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.

was Timothy’s plus one, and he didn’t expect things to go south like

put it around Lizetta’s shoulder to keep her there, but he felt

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 me

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

back with a

flickering. She knew exactly

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.

back

she knew from the news that he was returning to the country, but she didn’t realize it was

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

next to Remington, “Sit by me,

herself between her and Remington.

his grip on the wine

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treated Lizetta like she was invisible, and she sure as hell didn’t

and said, “Keep it going, will ya? Who picked this song? Not

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

room came back to life, but there was still an

everyone was having fun, they were also discreetly watching the trio.

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

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

a sister, who was drop–dead gorgeous and

the age difference, he didn’t bring Lizetta out much. The young gents there might’ve