Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Remington said that for Grace, Hanna practically sees Stella as a daughter of her own, and she might even wish it was Stella who had come back all those years ago. And looking at it now, it seemed spot on.

Hanna was holding Stella in a way that was both protective and tender, really as if she was her own daughter.

Thinking back to how she had tried to win Hanna's favor for years, yet had never earned a single word of kindness, Liz couldn't help but find herself utterly ridiculous.

It was clear that she and Hanna were never meant to be mother and daughter-in-law.

"I'm just sitting here, what could I possibly do to her? She's almost thirty, not some eleven or twelve-year-old girl. How could I bully her?"

Hanna turned pale with anger after Liz's blunt retort.

She looked at Remington with annoyance.

"Remington, you've seen it, time and again, how she treats me? Sharp-tongued, lacking any sort of decency or humility. How do you expect me to like her? She's nothing but a wild child, not a patch on Stella!" Liz turned her head, smirking at Remington.

Stella was in tears, and she waited for this man to unleash his fury.

However, Remington, furrowing his brows, only said to Hanna.

first. If you want her to respect you, you have to be fair to

and her face turned

she still turned her head away

Remington

decided to leave,

Remington over me, Liz

took Hanna's hand and

demeanor really matched what Hanna called

a chat? Don't t worry, tell me

why I disappeared all these years. It was all the memories that

angrier, so much so that

absence was beyond her control,

at Liz. "Apologize to

up, and said with a cool voice. "I didn't realize Ms. West was so emotionally fragile. I apologize for my careless

you apologize?!" Hanna, feeling

figure was blocking her

Remington's gaze swept over Stella's reddened eyes before

it's intentional or not, hitting someone's sore spot deserves

resisting the urge to scratch his handsome