Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Lily's resolve to divorce Xavier grew stronger with each passing moment.

But for now, her priority was saving Hayden. The divorce would have to wait.

As news about Hayden's accident hit the trending charts, it was quickly followed by another story about a dog belonging to Sarah, Nova Group's vice president, being attacked by an unreasonable neighbor. Both stories fought for the top spot.

The public's attention was heavily focused on Hayden's accident, and most leaned toward sympathizing with the deceased.

Without knowing all the facts, many jumped to conclusions, labeling Hayden as just another spoiled rich kid.

The public speculated that it was either drunk driving or Hayden's temper causing the crash.

Several damaging rumors about Hayden surfaced, painting him in an even worse light.

Meanwhile, the dog incident sparked its own heated debate, with pet owners passionately defending Sarah, condemning the neighbor for using excessive force to break the dog's rib. Many rallied behind Sarah, urging her to fight back.

Lily had no time to follow the news. She was busy managing the chaos around her, especially after receiving a call from Hazel.

"Lily, your father's health has worsened, and he's in the hospital. You need to handle

Hayden's case from here on..."

he?" Lily's voice trembled with anxiety.

didn't answer her questions directly. "It's not life-threatening. Don't worry, just focus

came back to

She would follow Sylvester's advice, splitting up to handle things from two aspects. Sylvester would handle things at the police station, while Lily would go to the

had been hospitalized due to overwhelming

supplements and made her way to the hospital

the hospital, she heard faint sobbing

frozen for

Clarissa, why did it have to happen this way?" The woman's voice was heavy with

her mother."!

paused as she reached for the hospital ward door, instinctively

identity of the victim. She was a

32 years old.

who was only

with both elderly parents and young children to care for, no

couldn't understand how could such a woman be involved in a

briefly wondered if it wasn't a staged

dash cam footage, she saw that although Hayden was driving pretty fast, it was within the speed limit, and he

deep breath and pushed the

stepped inside, her eyes caught sight of the woman grieving by the bedside. Beside her was a man in his 40s, with a

them looked up at her, eyes filled with pain and

sorry for your loss. I'm Hayden's sister, Lily Joyner, and I..." she began, but the woman

want?" the woman screamed, her emotions spiking. She grabbed a pillow from the bed and hurled it at Lily. "I want that murderer