Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 223

Lizetta racked her brain a bit and furrowed her brows.

Seeing her simmer down, Remington let go, and noticing the faint red mark his pinch left on her delicate cheek, he scowled and said in a deep voice,

“Did you toss your good girl act to the dogs?”

Lizetta pouted, “Exactly, fed it right to you.”

She wasn’t wrong; her former sweetness had indeed all been given to Remington.

Remington, being called a dog, shockingly found he was getting used to it.

This realization sent a chill across his handsome features. As he was nursing a headache, Lizetta suddenly piped up.

“Are you jealous?”

Remington’s eyes flickered, and when he looked at Lizetta, he curled his thin lips into a mocking smile and said,

“We’re just not officially divorced yet, that’s all.”

Lizetta, not willing to give in, retorted, “So, in a month’s time, I can be with Hogan, is that. what you mean?”

Remington, barely keeping his temper in check, replied coolly,

“Lizetta, any woman of mine, even if I don’t want her anymore, nobody else better dare touch. If they do, they gotta be ready to face the consequences.”

Lizetta wasn’t afraid of Hogan getting into trouble, she

of me being with him, isn’t

Remington, her heart betraying

tightly, “Think whatever you want, but Hogan

no sign of anger or panic for being found

simply didn’t allow her to be with Hogan, and it might just be because he had a beef with the guy.

back to how Remington had indeed warned her several times to

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down, “Hogan is really a good

what his status is. He’s all cloak and dagger. Can’t you see what he’s scheming? It wouldn’t be surprising if he

would he need

not like they were matchmaking or

off, Remington chuckled

he invested in and created

is that possible?”

had clearly said that the medical institution was a joint venture

Remington felt as if his chest was

file in front of Lizetta.

it out and took a look. It was the complete dossier on the Astoria research institute, investigated by Remington, and Hogan’s name was clearly

the sole investor.

to develop pharmaceutical achievements, it costs at least several billion a year. Lizetta, can you still say he’s a good guy