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.

hesitated, wondering how to avoid the awkwardness of this

about having kids, Xavier would intervene, letting Lily come up with an excuse

thought of every excuse, and in the midst of lying and avoiding

up

darkened even further as soon as the words left

unable to explain things to your grandfather?" Edith craned her neck

adjusted his 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

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

Mrs. Fulton Senior!" A maid entered

your grandfather. I'll stop pestering you, but if he comes to ask you himself..." After

constant chatter made the

Edith pulled Lily

prepared. Your in-laws aren't coming back tonight, so you two stay and keep

instinctively glanced at

have

to divorce next Wednesday, sleeping in the same

Edith scolded, not giving Lily a chance to

end, Lily and Xavier were forced to

once they went upstairs, Xavier headed straight for the

would be sleeping in the study. It was the

for the best, went

later, she emerged,

to her, her damp hair framing her face and cascading down

front of her stood a

study, and

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

she could ask what he was doing, Xavier's strong arm shot out, pulling

chest pressed against

of her own body, creating an unbearably sensual

gazed at her collarbone. "What do you

further

his body's reaction to the

Sarah organizing

this so badly that he couldn't wait for

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

supposed to be getting a divorce," she said, her voice

mocking smile, as if he had heard a

her chin, forcing her to look up at

into this just for an opportunity like this. What are you pretending