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.

herself to Stella, to clear

Remington continued to keep

was hiding something, or how she should react, when she heard Remington’s cool

work, about to

distracted by her phone and missed a step, Remington naturally reached out to steady

up and thanked him with a

voice was soft and sweet, filtering through the phone speaker into Lizetta’s

longer. She tumed away,

y you, Remington?”

rose cupcakes and sugar–glazed cheesecake I had delivered

this

noon?”

answered casually, not mentioning Stella’s presence or offering any explanations

topic to Blissful

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at once. They to show care for their wives at home while accompanying their lovers, using these gestures of concern as smoke screens. Wives, in their naivety, might believe that their

Lizetta couldn’t believe that Remington would stoop to such clichés!

deceive and manipulate her like

to get those pastries for you last time, but you didn’t get to

last time Remington went to Blissful Bites for her, he

this up

your

another woman, then thinking a box of pastries would