Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 85

Remington’s eyes were glued to the glass tank, his hand clutching the phone so tight his veins were popping

out.

He looked calm and collected, but his jaw was set in a hard, barely contained anger.

“Who told you the kid’s mine? I’m not planning on getting divorced, so back off!”

He cut Hanna off with a cold voice and hung up the phone without another word.

His gaze never left the figure in the glass tank, and he took another step closer, his face turning even sourer.

Cedric seriously wondered if, in the next second, Remington would ball up his fists and smash the tank to pull his wife out with his bare hands.

“Mr. Remington, please keep your cool!“, Cedric pleaded.

Remington gritted his molars to keep from losing it right then and there, and barked, “Clear the area, now!”

“Mr. Remington, you’re making a big scene: keeping Lizetta’s mermaid gig under wraps is gonna be tough.”

A vein in Remington’s forehead twitched, perhaps his stare was too piercing because Lizetta turned over, and when she glided to the other side, she met his gaze.

She froze for a moment, a stream of bubbles escaping her lips.

He was stone–faced, but Lizetta felt like his eyes were throwing daggers.

She got a little flustered and quickly turned her gaze to the group of kids plastered to the outside of the tank. giving them a wink.

lasted a total of forty minutes, and after diving in and out of the water a hundred or so times, Lizetta was gasping for air and

she could fully emerge, a large hand reached into the water, grabbed her arm tightly, and yanked

stung, her face dripping, and she

eyes.

was fished out of the water and into the man’s arms, the familiar strength

Put me down, I’m not done

arms was soaking wet, her skin bare, her seaweed–like hair clinging to

pitiful and vulnerable as a real fish out of water,

the depths,

you don’t want to be stripped of your

his ominous tone and gradually stopped

before Remington’s terrifying look made him quickly turn away,

blanket and wrapped Lizetta up, striding

carried Lizetta out of the restaurant, with the bodyguard already holding the car

and plopped onto the

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tried to throw off the blanket

and at the same time, his large hand pinned her shoulder down, keeping her firmly under his

what

under Remington’s grip, his handsome

“Get lost!”

Cedric, and had been completely flabbergasted at seeing Remington bring a mermaid

car.

sharp command, he bolted out of the car, closing