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.

innocent while

to, but she had been innocent

in the Dashiell family, trapped in a marriage.

him, scorned by others.

neglect, what right

I’ll set you

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

“Thanks, Remi.”

into a smile, and with those words,

away, the darkness in his eyes slowly filling with

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his eyes sharply.

his own heart, filled with reluctance and a myriad of emotions?

was that the moment Lizetta stepped out of the

let go so easily?

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

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

blessing from the heavens, giving her the chance to confess her feelings, which she’d kept buried deep in her

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

loves a brother, but the way a girl loves her

to see Remington; instead, she heard he had