Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

"Ash, I'm not tired. I want to have dinner with Elsa!"

Nelson caught the old lady's pleading, panicked gaze, and any hesitation on his face vanished completely.

He immediately turned to Lizetta and Remington, flashing Remington a smile.

"So, you're Mrs. Dashiell? Mr. Dashiell, my wife seems to have taken quite a liking to your wife. Would you mind if we invited you both to join us for a casual dinner?"

Both being figures in the business world, even though Nelson had stepped back from the forefront, leaving the Madden family business in the hands of Jerome and his son-in-law, Conrad West, he was still acquainted with Remington, having met him a couple of times at business summits.

Remington held a respectful admiration for a business predecessor like Mr. Madden and glanced at Jerome and Andrea beside him before nodding with a smile.

"Having Mr. Madden and the gracious lady visit Zion City, the honor of hosting falls to me. Moreover, Mr. Madden has previously done my wife a great service.

I've tried to express my gratitude twice, only to be kindly refused by Mr. Madden. With Mr. Madden's noble character, I hope he wouldn't turn down our invitation today?" Remington's gaze shifted to Jerome.

Indeed, Remington had sent Cedric with generous gifts to Jerome's doorstep, only to be turned away.

the other clear-Jerome's slight

should be directed to Liz first, seeing as my grandparents wish to invite her. And naturally,

Remington's dominant

changing the atmosphere around

already turned to Lizetta, his eyes twinkling,

after picking her up? If it's too much, we can always plan

appear more like Lizetta's husband than

dared

indeed caught off

dominance and battling jealousy, seemed futile compared to M Madden's

pressured, Lizetta found Mrs. Bernice Madden's anxiousness hard

let's go for dinner. I'm hungry, and I'd love your company," she said, tugging at Lizetta's

hopeful and hesitant gaze, Lizetta felt

it was Mrs.

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Madden's resemblance to Fiona