Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 241

Remington, clearly impatient, yanked Joseph up by the collar.

Remington thought “What’s with this like or dislike stuff? Does he think we’re still in elementary school?”

The mess between him and Lizetta was way too complicated to be summed up with a simple like or dislike

“Remi, you’re beyond help!”

Joseph grunted and shoved Remington away, then bolted towards Lizetta, who wasn’t too far off.

“Liz, you better get a divorce and find someone else to crush on. Liking just one person is way too exhausting. You gotta go for, like, seventy or eighty.”

Lizetta caught him as he ran up to her, squatting down to dust him off.

She rubbed her chest nonchalantly, feeling an odd, hollow sensation there–not painful, but definitely there.

She grinned at Joseph, “Alright, I will give it a shot, try a mixed bag of types.”

Remington turned around and walked over, looking down at Lizetta.

“Liking one person is tiring, liking a whole crowd is gonna be a killer”

Lizetta stood up with a smirk.

“Well, you never know, I might just be capable of loving a bunch of guys.”

She took Joseph’s hand and they started walking away, with Joseph rolling his eyes dramatically at Remington.

Total lost cause. Can’t deal with him!

Remington went ahead and opened the back door of the car for them, then looked at Lizetta.

rii drive you home.”

Cullinan that Evelina had ridden in before, which made

“Jo needs rest. If you drive me and then him, it’ll be

turned serious, insisting,

the car! No way y I’m leaving you

herself that it wasn’t like he hadn’t ditched her

nerve to drag her out and make

not going back! I want

to Lizetta’s waist, refusing to let go and cooing for

gotten taller, up to Lizetta’s chest now.

face darkened as he pulled Joseph away

scrambled up, protesting loudly.

you the devil

as he

down the window,

back seat.

just don’t get it. The boys who know how to sweet talk are the luckiest. Liz, let me come home

little guy pouted,

to the window, the

felt how despite his growth, he was still just a bag of

empty.

suffered a lot being sick lately, and with her going abroad in a few days, who knew when she’d

back inside, don’t catch a cold. I promise

look at Remington and

let out a chuckle, guiding Lizetta by the arm towards

this out. Have him lie down in the back

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