Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Liz's eyelashes fluttered as she thought about all the moments with Remington these past days.

His gentleness and care, his respect, and the cautious ways he tried to get close.

And then, there was his vulnerability, his sadness, and the way he clung to strength...

She remembered the words of Timothy and Cedric, the way they held each other in the graveyard the night before, licking each other's wounds, and the ray of golden sunlight that shone on his pale face this morning, bringing life and hope to his eyes. Liz found herself choked up, finally compromising with herself.

Deep down, she'd already softened towards him, no longer blaming him, not knowing when her defenses had started to crumble bit by bit.

But she turned to him, "Cedric said, that night you went to the outskirts because Stella West said she'd go abroad if you went, is that true?" Remington hadn't expected Liz to suddenly ask this.

He paused, a flicker of panic in his eyes, "Why would Cedric tell you that?"

That night had become a taboo.

Remington knew, to mention it was to relive the pain for Liz, and a regret for him.

"Is it true?"

Liz still fixed her gaze on Remington.

"Yeah, at that time, I had already left Evelina under the care of bodyguards, knowing you

Martin West bedridden,

It was still more than two months before your due date, and I thought I could settle things and send Stella abroad, to take good care of you and Daisy..." But

In, Stella's insistence that

night,

go

Just to get him

was a diversion.

well-prepared for this,

return, "Why didn't

thin lips curled into a

I told you? I didn't want to make excuses for myself." Regardless, Daisy was gone. He

was an unchangeable

if he had a million reasons, none

told her, she would have thought he was just making

her leaving fell

Remington's eyes narrowed slightly

he he suddenly

making her unintentionally