Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 199

The coolness suddenly snapped Lizetta awake.

Her eyes flew open, and in a flurry, she shoved the man on top of her.

Remington felt her resistance and let go, lifting his head.

Lizetta’s face was flushed as she turned her head away, gasping for air with a soft whimper.

“No, don’t.”

Remington froze, with his Adam’s apple bobbing; he had used all his self–control to roll off

her. He unzipped his hoodie and stood up, heading over to the window.

Lizetta sat up silently, awkwardly fixing her messy clothes and hair.

She hung her head low, trying to calm her nerves.

Behind her, Remington’s voice broke the silence, “Your hair is still wet, come over here.”

Lizetta looked back and saw him back to his normal self; with a hairdryer plugged in, he gestured her to come over.

With her hair still damp, she got up and walked over.

“I’ve got it.”

shoulders, making her

flicked the switch, and warm air started to blow onto

sat up straight, feeling his fingers gently weaving through

Remington seemed quite

finally turned off the dryer,

fed me that day? Do you still remember it?”

down the dryer, “Which day are we talking

to the

a moment, but the details were a blur, even though

his face, Lizetta knew he had forgotten it, and she said,

died at the hands of Hans Gardenia. It was a close shave, and all I

let the doc near me. Then you popped an orange candy in my mouth, and

“You said, ‘Eat the candy, and it won’t hurt. Is it sweet? Let the doctor check you out, and I will give you a whole jar of these candies, okay? There are other flavors

seemed to grasp at a faint memory.

slightly, “So, I managed to cheer you up with just a candy back

nodded with a smile, while her gaze dropped to hide

first candy she had tasted in two years since being abandoned by her parents from the Hawthorne family at

was

day, she was a child with candies again, and it was like a beam of light shining

give her a jar full of colorful fruit–flavored

she always remembered the taste of that candy

years, that’s the only trick you’ve

clicked his tongue, while his deep eyes showed an unusual hint of amusement, which made