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.

and formally introduce herself to Stella, to clear the air

Remington continued to keep

didn’t even have time to ponder what it meant if he was hiding something, or how she should react, when she heard Remington’s

work, about to head into

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

looked up and thanked

soft and sweet, filtering through the phone speaker into Lizetta’s ears.

to watch any longer.

someone with y you, Remington?”

did you eat the rose cupcakes and sugar–glazed cheesecake I had delivered from Blissful Bites

this

noon?”

casually, not mentioning Stella’s presence or offering any

topic to Blissful Bites‘ pastries,

ey don’t forget

at home while accompanying their lovers, using these gestures of concern as smoke screens. Wives, in their naivety,

Remington would stoop

deceive and manipulate her

Remington added, “I personally went to Blissful Bites to get those pastries for you last time, but you didn’t get to try them because of the incident with Iris March. Today, I sent Cedric If you liked them,

heavy. The last time Remington went to Blissful Bites for her, he ended up getting stabbed

he bringing this up to move her?

Bites are your way of apologizing for

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