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.

Lily. It's getting old," he said. He pulled out

one between his teeth

his sharp features and

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

rest of my life in

his love, but she knew

only deepen her

wanted. He was only interested

of his fingers, he waved away the swirling smoke around him and stubbed out the cigarette. It was only

really want. Stop acting like I'm the

tossed the divorce agreement into the trash and spared her a dismissive glance before

of days. Use that time to reflect. When I get back, you'd

It got swallowed by the sound of the door closing behind

night stretched on. The cold wind cut through the darkness and took

was undoubtedly upset. She was

he refused, she would probably use Bobby's old tricks

reasonably without pushing too far. He had a strict rule: once, twice,

would come crawling back while begging for his forgiveness. What was the

getting into his car, Xavier couldn't resist glancing back

house was brightly lit but felt emptier than ever. There

his Maybach