Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Edith groaned dramatically, pressing her hand to her forehead under Xavier's piercing gaze.

"I almost got burned to death! I even saw your grandfather waving at me!"

Lily remained silent, feeling the heat rise in her cheeks.

She could feel Xavier's scrutinizing gaze on her for a long while before it finally shifted to Edith.

She bit her lip, quietly sitting there, pretending to focus on Edith's theatrics, trying not to think too much about the way Xavier was looking at her. "Grandma." Xavier entered the room, his tailored suit sharp and impeccable.

His tall, confident figure stood under the dazzling lights, casting a shadow that made Lily feel as though the light above her head had dimmed. She couldn't help but glance at him, feeling a fleeting

dizziness. His presence was magnetic, and though she couldn't make out his features clearly from where she sat, she felt an irresistible urge to look again.

"Xavier, do you know what your grandfather said when he was waving at me?" Edith asked, adjusting her glasses with a glint in her eyes as she peered through her fingers at Xavier. Xavier had an aristocratic presence, with strikingly handsome and refined features,

immediately marking him as someone extraordinary.

Edith had always believed that no one could be a match for Xavier.

But ever since she saw Lily, she felt they were a perfect match. They were destined to be together.

Lily was gentle and graceful, with delicate features like a porcelain doll.

She couldn't imagine a more perfect couple.

"He said 'Don't come see me before you get to see your great-grandchild.""

Xavier's lips moved slightly, and his gaze subtly shifted toward Lily.

Her long hair cascaded down her shoulders. She looked innocent, her soft skin glowing under

his gaze.

Xavier's throat tightened slightly, his body stiffening.

Edith snapped her fingers, her eyes darting between them.

"Right! That's exactly what he said! So, when are you two going to have a baby?"

Lily had long since gotten used to Edith's incessant prodding about children, but her blunt, almost absurd way of going about it always left her feeling embarrassed.

she hesitated, wondering how to avoid the awkwardness

kids, Xavier would intervene, letting Lily come up with

the midst of lying and avoiding the topic, she decisively decided to pass

up

soon as the words left her

position, unable to explain things to your grandfather?" Edith craned her neck and confronted

sleeve, his voice indifferent. "Your great-grandchild's pressure is too much for me. I don't want you to go meet Grandpa yet so I'm not having a child anytime

eyes widened, her throat closing up as if choked by an invisible force, unable

Fulton Senior!" A

"Let's eat first. If you don't, you'll have to go meet your grandfather. I'll stop pestering you, but if he comes to ask you himself..." After the conversation about divorce, Lily always felt awkward about any

chatter made the atmosphere

Edith pulled Lily

coming back tonight, so you two stay and keep me

instinctively glanced at

meant they'd have to share

Wednesday, sleeping in the same room would be

scolded, not giving Lily

Lily and Xavier were

upstairs, Xavier headed straight for the

the natural choice for a

for the best, went to take

she emerged, wrapped in a

hair framing her face and cascading

front of her stood

the study, and his hair was

his body overwhelmed Lily as she held her breath, her

he was doing, Xavier's strong arm shot

pressed against

of her own body, creating an unbearably sensual atmosphere. "What are you doing?" Lily pushed against his chest with one hand,

gazed

further into

could feel his body's

images of Sarah organizing Xavier's resting area flashed through her

this so badly that he couldn't

wait, he shouldn't be thinking

supposed to be getting a

as if he had heard a

his hand to grip her chin, forcing her

this just for an opportunity like this.