Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 377

His voice held a restrained emotion that Lizetta couldn’t quite grasp, nor did she want to, but slowly she calmed down.

“Easy now, let’s talk.”

Seeing her regain her composure, Remington let out a sigh of rellef and leaned down to kiss Lizetta’s forehead.

But as his lips touched her, she stiffened uncontrollably. A shadow passed over Remington’s eyes, the neon lights from outside slicing his stern profile into intermittently dark and light segments, casting an eerie glow.

Lizetta felt a shiver in her heart and finally spoke up, “Alright, go ahead. I’m listening!

Her face was still full of resistance, a look of having to comply rather than wanting to, making Remington feel utterly powerless.

He swallowed hard, his patience reaching its limit as he grabbed Lizetta’s chin with a frosty tone, full of anger, “Before that, shouldn’t you explain to me what you meant by saying the child isn’t mine, huh?”

Lizetta’s cold gaze suddenly blazed with anger at his accusatory tone, “What’s there to explain?”

words were suddenly silenced by his

Remington felt her slipping away from him more and more. He wanted her

desperately wanted to prove something with this intimacy, but the deeper he kissed, the more he realized the lack of response from

she respond, like a doll without a shell

Remington, his hand moving through her hair, his thumb caressing the sensitive areal behind her ear. His other hand lifted

knew her body, succumbing to his subtle

his hand slid from her side waist to her lower abdomen, overlapping with her hand that was covering her stomach, caressing the baby, that she couldn’t control her tears anymore, whimpering softly.

she was acting out of

both angry and wronged, bit her lip, refusing to speak. His hand threatened to wander again, and Lizetta finally cried out

gently, “So you mean to say, how did you conceive on your own?

cold, “The amniotic fluid was drawn; just go do a DNA

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so inclined. Whose do you want

she could finish, Remington abruptly grabbed her face, forcing