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 delivering the cruelest

want to, but she had been innocent these

in the Dashiell

him, scorned by others.

neglect, what right did he have to hold onto her?

set you free.”

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

“Thanks, Remi.”

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

figure walking away, the darkness in his eyes

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his

soothe his own heart, filled with reluctance

know was that the moment Lizetta stepped out of the car, the calm

possibly let go so

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

was for the best, a bizarre twist of

to confess her feelings, which she’d kept buried deep in her heart, to the man she truly loved..

confess her love, to tell

a brother, but the way a

got to see Remington; instead, she heard he had left

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