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.

and she hesitated, wondering how to

kids, Xavier would intervene, letting Lily come up with

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

up

further as soon as the

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

is too much for me. I don't want you to go meet Grandpa yet so I'm not

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

"Dinner's ready, Mrs. Fulton Senior!" A

eat first. If you don't, you'll have to go meet your grandfather. I'll stop pestering you,

constant chatter made the atmosphere much more

meal, Edith pulled Lily

prepared. Your in-laws aren't coming back tonight,

instinctively glanced at

meant they'd have to share a

plan to divorce next Wednesday, sleeping

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

the end, Lily and Xavier were forced to

upstairs, Xavier

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

for the best,

emerged, wrapped in a

her face and cascading down her neck to rest

stood a

study, and his

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

Xavier's strong arm shot out,

pressed

chest, blending 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 the towel as

darkened with desire as he gazed at her

her further into

could feel his body's reaction to

as images of Sarah organizing Xavier's

need this so badly that he couldn't wait for one more

he shouldn't be thinking

supposed to be getting a divorce," she

into a mocking smile, as if he had

hand to grip her chin, forcing her to look up at

this just for an opportunity like this. What are you