Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Remington watched as Lizetta's figure vanished down the corridor. He lingered for a moment longer before turning back towards the hospital room. Inside, Jerome hadn't left with the Maddens as expected but was wrapping things up.

Hogan's glasses were shattered, his face bruised and swollen on one side, with traces of blood at the corner of his mouth. Ray had him tied up in a chair. Seeing Remington enter, Hogan's lips twisted into a mocking smile.

"Stubborn guy, won't say a thing," Ray reported to Remington.

Hogan didn't seem too badly injured, but Ray had gagged him and landed a few good hits, surely causing some internal damage. Yet, Hogan kept silent. Remington approached Hogan, his gaze icy.

"What kind of mind games did you have Daphne play on Liz? What are you planning to do with Liz by luring her abroad?"

Hogan looked at Remington and let out a cold laugh, filled with disdain and mockery.

you hadn't ruined her life five years ago, she would've accepted the proposal from the White family and left the country! But you destroyed her and then neglected her, letting her suffer from slander and torment for five years! I just wanted her to completely hate you, to take her away

all about the White family's proposal five years

from Hogan's words that he was still holding a grudge about the proposal from the

"So what if I

Dashiell family. She once saved a stray cat and wanted to keep

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she were with me, I'd treat her like a treasure and never

healed, you returned to work as the primary physician for Thaddeus Gardenia, just to hover around Liz. All these years, you've never stopped persuading Liz to

incomparable to what's available here. I'm thinking of her wellbeing. Should I have just watched her wither away under