Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 349

Lizetta tried to stifle it but still, the sound of her sobbing leaked through her fingers.

Remington turned his head and saw her eyes, brimming with tears, and he paused.

Then, he quickly turned around, wapping her in his arms, “Why the sudden tears?”

Lizetta bit her lip, unable to speak.

Seeing her like this, Remington suddenly remembered how, as a little girl, she would react in the same way.

henever he got a bruise or a scrape and didn’t complain, she would be the first to cry

He chuckled a bit pulling away Lizetta’s hands from her mouth and kissed her damp checks, coaxing her

“Feeling sorry for me? Liz, are you being a little silly? It’s all healed up and not hurting anymore. There, there, no need for tears.”

Lizetta, comforted by his gentleness, felt her tears about to break through the dam

She clenched her fists, trying to hold back, and looked up at him, “You’re right, it’s not worth crying over

It wasn’t even her pain, so why the tears?

She thought, “Lizetta, aren’t you being ridiculous?”

Remington felt something was off with her, but before he could probe further, his phone rang.

He glanced at the phone on the table, his expression changing slightly before he let go of Lizetta and picked up the call,

“Alright, I got it. I’m on my way now.”

After hanging up, Remington tumed to Lizetta with a helpless expression, “I gotta head out. Stop crying, you’re acting like a child.”

Saying so, he patted Lizetta’s head and left before she could respond.

Lizetta’s tears were still not dry, and she didn’t feel comforted, only sensing his impatience and perfunctory attitude.

She raised her hand, gently wiping her face clean.

Downstairs, the sound of a car driving away could be heard, and Lizetta sat there, dazed, until her phone too rang

It was Yolanda calling. Lizetta picked up.

“Choosing love over friendship, huh? Have you forgotten about our dinner plans with Jenny because you’re too caught up with Remington?”

Yolanda’s lively voice came through, and Lizetta opened her mouth, “Yoli, I think I might give up on him.”

Silence fell on the other end of the line.

After a moment, Yolanda’s voice grew louder, furious, “I knew it, that jerk Remington can’t change his ways! Did he get tangled up with that witch Evelina again?”

“It might be more serious this time.” Lizetta said with a bitter smile, and then she actually laughed.

than crying, filled with

Yoli,

a childhood sweetheart he’s liked for two or three decades, and now she’s back.”

two or three decades? He liked her since he was in the womb?” Yolanda

what Evelina had told

boulder was pressing on her chest, making it hard to

never saying anything nice. She’s the queen of exaggeration. According to her, Stella disappeared when she was just twelve. What does a twelve–year-old kid know about love? If Remington has been pining for Stella all these years, you would’ve noticed something, night? You haven’t noticed anything in all these years,

to console Lizetta, not that she was taking Remington’s side, but even through the phone, Yolanda could feel Lizetta’s crumbling emotions.

felt sorry for

she didn’t hear Lizetta speak, and a

the nail on the head, and you actually remembered something?”

breathing became erratic, indeed,

was ten, back when she and Remington hadn’t

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Chapter 349

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and saw her eyes, brimming with tears, and he paused. Then, he quickly turmed around, wapping her in his arms, “Why the sudden tears?”

her lip,

a

bruise or a scrape and didn’t complain, she would

a bit, pulling away Lizetta’s hands from her mouth and kissed her damp

Liz, are you being a little silly? It’s all healed up and not hurting anymore. There, there,

felt her tears

hold back, and looked up at him, “You’re right, it’s

her pain, so

“Lizetta, arent you being

off with het but before he could probe further, his

the table, his expression changing slightly before he let go

I’m on my

up, Remington turned to Lizetta with a helpless expression, “I gotta head out. Stop crying, you’re acting like a child.”

Lizetta’s head and

still not dry, and she didn’t feel comforted,

gently wiping her face

be heard, and

was Yolanda calling.

in with

about our dinner plans with Jenny because

Yolanda’s lively

lively voice

through, and Lizetta opened her mouth, “Yoli, I think I might give

on the other end of the line.

moment, Yolanda’s voice grew louder, furious, “I knew it, that jerk Remington can’t change his ways!

time” Lizetta said with a bitter smile, and

was worse than crying,

sweetheart he’s liked for two or three decades,

three decades? He liked her since he was