Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

The woman blinked in confusion, then shifted her gaze between Remington and Lizetta.

Having suddenly figured out what was going on, she hurriedly waved her hands to Lizetta and said,

"Oh dear, I think there's been a huge misunderstanding. Mr. Dashiell hired me to pretend to be Stella!" the woman hurriedly explained, waving her hands for emphasis.

Lizetta stared at her, with astonishment written all over her face, before turning to Remington with a puzzled look.

"She's not Stella?"

Remington's lips twisted into a bitter smile, "I wish she was. But I couldn't find her."

The woman, eager to clear the confusion, quickly added, "Mrs. Dashiell, my name's Eileen. I am not Ms. Stella West."

Seeing her nervousness and how she remained standing, Remington gestured towards a chair, "Please, take a seat."

"I'm an orphan, and I fell seriously ill when I was just a teenager and lost all my childhood memories. About four months ago,

I'd finally found my family. But after a DNA test, it turned out I wasn't the person he was

Dashiell mentioned that Stella's mother had been searching for her daughter for her entire life, and now, she's on her deathbed. He didn't want her to pass away

diagnosed with kidney failure last year and needed a transplant. We have a young

for a miracle, and we were

cover the surgery if I agreed to help him, and I simply couldn't refuse. So, I followed Mr. Dashiell back here, and that's the

throat was parched, but she felt

only a temporary resident, she

the coffee table, Remington leaned over to pour two glasses of water-one for

quickly thanked him and took a

she was still processing the information when noticing Remington's

car door and catching

to others, but they