Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 15

hapter 15

Lily felt desperate, humiliated, and angry.

In front of her, Xavier was the epitome of calm indifference, his sharp features radiating the arrogance of someone who held all the power. Could she really threaten him?

Maybe she could in this moment, but could she handle the repercussions of Xavier's retaliation afterward?

She bit her lip, her voice trembling, "Xavier... I... I beg you-"

Before she could finish, her phone rang again.

It I was an unknown number, but at that moment, she didn't have the heart to answer.

She quickly hung up, turning her gaze back to Xavier, her unfinished plea hanging in the air.

"Just save Hayden, and you can have whatever you want from me!" she blurted out, almost pleading.

Xavier looked at her, his expression dripping with condescension. "What do you think you can do?"

He didn't need anything from her. He just wanted her to go back to being the obedient woman she had once been.

Now, she was nothing but a hedgehog, full of spikes. Though they didn't hurt him, he couldn't stand seeing her like this. She made it seem as though she had suffered such great injustice, as if he had done something cruel to her.

Lily couldn't respond.

have to offer Xavier, anything that could make

the

control was in bed, when his usually composed demeanor

else she had done for him, he had never once

gaze, casting a small

long fingers lifting her chin, inspecting her

what you've done wrong?" His piercing gaze carried

but the way she had stood against him made her at target to

this was his way of

she would just admit her fault,

surrounded him closed in, as if he was controlling her every move, using her pain to establish

his gaze, her eyes filled with silent rebellion and sorrow, unsure whether she could truly bend like he wanted her to.. Admitting her fault was perhaps Lily's only hope

She had no choice.

the words got stuck

continue, the shrill ring

to answer,

a board, and handed the phone to Lily. "Mrs. Fulton,

of what

but when she saw the urgency in Timothy's expression,

anxiously put the phone on speakerphone

brother's case to our office. The lawyer needs more information about the accident." The voice on the

without hesitation, and