Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

A dull ache spread in Lily's forehead, and warm blood streamed down her face. She only saw red when she opened her eyes. Black smoke billowed from the front of her car, and she couldn't help but think about online videos of cars exploding after an accident. Was she going to die there today? But how could she die when Hayden still wasn't free? With Xavier's temper in mind, Lily wasn't confident whether Xavier would continue the lawsuit in Hayden's defense if she were dead.

That was her only motivation to survive. So, she unfastened her seatbelt, opened the door, and crawled out of the car.

Two hours later, Lily was awoken by someone shouting at her. Her eyes peeled open to see a blinding white light shining onto her.

"Thank goodness, you're finally away, Miss!" A doctor in a white coat sighed in relief. "How are you feeling?"

The intense smell of disinfectant stung Lily's nostrils. She gradually snapped back to reality and recalled what had happened. When she raised a hand to touch her forehead, an unbearable pang of pain struck her senses.

"Don't move. You have a slight concussion and require proper rest to recover. We've already tried contacting your family, but they didn't answer. Do you have any other family members?" said the doctor. He brought Lily's phone over and unlocked it with Lily's fingerprint.

made around eight

as "Husband." She didn't save Bobby's or Hazel's phone numbers. Because of that, the

nothing would change even if she called now. After all, Xavier hadn't answered the previous eight calls. There was

The doctor was impatient. "We need someone to come over and sign the consent form. Only then can we perform further health checks to see if you have internal

conscious and couldn't sign the consent form herself. She had no choice but to click on Maryanne's phone number.

did

room in less than 30 minutes. Her long, red hair was messy like she had no time to

had shut her eyes to rest while waiting for Maryanne to arrive. She awoke now. She felt more awake and aware than

head to soothe Maryanne. "It was a car accident, but it didn't kill me. Don't

Maryanne knew Lily had to accompany Xavier to Fulton Manor for dinner

gotten into the accident on the drive home from Fulton Manor. That said, she didn't understand why Xavier wasn't with

weary Terence appeared from behind Maryanne. "Maryanne, keep her company and comfort her. I'm going to talk with