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.

out of there pronto, not keen on seeing Remington and Shirley even for

will ya?” she rushed him, and seeing Remington wouldn’t take it, she tried to stuff it into

hand back as if she was offering him

frowned, “What’s

fired back with a chilly voice, “Lizetta, haven’t I made it clear? I don’t just grab any dirty money that comes my

over Hogan, who was standing behind

hé thought Lizetta got the cash from Hogan.

pale face flushed red with humiliation

from dawn to dusk to earn this money fair and square just to pay

done being the Dashiell family’s charity case, and certainly done

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

every penny is hard–earned by

out a ledger from her bag, and pushed it along with the

of disgust, but he still didn’t

fit of pique, threw it at him, “Remington,

ledger hit him right in the chest, the bank card flying up and smacking

was stormy; he closed his eyes,

stared at Lizetta in disbelief, “Lizetta, have you lost