Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 230

“Alright, I promise,” Remington said, not even bothering to ask before he agreed.

He was so eager it was like he feared that if he hesitated even a second, Lizetta–would take back this sliver of a chance to make amends.

Lizetta nodded, “Then you’ve got to start being a good ex–husband, starting now.”

Remington felt a heavy weight on his chest, so much so that he yanked at his tie in frustration.

“A good ex–husband? But we’re not officially divorced yet!”

“That’s why I’m begging you, Remi. I don’t care. You just agreed to it anyway.”

Lizetta frowned with a little huff, her slight temper a vast improvement over the indifferent, numb facade from before.

Remington’s stern expression softened, “What does being a good ex–husband entail?”

“It means stop popping up in front of me all the time, let me go, fulfill my wish to leave.”

Stop shaking her resolve, she couldn’t take this tug–of–war anymore. She was afraid to look back, only to find herself falling into an abyss once again.

Suddenly, Remington clenched his fists, his eyes brimming with bitterness.

He hadn’t expected her final request to be simply letting her go.

all innocent while delivering the

but she had been

the Dashiell family, trapped in

him, scorned

neglect, what right did he have

I’ll set you

Adam’s apple bobbed, his voice rough as he finally spoke.

“Thanks, Remi.”

with those words, she turned, opened the car door, and

darkness in his eyes slowly filling with bloodshot lines

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his

his own heart, filled

stepped out of the car, the calm and collected facade she

possibly let

pain but clutching a secret,

thought maybe it was for the best, a bizarre twist of fate made her Remington’s woman – perhaps

which she’d kept buried deep in her heart, to

Remington to visit her; she was ready to bravely confess her love, to tell him she wasn’t sad at all, to reveal she had liked him

a sister loves a brother, but the way a girl

instead, she heard he had left the