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.

that laugh was worse than crying,

Yoli,

childhood sweetheart he’s liked for two

He liked her since he was in the womb?” Yolanda was

briefly shared with Yolanda what

on her chest,

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

she was taking Remington’s side, but even through the phone, Yolanda could

sorry for

Lizetta speak, and a

I hit the nail on

breathing became erratic, indeed, she

was when she was ten, back when she and Remington hadn’t started sleeping in

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head and saw her eyes, brimming with tears, and he paused. Then, he quickly turmed around, wapping her

lip, unable to

like this, Remington suddenly remembered how as a little girl, she would react in

a scrape and didn’t complain, she would be the first to cry.

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

being a little silly? It’s all healed up and not hurting anymore. There, there, no need for

comforted by his gentleness, felt her tears

looked up at him, “You’re right, it’s not worth

even her pain, so

thought, “Lizetta, arent you

het but before he could probe further, his phone

the phone on the table, his expression changing slightly before he let go of Lizetta and picked

I’m on my way

turned to Lizetta with a helpless expression, “I gotta head out. Stop crying, you’re

Lizetta’s head and

were still not dry, and she didn’t feel comforted, only sensing his impatience and

hand, gently wiping her face clean.

away could be heard, and Lizetta sat there, dazed, until her phone too rang.

was Yolanda calling.

in with

forgotten about our dinner plans with Jenny because you’re too caught up Remington?”

Yolanda’s lively

lively voice

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

other end of

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

more serious this time” Lizetta said with a bitter smile,

laugh was worse than crying,

have had a childhood sweetheart he’s liked for

decades? He liked her since