Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 293

Lizetta straddled Remington’s lap, arched her back n bit, and rubbed her belly, locking eyes with

Remington

“Spill the beans to Joy right now, why the heck did you push me to pop birth control pills, and what’s with the nasty talk?”

She puffed up her cheeks, looking all fierce, but her lashes were wot, and her bright, doe eyes seemed to be brimming with hurt.

Remington’s fingers lightly grazed the moist, curled lashes still clinging to the corner of her eyes.

The dampness touched the pads of his fingers, and as he rubbed them together, his heart felt a tinge of moisture too.

“Making you take birth control was indeed ‘cause I didn’t want us having a baby.”

Lizetta’s eyes brimmed with warmth, and her nose tinged pink.

Seeing her on the verge of tears again, Remington, utterly exasperated, leaned in and kissed the corner of her eye.

“Don’t jump to conclusions. I just don’t want a baby right now, doesn’t mean I don’t want one ever.”

“But why?”

“What else could it be? You’re still a kid yourself, how can you be ready to be a mom?”

Remington looked at her puzzled face and felt even more helpless.

having any of that answer,

a kid? What’s stopping me from being a mom?”

raised an eyebrow and pinched Lizetta’s tear–moistened, chilly cheeks that were all puffed up with

crying and fussing now, you’re acting like

me off!” Lizetta retorted, not backing dow

embrace, whispering, “Alright, alright, maybe in my eyes, you will always be the kid who never grows up. Plus, don’t

still young and wanted to wait

two ago, she had celebrated

misunderstood that she drugged him four years ago to dodge

reckless and willful behavior indeed wasn’t

in her heart when he said she’d always seem like a child

her lips, “What’s

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didn’t quite get the gist of what he was implying.

his warm breath reaching her ear, his voice

still there. You can’t even handle my move, how can you bear a child?” It took Lizetta a moment to realize what he

remembered their chaotic first time, he was out of it that night, truly frightening

and coupled with the mismatch in size, Lizetta didn’t enjoy a single moment that night, it was

woke up the next morning, the bed was covered in blood.

hospital

even dared to look at it herself.

did he know it was still

“Liar, it’s been four years, it must have healed and disappeared by