Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 211

Lizetta fluttered her eyelashes and chuckled, “You know what I was thinking about? There was this one time I tied a tie for you. You still remember that, Remi?”

Remington’s Adam’s apple bobbed. Of course, he remembered, but that wasn’t what he wanted to hear.

He felt utterly let down and said coldly, “Nope, forgot.”

Lizetta smiled bitterly inside. She knew it, he must’ve totally spaced on it.

After all, it was a decade ago.

That day was his coming–of–age ceremony. The eldest son of the Dashiell family hitting adulthood was a big deal.

It signaled that the future helmsman of the Dashiell family was finally stepping up, ready to carry the weight of a new era on his shoulders.

Naturally, the ceremony had to be grand and filled with pomp.

The Dashiell family started prepping three months in advance, and that’s when she started bugging Remington about tying his tie on such a significant day..

She asked, and he agreed without a second thought.

For that, she consulted the servants, binge–watched tutorials online, and practiced on dummies, hell–bent on tying the slickest knot for him.

When the day finally came, he was decked out in a tailored tailcoat, looking all dapper and grown–up, like he’d morphed from a boy to a man overnight.

in with the tie, seeing the man by the window, and sorta lost her marbles

over with that familiar grin, and she nervously made her

bullied by Hans for two years, and her growth spurt

reach Remington’s neck to

on the side, and

Bend down a bit!” she whined,

out laughing then finally bent

the way she expected. He scooped her up

10 05

stop

but for some reason, she was a

antsy, came to check and blew a

you doing! Put her down,

Remington didn’t put

time, no rush.”

remembered his indulgent tone that day.

mustered up the courage

when does a sister tie her brother’s tie? That’s a wife’s job. Your future wife won’t be happy

Remington cut her off with a sharp

we’re better off without