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.

would come out and formally introduce herself to

if Remington continued to

have time to ponder what it meant if he was hiding something, or how she should

caught up with work, about to head into a meeting, what’s up?”

distance as he walked with Stella, When Stella was distracted by her phone and

thanked him with a smile.

filtering through the

to watch any longer. She tumed away, her voice

someone with y

cupcakes and sugar–glazed cheesecake I had delivered from Blissful

this

noon?”

Stella’s presence or

Blissful Bites‘ pastries,

ey don’t forget

wives at home while accompanying their lovers, using these gestures of concern as smoke screens. Wives, in their naivety, might believe that their husbands

that Remington would

he deceive and manipulate her like this!

sensing her silence, 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

Blissful Bites for

up to move

Blissful Bites are your way of

time with another woman, then thinking a box