Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 347

In the hospital, Lizetta spotted him walking with Stella and couldn’t muster the courage to step forward, opting Instead to test the

The outcome left her heartbroken.

In the darkness, Lizetta found the courge to believe in him once more, to ask him directly and clear the alr

However, Remington didn’t respond to her words. Instead, he simply pulled her into an embrace, his voice muffled or he said, “Let’s talk tomorrow, sleep now.”

Locking at his tightly shut eyes and indifferent demeanor, Lizetin felt the words stuck in her throat

Perhaps he was channeling his energy into another woman, becoming dismissive towards his wife upon returning home. Or maybe he was preemptively avoiding the question, knowing what she wanted to ask.

Which one was it with Remington, or was it both?

Lizetta used to love being in Remington’s embrace, but now, lying in his arms, listening to his steady heartbeat, and smelling his familiar scent, she felt like he was a dangerous poison she wanted to flee from.

She wriggled out of his embrace, tumed over, and faced away from Remington.

The man behind her also tumed to lie on his side, creating distance between them,

In the same bed, their backs to each other, their dreams diverged.

she who had distanced herself, Lizetta felt an indescribable ache, her eyes slowly

struggled to fall asleep that night,

her up the

to a dance troupe, so Lizetta had to get up

than she attempted to sit up, elbowing not the

from behind het freezing Lizetta in

trying to murder your husband first thing in the morning?

her ear, making

far apart, yet they were now

your wound?” Lizetta

grip. His chin rubbed against the top of her head as he sleepily said, “Stay with me a

including a threat of divorce and his injury, coupled with a heavy

her, her subtle fragrance was exceptionally calming.

doomed to interpret his voice and actions

“I have important things to do today, I need to get up. You should sleep.”

warmth beside him vanished, and the comfort of

and sat up,

giving me an injury?”