Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 109

Man, even Remington felt cheesy listening to those words.

The moonlight snuck in through the floor–to–ceiling windows, and a blush quietly crept up

the man’s ears.

He waited for her reply, feeling oddly nervous, but there was dead silence on the other end, “Liz?”

Remington checked his phone and the call had been ended at some point! A shadow fell over his handsome face as he called again. And that was when he realized he’d been blocked again.

Lizetta had been kept up by the commotion and went to bed late. Lucky for her, she didn’t have a side gig the next morning.

Her deep sleep was shattered by Yolanda’s yelling. She opened her eyes to see Yolanda bursting in, phone in hand.

“I’m so pissed! Bitch Evelina can’t go a day without stirring up some drama! Liz, you gotta check this out; you’re trending for all the wrong reasons!”

Lizetta was dragged out of bed and rubbed her eyes as she took the phone. Her undercover Maestro Adagio’s Twitter account had shot up the trending topics.

#Average Talent; Top for Extortion#

Yolanda guiding her, Lizetta clicked on the trend and quickly caught up with

night, Evelina posted a short, half–minute video of herself playing the violin under the moonlight.

with praise and asking what

Shirley chimed in to

whole internet, folks. The piece is a special composition bought for 200 grand to serenade a sweetheart by Maestro Adagio, a premiere in the country. Maestro Adagio

hyping up her romance with Remington, while Shirley, flaunting her Dashiell family heiress status

rumor that Evelina was set to become the

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crying and shouting about their fairy–tale romance. But of course, the critics had to have

big shot? Never heard of the person! Eve’s the top young violinist out there; playing his tune is a disservice, or what?

music’s a gold mine, huh? Some no–name composer getting 200 grand for

know that guy, just some random uploading so–called original music online, hardly a composer. Honestly, the talent’s just

Dashiell and decided to shoot for the

adores Eve; he’d pay any price as long as Eve’s happy. Just gouging him for all he’s worth, really leaves

in Evelina’s comment section, and that was when she started following Maestro Adagio’s

talented, and I adore his style so much I was willing to spend 200 grand for a single

humble, and the netizens went even wilder. Thanks to her shoutout, Lizetta’s

it on purpose! Those initial comments had to be her paid trolls; she’s

this romance thing, crafting this narrative of Badass Remington being all crazy about her, and now she’s dragging you into it. She must’ve been weaned on barbed wire, her insides all twisted and nasty!