Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Her eyes blazed with fury, while the man forcefully gripped her chin with his other hand.

"Lizetta, don't forget, your brother's still laid up in the hospital. Once we're divorced, I'm under no obligation to take care of him, let alone pay a fortune for his medical team." Lizetta hadn't expected him to use her brother as leverage at a time like this.

Her brother had only recently started responding well to a new treatment, and clearly, Remington had calculated that Lizetta wouldn't give up now.

Gasping for breath, Lizetta managed, "I can cover the medical team's expenses."

"Think I need your money, Lizetta? This isn't about choice! Get in the car; we're going home!"

"Despicable!"

How could she comply? She lowered her head and bit down hard on Remington's finger. She didn't hold back, channeling all her strength, fury driving her to nearly sever his finger.

The taste of blood spread in her mouth, but Remington didn't flinch. The man sneered, "I've always been ruthless, just never towards you before! Lizetta, if you don't want your brother to lose his last hope, get in the car!"

head, pushing Remington away and

her lips, she retorted, "Remington, if my brother knew you were using him to threaten me, he wouldn't want me to submit because of him!" Today, she was

Fiona about her brother's situation later; Lizetta believed

treatment over a divorce. Redness flashed in his eyes, his knuckles cracking

as she made a call. She was calling Miranda, the agent she had worked with before when she sold her song rights. "Miranda, did you

didn't invite the media, heard it was a low-key

the wedding turning into a disaster, there wasn't a whisper of it online. Remington's influence

The wedding fell through today, and we're getting a divorce

hung up without waiting for the gobsmacked Miranda to

the entire conversation His face darkened to the extreme. The usually composed man finally broke his facade, stepping

"Lizetta, well played!"

what I'll tell the media when they arrive. If you want the Starlight Group's stocks toplummet

only his