Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Cassius felt like he had narrowly escaped disaster. He tugged at his collar, trying to catch his breath, only to notice the blotchy red marks on his neck.

Yolanda, that woman, was a real piece of work.

Cold-hearted and utterly ruthless!

Remington slammed his phone down on the desk, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Mr. Remington Dashiell, isn't Ms. Yolanda willing to help? This Hogan guy is bad news, getting too close to your wife is extremely dangerous. Maybe it's better if you talk to her yourself," Ray suggested, noticing Remington's angry expression.

Ray had just discovered why Shirley had been avoiding Hogan.

Recently, Shirley's beloved border collie, which she had for over seven years, had mysteriously disappeared.

Shirley had been furious, lashing out at the servants and even offering a hefty reward for the dog's return.

When Shirley visited Hogan, he invited her to his lab. There, she found him using a dog for his experiment.

having been injected with some substance, was violently crashing its head against the

Hogan proceeded to dissect it in front of

the corpse back together, intending to clean and prepare it for

share his interests. I suppressed my disgust and helped him clean the dog's fur, and that's when I realized it

see him coming at me with that scalpel. I can't love him anymore. Let him go be with Lizetta instead. Yes, I'll

when she talked about Hogan while drunk, realizing Hogan

wouldn't scare off an unwanted suitor in

animals in such a way

kept away from

few more undercover guards watch over Liz. And find that woman from the parking

Remington's concern deepened. He

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explain everything to Lizetta personally, to take her from

her he wouldn't

if he did go to her, Lizetta would likely see it