Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 280

Remington’s gaze brushed over that name, and his handsome face went cold.

Leaning down, his long fingers snatched up the cellphone, handing it over to Lizetta as he said,

“Take the call first.”

With no choice, Lizetta took the phone and slid to answer.

“Liz, you’ve touched down in Havenport, right? I’m still worried about you, so I asked a friend to up at the exit. Go to the hotel with him and rest up, I’ll be there tomorrow.”

pick you

It was the exact time Lizetta’s original flight was supposed to land in Havenport, and Hogan clearly thought she had arrived.

Just as Lizetta was about to fill Hogan in that she hadn’t been able to leave at all, Remington suddenly yanked the phone away.

“What are you doing?”

Lizetta instinctively tried to grab it back, but Remington simply powered the phone off and pocketed it.

He was the one who had her take the call, and now he was the one hanging up on her.

Annoyed, Lizetta glared at him, “Hogan was kind enough to send someone to pick me up. They must be worried sick not finding me. The least you could do is let me explain!”

She was indeed planning to leave with Hogan, worried about him getting anxious. Just look at how flustered she’s now.

Jealous and angry, Remington was icy all over.

him you didn’t go to Havenport and that you’re in my car right after you

again, and she didn’t insist further, but she was still hung up on the conversation they hadn’t finished.

nervously, “You said you fell for me just

“You missed one word.”

rolled down the

driver’s footsteps approached quickly, and Lizetta silently lowered her

away from Remington’s embrace to the couch across, gazing

Yeah.

had missed the ‘if‘.

her, to love her, it only seemed possible under hypothetical

to the bone.

herself tightly, very tightly.

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man in the

and focused, but

into why he was so adamant about chasing her back

of it was the answer she

cold smirk playing at the corners of

talk to other men, took her phone

Great, just great!

smoothly, and before long, Lizetta drifted off to

was exhausted, inside and out, body and soul.

slumped, and her head swayed towards the car

time, Remington leaned over, his large palm