Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Fiona's eyebrows shot up in surprise as she turned to look at Lizetta.

"Liz has developed a taste for spicy food? That explains it. Remington usually doesn't fuss over the small stuff, but he specifically requested to add a few spicy dishes this time."

Their conversation flowed seamlessly, as if they had completely forgotten about the presence of another person. Stella, no matter how thick-skinned, couldn't stand being ignored any longer. She pinched her hand and managed a strained smile at Fiona, "I'll leave you guys to your meal then. I'll wait outside; I have a few things to discuss with Remington later."

Without waiting for Remington to object, she quickly turned and made her way out. Fiona was still in high spirits, seemingly undisturbed. Whether it was to make Stella wait deliberately or he genuinely missed Lizetta, dinner stretched on for an hour.

After the meal, Lizetta accompanied Fiona for a leisurely stroll in the garden. Stella, who had been waiting in the living room, also followed them out, walking beside Remington. Remington, not wanting her to follow, deliberately slowed down and stopped to confront Stella. "Speak," he said, his voice cold and impatient, eager for her to finish and leave.

Stella bit her lip, her left hand tightly gripping her right, where a few fingers were missing. "Remington, why are you treating me like this? Just because I called you away on the night Liz had complications, you blame everything on me? But what did I do wrong? I had no idea something like that would happen that night. If I had known, I wouldn't have dared to disturb you, no matter how desperate I was. This isn't fair to me!"

Her voice was filled with sorrow and injustice, tears stubbornly clinging to her eyelashes, refusing to fall. Yet, Remington's gaze remained unmoved. "Stella, was Evelina Hawthorne's miscarriage really just a coincidence?"

Stella's heart tightened as she looked up at him in shock, her tears finally falling. "What do you mean? Of course, it was an accident."

"Why then did Evelina claim someone had tampered with her slippers, causing her to slip in the bathroom?"

Evelina was already in prison, but Stella knew that Remington had sent people to see Evelina twice. Yet, Evelina's child was still with the West family, and they had warned Evelina. It didn't make se for

Evelina to lie.

"How could that be? Remington, you might not know, but Evelina was confined during that time, and she wasn't in her right mind. She was paranoid, thinking someone was out to get her. She must have been mistaken." Remington chuckled, "So, the fact that April, the maid who took care of Evelina, died in a car accident immediately is also a coincidence?"

Stella was shocked, "April died in a car accident? I wasn't aware of that. April was hired specifically to take care of Evelina, and after Evelina gave birth, she had already ended her contract with the West family."

Stella's expression was the picture of innocence, not missing a beat. Remington scoffed coldly. The West family had indeed handled the situation surrounding Lizetta's complication with clean efficiency.From NôvelDrama.Org.

He suddenly changed the subject. "Then explain to me, the night I went to pick you up, what was the purpose of you running outside to get caught in the rain?"

That day, had Stella not suddenly

come down with a high fever, he could have made it back in time for the wedding. He had always thought Stella's fever was an unfortunate accident, but after Lizetta's incident, he had everything re-examined and found out Stella had intentionally made herself sick to delay him.