Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 66

“Who is this chick? Not giving Ms. Hawthorne any respect, huh? Not afraid her high horse will throw her back out?” Celebrity Lulu chimed in.

Since Evelina was Remington’s date, she looked to butter her up and earn some good karma.

The vibe instantly got more awkward.

Lizetta gave Remington an icy stare; not intending to go in, she just said, “Can you come out for a sec?”

Remington’s lips were tightly pursed, and his eyes were frosty.

The dude was sitting there, with his legs crossed, idly swirling his wine glass and not budging an inch.

The place was lit up, booze flowing, with beauties and gents everywhere, and there he was, sitting like he owned the place, his sharp feature exuding this exclusive aura – he was definitely the center of attention.

He didn’t say a word, didn’t move, and nobody dared to make a peep.

The tension was worse than before, and this unbearable silence made Lizetta wish she could just turn around. and bolt.

But Thaddeus was counting on her rescue, so walking away wasn’t an option.

With her lips pressed together, she tried again: “I kinda need to…”

That’s when Remington finally spoke up, “Who told you to come here? If you’ve got business, we can talk later.”

His words might as well have been “You’re not welcome here, now scram.”

Lizetta felt a chill creeping up her spine. She shouldn’t have come, and this was utterly humiliating.

Timothy’s plus one, and he didn’t expect

hand, trying to put it around Lizetta’s shoulder to keep her

No wonder he’s been sulking all night. Now

the speed at which Timothy’s girls come and go, you trying to

shot back

down, with her eyes flickering. She knew

holding her back, “This is Lucian’s welcome back party. It must’ve been Lucian himself who invited you. After all these years, you and Lucian are still close. You never come

welcome back

the country, but she didn’t realize it was tonight. She missed Lucian, as she hadn’t seen him in two years.

it out, so she let herself be half–dragged to the couch.

next to Remington, “Sit by me, sis.

Lizetta down, planting herself between her

and his grip on the wine glass turned his

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was invisible, and she sure as hell didn’t want to throw

over to a solitary armchair on the edge, and said, “Keep it going, will ya? Who picked this song? Not gonna sing?”

Lulu’s claim to fame; she stood up and started

came back to life,

was having fun, they were

invisible from the very first, she was

Remington almost killed a guy over her, and the Dashiell family

a sister, who was drop–dead gorgeous and precious, and Zion City knew

didn’t bring Lizetta out much. The