Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 27

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Once, Lily believed Xavier married her because he loved her. She just shook her head and said, I don't know."

"I chose you because you were obedient. I thought you were different from other women," Xavier explained, leaning back against the seat with unusual patience.

He disliked women who constantly argued and caused problems. He had been satisfied with their simple arrangement over the past two years, in which he handled work and she handled the house.

Lily never questioned Xavier's whereabouts or interfered with his work. When he came home, he could leave his work stress at the door. As a husband, he thought he met all her needs-and in the bedroom, she suited him well enough, even if she was a bit reserved. Yet, he did not realize that, beyond physical closeness, he had failed in every other way as her husband.

Bobby's dynamic, and since their families had been friends for generations, their grandparents had arranged for her to marry Xavier. Due to Bobby's obvious preference for his son and questionable character, Shane grew distant from Bobby. Lily wondered if Xavier was implying that he expected her to

a near-growl, the veins in her slender

Xavier snapped. "If you had any real

words, instead studying her closely. In their two years of marriage, she had only shown this kind of resistance in

his need to conquer flaring up. Was she playing

complaints?" Lily froze, her mind

had gone to

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stance. "Be the proper Mrs. Fulton, and I'll give you anything you

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card and added, "If you want those hospital records,