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

turned and strode over surprisingly taking a seat

say you could

not too much to fetch a glass of

water for me, right?”

turned to pour him water and handed it

took it with

saying, “Forget it if you

his tongue but didn’t let go,

took a sip, then declared, “I’m staying over tonight”

1 want it.”

his luck,

way, finish your water

from the set tonight, there’s no way Lizetta would let Remington

divorce papers, for crying

table, leaned back on the sofa, loosened his tie, and crossed his legs as he said.

ask for

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

City, and

Lizetta was speechless.

had the final say; even if Lizetta called the

09:51

while a gint of amusement

layer is a nechined any time during the night. I he kick up a fuss, you wont be sule to get him to the

the scenes he described, her expresston tam with

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

his way to the entrance tea tall and

be genuinely concement about Joseph, with

winter now, and

kept the heater on in

Remington standing up for her today, and with gritted

for you if you’re

Tine by me

she could finish, the man turned and headed for the couch, casually tossing has sust jacket to the side