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.

red, and she hesitated, wondering how to avoid the awkwardness of this conversation

Xavier would intervene, letting

and avoiding the topic, she decisively

it's up to

further as soon as the words left her

in this position, unable to explain things to your grandfather?" Edith craned her neck

voice indifferent. "Your great-grandchild's pressure is too much for me. I don't want you

widened, her throat closing up as if choked by an

Mrs. Fulton Senior!" A maid entered the

escape the uncomfortable situation, "Let's eat first. If you don't, you'll have to go meet your grandfather. I'll stop pestering you, but

made the atmosphere

meal, Edith pulled

in-laws aren't coming back tonight, so you

instinctively glanced at

over meant they'd have

their plan to divorce next Wednesday, sleeping in

for?" Edith scolded, not giving Lily a chance

the end, Lily and Xavier were forced

upstairs, Xavier headed straight

sleeping in the study. It was the

this was for the best, went to take a

emerged, wrapped in a

clung to her, her damp hair framing her face and cascading down her neck to rest

her stood a man in his

the study, and

of his body overwhelmed Lily as she held her breath, her glistening eyes locking with his cold,

doing, Xavier's strong arm

pressed

the heat radiating from his chest, blending with the wetness of her own body, creating an unbearably sensual atmosphere. "What are you doing?" Lily pushed against his chest with

desire as he gazed at her collarbone.

pulled her further

his body's

of Sarah organizing

badly that he couldn't wait for

he couldn't wait, he shouldn't be thinking about her like

We're supposed to be getting a divorce,"

into a mocking smile, as if he had heard a funny

her chin,

Grandma into this just for an opportunity like this.