Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 261

Lizetta sadly realized that no matter how cool and indifferent she tried to appear on the surface, her heart still skipped a beat and raced whenever Remington said something like that. She couldn’t help but wonder if maybe, just maybe, he didn’t completely lack affection for her

But she quickly snapped out of it, biting her lip. She bitterly thought to herself that it was all just Remington’s possessiveness rearing its ugly head. Even though she was his ex–wife, the woman he had cast aside, he couldn’t stand the thought of someone else getting their hands on her.

He had always been this domineering, and his assets only fueled his arrogance. What he said had nothing to do with love, really. If she took it seriously, she’d be the joke of the century.

Still, with Remington acting like this, Lizetta couldn’t help but worry about whether she’d be able to leave the country smoothly the next day.

In the room.

Fiona was speechless for a moment, then burst into laughter. The usually graceful matriarch let loose some choice words, “Bullshit! The divorce is almost final, and you want to mess with Liz’s second shot at happiness, hold her back for life? Get lost, just get the hell out of here!”

Fiona swung her cane, chasing after Remington to land another hit.

As the commotion headed towards the door, Lizetta instinctively pushed it open.

Little did she know that Fiona was aiming this way, and as Remington dodged, the cane came swooping down from the heavens straight for Lizetta’s face.

Lizetta closed her eyes in fright, but the expected pain never arrived.

Instead, she found herself wrapped up in the familiar and warm embrace of a man, protected so tightly not even air could get through.

impact sounded, and the man’s thin lips buried into the nape of Lizetta’s neck with a

and the sound of his grunt

inappropriately bright shade

“Are you okay?”

in a

hit had landed on Remington–worried it might

summoned the problem, Remington clutched the back of

of tea had also spilled all over his chest, ruining his white shirt and steaming up a storm.

this, Fiona’s heart softened despite herself, threw down her cane, and waved

out and clean him up, will you? The guy’s

bit, don’t worry. I’ll come back later to chat

reserved for them in the family mansion. Lizetta helped

cover it, it’ll only swell up more. Are

the back of his head, frantically

the search for the wound

do you feel now? Where exactly is

back on the sofa. “Dizzy

body swayed, and his handsome face landed right on Lizetta’s

was an indescribably tender moment, the closest he’d been to her baby.

as if under a spell, unable to