Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 345

Lizetta watched them walking side by side, and for a moment, everything seemed eerily familiar.

It was as if she was witnessing the scene from their anniversary night all over again, where Remington hu lake Evelina to the emergency room.

The resemblance was uncanny.

A wave of sorrow and exhaustion swept over her, causing her fingers to tremble slightly as they clutched her phone.

She stared at the man but didn’t approach him, instead, she found herself hiding behind a nearby tree.

Remington must have felt the vibration from his phone because he took it out and swiped the screen.

Lizetta’s ears perked up as Remington’s deep, familiar voice came through

“Why didn’t you pick up just now?”

He asked, without using any particular form of address.

Was it because Stella was there, and he didn’t know how to refer to Lizetta in her presence?

Lizetta couldn’t help but wonder

She tightened her grip on her phone and asked him, “Remington, where are you? Why didn’t you come home for lunch?

Lizetta thought, if Remington was upfront about being with Stella, then she wouldn’t have to believe Evelina’s rumors.

come out and formally introduce herself to Stella, to clear the air

if Remington continued

was hiding

about to head into a meeting,

When Stella was distracted by her phone and missed a step, Remington naturally

thanked

and sweet, filtering through the phone speaker

bear to watch any longer.

with y you,

did you eat the rose cupcakes and sugar–glazed cheesecake

this

noon?”

Stella’s presence

topic to Blissful Bites‘ pastries, a clear

ey don’t forget

care for their wives at home while accompanying their lovers, using these gestures of concern as smoke

Remington would stoop to such clichés!

deceive and manipulate her

you didn’t get to try them

Bites for her, he ended up getting

this up

are your way

with another woman, then thinking a box of pastries would suffice