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

briefly

sympathy was worthless, and

probably wasn't genuine

checking how she ended up in

ached, with each beat

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 along while steering clear of the subject. "The last

inhaled deeply with a look of bliss. "Today, we're going to try everything!" The alley was

her, and they wove through the stalls. Before they knew

found a stall that sold calzone. They

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

Maryanne was as the Devereux family restaurants were

bought and set them on

free. I have

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

and hotels, but Terence had chosen to major in interior design

business had caused a huge fight, even sending

shared these

what's on his mind. He started his own design firm abroad and even won some

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

it a