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.”

pressed on her shoulders, making her sit

air started to blow onto her

sat up straight, feeling his fingers gently

hair was nice–silky and straight, thick and dense. Remington seemed quite taken, spending a long time drying

turned off the dryer, Lizetta suddenly looked up and

orange candy you fed me that

dryer, “Which day are

to the Dashiell family, fourteen years ago.”

for a moment, but the details were a blur, even though he remembered how he

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

Hans Gardenia. It was a close shave, and all I could see was red, and the taste of blood in my mouth. You brought

doctor, but I wouldn’t let the doc near me. Then you popped an orange candy

the doctor check you out, and I will give you a whole jar of these candies, okay? There are other flavors too. Liz,

Remington seemed to grasp at a faint memory.

“So, I managed to cheer you up

with a smile, while her gaze

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

was from him.

she was a child with candies again, and it was like a beam

a jar full of colorful fruit–flavored

favorite remained the orange–flavored ones; she always remembered the taste of that candy

all these years, that’s the only trick you’ve got!” Lizetta playfully stuck

showed an unusual hint of amusement,