Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 308

“Remi, I’m sorry. I won’t ask anymore. If you don’t want to talk about it, then we can leave it all behind.”

Remington’s eyelashes fluttered slightly as he took Lizetta’s hand, planting a couple of soft kisses on her knuckles.

His expression had settled down a bit, and he wrapped his arm around Lizetto’s waist, his lips barely parting as he began to speak

“Quinn and Evelina were never an item. It was at a party where Quinn accidentally got drugged by a rival, and Evelina just happened to be there. That night, Evelina was forced into a situation she didn’t choose, and somehow, she ended up pregnant. Evelina didn’t want to keep the baby initially, but the Hawthome Group faced some financial troubles. In exchange for her agreement to keep the child, I invested in the Hawthorne Group and provided Evelina with resources to boost her career in the entertainment Industry”

Because of all this, Remington felt a sense of guilt towards Evelina.

After all, being forced to carry and give birth to the child of an assailant was not something any woman would find joy

Moreover the child would grow up fatherless.

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Evelina lacked genuine maternal

so recklessly, even to the point of pushing Lizetta towards the pool once?

Martin don’t know

lung cancer She was already not doing well, and then she had to face the grief of losing her son. She couldn’t take any more bad news. Evelina had a risky pregnancy at one point, almost miscarried, so Martin and

trailed off, laden with worry

Quinn’s death, and even more so to Martin’s unethical decision to keep Quinn’s death a secret for the sake

couldn’t afford any more surprises

his memory

the child’s

recalling how frail and aged she appeared last

wishes to have Evelina undergo amniocentesis. You were worried the child might not be Quinn’s

she felt Remington could have shared this with her privately, trusting she wouldn’t