Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Lizetta's lips quivered, her face pale as a sheet.

Indeed, what was the point of holding on or waiting any longer? Each minute of the past two days' waiting stretched out endlessly.

Before dusk, she still harbored hope. Remington had promised he'd return, so maybe he'd appear in the yard any second now.

He'd rush over, envelop her in his arms, and apologize, saying, "Sorry, I'm late." But the night had fallen, well past the time he'd promised to return.

In this age of instant communication, it wasn't possible that something had happened to Remington. The CEO of the Starlight Group wouldn't just have some accident without anyone noticing. Just as Lizetta was about to say "alright", her phone, silent till then, suddenly lit up. It was the special ringtone she had set for Remington.

Lizetta froze. She slowly looked down, and upon seeing "Hubby" flashing on the screen, she could scarcely believe her eyes.

at this moment? She hesitated to

of her daze. Her fingers trembled as she slid to answer the call. "Liz, I'm sorry; I couldn't make it back as planned. I saw you called. You must be

her silence, he paused, "Liz?

moved her

voice was tight and

"Are you sick?"

just go off the grid. I must've called you hundreds of times but you didn't pick up

could you do this? It's too much! I'm thinking of calling the

found her voice, bombarding Remington with

and only when she mentioned calling off the wedding did he finally speak up

I've been stuck in the mountains near the border due to a storm, and