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.

he didn’t expect things to go south like this.

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

his hand into a fist, he coughed lightly and said. “Little Liz, you had a spat with Remi? No wonder he’s been sulking all night. Now you can’t leave, right? Come on, I’ve got high EQ, and let

which Timothy’s girls come and go, you

lost!” Timothy shot back with a laugh.

her head down, with her eyes flickering. She knew exactly why

been Lucian himself who invited you. After all these years, you and Lucian are still close. You never come

back party?

clueless, she knew from the news that he was returning to the country, but she didn’t realize it was tonight. She missed Lucian, as she hadn’t seen him in two years.

she had to sort it out, so

“Sit by me, sis. Let’s

planting herself between her and

got even colder, and his grip on the wine glass turned

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and she sure as hell didn’t want to throw herself

off Evelina’s hand, strode over to a solitary armchair on the edge, and

stood up and started to sway gracefully, as if she

back to life, but there was still an odd

everyone was having fun, they were also discreetly watching

grew up in the Dashiell family but, being invisible from the very first,

killed a guy over her, and the Dashiell family had to pull some

was drop–dead gorgeous and precious, and

and with the age difference, he didn’t bring Lizetta out much. The young gents