Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 292

“Remington, you’re totally not fit to be Joy’s dad!*

She choked up, fists clenched, ready to throw a punch at the man

But then she remembered he was hurt, and her fists hung in the air, stopped mid–swing.

Seeing this, Remington enveloped her small fists with his large palm, pressing them against his chest, and cooed in a soft voice.

all “Go on, hit me here. It’s all my fault, why are you crying again? A woman carrying a baby shouldn’t cry the time. I’ve already got one big crybaby here, and if we end up with another little crybaby, how are we gonna live?”

His tone was dripping with exaggerated regret.

Lizetta couldn’t help but crack a slight smile at the corners of her lips, her embarrassment turning into

anger.

“I am not a crybaby! And Joy’s a good kid, definitely going to be a sunny, adorable, heartwarming baby, not a crybaby either!”

Remington nodded, pulling her into his embrace, stroking her long hair.

“Alright, alright, neither you nor our child is a crybaby. Once Joy is born, you two can gang up on me, and I’ll be the family’s crybaby, how about that?”

His large hand sifted through Lizetta’s hair, his warm fingertips gently massaging her head.

pressed against his chest when she

deep, yet with a calming power.

talked about waiting for Joy

said, “our

really so gentle, so

her parched heart like a warm stream, soothing her fears, making her

at him somewhat

forward to this

not blink, her nose reddened, her dewy face

to help himself, pinched her nose hard, his

thing are you saying?

it’s yours!”

blushed with annoyance, and Remington slightly

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how could I not look forward to my own child being bom? My dear Liz, you have indeed. turned into a little

she was walking on air, a

wide as she

I didn’t want to take the pill, and you said yourself that if it happened, weld just get rid of it. Not just me, Joy heard it tool”

and suffocation in Lizetta’s heart spread again, his words had hurt her deeply.

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