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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as Lily and Maryanne stepped out of the elevator, Xavier's call came

it briefly before hanging up

sympathy was worthless, and

it probably wasn't genuine concern. It was

just checking how she ended up

each beat sharper than

bustling 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

inhaled deeply with a look of bliss.

and they wove through the stalls. Before they knew

sold calzone. They ordered a

this, could you drop me back at the hospital? If you have things to do, feel

knew how busy Maryanne was as the Devereux

had bought and set them on the

I have

Lily asked curiously. She thought about what he had

Devereux family mainly ran restaurants and hotels, but Terence had

caused a huge fight,

shared these details

firm abroad and even won some

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

thought that calling it a challenge for Terence was an