Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 285

“What if I just have to go out Lizetta fumed, trying to barge through.

Two servants instantly squeezed together in front of her, forming a barricade of flesh, begging and pleading

“Mrs. Dashiell, I’m a single mom, my kid’s dad is a deadbeat gambler and drunk, totally unreliable, and jobs are hard to come by. Have a heart, please.”

“Mrs. Dashiell, you are the kindest soul, my mother’s half paralyzed at home, I can’t afford to lose my job.”

Lizetta was left speechless.

She once had a devil of a father who was a drunkard and gambler too, and a brother in a vegetative state.

She wasn’t sure if these servants were spinning tales or not, but she instantly felt their pain,

She’s always had a soft spot, and feeling suffocated, she turned around and marched upstairs.

Lizetta scampered off to the study, fired up the computer, only to find the internet was dead as a doornail. Fuming, she stormed out of the study, bumping into Edith who was bringing her a fruit platter.

Edith tried to reason with her, “Mrs. Dashiell, don’t butt heads with Mr. Dashiell. Just butter him up a bit, he really does care about you”

“Caring about me by keeping me prisoner? Oh, I’m just overwhelmed with gratitude

Lizetta rolled her eyes and reached out to Edith, “Hand over your phone, I need to use it.”

her head, “Sorry, Mrs. Dashiell, didn’t bring

need to call

as she fished out her

my pocket all along. Let me

and handed the phone to

quickly. Is she behaving? What is

traffic every time you drive, choke every time

a tirade, not even halfway done, when a low, magnetic chuckle

the line.

vibrate through his chest, sending electric shivers straight to Lizetta’s

such pleasure, she thought he

grew, “What’s so funny?”

are quite adorable”

faded, his voice lifting slightly.

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so sweetly and cutely, not a hint of venom, what

heart, after all, was still tender towards

a softness seemed to crumble

eat. If the servants can’t

spoke softly, but

phone, let the servants let me out, I promise, I won’t leave for now, okay? I need