Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 303

Evelina’s words were cut short as Hanna grabbed her hair and slapped her hard across the face twice.

Hanna’s fingers, adomed with long, manicured nails, left scratch marks on Evelina’s face

Evelina’s screams attracted the nurses, who peeked around curiously. Concerned about her image, Hanna finally let Eveline go.

She straightened her clothes, spat at Evelina, and quickly walked away.

Evelina stumbled backward, and that’s when Ray stepped up to help her, saying, “Miss Hawthome, you should probably lay low for a while. If anything happens to the baby, all this drama would have been for nothing.”

Evelina pushed Ray away, covering her face in shame and left without a word,

As the door to the hospital room closed, Lizetta, who had overheard the commotion, was taken aback.

The Hawthomes and the Dashiells were old family friends, and Hanna had always been warm towards Evelina.

preferred Evelina as

Evelina’s deception and seeing Hanna’s violent reaction, Lizetta

serious?”

looked at

had been pinned on Evelina, and her outburst suggested desperation. Could it be that

yourself first,” Remington said, pulling Lizetta to sit by the bed and reaching for the iodine on the nightstand. As

his actions softened. He instinctively blew on

gentleness and momentarily forgetting

faze het having been

was beaten to a pulp by Hans, she didn’t shed

she was fearless, but her time with the Dashiells, especially with Remington, had gradually

pain.

lengths to heal her wounds, using both internal and external treatments, even surgery, to fade her scars. Though some scars remained, they didn’t bother her. However, Remington found them unsightly, insisting, “Liz, you are going to be a dancer. You need

didn’t want her to be constantly

a special ointment, claimed to be an diligently for over two years, nurturing her back to