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

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

No wonder he’s been sulking all night. Now you can’t leave, right? Come on, I’ve got high

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

back with

her eyes flickering. She knew exactly why Remington was being so cold

Lucian himself who invited you. After all these years, you and Lucian are still close. You never come out to these things, but for Lucian’s return, you show up.”

back party?

that he was returning to the country, but she didn’t realize it was tonight. She missed Lucian,

thing tonight, she had to sort it out, so she let

next to Remington, “Sit

pulled Lizetta down, planting herself

his grip on the wine glass turned his knuckles white.

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

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

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

back to life, but there

having fun, they were

being invisible from the very first, she

and the Dashiell family had to pull some strings to

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

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