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.

Evelina as

deception and seeing Hanna’s violent

serious?”

shock, looked at Remington with

outburst suggested desperation.

Lizetta to sit by the bed and reaching for the iodine on the nightstand. As he dabbed the lodine on her scratched skin, Lizetta flinched at the

bit dramatic, aren’t you?” Remington chuckled, but his actions softened. He instinctively blew

by his gentleness and momentarily forgetting her

faze het having been toughened by numerous injuries

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

Dashiells, especially with

pain.

to fade her scars. Though some scars remained, they didn’t bother her. However, Remington found them unsightly, insisting, “Liz, you are going to

wasn’t just about the scars. Remington didn’t want her to be constantly reminded of the abuse and nightmares she endured at the

ointment, claimed to be an diligently for over