Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 40

Chapter

40

As soon as Xavier dialed the number, his expression turned dark.

He hardly ever called Lily, but she hung up on him this time.

Last night's missed call was an accident, but her hanging up... That was intentional.

How ungrateful.

He showed his phone back into his pocket. Then, he got into his car and drove away from the hospital.

Sensing the shift in his mood, Sarah wisely chose to keep quiet.

She discreetly tossed her lipstick onto the floor beside the passenger seat.

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Maryanne stepped out of the elevator,

it briefly before hanging

worthless, and she

wasn't genuine concern.

checking how she ended

ached, with each beat sharper

with Jadeford's local flavors came into view. Maryanne silently cursed Xavier the whole way but kept up a light-hearted chatter to distract Lily. "It's a treat coming with you. I never have time to stop by here for breakfast. The food here is amazing!" Lily played

you during college," Maryanne exclaimed. She inhaled deeply with a look of bliss. "Today, we're going to try everything!" The alley

her, and they wove through the stalls. Before they

that sold calzone. They ordered a piece and sat down

you drop me back at the hospital? If you

busy Maryanne was as the Devereux family restaurants were

she had bought and

I'll be free. I have

suddenly coming back?" Lily asked curiously. She thought about what

hotels, but Terence had chosen to major in interior design

caused a

had shared these details with her

He started his own design firm abroad and even won

were finally calming down between them, and then suddenly, Terence pulled out his investments and returned. My dad was furious and made him handle all the family businesses. Not wanting to push him over the edge, Terence took it on." The Devereux family had quite a few businesses, plus the responsibility of managing

calling it a challenge for Terence was