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Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption ( Lizetta ) novel Chapter 21

Chapter 21 

Over the past two years, though Hanna knew full well that Remington never came home, she still kept feeding her those bitter tonic brews that were supposed to help with childbirth, just to torment her

Lizetta, in love with Remington, wanted to manage their marriage and her relationship with her motherinlaw well, enduring everything that came her way

Now that Remington was the one being fed the soup, Lizetta couldn’t care less

She turned her head away, pretending not to see

Remington immediately received a useless thinglook from Fiona

Remington couldn’t help but chuckle, Alright, Grandma, I’ll drink it all, making sure not a drop is wastedyour kind intentions are not in vain.” 

He was talking to the old lady, but his eyes never left Lizetta, biting off his words with a hint of something 

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Lizetta felt a shiver down her spine under his gaze, thinking to herself that Remington and Hanna were truly mother and son

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Caught between their glares, it felt like being between ice and fire at the same time she couldn’t even taste a thing she ate

That evening, as Remington pushed the bedroom door open, he saw Lizetta standing in front of the wardrobe

She slammed the wardrobe shut, looking overly startled

Remington’s eyes narrowed slightly as he stepped forward

Got a lover hiding inside?” 

He reached for the handle, but Lizetta, freaked out, held it tight, Don’t open it!” 

Lizetta’s overreaction just made it seem more as though there was a lover hidden in there.. 

Remington pushed gently, and her feeble attempt to stop him was utterly futile. The wardrobe doors swung. open to reveal

A variety of colorful, skimpy lingerie, pajamas, and some unexpectedly racy costumes

Lizetta’s face flushed, I didn’t buy these!” 

She had clothes here at the old house before; Lizetta hadn’t expected that this time she came back, all her proper clothes would be gone from the wardrobe

As she tried to shut the wardrobe, Remington held the doors open

Planning to run around naked after your bath without taking anything, or expecting me to bring you something midshower? Quite scheming.” 

Lizetta was speechless, I’ll go find my old clothes.” 

How had she never noticed before that Remington was such an imaginative type

Remington grabbed her shoulder, Naive, do you really think you’ll find them?” 

The clothes must have been prepared by the old lady, all set up so Lizetta wouldn’t find anything wearable 

Lizetta, annoyed, glared at Remington

How useless was he to let the old lady go to such lengths

Remington probably knew what she was thinking; his handsome face was cold, his deep eyes unemotional, and his thin lips mercilessly said

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Chapter 21 

Pick whatever, whatever you wear is all the same to me.” 

He might as well have written his disinterest in her on his face

Lizetta grabbed the most conservative piece she could find, This is the first time I’ve seen someone beat around the bush about being blind.” 

She pushed the man away and stormed into the bathroom, slamming the door with a bang

After washing up and changing, Lizetta looked at herself in the mirror and frowned. The piece she had chosen, although it had the most fabric, turned out to be a nurse’s outfit

But it covered all the necessary places, anyway. Such attire might be provocative to some, but Remington was as indifferent as a block of iron; what was there to fear

In her mind, Lizetta repeated to herself three times that Remington was frigid, feeling morally protected instantly as she walked out the door

Remington was leaning against the headboard dealing with emails on his tablet. He glanced up casually and his knuckles tightened around the device, silently tensing

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