Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 242OHMIBO

Remington eyer Lizetta’s icy face, tightenert tes grip on the steering wheel but let out a light cluble

“Don’t care at all, huh?”

Lizetta glanced at him, meeting his gare, and felt her heart uncontrollably skip a beat.

But her response was linn, “Not a bur”

Once bitten, twice shy, she couldn’t help but suspect he was pulling the wool over her eyes again.

Remington felt as if he’d been struck by an invisible arrow in the chest, and he scoffed softly, saying.

“Great, you just forget how I mined you‘

Lizetta had been called an ingrate by him before, and this comment wasnt far off, but it oddly carried an indescribable extra layer of affection and indulgence

Remington seemed a bit different tonight.

Her ears tingled, her heart raced, she feigned a yawn, and then she closed

“So sleepy, gonna catch some z

Remington didn’t respond, and after a while, he turned to look at the woman’s closed eyes and the slightly trembling lashes, his lips curling slightly

Downstairs now.

Remington leaned over to pick up Joseph, and Lizetta led the way to lay him on her bed.

“There, you better scoot now, just have someone pick up Joseph in the morning.”

Lizetta was quick to shoo him away, not even offering a drop of water as hospitality.

Remington’s paze swept across the small bedroom, settling on two large boxes and a suitcase in the comer

“Packing up already?” he inquired

Joseph stirred on the bed, and Lizetta, worried about waking him, gestured for Remington to talk in the living room.

After closing the bedroom door, she turned and said, “Yeah, slowly getting things sorted.”

thought about her imminent departure, a gloom settling in his

strode over surprisingly taking a

say you could sit.”

it’s not too much to fetch

water for me, right?”

pour him water and handed

took it with a frown,

back, saying, “Forget it

clicked his tongue but didn’t let go, “I’ll

a sip, then declared,

1 want it.”

push his luck, and her face turned frosty

finish your water and get

if Yolanda wasn’t coming back from the set tonight, there’s

just signed their divorce papers, for crying out loud!

set the glass on the coffee table, leaned back on the sofa, loosened his tie, and crossed his legs as

for your permission”

start barking orders, please remember, this ain’t the Starlight Group, nor

this is Zion City, and

Lizetta was speechless.

Lizetta called the cops, they wouldn’t dare evict this

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a picture of bottled up fury, while a gint

time during the night. I he kick up a fuss, you wont be sule to get him to the hospital on time by yourself.

the scenes he described, her expresston tam

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stood up, Torget it, 1 step in the car, just filter if you need anything

to the entrance tea tall and straight

genuinely concement about Joseph, with no

now, and the car

heater on in the

about the video Joseph had sent her, about Remington standing up for

whatever you want, but I don’t have a bed for you if you’re willing

Tine by me

she could finish, the man turned and headed for the couch,