Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 327

nose tingled with emotion, and for a moment, she hesitated to approach.

She feared it was all an illusion, that he didn’t care about her as much as she thought

Or perhaps, he wasn’t there waiting for her.

“Are you going to come over or what?”

It wasn’t until she heard Remington’s stem voice that Lizetta confirmed her hopes.

Was this his way of making amends?

She thought about it, her earlier frustrations fading away into a bittersweet feeling.

Her heart felt a mix of sour and sweet as she walked over to him, reaching to pluck the cigarette from Remington’s fingers.

“Remington, this is a no–smoking zone in the hospital. With your injuries, smoking isnt good for you!”

Remington, however, retorted, “Pregnant women should stay away from smoke too!”

“So why are you still smoking!” Lizetta huffed lightly.

Remington crushed the cigarette butt in his palm, extinguishing it.

He walked over to a trash can to dispose of it, then turned back to her with a cold tone.

“You’re the reason I’m stressed.enough to smoke in the first place!”

up into his eyes, “Remington, were you jealous

her breath, hopeful light twinkling

twitched

so straightforward

illuminated by the brightest sunshine, her

pulled Lizetta into his embrace, looking down at her.

another man?”

natural for a husband to

“Liz, let this

was all because she was his wife, not because of who she

nodding, but still

fell asleep earlier and thought

fuming over the incident, lifted her chin.

love him?”

her

I don’t love him. Why would you think that?”

the Dashiell family with a marriage proposal. These pa years, he left a promising position with the White family to work at the Dashiell private hospital, scheming to get close to you. You two were kissing in the car, you hid your pregnancy from me, wanting a divorce, and even went to Astoria with him. Just now, you were all over him. How am I supposed to think, hmm?”

her slender neck

at him, his eyes a storm of ice and fire, and his words making

kissed him!” Lizetta protested

I remind you? It was in

He had seen it all

sat passively in the passenger seat without pushing him

it was a brief kiss, Remington felt a rage he could hardly