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..."

is he?" Lily's voice trembled with anxiety. "Which hospital is he

questions directly. "It's not life-threatening. Don't worry, just focus on Hayden's

everything came

aspects. Sylvester would handle things at the police station, while Lily would go to the hospital

mother had been hospitalized

supplements and made her

she arrived at the hospital, she heard faint sobbing through the half-open

frozen for

can't believe this, my dear Clarissa, why did it have to happen this way?" The woman's

her mother."!

for the hospital

learned the identity of the victim. She was

32 years old.

who was only

with both elderly parents and young children to

understand how could such a woman be involved in

she even briefly wondered if it wasn't a staged

cam footage, she saw that although Hayden was driving pretty fast, it was within the speed limit, and he hadn't been distracted

a deep breath and pushed the door

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

at her,

Hayden's sister, Lily Joyner,

emotions spiking. She grabbed a pillow from the bed and hurled it