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.

had enough time to sleep, let

disdainfully and added, “An ex–girlfriend? That’s a species I won’t be having in this lifetime. Though, I almost ended up with

mood for jokes, she grabbed the front of Remington’s shirt in

Evelina’s roses. She even held your hand and

saw it with her own eyes. How could it

his brows, not recalling the event Lizetta mentioned but ended up laughing in exasperation.

Lizetta, I’m not

do you mean?”

was only sixteen. Even if I wanted to

flicking Lizetta’s

an

to laugh, but also cry, feeling both indignant and wronged.

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

vaguely remebered the incident.

something. The roses were actually bought by Evelina for her mom. She cut her hand, and I was

saying this, he

this? It’s as if you saw

know what