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!”

hands behind her back, locking up into his eyes, “Remington, were you jealous just

breath, hopeful light twinkling in

twitched slightly,

so straightforward and

if illuminated by the brightest sunshine,

Lizetta into his embrace,

another

for a husband to feel jealous when his wife

this be

all because she was his wife, not because

her disappointment, nodding,

fell asleep earlier and thought the person beside me was

still fuming over the incident, lifted her chin.

you love

froze, then shook her head in disbelief.

not! There’s nothing between Hogan and me. I

few Remington scoffed, “He’s been after you for years, even dared to approach 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

Lizetta’s chin tightened, her slender neck bending under his hold.

a storm of ice and fire, and his words

kissed him!”

It was in your car

all

had leaned in to kiss Lizetta, who sat passively in the passenger seat without pushing

though it was a brief kiss, Remington felt a rage he