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

press Lily about having kids, Xavier would intervene,

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

up to

further as soon as

me in this position, unable to explain things

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

up as if choked by an invisible force,

Fulton Senior!"

meet your grandfather. I'll stop pestering you, but if he

made the atmosphere

meal, Edith pulled Lily

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

glanced

they'd have

their plan to divorce next Wednesday, sleeping in the same room would

for?" Edith scolded, not giving Lily a chance to refuse.

the end, Lily and Xavier were forced to

went upstairs, Xavier

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

for the best, went to take

emerged, wrapped

her face and cascading down her neck

her stood a man

in the study, and his hair

overwhelmed Lily as she held her breath, her

doing, Xavier's

pressed

the warmth of his skin and the heat radiating from his chest, blending with the wetness of her own body, creating

darkened with desire as he gazed

her further into

could feel his body's reaction to

widened in shock as images of Sarah organizing Xavier's resting area flashed through

he really need this so badly that

shouldn't be thinking

you? We're supposed to

mocking smile, as if he had heard a

to grip her chin, forcing her to look

into this just for an opportunity like this. What