Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 205

Remington’s eyes landed on the bank card being passed to him, and for a moment, they

froze over.

The dude didn’t take the card; he just looked up, locking eyes with Lizetta.

“So you hit me up today just to give me this?”

His voice was laced with suppressed rage.

He had spent the whole trip wondering that maybe she had a change of heart, and didn’t want to make a scene anymore.

Or perhaps she had a rough patch outside, ran into some trouble, and needed to lean on him.

He even toyed with the thought that maybe she just missed him.

All revved up with anticipation, he’d urged Cedric to step on it, but what he didn’t see coming was her showing up to drop a cool thirty mil on him, and with another guy, no less.

She sure knew how to drop a bombshell now, didn’t she?

The guy was freezing cold, but Lizetta didn’t flinch a bit.

keen on seeing Remington and Shirley even for a

the agreed three million, to the last dime. Take it, will ya?” she rushed him, and seeing Remington wouldn’t take

back as if she was offering him a death warrant instead of a hefty

frowned, “What’s your

it clear? I don’t just grab any dirty

Hogan, who

was crystal: hé thought Lizetta

face flushed red with humiliation and anger.

to earn this money fair and square just to pay

on, done being the Dashiell family’s charity case, and certainly done with people like Shirley thinking they

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here was Remington, trivializing her struggles and efforts, not even bothering to ask or check, just

frustration welled up in her eyes as she glared at Remington, “This three million, every penny is hard–earned by mel I’ve got records of every transaction, clear as day.

from her bag, and pushed it along with

was a picture of disgust, but he still didn’t take it; he was frozen

threw it at him, “Remington, we’re square now!”

card flying up and smacking his proud and icy face before they both landed at

was stormy; he closed his eyes, radiating malice.

stared at Lizetta in disbelief, “Lizetta, have you lost your mind? How dare you throw