Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 17

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.

did she have to offer Xavier, anything that could make

the

the past two years, only time he had ever lost control was in bed, when his usually composed demeanor

for him,

she lowered her gaze, casting a small

fingers lifting her chin, inspecting

His piercing gaze carried an air of absolute mockery, his tone laced with

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

his way of offering her

her fault, everything

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

truly bend like he wanted her to.. Admitting her

She had no choice.

struggled to speak, but the words got

could continue, the shrill ring of the

turned to answer,

handed the phone to Lily.

of what was happening, before finally reaching

on, but when she saw the urgency in

anxiously put the

office. The lawyer