Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

"Remington, thank you for whatever reason you did to protect my mom's reputation."

Remington simply said, "I've got things to do."

As he turned to leave, Stella took a step after him. "Remington, I can't go to work at the company until after my mom's funeral."

He stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Stella.

Stella was about to remind him to take care of his health when she heard him say, "You don't need to come to work at Starlight Group anymore." Stella was stunned, panic setting in. "Why... why?"

She looked at him, those eyes of his always held a distance when looking at others, but seemed to soften unknowingly when they landed on her.

Stella had always thought she was special, but now she could see, Remington's gaze was truly cold.

Towards her, there was still no complete trust, was there?

Even without any evidence, even after her mother had completely disassociated her from any wrongdoing before she died, Remington still harbored doubts. Could they never return to how things were before? This sent Stella into a panic, tears sliding down her cheeks again.

Remington's tone remained indifferent, "I'm very busy, and following me around, you won't really learn anything significant. At Starlight Group, you'd only be handling trivial matters anyway.

will always be people who find out the truth. There will be plenty

should consider studying abroad. Discuss it with your family; if

didn't linger any longer and

cold figure vanished, leaving Stella in

to

Does he not want to see me

Smack!

could finish, Martin had slapped her hard across the

ground, unprepared, her head buzzing,

see Martin glaring down at her coldly, cursing, "You're good for nothing but trouble! Who told you to act so

Martin advanced, Stella scrambled backward. She leaned on the hospital bed to stand, crying and trying to

me from the start, never

she had

a move, then informed Remington, orchestrating this whole

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