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.

without getting the whole story first. If you want her to

on her words, and her

she still turned her head

Remington couldn't have

to leave, nothing mattered to her

over me,

tears, took Hanna's hand and spoke

really matched what Hanna

chat? Don't t worry, tell me everything.dll back you

all these years. It was all the memories

much so that she slammed

Even a fool can see, Stella's absence was beyond her control, you're just trying to

at Liz. "Apologize to Stella right

didn't realize Ms. West was so emotionally fragile.

feeling her anger flared,

wanted to leave, but Remington's tall figure was

at him. Remington's gaze swept over Stella's reddened eyes before he said

not, hitting

clutched her purse, resisting the urge to scratch his