Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 194

Fiona touched her nose and pulled Lizetta behind her with a huff, “It’s all your own doing! You know darn well how you ended up with everyone turning their back on you! And cut the crap about it all being my idea; stop trying to spook Liz with those looks!”

Lizetta hung her head, thinking to herself that “everyone turning their back on you” was a bit much, but even though the idea wasn’t hers, she still felt a bit guilty.

The man didn’t say a word, just took his eyes off them and headed towards the villa.

Fiona nudged Lizetta, “Hey Liz, do you think I went a bit overboard? Maybe you should go. check on him for me?”

Although she felt Fiona was being kind of a fair–weather friend at the moment, everything. she did was for her.

She felt responsible too, worried that Remington might really get screwed over by Fiona, so after a moment’s hesitation, Lizetta nodded and hurried after him..

Remington was walking fast. By the time Lizetta chased him into the villa, he had already gone

upstairs, leaving wet footprints behind.

She followed him into the bedroom and heard noises from the bathroom, so she ran over and pushed the door open, starting to explain in a fluster, “Are you okay? About what happened just now.”

as soon as she pushed the door open, his thin cashmere sweater half–off, revealing his solid, pale abs.

panic, “I’ll go out first, ah!”

as she turned around, her arm was grabbed. The next second, Lizetta was pulled into the bathroom

the cold tiled wall, and in front of her was Remington’s equally chilled body, his large hand gripping her waist, the cold

two long, strong, but icy fingers, tilting

“Amused, are you?”

drop onto Lizetta’s eyelids and nose bridge. She dared not look into his piercingly cold eyes that were

explaining anxiously, without thinking.

don’t get it wrong! Grandma somehow found out I had fallen into the water at the Hawthorne family and that we were getting a divorce. She thought it was because you saved Evelina instead of

she was shirking responsibility and letting Fiona take the fall, Lizetta stopped talking.

said to Remington,

eyes still had a hint of frost, and he didn’t let go of Lizetta’s chin.

break your heart?”

vividly remembered the scene underwater from that day, as clear

day was just as chilling