Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 305

Lizetta still remembered the sheer panic that gripped her when she saw that Facebook post.

She was in the university cafeteria at the time, just picked up her tray of food.

Her hand trembled, and the stainless steel tray crashed to the floor, creating a mess, and she even got a nasty burn on her leg. Everyone was staring at her

But she couldn’t care less about those strange looks or the pain. She just squatted there, clutching her phone and crying so hard she couldn’t catch her breath

Until his birthday, she refused to believe it, didn’t want to believe it.

She tried calling him but could never get through.

Clutching onto a sliver of hope, she still bought a plane ticket on the sly, with the gift she had prepared early, and flew abroad.

Only to see Evelina running towards Remington with a bouquet of roses, and Remington smiling as he accepted those roses, before they walked away together.

Later, the news that Evelina was fervently pursuing Remington and that they were together indeed traveled back to Zion City from abroad.

But now, Remington was flatly denying it.

enough time to sleep, let alone date.”

species I won’t be having in this lifetime. Though, I almost ended up with

she grabbed the front of Remington’s

roses. She even held your hand and went to have a

it with her own eyes.

furrowed his brows, not recalling the event Lizetta mentioned but ended

I’m not that desperate!”

do you

twenty–two, Evelina was only sixteen. Even if I wanted to date, I wouldn’t be a pervert going after a minor!”

angry, flicking

covering her forehead, had an indescribable

to laugh, but

your hand into the restaurant for a candlelit dinner on such an important day like your birthday.”

remebered the incident. He explained, somewhat helplessly.

her mom. She cut her hand, and I was just helping her carry them. The flight was delayed, and I had

this, he squinted

all this? It’s as if you saw it

what to say.