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 when things

willing to settle, raise the compensation to the maximum and resolve it as

had no patience for

"Alright."

and left to manage

At Jadeford Courthouse...

Hayden's arrest, Lily

looked as though

cheerful young

down to a buzz cut, his face was

Lily, his eyes

I didn't mean to... It was her who

bars as she tried to comfort him. "I

Hayden could say anything else, the officers

had no choice but to return to her spot in the gallery. She

courtroom was filled with tension. It echoed with the anguished cries of the victim's mother and stirred the emotions of the

their sharp glares

if the victim's relatives were provoked, they might come after them. Thus, all the hostility and insults were directed squarely at Lily. She felt as if she were being sliced apart by a thousand blades, but she stayed strong and sat as

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