Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

She was still trapped in the throes of grief after losing her child.

He just wanted to be there for her, to help her through it.

"No! Grandma, you're overthinking it. She wouldn't do that. Postpartum depression needs love and support, and I'm here for her. She wants to stay here. She's asleep now, but when she wakes up, you can ask her yourself."

"You bring Liz back here, or I'm not leaving this spot!" Grandma demanded, but Remington simply hung up on her the next second.

Fiona went pale, while Tina quickly tried to console her, helping Grandma back onto the hospital bed.

"What's the use in being stubborn now after all this? It's just making things worse!"

On the top floor of the hospital, Martin was practicing tai chi by the floor-to-ceiling windows, while Stella sat on a couch nearby, applying ointment to her neck, which bore the clear marks of Remington's grip, likely from burst capillaries, causing a stinging pain.

"Remington's been so harsh because of that woman, Lizetta. Dad, do you think he'll even want to marry me now?"

down the

with hatred now. But men are selfish, fickle creatures. They can handle a woman's tantrums temporarily but not in the long run. Once he and Lizetta are fully over, you just need to

his words, a dreamy smile spreading

her dismissively, "What,

face turning pale as

Dad? I always remember, he's the reason my brother and

at Stella, noncommittal, just as the door to the hospital room burst

in, followed by staff. Martin ceased his tai chi, smiling inquiringly as the

Miss West, please proceed with the discharge formalities and leave the

you mean?"

Mr. West is

hospital. As for the West family's young master, he needs urgent heart surgery. Unfortunately, our specialist for such surgeries has just left the country for an exchange program and

doctor left, his attitude starkly different

premature baby indeed had a congenital heart defect that required Constant monitoring in an