Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter

43

"Who are we dealing with?"

Xavier's voice was laced with icy sharpness as he placed the file aside and fixed a piercing gaze on Timothy.

Timothy shook his head and replied, "There's limited surveillance around the scene, and the dashcam didn't fully capture the perpetrator's face. The police are hoping to find leads from the driver."

The culprit must be a person with mental illness to scare people on a road in the middle of the night or someone who was holding a grudge against Lily. The specifics remained unclear. After a few moments of silence, Xavier said softly, "Have them start investigating the victim's family from Hayden's case. If they find nothing, then they can approach Mrs. Fulton to verify

details."

Hayden's trial was unfolding as expected, and a guilty verdict seemed inevitable.

He could already imagine Lily sulking, burdened with worry over both Hayden's case and the accident.

Coming home to a resentful wife every night wasn't something Xavier looked forward to.

himself missing the days

raise the compensation

no

"Alright."

down each instruction and left to

At Jadeford Courthouse...

Hayden's arrest, Lily hadn't

a few days, it looked as though he had aged

young man now

hair was shaved down to a buzz cut, his face was pale and lifeless, and

moment Hayden saw Lily, his eyes immediately welled

to... It was

tried to comfort him. "I know. Don't worry, we'll find the evidence and get you out of here!"

say anything else, the officers led him away to

her spot in

anguished cries of the victim's mother and stirred the emotions of

their sharp glares toward

feared if the victim's relatives were provoked, they might come after them. Thus, all the hostility and insults were directed squarely

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