Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 238

Remington’s brows were knit together in a dark frown. That time when the White family came knocking to ask for Lizette hand, you said you told her and she was considering it, right?”

He blindsided her by dredging up something from four years ago, and Hanna was caught off guard, her fingers nervously pinching each.

other.

“Of course, that’s how it was. Why would you suddenly ask about that?”

“No! You never told Lizetta back then, and about the drug that night, don’t tell me it was also your doing?”

Remington pressed her with a heavy voice, determined to clear up the past today.

He hadn’t expected to catch Hanna and a few other ladies bad mouthing others. He knew Hanna wasn’t exactly Lizella’s number one fan, but he never thought she’d take it this far

“What are you on about, Remington? You’re my son, I’d move heaven and earth to give you the best of everything. Livetta’s got nothing going for her, why on earth would i drug you and help that ungrateful girl out? It must have been thist wolf in sheep’s clothing Lizetta who drugged you!”

Hanna fired back, her brows furrowed in anger.

“Why are you bringing this up all of a sudden? Has Lizetta been feeding you stories again? She’s on the verge of divorce and still can’t keep still, trying to drive a wedge between us!”

Remington’s gaze was fixed on her; it was clear as day that Hanno disliked Lizetta.

in mind, it didn’t seem

firm, “You still haven’t answered my question. Why did you

family. Lizetta’s a rebellious one, no way she’d play ball. If you found out she was kept in the dark, wouldn’t you have raised hell and cut ties with us over that girl? I told you that so you might think she was already

after that.”

that made him keep siding with that girl against his own

still on Hanna, “I hope that’s

an inexplicable

yet, she’s still my wife. If anyone dares to trash–talk her again, I’m not going to stand by, and that includes you,

you going to do to your own mother? Haven’t you rebelled enough against

the servants moved in

was helped to sit on the sofa, her chest heaving, her complexion turning a

ducking back and darting

Pph

Abbey and

years ago. Don’t miss a single

with a deep gaze, “Focus on the servants who were in and out of Liz’s room that night, the ones who took

the powdered drug didn’t just magically appear in Lizetta’s trash can.

the person who tampered with things meant