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,

the

past two years, only time he had ever lost control

else she had done for

her gaze, casting a small shadow beneath her

her chin, inspecting her

wrong?" His piercing gaze carried an air

her apologies, but the way she

was his way of

would just admit her fault,

cold aura that surrounded him closed in, as if he was controlling her every move, using her

she could truly bend like he wanted her to.. Admitting her fault was perhaps Lily's only hope for Xavier

She had no choice.

Lily struggled to speak, but the words got stuck

the shrill

quickly turned to answer, "Hello-please hold

stiff as a board, and handed the phone to Lily. "Mrs. Fulton, it's

of what was happening, before finally

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

anxiously put the phone on

case to our office. The lawyer needs more information about the accident." The voice on the other end was