Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 235

Lizetta caught her breath and grabbed Yolanda’s hand, pulling her to safety behind her.

“Mr. Dashiell, you are so high and mighty, do we need to apologize to the esteemed Ms. Hawthorne?”

Remington was sporting a black mask, so it was hard to see what his face was really saying, but it was obvious that he was clenching his jaw tight under there.

Before he could even frown and speak up. Evelina was already waving her hands dismissively.

“Lizetta, Remington’s just super protective of the baby in my belly. The baby’s innocent, after all. Even if Ms. Yolanda and you can’t stand me, there’s no need to drag an unbom child into this.”

“If you really cared about the kid, you wouldn’t be up to no good while pregnant. You gotta know, that little bun in the oven is soaking up all your nastiness like a sponge

Lizetta cut Evelina off mid sentence. She had never seen such a shameless expectant motherl

Yolanda nodded vehemently in agreement. “You don’t bother racking up good karma, and now you’re playing innocent? Going on about the baby, the baby like a broken record, as if the whole world doesn’t know you’re the only one who can get pregnant and have kids, night Evelina?”

They tag–teamed her with their retorts, leaving Evelina looking totally lost and on the verge of tears, her body swaying as she fell towards Remington.

She knew Remington wouldn’t let her hit the ground.

Sure enough, he reached out to steady Evelina.

“Remi.”

Evelina took her acting to the next level, whispering softly as her eyes fluttered closed and her legs gave way, trying to burrow into Remington’s arms.

supported her, glancing towards the car.

was about to come over and take Evelina, but Lizetta couldn’t stand to watch

She grabbed Yolanda and they

in the

Evelina towards him. Then he turned to chase after Lizetta, only to see her getting into the

king with h

glance his way

was clear Lizetta had no interest in

good ex–husband and stay out of her life. A shadow passed over Remington’s eyes, and he stopped in his

in the cab.

still furning. “Badass Remington’s really upping his game, isn’t he? What’s

it can

Lizetta was silent.

fainting her only trick? Badass Remington must be blind not to see through her act. Liz,

the window

the truth. “Enough about her. She’s not worth wasting your precious spit on. Let’s find a drugstore and treat that cut so it doesn’t scar.”

didn’t seem to care. “So what if

forever? Our goal is the silver screen, the big screen! I’m waiting for you to become a big star: Ever

a scar? If it does,

on, and she felt the weight of responsibility on her shoulders, saying. “There’s actually an opportunity coming. up. There’s an issue

Remington

their taxi disappear into the distance, then

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