some stomach reflux these past couple of days. I just got tested the day before yesterday; definitely not pregnant. Remington knows.”

Fiona, clinging to hope, immediately whipped her head around to look at Remington, who nodded, “She’s not

pregnant.”

The old lady’s face darkened, and the hand patting Remington’s arm turned into a fierce pinch.

“A man can be all high–flying in his career, but if he can’t take care of his wife, can’t have kids, he’s good for nothing! Tell me, you’re hardly ever home, leaving your lovely wife to fend for herself. What’s the point of having you around?”

Only Fiona could talk to Remington that way; the man looked helpless.

“Lizetta and I are still young; we’re not rushing to have kids.”

“You’re almost thirty; how can you not be in a hurry? I’m back this time, and I won’t rest until I see you two make a baby!”

She laid down the law, “Tonight, you and Liz are moving back to the family house, and you better get busy making that baby!”

“Alright, alright, will do,” Remington agreed.

“What about you, Liz?”

Fiona was pushing for a baby in front of the kid, and Lizetta blushed with embarrassment, worried that the old lady would add more, so she quickly nodded.

“I’ll definitely go back to keep you company, Grandma Fiona.”

Lizetta also wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Fiona about her plans to divorce and study abroad.

of Tempo Dance Studio and saw a familiar luxury car parked by the

over, opened the door, and slid into the

from his paperwork, “Am I that

Besides, there were two instances before when she took his car to work, and

worked at the Group for over a year, and no one knew she was Mrs. Dashiell. The one who should be kept out

getting divorced, and I don’t want any

picked up the document beside him, and tossed it to Lizetta.

job; come back to work for the company. I’ll pretend your little rebellion these past days never

see her bustling around, his

and Lizetta, infuriated, picked up the divorce papers that had been thrown

she go back to work there?

to do the grunt work at the company because she still had feelings for him. and wanted to make their marriage work. But even hustling under his nose every day didn’t bring him

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She was tired.

say, that I couldn’t live without the Dashiell family. I’m doing fine

you break your leg through dancing, can you afford a necklace?” Remington’s gaze swept over the woman’s

foot was propped up, likely in pain. Silly woman, she was just

thought back to the phone call

her new song to be used as the opening piece for Evelina’s solo

out money, and even Remington was backing her dreams to the

live without jewelry. Can’t I leave with nothing if

didn’t expect that even after he tried to hold on to her, she was still set on divorcing. An icy chill surrounded the man as he grasped Lizetta’s chin.