Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Remington was silent for a long while; his deep eyes swirled with intense emotion before settling back into calmness.

He had his thumb gently brush against Lizetta's reddened eye corner, and said with a hoarse voice.

"It was my responsibility to find her. If it hadn't been for me, she wouldn't have encountered trouble back then. I owe her, and I owe the West family."

The guilt and sorrow in his eyes were dense and unyielding; those were emotions Lizetta had never seen in him before.

It was as if he, too, was just an ordinary person, capable of feeling powerless, bewildered, and fragile.

And these emotions were all because of Stella West.

Lizetta's heart still sourly churned, but seeing him like this made her uneasy too.

Without realizing it, she lifted her hand to gently stroke the man's drooping eyelids, as if trying to smooth away the worry and sadness there.

"But haven't you found her now? You even let her stay in our other house to hide her existence from me. Have you thought about my feelings? What am I supposed to think?"

Lizetta pressed him, her heart tightening bit by bit, filled with jealousy, grievance, and anger.

Remington frowned, "What other house?"

"Echo Ridge Villa."

could that be our house? Isn't this

they got married,

whether to be angry or

she felt relieved was because he genuinely seemed unaware that Echo Ridge Villa was also arranged as a

had carelessly let another woman stay

was angry was because it seemed he had never truly invested

and her lips curved into a bitter

the hospital. Grandma thought of my frequent hospital visits to see my brother, so she chose both that place and Oakridge Heights as our

everything was arranged, I made a PowerPoint presentation and

to me, saying everything was fine and that I could choose

then, she felt she was finally going to have a home of her

to be

part of the decorating process, she thought, with his busy schedule, she could

to create the best home

PowerPoint, even leaving a cheesy love note

your forever

home that could bear all her youthful joys, future hopes, and sweetness, where they would raise children and grow old together. But clearly, he was indifferent, lacking any