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.

you want her to respect you,

her words, and her face turned

her in such a situation, but she

around, she and Remington couldn't have a moment's

leave, nothing mattered

don't argue with Remington over me, Liz and I were

tears, took Hanna's hand

really matched what Hanna called

it have been just a chat? Don't t worry, tell

asking why I disappeared all these years. It

even angrier, so much so that she

was beyond her control, you're just trying to reopen old

"Apologize to Stella

a cool voice. "I didn't realize Ms. West was so emotionally fragile. I apologize

that how you apologize?!" Hanna, feeling her anger

to leave, but Remington's tall figure

up at him. Remington's gaze swept over Stella's

not, hitting someone's

purse, resisting the urge to