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.

how to avoid the awkwardness of this conversation

Edith would press Lily about having kids, Xavier would intervene, letting Lily come up with an excuse to avoid

the midst of lying and avoiding the topic,

up to

soon as the words left her

you really leave me in this position, unable to explain things to

"Your great-grandchild's pressure is too much for me. I don't want you to go meet Grandpa yet

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

ready, Mrs. Fulton Senior!" A maid entered the

your grandfather. I'll stop pestering you, but if he comes to ask you himself..." After the conversation about divorce, Lily

constant chatter made the atmosphere much

the meal, Edith

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

glanced

over meant they'd have

plan to divorce next Wednesday, sleeping in

are you looking at him for?" Edith scolded, not giving Lily

the end, Lily and

Xavier headed straight for the

in the study. It was the natural choice for a man on the

this was for the best,

emerged,

her face and cascading down her neck to rest

of her stood a man

in the study,

Lily as she held her breath, her

what he was doing, Xavier's

pressed

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

he gazed at her collarbone. "What do

pulled her further into

his body's

of Sarah organizing Xavier's resting area flashed through

badly that he couldn't wait for

he shouldn't be thinking about

to remind you? We're supposed to be getting

mocking smile, as if he had heard

hand to grip her chin, forcing her to

into this just for an opportunity like