Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 129

When Cedric was on pins and needles, a loud noise of a chair grating against the floor cut through the deathly silence of the office.

It was a sharp and spooky sound. Cedric wished he could just tuck his head into his chest as, from the corner of his eye, he saw Remington, radiating an icy chill, heading for the door.

Cedric hurried to follow, but nearly got his nose squashed by the door slamming shut. For the sake of his own skin, he wisely decided not to follow any further.

Down at the café.

The lawyer Lizetta had hired bolted as soon as he found out the other party was Remington.

Lizetta couldn’t hold him back, so she had to wait there by herself. She glanced at the time, she had booked the dance studio and needed to hustle over there to practice later.

But this time, she should be able to smoothly get Remington to sign the divorce papers, right? As Lizetta was mulling this over, an intense gaze locked onto her as if it were tangible.

When Lizetta looked up, the man was already striding over to her, bringing a cold breeze with him.

“What, ah! What are you doing?”

heading out. The man’s back gave off a

him, and stumbled as she was dragged along, banging her thigh against the corner of

in pain and struggled, “Remington,

pulling her out of the café and

middle of the workday,

even harder, “It hurts;

the next second he turned around and slammed the divorce

be scooped up by Remington. He took a few quick steps, opened the car door,

at all, “What

do.”

a click, Remington buckled her seatbelt and slammed the car door shut

her. Could it be that Remington was eager to whisk her off to City Hall?

struggling and hastily flipped to the last page of the divorce agreement.

more, and as soon as Remington got in the

this? You said yourself, as long as I pay back 3 million to the

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to the divorce. I’ve agreed to your terms now, why won’t you