Her Heart Her Terms (Lily and Xavier)

Chapter 47

Chapter 47 Chapter

47

Xavier glanced over the divorce agreement. His dark eyes briefly scanned the words.

He let out an incredulous laugh, filling the empty space where his heart had once ached. Now, all that's left was a sense of bitter irony.

"Do you really think this will make me rush to bail Hayden out? Does everyone in your family ever use their brains?"

Lily looked at him, bewildered. "This has nothing to do with Hayden."

Xavier bent down and picked up the divorce agreement, flipping a couple of pages until he reached the section on asset division.

The last time they had considered a divorce, it didn't state this part. If they had gone through with it, Lily would have left with nothing. Now, she was asking for five million.

He scoffed and tossed the papers on the table. "Trying a new tactic, huh? When will this end? What do you really want this time?"

"It's not as complicated as you think. I just want a divorce. Nothing more and nothing less."

Lily hated how he always twisted her intentions. He always labeled them as "unreasonable demands" or assumed she was scheming She simply wanted to be free of this marriage.

old," he said. He pulled out a pack

one between his teeth and

small flame illuminated his sharp features and

had that undeniable allure of a man in his prime. For a moment, the sight of him made Lily's heart

of my life in

love, but she knew

would only

didn't care what she wanted. He was only interested in

the swirling smoke around him and stubbed out the cigarette. It was only

really want. Stop acting like I'm the one who owes you something. Who are you trying to

spared her a dismissive glance before striding

time to reflect. When I

echoed away. It got swallowed by

cut through the darkness and took

just lost in court, and Lily was undoubtedly upset. She was likely

she would probably use Bobby's old tricks

he thought. Maybe by the time he returned, he hoped that she would be ready to talk reasonably without pushing too far. He

while begging for his forgiveness. What was

getting into his car, Xavier couldn't

but felt emptier than ever. There stood Lily, slender

into his