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.

looked all innocent while

to, but she had been

in the Dashiell family, trapped

scorned by

what right

set you free.”

pause, Remington’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his voice rough as he

“Thanks, Remi.”

into a smile, and with those words, she turned, opened the car door, and got

his eyes slowly filling

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closed his eyes sharply.

but who would soothe his own heart, filled with reluctance and a

Remington didn’t know was that the moment Lizetta stepped out of the car,

possibly let go

physical pain but clutching a secret, shameful sweetness in her heart.

thought maybe it was for the best, a bizarre twist of

confess her feelings, which

to visit her; she was ready to bravely confess her love, to tell him she wasn’t

way a sister loves a brother, but the way a girl

she heard he had left the country after Fiona had whipped him till he bled.

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